Share Your Plans and Progress

[Stina]

Here is the entire list of prompts. You may copy any or all of them into your own post on this thread, and then you can update your post as you make progress throughout the year.

Penitent Prioritization

- A book longer than 700 pages
- A book set on every continent
- A true crime book
- A book of nonviolent true crime
- The oldest ARC you own
- Longest-standing TBR book on Goodreads
- A book written as a journal
- A book published on your birthday (any year)
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
- A book by a South East Asian
- A LitRPG book
- Finish a series you started at least a year ago
- A family member's favorite book


Lost Linz Levels

Level 2
- The original "Beauty & the Beast" fairy tale
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 3
- A book published in 2000
- A book that is over 600 pages
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 4
- Read the second book of a trilogy you started in 2020
- Read the third book of that same trilogy
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 5
- Read a book by John Creasey
- Free Space! Pick any book.


The Usual Fails

- Creature with a beak on the cover
- A book with a purple cover or title
- A book with "night" in the title
- A book that has a map
- A re-telling
- Choose a book with a summer cover, a sun on the cover, or "summer" or "sun" in the title
- A book of poetry
- A book with an animal on the cover that makes you think of summer
- A graphic novel
- A haunted house book
- A host recommendation for the #Summerween readathon on BookTube
- Read a romance
- Read one of the biggest books you have on your TBR
- Read a book set in winter
- Read a manga
- Read an epic fantasy
- Book recommended by someone older than you
- A book written by an author of a different race from yourself
- Read a contemporary
- Book over 450 pages
- A book that was published in 1995
- A book with an orange cover
- A book by an Indigenous author
- A food book about a cuisine you've never tried before
- A book about climate change
- A book by or about a refugee
- An edition of a literary magazine
- Goodreads winner in 2019
- Published in the 1920s
- New York Times #1 Bestseller
- From the 50 States reading list
- Borrowed from a friend
- A book set on the opposite side of the planet
- A book by a trans/intersex/nonbinary author
- A book with a fish in the title
- A book that could be described as silkpunk or by a silkpunk author
- A winner of the Stella Prize or the Women's Prize for Fiction
- A woman-authored book about food
- A book from the 2019 Reading Women Award shortlists and honorable mentions
- A book by Isabel Allende
- A book with the word "river" in the title
- Read a Victorian diary or collection of letters

Unprompted Inspiration

- A book shorter than 100 pages
- A book in which a character uses an alias
- Something originally published in the 19th century

[Stina]

I think this is 70 prompts in all, as I am adding in two specific books I didn't finish for challenges. I will allow myself to use one book to cover multiple prompts.

Penitent Prioritization

15. An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America - Gods of Jade and Shadow

35. A book by a South East Asian - The Neil Gaiman at the End of the Universe

113. Longest-standing TBR book on Goodreads - Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

121. A book of nonviolent true crime - The Feather Thief
123. A book set on every continent - Continents: What You Need to Know

137. (51, 121) A true crime book - The Stonewall Riots: The Fight for LGBT Rights

155. Finish a series you started at least a year ago - Fire Watch

- A book longer than 700 pages - The Quincunx - Le Comte de Monte-Cristo - House of Leaves - A Place of Hiding - Mao: The Unknown Story
- The oldest ARC you own - Right as Rain
(155) A book written as a journal - The Sandmann's Journal: Vol. 1 - The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Victorian Maidservant - These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
- A book published on your birthday (any year) - The Silkworm
- A LitRPG book - RiftWorlds Online: Book 1 - Space Opera Insertion: a LitRPG Sci-Fi Adventure
- A family member's favorite book - The Family Trade


Lost Linz Levels

26. Read a book by John Creasey - Theft of Magna Carta
27. Free Space! Pick any book - Brownies and Broomsticks

39. Read the second book of a trilogy you started in 2020 - Take a Hint, Dani Brown

60. Read the third book of that same trilogy - Act Your Age, Eve Brown
61. Free Space! Pick any book - The Gauntlet

99. A book that is over 600 pages - The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

Level 2
- The original "Beauty & the Beast" fairy tale - La Belle et la Bête
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 3
- A book published in 2000 - The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877-1995
- Free Space! Pick any book.


The Usual Fails

6. Read a contemporary - Hanging Falls
7. A book written by an author of a different race from yourself (3) - The Haunting of Tram Car 015
10. A book with an orange cover - Bannerless
11. Read a romance - Angel Falls: A Thrilling Romantic Suspense with a Touch of Paranormal
12. A book of poetry - Swing
13. Book over 450 pages - Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook
14. A book by a trans/intersex/nonbinary author - The Deep

18. A book that has a map - Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket
20. Book recommended by someone older than you - Ύπνος: Εννέα ζωγραφιές και ένα διήγημα
24. A book with "night" in the title - Midnight at the Barclay Hotel
28. New York Times #1 Bestseller - Antiracist Baby

29. Read an epic fantasy (15) - Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
30. Choose a book with a summer cover, a sun on the cover, or "summer" or "sun" in the title - Y is for Y'all: A Book of Southern ABCs
37. Read one of the biggest books you have on your TBR - Slice of Cherry
44. A graphic novel - Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike

51. Goodreads winner in 2019 - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
52. (24) A haunted house book - The Canterville Ghost

65. From the 50 States reading list - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
69. A woman-authored book about food - Avocado Asks: What Am I?
72. A re-telling - The Mere Wife

76. A host recommendation for the #Summerween readathon on BookTube - Mexican Gothic
77. A book with a fish in the title - Ruby Red Herring
78. Creature with a beak on the cover - The Empress of Salt and Fortune
80. A book with a purple cover or title - Here Comes the Body
82. A book with the word "river" in the title - River of Darkness

87. A book by or about a refugee - Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
91. A book by an Indigenous author - This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories

119. Published in the 1920s - The Maltese Falcon

125. Read a book set in winter - The Overcoat
134. Read a manga - The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today, Vol. 1

154. A book with an animal on the cover that makes you think of summer - This Is How You Lose the Time War

- A book that was published in 1995 - The Lions of Al-Rassan
- A food book about a cuisine you've never tried before - The Island Kitchen: Recipes from Mauritius and the Indian Ocean
(10)- A book about climate change - Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg's Call to Save the Planet
- An edition of a literary magazine - The Missouri Review
- Borrowed from a friend - The Outsiders - Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women
- A book set on the opposite side of the planet - L'Arche des Kerguelen: Voyage aux îles de la Désolation
(78) A book that could be described as silkpunk or by a silkpunk author - Jade City - The Bone Witch
- A winner of the Stella Prize or the Women's Prize for Fiction - The Tiger's Wife - Piranesi
- A book from the 2019 Reading Women Award shortlists and honorable mentions - The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
- A book by Isabel Allende - The House of the Spirits - Zorro
- Read a Victorian (1837-1901) diary or collection of letters - The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Victorian Maidservant
- Geek Love
- Shirley

Unprompted Inspiration

2. A book in which a character uses an alias - Killer Chardonnay
3. A book shorter than 100 pages - Honor Yourself
122. Something originally published in the 19th century (52) - An Enemy of the People

[Cheryl]

I clapped my hands when I saw this post, because I have been managing to complete this challenge every year since 2017. It is the closest I come to any sort of consistent goal accomplishment.

I am pleased to report that the 2 books I started in the New Year will each fulfill a prompt -- #1 NYT bestseller and Set in winter. That bodes well for the coming year. I always set my goal as the same as the year, so this year I want to do at least 21 of these. With a yearly GR goal of 52, that will not be as easy, but I am hoping to finish grad school in June, so that might give me a little more time.

[Cheryl]

First one down -- Set in Winter -- Gingerdead Men

[Cheryl]

I am still working on the NYT bestseller, but the other lighter book I started, it turns out, Has a Map! Hurrah -- crossing off that one with Imagined London by Anna Quindlen. This means I may not be ending the year in a panic to finish like I did in 2020.

[Cheryl]

I am going to recreate the list here so I can keep track digitally as well as on my handwritten list

Penitent Prioritization

- A book longer than 700 pages -- DONE -- Brisingr
- A book set on every continent
- A true crime book -- DONE -- The Restless Sleep
- A book of nonviolent true crime
- The oldest ARC you own
- Longest-standing TBR book on Goodreads
- A book written as a journal
- A book published on your birthday (any year)
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
- A book by a South East Asian
- A LitRPG book
- Finish a series you started at least a year ago -- DONE -- Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
- A family member's favorite book


Lost Linz Levels

Level 2
- The original "Beauty & the Beast" fairy tale
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 3
- A book published in 2000
- A book that is over 600 pages
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 4
- Read the second book of a trilogy you started in 2020
- Read the third book of that same trilogy
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 5
- Read a book by John Creasey
- Free Space! Pick any book.


The Usual Fails

- Creature with a beak on the cover -- DONE -- The Soul of an Octopus
- A book with a purple cover or title -- DONE -- Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree
- A book with "night" in the title -- DONE -- Night Over the Solomons
- A book that has a map -- DONE -- Imagined London
- A re-telling
- Choose a book with a summer cover, a sun on the cover, or "summer" or "sun" in the title -- DONE -- Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown
- A book of poetry-- DONE -- My Therapist Said
- A book with an animal on the cover that makes you think of summer
- A graphic novel
- A haunted house book
- A host recommendation for the #Summerween readathon on BookTube
- Read a romance
- Read one of the biggest books you have on your TBR -- DONE -- Salt
- Read a book set in winter --DONE -- Gingerdead Man
- Read a manga
- Read an epic fantasy -- DONE -- Stardust
- Book recommended by someone older than you
- A book written by an author of a different race from yourself -- DONE -- See No Stranger
- Read a contemporary
- Book over 450 pages -- DONE -- Brsinger
- A book that was published in 1995
- A book with an orange cover
- A book by an Indigenous author
- A food book about a cuisine you've never tried before -- DONE -- The Bizarre Truth
- A book about climate change
- A book by or about a refugee
- An edition of a literary magazine
- Goodreads winner in 2019 -- DONE -- The Five
- Published in the 1920s
- New York Times #1 Bestseller -- DONE -- The Body Keeps the Score
- From the 50 States reading list
- Borrowed from a friend
- A book set on the opposite side of the planet
- A book by a trans/intersex/nonbinary author
- A book with a fish in the title
- A book that could be described as silkpunk or by a silkpunk author
- A winner of the Stella Prize or the Women's Prize for Fiction
- A woman-authored book about food
- A book from the 2019 Reading Women Award shortlists and honorable mentions
- A book by Isabel Allende
- A book with the word "river" in the title

Unprompted Inspiration

- A book shorter than 100 pages -- DONE -- The Toad from Outer Space
- A book in which a character uses an alias -- DONE -- The Tell-Tale Start
- Something originally published in the 19th century

[Mary]

Cheryl wrote: "I am going to recreate the list here so I can keep track digitally as well as on my handwritten list

Ooo, think I will do the same. I used to do this on facebook using Notes, but they have cancelled Notes. I'm going to look if I can do this on my own Goodreads page/shelf/whatever it is called.

[Mary]

My progress:
-A book with a map - "Troy" by Stephen Fry
-Book longer than 700 pages: World Without End by Ken Follett
-Book longer than 450 words: Eragon by Christopher Paolini
-Free Space! Pick any book. (I completed the first parts of this challenge last year, but didn't use the Free Space. I claim it this year!) "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" by Charlie Mackesy
- Borrowed from a friend - "What's in a Name?" by Cyril M. Harris
- Book with an orange cover - "Whistling for Elephants" by Sandi Toksvig
- A book with a summer cover, a sun on the cover, or "summer" or "sun" in the title - "The Summer of Secrets" by Martina Reilly
- A book by an Indigenous author - "The Whale Rider" by Witi Ihimaera
- A book written by an author of a different race from yourself - "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
- New York Times #1 Bestseller - "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini
- A book by or about a refugee - "The Book of Longings" by Sue Monk Kidd
- Creature with a beak on the cover - "Number One Chinese Restaurant" by Lillian Li
- Read a Victorian diary or collection of letters - "Censoring Queen Victoria: How Two Gentlemen Edited a Queen and Created an Icon" by Yvonne M. Ward
- A book with a purple cover or title - "One Enchanted Evening" by Anton du Beke
- A book by a South East Asian - "Sorcerer to the Crown" by Zen Cho
- Read a romance - "Moonlight Over Mayfair" by Anton du Beke
- A family member's favorite book - "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
-Free Space! Pick any book. "Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955" by Harald Jähner
- A book with an animal on the cover that makes you think of summer: "Sentient: What Animals Reveal About Our Senses" by Jackie Higgins
- A book with the word "river" in the title: "The Riverwoman's Dragon" by Candace Robb
- A book that is over 600 pages: "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen
- Goodreads winner in 2019: "The Five" by Hallie Rubenhold
- A book written as a journal: "A Woman in Berlin" by anonymous (likley Marta Hillers)
- Read a book set in winter: "Crossroads" by Jonathan Franzen
- A food book about a cuisine you've never tried before: "Eat Cuban" by Andy Rose and Judy Bastyra
- A book shorter than 100 pages: "Flying High in the Sunlit Silence: Aviation Art by Jack Berry"