2025 November Reading Challenge

[Elizabeth]

Hello everyone!

The November Reading challenge is to read a book with a one word title. You could try Spare if you like memoirs or Heir if you like Teen Fantasy. Beloved, Paradise, or Jazz if you like Toni Morrison. Yellowface if you're in the mood for drama, Gilead if you want a prize winner.

If you want to read children's books you could try Starfish, Odder, Pax, Ghost, Guts, or Holes.

There are so many books with one word titles.

Let's see what we can find.

Good luck!

[Teresa]

I ruled out books with subtitles. So far, I have 3 possibilities: ContainmentContainment (mystery, indigenous, New Zealand), ClytemnestraClytemnestra (Greek mythology queen), or KaikeyiKaikeyi (Indian mythology queen).

[Debbie]

"Last night I dreamed I went to Manderlay again." This is just weird. About 3 days ago I added for my next read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. This is the third time this year that the topic covered either a title I had already started (twice) or one I was planning to start soon (once). Plan was to finish Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas and The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine LEngle, which I'm reading simultaneously and then I'd start Rebecca. The other two will be finished in early November at the latest.

That's just weird.

[Audrey]

I love The Arm of the Starfish.

[Elizabeth]

Debbie wrote: ""Last night I dreamed I went to Manderlay again." This is just weird. About 3 days ago I added for my next read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. This is the third time..."

You are amazingly lucky. It takes me ages to decide what to pick. :D

[Brittany]

I am already planning to read Cymbeline by William Shakespeare in November, so this challenge works great! 😊

[Em]

If I can get any reading done this month, I will read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, since I just saw the 2025 Del Toro movie. Will post progress here if I even get off the starting line. Update: I did get to it, and completed it 11/19.

[Elizabeth]

Em wrote: "If I can get any reading done this month, I will read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, since I just saw the 2025 Del Toro movie. Will post progress here if I even get off the starting line."

Ooh, how was the movie? I like del Toro's stuff, but I am an incredible scaredy cat. How scary is it?

[Em]

It is more gory, I would say. Not slasher type stuff, but anatomical. I would recommend it, as I am not a horror movie person and enjoyed it. There may be several times you need to cover your eyes though!

[Debbie]

Thanks for the info, Em. I just hope it is better than the version Kenneth Branagh did. Robert DeNiro was the monster in that film.

[Greg]

I read Coma by Robin Cook.

Monthly Challenges:
9/9 so far
9/10 year

Challenge Book Tally:
13/13 so far
13/14 year

[Teresa]

I finished my book, Containment.

[Brittany]

I just finished Cymbeline by William Shakespeare 😊

[Carolyn]

I just finished Coriolanus by William Shakespeare Is is part of my goal to read all of Shakespeare's plays. It was really good.

[Darin]

I just finished listening to Tim Curry's memoir "Vagabond." It was really good! He had a stroke in 2012, I believe, but he still does voice acting.

[Linda]

I read by Percival Everett for my book this month. I had heard good and bad about this book, but I enjoyed it.

[Deborah]

I just finished Reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Wow, this one pulls at your emotions doesn't it?

[Debbie]

I have finished Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ( Review )

[Audrey]

Debbie wrote: "I have finished Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ( Review ) "

My favorite!

[Audrey]

I (re)read Drumindor, which I was also the copy editor for.

[Hailee]

I finally finished the book IT by Stephen King. that was a hefty one. took me about a month. started it in October for "spooky season" but didn't finish until the middle of November. Of course I had to pause and read 5 other books between haha but that was a great book. weird. but good.

[Elizabeth]

Yay for everyone who read and posted in November! The December challenge is up now.

Sorry for the delay, I have been on vacation, but am glad to be back!

[Elizabeth]

Brittany is our prize drawing winner for November’s reading challenge for reading Cymbeline by William Shakespeare.

Congratulations!