Amanda’s Comments (group member since Mar 28, 2016)

Amanda’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

Late to the party, but am going to try for at least one!

B1: Exploration
B2: Congratulations!
B3: Participation
B4: Information
B5: Collaboration

I1: Listed it
I2: Bought it
I3: Eyed it
I4: Downloaded it: Digging In (7/24)
I5: Scored it!

N1: Oldie but goodie
N2: New kid on the block: The Last Romantics (8/6)
N3: FREE
N4: Yesterday's news
N5: Everybody's talking

G1: Nice to meet you: Murder at the Breakers (8/14)
G2: You seem familiar
G3: One of the girls: The Peacock Emporium (8/18)
G4: One of the guys
G5: Old friends: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (8/2)

O1: Take a stand: Crimes Against a Book Club (8/20)
O2: Take a friend: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (7/23)
O3: Take a trip
O4: Take a look:In the Dark (7/25)
O5: Take a break

I'm late to the party, but would like to join in!!

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation: The Elegance of the Hedgehog (3/24)
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF): All the Light We Cannot See (4/28)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

Thank you, Rosemarie!

I just finished The First Four Years! Have finally finished my box set.

Exactly! It's making me want to read the end of the series much faster. I think I'm going to start reading These Happy Golden Years today.

I've read both The Long Winter and Little Town on the Prairie this year. I find that I'm liking them more than the earlier books. They are still sweet, but there is a lot more going on. I suspect this has a lot to do with Laura being able to remember a lot more about her own thoughts/emotions from this time period.

Happy 2019! I'm still making my way slowly through these. Is anyone else still reading them like me? I am just about to sit down and start The Long Winter (as my area is gearing up for the potential of some snow tonight)!

I have never completed this one, but find it so interesting! I hope to broaden my reading this year and at least complete 1900-2019!

1800-1809:
1810-1819:
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899:


1900-1909: Just-So Stories (1902)
1910-1919: The Secret Garden (1911)
1920-1929:
1930-1939: Mary Poppins (1934)
1940-1949: The Long Winter (1940)
1950-1959:
1960-1969:
1970-1979: The First Four Years (1971)
1980-1989:
1990-1999: In the Dark (1999)
2000-2009: The Elegance of the Hedgehog (2006)
2010-2019: Becoming (2018)

I'm in! Happy New Year!


No A-Just-So Stories (1/1)
No B-Little Town on the Prairie (2/2)
No C-Paris for One and Other Stories (2/9)
No D-The First Four Years (3/9)
No E-Mary Poppins (1/3)
No F-The Secret Garden (3/7)
No G-The Island of Sea Women (5/25)
No H-Digging In (7/24)
No I-These Happy Golden Years (2/16)
No J-All the Light We Cannot See (4/28)
No K-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (7/23)
No L-In the Dark (7/25)
No M-The Girl Who Played with Fire (9/30)
No N-Murder at the Breakers (8/14)
No O-
No P-My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (8/2)
No Q- Crimes Against a Book Club (8/20)
No R-
No S-The Elegance of the Hedgehog (3/24)
No T-
No U-Becoming (1/19)
No V-The Last Romantics (8/6)
No W-The Peacock Emporium (8/18)
No X-The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (10/13)
No Y-The Long Winter (1/23)
No Z-

Ooof. This one gets the best of me every year. I was only about 3 letters shy in 2018 and am going to work towards completing this challenge in 2019!

A-All the Light We Cannot See (4/28)
B-Becoming (1/19)
C-Crimes Against a Book Club (8/20)
D-Digging In (7/24)
E-The Elegance of the Hedgehog (3/24)
F-The First Four Years (3/9)
G-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (7/23)
H-
I-The Island of Sea Women (5/25)
J-Just-So Stories (1/1)
K-
L-The Long Winter (1/23)
M-Mary Poppins (1/3)
N-
O-
P-Paris for One and Other Stories (2/9)
Q-
R-
S-The Secret Garden (3/7)
T-These Happy Golden Years (2/16)
U-
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

I am in for this one. I made it through Level Two last year and still haven't made a dent in my TBR shelf. This is a great way to keep track!

Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Just-So Stories (1/1)
2. The Long Winter (1/23)
3. Little Town on the Prairie (2/2)
4. Paris for One and Other Stories (2/9)
5.These Happy Golden Years (2/16)

Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. The Secret Garden (3/7)
7. The First Four Years (3/9)
8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog (3/24)
9. All the Light We Cannot See (4/28)
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (7/23)

Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Dance of Book Joy ensues!

I am in!!

B1: Award Winner
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series
I2: Middle Grade: These Happy Golden Years (2/16)
I3: Blue Cover: Paris for One and Other Stories (2/9)
I4: > 400 pages
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic: The Long Winter (1/23)
N2: Made into a Movie: The Secret Garden (3/7)
N3: FREE: Just-So Stories (1/1)
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism: Mary Poppins (1/3)
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: White Cover
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical: Becoming (1/19)

O1: Published Last Year
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science

I just finished Level 3 with one of my favorite books...The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society!

Can someone define G3 "Unfamiliar Territory" for me? Is it just a genre you don't usually read? Also, what about B2 "Never Finished"? Is that just one that you dropped off reading? I have a book I began in March and just finished it--would that count?

I agree, Rosemarie! I'm home sick today and just read By the Shores of Silver Lake as well. I'm finding these later books keep my interest much more.

I just read my first Little House book of 2018. Better late than never, right? I just read On the Banks of Plum Creek in one sitting and enjoyed it much more than the other books in the series so far. I am looking forward to the next!

I am in! I missed hitting summer and spring bingo, but am hoping for at least one here!

FALL BINGO

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished: Nine Stories (10/14)
B3- Courtroom or Crime: Lethal White (11/17)
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's : On the Banks of Plum Creek (10/13)
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family: The Great Alone (10/13)
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE: Four Letter Word: Invented Correspondence from the Edge of Modern Romance (11/3)
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (10/15)

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover: The Vegetarian (11/19)
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character

O1- Foreign Setting: Interpreter of Maladies (10/7)
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated: By the Shores of Silver Lake (10/13)
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover

Finished! Message 11 :)

I've been taking a bit of a Goodreads hiatus, but am back and ready to play!

B1: Exploration
B2: Congratulations!
B3: Participation
B4: Information
B5: Collaboration

I1: Listed it
I2: Bought it
I3: Eyed it: Career of Evil (8/19)
I4: Downloaded it
I5: Scored it!

N1: Oldie but goodie
N2: New kid on the block
N3: FREE
N4: Yesterday's news
N5: Everybody's talking: Lily and the Octopus (6/30)

G1: Nice to meet you
G2: You seem familiar
G3: One of the girls: Mr. Darcy's Diary (6/25)
G4: One of the guys
G5: Old friends

O1: Take a stand
O2: Take a friend
O3: Take a trip: Restoration (7/21)
O4: Take a look:
O5: Take a break: Over the Water (7/24)

Yay! Totally in.

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir - How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (3/27)
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE - Amy and Isabelle (3/31)
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies - A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival (3/21)
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover