Krys_Reads 2025 Category Challenge

I found LibraryThing.com two days ago so this is my first attempt at this challenge! It sounds like loads of fun and I'm excited.

I'm a Miami, FL native in my late 30s and a Miami-Dade County Library cardholder since 1993 (thanks, Dad!). I was quite the bookworm until 2016, when the chaos of early motherhood made reading for myself impossible. It wasn't until the pandemic that I realized books are my de-stressors and thus, quite necessary to my sanity.

Anyway, here are the category challenges I'll be participating in:

- CoverCAT
- Colo(u)rCAT
- CultureCAT
- SF&FKIT
- AlphaKIT
- BingoDog

1. Place you've never been
2. "Library" or "Thing" in title
3. Writing about writers - Probably Her Husband: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath - A Marriage
4. Oldest book in your TBR - I believe that's Agnes Grey
5. Holiday in title
6. Long title (5+ words)
7. Non-traditional family
8. Medical topic
9. Sun on cover/in title
10. Child main character
11. Newly in public domain
12. Author has your first/last name - Probably something by Krystina Rivers
13. Read a CAT
14. Totally random
15. Features a birth
16. Nonhuman narrator
17. Features winged character(s)
18. Profession in title
19. Travel
20. Recommended by a friend
21. Set in your favorite season
22. Published in language not your own
23. Hollywood
24. Furniture on cover
25. Features fire

CoverCAT

January - cover contains something involved in a tea party - Tempest in a Teapot
February - a tree on the cover
March - farm animals on the cover
April - cover shows a road
May - more than two elements/objects on the cover
June - something with wheels on the cover
July - a fruit pictured on the cover
August - cover image includes a photograph
September - dogs and/or cats on the cover
October - something on the cover that will fit in your pocket.
November - celestial objects on the cover
December - something you would like for a Christmas (or equivalent gift-giving occasion in your tradition) present on the cover

Colo(u)rCAT

January – Green - Morgan is My Name
February – Gold
March – Pink
April – Brown
May – Red
June – Yellow
July – White
August – Grey
September - Silver
October – Black
November – Blue
December – Purple

CultureCAT

January: Featuring migration or displacement - The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
February: Finno-Urgic peoples
March: neurodiverse voices
April: TTRPG & LARPers
May: punk/metal
June: Aboriginal Australia
July: India
August: Free space - any culture you are not part of
September: Working class cultures
October: Non-Mainstream Religious Subcultures (Amish, Quakers, Mennonites, or Church of the Brethren)
November: Indigenous North America
December: LGBTQ+
Bonus CAT 1: South East Asia/Pacific Islander
Bonus CAT 2: wrongly convicted people

SF&FKIT

JAN - Cozy Fantasy - The Teller of Small Fortunes
FEB - The Art of SFF
MAR - Magical Realism - One Hundred Years of Solitude
APR - Women Authors
MAY - Authors of Global South
JUN - Anthologies and Collections
JUL - Alternative History
AUG - Space
SEP - Back to School SFF
OCT - Mysterious Artifacts
NOV - The Day After
DEC - Disabled main character

AlphaKIT

JAN S O - Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch & Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
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 -
YEARLONG: X and Z -

Welcome to Library Thing and to the Category Challenge!