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Planning vs Achieving - A Reading Challenge
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Sonia's Planning SpotThis year I will read:
___ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
___complete trilogies
___books that I keep avoiding
___chunksters (over 450 pages)
___new releases
___new to me author(s)
___out of my comfort zone books
___books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
___ books from my favorite genre
___ books from my favorite author(s)
___ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Stacie's Planning SpotThis year I will read:
This year I will read:
___ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
___books that I keep avoiding
___chunksters (over 450 pages)
___new releases
___new to me author(s)
___books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
___ books from my favorite genre
___ books from my favorite author(s)
___ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Chelle's Planning List
4 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
3 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
3 books that I keep avoiding
1 chunksters (over 450 pages)
1 new releases
3 new to me author(s)
1 out of my comfort zone books
1 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
4 books from my favorite genre
11 books from my favorite author(s)
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
4 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
3 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
3 books that I keep avoiding
1 chunksters (over 450 pages)
1 new releases
3 new to me author(s)
1 out of my comfort zone books
1 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
4 books from my favorite genre
11 books from my favorite author(s)
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Chelle's Read Post
4 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek MD and T.J Mitchell - New York Time Bestseller.
2. The Man In High Castle by Philip K Dick - Hugo Award
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3 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
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1 complete trilogies
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3 books that I keep avoiding
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1 chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
1 new releases
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3 new to me author(s)
1. Harmony Black - Craig Schaefer
2. Shallow Waters - Rebecca Bradley
3. The Short Drop - Matthew Fitzsimmons
1 out of my comfort zone books
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1 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
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4 books from my favorite genre
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11 books from my favorite author(s)
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3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
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4 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek MD and T.J Mitchell - New York Time Bestseller.
2. The Man In High Castle by Philip K Dick - Hugo Award
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3 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
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1 chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
1 new releases
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3 new to me author(s)
1. Harmony Black - Craig Schaefer
2. Shallow Waters - Rebecca Bradley
3. The Short Drop - Matthew Fitzsimmons
1 out of my comfort zone books
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1 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
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4 books from my favorite genre
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11 books from my favorite author(s)
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3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Welcome to the challenge Stacie and Chelle. We'll link you up soon.
This year I will read:3 award winners
1 complete series
2 complete trilogies
3 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters
5 new releases
50 new to me authors
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
30 books from my favorite genre (spefi)
5 books from my favorite authors
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
I will be using each book for one category only
This year I have read:
Award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts) 13/3
✔1. Red Queen Goodreads Choice Award for for debut Goodreads Author 2015 29May
✔2. Bone Crossed Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Urban Fantasy 2009 29Mar
✔3. Déjà Dead Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel 1998 14Apr
✔4. The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story Society for American Archaelogy Book Award for Popular Book 2015 22Feb
✔5. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy 2015 15Mar
✔6. The Paris Wife Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction 2011 29Mar
✔7. The Troop James Herbert Award 2015 21Jul
✔8. Hei Nostradamus! Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction 2004 28Jul
✔9. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Audie Award for Humor 2016 17Aug
✔10. The Zookeeper's Wife Orion Book Award 2008 26Aug
✔11. Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free California Book Award Silver Medal for Nonfiction 2014 11Sep
✔12. The Night Circus Locus Award for best First Novel 2012 24Oct
✔13. Patagonia, Patagonia Hawthornden Prize 1977 13Nov
Complete series (more than 3 books in total) 0/1
1. ✔The Iron King 11Jul, ✔Winter's Passage 12Jul, ✔The Iron Daughter 05Aug, ✔The Iron Queen 18Aug, ✔Summer's Crossing 24Aug, ✔The Iron Knight 27Nov, Iron's Prophecy
Complete trilogies 1/2
1. ✔The Golden Compass 30Jul, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass
✔2. ✔Pines 09Jan, ✔Wayward 30Jan, ✔The Last Town 06Mar
Books that I keep avoiding 0/3
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Chunksters (over 450 pages) 10/10
✔1. Xenocide 562 pages 29Feb
✔2. The Penguin Book Of Modern Fantasy By Women 560 pages 13Feb
✔3. Tulikivi 695 pages 07Jan
✔4. The Year Of The Flood 575 pages 27Jan
✔5. Broken Promise 484 pages 21Feb
✔6. Kolme 494 pages 23Apr
✔7. Pimeyden pyörä 535 pages 19Jul
✔8. Jane Eyre 507 pages 29Nov
✔9. The City of Mirrors 598 pages 02Oct
✔10. Mother of Eden 480 pages 03Nov
New releases (2016) 6/5
✔1. Slussen 08Mar
✔2. Judecca: Hell's Island: Collection 1 16Jun
✔3. Valheen kasvot 18Jul
✔4. Peili 20Nov
✔5. Haudattu uhka 25Nov
✔6. Venäläinen vieras 08Dec
Out of my comfort zone books 7/3
✔1. The Picture of Dorian Gray 07Apr
✔2. A Room with a View 29Jan
✔3. Old Whaling Days 19Mar
✔4. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History 20Aug
✔5. Forty Days at Kamas 22Aug
✔6. Madame Bovary 17Sep
✔7. Carsick 09Oct
Books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies 0/5
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This year I have read (cont.):New to me authors 111/50
✔1. Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life 07Jan
✔2. The Sky So Heavy 15Jan
✔3. The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories 06Jul
✔4. The Way the World Ends Too 02Jan
✔5. A Walk in the Woods 03Jan
✔6. The Bridge over the River Kwai 25Jan
✔7. The Painter 19Jan
✔8. Cape Town to Kruger: Backpacker Adventures in South Africa and Swaziland 05Jan
✔9. Kaiju Winter 07Jan
✔10. Division: A Collection of Science Fiction Fairytales 09Jan
✔11. Mortis
✔12. The Snow and The Darkness 10Jan
✔13. A Stranger North 14Jan
✔14. Twice Dead 16Jan
✔15. The Void 17Jan
✔16. Interrupted Aria 19Jan
✔17. Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive 20Jan
✔18. Embryo 03Feb
✔19. Paris to the Moon 12Jul
✔20. How to Breathe Underwater 09Feb
✔21. The Postman 21Feb
✔22. The Glimpse 06Mar
✔23. The Rain 28Feb
✔24. The Island 07Feb
✔25. Interrupted Aria 31Jan
✔26. First Born of the Moon: And Other Stories 02Feb
✔27. Anteeksi ei voi antaa 04Feb
✔28. Sea of Dreams 21Feb
✔29. Paris? Oui Can! 27Dec
✔30. American Ghost Stories 22Mar
✔31. Into the Wasteland 27Feb
✔32. Noah's Ark: Survivors 27Mar
✔33. Storm Orphans: The Beginning 02Apr
✔34. Teeth 02Apr
✔35. Alien Hunters 18Apr
✔36. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 21Apr
✔37. Me kolme ja jengi 26Apr
✔38. Me olimme nuoria sotilaita, tuntemattomat sotakuvat kertovat 01May
✔39. Alberta Skies 07May
✔40. Ramses: Valon poika 06May
✔41. Down to Sleep 09May
✔42. Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman 10Jul
✔43. Twelve Years a Slave 31May
✔44. Men and Martinis 12Jun
✔45. Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools: Tuck into a Slice of Andalucían Life 19Jun
✔46. Behind the Mask: The Mystique of Surgery and the Surgeons Who Perform Them 22Jun
✔47. White Jade 23Jun
✔48. Secrets of the Sisterhood 04Jul
✔49. 13 Turns 07Jul
✔50. Vampires in the Lemon Grove 10Jul
✔51. Kuubalainen Kuuba 13Jul
✔52. Hiekka kukkii 13Jul
✔53. The Coral Thief 19Jul
✔54. Seal Cove 21Jul
✔55. Kaiju Fall 22Jul
✔56. One Before Bedtime: 13 Tales of Mystery, Fantasy and Suspense 22Jul
✔57. My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story 27Jul
✔58. Cold to the Touch 29Jul
✔59. The Sancy Blood Diamond: Power, Greed, and the Cursed History of One of the World's Most Coveted Gems 30Jul
✔60. Tales From The Tangled Wood: Six Stories to SERIOUSLY Creep You Out 31Jul
✔61. Prepper Short Stories 03Jul
✔62. The Onesies, Fall 06Aug
✔63. Circus 06Aug
✔64. Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? 07Aug
✔65. Spilt Milk: A Collection of Stories 08Aug
✔66. Megalodon Rising: A Deep Sea Thriller 09Aug
✔67. Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity 11Aug
✔68. Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía 14Aug
✔69. Pretty Baby 21Aug
✔70. History of the Caribbean: Plantations, Trade, and War in the Atlantic World 23Aug
✔71. The Darkest Touch 24Aug
✔72. My 'Dam Life: Three Years in Holland 25Aug
✔73. The Maya 28Aug
✔74. Pilkun paikka: Brasilialaisia jalkapallotarinoita 02Sep
✔75. Pyhä lehmä puutarhassa 06Sep
✔76. A Weaver's Web 03Sep
✔77. Season Of The Harvest 05Sep
✔78. Alone on the Ice 11Sep
✔79. Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free 11Sep
✔80. Itsy Bitsy Spider 11Sep
✔81. Boar Island 11Sep
✔82. Kuka on Jenna Fox? 13Sep
✔83. As Trees Turned Away: A thrilling collection of scary short stories 13Sep
✔84. Radiologists at Work: Saving Lives with the Lights Off 14Sep
✔85. Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic 15Sep
✔86. The Incas: Empire of Blood and Gold 18Sep
✔87. Dr. Gangrene's Tales from Parts Unknown 18Sep
✔88. Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War 21Sep
✔89. Interrogating Ellie 24Sep
✔90. Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World 25Sep
✔91. WWIV: In the Beginning 04Oct
✔92. Life and Death at Hoover Dam 04Oct
✔93. Life First 06Oct
✔94. The Story of India: An Epic Journey Across the Subcontinent 07Oct
✔95. The Gray Effect 10Oct
✔96. Pretty Good Number One: An American Family Eats Tokyo 11Oct
✔97. Outback Exodus 15Oct
✔98. Midnight Symphony: Tales of the Macabre and Supernatural 15Oct
✔99. My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs 17Oct
✔100. Box of Darkness 26Oct
✔101. When The Cherry Blossoms Fall: My Life As An English Teacher In Japan 31Oct
✔102. Treasures Of The Andes: The Glories Of Inca And Pre Columbian South America 01Nov
✔103. Frog 12Nov
✔104. Muodistamo Los Milagros 15Nov
✔105. Jaguaarin voima 14Nov
✔106. Blood On the Table: The Greatest Cases of New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 21Nov
✔107. Andien mies 26Nov
✔108. Paris, Paris: Journey Into the City of Light 06Dec
✔109. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity 14Dec
✔110. Pretty Woman Spitting: An American's Travels in China 18Dec
✔111. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 26Dec
Books from my favorite genre (spefi) 72/30
✔1. Dinosaur Lake 12Feb
✔2. Children of the Mind 26Mar
✔3. You and Me against the World 03Jul
✔4. Inhuman 09Feb
✔5. The Golden Apples Of The Sun 18Mar
✔6. Selected Short Stories Featuring Cry Wolf 21Mar
✔7. Unworthy: Marked to die. Raised to survive. 02Apr
✔8. Redeye 16Dec
✔9. Toxic Behemoth 19Dec
✔10. Leviathan 28Dec
✔11. The Iron Trial 05May
✔12. Shattered 06May
✔13. Glow 21May
✔14. Mythago Wood 10May
✔15. Prey 29May
✔16. Slugs 08Jun
✔17. Their Fractured Light 07Jun
✔18. Pure Evil 12Jun
✔19. The Magician King 01Jul
✔20. Saved 20Jun
✔21. Night Terrors 20Jun
✔22. Blood and Bone: A Smattering of Unease 21Jun
✔23. What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners?: An Anthology of Science Fiction Horror 25Jun
✔24. The Dinosaur Four 26Jun
✔25. The Age of Miracles 07Jul
✔26. All The Dead Are Here
✔27. Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror 26Jul
✔28. Bird Box 03Jul
✔29. Gold Standard 11Aug
✔30. Better World 12Aug
✔31. The Death Cure 29Aug
✔32. In Silent Graves 31Aug
✔33. Vampire University 11Sep
✔34. AniZombie 17Sep
✔35. 9Tales Told in the Dark #5 18Sep
✔36. First Contact: Digital Science Fiction Anthology 22Sep
✔37. White Shark 25Sep
✔38. Black Friday 25Sep
✔39. Resurrection Bay 25Sep
✔40. Children of the Mechanism 01Oct
✔41. Juarez Square and Other Stories 14Oct
✔42. 9Tales At the World's End 2 16Oct
✔43. Haunted 17Oct
✔44. SHTF Fiction: RACE WARS: Season One: Episodes 1-6 of an SHTF fiction series... 16Oct
✔45. Yesterday's Gone: Episode 1 17Oct
✔46. Yesterday's Gone: Episode 2 18Oct
✔47. Yesterday's Gone: Episode 3 19Oct
✔48. Yesterday's Gone: Episode 4 19Oct
✔49. Yesterday's Gone: Episode 5 20Oct
✔50. Yesterday's Gone: Episode 6 22Oct
✔51. Polar Yeti And The Beasts Of Prehistory 23Oct
✔52. Jurassic Island: A Prehistoric Thriller 25Oct
✔53. The Red Hand 28Oct
✔54. Gray: Part I 29Oct
✔55. Mother of Eden 03Nov
✔56. Night Falls 03Nov
✔57. Mississippi DEAD 04Nov
✔58. First Light 04Nov
✔59. Steel Scars 05Nov
✔60. Hell's Outpost and other tales 05Nov
✔61. Enter The Vortex Vol. 3: Surreal Tales of Horror and Fantasy 06Nov
✔62. BlackLight: Salvation 06Nov
✔63. Nano Contestant - Episode 1: Whatever It Takes 06Nov
✔64. The House 06Nov
✔65. The World Burns 06Nov
✔66. The Heavens Rise 28Nov
✔67. Deceptions 05Dec
✔68. Johnny Doesn't Drink Champagne 06Dec
✔69. I, Kaiju 10Dec
✔70. Stone Age 11Dec
✔71. After Darkness Falls - Volume One 13Dec
✔72. Plague of the Dead 26Dec
Books from my favorite authors 5/5
✔1. Silver Borne 14Apr
✔2. River Marked 15Apr
✔3. Frost Burned 29Apr
✔4. Night Broken 02Oct
✔5. Fire Touched 14Dec
Books that everybody else seems to have read but me 3/3
✔1. Pikku lordi 26Apr
✔2. Sieppari ruispellossa 17Dec
✔3. The Martian Chronicles 24Sep
Sri's Planning SpotThis 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)
2 complete trilogies
3 books that I keep avoiding
5 chunksters (over 450 pages)
2 new releases
3 new to me author(s)
4 out of my comfort zone books
3 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
Sri's Progress cum Achievement Record
Drishti's Planning SpotThis year I will read:
___ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
___complete trilogies
___books that I keep avoiding
___chunksters (over 450 pages)
___new releases
___new to me author(s)
___out of my comfort zone books
___books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
___ books from my favorite genre
___ books from my favorite author(s)
___ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Nancy's Planning Spot1 Jan 2016-31 Dec 2016
10 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
5 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
2 complete trilogies
5 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
15 new releases
10 new to me author(s)
10 out of my comfort zone books
15 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)
10 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
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Stacey's Planning Spot (I'll be back to fill in numbers....)This year I will read:
3 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
2 books that I keep avoiding
6 chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 new releases
20 new to me author(s)
3 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
30 books from my favorite genre
15 books from my favorite author(s)
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Stacey's Achievement Spot This year I will read:
3 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1. Red Queen 1/10 (Best Debut Goodreads Author Winner 2015)
2. Of Mice and Men 8/8
3. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America 11/13
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1. Gray Back Bad Bear 8/13/16
1 complete trilogies
Sign of Seven Trilogy
1. Blood Brothers 5/18
2 books that I keep avoiding
1. Lethal Rider 4/26
6 chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. Winter 2/14 (824p)
2. The Liar 6/8 (498p)
3. Riptide 7/20
4. Battle Royale 12/21/16
10 new releases
1. Love in the Light 1/16
2. The Goal 12/11/16
20 new to me author(s)
1. A Darker Shade of Magic 1/14 Author V.E. Schwab
