1okeres
Back again for 2025! While I never manage to finish every (or any! lol) CAT or KIT, I do enjoy making the effort ...and half the fun is in the planning.
Reading goals:
- read 100+ books
- read more from my own shelves (10+)
- read as many CATs, KITs as possible
Reading goals:
- read 100+ books
- read more from my own shelves (10+)
- read as many CATs, KITs as possible
2okeres
PersonalCAT
my usual format - in effort to read more than my favorite speculative fiction
i. ars longa, vita brevis
(books on art, artists, writers, writing, craft, creativity)
The Pulse of Mixed-Media - Seth Apter
remembered rapture: the writer at work - bell hooks
In Pursuit of Inspiration - Rae Dunn
Conscious Creativity : Look, Connect, Create - Phillipa Stanton
The Art of the Line in Drawing - Frederic Forest
Creative Revolution - Flora Bowley
reading Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis - Stephanie Rafflelock
ii. ars poetica
(poetry, poetics)
Universe of Us - Lang Leav
House of Light - Mary Oliver
Why I Wake Early: New Poems - Mary Oliver
Asymmetry: Poems - Adam Zagajewski
Dearly : New Poems - Margaret Atwood
You Are Here: {Poetry in the Natural World - Ada Limon, ed.
These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit : Poems - Hayan Charara
A Good Cry - Nikki Giovanni
Scientific Marvel: Poems - Chimwemwe Undi
Find Me as the Creature I am - Emily Jungmin Yoon
Self-Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire - Jason Schneiderman
Dialogues with Rising Tides - Kelli Russell Agodon
reading Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose - Kay Ryan
reading Yard Show - Janice N Harrington
to read Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures - Mary Reufle
iii. cogito ergo sum
(philosophy, essays, letters, language, books, reading)
The Pleasure of Reading - Antonia Fraser
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out -Shannon Reed
reading Quarrel & Quandary : essays - Cynthia Ozick
iv. ex libris
(reading my own tomes)
Arkfall - Carolyn Ives Gilman
Futures Past - James White
Poetic Justice - Amanda Cross
reading Adventures in Yarn Farming: Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm - Barbara Parry
reading Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet - John W Reid & Thomas E Love joy
reading Quarrel & Quandary : essays - Cynthia Ozick
reading The Aliens Among Us - James White
reading Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose - Kay Ryan
v. geographia et periegesis
(geography, landscape, space, place, travel, + books in translation)
reading The Deepest Map - Laura Trethewey
vi. historia magistra vitae est
(history, biography, memoir)
Words Will Break Cement: The Passions of Pussy Riot - Masha Gessen
reading We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience - Lyndsey Stonebridge
vii. scientia potentia est
(sciences)
The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains - Clayton Page Aldern
The Light Eaters - Zoe Schlanger
reading Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet - John W Reid & Thomas E Lovejoy
reading The Deepest Map - Laura Trethewey
specific reading goals
✔ read 100 books (reached 100 books on August 17th)
❇🔻read more own tomes (10+) : so-so so far. finished 2, about 7 in progress
❇🔺read as many CATs & KITs as possible: in progress; best progress ever this year (except for adding books read to the wikis)
my usual format - in effort to read more than my favorite speculative fiction
i. ars longa, vita brevis
(books on art, artists, writers, writing, craft, creativity)
The Pulse of Mixed-Media - Seth Apter
remembered rapture: the writer at work - bell hooks
In Pursuit of Inspiration - Rae Dunn
Conscious Creativity : Look, Connect, Create - Phillipa Stanton
The Art of the Line in Drawing - Frederic Forest
Creative Revolution - Flora Bowley
reading Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis - Stephanie Rafflelock
ii. ars poetica
(poetry, poetics)
Universe of Us - Lang Leav
House of Light - Mary Oliver
Why I Wake Early: New Poems - Mary Oliver
Asymmetry: Poems - Adam Zagajewski
Dearly : New Poems - Margaret Atwood
You Are Here: {Poetry in the Natural World - Ada Limon, ed.
