Shannon (sturlington) 2025 Noncategory Challenge + BingoDOG/ScaredyKIT
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1sturlington
Hi, everyone! Shannon here.
I really enjoy participating in this group, but in 2024, I decided not to read to any specific categories. I read what I wanted when I wanted, and I read less than I normally do, but I feel like my reading was more relaxed than it had been in recent years. I read some big books, I reread some old books, and I joined a couple of new book clubs. I followed my impulses and recommendations I got, and I didn't worry about hitting any "numbers."
So this year, I'm going to do something similar. I will only track my BingoDOG and ScaredyKIT reads, and that's only if what I was going to read anyway happens to match a category. Otherwise, I'll just briefly note any reading I do without worrying about numbers and categories. As always, I welcome your comments and discussion.
I really enjoy participating in this group, but in 2024, I decided not to read to any specific categories. I read what I wanted when I wanted, and I read less than I normally do, but I feel like my reading was more relaxed than it had been in recent years. I read some big books, I reread some old books, and I joined a couple of new book clubs. I followed my impulses and recommendations I got, and I didn't worry about hitting any "numbers."
So this year, I'm going to do something similar. I will only track my BingoDOG and ScaredyKIT reads, and that's only if what I was going to read anyway happens to match a category. Otherwise, I'll just briefly note any reading I do without worrying about numbers and categories. As always, I welcome your comments and discussion.
2sturlington
BingoDOG
3sturlington
ScaredyKIT
January: Diverse Perspectives -
February: Haunted Houses / Haunted Places -
March: Real-life Monsters (True Crime)
April: Arachnids, Insects, and Reptilia -
May: Out in the Wild -
June: YA and graphic novels -
July: Ghosts -
August: Female authors -
September: Stephen King and family -
October: Gothic -
November: Psychological Thrillers -
December: Your Favorite Scary Trope -
January: Diverse Perspectives -
February: Haunted Houses / Haunted Places -
March: Real-life Monsters (True Crime)
April: Arachnids, Insects, and Reptilia -
May: Out in the Wild -
June: YA and graphic novels -
July: Ghosts -
August: Female authors -
September: Stephen King and family -
October: Gothic -
November: Psychological Thrillers -
December: Your Favorite Scary Trope -
9lowelibrary
Ah, simplicity. What a great concept.
10MissWatson
Happy reading, Shannon!
13DeltaQueen50
Enjoy your 2025 reading!
15sturlington
Happy holidays everyone, and I hope you are having a restful solstice today.
I think I have decided on a general theme for my reading for the upcoming year. I have been feeling a bit nostalgic, and I recently joined a classics book club, so my overarching theme with be Forgotten Fiction of the 20th Century -- that is, books I have read and forgotten so want to reread, books I overlooked before, or authors I just wasn't aware of.
I will still probably read some new fiction, of course, but honestly I am a little tired of reading depressing novels concerning climate change, social media, and AI. I think I'm feeling most nostalgic for a time when people did not carry mini computers with them everywhere they went!
Anyway, I've started an ambitious reading list, and we'll see how far I get.
I think I have decided on a general theme for my reading for the upcoming year. I have been feeling a bit nostalgic, and I recently joined a classics book club, so my overarching theme with be Forgotten Fiction of the 20th Century -- that is, books I have read and forgotten so want to reread, books I overlooked before, or authors I just wasn't aware of.
I will still probably read some new fiction, of course, but honestly I am a little tired of reading depressing novels concerning climate change, social media, and AI. I think I'm feeling most nostalgic for a time when people did not carry mini computers with them everywhere they went!
Anyway, I've started an ambitious reading list, and we'll see how far I get.
16RidgewayGirl
As someone also trying to move away from assigning myself reading, I'm excited to see how your reading goes in 2025.
17sturlington
>16 RidgewayGirl: Thanks, I'm looking forward to following your reading as well. Even though I am bad about commenting, I always get good book recs from you!
18sturlington
Planning
January
Sundown in San Ojuela, Second Class Citizen
February
The House Next Door, The Man of Property
March
Sons and Lovers
April
Absolution, Train to Pakistan
May
Heart of Darkness, Howards End
June
Something Wicked This Way Comes, We
July
The Haunted Looking Glass, A Separate Peace
August
Horror by a woman - perhaps from the award lists, The Last of the Mohicans
September
Stephen King
October
The King in Yellow, Rubyfruit Jungle
November
Ripley Under Ground, A Wizard of Earthsea
December
The Lottery
Very loose A-Z to help whittle down my TBR:
A - A Town Like Alice
B - Brideshead Revisited
C - Cane
D - Demon Copperhead
E - Emma
F - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
G - A Game of Hide and Seek
H - The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
I - The Sea, The Sea
J - James
K - The Half Life of Valery K
L - Lolly Willowes
M - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
N - Bluets
O - Our Man in Havana
P - Piranesi
Q - Like Water for Chocolate
R - Dandelion Wine
S - So Big, The Stone Diaries
T - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
U - Unsettled Ground
V - The Vaster Wilds
W - Where Angels Fear to Tread, Winter in the Blood
X - Excellent Women
Y - Why not leave this open for something new?
Z - The Great Fire
January
Sundown in San Ojuela, Second Class Citizen
February
The House Next Door, The Man of Property
March
Sons and Lovers
April
Absolution, Train to Pakistan
May
Heart of Darkness, Howards End
June
Something Wicked This Way Comes, We
July
The Haunted Looking Glass, A Separate Peace
August
Horror by a woman - perhaps from the award lists, The Last of the Mohicans
September
Stephen King
October
The King in Yellow, Rubyfruit Jungle
November
Ripley Under Ground, A Wizard of Earthsea
December
The Lottery
Very loose A-Z to help whittle down my TBR:
A - A Town Like Alice
B - Brideshead Revisited
C - Cane
D - Demon Copperhead
E - Emma
F - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
G - A Game of Hide and Seek
H - The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
I - The Sea, The Sea
J - James
K - The Half Life of Valery K
L - Lolly Willowes
M - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
N - Bluets
O - Our Man in Havana
P - Piranesi
Q - Like Water for Chocolate
R - Dandelion Wine
S - So Big, The Stone Diaries
T - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
U - Unsettled Ground
V - The Vaster Wilds
W - Where Angels Fear to Tread, Winter in the Blood
X - Excellent Women
Y - Why not leave this open for something new?
Z - The Great Fire
