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Luci's 'can I make it to 25?' 2020 edition
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TO DO
- November☐☑☒
Mandatory
Optional
YEARLY CHALLENGE: BOOK CLUB
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I will join 3 Group Reads this year: 1/3
I will join 3 Buddy Reads this year: 5/3
I will join 6 TBR Twin Reads this year: 6/6
Total number of Book Club books: 12/12
Group reads
☑ MARCH: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Buddy reads
JAN
☑ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
MAR
☑ Circe
☑ Big Little Lies
☑ Shatter Me
☑ Carrie
TBR Twin reads
☑ January with Mena: Daisy Jones & The Six
☑ February with Paula: Where the Crawdads Sing
☑ March with Elisa: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
☑ April with Rachael: Scarlet
☑ November with Cassie: A Study in Scarlet
☑ December with Auntie Terror: The Bear and the Nightingale
YEARLY CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I want to read 10 physical books
7/10
1. The Two Towers
2. The Colour of Magic
3. Big Little Lies
4. Twilight
5. Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music
6. Madol Doova
7. New Moon
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YEARLY CHALLENGE: COLOR CHALLENGE
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I want to read 15 books
19/15
1. White
2. Pink
3. Red
4. Orange
5. Yellow
6. Green
7. Blue
8. Purple
9. Brown
10. Black
11. Metallic
12. 5 colors on the cover
13. Geometric pattern
14. Color words in the title
15. Word describing color in the title
YEARLY CHALLENGE: KIND OF A BIG DEAL
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I want to read 10 books
9/10
- 4/5 Long books (500+pages)
1. Big Little Lies 504 pages
2. City of Bones 512 pages
3. Twilight 504 pages
4. New Moon 696 pages
5.
- 5/5 Short books (200- pages)
1. Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him 152 pages
2. 84, Charing Cross Road 126 pages
3. A Midsummer's Night Dream 144 pages
4. Madol Doova 110 pages
5. A Study in Scarlet 192 pages
YEARLY CHALLENGE: LET'S TURN PAGES
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I want to read 10,000 pages
9,017/10,000
- Dark Matter 420 pages
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 401 pages
- Daisy Jones & The Six 355 pages
- The Two Towers 464 pages
- The Colour of Magic 288 pages
- Where the Crawdads Sing 384 pages
- Carrie 256 pages
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower 264 pages
- Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him 152 pages
- Big Little Lies 504 pages
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 288 pages
- Shatter Me 279 pages
- The Canterville Ghost 40 pages
- Circe 464 pages
- Normal People 279 pages
- 84, Charing Cross Road 126 pages
- City of Bones 512 pages
- Yes Please 329 pages
- Scarlet 478 pages
- A Midsummer's Night Dream 144 pages
- The Silent Patient 376 pages
- Twilight 504 pages
- Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music 280 pages
- Madol Doova 110 pages
- New Moon 696 pages
- A Study in Scarlet 192 pages
- The Bear and the Nightingale 432 pages
YEARLY CHALLENGE: TBR JAR
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I want to read 5 books from my TBR jar.
6/5
1. The Colour of Magic
2. City of Bones
3. Carrie
4. Shatter Me
5. Scarlet
6. Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music
YEARLY CHALLENGE: SERIAL READER
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I will finish 5 series I have started before this year.
I will start 2 series this year.
I will read 2 books that are part of a series.
4/15
Series to finish 0/11
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Series to start 3/2
✔ The Colour of Magic
✔ Shatter Me
✔ City of Bones
Books from a series 2/2
✔ Scarlet
✔ The Two Towers
Best of luck with all the challenges, Luci!
Thanks! Good luck to you too :)My new goal for this year is to participate in the group buddy reads, so I hope to see you there!!
TBR in 2020
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Info for myself that I really don't want to forget
* By reading 1 hour a day I can read up to 18,250 pages in a year (50 pages/hour).
* 1 book a week = 52 books a year.
* My reading speed is ±317 words/min and an average page contains 250 words, so I should be able to read 1 page/min.
