[trystan830]

hello again!!!

i set myself a reading challenge every year, which is to read more books than the previous year. 2017 was the first year i did this on Trisphee, (i had a great time! thanks Moonshadow!) and i've been hosting this since 2018. it's great fun ... so here we are again!

so, (snagging from previous threads), set a challenge for yourself: read 50 books, read only the books you have at home that you haven't read yet, read a specific genre, read only non-fiction books... whatever you choose.

Your first post should contain your challenge, and use a spoiler to indicate how you are progressing in meeting that challenge. i use a spoiler for my booklist. =)

And while we're reading, please feel free to chat about books, your day, anything!

if you ever have any questions, go ahead and post it. the only silly question is the one you don't ask. :D

[trystan830]

List of members who are joining our 2024 Reading Challenge:
*trystan830
*Kaderin Triste
(each name links to their challenge post)

[trystan830]

reserved... just 'cause it's good to have another post reserved. as soon as i don't reserve one, i'll need it for something.... right, Murphy? XD

(and as long as i keep reserving a post that i don't need, i won't need it. right?)

[trystan830]

my reading challenge: in 2023, i read 48 books - my goal is to read more than that!

~*2024 Book List*~
1. Thunder by Erin Hunter
2. Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
3. Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson
4. Witch's Wheel of the Year by Jason Mankey
5. the Dabbler's Guide to Witchcraft by Fire Lyte
6. the Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
7. The Book Haters' Book Club by Gretchen Anthony
8. A Witch Before Dying by Heather Blake
9. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
10. Tangles and Treason by Nancy Warren
11. Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani
12. The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy by Heather Blake
13. Read This to Get Smarter by Blair Imani
14. the Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren
15. Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani
16. The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
17. The Goodbye Witch by Heather Blake
18. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid
19. Banned Book by Jonah Winter
20.

for my information:

reread list:
*Illium; Olympos
*Harry Potter
*Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series A-Y

own and still need to read:
*Dune: the Lady of Caladan by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson
*Dune: the Heir of Caladan by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson
*The Sands of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson

[Kaderin Triste]

Oof, how is it already another year?

My challenge this year will be 60 books. The library has a 50 book challenge for adults this year (with a separate prize for staff even!) so 50 for that, plus 10 not part of it.

2024 Books Read
1. Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

[trystan830]

Originally Posted by Kaderin Triste

Oof, how is it already another year?

good question!!

and yay! another person in the reading challenge! :D

[Kaderin Triste]

Heck yeah, can't miss another challenge!

[trystan830]

woo hoo!
and now i'm up to book #2 already. just need to update my sig and my post XD

[Kaderin Triste]

Finished one book yesterday and have a handful at home that are either about 1/2 done or are really small.

[trystan830]

oh yay! :D

[Kaderin Triste]

I really have to stop just checking books out because they look good. I have too many at home already. Lol
Just checked out another last night.

[trystan830]

nah, check them out. you can always renew them, right? ;)

[Kaderin Triste]

I mean...yeah, but only twice. And I also have an Etsy shop to maintain so I don't really have as much time as I could otherwise for reading...lol.
And also only if the books don't have holds. And almost 100% of what I have are new books, so are likely to have holds when I need thw renew. xP

[trystan830]

yeah, i get that about new books. i try to make sure i get new books read before the due date... but the library is also fine-free... so... yeah ;)

[Kaderin Triste]

Same really. And in reality, most of the books I have aren't that popular so I doubt they'll have holds on them unless booktok and bookstagram suddenly shifts from spicy romantasies to just straight modern fantasy anyway.

[trystan830]

yeah, i get that.
i have a series on my to-read list that's a paperback series, the Wishcraft series - the last book is from 2019, so i doubt people are suddenly going to be reading it XD
but my new books are Dirty Thirty from Janet Evanovich, and another Patricia Briggs book out this year. and the last two books in the latest Warriors series