2024 Reading Challenge discussion

This top post will track my progress in terms of books read and challenges, then I'll add details of each book and the challenges it relates to as I go.

Books read:
1. The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket (Book 10 of A Series of Unfortunate Events)
2. The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle
3: You're Only Old Once! by Dr. Seuss
4: Love Letters from Mr. Darcy by J. Dawn King
5: Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
6: The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
7: The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy
8: The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: The Opus Magnus by Tee Morris et al.
9.The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw by Christopher Healy
10. The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes by Roderick Townley
11. Shoes by Joël Garnier
12.The Asylum for Fairy Tale Creatures by Sebastian Gregory
13. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
14. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
15. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
16. Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness
17. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (re-read)
18. Sex Talk: How to Tell Your Lover Exactly What You Want, Exactly When You Want It by Carole Altman
19. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
20. A Fate Worse Than Dragons by John Moore
21. Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
22. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
23. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
24. Defy Not the Heart by Johanna Lindsey
25. The Heir by Johanna Lindsey
26. A Gentle Feuding by Johanna Lindsey
27. The Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey
28. A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey
29. Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey
30. A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
31. The Pursuit by Johanna Lindsey
32. Joining by Johanna Lindsey
33. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
34. Men in Kilts by Katie MacAlister
35. Highland Guardian by Melissa Mayhue
36. Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue
37. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon


Challenge progress:
Let's Turn Pages: 15,431 total
Colour: 14/15
A-Z: 21/26
Every year: 17/23
Bingo 6/9 squares, no bingo
Clear the Shelves 3/10
Read Deeper 7 / 12
Serial Reader: Total - 23/15 FINISHED
_Continued Series: 11
_Start a Series: 8
_Finished Series: 4
Popsugar: 10/20
An Author's Works: 12/10 FINISHED

Good luck with your goal Kylie & happy reading!

Best of luck with your challenge!

Some ideas for books to read in 2018

Top books:
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (A-Z, Year, Colour, Series)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett (Year, A-Z, Series, Colour)
A Knight in Shining Armor - Jude Deveraux (A-Z)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman


I - I Could Do Anything if Only I Knew What it Was - Barbara Sher; In Tasmania - Adventures at the End of the World - Nicholas Shakespeare; I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
J - Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan; Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing
K - A Knight in Shining Armor - Jude Deveraux; Knit One, Kill Two - Maggie Sefton
N - NOS4A2 - Joe Hill; Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
P - Letters from Pemberley: The First Year by Jane Dawkins (genre bingo, serial reader); Phoenix Rising from the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series by Pip Ballantine
Q - Quarkbeast books by Jasper Fforde; Susan Cain - Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts; The Queen and I - Sue Townsend
R - Ellen Datlow such as Snow White, Blood Red, Black Thorn, White Rose; The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
X - The Xibalba Murders, Lyn Hamilton; X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking by Jeff Gordinier; X by Sue Grafton
Z - Zoo by James Patterson (one to finish); anything with zombies

Colours:
Yellow - Jasper Fforde's Quarkbeast series, starting with The Last Dragonslayer (serial reader); Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke; Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo; The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Orange - I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett; Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt; The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon; Chocolat by Joanne Harris;
Light Blue - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Shaffer; God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut; Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
Purple - Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber; Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella;Nocturnes by John Connelly
Metallic - Silver Woven In My Hair by Shirley Rousseau Murphy; Golden: A Retelling of Rapunzel by Cameron Dokey
5 Colours - The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate; Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
Word describing colors in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, etc...)

