ABC Quarter 2: Joyful Knowledge Leads Many New Observations

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Quarter 2: Joyful Knowledge Leads Many New Observations
April 1 - June 30, 2025

With 26 diverse tasks to complete, one for each letter of the alphabet, you'll have the opportunity to explore a wide range of genres and perspectives. Let your curiosity be your guide as you set sail on this exciting expedition through the world of books!

Challenge Rules:
📚 Standard Challenge Rules are SUSPENDED for this challenge.
This means you have more flexibility in choosing books to fulfill the prompts, including shorter page counts, graphic novels, etc. HOWEVER, be aware that if you use a book in this challenge that doesn't meet the Standard Challenge Rules, you won't be able to use that same book for other group challenges that do require adherence to the Standard Challenge Rules.
🔖 Each book can only be used ONCE within this challenge, even if it fits multiple prompts.
🎨 You are encouraged to interpret the prompts creatively, but your interpretation should be reasonable and justifiable.
📖 There are no restrictions on book format (e-book, audiobook, physical book). For example, for the task "Audiobook narrated by the author", you don't have to listen to the audiobook for the book to qualify, it just needs to be a book whose author narrated the audiobook edition.
🗓️ You may complete the prompts in any order within each quarter.

Optional Challenge Booster:
🔤 Alliterative Adventure: For an extra challenge, try to complete each task using a book whose title begins with the same letter as the task. For example:
• "Adventure novel set in an unexplored land," read Amazon Adventure
• "Biography of a famous explorer or pioneer," read Barrow's Boys
• "Classic novel published before 1900," read Crime and Punishment
This is entirely optional and can be applied to as many or as few prompts as you like!

Tasks:

Audiobook narrated by the author
Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
Debut novel by an author under 30
Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Futuristic technology or science book
Gothic horror novel
Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Insightful travel memoir
Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Magical realism novel set in South America
Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Oprah's Book Club selection
Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book
Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Satirical novel about modern society
True crime book about a cold case
Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)
Verse novel or narrative poetry
War novel
X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Zen or mindfulness book

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

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[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Quarter 2: Joyful Knowledge Leads Many New Observations
April 1 - June 30, 2025

🔤 = Bonus Alliterative Option
✅ = Completed

✅ Audiobook narrated by the author
Book: Rage Becomes Her | Read: 15-Apr-2025 | Justification: The author, Soraya Chemaly, narrates the audiobook.

✅ Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
🔤 Book: The Borrower | Read: 10-Apr-2025 | Justification: A librarian accidentally kidnaps a young boy obsessed with books.

Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

✅ Debut novel by an author under 30
Book: Homegoing | Read: 26-Jun-2025 | Justification: Homegoing was Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, published in 2016 when she was just 26 years old.

✅ Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Book: This Is How You Lose the Time War | Read: 22-Jun-2025 | Justification: told through letters

✅ Futuristic technology or science book
Book: The Hunger Games | Read:17-May-2025 | Justification: Panem/The Capital have lot of futuristic technology!

✅ Gothic horror novel
Book: Summer Sons | Read: 25-Jun-2025 | Justification: MPG Horror, MPG Gothic

✅ Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Book: What the River Knows | Read: 21-May-2025 | Justification: Set in Egypt, an ancient civilization.

Insightful travel memoir
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

✅ Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
Book: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Read: 22-Apr-2025 | Justification: Satirical, witty, and written entirely in diary form by a flapper named Lorelei Lee.

✅ Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Book: Our Wives Under the Sea | Read: 19-Apr-2025 | Justification: The transformation element, bureaucratic medical horrors, and slow descent into surreal horror absolutely evoke a Kafkaesque tone.

✅ Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Book: The Bitch | Read: 19-May-2025 | Justification: MPG Lit Fic, unreliable in a psychological sense—limited, fragmented, and shaped by suffering.

Magical realism novel set in South America
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

✅ Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Book: The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives | Read: 9-Jun | Justification: A true story about gender identity, race, and juvenile justice.

Oprah's Book Club selection
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

✅ Satirical novel about modern society
Book: The Wise Women | Read: 17-Apr-2025 | Justification: With razor-sharp wit, Sorell skewers modern wellness culture, performative feminism, and the absurd pressures on women to ‘have it all’—serving up a deliciously satirical take on the contradictions of contemporary life.

True crime book about a cold case
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

✅ Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)
Book: A Psalm for the Wild-Built | Read: 15-May-2025 | Justification: It envisions a peaceful, eco-conscious future where humans and sentient robots coexist harmoniously. No dystopian strife—just empathy, sustainability, and gentle philosophical questions. A hopeful solarpunk utopia.

Verse novel or narrative poetry
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

✅ War novel
Book: The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Read: 7-May-2025 | Justification: Set during WW2, chronicles Lale's experience in Auschwitz - Birkenau.

✅ X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Book: Ice Planet Barbarians | Read: 13-May-2025 | Justification: Banned for explicit sexual content and themes deemed inappropriate by some libraries and schools, this book sparked controversy over genre fiction, censorship, and women’s sexual agency.

✅ Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Book: The Summer I Turned Pretty | Read: [date] | Justification: Set in the early 2000s, though the book doesn't pinpoint an exact year, based on the technology, pop culture references, and general vibe.

Zen or mindfulness book
Book: insert book title here | Read: [date] | Justification: [short reason]

[❡MaRisa]

My Spot

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

April 1-June 30

Tasks:

Audiobook narrated by the author
Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
Debut novel by an author under 30
Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Futuristic technology or science book
Gothic horror novel
Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Insightful travel memoir
Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Magical realism novel set in South America
Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Oprah's Book Club selection
Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book
Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Satirical novel about modern society
True crime book about a cold case
Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)
Verse novel or narrative poetry
War novel
X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Zen or mindfulness book

[Jess]

Tasks:

Audiobook narrated by the author
Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
Debut novel by an author under 30
Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Futuristic technology or science book
Gothic horror novel
Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Insightful travel memoir
Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Magical realism novel set in South America
Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Oprah's Book Club selection
Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book
Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Satirical novel about modern society
True crime book about a cold case
Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)
Verse novel or narrative poetry
War novel
X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Zen or mindfulness book

[Jenny]

Quarter 2: Joyful Knowledge Leads Many New Observations
April 1 - June 30, 2025

Tasks:

Audiobook narrated by the author
Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
✅Debut novel by an author under 30
The Quiet Tenant
✅Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Illuminae
✅Futuristic technology or science book The Gone World
Gothic horror novel
Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Insightful travel memoir
Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
✅Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Qualityland
✅Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Glorious Exploits
Magical realism novel set in South America
✅Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Oprah's Book Club selection
✅Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Demon Copperhead
✅Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book All This & More
Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Satirical novel about modern society
True crime book about a cold case
Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)
Verse novel or narrative poetry
War novel
X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Zen or mindfulness book

[Claire]

I’m in

Tasks:

Audiobook narrated by the author
✔️Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
Zonder liefde Stefan Brijs 224 p. 10 april

Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
Debut novel by an author under 30
Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Futuristic technology or science book
Gothic horror novel
✔️Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Odyssee Stephen Fry 368p. 18;april

Insightful travel memoir
Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Magical realism novel set in South America
Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Oprah's Book Club selection
Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book
Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Satirical novel about modern society
True crime book about a cold case
Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)
Verse novel or narrative poetry
War novel
X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Zen or mindfulness book

[Caraina]

ABC Quarter 2: Joyful Knowledge Leads Many New Observations
Duration: April 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025

Challenge Rules:
📚 Standard Challenge Rules are SUSPENDED for this challenge.
This means you have more flexibility in choosing books to fulfill the prompts, including shorter page counts, graphic novels, etc. HOWEVER, be aware that if you use a book in this challenge that doesn't meet the Standard Challenge Rules, you won't be able to use that same book for other group challenges that do require adherence to the Standard Challenge Rules.
🔖 Each book can only be used ONCE within this challenge, even if it fits multiple prompts.
🎨 You are encouraged to interpret the prompts creatively, but your interpretation should be reasonable and justifiable.
📖 There are no restrictions on book format (e-book, audiobook, physical book). For example, for the task "Audiobook narrated by the author", you don't have to listen to the audiobook for the book to qualify, it just needs to be a book whose author narrated the audiobook edition.
🗓️ You may complete the prompts in any order within each quarter.

Optional Challenge Booster:
🔤 Alliterative Adventure: For an extra challenge, try to complete each task using a book whose title begins with the same letter as the task. For example:
• "Adventure novel set in an unexplored land," read Amazon Adventure
• "Biography of a famous explorer or pioneer," read Barrow's Boys
• "Classic novel published before 1900," read Crime and Punishment
This is entirely optional and can be applied to as many or as few prompts as you like!
Completed: 0/26

Tasks:

Audiobook narrated by the author
Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
Debut novel by an author under 30
Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Futuristic technology or science book
Gothic horror novel
Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Insightful travel memoir
Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Magical realism novel set in South America
Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Oprah's Book Club selection
Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book
Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Satirical novel about modern society
True crime book about a cold case
Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)
Verse novel or narrative poetry
War novel
X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Zen or mindfulness book

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa), Bibliotherapist]

ABC Quarter 2: Joyful Knowledge Leads Many New Observations
Duration: April 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025

Challenge Rules:
📚 Standard Challenge Rules are SUSPENDED for this challenge.
This means you have more flexibility in choosing books to fulfill the prompts, including shorter page counts, graphic novels, etc. HOWEVER, be aware that if you use a book in this challenge that doesn't meet the Standard Challenge Rules, you won't be able to use that same book for other group challenges that do require adherence to the Standard Challenge Rules.
🔖 Each book can only be used ONCE within this challenge, even if it fits multiple prompts.
🎨 You are encouraged to interpret the prompts creatively, but your interpretation should be reasonable and justifiable.
📖 There are no restrictions on book format (e-book, audiobook, physical book). For example, for the task "Audiobook narrated by the author", you don't have to listen to the audiobook for the book to qualify, it just needs to be a book whose author narrated the audiobook edition.
🗓️ You may complete the prompts in any order within each quarter.

Optional Challenge Booster:
🔤 Alliterative Adventure: For an extra challenge, try to complete each task using a book whose title begins with the same letter as the task. For example:
• "Adventure novel set in an unexplored land," read Amazon Adventure
• "Biography of a famous explorer or pioneer," read Barrow's Boys
• "Classic novel published before 1900," read Crime and Punishment
This is entirely optional and can be applied to as many or as few prompts as you like!
Completed: 0/26

Tasks:

Audiobook narrated by the author
Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
Debut novel by an author under 30
Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Futuristic technology or science book
Gothic horror novel
Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Insightful travel memoir
Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Magical realism novel set in South America
Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Oprah's Book Club selection
Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book
Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Satirical novel about modern society
True crime book about a cold case
Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)
Verse novel or narrative poetry
War novel
X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Zen or mindfulness book

[Maria (a)]

Quarter 2: Joyful Knowledge Leads Many New Observations
April 1 - June 30, 2025

Progress: 4/26

Audiobook narrated by the author
Book about books, libraries, or the love of reading
Culinary book (fiction/non-fiction) set in a different culture
Debut novel by an author under 30

✅ Epistolary novel (told through letters, emails, or messages)
Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern (19/5; it's all chat messages, letters and e-mails)

✅ Futuristic technology or science book
Into the Dark by J.A. Sutherland (1/5; space travel technology)

Gothic horror novel
Historical fiction set in ancient civilizations
Insightful travel memoir
Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties novel
Kafkaesque story or one inspired by Franz Kafka
Literary fiction with an unreliable narrator
Magical realism novel set in South America
Nonfiction book about a social justice issue
Oprah's Book Club selection
Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction
Quantum physics or mind-bending science or sci-fi book
Romantic comedy with a holiday theme
Satirical novel about modern society
True crime book about a cold case
Utopian fiction (as opposed to dystopian)

✅ Verse novel or narrative poetry
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (5/5; verse novel)

War novel

✅ X-rated or controversial book that was once banned
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield (5/4; this has been banned a lot)

Y2K era novel (set in the late 1990s or early 2000s)
Zen or mindfulness book

[Benedicte, Bookmark First, Ask Later]

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