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I finished 2017 Challenge! What an awesome way to expand my reading horizons! I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and reading how others were doing during the year. I did a few of the extended reading list too but know I will not finish all the books on that list. Date finished: Dec 12, 2017
Favorite prompt: A book involving travel
Favorite book: Turtles all the way down by John Green
Least favorite prompt: Steampunk
Last prompt finished: a book with pictures
I hope they bring back: any prompt with travel
In for 2018? No as I have built quite an extensive list of want to read books that do not work for the 2018 Challenge list of prompts. I may rejoin for 2019!
Thank you to the leaders for coordinating this group!!
FINISHED!Date you finished: 13 Dec 2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:
Message 690 (at the moment- these keep changing as folks delete theirs) for the regular 40 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message 303 for the bonus 12 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Favorite prompt: Book from non-human perspective They Called Me Dragon: A Narrative Account of My Adventures on the Planet Earth
Favorite book: super tough choice - I think I'll go with Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge
Least favorite prompt: Book over 800 pages. Yeesh! :) [although, I did want to read this book] Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Last prompt you finished: Book you've read that always makes you smile. Where the Wild Things Are
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Book from a sub-genre you've never heard of before. Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Or 2019 since 2018 is already set? - How about: A book published in the year you were born.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Absolutely, for all 52. This challenge greatly expanded my range of reading, introduced me to new subgenres, authors, and cultures, and it plays well for doing other challenges alongside.
Finished the 40 book challenge and have 1 left for the Advanced Challenge, (the 800 pager) so I thought I post now as I probably will not finish that until 2018.Date you finished: 40 Books: December 7, 2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: #394
Favorite prompt: A steampunk novel (I did not know what this was so it was interesting to read a unheard of genre. That to me is what this group is about, stretching what you read.)
Favorite book: A Gentleman in Moscow. (Just did not want this one to end.
Least favorite prompt: A book you've read before that makes you smile. (Do not want to reread, unless I choose to.)
Last prompt you finished:A book set in 2 different time periods
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Main character has a different ethnicity than yourself
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Read a book published prior to the 1900's.
Finished one book for 2018 prompt already. While I'm working on that 800 pager. Which I will finish in the new year, I expect.
Date you finished: 16 Dec 2017 (about ten minutes ago)Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: #946 and #469
Favorite prompt: "A book recommended by an author you love"
Favorite book: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Least favorite prompt: Any prompt with the word "bestseller" in it.
Last prompt you finished: "A book that takes place over a character's life span"
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": They're already out, so there's no point in answering this one.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Ditto.
Finally, are you in for 2018? No. I'm a bit burned out now, so I plan to slow down and savor books for a while. And I'm behind in my writing, so I'll do at least one of the NaNoWriMo monthly things in 2018.
I kept some book and author statistics on a spreadsheet, because that's what I do:
Number of books by author's county of birth: Australia 2, Canada 2, France 1, Germany 1, Ireland 1, Japan 1, Malaysia 1, UK 6, USA 37.
Format: 36 paper books, 11 audio books, 5 ebooks.
Gender: 42 female authored-books, 10 male authored-books. (As far as I know; I didn't research gender fluidity or whether an author is trans. I'm just going by the names and author photos and pronouns. I read books by two authors AND books by multiple authors, so I read works written by 37 female and 12 male people.
18,664 pages, for an average of 358.92 pages per book. The longest book is 1,006 pages long. The shortest is 37 pages. The oldest book was first published in 1912. Five books were published in 2017.
My most prolific month was September, with 11 books finished. (I worked my library's circulation counter a lot that month, which meant a lot of time to sit and read until a student needed help.)
Date you finished: December 18, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular #520, Advanced #435
Favorite prompt: A book recommended by a librarian
Favorite book:The Handmaid's Tale and The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender were both amazing and I think are both some of my all time favorite books in general.
Least favorite prompt: An espionage thriller, definitely not my type of genre at all
Last prompt you finished: A book written by someone you admire
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": I think a book from a genre you have never heard of because it's broad but still interesting
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: a celebrity memoir
Finally, are you in for 2018? of course!
Date you finished: 12/19/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 192/397
Favorite prompt: book that’s been on your TBR pile for too long
Favorite book: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Least favorite prompt: best seller from a genre you never read (there’s a reason I don’t read it) followed closely by a “bestseller from 2016” as almost all of them were books that were from a series.
Last prompt you finished: Book with a family member in the title
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": n/a but for 2019 – made into a movie in 2019 or Book that's been on your TBR list for too long.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: n/a for 2018 but I have started a list for 2019
Finally, are you in for 2018? Already made my lists!
I finally finished! I'm happy I did it, and I'm even happier to be done. Finally. The last four months were rough.Date you finished: December 19th
Favorite prompt: A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long. Chose the book with the longest tenure there, so it was satisfying to finish it finally.
Favorite book: Her Name in the Sky -- a reread for me, but one I'd happily reread always.
Least favorite prompt: A book with an unreliable narrator. I liked the book I read for the prompt; I just hated the prompt. Finding out that a book has an unreliable narrator was a bit of a spoiler.
Last prompt you finished: A book based on mythology.
Are you in for 2018? I'm really uninspired by the 2018 list, so I'm not sure. Also, while I'm really glad I did the challenge, it became a chore closer to the end. I've begun to populate the list, but I may not be as determined to see it to completion as I was this year.
I finally did it, people!!!Date you finished: December 19th
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular #888, Advanced #443
Favorite prompt: I honestly couldn't pick a favorite, I thought it was a very well-thought list.
Favorite book: Tough competition between Ready Player One and Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, just to name a few.
Least favorite prompt: A book with a cat on the cover, but just because I couldn't find a book that attracted me enough.
Last prompt you finished: A book that is a story between a story, just because it came last in the mail.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book with pictures, any excuse to read manga or comics.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Well, I actually already looked into next years lists, but I swear I thought of the prompt with a title that is a song as well, I swear.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Of course!!! Already have my list posted!!!
I just want to say how grateful I am that I could participate this year. The number of books I've read that I probably would have overlooked had it not been for this challenge, I don't want to know, honestly. Thank you, guys!!! See you next year.
Date you finished: 2017-12-19Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular #159, Advanced 346
Favorite prompt: A book written by someone you admire
Favorite book: So many good but I think I'll go with Sins of Empire - Brian McClellan
Least favorite prompt: A book of letters - So hard to find one I wanted to read!
Last prompt you finished: A book you got from a used book sale
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book by an author from a country you've never visited
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Already out but 'A book recommended by a friend'
Finally, are you in for 2018? I wasn't at first but now I am!
I finally finished with a little over a week to go. But it is the first time I have finished within the allotted year time frame.Date finished: 12/21/17
Regular list: #937
Advanced list: #458
Favorite prompt: A book you've read that never fails to make you smile
Favorite book: Letters from Skye
Least favorite prompt: a book you bought on a trip
Least favorite book: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Are you in for 2018? ABSOLUTELY!!!
Date you finished: 22-Dec-2017Message number(s) for regular list posts: 386
Favorite prompt: A book of letters
I discovered a whole genre that I didn't know existed. Epistolary Novels are wonderful! :) Also, the prompt accommodates a wide range of tastes - something I always appreciate in prompts. If that wasn't enough reason to love this prompt, I discovered two books I really enjoyed (Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters, which I used for this prompt and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society) while browsing suggestions for this prompt.
Favorite book:
I read this for the "book about an interesting woman". It was very well-written, very interesting and very close to my heart.
Least favorite prompt: A book with career advice.
I don't know why PopSugar insists on some variation of "a self-help book" prompt each year :( I don't like 'em!
Last prompt you finished: A book written by someone you admire
I read
for this one, and I take forever to finish non-fiction, especially if it's not an ebook."I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book about an interesting woman
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book with less than 5000 reviews on GoodReads
There are so many underappreciated books out there! I really want to find them.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes.
I thought I'll sit this one out, and work on my TBR pile instead, but this is too much fun ;)
Date you finished: 12/21/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 8 and 7, respectively
Favorite prompt: A Book That Has Been On Your TBR List Way Too Long (Love Is a Mix Tape)
Favorite book: I read so many good ones, but I realized none of them stuck out to me as my absolute favorite. However, A Monster Calls would be my choice here.
Least favorite prompt: A Book With Career Advice. Luckily I found a short book that actually gives good advice and can apply to almost anyone. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit
Last prompt you finished: A Book You Got From a Used Book Sale You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes! Starting a long book now with the intention of finishing it next year.
Date you finished: 12/23/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: #38 (regular), #27 (advanced)
Favorite prompt: favorite book from childhood
Favorite book: Pride and Prejudice
Least favorite prompt: a book with career advice
Last prompt you finished: book bought on a trip (usually get all my books from the library)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": a book with a mythological creature
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: a book set in Africa (I usually stick with Europe or Asia for historical fiction so this would push me to branch out)
Finally, are you in for 2018? yes
I did the regular and the advanced challenges.Date I finished: 12/25/17 (Merry Christmas!)
Message number for regular: 154
Message number for advanced: 97
Favorite prompt: An audiobook. I struggled with the one I picked because I tried to listen at work. I discovered that listening to the right book read by the right narrator in the right place (the car) is incredibly good.
Favorite book: The Name of the Wind
Least favorite prompt: Book with a red spine - I read ebooks. How do I know what color the spine is?
Last prompt finished: Book over 800 pages - Les Misérables. Great book with A LOT of philosophical expository.
I am in for 2018!
Date you finished: December 26, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 17, 14
Favorite prompt: A book that's been on your TBR list way too long
Favorite book:Lilac Girls or The Alice Network
Least favorite prompt: a book of letters
Last prompt you finished: An espionage thriller
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": the list was already announced
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: already announced
Finally, are you in for 2018?YES!
Congrats to everyone that finished! 2018 will be my first year doing this challenge (or any reading challenge actually)! You're all a source of literary inspiration!
Date you finished: 27/12/17Message number(s) for regular list posts: 928
Favourite prompt: A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
Favourite book: Meddling Kids
Least favourite prompt: A steampunk novel
Last prompt you finished: A steampunk novel
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book that's becoming a movie in 2018
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yep! Just figuring out a (loose) plan of action.
Date you finished: Dec. 28, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Messages 12 and 19
Favorite prompt: Cat on the cover, PoC
Favorite book: The Sellout, Ella Minnow Pea, The Hate U Give
Least favorite prompt: Career Advice
Last prompt you finished: Interesting Woman
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": PoC
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: too late!
Finally, are you in for 2018? Indeed
I finished the regular list!Date you finished: December 26, 2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular #55
Favorite prompt: A book with an unreliable narrator
Favorite book: The Westing Game (re read); Mrs. Sherlock Holmes (new read)
Least favorite prompt: A book with career advice
Last prompt you finished: A book I've read before that never fails to make me smile
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": unreliable narrator
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: a true crime book about a crime you know very little about
Finally, are you in for 2018? definitely!
Date you finished: actual reading 26 December 2017 but just realised that I had already read a book that could qualify for the only missing prompt today ;)Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: regular 132, advanced 81
Favorite prompt:A Book from a country not (yet) visited
Favorite book: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry or Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
Least favorite prompt:Steampunk
Last prompt you finished: book by or about a person with a disability (last because I could not find the one I wanted and had to wait for my second choice to be available at library)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": too late for this question
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: again, list already published
Finally, are you in for 2018? absolutely
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Finished!Date you finished: Dec. 29, 2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Haven't posted yet
Favorite prompt: Book with an Eccentric Character
Favorite book: Parable of the Sower; The Queen of the Tearling
Least favorite prompt: Career Advice
Last prompt you finished: Book about Food
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Book over 800 pages
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: too late!
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes!
Two days left and I made it!Date you finished: December 29th, 2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 11 (Regular) & 110 (Advanced)
Favorite prompt: A Book With A Cat on the Cover, for which I read The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Favorite book: The Changeling by Victor LaValle, which I read for A Book Where the Main Character is a Different Ethnicity than You
Least favorite prompt: A Book With Career Advice. The book I ended up reading, Healthy Is the New Skinny: Your Guide to Self-Love in a "Picture Perfect" World, was actually pretty interesting, but books with career advice are something I am typically philosophically opposed to.
Last prompt you finished: A Book You Got from a Used Book Sale. I read Love's Enchantment: Story Poems And Ballads, which is mostly short stories and poems and was a book I would read intermittently throughout the year reading several poems at a time then putting it down for another day.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": I agree with the previous posters who like a completely new list save for A Book Published in 2018
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Well the list has already come out, so I suppose this is more for 2019, but I think a bestseller from when your parent was your age would be an interesting prompt.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yup! I'm still post #11 if you want to follow me for next year :)
Date you finished: 28 december 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: regular 339, advanced 170
Favorite prompt: a book with a cat on the cover
Favorite book: The Mother
Least favorite prompt: a steampunk novel
Last prompt you finished: a book with a family member term in the title.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": a book with a [color] spine.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: a book you always wanted to reread but never had time/motivation.
Finally, are you in for 2018? YEAAH
*Date you finished: 12/28 (just under the wire, but I didn't start until March)*Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular 894, Advanced 418
*Favorite prompt: A book published by an author from a country you have never been to
*Favorite book: The Nightingale
*Least favorite prompt: career advice
*Last prompt you finished: In the wilderness
*"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": it doesn't really matter because historical fiction has become my favorite genre and I can incorporate it into almost any prompt =)
*Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: On theme with interesting woman, how about a powerful woman
*Finally, are you in for 2018? YES. My list is already made
I finished the main list and 11 of the 12 advanced prompts. But it's Dec. 30, so I'm calling it. Date you finished: Dec. 30 (regular list only)
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 15 for regular; 12 for advanced
Favorite prompt: Book recommended by an author you love. (I read Watership Down, recommended by Tana French)
Favorite book: Either Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (set in country you've never been to) or 84, Charing Cross Road (book of letters) or The Hate U Give (difficult topic). Lincoln in the Bardo was extraordinary.
Least favorite prompt: Non-human perspective. (Mostly, I think, because I wasn't that into The Bees) And there was one too many mythology prompts...
Last prompt you finished: A book with a cat on the cover (The Master and Margarita)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": I guess they kinda brought them all back, with the "choose anything from past challenges" prompt.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: ...
Finally, are you in for 2018? Oh, yes!
Date you finished: December 30, 2018Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 672 and 297
Favorite prompt: A book that's becoming a movie in 2017 Before I Fall
Favorite book: On the Jellicoe Road
Least favorite prompt: A book from a nonhuman perspective The Bees
Last prompt you finished: A book you got from a used book sale A Pocketful of Plays: Vintage Drama, Volume I
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": An audiobook (32/52 of the books I read for this challenge were on audiobook!)
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book with an LGBTQ character (which is on there!)
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes!!!
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Date you finished: December 29, 2017Favorite prompt: By or about a person with a disability
Favorite book: I loved a lot of the books I read. Maybe Big Little Lies or Clariel.
Least favorite prompt: Mentioned in another book. I hate this one.
Last prompt you finished: Bought on a trip. I bought it over the holidays visiting the in-laws.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": I'm glad they brought back the "author of a different ethnicity" prompt.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Since the list is out already I'll say I wish they hadn't brought back "Mentioned in another book again."
Finally, are you in for 2018? Definitely!
Date you finished: Today, 12/30/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:
Regular #347 Advanced ??
Favorite prompt: A book with an Unreliable Narrator
Favorite book: Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians
Least favorite prompt: A bestseller from a Genre you don't normally read (I hated the book I read for this... "Wilson"
Last prompt you finished: Book of Letters
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book that has been on your TBR list for way too long (I have a ton of those)
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018:
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes
Date you finished: December 30Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 214 regular and 126 advanced
Favorite prompt: A book you bought on a trip
Favorite book: The Nightingale
Least favorite prompt: a book from a nonhuman perspective
Last prompt you finished: a book with a cat on the cover
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": a bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: read a trilogy
Finally, are you in for 2018?I think I'm going to take a break for 2018. I've done the challenge the last two years and I think I'm going to be more free range this year. I feel like I've been reading to fill prompts and I have shelves of TBR to finish.
Date you finished: December 30Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: I have no idea, honestly. How do you even find that out?
Favorite prompt: I'm biased because this was a prompt I suggested when the thread was open to take ideas, but I really liked the book by or about someone with a disability. I also liked a book with a family member word in the title.
Favorite book: Illuminae, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, and A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Least favorite prompt: The book set in a hotel, and a book spanning a character's lifespan.
Last prompt you finished: A book by someone you admire (another prompt that was among my least favourites, actually)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book with a family member word in the title, because it's broad enough that there can be a wide variety of books that fit.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Can't think of anything new, especially since the list is already out.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes, definitely.
Date you finished: 12/30/2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: regular 37 and advanced 23
Favorite prompt: Book from a nonhuman perspective, because there were so many possibilities or the unreliable narrator
Favorite book: Silver Silence
Least favorite prompt: advanced challenges 800 pages or genre I’ve never heard of, although the book by someone you admire was one of my most difficult. Turns out, I don’t actually admire many people.
Last prompt you finished: Book purchased on a trip
Finally, are you in for 2018? Definitely! I did ‘15, ‘16, &’17, though ‘17 is the first I’ve completed. I can’t wait for ‘18.
Date you finished: 12/30/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:
Favorite prompt: Been on TBR for too long
Favorite book: The Undomestic Goddess and my re-read of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Least favorite prompt: Career advice and Steampunk
Last prompt you finished: Steampunk
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes!
It was really down to the wire but I made it! Date you finished: 12/31/17
Favorite prompt: a book that you got from a used book sale
Favorite book: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Least favorite prompt: a book that's more than 800 pages
Last prompt you finished: a book of letters // The Screwtape Letters
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": a book on your TBR for too long
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: a book with a (color) spine
Finally, are you in for 2018? I'm all in!
Date you finished: Dec. 31, 2017!!!Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 255
Favorite prompt: A book with an unreliable narrator
Favorite book: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Least favorite prompt: A book that's been mentioned in another book (I liked all the prompts, though!)
Last prompt you finished: A book that's more than 800 pages (advanced); a book you bought on a trip (regular)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book you wouldn't normally choose
Finally, are you in for 2018? Heck yeah.
Date you finished: Dec. 31, 2017!!!Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: it’s on my profile here: https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/...
Favorite prompt: I think the character with a disability one, probably because I loved my choice.
Favorite book: hard to choose, but perhaps my most surprising discovery was The Boys in the Boat
Least favorite prompt: I mostly didn’t like the similar prompts - two on mythology and two on genres you don’t read.
Last prompt you finished: A book of letters (and my choice was pretty bad)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in the future: I really like prompts that push me to think about the diversity of perspectives that I read.
Suggestion for a new prompt for a future list: I’d love to see the advanced section be reading one book for each continent.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Heck yeah.
Date you finished: December 31 - Just about made it!Favorite prompt: A book from a nonhuman perspective
Favorite book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Least favorite prompt: A book with career advice
Last prompt you finished: A book that is a story within a story
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Anything that encourages more diversity; A book about an immigrant or refugee, a book where the main character is a different ethnicity, a book about a character with a disability etc.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book with a purple cover (or any colour, really)
Finally, are you in for 2018? YISSS
Date you finished: I had only 2 prompts left in Oct and I needed a break after finding the challenge in June. I officially finished 12/27. Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: I didn't really look at the advanced list, but all 40 in the original.
Favorite prompt: Steampunk -- just because i would have never read it and I loved it.
Favorite book: This is tough. I discovered so many great titles from this Challenger that I would have never found otherwise. I am going to go with my favorite book that I would have never read..... Soulless. Ehhh Cinder is a close second.
Least favorite prompt: A book with the day in the week in the title.
Last prompt you finished: A book that always makes you smile
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018":
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Its already 2018 and the list is out :)
Finally, are you in for 2018? YES
Date you finished: December 19, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular-#600, Advanced-#252
Favorite prompt: A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
Favorite book: America's First Daughter
Least favorite prompt: A book with career advice.
Last prompt you finished: A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book you bought on a trip.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: I suggested a book recommended by a celebrity other than Oprah.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Absolutely!
Date you finished: 12/31/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 7 and 6
Favorite prompt: A book set during wartime.
Favorite book: All the Light We Cannot See or The Last Letter from Your Lover
Least favorite prompt: A book involving travel, only for the book I read: On the Road
Last prompt you finished: A book with one of the four seasons in the title
Finally, are you in for 2018? Of course!
Date you finished: Feb. 5, 2018 -- I let the 2017 challenge bleed into 2018 since I started it late last year and only had a handful of prompts left Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Reg: 926; Adv: 444
Favorite prompt: I liked a lot of the prompts, particularly "A book by an author from a country you've never visited" or "a book about an interesting woman" or "book by a person of color"
Favorite book: Also too many to count, so I'll do top 5: The Nightingale, One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, We Are Never Meeting In Real Life, The Kite Runner, and Station Eleven. Runner-ups are What Happened, A Man Called Ove, Uprooted, and Enchanted Islands
Least favorite prompt: Either "a book with career advice" or "a book you've read before that made you smile" -- I'm not a big re-reader of books
Last prompt you finished: "A steampunk novel" -- The Clockwork Dynasty
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: I'll make this a suggestion for 2019 -- two books with the same/similar titles.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes I am!
Date you finished: February 18, 2018Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: I can’t find them 😢
Favorite prompt: probably book by a person of colour or others that encouraged diversity in my reading
Favorite book: the hate u give by Angie Thomas
Least favorite prompt: career advice
Last prompt you finished: multiple authors
Finally, are you in for 2018?
Yes I’ve been doing it and just trying to double up the last couple prompts that I had left from ‘17
Date you finished: March 1, 2018 - late due to having a baby, but I still finished!Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 68
Favorite prompt: A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read (The Name of the Wind) because it got me out of my comfort zone, but still guaranteed a pretty good book.
Favorite book: The Sellout - funny and clever!
Least favorite prompt: A book published in 2017 (Exit West) because I like to read books that I know will be good, and books that new haven't been tested enough for me.
Last prompt you finished: A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long (Lady Chatterley's Lover) because if I really wanted to read it, I would have read it a long time ago!
Finally, are you in for 2018? I wish I could, but this baby has really cramped my style! I'll just read as much as I can and then try for 2019.
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I was thinking the same thing. I did the challenge in 2015 and started in 2016, but I was tired of having any aspect of my reading determined for me. I'll finish this year, though.