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The Passengers This book fills my last prompt (#18: Read the first book from your list t..."
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9/20

I've decided to keep going beyond my goal on the tasks I didn't originally choose.

I'm going to choose my books based on the task list.
Goal: 10
Progress: 10/10
✔ 2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year — China Rich Girlfriend -- 6/28/20
✔ 7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher —The Hating Game -- 6/4/20
✔ 11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover — The Unhoneymooners -- 6/9/20
✔ 12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book — The Tattooist of Auschwitz -- 6/10/20
✔ 18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it — 99 Percent Mine -- 7/5/20
✔ 20. Read a book that you own —The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line -- 5/7/20
✔ 21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you — The Alice Network -- 6/7/20
✔ 23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish — Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood -- 5/5/20
✔ 24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format — It Ends with Us -- 6/16/20
✔ 28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book —Educated -- 5/9/20

Challenge completed 5/6/20
I will commit to 12, chosen by the randomizer:
✅1. In the Distance by Hernán Díaz - completed 1/13/20 - 5 stars - My Review
✅2. Porgy by DuBose Heyward - completed 1/22/20 - 4 stars - My Review
✅3. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls - completed 2/2/20 - 4 stars - My Review
✅4. Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler - completed 2/12/20 - 4 stars - My Review
✅5. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy - completed 2/18/20 - 4 stars - My Review
✅6. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy - completed 2/23/20 - 4 stars - My Review
✅7. Golden Hill by Francis Spufford - completed 4/3/20 - 3 stars - My Review
✅8. Redshirts by John Scalzi - completed 4/12/20 - 4 stars - My Review
✅9 The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner - completed 4/16/20 - 4 stars - My Review
✅10. Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith - completed 4/26/20 - 4 stars - My Review
✅11. A Mercy by Toni Morrison - completed 4/29/20 - 5 stars - My Review
✅12. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - completed 5/6/20 - 4 stars - My Review
Joy D's Book Balcony

Finished: 3/24
1. Shadow Hunter 5/9/20
2. A Whole New World
3. The Unhoneymooners 6/6/20
4. The Princess Bride
5. The Bad Beginning 5/31/20
6. The Cellar
7. The Cabin
8. The Cuckoo's Calling
9. After
10. The Darkest Minds
11. Shadow and Bone
12. Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
13. Baby Teeth
14. Legend
15. The Maze Runner
16. The Kite Runner
17. All The Pretty Girls
18. The Sandcastle Empire
19. Catching Fire
20. An Unwanted Guest
21. Breakfast at Tiffany's
22. A Bend in the Road
23. My Plain Jane
24. An American Marriage
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