These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit : Poems - Hayan Charara
A Good Cry - Nikki Giovanni
Scientific Marvel: Poems - Chimwemwe Undi
Find Me as the Creature I am - Emily Jungmin Yoon
Self-Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire - Jason Schneiderman
Dialogues with Rising Tides - Kelli Russell Agodon
reading Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose - Kay Ryan
reading Yard Show - Janice N Harrington
to read Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures - Mary Reufle
iii. cogito ergo sum
(philosophy, essays, letters, language, books, reading)
The Pleasure of Reading - Antonia Fraser
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out -Shannon Reed
reading Quarrel & Quandary : essays - Cynthia Ozick
iv. ex libris
(reading my own tomes)
Arkfall - Carolyn Ives Gilman
Futures Past - James White
Poetic Justice - Amanda Cross
reading Adventures in Yarn Farming: Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm - Barbara Parry
reading Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet - John W Reid & Thomas E Love joy
reading Quarrel & Quandary : essays - Cynthia Ozick
reading The Aliens Among Us - James White
reading Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose - Kay Ryan
v. geographia et periegesis
(geography, landscape, space, place, travel, + books in translation)
reading The Deepest Map - Laura Trethewey
vi. historia magistra vitae est
(history, biography, memoir)
Words Will Break Cement: The Passions of Pussy Riot - Masha Gessen
reading We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience - Lyndsey Stonebridge
vii. scientia potentia est
(sciences)
The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains - Clayton Page Aldern
The Light Eaters - Zoe Schlanger
reading Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet - John W Reid & Thomas E Lovejoy
reading The Deepest Map - Laura Trethewey
specific reading goals
✔ read 100 books (reached 100 books on August 17th)
❇🔻read more own tomes (10+) : so-so so far. finished 2, about 7 in progress
❇🔺read as many CATs & KITs as possible: in progress; best progress ever this year (except for adding books read to the wikis)
3okeres
ColorCAT
January – Green (w/u 1/31)
Paladin's Faith - T Kingfisher (green on cover; too much green according to several characters))
February – Gold
remembered rapture: the writer at work - bell hooks
March – Pink
The Universe of Us - Lang Leav
April – Brown
Dream Park - Larry Niven, Steven Barnes
Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean - Seaman McGuire
The Blacktongue Thief - Christopher Buehlman
Dark Side of the Road - Simon R Green
May – Red
Flirting With French - William Alexander (cover)
The Swarm - Andy Marino (cover + cicadas' red eyes)
June – Yellow
Murder by Memory - Olivia Waite (book title is bright yellow)
The Weight of Nature: How A Changing Climate Changes the Nature of Our Brain - Clayton Aldern
July – White
Futures Past - James White
Nightwatch Over Windscar - K Eason (cover text is all in white)
The Art of the Line in Drawing - Frederic Forest
August – Grey
Farthing - Jo Walton
September – Silver
Poetic Justice - Amanda Cross (silver age mystery)
October – Black
The Light-Eaters - Zoe Schlanger
Extinction - Douglas Preston
Hemlock & Silver - T. Kingfisher
November – Blue
The Drowning House - Cherie Priest
The Inheritance - Ilona Andrews ( Breach Wars#1)
reading x + y - Eugenia Cheng
December – Purple
reading Veniss Underground - Jeff VanderMeer
January – Green (w/u 1/31)
Paladin's Faith - T Kingfisher (green on cover; too much green according to several characters))
February – Gold
remembered rapture: the writer at work - bell hooks
March – Pink
The Universe of Us - Lang Leav
April – Brown
