2026 Book Reading Challenges

Book H... Monthly Surprise Prompts

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Read Your Bookshelf Challenge

FORM

January: title must include an article (a, an, the)

   The Red Cottage

 

February: three or more objects on cover (not including person)

   As Time Goes By

 

March: weapon on cover or title

   Castle of Whispers

 

April: title includes conjunction (and, but, or, so)

   Hieroglyphs and Homicide 

   Man of Shadow and Mist

 

May: title includes a place (country, city, room, valley, mountain)

   The Heather Hills of Stonewycke

   Storm in the Village

   The Vanishing of Loxby Manor

 

June: five or more words

   Check TBR, many

   The Count of Monte Cristo

 

July: has a map inside (Mantles of Oak and Iron)

   The Orb and the Airship

 

August: water on cover or title

   Be an Angel 

 

September: animal on cover or title (Caleb and Kit)

   Caleb and Kit

 

October: book on cover or title (Between the Shadows)

   Bound by Disaster

   a cozy mystery?

   The Stolen Letter

 

November: vehicle on cover (Breath of Bones)

   Breath of Bones

   Death by the Book

 

December: True or false in title, or the word lies, or a true statement, false statement

   Unlocking the Truth

   And Only to Deceive?

 

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Eating Our Words Reading Challenge

Post a comment & fill out checklist at end of year. Read in correct month or anytime.

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SELF-CHECKOUT AISLE and fill it in with any book of your choice - BUT you must put “self-checkout” next to the month and title.

Note to self: You can also get bonus points for doing ALL months and an extra Self-Checkout aisle selection 

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Malissa's Merry Reading Challenge 

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Check ins throughout the year: March, June & September 

Linky

Read-a-Thons: (check back Jan. 1st on same post)

 

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The Goal:  Read & review 48 books (Library Addict)

➜ Winter Semester: Jan. 1st, 2025 – April 30th

➜ Summer Semester: May 1st, 2025 – Aug. 31st

➜ Autumn Semester: Sept. 1st, 2025 – Dec. 31st

Note to self: Link up on review linky as I finish each book. 

Giveaway: At the end of each semester. 

Bonus: Audiobook Challenge (June-July), the Library BINGO (Sept-Oct), & an Mid-Year Check-In (July 7), End Of Year Check-In (Dec. 15th)

The Goal:    

16-25 books – Detective

Note to self: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Crime genres, 100+ pages.
Monthly linky. (Linked up in: [])

Giveaway?:  Halfway point & end of the year?

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Reading With Wrigs

An author with a Z in their name:   Castle of Whispers
A book about siblings            
A book with a tree on the cover            
A book with a road trip            
A book set in a Nordic country            
A book with a body part in the title:   The Golden Tresses of the Dead
A book to screen adaptation:   The Count of Monte Cristo 
A book with an animal main character:   The Tale of Hawthorn House
A book with a building or cityscape on the cover            
A book featuring music or a musician            
A book with a color in the title:   The Red Cottage   
A book with a recipe in it:   As Time Goes By

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Personal Challenge: Read as many Netgalley books as possible (coordinate with B.H. challenge).

2ndly: Read from Goodreads TBR.

3rdly: Read from BookFunnel / Kindle library.

4thly: After finishing other book challenges, return to finish all B.H. categories.

Top 10 Favorite Reads of 2024!

Tarissa's bookshelf: 2024-top-favorite

Salt to the Sea

by Ruta Sepetys

Salt to the Sea is a beautiful story, filled with tragedy, but hope. In this story set in 1945, we meet several people from various walks of life. They are all destined to board the ill-fated ship Wilhelm Gustloff. This ship is sunk duri...

Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Goose

by Stephanie Laurens

Herein we are introduced to Lady Osbaldestone... and her three young grandchildren who have come to spend the Christmas holidays with her. These three darling imps soon become her close comrades, and her co-conspirators in village life. ...

A Study in Murder

by Callie Hutton

Not your average mystery novel! I was taken in from the very beginning of this book. I love how it is set in the year 1890, so it is a historical Victorian mystery. A similar time setting to the Sherlock Holmes stories. And these Victo...

The Collies of Christmas

by Ace Mask

SEBASTIAN AND THE THREE KINGS A moving story of a homeless man, a stray dog, and the gift of a thoughtful and caring Collie dog. THE SHEPHERD'S GIFT Taking place a long while ago, in the wintry Scottish Highlands... an old shepherd and...

The Tale of Holly How

by Susan Wittig Albert

Beatrix now owns a little flock of sheep. But the old shepherd is dead. And the sheep are the only ones who really know how it happened. But they cannot really communicate with the humans, now can they? Such a mystery novel! All that, a...

When Tomorrow Came

by Hannah Linder

Hannah Linder is a fairly new author that I am quickly coming to like and recommend to my friends! When Tomorrow Came is a fantastic historical fiction piece with gothic undertones. I love the orphan backstory of siblings Nan and Heath g...

The Rare Jewel of Everleigh Wheaton

by Susan L. Tuttle

A FUN mystery! Something akin to reading The Westing Game (in my childhood), or playing a game of Clue. It's a flashy mystery with a cash reward waiting for you at the end of it, if you could just decifer the clues, fit the puzzle pieces...

Robbie Taggart: Highland Sail

by Michael R. Phillips

What a beautiful book! It made me feel as if I was reading a work of classic literature. But this novel was only published in the 1980s. If you're looking for a dramatic saga to become immersed in, you need this this novel. Robbie Taggar...

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

by Maureen Johnson

A comical read... about murder! Written in an engaging style, with words and a fancy flamboyance that will catapult you back to at least Victorian times. It's actually a riot to read. Throw in a few frightening scenarios and creepy alley...

The Substitute Guest

by Grace Livingston Hill

This was my first Grace Livingston Hill read, and the first page in, I knew I had chosen well. Descriptions are needed with well-placed words, and with phrases that make you smile. I simply adore this vintage, old timey style of writing....