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2021 Create-Your-Own Reading ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Challenge Title: Take Control of My DTB TBR Pile, Reduce My Keepers Pile AND Make Use of My Kindle Unlimited Membership
Number of Books: 6 "Old" + 6 "Rereads" + 24 "Kindle Unlimited" books = 36 total
Challenge Description:
Part 1: Read "old" paperback books that I own, then donate books that are not going to be "keepers".
Part 2: Reread "old keepers" and donate them.
Part 3: Read Kindle Unlimited Books to make use of my membership.
List of Books:
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Challenge Title: Urban Fantasy (any and all subgenres)Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Number of Books: 50
Challenge Description: How many books did I read in the year that fall under the Urban Fiction or Paranormal genre this year.
List of Books:
Urban Fantasy:
1. Soulless at Sunset
2. Night Myst
3. Judgment Road
4. Body Master
5. A Demon and His Witch
6. Storm of Visions
7. Haunting Beauty
8. The Demon's Librarian
9. Knight's Redemption
10. Flash of Fear
11. Lucifer's Bride
12. Celestial Magic
Vampires:
1. Vespers
2. Dinner with a Vampire
3. Blood Vow
4. Born of Darkness
5. The Librarian's Vampire Assistant
6. Bite Me, Your Grace
7. Rune Sword
8. Taken by the Vampire King
9. Dead of Night
10. The Vampire Wants a Wife
11. Adventures of a Vegan Vamp
12. The Vampire Wants a Wife
13. Dating a Vampire
Shifters:
1. Six Moon Summer
2. Breath Of Night
3. Croc's Return
4. Steal Her Heart
5. Dragon Desire
6. Caging Ash
7. Swipe Right to Mate
8. That Voodoo You Do
9. Wolf Down
10. Junkyard Dog
11. Kiss of a Dragon
12. Unicorn Mates
13. Bear Essentials
14.The Tiger's Love
15. Bears Behaving Badly
16. Lyric's Accidental Mate
17. Fever Claim
18. Not His Dragon
19. Stand by Your Wolf
20. Ever Unbroken
21. Were-Geeks Save Wisconsin
22. A Nurse for the Wolfman
23. Hour of the Lion
24. Taskforce Bear Boss
25. Her Detective Dragon
26. Filthy Beast
27. Hounded
28. Savage Yearning
29. The Dragon of New Orleans
30. Claimed: Dark Breeds of the Lycans
31. Shiftly Speaking
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Create Your Own Reading ChallengeJanuary 1 - December 31, 2021
Certainly not all romance, but a good number will be so this is a comfortable space to be
Status
Ensuring to Read Diverse Perspectives:
✔ 20+/20 Books by Different BIPOC or Queer Authors
Not Just Reading the Newest, Shiniest Books:
✔ 20/20 Books I Own in Paper
✔ 10+/10 Books I Own as eBooks
Specific Areas I Want to Expand or Focus On:
✔ 6/6 Books of Poetry
*Categories not mutually exclusive*
BIPOC/Queer Authors:
1. Talia Hibbert (That Kind of Guy, Jan 2/21)
2. Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians, Jan 15/21)
3. Aiden Thomas (Cemetery Boys, Jan 18/21)
4. Victor LaValle (The Ballad of Black Tom, Jan 31/21)
5. Alyssa Cole (How to Catch a Queen, Feb 1/21)
6. C.L. Polk (Stormsong, Feb 6/21)
7. Hailey Piper (The Worm and His Kings, Feb 12/21)
8. Shane Hawk (Anoka, Feb 12/21)
9. Marie Kondō (The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Feb 13/21)
10. Amal El-Mohtar (This is How You Lose the Time War, Feb 17/21)
11. Urvashi Pitre (Easy Keto in 30 Minutes, Feb 19/21)
12. P. Djèlí Clark (The Haunting of Tram Car 015, Mar 4/21)
13. Kanae Minato (Confessions, Mar 12/21)
14. Mikki Kendall (Hood Feminism, Mar 15/21)
15. N. K. Jemison (The Obelisk Gate, Mar 16/21)
16. Helen Oyeyemi (The Icarus Girl, Mar 25/21)
17. Yōko Ogawa (The Memory Police, Apr 6/21)
18. Tananarive Due (The Good House, Apr 9/21)
19. Stephen Graham Jones (My Heart is a Chainsaw, Apr 24/21)
20. Koushun Takami (Battle Royale, Apr 30/21)
..... and more!
Books I Own in Paper:
1. The Mythic Dream by various authors (Apr 2/21)
2. Battle Royale by Koushon Takami (Apr 30/21)
3. The Elementals by Michael McDowell (May 6/21)
4. Crooked House by Agatha ChrisA Night in the Lonesome Octobertie (May 19/21)
5. A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel DeFoe (May 23/21)
6. Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development by KM Weiland (Jun 7/21)
7. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Daniewlewski (Jun 14/21)
8. Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner (Jun 19/21)
9. Darkly: Blackness and America’s Gothic Soul by Leila Taylor (Jul 22/21)
10. HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume VII by various authors (Aug 28/21)
11. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon (Sept 2/21)
12. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (Sept 6/21)
13. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill (Oct 17/21)
14. A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny (Oct 31/21)
15. Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix (Nov 8/21)
16. Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (Nov 12/21)
17. Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels by Gwen Hayes (Nov 14/21)
18. State of Terror by Hillary Clinton & Louise Penny (Nov 26/21)
19. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde (Dec 3/21)
20. Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in "The Nickel City" by Arthur Bovino (Dec 8/21)
Books I Own as eBooks:
1. Naughty Brits by assorted authors (Jan 26/21)
2. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle (Jan 31/21)
3. The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper (Feb 12/21)
4. Anoka by Shane Hawk (Feb 12/21)
5. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark (Mar 4/21)
6. Books of Blood, Volume One by Clive Barker (Apr 12/21)
7. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (May 17/21)
8. The Kill List by Nichole Christoff (Jun 19/21)
9. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (Jul 30/21)
10. The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies by Clark Ashton Smith (Aug 27/21)
... and more!
1. Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay (Feb 9/20)
2. A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel DeFoe (May 23/21)
Poetry Books:
1. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver (Mar 19/21)
2. The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen (Jun 15/21)
3. HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume VII by various authors (Aug 28/21)
4. Can You Sign My Tentacle? by Brandon O'Brien (Dec 17/21)
5. Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts (Dec 26/21)
6. Calling Down the Sky by Rosanna Deerchild (Dec 30/21)
READ IN ALL CATEGORIES
2021 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge:Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Curious on which group will win first
12/60
Group 1 Books I Own DTB
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1. Powder Burn by Carl Hiaasen and Bill Montalbano
2. Shades of Twilight by Linda Howard
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Group 2 Books on Kindle
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1. Elijah Wolfe by Sandi Lynn 1/10
2, Signed by Layla Nash 1/13
3, A California Christmas by Brenda Novak 1/15
4, Lethal Bayou Beauty by Jana Deleon 1/21
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Group 3 Kindle Unlimited
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1. Cappuccinos, Cupcakes and a Corpse by Harper Linn 1/2
2. An Ace and a Pair by Blake Bonner 1/5
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1. Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich 1/1
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Group 5 Overdrive or hoopla
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1. Wrapped and Strapped by Lorelei James 1/3
2. Just Friends to...Just Married by Renee Roszel 1/8
3. Dacaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle 1/22
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I'm in although I didn't get very far with this last year due to health issues i would like to try again this year.2021 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge: With my health issues the number of books is undetermined
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 ( completed)
1.Read down My TBR list
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(Done)2. Read a book from a random Listopia list (pages based on KU)
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(Done) 54 pagesI didn't get very far but it was had fun reading new books and authors,
Challenge Title: Reading WidelyDuration: January1 to December 31, 2021
Challenge Description: Read a wide variety of genre from my TBR.
Read 8/40
Business
1. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
2. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
3. Six Simple Rules: How to Manage Complexity without Getting Complicated by Yves Morieux
Essays/Short Stories
1. Neck Deep and Other Predicaments: Essays by Ander Monson
2. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
3. A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers by Victor LaValle
Fantasy
1. The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
✔️ The Ugly Stepsister by Aya Ling (20/6/2021)
✔️ The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Fiction
✔️The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (20/4/2021)
2. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
3. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Historical
1. Night by Elie Wiesel
2. They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 by Milton Sanford Mayer
✔️ Confessions in B Flat by Donna Hill (23/5/2021)
Memoir
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2. We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
✔️Know My Name by Chanel Miller (24/12/2021)
Mystery/Thriller
1. The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
✔️ Dead Wrong by Helen H. Durrant (1/8/2021)
3. The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
Non-Fiction
1. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry
2. The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
3. The Value of Risk: Swiss Re and the History of Reinsurance by Harold James
Philosophy/Spiritual
1. Wise and Shine: Think Clearly, Live Deeply, Be Someone You Value by Robert N. Stonehill
2. Yoga 365: Daily Wisdom for Life, On and Off the Mat by Susanna Harwood Rubin
3. Your Spine, Your Yoga: Developing Stability and Mobility for Your Spine by Bernie Clark
Poetry
✔️ The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (27/3/2021)
2. She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems by Caroline Kennedy
Sci-Fi
1. Blackout by Mira Grant
2. The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
3. Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Science/Nature
1. Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains by Helen Thomson
2. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
Urban Fantasy
1. Silver Bullet by S.M. Reine
2. A Blood Seduction by Pamela Palmer
✔️ Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill (14/1/2021)
Young Adult
1. Ryan's Bed by Tijan
2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
3. Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
It has been awhile, but I am in. I have collected the Clive Cusslers and i wanted to read them in order.Challenge Title: Clive Cusslers - Dirk Pitt Series
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Number of Books: 12
Challenge Description:
List of Books:
1. The Mediterranean Caper - 01/2021
2. Iceberg
3. Raise the Titanic!
4. Vixen 03
5. Night Probe!
6. Pacific Vortex!
7. Deep Six
8. Cyclops
9. Treasure
10. Dragon
11. Sahara
12. Inca Gold
13. Shock Wave
14. Flood Tide
15. Atlantis Found
16. Valhalla Rising
17. Trojan Odyssey
18. Black Wind
19. Treasure of Khan
20. Arctic Drift
21. Crescent Dawn
22. Poseidon's Arrow
23. Havana Storm
24. Odessa Sea
25. Celtic Empire
I'll try to read books and audiobooks I already own as well as some ebooks that have been on my tbr list for quite some time.2021 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Progress: 110/150
✔38/38 - 31/01/2021
✔50/50 - 06/03/2021
✔75/75 - 30/04/2021
✔100/100 - 26/05/2021
Ebooks:
1. The Tea Dragon Society, Katie O'Neill
2. The Tea Dragon Festival, Katie O'Neill
3. The Tea Dragon Tapestry, Katie O'Neill
4. The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One, Amanda Lovelace
5. The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
6. Adulthood Is a Myth, Sarah Andersen
7. Big Mushy Happy Lump, Sarah Andersen
8. Herding Cats, Sarah Andersen
9. Princess Princess Ever After, Katie O'Neill
10. Habibi, Craig Thompson
11. Break Your Glass Slippers, Amanda Lovelace
12. Aphrodite Made Me Do It, Trista Mateer
13. Small Ghost, Trista Mateer
14. When the Stars Wrote Back, Trista Mateer
15. Honeybee, Trista Mateer
16. The Dogs I Have Kissed, Trista Mateer
17. [redacted], Trista Mateer
18. The Wild Robot, Peter Brown
19. The Wild Robot Escapes, Peter Brown
20. Heartstopper: Volume One, Alice Oseman
21. Heartstopper: Volume Two, Alice Oseman
22. Heartstopper: Volume Three, Alice Oseman
23. Heartstopper: The Mini-Comics, Alice Oseman
24. How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Neil Gaiman
25. The Deep End, Jeff Kinney
26. Dragonhearts, Nikita Gill et al
27. The Adventures of Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey
28. When Did You See Her Last?, Lemony Snicket
29. File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents, Lemony Snicket
30. The Summoning, Storm Song
31. The Darkening, Storm Song
32. The Awakening, Storm Song
33. [Dis]Connected, Nikita Gill et al
34. The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune
35. A Inteligência do Século
36. Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo
37. Você Não Nasceu Para Ser Pobre
38. Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across, Mary Lambert
39. Siege and Storm, Leigh Bardugo
40. The Lives of Saints, Leigh Bardugo
41. Pirates Don't Go to Kindergarten!, Lisa Robinson
42. The Falling in Love Montage, Ciara Smyth
43. Kissing the Coronavirus, M.J. Edwards
44. The Second Wave, M.J. Edwards
45. The Mutant Strain, M.J. Edwards
46. The Assassin's Blade, Sarah J. Maas
47. Ruin and Rising, Leigh Bardugo
48. The Demon in the Wood, Leigh Bardugo
49. The Tailor, Leigh Bardugo
50. Captive in the Underworld, Lianyu Tan
51. Breathless, Lianyu Tan
52. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, F. Scott Fitzgerald
53. Don't Do That, Kitty Kilroy!, Cressida Cowell
54. That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown, Cressida Cowell
55. Emily Brown and the Thing, Cressida Cowell
56. Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency, Cressida Cowell
57. Cheer Up Your Teddy Bear, Emily Brown!, Cressida Cowell
58. Emily Brown and Father Christmas, Cressida Cowell
59. The Story of Tantrum O'Furrily, Cressida Cowell
60. What Shall We Do With The Boo-hoo Baby?, Cressida Cowell
61. Hiccup: The Viking Who Was Seasick, Cressida Cowell
62. Daddy On The Moon, Cressida Cowell
63. Little Bo Peep's Troublesome Sheep, Cressida Cowell
64. The Day of the Dreader, Cressida Cowell
65. The Cow That Laid an Egg, Andy Cutbill
66. The Switch, Beth O'Leary
67. A Dowry of Blood, S.T. Gibson
68. Frau Faust, Vol. 1, Kore Yamazaki
69. MADK, Ryo Suzuri
70. Never and Forever, Cressida Cowell
71. The Town of Turtle, Michelle Cuevas
72. Frau Faust, Vol. 2, Kore Yamazaki
73. Frau Faust, Vol. 3, Kore Yamazaki
74. Frau Faust, Vol. 4, Kore Yamazaki
75. Frau Faust, Vol. 5, Kore Yamazaki
76. Confessions of an Imaginary Friend, Michelle Cuevas
77. O Vendedor Tá On
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1. Amoras, Emicida
2. The Composer is Dead, Lemony Snicket
3. Ghoulia and the Mysterious Visitor, Barbara Cantini
4. Beastars 10, Paru Itagaki
5. Beastars 11, Paru Itagaki
6. Orion and the Dark, Emma Yarlett
7. Ghoulia and the Ghost with No Name, Barbara Cantini
8. Mummy Fairy and Me, Sophie Kinsella
9. The Princess Saves Herself in This One, Amanda Lovelace
10. The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One, Amanda Lovelace
11. The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
12. Mummy Fairy and Me: Fairy-in-Waiting, Sophie Kinsella
13. Dracula, Bram Stoker
14. Who Could That Be at This Hour?, Lemony Snicket
15. The Ickabog, J.K. Rowling
16. Contos Maravilhosos Infantis e Domésticos #2, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
17. Pumpkinheads, Rainbow Rowell
18. Stars of Fortune, Nora Roberts
19. Shouldn't You Be in School?, Lemony Snicket
20. Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?, Lemony Snicket
21. Bad Dad, David Walliams
22. Caçadas de Pedrinho, Monteiro Lobato
23. The Wizards of Once, Cressida Cowell
24. Bay of Sighs, Nora Roberts
25. Twice Magic, Cressida Cowell
26. The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
27. O Mundo de Vidro, Maurício Gomyde
28. Island of Glass, Nora Roberts
29. Knock Three Times, Cressida Cowell
30. Beastars 12, Paru Itagaki
31. Beastars 13, Paru Itagaki
32. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Anne Rice
33. The Midnight Gang, David Walliams
I'm in as well.Challenge Title:
Read more of those genres that I love + a few extra.
Challenge Description:
Lately I have tended to read books on my Kindle, and there I tend to read romance. I want to diversify again and again read those other genres I love.
Duration:
01 Jan. 2021 - 31 Dec. 2021
Rules:
none
Read:
52/84
1. Paranormally Yours or finishing those paranormal romance/urban fantasy series, part 1 7/7 ✔
1 Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh ✔
2 Alpha's Valentine's Day Virgin by Casey Morgan ✔
3 Lover Awakened by JR Ward ✔
4 Lover Revealed by JR Ward ✔
5 Lover Unbound by JR Ward ✔
6 Lover Enshrined by JR Ward ✔
7 Lover Avenged by JR Ward ✔
2. Paranormally Yours or finishing those paranormal romance/urban fantasy series, part 2 3/7
1 Lover Mine by JR Ward ✔
2 Lover Unleashed by JR Ward ✔
3 Guardian Wolf by J K Harper ✔
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1 Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs ✔
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4. Darlings of Urban Fantasy or getting hooked by those urban fantasy series, part 2 0/7
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5. Love Is in the Air or romance 7/7 ✔
1 My First: Jason & Katie by Melanie Shawn ✔
2 After the End by Katie Ruggle ✔
3 Luck of the Draw by Vicky Tharp ✔
4 The Artist Cries Wolf by Heather Horrocks ✔
5 Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Kait Nolan ✔
6 Breaking His Code by Patricia D. Eddy ✔
7 Rafe by Kathy Ivan ✔
6. Love Is in the Air or romance 7/7 ✔
1 Because of You by Mari Carr ✔
2 SEAL's Homecoming by Leslie North ✔
3 Broken Trails by Bonnie R. Paulson ✔
4 Before She Was Mine by Amelia Wilde ✔
5 One Hundred Heartbeats by Kelly Collins ✔
6 Dare Me by Lexy Timms ✔
7 Embracing Her Heart by Melissa Foster ✔
7. Dangerous Desires: A Romantic Suspense Collection or Romantic suspense, part 1 6/7
1 Feel the Heat by Cindy Gerard ✔
2 Hard Target by Pamela Clare ✔
3 In Safe Hands by Leslie North ✔
4 Make You Feel My Love by Kait Nolan ✔
5 Unexpected Hero by KF Breene ✔
6 Evidence of Trust by Stacey Joy Netzel ✔
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9. Around the World in Eighty Days or travelling around the world 7/7 ✔
1 The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi ✔
2 Contemporary Indian Short Stories by Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp ✔
3 Beauty and the Beast by Vivienne Savage ✔
4 Informed Consent by Tawdra Kandle ✔
5 Eighty-One Nights by Georgia Cates ✔
6 Avalanche of Desire by Bea Paige ✔
7 The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera ✔
10. Astonishing Splashes of Colour or monocromatic covers 7/7 ✔
1 Desert Hunt by Anna Lowe ✔
2 Once Upon a Desert Moon: Three Book Collection - Volume 1 by Anna Lowe ✔
3 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Les Raisins De La Galère by Wolfgang Ader ✔
4 The Thing About Trouble by Juliana Stone ✔
5 Scarred Love by MS Brannon ✔
6 Yoga School Dropout by Lucy Edge ✔
7 Batter Up by Robyn Neeley ✔
11. The Test of Time: What Makes A Classic A Classic? or classics 1/7
1 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood ✔
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1 The Outsiders by SE Hinton ✔
2 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Les Raisins De La Galère by Rainer Haberkern ✔
3 India: Unity in Diversity by TK Suman Kumar ✔
4 The Art of Taking Chances by Kelsie Stelting (ed.) ✔
5 Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet by Kashmira Sheth ✔
6 Ruby Tanya by Robert Swindells ✔
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2021 Create-Your-Own Reading ChallengeJanuary 1, 2021-December 31, 2021
008/100 Completed
1.Favorite Authors
01.Autumn Jones Lake-Lyrics on the Wind 1/21
02.Devney Perry-Wild Highway
03.Lani Lynn Vale-Jailbait
04.Tillie Cole-Raphael
05.Mia Sheridan-Savaged
06.Marni Mann-Memoirs Aren't Fairytales: A Story of Addiction 1/18
07.Aly Martinez-Reclaim
08.M. Robinson-Mafia Casanova
09.Crystal Spears-Schooling Me
10.Marie Force-Fatal Deception
2.New To Me Authors
11.Tina Martin-When I Needed You
12.Halley Sutton-The Lady Upstairs
13.Debbie Baldwin-False Front
14.Toni Anderson-A Cold Dark Place 1/22
15.Willow Rose-What Hurts the Most
16.Keta Kendric-Beautiful Chaos 1/29
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3.African American Authors
21.Dylan Allen-The Sound of Temptation
22.Shanora Williams-Dark Truths
23.London Miller-Acquainted
24.Kennedy Ryan-Reel: A Hollywood Renaissance Novel
25.Amarie Avant-Diablo Inside
26.Keta Kendric-Quiet Chaos
27.Tina Martin-When You Needed Me
28.Brittainy C. Cherry-The Wreckage of Us
29.Whitney G.-King of Lies
30.Love Belvin-Love Lost 1/01
4.Male Authors
31.Jaxson Kidman-A Letter To Delilah
32.Mickey Miller-The Lying Game 1/06
33.William L. Myers Jr.-A Criminal Defense
34.Daniel Pyne-Water Memory
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5.One Word Title
41.Jett-Carmen Jenner
42.Tacker-Sawyer Bennett
43.Fallen-Mia Sheridan
44.Irresistible-Melanie Harlow 1/24
45.Sicko-Amo Jones
46.Disgrace-Brittainy C. Cherry 1/28
47.Huck-Jessica Gadziala
48.Thrive-Aly Martinez
49.Niro-Jessica Gadziala
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2021 Create-Your-Own Reading ChallengeJanuary 1/2021-December 31, 2021
014/100 Completed
6.Thriller
51.The Wrong Family-Tarryn Fisher 1/05
52.A Perfect Lie-Lisa Renee Jones 1/27
53.You Can Run-Willow Rose
54.Layla-Colleen Hoover 1/08
55.Every Last Secret-A.R. Torre
56.The Ghostwriter-A.R. Torre
57.The First Husband-McGarvey Black 1/05
58.Lincoln Hospital-Cassia Brightmore
59.Don't Lie to Me-Willow Rose
60.The Perfect Ruin-Shanora Williams
7.Second Chance
61.Come Back for Me-Corinne Michaels 1/04
62.Just a Little Bet-Tawna Fenske 1/15
63.Reckless Memories-Catherine Cowles 2/01
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8.Suspense
71.Say You're Sorry-Melinda Leigh 2/02
72.The Red Ledger: Part 4-Meredith Wild 2/02
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9.Part of a Series
81.Animal Magnetism #1:Animal Magnetism-Jill Shalvis 1/22
82.Alace Sweets #2:Seeking Worthy Pursuits-MariaLisa deMora
83.Cape Code Shore #3:Dangerous Water-Charlee James
84.Wrecked #4:Reckless Refuge-Catherine Cowles
85.Tin Gypsy #5:Fallen Jester-Devney Perry
86.SAPD SWAT #6:Frisked by You-Nikki Mays 1/09
87.Cold Justice #7:Cold Secrets-Toni Anderson
88.Irresistible Bachelors #8:Baby Daddy-Lauren Landish
89.Gansett Island #9:Time for Love-Marie Force
90.Fatal #10.Fatal Identity-Marie Force
10.Set in USA
91.(California)The Neighborhood-Stylo Fantome 1/16
92.(Texas)Raging Heart On-Jordan Marie 1/17
93.(Louisiana)Easy Melody-Kristen Proby 2/01
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This challenge always helps me get some neglected books off my TBR pile, so I'm doing it again.Create Your Own Challenge
Challenge Title: The Triple Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
Number of Books: 14/15
Part I - 10 Oldest TBR Books
Read the 10 oldest books from my GoodReads TBR list.
1.The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley (5/6)★★★★★
2.Love's Gentle Journey by Kay Oldham Cornelius (7/15)★★★★
3.His Best Friend's Wife by Catherine Palmer (2/21)★★★1/2
4.The Gift by Julie Garwood (2/28)★★★★★
5.The Unlikely Bodyguard by Amy J. Fetzer (9/12)★★★★
6.Cade's Justice by Pat Tracy (7/6)★★★1/2
7.Annie in the Morning by Curtiss Ann Matlock (3/16)★★★
8.To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt (6/30)★★★★
9.Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (3/31)★★★★
10.Shades of Gray by Amanda Ashley (1/7)★★★
Completed 10/10
Part II - Book to Movie
Read at least three books that were made into movies and then watch the movie.
1.Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (7/12)★★★★ *MW (7/27)
2.The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (9/7)★★★1/2 *MW (9/21)
3.Bird Box by Josh Malerman (10/14)★★★★ *MW (11/5)
Read 3/3
*MW = Movies Watched 3/3
Part III - Finish Anthologies
I have a habit of starting anthologies because of one particular story and then not finishing them. So, I'm going to finish all anthologies started the previous year unless one of the stories in it is part of a series that I'm not caught up on.
1.Side Jobs by Jim Butcher (7/27)★★★★1/2
2.Choir of Angels by Debbie Macomber
Completed 1/2
Julianna wrote: "1.The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley
8.To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt"
Love both of these!
Part III - Finish Anthologies
I have a habit of starting anthologies because of one particular story and then not finishing them.
Ha, I should make that one a goal too as I do the same thing... but I won't. Eventually I'll get to them (I think)
This year I'm going to try to read more standalones. My goal is 20.1. - Stuck - Chris Grabenstein
2. - If You Ever Tell - Carlene Thompson
3. - The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
4. - The Prodigal Daughter - Ginna Gray
5. - Come Sundown - Nora Roberts
6. - The Emperor's New Clothes - Victoria Alexander
7. - True Blue - David Baldacci
8. - Winter Counts - David Heska Wanbli Weiden
9. - The House on the Water - Margot Hunt
10. - Once Upon a Time Travel - Sariah Wilson
11. - Prairie Moon - Maggie Osborne
12. - Never Have I Ever - Joshilyn Jackson
13. - The Good Sister - Sally Hepworth
14. - Stand-in Groom - Suzanne Brockmann
15. - The Liar - Nora Roberts
16. - No Bad Deed - Heather Chavez
17. - Those Who Wish Me Dead - Michael Koryta
18. - Catch a Fallen Angel - Kathleen Kane
19. - Bittersweet Rain - Erin St. Claire
20. - The Runaway Heiress - Stef Ann Holm
Since I hit my yearly goal on July 4, I'm going to continue to see how many standalone books I will read this year.
21. - In the Deep - Loreth Anne White
22. - The Ex Talk - Rachel Lynn Solomon
23 - Playing for Pizza - John Grisham
24 - In a Dark, Dark Wood - Ruth Ware
25. - Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie - Harold Schechter
26 - High Stakes - Justine Dare
27 - The Firm - John Grisham
28 - The Shape of Night - Tess Gerritsen
29 - The Search - Nora Roberts
30 - Dark Roads - Chevy Stevens
31 - The Stand-In - Lily Chu
32 - Beast - Judith Ivory
33 - Miracle Cure - Harlan Coben
34 - Pretty Little Wife - Darby Kane
35 - The 39 Steps - John Buchan
36 - Falling - T.J. Newman
37 - When You Find Me - P.J. Vernon
38 - Persuasion - Jane Austen
39 - Night Scents - Carla Neggers
40 - Home for Christmas - Nora Roberts
41 - Christmas Every Day - Beth Moran
42 - No Hiding in Boise - Kim Hooper
43 - The Best Worst Christmas - Kate Forster
44 - Oh, Christmas Night - Jane Porter
45 - Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney
46 - Return to Christmas - Anne Stuart
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My goal: to read more of these books:
African- American authors/ African- American MCs
1. Agnes Moor's Wild Knight by Alyssa Cole ✔
2. New Year, New Boo? by Alexandria House ✔
Canadian authors
- R.J. Lewis- SIR ✔
International settings (not US or UK)
1. Rogue, Order & Prince, Royal (France, Africa & Monaco) ✔
2. The Spymaster's Lady (France) ✔
3. The Banker (Italy) ✔
4. Mister West (Canada) ✔
5. The Spy Who Loved Me...Sort Of (Rome, Paris) ✔
6. Sick Heart (Brazil) ✔
7. Mists of the Serengeti (Tanzania) ✔
8. Slightly Married (France) ✔
9. A Mild Attack of Locusts (South Africa) ✔
10. SIR (Canada - Ottawa, Vancouver) ✔
11. A Ruthless Proposition (Japan, S. Africa) ✔
12. The Spanish Love Deception (Spain) - ✔
13. A Girl Like You (Hong Kong) ✔
14. Broken French (France) ✔
15. Going the Distance (China, Thailand) ✔
16. Float Plan- Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, British Virgin Islands,
Saint Barthélemy, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad ✔
Continuous Series
1. J.A. Huss- Meet Me in the Dark +++ ✔
2. D.B. Reynolds- Deception (Vampires in America #9) ✔
3. D. Swank- It All Falls Down (Rose Gardner Investigations #7) ✔
4. Patricia Briggs- Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson series) ✔
5. Robb- Naked in Death (In Death series) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12.5, 41 ✔
6. P.Briggs- Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega series) - 0.5, 1, 2, ✔
7. Mary Balogh- Slightly Married (Bedwyn Saga series) - 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 6.5 ✔
8. Pennyroyal- What I Did for a Duke- 5, 8, 9, 11, 11.5 ✔
Hidden Gems
1. Flawed by Auryn Hadley ✔
2. Order by Blair Babylon ✔
3. Those Summer Nights by Ivy Smoak ✔
4. Wolf Girl by Leia Stone ✔
5. King Among the Dead by Lauren Gilley ✔
6. Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox ✔
7. Mister West by R.J. Lewis ✔
8. Secret Sins by C.D. Reiss ✔
9. Malcolm & Isabel ✔
10. Lord Ruin ✔
11. Mostly My Boss, Mostly My Girlfriend ✔
12. The Spy Who Loved Me...Sort Of ✔
13. The Prenup ✔
14. A Mild Attack of Locusts ✔
15. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me ✔
16. A Ruthless Proposition ✔
17. "Gravity" in The New Yorker Stories ✔
18. "Arrangement in Black & White" & "Classless Society"
in Stories from the New Yorker 1950 1960 ✔
19. Debt ✔
20. Atheists Who Kneel and Pray ✔
To find interesting and/or new words in my books
1. diplocrapic, sitch - Into the Storm- Jan
2. zerbeted- Tempt - from Dani's book
3. insouciance, he’s very ridey, prosaic, bombast, trebuchet, looks like a looby,
patently, a cicisbeo- Malcolm & Isabel & The Legend of Lyon Redmond ✔
4. indolent, hyperbolically, ignominy, lissome, vertiginous,
euphemistic- Dirty Dancing at Devil's Leap ✔
5. art of capoeira, muay thai (martial arts) - Sick Heart ✔
6. costermonger, Ormolu, proverbial, equanimity, collywobbles- It Happened One Midnight ✔
7. hoyden- rude, ill-bred, boisterous noisy girl- A Summer to Remember ✔
8. impious- not showing respect or reverence- The Governess Affair ✔
9. nena (Span. babe) & braai (meet cooked on open fire, fire remains for the rest of the event for people to gather)- A Ruthless Proposition ✔
10. quim (vulgar slang term meaning vagina)- Land of the Beautiful Dead ✔
11. Nankeen- yellow-buff cotton cloth- Between the Devil and Ian Eversea ✔
12. Cambric- fine, white, plain-weave linen cloth made at or near Cambrai; batiste- Night in Eden ✔
13. Misandry is third wave feminism (in a review)
14. oleaginous - oily or greasy, distastefully complimentary; obsequious- Cold Comfort Farm ✔
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2021 Create-Your-Own Reading ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Challenge Title: Clean the TBR Challenge
Total Books: 20/50+
My goal is to finally reduce my TBR...by either reading, DNFing or just remove books. Re-reads count for series related tasks, as I may need to restart a series to catch up/finish it.
