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Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge
Achieving Challenge -continued-✔Favorite Authors: (36/15)
The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
Reflections by Seanan McGuire
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos by Anne Carson
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
Stray, Lab Rat One, Caszandra by Andrea K. Höst
The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells
The Ships of Air by Martha Wells
The Gate of Gods by Martha Wells
Between Worlds: The Collected Ile-Rien and Cineth Stories by Martha Wells
The Sleeping Life by Andrea K. Höst
Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire
Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear
Book of Iron by Elizabeth Bear
✔April onward- (20)
Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear
The Edge of Worlds by Martha Wells
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Whiskey and Water by Elizabeth Bear
Hunting by Andrea K. Höst
Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear
New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear
Seven for a Secret / The White City / Ad Eternum by Elizabeth Bear
Garrett Investigates by Elizabeth Bear
The Pyramids of London by Andrea K. Höst
Dreams of Distant Shores by Patricia A. McKillip
Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
The Towers, the Moon by Andrea K Höst
Cast in Flight by Michelle Sagara
The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath
Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
✔Books that Everybody Else Seems to Have Read but Me:
✔April onward- (3/3)
✔Books of Poetry: (17/12)
✔April onward- (15/12)
Ok So Start May 30, 2016 Finish December 31, 2016
Goal 30 books
Planner Spot
This year I will read:
5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
1 books that I keep avoiding
2 chunksters (over 450 pages)
1 new releases
5 new to me author(s)
1 out of my comfort zone books
2 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
4 books from my favorite genre
3 books from my favorite author(s)
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Here are my actual results5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
Linger Voya Perfect Ten 2010
Splintered Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2014)
The Giver Newbery 1994
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (1980),
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Newbery Medal (1968)
Smile Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2012),
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Older Children (2011),
The Graveyard Book Hugo Award for Best Novel (2009),
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Zilveren Griffel (2007),
Number the Stars Newbery Medal (1990),
Mockingbird National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2010),
Looking for Alaska School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2005),
The Stonekeeper's Curse Cybils Award Nominee for Graphic Novels (2009)
The Ruins of Gorlan Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2008)
Welcome to Night Vale Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2015)
At the Water's Edge Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2015)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award for Intermediate (2009),
Interview with the Vampire British Fantasy Society Nominee (1977)
Everything, EverythingPennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2017),
Tuesdays at the Castle Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2015),
Magic Bites DABWAHA Romance Tournament for Best Novel with Romantic Elements/Crossover (2008)
An Echo in the Darkness RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Inspirational Romance (1995)
The Clan of the Cave Bear National Book Award Finalist for First Novel (1981)
Among the Hidden Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2002),
The Velveteen Rabbit Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1971)
The Alienist Anthony Award for Best First Novel (1995),
Dracula Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance (2013),
Her Fearful SymmetryGoodreads Choice Award Nominee for Favorite Book & Fiction (2009)
The Darkest Part of the Forest Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015)
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
1 books that I keep avoiding
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Anne of Green Gables
Nightbirds on Nantucket
The Stolen Lake
Dangerous Games
The Source
2 chunksters (over 450 pages)
The Lake House
Saturn Run
My Lady Jane
Paris
1 new releases
Salt to the Sea
Before the Fall
A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald
Cold Shot
The Muse
A Curious Beginning
5 new to me author(s)
Orphan Number 8 Kim van Alkemade
A Handful of StarsCynthia Lord
When You Reach MeRebecca Stead
The Stonekeeper Kazu Kibuishi
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The PromiseGene Luen Yang
AwkwardSvetlana Chmakova
Sea Creatures Susanna Daniel
The Clique
The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking: 80 Low-Carb Recipes that Offer Solutions for Celiac Disease, Diabetes, and Weight Loss
The Book of Three
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Gone Crazy in Alabama
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
The New Kid at School
1 out of my comfort zone books
The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral Poems
The Cloud Searchers
Man Out At First
2 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
4 books from my favorite genre
Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
3 books from my favorite author(s)
Wars of the Roses: Trinity Conn Iggulden
Grey Mountain
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Calvin and Hobbes
Hmmmm! Not exactly as I planned :)
Planning vs Achieving. 1st June to 31st December. * Planning Spot *Read more than 30 books.
