JennH’s Comments (group member since Nov 17, 2023)

JennH’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

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22/36

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2/4

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5/5

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15/11

Challenge completed.

1. What is something you celebrate about your heritage that you’d like to share with others? It can be something sentimental, unique, or just something random you think we may find interesting!

Food. We don’t say ‘Hello, how are you?” We customarily greet each other with “Have you eaten you yet?” lol

2. Which book are you most excited about for this readathon?

I don’t have a book I’m particularly excited about, but I am making an attempt to complete each of the readathon prompts with a book set on a different continent. So if I can manage to read 5 books, hopefully, I’ll hit/visit 5 continents.

3. How are your reading challenges going so far? Have you found a new favorite book this year? Or a new least favorite?

My reading challenges are going well enough. I’m a few books ahead on my Goodreads challenge. I’ll admit to getting anxious when the number goes down and I’m not ahead of schedule, or dare I say, behind. Lol I am loving the manhua graphic novel series that I’m currently in the middle of, and the novel of the same name which I’m also reading, Grandmaster of the Demonic Cultivation.

Prompts
1. Anything on your TBR
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan 5/17/25 - North America
2. Read a book that takes place on a continent you do not live in
Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood 5/18/25 - Australia
3. Read a book written by an author from a continent you do not live in
The Healer by Antti Tuomainen 5/18/25 - Europe
4. Read a book with characters representing your heritage
The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim 5/18/25 - Asia
5. Read a book with characters who have different heritage from you
- When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed; Victoria Jamieson 5/16/25 - Africa

Currently reading:


Friday, May 16:
Books read:
When Stars Are Scattered
Pages read: 295 pages
Hours listened: 3.25 hours
Prompts completed:
- Read a book with characters who have different heritage from you

Saturday, May 17:
Books read:
The Burning Maze
Pages read: 98 pages
Hours listened: 8 hours
Prompts completed:
- Anything on your TBR

Sunday, May 18:
Books read:
The Crystal Ribbon
Blood and Circuses
The Healer
Pages read: 109 pages
Hours listened: 5.5 hours
Prompts completed:
- Read a book with characters representing your heritage
- Read a book that takes place on a continent you do not live in
- Read a book written by an author from a continent you do not live in

Totals:
Books read: 5
Pages read: 502
Hours listened: 16.75 hours
Prompts completed: 5

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41/70

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2/40 books read. 1/20 pairs read.

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11/25

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22/42, 0/8

Who: 5/7, What: 2/7, When: 4/7, Where: 4/7, How: 4/7, Why: 3/7, Bonus Cases: 0/8

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20/36

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18/26

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38/70

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51/58

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10/11

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10/10

Challenge complete

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1/5

I'd like to try for 4.

4/4

THE SWEETEST GIFT
Duration: May 1 – May 31, 2025

1. Read a book about an incarcerated mother, or about an errant child of any age who brings heartbreak.

2. Read a book about a mother with an imprisoned child, or about a mother who works in law enforcement.

3. Read a book involving any aspect of parole, or involving pardon from guilt.

4. Read a book with "silver" in the title, or with something silver on the cover.
The Pearl Hunter by Miya T. Beck 5/28/25


5. Read a book where a gift is central to the story, or with a wrapped gift on the cover.
The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim 5/18/25

6. Read a book with any form of "smile" in the title, or with a smiling woman on the cover.
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole 5/31/25


7. Read a book with a mother and child on the cover, or with "mother" or a synonym for mother in the title.

8. Read a book exploring memories of a mother, or about the loss of a mother.
Sheets by Brenna Thummler 5/14/25

Please sign my up for 5.

5/5

MOTHERS & OTHERS
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2025

Find Mother's Day gifts in the cover art of your May reads.
1. The Tell-Tale Start by Gordon McAlpine 5/2/25 - Portrait

2. A Merry Little Murder Plot by Jenn McKinlay 5/11/25 - pet

3. Sea Legs: A Graphic Novel by Jules Bakes 5/12/25 - cruise

4. The Jules Verne Prophecy by Larry Schwarz 5/13/25 - trip

5. The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim 5/18/25 - flowers

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21/42, 0/8

Who: 5/7, What: 2/7, When: 4/7, Where: 3/7, How: 4/7, Why: 3/7, Bonus Cases: 0/8

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15/17

Challenge not completed.