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For once, I completed my reading goal with time to spare & exceeded it by two. I set my goal at 55 and completed 57 books. Yay! 🎉 Now for the semi-disappointing news: I didn’t complete the Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge. I could beat myself up, but reading is supposed to be fun, not a competition. Not all of the 2018 challenges matched up with what I wanted to read last year, and that is okay.
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📚 A Classic You’ve Been Meaning to Read
📖 A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
📖 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
📖 Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
📖 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
📖 The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
📚 A Book Recommended by Someone With Great Taste
📖 As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers
📖 The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
📖 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
📚 A Book in Translation
📖 N/A
📚 A Book Nominated for an Award in 2018
📖 Obsidio by Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
📚 A Book Of Poetry, a Play, or an Essay Collection
📖 N/A
📚 A Book You Can Read in a Day
📖 Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
📖 Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
📖 On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
📖 Scream All Night by Derek Milman
📖 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
📖 Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
📖 The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson
📖 The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
📖 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Athur Conan Doyle
📖 The Little Android by Marissa Meyer
📖 The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene
📖 The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
📖 The Queen’s Army by Marissa Meyer
📚 A Book That’s More Than 500 Pages
📖 Gemina by Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
📖 Obsidio by Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
📚 A Book by a Favorite Author
📖 The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
📚 A Book Recommended by a Librarian or Indie Bookseller
📖 Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire
*Note: This category doesn’t (necessarily) count. Even though Hiddensee is on an IndieBound list, I didn’t read it because of their recommendation.
📚 A Banned Book
📖 N/A
📚 A Memoir, Biography, or Book of Creative Nonfiction
📖 The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
📚 A Book by an Author of a Different Race, Ethnicity, or Religion Than Your Own
📖 Gemina by Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Australian)
📖 Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar (Persian)
📖 Harvest of Rubies by Tessa Afshar (Persian)
📖 Obsidio by Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Australian)
📖 The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (Dutch)
📖 The Strings of Murder by Oscar de Muriel (Mexican)
*Note: The definition of “ethnicity” is different depending on who you ask so I relied solely on where an author was born. I didn’t include British authors because of my own family’s roots, but perhaps that was just overthinking on my part.
I also read:
📖 A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet
📖 Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
📖 Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts
📖 Escaping From Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco
📖 Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
📖 Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco
📖 Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
📖 Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
📖 Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
📖 Reign: The Chronicles of Queen Jezebel by Ginger Garrett
📖 The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
📖 The Beautiful Pretender by Melanie Dickerson
📖 The Centurion’s Wife by Davis Bunn & Janette Oke
📖 The Curiosity Keeper by Sarah E. Ladd
📖 The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson
📖 The Heiress of Winterwood by Sarah E. Ladd
📖 The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson
📖 The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen
📖 The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
📖 The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen
📖 The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene
📖 The Rose and the Dagger by Renée Ahdieh
📖 The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
📖 Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
📖 We Wish You a Murderous Christmas by Vicki Delany
📖 Written on the Wind by Judith Pella
Total: 9(ish) Challenges & 57 Books
⬇️ Here are all of my 2018 reading-related links ⬇️
• 2017 Wrap-Up | 2018 Reading Challenge
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