This year I will read:
4 award winners ✔
4 complete series ✔
3 complete trilogies ✔
11 books that I keep avoiding ✔
4 chunksters (over 450 pages) ✔
8 new releases ✔
16 new to me author(s) ✔
11 out of my comfort zone books ✔
5 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies ✔
9 books from my favorite genre ✔
11 books from my favorite author(s) ✔
15 books that everybody else seems to have read but me ✔
Planning vs Achieving. 1st June to 31st December. * Achieving Spot * Part 1Read: 51/51
4 award winners ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
4 complete series ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
3 complete trilogies ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
(view spoiler)
11 books that I keep avoiding ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
4 chunksters (over 450 pages) ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
8 new releases
Amy's Planning Spot
06/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
This year I will read:
2 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
2 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
5 complete trilogies
10 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
3 new releases
15 new to me author(s)
5 out of my comfort zone books
10 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
20 books from my favorite genre
20 books from my favorite author(s)
5 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
06/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
This year I will read:
2 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
2 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
5 complete trilogies
10 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
3 new releases
15 new to me author(s)
5 out of my comfort zone books
10 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
20 books from my favorite genre
20 books from my favorite author(s)
5 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Amy's Achieving Spot
2 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts) 1/2
~In the Blood by Lisa Unger 06/20/2016
2 complete series (more than 3 books in total) 0/2
~Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 06/11/2016
~Starlighter by Bryan Davis 06/19/2016
5 complete trilogies 1/5
~Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts 06/01/2016 ~Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts 06/04/2016Face the Fire by Nora Roberts 06/13/2016
~Blood Ninja By Nick Lake 06/12/2016
~Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts 06/16/2016 ~Holding the Dream by Nora Roberts 06/21/2016
~Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz 06/17/2016 ~ Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick 06/19/2016
10 books that I keep avoiding 1/10
~In the Serpent's Coils by Tiffany Trent 06/12/2016
~Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey 07/08/2016
10 chunksters (over 450 pages) 2/10
~Night World, No. 2 by L.J.Smith 06/04/2016
~The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill 06/05/2016
3 new releases 0/3
15 new to me author(s) 6/15
~The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe 06/03/2016
~Smoke in Mirrors by Jayne Ann Krentz 06/17/2016
~Dark Places by Jon Evans 06/30/2016
~Naked in Death by J.D.Robb 07/01/2016
~A Pirate's Love by Johanna Lindsey 07/03/2016
~Real by Katy Evans 07/07/2016
~Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins 07/07/2016
~Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham 07/08/2016
5 out of my comfort zone books 0/5
~The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson 06/27/2016
10 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies 0/10
20 books from my favorite genre 3/20
~A Woman Worth Ten Coppers by Morgan Howell 06/22/2016
~Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs 07/04/2016
~The Best Man by Kristan Higgins 07/08/2016
~Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins 07/10/2016
~All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins 07/12/2016
20 books from my favorite author(s) 6/20
~Vision in White by Nora Roberts 06/08/2016
~Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts 06/09/2016
~Savour the Moment by Nora Roberts 06/11/2016
~Captivated by Nora Roberts 07/02/2016
~Courting Catherine by Nora Roberts 07/04/2016
~A Man for Amanda by Nora Roberts 07/5/2016
5 books that everybody else seems to have read but me 3/5
~ The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater 06/02/2016
~The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater 06/07/2016
~Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 06/28/2016
2 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts) 1/2
~In the Blood by Lisa Unger 06/20/2016
2 complete series (more than 3 books in total) 0/2
~Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 06/11/2016
~Starlighter by Bryan Davis 06/19/2016
5 complete trilogies 1/5
~Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts 06/01/2016 ~Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts 06/04/2016Face the Fire by Nora Roberts 06/13/2016
~Blood Ninja By Nick Lake 06/12/2016
~Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts 06/16/2016 ~Holding the Dream by Nora Roberts 06/21/2016
~Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz 06/17/2016 ~ Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick 06/19/2016
10 books that I keep avoiding 1/10
~In the Serpent's Coils by Tiffany Trent 06/12/2016
~Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey 07/08/2016
10 chunksters (over 450 pages) 2/10
~Night World, No. 2 by L.J.Smith 06/04/2016
~The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill 06/05/2016
3 new releases 0/3
15 new to me author(s) 6/15
~The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe 06/03/2016
~Smoke in Mirrors by Jayne Ann Krentz 06/17/2016
~Dark Places by Jon Evans 06/30/2016
~Naked in Death by J.D.Robb 07/01/2016
~A Pirate's Love by Johanna Lindsey 07/03/2016
~Real by Katy Evans 07/07/2016
~Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins 07/07/2016
~Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham 07/08/2016
5 out of my comfort zone books 0/5
~The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson 06/27/2016
10 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies 0/10
20 books from my favorite genre 3/20
~A Woman Worth Ten Coppers by Morgan Howell 06/22/2016
~Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs 07/04/2016
~The Best Man by Kristan Higgins 07/08/2016
~Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins 07/10/2016
~All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins 07/12/2016
20 books from my favorite author(s) 6/20
