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 - Bath, UK A Lady's Guide to Scandal finished
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) The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration FINISHED
7. Non-traditional family
8. Medical topic Everything is Tuberculosis
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 -January CoverCAT FINISHED
14. Totally random
15. Features a birth - Morgan is My Name FINISHED
16. Nonhuman narrator
17. Features winged character(s) - Onyx Storm FINISHED
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 - How to End a Love Story FINISHED
24. Furniture on cover - People We Meet on Vacation FINISHED
25. Features fire - Faithbreaker Finished

CoverCAT

January - cover contains something involved in a tea party - A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin FINISHED
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 FINISHED
February – Gold - The Queens of Crime FINISHED
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 COMPLETED
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 FINISHED
FEB - The Art of SFF - Wind and Truth
MAR - Magical Realism - Probably will read 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!

Welcome! I hope you have fun here and have a good year of reading in 2025!

Welcome and happy reading in a great new year!

Welcome and good luck with your 2025 reading!

Wishing you all the best with your 2025 reading!

Happy New Year and good luck with your reading.

Hope 2025 is filled with good reads for you!

Welcome and I look forward to following this thread
You can find me here
https://www.librarything.com/topic/367017#8712413

Welcome to LT and the Category Challenge. Have a great reading year!