Choice Awards: The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore - I didn't realise it also includes the nominees for the list of qualifying books which saved me a ton of headaches. I was already planning on reading that book this month due to holiday theme

Native Voices: Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell - YA mystery thriller

Bite-Size Books: When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen - historical fiction thriller

4/4

Heart-Warmers: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - beautiful read

Fiction Faves: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris - Interesting read

Memorable Memoirs: You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day - I have personalised autographed book from Felicia Day

3/4

Community Picks: Spellcaster by Jaymin Eve - Worst book I've ever read, should've DNFed it and picked another.

Hispanic Heritage: When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley - Such a beautiful book!

Spine Tinglers: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff - good horror read

2/4

I have completed the summer challenge on August 23rd (took me a bit to update) and I still have to wait until September 15 for the new challenge.
I have come to conclusion, while I enjoyed this challenge, I'm not going to do them for 2026. I just want to enjoy the books I have and finish my TBR
4/3

Chart Toppers: Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry - This book absolutely DESTROYED me! It's so good!

Debut Darlings: Blood Slaves by Markus Redmond - Historical Fiction on slavery, but with vampires!

Lightning Round: The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang - Korean Fantasy YA novel.
3/3

Challenge Faves: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - this book is so good! A reminder how far we've come as a woman in a workplace.

Poolside Puzzlers: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill - Not my typical genre of murder mystery and I highly recommend this book!

2/?

Rainbow Reads: Amplitudes by Lee Mandelo (Editor) - I REALLY wanted to like this book. But it turns out there's a few things: I do not like short stories, and a lot of the stories in here were not written well (IMO), I probably wouldn't recommend this book, sadly.
4/3

Armchair Explorer: The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony - this book proved to be an emotionally challenging read. Highly recommend.

will update last part upon June 1st reveal for pride month

3/3

Centennial Picks: The Princess Bride by William Goldman - I did NOT enjoy reading this hahaha😅 Some things are better on screen than on page.

Heritage Reads: We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida - Books by Asian or Pacific Islander authors. It's an interesting read

2/3

Sweet and Spicy: The Songbird and the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent - I was already going to read this as I'm a huge fan of Carissa's work.

Her Story: She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey - now this was a challenge! Worthy read though! Read this for women's history month

3/3

Era Explorer: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner - outside of my typical genre but I enjoyed it! The book also had beautiful spray edge

Essential Reader: The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton - I don't typically go for contemporary safe romance but have enjoyed this a lot. Vincent 😍🥰

2/3

It's a constant issue. Or blocking the door outside that you'd have to squeeze through or push them to move just so you could get off the train. Every time twice or more times a day that I take the train. We need that PSA thing from transit again...

Forgot to update that yes I did finish book #57 before the new year in my area 🥰

Who wouldn't? It's very polite to meow back at them. 🥺💙