2019 Reading Challenge, A Year in Reviews

Happy New Year, readers! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. Since we just moved out of state, my holidays were pretty uneventful. 2019 was a big year for us. We moved to Minnesota and I graduated. I also got hired at my job full time from being a temp. Excited to see what 2020 brings.

For my reading goal, I had set 50 books on the Goodreads Challenge. I fell short at 36. Technically, it was 38, but one of the books was a trilogy set and only counted as one on Goodreads. I did okay on the reading challenge. I was able to get one full level filled out. I almost had level two filled, and then had sporadic books on three, four, and five. I ended up getting into my usual Kindle Unlimited Tunnel, where I found a series I couldn't put down. A lot of these didn't end up fitting on the challenge. Originally I only had one or two listed, but went through the list today and found some spots for more. Cheating? Maybe. Do I care? Not really.

I upped my goal on Goodreads for 2020 to 60, that way I can finish the entire list. My hope is that with being out of school I'll be able to read more. I followed Challenge Co-writer Tress's example and did a massive spreadsheet of all of the books I owned and plotted where they could go for the 2020 challenge. I'm currently finishing up Eye of the World, the first in the Wheel of Time series. I'll probably put this on the 2020's challenge over 600 pages category and get that out of the way. If you'd like to take a look at 202's challenge you can find it here.

If you'd like to find the 2019's challenge original post, you can find it here.

Level 1: Book of the Month Club

1. A book with a red cover – The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

2. Read a YA fiction novel –Paperglass by A.R. Ivanovich

3. A book under 300 pages – The River Witch by Helena Rookwood

4. A book you got for free – The Hagstone by Helena Rookwood

5. Reread the first book of a series you love –Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Links to the original review, no review for the reread)

6. Read a book that takes place during the summer – Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

7. A book whose title starts with the letter M – Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie N. Holmberg

8. Read a romance novel – What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

9. A book that has been turned into a TV show or movie – Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

10. A book with a title done in alliteration (e.g. Pride and Prejudice) – Magic & Murder by Annabel Chase

11. A New York Times bestseller (past or present) – A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

12. Free space – pick any book!- Catch and Kill by J.D. Lassica

Level 2: Casual Reader Club

13. A book by John Grisham

14. Read a fantasy novel- Secondborn by Amy A. Bartol (no review)

15. A book with a color in the title

16. Reread a book you have recommended to someone else

17. Read a detective novel- Broken Glass by Alexander Hartung

18. A book with a number in the title- The Rule of One by Ashley and Leslie Saunders

19. Read a book about dragons- The Dragon COllector by D.K. Drake

20. Read a book published by Penguin Random House- Hounded by Kevin Hearne

21. Read a book found on Project Gutenberg

22. A book about an artist (fictional or real)- The Blue Period by Luke Jerod Kummer

23. A book that was published in 1999

24. Free space – pick any book!- Death at the Workhouse by Emily Organ

Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club

25. Read the first book in a trilogy- Gracelin O’Malley by Ann Moore

26. Read the second book in the same trilogy- Leaving Ireland by Ann Moore

27. Read the third book in the same trilogy- ‘Til Morning Light by Ann Moore

28. Read a book recommended by a friend/on social media

29. A book about a librarian

30. A book about breaking a code or a treasure hunt

31. Read a book by Brandon Sanderson

32. Read a book that takes place in a large city- The Rule of Many by Ashley and Leslie Saunders

33. A book suggested by https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

34. A book for under $3.00- Magic & Mayhem by Annabel Chase (No Review Post)

35. A book with exactly three words in the title- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

36. Free space – pick any book! - Magic and Mystery by Annabel Chase (No Review post)

Level 4: Speed-Reader Club

37. A book over 500 pages

38. A book about time travel

39. A book with a form of weather in the title

40. Read a book published in 1969

41. A book authored by a Catherine/Katherine or variant

42. A book by Anne Rice

43. A book from Time’s All-Time Top 100 Books list

44. Read a coming of age novel

45. A book involving mythology

46. Read a self-published book

47. A book with the word dream in the title

48. Free space – pick any book! - The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

Level 5: Overachiever Club

49. Read a book on a banned book list

50. The most recent book in a series you haven’t finished- An Unwanted Guest by Emily Organ

51. A book that you judged by its cover (either positively or negatively)

52. A book that takes place in your home state

53. A book that takes place before 1965

54. Read a biography

55. Read a book you’ve previously abandoned

56. A book about a real or fictional politician- My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

57. A book set in Asia

58. A book with a tree or forest on the cover- Haven by A.R. Ivanovich

59. A book with the letter Z in the title- The Maze Runner by James Dashner

60. Free space – pick any book!-  Magic and Mischief by Annabel Chase

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