Q4 - Anything Goes

[Rachael]

Updated message 4: 10/30 (goal increased)

[Carmen]

Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 18/30 📚

[Sunny]

Updated thru #157.

🎃61 Days Left to Reach Your Goal🎃

We have 19 of 35 readers turning pages.
218 books of 1,009 have been read.
1 Reader reached "The End".

Next update will be Weds Nov 4th.

Hope everyone is having a spooktacular weekend!

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 26/50

[Marleen]

Update to message #5: progress 1/5.

Finally off the mark with my first book: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

[Margie]

Update to message #33:

Progress: 8/25

[Rebecca]

Update Message #9: 21/40

Read The Constant Rabbit for my sci-fi/fantasy challenge

and read Spoiler Alert in my romance challenge

[Mikaela]

Update Msg #18

7/12 Completed

3) A book with a predominately orange cover
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

Mixed feelings about this book. Was interested in the overall plot/concept but unsure about how some of it was portrayed

[Jennifer]

Updating message #13:

5/22

book:Wizard's First Rule|43889] DONE

I have to agree with the Wizard's First Rule. (People are stupid)

[bailey, Challenges]

update msg #143

Progress: 3/12

[Carmen]

Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 19/30 📚

[Ashleigh]

Update to #11

4/6

The First Quest

[Anissa]

Anything Goes (Q4)
Duration: 10/01/20-12/31/20

This challenge sounds like a lot of fun and quite handy, please count me in. I am not sure exactly which prompts I am going to tackle but I would like to at least finish my 2020 Reading Challenge (only 4 more books to go!). I would also like to complete some of the books I already have started.

Total Books: 8

2020 Yearly Challenge
Progress: 0/4

The Night Circus
To Whisper Her Name
A Curious BeginningThe Hotel Between

Books On My "Currently Reading" Shelf
Progress: 0/4

Wicked and the Wallflower
How to Seduce a Scot
Lady Sophia's Lover
Queen of Hearts

[Alison]

update to message #7

13/15 books read

√ Vesper Flights for Bonus: Rock the Vote. This is a Science and Technology nominee and I voted for it to go through to the next round!! It is a collection of essays about our relationship to the natural world that are thoughtful and beautiful and I enjoyed every one of them!

√ A Man to Die For for a prompt in Just the Facts Ma'am...kept me on the edge of my seat!!

[Mikaela]

Update Msg#18

8/12 Completed

2) A book that mentions Halloween in the title
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

[Sunny]

Updated thru #171.

📖57 Days Left to Reach Your Goal📖

We have 20 of 36 readers turning pages.
236 books of 1,017 have been read.
1 Reader reached "The End".

Next update will be Sat Nov 7th.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

[Sunny]

Anissa wrote: "Anything Goes (Q4)
Duration: 10/01/20-12/31/20

This challenge sounds like a lot of fun and quite handy, please count me in. I am not sure exactly which prompts I am going to tackle but I would lik..."

Welcome Anissa! :)

[Karin]

UPDATE TO MESSAGE #8 as of Nov. 4th

PROGRESS : 65/94

[Rachael]

Updated message 4: 12/30 :)

[Lisanne]

Update to msg #14: 9/10

2. Read a book that's been influenced by Dutch culture
✔️ Crooked Kingdom - 5 ★
Kerch (and especially Kerch language) is heavily influenced by Dutch language and culture.

5. Read a book I got from a friend
✔️ The Lives of Saints - 3.5 (rounded up)

14. Read a non-fiction book
✔️ Zakgids Vogels van Nederland en België - 5 ★

[Carmen]

Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 20/30 📚

[L Y N N]

Update to message #17:
10/20 as of October 31!

Halfway there!

[Jennifer]

Updating message #13

6/22

Lab Girl DONE

[Sunny]

Lynn wrote: "Update to message #17:
10/20 as of October 31!

Halfway there!"

Yay! Lynn!

Go, go, go!

[Sunny]

Updated thru #180.

Y'all are reading them there books! 😀

Thank you everyone for participating and making this a fun challenge. Several of you are half way to reaching your goals. Others are even closer. Some still have a ways to go, but that's okay. Everyone keep turning those pages and do your best. Most of all have a good time!💖

📖54 Days Left to Reach Your Goal📖

We have 20 of 36 readers turning pages.
265 books of 1,017 have been read.
1 Reader reached "The End".

Next update will be Weds Nov 11th.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

[Mikaela]

Update msg#18

9/12 Completed

7) A book with a snow angel on the cover
Angels in the Snow by Rexanne Becnel

Quick holiday read. Didn't really resonate with me and was just an okay read overall

[Sunny]

📖50 Days Left to Reach Your Goal📖

It's been quiet in here the last few days. I take that as a sign that everyone is reading and/or is busy with other things.

@Mikaela I'll add your Nov 7th posting (Msg#183) in the next update which will be Saturday the 14th.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

[Carol]

update to message 12:

42/92 complete

[Alison]

update to message #7

17/15 books read...**Challenge Complete**
Thank You, Sunny, for a great challenge to help me get caught up!!

Bonus: Rock the Vote
√ The House of Kennedy

Just the Facts, Ma'am
√ Strange Practice...a good start to the series!

Buddy Reads
√ City of Lost Souls (November)
√ 11/22/63 (October/November)

[Rachael]

Updated message 4: 16/30

[Sunny]

Pooja wrote: "update message #1 : 37/30

I read more this year (◔‿◔)"

Pooja do want to join this challenge? Or did you post in the wrong challenge?

This challenge is for finishing up the challenges you've participated in this year.

[Sunny]

Alison wrote: "update to message #7

17/15 books read...**Challenge Complete**
Thank You, Sunny, for a great challenge to help me get caught up!!

Bonus: Rock the Vote
√ The House of Kennedy

Just..."

Woohoo! Alison! 🏆 Congratulations!🏆 on reaching your goal! You even went over by 2! Good job!

[Rebecca]

Update Message #9: 23/40

[Ashleigh]

Update to #11

5/6

The Zodiac Killer

[Pinja]

I'll join with 8 books.

the helmet reading challenge:
prompt 8 - a book someone else chooses for you The Only Good Indians (I might replace this with the december buddy read because it also works for this prompt)
prompt 23 - the book has been published in plain finnish Yösyöttö
prompt 30 - a book where a character gets saved 13 Secrets

my december tbr (i'll probs read other stuff too if I have time)
group read - A Man Called Ove
buddy read - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
library books I'll have to eventually return - Baby Jane, The Bat & Kärleken

[Carmen]

Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 22/30 📚

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to message 6:

10/17

Popsugar: 2/6

1. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
2. The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

Anthology: The Weird (Oct-Nov)
"Gold", "silver," "bronze" in title: Spinning Silver (Dec)
Western: Sisters Brothers (Nov)
"20" in title:

Complete- A-Z: 1/1
X: The Xipéhux by J.-H. Rosny aîné

TBR: 4/5
1. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
2. The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert
3. The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker
4. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Dreams Underfoot

Genre Jammin: 0/1
Translated

Genre Bingo: 1/2
1. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
Graphic Novel

Complete - Just the Facts: 2/2
The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
The Likeness by Tana French

[Jennifer]

Updating message #13

7/22

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow DONE

[Greg]

The Forge

8/23

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 30/50

[Sunny]

Irene wrote: "I'll join with 8 books.

the helmet reading challenge:
prompt 8 - a book someone else chooses for you The Only Good Indians (I might replace this with the december buddy read becaus..."

Welcome Irene! :) Happy reading!

[Sunny]

Updated thru Msg 199.

📖47 Days Left to Reach Your Goal📖

We have 19 of 38 readers turning pages.
311 books of 1,025 have been read.
2 Readers have reached "The End".

Next update will be Weds Nov 18th.

Hope everyone has a good week!

[Jennifer]

Dang, missed the update!

Updating message #13

8/22

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks DONE

[Mikaela]

Update msg #18

10/12 completed

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

HIGHLY recommend this book.

[Mikaela]

No worries! Thank you for all you do :)

Sunny wrote: "📖50 Days Left to Reach Your Goal📖

It's been quiet in here the last few days. I take that as a sign that everyone is reading and/or is busy with other things.

@Mikaela I'll add your Nov 7th postin..."

[Carmen]

Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 23/30 📚

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 31/50

[Sunny]

Jennifer wrote: "Dang, missed the update!

Updating message #13

8/22

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks DONE"

Sorry you missed the update! I'll jot your #s down and will add them in on Weds.

We have this book here at the library. What did you think of it?

[Sunny]

Mikaela wrote: "Update msg #18

10/12 completed

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

HIGHLY recommend this book."

Oh my! What a lovely cover! What did you like most about the book?

And you only have 2 more to go to reach your goal!

[Sunny]

Carmen wrote: "Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 23/30 📚"

7 more books to go! Can you have them done in 7 days? :D