2. It's a Wonderful Fireman 1/15 Author Jennifer Bernard
3. Masked by Moonlight 1/27 Author Nancy Gideon
4. The Hook Up 2/20 Author Kristin Callihan
5. The Selection 3/20 Author Kiera Cass
6. Confess 3/31 Author Colleen Hoover
7. Vampire Academy 5/4 Author Richelle Mead
8. Shutter Island 5/24 Dennis Lehane
9. Spider's Bite 5/26 Jennifer Estep
10. Truth or Beard 6/4 Penny Reid
11. Rebel of the Sands 6/16
12. Kitty and the Midnight Hour 6/28
13. Inside Out 7/21 Maria Snyder
14. Red Rising 8/6 Pierce Brown
15. Fortune's Pawn 8/21 Rachel Bach
16. Moon Dance 9/25 JR Rain
17. Love at First Date 9/27 Susan Hatler
18. Lick 11/1 Kylie Scott
19. Anne of Green Gables 12/7/16 L.M. Montgomery
20. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 12/19/16
3 out of my comfort zone books
1. Doctor Who - The Wheel of Ice 3/12
2. Daughter of the Forest 4/15/16
3. Ready Player One 7/25/16
7 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
1. Darkness Revealed 2/25 (2009)
2. Crocodile on the Sandbank 3/17
3. Ravished 6/26/16
4. Night Forbidden 7/3
5. A Hearing Heart 10/3
30 books from my favorite genre
1. Blood Kiss 2/3
2. A Devil Named Desire 2/29
3. Bound to Darkness 3/31
4. Shadow's End 7/10
5. Blood Magic 8/19
6. Archangel's Enigma 11/8
7. Second Grave on the Left 12/9
15 books from my favorite author(s)
1. The Score 2/5 Author Elle Kennedy
2. Too Hard to Handle 2/10 by Julie Ann Walker
3. Magic Breaks 2/15 by Ilona Andrews
4. Rock Redemption 2/18 by Nalini Singh
5. Magic Shifts 9/9 by Ilona Andrews
6. Allegiance of Honor 9/12 by Nalini Singh
7. The Face of Fear 9/27 by Dean Koontz
8. The Reef 10/5 by Nora Roberts
9. Body Check by Elle Kennedy
10. New York to Dallas 10/16 by JD Robb
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
1. Faefever 4/4
2. Shutter Island 5/23/16
3. A Man Called Ove 9/15/16
2016Planning 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)
3 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
3 complete trilogies
3 books that I keep avoiding
25 chunksters (over 450 pages) Baby Got Book: Books over 450 pages
39 new releases 2016 New Releases
20+ new to me author(s) New 2 U Authors
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
25 books from my favorite genre
15 books from my favorite author(s)
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
12 books of poetry
Achieving Challenge, modified for CoinsIf joined prior to April 1st, may count books after April 1st and use those books to read to target amount.
✔To Earn an Emerald Coin Complete at least 30 Books
Completed Books:
✔Award Winners: (25/3)
✔April onward- (18)
✔Complete Series: (17/3)
Theirs Not to Reason Why by Jean Johnson (5 vol.s)
Ile-Rien by Martha Wells (6 vol.s)
The Others by Anne Bishop (4 vol.s)
Whyborne & Griffin by Jordan L. Hawk (8 vol.s)
The World of A Charm of Magpies by K.J. Charles (5 vol.s)
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun by Robico (13 vol.s)
Society of Gentlemen by K.J. Charles (3.5 vol.s)
✔April onward- (10)
Finder by Ayano Yamane (7 vol.s)
SPECTR by Jordan L. Hawk (6 vol.s)
ElfHome by Wen Spencer (5 vol.s)
New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear (5 vol.s)
Newsflesh by Mira Grant (5 vol.s)
Hero by Moira J. Moore (7 vol.s)
Wolf's Own by Carole Cummings (4 vol.s)
Sinners by Rhys Ford (5 vol.s)
Dance with the Devil by Megan Derr (6 vol.s)
Quantum Gravity by Justina Robson (5 vol.s)
Promethean Age by Elizabeth Bear (3/5 vol.s)
✔Complete Trilogies: (7/3)
The Touchstone Trilogy by Andrea K. Höst
The Fall of Ile-Rien by Martha Wells
The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
✔April onward- (4)
CLAMP School Detectives by CLAMP
Class 5 by Michelle Diener
Sarah Tolerance by Madeleine E. Robins
Tales of Tavamara by Megan Derr
Creature Court Trilogy (2/3 vol.s)
✔Books That I Keep Avoiding: (5/3)
✔April onward- (4)
✔Chunksters: (48/25)
✔April onward- (31)
✔New Releases (170/39) and✔New to Me Authors (172/20+), here
✔Out of My Comfort Zone Books:
✔April onward- (4/2)
Books That Are For So Long in My TBR They are Covered with Spider Webs and Dust Bunnies:
✔April onward- (6/5)
✔Favorite Genre (Fantasy): (77/25)
✔April onward- (51)
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Heather's Planning SpotThis year I will read:
5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
5 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
5 complete trilogys
5 books that I keep avoiding
5 chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 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
100 books from my favorite genre
20 books from my favorite author(s)
15 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Heather's Achievement Spot5award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
5 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
5 complete trilogys
5 books that I keep avoiding
5 chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 new releases
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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
100 books from my favorite genre
20 books from my favorite author(s)
15 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Teri-K: Planning vs Achieving, Part OneThis 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)
6 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
6 new releases (Forgot about NetGalley so have changed this to 12)
20 new to me author(s)
6 books that were so long in my TBR they're covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
20 books from my favorite genre
24 books from my favorite author(s)
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Teri-K: Planning vs Achieving, Part TwoNote: A book may fit into more than one category. Make sure to count it in all that apply.
Duration: 2016
Completed: 103/114
This Year I read:
Award winners: (10)
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 1/5
2. Stones for Bread by Christa Parrish 1/10
3. The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold 2/3
4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman 2/19
5. Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold 3/10
6. The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill 3/12
7. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 3/19
8. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King 3/26
9. Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/3
10. Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/28
Complete series: (3)
1. Anne of Green Gables (9)
Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne of Windy Poplars Anne's House of Dreams Anne of Ingleside
2. Inspector Hemingway (4)
No Wind of Blame Envious Casca Detection Unlimited
3. Mercy Thompson (9)
Completed 5/25
Moon Called Blood Bound Iron Kissed Bone Crossed Silver Borne River Marked Frost Burned Night Broken Fire Touched
Books that I keep avoiding: (6)
1. Stones for Bread by Christa Parrish 1/10
2. An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor 1/11
3. The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett 2/15
4. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs 1/5
5. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford 3/23
6. Lady Susan by Jane Austen 4/7
Chunksters (over 450 pages): (10)
Heaven
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 659 pp 1/5
2. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers 501 pp 1/12
3. Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold 560 pp 3/10
4. He Fell in Love with His Wife by E.P. Roe 474 pp 4/7
5. Michael O'Halloran by Gene Stratton-Porter 576 pp 4/15
6. Poland by James A. Michener 688 pp 5/1
7. An Original Belle by E.P. Roe 456 pp 5/3
8. Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley 494 5/6
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New releases: (12)
1. The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett 2/15
2. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman 2/19
3. And It Was Beautiful: Celebrating Life in the Midst of the Long Good-Bye by Kara Tippetts 2/24
4. What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Jewishness of Jesus: A New Way of Seeing the Most Influential Rabbi in History by Rabbi Evan Moffic 2/16
5. A Muddied Murder by Wendy Tyson 3/3
6. Song of Silence by Cynthia Ruchti 4/5
7. Crossing the Divide: John Wesley, the Fearless Evangelist by Jake Hanson 4/5
8. The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King 4/30
9. Night Broken by Patricia Briggs 5/2
10. A Spirituality of Listening: Living What We Hear by Keith R Anderson 5/13
11. Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs 5/25
12. The Beautiful Pretender by Melanie Dickerson 6/16
New to me author(s): (20)
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 1/5
2. The Rogue's Redemption by Ruth Axtell Morren 1/7
3. To Knit or Not to Knit: Helpful and Humorous Hints for the Passionate Knitter 1/8
4. The Maverick Returns by Roz Denny Fox 1/8
5. Stones for Bread by Christa Parrish 1/10
6. An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor 1/11
7. Lord Calthorpe's Promise by Sylvia Andrew 1/13
8. The Admiral's Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly 1/17
9. The Proposition by Judith Ivory 2/1
10. To Lure a Proper Lady by Ashlyn Macnamara 2/17
11. Double-Booked for Death by Ali Brandon 2/19
12. Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicolson 2/22
13. And It Was Beautiful: Celebrating Life in the Midst of the Long Good-Bye by Kara Tippetts 2/24
14. What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Jewishness of Jesus: A New Way of Seeing the Most Influential Rabbi in History by Rabbi Evan Moffic 2/16
15. A Muddied Murder by Wendy Tyson 3/3
16. The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill 3/12
17. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 3/19
18. Bitter Trail by Elmer Kelton 3/23
19. A Young Girl's Wooing by E.P. Roe 3/31
20. Beau Geste by P.C. Wren 4/2
Books that were so long in my TBR they're covered with spider webs and dust bunnies: (6)
1. Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold 1/16
2. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold 1/19
3. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2/1
4. Fear Is the Key by Alistair MacLean 2/14
5. Home Sweet Homicide by Craig Rice 4/29
6. In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 7/7
Books from my favorite genre - Historical Fiction: (20)
1. Sylvester by Georgette Heyer 1/4
2. Outlaw Bride by Jenna Kernan 1/7
3. The Rogue's Redemption by Ruth Axtell Morren 1/7
4. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer 1/9
5. Lord Calthorpe's Promise by Sylvia Andrew 1/13
6. Miss Wonderful by Loretta Chase 1/17
7. The Admiral's Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly 1/17
8. Libby's London Merchant by Carla Kelly 1/29
9. The Proposition by Judith Ivory 2/1
10. King Henry V by William Shakespeare 2/20
11. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 2/20
12. Love Is Patient Romance Collection: True Love Takes Time in Nine Historical Novellas by Erica Vetsch 2/15
13. Mrs. Jeffries Stands Corrected by Emily Brightwell 3/7
14. Caravans by James A. Michener 3/15
15. Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar 4/6
16. The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King 4/30
17. Poland by James A. Michener 5/1
18. Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn 6/14
19. The Beautiful Pretender by Melanie Dickerson 6/16
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Books from my favorite author(s): (24)
1. Sylvester by Georgette Heyer 1/4
2. Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer 1/7
3. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer 1/9
4. The Demon in the House by Angela Thirkell 1/11
5. Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh 1/14
6. No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer 1/18
7. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2/1
8. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 2/13
9. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 2/18
10. King Henry V by William Shakespeare 2/20
11. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 2/27
12. Over the Gate by Miss Read 3/21
13. Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare 3/22
14. Lady Susan by Jane Austen 4/7
15. A Man Called Peter by Catherine Marshall 4/23
16. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 4/29
17. All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare 5/1
18. Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart 6/24
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Books that everybody else seems to have read but me: (3)
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
2. Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold 4/3
3. Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 7/5
Paige's Planning Spot:This year I will read:
1 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
3 books that I keep avoiding
4 chunksters (over 450 pages)
10 new releases
10 new to me author(s)
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
3 books from my favorite author(s)
1 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Paiges Achieving SpotThis year I will read:
___ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
___books that I keep avoiding
___chunksters (over 450 pages)
___new releases
___new to me author(s)
___books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
___ books from my favorite genre
___ books from my favorite author(s)
___ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Lillian's Planning SpotThis year I will read:
4 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
4 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
2 complete trilogies
1 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
12 new releases
10 new to me author(s)
1 out of my comfort zone books
3 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
5 books from my favorite genre
4 books from my favorite author(s)
2 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Lillian's Achieving Spot
This year I have read:
Award Winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1. Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbitt (Newbery Honor Book 26 Jun)
2. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Newbery Honor Book 20 Aug)
3. The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (Newbery Medal Book 21 Aug)
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Complete Series (more than 3 books in total)
1. Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (24 Sep)
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (29 Oct)
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (30 Oct)
Only the Good Spy Young (31 Oct)
Out of Sight, Out of Time (05 Nov)
United We Spy (07 Nov)
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1. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (27 Aug)
Chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan 499 pgs (02 Jan)
2. The Lunar Chronicles: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer 454 pgs (17 Jan)
3. The Princess Bride by William Goldman 456 pgs (19 Aug)
4. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan 471 pgs (28 Nov)
5. The Once and Future King by T. H. White 639 pgs (3 Jan)
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1. See How They Run by Ally Carter Release Date: 22 Dec 2015 (06 Jan)
2. Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard Release Date: 05 Jan 2016 (18 Jan)
3. The Crown by Kiera Cass Release Date: 03 May 2016 (23 Jun)
4. The Siren by Kiera Cass Release Date: 26 Jan 2016 (26 Jun)
5. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne Release Date: 31 July 2016 (07 Aug)
6. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan Release Date: 4 Oct 2016 (28 Nov)
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1. Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 25 Jan)
2. Maria V. Snyder (Poison Study 29 Jan)
3. Ernest Cline (Ready Player One 23 Feb)
4. Jay Asher (Thirteen Reasons Why 29 Feb)
5. Elie Wiesel (Night 06 Mar)
6. Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar 20 Mar)
7. Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass 01 Apr)
8. Rebecca Lim (The Astrologer's Daughter 11 Apr)
9. Lorraine Hansberry (A Raisin in the Sun 21 Apr)
10. Jan L. Coates (A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk 22 Jun)
11. Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower 11 Jul)
12. Chris Colfer (The Wishing Spell 16 Aug)
13. William Goldman (The Princess Bride 19 Aug)
14. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (27 Aug)
15. Aaron Hartzler (What We Saw 23 Sep)
16. Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse-Five 28 Sep)
17. Matt Faulkner (Gaijin: American Prisoner of War 23 Oct)
18. Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis 21 Oct)
19. Katie Higgins (Chocolate-Covered Katie 31 Dec)
Out of My Comfort Zone Books
1. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (29 Jan)
2. What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler (23 Sep)
3. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (21 Oct)
4. Chocolate-Covered Katie by {author:Katie Higgins] (31 Dec)
Books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
1. A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan L. Coates (22 Jun)
2. Goody Hall by Natalie Babbitt (24 Aug)
3. Kandide: The Lady's Revenge by Diana S. Zimmerman (03 Oct)
Books from my favorite genre(fantasy)
1. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (02 Jan)
2. Ranger's Apprentice: The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan (09 Jan)
3. Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard (18 Jan)
4. Ranger's Apprentice: Halt's Peril by John Flanagan (26 Jan)
5. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (29 Jan)
6. Castle Glower: Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (26 Mar)
7. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (01 Apr)
8. The Siren by Kiera Cass (26 Jun)
9. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (07 Aug)
10. The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (16 Aug)
11. The Princess Bride by William Goldman (19 Aug)
12. Kandide: The Secret of the Mists by Diana S. Zimmerman (23 Aug)
13. Kandide: The Lady's Revenge by Diana S. Zimmerman (03 Oct)
14. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (13 Oct)
15. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan (28 Nov)
Books from my favorite author(s)
1. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (02 Jan)
2. See How They Run by Ally Carter (06 Jan)
3. The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan (09 Jan)
4. Ranger's Apprentice: Halt's Peril by John Flanagan (26 Jan)
5. Castle Glower: Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (26 Mar)
6. The Crown by Kiera Cass (23 Jun)
7. The Siren by Kiera Cass (26 Jun)
8. Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbitt (26 Jun)
9. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (07 Aug)
10. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter (24 Sep)
11. Goody Hall by Natalie Babbitt (24 Aug)
12. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (29 Oct)
13. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter (30 Oct)
14. Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter (31 Oct)
15. Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter (05 Nov)
16. United We Spy by Ally Carter (07 Nov)
17. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan (28 Nov)
18. The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (09 Dec)
19. The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman (14 Dec)
Books that everybody else seems to have read but me
1. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (01 Apr)
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (11 Jul)
3. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (27 Aug)
4. Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut (28 Sep)
5. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (13 Oct)
Planning spotThis year I will read:
3 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
3 chunksters (over 450 pages)
20 new to me author(s)
3 out of my comfort zone books
3 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
3 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Achieving spotaward winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
1.All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
2.Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
3.Confess by Colleen Hoover
complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1. Steel and Stone series by Annette Marie
to read:
2.Air Awakens series by Elise Kova
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3.Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger
complete trilogies
1. Study trilogy by Maria V. Snyder
2. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
books that I keep avoiding
1.The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
2.I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
3.A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. Mage's Blood by David Hair
2. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
3.The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
new to me author(s)
1. Becoming Calder by Mia Sheridan
2. Sweet Girl by Rachel Hollis
3. Chase the Dark by Annette Marie
4. Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
5. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
6. Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
7.Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen
8.The Falconer by Elizabeth May
9.Firelight by Sophie Jordan
10.Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
11.Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas
12.Shadow Child by Joseph A. Citro
13.The Selection by Kiera Cass
14.Asylum by Madeleine Roux
15.Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
16.The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
17.Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
18.Big Rock by Lauren Blakely
19.The Demon Duke and I by Marian Tee
20.Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
out of my comfort zone books
1.On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves
2.Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
3.The Gunslinger by Stephen King
books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
1.Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
2.Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
3.The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
books that everybody else seems to have read but me
1.Lord of the Flies by William Golding
2.Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
3.The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
I'm game for this!JoLene'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)
__1_new releases
_20__new to me author(s)
_3__out of my comfort zone books
_8__books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
_10__ books from my favorite genre
__5_ books from my favorite author(s)
_5__ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
JoLene's AchievementsLast Update: May 7
Completed: 31 /69
This year I read:
5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
✔ 1) The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
✔ 2) H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
✔ 3) The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
1 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
1 complete trilogies
5 books that I keep avoiding
5 chunksters (over 450 pages)
✔ 1) A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
1 new releases
✔ 1) The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore
20 new to me author(s)
✔ 1) A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
✔ 2) What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
✔ 3) A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
✔ 4) Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
✔ 5) Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
✔ 6) First Date by Krista McGee
✔ 7) Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park
✔ 8) Miss Frost Solves A Cold Case : A Nocturne Falls Mystery by Kristen Painter
✔ 9) The Bette Davis Club by Jane Lotter
✔ 10) Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn
3 out of my comfort zone books
✔ 1) The Tsar of Love and Techno (short stories)
✔ 2) McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (short stories/horror)
8 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
✔ 1) Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
✔ 2) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
✔ 3) Opal Fire by Barbra Annino
10 books from my favorite genre
✔ 1) The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
✔ 2) The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
✔ 3) A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
✔ 4) The Painted Kiss by Elizabeth Hickey
✔ 5) Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
✔ 6) Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
5 books from my favorite author(s)
✔ 1) After You by Jojo Moyes
✔ 2) First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
5 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
✔ 1) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
✔ 2) Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
✔ 3) I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Rachel's Planning SpotThis year I will read:
_6_ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
_3_complete series (more than 3 books in total)
_8_books that I keep avoiding
25_chunksters (over 450 pages)
_2_new releases
15_new to me author(s)
12_books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
40_ books from my favorite genre
_5_ books from my favorite author(s)
10_ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Rachel's AchievementsThis year I've read:
___ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
___books that I keep avoiding
_1_chunksters (over 450 pages)
___new releases
___new to me author(s)
___books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
_1_ books from my favorite genre
_1_ books from my favorite author(s)
___ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Planning Spot(*)Note: A book may fit into more than one category. Make sure to count it in all that apply
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This year I will read:
00 / 08 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
00 / 05 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
00 / 05 complete trilogies
00 / 05 books that I keep avoiding
00 / 05 chunksters (over 450 pages)
00 / 16 new releases (2016)
00 / 25 new to me author(s)
00/ 05 out of my comfort zone books
00 / 25 books that are on my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
00 / 100 books from my favorite genre
00 / 25 books from my favorite author(s)
00 / 26 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
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Suzanne's Planning Spot This year I will read:
15 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
5 complete series (more than 3 books in total)
8 complete trilogies
2 books that I keep avoiding
50 chunksters (over 450 pages)
15 new releases (2016)
40 new to me author(s)
10 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
50 books from my favorite genre
70 books from my favorite author(s)
15 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Suzanne's Achieving Spot award winners
1. The Scorpio Races (Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production Honor 2012)
2. Magic Rises (AAR Annual Reader Poll for Most Kickass Heroine (2014)
3. All the Light We Cannot See (Pulitzer Prize 2015, Audie Award (2015), and lots more)
4. Rapture in Death RRA Award for best romantic suspense
5. The Lightning Thief Lots!
6. Soulless Alex Award
complete series (more than 3 books in total)
The Last Kingdom:
Read: The Pale Horseman
complete trilogies
1. A Darker Shade of Magic
2. Terms of Enlistment
books that I keep avoiding
1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (to read since 2012)
2. Going Postal
chunksters (over 450 pages)
1. The Darkest Evening of the Year (483 pages)
2. The Fifth Season (512 pages)
3. Winter (824 pages)
4. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (1458 pages)
5. All the Light We Cannot See (530 pages)
6. City of Blades (484 pages)
7. Carry On (529 pages)
8. Six of Crows (462 pages)
9. Vicious Circle
10. Morning Star (517 pages)
new releases
1. City of Blades
2. The Bands of Mourning
3. Morning Star
new to me author(s)
1. The Scorpio Races
2. Me Before You
3. The Dragonfly Season
4. The Devil You Know
5. Touch
6. Terms of Enlistment
7. Sworn to Silence
8. All the Light We Cannot See
9. Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic
10. EMT
11. Six of Crows
12. The Male Brain
13. The Mechanical
14. The Lightning Thief
15. Bad Romeo
out of my comfort zone books
1. Bad Romeo
books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
1. Magic Rises (since 2013)
2. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (since 2012)
books from my favorite genre (Fantasy)
1. The Scorpio Races
2. A Darker Shade of Magic
3. The Fifth Season
4. The Devil You Know
5. Winter
6. Touch
7. City of Blades
8. Carry On
9. The Bands of Mourning
10. Six of Crows
11. Going Postal
12. The Lightning Thief
13. Vicious Circle
14. Radiance
books from my favorite author(s)
1. Magic Rises
2. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
books that everybody else seems to have read but me
1. Me Before You
2. The Fifth Season
3. All the Light We Cannot See
Rachel's Planning SpotThis year I will read:
___ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
___complete trilogies
___books that I keep avoiding
___chunksters (over 450 pages)
___new releases
___new to me author(s)
___out of my comfort zone books
___books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
___ books from my favorite genre
___ books from my favorite author(s)
___ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
This year I will read:___ award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
___complete trilogies
___books that I keep avoiding
___chunksters (over 450 pages)
___new releases
___new to me author(s)
___out of my comfort zone books
___books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
___ books from my favorite genre
___ books from my favorite author(s)
___ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
NBRC Planning Vs Achieving Challenge Duration: January 01, 2016 - December 31, 2016
0/50 Completed
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)
1 books that I keep avoiding
3 chunksters (over 450 pages)
5 new releases
10 new to me author(s)
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
10 books from my favorite author(s)
2 books that everybody else seems to have read but me
NBRC Planning Vs Achieving Challenge Duration: January 01, 2016 - December 31, 2016
50/50 Completed
Award Winners (2/2)
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Complete Series 3+ Books (2/2)
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Book I keep avoiding (1/1)
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Chunksters (over 450 Pages) (3/3)
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New Releases (5/5)
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New To Me Author(s) (10/10)
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TBR Too Long (5/5)
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Favourite Genre (10/10)
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Favourite Author(s) (10/10)
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Everyone Else Has Read But Me (2/2)
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Karsyn's PLANNINGAwesome Challenge! :)
Duration: January 1st to December 31st
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:
5 award winners (past and present, any literary award/people's choice counts)
___complete series (more than 3 books in total)
___complete trilogies
5 books that I keep avoiding
10 chunksters (over 450 pages)
25 new releases
10 new to me author(s)
___out of my comfort zone books
3 books that are for so long in my TBR they are covered with spider webs and dust bunnies
25 books from my favorite genre
7 books from my favorite author(s)
___ books that everybody else seems to have read but me
Nothing But Reading Challenges
Books mentioned in this topic
Woman on the Edge (other topics)Lightning's Blues: A Collection of Short Stories (other topics)
When the World Outlawed War (other topics)
My 1st Investments Book (other topics)
The Canterbury Tales (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Samantha M. Bailey (other topics)Dan R. Arman (other topics)
David Swanson (other topics)
R. Lamont W. (other topics)
Geoffrey Chaucer (other topics)
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Duration: January 1st to December 31st
Rules & How to:
This year I will read:
(*)Note: A book may fit into more than one category. Make sure to count it in all that apply
Earn your Emerald Coins with the Reading Challenges. Must Join a participating Reading Challenge on or after April 1, 2016. May date back to April 1st until June 1st 2016. After joining that, you must start from date joined for coins. If joined prior to April 1st, may count books after April 1st and use those books to read to target amount.
To Earn an Emerald Coin: