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message 1: by Alta (last edited Dec 31, 2021 09:25AM) (new)

Alta | 145 comments Aiming to complete one book each week this year for a total of 52 books. Will maintain a running list here to track my progress throughout the year.

Progress: 80/52

January:
1. The Secrets Between Us 1/9-1/12 ****
2. The Office of Historical Corrections 1/12-1/14 ****
3. My Sister, the Serial Killer 1/16-1/18 ***
4. Outlawed 1/18-1/22 ****
5. Rebecca 1/15-1/29 ***
6. A Long Petal of the Sea 1/15-1/29 *****

February:
7. Long Bright River 1/25-2/7 *****
8. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story 2/1-2/11 ****
9. The Knockout Queen 2/8-2/16 ****
10. The Four Winds 2/16-2/24 *****
11. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 2/25 - 2/27 ***
12. The Exiles 2/17-2/28 ****

March:
13. Goodnight Beautiful 3/2-3/2 ***
14. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" 3/2-3/3 ****
15. The Winter Sister 3/3-3/5 ****
16. Big Lies in a Small Town 3/1-3/8 ****
17. The Family Upstairs 3/6-3/10 ***
18. Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter 1/4-3/11 ***
19. The Wives 1/15-3/15 ***
20. Yellow Wife 3/10-3/18 ****
21. Infinite Country 3/3-3/18 *****
22. Halsey Street 3/26-3/27 ***
23. Parable of the Sower 3/27-3/30 ****

April:
24: The Death of Vivek Oji 3/27-4/1 ****
25. The House in the Cerulean Sea 2/4-4/3 *****
26. Nothing to See Here 4/4-4/7 *****
27. Home Before Dark 4/14-4/19 ****
28. Firekeeper's Daughter 4/7-4/25 *****

May:
29. An American Marriage 5/3-5/5 ****
30. People We Meet on Vacation 4/28-5/13 ****
31. The Push 5/14-5/28 ****

June:
32. The Woman with the Blue Star 6/2-6/3 *****
33. The Downstairs Girl 6/2-6/6 ****
34. Daisy Jones & The Six 6/4-6/7 ****
35. The Martian 6/7-6/8 ****
36. The Son and Heir: A Memoir 6/8-6/11 ***
37. Know My Name 6/7-6/27 *****
38. The Snow Child 6/20-6/21 ***
39. The Baker's Secret 6/7-6/29 *****

July:
40. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot 7/1-7/6 *****
41. Beach Read 6/28-7/7 ****
42. The Gown 7/7-7/14 ****
43. The Other Black Girl 7/5-7/24 ***
44. The Last Plane in the Sky by Garrett M Graff - 7/21-7/25 *****
45. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 7/26-7/31 *****

August:
46. Skye Falling 8/1-8/3 *****
47. The Girls with No Names 7/26-8/6 ***
48. Betty 8/10-8/15 *****
49. The Unhoneymooners 8/15-8/21 *****
50. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds 8/15-8/24 ****
51. Greenlights 8/28-8/29 ****
52. Written in the Stars 8/28-8/31 *****

September:
53. A Thousand Splendid Suns 8/24-9/4 *****
54. Run Away 9/1-9/9 ***
55. Since You've Been Gone 9/6-9/12 ****
56. The Broken Girls 9/13-9/20 *****
57. We Begin at the End 9/20-9/27 ****
58. A Bollywood Affair 9/27-9/28 ***

October:
59. Falling 9/27-10/4 ****
60. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell 9/29-10/9 *****
61. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women 10/1-10/11 *****
62. The Winter People 10/11-10/20 ****
63. Far from the Tree 10/11-10/25 ****
64. The Lincoln Highway 10/11-10/25 *****
65. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 10/19-10/30 ***

November:
66. The Storyteller of Casablanca 11/1-11/10 ***
67. Razorblade Tears 11/1-11/11 *****
68. Beautiful Country: A Memoir 11/13-11/20 ****
69. Tuesdays with Morrie 11/25-11/28 *****
70. Convenience Store Woman 11/21-11/29 ***

December:
71. Sing, Unburied, Sing 11/29-12/3 ****
72. All the Light We Cannot See 4/4-12/9 ****
73. The Turn of the Key 12/9-12/10 ***
74. West with Giraffes 5/4-12/12 ****
75. Queenie 12/12-12/14
76. The Holiday Swap 12/17-12/19 ****
77. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 12/17-12/28 ****
78. The Dry 12/29-12/31 **
79. You Will Not Have My Hate 12/31-12/31 ****
80. The Book of Longings 12/26-12/31 *****


message 2: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Grønsund | 6163 comments Happy New Year and best of luck with your challenge, Alta! :)


message 3: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12949 comments I hope you go beyond your 52 book resolution! Best of Luck!



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