2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

I'm aiming for 140 books in 2015!
and 40,000 pages!

TOTAL:
97/140
37636/40,000

YEARLY CHALLENGES:
Randomizer 3/12
Non fiction bingo 5/24
Listopia 8/24
I Spy 8/25
#readwomen2015 14/35
Aussie Authors 2/24
PopSugar 0/52

QUARTERLY CHALLENGES:
jan-mar, one two buckle my shoe: 12/12

MONTHLY CHALLENGES:
feb, saints: 5/5
feb, 6000+ members: 2/4
apr, chocolate: 3/6

Randomizer challenge

214 Servant of the Bones✔
515 California
046 True History of the Kelly Gang✔
208 Reaper Man✔
314 The Yiddish Policemen's Union✔
175 Forest of Dreams: The Laylines Trilogy✔
378 In Search of the Blue Tiger✔
232 The Last Time They Met✔
398 The Sisters Brothers✔
301 Children of Liberty✔
184 Monstrous Regiment✔
290 The Mystery of Mercy Close✔

Non fiction bingo challenge


COMPLETE
Music/entertainment The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Food Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Current Affairs/Politics Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands
Humour Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology
Nature/Ecology The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Women's The Wife Drought
Cultural/Social Issues Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

History One Summer: America, 1927
Memoir Bad Feminist: Essays
Biography The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Psychology 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
Sports Yoga XXL
Health/Medical Yoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind and Heal Your Chronic Pain
Relationships Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
Pop Culture Celebrity The Fictional Woman
Self Help Manage Your Pain 3rd Edition
Science What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Philosophy The Mindfulness Solution to Pain: Step-By-Step Techniques for Chronic Pain Management
Religion/Spirituality How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers


NOT COMPLETE
True Crime This House of Grief
True adventure Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Journalism You're Never Weird on the Internet
Travel Pole to Pole
Business

LISTOPIA

I am doing 12 books each from 2 lists


New York Times 100 notable books of 2014

1.The Book of Strange New Things✔
2.The Paying Guests✔
3.The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History✔
4.The Bone Clocks✔
5.Lila✔
6.The Book of Unknown Americans✔
7.Euphoria✔
8.A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing✔
9.10:04✔
10.Nora Webster✔
11.The Narrow Road to the Deep North✔
12.The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History✔


Modern Australian Literature

1.Burial Rites✔
2.The Rosie Project✔
3.Big Little Lies✔
4.On the Jellicoe Road✔
5.All That I Am✔
6.True History of the Kelly Gang✔
7.The Bodysurfers✔
8.The Idea of Perfection✔
9.The Slap✔
10.The Narrow Road to the Deep North✔
11.
12.

I SPY CHALLENGE: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔1. Color - A Spool of Blue Thread
✔2. Number - The Three-Body Problem
✔3. Things That Grow - Forest of Dreams: The Laylines Trilogy
✔4. Seasons - Winter of the World
✔5. First Name - The Rosie Project
✔6. Places - Looking for AlaskaCalifornia
✔7. Body Part - Servant of the Bones
✔8. Weapon - Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
✔9. Body of Water - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
✔10. Form of Water - The Snow Child
✔11. Product of Fire - A Breath of Snow and Ashes
✔12. Celestial Body - The Girl Who Chased the Moon
✔13. Architecture - Station Eleven
✔14. Senses - Sweet Tooth
✔15. Royal Title - The Count of Monte Cristo
✔16. Family Member - The Sisters Brothers
✔17. Elements - Ox-Tales: Fire
✔18. Time of Day - Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
✔19. Metal - Gold
✔20. Emotion/Feeling - Euphoria
✔21. Animal/Insect - The Eye of the Sheep
✔22. Something to Read - The Book of Strange New Things
✔23. Gender Identifier - The Girl with All the Gifts
✔24. Paranormal Being - Reaper Man
✔25. Occupation - The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

8/25

AUSSIE AUTHORS: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


1. Fantasy - Bitter Greens and Forest of Dreams: The Laylines Trilogy
2. History - True History of the Kelly Gang and Euphoria
3. Short Stories - The Bodysurfers and Like a House on Fire
4. Chick Lit - Three Wishes and Big Little Lies
5. Contemporary - The Slap✔ and Oyster
6. Literary - In Search of the Blue Tiger and Past the Shallows
7. Horror - Resurrectionists and The Opposite of Life
8. Young Adult - On the Jellicoe Road and Does My Head Look Big In This?✔
9. Crime - Burial Rites✔ and something by Kerry Greenwood
10. Humour - The Rosie Project✔ and The Rosie Effect
11. Romance - Shiver and The Idea of Perfection
12. Memoir - Love Your Sister and Shantaram

#readwomen2015
13/35

1.Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
2.China Dolls by Lisa See
3.The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
4.Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
5. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
6. The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob
7. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
8. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
9. Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology by Caroline Paul
10. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
11. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
12. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
13. Canterbury tales by Susanna Davidson
14. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Quarter 1 challenge: 1,2 buckle my shoe
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[1] finish a series Allegiant✔
[2] read a new genre or author The Rosie Project✔
[3] finish a previously unfinished book The Count of Monte Cristo✔
[4] read a trilogy or small series Fall of Giants✔ + Winter of the World✔ + Edge of Eternity✔
[5] read the thickest book on your tbr A Breath of Snow and Ashes✔
[6] read an old favorite Children of Liberty✔
[7] read a romance novel Us✔
[8] read a book that takes place in a prairie or has food on the cover Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life✔
[9] read a book you've been waiting to read The Book of Strange New Things✔
[10] read the last book on your tbr Time and Time Again✔

READING UPDATE

First five books of the year

1. The Pact 512pp
This book is really horrible. (view spoiler)[ The message is that if you have been assaulted you should be depressed and if you are depressed you should kill yourself. Don't even try any counseling or treatment, just shoot yourself in the head. And if you're boyfriend is pressuring you to have sex when you don't want to, it is totally your fault and there is something unfixably wrong with you so you should kill yourself so he can find someone who will put out. (hide spoiler)]

2. The Rosie Project 295pp
3. The Slap 570pp
4. Sweet Tooth 320pp
Boring! I have no interest in espionage but I thought I would like anything by ian mcewan. Nope. The ending was quite good but really not worth reading the other 300 pages.

5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane 181pp
My favorite Neil Gaiman book so far.

*1878 pages / 5 books so far*

Good luck with your challenges, Meg! It looks like you've got some really great books planned out.

What did you think of The Ocean at the End of the Lane? I read that last year and really enjoyed it.

Thanks Cassandra - I have spent so much time planning that I have hardly been reading! I loved The Ocean at the End of the Lane - probably my favourite Neil Gaiman ever!

Yeah, I definitely have the problem of spending more time on Goodreads than actually reading, so I know what you mean!

Now that you mention it, I think it might be my favorite Gaiman work as well. I picked him for my complete works author, though, so I still have several of his books to get through before I can be sure.

Cool! I'll follow your progress to see if any of his others stand out (although I would probably like to read all of his books eventually anyway).

Awesome! I'll try to remember to let you know.

READING UPDATE

6. Winter of the World 940pp
7. The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made 270pp
This book was absolutely hilarious. All fans of The Room should read this - the movie makes so much sense now. Actually the movie still makes no sense, and neither does the unique and fascinating Tommy P Wiseau. Room co-star Greg Sestero provides an insight into the man behind the movie and the incredible way the movie was made. If you haven't seen The Room, watch it, watch it again, then read this.

*3088 pages / 7 books so far*

READING UPDATE

8.Burial Rites 336pp
9.China Dolls 376pp
A bit disappointing - I thought it would be better
10.The Girl Who Chased the Moon 269pp
This was my first book by Sarah Addison Allen and it won't be my last. It was light and fluffy and as sweet as snuggling into a big piece of cake. Nice touches of fantasy, romance, and mystery. Easy and enjoyable to read.


*4069 pages / 10 books so far*

Meg wrote: "8.Burial Rites 336pp
9.China Dolls 376pp
A bit disappointing - I thought it would be better
10.The Girl Who Chased the Moon 269pp
This was my first bo..."

I felt the same way about China Dolls. And I'm reading Sarah Addison Allen for the complete works challenge. Lost Lake is one of my fav books from last year!

Megan wrote: "
Sarah Addison Allen is a new author to me, one I learned about from this group actually. Megan, it looks like we have pretty similar taste, and you're doing the complete works challenge for a couple of other authors I have never heard of. I think I'll have to add them to my tbr list!

I just updated my challenge from 140 to 120. Given that I read 130 last year, I thought it would be wrong to let myself off so light.

READING UPDATE

11.Does My Head Look Big In This? 360pp
Amal is a normal Aussie teenager - worried about friends, boys, parents, school - with the additional complication that she is a Muslim girl and has decided to start wearing the hijab full-time. The book started off well, I really liked Amal - she was cool and self-assured and funny. But she started to annoy me after a while, she was a bit too perfect, a bit of a self-righteous goody goody. There also wasn't really much of a story-line; the decision to wear a hijab and what followed was interesting, but not much happened after that, it just revisited the same thing over and over. Still, fans of YA fiction will probably find it a decent read.
12. The Book of Strange New Things 500pp
What an interesting book, full of strange new ideas. I knew nothing about it when I started reading it, and I think that was the right way. So I won't tell you what it is about. The slow and suspense-full reveal in the beginning set up the book wonderfully, I couldn't put it down. From there it gets both darker and more wondrous as the story unravels and you get to know the characters and the world around them.

* 4929 pages / 12 books so far*

February Challenge: The Saints Go Marching In

Aiming for 5
5/5

1. Read a book about music, or someone who is falsely accused of something.
Station Eleven is about a traveling symphony: read 1/2/15

2. Read a book where the main characters give into their vices or evil or read a book where nature or animals is an important part of the story.

3. Read a book about a fierce battle or war.

4. Read a book about slavery or read a book that takes place in Ireland.

5. Read a story where the main character struggles with and overcomes his or her own faults, whether they be physical, emotional, personality or other faults.

6. Read a book where there is an angel or other paranormal being or read a book where someone is sentenced to death. Servant of the Bones

7. Read a book where people live a simple life and do not have a luxurious lifestyle or read a book about royalty. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

8. Read a book about an arranged marriage or read a book about prostitution. Frog Music

9. Read a book about a character who runs away, or read a book where someone drastically changes his or her appearance.

10. Read a book about some kind of suffering or read a book that contains a miracle. The Satanic Verses

READING UPDATE

13. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 413pp
I found it very difficult to follow what was happening. Not sure whether it was because of A) the way I read it - I tend to zone out a bit in audiobooks, and also there was a one month gap in the middle for me when I was on holidays, or B) there actually wasn't much of a plot to get.
That said, I actually enjoyed this book! It was quite funny and the characters were interesting, so I almost felt like having a storyline was a secondary consideration. I liked the humourous adaptations of biblical mythology - like Famine, one of the four horsemen, being a marketer of diet products.
14. Us 400pp
15. Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion de desesperada y cien sonetos de amor 160pp
Read in Spanish!
16. The Martian 384pp
Exciting. Gripping. Could not stop reading.
17. Station Eleven 333pp
18. The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing 512pp

* 7133 pages / 18 books so far*

READING UPDATE

19. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 370pp
1.5 stars. This book was quite infuriating. The concept is great; the book begins with a very important argument and evidence for the benefits of eating local food, an idea I certainly support. The first chapter was educational. However, after that nothing new was revealed, it told the story of Barbara Kingsolver and her family's year long experiment in eating only local food. The problem with this is that she writes it as if the only reason everyone doesn't eat local food is because they are too stupid to know better. She doesn't seem to realise that not everyone can live on a farm and dedicate themselves to perfection. She seems convinced that if she just says that it is better everyone will do it. Her sickeningly perfect family's experience is totally unrelatable. I know that growing and cooking your own vegetables is better, but if there is one thing I hate more than cooking, it's gardening. And sorry, but I actually do think that high calorie delicious processed foods are tastier and easier than growing your own salad from scratch. It's such a shame because I love Kingsolver's fiction - she is one of my favourite writers. I hope this doesn't put me off.

20. All the Bright Places 384pp
3 stars. I had high expectations for this book, which were not met. This is a character-driven YA romance/tragedy. But I didn't feel anything for the characters so therefore I found the romance awkward and the tragedy had no effect on me. It's a boy and girl, she's popular, he's on the outside, he's quirky, she's smart, they have problems with the popular kids and their parents. It was all just obvious. It was like the characters had been pulled from a mental health website; 'this is how suicidal people behave' mixed with token YA themes. I actively disliked him and she was incredibly dull. This book has been called Eleanor & Park meets The Fault in Our Stars. I can see how it was trying to be that. But those two books are incredible books. This book was not those books.

* 7887 pages / 20 books so far*

POP SUGAR READING CHALLENGE
1) A book with more than 500 pages
2) A classic romance
3) A book that became a movie
4) A book published this year
5) A book with a number in the title
6) A book written by someone under 30
7) A book with non human characters
8) A funny book
9)A book by a female author
10) A mystery or thriller
11) A book with a one word title
12)A book of short stories
13) A book set in a different country
14) A nonfiction book
15) A popular author's first book
16) A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet
17) A book a friend recommended
18) A Pulitzer Prize winning book
19) A book based on a true story
20) A book at the bottom of your to-read list
21) A book your mom loves
22) A book that scares you
23)A book more than 100 years old
24) A book chosen based entirely on it's cover
25) A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
26) A memoir
27) A book you can finish in a day
28) A book with antonyms in the title
29) A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
30) A book that came out the year you were born
31) A book with bad reviews
32) A trilogy
33) A book from your childhood
34) A book with a love triangle
35) A book set in the future
36) A book set in high school
37) A book with a color in the title
38) A book that made you cry
39) A book with magic
40) A graphic novel
41) A book by an author you've never read before
42) A book you own but haven't read yet
43) A book that takes place in your hometown (or surrounding area)
44) A book that was originally written in a different language
45) A book set during Christmas
46) A book by an author with your same initials
47) A play
48) A banned book
49) A book based on or turned into a TV show
50) A book you started but never finished

READING UPDATE

21. The Paying Guests 576pp
Fantastic - 5 stars
22. Tony Wheeler's Bad Lands 327pp
23. The Cautious Amorist 300pp
24. The Satanic Verses 561pp
25. Servant of the Bones 416pp
26. Frog Music 416pp

* 10487 pages / 26 books so far*

READING UPDATE

27. Allegiant 526pp
Although I loved Divergent, I found the last two books in the series to be really boring.
28. The Mystery of Mercy Close 505pp
Marian Keyes is always great and she just keeps getting better. This book was funny, original and a great read.
29. Big Little Lies 460pp
A really great read - I was surprised by how much I liked it. It was funny without being flippant and tackled really serious topics alongside everyday problems. It was drama without melodrama. The characters were each unique and individual without being caricatures. they were all believable and mostly likable. The plot was paced and structured beautifully, with the whole book building suspense towards the final big ending.
30. Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology 176pp

* 12160 pages / 30 books so far*

READING UPDATE

31. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 319pp
Definitely worth reading. An interesting overview of the science and history of extinction, focusing on the current human-driven mass extinction
32. Tell the Wolves I'm Home 360pp
moving and enjoyable
33. The Miniaturist 416pp
A really great story - strong character development, moving and realistic relationships, and an engaging magical-realist mystery.
34. Edge of Eternity 1098pp
This really pales in comparison with the first book of the trilogy. The history and politics just weren't as engaging and the characters didn't seem to be as well connected to their times. Their stories and personalities were just pale reflections of their revolutionary grandparents. There was still value in reading this, but it was just far too long.
35. Sharp Objects 272pp
Wow. Chilling, terrifying, exciting, painful, moving. A very well written thriller. And I don't even like thrillers.

*14637 pages / 35 books so far*

How did you like Frog Music? I was going to read that last year but couldn't find it after it came out.

Alison wrote: "How did you like Frog Music? I was going to read that last year but couldn't find it after it came out."

It was good mostly. 3.5 or 4 stars for me. Fairly depressing though - lots of terrible things happen and none of the characters are very nice. I've read two of her other books - Room and The Sealed Letter. It was different to both of those. I liked it a lot better than the Sealed Letter but not as much as Room.

READING UPDATE

36. Children of Liberty 432pp
37. The Count of Monte Cristo 1276pp
Well I finally finished it. *huge sigh of relief*
38. A Breath of Snow and Ashes 1410pp
Long and plotless narrative, interspersed with unconnected melodramatic incidents. I loved the first few books in this series but I think it is time to let it go.

*17755 pages / 38 books so far*

READING UPDATE

39. Time and Time Again 400pp
This book had everything! Historical fiction, science fiction, dystopia, mystery, thriller, politics, romance and a very cool main character. It was a real page turner and just kept evolving to surprise you with a new twist. It was very meta and just the right amount of dark.
40. The Silver Linings Playbook 289pp
41. Canterbury tales 158pp

*18602 pages / 41 books so far*

April Challenge: CHOCOLATE!
1. Cacao: Read a book with a character who is bitter or resentful. She's Come Undone
4. Unsweetened Chocolate: Read a book with a controlling character. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
5. Bittersweet Chocolate: Read a book where a character goes by different names or has multiple personalities. The Bone Clocks

READING UPDATE

42. The Bone Clocks 640pp
Intelligent and well plotted, bone clocks makes the paranormal believable. The story spans decades and countries from Australia to Iraq as it follows the lives and deaths of a one woman - Holly Sykes - and the people who have an impact on her life. Like Cloud Atlas it is ambitious and meaningful, but it is thankfully much easier to read and enjoy than Cloud Atlas.
43. On the Jellicoe Road 290pp
An enjoyable read with a few mysteries to uncover. It started off a bit confusing but somehow it was still fairly obvious what would happen. I found a lot of the teenage characters too heroic and noble to be real, and the total absence of interesting or responsible adult characters was also a bit of a flaw.
44. The Museum of Extraordinary Things 368pp
Dreamy and poetic with a solid historical setting in new york of 1911. My only problem with this book is that the switching from 1st to third person and back and forth in time was unnecessary and a little off putting. Otherwise I loved the story, the setting, and the characters. 4.5 stars
45. She's Come Undone 465pp
Entertaining and easy to read, but too superficial and obvious to be relatable or memorable
46. A Tale for the Time Being 422pp
If Zen Buddhism and Quantum Physics got together to write a beautiful novel, this is what they would come up with. A Hello Kitty lunchbox washes up on the shore of Canada, inside is the diary of a Japanese teenager who muses on the meaning of the Time Being. This novel tackles suicide, the Japanese tsunami, modern information and communication, war, bullying, garbage, and wild animals, and does it all in a light hearted and truthful voice.

*20787 pages / 46 books so far*

READING UPDATE
47. The Invention of Wings 384pp
Well written and enjoyable read. Not as deep/depressing as a book about slavery could have been.
48. The Bodysurfers 168pp
A decent collection of stories, some were quite good. But I find with short stories they have to be amazing to be truly memorable and I'm not sure that these will be.

READING UPDATE

49. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 256pp
50. The Book of Unknown Americans 286pp
51. The Wife Drought 288pp
52. The Nightingale 440pp

*22591 pages / 52 books so far*

I am so behind on updating this thread so I am going to do it in brief....

REST OF APRIL
53. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
54. Will Grayson, Will Grayson
55. The Snow Child
56. The Girl with All the Gifts

Favourite book read in April: A Tale for the Time Being

MAY
57. The Silkworm
58. The Narrow Road to the Deep North
59. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
60. How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers
61. The Girl on the Train
62. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
63. The Mindfulness Solution to Pain: Step-By-Step Techniques for Chronic Pain Management
64. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
65. The Pesthouse
66. Manage Your Pain 3rd Edition
67. The Rosie Effect
68. The Savage Detectives
69. The Midwife's Confession
70. A Thousand Pieces of You
71. Monstrous Regiment
72. The Sisters Brothers
73. Looking for Alaska
74. The Idea of Perfection

Favourite book read in May: The Rosie Effect

JUNE
75. The Buried Giant
76. Vanishing Girls
77. The Three-Body Problem
78. Bad Feminist: Essays
79. Euphoria
80. Yoga XXL: A Journey to Health for Bigger People
81. Gold
82. 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
83. Still Life with Bread Crumbs
84. The Alienist
85. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
86. A Darker Shade of Magic
87. I'll Give You the Sun
88. Something Borrowed

Favourite book read in June: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

JULY
89. Ox-Tales: Fire
90. The Ghost Bride
91. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
92. The Sparrow
93. Hausfrau
94. A Spool of Blue Thread
95. The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
96. Find Me
97. The Fictional Woman

Favourite book read in July so far: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Now on 97 books and 37636 pages

I love that you list your favorite book of the month! That's great news for me- I've just added a ton of new books to my TBR. :)

Your April book is one of my new FAVORITES! I listened to A Tale for the Time Being on audiobook. Ruth Ozeki was reading it, and I felt like I was really able to understand the characters thanks to her narration.

JULY continued....
98. Reaper Man
99. Yoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind and Heal Your Chronic Pain
100. A Little Life
101. The Waves
102. The Strays
103. Go Set a Watchman
104. At the Water's Edge

Favourite book read in July: At the Water's Edge

AUGUST
105. Nora Webster
106. Shades of Grey
107. One Summer: America, 1927
108. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
109. A Reunion of Ghosts
110. Norweigan Wood
111. Fifty Shades of Grey
112. The Story of Beautiful Girl
113. Garden Spells
114. The Interestings
115. And Then There Were None
116. First Frost
117. Feed
118. Soul Mountain

Favourite book read in August: A Reunion of Ghosts

SEPTEMBER
119. True History of the Kelly Gang
120. The Edible Woman
121. Dietland
122. I Was Here
123. Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
124. A God in Ruins
125. Island Beneath the Sea
126. The Anchoress
127. The Fishermen
128. In Search of the Blue Tiger
129. A Wrinkle in Time

Favourite book read in September: The Fishermen

OCTOBER
130. The Country of Ice Cream Star
131. The Eye of the Sheep
132. The Marriage of Opposites
133. In the Unlikely Event
134. Blood (The Ashuak Chronicles, #1)
135. The Last Time They Met
136. The Book of Speculation
137. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
138. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
139. The Heart Goes Last
140. The Rest of Us Just Live Here
141. Everything I Never Told You
142. Forest of Dreams: The Laylines Trilogy

Favourite book read in October: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

CONGRATS! Great job making your challenge goal-- with almost 2 full months left! Do you plan on increasing your goal, or just keep reading on without the pressure of goal achievement?