Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge

[Beth]

Planning vs Achieving 2018

Beth's Achieving Post
Books Read - 70


award winners: 18/10 read
Inside Job (Hugo Award for Best Novella 2006) 1/9/2018
Alias Grace (Scotiabank Giller Prize 1996) 1/11/2018
March: Book Two (Eisner Award - Best Reality Based Work, 2016) 1/14/2018
March: Book Three (Eisner Award - Best Reality Based Work, 2017) 1/28/2018
The Fifth Season Hugo Award for Best Novel 2016 3/20/2018
The Years of Rice and Salt (Locus Award for Best Novel) 4/8/2018
The Man in the High Castle (Hugo Award) 4/23/2018
The Lifecycle of Software Objects (Hugo Award for Best Novella) 4/28/2018
Spin (Hugo Award) 5/5/2018
The Obelisk Gate (Hugo Award) 7/24/2018
Little, Big (World Fantasy Award) 7/28/2018
The Owl Service (Carnegie Medal) 8/22/2018
The Stone Sky (Hugo Award) 9/19/2018
The Ballad of Black Tom (Shirley Jackson Award) 10/16/2018
Quicksilver (Arthur C. Clarke Award) 11/11/2018
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr 11/30/2018 (Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature)
The Snow Leopard 12/6/2018 (National Book Award for Contemporary Thought)
Her Body and Other Parties 12/7/2018
(Shirley Jackson Award for Single Author Collection)

chunksters (450+ p): 8/10
Alias Grace 1/11/2018
The Years of Rice and Salt 4/8/2018
The Moonstone 4/18/2018
One Woman's War: Da (Mother) the Memoirs of Seyyedeh Zahra Hoseyni Paperback 6/11/2018
Little, Big 7/28/2018
The Iliad 8/9/2018
The Accursed 9/28/2018
Quicksilver 11/11/2018

new to me author(s) : 28/20 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

out of my comfort zone books: 2
One Woman's War: Da (Mother) the Memoirs of Seyyedeh Zahra Hoseyni Paperback 6/11/2018
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil 11/10/2018

books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies: 19/10 so far
1. Alias Grace 1/11/2018 (since 2015)
2. Njal's Saga 2/1/2018 (since 2016)
3. Too Like the Lightning 2/9/2018 (since 2016)
4. The Story of Kullervo 2/20/2018 (since 2015)
5. Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World 2/21/2018 (since 2014)
6. The Fifth Season 3/20/2018 (since 2016)
7. The Moonstone 4/18/2018 (since 2016)
8. The World's Wife 4/28/2018 (since 2015)
9. Invisible Cities 5/28/2018 (since 2015)
10. The Aeneid 6/20/2018 (since 2013)
11. Utopia 7/6/2018 (since 2017)
12. Tao Te Ching 7/14/2018 (since 2017)
13. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler 8/21/2018 (since May 2018)
14. Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege (since Jan 2017)
15. The Accursed 9/28/2018 (since 2015)
16. Manfred (since 2017)
17. The Shadow Out of Time 1029/2018 (since 2016)
18. Orlando 11/17/2018 (on list since 2015)
19. The Snow Leopard 12/6/2018 (on list since 2017)

books from my favorite genres (sf, fantasy, horror): 32/15 so far
1. Inside Job (sf/humor) 1/9/2018
2. Chocolat (I'm counting this as fantasy) 1/14/2018
3. Radio Dramatization of Tales from the Perilous Realm (fantasy) 1/26/2018
4. The Science of Discworld (fantasy) 1/28/2018
5. Too Like the Lightning (sf) 2/9/2018
6. The Story of Kullervo (fantasy/myth) 2/20/2018
7. The Stars Are Legion (sf) 3/2/2018
8. Seven Surrenders (sf) 3/7/2018
9. The Fifth Season 3/20/2018
10. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (reread) (fantasy) 3/24/2018
11. The Warrior's Apprentice (sf) 3/29/2018
12. The Years of Rice and Salt (sf/alternate history) 4/8/2018
13. Children of God (sf) 4/21/2018
14. The Man in the High Castle (sf)/alternate history) 4/23/2018
15. The Lifecycle of Software Objects (sf) 4/23/2018
16. The Lathe of Heaven 4/29/2018 (sf)
17. Spin (sf) 5/5/2018
18. Vortex 7/8/2018
19. The Obelisk Gate (fantasy) 7/24/2018
20. Little, Big (fantasy) 7/28/2018
21. The Owl Service (reread) (fantasy) 8/24/2018
22. The House of the Wolfings (fantasy) 9/9/2018
23. The Stone Sky (sf/fantasy) 9/19/2018
24. The Red Tree (horror/fantasy) 10/7/2018
25. The Ballad of Black Tom (horror) 10/16/2018
26. The Sandman Universe #1 (fantasy) 10/28/2018
27. The Shadow Out of Time (horror) 10/29/2018
28. Tales of Moonlight and Rain (horror/fantasy) 11/3/2018 (horror)
29. Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr 11/30/2018 (fantasy)
30. Her Body and Other Parties (fantasy/horror)
31. The Red Magician (fantasy)
32. The Children of Húrin (fantasy) (reread)

books from my favorite author(s): 14/10
1. The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore by W.B. Yeats1/12/2018
2. Radio Dramatization of Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien 1/26/2018
3. The Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett1/28/2018
4. The Story of Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien 2/20/2018
5. Henry V by William Shakespeare3/5/2018
6. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (reread) 3/24/2018
7. The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin 3/26/2018
8. The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson4/8/2018
9. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin4/29/2018
10. Mort by Terry Pratchett 8/24/2018
11. Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien 8/25/2018
12. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 9/17/2018
13. Love's Labor's Lost by William Shakespeare
14. The Sandman Universe #1 by Neil Gaiman10/28/2018

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Beth!

[Laura]

I love this challenge, I want in!

