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2018 Reading Challenge Roundup - Failed

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  • end of the year
  • perpetual
  • tbr pile
  • reading assignment
  • finishing the series
  • seasonal series readathon
  • reading challenges

Not too many challenges left uncompleted this year. I’m very happy with my progress.

Perpetual Reading Lists Challenge

Goal: 28/30 books 93.3%

  1. The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels (1/12/18)
  2. Arabian Nights (1/19/18)
  3. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (3/17/18)
  4. The Dark Tower by Stephen King (1/25/18)
  5. The History of Love by Nicola Krauss (3/16/18)
  6. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (7/31/18)
  7. Ramses 2 by Anne Rice (3/7/18)
  8. Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2/7/18)
  9. The Selection by Kiera Cass (6/6/18)
  10. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (5/26/18)
  11. Alice in Zombieland by Gina Showalter (4/20/18)
  12. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins (2/9/18)
  13. The Great Halifax Explosion by John Bacon (4/7/18)
  14. Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman (4/13/18)
  15. The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (4/27/18)
  16. Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund (6/15/18)
  17. A History of the Wife by Margaret Yalom (6/24/18)
  18. The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan (6/26/18)
  19. College Girls by Lynn Peril (8/28/18)
  20. Pox Americana by Elizabeth Fenn (9/8/18)
  21. Cocktails Across America by Diane Lapis and Anne Davis-Peck (9/11/18)
  22. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (10/23/18)
  23. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (9/29/18)
  24. Dracula by Bram Stoker (10/24/18)
  25. Looking for Alaska by John Green (12/12/18)
  26. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (11/24/18)
  27. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (12/7/18)
  28. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (11/27/18)
  29. TBD
  30. TBD

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TBR Pile

Goal: 9/12 Books 66.7%

  1. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran (1/23/18)
  2. The Bostonians by Henry James (1/30/18)
  3. Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (9/12/18)
  4. The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman (5/4/18)
  5. School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins (DNF)
  6. Parasite by Mira Grant (6/20/18)
  7. The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie (DNF)
  8. Birthmarked by Carah O’Brien (5/23/18)
  9. A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
  10. Stealing Fire by Jo Graham
  11. The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (3/21/18)
  12. Little Bee by Chris Cleave (8/24/18)
  13. The Firemaster’s Mistress by Christie Dickason
  14. An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin (10/20/18)

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Reading Assignment

Goal: 11/12 Books  91.7%

  1. January - Arabian Nights (1/19/18)
  2. February - Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2/7/18)
  3. March - Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (3/17/18)
  4. April - The Words We Live By by Linda Monk
  5. May - Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery (5/30/18)
  6. June - A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom (6/24/18)
  7. July - How to Fall in love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush by Emmy Abrahamson (7/31/18)
  8. August - The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (8/25/18)
  9. September - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (9/29/18)
  10. October - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (10/31/18)
  11. November - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (11/20/18)
  12. December - Strange Weather by Joe Hill (12/22/18)

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Finishing the Series

Goal: 6/10 Series 60%

  1. Chronicles of St. Mary’s by Jodi Taylor
    • #5 No Time Like the Past (1/16/18)
    • #6 What Could Possibly Go Wrong (10/6/18)
    • #6.5 Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings (10/9/18)
    • #7 Lies, Damned Lies, and History (11/13/18)
    • #7.5 The Great St. Mary’s Day Out (11/17/18)
    • #7.6 My Name is Markham (11/28/18)
    • #8 And the Rest is History
    • #8.5 A Perfect Storm
    • #8.6 Christmas Past
    • #9 An Argumentation of Historians
  2. Witchcraft Mystery by Juliet Blackwell ✓
    • #6.5 A Haunting is Brewing (1/24/18)
    • #7 Spellcasting in Silk (1/26/18)
    • #8 A Toxic Trousseau (2/9/18)
    • #9 A Magical Match (11/14/18)
  3. Fairwick Chronicles by Juliet Dark ✓
    • #3 The Stone Angel (2/4/18)
  4. Bedwyn Saga by Mary Balogh ✓
    • #0.2 A Summer to Remember (3/10/18)
    • #1 Slightly Married (4/25/18)
    • #2 Slightly Wicked (4/25/18)
    • #3 Slightly Scandalous (4/25/18)
    • #4 Slightly Tempted (5/16/18)
    • #5 Slightly Sinful (5/16/18)
    • #6 Slightly Dangerous (5/16/18)
  5. Cemetery of Forgotten Books by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
    • #2 The Angel’s Game
    • #3 The Prisoner of Heaven
  6. Strain by Guillermo del Toro
    • #2 The Fall
    • #3 The Night Eternal
  7. Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice ✓
    • #2 The Passion of Cleopatra (3/7/18)
  8. Hex Hall ✓
    • #1 Hex Hall (2/9/18)
    • #2 Demonglass (3/8/18)
    • #3 Spell Bound (3/14/18)
  9. The Glamourist by Mary Robinette Kowal
    • #1 Shades of Milk and Honey (2/26/18)
    • #2 Glamour in Glass (3/30/18)
    • #3 Without a Summer
    • #4 Valour and Vaniety
    • #5 Of Noble Family
  10. Edwardian Brides by Carrie Turansky ✓
    • #1 The Governess of Highland Hall (1/8/18)
    • #2 The Daughter of Highland Hall (1/9/18)
    • #3 A Refuge at Highland Hall (1/10/18)

Seasonal Series Summer

(June 21st - September 21st) Goal: 24/25 Books 96%

1. Read a book from a fantasy series - Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (7/20/18) 2. Read a book while drinking a cool drink - The Anomaly by Michael Rutger (6/29/18) 3. Read a book from a really hyped series - Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (7/21/18) 4. Read a book with yellow on the cover - Give Up the Ghost by Juliet Blackwell (7/18/18) 5. Read while eating ice cream - Emily and the Dark Angel by Jo Beverley (8/15/18) 6. Read a book that’s set in summer - The Stolen Bride by Jo Beverley (8/10/18) 7. Read a book from a YA series - Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (8/14/18) 8. Read while having a picnic - Keeper of the Castle by Juliet Blackwell (6/28/18) 9. Read a book with LGBT+ characters - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (7/14/18) 10. re-read a favorite book 11. Read a book that has blue on the cover - Symbiont by Mira Grant (7/4/18) 12. Read a book from a series that has four or more books - The Heir by Kiera Cass (6/23/18) 13. Free Space: read any book of a series - Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen (9/15/18) 14. Read a book while eating fruit - Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (8/26/18) 15. Read a book that you’re sure you’ll love - A Ghostly Light by Juliet Blackwell (7/25/18) 16. Read a book where someone travels -The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (8/25/18) 17. Read a book while on the go - Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine (8/4/18) 18. Read a book from a contemporary series - Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready (9/13/18) 19. Read by a pool/ sea/ lake… - How to Fall in Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush by Emmy Abrahamson (8/8/18) 20. Read a book that features an OTP or great love story - The Crown by Kiera Cass (6/24/18) 21. Finish a trilogy - Chimera by Mira Grant (7/13/18) 22. Read a book during 24 hours - Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass (6/22/18) 23. Read a book someone recommended to you - Little Bee by Chris Cleave (8/24/18) 24. Read a book while wearing sunglasses - Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire (7/6/18) 25. Read a second book in a series - Lord Wraybourne’s Betrothed by Jo Beverley (7/10/18)

Seasonal Series Spring

(March 20th - June 20th) Goal: 22/25 Books 88%

1. Take a walk while listening to an audiobook - A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter (6/4/18) 2. Read a book while drinking lemonade - Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman (4/13/18) 3. Read the first book in a series - If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell (4/4/18) 4. try to unhaul a book you’ve lost interest in 5. Read a book that’s been on your shelves way too long - Birthmarked by Caragh O’Brien (5/23/18) 6. Read with rain in the background -> real rain or sounds - NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (4/17/18) 7. Read a book with pink on the cover - Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell (4/6/18) 8. read a book from a middle grade series 9. Read a series with a new book coming out in 2018 - A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (6/3/18) 10. Read a book of a series where the parents of the MC aren’t dead - The Selection by Kiera Cass (6/6/18) 11. Read a book with character growth - Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (4/20/18) 12. Read a book while eating chocolate - Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter (5/6/18) 13. Free Space: read any book of a series - For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (5/26/18) 14. read a book where only the first book of a series is out 15. Read a book set in the real world - Parasite by Mira Grant (6/20/18) 16. Read a book with a spring colors on the cover - Home for the Haunting by Juliet Blackwell (6/16/18) 17. Finish a duology - Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund (6/15/18) 18. Use a flower as a bookmark - The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman (5/4/18) 19. Read a book with great friendship - The Queen of Zombie Hearts by Gena Showalter (5/18/18) 20. Read a second book in a series - Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal (3/30/18) 21. Read a book while sitting outside - The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (4/13/18) 22. Read a book that is (partly) set in spring - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (5/29/18) 23. Read a book with green on the cover - Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (5/30/18) 24. Read a book that includes an animal - Murder on the House by Juliet Blackwell (6/2/18) 25. Read a book under 300 pages - River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (4/24/18)