Dream Park - Larry Niven, Steven Barnes
Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean - Seaman McGuire
The Blacktongue Thief - Christopher Buehlman
Dark Side of the Road - Simon R Green
May – Red
Flirting With French - William Alexander (cover)
The Swarm - Andy Marino (cover + cicadas' red eyes)
June – Yellow
Murder by Memory - Olivia Waite (book title is bright yellow)
The Weight of Nature: How A Changing Climate Changes the Nature of Our Brain - Clayton Aldern
July – White
Futures Past - James White
Nightwatch Over Windscar - K Eason (cover text is all in white)
The Art of the Line in Drawing - Frederic Forest
August – Grey
Farthing - Jo Walton
September – Silver
Poetic Justice - Amanda Cross (silver age mystery)
October – Black
The Light-Eaters - Zoe Schlanger
Extinction - Douglas Preston
Hemlock & Silver - T. Kingfisher
November – Blue
The Drowning House - Cherie Priest
The Inheritance - Ilona Andrews ( Breach Wars#1)
reading x + y - Eugenia Cheng
December – Purple
reading Veniss Underground - Jeff VanderMeer
4okeres
CoverCAT
January - cover contains something involved in a tea party (w/u 1/31)
Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
February - a tree on the cover
reading Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet - John W Reid & Thomas E Lovejoy
March - farm animals on the cover
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman (a cow in the form of a piñata)
April - cover shows a road
Bonded in Death - JD Robb
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
Dark Side of the Road - Simon R Green
May - more than two elements/objects on the cover
Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis
The Deep Sky - Yume Kitasei
June - something with wheels on the cover
The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie
July - a fruit pictured on the cover
These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit: Poems - Hayan Charara
August - cover image includes a photograph
A Good Cry - Nikki Giovanni
September - dogs and/or cats on the cover
Contemplation of a Crime - Susan Juby
October - something on the cover that will fit in your pocket
Hemlock & Silver - T. Kingfisher (an apple)
November - celestial objects on the cover
It Was Her House First - Cherie Priest (the sun)
December - something you would like for a Yule present on the cover
The Secret, Book, and Scone Society - Ellery Adams (books, ofc!)
January - cover contains something involved in a tea party (w/u 1/31)
Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
February - a tree on the cover
reading Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet - John W Reid & Thomas E Lovejoy
March - farm animals on the cover
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman (a cow in the form of a piñata)
April - cover shows a road
Bonded in Death - JD Robb
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
Dark Side of the Road - Simon R Green
May - more than two elements/objects on the cover
Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis
The Deep Sky - Yume Kitasei
June - something with wheels on the cover
The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie
July - a fruit pictured on the cover
These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit: Poems - Hayan Charara
August - cover image includes a photograph
A Good Cry - Nikki Giovanni
September - dogs and/or cats on the cover
Contemplation of a Crime - Susan Juby
October - something on the cover that will fit in your pocket
Hemlock & Silver - T. Kingfisher (an apple)
November - celestial objects on the cover
It Was Her House First - Cherie Priest (the sun)
December - something you would like for a Yule present on the cover
The Secret, Book, and Scone Society - Ellery Adams (books, ofc!)
5okeres
CultureCAT
January - migration or displacement (w/u 1/31)
The Relentless Moon - Mary Robinette Kowal
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
February - Finno-Urgic peoples
Notes From An Island by Tove Jansson, trans. Thomas Teal
March - neurodiverse voices
The Framed Women of Ardmore House - Brandy Schillace
April - TTRPG & LARPers
Dream Park - Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
May - punk/metal
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot - Masha Gessen
June - Aboriginal Australia
July - India
August - any culture you are not a part of
The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller
September - Working class cultures
This Has Always Been A War - Lori Fox (rec'd/read in Oct)
October - Non-Mainstream Religious Subcultures
November - Indigenous North America
to read Black Sun - Rebecca Roanhorse
December - LGBTQ+
Culture CAT Bonus1 - South East Asia/Pacific Islander
Culture CAT Bonus2 - Wrongly convicted people
January - migration or displacement (w/u 1/31)
The Relentless Moon - Mary Robinette Kowal
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
February - Finno-Urgic peoples
Notes From An Island by Tove Jansson, trans. Thomas Teal
March - neurodiverse voices
The Framed Women of Ardmore House - Brandy Schillace
April - TTRPG & LARPers
Dream Park - Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
May - punk/metal
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot - Masha Gessen
June - Aboriginal Australia
July - India
August - any culture you are not a part of
The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller
September - Working class cultures
This Has Always Been A War - Lori Fox (rec'd/read in Oct)
October - Non-Mainstream Religious Subcultures
November - Indigenous North America
to read Black Sun - Rebecca Roanhorse
December - LGBTQ+
Culture CAT Bonus1 - South East Asia/Pacific Islander
Culture CAT Bonus2 - Wrongly convicted people
6okeres
AlphaKIT
JANUARY / S O (w/u 1/31)
Self-Portrait With Nothing - Aimee Pokwatka
Shiver - Allie Reynolds
A Sorceress Comes to Call - T Kingfisher
The Stardust Grail - Yume Kitasei
Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
Orbital - Samantha Harvey
The Overnight Guest - Heather Gudenkauf
FEBRUARY / L G
The Lighthouse Witches - C J Cooke
The Book of Doors - Gareth Brown
Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club - Roselle Lim
MARCH / U A
Arkfall - Carolyn Ives Gilman
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
The Universe of Us - Lang Leav
The Pulse of Mixed-Media - Seth Apter
APRIL / K E
License to Ensorcell - Katherine Kerr
Escape Velocity - Victor Manibo
MAY / I D
In Pursuit of Inspiration - Rae Dunn
The Deep Sky - Yume Kitasei
JUNE / C Q
Conscious Creativity: Look, Connect, Create - Philippa Stanton
Dead of Winter - Darcy Coates
reading Quarrel & Quandary : essays - Cynthia Ozick
JULY / W T
Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh
Futures Past - James White
The Weight of Nature: How A Changing Climate Changes the Nature of Our Brain - Clayton Aldern
Farthing - Jo Walton
The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris - Evie Woods
AUGUST / N J
The Nation of Plants - Stefano Mancuso
Contemplation of a Crime - Susan Juby
SEPTEMBER / B M
Shadows of Eternity - Greg Benford
The City and The City - China Miéville
OCTOBER / F P
Extinction - Douglas Preston
This Has Always Been a War - Lori Fox
NOVEMBER / Y H
The Haunting of Velkwood - Gwendolyn Kiste
reading Yard Show - Janice N Harrington
DEC / V R
Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin
reading Veniss Underground - Jeff VanderMeer
YEARLONG / X and Z
Frontier - Can Xue
Asymmetry: Poems - Adam Zagajewski
The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller
reading x + y - Eugenia Cheng
JANUARY / S O (w/u 1/31)
Self-Portrait With Nothing - Aimee Pokwatka
Shiver - Allie Reynolds
A Sorceress Comes to Call - T Kingfisher
The Stardust Grail - Yume Kitasei
Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
Orbital - Samantha Harvey
The Overnight Guest - Heather Gudenkauf
FEBRUARY / L G
The Lighthouse Witches - C J Cooke
The Book of Doors - Gareth Brown
Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club - Roselle Lim
MARCH / U A
Arkfall - Carolyn Ives Gilman
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
The Universe of Us - Lang Leav
The Pulse of Mixed-Media - Seth Apter
APRIL / K E
License to Ensorcell - Katherine Kerr
Escape Velocity - Victor Manibo
MAY / I D
In Pursuit of Inspiration - Rae Dunn
The Deep Sky - Yume Kitasei
JUNE / C Q
Conscious Creativity: Look, Connect, Create - Philippa Stanton
Dead of Winter - Darcy Coates
reading Quarrel & Quandary : essays - Cynthia Ozick
JULY / W T
Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh
Futures Past - James White
The Weight of Nature: How A Changing Climate Changes the Nature of Our Brain - Clayton Aldern
Farthing - Jo Walton
The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris - Evie Woods
AUGUST / N J
The Nation of Plants - Stefano Mancuso
Contemplation of a Crime - Susan Juby
SEPTEMBER / B M
Shadows of Eternity - Greg Benford
The City and The City - China Miéville
OCTOBER / F P
Extinction - Douglas Preston
This Has Always Been a War - Lori Fox
NOVEMBER / Y H
The Haunting of Velkwood - Gwendolyn Kiste
reading Yard Show - Janice N Harrington
DEC / V R
Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin
reading Veniss Underground - Jeff VanderMeer
YEARLONG / X and Z
Frontier - Can Xue
Asymmetry: Poems - Adam Zagajewski
The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller
reading x + y - Eugenia Cheng
7okeres
RandomKIT
January : Eat, drink and be merry
Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
February : Playing With Time
The Book of Doors - Gareth Brown
The Lighthouse Witches - C J Cooke
March : Wishes
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport - Samit Basu (didn't finish until May)
April : Prime
reading Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
to read? The Eleventh Gate - Nancy Kress
to read? Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel - Jane Smiley
May : Punctuation
Flirting with French: Adventures in a pursuit of a Language - William Alexander
Why I Wake Early : New Poems - Mary Oliver
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot - Masha Gessen
June : Invasion
The Seep - Chana Porter (inSept, long wait for library loan)
July : "The hills are alive..."
August : A Writer
The Library of the Unwritten - A J Hackwith
September : cardinal direction in title
North of Boston - Elisabeth Elo
October : When I Was A Child
On the Night of the Seventh Moon - Victoria Holt
November : Villains
to read : An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - Helene Tursten
December : Beginnings & Endings
A Beginner's Guide to Murder - Rosalind Stopps
Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin (beginning of Rebus series!)
January : Eat, drink and be merry
Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
February : Playing With Time
The Book of Doors - Gareth Brown
The Lighthouse Witches - C J Cooke
March : Wishes
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport - Samit Basu (didn't finish until May)
April : Prime
reading Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
to read? The Eleventh Gate - Nancy Kress
to read? Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel - Jane Smiley
May : Punctuation
Flirting with French: Adventures in a pursuit of a Language - William Alexander
Why I Wake Early : New Poems - Mary Oliver
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot - Masha Gessen
June : Invasion
The Seep - Chana Porter (inSept, long wait for library loan)
July : "The hills are alive..."
August : A Writer
The Library of the Unwritten - A J Hackwith
September : cardinal direction in title
North of Boston - Elisabeth Elo
October : When I Was A Child
On the Night of the Seventh Moon - Victoria Holt
November : Villains
to read : An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - Helene Tursten
December : Beginnings & Endings
A Beginner's Guide to Murder - Rosalind Stopps
Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin (beginning of Rebus series!)
8okeres
MysteryKIT
January - winter mysteries
Shiver - Allie Reynolds
Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
The Overnight Guest - Heather Gudenkauf
February - vintage mysteries
Pietr the Latvian - Georges Simenon (Maigret #1; 1930)
March - espionage "Spies, Lies and Ciphers"
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
April - paranormal
License to Ensorcell - Katherine Kerr
The Restorer - Amanda Stevens
May - mysteries not set in my country
Frozen Assets - Quentin Bates
June - LGBTQ+ detectives
The Undetectables - Courtney Smyth
July - series sleuths
The Undead Complex - Courtney Smyth
August - legal thrillers
to read Accused - Lisa Scottoline
September - silver age mysteries
Poetic Justice - Amanda Cross (1970)
October – police procedurals
See them run - Marion Todd
In Plain Sight - Marion Todd
November - psychological mysteries and thrillers
to read The Paleontologist - Luke Dumas
December - cozies
The Secret, Book, and Scone Society - Ellery Adams
reading Murder in a Scottish Garden - Traci Hall
January - winter mysteries
Shiver - Allie Reynolds
Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
The Overnight Guest - Heather Gudenkauf
February - vintage mysteries
Pietr the Latvian - Georges Simenon (Maigret #1; 1930)
March - espionage "Spies, Lies and Ciphers"
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
April - paranormal
License to Ensorcell - Katherine Kerr
The Restorer - Amanda Stevens
May - mysteries not set in my country
Frozen Assets - Quentin Bates
June - LGBTQ+ detectives
The Undetectables - Courtney Smyth
July - series sleuths
The Undead Complex - Courtney Smyth
August - legal thrillers
to read Accused - Lisa Scottoline
September - silver age mysteries
Poetic Justice - Amanda Cross (1970)
October – police procedurals
See them run - Marion Todd
In Plain Sight - Marion Todd
November - psychological mysteries and thrillers
to read The Paleontologist - Luke Dumas
December - cozies
The Secret, Book, and Scone Society - Ellery Adams
reading Murder in a Scottish Garden - Traci Hall
9okeres
NatureKIT
January - Sheep and Shepherding
reading Adventures in Yarn Farming: Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm - Barbara Parry
February - Forests, Farms & Grasslands
reading Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet - John W Reid & Thomas E Lovejoy
March - Nature, Landscape, Environment, Place
to read? Representing Place: Landscape Painting And Maps - Edward S. Casey
April - Flying Creatures
The Swarm - Andy Marino
May - Plants, Fungi, Etc
The Nation of Plants - Stefano Mancuso (finished 8/8)
The Light Eaters - Zoë Schlanger (long library wait; finished in Oct)
June - Oceans and Rivers
reading The Deepest Map - Laura Tretheway
July - Inner Lives of Animals
August - Weather and Climate
to read The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming - David Wallace-Wells
September - Urban Nature
to read The Street-smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle - David B Williams
October - Endangered Species
November - The Effects of Nature on Human Beings
December - Wild Card
to read The End of Eden - Adam Welz
January - Sheep and Shepherding
reading Adventures in Yarn Farming: Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm - Barbara Parry
February - Forests, Farms & Grasslands
reading Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet - John W Reid & Thomas E Lovejoy
March - Nature, Landscape, Environment, Place
to read? Representing Place: Landscape Painting And Maps - Edward S. Casey
April - Flying Creatures
The Swarm - Andy Marino
May - Plants, Fungi, Etc
The Nation of Plants - Stefano Mancuso (finished 8/8)
The Light Eaters - Zoë Schlanger (long library wait; finished in Oct)
June - Oceans and Rivers
reading The Deepest Map - Laura Tretheway
July - Inner Lives of Animals
August - Weather and Climate
to read The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming - David Wallace-Wells
September - Urban Nature
to read The Street-smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle - David B Williams
October - Endangered Species
November - The Effects of Nature on Human Beings
December - Wild Card
to read The End of Eden - Adam Welz
10okeres
SFFKIT
January - Cozy Fantasy
Paladin's Faith - T Kingfisher (cozy-ish)
February - The Art of SFF
The Book of Doors - Gareth Brown
March - Magical Realism
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
April - Women Authors
Crowbones - Anne Bishop
License to Ensorcell - Katherine Kerr
Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean - Seaman McGuire
Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis
The Deep Sky - Yume Kitasei
May - Authors of Global South
The Jinn-bot of Shantiport - Samit Basu
June - Anthologies and Collections
Futures Past - James White
July - Alternative History
Farthing - Jo Walton
August - Space
Killing Gravity - Corey J White
September - Back to School SFF
First Frost - Jennifer Estep (ss)
October - Mysterious Artifacts
Gate Crashers - Patrick S Tomlinson
November - The Day After
Bannerless - Carrie Vaughn
The Wild Dead - Carrie Vaughn
December - read what makes you happy
Shadow Speaker - Nnedi Okorafor
January - Cozy Fantasy
Paladin's Faith - T Kingfisher (cozy-ish)
February - The Art of SFF
The Book of Doors - Gareth Brown
March - Magical Realism
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
April - Women Authors
Crowbones - Anne Bishop
License to Ensorcell - Katherine Kerr
Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean - Seaman McGuire
Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis
The Deep Sky - Yume Kitasei
May - Authors of Global South
The Jinn-bot of Shantiport - Samit Basu
June - Anthologies and Collections
Futures Past - James White
July - Alternative History
Farthing - Jo Walton
August - Space
Killing Gravity - Corey J White
September - Back to School SFF
First Frost - Jennifer Estep (ss)
October - Mysterious Artifacts
Gate Crashers - Patrick S Tomlinson
November - The Day After
Bannerless - Carrie Vaughn
The Wild Dead - Carrie Vaughn
December - read what makes you happy
Shadow Speaker - Nnedi Okorafor
11okeres
ScaredyKIT
January - Diverse Perspectives
Moon of the Crusted Snow -Waubgeshig Rice
February - Haunted Houses / Haunted Places
Crooked House - Marlene Bateman
A Theory of Haunting - Sarah Monette
March - Real-life Monsters (True Crime)
(skipping)
April - Arachnids, Insects, and Reptilia
The Swarm - Andy Marino
May - Out in the Wild
Dead of Winter - Darcy Coates
June - YA and graphic novels
Mercy Thompson : Homecoming - Patricia Briggs
July - Ghosts (more fantasy than horror)
The Undead Complex - Courtney Smyth
Forces From Beyond - Simon R Green
August - Female authors
The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller
This World is Not Yours - Kemi Ashing-Giwa
September - Stephen King and family
Nos4A2 - Joe Hill
October - Gothic
The Drowning House - Cherie Priest
666 Gable Way - Dani Lamia
reading The Crows - C M Rosen
November - Psychological Thriller
to read The Paleontologist - Luke Dumas
December - Your Favorite Scary Trope
Where The Dead Brides Gather - Nuzo Onoh (ghosts)
January - Diverse Perspectives
Moon of the Crusted Snow -Waubgeshig Rice
February - Haunted Houses / Haunted Places
Crooked House - Marlene Bateman
A Theory of Haunting - Sarah Monette
March - Real-life Monsters (True Crime)
(skipping)
April - Arachnids, Insects, and Reptilia
The Swarm - Andy Marino
May - Out in the Wild
Dead of Winter - Darcy Coates
June - YA and graphic novels
Mercy Thompson : Homecoming - Patricia Briggs
July - Ghosts (more fantasy than horror)
The Undead Complex - Courtney Smyth
Forces From Beyond - Simon R Green
August - Female authors
The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller
This World is Not Yours - Kemi Ashing-Giwa
September - Stephen King and family
Nos4A2 - Joe Hill
October - Gothic
The Drowning House - Cherie Priest
666 Gable Way - Dani Lamia
reading The Crows - C M Rosen
November - Psychological Thriller
to read The Paleontologist - Luke Dumas
December - Your Favorite Scary Trope
Where The Dead Brides Gather - Nuzo Onoh (ghosts)
12okeres
BingoDOG
1 place you've never been
Exordia - Seth Dickinson (NYC, Kurdistan)
2 "library" or "thing" in title
The Library of the Unwritten - A J Hackwith
3 writing about writers
remembered rapture: the writer at work - bell hooks
4 oldest book on your TBR published 1929, probably on my TBR since the so.Stone in the 70's😁
The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie
5 holiday in title
A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches - J M Barrie
6 long title (5+ words)
And the Mighty Will Fall - KB Wagers
7 nontraditional family
The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins
8 medical topic
Jar City - Arnaldur Indradason (murder mystery w/medical angle)
9 sun on cover/in title
Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire - Jason Schneiderman
10 child main character
Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean - Seaman McGuire
11 newly in public domain
The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie)
12 author has your first/last name
A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters - ed.
Martin H. Greenberg, Kerrie L. Hughes
13 read a CAT (culturecat/Feb)
Notes From An Island by Tove Jansson, trans. Thomas Teal
14 totally random
The Staircase in the Woods - Chuck Wendig
15 features a birth
Diviner's Bow - Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
16 nonhuman narrator (Moku, story-bot)
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport - Samit Basu
17 features winged creature(s) (hunger birds)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
18 profession in title
to read The Paleontologist - Luke Dumas
19 travel
In Ascension - Martin MacInnes
20 recommended by a friend
21 set in your favorite season
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
22 published in language not your own
Pietr the Latvian - Georges Simenon
23 Hollywood!
Borderline - Mishell Baker
24 furniture on the cover
Death by Coffee Bookstore Cafe Mystery #1 - Alex Erickson
25 features fire
A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik
1 place you've never been
Exordia - Seth Dickinson (NYC, Kurdistan)
2 "library" or "thing" in title
The Library of the Unwritten - A J Hackwith
3 writing about writers
remembered rapture: the writer at work - bell hooks
4 oldest book on your TBR published 1929, probably on my TBR since the so.Stone in the 70's😁
The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie
5 holiday in title
A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches - J M Barrie
6 long title (5+ words)
And the Mighty Will Fall - KB Wagers
7 nontraditional family
The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins
8 medical topic
Jar City - Arnaldur Indradason (murder mystery w/medical angle)
9 sun on cover/in title
Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire - Jason Schneiderman
10 child main character
Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean - Seaman McGuire
11 newly in public domain
The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie)
12 author has your first/last name
A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters - ed.
Martin H. Greenberg, Kerrie L. Hughes
13 read a CAT (culturecat/Feb)
Notes From An Island by Tove Jansson, trans. Thomas Teal
14 totally random
The Staircase in the Woods - Chuck Wendig
15 features a birth
Diviner's Bow - Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
16 nonhuman narrator (Moku, story-bot)
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport - Samit Basu
17 features winged creature(s) (hunger birds)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
18 profession in title
to read The Paleontologist - Luke Dumas
19 travel
In Ascension - Martin MacInnes
20 recommended by a friend
21 set in your favorite season
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
22 published in language not your own
Pietr the Latvian - Georges Simenon
23 Hollywood!
Borderline - Mishell Baker
24 furniture on the cover
Death by Coffee Bookstore Cafe Mystery #1 - Alex Erickson
25 features fire
A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik
14lowelibrary
Love all the cats especially the peeping tom cat
15mnleona
I agree with >14 lowelibrary:. Good reading in 2025
16Cecilturtle
Happy reading! As for myself, super partial to Mystery Cat - what a cutie :D
17Charon07
I love all the cats! >10 okeres: SFFKIT and >11 okeres: ScaredyKIT make me laugh!
18MissWatson
So many lovely kitties! I think my favourite is RandomKIT. Enjoy your reading!
21DeltaQueen50
Enjoy your 2025 reading!
22lowelibrary
Happy New Year and good luck with your reading.
23thornton37814
Hope you have a great year of reading!
24beebeereads
Enjoy your 2025 reading. I'll be following along.
Find me here this year
https://www.librarything.com/topic/367017#8712413
Find me here this year
https://www.librarything.com/topic/367017#8712413
25okeres
2025 stats :
- read 160 books, 54,864 pages, and read every single day
- hit a lot of CAT & KIT reads, though SFF/KIT is the only one I ma aged to finish at least one book for each month; several others were just shy one or two months.
-read all but two of the BINGO/DOG categories
-only managed to find an a few of my own tomes
-failed miserably at updating the wikis
regardless, my best year yet for number of categories actually finished
onward to 2026
- read 160 books, 54,864 pages, and read every single day
- hit a lot of CAT & KIT reads, though SFF/KIT is the only one I ma aged to finish at least one book for each month; several others were just shy one or two months.
-read all but two of the BINGO/DOG categories
-only managed to find an a few of my own tomes
-failed miserably at updating the wikis
regardless, my best year yet for number of categories actually finished
onward to 2026