Planning vs Achieving
Jan 1/18-Jan 31-18

This year I will read:

_10__ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
_2__complete series (more than 3 books in total)
_2__complete trilogies
1___books that I keep avoiding
__3_chunksters (over 450 pages)
_15__new releases
_20__new to me author(s)
3___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
15___ books from my favorite genre
_10__ books from my favorite author(s)
__3_ books that everybody else seems to have read but me

* may increase or decrease #'s

[Laura]

Planning vs Achieving

Achieving

Award Winners
1. What We Lose 1/6/18
2. By Your Side 1/13/18
3.Home Fire 1/27/18
4.Turtles All the Way Down 2/16/18
5.Geekerella 2/19/18
6. The Bear and the Nightingale 2/25/18
7. Scythe 3/5/18
8.Eligible 4/2/18

Series Complete
1. The Awakening 3/18/18
2

Trilogies Complete
1
2

Books I Keep Avoiding

Chunksters
1. Fingersmith 1/13/18
2.Renegades 1/25/18
3. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer2/2-18
4.Eligible 4/2/18
5.Small Favor 4/8/18

New Releases
1.This Fallen Prey
2.The Cruel Prince
3.Dark in Death
4.The Great Alone
5.Burn Bright
6.The Woman in the Window
7.Poison
8. The Family Next Door
9.Let Me Lie


New to Me Authors: 20/20- complete
1.Welcome to Your Life -1/6/18
2. What We Lose- 1/6/18
3. Garnet- 1/6/18
4. The Lightkeeper's Daughters -1/2/18
5. My Husband's Wife-1/1/18
6.By Your Side-1/13/18
7.Practical Magic-1/13/18
8. Home Fire- 1/27/18
9.The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer- 2/2/18
10. Geekerella -2/19/18
11.The Bear and the Nightingale- 2/25/18
12. The Cruel Prince-3/4/18
13. Good as Gone-4/7/18
14.The Woman in the Window 4/4/18
15.Eligible -4/2/18
16. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo -3/28/18
17. The Sweetest Thing 3/17/18
18. Wicked Beat 3/17/18
19.Romancing the Billionaire 3/14/18
20. Dirty 3/12/18

Out of Comfort Zone books

TBR books
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Favorite Genre
1. Killman Creek- 1/9/18
2. The Lightkeeper's Daughters- 1/2/18
3. My Husband's Wife- 1/1/18
4.This Fallen Prey


Favorite Authors
1. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs- 1/14/18
2.Fair Game by Patricia Briggs -1/20/18
3.This Fallen Prey by Kelly Armstrong-2/4/18
4.On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah- 2/10/18
5.The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah- 3/3/18
6. Dark in Death by J.D. Robb- 3/8/18
7.

Everyone's Read But Me

[Laura]

reserved

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Laura!

[Ebb]

I did this last year and completed most of the categories. I really loved this challenge so I think I'll start again, if that's okay!

award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts) (10/10)


complete series (more than 3 books in total) (0/2)


complete trilogies (0/2)


books that I keep avoiding (19/10) COMPLETE


chunksters (over 450 pages) (3/5)


new releases (2017-2018) (7/10)


new to me author(s) (23/20) COMPLETE
Douglas Preston

out of my comfort zone books (6/10)


books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies (15/30)


books from my favorite genre (horror/true crime) (14/15)


books from my favorite author(s) (4/20)


books that everybody else seems to have read but me (13/10) COMPLETE

[ᒪᗴᗩᕼ]

Since I'm not going to finish the 3rd and final book in the End of Men Series (due to it not coming out yet)...I'm calling this one finished and I managed to hit every goal except that one. Not bad...

Planning vs. Achieving 2018

My Plan:


✔10 ~award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
2 ~complete trilogies
✔5 ~books that I keep avoiding
✔8 ~chunk-sters (over 450 pages)
✔20 ~new releases
✔35 ~new to me author(s)
✔2 ~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
✔45~books from my favorite genre
✔25 ~books from my favorite author(s)
✔5 ~books that everybody else seems to have read but me

MY BOOKS READ FOR THIS CHALLENGE W/DATE FINISHED & RATING
(view spoiler)[
of by Ruta Sepetys -1/12/17☆5☆
by Jennifer L. Armentrout -01/14/18☆4.5☆
by Diana Rowland -1/19/18☆4.5☆
by Amy Harmon -1/21/18☆4.8☆
by Stephanie Kuehn -1/23/18☆3.2☆
by Araminta Hall -1/26/18☆4☆
by K.A. Tucker -1/29/18☆4.2☆
by Kelly Oram -1/31/18☆4.3☆
by Meg Gardiner -02/04/18☆5☆
by Jessi Kirby -2/7/18☆4.2☆
by Sylvain Neuvel -2/10/18☆5+☆
by Laura Thalassa -2/10/18☆4.3☆
by Ali Land -2/16/18☆3.2☆
by Jane Robins -2/21/18☆2.7☆
by Leylah Attar -2/24/18☆4.8☆
by Krysten Ritter -2/24/18☆3.8☆
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes -2/27/18☆4.3☆
by John Marrs -3/3/18☆4.3☆
by Colleen Hoover -3/9/17☆4.2☆
by Emma Scott -3/15/18☆4.7☆
by Jennifer Castle -3/15/18☆2☆
by Kimmery Martin -3/22/18☆3☆
by Amie Kaufman -3/23/18☆5+☆
by Sylvain Neuvel -3/26/18☆4.7☆
by Laura Thalassa -3/30/18☆2.3☆
by Christina Henry -4/2/18☆4.3☆
by Eliza Crewe -4/4/18☆4.5☆
by Louise O'Neill -4/4/18☆4.3☆
by Matthew Quick -4/7/18☆3.7☆
by Kate Jarvik Birch -4/8/18☆3.8☆
by Amie Kaufman 4/14/18☆5+☆ REREAD ON 12/13/18
by Jennifer Hillier -4/17/18☆2☆
by Susan Ee -4/17/18☆4.8☆
by Blake Crouch -4/20/18☆4.3☆
by Heather Young -4/24/18☆3.2☆
by Amy Harmon -4/26/18☆4.3☆
by Dot Hutchison -4/28/18☆3.7☆
by Cat Winters -4/29/18☆3.8☆
by Jay Kristoff -5/2/18☆5☆
by Mariana Zapata -5/3/18☆1.5☆
by Rachel Caine -5/7/18☆3☆
by Alexandra Christo -5/12/18☆4.3☆
by Tarryn Fisher -5/15/18☆4.3☆
by Diana Rowland -5/18/18☆4.5☆
by Stylo Fantome -5/20/18☆3.3☆
by Pierce Brown -5/22/18☆3☆
by Justina Ireland -5/23/18☆3☆
by Chuck Wendig -5/28/18☆3.8☆
by Heather Lyons -5/29/18☆4.2☆
by Lyndsay Ely -6/5/18☆3.5☆
by Rachel Higginson -6/6/18☆4.3☆
by Emily Carpenter -6/6/18☆4.3☆
by Liz Nugent -6/10/18☆4☆
by Elle Casey -6/11/18☆1.5☆
by Ilyasah Shabazz -6/14/18☆4.5☆
by Calia Read -6/17/18☆3☆
by Lila Bowen -6/19/18☆2.8☆
by Alice Feeney -6/20/18☆3☆
by Jennifer Jaynes -6/21/18☆2☆
by Christina Henry -6/24/18☆5☆
by Stacey Lee -6/25/18☆4.2☆
by Kim Savage -6/25/18☆2.7☆
by Mindy McGinnis -6/28/18☆4.3☆
by K.A. Tucker -06/29/18☆5☆
by Tarryn Fisher -7/3/18☆3.3☆
by Rachel Higginson -7/7/18☆4.5☆
by Ryan Graudin -7/11/18☆4.5☆
by Daniel Woodrell -7/12/18☆3.7☆
by Isaac Marion -7/17/18☆4.3☆
by Tricia Levenseller -7/21/18☆4.5☆
by E. Lockhart -7/24/18☆3☆
by Tarryn Fisher & Willow Aster -7/26/18☆3.2☆
by Penelope Ward -8/2/18☆4.3☆
by Alwyn Hamilton -8/6/18☆3.5☆
by Jenn Bennett -8/7/18☆4☆
by Ernest Cline -8/15/18☆4.7☆
by Colleen Hoover -8/21/18☆4.5☆
by Tarryn Fisher -8/31/18☆5☆
by McKelle George 8/31/18☆3.5☆
by Kendare Blake -9/17/18☆3.8☆
by Mike Bockoven -9/18/18☆5☆
by Heather Lyons -9/23/18☆3.5☆
by Tarryn Fisher -9/26/18☆4☆
by Kristen Callihan -10/9/18☆4☆
by Nalini Singh -10/11/18☆3.5☆
by Blake Crouch -10/13/18☆4.7☆
by Blake Crouch -10/16/18☆4.7☆
by J.A. Redmerski -10/23/18☆4☆
by Jennifer L. Armentrout -10/27/18☆2.7☆
by Sarah Fine -11/1/18
by Rebecca Yarros -11/5/18
by Adrienne Young -11/10/18
by Caroline Nolan -11/12/18
by Erin Hahn -11/19/18
by Jennifer Estep -11/30/18
by Katy Regnery -12/4/18
by Amie Kaufman -4/14/18☆5+☆ REREAD ON 12/13/18
by Marissa Meyer -12/19/18☆4.3☆
by Emma Scott -12/20/18☆4.3☆
by Colleen Hoover -12/28/18☆5☆
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[ᒪᗴᗩᕼ]

Planning vs. Achieving 2018

My Achievements:

✔๏10๏~award winners: (10/10)



๏2๏ ~complete trilogies: (1/2)

WAYWARD PINES


END OF MEN


✔๏5๏ ~books that I keep avoiding: (5/5)



✔๏8๏ ~chunk-sters (over 450 pages): (9/8)



✔๏20๏ ~new releases: (20/20)




✔๏35๏ ~new to me author(s): (35/35)



✔๏2๏ ~out of my comfort zone books: (2/2)



✔๏5๏ ~books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies: (5/5)



✔๏45๏~books from my favorite genre (romance): (45/45)



✔๏25๏ ~books from my favorite author(s): (25/25)




✔๏5๏ ~books that everybody else seems to have read but me: (5/5)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome ( back) Ebony & Leah!

Challenge posts are linked above

[Julie]

I want to read 150 fiction books this year and work on my tbr and 1001. Not sure where this will fit in but looks fun.

This year I will read:

_20_ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)

1_complete series (more than 3 books in total)
Possibly the gunslinger series by Stephen King 8 books or
The hitchhiker's guide Douglas Adams 5 books or
The game of thrones series George R.R. Martin 7 books or
The Once and Future King series 5 books or
V for Vendetta 10 book series, graphic novels or


3___complete trilogies
1. 1.Lady Midnight, Lord of Shadows ,Queen of Air and Darkness
2. Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance
3. Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star
4. The Delphi Effect, The Delphi Resistance, The Delphi Revolution

_5__books that I keep avoiding
War and Peace
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
2666
1Q84

_7__chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. Lady Midnight
2. Lord of Shadows
3. Queen of Air and Darkness
4. 2666
5.1Q84

_5__new releases
1. Queen of Air and Darkness 2018
Possibly
2. The Delphi Resistance2017
3.The Delphi Revolution 2018
The Shape of Water
Folk
The Toymakers
The Tangled Lands
Paris Adrift
How to Stop Time
One Way
Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
_25__new to me author(s) 12/25

_4__out of my comfort zone books

_30__books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
5/30
1Q84
2666
War and Peace

_50__ books from my favorite genre 8/50

_0_ books from my favorite author(s) i don't have a favorite author yet.

_5__ books that everybody else seems to have read but me

[Julie]

Achieving

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Award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)


complete series (more than 3 books in total)

complete trilogies
1. Lady Midnight, book 2, book 3
2. Annihilation, book 2, book 3
3.
books that I keep avoiding

chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. Lady Midnight 698 pgs

new releases

new to me author(s)
1. Cassandra Clare
2. George Orwell
3. Jules Verne
4. Alice Broadway
5. J.J. Valentin
6. Brooke Nico
7. Iris Schreier
8. Christopher J. Yates
9. Colette Martin
10. Tiffany Lazic
11. Sanober Khan
12. Neil Gaiman
13.Jeff VanderMeer

out of my comfort zone books

books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
1. The Fall of the House of Usher
2. The Purloined Letter
3. The Tell-Tale Heart
4. 1984
5. 20000 Leagues Under the Sea

books from my favorite genre fantasy/scifi/ horror
1. The Tell-Tale Heart
2. The Purloined Letter
3. The Fall of the House of Usher
4. Lady Midnight
5. Ink
6. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
7. 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
8. 1984
books from my favorite author(s)

books that everybody else seems to have read but me

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge; Julie!

