1Zozette
I actually managed to complete my challenge in 2024 and hopefully I will have the same luck in 2025. I will try to read a minimum of 4 books in each category with a possible exception of one category in which I might read only 2 or 3.
My categories are
1) Speculative fiction
2) Mysteries
3) Science
4) History
5) Flight 571
6) Women Artists
7) Pop Culture and Philosophy
8) Books my Grandmother Read
9) Trains
10) Books in Translation
11) Pastiches/retellings/continuations
12) Australian Books
13) Miscellaneous
I have also given myself some additional challenges
Read book and then watch movie/TV show based on it
Read two books with the same title and compare them
Read a book that somehow matches jigsaw puzzle I am doing
My categories are
1) Speculative fiction
2) Mysteries
3) Science
4) History
5) Flight 571
6) Women Artists
7) Pop Culture and Philosophy
8) Books my Grandmother Read
9) Trains
10) Books in Translation
11) Pastiches/retellings/continuations
12) Australian Books
13) Miscellaneous
I have also given myself some additional challenges
Read book and then watch movie/TV show based on it
Read two books with the same title and compare them
Read a book that somehow matches jigsaw puzzle I am doing
2Zozette
Category One
SPECULATIVE FICTION
Normally I have a Science Fiction category but decided to expand it this year to include an occasionally horror or fantasy read. I don’t read enough of these two genres to give them their own separate category.
SPECULATIVE FICTION
Normally I have a Science Fiction category but decided to expand it this year to include an occasionally horror or fantasy read. I don’t read enough of these two genres to give them their own separate category.
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Category Three
HISTORY
As part of this category I plan to read Brief/Little/Short History of ….. books as well as books in the Very Short Introduction series that are history related. I will include the occasional historical novel but only if I can pair it with a non-fiction book that deals with the same topic/time period.
HISTORY
As part of this category I plan to read Brief/Little/Short History of ….. books as well as books in the Very Short Introduction series that are history related. I will include the occasional historical novel but only if I can pair it with a non-fiction book that deals with the same topic/time period.
6Zozette
Category Five
FLIGHT 571
Some people are interested in books about the Titanic while I, on the other hand, am interested in another survival story - that of Flight 571, the plane that crashed in the Andes Mountains in 1972. I have 15 books to choose from so this might end up being a two year project. I will definitely be reading the three books that came out in 1973 ie before ‘’Alive’ was released. I am not sure if I will be rereading ‘Alive’ or ‘Society of the Snow’ in 2025, I might leave them to 2026. I have a copy of all 15 books, 13 in printed format and 2 on Kindle.
FLIGHT 571
Some people are interested in books about the Titanic while I, on the other hand, am interested in another survival story - that of Flight 571, the plane that crashed in the Andes Mountains in 1972. I have 15 books to choose from so this might end up being a two year project. I will definitely be reading the three books that came out in 1973 ie before ‘’Alive’ was released. I am not sure if I will be rereading ‘Alive’ or ‘Society of the Snow’ in 2025, I might leave them to 2026. I have a copy of all 15 books, 13 in printed format and 2 on Kindle.
7Zozette
Category Six
WOMEN ARTISTS - Fiction and non-fiction
At first I will be concentrating of books about or by Leonora Carrington. Leonora was a British-born, naturalised Mexican surrealist painter and novelist. Among the books I plan to read include a biography by her son, and also ‘The Stone Door’ a novel that has recently been republished, it was last released in 1977.
WOMEN ARTISTS - Fiction and non-fiction
At first I will be concentrating of books about or by Leonora Carrington. Leonora was a British-born, naturalised Mexican surrealist painter and novelist. Among the books I plan to read include a biography by her son, and also ‘The Stone Door’ a novel that has recently been republished, it was last released in 1977.
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Category Seven
POP CULTURE and PHILOSOPHY
I will definitely be reading about the philosophy in Batman, Game of Thrones, Star Trek and maybe Alice in Wonderland and possibly some other franchises.
POP CULTURE and PHILOSOPHY
I will definitely be reading about the philosophy in Batman, Game of Thrones, Star Trek and maybe Alice in Wonderland and possibly some other franchises.
9Zozette
Category Eight
BOOKS MY GRANDMOTHER READ
We have recently found out my grandmother, Lynda Jane Figg (1897-1971) regularly wrote letters to the Young Folks page in a Tasmanian newspaper. These letters were written between 1911 and 1916 and in the she spoke about her brothers going off to war, trips she took, and books she read. Quite a few of the books she mentions are available on Kindle. I suspect she and I had very different tastes I have decided to only to commit to reading 2 or 3 of these books.
BOOKS MY GRANDMOTHER READ
We have recently found out my grandmother, Lynda Jane Figg (1897-1971) regularly wrote letters to the Young Folks page in a Tasmanian newspaper. These letters were written between 1911 and 1916 and in the she spoke about her brothers going off to war, trips she took, and books she read. Quite a few of the books she mentions are available on Kindle. I suspect she and I had very different tastes I have decided to only to commit to reading 2 or 3 of these books.
