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Ashley's Challenge 2016
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@Heidi it's getting ridiculous. We moved into a house that has built-in bookshelves on either side of the fireplace and somehow I STILL barely have room for everything :P
I'm planning to tackle a couple big books in 2016, particularly 
Alexander Hamilton and
Fosse, and possibly
Sacajawea
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Also trying to keep my rereads to a minimum (she says as she starts off the year with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), but they will or should be few and far between, and mainly books that I haven't read since I was in high school or college -- thus, at minimum, I will have last read these books five years ago.For right now the reread list includes
January10 books read
Of those, 1 counts for historical fiction
1 counts for nonfiction
And 1 counts for owned-read
I'm keeping a full tally in the first post but I like this month-by-month update idea too.
So far only 3 rereads this year xD started keeping track of those too, I figured why not.
February7 books read
2 owned-read
1 historical fiction
2 rereads, both of which were SO worth it
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it's been awhile (view spoiler) was that the same as the movie ending?
How was Truthwitch? Been hearing mixed reviews...
ummmm none that I recall, but it's possible. I know they were able to kill IT and then they all basically went back to their lives and were able to fully move on and forget each other -- I found the ending unexpectedly touching :)I thought Truthwitch was very good, I'm excited for book 2. It's a bit of a curveball because there's no real info-dumping, some people felt lost because it's sort of a catch-on-as-you-read thing she's got going on.
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Maybe I'm thinking of a different book. hahahaha...
March10 books read
3 owned-read
2 historical fiction
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Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Wow that's a lot of books––and it's not even the end of the month yet! Nice job. :D"6/10 were audiobooks -- they help SO MUCH. I'm hoping to finish Heart-Shaped Box in the next few days, I was supposed to have finished it last month xD
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Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Cool! I should probably try more audiobooks; I haven't really listened to any since I was a kid, haha. My biggest concern is that my attention will wander if I'm listening to something rather than ..."I think that's why I started out listening to books I already knew -- I have the first 5 HP books on audio and love them to death.
AprilNot a good month for reading, I was really busy! But I managed to sneak a few in.
5 books read
1 nonfiction
1 owned-read
1 reread
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Thanks guys :) Hopefully I can finish Watership in the next two days, that's the one I'm not sure about.
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Didn't finish Watership in time, but I think I'll be wrapping it up tonight (and then watch the movie, bc Doc found it on Netflix).
May14 books read
1 nonfiction
3 owned-read
2 historical fiction
3 rereads
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June8 books read
4 owned-read
2 nonfiction
4 historical fiction
Met my goal of 10 historical fiction books!
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July10 books read
4 owned-read
1 nonfiction
1 historical fiction
2 rereads
I reread Little House in the Big Woods in one sitting -- Doc bought me a first edition copy (no dust jacket but it's still gorgeous) and it was such a fantastic, nostalgic read <3
Nice, Ashley! I love rereading the Little House books :)
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Make sure you check out the Rocky Ridge books after the Little House books, those are good too!
August14 books read
*2 of them being oneshot things that really shouldn't count
4 owned-read
4 nonfiction
1 reread
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I own
650+edit: 700 now and I need to thin out the shelves a bit, or at least read stuff I have.I also want to read 10 historical fiction and 10 nonfiction books.
Setting my GR challenge goal for 110 books.
books I own (NOT rereads) - 37
historical fiction - 18
nonfiction - 17
rereads - 12