Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Congratulations, Laura, for completing Stage 11 & unlocking Stage 6.

This stage requires participants to create their own tasks to suit their own taste / current goal. It can be ANYTHING you want.

We're encouraging you to be creative and/or challenging with your tasks. Please note tasks below are just some ideas which you may wish to use and/or adapt according to your preference. You are free, of course, to come up with your own tailored tasks.

The below examples have been extracted from Readers Pursuit (2015) but you may adapt any other task/s from any other challenges you are currently participating OR of course, create your own.

* Read a book which has on cover: a famous landmark (eg. Eiffel Tower etc)

* Read a book where main character is an explorer
explorer is a person who investigates unknown regions / who traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery.

* Read a book where main character travels for at least 50% of the book.

* Read a book where one main character either an artist (painter / photographer etc) OR a writer (author / journalist etc).

* Read a book where artwork plays an important part.

* Read a book which has been adapted into a movie within the first 5 years of the book’s first publication date.

* Read a book where main character leads a double life.

Limits on number of tasks as per the size of your goals are as follows;

Goal: up to 1,000 pages
Tasks: up to 3

Goal: up to 3,500 pages
Tasks: up to 5

Goal: up to 7,000 pages
Tasks: up to 8

Goal: up to 10,000 pages
Tasks: up to 11

Goal: 10,000++ pages
Tasks: up to 15

Abbie DiscoSuperFly - COMPLETED

Amanda A - COMPLETED

Amy - COMPLETED

Angela - COMPLETED

Ashley

Bea - COMPLETED

CassieV - COMPLETED

Christina (AKA Babbling) - COMPLETED

Coralie - COMPLETED

Dee - COMPLETED

Ellis

Jayme(the ghost reader)

Jen - COMPLETED

Jess - COMPLETED

Joyce - COMPLETED

Judy

Karin

Kristina Simon - COMPLETED

Lagullande - COMPLETED

Lahni

Laura - COMPLETED

Lauren - COMPLETED

LaurLa - COMPLETED

Lusie - COMPLETED

Lyn (Readinghearts)

Mary - COMPLETED

Minttu

Nat - COMPLETED

Rosemary - COMPLETED

Sandy - COMPLETED

Sassafrass - COMPLETED

Stacey - COMPLETED

Susan - COMPLETED

Tien - COMPLETED

Viji

My Goal: approx 5,400 pages
Up to 8 tasks

Progress: 5,436/5,400 pages as at 04/10

1. Heave Ho!
Just this morning, I thought I'd feel like reading books with pirates ;D
🗸 468p - The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) -Read 01/21
🗸 312p - Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) (Feb shelf: quirky) -Read 02/04
🗸 474p - These Rebel Waves (Stream Raiders #1) -Read 04/03
🗸 480p - Hope and Red (Empire of Storms #1) -Read 03/14
Sub-total: 1,734p

2. Lit Celebrasian
Read books written & published in English by Asian authors
🗸 480p - Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha #1) -Read 02/06
🗸 432p - Do Not Say We Have Nothing -Read 02/013
🗸 252p - Freedom Swimmer -Read 02/28
🗸 209p - The Refugees (Mar shelf: Multicultural) -Read 03/21
🗸 416p - The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal #2) -Read 03/29
🗸 50p - Burning Rice -Read 04/04
🗸 112p - Millefiori -Read 04/10
Sub-total: 1,951p

3. Sensible Women
Inspired by a work colleague who is of East European descent and commented that she does not need to be told her own history by "old white men" --> Read NF written by women
🗸 384p - The Dig Tree -Read 01/28
🗸 572p - A Year in the Valley: Seasons of Content -Read 01/31
🗸 230p - The Good Women of China -Read 02/09
🗸 261p - Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education -Read 02/21
🗸 304p - Cleo -Read 04/04
Sub-total: 1,751p

Lusie's Stage 6: DIY ❑ ☑ ✅

Goal: 5% - 3975 pages: Up to 8 tasks
Out of zone goal: Science Fiction

Total: 4111 pages

1. Comfort Blanket - It's time to re-read some of my favourite books
☑ 320p Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [23-jan-2018] ★★★★
☑ 341p Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [25-jan-2018] ★★★★
☑ 435p Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [28-jan-2018] ★★★★
☑ 734p Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [5-feb-2019] ★★★★★
☑ 870p Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [11-feb-19] ★★★★
☑ 652p Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [15-feb-19] ★★★★
☑ 759p Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [18-feb-2019] ★★★★

