We’re two months into 2018, so how are those Reading Challenges going?
February flew by. I know it’s a short month, but it felt particularly short this year.
On to the Challenges!
Mount TBR (hosted at My Reader’s Block for 2018)
Goal: 24 books
End of February Progress: 16% (target pace: 17%)
I read a lot of library books in February, but I didn’t finish any books from my own shelves! Whoops.
January:
- Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World by Leslie Simon
- Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes, #2) by Anthony Horowitz
- The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
- The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
The Official 2018 TBR Pile Challenge at Roof Beam Reader
Goal: 12 books
End of February Progress: 8% (target pace: 17%)
No progress on Mt TBR means there was definitely no progress on this one. I started reading both Listening for Madeleine and A Study in Lavender, so I’m hoping to catch up by the end of this month.
January:
- Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World by Leslie Simon
Newbery Reading Challenge at Smiling Shelves
Goal: Konigsburg (75+ points)
End of February Progress: 15% (target pace: 17%)
As predicted, my point total jumped after the YMA announcements on the 19th. And I haven’t even started this year’s Caldecotts.
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats: 1 point (Caldecott winner, 1963)
- Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson: 2 points (Newbery Honor, 2018)
- Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly: 3 points (Newbery Winner, 2018)
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds: 2 points (Newbery Honor, 2018)
January:
- Sounder by William Armstrong: 3 points (Newbery winner, 1970)
Old School Kidlit Reading Challenge 2018 at Read-at-Home Mom
Goal: 12 books
End of February Progress: 8% (target pace: 17%)
Another neglected challenge! A Wrinkle in Time is due for a re-read before the movie, so that will probably be next.
January:
- Sounder by William Armstrong, published in 1969
Book Riot Read Harder 2018
End of February Progress: 21% (target pace: 17%)
I thought that “Celebrity Memoir” would be my next category, but my hold on Mother of Black Hollywood has not yet come in. Instead, I curled up with some cozy mysteries for one task and a fantastic historical romance for another. I recently picked up a copy of the first volume (four issues) of the Black Panther comics written by Ta-Nehisi Coates; the “comic written or illustrated by a person of color” task is likely to be next.
- A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon
- A romance novel by or about a person of color: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
January:
- A children’s classic published before 1980: Sounder by William Armstrong, published in 1969
- A one-sitting book: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
- The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
2018 Book Blog Discussion Challenge
Goal: Creative Conversationalist (11-20 posts – aiming for 12)
End of February Progress: 8% (target pace: 17%)
Um, oops?
January:
- A Disappointing Start – January 6
2018 Share-a-Tea Reading Challenge at Becky’s Book Reviews
I have still not posted anything about tea this year.
So, how’s your 2018 reading going? I’ve got some room for improvement this month!