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My only real goals are to read stuff, and to write down those reads in my reading journal. While I haven't yet decided on a number, I'll likely set it to 25 like I did this year, though I'd like to hit at least 50 because I want to get back in to a "book a week" groove.

Next-in-series I want to note for reference:
Full Contact (Miles Jacoby #3)
Killing Pretty (Sandman Slim #7)



Note to self: Bay's End reading order
BAY'S END
FOG WARNING
THE SOUND OF BROKEN RIBS
THE BEDDING OF BOYS
EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE NOW
NO HOME FOR BOYS (Summer 2019)

2019 Wrap Up!

59 Books
16,221 pages

27 books from KU
19 books from the library
13 bought, free or other

24 Horror
7 Sci Fi
1 YA (not in other categories)
2 Classics
4 Mystery / Detective
3 Fantasy
1 Thriller
7 Non-Fiction
5 International fiction
1 Romance
3 Contemp Lit
1 Historical Fiction

2019 Book Covers

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November
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MASH Challenge



📜Spouse (Pick One)
°Read a book that the title starts with the letter W
°Read a book tagged Paranormal
° Read a book that features a child - Flowers for Algernon
° Read a book with food on the cover

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Read a book that features some type of transportation on the cover - NOS4A2

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Read a book with an animal on the cover - Tortilla Flat (chicken)

📜# of Kids
Read a book with a number in the title or a series - Full Contact (series)

📜Job (Pick One)
°Read a book tagged Mystery - Reality Gold
°Read a book tagged Non-Fiction
°Read a book tagged Romance
°Read a book tagged Fantasy

📜Location (Pick One)
°Read a book set in Europe - Midnight Riot
°Read a book set in Africa
° Read a book set in Asia
°Read a book set in Australia

Results
Christa marries a Dementor!!

Christa and her partner, a Dementor , along with their Three Children and pet chicken Fried moved to Europe a few years ago to get away from it all.
Being a Private Eye has its ups and downs, and some times life just sucks. Ever since she bought that Rolls-Royce Wraith, her children have started to disappear and her partner just seems to suck the joy out of everything. Christa has started wondering if she is going crazy or it something else is keeping her from happiness....

What the hell was that last thing I typed?

K. I'm done. LOL

FIRST!

Christa wrote: "ewafesd"

LOL xD

Christa wrote: "ewafesd"

Second! Yes, that was odd. Did you sneeze when you typed?

LOL! I think my fingers just got tired of typing "reserved". :D

Christa wrote: "LOL! I think my fingers just got tired of typing "reserved". :D"

Have you heard of copy+paste? ;)

:P LOL

I have a few contemporary philosophy books in the chute for next year. My goal is to read them slowly over time and take notes in a notebook I've set aside for that purpose.

That said... I will resist any attempts to hold me accountable for this goal. :D I'll list them here tomorrow when I'm not typing on my tablet.

That sounds interesting!
And you get to have another notebook, what could be better! ;)

DoodlePanda wrote: "That sounds interesting!
And you get to have another notebook, what could be better! ;)"

Sometimes I feel like I'm inventing reasons to get more notebooks...

Can't blame you though, I too have a love for notebooks :D

It's so nice to have all these cool things in common with friends so that we can enable each other. :D

Speaking of which...

Note to self: When Mrs J adds something to her to-read list, maybe wait till she reads it before grabbing it. I don't feel bad that I didn't like it, but I do feel bad for slamming it with two stars when she hasn't even finished it yet. But I'm weird and overthink things, so yeah.

So.

Anyone remember my Weird Challenge from 2017? You know, the really cool one that died an awful death immediately after I tried to move it to a blog, because we all know by now that I can't keep a blog going for more than a month?

Yeah, that one.

I'd like to do something similar for 2019. Not as a challenge, really, but sort of as a creative exercise alongside the main event. Hell, I may even just recycle the original Weird challenge instead of coming up with something new. Because, as we all know, "creative" starts with blatant copying...

I feel like I'm doing this wrong. I don't care. Just throwing that out there.

Anyway, the original Weird Challenge is here for those who missed it or don't remember it because it died so quickly. /topic/show/...

Oh yea, I had completely forgotten about the weird challenge!
Will be interesting to see how that turns out! :D

Also: I'm pretty sure there is no "doing it wrong" so you do whatever you enjoy! <3

Christa wrote: "It's so nice to have all these cool things in common with friends so that we can enable each other. :D

Speaking of which...

Note to self: When Mrs J adds something to her to-read list, maybe wai..."

Which book? Butterface? I haven't finished that one...it was...getting touchy.

What about the playing challenge? I loved that one

MrsJoseph wrote: "Which book? Butterface? I haven't finished that one...it was...getting touchy."

Yeah, that one. I almost didn't finish it but I wanted it to count so I did some half-assed speed-reading through the last third of it. It really overdid the "she's so ugly!" thing, the dude seemed like he was made of cardboard and most of the other characters acted like children.

MrsJoseph wrote: "What about the playing challenge? I loved that one"

Which one was that?

Christa wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "Which book? Butterface? I haven't finished that one...it was...getting touchy."

Yeah, that one. I almost didn't finish it but I wanted it to count so I did some half-assed speed-..."

Ugh. Doesn't sound promising. Yeah, I was getting the "she's ugly" thing on overload. Also, the one after is called "Muffin Top" and it sounds like it may have the same problems.

Oh! The video game one. :-D


Oooooh! We should find a way to combine the two.

