myladysilver's reading challenges

[Jillian]

Reading goals for the upcoming year:

*participate in the Goodreads 2015 challenge
**keep up with yearly 50-book goal, despite likely having a super-busy year
*focus on reading paperbacks to continue working through my pile of physical books

[ladymurmur]

Welcome, Jillian! I hope you have as much fun tracking your challenges and reading stats here as I have had. :-)

[Jillian]

ladymurmur wrote: "Welcome, Jillian! I hope you have as much fun tracking your challenges and reading stats here as I have had. :-)"

Hey, thanks! I am excited to start tracking things. :) YAY ORGANIZING!!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Yay Organizing! My kinda girl! :D Welcome Jillian!

[Jillian]

Steph wrote: "Yay Organizing! My kinda girl! :D Welcome Jillian!"

Thanks, Steph! It is nice to find an organizing kindred spirit! :D

[Jillian]

Female authors vs. Male authors

Male authors (69)

Steve Alten
Richard Bachman
Robert T. Bakker
L. Frank Baum
John Berendt
Jean de Brunhoff
Eric Carle
Miles Chapin
Bruce Coville
Michael Crichton
Roald Dahl
James Dashner
David Day
Joseph Delaney
Ben S. Dobson
Bernard Evslin
Joseph Gies
William Golding
Christopher Gravett
Jeff Grubb
James Gurney
Jason Halpern
Neil Patrick Harris
Travis Heermann
Julek Heller
DuBose Heyward
Homer
Barry Hughart
Matthew Inman
Brian Jacques
Randall Jarrell
David A. Kessler
David Korr
C. S. Lewis
Yann Martel
Lee A. Martinez
Robert Munsch
Scott O'Dell
George Orwell
Gary Paulsen
Watty Piper
Philip Pullman
Jonathan Riley-Smith
Rick Riordan
Patrick Rothfuss
Alvin Schwartz
Maurice Sendak
William Shakespeare
Neil Shusterman
Shel Silverstein
Jan Slepian
Alexander McCall Smith
Nicholas Sparks
R. L. Stine
Jon Stone
Mark Taylor
Charles Tazewell
J. R. R. Tolkein
Stephen Turbull
Bill Watterson
Andy Weir
Robert Westall
Eric C. Westman
Wil Wheaton
Daniel Wilcox
Stephen Wyllie
Laurence Yep
Allen Zadoff
Paul Zindel

Female authors (129)

Susan B. Anderson
V. C. Andrews
Katherine Applegate
Margaret Atwood
Jean M. Auel
Jill Baguchinsky
Patricia Barey
Inez Bertail
Maeve Binchy
Jeanne Birdsall
Heather Blake
Lia Francesca Block
Sandra Boynton
Karleen Bradford
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Margaret Wise Brown
Allie Brosch
Sandra Brown
Sheila Bunford
Eve Bunting
Susan Butler
Meg Cabot
Anne Canadeo
Orson Scott Card
Gail Carriger
Jane Carruth
C. H. Cherryh
Ida Chittum
Agatha Christie
Joanna Cole
Lavinia Collins
Suzanne Collins
Ellen Conford
Caroline B. Cooney
Sharon Creech
Richie Tankersly Cusick
MaryJanice Davidson
Ellen DeGeneres
Denise Dersin
Mary Hahn Downing
Diane Duane
Jessica Fellowes
Helen Fielding
Louise Fitzhugh
Tiff Fussell
Jean Craighead George
Maria Girsch
Christie Golden
Christen Haden
Shannon Hale
Carolyn Haywood
Patricia Hermes
Karen Hesse
Diane Hoh
Joan Holub
Kate Horsely
Amelia Hubert
Felicity Huffman
Eva Ibbotson
Kelly Jarvis
Sherryl Jordan
Carolyn Keene
Amy Kefauver
Patricia Kiyono
Hilary Knight
Lynn Kurland
Madeleine L'Engle
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Kathryn Lasky
Tanith Lee
Grace Linn
Laura Lond
Lois Lowry
Holly Madison
Aimee Major-Steinberger
Michelle Moran
Ann M. Martin
Rue McClanahan
Shannon McGuire/Mira Grant
Nancy McKenzie
Robin McKinley
Richelle Mead
Stephenie Meyer
A. A. Milne
Else Holmelund Minarirk
Sue Kidd Monk
L. M. Montgomery
Sarah Mostow
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Mary Norton
Laura Joffe Numeroff
Jan O'Neill
Gillian Osband
Tamora Pierce
Beatrix Potter
Mary Monica Pulver/Monica Ferris/Margaret Frasier
Susan Kaye Quinn
Louise S. Rankin
Candice Ransom
Ali Reich
Anne Rice/A. N. Roquelaure
Marci Ridlon
Mary Roach
Willo Davis Roberts
Thomas Rockwell
Veronica Roth
J. K. Rowling
Lynsay Sands
Maurice Sendak
Anna Sewell
Sherwood Smith
Maria Snyder
Nancy Springer
Cilla Taylor
L. A. Taylor
Sheila Turnage
Vivian Vande Velde
Sue Weaver
Laura Ingels Wilder
Kenra Wilkinson
Margery Williams
Catherine Wilson
Elizabeth Winthrop
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Christine Woyke
Patricia C. Wrede
Betty Ren Wright
Dori Jones Yang
Jane Yolen

