Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Congratulations, Sandy, for completing Stage 6 & unlocking Stage 4.

This stage is to read books from lists (ie. the lists are your tasks). You are free to pick your own lists. Please find link below to help you browse for lists:

Listopia

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

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Amanda A - COMPLETED

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Ashley - COMPLETED

Bea - COMPLETED

CassieV - COMPLETED

Christina (AKA Babbling)

Coralie - COMPLETED

Dee - COMPLETED

Ellis

Jayme(the ghost reader)

Jen - COMPLETED

Jess - COMPLETED

Joyce - COMPLETED

Judy

Karin

Kristina Simon - COMPLETED

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Lahni

Laura - COMPLETED

Lauren - COMPLETED

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Lusie - COMPLETED

Lyn (Readinghearts)

Mary - COMPLETED

Minttu

Nat - COMPLETED

Rosemary - COMPLETED

Sandy - COMPLETED

Sassafrass - COMPLETED

Stacey

Susan - COMPLETED

Tien - COMPLETED

My Goal: 5,400 pages
Up to 8 tasks
OoZ: books in Bahasa Indonesia

Progress: 5,404/5,400 pages as at 05/11

1. Unforgettable Indonesian Fiction
specifically targeted at my OoZ

🗸 308p - Summer in Seoul (Season Series #1) (280 + 10%*) -Read 03/02
sub-total: 308p

2. Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

🗸 325p - XVI (XVI #) (#19688) -Read 03/22
🗸 293p - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town #2) (#352) -Read 03/27
🗸 144p - Batman: Year One (#15679) -Read 04/15
🗸 352p - My Cousin Rachel18869970 (#16592) -Read 04/28
🗸 961p - Don Quixote (#94) -Read 05/11
sub-total: 2,075p

3. LoveOzYA

🗸 275p - Songs That Sound Like Blood (#356) -Read 01/29
🗸 188p - Of a Boy -Read 02/22
Subtotal: 463p

4. Best Books Set in Australia

🗸 411p - Dead Europe (#148) -Read 03/05
🗸 239p - The Dragon Man (Inspector Challis #1) (#611) -Read 03/08
🗸 513p - And De Fun Don't Done (Les Norton #7) (#332) -Read 03/11
🗸 60p - Storm Boy (#110) -Read 04/27
sub-total: 1,223p

5. Best Fiction Set in Ireland
🗸 262p - Brooklyn (#18) -Read 03/15
🗸 352p - Carry Me Down (#120) -Read 04/01
sub-total: 614p

6. Australian True Crime
🗸 425p - Dead Man Running (#11)
🗸 296p - Beyond Bad: The Life and Crimes of Katherine Knight, Australia's Hannibal (#21) -Read 03/26
sub-total: 721p

Stage 4 - Listopias
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.
4679/4456

1. 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Readers Picks
(altho with 6849 books on the list, I'm not sure why it's called "100"!)
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming. 1/24/19. 267 pages. Found on page 68 of list.
The Hobbit. 1/27/19. 322 pages. Found on page 1 of list.
We. 1/29/19. 224 +10% OOZ = 246 pages.
Found on page 19 of list.
When She Woke. 2/7/19. 368 + 10%OOZ = 405.
Found on page 14 of list.
The Subtle Knife. 2/10/19. 370 +10% OOZ =407. Found on page7 of list.
subtotal 1647

2. Great "Dog" Books
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love - 1/24/19. 214 pages. Found on page 1 of list.
Less Than A Treason - 1/28/19. 309 pages. Found on page 8 of the list.
Subtotal 523

3. Best Books Published in 2013
Fin & Lady. 1/25/19. 277 pages. Found on page 30 of list.

4. Can't Wait Books of 2019
The Winter of the Witch. 1/30/19. 384 pages. Found on p.1 of list.
In an Absent Dream. 2/6/19. 204 pages. found on p.1 of list.
Subtotal 588

5. 2019 Book Tube Prize Longlist
Hazards of Time Travel. 1/30/19. 336 pages. Found on p. 1 of the list.

6. 2018 - What the Over 35s Are Reading
So You Want to Talk About Race - 2/3/19. 248 pages.

