1GenevieveAOK
I'm new to this group, and to reading for challenges. I joined LT in fall of 2023, right after starting a part-time job at my local public library. I mostly work in the Children's Department, and lead one or two storytimes each week. My own kids are 9th and 4th graders this year, and my husband does IT Support at our local university, here in Ohio, USA. We all love reading, and it's an essential part of every day.
Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Mystery, Classics are my favorites, my fandoms include Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Agatha Christie. I read a LOT of kids books for story times and my kids read TONS of graphic novels. I'm working on becoming more familiar with "middle-grade" books for work, too.
I'm going to start my challenges early! I'm about to be off work and recovering from surgery for several weeks, so I'm deciding I get to start now and hopefully amuse or distract myself during my convalescence!
1. A place you've never been: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia Oakland, California
2. Either "Library" or "Thing" in title: The Dark Archive: An Invisible Library Novel by Genevieve Cogman
3. Writing about writers: The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
4. Oldest book in your TBR
5. A holiday in title
6. A long title (5+ words): Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown
7. Features nontraditional family - Lady Susan by Jane Austen - I'm counting this one here b/c Frederica ends upliving with her aunt and uncle and then marrying her aunt's brother.
8. Medical topic
9. The sun on cover/in title
10. Child as a main character: The Greenwitch by Susan Cooper - Drew siblings & Will Stanton
11. Newly in public domain
12. Author has your or relative’s 1st or last name: The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman
13. Read a CAT
14. Totally random
15. Features a birth: The Lost Flock by Jane Cooper - births of sheep
16. Nonhuman narrator Stella by McCall Hoyle
17. Features winged creature(s)
18. A profession in title: Building: A Carpenter's Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work by Mark Ellison
19. Travel: Dave and Lou On the Rails by David P. Knight
20. Recommended by a friend or LT member
21. Set in your favorite season: Hunting a Detroit Tiger by Troy Soos - Baseball season!
22. Originally published in a language not your own
23. Hollywood!
24. A piece of furniture on the cover: Death by Beach Read by Eva Gates - porch furniture
25. Features fire
Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Mystery, Classics are my favorites, my fandoms include Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Agatha Christie. I read a LOT of kids books for story times and my kids read TONS of graphic novels. I'm working on becoming more familiar with "middle-grade" books for work, too.
I'm going to start my challenges early! I'm about to be off work and recovering from surgery for several weeks, so I'm deciding I get to start now and hopefully amuse or distract myself during my convalescence!
1. A place you've never been: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia Oakland, California
2. Either "Library" or "Thing" in title: The Dark Archive: An Invisible Library Novel by Genevieve Cogman
3. Writing about writers: The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
4. Oldest book in your TBR
5. A holiday in title
6. A long title (5+ words): Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown
7. Features nontraditional family - Lady Susan by Jane Austen - I'm counting this one here b/c Frederica ends up
8. Medical topic
9. The sun on cover/in title
10. Child as a main character: The Greenwitch by Susan Cooper - Drew siblings & Will Stanton
11. Newly in public domain
12. Author has your or relative’s 1st or last name: The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman
13. Read a CAT
14. Totally random
15. Features a birth: The Lost Flock by Jane Cooper - births of sheep
16. Nonhuman narrator Stella by McCall Hoyle
17. Features winged creature(s)
18. A profession in title: Building: A Carpenter's Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work by Mark Ellison
19. Travel: Dave and Lou On the Rails by David P. Knight
20. Recommended by a friend or LT member
21. Set in your favorite season: Hunting a Detroit Tiger by Troy Soos - Baseball season!
22. Originally published in a language not your own
23. Hollywood!
24. A piece of furniture on the cover: Death by Beach Read by Eva Gates - porch furniture
25. Features fire
2GenevieveAOK
ColorCAT reads
January – Green: The Greenwitch by Susan Cooper Reading The Dark is Rising series aloud to my 4th grader.
February – Gold: The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer - cover of the copy on Hoopla is mostly a woman in a gold evening gown.
March – Pink
April – Brown: Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown
May – Red
June – Yellow
July – White - Longitude by Dava Sobel - the cover of my copy is plain white with a picture of the H-4 chronometer.
August – Grey The Grey King by Susan Cooper Continuing the Dark is Rising
September - Silver
October – Black
November – Blue
December – Purple
January – Green: The Greenwitch by Susan Cooper Reading The Dark is Rising series aloud to my 4th grader.
February – Gold: The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer - cover of the copy on Hoopla is mostly a woman in a gold evening gown.
March – Pink
April – Brown: Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown
May – Red
June – Yellow
July – White - Longitude by Dava Sobel - the cover of my copy is plain white with a picture of the H-4 chronometer.
August – Grey The Grey King by Susan Cooper Continuing the Dark is Rising
September - Silver
October – Black
November – Blue
December – Purple
3GenevieveAOK
AlphaKIT reads
JAN S O - S Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One by Sharon Lathan; The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester - This story of the Oxford English Dictionary counts for O for me.