Yeah, I think I'm going to skip that author. Not my thing.

OOOH! Yeah! I remember that now! Well, I would love to do something like that if I could, but I don't really get a lot of time to just play whatever games I want anymore. I'm usually helping Usual make gaming content for his channel so that sort of dictates what I'm playing. I don't have the gaming freedom I used to have and honestly, it's starting to get to me lately but... I don't know.

Christa wrote: "Yeah, I think I'm going to skip that author. Not my thing.

OOOH! Yeah! I remember that now! Well, I would love to do something like that if I could, but I don't really get a lot of time to just pl..."

Yeah, I think I will, too.

Have you read any Talia Hibbert? I am loving her so far. She creates great characters.

MrsJoseph wrote: "Have you read any Talia Hibbert? I am loving her so far. She creates great characters."

I'm gonna check her out! I just added A Girl Like Her to my TBR. :)

A book a week is a good challenge. I only get more books done because I don't have a regular job (although I am a caregiver and my elderly Mom's go-fer).

I think my very first GR goal was a book a week. I was a stay-at-home mom back then.

Oh how times have changed.

I’ll be happy if I can manage one book a month. It’s been much more difficult than imagined.

I think I'm just gonna stick with the book-a-week goal and skip adding the Weird Challenge or anything else. I've got other personal projects I'll be working on and I don't want to pile up my plate with self-invented obligations. I'll already be writing notes and such in my reading journal, that will be enough.

But isn't life totally based on self-invented obligations?
:P

HomeInMyShoes wrote: "But isn't life totally based on self-invented obligations?
:P"

LOL There's quite a bit of truth in that. :D I should have said, "more self-invented obligations".

LOL so true!
I think it's a good idea to have a goal you can accomplish :)

IDK. I don't think I have any goals right now. Maybe read things I own again. But I've been reading trash lately (Doodles and Christa were already forced to hear about that, lol).

MrsJoseph wrote: "IDK. I don't think I have any goals right now. Maybe read things I own again. But I've been reading trash lately (Doodles and Christa were already forced to hear about that, lol)."

I'm pretty much back to "just read stuff" in terms of goals. The book per week thing is about where it should shake out now that I'm back in the habit of reading at least a little every single night before bed. I've got some novellas on the TBR which should balance out any longer-than-anticipated reads that pop up.

Logged my first book of the year! :)

Craven Manor I gave it 5 stars because I got REALLY wrapped up in the characters. It's nice to start the year off with a read that I really enjoyed!

Christa wrote: "Logged my first book of the year! :)

Craven Manor I gave it 5 stars because I got REALLY wrapped up in the characters. It's nice to start the year off with a read that I really en..."

That's indeed the best way to start the new year. I've still got quite a few of her books on my TBR list, and am trying to space them out so that they'll last longer. I might get one for my reading retreat.

Bianca wrote: "Christa wrote: "I've still got quite a few of her books on my TBR list, and am trying to space them out so that they'll last longer. I might get one for my reading retreat. "

I'm really liking her stuff so far. My first read from her was Hunted, which almost put me off because of the way the beginning of the book has a lot of focus on the most unlikable character. I'm glad I stuck with it, because Hunted turned out to be really good after all, and Craven Manor was awesome. :)

I'm actually avoiding adding her books to my Kindle Unlimited wishlist because I know if they're one click away on my Kindle, I'll go through them too quickly. :D

Yaaaaay!

I got nothing. Zip. Zero. Nadda.

Congrats of your first book!
I'm working on 3 at the moment, but it's not going quickly xD

Thanks! :)

Second book down. Sick House 4-stars. In-your-face horror. It was a fun and often gross read. :D

another one to add to my kindle unlimited list then... *Sigh* LOL xD

LOL! Sorry not sorry! :P

dun dun dun another one bites the dust...

Third book down! Wooo!

Browsing through reviews for Skinner Luce, it seems to get a mixed response. I loved it. Seems strange to get so invested in a character that is detached and only capable of feeling a very low level of empathy, but there it is.

Yay!
I saw you were reading it and had a look (because apparently I have to check all the books you're reading recently), but I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it or not.

Christa wrote: "DoodlePanda wrote: "That sounds interesting!
And you get to have another notebook, what could be better! ;)"

Sometimes I feel like I'm inventing reasons to get more notebooks..."

My daughter loves note books! She is the only person I know who loves to buy "school supplies"

Abbie DiscoSuperFly wrote: "My daughter loves note books! She is the only person I know who loves to buy "school supplies" "

Oh, I can so relate to that. I was the same way. You know the toy wish book catalogs that come out at Christmas time? That's how I've always felt about the really big Staples office supply catalogs. LOL

Yes, that is birthday and christmas here. Get some note books, journals, pens and tape

Abbie DiscoSuperFly wrote: "Yes, that is birthday and christmas here. Get some note books, journals, pens and tape"

My washi tape collection is totally out of control, and I can't stop with the journaling projects. My latest is a virtual travel journal binder. I finished creating the dividers for it the other day.

(Hope that works, I've literally never shared an album on my Amazon Photos account before. )

It works!
And they look so good! :D

Abbie DiscoSuperFly wrote: "My daughter loves note books! She is the only person I know who loves to buy "school supplies"

My wife does too. I like pens and books, but not as much as her and I tend to doodle, I don't journal that much.

I love getting stationary and art supplies (to me they're intertwined).

I've been trying not to look to much on Jetpens.com because they've got too many things I want and need (at least IMHO I need them).