Erin K's 2018 Reading Corner

[Erin]

My goal for 2018 is 26 books.

My Goal Page

Format: Link to Book - Date Finished - Genre - Pages - Pub Year - Star Rating

1. Vampires in the Lemon Grove - 1/24/18 - Fantasy - 243 - 2013 - ★★★★☆
2. Artemis Fowl - 1/28/18 - Fantasy - 316 - 2001 - ★★★★☆
3. Duma Key - 2/12/18 - Horror - 611 - 2008 - ★★★★☆
4. The Promise of Stardust - 2/17/18 - Fiction - 432 - 2013 - ★★★★☆
5. Under the Dome - 3/9/18 - Horror - 1074 - 2009 - ★★★★☆
6. Virgin River - 3/21/18 - Romance - 386 - 2007 - ★★☆☆☆
7. The Great Alone - 4/3/18 - Fiction - 435 - 2018 - ★★★★★
8. Armada - 4/10/18 - Science Fiction - 355 - 2015 - ★★★☆☆
9. Life After Life - 4/23/18 - Historical Fiction - 531 - 2013 - ★★★☆☆
10. Minding Frankie - 5/15/18 - Fiction - 425 - 2010 - ★★★☆☆
11. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital - 7/6/18 - Nonfiction - 558 - 2013 - ★★★☆☆
12. Shelter in Place - 7/22/18 - Romance - 438 - 2018 - ★★★★★
13. The Invention of Wings - 7/27/18 - Historical Fiction - 384 - 2014 - ★★★★☆
14. Just One Damned Thing After Another - 8/3/18 - Fantasy - 480 - 2013 - ★★★★★
15. The Very First Damned Thing - 8/5/18 - Fantasy - 74 - 2015 - ★★★★★
16. A Symphony of Echoes - 8/9/18 - Fantasy - 235 - 2013 - ★★★★★
17. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - 8/14/18 - Fiction - 310 - 2013 - ★★★★☆
18. When a Child is Born - 8/15/18 - Fantasy - 21 - 2013 - ★★★★★
19. A Walk in the Woods - 8/20/18 - Nonfiction - 397 - 1997 - ★★★☆☆
20. The Golem and the Jinni - 8/28/18 - Fantasy - 486 - 2013 - ★★★★☆
21. A Second Chance - 8/31/18 - Fantasy - 298 - 2014 - ★★★★★
22. The Miniaturist - 9/9/18 - Fantasy - 400 - 2014 - ★★★☆☆
23. Dr. Knox - 9/15/18 - Thriller - 368 - 2016 - ★★★★☆
24. Roman Holiday - 9/15/18 - Fantasy - 36 - 2014 - ★★★★★
25. Big Little Lies - 9/22/18 - Fiction - 460 - 2014 - ★★★★★
26. A Trail Through Time - 10/2/18 - Fantasy - 379 - 2014 - ★★★★★
27. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster - 10/5/18 - Nonfiction - 368 - 1997 - ★★★★☆

27/26

Book Covers

[Erin]

2018 STATISTICS:

Official Challenges
None

Personal Challenges
1. Read 8500 pages: 10,500/8500

Genre
Fantasy: 11
Fiction: 5
Historical Fiction: 2
Horror: 2
Nonfiction: 3
Romance: 2
Science Fiction: 1
Thriller: 1

Authors
Kate Atkinson: 1
Maeve Binchy: 1
Bill Bryson: 1
Jessie Burton: 1
Robyn Carr: 1
Ernest Cline: 1
Eoin Colfer: 1
Sheri Fink: 1
Karen Joy Fowler: 1
Kristin Hannah: 1
Sue Monk Kidd: 1
Stephen King: 2
Jon Krakauer: 1
Liane Moriarty: 1
Nora Roberts : 1
Karen Russell: 1
Priscille Sibley: 1
Peter Spiegelman: 1
Jodi Taylor: 7
Helene Wecker: 1

Gender
Female: 20
Male: 7

Length
0-300 Pages: 6
301-500 Pages: 17
501-800 Pages: 3
801-1000 Pages:0
1000+ Pages: 1

Format
Hardcover: 0
Paperback: 0
eBook: 0
Audiobook: 27

Source
Audible: 20
Book Store: 0
Library: 7
Online: 0

Year Published
1997: 2
2001: 1
2007: 1
2008: 1
2009: 1
2010: 1
2013: 9
2014: 6
2015: 2
2016: 1
2018: 2

[Erin]

Personal Challenge: Read as many books as I can from The 2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

☐ A book made into a movie you've already seen
☐ True crime
☑ The next book in a series you started: A Symphony of Echoes
☐ A book involving a heist
☐ Nordic noir
☐ A novel based on a real person
☑ A book set in a country that fascinates you
☐ A book with a time of day in the title
☐ A book about a villain or antihero
☐ A book about death or grief
☐ A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
☐ A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
☐ A book that is also a stage play or musical
☐ A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
☐ A book about feminism
☐ A book about mental health
☐ A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
☐ A book by two authors
☐ A book about or involving a sport
☐ A book by a local author
☐ A book with your favorite color in the title
☐ A book with alliteration in the title
☑ A book about time travel: Just One Damned Thing After Another
☑ A book with a weather element in the title: Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
☐ A book set at sea
☑ A book with an animal in the title: Artemis Fowl
☐ A book set on a different planet
☑ A book with song lyrics in the title: When a Child is Born
☐ A book about or set on Halloween
☐ A book with characters who are twins
☐ A book mentioned in another book
☐ A book from a celebrity book club
☐ A childhood classic you've never read
☐ A book that's published in 2018
☐ A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
☑ A book set in the decade you were born: The Great Alone
☐ A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
☐ A book with an ugly cover
☐ A book that involves a bookstore or libarary
☐ Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

ADVANCED:
☐ A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
☐ A cyberpunk book
☐ A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
☐ A book tied to your ancestry
☑ A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: Vampires in the Lemon Grove
☐ An allegory
☑ A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: The Invention of Wings
☐ A microhistory
☑ A book about a problem facing society today: Shelter in Place
☐ A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Erin]

Personal Challenge: TBR Randomizer

My goal is 8 randomized books from my TBR list from 9/1/18-12/31/18. I am pulling 12 so that I can delete if I chose not to read. Another goal I have had this year is to delete from the list if it no longer seems interesting when I go to read it.

☐ Inside the O'Briens - added 10/26/16
☐ The Fold - added 6/20/15
☑ A Trail Through Time - added 8/15/18
☐ Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction - added 12/29/16
☐ The Final Empire - added 10/26/16
☐ Cleopatra: A Life - added 7/16/15
☐ The Count of Monte Cristo - added 12/9/16 The Essex Serpent - added 2/12/17
☐ Three Wishes - added 11/5/14
☐ Wicked Little Words - added 11/15/16
☐ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - added 7/2/18
☐ Walk a Crooked Line - added 12/4/16
☐ A Life in Parts - added 9/16/16

[Erin]

Personal Challenge: Clean up my TBR

I have been going through from the beginning of my list and either deleting or reading. I will add 28 more here to go through in this manner from 9/1/18-12/31/18

☒ The Family Fang (own) - added 12/19/12
☒ Under the Never Sky (own) - added 7/14/13
☒ The 5th Wave (own) - added 9/2/13
☒ The Baker's Daughter (own) - added 4/12/14
☒ The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (own) - added 4/27/14
☑ The Golem and the Jinni - added 5/6/14
☒ Annihilation - added 5/16/14
☑ Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster - added 8/20/14
☑ A Walk in the Woods - added 8/20/14
☒ In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette - added 9/3/14
☒ Neverhome (own) - added 9/9/14
☒ The Magician King - added 9/10/14
☑ The Miniaturist - added 9/18/14
☑ Big Little Lies - added 9/30/14
☐ Code Name Verity - added 9/30/14
☒ Gilead - added 10/7/14
☐ Control Unleashed: Creating a Focused and Confident Dog (own) - added 10/15/14
☒ Magic Bites - added 10/25/14
☒ Sabriel - added 10/29/14
☒ Illusive - added 10/30/14
☒ Mermaids in Paradise - added 11/4/14
☒ All the Bright Places - added 11/4/14
☒ Dorothy Must Die - added 11/26/14
☒ Jackaby - added 12/2/14
☒ Wolf Winter - added 1/5/15
☒ The Unquiet Dead - added 1/5/15
☒ The Queen of the Tearling - added 1/5/15
☒ The Girl on the Train - added 1/7/15