2025 Reading Goals: Along with an online challenge...or two...I hope to achieve the following:
- to read everyday (social media does not count!)
- to read an average of one book per week = minimum of 52 books
- to read 1/3 of my goal from my own TBR pile = 18 books (these will be bolded).
- to complete books for book clubs before the meeting time (love book clubs!)
- to finish books from 2023-24 Book Club lists...I am always behind!
- to read more series (love series!)
- to completely read more professional books
- to read more young adult books
- to read a classic...or four!
- ✔ = book read (Begins with Book Clubs)
Chronological Reading List
January
- The Little Liar by Mitch Albom - (LC Book Club 24)
- Haunted Ever After by Jen Deluca - ebook - Florida
- Beach Haven by TI Lowe - ebook (Lowcountry Bk Club - Oct. 2024) - South Carolina
- The Bells of Christmas by Amanda Tru (ebook)
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (SCHS Book Club) - Alaska
- The Women by Kristen Hannah (2024 SCHS Book Club) - Vietnam/California
- The Liar by Nora Roberts (LC Jan Book Club) - Tennessee
February - Countdown to Valentine's Day by Dianna Houx (ebook) - Winterwood (small, rural town)
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (Paper Chase Book Club) - Alaska
- Driftwood Dreams by TJ Lowe (ebook) ebook - South Carolina
- There's Something about Mira by Sonali Dev ebook - New York
- Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky, Book 1- ebook - Chicago, Illinois
- The Exchange by John Grisham - 12-12-12 Challenge for 2024, Bonus Read for SCHS 2024 - New York (and all over the world)
- James by Percival Everett (Girlfriend Book Club, SCHS Book Club, 12 Friends...) - Mississippi
- Southern by Design by grace Helena Walz (2025 Lowcountry Boil Book Club) - South Carolina
March - A Just Cause by Rhona Weaver - Paper Chase Book Club - Wyoming
- How to Read a Book by Monica Wood - ebook - Maine
- Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O'Connor (book 1)
- The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis (book 1)
- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer - ebook - Maine
- Nora Roberts Land by Ava Miles - ebook - Colorado
- Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts - Maine
- A Will and a Way by Nora Roberts - ebook - New York
- The Mirror by Nora Roberts - ebook - (Book 2) - Maine
April - How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley - ebook - London
Book Clubs
- Paper Chase
- January: South of The Button Wood Tree by Webber (Stephanie Wade) ✔
(Read at the end of Dec. 24) - February: The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah (Joy Kramer) ✔
- March: A Just Cause by Rhona Weaver ✔
- April: The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea (Brenda Baretta)
- May: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield (Ruth Cook)
- June: Jahbok by Kee Sloan (Jane Jameson and Kathy McKinney)
- July: The Frozen River by Lawhon (Tammy Gillmore)
- August: Remarkable Bright Creatures by (Mayfan)
- September: When We Were Romans OR All Creatures Great and Small
- October: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (Merry A.McSpadden)
- November: Heasley Author
- December: The Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
- Lyon College
- January: The Liar by Nora Roberts ✔ (read fall of '24 - reread Jan. 25)
- February: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- April: The Measure by Nikki Erlick
- Friends and Fiction
- January - A Book Title That Begins With a P, B, or J
- Beach Haven by TI Lowe ✔
- February - A Romance Novel By A BIPOC Author
- There's Something about Mira by Sonali Dev ✔
- March - A Science Fiction or Fantasy Book
- The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis (book 1) ✔
- April - A Book With A Question As A Title
- May - A Book With Water On The Cover
- June - A Book Recommended By A Friend
- July - A Book Set In France
- August - An Author's Sophomore Book
- September - A Book On Your TBR List For Over A Year
- October - A Book With "Magic" In The Title
- November - A Book Written By A Celebrity
- December - A Holiday Book With An Animal On The Cover
- The Girlfriend Book Club
- January: The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
- February: James by Percival Everett ✔
- March: How to Age Disgracefully Clare Pooley ✔
- April: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
- May: The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
- 2025 Lowcountry Boil
- January: Haunted Ever After by Jen Deluca ✔
- February: The Pitch Queen by Karin Gillespie
- March: Southern by Design by Grace Helena Walz ✔
- April: The Mermaid Mystery by Tamar Meyers
- May: Where the Rivers Merge by Mary Alice Monroe
- June: Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey
- July: Jill Not Happy by Kaira Rouda
- August: That Last Carolina Summer by Karen White
- September: The Violet Hour by Victoria Benton Frank
- October: Sing Me Home to Carolina by Joy Callaway
- November: The Fabled Earth by Kimberly Brock
- December: Lowcountry Bordello by Susan M. Boyer
- Bernadette's Classic Book
- Jan/Feb: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- March: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
- April: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
- SCHS Reads
- January: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey ✔
- February: James by Percival Everett ✔
- March: The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis ✔
- April: Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
- May: How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley ✔
- June: Welcome to the Honey B & B by Melody Carlson
- July: Confronting the Presidents by Bill O'Reilly
- August: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- September: The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede
- Arkansas Teen Book Award Nominees
Challenges
- 12 Books...12 Friends...12 Months (I sorta placed these in the order that best aligns some titles with other book clubs...but...this order could change! Thank, friends!)
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- January: The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (Jeanne Trawick)
- February: The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah (Chelsea Brackett) ✔
- March: James by Percival Everett (Anthony Devore) ✔
- April: All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Ann Ballard)
- May: Sensible Shoes by Sharon Garlough Brown (Jeanne Trawick)
- June: Authority in Prayer by Dutch Sheets (Cherri Rodgers)
- July: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (Natalie Greenfield)
- August: A Time for Mercy by John Grisham (Julie Reardon)
- September: The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy (Brenda Gillmore)
- October: Look What You've Done by Tasha Layton and Bob Goff (Amanda Johnson)
- November: Fast Like a Girl by Mindy Pelz (Lana Steed)
- December: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Ann Ballard)
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Amazon First Reads
- January: Eleven Numbers by Lee Child (short story)
- January: The Art of Starting Over by Heidi McLaughlin
- February: Not Quite by the Book by Julie Hatcher
- March: Always You and Me by Dani Atkins
Independence County Library
- January:
- February: Anatomy of a Miracle
- March: The Apothecary
All 50 States
- Alabama
- Alaska: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (SCHS Book Club) and The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (Paper Chase Book Club)
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California: The Women by Kristen Hannah (2024 SCHS Book Club)
- Colorado: Nora Roberts Land by Ava Miles
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida: Haunted Ever After by Jen Deluca - ebook
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois: Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky, Book 1- ebook
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine: How to Read a Book by Monica Wood and The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer and Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi: James by Percival Everett
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York: There's Something about Mira by Sonali Dev ebook and The Exchange by John Grisham and A Will and a Way by Nora Roberts
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina: Beach Haven by TI Lowe - ebook (Lowcountry Bk Club - Oct. 2024) and Driftwood Dreams by TJ Lowe (ebook) ebook
- South Dakota
- Tennessee: The Liar by Nora Roberts (LC Jan Book Club)
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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