The ending dates for each challenge are a month earlier than shown. I added an extra month because the UBB Reading Challenge widget doesn’t show or count the books until the review is posted, which is sometimes after the challenge officially ends.
The Backlist Reader Challenge 2017
Host: The Bookwyrms Hoard
Progress: 0/24 (0%)
With 36 books read, I exceeded my goal of 24 qualifying books for the year! Many of them were series I’d been wanting to read or complete. Titles I’ve already reviewed are listed above. Below are the titles I had read but not reviewed as of Dec. 31, 2017:
- The Hexed by Heather Graham (Krewe of Hunters #13; I’m not reading them in order.)
- The Next Always by Nora Roberts (Inn BoonsBoro #1)
- The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts (InnBoonsboro #2)
- The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts (InnBoonsboro #3)
- Can’t Wait by Jennifer Ryan (Montana Men #0.5; novella)
- Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts (Three Sisters Island #1)
- Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts (Three Sisters Island #2)
- Face the Fire by Nora Roberts (Three Sisters Island #3)
- Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts (Gallaghers of Ardmore #3)
- A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch (Charles Lenox mysteries #4)
- Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz (Eclipse Bay #1)
- Dawn in Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz (Eclipse Bay #2)
- Summer in Eclipse Bay by Jayne Ann Krentz (Eclipse Bay #3)
- The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick
- Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn (Lady Julia Grey #1)
- Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz
- High Noon by Nora Roberts (review written)
- Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts (In the Garden #1)
- Black Rose by Nora Roberts (In the Garden #2)
- Red Lily by Nora Roberts (In the Garden #3)
- Heart Fate by Robin D. Owens (Celta’s Heartmates #7)
- Heart Journey by Robin D. Owens (Celta’s Heartmates #9)
- Heart Search by Robin D. Owens (Celta’s Heartmates #10)
- Heart Secret by Robin D. Owens (Celta’s Heartmates #12)
- Heart Fortune by Robin D. Owens (Celta’s Heartmates #12)
- Heart Fire by Robin D. Owens (Celta’s Heartmates #13)
HoHoHo Readathon 2017
Host: The Caffeinated Reviewer
Progress: 0/2 (0%)
8 November, 2017 — 15 November, 2017
Failed
The HoHoHo Readathon ran from Nov. 8 through 15, 2017. It’s for holiday- and winter-themed books. My modest goal was 2 books. I read 2.5 books and reviewed 2, so I met my goal.
Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon 2017
Host: Tressa @ Wishful Endings
Progress: 0/5 (0%)
11 September, 2017 — 25 September, 2017
Failed
The Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon ran from Sept. 11 through Sept. 24. Anything you read from your TBR counted, including ARCs. My goal was 5 books; I managed 6, of which 5 were ARCs.
Clean Sweep ARC Challenge 2017
Host: The Caffeinated Book Reviewer
Progress: 0/8 (0%)
1 May, 2017 — 31 May, 2017
Failed
The Clean Sweep ARC Challenge 2017 ran from May 1 to May 31, 2017. My goal is to read 8 ARCs/review copies. I only read 4, so I failed to reach my goal.
Invalid challenge name.
Take Control of Your TBR 2017 ran from March 1 to March 31, 2017. It’s for books on your TBR that were published before March 1, 2017. My goal was 10 books. I finished only 6, so I didn’t make my goal. (They won’t show up in the progress bar until I’ve reviewed them here on the blog.) Books above have been reviewed on the blog; books below were still waiting for reviews as of Dec. 31, 2017.
- Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts (Gallaghers of Ardmore #3) – GR review added to Take Control
- Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal – GR review added to Take Control
- Dangling by a Thread by Lea Waite (Mainely Needlepoint #4) – GR review added to Take Control
- A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch (Charles Lenox mysteries #4) – GR review added to Take Control
COYER Blackout (2016-17)
Host: Berls, Michelle, & Stormi
Progress: 0/12 (0%)
17 December, 2016 — 3 April, 2017
Failed
COYER Blackout ended in March. I read 12 books that count toward the challenge, so technically I met my goal. (They won’t show up in the progress bar until I’ve reviewed them.) Titles I’ve already reviewed are listed above. Below are the titles I had read but not reviewed as of Dec. 31, 2017. I hope to reread and review these in 2018.
- Sacred Evil by Heather Graham ($0.99)
- A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn (ARC)
- Death and the Gravedigger’s Angel by Loretta Ross (ARC)
- Someone to Love by Donna Alward (ARC)
- Somebody’s Baby by Donna Alward (ARC)
- Can’t Wait by Jennifer Ryan (novella; $0.99)
Newbery Medal Challenge
Host: La La in the Library
Progress: 0/96 (0%)
In Progress
None yet!
The Newbery Medal Challenge is an open-ended (no time limit) challenge to read all the Newbery Medal winners. Here’s the complete list, with the books I’ve read in bold. Since I read most of these well before I started blogging, I haven’t reviewed any of them yet, so they don’t show up in the progress bar.
2017: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
2016: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
2015: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
2014: Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
2013: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
2012: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
2011: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
2010: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2009: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by L.A. Schlitz
2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
2006: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
2005: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
2004: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
2002: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
2001: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
1999: Holes by Louis Sachar
1998: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
1997: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
1996: The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry
1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1991: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1989: Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman
1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
1983: Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
1982: A Visit to William Blake’s Inn by Nancy Willard
1981: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
1980: A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos
1979: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by M.D. Taylor
1976: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
1975: M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
1974: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
1973: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by R.C. O’Brien
1971: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
1970: Sounder by William H. Armstrong
1969: The High King by Lloyd Alexander
1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L.Konigsburg
1967: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
1966: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
1965: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
1964: It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
1962: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
1960: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
1958: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
1957: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
1955: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
1954: …And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
1949: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by W. Pène du Bois
1947: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1946: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
1945: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
1944: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
1943: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
1941: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
1940: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
1939: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
1938: The White Stag by Kate Seredy
1937: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
1936: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
1935: Dobry by Monica Shannon
1934: Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigsl
1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by E. Lewis
1932: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by E. Coatsworth
1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by D.G. Mukerji
1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