Stage 6: DIY
Goal - 2,019 pages (up to 5 tasks)

**OotZ Goal - Nobel Winner OR Women's Prize/Man Booker shortlisted

Pages Completed: 2,022
Pages Remaining: -

1. Doe, A Deer: A book whose title/subtitle contains a note of the musical scale, ie Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti.
23/1/19 The Barefoot Woman 160pp

2. Speaking in Tongues: A book that has been translated into English from its original language.
14/1/19 And the Wind Sees All 173pp
25/1/19 The President's Hat 208pp
25/2/19 Autumn 224pp

3. Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction, Short stories, Poetry, Plays
^^22/1/19 The Tennis Partner 345pp
11/2/19 Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race 288pp

4. Dearly Departed: Author no longer alive.
26/1/19 Go Set a Watchman 288pp

5. Faster, Higher, Stronger: A book originally published in a (summer) Olympic year.
4/6/19 Calling Me Home 336pp

Stage 6: DIY (opened 1/10/19)
Goal: 2,675 pages (up to 5 tasks)
OotZ Goal: MPG = Magical Realism

√1. Monsters (books over 500 pages since they scare me)
602 pages - The Invisible Bridge Read 1/26/19
509 pages - The Lost Symbol Read 1/22/19

√2. Safe at Home (books I own)
404 pages - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Read 2/15/19
477 pages - A Perfect Spy Read 4/3/19
422 pages - City of Shadows Read 2/9/19
348 pages - Unquestioned Loyalty Read 4/15/19

Total pages = 2,762

Stage 6 - DIY
Goal 5% - 4,456 pages.
up to 8 tasks
Out of Zone goal: books I own as of 12/19 and have not read before.
4490/4456

1. Deceased author
The Chrysalids - 1/12/19 - 200 pages (John Wyndham, d. 1969)
Out of the Silent Planet - 1/20/19 - 224 pages. C.S. Lewis, d. 1963).

2. Books with 6 word title
The Good Luck of Right Now - 1/13/19 - 304 pages
Do Not Say We Have Nothing - 1/14/19 - 474 pages.

3. Main character is detective/police officer
A Shot in the Dark - 1/13/19 - 304 pages
The House of Silk - 1/16/19 - 294 pages
The Golden Egg - 1/17/19 - 276 +10% = 304
Long Road to Mercy - 1/22/19 - 404 pages
Blue Light Yokohama - 1/22/19 - 416 pages + 10% OOZ = 458.

4. Books I received from Netgalley
The Stranger Diaries - 1/15/19 - 416 + 10% OOZ = 458 pages.
The Moroccan Girl - 1/19/19 - 368 + 10% OOZ = 405 pages.

5. Books set in Africa
Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation - 1/18/19 - 288 pages
A Beautiful Place To Die - 1/21/19 - 373 pages.

Stage 6: DIY
Goal: 4,000 pages
Tasks: Up to 8
OoZ: POC

Completed 4,041/4,000 pages

*I'm not paying! Books in this stage are already owned or books that I get for free (KU, AU, borrowed library, etc)*

Audiobooks Owned Prior to January 2019: 404 pages
Let's Be Just Friends (180 pages) (owned since 2017) 1/24/19
Possessing Morgan (224 pages) (owned since 2010) 1/25/19


Kindle Unlimited: 2,318 pages
Hate Notes (301 pages) 1/21/19
Dear Aaron (485 pages) (Ooz MC Filipino + 48 = 533) 1/23/19
Taming Mad Max (292 pages) 1/25/19
Jockblocked (496 pages) 1/27/19
Slade (212 pages) 1/29/19
The Memory of You (364 pages) 2/7/19
Candy Store (120 pages) 2/7/19


Audible Unlimited: 1,043 pages
Wicked All the Way (138 pages) (Ooz Heroine is Latina + 14 = 152) 2/1/19
Protecting What's His (252 pages) 2/8/19
In the Doctor's Bed (219 pages) OoZ Author is African-American + 22 = 241 pages)
The Luckiest Lady in London (304 pages) 2/9/19
Better as a Memory (94 pages) 2/10/19

Borrowed From the Library: 175 pages
Giovanni's Room (159 pages) (Ooz Author is Black + 16 = 175)1/31/19

Ebook freebie: 101 pages
Kadin (101 pages) 2/9/19

COMPLETE

My goals:
1: 1,500 pages (about 8% of my 2018 pages)
2. Translated book

1. Book on the Boxall 1001 Books to read before you die list
Love in the Time of Cholera (348 pages) 10/02 (translated)

2. On TBR for over a year
Sorrow of the Earth (155 pages) 12/02 (translated)

3. Book with an amateur detective
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (195
pages) 16/02 (translated)
A Twist in Time (464 pages) 01/03

4. Books featuring a wedding
Reckless (394 pages) 05/03

Total Pages - 1556
Out of zone Bonus - 110
Total with Out of Zone - 1660

Goal 6,500 pages
Out of zone - not a novel

1. Set in California
Gun, with Occasional Music 262 pages completed March 10
The Subterraneans 111 pages completed March 14
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer 255 pages completed March 21
The Crying of Lot 49 152 pages completed March 25
780 pages

2. Books written by Australian women
The Swan Book 342 pages Completed January 23
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire 258 + 25 pages OOZ Completed March 5
Pagan's Daughter 336 pages Completed March 6
Only Ever Always 157 pages completed March 28
Stripes Of The Sidestep Wolf 191 pages completed March 29
1309 pages

3. Books with gods as characters
Olympos690 pages completed February 2
The Gospel of Loki 302 pages completed February 6
Trickster's Queen 496 pages completed February 24
Four Roads Cross 416 pages completed April 5
1904

4. Books set before 1800
Mistress of the Art of Death 384 pages completed January 27
The Ghost-seer 36 pages completed February 2
Dictator 449 pages completed March 13
Burning Bright 390 pages completed March 23
1359 pages

5. Books on the month's shelf
January - sports
The Taliban Cricket Club 336 pages completed January 16
February - quirky
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place 365 pages completed February 8
A Man Called Ove 294 pages completed February 9
March - multicultural
Binti 96 pages completed March 1
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why 136 pages completed March 27
1228

Total 6579/6500

Dee

STAGE COMPLETE

Goal: 4247
Ooz1: nonfiction
Ooz2: diversity challenge

Pages Read: 4269
Pages Remaining: 0

Task 1 - first in series by an author i've previously read
Fighting for Everything - finished - 1/13/19 - 264pgs
Silk and Spurs - Finished - 2/5/19 - 158pgs
Governor - Finished - 2/8/19 - 407pgs

Task 2 - books that were on my TBR PRIOR to Jan 1, 2017
Better Homes and Hauntings (purchasedDec 2014) - 318pgs - Finished - 2/1/19
Blessed Are the Meek (purchased Nov 2015) - 336pgs - Finished - 2/7/19
Explosive (purchased Dec 2010) (326pgs) - Finished - 2/9/19
Blessed are Those Who Weep (purchased Nov 2015)(320pgs) - Finished - 2/10/19
When a Scot Ties the Knot (purchased Dec 2015)(376pgs) - Finished - 2/10/19

Task 3 - Goodreads Choice Award Winners
The Hate U Give - Finished - 1/14/19 - 444pgs (+10% OOZ - diversity challenge) - 488pgs
The Princess Saves Herself in This One - Finished - 1/24/19 - 156pgs

Task 4 - Authors with the first name Zoe (because I found a TON of them in my TBR)
Mountain Guardian Bear - Zoe Chant (156pgs) - Finished - 1/19/19
Leashed- Zoe Dawson (238pgs) - Finished - 1/16/19
Hired Bear - Zoe Chant (133pgs) - Finished - 1/20/19
A Pinerock Bear Christmas - Zoe Chant (87pgs) - Finished - 1/20/19
Between Then and Now - Zoe York (66pg) - Finished - 1/20/19

Task 5 - Buddy Reads
Firefight (with Jeanie) (440pgs) - Finished - 2/12/19

Goal 1500 pages
Ootz goal: books suggested/picked by friends

Task 1: Taboo! I'm going to read books that contain topics that people don't like to talk about.
Us Against You 448pg ✔ 1/13
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture 368pg ✔ 1/15
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design 340pg ✔ 1/21
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition 480 pgs ✔ 1/25

1636 total

No ooz bonus. As soon as someone tells me to read a book, it instantly falls to the bottom of my to read list. I'll try on stage 4.

DIY
out of zone- read 3 nonfiction books-1 book read
3,500 pages
Pages Read: 250
1) Read a book that is the oldest on your TBR(first 10 books)
The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory(441pp)
2) This Scepter'd Isleby Mercedes Lackey(662Pp)
3) Read a book that is a new to you author
The Sherlockianby Graham Moore(350pp)
4) Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich(250) Completed 03/27/19
5) Read the book on your TBR that is the same age as you (42)
A Knight in Shining Armorby Jude Deveraux(464pp)
6) Read a random book on your TBR list.
Nine Suitcases: A Memoir by Béla Zsolt(336)
7) The Forbidden Wishby Jessica Khoury(352pp)
8) Where the Heart Isby Billie Letts
9) The Same Skyby Amanda Eyre Ward(270pp)
10) Bookendsby Jane Green(338pp)

Goal: 2,500 pages (up to 5 tasks)
Out of Zone: Read a book I own (and acquired before 2019)

1. Start of Something New (first in a series)
Wings (290 + 29 pages) - 1/23/2019
Warcross (353 pages) - 2/28/2019
Nyxia (384 +38 pages) - 4/15/2019
For Darkness Shows the Stars (407 pages) - 5/13/2019
Elusion (382 pages) - 5/28/2019
Beta (336 pages) - 9/7/2019

2. Diamonds in the Rough (books I got at a used book sale)
The Lucky Ones (278 +28 pages) - 4/8/2019

Total: 2,525/2,500 pages - Completed

Stage 6 - DIY
Goal - 3,500 pages
**OotZ Goal - MPG Classics
Started - 1/26/19
Finished - 2/11/19

3,857/3,500 pages
OotZ books: 1

Task 1 - I Read, You Read
A character reads during the story
Cleopatra's Daughter - 429pgs - 1/26/19
The Age of Doubt - 288pgs - 1/27/19
The Dark Vineyard - 321pgs - 2/3/19
Diamonds Are Forever - 247pgs - 2/4/19
The Brothers Karamazov - 720pgs X 10% = 792pgs - 2/11/19


Task 2 - Will Work For Books
A character earns a living via literature (librarian, author, etc.)
Without a Country - 316pgs - 2/6/19 (journalist)
A Great Reckoning - 389pgs - 2/10/19



Task 3 - Waiter, There's a Book In My Book
A story is told within the story (dual timelines, etc)
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea - 338pgs - 2/8/19


Task 4 - Books about Books
Non-fiction books about literature or literacy
On Language - 481pgs - 1/30/19
The Origins of Creativity - 256pgs - 2/2/19

Stage 6 - Goal 5,000 pages

1. Books written by authors not born in the USA
✔Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (Australia) - 464 pages - Completed 1/21/19
✔Force of Nature by Jane Harper (Australia) - 326 pages - Completed 2/14/19
✔Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch (Netherlands) - 387 pages - Completed 4/20/19
✔The Drowning by Camilla Läckberg (Sweden) - 476 pages - Completed 1/18/19
✔A Song of Shadows by John Connolly (Ireland) - 448 pages - Completed 1/15/19
✔The Dog Who Could Fly: The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew At His Side by Damien Lewis (UK) - 304 pages - Completed 3/3/19
✔The Humans by Matt Haig (England) - 285 pages - Completed 1/20/19
✔Macbeth by Jo Nesbø (Norway) - 512 pages - Completed 1/30/19
✔The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (South Africa) - 366 pages - Completed 1/14/19

2. First in series by an author I've never read
✔Brownies and Broomsticks (Magical Bakery Mystery #1) by Bailey Cates- 323 pages - Completed 1/22/19
✔The Organ Takers: A Novel of Surgical Suspense (The McBride Trilogy, Book 1) by Richard Van Anderson - 306 pages - Completed 1/13/19
✔The Terminal List (James Reece, #1) by Jack Carr (408 pages) - Completed 2/24/19
✔Run to Ground (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit #1) by Katie Ruggle - 376 pages - Completed 2/10/19

3. Out of Zone Goal - Classics
✔Horseman, Pass By (192 pages) - Completed 2/4/19

Total pages: 5,173

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "DIY
out of zone- read 5 books off my TBR shelf"

Hey, Jayme, when you signed up, your out of zone goal was "I will read 3 nonfiction books." The Out of Zone goal is for all Stages not just the one.

Stage 6: DIY Occupations
Goal: 5500 pages
OoZ: Science Fiction
14/14

1. Self-Made Millionaire
✔ Fantasy in Death by J. D. Robb (356) [SF+36] - January 14, 2019
✔ Indulgence in Death by J. D. Robb (439) - [SF+44] - February 5th, 2019
✔ One Night with a Prince by Sabrina Jeffries (355) - March 9, 2019
✔ Marriage Made on Paper by Maisey Yates (192) - March 29, 2019
✔ New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb (496) + [SF+50] - May 5, 2019
✔ Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb (389) + [SF+39] - July 7, 2019

2. Architect / Builder / Carpenter
✔ The Liar by Nora Roberts (501) - March 14th, 2019
✔ Only His by Susan Mallery (344) - June 6th, 2019

3. Athlete
✔ Finding Perfect by Susan Mallory (346) - February 14, 2019
✔ Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Philips (400) - June 11, 2019

4. Private Investigator
✔ The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones (356) - April 13, 2019
✔ No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose (546) - June 20, 2019
✔ See No Evil by Allison Brennan (432) - June 28, 2019
✔ Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones (304) - July 1, 2019

Total pages: 5625

Stacey 6: DIY

1.Goal: 5468 pages (10%) of last year.
2.Out of Zone goal: Non-fiction books
Tasks: up to 7
Pages Completed: 5613 p.

1. First books in series
Between the Lines 1/17/19 270p.
Wicked Ride 2/6/19 282p.
Rock Chick 2/13/19 398p.
Bittersweet 2/18/19 293p.
When Blood Calls 2/25/19 388p.
What Angels Fear 2/26/18 410p.
Warcross 3/7/19 366 p.

2. Last books in series
Magic Triumphs 3/21/19 327p.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 3/7/19 759p.

3. Free on Kindle/Kindle Unlimited
Countdown To A Kiss 1/22/19 312p.
Moonlight and Margaritas 1/28/19 252p.
Pestilence 3/22/19 383p.
Claiming His Mountain Bride 3/17/19 108p.

4. Series I've stalled on (longer than 1 year since last book)
Feel the Heat 2/18/19 372p.

5. Books with Pets/Animals as important characters
Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him 2/20/19 252p. + 25(OOZ) = 277p.

6. Books Made into Movies
1. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 3/26/19 412p.

Stage 6: DIY -- COMPLETED: 3/7/19

Goals:
2,112 pages (5% of 2018 pages) ==> up to 5 tasks
🎯 Out of the Zone goal: nonfiction

1. Closer to the End
books in series I've already started
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris ~ (325 pages) Read: 2/23/19
Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb ~ (404 pages) Read: 2/27/19
Kill For Me by Karen Rose (541 pages) Read: 3/7/19

2. True Story
nonfiction books
🎯 Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson (320 pages + OotZ bonus 32 = 352 pages) Read: 1/13/19
🎯 Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country by Craig Pittman (320 pages + OotZ bonus 32 = 352 pages) Read: 1/26/19

3. Sweeping the Shelves
books that have been on my shelf for ≥5 years
Sea of Suspicion by Toni Anderson shelved: July 22, 2013 ~ (315 pages) Read: 2/7/19
As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem shelved: January 24, 2012 ~ (224 pages) Read: 2/17/19

Total = 2,513
Goal = 2,112

Stage 6: DIY
My Goal: 3800 pages
Up to 8 tasks

Progress: 3910/3800 pages
100% complete
Date: Aug 15

***OOTZ bonus = Nonfiction***


1. Set at a school
364 - The White Devil (1/24)


2. Canadian author
352 - Vandal Love (1/30)
288 - A Darkness of the Heart (4/22)
352 - The Party (7/1)
242 - Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City (8/12) ***220 + 10% OOTZ = 242***


3. Involves a commune or cult
291 - Arcadia (1/30)
304 - History of Wolves (3/5)


4. Set in the UK
448 - I Owe You One (2/13)
320 - Old Baggage (5/14)
288 - Brat Farrar (8/7)


5. Takes place in summer
309 - Hot Dog Girl (8/8)
352 - Shorecliff (8/15)

Goal: 2,200 pages
OoZ (💥): POC authors

Task 1: Wheelhouse
(A celebration of everything I love, but tend to consider guilty pleasures and don't often get to. Primarily: Cults, cannibalism and politics.)

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride 352
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art 322
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief 430
The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency 300

Subtotal: 1,404

Task 2: Anti-Wheelhouse
(An effort to explore subjects I normally don't give two farts about. Primarily: Sportsball.)
Players: The Story of Sports and Money and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution 336
Brady vs Manning: The Untold Story of the Rivalry That Transformed the NFL 272
Concussion 266

Subtotal: 874

Total pages: 2,278

Finishes:

@Tien,
I will go back and fix the out of zone goal.

Stage 6: DIY
Goal =2,234 5% of 44,686
2,447/2,234

1: Annual Austen
✔ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 8 July 2019 ★★★★★ 430
✔ Persuasion by Jane Austen 5 February 2019 ★★★★★ 259
Total: 689



2. Starts with a vowel
✔ Ella, The Slayer by A.W. Exley 29 January 2019 ★★★★ 238
✔ Innocent in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters 23 January 2019 ★★★ 271
Total: 509



3. A Wizard named Harry
✔ Cold Days by Jim Butcher 15 February 2019 ★★★★ 515 (audio)
✔ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 30 March 2019 ★★★★★ 734
Total: 1,249

Stage 6: DIY
Goal: 3000 (up to 5 tasks)

1. Poetry
On the Bus With Rosa Parks (96 pgs) 1/10
Grace Notes: Poems (90 pgs) 1/12
The World's Wife (76 pgs) 1/14
Thirst (88 pgs) 1/24
Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays (88 pgs) 1/29
Teeth (130 pgs) 2/5
insert boy (116 pgs) 2/5
Don't Call Us Dead (96 pgs) 2/7
Mountain Interval (86 pgs) 2/8
Bright Dead Things (128 pgs) 2/8
The Sun and Her Flowers (256 pgs) 2/15

2. Works in Translations
Convenience Store Woman (176 pgs) 2/17

3. First in a series
Sleeping Giants (320 pgs) 2/4
The Cruel Prince (370 pgs) 3/2
The Riddle-Master of Hed (240 pgs) 2/8
Girls of Paper and Fire (400 pgs) 3/4
The Raven Boys (409 pgs) (2/28)

= 3165 pgs

Complete so far: 3165/3165

DONE!

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 6: DIY ~~ Completed
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,078
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 6: DIY (msg 28)

Read books tagged Mystery/Suspense

🔹7 Brides for 7 Bodies ~ Stephanie Bond ~ 308 pp ~ 01.03 ★★★
🔹Courageous ~ Diana Palmer ~ 288 pp ~ 01.07 ★★★
🔹Laugh or Death ~ Camilla Chafer ~ 264 pp ~ 02.20 ★★★

Read books tagged Historical Romance

🔹Secrets, Spies & Sweet Little Lies ~ Tara Kingston ~ 327 pp ~ 02.12 ★★★★
🔹Yellowstone Heart Song ~ Peggy L. Henderson ~ 263 pp ~ 01.22 ★★★

Read books tagged Paranormal

🔹Delicate Freakn' Flower ~ Eve Langlais ~ 223 pp ~ 01.05 ★★★
🔹The Darkest Promise ~ Gena Showalter ~ 432 pp ~ 01.30 ★★★★
🔹Seventh Grave and No Body ~ Darynda Jones ~ 352 pp ~ 02.13 ★★★★

Read books tagged Contemporary

🔷Hot for Fireman ~ Jennifer Bernard ~ 389 pp ~ 02.17 ★★★
🔹One Night of Trouble ~ Elle Kennedy ~ 234 pp ~ 01.25 ★★★★
🔹Rock My World ~ Michelle A. Valentine ~ 123 pp ~ 01.23 ★★★
🔹Bed of Roses ~ Nora Roberts ~ 370 pp ~ 01.28 ★★★★
🔹Savor the Moment ~ Nora Roberts ~ 353 pp ~ 02.19 ★★★★
🔹Pretending He's Mine ~ Lauren Blakely ~ 144 pp ~ 01.21 ★★★★
🔹Beneath the Scars ~ Cherise Sinclair ~ 458 pp ~ 01.08 ★★★★
🔹The Penalty Box ~ Deirdre Martin ~ 356 pp ~ 01.30 ★★★
🔹Christmas with a Prince ~ Nicole Burnham ~ 94 pp ~ 01.18 ★★★
🔹Baby It's You ~ Stephanie Bond ~ 100 pp ~ 01.19 ★★★

Stage 6 - DIY - Completed 25 Feb 19
Goals: 2500 pages
1001 list books (bonus of extra 10% of the book's pages if it qualifies)

Books read = 10
Pages read = 2691

Stage 6 tasks:

1. Read a book by a new-to-me author
Charms For the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons, 5 Feb 19 - 256 pages
Maman, What Are We Called Now? by Jacqueline Mesnil-Amar, 7 Feb 19 - 190
Phantastes by George MacDonald, 10 Feb 19 - 216 pages
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan, 25 Feb 19 - 380 pages

2. Read a book that I borrowed
Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham, 30 Jan 19 - 326 pages

3. Read a book on my Kindle
Untying the Knot by Linda Gillard, 28 Jan 19 - 272 pages
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan, 12 Feb 19 - 229*

4. Read a group read for another Goodreads group
The Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor, 22 Jan 19 - Elizabeth Taylor reading group - 250 pages
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot, 2 Feb 19 - RwS - 320 pages
Angel by Elizabeth Taylor, 16 Feb 19 - Elizabeth Taylor reading group - 252 pages

*1 point for this book being read for this month's PAS shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Goals:
5% of 2018 pages - to be calculated 1/1/19 (2,770 pages)
Out of the Zone goal: Nonfiction (+10% page numbers)

Tasks: up to 5

1. Flower in Title
388 pages - The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - 3/2/19*****
406 pages - The Masque of the Black Tulip - 3/7/19****
385 pages - The Seduction of the Crimson Rose - 3/18/19****
388 pages - The Temptation of the Night Jasmine - 3/21/19*****

2. History (Fiction or Non)
388 pages - The Gilded Wolves - 2/17/19***
302 pages - The Captive Maiden - 2/18/19***

3. Fits Another PAS Challenge
287 pages - The Last Dragonslayer - 2/9/19**** (Moving Mountains 2019)
235 pages - UnEnchanted - 2/23/19*** (Seriously Serial '19)
327 pages - Magic Triumphs - 2/28/19***** (Seriously Serial '19)

Total Pages: 3,126/2,770

Stage 6
DYI

My Goals

1. 5% is: 5386
2. (5) tasks

1. Mystery/ Thrillers
320- Hangman Blind 1/14
220- Codename Villanelle 1/16
353- Dead Letters 1/25
392-The Searcher 1/27

2. Non-Fiction
336- My Dead Parents: A Memoir 1/16
384- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War 1/16
329-Yes Please 1/20
400- All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row 1/25
480- Lies My Teacher Told Me 1/26

3. Book Club Books
401- Behold the Dreamers 1/19
306-Tales of a Chinese Grandmother: 30 Traditional Tales from China 1/27

4. Series
368- Let Me Go 1/20
336- Sword Song 1/21
513-The Accidental Empress 1/27

5. Science Fiction
634- Here & There 1/26

TOTAL=5572

Stage 6: DIY
My Goal: 3500 pages
Out of the Zone Goal: bonus = Classics/Literary/Translations

Stage 6: DIY
My Goal: 1500 pages

1. Catching Up! Read books that were on my Wendy C list last year but not read.

2. Get 'er Done: Read a book that has been on my TBR BEFORE 2018

3. Team Player: Read a book that is a Group Read for another group

4. Pilgrims Progress: Read the next book in a series I've already started before 2019.

5. Back to the Future: Read a book that flips between time periods

Stage 6 - DIY

1. Goal: 1800 pages (slightly under 10% of 2018 pages)
2. Out of Zone Goal: reading longer books (over 350pages)

Books from my TBR Jar
Becoming - Michelle Obama (426pgs) - 22nd Feb 2019 (non-fic book)
Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult (517pgs) (Jodi Picoult book) - 20th Apr 2019
Days of Blood & Starlight - Laini Taylor (517pgs)

Must Reads List for 2019
The Astonishing Color of After - Emily X.R. Pan (462pgs)

Total pages: 943/1922pgs

Forgot to save my spot--still figuring out my DIYs--been VERY BUSY this month!!!

Stage 6 ~ Goal: 9,199 pages
'Out of the Zone' goal: POC authors

Tasks: up to 11

Next in series:
Any Time, Any Place 373 pages 1/24
Imitation in Death 342 pages 1/28


Added to TBR prior to 2019:
Loving Lauren 250 pages 1/23
Murder, Interrupted 304 pages 1/23
A Demon and His Witch 172 pages 1/25
Lost Love 342 pages 1/27

Borrowed (Library/Overdrive/Hoopla/Lendle):
Studmuffin Santa 182 pages 1/18
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow 525 pages 1/21
Keeping It Hot 285 pages 1/21
1st to Die 424 pages 1/31

Kind of free (KU/ARP/Scribd, etc.):
Fired Up 232 pages 1/14
A December Bride 120 pages 1/15
Prince Caspian 240 pages 1/19
The Bewitching Tale of Stormy Gale 119 pages 1/24
Diamonds & Dirt: A Small-Town Cozy Mystery Romance 137 pages 1/26
Unzipped 306 pages 1/30
The Jury Scandal 202 pages 1/30
Turn or Burn 304 pages 1/30
Repeat 336 pages 1/31

Set in another country:
A Study in Scarlet 123 pages 1/15
Hello Stranger 400 pages 1/17
The Most Dangerous Duke in London 296 pages 1/20
The Other Miss Bridgerton 391 pages 1/29

Cozy Mysteries:
Dead in Bed 144 pages 1/17
Two Down, Bun to Go 352 pages 1/18
A Literal Mess 196 pages 1/20
A Crafter Knits a Clue 330 pages 1/22
Steps from Death 182 pages 1/25
Cupid's Curse 207 pages 1/28

New to me author:
Arouse 340 pages 1/21
A Duke in the Night 336 pages 1/22
Knock Out 328 pages 1/23
It's Always the Husband 320 pages 1/27
New Life 302 pages 1/27

Total Pages: 9,442

STAGE 6 - DIY

1. Goal: 1000 pages
2. OOTZ: books I own

FIRST BOOK OF A SERIES
Glimmerglass - 294 pages
The Golden Compass - 438 pages (399 + 39 ootz)

RECOMMENDED TO ME
Walk Two Moons - 308 pages (280 + 28 ootz)

TOTAL PAGES: 1040

Stage 6: DIY. Unlocked 1/10

Goal 2500 - 10 %
OOTZ: Pulitzer Prize Winner

5 Task limit

Task 1. Biography
752 p. Richard Nixon: The Life 1/20
237p. The Amateur Tramp 1/19

Task 2. Mystery with Female Detective
287p. The Shattered Tree 1/15
248 p. The Walnut Tree 1/26
378p. A Casualty of War 2/2
326 p. A Pattern of Lies 2/6

Task 3: originally written in German
441 p. The Seventh Cross 1/23

Total pages. 2669
Stage completed

Stage 6: DIY , opened Jan 10

Goal 1225 pages, up to 5 tasks

1 - continuing series
✔The Collaborator of Bethlehem (Omar Yussef Mystery #1), 272 pages - fin 2/4
✔Hidden Empire, 336 pages - fin 2/5

2 - new series
✔Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1),436 pages - fin 3/17

3 - short stories
✔Nobody's Son, 200 pages - fin 2/18

total pages completed: 1244

COMPLETED 3/17

Joyce's Stage 6 - DIY COMPLETED!!!
unlocked 1/10/19

Goal 2275 pages
OOTZ- books not read in audiobook format.

2360/2275

Task 1: Books with groups of women working together
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman Finished 4/2/19 720 pages
How to Knit a Murder Finished 3/27/19 306 pages +OOTZ bonus 30= 336 pages

Task 2: Covers with no people on them
Finshed 5/25/19 608 pages + OOTZ bonus +60= 668 pages

Task 3: Dark or Black covers
376 pages 6/5/19
237 pages + OOTZ bonus +23= 260 pages 5/8/19