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Shelf Reflection 2025 (part 2)

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From StoryGraph. This is my personal tracking page.

1. With 25 letters in the titleRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
2. Written 25+ years agoBurning Water – Mercedes Lackey (1989)
3. Published in 2025
4. Word in the title that rhymes with 25
5. By an author who was published by age 25
6. Second or fifth book in a series
7. With at least 25 chapters
8. With a character who is 25 years old
9. With a title that starts with the letter Y
10. With a 2 or a 5 in the title
11. By an author with the initials TF
12. By an author who has written 25+ books
13. With a silver cover
14. With 4 POVs
15. Set in Arkansas
16. That was translated into at least 25 languages
17. With baseball
18. Associated with a song from Adele’s “25” album
19. Set during Christmas
20. With an assassination or set during the Civil War (4/1861 – 4/1865)
21. With a lawyer
22. From the New York Times Top 25 Books of the Last 25 Years list
23. Associated with Jane Austen
24. With a square on the cover
25. With a queen

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Shelf Reflection 2025 (part 1)

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From StoryGraph. This is my personal tracking page.

1. With footnotes
2. With a cover in the colors of your favorite team
3. Set during Prohibition (1920-1933)
4. With an occupation in the title
5. With a competition
6. With a workplace romance
7. With or about cancer
8. By an author whose last name is a first name
9. With a curse
10. With a city in the title
11. Takes place on a farm
12. 2 books by different authors with the same last name
13. Nominated for Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club
14. Where the title takes up the whole cover
15. Written by a celebrity
16. About a missing parentRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
17. Written during COVID lock-downs or with a pandemic in the story
18. An athlete’s memoir
19. With a new mom
20. Set in New England (US)

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Book Nerd Challenge 2025

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This is a SamiParker challenge, and is also on StoryGraph.

1. With a 1 word titleCompulsory – Martha Wells
2. Nonfiction about something you wished you’d learned in school
3. Whose TV or movie adaptation you loved
4. A book mentioned in another book
5. With a game played in it
6. With a made-up language
7. With a day of the week in the title
8. From the Dewey Decimal Systems 600s – 699s
9. With a prologue
10. Where you have something in common with the main characterBurning Water – Mercedes Lackey
11. With “yesterday”, “today”, or “tomorrow” in the title
12. About something endangered
13. Written by a journalist
14. About a treasure hunt
15. With twins in it
16. A prequelCompulsory – Martha Wells
17. Author’s last name begins with L
18. With the name of a season in the title
19. A collection of short stories or essays
20. With something you might use camping on the cover
21. Reread a book you loved when you were younger
22. With photos or illustrations in it
23. Bio or memoir published before 2000
24. With the author’s photo on the back coverThe Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides

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Book Dragon Guild Challenge 2025

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From StoryGraph. This is my personal tracking page.

1. Nonfiction book about science
2. Historical romance set in a non-English speaking country
3. History that is not about the US or Western Europe
4. Reread a book you haven’t read in the past 5 years
5. One of the earliest books you added to StoryGraph
6. One a fellow book fiend insists you have to read
7. That takes place near waterRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
8. A history, bio, or memoir of someone you really admire
9. A positive book about aging
10. Genre mixer (crosses 3+ genres)
11. Something steamy
12. About the Jazz era (1920s-1930s)
13. A big, fat book (>600 pages)
14. The first book in a seriesBurning Water – Mercedes Lackey
15. The last book in a series (different series; latest published in an ongoing series counts)
16. From classic Japanese literature
17. Set in a place you want to visit
18. Spy novel with a female spy lead
19. That matches your mood
20. An epistolary novel
21. With characters in their 60s, 70s, or 80s
22. A new to you authorHere One Moment – Liane Moriarty
23. A book from one of your 5 least read moods on StoryGraph
24. Historical romance by a person of color
25. Bonus: About dragons

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Read with Allison 2025

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From StoryGraph. This is my personal tracking page.

