Vivienne reads 25 in 25

Welcome to my 2025 reading challenge. I’ve been an LT member since 2008 and this is my 12th year participating in the Category Challenge. I live in south-east British Columbia surrounded by the beautiful snowy mountains of the Western Canadian Rockies. This year my simplified plan is titled 25 in 25 - I hope to read 25 books in each category - but we’ll see how that goes. This year my categories are decorated with the work of some favourite artists. I hope you will join me for chat about books - or anything else.

Tony Onley - Storm over Georgian Bay

NOT a KIT / CAT

Joanne Gervais

RandomKIT

January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:

Edward Petherbridge (aka Lord Peter Wimsey) - bookstore

MysteryKIT

Jan: winter mysteries
Feb: vintage mysteries
Mar: espionage
Apr: paranormal
May: not set in Canada
Jun: LGBTQ+ detectives
Jul: next in a series
Aug: legal thrillers
Sep: silver age mysteries
Oct: police procedurals
Nov: psychological
Dec: cozies

Ted Harrison - Sam McGee (inspired by poem by Robert Service)

AlphaKIT

Jan: S & O
Feb: L & G
Mar: U & A
Apr: K & E
May: I & D
Jun: C & Q
Jul: W & T
Aug: N & J
Sep: B & M
Oct:F & P
Nov: Y & H
Dec: V & R
All year X & Z

John Lowrie Morrison

ColourCAT

Jan: Green
Feb: Gold
Mar: Pink
Apr: Brown
May: Red
Jun: Yellow
Jul: White
Aug: Grey
Sep: Silver
Oct: Black
Nov: Blue
Dec: Purple

Peter Shostak - We have already cleared the snow off

CoverCAT

Jan: Thing from a tea party
Feb: A Tree
Mar: Farm Animals
Apr: A Road
May: More than Two Elements
Jun: Something with Wheels
Jul: A Fruit
Aug: A Photograph
Sep: Dogs, cats, or both
Oct: Will fit in a pocket
Nov: Celestial objects
Dec: A gift you would like

Bob Harrold - Saskatchewan Fall

NatureKIT

Jan: Sheep & shepherding
Feb: Forest, farms, grasslands
Mar: Landscape
Apr: Flying creatures
May: Plants, fungi etc
Jun: Oceans and rivers
Jul: Inner lives of animals
Aug: Weather & climate
Sep: Urban nature
Oct: Endangered Species
Nov:
Dec: Wild card

Maurice Sendak - Where the wild things are



1. Place you've never been
2. ”Library” or "Thing" in title
3. Writing about writers
4. Oldest book in your TBR
5. Holiday in title
6. A long title (5+ words)
7. Features non-traditional family
8. Medical topic
9. The sun on cover/in title
10. Child is a main character
11. Newly in public domain
12. Author has your or relative’s first or last name
13. Read a CAT
14. Totally random
15. Features a birth
16. Nonhuman narrator
17. Features winged creature(s)
18. A profession in title
19. Travel
20. Recommended by a friend
21. Set in your favorite season
22. Originally published in a language not your own
23. Hollywood!
24. A piece of furniture on the cover
25. Features fire

Open for business! Welcome!

Oh, lovely art work! Good luck and happy reading.

Love all the artwork. Enjoy your 2025 reading.

Gorgeous artwork! I particularly love the work of John Lowrie Morrison. Looking forward to following along in 2025.

Great art.

>11 majkia:, >12 JayneCM:, >13 DeltaQueen50:, >14 lowelibrary: Thank you all. They are all favourites of mine for one reason or another. I wasn't going to post my thread until late December but because I was making it simple, I chose to go ahead. Now I can't wait for January.

Lovely artwork! I hope your reading is pleasurable in 2025!

I enjoyed looking at your mini-gallery of art. Best wishes for a great year of reading in 2025.

Hoping to see lots of crime novels in your categories, Vivienne. Happy reading.

>17 LadyoftheLodge:, >18 pamelad: Thanks for dropping by. Looking forward to sharing our reading in 2025.

The pictures are great, especially the one in >2 VivienneR:. I'm looking forward to see what you read!

Good to see you're back for another year, Vivienne! The pictures I like best are >2 VivienneR:, >6 VivienneR: and >8 VivienneR:

>20 MissWatson: Thank you, Birgit. Tony Onley was known for flying a little plane to remote locations in British Columbia to paint. It was a sad day when the plane crashed near Vancouver.

>21 Jackie_K: Thank you, Jackie. I thought you might like Morrison! I met Bob Harrold once and bought one of his paintings. I wish I'd bought more. He's a cool guy and gave me a very accurate weather forecast that contradicted the official version.

Lovely paintings! >2 VivienneR:, >4 VivienneR:, and >5 VivienneR:, but especially >8 VivienneR: are my favorites!

>23 Charon07: Thank you! They are my favourites too! :)

Love the art work! Good luck with your 2025 reading!

Hard to pick a favorite but I really like the picture for your NatureKit. Looking forward to the Book bullets you'll fling at me this year. (next year ?)

>26 dudes22: I'll be expecting just as many Book Bullets from you too, Betty!

I do love the Pretheridge painting. Oh, my. So talented!

>28 majkia: I don't know why I am surprised by his artistic flair, he's such a talented actor.

Love all of the art, especially >6 VivienneR:, and your simple plan for the year!

Happy reading in 2025! I'm looking forward to your reviews.
>2 VivienneR: What a beautiful painting.

>30 staci426: Thank you! I'm hoping the simple plan will work well.

>31 mstrust: Thank you. I'm looking forward to your reviews too, Jennifer.

I love all your artwork too, Vivienne! Happy 2025 when we get there!

>33 susanj67: Thank you, Susan!

What beautiful and interesting pictures! I'm looking forward to following along again.

The art is great. Good reading in 2025.

>35 MissBrangwen: Thank you.
>36 mnleona: Thank you.

Just dropping by to star your thread and wish you a happy and healthy new year!