After taking a challenge hiatus for 2024, I am ready to participate in challenges again! I have done the Goodreads reading challenge for a few years but had NO idea of the vast amount of reading challenges there are out there! I am looking forward to participating in several challenges in 2025 and hope to see you around the challenges as well 😀 Let's cheer each other on and have some fun! Please click on the banner to be taken to the host for each challenge to see all the details and sign up.
Okay, first off, this in not an official challenge per say, but Chautona Havig was chatting on her Book Tube and decided she was going to get rid of 55 books before her 55th birthday in July. I LOVED this idea, so I will be joining her. I will be getting rid of 47 books before my 47th birthday on July 19. There are no hard and fast rules, just getting rid of books (unless she sets some). I am going to be getting rid of fiction and nonfiction. If I have read the book, it will be linked to a review, if I have not it will say (NR) beside it. Obviously, as a book nerd, books will still be coming in, and that is okay! The point is to clear off some books I know I will never read again (and don't want my children to have to take care of it when I am no longer here).
- Christmas in the Alps by Melody Carlson (DNF)
- Under the Texas Mistletoe by Karen Witemeyer
- Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster (loved it but got the copy I wanted 😀)
- Snowbound with the Amish Bachelor by Patricia Johns
- Building a Youth Ministry that Builds Disciples by Duffy Robbins (read but never reviewed)
- A Broken Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert
- Dropping these here and will use them if needed, but too lazy to type them all out right now. I have read them all, not sure which ones have been reviewed, but I removed them from my shelves yesterday 1/4/25.
- A Hidden Motive by Hannah Alexander (I think I read it before I was reviewing books)
- Among the Innocent by Mary Alford
- Bayou Betrayal by Robin Caroll (Not sure if I read it or not, it wasn't even on my Goodreads list)
- Because You're Mine by Colleen Coble
- An Amish Quilting Bee by Amy Clipston
- An Amish Cinderella by Shelley Shepard Gray
- Emma by Jane Austen
- The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews-Did not read
- Because You're Mine by Colleen Coble
18. The Host by Stephanie Meyers (never read)
Another lazy photo dump, I read most of these but not the top two.
19 and 20.. The Deep-Rooted Marriage and Bible Study (2)
22. 70 North by Kimberley Woodhouse
23. Elon Musk by Walter Issacson
24. Trail of Threats by Jessica Patch
25. Green Pastures by Patricia Johns
26. All in Good Time by Carolyn Astfalk
27. When Skies Aren't Blue by Andy Laurie
28. Sushi for One? by Camy Tang
29. Only Uni by Camy Tang
30. Single Sashimi by Camy Tang (not interested)
31. Sweet Tea and Thee by Linda Kozar
32. Paint and Nectar by Ashley Clark
33. Drive You Crazy by Jessica Kate
34. Bookworm by Cookie O'Gorman
35. The Joy of Falling by Lindsay Harrel
36. The Perfect Putt by Annah Conwell
37. I'll Be There by Amy Weatherly
38. Biblical Founds for the Cell-Based Church-read for class but not reviewed
39-138. More lazy picture dumps, at least half of these were read
The Mount TBR Reading Challenge is hosted by Bev over at My Reader's Block. There are specific levels you can sign up for and I committed to 48 books (Mount Ararat) from my physical (owned) TBR shelf prior to the start of 2025 (funnily enough this is the exact level I signed up for when I did this one in 2022.
1. Crazy Rich Rednecks by Kaci Lane
2. A Broken Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert
3. The Intentional Year by Holly and Glenn Packiam
4.The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers
5. Sara in Montana by Morris Fenris
6. Emma by Jane Austen
7. Jocelyn by Sarah Monzon
8. Ten Words to Live By by Jen Wilkin
9. A Seaside Wonder by Melissa Tagg
10. Rescued by Love by Cami Checketts
11. A Valentine from Charleston by Ashley Clark
12. Nicole by Sarah Monzon
13. Amanda by Sarah Monzon
14. Shattered Rose by Tammy L Gray (DNF)
15. Betsy by Sarah Monzon
16. Pixels and Paints by Kristi Ann Hunter
17. Trail of Threats by Jessica Patch
18. All in Good Time by Carolyn Astfalk
19. Sushi for One? by Cami Tang
20. Paint and Nectar by Ashley Clark
21. Drive You Crazy by Jessica Kate
22. Bookworm by Cookie O'Gorman
23. Accidently Married by Victorine Lieske
24. The Joy of Falling by Lindsay Harrel
25. The Perfect Putt by Annah Conwell
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And, I added one more. I am going do Susan's (Bloggin' 'bout Books) 2025 Cover Lovers Reading Challenge. I am going to do level 1 which is 1-10 books. I am not going to list all the prompts here, only the ones I end up doing.
