YA Addicted Book Club discussion

Going to try and read 70 books next year, 25000 pages

98/70

Challenges, Group reads and Buddy reads in 2019

Yearly Challenges
- Clear the Shelves: 15/20
- Serial Reader: 46/20
- Let's Turn Pages: 34,846/25,000
- Read & Go: 15/10
- Pop Sugar: 25/20
- Listopia: 15/14
- 2019 MacHalo Splendiferous Book Bingo Thingie (MSBBT™) 25/25
- GG&G Book Bingo Round 1 15/16
- A-Z challenge 20/26
Readers Unbound 2019 challenge 66/70
- GG&G Book Bingo Round 2 16/16

Quarterly Challenges
Looking Back at the Best: 2/4

Monthly Challenges
January - MARATHON CHALLENGE: 7/6 books
February - Skipping as the challenges dont speak to me.
March - MYSTERIOUS MARCH: 0/1 whoops forgot about this!
July - Independent Reading 3/3
October Monster Mash 2/3

Group Reads


Buddy Reads
Clockwork Angel - Jan 5th DONE
The Alloy of Law - Jan 10th Backed out, will read later
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Jan 11th Backed out, will read later DONE, read on my own
Black Prism - Feb 4th Date changed to April - Backed out will read later
His Majesty's Dragon - March 15th DONE
The Poison Throne - April 1st - Backed out will read later
Warcross - April 8th - Backed out will read later
Throne of Jade - April 25th - going to be very late reading
The Cuckoo's Calling - June 6th Not in the right mood will try and read later
Second Chance Summer - June 8th Cannot get copy of book
Fallen - October 17th DONE

Books read: 98/70

January:

February

March

April


May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Statistics just to satisfy my curiosity

Fantasy: 17
Mystery: 1
Romance: 6
Sci-Fi: 6
Historical: 7
YA: 18
NA: 0
Other: 2

Male author: 6
Female author: 50
unknown: 1

Owned: 18
Bought: 15
Borrowed: 24

Hardcopy: 21
Ebook: 22
Audio: 14

Star rating
5 - 9
4 - 23
3 - 20
2 - 5
1 - 0

Serial Reader - Books that are part of a series that I have started prior to 2019
Incomplete Series List

20/20

Read and Go challenge
These are some fun prompts, I'll go for 10 to start with
9/10

1. A novel set in the woods
2. A novel involving a creative outlet Tattooing! and drawing in general.
3. A novel featuring food you have not tried
4. A novel involving a train ride
5. A graphic novel
6. A novel involving ghosts
7. A novel featuring a zoo, animal shelter or sanctuary
8. A novel set on a bus
9. A novel where a main character seeks self-improvement
10. A novel featuring a bike ride
11. A novel set in or involving something industrial (factory, etc.)
12. A novel involving a plane ride
13. A novel set in a snow land
14. A novel set in a country other than your own
15. A novel featuring a garden
16. A novel set in a museum
17. A novel set in a hotel
18. A novel featuring an instrument you wish you could play
19. A novel involving an escape
20. A novel set underground or underwater
21. A novel involving a road trip
22. A novel depicting a sci-fi technology that now exists
23. A novel set in a city within 100 km of your own
24. Bonus: A novel set in your home town

Pop Sugar Challenge
I should be able to do 20 I think so that's where I'll start

12/20

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
2. A book that makes you nostalgic
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
7. A reread of a favorite book
8. A book about a hobby
9. A book you meant to read in 2018 I've been meaning to read this one for years!
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
13. A book published posthumously
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. A retelling of a classic
16. A book with a question in the title
17. A book set on college or university campus
18. A book about someone with a superpower
19. A book told from multiple POVs
20. A book set in space
21. A book by two female authors
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23. A book set in Scandinavia
24. A book that takes place in a single day
25. A debut novel
26. A book that's published in 2019
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature Vampires, ghouls, etc
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
29. A book with LOVE in the title
30. A book featuring an amateur detective
31. A book about a family
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
34. A book that includes a wedding
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
36. A ghost story
37. A book with a two-word title
38. A novel based on a true story
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge

Advanced

41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
43. An "own voices" book
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
45. A LitRPG book
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
47. Two books that share the same title
48. Two books that share the same title
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent

2019 MacHalo Splendiferous Book Bingo Thingie (MSBBT™)

15/25

1. Creepy Crawlies:
2. Judge it by the cover: still a pretty cover!
3. Vamps & Weres:
4. Book you wish you’d read last year:
5. It’s hot over here:
6. Dark Elves & Old Crones:
7. Blue cover:
8. Non fiction:
9. Crusades & Revolutions:
10. Book with a map:
11. Published before 1990:
12. Black Holes & Immortality:
13. LGBTQ rep:
14. Fire & Brimstone:
15. Takes place in space:
16. Shrewd & Devious:
17. New Release:
18. Chosen for you by someone else:
19. Annihilation & Rebirth:
20. Multiple POVs:
21. Country that fascinates you:
22. More than 400 pages:
23. Costumes & Disguises:
24. Welcome to the zoo:
25. New-to-you author:

I really enjoyed the Listopia Challenge in 2018 even if I didn't succeed at finishing it so I will try and do one again.

Going to try and read 4 more from this list Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
1.
2.
3.
4.

Possible books to read : The Name of the Wind, The Way of Kings, American Gods, The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Black Prism

Read a couple more from this list Best Books of 2017
1.
2.

Possible books to read : Caraval, One of Us Is Lying, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, History Is All You Left Me, Warcross, Flame in the Mist, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Silence Fallen, Hunted, Red Sister, They Both Die at the End

Couple more from this one as well Fairy Tale Retellings
1.
2.

Possible books to read : Splintered, Scarlet, Of Beast and Beauty, The Shadow Queen, Spelled, Cinderella's Dress, Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

3 from a new to me list Best Historical Fiction of the 21st century
1.
2.
3.

Possible books to read : The Book Thief, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Shadow of the Wind, Cleopatra's Daughter, The Heretic Queen, Pompeii

3 more from a new to me list YA Novels of 2018
1.
2.
3.

Possible books to read : The Cruel Prince, Catwoman: Soulstealer, To Kill a Kingdom, The Belles, Batman: Nightwalker, Save the Date, Ash Princess, What If It's Us, Furyborn, Sky in the Deep, Heart of Iron, Empress of All Seasons, Fawkes, Girl Made of Stars, Gunslinger Girl, Starry Eyes, Sweet Black Waves, Markswoman, Girls of Paper and Fire

Total 5/14

My TBR mountain. Goal is to end the year with less books on my want to read list than I started with meaning reading more than adding new ones! This total includes both owned and wanted books.

Start of 2019 - Want to read list at 898

Total at the end of each month:

January 910

February 915

March 918

April 967

May 964

June 925

July 910

August 923

September --

October 920

November 915

December 919

Q1 Quarterly Challenges

Looking Back at the Best 2/4

Possible ideas: Anthologies:
Goodreads choice awards:
NPR Book Concierge: Guide to the Best Books of 2018

Read:

Q2 Quarterly Challenges
I think I am skipping this one from the 2019 Reading Challenge group.
Will only be doing the one from YA addicted Book Club

Q3 Quarterly Challenges

Q4 Quarterly Challenges

I believe that is the end of my bookish insanity

Some of those prompts are just so neat and it can be fun to read outside of comfort zones and look for things that fit. Whether I complete any or not!

Book Bingo 2019 Round 1 from GG&G

8/16

X - X - X - 0
0 - 0 - 0 - 0
X - 0 - X - X
X - 0 - 0 - X

1) Book Set in Country Not of Your Birth -
2) Cover: Person in Uniform -
3) Story: Secret Organization -
4) Cover: Has Books -
5) Story: Person with Disability -
6) New Release Book -
7) GG&G Book -
8) Cover: Orange -
9) Cover: Sword or Knife -
10) Cover: Title with a Number -
11) Cover: Magical Creature -
12) Story: Notes a Holiday in Story -
13) Story: MC travels across state/country -
14) GG&G BotM -
15) Story: Character in Medical Profession -
16) Story: Character Lie Hurts Another Character -

Finished my first book of the year with , added bonus is that it works for a bunch of challenges too!
Starting

Brittany wrote: "Finished my first book of the year with , added bonus is that it works for a bunch of challenges too!
Starting "

I love Clockwork Angel! 😍 Happy reading!

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Clockwork Angel. I love that series.

Read a book whose title starts with each letter of the alphabet. IE: 1 Book whose title starts with A, one whose title starts with B, etc...

For the letters Q, X, Y and Z the book title does not need to START with these letters, but must contain them.

A - At Grave's End The Alice Network
B - Beneath This Ink
C - Clockwork Angel
D -
E -
F -
G -
H - The Heart of Valor
I - The Iron Traitor The Iron Warrior
J -
K -
L -
M - Moonglow
N -
O - One Wilde Night One Fell Sweep
P -
Q -
R -
S -Sea Witch Strange the Dreamer Saving Your Future Basic Principles of Building a Financial Foundation Spinning Silver
T - Theodora Actress, Empress, Whore
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -

finished wasn't as good as book 1 but still enjoyable enough with great narrators

finished , on the waitlist for the final book

Wow Brittany, you are doing so good!

heather - NightlyReading wrote: "Wow Brittany, you are doing so good!"

Thanks! The reading has been going pretty well so far :)
And all female authors apparently.

Finished and I'm still not sure what I think. My review makes me sound like I hated it but I didn't and will absolutely continue in the series.

I love the infernal devices much more than the mortal instruments.

Fair enough Kay! I liked it, even if I'm not quite sure why!

Definitely not YA but, I'm finally continuing on with Night Huntress and reading

And I finished that was a damn good book. I'd read the next one immediately if I owned it!

Instead I think I will start

Brittany! Your ahead of me...keep up the awesome job!

Thanks Heather! I'm back on days so my reading will likely slow back down for a few weeks I think? But who knows for sure!

Brittany wrote: "Thanks Heather! I'm back on days so my reading will likely slow back down for a few weeks I think? But who knows for sure!"

I try to read a little every night before I go to bed...but I have been dozing off recently and having to re-read like 3 times...lol

Finished , it wasn't worth reading

Brittany wrote: "Finished , it wasn't worth reading"

Sorry you didn't enjoy it Brittany, hope your next read is better!

I finished next ebook is
Still working on listening to and reading

Hope you're enjoying KoA Britt. I bet the audiobook is massively long. The book is huge!

Kay it never ends! Im 9 hours in with 24 more to go! Its crazy. I am enjoying it but I dont think I will ever listen to a book over 24 hours again, just takes too long.

January 2019 update

Books read-

Completed series-

Series UTD-

Progress in series- Confederation 3/8, Beneath 2/7, The Iron Fey 6/7, Night Huntress 3/7

Abandoned - Sea Witch 1/2

New series started - The Infernal Devices 1/3, Strange the Dreamer 1/2

Comic series continued -

102 series + 5 comic series to go

So TBR mountain failure for january. It has gone from 898 to 910

I can imagine it's taking forever. I don't think I could listen to it on audio. I just lose focus too easily with audiobooks.

Kayleigh {K-Books} wrote: "I can imagine it's taking forever. I don't think I could listen to it on audio. I just lose focus too easily with audiobooks."

I just never seem to make a dent in it!

Oh no 🙈 lol. I get it though!

Totally understand Brittany, I'm trying to make a dent in Kingdom of Ash too (though not on audio) and no matter how much I read, I never seem to!

I finally finished reading it was a good story, enjoyable historical-type romance with paranormal aspects.

Going to start which I have wanted to read forever and a friend lent it to me

Oh my gosh guys, I finished a series! I finished on ebook

started So far, even though I'm only on chapter 3 its been rather entertaining. A naked party in rio during carnival makes for an interesting start!

Yay!! Congrats for finishing a series.

finished that was quite the entertaining prequel! Starting

My hold for came in from the library so I read it in a day. Loved it!
Hold for finally came in also so starting that next

Which means I put off for now but will come back to it after.

I'm pretty impressed with my reading so far, I've already finished 12 books and at 4382 pages.

You're doing amazing so far Britt. Well done.

Thanks Kay! See how long I can keep it up for