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ARCHIVE 2019 > Kaylee is going to win her challenge this year... for real :)

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Kaylee Walterbach (kayleewalterbach) | 59 comments I tried for 52 book-a-week in 2018 and /THAT/ worked out well. So I'm reducing to 48 with a fiery passion to actually finish this time. Four books a month! Let's go!


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Susy (susysstories) Good luck Kaylee!


message 3: by Kaylee (last edited Oct 24, 2019 10:33AM) (new)

Kaylee Walterbach (kayleewalterbach) | 59 comments My Plan� ver. 1
in which I make a list that I likely won't follow

Let's see... as of right now, I think I'll plan out two fiction books, one nonfiction, and one "something new" each month (e.g. a classic novel, poetry, anthology, or just a fiction novel I wouldn't normally read). I won't plan too far ahead for sake of being practical.

November
1. F - Muse of Nightmares
2. F - Kingdom of Ash
3. NF - Bright Young Things: A Modern Guide to the Roaring Twenties
4. SN - The Power

December
1. F - reread my darling The Raven Boys
2. F - and my sweet The Dream Thieves
3. NF - Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done
4. SN - A Christmas Carol
bonus: Blue Lily, Lily Blue

January
1. Audio: The Raven King ... 5 🌟(reread)
2. Audio: The Diviners ... 4 🌟
3. Reasons to Stay Alive ... 4.5 🌟
4. The Wicked King ... 3 🌟
5. The Book on Investing In Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down ... 3 🌟

February
6. The Winter of the Witch ... 5 🌟!!
7. King of Scars ... 3 🌟
8. Audio: Lair of Dreams ... 4 🌟
9. Audio: Fahrenheit 451 ... 3 🌟

March
10. Audio: Life of Pi ... 5 🌟!!
11. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine ... 4 🌟
12. The One Thing ... 3 🌟
13. Audio: Before the Devil Breaks You ... 4 🌟

April
14. Audio: Sadie ... 4 🌟
15. Looking for Alaska ... 3 🌟
16. Aurora Rising ARC!!! 5 🌟!!
17. The House Hacking Strategy: How to Use Your Home to Achieve Financial Freedom (manuscript)

May
18. Make Your Bed ... 2 🌟
19. Circe 5 🌟!!
20. Norwegian Wood (book club) ... 4.5 🌟

June
21. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ... 4.5 🌟
22. Audio: The Help 5 🌟!!

July
23. Illuminae 5 🌟!!
24. The Art of Racing in the Rain ... 4 🌟
25 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda ... 4.5 🌟
26. Gemina ... 4.5 🌟

August
27. Gods of Jade and Shadow (release 8/6, library hold) 5 🌟!!
28. Red, White & Royal Blue ALL THE STARS
29. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel ... 3.5 🌟
30. The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies: Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors (manuscript)
31. Obsidio ... 4.5 🌟
32. The Martian ... 4 🌟

September
33. Little Women (audio) ... 4 🌟
34. Stalking Jack the Ripper ... 3 🌟
35. Fangirl 5 🌟!!
36. Reread Carry On 5 🌟!! (reread)
37. WAYWARD SON ... 3 🌟

October
38. A Court of Thorns and Roses ... 4 🌟(reread)
39. A Court of Mist and Fury 5 🌟!! (reread)
40. A Court of Wings and Ruin
41. Darkdawn


November
CALL DOWN THE HAWK (omg 11/5)
Ninth House (library hold, comes out 10/8)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January (library hold, comes out 9/10)
The First Girl Child (library hold?)

December
The Queen of Nothing (library hold, comes out 11/19)


tbr fo sho
Carry On
Wayward Son
Call Down the Hawk
Darkdawn
Ninth House
The Queen of Nothing
The First Girl Child

tbr options
Stalking Jack the Ripper
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Daisy Jones & The Six (audio)
The Way of Kings
The Book Thief
The Hate U Give (audio?)
1984
Autoboyography
American Gods
Call Me By Your Name
The Shadow of the Wind
The Nightingale
Cinder
A Court of Thorns and Roses


message 4: by Kaylee (last edited Aug 21, 2019 08:31PM) (new)

Kaylee Walterbach (kayleewalterbach) | 59 comments Series I'm totally interested in this year (40 books total lol good luck...)

- The Diviners (3 books)
- Illuminae (3 books)
- The Hidden Oracle (3 books goin on 5)
- The Foxhole Court (3 books)
- The Lies of Locke Lamora (4 books)
- The Wrath and the Dawn (2 books)
- The Name of the Wind (2 books and an ever-absent 3rd)
- Vicious (2 books)
- And I Darken (3 books)
- Scythe (2 books going on 3)
- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (2 books)
- Warcross (2 books)
- The False Prince (3 books)
- Red Rising (3 books)
- Rhapsodic (3 books)


message 6: by Kaylee (last edited Jul 03, 2019 09:14AM) (new)

Kaylee Walterbach (kayleewalterbach) | 59 comments send help

SEND HELP, I am 4 books behind schedule! No matter how hard I try, I'm stuck in this spot. What have I DONE, I was doing so WELL.


message 7: by Kaylee (last edited Oct 20, 2019 08:18AM) (new)

Kaylee Walterbach (kayleewalterbach) | 59 comments **Rest of the year planning**
I need 29 books, let's plan 30 :)

DONE:
The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies Cracking the Code for Savvy Real Estate Investors by Amanda Han
Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3) by Amie Kaufman
The Martian by Andy Weir
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) by Rainbow Rowell
Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2) by Rainbow Rowell
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) by Sarah J. Maas

Currently reading these:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Educated by Tara Westover

Planning to read these bad boys fo sho:
Darkdawn (The Nevernight Chronicle, #3) by Jay Kristoff Call Down the Hawk (Dreamer, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3) by Holly Black The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon

Owned book options:
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
3. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
4. Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1) by André Aciman
5. The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) by Sabaa Tahir Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1) by Kerri Maniscalco I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Library options:
1. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1) by Mackenzi Lee
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson
4. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Audiobooks:
1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3. Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1) by Kerri Maniscalco
The Martian by Andy Weir American Gods (American Gods, #1) by Neil Gaiman Red Rising (Red Rising, #1) by Pierce Brown Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) by Kevin Kwan

Re-reads:
Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) by Rainbow Rowell Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas


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