January 2021 Life Goals

Let’s check in on December’s goals and my progress.

• Read 15 Books ✓

• Plan Out January for Homeschooling ✓

• Send Out Christmas Cards ✓

• Walk at Least 20 miles on the Treadmill - Fail. But I got fairly close with 16 miles.

• Clean Out TBR Piles, Lists, Etc. ✓

January’s Goals:

• Read 15 Books

• Plan Out Our 52 Desserts and Snacks for January, February, and March

• Walk at Least 20 Miles on the Treadmill

• Do a Goodwill Donation Run

• Put Together Drawers for Boys

• Prep for February Movie Month

• Make Eye Appointments

• Make Dentist Appointments

• Make Driver’s License Appointment

Next up on the TBR pile:

2020 Reading Challenge Roundup - Failed

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

2020 Reading Challenge Roundup - Completed

TBR Jar Random
Goal 12/12 Books 100%

1. January - The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn (4/7/20)

2. February - The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams (4/25/20)

3. March - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (3/23/20)

4. April - The Five by Hallie Rubenhold (5/26/20)

5. May - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (5/30/20)

6. June - Hollowland by Amanda Hocking (6/3/20)

7. July - Pines by Blake Crouch (7/26/20)

8. August - Delirium by Lauren Oliver (8/21/20)

9. September - The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller (10/22/20)

10. October - A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore (10/7/20)

11. November - There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins (11/11/20)

12. December - Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (12/28/20)

December Theme
Goal 6/6 Books 100%

1. A Christmas to Remember by Jenny Hale (12/8/20)

2. The Christmas Princess by Patricia McLinn (12/15/20)

3. Wrapped Up for Christmas by Katlyn Duncan (12/15/20)

4. Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas (12/26/20)

5. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (12/22/20)

6. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (12/27/20)

October Theme
Goal 6/6 Books 100%

1. The Only Good Indians by Stephan Graham Jones (10/3/20)

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

3. Devolution by Max Brooks (10/14/20)

4. The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali (10/10/20)

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

6. Color Me In by Natasha Diaz (11/25/20)

Picture Books
Goal: 100/100 Books 100%

1. Author A - The Coolsville Contraption Contest by Annie Auerbach (January)

2. Title A - Animals by Emily Bolam (January)

3. Author B - Poor Puppy and Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel (January)

4. Title B .- Big Dog and Little Dog Going for a Walk by Dav Pilkey (January)

5. Author C - The Moon is a Silver Pond by Sara Cassidy (February)

6. Title C - Cold Snap Eileen Spinelli (January)

7. Author D - First Day at Zoo School by Sarah Dillard (March)

8. Title D - Don’t Lick the Dog by Wendy Wahman (January)

9. Author E - Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (October)

10. Title E - Eight Days Gone by Linda McReynolds (January)

11. Author F - Pig and Cat are Pals by Douglas Florian (March)

12. Title F - Firebears, the Rescue Team by Rhonda Gowler Greene (February)

13. Author G - Oi Frog! by Kes Gray (February)

14. Title G - The Greedy Python by Eric Carle (January)

15. Author H - Danny and the Dinosaur in the Big City by Syd Hoff (January)

16. Title H - Have You Seen My Cat by Eric Carle (January)

17. Author I - Hooray for Fall by Kazuo Iwamura (October)

18. Title I - The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani (January)

19. Author J - Penguin Problems by Jory John and Lane Smith (October)

20. Title J - Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor (January)

21. Author K - M is for Music by Kathleen Krull (July)

22. Title K - The Knight Who Said “No!” by Lucy Rowland (February)

23. Author L - Pond by Jim LaMarche (July)

24. Title L - Little Miss Muffet by Iza Trapani (January)

25. Author M - Astronaut Handbook by Meghan McCarthy (January)

26. Title M - The Mysterious Giant of Barlette by Tomie DePaola (January)

27. Author N - 100 Bugs by Kate Narita (July)

28. Title N - The Nature Girls by Aki (July)

29. Author O - Chicken in the Kitchen by Nnedi Okorafor (October)

30. Title O - Our World is Relative by Julie Sooy (January)

31. Author P - The Hallo-wiener by Dav Pilkey (January)

32. Title P - Pandora by Victoria Turnbull (January)

33. Author Q - Jo MacDonald Had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum (November)

34. Title Q - The Quiet Crocodile Goes to the Beach by Natacha Adnriamirado (March)

35. Author R - Hamster’s Don’t Fight Fires! by Andrew Root (January)

36. Title R - Rooster is Off to See the World by Eric Carle (January)

37. Author S - Does Frankenstein Get Hungry? by John Solimine (January)

38. Title S - The Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy Rose (January)

39. Author T - Cat & Mouse by Britta Teckentrup (February)

40. Title T - The Tale of Tam Linn by Lari Don (January)

41. Author U - Storm by Sam Usher (November)

42. Title U - Uh-oh! by R. Schuyler Hooke (January)

43. Author V - The Pinata that the Farm Maiden Hung by Samantha Vamos (January)

44. Title V - The Very Ugly Bug by Liz Pichon (July)

45. Author W - The Roll-away Pumpkin by Junia Wonders (January)

46. Title W - What to Do if an Elephant Stands on Your Foot by Michelle Robinson (January)

47. Author Y - I am a Story by Dan Yaccarino (November)

48. Title Y - Yucky Worms by Vivian French (July)

49. Author Z - The Moon Keeper by Zosienka (November)

50. Title Z - Zin Zin Zin by Lloyd Moss (July)

51. Duck! by Megan McKinlay (January)

52. Duck’s Vacation by Gilad Soffer (January)

53. The Goodnight Train Rolls On! by June Sobel (January)

54. Henry in Love by Peter McCarty (January)

55. I Do Not Like Al’s Hat by Erin McGill (January)

56. Let’s Go, Bobby! by Ruth Wielockx (January)

57. Made by Maxine by Ruth Spiro (January)

58. Pheobe and Digger and Tricia Springstubb (January)

59. Shiver Me Letters by June Sobel (January)

60. The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Christmas 123 by Eric Carle (January)

61. Mimi and Bear in the Snow by Janee Trasler (February)

62. Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker (February)

63. The Great Pumpkin Contest by Angela Rozelaar (February)

64. Mother Goose of Pudding Lane by Christopher Raschka (February)

65. Pete with No Pants by Rowboat Watkins (February)

66. A Piece of Cake by LeUyen Pham (February)

67. The Science Fair at the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler (February)

68. Pirates Don’t Go to Kindergarten! by Lisa Robinson (March)

69. Aquarium by Cynthia Alonso (March)

70. Out! by Arree Chung (March

71. The Book About Nothing by Mike Bender (March)

72. The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds (March)

73. Pete with No Pants by Rowboat Watkins (March)

74. Mother Goose of Pudding Lane by Chris Raschka (March)

75. At the Supermarket by Anne Rockwell (March)

76. The Sun Played Hide-and-Seek by Brian P. Cleary (March)

77. Pine and Book Blast Off by Ross Burach (March)

78. Polar Bear Island by Lindsay Bonilla (March)

79. Old MacDonald Had a Dragon by Ken Baker (March)

80. Bear’s House of Books by Poppy Bishop (March)

81. Mind Your Monsters by Catherine Bailey (March)

82. How to Care for Your T-Rex by Ken Baker (March)

83. The Magic Word by Mac Barnett (March)

84. How to Find an Elephant by Kate Banks (March)

85. Ghastly Ghosts by Teresa Bateman (March)

86. Moon by Stacy McAnulty (June)

87. Sun by Stacy McAnulty (June)

88. A River by Marc Martin (July)

89. In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming (July)

90. Pond Circle by Betsy Franco (July)

91. In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming (July)

92. Turtle Splash by Cathryn Falwell (July)

93. The Pond by Nicola Davies (July)

94. The Crayon Man by Natascha Biebow (July)

95. Math Fables by Greg Tang (July)

96. How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander (July)

97. Math Attack by Joan Horton (July)

98. Pigeon Math by Asia Citro (July)

99. This is a Book to Read with a Worm by Jodie Wheeler-Toppen (November)

100. Bear Out There by Jacob Grant (November)

July Theme
Goal 6/6 Books 100%

1. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (10/23/20)

2. A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow (7/24/20)

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

4. The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen (10/27/20)

5. The Guest List by Lucy Foley (7/19/20)

6. Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch (7/29/20)

June Theme
Goal 6/6 Books. 100%

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

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

3. Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (7/7/20)

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

5. Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power (9/6/20)

6. A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer (6/23/20)

Ebooks
Goal 50/50 Books 100%

1. Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid (1/4/20)

2. The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey (1/29/20)

3. Wool by Hugh Howey (1/31/20)

4. The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara (2/5/20)

5. The Christmas Secret by Julia London (2/15/20)

6. After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid (3/19/20)

7. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (3/23/20)

8. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (3/31/20)

9. The Last Debutante by Julia London (4/10/20)

10. Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix (4/12/20)

11. The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis (4/15/20)

12. Daughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb (4/18/20)

13. Grave Minder by Melissa Marr (4/24/20)

14. Saltwater Kisses by Krista Lakes (4/26/20)

15. The Deep by Rivers Solomon (4/28/20)

16. After the Cure by Deirdre Gould (4/29/20)

17. Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen (5/3/20)

18. Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller (5/15/20)

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

20. The Secrets of a Courtesan by Nicola Cornick (5/12/20)

21. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (5/20/20)

22. The Five by Hallie Rubenhold (5/26/20)

23. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (5/30/20)

24. All Systems Red by Martha Wells (5/28/20)

25. Hollowland by Amanda Hocking (6/3/20)

26. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (6/9/20)

27. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (6/14/20)

28. The City We Became by NK Jemisin (6/16/20)

29. The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley (6/20/20)

30. Hollowmen by Amanda Hocking (6/11/20)

31. The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez (6/24/20)

32. Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (6/25/20)

33. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (6/27/20)

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

35. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (6/29/20)

36. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (7/2/20)

37. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (7/5/20)

38. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (7/12/20)

39. Network Effect by Martha Wells (7/15/20)

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

41. Galatea by Madeline Miller (7/24/20)

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

43. A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow (7/24/20)

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

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

46. Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau (8/15/20)

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

48. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown (9/4/20)

49. Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland (9/9/20)

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

Library
Goal 50/50 Books 100%

1. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (1/11/20)

2. The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan (1/5/20)

3. Daybreak by Brian Ralph (1/8/20)

4. Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren (1/15/20)

5. Billie Holiday by Carlos Sampayo and Jose Munoz (1/22/20)

6. Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (1/24/20)

7. Wolfpack by Abby Wambach (1/25/20)

8. The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas (1/28/20)

9. Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez (2/4/20)

10. Drive-Thru Dreams by Adam Chandler (2/12/20)

11. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2/15/20)

12. Mississippi River Tragedies by Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer (2/18/20)

13. I was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib (2/19/20)

14. The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer (2/19/20)

15. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty (2/21/20)

16. Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (2/22/20)

17. Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker (2/26/20)

18. Frida Kahlo by Maria Hesse (2/27/20)

19. The Night Country by Melissa Albert (3/4/20)

20. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (3/7/20)

21. The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams (3/13/20)

22. Vox by Christina Dalcher (3/14/20)

23. Mythos by Stephen Fry (3/17/20)

24. After the Flood by Kassandra Montag (3/21/20)

25. Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen (3/22/20)

26. Fever by Lauren DeStefano (3/26/20)

27. The Story of the World in 100 Species by Christopher Lloyd (3/29/20)

28. The Vagina Bible by Jen Gunter (4/3/20)

29. Planetfall by Emma Newman (4/17/20)

30. The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn (4/7/20)

31. Redshirts by John Scalzi (4/4/20)

32. Archaeology from Space by Sarah Parcak (4/8/20)

33. The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams (4/25/20)

34. The Deep by Alma Katsu (5/22/20)

35. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaur by Steve Brusatte (6/10/20)

36. Sever by Lauren DeStefano (6/6/20)

37. Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen (6/12/20)

38. Cocaine Blues by Kerry Washington (6/13/20)

39. When Women Ruled by Kara Cooney (6/15/20)

40. Bibliophile by Jane Mount (6/21/20)

41. A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer (6/23/20)

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

43. The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Hoew (6/30/20)

44. Once & Future Vol. 1 (7/4/20)

45. Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (7/7/20)

46. Pandemic 1918 by Catharine Arnold (7/14/20)

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

48. On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen (7/18/20)

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

50. Pines by Blake Crouch (7/26/20)

January Theme
Goal 6/6 Books 100%

1. Wool by Hugh Howey (1/31/20)

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

3. Vox by Christina Dalcher (3/14/20)

4. Billie Holiday by Carlos Sampayo and Jose Munoz (1/22/20)

5. The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara (2/5/20)

6. I was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib (2/19/20)

February Theme
Goal 6/6 Books 100%

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

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

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

4. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2/15/20)

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

6. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (3/7/20)

March Theme
Goal 6/6 Books 100%

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

2. How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (3/27/20)

3. The Vagina Bible by Jen Gunter (4/3/20)

4. The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams (3/14/20)

5. Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen (3/22/20)

6. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (3/31/20)

April Theme
Goal 6/6 Books. 100%

1. The Oracle Code (5/24/20)

2. Rat Queens Vol. 7 (4/5/20)

3. The Complete Phonogram (4/4/20)

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

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

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

2020 Wrap-up

Favorite Books of the Year (in no particular order):

• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow

• Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

• 1776 by David McCullough

• The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

• The Deep by Rivers Solomon

• The City We Became by NK Jemisin

• Network Effect (and the rest of the Murderbot Series) by Martha Wells

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Honorable Mentions: The HM category is reserved for rereads that I really loved.

• Circe by Madeleine Miller

Total Books Read – 230 books

Total Pages Read – 70,892 pages

I averaged 5907 pages per month.  My lowest month was February with only 4532 pages.  My highest month was June with 8354 pages.  I hope to read 50,000 pages next year.

Book Rating Stats 

• 5 stars — 77 books

• 4 stars — 101 books

• 3 stars — 39 books

• 2 stars — 13 books

• 1 star — 0 books

• DNFs — 0 books

Here’s the final breakdown:

Total: 12/21 challenges 57.1 % done

Total: 346/416 slots 83.2% done

Next up on the TBR pile:

December 2020 Wrap-up

December TBR Pile (19/25):

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang

3. Friend Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab ✓

4. Friend Book Club (Dec): Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

5. TBR Random (Dec): Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins ✓

6. Goodreads To Read Random (Dec): Still Life by Louise Penny

7. Theme 1: Wrapped Up for Christmas by Katlyn Duncan ✓

8. Theme 1: A Christmas to Remember by Jenny Hale ✓

9. Theme 1: The Christmas Princess by Patricia McLinn ✓

10. Theme 2: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

11. Theme 2: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ✓

12. Theme 2: Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas ✓

13. Scifi: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

14. Comics: The Tea Dragon Society ✓

15. Comics: The Tea Dragon Festival ✓

16. Comics: Flight Vol. 2 ✓

17. Comics: Once & Future King Vol. 2 ✓

18. Comics: Lumberjanes / Gotham Academy ✓

19. Comics: Monstress Vol. 5 ✓

20. Horror: North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud ✓

21. Added: Gotham Academy Semester 2 Vol. 1 ✓

22. Added: Gotham Academy Semester 2 Vol. 2 ✓

23. Added: Her Christmas Bonus by Rain Danvers ✓

24. Added: Let It Snow by Erica Ridley ✓

25. Added: The Christmas Contest by Scarlet Wilson ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4439 pages
Pages Remaining: 501,761 pages

Current Read - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam; Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (0)

January TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

2. Girly Book Club: Exhalation by Ted Chiang

3. Girly Book Club: Disappearing Earth by Julia Philips

4. Friend Book Club: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

5. MMD RC: Still Life by Louise Penny

6. Nonfiction: The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen

7. Nonfiction: Librarian Tales by William Ottens

8. Nonfiction: Underland by Robert Mcfarlane

9. Romance: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

10. Romance: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

11. Scifi: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

12. Scifi: The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov

13. Fantasy: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

14. Comics: Solution and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

15. Comics: Wellington by Aaron Mahnke

Movies watched

• Beneath the Planet of the Apes - I’m slowly working through this series that I’ve never watched.

• Florence Foster Jenkins - Delightful biography.

• Holidate - Delightful Christmas romantic comedy.

• Tenet - Too smart for its own good. Parts were liked and parts that were just too confusing.

• MIB: International - Rotten Tomatoes’ score of 22% was very harsh. This was an okay summer blockbuster popcorn flick. I would give it more like 55%.

• Insert Coin - Interesting documentary about coin op games and Midway. Didn’t know I needed to watch that one.

• Soul - This was really beautifully; something I expect from Pixar.

• WW84 - Very underwhelming…

• Fatman -

TV Shows watched 

• Lovecraft Country S1

• His Dark Materials S2

• The Mandalorian S2

• Below Deck: Sailing Yacht S1

• Star Trek DS9 S1 - As we finished some of the other shows, we jumped back into Star Trek.

• Schitt’s Creek S1-2 - We finally started it!

Comments - Finished off the year strong with 30 books over my goal.

Next up on the TBR pile: