Welcome to the 2025 Reading Challenges! It’s that time of year again—time to gear up for another round of reading challenges!
In 2024, I enthusiastically signed up for three challenges: Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge, Vintage Scavenger Hunt, and Goodreads Reading Challenge. While I gave it my all, I fell a bit short of meeting all my goals. The only challenge I successfully completed was the Cloak and Dagger, where I reached my goal of reading 5-15 books to earn the title of Amateur Detective.
But with a new year comes renewed determination. For 2025, I’m ready to kick my reading habit into high gear and take on fresh challenges.
What will the 2025 Reading Challenges bring?
In my 2025 Reading Challenges, I decided to mix things up by joining one familiar challenge and trying out a new one. As always, my main focus is on mysteries, my favorite genre. However, that doesn’t mean I won’t explore other kinds of books—they’ll likely just contribute to my Goodreads 2025 Reading Challenge list!
I’m excited to dive into books by authors I haven’t explored before. One great takeaway from the Scavenger Hunt Reading Challenge I joined in 2024 was discovering new authors. This year, I’m aiming for even more variety by alternating between Gothic mysteries, cozy whodunits, and intriguing standalone tales to keep things fresh and engaging. I’m planning to read books by Patricia Wentworth, Laura Purcell, and John Dickson Carr, among others.
Here’s what I’m diving into for the 2025 Reading Challenges!
Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge
This marks my second consecutive year participating in this challenge, and I’m excited to dive in again. As always, the real challenge for me isn’t just the reading—it’s writing and posting reviews, which I plan to share here on this blog. Hopefully, I can be more consistent this year and make the most of the experience!
Challenge Details: Hosted by Carol at Carol’s Notebook. Must read a book that is at least a 100 pages and falls under the mystery/suspense/thriller/crime/true crime genres and its subgenres. Crossover with other challenges is fine, and reviews need to be posted somewhere. Tag(s): #CloakDaggerChal / 2025 Cloak & Dagger Challenge
Levels:
5-15 books – Amateur sleuth –> My goal remains the same this year—hopefully, I can reach at least 15 books!
16-25 books – Detective
26-35 books – Inspector
36 – 55 books – Special agent
56+ books – Sherlock Holmes
Posts in this challenge:
Six Shooter Reading Challenge
This is a new challenge for me, though I’ve come across it before. The good news is that posting reviews is optional!
Challenge Details: Hosted by Rick over at Rick Mill’s Project, this challenge tasks participants with “shooting” (figuratively speaking!) 6 books by the same author to earn a notch on their literary gun. Eligible works include traditional murder mysteries, thrillers, police procedurals, young adult novels, short stories, and even mystery romances. Tag: 2025 Six-Shooter Challenge
Honorary Badges: The challenge offers three honorary badges, based upon your score. You keep your badges even if your score subsequently drops below the threshold.
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- Sharpshooter: Your score has achieved 1.000, even if it subsequently falls below that level.
- Booksniper: Your score has achieved 2.000, even if it subsequently falls below that level.
- Ammonuensis: Your score has achieved 3.000, even if it subsequently falls below that level.
