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Aneta | 77 comments My biggest goal for 2019 is to read at least 35 books. I've been in reading slump for some time now and I want out!

My goals:
1. Read at least 35 books
2. Try Audiobooks
3. Participate in challanges, readathons and buddy reads
4. Finish or catch up with 4 series I started before
- Cormoran Strike (read only first book)
- Raven's Shadow (read only first book but I've to reread it to continue)
- The Selection (last two books)
- Detective D.D. Warren (read only two books)
- The Shadow and Bone (I read only first one)
- Jackaby (I still have to read last two books)
- Nightmares! (read only first book)
- Lincoln Rhyme (read two books)
- The Lunar Chronicles (I haven't read only Stars Above)
- Department Q (I read three books and I three more at home)
- Robert Langdon (read only two books)
- Throne of Glass (read only first one)
- The Inheritance Cycle (I haven't read only last book in this series but I have to reread it because I remember nothing)
5. Post more reviews on ŷ
6. Buy less, read more


message 2: by Aneta (last edited Apr 16, 2019 12:50AM) (new)

Aneta | 77 comments 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge
12/40

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
The Knife of Never Letting Go OR The Rosie Project

2. A book that makes you nostalgic
The Tales of Beedle the Bard OR Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)

4. A book you think should be turned into a movie

5. A book with at least one million ratings on ŷ
City of Bones

6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover

7. A reread of a favorite book
Blood Song

8. A book about a hobby
Fence

9. A book you meant to read in 2018
Alone

10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title

11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
The Song of Achilles OR Circe

13. A book published posthumously

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

15. A retelling of a classic
My Plain Jane

16. A book with a question in the title
What If It's Us

17. A book set on college or university campus

18. A book about someone with a superpower
The School for Good and Evil

19. A book told from multiple POVs
The Foxe & the Hound

20. A book set in space

21. A book by two female authors

22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title

23. A book set in Scandinavia
Journal 64

24. A book that takes place in a single day

25. A debut novel
The Hating Game

26. A book that's published in 2019

27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
The Wishing Spell

28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire

29. A book with LOVE in the title
To All the Boys I've Loved Before

30. A book featuring an amateur detective
Truly Devious

31. A book about a family
Far from the Tree

32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America

33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title

34. A book that includes a wedding
Always and Forever, Lara Jean

35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
Landline

36. A ghost story
Ghostly Echoes OR Tunnel of Bones

37. A book with a two-word title

38. A novel based on a true story

39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge


message 3: by Aneta (last edited Feb 26, 2019 02:47AM) (new)

Aneta | 77 comments Winter Bingo 2019

B1: Award Winner - The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
B2: Graphic Novel - Fence
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series - The School for Good and Evil
I2: Middle Grade
I3: Blue Cover
I4: > 400 pages - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic
N2: Made into a Movie - To All the Boys I've Loved Before
N3: FREE
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor - The Hating Game

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+ - What If It's Us
G3: White Cover - P.S. I Still Love You
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science


message 4: by Aneta (last edited Nov 30, 2019 10:38PM) (new)

Aneta | 77 comments List of books I read in 2019

January
1. To All the Boys I've Loved Before - Audiobook
2. Fence
3. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Unfortunately it was disappointment
4. P.S. I Still Love You - Audiobook
5. The Hating Game

February
1. Fence Vol. 2
2. The Foxe & the Hound - Audiobook - I loved it!
3. What If It's Us - Audiobook
4. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - So good!
5. The School for Good and Evil

March
1. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Audiobook
2. Always and Forever, Lara Jean - Audiobook
3. The Wishing Spell - Audiobook

April
1. Alone
2. Stars Above
3. City of Bones - Surprisingly I really liked it!
4. Fence, Vol. 3
5. Fight or Flight - Audiobook
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
7. The Accidental Beauty Queen

May
1. City of Ashes
2. The Knife of Never Letting Go
3. 岹á

June
1. City of Glass
2. A World Without Princes
3. Daisy Jones & The Six - Loved it!

July
1. Smrtící tanec
2. Crenshaw - Audiobook
3. The Beholder
4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
5. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
6. Love & Gelato - Audiobook

August
1. Fake Out - Audiobook
2. Clockwork Angel - So good!
3. On Dublin Street - Audiobook - It was so disappointing!
4. The Ask and the Answer - I loved it!
5. Not Your Sidekick - Audiobook

September
1. The Foxhole Court - Audiobook
2. Eragon - Reread
3. The Raven King - Audiobook
4. Clockwork Prince
5. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - I finally read this!
6. The King's Men - Audiobook

October
1. Not Your Villain - Audiobook
2. Zápalné oběti
3. They Both Die at the End - Audiobook - Love, love, love!
4. Warbreaker
5. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - Audiobook
6. The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause

November
1. Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
2. Trick Play
3. The Upside of Unrequited


message 5: by Aneta (last edited Aug 31, 2019 10:57PM) (new)

Aneta | 77 comments Dust the Shelf 2019

Level 1 (2 Books) - Swipe the duster
1. The School for Good and Evil
2. Alone

Level 2 (4 Books) - Dust bunnies beware
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4. The Knife of Never Letting Go

Level 3 (7 Books) - Cobwebs begone
5. Smrtící tanec
6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn

Level 4 (10 Books) - Polish and shine
8. The Ask and the Answer
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message 6: by Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader (new)

Rosemarie | 4480 comments Mod
Good luck on your challenges, Aneta. I hope you are now out of your reading slump.


message 8: by Aneta (last edited Jun 16, 2019 04:43AM) (new)

Aneta | 77 comments SPRING Bingo 2019

I wasn't able finish Winter Bingo so I'm trying again!

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover - The Accidental Beauty Queen
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae - City of Ashes

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance - Fight or Flight
N5: Male POV - Alone

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation - Hvězdy nad hlavou
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult - City of Bones
G6: Magical Powers - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling - The Wishing Spell
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover - 岹á


message 9: by Aneta (last edited Nov 01, 2019 01:17PM) (new)

Aneta | 77 comments AUTUMN BINGO 2019

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
B3- Courtroom or Crime
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure - Not Your Villain
I4- Dysfunctional Family
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated -They Both Die at the End
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character - Burnt Offerings

O1- Foreign Setting
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated - The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause
O4- Religion - Warbreaker
O5- Brown Cover


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