💎 = finished/caught up with series
SERIES [8/20 Series |21 Books] - Continue, catch up or finish the series.
Multiple Series (1 book each) (4 books)
All Scot and Bothered (Devil You Know #2) - 1/14 ★★½
Alpha Night (Psy-Changeling #19) - 1/17 ★★★½ 💎
Not My Match (The Game Changers #2) - 2/26 ★★★½ 💎
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #6) - 5/2/21 ★★★★½
All In (2/2 books) 💎
A Favor for a Favor (#2) - 1/10 ★★★
A Secret for a Secret (#3) - 2/27 ★★★½
Mercy Thompson (2/2 books) 💎
Storm Cursed - 4/2/21 ★★★★
Smoke Bitten - 4/21/21 ★★★★
Hidden Legacy (5/5 books) 💎
White Hot (#2) - 1/15 ★★★★★ (re-read)
Wildfire (#3) - 1/30 ★★★★★ (re-read)
Diamond Fire (#3.5) - 1/31 ★★★★
Sapphire Flames (#4) - 2/11 ★★★½
Emerald Blaze (#5) - 2/15 ★★★★
Innkeeper Chronicles (5/5 books) 💎
Clean Sweep (#1) - 2/26 ★★★★ (re-read)
Sweep in Peace (#2) - 3/5 ★★★★½ (re-read)
One Fell Sweep (#3) - 3/13 ★★★★ (re-read)
Sweep of the Blade - 4/15 ★★★★½
Sweep with Me - 4/17 ★★★★
Seven Realms (3/4 books)
The Demon King (#1) - 1/26 ★★★★½ (re-read)
The Exiled Queen (#2) - 2/24 ★★★★½ (re-read)
The Gray Wolf Throne (#3) - 3/11 ★★★★ (re-read)
The Crimson Crown
Penryn & The End of Days (0/3 books)
Angelfall
World After
End of Days
Under the Never Sky (0/3 books)
Under the Never Sky
Through the Ever Night
Into the Still Blue
The Legacy of Dragons (0/3 books)
Daughter of Dragons
Blood of Dragons
Destiny of Dragons
YEARS [10/20 Books] - Read/DNF/Remove 20 books added 2010-2020.
2011:
- Between Shades of Gray - 2/6 ★★★★
- Grey Mask - removed
- Snow Angels - removed
2012:
- Seduction and Snacks - 1/23 ★★★★
- Mr. Real - removed
- Deadlocked - removed
2013:
- Snow-Kissed - Removed
2015:
- Shadow's End - 3/14/21 ★★★½ 💎
2016:
- Real Men Will - 1/29 ★★★ 💎
2019:
Standing in the Shadows - 3/16 ★★½
I want in! lol This sounds great.Clearing the Shelves Challenge
Goal: To actually read the oldest books on my TBR list.
Reward: Buy one new book every time I finished reading 5 books from this list.
Ebooks: 1/10
1. Close Enough to Touch
Added to TBR: 12/22/15
Read:
√ 2. Back in the Game
Added to TBR: 12/24/15
Read: 9/20/21
3. Pines
Added to TBR: 7/30/16
Date Read:
4. Nora Roberts Land
Added to TBR: 10/26/16
Date Read:
5. A Ghost for Christmas
Added to TBR: 10/28/16
Date Read:
6. Mew Is for Murder
Added to TBR: 11/30/16
Date Read:
7. That Old Flame of Mine
Added to TBR: 12/14/16
Date Read:
8. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
Added to TBR: 12/17/16
Date Read:
9. A Family for Christmas
Added to TBR: 12/31/16
Date Read:
10. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Added to TBR: 1/5/17
Date Read:
Physical Books: 1/15
1. The Wishing Spell
Added to TBR: 12/22/15
Read:
2. The Best Man
Added to TBR: 12/24/15
Read:
3. Emily of New Moon
Added to TBR: 12/26/15
Read:
4. Cinder
Added to TBR: 12/26/15
Read:
5. The Fault in Our Stars
Added to TBR: 12/26/15
Date Read:
6. Sense and Sensibility
Added to TBR: 12/26/15
Date Read:
√ 7. All I Want Is You
Added to TBR: 1/2/16
Date Read: 4/4/21
8. And Only to Deceive
Added to TBR: 1/11/16
Date Read:
9. Virgin River
Added to TBR: 1/14/16
Date Read:
10. The Homecoming
Added to TBR: 1/14/16
Date Read:
11. Bliss
Added to TBR: 1/15/16
Date Read:
12. The Pearl
Added to TBR: 1/16/16
Date Read:
13. The Memory House
Added to TBR: 1/16/16
Date Read:
14. Fool Me Once
Added to TBR: 11/26/16
Date Read:
15. I See You
Added to TBR: 1/9/17
Date Read:
2021 Create-Your-Own Reading ChallengeJanuary 1, 2021-December 31, 2021
Part 1: Audiobooks challenge (Listen 200 hours of audiobooks)
42h / 500h
1. The Not-Outcast - May 08, 2021
⏱10h
2. Repeat - Jul 25, 2021
⏱7h + 10h = 17h
3. Muse in Lingerie - Jul 28, 2021
⏱7h + 17h = 24h
4. Once Bitten - Aug 02, 2021
⏱ 7h + 24h = 31h
5. Reborn - Aug 07, 2021
⏱ 11h + 31h = 42h
6. Everything for Her
⏱ 10h + 42h = 52h
7. Rock Hard
⏱ 1h + 52h = 53h
8. A Dance of Silver and Shadow
⏱ 11h + 53h = 64h
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Part 2 Continuing series I have started in 2020 or prior (and hopping to finish them)
3/10
Crown's Spies -> book #1 read in 2014
#2 - Guardian Angel - Jul 20, 2021
Hush, Hush -> book #1 read in 2013
#2 - Crescendo - Aug 04, 2021
Once Upon a Time -> book #1 read in 2014
#3 - A Kiss to Remember - Sep 17, 2021
Texas! Tyler Family Saga -> book #1 read in 2020
#2 - Texas! Chase - Nov 18, 2021
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A - D
✅ ARTIST: drawing- Love Lettering
✅ AGAIN: old favorite book- Smooth Talking Stranger
✅ ANGEL- angels & other creatures- The Sinner
✅ BLOOD: violence- The Risk
✅ BILLIONAIRE: wealthy character- Rock Chick Reawakening
✅ BROTHER- MC has a brother- Cold-Hearted Rake
✅ COUNTRY: not US/UK- Mists of the Serengeti
✅ COVER: chosen for cover- Travis
✅ CITY: big city- The Casanova
✅ DIRTY: dominating H- Wrong
✅ DANCING: h or H dances- The Fortunate Ones
✅ DARK- dark cover or story- Stuck-Up Suit
E - H
✅ EIFFEL TOWER: set in Europe- Black Silk
✅ ENTERTAINING: keeps your attention - Most Eligible Billionaire
✅ ESTATE: visits/lives on estate- Gentleman Jim
✅ FANTASY: Tiger Eye
✅ FOOD: wonderful food is served- The Boss Who Stole Christmas
✅ FAKE: dating, marriage- After the Kiss
✅ GIDDY: a giddy book - That Guy
✅ GREY: mainly grey cover- Counsellor
✅ GROUP READ: GR or BR- The Lost Fisherman
✅ HIDDEN GEM: surprisingly very good- The Fortunate Ones
✅ HOSTILE: broody hero- Vanish Into Light
✅ HISTORY- childhood friends- Enemies
I - L
✅ INTELLIGENT: intelligent MC- The Rules Of Seduction
✅ INSTEAD: something unpredictable- The Headmaster
✅ INDIE: indie author- The Darkest Temptation
✅ JOVIAL: lighthearted/funny book- Trust
✅ JOCK: features a fit H- Willing Victim
✅ JACKET- leather - Vic Vaughn is Vicious
✅ KICK: a crime is committed- Fair Game
✅ KISS: people on the cover- Gentle Rogue
✅ KNIFE; knife in story- First Grave on the Right
✅ LONG: at least 400 pages- The Master
✅ LUST: shirtless guy in story- The Naked Fisherman
✅ LAWYER: lawyer, doctor- Love at First
M - P
✅ MYSTERY: mystery/suspense/horror- The Good Lie
✅ MONSTERS: monster love- The Orc Wife
✅ MANWHORE: serial "dater"- Manwhore
✅ NAMESAKE: author last initials- Everything Girl
✅ NEW: published in 2021- King of the Court
✅ NEUTRAL: neutral/light colour cover- Smooth Talking Stranger
✅ OLDIE: retro book- Self-Help
✅ ORANGE: orange cover Right
✅ OLD: published before 2011- The Bride
✅ PERIOD: different period- Marrying Winterborne
✅ PERFECT: perfect man- About Last Night
✅ POLICE: police, military- At Last
Q - T
✅ QUICK: less than 230 pages- The Rebound
✅ QUIET: quiet heroine- Second Best
✅ QUAINT: small town- It Happened One Summer
✅ ROYAL: book with royalty- Lord Carew's Bride
✅ RATINGS: over 500 ratings-There Better Be Pie
✅ RANCHER-COWBOY- Arrogant Devil
✅ SOPHISTICATED: gown, jewelry- Heaven and Hell
✅ SERIES: part of a series- Love the One You're With
✅ SETTING: not US or UK- Just One Look
✅ TERRIBLE: very bad book- Reign
✅ TORTURE: dark romance- Twice as Hard
✅ TWIST: twist/surprise in story- The Player
U - X
✅ UNDERSTANDING: book boyfriend- To Have and to Hate
✅ UNREAD- new author- Shattered Dynasty
✅ UNBELIEVABLY "awful" - Bittersweet Love
✅ VACATION: a vacation- The Plus Ones
✅ VOICE: loud voices- The Undead Pool
✅ VOYAGE: Air - Tiger Eye
✅ WILD: in wilderness-You Can Have Manhattan
✅ WHAT?: learn something new- The Chestnut Tree
✅ WILD: Wild MC- Canary
✅ X-RATED: read a very steamy story- Stroke of Midnight
✅ XEROX: read an office romance- Mr. Perfect
✅ X-ED: murder, suspicious death- The Good Lie
Y - Z
✅ YELLOW: yellow cover- A Good Day for Chardonnay
✅ YEAR: retro read- Bliss & Other Stories
✅ YAWN: bad/disappointing book- The Bold and the Bullheaded
✅ ZOWIE: what did I just read?- Counsellor
✅ ZAPPHIRE: mainly blue cover- Contagion
✅ ZENITH- best book in challenge- The Love Hypothesis
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Read or Dare Challenge 2021December 1st to November 1st
24/24 COMPLETE
1. #ownvoices Elatsoe
2. Published in 2021 Root Magic
3. Book about travel The Flutter Collection
4. The first book in a series you haven't read before Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road
5. Book featuring a holiday A Dash of Trouble
6. A book about a skill or hobby that interests you. Hanok: The Korean House
7. A celebrity memoir or biography Billie Holiday
8. An award winning book. Kira-Kira
9. A book recommended by Book Bandits or Staff Pick Prince Freya, Vol. 1
10. Book from any 2021 LibraryReads list A Psalm for the Wild-Built
11. A book you want to reread Down Among the Sticks and Bones
12. A book that makes you happy Wicked Fox
13. A book by an author you love The Prey of Gods
14. A memoir, biography or nonfiction book in graphic novel form Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
15. A historical fiction novel that is not set in WWII The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
16. Read a science fiction or fantasy book Binti
17. Read a book that features a person with a disability El Deafo
18. Read a book by an indigenous author Son of a Trickster
19. A book from a genre you don't normally read POETRY The Black Girl Chronicles
20. An author's debut book Girl Giant and the Monkey King
21. A book that scares you Visions of Heat
22. A banned or challenged book George
23. A book you discovered Novelist The Black God's Drums
24. A book with a beautiful cover Amari and the Night Brothers
All done. It also looks like I only posted this on my member's list, instead of here. Surprise!
Checking in! My BIPOC/Queer goal was surpassed long ago, and my ebooks I own was too. I'm 19/20 from my paper books I own (should finish that easily!). Then 3/6 from poetry books - I'm going to try for it, but it may be a challenge. And I think I'm going to let go of my pandemic reads category. I'll leave it up, but at 2/10 I think I'm going to accept that I won't finish it this year.
Mony wrote: "😊🧡❤️🧐💙💛❤️💚🧐💜❤️😊🧡❤️🧐💙💛❤️💚🧐💜❤️😊🧡❤️🧐💙🧡A-Z Reading Challenge (Aug-Dec 2021)
A - D
✅ ARTIST: drawing- Love Lettering
✅ AGAIN: old favorite book- Smooth Talking Stranger..."
Great job Mony!
Jessica wrote: "Checking in! My BIPOC/Queer goal was surpassed long ago, and my ebooks I own was too. I'm 19/20 from my paper books I own (should finish that easily!). Then 3/6 from poetry books - I'm going to try..."Sounds like you did a fabulous job with your goals for the year!
And I finished my last poetry collection last night, which means I did every piece except for my pandemic reads (which I struck through). A great reading year!
Create Your Own ChallengeChallenge Title: The Triple Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
Number of Books: 15/15 - All Done!
Part I - 10 Oldest TBR Books
Read the 10 oldest books from my GoodReads TBR list.
1.The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley (5/6)★★★★★
2.Love's Gentle Journey by Kay Oldham Cornelius (7/15)★★★★
3.His Best Friend's Wife by Catherine Palmer (2/21)★★★1/2
4.The Gift by Julie Garwood (2/28)★★★★★
5.The Unlikely Bodyguard by Amy J. Fetzer (9/12)★★★★
6.Cade's Justice by Pat Tracy (7/6)★★★1/2
7.Annie in the Morning by Curtiss Ann Matlock (3/16)★★★
8.To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt (6/30)★★★★
9.Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (3/31)★★★★
10.Shades of Gray by Amanda Ashley (1/7)★★★
Completed 10/10
Part II - Book to Movie
Read at least three books that were made into movies and then watch the movie.
1.Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (7/12)★★★★ *MW (7/27)
2.The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (9/7)★★★1/2 *MW (9/21)
3.Bird Box by Josh Malerman (10/14)★★★★ *MW (11/5)
Read 3/3
*MW = Movies Watched 3/3
Part III - Finish Anthologies
I have a habit of starting anthologies because of one particular story and then not finishing them. So, I'm going to finish all anthologies started the previous year unless one of the stories in it is part of a series that I'm not caught up on.
1.Side Jobs by Jim Butcher (7/27)★★★★1/2
2.Choir of Angels by Debbie Macomber (12/13)★★★★
Completed 2/2
2021 Create-Your-Own Reading ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Challenge Title: Take Control of My DTB TBR Pile, Reduce My Keepers Pile AND Make Use of My Kindle Unlimited Membership
Number of Books: 6 "Old" + 6 "Rereads" + 24 "Kindle Unlimited" books = 36 total
I finished!!! I barely made it - only 20 minutes before midnight. Whew! I need to finish sooner next year.
Challenge Description:
Part 1: Read "old" paperback books that I own, then donate books that are not going to be "keepers".
Part 2: Reread "old keepers" and donate them.
Part 3: Read Kindle Unlimited Books to make use of my membership.
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With the year ending, most of us have started looking forward to the new year and have some reading goals we really want to reach.
This is the place to Create-Your-Own-Reading Challenge for 2021.
I've used the acronym SMART to explain how you can put yours together.
SPECIFIC - Sure we have goals and resolutions, but for this challenge you need to be specific on what you will read. Are you going for all classics, books of a specific author, books you already own, etc? You set the parameters, but make sure there is one.
MEASURABLE - Please don't say as many as I can read, please :). Knowing the titles in advance is not required, but you need to put a number of books as your goal. This is a requirement to participate in this challenge.
ATTAINABLE - Be realistic for this challenge. I know how we can go overboard, but you know, how many hours you read in a day. Do not set yourself up to fail. On this note, you are only allowed to have one Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge entry.
REWARDING - A tenet I follow everytime I create and/or join a challenge, is that it should be fun. This is not a punishment, but an activity that you really want to do. You get a better chance of completing it, if you are enjoying yourself.
TIME-BOUND - This challenge is good for the whole year. If you want to set a different start and end date, its up to you, but make sure I can see the duration period of your challenge.
Here is the suggested format:
Challenge Title:
Duration:
Number of Books:
Challenge Description:
List of Books: (you can post it in advanced or post as you complete them)