FEB L G - L Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown, working on my work goal of knowing more middle-grade books; G The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
MAR U A - U Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams A Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe
APR K E - K The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams; E Building: A Carpenter's Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work by Mark Ellison
MAY I D - I Ollie In Between by Jess Callans; D The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman
JUN C Q -C Close Knit by Jenny Colgan; Q Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
JUL W T - W Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley; T Hunting a Detroit Tiger by Troy Soos
AUG N J -
SEP B M - M Mosaic by Laura Gaddis
OCT F P -
NOV Y H -
DEC V R -
YEARLONG: X and Z
JAN S O - S Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One by Sharon Lathan; The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester - This story of the Oxford English Dictionary counts for O for me.
FEB L G - L Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown, working on my work goal of knowing more middle-grade books; G The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
MAR U A - U Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams A Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe
APR K E - K The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams; E Building: A Carpenter's Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work by Mark Ellison
MAY I D - I Ollie In Between by Jess Callans; D The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman
JUN C Q -C Close Knit by Jenny Colgan; Q Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
JUL W T - W Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley; T Hunting a Detroit Tiger by Troy Soos
AUG N J -
SEP B M - M Mosaic by Laura Gaddis
OCT F P -
NOV Y H -
DEC V R -
YEARLONG: X and Z
4GenevieveAOK
NatureKIT reads
January: Sheep and Shepherding: The Lost Flock by Jane Cooper
February: Forests, Farms & Grassland
March: Nature, Landscape, Environment, Place
April: Flying Creatures
May: Plants, Fungi, Etc.
June: Oceans and Rivers
July: Inner Lives of Animals
August: Weather and Climate
September: Urban Nature
October: Endangered Species
November: The Effects of Nature on Human Beings
December: Wild Card
January: Sheep and Shepherding: The Lost Flock by Jane Cooper
February: Forests, Farms & Grassland
March: Nature, Landscape, Environment, Place
April: Flying Creatures
May: Plants, Fungi, Etc.
June: Oceans and Rivers
July: Inner Lives of Animals
August: Weather and Climate
September: Urban Nature
October: Endangered Species
November: The Effects of Nature on Human Beings
December: Wild Card
5GenevieveAOK
"Other" Category
6Charon07
Welcome to the group! My sister is a children’s librarian—I rely on her for tips on children’s & YA books that adults might also enjoy.
Enjoy your reading in 2025!
Enjoy your reading in 2025!
8lowelibrary
Welcome to the challenge group. There a great many people here with loads of great recommendations.
10MissWatson
Welcome to the group, and I hope your recovery goes well with lots of enjoyable reading.
11Cecilturtle
Welcome and happy reading!
15DeltaQueen50
Welcome and enjoy your 2025 reading!
17GenevieveAOK
BingoDOG 14: Totally random
Possibilities suggested by LibraryThing Roulette:
(I pushed the button for a random Popular Work until I got three possibilities that didn't get an immediate veto.)
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 - I do love SF&F
Lady Vernon and Her Daughter: A Novel of Jane Austen's Lady Susan -- I only just read Lady Susan, so this is a fun random one!
Brave, Not Perfect - This one's at my library: 155.333 S
The first two I'd need to get through OhioLink if I want a hardcopy.
Possibilities suggested by LibraryThing Roulette:
(I pushed the button for a random Popular Work until I got three possibilities that didn't get an immediate veto.)
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 - I do love SF&F
Lady Vernon and Her Daughter: A Novel of Jane Austen's Lady Susan -- I only just read Lady Susan, so this is a fun random one!
Brave, Not Perfect - This one's at my library: 155.333 S
The first two I'd need to get through OhioLink if I want a hardcopy.
18lowelibrary
Happy New Year and good luck with your reading.
19thornton37814
Best wishes on your 2025 reading!
20beebeereads
Best of luck in your recovery. I'll be following along this year.
Find me here for 2025
https://www.librarything.com/topic/367017#8712413
Find me here for 2025
https://www.librarything.com/topic/367017#8712413
21GenevieveAOK
BingoDog 11. Newly in public domain: Ideas
Turing's Proof -- The annotated Turing : a guided tour through Alan Turing's historic paper on computability and the Turing machine by Charles Petzold.
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Toad of Toad Hall - a play by A.A. Milne
The Adventures of Tintin (character now in public domain)
Turing's Proof -- The annotated Turing : a guided tour through Alan Turing's historic paper on computability and the Turing machine by Charles Petzold.
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Toad of Toad Hall - a play by A.A. Milne
The Adventures of Tintin (character now in public domain)
22GenevieveAOK
Ideas for "published in not-my-language":
The Shadow of the Wind
The Three Musketeers
The Little Prince
A Man Called Ove
Thanks, January List of the Month!
The Shadow of the Wind
The Three Musketeers
The Little Prince
A Man Called Ove
Thanks, January List of the Month!
23GenevieveAOK
Final 2025 totals:
24 total books read and logged.
0 bingos but 13/24 Bingo prompts covered (54%)
5/12 ColorCATs (42%)
15/26 AlphaKITs (58%)
1/12 NatureKITs (8%)
Excited to see what I can do in 2026!
24 total books read and logged.
0 bingos but 13/24 Bingo prompts covered (54%)
5/12 ColorCATs (42%)
15/26 AlphaKITs (58%)
1/12 NatureKITs (8%)
Excited to see what I can do in 2026!
