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This challenge is hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block.

2016 Color Coded Challenge

This was my fourth year for this challenge and although I try to read my own books for this as much as possible without resorting to library books, only four were my own books this year. I love this challenge and hope to do it again in 2017!

Here are the rules:

*Read nine books in the following categories.

* Any book read from January 1 through December 31, 2016 will count.

1. Blue: Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater
2. Red: Bloodroot (China Bayles #10), Susan Wittig Albert
3. Yellow: Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die, #3), Danielle Paige

4. Green: Anne of Green Gables (Anne #1), L.M. Montgomery
5. Brown:  Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
6. Black: The Raven King (Raven Cycle #4), Maggie Stiefvater
7. White: Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky, Sandra Dallas

8. any other color in the title/on the cover: Tales from Silver Lands, Charles J. Finger
9. word that implies color: Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables, #7), L.M. Montgomery

Today is the first day of fall and I’ve completed my Goodreads challenge goal. I usually pick 120 books/year for this challenge and watch during the year how I keep up. Goodreads says I am 34 books ahead of schedule by finishing this early!

2016 Prequel & Sequel Challenge wrap-up

I did this challenge last year and signed up for Amateur (25-50 points) but more than doubled the Veteran level, so this year I signed up for the Veteran level, hoping that wasn’t too ambitious. But it’s now August, I’m well past the Veteran threshold of 101+ points so I’m calling this challenge for 2016. I finished 3 series, which means that all books have been published, and got up to date on 6 other series, as well as farther along in many more. So success on series reads!

And here is the list: [Read more…] about 2016 Prequel & Sequel wrap-up

I‘m joining this YA challenge hosted by Whole Latte Books. It was just announced last month when she couldn’t find another YA challenge but runs all year long. You can sign up here if you want to join. Since I’ve already read some YA books this year, I’ll begin this sign-up post with what I’ve already read and add the remaining books in my wrap-up post in December.

1. The Heir (Selection #4), Kiera Cass
2. Lair of Dreams (Diviners #2), Libba Bray
3. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows (HP #7), J.K. Rowling
4. Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater
5. Night Study (Soulfinders #2) Maria V. Snyder
6. Happily Ever After (Selection 0.4, 0.5, 2.5, 2.6), Kiera Cass
7. The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre, Ann Rinaldi
8. Anne’s House of Dreams (Anne #5), L.M. Montgomery
9. The Siren, Kiera Cass
10. Stars Above (Lunar Chronicles #4.5), Marissa Meyer
11. Anne of Green Gables (Anne #1), L.M. Montgomery
12. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle (Apollo #1), Rick Riordan
13. The Raven King (Raven Cycle #4), Maggie Stiefvater
14. The Wrath & the Dawn (Wrath & Dawn #1), Renee Ahdieh

What’s In A Name? 2016

The ninth annual What’s In A Name challenge is once again hosted by The Worm Hole. I began the fun in 2009 so I couldn’t pass up the chance to play again. I read all the books early except an item of furniture, which I had a hard time finding on my TBR shelves. I was searching for another book when I found “The Piano Teacher” on the row behind some others, pulled it out and finished up this challenge in the first half of the year. Links to my reviews are found on the challenge website under each category.

The rules are simple-Read one book from each of the following categories:

A country: A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
An item of clothing: The Kashmir Shawl, Rosie Thomas
An item of furniture: The Piano Teacher, Janice Y.K. Lee
A profession: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (Mary Russell #1), Laurie R. King
A month of the year: The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre, Ann Rinaldi
A title with the word ‘tree’ in it: The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (The Darling Dahlias #1), Susan Wittig Albert