Thursday, November 30, 2017

November 2017 Challenge Update & December TBR

Good Gordy! Where the heck did November go?! I feel like I didn't even get any reading done this month but of course that is not true but it certainly did fly by.  Only one month left of the year and only one month left to finish all my challenges, Yikes! Shall we check in?

Children's Book Challenge - COMPLETE
62. Puppy Dog Pals - Adventures in Puppy Sitting
63. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
64. Olaf's Frozen Adventure
65. Cars 3
*I do have a few more Holiday books but am happy I have completed the challenge but kept it to a reasonable number of books!

Early Reader Challenge - COMPLETE
48.  AT-AT Attack
50. See Santa Nap
51. Do You See What I See Christmas
52. Go, Go, Trucks
*Again I have completed the challenge of 50-55 books, I do have a few more to read for the Advent Reads event.

Graphic Novel Challenge - COMPLETE
I actually completed this challenge last month so didn't read any this month.

Audio Book Challenge - COMPLETE
29. Fire
30. A Christmas to Love You
* This was the month for Audiobooks! I still have a few more to listen to this month while wrapping and decorating!

Trilogy Challenge: - COMPLETE!
1.  Snow Like Ashes Trilogy: Book 1, Book .1, Book 2Book 2.5, Book 3 - COMPLETE
2. Winner's Curse Trilogy: Book .5, Book 1Book 2Book 3 - COMPLETE
3. Sons of the Revolution Trilogy: Book 1Book 2Book 3 - COMPLETE
4. Watersmeet Series: Book 1Book 2Book 3 - COMPLETE
5. A Court of Thorns & Roses Series: Book 1, Book 2Book 3 - COMPLETE
6. Ralph S. Mouse Trilogy: Book 1Book 2, Book 3 - COMPLETE
7. Grisha Trilogy: Book 1Book 2Book 3 - COMPLETE
8. Dark Jewels Trilogy: Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 - COMPLETE
9. Captive Prince Trilogy: Book 1Book 2Book 3Book 2.5Book 3.5Book 3.75 - COMPLETE
10. Pendragon's Banner Trilogy: Book 1, Book 2
11: Rhiannon's Ride Trilogy: Book 1
12. The Madman's Daughter Trilogy: Book 1Book 2Book 3 - COMPLETE
*I completed the challenge last month with 10 full trilogies but I am still slowly working on finishing the last 2 I want to read this year.

Requested Reviews:- COMPLETE!
27. The Speaker (direct from publisher)
*I set this challenge at 25-30 and I completed it last month. I do have a couple more I am reading this month.

Books Added to Shelves
4. Winners Kiss
5. Bubble Trouble
6. Blaze Loves to Race
7. Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
8. Heartstone
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. Norse Mythology
11. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
12. Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Library
13. Trapped 
14. Samurai Rising

15. Pancho Bandito and the Amarillo Armadillo
16. The Mating - DNF
17. Hold Your Breath
18. Fan the Flames
19. The Keeper
20. Love and Muddy Puddles
21. Irish Rising
22. The Sculptor
23. Huck: Book 1- All American

24. Dawn Study
25. The Princess Diarist 
26. 
Name of the Wind
27. Gone Camping
28. Saga Vol. 7 
29. Over the Garden Wall 
30. The Hundredth Queen 
31. A Court of Wings and Ruin 
32. On His Watch
33. In Safe Hands 
34. After the End
35. Seduced by the Billionaire 
36. The Simplicity of Cider

37. Wise Man's Fear 
38. Dragon Teeth
39. Flame in the Mist 
40. How to Tame a Willful Wife
41. New World: Rising
42. The Sandcastle Empire
43. And I Darken 
44. Finding Wonders 
45. World Mythology in Bite Sized Chunks
46. Eliza and Her Monster
47. Turning Pointe 
48. When Dimple Met Rishi
49. Truthwitch 
50. Windwitch 
51. Done Dirt Cheap *
52. Frogkisser
53. Lawn Boy 
54. Code Talker 
55. Princess Leia: Royal Rebel 

56. This Savage Song
57. American Street
58. Pax
59. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
60. The Beast's Garden
61. Under a Painted Sky
62. The Misfits
63. Totally Joe
64. Addie on the Inside
65. Also Known as Elvis
66. Viking Warrior Rebel
67. New Leash on Love
68. Puss Without Boots
69. Northern Exposure
70. Southern Comfort
71. Eastern Ambitions
72. Western Ties
73. Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
74. Monstress Vol. 2 
75. Everyone is an Aliebn when ur are an Aliebn too 
76. The Invisible Library 
77. Saints Blood 
78. Neverwhere  - DNF
79. P.O. Box Love 
80. Britt Marie Was Here
81. Nomansland 
82. The Secret Horses of Briar Hill 

83. The Secret Loves of Geek Girls 
84. Vengeance Road 
85. This One Summer 
86. Keep Me Posted 

87. The Prince of Fools
88. The Nothing Girl
89. Luin the Sapphire
90. His Majesty's Dragon
91. Tortall and Other Lands
92. Wild Magic
93. Wolf Speaker
94. Emperor Mage
95. Realm of the Gods
96. The Winter King
97. The Christmas Blessing
98. The Christmas Hope
99. The Christmas Promise
100. The Christmas Secret
101. The Christmas Note
102. Wonder Woman: Warbringer
103. The John Wayne Code
104. The Hearts We Sold
105. She and Her Cat
106. Jane Unlimited
107. Before She Ignites
108. Eight Hundred Grapes
109. Shadowcaster
110. Flamecaster
111. The Last Magician
112. Timekeeper
113. Bone Witch
114. Stalking Jack the Ripper
114. Hunting Prince Dracula
115. Vassa in the Night
116. As You Wish
117. Invictus
118. Down and Across
119. Naondel
120. An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors
121. Language of Thorns
122. Every Little Thing
123. Daughter of Smoke and Bone
124. Klaus
125. Invention of Hugo Cabret
126. Lost Pony of Riverdale
127. Poppy's Diary
128. The Natural History of Dragons
129. Phantom Traces
130. Dear Margaret
131. The Staying Kind
132. Christmas Joy
133. Hearts Unloched
134. A Family for the Rugged Rancher
135. Passion's Palette
136. His Christmas Sweetheart
137. Never Dare a Dragon
138. Vampire King of New York
139. Crewel Work
140. Trouble Looming
141. A Shot at Love
142. Moment of Fate
143. The Promise
144. The Landscaper Series
145. Recipes from Raine's Roast
146. Caught up in Raine
147. Kilty Pleasures
148. Redeeming the Billionaire
149. The Billionaire's Best Friend
150. A Billionaire Playboy
151. Lost City Duplicate Unhaul
152. The World Beneath - Duplicate Unhaul
153. The House of Four Winds
154. Warriors
155. Books of the South
156. Chronicles of the Black Company
157. If You Find this Letter
158. Dinosaur Lords
159. Dinosaur Knights
160. Voyage of the Basilisk
161. In the Labyrinth of Drakes
162. The Speaker
163. Nevernight
164. Christmas at Thompson Hall
165. Live and Adventures of Santa
166. The Nutcracker
167. Traitor's Blade
168. A Merry Christmas
169. Christmas Carol
170. Ink and Bone
171. The Night Before Christmas
172. The Grace of Kings
173. The Wall of Storms
174. The Traitor's Blade
175. The Bear and the Nightingale
176. All You Need is Love 
177. To Know Her is to Love Her
178. Deal of a Lifetime
179. From a Certain Point of View
180. The Dinosaur Princess
181. Above the Timberline
182. Wishtree
183. I Want to Hold Your Hand 
*Obviously this is a challenge that will never be completed, and I did so well at the beginning.  I am going to be reading several more books from this list as many were for the Advent reads event, but I will be assessing these books and possibly unhauling several.  If I can end up with about 50% read I think I will be pretty happy. I am a little shocked at how many books I purchased this year, this is something I will have to curb a little next year, there is no need to purchase nearly 200 books a year (and I didn't even track the kids books)!

TBR Shelf Books
65. Angels at the Table
66. Fire
67. Pendragon's Banner
*I didn't set a real challenge number for this, it was more to see if I was actually reading books from my shelf or just buying new books (and also to make sure I read as many as I purchased). I am really happy with how many I have read this year, I don't foresee reading too many more but i think this is a good number.


Library Books:
*I have been using the library through Overdrive for about half the year, and while I have been using it to read books I already have in different formats I have been reading some books exclusively and wanted to list them here too.
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Christmas Sucks
Christmas Home
Christmas Letters
Her Dark Curiosity
A Cold Legacy
Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
Captive Prince
Prince's Gambit
Kings Rising
Geekerella


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I am super happy with the fact that I have completed all my challenges (except all the books I bought this year)! I do have a bunch more reading to do this month but most of it will be audio books and shorter Christmas books. I am getting really excited for the new year, I have been slowly building some great series to read in 2018.  But for now here is my TBR for the rest of the year.

Shadow of the King
The Bear and the Nightingale
Shining City
Heart of Stars
The Christmas Book
Christmas Hope Series Books 2-6
Mistletoe Kiss
Above the Timberline
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Christmas Joy
Inside the Fire
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Mischief and the Masters
I Want to Hold Your Hand - Currently Reading
Tethered Mage - Currently Reading


How are you doing with your challenges? Are you reading holiday books this month? What is your favorite holiday read?




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