Extreme Reader
Extreme Reader Challenge - 50 books in 50 weeks.
I have participated since the inception in 2019 by Tacoma Public Library. Each year they provide 55 categories that range from 'has a red cover' to 'a Hugo Award winner'.
Below are this year's categories and the books I've read - with a little book review. The list will be updated as I complete the books. Want to join in?
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Extreme Reader 2025
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1. 3-word title
Fair Market Value by Hailey Edwards
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I love books with different takes on a genre. She runs A Body Shop which includes both fixing cars and letting ghosts inhabit bodies to finish regrets before moving on.
5 out of 5
Bad Badger by Maryrose Wood
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A fun novella about a badger who befriends a crow and tries to discover is he a good, bad or maybe not a badger at all.
5 out of 5
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional World by Charles Yu
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This was sci-fi with philosophy and spun my brain in little circles. Charles Yu is the main character in this book about a time machine repairman who find a book he wrote in the future or maybe has he's living it and give it to his past...confusing, yeah it is, but a worthy read for some.
3.5 out of 5
4. Author born in the same month as you
The Shut Eye by Belinda Bauer | Goodreads
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Believe this would fall into magical realism as a little bit of supernatural flows through the various stories and lives related to the disappearance of a little boy.
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Well written.
5 out of 5
5. Author whose name contains a color
Moved to another section
3 out of 5
6. Author you would recommend to a friend
Murder at the Merton Library by Andrea Penrose
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Penrose's Regency fiction mystery couples are a cozy read for me. I'd recommend for anyone who is a fan of the genre.
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This particle series: Wrexford and Sloane, involves a grumpy Lord, a widow who is secretly a political cartoonist, their two wards and a host of other lovable characters.
5 out of 5
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib | Goodreads
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A great reflection of the influence and contributions of black performances in the US. It is more than history as it is filled with emotion and understanding.
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5 out of 5
8. Book with even number of pages – dual category
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3 out of 5
9. Book with odd number of pages – dual category
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3 out of 5
10. Book you keep hearing about
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3 out of 5
11. Could have been shorter
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
14. Choose a book of your liking
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3 out of 5
15. Current favorite author
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
22. Has an epilogue
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
29. Includes a serial killer
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
31. Liked at the start, but not the end
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3 out of 5
32. Literary mystery
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
35. On your to be read list for a long time
All the Crooked Saints
Maggie Stiefvater
I bought this book when it came out in 2017. I tried to start it, but it was confusing and not what I expected, so I put it aside. I am no listening to the audio book. It falls into the magical realism category and reminds me of the movie Encanto. The Soria family had fled Mexico and ended up in Colorado. People come to them for miracles to rid themselves of darkness, but the miracles are not what they seem.
5 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
40. Set in your favorite season
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3 out of 5
41. Set on an island
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
44. Sparks your imagination
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3 out of 5
45. Standalone you wish had a sequel
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
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Dark Fantasy - Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold on the edge of Fairie.
A glass coffin in the woods rests on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking. Until one day, he does…
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I would have enjoyed another book set in this world, but it does fill this category.
5 out of 5
46. Sword and planet
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3 out of 5
47. Tacoma Reads 2025 adult or teen title
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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3 out of 5
51. Title that would be a great name for a band
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3 out of 5
Winter Lost
Patricia Briggs
Book 14 in the Mercy Thompson series. One of my favorite urban fantasy worlds. This one has a unique spin as it is closed circle mystery. A little jumpier than most of them, but always a solid read.
5 out of 5
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3 out of 5
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5 out of 5
55. Wish you had read it years ago
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3 out of 5