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READING SCHEDULE
Note as the book is in 4 parts this schedule is slightly different to previous years to enable it to be broken into 4.
Part 3 is much longer so is over 3 months with a 2 month break/catch up period following
January & February 2025
Prologue and
Part I The Twilight Year (CE 509)
March & April 2025
Part II As the Gods Slept (CE 510)
May 2025==BREAK / CATCH UP MONTH==
June, July and August 2025
Part III Age of Fire (CE511)
September & October 2025==BREAK / CATCH UP MONTHS==
November & December 2025
Part IV The Long-Haired Star (CE 512) and
Epilogue
Over in the Cleaning out the closet challenge in 2018 we started talking...
Your know those MASSIVE books that you want to read, but everything else gets in the way?
Well we decided that perhaps the best way to tackle this problem is to pick a book and read it together over a year. So 2019 was the year of Les Misérables, 2020 was War and Peace, 2021 Gone with the Wind, 2022 Pillars of the Earth, 2023 Ship of Magic and 2024 The Way of Kings!
After nominating books and then voting for 2025, the winner is A Day of Fallen Night!
Anyone is welcome to join. This is essentially an extremely long buddy read :)
There is a reading schedule below to show which chapters to read over a two month period and we will also have two break months ; meaning the read will last the whole year.
To participate, all you need to do is come on over and give your thoughts for the section you are reading. Please make it clear which section you are referring to, and if you are reading ahead of the schedule, put your comments in spoiler tags.
c.800 pages? 38+ hours of audio?! Meh! We got this! Let the Reading Begin!
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Feed Your Readers, the NetGalley Challenge
Duration: Monthly
How to Participate:
The NetGalley Challenge is designed to not only get you to read your NetGalley books, but to also advertise your reviews for others to see because after all, that's what NetGalley is all about.
Though you may pop in/out at any time, the NetGalley Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.
1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
b: What books are on your NG shelf
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is
2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)
3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s)**
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio
Then start a new post for the next month!
**When linking your reviews, please link only to the book(s) here at GoodReads. At this time, linking to a personal blog is not allowed. Thank you!
In 2025, NBRC is going to explore the great wide world throughout the year. While adventures and fun can be had in every corner of the globe, so can danger. From notorious serial killers to the pirates of the high seas, battle your way across the globe.
Note: for the 'takes place tasks' the books should be set in the given location for at least 50% of the book.
A new spreadsheet of monsters and tasks was added to the Master List of Tasks called World Villains Monsters.
https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...
*Shout out to Lexi for assistance with wheel construction
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Decades Challenge
~ Diamond Coin How to Earn:
1 Diamond Coin for completing Level 9 of the Decades Challenge in Lite Version 1 Diamond Coin for completing Level 5 or higher of the Decades Challenge in Full Version 2 Diamond Coins for completing the Millennium Level (Level 8) of the Decades Challenge
FULL VERSION
The number of books you have to read for each of the years is the number corresponding for that year and must be published within that year.
For example:
2025 = 25 books published in 2025
2024 = 24 books published in 2024
2023 = 23 books published in 2023
2022 = 22 books published in 2022
2021 = 21 books published in 2021
2020 = 20 books published in 2020
2019 = 19 books published in 2019
etc...
2016 = 16 books published in 2016
LEVELS
Level I = 10 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 to 2025.
Level II = 24-33 books.
Read corresponding ending number for one (1) year of your choice (2016 to 2025) then one (1) book for others.
Level III = 39-55 books.
Read corresponding ending number for two (2) years of your choice (2016 to 2025) then one (1) book for others.
Level IV =55-76 books.
Read corresponding ending number for three (3) years of your choice (2016 to 2025) then one (1) book for others.
Level V = 72-96 books.
Read corresponding ending number for four (4) years of your choice (2016 to 2025) then one (1) book for others.
Level VI = 109-133 books.
Read corresponding ending number for six (6) years of your choice (2016 to 2025) then one (1) book for others.
Level VII = 150-166 books.
Read corresponding ending number for eight (8) years of your choice (2016 to 2025) then one (1) book for others.
Level VIII = 195 books.