The VIRTUAL MOUNT TBR CHALLENGE is for those of us who have a long "wish-list" of TBRs and who would like a chance to tackle those mountains. I signed up for: Mount Munch: Read 36 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library (again, same as 2022!)
1. Some Like it Scot by Pepper Basham
2. A Father for Her Boys by Danielle Grandinetti
3. The Nice Guy Next Door by Haley Zaragoza
4. The New Loneliness by Cindi McMenamin
5. Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce
6. The Hunted Heir by Jayna Breigh
7. Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce
8. A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie
9. Autumn by the Sea by Melissa Tagg
10. Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg
11. He's So Not My Valentine by Savannah Scott
12. A Beautiful Disguise by Roseanna M. White
13. Small Town Harmony by Milla Holt
14. A Pursuit of Home by Kristi Ann Hunter
15. Storm Warning by Elizabeth Goddard
16. But He's My Roommate by Annah Conwell
17. Love, Lace, and Minor Alterations by V. Joy Palmer
18. Critical Alliance by Elizabeth Goddard
19. If All Else Sails by Emma St. Clair
20. An Overdue Match by Sarah Monzon
21. The Golden Goal by Annah Conwell
22. Green Pastures by Patricia Johns
23. Hide and Seek by Christy Barritt
24. Shock and Awe by Christy Barritt
25. Safe and Sound by Christy Barritt
26. The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer
27. The Amish Midwife by Mindy Clark Starnes
28. The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden
29. The Run Option by Annah Conwell
30. Beneath the Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn
31. In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn
Next, I will be participating in Oceana's #ReadChristianRomance Challenge - they can be read in any order.
1. New Release- Some Like it Scot by Pepper Basham
2. New Author- The Hunted Heir by Jayna Breigh
3. New Purchase-
4. Animal on the Cover-Trail of Threats by Jessica R. Patch
5. New Series- Storm Warning by Elizabeth Goddard
6. Past Fave-Molly by Sarah Monzon
7. Wanted to Read-Amanda by Sarah Monzon
8. In a series-Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg
9. Floral cover-Joceyln by Sarah Monzon
10. Fall Season- Autumn by the Sea by Melissa Tagg
11. Historical- A Pursuit of Home by Kristi Ann Hunter
12. Christmas-
I have to support my blogger friend, Nicole. I will be doing her 2025 Reading Challenge. Here is what it looks like:
January-Sara in Montana by Morris Fenris
February-He's So not My Valentine by Savannah Scott (Some white and pink)
March-Betsy by Sarah Monzon
April-Paint and Nectar by Ashley Clark
The last one I am considering doing is Chantel's 2025 Reading Challenge
The prompts are pretty loose, for example the first one is "beauty." It can be a book with the word beauty in the title, or a Beauty and the Beast retelling, or just something you think is beautiful. So, here are the prompts:
January-beauty=A Broken Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert
February-size=Small Town Harmony by Milla Holt
March-time=All in Good Time by Carolyn Astfalk
April-flowers-Paint and Nectar by Ashley Clark
May-favorite
June-bird
July-royalty
August-space
September-travel
October-history
November-food
December-frosty
#1-fav color=Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg
#3-a mode of transportation -(tractor) Kaci Lane-Crazy Rich Rednecks
#4-Bookish elements=An Overdue Match by Sarah Monzon
#5-an author that has a common name spelled in an uncommon way (i.e. Stephenie Meyer)-Cindi McMenamin-The New Loneliness
#9-A Summery Scene-A Father for Her Boys by Danielle Grandinetti
#11-a skeleton, bones, or a skull and crossbones-The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers
#12-floral elements-Molly by Sarah Monzon
#13 sports equipment=The Golden Goal by Annah Conwell (ice skates)
#14 a title or scent that makes you laugh-Some Like it Scot by Pepper Basham
#15-Something you might see in a hospital=Green Pastures by Patricia Johns
#16-someone wearing period clothing=A Pursuit of Home by Kristi Ann Hunter
#19 at least one person of color (POC)-Jocelyn by Sarah Monzon
#29-a foggy/stormy scene=Storm Warning by Elizabeth Goddar
#31-no people=To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
#46 a proper noun in the title or design-Sara in Montana by Morris Fenris
Are you joining any challenges?! I know I am not the only one who has bookshelves full of books that I need to read 😂 What challenges have you decided to do this year?
Lots of interesting challenges! I'm sure you'll have fun meeting your goals!
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