Sunday, May 3, 2020

Apr Reading Recap

April Reading Progress

General Tracking

AtoZ  and  Alphabet Soup #AlphabetSoupChallenge  - April letters C, H:
completed previously - A, B, D, E, F, G, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U, W

Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge- April letters: none
completed previously A, B, C, D, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, W

Finishing the Series   #FinishingTheSeries2020  Tracked Here  completed 6/5 in total
New series in Apr  Murder She Wrote;  Under Suspicion; Private; Library Lover's; Hannah Swensen

Previously read:  Library Lover's Series;  New Orleans Scrapbooking Series; Hat Shop Mystery Series, Stone Barrington

Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Tracked Here 39 /36 books read  (30 previously)

Literary Escapes  (Destination)  Visited: HI, IL, MI, MN  in April
visited previously CA, CT, FL. MA, MO, NY, OH, OR, TN, TX, WA, VT plus Australia, England, France, Ireland, Israel, Yugoslavia

Specific Criteria


PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge  completed in Apr #9 (with a map), #13 (same title as a tv show or movie but is unrelated to it), #18 (on a subject you know nothing about)
completed previously # 1, 2, 5, 6, 8,12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 34, 35, 38,40, 41, 43,  46, 47, 49, 50

Around the Year in 52 Books  completed in Apr #2 ( an author whose last name is one syllable),    #21 (related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest), #25 ( related to the arts), #32 (related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan), #43 (related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse), #44 (related to witches)  #51(with an "-ing" word in the title)
completed previously # 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,  22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 33, 34, 40, 41, 45, 48, 49, 50

52 Books in 52 Weeks completed in Apr# #5(A character who is a senior), #23 (Title beginning with A), #52 (book with a Foreword)
completed previously  #1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 37, 39, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48 

BooklistQueen completed in Apr#20 (Genre You Don’t Usually Read), #27 ( About a Controversial Topic), #34 ( Middle Grade Fiction), #42 (With a Hideous Cover)
completed previously #3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 21, 23, 28, 31, 32, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43, 46, 49

20 in 20 #Read20in2020 completed in Apr# 13 F (you read in your childhood days), #16 F (has something to do with sports)

completed previously #1F, 2 NF, #5 F/NF, 7 F/NF, 8 F/NF, 9F, 10F, 13F, 17F, 18F,

NJM Book Challenge  #NJMBookChallenge2020  0 completed in Apr:
completed previously#1,2, 3,  4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23,  24, 25

Wizarding World Tour
  • Beauxbatons: 0 new prompts in Apr
    • 5/7 prompts completed previously
  • Castelobruxo- 0 prompts in Apr- 
    • 6/7 prompts completed previously
  • Durmstrang:  1 prompt in Apr-  Read a book that includes a villain
    • 5/7 prompts completed previously
  • Hogwarts:  0 new prompts in Apr
    •  5/7 prompts completed previously
  • Ilvermorny- 1 prompt in Apr- Read a book with food on the cover
    • 5/7 prompts completed previously
  • Koldovstoretz-  1 prompt in Apr- Read a book related to a serpent
    • 1/7 prompts completed previously
  • Mahoutokoro-  2 new prompts in Apr- where the dust jacket and cover are different colors; Read a middle grade novel 
    • 1/7 prompts completed previously
  • Uagadou-  1 prompt in Apr- Read a book with a hand on the cover
    • 3/7 prompts completed previously


While I was Reading  in Apr- # 11 A book set in the state you live in
completed previously- #1, 2, 4

What's in a Name 0 new prompts in Apr-
completed previously- An Antonym, Given/First Name; reference to children; one of 4 natural elements

Color Coded  0 prompts in Apr-
completed previously Beige, Blue, Black, Brown, Green, Orange, Red,  White and Yellow

Monthly Motif #MonthlyMotifGXO  Classics or Currents
Monthly Keyword #MonthlyKeyWordGXO-    Keyword "Lost, Below, City, Jewel, Night, My"



    Monthly Book Awards #GXOAwardReadingChallenge - Edgar 2019


    TBR Based Challenges


    2020TBR #2020TBRReadingChallenge: completed in Apr - # 17 ()
    completed previously  # 1, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16 (n america, australia, europe) 20, 21


    Beat the Backlist #BeatTheBacklist2020  completed 7  books in Apr;   new bingo square:

    completed previously 13  bingo squares:  #1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23


    Back List Reader  #Backlistreader Tracked Here  26/24 read  (20 read previously)

    Start on Your Shelfathon  #StartOnYourShelfathon Tracked Here  26/5  thru Apr 2020

    Mount TBR  #MountTBR2020 Tracked Here 26 /24 read  (20 read previously)

    Genre Specific


    Calendar of Crime  #CalendarOfCrime2020  a prompt in 1 a month -  Feb (3)
    previously a prompt in 10 months-Jan, Feb Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul,  Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec

    Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal - Mysteries Tracked Here  23/25 total comp (15 prev)

    Craving for Cozies  Tracked Here 11 /26 total completed  (7 completed previously)

    Cruisin thru Cozies  completed  #15/16/17 (free choice) 14 /20  total completed;   (11 completed previously)
    previously read the culinary, animal, craft, outside US, career, holiday and 4 freebie

    Historical Fiction  #2020HFReadingChallenge  Tracked Here  1/5

    Memoir  total completed 4/5  Read   #10 (Written by a person who identifies as LGBTQIA)
    previously read memoir for the Food memoir category; Mental Health/Illness,  Lab Girl fits multiple prompts using for under 300 pages



    Creative Tracking Challenges


    Medical Examiner Challenge-  toe tags 20 new in Apr for 7 books
    previously submitted 45 toe tags submitted for 21 books

    Murder Mysteries Bingo- new squares: 3 on weapons; 1 on crime scenes; 2 on Clues and Cliches, 3 on Red Herrings
    3 New Bingos-
    Weapons:  Row 1 and Row 5 ;
    Crime Scenes: Row 1

    previously 45 squares had been marked

    Six Shooter Challenge  -  new author targets for Jessica Fletcher, Sara Paretsky, VM Burns

    added shots to:

    • 1 Jenn McKinlay (total of 2);  
    • 1 Mary Higgins Clark (total of 2) ; 
    • 1 James Patterson (total of 3)


    previous targets for 11 authors /
    2 shots each  on James Patterson's, Laura Childs and Jenn McKinlay target;
    3 shots on Stuart Wood's


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