HRCYED - The Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 2025-2026

[LinaVer]

HRCYED - The Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 2.0
Duration: July 7 (2025) - July 6 (2026)



Hello everyone!
Encouraged by TerryJane, I've decided to create this topic for everyone who might be already taking part or thinking about taking part in 📚HRCYED - The Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 2.0📚.

HRCYED is a challenge created by a Youtube creator Qwordy. It has started in July (2025), on the creator's birthday, and will continue for a year until July (2026). Anyone can start it later, though, and continue for a year, as it is self-tracked challenge.

HRCYED is a reading challenge that's created to be virtually impossible to reach, as there are more than 100 prompts. It's purpose is to encourage readers to broaden their reading and simply have fun.

✨This is not an official challenge in this group, nor a challenge that I have created or that I would be leading.✨

However, I am doing this challenge myself, and I was thinking that it would be very nice to have a space where we could discuss the books we're reading for this challenge, exchange book recommendations, tips, or even track our own progress here, if we'd like. I would really love for anyone interested to join so we could have some reading fun together.

Below, I will put helpful information and links.
Happy reading!📖

[LinaVer]

Helpful information
HRCYED - The Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 2.0

Duration: July 7 (2025) - July 6 (2026)

Creator: Qwordy

Here's an official video about the challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzS1f...

Website: https://hrcyed.my.canva.site/

Here you can download Google Spreadsheet to track your progress: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Alternatively, if you'd like, feel free to reserve a comment here, in this topic, to track your own progress. To do that, just post a comment. You can always edit it as you need.

Some basic rules for this challenge are:
• no DNFs - you must complete a book for it to count towards your goals
• you can use a re-read for a prompt after you read 10 new books
• each book can be used for 2 different prompts (regardless of colour)
• to replace one prompt that you can't/don't want to do, you can read 5 indie/self published books that have less than 500 reviews, instead
• white prompts are non-changeable
• purple prompts are customizable

This is the official bingo board of the challenge:


Challenge is completed when all prompts are done, not when you get a bingo line.

[LinaVer]

Here are some questions to encourage discussion 😊

1. How/why did you decide to take part in this challenge?
2. What’s the hardest prompt or category in the HRCYED challenge for you so far, and how are you planning to tackle it?
3. How do you decide which books fit each prompt — do you plan everything in advance or go with the flow?
4. Have you discovered any surprising favorites (or disappointments) while working through the challenge?
5. How do you stay motivated during such a long reading challenge — any routines or accountability tricks?
6. Which prompt are you most excited about, and what book are you planning (or hoping) to read for it?

[LinaVer]

My answers 😇

1. I first saw someone else's video about them taking part in this challenge, and it seemed like a really big challenge. Whenever my ADHD brain sees something HUGE, it immediately thinks YES!!! I CAN DO IT ALL, so that's how I decided to take part, haha 😅

2. I think the hardest for me will be the creator's recommendations, as I am a huge mood reader and in general I do not like being told what to do, haha. But I guess if I treat it like recommendations from a friend and keep an open mind, I can do it.

3. I do have some books planned in advance, mainly ARCs I have already signed up to review, but for the most part I just see if the books I have read fit any of the prompts. I don't want to make it difficult for myself, as this is a very big challenge.

4. I really like the queer alphabet and disability representation. One of the best parts of this challenge for me is that it encourages to read broadly with the idea of open-mindedness and educating yourself.

5. I use the spreadsheet and it is very satisfying when I get to upload a book cover by a prompt and check it off. Other than that, I am just really easy going about this challenge, so I don't have specific tricks or routines.

6. I'm quite looking forward to reading through Spooky creature prompts right now, in autumn, to increase the spooky cozy mood.😊