2025 Pick Your Poison Challenge

 

I keep telling myself that I'm going to cut back on challenges (ask me how that's going 😏😂). It doesn't help that folks like Gregory post challenges that I've loved doing and then tell us that this is the last year it's going to be sponsored. I mean, how am I supposed to say no to the last year? Answer? I don't. So...here I go for a last walk down Gregory Road for the Pick Your Poison Challenge. Why don't you come for a walk with me? 

As with previous years, I'm committing to the baker's dozen level. Since it's the final year, I'll probably see if I can manage all of them--but my commitment will be met at 13 from different topics.

Basic Genres

~Western

~Biography

~Travel Book

~Classic

Sub-Genres

~Mundane Science Fiction

~Eldritch Horror

~Alternate History

~Comedy of Manners

The Interwebs

~About Social Media

~Cute Cat on the Cover

~About Online Shopping

~Written by Internet Influencer

Change Things Up!

~Coin in the Title

~About Switching Places

~Author with More Than One Pen Name

~Genre You Don't Normally Read

Let's Go Small

~About Minimalization

~Fewer than 150 pages

~With Characters That Are Very Small

~Set in a Small Town

Delve Into the Past

~About Someone Who Could Be Your Ancestor

~By Author Who Has Been Dead More than 50 Years

~About an Ancient Civilization

~Word "Classic" in Title

Measuring Up

~With a Long-Distance Relationship

~Includes Recipes

~Word "Height" in title

~By Author Who Has "Made It Big"

Tired Tropes

~Multiple Timelines

~Love Triangle

~"Chosen One" Fantasy

~Vampire Story

Ticklish

~Feather on Cover

~Makes You Laugh

~By a Comedian

~Touchy Subject

That Wedding Tradition

~Something Old (set at least 3 decades before you were born)

~Something New (published in 2025)

~Something Borrowed (from library/friend)

~Something Blue (blue cover)

Beach Days

~Towel on the Cover

~By Author Who Lives Somewhere Sunny & Warm

~Described as "Beach Read"

~Book taken on vacation

Sinners & Saints

~Demon or Devil Character

~Angel on Cover

~By Author Known for Philanthropy

~Cover Reminds You of One of the Seven Deadly Sins

That 9 to 5 Thing

~About Commuting to Work

~By Author Whose Name Is an Occupation

~Book You Hope to Discuss at the Watercooler

~Workplace Romance

Just For Adults

~An "Adult Beverage" in Title

~About Group of Friends Reuniting as Adults

~About Mid-life Crisis

~Book You Wouldn't Recommend to a Child

Isolation

~About Being Ostracized

~"Lone" or "Lonely" in Title

~Single Person on Cover

~Hermit Character

State of Mind

~Set in State Where You Live

~About Having a Positive Outlook

~Picture of Brain on Cover

~"Mind" in Title

Mistakes Were Made

~Story of Misadventure

~About Mistaken Identity

~About Righting a Wrong

~About Leaving a Bad Relationship

Love Those Sitcoms

Cheers (set in a bar)

The Odd Couple (about roommates)

The Simpsons (graphic novel)

The Munsters (non-human characters)

Colors

~Hair Color in Title

~Author with a Color Name

~Favorite Color on cover

~Rainbow on Cover

School Lunches

~"Sandwich" in Title

~YA Novel

~Cheesy Cover

~By Someone Who Works/Worked in Food Service

Cardinal

~Cardinal Direction in Title

~Bird on Cover

~Main Character Belongs to Religious Order

~Cardinal Number in Title

Elemental

~Ghost, Spirit, or Similar Character

~"Earth," "Water," "Fire," or "Air" in Title

~Author Whose Initials are the same as a (two letter) Chemical Symbol

~Sherlockian Character

Board Games

~Life (epic family novel)

~Trivial Pursuit (nonfiction about obscure topic)

~Twister (hands and or feet on cover)

~Clue (mystery set in a house party)

Age Old Tales

~Elderly Protagonist

~Fairy Tale/Myth Retelling

~Book by Someone Older Than You

~Coming of Age Story

Card Suits

~Diamonds (gem on cover)

~Spades ("garden" in title)

~Heart (by author you love)

~Clubs (about exclusive group or club)

Opening a Can of Worms

~Controversial book

~About creepy crawlies

~Memoir by Someone Known for Outrageous Behavior

~About a Scandal

Wildcards

~About Climate Change

~About a Museum

~Short Story Collection

~Book of Nursery Rhymes

~Set in Continent You Would Like to Visit