2024 Reading Challenge discussion

All my stats and challenges! After surpassing my 2023 goal of 30 with 35 books, my 2024 goal is 35 books.

Books Read: 32
– New Reads: 29
– Re-reads: 3

Pages Read: 7,996

Genres:
– Autobiography/Memoir: 5
– Comic: 6
– Fantasy: 6
– Fiction: 8
– Historical Fiction: 2
– Horror/Thriller: 1
– Mystery: 1
– Romance: 1
– Sci-Fi: 1

Authors:
– Female: 14
– Male: 11
– Non-binary: 2

Ratings:
– ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️:2
– ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: 13
– ⭐️⭐️⭐️: 13
– ⭐️⭐️: 2
– ⭐️:

Formats:
– Book: 18
– E-book: 7
– Audiobook: 7

2024 Bookworms Take Shelfies Challenge – Found here
– 3/4

Diversity (Asian Authors):
✅ Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
✅ What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

A Book Genre (Classics):
✅ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
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2024 Dewey Decimal Challenge – Found here
– 7/10

000 – Computer science, information and general works
✅ 026 (Special Libraries): What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama / 8.16.24

100 – Philosophy and psychology
✅ 155.5 (Adolescence): The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky / 1.11.23

200 – Religion
✅ 268 (Christian Education): I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston / 6.17.24

300 – Social sciences
✅ 398.47 (Ghosts): Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas / 7.15.24

400 – Language
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500 – Pure science
✅ 599.773 (Wolves): Fangs by Sarah Andersen / 7.20.24

600 – Technology
✅ 663.93 (Coffee): Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi / 3.31.24

700 – Arts and recreation
✅ 792.6 (Musical plays): The Phantom of the Opera by Cavan Scott / 2.22.24

800 – Literature
⬜ 843.78 (Hugo, Victor): Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

900 – History and geography
⬜ 949.84 (Transylvania Region): Dracula by Bram Stoker

2024 I'm With the Banned Challenge – Found here
– 5/9

⬜ L:
✅ I: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs / 3.30.34
✅ B: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky / 1.11.23
⬜ R
✅ A: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas / 7.15.24
⬜ R
✅ I: I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston / 6.17.24
⬜ E
✅ S: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton / 9.28.24

2024: Adventure in Aeldia (Magical Readathon)
– Found here: https://youtu.be/j-YepeqhKUY?si=812GQ...
– 110/200 points earned for books completed on time

January:
✅ Rely On Your Wits (listen to an audiobook): The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky / 1.11.23

February:
✅ Go Towards The Maze (mystery/thriller): Five Survive by Holly Jackson / 2.18.24

March:
✅ Remove A Complex Lock Enchantment (start/continue intimidating series): Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi / 3.31.24

April:
✅ Spring Equinox

May:
✅ Extra Credit In Animal Studies ("a" and "s" in title): Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi /
5.8.24

June:
✅ Study The Cognition Of Postal Birds (envelope/typewriter on cover): I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston / 6.17.24

July:
✅ Befriend and Tame A Messenger Crow (friend's favorite): The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune / 7.31.24

August:
✅ Follow A Giddy Friend Through A Shifty Rift Portal (cozy/comfort book): What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

September:
⬜ Autumn Equinox

April 2024: Spring Equinox (Magical Readathon)
– Found here: https://youtu.be/panyUOMBQmU?si=sdmsn...
✅ 50/50 points earned for completing books on time

Calling: Beast Master
✅ Alchemy (circle on cover): The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt / 4.11.24
✅ Animal Studies (yellow title): Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi / 4.21.24
✅ Elemental Studies (source of light on cover): Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi / 4.28.24
✅ Lore (read the Legend of Dia): Legend of Dia by Gintare Zuromskaite (Book Roast) / 4.14.24
✅ Restoration (book that could cure slump): March: Book One by John Lewis / 4.2.24

2024: Alchemy Sidequest (Magical Readathon)
⬜ 20/? points earned for completing prompts

✅ Accept Aubrin's Request (night on cover/title): I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé / 2.16.24

✅ Finish Talking to Aubrin (read with Alchemy Theatre Ambience playing in background): Fangs by Sarah Andersen / 7.20.24

2024: Lore Sidequest (Magical Readathon)
⬜ 10/? points earned for completing prompts

✅ Lore Class (read The Legend of Dia): The Legend of Dia by Gintare Zuromskaite (Book Roast) / 4.14.24

✅ Follow the Crescent to Find the Everdawn (moon on cover/title): Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas / 7.15.24

⬜ Visit the Rift Spire (portals/portal magic): Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

2024: Qualifications (Magical Readathon)

Apothecary Keeper (plants on the cover):
✅ Kindred by Octavia E. Butler / 1.29.24
✅A New Home, Who'll Follow? by Caroline Kirkland / 2.12.24

Bog Cataloguer (body of water on cover):
✅ The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne / 3.10.2024

September 2024: Autumn Equinox (Magical Readathon)
– Found here: https://youtu.be/TO-i9Efh3Fo?si=dakq0...
⬜ /50 points earned for completing books on time

Calling: Beast Master

Alchemy:
✅ Chemical Breakdown (emotional read): The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton / 9.28.24

Animal Studies:
⬜ Phoenix Keeping (phoenix on cover/title): Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
✅ Shadow Misties (standalone): The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton / 9.28.24
✅ Recognizing Morphs (book that had a cover change): The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton / 9.28.24

Elemental Studies:
⬜ Gust of Longing (related to favorite scent):

Restoration:
⬜ Night Dew (night sky on cover): Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
⬜ Dangerous Plants (poisonous plant on cover/title):