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2017 Reading Challenge Goal: 101 Books
Progress: 84/101

I love to read and enjoy most genres but especially enjoy literary fiction, mysteries, urban fantasy and paranormal. Feel free to comment, friend, etc. Happy reading!

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CHALLENGE SUMMARY:

Popsugar Reading Challenge 2017

Progress: 45/52

1. A book recommended by a librarian
�2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long The Crow Trap
�3. A book of letters The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
�4. An audiobook Today Will Be Different
�5. A book by a person of color Difficult Women
�6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title Autumn
�7. A book that is a story within a story Magpie Murders
�8. A book with multiple authors On the Edge
�9. An espionage thriller Slow Horses
�10. A book with a cat on the cover A Spell of Trouble
�11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym The Cuckoo's Calling
�12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
�13. A book by or about a person who has a disability The Silkworm
�14. A book involving travel The Wangs vs. the World
�15. A book with a subtitle The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
�16. A book that's published in 2017 Anything Is Possible
� 17. A book involving a mythical creature The Essex Serpent
�18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening
�19. A book about food Give a Girl a Knife
�20. A book with career advice So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
�21. A book from a nonhuman perspective James, the Connoisseur Cat
�22. A steampunk novel Hatshepsut's Collar
�23. A book with a red spine The Masked City
�24. A book set in the wilderness To The Bright Edge of the World
�25. A book you loved as a child From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
�26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited Exit West
�27. A book with a title that's a character's name Cassie Scot
�28. A novel set during wartime Waking Gods
�29. A book with an unreliable narrator The Sense of an Ending
�30. A book with pictures March: Book One
�31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you Home Fire
32. A book about an interesting woman
�33. A book set in two different time periods Kindred
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
�35. A book set in a hotel A Gentleman in Moscow
36. A book written by someone you admire
�37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017 Our Souls at Night
�38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas The Fifth Petal
�39. The first book in a series you haven't read before Knots and Crosses
40. A book you bought on a trip
�41. A book recommended by an author you love Another Brooklyn
�42. A bestseller from 2016 Commonwealth
�43. A book with a family member term in the title The Mothers
�44. A book that takes place over a character's life span America's First Daughter
�45. A book about an immigrant or refugee Behold the Dreamers
�46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of Shades of Milk and Honey (Mannerpunk)
�47. A book with an eccentric character Olive Kitteridge
48. A book that's more than 800 pages
49. A book you got from a used book sale
�50. A book that's been mentioned in another book I Capture the Castle
�51. A book about a difficult topic Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
�52. A book based on mythology American Gods

The TBR Randomizer Challenge
These can be counted towards other challenges.
Progress: 10/10 - DONE!

�1. Firelight
�2. The God's Eye View
�3. Memoirs of a Geisha
�4. The Mysterious Benedict Society DNF
�5. America's First Daughter
�6. Today Will Be Different
�7. Death of an Englishman
�8. The Warden
�9. The Woman in White
�10. A Gentleman in Moscow

Bookriot Read Harder Challenge 2017

Progress: 11/24

�1. Read a book about sports. The Throwback Special
�2. Read a debut novel. The Confusion of Languages
�3. Read a book about books. 84, Charing Cross Road
4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author.
5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative.
6. Read an all-ages comic.
�7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950. The Age of Innocence
�8. Read a travel memoir. Paris in Love
�9. Read a book you’ve read before. The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening
10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location.
�11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location. A Separation (Greece 5100+)
�12. Read a fantasy novel. Bohemian Gospel
13. Read a nonfiction book about technology.
14. Read a book about war.
15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
16. Read a book that has been banned or freqKindreduently challenged in your country.
�17. Read a classic by an author of color.
�18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead. Mockingbird, Vol. 1: I Can Explain
19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey
20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel
21. Read a book published by a micropress.
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman.
23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love.
�24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. Americanah

January Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 10/120

January - 10 books read

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - A book with a title that's a character's name Cassie Scot
Popsugar - A book with pictures March: Book One
Popsugar - Book by a person of color Difficult Women
Popsugar - Book with a red spine The Masked City
Popsugar - A book based on mythology American Gods
Popsugar - A book that takes place over a character's life span America's First Daughter
TBR Randomizer Challenge America's First Daughter
BookRiot - Read a book set more than 5000 miles from your location A Separation

Other Books
Red Bones
When All The Girls Have Gone
Secrets and Lies

The Reading Life - Readathons, Group Reads, etc
2017 Reading Challenge - January Marathon Challenge 10/10
2017 Reading Challenge January Group Read - American Gods
Participated in #24in48 Readathon - read 12 hours
Tournament of Books shortlist released

February Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 15/120

February - 5 books read
What a rough reading month. Politics and the situation in the world had me so distracted I couldn't focus. Looking forward to a new month and a fresh start!

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - A book you loved as a child From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Popsugar - A book with multiple authors On the Edge
BookRiot - A book about sports The Throwback Special

Other Books
A Perilous Undertaking
Orphan X

The Reading Life - Readathons, Group Reads, etc
February Spanning the Globe Challenge - this was a fun challenge but I only got to ~10K miles instead of 20K. Two books were in unidentified locations so I couldn't add any miles for those.

New book stores:
Gramercy Books - Columbus, Ohio
The Learned Owl - Hudson, Ohio

March Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 20/120

March: 5 books read
Aack!! I'm ten books behind. Gotta get with the program.

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - Book about a difficult topic Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
Popsugar - A book about an immigrant or refugee Behold the Dreamers
Popsugar - A bestseller from 2016 Commonwealth
TBR Randomizer Challenge The Mysterious Benedict Society DNF

2017 RCG - Monthly Challenge March - Women in the Book
Goal: 3 books

1. Read a book that is classified as “feminist.� We Should All Be Feminists
2. Read a book written by a female of color Behold the Dreamers
3. Read a book written by a female author that is new to you. Commonwealth

Other Books
Death of a Ghost

April Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 31/120

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - A book with a family member term in the title The Mothers
Popsugar - A book set around a holiday other than Christmas The Fifth Petal
Popsugar - A book from a nonhuman perspective James, the Connoisseur Cat
Popsugar - A steampunk novel Hatshepsut's Collar
Popsugar - A book with one of the four seasons in the title Autumn
Popsugar - A book involving travel The Wangs vs. the World
Popsugar - A book with a cat on the cover A Spell of Trouble
Popsugar - A novel set during war time Waking Gods
Bookriot - Read a book published between 1900 and 1950 The Age of Innocence
TBR Randomizer Challenge - The Warden

Other Books
This is How It Always Is

2017 RCG - 2nd Quarterly Challenge - Clear the Shelves
Goal: 6/12

Hatshepsut's Collar
The Fifth Petal
The Age of Innocence
James, the Connoisseur Cat
A Spell of Trouble
The Warden

The Reading Life - Readathons, Groupreads, etc.
April 29th - Dewey's Readathon - Read Waking Gods and The Wangs vs The World. Started Slow Horses. Fun day.

May Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 36/120

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening
Popsugar - A book that's published in 2017 Anything Is Possible
Popsugar - An espionage thriller Slow Horses
Popsugar - A book by an author who uses a pseudonym The Cuckoo's Calling
Bookriot - Read a fantasy novel Bohemian Gospel

2017 RCG - 2nd Quarterly Challenge - Clear the Shelves

Goal: 8/12

Slow Horses
Bohemian Gospel

June Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 45/120

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - A bestseller from a genre you don't usually read Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Popsugar - A book by an author from a country you've never visited Exit West
Popsugar - A book of letters The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Popsugar - A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of (mannerpunk) Shades of Milk and Honey
TBR Randomizer Challenge - Death of an Englishman
TBR Randomizer Challenge - Today Will Be Different

Other Books
White Hot
Old Bones
The Devil's Triangle

DNF
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Do Not Become Alarmed

2017 RCG - 2nd Quarterly Challenge - Clear the Shelves
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Final result for quarter: 9/12

July Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 51/101

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - A book that is a story within a story Magpie Murders
Bookriot - A book about books 84, Charing Cross Road
Bookriot - Read a debut novelThe Confusion of Languages

Other Books
The Chalk Pit
Song of the Lion
Death and Judgment


24 in 48 Readathon - mostly listened to Death and Judgement while doing tasks...

August Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 62/101

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - A book with career advice So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Popsugar - A book about food Give a Girl a Knife
Popsugar - A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long The Crow Trap
Popsugar - A book set in two different time periods Kindred
TBR Randomizer Challenge - The Woman in White
TBR Randomizer Challenge - Firelight
Bookriot - Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color Americanah
Bookriot - Read a superhero comic with a female lead Mockingbird, Vol. 1: I Can Explain

Other Books
Wildfire
Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge

DNF
The Witches of New York

What did you dislike about The Witches of New York, Margie?

Nik wrote: "What did you dislike about The Witches of New York, Margie?"

I didn't particularly dislike it, it just didn't hold my attention. Wrong book at the wrong time. :)

Gotcha. Thanks! =)

October Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 72/101

Reading Challenges
Popsugar - A book involving a magical creature The Essex Serpent
Popsugar - A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you Home Fire
Popsugar - A book with an eccentric character Olive Kitteridge
Popsugar - A book that's becoming a movie in 2017 Our Souls at Night
Popsugar - A book by or about a person who has a disability The Silkworm
Popsugar - A book with an unreliable narrator The Sense of an Ending

Other Books
An Unkindness of Magicians
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Death in Venice

The Reading Life
Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon
Our Souls at Night, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Death in Venice

November Reading Summary

Reading Challenges

Popsugar - A book that's been mentioned in another book I Capture the Castle
Popsugar - A book recommended by an author you love Another Brooklyn
Popsugar - The first book in a series you haven't read before Knots and Crosses
Popsugar - Book set in a hotel A Gentleman in Moscow
TBR Randomizer Challenge - A Gentleman in Moscow
Bookriot - Read a travel memoir Paris in Love

December Reading Summary

2017 Reading Goal: 84/101

Popsugar: 45/52
TBR Randomizer Challenge: 10/10
Bookriot Read Harder: 11/24

Reading Challenges

Popsugar - A book with a subtitle: The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
Popsugar - A book set in the wilderness To The Bright Edge of the World
TBR Randomizer Challenge - Memoirs of a Geisha
TBR Randomizer Challenge - The God's Eye View

Other Books
Murder at the Brightwell
Potions and Pastries

DNF
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
The Elegance of the Hedgehog