The Reading Challenge Group discussion

I plan to read 82 books in 2016, but that could change. I have fell behind on this last year.

Personal Reading Challenge 2016 53/82



Monthly Challenges: 32/36

Genre Challenge: 12/12

World Literature Challenge: 12/12

Alternate Challenge: 8/12

Annual Challenges:

Mini Challenges: 21/46

2016 Alphabet Soup: 12/26

2016 TBR CHALLENGE: 9/20

Genre Challenge/Group Reads 12/12 Completed


January: Contemporary/Literary Merit
My Sister's Keeper By Edna Curry √
February: Romance/Chick Li
The Chance By Karen Kingsbury √
March: Mysteries
Butterfly Palace By Colleen Coble √
April: Fantasy
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. Tolkien √
May: Historical Fiction
Gabriella By Brenda Hiatt √
June: Minority Studies/LGBT
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe By Benjamin Alire Sáenz √
July: Science-Fiction/Dystopian
Infinite Time By H.J. Lawson √
August: Poetry/Plays
the three o'clock in the morning sessions By Angie Martin √
September: Travel
The Tour By Jean Grainger √
October: Horror/Thriller
The Winter People By Jennifer McMahon √
November: Manga/Graphic Novels
Kellie's Diary #1 By Thomas Jenner √
December: Humour
A Christmas Gift By Stella Wilkinson √

World-Lit Challenge/Group Reads 12/12 Completed

January: South America
The Uruguay Amethyst By J.A. Jernay √
February: Middle East
The Princess of Egypt Must Die By Stephanie Dray √
March: Sub-Sahara
Matika and the River Lion By Latrice Simpkins√
April: Southeast Asia
Memories By Deanna Lynn Sletten √
May: Central America/Mexico & Caribbean
Castle Cay By Lee Hanson √
June: Western Europe
Black Falcon's Lady By Kimberleigh Caitlin √
July: North Africa
The Tale of Nefret By M.L. Bullock √
August: South Asia/India Subcontinent
Love after Marriage By Bhagya Chandra √
September: North America
A Promise for MiriamBy Vannetta Chapman √
October: Eastern Europe
From Russia with Love By Susan K. Downs √
November: Oceania/Australia
Lighthouse Bay By Kimberley Freeman √
December: East Asia
Lost By Jenny Lynne √

Alternate Group Reads 8/12


January: Non-Fiction
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change By Stephen R. Covey √
February: YA
Second Chances By Alison Stanley √
March: Classics
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett √
April: Non-Fiction
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire By Amanda Foreman√
May: YA
The Mind Readers By Lori Brighton √
June: Classics
Love and Freindship By Jane Austen √
July: Non-Fiction
Maude By Donna Mabry √
August: YA
The Beautiful Ones By Lori Brighton √
September: Classics
Emma By Jane Austen
October: Non-Fiction
Silence By Natasha Preston
November: YA
Twist of Fate By Sheri L. Brown
December: Classics
Lady Susan By Jane Austen

Alphabet Soup Template 12/26 26/2=13 2 books each month, and 1 extra book for two months.

A- A Rose Blooms Twice By Vikki Kestell √
B- Bluebonnet Bride By Colleen Coble √
C- Courageous Love: A Christian Romance Novel By Kelsey MacBride √
D-Dawn's Prelude By Tracie Peterson √
E- The Enemy We Know By Donna White Glaser √
F- First Impressions By Elizabeth Johns √
G- The Gates Of Trevalyan By Jacquelyn Cook √
H- Hollow By J.B. Hawker√
I- In Between By Jenny B. Jones √
J- Juliette and the Monday ManDates By Becky Doughty √
K- Kentucky Rich By Fern Michaels √
L- Lonestar Sanctuary By Colleen Coble √
M-The Measure of a Lady By Deeanne Gist
N- The New Rulebook By Joy Ohagwu
O- Out of the Storm By Jody Hedlund
P- Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Q- The Queen of Hearts By Wilkie Collins
R- Greater Than Rubies By Hallee Bridgeman
S- Storm Warning By Colleen Coble
T- The Thorn By Beverly Lewis
U- An Untamed Land By Lauraine Snelling
V- The Strange Visitation at Wolffe Hall By Catherine Coulter
W- Where Leads The Heart By Colleen Coble
X- Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan By Rosy Hugener
Y- The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop By Carolyn Brown
Z- The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story By Diane Ackerman

TBR CHALLENGE 9/20 20-12= 8 1 book each month, 1 extra book for 8 months.

- Will run all year.
- Books included must be owned by the member (in physical or electronic form) BEFORE Jan. 1, 2016
- Four Levels of 5 books each

Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Windigo Twilight By Colleen Rhoads √
2. Shadow Bones By Colleen Rhoads. √
3. The Potluck Club By Linda Evans Shepherd √
4. Paris Time Capsule By Ella Carey √
5. Strike the Match By Diane Moody √

Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. Home to Walnut Ridge By Diane Moody √
7. At Legend's End By Diane Moody √
8. A Christmas Peril By Diane Moody √
9. Love, Suite Love By Colleen Coble √
10. Belinda By Colleen Coble

Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
11. Love by the Book Colleen Coble
12. Shelved Under Romance By Kristin Billerbeck
13. Whisper Beach By Shelley Noble
14. No Place for a Lady By Maggie Brendan
15. Sixty Acres and a Bride By Regina Jennings

Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
16. Ireland Rose By Patricia Strefling
17. Love's Stormy Gale By Lynette Sowell
18. Waiting for Summer's Return By Kim Vogel Sawyer
19. Where the Heart Leads By Kim Vogel Sawyer
20.Paper Roses Amanda Cabot
Dance of Book Joy ensues!

Total Books Read for the Year:

Read 53 books so far this year.

Total Pages Read for the Year:

Eclipse by Richard north Patterson

Monthly Plan 2016:

January 2016
1. My Sister's Keeper By Edna Curry √
2. The Uruguay Amethyst By J.A. Jernay √
3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change By Stephen R. Covey √
4. A Rose Blooms Twice By Vikki Kestell √
5. Bluebonnet Bride By Colleen Coble √
6. Courageous Love: A Christian Romance Novel By Kelsey MacBride √
7. Windigo Twilight By Colleen Rhoads √
8. Shadow Bones By Colleen Rhoads √

February 2016
1.The Chance By Karen Kingsbury√
2.The Princess of Egypt Must Die By Stephanie Dray √
3. Second Chances By Alison Stanley √
4. Dawn's Prelude By Tracie Peterson √
5. The Enemy We Know By Donna White Glaser√
6. First Impressions By Elizabeth Johns √
7. The Potluck Club By Linda Evans Shepherd √
8. Paris Time Capsule By Ella Carey √

March 2016
1.Butterfly Palace By Colleen Coble √
2.Matika and the River Lion By Latrice Simpkins √
3. The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett √
4. The Gates Of Trevalyan By Jacquelyn Cook √
5. Hollow By J.B. Hawker√
6. Strike the Match By Diane Moody √
7. Home to Walnut Ridge by Diane Moody √

April 2016
1. The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. Tolkien √
2.Memories By Deanna Lynn Sletten √
3.Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire By Amanda Foreman√
4. In Between by Jenny B. Jones √
5. Juliette and the Monday ManDates By Becky Doughty √
6. At Legend's End By Diane Moody √
7. A Christmas Peril By Diane Moody √

May 2016
1.Gabriella By Brenda Hiatt √
2.Castle Cay By Lee Hanson √
3. The Mind Readers By Lori Brighton √
4. Kentucky Rich By Fern Michaels √
5. Lonestar Sanctuary By Colleen Coble √
6. Love, Suite Love By Colleen Coble √
7. Belinda By Colleen Coble

June 2016
1. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe By Benjamin Alire Sáenz √
2. Black Falcon's Lady By Kimberleigh Caitlin √
3. Love and Freindship By Jane Austen √
4. The Measure of a Lady By Deeanne Gist
5. The New Rulebook By Joy Ohagwu
6. Love by the Book By Colleen Coble
7. Shelved Under Romance By Kristin Billerbeck

July 2016
1. Infinite Time By H.J. Lawson √
2. The Tale of Nefret By M.L. √
3. [book:Maude By Donna Mabry √
4.Out of the Storm By Jody Hedlund
5. Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
6. Whisper Beach By Shelley Noble
7. No Place for a Lady By Maggie Brendan

August 2016
1. the three o'clock in the morning sessions By Angie Martin √
2. Love after Marriage By Bhagya Chandra √
3. The Beautiful Ones By Lori Brighton √
4. The Queen of Hearts By Wilkie Collins
5. Greater Than Rubies By Hallee Bridgeman
6. Sixty Acres and a Bride By Regina Jennings
7. Ireland Rose By Patricia Strefling

September 2016
1. The Tour By Jean Grainger √
2. A Promise for MiriamBy Vannetta Chapman √
3. Emma By Jane Austen
4. Storm Warning By Colleen Coble
5. The Thorn By Beverly Lewis
6. Love's Stormy Gale By Lynette Sowell

October 2016
1. The Winter People By Jennifer McMahon √
2. From Russia with Love By Susan K. Downs √
3. Silence By Natasha Preston
4. An Untamed Land By Lauraine Snelling
5. The Strange Visitation at Wolffe Hall By Catherine Coulter
6. Waiting for Summer's Return By Kim Vogel Sawyer

November 2016
1. Kellie's Diary #1 By Thomas Jenner √
2. Lighthouse Bay By Kimberley Freeman √
3. Twist of Fate By Sheri L. Brown
4. Where Leads The Heart By Colleen Coble
5. Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan By Rosy Hugener
6. Where the Heart Leads By Kim Vogel Sawyer

December 2016
1. A Christmas Gift By Stella Wilkinson √
2. Lost By Jenny Lynne √
3. Lady Susan By Jane Austen
4. The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop By Carolyn Brown
5. The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story By Diane Ackerman
6. Paper Roses By Amanda Cabot

Reading Challenge 2016 53/82

1. My Sister's Keeper By Edna Curry √
2. The Uruguay Amethyst By J.A. Jernay √
3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change By Stephen R. Covey √
4. A Rose Blooms Twice By Vikki Kestell √
5. Bluebonnet Bride By Colleen Coble √
6. Courageous Love: A Christian Romance Novel By Kelsey MacBride √
7. Windigo Twilight By Colleen Rhoads √
8. Shadow Bones By Colleen Rhoads √
9.The Chance By Karen Kingsbury√
10.The Princess of Egypt Must Die By Stephanie Dray √
11. Second Chances By Alison Stanley √
12. Dawn's Prelude By Tracie Peterson √
13. The Enemy We Know By Donna White Glaser√
14. First Impressions By Elizabeth Johns √
15. The Potluck Club By Linda Evans Shepherd √
16. Paris Time Capsule By Ella Carey √
17.Butterfly Palace By Colleen Coble √
18.Matika and the River Lion By Latrice Simpkins √
19. The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett √
20. The Gates Of Trevalyan By Jacquelyn Cook √
21. Hollow By J.B. Hawker√
22. Strike the Match By Diane Moody √
23. Home to Walnut Ridge by Diane Moody √
24. The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. Tolkien √
25.Memories By Deanna Lynn Sletten √
26.Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire By Amanda Foreman√
27. In Between by Jenny B. Jones √
28. Juliette and the Monday ManDates By Becky Doughty √
29. At Legend's End By Diane Moody √
30. A Christmas Peril By Diane Moody √
31.Gabriella By Brenda Hiatt √
32.Castle Cay By Lee Hanson √
33. The Mind Readers By Lori Brighton √
34. Kentucky Rich By Fern Michaels √
35. Lonestar Sanctuary By Colleen Coble √
36. Love, Suite Love By Colleen Coble √
37. Belinda By Colleen Coble
38. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe By Benjamin Alire Sáenz √
39. Black Falcon's Lady By Kimberleigh Caitlin √
40. Love and Freindship By Jane Austen √
41. The Measure of a Lady By Deeanne Gist
42. The New Rulebook By Joy Ohagwu
43. Love by the Book By Colleen Coble
44. Shelved Under Romance By Kristin Billerbeck
45. Infinite Time By H.J. Lawson √
46. The Tale of Nefret By M.L. √
47. [book:Maude By Donna Mabry √
48.Out of the Storm By Jody Hedlund
49. Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
50. Whisper Beach By Shelley Noble
51. No Place for a Lady By Maggie Brendan
52. the three o'clock in the morning sessions By Angie Martin √
53. Love after Marriage By Bhagya Chandra √
54. The Beautiful Ones By Lori Brighton √
55. The Queen of Hearts By Wilkie Collins
56. Greater Than Rubies By Hallee Bridgeman
57. Sixty Acres and a Bride By Regina Jennings
58. Ireland Rose By Patricia Strefling
59. The Tour By Jean Grainger √
60. A Promise for MiriamBy Vannetta Chapman √
61. Emma By Jane Austen
62. Storm Warning By Colleen Coble
63. The Thorn By Beverly Lewis
64. Love's Stormy Gale By Lynette Sowell
65. The Winter People By Jennifer McMahon √
66. From Russia with Love By Susan K. Downs √
67. Silence By Natasha Preston
68. An Untamed Land By Lauraine Snelling
69. The Strange Visitation at Wolffe Hall By Catherine Coulter
70. Waiting for Summer's Return By Kim Vogel Sawyer
71. Kellie's Diary #1 By Thomas Jenner √
72. Lighthouse Bay By Kimberley Freeman √
73. Twist of Fate By Sheri L. Brown
74. Where Leads The Heart By Colleen Coble
75. Xtabentum: A Novel of Yucatan By Rosy Hugener
76. Where the Heart Leads By Kim Vogel Sawyer
77. A Christmas Gift By Stella Wilkinson √
78. Lost By Jenny Lynne √
79. Lady Susan By Jane Austen
80. The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop By Carolyn Brown
81. The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story By Diane Ackerman
82. Paper Roses By Amanda Cabot

By Edna Curry
Started: 01/01/2016
Finished: 01/03/2016

Review:

Five Stars

This book was an interesting read. it was a mystery book who the killer always gets caught.