2026 Reading Challenge discussion

I'm going to take it easy in 2020 and aim to 220 books with options to go a bit further.

Goodreads to all!

Good luck with your reading challenge! PS. I like your Catch 22 pun :)

Rachael wrote: "Good luck with your reading challenge! PS. I like your Catch 22 pun :)"
Thanks, Rachel 😄!
Good luck to you too👍

JANUARY 2020 BOOKS
PROGRESS: 30 books -- 10,119 pages

1:
Title: El prisionero del cielo
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
ISBN/ASIN: 0345803302
Genre: Historical Mystery
Series: El cementerio de los libros olvidados, #3
Set in: Spain
Num. Pages: 384
Challenges: PopSugar, Serial Reader, Let's turn pages, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon Challenge
Date read: Jan 01, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

2:
Title: Kidnapped
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN/ASIN: 0439295785
Genre: Historical Fiction/Adventure
Series: David Balfour, #1
Set in: Scotland
Num. Pages: 288
Challenges: Genre Bingo, Serial Reader, Let's turn pages, Myths around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon Challenge
Date read: Jan 01, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

3:
Title: Jazz
Author: Toni Morrison
ISBN/ASIN: 1400076218
Genre: Historical Fiction/Literary
Series:
Set in: New York
Num. Pages: 229
Challenges: Global voices, Popsugar, Let's turn pages, Meet us at the bookshop, Sight reading, Marathon
Date read: Jan 02, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

4:
Title: The Mummy Case
Author: Elizabeth Peters
ISBN/ASIN: 0446601934
Genre: Historical Cozy Mystery
Series: Amelia Peabody, #3
Set in: Egypt
Num. Pages: 327
Challenges: Serial reader, Just the facts, Let's turn pages, Myths around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 04, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

5:
Title: The Crime at Black Dudley
Author: Margery Allingham
ISBN/ASIN: 193339742X
Genre: Golden Age Mystery
Series: Albert Campion, #1
Set in: England
Num. Pages: 256
Challenges: Serial reader, Listopia, Just de facts, Find your flight, Meet us at the bookshop, Let's turn pages, Marathon
Date read: Jan 05, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

6:
Title: The Brownies
Author: Palmer Cox
ISBN/ASIN: B077CWRGYN
Genre: Children/Folktale/Illustrated Verses
Series:
Set in:
Num. Pages: 200
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Myths around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 05, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

7:
Title: Escalera para Electra
Author: Aída Cartagena Portalatín
ISBN/ASIN: 1493678558
Genre: Experimental Literature
Series:
Set in: Greece, Dominican Republic
Num. Pages: 172
Challenges: TBR Jar, Global voices, Find your flight, Let's turn pages, Myths from around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 05, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This is my favorite quote of all time! I hope it brings you luck with your reading in 2020!

Blagica wrote: "This is my favorite quote of all time! I hope it brings you luck with your reading in 2020!
"
Ohhh! Thank you very much, Blagica! I looove it 💞💞

My best wishes to you and your reading too!

8:
Title: Death in the Clouds
Author: Agatha Christie
ISBN/ASIN: B000FC1PFM
Genre: Golden Age Mystery
Series: Hercule Poirot, #12
Set in: France & England
Num. Pages: 240
Challenges: Listopia, Let's turn pages, Serial reader, Just the facts, Meet us at the bookshop, Find your flight, Marathon, Sight reading
Date read: Jan 06, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

9:
Title: A Man Lay Dead
Author: Ngaio Marsh
ISBN/ASIN: 0312963580
Genre: Golden Age Mystery
Series: Roderick Alleyn, #1
Set in: England
Num. Pages: 214
Challenges: Find your flight, Serial reader, Let's turn pages, Listopia, Just the facts, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 06, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

10:
Title: Nuestra Señora de París
Author: Victor Hugo
ISBN/ASIN: B07QTXJM2X
Original title: Notre-Dame de Paris
Original Language: French
Translator: not mentioned
Genre: Classic (French)/Historical Fiction
Series:
Set in: Paris
Num. Pages: 628
Challenges: Popsugar, TBR Jar, Let's turn pages, Listopia, Genre Bingo, Find your flight, Myths from around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon, Sight reading
Date read: Jan 08, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

You're off to a great start, Carmen! best of luck with your reading challenge in 2020!

Lisa wrote: "You're off to a great start, Carmen! best of luck with your reading challenge in 2020!"

Thank you very much, Lisa!
Hope you have the same luck an much fun with yours!

11:
Title: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Author: Marjane Satrapi
ISBN/ASIN: 0224064401
Original title: Persepolis
Original language: French
Translators: Mattias Ripa (#1) & Blake Ferris (#2)
Genre: Graphic novel/Autobiography
Series: Persepolis, #1-2
Set in: Iran
Num. Pages: 153
Challenges: Popsugar, Let's turn pages, Global reader, Find your flight, Serial Reader, Myths around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 09, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

12:
Title: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Author: Marjane Satrapi
ISBN/ASIN: 0375422889
Original title: Persepolis
Original language: French
Translator: Anjali Singh
Genre: Graphic Novel/Autobiography
Series: Persepolis, #3-4
Set in: Austria, Iran
Num. Pages: 187
Challenges: Serial reader, Global voices, Let's turn pages, Marathon
Date read: Jan 09, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

13:
Title: Things Fall Apart
Author: Chinua Achebe
ISBN/ASIN: 0435905252
Genre: Historical Fiction/African Classic
Series: The African Trilogy, #1
Set in: Nigeria
Num. Pages: 208
Challenges: Popsugar, Let's turn pages, Serial Reader, Listopia, Global Voices, Find your flight, Myths around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 10, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

14:
Title: Night Of The Fox
Author: Jack Higgins
ISBN/ASIN: 0671640585
Genre: Historical Thriller/Spy
Series: Dougal Munroe and Jack Carter, #1
Set in: Jersey
Num. Pages: 352
Challenges: Serial reader, Let's turn pages, Find your flight, Myths from around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 11, 20
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

15:
Title: The Colonizer and the Colonized
Author: Albert Memmi
ISBN/ASIN: 0807002976
Genre: Nonfiction/Sociology
Original title: Portrait du colonisé, précédé par Portrait du colonisateur
Original language: French
Translator: Howard Greenfeld
Series:
Set in:
Num. Pages: 182
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Global voices, Find your flight, Bingo, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 12, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

16:
Title: The Piano
Author: Jane Campion
ISBN/ASIN: 1562827030
Genre: Screenplay/Historical Fiction/Romance
Series:
Set in: New Zealand
Num. Pages: 160
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Find your flight, Myths around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Sight Reading, Marathon
Date read: Jan 12, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

17:
Title: El coro de los maestros carniceros
Author: Louise Erdrich
ISBN/ASIN: B0076NMK16
Original Title: The master butchers singing club
Original Language: English
Translator: Susana de la Higuera Glynne-Jones
Genre: Historical Fiction
Series:
Set in: Germany, North Dakota (USA)
Num. Pages: 504
Challenges: Popsugar, Let's turn pages, Find your flight, Global voices, Sight seeing, Marathon, Myths around the world
Date read: Jan 13, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

18:
Title: It's in His Kiss
Author: Jill Shalvis
ISBN/ASIN: B00JZVKRU8
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Lucky Harbor, #10
Set in: Washington
Num. Pages: 364
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Serial reader, A to Z, Meet us at the bookshop, Sight reading, Marathon
Date read: Jan 15, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

19:
Title: Expediente 64
Author: Jussi Adler-Olsen
ISBN/ASIN: B00BCHZE06
Original title: Journal 64
Original language: Danish
Translator: Juan Mari Mendizabal
Genre: Mystery/Crime
Series: Departamento Q, #4
Set in: Denmark
Num. Pages: 512
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Popsugar, Just the facts, Find your flight, Serial reader, Meet us at the bookshop, Sight Reading, Marathon
Date read: Jan 17, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

20:
Title: Timeline
Author: Michael Crichton
ISBN/ASIN: 1407099531
Genre: Science Fiction>Time travel
Series:
Set in: France
Num. Pages: 512
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Adventurers club, Meet us at the bookshop, Sight reading, Marathon
Date read: Jan 18, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟

21:
Title: Dead Body Language
Author: Penny Warner
ISBN/ASIN: 0553575864
Genre: Cozy mystery
Series: Connor Westphal, #1
Set in: California
Num. Pages: 288
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Serial reader, Meet us at the bookshop, Sight reading, Marathon
Date read: Jan 19, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

22:
Title: The Rosie Effect
Author: Graeme Simsion
ISBN/ASIN: B00J9038CO
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Series: Don Tillman, #2
Set in: New York
Num. Pages: 420
Challenges: Popsugar, Let's turn pages, Serial Reader, Genre Bingo, Meet us at the bookshop, Sight Reading, Marathon
Date read: Jan 19, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

23:
Title: Los asesinos del emperador: El ascenso de Trajano, el primer emperador hispano de la historia
Author: Santiago Posteguillo
ISBN/ASIN: B00E9EDQAE
Genre: Historical Fiction
Series: Trajano, #1
Set in: Roman Empire
Num. Pages: 1,170
Challenges: TBR Jar, Popsugar, Let's turn pages, Serial Reader, Myths from around the world, Marathon
Date read: Jan 24, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

24:
Title: The Rainbow Trail
Author: Zane Grey
ISBN/ASIN: 0671526669
Genre: Western
Series: Riders of the purple sage, #2
Set in: Arizona, Utah, Illinois
Num. Pages: 368
Challenges: Popsugar, Find your flight, Serial reader, Let's turn pages, Myths from around the world, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 25, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

25:
Title: Grey Mask
Author: Patricia Wentworth
ISBN/ASIN: 1453225072
Genre: Golden Age Mystery
Series: Miss Silver, #1
Set in: London
Num. Pages: 332
Challenges: Popsugar, Serial reader, Find your flight, Let's turn pages, Listopia, Marathon, Meet us at the bookshop
Date read: Jan 26, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

26:
Title: Finding Nouf
Author: Zoë Ferraris
ISBN/ASIN: 0547429924
Genre: Mystery/Crime
Series: Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi, #1
Set in: Saudi Arabia
Num. Pages: 316
Challenges: Popsugar, Serial Reader, Let's turn pages, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 26, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

27:
Title: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo
Author: Denis Belliveau
ISBN/ASIN: 0742556832
Genre: Travel/Photography
Series:
Set in: Asia
Num. Pages: 280
Challenges: Adventures Club, Let's turn pages, Bingo, Find your flight, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 27, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

28:
Title: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Author: Alfred Lansing
ISBN/ASIN: 0881841781
Genre: Nonfiction/History
Series:
Set in: England, Argentina, South Georgia, Antarctica, Elephant Island
Num. Pages: 282
Challenges: Adventures Club, Find your flight, Let's turn pages, Bingo, Meet us at the bookshop, Marathon
Date read: Jan 29, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

29:
Title: Raza de bronce
Author: Alcides Arguedas
ISBN/ASIN: 9789504944522
Genre: Classic/Fiction
Series:
Set in: Bolivia
Num. Pages: 308
Challenges: Popsugar, Global voices, Find your flight, Let's turn pages, Marathon, Myths from around the world
Date read: Jan 30,2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

30:
Title: The Cry of the Dove
Author: Fadia Faqir
ISBN/ASIN: 0802170404
Genre: Fiction
Series:
Set in: Jordan, Lebanon, Cyprus, England, Santorini
Num. Pages: 282
Challenges: Popsugar, Let's turn pages, Global voices, Find your flight, TBR Jar, Marathon
Date read: Jan 31, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

JANUARY 2020 IN BOOKS

I've read 10,119 pages across 30 books
SHORTEST BOOK 153 pages
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
LONGEST BOOK 1,170 pages
Los asesinos del emperador: El ascenso de Trajano, el primer emperador hispano de la historia by Santiago Posteguillo

AVERAGE LENGTH 337 pages

MOST POPULAR
266,675 people also read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
LEAST POPULAR
6 people also read Escalera para Electra by Aída Cartagena Portalatín

MY AVERAGE RATING for January 3.97 🌟🌟🌟🌟


HIGHEST RATING IN GOODREADS 🥇
Los asesinos del emperador: El ascenso de Trajano, el primer emperador hispano de la historia by Santiago Posteguillo 4.57 average

FEBRUARY 2020 BOOKS
PROGRESS: 28 books -- 8,460 pages

31:
Title: Clouds of Witness
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
ISBN/ASIN: 0061043532
Genre: Golden Age Mystery
Series: Lord Peter Wimsey, #2
Set in: England, France
Num. Pages: 288
Challenges: Just the facts, Let's turn pages, Listopia, Serial reader, Find your flight
Date read: Feb 01, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

32:
Title: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Author: Agatha Christie
ISBN/ASIN:
Genre: Golden Age Mystery
Series: Miss Marple, #9
Set in: England
Num. Pages: 191
Challenges: Just the facts, Let's turn pages, Listopia, Serial reader, Find your flight
Date read: Feb 02, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟

How do you read so fast? lol I'm always amazed on how quickly people go through books.

Amy wrote: "How do you read so fast? lol I'm always amazed on how quickly people go through books."

Well, I never watch TV, for example, and I usually read ebooks, meaning I can read wherever I go if I have a moment to spare 😉

Carmen wrote: "Amy wrote: "How do you read so fast? lol I'm always amazed on how quickly people go through books."

Well, I never watch TV, for example, and I usually read ebooks, meaning I can read wherever I go..."

I've picked up the habit of reading during commercials because I usually end up reading three or four pages (depending on the book) in between. Sometimes that's how long my attention lasts also. I also sometimes have the eBook on my phone too but never remember to use it lol.

33:
Title: The Secret of Chimneys
Author: Agatha Christie
ISBN/ASIN: 0440177081
Genre: Golden Age Mystery
Series: Superintendent Battle, #1
Set in: Zimbabwe, England, France
Num. Pages: 224
Challenges: Just the facts, Let's turn pages, Listopia, Serial reader, Find your flight
Date read: Feb 02, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

34:
Title: He
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
ISBN/ASIN: 0143102095
Genre: Fantasy/Tales
Original Title: সে
Original Language: Bengali
Translator: Aparna Chaudhuri
Series:
Set in: India
Num. Pages: 152
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Global voices, Bingo, Find your flight, Meet us at the bookshop, Have book will travel
Date read: Feb 04/2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

35:
Title: The White People
Author: Arthur Machen
ISBN/ASIN: B0772HMPPP
Genre: Classic/Horror
Series:
Set in: UK
Num. Pages: 42
Challenges: TBR Jar, Popsugar, Let's turn pages, Bingo, Find your flight, Meet us at the bookshop
Date read: Feb 04/2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟

36:
Title: El perfume: Historia de un asesino
Author: Patrick Süskind
ISBN/ASIN: 843221745X
Genre: Historical Fiction
Original title: Das Parfum. Die Geschichte eines Mörders
Original language: German
Translator: Pilar Giralt Gorina
Series:
Set in: France
Num. Pages: 321
Challenges: Listopia, Let's turn pages, Find your flight, Have book will travel
Date read: Feb 04, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟

37:
Title: Dumb Witness
Author: Agatha Christie
ISBN/ASIN: 0062073753
Genre: Golden Age Mystery
Series: Hercule Poirot, #16
Set in: Berkshire, London
Num. Pages: 317
Challenges: Let's turn pages, Serial Reader, Just the facts, Find your flight
Date read: Feb 05, 2020
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