Category: Reading Challenges

The Six Shooter Challenge is hosted by Rick Mills at the Mystillery. The goal is to read 6 books by a single author to earn a notch, but it’s a little more complicated… Notches count for points, and a formula that calculates the books to notches ratio gives bonus points, and it’s the reader with the most points (not the most notches) who wins each year. Also, incomplete notches from the previous year roll over, so it’s possible to complete more notches in a year than the number of qualifying books read divided by 6! (If you have read exactly 6 books per author attempted without any rollovers, you would have a perfect 1 score, plus your bonus points.) This is my personal tracking page. (Entries in blue are carried over from last year.)

Notches	Books	ratio	+bonus	=Score
0	5	0	0.000	0

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Found on Instagram, by flickeringfandom. This is a game more than a challenge, and any book that is part of a series counts. Points are calculated as: +1 for a book that is a continuation of a series; +3 for a book that is the latest volume of an incomplete series; +5 for the final book of a complete series; +1 for a book you re-read in order to continue a series; and -1 for the first book of a series started in 2025.

#	Book	Total Points
1.	Compulsory – Murderbot 0.5 – Martha Wells	+1= 1
2.	Artificial Condition – Murderbot 2 – Martha Wells	+1= 2
3.	Burning Water – Diana Tregarde 1 – Mercedes Lackey	-1= 1
4.	Children of the Night – Diana Tregarde 2 – Mercedes Lackey	+1= 2
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Found on Instagram, by flickeringfandom several years ago. This is a game more than a challenge. Only series books count, but they can be of any length. The number of the book in the series is where it goes in the stack; if the number is double digit it can be used as the straight number or as the sum of the digits. Numbers can also be added to complete a row (2+1=3; 2+2+1+1=6). Rows do not have to be completed in order, but only contiguous rows count towards the highest number score.

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1.	Diana Tregarde 1 – Burning Water – Mercedes Lackey
2.	Murderbot 2 – Artificial Condition – Martha Wells
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The color listed must be a major color on the cover of the book, or the related word must appear in the title of the book.

1. Blue	Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty
2. Red
3. Yellow
4. Green
5. Brown	The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
6. Black
7. White	Compulsory – Martha Wells
8. Any other color
9. Implied color (rainbow, plaid, shadow, ink, etc.)

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I found this one on StoryGraph. This is my personal tracking page.

1. On your TBR with the oldest publish date
2. From your most read genre from 2023 or 2024 (that’s still on your TBR)
3. That’s been on your TBR longest
4. With the highest page count on your TBR
5. The shortest book on your TBR
6. Has at least a 4.5 rating on StoryGraph
7. Order your TBR by date added, and read a book that’s halfway down
8. That is the same mood as your least read mood from 2023 or 2024
9. With the same mood as your most read mood from 2023 or 2024
10. From the same genre as your least read genre from 2023 or 2024
11. Use a random number generator to pick a book from your TBR
12. The most recently published book on your TBR that was not published in 2024 or 2025

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Hosted by Chapter Adventure. The challenge is to read a book that fits the motif for each prompt. Prompts can be completed in any order.

1. January: Punctuated titles- A form of punctuation in the title
2. February: Emotional roller-coaster- That makes you feel all the feels (any emotional journey counts)	Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty
3. March: It’s all Greek to me- Technology, science, math, or engineering play an important role in the story
4. April: Spring cleaning- That’s been on your TBR for 2 or more years
5. May: Virtual Book Club- From a celebrity or influencer book club list	Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt
6. June: No biz like show biz- With a character involved in the entertainment industry, or one that has been turned into a show or movie
7. July: Single day story- Takes place over a single day (24 (or less) hour period )
8. August: Vacation location- Set in, or related to, somewhere you’d love to visit
9. September: Birds, bugs, or botanicals- Has birds, bugs or botanicals on the cover, in the title, or as a major part of the story
10. October: The dark side- A “dark” story or a mostly black cover (go with your interpretation of dark)	The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
11. November: Popcorn fiction- Light but enjoyable; one sitting read; fun palate cleanser	Compulsory – Martha Wells
12. December: Snuggle up and read- A cozy mystery; a cozy romance; cozy fiction in general

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Hosted by Chapter Adventure. The challenge for each prompt is to read a book that contains one or more of the words in the title. Synonyms and different suffixes are allowed. For example, the keyword ‘lake’ can be met with lakes, water, sea, or ocean. Prompts can be completed in any order.

1. January: Storm, Time, Know, Return, Break, Hour, Twist, Silence	The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides
2. February: Golden, Dream, First, Club, Went, Stay, Live
3. March: Deep, Clever, Sand, Little, Happy, Date, Guest, Over
4. April: Rest, Days, Upstairs, Sing, Shell, Life, Starlight, Couple
5. May: Lost, City, Wind, Hide, Lie, Fan, Room, Clear
6. June: Great, Wander, Child, Mine, Book, Watch, Heart, Save
7. July: Sunrise, Deepen, Story, Sweet, Resort, Good, Left, Ever
8. August: Side, World, Sound, Trial, Word, Hotel, Now, Say
9. September: Borrow, Survive, Listen, Where, Sleeping, Crash, Please, Count
10. October: Bury, Ghost, Chain, Glass, Moon, One, Last, Street	Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty
11. November: Tale, Final, Feast, Bloom, Cliff, Wide, Memory, Always
12. December: Fable, Flirt, Truly, Shop, Winter, Yours, Warm, Love

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