7. What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2015
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings. on p.61 of list
2/5/19. 450 + 10% OOZ = 495
The Shell Collector: Stories. on page 24 of list. 2/6/19. 224 + 10% OOZ = 246
Subtotal 741

8. January 2019 Book Releases
Golden State. 2/5/19. 319 pages.

1647+ 523 + 277 + 588 + 336 + 248 + 741 + 319 = 4679

Stage 4 listopia
Goal 3,500 page
Pages Read: 951
Out of zone goal: read 3 nonfiction books
1) Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty(460pp) Completed 2/15/19
2) The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty(396pp)
3) The Ocean at the End of the Laneby Neil Gaiman(181pp)
4) The Glass Castleby Jeannette Walls
(288Pp)
5) Garden Spellsby Sarah Addison Allen(304pp)
Listopia- What Women Born in the 1970's Read in 2015

6) The Mysterious Affair at Stylesby Agatha Christie(177pp)
Listopia-Best Crime and Mystery Books
Completed 2/23/19

7) Exile's Returnby Raymond E. Feist
(343pp)
8) Flight of the Nighthawksby Raymond E. Feist(368pp)
9) Into a Dark Realmby Raymond E. Feist(319pp)
Listopia-Chronological Riftwar Cycle Reading Order


10) Why Not Me?by Mindy Kaling-The Mighty Womens Reading List
(240pp)

11) Witch and Wizardby James Patterson-Best Books About Witches(314pp)
Completed 03/09/19

12)Hex Hallby Rachel Hawkins
Listopia- Best Books About Witches(423pp)

Stage 4: Listopias opened 1/22/19
Goal: 2,675
OOZ goal: Magical Realism

1. Best Cozy Mystery Series

√288p - Murder at the Vicarage Read 2/24/19
√281p - Murder is Binding Read 1/31/19
√324p - Her Royal Spyness Read 2/19/19
√272p - The Quiche of Death Read 4/27/19
√275p - On What Grounds Read 3/25/19
√288p - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Read 3/20/19
√281p - What's a Ghoul to Do? Read 3/20/19
√261p - The Ghost and Mrs. McClure Read 2/24/19
√288p - Carrot Cake Murder Read 2/28/19
√260p - Murder at Bray Manor Read 3/25/19

Stage 4:Listopias
Goal: 1500 pages
OOZ - Books started but not fininshed

1. Books That Everyone Should Read Once

The Help by Kathryn Stockett 465
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 464
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2. Best Historical Fiction
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon 743

Stage 4: Listopia --COMPLETED
Goal: 5468 p.
Tasks: up to 7
OOZ: Non fiction
Pages Completed: 5711 p.

1. Mystery & Thriller 2018
Dark in Death 2/6/19 372p.
The Crooked Staircase 11/17/19 491p.
Consumed 1/5/19 409p.

2. Best Adult Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance
River Marked 2/13/18 326p.
Magic Binds 3/13/19 328p.
Claimed 3/18/19 321p.
Bayou Moon 4/14/19 447p.
Death Masks 5/15/19 432p.
Steel's Edge 8/4/19 388p.
On the Edge 8/29/19 309p.
Frost Burned 11/1/19 342p

3. Best Kristen Ashley Books
Mystery Man 7/5/19 528p.
Rock Chick Rescue 10/10/19 400p.
Law Man 11/4/19 535p.
Wild Man 12/20/19 528p.
Quiet Man 3/6/20 253p.

Goal: 1500 pgs
OOZ: Recommended by someone else

Task 1: Books that Everyone Should Read at Least Once
Ender's Game 324 pg ✔ 1/7

Task 2: Best Detective Mystery Series
The Black Echo 482 pg ✔ 1/28
The Black Ice 448 pg ✔

Task 3: Can't wait books of 2019
An Anonymous Girl 375 pg + 37 ooz ✔ 2/4

1666 done!

Stage 4: Listopia -- COMPLETED: 3/22/19

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

1. NPR's Best Books of 2018
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (226 pages) Read: 2/8/19
🎯 Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (299 pages + OotZ bonus 30 = 329 pages) Read: 2/12/19

2. Best Crime & Mystery Books
Reliquary by Douglas Preston (p. 18) (464 pages) Read: 3/11/19
The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (p. 23) (311 pages) Read: 3/20/19
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (p. 1) (369 pages) Read: 3/22/19

3. Women who Solve Crimes
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich (p. 6) (288 pages) Read: 3/10/19

4. Books Recommending Books
Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James (p. 1) (208 pages) Read: 3/19/19

Total = 2,195
Goal = 2,112

Stage 4: Listopias
Goal - 2,019 pages (up to 5 tasks)

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


Pages Completed: 2,043
Pages Remaining: -

1. Man Booker Prize Eligible 2019
**8/3/19 My Sister, the Serial Killer (no 23 on list) 226pp+10% = 248pp

2. NYT 100 Notable Books of 2018
6/2/19 There There (no 3 on list) 304pp
**4/3/19 Everything Under (no 25 on list) 264pp +10% = 290pp
**16/4/19 The Mars Room (no 7 on list) 352pp +10% = 387pp


3. Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Eligible Books
15/4/19 Ghost Wall (no 10 on list) 152pp
**12/5/19 The Silence of the Girls (no 13 on list) 336pp +10% = 369pp

4. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
3/2/19 Chess Story (no 260 on list) 104pp
22/2/19 The Hound of the Baskervilles (no 61 on list) 189pp

Stage 4: Goal: 5000 pages - Completed 7/23/19

1. Best Detective/Mystery Series
✔The Vanishing Season - 274 pages - Completed 2/5/19
✔A Duty to the Dead - 336 pages - Completed 2/28/19
✔A Rule Against Murder - 322 pages - Completed 2/3/19

2. Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
✔Ruin and Rising - 422 pages - Completed 2/15/19
✔Where They Found Her - 326 pages - Completed 2/26/19
✔A Dangerous Man - 286 pages - Completed 2/19/19
✔The Last Equation of Isaac Severy - 337 pages - Completed 1/24/19
✔Winesburg, Ohio - 240 pages - Completed 2/15/19
✔WWW: Wonder - 338 pages - Completed 2/1/19
✔California Fire and Life - 408 pages - Completed 7/23/19
✔Lone Wolf - 517 pages - Completed 7/7/19

3. Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
✔By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead - 200 pages - Completed 2/9/19

4. Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
✔Educated - 334 pages - Completed 3/3/19

5. What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far in 2018
✔I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - 352 pages - Completed 2/7/19

6. Best Audiobooks
✔Wrongful Death (366 pages) - Completed 6/20/19

Total pages: 5,058

Goal 6,500 pages
OOZ not a novel

1. Best South Asian Fiction
#33 Moth Smoke 320 pages Completed January 31
# 17 Sea of Poppies 513 pages completed February 17
#185 Our Lady of Alice Bhatti 240 pages completed April 18
1073 pages

2. Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
#44 Matter 593 pages completed February 16
#257 Light 310 pages completed February 20
#405 Parasite 504 pages completed March 8
#491 Central Station 275 pages completed April 1
1682 pages

3. Hugo 2019 Eligible Novels
#17 Foundryside 512 pages completed March 3
#24 The Fated Sky 384 pages completed April 21
#3 Spinning Silver 480 pages completed April 27
#29 Witchmark 318 pages completed April 30
1694 pages

4. Translated Book Project
#230 I Refuse 282 pages completed February 19
#123 The Suicide Shop 169 pages completed March 17
#74 Broken Glass 165 pages completed April 11
616 pages

5. Translated speculative fiction
#182 The City of Woven Streets 352 pages completed February 22
#298 The Goddess Chronicle 320 pages completed April 1
672 pages

6. 1001 books you must read before you die
#305 Memoirs of Hadrian 347 pages completed March 15
#1015 Felicia's Journey 212 pages completed March 21
#95 The Reader 216 pages completed April 5
775 pages

6512/6500

Dee

Stage 4 Listopias

Goal: 4247pgs
Pages Read: 4773pgs
Pages Remaining: 146pgs

OOZ1: nonfiction
OOZ2: diversity challenge

#1 Most Anticipated Books of 2019 Not From a Series (HERE)
Saving Meghan(pg2) - Finished - 2/9/19 - 384pgs
The Girls at 17 Swann Street(pg1) - Finished - 3/3/19 - 407pgs (370+37 OOZ - Diveristy)
The Military Wife - Finished - 3/23/19 - 352pgs
Finding Dorothy (pg1) - Finished - 3/29/19 - 340pgs

#2 Romance books were the heroes are not Super possessive, controlling, Multi billionaire alpholes with 50 foot penises, and a disturbing tendency Towards stalkerish behaviour (HERE)
Rebel Hard - Finished - 1/31/19 - 398pgs

#3 YA Debuts 2018 (HERE)
Blood Water Paint (pg1) - 298pgs - Finished - 2/16/19
American Panda (pg1) - 342pgs (311+10% OOZ) - Finished - 3/22/19

#4 Women's Biographies 2019 (HERE)
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love (pg1) - 299pgs (272+27(10% OOZ Non-fiction) - finished - 3/20/19

#5 No Instalove here - Contemporary Romance Only HERE
From Lukov with Love - Finished - 2/8/19 - 493pgs
The Kiss Quotient (pg1) - finished - 2/19/19 - 370pgs (336+10% OOZ - diversity challenge)
When Dimple Met Rishi (pg2) - finished - 3/12/19 - 418pgs (380+10% OOZ - diversity challenge)
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me (pg1) - finished - 3/30/19 - 672pgs

Books that Fit Shelf of the Month
American Panda - March - Multicultural - 26ppl
When Dimple Met Rishi - March - multicultural - 57ppl

Lusie's Stage 4: Listopias ❑ ☑ ✅

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

Total: 4097 pages
1x shelf of month
1x ooz

link to check if book is on a certain list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/book/3...

Shelf 1. What To Read After Harry Potter - I thought this was fitting because I'm now rereading the Harry Potter series
☑ 330p Air Awakens [24-mar-2019] ★★

Shelf 2 The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels - I love time-travel
☑ 464p A Knight in Shining Armor [4-mar-2019] ★★★
☑ 334p From Time to Time [13-apr-19] ★★ (304 + 10%) - shelf of month 2019-04; 1990s

Shelf 3:What We've Read So Far in 2019
☑ 336p Two Can Keep a Secret [23-feb-2019] ★★★★

Shelf 4: 2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
☑ 309p The Thread [30-apr-19] ★★★
☑ 376p Midnight Thief [2-may-19] ★★
☑ 120p Just For You [12-may-19] ★★

Shelf 5: Best Books of 2018
☑ 323p Girls' Night Out [2-may-19] ★★★

Shelf 6: Best Books Ever
☑ 275p Hook [11-may-19] ★★★
☑ 391p Blue Lily, Lily Blue [13-may-19] ★★★
☑ 439p The Raven King [16-may-19] ★★★

Shelf 7: Best Urban Fantasy
☑ 400p Happy Hour in Hell [14-may-19] ★★

Stage 4: Listopias
My Goal: 3800 pages
Up to 8 tasks

Progress: 3829/3800 pages
100% complete
Date: Jul 10

***OOTZ bonus = Nonfiction***


1. Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
588 - Americanah (4/9)
#19 on list


2. NPR's Best of Books of 2015
583 - One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway (4/27) ***530 + 10% OOTZ = 583***
#27 on list


3. The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
213 - The Friend (4/28)
#4 on list
226 - My Sister, the Serial Killer (5/15)
#22 on list
370 - Where the Crawdads Sing (6/1)
#3 on list


4. Anticipated 2019 Literary Fiction
320 - The Dreamers (5/6)
#15 on list
357 - Miracle Creek (5/10)
#1 on list
272 - Stay Up with Hugo Best (7/6)
#65 on list


5. What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2019
447 - On the Come Up (7/5)
#58 on list


6. Best Books of 2018
453 - Nine Perfect Strangers (7/9)
#226 on list

Stage 4: listopia
Goal =2,234 5% of 44,686



1 Birds on a cover
#144 ---- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - pgs 468

2.Dresses To Die For
#1 ------- The Luxe by Anna Godbersen pgs. 464
#36 --------Enchanted by Alethea Kontis by Alethea Kontis pgs 320

3. First books of some good cozy series
#512 --- Color Me Murder by Krista Davis 305
#293 --- To Brew or Not to Brew 294

4. End of Series in 2018
#3 ---- Obsidio by Amie Kaufman (audio) 628

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

Completed 4,031/4,000 pages

1. List: Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books
I Wish You Were Mine (284 pages) 1/30/19
Ain't She Sweet (464 pages) 2/3/19
Daisy's Back in Town (390 pages) 2/4/19
Flirting with Fire (400 pages) 2/6/19


2. List: Virgins Like Sex Too
The V Card (300 pages) 1/26/19
Hard Love (206 pages) OoZ --heroine is black (206 pages + 21= 227 pages) 1/26/19
I Bet You (299 pages) 1/27/19


3. List: Romance Series about Families
Fatal Jeopardy (379 pages) 2/4/19



4. List: Tall Heroines in Romance Novels
Roadside Assistance (362 pages) 1/29/19
Mail Order Outlaw (252 pages) OoZ --heroine is half Indian and hero is half Mexican (252 pages + 2552+25 = 277 pages)

5. List: Humorous Romance Books
Caught on Camera (379 pages) OoZ --heroine is Mexican (379 pages + 38 = 417 pages) 2/8/19


6. List: New Adult Contemporary
Finding Dandelion (232 pages) 2/8/19

Stage 4 - Listopia

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

The Book was better than the movie
Me Before You - Jojo Moyes (369pgs)
Allegiant - Veronica Roth (526pgs)

Judge a Book by It's Cover
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (387pgs)
Six of Crows - Leight Bardugo (465pgs)
The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski (355pgs)
The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons (810pgs)

Total pages: 0/2017pgs

Goal: 3000 pages
Tasks: up to 5
OoZ: Nonfiction

1. Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing (Counts for OoZ)
#1 Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (303 + 30 pgs) 4/18

2. Best Cozy Mystery Series
#4 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (374 pgs) 3/8
#7 Still Life (293 pgs) 2/27
#8 Murder is Binding (281 pgs) 2/14

3. Favorite Travel Books (Counts for OoZ)
#1 A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (397 + 40 pgs) 2/13
#3 Eat, Pray, Love (334 + 33 pgs) 3/27

4. Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
#2 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (213 pgs) 3/15
#36 Everything Leads to You (307 pgs) 2/16
#141 One of Us Is Lying (361 pgs) 4/18

5. Can't Wait Books of 2019
#26 In an Absent Dream (204 pgs) 3/25

= 3170 pgs

Completed: 3170/3170

DONE!!!

Hooray--I am saving my spot for when I get this planned!! I'm still working on DIY!

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

1. Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales & Classics
#12 The Mark of Athena (574 + 57 pages) - 1/29/2019
#45 The House of Hades (720 + 72 pages) - 2/19/2019

2. Most Interesting Magic System
#92 Marked (306 pages) - 2/11/2019
#181 Pathfinder (662 + 66 pages) - 2/9/2019

3. Speculative Fiction Heist/Caper Stories
#14 Artemis (305 pages) - 2/5/2019

Total: 2,762/2,500 pages - Completed

Stage 4 - Listopias - completed 6 April 2019
Goals: 2500 pages
1001 list books (bonus of extra 10% of the book's pages if it qualifies)

Books read = 9
Pages read = 2518

PAS monthly shelf points = 2
1) The Lover's Dictionary claimed for stage 6 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
in February https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2) The Pox Party claimed for Stage 13 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
in March https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Stage 4 tasks:

1. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, 20 Feb 19, #149 on the list, 412 pages + 10% 1001 list bonus = 453 pages
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain, 23 Feb 19, #263 on the list, 116 pages + 10% 1001 list bonus = 127 pages
The Double by José Saramago, 1 March 19, #648 on list, 292 pages + 10% 1001 list bonus = 321 pages
Neuromancer by William Gibson, 8 March 19, 317 pages +10% 1001 list bonus = 349 pages
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor, 13 Mar 19, 228 pages +10% 1001 list bonus = 251
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 5 Apr 19, 188 pages + 10% 1001 list bonus = 207

2. Best Southern Literature

Miss Julia to the Rescue by Ann B. Ross, 14 Feb 19, #891 on the list, 305 pages
The Golden Apples by Eudora Welty, 19 Mar 19, #227 on the list, 281 pages

3. Read Them Twice ... At Least

None

4. Favourite Virago Modern Classics

In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor, 4 Apr 19, #93 on the list, 224 pages

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

Task 1: 500 Essential Graphic Novels
💥 The Complete Persepolis 341
Blankets 592 ✔
💥 American Born Chinese 240 ✔
The Complete Maus 296
V for Vendetta 296
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil 240 ✔
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas 336

Total pages: 2,341

Finishes:

2/9 2/11 5/5

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 4 ~ Listopias
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,222

Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 4 ~ Listopias (msg 27)

Favorite Historical Romance Novels

🔹Again the Magic ~ Lisa Kleypas ~ 421 pp ~ 05.08 ★★★★
🔹A Night to Surrender ~ Tessa Dare ~ 405 pp ~ 02.09 ★★★★
🔹Sense and Sensibility ~ Jane Austin ~ 409 pp + 10% ~ 08.06 ★★★

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

🔹Treasure Island ~ Robert Louis Stevenson ~ 242 pp + 10% ~ 05.24 ★★★
🔹The Kite Runner ~ Khaled Hosseine ~ 372 pp + 10% ~ 10.19 ★★★
🔹This Side of the Grave ~ Jeaniene Frost ~ 388 pp ~ 02.28 ★★★★

Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers

🔹The Other Daughter ~ Lisa Gardner ~ 448 pp ~ 05.12 ★★★
🔹Damaged ~ Alex Kava ~ 370 pp ~ 03.14 ★★★
🔹Fantasy in Death ~ J.D. Robb ~ 368 pp ~ 02.22 ★★★★

Favorite Romance Books

🔹Sweet Little Lies ~ Jill Shalvis ~ 387 pp ~ 02.26 ★★★★
🔹Soaring ~ Kristen Ashley ~ 603 pp ~ 04.10 ★★★★
🔹Devoured by Darkness ~ Alexandra Ivy ~ 352 pp ~ 03.26 ★★★★
🔹Soulless ~ Gail Carriger ~ 388 pp ~ 02.25 ★★★★

Stage #4: Listopias

My Goals

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

1. The Cant Wait Books of 2016 That Are Not Part of a Series
400- Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War 1/19 #131

2. Best Books of 2017
388- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2/1 #19
224- The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit 2/3 #98
327-Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 2/26 #4
359-Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI #32 4/7
392-Flame in the Mist #30 4/27

3. Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
345 Alice I Have Been 2/1#217

4. Best Historical Fiction
489- A Tale of Two Cities 2/1 #7
342- Before We Were Yours 2/9 #751
338-The Tiger's Wife#*843

5. Books that Should be Made into Movies
294- The Mercy of the Tide 2/2 #8415
384-The Good People 3/24 #1362
375-An Anonymous Girl 4/14 #1589
280-Mirror Mirror 5/2 #2369
435-The Great Alone#2161 5/8

Total= 5492

Stage 4 - Listopias - DONE!
Goal - 3,500 pages
**OotZ Goal - MPG Classics

3,815/3,500 pages
OotZ books: 4

Must Read Classics
The Story of Doctor Doolittle - 160pgs x 10% - 176pgs - 2/1/19
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - 260 X 10% - 286pgs - 2/12/19
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - 496 X 10%=546pgs - 3/25/19
Mansfield Park - 507 X 10% = 557pgs - 4/9/19

Best Science Books
This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress - 568pgs - 2/19/19

GRs 21st Century Literature Group
My Struggle: Book 2: A Man in Love - 571pgs - 4/1/19

Best World Mysteries, Thrillers, Detectives, and Suspense
About Face - 278pgs - 4/3/19
Faceless Killers - 280pgs - 4/11/19
Morality for Beautiful Girls - 227pgs - 4/14/19
The Dogs of Riga - 326pgs - 4/14/19

Stage 4- Listopias
Goal 2275 pages
OOTZ- books not read in audiobook format.

Up to 5 tasks

2379/2275

1) Best Adult Paranormal Books
✔ Sommersgate House 461 pages OOTZ bonus +46=507 pages total Finished 2/5/19

2) Best books with witches
✔ Night Shift 308 pages Finished 2/10/19
✔ A Nameless Witch 320 pages Finished 2/18/19

3)Doctor Who Books
✔ Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop 256 pages Finished 2/18/19
✔ Doctor Who: Peacemaker 238 pages Finished 3/13/19
✔ Doctor Who: Wishing Well 238 page Finsihed 3/25/19
✔ Doctor Who: The Many Hands 256 pages Finished 4/10/19
✔ Doctor Who: Martha in the Mirror 256 pages Finished 4/22/19

Stage 4 completed!

Stage 4 - Listopias
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.
4679/4456

1. 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Readers Picks
(altho with 6849 books on the list, I'm not sure why it's called "100"!)
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming. 1/24/19. 267 pages. Found on page 68 of list.
The Hobbit. 1/27/19. 322 pages. Found on page 1 of list.
We. 1/29/19. 224 +10% OOZ = 246 pages.
Found on page 19 of list.
When She Woke. 2/7/19. 368 + 10%OOZ = 405.
Found on page 14 of list.
The Subtle Knife. 2/10/19. 370 +10% OOZ =407. Found on page=7 of list.
subtotal 1647

2. Great "Dog" Books
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love - 1/24/19. 214 pages. Found on page 1 of list.
Less Than A Treason - 1/28/19. 309 pages. Found on page 8 of the list.
Subtotal 523

3. Best Books Published in 2013
Fin & Lady. 1/25/19. 277 pages. Found on page 30 of list.

4. Can't Wait Books of 2019
The Winter of the Witch. 1/30/19. 384 pages. Found on p.1 of list.
In an Absent Dream. 2/6/19. 204 pages. found on p.1 of list.
Subtotal 588

5. 2019 Book Tube Prize Longlist
Hazards of Time Travel. 1/30/19. 336 pages. Found on p. 1 of the list.

6. 2018 - What the Over 35s Are Reading
So You Want to Talk About Race - 2/3/19. 248 pages.

7. What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2015
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings. on p.61 of list
2/5/19. 450 + 10% OOZ = 495
The Shell Collector: Stories. on page 24 of list. 2/6/19. 224 + 10% OOZ = 246
Subtotal 741

8. January 2019 Book Releases
Golden State. 2/5/19. 319 pages.

1647+ 523 + 277 + 588 + 336 + 248 + 741 + 319 = 4679

Stage 4: Listopias
Goal: 5500 pages
OoZ: Science Fiction
14/14

1. Beauty and the Beast
✔︎ To Pleasure a Prince by Sabrina Jeffries (384) - February 10, 2019
✔︎ Mystique by Amanda Quick (359)
✔︎ Love Is Blind by Lynsay Sands (352) - March 11, 2019

2. Thrillers
✔︎ Die Again by Tess Gerritsen (432) - February 7, 2019
✔︎ Killing Floor by Lee Child (424) - May 25, 2019
✔︎ The Crossing by Michael Connelly (400) - July 16, 2019
✔︎ Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo (319) - July 22, 2019

3. Books that Should be Made into Movies
✔︎ Only Yours by Susan Mallery (378) - May 1, 2019
✔︎ Summer Days by Susan Mallery (384) - July 13, 2019

4. Best Romantic Suspense
✔︎ Cold Light of Day by Toni Anderson (340) - July 13, 2019
✔︎ Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan (408) - July 19, 2019

5. Best Book Boyfriends
✔︎ A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (626) - April 6, 2019
✔︎ Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Philips (384) - March 2, 2019
✔ Wallbanger by Alice Clayton (384) - March 2, 2019


Total pages: 5574

COMPLETE

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

Man Booker Eligible 2015
Did You Ever Have a Family 294 pages 03/04/19

Man Booker Eligible 2017
Dalila 354 pages 09/03/19

Historical Fiction 2018
Caught in Time 496 pages 10/04/19

NYT 100 Notable Books of 2018"
The Wych Elm 528 pages 24/04/19

Total Pages - 1,659
Out of zone Bonus - 0
Total with Out of Zone - 1,659

Stage 4 ~ Goal: 9,199 pages
'Out of the Zone' goal: POC authors

Tasks: up to 11

Best Cozy Mystery Series
Gone With the Witch 336 pages 2/3
Murder With Peacocks 311 pages 3/9
Lowcountry Bordello 272 pages 3/10