Your challenge post has been linked above

[Cai]

Cai's Plan

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
5 books that I keep avoiding
5 chunksters (over 450 pages)
5 new releases
5 new to me author(s)
2 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
5 books from my favorite genre
2 books from my favorite author(s)
2 books that everybody else seems to have read but me

[Cai]

Actual:

5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
a) 21/03/18
b) 02/04/18
c) 30/10/18
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
5 books that I keep avoiding
a) 25/03/18
5 chunksters (over 450 pages)
a) 16/02/18
b) 05/03/18
c) 15/07/18
5 new releases
a) 10/08/18
b) 17/08/18
5 new to me author(s)
a) 23/03/18
2 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
a) 16/08/18
5 books from my favorite genre
a) 30/09/18
2 books from my favorite author(s)
a) 24/09/18
2 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
a) 11/10/18
b) 24/10/18

[LittleRedRidingHood]

Red Riding Hood's Plan

This year I will read:
7 --> award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
3 --> complete series (more than 3 books in total)
2 --> complete trilogies
3 --> books that I keep avoiding
10 --> chunksters (over 450 pages)
2 --> new releases
12 --> new to me author(s)
2 --> out of my comfort zone books (horror)
10 --> books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
7 --> books from my favorite genre (crime)
5 --> books from my favorite author(s)
10 --> books that everybody else seems to have read but me

[LittleRedRidingHood]

Red Riding Hood's Achievements

award winners (5/7)
☑1. A Monster Calls
☑2. When Breath Becomes Air
3. The Shadow of the Wind
☑4. The Reader
☑5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
☑6. City of Heavenly Fire
7.

complete series (1/3)
☑1. City of Heavenly Fire
2. Fairest > Winter > Stars Above
3.

complete trilogies (0/2)
1. Honor's Knight > Heaven's Queen
2. Veritas

books that I keep avoiding (0/3)
1. The Valley of Horses
2. The Catcher in the Rye
3. A Court of Mist and Fury


chunksters (10/10)
☑1. Smilla's Sense of Snow (467)
☑2. The Alice Network (520)
☑3. Little Women (481)
☑4. Feed (599)
☑5. A Feast for Crows (855)
☑6. Assassin's Apprentice (484)
☑7. Frederica (573)
☑8. City of Heavenly Fire (597)
☑9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (580)
☑10. Let the Right One In (513)


new releases (1/2)
☑1. Beneath the Sugar Sky

new to me authors (12/12)
☑1.Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
☑2. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
☑3. Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
☑4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
☑5. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
☑6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
☑7. The Gift of Story: A Wise Tale About What is Enough by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
☑8. Srčna joga by Ana Kersnik Žvab
☑9. The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
☑10. The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
☑11. Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
☑12. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh

out of my comfort zone (horror) (1/2)
☑1. Feed
☑2. Let the Right One In

dust collecters (5/10)
☑1. Smilla's Sense of Snow
☑ 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. The Handmaid's Tale
☑4. The Reader
☑5. Love in the Time of Cholera
☑6. The Great Gatsby
7. Pasja grofica
8.
9.
10.

favorite genre (crime) (7/7)
☑1. Her Royal Spyness
☑2. Smilla's Sense of Snow
☑3. The Silent Sister
☑4. Conclave
☑5. The Silent Sister
☑6. He Said/She Said
☑7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

favorite authors (3/5)
☑1. Feed by Mira Grant
☑2. Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach
☑3. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
4. The Truth Factory by Cody McFadyen
5. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

books that everybody else seems to have read but me (4/10)
☑1. A Monster Calls
☑2. Little Women
3. The Secret History
4. The Night Circus
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
☑ 6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
☑7. Assassin's Apprentice
8. The Handmaid's Tale
9. The Martian
10. The Shadow of the Wind

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge; Cai & LittleRedRidingHood!

Your challenge posts have been updated HERE

[Nicole]

Planning vs Achieving 2018

THE PLAN


5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogy
5 books that I keep avoiding
3 chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 new releases
5 new to me author(s)
2 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
5 books from my favorite genre - contemporary romance
10 books from my favorite author(s) - Lauren Layne, Tessa Bailey, Sherilee Gray, Jill Shalvis, Nalini Singh, Kate Meader
2 books that everybody else seems to have read but me

Total books: 58

[Nicole]

Planning vs Achieving 2018

ACHIEVEMENTS

58/58 achieved

AWARD WINNERS
1. Angel's Wolf by Nalini Singh (23/04) ★★★★ - winner of the RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Romance Novella (2012).
2. Chase Me by Tessa Bailey (28/04) ★★★ - winner of the RT Book Reviews Seal of Excellence Award.
3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (17/05) ★★★★ - countless awards including the British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year (1998).
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (28/05) ★★★ - countless awards including the British Book Award (1999).
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (30/06) ★★★ - countless awards including the Golden Archer Award for Intermediate (2001).



COMPLETED SERIES
1. Unguarded by Noelle Adams (03/03) ★★
2. Untouched by Noelle Adams (07/04) ★★★
3. Unveiled by Noelle Adams (07/04) ★★★



COMPLETED TRILOGY
1. Penthouse Prince by Virginia Nelson (26/02) ★★
2. The Irish Prince by Virginia Nelson (29/03) ★★★
3. The Firstborn Prince by Virginia Nelson (29/03) ★★★★



BOOKS I'M AVOIDING
1. Duke of Manhattan by Louise Bay (12/02) ★★★
2. Fractured by Lori Sjoberg (12/03) ★★★
3. Crown Jewels by Ella James (19/03) ★
4. Man Hands by Sarina Bowen & Tanya Eby (28/03) ★★★★★
5. Roomies by Christina Lauren (31/03) ★★★



CHUNKSTERS
1. Ride Steady by Kristen Ashley (10/02) ★★★
2. Beard in Mind by Penny Reid (09/03) ★★★
3. The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter (18/03) ★★★



NEW RELEASES
1. The Billionaire's Unexpected Baby by Kira Archer (20/02) ★★★
2. Wrangling His Virgin by Jenika Snow & Bella Love-Wins (21/02) ★★
3. Be Mine... Or Else by Alexa Riley (23/02) ★★★
4. Indecent Exposure by Tessa Bailey (23/02) ★★★★
5. Double The Ache by Alexa Riley (24/02) ★★★
6. Thief by A. Zavarelli (25/02) ★★★★
7. The Penthouse Pact by Cathryn Fox (25/02) ★★★
8. Man Candy by Jessica Lemmon (02/03) ★★★
9. Undone By You by Kate Meader (07/03) ★★★★
10. The Beau & the Belle by R.S. Grey (11/03) ★★★