Year
1996 - Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
1997- Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
1998 - Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
1999 - The Five Stages of the Soul: Charting the Spiritual Passages That Shape Our Lives by Harry R. Moody; Chocolat by Joanne Harris;
2000 - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore; On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King; Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
2001 - The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
2006 - damn! why didn't I write that? by Marc McCutcheon; A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore; Fablehaven by Brandon Mull; Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
2010 - Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing; A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron; Bite Me by Christopher Moore; I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
2015 - Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan
2017 - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman; Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Series:
- Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews (serial reader, genre bingo)
- Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett (another to finish) (serial reader)
- One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (serial reader) (continue)
- Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton (serial reader) (stat)
- something by Gregory Maguire such as Mirror, Mirror (serial reader)
- Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs (serial reader) (continue/finish)
- The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (start)
- book:I Shall Wear Midnight|7576115] by Terry Pratchett
- A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron;
- book:Bite Me|6559316] by Christopher Moore

Genre Bingo
Crime = Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Edward Douglas; Depraved by Harold Schechter; The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon; One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
Epic/High Fantasy - A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin; Magician by Raymond E. Feist; The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ; The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Neuro - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
Short Stories - Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman; Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman; Nocturnes by John Connelly
Memoir - Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry

- We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Susan Hill;
- The B12 Deficiency Handbook, Vitamin B12 or Glutathione or Could it be B12 (Dewey Decimal)
- one of Barbara Sher's books like I Could Do Anything if Only I Knew What it Was (Dewey Decimal)
- How to be Sick (Dewey Decimal)
- something by Brian Weiss such as Many Lives, Many Masters (Dewey Decimal)
- Finish The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M Valente (serial reader)
- A book or two by Christopher Moore...
- Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
- something about raising teenagers! Ten Conversations You Must Have with Your Son: Preparing Our Sons for a Happy and Successful Life, Tricky Teens
- A Joe Hill novel eg NOS4A2 (genre bingo)
- How to Write a Damn Good Mystery by James N. Frey (genre bingo)
- Jodi Picoult's Change of Heart
- Anonyponymous about the people and stories behind words by John Marciano
- Making History by Stephen Fry
- Piers Anthony's Cautionary Tales
- Faust Among Equals or You Don't Have to be Evil to Work Here by Tom Holt
- The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod (Dewey Decimal)
- Quite a few things on happiness and positive psychology (genre bingo, Dewey Decimal)
- Goldilocks on Management
- a parody or two
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- one of the Anne or Emily books by L.M. Montgomery or perhaps The Secret Garden
- 2016 bestseller 15th Affair by James Patterson(Popsugar #42)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling (genre bingo)
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket or Beauty and the Beast (popsugar #37)
- Thylacine: The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger by David Owen (Dewey Decimal) or Nicholas Shakespeare's In Tasmania: Adventures at the End of the World
- A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
- More steampunk! The Difference Engine, or a collection edited by Jeff VanderMeer like Steampunk, Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded, The Steampunk Bible,
Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories,
Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution.
- A collection of grown-up and twisted fairytales edited by Ellen Datlow such as Snow White, Blood Red, Black Thorn, White Rose or Silver Birch, Blood Moon
- The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
- Death A Life by George Pendle
- The History of Mr. Polly by H.G. Wells - just because my parents read it in school and always complained it was awful! (It's not so bad)
- Heroics for Beginners - John Moore
Popsugar Villain/Antihero - Artemis Fowl, books by Neil Zawacki eg How to Be a Villain: Evil Laughs, Secret Lairs, Master Plans, and More!!! or Villain's Guide to Better Living

Two months down ten to go! I hope March is a success for you.

Book 1: Lemony Snicket The Slippery Slope (Book 10 of A Series of Unfortunate Events)


Lets turn pages: 337 / 17,500
Serial Reader: Continued Series - 1/1, Total 1/15
Popsugar #33 - Childhood Classic 1/20
Colour Challenge - Brown 1/15
A-Z Title Challenge - S 1/26
Year - 2003 1/21

A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. I hope that April brings you many more five star reads. Do you have a stand out book so far this year?

Book 2 (finally): The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle


Let's Turn Pages: 238 pages, 575 total
Colour: Red 2/15
A-Z: D 2/26
Every year: 2002 2/21

I hope May is a fantastic month filled with books and sunshine!

