2020-21: My Additional Reading Fun

[Andrea]

In 2019, I actively participated in five additional challenges and successfully completed four of them. 2020? What more do I have to say. For 2021, I hope to complete a Pop Chart goal of 20 books over the past two years if I plan to read all of the 100 books by 2025!

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January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2025 (In Progress)

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Read the 100 essential novels listed on the chart by the end of 2025.

8/20 TASKS FOR 2020-21 COMPLETED
48/100 TASKS FOR 2025 COMPLETED

Progress maintained at https://www.listchallenges.com .

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

2. Shipping News by Annie Proulx

3. Naked Lunch: Modern Classic Collection by William S. Burroughs

4. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

5. Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone

6. A Death in the Family by James Agee

7. At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien

8. I, Claudius by Robert Graves


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June 1, 2021 - September 3, 2021

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6/6 Books

Read books that fulfill each of the following six prompts.


✔ 1. A crime book written by a woman:
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

✔ 2. A historical fiction book:
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

✔ 3. A literary fiction novel:
Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima

✔ 4. A new science fiction or fantasy novel:
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

✔ 5. An addictive beach read:
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

✔ 6. A thriller written by a woman:
The Guest List by Lucy Foley

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June 21, 2021 - August 31, 2021

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17/10 Books (50 max)

Read! For every five titles finished, complete and submit reading log for a chance to win a Powell's gift card.

1. The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2. All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace
3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
4. A Death in the Family by James Agee
5. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
6. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
7. When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
8. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
9. Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo
10.Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
11.Nicotine by Nell Zink
12.Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis
13.CONSTABLE ON THE HILL a perfect feel-good read from one of Britain's best-loved authors by Nicholas Rhea
14.Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
15.The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
16.Desert Hiking Tips: Expert Advice on Desert Hiking and Driving by Bruce Grubbs
17.The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela

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MY LIBRARY'S ADULT SUMMER READING CHALLENGE



June 21, 2021 - August 13, 2021

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25/25 Badges (41 max)

This is a multifaceted challenge that involves reading 10 books, writing 10 reviews, and completing additional activities. One may earn up to 41 badges, but I will be happy if I earn 25 of them!

*******BOOKS*******
14/10[10 badge maximum]
1. The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2. All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace
3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
4. A Death in the Family by James Agee
5. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
6. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
7. When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
8. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
9. Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo
10.Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
11.Nicotine by Nell Zink
12.Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis
13.CONSTABLE ON THE HILL a perfect feel-good read from one of Britain's best-loved authors by Nicholas Rhea
14.Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

******REVIEWS******
10/10



*****ACTIVITIES*****
5/21
1. Registered for challenge.
2. Borrow and use exploration pass #1!
3. Rent a film in Hoopla and watch it!
4. Borrow and use exploration pass #2!
5. Read a major award winner from the last few years!
I read the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner.
6. Borrow and use exploration pass #3!
7. Attend or participate in a library event (over Zoom or outdoors).
8. Borrow and use exploration pass #4!
9. Log into Kanopy and watch a film!
10. Borrow and use exploration pass #5!
11. Use one of our cookbooks to prepare a meal or snack!
12. Use our new Overdrive Magazines service to check out and read a magazine or article!
13. Borrow and use exploration pass #6!
14. Read a book of short stories!
15. Borrow and use exploration pass #7!
16. Borrow and use exploration pass #8!
17. Use one of our "Dear Reader" lists to find a book and read it!
I used the Psychological Suspense general list to find a story that I could use to fulfill another challenge.
18. Borrow and use exploration pass #9!
19. Read an animal centric memoir or other book about animals!
I read Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.
20. Borrow and use exploration pass #10!
21. Completed challenge!

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August 23, 2021 - August 30, 2021

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2/7 Prompts Completed

Read at least one book that fulfills a prompt listed below and share with social media to enter for a chance to win a Readathon book from Book Depository.

✔ 1. Read a book that was released in 2021:
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

2. Read a book with an LGBTQIA+ character
3. Read a prizewinning book
4. Read the first book in a series
5. Read a book inspired by women
6. Read a book that has been featured on our blog

✔ 7. Read a book that will help you fulfill a resolution or a goal:
Desert Hiking Tips: Expert Advice on Desert Hiking and Driving by Bruce Grubbs