2026 Reading Challenge discussion

My own little space to keep track of my reading challenges? Yes please!!

Continue... if you dare (Yes yes, a cliche. Sue me.)

Tackle the Tbr list! 2019
22 books

1) The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of The Ballad of Mulan Added on 7/2/12. Read on 1/6/19
2) Christine Added on 7-2-12. Read on 2-6-19
3)Gerald's Game Added 7/7/12 read 7/15/2019
4) The Ordinary Princess Added 8-29-12 Read on 7/23/2019
5)The Goose Girl Added 8-29-12 Read on 7/18/2019
6)The Crystal Cave Added 8-29-12 Read on 8/24/19
14)Queen of Camelot Added 10-23-14 read on 9-18-19

Read 7 of the 22. I intend to continue this this year. 1/13/2020.

7)Stormdancer Added 9-3-12 Finished 2/20/20
9) removed from list
10)Crown Duel Added 10-23-13 Finished 2/1/20
11)The Squire's Tale Added 10-23-13 Finished 10/31/2020
12)EastAdded 10-23-14 Finished 6/23/2020
13)Seven Daughters and Seven Sons Added 10-23-14 Finished 6/10/2020
19)Daughter of the Forest Added 12-20-14 Finished 11/25/2020
20)The Forest Wife Added 12-20-14
21)Child of the May Added 12-20-14
22)The Path of the She Wolf Added 12-20-14

adding for 2020
23) Meg added 1-29-2015 Read on 4-23-2020
27) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms added 2-28-2015 Finished 7/1/2020


11 of 22 read 1/1/2021

2021:

15)Princess Ben Added 10-23-14 Read 11-1-2021
16) Monstrous Beauty Added 10-23-14 Read 7/26/2021
24) removed from list
25) removed from list

Added the following 11

30) The Darkest Part of the Forest added 3-21-2015 Read 7/21/2021
31) Eden at the Edge of Midnight added 3-21-2015 Finished 10-12-2021
32) removed from list
35) Beautiful Creatures added 3-29-2015 Read 11-27-2021
36) Monster Island added 4-4-2015 Read 10-31-2021
37) Removed from list
38) Rook added 4-4-2015 Finished 10-19-2021
39) The Smoke Thief added 4-4-2015 Read 11-13-2021
40) The Selection added 4-5-2015 8-9-2021

Read 9of 21 as of 12/31/2021

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2019 100 books! (Oh mercy)

1) Queen and the Kingsmen
2) The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of The Ballad of Mulan
3) The Seventh Plague
4) Christine
5) Dust and Light
6) Witch Baby
7)Anansi Boys
8)Beautiful Demons Box Set, Books 1-3
9)Shadow Demons
10)Rival Demons
11)Stardust
12)Spinning Silver
13) The Dark
14)RASL
15)Demons Forever
16)Hope Never Dies
17)Bird Box
18) I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter: 6 Patient Files That Will Keep You Up At Night
19)Gone With The Ghost
20)Persephone
21)Beauty and the Goblin King
22)Abandon
23)Conclave
24)The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince
25)Underworld
26)Awaken
27)Daughter of the Earth and Sky
28)Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen
29)Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch
30)Gerald's Game
31) Chez Stinky
32) The Goose Girl
33) The Ordinary Princess
34) Dracula
35) Sweet as Sin
36)Mated to the Pride
37)Frankenstein
38)Bunny and the Bear
39)The Crystal Cave
40)Glitches
41)Cinder
42)Fantasy Lover
43)The Hollow Hills
44)Queen of Camelot
45)Angelfall
46)The Vampire With the Dragon Tattoo
47)Sass & Sorcery
48)The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth
49)High Fantasies
50)Demons
51)The Colossal Magic Nothing
52)The Sisters

I finished out this year with 52 books read out of 100. 1/11/2020

Popsugar 2019 Challenge:

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019Bird Box
2. A book that makes you nostalgicThe Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie The Crystal Cave
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads Frankenstein
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of The Ballad of Mulan
9. A book you meant to read in 2018 Spinning Silver
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklorePersephone
15. A retelling of a classic Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen
19. A book told from multiple POVs Mated to the Pride
21. A book by two female authors Queen and the Kingsmen
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title Sweet as Sin
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creatureDracula
30. A book featuring an amateur detectiveHope Never Dies
31. A book about a familyChez Stinky
37. A book with a two-word titleDemons Forever

Advanced
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent Conclave

15/50

Finished this challenge with 15 of 50 at the end of the year. 1/11/2020

I did not do so hot last year with meeting my goals. BUT this is a new year and I can do this. Smaller goal, not taking on as many challenges. Let's do this! 76 books for the year 2020.

1) Trouble in Mudbug
2) Crown Duel
3) What Dreams May Come
4) Sir Loin of Beef (I liked this because it was so cheesy and fluff. Made my little poly heart proud)
5) Magic Bites
6) Stormdancer
7) A Secret History of Witches
8) Sebastian
9) Beached & Bewitched
10) Touched

Next 10!

11) A Dance of Silver and Shadow: A Retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses
12) The Princess Companion: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea
13) Magic Bites
14) Meg: A Novel Of Deep Terror
15) The Princess Fugitive: A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood
16) The Princess Pact: A Twist on Rumpelstiltskin
17) The Coronation Ball
18) A Midwinter's Wedding: A Retelling of The Frog Prince
19) The Princess Game: A Reimagining of Sleeping Beauty
20) Happily Ever Afters: A Reimagining of Snow White and Rose Red

Moving right along!

21) The Princess Search: A Retelling of The Ugly Duckling
22) A Tale of Beauty and Beast: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
23) Her Mad Hatter
24) Gerard's Beauty
25) Red and Her Wolf
26) Seven Daughters and Seven Sons
27) East
28) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
29) The Forestwife
30) Child of the May

Another one

31) The Path of the She Wolf
32) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2020
33) The Squire's Tale
34) Daughter of the Forest
35) Bizenghast, Volume 1
36) Bizenghast, Volume 2
37) Bizenghast, Volume 3
38) Bizenghast, Volume 4
39) Bizenghast, Volume 5
40) Bizenghast, Volume 6
41) The Man With No Shadow

Finished out my 2020 challenge with 41 books of 76. Live and learn.

I recently purchased 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. I have made it a personal goal to read them all. This is an ongoing endeavor and will take a lot of time, patience, and self discipline. I'll track progress here. The first

1) Frankenstein Read on 7/2019
2) The Scarlet Letter Read in 2004
3) Little Women Read July 2012
4) The Time Machine Read August 2018
5) Dracula Read July 2019
6) Animal Farm Read 2003/2005/2007
7) 1984 Read 2007
8) The Sun Also Rises Read 2005
9) The Hobbit, or There and Back Again Read 2002
10) Lord of the Flies Read 2009
11) I, Robot read 2010
12) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Read 2/23/2022
13) The Hound of the Baskervilles read 3/24/2022
14) Interview with the Vampire Read 2015
15) The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2013
16) The Things They Carried 2006
17) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2004
18) Sense and Sensibility 5/26/2022
19) Pride and Prejudice 6/7/2022
20) Mansfield Park 7/15/2022
21) Emma 7/20/2022
22) Walden 2004
23) Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. 2015
24) Great Expectations 2003
25) Moby-Dick or, the Whale 7-27-22

That's a lot of books! Best of luck!

Niharika wrote: "That's a lot of books! Best of luck!"

Thanks! I know the 1001 challenge is going to take a lot of time. That's why I like using my little spot to help me keep track of them.

Reading 2021 50 book challenge

This year did not get off to a good start. I actually didn't start reading in force until this month. It's been... a lot.

1) The Trench
2) The Sea Queen
3) One Girl Five Hungry Beasts
4) The Passionate Queen
5) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
6) The Darkest Part of the Forest
7) Monstrous Beauty
8) Huge
9) Huge x2
10) Huge X3
11) Huge X4
12) Huge 3D
13) The Selection
14) Kill the Farm Boy
15) Huge Steps
16) 10 Men
17) HUGE X10: A MEGA MENAGE REVERSE HAREM ROMANCE
18) Team Players
19) Huge F-Buddies
20) Team Players
21) Eden at the Edge of Midnight
22) Rook
23) Surrendered Control
24) Divided Control
25) Monster Island
26) Princess Ben
27) The Smoke Thief
28) Beautiful Creatures
29) Misguided Control
30) Lore Olympus: Volume One
31) Let's Play
32) Christmas Triad: A Holiday Military Reverse Harem Romance

(apparently this is the year for me to read smut)

Finished 2021 with 32 of 50.

Tackling the To-Be-Read shelf 2.0 (Since the first post for it is long and a little messy)

2022 To Be Read:

1-7 Added in 2021 to clear the to be read.

3) Seraphina Added 12-19-14 Finished 1/8/22
4) Life As We Knew It Added 2-9-15 Finished 12-17-22
5) Graceling Added 3-17-15 Finished 5/29/22
6) Revenge of the Witch Added 3-20-15 read 6-13-22
7) The Demon King added 3-25-158-6-22

Added for 2022:

2) Infected 4-10-15 9-22-22

50 Books Read 2022

1) Seraphina
2) Snow & Ash
3) A Study in Scarlet
4) The Sign of Four
5) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
6) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
7) The Hound of the Baskervilles
8) The Return of Sherlock Holmes
9) Shadow Scale
10) Swan and the Bear
11) The Valley of Fear
12) Men Who Wish to Drown
13) His Last Bow
14) A Christmas Carol
15) Sense and Sensibility
16) Graceling
17) Controlling Darkness
18) Pride and Prejudice
19) Revenge of the Witch
20) Nimona
21) Controlling Heritage
22) Controlling Disgrace
23) Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
24) Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max
25) Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan
26) Lumberjanes, Vol. 4: Out of Time
27) Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together
28) Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim
29) Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird's-Eye View
30) Emma
31) Mansfield Park
32) Northanger Abbey
33) The Silent Alpha (On the Dreame App)
34) The Girl from the Sea
35) Persuasion
36) Controlling The Past
37) Moby-Dick or, the Whale
38) The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
39) Under Loch and Key: Captured by the Lake Monster by Carmen Cade
40) Fool the Demon by Stacia Stark
41) His Human Nanny by Michele Mills
42) Infected by Scott Sigler
43) His Human Surrogate by Michele Mills
44) His Human Assistant by Michele Mills
45) His Human Organizer by Michele Mills
46) Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History by Alan Charles Kors
47) Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
48) Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
49) Cryptid Zoo by Gerry Griffiths
50) Cryptid Island by Gerry Griffiths
51) Cryptid Country by Gerry Griffiths
52) Cryptid Circus by Gerry Griffiths
53) Cryptid Nation by Gerry Griffiths
54) Cryptid Kingdom by Gerry Griffiths
55) Cryptid Frontier by Gerry Griffiths
56) Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant
57) Corktown by Ty Hutchinson
58) Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
59) Croc and the Fox by Eve Langlais
60) Lion and the Falcon by Eve Langlais

100 for 2023!
1) Wolfsong
2) Legion
3) A New Awakening
4) I'm Straight, Right?
5) Doe and the Wolf
6) Ostrich and the 'Roo
7) 'Roo and the Angel
8) Monster
9) Panda and the Kitty
10) Blackstone Ranger Chief
11) The Blackstone Dragon Heir
12) Saved by the Officers
13) Nanny for the Bossholes
14) Rise of the Sea Witch by Stacey Rourke
15) Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
16) Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon
17) Meg, Angel of Death: Survival by Steve Alten
18) One Girl Five Hungry Beasts by Hollie Hutchins
19) 1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad #0 by Dan Wickline
20) Lumberjanes, Vol. 8: Stone Cold by Kat Leyh
21) A Crown of Snow and Ice by Melanie Cellier
22) Lumberjanes, Vol. 9: On a Roll by Kat Leyh
23) A Dream of Ebony and White by Melanie Cellier
24) A Captive of Wing and Feather: a Retelling of Swan Lake by Melanie Cellier
25) A Princess of Wind and Wave: a Retelling of The Little Mermaid by Melanie Cellier
26) Squeak by Vera Valentine
27) Squeal: The Squeakquel by Vera Valentine
28) The Morning Wood Tree by Siggy Shade
29) These Wicked Revels by Lidiya Foxglove
30) Rapunzel and the Dark Prince by Lidiya Foxglove
31) The Beggar Princess by Lidiya Foxglove
32) MEG: Primal Waters by Alten, Steve (2005) Mass Market Paperback by Steve Alten
33) Twisted Love by Ana Huang
34) Lumberjanes, Vol. 10: Parents' Day by Kat Leyh
35) You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil
36) Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
37) Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
38) Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham
39) Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham
40) Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham
41) Damsels: Mermaids #0 by Matthew Sturges
42) Fables, Vol. 6: Homelands by Bill Willingham
43) Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights by Bill Willingham
44)Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves by Bill Willingham
45)Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire by Bill Willingham
46) Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham
47) Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham
48) Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages Bill Willingham
49) Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover Bill Willingham
50) Fables, Vol. 14: Witches Bill Willingham
51) Fables, Vol. 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham
52) Fables, Vol. 16: Super Team by Bill Willingham
53) Fables, Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind by Bill Willingham
54) Fathom Vol. 1 #0 by Michael Layne Turner
55) Fathom Vol. 1 #1 by Michael Layne Turner
56) Fathom Vol. 2 #0 by J.T. Krul
57) Fathom Vol. 1 #½ by Michael Layne Turner
58) Fathom Against all Odds #1 by Vince Hernandez
59) Fathom Vol. 1 #3 by Michael Layne Turner
60) Fathom Vol. 1 #4 by Michael Layne Turner
61) Fathom Vol. 1 #5 by Michael Layne Turner
62) Fathom Vol. 1 #2 by Michael Layne Turner
63) Damsels Mermaids #1 by Matthew Sturges
64) Damsels Mermaids #2 by Matthew Sturges
65) Damsels Mermaids #3 by Matthew Sturges
66) Damsels Mermaids #5 by Matthew Sturges
67) Damsels Mermaids #4 by Matthew Sturges

Finished 2023 with 67 of 100!

TBR List:

1) removed from list
2) Not Quite Dead Added 11-1-14

1) The Undelightened 3-25-15
3) The Dead Path 4-12-15
4) Doon 4-12-15
5) The Midnight Witch 4-13-15
6) Talon 4-13-15
7) Malice 4-13-15
8) The Silver Witch 4-18-15
9) The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells 4-29-15
10) Life After Life 4-29-15
11) Tuck Everlasting 4-29-15
12) Garden Spells 4-29-15
13) The Wishing Thread 4-29-15
14) Red Rising 5-12-15
15) The Gracekeepers 5-18-15
16) The Passion of Marie Romanov 6-8-15
17) The Golem and the Jinni 6-8-15
18) The Paper Magician 6-8-15
19) Deception 6-8-15
20) The Beast's Garden 6-9-15

2024 Challenge 100!

1)Fathom Vol. 1 #6
2) Fathom Vol. 1 #7
3) Fathom Vol. 1 #8
4) Fathom Vol. 1 #9
5) Fathom Vol. 1 #10
6) Fathom Vol. 1 #11
7) Fathom Vol. 1 #12
8) Fathom Vol. 1 #13
9) Fables, Vol. 19: Snow White
10) Fables, Vol. 20: Camelot
11) Fables, Vol. 21: Happily Ever After
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