~Vision in White by Nora Roberts 06/08/2016
~Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts 06/09/2016
~Savour the Moment by Nora Roberts 06/11/2016
~Captivated by Nora Roberts 07/02/2016
~Courting Catherine by Nora Roberts 07/04/2016
~A Man for Amanda by Nora Roberts 07/5/2016
5 books that everybody else seems to have read but me 3/5
~ The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater 06/02/2016
~The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater 06/07/2016
~Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 06/28/2016
Mod
Planning vs Achieving. 1st June to 31st December. * Achieving Spot * Part 2Read: 67/67
16 new to me author(s) ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
11 out of my comfort zone books ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
5 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
9 books from my favorite genre: Science fiction:
11 books from my favorite author(s) ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
15 books that everybody else seems to have read but me. ✔✔ Completed ✔✔
Finished today!! But I am not going to go back to get the coins!! Way too much work when I finished most of my challenge before April... will try for coins next time I guess :)
Danielle's Planning SpotThis year I will read:
2 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
5 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
5 books that I keep avoiding
5 chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 new releases
5 new to me author(s)
10 books from my favorite genre
5 books from my favorite author(s)
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
NBRC Planning Vs Achieving Challenge Duration: September 01, 2016 - September 30, 2017
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Mod
Well done Cecily! :)
And i keep running out of space...(and lost some info doing so)Achieving Challenge -continued-
✔New to Me Authors (172/20+)
✔April onward- (139)
My reading goals have Finally been met! Both the original & the post-April-to-get-the-coin additions!Most challenging to finish were the dust covered, spider-webbed books, but I enjoyed all of them. And I've certainly succeeded in my pre-challenge 2016 reading goal to read more nonfiction (not counting cookbooks). Thanks to the Big Bang Theory Challenge these were mostly out-of-comfort-zone Science books, which have been interesting, though taxing since I can only manage nonfiction in short reading bursts - very different from my usual marathon fiction reading sessions. The biggest surprise - apart from the 3 read specifically for that purpose, was inputting all the award winning books. I don't usually pick books because they've won an award or two, but I managed a whopping 19 to date, without meaning to. Anyhow, I'll continue adding 'till the year is done, but the completed Challenge goals, plus the personal add on goal regarding poetry books, are on the posts below.
Thanks for the demanding yet fun challenge! :)
post 1
post 2, 2016 New Releases
post 3
post 4, New 2U authors
Mod
I assume this is going on again for 2017? I will give myself until Dec 31st to finish or until I've met all my goals.Planning:
This year I will read:
_3__ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
_2__complete series (more than 3 books in total) (I don't want to start any new series, but will read the books needed to complete the series that I have already started)
_3__complete trilogies (ditto above)
_2__books that I keep avoiding
_3__chunksters (over 450 pages)
_8__new releases
_10__new to me author(s)
_1__out of my comfort zone books
_4__books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
_3__ books from my favorite genre
_3__ books from my favorite author(s)
_2__ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Achieving:Completed: 31 books
This year I read:
✓_7__ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
Truly Madly Guilty
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
George
Old Man's War
The Book of Lost Things
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Bitterblue
_1__complete series (more than 3 books in total)
Saga, Vol. 7
_1__complete trilogies
Bitterblue
✓_2__books that I keep avoiding
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
✓_3__chunksters (over 450 pages)
Small Great Things 470p
Heartless 453p
Bitterblue 576p
✓_8__new releases
Every Body Yoga
Your Cholesterol Matters
The Girl in the Garden
Before We Were Yours
I See You
Saga, Vol. 7
The Idea of You
The Orphan's Tale
✓_23__new to me author(s)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Woman in Cabin 10
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Fat Fridays
Every Body Yoga
Your Cholesterol Matters
The Couple Next Door
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Forgotten Girls
George
Pinocchio
Desperate Remedies
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Scrappy Little Nobody
Confessions of a Scary Mommy
The Book of Lost Things
Death by Petticoat: American History Myths Debunked
The Girl in the Garden
Before We Were Yours
I See You
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Idea of You
The Orphan's Tale
✓_6__out of my comfort zone books
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pinocchio
Desperate Remedies
Death by Petticoat: American History Myths Debunked
Saga, Vol. 7
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
✓_4__books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
The Archived
The Forgotten Girls
The Book of Lost Things
Bitterblue
✓_8__ books from my favorite genre
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (historical fiction)
The Woman in Cabin 10 (contemporary fiction)
Truly Madly Guilty (contemporary fiction)
The Couple Next Door (mystery & thriller)
The Forgotten Girls (mystery & thriller)
Before We Were Yours (historical fiction)
I See You (mystery & thriller)
The Orphan's Tale (historical fiction)
✓_4__ books from my favorite author(s)
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
✓_5__ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Couple Next Door
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Book of Lost Things
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
73 total
Did not add:
On What Grounds
The Night Stalker (part of series)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
You Are a Badass
The Ghost Brigades
The Serpent King
The Trophy Child
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Three Little Words
The Gunslinger
Black-Eyed Susans
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Butterfly Garden
First Grave on the Right
The Kitchen House
How to Train Your Dragon
One more HP book to complete the series! Almost there.
Mod
This challenge was good for me last year (especially in terms of dust webbed piles & out of comfort zone books), so I'm here to do it again, with different emphasises :)2017
Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge
Rules & How to:
1. Reserve 2 posts.
2. In post number one, set you level of Planner - aka, fill the blank spots below and define your year goals.
3. In post number two keep the record of ALL your books read that fit one of the goals below (*)
4. By the end of the year discover your level of Achiever
5. Have fun and read lots!
(*)Note: A book may fit into more than one category. Make sure to count it in all that apply
Planning
This year I will read:
5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
7 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
2 complete trilogies
7 books that I keep avoiding
37 chunksters (over 450 pages)
50 new releases 2017 New Releases
50 new to me author(s) New 2 U Authors
1 out of my comfort zone books
5 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
50 books from my favorite genre
37 books from my favorite author(s)
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
2017 Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge Completed Books: ✔30+
✔Award Winners: (33/5)
✔Complete Series: (11/7)
Touchstone by Andrea K. Höst (5 vol.s)
Black Dog by Rachel Neumeier (4 vol.s)
Night Prince by Jeaniene Frost (4 vol.s)
Mercy Thompson World by Patricia Briggs (15 vol.s)
The Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon (7 vol.s)
Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh (18 vol.s)
Raine Benares by Lisa Shearin (9.5 vol.s)
Hunter Kiss by Marjorie M. Liu (5 vol.s)
Books of the Raksura by Martha Wells (7 vol.s)
PsyCop by Jordan Castillo Price (8 vol.s)
Ell Donsaii by Laurence E. Dahners (14 vol.s)
✔Complete Trilogies: (7/2)
Two Monarchies Sequence by W.R. Gingell
Holmes & Moriarity by Josh Lanyon
All's Fair by Josh Lanyon
Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews
Small Change by Jo Walton
A Kinda Fairytale by Cassandra Gannon
Jenny Casey by Elizabeth Bear
Harper Hall trilogy by Anne McCaffrey (2/3)
✔Books That I Keep Avoiding: (7/7)
Chunksters: (36/37)
Completed Books:✔New Releases: (151/50)
Completed Books:✔New To Me Authors: (122/50), for authors & book covers see my New 2U Authors Challenge post
Out of My Comfort Zone Books: (0/1)
✔Books That Are For So Long in My TBR They are Covered with Spider Webs and Dust Bunnies: (6/5)
✔Favorite Genre (Fantasy): (83/50)
Completed Books:✔Favorite Authors: (75/37)
In Arcadia, Stray, Lab Rat One, Caszandra, Gratuitous Epilogue. Stained Glass Monsters & The Sleeping Life by Andrea K. Höst
On the Edge, Steel's Edge. Burn for Me, White Hot, Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
Dragonsong & Dragonsinger. The Ship Who Sang. The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey
Float. Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera by Anne Carson
The Black Wolves of Boston. Elfhome & Project Elfhome. Alien Taste, Tainted Trail, Bitter Waters & Dog Warrior. Eight Million Gods by Wen Spencer
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Cry Wolf, Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson, Moon Called, Blood Bound, Iron Kissed, Bone Crossed, Silver Borne, River Marked, Frost Burned, Night Broken, Fire Touched, Silence Fallen, Dead Heat, Hunting Ground & Fair Game. When Demons Walk by Patricia Briggs
All Systems Red. The Cloud Roads, The Serpent Sea, The Siren Depths, Stories of the Raksura: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud, Stories of the Raksura: Volume Two: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below, The Edge of Worlds, and The Harbors of the Sun. All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Every Heart a Doorway & Down Among the Sticks and Bones. Full of Briars, Once Broken Faith, The Brightest Fell. Target Practice by Seanan McGuire
Cetaganda, Borders of Infinity, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga, #16), Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
Skirmish, Battle, Oracle by Michelle West
Cast in Peril, Cast in Sorrow, Cast in Flame by Michelle Sagara
Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
Hammered, Scardown, Worldwired by Elizabeth Bear
Provenance by Ann Leckie
✔Books that Everybody Else Seems to Have Read but Me: (6/3)
Books of Poetry:
Ebony's Planning PostDuration: January 1st to December 31stRules & How to:
1. Reserve 2 posts.
2. In post number one, set you level of Planner - aka, fill the blank spots below and define your year goals.
3. In post number two keep the record of ALL your books read that fit one of the goals below (*)
4. By the end of the year discover your level of Achiever
5. Have fun and read lots!
Complete 30 books to earn an Emerald Coin.
This year I will read:
13/5 - award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts) **Completed**
2/2 - complete series (more than 3 books in total) **Completed**
1/3 - complete trilogies
14/5 - books that I keep avoiding **Completed**
9/10 - chunksters (over 450 pages) **Completed**
12/5 - new releases **Completed**
21/20 - new to me author(s) **Completed**
9/10 - out of my comfort zone books
13/30 - books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
15/5 - books from my favorite genre **Completed**
12/10 - books from my favorite author(s) **Completed**
10/3 - books that everybody else seems to have read but me **Completed**
Ebony's Achieving PostAward Winners (5)**Completed**
1. Stephen King
2. John Barth
3. George Saunders
4. Tove Jansson
5. Patrick Rothfuss
6. Halldór Laxness
7. Pajtim Statovci
8. Fredrik Backman
9. Colson Whitehead
10. Robert J. Sawyer
11. Katy Tur
12. Joe Hill
13. John Steinbeck
Complete Series (2)
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (up to date)
Dead Ever After
Complete Trilogies (3)
1. A Conjuring of Light
Books That I Keep Avoiding (5) **Completed**
1. The Sot-Weed Factor
2. Pet Sematary
3. The Long Ships
4. 11/22/63
5. The Name of the Wind
6. Wayward Heroes
7. The Stand
8. A Man Called Ove
9. The Drawing of the Three
10. The Underground Railroad
11. Dead Ever After
12. The Grapes of Wrath
13. The Waste Lands
14. Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
Chunksters (over 450 pages) (10)
1. The Sot-Weed Factor
2. The Long Ships
3. A Conjuring of Light
4. 11/22/63
5. The Name of the Wind
6. Wayward Heroes
7. The Stand
8. Needful Things
9. An Instance of the Fingerpost
New Releases (5)
1. Lincoln in the Bardo
2. A Conjuring of Light
3. Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula
4. My Cat Yugoslavia: A Novel
5. Gwendy's Button Box
6. Things We Lost in the Fire
7. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
8. Amatka
9. Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
10. Strange Weather
11. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
12. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
New to Me Authors (20)
1. The True Deceiver
2. The Sot-Weed Factor
3. The Long Ships
4. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
5. Lincoln in the Bardo
6. The Name of the Wind
7. Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula
8. Wayward Heroes
9. My Cat Yugoslavia: A Novel
10. Travels with Herodotus
11. A Man Called Ove
12. 84, Charing Cross Road
13. An Instance of the Fingerpost
14. Amatka
15. The Underground Railroad
16. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
17. Hominids
18. Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
19. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
20. Fear: A Novel
21. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Out of My Comfort Zone (10)
1. Where Am I Now?
2. The Sot-Weed Factor
3. The Long Ships
4. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
5. The Name of the Wind
6. Travels with Herodotus
7. Amatka
8. Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
9. The Waste Lands
Long-term resident on my TBR (30)
1. Pet Sematary
2. The Long Ships
3. The Dark Half
4. 11/22/63
5. The Name of the Wind
6. Wayward Heroes
7. The Stand
8. The Drawing of the Three
9. An Instance of the Fingerpost
10. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
11. Deadlocked
12. The Waste Lands
13. Hexed
Books from my favorite genre (5)
1. Dearly Devoted Dexter (Thriller)
2. Pet Sematary (Horror)
3. 11/22/63 (Alternate History)
4. Christine (Horror)
5. Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula (Horror/Classics)
6. Wayward Heroes (Historical Fiction)
7. Gwendy's Button Box (Horror)
8. The Stand (Horror)
9. The Drawing of the Three (Horror)
10. The Dead Zone
11. Needful Things
12. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Horror)
13. The Underground Railroad (Alternate History)
14. Strange Weather
15. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Books from my favorite author (10)
1. The Dark Half
2. Pet Sematary
3. 11/22/63
4. Christine
5. Gwendy's Button Box
6. The Stand
7. The Drawing of the Three
8. The Dead Zone
9. Needful Things
10. Strange Weather
11. The Waste Lands
12.. Hexed
Books that everyone else seems to have read but me (3)
1. 11/22/63
2. The Name of the Wind
3. The Stand
4. A Man Called Ove
5. The Drawing of the Three
6. The Dead Zone
7. Needful Things
8. The Underground Railroad
9. The Waste Lands
10. The Grapes of Wrath
Planning vs Achieving ChallengeDuration 1/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
Rules & How to:
