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Monthly Totals To help track my progress
Jan: 73
5 booksFeb: 40
7 graphic novels
61 picture books
5 booksMar: 47
3 graphic novels
32 picture books
13 booksApr: 60
1 graphic novels
33 picture books
15 booksMay: 40
3 graphic novels
42 picture books
11 booksJun: 25
0 graphic novels
29 picture books
16 booksJul: 64
7 graphic novels
2 picture books
40 booksAug: 60
3 graphic novels
21 picture books
30 booksSep: 50
21 graphic novels
9 picture books
43 booksOct: 54
2 graphic novels
5 picture books
48 booksNov: 94
1 graphic novels
5 picture books
59 booksDec: 84
4 graphic novels
31 picture books
63 books
0 graphic novels
21 picture books
Total Books: 348
Total Graphic Novels: 52
Total Picture Books: 291
Grand Total : 691
Wishing you the best of luck with your goal Lara & happy reading!
A-Z Challenge Read a book beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Will try to count as few picture books as possible - read way too many of those for this to be a challenge otherwise!
Working on this in another group too (Drop Everything & Read), and aiming to finish this in 2018, if I can. Since this thread is looking like it'll be my main Challenge Tracking Hub... here it is again :)
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Wishing you the best of luck with your goal this year.
JANUARY SUMMARY:5 books
7 graphic novels
61 picture books
Total Titles Read: 73
Books of the Month
2018 Reading Challenge:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Reading the Detectives:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club:
Murder on the Orient Express
Historical Romance Series ChallengeGoal: Addictive
Another personal challenge through another group. Complete the sets! Aiming to finish up a few series (and probably reread a number of books in the process!)
Series: Brothers Sinister - Courtney Milan (7 books, including side works)
Read much of this last year, but I will probably reread as I get to the 2 I haven't read yet. It's one of my favorites.
Feb-Jul 2018
Series: Bedwyn Saga - Mary Balogh (9 books, including side works)
Have read 2/9
0.5 One Night for Love (Bedwyn Prequel 1)
(Bedwyn Prequel 2) - read Oct 20171 Slightly Married
- read Apr 20173 Slightly Scandalous
4 Slightly Tempted
5 Slightly Sinful
6 Slightly Dangerous
6.5 Once Upon A Dream
Series: Mistress Series - Mary Balogh (4 books, including side work)
1 More Than a Mistress
2 No Man's Mistress
2.5 Now a Bride
3 The Secret Mistress
Series: Huxtable Quintet - Mary Balogh (5 books)
1 First Comes Marriage
2 Then Comes Seduction
3 At Last Comes Love
4 Seducing an Angel
5 A Secret Affair
Series: Kellingtons - Maureen Driscoll (6 books) - worth the reread if I'm going to move on to the Emersons, a series I haven't finished yet :)
reread Mar-May 2018
Series: Emersons - Maureen Driscoll (6 books)
1 Always Come Home
2 Always True to Her
3 Always Have Hope
4 Always Believe in Love
5 Always Forever
6 Never and Always
Series: The Reluctant Bride Collection - Megan Bryce (4 books)
Oct 2018
Series: Secret Lives - Colleen Connally (3 books)
- read Mar 20182 Broken Legacy
3 Seductive Lies
Series: Lord Rotheby's Influence - Catherine Gayle (3 books)
reread Jul 2018
Series: The Dukes of War - Erica Ridley (8 novellas)
- reread Jul 2018
- reread Jul 2018
- read Jul 2018
- reread Sep 20185 The Brigadier's Runaway Bride
6 The Pirate's Tempting Stowaway
7 The Duke's Accidental Wife
8 All I Want
Series: Cynfell Brothers - Samantha Holt (7 novellas)
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- read Oct 20182
- read Nov 20183 Sinful Liaisons
4 Sinful Cravings
5 Sinful Possession
6 Sinful Temptations
7 Sinful Secrets
More series to be added as I think of them, but these should get me started!
You are doing great keep up the great reads!
Saw a new one! As this is my Zodiac year, I couldn't pass it up :)Year of the Dog Challenge: Read a book with the dog on the front
Read in 2018 (but before the actual start to the Chinese New Year, Feb 16)
Read in 2018 (after Feb 16, in the actual Year of the Dog)
No dog on the cover, but these also heavily feature dogs
Reading based on cover colors. This appeals to my quirky sense of humor - what librarian hasn't had the "I can't remember the title but the cover was blue" sort of question?1. White (or ivory, cream, bone, etc...):
2. Pink (rose, magenta, salmon, etc...).
3. Red (maroon, brick, scarlet, etc...).
4. Orange (apricot, ginger, carrot, etc...).
5. Yellow (blond, chartreuse, canary, etc...).
6. Green (sage, lime, jade, etc...).
7. Light Blue (teal, sky, cerulean, etc...).
8. Dark Blue (indigo, denim, navy, etc...).
9. Purple (lavender, plum, orchid, etc...).
10. Brown (tan, mahogany, coffee, etc...).
11. Black (grey, slate, coal, etc...).
12. A Metallic color (gold, silver, bronze, etc...).
13. A book with at least 5 colors on the cover
14. A book with a color in the title:
15. A book with a word describing colors in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, ect...)
Book Riot & Libby's 2018 Read Harder challengeMore information on the Book Riot website
A book published posthumously
A book of true crime
A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance):
A comic written and drawn by the same person
A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
A book about nature
A western
A comic written or drawn by a person of color
A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
A romance novel by or about a person of color
A children’s classic published before 1980:
A celebrity memoir
An Oprah Book Club selection
A book of social science
A one-sitting book
The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
A sci-fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
A book of genre fiction in translation
A book with a cover you hate
A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
An essay anthology
A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
Virginia Beach Public Libraries Reading MarathonTo finish this race, you'll need a stack of books and a comfy spot to read. Read 26.2 books to complete the Reading Marathon. Put yourself through the paces of the Extra Mile Challenge, and read from 26 of the pre-selected categories. Use book lists for each category created by VBPL staff.
More on the VBPLS webpage.
Listen to an Audiobook
Read an Award Winner
Read a Banned Book
Book a Flight (Read a book set outside the United States)
Book to Screen (Read a book that was adapted to film or television)
Read a book with a blue cover
Changemakers (Read a book about someone who changed the world)
Curated Collection (Read a book of short stories or essays)
Read a book about a current event.
Features creatures (Read a book that features animals or other creatures)
Graphic novel
Horror
Kid-approved (recommended by a child)
Letters, texts & emails, oh my! (Epistolary novels)
LOLz (Humor)
Murder Across the Pond
New Release
Out of the World
Potpourri (Anything goes!)
Required Reads Revisited
Sports
Staff Picks
Steampunk
Steamy Romance
Sweet Romance
Traveling Tales
True-life Adventure
Tissue Box Read
FEBRUARY SUMMARY:5 books
3 graphic novels
32 picture books
Total Titles Read: 40
Books of the Month
Reading the Detectives:
Mystery Mile
Historical Romance Series Challenge
The Governess Affair
The Duchess War
A Kiss For Midwinter
You are doing great! Hoping March is a smashing success for you.
MARCH SUMMARY:13 books
1 graphic novels
33 picture books
Total Titles Read: 47
Books of the Month
Reading the Detectives:
A Man Lay Dead
Historical Romance Series Challenge
Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid
Never Miss a Chance
Never Wager Against Love
Seductive Secrets
2018 Reading Challenge
The Lightning Thief
A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. I hope that April brings you many more five star reads. Do you have a stand out book so far this year?
APRIL SUMMARY:15 books
3 graphic novels
42 picture books
Total Titles Read: 60
Books of the Month
Historical Romance Series Challenge
The Heiress Effect
Drop Everything & Read
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
April Showers bring May flowers I hope May brings lots of great reads and sunshine!
MAY SUMMARY:11 books
0 graphic novels
29 picture books
Total Titles Read: 40
Books of the Month
Historical Romance Series Challenge
The Countess Conspiracy
Never Run From Love
Never Deny Your Heart
Never Turn Away
JUNE SUMMARY:16 books
7 graphic novels
2 picture books
Total Titles Read: 25
Books of the Month
Addicted to YA
The Upside of Unrequited
Reading the Detectives
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
JULY SUMMARY:40 books
3 graphic novels
21 picture books
Total Titles Read: 64
Books of the Month
Reading the Detectives
The Murder at Sissingham Hall
Look to the Lady
Historical Romance Series Challenge
The Suffragette Scandal
Talk Sweetly to Me
Twice a Rake
Saving Grace
Merely a Miss
The Viscount's Christmas Temptation
The Earl's Defiant Wallflower
The Captain's Bluestocking Mistress
AUGUST SUMMARY30 books
21 graphic novels
9 picture books
Total Titles Read: 60
Books of the Month
none finished this month
SEPTEMBER SUMMARY43 books
2 graphic novels
5 picture books
Total Titles Read: 50
Books of the Month
Historical Romance Series Challenge
The Major's Faux Fiancée
Reading the Detectives
Police at the Funeral
OCTOBER SUMMARY48 books
1 graphic novels
5 picture books
Total Titles Read: 54
Books of the Month
Historical Romance Series Challenge
To Catch A Spinster
To Tame A Lady
To Wed The Widow
To Tempt The Saint
Sinful Confessions
NOVEMBER SUMMARY59 books
4 graphic novels
31 picture books
Total Books Read: 94
Books of the Month
Historical Romance Series Challenge
Sinful Deeds
Catch Up Book Club (Everyone's Read This But Me)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Drop Everything and Read
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
DECEMBER SUMMARY63 books
0 graphic novels
21 picture books
Total Books Read: 84
Books of the Month
Reading the Detectives
Sweet Danger
Goodreads Book Challenge
A Christmas Carol
2025 Reading Challenge
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Most of my reading is picture books and mid-grade, because of work, but I always have a Kindle book on the go, an audiobook or two for my commute and for working out, and a physical book or two to top it off. It adds up.
Next year, I'm aiming to break at least 150. I'll adjust my goal again as needed. What I'm more interested in is reading new books, breaking out of my usual ruts, and writing more reviews. I'm looking forward to the monthly challenges, etc. here to help with that!