[Jillian]

Series

In Progress (~54)

Nancy Drew (Carolyn Keene)
Nancy Drew Files (Carolyn Keene)
Nancy Drew Diaries (Carolyn Keene)
Tupelo Landing (Sheila Turnage)
Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie)
Princess Dairies (Meg Cabot)
Dharian Affairs (Susan Kaye Quinn)
Ever After High (Shannon Hale)
Earth's Children (Jean M. Auel)
Goddess Girls (Joan Holub)
Young Wizards (Diane Duane)
Oz (L. Frank Baum)
Newsflesh (Mira Grant)
-continues to write novellas
Magic Potion Mystery (Heather Blake)
Point Horror (various authors)
Ronin Trilogy (Travis Heermann)
Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries (Anne Canadeo)
Emelan (Tamora Pierce)
-includes Circle of Magic [done], Circle Opens [started], Circle Reforged
Tortall
-includes Beka Cooper [done], Song of the Lioness [done], Exile [being written], Immortals [done], Protector of the Small [done], Daughter of the Lioness [abandoned]
Chronicles of Narnia (C. S. Lewis)
The Last Apprentice - Wardstone Chronicles (Joseph Delaney)
Percy Jackson & Kane Chronicles Crossovers (Rick Riordan)
- caught up, but I think there will be more :)
Sunfire Romance (various authors)
The Baby-Sitters Club (Ann M. Martin)
Needlecraft Mystery (Monica Ferris)
Sister Frevisse (Margaret Frasier)
Time Quintet (Madeleine L'Engle)
Indiana Jones (various authors)
Young Indiana Jones (various authors)
Meg (Steve Alten)
Anne of Green Gables (L. M. Montgomery)
Redwall (Brian Jacques)
Magic Schoolbus (Joanna Cole)
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The Borrowers (Mary Norton)
Peter Brichter (Mary Monica Pulver)

Want to start (19)

Tea Shop Mysteries (Laura Childs)
Farthing Wood (Colin Dann)
Rats of NIHM (Robert C. O'Brien)
Guinevere (Persia Woolley)
Guinevere Trilogy (Sharan Newman)
Chronicles of the Shadow War (Chris Claremont)
Belgariad (David Eddings)
Summer (Katherine Applegate)
Frontier Magic (Patricia C. Wrede)
Navajo Mysteries (Tony Hillerman)
Lyra (Patricia C. Wrede)
High Seas Adventures (Iain Lawrence)
Tudor Saga (Jean Plaidy)
Sleeping Beauty (A. N. Roquelaure)
Cats of Grand Central (Diane Duane)
The Last Unicorn (Peter Beagle)
Emily Windsnap (Liz Kessler)
Dear Diary (Carrie Randall)
Tales of Otori (Lian Hearn)

Stalled/abandoned (28)

* I thought it was awful
- grew tired of how the series kept going on and on and on...
+ I did not like the turn it took
# got bored or just felt very satisfied with the first book and did not want to read any more

