Goodreads Reading Challenge
Hosted by: Goodreads
Goal: 100 books
Check my progress here
Around the Year in 52 Book Challenge
Hosted by: Laura, Zaz, Sophie, Emm and Katie
Challenges crossed out have been completed
1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
3. A modern retelling of an old story, myth, or fairytale4. A book by a new-to-you author
5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025
6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title10. An award winning book
11. A history or historical fiction book12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
13. An author’s second/sophomore book14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh
15. A book you’ve wanted to read for a long time
16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters
17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book related to yesterday20. A book related to today
21. A book related to tomorrow
22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author23. A book with a road trip or long journey
24. A book that is either frothy or gothy
25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name
27. A nonfiction book28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution
29. A vacation book30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author’s backlist: Frontlist Book
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author’s backlist: Backlist Book32. A novella of 100-250 pages
33. A book with an Indigenous character or author34. A book with a window on the cover
35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
37. A book that includes a science topic
38. A book that’s part of a series
39. A book connected in some way to the “Queen of Crime”, Agatha Christie
40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title
41. A mystery or true crime book
42. A book set in an isolated location43. A book involving survival
44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover45. A book connected to “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
46. A book that is not a novel
47. A book with “this”, “that”, “these”, or “those” in the title
48. A book with something edible in the title49. A book that’s part of a series
50. A book with a bird on its cover
51. A book published in 2026
52. A book related to the name of one of Santa’s reindeer
Priority Series
This year, I have standard challenge to complete as many series as I can. Priority series wasn’t a huge success last year as I didn’t complete them all buuuuut I love this little challenge. I random generated 7 numbers, which corresponded to my series tracker spreadsheet and below are my 2026 priority series
Challenges crossed out have been completed.
- Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh (2 books to complete)
- Steel Ops by April Hunt (1 book to complete)
- The Godkissed Bride by Evie Marceau (3 books to complete)
- The Ever Seas by LJ Andrews (3 books to complete)
Reynolds Protective by Dr. Rebecca Sharp (3 books to complete)- MVP: Most Valuable Pack by Ari Wright (5 books to complete)
Saga of the Unfated by Danielle L Jensen (1 book to complete)
Romancopoly
Hosted by: Under the Covers Book Blog
This year’s Romanceopoly is insane! I absolutely love this challenge and the fact we have a choose your own adventure is amazing. This year we are going to university. I will try an explain this but please check out the website for more information.
To make your way through you studies you will need to complete
- 5 Core Subjects
- 5 Major Subjects (there are 5 areas to pick from all of which focus on a beloved romance subgenre)
- 5 Minor Subjects (you pick one of the other 4 you didn’t select for you major)
- 5 Elective classes (which you can pick for all remaining teaching area)
So it’s completly customisable and I am all kinds of obssessed! Here is my 2026 curriculum
And we have a beautiful map which includes all the campus building (prompts) and some extracurricular events which will take place throughout the year.
On top of all the classes and the 20 main prompts you can join clubs, which have some additional prompts. And because I’m an extra overachieving bitch I joined two clubs, the Nightshade Society and Secret Stacks. There prompts and progress is below
R/fantasy Bingo
This is a year long readaton hosted over on reddit which celebrates all things fantasy, sci-fi and horror. The challenge starts each year in April. I love the fact the all the challenges have a standard and hard mode.
As the reddit page says, this bingo challenge is a one-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new authors and books, to boldly go where few readers have gone before.
Hosted by: happy_book_bee
2025/2026 board
2026/2027 board
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