2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

A new year - a new goal!

This is where I'll track my progress towards my 2020 reading goal, as well as my challenges in other challenge groups.

Link to my 2020 Member Corner page

Challenges carried forward from 2019:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
Quilting Challenge (no deadline) Challenge completed! 2/20/2020
Help Me Decide 2019 (04/13/19-03/28/20)
Looking Back on 2018 (no deadline) Challenge completed! 2/20/2020

New challenges in 2020:
Ongoing:
CCC: Looking Back 2019 (no deadline)

Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder (1/1/2020-12/31/2020)
WRC: 20X20 Challenge (1/1/2020-12/31/2020)
Help Me Decide 2020 (03/28/2020-03/31/2021)

Semi-yearly:

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California (1/1/2020-3/31/2020)

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge - Auld Lang Syne (1/1/2020-1/31/2020)

TBR January 1 - 380 books (2 currently reading)

Wishing you a great journey on your path to reaching your 2020 reading goal.
Looking forward, too, to seeing what challenges you have planned for next year. :D

Crazy Challenge Connection group
SCRABBLE, ANYONE?
Begins February 1, 2014
No deadline

You may use the first letter of the first word of the book's title (do NOT count A, An or The), or the first or last initial of the author to complete each letter.

Link to the Challenge

Scrabble word helper

Set #9: O, G, Z, L, E, D, N

✓ O - Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy read 12/1/2019
✓ G - The Good Liar read 12/14/2019
Z
✓ L - The Library Book read 10/7/2019
✓ E - Evelyn, After read 9/20/2019
✓ D - The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator read 9/18/2019
✓ N - Never Have I Ever read 9/23/2019

Word for set #9:
✓ Gone - After I'm Gone read 3/10/2020

Crazy Challenge Connection
QUILTING CHALLENGE
No deadline: Begins January 1, 2018

Link to the Challenge

Phase One: 4 x 4 quilt (16 blocks total | 64 tasks) Completed 12/19/2018
Phase Two: BORDERS & BINDING 4 x 4 Quilt - Choose any 20 tasks Completed 4/30/2019
Phase Three: QUILTING

"Quilting" is the actual stitching that moors the quilt top to the batting (filler) and quilt backing. Sometimes the stitches may tell the personal history of the quilter, weaving images or words into the overall stitching pattern.

Below are several "stitch" tasks divided into the following three categories:
1) personal tasks - these stitches will give you a chance to add your 'story' to your quilt;
2) famous quilters;
3) books about quilts (fiction and non-fiction). Note: You may read a book not found on the list below; however, 'how to' books and illustrated block books are not allowed.

Depending, again, on your quilt size you will pick a designated number of tasks or books to read to complete your quilt. You do not have to choose tasks before starting. Feel free to mix and match between personal history, famous quilters, and books about quilting.

4 x 4 - total of 30 tasks or books
5 x 5 - total of 40 tasks or books
6 x 6 - total of 50 tasks or books

30/30 Challenge completed!

Personal History 'Stitches'
✓ Name - Read a book whose author's first or last name is the same as your name. Summer by the Sea by Susan Wiggs read 7/19/2019

✓ Name - Read a book whose main character shares your first or last name (spelling variations are okay); tell us the character's name. The War That Saved My Life Character's name - Susan Smith read 8/7/2019

✓ Birth Day - Read a book whose total page count contains the day your were born (i.e. if you were born on the 11th, your book's page count must contain an "11"). Tell us your birth day. This Is How You Lose Her Birth day is 17 - book has 217 pages read 2/14/2020

✓ Birth Month - Read a book originally published in the same month as the month you were born. Remember to tell us your birth month. The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy read 1/5/2020 Birth month - October, originally published 10/2/2018

✣ Birth Year - Read a book originally published in the same year you were born; tell us your birth year.

✓ Birth Gemstone - Read a book whose cover is the same color as your birthstone; be sure to tell us your birth month and gemstone. Birth month - October, birthstone - Tourmaline The Little Lady Agency and the Prince read 6/15/2019


✣ Desired Name - Read a book with a main character with a name you wish you had been given (instead of your current name); tell us the name.

✓ State | Country of Birth - Read a book set in the same state (USA) or country in which you were born; tell us where. And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado read 2/20/2020 Born in Kansas

✣ Are you a twin? - Read a book featuring twins.

✓ Number of siblings - Read a book in which a family has the same number of children as you have siblings (i.e. if you have 2 sisters, read a book featuring 2 sisters). Tell us how many siblings. The Cigar Factory: A Novel of Charleston read 10/21/2019 I have one brother. The Ravenel family has one boy child.

✓ Pets - Read a book with a similar pet to any pets you might have. Tell us what kind of pet. You may use this task up to 3 times, but each pet must be a different species.
Cat - We Are Never Meeting In Real Life read 1/30/2020

✣ Hobbies - Read a book featuring any of your favorite hobbies (you may use this task more than once if you have multiple hobbies). Make sure to tell us about your hobby. Limit = 5 hobbies.

✣ Favorite Activities - Read a book that features any of your favorite activities (i.e. if you love going to the movies, read a book that takes place at a movie theater or a book about a film producer). This task may be used more than once if you have multiple activities you like. Tell us the activity and how your book fits. Limit = 5 activities / books.
✓ Hiking - Beneath a Scarlet Sky read 6/8/2019 The protagonist hikes over the Italian Alps to save Jews during WWII
✓ Reading - My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues read 8/26/2019 This book is about the books the author has read throughout her life

✣ Favorite Subject in School - Read a book that somehow fits your favorite school subject; tell us how your book fits.

✓ Marital Status - Read a book where the main character shares a similar marital status. Tell us your marital status. The Suspect read 6/18/2019 MC and I are both married
✓ Number of Children - Read a book featuring the same number of children in a family as you have; tell us how many children. Sheltering Rain read 5/5/2019 One child

✣ Names of Children - Read a book with a main character who shares the same name as your child (reasonable spelling variations okay); tell us the name of your child. This task may be used multiple times - once per child.

✣ Favorite food - Read a book featuring your favorite foods (i.e. if you love bread, read a book featuring a bread maker); tell us your food. Task may be used multiple times but only once per food item. Limit = 5 favorite foods / books.

✣ Favorite Beverages - Read a book featuring your favorite beverages; tell us the name of your beverage. Task may be used multiple times, but only once per beverage type. Limit = 5 beverages / books.
✓ Wine - Where Wine Flows Like Water: A Gastronomic Pilgrimage Across Spain read 6/29/2019

✓ Occupation - Read a book where a character shares the same occupation as you; tell us your occupation. Stay-at-home parent or retired work too! Or, you may use a former occupation. The One-Way Bridge read 7/18/2019 Multiple characters in this book are retired like me

QUILTING CHALLENGE Cont'd.

✣ Where would you like to visit? - Read a book whose primary setting is in a place you would like to visit; tell us the setting. This task may be used multiple times, but only once per location. Limit = 5 places / books.
✓ Amsterdam - The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old read 8/26/2019
✓ Australia - Nine Perfect Strangers read 8/19
✓ Alaska - The Great Alone read 9/15/2019
✓ Italy - The Story of the Lost Child read 9/17/2019
✓ London - Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows read 2/15/2020

✣ Bucket List - Read a book that fits an item on your bucket list; tell us your item and how the book fits. You may use this task up to 5 times for 5 different items.
✓ Two Dogs and a Suitcase: Clueless in Charente read 2/18/2020 Moving to a foreign country is on my bucket list - This book is about the author's move from Austrailia to France

✣ Ancestry - From what country did your ancestors originate? Read a book that takes place in that country. Tell us the country. This task may be used twice (for maternal and paternal lineage).

✣ Favorite Flower - Read a book that pertains to your favorite flower (i.e. daisies - you could read a book with a daisy on the cover or by an author named Daisy). Be sure to tell us how your book fits.

✣ Favorite Color - Read a book whose cover is the same color as your favorite color; remember to post the cover.

✣ Favorite Song(s) - Read a book whose title contains a significant title word that matches a word in your favorite song. Tell us the name of your song. You may use this task up to 5 times, but song titles must be different.
✓ Still Crazy after all these years - Still Me read 6/25/2019
✓ Eleanor Rigby - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine read 8/16/2019
✓ Crocodile Rock - When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa read 8/18/2019

✣ Favorite Book(s) - Re-read your favorite books; this task may be used up to 5 times.
✓ Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town read 11/11/2019 Originally read 4/23/2017
✓ Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End read 11/28/2019 Originally read 2/20/2016

What else? - Read a book that features something about you that you'd like us to know; you must tell us the how the book fits your feature / characteristic / favorite. You may use this task up to 5 times.
✓ I love true crime books - The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator read 9/18/2019

Famous Quilters 'Stitches'
✓ Jennifer Chiaverini, beloved author of The Elm Creek Quilting Series, is a quilter herself. Originally, she was a professor in the English Department at Penn State and then Edgewood College (WI). Her original quilt designs have been featured in Country Woman, Quiltmaker, Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks (Vol. 3-5), and Quilt, and her short stories have appeared in Quiltmaker and Quilters Newsletter. ➜ Read a book featuring a college-level instructor or professor OR read a book that takes place in Pennsylvania or Wisconsin. The Deep End of the Ocean read 12/25/2019 Takes place in Wisconsin

✓ Michael Cummings quilts in the narrative, story-telling tradition and is one of a few nationally known male quiltmakers. His work often features bright, colorful African themes and African American historical themes. The U.S. State Department has posted several of Cummings’ quilts in its embassies through its "Arts in Embassy" program. In addition, brands such as Absolut Vodka and HBO have commissioned his work, and his quilts appear in the permanent collection of the Museum of Arts and Designs in New York. Whoopi Goldberg and Bill Cosby collect Cummings’ quilts.
➜ Read a book featuring a male who works within a traditional "female" culture/industry OR read a book by an African American author. The Mothers by Brit Bennett read 8/29/2019

✣ Beth Maitland-Banninger has played the role of Traci Abbott on CBS TV’s “The Young and the Restless” for the past 30 years. She has also been sewing since she was a teenager and spent most of her downtime between acting as a personal accessory and costume designer. ➜ Read a book that has been made into a TV series; tell us the name of the TV series OR read a book by an author whose first or last name is Beth, Traci, or Abbott (reasonable variations acceptable - i.e. Elizabeth, Tracy.

✣ Harriet Powers (10/29/1837 – 1/01/1910) was an African-American slave, folk artist, and quilt maker from rural Georgia. She used traditional appliqué techniques to record local legends, Bible stories, and astronomical events on her quilts. Her quilts are considered among the finest examples of nineteenth-century Southern quilting. Her work is on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. ➜ Read a book with slavery as one of its themes OR read a book in which a museum visit is described; tell us the museum.

✓ Marie Daugherty Webster (7/19/1859 – 1956) was a quilt designer, businesswoman, and the author of the first American book about quilting, Quilts, Their Story, and How to Make Them, originally published in 1915, and reprinted many times since. The latest illustrated edition was published in 2009. Marie designed dozens of quilts, and her patterns, all applique, are known for their beautiful, mostly floral designs, done in pastel colors. ➜ Read a book in which a female owns here own business OR read a book with a pastel colored cover; post the cover. Significant Others read 11/5/2019


Books about Quilting 'Stitches'
✣ Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries by Isabella Alan
✣ Benni Harper Mystery Series by Earlene Fowler
✣ Cats in Trouble Mysteries (MC specializes in making cat quilts) by Leann Sweeney
✣ Cobbled Quilt Series by Marie Bostwick
✣ The Elm Creek Quilt Series by Jennifer Chiaverini
✣ Harriet Truman / Loose Threads Mysteries by Arlene Sachitano
✣ Kilts and Quilts Series by Patience Griffin
✣ Patchwork Circle Series by Judith Pella
✣ Quilting Mystery Series by Terri Thayer
✣ Quilts of Love Series by Various Authors
✣ The Quilt Shop in Kerry Springs Series by Patricia Thayer
✣ Shenandoah Album Series by Emilie Richards
✣ Sisters of the Quilt Series by Cindy Woodsmall
✣ Someday Quilts Mystery Series by Clare O'Donohue
✣ Southern Quilting Mysteries by Elizabeth Spann Craig

✣ From Here to Home by Marie Bostwick
✣ The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs
✣ Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad | Jacqueline L. Tobin
✣ How to Make an American Quilt | Whitney Otto
✓ The Persian Pickle Club | Sandra Dallas The Persian Pickle Club read 7/21/2019
✣ Retreat to Love | Melanie Greene

Good luck in 2020 Susan! I like the look of your help me decide challenge.

Crazy Challenge Connection group
HELP ME DECIDE CHALLENGE
DURATION: April 13, 2019 - March 28, 2020

Link to the Challenge

Please use this shelf: Pick 4 Me book shelf

ROUND 1: April 13 - picked by Lori
✓ The Perfume Collector read 5/16/2019
Also recommended: Artemis, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Paris

ROUND 2: April 27 - post your suggestions by April 30 Skipped
ROUND 3: May 11- post your suggestions by May 14 Skipped
ROUND 4: May 25 - post your suggestions by May 28 Skipped

ROUND 5: June 8 - picked by Katherine
✓ The Little Lady Agency and the Prince read 6/15/2019
Also recommended: You Suck, Artemis, Lowcountry Boil

ROUND 6: June 22 - picked by Joanne
✓ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine read 8/16/2019
Also recommended: The Great Alone, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

ROUND 7: July 6 - picked by Mandy
✓ Artemis read 7/14/2019
Also recommended: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Nine Perfect Strangers,
The Great Alone

ROUND 8: July 20 - picked by Nadine
✓ The War That Saved My Life read 8/7/2019
Also recommended: The Sunshine When She's Gone, We Are Never Meeting In Real Life, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

ROUND 9: August 3 - picked by Carrie
✓ The Most of Nora Ephron read 9/8/2019
Also recommended: This Is How You Lose Her, The Storyteller, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

ROUND 10: August 17 - picked by Maggie
✓ My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues read 8/27/2019
Also recommended: The Deep End of the Ocean, The Corrections, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

ROUND 11: August 31 - picked by Karen
✓ The Great Alone read 9/15/2019
Also recommended: Fractured, The Storyteller, The Best of Us

ROUND 12: September 14 - picked by Sunshine
✓ Never Have I Ever read 9/23/2019
Also recommended: Mud, Sweat and Tears, The Idiot

ROUND 13: September 28 - picked by Barb
✓ Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife read 11/22/2019
Also recommended: The Story of Arthur Truluv, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, The Storyteller

ROUND 14: October 12 - picked by Clair
✓ The Great Believers read 12/22/2019
Also recommended: We Are Never Meeting In Real Life, A Little Life, There There

ROUND 15: October 26 - picked by Sugar Snap
✓ Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City read 12/6/2019
Also recommended: There There, A Little Life

ROUND 16: November 9 - picked by Alison Ann
✓ Cronkite read 12/12/2019
Also recommended: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, We Are Never Meeting In Real Life

ROUND 17: November 23 - picked by Connie
✓ Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy read 12/1/2019
Also recommended: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, The Color of Our Sky

ROUND 18: December 7 - picked by Jimena
✓ The Good Liar read 12/14/2019
Also recommended: There There, The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery. Missing Mom

ROUND 19: December 21 - picked by Andrea
✓ The Deep End of the Ocean read 12/25/2019
Also recommended: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Red Notice, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

ROUND 20: January 4 - picked by Karin
✓ Whisper Me This read 1/20/2020
Also recommended: The Silent Patient, Matchmaking for Beginners

ROUND 21: January 18 - picked by Chaitra
✓ We Are Never Meeting In Real Life read 1/30/2020
Also recommended: She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. {book:This Is How You Lose Her|13503109], We Are Never Meeting In Real Life, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

ROUND 22: February 1 - post your suggestions by February 4 Skipped

ROUND 23: February 15 - picked by Hannah
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Also recommended:
✓ Two Dogs and a Suitcase: Clueless in Charente read 2/18/2020
This Is My South: The Essential Travel Guide to the Southern States

ROUND 24: February 29 - picked by Olivermagnus
✓ The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules read 3/15/2020
Also recommended: Undone, The Rent Collector, What She Left Behind

ROUND 25: March 14 - picked by Amelia
✓ The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do--and How to Get Them to Do What You Want read 3/23/2020
Also recommended: Daughter of Moloka'i, Undone

Crazy Challenge Connection group
LOOKING BACK ON 2018
Duration: February 1, 2019 | No deadline to complete

Choose ONE task from each of our 2018 challenges and complete that task. Be sure to tell us which challenge each task is from. You MUST tell us which task you've chosen for each challenge when you sign up! If there are choices in that task, you must post your option NOW. See the posts below for an abbreviated sample sign-up post as well as for a challenge bonus; you can commit to the bonus now or wait till later, but books may only be used ONCE in the entire challenge.

Link to the Challenge

62/62 tasks
82/82 books

THE CHALLENGES

January Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book whose title contains at least one word with consecutive double consonants The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper read 3/17/2019

January Scavenger
✓ Read a book whose title starts with "E" (disregard A, An, The) Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine read 8/16/2019

From Sea to Shining Sea: Alabama
✓ Read a book whose title has a word denoting the people of a country (for example, American Fire, The Good German, The English Passenger all work, Canada or China Dolls won't). Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America read 3/15/2019

One Hit Wonders of the 2000s
✓ Read a book from your TBR that ends on with a 0 - (10, 200, 3000) (Tell us the number) Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power (#90) read 11/29/2019

Quilting Challenge- choose one block NOW and complete all four tasks
Eight Hands Around
✓ Read a book that is the eighth in a series; tell us the series. Mary Ann in Autumn (Tales of the City series) read 12/23/2019
✓ Read a book whose publication YEAR contains an "8;" tell us the year. The Great Alone (published in 2018) read 9/15/2019
✓ Read a book whose total page count contains an "8;" tell us how many pages. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (282 pages) read 11/28/2019
✓ Read a book whose cover clearly shows a hand or hands; post the cover. The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece read 7/27/2019


February Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book with an "8" or "5" in the publication YEAR (tell us what year). Further Tales of the City (published 1982) read 10/4/2019

February Scavenger
✓ Read book #2 of a series; tell us the series name Fractured (Will Trent series) read 10/20/2019

2018 Remembering Them
✓ Read a book whose title starts with Z (disregard A, An, The) or that ENDS with Y Personal History read 7/8/2019

First Quarter Treasure Hunt - choose any two words NOW; find them in the text of your book. Remember to post the sentence and location/page number.
✓ Bad "He had a bad night on Wednesday, and by the next afternoon, Thursday, he was barely responsive." Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose page 187 read 2/18/2019
✓ Hope "We ate, had some laughs, and projected hope." Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose page 27 read 2/18/2019

Wolves and Penguins and Foxes, Oh My!
✓ Read a book written by an author whose first name on GR does not indicate gender (Chris, Terry, Alex, etc.) Sourdough by Robin Sloan read 7/24/2019

March Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book with a 4-word title; all words count News of the World read 2/8/2019

March Scavenger
✓ Read a book by an author who uses three names, not just initials (i.e., Joyce Carol Oates or Orson Scott Card); post a link to the author's GR page The Amish Seamstress by Mindy Starns Clark read 7/13/2019 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

From Sea to Shining Sea: Maine
✓ Read a book whose title contains a major word greater than 4 letters with a single syllable. Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy read 12/1/2019

Fashion Designers
✓ Read a book whose title (ignore a/an/the) starts with a “V” Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust--Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour read 4/13/2019

Moldy Books- generate four random numbers between 1-500 and read books that correspond to those numbers; books do NOT have to be read in order
✓ 73 - Author was born in the same country as you (tell us where) Stella Bain (author Anita Shreve was born in the US) read 4/2/2019
✓ 399 - Title contains the same major word twice (ignore words like A, an, and, the etc.) Lookaway, Lookaway read 8/21/2019
✓ 171 - Title has a subtitle that says "A Novel" The Cigar Factory: A Novel of Charleston read 10/21/2019
✓ 65 - Author has a last name that has a Van/De/O'/Mc Five-Carat Soul by James McBride read 3/19/2019

Spring Scavenger
✓ Read a book written by a female author The Cranes Dance by Meg Howrey read 2/3/2019

April Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book with both 1 and 2 in the original publication year (tell us the year) Cronkite (published 2012) read 12/12/2019

April Scavenger
✓ Read a book having anything to do with politics. The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency read 4/18/2019

Boston Marathon
✓ Read a book that you got for free (a library book, gift, ARC) The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress (library) read 3/3/2019

Amusement Parks
✓ Read a book whose title contains only words that are no more than five letters long (2-word minimum, ALL words count) The Boo read 6/4/2019

May Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book with double consecutive digits in the total number of pages (ex. 288 and 336 would work, 242 would not). The Mothers (288 pages) read 8/29/2019

May Scavenger
✓ Read a book with over 10,000 ratings on GR; tell us how many ratings What Happened (39,911 ratings) read 5/18/2019

From Sea to Shining Sea: Missouri
✓ Read a book which involves a long journey the protagonist undertakes (this has to be physical, not metaphorical, tell us the source and destination) (the protagonist walks the Camino de Santiago from Oloron, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain) Where Wine Flows Like Water: A Gastronomic Pilgrimage Across Spain read 6/29/2019

Mother Goose
✓ Read a book with a storm scene somewhere in the story. And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado read 2/20/2020

New-to-You Authors
✓ October - read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in SARCASTIC Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine read 4/30/2019

Triple Crown- choose three horses NOW and complete the tasks according to the challenge instructions
✓ 1995 Kentucky Derby - Thunder Gulch The Last Romanov read 2/17/2019
✓ 1908 Belmont Stakes - Colin Idaho read 2/15/2019
✓ 2016 Preakness - Exaggerator Evelyn, After read 9/20/2019

LOOKING BACK ON 2018 Cont'd

June Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book by an author whose LAST name begins with D or B. Perfume River by Robert Olen Butler read 7/10/2019

June Scavenger
✓ Read a book set in a country other than your own (tell us where it's set and where you live). Pachinko Takes place primarily in Japan, I live in the United States read 3/10/2019

Kids' Card Games
✓ Read a book that has been honored with an award (tell us award name plus year). Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction - 2017) read 12/6/2019

Classic Arcade Games
✓ Read a book set in Italy, by an Italian author or with an Italian character; tell us the character. The Story of the Lost Child (set in Italy and by an Italian author) read 9/17/2019

Second Quarter Treasure Hunt - choose any two words NOW; find them in the text of your book. Remember to post the sentence and location/page number
✓ Afternoon - "If gun violence is an American epidemic, too vast and numbing to fully absorb, an afternoon with this still-grieving mother is a reminder that behind every black-and-white homicide statistic is a flesh-and-blook human being - and a family left behind." Life Is Like a Sailboat: Selected Writings on Life and Living from The Philadelphia Inquirer page 29 read 4/1/2019
✓ Each - "Each Sunday, we'd be out there on the lake, Dad and his three sons, scooting over the water on journeys to nowhere." Life Is Like a Sailboat: Selected Writings on Life and Living from The Philadelphia Inquirer page 24 read 4/1/2019

Sub-Genre Challenge - choose one genre NOW, read four different sub-genres within that genre
Non-fiction
✓ 1. Politics - The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year read 6/25/2019
✓ 2. True Story - Beneath a Scarlet Sky read 6/8/2019
✓ 3. Science - Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America read 3/24/2019
✓ 4. Memoir - When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa read 8/18/2019

Route 66 - choose any three CONSECUTIVE stops between tasks #1-15 NOW and complete the tasks IN ORDER
✓ Task 11 - Read a book which takes place in a United States capital city. Gone, Baby, Gone (Boston) read 6/26/2019

✓ Task 12 – Read a book where the author’s last name begins with M or H or J (no first names please). Please be sure to link the author’s name. Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson read 9/23/2019

✓ Task 13 - Read a book with “History” or “Historical” listed as a genre on the book title’s main GR page. The Library Book read 10/7/2019

Summer Scavenger
✓ Read a book set in the southern USA (North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi or Florida); tell us the state Dear Martin Set in Atlanta, Georgia read 2/10/2020

July Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book that is "fresh"--published in 2018 (tell us when). The Tattooist of Auschwitz (published Jan. 27, 2018) read 6/13/2019

July Scavenger
✓ Read a book with an intact "19" in its total page count; tell us how many pages. The Persian Pickle Club (196 pages) read 7/21/2019

From Sea to Shining Sea: Arkansas
✓ Read a book whose title has a word that is six letters or greater from this list of Johnny Cash's songs. The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old read 8/26/2019 Song: It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)

To Infinity and Beyond!
✓ Read a book with an apostrophe in the title. A Widow's Story read 2/28/2019

Shrink That TBR- choose one task NOW that requires reading at least two books (excluding #18)
✓ Read two books from your TBR list that you own – print books only please!
1. Returning From Camino read 7/15/2019
2. Should I Stay or Should I Go?: The Truth About Moving Abroad and Whether it's Right for You read 7/21/2019

August Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book in the lower part of your TBR (anything less than the halfway point); tell us the position and the total of your TBR. Hide (#15 of 397) read 4/14/2019

August Scavenger
✓ Read a book with the letters F-A-R in the title (do NOT have to be in order). A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea read 2/23/2019

World's Smallest Countries
✓ Read a book with a one-word title (ALL words count). Artemis read 7/14/2019

A Murder of Crows: Collective Nouns
✓ Read a book with the word MURDER in the title (no variations!). The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator read 9/18/2019

Mmmmm, Chocolate!- choose one task NOW
✓ Read a book on a "most popular" list; post a link to the list The Girl You Left Behind read 4/11/2019 "Best Books of the Decade: 2010's" https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

September Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book with a "5" in the YEAR of publication (tell us the year). The Color of Our Sky (published 2015) read 12/15/2019

September Scavenger
✓ Read a book in which an author’s first and last initial can be found in LANTERN. The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron read 9/8/2019

From Sea to Shining Sea: Michigan
✓ Read a book from the list Popular Beach Reads. Still Me read 6/25/2019

My Favorite Things- choose one task from #6-10 NOW and complete that task
* What is your favorite location (beach, mountains, island, your favorite city, etc.)? Read 2 books set in that location. Favorite city - Paris
✓ 1. The Perfume Collector read 5/16/2019
✓ 2. Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife read 11/22/2019

2018 Fall Scavenger
✓ Read a book set in London. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows read 2/15/2020

October Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book with a 3-letter word in the title (do NOT count The, Are or And). We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves read 10/25/2019

October Scavenger
✓ Meatballs – Read a book with a plural word in its title. These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 read 7/15/2019

Third Quarter Treasure Hunt - choose any two words NOW; find them in the text of your book. Remember to post the sentence and location/page number.
✓ House "We'll all go to the house tomorrow" page 278 The Knitting Circle read 3/1/2019
✓ Think "You can't work, you can't think, you can't read." page 20 The Knitting Circle read 3/1/2019

November Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book set in or by an author from a country mentioned in one of Lonely Planet's best spice markets in the world. Turkey Last Train to Istanbul read 1/13/2020

November Scavenger
✓ Read a book with the letters S-A-L-T in its title, not necessarily in that order or in the same word Where the Heart Leads read 2/1/2019

From Sea to Shining Sea: Florida
✓ Read book #3 or #4 of a series. The Little Lady Agency and the Prince (3rd in the series) read 6/15/2019

On the Bottom of the Sea
✓ Read a book set in a state or province that borders one of the Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ontario or Quebec); tell us the setting. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls Takes place in Michigan read 12/3/2019

December Recipe of the Month
✓ Read a book originally published in 2018 Beautiful Exiles (published 8/1/2018) read 5/16/2019

December Scavenger
✓ Read a book in which the title of the book ends in a letter in REINDEER. The Sun Is Also a Star read 2/22/2019

Star Constellations
✓ Read a book with a crab or other crustacean creature on the cover (post the cover). Lowcountry Boil read 9/8/2019


The US Space Program: A Brief History
✓ Read a book that takes place during the 1950’s. The Hellfire Club read 1/29/2020

The Year in Astrology- choose one month NOW and complete one task for that month
AQUARIUS, January 21 – February 18
✓ Read a book with the words “WATER” OR “AIR” in the title; no variations. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother read 7/29/2019

Winter Scavenger
✓ Read book #238 on your TBR (sorted any way you choose) My Losing Season: A Memoir (sorted by title) read 12/29/2019

A-Z CHALLENGES:
For Our Annual A-Z Challenges:
Choose one letter NOW and use that letter to complete ALL of the A-Z challenges below. If you choose the letter D, for example, you would need to find a D author, a D title, a D item on a book cover (one-word item only!), a D female character, a D male character and a D location.

