Thursday, July 3, 2025

2025 Mid-Year Check In: Reading Challenges


I am honestly afraid to be checking in. This is probably one of the worst reading years I have had. Ideally, I would like to be at the 50% mark, but yeah, I don't think so. Lol. Let's see how bad I'm doing! 😃


Goodreads Reading Challenge

The challenge: Read 52 books in 2025.

Progress: 27/52 (52%). I am technically doing great on this one. I'm even one book ahead. But by this point last year, I had read 10 books MORE than I have this year 😬 Like I said, it's been a terrible reading year.


52 books in 52 weeks Reading Challenge

The challenge: Read 52 books in 52 weeks.

Progress: ❌ Guys, I already failed this one. I missed two weeks 😭



The challenge: To read one book that has a title starting with every letter of the alphabet.

Progress: 12/26 (46%). I'm not where I should be, but not too bad. At least I've still got time 😅



The challenge: To read one book that has an author whose first name, middle, or last name starts with every letter of the alphabet.

Progress: 15/26 (57%) I'm actually doing a lot better on this one! Truly shocked 😂



The challenge: Read books you have owned before January 1, 2025.

Progress: 6/36 (16%) 👀 Not even shocked. Lol.



The challenge: Read 10 Netgalley/Edelweiss books.

Progress: 2/10 (20%). Also not surprised by this one. Lol. To be fair, I don't request a lot of books these days. This challenge is more to motivate me to read the books I've had for a while. Clearly it's not working 😅



The challenge: Finish/catch up on series.

Progress: 3/9 (33%). Another one that is not shocking to me. Lol. I haven't really been reading a whole lot of series. I mean, mostly manga, but I haven't finished any of those yet since they're still ongoing.



The challenge: Complete 25 reading prompts.

Progress: 13/25 (52%). Ooooh I'm doing pretty good on this one! It is a fun challenge. Lol.



The challenge: Complete 25 reading prompts.

Progress: 17/25 (68%). And I'm doing even better on this one! Again, these are really fun.



The challenge: To read 12 different books (1 per month) that fit each of the 12 prompts.

Progress: 5/12 (41%). I have fallen 1 book behind, but overall I'm doing pretty good on this one!


Reading Challenge Addict

The challenge: Enter and complete 6-10 reading challenges.

Progress: 0/6-10 (0%). This one is fine for now. I don't start to worry about till the end of the year. Lol.



The challenge: Write 41+ discussion posts

Progress: 12/41 (29%). I'm usually really good at keeping up with this one, but like I said, horrible reading year. And that always translates to a bad blogging year, and you can tell. This time last year, I think I was something like 60% done with this challenge 😬


I'm on track on 4/12 (33%) total challenges 😬 That is... as bad as I was expecting 😅

Let me know how you're doing in your reading challenges!

6 comments:

  1. I wanted to write something in the lines of "nooo you're doing just fine" but then I realised I don't wanna write something we both know is not true just to sound supportive 😂

    What I do want to say is that sometimes life (and mood) just takes over and that's okay 💗 Accept the past and if you can, try to fix the future. (why do I sound so cringe, I'm sorry lol) I hope you get your reading mojo back soon because I know it's there somewhere 😂❤️

    Knowing you, at certain point there will be a "click" and then you'll binge a million books at once and just pass all the challenges before the rest of us 😂😂

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    1. Thank you🖤 Yeah, I'm just going with what my mood wants, which I learned to do a long time ago. And right now my mood wants nothing but The Sims 4, so 😂 But I agree, one day I'll get back into it. Just, today is not that day 😂

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  2. You've got so many challenges! Wow! You just keep chugging along and do what you can. Make sure you're enjoying what you read. That's how I give up on challenges at times when I know I can't complete them and read what I want.
    https://lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io/2025/07/02/favorite-first-lines-5-june-2025/

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    1. You know, I don't even really look at my challenges to pick the books I read. They're just kinda there, and if I happen to read something off of a list, good. And if not, well 🤷‍♀️ I'm not really that bothered by it. I'm just being dramatic, like always 😆

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  3. That's a lot of challenges! Good luck with the rest of the year. I think you can accomplish them all. :)

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    1. Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!

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