Stacie’s Comments (group member since Nov 08, 2010)

Stacie’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Monthly Audiobook Challenge: February 2025
Theme: Color Me UNO

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 10
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:

Books in category:

FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

- 354 pg

CURRENT TOTAL: 86,930 pages

- 359 pg

- 440 pg

- 288 pg

CURRENT TOTAL: 83,272 pg

- 435 pg

CURRENT TOTAL: 47,215

- 480 pg

CURRENT TOTAL: 46,780

- 36 pg

CURRENT TOTAL: 46300

- 304 pages

CURRENT TOTAL: 7616

- 364 page

CURRENT TOTAL: 5521

Monthly Audiobook Challenge: January 2025
Theme: Audiobooks that are 25 hours or more in length

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 8
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1

Books in category: A Court of Wings and Ruin

FINISHED
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict
An Ember in the Ashes
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Darling Girls
Kindred
The Kingdom of Sweets
Save the Last Dance for Me
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
What the River Knows
Crocodile on the Sandbank
Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny
xo, Zach
Zaddy

End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 13
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 0 (started but not finished in time)

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why): An Ember in the Ashes Great narration and really intriguing story

Reserved

Around the World 2025
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

I randomly generated Itinerary 21

1. Sao Jose do Rio Prieto (BR) - Cape Town (ZARead)
a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as fun - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

- finished 1/10/25

2. Cape Town (ZA) - Riyadh (SA)
Read a book with blue text on the cover

- Finished 1/13/25

3. Riyadh (SA) - Goa (IN)
Read a book with the phrase "Method to my madness" in a book

4. Goa (IN) - Kuantan (MY)
Read a book with the word darning in the text

5. Kuantan (MY) - Port Moresby (PG)
Read a book with a mobile phone on the cover

6. Port Moresby (PG) - Wellington (NZ)
Read a book with a interjection in the title

7. Wellington (NZ) - Chattanooga (US)
Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 11th of a month

8. Chattanooga (US) - Sao Jose do Rio Prieto (BR)
Read a book that is in the "Best "Strong Female"Fantasy Novels" Listopia List

Books on the TBR List as of January 1, 2025 - 6666

Books to read: 0/25

3764 - When a Laird Loves a Lady
5573 - Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

Serious Readers Challenge 2025 - Level 1

January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

21/100 books

JANUARY
1. The Measure of Silence ✔️ 1/3/25 4.5 stars
2. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict ✔️ 1/4/25 3.5 stars
3. Ever the Bridesmaid ✔️ 1/8/25 2 stars
4. An Ember in the Ashes ✔️ 1/9/25 4.5 stars
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ✔️ 1/10/25 5 stars
6. Darling Girls ✔️ 1/13/25 4 stars
7. Dungeon Crawler Carl ✔️ 1/16/25 4.5 stars
8. Kindred ✔️ 1/17/25 4 stars
9. The Kingdom of Sweets ✔️ 1/18/25 3 stars
10. Save the Last Dance for Me ✔️ 1/20/25 3 stars
11. Bitter Passage ✔️ 1/22/25 3 stars
12. Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out ✔️ 1/23/25 3 stars
14. Anne of Green Gables ✔️ 1/25/25 4 stars
15. What the River Knows ✔️ 1/26/25 3 stars
16. Crocodile on the Sandbank ✔️ 1/27/25 4 stars
17. Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny ✔️ 1/27/25 3.5 stars
18. Cross My Heart and Never Lie ✔️ 1/29/25 4 stars
19. Hot Boss Summer ✔️ 1/29/25 3.5 stars
20. xo, Zach✔️ 1/30/25 3.5 stars
21. Zaddy✔️ 1/31/25 2.75 stars

FEBRUARY
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Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2025

Duration: January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025

I want to read 40 books that I added to my tbr shelf pre-2012. (I have over 760 added during those years, so clearly that is too lofty a goal!)

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I also have quite a backlog of Netgalley books, so I'd like to read and review 25 from 2024 and earlier .

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Author Alphabet Challenge 2025
Duration: January 1 - December 31

Completed: 7/26

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D: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
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H: Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
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Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 8
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:

FINISHED

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End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 16
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
Fun and really engaging. Maybe I'll get to book 2 in the series this month!

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 11
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:

Books in category:

FINISHED









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End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: (end of Jan was 8) 16 total
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 0

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
is a totally immersive full cast as audio that is as close to perfection as you can get, in my opinion

2024 TBR Tackler

0/12

5940 - Persuading the Billionaire

Completed: 42/100

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