2025 Beyond the Bookends Reading Challenge

In this challenge, the goal is to read a cozy mystery for each monthly prompt. My goal is to get through the standard prompts. The bonus, too, if I can. Join the challenge and read the rules here!

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the prompts

1. january: becoming adapted to the screen/Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
2. february: second chance/Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
3. march: middle-grade fantasy
4. april: set in Hollywood
5. may: young adult/Happily Ever Afters by Melanie Cellier
6. june: nonlinear narrative/The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
7. july: food in the title/A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen
8. august: epistolary
9. september: high school/ They’ll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman
10. october: mythology/The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
11. november: neurodivergent character
12. december: cozy mystery/Frosting and Fairies by Danielle Garrett

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1. A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen - ★★★★★
2. Frosting and Fairies by Danielle Garrett - ★★★★½
3. Happily Ever Afters: by Melanie Cellier - ★★★½
4. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ★★★★★
5. They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman - ★★★
6. Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren - ★★★★
7. The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins - ★★★★
8. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh - ★★★★★