Amanda’s Comments (group member since Mar 28, 2016)

Amanda’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

Thank you!!

2nd Bingo---the Is! (Message 10)

I got my first Bingo! The Ns!

(message 10)

I'm in! I made it through Level Two last year (I think 12 TBR books total). I'm aiming for at least Level Three this year.

Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. The Diary of Petr Ginz (1/2)
2. The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (1/2)
3. Uglies (1/11)
4. Pretties (1/17)
5. Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection (2/17)

Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. The Princess Bride (4/15)
7. The Girl in the Red Coat (5/11)
8. Restoration (7/21)
9. Over the Water (7/24)
10. On the Banks of Plum Creek (10/13)

Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
11. By the Shores of Silver Lake (10/13)
12. Four Letter Word: Invented Correspondence from the Edge of Modern Romance (11/3)
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14.
15.

Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

I'm in for this one this year!

Level 1 - Ruffled Feathers
1. The Diary of Petr Ginz (Read 1/1; 192 pages)
2. The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (Read 1/2; 96 pages)
3. You're Never Weird on the Internet (Read 1/5; 272 pages)
4. 84 Charing Cross Road (Read 1/12; 112 pages)
5. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (Read 1/13; 209 pages)


Level 2 - Flapping Wings
6. Pride & Prejudice (Marvel Edition) (Read 1/15; 114 pages)
7. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Read 1/26; 224 pages)
8. I Served the King of England (Read 2/10; 234 pages)
9. Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection (Read 2/17; 251 pages)
10. Chasing Lincoln's Killer (Read 2/22; 208 pages)

Level 3 - Taking Flight
11. How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (Read 3/27; 267 pages)
12. Over the Water (Read 7/24; 246 pages)
13. Interpreter of Maladies (Read 10/7; 198 pages)
14.Nine Stories (Read 10/14; 195 pages)
15. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Read 10/15; 274 pages)

I'm really going to attempt to get all of these this year!

1800-1809:
1810-1819:
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899:
1900-1909: The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (1906)
1910-1919:
1920-1929:
1930-1939: On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
1940-1949:
1950-1959: Nine Stories (1953)
1960-1969:
1970-1979: 84 Charing Cross Road (1970)
1980-1989:
1990-1999: Over the Water (1990)
2000-2009: The Zookeeper's Wife (2007)
2010-2018: You're Never Weird on the Internet (2015)

I'm in for this one!

No A-The Zookeeper's Wife (1/6)
No B-The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (1/2)
No C-You're Never Weird on the Internet (1/5)
No D-Pretties (1/17)
No E-84 Charing Cross Road (1/12)
No F-Specials (1/19)
No G-The Thief Lord (3/7)
No H-Big Little Lies (2/3)
No I-Extras (1/20)
No J-I Served the King of England (2/10)
No K- Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection (2/17)
No L-Mr. Darcy's Diary (6/25)
No M-Chasing Lincoln's Killer (2/22)
No N-Over the Water (7/24)
No O-Xisle (1/9)
No P-Amy and Isabelle (3/30)
No Q-A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival (3/21)
No R-How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (3/27)
No S- The Diary of Petr Ginz (1/1)
No T- Uglies (1/11)
No U-Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (1/13)
No V-The Girl in the Red Coat (5/11)
No W-The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (1/26)
No X-Lily and the Octopus (6/30)
No Y-Restoration (7/21)
No Z-Career of Evil (8/19)

Yes! I always read way more than 26 books per year, but have some letters that get away from me. Before I know it, it's too late!

This challenge has bested me two years in a row (I was only 3 letters away in 2017). I have a good feeling about 2018!

A-Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection (2/17)
B-Big Little Lies (2/4)
C-Chasing Lincoln's Killer (2/22)
D-The Diary of Petr Ginz (1/1)
E-Extras (1/20)
F-Four Letter Word: Invented Correspondence from the Edge of Modern Romance (11/3)
G-The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (1/2)
H-How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (3/27)
I-I Served the King of England (2/10)
J-
K-
L-The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (1/26)
M-Mr. Darcy's Diary (6/25)
N-Nine Stories (10/14)
O-Over the Water (7/24)
P-Pretties (1/17)
Q-The Queen of Hearts (12/4)
R-Restoration (7/21)
S-Specials (1/19)
T-Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (1/13)
U-Uglies (1/11)
V-The Vegetarian
W-
X-Xisle (1/9)
Y-You're Never Weird on the Internet (1/5)
Z-The Zookeeper's Wife (1/6)

I love this idea! I have books by all four authors on my TBR list (and to be reread list) anyway, so maybe this is the year!

I'm in for this one! I don't think I'm going to complete Autumn Bingo, so I'm trying to start the year off right. Thanks for organizing, Renee!

B1: Award Winner
B2: Graphic Novel - Pride & Prejudice (Marvel Edition) (1/15)
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series - Uglies (1/11)
I2: Middle Grade - Chasing Lincoln's Killer (2/22)
I3: Blue Cover - You're Never Weird on the Internet (1/5)
I4: > 400 pages - X Isle (1/9)
I5: Personal Improvement - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (1/26)

N1: Classic - The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (1/2)
N2: Made into a Movie - The Zookeeper's Wife (1/6)
N3: FREE - The Diary of Petr Ginz (1/1)
N4: Science Fiction - Pretties (1/17)
N5: Humor - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between (1/13)

G1: Magical Realism - The Thief Lord (3/7)
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: White Cover - I Served the King of England (2/10)
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year
O2: Epistolary - 84 Charing Cross Road (1/12)
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science

Renee, I crashed and burned after Prairie, too. I wanted to vary my reading a bit and just never got back to the series. Now I'm trying to finish up so many other challenges that it looks like I'll be reading these into 2018 as well.

Is "Unfamiliar Territory" just a type of book that you wouldn't usually read? Something new?

I'm in! I've been a little lazy posting lately, but am trying to get back into it.

B1-Multiple Awards
B2-Never Finished
B3-Courtroom or Crime: The Silkworm (10/31/17)
B4-Orange Cover
B5-Politics

I1-Finish a Series
I2-Beloved Children's: Little Women (12/9)
I3-Adventure
I4-Dysfunctional Family
I5-Sweater on Cover

N1-GR Award Nominated
N2-Challenges Social Norms
N3-FREE: The Last Time They Met (10/24/17)
N4-Senior Romance
N5-Hometown Setting

G1-First Person POV: Room (10/15/17)
G2-Red Cover
G3-Unfamiliar Territory
G4-Highly Recommended
G5-Supernatural Character: Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart (12/29)

O1-Foreign Setting: Around the World in Eighty Days (11/8)
O2-Time Travel
O3-Illustrated
O4-Religion
O5-Brown Cover

I'm finally updating mine and I completed the challenge (message 10)! Thanks for the fun, Renee!

So far, I agree! I tore through the first Heroes of Olympus book and am already halfway through the second. I can't stop!

Thanks! I really like them, too. I actually have you to thank for introducing me to them. You recommended I read one back in Winter Bingo and I got hooked! I'm actually going to start reading The Heroes of Olympus series--have you read those as well?

Second Bingo--the Ns!

Thank you!! :-)

First Bingo (G1-G5)! My reads are all in Message 10.