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JANUARY ROUND UPA - Z Challenge 2024 - Book Titles
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano - 4 stars
(416 pages)
Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality by Pema Chödrön - 5 stars
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
Kid Me Not: An anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s by Aralyn Hughes - 3 stars
(126 pages)
While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger - 4 stars
(320 pages)
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future by Jean M. Twenge - 3 stars
(560 pages)
OTHER
An Unthinkable Thing by Nicole Lundrigan - 3stars
(352 pages)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 5 stars
(487 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
January total: 2, 261 pages
FEBRUARY ROUND UPA - Z Challenge 2024 - Book Titles
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 3 stars
(531 pages)
Fight Night by Miriam Toews - 5 stars
(255 pages)
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
A Feeling - Love
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living by Pema Chödrön - 3 stars
(176 pages)
Biographies, Autobiographies, Memoirs
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton - 4 stars
(272 pages)
A Time - 1960s Counterculture
Naked in the Woods: My Unexpected Years in a Hippie Commune by Margaret Grundstein - 4 stars
(224 pages)
OTHER
Because They Wanted To: Stories by Mary Gaitskill - 1 star
(256 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
February total: 1, 714 pages
MARCH ROUND UPA - Z Challenge 2024 - Book Titles
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward - 3 stars
(335 pages)
One Italian Summer: Across the world and back in search of the good life by Pip Williams - 2 stars
(338 pages)
The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 2 stars
(278 pages)
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer - 4 stars
(320 pages)
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore - 3 stars
(296 pages)
OTHER
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
(256 pages)
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins - 3 stars
(294 pages)
The Pinballs by Betsy Byars - 5 stars
(144 pages)
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb - 4 stars
(465 pages)
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso - 2 stars
(204 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
March total: 2, 930 pages
APRIL ROUND UPA - Z Challenge 2024 - Book Titles
The Caretaker by Ron Rash - 2 stars
(252 pages)
The Etiquette of Illness: What to Say When You Can't Find the Words by Susan P. Halpern - 3 stars
(256 pages)
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
A Time - 1960s Counterculture
The Haight-Ashbury: A History by Charles Perry - 5 stars
(294 pages)
QUARTERLY CHALLENGE - All About Spring
Read a book that you've read before but don't really remember
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood - 4 stars
(478 pages)
Read a book set on a farm
All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki - 3.5 stars
(432 pages)
OTHER
Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 4 stars
(238 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
April total: 1, 950 pages
MAY ROUND UPBookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
9/12 done
A Feeling - Love
A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness by Sharon Salzberg - 4 stars
(208 pages)
A Time - 1960s Counterculture
Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969 by Bob Spitz - 3 stars
(515 pages)
QUARTERLY CHALLENGE - All About Spring
4/5 done
Love is in the air. Read a romance novel or any novel in which two characters are in love.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - 3 stars
(506 pages)
Spring break. Read a book set in a school or university, with a character who is a teacher, or any book you think of as a beach read.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell - 5 stars
(373 pages)
OTHER
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt - 3 stars
(360 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
10,817/20,000 pages done
May total: 1, 962 pages
JUNE ROUND UPA - Z Challenge 2024 - Book Titles
No Rules: A Memoir by Sharon Dukett - 2 stars
(315 pages)
Tears of Amber by Sofía Segovia - 5 stars
(487 pages)
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV and Archbishop Desmond Tutu - 5 stars
(354 pages)
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion - 3 stars
(227 pages)
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
A book genre - nonfiction
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey - 5 stars
(448 pages)
OTHER
Woodstock Revisited by Susan Reynolds - 5 stars
(150 pages)
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 3 stars
(369 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
June total: 2, 350 pages
JULY ROUND UPA - Z Challenge 2024 - Book Titles
The Infinite Wait and Other Stories by Julia Wertz - 4 stars
(228 pages)
Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh - 3 stars
(203 pages)
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf - 5 stars
(280 pages)
The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness by Lori Schiller - 5 stars
(270 pages)
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
A Feeling - Love
Cave in the Snow by Vicki Mackenzie - 4 stars
(256 pages)
OTHER
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner - 2 stars
(384 pages)
Wellness by Nathan Hill - 5 stars
(611 pages)
Kent State by Deborah Wiles - 4 stars
(132 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
July total: 2, 364 pages
AUGUST ROUND UPA - Z Challenge 2024 - Book Titles
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray - 3.5 stars
(656 pages)
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
A Genre - Graphic Novels
Epileptic by David B. - 3 stars
(368 pages)
OTHER
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young - 4 stars
(320 pages)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom - 3 stars
(196 pages)
The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams - 3 stars
(384 pages)
The Nix by Nathan Hill - 4 stars
(625 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
August total: 2, 549 pages
SEPTEMBER ROUND UPA - Z Challenge 2024 - Book Titles
Swing Low: A Life by Miriam Toews - 4 stars
(240 pages)
Good Material by Dolly Alderton - 3 stars
(336 pages)
The Women by Kristin Hannah - 2 stars
(471 pages)
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
Biographies, Autobiographies, Memoirs
Solito by Javier Zamora - 5 stars
(348 pages)
A Genre - Graphic Novels
Trashed: A Graphic Novel by Derf Backderf - 5 stars
(256 pages)
OTHER
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle - 5 stars
(229 pages)
All Fours by Miranda July - 4 stars
(336 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
September total: 2, 216 pages
OCTOBER ROUND UPA-Z Challenge - 2024
My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran - 5 stars
(208 pages)
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
Book Length - 500+ pages
Paris by Edward Rutherfurd - 2 stars
(809 pages)
OTHER
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young - 3 stars
(351 pages)
The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani - 4 stars
(154 pages)
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien - 5 stars
(246 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
20,102/20,000 pages done
May total: 1, 768 pages
NOVEMBER ROUND UPA-Z Challenge - 2024
Everyday Zen: Love & Work by Charlotte Joko Beck - 4 stars (244 pages)
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
Genre - Graphic Novels
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman - 4 stars (159 pages)
OTHER
Maus: A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman - 5 stars (144 pages)
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout - 4 stars (352 pages)
The Little Liar by Mitch Albom - 3 stars (352 pages)
The Guest by B.A. Paris - 1 star (305 pages)
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig - 5 stars (324 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
21,182/20,000 pages done
November total: 1, 880 pages
DECEMBER ROUND UPBookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
DONE!
