Linz and Tress's 2025 Reading Challenge

I'm back again for five levels of reading prompts from The Logophile and Linz the Bookworm. I do skip around for this one, but I save the "free space" book for each level until I've finished the other 11 books for that level.

Level 1: Book of the Month Club
- A book suggested by What Should I Read Next - Authority - Singularity Sky - Wild Seed - Fledgling - Among Others - City of Stairs - The Water Knife - The Windup Girl - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - Little Fires Everywhere
- Read a book by Jules Verne - Vingt milles lieues sous les mers
- Free Space! Pick any book.

1. Read a book that is under 350 pages - The Christmas Book Hunt
2. Read a book you got for free - The Empress of Salt and Fortune
3. Read or reread a book you consider an 'easy read' - The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra
19. Read a book with a green cover - Touchdown Treats! Quick and Easy Dip and Cheese Ball Recipes for a Winning Party
28. Read a cozy mystery - The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder
35. Read a book published in 2020 (5 years ago) - Little Free Library
36. Read a book with a person's name in the title - Bryony and Roses
61. Read a book that takes place in the future - Moongarden: Plotting the Stars, Book 1
103. Read a book that was recommended to you on social media/by a friend - Radicalized

COMPLETED! Level 2: Casual Reader Club
5. Read a book with a three-word title - Anyone But Her
7. Read a book involving a detective or police officer - Sleeping Dogs Lie
8. Read a book that has books on the cover - Horrorstör
10. Read a book by an author who shares your initials - The Woods in Winter
14. Read a standalone novel - Ink Blood Sister Scribe
20. Read a book listed on The Greatest Books of All Time - Year of Wonders
32. Read a young adult novel - Catfishing on CatNet
34. Read a self-published book - Strange Candy
51. Read a book that takes place somewhere warm - The Lies of the Ajungo
52. Read a book with a cantankerous main character - The Secret Garden
138. Read the book that's been on your TBR the longest - The Boys from Brazil
139. Free Space! Network Effect

Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club

- Read book 1 in a trilogy - A Coup of Tea
- Read book 2 in the same trilogy
- Read book 3 in the same trilogy
- Read a book you meant to read on last year's challenge - Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes - On the Night of the Seventh Moon - The Truth About White Lies - Expo 58 - Fruit of the Drunken Tree
- A book from Publisher's Weekly's Best Books of 2024 - All Fours - The Book of Love - James
- Free Space! Pick any book.

6. Read a book with a title that starts with the letter 'N' - Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal
22. Read a book set in a country you've been to - The Salzburg Connection
23. Read a romance novel - Persuasion
26. A book that you judged by its cover (either positively or negatively) - Quill Soup
44. Read a book that has a war or battle in it - The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
276. Read a book by an author named Joe/Joseph/Josephine or a variant - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Level 4: Speed Reader Club

- Read a book about Taylor Swift OR a book with the same title as one of her songs - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - The Outside - Timeless
- Free Space! Pick any book.

12. Read a book that references a TV show or movie - Beach Blanket Homicide
27. Read a book with an animal in the title - The Lions of Fifth Avenue
39. Read a book with a secret society trope - The City & the City
46. Read a book by an author using a pseudonym - What Feasts at Night
73. Read a book by an author you've met or spoken to online - The Curious Case of the Werewolf that Wasn't
81. Read a fantasy novel - The Spellshop
82. A book with the word 'song' in the title - Thunder Song: Essays
93. Read a book written from the villain/antagonist's perspective - The Witch Elm
100. Read a reluctant hero story - Finna
137. Read a book that involves a game (board, card, video) - Dungeon Crawler Carl

Level 5: Overachiever Club

- Read a book by an author named Pat/Patrick/Patricia or a variant - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - The Monsters of Rookhaven
- Read a book with a bear on the cover - Great Colorado Bear Stories - A Very Woodsy Murder - That Bear Ate My Pants!
- Free Space! Pick any book.

17. Read a book that involves amnesia or memory manipulation - Dark Places
37. A book that takes place in a school setting - The Witches of Silverlake Volume One
40. Read a book published in 1985 (40 years ago) - A Company of Swans
43. Read a cursed object story - Harriet the Invincible
45. Read a book that is over 500 pages long - The Moonstone
48. Read a book with a mask on the cover - Viva Durant and the Mystery at the Masquerade Ball
158. Read a book with a title that contains the letter 'X' - The Expert System's Brother
162. Read a book that has the word 'begin' or the word 'end' in the title - The End of the Alphabet
277. Read a book by Lawrence Block (or one of his pseudonyms) - Cleveland In My Dreams
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