Q1 - Best in Show

[Diane]

Update to Msg #41. Goal 12/12. Woohoo! I made it.

oshizu, Thanks so much, as always, for being an awesome challenge leader!! I really enjoyed this challenge, and have liked seeing what everyone else is reading.

[Carmen]

Update to message # 12

PROGRESS: 46/45

Thank you for leading, oshizu!

[[deleted user]]

Msg 15

Well, I almost made it. 7/8 completed.

[oshizu]

BEST IN SHOW: Final Report
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2021

I must confess that this has been one of the most rewarding challenges to lead so far! Look at all the progress we made together in 3 months!

Books pledged: 347
Books read : 307 (88.5%)
Challenges started: 34 active participants
Challenges done : 21 (61.8%) of active participants

Congratulations to everyone who reached their challenge goals as well as those who did not but enjoyed the heck out of their reads, anyway. Our reading challenges always involve a quantitative component, but the primary goal is to encourage both more reading and more reading enjoyment!

A big, warm thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge! I hope that, like me, you also enjoyed the experience of discovering some new-to-you authors or lesser-known literary gems that you might otherwise not have encountered!

[L Y N N]

Update to posting #27:

9/9 as of March 17!
DONE!

I had at least one more planned but due to the 25K Readathon, I didn't get to it before the end of March! :)

[oshizu]

Congratulations on reaching your challenge goal, Lynn!

[Rebecca]

Update to message #19

Progress: 10/20

Goodreads Choice Awards
Fiction
10. Anxious People (2020)

Well, I didn't complete my challenge, but I read several more award winning books than I would have without the challenge. Thanks for leading the challenge. I enjoyed it, and wouldn't mind doing it again some time :-)

[Gretchen]

Edit Msg 22
Read 5/5

Goal Met!

[oshizu]

Rebecca wrote: "Update to message #19

Progress: 10/20

Goodreads Choice Awards
Fiction
10. Anxious People (2020)

Well, I didn't complete my challenge, but I read several more award winning books ..."

I'm glad you enjoyed this challenge and the books you read for it.
Honestly, it is one of my favorite types of challenges. :D

[oshizu]

Gretchen wrote: "Edit Msg 22
Read 5/5

Goal Met!"

Congratulations, Gretchen! Well done!

[L Y N N]

Update to message #27:
9/9 as of March 17!
DONE!

[Veronica]

Update to message #79:

2/5 completed as of beginning of April. Sadly didn't reach my goal for a few different reasons but these are still all on my TBR!

Picking an almost 800 page book and my book club moving our timeline later in the year also didn't help ;)

National Book Critics Circle Award
1. Americanah- 2013, winner
2. The Goldfinch- 2013, finalist-finished

Goodreads Choice Awards/Romance
1. One to Watch- 2020, finalist

Goodreads Choice Awards/Historical Fiction
1. Daisy Jones & The Six- 2019, winner- finished
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- 2017, finalist