2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

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Progress: 65/65 books
Total page count: 22,060/22,000

January - 1,540 pages
1. Mr. Texas completed 1/8
2. Someday, Maybe completed 1/15
3. The Starless Sea completed 1/19
4. Reaching for the Invisible God completed 1/30

February - 1,649 pages
5. How to be Champion completed 2/4
6. One to Watch completed 2/8
7. Paper Names completed 2/13
8. The Cruelest Month completed 2/19
9. Charms and Chocolate Chips completed 2/23

March - 2,128 pages
10. The Beekeeper's Apprentice completed 3/1
11. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln completed 3/17
12. Daughters of Nantucket completed 3/20
13. Poison in the Pen completed 3/27
14. Bitter and Sweet: A Journey into Easter completed 3/31

April - 1,947 pages
15. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball completed 4/5
16. The Enchanted April completed 4/13
17. The Housekeepers completed 4/17
18. A Kind of Spark completed 4/24
19. American Pop completed 4/25
20. Tweet Cute completed 4/30

May - 1,870 pages
21. The Bookbinder completed 5/4
22. A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 completed 5/5
23. Such a Fun Age completed 5/15
24. A Room of One’s Own completed 5/19 (reread)
25. Open Book completed 5/23
26. The Other Alcott completed 5/27

June - 2,026 pages
27. How to End a Love Story completed 6/5
28. Rules of Civility completed 6/9 (reread)
29. Home: A Memoir of My Early Years completed 6/14
30. Miss Austen completed 6/16
31. The Murder of Mr. Wickham completed 6/25
32. Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847 completed 6/28

July - 1,992 pages
33. The Imitation of Christ completed 7/3
34. Charlotte completed 7/7
35. The Plot Against America completed 7/8
36. The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier completed 7/13
37. The Bandit Queens completed 7/20
38. Bless Me, Father completed 7/24
39. Flying Solo completed 7/30

August - 1,777 pages
40. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting completed 8/3
41. Margaret the First completed 8/11
42. Meet Me at the Museum completed 8/17
43. East of Eden completed 8/20 (reread)
44. Hard Country completed 8/30

September - 1,475 pages
45. Teresa of Avila: The Book of My Life completed 9/4
46. Tin Man completed 9/6
47. The Color Purple completed 9/14
48. Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years completed 9/16
49. Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea completed 9/22

October - 1,350 pages
50. Dava Shastri's Last Day completed 10/14
51. Kilvert's Diary completed 10/17
52. The Searcher completed 10/21

November - 2,414 pages
53. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz completed 11/4
54. Illuminae completed 11/9
55. Gears for Queers completed 11/14
56. Emily of New Moon completed 11/18
57. A Holiday by Gaslight completed 11/28
58. The Lost City of the Monkey God completed 11/29

December - 1,892 pages
59. The Right Sort of Man completed 12/1
60. One Day in December completed 12/8
61. A Christmas Carol completed 12/10 (reread)
62. Letters from Father Christmas completed 12/15 (reread)
63. The Cost of Discipleship completed 12/19
64. Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders completed 12/21
65. A Father Before Christmas completed 12/26

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Covers of the books I've read this year:

In 2024, I plan to read 65 books, 33 of which need to come from the categories below:

Making an effort to read my owned unread books
Making an effort to read the books that I added to my TBR in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017
Reread the books on my 'Want to Reread' shelf

Covers of my owned unread books:



Covers of all the books that have been on my TBR since at least 2017:



Covers of the books I want to reread:

2024 Reading Stats

Genre:
Biography/memoir: 4
Classics: 9
Fantasy: 1
General fiction: 12
Graphic novel/memoir:
Historical fiction: 11
Historical nonfiction: 5
Horror:
Mystery/thriller: 9
Nonfiction: 3
Play:
Poetry:
Religious nonfiction: 5
Romance: 5
Science/speculative fiction: 1
Short stories:

Length:
Extra-Short (250 pages and under): 12
Short (251-324 pages): 17
Average (325-399 pages): 23
Long (400-500 pages): 7
Very Long (501-750 pages): 5
Giant (over 750 pages): 1

Author gender:
Female: 43
Male: 20
Team/Group: 2

New to Me or Repeat Author:
New to Me: 47
Repeat: 18
Combination:

Standalone or series:
Standalone: 51
Series: 14

Owned or borrowed:
Library book only: 12
Library book + library audiobook: 8
Library ebook: 2
Owned book only: 24
Owned book + library audiobook: 13
Owned book + YouTube audiobook: 3
Owned ebook: 2
Owned audiobook: 1
Borrowed book:
Library audiobook:

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Challenges:

Mount TBR 2024

Let's Turn Pages 2024

22,060/22,000 pages completed

Pages read in January: 323 + 342 + 574 + 301 = 1,540 pages
Pages read in February: 298 + 423 + 288 + 311 + 329 = 1,649 pages
Pages read in March: 356 + 916 + 432 + 264 + 160 = 2,128 pages
Pages read in April: 389 + 240 + 368 + 192 + 400 + 358 = 1,947 pages
Pages read in May: 432 + 173 + 310 + 114 + 416 + 425 = 1,870 pages
Pages read in June: 384 + 335 + 288 + 339 + 386 + 294 = 2,026 pages
Pages read in July: 139 + 368 + 391 + 272 + 342 + 172 + 308 = 1,992 pages
Pages read in August: 342 + 176 + 272 + 601 + 386 = 1,777 pages
Pages read in September: 346 + 213 + 295 + 340 + 281 = 1,475 pages
Pages read in October: 371 + 528 + 451 = 1,350 pages
Pages read in November: 585 + 608 + 384 + 339 + 172 + 326 = 2,414 pages
Pages read in December: 320 + 394 + 68 + 111 + 352 + 324 + 323 = 1,892 pages

TBR Tracking Updates -- 1st Quarter

January TBR Tracking Update (January 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2022: 200
Books added to TBR in 2023: 264
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2022: 46
Books read off TBR that were added in 2023: 21
Current TBR #: 400
Currently Reading: 0 (0 added pre-2023, 0 added in 2023)

February TBR Tracking Update (February 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 6
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 4
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 0
Current TBR #: 400
Currently Reading: 2 (2 added pre-2024, x added in 2024)

March TBR Tracking Update (March 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 8
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 9
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 0
Current TBR #: 396
Currently Reading: 3 (3 added pre-2024, 0 added in 2024)

TBR Tracking Updates -- 2nd Quarter

April TBR Tracking Update (April 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 9
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 14
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 0
Current TBR #: 394
Currently Reading: 1 (1 added pre-2024, 0 added in 2024)

May TBR Tracking Update (May 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 10
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 21
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 0
Current TBR #: 388
Currently Reading: 1 (1 added pre-2024, 0 added in 2024)

June TBR Tracking Update (June 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 14
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 26
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 0
Current TBR #: 387
Currently Reading: 2 (0 added pre-2024, 2 added in 2024)

TBR Tracking Updates -- 3rd Quarter

July TBR Tracking Update (July 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 16
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 31
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 1
Current TBR #: 383
Currently Reading: 3 (2 added pre-2024, 1 added in 2024)

August TBR Tracking Update (August 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 18
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 36
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 3
Current TBR #: 380
Currently Reading: 2 (1 added pre-2024, 1 added in 2024)

September TBR Tracking Update (September 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 28
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 40
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 4
Current TBR #: 385
Currently Reading: 2 (1 added pre-2024, 1 added in 2024)

TBR Tracking Updates -- 4th Quarter

October TBR Tracking Update (October 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 33
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 43
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 6
Current TBR #: 385
Currently Reading: 2 (1 added pre-2024, 1 added in 2024)

November TBR Tracking Update (November 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 39
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 46
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 6
Current TBR #: 387
Currently Reading: 3 (2 added pre-2024, 1 added in 2024)

December TBR Tracking Update (December 1, 2024):

Books on TBR on December 31, 2023: 400
Books added to TBR in 2024: 40
Books read off TBR that were added between 2012-2023: 53
Books read off TBR that were added in 2024: 8
Current TBR #: 381
Currently Reading: 2 (1 added pre-2024, 1 added in 2024)

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Books by year

1427
The Imitation of Christ

1565
Teresa of Avila: The Book of My Life

1843
A Christmas Carol

1922
The Enchanted April

1923
Emily of New Moon

1926
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847

1929
A Room of One’s Own

1937
The Cost of Discipleship

1938
Kilvert's Diary

1952
East of Eden

1955
Poison in the Pen

1970
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

1976
Letters from Father Christmas

1977
Bless Me, Father

1979
A Father Before Christmas

1982
The Color Purple

1994
The Beekeeper's Apprentice

2000
Reaching for the Invisible God

2004
The Plot Against America

2005
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

2007
The Cruelest Month

2008
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years

2011
Rules of Civility

2013
Charms and Chocolate Chips

2015
Illuminae

2016
Margaret the First
Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders

2017
How to be Champion
The Other Alcott
Tin Man
The Lost City of the Monkey God

2018
Meet Me at the Museum
A Holiday by Gaslight
One Day in December

2019
The Starless Sea
American Pop
Such a Fun Age
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
The Right Sort of Man

2020
One to Watch
A Kind of Spark
Tweet Cute
Open Book
Miss Austen
Charlotte
The Searcher
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Gears for Queers

2021
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball
Dava Shastri's Last Day

2022
Someday, Maybe
Bitter and Sweet: A Journey into Easter
The Murder of Mr. Wickham
The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier
Flying Solo
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

2023
Mr. Texas
Paper Names
Daughters of Nantucket
The Housekeepers
The Bookbinder
The Bandit Queens
Hard Country
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea

2024
How to End a Love Story

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000s

100s

200s
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 223.2
Reaching for the Invisible God 231.7
The Cost of Discipleship 241.53
The Imitation of Christ 242
Bitter and Sweet: A Journey into Easter 242.34
Teresa of Avila: The Book of My Life 282.092
Kilvert's Diary 283.092

300s
A Room of One’s Own 305.42
The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier 306.89

400s

500s

600s

700s
Open Book 782.4216
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years 791.402
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years 791.4302
How to be Champion 792.76
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball 796.357

800s

900s
Gears for Queers 910.926
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz 940.5421
The Lost City of the Monkey God 972.85
Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders 973.09
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 973.7092
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847 979.02

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

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