Book Girls' Guide: Book Lovers Challenge 2025
Here's how my 2025 reading challenge is going...(updated as the months go by)
I'm going to be honest, I'm not the best at reading challenges. I never finish the books on time, I'm constantly going off script with my picks, but I do always finish. So here's how my attempt at the Book Girls' Guide: Book Lovers Challenge went this year...
Here's the list where we started:
- Characters Connecting Through Books (January) ✔️
- Books About Bookstores (February) ✔️
- Modern Retellings (March) ✔️
- Characters Becoming Part of the Story (April) ✔️
- Books About Writers & Editors (May) ✔️
- Favorite Audiobook Narrators & Audiobooks with Full Cast Narration (June) ✔️
- Books About Book Clubs (July) ✔️
- Books Written Under Pen Names (August) ✔️
- Books About Libraries & Librarians (September)✔️
- Characters Interacting with Real Authors (October) ✔️
- Holiday Novels for Book Lovers (November) ✔️
- Re-Read a Favorite or Choose One of Our Favs (December)✔️
Here's what I read & when:
1. Characters Connecting Through Books (January) - I listened to Not in My Book by Katie Holt in February.
2. Books About Bookstores (February) - I read Better Than Fiction by Alexa Martin in April.
3. Modern Retellings (March) - I read The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale by Virginia Kantra in April.
4. Characters Becoming Part of the Story (April) - I read A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston in November.
5. Books About Writers & Editors (May) - I read Any Trope But You by Victoria Levine in August.
6. Favorite Audiobook Narrators & Audiobooks with Full Cast Narration (June) - I listened to Under Loch & Key by Lana Ferguson in April (narrated by Samantha Summers & Flint Park).
7. Books About Book Clubs (July) - I read The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams in December.
8. Books Written Under Pen Names (August) - I read The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold by Ally Carter in November.
9. Books About Libraries & Librarians (September) - I listened to the audiobook version of The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez in July.
10. Characters Interacting with Real Authors (October) - I read Tru & Nelle by G. Neri in November.
11. Holiday Novels for Book Lovers (November) - I read I'll Be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss in December.
12. Re-Read a Favorite or Choose One of Our Favs (December) - I read The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in November.
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