Book 3: You're Only Old Once! by Dr. Seuss


Let's Turn Pages: 56, in total 631
Colour: White 3/15
A-Z: Y 3/26
Bingo: Humour 1/9
Popsugar: 22 (Alliteration) Progress 2/20

Book 4: Love Letters from Mr. Darcy by J. Dawn King


Let's Turn Pages: 278 total 909
Colour: Black 4 / 15
A-Z: M 4 / 26
Year: 2016 3 / 26

Hoping July is full of page turning and falling in love with a new book!

Book 5: Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett


Page Turner: 378 pages - total 1,287 (/17500)
A-Z Titles: 5/26
Series: Continued - 2/15 (This is Discworld #26)
Every Year - 2008; total 4/21
Colour - Blue 5/15

Book 6: The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy


Let's Turn Pages: 436 Pages, 1,723 total
A-Z Titles: H (6/26)
Series: Started = 1, total 3/15
Every Year: 2012; total 5/21
Read Deeper: 1/12

Book 7: The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle by Christopher Healy


Let's Turn Pages: 477 pages, total 2,200
A-Z Titles: B (7/26)
Series: Continued = 3, total 4/15
Every Year: 2013 7 / 21
Colour: Green 6/15
Read Deeper: 2/12

Book 8: The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: The Opus Magnus by Tee Morris et al.


Let's Turn Pages: 296, total 2,496
A-Z Titles: W 8 / 26
Series: Started. Started = 2, Total = 5
Colour: Pink. 7 / 15
Clear the Shelves: 1 / 10
Read Deeper: 3/12

Do you have a favorite book yet this year, Kylie? :)

Book 9: The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw by Christopher Healy


Let's Turn Pages: 529 p - 3025
A-Z Titles: G 9/26
Series: Completed 1, Total 6
Every Year: 2014 8/21
Read Deeper: 4/12

10. The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes by Roderick Townley



Let's Turn Pages: 529 p - 3297
A-Z Titles: V 10/26
Every Year: 2009 9/21
Read Deeper: 5/12

11. Shoes by Joël Garnier


Lets Turn Pages: 255 pg, total 3,552
Read Deeper: 6/12
Every Year - 10/21

12. The Asylum for Fairy Tale Creatures by Sebastian Gregory


Lets Turn Pages: 52 pages, 3,604 total
Read Deeper: 7/12
A-Z - A 11/26

How did you like your last read Kylie?

13. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness


Lets turn pages: 579 pages, total 4,183
Serial Reader: Book 1 of the All Souls Trilogy; started - 3; continued - 3; finished - 1; total - 7/15
A-Z Title: D 12/26
Every Year: 2011
An Author's Works: 1/10
Popsugar: 37. A book I meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to 3/20
Clear the Shelves 3/10

14. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness


Lets turn pages: 584 pages, total - 4,767
Serial Reader: Book 2 of the All Souls Trilogy; started - 4; continued - 3; finished - 1; total - 8/15
A-Z Title: N 13/26
An Author's Works: 2/10
Popsugar - 23. Time Travel 4/10

15. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness


Lets turn pages: 561 pages, total - 5,328
Serial Reader: Book 2 of the All Souls Trilogy; started - 4; continued - 3; finished - 2; total - 9/15
A-Z Title: B 14/26
An Author's Works: 3/10
Popsugar: 20. A book with Twins (Philip & Becca) 5/20

16. Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness


Let's Turn Pages: 436 pages; total 5,764
Serial Reader: All Souls (new Trilogy? 4th book of first trilogy?) Calling it a continuation! Started - 3; continued - 5; finished - 2; total - 10/15
Popsugar: Published in 2018 - 6/20
An Author's Works: 4/10
Every Year: 12/23

17. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness


Let's turn pages: 579 pages, total 6,343
Bingo: Magical Realism

I'm officially obsessed

18. Sex Talk: How to Tell Your Lover Exactly What You Want, Exactly When You Want It by Carole Altman

Let's Turn Pages: 218, total 6,561
Every Year - 2005 13/23

19. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith


Let's Turn Pages: 656 pages, total 7,217
Serial Reader: Continued Series: 6; Start a Series: 3; Fnished Series: 2; Total: 11
Popsugar: 3. The Next Book in a Series Total: 7/20
A-Z Title: L Total 15/26
Colour: The name of a colour in the title = 8/15

20. A Fate Worse Than Dragons by John Moore


Let's Turn Pages - 231 pages, total 7,448
Popsugar - 26. A Book with an Animal in the Title Total 8/20
A-Z Title: 16/26
Every Year: 2007 Total 13/23

21. Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson


Let's Turn Pages: 405 pages, total 7,853
Colour: Light Blue 9/15
Every Year: 2006 14/23

22. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella


Let's Turn Pages - 374 pages, total 8,227
Bingo: Chick-lit 4/9 squares
A-Z Title: K 17/26

23. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton


Let's Turn Pages: 432, total 8,659 pages
Bingo: Literary Fiction, 5/9 squares (no bingos)
Popsugar: #4 Villian/Antihero - 9/20
A-Z Title: H 18/26

24. Defy Not the Heart by Johanna Lindsey


Let's Turn Pages: 432 pages, total 9,091
Bingo: Historical Romance 6/9 squares
Popsugar: A Book with an Ugly Cover 10/20
Colour: Purple 10/15'
Serial Reader: 11/15

25. The Heir by Johanna Lindsey


Let's Turn Pages: 416 pages, total 9,507
Colour: Yellow 11/15
Every Year: 2000 15/23
Serial Reader: started new series. Tally: Continued - 6, Started - 4, Finished - 2 Total 12/15

26. A Gentle Feuding by Johanna Lindsey


Let's Turn Pages: 329 pages, total 9,836
Colour - More than five. 12/15

27. The Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey


Let's Turn Pages: 368 pages, total 10,204
Serial Reader: Continued series. Tally: Continued - 7, Started - 4, Finished - 2 Total 13/15

28. A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey


Let's Turn Pages: 356 pages, total 10,560
Serial Reader: Continued series. Tally: Continued - 8, Started - 4, Finished - 2 Total 14/15
A-Z Title: R 19 / 26

29. Let Love Find You by Johanna Lindsey


Let's Turn Pages: 384 pages, total 10,944
Serial Reader - total 15/15 FINISHED!
Continued Series: 8
Start a Series: 4
Fnished Series: 3

30. A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux


Let's Turn Pages: 464 pages, total 11,408

31. The Pursuit by Johanna Lindsey
Sherring Cross #3


Let's Turn Pages: 400 pages, total 11,808
A-Z Title: P 20/26
Serial Reader: 17

32. Joining by Johanna Lindsey


Let's Turn Pages: 384 pages, total 12,192
Every Year: 1999 16/23
A-Z Title: J 21/26
Serial Reader: 18 / 15
Continued Series: 8
Start a Series: 6
Finished Series: 4

33. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon


Let's Turn Pages: 850 pages - 12,658 total
Serial Reader: 19/15
Start a Series: 7
Continue: 8
Finised: 4

34. Men in Kilts by Katie MacAlister


Let's Turn Pages - 352 pages - total 13,010

35. Highland Guardian by Melissa Mayhue


Let's Turn Pages: 354 pages - total 13,364
Serial Reader: 20/15
Started: 7
Continued: 9
Finished: 4

36. Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue


Let's Turn Pages: 356 pages - total 13,720 pages
Serial Reader:
Started: 8
Continued: 9
Finished: 4
Colour: Gold 13/15

37. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon


Let's Turn Pages: 743 pages, total 14,463
Serial Reader: 22/15
Started: 8
Continued: 10
Finished: 4
Colour: Orange 14/15

38. Currently Reading: Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon


Let's Turn Pages: 928 pages, total 15,431
Serial Reader: 23/15
Started: 8
Continued: 11
Finished: 4
Every Year: 1996

The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon

Let's Turn Pages: 1443 pages Total 16,874 pages
Serial Reader: 24/15
Started: 8
Continued: 12
Finished: 4

40. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon