Sabrina Jaede's Challenge Tracking 2019

[Sabrina]

I am hoping that I actually do a better job with my challenges this year than I have for the past two years!

[Sabrina]

Read 50 Books

1. Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom #1) ~ Garth Nix
2. In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1) ~ Tana French
3. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ~ Robert Prisig
4. Desperate Characters ~ Paula Fox
5. The Home for Unwanted Girls ~ Joanna Goodman
6. The Passage ~ Justin Cronin
7. The Ragged Edge of the Night ~ Olivia Hawker
8. City of Girls ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
9.

[Sabrina]

Trim the TBR PBT Challenge

Here, at the end of January, I finally am compiling a list of 36 books!! This is just a list for me to come up with the books. I will post the randomized list in an edit to this post.

List after Randomized by Nicole in January
1. The Reluctant Fundamentalist ~ Mohsin Hamid
2. The Martian ~ Andy Weir
3. Becoming ~~ Michelle Obama
4. Make Your Home Among Strangers ~ Jennine Capo Crucet
5. Schindler's List ~ Thomas Keneally
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ~ Stieg Larsson
7. Gray Mountain ~ John Grisham
8. What the Dog Saw ~ Malcolm Gladwell
9. High Rise ~ J.G. Ballard
10. Outline ~ Rachel Cusk
11. Beneath a Scarlet Sky ~ Mark Sullivan
12. In the Garden of the Beasts ~ Erik Larson
13. Silence ~ Shusaku Endo
14. Everyone Brave is Forgiven ~ Chris Cleave
15. Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange ~ Amanda Smith
16. The Passage ~ Justin Cronin
17. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values ~ Robert M. Pirsig
18. The Speechwriter ~ Barton Swaim
19. In The Woods ~ Tana French
20. Think Like a Freak ~ Seven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
21. Rapture in Death ~ J.D. Robb
22. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ~ John Le Carre
23. Jakob the Liar ~ Jurek Becker
24. Life of Pi ~ Yann Martel
25. Here on Earth ~ Alice Hoffman
26. The Fifth Assassin (Culper Ring #2) ~ Brad Meltzer
27. Think of a Number ~ John Verdon
28. Flesh and Bone ~ Jefferson Bass
29. Death Du Jour ~ Kathy Reichs
30. Mr. Mercedes ~ Steven King
31. Something in the Water ~ Catherine Steadman
32. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II ~ Denise Kiernan
33. In Country ~ Bobbie Ann Mason
34. American Rust ~ Philipp Meyer
35. Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuo Ishiguro
36. God Help the Child ~ Tony Morrison

Numbers 19 and 17 are locked because those books have already been announced. However, if you want to switch the order of any of the other books to match up with other people's lists or just because you have a gut feeling, then feel free to do so up until the March random number is announced some time around February 20th. At that point, your whole list will be locked in place!

(See Nicole's comment below for verification of randomized list.)

**I'm just copying the randomized list here for my own organizational needs.**

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Original List
1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values ~ Robert M. Pirsig
2. The Passage ~ Justin Cronin
3. What the Dog Saw ~ Malcolm Gladwell
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ~ Stieg Larsson
5. Becoming ~~ Michelle Obama
6. Rapture in Death ~ J.D. Robb
7. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II ~ Denise Kiernan
8. Everyone Brave is Forgiven ~ Chris Cleave
9. Mr. Mercedes ~ Steven King
10. Flesh and Bone ~ Jefferson Bass
11. Gray Mountain ~ John Grisham
12. Life of Pi ~ Yann Martel
13. The Martian ~ Andy Weir
14. Jakob the Liar ~ Jurek Becker
15. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ~ John Le Carre
16. Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuo Ishiguro
17. Death Du Jour ~ Kathy Reichs
18. American Rust ~ Philipp Meyer
19. The Fifth Assassin (Culper Ring #2) ~ Brad Meltzer
20. Think Like a Freak ~ Seven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
21. Silence ~ Shusaku Endo
22. Outline ~ Rachel Cusk
23. High Rise ~ J.G. Ballard
24. Think of a Number ~ John Verdon
25. Here on Earth ~ Alice Hoffman
26. Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange ~ Amanda Smith
27. In Country ~ Bobbie Ann Mason
28. The Reluctant Fundamentalist ~ Mohsin Hamid
29. In The Woods ~ Tana French
30. The Speechwriter ~ Barton Swaim
31. Make Your Home Among Strangers ~ Jennine Capo Crucet
32. God Help the Child ~ Tony Morrison
33. Beneath a Scarlet Sky ~ Mark Sullivan
34. Something in the Water ~ Catherine Steadman
35. Schindler's List ~ Thomas Keneally
36. In the Garden of the Beasts ~ Erik Larson

[Joanne]

Get it to Nicole and she will randomize it for you! Good luck!

[Sabrina]

Joanne wrote: "Get it to Nicole and she will randomize it for you! Good luck!"

I will as soon as I finish the list here. Then when it is randomized, I will add the randomized list.

[Sabrina]

Trimming my NF TBR

**These are non-fiction reads that I would like to get through this year. They may or may not be part of my Trim the TBR Challenge list above.**

1. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
2. What the Dog Saw ~
3. Think Like a Freak
4. In the Garden of Beasts ~ Erik Larson
5. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
6. Heavy: An American Memoir ~ Keise Laymon
7. Becoming ~ Michelle Obama
8. Life ~ Keith Richards
9. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
10: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

[Sabrina]

Finishing and or Catching Up Those Series I've Started

Some of these will be rereads so that I can refresh my memory with the books in a series; other will just be a continuation because I can remember enough of the last book I read in the series.

Sue Grafton

Lee Child's Jack Reacher Series

Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch Series

Joe Nesbo's Harry Hole Series

Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad Series
1. In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad #1) finished 1/31/19

[Nicole R]

Hi Sabrina! I see your list here to be randomizes and I will do that a little later this morning!

[Nicole R]

1. The Reluctant Fundamentalist ~ Mohsin Hamid
2. The Martian ~ Andy Weir
3. Becoming ~~ Michelle Obama
4. Make Your Home Among Strangers ~ Jennine Capo Crucet
5. Schindler's List ~ Thomas Keneally
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ~ Stieg Larsson
7. Gray Mountain ~ John Grisham
8. What the Dog Saw ~ Malcolm Gladwell
9. High Rise ~ J.G. Ballard
10. Outline ~ Rachel Cusk
11. Beneath a Scarlet Sky ~ Mark Sullivan
12. In the Garden of the Beasts ~ Erik Larson
13. Silence ~ Shusaku Endo
14. Everyone Brave is Forgiven ~ Chris Cleave
15. Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange ~ Amanda Smith
16. The Passage ~ Justin Cronin
17. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values ~ Robert M. Pirsig
18. The Speechwriter ~ Barton Swaim
19. In The Woods ~ Tana French
20. Think Like a Freak ~ Seven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
21. Rapture in Death ~ J.D. Robb
22. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ~ John Le Carre
23. Jakob the Liar ~ Jurek Becker
24. Life of Pi ~ Yann Martel
25. Here on Earth ~ Alice Hoffman
26. The Fifth Assassin (Culper Ring #2) ~ Brad Meltzer
27. Think of a Number ~ John Verdon
28. Flesh and Bone ~ Jefferson Bass
29. Death Du Jour ~ Kathy Reichs
30. Mr. Mercedes ~ Steven King
31. Something in the Water ~ Catherine Steadman
32. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II ~ Denise Kiernan
33. In Country ~ Bobbie Ann Mason
34. American Rust ~ Philipp Meyer
35. Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuo Ishiguro
36. God Help the Child ~ Tony Morrison

Numbers 19 and 17 are locked because those books have already been announced. However, if you want to switch the order of any of the other books to match up with other people's lists or just because you have a gut feeling, then feel free to do so up until the March random number is announced some time around February 20th. At that point, your whole list will be locked in place!

Let me know if you have any questions!

[Sabrina]

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

1. an epistolary novel or collection of letters
2. an alternate history novel
3. a book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018
4. a humor book
5. a book by a journalist or about journalism
6. a book by an AOC set in or about space
7. an #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
8. an #ownvoices book set in Oceania
9. a book published prior to 1/1/19 with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
10. a translated book written by and/or translated by a woman
11. a book of manga
12. a book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
13. a book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse
a cozy mystery
14.a book of mythology or folklore
15. an historical romance by an AOC
16. a business book
17. a novel by a trans or nonbinary author
18. a book of nonviolent true crime
19. a book written in prison
20. a comic by an LGBTQIA creator
21. a children's or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
22. a self-published book
23. a collection of poetry published since 2014

[Sabrina]

Fire the Cannon FB Group Reading Challenge
**This is based on the Pop Sugar 2019 Reading Challenge Categories.**

1. a book becoming a movie in 2019
2. a book that makes you nostalgic
3. a book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
4. a book you think should be turned into a movie
5. a book with at least 1 million ratings on Goodreads
6. a book with a plant in the title or on the cover
7. a reread of a favorite book
8. a book about a hobby
9. a book you meant to read in 2018
10. a book with "pop," "sugar," or "challenge" in the title
11. a book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
12. a book inspired by mythology, legend, or folklore
13. a book published posthumously
14. a book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. a retelling of a classic
16. a book with a question in the title
17. a book set on a college or university campus
18. a book about someone with a superpower
19. a book told from multiple character POVs
20. a book set in space
21. a book by two female authors
22. a book with a title that contains "salty," "sweet," "bitter," or "spicy"
23. a book set in Scandinavia
24. a book that takes place in a single day
25. a debut novel: In the Woods ~ Tana French (January 2019)
26. a book that's published in 2019 City of Girls ~ Elizabeth Gilbert (November 2019)
27. a book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
28. a book recommended by a celebrity you admire
29. a book with "love" in the title
30. a book featuring an amateur detective
31. a book about a family
32. a book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America
33. a book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title
34. a book that includes a wedding
35. a book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
36. a ghost story
37. a book with a two-word title: Desperate Characters ~ Paula Fox (March 2019)
38. a novel based on a true story
39. a book revolving around a puzzle or game
40. your favorite prompt from a previous PopSugar Reading Challenge

PopSugar "Advanced" Categories:
41. a "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
42. a "choose your own adventure" book
43. an "own voices" book
44. a book read during the season it is set in
45. a litRPG (literary role playing game) book
46. a book with no chapters/unusual chapter headings/unconventionally numbered chapters
47. two books that share the same title (1)
48. two books that share the same title (2)
49. a book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom (e.g., Big Brother from 1984)
50. a book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent