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LET’S TURN PAGESDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Our most popular challenge, Let’s Turn Pages, returns once again in 2021!
The GoodReads Reading Challenge lets you aim at reading a certain quantity of books during a year. This challenge, however, doesn’t care at all about how many books you read. Here, it’s all about how many pages you turn in 2021.
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TOTAL PAGES READ IN 2021
TOTAL PAGES READ: 3339/40.000
JANUARY
PAGES READ: 3339
FEBRUARY
PAGES READ: 0
MARCH
PAGES READ: 0
MAY
PAGES READ: 0
JUNE
PAGES READ: 0
JULY
PAGES READ: 0
AUGUST
PAGES READ: 0
SEPTEMBER
PAGES READ: 0
OCTOBER
PAGES READ: 0
NOVEMBER
PAGES READ: 0
DECEMBER
PAGES READ: 0
A-Z Challenge: Character EditionDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Read a book with a character to fit for each letter of the alphabet. You can use the first letters of a character's first or last name. You may only use one character per book, and you may use memoirs/biographies/autobiographies for this challenge.
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PROGRESS: 8/26
A - Alina Starkov Shadow and Bone ✔
B - Bronwyn Rojas One of Us Is Lying ✔
C -
D - David Un cuento perfecto ✔
E -
F -
G -
H -
I -
J - Juliette Cai These Violent Delights ✔
K - Kazusa Nuestra salvaje juventud, Vol. 2 ✔
L -
M - Marina Mujeres que compran flores ✔
N -
O -
P - Phoebe One of Us Is Next ✔
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W - Werner Pfennig All the Light We Cannot See ✔
X -
Y -
Z -
SERIAL READERDuration: January 1 to December 31, 2021
Back by popular demand! This challenge encourages you to dive into and make progress on all those wonderful series out there, just waiting for your attention and time. You can read them all for this challenge: long series, short series, companion books, and novellas!
The only rule is that a qualifying book must be described by Goodreads as part of a series.
You don’t need to read the whole series at once. Feel free to finish a series or two that you began in 2020 or earlier, try out the first book in several series, or just enjoy that long-awaited sequel!
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PROGRESS: 5/50 books
SERIES STARTED IN 2021
1. The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
✔ #1 Shadow and Bone
2. Our Violent Delights
✔ #1 These Violent Delights
FINISHED SERIES STARTED BEFORE 2021
COMPLETED SERIES IN 2021
1. One of us is Lying
✔ #1 One of Us Is Lying
✔ #2 One of Us Is Next
BOOKS THAT ARE PART OF A SERIES
✔ #2 Nuestra salvaje juventud, Vol. 2
POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2021Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Back for another year, it’s the 7th annual PopSugar Reading Challenge!
Similar to previous years, this year’s challenge consists of a 40-prompt standard challenge plus a 10-prompte advanced challenge.
We invite you to choose as many as you would like to complete.
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PROGRESS: 7/50
Standard Prompts
1. A book that was published in 2021
2. An Afrofuturist book
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
5. A dark academia book
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction: The Song of Achilles
9. A book with a family tree
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
11. A book about forgetting
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
✔ 13. A locked-room mystery: One of Us Is Lying
14. A book set in a restaurant
15. A book with a black-and-white cover
16. A book by an indigenous author
17. A book that has the same title as a song
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
19. A book that discusses body positivity
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
✔ 21. A genre hybrid: These Violent Delights
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
✔ 23. A book with something broken on the cover: One of Us Is Next
24. A book by a Muslim American author
25. A book that was published anonymously
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
✔ 27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts: Mujeres que compran flores
28. A magical realism book
✔ 29. A book set in multiple countries: Un cuento perfecto
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
✔ 33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child): All the Light We Cannot See
34. A book about a social justice issue
✔ 35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) Nuestra salvaje juventud, Vol. 2
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
37. A book you think your best friend would like
38. A book about art or an artist
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Advanced Prompts
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random
49. A DNF book from your TBR list
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
SPELL A BETTER WORLDDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
What better way to build a better world than to spell one with book titles? Not only is it fun, it has the added benefit of reminding you how you've chosen to contribute to the improvement of life. This can be large-scale global contributions, family contributions, or personal contributions of improving or maintaining your positive force on the world. Will you plant a tree, donate to charity, or perhaps simply smile more? Let us know here and we will help each other create a better world!
You can use any of the first letters of the main words in a title of a book (don't use words like "a", "an", "the", or "of").
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This year I want to focus on myself, on being healthier (eating better, getting more sleep, exercising...) and being grateful for what I have.
PROGRESS: 4/25
S: Shadow and Bone ✔
E:
L:
F:
C: Un cuento perfecto ✔
A: All the Light We Cannot See ✔
R:
E:
H:
E:
A:
L:
T: These Violent Delights ✔
H:
I:
E:
R:
G:
R:
A:
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TBR JAR CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
The TBR Jar challenge was the big winner of our 2021 Challenge Poll, so we are bringing it back!
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PROGRESS: 7/32
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
✔ 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages: Un cuento perfecto
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
✔ 7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher: Shadow and Bone
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
✔ 11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover: Mujeres que compran flores
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
✔ 15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges: One of Us Is Lying
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
✔ 22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read: All the Light We Cannot See
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
✔ 25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read: Nuestra salvaje juventud, Vol. 2
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
✔ 32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself: These Violent Delights (Romeo and Juliet retelling)
COLOR CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
This challenge requires you find books that have certain colors in their covers or in the title. Let the challenge leader know how many you would like to do and post your number below!
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PROGRESS: 6/18
✔ 1. White in the cover: Mujeres que compran flores
2. Pink in the cover:
✔ 3. Red in the cover: One of Us Is Next
4. Orange in the cover:
5. Yellow in the cover
6. Green in the cover:
✔ 7. Light Blue in the cover: All the Light We Cannot See
✔ 8. Dark Blue in the cover: Un cuento perfecto
9. Purple in the cover:
10. Brown in the cover:
11. Black in the cover:
✔ 12. Metallic color in the cover: These Violent Delights
13. Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover:
✔ 14. Read a book with a geometric pattern on the cover: One of Us Is Lying
15. Read a book with an ugly (to you) cover:
16. Read a book with two or more color words in the title:
17. Read a book with the word “Color” in the title:
18. Read a book with a word describing color in the title:
White Red Light Blue Dark Blue Metallic Geometric
THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Listopia is back for yet another year! Feel free to carry on your goal from the previous years, or to start fresh with new goals and new lists.
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PROGRESS: 2/30
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes/characters
✔ 1. One of Us Is Lying
✔ 2. These Violent Delights
3. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
4. Six of Crows
5. The Raven Boys
6. Red, White & Royal Blue
7. What If It's Us
8. The Young Elites
9. And I Darken
10. I'll Give You the Sun
I'll add the rest of the books as I read them.
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOURDuration: January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Do you love reading crime fiction and solving mysteries? Have you got what it takes to join us in this Magical Mystery Tour and rise in the ranks of our notorious Criminal Investigation Department?
Only crime fiction novels qualify for this challenge, which encompass mystery as well as suspense, thriller, and true crime books with a strong element of mystery. Books in other genres also qualify if the protagonist acts as a sleuth (professional or amateur), trying to investigate and solve some evildoing (such as the Dresden Files urban fantasy series)
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I'll try to solve 18 cases to become an Undercover Operative!
PROGRESS: 3/18
WHO: 1/3
Solve cases featuring a main character (sleuth, perp, victim, or suspect) with a unique profession. Be sure they’re distinct; a chef, baker, caterer, and pastry chef are all in the culinary profession.
✔ 1. Drug Dealer: One of Us Is Lying
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3.
WHAT: 0/3
1. Has a punny title.
2. Written by an author of color.
3. Has a four-word title.
4. A crime fiction subgenre you rarely or never read.
5. Has a color in the title.
6. Has a plant or animal on the cover:
7. Related to the yearly or quarterly theme (state theme)
WHEN: 0/3
When did the dastardly deed take place or get reported?
1. In summer.
2. In the 1800s or earlier.
3. During an official holiday.
4. Between nightfall and sunrise.
5. During a special event (festival, convention, party, etc.)
6. Reported (original publication or reprint) in your birthday month.
7. Reported (published) in 2021.
WHERE: 1/3
Where did the dastardly deed take place?
1. In the capital city of your country of residence.
2. In a different capital city.
3. “At home."
4. At a workplace.
5. Inside or on the premises of a public venue (hotel, restaurant, airport, etc.).
6. In a Nordic country.
✔ 7. In or near a body of water: These Violent Delights (by a river dock).
HOW: 0/3
For this category, each means of murder must be distinctly different.
For example, pistols and rifles are both firearms; knives and daggers are too similar.
1.
2.
3.
WHY: 1/3
What motivated you to choose a particular case?
1. Your favorite mystery author or series.
2. Your favorite mystery subgenre.
3. Appears in a Goodreads listopia (which one?).
4. Won a literary prize for crime fiction (which one?).
5. Read by a fellow participant in this challenge (who?)
6. A cold case (among your TBRs for over a year).
✔ 7. Average Goodreads rating of 4 stars or above: One of Us Is Next
Q1 - CHANGESDuration: January 1 to March 31, 2021
This first quarter of 2021, we’re focusing on all the ways that we change, either through our own decisions, in response to other forces, or how we enact change on others. Each book you read can only be counted for one prompt.
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PROGRESS: 4/7
1. The word "change" (Changes, Changing, or other variations) in its title.
2. The theme of money or money on its cover (loose change): Crazy Rich Asians
✔ 3. An adaptation of its original format (book-to-manga, translation, etc.): All the Light We Cannot See (listened to the audiobook).
✔ 4. The author's initials found in the word "change": These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
5. Separate book sections or part of a series of three or more books (make change)
✔ 6. An author or character writing under a pseudonym: One of Us Is Lying (one of the main characters writes a blog under a pseudonym).
✔ 7. A topic or character about which you feel differently now than in the past: Shadow and Bone (reread and hated one of the main character whom I used to love).
Q1 - BEST IN SHOWDuration: January 1 to March 31, 2021
This quarterly challenge honors the Literary Awards nomination, which came in third in our 2021 Yearly Themes poll.
One path to our quarterly theme, "Be the Change," might be to read the shortlisted books in your preferred award categories of the literary awards or book tournaments that you most enjoy.
For this challenge, choose a literary award or book tournament and read any of its shortlisted books (including yearly winners) from your chosen category for any year (multiple years is fine).
You may choose a maximum combined total of four literary awards and book tournaments, so choose your lists carefully.
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Progress: 2/12
Goodreads Choice Awards/Young Adult Fiction 2017
✔ 1. One of Us Is Lying
2. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
3. Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Goodreads Choice Awards/Young Adult Fiction 2018
1. Sadie
2. What If It's Us
3. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Goodreads Choice Awards/Young Adult Fiction 2019
1. Five Feet Apart
2. I Wish You All the Best
3. American Royals
Goodreads Choice Awards/Young Adult Fiction 2020
1. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
✔ 2. One of Us Is Next
3. Majesty
JANUARY - NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONSDuration: January 1 to 31, 2021
What are your hopes for the new year? January offers the perfect opportunity to reprioritize our personal goals by considering new practices for daily living.
Let's make the most of 2021!
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Progress: 5/5 (completed).
✔ 3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.: Mujeres que compran flores (Painting).
✔ 5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited: These Violent Delights (Shanghai).
✔ 6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020. All the Light We Cannot See.
✔ 9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun: One of Us Is Lying (New series).
✔ 10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre. Un cuento perfecto (Romance).
JANUARY - MARATHON CHALLENGEDuration: January 1 - January 31, 2021
This is such a hit every year, that we thought we would kick off the year again with a running start! How often is it our New Year's Resolution to read more books? How many of us set goals higher than we did last year? How many of us want to read that super long classic that has been sitting on our bookshelf collecting dust, or spend a winter day curled up on the couch with a pile of graphic novels? Let's start 2021 with a marathon of reading!
Pick a pile of books that you feel you could snuggle up with: a nice over-500-page book, a stack of books under 100 pages, or those books that have been on your TBR list for way too long. Anything you choose is fair game!
This is not a sprint, but a way to spend January in the pages! Pick the number of pages or books you would like to read in January and post them below. The goal is to make fast progress on your reading goals in the New Year. Who would have thought that you could do a marathon by hurrying up and sitting with a book?
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PROGRESS: 8/8 books - 3339/3000 pages. COMPLETED.
✔ 1. Shadow and Bone - 358 pages
✔ 2. These Violent Delights - 449 pages
✔ 3. One of Us Is Lying - 360 pages
✔ 4. Mujeres que compran flores - 448 pages
✔ 5. Un cuento perfecto - 640 pages
✔ 6. Nuestra salvaje juventud, Vol. 2 - 176 pages
✔ 7. All the Light We Cannot See - 531 pages
✔ 8. One of Us Is Next - 377 pages
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SNOW BUSINESSDuration: 1 February - 28 February 2021
Snow is precipitation in the form of small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air at a temperature of less than 0°C (32°F).
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Progress: 0/3
1. Read a book that has snow on the cover or snow in the title.
3. Small: Read a book that has less than 200 pages.
7. White is the color of snow. Read a book that contains white in the cover.
YOU KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOWDuration: February 1 to 28, 2021
This open-prompt challenge is a celebration of our monthly theme for February: Snow!
To join the challenge, let the challenge leader know how many qualifying books you intend to finish while the challenge lasts.
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Progress: 0/3
2. A book with a typical winter scene on its cover.
4. A book in which the protagonist lives in or travels to a location where snow falls during the narrative.
5. A book by an author whose complete name includes at least 3 letters from the word "Snow."
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
All the Light We Cannot See (other topics)One of Us Is Next (other topics)
One of Us Is Next (other topics)
Mujeres que compran flores (other topics)
All the Light We Cannot See (other topics)
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(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Johanne's 100 books
2021 YEARLY CHALLENGES
LET'S TURN PAGES - 358/40.000 pages
A-Z CHALLENGE: CHARACTER EDITION 1/26 books
SERIAL READER 1/50 books
POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2021 0/50 books
SPELL A BETTER WORLD 1/25 books
TBR JAR 1/32 books
COLOR CHALLENGE 0/18 books
LISTOPIA 0/30 books
MAGICAL MISTERY TOUR 0/18 books
2021 QUARTERLY CHALLENGES
Q1 - CHANGES 3/7 books
Q1 - BEST IN SHOW 2/12 books
2021 MONTHLY CHALLENGES
JANUARY
✔ NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS 5/5 books
✔ MARATHON CHALLENGE 8/8 books - 3339/3000 pages
FEBRUARY
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SNOW BUSINESS 0/3
YOU KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOW! 0/3
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