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A-Z Challenge 2025

I managed to complete the A-Z reading challenge for the 2nd year in a row! Some of these letters are hard to find books for, but sometimes it’s an interesting way to discover a new book. A couple of these turned out to not be quite for me, but I enjoyed doing the challenge, plus found some new favorites!

  • A: Any Trope But You – Victoria Lavine
  • B: Book Lovers – Emily Henry
  • C: Come As You Are – Dahlia Adler
  • D: Daedalus – K.R. Gadeken
  • E: The Encanto’s Curse – Melissa de la Cruz
  • F: The Floating World – Axie Oh
  • G: The Grandest Game – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  • H: His Mortal Demise – Vanessa Le
  • I: The Incredible Kindness of Paper – Evelyn Skye
  • J: Julia Song is Undateable – Susan Lee
  • K: The Kiss Bet – Farrah Penn
  • L: The Love Haters – Katherine Center
  • M: Meet Me at Blue Hour – Sarah Suk
  • N: Not Safe for Work – Nisha J. Tuli
  • O: Out of Air – Rachel Reiss
  • P: Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir
  • Q: A Quiet Kind of Thunder – Sara Barnard
  • R: Roll for Romance – Lenora Woods
  • S: Sunrise on the Reaping – Suzanne Collins
  • T: Time Loops & Meet Cutes – Jackie Lau
  • U: Ugly Love – Colleen Hoover
  • V: Verse Book Three: The Song – Sam Beck
  • W: When You Bake With the Enemy – Lia Huni
  • X: Xolo – Donna Barba Higuera
  • Y: Yours Truly – Abby Jimenez
  • Z: Zomromcom – Olivia Dade

A-Z Challenge

I took a little break from ARC reading this month to complete my 2024 A-Z challenge, and I succeeded! There’s some really great books here, and the challenge inspired me to read some books I might not have found otherwise, plus others I planned to read but hadn’t gotten to yet.

  • Attached at the Hip – Christine Riccio
  • The Break-up Pact – Emma Lord
  • Check & Mate – Ali Hazelwood
  • Divine Rivals – Rebecca Ross
  • The Encanto’s Daughter – Melissa de la Cruz
  • The Fury – Alex Michaelides
  • The Guilded Cage – Lynette Noni
  • Heir, Apparently – Kara McDowell
  • It’s Complicated – Camilla Isley
  • Just Some Stupid Love Story – Katelyn Doyle
  • Kids Are Weird – Jeffrey Brown
  • The Last Bloodcarver – Vanessa Le
  • Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
  • The Notorious Virtues – Alwyn Hamilton
  • On the Bright Side – Anna Sortino
  • Past Crimes – Jason Pinter
  • Quiet Girl in a Noisy World – Debbie Tung
  • Ruthless Vows – Rebecca Ross
  • Switched – Sarah Ready
  • This May End Badly – Samantha Markum
  • Under the Surface – Diana Urban
  • Verse Book One: The Broken Half – Sam Beck
  • When You Fall for a Prince – Lia Huni
  • XOXO – Axie Oh
  • Your Blood, My Bones – Kelly Andrew
  • Zero Stars Do Not Recommend – MJ Wassmer

Note: Some books were received as free review copies.