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2020 Reading Challenge Roundup - Failed

Tobe Buffenbarger

Perpetual Books
Goal 20/30 Books 66.7%

  1. The Hunger by Alma Katsu (1/17/20)

  2. Wither by Lauren DeStefano (1/18/20)

  3. Kindred by Octavia Butler (3/6/20)

  4. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (3/26/20)

  5. How to Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran (3/27/20)

  6. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (5/7/20)

  7. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (5/8/20)

  8. Asylum by Madeleine Roux (6/7/20)

  9. The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs (7/10/20)

  10. The Witches are Coming by Lindy West (7/29/20)

  11. Delirium by Lauren Oliver (8/21/20)

  12. The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov (8/22/20)

  13. The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov (8/30/20)

  14. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt (8/2/20)

  15. Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt (8/16/20)

  16. Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt (8/29/20)

  17. Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt (9/2/20)

  18. Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt (9/30/20)

  19. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (10/18/20)

  20. The Troop by Nick Cutter (11/17/20)

UnRead Shelf
Goal 30/50 Books 60%

  1. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell (1/21/20)

  2. Lady Mechanika La Dama de la Muerte (1/29/20)

  3. Lady Mechanika Vol. 4 (1/30/20)

  4. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (2/7/20)

  5. The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London (2/14/20)

  6. The Revenge of Lord Eberlin by Julia London (2/28/20)

  7. The Seduction of Lady X by Julia London (3/30/20)

  8. Well Met by Jen DeLuca (3/28/20)

  9. 1776 by David McCullough (4/14/20)

  10. All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace (4/22/20)

  11. Things in Jars by Jess Kidd (5/6/20)

  12. The Confessions of a Duchess by Nicola Cornick (5/13/20)

  13. Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin (5/16/20)

  14. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (5/17/20)

  15. The Scandals of an Innocent by Nicola Cornick (5/27/20)

  16. The Undoing of a Lady by Nicola Cornick (5/29/20)

  17. Whisper of Scandal by Nicola Cornick (6/5/20)

  18. Asylum by Madeleine Roux (6/7/20)

  19. The Library of Legends by Janie Chang (6/17/20)

  20. Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore (6/18/20)

  21. The Paris Hours by Alex George (6/26/20)

  22. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (7/8/20)

  23. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (7/17/20)

  24. Across the Universe by Beth Revis (7/20/20)

  25. Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt (8/2/20)

  26. The End of October by Lawrence Wright (8/14/20)

  27. Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt (8/16/20)

  28. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (8/19/20)

  29. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (9/29/20)

  30. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab (12/2/20)

Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading
Goal 13/20 Books 65%

  1. Beach Read by Emily Henry (8/9/20)

  2. Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner (10/21/20)

  3. The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (6/16/20)

  4. Clad When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (7/12/20)

  5. Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon

  6. The End of October by Lawrence Wright (8/14/20)

  7. Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

  8. The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

  9. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (10/23/20)

  10. I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman

  11. I’d Give Anything by Marisa de los Santos (6/28/20)

  12. The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner (9/26/20)

  13. Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

  14. Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

  15. Lovely War by Julie Berry (10/16/20)

  16. Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel

  17. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (7/17/20)

  18. Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler (8/4/20)

  19. Sea Wife by Amity Gaige

  20. Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles

  21. Strike Me Down by Mindy Mejia

  22. The Switch by Beth O’Leary

  23. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

  24. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

  25. Throw Like a Girl by Sarah Henning

  26. Tweet Cute by Emma Lord (7/22/20)

  27. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

  28. Writers and Lovers by Lily KIng

Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Previous Years
Goal 3/20 Books 15%

  1. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  2. Beartown by Fredrik Backman

  3. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

  4. Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

  5. Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini

  6. The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

  7. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

  8. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman

  9. The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

  10. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

  11. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

  12. Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson

  13. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

  14. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

  15. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

  16. Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

  17. Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane (6/22/20)

  18. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

  19. I was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon

  20. First Impressions by Charlie Lovett

  21. The Giver by Lois Lowry

  22. The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin

  23. Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson

  24. Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

  25. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

  26. Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

  27. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

  28. One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

  29. Honeymoon in Paris by Jojo Moyes

  30. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

  31. Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist

  32. At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider

  33. Still Life by Louise Penny

  34. Cooked by Michael Pollan

  35. The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

  36. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl

  37. One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  38. Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

  39. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

  40. The Gown by Jennifer Robson

  41. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

  42. Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin

  43. Ballad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian Rubinstein

  44. Holes by Louis Sachar

  45. Love Walked in by Marisa de los Santos

  46. I’ll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa de los Santos

  47. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

  48. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

  49. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

  50. Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

  51. The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith

  52. The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

  53. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

  54. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (10/28/20)

  55. A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg (7/21/20)

  56. The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

Goodreads to Read Random
Goal 10/12 Books 83.3%

  1. January - Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

  2. February - The Revenge of Lord Eberlin by Julia London (2/28/20)

  3. March - Archaeology from Space by Sarah Parcak (4/8/20)

  4. April - Planetfall by Emma Newman (4/17/20)

  5. May - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (5/8/20)

  6. June - The Daughter of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe (6/30/20)

  7. July - Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (7/28/20)

  8. August - The Ship of Dreams by Catharine Russell (8/11/20)

  9. September - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt (9/2/20)

  10. October - Dark Desires by Eve Silver (10/17/20)

  11. November - Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (11/6/20)

  12. December - Still Life by Louise Penny

May Theme
Goal 4/6 Books 66.7%

  1. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (9/29/20)

  2. Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke (8/12/20)

  3. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (5/15/20)

  4. The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  5. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Gracia Marquez

  6. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (10/28/20)

August Theme
Goal 4/6 Books 66.7%

  1. The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov (8/22/20)

  2. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (10/25/20)

  3. Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams (8/7/20)

  4. Sanctum by Madeleine Roux

  5. The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender (10/24/20)

  6. The Secrets of Drearcliff School by Kim Newman

September Theme
Goal 1/6 Books 16.7%

  1. Beartown by Fredrik Backman

  2. Her Body and Other Parties by Carman Maria Machado

  3. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

  4. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (9/12/20)

  5. With Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

  6. TBD

November Theme
Goal 1/6 Books 16.7%

  1. The Address Book by Deirdre Mask (11/13/20)

  2. The Buried by Peter Hessler

  3. The Eye of the Hurricane by Nathaniel Philbrick

  4. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by

  5. TBD

  6. TBD