2019 Category Challenge

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Welcome to the 2019 Category Challenge, where the only rule is there are no rules.

What are the categories? Whatever you like! The point is for you to figure out what you want to get out of your reading year: Do you want to make progress on some of those series you follow? Is there an author whose works you'd like to read or re-read? Are there genres or subject areas you want to focus on?

Some members (your admin included) like to use the same categories each year and dress them up with a clever theme. Some members use the months of the year as their categories to give themselves more freedom to read by whim. It's all good! We want the challenge to work for you!

If you hate your categories halfway through the year, or sooner, change them! While we do have the word “challenge” in the group name, reading should always be fun. So if your challenge isn’t working for you, change it up!

So what's with the menagerie? CATs, KITs, DOGs??

The Category Challenge runs several group-wide challenges that members can play along with as they please: CATs, KITs, and the BingoDOG.

The CATs are monthly challenges inspired by the TIOLI (Take It Or Leave It) challenge over at the 75 Books group. We call them CATs because we are the CATegory challenge. We normally have three CATs; however, this year we had a tie for third place in the voting, so we're having four:

CalendarCAT
RandomCAT
SeriesCAT
TBRCAT

Any CATs that don't make the cut as official CATs can be turned into KITs. These are mini-CATs (KIT comes from kitten). KITs can also be former CATs from previous years, or just something fun that a member comes up with. In previous years we've had the SFFFKIT (for sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction) and the AlphaKIT (two letters of the alphabet are the featured letters of the month, and you use these to pick a book to read).

The BingoDOG, meanwhile, is a bingo card put together by the members. One member is responsible for gathering suggestions for squares and weeding out the duplicates, then the finalists are put on a bingo card. We call it the BingoDOG as a counterpart to the CAT challenges. The member who gathers suggestions for squares will set the deadline for submissions.

What about regular group reads? We do those too! Members can suggest a group read at any time, or spread the word about group reads going on in other groups. We've even carried over group reads from previous years of the Category Challenge (e.g., the Vorkosigan Saga read-along).

Do I have to be a member of this group to join the group reads? Not at all. If you have a home base in another group and just want to swing by here for a CAT, KIT, or group read, or to play BingoDOG, you're most welcome to join us.

When do we get started?! The challenge officially begins on January 1, 2019, but you’re welcome to start earlier or later!

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CATs, KITs, DOG

CAT planning thread

CalendarCAT planning thread and CalendarCAT wiki
RandomCAT planning thread and RandomCAT wiki
SeriesCAT planning thread and SeriesCAT Wiki
TBRCAT planning thread and TBRCAT Wiki

AlphaKIT planning thread and AlphaKIT Wiki
ScaredyKIT planning thread and ScaredyKIT Wiki
SFFFKIT planning thread and SFFFKIT Wiki

BingoDOG planning thread and BingoDOG Wiki

Group reads

Group reads planning thread

First quarter
January: The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
February: Secondhand Time, by Svetlana Alexievich
March:

Second quarter
April:
May:
June:

Third quarter
July:
August:
September:

Fourth quarter
October:
November:
December

Multi-month reads

The Lord of the Rings trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien - April / May / June
Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding - July / August / September

Year-long reads

Emile Zola: Les Rougon-Macquart series
A Suitable Boy, by Vikram Seth
The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher: Catch-up thread | Main thread
Pilgrimage, by Dorothy Richardson
Short stories and anthologies

