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2025 Reading Challenge

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Hey there, book lovers! Are you ready to dive into a year filled with incredible stories? I’ve created a brand new reading challenge for 2025, and I’d love for you to join me.

To keep things fun and manageable, I’ve designed the challenge around 12 books — just one a month. Perfect, right? But for those of you who breeze through books, I’ve included an optional six extra books.

I devoured an amazing 28 books in 2024. It was one of my most book-filled years yet, and I loved every moment. You can check out my 2024 reading challenge here and see my absolute favourites from the year here. I’m hoping to read just as many (or maybe even more) in 2025.

I can’t wait to see what treasures 2025 holds for us. Let’s discover some unputdownable reads together — because every bookish journey is better with friends! Are you in? Drop a comment below and let me know if you’re joining the challenge!

Happy reading!

Must read books for Melbourne Mamma’s 2025 Reading Challenge

  • A book with 25 letters in the title
  • A book with food on the cover
  • A book written by someone who uses a pseudonym
  • A bestseller from 2005
  • A book you can finish in one day
  • A book by an Australian author
  • A book starting with the letter M
  • A book with a red cover
  • A book with a two word title
  • A book that has been on your reading list for 3+ years
  • A book with an animal in the title
  • The first book in a series

Extra books to read

  • A 2025 new release
  • One of the books I read in 2024
  • A book you want to read based purely on the cover
  • A book recommended by your local library
  • A book with 500+ pages
  • A book recommended by a celebrity

Let me know if you’re joining the reading challenge in the comments below (put your book titles in the comment section NOT the URL field) and feel free to come back and list the books you read throughout the year and let me know if you enjoyed them or not.

Keep an eye out for the books I’m reading and make sure you tag your own books on social media using #mmreadingchallenge2025

I hope you enjoy my 2025 Reading Challenge

2020 Reading Challenge

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2020 Reading Challenge

Calling all book lovers! I’ve set myself a reading challenge for 2020 and I’d love for you to join me.

I know what it’s like to be a busy mum (ie not have much time for reading), so I’ll only include 12 books in the challenge. However, I’ll include an additional six books for those of you who will have no problem smashing through 12 books in one year.

As a chronic migraine sufferer, I don’t get to read as often as I’d like too but I’m pretty happy that I managed to read 17 books throughout 2019. For this year, I’m aiming to read 20 books.

See how I went in my 2019 reading challenge here.

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Shopaholic Paradise at Melbourne Mamma’s Market

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It was a shopaholic’s paradise at Melbourne Mamma’s Market in Kensington on Sunday.

 

Eager VIP Shoppers arrived early and were ready to shop as soon as the doors opened for them at 10am.

 

The beautifully renovated Kensington Town Hall was the perfect location for this designer label sale and shoppers were not disappointed with all the bargains available on the day.

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Win a Family Pass & $100 Spending Money for Royal Melbourne Show

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The Royal Melbourne Show is back in town and I’ve joined up with some fabulous local businesses to offer one lucky Melbourne Mamma reader the chance to WIN a Family Pass and $100 spending money.

 

Just imagine how much fun you and the kids could have with $100 to spend on whatever you want! …

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