Announcing the 10th Anniversary Reading Week Club!

Thank you to everyone who took part in the 1952 Club and, yes, I still indeed to read lots more posts(!) – and thank you especially to everyone who submitted ideas for the special 10th anniversary club reading week in October. The idea that came up from quite a few people was a centenary celebration – hence the 1925 Club! Karen and I thought it was a brilliant idea, and also looks like an exceptional year for books. Here’s the new badge…

We all love efficiency in our reading challenges – so an added bonus to the 1925 Club is that you can also contribute your reviews to Neeru’s Hundred Years Hence reading challenge, which is going throughout the whole year.

I can’t believe Karen and I started the club 10 years ago, and I am so thankful that she said yes to my initial idea, and has so diligently co-hosted the clubs ever since. They go from strength to strength, in terms of numbers, and I’m excited to see how things go 20-26 October this year. (This will overlap with our first reading challenge – which was apparently a fortnight! Gosh, we were ambitious back in 2015.)

As a celebratory 10th anniversary, we’re adding a special anniversary element. Throughout the week, you’re welcome to celebrate favourite reads from past clubs (whether that’s over 10 years or one year, or anywhere in between – as usual with these challenges, it’s low pressure and highly flexible). We’ll be dedicating the Thursday 23 October to celebrating those.

We do hope you will join us and we’re very much looking forward to celebrating ten years of our ‘Reading the Year’ clubs! We will remind you nearer the time, of course, but do get hunting for books…

16 thoughts on “Announcing the 10th Anniversary Reading Week Club!

  • May 1, 2025 at 8:41 am
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    Fabulous Simon! Looking forward to it already :-)

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  • May 1, 2025 at 9:05 am
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    That’s a brilliant plan. And I have already read and piled up some 1925 books this year as inspired by Neeru.

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  • May 1, 2025 at 11:29 am
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    I’m glad you decided on 1925 – it should be a great year. I love the new badge as well!

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  • May 1, 2025 at 11:59 am
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    Love the badge! Hopefully I’ll get my act together in time to participate!

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  • May 2, 2025 at 4:38 am
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    Thank you for the shout-out, Simon. Very kind of you. 1925 was a wonderful year. I am looking forward to all the reviews. I am also excited about the celebration of favourite reads. It’d be fun to read everybody’s favourites.

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  • May 2, 2025 at 9:48 am
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    So glad to see that this idea proved popular! I shall endeavour to get my act together well in advance this time…

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  • May 3, 2025 at 1:02 pm
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    What a beautifully designed image for this next convocation.

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    • May 6, 2025 at 10:20 am
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      Thank you so much!

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  • May 4, 2025 at 2:25 pm
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    That’s a great choice. I had that same idea but I am sure I was not the only one. I have read already quite a few books about that year, but I already found some others. Looking forward to it. Thanks for organizing this.

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  • May 7, 2025 at 3:55 pm
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    I will have to see if there’s anything TBR but I usually make an exception for your and Kaggsy’s Weeks and make a purchase if not!

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    • May 9, 2025 at 2:28 pm
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      Hope you find something good!

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