Book length - 500+ pages
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo - 4 stars (532 pages)
New to me authors
Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii by T.W. Neal - 4 stars (406 pages)
Haight-Ashbury, Psychedelics, and the Birth of Acid Rock by Robert J. Campbell - 3 stars (341 pages)
OTHER
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams - 1 star (357 pages)
Hippie by Paulo Coelho - 3 stars (306 pages)
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
DONE!
23,124/20,000 pages done
December total: 1, 942 pages
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Haight-Ashbury, Psychedelics, and the Birth of Acid Rock (other topics)Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii (other topics)
The Most Fun We Ever Had (other topics)
A Hundred Summers (other topics)
Hippie (other topics)
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A-Z Challenge - Book Titles
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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónB -
The Bee Sting by Paul MurrayC -
The Caretaker by Ron RashD -
Deaf Again by Mark DrolsbaughE -
The Etiquette of Illness: What to Say When You Can't Find the Words by Susan P. HalpernF -
Fight Night by Miriam ToewsG -
Good Material by Dolly AldertonH -
Hello Beautiful by Ann NapolitanoI -
The Infinite Wait and Other Stories by Julia WertzJ -
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama XIV and Desmond TutuK -
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf BackderfL -
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona WardM -
My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ranN -
No Rules: A Memoir by Sharon DukettO -
One Italian Summer: Across the World and Back in Search of the Good Life by Pip WilliamsP -
The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz ZafónQ -
The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness by Lori SchillerR -
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki BrammerS -
Swing Low: A Life by Miriam ToewsT -
Tears of Amber by Sofía SegoviaU -
Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality by Pema ChödrönV -
V for Vendetta by Alan MooreW -
The Women by Kristin HannahY -
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionZ -
Everyday Zen: Love & Work by Charlotte Joko Beck_________________________________________________
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2024
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21/21 - DONE
A TIME - 1960s COUNTERCULTURE
1.
Naked in the Woods: My Unexpected Years in a Hippie Commune by Margaret Grundstein2.
The Haight-Ashbury: A History by Charles Perry3.
Barefoot in Babylon: The Creation of the Woodstock Music Festival, 1969 by Bob SpitzBIOGRAPHIES/AUTOBIOGRAPHIES/MEMOIRS
1.
While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger2.
Solito by Javier Zamora3.
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray HintonA FEELING - LOVE
1.
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living by Pema Chödrön2.
Cave in the Snow by Vicki Mackenzie3.
A Heart as Wide as the World: Stories on the Path of Lovingkindness by Sharon SalzbergA BOOK GENRE - NONFICTION
1.
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future by Jean M. Twenge2.
Kid Me Not: An anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s by Aralyn Hughes3.
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. RamseyBOOK LENGTH - 500+ PAGES
1.
The Nix by Nathan Hill2.
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo3.
Paris by Edward RutherfurdNEW TO ME AUTHORS
1.
Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii by T.W. Neal2.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle3.
Haight-Ashbury, Psychedelics, and the Birth of Acid Rock by Robert J. CampbellGENRE - GRAPHIC NOVELS
1.
Trashed: A Graphic Novel by Derf Backderf2.
Epileptic by David B.3.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman__________________________________________________
Let's Turn Pages - 2024
DONE!
(message 39)
23,124/20,000 pages
January total: 2, 261
February total: 1, 714
March total: 2, 930
April total: 1, 950
May total: 1, 962
June total: 2, 350
July total: 2, 364
August total: 2, 549
September total: 2, 216
October total: 1, 768
November total: 1, 880
December total: 1, 942
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QUARTERLY CHALLENGES
Q2 - All About Spring (April 1 - June 30)
4/5
Tulips and daffodils are among the first flowers to bloom in spring. Read a book with pink or yellow on the cover, a book set in the Netherlands, or the first book in a series.
Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe
Spring break. Read a book set in a school or university, with a character who is a teacher, or any book you think of as a beach read.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellFarmer’s Market. Read a book set on a farm, that has something you would find at a farmer’s market on the cover, or a book that you got second-hand.
All Over Creation by Ruth OzekiLove is in the air. Read a romance novel or any novel in which two characters are in love.
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternMemorial Day. Read a book about memory, that has a soldier as a character, or a book that you've read before but don't really remember.
Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood