Cora R.'s 2017 Challenges and Goals

[Cora]

My Reading Goals and Challenges for 2017:

Challenges:
Climbing the PBT Stairs - PBT
Hitting the PBT High Notes - PBT
Read At Least 60 Books

Goals:
Read at Least One Book a Month for PBT Theme
Read at Least One DTB that I already own per month

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Climbing the PBT Stairs

STAIR 1:True Crime
1. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Skip Hollandsworth

STAIR 2: Ghosts
1. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell, 2/16/17, 3 stars
2.Half-Resurrection Blues - Daniel José Older, 2/22/17, 3 1/2 stars

STAIR 3: Mythology
1. The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden, 5/13/17, 4 stars
2. Bone Gap - Laura Ruby, 6/19/17, 4 stars
3. The Monstrous Child - Francesca Simon, 3 1/2 stars

STAIR 4: Photography
1. Fields of Vision: The Photographs of Gordon Parks - Gordon Parks, 3/25/17, 3 1/2 stars
2. Creative Photography Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Exercises to Make Photography Fun - Steve Sonheim with Carla Sonheim, 9/17/17, 3 stars
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STAIR 5: Series
1. Sharp - Alex Hughes 1/5/17, 4 stars
2. Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine 1/16/17, 4 1/2 stars
3. The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson 2/9/17, 4 1/2 stars
4. The Hum and the Shiver - Alex Bledsoe 3/1/17, 4 stars
5.City of Blades - Robert Jackson Bennett 4/9/17, 4 1/2 stars

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Hitting the PBT High Notes

2016:
2015: All the Light We Cannot See
2014: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
2013: The Golem and the Jinni
2012: 11/23/63 or Cloud Atlas or Gone Girl or The Shadow of the Wind
2011: Room or 22 Britannia Road
2010: Columbine
2009: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
2008: A Thousand Splendid Suns

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Read 60 Books

1. Tales from the Hidden World - Simon R. Green 1/2/17, 4 stars
2. Sharp - Alex Hughes 1/5/17, 4 stars
3. Smaller and Smaller Circles - F.H. Batacan 1/8/17, 4 stars
4. Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine 1/16/17, 4 1/2 stars
5. Where is Mount Everest - Nico Medina, 4 stars
6. The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson, 4 1/2 stars
7. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell, 2/16/17, 3 stars
8. The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness, 2/18/17, 4 stars
9. Half-Resurrection Blues - Daniel José Older, 2/22/17, 3 1/2 star
10. Gunpowder Girls - Tanya Anderson, 2/18/17, 4 stars
11. The Hum and the Shiver - Alex Bledsoe, 3/1/17, 4 stars
12. The Dubliners - James Joyce, 3/16/17, 4 stars
13. The Photographs of Gordon Parks - Gordon Park, 3/25/17, 3 1/2 stars
14. Behind the Mask - Tricia Reeks & Kyle Richardson (eds), 4/1/17, 4 stars
15. The City of Blades - Robert Jackson Bennett, 4/9/17, 4 1/2 stars
16. Where'd You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple, 4/15/17, 4 stars
17. The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden, 5/13/17, 4 stars
18. Staying Dead - Laura Anne Gilman, 5/25/17, 3 1/2 stars
19. Agents of Dreamland - Caitlín R. Kiernan, 5/26/17, 4 stars
20. Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians - Brandon Sanderson, 5/28/17, 3 stars
21. Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire, 5/29/17, 5 stars
22. Roses and Rot - Kat Howard, 6/3/17, 4 stars
23. The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps - Kai Ashante Wilson, 6/6/17, 3 1/2 stars
24. The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Paula Poundstone, 6/7/17, 4 stars
25. The Girl with Ghost Eyes - M.H. Boroson, 6/8/17, 4 stars
26. Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson 6/9/17, 5 stars
27. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle, 6/11/17 (reread) 5 stars
28. Bone Gap - Laura Ruby, 6/19/17, 4 stars
29. Ghost - Jason Reynolds, 6/20/17, 5 stars (audio)
30. Joyland - Stephen King, 6/21/17, 4 stars
31. Snapshot - Brandon Sanderson, 7/5/17, 4 stars (audio)
32. Dune - Frank Herbert, 7/31/17, 4 stars (audio/kindle)
33. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor, 8/1/17, 4 stars (audio)
34. Certain Dark Things - Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 8/12/17, 3 1/2 stars
35. Perfect State - Brandon Sanderson, 8/15/17, 4 stars (audio)
36. The Obelisk Gate - N.K. Jemisin, 8/25/17, 4 1/2 stars (audio from library)
37. Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey, 8/27/17, 4 1/2 stars (kindle)
38. The Book Jumper - Mechthild Gläser, 9/11/17, 4 stars (audio)
39. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies - J.B. West, 9/12/17, 3 1/2 stars (kindle)
40. The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe, 9/16/17, 3 stars
41. Creative Photography Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Exercises to Make Photography Fun - Steve Sonheim, 9/17/17, 3 stars
42. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness, 9/23/17, 4 stars
43. The Last Picture Show - Larry McMurtry, 9/26/17, 4 stars
44. 90 Miles to Havana - Enrique Flores-Galbis, 10/8/17, 4 stars
45. The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems - Van Jones, 10/25/17, 4 stars
46. Rooms - Lauren Oliver, 10/29/17, 3 1/2 stars
47. The Monstrous Child - Francesca Simon, 10/31/17, 3 1/2 stars
48. The Horror at Red Hook - H.P. Lovecraft, 11/1/17, 2 stars
49. The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle, 11/3/17, 4 stars
50. Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson, 11/3/17, 5 stars (audio)
51. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer - Skip Hollandsworth, 11/11/17, 3 stars
52. The Bird and the Sword - Amy Harmon, 11/17/17, 4 stars
53. Something from the Nightside - Simon R. Green, 11/21/17, 3 stars
54. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven - Sherman Alexie, 11/22/17, 3 1/2 stars
55. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian - W. Kamau Bell, 11/27/17, 4 stars
56. Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson, 12/2/17, 4 stars
57. Hounds of the Underworld -Dan Rabarts, 12/7/17, 4 stars
58. Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire, 12/14/17, 4 stars
59. Legion - Brandon Sanderson, 12/17/17, 4 1/2 stars

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PBT Monthly Tags

January: Foreign Literature - Smaller and Smaller Circles - F.H. Batacan, 4 stars
January Admin Tag: Librarian - Ink and Bone - Rachel Caine, 4 1/2 stars
February: Quirky - Swamplandia! - Karen Russell, 3 stars
March: Ireland - The Dubliners - James Joyce, 4 stars
April: Bestseller - Where'd You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple, 4 stars
May: 2004 - Staying Dead - Laura Anne Gilman, 3 1/2
June: coming of age - Joyland - Stephen King, 4 stars
July: award winner - Dune - Frank Herbert, 4 stars
August: space opera - We are Legion (We are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor, 4 stars
September: American - Upstairs at the White House - J. B. West, 3 1/2 stars
October: Society - The Green Collar Economy - Van Jones, 4 stars
November: African American - The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle, 4 stars
December: Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire, 4 stars

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DTB TBR

1. The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
2. Swamplandia! - Karen Russell
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January Round-Up

I read 4 books in January. 4/60

I read 2 books for climbing the PBT Stairs. 2/15

I read 1 book for Monthly PBT Tag (and one bonus tag). 1/12

I read 0 PBT High Notes.

I read 0 DTBs.

In January, I started reading The Way of Kings, a book with over 1000 pages. I hope to finish that up in February and then make a little faster progress with some of the challenges.

[Cora]

February Round-Up

I read 5 books in January. 10/60 (I decided to include the Everest book from January that I originally skipped in the count because it is a children's book)

I read 3 books for climbing the PBT Stairs 5/15

I read 2 books for the Monthly PBT Tag. 2/12 (only count first one for challenge)

I read 0 PBT High Notes

I read 2 DTB from the TBR 2/12

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March Round-Up

I completed 3 books in March. 13/60

I read 2 book for climbing the PBT Stairs 7/15

I read 1 book for Monthly PBT Tag 3/12

I read 0 PBT High Notes

I read 0 DTB from the TBR 2/12

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April Round - Up

I read 3 books in April 16/60

I read 1 book for climbing the PBT Stairs 8/15

I read 0 PBT High Notes

I read 0 DTB from the TBR 2/12

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May Round - Up

I read 5 books in May 21/60

I read 1 book for climbing the PBT Stairs 9/15

I read 0 PBT High Notes

I read 0 DTB from the TBR 2/12

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June Round-Up

I read 9 books in June 30/60

I read 1 book for climbing the PBT Stairs 10/15

I read 0 PBT High Notes

I read 0 DTB from the TBR 2/12

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July Round-Up

I read 2 books in July 32/60

I read 0 books for climbing the PBT Stairs 10/15

I read 0 books for PBT High Notes

I read 0 DTB from the TBR 2/12

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August Round-Up

I read 5 books in August 37/60

I read 0 books for climbing the PBT Stairs 10/15

I read 0 books for PBT High Notes

I read 0 DTB from the TBR 2/12