Annual Reading Challenge--2020

[willowsnn3]

I look forward to the reading challenge every year, so volunteered to start the thread for 2020. I really don't look at it as a challenge, mostly a place to keep up with books I have read & also to read other posters reviews to find new books/authors.

Just post how many you 'challenge' yourself to read this year, title of book & author's name and a brief review if you like and I will try to keep up. Also you don't have to have a quota to participate. I love to see what people are reading & get a lot of good reads from y'all.

Looking forward to the new year & new books to read!

I have gone over my goal the last couple years so will raise it to 60 books, this time around.

I am off work on Mondays, so will try to do any updates then, but don't hold me to any 'strict' policies, lol.

Readers:

allenfane-------------8/12
Allison Joy-----------14/15
BLTtinkerbell-----------1
bobbiwoz----------90/80
BonnieF--------------33/50
bostonKyle-----------6/35
caroline5177---------11/24
cavem915------------75
Cogswel_Cogs-------12/15
Colleen27-----------130/156
daydreamer101-------4/25
Deffenm--------------35
Disney_Alli-----------19/75
drwitz---------------73/50
FlightlessDuck-------8/17
Heather07438-------12
JayMass--------------35/30
jen7233--------------29/20
JennM----------------35/42
jf256------------------4/55
kaytieeldr------------05
KevM-----------------78/52
Kirby------------------1
Lumpy1106----------1/20
luvmarypoppins-----30/30
Marker123------------2
melk-----------------43/25
MGMmjl--------------30/30
Mini22----------------29/35
mmouse37-----------40/40
monarchsfan16-------56/30
OKW8297-----------73/25
Peachy0118----------2/35
SaintsManiac---------40/30
Shellsbutt------------19/25
Simba's Mom--------56/56
supergirl104------------24
Swimnoid-------------35/75
TammyNC-------------7/20
Tiggerish-------------100/80
tiggrbaby------------92/90
Virge-----------------4/50
wendy1985----------1/20
willowsnn3----------69/60

 

[willowsnn3]

1. The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter (local author)
2. The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane
3. The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett
4. The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
5. The Walk by Lee Goldberg ('W' in title)
6. The Little Old Lady Who Broke All The Rules by Catharina Ingleman (senior character)
7. I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall (set in winter)
8. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
9. What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr
10. Shamed by Linda Castillo
11. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
12. Broken Things by Lauren Oliver
13. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
14. We Are Called To Rise by Laura McBride
15. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
16. Lost You by Haylen Beck
17. Maid-Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
18. Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis
19. Edgeland by Jake Halpern
20. Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
21. Before This Is Over by Amanda Hickie
22. The Mentor by Lee Matthew Goldberg
23. R is for Richochet by Sue Grafton
24. The Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben
25. Introducing Gertrude, Gumshoe by Robin Merrill
26. The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
27. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
28. S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
29. Shelter by Robin Merrill
30. Timmy's in the Well by Jon Provost
31. "T" is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
32. "U" is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
33. "V" is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
34. The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
35. Winter In Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
36. If It Bleeds by Stephen King
37. Liar, Liar by Lisa Jackson
38. What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
39. W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
40. What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
41. In The House In The Dark Of The Woods by Laird Hunt
42. She Lies In Wait by Gytha Lodge
43. A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni
44. Julia's Hope by Leisha Kelly
45. X by Sue Grafton
46. The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
47. Into Bones Like Oil by Kaaron Warren
48. Thin Ice by Paige Shelton
49. They Almost Always Come Home by Cynthia Ruchti
50. Thirteen Doorways Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
51. Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
52. The Blaze by Chad Dundas
53. Nothing Can Hurt You by Nicola Maye Goldberg
54. When You See Me by Lisa Gardner
55. When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole
56. The Line Between by Tosca Lee
57. Pretty as a Picture by Elizabeth Little
58. The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown
59. Followers by Megan Angelo
60. Until I Find You by Rea Frey
61. Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan
62. Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
63. Agnes At The End of The World by Kelly McWilliams
64. Unsung Hero of Birdsong by Brenda Woods.
65. Hush Little Baby by Suzanne Redfearn
66. Angel Fire by Lisa Miscione
67. I Will Send Rain by Rae Meadows
68. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
69. The Night Before by Wendy Walker

 

[cavem915]

Hoping to get back to 75 books this year. My first book of the year is The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer. I read the Artemis Fowl series back in the day and have been waiting forever for Disney to release the movie version.

 

[willowsnn3]

Hoping to get back to 75 books this year. My first book of the year is The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer. I read the Artemis Fowl series back in the day and have been waiting forever for Disney to release the movie version.

Welcome!
I think I have that series on one of my many to be read lists. I really need to re organize those lists, lol.

 

[Wendy1985]

Can it be a book we started in 2019, can it be half audio and actual reading, sometimes while doing chores I will listen at bed time I will actually read it

 

[Tiggerish]

Thanks willowsnn3 for getting this year's thread going. I am in for 80 books this year. That is substantially less than last year but I am probably going to accept a position (unpaid } on my apartment building's tenant council and there is a battle brewing over some continuing violations of our leases by management. If I join the fight it will mean substantially less time for reading.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Hi! I’m setting 80 as my goal again for this year. I enjoy reading about books on this thread, and have read many that I have enjoyed because they were mentioned here.

Thank you for handling this thread!

Bobbi

 

[luvmarypoppins]

I will go with 30 books again this year.

 

[willowsnn3]

Can it be a book we started in 2019, can it be half audio and actual reading, sometimes while doing chores I will listen at bed time I will actually read it

Absolutely! Any book completed in 2020 counts. Welcome aboard.

Thanks willowsnn3 for getting this year's thread going. I am in for 80 books this year. That is substantially less than last year but I am probably going to accept a position (unpaid } on my apartment building's tenant council and there is a battle brewing over some continuing violations of our leases by management. If I join the fight it will mean substantially less time for reading.

Glad to see you back for this year. I think the 'unpaid' positions are more time consuming than the paid ones sometimes. Good luck.

Hi! I’m setting 75 as my goal again for this year. I enjoy reading about books on this thread, and have read many that I have enjoyed because they were mentioned here.
Thank you for handling this thread!
Bobbi

Good to see you are here again also. Thanks.

I will go with 30 books again this year.

Yay! Glad you are back also.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Put me in for 15 and again many thanks for taking over.

 

[willowsnn3]

Put me in for 15 and again many thanks for taking over.

You are very welcome! I appreciate you doing it the last couple years (or longer?)

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Let's go with 17 this year.

 

[willowsnn3]

Let's go with 17 this year.

Alright! Glad you are back also.

 

[KevM]

My goal for this year is 52.

 

[Lumpy1106]

New to this - put me down for 20

 

[Kirby]

Thank you for continuing this! I'm not going to challenge myself because I am always reading when I can, just don't seem to have as much time as I use to. There was a time when I could read over 100 books a year but I've slowed down quite a bit. I'll check in and let you know what I've finished and to see what all of you are reading. I can always count on finding a good book to read here.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I'm committing to give blood five books (stupid autocorrect!) right now, including The MENSA Guide to Casino Gambling

 

[JennM]

I've done a reading challenge on Goodreads for the past several years, so I might as well do it here for accountability too. My goal for 2020 is 42 books. Have not started the first one yet!

 

[mmouse37]

My goal last year was 30 and I passed that so I'll challenge myself to 40 this year. We watch 3 grandkids under 4 full time so it really may be a challenge LOL!!

I started in 2020 a book called the Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson which I love. Not finished yet but really enjoying it.

Good luck to all in the New Year!

MJ

 

[Shellsbutt]

I took the goodreads.com challenge as well last year, did not even come close! So let's cut it in half and try for 25 this year.