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Popsugar Reading ChallengeTotal: 50/50
√ 1. A book becoming a movie in 2019--The Woman in the Window
√ 2. A book that makes you nostalgic--The Little White Horse
√ 3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)--The Green Mile
√ 4. A book you think should be turned into a movie--The Monster Baru Cormorant
√ 5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads--The Handmaid's Tale
√ 6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover--The Beauty
√ 7. A reread of a favorite book--The Ocean at the End of the Lane
√ 8. A book about a hobby--Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
√ 9. A book you meant to read in 2018--The Dry
√ 10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title--The Poppy War
√ 11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover--The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter
√ 12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore--Uprooted
√ 13. A book published posthumously--Maurice
√ 14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie--The Neverending Story
√ 15. A retelling of a classic--Miranda and Caliban
√ 16. A book with a question in the title--How Long 'til Black Future Month?
√ 17. A book set on college or university campus--Vita Nostra
√ 18. A book about someone with a superpower--The Fireman
√ 19. A book told from multiple POVs--Everything You Want Me to Be
√ 20. A book set in space--The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
√ 21. A book by two female authors--Us
√ 22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title--The Price of Salt
√ 23. A book set in Scandinavia--The Ice Beneath Her
√ 24. A book that takes place in a single day--No Exit
√ 25. A debut novel--To Kill a Mockingbird
√ 26. A book that's published in 2019--Any Old Diamonds
√ 27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature--Into the Drowning Deep
√ 28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire--Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
√ 29. A book with LOVE in the title--Lovecraft Country
√ 30. A book featuring an amateur detective--Murder at the Vicarage
√ 31. A book about a family--Flame of Sevenwaters
√ 32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America--The Alchemist
√ 33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title--The Scorpio Races
√ 34. A book that includes a wedding--The Heart's Invisible Furies
√ 35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter--The Broken Girls
√ 36. A ghost story--The Little Stranger
√ 37. A book with a two-word title--Come Closer
√ 38. A novel based on a true story--Burial Rites
√ 39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game--The Flanders Panel
√ 40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge (LGBT+ protagonist)--Flight of Magpies
Advanced
√ 41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book--Parable of the Sower
√ 42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book--My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel
√ 43. An "own voices" book--Peter Darling
√ 44. Read a book during the season it is set in (fall)--Night Film
√ 45. A LitRPG book--The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited!
√ 46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters--Illuminae
√ 47. Two books that share the same title--Dead Sea
√ 48. Two books that share the same title--Dead Sea
√ 49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom--Animal Farm
√ 50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent--The Bell
Clear the Shelves ChallengePhysical Books 19/20
1. The Song of Achilles
2. The Three-Body Problem
3. The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter
4. Leviathan Wakes
5. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic
6. The Alienist
7. Winter Tide
8. His Majesty's Dragon
9. Inverted World
10. Tipping the Velvet
11. The Dead Zone
12. Flame of Sevenwaters
13. This Census-Taker
14. The Handmaid's Tale
15. The Running Man
16. Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
17. The Little Stranger
18. The Drowning Girl
19. The Curse of Chalion
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Ebooks 4/5
1. For Real
2. Lion's Pride: The Turbulent History of New Japan Pro Wrestling
3. The Changeling
4. Captive Prince
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Random Travel ChallengeTotal: 2/7
Qatar: The Girl Who Fell to Earth
Uzbekistan: Tamburlaine
Eritrea: I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
Serbia: Impossible Stories I
Angola: The Book of Chameleons
√ Kuwait: Salt Houses
√ Japan: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
January Marathon Challenge4529/4500 pages - complete!
24 in 48January 26-27
18/24 hours - didn't quite make it the full 24 hours, but this was really fun! I intend to try again the next time this challenge happens.
July 20-21
16/24 hours - had less time to dedicate to the challenge this time around, but it was still super fun and productive!
