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January Wrap upBooks:
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February Wrap up
Books: 21
Pages: 4, 933 pages
1 - 24 pages of Training Camp, 110 pages of Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse completed =134 pages
2 - 46 pages of Training Camp, 131 pages of Euphoria completed =177 pages
3 - 50 pages of Training Camp = 50 pages
4 - 102 pages of Training Camp = 102 pages
5 - 68 pages of Training Camp = 68 pages
6 - 0 pages
7 - 137 pages of Harry Potter: Ultimate Collection of Harry Potter Memes, Funny Memes & NSFW completed = 137 pages
8 - 172 pages of Training Camp completed = 172 pages
9 - 73 pages of To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope = 73 pages
10 - 0 pages
11 - 0 pages
12 - 55 pages of CAFFEINE AND NICOTINE completed =55 pages
13 - 51 pages of Imaginary Friend, 18 pages of Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened, = 69 pages
14 - 39 pages of To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope = 39 pages
15 - 163 pages of Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened = 163 pages
16 - 28 pages of Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened = 28 pages
17 - 50 pages of To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope, 160 pages of Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened completed =210 pages
18 - 61 pages of To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope =61 pages
19 - 128 pages of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse completed, 9 pages of To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope, = 137 pages
20 - 144 pages of Strange Planet completed, 184 pages of To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope completed, 76 pages of The Story of Abraham Lincoln: A Biography Book for New Readers completed =404 pages
21 - 23 pages of Imaginary Friend = 23 pages
22 - 160 pages of Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son completed, 39 pages of Imaginary Friend, = 199 pages
23 - 24 pages of Imaginary Friend = 24 pages
24 - 63 pages of Doctor Who: Keeping Up with the Joneses completed, 109 pages of Letters From An Astrophysicist = 172 pages
25 - 338 pages of Crank, 80 pages of Mile 81 completed = 418 pages
26 - 199 pages of Crank completed, 311 pages of Love and Leftovers = 510 pages
27 - 138 pages of Letters From An Astrophysicist completed, 121 pages of Love and Leftovers completed, 29 pages of The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up = 288 pages
28 - 211 pages of The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up completed, 104 pages of Lost & Found: And Other Odd Short Stories completed, 272 pages of The Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl & Random Boy completed = 587 pages
29 - 266 pages of Tangled up in Blue completed = 266 pages
Books Read
2020 Reading Statistics Tracker
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Winter Bingo 2020 (M#8)Goal - Winter Bingo 2020 - claim at least one "Bingo" - can go horizational, vertical, diagonal, "X" or "around the world" or "BLACK OUT"
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: March 20th, 2020
✔ B1: Award Winner The Firefly Letters 3/6/20, 3*
✔ B2: Graphic Novel The Plain Janes 1/8/20 - 1/9/20, 5*
✔ B3: Silver Lettering The Way Life Was Forever 3/16/20, 1*
✔ B4: Mystery or Thriller Imaginary Friend 2/13/20 - 3/4/20, 4*
✔ B5: Current Event Related Where War Ends: A Combat Veteran’s 2,700-Mile Journey to Heal ― Recovering from PTSD and Moral Injury through Meditation 1/12/20 - 1/15/20, 5*
✔ I1: Start a Series The Isle of the Lost: The Graphic Novel 1/15/20, 4*
✔ I2: Middle Grade Return to the Isle of the Lost: The Graphic Novel 1/15/20, 4*
✔ I3: Blue Cover What Is the Story of Doctor Who? 1/15/20, 5*
✔ I4: > 400 pages Crank 2/25/20 - 2/26/20, 5*
✔ I5: Personal Improvement Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You 1/13/20, 5*
✔ N1: Classic Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel 3/6/20, 4*
✔ N2: Made into a Movie To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel 3/4/20, 4*
✔ N3: FREE CAFFEINE AND NICOTINE 2/12/20, 3*
✔ N4: Science Fiction The Binge Watcher's Guide To Doctor Who: A History of Doctor Who and the First Female Doctor 1/10/20 - 1/11/20, 4*
✔ N5: Humor Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 2/14/20 - 2/17/20, 4*
✔ G1: Magical Realism Belzhar 3/18/20, 5*
✔ G2: LGBTQ+ Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son 2/22/20, 5*
✔ G3: White Cover Book Love 1/13/20, 5*
✔ G4: Published In Your Birth Year The Dark Half 3/19/20, 4*
✔ G5: Biographical Me 1/22/20 - 1/29/20, 5*
✔O1: Published Last Year To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope 2/9/20 - 2/20/20, 5*
✔O2: Epistolary Letters From An Astrophysicist 2/23/20 - 2/27/20, 4*
✔ O3: Gold Lettering Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey: Behind the Scenes of the Award-Winning Stage Production 1/10/20, 5*
✔ O4: Based on Mythology Beowulf 3/19/20, 3*
✔ O5: Math/Science Doctor Who: Keeping Up with the Joneses 2/23/20 - 2/24/20, 4*
Decade Challenge 2020
(M#10)Goal - Decades Challenge 2020 - read one book originally published in each decade listed
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books Completed:
1820-1920
Level 1 Half Century
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
Level 2 Centurion
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899:
1900-1909:
1910-1919:
1920-2020
Level 1 Half Century
1920-1929:
1930-1939:
1940-1949:
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
Level 2 Centurion
1970-1979:
1980-1989:
1990-1999:
2000-2009:
2010-2020
2000-2020
Level 1 Start The Countdown
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2001
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Level 2 Double Down
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2009
Level 3 Moving Forward
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Level 4 Decade Master
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Chunksters 2020 (M#14)Goal - Chunksters - Read books from 400 to 599 pages
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Level One - Chunkster
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Level Two - Flower Presser
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Level 3 - Back Breaker
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Feather Weight 2020 (M#15)Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed: 0/15
Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
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Level 2 Flapping Wings
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Level 3 Taking Flight
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Mt TBR 2020 (M#37)Goal - Read books of your TBR
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Level 1 Base Camp
1: Shade Me
2: Dare You
3: Break Us
4:
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Level 2 Start The Climb
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Level 3 Going Higher
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Level 4 Reach The Summet
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The Game is Afoot 2020 (M#11)Goal - The Game is Afoot 2020 - Explore the Mystery game (can also include suspense and thriller)
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Level 1 - Break the Code (2 Books)
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Level 2 - Shadow the Suspect (4 Books)
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Level 3 - Crack the Case (7 Books)
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Level 4 - Chase the Villain (10 Books)
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Anti Alphabet Soup (M#15)Goal - Read books MISSING a particular letter
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed: 0/26
No A-
No B- Elevation 1/12/20, 5*
No C-
No D-
No E-
No F-
No G-
No H-
No I-
No J-The Story of Abraham Lincoln: A Biography Book for New Readers 2/20/20, 4*
No K-
No L-
No M-
No N-
No O-
No P-
No Q- Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse 1/31/20 - 2/1/20, 3*
No R-
No S-
No T-
No U-
No V-
No W-
No X-
No Y-
No Z-
Bookopoly 2020 (M#27)Goal -Move around the book using the electronic dice and read the book that matches the number rolled
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Round One
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Round Two
Roll One -- 12 previous roll from round one
Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned --- Black Widow: Forever Red ✔ (3/12/20)
Roll Two -- 1 + 5 = 6
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's ---
Down with History 2020
(M#7)Goal - Down with History 2020 - Historical Fiction
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Different time period for each level
Level 1 - Ancient Ancestors (2 Books)
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Level 2 - Medieval Mayhem (4 Books)
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Level 3 - Days of Empire (7 Books)
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Level 4 - Wars of Old (10 Books)
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Level 5 - The Past is the Past (15 Books)
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New to You 2020 (M#17)Goal - Read authors that are new to you
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. The Accidental Genius of Weasel High 1/12/20, 2*
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Where Is Broadway? 1/18/20, 4*
3. Dear Midnight 1/22/20, 3*
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Euphoria 2/2/20, 4*
5. Harry Potter: Ultimate Collection of Harry Potter Memes, Funny Memes & NSFW 2/7/20, 2*
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse 2/19/20, 4*
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7.Strange Planet 2/20/20, 3*
8.Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son 2/22/20, 5*
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Fantasy Faire 2020 (M#8)Goal - Fantasy Faire - explore the genre of Fantasy
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Level 1 - Linger with Elves (2 Books)
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Level 2 - Fly with Dragons (4 Books)
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Level 3 - Eat the Food in Faerie (7 Books)
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Level 4 - Go on a Quest to Save the World (10 Books)
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Level 5 - Explore Another World (15 Books)
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Clue the character (M#10)Goal - Clue the Character - read a book based on each characters career
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Miss Scarlet: career in law
Colonel Mustard: career in the military
Nurse White: career in medicine
Reverend Green: career in religion
Professor Plum: career in education
Mrs. Peacock: career in business
Sergeant Gray: career in law enforcement
Mr. Brown: career as a con artist or spy
Extra-Credit..
