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Yearly Reading Challenges 2021

2/5/2021

Yearly Reading Challenges 2021

Goodreads Goal

My goal for Goodreads is to read 100 books in 2021.

Personal Goals

  • Read more books for fun instead of just for reviews.​
  • Catch up on my reading of books from The Proper Romance Series.
  • Read some books off my shelves that I have never read before.
  • Skim through my Kindle and read some books I have never read before.
  • Listen to 50 audio books.
  1. The Gathering by K.E. Ganshert
  2. The Matrimonial Advertisement by Mimi Matthews
  3. Modest Independence by Mimi Matthews
  4. A Convenient Fiction by Mimi Matthews
  5. The Winter Companion by Mimi Matthews
  6. Love Amid the Ashes by Mesu Andrews
  7. Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
  8. Cotillian by Georgette Heyer
  9. Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen
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Yearly Reading Challenges 2020

1/4/2020

Yearly Reading Challenges 2020

Goodreads Goal

My goal for Goodreads is to read 100 books in 2020.

Bethany House
Randomly Generated Reading Challenge

View the challenge HERE.
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  • January: A book you should have read in school but didn't​ -- Marry Poppins by T.L. Travers
  • February: A discounted or sale book/ebook -- Paper Hearts by Courtney Walsh (deal purchase-I think was $0.99)
  • March: A novel set during wartime -- Roll Back the Clouds by Terri Wangard (sinking of the Lusitania--WWII)
  • April: A book that shows you the main plot problem on the cover -- (idea Irene Hannon books) NA :(
  • May: A prestigious award-winning book -- ( idea: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han) NA :(
  • June: A re-read of a childhood classic -- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (audio book with hubby--started but didn't finish) NA :(
  • July: A book that has been or will be made into a movie -- idea: (idea: PS I Still Love You by Jenny Han) NA :(
  • August: A nonfiction book on a topic that interests you -- NA :(
  • September: A recommendation from a friend -- NA :(
  • October: A book where one of the main characters is 65+ -- NA :(
  • November: A novel with ice or snow on the cover -- NA :(
  • December: Free space! Pick something that looks interesting -- The Gifting by K.E. Ganshert

Personal Goals

  • Re-read 3 of my favorite books
    1. The Lady and the Lionheart by Joanne Bischoff (July 2020)
  • Read 5 print books off my shelf that I have never read before.
    1. The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
    2. The Hope of Azure Springs by Rachel Fordham (technically I listened to the audio though...lol)
  • Read 5 ebooks on my Kindle that I have never read before.
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Yearly Reading Challenges 2019

12/31/2019

Yearly Reading Challenges -- 2019

For the year of 2019, the only reading goal I set was on Goodreads.  I challenged myself to read 120 books.  In 2019, I read a total of 200 books.  Going above and beyond in meeting my goal.  View my 2019 Goodreads challenge HERE.
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Yearly Reading Challenges -- 2018

1/11/2018
The past couple of years (2016 and 2017) I have set a lot of reading goals/challenges and was not able to complete many of them.  This year I am going to be a bit more laid back and chill.

Bethany House 2018 Reading Challenge

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With a car on the cover
Whose protagonist has a fascinating career
Set in a place you've visited
Inspired by a literary classic

With a child as a narrator
Written by an author with your initials
That takes place in the month you are reading it
Containing letters or diary enteries

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​March 2018
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Whose protagonist is a different race/ethnicity than you
A librarian recommends to you
Without words (pictures-only kid's book)
That shares a title with a song

2018 Uppercase Reading Challenge

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Listened to in May 2018
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A book that has been on your shelf for a year
A top pick by your library or bookstore
A book you haven't read any reviews for
A stand alone novel

A book your favorite author recommends
A book with diverse characters
Listening to book 7
​June 2018
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A book published before 2010
Listening to book 7
​June 2018
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A book on the banned book list

A book from Uppercase's past selections
A book completely out of your comfort zone

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Terms & Conditions:
​- Books must be written by a CFRR 2019 participating author (complete list here)
- Please submit one entry per book (multiple books = multiple entries).
- Multiple entries of the same book by the same reader will be disqualified.
- Your review must be posted between January 1, 2018 and April 1, 2019.
- You may submit previously posted reviews as long as the reviews were first posted within the timeframe noted above.
- You must submit the direct link to a goodreads or retail review.
- Review links must be submitted via the Readers' Challenge form.
- Readers' Challenge open to ALL readers (CFRR registration or attendance is not required).
- Authors are also allowed to enter but may only submit reviews for books written by other participating authors (submitting a review of your own book is not allowed).
- At the end of the challenge period (1) participant will be randomly chosen out of ALL entries (even if you are not attending CFRR 2019) and (1) guest of CFRR 2019 with the most entries will each win a surprise prize.

Personal Goals

  • Finish listening to all the Harry Potter books on audio. (Finished book 6 as of June 2018).
  • Tackle my back-list of books on my TBR pile (this includes books I have had since I first started blogging in April 2015).
    • The Vicar's Daughter by Josi S. Kilpack (May 2018)
  • Re-read/listen to 5 of my favorite books.
  • Read at least 2 books that do not require a review.
    • Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campell Allen
    • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phionix by J.K. Rowling
  • Read 3 books by 3 new authors. (This does not mean I haven't heard of them before.  This means I have never read any of their books before.)​
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Yearly Reading Challenges 2016 & 2017

1/11/2018
​2017 Reading Challenges
2016 Reading Challenges
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