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message 1: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Dec 02, 2023 01:33AM) (new)

Jan 01, 2023 02:57PM

Goal 281/250

January:

All About Love New Visions by bell hooks

Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rowan & Neil, #1) by Rachel Lynn Solomon

The Scapegracers (Scapegracers, #1) by H.A. Clarke

Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

He Gets That From Me by Jacqueline Friedland

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher

The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver

Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Make a Scene (Lovestruck, #1) by Mimi Grace

Catch Me If You Can (If You Can, #1) by Christina C. Jones

Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1) by Judy I. Lin

February:

One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2) by Elise Bryant

Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes by Alexa Martin

Goldie Vance Larceny in La La Land by Jackie Ball

Where There Is Smoke, There Is Fire by Monique Fisher

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan

March:

This Is My Brain in Love by I.W. Gregorio

The Prodigy (Family Ties #1) by Shae Sanders

The Prodigy 2 Rise of a Queen (Family Ties) by Shae Sanders

The Fox (Family Ties Book 3) by Shae Sanders

The Player (Family Ties Book 4) by Shae Sanders

The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

April:

When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

Fly Away (Firefly Lane, #2) by Kristin Hannah

May:

Who Is Vera Kelly? (A Vera Kelly Story #1) by Rosalie Knecht

June:
none

July:

Anatomy of a Meet Cute by Addie Woolridge

Blackout Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola

August:

Lucky (Love Again #6) by Heather Grace Stewart

Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Emotional Charades A Novel by Taylor Bianca B.

Less (Arthur Less, #1) by Andrew Sean Greer

Bad Fat Black Girl Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen

Fools In Love Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales by Rebecca Podos

Black and Female Essays by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.

Twenty Poems to Bless Your Marriage And One to Save It by Roger Housden

Some Things I Still Can't Tell You Poems by Misha Collins

You Could Make This Place Beautiful A Memoir by Maggie Smith

You'll Come Back to Yourself by Michaela Angemeer

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

Does My Body Offend You? by Mayra Cuevas

Falling Back in Love with Being Human Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

Star Child A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

A Venom Dark and Sweet (The Book of Tea, #2) by Judy I. Lin

Kiss the Girl (Meant To Be, #3) by Zoraida Córdova

One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3) by Karen M. McManus

Less Is Lost (Arthur Less, #2) by Andrew Sean Greer

Alive At The End Of The World by Saeed Jones

We Never Go Out Of Style by Tanzania Glover

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

I Do Everything I'm Told by Megan Fernandes

Thick And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Body Work The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos

Amateur A Reckoning with Gender, Identity, and Masculinity by Thomas Page McBee

Game On! Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More (Game On, 1) by Dustin Hansen

All Along You Were Blooming Thoughts for Boundless Living (Morgan Harper Nichols Poetry Collection) by Morgan Harper Nichols

Homecoming Love 101 Reunion by J. Nichole

The Day After Forever by Crystal Collier

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman by Kristen R. Lee

Well-Read Black Girl Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

The Montessori Baby A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding (The Parents' Guide to Montessori, 2) by Simone Davies

Atomic Habits An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Unfuck Your Boundaries Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs (5-Minute Therapy) by Faith G. Harper

Bittersweet How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

One Moment Please (Wait With Me, #3) by Amy Daws

A Thing Between Lovers An Erotic Short by Kimberly Brown

American Royalty (American Royalty, #1) by Tracey Livesay

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) by Ashley Herring Blake

Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery by Rosalie Knecht

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan, #3) by Elle Cosimano

The 2000s Made Me Gay Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry

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message 2: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Dec 30, 2023 03:36PM) (new)

Jan 01, 2023 02:57PM

Goal 318/250

September:

The Izumi Shikibu Diary A Romance of the Heian Court (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph) by Izumi Shikibu

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan

Goldie Vance The Hotel Whodunit by Lilliam Rivera

Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3) by Mia P. Manansala

What a Match (Lovestruck, #2) by Mimi Grace

I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1) by Pittacus Lore

The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies, #2) by Pittacus Lore

A Very Merry Bromance (Bromance Book Club, #5) by Lyssa Kay Adams

The Rise of Nine (Lorien Legacies, #3) by Pittacus Lore

Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters

Don't F*cking Panic The Shit They Don't Tell You in Therapy About Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, & Depression by Kelsey Darragh

The Intersectional Environmentalist How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas

It All Comes Back to You by Farah Naz Rishi

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Fall of Five (Lorien Legacies, #4) by Pittacus Lore

The Revenge of Seven (Lorien Legacies, #5) by Pittacus Lore

Lore Olympus Volume Three (Lore Olympus, #3) by Rachel Smythe

The Fate of Ten (Lorien Legacies, #6) by Pittacus Lore

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp

United as One (Lorien Legacies, #7) by Pittacus Lore

Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

The Guncle (The Guncle, #1) by Steven Rowley

Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4) by Mia P. Manansala

The Technique of Orchestration by Kent Kennan

October:

Alibis Essays on Elsewhere by André Aciman

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

Life Isn't Binary On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between by Meg-John Barker

The Wedding Setup A Short Story by Sonali Dev

She's Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) by Rick Riordan

Dear Senthuran A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

As Kismet Would Have It (Dimple and Rishi, #1.5) by Sandhya Menon

There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2) by Sandhya Menon

A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam Sass

Strictly Friends by Frances Mensah Williams

The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk

Faith Greater Heights (Faith Herbert Origin Story, #2) by Julie Murphy

Love at First Fight (Dimple and Rishi, #2.5) by Sandhya Menon

10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3) by Sandhya Menon

Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan

The Buried and the Bound (The Buried and the Bound, #1) by Rochelle Hassan

Behind Bars The Definitive Guide to Music Notation (Faber Edition) by Elaine Gould

The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) by Rick Riordan

Tis the Season for Revenge (Seasons of Revenge, #1) by Morgan Elizabeth

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) by Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5) by Rick Riordan

Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1) by Kennedy Ryan

Take a Hike (Lovestruck #3) by Mimi Grace

November:

The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon, #1) by Kay O'Neill

The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2) by Kay O'Neill

The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3) by Kay O'Neill

The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5) by Diana Gabaldon

A Deadly Inside Scoop (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery, #1) by Abby Collette

A Game of Cones (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery, #2) by Abby Collette

A Killer Sundae (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery, #3) by Abby Collette

Will They, Won't They? by Portia MacIntosh

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Me Being Me Is Exactly as Insane as You Being You by Todd Hasak-Lowy

The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) by Krystal Marquis

Love After the End An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead

The Agathas (The Agathas, #1) by Kathleen Glasgow

The Night in Question (Agathas Mystery, #2) by Kathleen Glasgow

Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti

Queer A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker

Gender A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker

Sexuality A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker

We Weren't Looking to Be Found by Stephanie Kuehn

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

She Who Wins Ditch Your Inner Good Girl, Overcome Uncertainty, and WIN at Your Life by Renée C. Bauer

A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6) by Diana Gabaldon

The Friendship Contract by Mia Heintzelman

Legendborn (Legendborn, #1) by Tracy Deonn

Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz

Bloodmarked (Legendborn, #2) by Tracy Deonn

Belly of the Beast The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison

Odd Man Rush (East Coast #2) by Kristen Granata

The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1) by Rick Riordan

The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2) by Rick Riordan

The Demigod Diaries (The Heroes of Olympus) by Rick Riordan

Don’t Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino

December:

A Fatal Glow (Odessa Jones, #2) by Valerie Wilson Wesley

A Shimmer of Red (Odessa Jones, #3) by Valerie Wilson Wesley

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3) by Rick Riordan

Sing Me to Sleep (Sing Me to Sleep, #1) by Gabi Burton

Happily Ever Afters (Happily Ever Afters, #1) by Elise Bryant

Bliss & Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4) by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5) by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan

Gaslight (Philip Taiwo #2) by Femi Kayode

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) by Heather Fawcett

Crazy To Leave You by Marilyn Simon Rothstein

An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7) by Diana Gabaldon

There's No Coming Back from This by Ann Garvin

The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #6) by Rick Riordan

I Thought You Said This Would Work by Ann Garvin

Brutal Winter (Brutal Winter #1) by Quirah Casey

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message 3: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Dec 27, 2023 06:43PM) (new)

Jan 01, 2023 02:58PM

Monthly Challenges

January
Reading by Number – 6/6, msg 22
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This or That? – 10/10, msg 52
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February
none

March
none

April
none

May
none

June
none

July
none

August
none

September
September 2023 – 3/3, msg 4
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October
October 2023 – 3/3, msg 7
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November
November 2023 – 3/3, msg 15
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December
May the Force Be with You– 12/12, msg 14
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message 4: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Nov 27, 2023 02:55PM) (new)

Jan 01, 2023 02:58PM

Quarterly Challenges

Quarter 1 – January to March

Laugh It Up – 13/15, msg 20
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January-March 2023 Reading Challenge – 10/10, msg 6
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Me and Karma Vibe Like This – 10/10, msg 23
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Quarter 2 – April to June

none

Quarter 3 – July to September

July-September 2023 Board Game – finished, msg 12
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Read Your Word – 10/10, msg 16
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3rd Quarter Challenge – 8/8, msg 17
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Quarter 4 – October to December

4th Quarter Challenge – 7/7, msg 8
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Q4 - Live Long and Prosper – 19/14, msg 24
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Q4 - Where No One Has Gone Before – 20/20, msg 19
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Catch Up Bingo – 5/5, msg 4
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October-December 2023 Board Game – finished, msg 12
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message 5: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Dec 30, 2023 03:37PM) (new)

Jan 01, 2023 02:58PM

Yearly Challenges

I Spy – 30/30, msg 66
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Let’s Turn Pages – 99,440/70,000, msg 92
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A-Z Challenge: Locations – 25/25, msg 78
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Bookworm Takes Shelfies - completed, msg 51
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Genre Bingo 2023 – 15/15, msg 7
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Tackle That TBR, Vol. 6: I’m Sorry, Do You Have Some Prior Commitment? – 52/52, msg 16
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A-Z Challenge – 26/26, msg 14
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2023 A-Z Challenge – 26/26, msg 33
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2023 Take a Bite Out of Those Chunksters Challenge – 20/20, msg 28
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message 6: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Dec 30, 2023 03:39PM) (new)

Jan 01, 2023 02:59PM

Stats

Genre
Fantasy: 6
Mystery/Thriller: 22
Romance: 89
Sci-Fi: 5
Historical: 5
Non-fiction: 37
Comics/Graphic Novels: 17
YA Fantasy: 34
YA Romance: 32
YA Other: 19
Other: 26
Plays: 3
Poetry: 21

Author
Male: 66
Female: 229
Trans/NB: 23

Length
<200 pages: 63
200-500 pages: 239
501-999 pages: 13
1000+ pages: 3

Star rating
5 – 25
4 – 153
3 – 109
2 – 37
1 – 3

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message 7: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Dec 30, 2023 03:40PM) (new)

Jan 01, 2023 02:59PM

Series

Series to finish:
NONE

Series to finish next year:
Six Crimson Cranes (1/2)
Tokyo Ever After (1/2)
App (1/2)
Skin of the Sea (1/2)
Vera Kelly (2/3)
American Royalty (1/2)
The Radiant Emperor (1/2)
Messina Family (1/2)
The Boyfriend Project (1/3)
Bright Falls (2/3)
The Celestial Kingdom (1/2)

Series to be continued this year once the next instalment is released:

Series to be continued when the next instalment comes out (not this year or date not set):
Saga (9/?)
Aunties (2/3)
Primas of Power (2/3)
Simone Breaks All the Rules (1/2)
The Celestial Kingdom (1/4)
Vega Family Love Stories (1/3)
Maple Hills (1/2)
London Calling (2/3)
Lore Olympus (3/6)
Finlay Donovan (3/4)
Loveboat, Taipei (1/3)
Heartstopper (4/6)
Cemetery Boys (1/2)
Skyland (1/2)
Outlander (6/10)
The Davenports (1/2)
Legendborn (2/4)

Series finished this year:
Family Ties (4/4)
Firefly Lane (2/2)
Love Again (4/4)
The Book of Tea (2/2)
Meant to Be (3/3)
One of Us Is Lying (3/3)
Arthur Less (2/2)
Death-Cast (2/2)
Bromance Book Club (5/5)
Lorien Legacies (7/7)
Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery (4/4)
Faith Herbert Origin Story (2/2)
Dimple and Rishi (5/5)
Lovestruck (3/3)
Tea Dragon (3/3)
An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery (3/3)
The Agathas (2/2)
Odessa Jones (3/3)
Happily Ever Afters (2/2)
Heroes of Olympus (5/5)
Shine (2/2)
Philip Taiwo (2/2)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (6/6)

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message 8: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (new)

Jan 01, 2023 03:00PM

I'll be updating monthly.

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message 9: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (new)

Mar 30, 2023 05:50PM

March:

The Prodigy (Family Ties Book 1) by Shae Sanders

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message 10: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (new)

Sep 01, 2023 08:46AM

I finally updated!

Most favorite reads of August:

Least favorite reads of August:

The Montessori Baby A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding (The Montessori Parent, 2) by Simone Davies

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message 11: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (new)

Oct 01, 2023 07:47AM

September:

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message 12: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Nov 27, 2023 03:25PM) (new)

Oct 01, 2023 07:47AM

Most favorite read of September:

Least favorite reads of September:

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message 13: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Dec 02, 2023 01:07AM) (new)

Dec 02, 2023 01:06AM

October:

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message 14: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (new)

Dec 02, 2023 01:09AM

Favorite reads of October:

Least favorite reads of October:

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Dec 02, 2023 01:26AM

November:

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message 16: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (last edited Dec 02, 2023 01:30AM) (new)

Dec 02, 2023 01:29AM

Favorite reads of November:

Least favorite reads of November:

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message 17: by ✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (new)

Dec 30, 2023 03:13PM

December:

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Dec 30, 2023 03:17PM

Favorite reads of December:

Least favorite reads of December:

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