Search This Blog
2025 Cover Lovers Reading Challenge (hosted by Yours Truly)
2025 Literary Escapes Challenge
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont (1)
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Washington, D.C.*
International:
2025 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
2025 Build Your Library Reading Challenge
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday: Reading Challenge Wrap-Up
5:44 AM
It's hard to believe that today is the last day of 2024 as well as the final TTT linkup of the year. Where has the time gone? Today's topic is an appropriate one: Top Ten Best Books I Read in 2024. I named my favorite reads of the year a couple of weeks ago. (To see my favorite adult reads, click here; for children's books, click here.) Today, I'm going to chat about how I did with all of my reading challenges this year. I took on a lot of them and I did pretty well overall.
As always, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl. Thanks for keeping this fun round-up alive, Jana!
The Bookish Books Reading Challenge (hosted by Yours Truly)
Books Pledged: 30
Books Read: 46
I love bookish books (the reason I came up with this challenge in the first place), so it wasn't too tough to read so many of them. Admittedly, I was pretty liberal with my definition of "bookish." Ha ha.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
Absolutely!
Literary Escapes Reading Challenge (hosted by Lori @Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book)
Books Pledged: 51 (one for each U.S. state + Washington, D.C.)
Books Read: 51
It wasn't easy, but I read at least one book set in each of the states, plus D.C. I also "visited" 17 other countries in my reading. My top 3 most visited countries? England, Australia, and Scotland.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
Of course!
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge (hosted by Marg @The Intrepid Reader and Baker)
Books Pledged: 50
Books Read: 56
I'm a huge hist fic fan, so this challenge is never really challenging, but I still enjoy doing it every year.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
You betcha!
POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (hosted by POPSUGAR)
Books Pledged: 50
Books Read: 36
I've been doing this annual challenge for several years and I think I've only finished it in total once. The prompts can be both odd and difficult, but I'm a purist so I don't like changing them out. So, alas, I fell short with this one in 2024. Oh well.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
Yes (especially since the 2025 prompts look easier than those from previous years)!
Booklist Queen Reading Challenge (hosted by Rachael @Booklist Queen)
Books Pledged: 52
Books Read: 52
I always enjoy doing this challenge. It's actually the first one I finished this year. Huzzah!
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
Definitely!
52 Club Reading Challenge (hosted by The 52 Club)
Books Pledged: 52
Books Read: 51
Prompt #17: Nominated for the Booker Prize proved to be my downfall for this challenge. I'm not a big literary fiction reader, so I couldn't find a book that fit this prompt that I really wanted to read. Bummer.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
Yep!
Build Your Library Reading Challenge (hosted by Emily @Build Your Library)
Books Pledged: 40
Books Read: 37
I didn't quite manage to finish this challenge either. Came very close, though.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
For sure!
Craving for Cozies Reading Challenge (hosted by Lori @Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book)
Books Pledged: 25
Books Read: 30
Cozies are always fun to read. They're great palette cleansers between heavier reads. I enjoyed lots of them this year.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
I will!
Medical Examiner Mystery Reading Challenge (hosted by Rick @The Mystillery)
This challenge involves counting up the bodies in the murder mysteries you read. I ended up "tying" 543 "toe tags" this year. Yikes! That's a lot of corpses and yet, it only put me in 13th place. I ended in 12th place last year, so I'm consistent at least.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
Yes, siree!
Mount TBR Reading Challenge (hosted by Bev @My Reader's Block)
Books Pledged: 100 (My personal twist on the challenge was to read 100 print books from my own bookshelves.)
Books Read: 55
I didn't quite make my goal for this challenge, but it did feel good to read 55 books that had been gathering dust on my shelves. I donated the majority of them, keeping only my most favorite. I'm looking forward to culling even more in 2025.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
Yep!
Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge (hosted by Gregory Road @Take a Walk Down Gregory Road)
Books Pledged: 109
Books Read: 99
I'm a serial overachiever when it comes to reading challenges, so I've enjoyed doing this one over the last few years. I always take on the "Freaky Reader" level, which involves checking off 104 of the prompts, using up to two wildcards if you choose. I didn't quite make it, but I got close.
Will I be taking on this challenge again in 2025?:
Yes, but unfortunately, 2025 will be the last year for this challenge as its host is retiring.
Around the Year in 52 Books Reading Challenge (hosted by Emily @Goodreads)
Books Pledged: 52
Books Read: 52
Woot, woot!
Disney Animated Reading Challenge (hosted by Brittany @Shelf Reflection)
Books Pledged: 165
Books Read: 140
The time limit on this reading challenge is flexible. Technically, you can take three years to finish it if you want to take a "blackout" approach to the prompts, which I did. However, some of the prompts are really tough and I'm tired of them, so I'm calling it quits on this challenge. It was fun, but I'm going to focus on other challenges in 2025.
Even though I didn't officially complete all of the challenges I took on in 2024, I did pretty darn well, if I do say so myself. I had fun with my challenges and read books I wouldn't have otherwise, which is why I enjoy doing them in the first place. Although I never take challenges too seriously, I do enjoy the satisfaction of completing them or at least coming close! Good job, me.
If you're curious, here are all the reading challenges I'm planning to do in 2025.
What about you? Did you do any reading challenges in 2024? How did you make out with them? What were your favorite reads of the year? I'd love to know. Leave me a comment on this post and I will gladly return the favor on your blog.
Happy TTT!
31 comments:
Comments make me feel special, so go crazy! Just keep it clean and civil. Feel free to speak your mind (I always do), but be aware that I will delete any offensive comments.
P.S.: Don't panic if your comment doesn't show up right away. I have to approve each one before it posts to prevent spam. It's annoying, but it works!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments
(Atom)
Reading
Listening
Followin' with Bloglovin'
-
-
Spell the Month in Books ~ January4 hours ago
-
-
6 Tips for Decluttering Bookshelves5 hours ago
-
-
-
-
First Lines Fridays: January 3, 20258 hours ago
-
-
-
2024 Nonfiction Reader Challenge WrapUp14 hours ago
-
Reading Wrap-Up: December 202422 hours ago
-
Happy New Year and favourite books22 hours ago
-
A Review of The Reverse1 day ago
-
-
Chaatterbox by Pia Mahajan1 day ago
-
-
-
It’s Cybils Day!1 day ago
-
-
-
Welcome to 2025!2 days ago
-
-
-
Happy New Year!2 days ago
-
Goals for 20252 days ago
-
Top Ten Books of 2024!3 days ago
-
Top 10 Favorite Reads of 20243 days ago
-
-
-
-
Sunday Post 5584 weeks ago
-
I'm Still Reading - This Was My October1 month ago
-
Open for Murder by Mary Angela1 month ago
-
Reading Recap September 20242 months ago
-
-
Review: The Duke and I4 months ago
-
Girl Plus Books: On Hiatus5 months ago
-
-
-
What Happened to Summer?1 year ago
-
-
-
-
-
-
Are you looking for Pretty Books?2 years ago
-
-
-
-
-
-
Grab my Button!
Blog Archive
- ► 2021 (159)
- ► 2020 (205)
- ► 2019 (197)
- ► 2018 (223)
- ► 2017 (157)
- ► 2016 (157)
- ► 2015 (188)
- ► 2014 (133)
- ► 2013 (183)
- ► 2012 (193)
- ► 2011 (232)
- ► 2010 (257)
- ► 2009 (211)
- ► 2008 (192)
You did amazing. Happy reading in 2025.
ReplyDeletewww.rsrue.blogspot.com
Congrats on all your completed challenges. I got to 39 on Popsugar, it's just been harder and harder to feel enthusiastic about the super specific prompts they come up with, but I still love doing the challenge.
ReplyDeleteWow, you participate in a lot of challenges! I’m impressed.
ReplyDeleteGreat wrap up!
ReplyDeleteYou did great with your challenges! I always think that this is the year that I'm going to complete all the challenges and... I flop. Hahaha. But I tend to stick to the Goodreads challenge and an audiobook challenge, ones where I don't have to think about whether it fits a category or not.
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday.
You are a 'challenge' Olympian, Susan! I've not ever done too well with official challenges and they end up making me feel stressed. I'm an Olympian at 'overthinking' - not even kidding. Anyway, good luck with your 2025 challenges. My plan for 2025 is to analyze my series reading and do some serious catching-up and rereading in that area. It will be fun for me. ;-)
ReplyDeleteMany challenges, and you overcame them, congratulations, I love how different the challenges are, so you never get bored
ReplyDeleteCongrats on reading 55 books from your own shelf. That is an unbelievable number. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteWow I did not know that there were that many reading challenges! I'm too slow to do many, but I admire you!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week and a Happy New Year!
Good luck on all your challenges, Susan! I wanted to sign up for your Books on Books challenge this last year, but I must've forgot! If you put one up this year I'll sign up. :)
ReplyDeleteMost challenges are too restrictive for me! I admire your ability to track them! Happy new reading year! 📚🥂 ~ Carol @ ReadingLadies
ReplyDeleteI think a Nominated for the Booker Prize prompt would have floored me too.
ReplyDeleteWOW! You amaze me, Susan! Congrats on the challenges and best of luck for the challenges in 2025! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteSo many great challenges!
ReplyDeleteSo many challenges! I had no idea. I hope some of these books were crossovers and could be applied to multiple challenges. Otherwise Injustice can’t figure out how you had time to do things like sleep and eat.
ReplyDeleteWell done on completing all these challenges. Particularly impressed with you reading your way round all the States!
ReplyDeleteYou did an amazing job with your reading challenges, Susan. Long ago, I discovered that those challenges are not for me, just like journaling and book clubs. It's so funny the way that works. Wishing you the best of luck with all your wonderful challenges. Thanks for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteWow, you did so many challenges and so well in all of them! Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteWhat a phenomenal list of challenges to take on. I usually just do the goodreads challenge and set a number for myself but I'm going to look into some of these!
ReplyDeletehttps://getlostinlit.blogspot.com/2024/12/top-ten-best-books-i-read-in-2024.html
You overachiever, you! Good job - love watching you read! :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on beating your challenges! Which book did you read for Alabama?
ReplyDeleteWow, that's great progress on your challenges! Congrats! I know what you mean about the POPSUGAR challenge, though. I never seem to finish it either, but the prompts can be fun all the same.
ReplyDeleteI love reading challenges, too. Even though I didn't complete all the ones I joined, I'm reading for 2025. Hope you have a great year. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteWow! You did a great job with the reading challenges this year. I always struggle to complete mine and drop out half way.
ReplyDeleteYou did so well! I think I tried Pop Sugar my first year, but like you said, a lot of those prompts are difficult or just ones I don't want to do (see also Read Harder). I lean towards the monthly challenges (along with Literary Escape and AtoZ). I find them to be a bit challenging but also doable for me.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! You took on a lot of challenges last year! You still did amazing on them! I usually do 3 or 4 with 2 of those being a TBR and new release challenge. Plus I don't like to overtax myself and set low goals. Lol. Still I am very impressed! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my TTT!
ReplyDeleteHa, the Medical Examiner Mystery Reading Challenge sounds great! A lot of classics only have one body, so I think I'd fall quite far behind... but I'm tempted.
Your blog is absolutely adorable! I need to know all your tricks :) Very impressive on the reading challenges. I am always looking for new ones. Thanks for the great post and I've added you to my "Blogs I'm Following" list on my website. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI think you accomplished so much with these challenges. Good for you. I am truly impressed. I hope you have a wonderful New Year!
ReplyDeleteI am so impressed with how many challenges you are a part of and COMPLETED!! Kudos. Popsugar can be weird. The prompts last year were not good. I didn't even participate and I did for 2025. They do seem easier!! I hope you have an amazing 2025!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on completing so many challenges! Good luck on this year's! :)
ReplyDelete