Sunday, December 31, 2017

2017 Year In Review




Cruisin' Thru The Cozies (Goodreads Group)
1. One is your choice! (freebie!)
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
2. One from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)
All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo
3. One from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)
All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo
4. One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.) Caramel Crush by Jenn McKinlay (this may be cheating a bit but she owns her business and it is her career)
5. One from craft related
Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay (They did Crafternoon days while talking about books they've been reading)
6. One from British cozy mysteries 
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
7. One historical mystery And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
2. Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony
3. Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
4. Just Listen bySarah Dessen
5. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
6. I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark
7. The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark
8. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
9. The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane
10. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
11. Tex by S.E. Hinton
12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
13. The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
14. The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
15. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum
16. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
17. All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo
18. Caramel Crush by Jenn McKinlay
19. Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay
20. Beauty And The Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
21. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
22. Double Fudge Murder by Jan Fields (first book in a cozy series)
23. Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson
24. Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
25. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
26. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
27. Any Dream Will Do by Debbie Macomber
28. The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West
29. Jump: Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance by Steve Harvey
30. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
31. Book, Line and Sinker byJenn McKinlay
32. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
33. On the Fence by Kasie West
34. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare
35. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
36. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
37. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
38. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark
39. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
40. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
41. P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
42. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
43. Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber

1. City of Heavenly Fire (T.M.I. #6) by Cassandra Clare (725 pages)
2. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare (507 pages)
3. My First Wife by Paulina Chiziane (498 pages)
4. Throne of Glass (T.O.G. #1) by Sarah J Maas (404 pages)
5. Shadow Kiss (V.A. #3) by Richelle Mead (423 pages)
6. Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (435 pages)
7. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (438 pages)
8. Tales From The Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare (672 pages)
9. Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (734 pages) 
Total Page Count: 4,036

2017 Popsugar Reading Challenge (Goodreads Group)
1. A book recommended by a librarian
2.A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
3. A book of letters
4.An audiobook Harry Potter and the Sorcerors Stone by  J.K. Rowling
5. A book by a person of color The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
7. A book that is a story within a story Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
8. A book with multiple authors The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark
9. An espionage thriller
10. A book with a cat on the cover Double Fudge Murder by Jan Fields
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare (Real Name: Judith Rumelt)
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas(Think I saw where it was high fantasy and I typically don't read high fantasy. If i'm wrong, that's fine, it's still typically a type of book I don't seek out)
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton (Brain Damage I guess could count as a disability. No, that's not a spoiler, it says early on that one has 'brain/mental issues')
14. A book involving travel
15. A book with a subtitle The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane
16. A book that's published in 2017 Double Fudge Murder by Jan Fields
17. A book involving a mythical creature Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (werewolf)
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
19. A book about food All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo
20. A book with career advice Jump: Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance by Steve Harvey
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss (listened to/watched it on youtube The YouTube Video *yes, I cheated just a bit. Lol*)
22. A steampunk novel
23. A book with a red spine Beauty And The Beast by Madame le Prince de Beaumont
24. A book set in the wilderness
25. A book you loved as a child One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane
27. A book with a title that's a character's name Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
28. A novel set during wartime
29. A book with an unreliable narrator
30. A book with pictures Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy by Paulina Chiziane
32. A book about an interesting woman
33. A book set in two different time periods
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
35. A book set in a hotel All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo
36. A book written by someone you admire Jump: Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance by Steve Harvey
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017 Beauty And The Beast by Madame le Prince de Beaumont
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
40. A book you bought on a trip

Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love
42. A bestseller from 2016
43. A book with a family-member term in the title
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
47. A book with an eccentric character Double Fudge Murder by Jan Fields
48. A book that's more than 800 pages
49. A book you got from a used book sale
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book
51. A book about a difficult topic Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson (Slavery/Underground Railroad)
52. A book based on mythology 



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I didn't do as well as I would have liked on the Popsugar Reading Challenge this year but it was also a rough reading year for me. I had quite a few weeks and even months that I just didn't read at all. I didn't push it most of the time. I just went with it. 

I will be participating again in the PSRC, the Big Book Challenge and of course doing my reading challenge in 2018. I will probably set it low and just adjust it up as I need to. I want to just relax and go with the "slumps" as they hit. Which have been kind of a regular thing these last couple of years (2016, 2017), so, I'm preparing for that coming next year. I may even consider restarting my Booktube channel. Last day of 2017 and I'm still going back and forth on that..lol. We will see what happens though. 

Thank you for reading all of this and for all of those who regularly clicked on my links when they popped up. To all of you, could you let me know who you are by following so I know who is who? It would really be appreciated on my end! I try not to ask things like this often because I know it can come off as annoying and/or begging. Also, one last thing, hit +1 for this too because it was hard to keep up! I even accidentally deleted my last one! lol...

Again, thank you for reading this far. 

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