[trystan830]

hello again!!!

i set myself a reading challenge every year, which is to read more books than the previous year. 2017 was the first year i did this on Trisphee, (i had a great time! thanks Moonshadow!) and i've been hosting this since 2018. it's great fun ... so here we are again!

so, (snagging from previous threads), set a challenge for yourself: read 50 books, read only the books you have at home that you haven't read yet, read a specific genre, read only non-fiction books... whatever you choose.

Your first post should contain your challenge, and use a spoiler to indicate how you are progressing in meeting that challenge. i use a spoiler for my booklist. =)

And while we're reading, please feel free to chat about books, your day, anything!

if you ever have any questions, go ahead and post it. the only silly question is the one you don't ask. :D

[trystan830]

List of members who are joining our 2024 Reading Challenge:
*trystan830
*Kaderin Triste

(each name links to their challenge post)

[trystan830]

reserved... just 'cause it's good to have another post reserved. as soon as i don't reserve one, i'll need it for something.... right, Murphy? XD

(and as long as i keep reserving a post that i don't need, i won't need it. right?)

[trystan830]

my reading challenge: in 2025, i read 39 books - my goal is to read more than that!

~*2024 Book List*~
1. Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch
2. the Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
3. Warriors: Hidden Moon by Erin Hunter

for my information:

reread list:
*Illium; Olympos
*Harry Potter
*Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series A-Y

own and still need to read:
*Dune: the Heir of Caladan by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson (in progress!!)
*Dune: Princess of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson
*Dragonlance Destinies: Dragons of Fate by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
*Dragonlance Destinies: Dragons of Eternity by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

[Kaderin Triste]

My reading goal for 2026 will be 90 books, 50 of which will again be for the 50 book challenge from the library.

Instead of trying to manage 2 separate list here like I was gonna do last year, I'll share the challenges in case anyone wants to try them and just indicate on my actual book list the challenge I completed with it.

Bookworms Challenge
(in case anyone wants to try it...anything state specific can be changed to the state you live in if you want)

2026 Book List

In Progress / Finished
_______________________________________

1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins (Audio) Bookworms: Dystopian
2. The Ruin of Kings - Jenn Lyons (Physical) - Pg 287/752
3. Black Sun Rising - C.S. Friedman (Physical) - Pg 169/586
4. Lore Olympus Vol.9 - Rachel Smythe (Physical) Bookworms: Mythology
5. Fragments of Horror - Junji Ito (Physical) Bookworms: From a Library Display
6. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins (Audio) Bookworms: Author's Last Name Starts With 'C'
7. Falling Up - Shel Silverstein (Physical) Bookworms: Poetry
8. A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas (Physical) Bookworms: Country in the Title
9. When They Call You. a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition) - Patrisse Cullors (Audio) Bookworms: Current Events
10. Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight For Gay Rights - Ann Bausum (Audio)
11. The Fire Within - Chris d'Lacey (Physical) Pg 28/340
12. Fevered Star - Rebecca Roanhorse (Audio) 21%
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[trystan830]

yay!

maybe we'll have more people this year XD

like i mentioned somewhere else, i have myself a reminder, so that i pop in here every so often :thumbs up:

[Kaderin Triste]

I should set a reminder, just for like the end of the month, to remind myself to update my list here. Lol

[trystan830]

i have so many reminders set for like everything.

[Kaderin Triste]

I'm really bad at just clearing phone notifications and ignoring them....but I am gonna add a reminder to my planner and see if that helps. xP

[trystan830]

i've done that too, just to get rid of them

[trystan830]

finished book #3, and am on to #4 - the Hunger Games.
it's supposed to be fiction.....

[Night Fury]

I do need to actually read more. I think the things I read last years were just chapters from manga/comics. The years before I remember reading some.

Last ones I remember were:

Manga in Theory and Practice The Craft of Creating Manga by Hirohiko Araki
Patent drawing
book 2 of How to Train Your Dragon
Rani in the Mermaid's Lagoon


I would like to read more but not really sure what I want to read or if I'll actually stick to it. Sadly can't set notifications or alarms for it because I have so many already.

[trystan830]

hey Night Fury!
i totally understand having too many notifications!

maybe challenge yourself to read one book as a start, and see how it goes :)

[Night Fury]

I've been thinking about it but not sure what might catch my interest at the moment... I guess I could try a few and see what sticks.

maybe rereading an older book I have or maybe reading some outloud to my cats again... I used to do that for them when they were kittens. I wonder if they would like that.
My youngest cat might like that or the cat at my parents...
my senior cat demands attention if she hears me, sometimes even yells that she wants silence so maybe not around her... hmm...

by the way I love all the cat items you have, they are adorable

[Kaderin Triste]

Need to update my list. Have finished 9, though most of them have been comics or very short books just to knock out some of the trickier categories from the bookworms challenge list.

[trystan830]

Night Fury - rereads certainly count! :D
i love all my cat items too - love all my real cats as well. :D
i don't read to my cats, but i talk to them all the time like they're friends who listen to me. :D

Kaderin - nice! nothing wrong with comics of short books :D