2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Catherine wrote: "Is there a way for me to go back and edit my comment to add the books I’ve read. I can’t figure it out. Tried using safari and app."

Hmmm I'm looking and I don't see an option on the app or mobile browser. :/ (Maybe someone else will know if there's a way.) But if you can get onto desktop, you should be able to see an edit button at the bottom of your post.

Update message #83
1/5

I will sign up for 6 books.

My first on the 1st. I have finished A Chain of Thunder, 562 pages.

1/8 books 562/3000 pages.

Catherine wrote: "Is there a way for me to go back and edit my comment to add the books I’ve read. I can’t figure it out. Tried using safari and app."

Yes, there is an edit button on the bottom right of your comment. :)

I'm in for twelve books.

I’m hoping to read 6 books this month.

I will try reading 0/1 book, 500+ pages

MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2020

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr 531 pages; Jan. 2 -

Please put me down for 3 books!

(2/3 completed)

1. It by Stephen King (1169/1169) 1/4/20

2. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma (454/454) 1/5/20

3.

20 books for me!

up for 5 books!

5/5
1. the hating game ⁠— sally thorne
2. tell me three things ⁠— julie buxbaum
3. the mermaid's voice returns in this one ⁠— amanda lovelace
4. the piano man project — kat french
5. nick & norah's infinite playlist — rachel cohn, david levithan

Update to message 7
746/5000 Pages

Nicole wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Is there a way for me to go back and edit my comment to add the books I’ve read. I can’t figure it out. Tried using safari and app."

Hmmm I'm looking and I don't see an option on..."

Siddhant wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Is there a way for me to go back and edit my comment to add the books I’ve read. I can’t figure it out. Tried using safari and app."

Yes, there is an edit button on the bottom ri..."


Thank you, you're right. I can do it from a laptop, but not mobile or app. :)

2020 Reading Challenge
January - Marathon Challenge
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2020

Progress: 14 out of 14

This is such a hit every year, that we thought we would kick off the year again with a running start! How often is it our New Year's Resolution to read more books? How many of us set goals higher than we did last year? How many of us want to read that super long classic that has been sitting on our bookshelf collecting dust, or spend a winter day curled up on the couch with a pile of graphic novels? Let's start 2020 with a marathon of reading!

Pick a pile of books that you feel you could snuggle up with: a nice over-500-page book, a stack of books under 100 pages, or those books that have been on your TBR list for way too long. Anything you choose is fair game!

This is not a sprint, but a way to spend January in the pages! Pick the number of pages or books you would like to read in January and post them below. The goal is to make fast progress on your reading goals in the New Year. Who would have thought that by hurrying up and sitting with a book, that you could do a marathon?

I’ll be cheering you along and helping you get off to a running start!

Graphic Novels from the Library (that need to be returned)
1. American Gods, Volume 1: Shadows by Neil Gaiman - ***** - 1/2/2020 - 262 Pages
2. Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs - ***** - 1/3/2020 - 104 Pages
3. The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks - ***** - 1/4/2020 - 232 Pages
4. The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang - ***** - 1/4/2020 - 176 Pages
5. American Gods, Volume 2: My Ainsel by Neil Gaiman - ***** - 1/7/2020 - 232 Pages
6. Guts by Raina Telgemeier - ***** - 1/7/2020 - 144 Pages
7. Louis Undercover by Fanny Britt - ***** - 1/12/2019 - 160 Pages
8. Mob Psycho 100, Volume 1 by ONE - *** - 1/17/2020 - 200 Pages
9. The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy - ***** - 1/20/2020 - 256 Pages
10. Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco - * - 1/21/2020 - 432 Pages
11. Providence Act 1 by Alan Moore - ** - 1/22/2019 - 160 Pages
12. Book Love by Debbie Tung - ***** - 1/28/2020 - 137 Pages
13. Strong Female Protagonist: Book Two by Brennan Lee Mulligan - ***** - 1/29/2020 - 336 Pages
14. Under The Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle - ***** - 2/2/2020 - 219 Pages

Gwen S. wrote: "I finished up an audiobook this AM, but this can’t be added to my January Marathon, correct??!??"

Audiobooks are still books so if you want it to count it can =)

I'll sign up for 20 books!

26/20

Don't Say A Word (Strangers #3) 258 pages 1-2-20
Finding Perfect 60 pages 1-3-20
Mr. Casanova # 5 218 pages 1-3-20
Disturbed 238 pages 1-5-20
The Real Thing (Sugar Lake #1) 288 pages 1-6
Siren: A Dark Retelling (Sinister Collection) 1-8
Malice 288 pages 1-9
Down the Darkest Road(Cady Maddix Mystery #2) 391 pages1-11
The Ecstasy of Xochiquetzal:A Gods Awaken Tale 18 pages 1-12
Turbulent Intentions 274 pages 1-13
Turbulent Desires (Billionaire Aviators #2)284 pages 1-14
Turbulent Waters #3 288 pages 1-15
Turbulent Intrigue #4 258 pages 1-16
The Boardwalk Option (Beach Lawyer #3) 363 pages 1-17
Only for You (Sugar Lake #2) 251 pages 1-18
Enemies 370 pages 1-20
Love Like Ours (Sugar Lake #3) 252 pages 1-21
Madness 177 pages 1-22
Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake #4) 336 pages 1-23-20
It's Not About You : A Brief Guide… 35 pages 1-23-20
Spring House 350 pages 1-24-20
Before We Were Yours 339 pages 1-27-20
The Cruelest Stranger 300 pages 1-28-20
A Favor for a Favor (All In #2) 300 pages 1-29-20
The Last Sister (Columbia River #1) 336 pages 1-30
The Wild One (Corisi Billionaires #2) 251 pages 1-31

I'll be reading the whole Witcher series this January, soooo 7 books!

Already completed The Last Wish; (This book was done on 23rd of December, excluded from this challenge).

So sign me up for:

1- Sword Of Destiny (384 pages).

2-Blood of Elves (320 pages).

3-Time of Contempt (352 pages).

4-Baptism of Fire (352 pages).

5-The Tower of Swallows (464 pages).

6-Lady of the Lake (544 pages).

7-Season of Storms (384 pages).

Pages in all 2,800.


Books finished for January:

1- The Sword of Destiny.

2- The Blood of Elves.

3- Time of Contempt.

4- Baptism of Fire

5- The Tower of Swallows.

6- Lady of the Lake.

6/7 completed.

Well, January's done. I still got the novella to go, but that's alright.

Update to message #55

PROGRESS: 3/26

Update to message #34

PROGRESS: 1161/4000 pages read

(3 books read)

I'm in for 4 please

I'm in, will read 3 books, 1,045

The Things We Cannot Say (448)

We Were Liars (227)

Enemies (370)

I'm in! Hoping to complete 6 books this month.

1. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
2. The Diary of a Bookseller
3. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live
Well
4. How to Win Friends and Influence People
5. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
6. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

I am going to try for 1000 pages

Sign me up for 4 books please.

4/4

1. Little Fires Everywhere - 4 Jan
2. An Artificial Night - 7 Jan
3. Then She Was Gone - 8 Jan
4. Every Heart a Doorway - 10 Jan

I ended up hitting my mark much earlier than I was expecting.

I'd like to get 8 in for January to get a head start on my 2020 goal:
Updated Post #131 8/8 Complete
1. In the Darkness
2. Trove: A Woman's Search for Truth and Buried Treasure
3. Aloha Kitchen: Recipes from Hawai'i a Cookbook
4. A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick
5. An Equal Justice
6. Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream
7. What You Did
8. The Testaments

Updated message #14:

274/3000

I want to read 4 books in January.

1. A Darker Shade Of Magic
2.
3.
4.

The Crossing, 388 pages

2/8 books 950/3000 pages

Can I sign up for 60 books.
60/60
1. The Hutt Gambit by A.C. Crispin 1/1/20
2. Living in Harmony by Mary Ellis 1/1/20
3. Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong 1/2/20
4. Rebel Dawn by A.C. Crispin 1/2/20
5. The Paradise Snare by A.C. Crispin 1/3/20
6. Overcome by Lora Leigh 1/3/20C. David Stephens
7. Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule by Jennifer Chiaverini 1/3/20
8. Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn 1/4/20
9. Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn 1/4/20
10. The Enticement by Tara Sue Me 1/4/20
11. Raoul by C. David Stephens 1/7/20
12. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 1/7/20
13. My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni 1/7/20
14. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong 1/8/20
15. Stolen by Kelley Armstrong 1/8/20
16. Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong 1/9/20
17. Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong 1/9/20
18. Haunted by Kelley Armstrong 1/10/20
19. Broken by Kelley Armstrong 1/10/20
20. No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong 1/11/20
21. Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong 1/11/20
22. Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong 1/12/20
23. Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong 1/12/20
24. Waking the Witch byKelley Armstrong 1/13/20
25. Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong 1/13/20
26. Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong 1/14/20
27. The Collar by Tara Sue Me 1/14/20
28. The Master by Tara Sue Me 1/15/20
29. The Flirtation by Tara Sue Me 1/15/20
30. Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep 1/16/20
31. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance 1/16/20
32. Grave Witch by Kalayna Price1/17/20
33. Covet by J.R. Ward 1/17/20
34. Huntress by Nicole Hamlett 1/18/20
35. Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland 1/18/20
36. Mind Games by Carolyn Crane 1/19/20
37. The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu 1/19/20
38. Stormwalker by Allyson James 1/20/20
38. Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher1/20/20
39. The Hollow by Jessica Verday 1/21/20
39. Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian1/21/20
40. Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian 1/22/20
41. World Without End by Ken Follett 1/22/20
42. Requiem by Lauren Oliver 1/22/20
43. Everbound by Brodi Ashton 1/23/20
44. The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card 1/23/20
45. Identical by Ellen Hopkins 1/24/20
46. The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn 1/24/20
47. Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn 1/25/20
48. Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn 1/25/30
49. Murder at the Courthouse by A.H. Gabhart 1/26/20
50. Heatseeker by Lucy Monroe 1/26/20
51. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett 1/27/20
52. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind 1/27/20
53. The Wicked King by Holly Black 1/28/20
54. Oath Taker by Audrey Grey 1/28/20
55. Starflight by Melissa Landers 1/29/20
56. Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen 1/29/20
57. Master of Crows by Grace Draven 1/30/20
58. Pestilence by Laura Thalassa 1/30/20
59. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson 1/31/20
60. Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian 1/31/20

update to message #92, 6/20 books read

I love reading challenges!

I'm aiming for 3 books this month!

Books: 3/3
Pages: 813/420

1. The Bear and the Nightingale (Pages 333)
2. There's Something About Sweetie (Pages 384)
3. Dad Jokes Holiday Edition: Yule Love Them! (Pages 96)

Update: I have decided to add a number of pages to read as well.

Update to message #7
2112/15000 Pages

I also want to increase my pages to 15,000 this month I am moving along quicker than I thought.

I'm in for 4 books.

I want to read 1100 pages this January!

Update to message #55

PROGRESS: 4/26

Updated message 13 - completed 3/5 so far

Update to Message #135
10/60

Message #115 updated

1/3 books completed

1. It by Stephen King (1169/1169)

I am in for 3 books.

Updated message #14:

892/3000 pages

Please sign me up for 5 books!

Progress: 2/5

Message 39 updated: 2/6

Message 69 updated 2/4

Msg 6 update: 7/7 - COMPLETE ✔️

I know it’s early, but the rest of the month will be crazy busy - in worst case scenario I will have no time to read 😱 What shock and horror!

Updated message #10

Progress:

1/3 books
420/1000 pages

Update to message #55

PROGRESS: 5/26

message 117 updated: ✔ 5/5 books done!

Updated Post #131 5/8 Complete

Please sign me up for 3,700 pages.

Goal: 2,444/3,700 pp

1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (327 pp)
2. The Brutal Telling (372 pp)
3. Bury Your Dead (371 pp)
4. A Trick of the Light (339 pp)
5. The Beautiful Mystery (390 pp)
6. How the Light Gets In (405 pp)
7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane (181 pp)

Getting a late start, but sign me up for 3 books please!