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Libby's attempt at reading 80+ books
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GENRE BINGO CHALLENGE
Progress: 14/25
B1- Novella: Of Mice and Men COMPLETED: Oct 5 - 3.5 stars
B2 - Memoir: Buck: A Memoir
B3 - Fairy Tales or Retellings: The Princess Bride COMPLETED: Aug 30 - 3.5 stars
B4 - YA Fantasy: The Looking Glass Wars
B5 - Paranormal: The Taking of Jake Livingston COMPLETED: Sept 24 - 3 stars
I1 - True Crime: Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
I2 - Horror: Mexican Gothic - COMPLETED: Jan 23 - 3 stars
I3 - Coming of Age: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
I4 - Tragedy:
I5 - Graphic Novel: Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future - COMPLETED: Jan 17- 2.5 stars
N1 - Young Adult: Happily Ever Afters - COMPLETED: March 12 - 3 stars
N2 - Chick Lit
N3 - Magical Realism: A Trip to the Stars
N4 - Mental Health: Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story COMPLETED: July 1 - 4 stars
N5 - Science Non-Fiction: The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine COMPLETED: Sept 3 - 4.5 stars
G1 -Historical Non-Fiction:
G2 - Mystery or Thriller: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
G3 -Romance: The Wedding Date - COMPLETED: Feb 26 - 2 stars
G4 - Satire: Slaughterhouse-Five
G5 - Fantasy: A Court of Wings and Ruin COMPLETED: July 14 - 4 stars
O1 - Literary Fiction
O2 - Science Fiction: Binti - COMPLETED: Sept 19 - 2 stars
O3 - Children's Literature: Sulwe - COMPLETED: Feb 26 - 4 stars
O4 - Classics: Fences - COMPLETED: Aug 12 - 4 stars
O5 - Mythology: Tales From The Odyssey, Volume 1: The One-Eyed Giant / The Land of the Dead - COMPLETED: Dec 26 - 3 stars
GLOBAL VOICES
Voices From Around The World
Progress: 4/10
1. African: Homegoing
2. Asian: Confessions
3. Caribbean: A Brief History of Seven Killings
4. Indigenous: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian COMPLETED: Sept 28 - 3 stars
5. Latin American: Like Water for Chocolate
6. Middle Eastern: Sea Prayer COMPLETED: Aug 8 - 3 stars
7. Oceanic: The Light Between Oceans
8. From a Dependent Territory (e.g., Puerto Rican) or State with Limited Recognition (e.g., Palestinian): The Poet X
9. Immigrant, Refugee, Migrant, or Asylum-Seeker:The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America - COMPLETED: Feb 3 - 4 stars
10. Black or Multiracial: The Darkest Child - COMPLETED: Sept 5 - 4 stars
SERIAL READER 10/20
Series I will start this year
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Series I started before and will continue
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Series I will start and finish this year
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4.Drums of Autumn
5.The Fiery Cross
6.A Breath of Snow and Ashes
7.An Echo in the Bone
8.Written in My Own Heart's Blood
1.Mistress of the Art of Death
2.The Serpent's Tale
3.Grave Goods
4.A Murderous Procession
5.Death and the Maiden
12+4 Reading Challenge (from a different group)
4/12
1.The Red Tent
2.A Thousand Splendid Suns - COMPLETED: Aug 13 - 4 stars
3. The Scarlet Letter
4.The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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6.Mistress of the Art of Death
7. Different Seasons - COMPLETED: Jan 26 - 3 stars
8.Black Boy
9.Their Eyes Were Watching God - COMPLETED: Aug 5 - 3 stars
10.The Secret Life of Bees
11.The Girl on the Train - COMPLETED: Oct 8 - 3 stars
12.All the Bright Places
Alternatives
1.The Humans
2.In Cold Blood
3.Pride and Prejudice
4.The Crimson Petal and the White
NON-FICTION BOOKS (a personal challenge; I made a list of 31 different non-fiction genres and chose 15 through a random number generator)Progress: 9/15
1. BIOGRAPHY (music/actor/entertainer)
She Memes Well: Essays COMPLETED: Aug 5 - 3 stars
2. BIOGRAPHY (historical figure)
3. TRUE CRIME
The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade
COMPLETED: July 19 - 3 stars
4. RELIGION
5. MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations COMPLETED: Sept 26 - 3 stars
6. HUMOUR/COMEDY
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl - COMPLETED: Mar 1 - 2 stars
7. SOCIAL ISSUES (race)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City- COMPLETED: June 30 - 5 stars
8. ECONOMICS The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man - COMPLETED: Dec 28 - 4 stars
9. MUSIC
10. MENTAL HEALTH The Man Who Couldn't Stop COMPLETED: Nov 1 - 3 stars
11. PHILOSOPHY
12. NEUROSCIENCE
13. INTERNET & SOCIAL MEDIA
14. POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY/PROPAGANDA
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them COMPLETED: Oct 9 - 4 stars
15. *Free Choice* (a book from any genre)
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence - COMPLETED: Aug 23 - 4 stars
FREE BOOKS (extra books I end up reading that don't fall under any of the above challenges)1. Gokushufudo: The Way of House Husband 1 - COMPLETED: Jan 19 - 4 stars
2. A Court of Mist and Fury - COMPLETED: Feb 6 - 4.5 stars
3.Gokushufudo: The Way of House Husband 2 - COMPLETED: Feb 20 - 3 stars
4. Black Lagoon, Vol. 1 - COMPLETED: March 5 - 2 stars
5. BEASTARS, Vol. 3 - COMPLETED: March 30 - 4 stars
6. Sleepless, Vol. 1 - COMPLETED: April 3 - 3 stars
7. Sleepless, Vol. 2 - COMPLETED: April 13 - 3 stars
8. Frankenstein - COMPLETED: May 10 - 3 stars
9. When Stars Are Scattered - COMPLETED: July 3 - 3.5 stars
10. In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories: Reillustrated Edition - COMPLETED: July 14 - 3 stars
11. BEASTARS 4 - COMPLETED: July 20 - 5 stars
12. Fierce Heroines: Inspiring Female Characters in Pop Culture - COMPLETED: July 25 - 3 stars
13. BEASTARS 5 - COMPLETED: July 26 - 4 stars
14. Don't Touch My Hair! - COMPLETED: Aug 17 - 4 stars
15. Nana Akua Goes to School - COMPLETED: Aug 26 - 3 stars
16.Africville - COMPLETED: Aug 30 - 4 stars
17. I Am Not a Number - COMPLETED: Sept 12 - 4 stars
18. The Undefeated - COMPLETED: Sept 12 - 4 stars
I hope you go beyond your 80 book resolution! Best of Luck!
Blagica wrote: "I hope you go beyond your 80 book resolution! Best of Luck!"
Thank you! :)
Lisa wrote: "Good luck, Libby!"Thanks! :D
Finished reading A Court of Thorns and Roses and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets this week :). I did a super short review of the latter and plan to write one for ACOTARI also decided to DNF More Than You Can Chew
January Recap1.Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future
2.A Court of Thorns and Roses
3.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4.Different Seasons
5.Gokushufudo: The Way of House Husband 1
6. Mexican Gothic
Favourite reads for this month would have to be ACOTAR and The Way of the House Husband. I've written reviews for them :)
Side note: hopefully I read a little more for February. My focus will be on romance novels and books by and/or about Black figures in history
February Recap 1. A Court of Mist and Fury
2. The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 2
3.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America
5.The Wedding Date
6.Sulwe
My favourite books for this month would be Sulwe and ACOMF. I didn't end of reading books on historical black figures for Black History Month but I was able to read from a quite a few black authors (there was a good amount of black writers in The Good Immigrant).
Hoping for the month of March I read a little bit more but of course I'll try not to place too much pressure on myself.
March Recap 1.BEASTARS, Vol. 3
2. Black Lagoon, Vol. 1
3. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
4.Outlander
5.Happily Ever Afters
For this month, the books I enjoyed the most were Outlander and Beastars (volume 3). I'm a big fan of the Outlander TV series (haven't started season 5 yet!) and I was really excited to get into the books. The Outlander reddit group often recommend the audiobooks and I'm glad I followed their suggestion. The narrator was great and I enjoyed her way of telling the story.
For Beastars volume 3, I've written a review already so if anyone is interested to read my thoughts you can check it out.
This month was pretty busy for me (work) which affected my motivation to read more. I really wanted to try to surpass the amount of books I read for the past two months but 5 books in a busy season of time for me is good enough!
April Recap Sleepless, Vol. 1
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sleepless, Vol. 2
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
May Recap Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've been in a pretty bad reading slump for the past couple months. I slowly trying to get back into the swing of things and stay motivated with continuing this challenge.
June Recap Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
This book was great and eye-opening. I learned a lot and would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about the housing crisis in Milwaukee (a lot of the problems can apply to other American cities)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
July Recap 1. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story
2. When Stars Are Scattered
3. In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories: Reillustrated Edition
4. BEASTARS 4
5. Fierce Heroines: Inspiring Female Characters in Pop Culture
6. BEASTARS 5
7. Dragonfly in Amber
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September Recap 1. The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine
2. The Darkest Child
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
4. I Am Not a Number
5. The Undefeated
6. Binti
7. The Taking of Jake Livingston
8.Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations
9.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
October Recap 1.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2.Of Mice and Men
3.The Girl on the Train
4.How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
5.Voyager
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (other topics)The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (other topics)
The Man Who Couldn't Stop (other topics)
Tales From The Odyssey, Volume 1: The One-Eyed Giant / The Land of the Dead (other topics)
Tales From The Odyssey, Volume 1: The One-Eyed Giant / The Land of the Dead (other topics)
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FAVOURITE BOOKS
DNF (Did Not Finish)
More Than You Can Chew
The Wind and the Willows
Bizarre Romance