{"id":9299,"date":"2025-01-01T07:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?page_id=9299"},"modified":"2026-01-01T06:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T14:53:04","slug":"2025-reading-challenges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/2025-reading-challenges","title":{"rendered":"2025 Reading Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2025 American Masterpieces Chapter-a-Day Read-along<\/strong>\u00a0– Hosted by yours truly<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Roots <\/em>by Alex Haley (January 1-April 30) – Finished April 30, 2025<\/li>\n
  2. Lonesome Dove <\/em>by Larry McMurtry (May 1-August 10) – Finished August 10, 2025<\/li>\n
  3. Moby-Dick <\/em>by Herman Melville (August 11-December 31)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Mount TBR Reading Challenge<\/strong> (Pike’s Peak, 12 books) – Hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block<\/a><\/p>\n

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    1. Inviting the Mystic, Supporting the Prophet<\/em> by Katherine Dyckman and Pat Carroll – January 21, 2025<\/li>\n
    2. One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/em> by Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez – February 3, 2025<\/li>\n
    3. King Henry IV, Part 2<\/em> by William Shakespeare – February 10, 2025<\/li>\n
    4. Much Ado About Nothing<\/em> by William Shakespeare – February 11, 2025<\/li>\n
    5. King Henry V\u00a0<\/em>by William Shakespeare – February 15, 2025<\/li>\n
    6. Metamorphoses<\/em> by Ovid – February 25, 2025<\/li>\n
    7. As You Like It<\/em> by Shakespeare – March 1, 2025<\/li>\n
    8. New Seeds of Contemplation<\/em> by Thomas Merton – March 16, 2025<\/li>\n
    9. Henry David Thoreau: A Life<\/em> by Laura Dassow Walls – June 3, 2025<\/li>\n
    10. An Ignatian Book of Days<\/em> edited by Jim Manney – June 29, 2025<\/li>\n
    11. He Leadeth Me\u00a0<\/em>by Walter J. Ciszek – July 22, 2025<\/li>\n
    12. Bleak House<\/em> by Charles Dickens – December 30, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      The Shakespeare Project (ongoing)<\/strong>\u00a0– Hosted by Benjamin McEvoy at the Hardcore Literature Book Club<\/a><\/p>\n

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        1. The Comedy of Errors<\/em> by William Shakespeare – April 13, 2023<\/li>\n
        2. The Taming of the Shrew<\/em> by William Shakespeare – April 19, 2023<\/li>\n
        3. The Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/em> by William Shakespeare – April 20, 2023<\/li>\n
        4. Titus Andronicus\u00a0<\/em>by William Shakespeare – April 21, 2023<\/li>\n
        5. The Rape of Lucrece<\/em> by William Shakespeare April 21, 2023<\/li>\n
        6. Henry VI, Part 1<\/em> by William Shakespeare – April 23, 2023<\/li>\n
        7. Henry VI, Part 2<\/em>\u00a0by William Shakespeare – April 28, 2023<\/li>\n
        8. Henry VI, Part 3<\/em> by William Shakespeare – April 30, 2023<\/li>\n
        9. Venus and Adonis<\/em> – May 2, 2023<\/li>\n
        10. Richard III<\/em> by William Shakespeare – May 6, 2023<\/li>\n
        11. King<\/em> John by William Shakespeare – May 7, 2023<\/li>\n
        12. Richard II<\/em> by William Shakespeare – May 13, 2023<\/li>\n
        13. Romeo and Juliet –\u00a0<\/em>May 29, 2023<\/li>\n
        14. A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em> – June 10, 2023<\/li>\n
        15. Love’s Labour’s Lost –\u00a0<\/em>June 27, 2023<\/li>\n
        16. Henry IV, Part 1 –<\/em> July 28, 2023<\/li>\n
        17. The Merchant of Venice –\u00a0<\/em>January 12, 2024<\/li>\n
        18. The Merry Wives of Windsor –<\/em> January 25, 2024<\/li>\n
        19. Henry IV, Part 2 –\u00a0<\/em>February 10, 2025<\/li>\n
        20. Much Ado about Nothing<\/em> – February 11, 2025<\/li>\n
        21. Henry V<\/em> – February 15, 2025<\/li>\n
        22. As You Like It –\u00a0<\/em>March 1, 2025<\/li>\n
        23. Julius Caesar<\/em><\/li>\n
        24. Hamlet<\/em><\/li>\n
        25. Twelfth Night<\/em><\/li>\n
        26. The Phoenix and the Turtle<\/em><\/li>\n
        27. Troilus and Cressida<\/em><\/li>\n
        28. Measure for Measure<\/em><\/li>\n
        29. Othello<\/em><\/li>\n
        30. King Lear<\/em><\/li>\n
        31. Macbeth<\/em><\/li>\n
        32. Antony and Cleopatra<\/em><\/li>\n
        33. All’s Well that Ends Well<\/em><\/li>\n
        34. Timon of Athens<\/em><\/li>\n
        35. Pericles<\/em><\/li>\n
        36. Coriolanus<\/em><\/li>\n
        37. The Sonnets (and A Lover’s Complaint)<\/em><\/li>\n
        38. Cymbeline<\/em><\/li>\n
        39. The Winter’s Tale<\/em><\/li>\n
        40. The Tempest<\/em><\/li>\n
        41. Henry VIII<\/em><\/li>\n
        42. The Two Noble Kinsmen<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          3 \/ 3 2025 American Masterpieces Chapter-a-Day Read-along\u00a0– Hosted by yours truly Roots by Alex Haley (January 1-April 30) – Finished April 30, 2025 Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (May 1-August 10) – Finished August 10, 2025 Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (August 11-December 31) \u2666\u2666\u2666 12 \/ 12 Mount TBR Reading Challenge (Pike’s Peak, 12 books) – Hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block Inviting the Mystic, Supporting the Prophet by Katherine Dyckman and Pat Carroll – January 21, 2025 One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garc\u00eda...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9299","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/POucj-2pZ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9299"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9414,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9299\/revisions\/9414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}