+Sally Lockheart Trilogy (Philip Pullman)
#Unicorn Chronicles (Bruce Coville)
+*Books of Bayern (Shannon Hale)
*Guinevere (Lavinia Collins)
*Divergent (Veronica Roth)
*Unwind (Neil Shusterman)
#Brian's Saga (Gary Paulsen)
#Chanur (C. H. Cherryh)
-World of Warcraft (various authors)
#Pit Dragon (Jane Yolen)
*Folktales (Robin McKinley)
#Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
*Daughter of Xanadu (Dori Jones Yang)
#Weetzie Bat (Lia Francesca Block)
-MacLeod (Lynn Kurland)
#Ender Quintet (Orson Scott Card)
#Study (Maria Snyder)
#Georgina Kincaid (Richelle Mead)
-Undead (MaryJanice Davidson)
*Fred the Mermaid (MaryJanice Davidson)
*Kingkiller Chronicle (Patrick Rothfuss)
#The Giver (Lois Lowry)
-Argeneau (Lynsay Sands)
#Witch Saga (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor)
#Guardians of Ga'Hoole (Kathryn Lasky)
+Dollanganger (V. C. Andrews)
#Penderwicks (Jeanne Birdsall)
*Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)

Completed (19)

Landry (V. C. Andrews)
Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Patricia C. Wrede)
Queen of Camelot (Nancy McKenzie)
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Animorphs (Katherine Applegate)
Princess Academy (Shannon Hale)
Everworld (Katherine Applegate)
Finishing School (Gail Carriger)
-I think this series is done?
When Women Were Warriors (Catherine Wilson)
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Maze Runner (James Dashner)
The Chronicles of Master I & Number Ten Ox (Barry Hughart)
Cecelia & Kate (Patricia C. Wrede )
Percy Jackson & the Olympians (Rick Riordan)
Heroes of Olympus (Rick Riordan)
Kane Chronicles (Rick Riordan)
Walk (Richie Tankersley Cusick)
-didn't seem finished, but has not written any others for a long time
Crown & Court (Sherwood Smith)
Chrysalis Queen Quartet (Nancy McKenzie)
-didn't seem finished, but has not written any others for a long time
The Lakeland Knight (Laura Lond)

[Jillian]

2015 Reading Challenge Monthly Log
Goal: read 53 books GOAL MET in September!!

See also 2015 First Time Reads cs. Rereads, which is more accurate because it shows the rereads/relistens that cannot be calculated for the Reading Challenge due to the GoodReads bug.)

* indicates audiobook

January (1)



February (8)

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March (6)

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April (11)

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May (2)

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June (8)



July (2)



August (5)

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September (7)

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October

November

December

[Jillian]

2015 First Time Reads vs. Rereads

See also 2015 Reading Challenge Monthly Log, which contains only the books that can be counted officially for the challenge. This list includes the others (mostly audio) that I could not count for the challenge due to the GoodReads bug and is a more accurate reflection of total books read in 2015.)

First Time Reads (46)

Includes audio and paper



Rereads (43)

Mostly audio, but some paper

[Jillian]

2015 Series vs. Stand-alone

Series titles

Standalone titles

[Jillian]

2015 Author Breakdowns

A-Z Author (last name)

A - Auel, Jan
B - Berendt, John
C - Christie, Agatha
D - Dashner, James
E - Evslin, Bernard
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G - Grant, Mira
H - Holub, Joan
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K - Keene, Carolyn
L - Levine, Gail Carson
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Q - Quinn, Susan Kaye
R - Riordan, Rick
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W - Weir, Andy
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A-Z Author (first name)

A - Dathan Auerbach
B
C - C. L. Cherryh
D - Dave Ryan
E
F - Frank Baum
G
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I - Inger Iverson
J
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L - Laura Lond
M - Meg Cabot
N - Neal Shusterman
O
P - Patricia Wrede
Q
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S - Shannon Hale
T - Tanith Lee
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[Jillian]

Traveling the USA Breakdowns

Traveling (by state)

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Traveling (by region)

1. New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
2. Mideast: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
3. Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
4. Plains: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
5. Southeast: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
6. Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
7. Rocky Mountain: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming
8. Far West: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington