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** Susan C's 101+ book challenge for 2019**
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3rd quarterSeptember reading plans
Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – None (not attending meeting
Sagamore Hills - free read
RBTW book club - None (meeting to pick next year's books)
Personal challenge:
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
1 books for Listopia Challenge (14/18)
0 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (19/20)
Quarterly:
Monthly:
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
0 books for WRC: 19x19 Challenge (69/81)
Quarterly:
Monthly:
Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for School Days (no deadline) (12/18)
1 book for Route 66 (no deadline) (17/75)
September reading82. The Most of Nora Ephron read 9/8/2019 ★★★☆☆
83. Lowcountry Boil read 9/8/2019 ★★★☆☆
84. Imagine That read 9/11/2019 ★★★★☆
85. The Great Alone read 9/15/2019 ★★★★☆
86. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future read 9/17/2019 ★★★★★
87. The Story of the Lost Child read 9/17/2019 ★★★★☆
88. The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator read 9/18/2019 ★★★☆☆
89. Evelyn, After read 9/20/2019 ★★★☆☆
90. Never Have I Ever read 9/23/2019 ★★★★☆
September Wrap-upPersonal challenges:
110 book reading goal: 90/110 = 81.8%
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 17/20 = 85%
Listopia Challenge: 14/18 = 77.8%
Clear Your Shelves: 20/20 = 100%
Quarterly:
Looking Back at the Best Challenge: 3/3 = 100%
Monthly:
Marathon Challenge: 10/10 = 100%
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
WRC: 19x19 Challenge: 70/81 = 86.4%
Semi-yearly:
CCC: Let's Talk About Cats: 30/30 = 100%
Quarterly:
Historical Landmarks of the UK: 18/18 = 100%
Monthly:
Ongoing:
CCC: School Days: 12/18 = 66.7%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 2: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 18/30 = 60%
CCC: Letter by Letter: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Route 66 17/75+ = 22.7%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 64/82 = 78%
WRC: Characters of M*A*S*H: 40/44 = 90.9%
4th quarterOctober reading plans
Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – None (not attending meeting)
Sagamore Hills - a book related to current events
RBTW book club - None (not attending meeting)
Personal challenge:
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Quarterly:
Monthly:
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide Paris Without End, The Great Believers
Quarterly:
Monthly:
Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Route 66 (no deadline) (17/75)
October reading91. Further Tales of the City read 10/4/2019 ★★★★☆
92. The Library Book read 10/7/2019 ★★☆☆☆
93. Bite Me read 10/14/2019 ★★★★☆
94. A Drink Before the War read 10/15/2019 ★★★☆☆
95. Babycakes read 10/16/2019 ★★★★☆
96. Fractured read 10/20/2019 ★★★★☆
97. The Cigar Factory: A Novel of Charleston read 10/21/2019 ★★★☆☆
98. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves read 10/25/2019 ★★★☆☆
October Wrap-upPersonal challenges:
110 book reading goal: 98/110 = 89%
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 18/20 = 90%
Listopia Challenge: 16/18 = 88.9%
Clear Your Shelves: 20/20 = 100%
Quarterly:
Looking Back at the Best Challenge: 3/3 = 100%
Monthly:
Marathon Challenge: 10/10 = 100%
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
WRC: 19x19 Challenge: 74/81 = 91.4%
Semi-yearly:
CCC: Let's Talk About Cats: 30/30 = 100%
Quarterly:
Historical Landmarks of the UK: 18/18 = 100%
Monthly:
Ongoing:
CCC: School Days: 14/18 = 77.8%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 2: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 19/30 = 63.6%
CCC: Letter by Letter: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Route 66 17/75+ = 22.7%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 69/82 = 84.1%
WRC: Characters of M*A*S*H: 42/44 = 95.5%
4th quarterNovember reading plans
Book clubs:
Personal challenge:
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for Listopia Challenge: 14/18) Reasons to Stay Alive
Quarterly:
Monthly:
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
3 books for CCC: Help Me Decide Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife, The Great Believers
4 books for WRC: 19x19 Challenge (74/81) Reasons to Stay Alive
Quarterly:
Monthly:
Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
1 book for Route 66 (no deadline) (17/75) Bella Tuscany
1 books for Characters of M*A*S*H (42/44)
November reading99. Significant Others read 11/05/2019 ★★★★☆
100. Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town read 11/11/2019 ★★★★★
101. Reasons to Stay Alive read 11/13/2019 ★★★★☆
102. Sure of You read 11/19/2019 ★★★★☆
103. Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife read 11/22/2019 ★★★☆☆
104. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End read 11/28/2019 ★★★★★
105. Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power read 11/29/2019 ★★★★☆
November Wrap-upPersonal challenges:
110 book reading goal: 105/110 = 95.5%
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 19/20 = 95%
Listopia Challenge: 17/18 = 94.4%
Clear Your Shelves: 20/20 = 100%
Quarterly:
Looking Back at the Best Challenge: 3/3 = 100%
Monthly:
Marathon Challenge: 10/10 = 100%
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
WRC: 19x19 Challenge: 75/81 = 92.6%
Semi-yearly:
CCC: Let's Talk About Cats: 30/30 = 100%
Quarterly:
Historical Landmarks of the UK: 18/18 = 100%
Monthly:
Ongoing:
CCC: School Days: 16/18 = 88.9%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 2: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 22/30 = 73.3%
CCC: Letter by Letter: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Route 66 17/75+ = 22.7%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 71/82 = 86.6%
WRC: Characters of M*A*S*H: 42/44 = 95.5%
4th quarterDecember reading plans
Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – (no book - Holiday party)
Sagamore Hills - a book by an author with my first, last, or maiden name
RBTW book club - (no book - Holiday party)
Personal challenge:
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Quarterly:
Monthly:
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Quarterly:
Monthly:
Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Route 66 (no deadline) (17/75) Bella Tuscany
December reading106. Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy read 12/1/2019 ★★★★★
107. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungr108y Girls read 12/3/2019 ★★★★☆
108. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City read 12/6/2019 ★★★★☆
109. Cronkite read 12/12/2019 ★★★☆☆
110. The Good Liar read 12/14/2019 ★★★★☆
111. The Color of Our Sky read 12/15/2019 ★★★★☆
112. Mrs. Fletcher read 12/15/2019 ★★★☆☆
113. Michael Tolliver Lives read 12/21/2019 ★★★☆☆
114. The Great Believers read 12/22/2019 ★★★★☆
115. Mary Ann in Autumn read 12/23/2019 ★★★★☆
116. The Deep End of the Ocean read 12/25/2019 ★★★☆☆
117. Calypso read 12/25/2019 ★★★★☆
118. My Losing Season: A Memoir read 12/29/2019 ★★★☆☆
December Wrap-upPersonal challenges:
110 book reading goal: 118/110 = 107.3%
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 20/20 = 100%
Listopia Challenge: 18/18 = 100%
Clear Your Shelves: 20/20 = 100%
Quarterly:
Looking Back at the Best Challenge: 3/3 = 100%
Monthly:
Marathon Challenge: 10/10 = 100%
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
WRC: 19x19 Challenge: 81/81 = 100%
Semi-yearly:
CCC: Let's Talk About Cats: 30/30 = 100%
Quarterly:
Historical Landmarks of the UK: 18/18 = 100%
Monthly:
Ongoing:
CCC: School Days: 18/18 = 100%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 2: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 23/30 = 76.7%
CCC: Letter by Letter: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Route 66 17/75+ = 22.7%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 77/82 = 94%
WRC: Characters of M*A*S*H: 44/44 = 100%
Books mentioned in this topic
My Losing Season: A Memoir (other topics)My Losing Season: A Memoir (other topics)
The Great Believers (other topics)
Calypso (other topics)
The Deep End of the Ocean (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Joshilyn Jackson (other topics)Nora Ephron (other topics)
Brit Bennett (other topics)
Elizabeth Berg (other topics)
Liane Moriarty (other topics)
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Personal challenges:
110 book reading goal: 81/110 = 73.6%
Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 16/20 = 80%
Listopia Challenge: 14/18 = 77.8%
Clear Your Shelves: 19/20 = 95%
Quarterly:
Looking Back at the Best Challenge: 3/3 = 100%
Monthly:
Marathon Challenge: 10/10 = 100%
Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
WRC: 19x19 Challenge: 69/81 = 85.2%
Semi-yearly:
CCC: Let's Talk About Cats: 30/30 = 100%
Quarterly:
Historical Landmarks of the UK: 16/18 = 88.9%
Monthly:
Ongoing:
CCC: School Days: 12/18 = 66.7%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 2: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 15/30 = 50%
CCC: Letter by Letter: 20/20 = 100%
CCC: Route 66 17/75+ = 22.7%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 58/82 = 70.7%
WRC: Characters of M*A*S*H: 32/44 = 72.7%