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I am going to spend a few days getting my challenges going for 2019. I am excited to start the new year of reading! A major focus for the beginning of the year will be the 80 books (!) that I mostly purchased in 2018 and are sitting in various stacks in my little house!

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Above is the link to my 2018 Reading Challenge Corner

Clear The Shelves Challenge

Committed to 60 books (40 physical and 20 Kindle)

Updated 4/15/2019 -Completed 27/60 (Physical:16 Kindle:11)

Updated 7/1/2019-Completed 40/60 (Physical: 23 Kindle: 17)

Updated 12/21/2019- Completed 68/60 (Physical: Kindle: )


Updated 11/1/2019-Completed 57/60 (Physical: 34 Kindle: 23)

Updated 11/26/2019- Completed 63/70 (goal increased a bit!)
(23 Kindle, 40 Physical)

Updated 12/31/2019
Challenge complete!!- Completed 70/70

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Listopia Challenge

Committed to 20 books

1. A Tale of Two Cities- COMPLETED
2. Oliver Twist-COMPLETED
3. The Stranger-COMPLETED
4. The Winter of Our Discontent-COMPLETED
5. The Good Earth-COMPLETED
6. A Prayer for Owen Meany-COMPLETED
7. The Kite Runner -COMPLETED
8. Howards End-COMPLETED
9. For Whom the Bell Tolls-COMPLETED
10. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man-COMPLETED
11. A Fine Balance-COMPLETED
12. Frankenstein-COMPLETED
13. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass- COMPLETED
14. The Scarlet Letter- COMPLETED
15. Invisible Man-COMPLETED
16. Their Eyes Were Watching God-COMPLETED
17. The House on Mango Street-COMPLETED
18. Beloved-COMPLETED
19. Rebecca-COMPLETED
20. Great Expectations -COMPLETED


February: Completed 4/20

April: Completed 5/20

June: Completed 8/20

Nov: Completed 12/20

Nov 26: (progress!) 15/20

Dec 15: completed 17/20

Dec 21: completed 18/20

December 31st: Challenge complete! 20/20




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NonFiction Growth Challenge--20 Books

1. Read a book that teaches you how to problem solve.--Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World -COMPLETED
2. Read a book that teaches you how to think critically.--Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living-COMPLETED
3. Read a book that teaches you how to become more creative.--A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live-COMPLETED
4. Read a book that teaches you how to make better decisions.--Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship-COMPLETED
5. Read a book on emotional intelligence.--Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom-COMPLETED
6. Read a book to improve your communication skills.--What Would Buddha Say?: Three Thousand Right-Speech Teachings to Help You Communicate Mindfully, Improve Every Relationship, and Speak Your Truth-COMPLETED
7. Read a book about how to learn.--Educated-COMPLETED
8. Read a book that teaches you leadership skills.--Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future-COMPLETED
9. Read a book about extroversion or introversion.--Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking -COMPLETED
10. Read a book about psychology.--How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence-COMPLETED
11. Read a book about an ideology that is not your own.--Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny-COMPLETED
12. Read a book to help you master social media.--Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World � and Why Things Are Better Than You Think-COMPLETED
13. Read a book about your favorite hobby to become better at it.--Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within -COMPLETED
14. Read a collection of essays.--Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion -COMPLETED
15. Read an autobiography/biography of a woman written by a woman.--The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom- COMPLETED
16. Read an autobiography/biography of a man written by a man.--Travels with Charley: In Search of America-COMPLETED
17. Read a book about someone’s journey; inner or outer.--Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother-COMPLETED
18. Read a book about science or technology.--Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food-COMPLETED
19. Read a book about a religion or philosophy.--Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality-COMPLETED
20. Read a book about a topic you have always wanted to learn more about.--The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic-COMPLETED


End of February Update: Completed 5/20


End of June Update: Completed 11/20

End of October Update: Completed 18/20

End of November Update: Completed 19/20

CHALLENGE COMPLETED!! 12/21/2019 20 BOOKS!

Link to Message 41

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An Author's Work Challenge

Committed to 15 books by 4 Authors

Hemingway
1. The Old Man and the Sea-COMPLETED
2. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories-COMPLETED
3. The Nick Adams Stories-COMPLETED
4. For Whom the Bell Tolls-COMPLETED
5. A Moveable Feast- COMPLETED

Steinbeck
1. Travels with Charley: In Search of America-COMPLETED
2. Cannery Row-COMPLETED
3. The Winter of Our Discontent-COMPLETED
4. The Pearl-COMPLETED

Dickens
1. A Tale of Two Cities- COMPLETED
2. Oliver Twist-COMPLETED
3. Great Expectations-COMPLETED

Baldwin
1. Another Country- COMPLETED
2. Go Tell It on the Mountain-COMPLETED
3. Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays -COMPLETED

2/28/19: completed 5/15

End of June: completed 9/15

End of October: completed 11/15

End of November: completed 12/15

CHALLENGE COMPLETE! 15/15
FINISHED 12/13/2019

Link to Message 46

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Kind of a Big Deal Challenge

I will read 8 long books this year.
I will read 8 short books this year.
Total number of books: 16

Long Books

1. Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays 869 pages- COMPLETED

2. The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence 752 pages-COMPLETED

3. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 622 pages-COMPLETED

4. 11/22/63 849 pages-COMPLETED

5. A Fine Balance 603 pages-COMPLETED

6. Oliver Twist 608 pages-COMPLETED

7. A Prayer for Owen Meany 637 pages-COMPLETED

8. 4321 944 pages-COMPLETED


Short Books

1. Dear Zoe 196 pages- COMPLETED

2. The Stranger 123 pages-COMPLETED

3. Channel of Peace 168 pages-COMPLETED

4. Old Man and the Sea 128 pages-COMPLETED

5. Snows of Kilimanjaro 155 pages-COMPLETED

6. Cannery Row 181 pages-COMPLETED

7. Songs for the Open Road 80 pages-COMPLETED
8. Oceanic 80 pages-COMPLETED

4/15/19 : COMPLETED 7/16

End of June: COMPLETED 8/16


End of October: COMPLETED 11/16

UPDATE (12/15/19): COMPLETED 13/16

UPDATE(12/21/19): COMPLETED 15/16

UPDATE (12/31/2019): CHALLENGE COMPLETE !! -16/16


Link to Message 81

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Look Book-Book Group 2019 Books to Read

1. The Final Empire-moved to 2020 list

2. 11/22/63-COMPLETED

3. The Return of the King-Moved to 2020 list

4. The Two Towers-Moved to 2020 list

5. Crime and Punishment-Moved to 2020 list

Personal Challenges for 2019

A Year of Poetry

1. Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure- COMPLETED
2. What Book!?: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop- COMPLETED
3. The Best of Poetry: Thoughts that Breathe and Words that Burn-COMPLETED
4. The Parliament of Poets-COMPLETED
5. Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within-COMPLETED
6. Oceanic-COMPLETED
7. °ä´Ç°ù²¹³úó²Ô-COMPLETED
8. Paradise Lost-COMPLETED
9. Russian Poets-COMPLETED
10. Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters-COMPLETED
11. River Flow: New & Selected Poems 1984-2007-COMPLETED
12. Selected Poems of Ezra Pound-COMPLETED


UPDATED 4/15/19: COMPLETED 4/12

UPDATED 6/30/2019: 7/12

UPDATED 10/31/2019: COMPLETED 10/12

Poetry challenge complete! 12/12 - 11/22/2019


Around the World

1. The House by the River- Greece-COMPLETED
2. Last Train to Istanbul -Turkey- COMPLETED
3. The Complete Maus- Poland-COMPLETED
4. Homegoing - Ghana- COMPLETED
5. A Gentleman in Moscow - Russia-COMPLETED
6. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - China - COMPLETED
7. The House of the Spirits - Chile-COMPLETED
8. The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence - African Diaspora-COMPLETED
9. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope - Malawi-COMPLETED
10. Chronicle in Stone - Albania-COMPLETED
11. The Bone People - New Zealand-COMPLETED
12. A Dry White Season - South Africa-COMPLETED
13. The Space Between Us - India-COMPLETED
14. Fruit of the Drunken Tree - Colombia-COMPLETED
15. Salt Houses - Palestine (Middle East) -COMPLETED
16. Girls Burn Brighter - India - COMPLETED
17. The Stone Raft - Portugal-COMPLETED
18. The Septembers of Shiraz - Iran-COMPLETED
19. A Golden Age - Bangladash-COMPLETED
20. A State of Freedom - India-COMPLETED


Link to Around the World Personal List:
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4/15/19:COMPLETED 5/20

END OF JUNE: COMPLETED 10/20

END OF OCTOBER: COMPLETED 15/20

END OF NOVEMBER: COMPLETED 17/20

12/15/19: COMPLETED 19/20

CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/23/2019 20/20

#OWNVOICES CHALLENGE - 29 BOOKS


Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) featuring a protagonist who identifies as _____ by an author who is also _____.

1. African (Ghanian)- Homegoing- COMPLETED
2. Agnostic, Athiest, or Humanist-An Absolutely Remarkable Thing-COMPLETED
3. Asexual or Aromantic-The Bone People-COMPLETED
4. Asian-Girl in Translation -COMPLETED
5. Bisexual or Pansexual-Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation-COMPLETED
6. Black (e.g. African-American, Black British)-Brown Girl Dreaming- COMPLETED
7. Buddhist-Lincoln in the Bardo-COMPLETED
8. Christian-minority-The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom- COMPLETED
9. Differently-Abled (e.g., Autistic, Deaf, Paraplegic)-The Kiss Quotient- COMPLETED
10. Gay Male or Lesbian Female-Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe-COMPLETED
11. Hindu-Girls Burn Brighter- COMPLETED

12. Immigrant -
American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures-COMPLETED
*2nd generation-I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter-COMPLETED

13. Incarcerated or Institutionalized-The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row-COMPLETED
14. Indigenous (Native American)- There There-COMPLETED
15. Jewish-The Complete Maus-COMPLETED
16. Latin American (e.g., Mexican, Colombian-descent) - Fruit of the Drunken Tree-COMPLETED
17. Living with a Mental Health or Cognitive Disability-Girl, Interrupted-COMPLETED
18. Low-Income or Financially Insecure-Angela's Ashes-COMPLETED
19. Middle Eastern-The Map of Salt and Stars-COMPLETED
20. Mixed Race or Multi-racial-The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother-COMPLETED

21. Muslim-
A Place for Us-COMPLETED
A Very Large Expanse of Sea-COMPLETED

22. Non-binary or Transgender-If I Was Your Girl-COMPLETED

23. Oceanic (e.g., Papuan, Samoan) -
Oceanic-COMPLETED
On the Jellicoe Road-COMPLETED

24. Practitioner of a minor religion or another form of spirituality-*Sikh Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows-COMPLETED
25. Refugee, Migrant, or Asylum-Seeker -Salt Houses-COMPLETED
26. Survivor of Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence-Speak-COMPLETED

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END OF JUNE: COMPLETED 15/29


END OF OCTOBER: COMPLETED 27/29

11/14/2019 -CHALLENGE COMPLETE 29/29

End of February Report:

Currently at 24/120 books

End of June Report:

I have increased my goal to 150 books

I have currently read: 77/150 51%

Five Star Books:

End of October Report:

I have read 128 books, 85% of my goal of 150


More 5 star books:

End of November Report:

I have read 139 books, 93% of my goal of 150. Almost there!

5 Star Books:

Update: 12/31/2019

I barely made it to finish my goal and will likely be reading to finish my last book into the evening tonight (New Years' Eve).

Final book tally for 2019 is 151 books!

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