Scale Your TBR Mountain ChallengeTotal: 21/24
January
√ 1. The Core of the Sun: added January 8, 2018 | completed January 26, 2019
√ 2. Sodom Road Exit: added January 3, 2018 | completed January 31, 2019
February
√ 1. Boy, Snow, Bird: added February 8, 2018 | completed February 28, 2019
√ 2. The Road Through the Wall: added February 27, 2018 | completed February 24, 2019
March
√ 1. An Unsuitable Heir: added March 28, 2018 | completed March 2, 2019
√ 2. Winter Tide: added April 30, 2017 (oldest book on TBR) | completed March 31, 2019
April
√ 1. Tipping the Velvet: added April 30, 2017 | completed April 27, 2019
√ 2. His Majesty's Dragon: added April 30, 2017 | completed April 15, 2019
May
√ 1. The Bone Collector | added May 4, 2018 | completed May 27, 2019
√ 2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary | added May 21, 2017 | completed May 17, 2019
June
√ 1. Rag and Bone: added June 7, 2017 | completed June 3, 2019
√ 2. The Forever War: added June 4, 2017 | completed June 23, 2019
July
√ 1. The Bedlam Stacks: added July 10, 2018 | completed July 28, 2019
√ 2. Night's Master: added July 10, 2018 | completed July 29, 2019
August
√ 1. Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone: added August 9, 2018 | completed August 21, 2019
√ 2. Slade House: added August 7, 2018 | completed August 8, 2019
September
√ 1. Salt Magic, Skin Magic: added September 3, 2018 | completed September 23, 2019
√ 2. Every Heart a Doorway: added October 9, 2017 | completed September 20, 2019 (added month after current month)
October
√ 1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: added October 10, 2017 | completed October 6, 2019
√ 2. Night Film: added October 11, 2017 | completed October 26, 2019
November
1. A Gathering of Shadows: added November 15, 2017
2. Captive: added November 25, 2017
December
1. Wild Beauty: added December 4, 2017
√ 2. Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction: added December 6, 2017 | read December 23, 2019
February Shades of Blue ChallengeTotal: 2/2 - complete!
√ 1. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic
√ 2. The Changeling
An Author's WorksTotal: 5/5 - complete!
5 books by Stephen King:
√ 1. The Dead Zone
√ 2. The Running Man
√ 3. Cujo
√ 4. Elevation
√ 5. The Institute
Ongoing Personal Challenge: Read all of King's novels and short story collections
Total: 46/70
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Genre BingoTotal: 10/10 - complete!
√ 1. Science Fiction--Sleeping Giants
√ 2. Fantasy--Norse Mythology
√ 3. Young Adult Fantasy--Down Among the Sticks and Bones
√ 4. Biography--Life Among the Savages
√ 5. Historical Fiction--Wanted, A Gentleman
√ 6. Short Stories or Novella--Waiting for the Flood
√ 7. Fantasy (2)--Hounded
√ 8. Adventure--Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
√ 9. Dystopian--Inverted World
√ 10. Magical Realism--Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
April Feeling Fraternal ChallengeTotal: 2/2 - complete!
√ 1. Middle Child: Read a book that is neither the first nor the last book in a series--Prince's Gambit
√ 2. Sibling Rivalry: Read a book about family discord or competition among siblings--Kings Rising
Reading University ChallengeAssociate Degree
Read 1 book from each core subject (7 books)
Start Date: 4/10/2019
Books Complete: 2/7
√ Science: Blindsight (scifi)
√ Literature: Freshwater (world novel)
History: Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (American history)
Social Sciences: Human Traces (psychology)
Art: Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (art history)
Language: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Indo-European)
Athletics: The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England (cricket)
Decades Challenge 2019Level I = 10 books
Read one (1) book originally published in each year from 2010 to 2019
Duration: January 9, 2019 - February 20, 2020
Total: 10/10 - complete!
√ 2010--Room
√ 2011--Hounded
√ 2012--Widdershins
√ 2013--Joyland
√ 2014--Red Rising
√ 2015--Unnatural
√ 2016--Things We Lost in the Fire
√ 2017--How to Blow It with a Billionaire
√ 2018--Witchmark
√ 2019--The Binding
The Twelve Towers ChallengeDates: 4/16/2019 - 4/16/2024
Slow and Steady: up to 5 years
Total: 7/78
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
1. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
2. The Broken Kingdoms
3. The Kingdom of Gods
4. The Obelisk Gate
5. The Stone Sky
6. The Fifth Season
7. The Landower Legacy
8. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
9. The Serpent's Shadow
10. The Portrait of a Lady
11. The Best Horror of the Year Volume Three
12. Frost & Fire
11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these)
1. Snow White, Blood Red
2. Dragonsinger
3. Archangel
4. The Light Ages
5. The Briar King
6. Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy
7. Twilight Falling
8. Smoke and Shadows
9. Riddle-Master
10. Beneath the Vaulted Hills
11. Lord Foul's Bane
10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose)
√ 1. The Last Days of Jack Sparks
2. Truth in the Dark
3. In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper
√ 4. Red Sister
5. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
6. Rose Madder
7. The Well of Ascension
√ 8. Glitterland
9. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
10. The Three Musketeers
9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
1. Dust
2. Shift
3. The Girl Who Played with Fire
4. Hannibal
5. The White Road
6. Casket of Souls
7. Treasure
8. Wolves
9. Best Served Cold
8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case.
√ 1. The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
2. Semley's Necklace
3. Nine Lives
4. Mazes
5. The First Contact with the Gorgonids
6. The Shobies' Story
7. Betrayals
8. The Matter of Seggri
(all from The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin)
7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
1. The Catcher in the Rye
2. The Lovely Bones
3. The Giver
4. The Time Traveler's Wife
5. Beloved
6. Little Women
7. The Pillars of the Earth
6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
1. Proper English
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3. The Dragon Republic
4. Exhalation: Stories
5. How to Belong with a Billionaire
6. The Starless Sea
5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads
√ 1. The Cruel Prince
2. Two Boys Kissing
√ 3. Strange Grace
4. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
√ 5. All Systems Red
4 books that you started but never finished
1. The Shadow of the Wind
2. The Silmarillion
3. Jane Eyre
4. Kraken
3 books that you've already read before
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2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
1. Elantris
2. Shards of Honour
1 book that intimidates you
1. Moby-Dick, or, the Whale
June In the Name of Fashion ChallengeTotal: 5/5 - complete!
√ S - Spectred Isle ★★★★
√ A - Akata Witch ★★★
√ R - The Raven Tower ★★★
√ A - Animals Eat Each Other ★★★★
√ H - Hex ★
Clearing Out the TBR Closet ChallengeTotal: 2/7
√ 1. The Curse of Chalion
√ 2. The Drowning Girl
3. Lost Souls
4. Promise of Blood
5. As Meat Loves Salt
6. Dragons of Autumn Twilight
7. The Dead Path
Pick Your Poison ChallengeDuration: 5/15/2019 - 5/15/2020
How To Play: You build a chain of 12 books by linking the first letter of an author's last name to the first letter of the first name of the next author.
Total: 6/12
√ 1. Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
√ 2. This Census-Taker by China Miéville
√ 3. Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
4. The Dark Half by Stephen King
√ 5. The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards
√ 6. The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
7. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
8. The Imago Sequence and Other Stories by Laird Barron
9. Sip by Brian Allen Carr
10. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
11. The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
√ 12. The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson
Summer 2019 Read-A-PaloozaWeekly Goal: 1000 pages
June 1 - 7: 1285 pages
June 8 - 14: 1098 pages
June 15 - 21: 1330 pages
June 22 - 28: 1290 pages
Total: 5003 pages
June 29 - July 5: 352 pages
July 6 - 12: 1020 pages
July 13 - 19: 1100 pages
July 20 - 26: 1665 pages
Total: 4137 pages
July 27 - August 2: 1841 pages
August 3 - 9: 1574 pages
August 10 - 16: 1310 pages
August 17 - 23: 1050 pages
August 24 - 31: 1851 pages
Total: 7626 pages
Grand Total: 16,766 pages
Moldy Books ChallengeThe Challenge
Commit to delete x number of books from your TBR. We ask that you commit to at least 100, since this is a no-deadline challenge. Go to random.org and generate a true random number with the conditions Min: 1 and Max: 500. Read a book from your TBR that satisfies the corresponding task. Rinse and repeat until you reach your committed number.
The Catch
The book HAS to have been on your TBR for a year or longer AND the books have to be read in order!
Start date: June 12, 2019
Total: 1/100
√ 1. 136. Title has more than six words--After the People Lights Have Gone Off | added 10/19/2017 | completed 7/16/2019
2. 109. Title starts with R (ignore A, An and The)--The Rabbit Back Literature Society | added 10/11/2017
3. 94. Title starts with C (ignore A, An and The)
4. 386. Book has a rating of >4.0
5. 292. Book whose protagonist is a celebrity of some kind (real or fictional)
6. 18. Author's last name begins with an R
7. 20. Author's last name begins with a T
8. 194. Book published in the 19th century
9. 72. Author's last name has only 3 letters
10. 67. Author's last name has double letters (like benioFF)
11. 84. Author is Scandinavian
12. 291. Book whose protagonist is a sportsperson (professional or amateur)
13. 396. Book about politics or with a politician character
14. 106. Title starts with O (ignore A, An and The)
15. 150. Title contains a question word
16. 382. Cover contains books
17. 423. Book you own
18. 476. Title is of the form The _____ who _____
19. 137. Title has a cardinal number written as numbers (1, 2, 3 not One, Two, Three)
20. 221. Total pages contains a 1
21. 254. Book that has been translated from another language
22. 121. Title begins with a four letter word
23. 173. Book #1-#20 on your TBR
24. 52. Author's first name begins with a Z
25. 238. Book from a finished series
26. 400. Book set on an island
27. 311. Cover is mostly yellow
28. 244. Book with "SCIENCE FICTION" genre in the main page
29. 357. Cover is mostly pastel color
30. 180. Book >#300 on your TBR
31. 77.Author's first or last name has a metal in it
32. 164. Title contains the word LOVE
33. 45. Author's first name begins with an S
34. 233. Book with >600p
35. 170. Title has a subtitle
36. 441. Book with a person of color protagonist
37. 283. Book whose protagonist is a first responder
38. 455. Plot contains three generations of the same family
39. 228. Total pages contains a 8
40. 449. Book written by an author with a pseudonym
41. 154. Title has an adjective
42. 218. Book added to your TBR in November
43. 339. Cover contains a silhouette
44. 315. Book title is written in red
45. 418. Longest book on your TBR
46. 397. Espionage book
47. 144. Title contains only two or less than two different vowels
48. 264. Book set in Australia
49. 103. Title starts with L (ignore A, An and The)
50. 181. Book published the year you joined Goodreads
51. 488. Cover contains a famous landmark
52. 436. Cover with an item of clothing
53. 282. Book whose protagonist works a blue collar job
54. 398. Blurb promises "Love and Betrayal"
55. 306. Cover is mostly blue
56. 102. Title starts with K (ignore A, An and The)
57. 342. Title and Author are in different colors
58. 60. Author is related to another author (explain how)
59. 179. Book #201-#300 on your TBR
60. 376. Cover has something that makes you happy
61. 73. Author was born in the same country as you (tell us where)
62. 125. Title has a celestial body in it (sun, moon, star, etc.)
63. 294. Book set in summer
64. 474. Fairy tale retelling or spinoff
65. 69. Author has passed away
66. 81. Author is Native American
67. 388. Book was on the NYT Bestsellers List at any time
68. 295. Book set in fall
69. 391. Book that someone you know has liked
70. 113. Title starts with V (ignore A, An and The)
71. 249. Book with "YOUNG ADULT" genre in the main page
72. 365. Cover shows an obvious nighttime scene
73. 53. Author's first and last name start with the same letter
74. 280. Book set in a location beginning with a vowel
75. 297. Title contains a season word
76. 90. Author's name has an unusual spelling of a common name
77. 310. Cover is mostly off-white or ivory
78. 36. Author's first name begins with a J
79. 232. Book with 401p - 600p
80. 208. Book added to your TBR in January
81. 117. Title starts with Z (ignore A, An and The)
82. 59. Author is a celebrity known for something other than writing books
83. 369. Cover contains a fence, gate or door
84. 478. Cover contains a fantastic creature
85. 259. Book set in the Middle East
86. 126. Title has a body of water in it
87. 447. Short story collection
88. 480. Book whose protagonist is rich
89. 370. Cover has a repeating pattern
90. 230. Short book (100p - 200p)
91. 359. Title contains a month
92. 322. Cover contains a large body of water
93. 326. Cover contains fruit or vegetable
94. 434. Book whose protagonist is a dressmaker or works with clothes in some fashion
95. 210. Book added to your TBR in March
96. 401. Book set on the sea/ship
97. 472. Southern literature
98. 351. Cover has a triangle shape
99. 307. Cover is mostly purple
100. 110. Title starts with S (ignore A, An and The)
July Independent Reading ChallengeTotal: 2/2 - complete!
√ 1. In the Country of Last Things ★★★
√ 2. I'm Thinking of Ending Things ★★★★
Monochromatic Cover ChallengeDuration: July 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
We will use 10 base colors for this challenge (red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, black, pink, gray). You will find books with different shades of the base color, depending on your level. In order to count, the shade used must be >40% of the cover. Each shade must be different. Tineye
Level: Amateur - 5 shades per base color (50 books) - 18 months
Total: 32/50
Red:
1. Come Closer Dark Red (Red) - 47.4%
2. Something Wicked This Way Comes Red Orange (Red) - 55.7%
3. The Chestnut Man Fire Engine Red (Red) - 67.7%
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Yellow:
1. Slade House Gold Tips (Yellow) - 65.1%
2. Hamilton: The Revolution Sidecar (Yellow) - 69.4%
3. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Shalimar (Yellow) - 74.5%
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Blue:
1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Midnight Express (Blue) - 51.4%
2. The Drowning Girl Tangaroa (Blue) - 90.7%
3. The City & the City Polo Blue (Blue) - 75.9%
4. Cat's Cradle Iris Blue (Blue) - 75.5%
5. No Exit Denim (Blue) - 42.6%
Green:
1. The Last Days of Jack Sparks Niagara (Green) - 40.4%
2. This Census-Taker Gumbo (Green) - 41.5%
3. Penguins and Mortal Peril Light Sea Green (Green) - 45.9%
4. The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal Woodrush (Green) - 77.4%
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Purple:
1. The Bedlam Stacks Jacksons Purple (Violet) - 54.9%
2. A Clockwork Orange Dark Magenta (Violet) - 64.3%
3. How to Blow It with a Billionaire Blackcurrant (Violet) - 65.8%
4. Strange Grace Valentino (Violet) - 77.9%
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Brown:
1. The Scorpio Races Pueblo (Brown) - 53.5%
2. Us Roman Coffee (Brown) - 47.7%
3. The Girls in the Garden Onion (Brown) - 51.5%
4. Unnatural Stark White (Brown) - 70.4%
5. Save the Date Wood Bark (Brown) - 61.0%
Black:
1. I'm Thinking of Ending Things Nero (Black) - 71.4%
2. How to Bang a Billionaire Black (Black) - 61.7%
3. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Black Pearl (Black) - 48.4 %
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Gray:
1. The Wonder Bokara Grey (Grey) 81.4%
2. After the People Lights Have Gone Off Bunker (Grey) 61.6%
3. Blindsight Black Russian (Grey) 83.4%
4. Faithful Place Mercury (Grey) 75.1%
5. Dark Harvest Makara (Grey) 50.8%
2019/2020 READING ROULETTEDuration: Jul 01, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
High Roller: Read a designated book every two weeks.
Total complete: 0/26
BL/HR: Jul 13, 2019: Read the FIFTH book on your TBR with a celestial body on the cover | Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
HR: Jul 27, 2019: Read the SEVENTH book on your TBR with a verb ending with -ing in its title | Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
BL/HR: Aug 10, 2019: Read the FIRST book on your TBR whose cover shows an object that sparkles or shines (show us the cover). Ignore the gold and silver award seals. | The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
HR: Aug 24, 2019: Read the TENTH book on your TBR whose cover is at least 50% blue (any shade, show us the cover). | Stolen Magic by M.J. Putney
BL/HR: Sep 7, 2019: Read the THIRD book on your TBR whose author uses a middle initial (just the initial, not a middle name). | Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen E. Ambrose
HR: Sep 21, 2019: Read the SECOND book on your TBR whose title starts with a K. (Ignore A, An and The). | The Keep by Jennifer Egan
BL/HR: Oct 5, 2019: Read the TWELFTH book on your TBR whose title is printed in ALL CAPS. (post the cover). | The Spirit Lens by Carol Berg
HR: Oct 19, 2019: Read the SEVENTH book on your TBR with a two word title. (all words count) | Twilight Falling by Paul S. Kemp
BL/HR: Nov 2, 2019: Read the FIRST book on your TBR in which a word in the title/subtitle ends with the letter L. (In subtitles, ignore A Novel. Everything else counts). | The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
HR: Nov 16, 2019: Read the FIRST book on your TBR that shows shoes/footwear on the cover. (the shoes may be worn or by themselves, they just need to be clearly visible. Show the cover). | The White Road by Lynn Flewelling
BL/HR: Nov 30, 2019: Read the FOURTH book on your TBR whose title/subtitle contains a female name. | Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
HR: Dec 14, 2019: Read the FIRST book on your TBR whose author’s first name begins with an I. | The Light Ages by Ian R. MacLeod
BL/HR: Dec 28, 2019: Read the LAST book on your TBR that was first published in 2006. | The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
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Around the Year 2019Total: 35/26 - complete!
√ 1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy--Six Wakes (nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards, scifi)
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)--What She Knew
3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y--Dark Force Rising
√ 4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc)--The Eyre Affair
5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare--Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
√ 6. A book with a dual timeline--A Taste of Honey
√ 7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1--Something Wicked This Way Comes
√ 8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2--Dark Harvest (both October-set horror)
√ 9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)--The Girls in the Garden
√ 10. A book featuring an historical figure--Hamilton: The Revolution
√ 11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)--Penguins and Mortal Peril
√ 12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer--If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
√ 13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list--Spinning Silver
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term--Full Dark, No Stars
√ 15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country--Find Me
√ 16. A book told from multiple perspectives--Save the Date
√ 17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)--Jackdaw
√ 18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements--Tin Man
√ 19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR--How to Bang a Billionaire
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country--Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
√ 21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes--The Twenty Days of Turin (a book that's sad, depressing, devastating or dark)
√ 22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover--Four Ever
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old--The Mysterious Affair at Styles
√ 24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New--Heated Rivalry
√ 25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed--Silver in the Wood
√ 26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue--The City & the City
√ 27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list--In Cold Blood
28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)--The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and Survival in the High Arctic
29. A book published before 1950--The King of Elfland's Daughter
√ 30. A book featuring an elderly character--Passing Strange
31. A children’s classic you’ve never read--The Little Prince
√ 32. A book with more than 500 pages--The Chestnut Man
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet--The Family Trade
√ 34. A book with a person's name in the title--The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal
√ 35. A psychological thriller--The Silent Patient
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list--A Face Like Glass
37. A book set in a school or university--Magic for Liars
√ 38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)--Gender Queer
39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
√ 40. A book you stumbled upon--The Iliac Crest
√ 41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards--The Order of Time
√ 42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character--The Alienist
43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]--The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
√ 44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)--The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories (True Detective)
45. A multi-generational saga--Pachinko
√ 46. A book with a (mostly) black cover--The End of the Sentence
√ 47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)--A Clockwork Orange
48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year--Arctic Dreams
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country--The Dark Forest
√ 50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)--Beneath the Sugar Sky
√ 51. A book published in 2019--Wilder Girls
√ 52. A book with a weird or intriguing title--The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
August Karma's a Beach ChallengeTotal: 2/2 - complete!
√ 1. On the water Read a book that occurs on the ocean--Shadow Divers
√ 2. Beach Read Read a book that has been listed either by Goodreads, Amazon, or some other book contributor as a good beach read--Faithful Place (on list Beach Reads - Mysteries & Thrillers)
September Harvesting Knowledge ChallengeTotal: 2/2 - complete!
√ 1. Geography Lesson Read a book set in a country you know little about--Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
√ 2. Teacher Knows Best - Read a book written by a professor--The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
October Trick or Treat ChallengeTotal: 2/2 - complete!
√ 1. Sleep With The Lights On - Read a horror story or thriller--The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
√ 2. Mad Genius - Choose a story about an intelligent individual who is up to no good or a science experiment gone wrong--The Institute
November Veteran Authors ChallengeTotal: 2/2 - complete!
√ 1. Prolific writers: Read works of fiction or nonfiction by an author who's published at least 3 books over a ten-year period--Provoked
√ 2. The Masters: read classic books that have gone down in history as "must reads."--The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
December Countdown to 2020 ChallengeTotal: 2/2 - complete!
√ 1. Read a book that involves "counting" something or "counting on" someone--The Perfect Nanny
√ 2. Read a book that includes a person who is employed in a numbers-heavy or STEM profession (e.g., accounting, statistics, finance, etc.)--Cat's Cradle
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Little White Horse (other topics)The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (other topics)
No Exit (other topics)
No Exit (other topics)
Tin Man (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Michael Pollan (other topics)Lynn Flewelling (other topics)
Stephen King (other topics)
Ian R. MacLeod (other topics)
Ian Mortimer (other topics)
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Year-Long Challenges
Clear the Shelves: 23/25 books
Scale Your TBR Mountain: 21/24 books
Random Travel Challenge: 2/7 books
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet: 2/7 books
Pick Your Poison Challenge: 6/12 books
Monochromatic Cover Challenge: 32/50 books
Popsugar Reading Challenge: 50/50 books - complete!
An Author's Works: 5/5 books - complete!
Decades Challenge 2019: 10/10 books - complete!
Genre Bingo: 10/10 books - complete!
Around the Year 2019: 35/26 books (started in July, so my personal goal is to read for half the prompts) - complete!
Month-Long Challenges
January Marathon Challenge: 4500 pages - complete!
February Shades of Blue Challenge: 2 books - complete!
Mysterious March Challenge: 2 books - complete!
April Feeling Fraternal Challenge: 2 books - complete!
May Hidden Treasures Challenge: 2 books - complete!
June In the Name of Fashion Challenge: 5 books - complete!
July Independent Reading Challenge: 2 books - complete!
August Karma's a Beach Challenge: 2 books - complete!
September Harvesting Knowledge Challenge: 2 books - complete!
October Trick or Treat Challenge: 2 books - complete!
November Veteran Authors Challenge: 2 books - complete!
December Countdown to 2020 Challenge: 2 books - complete!
Multi-Year Challenges
The Twelve Towers Challenge: 7/78 books (five years)
Reading University Challenge: 2/7 books (no time limit)
Moldy Books Challenge: 1/100 books (no time limit)
Readathons and Games
√ 24 in 48: January 26-27 & July 20-21
√ Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon: April 6, August 2, & October 26
√ Summer 2019 Read-A-Palooza: June 1 - August 31
√ TCF Book Bingo: Starts June 4 | Winner called August 11
√ Seasonal Reading Challenge - Summer 2019: June 1 - August 31
√ Seasonal Reading Challenge - Fall 2019: September 1 - November 30
√ Around the World Team Challenge: Starts August 12
√ The Floor is Lava: August 12 - October 7
√ Clean(er) Slate Challenge: October 1 – December 31, 2019
√ Tower Teams VII: October 7 - December 16
2019/2020 Reading Roulette: Started July 1
Seasonal Reading Challenge - Winter 2019: December 1 - February 29