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message 1: by Leticia (last edited Dec 17, 2021 10:30AM) (new)

Dec 03, 2021 12:49AM

Last Year's personal thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....

Challenges I want to participate:

CLEAR THE SHELVES 2022
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

A-Z CHALLENGE - Authors
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

BOOKWORMS TAKE SHELFIES
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

SERIAL READER
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

TBR Jar - 2022
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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message 2: by Leticia (last edited Dec 25, 2022 09:02AM) (new)

Dec 03, 2021 12:54AM

I'm in with 100 books!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

CLEAR THE SHELVES 2022

Goal: 35 Audiobooks, 20 Physical Books, 30 E-books, 15 NetGalley ARCs

Done: 57 Audiobooks (48 storytel + 4 Audible + 6 Libby)
+ 29 Ebooks + 6 Graphic Novels + 12 ARCs + 6 Physical = 111 Books in all formats

Audiobooks Storytel: 54/30

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6. - DNF
7. - DNF
8. - DNF- not counting this.
9. - 5 stars!
10.- 3 stars
11.- 4 stars
12.- 3 stars
13. - 4 stars
14. - 4 stars
15. - 4 stars
16. - DNF
17. - 4 stars
18. - 5 stars!
19. - 4 stars
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21. - Libby
22. - 5 stars!
23. - 3 stars
24. - 5 stars!
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Audiobooks Audible 10/5:

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Libby 10/10:

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Ebooks: 37/30!
Graphic Novels do not count towards this challenge.

1. - 5 stars!
2. - 5 stars!
3. - 5 stars!
4. - 3 stars.
5. - 5 stars!
6. - 5 stars!
7. - 4 stars
8. - short story 4 stars
9. - DNF
10.- 3 stars
11. - 4 stars
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13. - 5 stars!
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Graphic Novels (not physical) 12/10:

1. - 5 stars!
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NetGalley ARCs: 14/15
Graphic Novels count towards this challenge.

1. - 4
2. - 3
3. - 5 stars!
4. - 3
5. - 3,5
6. - 4
7. - 5 stars!
8. - 2
9. - 3
10. - 2
11. - 4
12. - 3
13. - 5
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Physical Books: 10 /20
Rereads don't count towards this challenge. Graphic Novels count.

1. - 5 stars!
2. - 3 stars
3. - 4 stars
4. - 5 stars!
5. - 3 stars
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message 3: by Leticia (last edited Dec 25, 2022 09:04AM) (new)

Dec 03, 2021 01:19AM

BOOKWORMS TAKE SHELFIES

It's all about the shelves:

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message 4: by Leticia (last edited Jul 15, 2023 09:33AM) (new)

Dec 05, 2021 01:03AM

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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

A to Z Authors

✔️A - Joe Abercrombie The Blade Itself

B - R.J. Barker Age of Assassins

C- Cora Carmack Roar

D - Juliet Dark The Water Witch

E- Nicholas Eames Kings of the Wyld

F- Raymond E. Feist Daughter of the Empire

G- Max Gladstone Three Parts Dead

H -Nathaniel Hawthorne Rappaccini's Daughter

I - Emmi Itäranta The City of Woven Streets

J - N.K. Jemisin The Fifth Season

K - Amie Kaufman Obsidio

L - D.H. Lawrence The Plumed Serpent

M - Michael Mammay Planetside

N -Annalee Newitz Autonomous

O - Nnedi Okorafor The Night Masquerade

✔️P -Elizabeth Marie Pope The Perilous Gard

Q - Eça de Queirós O Mandarim

✔️R - William Ritter Jackaby

✔️S - R.A. Salvatore Homeland

✔️T - Adrian Tchaikovsky Guns of the Dawn

U - The Absconded Ambassador by Michael R. Underwood

V - Erico Verissimo Incidente em Antares

X-?

W-Jo Walton The Just City

Y - Suzanne Young The Program

Z - Roger Zelazny A Night in the Lonesome October

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message 5: by Leticia (last edited Dec 25, 2022 09:11AM) (new)

Dec 05, 2021 01:06AM

A to Z Title

Note: I won't read all these books, I just put different options to allow some flexibility in what I pick.

A
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B
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Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore

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Homeland (Forgotten Realms The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1) by R.A. Salvatore

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Stars and Bones (Stars and Bones, #1) by Gareth L. Powell

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0, nada!

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0, nada!

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message 6: by Darlene (new)

Dec 12, 2021 05:46AM

Out of your list, I would highly recommend reading "Dark Prince" by Christine Feehan. I've read over 20 of her books... Excellent writer if you love gothic romance. Enjoy all the books you'll read.

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message 7: by Leticia (last edited Dec 15, 2022 11:40AM) (new)

Dec 12, 2021 10:52PM

TBR Jar - 2022

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm in with 20 books.

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.

2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.

The Hand of the Sun King (Pact and Pattern, #1) by J.T. Greathouse

3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.

The Starfarers Quartet (Starfarers #1-4) by Vonda N. McIntyre

- 1403 pages

4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.

Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

- 48 pages

✔️5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
1973 -

The Science Fiction Hallof Fame, Vol. 2-B by Ben Bova

1977-

✔️1972-

6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.

7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
3.98-

Beauty and the Clockwork Beast (Steampunk Proper Romance, #1) by Nancy Campbell Allen

The Night Watch (Watch, #1) by Sergei Lukyanenko

✔️8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.

The Expert System's Brother (Expert System, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.

✔️10. Read a book with a cover you love.

✔️11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.

The Tiger and the Wolf (Echoes of the Fall, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.

13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.

14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
#132 -

The Naked Sun (Robot, #2) by Isaac Asimov

✔️15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.

16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).

17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.

Estranhos no Paraíso by Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro

18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.

19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.

20. Read a book that you own.

21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.

22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.

23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.

24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.

✔️25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
Romance-

26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.

27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.

✔️28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
Awards:

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

✔️30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
March - Wish Upon a Star - read books you believe will make you happy-

✔️31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.

Escaping Exodus (Escaping Exodus, #1) by Nicky Drayden

✔️32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

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message 8: by Leticia (last edited Dec 25, 2022 09:17AM) (new)

Dec 17, 2021 10:30AM

SERIAL READER
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I read 30 books for this challenge.

I started 21 series this year. (21 books) ✔️
I will finish 4 series I have started before this year. (10 books)✔️
I will read 2 series from start to finish this year. (6 books)
I will read 6 books that are part of a series. (6 books)

My total number of books is

Start:

1.✔️Unsouled
2.✔️The Ninth Rain and sequels
3. ✔️Paladin's Grace
4. ✔️The House of Shattered Wings
5.✔️Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1
6.✔️Escaping Exodus
7.✔️ The Expert System's Brother
8.✔️Trading in Danger
9. ✔️The Fractured Void
10.✔️The Grace of Kings
11.✔️The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
12.✔️Half a Soul
13.✔️Too Like the Lightning
14.✔️Akata Witch
15. ✔️The Queen's Gambit
16.✔️The Magic of Recluce
17. ✔️Mickey7
18. ✔️Lord Valentine's Castle
19.✔️A Psalm for the Wild-Built
20.✔️A Curse So Dark and Lonely
21. ✔️Homeland

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Continue:
12+2+2+7+2+ 1

1.✔️The Vorkosigan Saga Reading Order - 13
https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/...

✔️The Vor Game
✔️Cetaganda
✔️Ethan of Athos
✔️Brothers in Arms
✔️Mirror Dance
✔️Memory
✔️Komarr
✔️A Civil Campaign
✔️Winterfair Gifts
✔️Diplomatic Immunity
✔️CryoBurn
✔️Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
✔️The Flowers of Vashnoi

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2. The Stormlight Archive - 2

✔️The Way of Kings, (read before 2022)
✔️Words of Radiance, (read before 2022)
✔️Edgedancer, (read before 2022)
✔️Oathbringer, (read before 2022)
✔️Dawnshard
✔️Rhythm of War

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3. Skyward - 2
✔️Skyward, (read before 2022)
✔️Starsight, (read before 2022)
✔️Sunreach, (read before 2022)
✔️ReDawn, (read before 2022)
✔️Cytonic,
✔️Evershore
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4. SpyxFamily - 7

✔️1. Spy×Family, Vol. 1
✔️2. SPY×FAMILY 2
✔️3. Spy×Family 3
✔️4. Spy×Family 4
✔️5.Spy×Family 5
✔️6.Spy×Family 6
✔️7. Spy×Family 7
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Courtney Crumrin - 2
✔️Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things
✔️Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics
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The Winternight Trilogy
✔️The Bear and the Nightingale (read before 2022)
✔️The Girl in the Tower

The Bone Season
✔️The Dawn Chorus
✔️The Mask Falling

Universe of Xuya Series
✔️Seven of Infinities
✔️The Citadel of Weeping Pearls
✔️The Tea Master and the Detective
✔️On a Red Station, Drifting
✔️Tea and Murder

✔️Lore Olympus
Lore Olympus: Volume One
Lore Olympus: Volume Two
Lore Olympus: Volume Three

Other Series Books:

✔️Nyxia Unleashed
✔️The Dreaming Void
✔️Of Light and Darkness
✔️Of Blood and Magic
✔️The Empress of Salt and Fortune
✔️Fool Moon
✔️Sweep of the Blade
✔️Ruby Fever

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Finish:
1+3+4+2+4= 14

✔️The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, (read before 2022)
✔️European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, (read before 2022)
✔️The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

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✔️Legion
✔️Skin Deep
✔️Lies of the Beholder

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✔️Vampire Book Club
1. The Vampire Book Club
2. Chapter and Curse
3. A Spelling Mistake
4. A Poisonous Review

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The Wonder Engine
Clockwork Boys

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✔️Lady Helen -4
The Dark Days Club
Lusus Naturae: A Lord Carlston Story
The Dark Days Pact
The Dark Days Deceit
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✔️The Final Architecture #1
Shards of Earth
Eyes of the Void

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