I'll probably post again before January 1st, but if I don't, Happy New Year!  

If you hang out here at BBB, you know I love me a reading challenge. Every year, I take on too many and end up finishing only some of them. No matter. I just enjoy the chance to add a little fun and variety to my reading life. I've had a good time with my challenges this year, so I'm going to do another batch of them this year. 

Before I dish about my 2025 challenge picks, I just want to remind you of the Bookish Books Reading Challenge, which I've hosted for two years now. It's a no-pressure, laidback challenge where you simply read books with bookish themes. Easy cheesy. If you're interested in signing up for 2025, here's all the info:

I'm not the most on-the-ball reading challenge host, but I enjoy hosting nonetheless. So much so that I decided to create a new challenge for next year. I hope you'll join me for the 2025 Cover Lovers Reading Challenge. It's all about fulfilling prompts by finding certain items on the covers of the books you read. You can find all the deets below:

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In addition to the two challenges I'm hosting and a couple long-term ones from Goodreads that I've been working on, I'm planning to participate in these:

1. Popsugar Reading Challenge (hosted by Popsugar)—Since this yearly challenge often has very specific and difficult prompts, I've only actually completed it once in probably five years of doing it. Prompts can be changed out, but I'm too much of a purist for that! Ha ha. At any rate, I'll be back at it in 2025.

2. Literary Escapes Reading Challenge (hosted by Stacy @Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book)—One of my favorite annual challenges, this one requires reading a book set in each of the 50 U.S. states + Washington, D.C. Some of them are a real challenge to find year after year (*cough* North Dakota *cough*).

3. Craving for Cozies Reading Challenge (hosted by Stacy @Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book)—I enjoy cozy mysteries, especially as palate cleansers between darker, heavier reads. I've read 30 of them this year, so I think I'll join next year's challenge at the Famished level, which requires reading 26-51 cozies. Shouldn't be too hard. The challenge also includes a prompt-based mini-challenge that looks fun, so I'll do that too.

4. Historical Fiction Reading Challenge (hosted by Marg @The Intrepid Reader and Baker)—I read lots of historical fiction, so this one isn't really a challenge per se. Still, it's fun to keep track of the hist fic I read and to check out what other participants are enjoying. I'm joining at the Prehistoric level, which involves reading 50+ books. 

5. Booklist Queen Reading Challenge (hosted by Rachael @Booklist Queen)—This annual challenge is another of my favorites. It has 52 prompts that are generally pretty easy to check off. 

6. The 52 Club's Reading Challenge (hosted by The 52 Club)—As you can probably surmise, this yearly challenge also has 52 prompts to tackle. 

7. Build Your Library Reading Challenge (hosted by Emily @Build Your Library)—This annual challenge features 40 prompts, which revolve around a new theme each year. For 2025, it's "Read Banned Books."

8. Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge (hosted by Take a Walk Down Gregory Road)—This is a yearly mega challenge with A LOT of prompts (109, if you include the wildcards). You can join at various levels. The prompts for 2025 have not been announced yet, but I'll planning on completing all of them since I'm just an overachiever that way!

9. Medical Examiner Mystery Reading Challenge (hosted by Rick @The Mystillery)—Another challenge I do every year, this one isn't really a challenge either since I read so many mystery/thriller books anyway. Still, it's fun, in a macabre way. For this challenge, you get to play M.E. and count up the deaths in the mystery/thriller novels you read. You're vying against other challenge participants to distribute the most toe tags during the year. I've never even gotten close to the Number 1 spot, which makes me feel a *little* better about my murder mystery loving self!

10. Marathon Reading Challenge (hosted by Rick @The Mystillery)—This challenge by the same host also involves reading mysteries. When you finish a mystery/thriller, you simply record how many pages were in the book. This number becomes your step count as you race toward the finish line! It's a simple challenge that pairs perfectly with the Medical Examiner Mystery Reading Challenge. 

11. Around the Year in 52 Books Reading Challenge (hosted by Emily @Goodreads)—Another 52-prompt reading challenge. I can't get enough of them!

12. Mount TBR Reading Challenge (hosted by Bev @My Reader's Block)—This challenge is about reducing the number of books on our TBR piles by reading from the stacks we already own. I was too ambitious this year, so for 2025 I'm going to join at the Mt. Ararat level, which requires reading 48+ of your own books. I'm going to limit myself to physical books because that's what I really need to clear off.

13. Reading Challenge Addict Challenge (hosted by Bev @My Reader's Block)—I'm not sure why, but I haven't done this challenge in years. It has to do with, what else, reading challenges! Since we all know I'm addicted to them, I'm going to join in with this challenge at the In Flight level, which requires joining and completing 11-15 challenges. 

Thirteen challenges is a lot, although not all of them are really challenging. Still, we'll see how I do. What about you? Are you into reading challenges? Which ones will you be joining in 2025?