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READING CHALLENGE
📍30+ BOOKS READ
📍 30,000+ PAGES READ

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January 2022

📖 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 4.5 ⭐ ~ 304 pages
1/17
📖 The Cruel Prince by Holly Black 4.0 ⭐ ~ 370 pages
1/19
📖 Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover 5.0 ⭐ ~ 335 pages
1/26
📖 The Lost Sisters by Holly Black 3.0 ⭐ ~ 50 pages
1/20
📖 The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler 4.0 ⭐ ~ 336 pages
1/28
📖 The Thief's Daughter by Jeff Wheeler 4.0 ⭐ ~ 368 pages
1/31

Total pages read: 1763 pages
Pending Books:

Finished Books: 6


February 2022

📖 If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen 4.5 ⭐ ~ 418 pages
2/7
📖 The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin 4.5 ⭐ ~ 223 pages
2/8
📖 The Amendment by Kiersten Modglin 4.0 ⭐ ~ 214 pages
2/11
📖 The Paid Bridesmaid by Sariah Wilson4.0 ⭐ ~ 296 pages
2/12
📖 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 5.0 ⭐ ~594 pages
2/17
📖 Beach Read by Emily Henry 4.0 ⭐ ~279 pages
2/28

Total pages read: 3787 pages (1763 pages + 2024 pages)
Pending Books:
Layla
Finished Books: 6
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The Twelve Towers

Progress 7/78

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12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date).

11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these).

10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go, or pre-choose.) For a little extra bit of random fun, let someone else pick them for you off your shelves. If you've already read them, they can go on category 3, or have them choose again.

9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs.

📚 By Holly Black
THE CRUEL PRINCE SERIES 1/3 + 1 sequel
✔️ The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Wicked King
The Queen of Nothing
✔️ The Lost Sisters by Holly Black

📚 By Jeff Wheeler
KINGFOUNTAIN SERIES 2/6 + 3 sequel
✔️ The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler
✔️ The Thief's Daughter by Jeff Wheeler
The King's Traitor
The Hollow Crown
The Silent Shield
The Forsaken Throne

📚By Sarah J. Maas
✔️ House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case.

7 books that everyone seems to have read but you.

6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date).

5 books that were recommended to you via Goodreads.
✔️ The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin
✔️ The Amendment by Kiersten Modglin

4 books that you started but never finished.

3 book that you've already read before.

2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books.

1 book that intimidates you. (hide spoiler)]

SPRING 2022 CHALLENGE
Duration: March 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022

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B Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
L The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
O One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
S The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
S The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
O Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
M Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

N No Exit by Taylor Adams
A And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
R The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
C The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
I In the Woods by Tana French
S The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
S Sadie by Courtney Summers
U Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
S Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

✔️ H House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas 5⭐
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✔️ T The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 4.5⭐
H House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

F Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
L All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
O Murder in the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
W Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
E Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
R Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (hide spoiler)]

March 2022 MINI CHALLENGES

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✔️ 1. March 2 is Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss Day): Read a book with books on the cover.
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler


✔️ 2. March 17 is St. Patrick Day: Read a book with a green cover (50 percent) or with “green” in the title.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugoby Taylor Jenkins Reid


✔️ 3. March 26 is Make up Your Own Holiday Day: Read a book set during any holiday (not a vacation, a holiday).
House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas


4. March 29 is Smoke and Mirrors Day: Read a book with a mirror or reflected image on the cover or with “mirror” in the title.
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusionby Jia Tolentino


5. March 30 is Take a Walk in the Park Day: Read a book with at least one scene set outdoors, or in which the main character walks somewhere
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin
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September Mini-Challenge

✔️ 1. September is Back to School Month: Read a book set in a school or in which the MC takes or teaches a class.

2. September 6 is Read a Book Day and September 8 International Literature Day: Read a Book about Books.

✔️ 3. September is Fall Hat Month, and September 15 both Make a Hat Day and Felt Hat Day: Read a book with a hat on the cover (e.g.: baseball, beanie, beret, bonnet, cloche, cowboy, deerstalker, derby, fedora, helmet, party hat, sticking cap, top hat, witch's hat, etc.).

4. September 17 is Batman (AKA Bruce Wayne) Day: Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym, such as this month's Featured Author.

5. September 22 is Business Women's Day: Read a book that features a woman who owns her own business

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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2023
This challenge will last from June 1, 2023 to August 31, 2023

************Completed on 09/01/2023**************

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Cozy Autumn/Fall Challenge
Duration: 1/9/23 - 30/11/23

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Featured Author for September 2023 is Vicki Delany AKA Eva Gates

Tea by the Sea Series
01. Tea & Treachery (2020)
02. Murder in a Teacup
03. Murder Spills the Tea
04. Steeped in Malice (July 25, 2023

--Choosing this series if I got the time free in kindle unlimited