February, month two of 2017, 28 days of wintery bliss that somehow always goes by far to fast. February, the month where I don't feel like I accomplished as much as I wanted to regarding my reading goals. February, the month that distracted me like no other this year! Oh February, by Tuesday you will end, March will begin, and I have a plan; yes I have a plan to March straight into these reading challenges with vigor and coffee. So much coffee.
To date I've completed the following challenges:
| BOOK RIOT READ HARDER | |||
| Read a book about books | The Book Jumper | Mechthild Glaser | 384 |
| Read a book published between 1900 and 1950 | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 156 |
| Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location | Tulip Fever (Amsterdam) | Deborah Moggach | 288 |
| Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey | Norwegian Wood | Haruki Murakami | 296 |
| Read a book published by a micro-press | Margaret The First | Danielle Dutton | 176 |
| POP SUGAR | |||
| A book of letters | The Private Letters of Countess Erzesbet Bathory | Kimberly Craft | 142 |
| An audio book | Caraval | Stephanie Garber | 416 |
| A book that's a story within a story | The Miniaturist | Jessie Burton | 416 |
| An espionage thriller | Bad Monkey | Matt Ruff | 241 |
| A book by an author who uses a pseudonym | The Silent Wife | A.S.A Harrison | 326 |
| A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read | How to fight presidents | Daniel O'Brien | 272 |
| A book involving travel | Passenger/Wayfarer (Time travel) | Alexandra Bracken | 1018 |
| A book that's published in 2017 | The Possessions | Sarah Flannery Murphy | 368 |
| A book involving a mythical creature | The Bear and the Nightengale | Katherine Arden | 336 |
| A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile | |||
| A book with career advice | Getting an Academic Job in History | Dana Polanichka | 112 |
| A book with pictures | Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula | Enid A. Goldber & Norman Itzkowitz | 128 |
| The first in a series you haven't read before | Under Different Stars | Amy A Bartol | 297 |
| A book with an eccentric character | The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared | Jonas Jonasson & Rod Bradbury | 396 |
| A book you got from a used book sale | The Last Lecture | Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow | 206 |
| #LitsyAtoZ | |||
| Book A | All The Ugly and Wonderful Things | Bryn Greenwood | 352 |
| Book Z | Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald | Therese Ann Fowler | 375 |
Moving on into March I'm realizing that I need to get focused again; books can be distracting, who would have known?
Since it seems that the area I'm lacking in the most at present is my #LitsyAtoZ books they're going to be my March focus. My plan is to read at least five books slated out for that challenge and one for each of the others. Seven challenge slated books, and then whatever else I want to read. Gotta love having that goal right?
Until next time,
XoXo
BrainyHeroine
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