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January - New Year's Resolutions
🎩Welcome to the new reading year!🎩
And welcome to this challenge! I’m looking forward to seeing the books you choose to help make the most of 2021.
To have your challenge updated on the participants list, please post an update comment. Be sure to include both your original message number and progress:
Example: Updated msg #10: 2/8
If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. Thanks!
I will post updates on Thursdays and Sundays.
Hope you enjoy starting off 2021 with us!
📍Making Resolutions📍
Blagica Msg#61 0/2
Connie Msg #43 0/?
Ella Msg #48 0/5
Gem Msg #37 0/2
Joelyn Msg #63 0/1
Karin (1) Msg #19 0/10
Karin (2) Msg #24 0/4
Lacey Msg #25 0/6
Nadia Msg #46 0/10
Rob Msg #58 0/4
Tamara Msg #35 0/6
Tammy Msg #52 0/10
✨Achieving Resolutions✨
Anne #73 1/3
Cassie Msg #23 1/4
Heather Msg #44 3/5
Jaida Msg #15 7/10
Katy Msg #36 2/3
Kelly Msg #31 3/4
Kylie Msg #8 4/7
Leena Msg #6 5/6
Lindsey #67 6/10
Lucy Msg #12 2/3
Mannie Msg #40 6/10
Mirliz Msg #102 2/3
Nell Msg #21 3/4
Sara Msg #33 4/5
Suzanne Msg #110 5/10
Treepwood Msg #93 4/5
Wolf Msg #53 2/10
🌟Completed Resolutions🌟
Alison Msg #45 7/7
Allie Msg #59 6/5
Alyana Pearl Msg #13 4/4
Ashleigh Msg #30 2/2
Carmen Msg #14 9/8
Dubhease Msg #10 2/2
EatSleepReadReview Msg #54 5/5
Gail Msg #49 4/4
Gretchen Msg #22 3/3
Irphen Msg #26 3/3
Jennifer #126 10/10
Johanne Msg #83 5/5
Kay Msg#107 5/5
Laura Jane Msg #57 5/5
Laurie Msg #51 4/4
Library Msg #28 5/5
Lisa Msg #18 1/1
Luci Renee Msg #47 4/4
Lynn Msg #27 5/5
Megan BG Msg #34 4/4
Melissa Msg #32 10/10
Mie Msg #4 6/4
Nicole Msg #55 5/5
Nikki Msg #79 3/3
Oshizu Msg #11 9/6
Rachael Msg #5 3/3
Rebecca Msg #17 10/10
Regina Msg #16 3/3
Sarah Msg #42 10/10
Sunny Msg #3 5/5
Tania Msg #171 5/5
Terry Jane Msg #20 10/10
Tresdivas Msg #39 7/4
Ziggy Msg #7 3/3
📚Resolutionaries: 16/63
🎈Resolutions Reached: 242/274
🌟Completed 34/50
5/5📕4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs. B is for Burglar
📕5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited. Murder at the Vicarage
📕6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020. Doomsday Book
📕9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun. Murder in Volume
📕10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre. The Roman Hat Mystery
What a great challenge to kickstart the year! The libraries have unfortunately closed down again here, but I have found some ebooks and audiobooks to fit 🤗Please sign me up for 4 books 📚
Personal thread - 6/4 - COMPLETE ✔️
📗 1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
Det er bare en virus: Vilde beretninger om virus og kampen mod dem
📗 2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
The Little Shop of Happy Ever After
📗 5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place you've never visited.
The Christmas Sisters
📗 6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2019.
The Nursing Home Murder
📗 9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
Troubled Blood
📗 10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
Den tavse enke
I will sign up for three books please.COMPLETED: 3/3
✔️ Stop procrastinating - Read that book that you meant to read in 2020: Magician finished 24 January, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ Read a serial novel: Midnight Sun (Twilight #5) finished 8 January ⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ Be nice to yourself - Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre (fantasy): The Last Wish finished 7 January, ⭐⭐⭐
Im in for 6progress 6/6
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
Hope springs Eternal : Heroine is a very positive person.
2. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs. Both MCs train for marathon
3. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
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4. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
5. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a newh series or continue with one you've already begun.
Part 1 of 2
6. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
I liked the first book a lot so couldn't pass up the second part.
Sign me up for 7! Progress 4 / 71. Vintage Shoes: Collecting and Wearing Twentieth-Century Designer Footwear by Caroline Cox
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5. Go Somewhere New - Paris & New York. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
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9. The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
10. A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
I've written down all the names through Msg #8. I'll update everything Dec 30th.Happy Holidays!
Sign me up for 2.Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
1 Final Girls- January 5
A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
2. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - January 22
Thanks so much for leading, Sunny!Please sign me up for six books! I keep forgetting that my New Year's resolution for 2021 is "Do not over-commit," haha.
Progress: 9/6 (completed 15 Jan)
✔️1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
✔️2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve . The Pine Islands (travel)
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
✔️4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs. Bloody Waters
✔️5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited. Blanche on the Lam (N. Carolina)
✔️6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
The Wall of Storms
✔️7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts. Little Siberia (museum)
✔️8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier. The Vegetarian
✔️9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
Faithful Place
✔️10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre. Newcomer (mystery)
My planning post
sign me up for 3 books!progress: 1/3
✓ Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020: Fahrenheit 451
✓ Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun: Hollow City
❏ Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre (fantasy/magical realism): The Midnight Library
Hi Sunny! Please sign me up for 4 books. Thank you ☺️
Hola, Sunny!Count me in please 😉
Let's start the New Year with hope and books! 🤗
PROGRESS: 10/8 🎉
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme: The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life✔
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth): El laberinto de los espíritus (Libraries, books, and reading, of course) ✔
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby: The Cross-Country Quilters✔
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs. The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM✔
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited: Palace Walk (Egypt)✔
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020: Rayuela✔
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts. 50 palos: ... y sigo soñando✔
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier: Some Enchanted Éclair✔
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun: Frost at Christmas ✔
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre: Died in the Wool✔
hi, please sign me up for 10 books!Progress: 10 / 10
What is your biggest hope for 2021? ✔︎
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
What's your idea of a dream vacation? ✔︎
Corrupt
Explore new hobbies. ✔︎
City of Lost Souls
Take the stairs. ✔︎
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
Go somewhere new. ✔︎
City of Ashes
Stop procrastinating. ✔︎
The Gunslinger
Get artsy. ✔︎
City of Bones
Eat healthier. ✔︎
All in Pieces
Read a serial novel. ✔︎
City of Glass
Be nice to yourself. ✔︎
City of Fallen Angels
Hi Sunny, please sign me up for 3 books. :)
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✅5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited. The End of the Wasp Season--Scotland
✅9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun. Raven Black
✅10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre. Death in the Andamans
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✅5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited. The End of the Wasp Season--Scotland
✅9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun. Raven Black
✅10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre. Death in the Andamans
Progress: 10/10
Hey. I'm game for 1 book for this challenge. Thank you.
Thought I signed up already -- I'm in for 10 books NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
Duration: January 1 to 31, 2021
What are your hopes for the new year? January offers the perfect opportunity to reprioritize our personal goals by considering new practices for daily living.
Let's make the most of 2021!
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS - Monthly ChallengeDuration: January 1 - January 31, 2021
Progress: 10/10 -- COMPLETE
🥂 1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
🥂 2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
High Country Yosemite National Park hotel, camping and trails
🥂 3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
A Murderous Yarnneedlecrafts
🥂 4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
Borderline hiking, climbing, white water rafting
🥂 5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
Aunty Lee's Delights Singapore
🥂 6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
Hard Truth
🥂 7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
The Painted Girls Paris Opera
🥂 8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
Breaking Up with Sugar: Divorce the Diets, Drop the Pounds, and Live Your Best Life
🥂 9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
Winter Study
🥂 10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
The Nightingale
I'm in for 4 books.NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
Duration: January 1 to 31, 2021
Progress: 8/4
What are your hopes for the new year? January offers the perfect opportunity to reprioritize our personal goals by considering new practices for daily living.
Let's make the most of 2021!
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits by Wayne W. Dyer 3/--/21
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve.
Sealed Off by Barbara Ross 2/21/21
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory 1/18/21
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place you've never visited.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert 2/17/21
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory 2/11/21
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
A Family Reunion by Brenda Jackson 2/2-/21
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
The Diva Sweetens the Pie by Krista Davis 2/01/21
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
Start: Murder on a Silver Platter by Shawn Reilly Simmons 1/10/21
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
The Saddlemaker's Wife by Earlene Fowler 1/02/21
I'm in for 3 books.1.) Go somewhere new - Read a book set in a place you've never visited
The Strings of Murder - Set in Edinburgh, Scotland
2.) Stop procrastinating - Read a book you meant to read in 2020
War Lord
3.) Be nice to yourself- Read a book from your favorite genre
The Satapur Moonstone (historical mystery)
CHALLENGE COMPLETE!
Let's go for 4!1 / 4
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
The Bookshop on the Shore - second book in the Scottish Bookshop series
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
Please sign me up for 4.5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
✅ Cocaine Blues January
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
✅ 9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
How to Raise an Elephant (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #21)
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
I’m going to take a stab at this challenge for January. I have no idea if my goal is at all realistic with a huge audio book in the mix and my tbr twin book not being planned for yet. With that all said, I pledge 6 books, totalling 2325 pages for definite when using the number of pages of the most popular edition on Goodreads. Number of books read:
Number of pages read:
1. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn pg512.
2. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon pg848.
3. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor pg224.
4. The Power by Naomi Alderman pg341.
5. With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo pg400.
6. Tbr twins book...
Sing me up for 3 books please! :-)5- Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
9- Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
10- Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
Progress: 3/3
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONSDuration: January 1 to 31, 2021
5/5 as of January 12!
I'll keep adding...
14 as of January 31
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
The Big Nap (A Mommy-Track Mystery #2) by Ayelet Waldman
January 27--5/5 stars
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
Holiday Magic by Mary Carter, Terri DuLong, Cathy Lamb, Fern Michaels
Going to the beach!
January 12--4/5 stars
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
A Playdate With Death (A Mommy-Track Mystery #3) by Ayelet Waldman
Working out with a personal trainer.
January 29--5/5 stars
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Finch runs...for miles at a time!
January 11--5/5 stars
Nursery Crimes (A Mommy-Track Mystery #1) by Ayelet Waldman
Juliet does prenatal yoga.
January 23--5/5 stars
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
The Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers by Boris Pasternak
Russia
January 16--5/5 stars
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigeria
January 19--5/5 stars
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
January 13--5/5 stars
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Jason writes poetry and stories and his mother works in an art gallery.
January 5--5/5 stars
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
January 18--5/5 stars
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
The Night Masquerade (Binti #3) by Nnedi Okorafor
January 7--5/5 stars
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham
Mystery!
January 18--5/5 stars
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot #15) by Agatha Christie
Mystery and one of my all-time favorite authors!
January 23--5/5 stars
Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
January 31--5/5 stars
I'm going to do at least 5. 5/51. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth). Chasing Starlight
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited. Set the Stars Alight
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts. The Names of the Stars
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun. Pippi Longstocking
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre. Mystery of the Desert Giant
Lacey wrote: "I’m going to take a stab at this challenge for January. I have no idea if my goal is at all realistic with a huge audio book in the mix and my tbr twin book not being planned for yet. With that all..."Lacey
I just looked at your book list and wonder if you'd meant to sign up instead for the Marathon challenge.
For this challenge, the page count doesn't matter, but each book must fit one of the 10 prompts, without repeating prompts.
Or do your numbers match this challenge's prompts?
Sign me up for 2 please :)------------
Tracking
3/2
1. Read a serial novel - The Stone Sky
2. Set in a place you've never visited (Toronto) - Station Eleven
3. Biggest hope for 2021 - The Hero of Ages
Now I'll try for all 10, currently 10/10NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
XX1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme. That we can travel again! Walking the Nile, completed January 17, 2021
XX2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth). Museums! Traveling! Leaving my house! My Friend Anna, completed January 29, 2021. Going to Marrakesh would definitely be a dream vacation! Not necessarily the posh 5 star accommodations and crazy expensive luxurious shopping and side trips, and especially not the getting scammed part! But the place itself, definitely!
XX3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby. Sourdough, completed January 11, 2021
XX4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs. It Was Me All Along, author loses over 100 pounds, runs, exercises, learns to eat healthier, completed January 4, 2021
XX5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited. Absent in the Spring, set mainly in Egypt, completed January 5, 2021
XX6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020. Oona Out of Order, completed January 2, 2021
XX7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts. Salt to the Sea, one of the main characters is an artist/art restorer, completed January 20, 2021
XX8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier. This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World--And Me, completed January 18, 2021
XX9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun. The Last Town, final book in the Wayward Pines trilogy, completed January 3, 2021
XX10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre. Uprooted, fairytale-inspired fantasy, completed January 9, 2021
Sign me up for 5!5/5 COMPLETED
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben (Rating ★★★★)
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez (Rating ★★)
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella (Rating ★)
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
Faithful Place by Tana French (Rating ★★★★)
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly (Rating ★★★★)
My goal is 4.4/4
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
These Violent Delights
Home Before Dark
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
The Duke and I
Not One of Us
I would like to sign up for 6 books :) 0/61.What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme. Reinventing your life
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby. The Miracle of Mindfulness
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited. Outlander
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.Entangled Life
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier. How not to Diet
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun. Destined (House of Night Novel)
Monthly Challenge - January - New Year's Resolutions (Message #36)3/3 - FINISHED!
Hi!
Please sign me up for 3 books. Thank you! :D
New Year's ResolutionsDuration: January 1 to 31, 2021
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🟪5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson
✔️6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
Tied Up in Tinsel
Welcome Everyone who has joined us thus far!I have added everyone through Msg #37 to the list in Msg #2. If I've made any mistakes let me know. And I'll get them corrected when I do another update.
So far we have 33 who have made resolutions. And we have 160 resolutions made.
I'm looking forward to reading with you all!
My next update will be Thurs Jan 7th.
Happy 2021!😊
I'll try for 4. Thank you7/4
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme: The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+: Winning Strategies to Make Your Money Last a Lifetime
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth): The House on the Water
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby: The Bookshop on the Corner
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited: The Murmur of Bees
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun: My Soul to Keep
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre: The Silence
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Duration: January 1 to 31, 2021
Progress: 6/10
Message 40
What are your hopes for the new year? January offers the perfect opportunity to reprioritize our personal goals by considering new practices for daily living.
Let's make the most of 2021!
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme. - Nine Perfect Strangers (be healthier)
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth). - The River at Night
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby. - Little Fires Everywhere
✔ 4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs. - The Whispers of Rifts (character goes to the gym)
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited. - In the Woods
✔ 6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020. - Then She Was Gone
✔ 7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts. - Station Eleven
✔ 8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier. - The Garden of Small Beginnings
✔ 9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun. - Legendborn
✔ 10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre. - The Cousins
Sunny wrote: "Welcome Everyone who has joined us thus far!I have added everyone through Msg #37 to the list in Msg #2. If I've made any mistakes let me know. And I'll get them corrected when I do another updat..."
Sunny
My post is msg #21.
Nell
Sign me up 10 books10/10-CHALLENGE COMPLETED
✅1.What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme-The Happiness Project(23/1/21)
✅2.What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve-The Little Shop of Found Things(23/1/21)
✅3.Explore new hobbies Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby-The Oysterville Sewing Circle(24/1/21)
✅4.Take the stairs Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs-Walking For Fitness(24/1/21)
✅5.Go somewhere new Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited-Lonely Planet Pocket New York City(24/1/21)
✅6.Stop procrastinating Read that book that you meant to read in 2020-Too Young to be a Mum(25/1/21)
✅7.Get artsy Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts-The Museum of Broken Promises(25/1/21)
✅8.Eat healthier Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier-The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook: Recipes from the Classic Cookie to Mocha Chip Meringue Cake(26/1/21)
✅9.Read a serial novel A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun-Airhead(26/1/21)
✅10.Be nice to yourself Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre-Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile(12/1/21)
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONSDuration: January 1 to 31, 2021
What are your hopes for the new year? January offers the perfect opportunity to reprioritize our personal goals by considering new practices for daily living.
Let's make the most of 2021!
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
Good morning!I'd like to try to complete five of these topics.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
Austenland by Shannon Hale
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
The Wedding Bees: A Novel of Honey, Love, and Manners by Sarah-Kate Lynch
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (Goodreads Author), Simon Pare (Translator)
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas
Hi Sunny! Please sign me up for 7 books :)7/7 books read as of 1/25/2021...***Completed***
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
√ 3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby: Yarnitecture: A Knitter's Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want
√ 4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs - Tide and Punishment......the main character runs a restaurant in an old home she purchased in Charm, NC (on the Outer Banks). She is also trying to get fit (she does Zumba, checks her fitness band for steps and does Yoga in the story)
√ 5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited - Faithful Place...I have never been to Ireland
√ 6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020 - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
√ 7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts - Station Eleven
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier -
√ 9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun - The Gunslinger
√ 10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Hello! I’d love to try for all 10. Personal Count:
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Update: 4/4 Complete.Please sign me up for 4. I'm not sure which ones yet.
Thanks.
#5 Go Someplace New...
#6 Stop Procrastinating...
#7 Get Artsy...
#10 Be Nice to yourself...
Thanks
0/54. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs
The Cheerleaders
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place you’ve never visited.
American Royals
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
My Pear-Shaped Life
9. Read a serial novel. A New Years a great time to start a new series or continue with one you’ve already begun
Winter
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favourite genre.
A Study in Charlotte
Hi! Sign me up for 4 please.4/4
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place you’ve never visited.
The Guest List. Completed on 1/5.
6. Stop Procrastinating. Read that book you meant to read in 2020.
His & Hers. Completed on 1/22
9. Read a serial novel. A New Year is a great time to start a new series or continue with one you’ve already begun.
The Third to Die. Completed on 1/18.
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre. The Wife Upstairs. Completed 1/31
Lauri's Spot!New Year's Resolutions
January 2021
4 / 4 books
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
An Irish Country Christmas 1/21/21
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
Dying for Devil's Food 1/2/20
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
Tart of Darkness 1/10/21
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or sub genre
Listening Woman 1/3/20
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Wedding Party (other topics)The Diva Sweetens the Pie (other topics)
A Family Reunion: A Novel (other topics)
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (other topics)
Sealed Off (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Krista Davis (other topics)Talia Hibbert (other topics)
Barbara Ross (other topics)
Brenda Jackson (other topics)
Wayne W. Dyer (other topics)
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Duration: January 1 to 31, 2021
What are your hopes for the new year? January offers the perfect opportunity to reprioritize our personal goals by considering new practices for daily living.
Let's make the most of 2021!
1. What is your biggest hope for 2021? Read a book related to that theme.
2. What's your idea of a dream vacation? Read a book related to one activity your dream vacation would involve (camping, reading, hiking, shopping, and so forth).
3. Explore new hobbies. Read a book about a hobby you'd like to start or featuring a character engaging in that hobby.
4. Take the stairs. Read a book related to fitness or featuring a character who exercises or jogs.
5. Go somewhere new. Read a book about or set in a place (country, state, province) you've never visited.
6. Stop procrastinating. Read that book that you meant to read in 2020.
7. Get artsy. Read a book about or set in a museum, theater, or concert hall or featuring a protagonist involved in the fine arts.
8. Eat healthier. Read a book about cooking, gardening, farming, produce or a fictional character trying to eat healthier.
9. Read a serial novel. A new year's a great time to start a new series or continue with one you've already begun.
10. Be nice to yourself. Pamper yourself by reading a book from your favorite genre or subgenre.
If you are new to the group and/or our challenges, please take a moment to check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information about how our challenges are run.
This challenge was partially inspired by Sunny, who will be leading it. Thanks, Sunny!