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Nothing But Reading Challenges
Serious Readers Challenge 2023 - Level 1
Duration: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023

Progress: 100 out of 100

This is the 1st level of this challenge.

If you can commit to read at least a hundred books this year, welcome. The challenge will consist of five levels, each level will require you to read more books!
Level 1: 1 - 100 books
Level 2: 101 - 250 books
Level 3: 251 - 500 books
Level 4: 501 - 1000 books
Level 5: 1001 - infinity!

So, once you complete your first hundred, you may advance to the next level.

Just create your list of books (at this level, label them 1 through 100) and mark them off with a strike through or a check-mark them as you finish. If you find you can't finish one of the books on your list for any reason, you may replace it with another.

Also, if you just want to decide what you read as you go you can do that as well. Since this challenge is for the year 2023 any books you've read this year may be included.

This is a free choice challenge. Read whatever you want.

1. Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages
2. Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
3. Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
4. I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
5. InvestiGators by John Patrick Green - **** - 1/9/2023 - 208 Pages
6. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
7. Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
8. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages
9. Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne - **** - 1/15/2023 - 279 Pages
10. Surrender Bay by Denise Hunter - ** - 1/16/2023 - 298 Pages
11. The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel - **** - 1/20/2023 - 226 Pages
12. Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert - ***** - 1/21/2023 - 309 Pages
13. Verity by Colleen Hoover - ***** - 1/24/2023 - 341 Pages
14. If Only It Were True by Marc Levy - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 216 Pages
15. A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 192 Pages
16. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 979 Pages
17. Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown - **** - 2/10/2023 - 160 Pages
18. The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert - **** - 2/11/2023 - 290 Pages
19. Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath - ***** - 2/14/2023 - 384 Pages
20. Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ***** - 2/19/2023 - 290 Pages
21. The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger - ** - 2/20/2023 - 157 Pages
22. The Deep by Rivers Solomon - **** - 2/20/2023 - 166 Pages
23. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni - ***** - 2/27/2023 - 448 Pages
24. A Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu Xiaolong - ***** - 2/28/2023 - 368 Pages
25. Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - ***** - 3/1/2023 - 420 Pages
26. Mystery Ranch by Gertrude Chandler Warner - **** - 3/1/2023 - 128 Pages
27. Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher - ***** - 3/6/2023 - 384 Pages
28. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - **** - 3/7/2023 - 453 Pages
29. Hilda and the Hidden People by Luke Pearson - ***** - 3/7/2023 - 216 Pages
30. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ***** - 3/8/2023 - 476 Pages
31. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks - ***** - 3/12/2023 - 339 Pages
32. The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead - **** - 3/13/2023 - 401 Pages
33. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles - *** - 3/16/2023 - 377 Pages
34. Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster - ***** - 3/17/2023 - 400 Pages
35. Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 3/19/2023 - 354 Pages
36. You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want by Sarah Knight - ***** - 3/20/2023 - 299 Pages
37. The Witches of New York by Ami McKay - ***** - 3/23/2023 - 529 Pages
38. Mending Places by Denise Hunter - **** - 3/23/2023 - 324 Pages
39. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman - ***** - 3/24/2023 - 422 Pages
40. Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase - ***** - 3/27/2023 - 372 Pages
41. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin - 3/28/2023 - 215 Pages
42. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
43. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - ***** - 4/4/2023 - 158 Pages
44. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour - **** - 4/7/2023 - 352 Pages
45. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce - ***** - 4/9/2023 - 352 Pages
46. Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - **** - 4/12/2023 - 271 Pages
47. Bite the Bullet by L.A. Banks - **** - 4/12/2023 - 349 Pages
48. No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi - **** - 4/13/2023 - 192 Pages
49. Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley - **** - 4/14/2023 - 336 Pages
50. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - ***** - 4/15/2023 - 352 Pages

- 143 Pages
- 262 Pages
- 320 Pages
- 320 Pages
- 271 Pages
- 184 Pages
- 216 Pages
- 320 Pages
- 400 Pages
- 288 Pages
- 352 Pages
- 328 Pages
- 272 Pages
- 626 Pages
- 244 Pages
- 304 Pages
- 208 Pages
- 352 Pages.
- 148 Pages
- 375 Pages
- 400 Pages
- 525 Pages

Total Group Pages: 1,370,214

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Monthly Audiobook Challenge: September 2023
Duration: September 2023

Progress: 0 out of 5

The Audiobook Challenge is designed to not only help you to read your audiobooks, but to also find out about other great audiobooks from other challenge participants!

Though you may pop in/out at any time, the Audiobook Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.

There are no minimum page requirements, and you can read abridged or unabridged audiobooks!

1. At the beginning of the month, post :
a: How many audiobooks in total you want to read for the month
b: How many audiobooks in the monthly category you want to read
c: Post the audiobooks (as you decide on them) by linking them to Goodreads in your post

2. During the month, read the audiobooks that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s) - note: can only be linked to Goodreads and not an external site
c: How many audiobooks you have read for this challenge this year

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 5
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:

Books in category: EDUCATION

FINISHED

End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

- 204 Pages
- 384 Pages

Current Total: 904,473

- 208 Pages
- 416 Pages
- 416 Pages

New Group Total: 902,385

- 384 Pages

New Group Total = 874,609

- 336 Pages
- 156 Pages
- 320 Pages
- 342 Pages
- 208 Pages
- 448 Pages
- 479 Pages
- 291 Pages

New Group Total: 858,016

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Monthly audiobook challenge: May 2023
Duration: May 1st - May 31st

Progress: 1 out of 1+

~ Monthly Audiobook Challenge ~

Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).

Let's find some great audiobooks together!

May 2023 Theme:

◈ Audiobooks that have been made into a movie

1. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 5/6/2023 - 368 Pages
2.

- 410 Pages

Total Group Pages: 735,963

- 368 Pages

Total Group Pages: 734,948

- 357 Pages
- 217 Pages
- 296 Pages

New Group Total: 728,575

- 464 Pages

Total Group Pages: 654,213

- 91 Pages
- 304 Pages

Total Group Pages: 638,030

- 192 Pages
- 336 Pages
- 352 Pages

Total Group Pages: 631,731

- 349 Pages

Current Total: 616,303

- 271 Pages

Total Group Pages: 614,521

- 352 Pages

Current Group Total: 607,120

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Monthly Audiobook Challenge: April 2023
Duration: 4/1/2023 - 4/30/2023

Progress: 5 out of 5

Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).

Let's find some great audiobooks together!

April 2023 Theme:

◈ Celebrity Narrator
Category name says it all: Somebody famous narrates. Examples: James Marsters reading Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series or Anne Hathaway reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - ***** - 4/15/2023 - 352 Pages - Patton Oswald
2. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 4/6/2023 - 368 Pages - Narrated by: Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, Pablo Schreiber
3. Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci - ***** - 4/3/2023 - 291 Pages - Stanley Tucci
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - ***** - 4/18/2023 - 323 Pages - Sissy Spacek
5. You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together by Kat Timpf - **** - 4/5/2023 - 248 Pages

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Decades Challenge 2023 - Lite edition
Duration: 23 Feb 2023 - 23 Feb 2024

Progress: 55 out of 55

LITE VERSION

The number of books you have to read for each of the years is the number corresponding for that year and must be published within that year.

For example:

2023 = 3 books published in 2023
2022 = 2 books published in 2022
2021 = 1 book published in 2021
2020 = 10 books published in 2020
2019 = 9 books published in 2019
etc...
2012 = 2 books published in 2012

LEVELS

Level L-9 = 55 books.
Read four (4) for 2014, then (5) for 2015 etc., on through the corresponding ending number to 2023

2014
1: Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - ***** - 3/1/2023 - 420 Pages
2: No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi - **** - 4/13/2023 - 192 Pages
3: milk and honey by Rupi Kaur - **** - 6/16/2023 - 204 Pages
4: Scandal And The Duchess by Jennifer Ashley - ***** - 6/20/2023 - 143 Pages


2015
1: Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase - ***** - 3/27/2023 - 372 Pages
2: November 9 by Colleen Hoover - **** - 7/19/2023 - 320 Pages
3: Always Human by Ari North - *** - 10/16/2023 - 256 Pages
4: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - **** - 11/25/2023 - 272 Pages
5: Day Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/2/2024 - 307 Pages


2016
1: The Witches of New York by Ami McKay - ***** - 3/23/2023 - 529 Pages
2: Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour - **** - 4/7/2023 - 352 Pages
3: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - *** - 5/7/2023 - 410 Pages
4: Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter - *** - 11/8/2023 - 198 Pages
5: Caraval by Stephanie Garber - **** - 12/5/2023 - 407 Pages
6: Night Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/5/2024 - 308 Pages


2017
1: You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want by Sarah Knight - ***** - 3/20/2023 - 299 Pages
2: The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin - **** - 6/7/2023 - 416 Pages
3: Geekerella by Ashley Poston - ***** - 7/5/2023 - 320 Pages
4: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - **** - 10/7/2023 - 336 Pages
5: Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks by Stephen Davis - ***** - 12/24/2023 - 352 Pages
6: Assaulted Caramel by Amanda Flower - **** - 4/17/2024 - 328 Pages
7: Bats: Learning to Fly by Falynn Koch - ***** - 6/1/2024 - 128 Pages


2018
1: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni - ***** - 2/27/2023 - 448 Pages - Published 4/24/2018
2: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - **** - 3/7/2023 - 453 Pages
3: Hilda and the Hidden People by Luke Pearson - ***** - 3/7/2023 - 216 Pages
4: Half Spent Was the Night by Ami McKay - ***** - 3/24/2023 - 112 Pages
5: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - ***** - 4/4/2023 - 158 Pages
6: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - ***** - 4/15/2023 - 352 Pages
7: Dreaming in Chocolate by Susan Bishop Crispell - *** - 7/24/2023 - 288 Pages
8: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang - *** - 11/3/2023 - 323 Pages


2019
1: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 5/6/2023 - 368 Pages
2: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - ***** - 6/2/2023 - 479 Pages
3: Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 8/7/2023 - 272 Pages
4: The Choice of Magic by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 8/15/2023 - 626 Pages
5: Secrets and Spellcraft by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 9/7/2023 - 525 Pages
6: Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen - ***** - 9/11/2023 - 151 Pages
7: A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell - **** - 9/19/2023 - 352 Pages
8: Enemies by Tijan - ***** - 11/2/2023 - 379 Pages
9: The Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen - **** - 11/5/2023 - 2 Pages


2020
1: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce - ***** - 4/9/2023 - 352 Pages
2: Take the Plunge by John Patrick Green - **** - 5/21/2023 - 208 Pages
3: Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondō - **** - 8/18/2023 - 244 Pages
4: Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 9/11/2023 - 374 Pages
5: Scholar of Magic by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 9/24/2023 - 660 Pages
6: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune - ***** - 9/30/2023 - 394 Pages
7: Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley - ***** - 10/4/2023 - 224 Pages
8: Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby - **** - 10/12/2023 - 319 Pages
9: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas - ***** - 10/31/2023 - 803 Pages
10: Go with the Flow by Lily Williams - ***** - 11/5/2023 - 336 Pages


2021
1: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ***** - 3/8/2023 - 476 Pages


2022
1: Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher - ***** - 3/6/2023 - 384 Pages
2: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 3/19/2023 - 354 Pages


2023
1: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - ***** - 10/15/2023 - 528 Pages
2: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears - ***** - 10/26/2023 - 288 Pages
3: The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle - **** - 7/15/2023 - 216 Pages

Finished!

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Just Desserts Reading Challenge
Duration: 7/1/2022 - Til Done!

Progress: 51 out of 51 (Chef - Read 25 or more books)

This challenge combines both our love of books and desserts. We think it's a perfect combination. We didn't list every dessert for fear you'd be reading our list for a long, long time. We just wanted to stimulate your taste buds, er, imaginations and offer some ideas to any who wish to devour a spell-it-out challenge.

- Read at least one book that has a dessert on the cover or in the title. You can also read multiple books and opt to read a dessert by doing a spell-it-out challenge. For a spell-it-out challenge you may spell out the word of choice by using the first or last name of the author, first or last name of a character or their nickname, the first word of a book title. If the title begins with the, a, an, etc. you may use the second word in the title.

Example of a spell-it-out challenge
P - The Alchemistby Paulo Coelho
I - Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon
E - Evie in Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

- Read a book where someone gets their "Just desserts"
- Read a book which has a character who is a Chef or runs their own Bakery or works in a Bakery
- Read a book with an interesting way of eating desserts (I'll leave that one to your imaginations *smirk*)
- Read a cookbook that is new to you and make at least 3 of the recipes within
- Read a book from each of the major Dessert groups (Bread/Cakes, Pastry/Pies, Cookies/Brownies, Dairy, Chocolate/Candy)

Since we all read at different speeds, pick your own pace, your own goal and set a date which you feel you can accomplish this task. Most importantly have fun. Bon Appétit!

Breads/Cakes:
Banana bread (11)
B: Bree Baker; Live and Let Chai - ***** - 7/29/2022 - 346 Pages
A: Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd - ***** - 7/14/2022 - 240 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Irish Thoroughbred - *** - 8/4/2022 - 208 Pages
A: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear - ***** - 7/14/2022 - 319 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Irish Rose - *** - 8/4/2022 - 250 Pages
A: A.A. Milne; The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh - ***** - 7/30/2022 - 557 Pages

B: L. Frank Baum; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - ***** - 8/17/2022 - 154 Pages
R: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore - ***** - 8/19/2022 - 479 Pages
E: Emily St. John Mandel; The Glass Hotel - **** - 7/11/2022 - 302 Pages
A: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; The Little Prince - ***** - 8/1/2022 - 85 Pages
D: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red by Joyce Reardon - ***** - 7/24/2022 - 252 Pages


Pastry/Pies:
Scones (6)
S: Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm - ***** - 7/13/2022 - 224 Pages
C: Crunch by Kayla Miller - ***** - 9/25/2022 - 224 Pages
O: Richard Osman; The Thursday Murder Club - ***** - 7/1/2022 - 382 Pages
N: Natalie Riess; Dungeon Critters - ***** - 8/25/2022 - 256 Pages
E: Emily Giffin; Heart of the Matter - **** - 7/13/2022 - 368 Pages
S: Marie Spenale; Wonder Pony - ***** - 7/18/2022 - 112 Pages


Cookies/Brownies:
Peanut Butter Blossoms (20)
P: Pawcasso by Remy Lai - ***** - 7/20/2022 - 240 Pages
E: Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco - ***** - 7/24/2022 - 128 Pages
A: Alan Brennert; Moloka'i - ***** - 9/15/2022 - 405 Pages
N: N.K. Jemisin; The Fifth Season - **** - 9/21/2022 - 468 Pages
U: Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers by Faith G. Harper - ***** - 12/14/2022 - 196 Pages
T: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham - ***** - 9/29/2022 - 205 Pages

B: Kate Bornstein; A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today - **** - 8/26/2022 - 258 Pages
U: John Updike; The Witches of Eastwick - ***** - 8/18/2022 - 307 Pages
T: Kiki Thorpe; The Space Between - **** - 9/18/2022 - 120 Pages
T: Kiki Thorpe; In a Blink - **** - 9/14/2022 - 128 Pages
E: Richard Paul Evans; Noel Street - **** - 7/26/2022 - 304 Pages
R: Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns by Lauren Weisberger - **** - 8/8/2022 - 400 Pages

B: Bill Bryson; A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail - ***** - 8/24/2022 - 397 Pages
L: Lauren Weisberger; When Life Gives You Lululemons - ***** - 8/10/2022 - 343 Pages
O: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy - ***** - 8/11/2022 - 258 Pages
S: Rachel Smythe; Lore Olympus: Volume Two - ***** - 7/9/2022 - 368 Pages
S: The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick - ***** - 8/15/2022 - 304 Pages
O: Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis by Malena Ernman - *** - 8/22/2022 - 288 Pages
M: Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker - ***** - 7/2/2022 - 280 Pages
S: Seth Rogen; Yearbook - ***** - 7/8/2022 - 260 Pages


Dairy:
Pudding: (7)
P: Pachinko by Lee Min-jin - *** - 7/26/2022 - 490 Pages
U: Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
D: Kirk Douglas; Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood - **** - 8/15/2022 - 240 Pages
D: Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley - **** - 10/27/2022 - 192 Pages
I: In the Woods by Tana French - ***** - 7/18/2022 - 429 Pages
N: Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder - *** - 10/27/2022 - 273 Pages
G: The Guncle by Steven Rowley - ***** - 7/6/2022 - 326 Pages


Chocolate/Candy:
Turtles (7)
T: Tony DiTerlizzi; The Field Guide - ***** - 10/2/2022 - 114 Pages
U: Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour - **** - 4/7/2023 - 352 Pages
R: The Round House by Louise Erdrich - **** - 7/28/2022 - 323 Pages
T: Raina Telgemeier; Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your Own Story - ***** - 10/1/2022 - 144 Pages
L: Mercedes Lackey; Joust - ***** - 7/21/2022 - 448 Pages
E: Eve Ensler; The Vagina Monologues - **** - 8/5/2022 - 224 Pages
S: The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl - ***** - 10/18/2022 - 376 Pages