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message 1: by Alli (last edited Dec 10, 2020 08:38AM) (new)
Dec 02, 2019 08:57PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) Goals of 2020 (so far)
1. Re-read Harry Potter series
UPDATE (I am no longer doing the HP re-read)
2. Explore some new genres or genres I don't usually read
ex. sci-fi, mystery, thriller, historical fiction(non-WWII related)
3. read 100 books, 35,000 pages, 350 page average
4. Read 2 books I owned before 2019 (I own 9)
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater DNF Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) by Christopher Paolini DNF
5. Read 8 books I bought or aquired in 2019 (I own 19)
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (1/1) The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2) by Rick Yancey (1/16) Shopaholic Ties the Knot (Shopaholic, #3) by Sophie Kinsella (2/18)
6. finish 5 series
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7. Read some Goodreads Choice Awards Winners
- Mystery / Thriller The Silent Patient✓
- YA Fiction Five Feet Apart✓
- Horror The Institute✓
- Romance / Debut Red, White & Royal Blue✓
- Scifi - Recursion✓
8. Read 5 NF
I Am Malala The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg Julie and Julia 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell Sisters (Smile, #2) by Raina Telgemeier
9. read 10 books over 500 pages
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr The Institute by Stephen King A Darkling Plain (The Hungry City Chronicles, #4) by Philip Reeve The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) by Libba Bray The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1) by Soman Chainani The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2) by Rick Riordan The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
10. re-read 5 books
A Separate Peace by John Knowles Betrayed (House of Night, #2) by P.C. Cast Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2) by Tahereh Mafi To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) by Tahereh Mafi
11. read every day for over 109 days. (I read 109 days in a row in 2019)
12. Try some hyped authors (I have chosen books for some of these authors)
-Haruki Murakami, Neal Shusterman, Sarah J Maas, Jay Kristoff, Victoria/VE Schwab, etc.
13. Read at least 3 Sherlock Holmes stories every month (I own a giant book of every Sherlock Holmes story and I NEED to finish it)
14. I want to start reading an autobiography or biography about every American President in order. I don't want to read every single one in this year or in any specific time frame. I just want to read at least 1 in 2020.

Goodreads Challenges:
Lets Turn the Page
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Serial Reader
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Clean Your Bookshelves
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Genre Bingo
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Kind of a big deal
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Other Challenges:
2020 read harder challenge: (in 2019 I joined this challenge late in the year and finished 9 challenges)
YA NF book
Retelling of a classic of canon, fairytale, myth by an AOC Pride
Mystery where the victim is not a womanChocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Graphic memoir Sisters
A book about natural disaster
Play by an AOC or queer authorAn Ideal Husband
Non-WWII historical fiction The Night Tiger
Audiobook of poetry The Poet X
Read the last book of a series The Last Star
Book that takes place in a rural setting
Debut novel by a queer author Red, White & Royal Blue
Memoir by someone from a religious tradition different from your own
Food book about a cuisine you have never tried before
Romance starring a single parent With the Fire on High
Book about climate change No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Tome published after 1950 by a woman The Diviners
Sci-fi / fantasy under 120 pages The Test
Picture book with a human MC set in a marginalized community
Read a book by or about a refugee I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
MG that doesn’t take place in US or UK Dragon Pearl
Book with a MC with a disability All the Light We Cannot See (one MC is blind)
Horror book published by an indie press
An edition of a literary magazine
Book in any genre by a native, first nations, or indigenous author.King and the Dragonflies


message 2: by oshizu (new)
Dec 03, 2019 11:51AM

oshizu | 5762 comments I love how you've set general goals that you wish to achieve in 2020.
In the Let's Turn Page thread, I remember your post about reading a hundred books with an average length of 350 pages, What a great objective!
May you achieve all of your reading goals and enjoy a fabulous reading year in 2020!


message 3: by Brittany (new)
Dec 03, 2019 11:22PM

Brittany | 804 comments Best of luck this year! I too like your goals and rereading HP is always a good choice!


message 4: by Alli (new)
Dec 10, 2019 11:28AM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) Thanks! I actually didn't read Harry Potter until the movies were over. I'm ready to go back to it.


message 5: by Alli (last edited Jul 19, 2020 06:06AM) (new)
Dec 15, 2019 12:06PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) January

Read:
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo I Am Malala The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai Pride by Ibi Zoboi The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2) by Rick Yancey With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Internment by Samira Ahmed
A Separate Peace by John Knowles The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling

Pages Read:4335


message 6: by Alli (last edited Jul 19, 2020 06:06AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2019 04:36PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) February

Read:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling Recursion by Blake Crouch The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott The Test by Sylvain Neuvel Shopaholic Ties the Knot (Shopaholic, #3) by Sophie Kinsella The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan Platform Seven by Louise Doughty The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston The Institute by Stephen King

Pages Read: 3871


message 7: by Alli (last edited Jul 19, 2020 06:06AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2019 04:36PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) March

Read:
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino Little Bee by Chris Cleave The Last Star (The 5th Wave, #3) by Rick Yancey I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) by Seanan McGuire Predator's Gold (Mortal Engines Quartet #2) by Philip Reeve We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6) by C.S. Lewis The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2) by Seanan McGuire The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) by Lois Lowry

Pages:3385


message 8: by Alli (last edited Jun 01, 2020 06:39PM) (new)
Dec 17, 2019 04:36PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) April
I hit a reading slump i the beginning of April to the end of May but I think I am stepping back into it and reading again!

Read:
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

Pages: 585


message 9: by Alli (last edited Jun 01, 2020 06:42PM) (new)
Dec 17, 2019 04:36PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) May

Read:
Eight Perfect Murders (Malcolm Kershaw, #1) by Peter Swanson

Pages: 207


message 10: by Alli (last edited Jun 29, 2020 07:01AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2019 04:37PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) June

Read:
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) by Seanan McGuire A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka


message 11: by Alli (last edited Jul 31, 2020 08:04AM) (new)
Jun 23, 2020 08:24PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) July

Read:
Infernal Devices (The Hungry City Chronicles, #3) by Philip Reeve A Darkling Plain (The Hungry City Chronicles, #4) by Philip Reeve The Silence of Bones by June Hur Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) by Libba Bray Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Rick by Alex Gino The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5) by C.S. Lewis In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) by Seanan McGuire Julie and Julia 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1) by Soman Chainani The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow Betrayed (House of Night, #2) by P.C. Cast


message 12: by Alli (last edited Sep 07, 2020 10:17AM) (new)
Jul 19, 2020 06:12AM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) August

Read:
A World Without Princes (The School for Good and Evil, #2) by Soman Chainani Radio Silence by Alice Oseman Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2) by Tahereh Mafi Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) by Josh Malerman And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2) by Rick Riordan An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall The Secret History by Donna Tartt An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) by Sabaa Tahir Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Pet by Akwaeke Emezi House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1) by Victoria Schwab


message 13: by Alli (last edited Sep 27, 2020 08:03AM) (new)
Aug 19, 2020 07:30PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) September TBR:
https://allithebookgiraffe.wixsite.co...
Dracula by Bram Stoker Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas The Train to Impossible Places (The Train to impossible places, #1) by P.G. Bell The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1) by Jessica Townsend Wundersmith The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #2) by Jessica Townsend Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake, #2) by Victoria Schwab The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) by Katherine Arden Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2) by Katherine Arden The Last Ever After (The School for Good and Evil, #3) by Soman Chainani A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) by Roseanne A. Brown March Book Two (March, #2) by John Lewis Drama by Raina Telgemeier Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1) by Mira Grant

Read:
Dracula by Bram Stoker March Book Two (March, #2) by John Lewis Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) by Katherine Arden Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1) by Mira Grant Drama by Raina Telgemeier Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) by Tahereh Mafi Beach Read by Emily Henry Turtles All the Way Down by John Green The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Currently Reading:
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson


message 14: by Alli (last edited Dec 01, 2020 08:07AM) (new)
Aug 29, 2020 05:18PM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) My Blog Post: https://www.allithebookgiraffe.com/po...
October TBR:
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) by Brandon Sanderson Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) by Robert Jordan A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2) by Sabaa Tahir The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Filth by Irvine Welsh

October Read:
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2) by Hank Green The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi


message 15: by Alli (last edited Dec 07, 2020 06:50PM) (new)
Dec 01, 2020 08:10AM

Alli The Book Giraffe (allithebookgiraffe) November Read:
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #3) by Chris Grabenstein The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #13) by Jeff Kinney The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12) by Jeff Kinney Sisters (Smile, #2) by Raina Telgemeier The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1) by Victoria Schwab King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender Truly Devious (Truly Devious, #1) by Maureen Johnson Malorie (Bird Box, #2) by Josh Malerman

December Read:
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1) by Joanne Fluke The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #2) by Joanne Fluke


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