2025 Reading Challenge discussion

100 is my goal for the Goodreads site, so I'll use it here! I hope I posted this correctly.

completed 100/100

OK, this is my first time to do a challenge in this group, so I'm just gonna follow along with what I see other people do! (And I'm not including individual short stories or novellas, just full length books.) Added later -- Well a couple of novellas ended up here, because they were required by some challenges. Oh well!

Books 1-25 (25/25)

1. Diane D (The Musical Drama) by Doris Miller
2. The Axeman of New Orleans by Miriam C Davis
3. Ashenden: The British Agent by W Somerset Maugham
4. Cover Her Face by P D James
5. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography by Agatha Christie
6. The Crime of the Congo by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
7. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
8. Again the Three by Edgar Wallace
9. The Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene
10. The Great Airport Mystery by Franklin Dixon
11. Arrest the Bishop? by Winifred Peck
12. A Mind to Murder by P D James
13. Miss Mephistopheles by Fergus Hume
14. After the Facts: An After Coffman Mystery by Vincent M Lutterbie
15. Crime for Christmas by Richard Dalby
16. Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
17. What Happened at Midnight by Franklin Dixon
18. Star Over Bethlehem: Poems and Holiday Stories by Agatha Christie
19. The People of the River by Edgar Wallace
20. Wyoming Territory by David V Hesse
21. Dangerous Dana by Doris Miller
22. Death in Captivity (AKA The Danger Within) by Michael Gilbert
23. Unnatural Causes by P D James

... Up to this point I had already finished them in 2020 before I joined this challenge. From here on I will put the date finished.

24. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame - finished 3/12/20
25. The Year of Miracle: a Tale of the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred by Fergus Hume - finished 3/17/20

Books 26-50 (25/25)
26. The Land of Mist by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - finished 3/18/20
27. The River of Stars by Edgar Wallace - finished 3/19/20
28. The Girl Who Wasn't There (Nancy Drew graphic novel #4) by Stefan Petrucha & Sho Murase - finished 3/22/20
29. Black Pioneers of Science & Invention by Louis Haber - finished 4/1/20
30. King Kong original screenplay by Edgar Wallace - finished 4/1/20
31. Songs of the Road by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - finished 4/4/20
32. Loose Lips by Rita Mae Brown - finished 4/4/20
33. The Stillmeadow Road by Gladys Taber - finished 4/5/20
34. A Chinese Western Not a Chinaman's Chance in Chico - finished 4/6/20
35. The Draycott Murder Mystery by Molly Thynne - finished 4/7/20
36. The Maracot Deep by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - finished 4/8/20
37. A Potted History of the Anglo-Saxon Kings by Gerry McGyver - finished 4/9/20
38. Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott (AKA Agatha Christie) - finished 4/11/20
39. Deception Point by Dan Brown - finished 4/13/20
40. Footprints Under the Window by Franklin Dixon - finished 4/14/20
41. Medea: A Delphic Woman Novel by Kerry Greenwood - finished 4/15/20
42. Death by Rhubarb by Lou Jane Temple - finished 4/16/20
43. The Orchard Secret by Cleo Garis - finished 4/18/20
44. The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters - finished 4/20/20
45. Heads or Hearts by Paul Johnston - finished 4/21/20
46. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown - finished 4/23/20
47. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - finished 4/24/20
48. How to Overcome Emotional Eating by Jeff Kuh - finished 4/25/20
49. Satan's Lullaby by Priscilla Royal - finished 4/27/20
50. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - finished 4/29/20

Books 51-75 (25/25)
51. The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Tales of Pirates by Sir Arthur Conan Dolye - finished 5/2/20
52. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis - finished 5/3/20
53. Daisy and Bernard by Nick Aaron - finished 5/4/20
54. Troubled Sea by Jinx Schwartz - finished 5/4/20
55. The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts - finished 5/5/20
56. Between the Tides by Michael Graeme - finished 5/8/20
57. Metamorphoses by Ovid (Golding translation) - finished 5/9/20
58. Artistic License by Julie A Hyzy - finished 5/10/20
59. Eve's Island AKA The Island of Galloping Gold AKA Captain Tatham of Tatham Island by Edgar Wallace - finished 5/11/20
60. The Black Tower by P D James - finished 5/12/20
61. The Five by Hallie Rubenhold - finished 5/12/20
62. Bum Steer by Nancy Pickard - finished 5/15/20
63. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie - finished 5/18/20
64. The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Texas by Ron Franscell - finished 5/20/20
65. Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham - finished 5/22/20
66. The Witch Elm by Tana French - finished 5/23/20
67. File No. 113 by Emile Gaboriau - finished 5/23/20
68. Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh - finished 5/26/20
69. The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw - finished 5/27/20
70. Dracula by Bram Stoker - finished 5/29/20
71. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - finished 6/1/20
72. The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner - finished 6/3/20
73. Murder at Midnight by Elliott Roosevelt - finished 6/6/20
74. Death of an Expert Witness by P D James - finished 6/7/20
75. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley - finished 6/10/20

Books 76-100 (25/25)
76. Memories and Adventures by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - finished 6/18/20
77. The Skeletons of Birkbury by Diana J Febry - finished 6/20/20
78. The Mystery of a Motor Cab by Fergus Hume - finished 6/21/20
79. The Jury Master by Robert Dugoni - finished 6/26/20
80. The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley - finished 6/26/20
81. The Diviners by Libba Bray - finished 6/28/20
82. Helen of Sparta by Amalia Carosella - finished 7/1/20
83. Disclosing the Past by Mary Leakey - finished 7/2/20
84. The Man Who Was Thursday by G K Chesterton - finished 7/3/20
85. Eternity Ring by Patricia Wentworth - finished 7/3/20
86. Death Comes to Pemberley by P D James - finished 7/4/20
87. Tamam Shud by Kerry Greenwood - finished 7/5/20
88. Gringa: The Beast of Mexico by Eve Rabi - finished 7/6/20
89. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote - finished 7/7/20
90. A Taste for Death by P D James - finished 7/8/20
91. The Ghosts of Varner Creek by Michael Weems - finished 7/9/20
92. Fell Murder by E C R Lorac - finished 7/10/20
93. Mother Knows Best by Netta Newbound - finished 7/11/20
94. The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara - finished 7/12/20
95. Let Loose the Dogs by Maureen Jennings - finished 7/12/20
96. A Plain Death by Amanda Flowers - finished 7/13/20
97. Solomon Islanders in World War II: An Indigenous Perspective by Anna Annie Kwai - finished 7/14/20
98. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie - finished 7/14/20
99. The Unkindest Cut by Honor Hartman - finished 7/15/20
100. Above Suspicion by Joe Sharkey - finished 7/16/20

100/100 complete

extra after completing the challenge:
101. The Endurance by Caroline Alexander - finished 7/17/20
102. Some Girls: My Life in a Haren by Jillian Lauren - finished 7/17/20
103. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin - finished 7/18/20
104. The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria - finished 7/19/20
105. Death of an Idiot Boss by Janice Croom - finished 7/20/20
106. Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture by Jo Anne Van Tilburg - finished 7/21/20
107. Travels in a Thin Country by Sara Wheeler - finished 7/22/20
108. Death of a Hollow Man by Caroline Graham - finished 7/23/20
109. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J K Rowling - finished 7/24/20
110. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada, translated by Shika & Ross MacKenzie - finished 7/25/20
111. A Dead Red Cadillac by R P Dahlke - finished 7/26/20
112. Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell - finished 7/27/20
113. Justine by Marquis de Sade - finished 7/28/20
114. Brunswick Gardens by Anne Perry - finished 7/29/20
115. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis - finished 7/30/20
116. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich - finished 7/31/20
117. The White House Pantry Murder by Elliott Roosevelt - finished 8/1/20
118. Nothing Venture by Patricia Wentworth - finished 8/2/20
119. African Rice Heart by Emily Star Wilkens - finished 8/3/20
120. Murder Past Due by Miranda James - finished 8/4/20
121. Adrift on St. John by Rebecca M. Hale - finished 8/5/20
122. Wounding Words by Evelyne Accad - finished 8/6/20
123. At the Bar with a Friend by M L Mathobela - finished 8/7/20
124. When the Lamb Hunts by Oma Didi - finished 8/8/20
125. Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh - finished 8/9/20
126. Devices and Desires by P.D. James - finished 8/10/20
127. 10:04 by Ben Lerner - finished 8/11/20
128. Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon - finished 8/12/20
129. An English Girl In Japan by Ella M. Hart Bennett - finished 8/13/20
130. One Hundred Days of Solitude: Losing Myself and Finding Grace on a Zen Retreat by Jane Dobisz - finished 8/14/20
131. A Dream of Red Mansions 3 volume set by Xueqin Cao - finished 8/15/20
132. Almaty-Transit by Dana Mazur - finished 8/16/20
133. The Nine Mile Walk: The Nicky Welt Stories by Harry Kemelman - finished 8/17/20
134. Stone's Gems and Murder by Cheryl F. Taylor - finished 8/18/20
135. A Dead Red Heart by R.P. Dahlke - finished 8/19/20
136. End of an Ancient Mariner by G.D.H. Cole and Margaret Cole - finished 8/20/20
137. Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer - finished 8/21/20
138. Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood - finished 8/22/20
139. Down and Out in Kathmandu by Jennifer S. Alderson - finished 8/23/20
140. Murder at the Library of Congress by Margaret Truman - finished 8/24/20
141. Deadly Heat by Richard Castle - finished 8/25/20
142. The Black Carnation by Fergus Hume - finished 8/26/20
143. The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun - finished 8/27/20
144. Stay-Behinds: True Encounters with the World Beyond by Hans Holzer - finished 8/28/20
145. The Secret Panel by Franklin W. Dixon - finished 8/29/20
146. Rumpole at Christmas by John Mortimer - finished 8/30/20
147. Seven Days Dead by John Farrow - finished 8/31/20
148. The Hunt Ball by Rita Mae Brown - finished 9/1/20
149. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol - finished 9/2/20
150. Hope's Peak by Tony Healey - finished 9/3/20
151. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie - finished 9/4/20
152. The Coldstone by Patricia Wentworth - finished 9/5/20
153. The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham - finished 9/6/20
154. Murdered Caregiver Found In St Pancras by Norman Mushnick - finished 9/7/20
155. The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood, by T. Bewick by Aesop, edited by Thomas Bewick - finished 9/8/20
156. Original Sin by P.D. James - finished 9/9/20
157. Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart - finished 9/10/20
158. Quiet Killing by Morgan James - finished 9/11/20
159. 3 Sleuths, 2 Dogs, 1 Murder by Maggie Pill - finished 9/12/20
160. Taking the Fall by Laney Monday - finished 9/13/20
161. April At The Antique Alley by Bill McGrath - finished 9/14/20
162. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride - finished 9/15/20
163. Killed Once, Lived Twice by Gary Michael Whitmore - finished 9/16/20
164. But I Wouldn't Want to Die There by Nancy Pickard - finished 9/17/20
165.Afoot on St. Croix by Rebecca M. Hale - finished 9/18/20
166. Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer - finished 9/19/20
167. The Christie Caper by Carolyn G. Hart - finished 9/20/20
168. The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason - finished 9/21/20
169. White Flock by An[author:Sax Rohmerna Akhmatova|99703] - finished 9/22/20
170. A Marriage of Inconvenience by Janet Louise Roberts - finished 9/22/20
171. Halloween House by Bob Freeman & Greg Mitchell - finished 9/23/20
172. Oblomov by Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov - finished 9/24/20
173. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer - finished 9/25/20
174. The Death of a King by Paul Doherty - finished 9/26/20
175. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - finished 9/27/20
176. A Stroke of Genius by Gina Wilkins - finished 9/28/20
177. What Happens in the Alps...by T.A. Williams - finished 9/29/20
178. Haunted Spouse by Heather Allison - finished 9/30/20
179. The Clue by Carolyn Wells - finished 10/1/20
180. Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac - finished 10/2/20
181. LTF: A satirical romance. Or romantic satire. I dunno. by MaryJanice Davidson - finished 10/3/20
182. Buttons and Foes by Dolores Johnson - finished 10/4/20
183. Miss Polly had a Dolly by Willow Rose - finished 10/5/20
184. A Dead Red Alibi by R.P. Dahlke - finished 10/6/20
185. Where She Went by Gayle Forman - finished 10/9/20
186. A Certain Justice by P.D. James - finished 10/10/20
187. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan - finished 10/11/20
188. Rescued By A Kiss by Colleen Mooney - finished 10/12/20
189. Fair Wind, Fiery Star by Carole Nelson Douglas - finished 10/13/20
190. The Original Miss Honeyford by Marion Chesney AKA M C Beaton - finished 10/14/20
191. The True Ghost Stories Archive: Volume 1: 50 Weird and Scary Tales by Elisabeth Busch - finished 10/15/20
192. The Case of Oscar Slater - by Arthur Conan Doyle - finished 10/16/20
193. Good Morning, Irene by Carole Nelson Douglas - finished 10/17/20
194. The Marriage of Meggotta by Edith Pargeter AKA Ellis Peters - finished 10/19/20
195. Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondō - finished 10/20/20
196. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich - finished 10/21/20
197. Death by Station Wagon by Jon Katz - finished 10/24/20
198. The Haunting of Brynn Wilder by Wendy Webb - finished 10/25/20
cont. on message #18

Updated my Message #2

sorry -- I'm still trying to learn the rules of the group.

I've finished 25/100

Hello Carol!
Looks like you are making terrific progress toward your 2020 reading challenge goal of 100 books!
You are, in fact, quite a bit ahead at this point. Nice!

I see you read a lot of mystery novels! Mysteries are also my favorite genre, especially historical mysteries!
May you enjoy your 2020 reading journey!

oshizu wrote: "Hello Carol!
Looks like you are making terrific progress toward your 2020 reading challenge goal of 100 books!
You are, in fact, quite a bit ahead at this point. Nice!

I see you read a lot of myst..."

I read tons of mysteries, especially those written by golden age authors. Agatha Christie, Edgar Wallace, & Fergus Hume are my 3 favorites. I usually set my goal at 100 and go over, which is OK by me! This is the first time I've gotten involved in the various challenges and I'm enjoying them. I especially want to broaden my reading out into other genres.

Thanks for your reply and stay safe!

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100/100 books completed

Yes, I've completed my challenge and have a long way to go before the year ends. I know I'll read a lot more books, but I don't want to increase my challenge. I'll just stick with this and continue to list the books I've read here.

continuation of message #5:
199. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney - finished 10/30/20
200. The Adventures Of Heine: A collection of short stories by Edgar Wallace - finished 10/31/20
201. Murder, She Meowed by Rita Mae Brown - finished 11/1/20
202. The Green House by Dan Lawton - finished 11/2/20
203. For the Love of a God by Rosanna Leo - finished 11/3/20
204. The Solar System by Sunil Tanna - finished 11/4/20
205. The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters - finished 11/5/20
206. Wayward Paths and Golden Handcuffs by S.J. Thomason - finished 11/6/20
207. The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey - finished 11/7/20
208. The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard - finished 11/8/20
209. The Granite Key by N.S. Wikarski - finished 11/10/20
210. Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James - finished 11/11/20
211. Robin Hood: English Outlaw by Richard Denham - finished 11/12/20
212. Nine Lives to Die by Rita Mae Brown - finished 11/14/20
213. Satan's Fire by Paul Doherty - finished 11/16/20
214. Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - finished 11/17/20
215. The Clue in the Diary by Carolyn Keene - finished 11/19/20
216. Self-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson - finished 11/20/20
217. The Red Hell of Jupiter by Paul Ernst - finished 11/21/20

Short Stories:
1. His Name was Ted Maize by Mike Bozart - 11 pages - finished 10/7/20
2. A Mighty Mysterious Moo by Vinod Modha (not a short story, but a very short children's book) - 18 pages - finished 10/8/20
3. Sherlock Holmes on Cape Cod by Bill Russo - 31 pages - finished 10/18/20
4. The Cabman's Story The Mysteries of a London 'Growler' by Arthur Conan Doyle - 8 pages - finished 10/22/20
5. Under Fire by Edgar Wallace - 7 pages - finished 10/23/20
6. Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Clothes-Line by Carolyn Wells - 20 pages - finished 10/26/20
7. The Re-echo Club by Carolyn Wells - 32 pages - finished 10/27/20
8. The Rainbow Camellia by Fergus Hume - 10 pages - finished 10/28/20
9. Fortunate in Fortuna - a pSecret pSociety pshort pstory by Mike Bozart - 6 pages - finished 10/30/20
10. Malice by Angel Berry - 33 pages - finished 11/9/20
11. The Habitant by Edgar Wallace - finished 11/13/20
12. Turning Out a Tommy by Edgar Wallace - finished 11/15/20
13. The Bunker by Mike Bozart - finished 11/18/20
14. The Watertown Nightmare by Corey Turner - finished 11/22/20
15. Ritual Woman by Ugochukwu Kingsley Ani - finished 11/23/20

books from 218. until end of year & short stories from 15. until end of year will be posted only on my member's page.