The Reading Challenge Group discussion

I had a good start last year but did not finish as strongly as I wanted to. This year, my main goal is to read 36 books, the same as last year, and participate in a few challenges.

36 Book Reading Challenge

1. Effective Data Storytelling: How to Drive Change with Data, Narrative and Visuals by Brent Dykes (January, 2021)
2. Self Unfoldment by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (January, 2021)
3. Enchanting the Earl by Lily Maxton (January, 2021)
4. How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information by Alberto Cairo (February, 2021)
5. Taming The Viscountess by Ruth Ann Nordin (February, 2021)
6. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (February, 2021)
7. Kindle Life by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (February, 2021)
8. My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid (February, 2021)
9. The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford (March, 2021)
10. Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie (March, 2021)
11. Geeta Chapter 11 by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (March, 2021)
12. Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie (April 2021)
13. Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks by Jon Schwabish (May, 2021)
14. BHAGAVAD GITA CHAPTER 12&13: Devotion & The Knower And The Known by Swami Chinmayananda (May, 2021)
15. Champion of the Titan Games by Brandon Mull (May, 2021)
16. The Hollow by Agatha Christie (May, 2021)
17. BHAGAVAD GITA CHAPTER 14: The ThreeFold Qualities by Chinmayananda Saraswati (May, 2021)
18. Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight by Piyanka Jain (June, 2021)
19. Cocktail Time by P. G. Wodehouse (June, 2021)
20. Geeta Chapter 15 by Chinmayananda Saraswati (June, 2021)
21. Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings by Matsuo Basho (July, 2021)
22. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (July, 2021)
23. The Dark Secret by Tui T. Sutherland (July, 2021)
24. The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (August, 2021)
25. Geeta Chapter 16/17 by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (August, 2021)

Happy reading in 2021!

Rosemarie wrote: "Happy reading in 2021!"

Thank you, Rosemarie! I can't wait to start adding challenges!

Anti Alphabet Soup Challenge


Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet

No A- Self Unfoldment by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (January, 2020)
No B- Effective Data Storytelling: How to Drive Change with Data, Narrative and Visuals by Brent Dykes (January, 2020)
No C- Kindle Life by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati
No D- Enchanting the Earl by Lily Maxton (January, 2020)
No E- Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie (April, 2021)
No F- How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information by Alberto Cairo (February, 2021)
No G- The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford (March, 2021)
No H- My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid (February, 2021)
No I- Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie (March, 2021)
No J- Taming The Viscountess by Ruth Ann Nordin (February, 2021)
No K- Geeta Chapter 11 by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (March, 2021)
No L- BHAGAVAD GITA CHAPTER 12&13: Devotion & The Knower And The Known by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (May, 2021)
No M- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (February, 2021)
No N- The Hollow by Agatha Christie (May, 2021)
No O- Geeta Chapter 15 by Chinmayananda Saraswati (June, 2021)
No P- Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks by Jonathan Schwabish (May, 2021)
No Q- Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight by Piyanka Jain (June, 2021)
No R- Champion of the Titan Games by Brandon Mull (May, 2021)
No S- Cocktail Time by P. G. Wodehouse (June, 2021)
No T-
No U- Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings by Matsuo Basho (July, 2021)
No V- The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (July, 2021)
No W- BHAGAVAD GITA CHAPTER 14: The ThreeFold Qualities by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (May, 2021)
No X- The Dark Secret by Tui T. Sutherland (July, 2021)
No Y- Geeta Chapter 16/17 by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati (August, 2021)
No Z- The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (August, 2021)

Monthly Genres 2021

January:
Modern fiction -from 1970s to present - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Literary Fiction - from 1900 to present
Memoirs or Biographies

February:
Romance - My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid
Women's Literature
Frontier/Western

March:
Mystery and Suspense - Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie

April:
Fantasy - Champion of the Titan Games by Brandon Mull

May:
Humour or Comedy - Cocktail Time by P. G. Wodehouse
Tragedy or Sad books

June: Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings by Matsuo Basho
Travel-fiction or non-fiction
Survival
Adventure

July: The Dark Secret by Tui T. Sutherland
YA/Middle Grades- for ages 9 and up

August:
Science Fiction or Dystopia

September:
Historical Fiction or Non-fiction

October:
Horror
Thriller
Supernatural Fiction

November:
Classics - pre 1970

December:
Children's Literature- all ages
Animal Stories- fiction or non-fiction
Seasonal Stories