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Category 9
TRAINS
Books set on trains or about trains. Fiction and non-fiction. I am excluding the Agatha Christie books that are set on trains but will be reading at least a couple of books from The Railway Detective series by Edward Marston.
TRAINS
Books set on trains or about trains. Fiction and non-fiction. I am excluding the Agatha Christie books that are set on trains but will be reading at least a couple of books from The Railway Detective series by Edward Marston.
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Category 10
BOOKS IN TRANSLATION
I want about half the books I read in this category to be Japanese books.
BOOKS IN TRANSLATION
I want about half the books I read in this category to be Japanese books.
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Category Eleven
PASTICHES/RETELLINGS/CONTINUATIONS
In the past I have read Sherlock, Wonderland, Oz and War of the World pastiches, in 2025 I will probably be including more of these but also expanding to include Peter Pan retellings, the Agatha Christie continuations by Sophie Hannah, as well as other possibilities.
PASTICHES/RETELLINGS/CONTINUATIONS
In the past I have read Sherlock, Wonderland, Oz and War of the World pastiches, in 2025 I will probably be including more of these but also expanding to include Peter Pan retellings, the Agatha Christie continuations by Sophie Hannah, as well as other possibilities.
16MissWatson
Happy reading in 2025! That's a very interesting story about your grandmother, and I'll be curious to see what kind of books you will turn up.
17Charon07
What interesting categories! I’m interested to see the results of your challenge to compare two books with the same name. I’m often intrigued when I come across such books. And I learned about Leonora Carrington only recently and have her The Hearing Trumpet in my TBR. Her paintings are beguiling.
19lowelibrary
>6 Zozette: I feel that way about the Lizzie Borden case
>8 Zozette: I have a Harry Potter philosophy book
>12 Zozette: I love Beauty and the Beast retellings
>8 Zozette: I have a Harry Potter philosophy book
>12 Zozette: I love Beauty and the Beast retellings
20Zozette
>16 MissWatson:
The three books I have penciled in are
False Evidence by E Phillips Oppenheim
The Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne
The Lady of Blossholme by H Rider Haggard
The three books I have penciled in are
False Evidence by E Phillips Oppenheim
The Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne
The Lady of Blossholme by H Rider Haggard
21Zozette
>17 Charon07:
One of the books are will be reading is Letters, Dreams, and Other Writings by Remedios Varo. Remedios was Leonora’s best friend and fellow artist and the character of Camella in The Hearing Trumpet is based on her.
I recommend The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead, which is a biography written by Leonora’s first cousin once removed.
One of the books are will be reading is Letters, Dreams, and Other Writings by Remedios Varo. Remedios was Leonora’s best friend and fellow artist and the character of Camella in The Hearing Trumpet is based on her.
I recommend The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead, which is a biography written by Leonora’s first cousin once removed.
22Zozette
>19 lowelibrary:
I read a book on Lizzie Borden maybe 20 years ago. Looking through the books on Amazon I can’t determine which book it was.
The Harry Potter and Philosophy was on my long list but was ditched as a possibility early on. There are so many ‘……..and Philosophy books to choose from.
A Beauty and the Beast retelling might be in the future, maybe if I do a Pastiche/retelling category in 2026.
I read a book on Lizzie Borden maybe 20 years ago. Looking through the books on Amazon I can’t determine which book it was.
The Harry Potter and Philosophy was on my long list but was ditched as a possibility early on. There are so many ‘……..and Philosophy books to choose from.
A Beauty and the Beast retelling might be in the future, maybe if I do a Pastiche/retelling category in 2026.
23mnleona
Good reading in 2025. Someone mentioned in another post she was reading some books her mother liked and I plan to do it also. I have her cabinet with her books when she belonged to the Book of the Month Club in the 1950s.
24Charon07
>21 Zozette: I didn’t know that about Remedios Varo! I’ll be interested in your reading about Carrington this year.
25pamelad
>7 Zozette: Following your Leonora Carrington reads with interest and will also be checking on your translated books. I have a Rest of the World category for these this year and have found that my three top countries are France, Italy and Japan. 50% Japanese is definitely doable.
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
26JayneCM
Ooh, love all your categories. Look forward to seeing what you are reading in 2025 as many of your categories cross over with my own favourites.
Are you, me and >25 pamelad: the only Aussies here? Certainly the only ones I see regularly! I do envy you living in Tassie though - I love it so much and if I see a book set in Tasmania, I will always want to read it!
Are you, me and >25 pamelad: the only Aussies here? Certainly the only ones I see regularly! I do envy you living in Tassie though - I love it so much and if I see a book set in Tasmania, I will always want to read it!
