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MobileRead Users 2025 TBR Reduction Challenge
The MobileRead Users 2025 TBR Reduction Challenge is now live on StoryGraph! Please feel free to post your book lists here AND join the StorygGraph challenge if you're so inclined! There are again two alternatives to choose from each month (or both if you're feeling feisty). The months of March, July, September, and October have had some updates. RULES (that you can completely ignore if you want!):
Remember - if you would like to see what books others have added to the challenge, just enter the challenge and click on the month title and it will show you all books added, with yours at the top. You add books the same way - go to the month, and you will be taken to a page where you can add books to that month's challenge. January
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My big takeaway from last year is that while the challenge did help me to read books from my TBR, I still continued the toxic cycle of buying new books - actually more books that I can read. I have bought about 80 books last year and only read 3-4 of them.
So I'll try to find only books I've bought in 2024 or books I've bought in 2011 (according to Kindle these were my first ebooks) on my challenge for 2025. Besides that, I'll try to read 80% of all books I'll inevitably buy next year to prevent what I did this year. |
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I'm so excited for the new prompts. I look forward to doing these every year.
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I've added to all the prompts. The ones I could change my mind on are July's and December's. The rest I should be set.
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I've made a bingo card for the challenge. If anyone else wants to use it, you can copy it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing
Like this year, I'll ignore the months and the TBR aspect, but try to get as many of the prompts as I can. For that use, a bingo card is nice ![]() |
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I think I have pretty much settled on a list. I think Storygraph sees 2 books on a prompt as an "or" selection, but my intention is to read both, as most of my selections are rather short books.
My partner helped me pick a few books, The Time Traveler's Wife, Demian and One Hundred Years of Solitude are actually their suggestions, and I'm excited to read a few books outside my usual reading bubble. Last edited by rantanplan; 12-10-2024 at 07:12 AM. Reason: Typo |
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30 folks have added 63 books so far. I have not gone in and added mine yet, but its nice to see many folks enjoying it again.
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What a great idea!! I’m joining the challenge and I’ve added my books to all the prompts!
I have followed the following rules: - The book must be on my TBR - It has to be one of the paper books that I already own or it has to be available in our local library. No buying!!! Last edited by DJUNGELSKOG; 12-20-2024 at 05:47 AM. |
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I'm trying to be more ruthless about not ADDING books to my TBR to then add to my TBR reduction challenge, so I've only entered the first few prompts so far. Gonna have to get creative for some of the other prompts, but there's also a srong chance that I will be acquiring books that might fit anyway. Only 4 prompts to fill now
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Does the Storygraph Challenge let me participate in the 2025 one when I haven't completed the 2024 one?
My reading time disappeared for the last few months because of moving house, so I was planning to include the four books from this year that didn't get read into the 2025 challenge. At this stage I can't see a Challenge for 2025. If I can't do it, I can always just list them here. Thanks again for doing this, astrangerhere. |
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