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Lord of the Rings Group Read34 non letti / 34ironjaw, Aprile 2021
2019 Group Read: A Suitable Boy107 non letti / 107Tanya-dogearedcopy, Dicembre 2020
The Official UN-official SFF-KIT For 2019!!!124 non letti / 124fuzzi, Ottobre 2020
Les Rougon-Macquart series - year long group read19 non letti / 19Starfall15, Marzo 2020
Pilgrimage Year-long read70 non letti / 70LisaMorr, Marzo 2020
Cheli's Colorful 2019 Category Challenge195 non letti / 195thornton37814, Gennaio 2020
Yearlong AlphaKIT - X and Z27 non letti / 27Robertgreaves, Gennaio 2020
Koalamom 201931 non letti / 31koalamom, Gennaio 2020
Lisa's Not Quite As Serious in 2019176 non letti / 176LisaMorr, Gennaio 2020
mathgirl40's 2019 Category Challenge, Part 2125 non letti / 125mathgirl40, Gennaio 2020
rabbitprincess paints a portrait of her reading year in 2019 - Part 4104 non letti / 104mathgirl40, Gennaio 2020
December CalendarCAT43 non letti / 43beebeereads, Gennaio 2020
December Series CAT: A series that is new to you51 non letti / 51beebeereads, Gennaio 2020
Roberta's (luvamystery65) BORING 2019 Category Challenge153 non letti / 153Berly, Gennaio 2020
December Scaredy-Kit!17 non letti / 17mathgirl40, Gennaio 2020
Wolfy’s Revisiting the Category Challenge for 2019157 non letti / 157mathgirl40, Gennaio 2020
Audiobooks continued (Thread 2)109 non letti / 109luvamystery65, Gennaio 2020
Kathy's (kac522) 2019 Reading Projects152 non letti / 152kac522, Gennaio 2020
Christina reads the 2019 Category Challenge, Part 3123 non letti / 123christina_reads, Gennaio 2020
Jackie's 2019 5 star category challenge Part 2162 non letti / 162Jackie_K, Gennaio 2020
VioletBramble's 2019 Category Challenge153 non letti / 153JayneCM, Gennaio 2020
Pete's totally going to read TBR this year101 non letti / 101JayneCM, Gennaio 2020
Tricia Tries to Keep Up in 2019148 non letti / 148JayneCM, Gennaio 2020
amaranthe's interesting experiment64 non letti / 64amaranthe, Gennaio 2020
December RandomCAT- Season's Readings89 non letti / 89Kristelh, Gennaio 2020
Threadnsong's TBR Shelf, 2019 ed.40 non letti / 40threadnsong, Gennaio 2020
Cindy/LibraryCin's 2019 Challenges336 non letti / 336LibraryCin, Gennaio 2020
Lori (lkernagh) Binge Reads through 2019 - 2nd Thread233 non letti / 233lkernagh, Gennaio 2020
pamelad's 19 in 2019186 non letti / 186pamelad, Gennaio 2020
Nickelini and her 2019 Category Challenge99 non letti / 99Nickelini, Gennaio 2020
NinieB puts on her hiking boots249 non letti / 249JayneCM, Gennaio 2020
pammab's 2019 challenge110 non letti / 110pammab, Gennaio 2020
Lori's (thornton37814) 2019 Classic Bands Challenge - Thread 4213 non letti / 213thornton37814, Dicembre 2019
Stacy's (LittleTaiko) 2019 Challenge - Clue - 2nd Half79 non letti / 79JayneCM, Dicembre 2019
VivienneR in Christie's Footsteps - End of the year!142 non letti / 142JayneCM, Dicembre 2019
My First Challenge!258 non letti / 258JayneCM, Dicembre 2019
Betty's (dudes22) Raining Cats and Dogs in 2019 - PT 267 non letti / 67dudes22, Dicembre 2019
Helenliz Houses the Hoard, pt 4148 non letti / 148charl08, Dicembre 2019
Lisa's 2019 Month to Month Category Challenge79 non letti / 79JayneCM, Dicembre 2019
RidgewayGirl Reads Books in 2019 - Part Three251 non letti / 251RidgewayGirl, Dicembre 2019
Amber's (scaifea) 2019 Category Challenge359 non letti / 359scaifea, Dicembre 2019
December BingoDOG Reads41 non letti / 41NinieB, Dicembre 2019
What are we reading in December?49 non letti / 49christina_reads, Dicembre 2019
December SFFFKit: 2019 Wrap Up26 non letti / 26fuzzi, Dicembre 2019
japaul22's 2019 Category Challenge255 non letti / 255japaul22, Dicembre 2019
Clue Reads The Stars In 20199 non letti / 9dudes22, Dicembre 2019
Kerry (avatiakh)'s 2019 category challenge200 non letti / 200avatiakh, Dicembre 2019
DeltaQueen's Random Miscellaneous Challenge - Part 7188 non letti / 188JayneCM, Dicembre 2019
December AlphaKIT - E and R47 non letti / 47christina_reads, Dicembre 2019
lavaturtle Reads Randomly in 2019158 non letti / 158rabbitprincess, Dicembre 2019