Mr. Black/Mr. Boddy: is dead or dies in the story
Doorstoppers 2020r (M#14)Goal - Doorstoppers - books with 600 or more pages
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Level 1 - A Mighty Tome
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Level 2 - Stack 'em High
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Level 3 - Weight Matters
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Level 4 - A Hefty Pile
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Blast off with Sci Fi (M#6)Goal - Blast off with Sci Fi
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Level One Suiting Up
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5
Level Two Countdown
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Level Three Blast Off
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Level Four Voyager
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Popsugar 2020 Reading ChallengeStart: January 1st, 2020
Finish: December 31st, 2020
1. A book that's published in 2020 Normal: One Kid's Extraordinary Journey 1/6/20 - 1/9/20, 5*
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author
3. A book with a great first line
4. A book about a book club
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
6. A bildungsroman
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover
9, A book with a map
10. A book recommend by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club
11. An anthology
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it
14. A book published the month of your birthday
15. A book about or by a woman in STEM
16. A book that won an award in 2019
17. A book on a subject you know nothing about
18. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics
19. A book with a pun in the title
20. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
21. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character
22. A book with a bird on the cover
23. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader
24. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
25. A book by a WOC
26. A book with at least a four-star rating on goodreads
27. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name
28. A book you meant to read in 2019
29. A book about or involving social media
30. A book that has a book on the cover
31. A medical thriller
32. A book with a made-up language
33. A book set in a country beginning with "C"
34. A book you picked because the title caught your attention
35. A book with a three-word title
36. A book with a pink cover
37. A western
38. A book by or about a journalist
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge
Advanced
1. A book written by an author in their 20s
2. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the the title
3. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (A nod to 20/20 vision)
4. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
5. A book set in the 1920s
6. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books
7. A book with more than 20 letters in it's title
8. A book published in the 20th century
9. A book from a series with more than 20 books
10. A book with a main character in their 20s
Books Read
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Genres for 2020
January-
Contemporary - Cherry (1/8/20) ✔
Memoirs - Normal Young Readers Edition (1/9/20) ✔
February-
Romance - The Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl & Random Boy (2/28/20) ✔
Women's Literature - Tangled up in Blue (2/29/20) ✔
Western - Lost & Found: And Other Odd Short Stories (2/28/20) ✔
March- Mystery, Suspense
April- Fantasy
May- Comedy, Tragedy
June- Travel, Survival, Adventure
July- YA/Middle Grades
August- Science Fiction, Dystopia
September- Historical Fiction or Non-Fiction
October- Horror, Thriller, Supernatural Fiction
November- Classics
December- Children's Lit, Animal and Seasonal Stories
2020 Mini Challenges Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: March 20th, 2020
Books With Heart
Goal- read a romance book, a book with pink or red cover, a heart on the cover, or anything else you can think of that is valentine-ish
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: March 20th, 2020
Books Read:
1/2/20 - 1/8/20, 4*Chilly Days Winter
Goal - wintery word in the title or wintery cover
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: March 20th, 2020
Books Read:
3/5/20, 5*Moon Magic Winter
Goal -1 book that contains magic
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: March 20th, 2020
Book Read:
1/26/20 - 2/8/20, 5* Frost Bitten Winter 2020
Goal -1 book that contains a character with bite (example: vampire, werewolf)
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: March 20th, 2020
Book Read:
1/17/20 - 1/25/20, 5*Chinese New Year 2020
Goal -1 book that is set in an Asian country, or whose main character is of Asian heritage
Start: January 1st, 2020
Finish: March 20th, 2020
Book Read:
3/5/20, 5*
Travel the World 2020
(M#7)Goal - Option 1: Around the World - Read one book for each leg to go all the way around the world
Start: January 2020
Finish: December 2020
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Goal - Option 2: Regional Tour - Choose to stay in a particular region(s) for a more in-depth exploration
Start: January 2020
Finish: December 2020
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Alphabet Soup 2020
(M#24)Goal - Alphabet Soup - 26 books, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet (not counting "a", "an", "the")
Start: January 2020
Finsih: December 2020
completed: 1/26
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Z - Ziggy, Stardust and Me (1/5/20, 4*)
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2020 Reading Statistics Tracker
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