CPL's Book a Week Challenge discussion

January's Take It or Leave It challenges are below. Do one, do all, do none! It's totally up to you.

1. It's Popular - Book that’s been on the New York Times Bestseller list for more than 10 weeks

2. Young Achievers - Book written by an author under 30

3. Knock Down that Stack - Read one book from your To Be Read pile

4. True People - Read a biography

5. Nostalgia - Read a childhood favorite

Post which challenges you do here in this thread! Happy reading.

Right I’m picking knock a book off my stack. If I picked that every week I might make a tiny dent in my To Read pile.

I haven’t done the challenges in the past.
Do I just post that I read The Darkest Secret as a Knock Down the Stack book? Is that how I get a point?
Thanks!

Ingrid wrote: "I haven’t done the challenges in the past.
Do I just post that I read The Darkest Secret as a Knock Down the Stack book? Is that how I get a point?
Thanks!"

Yep! :) Congrats on finishing a book in your to be read pile!!

I am going to try and complete all of the take it or leave it challenges for the year.... wish me luck.

3. A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean

Lonna wrote: "I am going to try and complete all of the take it or leave it challenges for the year.... wish me luck.

3. A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean"

Good luck! You can do it!

How do we know how long a book has been on the best seller list?
I am reading Whiskey in a Teacup by Reece Witherspoon & it’s been on the bestseller list.

Ingrid wrote: "How do we know how long a book has been on the best seller list?
I am reading Whiskey in a Teacup by Reece Witherspoon & it’s been on the bestseller list."

So I thought it would be something easy to find, but turns out not so much. I would say, as long as it's been on the bestseller list, it can count toward the challenge.

Okay I finished Whiskey in a Teacup so count that one for me.
I really enjoyed it too! Not necessarily for the recipes, but for reading about being a southern lady. Although O never really considered Tennessee as the south. Ha ha. I thought she was going to be writing about GA or SC.

1. It's Popular - NY Times Best Seller. I read "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens.

3. Knock down that stack - I am currently reading "The Home for Unwanted Girls" by Joanna Goodman.

Ingrid wrote: "Okay I finished Whiskey in a Teacup so count that one for me.
I really enjoyed it too! Not necessarily for the recipes, but for reading about being a southern lady. Although O never really conside..."

It's odd what is considered the "South," right? But I can see why Tennessee would be considered south.

#4 is done. I read The Personality Brokers, a biography of the inventors of the Meyers-Briggs assessment. A very good read and I learned a lot.

I completed #3 Me before you and #5 the voyage of the dawn treader.

Completed #4- Tina Turner my love story by Tina Turner

Knocked down that stack- #3- The Passage by Justin Cronin, currently reading book 2- The Twelve

#5-Nostalgia- The first book I remember reading that speared by love of reading, Nancy Drew-The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene

I've finished #1- Becoming by Michelle Obama. I'm now working on #3- Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day (it was on my tbr list, just not very long).
Not sure what will be next. Either The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris or Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama.

1) popular “How to Walk Away” by Katherine Center {instant NY Times bestseller, had a hard time finding list of how long it was on there🤷🏻‍♀️}
2) young achievers “Looking for Alaska” by John Green
3) knock down the stack “One Day in December” by Josie silver
4) true people “Becoming” by Michelle Obama
5) Nostalgia “Charlottes Web” by E.B. White

This was so fun! Looking forward to February’s challenges! But, it added more books to my to my never ending to be read pile 😂😂

Never ending to be read pile **

Susan wrote: "1) popular “How to Walk Away” by Katherine Center {instant NY Times bestseller, had a hard time finding list of how long it was on there🤷🏻‍♀️}
2) young achievers “Looking for Alaska” by John Green..."

TBR piles truly are never ending, lol.

Ok, so I neglected to update my completions.

1 - Exclusive by Sandra Brown
5 - Three Without Fear by Robert C. Du Soe

Looking forward to the February list.

So I haven't been keeping up to date posting, but I went through my screenshots of the books I read over the last few months and added them to my lists on Beanstack and Goodreads. Here are the few that happened to fit into the mini-challenge.

1. It's Popular - Book that’s been on the New York Times Bestseller list for more than 10 weeks
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
3. Knock Down that Stack - Read one book from your To Be Read pile
Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis
5. Nostalgia - Read a childhood favorite
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them