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Starting my January reads!
Goal: 6000 pages. 15 books
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Total Pages Read: 7013 pp
Books Finished: 24
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General Fiction >100 pages:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
Year-long Reading Challenge Group ChallengePart 1: Read a book from ONE of the monthly genre choice listed below:
✔January: General Fiction (Novels at least 100 pages long)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
February: Plays, Poetry, Romance
March: Mystery, Suspense
✔April: Western, Humour, Adventure
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
May: Female Authors
June: Fantasy, Graphic Novels
✔July: Children's, YA
Rieden Reece and the Scroll of Life: Mystery, Adventure and a Thirteen-Year-Old Hero’s Journey.
August: Memoirs, Biography, Travel
September: Science Fiction, Dystopia
October: Supernatural, Thriller, Horror
November: Historical Fiction, Non-fiction (any topic)
December: Classics and Short Stories
Part 2:
January
✔1. Read a book by an author new to you
Dungeons and Drama
2. Read a book with a one-word title
February
1. Read a book that has the name of a family member in the title: mother, father, son, daughter, husband, wife, etc.
✔2. Read a book with a two-word title
Five Fortunes
March
✔1. Read a book where the main character's name, first or last, starts with "M"
Without Merit
2. Read a book with the name of a flower, plant, fruit or vegetable in the title or with a green cover
April
✔1. Read a book where the author's first or last name starts with the same letter as your first name
Wages of War, Elle Beaumont
✔2. Read a book with a four-word title
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
May
1. Read a book with the name of a female character in the title
2. Read a book by a female author new to you
June
1. Read a book set in the country, state or province where you were born
✔2. Read any book in a series
Delivering Evil for Experts
July
1. Read a book whose author's name, first or last, starts with "J" or "U"
2. Read a book set in the country, state or province where you live now.
Give yourself extra credit if it's set in the same city!
August
1. Read a book set in a place you would like to visit or revisit
2. Read a book whose title starts with "A" or "An"
September
1. Read a book with an orange, red, yellow or brown cover
2. Read a book set in a place, real or imaginary, that starts with "S"
October
1. Read a book whose title starts with "O"
2. Read a book set on a farm, in the country, in a small town or in the wilderness
November
1. Read a book about war-fiction or non-fiction
2. Read a book with a five or more word title, subtitles count
December
1. Read any book for the first time
2. Reread any book
The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here.Completed: 60/100
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Starting my February reads!
Goal: 5000 pages. 15 books
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Total Pages Read: 6601 pp, 4:35:34
Books Finished: 22
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Plays, Poetry, Romance:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
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Starting my March reads!
Goal: 5000 pages. 15 books
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Total Pages Read: 5006 pp
Books Finished: 13
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Mystery, Suspense, Thrillers:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
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Starting my April reads!
Goal: 5000 pages. 12 books
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Total Pages Read: 5560 pp + Sandman Act III
Books Finished: 13
✔
Western, Humor, Adventure
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
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Starting my May reads!
Goal: 5000 pages. 12 books
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Total Pages Read: 6538 pp
Books Finished: 19
✔
Female Authors
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
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Starting my June reads!
Goal: 5000 pages. 12 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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June 1-8:
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands, pp 185-342 = 157 pp ✔
Oye, pp 1-336 = 336 pp ✔
Hearts That Cut, pp 161-336 = 170 pp ✔
Educated, pp 1-352 = 352 pp ✔
Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit, pp 1-100 = 100 pp
🌺daily tally: 1115 pp
June 9-15:
Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit, pp 100-304 = 204 pp ✔
The Bone Witch, pp 1-432 = 432 pp ✔
It Waits in the Forest, pp 1-384 = 384 pp ✔
A Haunted Girl, pp 1-132 = 132 pp ✔
Assassin: Rise of the Geist: The Book of Bawb 3, pp 1-423 = 423 pp ✔
Wild About You, pp 1-96 = 96 pp
Gideon the Ninth, pp 1-263 = 263 pp
🌺daily tally: 1934 pp
June 16-23:
Wild About You, pp 96-384 = 288 pp ✔
Everything We Never Said, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
Dark Reflections: A Nile Ghost Story, pp 1-266 = 266 pp ✔
Gideon the Ninth, pp 263-479 = 216 pp ✔
Wild Ground, pp 1-39 = 39 pp
The Riddle-Master of Hed, pp 1-53 = 53 pp
🌺daily tally: 1182 pp
June 24-30:
Wild Ground, pp 39-432 = 393 pp ✔
The Riddle-Master of Hed, pp 53-229 = 176 pp ✔
Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate, pp 1-336 = 336 pp ✔
Heir of Sea and Fire, pp 1-19 = 19 pp
🌺daily tally: 924 pp
Total Pages Read: 5155 pp
Books Finished: 16
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Fantasy, Graphic Novels
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
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Starting my July reads!
Goal: 5000 pages. 12 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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July 1-10:
Dog Man and Cat Kid, pp 1-256 = 256 pp ✔
Heir of Sea and Fire, pp 19-215 = 196 pp ✔
Amal Unbound, pp 1-240 = 240 pp ✔
Ladykiller, pp 1-368 = 368 pp ✔
Murder, Mayhem, and Macarons **Complete**, episodes 1-23 =23 episodes ✔
Cave of Legends, pp 1-139 = 139 pp ✔
Harpist in the Wind, pp 1-272 = 272 pp ✔
🏖️daily tally: 1471 pp
July 11-20:
Rieden Reece and the Water World, pp 1-269 = 269 pp ✔
James, pp 1-304 = 304 pp ✔
Silly Boobies: A Love Story, pp 1-48 = 48 pp ✔
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation, pp 1-192 = 192 pp ✔
Benvolio & Mercutio Turn Back Time, pp 1-314 = 314 pp ✔
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, pp 1-185 = 185 pp
Red Winter: The Complete Trilogy, 1-362 = 362 pp
🏖️daily tally: 1674 pp
July 21-31:
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, pp 185-352 = 167 pp ✔
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen, pp 1-222 = 222 pp ✔
Dashed, pp 1-176 = 176 pp
Red Winter: The Complete Trilogy, 362-851 = 489 pp
🏖️daily tally: 1054 pp
Total Pages Read: 4199 pp
Books Finished: 16 (includes first two books of Red Winter)
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Children's/YA
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
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Starting my August reads!
Goal: 3000 pages. 10 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Dragon Lost: Warrior Hearts Academy
Other Books:
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August 1-10:
Dashed, pp 176-320 = 144 pp ✔
Assassin: Dragon Mage: The Book of Bawb 4, pp 1-464 = 464 pp ✔
Red Winter: The Complete Trilogy, 851-1156 = 305 pp ✔
Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos, pp 1-68 = 68 pp
The Light Pirate, pp 1-107 = 107 pp
🏖️daily tally: 1088 pp
August 11-20:
Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos, pp 68-400 = 332 pp ✔
The Light Pirate, pp 107-357 = 250 pp ✔
Nexus Nine: A Tri-Galactic Trek Novel, pp 1-192 = 192 pp ✔
The Vanishing Girl, pp 1-125 = 125 pp ✔
Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch, pp 1-304 = 304 pp ✔
Stay True: A Memoir, pp 1-200 = 200 pp
The Seventh Veil of Salome, pp 1-15 = 15 pp
🏖️daily tally: 1418 pp
August 21-31:
Stay True: A Memoir, pp 200-312 = 112 pp ✔
The Patron Saint of Second Chances, pp 1-305 = 305 pp ✔
The Shadows, pp 1-273 = 273 pp ✔
The Seventh Veil of Salome, pp 15-336 = 321 pp ✔
Spellbound, pp 1-304 = 304 pp ✔
Our Shouts Echo, pp 1-154 = 154 pp
🏖️daily tally: 1469 pp
Total Pages Read: 3975 pp
Books Finished: 13
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Memoirs, Biographies, Travel:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
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Starting my September reads!
Goal: 3000 pages. 10 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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September 1-10:
Our Shouts Echo, pp 154-416 = 262 pp ✔
The Story of Arthur Truluv, pp 1-241 = 241 pp ✔
Warrior Hearts Academy: Dragon Lost, pp 1-500 = 500 pp ✔
How America Works... and Why it Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the US Political System, pp 1-150 = 150 pp
Warrior Hearts Academy: Dragon Trap, 1-200 = 200 pp
🍁daily tally: 1353 pp
September 11-20:
How America Works... and Why it Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the US Political System, pp 150-224 = 74 pp ✔
Warrior Hearts Academy: Dragon Trap, 200-405 = 205 pp ✔
Warrior Hearts Academy: Dragon Rule, 1-568 = 568 pp ✔
We Are Legion (We Are Bob), pp 1-383 = 383 pp ✔
🍁daily tally: 1229 pp
September 21-30:
For We Are Many, pp 1-384 = 384 pp ✔
The King's Jewels, pp 1-362 = 362 pp ✔
The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice, pp 1-25 = 25 pp
All These Worlds, pp 1-100 = 100 pp
🍁daily tally: 871 pp
Total Pages Read: 3453 pp
Books Finished: 9
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Science Fiction/Dystopia:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues:
ARCs:
Spanish Language:
Other:
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Starting my October reads!
Goal: 3000 pages. 10 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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October 1-11:
All These Worlds, pp 100-336 = 236 pp ✔
A Wolf Called Wander, pp 1-255 = 255 pp ✔
Commander Annie and Other Adventures, pp 1-220 = 220 pp ✔
Bad Luck Charlie, pp 1-392 = 392 pp ✔
The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice, pp 25-90 = 65 pp
🐈⬛daily tally: 1168 pp
October 12-21:
The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice, pp 90-192 = 102 pp ✔
Space Pirate Charlie, pp 1-406 = 406 pp ✔
Dragon King Charlie, pp 1-378 = 378 pp ✔
Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy, pp 1-224 = 224 pp ✔
The Ghost of Marlow House, pp 1-160 = 160 pp
Sacrificial Animals, pp 1-87 = 87 pp
🐈⬛daily tally: 1357 pp
October 22-31:
The Ghost of Marlow House, pp 160-260 = 100 pp ✔
The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds, pp 1-286 = 286 pp ✔
From Wonderland, With Love, pp 1-268 = 268 pp ✔
Sacrificial Animals, pp 87-336 = 249 pp ✔
The Ghost Who Wasn't, pp 1-287 = 287 pp ✔
The Ghost Who Wanted Revenge, pp 1-25 = 25 pp
Potions and Proposals, pp 1-88 = 88 pp
🐈⬛daily tally: 1303 pp
Total Pages Read: 3828 pp
Books Finished: 13
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Supernatural, Thriller, Horror:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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Starting my November reads!
Goal: 3000 pages. 10 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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November 1-10:
The Ghost Who Wanted Revenge, pp 25-266 = 241 pp ✔
The Ending Fire, pp 1-512 = 512 pp ✔
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story, pp 1-253 = 253 pp ✔
The Dollhouse, pp 1-182 = 182 pp ✔
Potions and Proposals, pp 88-440 = 352 pp ✔
A Sunny Place for Shady People, pp 1-114 = 114 pp
🍁daily tally: 1654 pp
November 11-20:
A Sunny Place for Shady People, pp 114-272 = 158 pp ✔
Piranesi, pp 1-272 = 272 pp ✔
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, pp 1-269 = 269 pp ✔
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, pp 1-288 = 288 pp ✔
The Murder on the Links, pp 1-240 = 240 pp ✔
Fall for Him, pp 1-373 pp ✔
🍁daily tally: 1600 pp
November 21-30:
When the World Tips Over, pp 1-528 = 528 pp ✔
Patriot: A Memoir, pp 1-308 = 308 pp
Blackheart Man, pp 1-88 = 88 pp
Hot Chocolate for the Unicorn and Other Flights of Fancy, pp 1-21 = 21 pp
🍁daily tally: 945 pp
Total Pages Read: 4199 pp
Books Finished: 12
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Historical Fiction, Non-fiction:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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Starting my December reads!
Goal: 3000 pages. 10 books
TBR (will likely change and morph, as usual):
ARCS:
Other Books:
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December 1-10:
The Thirteenth Child, pp 1-512 = 512 pp ✔
Into the Uncut Grass, pp 1-128 = 128 pp ✔
Patriot: A Memoir, pp 308-496 = 188 pp ✔
Morning Sun in Wuhan, pp 1-256 = 256 pp ✔
Suggested Reading, pp 1-304 = 304 pp ✔
Hot Chocolate for the Unicorn and Other Flights of Fancy, pp 21-298 = 277 pp ✔
❄️daily tally: 1665 pp
December 11-20:
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated, pp 1-320 = 320 pp ✔
Blackheart Man, pp 88-384 = 296 pp ✔
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, pp 1-159 = 159 pp
The Crimson Crown, pp 1-54 = 54 pp
Not for the Faint of Heart, pp 1-200 = 200 pp
❄️daily tally: 1029 pp
December 21-31:
Not for the Faint of Heart, pp 200-400 = 200 pp ✔
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, pp 159-256 = 97 pp ✔
The Tainted Cup, pp 1-432 = 432 pp ✔
Rivers of London, pp 1-396 = 396 pp ✔
The Christmas Pig, pp 1-333 = 333 pp ✔
The Answer Is No, pp 1-68 = 68 pp ✔
The Crimson Crown, pp 54-272 = 218 pp
❄️daily tally: 1744 pp
Total Pages Read: 4438 pp
Books Finished: 14
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Classics and Short Stories:
Culture, LGBTQ+, Social Justice/Racial Issues and Politics:
ARCs:
Other:
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2019 Total, July-Dec: 69,294, 214 books
July: 42 books, 12,963 pp
August: 48 books, 14,758 pp
September: 30 books, 10416 pp
October: 25 books, 9499 pp
November: 26 books, 8864 pp
December: 43 books, 12794 pp
2020 Total: 176,008, 524 books
January: 51 books, 14,713 pp
February: 37 books, 11918 pp
March: 32 books, 14,810 pp
April:50 books, 16,207 pp
May: 56 books, 18,374 pp
June: 53 books, 15617 pp
July: 42 books, 16913 pp
August: 44 books, 15088 pp
September: 43 books, 14281 pp
October: 35 books, 11997 pp
November: 25 books, 9888 pp
December: 56 books, 16202 pp
2021 Total: 162,347 pp, 431 books
January: 39 books, 15,066 pp
February: 29 books, 11,671 pp
March: 33 books, 12,828 pp
April: 26 books, 12,070 pp
May: 32 books, 11,187 pp
June: 43 books, 15,466 pp
July: 51 books, 17,867 pp
August: 42 books, 15,985 pp
September: 34 books, 12,976 pp
October: 36 books, 13857 pp
November: 23 books, 9148 pp
December: 43, 14226 pp
2022 Total: 157,642 pp, 434 books
January: 34 books, 11,932 pp
February: 39, 13,699 pp
March: 42, 14,661 pp
April: 37, 13,109 pp
May: 35, 12,648 pp
June: 47, 16,225 pp
July: 47, 17,377 pp
August: 33, 13,329 pp
September: 29, 11,514 pp, 1 hr 29 min
October: 34, 12,215 pp
November: 28, 10,892 pp
December: 29, 10,041 pp
2023 Total: 117,123 pp, 332 books
January: 29, 10640 pp
February: 21, 8712 pp
March: 32, 10331 pp
April: 33, 12370 pp
May: 40, 14069 pp + 6.5 hours
June: 36, 13837 pp
July: 39, 11841 pp
August: 23, 7144 pp
September: 21, 6622 pp
October: 15, 7101 pp
November: 19, 6391 pp
December: 24, 8065 pp
2024 Total: 60,519 pp, 184 books, Sandman Act III
January: 7013 pp, 24 books
February: 6601 pp, 22 books, 4:35:34
March: 5560 pp, 13 books + Sandman Act III
April: 5560 pp, 13 books + Sandman Act III
May: 6538 pp, 19 books
June: 5155 pp, 16 books
July: 4199 pp, 16 books
August: 3975 pp, 13 books
September: 3453 pp, 9 books
October: 3828 pp, 13 books
November: 4199 pp, 12 books
December: 4438 pp, 14 books