Monday, March 9, 2020

Feb progress recap

February continued to be a good reading month.  I managed to finish another 12  books.  The variety of genres was not quite as extensive as Jan but I did get some Memoir reading as well as Thriller/Suspense, Mysteries and some Romance.  All in all an enjoyable reading month.

General Tracking

AtoZ  and  Alphabet Soup #AlphabetSoupChallenge  - A, F, K, N
completed previously - D, E, G, L, M, O, P, S, T, U

Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge- B, F, M, N, S, T
completed previously A, C, D, H, J, K, L, P, R, V, W

Finishing the Series   #FinishingTheSeries2020  Tracked Here  completed 6/5 in total

Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Tracked Here  22/36 books read  (11 previously)

Literary Escapes  (Destination)  Visited: FL. MO, OH, Australia, Yugoslavia in Feb
visited previously CA, CT, MA, NY, TN, WA  plus England, France, Ireland

Specific Criteria


PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge   # 1, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 21, 40, 43, 47   completed in Feb
completed previously # 12, 19, 20, 23, 27, 35, 38, 41 46, 47, 49, 50

Around the Year in 52 Books # 11, 13, 16, 17, 22, 26, 28, 40, 41, 45, 48, 49 completed in Feb 
completed previously # 1, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 33, 34, 50

52 Books in 52 Weeks # 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 30, 35, 39, 42, 48 completed in Feb
completed previously  #1, 4, 8,  13, 15, 17,  21, 26,  34, 37, 46, 47 

BooklistQueen #31, 36, 40, 43, 49 completed in Feb
completed previously #3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, 21, 32, 39, 46 c

20 in 20 #Read20in2020  #2, 10 completed in Feb 
completed previously #1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 13, 17, 18,

NJM Book Challenge  #NJMBookChallenge2020 # 1, 18, 21 completed in Feb
completed previously#2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 20, 25

Wizarding World Tour
  • Beauxbatons: 6th item in a series; a blue cover
  • Castelobruxo- set in tropics; troublemaker; involves plants
  • Durmstrang:    involves a secret; has a dark cover 
  • Hogwarts:  book that is a guilty pleasure; 
  • Ilvermorny-  published in 2020; includes a trip
  • Uagadou- follows a dream


While I was Reading  nothing in Feb
completed previously- Centered around a holiday

What's in a Name  Given/First Name

Color Coded  White; Beige
completed previously Blue, Black, Red and Orange

Monthly Motif #MonthlyMotifGXO  Murder on the Orient Express for Red on the cover

Monthly Keyword #MonthlyKeyWordGXO-   Kiss the Girls and Make them Cry Keyword "Girl"

Monthly Book Awards #GXOAwardReadingChallenge -  Lab Girl for AAAS Subaru Award 2017

TBR Based Challenges

2020TBR #2020TBRReadingChallenge: #1; #7,  #16 north america, australia completed in Feb
completed previously  # 5, 9, 14, 20, 21


Beat the Backlist #BeatTheBacklist2020  completed 6  books in Feb;  5 new bingo squares:
shocking plot twist; top 10 read of the year; book with less than 200 pgs, author you want to meet, released in 2010s  # 4 12, 16, 18

previously completed 8 bingo squares: bingo squares: cover redesign is better; 4th+ book in series; one word title; author who writes multiple genres; genre-mashup; wish you had read it sooner; new to you author;

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader Tracked Here  15/24 read  (9 read previously)

Start on Your Shelfathon  #StartOnYourShelfathon Tracked Here  15/5  thru Apr 2020

Mount TBR  #MountTBR2020 Tracked Here 15 /24 read  (9 read previously)

Genre Specific


Calendar of Crime  #CalendarOfCrime2020  a prompt in 4 new months- Mar,  Jun, Jul,  Nov
previously a prompt in 5 months- Apr, May, Aug, Oct, Dec

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal - Mysteries Tracked Here  16/25 total comp (5 prev)

Craving for Cozies  Tracked Here  8/26 total completed  (4 completed previously)

Cruisin thru Cozies 8 /20  total completed;  Set outside US, craft related, animal, free choice 

  • (4 completed previously)  the culinary, holiday, career and 1 freebie


Historical Fiction  #2020HFReadingChallenge  Tracked Here  1/5

Memoir  total completed 2 /5  Lab Girl fits multiple prompts TBD later
previously read memoir for the Food memoir category



Creative Tracking Challenges


Medical Examiner Challenge- 10 new for Feb for 6 books
previously submitted 13 toe tags submitted for 7 books

Murder Mysteries Bingo-  no bingos yet-   6 new squares
previously 18 squares had been marked

Six Shooter Challenge  - 5 new author targets
previous targets for 5 authors / 2 shots on James Patterson's target


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