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I'm in! I will try for:Catch Me If You Can: Read 12-24 books from the list
Well, I've checked the list, and I've already read two books in 2017 off of it:Lab Girl by Hope Jahren which I finished on January 21, 2017 and gave it 5*s
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig which I finished yesterday (February 28, 2017) and also a 5* read
Hmmm, this list has potential.
I will also try for Catch Me If You Can: Read 12-24 books from the list:(12/12) - DONE
January
1. Homegoing 5/5
February
2. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race 4/5
March
3. The Girl from Everywhere 3/5
4. Certain Dark Things 4/5
5. Lab Girl (5/5)
May
6. Before the Fall 3/5
June.
7. The Dark Days Club 3/5
September
8. Fear the Drowning Deep 3/5
9.Dark Matter 4/5
November
10. The Ballad of Black Tom 4/5
December
11. Borderline 3/5
12. And I Darken 4/5
What a great selection of books - I'm in! I'll also go for the Catch Me If You Can level.11 / 12 read
My NPR 2016 shelf
1. I'm Judging You ★★★★ - 2/6/2017
2. The Vegetarian - ★★★★★ - 3/14/2017
3. A Promise of Fire - ★★★★ - 3/31/2017
4. Nutshell - ★★★★★ - 4/20/2017
5. Originals - ★★★ - 6/9/2017
6. Lab Girl - ★★★ - 10/20/2017
7. Spill Simmer Falter Wither - ★★★★ - 11/2/2017
8. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - ★★★★ - 12/18/2017
9) A Study in Scarlet Women - ★★★★ - 11/27/2017
10 ) Missing, Presumed - ★★ - 12/19/2017
11) So Sad Today: Personal Essays - ★★★ - 12/26/2017
I'm in! I think I'll go for Bookworm: Read 5-11 books from the list.I'll keep track here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I already own
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1/21/17 ★★★★
6/28/17 ★★★★
8/12/17 ★★★★
9/8/17 ★★★
9/18/17 ★★★★
10/14/17 ★★★★
10/19/17 ★★★★
10/23/17 ★★★★
I'm going to try for reading superheroes!
I'm in! Catch Me If You Can: Read 12-24 books from the list
Duration: January 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017Just Getting Warmed Up: Read 1- 5 books from the list
Bookworm: Read 5-11 books from the list
Catch Me If You Can: Read 12-24 books from the list
Reading Superhero: Read 25+ books from the list
ideas:
And I Darken
A Change of Heart
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Why We Came to the City
Ghostland
Labryinth Lost
The Hating Game
Certain Dark Things
the census-taker
The Vegetarian
Im Thinking of Ending Things
Homegoing
Dark Matter
Disappearance at Devil's Rock
Crosstalk
hagseed
I'm in!
Level: Catch Me If You Can:(12-24 books from the list)
1. Jane Steele by Lindsey Faye-2/6/17
2.March: Book Three by John Lewis-2/9/17
Level: Catch Me If You Can:(12-24 books from the list)
1. Jane Steele by Lindsey Faye-2/6/17
2.March: Book Three by John Lewis-2/9/17
I'm in.Level: Catch Me If You Can (12-24 books from the list)
Already read in 2017
All the Birds in the Sky - read 20/2/2017
The Lie Tree - read 11/3/2017
Smoke - read 3/4/2017
My Name is Lucy Barton - read 30/6/2017
A Promise of Fire - read 8/10/2017
Fellside - read 13/10/2017
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race - read 15/10/2017
The Summer Before the War - read 20/10/2017
The Regional Office Is Under Attack! - read 25/10/2017
The Vegetarian - read 12/11/2017
The Dark Days Club - read 22/11/2017
The Underground Railroad - read 4/12/2017
Completed 12/8/17NPR's Best Books of 2016
Duration: January 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017
Catch Me If You Can: Read 12-24 books from the list, I read several of these last year so I'm sure I'll enjoy more!
12/12 read
1. Dorie's Cookies by Dorie Greenspan, read 5/12/17
2. Molly on the Range by Molly Yeh, read 12/5/17
3. I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi, read 5/10/17
4. Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady by Susan Quinn, read 5/14/17
5. Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson, read 12/8/17
6. Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple, read 11/14/17
7. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, read 8/22/17
8. American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes by Anne Byrn, read 12/5/17
9. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond, read 5/19/17
10. You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein, read 4/13/17
11. Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West, read 7/27/17
12. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk, read 3/16/17
Wow. How'd I miss this? Putting my foot down right here! Great list of books!NPR Best Books of 2016
I'm going to start with
The Underground Railroad
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
The Vegetarian
Everybody's Fool
Pax
As Good as Gone
A Great Reckoning 
Spill Simmer Falter WitherI've already read
NOOOOOOO!!!!!! Not another book challenge! I'm obsessed. I'm going to have to crawl into a hole and read.
Tracy wrote: "NOOOOOOO!!!!!! Not another book challenge! I'm obsessed. I'm going to have to crawl into a hole and read."Haha! I know the feeling. ;)
Ok I peeked at it. I already have at 19 of these on my other challenge lists, so....Catch me if you can (12-24)
Completed: 1/24
I also might upgrade depending on how my reading goes because I see a bunch of potentials
This one sounds fun and I love the chance to earn coins!I'm in for "Catch Me if You Can"
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KRISSY'S SPOTLevel: Bookworm
11 Completed
I am in for Catch Me If You Can!Duration: 1/1/17-12/31/17
(Completed 11/27/17)
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I'm shooting for Catch Me If You Can!I already own a few of them and had planned to read them at some point in 2017.
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I will try to read some. There are a couple that I have thought about reading, it will definitely be things that take me out of my usual comfort zone.Level: Just Getting Warmed Up: Read 1- 5 books from the list
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NPR's Best Books of 2016Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2017
Planned Level: Catch Me If You Can!
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2- The Underground Railroad
3- Dark Matter
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Have fun reading!
Thanks for the challenge! I completed it today.
Forgot all about this, and completed it anyway! I was going for Bookworm, and have completed 8 of the books :-)
Nothing But Reading ChallengesNPR's Best Books of 2016 Challenge
Duration: January 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017
Progress: 19 out of 24 (for now)
Catch Me If You Can: Read 12-24 books from the list
Reading Superhero: Read 25+ books from the list
NPR (National Public Radio) has published their list of the staff's favorite reads of 2016. With over 300 titles on the list, there is sure to be something for everyone.
My bookshelf for NPR's Best Books of 2016
1. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance - **** - 1/31/2017 - 272 Pages
2. Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye - *** - 5/11/2017 - 432 Pages
3. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier - ***** - 5/24/2017 - 256 Pages
4. March: Book Three by John Lewis - ***** - 5/28/2017 - 246 Pages
5. Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan by Ashley Bryan - ***** - 12/7/2017 - 295 Pages
6. The Opposite Zoo by Il Sung Na - ***** - 12/7/2017
7. Little Red by Bethan Woollvin - ***** - 12/7/2017
8. Ida, Always by Caron Levis - ***** - 12/7/2017
9. The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito - ***** - 12/7/2017
10. Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty - ***** - 12/8/2017
11. Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol - ***** - 12/8/2017
12. They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel - ***** - 12/8/2017
13. King Baby by Kate Beaton - ***** - 12/8/2017
14. Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie - ***** - 12/10/2017
15. Let Me Finish! by Minh Le - ***** - 12/11/2017
16. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe - *** - 12/11/2017
17. The Night Gardener by Terry Fan - ***** - 12/11/2017
18. The Storyteller by Evan Turk - **** - 12/11/2017
19. Don't Call Me Grandma by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson - ***** - 12/11/2017
Completed 12/8/17NPR's Best Books of 2016
Duration: January 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017
Catch Me If You Can: Read 12-24 books from the list, I read several of these last year so I'm sure I'll enjoy more!
12/12 read
1. Dorie's Cookies by Dorie Greenspan, read 5/12/17
2. Molly on the Range by Molly Yeh, read 12/5/17
3. I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi, read 5/10/17
4. Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady by Susan Quinn, read 5/14/17
5. Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson, read 12/8/17
6. Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple, read 11/14/17
7. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, read 8/22/17
8. American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes by Anne Byrn, read 12/5/17
9. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond, read 5/19/17
10. You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein, read 4/13/17
11. Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West, read 7/27/17
12. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk, read 3/16/17
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I was able to read 11 books. I was hoping for more but it is what it is :)KRISSY'S SPOT
Level: Bookworm
11 Completed
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Managed to squeak under the wire for an emerald coin. Woo hoo!
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Done, just under the wire as well with all 12 books (post 7). Is this being repeated again in 2018?
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Checking on the answer to your question.
Erg - didn't get that last book finished - I did read 11 / 12 for the NPR 2016 challenge. I've already set up my 2017 shelf, just in case :)
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Lexi wrote: "Done, just under the wire as well with all 12 books (post 7). Is this being repeated again in 2018?"
Yes, you can find it HERE
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NPR (National Public Radio) has published their list of the staff's favorite reads of 2016. With over 300 titles on the list, there is sure to be something for everyone.
NPR's Best Books of 2016
Duration: January 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017