2020 Year in Review

(Note: I noticed as I typed things up and would preview the blog, some words/numbers would be red where it should be another color (i.e.- #14 under my Personal Reading Challenge for February). That was unintentional. A glitch with the blog. So, if  some things seem a bit off, that's why. I tried to fix them but sometimes, that's just what it does and this blog would take too much time to try to redo. And I tend to update the blog throughout the year.)

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Personal Reading Challenge:
Goal: 3
Completed: 38

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January:
1. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment  by Eckhart Tolle
2. The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon #1)  by Katie O'Neill
3. Stillness Speaks  by Eckhart Tolle
4.  Of Thee I Sing: A Letter To My Daughters  by Barack Obama
5. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
6. Pete the Cat: Out of this World by James Dean (no review)
7. Marked down for Murder (Good Buy Girls Mystery #4) by Josie Belle 
8. The Power of a Praying Parent: Book of Prayers by Stormie Omartian 
9. How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan 
10. How to Babysit a Grandpa by Jean Reagan (not much of a review, just thought it was a cute addition to the previous book)

February:
11. In the Land of Milk & Honey by Joyce Carol Thomas (Illustrated by Floyd Cooper)
12. Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin (Illustrated by Ebony Glenn) 
13. Mother: In a Cradle to Hold Me by Maya Angelou

14. Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry #2) by Simone Elkeles  
15. Live & Let Chai (A Seaside Cafe Mystery #1) by Bree Baker 
16. Milton's Secret by Eckhart Tolle
17. Practicing the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
18. Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra (The Silent Years #1) by Angela Hunt
19. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey

March:
20. Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees (The Silent Years #2) by Angela Elwell Hunt
21. A Quiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung
22. No Good Tea Goes Unpunished (A Seaside Cafe Mystery #2) by Bree Baker
23. All Sales Final (Good Buy Girls Mystery #5) by Josie Belle

April:
24. Us Against the World by David & Tamela Mann

May:

25. Moment of Truth by Kasie West

June:
26. Mean Streak by Sandra Brown

July:
27. Obsidian (Lux #1) by Jennifer L Armentrout

October:
28. Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions by Stephen Colbert
29. Gatewats to Now by Eckhart Tolle (audio)

November:
30. The Serious Goose by Jimmy Kimmel
31. Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
32. Unearthly (#1) by Cynthia Hand

33. Curlilocks and the Three Pink Bears by Yolanda King 

34. Buttercream Bump Off (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #2) by Jenn McKinlay (re-read)

December: 

35. Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham

36. I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snyder

37. Pumpkin Spice Peril (Cupcake Bakery Mystery #12) by Jenn McKinlay 

38. Riverdale (issue #1) by Roberto Sacosa 

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Favorites of 2020:
1. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
2. Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle
3. The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian
4. Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin
5. Mother: a Cradle to Hold Me by Maya Angelou
6. Practicing the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
7. A Quiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung
8. Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

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Big Book Challenge:
Goal: 3
Completed: 1
Page Count: 435
(Unfortunately, of the books I finished, I don't think any but Unearthly were over 400 pages but if I realize or remember any that were, I will just update it later. I will be lowering my goal down to one for 2021 I belive.)

1. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand  (435 pages)

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Readathons/Reading Challenges:
☼Seasonal Challenge-Winter:
☼Contemporary-athon Round 6
☼Adultathon
☼Backlist Readathon
☼Animal Crossing Readathon
☼Gilmore Girls Readathon

☼3 Readathons in December

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2020 Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge:

Regular prompts:
1. A book that's published in 2020: Moment of Truth by Kasie West (March 3, 2020)
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author:
3. A book with a great first line: Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle 
("When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself.")
4. A book about a book club:
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics: Egypt's Sister: A Novel of Cleopatra (The Silent Years #1)
6. A bildungsroman:
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed:
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover: Marked Down For Murder by Josie Belle
9. A book with a map: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club: The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill (ReadbyZoe-Linked)
11. An anthology:
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test:
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it:
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name:
15. A book about or involving social media:
16. A book that has a book on the cover: Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story by Debbie Tung
17. A medical thriller:
18. A book with a made-up language:
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C":
20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention: Live and Let Chai (A Seaside Cafe Mystery #1) by Bree Baker
21. A book published the month of your birthday: Marked Down For Murder by Josie Belle
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM:
23. A book that won an award in 2019:
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about: Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham (acting/theater)
25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics:
26. A book with a pun in the title:
27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins:
28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character:
29. A book with a bird on the cover: Live & Let Chai by Bree Baker
30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader:
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title:
32. A book by a WOC: In the Land of Milk and Honey by Joyce Carol Thomas 
33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
34. A book you meant to read in 2019: Milton's Secret by Eckhart Tolle
35. A book with a three-word title: Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
36. A book with a pink cover:
37. A Western:
38. A book by or about a journalist: No Good Tea Goes Unpunished (#2) by Bree Baker (a character was a journalist, not a main character but he was in it enough to count it)
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week:
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge:

Advanced prompts:
41. A book written by an author in their 20s:
42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title:
43. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision):
44. A book set in the 1920's:
45. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics:
46. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
47. A book with more than 20 letters in its title: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
48. A book published in the 20th century:
49. A book from a series with more than 20 books:
50. A book with a main character in their 20's: Judah's Wife by Angela Hunt (Judah is in his 20's)