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Race to the Finish
Duration October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016

With the end of the year approaching, how close are you to completing you reading goal? Will a few short reads get you over the top, or do you have a long way to go? How many yearly challenges do you still have to complete?

For this challenge take a look at all of the goals you set for this year and decide what you can complete for 2016. Let us know what challenges you would like to complete and how many books you will need to complete each one.

Just know, what ever the outcome, the Moderators of the 2016 Reading Challenge are proud of you and love having you in our group! We can't wait for all the fun 2017 is going to bring.

Rachael is the leader for this challenge.

I need to finish my Listopia Challenge - 2016. For this I have to read 8 books by the end of the year.

***COMPLETE***

� 1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy ★★★★�
� 2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ★★★★�
� 3. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ★★☆☆�
� 4. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville ★★☆☆�
� 5. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ★★★★�
� 6. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy ★★★★�
� 7. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri ★★★☆�
� 8. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ★★★★�

8/8

PARTICIPANTS
updated to message 193

Amanda (msg 47) 3/21
Amanda (msg 67) 11/16
Ariel 9/29
Candiss 7/14
Cassandra 0/35
Chelsea 1/16
Clare 13/14
Emily 0/23
Erika 0/5
Jackie 6/12
Jane 3/7
Jennika 1/25
JoJo 16/23
Kadijah Michelle 0/16
Kelly 0/30
Kiki 1/7
Leisa 3/10
Mary Pat 11/25
Monica 0/10
Sam F 47/56
Sharon 0/27
Stephanie 24/52
Stephanie (R-A) 2/52
Susan 2/15
Taylor R 6/15
Victoria 4/7

COMPLETED!
Anna 8/8
Megan 16/16
Paul 42/31
Rachael 15/12
Mindy 5/5
Barb 26/25
Lindsay 24/24
Susan C 31/30
Clare L 14/14
Nicole 25/11

I finished my reading goal for the year, but I do need to finish my Around the Year in 52 Books challenge.
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I have read 1/16 books.
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1. The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye
2. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
3.
4. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
5. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
6.
7. The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport
8. Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov by Robert Chandler
9. The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
10. 1984 by George Orwell
11. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
12. And I Darken by Kiersten White
13. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling
14.
15. Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
16.

I'm in! I am definitely racing to the finish!

110/102 for my yearly challenge. - completed!

20/20 for I Spy - completed

7/6 for Fiction to Reality - completed

23/20 for Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice - completed

16/16 to finish them all! - challenge completed!!!

I have one book left to read and then I'm done with I Spy Book Titles:
A Tale of Two Cities (29/9/16, doesn't count)

I'm finished with Around the World but there are still a lot of books I want to read. I'll be putting them down here as I read them.
A. North Korea - The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee (14/10/16)
B. Somalia - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (19/10/16)
C. Indonesia - Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (5/11/16)
D. China - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (16/11/16)
E. Morocco - The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami (20/11/16)
F. South Korea - The Vegetarian by Han Kang (22/11/16)
G. Dominican Republic - This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz (24/11/16)
H. New Zealand - The Chimes by Anna Smaill (27/11/16)

Two books for the Every Year Challenge:
The Final Empire (6/10/16)
The Three-Body Problem (16/11/16)

I want to read as many non-fiction books that I own and Irish books this year as I can, and I'll be putting them down as I read them.
1 - The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee (14/10/16)
2 - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (19/10/16)
3 - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (28/10/16)
4 - Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (5/11/16)
5 - Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks (6/11/16)
6 - Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh (10/11/16)
7 - Philomena by Martin Sixsmith (12/11/16)
8 - Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick (27/12/16)
9 - Men Explain Things to Me and Other Essays by Rebecca Solnit (30/12/16)

Non-fiction choices are here: /topic/show/...

The Irish books I have on hand are:

1. Switchers (11/12/16)
2. Midnight's Choice (12/12/16)
3. Wild Blood (13/12/16)
4. Unravelling Oliver (16/12/16)
5. Gulliver's Travels
6. Under the Hawthorn Tree (16/12/16)
7. The Holy Thief
8. Tristram Shandy
9. Round Ireland with a Fridge (6/11/16)
10. Uptown Local and Other Interventions (2/12/16)
11. On Ordeal: Roshaun ke Nelaid (4/12/16)
12. On Ordeal: Mamvish fsh Wimsih (4/12/16)
13. One (18/12/16)
14. Dorian Gray (29/12/16)
15. Only Ever Yours (21/12/16)
16. Finnegans Wake
17. Seven Deadly Sins (10/11/16)
18. Philomena (12/11/16)
19. The Undertaking (24/12/16)
20. Cirque du Freak (31/12/16)

I'd like to read at least seven books for the It Was a Nominee challenge, out of these (so far).

