2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion
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Rachael Readsalot: 101+ books yet again
35. Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare169 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (16/20), Mount TBR (22/24), Personal Challenge (Shakespeare) (2/x)
Why I read this: it's that time of year where I pick up a Shakespeare work
PASS
Books TBR=446
36. The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz311 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bibliopoly (15/30), Bookworms Take Shelfies (17/20), Serial Reader (17/30)
Why I read this: it's a homage to classic Disney films
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Books TBR=445
37. Let It Go by Jen Calonita312 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Locations (12/15), Bookworms Take Shelfies (18/25, goal increased), Mount TBR (23/24)
Why I read this: it's a Disney Twisted Tale
PASS
Books TBR=444
38. Warm Up by V.E. Schwab15 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review previously written
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (18/30)
Why I read this: reread, part of the Villains series
KEEP
Books TBR=444
PROGRESS REPORTJanuary: 10 books read | 3,048 pages read
February: 8 books read | 3,880 pages read
March: 10 books read | 4,171 pages read
April: 10 books read | 2,492 pages read
Total = 38 books read | 13,591 pages read
A-Z Locations: 12/15
Bibliopoly: 15/30
Bookworms Take Shelfies: 18/25
Mount TBR: 23/24
Popsugar: 1/5
Serial Reader: 18/30
All the Feels: 3/6
Happy Hamster Habitat: 4/4
Personal Challenge (One Word Titles): 5/10
Personal Challenge (Shakespeare): 2/x
Personal Challenge (Discworld): 2/x
Longest book: The Ink Black Heart (1,462 pages)
Shortest book: Little Free Library (12 pages)
Best Book: Nimona
Worst Book: Slaughterhouse-Five
39. Vicious by V.E. Schwab393 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bibliopoly (16/30), Serial Reader (19/30), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (6/10)
Why I read this: reread, part of the Villains series
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Books TBR=444
40. ExtraOrdinary by V.E. Schwab110 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bibliopoly (17/30), Mount TBR (24/36, goal increased), Serial Reader (20/30), Up & Atom (1/4), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (7/10)
Why I read this: part of the Villains series
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Books TBR=445 (had a couple of Netgalley approvals today)
41. Vengeful by V.E. Schwab575 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (19/25), Mount TBR (25/36), Serial Reader (21/30), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (8/10)
Why I read this: part of the Villains series
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Books TBR=444
42. Coraline by Neil Gaiman192 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bibliopoly (18/30), Bookworms Take Shelfies (20/25), Popsugar (2/4), Up & Atom (2/4), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (9/10)
Why I read this: wanted to reread
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Books TBR=444
43. Book of Night by Holly Black304 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Mount TBR (26/36), Up & Atom (3/4)
Why I read this: I like Holly Black books
PASS
Books TBR=443
44. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig325 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Locations (13/15), Bibliopoly (19/30), Mount TBR (27/36), Up & Atom (4/6, goal increased)
Why I read this: I've heard a lot about it
PASS
Books TBR=443
45. $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal by James Patterson144 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bibliopoly (20/30), Mount TBR (28/36), Up & Atom (5/6)
Why I read this: to fill a prompt for the Bibliopoly challenge (#5 Tax)
PASS
Books TBR=442
Unintentional ReadathonStart: 22 May 2023
End: 25 May 2023
So I am currently on jury service and there is A LOT of waiting around. Luckily I have my Kindle with me so am able to do some reading. I thought I'd make it into a personal readathon just to see how much I manage to do while I wait.
* Day 1: 148 pages of Stand and Deliver (65%). Total pages read = 148
* Day 2: 79 pages of Stand and Deliver (35%), 112 pages of Catch 22 (24%). Total pages read = 191. Books completed: Stand and Deliver
* Day 3: 156 pages of Catch 22 (34%)
* Day 4: 195 pages of Catch 22 (42%). Books completed: Catch 22
* Total pages read = 690. Total books completed = 2
46. Stand and Deliver by Philip Caveney227 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, All the Feels (4/6), Up & Atom (6/6), Personal Challenge (Unintentional Readathon) (1/x)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
PASS
Books TBR=441
47. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller463 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Locations (14/15), Bibliopoly (21/30), Bookworms Take Shelfies (21/30, goal increased), Mount TBR (29/36), Serial Reader (22/30), All the Feels (5/6), Up & Atom (7/6), Personal Challenge (Unintentional Readathon) (2/x)
Why I read this: it's one of those must read classics
PASS
Books TBR=440
48. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard416 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Locations (15/15), Mount TBR (30/36), Serial Reader (23/30), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (10/15, goal increased)
Why I read this: recommended by a real life friend
PASS
Books TBR=439
PROGRESS REPORTJanuary: 10 books read | 3,048 pages read
February: 8 books read | 3,880 pages read
March: 10 books read | 4,171 pages read
April: 10 books read | 2,492 pages read
May: 10 books read | 3,170 pages read
Total = 48 books read | 16,761 pages read
A-Z Locations: 15/15
Bibliopoly: 21/30
Bookworms Take Shelfies: 21/30
Mount TBR: 30/36
Popsugar: 2/5
Serial Reader: 23/30
All the Feels: 5/6
Up & Atom: 7/6
Personal Challenge (One Word Titles): 10/15
Personal Challenge (Shakespeare): 2/x
Personal Challenge (Discworld): 2/x
Personal Challenge (Unintentional Readathon): 2/x
Longest book: The Ink Black Heart (1,462 pages)
Shortest book: Little Free Library (12 pages)
Best Book: Nimona
Worst Book: Slaughterhouse-Five
49. Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson432 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Mount TBR (31/36), Serial Reader (24/30)
Why I read this: it sounded interesting
KEEP
Books TBR=441
50. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones320 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (22/30), Mount TBR (32/36), Serial Reader (25/30), All the Feels (6/6), Emoji Titles (1/4)
Why I read this: I've heard a lot about it
PASS
Books TBR=441
51. Saint by Adrienne Young330 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Mount TBR (33/36), Serial Reader (26/30), Emoji Titles (2/4), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (11/15)
Why I read this: part of the Narrows/Fable verse
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Books TBR=440
52. The Rule of One by Ashley and Leslie Saunders258 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (27/30), Emoji Titles (3/4), Reading Rainbow Readathon (Team Yellow) (1/x)
Why I read this: for the Reading Rainbow Readathon (go Team Yellow!)
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Books TBR=440
53. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux219 pages
⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Locations (16/15), Bibliopoly (22/30), Serial Reader (28/30), Reading Rainbow Readathon (Team Yellow) (2/x)
Why I read this: for the Reading Rainbow Readathon (go Team Yellow!)
PASS
Books TBR=439
54. Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett421 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Locations (17/15), Bookworms Take Shelfies (23/30), Mount TBR (34/36), Serial Reader (29/30), Reading Rainbow Readathon (Team Yellow) (3/x), Personal Challenge (Discworld) (3/x)
Why I read this: part of my personal lifetime challenge to read the whole Discworld series. Plus another book for Team Yellow in the Readathon
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Books TBR=439
55. Skellig by David Almond256 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bibliopoly (23/30), Reading Rainbow Readathon (Team Yellow) (4/x), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (12/15)
Why I read this: for the Reading Rainbow Readathon (go Team Yellow!)
PASS
Books TBR=438
56. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman369 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (30/40, goal increased), Reading Rainbow Readathon (Team Yellow) (5/x)
Why I read this: for the Reading Rainbow Readathon (go Team Yellow!)
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Books TBR=437
Books TBR=439I won a giveaway on Instagram for correctly guessing how many books would fit on a bookcase (278, fyi)
57. The Marriage Act by John Marrs400 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Mount TBR (35/36), Emoji Titles (4/4)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
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Books TBR=438
Books TBR=440Kindle needs to stop enticing me with cheap book deals 🙈
Rachael wrote: "Books TBR=440Kindle needs to stop enticing me with cheap book deals 🙈"
😂
58. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell193 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (24/30), Mount TBR (36/48, goal increased), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (13/15)
Why I read this: audiobookin' as I'm workin'
PASS
Books TBR=439
PROGRESS REPORTJanuary: 10 books read | 3,048 pages read
February: 8 books read | 3,880 pages read
March: 10 books read | 4,171 pages read
April: 10 books read | 2,492 pages read
May: 10 books read | 3,170 pages read
June: 10 books read | 3,173 pages read
Total = 58 books read | 19,934 pages read
A-Z Locations: 17/15
Bibliopoly: 23/30
Bookworms Take Shelfies: 24/30
Mount TBR: 36/48
Popsugar: 2/5
Serial Reader: 30/30
All the Feels: 6/6
Emoji Titles: 4/4
Reading Rainbow Readathon (Team Yellow): 5/x
Personal Challenge (One Word Titles): 13/15
Personal Challenge (Shakespeare): 2/x
Personal Challenge (Discworld): 3/x
Longest book: The Ink Black Heart (1,462 pages)
Shortest book: Little Free Library (12 pages)
Best Book: Nimona
Worst Book: Slaughterhouse-Five
59. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence571 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (25/30), Serial Reader (31/40)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
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Books TBR=438
60. Being An Account of the Life and Death of the Emperor Heliogabolous by Neil Gaiman14 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (26/30)
Why I read this: it was mentioned on Neil Gaiman's Tumblr
PASS
Books TBR=438
Books TBR= 504!I downloaded 50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol 1 and 2 on my Kindle. I already have copies of several of these but each volume contains 50 full length novels, it was ridiculously cheap and too good to miss. Added the books I didn't have separately on here.
I know I have a goal to not own more than 500 unread books and currently my TBR pile is above that figure. Fingers crossed by the end of the year, it will be lower...
61. The Fearsome Firebird by Lauren Oliver323 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Mount TBR (37/48), Serial Reader (32/40), Build a Circus (1/3)
Why I read this: for the Build a Circus challenge
PASS
Books TBR=503
62. Caraval by Stephanie Garber416 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Mount TBR (38/48), Serial Reader (33/40), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (14/15)
Why I read this: group read
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Books TBR=502
63. Legendary by Stephanie Garber416 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (34/40), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (15/20, goal increased)
Why I read this: part of the Caraval trilogy
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Books TBR=501
64. Finale by Stephanie Garber473 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (35/40), Personal Challenge (One Word Titles) (16/20)
Why I read this: part of the Caraval trilogy
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Books TBR=500
65. Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson448 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (36/40), Build a Circus (2/3)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
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Books TBR=502 got approved for a couple more arcs today
66. The Magicians by Lev Grossman428 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Locations (18/15), Serial Reader (37/40), Book Award Bingo (1/9), Build a Circus (3/3)
Why I read this: I was in a magic mood
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Books TBR=501
67. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black 385 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (38/40), Book Award Bingo (2/9)
Why I read this: reread, part of the Folk of the Air series
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Books TBR=503
68. The Lost Sisters by Holly Black50 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Mount TBR (39/48), Serial Reader (39/40)
Why I read this: part of the Folk of the Air series
KEEP
Books TBR=502
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
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432 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Locations (11/15), Bibliopoly (14/30), Mount TBR (21/24), Happy Hamster Habitat (4/4)
Why I read this: I like Veronica Roth
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Books TBR=446