Group Read - Tom Jones - July, August & September39 non letti / 39mathgirl40, Dicembre 2019
Tess leaves the Yellow Brick Road part 3215 non letti / 215mathgirl40, Dicembre 2019
Majkia (Jean) Gets Her G∑∑K On - I146 non letti / 146majkia, Dicembre 2019
2019's Short Story Collection and Anthology GroupRead72 non letti / 72chlorine, Dicembre 2019
Shannon's Serendipity-Doo-Dah Reading in 2019 (sturlington)135 non letti / 135sturlington, Dicembre 2019
April's Cat Who Challenge52 non letti / 52lowelibrary, Dicembre 2019
Chrischi_HH's walk through Lübeck 201979 non letti / 79VivienneR, Dicembre 2019
Dogearedcopy's "19/S" Cat Stax147 non letti / 147VivienneR, Dicembre 2019
LadyoftheLodge 5 CATS179 non letti / 179thornton37814, Dicembre 2019
Donan's 2019 Challenge20 non letti / 20donan, Dicembre 2019
Montarville goes to school in 201938 non letti / 38VivienneR, Dicembre 2019
TBR CAT -- A book I bought because it was so cheap31 non letti / 31LibraryCin, Dicembre 2019
This-n-That's Monthly Challenge 201988 non letti / 88Tess_W, Dicembre 2019
MissWatson climbs the Ziggurat of Babel (aka Mount TBR) - the second ascent175 non letti / 175Tess_W, Dicembre 2019
ML Crazy4reading's CAT challenge 2019103 non letti / 103JayneCM, Dicembre 2019
Dresden Files Catch-up Thread41 non letti / 41LisaMorr, Dicembre 2019
staci426's 2019 Challenge of Categories60 non letti / 60staci426, Dicembre 2019
Sally Lou's reading in 2019149 non letti / 149sallylou61, Dicembre 2019
Whitewavedarling's Winding Path as of 2019133 non letti / 133rabbitprincess, Dicembre 2019
Joy's 2019 Category Challenge48 non letti / 48JayneCM, Dicembre 2019
November CalendarCAT52 non letti / 52kac522, Dicembre 2019
November 2019 ScaredyKIT: Stephen King and Family19 non letti / 19chlorine, Dicembre 2019
November SFFKIT: Award Winners74 non letti / 74scaifea, Dicembre 2019
October RandomCAT: Knock-offs, Follow-ups, Tributes, Parodies62 non letti / 62LadyoftheLodge, Dicembre 2019
Tafadhali's 2019 Anniversary Challenge35 non letti / 35Tafadhali, Dicembre 2019
Is anyone thinking of next year?17 non letti / 17Nickelini, Dicembre 2019
November AlphaKIT: S and Y63 non letti / 63LibraryCin, Dicembre 2019
November TBR CAT: Book given to me as a gift40 non letti / 40Kristelh, Novembre 2019
2019 ScaredyKIT - Interest and Planning76 non letti / 76whitewavedarling, Novembre 2019
November's RandomCat: Childhood Memories38 non letti / 38LadyoftheLodge, Novembre 2019
DeltaQueen's Random Miscellaneous Challenge - Part 6254 non letti / 254DeltaQueen50, Novembre 2019
2019 SeriesCAT Planning Thread160 non letti / 160lsh63, Novembre 2019
Clue Reads The Stars In 2019166 non letti / 166dudes22, Novembre 2019
November SeriesCAT - Female Protagonist58 non letti / 58LibraryCin, Novembre 2019
2019 group reads planning thread135 non letti / 135JayneCM, Novembre 2019
What are we reading in November?47 non letti / 47DeltaQueen50, Novembre 2019
November BingoDOG Reads18 non letti / 18dudes22, Novembre 2019
TBR CAT -- Planning Thread120 non letti / 120LittleTaiko, Novembre 2019
BingoDOG Planning Thread137 non letti / 137EBT1002, Novembre 2019
2019 CalendarCAT Planning Thread66 non letti / 66LibraryCin, Novembre 2019
AlphaKIT for 201998 non letti / 98Kristelh, Novembre 2019
2019 CATs planning thread113 non letti / 113pamelad, Novembre 2019
2019 RandomCAT planning thread60 non letti / 60lsh63, Novembre 2019
Betty's (dudes22) Raining Cats and Dogs in 2019200 non letti / 200dudes22, Novembre 2019
rabbitprincess paints a portrait of her reading year in 2019 - Part 3173 non letti / 173rabbitprincess, Novembre 2019
CBL's musical categories, part 2105 non letti / 105cbl_tn, Novembre 2019
October BingoDOG reads26 non letti / 26NinieB, Novembre 2019
October CalendarCAT33 non letti / 33sturlington, Novembre 2019
October TBRCat - Book Purchased Because of the Visual Appeal of the Cover37 non letti / 37DeltaQueen50, Novembre 2019
VivienneR in Christie's Footsteps - Part 3192 non letti / 192VivienneR, Novembre 2019
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