NEW-TO-ME AUTHORS
1. The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole (19/02) ★★★
2. 69 Million Things I Hate About You by Kira Archer (20/02) ★★★★
3. Straight Up Irish by Magan Vernon (02/03) ★★★
4. Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker (03/03) ★★★
5. The Last Single Girl by Caitie Quinn (04/03) ★★



OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE
1. Blackwood by Celia Aaron (30/04) ★★★
2. After Hours by Lynda Aicher (04/05) ★★★



SINCE FOREVER
1. Talking Dirty With the Boss by Jackie Ashenden (18/02) ★★★
2. Tycoon by Katy Evans (21/02) ★★
3. All or Nothing at All by Jennifer Probst (22/02) ★★★
4. Coming In From the Cold by Sarina Bowen (22/03) ★★★
5. Mister Moneybags by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward (25/03) ★★★



FAVORITE GENRE - CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
1. The Charmer by Avery Flynn (27/02) ★★★★
2. Temporary by Sarina Bowen & Sarah Mayberry (10/03) ★★★
3. Cocky Roommate by Claire Kingsley (12/02) ★★★
4. Baby Maker by P. Dangelico (14/03) ★★★
5. Sex, Not Love by Vi Keeland (15/03) ★★★



FAVORITE AUTHORS
1. So Over You by Kate Meader (15/02) ★★★
2. The V Card by Lauren Blakely & Lili Valente (24/02) ★★★★
3. Boiling Point by Tessa Bailey (28/02) ★★★
4. Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh (06/03) ★★★★
5. Raw Redemption by Tessa Bailey (10/03) ★★★
6. The Schemer by Avery Flynn (16/03) ★★★★
7. Pretty as a Peach by Juliette Poe (23/03) ★★★
8. Getaway Girl by Tessa Bailey (26/03) ★★★★★
9. Disturbing His Peace by Tessa Bailey (24/04) ★★★★★
10. The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren (26/04) ★★★★★



BOOKS OTHERS HAVE READ BUT ME
1. By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho (02/03) ★★★
2. Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley (04/04) ★★★

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[Aminko]

2019 Planning Vs Achieving Reading Challenge
1 Jan to 31 Dec, 2019

Planning Post

This year I will read:
5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
2 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
3 complete trilogies
5 books that I keep avoiding
5 chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 new releases
4 new to me author(s)
2 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
10 books from my favorite genre - Paranormal Romance
5 books from my favorite author(s)
5 books that everybody else seems to have read but me

Planned Completion: 76+

[Aminko]

2019 Planning Vs Achieving Reading Challenge
1 Jan to 31 Dec, 2019

Achieving Post

Books Read: 65

Award Winners COMPLETED
1. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (Orange Prize) (5/1/2019)
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Pulitzer) (31/1/2019)
3. Educated by Tara Westover (Reading Women Award for Non Fiction) (5/4/2019)
4. Updraft by Fran Wilde (Compton Cook Award 2016) (26/4/2019)
5. Lock In by John Scalzi (ALA Alex Award 2015) (23/5/2019)



Complete Series
Series 1: Space Gypsy Chronicles
1. Pirate by Eve Langlais (19/1/2019)
2.
3.
4.



Series 2: New SpeciesCOMPLETED
1. Darkness by Laurann Dohner (22/2/2019)
2. Smiley by Laurann Dohner (26/11/2019)
3. Numbers by Laurann Dohner (31/12/2019)



Series 3: Pride
1. The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston (21/2/2019)
2.
3.



Complete Trilogies
Trilogy 1: Ennek Trilogy
1. Stasis by Kim Fielding (15/3/2019)
2.
3.



Trilogy 2: The Forge Trilogy
1. Deal with the Devil by Meghan March (3/4/2019)
2. Luck of the Devil by Meghan March (7/8/2019)
3.



Trilogy 3:
1.
2.
3.

Books I Keep Avoiding COMPLETED
1. The Anatomy of Jane by Amelia LeFay (14/4/2019)
2. The Mistress Mistake by Lynda Chance (9/5/2019)
3. Fairytale Beginnings by Holly Martin (18/5/2019)
4. Catastrophic by Dustin Stevens (27/5/2019)
5. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (9/6/2019)



Chunksters COMPLETED
1. Die Trying by Lee Child (2/2/2019)
2. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2/3/2019)
3. Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley (27/3/2019)
4. Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton (19/5/2019)
5. Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan (31/5/2019)



New Releases
1. The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier (7/2/2019)
2. Cruel Money by K.A. Linde (12/4/2019)
3. Rebel Dragon by Anna Lowe (18/5/2019)
4. Boyfriend Bargain by Ilsa Madden-Mills (15/6/2019)
5. Flirting with the Frenemy by Pippa Grant (14/8/2019)
6. Black Crow, White Snow by Michael Livingston (1/9/2019)
7. The Plus One by Sarah Archer (1/10/2019)
8. With a Hitch by R.C. Boldt (7/11/2019)
9. Wally Roux, Quantum Mechanic by Nick Carr (22/12/2019)
10.



New Authors - COMPLETE
1. The British Knight by Louise Bay (7/1/2019)
2. The Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley (19/1/2019)
3. On His Watch by Katie Ruggle (27/1/2019)
4. The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (15/2/2019)



Out of My Comfort Zone
1. Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
2.



Unloved TBR Books - COMPLETED
1. The Devil in Disguise by Cynthia Eden (9/3/2019)
2. Chasing the Sun by Natalia Sylvester (13/3/2019)
3. My Scandalous Duke by Theresa Romain (23/3/2019)
4. Elite by Elizabeth SaFleur (6/5/2019)
5. Kane by L.A. Casey (13/6/2019)
6. Her Christmas Earl by Anna Campbell (16/6/2019)
7. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (21/6/2019)
8. King of Wall Street by Louise Bay (22/6/2019)
9. Privacy Code by Jordan Burke (23/6/2019)
10. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green



Paranormal Romance
1. Rane's Mate by Hazel Gower (10/2/2019)
2. Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle (12/3/2019)
3. Hunted by a Jaguar by Felicity Heaton (8/7/2019)
4. The Black Lily by Juliette Cross (31/7/2019)
5. Lure of the Dragon by Anna Lowe (18/8/2019)
6. City of the Fallen by Diana Bocco (31/8/2019)
7. An Unexpected Diversion by Vella Day (17/10/2019)
8. Fire Breathing Beast by Candace Ayers (18/11/2019)
9.
10.



Favourite Authors COMPLETED
1. Dirty Scoundrel by Jessica Clare (9/2/2019)
2. Blood Lines by Angela Marsons (14/5/2019)
3. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (11/6/2019)
4. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (9/8/2019)
5. Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs (6/11/2019)



Everyone's Read It But Me COMPLETED
1. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (8/5/2019)
2. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (8/6/2019)
3. Less by Andrew Sean Greer (29/6/2019)
4. The Awakening by Kate Chopin (31/8/2019)
5. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (21/9/2019)

[Sassafrass]

2019 Planning Vs Achieving Reading Challenge
1 Jan to 31 Dec, 2019

[Sassafrass]

2019 Planning Vs Achieving Reading Challenge
1 Jan to 31 Dec, 2019

[Beth]

2019 Planning Vs Achieving Reading Challenge
1 Jan to 31 Dec, 2019

Planning Post

This year I will read:
10 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1 complete trilogy (the Three Californias trilogy)
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
15 new to me author(s)
10 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
15 books from my favorite genre (fantasy and science fiction)
10 books from my favorite author(s)

[Beth]

Achieving Post
1 Jan to 31 Dec, 2019

10/10 award winners
1. Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening 1/27/2019 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
2. A Stranger in Olondria 3/15/2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
3. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 3/20/2019 Edgar Award for Best Novel
4. Citizen: An American Lyric 3/23/2019 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
5. Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood 4/7/2019 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
6. Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven 5/4/2019 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
7. The Left Hand of Darkness 9/22/2019 Nebula Award for Best Novel
8. Declare 5/28/2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
9. Spinning Silver 5/29/2019 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
10. The Song of Achilles 9/6/2019 Orange Prize for Fiction (2012)

7/10 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies:
1. Norse Mythology 1/23/2019 (on TBR since 2016)
2. Roadside Picnic 1/26/2019 (on TBR since 2016)
3. Three Men in a Boat 1/27/2019 (on TBR since 2016)
4. The Social Contract 2/7/2019 (on TBR since 2016)
5. The Bacchae and Other Plays 2/12/2019 (on TBR since 2018)
6. A Stranger in Olondria 3/15/2019 (on TBR since 2015)
7. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 3/20/2019 (on TBR since 2016)

5/10 chunksters:
1. The Odyssey 3/4/2019
2.Declare 5/28/2019
3. Tigana 6/18/2019
4. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (abridged) 7/26/2019
5. Bleak House 11/30/2019
18/10 new to me authors: see message in other thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

21/15 books from my favorite genre/s (fantasy & science fiction):
1. The Sandman Universe: The Dreaming #1 1/25/2019
2. Guards! Guards! 1/26/2019
3. Roadside Picnic 1/26/2019
4. Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening 1/27/2019
5. A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar 3/15/2019
6. The Black Tides of Heaven March 2019
7. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch April 2019
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy April 2019
9. City of Bones April 2019
10. Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening396738] Jan 2019
11.Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood April 2019
12. Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven May 2019
13. The Left Hand of Darkness 4/29/2019
14. Declare 5/28/2019
15. Spinning Silver 5/29/2019
16. Tigana 6/18/2019
17. The Song of Achilles 9/6/2019
18. Use of Weapons 10/27/2019
19. A Night in the Lonesome October 10/31/2019
20. The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains 6/3/2019
21. The House on the Borderland 9/22/2019
5/10 books from my favorite authors:
1. No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters 1/10/2019
2. Norse Mythology 1/23/2019
3. Guards! Guards! 1/26/2019 (reread)
4. The Odyssey 3/4/2019 (reread)
5. Macbeth 4/10/2019 (reread)

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Seraphina's Planning Spot


This year I will read:
01 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
05 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
05 complete trilogies
05 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
02 new releases
05 new to me author(s)
05 out of my comfort zone books
03 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
10 books from my favorite genre
05 books from my favorite author(s)
05 books that everybody else seems to have read but me

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Seraphina's Achieving Spot


This year I will read:
01 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
Completed: 1/1
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The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh 20/02/2019
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05 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
Completed: 2/5
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1. Sea Swept, Rising Tides, Inner Harbor, Chesapeake Blue 11/03/2019
2. Wild Magic, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Tamora Pierce 24/03/2019
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05 complete trilogies
Completed: 1/5
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1. The Next Always, The Last Boyfriend, The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts 02/02/2019
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05 books that I keep avoiding
Completed: 0/5
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10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
Completed: 2/10
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Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts - 11/01/2019 pp. 496
Grave Mercy - Robin LaFevers - 15/03/2019 pp. 549
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02 n/ew releases
Completed: 0/2
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05 new to me author(s)
Completed: 5/5
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The Magpie Lord - K.J. Charles - 18/01/2019 pp. 222
Lost Voices - Sarah Porter - 24/01/2019 pp. 291
Witch Way to Murder - Shirley Damsgaard - 27/01/2019 pp. 292
Something About You - Julie James - 02/02/2019 pp. 307
Evidence of Trust - Stacey Joy Netzel - 02/02/2019 pp. 276
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05 out of my comfort zone books
Completed: 3/5
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Reckless Point - Cora Brent - 22/03/2019 pp. 205
The Look of Love - Bella Andre - 25/03/2019 pp. 384
Silver Thaw - Catherine Anderson - 29/03/2019 pp. 423
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03 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
Completed: 1/3
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Storm Born - Richelle Mead - 18/01/2019 pp. 361
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10 books from my favorite genre
Completed: 6/10
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Shadow of The Fox - Julie Kagawa - 22/01/2019 pp. 409
Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi - 16/02/2019 pp. 338
Second Grave on the Left - Darynda Jones - 13/03/2019 pp. 307
Emperor Mage - Tamora Pierce - 23/03/2019 pp. 358
Burn Bright - Patricia Briggs - 27/03/2019 pp. 308
Dead Eye - Alyssa Day - 28/03/2019 pp. 210
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05 books from my favorite author(s)
Completed: 5/5
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Carnal Innocence - Nora Roberts - 21/01/2019
Honest Illusions - Nora Roberts - 23/01/2019
Sea Swept - Nora Roberts 05/02/2019
Angels Fall - Nora Roberts - 12/02/2019
Rising Tides - Nora Roberts - 04/03/2019
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05 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Completed: 0/5
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[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

⇝LEAH⇜ wrote: "I finished this and My Challenge Update is here"

Congratulations Leah!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge everyone!

Links have been added.

[Suzanne]

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge
Duration: August 1st, 2020 to July 31st, 2021

Progress: 0 out of 120

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:
10 Award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
10 Complete series (more than 3 books in total)
10 Complete trilogies
10 Books that I keep avoiding
10 Chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 New releases
10 New to me author(s)
10 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
10 Books from my favorite genre
10 Books from my favorite author(s)
10 Books that everybody else seems to have read but me

[Suzanne]

Reserved

[Laura]

Planning vs Achieving 2020

This year I will read:
10___ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
3___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
_2__complete trilogies
__3_books that I keep avoiding
_5__chunksters (over 450 pages)
__20_new releases
__20_new to me author(s)
_4__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
_25__ books from my favorite genre
_25__ books from my favorite author(s)
__7_ books that everybody else seems to have read but me

[Laura]

con't.....

[Tari]

Planning vs Achieving 2020
January 1, 2020-December 31, 2020

I have specific goals in mind to work on the TBR and ARCs, so I'm only going to use a select few of the prompts. Hopefully I'll be able to revise the numbers upward. ;) (I'm going with how many I know will fit in the next post, 75

36 new releases
20 new to me author(s)
12 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
7 books from my favorite author(s)

[Tari]

Tracking for Planning vs Achieving 2020:
Finished 75 on 5/3/20, will keep going till out of characters
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New Releases: 57/36
1. Theater Nights Are Murder Libby Klein 1/2/20
2. There's A Murder Afoot Vicki Delany 1/5/20
3. Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury Lee Hollis 1/8/20
4. Silenced in Sequins Debra Sennefelder 1/16/20
5. Bound for Murder Victoria Gilbert 1/22/20
6. Statue of Limitations Kate Collins 1/28/20
7. A Field Guide to Homicide Lynn Cahoon 1/29/20
8. Murder on the SS Mystique Shelly West 1/31/20
9. The Book of Candlelight Ellery Adams 2/3/20
10. Drugged on Deck Susan Harper 2/5/20
11. In Cold Chamomile Joy Avon 2/8/20
12. A Crafter Quilts a Crime Holly Quinn 2/10/20
13. Dead in the Water Susan Harper 2/15/20
14. Dead to the Last Drop Tonya Kappes 2/22/20
15. Al Dente's Inferno Stephanie Cole 2/23/20
16. Here Comes the Body Maria DiRico 2/26/20
17. Coconut Layer Cake Murder Joanne Fluke 2/28/20
18. Farmer in the Dead CeeCee James 2/29/20
19. Murder Makes Scents Christin Brecher 3/2/20
20. Death by Chocolate Frosted Doughnut Sarah Graves 3/4/20
21. Death on the Page Essie Lang 3/10/20
22. Murder at First Sight Shelly West 3/11/20
23. Revenge Is Sweet Kaye George 3/12/20
24. Death of a Blueberry Tart Lee Hollis 3/27/20
25. Murder at the Taffy Shop Maddie Day 4/1/20
26. Dead on the Vine Elle Brooke White 4/4/20
27. A Corpse at the Castle R.B. Marshall 4/6/20
28. The Body in the Turkish Bath Shelly West 4/7/20
29. Pulp Friction Julie Anne Lindsey 4/11/20
30. Empaths and Paws Penny Brooke 4/16/20
31. Some Like It Shot Zara Keane 4/18/20
32. Six Cloves Under Gin Jones 4/20/20
33. A Fatal Finale Kathleen Marple Kalb 4/28/20
34. Mrs. Morris and the Witch Traci Wilton 4/29/20
35. Botched Butterscotch Amanda Flower 4/30/20
36. The Diva Spices It Up Krista Davis 5/3/20
37. Murder in the Wine Country Janet Finsilver 5/4/20
38. The Secrets of Bones Kylie Logan 5/5/20
39. A Deadly Inside Scoop Abby Collette 5/10/20
40. Secrets of a Small Town Adele M. Cooper 5/12/20
41. To Kill a Mocking Girl Harper Kincaid 5/13/20
42. A Spell for Trouble Esme Addison 5/14/20
43. A Study in Murder Callie Hutton 5/19/20
44. Secrets of the Past Shelly West 5/20/20
45. Killer Chardonnay Kate Lansing 5/24/20
46. Red Hot Dana Dratch 5/27/20
47. No Filter Heather Day Gilbert 6/1/20 (released 5/26/2020)
48. Killer Souffles and Cliches Mel McCoy 6/13/20
49. A Sprinkling of Murder Daryl Wood Gerber 6/14/20
50. Booked for Death Victoria Gilbert 6/21/20 (releases 8/11/20)
51. Witcher Upper Amy Boyles 6/23/20
52. A Fatal Fiction Kaitlyn Dunnett 6/26/20
53. Overdue to Die J.A. Whiting 6/28/20
54. Still Knife Painting Cheryl Hollon 7/1/20
55. Death on Windmill Way Carrie Doyle 7/2/20
56. Witch Hunt Cate Conte 7/3/20
57. Murder at the Snowed Inn Imogene Plimp 7/7/20

New to Me Authors: 34/20
1. Negative Exposure Lisa B. Thomas 1/4/20
2. Sunshine Hunter Maddie Cochere 1/7/20
3. Murder, She KnitPeggy Ehrhart 1/9/20
4. Zombie Waffle Murder (The Wicked Waffle Series) Carolyn Q. Hunter 1/9/20
5. Cherry Pie or Die CeeCee James 1/15/20
6. Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead Livia J. Washburn 1/15/20
7. Hems and Homicide Elizabeth Penney 1/19/20
8. Dead in Dublin Catie Murphy 1/21/20
9. Murder in Cherry Hills Paige Sleuth 1/22/20
10. Another Saturday Night and I Ain't Got No Body Jennie Marts 1/24/20
11. The Bodies in the Library Marty Wingate 1/25/20
12. Two Birds with One Stone Sigrid Vansandt 2/1/20
13. Red Velvet Cupcakes to Die For Alaine Allister 2/5/20
14. The Girl With Nine Lives E. Earle 2/6/20
15. Ukulele Murder Leslie Langtry 2/8/20
16. A Dangerous Winter K.L. Kovar 2/9/20
17. Stay At Home Dead Jeffrey Allen 2/13/20
18. The Daydreamer Detective S.J. Pajonas 2/18/20
19. Death in a Budapest Butterfly Julia Buckley 2/24/20
20. Until Death Do Us Tart Holly Plum 2/29/20
21. Pit Perfect Murder Renee George 5/7/20
22. The Fiesta Burger Murder Rosie A. Point 5/11/20
23. The Dessert Corpse Tracey Quinn 5/15/20
24. Murder in G Major Alexia Gordon 5/17/20
25. Body in the Bookstore Emma Lee 5/25/20
26. Pineapple Upside Down Murder Jodi Rath 5/25/20
27. Gone to the Dogs June Whyte 5/26/20
28. How to Bake a Murder K.J. Emrick 6/2/20
29. Killer Cruise A.R. Winters 6/6/20
30. One Woman's Junk JB Lynn 6/14/20
31. Sugar and Vice: Cupcake Truck Mysteries Emily James
32. Uncle and Ants Marc Jedel 6/16/20
33. Murder at the Filmore Zelda White 6/18/20
34. All Too Familiar Belinda White 7/5/20

Longtime TBR (or owned) Books: 25/12
1. BlackBuried Pie Lyndsey Cole 1/3/20
2. Death of a Dapper Snowman Angela Pepper 1/11/20
3. Raining Men and Corpses Anne R. Tan 1/12/20
4. Jammed Deany Ray 1/13/20
5. Glazed Murder Jessica Beck 1/17/20
6. Sugar Cookie Murder Joanne Fluke 1/26/20
7. Homicide in Hardcover Kate Carlisle 1/27/20
8. Death by Cashmere Sally Goldenbaum 1/30/20
9. Mistletoe Murder Leslie Meier 2/4/20
10. A Peach of a Murder Livia J. Washburn 2/14/20
11. Pickled Deany Ray 2/16/20
12. Yappy Hour Diana Orgain 2/19/20
13. Murder She Typed Sylvia Selfman 5/19/20
14. Buried in a Bog Sheila Connolly 5/21/20
15. The Triple Hoax Carolyn Keene 5/22/20 (physical TBR around 5 years before even on GR)
16. The Deep End Julie Mulhern 5/24/20
17. A Corpse in the Soup Morgan St. James Phyllice Bradner 5/29/20 (freebie from 2015)
18. A Muddied Murder Wendy Tyson 6/3/20 (since 2017)
19. Picture Perfect Murder Jenna St. James 6/7/20 (since 2018)
20. Destination Murder K.J. Emrick 6/15/20 (owned since 2017)
21. It Takes a Witch Heather Blake 6/17/20 (since 2018)
22. A Deadly Grind Victoria Hamilton 6/19/20 (since March 2017)
23. Dying for Danish Leighann Dobbs 6/22/20 (TBR since Feb. 2017, got from Amazon Sept. 2015)
24. Sharpe Shooter Lisa B. Thomas 6/27/20, owned since December 22, 2015
25. All You Need Is Fudge Nancy Coco 6/30/20 On WTR since 2018
26. A Crafty Killing Lorraine Bartlett 7/6/20 (since February 27, 2017)

Favorite Authors: 27/7
1. Matchmaking Can Be Murder Amanda Flower 1/10/20
2. Death Bee Comes Her Nancy CoCo 1/14/20
3. Cupid's Curse Kathi Daley 2/6/20
4. Color Me Murder Krista Davis 2/7/20
5. Lost and Fondue Avery Aames 2/17/20 (aka Daryl Wood Gerber)
6. Blueberry Muffin Murder Joanne Fluke 2/25/20
7. Peach Pies and Alibis Ellery Adams 2/27/20
8.Dead and Berried Karen MacInerney 5/6/20
9. Murder Most Maine Karen MacInerney 5/8/20
10. Address for Murder Tonya Kappes 5/16/20
11. Canyons, Caravans & Cadavers Tonya Kappes 5/17/20
12. Puppies in Paradise Kathi Daley 5/18/20
13. A Stew to a Kill Jenny Kales 5/23/20
14. Buried Bones Carolyn
Haines 5/28/20
15. Death of a Chocoholic Lee Hollis 5/31/20
16. Bear Witness to Murder Meg Macy 6/4/20
17. Cruise Ship Caper Tegan Maher 6/6/20
18. [Murder by Chocolate|52357508] Rosie A. Point 6/8/20
19. [Marzipan and Murder|52161702] Rosie A. Point 6/9/20
20. Creepy Cake Murder Rosie A. Point 6/10/20
21. Murder and Meringue Cake Rosie A. Point 6/10/20
22. Murder Under the Mistletoe Rosie A. Point 6/10/20
23. Murder Glazed Donuts Rosie A. Point 6/10/20
24. Choc Chip Murder Rosie A. Point 6/11/20
25. Macarons and Murder Rosie A. Point 6/11/20
26. Beach Blanket Barbie Kathi Daley 6/28/20
27. Vanilla Vendetta Rosie A. Point 6/29/20

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[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Laura & Tari!

[Shannon]

NBRC Planning vs Achieving Challenge

Duration: Jan 1st - Dec 31st 2020

Rules & How to:
1. Reserve 2 posts.
2. In post number one, set your level of Planner - aka, fill 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!

**Modified from original to fit my personal goals.

▪︎3 Award Winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
▪︎2 Complete Series (more than 3 books in total)
▪︎2 Complete Trilogies
▪︎2 Books That I Keep Avoiding
▪︎ 1 Chunksters (over 450 pages)
▪︎ 1 New Releases
▪︎ 1 New to Me Author(s)
▪︎ 3 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
▪︎ 2 Books From My Favorite Genre
▪︎ 2 Books From My Favorite Authors
▪︎ 2 Books That Everybody Else Seems to Have Read But Me

[Shannon]

Reserved

[Tari]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome Laura & Tari!"
Thanks!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Shannon!

Everyone is linked HERE

[Emily]

10 Award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
5 Complete series (more than 3 books in total)
3 Complete trilogies
10 Books that I keep avoiding
20 Chunksters (over 450 pages)
20 New releases
20 New to me author(s)
10 Out of my comfort zone books
20 Books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
40 Books from my favorite genre
20 Books from my favorite author(s)
10 Books that everybody else seems to have read but me

[Emily]

Reserved