✓ N Authors The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election by Malcolm W. Nance read 7/12/2019
✓ N Titles Nine Perfect Strangers read 8/19/2019
✓ N Book Covers The Suspect read 6/18/2019 (notebook)

✓ N Female Characters Exit West (Nadia) read 7/21/2019
✓ N Male Characters The Last Original Wife (Nadar) read 2/20/2019
✓ N Locations Where the Crawdads Sing (North Carolina) read 7/1/2019

Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2020-12/31/2020

5/24

1. Read a YA nonfiction book
2. Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, or myth by an author of color
✓ 3. Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman The Hellfire Club read 1/29/2020
4. Read a graphic memoir
✓ 5. Read a book about a natural disaster And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado read 2/20/2020
6. Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author
✓ 7. Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII The Nickel Boys read 3/8/2020
8. Read an audiobook of poetry
✓ 9. Read the LAST book in a series The Days of Anna Madrigal read 1/5/2020
✓ 10. Read a book that takes place in a rural setting Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States read 3/14/2020
11. Read a debut novel by a queer author
12. Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own The Book of Joy
13. Read a food book about a cuisine you’ve never tried before
14. Read a romance starring a single parent
15. Read a book about climate change
16. Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
The Gray House
17. Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages)
18. Read a picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community
19. Read a book by or about a refugee
20. Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK
21. Read a book with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non)
22. Read a horror book published by an indie press
23. Read an edition of a literary magazine (digital or physical)
24. Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author

Wacky Reading Challenges
20X20 CHALLENGE
DATE: 01/01/20 - 12/31/20

5X10, 50 Books Total

Link to the Challenge

50/50

What's New Books added to my TBR in 2020
✓ 1. Sacred added 1/23/2020 read 3/15/2020
✓ 2. How to Stop Time added 4/10/2020 read 4/18/2020
✓ 3. Something Like Happy added 4/20/2020 read 5/6/2020
✓ 4. The Rent Collector added 2/28/2020 read 5/12/2020
✓ 5. The Island of Sea Women added 6/21/2020 read 7/16/2020
✓ 6. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man added 8/15/2020 read 8/29/2020
✓ 7. City of Girls added 6/21/2020 read 9/12/2020
✓ 8. Oona Out of Order added 5/5/2020 read 9/13/2020
✓ 9. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed added 9/15/2020 read 9/19/2020
✓ 10. Rage added 9/10/2020 read 10/7/2020

Old Friends Books on my TBR for more than a year (2018 or earlier)
✓ 1. The Days of Anna Madrigal read 1/5/2020 added 12/30/2018
✓ 2. The Hellfire Club read 1/29/2020 added 5/21/2018
✓ 3. You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump read 2/8/2020 added 9/2/2018
✓ 4. This Is How You Lose Her read 2/14/2020 added 5/11/2017
✓ 5. Two Dogs and a Suitcase: Clueless in Charente read 2/18/2020 added 7/27/2015
✓ 6. The Stars Are Fire added 1/1/2018 read 2/24/2020
✓ 7. The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules added 5/27/2017 read 3/15/2020
✓ 8. Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years added 9/19/2017 read 4/13/2020
✓ 9. Matchmaking for Beginners added 5/2/2018 read 4/20/2020
✓ 10. The Hurricane Sisters added 6/6/2014 read 6/13/2020

✓ I'd Like to Buy a Vowel Titles that begin with A, E, I, O, U (and sometimes Y)
✓ 1. Only Child read 1/10/2020
✓ 2. Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir read 2/3/2020
✓ 3. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows read 2/15/2020
✓ 4. I'm Fine and Neither Are You read 2/17/2020
✓ 5. And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado read 2/20/2020
✓ 6. After I'm Gone read 3/10/2020
✓ 7. Undone read 3/23/2020
✓ 8. I Miss You When I Blink: Essays read 3/31/2020
✓ 9. An American Marriage read 6/8/2020
✓ 10. Educated read 7/13/2020

✓ I Love a Festival Books added from the Decatur Book Festival
✓ 1. Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States read 3/14/2020
✓ 2. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story read 5/23/2020
✓ 3. The Cage-maker read 7/4/2020
✓ 4. The Idiot read 7/5/2020
✓ 5. She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It read 9/3/2020
✓ 6. The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table read 9/29/2020
✓ 7. How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood read 10/17/2020
✓ 8. The Best of Us read 10/18/2020
✓ 9. All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir read 12/28/2020
✓ 10. Pieces of Her read 3/25/2021

✓ Nice to Meet You Books by new-to-me authors
✓ 1. Red Notice by Bill Browder read 1/11/2020
✓ 2. Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin read 1/13/2020
✓ 3. The Saturday Night Supper Club by Carla Laureano read 1/16/2020
✓ 4. Whisper Me This by Kerry Anne King read 1/20/2020
✓ 5. We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby read 1/30/2020
✓ 6. Dear Martin by Nic Stone read 2/10/2020
✓ 7. The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana by Tony Dokoupil read 2/28/2020
✓ 8. The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp read 3/19/2020
✓ 9. The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do--and How to Get Them to Do What You Want by Mieshelle Nagelschneider read 3/23/2020
✓ 10. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy read 4/12/2020

Wacky Reading Challenges
HISTORICAL LANDMARKS OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST QUARTER, 2020
DATE: 01/01/20 - 03/31/20

Link to the Challenge

6/6 Challenge completed! 3/31/2020

1. BIG FOUR HOUSE:
❂Read a book with a character named Collis, Mark, Leland or Charles, OR
✓ Read a book in which the first letter of each title word (no limit, but all words count) can be found in BIG FOUR HOUSE. Undone read 3/23/2020

2. BODIE HISTORIC DISTRICT:
✓ Read a book in which the word "Gold" is in the title or the author's first or last name (must be intact - GOLDberg), OR The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana read 2/28/2020
❂Read a book in which the first letter of each title word (no limit, but all words count) can be found in BODIE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

3. LITTLE TOKYO HISTORIC DISTRICT:
❂Read a book with a Japanese character or one written by a Japanese author, OR
✓ Read a book in which the first letter of each title word (no limit, but all words count) can be found in LITTLE TOKYO HISTORIC DISTRICT. Only Child read 1/10/2020

4. MISSION BEACH ROLLER COASTER:
❂Read a book in which the words "roller coaster" can be found in the text (page/location and sentence info required), OR
✓ Read a book in which the first letter of each title word (no limit, but all words count) MISSION BEACH ROLLER COASTER. The Hellfire Club read 1/29/2020

5. PIONEER DEEP SPACE STATION:
✓ Read a book originally published between 1958 and 2020 (inclusive), OR The Days of Anna Madrigal read 1/5/2020 Published 2014
❂Read a book in which the first letter of each title word (no limit, but all words count) can be found in PIONEER DEEP SPACE STATION.

6. SANTA BARBARA MISSION:
✓ Read a book with one of the following numbers found in the total page count - 1, 7, 8 or 6, OR Red Notice 380 pages read 1/11/2020
❂Read a book in which the first letter of each title word (no limit, but all words count) can be found in SANTA BARBARA MISSION.

Crazy Challenge Connection
January 2020 Spell Challenge - Auld Lang Syne
Duration: January 1 - 31, 2020

To complement Suzanne's scavenger challenge, we have some words having to do with the song Auld Lang Syne. Pick a word or words from below and spell them out using first letter of titles (excluding A, An and The) or author's first and last initials.

Link to the Challenge

6/6

Chorus
✓ 1. C Chances Are... read 2/8/2020
✓ 2. H The Hellfire Club read 1/29/2020
✓ 3. O Only Child read 1/10/2020
✓ 4. R Red Notice read 1/11/2020
✓ 5. U Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir read 2/3/2020
✓ 6. S The Saturday Night Supper Club read 1/16/2020

1st quarter
January reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – (no book - not attending meeting)
Sagamore Hills - a book by an author with my first, last, or maiden name The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
RBTW book club - Red Notice

Personal challenge:
7 books for 80 book personal reading goal (0/80) The Days of Anna Madrigal, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy, Only Child, Red Notice, Last Train to Istanbul, The Saturday Night Supper Club, Whisper Me This

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for TBR Jar Challenge (0/20) The Saturday Night Supper Club, Whisper Me This
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (0/15) Last Train to Istanbul
1 books for Listopia Challenge (0/12) The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos) The Days of Anna Madrigal, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2019 Whisper Me This, We Are Never Meeting In Real Life
4 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (0/50) The Days of Anna Madrigal, Only Child, Red Notice, Last Train to Istanbul
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (0/24) The Days of Anna Madrigal, The Hellfire Club

Quarterly:
2 books WRC: Historical Landmarks of California (0/6) The Days of Anna Madrigal, Only Child

Monthly:
6 books for CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge - Auld Lang Syne (0/6) Only Child, Red Notice, The Saturday Night Supper Club, The Hellfire Club

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
1 books for Quilting Challenge (no deadline) Phase 3 (24/30) The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
1 books for Looking Back on 2018 (77/82) Last Train to Istanbul

January reading

1. The Days of Anna Madrigal read 1/5/2020
★★★☆☆
2. The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy read 1/5/2020 ★★★★☆
3. Only Child read 1/10/2020 ★★★★☆
4. Red Notice read 1/11/2020 ★★★★☆
5. Last Train to Istanbul read 1/13/2020 ★★★☆☆
6. The Saturday Night Supper Club read 1/16/2020 ★★★☆☆
7. Whisper Me This read 1/20/2020 1/16/2020 ★★★☆☆
8. Darkness, Take My Hand read 1/23/2020 ★★★★☆
9. The Hellfire Club read 1/29/2020 ★★★★☆
10. We Are Never Meeting In Real Life read 1/30/2020 ★★★☆☆

Crazy Challenge Connection
Looking Back on 2019
Duration: Feb 01, 2020, No Deadline

Link to the Challenge

75/131 books
34/72 tasks

January Scavenger
✓ Read a book from the NY Times Bestseller list (be sure to tell us when the book was on the list). The Dutch House On the list 2/18/2020 read 10/13/2020

January Wandering the CCC: Challenge Help
✓ Read a book with at least 6 (or more) words in the title. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed read 9/19/2020

From Sea to Shining Sea : Texas
✓ Read a book whose main page contains the genre "FOOD" The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table read 9/29/2020

National Trivia Day
✓ Read a book originally published in 2008 The Spectacular Now read 3/19/2020

2019 Randomizer - generate five random numbers NOW, read the books that correspond to those numbers on your to-read list
#82 - The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran
#258 - A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir
✓ #342 - Woman in Blue read 4/29/2020
#219 - The House at the Edge of Night
#122 - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

Women in Space - choose one woman NOW; complete all six tasks
NAME = Read a book by an author whose first AND last initials (disregard any middle initials) can be found in the astronaut's name; post a link to the author's GR page

HOME COUNTRY = Read a book whose title begins with a letter in the astronaut's home country; disregard A, An and The

BIRTHDATE = Read a book with at least two numbers from the astronaut's birthdate in its page total; tell us how many pages

BIRTHPLACE = Read a book set in a location beginning with a letter in the astronaut's birthplace; tell us the location. Please try to be as specific as possible, i.e., Texas, not United States.
NOTE: Do NOT use the info in parentheses, it's only there for your information.