1. Reserve 2 posts.
2. In post number one, set you level of Planner - aka, fill the blank spots below and define your year goals.
3. In post number two keep the record of ALL your books read that fit one of the goals below (*)
4. By the end of the year discover your level of Achiever
5. Have fun and read lots!
Complete 30 books to earn an Emerald Coin.
Beth's planning post
This year I will read:
5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
1 complete trilogy
5 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
10 books from my favorite genre - science fiction
10 new to me authors
5 books from my favorite author(s): Neil Gaiman, maybe others
Beth's Achieving Post47 total books read
9/5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
Annihilation - 2/1/2017 (Nebula Award)
The Sandman: Overture 3/16/2017 (GR Choice Award)
The Sparrow 4/4/2017 (Arthur C. Clarke Award)
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 4/19/2017 (GoodReads Choice Award - Fantasy)
A Thousand Mornings (GoodReads Choice Award - Poetry) 4/30/2017
Babel-17 (Nebula Award for Best Novel) 8/26/2017
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction) 9/27/2017
Invisible Man (National Book Award for Fiction) 10/6/2017
The Underground Railroad (GR Choice Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Clarke Award) 11/6/2017
11/10 chunksters (over 450 pages - these are over 500 pages except for Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse)
The Histories finished 3/9/2017
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 5/27/2017
The Republic of Plato 7/29/2017
Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse 8/4/2017
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (reread) 8/20/2017
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (audio) 9/7/2017
Green Earth 9/14/2017
Invisible Man 10/6/2017
The Lord of the Rings 11/2/2017 (counting this even though I don't happen to own the 1-vol. edition)
An Instance of the Fingerpost 12/3/2017
The Once and Future King 12/24/2017 (reread)
1 complete trilogy - The Southern Reach trilogy
Annihilation - 2/1/2017
Authority - 2/28/2017
Acceptance 5/9/2017
9/5 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
The Histories finished 3/9/2017 (on TBR since 2014)
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 4/19/2017 (on TBR since 2015)
Eifelheim 4/29/2017 (on TBR since 2015)
Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse 8/4/2017 (on TBR since 2015)
Julius Caesar 8/25/2017 (on TBR since 2015)
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America 9/24/2017 (on TBR since 2016)
War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad Christopher Logue 10/9/2017 (on TBR since 2015)
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 10/13/2017 (on TBR since 2016)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice 11/26/2017 (on TBR since 2016)
14/10 books from my favorite genre - science fiction
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories 1/18/2017
The Martian Chronicles (reread) - 2/13/2017
Annihilation - 2/1/2017
Authority - 2/28/2017
Everfair finished 3/30/2017
The Sparrow 4/4/2017
Stories of Your Life and Others 4/13/2017
Eifelheim 4/29/2017
Acceptance 5/9/2017
Necessity 8/13/2017
Babel-17 8/26/2017
Warm Worlds and Otherwise 8/27/2017
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America 9/24/2017
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 10/13/2017
20/10 new to me authors
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 2/1/2017
The Histories by Herodotus finished 3/9/2017
Everfair by Nisi Shawl 3/30/2017
The Sparrow byMary Doria Russell 4/4/2017
Eifelheim by Michael Flynn4/29/2017
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 5/27/2017
Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse 8/4/2017
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James 8/23/2017
Warm Worlds and Otherwise by James Tiptree Jr. 8/27/2017
The Harvard Classics - Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch 9/6/2017
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (audio) 9/7/2017
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson 9/24/2017
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert 9/27/2017
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 10/6/2017
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 10/13/2017
Teatro Grottesco by Thomas Ligotti10/21/2017
The Underground Railroad (GR Choice Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Clarke Award) 11/6/2017
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice 11/26/2017
An Instance of the Fingerpost 12/3/2017
Woman in the Nineteenth Century 12/7/2017
14 books from my favorite author(s): 2 authors
Neil Gaiman: 12
The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections 1/9/2017
(reread)
The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives 2/19/2017 (reread)
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End 3/10/2017 (reread)
The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones 3/14/2017 (reread)
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake 3/16/2017 (reread)
The Sandman: Overture 3/16/2017
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 4/19/2017
Death: The High Cost of Living Collected 4/29/2017
(reread)
Death: The Time of Your Life 4/30/2017 (reread)
Two Plays for Voices 4/30/2017
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains
Black Orchid 10/29/2017
JRR Tolkien:
Beren and Lúthien 8/25/2017
The Lord of the Rings 11/2/2017
NRBC Planning vs Achieving ChallengeDuration: January 1st to December 31st 2017
Rules & How to:
1. Reserve 2 posts.
2. In post number one, set you level of Planner - aka, fill the blank spots below and define your year goals.
3. In post number two keep the record of ALL your books read that fit one of the goals below (*)
4. By the end of the year discover your level of Achiever
5. Have fun and read lots!
This year I will read:
2 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
1 books that I keep avoiding
1 chunksters (over 450 pages)
3 new releases
5 new to me author(s)
1 out of my comfort zone books
5 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
3 books from my favorite genre
3 books from my favorite author(s)
5 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Award Winners:
Complete Series:
Trilogies:
Books Avoided:
Chunksters:
New Release:
New Authors:
Outta Comfort Zone:
Prehistoric TBR:
Favorite Genres:
Favorite Authors:
Everyones Read But Me:
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NBRC Planning vs. AchievingDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
This year I will read:
6. award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
0. complete trilogies
1. books that I keep avoiding
4. chunksters (over 450 pages)
6. new releases
10 new to me author(s)
4. out of my comfort zone books
2. books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
10 books from my favorite genre
7. books from my favorite author(s)
10 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
I hope when the year completes I've read more in each category
Kim E's Achieving SpotAward Winners
The Underground Railroad 4/24/17. (Pulitzer)
Complete Series
Complete Trilogy
Me Before You 8/28/17
Books I Keep Avoiding
Chunkster
The Grapes of Wrath. 3/21/17. 455 pages
Lilac Girls 3/31/17 487 pages
New Releases
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case 1/6/17 Pub: 1/31/17 (Giveaway)
Come Sundown 6/26/17 Pub: 6/6/17 (Giveaway)
Diminished Capacity 6/5/17 Pub: 6/6/17
New to Me Authors
First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies Kate Andersen Brower 2/24/17
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda 6/17/17
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 7/12/17
Out of My Comfort Zones
Dark Matter 4/25/17 (Science Fiction)
Ready Player One 5/28/17
Spider Web/Dust Bunnies Books
My Favorite Genre (Mystery/Thrillers/Suspense)
The Lovely Bones 5/26/17
One Perfect Lie 6/7/17
In the Blood 7/9/17
Favorite Authors (JD Robb/Tess Gerritsen)
Witness in Death 5/30/17
Body Double 7/13/17
Everyone Has Read But Me (Typically Classics)
The Grapes of Wrath 3/21/17
Peter Pan 4/28/17
Planning ~A Reading Challenge~Duration: January 1st to December 31st
This year I will read:
6 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
0 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
2 books that I keep avoiding
2 chunksters (over 450 pages)
6 new releases
6 new to me author(s)
4 out of my comfort zone books
6 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
6 books from my favorite genre(fiction)
6 books from my favorite author(s)
4 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
(*)Note: A book may fit into more than one category. Make sure to count it in all that apply
Achieving~A Reading Challenge~Duration: January 1st to December 31st
This year I will read:
10/6 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
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0/1 complete trilogies
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3/2 books that I keep avoiding
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1/2 chunksters (over 450 pages)
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1/6 new releases
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9/4 out of my comfort zone books
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(poetry)3.
(graphic novel)4.
(non fiction/audio)5.
(wordy literary french translation)6.
(plays/monologues)7.
(Humor/audio)8.
(epistolary)9.
(non fiction/audio)6/6 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
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(*)Note: A book may fit into more than one category. Make sure to count it in all that apply
Question: For the series challenge, do we have to complete the whole series within the challenge time frame? I just finished A Conjuring of Light which is the last book in a trilogy but I completed the first two books over a year ago. Would it count for the series challenge?
Joanne's Planning postPlanning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge
This year I will read:
_2__ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
_2__complete series (more than 3 books in total)
_3__complete trilogies
_3__books that I keep avoiding
_3__chunksters (over 450 pages)
__4_new releases
__5_new to me author(s)
__2_out of my comfort zone books
_2__books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
_5__ books from my favorite genre
_5__ books from my favorite author(s)
__2_ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
(*)Note: A book may fit into more than one category. Make sure to count it in all that apply
I finished! It's taking way over 30 books to finish my series reads, but I'll get to them by the end of the year. :) Original reporting post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Not the whole series, but at least 3 books this year. ;)
Kristie wrote: "I finished! It's taking way over 30 books to finish my series reads, but I'll get to them by the end of the year. :)
Original reporting post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
Way to go Kristie!
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2018Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge
Rules & How to:
1. Reserve 2 posts.
2. In post number one, set you level of Planner - aka, fill the blank spots below and define your year goals.
3. In post number two keep the record of ALL your books read that fit one of the goals below (*)
4. By the end of the year discover your level of Achiever
5. Have fun and read lots!
(*)Note: A book may fit into more than one category. Make sure to count it in all that apply
Planning
This year I will read:
3 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
7 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
3 complete trilogies
5 books that I keep avoiding
37 chunksters (over 450 pages) Baby Got Book 2018, Books over 450 pages
50 new releases 2018 New Releases
50 new to me author(s) New 2 U Authors
1 out of my comfort zone books
7 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
50 books from my favorite genre
37 books from my favorite author(s)
7 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
2018 Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge Completed Books:
✔Award Winners: (20/3)
Complete Series: (6/7)
Chronicles of Elantra by Michelle Sagara (13.5 vol.s)
Dorina Basarab by Karen Chance (4 vol.s)
Kate Daniels World by Ilona Andrews (12 vol.s)
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma (14 vol.s)
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman (5 vol.s)
Cecelia and Kate by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer (4 vol.s)
Phryne Fisher by Kerry Greenwood (18/20)
✔Complete Trilogies: (8/3)
Major Ariane Kedros by Laura E. Reeve
Linesman by S.K. Dunstall
Shards of a Broken Sword by W.R. Gingell
Evagardian by Sean Danker
Susanna Horenbout and John Parker by Michelle Diener
Peacekeeper by Tanya Huff
Lord Darcy (original trilogy) by Randall Garrett
Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie
✔Books That I Keep Avoiding: (7/5)
Chunksters: (34/37)
✔New Releases: 150/50
✔New To Me Authors: (94/50), for authors & book covers see my New 2U Authors Challenge postOut of My Comfort Zone Books: (0/1)
✔Books That Are For So Long in My TBR They are Covered with Spider Webs and Dust Bunnies: (7/7)
✔Favorite Genre (Fantasy): (83/50)
✔Favorite Authors: (59/37)The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip
Beneath the Sugar Sky. Magic for Nothing, Tricks for Free. The Girl in the Green Silk Gown. Velveteen vs. the Seasons. Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire
Cast in Moonlight, Cast in Shadow, Cast In Courtlight, Cast in Secret, Cast in Fury, Cast in Silence, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril, Cast in Sorrow, Cast in Flame, Cast in Honor, Cast in Flight, and Cast in Deception by Michelle Sagara
What Makes This Book So Great. Lifelode by Jo Walton
One Fell Sweep. White Hot, Wildfire, Diamond Fire. Magic Bites, Magic Burns, Magic Strikes, Magic Mourns, Magic Bleeds, Curran POV Collection, Magic Dreams, Magic Slays, Gunmetal Magic, Magic Steals, Magic Rises, Magic Breaks, Magic Shifts, Magic Stars, Magic Binds, Iron and Magic, and Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Burn Bright, Fire Touched, Night Broken, Frost Burned, Silence Fallen, River Marked, Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
Medair by Andrea K. Höst
Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Dealing with Dragons. Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, The Grand Tour: or The Purloined Coronation Regalia, & The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After by Patricia C. Wrede
✔Books that Everybody Else Seems to Have Read but Me: (8/7)
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Planning vs Achieving 2018Beth's Planning Post
10 award winners
2 complete trilogies
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 new to me author(s)
1 out of my comfort zone books
10 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
15 books from my favorite genres - science fiction/fantasy/horror
10 books from my favorite author(s) - William Shakespeare, W.B. Yeats, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kim Stanley Robinson, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. Le Guin
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✔To Earn an Emerald Coin Complete at least 30 Books
Completed Books
✔New Releases: (170/39)
✔April onward- (137)