Q4 - Anything Goes

[bailey, Challenges]

Update msg 143

12/12 books complete!!

I’m going to keep going to finish the goals I set for myself though ☺️

[Carmen]

Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 39/40 📚

[Mikaela]

Update msg #18

17/12 completed

The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue by Karina Glaser

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Glaser

Stumbled upon this middle grade series and flew threw the two listed above. Read them very out of order in relation to the rest of the series, but found that that didn't negatively impact my reading experience. Really enjoyed the characters and storylines- would highly recommend!

[Sunny]

Mikaela wrote: "Update msg #18

17/12 completed

The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue by Karina Glaser

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by [author: Karina Glaser|1..."

Made note of these and put them on my TBR list.

[Sunny]

Bailey ✰ wrote: "Update msg 143

12/12 books complete!!

I’m going to keep going to finish the goals I set for myself though ☺️"

Woohoo! Bailey! 🏆Congratulations!🏆 on reaching your goal! Good job!

I moved you to the completed list and will add other books to your total as you report in.

[Sunny]

Updated thru Msg 316.

🎄19 Days Left to Reach Your Goal🎄

We have 18 of 38 readers turning pages.
526 books of 1,071 have been read.
7 Readers have reached "The End".

Next Update Weds Dec 16th.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

[Rachael]

Updated message 4: 30/30.
Still got a few more books to read for this challenge so I'll do a final update 31 December

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 64/75

[Carmen]

Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 40/40 📚

Challenge completed!
Thanks so much Sunny! 🤗

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 6: 17/17 Complete!

17/17

Complete!- Popsugar: 6/6

5. The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Jeff VanderMeer
6. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Complete-Genre Jammin: 1/1
Translated: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

[Jodi]

Update Post 15:

Finished December 15, 2020

[Margie]

Update to message#33:

Progress: 21/25

[Sunny]

Joanna wrote: "Update Post 15:

Finished December 15, 2020"

Joanna: Please let me know how many books you've read. Thanks :)

[Sunny]

Rachael wrote: "Updated message 4: 30/30.
Still got a few more books to read for this challenge so I'll do a final update 31 December"

Woohoo! Rachael! 🏆Congratulations!🏆 on reaching your goal! Good job!

I've added you to the finished list and will add to your total when you do a final report!

[Sunny]

Carmen wrote: "Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 40/40 📚

Challenge completed!
Thanks so much Sunny! 🤗"

Woohoo! Carmen! 🏆Congratulations!🏆 on reaching your goal! Good job!

You are most welcome!🤗

[Sunny]

SarahKat wrote: "Update to Message 6: 17/17 Complete!

17/17

Complete!- Popsugar: 6/6

5. The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Jeff VanderMeer
6. [book:Spinning Sil..."

Woohoo! SarahKat! 🏆Congratulations!🏆 on reaching your goal! Good job!

[Sunny]

Joanna wrote: "Update Post 15:

Finished December 15, 2020"

Woohoo! Joanna! 🏆Congratulations!🏆 on reaching your goal! Good job!

I moved you to the finished list, and will fill in your total when you let me know how many books you read.

[Sunny]

Updated thru Msg 325.

🎄15 Days Left to Reach Your Goal🎄

We have 15 of 38 readers turning pages.
556 books of 1,071 have been read.
11 Readers have reached "The End".

Next Update Sat Dec 19th.

Hope everyone is having a good week.

[Jennifer]

Updating message #13

12/22

Watership Down DONE

Don't think I'm going to make it, but I'm still trying. :)

[Sunny]

Jennifer wrote: "Updating message #13

12/22

Watership Down DONE

Don't think I'm going to make it, but I'm still trying. :)"

Sure you can -- 10 books in 14 days -- nothint to it 😂 Whatever number you manage to read is fantastic -- especially this time of year whenever everything is kind of on the hectic side! Looking forward to seeing your future progress.

What did you think of Watership Down?

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 68/75

[Desiré]

Hi I know I’m really late to this but I recently joined the group and love all the support in these challenges! Last month I started reading a series that I always wanted to. Doing this will also get me over my goal of 15 books this year (making it 18 books in 2020). Please add me for 5 books.

Goal: 4/5
1. The Lightning Thief ✅
2. The Sea of Monsters ✅
3. The Titan's Curse ✅
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth ✅
5. The Last Olympian 📖

[Sunny]

Desire wrote: "Hi I know I’m really late to this but I recently joined the group and love all the support in these challenges! Last month I started reading a series that I always wanted to. Doing this will also g..."

Welcome Desire! We're glad you joined us. Hope you enjoy all the challenges coming up in the new year.

I've added you to the list. 😊

[Jennifer]

Updating message #13

13/22

A Little Princess DONE

[Jennifer]

Watership Down was great! I rated it 5 stars, but for some reason it took me awhile to get through.

Sunny wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Updating message #13

12/22

Watership Down DONE

Don't think I'm going to make it, but I'm still trying. :)"

Sure you can -- 10 books in 14 days -- nothint to it 😂 W..."

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 69/75

[Ashleigh]

Update #11

7/6

Scrublands

[Sunny]

Updated thru Msg 340.

🎄12 Days Left to Reach Your Goal🎄

We have 16 of 39 readers turning pages.
568 books of 1,076 have been read.
11 Readers have reached "The End".

Next Update Christmas Eve.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

[Carol]

Update #12:

80/92 complete --- still on schedule!

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 74/75

[[deleted user]]

Message 53

10/10 completed

Thanks for leading, Sunny!

[Desiré]

Update #335

5/5 Completed!

[Mikaela]

Sunny, these books are so sweet! Would highly recommend

Sunny wrote: "Mikaela wrote: "Update msg #18

17/12 completed

The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue by Karina Glaser

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by [author:..."

[Mikaela]

Update msg #18

18/12 books read

Purrs and Peril by Jinty James

[Hayley]

2020 Quarterly Challenge Oct-Dec done
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year)- Running Out of Time- Margaret Peterson Haddix*
And
November- The Five Orange Pips- Arthur Conan Doyle*

and
December-Christmas in Poetry: Carols and Poems by Carnegie Library School. Association - Free Ebook (gutenberg.org)*



2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O- The Oval Portrait- Edgar Allan Poe*
And N- Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories- Ruskin Bond*
And D- Delta Wedding- Eudora Welty*



3. Read a Huge Doorstop- Middlemarch-George Eliot*
4Read a Horror or Thriller- The Wendigo- Algernon Blackwood *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVCNU...


5.: Read a book with a number in the title- My Kind (of) America: 101 Storied about the True Spirit of Our Country- Amy Newmark*

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food- The New Magic of Microwave Cookbook- Magic Chef*

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover- Go Set a Watchman -Harper Lee*
8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character- Homecoming- Cynthia Voigt*
9. Read an Old YA Classic (older than 1990) Where the Red Fern Grows- Wilson Rawls*
10. Read a New YA Classic- Max the Mighty- Rodman Philbrick*

[Jennifer]

Updating message #13

*Update: In order to complete this challenge as well as the yearly challenges I have listed, I have switched up several books and I am now including picture books, though I am also trying to stay in the "spirit" of the theme of that challenge. The number of books I am aiming for hasn't changed.

15/22

PopSugar
Redwall DONE


A-Z Myths, Legends and Fairytales
The Emperor's New Clothes DONE

[Sunny]

Hayley wrote: "2020 Quarterly Challenge Oct-Dec done
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year)- Running Out of Time- Margaret Peterson H..."

Hayley please give me a count of how many books you have read. Thanks :)

[Sunny]

Regina wrote: "Message 53

10/10 completed

Thanks for leading, Sunny!"

Woohoo! Regina! 🏆Congratulations!🏆 on reaching your goal! Good job!

You are most welcome! ;)

[Sunny]

Desire wrote: "Update #335

5/5 Completed!"

Woohoo! Desire! 🏆Congratulations!🏆 on reaching your goal! Good job!

[Sunny]

Updated thru Msg 349.

🎄7 Days Left to Reach Your Goal🎄

We have 14 of 39 readers turning pages.
586 books of 1,076 have been read.
14 Readers have reached "The End".

Next Update Weds Dec 30th.

Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday!

[Sunny]

An Extra Note

Please check your numbers here: List Post If I need to correct anything, post and let me know and I'll make changes my next update.

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 77/75 - I'm continuing the last week but not raising my final goal

[bailey, Challenges]

update msg 143

Progress: 16/12 COMPLETE

[Sunny]

🚩Please Note:🚩

My next update will be: Weds Dec 30th,

I will do a Final update: Thurs Jan 7th.

I will check in and do updates until: Jan 10th when the threads for 2020 will be archived.

[Jennifer]

Updating message #13:

19/22

PopSugar
A Prayer for Owen Meany DONE

A-Z Myths, Legends and Fairytales
The Emperor's New Clothes DONE
The Snow Queen DONE
The Little Match Girl DONE
'Twas the Night Before Christmas: or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas DONE

[Carol]

continuation of message 12 which was too long!

X Category 6. I'm trying to explore genres I don't usually read, so one book from each of these genres as I find them and they interest me. (I usually read the mystery genre) -
X 84. Young Adult - Where She Went by Gayle Forman - finished 10/9/20
X 85. Romance - The Original Miss Honeyford by Marion Chesney AKA M C Beaton - finished 10/14/20
X 86. Paranormal - The True Ghost Stories Archive: Volume 1: 50 Weird and Scary Tales by Elisabeth Busch - finished 10/15/20
X 87. Espionage - The Adventures Of Heine: A collection of short stories by Edgar Wallace - finished 10/31/20
X 88. Gothic Novel - Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Charles Brockden Brown - finished 12/18/20
X 89. Astrophysics - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking - finished 12/21/20
X 90. History - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn - finished 12/27/20
X 91. Philosophy - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - finished 12/29/20
X 92. Veterinary Medicine - First Aid for Cats: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet by Stefanie Schwartz - finished 12/30/20
___________________________________________________
All of this to total 92 books from Oct 1 through Dec 31. (Including novellas and short stories increases the number I would usually read.)

[Ashleigh]

Update to msg. 11

8/6

Alanna: The First Adventure

[Mikaela]

Updated msg #18

20/12 books completed

Meow Means Murder - Jinty James

With the Fire on High - Elizabeth Acevedo

[Agnieszka]

Update message #37: 79/75

[Margie]

Update to message #33

Progress: 25/25 - Challenge Complete!

Sunny, thank you for hosting this great challenge. It gave me the nudge I needed at the end of the year to finish a few books that had been lingering on my TBR. Happy New Year!