1. The Girl With Seven Names (14/10/16)
2. Infidel (19/10/16)
3. Alexander Hamilton (28/10/16)
4. The Grace of Kings (10/12/16)
5. Persuasion (31/10/16)
6. The BFG (2/10/16)
7. A Man Called Ove (30/10/16)

7/7

42/31

Paul wrote: "I have one book left to read and then I'm done with I Spy Book Titles:
A Tale of Two Cities

I'm finished with Around the World but there are still a lot of books I want to read:
New Zealand - The ..."


Hi, Paul! We are reading The Final Empire as an October Buddy Read! Feel free to join us!

Rachael wrote: "I've already completed my reading goal but I do have a couple of yearly challenges to complete so can I still take part in this challenge?
Also, I can lead this for you if you want :)"

You absolutely can participate in this challenge! The goal is to complete as many annual challenges and/or a reading goal! And it would be great if you led this challenge! Thanks, Rachael!

Mary Pat wrote: "Paul wrote: "I have one book left to read and then I'm done with I Spy Book Titles:
A Tale of Two Cities

I'm finished with Around the World but there are still a lot of books I want to read:
New Z..."

Ah, thank you Mary Pat! :) I was thinking and all too recently that I should try to get into buddy reads more. It would actually line up for me pretty well as I was planning on reading it soon right after I finish A Tale of Two Cities and pick up something else I didn't have a good time with earlier this year that I wanted to try again. I can't promise I'll say that much because I'm in work and I tend to read quickly even if The Final Empire is really big, haha! But no, I'll definitely drop in from time to time. Thanks again! :)

I have 35 books to go to finish all of my yearly challenges. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get through all of them, but I'll make my best effort!

Please put me down for all 35. :)

Around the Year in 52 books challenge:

16/23

�1. Old Before My Time: Hayley Okines' Life with Progeria - 24/10/16
�2. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - 4/11/16
�3. Gone to the Crazies: A Memoir -
4. Skeleton Crew
�5. Brave New World - 29/10/16
6. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
�7. The Jungle Book - 3/12/16
�8. Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins - 20/11/16
�9. The Elephant Tree - 11/12/16
�10. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - 1/12/16
11. The Children of Men
12. Home Front - currently reading
�13. All Quiet on the Western Front - 29/12/16
�14. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories - 8/10/16
�15. Small Great Things - 22/12/16

Harry Potter books
�1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 22/10/16
�2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 1/11/16
�3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 13/11/16
�4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 25/11/16
�5. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - 3/12/16

Pick 3 for me challenge:
1. The Testament
2. Me Before You
3. The Painted Veil

24/24
I Spy Challenge - 3 to complete
Crime and Punishment
Quidditch Through the Ages: 002
The Late Blossoming of Frankie Green

3/3

Nominees Quarterly Challenge - 4 to complete

The Shining
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Daddy-Long-Legs
Letters From Father Christmas

4/4

October Monthly Challenges - 4 to complete

Candy Challenge

Crime and Punishment
Conrad & Eleanor
Electric

3/2

Outside Your Comfort Zone

The Long Bridge: Out of the Gulags Non fiction
The Shining Horror

2/2

November Monthly Challenges

Marathon

The Children of the Moon
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Greyfriars Bobby
The Call of the Wild
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Daddy-Long-Legs
The Late Blossoming of Frankie Green
The Rise of Nine
Little Women
Bridge of Snow
You are My Life

12/5

Wedding Day

The Children of the Moon
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Greyfriars Bobby
The Call of the Wild
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Daddy-Long-Legs
The Late Blossoming of Frankie Green

7/3

December Advent Challenge

The Jungle Book

1/1

December Holiday Movie Classics Challenge

The Greatest Gift
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Christmas at Carrington's
Letters From Father Christmas

4/4

The Monkey's Paw
Northanger Abbey

I still want to complete several yearly challenges.

From Fiction to Reality - Read: 9/10
Around the World in Books - Read: 8/12
The Every Year Challenge - Read: 15/22
The Listopia Challenge - Read: 18/30
The TBR Randomizer Challenge - Read: 2/3

Because of nit-picky cross-referencing, I can get most of the way to finished on each of these by reading under a dozen books; then I need to choose a few more that fill in the gaps.

It's probably just out of reach for me with my current schedule and reading speed, but I'll try!



1. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
2. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender
3. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
4. As She Climbed across the Table by Jonathan Lethem
5. Strangers on a Train - Patricia Highsmith
6. Lamb by Christopher Moore
7. Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories by Daphne du Maurier
8. Ransom by David Malouf
9. The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
10. Dune by Frank Herbert (re-read)



Read: 7

Candiss wrote: "I still want to complete several yearly challenges.

From Fiction to Reality - Read: 9/10
Around the World in Books - Read: 8/12
The Every Year Challenge - Read: 15/22
The Listopia Challenge - Re..."


I love nit-picky cross-referencing! :) I have a spreadsheet that does exactly that! I will use it to post here when I get home!

Mary Pat wrote: "Rachael wrote: "I've already completed my reading goal but I do have a couple of yearly challenges to complete so can I still take part in this challenge?
Also, I can lead this for you if you want..."

Great. So, if I lead this challenge I will need to create a participants post and update this regularly? Anything else?

You have the right idea, Rachael! Just keep track of participants' progress and post some cheerleading messages. :)

I'm in, I need 10 books to finish my reading challenge and 4 letters for A-Z Character Edition B, U, V, X.


1. The Nightingale Completed 10/30
2. Dumplin'
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A-Z Character Edition
B
U
V: Viviane: The Nightingale
X

I have a number of yearly challenges to finish. Will see how far I get. Luckily many overlap.

Every Year Challenge - 15/21
1. B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
2. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
3. Book of Mercy by Leonard Cohen
4. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
5. Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
6. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
7. That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
8. The Leaving: Stories
9. Mister God, This is Anna by Fynn
10. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
11. Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
12. Moab is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
13. Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now by Jan Wong
14. When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession by Irvin D. Yalom
15. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

I Spy - 6/10
1. Knit Two Together by Elizabeth Lenhard
2. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
3. A Brief History of Time
4. The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo
5. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
6. The Dream House by Rachel Hore

Listopia Challange - 6/8
1. Romeo and Juliet
2. The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Lolita
4. A Brief History of Time
5. Schindler's List
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Fiction to Reality - 2/6
1. The Circle by Dave Eggers
2. Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now

TBR Randomizer - 4/6
1. The Circle
2. The Dream House
3. Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now
4. So, Anyway... by John Cleese

Recommended by Reading Challengers - 2/7
1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

2016 Reading Challenge: - 2/2
1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
2. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

PopSugar Reading Challenge: - 2/2
1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
2. The Adventures of Augie March

Around the Year in 52 Books: - 7/7
1. Knit Two Together by Elizabeth Lenhard
2. Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
3. B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
4. The Adventures of Augie March
5. The Circle
6. The Leaving: Stories
7. The Roots of the Olive Tree

I would like to try for 15 and maybe finish the I Spy challenge.

2/15 Total
17/25 I Spy

1. Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth of Scientific Fact
2. Biloxi Blues

I have completed my overall reading goal but I have a few books to read for the 2016 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards Challenge and about 3000 more pages to read for Let's Turn Pages. I'd also like to make a bit more progress on my personal lifetime challenge to read the complete works of Shakespeare. So, I think I can do 12 books for this challenge.

COMPLETED: 15/12
1. League of Dragons read 2 October, *** plus review
2. Never Never read 7 October, ****
3. The Magician's Apprentice read 15 October, **** with review
4. Mary Poppins read 27 October, *** with review
5. Love's Labour's Lost read 1 November, ***
6. Woman of God read 5 November, ****
7. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children read 12 November, **** with review
8. The Time Traveler's Wife read 17 November,
9. The Bonesetter's Daughter read 22 November, ****
10. The Blood Card read 27 November, ****
11. A Cavern of Black Ice read 10 December, **** with review
12. Heartless read 15 December, with review
13. Shade's Children read 19 December, ****
14. Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault read 23 December, ****
15. Kiss Kiss read 26 December, ****

Hello! I have offered to lead this challenge. The list of participants is in my original post in this thread (message 3). I have updated to here.
Paul, I wasn't sure of the number of books you're going to read.
I think I have everyone else's numbers OK - if not, let me know and I'll edit my post.

I am definitely in for this one:

Official Yearly Challenges:

I-Spy Book Challenge: 13/25- still need 8
The Every Year Book Challenge- 23/33- still need 10
Random Book Challenge- 8/25- still need 17
The Pop Sugar Challenge- 28/40- still need 12
From Fiction to Reality- 4/10- still need 6
The Listopia Challenge- 16/25- still need 9
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge- 13/24
Recommended Reading by Challengers- 8/10- still need 2

Finished Yearly Challenges:

Let's Turn Pages: /25,000
A-Z Characters: 26/26

Personal Yearly Challenges:

Home School (Associate's Degree)- 4/7- 3 left
The Sorting Hat- 13/16- 3 left

Overall Book Reading Goal: 81/104 (25 left, it was out of 52, but I upped it over the summer)

To Finish Yearly Challenges: 50 Total Books

My goal is 0/23.

I need a lot of books if I want to finish ALL of the challenges I signed up for, but this is pretty par for the course: I get really excited about challenges in January and through the year my care level drops significantly until I'm just reading whatever I want without regard to challenges.

I have 21 challenge spaces to fill, but I could double a lot of them up.

I need 4 books for I Spy:

5. Around the World in 80 Days The WORLD is a Wedding
20. Where the Red Fern Grows The Thoughts and Happenings of WilfRED Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals
22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't STOP Talking
25. The Good Earth So GOOD They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

1 book for Modern Mrs. Darcy:

A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF:

9 books for the Every Year Challenge:

1990 Animal Dreams
1991 ??
1992 ??
1993 The Virgin Suicides
1994 The Book of American Diaries
1996 Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
2003 A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God
2004 Gilead
2007 Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father

7 books needed for the Character Challenge:

O--DONE
S-- DONE
U--
V--
X--
Y--
Z--

My overall goal is 100 books, and I have read 77 so far. So I need 23 books total. My overall goal is the one I really care about completing, so I will definitely read 23 books, but whether they meet any of the challenge prompts remains to be seen.

0/25

Count me in! Below is a summary of what I need to finish my annual challenges. It adds up to 41 books but I won't need that many as one book will count towards more than one challenge. I don't like to pick my books too far ahead so I am going to set a goal of 25 and I will increase it if necessary.

1 - Every Year
3 - Listopia
3 - World
5 - I Spy
5 - Fiction to Reality
7 - Randomizer
8 - Recommended
8 - Choice Awards
8 - Mrs. Darcy

10,188 Pages

14 books to finish challenge

Goal: 11

The Let's Turn Pages Challenge- (4,442 Pages needed. Unknown # of Books needed; lets just say 10.) 0/10

A to Z Challenge (Character Edition)- 0/1


Goal Met So Far: 0/11

(Already surpassed my book goal & I'm also doing some extras [that I'm not counting here] for some of the Yearly Challenges that I've technically already completed.)

I was just making up a list of books I'd like to get to before the end of the year and challenges I need to complete - this is a perfect 4Q challenge.

I'm not sure of a goal #; I think I'll just put the # of books I need to finish for the year and update it if there are any additional books I end up adding. I'll also track challenges completed/challenges to be completed.

4th Quarter Challenge: Race to the Finish
October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016

[9 of 29 Books Read]
[ 16 of ~29 Challenges Completed/Challenges To Be Completed]

� Yearly Challenge: [95/115 Books Read]
      - Remaining: 20 Books
      - Books Read: Challenge Link

� I Spy: book Titles Edition: [19/25 Books Read]
      - Read: 3/9 Books
      - Titles to Spy:
        1. Of Mice and Men
            Read: The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
        2. The Little Prince
        3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
        4. The Time Traveler's Wife
        5. All Quiet on the Western Front
        6. Island of the Blue Dolphins
            Read: A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
        7. Fried Green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
        8. The Call of the Wild
            Read: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
        9. The Good Earth

� Recommended by Reading Challengers Challenge: [7/10 Books Read]
      - Remaining: 3 Books
      - TBR:
        1. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
        2. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
        3. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

� Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge: [18/24 Books Reads]
      - Read: 3/9 Books
      - Remaining Challenges:
        1. Read a nonfiction book about science.
            Read: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
        2. Read a book out loud to someone else.
        3. Read a middle grade novel.
            Read: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
        4. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
        5. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
        6. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender.
        7. Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
        8. Read a book by an author from Southeast Asia.
        9. Read a food memoir.
            Read: Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War by Annia Ciezadlo

� 2016 A to Z Challenge Characters Edition: [23/24 Books Read]
      - Remaining: 1 Book
      - Remaining Letters:
        1. X --

� October Challenge: Outside Your Comfort Zone [3/3 Books Read]
      - Remaining: 0 Books/COMPLETED
        1. Genre: Nonfiction > Food Memoir
            Read: Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War by Annia Ciezadlo
        2. Genre: Nonfiction > Science
            Read: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
        3. Genre: Fiction: Middle Grade Novel
            Read: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

� October Challenge: The 10 Candy Challenge [5/4 Books Read]/COMPLETED
      - Books Read:
        1. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
        2. My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
        3. The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrane
        4. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
        5. Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf

Please sign me up for 30 books! I'm hoping to finish off my yearly challenges and have some books picked out that will cross over into multiple categories.

RACE TO THE FINISH
Duration: October 1st - December 31st 2016

With the end of the year approaching, how close are you to completing you reading goal? Will a few short reads get you over the top, or do you have a long way to go? How many yearly challenges do you still have to complete?

For this challenge take a look at all of the goals you set for this year and decide what you can complete for 2016. Let us know what challenges you would like to complete and how many books you will need to complete each one.

Challenges to complete and number of books until completion:

- iSpy Challenge: 0/11
- The Every Year Challenge: 0/4
- A-Z Challenge: 0/3
- Listopia: 0/5
- Book Riot: 0/4
- Finish the Series Challenge: 0/6

There may be some books that fit more than one challenge so I'm signing up for a total of 30 books.

Here's what my TBR looks like at the moment:

1. Little Women (iSpy)
2. After You'd Gone (iSpy)
3. Leaving Time (iSpy)
4. Brooklyn (iSpy)
5. Little Peach (iSpy)
6. The Love That Split the World (iSpy)
7. Strange the Dreamer (iSpy)
8. The Luckiest Girl Alive (iSpy)
9. Beautiful Broken Things (iSpy)
10. The Silent Wife (iSpy)
11. Shutter Island (iSpy + Listopia)
12. Quidditch Through the Ages (Every Year)
13. The Realm of Possibility (Every Year)
14. Half of a Yellow Sun (Every Year + A-Z - U)
15. The Maze Runner (Every Year + Book Riot #7)
16. The Distance Between Us (A-Z - X)
17. The Golem and the Djinni (A-Z - Y)
18. 1984 (Listopia)
19. Of Mice and Men (Listopia)
20. Memoirs of a Geisha (Listopia)
21. The Handmaid's Tale (Listopia)
22. Becoming Meryl Streep (Book Riot #6)
23. The Shining (Book Riot #1)
24. What If? (Book Riot #2)
25. Career of Evil (Finish the Series)
26. Shadow and Bone (Finis the Series)
27. Siege and Storm (Finish the Series)
28. Ruin and Rising (Finish the Series)
29. A Court of Thorns and Roses (Finish the Series)
30. A Court of Mist and Fury (Finish the Series)

Completed: 0/30

Rachael wrote: "Hello! I have offered to lead this challenge. The list of participants is in my original post in this thread (message 3). I have updated to here.
Paul, I wasn't sure of the number of books you're g..."

Sorry about that Rachel - to be honest though I'm not sure either! Put me down for 27 at the moment though please, I feel good about trying for eight for those three that are more open-ended. I can always see where I'm at later on in the year. Thanks for volunteering to lead this btw! :)

Paul and Kelly - I have updated your goals.

I have finished my first book for this challenge.

I'm in! Here are the yearly challenges I have not completed. Alas, some of them, I don't think I'm going to complete - trying to be realistic :-)

Since some books fit into more than one challenge, I'm committing to reading 30 books by the end of year.

