The Reading Challenge Group discussion

My conservative goal this year is 120 books but my ambitious goal is 180.
My other goals are toread all the books I bought in 2018 (or they get unhauled!) as well as read more out of my comfort zone (fantasy and sci-fi, particularly YA) and read more non-fiction.
At the time of posting this my physical TBR is 80+ and I don't even know what's on my kindle!

Door Stopper Challenge - 600-1,000 pages

I couldn't tell you why a 500 page book doesn't seem like much but 600 scares me.
Here we go.

Level 1 - A Mighty Tome
1. Daughter of the Forest 662 pages

Level 2 - Stack 'em High
2. The Priory of the Orange Tree 827 pages
3. The Kingdom of Copper 619 pages

Level 3 - Weight Matters
4. Dreams of Gods & Monsters 613 pages
5. The Hero of Ages 748 pages
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Level 4 - A Hefty Pile
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Decade Challenge

(Original publication date)

1800-1809:
1810-1819: Pride and Prejudice
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849:
1850-1859:
1860-1869:
1870-1879:
1880-1889:
1890-1899: The Time Machine
1900-1909:
1910-1919:
1920-1929: The Heart of a Dog
1930-1939: Murder on the Orient Express
1940-1949:
1950-1959: Fahrenheit 451
1960-1969: Flowers For Algernon
1970-1979: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1980-1989: Sourcery
1990-1999: Assassin's Apprentice
2000-2009: Lirael
2010-2019: Beneath the Skin: Great Writers on the Body

Alphabet Soup

A- Abhorsen
B- Beneath the Skin: Great Writers on the Body
C- Convenience Store Woman
D- Dark Days
E- Educated
F- From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death
G- Ghost Wall
H- Heart-Shaped Box
I- In Watermelon Sugar
J-
K- Kingdom of Needle and Bone
L- Lirael
M- Murder on the Orient Express
N- Normal People
O- Orbiting Jupiter
P- Pride and Prejudice
Q-
R- Ragnarok: the End of the Gods
S- Sourcery
T- Thunderhead
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V- Veins of Magic
W- We Should All Be Feminists
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Z-

Dust the Shelf

Ooh okay this is quite the challenge - I am so good at procrastinating books I have wanted to read for a long time.

Level 1 (2 Books) - Swipe the duster
1. Fahrenheit 451
2. The Handmaid's Tale

Level 2 (4 Books) - Dust bunnies beware
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. Parasite

Level 3 (7 Books) - Cobwebs begone
5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
6. The Day of the Triffids
7. Slaughterhouse-Five

Level 4 (10 Books) - Polish and shine
8. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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My list:

1. The Name of the Wind
2. Ink and Bone
3. The Last Unicorn
4. The Fellowship of the Ring
5. Honestly anything by Neil Gaiman
6. Pride and Prejudice
7. Frankenstein
8. Dracula
9. I know there was another classic but honestly???? Cannot recall.
10. The Handmaid's Tale
11. Fahrenheit 451
12. Slaughterhouse-Five
13. The Day of the Triffids
14. The Picture of Dorian Gray
15. Brave New World
16. Sunshine
17. The Poisonwood Bible
18. Parasite
19. I, Robot
20. Carrie

Buyers Remorse

I think I have about 40 books still that I bought before 2019 so I'm going to count this from now, rather than the start of the year as my goal is to read all of them before this year is over!

Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. The Raven Boys
2. Fahrenheit 451
3. Of Mice and Men
4. The Fifth Season
5. Of Mice and Men

Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
6. Vox
7. The Hero of Ages
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Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
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Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
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Dance of Book Joy ensues!

Down with History

I don't read a lot of historical fiction but I used to love it and want to read more. I'm going to keep this broad and just count anything historical!

Level 1 - Ancient Ancestors (2 Books)
1. The Night Watch
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Level 2 - Medieval Mayhem (4 Books)
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Level 3 - Days of Empire (7 Books)
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Level 4 - Wars of Old (10 Books)
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Level 5 - The Past is the Past (15 Books)
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All my unread 2018 books.
My personal challenge is to have read all of my 2018 purchases by the end of 2019 - or I have to unhaul them!

1. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
2. Crazy Rich Asians
3. Armada UNHAULED
4. A Torch Against the Night UNHAULED
5. The Fifth Season
6. The Black Prism
7. The Rule of One
8. The Hating Game
9. Everless
10. Rotherweird
11. Everything Under
12. Dry
13. Ash Princess I tried but it was a DNF
14. Vox
15. An Enchantment of Ravens
16. The Power UNHAULED
17. Station Eleven
18. Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold
19. The Buried Giant DNF
20. The Chalk Man
21. The Secret Lives of Colour
22. A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels
23. Milkman
24. Melmoth
25. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
26. The Eyre Affair
27. The Time Machine
28. Dragonflight UNHAULED
29. Lock In
30. The Children of Jocasta
31. 1Q84: Books 1 and 2 UNHAULED
32. Under the Dome
33. The Hero of Ages
34. The Color Purple
35. Of Mice and Men
36. A Clockwork Orange
37. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
38. Winter
39. Skyward

5 unhauled
11 read
22 to go!

Good luck on your challenges, Sylvie!