1. 2024 bestseller
2. Set in winter
3. Highest rated book on your TBR
4. Genre: Fantasy
5. You and author share first initialsRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
6. Five words in title
7. Gold lettering on cover
8. Set in a city known for its nightlife
9. Book gifted to you
10. Genre: Romance
11. Book with an ugly cover
12. Book by 2 authors
13. Book in a seriesBurning Water – Mercedes Lackey
14. Five-star prediction
15. Cove with a night sky
16. Set in a small townRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
17. Indie author
18. Book from a subscription box
19. Out of your comfort zone
20. Listen to an audiobook
21. Book about secretsThe Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
22. Book with multiple POVsHere One Moment – Liane Moriarty
23. Set at a lake
24. Book you’ve owned longer than 1 year
25. Illustrated cover
26. Genre: Contemporary fiction
27. Title starts with the letter E
28. Recommended by a friend
29. Book about revenge
30. Library book
31. Mood read
32. Number in titleHere One Moment – Liane Moriarty
33. 2 books by the same author (1)
34. 2 books by the same author (2)
35. Book with a map
36. Genre: Mystery
37. Book about friendship
38. Set somewhere you wouldn’t want to visit
39. Under-hyped bookRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
40. Book with a mostly black cover
41. Book that scares you
42. Character’s name in title
43. Genre: Thriller
44. Set in a different time period
45. Book about travel
46. Book you’ve been putting offThe Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
47. Book that’s been adapted to TV or a movie
48. Holiday scene on cover
49. 2025 new release
50. Book you think with surprise you
51. Popular book
52. Reread a favorite book

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Comet Reading Challenge 2025

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This challenge is from Comet Reading and is on Storygraph. This is my personal tracking page.

1. A book that inspires new beginningsRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty
2. Translated from another language
3. Takes place over one day
4. Memoir
5. Fantasy novel with epic worldbuilding
6. Featuring an unreliable narratorHere One Moment – Liane Moriarty
The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
7. Title starts with the letter C
8. Recommended by a friend
9. About books
10. A number in the titleHere One Moment – Liane Moriarty
11. Dystopian fiction
12. New York Times bestseller
13. Classic novel you’ve never read
14. About nature
15. Pink cover
16. Science fiction about AI
17. International bestseller
18. Magical realismRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
19. Set in a small townRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
20. Banned Book
21. Adapted into a movie or series
22. Set in the 1980s
23. Historical fiction set in New York
24. About mental health
25. Dark academia
26. You’ve been meaning to read for years
27. Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick
28. Outstanding debut novelRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
29. YA fantasy
30. Set in the early 1900s
31. About familyRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
32. Published in 2025
33. Set during World War II
34. Domestic thriller
35. Exploring cultural heritage
36. About technology’s impact on society
37. Won a major literary award
38. Satire
39. With a strong female lead
40. About resilience
41. Read with Jenna Book Club pickRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
42. By 2 authors
43. Written in letters or diary entries
44. Published in the year you were born
45. Favorite author
46. Exploring friendship
47. About immigration
48. Mystery novel with a female detective
49. A Comet Book Circle pick
50. Start a new book series
51. About witches
52. A feel-good novel

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Booklist Queen 2025

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This challenge is from the Booklist Queen blog’s 2025 Challenge. This is my personal tracking page for it.

1. You meant to read last yearHere One Moment – Liane Moriarty
2. Goodreads winner in 2024
3. Romantacy
4. About siblings
5. Becoming a movie or show in 2025
6. Spy thriller
7. Women’s fiction
8. Title starts with a C
9. Nonfiction about health
10. Twist endingThe Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
11. Published in 2015
12. Fiction and nonfiction by the same author (1)
13. Fiction and nonfiction by the same author (2)
14. Mythology retelling
15. You own but haven’t read
16. Set in the Middle East
17. A sequel
18. Debut authorRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
19. Heartwarming storyRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
20. That took awhile to read
21. Classic recommended to you
22. Villain as protagonistThe Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
23. Set in the summer
24. 2024 bestseller
25. Green cover
26. Bottom of your to-read list
27. Author from Africa
28. That made you cry
29. About a politician
30. Popular book you’ve never readThe Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
31. Illustrated book
32. Audiobook with multiple narrators
33. Set in the suburbs
34. Dark academia
35. Intriguing cover
36. Five-star readRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty
37. About an immigrant
38. Banned book
39. Set in the 1960s
40. With chapter titles
41. Dystopian fiction
42. Author you love
43. Multigenerational storyRemarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
44. Animal in the title
45. 2025 new release
46. Out of your comfort zone
47. Thought-provoking historical fiction
48. Everyone is talking about
49. Romance
50. Bestselling memoir
51. YA fiction
52. Reread a favorite

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