140 book reading goal: 114/140 = 26 to finish
October - 5 books read
November - 10 books read
December - 16 books read

� Every Year Challenge 18/19 = 1 to finish
� 2005 The Tender Bar read 10/14/2016

� I-Spy: Book Titles Edition 19/25 = 6 to finish
� 5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The Tree of Hands read 12/21/2016
� 8. Brave New World Fighting Westway: Environmental Law, Citizen Activism, and the Regulatory War That Transformed New York City read 11/24/2016
� 14. The God of Small Things Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women read 10/27/2016
� 18. All Quiet on the Western Front All I Love and Know read 11/16/2016
� 22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank read 12/12/2016
� 25. The Good Earth A Good Hard Look read 10/16/2016

Popsugar 2016 Reading Challenge 29/40 = 11 to finish - read 8
� 2. A National Book Award winner The Echo Maker read 12/9/2016
� 3. A YA bestseller Eleanor & Park read 12/20/2016
� 5. A book set in your home state The Opposite of Everyone read 11/26/2016
7. A romance set in the future
� 11. A book that's becoming a movie this year The Choice read 12/20/2016
� 17. A book at least 100 years older than you Twelve Years a Slave read 12/31/2016
� 21. A book recommended by a family member A Constellation of Vital Phenomena read 4/22/2016 (forgot to log earlier)
24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation
� 31. A book of poetry Inside Out & Back Again read 12/22/2016
32. The first book you see in a bookstore
� 36. A book about a road trip The Borrower read 10/3/2016

TBR Randomiser Challenge 22/30 = 8 to finish - read 6
� 9. Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge read 12/3/2016
10. Alice I Have Been
� 15. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't read 11/12/2016
17. Sugar Busters! Cut Sugar to Trim Fat
� 18. Fighting Westway: Environmental Law, Citizen Activism, and the Regulatory War That Transformed New York City read 11/24/2016
� 21. The Museum of Extraordinary Things read 12/10/2016
� 25. The Angry Woman Suite read 12/19/2016
� 28. The House of Rumour read 12/4/2016

Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge 14/24 = 10 to finish - read 8
2. Read a nonfiction book about science
� 4. Read a book out loud to someone else The Glass Case read 11/27/2916
� 12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender George read 12/14/2016
� 13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East Moth Smoke read 11/24/2016
� 14. Read a book by an author from Southeast Asia Inside Out & Back Again read 12/22/2016
� 16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color Crazy Rich Asians read 12/17/2016
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
� 19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes Crazy Salad: Some Things About Women read 10/27/2016
� 22. Read a food memoir Cooking as Fast as I Can: A Chef’s Story of Family, Food, and Forgiveness read 11/4/2016
� 23. Read a play Hamilton: The Revolution read 12/18/2016

Modern Mrs. Darcy Challenge 7/12 = 5 to finish - read 5
� 4. A Book Recommended by Your Local Librarian or Bookseller read 12/19/2016
� 6. A Book Chosen For You by Your Spouse, Partner, Sibling, Child, or BFF A Constellation of Vital Phenomena read 4/22/2016 (forgot to log earlier)
� 7. A Book Published Before You Were Born Twelve Years a Slave read 12/31/2016
� 9. A Book You Previously Abandoned Kitchens of the Great Midwest 11/20/2016
� 12. A Book You Have Read at Least Once The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank read 12/12/2016

31/30

I'm going to try to finish the yearly SugarPop Reading Challenge. I have 7 books left to hit my goal of 35!

3/7

1. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
2. Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
3. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
4. The Door by Magda Szabó
5. The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall
6. The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness
7. TBA

I'm a little late to the party, but I want to play :) I don't anticipate any trouble completing my goal for books read in 2016, but these challenges, all from other groups, might give me trouble.


RACE TO THE FINISH, 10/1 - 12/31
26/25 BOOKS READ

To Infinity and Beyond - FINISHED

Woodstock - FINISHED

From Sea to Shining Sea: Vermont - FINISHED

A Year of Lists - FINISHED

How to Make Apple Cider - FINISHED

A-Z Authors - FINISHED

2016 Countdown - FINISHED

On the Map - FINISHED


BOOKS READ:
A Killer Maize (Farmers' Market #4), by Paige Shelton, finished 10/3 ★★★★
Ceremony in Death (In Death #5), by J.D. Robb, finished 10/2 ★★�.5
Cracked to Death (Webb's Glass Shop #3), by Cheryl Hollon, finished 10/6 ★★★★
Deadly Dog Days, by Jamie M. Blair, finished 10/11 ★★�
Eggnog Murder, by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross, finished 10/7 ★★★★

Showdown at Yellow Butte, by Louis L'Amour, finished 10/2 ★★�
The Brothers of Baker Street (Baker Street Letters #2), by Michael Robertson, finished 10/9 ★★�
The Ghost War (John Wells #2), by Alex Berenson, finished 10/10 ★★�
The Other Einstein, by Marie Benedict, finished 10/4 ★★�.5
Triple Witch (Home Repair is Homicide #2), by Sarah Graves, finished 10/13 ★★� .5

Castle Cay (Julie O'Hara #1), by Lee Hanson, finished 10/14 ★★.5
William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge (Wm Shakespeare's Star Wars #3), by Ian Doescher, finished 10/15 ★★★★
Unleashed (Sydney Rey #1), by Emily Kimelman, finished 10/17 ★★�
The Bourne Legacy (Jason Bourne #4), by Eric Van Lustbader, finished 10/18 ★★�.5
Christmas Caramel Murder (Hannah Swenson #20), by Joanne Fluke, finished 10/18 ★★�

Winter Storms (Winter #3), by Elin Hilderbrand , finished 10/22 ★★★★
Daisy (Newport Ladies Book Club #1), by Josi S. Kilpack, finished 10/26 ★★�
First Degree Mudder (Pacific Northwest #4), by Kate E. Dyer-Seeley, finished 10/27 ★★�
Crepe Factor (Scrapbooking #14), by Laura Childs, finished 11/1 ★★★★
Q&A, by Vikas Swarup, finished 11/9 ★★�.5

Buried Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #2), by Carolyn Haines, finished 11/10 ★★�.5
Better Late Than Never (Library Lovers #7), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 11/20 ★★★★
Here is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History, by Andrew Carroll, finished 11/23 ★★★★
Valiant, by Sarah McGuire, finished 11/24 ★★�.5
River's End, by Nora Roberts, finished 12/4 ★★�.5
Wouldn't It Be Deadly? (Eliza Dolittle & Henry Higgins #1), by D.E. Ireland, finished 12/18 ★★★★

CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/18

Race To The Finish Challenge
October-December 2016
Goal 7


Around the World Challenge
Sweden - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson


Every Year Challenge
2005 - The Heretic by Joseph Nassise Completed 06.10.16 Rating 2 stars
2009 - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah Completed 27.11.16 Rating 4 stars


Randomiser Challenge
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
The Heretic by Joseph Nassise Completed 06.10.16 Rating 2 stars


A-Z Character Edition Challenge
Q - Leo Quinn Black Roses by Jane Thynne Completed 13.10.16 Rating 2 stars
Z - Zak Henshaw Witness by Cath Staincliffe Completed 26.10.16 Rating 2 stars

I updated message #13.

Read: 1/14

The last quarter challenge, I was not able to finish it because of time constraints. Now I'm going to try to finish all of them again by the end of the year.

- A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
- Allegiant by Veronica Roth
- Irish Rebel by Nora Roberts

I also was not able to finish a monthly challenge for September, so I'm going to try to finish those books as well.

- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (READ)
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

The yearly challenge that I participated in this year also has some books left in it that I have yet to read.

- Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton
- Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

So all of that is a total of 7 books.

1/7 books

Put me down for 16 please.

I have a bunch I want to finish this year, but I have 16 that I have already listed.

Update to message 5 - 1/41

Update to message #2.

� 1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy ★★★★�

1/8

Update to message #2.

� 7. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri ★★★☆�

2/8

Update to message #26: 2 of 29 books read | 4 of ~29 remaining challenges completed.

(I changed how I'm keeping track a bit, hope that's ok.)

I would like to sign up for 5 please! :)

I wasn't planning on participating in any 4th quarter challenges so I could focus on my yearly challenges but since this one helps do that ...

Race to the Finish - Duration October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 For this challenge take a look at all of the goals you set for this year and decide what you can complete for 2016. Let us know what challenges you would like to complete and how many books you will need to complete each one. these are the challenges I plan on finishing - 12 books for these but I'll read at least 27 books to reach my goal of 101+

FROM FICTION TO REALITY
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
aim for 3 pair (6) I completed goal and added two more sets, still need to finish 1(fiction) book to go with set #5

Set #5This nonfictional book
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led to ...

THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016 - Your goal is to read a book published every year since 2000 and read from that year. This challenge will help us check out the literary styles from different years.

>b>I'm going to start with 2000 - Y2K - New Century. So I guess that's 17 books - still need 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2010
2000

2001

2002


A TO Z CHALLENGE -- CHARACTER EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2016.
24/26 U and Y to go

A small YEARLY CHALLENGE for those who don't have time or are intimidated by the large yearly challenges
6/12 halfway there
Modern Mrs. Darcy posted a challenge: 12 books in 12 different categories over 12 months.
4. A Book Recommended by Your Local Librarian or Bookseller
5. A Book You Should Have Read in School
7. A Book Published Before You Were Born
8. A Book That Was Banned at Some Point
9. A Book You Previously Abandoned
11. A Book the Intimidates You

I had set a personal goal to finish the earliest 10 books from my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ TBR list. I have other goals that I may or may not finish, but I really want to get through this one. I've finished five of the ten so far, so my goal for this thread is FIVE books.

5/5 -- challenge met!

10 Oldest Entries on my GR TBR

1. Middlesex by Eugenides COMPLETED NOV 12
2. Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro COMPLETED earlier in the year
3. Little Prince by de Saint-Exupéry COMPLETED earlier in the year
4. Suite Francaise by Nemirovsky COMPLETED earlier in the year
5. Forgotten Garden by Morton COMPLETED earlier in the year
6. Language of Flowers by Diffenbaugh COMPLETED earlier in the year
7. This Beautiful Life by Schulman COMPLETED OCT 7
8. 20 Boy Summer by Ockler COMPLETED DEC 18
9. So Much for That by Shriver COMPLETED DEC 13
10. 84 Charing Cross Road COMPLETED OCT 16

Update: I read both Zombie Spaceship Wasteland and The Joy Luck Club. I now have 2/52

Sharon wrote: "I wasn't planning on participating in any 4th quarter challenges so I could focus on my yearly challenges but since this one helps do that ...

Race to the Finish - Duration October 1, 2016 to Dec..."

Sharon, I've added you to the list and put 27 as your goal. Can I check that's right?

My goal is to read 14 more books in order to finish my 2016 Good Read Challenge

I am also going to attempt finish my yearly challenge - The 2016 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards Challenge

Goal 13 14/14

2016 Good Read Challenge: 50/50
The 2016 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards Challenge: 15/15

2016 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards
1. Salt to the Sea
2. Lily and the Octopus
3. The Devils of Cardona
4. Disappearance at Devil's Rock
5. The Women in the Walls
6. Glass Sword
7. Tales of the Peculiar
8. The Unexpected Everything
9. The Widow
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10. The Winter People
11. I Let You Go
12. Forever Too Far
13. Le Horla et autres nouvelles fantastiques 14. Rodrick fait sa loi

Race to the Finish
Duration October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016

I have two challenges to finish for the year.

Modern Mrs. Darcy Challenge 9/12 = 3 books to read
Popsugar Reading Challenge 23/41 = 18 books to read

3/21 Completed

Modern Mrs. Darcy Challenge
A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
A book published before you were born Walt Disney: An American Original
A book that intimidates you Gone with the Wind

Popsugar Reading Challenge
A National Book Award winner What I Saw and How I Lied
A book you haven't read since high school A Walk to Remember
A book set in your home state Station Eleven
A book translated to English The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
� A book that's under 150 pages The Grownup 10/13/16
A book recommended by someone you just met The Nightingale
A book written by a celebrity Someday, Someday, Maybe
A book more than 100 years older than you Jane Eyre
A book from Oprah's Book Club Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
A book recommended by a family member Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football
� A book that is published in 2016 Truly Madly Guilty 10/25/16
A book with a protagonist who has your occupation The Nanny
� A murder mystery Sharp Objects 10/29/16
The first book you see in a bookstore Twelve Days of Christmas
A classic from the 20th century The Great Gatsby
An autobiography Through My Eyes
A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with The Kite Runner
A satirical book I Am America

Updated message 6 with The BFG for It Was a Nominee and The Final Empire for Every Year

2/27

Updated message 11

Finished reading: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving

Total: 1/23

For message 43, I finished This Beautiful Life. Mindy