Charleen's 2017 Challenge [150]

[Charleen]

In 2016, I managed to hit 125, mostly because I've started really enjoying reading comics. This year I'm going to stretch my total goal to 150.

I'm still hoping for 36 (3/month) of these to be new books, not including comics or re-reads.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Good goal, Charleen!

[Charleen]

1. The Passage [re-read]

First book of the year!

[Charleen]

2. Faith, Volume 1: Hollywood & Vine
3. Hawkeye, Volume 5: All-New Hawkeye
4. The Twelve [re-read]

[Charleen]

5. The City of Mirrors [1/36]
6. The Vision, Volume 2: Little Better than a Beast
7. Hawkeye, Volume 6: Hawkeyes
8. Gwenpool, the Unbelievable, Vol. 1: Believe It

[Andrea, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "1. The Passage [re-read]

First book of the year!"

I keep meaning to add this book to my list.

[Charleen]

The whole trilogy is really good, Andrea.

[Andrea, Moderator]

Oh GREAT! I'll just add it to the list...lol

[Charleen]

9. The Taming of the Queen [2/36]
10. Rage [3/36]

Ahead of schedule on both my main goal and my sub goal!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I am way ahead for the first year ever! While this feels really good in my reading world it means I am slacking working out...lol

[Elyse, Moderator]

Andrea wrote: "I am way ahead for the first year ever! While this feels really good in my reading world it means I am slacking working out...lol"

Something has to give for other things to prosper. lol. Not enough time in the day!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I pack every minute of my day and barely watch any tv. I need more downtime in my life. I want to watch some bad tv....lol

[Charleen]

I usually have one or two shows going, but I've basically watched no TV since coming back from the holidays. Which, come to think of it, is probably why I've gotten so much reading done these first few weeks. I'm sure the pendulum will swing back soon as I'm looking for more mindless downtime activities.

[Charleen]

11. The Hidden Oracle [4/36]

Bit of a slow week, just the one book. Lots of single issue comics though. I guess maybe I should come up with a way of counting them, like five issues = one book (since that's usually about what's in a trade). I'll figure out something later.

[Charleen]

12. Howard the Duck, Volume 2: Good Night, and Good Duck
13. Everyone Brave is Forgiven [5/36]
14. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & the Great Lakes Avengers

[Charleen]

15. Playing with Fire [6/36]
16. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg [7/36]
17. Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening

[Elyse, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "15. Playing with Fire [6/36]
16. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg [7/36]"

These are in my TBR. Playing with Fire is coming up on my audiobook list, I'm trying to get to my oldest ones.

[Stacie]

Charleen wrote: "11. The Hidden Oracle [4/36]

Bit of a slow week, just the one book. Lots of single issue comics though. I guess maybe I should come up with a way of counting them, like five issues..."

I've been reading a lot of comics as well. As far as my own accounting goes, if the individual issue is a self-contained story I log it on it's own. Usually, though, I just group story arc issues together and count them as one, as if they were a TPB. I really wish I could enjoy the digital comics as much as the print ones- these things get expensive in the amounts that I want to read! ;)

[Andrea, Moderator]

Charleen, you are eating up books this year!

[Charleen]

Stacie, digital comics were the only way I could read them at first. I was having such a hard time until I started using Guided View. It was like training wheels for teaching my brain how to read the panels on a page. Now, though, I enjoy them either way.

Thanks, Andrea. I feel like I usually start strong and then life gets away from me as the year goes on (and, unless I'm stubbornly trying to reach a goal I'm behind on, December is basically a lost cause). So, we'll see.

[Charleen]

18. Scrappy Little Nobody [8/36]

[Elyse, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "18. Scrappy Little Nobody [8/36]"

I have this audiobook but haven't listened to it yet. I love Anna Kendrick.

[Charleen]

I listened to the audio and she was so great.

[Charleen]

19. The Forgotten Garden [9/36]

[Elyse, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "19. The Forgotten Garden [9/36]"

How was it? I've been meaning to read some Kate Morton books!

[Charleen]

I loved it! I need to look into more of hers.

[Charleen]

20. My Not So Perfect Life [10/36]
21. The Princess Diarist [11/36]

Two months into 2017 and I'm a little behind on my overall goal, but I'm way ahead on my mini-goal. So... overall I guess it's a win.

[Charleen]

22. Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2
23. Wonder Woman, Volume 9: Resurrection
24. The 5th Wave [12/36]

[Elyse, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "24. The 5th Wave [12/36]"

I've lost track of The Last Star. I was in the e-library queue, then got it, then returned it because I was reading other things and wouldn't have time, and now it's plummeted on my list. lol

[Dawn Michelle]

Charleen wrote: "19. The Forgotten Garden [9/36]"

I really LOVED this book; I read it so long ago, I really should re-read it, but my list is so big I am trying to limit my re-reads to comfort books and while this book was awesome, I would not call it a comfort book. So I will just get one of her newer ones and squeeze it in somewhere. :-)

[Charleen]

25. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 [re-read]
26. Paper Girls, Vol. 2

[Charleen]

27. I've Got Your Number [re-read]

[Charleen]

28. Kindred [13/36]
29. Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir [14/36]
30. Ms. Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1 (Ms. Marvel

[Charleen]

Whoops, got behind in my updates!

31. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World [15/36]
32. Ms. Marvel Masterworks Vol. 2 (Ms. Marvel
33. Wolverine: Old Man Logan

By the end of this month, I'm supposed to be at 50/150 total books read. Somehow I don't think that's going to happen.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "Whoops, got behind in my updates!

31. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World [15/36]
32. Ms. Marvel Masterworks Vol. 2 (Ms. Marvel
33. [book:Wolverine: ..."

You're still doing well though!

[Charleen]

And I'm well ahead of my mini-goal. So basically I'm just not reading as many comics as I thought I would.

[Charleen]

34. The Sparrow [16/36]
35. Invincible Iron Man, Volume 1: Reboot
36. The Ultimates: Omniversal, Volume 1: Start with the Impossible
37. Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2: The War Machines
38. Civil War II
39. Civil War II: Choosing Sides
40. Civil War II Fallout

Hey, there's all the comics I've been missing!

[Charleen]

41. The Marvels Project

[Charleen]

42. George [17/36]
43. Marvel Knights: The Inhumans

[Charleen]

44. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [18/36]
45. All Our Wrong Todays [19/36]

[Charleen]

46. Where Am I Now? [20/36]

[Charleen]

47. Three Sisters, Three Queens [21/36]

[Charleen]

48. Bad Feminist [22/36]
49. The Dark Prophecy [23/36]

[Charleen]

Wow, okay, all of summer missing here, but even though it's been two and a half months, I really don't have much to update. It's not even that I haven't been reading, but I've been making my way through Stephen King's It for what feels like forever, so my only completed titles have been comics (and one audiobook).

50. Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies
51. Wonder Woman, Volume 2: Year One
52. The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse [24/36]
53. Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!, Volume 2: Don't Stop Me-Ow
54. Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!, Volume 3: Careless Whiskers
55. Spider-Man/Deadpool, Vol. 1: Isn't it Bromantic
56. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF
57. Black Widow, Volume 1: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted
58. Black Widow Vol. 2: No More Secrets (Black Widow

[Andrea, Moderator]

Charlene - I remember when I was reading the Stand it went on and on forever!!! I felt like I wasn't reading anything else.

[Charleen]

Yup. I did start a couple other things in between there, but nothing that stuck. I'm really bad at reading multiple books at once, but with chunksters like these I really wish I could!

[Charleen]

59. Paper Girls, Vol. 3
60. Superman: The Final Days of Superman
61. Justice League, Volume 1: The Extinction Machines

And I only have 125 pages left in It... sooo close!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "59. Paper Girls, Vol. 3
60. Superman: The Final Days of Superman
61. Justice League, Volume 1: The Extinction Machines

And I only have 125 pages lef..."

Gogogo you're there!!

[Charleen]

62. It [25/36]

FINALLY!!!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Charleen wrote: "62. It [25/36]

FINALLY!!!"

Woohoo! I saw the movie this weekend.