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Elizabeth's 2018 Challenge Log
2018 Challenges & Reading LogsThe Life of a Book Addict
12+4 Reading Challenge ( 3rd year doing this one)
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Motley Reading Challenge 2018 ( 1st year doing this one)
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Elizabeth's 2018 Reading Log
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2018 Around The Year In 52 Books ( 4t year doing this one)
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For the love of a book
Discovery Bookshelf Challenge
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The Challenge Factory
Odds and Ends Challenges
Your Box of Books Arrived!
://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/19116046...
Elizabeth's 2018 Challenge and Reading Log
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Nothing But Reading Challenges
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2018
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My Vampire Book Obsession
Warehouse 13 - 6 months 2018
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Motley Reading Challenge 2018On have to do 25 out of 26 questions:
Challenges
1. A book that takes place in the snow/winter
2. A book with the word: dead, death, die, or dying in the title
3. A book or short story written by Agatha Christie
4. A novel, short story, or poem, written by Edgar Allen Poe
5. A book set in a hotel
6. A book with a six-word title
7. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
8. A book that disappointed you
9. A book that was written over 100 years ago
10. A book set in a place you have never been to
11. A book with a child/teenage protagonist
12. A book written by your favorite author
13. A book by an author you never read before
14. A book you read in one day
15 A book you bought only because it was on sale
16. A book that you absolutely loved
17. A book that's been sitting on your shelf for at least 1 year
18. A book you liked, but not a lot of your friends did
19. A book with a beautiful cover
20. A book that the ending shocked you
The 6 winners are:
1. Short story or novella.
2. Cozy Mystery.
3. A book published in 2018.
4. A book about a historical figure.
5. A book published the year you were born.
6. A Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction.
Challenges1-5✔1. A book that takes place in the snow/winter
2. A book with the word: dead, death, die, or dying in the title : Dead Man Calling by Kendra Ashe
3:. A book or short story written by Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
✔4:A novel, short story, or poem, written by Edgar Allen Poe :
5:book set in a hotel
The Ghosts of Lakeforth Hotel by Amy Cross
Challenges 6-106: A book with a six-word title:Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
7. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read The Apartment: A Novel by Danielle Steel
8. A book that disappointed you : One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
✔9. A book that was written over 100 years ago :
10. A book set in a place you have never been to:
The Bermuda Triangle: Unexplained Disappearances Beneath The Waves by Cheryl Leonard
Challenges 11-1511. A book with a child/teenage protagonist
Entranced by Jessica Sorensen
12. A book written by your favorite author:
Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler
13. A book by an author you never read before
Scottish Riteby Stephen Penner
14. A book you read in one day
Forever Charmed
15 A book you bought only because it was on sale
Passion & Venom by S. Williams
Challenges 16-1916. A book that you absolutely loved: Blood Infernal by James Rollins
✔17. A book that's been sitting on your shelf for at least 1 year:Innocent Blood by James Rollins
18. A book you liked, but not a lot of your friends did: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
19. A book with a beautiful cover
The Seven Stars by Simon Leighton-Porter
Challenge 20-2520:A book that the ending shocked you:Disturbed by Jennifer Jaynes
21: Short story or novella. Blood Brothers by James Rollins
✔22. Cozy Mystery. :
✔23:A book published in 2018.
Her Last Lie by Amanda Brittany
✔24. A book about a historical figure.
MacArthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II by Peter Eisner1/22/18
25:A book published the year you were born
The Howling by Gary Brandner
12+4 reading Challenge1:
( 📱)Title:Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Author: L. Ron Hubbard
Pages : 1051
Date read:1/15/18
Rating:5
2:
( 📱or 🎧)Title:Vanity Fair
Author:William Makepeace Thackeray
Pages:798
Date read:
Rating:
3:
(📲)Title:The Pillars of the Earth
Author: Ken Follett
Pages :753
Date read:
Rating
4:
(📕)Title:Different Seasons: Four Novellas
Author: Stephen King
Pages :671
Date read:
Rating:
5:
(📕)Title:Shock Wave
Author:Clive Cussler
Pages : 660
Date read:
Rating:
6:
(📱)Title:The Woman in White
Author: Wilkie Collins
Pages :
Date read:1/18/18
Rating:3.5
7:
(📘)Title:Poseidon's Arrow
Author: Clive Cussler
Pages : 520
Date read:
Rating:
8:
(📕✒)Title:Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth
Author: David Burnie
Pages : 512
Date read:
Rating:
9:
(📕✒)Title:Who Killed These Girls?: The Twenty-Five-Year History of Austin's Yogurt Shop Murders
Author: Beverly Lowry
Pages : 510
Date read:
Rating:
10:
(📱)Title:Intensity
Author: Dean Koontz
Pages : 499
Date read:
Rating:
11:
(📕)Title:The Black Echo
Author: Michael Connelly
Pages : 482
Date read:
Rating:
12:
( 📘)Title:The Blood Gospel
Author: James Rollins
Pages : 478
Date read:1/28/28
Rating:5
4+books
13:
(📘)Title:Devil's Gate
Author: Clive Cussler
Pages : 474
Date read:
Rating:
14:
( 📘✒)Title:Dog Company: A True Story of Battlefield Courage, Taliban Spies, and Soldiers on Trial
Author: Roger Hill
Pages : 429
Date read:
Rating:
15:
( 📱)Title:The Medici Letters: The Secret Origins of the Renaissance
Author: Taylor Buck
Pages : 408
Date read:
Rating:
16:
(📘)Title:The Jungle
Author: Clive Cussler
Pages : 406
Date read:
Rating:
2018 Around The Year In 52 BooksThe 2018 List
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
✔5. A book about or inspired by real events
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
✔7. A gothic novel:( might change)
8. An "own voices" book*✔
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
11. A literary fiction:( might change)
12. A book set in Africa or South America
✔13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
16. A narrative nonfiction
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
✔23. A medical or legal thriller
✔24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
✔33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
35. A book featuring a murder
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
38. A science book or a science fiction book
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials✔
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
52. A book published in 2018
Challenges 1-111. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title:Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link):The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore (winner BEST HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY)
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...) The Jungle by Clive Cussler
✔5. A book about or inspired by real events: The Marines' Lost Squadron The Odyssey of VMF-422 by Mark Carlson
6. A book originally written in a language other than English: The Exploits of Juve by Marcel Allain
✔7. A gothic novel:The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 1/18/18
✔8. An "own voices" book*:Submerging Inferno by Brandon Witt1/2/18
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc):Blood Sport: Special Agents Flynn and Tanner, FBI by Michael Newton
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)Executive by Leslie Wolfe
11. A literary fiction: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Challenges : 12-2312. A book set in Africa or South America: The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
✔13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc):The Blood Gospel by James Rollins 1/28/18
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire:Poseidon's Arrow by Clive Cussler
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure:Inherit the Dead
16. A narrative nonfiction:
Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain by Flight Lieutenant David Crook DFC
17. A book you expect to make you laugh:Dead Man Calling by Kendra Ashe
18. A book with a location in the title: Who Killed These Girls?: The Twenty-Five-Year History of Austin's Yogurt Shop Murders by Beverly Lowry
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors): The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
✔20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends: Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill ( friend : Elaine)
21. A book written in first person perspective:Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for:Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
Note: this one also has a lot of options to choose from.
✔23. A medical or legal thriller: The Devil's Grin by Annelie Wendeberg
Challenges:24-33✔24. A book with a map: Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson & the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides 2/22/18
✔25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view :I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter
26. A book with a text only cover: Hunted Down by Charles Dickens
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)Dog Company: A True Story of Battlefield Courage, Taliban Spies, and Soldiers on Trial by Roger Hill
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water : Devil's Gate by Clive Cussler
✔29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)Mark of the Dagger by Stella Rae1/23/18
30. A short book:Barbecue, Bourbon and Bullets by M.E. Harmon
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to : Ancient Egypt Secrets Explained!: The Influences Behind Egyptian History, Mythology & The Impact On World Civilization by Jeffrey Houston
32. An alternate history book : Into the Storm byTaylor Anderson
✔33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link) Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 by L. Ron Hubbard1/15/18
Challenges : 34-4334. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link): Ture Crime : The Killing Moon: The worst Australian serial killers you never knew existed by Ryan Arnup
35. A book featuring a murder :Intensity by Dean Koontz
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before: Girls In White Dresses by Alex Gates
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)Wild card : A Book you read for free: The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts
38. A science book or a science fiction book:Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by David Burnie
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title: I've Been Watching You by K.A. Richardson
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link):Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
✔41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials: The Romanov Ransom by Clive Cussler1/17/18
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater:
The Depths by Nick Thacker
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by J.L. Murray
Challenges: 44-5244. A ghost story: Ghost Stories: The Most Terrifying REAL ghost stories from around the world - NO ONE CAN ESCAPE FROM EVIL by Ellen Foster
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
The Ghoul by John Joseph Connelly ( note: this one has a lot of other options so if I change my mind about this one I might pick one of those)
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air: Shock Wave by Clive Cussler
✔47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own:The Dolocherby European P. Douglas
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth): One Wicked Night by Heather Boyd
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)):The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer):Bluegrass Undercover by Kathleen Brooks
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection: Different Seasons: Four Novellas by Stephen King
52. A book published in 2018:The Bookworm by Mitch Silver
The Challenge Factory (completed)Odds and Ends Challenges
Your Box of Books Arrived!
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1/1/18 - 3/31/18
Address Unknown - books by authors new to you
1:Michelle Major1/5/18
2:Brandon Witt1/2/18
3:Carter Wilson1/3/17
4:Lawrence H. Levy1/11/18
Box 2: It Came From the TBR! - books from your TBR pile
1:The King in Yellow1/8/18
2:Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 30001/15/18
3:The Woman in White 1/18/18
4:MacArthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II1/22/18
Box 3: Media Mail - hardback and paperback books only
1:The Romanov Ransom1/17/18
2:The Blood Gospel1/28/18
3:I, Ripper2/1/18
4:Innocent Blood 2/7/18
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Nothing But Reading Challengeshttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2018
2012(2)
Shock Wave
Poseidon's Arrow
2013(4)
5*The Jungle
Devil's Gate
Subterranean
Ice Hunt
2015 :
Prey
The Howling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
The Black Echo
Dead Witch Walking
The Gift
Honor's Splendour
It
5*Drink Deep
The Medici Letters: The Secret Origins of the Renaissance
4.5*
3/4/18 1* DNF series Blood Rights
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
Every Which Way But Dead
A Fistful of Charms
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Hollow City
Entranced
Magic to the Bone
Magic in the Blood
Magic in the Shadows
2016:(25)
Blood Sport: Special Agents Flynn and Tanner, FBI
And Then There Were None
The Depths
Barbecue, Bourbon and Bullets
Silent Night
All the Missing Girls
Scottish Rite
The Killing Moon: The worst Australian serial killers you never knew existed
Blood Infernal
Executive
5*
3/6/18 4.5*
5*Ancient Egypt Secrets Explained!: The Influences Behind Egyptian History, Mythology & The Impact On World Civilization
The Ghoul
Death of a Celebrity
5*The Bone Chamber
Cut to the Bone
the big dinosaur book
Hunted Down
Ghost Stories: The Most Terrifying REAL ghost stories from around the world - NO ONE CAN ESCAPE FROM EVIL
The Bermuda Triangle: Unexplained Disappearances Beneath The Waves
Dead Man Calling
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
Rebel Queen
State of Fear
Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth
The Exploits of Juve
Darkfever
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2018 Part 2
2017
I've Been Watching You
What Lurks Beneath
The Seven Stars
The Witch With No Name
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Affliction
All Fall Down
5*The Bride
The Ghosts of Lakeforth Hotel
The Pillars of the Earth
Cheyenne Captive
Cheyenne Caress
Cheyenne Splendor
Cheyenne Song
Deadly Night
The Awakening
Defy Not the Heart
Lone Wolf Lawman
A Deeper Darkness
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
End of Watch: A Novel
Different Seasons: Four Novellas
Protection Detail
Hell's Gate
Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
Guardian
Next
Intensity
Pirate Latitudes
Dragon Teeth
The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
Crimson Death
Colter's Journey
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
Who Killed These Girls?: The Twenty-Five-Year History of Austin's Yogurt Shop Murders
The Evil Inside
Into the Storm
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Vanity Fair
Dark Rivers of the Heart
The Bookworm
Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain
Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
Passion & Venom
Forever Charmed
The Big Book of Rogues and Villains
1*Girls In White Dresses
5*The Passion of Cleopatra
3.5*The Return of Tarzan
One Wicked Night
Dunkirk
Bluegrass Undercover
Breaking Point
1*Disturbed
Arminius: The Limits of Empire
5*Inherit the Dead
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2018 Part 3
Part 3
The Apartment
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious life
4.5*Typhoon Fury
Her Last Lie
Blood Brothers
Preacher's Kill
Survive the Night
5*
1* 
5*Ghost Towns
A Throne for Sisters
Snowfall on Haven Point
Christmas on the Run
Seventh Grave and No Body
Rooms
Duel: Terror Stories
Revival
The Last Magician
5*
4*
Nothing But Reading Challenges https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... New 2 U authors 2018
1/1/2018-12/31/2018
New 2 U Authors
1/1/2018-12/31/2018
Devil May Care = 20 or more
20/20
1:Michelle Major1/5/18
2:Carter Wilson1/3/18
3:Lawrence H. Levy1/11/18
4:Brandon Witt1/2/18
5:Robert W. Chambers1/8/18
6:Wilkie Collins1/18/18
7:Derek Alan Siddoway
8:Mark Carlson
9:Eva Chase2/1/18
10:Stella Rae1/23/18
11:Robert Kurson1/25/18
12:T. Christian Miller2/10/18
13:Kerrelyn Sparks2/5/18
14:J.G. Hetherton2/18/19
15:Karla Hull2/19/18
16:Sheryl Browne2/12/18
17:Ramona Finn2/23/18
18:Mary Auclair2/24/18
19:Joan Hess 3/1/18
20:Madison Thorne Grey 3/4/18
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Challenges list and Reading LogsPart 2:
To Infinity and Beyond > Elizabeth's 2018 Challenges and Reading Log
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Romance Readers Reading Challenge
2018 Create Your Own Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2017 Reading Challenge Group Reading log
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Love of Reading
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The 2017 Reading Challenge Grouphttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Year long challenge :Bookopoly 2018
The Board
GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled
Dark Blue - Genre: Classic
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Dark Blue - Genre: Fantasy or Sci Fi (Can also include Paranormal / Dystopia / Horror)
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
Light Blue - Theme: Relationships
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change
Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
Purple - Category: Published this year
Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you
Purple - Category: Recommended to you
Purple - Category: Part of a series
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction
Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite
Red - Category: Highest number of ratings on your shelf
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Red - Category: Book with the highest average rating on your shelf
Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Yellow - Theme: Nature
Yellow - Theme: Society
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)
Go to Book Ban!
Green - Category: Most recently added to your shelf
Green - Category: On your shelf the longest
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Blue - Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Water Works - By an author that's new to you
Blue - Genre: Award winner
BookopolyRolled 7:Light blue:Theme: Relationships: Her Soldier of Fortune1/5/18
Rolled:6 Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you:The King in Yellow1/8/18
Rolled 8: Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction:Last Stop in Brooklyn1/11/18
Rolled 9: Library Fine - A borrowed book:Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon1/25/18
Rolled 6:Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 30001/15/18( 1051 pages)
Rolled 6:GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled:The Blood Gospel 1/28/18
Rolled 7: Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book: I, Ripper 2/1/18
Rolled 12: Historical Fiction: The Devil's Grin2/20/18
Rolled 3:Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book: The Culling (The Culling, #1) by Ramona Finn 2/23/18/
Rolled 7:Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson & the Conquest of the American West2/22/18
The 2017 Reading Challenge Group ( completed)https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
New to You in 2018 (Jan-June)
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1.Michelle Major1/5/18
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2.Carter Wilson1/3/18
3.Brandon Witt1/2/18
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4.Lawrence H. Levy1/11/18
5.Robert W. Chambers1/8/18
6.Wilkie Collins1/18/18
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7.Stella Rae1/23/18
8.Robert Kurson1/25/28
9.Eva Chase2/1/18
10.Derek Alan Siddoway2/3/18
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2017 & 2018 Reading Challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Yearly 2018 Challenge: 2018 Reading Challenge Bingo
2018 Reading Challenge Bingo
1/1/18-12/31/12
✔B1:,Classics:The King in Yellow1/8/18
B2:Chick-lit:Darkfever
B3:Suspense:Passion & Venom
✔B4:LGTBQ:Submerging Inferno1/2/17
B5:Urban Fantasy:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
I1:Goodreads Choice Awards:The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
✔I2:Historical Thrillers:The Devil's Grin
✔I3:Horror:Blood Demons
I4:Ture Crime :The Killing Moon: The worst Australian serial killers you never knew existed
I5:Short Stories or Novella:Different Seasons: Four Novellas
✔N1:WW II:The Marines' Lost Squadron The Odyssey of VMF-422 2/10/18
N2:Paranormal:Ghost Stories: The Most Terrifying REAL ghost stories from around the world - NO ONE CAN ESCAPE FROM EVIL
✔N3:Free Space:Her Soldier of Fortune1/5/18
✔N4:Historical Nonfiction:Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson & the Conquest of the American West
✔N5:Dystopian:The Culling2/23/18
G1:Science Nonfiction:Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth
G2:Adventure:The Return of Tarzan
✔G3:Cozy Mystery:Pride v. Prejudice3/1/18
G4:Magical Realism:The Passion of Cleopatra
✔G5:New To Me:Baby Teeth3/2/18
(Bingo)
✔O1:Over 600+pages:Innocent Blood2/7/18
✔O2:Science Fiction:Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 30001/15/18
✔O3:Epic/High Fantasy:Windsworn2/3/18
✔O4:In A Series:The Romanov Ransom 1/17/18
✔O5:Thriller:The Grievance Collectors: Dead Day2/19/18
Mt. TBR 2018 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
January 1st till December 31st
Valley
Read something that has been on the Mt. for 6 months:
1/17/18Read the book that you started and never finshed
✔Read a book you bought:
1/2/18Foothill
That you found through the group
Read Something that has been on the Mt. for 12 months
A friend recommended
Book with 100 pages
Base Camp 1- Child play
Read a pretty cover
Read something that has been on the Mt. for 18 months:
A Good read recommended book:
2/9/18A book you got just because it was free (kindle unlimited, kobo, scribd, ect counts)The Woman in White1/18/18
From a genre you have never read before but someone said it was good
Base Camp 2- This isn’t too bad
Read something that has been on the Mt. for 24 months:
1/30/18Book with 200 pages
A book you got from the library
Start a series that the series has ended
Read a stand alone book:MacArthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II 1/22/18
Ask a friend to pick a book from your list for you
Base Camp 3- Okay what have I gotten myself into
Read something that has been on the Mt. for 30 months:
2/7/18Book with 300 pages
Read a book with an over 4.0 rating
Read the 100th book you put on the Mt.Last Stop in Brooklyn1/11/18
Read a book you been putting off because you don't want the series to end
Read a male author:The King in Yellow1/8/18
They switch different point of view
Base Camp 4- I’m going to Die
Finish a series (from start to finishes? At least 3 books)
Read something that has been on the Mt. for 36 months:
2/20/18Read a book with 400 pages
That mention a state/country you live or lived in
Mention mythology
Read a book with a 3.50 rating or lower:
2/19/18Read a female author:Her Soldier of Fortune1/5/18
Read a book in position of your age for 2018
Base Camp 5- I see the light at the end of the tunnel
Read something that has been on the Mt. for 42 months
Read a book with 500 pages
✔Read a book the first book on your Mt.
1/28/18Read a book written by one or more people (anthology count)
Read a book that is a prequel
Female main character:Mister Tender's Girl1/3/17
Peak - I did it I’m the champ
✔Read a book your scared to read in case you get disappointed:
2/10/18 Read something that has been on the Mt. for 48 months
A book released in 2017 that you should have read when it came out:
2/26/18Read the 10th book on your Mt.
Last added book to your TBR:If You Go Down to the Woods2/25/18
Read a spin off
Male main character:Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 30001/15/18
I like your symbol system! Good luck with your goals!
Lindsay wrote: "I like your symbol system! Good luck with your goals!"Think you so much, and the best of luck with your goals
Best of luck in the coming year!
Blagica wrote: "Best of luck in the coming year!"Think you so much, and the best of luck to you to
New Year's Reading Resolutions - January 1/1/18-1/31/18 completed
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Read a book by a new author.
Submerging Inferno1/2/18
Read 3 books from my TBR.
1:Mister Tender's Girl1/3/18
2:Her Soldier of Fortune1/5/18
3:The King in Yellow1/8/18
(view spoiler)
February Monthly Transitional - 2 books doneFledgling - 4 books
1:Bubble Gum Day
Read a book with kids in the story or that you think will be a bit of fluff (easy to read).
2: Candlemas, The Feast of Purification
Read a book with a candle on the cover, or with a character/author named Mary.
3: International Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Read a book that you consider a treat or set during winter.
4: The Day the Music Died Day
Read a book with 5 and 9 in the page count, or that is 5th or 9th in a series, or with a musical character.
5: Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day
Wave to everyone in the After Dark Lounge and read a book that you added to your TBR recently.
2/1/186: Stuffed Mushroom Day
Read a book with a character who is very old or set in the 19th century
7: National Chopsticks Day
Read a book set in a country different to where you live or with an Asian character.
8: National Pizza Day
Read a book set in Chicago or Rome, or with food on the cover.
9: Make a Friend Day
Read a book that a friend has read before, or from a series you wish your friends would read.
2/7/1810: February
Read a book with a title that begins with any letter in February.
Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon2/5/1811 - BONUS BOOK:
Read anything you want! You can use this option to reach your goal if you're finding it difficult to get a book to suit the other tasks.
2/1/18
MarchTransitional - 2 books
Fledgling - 4 books
. March begins with M. Read a book a word in the title, series, or author's name that begins with M.
2. Choose one....
♣ First month of Spring. Read a book with a colorful Cover.
♣ March birthstones are Aquamarine and Bloodstone; these stones symbolize courage. Read a book with a kick-ass female lead.
♣ Birth flower is daffodil. Read a book with Yellow cover.
♣ Zodiac sign is Pieces. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover.
♣ National Nutrition Month: Read a book with food on the cover or the character owns a restaurant or is into Food...
3. Women's History Month: Read a book with a female author.
4. Mother's Day in Iran: Read a book with a mom in the story.
3/1/185. Irish-American Heritage Month: Read a book where the MC has an Irish name or the book is set in Ireland.
6. World Book Day: Read a book that is at the bottom of your to-read list.
7. National Festival of Trees: Read a book with forest/trees/foliage on cover.
8. St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with Celtic Mythology or a book with a green cover..
9. Lips Appreciation Day: Read a book with bloody or otherwise lips on the cover or a mouthy character.
10. Extraterrestrial Abduction Day: Read a book with aliens.
BONUS BOOK: Read a book in lieu of St. Patrick's Day, OR, if you've having trouble coming up with a book for a given category, you can use the Bonus Book as a substitute.
Vampire Bleeding Edge Beauties - February
done
Read a book tagged 'romance'.
2/1/182. Read a book with a female main character.
2/5/183. Read a book with the colour red on the cover.
2/1/184. Read a book with a paranormal creature in it.
2/4/185. Read a book recommended to you by a friend.
6. Read a book from a series on your TBR longer than 2 months.
2018 Challenges2018 Reading Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Challenge Factory
Your Box of Books Arrived! (compeleted)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2018 Ready, Set, Cover!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Romance Readers Reading Challenges
Yearly Challenges > 2018 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Life of a Book Addict
Reading Group Challenge 2018 (12 +4)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Motley Reading Challenge 2018
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2018 Around The Year In 52 Books
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Lost Challenges discussionMember Challenge Logs > Elizabeth's 2018 Reading Corner
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Dark Challenges: Non Monthly > Potions Class - Annual Amortentia
Amortentia is a love potion that does not create actual love but gives the drinker a powerful obsession and infatuation with the giver of the potion. It is usually either forced upon someone or covertly given. As a rule of thumb the longer a love potion awaits consumption, the stronger the effects will be.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. With a title using a letter found in the word Amortentia
1/3/182. Tagged romance;
2/1/183. With a couple on the cover;
1/5/184. That five of your friends loved the book, they gave it four stars or more.
5. Wedding or engagement in the book.
6. With an Obsessive Lover
Draught of Living Death
When a person drinks the Draught of Living Death, they go into a deep sleep so strong that they appear to be dead, hence the name. It is made from powdered root of asphodel which is added to an infusion of wormwood.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. With a title using a letter found in the word death.A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America
2. Tagged vampires:
1/30/183. That has died on your TBR pile, been on it over 2 years.
4. From a series that you started but haven't finished.
2/7/185. A woman in black on the cover.
6. With a graveyard or tombstone on the cover.
Felix Felicis
Felix Felicis, more commonly known as Liquid Luck, grants whoever drinks it unusually good luck. The time span of this luck depends on the amount imbibed. Liquid Luck is one of the hardest potions to make. Because of its properties, it is banned in all sporting events, competitions and examinations.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Felicis.
2. Tagged mystery.
1/11/183. That you got for free.
1/2/184. That someone recommend and you already own it.
5. With some form of magic on the cover.
6. With a purple cover.
Polyjuice Potion
The Polyjuice Potion allows the drinker to assume the appearance of someone else for an hour or more depending on the quantity. The potion only causes a physical transformation of the drinker, but clothing and voice is not affected. Its ingredients include fluxweed, knotgrass, lacewing flies, leeches, powdered Bicorn horn, and shredded Boomslang skin. The final component is a bit of the individual to be impersonated; strands of hair are most often used for this purpose.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Polyjuice.
2. Tagged werewolves.
3. With a dragon on the cover.
2/5/184. By an author who uses initials in their pen name.
5. With a bad boy on the cover.
6. With a two word title.
Terrifying Tales 2/9/18Skele-Gro
Skele-Gro is a medicinal potion that can regrow missing or removed bones, though it tastes terrible and the process is very slow and extremely painful.
To mix this potion read a book...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Skele.
2/18/182. Tagged paranormal.
3. MC is in the medical field.
2/20/184. Blood on the cover.
5. With a skull or skeleton on the cover.
6. With an author that has "Doc" in their name.
Veritaserum
Veritaserum is a very powerful truth potion. The name "Veritaserum" derives from the Latin word Veritas, meaning truth. Three drops of this potion are all that is needed to force anyone to respond to any question with the truth.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Veritaserum.
2. Tagged Dragons;
2/25/183. With an author that has two letters of the word "Polygraph".
4. That is a guilty pleasure, that you would lie to your mom about.
5. With a sword on the cover.
1/23/186. MC is in law enforcement.
2/13/18Antidote to Common Poisons
The Antidote to Common Poisons (or Antidote for Common Poisons) is a potion which counteracts ordinary poisons, such as creature bites and stings. Its ingredients include Bezoars, Standard Ingredient, ground unicorn horn and mistletoe berries.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Poisons.
2. With the word Poison in the Title or the series name.
3. With a Mystical Creature on the Cover.
4. Tagged Fantasy.
2/3/185. That has very low rating.
2/19/186. Where the secondary character dies.
Beautification Potion
A potion that transforms the appearance of the drinker, making them seem to be attractive, even if they are not.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Beautification.
1/15/182. With a kick ass chick on the cover.
1/7/183. Tagged Urban Fantasy.
4. With a mask on the cover.
5. With a female author.
6. With a flower in the title or series name.
Sleeping Draught
An extremely powerful sleeping draught, sending the drinker into a death-like slumber. Its effects are similar to suspended animation.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. With a title beginning with any letter in SLEEPING DRAUGHT
2. Written by a female author.
3. With a character that can only go out at night.
4. That you could read all night and get no sleep!
5. With the colour red on the cover.
2/1/186. Set in the country you live in.
Emerald Potion
The Emerald Potion, also known as the Drink of Despair,[2] is a mysterious potion which induces fear, delirium, and extreme thirst. This potion is meant for protecting something of extreme importance. As the potion typically does not kill the victim, it nonetheless makes them very weak and vulnerable. As such, for a more complete security, something else should be there to be prepared to attack the victim once they finish drinking the potion.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Emerald.
2. With a green cover.
3. Tagged Magic.
4. With an author's name that is a jewel.
5. MC is from the UK.
6. Read a book where a character is jealous/green eyed monster.
Elixir of Life
The Elixir grants the drinker an indefinitely extended life, for as long as they keep drinking it. Any person who relies on the Elixir will die if they cannot obtain more Elixir before the last quantity imbibed wears off.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Elixir.
2. With a body of water on the cover.
3. Tagged adult.
4. With an author whose first or last name starts with E.
5. With someone who drinks everyday.
6. That is one of the first 20 books added to your TBR pile.
1/17/18Mandrake Restorative Draught
The Mandrake Restorative Draught is a potion used to restore those who have been transfigured or cursed to their original state. It requires Mandrake roots that have been matured past the stage of adolescence.
To mix this potion read a book ...
1. A title using a letter found in the word Draught.
2. With an MC that doesn't age.
1/28/183. With a male author.
1/24/184. Tagged high fantasy.
2/26/175. That someone under 30 has read and enjoyed.
6. With a forest on the cover.
2/25/18
Love of ReadingI'm Challenging Myself to Read ____ in 2018!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
BookoplyRolled 6:Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
3/11/18
Ides of March https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
March 1st - 31st 2018
Rules
Read 2 to 6 books to complete the challenge
Tasks
1. Read a book tagged 'historical' or with time-travel.
2. Read a book with a male main character or male author.
( main male character) 3/1/183. Read a book set in Europe (or with a European character) or with a political theme.
4. Read a book with a theatre show in the story or begins with a letter in POMPEY.Pride v. Prejudice3/1/18
5. Read a book with an author or character whose name has TWO letters from JULIUS CAESAR.
by Zoje Stage 3/2/186. Read a book with a knife or sword on the cover or with a war in the story.
March Member Monthly Challenge: Namita: March
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Transitional - 2 books
Fledgling - 4 books
. March begins with M. Read a book a word in the title, series, or author's name that begins with M.
2. Choose one....
♣ First month of Spring. Read a book with a colorful Cover.
♣ March birthstones are Aquamarine and Bloodstone; these stones symbolize courage. Read a book with a kick-ass female lead.
♣ Birth flower is daffodil. Read a book with Yellow cover.
♣ Zodiac sign is Pieces. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover.
♣ National Nutrition Month: Read a book with food on the cover or the character owns a restaurant or is into Food...
3/2/183. Women's History Month: Read a book with a female author.
3/1/184. Mother's Day in Iran: Read a book with a mom in the story.
3/1/185. Irish-American Heritage Month: Read a book where the MC has an Irish name or the book is set in Ireland.
6. World Book Day: Read a book that is at the bottom of your to-read list.
3/4/187. National Festival of Trees: Read a book with forest/trees/foliage on cover.
8. St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with Celtic Mythology or a book with a green cover..
9. Lips Appreciation Day: Read a book with bloody or otherwise lips on the cover or a mouthy character.
10. Extraterrestrial Abduction Day: Read a book with aliens.
BONUS BOOK: Read a book in lieu of St. Patrick's Day, OR, if you've having trouble coming up with a book for a given category, you can use the Bonus Book as a substitute.
WACKY READING CHALLENGESJanuary 2018 Mini Challenge
1. Read a book with a character who goes on trip (vacation or business) or read a book with a title that starts with a letter found in ‘BON VOYAGE.’
( goes on a trip)1/17/182. Read a book with water or a ship found on the cover or read a book with a blue or white cover.
( blue and white cover)1/29/183. Read a book where the word 'flag' can be found in the text or read the 1st book in a series.
(1st book in a series )1/2/184. Read a book with a 4.00 rating or higher or read a book you found on a friend’s bookshelf.
( friends bookshelf) 1/30/18Monthly Challenges > February 2018 Mini Challenge
1. Silent films and movie edition book covers-
Read a paperback, hardback or ebook (no audiobooks for this task)
2/10/18~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~~~
read a book with a cover you don't like.
2. Books to movies and translations -
Read a book that has been made into a movie
~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~~~
read a book that has been translated.
3. New Release and favorite actress and actor-
Read a book published between February 2017- February 2018
~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~~~
read a book by one of your favorite authors.
by William W. Johnstone 2/22/184. Family, friends and food-
Read a book about family or friendship;
2/12/18~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~~~
read a book with a food or drink item on the cover.
WACKY READING CHALLENGES March 2018 Mini Challenge
1. The Brothers Grimm preserved oral German fairy tales.
Read a book where you can find the author's first and last initials in "GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES" Madison Thorne Grey Magnificence 3/4/18
~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~~~
read a book published by two or more authors.
2. Along with being written down many fairy tales often include illustrations to enhance the tale.
Read a book that is tagged 'Fairy Tale' on its GR home page
~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~~~
read a book with illustrations.
3/14/183. Into the Woods
Read a book with a cottage, castle or forest on the cover
3/8/18~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~~~
read book where someone changes from one thing to another.
4. Once upon a time...they lived happily ever after.
Read a book where you can find "once upon a time" in the text ~~~~~~~~~~or~~~~~~~~~~
read a book with a happily ever after ending.
3/20/18
2025 Reading Challenge
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The Kill Room (other topics)
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Deadly Day in Tombstone (other topics)
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✴1#: Have fun reading ,don't stress out about how long it takes me to read a book.
2:Set Goodreads goal is 105
3:Don't updated my Goodreads goals if I pass it ( kind of stress me out when friends on Goodreads kept say up it)
4: Stick to my 104 books ( even by the end of the year I only read half or more half I'll be happy)
5: Don't stress out about what challenges I'm doing.
6:Finish or try to finish my challenges,if I don't then that's fine ,their just for fun any way:
Challenges :( all 105 2018 TBR books can be used for all these challenges)
Goodreads group
A Life Of A Book Addicted
12+4 ( year challenge)
2018 Montley Reading Challenge ( year challenge)
For The Love of a book
2018 Discovery Bookshelf ( reading one book a month for this one)(year challenge)
Challenge Factory
2018 Scale Your TBR Mountain ( read for this one 3-5 books for each of the months)( year challenge)
Oddest and ends: Your Box of Books have arrived:( 3 month challenge)
Nothing But Reading Challenges
Clean Out The TBR Closet 2018 ( year challenge)
2018 New To U Authors ( year challenge)
My Vampire Book Obsession
Warehouse 13 2018 Challenge (6 month challenge)
Mt. TBR 2018
ROMANCE READERS READING CHALLENGE
2018Create Your Own Challenge ( year challenge)
2017&2018 Reading Challenge
Genre Bingo Challenge - 2018 ( yearly)
This part will be easy since all my 2018 TBR fell in to these goals
7:New authors
8Reading kindle books
9: re-read
10: Read and review the Netgalley books I have left.
11: Finish a series
12:Read one of my sister's books
13: start a new series
14: Read non fiction
15:Read classics
16:review on my book blog. ( even if it's post what I read and how many stars I give the book)
Note :
✔ Finished
✖DNF 100%
📖Reading
🔁 Changed out ( for Around The Year In 52 Books because knowing me I'll be switched books out )
🎧 Audio book
📱 Kindle book
📕 Paperback
📘hardback
📓 NetGalley ARC
✒Non fiction ( both Kindle and actual book)
📲 Google play
📳 Nook book