2018 Historical Romance
The Other Miss Bridgerton 391 pages 1/29
Not the Duke’s Darling 468 pages 2/12

Best Crime & Mystery Books
1st to Die 424 pages 1/31
Divided in Death 354 pages 2/17
2nd Chance 400 pages 2/24

Best Romantic Suspense
Imitation in Death 342 pages 1/28
Ice Blue 378 pages 3/8
Visions in Death 354 pages 3/11

Best Book Boyfriends
Drink Deep 321 pages 2/4
Desire Untamed 363 pages 2/22
The Female of the Species 352 pages 3/6
Brighter Than the Sun 112 pages 3/16

Paranormal Romances, Dystopian, & Urban Fantasies On Kindle Unlimited
Honour Bound 290 pages 2/5
Veiled Threat 290 pages 2/6

Best Rom-Com Books
The Foxe & the Hound 330 pages 2/15
Wait With Me 304 pages 2/16

Sports Romances
Knock Out 328 pages 1/23

Most Anticipated Romance Novels of 2019
Repeat 336 pages 1/31
Playing for Keeps 384 pages 2/1
The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister 344 pages 2/21
Only a Breath Apart 365 pages 2/25
Devil's Daughter 384 pages 2/26
Nightchaser 404 pages 3/4
The Good Ones 312 pages 3/5

Total Pages: 9,249

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

Unlocked: 1/22/19
Tasks: up to 5

1. Best Twists
389 pages - Fallen - 4/6/19*** (566th, page 6)
452 pages - Torment - 4/11/19*** (580th, page 6)

2. Best Historical Mystery
401 pages - The Betrayal of the Blood Lily - 3/23/19**** (205th, page 3)
340 pages - The Mischief of the Mistletoe - 4/2/19***** (446th, page 5)
405 pages - The Orchid Affair - 4/9/19***** (429th, page 5)
388 pages - The Garden Intrigue - 4/20/18**** (717th, page 8)
324 pages - Her Royal Spyness - 5/5/19*** (43rd, page 1)

3. Best Fantasy World
289 pages - The Song of the Quarkbeast - 3/26/19**** (571st, page 6)

Total: 2,988/2,770

STAGE 4 - LISTOPIAS

Goal: 1000 pages
OOTZ: Books I own

BOOKS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD READ AT LEAST ONCE
Atlas Shrugged - 1284 pages (1168 + 116 ootz)

TOTAL PAGES: 1284

I discovered how you can check on what lists a certain book is. Just change the number in the following link to the number of the book you want.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/book/3...

That's a great find, Lusie! Thanks for sharing :)

You are welcome!

Stage 4: Listopia. Unlocked 1/23

Goal 2500 - 10 %
OOTZ: Pulitzer Prize Winner

5 Task limit

Task 1: What Women Born in the 1970s Read in 2014

144 p. Girl with Green Eyes 1/26
175 p. The Country Girls 1/26
160 p. Girls in Their Married Bliss 1/27


Task 2: Books that everyone should read at least once
246 p. Much Ado About Nothing 1/25
246 p. The Black Tulip 1/30
422p. Pope Joan 3/25


Task 3: Historical fiction in translation
208 p. The Teacher of Cheops 1/31
348p. Love in the Time of Cholera 2/27

Task 4: World War 1 The Great War (Historical Fiction)
248p. The Walnut Tree 1/26
326p. A Pattern of Lies 2/6

Total 2523p.

Stage 4: Listopias , opened Jan 23

Goal 1225 pages, up to 5 tasks

1 - Best Books Ever
✔Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1), 462 pages: #538 on list, p. 6 - fin 4/26
✔The Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Triology #1), 435 pages: #3957 on list, p. 40 - fin 5/6
✔First Among Sequels(Thursday Next, #5), 363 pages: #14754 on list, p 148 - fin 2/10

pages read: 1260
completed 4/26