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Ed's Challenges
Status of Challenges:Challenges Completed Timely: 38
(#1,2,3,4,9,11,21b, 22h,41,43,44,46, 48; 51, 58, 59, 60A, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 87, 99, 104, 105, 106, 115, 116, 124, 132,133,135, 144,183*)
Note- not all challenges have a time limit*
Challenges Completed but Not Timely: 36
(#21a,21c,21d,21e,21g,21j; 21f, 21j,42;47, 49, 70, 76, 83, 85, 89, 100,114, 117, 121, 122, 126, 128, 129,130, 131,136,137,139, 146, 148,149, 150,151,152, 227)
Challenges Completed and Continuing: 2
(19,20)
Challenges Not Completed: 10
(7,8,10,13,14,18, 57A, 73, 75, 127)
Challenges In Progress: 81
(1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5,6,7B, 8B, 9B, 10B,12,13B,14, 15,16,17,18B,21i, 21k,23a,23b,24,25a,25b,26a,26b,26c,26d,26e,26f,26g,26h,27,28, 29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36a,36b,36c,37,38,39,40,45, 50, 52, 53, 54B, 57B, 60B, 61, 62, 63, 64, 69, 71, 72, 101,102, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 118, 119, 120, 123, 125, 129, 138, 141, 142, 145, 147, 184)
Still Needs to be Counted-2
(54A, 55A)
Continual/Making Progress-6
(#56, 65, 66, 67, 86, 88)
#1-100 Books in 2018-***COMPLETED 8/24/18 ***
#1b- 100 Books in 2019 -in progress- Post 6
#2- 25 Boxall Books in 2018- ***COMPLETED 8/22/18***
#2B-Read at least 25 more books on Boxall's list in 2019 -In Progress-Post 8
#3-20,000 pages in 2018-***COMPLETED 7/9/18***
#3B- 20,000 pages in 2019 Post 10
#4- 75 hrs. exercise while reading in 2018- ***COMPLETED 8/7/18*** Post 12
4B- Complete 150 hours of exercise in 2019. Post 13
#5-Lose at least 15 pounds in 2018- In Progress- Post #14.
#6- Read a book published each year of the 20th century -In Progress-Post #16
#7B-Read 150 magazines-at least 30 of those should be magazines I read cover-to-cover- In Progress- Post #18
#8B- male & female authors (40% min.)- In Progress Post #20
#9B- Virtual Travel-116 countries in 2018-In Progress- Post #22
#10- Varied Authors- Read authors associated with at least 40 different countries in 2018- In Progress-Post #24
#11-Around the Year in 52 Weeks Challenge 2018-***COMPLETED ON TIME***--Post #26
#12-Pop Sugar challenge 2018-In Progress-Post #28
#13- A to Z Author's challenge 2019-In Progress-Post #31
#14-2018 A to Z Title challenge- In Progress-Post #33
#15-2018 WRC Title Challenge -In Progress-Post #34
#16- ACATT: 2018 TBR Titles, A to Z-In Progress-Post #36
#17- WRC: Authors, A-Z-In Progress-Post 38
#18B- Read 20 books on the 1001 Children’s Books I Must Read Before I Grow Up List. during 2019- In Progress-Post #40
#19- Receive at least three of the RwS quarterly Rewards- ***Completed and Continuing***-Post #42
#20-Place in the top 50% of the participants in the Seasonal Reading Challenge OR win one of the contests at least three times during 2018.- ***Completed and Continuing***-Post #44
-----Post 47----need to move and assign challenge number---
#21- WRC Monthly Word Search
(a)October 2017-***COMPLETED*** Not Timely
(b) April 2018-***COMPLETED***Timely
(c) May 2018- ***COMPLETED***Not Timely
(d) June 2018-IN PROGRESS
(e) January 2017- ***COMPLETED***Not Timely
(f) February 2017-IN PROGRESS
(g) April 2017- ***COMPLETED***Not Timely
(h) August 2018-***COMPLETED***Timely
(i) September 2018-IN PROGRESS
(j) October 2018-***COMPLETED***Not Timely
(k) November 2018-IN PROGRESS
#22-unassigned
#23a-CCC 3rd Quarter Misfit Challenge (Word Search) 10/1/18-1/31/19-in progress
#23b-CCC Treasure Hunt Misfit Challenge (Word search)
2/1/18 to 5/31/18-in progress
#24-ACATT-How Many Names Can You Find Challenge
1/29/18 to 12/31/18-in progress
#25a-Song Title Word Search #2-in progress-post 57
#25b-Song Title Word Search #1 -1/29/18 to 1/28/19-post 57
#26a-Booktivity Word Search April 2018-in progress-post 59
#26b-Booktivity Word Search May 2018-in progress
#26c-Booktivity Word Search June 2018-in progress
#26d-Booktivity Word Search July 2018-in progress
#26e-Booktivity Word Search August 2018-in progress
#26f-Booktivity Word Search September 2018-in progress
#26g-Booktivity Word Search October 2018-in progress
#26h-Booktivity Word Search November 2018-in progress
#27-WRC-US States-in progress-post 61
#28-Stress Free- I Heart Cat's Challenge-in progress-post 63
#29-Stress Free- The Awesomeness of Dogs -in progress-post 65
#30-Challenge #30-Read the World's Challenge to read books set in each country-in progress-post 67
#31-WRC- POI Challenge #2: Debbie (Doc)'s Journey-in progress-post 69
#32-All in the Cards-in progress-Post 71
# 33-Author Alphabet Fun Challenge -in progress- Post 73
#34-Challenge # 34-Page Number Fun!-in progress-Post 75
# 35-POI Spell Challenge #1-in progress- Post 77
#36-Completist Club goals: Post 79:
(a)-Dickens-in progress
(b)-Trollope-in progress
(c)-John Steinbeck-in progress
# 37-Hidden Gems Challenge-in progress-Post 81
#38-Audiobook Narrator Challenge-in progress-Post 83
#39-Around the World Random Travel Challenge-in progress-Post 85
#40-Audiobooks Challenge-in progress-Post 87
#41-Hot Springs National Park -COMPLETED on Time-Post 89
#42-Ohio Spell Challenge-Completed but Not Timely-Post 91
#43-Historical Landmarks of Ohio-COMPLETED on Time-Post 93
#44-The ELLIE challenge-COMPLETED on Time-Post 95
#45-ACATT: 2018 TBR Authors, A to Z-in progress-Post 97
#46-WRC: Characters, A to Z (2018)-COMPLETED on Time-Post 99
#47-WRC Book Tag Challenge #11-Completed but Not Timely-Post 101
#48-Participate in the Interactive Genre Challenge-COMPLETED on Time-Post 103
#49-All Challenges Member Task Challenge Fairlee-Completed but Not Timely-Post 105
#50-Snakes & Ladders- in Progress
#51-Find at least 75 books mentioned in other books-COMPLETED on Time-Post 107
#52-WRC Nooks and Crannies Challenge to read 24 PHYSICAL books- in Progress- Post 109
#53- 2018 Book Riot Challenge- in Progress-Post 111
#54A-In 2018 watch films which have cumulatively won or been nominated for 200 Academy Awards- Still needs to be counted-Post 119
#54B- In 2019 watch films which have cumulatively won or been nominated for 150 Academy Awards-In Progress- Post 119
#55A-In 2018 watch films which have cumulatively won or been nominated for 100 Golden Globe Awards- Still Needs to be Counted- Post 124
#55B- In 2019 watch films which have cumulatively won or been nominated for 100 Golden Globe Awards- In Progress-Post 124
#56-Make progress on the 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die List-total=183/1199 at last calculation- Making Progress and Continuing-Post 129- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
#57A-In 2018 Post at least 750 Waymarks during the year and post at least 1250 visits to Waymarks. Failed-Post 141
#57B-Post at least 500 Waymarks in 2019 and post at least 1000 visits during 2019.-In Progress- Post 141
#58-In 2018, complete 75 additional hours of exercise which does not fit into the challenge to exercise while listening to my book OR exercise AFTER I meet that goal-Completed on Time-Post 144
#59-Challenge #59-Increase the number of available hours on the DVR by watching all recorded shows. -Completed on Time-Post 146 #60A-In 2018 reach 160,000 SparkPoints in Spark People- Completed on Time -Post 148
#60B-In 2019 reach 185,000 SparkPoints in Spark People- In Progress-Post 148
#61-Make progress watching the 221 Our Gang/Little Rascal short films. - In Progress-Post 150
#62-Complete Alphabet for movie title-In Progress-Post 151
#63-Complete Alphabet for play titles-In Progress-Post 154
#64-Strolling Through Non-Fiction Challenge on WRC-In Progress-Post 156
#65-Birdwatching- Continual-In Progress-Post 401
#66-Water Watch- Continual-In Progress-Post 164
#67- Island Hopping-Continual-In Progress-Post 166
#68-Word Hunt- changed to Challenge #86 at Post 204
#69- WRC Locations A-Z-In Progress-Post 170
#70-ACATT- Member Task Challenge #11: Mimi-In Progress-Post 172
#71-May's Mini Challenge! -In Progress-Post 174
#72-ACATT-WTR Tackle - "A"-In Progress-Post 176
#73- WRC QUARTERLY RaT- Failed-Not Complete-Post 178
#74-WRC: Summer Fun Challenge- Completed on Time-Post 180
#75-WRC- July 2018 Read-a-Thon- Finished InComplete- Post 182
#76-Member Task Challenge #12: Jonesmikey- Completed Not Timely-Post 184
#77-The Year 1918- Completed Timely- Post 186
#78-$20,000 Pyramid Challenge- Completed Timely- Post 188
#79-WRC July 2018 Mini Challenge-Summer Reading & Summer Book Covers- Completed Timely- Post 190
#80- WRC-Third Quarter Scavenger - Historical Landmarks of South Carolina - Completed on Time- Post 192
#81-South Carolina Spell Challenge-Completed on Time-Post 194
#82-ACATT-Member S*P*E*L*L Challenge #5: JENNIFER H-Completed on Time- Post 196
#83- ACATT-Member Task Challenge #13: Abbey-Completed Untimely- Post 198
#84-WRC-Madame Tussauds Wax Musuem Challenge- Completed on Time- Post 200
Challenge #85-WRC-Favorite Album - 52nd Street- Completed Untimely- Post 202
#86- My Own Word Hunt From Any Source- Continual Progress-Post 204
#87- CCC Misfit Challenge-From Sea to Shining Sea - Arkansas- Completed On Time- Post 206
#88-ACATT- Literature Map Chain Challenge- Continual Progress- Post 208
#89-Game Night -DIY Water Cover Notebook- Completed UnTimely- Post 210
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#99- WRC August 2018 Read-a Thon - Completed On Time-Post 212
#100- WRC-Steve Berry Challenge-Completed UnTimely-Post 214
#101-ACATT -First Line Spell Challenge-In Progress-Post 216
#102-ACATT-Member Task Challenge #14 - Kim-In Progress-Post 218
#103-ACATT: WTR Tackle - "B"-In Progress- Post 220
#104-WRC-Top Ten Pyramid - Colors-Completed On Time- Post 222
#105-WRC-Book Tag Challenge #12-Completed On Time-Post 224
#106- WRC-3rd Quarter's Read-a-Thon!-Completed On Time-Post 226
#107-SFRC- Discovery Channel-The Great American Read- In Progress- Post 228
#108-SFRC-Discovery Channel-10 Things You Didn't Know About Alpacas -In Progress- Post 230
#109-ACATT-Movie/T.V. Challenges > The Big Bang Theory Challenge-In Progress- Post 232
#110-Alphabetical TV Shows- In Progress- Post 238
#111- Game Night's September Challenge of the Month: Operation -In Progress-Post 241
#112-ACATT-LONGMIRE TASK CHALLENGE -In Progress- Post 243
#113-WRC's-HOCKEY HALL OF FAME CHALLENGE- In Progress- Post 245
#114-WRC-September 2018 Featured Author Challenge: Sarah J. Maas-Completed Untimely- Post 247
#115- WRC-September 2018 Read-a-Thon-Completed on Time-Post 249
#116- WRC-Back To School!-Completed On Time- Post 251
#117-ACATT-Member Task Challenge #15: Natalie-Completed Untimely-Post 253
#118-ACATT- Longmire Spell Challenge- In Progress-Post 255
#119-WRC-Jukebox Challenges -Favorite Album - Second Helping- In Progress-Post 257
#120-Wanderlust-Explore the World-In Progress- Post 259
#121- WRC-Fall Seasonal Challenge-Completed UnTimely-Post 261
#122-Wanderlust-Addis Ababa Spell Out-Completed UnTimely-Post 263
#123-Wanderlust-Machu Picchu Word Search-In Progress-Post 265
#124-Wanderlust-Climbing Machu Picchu-Completed On Time-Post 267
#125- Wanderlust-Ring of Fire Bingo-In Progress- Post 269
#126Wanderlust-Ethiopia's Capital: Addis Ababa-Completed UnTimely-Post 271
#127-Game Night -Short, Sweet & Solo > October Challenge of the Month ~Trick or Treat- Failed-Post 273
#128-WRC-October 2018 Featured Author Challenge: Celeste Ng- Completed UnTimely -Post 275
#129- WRC-Historical Landmarks of Texas- In Progress-Post 277
#130-CCC-October SPELL Challenge: Pizza Pie!-Completed UnTimely-Post 279
#131-CCC-October Scavenger Challenge: Pizza Pie!- Completed UnTimely- Post 281
#132-CCC-Fall 2018 SPELL Challenge - AN APPLE A DAY-Completed on Time- Post 283#133-WRC-Texas Spell Challenge
4th Quarter Spell, 2018- Completed on Time- Post 285
#134-WRC-Haunted Places in the US- In Progress-Post 287
#135-Wanderlust-Stockholm Spell Out-Completed on Time- Post 289
#136- Wanderlust-Sweden's Capital: Stockholm-Completed UnTimely- Post 291
#137-Wanderlust-Autumn Color Bingo-Completed UnTimely-Post 293
#138-Wanderlust-Creepy, Strange & Unusual-In Progress-Post 295
# 139- Wanderlust-Discover the World through Your Favorite Genre (Classics)-Completed UnTimely-Post 297
#140-Blank
#141-Booktivity-October Mini Challenge- In Progress-Post 301
#142- Challenge Factory-TCF Scavenger Hunt XXVIII- In Progress- Post 303
#143- Blank
#144- ACATT-Member S*P*E*L*L Challenge #6: JINGLES-Completed on Time- Post 313
#145-ACATT-Member Task Challenge #16: Mim-In Progress-Post 315
#146-WRC-November 2018 Featured Author: Ian McEwan- Completed UnTimely-Post 317
#147- WRC-Favorite Album - Save Rock and Roll- In Progress-Post 319
#148-CCR- Monthly Challenges-Short & Sweet > November 2018 Scavenger Challenge : Are You Hungry?- Completed UnTimely-Post 321
#149-From Sea to Shining Sea - Florida-Completed UnTimely- Post 323
#150- CCC-SMELLS THAT MAKE YOU HUNGRY SPELL OUT-Completed UnTimely-Post 325
#151-Cuba's Capital: Havana- Completed Untimely- Post 327
#152- Wanderlust Havana Spell Out-Completed Untimely- Post 329
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List of Challenges:#1-Read at least 100 books in 2018.- Post #6- Name of Link
#2-Read at least 25 more books on Boxall's list in 2018. Post #8
#3-Read at least 20,000 pages during 2018. Post#10
#4- Listen to books while exercising for at least 75 hours during the year. Post 12
#5-In conjunction with Challenge #4- Lose at least 15 pounds in 2018. Post #14.
#6- Complete my goal to read a book published each year of the 20th century and beyond. Post #16
#7-In 2018, continue to reduce my backlog of Magazines and Community newspapers. Read at least 150.
At least 30 of those should be magazines I read cover-to-cover* (such as The New Yorker). Post #18.
#8-Keep track of male & female authors with a goal to not finish the year with less than 40% of either gender by the end of 2018.
#9-Virtual Travels- Virtually Visit through my readings the same number of countries as 2017 or more =116.
#10-Varied Authors- Read authors associated with at least 40 different countries in 2018.
#11-Complete the 52 weeks of the Around the Year in 52 Weeks Challenge. (See post #10 in this thread) 26 of 52
# 12-Complete the Pop Sugar challenge.(See post #11 in this thread and post #9 in this one: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
#13- Complete the A to Z challenge using the initials of novel authors for pre 2006 (19 of 26)
and keep track of post-2006 fiction books (0 of 26)
and Non-fiction (8 of 26) as well without expecting to complete the last two.
#14-Complete the A to Z Title challenge.
*****COMPLETED 10/7/19-*****Challenge #396- see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
formerly Challenge #1b
Read at least 120 books in 2019
1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
2. Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera Cleaver 1/9/19
3. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets by Hergé 1/9/19
4. Calypso by David Sedaris 1/10/19
5. Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt 1/11/19
6. From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan 1/12/19
7. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot 1/19/19
8. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote 1/20/19
9. The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas 1/22/19
10. Felicia's Journey by William Trevor 1/24/19
11. The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble 1/26/19
12. In Morocco by Edith Wharton 1/27/19
13. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 2/5/19
14. The Double by José Saramago 2/9/19
15. Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El-Saadawi 2/10/19
16. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
17. The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz by Almudena Solana 2/15/19
18. How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays by Umberto Eco 2/19/19
19. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss 2/20/19
20. Concrete by Thomas Bernhard 2/22/19
21. Skinswaps by Andrej Blatnik2/25/19
22. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff 3/1/19
23. These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner 3/3/19
24. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 3/6/19
24. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3/9/19
25. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
(Children's Book #1)- Stina by Lena Anderson 3/9/19
26. Kim by Rudyard Kipling 3/13/19
27. Ru by Kim Thúy 3/15/19
28. A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll 3/17/19
29. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3/19/19
30. The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 3/22/19
31. Sergeant Getúlio by João Ubaldo Ribeiro 3/24/19
32. Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan 3/26/19
33. Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag 3/29/19
34. Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
35. Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19
36. The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
37. The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
38. The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran 4/11/19
39. The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens 4/14/19
40. Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19
41. The Map Thief by Michael Blanding 4/23/19
42. Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
43. The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
44. A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
45. Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
46. Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
47. An Unobstructed View: A Personal Journey from Illinois to Arizona by Mark Johnson 5/13/19
48. Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
49. The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 5/18/19
50. Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark 5/22/19
51. Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 5/27/19
52. Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
53.Morituri by Yasmina Khadra 6/2/19
54. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 6/4/19
55. Moonraker by Ian Fleming 6/6/19
56. Under the Net by Iris Murdoch 6/8/19
57. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 6/9/19
58. Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence 6/10/19
59. Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell 6/11/19
60. In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust 6/14/19
61. In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 6/17/19
62. Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf 6/19/19
63. The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton 6/21/19
64. Afghanistan's Blue Treasure: Lapis Lazuli by Lailee McNair Bakhtiar 6/22/19
65. Toubab by Rob Coughlin 6/23/19
66. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19
67. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 6/26/19
68. In Search of a Smile by Keegan Longueira 6/27/19
69. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 6/28/19
70. Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé 6/29/19
71. My Car in Managua by Forrest D. Colburn 6/30/19
72. Xala by Ousmane Sembène 7/1/19
73. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert 7/3/19
74. As You Like It by William Shakespeare 7/4/19
75. Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
76. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 7/9/19
77. The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
78. An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde 6/6/19
79. A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/14/19
80. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
81. The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 7/15/19
82. Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
83. The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19
84. The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19
85. The Beggars' Strike by Aminata Sow Fall 7/19/19
86. The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham 7/19/19
87. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 7/21/19
88. I Am There: Armenia by Olivia Puccini 7/23/19
89. Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord 7/25/19
90. The Emperor and the Elephants: A Peace Corps Volunteer's Story of Life During the Late 1970s in the Central African Empire by Richard W. Carroll 7/27/19
91. Loser Takes All by Graham Greene 7/28/19
92. Stranded in the Seychelles by Bev Spicer 7/30/19
93. The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
94. Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead 8/4/19
95. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19
96. The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19
97. The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
98. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
99. A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19
100. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19
101. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
102. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19
103. The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
104. The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
105. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
106. Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19
107. Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
108. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
109. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
110. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
111. A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata 9/19/19
112. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog 9/19/19
113. Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini 9/22/19
114. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
115. The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont 9/23/19
116. The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
117. Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher 9/29/19
118. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
119. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
120. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 10/7/19
121. Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
122. There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
123. Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet 10/10/19
124. The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat 10/11/19
125. A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell 10/13/19
126. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 10/15/19127. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 10/18/19
128. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris 10/18/19
129. The White Devil by John Webster 10/20/19
(Children's Book #2- Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young )
130. The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin 10/21/19
131. Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett 10/22/19
132. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 10/23/19
133. The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella 10/24/19
134. The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 10/25/19
135. 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford 10/25/19
136. Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe 10/26/19
137. Tamburlaine the Great Part II by Christopher Marlowe 10/27/19
138. Volpone by Ben Jonson 10/28/19
139. Tartuffe by Molière 10/28/19
140. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 10/29/19
141. The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare 10/30/19
142. Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen-11/4/19
143. Atomic Number Sixty by Dave Johnston -11/5/19
144. The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket 11/8/19
145. Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein-11/21/19
146. The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard-11/26/19
147. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-12/1/19
148. The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 12/3/19
149. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 12/3/19
150. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 12/3/19
151. Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 12/4/19
152. Raiders of the Lost Bark by Sparkle Abbey 12/4/19
153. Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward 12/5/19
154. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 12/3/19
155. Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy 12/8/19
156. Chess Story by Stefan Zweig 12/9/19
(Children's Book #2)- Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney 12/9/19
157. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley 12/11/19
158. The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 12/13/19
(Children's Book #3)- I Am Enough by Grace Byers
159. Add a Dash of Pity by Peter Ustinov 12/15/19
160. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 12/21/19
161. The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection by Clifton Fadiman 12/23/19
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*****COMPLETED 8/24/18 *****
Challenge #1-Read at least 100 books in 2018.
Finished at 147 of 100 + 13 children's books.
FAILED-Challenge #397- Read at least 25 more books on Boxall's list in 2020:
1.The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 1/1/20
2. Queer by William S. Burroughs
3. Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair 1/10/20
4. -The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras-1/17/20
5. The Professor's House by Willa Cather 1/22/20
6. Orlando by Virginia Woolf-2/8/20
7. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 2/21/20
8. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 3/1/20
9. In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee 3/8/20 (#329)
10. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare 3/21/20
11. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 4/3/20
12. Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin 4/12/20
13. Looking for the Possible Dance by A.L. Kennedy 4/25/20
14. The Vice-Consul by Marguerite Duras 5/2/20
15. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 5/28/20
16. The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch 7/8/20
17. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke-9/26/20
18. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke-9/26/20
TIMELY- Challenge #398
formerly Challenge 2B- Read at least 25 more books on Boxall's list in 2019
1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot #288
2. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote #289
3. Felicia's Journey by William Trevor
4. The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble #291
5. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 2/5/19
6. The Double by José Saramago 2/9/19- #293
7. Concrete by Thomas Bernhard #294
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3/9/19 #295
9. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll 3/9/19 #296
10. Kim by Rudyard Kipling 3/9/19 #297
11. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3/19/19 (this is a re-read for me so doesn't change my total.)
12. Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19 #298
13. Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19 #299
14. Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19 #300
15. The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19 #301
16. Under the Net by Iris Murdoch 6/8/19 #302
17. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
18. Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf 6/19/19 #304
19. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit byJeanette Winterson
20. Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
21. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19 #307
22. Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19 #308
23. The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19 #309
24. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19 #310
25. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19 #311
26. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 #312
27. The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19 #313
28. Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19-#314
29. The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19-#315
30. The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 10/25/19
31. The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard-11/26/19-#317
32. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-12/1/19-#318
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***COMPLETED 8/22/18***
Challenge #2-
Read at least 25 more books on Boxall's list in 2018.
Currently at 25 of 25
1.The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
2. Amok and Other Stories
3.The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
4. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
6.North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
7. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
8. Blue of Noon by Georges Bataille
9. Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
10. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
11. Embers by Sándor Márai
12. Goodbye to Berlin in The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr Norris/Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
13. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
14. Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
15. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
16. The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy
17. Emma by Jane Austen
18. Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding
19. Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker
20. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
21. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
22. July's People by Nadine Gordimer
23. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
24. Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
25. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
26. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
27. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
28. Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
29. Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
30. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
31. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
32. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
33. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
34. Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee
35. Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
36. The Green Man by Kingsley Amis
(total=288)
MOVED TO P. 29 POSTS 1430 & 1431Read at least 120 books in 2020:
1.The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 1/1/20-
2. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 1/1/20
3.Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos 1/2/20
4. Queer by William S. Burroughs 1/5/20
5. The Overstory by Richard Powers 1/9/20
6. Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair 1/10/20
7.In the Woods by Tana French-1/16/20-
8. The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras
9.The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 1/17/20
10.The Ladies of the Corridor by Dorothy Parker 1/19/20
11.The Professor's House by Willa Cather 1/22/20
12. Kindle by Fuin K. 1/23/20
13. Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming 1/23/20
14. Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd 1/23/20
15. book:Menaechmi; Or, the Twin-Brothers|1598371] by Plautus 1/25/20
16. Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima 1/26/20
17. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 1/31/20
18. Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs 2/2/20
19. Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History by John Steinbeck-2/5/20
20. Orlando by Virginia Woolf-2/8/20-
21. Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - 2/8/20
22. Divine Comedy by Sabri Bebawi -2/9/20
23. The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp-2/13/20
24. Broadway Anecdotes by Peter Hay 2/20/20
25. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
26. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 3/1/20
27. I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron 3/2/20
28. The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 3/4/20
29. Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros 3/5/20
30. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton- 3/6/20
31. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon 3/6/20
32. In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee 3/8/20
33. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates-3/15/20
34. Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise by Sandra Bernhard-3/17/20
35. Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant 3/19/20
36. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare 3/21/20
37. Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood 3/22/20
38. The Piano Lesson by August Wilson 3/23/20
39. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates-3/25/20
40. Neon Surf: And Other Stories of Love & Remembrance by Jack Kelleher-3/27/20
41. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - 3/30/20
42. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 4/3/20
43. Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli-4/7/20
44. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 4/10/20
45. Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin 4/12/20
46. Close Range by Annie Proulx 4/14/20
47. The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin 4/16/20
48. Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood 4/17/20
49.An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten -4/18/20
50. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle 4/19/20
51. Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene-4/21/20
52. Looking for the Possible Dance by A.L. Kennedy 4/25/20
53. Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki 4/27/20
54. The Parachute Drop by Norbert Zongo 4/28/20
55.Syrian Brides by Anna Halabi 4/30/20
56. The Vice-Consul by Marguerite Duras 5/2/20
57. The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 5/8/20
58. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas -5/12/20
59.-The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 5/13/20
60.-The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/13/20
61.-The Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter 6/15/20
62.-Dr. No by Ian Fleming 5/16/20
63.- The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie 5/18/20
64. - Indiana by George Sand 5/24/20
65. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 5/28/20
66. Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer 6/1/20
67. The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope 6/3/20
68. 1601: Conversation as it Was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors by Mark Twain-6/6/20
69. Outside Servitude by M.B. Bamba 6/8/20
70. The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket 6/10/20
71. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 6/12/20
72. -Life Being the Best & Other Stories by Kay Boyle 6/13/20
73. Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller-6/15/20
74. The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie-6/17/20
75. Camino Real by Tennessee Williams-6/18/20
76. -No Place for Women by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar-6/21/20
77. Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming-6/21/20
78. The Public Image by Muriel Spark 6/24/20-
79. Tales of Liechtenstein Then and Now by James Foster Robinson 6/25/20
80. Dresden, Gate by Michael Schmidt 6/26/2
81, Hammerhead Ranch Motel by Tim Dorsey 6/27/20
82. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 6/30/20
83. The Holy Bible: English Standard Version by Anonymous 6/30/20
84. Death at Victoria Dockby Kerry Greenwood 7/1/20] by Kerry Greenwood 7/1/20
85. This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples 7/2/20-2020
86.-Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 7/5/20
87. Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams 7/7/20
88. The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch 7/8/20
89. To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck 7/12/20
90. Polyeucte by Pierre Corneille-7/13/20
91. Muddling through in Madagascar by Dervla Murphy 7/14/20-
92. Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer-7/15/20
93. Times Square by Rich Walls 7/15/20
94. Angel On My Shoulder by John Pope 7/18/20
95. Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights Volume I of II- 8/5/20
96. -The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe -7/20/20
97. A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel -7/22/20
98. Bangkok 8 by John Burdett -7/23/20
99. The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust 7/24/20
100. The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie-7/26/20
101. A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro-7/27/20
102. Life on a Coral Atoll: Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands by Paul Oates 7/29/20
103. Just Kids by Patti Smith 7/31/20
104. Death on the Cliff Walk by Mary Kruger 8/1/20
105. Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens-8/1/20
106. Euphoria by Lily King-8/3/20
107. Pitcairn Pending: A Island Colonial Comedy by Kenneth Bain 8/4/20-
108. Eerdmans Handbook to the Bible: A Comprehensive Bible Guide with Hundreds of Photographs, Maps, and Charts by David Alexander 7/5/20
109. Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart 8/7/20
110. The Duel by Anton Chekhov 8/8/20
111. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson 8/9/20
112. Lost and Found in Macedonia: A Journey to Unexpected Places by Marilyn Wheeler-8/11/20
113. The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy - 8/13/20
114. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi 8/16/20
115. The Volcano, Montserrat and Me: Twenty years with an active volcano by Lally Brown 8/16/20
116. Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart-8/19/20-408p.- 9/1/15-2015
117. The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine-8/21/20
118. Mayhem at the Orient Express by Kylie Logan-8/26/20
119.A City of Han: Stories by Expat Writers in South Korea by Sollee Bae -8/28/20
120. The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict 8/26/20
121. -San Marino, the history in miniature: The very small history by Pierluigi Taddei-9/2/20
122. My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame-9/5/20-
123. Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons by Gerald Durrell-9/7/20
124. Sao Tome And Principe: From Plantation Colony To Microstate by Tony Hodges-9/10/20
125. Goldfinger by Ian Fleming-9/14/20
126. The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket-9/15/20
127. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie-9/19/20
128. The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen 9/23/20
129. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke-9/26/20
130. A Separate Peace by John Knowles-10/7/20
131. The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket 10/11/20
132. Guinea Bissau: From Liberation Struggle To Independent Statehood by Carlos Lopes 10/16/20
133. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park 10/21/20
Challenge #396- Read at least 30,000 pages in 2020:32,244/30,000=107.5% 12/31/20
31,978/30,000=106.6% 12/8/20
30,743/30,000=102.5% 11/18/20; 29,731/30,000= 99.1% 10/17/20
28,233/30,000= 94.1% 9/14/20; 25,167/30,000=83.9% 8/11/20
18,028/30,000= 60.1% 7/12/20; 16,524/30,000= 55.1 6/22/20
15,988/30,000=53.3% 6/10/20; 15,106/30,000=50.4% 6/2/20
12,179/30,000=40.6% 5/10/20; 11,876/30,000-39.6% 4/28/20
10,798/30,000-36% 4/18/20; 8294/30,000=27.6% 3/24/20
7710/30,000= 25.7% 3/15/20; 5969/30,000=19.9% 2/27/20; 3027-10.1% 1/24/20; 2408= 8.0% 1/22/20; 762 = 2.5% 1/6/20
Challenge #399 -
formerly Challenge #3B-Read at least 20,000 pages during 2019.- see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
36,472 of 20,000 = 182.4% 12/23/19
175.2% 12/14/19
170.8% 12/4/19; 162.6% 11/5/19
155.3% 10/27/19; 147.8% 10/18/19; 141.1% 10/10/19
135.3% 9/29/19; 133.1% 9/23/19; 129.7% 9/19/19; 126.6% 9/15/19; 124.8% 9/11/19; 123.4% 9/8/19; 120.8% 9/6/19; 119% 9/4/19; 118.3% 9/2/19; 117.7% 8/30/19; 116.3% 8/27/19; 114.0% 8/23/19; 113.2% 8/13/19; 111.1% 8/11/19; 110% 8/8/19; 109.3% 8/4/19; 108.3% 8/1/19; 107.7% 7/31/19; 106.8% 7/28/19; 106.1% 7/27/19; 105.2% 7/25/19; 104.5% 7/23/19; 103.9% 7/21/19; 103% 7/19/19; 10.2.2% 7/19/19; 101.6% 7/18/19; 101% 7/17/19; 99.9% 7/16/19; 99% 7/15/19; 98% 7/15/19; 97.2% 7/14/19; 95.9% 7/10/19; 95.1% 7/9/19; 93.9% 7/7/19; 91.9% 7/4/19; 90.6% 7/3/19; 88.9% 7/1/19; 88.4% 6/30/19; 87.6% 6/29/19; 86.6% 6/28/19; 85.7% 6/27/19; 85.12% 6/26/19; 83.7% 6/24/19; 82.4% 6/23/19; 81.7% 6/22/19; 81.1% 6/21/19; 79.9% 7/19/19; 78.3% 6/17/19; 76.6% 6/14/19; 73.7% 6/11/19; 72.3% 6/10/19;; 71.6% 6/9/19; 70.9% 6/8/19; 69.7% 6/6/19; 68.4% 6/4/19; 66.9% 6/2/19; 66.2% 6/1/19; 65.4%; 5/27/19; 61.3% 5/22/19;60.2% 5/18/19; 57.9% 5/11/19
56.7% 5/9/19; 54.8% 5/6/19; 54.0% 5/3/19; 52.5% 5/1/19; 51.1% 4/23/19; 49.9% 4/20/19; 49.4% 4/14/19;46.3% 4/11/19; 45.0% 4/9/19; 44.2% 4/7/19; 42.9% 4/4/19; 42.1% 4/2/19; 41.3%; 3/29/19;40.8% 3/26/19; 38.5% 3/24/19; 37.8% 3/22/19; 37.1 (3/19/19); 36.6%; 36.0% 3/15/19; 35.3% 3/9/19; 33.5% 3/9/19; 32.6% 3/6/19; 30.1% 3/3/19; 29.0% 3/1/19; 28.0% 2/25/19; 27.5% 2/22/19; 26.7% 2/20/19; 25% 2/19/19; 23.7% 2/15/19; 22.5 -2/13/19; 21.5% 2/10/19; 20.9% 2/9/19; 18.9% 2/5/19; 15.5% 1/25/19; 13.5% 1/24/19; 12.4% 1/22/19; 9.36% 1/20/19; 8.65% 1/19/19; 6.24% 1/12/19; 5.28% 1/11/19; 4.4% 1/10/19; 2.88% 1/9/19; 1.32% 1/7/19
✔✔✔Challenge #3-COMPLETED ON TIME****
Read at least 20,000 pages during 2018.
36,371 of 20,000 = 166.9%; 180.1% 12/27/18; 178.5% 12/23/18
177.6% 12/22/18; 176,2% 12/20/18; 175.0% 12/17/18 173.4%; 171.1% 12/11/18; 170.2% 12/9/18; 168.1% 12/3/18 166.7% 11/30/18; 163.9% 11/8/18; 162.9%11/5/18; 161.3% 11/4/18; 159.6% 11/3/18; 157.5% 10/24/18; 156.4% 10/23/18;153.9%;; 10/22/18; 152.5% 10/19/18; 151.4% 10/18/18; 149.7% 10/9/18; 148.6% 10/4/18; 147.8% 10/1/18; 145.4% 9/27/18; 143.3% 9/23/18; 142.2% 9/19/18; 140.1% 9/15/18; 140.1% 9/13/18; 138.5% 9/11/18; 137.5% 9/9/18; 136.6% 9/7/18; 135.1% 9/5/18; 134.3% 9/3/18; 133.4% 8/30/18; 131.4% 8/28/18; 130.1% 8/26/18; 127.8% 8/24/18; 126.9% 8/23/18; 126.4% 8/22/18
124.7% 8/18/18; 122.2%; 120.1% 8/15/18; 119.4% 8/12/18; 117.0% 8/7/18; 115.6% 8/5/18; 114.7% 8/4/18; 112.8% 7/31/18; 112.2% 7/26/18; 111% 7/25/18; 109.9% 7/22/18; 108.9%; 7/21/18 108%; 105% 7/13/18; 104.2% 7/12/18; 104% 7/10/18; 102% 7/9/18; 99.3% 7/4/18; 98.5% 7/3/18; 95.8% 7/2/18; 94.5% 6/28/18; 93.1% 6/21/18; 92.6%; 90.5%; 88.7%; 87.8% 6/3/18; 85.1% 5/28/18; 83.7% 5/28/18; 81.3% 5/28/18; 77.7% 5/10/18; 76.9% 5/8/18; 75.4% 5/7/18; 73.5% 5/3/18; 73% 5/2/18; 72.2% 5/1/18; 69.9; 68.0% 4/26/18; 66.8% 4/22/18; 65.7; 64.5% 4/16/18; 61.9% 4/13/18 #2; 61.3% 4/13/18; 60.3% 4/12/18; 59.0% 4/11/18; 58.2% 4/10/18; 57.4% 4/9/18; 56.7% 4/9/18
(56.1%) 4/8/18; 55.4%) as of 4/6/18; (53.2%) as of 4/2/18
***COMPLETED 8/7/18***Challenge #4 Additional exercise now recorded at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Listen to books while exercising for at least 75 hours during 2018. 75.07 of 75:00 (4500)= 100% 8/7/18
98.8% 8/6/18
97.5% 8/3/18
96.1% 8/1/18
94.6% 7/21/18
93.3% 7/20/18
92% 7/18/18
90.6% 7/4/18
89.2% 7/2/18
87.8% 6/29/18
86.4% 6/28/18
85.1% 6/27/18
83.8% 6/24/18
83.1% 6/13/18
81.8% 6/12/18
80.4% 6/10/18
79.1% 6/1/18
77.6% 5/10/18
76.3 5/8/18
75.0% 5/7/18
73.5% 5/5/18
72.1% 5/3/18
70.8% 4/30/18
69.4 4/26/18
68.1 4/25/18
66.8% 4/24/18
65.4% 4/23/18
64.1% 4/19/18
62.8% 4/18/18
61.4% 4/17/18
60.1% 4/16/18
58.8% 4/15/18
57.4% 4/14/18
56.1% 4/12/18
54.8& 4/9/18
53.4% 4/8/18
52.1% 4/7/18
50.8 % 4/6/18
49.4% 4/5/18
48.1% as of 4/3/18
*****COMPLETED*****TIMELYChallenge 4B- Complete 150 hours of exercise in 2019. (9000 minutes)
10,885 as of 12/31/19=121%
1/21/19-71=1006 (11.2%)
1/20/19=64
1/19/19=19=871 (9.68%)
1/17/19=62
1/16/19=61
1/8/19=17
1/5/19=146
1/4/19=258
1/3/19=138
1/2/19=94
1/1/19=76
Challenge #5In conjunction with Challenge #4- Lose at least 15 pounds.
Unfortunately gained 4.6 pounds as of 4/1/18.
5/1/18= reduced that by .1.6 pounds to be up 3 pounds for the year
12/3/18- down by 11 pounds for the year
237
242.8 7/1/19
*****COMPLETED 6/18/20*****TIMELYChallenge #6
Complete my goal to read a book published each year of the 20th century and beyond. (Begun in 2016)
and fill in the WRC challenge at Birth of a Reader Challenge https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Years still needed:
✔1901- The Immoralist by André Gide
✔1904- The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston 189p.
✔1913-maybe O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
1920-probably The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust
✔1927-maybe The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
✔1938- The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
✔1943-maybeAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
✔1948- Camino Real by Tennessee Williams-6/18/20-
✔1962- probably Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
✔1976- In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee 3/8/20
✔1977-Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 337p.
✔1978- probably Collected Stories by Ivan Bunin
✔1997- perhaps Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
✔2000- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
✔2018-Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
✔2019 Toubab by Rob Coughlin 6/23/19
Note, this dovetails with WRC task see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... post 145
FAILED-Challenge #401- Read at Read at least 50 magazines in 2020.. At least 15 of those should be magazines I read cover-to-cover* (such as The New Yorker).40/50 and 6/15*
Allied Gardens CC Newsletter-1
American Heritage*-1
Americas*-1
Archaeology-2
Audubon*-1
Budget Traveler*-1
City Beat-3
Filipino Press - 2
Impact-1
Los Angeles Magazine-3
Mission Times-6
Rutgers Magazine-1
SD Reader-13
USD Magazine-2
Virtuoso Traveler- 2
Westways-4
****FAILED*****
Challenge #400-
formerly Challenge #7B-Read at least 150 magazines in 2019.. At least 30 of those should be magazines I read cover-to-cover* (such as The New Yorker).
28/150 & 3/30*
1-Audubon*
1-Awareness
2-City Beat
1-Edible San Diego
5-Mission Times Courier
1- The Reporter (Phi Alpha Delta)
2- San Diego Family
1-San Diego Jewish Journal
1-San Diego Magazine
7-SD Reader
2-Saudi Aramco World*
1-Sensi
1- Southern California Gaming Guide
1- USD Magazine
1-Virtuoso Traveler
1-Westways
Challenge #7- Continue to reduce my backlog of Magazines and Community newspapers. Read at least 150. At least 30 of those should be magazines I read cover-to-cover* (such as The New Yorker).
67 of 150 total; 2 of 30 cover-to-cover*.
AARP-5;
Adelante-5;
American Way-2;
AramcoWorld*-2;
Bingo Bugle-2;
City Beat-2
Frontiers-1;
Gay & Lesbian Times-1;
Gay San Diego-1;
Impact-4.
Ken-Tal News-1;
Lonely Planet*-2;
Mission Times Courier-6;
The Pride-1;
Pride 09-1;
Rage-1;
Rutgers-2;
San Diego Magazine-1;
San Diego Reader-13;
San Diego Troubadour-1;
Uptown News-2;
USD Magazine-2;
Vacations-2;
Virtuoso Traveler-3;
Westways-5;
Zenger's-1.
In 2017:
✔[7 (A)] -Another new challenge to reduce my total excess of my backlog of magazines and community newspapers...complete at least 100 magazines & newspapers in the year.
✔140/100
✔[7 (B)] -At least 25 different magazines. (For some magazines like the New Yorker and National Geographic- this means reading cover to cover.** For others, like AARP and the community newspapers, it means skimming.*)
64/25
AARP*-11;
Adelante*-1;
Awareness*-1;
California Blade*-1;
City Beat* -8;
Time*-8; Mission Times Courier*-13; Westways*-6; San Diego Reader*-14; American Heritage**-1; Natural History**-1; Swerv*-2; USD Magazine-5*; Pix*-3; Pulp*-2; Saudi Aramco World**-1; Archaeology**-1; Biblical Archaeology**-1; Americas** - 1; Los Angeles Magazine*-1; Expedia Travels**-1; New Yorker**-3; Ad-Visor*-1; Mission Valley News*-1; Indian**-1; Rage*-2; Gay San Diego*-6; POZ*-1; The Bottom Line*-1; LGBT Weekly*-4; San Diego City News*-1; Zenger's*-1; Cybersocket*-1; Plus*-1; Q Vegas*-1; Frontiers*-1; San Diego Jewish Journal*-1; San Diego City Beat*-1; San Diego Troubadour*-1; Virtuoso Traveler*-3; San Diego Downtown News*-1; The Star News*-1; East County Californian*-1; San Diego Family*-1; San Diego Uptown News*-1; The Alpine Sun*-2; Lambda Legal Impact*-1; Audubon**-2; Rutgers Magazine*-3; Out & About*-1; The Upside of Outside*-1; AFSCME Works*-1; GQ*-1; La Mesa Courier*-1; Mercator's World**-1; George Magazine**-2; Bingo Bugle*-1; Book Page*-2; Gaming Guide*-1; AFAR Magazine**-1; Phi Alpha Delta Reporter-1*; American Way-1*; Entertainment*-1; Los Angeles Magazine*-2; Archaeology Odyssey**-1; San Diego Magazine-1*
*****COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY*****Challenge #403-Keep track of male & female authors with a goal to not finish the year with less than 40% of either gender by the end of 2020
Male=137 (41.9%) Female 190*#= (58.1%)
Unknown/Anonymous-4**
*Travelling with Pomegranates had two women authors...both counted.
**Not counted in percentages
#= 22 stories in Japanese Fairy Tales counted (but may just be compiled not authored)
Challenge #402
formerly Challenge 8B- Keep track of male & female authors with a goal to not finish the year with less than 40% of either gender by the end of 2019
Male-276*^# (73.4%) Female=100 (26.6%)
*For Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales , I did not count individual stories since the Grimms were compilers and not authors per se.
^-For A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19- the author's gender is unknown...so, not added to the figures above.
# for The Maid's Tragedy, both male authors counted.
Challenge #8-Failed
Keep track of male & female authors with a goal to not finish the year with less than 40% of either gender by the end of 2018.
M 277 (70.1%): F 118 (29.9%)
FAILED- Challenge #405- In 2020, Virtually Visit through my readings the same number of countries (or other entities*) as 2017 or more =118.98/118
UK-50
USA-115
Albania- 2
Antarctica-1
Antigua and Barbuda-1
Armenia-3
Australia-9
Austria-3
Bahamas-1
Barbados-1
Belgium-1
Bhutan-1
British Overseas Territory (Tristan da Cunha)- 1
Bulgaria-1
Cambodia-1
Canada-3
Cape Verde- 1
China-3
Christmas Island (Australia)-1
Cocobolo*-1
Cocos Islands (Australia)-1
Croatia-1
Cuba-1
Cyprus-2
Czech Republic-1
Ecuador-1
Egypt-6
Ethiopia-1
Fiji-1
Finland-1
France-20
French Colony of Reunion-1
French Polynesia-1
Germany-6
Greece-5
Guinea-1
Guinea-Bissau-1
Haiti-2
India-2
Iran-6
Iraq-5
Ireland- 4
Israel-5
Italy-9
Jamaica-6
Japan-23
Jordan-2
Kenya-2
Kerguellen Island-1
Kingdom of Frankenbourg*-1
Kingdom of Thrace*-1
Kingdom of the Sea*-2
Land of Perpetual Life*-1
Lebanon-2
Liechtenstein-1
Madagascar-1
Malta-2
Marshall Islands-1
Mauritania-2
Mauritius-1
Mexico-9
Monaco-1
Montserrat-1
The Moon-1
Morocco-1
Myanmar-1
New Caledonia (Fr)*-11
Northern Cyprus-1
Northern Macedonia-3
Northern Mariana Islands- 1
Oman-1
Pakistan-1
Panama-2
Papua New Guinea-3
Pitcairn Island-1
Poland-1
Portugal-1
Qatar-2
Romania-1
Russia-2
San Marino-1
Sao Tome and Principe-1
Serbia-2
Sint Eustatius -1
Sint Maarten-1
South Georgia Island-1
South Korea- 6
South Tahla*-1
Southern Sudan-1
Spain-2
Sudan-1
Sweden-5
Switzerland-6
Syria-17
Thailand-1
Turkey-5
Ukraine-2
Unspecified Africa-1
Unspecified Arabia-1
Unspecified Latin American country-2
Uzbekistan-1
Vietnam-3
Watinbow*-1 (fictional African country)
Yemen-2
Zakro-*-1 (fictional African country)
AL-1
AZ-7
CA-25
CO-2
CT-3
DC-4
DE-2
FL-11
GA-1
HI-2
ID-2
IA-1
KS-1
KY-1
MA-3
MD-2
ME-1
MI-9
MN-1
MO-2
MS-2
MT-3
NC-2
NH-1
NJ-7
NM-3
NV-2
NY-23
OH-1
OR-1
PA-3
TN-2
TX-11
VA-3
VT-2
WA-10
WI-1
WV-2
WY-10
Dakota Territory-1
New Mexico Territory-1
former entities:
Assyria-2
Australian Colony of New Guinea)-1
Babylonia-2
Bashan-1
British Colony of Barbados-1
British Colony of Jamaica-1
British Colony of Tortuga-1 (now Haiti)
Dutch Possession of Sint Eustatius-1
East Germany-1
Edom-2
*French Guinea-1
Japanese colony of Korea-1
Kingdom of Cappadocia-2
Kingdom of Judah-2
Kingdom of Lydia-2
Kingdom of Macedonia-1
Mesopotamia-1
Roman Empire-2
Roman Province of Judah-2
Spanish Colony of Panama-1
Russian Empire-2
USSR-1
Yugoslavia-1
✔Challenge #9
Virtual Travels- Virtually Visit through my readings the same number of countries as 2017 or more =118. So far: 135 of 116:
UK-52;
USA-94;
Afghanistan-1;
Algeria=22;
American Samoa (USA)-2;
Antarctica-1;
Argentina-8;
Anguilla-1;
Antigua & Barbuda-1;
Australia-3;
Austria-5;
Bahamas-1;
Barbados-1;
Belarus-2;
Belgium-4;
Belize-2;
Bermuda-1;
Bhutan-1;
Bolivia-1;
Bonaire-1;
Bosnia-Herzogovina-1;
Botswana-2;
Brazil-3;
British Virgin Islands-1;
Cambodia-2;
Cayman Islands-1;
Canada-16;
Chile-1;
China-6;
Colombia-2;
Comoros-1
Congo (formerly Zaire)-2;
Cook Islands-1;
Costa Rica-1;
Croatia-1;
Cuba-1;
Czech Rep.-4;
Denmark-5;
Dominica-2;
Dominican Rep.-5;
Dreamland*-1;
Ecuador-2;
Egypt-7;
El Dorado*-1;
Ethiopia-1;
Fiji-1;
Finland-1
France-31;
French Polynesia-2;
Germany-27;
Gilead, Republic of*-1;
Greece-5;
Greenland-1;
Grenada-1;
Guadeloupe-1;
Guatemala-1;
Guernsey-1;
Honduras-2;
Hong Kong (China)-1;
Hungary-3;
Iceland-2;
India-4;
Indonesia-2;
Iran-1;
Iraq-2;
Ireland-6;
Israel-3;
Italy-24;
Jamaica-2;
Japan-2;
Jordan-1;
Kenya-2;
Kuwait-1;
Laos-1;
Lebanon-1;
Libya-1;
Lithuania-1;
Macao-2;
Malagasy Rep.-3;
Malawi-1;
Malaysia-1;
Mali-1;
Martinique-1;
Mauritania-1;
Mauriitius-1;
Mayotte (France)-1
Mexico-6;
Micronesia-1;
Monaco-1;
Mongolia-1;
Moon-1;
Morocco-26;
Mozambique-1;
Myanmar-1;
Namibia-1;
Nepal-1;
Netherlands-4;
New Zealand-2;
Nigeria-12;
Norway-2;
Oman-1;
Palau-1;
Panama-1;
Papua New Guinea-1;
Paraguay-1;
Peru-2;
Philippines-1;
Planet Jupiter-1;
Planet Neptune-1;
Planet Pluto-1;
Planet Uranus-1;
Planet Venus-1;
Poland-5;
Portugal-5;
Puerto Rico (USA)-1;
Romania-1;
Russia-39;
Rwanda-1;
Saba-1;
St. Bart's-1;
St. Kitts & Nevis-1;
St. Lucia-1;
St. Martin-1;
St. Vincent & the Grenadines-1;
Samoa-4;
Saudi Arabia-2;
Serbia-1;
Seychelles-1;
Singapore-3;
Slovenia-1;
South Africa-9;
Spain-11;
Sri Lanka-1;
Sudan-3;
Surinam-1;
Sweden-1;
Switzerland-6;
Syria-1;
Taiwan (Rep. of China)-1;
Tanzania-4;
Thailand-4;
Tonga-1;
Trinidad & Tobago-1;
Tunisia-1;
Turkey-6;
Turkmenistan-1;
Uganda-1;
Ukraine-3;
U.A.E.-1;
US Virgin Islands-1;
Unspecified Caribbean island-1;
Uruguay-3;
Uzbekistan-1;
Vatican-2;
Venezuela-1;
Vietnam-3;
Yemen-2;
Zambia-1;
Zimbabwe-3;
States:
AK-1;
AL-1
AR-1;
AZ-5;
CA-22
CO-3;
CT-5;
DC-5;
DE-1;
FL-4;
GA-4
HA-3
IA-2;
ID-2;
IL-9
IN-3;
KS-1;
KY-2;
LA-3;
MA-10
MD-5;
ME-2;
MI-3;
MN-3;
MO-3;
MS-1;
MT-4;
NC-5
ND-1;
NE-2;
NH-2;
NJ-14
NM-4;
NV-6;
NY-40;
OH-4;
OK-2;
OR-4;
PA-6
RI-2
SC-4
SD-1;
TN-3
TX-6
UT-4;
VA-4;
VT-3;
WA-3;
WI-2;
WV-3;
WY-3;
unspecified New England-1;
unspecified southern state-1.
Former entities:
Arizona Territory-1;
Babylon-1;
Belgian Congo-2;
British colony of Hong Kong-1.
British Colony of India-1
British Colony of Rhodesia-1;
British colony of Singapore-1
British Colony of South Africa-1;
British Territory of Yemen-1
Caliphate of Cordoba-1;
Dutch colony of South Africa
East Germany-1
French territory of Comoros-1
Kingdom of Castile-1.
Ottoman Empire-1;
Persia-3
Roman Empire-1;
Soviet Union (USSR)-1
ViceRoyalty of Peru-1;
West Germany-3
Western Samoa Trust Territory-3
Yugoslavia-1
*=Imaginary places
-Failed- Challenge #407- Read authors associated with at least 40 different countries in 202021/40
UK-52
USA-165
Albania-1
Australia-13
Burkina Faso-1
Canada-1
Finland-1
France-22
Greece-1
Guinea-Bissau-1
Ireland-3
Japan-26
Mauritania-1
New Caledonia-6
Oman-1
Poland-1
Qatar-1
Russia-1
South Africa-1
Sweden-5
unspecified-1
Unknown/anonymous-1
_____________________________________________
Challenge #10- Failed
Varied Authors- Read authors associated with at least 40 different countries in 2018.
Varied Authors: Countries=28 of 40
USA-117;
UK-78;
Algeria-27;
Antigua & Barbuda-1
Argentina-42;
Austria-4;
Belgium-1;
Canada-13
China-2;
Colombia-1;
Czech Rep.-1;
Denmark-1;
Ecuador-1.;
Egypt-1
France-7;
Germany-1;
Hungary-1;
Ireland-4,
Italy-1;
Lebanon-1;
Mexico-1;
Morocco-29;
New Zealand-1;
Nigeria-13;
Norway-1;
Russia-37;
South Africa-3
Sudan-3;
Sweden-1
Unknown-1 (A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19)
in 2017:
Varied Authors- Read authors associated with at least 40 different countries.
40/40;
112-USA;
88-UK;
1-Antigua & Barbuda;
1-Argentina;
5-Australia;
1-Austria;
1- Cameroon;
4-Canada.;
1-Chile;
1-Cote D'Ivoire;
1-Cuba;
1- Denmark;
3- Egypt,
10-Fiji;
9-France;
4-Germany;
1-Greece;
1-Guyana;
5- Ireland;
1-Israel;
1- Italy,
2-Japan;
1-Kyrgyzstan.
1-Lesotho;
1-Martinique;
1-Morocco;
1-New Zealand;
1- Nigeria.
2-Norway;
1-Peru;
15-Romania;
3-Russia,
1- Sierra Leone;
5-South Africa
1-Sweden;
1-Turkey;
21-United Arab Emirates;
1-Venezuela;
1-Zimbabwe;
Challenge #11- ***COMPLETED 12/11/18***Complete the 52 weeks of the Around the Year in 52 Weeks Challenge. (See post #10 in this thread) 26 of 52
See https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
52 of 52
✔1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
✔2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list- The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr Norris/Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood (which would be the same as PS #13
✔3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards - The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
✔4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)- 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz
✔5. A book about or inspired by real events- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
✔6. A book originally written in a language other than English- The Wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih
✔7. A gothic novel- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
✔8. An "own voices" book*- How They Met, and Other Stories by David Levithan
✔9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)- The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy-
✔10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)- perhaps The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
✔11. A literary fiction- Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
✔12. A book set in Africa or South America- Another Morocco: Selected Stories by Abdellah Taïa
✔13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)- A Streetcar Named Desire
✔14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire - Embers by Sándor Márai
✔15. A book with an unique format/writing structure- Brand by Henrik Ibsen- a play written in verse.
✔16. A narrative nonfiction- Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
✔17. A book you expect to make you laugh- Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters by John Waters
✔18. A book with a location in the title- perhaps - Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar
✔19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
✔20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends- An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine (Elizabeth-Alaska)
✔21. A book written in first person perspective- Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
✔22. A book you have high expectations or hope for- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
✔23. A medical or legal thriller- If I Stay by Gayle Forman
✔24. A book with a map- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg
✔25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
✔26. A book with a text only cover- Brainswitch Out of Depression: Break the Cycle of Despair by A.B. Curtiss
✔27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)- probably A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh
✔28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water- Rain and Other South Sea Stories by W. Somerset Maugham
✔29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)- The Monkey's Wrench by Primo Levi
✔30. A short book- Blue Octavo Notebooks by Franz Kafka
✔31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to- Botswana- Maru by Bessie Head
✔32. An alternate history book- July's People by Nadine Gordimer
✔33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you - my word= "gobsmacked"- Carsick by John Waters
✔34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call Crossing by Jan Yoors- -(from 6th mini-poll): A book whose title or author's last name starts with Q, X, Y, or Z
✔35. A book featuring a murder- The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
✔36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before- My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul
✔37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)- My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
✔38. A science book or a science fiction book- The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
✔39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title- Atala / René by François-René de Chateaubriand
✔40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
✔41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim
✔42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater- The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding
✔43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence- The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories
✔44. A ghost story- The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd
✔45. A book that intimidates/ scares you- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
✔46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air- Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
✔47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own- The Savage Night by Mohammed Dib
✔48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)- Athalie by Jean Racine
✔49. Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
✔50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
✔51. An award-winning short story or short story collection- Amok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig
✔52. A book published in 2018- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (also on years needed list)
*****COMPLETED 5/3/19***** UNTIMELYChallenge # 12
Complete the Pop Sugar challenge.(See post #11 in this thread and post #9 in this one: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
50 of 50
✔1. A book made into a movie you've already seen- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim
✔2. True Crime- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
✔3. The next book in a series you started- From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
✔4. A book involving a heist- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison- two of the characters carry off a heist of another's cache...only to find bones rather than the gold they expected.
✔5. Nordic noir- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
✔6. A novel based on a real person - Athalie by Jean Racine
✔7. A book set in a country that fascinates you- An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine-set in Lebanon.
✔8. A book with a time of day in the title- The Savage Night by Mohammed Dib
✔9. A book about a villain or antihero- The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton
✔10. A book about death or grief- Atala / René by François-René de Chateaubriand
✔11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
✔12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist- How They Met, and Other Stories by David Levithan- a book of stories...but all with LGBT protagonists.
✔13. A book that is also a stage play or musical- The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr Norris/Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood (which could also be used for 52 wks#2.
✔14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you- The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories by Assia Djebar
✔15. A book about feminism- Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar- same as 52 Weeks #18.
✔16. A book about mental health- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
✔17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift- The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
✔18. A book by two authors- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
✔19.A book about or involving a sport- Take Me Out: A Play by Richard Greenberg
✔20.A book by a local author- Brainswitch Out of Depression: Break the Cycle of Despair by A.B. Curtiss
✔21. A book with your favorite color in the title-The Green Man by Kingsley Amis-
✔22. A book with alliteration in the title - A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh
✔23. A book about time travel- Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
✔24. A book with a weather element in the title= The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
✔25. A book set at sea- The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding
✔26. A book with an animal in the title- The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories by Muriel Spark
✔27. A book set on a different planet- perhaps Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
✔28. A book with song lyrics in the title- Rain and Other South Sea Stories by W. Somerset Maugham-"Rain" is a song by the Beatles.
✔29. A book about or set on Halloween- A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
✔30. A book with characters who are twins- The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
✔31. A book mentioned in another book- The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells mentioned in Jack of Spades by Joyce Carol Oates
✔32. A book from a celebrity book club- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
✔33. A childhood classic you've never read-The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
✔34. A book that's published in 2018- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
✔35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner- (same as 52 Weeks #3) The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston Conversation Starters by Douglas Preston
✔36. A book set in the decade you were born- The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley
✔37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
✔38. A book with an ugly cover- Brand
by Henrik Ibsen✔39. A book that involves a bookstore or library- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
✔40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges- from 2015 challenge- Read a Non Fiction Book- Blue Octavo Notebooks by Franz Kafka
2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
✔1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school- perhapsDusklands by J.M. Coetzee
✔2. A cyberpunk book-The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
✔3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
✔4. A book tied to your ancestry- Candide by Voltaire
✔5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title-Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
✔6. An allegory- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
✔7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you- Three Tall Women by Edward Albee
✔8. A microhistory- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg
✔9. A book about a problem facing society today- Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
✔10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge- The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
Challenge #13-FailedComplete the A to Z challenge using the initials of novel authors for pre 2006 (19 of 26)
and keep track of post-2006 fiction books (0 of 26)
and Non-fiction (8 of 26) as well without expecting to complete the last two.
Pre-2007 Fiction 25 of 26
A-(6)-Assia, Djebar - Women of Algiers in Their Apartment; Alameddine, Rabih- An Unnecessary Woman; Arthur Miller-Death of a Salesman; Martin Amis- Time's Arrow; Anthony Marra-The Tsar of Love and Techno; Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice
B(6)-Bronte, Emily- Wuthering Heights; Bataille, Georges- Blue of Noon; Jorge Luis Borges- Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings; Ivan Bunin- Collected Stories[ [author:Anne Brontë|8249]-The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Julian Barnes- The Sense of an Ending
C-(5)-Calvino, Italo- Invisible Cities; William Congreve- The Way of the World; Willa Cather-O Pioneers!; J.L. Carr- A Month in the Country; Joseph Conrad- Heart of Darkness;
D(7)-Djebar, Assia - The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories; Arthur Conan Doyle-The Hound of the Baskervilles; Daphne Du Maurier- My Cousin Rachel; Harriet Doerr-Stones for Ibarra; Dashiell Hammett- The Thin Man; Daniel Defoe- The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Dai Sijie- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
E(4)- Cyprian Ekwensi- Restless City and Christmas Gold, with Other Stories; Edward Albee-Three Tall Women; Elizabeth Cook-Achilles; Edward Abbey- The Monkey Wrench Gang
F(3)-Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand- Atala / René; E.M. Forster- A Passage to India; Henry Fielding- Joseph Andrews
G(6)-Gaskell, Elizabeth- North and South; George Farquhar-The Beaux Strategem; George Bernard Shaw- Pygmalion; Guy de Maupassant- Bel-Ami; Arthur Golden- Memoirs of a Geisha; Gabriel García Márquez- One Hundred Years of Solitude
H(6)-Hemingway, Ernest- The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories; Howard Cruse-Stuck Rubber Baby; Thomas Hardy-The Hand of Ethelberta; Bessie Head- Maru; Charlaine Harris- Shakespeare's Landlord; The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
I-(2)-Ibsen, Henrik- Brand; Christopher Isherwood- Goodbye to Berlin; Ian Fleming-From Russia With Love
J-(6)- Jill Paton Walsh- A Parcel of Patterns; John Webster-The Duchess of Malfi; John Marston- The Malcontent; John Steinbeck-Cannery Row; Jane Austen- Emma; Jane Austen- Sense and Sensibility
K(5)-Kafka, Franz- Blue Octavo Notebooks; Thomas Kyd- The Spanish Tragedy; Katherine Mansfield-In a German Pension: 13 Stories; Kathy Acker-Blood and Guts in High School; Kingsley Amis- The Green Man 12/20/18
L(4)- Leo Tolstoy- War and Peace; Levithan, David- How They Met, and Other Stories; Leonardo Sciascia- The Day of the Owl; Louisa May Alcott- Little Women
M(7)-Mohamed Dib- The Savage Night; Middleton, Thomas- The Revenger's Tragedy; Arthur Miller-The Crucible; W. Somerset Maugham-Rain and Other South Sea Stories; Sándor Márai- Embers; Margaret Atwood- The Handmaid's Tale; Alice Munro- Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You: 13 Stories;
N(2)-Naylor, Gloria-The Women of Brewster Place; Nadine Gordimer- July's People
O (2)-O'Neill, Eugene- Mourning Becomes Electra; George Orwell- Coming Up for Air
P(4)- Paul Zindel- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds; Pierre Corneille-The Cid; Grace Paley- The Little Disturbances of Man; Peter Høeg-Smilla's Sense of Snow
Q- George Farquhar- The Recruiting Officer
R-(4)-Racine, Jean- Athalie; Richard Greenberg-Take Me Out: A Play; Rudyard Kipling-Just So Stories ; Jean Rhys- Wide Sargasso Sea
S (6)-Salih, Tayeb- The Wedding of Zein; Shaffer, Maryann- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society; Muriel Spark-The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories; Stephen Sondheim- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Sarah Schulman- Rat Bohemia; Dai Sijie- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
T(6)- Tolstoy, Leo- The Kreutzer Sonata; Tom Stoppard- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Thomas Middleton- The Changeling; Katherine Cecil Thurston-The Masquerader; Toni Morrison- Song of Solomon; Thomas Hardy- The Return of the Native
U- John Updike- Gertrude and Claudius 12/31/18
V-(2)-Voltaire- Candide; Jules Verne- Around the World in Eighty Days; Victor Villaseñor-Rain of Gold
W(5)-Wells, H.G.- The Island of Dr. Moreau; Williams, Tennessee- A Streetcar Named Desire; Evelyn Waugh- Decline and Fall; Thornton Wilder- The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Jeanette Winterson- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 12/23/18
X
Y- (2)-Yanez Cossio, Alicia- Beyond the Islands; Yusuf Idris- The Sinners
Z-(4)Zweig, Stefan- Amok and Other Stories; Junot Díaz-Drown; J.M. Coetzee- Dusklands; Roger Zelazny- A Night in the Lonesome October 12/22/18
Post-2007 Fiction:
11/26
A
B
C-Jade Chang- The Wangs vs. the World
D
E-Jennifer Egan- A Visit from the Goon Squad
F- Gayle Forman- If I Stay
G
H
I
J
K-Jamaica Kincaid-See Now Then
L-London Lovett- Marigolds and Murder
M-Michelle Modesto-Revenge and the Wild
N- Nina George- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/15/18
O
P- Peter Mayle-The Marseille Caper
Q
R
S-(2)- Elizabeth Strout- My Name Is Lucy Barton; Matthew J. Sullivan- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
T- Abdellah Taïa- Another Morocco: Selected Stories
U
V- (2)-Valeria Luiselli- Faces in the Crowd; Catherynne M. Valente- Radiance
W
X
Y- Yanez Cossio, Alicia- Beyond the Islands
Z
Non-Fiction: 17 of 26
A-Ayun Halliday-No Touch Monkey!: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late
B-Becky, Wendy-Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces
C-(2)-A.B. Curtiss- Brainswitch Out of Depression: Break the Cycle of Despair; Michael Chabon- Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands
D- David Piper- The Illustrated History of Art: Art Through the Ages, Including: Medieval and Early Renaissance Art, the Sixteenth Century, the Baroque Era, Eastern Art
E
F- Al Franken- Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
G
H-Henry Fielding-The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
I
J-John Steinbeck- Travels with Charley: In Search of America
K-Kafka, Franz- Blue Octavo Notebooks
L- Erik Larson- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
M-Michael Wolff- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
N- Nina Sankovitch- Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading 12/11/18
O
P-(2)Pamela Paul- My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues; Douglas Preston- The Lost City of the Monkey God
Q
R-Andrew Robinson- The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius
S-(2) Patricia Schultz-1,000 Places to See Before You Die; Spike Milligan-Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
T-(2)- Mark Twain- What Is Man?; Christina Thompson-Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story
U
V
W-(3)-Waters, John- Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters; John Waters- Carsick; Samantha Weinberg- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth
X
Y- Jan Yoors-Crossing
Z-Zaid, Gabriel- So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance
*****COMPLETED******TIMELYMoved to p.17 post 817& 818-
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Challenge #408
-formerly Challenge #13B- In 2019, complete the A to Z challenge using the initials of novel authors for pre 2009
and keep track of post-2009 fiction books
and Non-fiction as well without expecting to complete the last two.
Challenge #14-2019 Complete the A to Z Title challenge:25/26
A(8-Amok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig; Athalie by Jean Racine; Atala / René by François-René de Chateaubriand; Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken; Another Morocco: Selected Stories by Abdellah Taïa; Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne; Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall by Spike Milligan; Achilles by Elizabeth Cook; The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham 7/19/19
B(7)- Blue Octavo Notebooks by Franz Kafka and Brand by Henrik Ibsen; Brainswitch Out of Depression: Break the Cycle of Despair by A.B. Curtiss; Beyond the Islands by Alicia Yánez Cossío; Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker; Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant; The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder;
C(12)-Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters by John Waters; Candide by Voltaire; The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Collected Stories by Ivan Bunin; The Changeling by Thomas Middleton; The Cid by Pierre Corneille; Cannery Row by John Steinbeck; Carsick by John Waters; Crossing by Jan Yoors; Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story by Christina Thompson; Coming Up for Air by George Orwell; Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19- 128p
D-(7) The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster; Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller; The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia; Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh; Drown by Junot Díaz; Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee; The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson 12/28/18
E-(3)-The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel; Embers by Sándor Márai; Emma by Jane Austen
F- (6)Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim; From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming; Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli; A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg; The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
G(6)- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer; Georges Bataille- Blue of Noon; The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories by Muriel Spark; Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood; The Green Man by Kingsley Amis 12/20/18; Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike 12/31/18
H(6)- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle; How They Met, and Other Stories by David Levithan; The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy; The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood; Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad; The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 7/21/19
I (5)- The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells; The Illustrated History of Art: Art Through the Ages, Including: Medieval and Early Renaissance Art, the Sixteenth Century, the Baroque Era, Eastern Art by David Piper; In a German Pension: 13 Stories by Katherine Mansfield; If I Stay by Gayle Forman; In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust 6/14/19
J-(4)-The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding; Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding; Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling; July's People by Nadine Gordimer
K- The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
L(7)-Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges; The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley; Little Women by Louisa May Alcott; The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius by Andrew Robinson; The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston; The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 12/15/18; A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
M-(15)The Miser / George Dandin - Volume I by Molière; The Malcontent by John Marston; Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill; My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul; My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier; A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr ; Marigolds and Murder by London Lovett; Maru by Bessie Head; My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout; The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle; Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon; Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden; The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey; Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan; Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
N-(3)-North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell; No Touch Monkey!: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late by Ayun Halliday; A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny 12/22/18
O-(5)-1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz; O Pioneers! by Willa Cather; The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton; One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez;
P(4)-A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh; Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw; A Passage to India by E.M. Forster; Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 12/23/18
Q- The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston
R(10)-Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard; The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton; Restless City and Christmas Gold, with Other Stories by Cyprian Ekwensi; Rain and Other South Sea Stories by W. Somerset Maugham; The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar; Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor; Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman; Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto; Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente; The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
S(15)- The Savage Night by Mohammed Dib; A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams; So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance by Gabriel Zaid; The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway; Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces by Wendy Beckett; Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse; See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid; Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr; Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris; Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You: 13 Stories by Alice Munro; Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen; The Sinners by Yusuf Idris; Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg; The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes; Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
T(11)- The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories by Assia Djebar; Three Tall Women by Edward Albee; Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck; Time's Arrow by Martin Amis; The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra; Take Me Out: A Play by Richard Greenberg; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë; The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett; Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch 12/11/18; Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead-8/4/19; They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
U-An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
V- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
W-(9) Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar ; The Wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih; War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy; Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë; What Is Man? by Mark Twain; The Way of the World by William Congreve; The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor; Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys; The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
X- The Beaux Strategem- George Bernard Farquhar
Y
Z- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Challenge 15-WRC Title Challenge - post #9 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... which however has a different time frame 2/1/18 to 1/31/19 and requires a minimum of 125 pages per book: Title Challenge, A-Z
21 of 26 Complete
A(4)-Athalie by Jean Racine; Atala / René by François-René de Chateaubriand; Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken; Another Morocco: Selected Stories by Abdellah Taïa
B-Blue of Noon by Georges Bataille
C- (4)The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Collected Stories by Ivan Bunin; The Changeling by Thomas Middleton; Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
D-(2)-The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster; Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
E-Embers by Sándor Márai
F- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff
G-(2)The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer; The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories by Muriel Spark
H-(2) How They Met, and Other Stories by David Levithan; Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 6/28/19
I- The Illustrated History of Art: Art Through the Ages, Including: Medieval and Early Renaissance Art, the Sixteenth Century, the Baroque Era, Eastern Art by David Piper
J-(2)-The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding; Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding
K
L-[(2)book:Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings|17717] by Jorge Luis Borges; The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
M-(3)The Malcontent by John Marston; Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill; My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul
N-North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
O- 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz
P(3)-A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh; Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw; A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Q
R-(4)Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard; The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton; The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar; Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
S(2)- The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway; The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd
T(2)- The Trembling of a Leaf by W. Somerset Maugham; Three Tall Women by Edward Albee; Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
U-An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
V
W-(3)-War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy; What Is Man? by Mark Twain
X-The Beaux' Strategem by George Bernard Farquhar; The Way of the World by William Congreve
Y
Z
Challenge 16https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
ACATT: 2018 TBR Titles, A to Z
Date: 02/01/18 - 01/31/19
17/26 Completed
*Must be on TBR prior to 02/01/18*
1.(3) A- Athalie by Jean Racine; Atala / René by François-René de Chateaubriand; Another Morocco: Selected Stories by Abdellah Taïa
2. (3) B-Blue of Noon by Georges Bataille; Brainswitch Out of Depression: Break the Cycle of Despair by A.B. Curtiss;
3. (5) C- The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Collected Stories by Ivan Bunin; The Changeling by Thomas Middleton; Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
4. D-(2)The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster; Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
5. E- Embers by Sándor Márai
6. F
7. G- (2)The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer; The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories by Muriel Spark
8. H
9. I- The Illustrated History of Art: Art Through the Ages, Including: Medieval and Early Renaissance Art, the Sixteenth Century, the Baroque Era, Eastern Art by David Piper
10. J
11. K
12. L-Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
13. M(2)- Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill; The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston
14. N-North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
15. O
16. P(3)- A Parcel of Patterns- Jill Paton Walsh; Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw; A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
17. Q
18. (4)-R-Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard; The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton; Restless City and Christmas Gold, with Other Stories by Cyprian Ekwensi; The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar
19. S-(3) The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway; The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd; The Sinners by Yusuf Idris
20. T- Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
21. U-An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
22. V
23. W(2)- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy; The Way of the World by William Congreve
24. X- The Beaux' Strategem by George Bernard Farquhar
25. Y
26. Z
*****COMPLETED****** 12/31/18Challenge # 17 (update on the web page...not here)
Post 11 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
WRC: Authors, A-Z
Date: 03/01/18 - 02/28/19
WRC: Authors, A-Z
Date: 03/01/18 - 02/28/19
26/26 Completed
A(6)-The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Three Tall Women by Edward Albee; Martin Amis-Time's Arrow; Anthony Marra-The Tsar of Love and Techno; Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice; The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
B(4)-Bessie Head- Maru)-Jorge Luis Borges- Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings; Anne Brontë- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Julian Barnes- The Sense of an Ending
C(7)- The Way of the World by William Congreve; Pierre Corneille-The Cid; Willa Cather- O Pioneers!; J.L. Carr- A Month in the Country; Jade Chang- The Wangs vs. the World; Michael Chabon-Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands; Agatha Christie- And Then There Were None 1/7/19
D-(6)Daphne du Maurier- My Cousin Rachel; Harriet Doerr- Stones for Ibarra; Dashiell Hammett- The Thin Man; Daniel Defoe- The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; David Sedaris- Calypso 1/10/19; Margaret Drabble- The Radiant Way 1/26/19
E(5)- Cyprian Ekwensi- Restless City and Christmas Gold, with Other Stories; Jennifer Egan-A Visit from the Goon Squad; Evelyn Waugh- Decline and Fall; Edward Abbey- The Monkey Wrench Gang; Daniel Deronda by George Eliot 1/19/19
F-(3)-The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding; Ian Fleming-From Russia With Love; Gayle Forman- If I Stay
G(4)- George Bernard Shaw- Pygmalion; Nadine Gordimer- July's People; Guy de Maupassant- Bel-Ami; Arthur Golden- Memoirs of a Geisha;
H-(7)-Howard Cruse- Stuck Rubber Baby; Henry Fielding- Joseph Andrews; No Touch Monkey!: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late by Ayun Halliday; Charlaine Harris- Shakespeare's Landlord ; S.E. Hinton- The Outsiders; Thomas Hardy-The Return of the Native; Hergé-Tintin in the Land of the Soviets 1/9/19
I- Ivan Bunin - Collected Stories; Christopher Isherwood- Goodbye to Berlin
J- (6)-John Steinbeck- Travels with Charley: In Search of America ; John Steinbeck-Cannery Row; Jane Austen-Emma; Jamaica Kincaid- See Now Then; Joseph Conrad- Heart of Darkness; Jane Austen- Sense and Sensibility
K(5)-Thomas Kyd-The Spanish Tragedy; Katherine Mansfield-In a German Pension: 13 Stories; Katherine Cecil Thurston-The Masquerader; Kathy Acker-Blood and Guts in High School; The Green Man by Kingsley Amis 12/20/18
L-(5)- David Levithan-How They Met, and Other Stories; Leonardo Sciascia-The Day of the Owl; London Lovett-Marigolds and Murder; Louisa May Alcott-Little Women; Erik Larson- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America 12/28/18;
M-(7)-Thomas Middleton- The Revenger's Tragedy; John Marston - The Malcontent; Arthur Miller- Death of a Salesman; Spike Milligan- Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall; Michelle Modesto- Revenge and the Wild; Alice Munro- Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You: 13 Stories; Matthew J. Sullivan- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore 12/17/18
N-(3)-Gloria Naylor-The Women of Brewster Place; Nina Sankovitch- Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading 12/11/18; Nina George- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/15/18
O (3)-Eugene O'Neill-Mourning Becomes Electra; George Orwell- Coming Up for Air; Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt 1/11/19
P(5)- Pamela Paul- My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues; Grace Paley- The Little Disturbances of Man; Peter Mayle- The Marseille Caper; Peter Høeg- Smilla's Sense of Snow; Douglas Preston-The Lost City of the Monkey God
Q- Gabriel García Márquez- One Hundred Years of Solitude
R-(5)-Richard Greenberg-Take Me Out: A Play; Rudyard Kipling- Just So Stories; Jean Rhys- Wide Sargasso Sea; Andrew Robinson- The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius; Donal Ryan- From a Low and Quiet Sea 1/12/19
S-(5)-The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories by Muriel Spark; W. Somerset Maugham-Rain and Other South Sea Stories; Sándor Márai- Embers; Sarah Schulman- Rat Bohemia; Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress; Dai Sijie- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
T- (7)-Mark Twain- What Is Man?; Thomas Middleton-The Changeling; Abdellah Taïa- Another Morocco: Selected Stories; Christina Thompson- Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story; Toni Morrison-Song of Solomon ; Truman Capote- Breakfast at Tiffany's 1/20/19; William Trevor- Felicia's Journey 1/24/19
U- John Updike- Gertrude and Claudius 12/31/18
V-(5)- Jules Verne- Around the World in Eighty Days; Victor Villaseñor-Rain of Gold; Valeria Luiselli- Faces in the Crowd; Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente; Vera Cleaver- Where the Lilies Bloom 1/9/19
W-(6)- John Webster-The Duchess of Malfi; Michael Wolff- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House; John Waters- Carsick; Samantha Weinberg- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth; Thornton Wilder- The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Jeanette Winterson- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 12/23/18
X- Alexandre Dumas- The Forty-Five Guardsmen 1/22/19
Y- Yusuf Idris- The Sinners
Z-(4)- Elizabeth Strout- My Name Is Lucy Barton; Junot Díaz-Drown; J.M. Coetzee- Dusklands; Roger Zelazny A Night in the Lonesome October
Challenge #409formerly Challenge #18B- moved to p. 20 post 955- see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Challenge #18-Failed
Read at least 20 books on the 1001 Children’s Books I Must Read Before I Grow Up List. during 2018:
1.A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh
2. The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
3. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
4. Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
5. Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury
6. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
7. Alfie Gets in First by Shirley Hughes
8. Lotta's Bike by Astrid Lindgren
9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
10. The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner
11. Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
12. Amos & Boris by William Steig
13. Maisy Goes to Preschool by Lucy Cousins
14. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19
15.Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 6/12/20
***COMPLETED *** 8/31/18Challenge #19:
Receive at least three of the RwS quarterly Rewards.
✔Received Most Strategic Reader spot Winter & random B&N gift card.
✔Received Group Read Selection in Spring.
✔Received Group Read Selection in Summer.
***COMPLETED *** 8/31/18Challenge #20:Place in the top 50% of the participants in the Seasonal Reading Challenge OR win one of the contests at least three times during 2018.
✔SRC Winter- ranked 42/187- top 22.5%
✔SRC Spring- ranked44/180- top 24.4%
✔SRC Summer- ranked 56/172= top 32.6%
Word Search Challengesa) (WRC) Monthly Word Search- changes the first of each month. See post # ?? below.
b) My own word search lists See post # ?? below.
c) Misfit Challenge (Word search) See post # ?? below
d) How Many Names Can You Find Challenge. See post # ?? below.
e) Song Title Word Search Challenge. See post # ?? below.
Word Search Challenges RecordsCh. #411- My Word Search#1 12/12/17-2/3/18- 53 days 41 words 1.29 days per word 15 sources= 2.73 words per source. last word?
Ch.#412- My Word Search #2 1/1/18-7/8/18=189 days 31 words=6.1 days per word; 17 sources= 1.82 words per source. last word=tanning
Ch.#413-My Word Search #3
Ch. #414- My Word Search #4
My Word Search #5: 4/1/18 to 9/21/18= 174 days, 28 words=6.2 days per word; 16 sources= 1.75 words per source last word= gels
Challenge #21- WRC Monthly Word Search:December 2018 see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
November 2018 see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
started 11/1/18-completed 12/6/18= 36 days
20 words= 556 words per day 7 sources= 2.86 words per source
last word="You're"
October 2018- see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10/1/18-12/8/18-69 days 20 words= 3.45 days per word or .290 words per day. 7 sources= 2.86 words per source last word= "whoa"
September 2018- see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Completed 10/30/18 60 days last word= hungered
6 sources 3.33 words per source
.333 words per day
August 2018 - see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
completed 8/17/18: 18 days; 20 words; 8 sources; last word= "gonna"
See April 2017 list at
see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
started 4/1/18- finished 10/29/18- last word= cabana.
20 words; 14 sources. 212 days. .094 words per day; 1.42 words per source.
✔February 2017- see post #131 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7/7/18 to 11/2/18: 119 days. Last word="iPad". 20 words. 10 sources. 2 words per source. .168 words per day.
✔January 2017- ***COMPLETED*** 8/11/18 TO 9/18/18
38 days with 5 sources; last word= "happily ever after"
.526 words per day; 4 words per source
see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
July 2018-Completed Untimely
See post #4 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
371 days, 20 words with 6 sources. Last word= "Something's".
18.6 days per word. 3.33 words per source. .054 words per day.
June 2018- See post #17 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Completed 3/8/19-280 days 20 words. Last word="mojo". 5 sources. ,071 words per day. 4 words per source
May 2018-See post #4 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔April 2018- See post 4 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
last word=daydream
started 4/1/18- completed 4/15/18 15 days 6 sources 20 words
1.33 words per day 3.33 words per source
October 2017 see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
12/6/17-8/11/18 last word=aromatherapy 11 sources for 20 words
-WRC-March 2018- (3/1/18-7/7/18)-128 days; 20 words; 13 sources; .156wpd; 1.538wps (jamming) -https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
-WRC_March 2017 (5/1/18- 7/7/18)-67 days; 20 words; 11 sources; .299wpd; 1.818wps; (roommate)-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
WRC May 2017-(3/1/18-4/21/18)-52 days; 20 words; 9 sources; .385wpd; 2.222wps (explosion)-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
-WRC July 2017 (2/1/18-4/21/18)- 79 days; 20 words; 11 sources; .253wpd; 1.818wps; (evacuation)-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
-WRC-Feb 2018- (2/1/18-2/28/18)-28 days; 20 words; 6 sources; last word-"raindrops"; .714wpd; 3.333wps
see-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
-WRC- Jan 2018 (1/1/18-5/9/18) 128 days; 20 words; 9 sources; last word="unsaid"; .156wpd; 2.222wps
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
-WRC-Sept 2017 (12/1/17-1/3/18) 33 days; 20 words; 11 sources; last word="mortality"; .606wpd; 1.818wps
see-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- WRC August 2017 (1/1/18-3/16/18)-74 days; 20 words; 12 sources;last word="interstate"; .270wpd; 1.667wps
see-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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