* The average length of the books that I read is 350 pages (it would take me around 6 hours to read a book of that lenght, so by reading one hour a day I could finish an average book in under a week).
Good luck with your goal in 2020, Luci! I read "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" this year and looved it. Definitely recommendable. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on it whenever you read it :)
I just finished reading "Every Heart a Doorway". In all honesty, I thought it was good but not worth the hype. How did you like it?
Lisa wrote: "Good luck with your goal in 2020, Luci! I read "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" this year and looved it. Definitely recommendable. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on it whenever you rea..."
Hey Lisa! I added The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo because I was recommended it last week, so with you mentioning it again I think it's going to be my first read for next year!!! I hope I'll enjoy it as much as you did :)
As for Every Heart a Doorway, I really liked it, although I must admit the ending was quite bitter for me, but it worked and made me want to know what's going to happen in the next book! Are you planning on continuing the series? Going by your experience with the first one you may not be in the mood...
Hope to see you around, and thanks for your kind words! :)
I am curious but I have a feeling that's more the completionist in me, that urges me to finish reading the series. I'm not sure I'm curious enough to keep going. Don't get me wrong, I really liked the descriptions of the different worlds and the premise of it all, but I don't think it'll be the first book of the year :D I have my eye on it on Libby, so I guess we'll see whenever it becomes available again :DPS. Wow that was really vague.. sorry for that nonanswer. That was annoying :D
Hahaha I got it, sometimes you don't know what you will be reading! And I also feel like once I start a series I have to finish it, even if I didn't love it. But when I've done it hasn't been a great experience, so I've decided that if I'm not even mildly hooked on the first book, it's a no-go for me.Again, I hope to see you around in the group, maybe we'll meet in the All the Light We Cannot See group read! :)
MONTHLY CHALLENGES
January
- MARATHON CHALLENGE
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I want to read 3 books and reach 1000 pages in January.
1. Dark Matter
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
3. Daisy Jones & The Six
1,176/1000 pages
Challenge completed 11/1
February
- HAVE BOOK, WILL TRAVEL
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3/3
Challenge completed 28/2
1. The Two Towers
2. The Colour of Magic
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
March
- WE PUT A SPELL ON YOU
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5/5
Challenge completed 18/3
P - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
E - El fantasma de Canterville
O - Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him
N - Normal People
Y - Yo, Simon, Homo Sapiens
MONTHLY CHALLENGES
April
- SHADES OF GREEN
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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May
June
MONTHLY CHALLENGES
July
August
September
MONTHLY CHALLENGES
October
November
December
QUARTERLY CHALLENGES
: Q1- MEET US AT THE BOOKSHOP
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10/10
(Main) challenge completed: 9/3
* 11/11
Challenge completed 19/3
1. Science fiction / Dark Matter
2. Historical fiction / Daisy Jones & The Six
3. Fantasy / The Two Towers
4. Humor / The Colour of Magic
5. Mystery / Where the Crawdads Sing
6. Horror / Carrie
7. YA / The Perks of Being a Wallflower
8. Comic / Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him
9. Chick Lit / Big Little Lies
10. LGBTQ+ / Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
*Special super-duper bonus prompt: Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner.
* 84, Charing Cross Road
QUARTERLY CHALLENGES
: Q2- PINSPIRATION
OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
0/10
1. Art
2. Historical Events
3. Music
4. Film and theater
5. Food and Cooking
6. Nature
7. Science
8. Technology
9. Faith
10. Courage
11. Humanitarianism/Philanthropy/Charity
12. Friendship, Love, and Marriage
13. Home and Family
14. Travel
15. Award Winners (any kind of awards)
QUARTERLY CHALLENGES
: Q3
QUARTERLY CHALLENGES
: Q4
MONTHLY TRACKERJANUARY
Genres: Science fiction, LGBTQ+, Historical fiction
Pages read: 1,176
FEBRUARY
Genres: Fantasy, Humor, Mystery
Pages read: 1,136
MARCH
Genres: Horror, YA, Comic, Chick Lit, LGBTQ+, Dystopia, Classic, Mythology, Fiction, Nonfiction, Fantasy, Memoir
Pages read: 3,493
APRIL
Genres: YA
Pages read: 478
MAY
Genres: Thriller
Pages read: 376
JUNE
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JULY
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AUGUST
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SEPTEMBER
Genres: YA
Pages read: 504
OCTOBER
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NOVEMBER
Genres: Autobiography, Historical fiction, YA, Classic
Pages read: 1,278
DECEMBER
Genres: Fantasy
Pages read: 432
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Series I want to finish- The Lord of the Rings
- The Kingkiller's Chronicle
- Dandelion Dynasty
- Six of Crows
- Harry Potter Series
- The Paper Magician
- Lunar Chronicles
- The Illuminae Files
- Dreaming Spires Series
- Daughter of smoke and bone
- The Cemetery of Forgotten Books
- Wayward Children
- The Mortal Instruments
- Shatter Me
- LUX
- Dark Tower
- Fallen angels
- A song of Ice and Fire
- The Black Dagger Brotherhood (re-read)
- Discworld
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Series I want to start
JANUARY RECORDMandatory
☑ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
☑ Daisy Jones & The Six
☑ Read 3 books + 1000 pages
--- ☑ Dark Matter 420 pages
--- ☑ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 401 pages
--- ☑ Daisy Jones & The Six 355 pages
☑ Read 3 books with different genres
--- ☑ Dark Matter Sci-fi
--- ☑ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo LGBTQ+
--- ☑ Daisy Jones & The Six Historical fiction
☐ YA BR's Corner January challenge https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Optional
☐ Read a book from my physical bookshelf
☑ Read a book with a specific colored cover
☐ Read a book from a series
☐ All the Light We Cannot See
☐ The Two Towers
FEBRUARY RECORDMandatory
☑ The Two Towers
☐ Yes Please
☑ Where the Crawdads Sing
☑ Read 3 books from a different language
--- ☑ The Two Towers
--- ☑ The Colour of Magic
--- ☑ Where the Crawdads Sing
☑ Read 3 books with different genres
--- ☑ The Two Towers Fantasy
--- ☑ The Colour of Magic Humour
--- ☑ Where the Crawdads Sing Mystery
Optional
☑ Read a book from my physical bookshelf
☑ Read a book with a specific colored cover
☑ Read a book from a series
☑ Read a book from my TBR jar
☐ Read a book of over 500 pages
☐ Read a book of under 200 pages
☐ The Return of the King
I am all about magic this year. I hope that your reading goal is your little touch of magic.
Thak you for the encouragement, Blagica!! And all the best in your own challenges :) ❤
TO DO
- March☐☑☒
Mandatory
☑ Circe
☑ Big Little Lies
☑ Shatter Me
☑ Carrie
☑ Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
☑ Read 5 books that start with the letters:
--- ☑ P: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
--- ☑ E: El fantasma de Canterville
--- ☑ O: Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him
--- ☑ N: Normal People
--- ☑ Y: Yo, Simon, Homo Sapiens
☑ Read 4 books with different genres
--- ☑ Carrie Horror
--- ☑ The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA
--- ☑ Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him Comic
--- ☑ Big Little Lies Chick Lit
Optional
☑ The Perks of Being a Wallflower
☑ City of Bones
☑ Read a book set in a bookshop or about a bookshop owner
--- ☑ 84, Charing Cross Road
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One more year I'm joining this challenge (this time from the beginning!!) hoping to read at least two books a month.
2019 was uneven but I managed to reach my 25 book goal! This time around I'm hoping to make some improvements, mostly I want to be more consistent, although I know that there will be some reading slumps to overcome, hopefully I will manage to read something every month! That way it will be much easier to reach my goal.
As the previous time, I'm going to use this thread to put all the reading challenges I join and keeping track of everything.
2019 challenge
2021 Challenge
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