I'm participating in the same two reading challenges as last year, those being the 2025 Non Fiction Reader Challenge and the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2025. Come and join me!
Non Fiction Reader Challenge 2025
Hosted by fellow Aussie book blogger Shelleyrae at Book'd Out, I signed up to complete the Nonfiction Nibbler level of the challenge. For this, I will need to read and review 6 books from any 6 of the categories listed below.
1. History
- All Buttons Great and Small: A Compelling History of the Button, from the Stone Age to today by Lucy Godoroja
2. Memoir/Biography
3. True Crime
4. Science
- Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepherd
5. Health
- The Unclaimed by Pamela Prickett & Stefan Timmermans
6. Food
- RecipeTin Eats Tonight by Nagi Maehashi
- Bored of Lunch Healthy Slow Cooker Even Easier by Nathan Anthony
7. Travel
8. Garden
9. Myth, Legend and Folklore
10. Islands
11. How-To
- Difficult People by Rebecca Ray
- Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali Abdaal
12. Published in 2025
Here are the books I'm planning to read for the challenge:
- The Only Plane in the Sky - The Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff (reading for the True Crime prompt)
- Gothic by Fred Botting
You can join in too! Social media tags: #ReadNonFicChal @bookdout (X) @shelleyrae_bookdout (IG)
Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2025
Hosted by Marg at The Intrepid Reader, I signed up to complete the Medieval Reader level this year. For this I'll need to read and review 15 historical fiction books in order to successfully complete the challenge.
1. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
2. Dunstan by Conn Iggulden
3. The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks
4. Emily's House by Amy Belding Brown
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Here's what I'm planning on reading for the challenge:
- The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne
You can join in too! Social media tags: #histficreadingchallenge @MargReads (X & IG)
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I hope you'll enjoy following my reading progress as I make my way through these challenges and let me know if you're participating in any reading challenges this year.
Carpe Librum!