EDUCATION = Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in the name of the school listed; three-word minimum
NOTE: Most of these women have received training from more than one institution; only the first they attended is listed here

FIRST MISSION = Read a book with at least one number from the astronaut's first mission in its original year of publication; tell us the year.

✓ NAME : MARSHA IVINS Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2 by Matt Smith read 9/14/2020
✓ HOME COUNTRY : United States Underground Airlines read 12/24/2020
✓ BIRTHDATE : 4/15/51 Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady read 11/29/2020 351 pages
✓ BIRTHPLACE : Baltimore (Maryland) After I'm Gone read 3/10/2020
✓ EDUCATION : University of Colorado The Lost Vintage read 10/16/2020
✓ FIRST MISSION : STS-32 The Story of Arthur Truluv Published 2017 read 8/14/2020

February Scavenger
✓ Read a book originally published in June (any year, but tell us which one). The Hurricane Sisters Published June, 2014 read 6/13/2020

February Wandering Challenge: Book quotes
✓ Read a book that you own, printed version only. All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir read 12/28/2020

19x19
- choose one category NOW that you did not use in this year's challenge; read four books to fit that category
New to Me Authors
✓ 1. Dear Martin by Nic Stone read 2/10/2020
✓ 2. I'm Fine and Neither Are You by Camille Pagán read 2/17/2020
✓ 3. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump read 8/29/2020
✓ 4. Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore read 9/13/2020

Mythology Treasure Hunt - choose two words NOW; follow the challenge rules
✓ 1. hope - Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir read 2/3/2020 Page 33 "I just hope not to meet my fate with a conk on the head by one of those little bombs."
✓ 2. storms - Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir read 2/3/2020 Page 122 "When the storms magnify and the ground shakes with thunder, she even bids three hearts from the closet floor."

Let's Talk About Cats
✓ Read a book whose title starts with an O (ignore A, An and The) Olive, Again read 6/7/2020

2019 Remembering Them
✓ Read a book marked “LGBT” Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States read 3/14/2020

March Scavenger
✓ Read a book with a one-word title. Educated read 7/13/2020

March Wandering the CCC: Recap & Anticipation
✓ Read a book that you've been waiting for (from your library's waiting list, something that you've requested as a gift, something you borrowed, etc.) Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators read 5/19/2020 On the waiting list for three month's

From Sea to Shining Sea - Iowa
✓ Read a book about politics (fiction or non-fiction). Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years read 4/13/2020

Featuring Women - choose one task from Part B NOW
* Read a book whose title starts with a letter in NOBEL (disregard A, An, The). Bless Her Heart

The Oscars Through the Years - choose one task from the Best Picture section NOW and complete that task
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
✓ Read a book that deals with prejudice and bigotry. How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood read 10/17/2020

Spring scavenger
* Read a book whose cover is multi-colored (post the cover). The Farm


April scavenger
✓ Read the very first book you added to your GR want-to-read shelf that is still unread. To Be Sung Underwater read 6/24/2020

April Wandering the CCC: Monthly specials
* Read a book whose author’s first and last initial may be found in MONTHLY. The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig

Martial Art Forms
* Read a book with a nationality in the title. Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris

All About Hats!
✓ Read a book published in November (any year, but tell us which one). You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump Published Nov. 2017 read 2/8/2020

The Infinity Saga
- choose one movie from the non-spoiler section NOW; complete all eight tasks
Title: Read a book in which all words in the book title begin with a letter in the movie title.
Directed by: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials (ignore any middle initials) are in the director's name.
Release Year: Read a book first published in the release year.
Location: Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter in Location.
What is It: For Origin Story, read a book by a new-to-you author.

✓ Captain Marvel - Chances Are... read 2/8/2020
✓ Directed By: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane read 1/23/2020
✓ Release Year: 2019 City of Girls read 9/12/2020
✓ - Location: Earth, Torfa The Nickel Boys read 3/8/2020 Takes place in Florida
✓ - Origin Story This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel read 4/28/2020
✓ 1. Read a book with a female lead character. The Rent Collector Lead character is Sang Ly read 5/12/2020
✓ 2. Read a book with a cat on the cover (post the cover, bonus for a ginger tabby). The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do--and How to Get Them to Do What You Want read 3/23/2020

✓ 3. Read a book set in the 1990s. The Idiot read 7/5/2020

May scavenger
* Read a book whose page count contains an intact "39" (i.e. 439, 396) A Man Named Dave, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

May Wandering the CCC: Welcome
✓ Read a book found on one of the CCC mods' shelves; tell us the mod and the shelf - Barb to-read shelf Matchmaking for Beginners read 4/20/2020

2019 NTY authors - choose one month NOW that requires an author's first AND last initials
In September (9/1 – 9/30), read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in LINE DANCE The Snow Gypsy by Lindsay Ashford

2019 Listopia challenge - choose THREE of the posted lists NOW and read one book from each of those lists
✓ Best Adult Female Friendship Books - The Island of Sea Women 384 pages read 7/16/2020
✓ Books That Are Worth Your Time - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules read 3/15/2020
✓ Character You Most Want to Sleep With - Dream Man read 10/2/2020

From Sea to Shining Sea - Wisconsin
✓ Read a book whose first publication year contains 2 of the following digits: 2, 0, 3 (tell us when it was published). Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II Published 2017 read 4/12/2020

Love a Tree Day
✓ Read a Book #60 from your TBR (sorted in any way you choose). (sorted by num ratings - desc) P.S. from Paris read 6/29/2020

Celebrations - choose THREE tasks NOW from May, June and/or July's celebrations
* May 4 – Star Wars Day - Read an extremely popular book – over 150,000 ratings, tell us how many ratings The Storyteller 160,671 ratings
* June 21. Flip Flop Day - Read a book whose title starts with 'F' Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
✓ July 2. I Forgot Day - Read a book whose title starts with the WORD I. (NOT the letter 'I'). I Miss You When I Blink: Essays read 3/31/2020

Looking Back on 2019 (Cont'd)

June scavenger
✓ Read a book with the word MOON in the title (plural or compound word OK, no other variations) Carolina Moon read 11/3/2020

June Wandering the CCC: Reading lists
* 2. Read a book that is the FIRST book to begin a new challenge (not this one!). Tell us the challenge, doesn't have to be in CCC.

2019 Random treasure hunt - choose two words NOW; follow the challenge rules
✓ 1. angry - This Is How You Lose Her read 2/14/2020 Page 69 "He never stays angry for long."
✓ 2. name - This Is How You Lose Her read 2/14/2020 Page 17 "Lucy is her name."

Leftovers 2.0
✓ Read a book with a word in its title containing double Es.
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society read 6/28/2020

2019 Sub-genre challenge - choose one genre NOW that you did NOT use for the challenge; read books from TWO sub-genres within that genre
Genre: Non-fiction
✓ 1. Memoir The Memory Palace read 11/21/2020
✓ 2. History Rage read 10/7/2020

Rolling down the highway - choose one highway NOW; complete all five tasks
I-25
Length in Miles: 1061.67
Southern/Western Terminus: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Northern/Eastern Terminus: Buffalo, Wyoming
Year Formed: 1957
Number of States Served: 3


✓ 1. If your TBR has less than 999 books, read a book with ONE number from the length in miles appearing in the position of your book. Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist #266 read 6/17/2020

2. Read a book where every word of the title begins with a letter in the southern/western terminus AND the author's first OR last initial is found in the northern/eastern terminus. 3 words minimum. A, An and The count. Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard

✓ 3. Read a book where the last number in the original year of publication matches the last number in the Year Formed. Let us know the year of publication. Something Like Happy Published 2017 read 5/6/2020

✓ 4. For non series readers, read a book whose number of pages contain a number from the Number of States Served. And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado read 2/20/2020 328 pages

✓ 5. If the states served number three or less, then read a book where either the first OR the last initial of the author appear in one of the states served. States Served: NM, WY, CO How to Stop Time by Matt Haig read 4/18/2020

Summer Seasonal Challenge
Choose one team NOW (not the team that drafted you) and complete four of the major league tasks
Major Leagues: Colorado Rockies

1. Read a book which contains the letters MLB (in order but doesn't have to be within the same word) If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

2. Read a book whose author's entire name contains the letters MLB (does not have to be in order). The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean

3. Read a book with something on the cover having to do with team name (Rockies) [could be mountains on the cover] Descent


4. Read a book that takes place in the city or state of your major league team. (Colorado) The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom

July scavenger
✓ Read a book that is third in a series (tell us the series' name) Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro) read 3/15/2020

Olympics #1 - Canoe & Kayak
* Read a book #6, #7, #18, #25 or #50 from your TBR list, sorted in whatever method you choose; tell us the position #7 sorted by average rating Messenger from Mystery

From Sea to Shining Sea - California
* Read one of the 50 largest books in your TBR by page count (let us know the page count) The Woman Who Lost Her Soul 715 pages

Fictional Restaurants
✓ Cheers - Read a book in which the author’s first and last initial may be found in CHEERS. Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions by Stephen Colbert read 5/22/2020

Monochromatic Cover Challenge - choose one color NOW, complete the Dabbler level
Blue
✓ 1. Parkland: Birth of a Movement French Blue 74.3% read 6/1/2020
✓ 2. The Best of Adam Sharp - Medium Blue (80%) read 11/25/2020
3.
See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics, The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception - Summer Sky (59.9%)
Killman Creek - Mariner (45%)
Every Breath You Take - Endeavour (65.1%)

2019 Shrink That TBR - choose one task NOW that requires reading at least two books (excluding #18)
* Read two books from your TBR list that you own – print books only please!
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2.


August scavenger
* Read a book whose author’s middle initial may be found in CLUB (the middle initial must be listed in GoodReads). Her Last Letter by Nancy C. Johnson

Olympics #2 - Badminton
* Read a book whose title starts with a letter in POONA (disregard A, An, The) Pieces of Her

Out of Your Comfort Zone - choose one task from Part 2 NOW
* Read a book from a new-to-you series. A Killer's Mind (Zoe Bentley Mystery)

Famous Southpaws
* Dan Aykroyd – Read a book that has “SATURDAY,” “NIGHT,” or “LIVE” in its title; exact matches only Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities

The English Premier League - choose one team NOW and complete all of the Home tasks
Chelsea
1. Based in: Chelsea (London)
2. Ground: Stamford Bridge
3. Traditional Rivals: Arsenal
4. Manager: Frank Lampard
5. Most Appearances: John Terry, 492

1. Read a book which is set in a location starting with a letter in the team's Based In. (Be specific, use country only if the book makes no mention of a smaller location. Ignore the stuff within parantheses, that's just informational). Inland Aarizona Territories

✓ 2. Read a book in which each word of the title begins with a letter in the team's Ground. (3 word minimum, all words count). Stamford Bridge Behold the Dreamers read 7/28/2020

3. Read a book whose author's first, last and middle (if applicable) initials are in the team's Traditional Foes. Arsenal Digging In by Loretta Nyhan

✓ 4. Read a book whose main characters first initial is in the Manager's First Name. Tell us what the character's name is, and if it's the first or the last name. Frank Lampard An American Marriage read 6/8/2020 Character is Roy (first name)

Looking Back on 2019 (Cont'd) DO NOT USE!

2019 Shrink That TBR - choose one task NOW that requires reading at least two books (excluding #18)
* Read two books from your TBR list that you own – print books only please!
1.
2.


August scavenger
* Read a book whose author’s middle initial may be found in CLUB (the middle initial must be listed in GoodReads). Her Last Letter by Nancy C. Johnson

Olympics #2 - Badminton
* Read a book whose title starts with a letter in POONA (disregard A, An, The) Pieces of Her

Out of Your Comfort Zone - choose one task from Part 2 NOW
* Read a book from a new-to-you series. A Killer's Mind (Zoe Bentley Mystery)

Famous Southpaws
* Dan Aykroyd – Read a book that has “SATURDAY,” “NIGHT,” or “LIVE” in its title; exact matches only Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities

The English Premier League - choose one team NOW and complete all of the Home tasks
Chelsea
1. Based in: Chelsea (London)
2. Ground: Stamford Bridge
3. Traditional Rivals: Arsenal
4. Manager: Frank Lampard
5. Most Appearances: John Terry, 492

1. Read a book which is set in a location starting with a letter in the team's Based In. (Be specific, use country only if the book makes no mention of a smaller location. Ignore the stuff within parantheses, that's just informational). Inland Aarizona Territories

✓ 2. Read a book in which each word of the title begins with a letter in the team's Ground. (3 word minimum, all words count). Stamford Bridge Behold the Dreamers read 7/28/2020

3. Read a book whose author's first, last and middle (if applicable) initials are in the team's Traditional Foes. Arsenal Digging In by Loretta Nyhan

✓ 4. Read a book whose main characters first initial is in the Manager's First Name. Tell us what the character's name is, and if it's the first or the last name. Frank Lampard An American Marriage read 6/8/2020 Character is Roy (first name)

Looking Back on 2019 (Cont'd)

September scavenger
* Read a book with a primarily white cover (show us the cover). Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout


Olympics #3 - Men's gymnastics
✓ Read a book with a horizontal line of some sort on the cover; post the cover. Normal People read 11/17/2020


From Sea to Shining Sea - Minnesota
* Read a book with a vast expanse of sky on the cover (post the cover). A Clear View of the Southern Sky


Sex and the City
* Read a book whose author or main character is named Samantha (exact match only; a Samantha who is sometimes called Sam is okay) The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power

Hurricanes - choose ONE task from the Tropical Depression group NOW, read 3 books to fit that task
* Read books whose author's initials are in TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
✓ 1. The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana by Tony Dokoupil read 2/28/2020
2.
3.
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools by Rachel Devlin

Fall scavenger - choose ONE task from Part 1 NOW AND ONE team and coach pair from Part 2; follow the instructions for team name and coach's name.
* Read a book with fewer than 1000 GR ratings; tell us how many ratings The Secret Life of Sleep 367 ratings
DENVER BRONCOS | head coach = Vic Fangio
✓ Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the name of the team's head coach; be sure to post a link to the author's GR page When All Is Said by Anne Griffin read 12/8/2020
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

* Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title (ALL words count!, 3-word minimum) can be found in the team's full name (including the city). Orphan Number Eight

October scavenger
* Read a book in which the title starts with a letter in HOMEWRECKER; disregard A, An and The. Hollow Kingdom

Olympics #4 : Synchronized swimming
* Read a book that takes place in Los Angeles This Book Will Save Your Life

2019 Random Treasure Hunt #2 - choose two words NOW; follow the challenge rules
✓ 1. awake "He was always awake before her" page 231 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows read 2/15/2020
✓ 2. order "As he gave his order she noticed the wedding ring shining on his finger" page 44 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows 2/15/2020

The Seven Wonders of the World
✓ Read a book with at least 5000 ratings on Goodreads (tell us how many). Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump read 11/24/2020 8,507 ratings

Cable TV - choose any five tasks NOW
✓ 1. Read a book whose title includes a verb ending in “ing” She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement read 8/29/2020
✓ 2. Read a book with a photograph (NOT a drawing) shown prominently on the cover; post the cover. Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving read 5/8/2020

3. Read a book set in the state where you live; tell us the state. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America Georgia
✓ 4. Read a book with an apostrophe in its title. Daughter of Moloka'i read 4/2/2020
✓ 5. Read a book with consecutive double consonants in the title. Two Dogs and a Suitcase: Clueless in Charente read 2/18/2020

November scavenger
* Read a book with a number in its title (cardinal or ordinal). 13 Days in Ferguson

Olympics #5 : Women's gymnastics
* Read a book originally published in the 1990s; tell us the year. In the Lake of the Woods Published 1994

Food Phrases, Revisited
* Read a book set in the early 1900's. Sarah's Quilt

Great Goddess!
* Read a book that is classified as a MYSTERY on its GR home page, The Case for Jamie

December scavenger - Chestnuts
* Read a book in which the first letter of all title words (a,an,the DO count) may be found in CARBOHYDRATE; 3 word minimum The Crocodile Bird

Olympics #6 : Fencing
Read a book whose author has a 4 lettered first or last name. Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic by Matt McCarthy

Birthday Gift
✓ Read the book on your Goodreads TBR that corresponds to your day of birth. Sort your list in whatever method you choose. #17, sorted by number of ratings (desc) The Silent Wife read 8/10/2020

Weather Phenomena
✓ Read a book with a predominantly pink cover; post the cover. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story read 5/23/20


Mine Your TBR Mountain - choose one month NOW; read three books originally published in that month that were on your to-read list before you joined this challenge. December
1.
2.
3.
What She Left Behind
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
What Remains True

Incredible India - choose one state and capital NOW; complete the spell out AND the tasks
Bihar
Capital: Patna
✓ Read a book with fire on the cover. Post the cover. The Stars Are Fire read 2/24/2020

✓ Read a book in which a character pointedly doesn't use violence. Undone read 3/23/2020 Will Trent makes a point of not using violence
✓ Read an ebook. Tell us which device you read it on. Life Drawing read 10/25/2020 read on my iPad
✓ B The Best of Us read 10/18/2020
I I Never Thought I'd See You Again
H How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship
A American Dirt
R The Rosie Result

P The Price of Paradise
A Angel Landing
✓ T The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores read 12/18/2020
N Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage
A All My Puny Sorrows

Winter scavenger
✓ Read a just right medium sized book (250 – 400pp.); tell us how many pages We Are All Good People Here 304 pages read 12/14/2020

A-Z CHALLENGES
For Our Annual A-Z Challenges:
Choose one letter NOW and use that letter to complete ALL of the A-Z challenges below. If you choose the letter C, for example, you would need to find a C author, a C title, a C item on a book cover (one-word item only!), a C female character, a C male character and a C location.
S
✓ 2019 S Authors The Cage-maker by Nicole A. Seitz read 7/4/2020
✓ 2019 S Titles She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It read 9/3/2020
2019 S Book covers The Very Principled Maggie Mayfield Skirt

2019 S Female Characters Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon Starr Bright/Sharon Donner
2019 S Male Characters
2019 S Locations Camino Mysteries Spain

January Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 10/80 = 12.5%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 3/20 = 15%
Clear Your Shelves: 3/15 = 20%
Listopia Challenge: 2/12 = 16.7%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 2/24 = 8.3%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 8/50 = 16%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 4/6 = 66.7%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 4/6 = 66.7%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 26/30 = 86.7%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 79/82 = 96.3%

1st quarter
February reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – (no book - not attending meeting)
Sagamore Hills - The Nickel Boys (for March 2 meeting)
RBTW book club - The Nickel Boys (for March meeting)

Personal challenge:
7 books for 80 book personal reading goal (10/80) Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir, Chances Are..., You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump, Dear Martin, This Is How You Lose Her, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, I'm Fine and Neither Are You

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for TBR Jar Challenge (3/20) Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir, I'm Fine and Neither Are You
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (3/15) Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
1 books for Listopia Challenge (2/12) Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos) You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
1 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2019 Catch and Kill
1 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (8/50) Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (2/24) And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado

Quarterly:
1 books WRC: Historical Landmarks of California (4/6)

Monthly:
2 books for CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge - Auld Lang Syne (4/6) Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir, Chances Are...

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
1 books for Quilting Challenge (no deadline) Phase 3 (26/30) This Is How You Lose Her
1 books for Looking Back on 2018 (79/82) Dear Martin
1 books for Looking Back on 2019 (0/?) Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir

February reading

11. Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir read 2/3/2020 ★★★☆☆
12. Chances Are... read 2/8/2020 ★★★★☆
13. You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump read 2/8/2020 ★★★☆☆
14. Dear Martin read 2/10/2020 ★★★★☆
15. This Is How You Lose Her read 2/14/2020 ★★☆☆☆
16. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows read 2/15/2020 ★★★★☆
17. I'm Fine and Neither Are You read 2/17/2020 ★★★★☆
18. Two Dogs and a Suitcase: Clueless in Charente read 2/18/2020 ★★☆☆☆
19. And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado read 2/20/2020 ★★★★★
20. The Stars Are Fire read 2/24/2020 ★★★★☆
21. The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana read 2/28/2020 ★★★★☆

February Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 21/80 = 26.25%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 6/20 = 30%
Clear Your Shelves: 7/15 = 46.7%
Listopia Challenge: 4/12 = 33.3%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 3/24 = 12.5%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 18/50 = 36%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 5/6 = 83.3%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 4/72 tasks = 5.5%, 11/131 books = 8.4%

1st quarter
March reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – (no book - not attending meeting)
'Friends' Book Club - The Rent Collector
Sagamore Hills - The Nickel Boys (for March 2 meeting)
RBTW book club - The Nickel Boys

Personal challenge:
6 books for 80 book personal reading goal (21/80) The Nickel Boys, After I'm Gone, Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States, Sacred, The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, The Spectacular Now

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
1 books for TBR Jar Challenge (6/20) The Spectacular Now
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (7/15)
1 books for Listopia Challenge (4/12) Undone
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos) The Spectacular Now

Quarterly:

Monthly:
4 books for We Put a Spell On You The Nickel Boys, After I'm Gone, Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States, I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2019 The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do--and How to Get Them to Do What You Want
0 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (18/50)
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (3/24) The Nickel Boys, Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States

Quarterly:
1 books WRC: Historical Landmarks of California (5/6) Undone

Monthly:


Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline) After I'm Gone
4 books for Looking Back on 2019 (11/131) The Nickel Boys, After I'm Gone, Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States, Sacred

March reading

22. The Nickel Boys read 3/8/2020 ★★★★☆
23. After I'm Gone read 3/10/2020 ★★★★☆
24. Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States read 3/14/2020 ★★★★☆
25. Sacred read 3/15/2020 ★★★★☆
26. The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules read 3/15/2020 ★★★☆☆
27. The Spectacular Now read 3/19/2020 ★★★☆☆
28. The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do--and How to Get Them to Do What You Want 3/23/2020 ★★★☆☆
29. Undone read 3/23/2020 ★★★★☆
30. I Miss You When I Blink: Essays read 3/31/2020 ★★★★☆

Crazy Challenge Connection group
2020 Help Me Decide
Duration: Mar 28, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021

Link to the Challenge

Please use this shelf: Pick 4 Me book shelf

ROUND 1 : March 28 - picked by Karen
✓ Matchmaking for Beginners read 4/20/2020
Also recommended: Bless Her Heart, A Clear View of the Southern Sky, Dream Man

ROUND 2 : April 11 - picked by Agnieszka
X Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy DNF
✓ Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years read 4/13/2020
Also recommended: Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America, Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic, This Is My South: The Essential Travel Guide to the Southern States

ROUND 3 : April 25 - picked by Connie
✓ Woman in Blue read 4/29/2020
Also recommended: The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception

ROUND 4 : May 9 - picked by Katherine
✓ Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story read 5/23/2020
Also recommended: Hollow Kingdom, The Hanging Tree, The Secret Life of Sleep

ROUND 5 : May 23 - picked by Maggie
✓ The Hurricane Sisters read 6/13/2020
Also recommended: Cage of Stars, The Dutch House, A Man Named Dave

ROUND 6 : June 6 - picked by Barb
✓ Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist read 6/17/2020
Also recommended: Sarah's Quilt, Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America, See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics

ROUND 7 : June 20 - picked by Allie
✓ P.S. from Paris read 6/29/2020
Also recommeded: Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America, Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002

ROUND 8 : July 4 - picked to Jimena
✓ Behold the Dreamers read 7/28/2020
Also recommended: The Dutch House, Orphan Number Eight, Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America

ROUND 9 : July 18 - picked by Sugar Snap
✓ The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table read 9/29/2020
Also recommended: Pieces of Her, The Dutch House

ROUND 10 : August 1 - picked by Martha
✓ She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement read 8/29/2020
Also recommended: Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage, What She Left Behind, Her Last Letter

ROUND 11 : August 15 - picked by Bonita
✓ Dream Man 10/2/2020
Also recommended: The Rosie Result, Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic, Sarah's Quilt

ROUND 12 : August 29 - picked by Kathryn
✓ How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood read 10/17/2020
Also recommended: The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America

ROUND 13 : September 12 - picked by Katie
Pieces of Her
Also recommended: See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics, Orphan Number Eight, Her Last Letter

ROUND 14 : September 26 - picked by Karin
✓ The Lost Vintage read 10/16/2020
Also recommended: The Farm, What Remains True

ROUND 15 : October 10 - picked by Carrie
✓ The Memory Palace read 11/21/2020
Also recommended: All My Puny Sorrows, Life Drawing, Orphan Number Eight

ROUND 16 : October 24 - picked by Mandy
✓ The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores read 12/28/2020
Also recommended: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, The Farm

ROUND 17 : November 7 - picked by Angel
✓ All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir read 12/28/2020
Also recommended: I Never Thought I'd See You Again, A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools, The Gray House

ROUND 18 : November 21 - picked by Andrea
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools
Also recommended: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, Camino Mysteries, A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir

ROUND 19 : December 5 - picked by Joanne
✓ When All Is Said read 12/8/2020
Also recommended: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, The Silent Wife, All My Puny Sorrows

ROUND 20 : December 19 - picked by Agnieszka
See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics
Also recommended: Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities, The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran, Zeitoun

ROUND 21 : January 2 - picked by Helen
Camino Mysteries or
Staff Picks: Stories
Also recommended: Sarah's Quilt
The Rosie Result
Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage

ROUND 22 : January 16 - picked by Bonita
I Never Thought I'd See You Again
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Zeitoun
Inland

ROUND 23 : January 30 - post your suggestions by February 2
ROUND 24 : February 13 - post your suggestions by February 16
ROUND 25 : February 27 - post your suggestions by March 2
ROUND 26 : March 13 - post your suggestions by March 16

March Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 30/80 = 37.5%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 7/20 = 35%
Clear Your Shelves: 7/15 = 46.7%
Listopia Challenge: 5/12 = 41.6%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:
We Put a Spell on You Challenge: 4/4 = 100%

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 5/24 = 20.8%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 26/50 = 52%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 6/6 = 100%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 7/72 tasks = 9.7%, 20/131 books = 15.3%

2nd quarter
April reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – How to Stop Time
'Friends' Book Club - The Rent Collector
Sagamore Hills -
RBTW book club -

Personal challenge:
6 books for 80 book personal reading goal (30/80) Daughter of Moloka'i, Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II, Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years, How to Stop Time, Matchmaking for Beginners

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
1 books for TBR Jar Challenge (7/20) Daughter of Moloka'i
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (7/15) Matchmaking for Beginners
1 books for Listopia Challenge (5/12) Matchmaking for Beginners
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2020 Matchmaking for Beginners, Bonhoeffer
0 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (26/50)
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (5/24)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
4 books for Looking Back on 2019 (20/131) Daughter of Moloka'i, Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II, Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years, Matchmaking for Beginners

April reading

31. Daughter of Moloka'i read 4/2/2020 ★★★★☆
32. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II read 4/12/2020 ★★★☆☆
33. Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years read 4/13/2020 ★★★★☆
34. How to Stop Time read 4/18/2020 ★★★☆☆
35. Matchmaking for Beginners read 4/20/2020 ★★★★☆
36. This Is How It Always Is read 4/28/2020 ★★★★★
37. Woman in Blue read 4/29/2020 ★★★★☆

April Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 37/80 = 46.25%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 8/20 = 40%
Clear Your Shelves: 8/15 = 53.3%
Listopia Challenge: 6/12 = 50%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:
We Put a Spell on You Challenge: 4/4 = 100%

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 5/24 = 20.8%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 30/50 = 60%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 6/6 = 100%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 10/72 tasks = 13.9%, 27/131 books = 20.6%

2nd quarter
May reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – Something Like Happy
'Friends' Book Club - The Rent Collector
Sagamore Hills -
RBTW book club -

Personal challenge:
6 books for 80 book personal reading goal (37/80) Something Like Happy, Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving, The Rent Collector, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
1 books for TBR Jar Challenge (8/20)
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (8/15)
1 books for Listopia Challenge (6/12) Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2020
0 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (30/50)
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (5/24)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
4 books for Looking Back on 2019 (27/131) Something Like Happy, Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving, The Rent Collector, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

May reading

38. Something Like Happy read 5/6/2020 ★★★☆☆
39. Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving read 5/8/2020 ★★★★☆
40. The Rent Collector read 5/12/2020 ★★★★☆
41. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators read 5/19/2020 ★★★★★
42. Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions read 5/22/2020 ★★★☆☆
43. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story read 5/23/2020 ★★★☆☆

May Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 43/80 = 53.75%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 8/20 = 40%
Clear Your Shelves: 8/15 = 53.3%
Listopia Challenge: 7/12 = 58.3%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:
We Put a Spell on You Challenge: 4/4 = 100%

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 5/24 = 20.8%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 33/50 = 66%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 6/6 = 100%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 13/72 tasks = 18.1%, 34/131 books = 26%

2nd quarter
June reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club – An American Marriage
'Friends' Book Club - Olive Again
Sagamore Hills -
RBTW book club -

Personal challenge:
6 books for 80 book personal reading goal (43/80) Parkland: Birth of a Movement, Olive, Again, An American Marriage, The Hurricane Sisters, Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist, To Be Sung Underwater

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
1 books for TBR Jar Challenge (8/20) To Be Sung Underwater
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (8/15)
1 books for Listopia Challenge (7/12) Parkland: Birth of a Movement
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2020 The Hurricane Sisters, Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
0 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (33/50)
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (5/24)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
4 books for Looking Back on 2019 (34/131) Parkland: Birth of a Movement, Olive, Again, An American Marriage, The Hurricane Sisters

June reading

44. Parkland: Birth of a Movement read 6/1/2020 ★★★★☆
45. Olive, Again read 6/7/2020 ★★★★☆
46. An American Marriage read 6/8 2020 ★★★★☆
47. The Hurricane Sisters read 6/13/2020 ★★☆☆☆
48. Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist read 6/17/2020 ★★★★☆
49. To Be Sung Underwater read 6/24/2020 ★★★★☆
50. Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society read 6/28/2020 ★★★☆☆
51. P.S. from Paris read 6/29/2020 ★★★☆☆

June Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 51/80 = 63.75%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 9/20 = 45%
Clear Your Shelves: 9/15 = 60%
Listopia Challenge: 8/12 = 66.7%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:
We Put a Spell on You Challenge: 4/4 = 100%

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 5/24 = 20.8%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 35/50 = 70%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 6/6 = 100%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 18/72 tasks = 25%, 42/131 books = 32%

3rd quarter
July reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club
'Friends' Book Club - The Island of Sea Women
Sagamore Hills -
RBTW book club - Educated

Personal challenge:
5 books for 80 book personal reading goal (51/80) The Cage-maker, The Idiot, Educated, The Island of Sea Women

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
1 books for TBR Jar Challenge (9/20)
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (9/15) The Cage-maker
1 books for Listopia Challenge (8/12) Educated
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2020
0 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (35/50)
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (5/24)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
4 books for Looking Back on 2019 (42/131) The Cage-maker, The Idiot, Educated, The Island of Sea Women

July reading

52. The Cage-maker read 7/4/2020 ★★★☆☆
53. The Idiot read 7/5/2020 ★★☆☆☆
54. Educated read 7/13/2020 ★★★★☆
55. The Island of Sea Women read 7/16/2020 ★★★★☆
56. Behold the Dreamers read 7/28/2020 ★★★★☆

July Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 56/80 = 70%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 9/20 = 45%
Clear Your Shelves: 11/15 = 73.3%
Listopia Challenge: 9/12 = 75%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:
We Put a Spell on You Challenge: 4/4 = 100%

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 5/24 = 20.8%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 39/50 = 78%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 6/6 = 100%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 20/72 tasks = 27.8%, 47/131 books = 35.9%

3rd quarter
August reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club
'Friends' Book Club - The Story of Arthur Truluv
Sagamore Hills - She Caused a Riot
RBTW book club - The Silent Patient

Personal challenge:
5 books for 80 book personal reading goal (55/80) The Silent Patient, The Story of Arthur Truluv, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for TBR Jar Challenge (9/20) She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, She Caused a Riot
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (11/15) The Story of Arthur Truluv
1 books for Listopia Challenge (9/12) The Silent Patient
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos) The Gray House or The Secret Life of Sleep

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2020 She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, The Best Cook in the World
2 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (39/50) Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (5/24)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
6 books for Looking Back on 2019 (47/131) The Silent Patient, The Story of Arthur Truluv, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

You're doing a perfect job of pacing yourself for the year!
Hope you are enjoying all your books. :D

August reading

57. The Silent Patient read 8/10/2020 ★★★★☆
58. The Story of Arthur Truluv read 8/14/2020 ★★★★☆
59. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement read 8/29/2020 ★★★★☆
60. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man read 8/29/2020 ★★★★☆

August Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 60/80 = 75%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 10/20 = 50%
Clear Your Shelves: 12/15 = 80%
Listopia Challenge: 11/12 = 91.7%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:
We Put a Spell on You Challenge: 4/4 = 100%

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 5/24 = 20.8%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 40/50 = 80%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 6/6 = 100%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 21/72 tasks = 29.2%, 51/131 books = 38.9%

3rd quarter
September reading plans

Book clubs:
Over 50 Tucker Book Club - Oona Out of Order
'Friends' Book Club - City of Girls
Sagamore Hills - (free read)
RBTW book club - (no book)

Personal challenge:
5 books for 80 book personal reading goal (60/80) She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It, City of Girls, Oona Out of Order, Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
3 books for TBR Jar Challenge (10/20) She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It, The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table, Dream Man
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (12/15) She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It
0 books for Listopia Challenge (11/12)
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos) The Gray House or The Secret Life of Sleep

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
2 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2020 The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table, Dream Man
3 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (40/50) She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It, City of Girls, Oona Out of Order
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (5/24)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
6 books for Looking Back on 2019 (51/131) She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It, City of Girls, Oona Out of Order, Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table

September reading

61. She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It read 9/3/2020 ★★☆☆☆
62. City of Girls read 9/12/2020 ★★𗰿#9733☆
63. Oona Out of Order read 9/13/2020 ★★★★☆
64. Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2 read 9/14/2020 ★★★☆☆
65. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed read 9/19/2020 ★★★★★
66. The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table read 9/29/2020 ★★★★☆

September Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 66/80 = 82.5%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 12/20 = 60%
Clear Your Shelves: 13/15 = 86.7%
Listopia Challenge: 11/12 = 91.7%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:
We Put a Spell on You Challenge: 4/4 = 100%

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 5/24 = 20.8%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 45/50 = 90%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 6/6 = 100%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 25/72 tasks = 34.7%, 57/131 books = 43.5%

4th quarter
October reading plans

Book clubs:
Keep on Reading Book Club - The Dutch House
Sagamore Hills -
RBTW book club - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Personal challenge:
5 books for 80 book personal reading goal (66/80) Dream Man, Rage, The Dutch House. The Lost Vintage, How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
3 books for TBR Jar Challenge (12/20) Dream Man, Life Drawing
1 books for Clear Your Shelves Challenge (13/15) Dream Man
0 books for Listopia Challenge (11/12)
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos) Life Drawing
The Gray House or The Secret Life of Sleep

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
3 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2020 Dream Man, The Lost Vintage, How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood
2 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (45/50) Rage, How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (5/24)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
6 books for Looking Back on 2019 (57/131) Dream Man, Rage, The Dutch House, The Lost Vintage, How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood, The Best of Us

October reading

67. Dream Man read 10/2/2020 ★★★☆☆
68. Rage read 10/7/2020 ★★★★★
69. The Dutch House read 10/13/2020 ★★★★☆
70. The Lost Vintage read 10/16/2020 ★★★☆☆
71. How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood read 10/17/2020 ★★★☆☆
72. The Best of Us read 10/18/2020 ★★★★★
73. Life Drawing read 10/25/2020 ★★★★☆

October Wrap-up

Personal challenges:
80 book reading goal: 73/80 = 91.25%

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
TBR Jar Challenge: 14/20 = 70%
Clear Your Shelves: 15/15 = 100%
Listopia Challenge: 11/12 = 91.7%
Genre Bingo: 0/2 = 0%

Quarterly:

Monthly:
We Put a Spell on You Challenge: 4/4 = 100%

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
Book Riot Read Harder: 5/24 = 20.8%
WRC: 20x20 Challenge: 48/50 = 96%

Quarterly:
WRC: Historical Landmarks of California: 6/6 = 100%

Monthly:
CCC: January 2020 Spell Challenge: 6/6 = 100%

Ongoing:
CCC: Quilting Challenge Phase 3: 30/30 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2018: 82/82 = 100%
CCC: Looking Back on 2019: 27/72 tasks = 37.5%, 64/131 books = 48.9%

4th quarter
November reading plans

Book clubs:
Keep on Reading Book Club - Normal People
Sagamore Hills -
RBTW book club - The Yellow House

Personal challenge:
4 books for 80 book personal reading goal (73/80) Carolina Moon, Normal People, The Memory Palace, Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump, The Best of Adam Sharp, Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

Group Challenges:
Yearly:
3 books for TBR Jar Challenge (14/20) The Memory Palace

1 books for Listopia Challenge (11/12) The Memory Palace
1 book for Genre Bingo Challenge (0/2 bingos)
The Gray House or The Secret Life of Sleep

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Other Group Challenges:
Yearly:
3 books for CCC: Help Me Decide 2020 The Memory Palace
1 books for WRC: 20x20 Challenge (48/50)
2 books for Book Riot Challenge (5/24)

Quarterly:

Monthly:

Ongoing:
Crazy Challenge Connection group:
1 book for Scrabble, Anyone? (no deadline)
6 books for Looking Back on 2019 (64/131) Carolina Moon, Normal People, The Memory Palace, Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump, The Best of Adam Sharp, Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady

November reading

74. Carolina Moon read 11/3/2020 ★★★★☆
75. Normal People read 11/17/2020 ★★★☆☆
76. The Memory Palace read 11/21/2020 ★★☆☆☆
77. Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump read 11/24/2020 ★★★☆☆
78. The Best of Adam Sharp read 11/25/2020 ★★★☆☆
79. Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady read 11/29/2020 ★★★☆☆