RC 2019: Popsugar

1. Book becoming a movie in 2019

2. Book that makes you nostalgic

3. Book written by a musician

4. Book you think should be turned into a movie

5. Book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads

6. Book with a plant in the title or on the cover

7. Reread of a favorite

8. Book about a hobby

9. Book you meant to read in 2018

10. Book with “pop,” “sugar,” or “challenge” in the title

11. Book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover

12. Book inspired by mythology, legend, or folklore

13. Book published posthumously

14. Book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie

15. Retelling of a classic

16. Book with a question in the title

17. Book set on a college or university campus

18. Book about someone with superpowers

19. Book told from multiple character POVs

20. Book set in space

21. Book by two female authors

22. Book with a title that contains “salty,” “sweet,” “bitter,” or “spicy”

23. Book set in Scandinavia

24. Book that takes place in a single day

25. Debut novel

26. Book that’s published in 2019

27. Book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature

28. Book recommended by a celebrity you admire

29. Book with “love” in the title

30. Book featuring an amateur detectice

31. Book about a familuy

32. Book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America

33. Book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title

34. Book that includes a wedding

35. Book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter

36. Ghost story

37. Book with a two-word title

38. Novel based on a true story

39. Book revolving around a puzzle or game

40. Fave prompt from a past challenge

Advanced

1. “Cli-fi” (climate fiction) book

2. “Choose-your-own-adventure” book

3. “Own voices” book

4. Read a book during the season it is set in

5. LitRPG book

6. No chapters/unusual chapter headings/unconventionally numbered chapters

7. Two books that share the same title (1)

8. Two books that share the same title (2)

9. Book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom

10. Book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent

RC 2019: Literary Escapes

From Escape with Dollycas:

Challenge – Try to read 1 book set in each of the 50 states + the District of Columbia. (51 Points). If you complete the challenge you earn 50 Bonus Points. You also can earn Bonus Points for books set in Counties around the world. 1 Bonus Point for each country. (No repeats – only 1 point can be earned for each country.)

Your books can be fiction or non-fiction and can be in any format, print, digital, audio. 

So how do you decide what state a book is categorized under?

1.  In a fiction read it would be the State or Country that the book spends the most time in.  (Ie. If your main character is from Wisconsin but the book is all about his/her time in college in California – the books should categorize under California….)

2.  Non fiction reads categorize  in whatever State or Country it is about (Ie…. a book about fly fishing in Colorado is a Colorado point, and a book about women in Afghanistan is an Afghanistan point.

3.  If the book goes from one state to another… go with the state that most of the time is spent.

The way you keep track is up to you. I like making the map to visualize where I have been and where I need to go but I also keep a list on Reading Challenges Page. Here is directions on how to create a map. – http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Google-Map. You do not have to just use Google Maps, you can use a map program you choose.

I’m going to attempt this for 2019. Let’s see how far I get!

RC 2019: Monthly Key Word

From My Reader’s Block:

Your task is to read at least one book for each month whose title includes one or more of the key words for that month. For instance, for January you might read Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie. A full chart of all key words for the year may be found at the end of this post.

GUIDELINES
*The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31st, 2019. You may sign-up at any time until November 1, 2019. But to complete the challenge you will need to read (or have already read) books with keywords from any months missed by the time of sign-up. 

*The object is to read one book each month--ideally during that month. However, I know that life can get in the way and some folks may not see this challenge until a couple (or several) months have gone by. So, if you get behind or if you sign up later in 2019, you are welcome to post any catch-up reads while the most current month's linky is open. Just be sure to identify your post appropriately. For instance, if posting January's key word (at any time): Bev (Why Didn't They Ask Evans?) January.

*However, our time machine only works one way--to the past. Please do not read ahead and post books for future key words until that month's linky is up or later.

*Key words may be tweaked. If the key word is dance, you may use dancing or danced. You may also be more creative and use "tango" or "ballet" or "waltz."

*Link up below to participate. I will also post a new headquarters site by the beginning of January where this original post and the monthly review links will be housed.

*No blog? No problem! If you have a Goodreads/Library Thing shelf or other link to post, you should be able to link that as well. You may also just add a comment telling me you'll be participating. When the monthly review post goes up, you may then comment with your book and keyword. 

RC 2019: Picture Books

Host: Becky's Book Reviews (sign up)
Duration: January - December 2019
Goal: To have adults read more picture books. To celebrate the fact that picture books are for everyone! Families are, of course, welcome to join in!
# of books: minimum of 6

Option 1: Read six picture books of your choice.
Option 2: Read at least six books from the checklist(s) below.
  
Alphabet Challenge (January - December)

1. _ Title Beginning with A

2. _ Author Beginning with A

3. _ Illustrator Beginning with A

4. _ Title Beginning with B

5. _ Author Beginning with B

6. _ Illustrator Beginning with B

7. _Title Beginning with C

8. _ Author Beginning with C

9. _ Illustrator Beginning C

10. _ Title Beginning with D

11. _ Author Beginning with D

12. _ Illustrator Beginning with D

13. _ Title Beginning with E

14. _ Author Beginning with E

15. _ Illustrator Beginning with E

16. _ Title Beginning with F

17. _ Author Beginning with F

18. _ Illustrator Beginning with F

19. _ Title Beginning with G

20. _ Author Beginning with G

21. _ Illustrator Beginning with G

22. _ Title Beginning with H

23. _ Author Beginning with H

24. _ Illustrator Beginning with H

25. _ Title Beginning with I

26. _ Author Beginning with I

27. _ Illustrator Beginning with I

28. _ Title Beginning with J

29. _ Author Beginning with J

30. _ Illustrator Beginning with J

31. _ Title Beginning with K

32. _ Author Beginning with K

33. _ Illustrator Beginning with K

34. _ Title beginning with L

35. _ Author Beginning with L

36. _ Illustrator Beginning with L

37. _ Title Beginning with M

38. _ Author Beginning with M

39. _ Illustrator Beginning with M

40. _ Title Beginning with N

41. _ Author Beginning with N

42. _ Illustrator Beginning with N

43. _ Title Beginning with O

44. _ Author Beginning with O

45. _ Illustrator Beginning with O

46. _ Title Beginning with P

47. _ Author Beginning with P

48. _ Illustrator Beginning with P

49. _ Title beginning with Q

50. _ Author or Illustrator beginning with Q

51. _ Title beginning with R

52. _ Author beginning with R

53. _ Illustrator beginning with R

54. _ Title beginning with S

55. _ Author beginning with S

56. _ Illustrator beginning with S

57. _Title beginning with T

58. _ Author beginning with T

59. _ Illustrator beginning with T

60. _ Title beginning with U

61. _ Author or illustrator beginning with U

62. _ Title beginning with V

63. _ Author or illustrator beginning with V

64. _ Title beginning with W

65. _ Author beginning with W

66. _ Illustrator beginning with W

67. _ Title with an X ("ex") 

68. _ Author or illustrator -- more than one author, more than one illustrator (turning x into +)

69. _ Title with a Z

70. _ Author or illustrator beginning with Z

RC 2019: Alphabet Soup

From Escape with Dollycas:

Details

This challenge will run from January 1st, 2019 until December 31st, 2019.

You can join anytime. You do not have to post a review of the book. Books can come from any genre.

You do not need to link up each spoonful.

Make a page or a post or a GoodReads shelf where you will keep track of your spoonfuls. I keep track of mine on my Challenge Page. 

Crossovers to other challenges are allowed and encouraged! 

It’s an alphabet challenge!!! The challenge is to read one book that has an author whose first name or last name starts with every letter of the alphabet.

So there are two different ways you can set up your own A-Z Reading Challenge.

A – How I plan to do it: Make a list on your blog from A-Z. Throughout the year, as you go along, add the authors with the book you read to the list. Towards the end of the year, you can check and see which letters you are missing and find authors/books to fit.

OR

B – Make a list now of 26 books, picking one for each letter of the alphabet. 

For example:

A – Amanda Flower – Toxic Toffee (An Amish Candy Shop Mystery)

B – Lucy Burdette – A Deadly Feast: A Key West Food Critic Mystery

C – Sheila Connolly – The Lost Traveller: A County Cork Mystery

D – Denise Swanson – Leave No Scone Unturned (Chef-to-Go Mysteries)

Books can be read in any order and all formats – print – e-book – audio – are acceptable for this challenge!

Ready to join??

Bloggers grab the image below and make a post about the challenge to encourage others to join!

Non-bloggers you can join too! Just keep track any way you wish. You can even set up a special shelf on Goodreads.com to help you keep track!  It is super easy, Just click the MY BOOKS tab at the top of the page. When that page opens just click – ADD A SHELF in the left-hand sidebar. Title it Alphabet Soup Author Edition Challenge and you are all set. 

Follow Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book as there may be special announcements made about the challenge.

I have set up a group on Facebook for this challenge where you can share your books read and converse with others taking part in the challenge. Alphabet Soup – Author Edition – Challenge –  You can share your accomplishments throughout the year there. 

I am asking everyone to sign up using Google Forms. Sign Up Here. This way I have your emails in case I need to contact you about any changes to the challenge or about special events. 

I’m up for another try at reading one author from every letter of the alphabet. I’m not going to list out authors just yet, but hope to find all once I start reading.

2018 Reading Challenge Roundup - Failed

Not too many challenges left uncompleted this year. I’m very happy with my progress.

Perpetual Reading Lists Challenge
Goal: 28/30 books 93.3%

1. The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels (1/12/18)

2. Arabian Nights (1/19/18)

3. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (3/17/18)

4. The Dark Tower by Stephen King (1/25/18)

5. The History of Love by Nicola Krauss (3/16/18)

6. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (7/31/18)

7. Ramses 2 by Anne Rice (3/7/18)

8. Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2/7/18)

9. The Selection by Kiera Cass (6/6/18)

10. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (5/26/18)

11. Alice in Zombieland by Gina Showalter (4/20/18)

12. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins (2/9/18)

13. The Great Halifax Explosion by John Bacon (4/7/18)

14. Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman (4/13/18)

15. The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (4/27/18)

16. Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund (6/15/18)

17. A History of the Wife by Margaret Yalom (6/24/18)

18. The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan (6/26/18)

19. College Girls by Lynn Peril (8/28/18)

20. Pox Americana by Elizabeth Fenn (9/8/18)

21. Cocktails Across America by Diane Lapis and Anne Davis-Peck (9/11/18)

22. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (10/23/18)

23. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (9/29/18)

24. Dracula by Bram Stoker (10/24/18)

25. Looking for Alaska by John Green (12/12/18)

26. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (11/24/18)

27. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (12/7/18)

28. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (11/27/18)

29. TBD

30. TBD

TBR Pile
Goal: 9/12 Books 66.7%

1. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (1/23/18)

2. The Bostonians by Henry James (1/30/18)

3. Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (9/12/18)

4. The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman (5/4/18)

5. School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins (DNF)

6. Parasite by Mira Grant (6/20/18)

7. The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie (DNF)

8. Birthmarked by Carah O'Brien (5/23/18)

9. A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander

10. Stealing Fire by Jo Graham

11. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (3/21/18)

12. Little Bee by Chris Cleave (8/24/18)

13. The Firemaster's Mistress by Christie Dickason

14. An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin (10/20/18)

Reading Assignment
Goal: 11/12 Books  91.7%

1. January - Arabian Nights (1/19/18)

2. February - Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2/7/18)

3. March - Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (3/17/18)

4. April - The Words We Live By by Linda Monk

5. May - Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery (5/30/18)

6. June - A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom (6/24/18)

7. July - How to Fall in love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush by Emmy Abrahamson (7/31/18)

8. August - The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (8/25/18)

9. September - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (9/29/18)

10. October - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (10/31/18)

11. November - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (11/20/18)

12. December - Strange Weather by Joe Hill (12/22/18)

Finishing the Series
Goal: 6/10 Series 60%

1. Chronicles of St. Mary's by Jodi Taylor

   • #5 No Time Like the Past (1/16/18)

   • #6 What Could Possibly Go Wrong (10/6/18)

   • #6.5 Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings (10/9/18)

   • #7 Lies, Damned Lies, and History (11/13/18)

   • #7.5 The Great St. Mary's Day Out (11/17/18)

   • #7.6 My Name is Markham (11/28/18)

   • #8 And the Rest is History

   • #8.5 A Perfect Storm

   • #8.6 Christmas Past

   • #9 An Argumentation of Historians

2. Witchcraft Mystery by Juliet Blackwell ✓

   • #6.5 A Haunting is Brewing (1/24/18)

   • #7 Spellcasting in Silk (1/26/18)

   • #8 A Toxic Trousseau (2/9/18)

   • #9 A Magical Match (11/14/18)

3. Fairwick Chronicles by Juliet Dark ✓

   • #3 The Stone Angel (2/4/18)

4. Bedwyn Saga by Mary Balogh ✓

   • #0.2 A Summer to Remember (3/10/18)

   • #1 Slightly Married (4/25/18)

   • #2 Slightly Wicked (4/25/18)

   • #3 Slightly Scandalous (4/25/18)

   • #4 Slightly Tempted (5/16/18)

   • #5 Slightly Sinful (5/16/18)

   • #6 Slightly Dangerous (5/16/18)

5. Cemetery of Forgotten Books by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

   • #2 The Angel's Game

   • #3 The Prisoner of Heaven

6. Strain by Guillermo del Toro

   • #2 The Fall

   • #3 The Night Eternal

7. Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice ✓

   • #2 The Passion of Cleopatra (3/7/18)

8. Hex Hall ✓

   • #1 Hex Hall (2/9/18)

   • #2 Demonglass (3/8/18)

   • #3 Spell Bound (3/14/18)

9. The Glamourist by Mary Robinette Kowal

   • #1 Shades of Milk and Honey (2/26/18)

   • #2 Glamour in Glass (3/30/18)

   • #3 Without a Summer

   • #4 Valour and Vaniety

   • #5 Of Noble Family

10. Edwardian Brides by Carrie Turansky ✓

    • #1 The Governess of Highland Hall (1/8/18)

    • #2 The Daughter of Highland Hall (1/9/18)

    • #3 A Refuge at Highland Hall (1/10/18)

Seasonal Series Summer
(June 21st - September 21st)
Goal: 24/25 Books 96%

1. Read a book from a fantasy series - Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (7/20/18)
2. Read a book while drinking a cool drink - The Anomaly by Michael Rutger (6/29/18)
3. Read a book from a really hyped series - Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (7/21/18)
4. Read a book with yellow on the cover - Give Up the Ghost by Juliet Blackwell (7/18/18)
5. Read while eating ice cream - Emily and the Dark Angel by Jo Beverley (8/15/18)
6. Read a book that's set in summer - The Stolen Bride by Jo Beverley (8/10/18)
7. Read a book from a YA series - Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (8/14/18)
8. Read while having a picnic - Keeper of the Castle by Juliet Blackwell (6/28/18)
9. Read a book with LGBT+ characters - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (7/14/18)
10. re-read a favorite book
11. Read a book that has blue on the cover - Symbiont by Mira Grant (7/4/18)
12. Read a book from a series that has four or more books - The Heir by Kiera Cass (6/23/18)
13. Free Space: read any book of a series - Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen (9/15/18)
14. Read a book while eating fruit - Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (8/26/18)
15. Read a book that you're sure you'll love - A Ghostly Light by Juliet Blackwell (7/25/18)
16. Read a book where someone travels -The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (8/25/18)
17. Read a book while on the go - Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine (8/4/18)
18. Read a book from a contemporary series - Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready (9/13/18)
19. Read by a pool/ sea/ lake... - How to Fall in Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush by Emmy Abrahamson (8/8/18)
20. Read a book that features an OTP or great love story - The Crown by Kiera Cass (6/24/18)
21. Finish a trilogy - Chimera by Mira Grant (7/13/18)
22. Read a book during 24 hours - Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass (6/22/18)
23. Read a book someone recommended to you - Little Bee by Chris Cleave (8/24/18)
24. Read a book while wearing sunglasses - Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire (7/6/18)
25. Read a second book in a series - Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed by Jo Beverley (7/10/18)

Seasonal Series Spring
(March 20th - June 20th)
Goal: 22/25 Books 88%

1. Take a walk while listening to an audiobook - A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter (6/4/18)
2. Read a book while drinking lemonade - Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman (4/13/18)
3. Read the first book in a series - If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell (4/4/18)
4. try to unhaul a book you've lost interest in
5. Read a book that's been on your shelves way too long - Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien (5/23/18)
6. Read with rain in the background -> real rain or sounds - NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (4/17/18)
7. Read a book with pink on the cover - Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell (4/6/18)
8. read a book from a middle grade series
9. Read a series with a new book coming out in 2018 - A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (6/3/18)
10. Read a book of a series where the parents of the MC aren't dead - The Selection by Kiera Cass (6/6/18)
11. Read a book with character growth - Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (4/20/18)
12. Read a book while eating chocolate - Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter (5/6/18)
13. Free Space: read any book of a series - For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (5/26/18)
14. read a book where only the first book of a series is out
15. Read a book set in the real world - Parasite by Mira Grant (6/20/18)
16. Read a book with a spring colors on the cover - Home for the Haunting by Juliet Blackwell (6/16/18)
17. Finish a duology - Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund (6/15/18)
18. Use a flower as a bookmark - The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman (5/4/18)
19. Read a book with great friendship - The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter (5/18/18)
20. Read a second book in a series - Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal (3/30/18)
21. Read a book while sitting outside - The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (4/13/18)
22. Read a book that is (partly) set in spring - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (5/29/18)
23. Read a book with green on the cover - Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (5/30/18)
24. Read a book that includes an animal - Murder on the House by Juliet Blackwell (6/2/18)
25. Read a book under 300 pages - River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (4/24/18)

2018 Reading Challenge Roundup - Completed

Oh my goodness! Check out all the reading challenges that I actually finished this year. So happy with my reading stats for 2018!

Popsugar 2018
Goal: 40/40 Books  100%

1. Made into a movie I've already seen -- Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (3/23/18)

2. True Crime -- The Poet and the Murderer by Simon Worrall (2/18/18)

3. Next book in a series I started -- Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell (1/26/18)

4. Involving a heist -- Sourdough by Robin Sloan (5/15/18)

5. Nordic noir --

6. Based on a real person -- Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (1/23/18)

7. Set in a country that fascinates me -- The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (3/21/18)

8. A time of day in the title -- Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire (7/6/18)

9. About a villain or antihero -- The Gunslinger by Stephen King (2/25/18)

10. About death or grief -- As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner (3/1/18)

11. Female author who uses a male pseudonym -- Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (7/31/18)

12. LGBTQ+ Protagonist -- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (7/14/18)

13. Also a stage play or musical -- Dracula by Bram Stoker (10/24/18)

14. Author of a different ethnicity than me -- Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (9/12/18)

15. About feminism -- Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2/7/18)

16. About mental health -- The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (4/13/18)

17. Borrowed or was give as a gift -- The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman (5/4/18)

18. By two authors -- The Passion of Cleopatra by Anne Rice and Christopher Rice (3/7/18)

19. Involving a sport --

20. Local author -- A Toxic Trousseau by Juliet Blackwell (2/9/18)

21. Favorite color in the title -- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (11/24/18)

22. Alliteration in the title -- Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins (2/9/18)

23. Time travel -- No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor (1/16/18)

24. Weather element in the title -- Strange Weather by Joe Hill (12/22/18)

25. Set at sea -- The Great Halifax Explosion by John Bacon (4/7/18)

26. Animal in title -- Mad Hatters and March Hares edited by Ellen Datlow (5/12/18)

27. Set on a different planet -- Artemis by Andy Weir (9/18/18)

28. Song lyrics in the title -- Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant (11/7/18)

29. About or set on Halloween -- The Elite by Kiera Cass (6/11/18)

30. Characters who are twins -- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (7/20/18)

31. Mentioned in another book -- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (5/29/18)

32. From a celebrity book club -- Open House by Elizabeth Berg

33. Childhood classic I've never read -- Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (5/30/18)

34. Published in 2018 -- The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller (3/24/18)

35. Goodreads Choice Awards winner -- Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham (8/22/18)

36. Set in the decade I was born --

37. Meant to get to in 2017 but didn't -- NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (4/17/18)

38. Ugly cover -- Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien (5/23/18)

39. Involves a bookstore or library -- 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (3/30/18)

40. Fave prompt from 2015, 2016, or 2017 Popsugar Reading Challenge -- The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan (6/26/18)

Advanced 

1. Bestseller from year I graduated high school --

2. Cyberpunk --

3. Being read by a stranger in a public place -- Florida Lauren Groff (10/17/18)

4. Tied to my ancestry --

5. Fruit or vegetable in the title -- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (10/23/18)

6. Allegory --

7. Author with the same first or last name as you --

8. Microhistory -- College Girls by Lynn Peril (8/28/18)

9. About a problem facing society today --

10. Recommended by someone else taking the Popsugar Reading Challenge -- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (12/11/18)

What's in a Name?
Goal: 6/6 Books  100%

1. Word "the" used twice -- The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell by Mira Grant (2/2/18)

2. Fruit or Vegetable -- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (10/23/18)

3. A shape -- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (7/14/18)

4. Begins with Z -- Z-Burbia by Jake Bible (12/15/18)

5. A nationality -- The English Wife by Lauren Willig (2/1/18)

6. A season -- A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh (3/10/18)

A to Z
Goal: 26/26 Books 100%

1. The Angel Stone by Juliet Dark (2/4/18)

2. The Bostonians by Henry James (1/30/18)

3. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (3/23/18)

4. The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky (1/9/18)

5. The Emerald City by Jane Yolen (4/29/18)

6. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (5/26/18)

7. The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky (1/8/18)

8. A Haunting is Brewing by Juliet Blackwell (1/24/18)

9. If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell (4/4/18)

10. Jennifer Government by Max Barry (4/26/18)

11. Keeper of the Castle by Juliet Blackwell (6/28/18)

12. Literary Wonderlands edited by Laura Miller (2/23/18)

13. Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke (4/11/18)

14. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (1/23/18)

15. The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels (1/12/18)

16. The Poet and the Murder by Simon Worrall (2/18/18)

17. The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter (5/18/18)

18. A Refuge at Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky (1/10/18)

19. Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (2/26/18)

20. Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter (5/6/18)

21. Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (8/26/18)

22. A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair (10/3/18)

23. Washington Square by Henry James (8/18/18)

24. eXtinct by Ike Hamill (10/19/18)

25. You’re the Rogue that I Want by Samantha Holt (10/13/18)

26. Z-Burbia by Jake Bible (12/15/18)

Seasonal Series Autumn
(September - December)
Goal: 25/25 Books. 100%

1. Read a book from a sci fi series - What Could Possibly Go Wrong by Jodi Taylor (10/6/18)
2. Read a book (partly) set in fall - Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan (9/22/18)
3. Read a book with PoC characters - Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha (12/4/18)
4. Read a book with orange on the cover - Unmade by Sarah Rees Brennan (9/28/18)
5. Read a suspenseful/ scary/ creepy book - Dollhouse by Anya Allyn (10/12/18)
6. Read a book while eating candy - Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair (10/5/18)
7. Read a book set in the real world - A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen (10/10/18)
8. Read a first book in a series - A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair (10/3/18)
9. Catch up on a series - A Magical Match by Juliet Blackwell (11/14/18)
10.Read a book with rain in the background - You’re the One that I Want by Samantha Holt (10/13/18)
11. Read a book with red on the cover - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (10/31/18)
12. Read while eating soup - Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen (10/16/18)
13. Free Space: read any book of a series - My Name is Markham by Jodi Taylor (11/28/18)
14. Read a book that's part of a duology - Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant (11/7/18)
15. Take a walk while listening to an audiobook - The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (12/7/18)
16. Read a book that scares you (b/c of size, hype,...) - Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor (11/13/18)
17. Read a book while wearing a sweater - Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen (11/23/18)
18. Read a book while drinking a tea - The Great St. Mary’s Day Out by Jodi Taylor (11/17/18)
19. Read a book that you think will break your heart - Z-Burbia by Jake Bible (12/15/18)
20. Read a book that's not YA - Death by Diamonds by Annette Blair (11/26/18)
21. Read a comic or graphic novel that's part of a series - Monstress Vol. 3 (11/21/18)
22. Read bonus content from a series (novella/ prologue,...) - Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings by Jodi Taylor (10/9/18)
23. Read a book while eating an apple or apple pie - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (9/29/18)
24. Read a book with creatures of the night - Extinct by Ike Hamill (10/19/18)
25.  Use a leaf as a bookmark - Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand (12/14/18)

Modern Mrs. Darcy
Goal: 12/12 Books  100%

1. Classic I've been meaning to read -- The Bostonians by Henry James (1/30/18)

2. Recommended by someone with good taste -- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (3/16/18)

3. In translation -- How to Fall in Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush by Emmy Abrahamson (8/8/18)

4. Nominated for a 2018 award -- Florida by Lauren Groff (10/17/18)

5. Poetry, Play, or Essay collection -- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2/27/18)

6. Read in a day -- Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (2/26/18)

7. More than 500 pages -- The Arabian Nights (1/19/18)

8. Favorite author -- The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen (4/29/18)

9. Recommended by librarian or indie bookseller -- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (1/4/18)

10. Banned book -- Looking for Alaska by John Green (12/12/18)

11. Memoir, biography, or book of creative nonfiction -- The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan (6/26/18)

12. Author of different race, ethnicity, or religion than me -- Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (9/12/18)

Mount TBR
Goal: 48/48 Books 100%

1. The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels (1/12/18)

2. No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor (1/16/18)

3. A Haunting is Brewing by Juliet Blackwell (1/24/18)

4. The English Wife by Lauren Willig (2/1/18)

5. The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell (2/2/18)

6. The Poet and the Murderer by Simon Worrall (2/18/18)

7. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2/27/18)

8. As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner (3/1/18)

9. A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh (3/10/18)

10. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (3/23/18)

11. The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller (3/24/18)

12. Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser (3/28/18)

13. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (4/13/18)

14. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (4/17/18)

15. Slightly Married by May Balogh (4/25/18)

16. Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh (4/25/18)

17. Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh (4/25/18)

18. The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (4/27/18)

19. Circe by Madeline Miller (5/5/18)

20. Slightly Tempted by Mary Balogh (5/16/18)

21. Slightly Sinful by Mary Balogh (5/16/18)

22. Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh (5/16/18)

23. For Darkness Shows the Stars Short Stories by Diana Peterfreund (5/27/18)

24. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (5/29/18)

25. Murder on the House by Juliet Blackwell (6/2/18)

26. The Stanforth Secrets by Jo Beverley (6/20/18)

27. The Anomaly by Michael Rutger (6/29/18)

28. Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed by Jo Beverley (7/10/18)

29. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay (7/28/18)

30. The Stolen Bride by Jo Beverley (8/10/18)

31. Daisy Miller and Washington Square by Henry James (8/18/18)

32. Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham (8/22/18)

33. Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (8/26/18)

34. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (9/5/18)

35. Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready (9/14/18)

36. I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel (9/21/18)

37. What Could Possibly Go Wrong by Jodi Taylor (10/6/18)

38. Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings by Jodi Taylor (10/9/18)

39. Dollhouse by Anya Allyn (10/12/18)

40. You’re the Rogue that I Want by Samantha Holt (10/13/18)

41. Extinct by Ike Hamill (10/19/18)

42. Dracula by Bram Stoker (10/24/18)

43. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (10/31/18)

44. Spinning Straw into Gold by Joan Gould (11/6/18)

45. Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant (11/7/18)

46. The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian (11/9/18)

47. On a Cold Dark Sea by Elizabeth Blackwell (11/25/18)

48. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (12/11/18)

Graphic Novel
Goal: 52/52 Books  100%

1. The Walking Dead Vol. 27 (1/8/18)

2. The Walking Dead Vol. 28 (5/9/18)

3. The Walking Dead Vol. 29 (7/11/18)

4. The Walking Dead: Here's Negan (7/7/18)

5. Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 1 (1/7/18)

6. Wonder Woman Rebirth Vol. 2 (1/7/18)

7. Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 1 (1/6//18)

8. Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 2 (1/6/18)

9. Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 3 (1/6/18)

10. Diana Prince Wonder Woman Vol. 4 (1/6/18)

11. Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman (2/1/18)

12. Saga Vol. 8 (2/3/18)

13. Moonshine Vol. 1 (2/10/18)

14. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2/13/18)

15. Low Vol. 1 (2/14/18)

16. Monstress Vol. 2 (2/16/18)

17. Revival Vol. 4 (2/17/18)

18. Revival Vol. 5 (2/17/18)

19. Revival Vol. 6 (2/20/18)

20. Revival Vol. 7 (2/20/18)

21. Revival Vol. 8 (4/6/18)

22. ApocalyptiGirl by Andrew MacLean (2/21/18)

23. Jane by Aline Brosh McKenna (2/25/18)

24. The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 6 (3/9/18)

25. One Week in the Library (3/13/18)

26. Penny Dreadful Vol. 1 (4/6/18)

27. Creatures of the Night by Neil Gaiman (6/8/18)

28. The Haunted Mansion (6/9/18)

29. March Vol. 1 (6/10/18)

30. March Vol. 2 (6/19/18)

31. March Vol. 3 (6/19/18)

32. Paper Girls Vol. 1 (6/13/18)

33. Paper Girls Vol. 2 (6/13/18)

34. Paper Girls Vol. 3 (6/14/18)

35. Paper Girls Vol. 4 (6/25/18)

36. Moonstruck Vol. 1 (6/16/18)

37. Wayward Vol. 1 (6/26/18)

38. Wayward Vol. 2 (6/26/18)

39. Wayward Vol. 3 (6/26/18)

40. Wayward Vol. 4 (6/27/18)

41. Wayward Vol. 5 (6/27/18)

42. Giant Days Vol. 1 (6/28/18)

43. Giant Days Vol. 2 (6/28/18)

44. Giant Days Vol. 3 (6/2818)

45. Giant Days Vol. 4 (6/28/18)

46. Giant Days Vol. 5 (6/29/18)

47. Giant Days Vol. 6 (6/29/18)

48. Giant Days Vol. 7 (6/29/18)

49. Locke and Key: Heaven and Earth (7/7/18)

50. Rat Queens Vol. 4 (9/7/18)

51. Black Magick Vol. 1 (9/8/18)

52. East of West Vol. 8 (11/10/18)

Library Love
Goal: 60/60 Books 100%

1. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (1/4/18)

2. The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky (1/8/18)

3. The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky (1/9/18)

4. A Refuge at Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky (1/10/18)

5. Spellcasting in Silk by Juliet Blackwell (1/26/18)

6. The Angel Stone by Juliet Dark (2/4/18)

7. A Toxic Trousseau by Juliet Blackwell (2/9/18)

8. The Gunslinger by Stephen King (2/25/18)

9. Literary Wonderlands edited Laura Miller (2/23/18)

10. Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (2/26/18)

11. Demon Glass by Rachel Hawkins (3/8/18)

12. Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins (3/14/18)

13. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (3/16/18)

14. Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal (3/30/18)

15. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (3/30/18)

16. If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell (4/4/18)

17. Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell (4/6/18)

18. The Great Halifax Explosion by John Bacon (4/7/18)

19. Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke (4/11/18)

20. Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman (4/13/18)

21. Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (4/20/18)

22. River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (4/24/18)

23. Lost San Francisco by Dennis Evanosky (4/24/18)

24. Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area by Sylvia Linsteadt (4/25/18)

25. Jennifer Government by Max Barry (4/26/18)

26. The Emerald City by Jane Yolen (4/29/18)

27. Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter (5/6/18)

28. The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont and Manjit Thapp (5/11/18)

29. Mad Hatters and March Hares edited by Ellen Datlow (5/12/18)

30. Sourdough by Robin Sloan (5/15/18)

31. The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter (5/18/18)

32. A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (6/3/18)

33. A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter (6/4/18)

34. The Selection by Kiera Cass (6/6/18)

35. The Elite by Kiera Cass (6/11/18)

36. The Selection Stories by Kiera Cass (6/12/18)

37. The One by Kiera Cass (6/12/18)

38. Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund (6/15/18)

39. Home for the Haunting by Juliet Blackwell (6/16/18)

40. Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass (6/22/18)

41. The Heir by Kiera Cass (6/24/18)

42. The Crown by Kiera Cass (6/24/18)

43. Keeper of the Castle by Juliet Blackwell (6/28/18)

44. Symbiont by Mira Grant (7/4/18)

45. Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire (7/6/18)

46. Chimera by Mira Grant (7/13/18)

47. Give Up the Ghost by Juliet Blackwell (7/18/18)

48. Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (7/20/18)

49. Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (7/21/18)

50. A Ghostly Light by Juliet Blackwell (7/25/18)

51. Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine (8/4/18)

52. Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (8/14/18)

53. Pox Americana by Elizabeth Fenn (9/8/18)

54. Cocktails Across America by Diane Lapis and Anne Davis-Peck (9/11/18)

55. Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen (9/15/18)

56. Artemis by Andy Weir (9/18/18)

57. Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan (9/22/18)

58. Unmade by Sarah Rees Brennan (9/28/18)

59. A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair (10/3/18)

60. Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair (10/5/18)

Share-A-Tea
Goal: 20/20 Books  100%

1. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (1/4/18)

2. The English Wife by Lauren Willig (2/1/18)

3. As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner (3/1/18)

4. The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller (3/24/18)

5. No That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser (3/28/18)

6. Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke (4/11/18)

7. Circe by Madeline Miller (5/5/18)

8. Mad Hatters and March Hares edited by Ellen Datlow (5/12/18)

9. A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (6/3/18)

10. Parasite by Mira Grant (6/20/18)

11. The Anomaly by Michael Rutger (6/29/18)

12. Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (7/21/18)

13. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay (7/28/18)

14. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (7/31/18)

15. Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine (8/4/18)

16. Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (8/14/18)

17. Daisy Miller and Washington Square by Henry James (8/18/18)

18. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (8/25/18)

19. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (9/5/18)

20. I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel (9/21/18)

Picture Books
Goal: 88/88 Books  100%

1. Title beginning with A - Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty (January)
2. Author beginning with A - And the Tide Comes In by Merryl Alber (May)
3. Title beginning with B - Boo, Bunny! By Kathryn O. Galbraith (March)
4. Author beginning with B - Arthur Goes to Camp by Marc Brown (February)
5. Title beginning with C - Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman (January)
6. Author beginning with C - Pug in a Truck by Nancy Coffelt (January)
7. Title beginning with D - Duck by Randy Cecil (February)
8. Author beginning with D - The Conductor by Laetitia Devernay (February)
9. Title beginning with E - Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker (February)
10. Author beginning with E - Rain Fish by Lois Ehlert (March)
11. Title beginning with F - Friendshape by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld (April)
12. Author beginning with F - Lunch by Denise Fleming (February)
13. Title beginning with G - Good Night Planes by Adam Gamble (March)
14. Author beginning with G - Chu's Day at the Beach by Neil Gaiman (February)
15. Title beginning with H - Half a World Away by Libby Gleeson (January)
16. Author beginning with H - Duck & Goose Let’s Dance by Tad Hills (March)
17. Title beginning with I - Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty (January)
18. Author beginning with I - I Hear a Pickle by Rachel Isadora (June)
19. Title beginning with J - Joshua's Masai Mask by Dakari Hru (January)
20. Author beginning with J - The Incredibly Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers (March)
21. Title beginning with K - The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright (March)
22. Author beginning with K - It's Vacation Time by Lerryn Korda (February)
23. Title beginning with L - Lovely Old Lion by Julia Jarman (March)
24. Author beginning with L - Thumpy Feet by Betsy Lewin (February)
25. Title beginning with M - Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin (February) 
26. Author beginning with M - Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson (February)
27. Title beginning with N - A Night at the Zoo by Kathy Caple (March)
28. Author beginning with N - If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff (June)
29. Title beginning with O - One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote by Bonnie Worth (March)
30. Author beginning with O - Little Billy-Bob Eats It All Up by Pauline Oud (March)
31. Title beginning with P. - The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems (January)
32. Author beginning with P - Ghost in the House by Ammi-Joan Paquette (March)
33. Title or Author beginning with Q - Quest by Aaron Becker (May)
34. Title beginning with R - The Rise and Fall of Oscar the Magician by Matthew Porter (January)
35. Author beginning with R - Ten Sleepy Sheep by Phyllis Root (February)
36. Title beginning with S - South by Daniel Duncan (March)
37. Author beginning with S - Big Choo by Stephen Shaskan (May)
38. Title beginning with T - Train by Elisha Cooper (January)
39. Author beginning with T - Tumford the Terrible by Nancy Tillman (June)
40. Title or Author beginning with U - The Quiet Book! by Deborah Underwood
41. Title or Author beginning with V or W - This is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems (January)
42. Title or Author beginning with X or “Ex” - Extraordinary Jane by Hannah E. Harrison (August)
43. Title beginning with Y - You Can Do It, Bunny by Pamela Kennedy (August)
44. Author beginning with Y - Meow! By Victoria Ying (August)
45. Title or Author beginning with Z - Zootopia The Essential Guide (May)
46. An alphabet book - 123 Versus ABC by Mike Boldt (March)
47. A counting book - 1 Zany Zoo by Lori Degman (February)
48. A color word in the title - Little Green Peas by Keith Baker (January)
49. A number word in the title - Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems (January)
50. Concept book of your choice: picture book - Patterns from Nature: The Art of Klimt by Myeong-Hwa Yu and Seung-Beom Yu (January)
51. Concept book of your choice: board book - Crocopotamus by Mary Murphy (January)
52. Bedtime book: board book - Dream Animals by Emily Winfield Martin (February)
53. Bedtime book: picture book - The Wrong Side of the Bed by Lisa M. Bakos (July)
54. Book that rhymes: picture book - And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss (January)
55. Book that rhymes: early reader OR board book - Hide and Seek Harry at the Playground by Kenny Harrison (March)
56. Holiday of your choice: board book or early reader - Happy Holidays Blaze (June)
57. Holiday of your choice: picture book - Little Mouse’s Big Valentine by Thacher Hurd (March)
58. Wordless picture book - Wave by Suzy Lee (May)
59. New to you author - Fins, Fluff, and Other Stuff by Bruno Merz (February)
60. New to you illustrator - The Perfect Hug by Joanna Walsh, illustrated by Judi Abbot (February)
61. Favorite author - The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems (January)
62. Favorite illustrator - Duck and Goose by Tad Hills (January)
63. Free choice - I Love You Like a Pig by Mac Barnett (February)
64. Fairy or folk tale adaptation - Little Red Riding Hood by Trixie. Bell (January)
65. Fairy or folk tale traditional - The Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney (February)
66. A title with the word “first” in it - First Steps by Lee Wardlaw (February)
67. A book set in the state you live - Hello, National Parks by Martha Day Zschock (June)
68. A book set in a place you’d like to visit - Lily's Garden of India by Jeremy Smith (January)
69. A book set in an imaginary place - Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery by David Gordon (February)
70. A book set in the past: fiction or nonfiction - Madeline and the Old House in Paris by John Bemelmans Marciano (May)
71. A book set in the present -- Emma and the Whale by Lee White (March)
72. One word title - Pirasaurs by Josh Funk (January)
73. Long title (four or more words) - The Problem with Not Being Scared of Kids by Dan Richards (January)
74. A book about playing (hide and seek, tag, or peekaboo, etc.) - The Monsterator by Keith Graves (February)
75. A book about school - Steve, Raised by Wolves by Jared Chapman (May)
76. A book about hobbies (art, dance, music, crafts, sports) - Good Morning Yoga by Mariam Gates (March)
77. A title that is a question - The Duckling Gets a Cookie? by Mo Willems (January)
78. A title that is an exclamation -- There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! By Lucille Colandro (March)
79. An award winner or an honor book -- Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (March)
80. A collection (of poems OR stories) - The Rooster Grows by Maud and Miska Petersham (March)
81. A book with animals (fiction) - You Can Do It Bert by Ole Konnecke (February)
82. A book with animals (nonfiction)  - Apatosaurus by Charles Lennie (March)
83. A book about books or reading - Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk (March)
84. A book celebrating family - My Mommy Hung the Moon by Jamie Lee Curtis (February)
85. Book with an adventure or misadventure - This Book is Out of Control by Richard Byrne (January)
86. A book about a pet - Looking for Luna by Tim Myers (February)
87. Impulse Pick -- Land Shark by Beth Ferry (March)
88. Picture book published in 2018 - Go Go Cars by Jennifer Liberts (May)

Christmas Spirit Update #4

So I failed at the movie watching, but surpassed my goal at the book reading! I’m calling this readathon a win!

My Goals:

• Read 6 Christmas related books (9/6)

• Review all books read (9/9)

• Watch 5 Christmas movies (2/5)

My TBR:

• Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber ✓

• That Mistletoe Moment ✓

• Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand ✓

• Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand ✓

• Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz ✓

• Bell, Book, and Candlemas by Jennifer David Hesse

• Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez

• Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala

• Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett

• Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie Nicole Bates

• Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman

• A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount

• A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell

• Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers

• A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton

• Santa Baby, I Want a Bad Boy for Christmas by Justine Elvira

• My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable

• The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield

• A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt

• Melody’s Christmas by ID Johnson

• Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley

• A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson ✓

• A Town Called Christmas by Stella Wilkinson ✓

• Mischief and Mistletoe ✓

• The Night Before Christmas ✓

Christmas Spirit Update #3

My Goals:

• Read 6 Christmas related books (6/6)

• Review all books read (6/6)

• Watch 5 Christmas movies (2/5)

My TBR:

• Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber ✓

• That Mistletoe Moment (in progress)

• Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand ✓

• Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand ✓

• Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz ✓

• Bell, Book, and Candlemas by Jennifer David Hesse

• Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez

• Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala

• Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett

• Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie Nicole Bates

• Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman

• A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount

• A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell

• Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers

• A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton

• Santa Baby, I Want a Bad Boy for Christmas by Justine Elvira

• My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable

• The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield

• A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt

• Melody’s Christmas by ID Johnson

• Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley

• A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson ✓

• A Town Called Christmas by Stella Wilkinson ✓

• Mischief and Mistletoe (in progress)

• The Night Before Christmas (in progress)

Christmas Spirit Update #2

My Goals:

• Read 6 Christmas related books (3/6)

• Review all books read (3/3)

• Watch 5 Christmas movies (0/5)

My TBR:

• Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber ✓

• That Mistletoe Moment

• Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand ✓

• Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand (in progress)

• Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz ✓

• Bell, Book, and Candlemas by Jennifer David Hesse

• Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez

• Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala

• Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett

• Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie Nicole Bates

• Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman

• A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount

• A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell

• Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers

• A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton

• Santa Baby, I Want a Bad Boy for Christmas by Justine Elvira

• My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable

• The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield

• A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt

• Melody’s Christmas by ID Johnson

• Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley

• A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson (in progress)

• A Town Called Christmas by Stella Wilkinson (in progress)

Christmas Spirit Update #1

I didn’t start my Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge until December 1st, so not much to report. I did pick up Debbie Macomber’s newest holiday novel, Alaskan Holiday. I started with that yesterday.

My Goals:

• Read 6 Christmas related books

• Review all books read

• Watch 5 Christmas movies

My TBR:

• Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber

• Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez

• Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala

• Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett

• Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie Nicole Bates

• Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman

• A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount

• A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell

• Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers

• A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton

• Santa Baby, I Want a Bad Boy for Christmas by Justine Elvira

• My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable

• The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield

• A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt

• Melody’s Christmas by ID Johnson

• Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley

• A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson

• A Town Called Christmas by Stella Wilkinson

Christmas Spirit Starting Line

My Goals:

• Read 6 Christmas related books

• Review all books read

• Watch 5 Christmas movies

My TBR:

• Married for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• A Family for Christmas by Noelle Adams

• Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez

• Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala

• Christmas Light by Jolyse Barnett

• Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie Nicole Bates

• Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman

• A Match Made at Christmas by Patty Blount

• A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell

• Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers

• A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton

• Santa Baby, I Want a Bad Boy for Christmas by Justine Elvira

• My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable

• The Christmas Bargain by Shanna Hatfield

• A Cotswold Christmas by Kate Hewitt

• Melody’s Christmas by ID Johnson

• Once Upon a Christmas by Lisa Plumley

• A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson

• A Town Called Christmas by Stella Wilkinson

Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge

From Christmas Spirit:

It's that time of year again!

As usual, there are multiple levels for participation, like children's books and watching Christmas movies AND the Christmas Spirit Readathon is back again this year. Keep reading for details!

Details and sign up:

• challenge will run from Monday, November 19, 2018 through Sunday, January 6, 2019 (Twelfth Night or Epiphany). 

• cross over with other challenges is totally permitted AND encouraged! 

• These must be Christmas novels, books about Christmas lore, a book of Christmas short stories or poems, books about Christmas crafts, and for the first time...a children's Christmas books level! 

Levels:
--Candy Cane: read 1 book
--Mistletoe: read 2-4 books
--Christmas Tree: read 5 or 6 books (this is the fanatic level...LOL!)

Additional levels:
--Fa La La La Films: watch a bunch or a few Christmas movies...it's up to you!
--Visions of Sugar Plums: read books with your children this season and share what you read

*the additional levels are optional, you still must complete one of the main reading levels above

• The Christmas Spirit Readathon is back again this year. I'll be hosting once again over at Seasons of Readingalso starting Monday, November 19 through Sunday, December 2! Details and sign-up can be found HERE.

• the most important rule? Have fun!!! 

• I will have a review linky posted as a page the day the challenge starts. You will find it at the top of the right sidebar. 

• Sign up in the linky below (link to your post with your reading list...you can change up your list during the challenge...I just want to be able to stop by to welcome you and see what you plan to read).

One final note: The giveaway this year will be a $15 donation to the winner's choice of a human rights organization, such as the ACLU, Boys and Girls Club, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, Amnesty International, It Gets Better, Planned Parenthood, or another human rights organization of your choice, perhaps your local chapter or organization. This giveaway is open internationally.

I hope you will join me!

Grab a button...check the right sidebar...there's a grab code. And don't forget to check out the Readathon details at Seasons of Reading!

I’m in! Going to go for the Christmas Tree level of 5-6 books. I have a Kindle full of fun Christmas romances that I plan on devouring this season.

2018 Reading Challenges Update #3

For 2018, I scaled back some of my reading challenges, but am aiming to read even more pages/books than last year. So far, I've read 184 books. I have no idea how I’m doing this, but loving all the good books I’ve knocked out! Let's see how I'm doing with my reading challenges for this year. 

• Perpetual Reading Challenges 24/30

• Mount TBR 42/48

• TBR Pile 9/12

• Reading Assignment 8/12

• Popsguar 36/40

• Share-a-Tea 20/20 **

• What's in a Name? 5/6

• Modern Mrs. Darcy 11/12

• A to Z 25/26

• Graphic Novel 51/52

• Finishing the Series 5/10

• Library Love 60/60

• Picture Books 88/88

• Seasonal Series: Spring 22/25

• Seasonal Series: Summer. 24/25

• Seasonal Series: Fall 12/25

Total Challenges  3/16

Total Reading Slots 442/491

Next up on the TBR pile:

NPR Romance and Horror Lists

NPR just released their list of the 100 Favorite Horror Stories based on a reader's choice. I love these lists and use them for my perpetual reading challenges. So I'm adding this to my challenges! 

1. Frankenstien by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker
3. "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
4. "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
5. "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
6. "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James
7. "The Great God Pan" by Arthur Machen
8. "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
9. "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
10. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
11. "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" by M.R. James and Darryl Jones
12. The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore
13. I am Legend by Richard Matheson
14. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
15. The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice (first trilogy)
16. Minion by L.A. Banks (Vampire Huntress Legend Series)
17. The Hunger by Alma Katsu
18. Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
19. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
20. Feed by Mira Grant (Newsflesh series)
21. World War Z by Max Brooks
22. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
23. "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" By H.P. Lovecraft
24. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle
25. The Fisherman by John Langan
26. Laundry Files by Charles Stross (series)
27. The Cipher by Kathe Koja
28. John Dies at the End by David Wong
29. At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
30. "All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts" by Sonya Taaffe
31. Uzumaki by Junji Ito
32. Communion by Whitley Strieber
33. "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers
34. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
35. The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
36. Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
37. The Shining by Stephen King
38. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
39. The Elementals by Michael McDowell
40. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
41. Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
42. The Bone Key by Sarah Monette
43. Infidel by Aaron Campbell
44. The Ruins by Scott Smith
45. Rebecca Daphne de Maurier
46. "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates
47. The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan
48. Swan Song by Robert McCammon
49. "The Screwfly Solution" by James Tiptree Jr.
50. "Left Foot, Right" by Palo Hopkinson
51. Come Closer by Sara Gran
52. Furnace by Livia Llewellyn
53. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
54. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
55. Sandman by Neil Gaiman
56. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
57. White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
58. "Goblin Market" by Christina Georgina Rossetti
59. Experimental Film by Gemma Files
60. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
61. The Collector by John Fowles
62. The Terror by Dan Simmons
63. Intensity by Dean R. Koontz
64. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
65. Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
66. "Night The Missed the Horror Show by Joe Lansdale
67. Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
68. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
69. "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
72. Beloved by Toni Morrison
73. Kindred by Octavia Butler
74. The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
75. "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison
76. Books of Blood by Clive Barker
77. The October Country by Ray Bradbury
78. The Weird by Ann Vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer
79. The Imago Sequence and Other Stories by Laird Barron
80. Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell
81. Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
82. Shadowland by Peter Straub
83. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
84. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
85. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
86. "The Body" by Stephen King
87. "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby
88. The Other by Thomas Tryon
89. The Troop by Nick Cutter
90. Elizabeth by Ken Greenhall
91. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
92. Goosebumps by R.L. Stone (series)
93. Rotters by Daniel Kraus
94. The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
95. The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
96. Spiriti Hunters by Ellen Oh
97. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
98. Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

I also somehow missed their 100 Romance Stories list from 2015. I'm going to add this one also!

1. Lord of Scoundrels, by Loretta Chase
2. Indigo, by Beverly Jenkins
3. Outlander (series), by Diana Gabaldon
4. Texas Destiny, by Lorraine Heath
5. The Serpent Garden, by Judith Merkle Riley
6. The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, by Jennifer Ashley
7. The Bedwyn Saga (series), by Mary Balogh
8. Ravished, by Amanda Quick
9. The Wallflowers (series), by Lisa Kleypas
10. The Bridgertons (series), by Julia Quinn
11. The Brothers Sinister (series), by Courtney Milan
12. The Rules of Scoundrels (series), by Sarah MacLean
13. Flowers From the Storm, by Laura Kinsale
14. Spindle Cove (series), by Tessa Dare
15. Maiden Lane (series), by Elizabeth Hoyt
16. Pennyroyal Green (series), by Julie Anne Long
17. The Bride, by Julie Garwood
18. The Pink Carnation (series), by Lauren Willig
19. A Knight in Shining Armor, by Jude Deveraux
20. Not Quite a Husband, by Sherry Thomas
21. Desperate Duchesses (series), by Eloisa James
22. Something Wonderful, by Judith McNaught
23. The Windflower, by Laura London
24. The Spymasters (series), by Joanna Bourne
25. The Duke of Shadows, by Meredith Duran
26. Beast, by Judith Ivory
27. To Have and to Hold, by Patricia Gaffney
28. The Captive, by Grace Burrowes
29. The Lotus Palace (series), by Jeannie Lin
30. All Through the Night, by Connie Brockway
31. Blaze, by Susan Johnson
32. Morning Glory, by LaVyrle Spencer
33. Simple Jess, by Pamela Morsi
34. The Morning Gift, by Eva Ibbotson
35. A Lady Awakened, by Cecilia Grant
36. The Summer of You, by Kate Noble
37. The Rake, by Mary Jo Putney
38. The India Fan, by Victoria Holt
39. North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell
40. The Far Pavilions, by M.M. Kaye
41. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
42. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
43. Venetia, by Georgette Heyer
44. Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell
45. Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins
46. The Queen's Thief (series), by Megan Whalen Turner
47. Perfect Chemistry, by Simone Elkeles
48. Adios to My Old Life, by Caridad Ferrer
49. I-Team (series), by Pamela Clare
50. In Death (series), by J.D. Robb
51. Nine Coaches Waiting, by Mary Stewart
52. Psy/Changeling (series), by Nalini Singh
53. The Iron Seas (series), by Meljean Brook
54. Kate Daniels (series), by Ilona Andrews
55. Ember, by Bettie Sharpe
56. The Inheritance Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin
57. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold
58. Archangel, by Sharon Shinn
59. Warrior's Woman, by Johanna Lindsey
60. Charley Davidson (series), by Darynda Jones
61. The Black Dagger Brotherhood (series), by J.R. Ward
62. Immortals After Dark (series), by Kresley Cole
63. Fever (series), by Karen Marie Moning
64. The Winter Sea, by Susanna Kearsley
65. Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs
66. Vampire Huntress (series), by L.A. Banks
67. Dark Hunter (series), by Sherrilyn Kenyon
68. The Magpie Lord, by K. J. Charles
69. Fated Love, by Radclyffe
70. Hot Head, by Damon Suede
71. Cut & Run, by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban
72. Keeping Promise Rock, by Amy Lane
73. Butterfly Tattoo, by Deidre Knight
74. Maid to Match, by Deeanne Gist
75. Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers
76. Natural Law, by Joey W. Hill
77. Liberating Lacey, by Anne Calhoun
78. The Lady's Tutor, by Robin Schone
79. Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie
80. Heart of the Falcon, by Francis Ray
81. Something About You, by Julie James
82. The Chocolate Kiss, by Laura Florand
83. A Bollywood Affair, by Sonali Dev
84. Dream Man (series), by Kristen Ashley
85. The Chesapeake Bay Saga, by Nora Roberts
86. Lucky Harbor (series), by Jill Shalvis
87. Chicago Stars (series), by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
88. Troubleshooters (series), by Suzanne Brockmann
89. Virgin River (series), by Robyn Carr
90. The Mackenzie Family (series), by Linda Howard
91. Blue Heron (series), by Kristan Higgins
92. The Madaris Family (series), by Brenda Jackson
93. Wild Seasons (series), by Christina Lauren
94. Intimate Betrayal, by Donna Hill
95. Crazy Thing Called Love, by Molly O'Keefe
96. Black Knights, Inc. (series), by Julie Ann Walker
97. The Girl You Left Behind, by Jojo Moyes
98. Doukakis's Apprentice, by Sarah Morgan
99. Sex, Straight Up, by Kathleen O'Reilly
100. Her Hesitant Heart, by Carla Kelly

2018 Reading Challenges Update #2

For 2018, I scaled back some of my reading challenges, but am aiming to read even more pages/books than last year. So far, I've read 143 books, which is way above previous years at this point. Let's see how I'm doing with my reading challenges for this year. 

• Perpetual Reading Challenges 17/30  56.7%
• Mount TBR  28/48  58.3%
• TBR Pile  6/12  50%
• Reading Assignment  5/12  41.7%
• Popsugar 28/40   70%
• Share-a-Tea 12/20   60%
• What's in a Name? 4/6  66.7%
• Modern Mrs. Darcy 8/12  66.7%
• A to Z 20/26  76.9%
• Graphic Novel  48/52   92.3%
• Finishing the Series  5/10   50%
• Library Love 49/60   81.7%
• Picture Books  83/88   94.3%
• Seasonal Series: Summer. 13/25  52%
• Seasonal Series: Spring 22/25   88%

Total Challenges:  0/15 I haven't finish a challenge yet, but my overall progress is very good.

Total Reading Slots:  348/466. 74.6%

Next up on the TBR pile:

2018 Reading Challenges Update #1

For 2018, I scaled back some of my reading challenges, but am aiming to read even more pages/books than last year. So far, I've read 72 books, which is way above previous years at this point. Let's see how I'm doing with my reading challenges for this year. 

• Perpetual Reading Challenges 12/30 40% *
• Mount TBR  18/48 37.5%
• TBR Pile  3/12 25% *
• Reading Assignment  3/12 25%
• Popsguar 17/40  42.5%
• Share-a-Tea 6/20  30% *
• What's in a Name? 3/6 50%
• Modern Mrs. Darcy 6/12 50%
• A to Z 15/26  57.7% **
• Graphic Novel  23/24  95.8% ** (I may increase this one to the next level of 52 comics)
• Finishing the Series  4/10  40%
• Library Love 25/36  69.4% **
• Picture Books  70/88  79.5%
• Seasonal Series Spring 8/25 32%

Total Challenges  0/14

Total Reading Slots 213/389  54.8%

* - Needs Work
** - Doing a Great Job

Comments: Overall, I'm reading so much! According to Goodreads, I am 17 books ahead of schedule. Hopefully I can keep up the momentum throughout the rest of the year. And I need to fill all those empty slots!

Next up on the TBR pile:

Seasonal Series Readathon - Spring Update #1

I came across the Seasonal Series readathon from another blog that I follow. I love this fun idea and think I will be adding this to my reading challenges.  It’s a three-month long readathon running from March 20th to June 20th. The trick is that most of the books are to be a part of a series. I definitely I have series just sitting in my house reading to read. Let's check-in and see how I've done so far. I've completed 7 of the 25 tasks (28% done). I'd say that this is a great showing so far. I'm got a few more books from a series lined up and ready to be read next month. 

Spring Tasks:

1. Take a walk while listening to an audiobook
2. Read a book while drinking lemonade ✓
3. Read the first book in a series ✓
4. Try to unhaul a book you’ve lost interest in
5. Read a book that’s been on your shelves way too long - Parasite by Mira Grant
6. Read with rain in the background -> real rain or sounds ✓
7. Read a book with pink on the cover ✓
8. Read a book from a middle grade series
9. Read a series with a new book coming out in 2018
10. Read a book of a series where the parents of the MC aren’t dead
11. Read a book with character growth ✓
12. Read a book while eating chocolate
13. Free Space: read any book of a series
14. Read a book where only the first book of a series is out
15. Read a book set in the real world
16. Read a book with a spring colors on the cover
17. Finish a duology
18. Use a flower as a bookmark
19. Read a book with great friendship
20. Read the second book in a series ✓
21. Read a book while sitting outside ✓
22. Read a book that is (partly) set in spring
23. Read a book with green on the cover
24. Read a book that includes an animal
25. Read a book under 300 pages 

Next up on the TBR pile:

Seasonal Series Readathon - Spring

I came across the Seasonal Series readathon from another blog that I follow. I love this fun idea and think I will be adding this to my reading challenges.  It’s a three-month long readathon running from March 20th to June 20th. The trick is that most of the books are to be a part of a series. I definitely I have series just sitting in my house reading to read. 

Spring Tasks:

1. Take a walk while listening to an audiobook
2. Read a book while drinking lemonade
3. Read the first book in a series - If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
4. Try to unhaul a book you’ve lost interest in
5. Read a book that’s been on your shelves way too long - Parasite by Mira Grant
6. Read with rain in the background -> real rain or sounds
7. Read a book with pink on the cover
8. Read a book from a middle grade series
9. Read a series with a new book coming out in 2018
10. Read a book of a series where the parents of the MC aren’t dead
11. Read a book with character growth
12. Read a book while eating chocolate
13. Free Space: read any book of a series - Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh
14. Read a book where only the first book of a series is out
15. Read a book set in the real world
16. Read a book with a spring colors on the cover
17. Finish a duology
18. Use a flower as a bookmark
19. Read a book with great friendship
20. Read the last book in a series - A Magical Match by Juliet Blackwell
21. Read a book while sitting outside
22. Read a book that is (partly) set in spring
23. Read a book with green on the cover
24. Read a book that includes an animal - Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell
25. Read a book under 300 pages 

Next up on the TBR pile:

2018 Library Love Reading Challenge

From Angel's Guilt Pleasures:

Welcome to the second annual Library Love Challenge hosted by Angel’s Guilty Pleasures & Brooke Blogs. 

I hope you will join use in celebrating and support libraries. 

If you are like use then you like to purchase every book you want to read. And, well that can put a hurt on your wallet. One way to help lessen the hurt is to check out books (prints, ebooks, or audios) from the library. If you do this then it will help save you LOTS of money $$.

Getting a library card in most places is FREE. So, if you love to read and/or listen to books then grab your library card and join the challenge.

Details:

Runs: January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018. You can join any time.

• Put a sign up post on your blog or (dedicate a Goodreads shelf or LibraryThing) and link it below. Make sure it’s public.

• The goal is to read at least twelve (12) books from the library, but you can read more. While twelve is the minimum, there is no maximum limit. See the different levels below and pick the one that works best for you.

• Any format will work for this challenge (prints, ebooks, or audios); as long as you checked it out from the library, it counts.

• Books can be any genre (fiction, nonfiction, romance, fantasy, mystery, thriller, horror, etc.).

• Crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed, including re-reads. The goal is to support your local library and save money.

• Write a review to enter the giveaway – 2 sentences or an essay, whatever works for you, but there is a minimum of 2 sentences. Not sure what to write? How about something like, “The plot was a delight, but the characters didn’t capture me.” “I enjoyed the story and really liked the characters.”

• As an added bonus: We are offering up a GIVEAWAY with this Challenge. Winner will be picked at the end of the year!! The entries are the direct links to your book reviews and you will have until Jan. 3rd, 2019to enter your reviews in the linky and then the Rafflecopter. Go here to enter the giveaway: 2018 Library Love Challenge Review Link-ups.

Levels:

• Dewey Decimal: Read 12 books

• Thrifty Reader: Read 24 books

• Overdrive Junkie: Read 36 books

• Library Addict: Read 48 books

• Library Card on Fire: Read 60+ books

To join the 2018 Library Love challenge, 

• Please link your sign-up post in the linky below 

• To enter the giveaway make sure you use the 2018 Library Love Challenge Review Link-ups page foundHERE 

• Grab the 2018 Library Love Challenge button and post this reading challenge on your blog to track your progress. Please include a link back to this sign-up post, so others can join the reading challenge too. You do not have to be a book blogger to participate; you can track your progress on Goodreads/LibraryThing (as long as you have a dedicated shelf someplace).

I always frequent the library and this year will be no different. I'm going to sign up for the Overdrive Junkie level of 36 books.