HeatherH's 2020 Reading Challenges

[HeatherH]

Adding another challenge, Get My Goat

[Brittany]

Interesting title for a challenge! I can't seem to check it out though.

[HeatherH]

Fixed it! I messed up the link like a dummy lol.

[Brittany]

Lol no worries we have all done it. Sadly I still cant see it, private group and all that.

[Elena]

Good luck on your new challenge.

[HeatherH]

Not a lot to see from the link anyways.. Something about completing tasks to earn badges but the actual tasks haven't even been posted. It's the first thing I've participated in for that group and only singed up because.. goats lol.

Thanks Jess!

[HeatherH]

Ya'll, I just finished and it was hilarious and perfect <3

[Brittany]

Lol nice, goats are a good reason

[HeatherH]

It was painful, but another series completed tonight as I finished which is book 5/5 of the Tiger's Saga. I hated almost every moment of these but I'm stubborn and also not good at telling people no when they ask me to buddy read hah.

[Brittany]

Haha I never would've read that many books I hated! But good on you for finishing!

[Brittany]

I just looked at what you read this month, how did you like Assassin's Apprentice and Into the Deep?

[HeatherH]

I loved both! Assassin's Apprentice was recommended by an old friend and was my first by that author but super excited to read more of his. The narration was pretty good as well. He's brutal with his MC and the pacing was pretty consistent. Definitely continuing with the series soon.

Into the Deep was probably one of my fave reads of the month. Narration was really good and the mermaids were creepy as hell! I don't read much in the way of horror (not sure why since I love horror/slasher films) but this really makes me want to find more!

[Brittany]

I have Assassin's Apprentice and one day will read it...

Loved the horror mermaids. That book and its prequel were just so different! If you find anything that feels like those let me know.

[HeatherH]

Will do, please do the same if you come across any!

[Brittany]

Absolutely! I've never read anything quite like it.

One of my fave horror books is its also so different and parts of it stay with you.

Also a different kind of YA horror book

[HeatherH]

I tried Anna Dressed in Blood this past year and couldn't get into it. Total bummer since it had been on my tbr forever and I know a lot of people who liked it.

I've never read any Koontz! Might have to start with this one!

[Brittany]

I find Koontz hit or miss. Loved Lightning. HATED Dragon tears, it put me in such a reading slump I think it took me 2 months to read it and I didn't touch another horror book for years after.

Too bad about Anna but it happens!

[Teodora]

I have never read Koontz but a friend of mine suggested I should get into The Eyes of Darkness given the circumstances 😂

[Brittany]

That's supposed to be a good one.
And yes with its odd reference it could be interesting to read right now.

[HeatherH]

January-March Quarterly Stats:

Books Read: 57
New: 51
Re-reads: 6

Total Series Completed: 8
Series Finished: 5
Series Started & Finished: 3
*As Published To Date*

New Authors Read: 17

Ratings:
Five Stars: 18
Four Stars: 27
Three Stars: 7
Two Stars: 3
One Star: 2

[HeatherH]

Decided to participate in taking the OWLs this month (with NEWTs being in August) with my dear friend Selina who told me all about it. Since it isn't a GR challenge there isn't a page to link so tracking my prompts here!

Chosen Profession: Auror - tasked with protecting the magical community.

Prompts for OWLs:
Read one book meeting each prompt.
Charms Lumos Maxima: white cover Be Not Far From Me
Defense Against Dark Arts Grindylows: book set at the sea/coast The Beholder
Herbology Mimbulus Mimbletonia: title starts with an M Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Potions Shrinking Solution: book under 150 pages Of Mice and Men
Transfiguration Animagus Lecture: book/series that includes shapeshifting Gypsy Rising

Promtps for NEWTs:
Same prompts as above 3x for O, 2x for E, 1x for A/
O in Defense Against Dark Arts
E in Charms
E in Potions
A in Herbology
A in Transfiguration

[Brittany]

Neat challenge!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

Oh Heather can you link me to the challenge on twitter or insta or wherever it is? I'd love to do this one.

[HeatherH]

https://www.magicalreadathon.com/copy...

The twitter specific link is on the site but I'm not on there so just linking the website!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

Thank you. You’re a star.

[HeatherH]

Welcome!!

[HeatherH]

Jumping in to my first readathon - 7 in 7!

April Readathon (post #27) 6/7

[Elena]

Yeah! Good luck with the readathon!

[Brittany]

Good luck Heather!

[HeatherH]

Finished - one more series wrapped up!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Awesome! Hey, how did you enjoy that series? I read book one YEARS ago and absolutely loved it, but I just haven't read on in the series.

[HeatherH]

I adored the series as a whole. I definitely think the original trilogy had some sorta magic that feels a bit lacking in the later three, but they're still good!

[HeatherH]

Just finished and I'm with Laura in saying its definitely one of my favorite reads so far this year!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

That's good to know! I'll probably get back to the series eventually!

[HeatherH]

Liliana wrote: "That's good to know! I'll probably get back to the series eventually!"

Kenji gets a ton of POV chapters in the newer ones. I adore him, have since the beginning, so that was a huge plus for me!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

That is one character I really remember! I adored him too, so that's exciting to hear!

[HeatherH]

Just finished and was blown away by it! So many twists I didn't see coming and just non stop action.

[HeatherH]

Ya'll.. I made a shelf specific to the unfinished series I have.. Added all the books I need to read, plus all that I will have to re-read in order to finish the series.. it's 241 books >.<

Ughhhh.....

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Girl! 😲 Yikes! And I thought the 70 on my unfinished shelf was a lot 😅 Lol.

[HeatherH]

I'm a little overwhelmed currently lol! I need to stop starting new series (but I won't of course lol)!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Oh I bet. Lol. But I totally get you. I start at least one series every single month 😅 I can't help it. Lol.

So the 241 isn't 241 different series you need to finish, right? It's ALL the books in ALL the series you need to re-read/read to finish?

[HeatherH]

correct ALL the books total for ALL series. I didn't count individual series so not sure on that but there are some - like The Dresden Files - where I've only read one and it has like 15 in it.

And it's up to 243 as I remembered a couple of more...

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Ah, that makes sense. On my shelf I only have one book per series, so it's 70 separate series I need to finish. At one point I also had ALL the books I needed to finish, but I ended up editing the shelf because like you, I was super overwhelmed by the number. Lol. I mean, there's over 50 books just in the Fear Street series! It was too much for me. Lol.

[HeatherH]

Gah! That's good thinking! I may need to edit my shelf haha!

I'm thinking I'd use it for a lot of the monthly PIFM/Pick Me a Winner type deals to keep motivated to knock it down. Might be easier if it's only the next book I need to read.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Yeah, it might help! Especially for PIFM! That way you only have the next book you have to read and not the entire thing. Though the only downside to this is that I have to remember to add the next book in the series onto the shelf after I finish the one that had been on there... if that makes sense. Lol.

[HeatherH]

Liliana wrote: "Yeah, it might help! Especially for PIFM! That way you only have the next book you have to read and not the entire thing. Though the only downside to this is that I have to remember to add the next..."

I was thinking about that! As long as I can remember that, it seems like a better method lol.

[HeatherH]

Ok, I took your idea Lili and cut it down to only the next book of each series.. 69! such a better number hah!

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

Nice! That is SO much better than 243! Lol. When I first saw that number I was like, "No way!" I actually thought you had 240 separate series you had to finish! 😂

[HeatherH]

Lordie no - although at the rate I'm going.... hahah!

[Brittany]

HeatherH wrote: "Just finished and was blown away by it! So many twists I didn't see coming and just non stop action."

Sounds really neat, but not something I could read right now! Glad you enjoyed it so much