Original challenge
Read sixteen (16) books for 2016, seventeen (17) books for 2017 etc., on through the corresponding ending number to 2025.
Level IX = 300 books.
Millennium challenge
Read one (1) books for 2001, two (2) for 2002, etc., on through the corresponding ending number to 2025.
Start date: 1 January 2025
End date: 31 December 2025
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Decades Challenge
~ Diamond Coin How to Earn:
1 Diamond Coin for completing Level 9 of the Decades Challenge in Lite Version 1 Diamond Coin for completing Level 5 or higher of the Decades Challenge in Full Version 2 Diamond Coins for completing the Millennium Level (Level 8) of the Decades Challenge
LITE VERSION
The number of books you have to read for each of the years is the number corresponding for that year and must be published within that year.
For example:
2025 = 5 books published in 2025
2024 = 4 books published in 2024
2023 = 3 books published in 2023
2022 = 2 book published in 2022
2021 = 1 books published in 2021
2020 = 10 books published in 2020
etc...
2016 = 6 books published in 2016
LEVELS
Level L-1 = 10 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 to 2025.
Level L-2 = 15 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 to 2023, then the corresponding ending number for 2024 to 2025.
Level L-3 = 16 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 to 2022, then the corresponding ending number for 2023 to 2025.
Level L-4 = 16 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 to 2021, then the corresponding ending number for 2022 to 2025.
Level L-5 = 25 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 to 2020, then the corresponding ending number for 2021 to 2025.
Level L-6 = 33 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 to 2019, then the corresponding ending number for 2020 to 2025.
Level L-7 = 40 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 to 2018, then the corresponding ending number for 2019 to 2025.
Level L-8 = 46 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016 and 2017, then the corresponding ending number to 2025.
Level L-9 = 51 books.
Read one (1) book for 2016, then the corresponding ending number to 2025.
Level L-10 = 55 books.
Read six (6) books for 2016, then seven (7) for 2017 and so on with the corresponding ending number to 2025.
Start date: 1 January 2025
End date: 31 December 2025
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This is the 4th level of this challenge.
The challenge consists of many levels, this level is 501 - 1,000 books. So, if you have not completed the first 500, go back and complete the previous levels of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2025 that you haven't already finished.
Just create your list of books (at this level, label them 501 through 1,000) and mark them off with a strike through or a check-mark them as you finish. If you find you can't finish one of the books on your list for any reason, you may replace it with another.
Also, if you just want to decide what you read as you go you can do that as well. Since this challenge is for the year 2025 any books you've read this year may be included.
This is a free choice challenge. Read whatever you want.
Make a ✔ Or Other Symbol
Level Quick Links
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
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This used to be a self-directed team challenge, which has now been retired. But since the work that was put into it was too good not to use anymore and there was so much detail to it, the mods have decided to offer this challenge up as an individual annual reading challenge instead.
How does this work?
◈ Using the spreadsheet below, you are provided with a selection of travel itineraries to take one or several around the world trips.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
◈ Trips will start in a random country/city and you will follow the globe in one direction the same as you would for a round the world fare. If you do not know the destinations, feel free to look them up for your own pleasure.
◈ Trips will consist of 8 stops across a maximum of 6 continents. At each stop, you will need to complete a task before moving on to the next stop in your trip.
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◈ You can choose itineraries at random and do not have to follow them in order. So you could start with Travel Itinerary #5, then do Travel Itinerary #26 before hopping over to Travel Itinerary #1. It is entirely up to you, in which order you do the trips, or how many of them you complete.
◈ To track your progress, you can do so in this thread. Mods suggest reserving two spots when you sign up, just in case, as it all depends on your method of tracking. You can simply do it in your posts, or you could make a copy of the spreadsheet for yourself and fiddle around that way. Entirely up to you. Whatever works best for you.
◈ This is an annual challenge. It runs from 1st January to 31st December.
◈ Have fun!
Choose Your Own Adventure
~ Sapphire Coin How to Earn:
Join a Choose Your Own Adventure Challenge Earned Gem Coins will vary by Challenge, check challenge details for how to earn Coins and how many will be earned. Example of ways to Earn Sapphire Coins: (view spoiler)
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