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I've signed up for three 2025 #readingchallenges already, and it's not even December! #WickedWords is a given of course if it's running, #ISpyBingo I very much enjoy, and I like the look of the prompts for #booklistqueenchallenge25 too. And I'll be running Four Fours again, hashtagged #fourfoursin25 this time.

What are you thinking of signing up for? Or running?

#readingchallenge #2025readingchallenges

I‘ve decided that I‘m going to participate in #nonfictionnovember this year to help me get through my Netgalley ARCs. I have a feeling that I will have a lot of nonfiction books to read in November just like I do this month. This month has been a very nonfiction heavy month but at least I have some nonfiction that‘s perfect for Halloween and Fall. I also have some nonfiction books on my TBR this month that I want to save for next month.

#30booksin3months

Here‘s how I‘m doing on #30booksin3months. I read 5 books last month so I got to add them on to this graphic. I will not be finished with this by September 2 so I‘m going to be reading past the end date.

I will be posting on TikTok (@ c_5315) as I start to actually go on a reading journey of ALL my physical books! I have 200 to get through… and I‘d like to do it in under two years. Reviews will be posted here and on TikTok!

Here‘s my progress on #30booksin3months.

I did it I completed the Birth and Beyond Reading challenge for 23-24. It was by the skin of my teeth but I did it!! #bbrc.

Here‘s my progress on my series tracker. This is the first page of my tracker and I DNF‘d 1 series last month but that‘s okay because it‘s still getting taken off my list either way. At any time when reading these series, I can DNF if I don‘t like where the story is going for whatever reason or if it has something that bothers me in it. I want to finish All‘s Fair In Love And Football this month. I‘ve only read the first book.

The #BBRC is back for the new year. This is a Fiscal year challenge so it runs July -June. The purpose of the BBRC is to get everyone reading books for all age rangers.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/e6a3e36d-cb34-4e87-8cf6-e532013...
This years objective: a picture book for every letter of the alphabet - WRITTEN by a celerity. (or about a celebrity if some of the letters are harder, here's looking at you X).

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Here‘s my progress on my reading challenge I made for myself to help me read what I own. I have 3 books left to read. I should make one of these graphics for my Kindle books since it‘s been helping me not be overwhelmed by my physical TBR. I would do the same thing. I would choose a small number of books, put them in a graphic and just read them whenever I want to. I don‘t feel overwhelmed with a small number of books.

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Here‘s my progress on #30booksin3months. I completed the first row of the graphic and started the second row. I‘m hoping to read more books from my #bookspinbingo list this month. I‘ve read 5 books from my #readyourkindle list and now, I‘m working on my #bookspinbingo list. I haven‘t posted my progress on my bingo board yet but I will after I‘ve made more progress.

I decided to change the name of my reading challenge to help me read my physical books. It used to be called “Physical Books I‘ve Been Ignoring” but I didn‘t like that name so I changed it to “Read Your Physical TBR”. I like the new name better. I think it‘s clever. I feel like I‘m calling myself out with that name because I tend to ignore the books on my shelves and just read something I don‘t own.

I‘ve started some reading challenges for myself to get me to finish series I‘ve started, read my Kindle and read my physical books. I‘m thinking that I should‘ve started a 24 books in 2024 list to help me get through my TBR but if I start it now, it‘ll be too late because it‘s already June. I wish I would‘ve thought about doing that but I didn‘t know what books to pick. Maybe next year, I can make a 25 books in 2025 list. I like lists.

Here‘s my progress on the #greekmythologychallenge. I still have a long way to go but the book I‘m currently reading will work for this challenge. I think adding more prompts from this reading challenge to my #bookspinbingo list each month would be fun and that would give me a chance to complete more prompts from this reading challenge. I‘ve been working on this whenever I‘ve wanted to do it. If I don‘t feel like it then I don‘t do it.

One of my favorite reading challenges is back for the 6th year this Summer. I always read past the end date just so I can fill in this graphic with the books I‘ve read. I haven‘t decided if I should count DNFs towards this but I feel like maybe I should if I start bailing on a lot of books. I would just have to type DNF over the book image but I could do that.

#30booksin3months

Here‘s how I‘m doing on reading these physical books that I own. I have 5 books left to read. When I get done with this, I‘ll choose more books from my shelf to read. I started a little reading challenge for myself to read my physical books but I didn‘t give myself a deadline. I‘ve added the last 5 books on this graphic to #bookspin lists every month to motivate myself to read them.

I made a reading challenge for myself to read my physical books and these are the books I chose. I‘ve added the rest of these books to my #bookspin list hoping that it will help me to prioritize the physical books I own. I‘m doing good. I have 6 books left to read on this graphic. After I finish reading the books on here, I‘ll choose more to read.

good time to clean out my kindle @CBee #readyourkindle #readinglife #readinggoal

Here‘s my progress on my reading challenge for this month. I‘m not going to read any more books this month. In 2023, I discovered that I like taking a break from reading during the last week of every month so I‘m going to be continuing to do that this year.

🙌 My library hosted a fun reading challenge in 2023! I didn‘t get a blackout but I filled 2 complete rows.
✅ I used one copy for tracking prompts completed, and another for photos of the books I read for the prompts. I loved using my book stamps and washi tape for this challenge.

#LitsyCrafters @Catsandbooks
#BookJournal #justreadppl

Here‘s my progress for my reading challenge this month. I can‘t believe January is almost over and I‘ve only finished 2 books this month. I DNF‘d a lot of books this month.

Here‘s my progress on this challenge. I‘m not off to a great start. I‘ve been reading every day but I haven‘t finished any books yet. I‘ve been reading my Netgalley ARCs and I DNF‘d them because I didn‘t like them. I‘m trying to improve my ratio on Netgalley and bailing on books isn‘t helping but if I don‘t like the book then I don‘t like it so I‘m not going to force myself to finish books I‘m not enjoying.

I got an email from Whitney and I saw that she posted about the private paid community she made for #theunreadshelfproject. I enjoyed participating in this challenge because of the prompts and guides and the community but I didn‘t have to pay. I‘m not sure if I want to join. There won‘t be new prompts or guides but I miss #theunreadshelfproject community.

I‘m sharing my Goodreads reading challenges from years past and I see that I have been on Goodreads for 10 years. I can‘t believe it‘s been 10 years.

For this year, I set my goal to 1 book on Goodreads and StoryGraph like I did last year. I set it to 1 book last year and as I read books, I gradually increased it and that worked out really well for me because I ended up reading 84 books last year.

I decided to join this reading challenge hosted by StoryGraph. I decided to start an audio ARC from Netgalley that is being released this month. I started reading Only If You‘re Lucky by Stacy Willingham. This is my first book by this author.

Well - not going to make it this year - although I did read about the same as last year. I definitely get too wrapped up in tv…. Have to set a more realistic goal because I haven‘t met it in 2 years 😔

I am going to be hosting a TBR challenge again. I am doing it through StoryGraph again. It's quite simple: read at least two books each month that have been on your TBR since January 1, 2023. I hope you will be able to join #litsyevents

Here is the sign up link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/14611b90-7d15-4a52-8663-53f98eb...

I thought this article was interesting.

Link to the article: https://bookriot.com/reading-goals-and-mental-health/

#theunreadshelfproject is closing down. This is the Instagram post that Whitney shared today and the comment that I made on the post. My username is kelli_booklover on Instagram. I‘m sad that this is coming to an end but as the saying goes,”All good things come to an end.” I enjoyed being a part of the community. It helped me prioritize my unread books and I will continue to prioritize my unread books when I can.

Here‘s my #fairytalereadingchallenge for 2024! Find all the details here: https://charityrau.wordpress.com/2023/12/11/fairytale-reading-challenge-2024/
It is on Storygraph too! #readchallenge2024 #readingchallenge

Here‘s how I did on #theunreadshelfproject this year. There were 2 books I borrowed from the library because I didn‘t have a book to fit the prompts and I bought 2 audiobooks to fit 2 more prompts but other than that, I did really well. I haven‘t done the last 3 prompts and at this point, I‘m not going to stress myself out trying to complete this challenge. Christmas is coming up. Why stress myself out if I don‘t have to?

I was on Instagram and I saw that there‘s a challenge for next year to read Agatha Christie so this is what I commented on that post. I‘ll have to see if I can find time for it next year. If I don‘t get around to it next year, it‘s not a big deal. The only reason I haven‘t read more of her books is I don‘t know what to read next by her. She has written so many books and there‘s a lot to choose from.

Here‘s how I‘m doing on my reading challenges for the year. I‘m not going to finish any of them this year. The only one that has a deadline is The Unread Shelf Project but I didn‘t participate in it for October or November and I probably won‘t read anything for it this month either. For the Greek Mythology challenge, I‘m just adding books to it that I‘ve already read this year.

I completed 2 more prompts for the #greekmythologychallenge. I‘m counting Demon Next Door for a true crime novel and I‘m counting When God Doesn‘t Make Sense for a challenging book about a heavy topic.

I just fulfilled 2 more prompts for the #greekmythologychallenge that I‘m doing this year. I read these 2 books last month. I‘m counting the book The Spider for a book somehow related to or featuring spiders and the book Charlie Brown‘s Christmas Miracle will count for a book that makes me nostalgic. I feel like reading the Charlie Brown book was nostalgic for me because I‘m 33 and I became a fan of Peanuts comics when I was 19.

Another reading challenge I am planning for 2024.

And done!! #readingchallenge #goodreadschallenge

It's only October and I'm almost there!

Do I revise my target upward, or rest on my laurels and pick up Hild and the next Outlander?

#readingchallenges