Karen’s 2025 Reading Challenges

Posted December 25, 2024 by karenbaron in Reading Challenge / 0 Comments

My 2025 Reading Challenges

Since reading is my favorite pastime, I have chosen a few reading challenges to add to my goals. Also, I genuinely enjoy doing reading challenges. This year, I made up a few of my own since I didn’t find any specialized reading challenges that weren’t too specific. I wanted a number count by genre.

If you want to join one of the challenges below, click the link after “Hosted by. ” This will take you to the challenge page, where you can find all the rules and sign up. You can also create your own challenges, whatever you want to do to enhance your reading experience.

Due to the number of reading challenges, my progress will be tracked in separate posts, which you can find at the top of the page under “Reading Challenges.”

2025 Goodreads Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Goodreads

My goal this year will be 100 books.

2025 Alphabet Soup Author Edition Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Escape with Dollycas

It’s an alphabet challenge based on the authors’ names. Look for the hashtag #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge.

My goal this year is to read 26 books per challenge requirements.

2025 Cloak and Dagger

Hosted by: Carol’s Notebook

My goal this year is to be an Inspector with 30 books.

Challenge Rules:

You can read any book from the mystery/suspense/thriller/crime genres. Any sub-genres are welcome as long as they incorporate one of these genres.
You don’t need a blog to participate but you do need a place to post your reviews to link up. (blog, Goodreads, Instagram, etc.)
Make a goal post and link it back here with your goal for this challenge.
Books need to be at least 100 pages long. Please, no short stories.
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
The challenge will run from January 1st to December 31st. (Sign-up ends March 15th)

Look for the hashtag #CloakDaggerChal on Social Media. There is a closed Facebook group.

2025 Craving the Cozies

Hosted by: Escape with Dollycas

My goal this year is to enter the Peckish level with 20 books.

Cozy mysteries, or “cozies,” are a sub-genre of crime fiction mysteries in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection occur in a small, socially intimate community. The crime-solver is an amateur sleuth, usually but not always a woman, who is thrust into the aftermath of the murder. The protagonist frequently has an occupation or hobby that brings appealing information to the reader.

The challenge runs from January 1st and ends on December 31st.

2025 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies

Hosted by: Socrates’ Book Reviews

My goal this year is to become a Level Two (Investigator) with 20 cozy mysteries of my choice.

This year’s cozy mystery reading challenge has two ways to participate. You choose whichever suits you the best: Read cozy mysteries of your choice or read one book from the sub-genres listed on the sign-up post. I am choosing to read those of my choice.

2025 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Rick Mills Project

My goal this year will be to complete at least 40 toe tags.

You are the Medical Examiner, and your goal is to issue as many Toe Tags as you can during 2024 by reading murder mysteries and documenting the death of the unfortunate victim(s).

2025 Six Shooter Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Rick Mills Project

My goal this year will be to complete five notches.

Shoot (read) six mysteries by the same target (author) – this can be done over multiple years. You get one notch on your gun (and a prize) for each target completed.

Challenges that I have created for myself.

There are no hosts for these reading challenges, but if you want to join in, you can leave a comment on my tracking post. If you decide to join one of these, I will come up with a gift for you at the end of the year. Your books can be fiction or non-fiction in any format: print, digital, or audio. It can be combined with other challenges.