Reading Challenge Update

Squeaking in just under the wire, I finished my Goodreads Summer Reading Challenge! This was way more fun than just listing what I've read and tallying up the pages like I've been doing. It got me to dig up some things from the depths of my giant piles of unread books, exercise some creativity in picking out what to read to fulfill the requirements, and read some things I wouldn't otherwise have when I didn't own a book that fulfilled a requirement.

All this is by way of saying that I really enjoyed it, and I'm going to do another one.

Goodreads Summer Reading Challenge, 2018 ~ Beginner Level

I'm using this as a flogging device to make myself read some of my giant piles of unread books, including some things that keep getting pushed to the side as I get distracted by shiny new things.

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SUMMER-RELATED TASKS -- FINISHED!

• Into the Great Wide Open: Read a book that takes place out in the great wide open

The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin

• Get Your Grill On: Read a book that features summer recipes or outdoor summer activities

Dark Summit by Nick Heil

• The Colors of Summer: Read a book that features a yellow, green, or sandy cover

The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells

• Beach Bum: Read a book that could be considered a "beach read"

Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner

• Sand Between My Toes: Read a book that takes place in or around a beach/ocean

Wight Mischief by J.L. Merrow

• Ocean Blue: Read a book that takes place on the water

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

• Hook 'Em: Read a book that features fishing or fishermen

Time Bandit by Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand with Malcolm MacPherson

• Sports-a-holic: Read a book that features a popular summer sport

Play On by Avery Cockburn

• Campfire Story: Read a book that scares the bejesus out of you

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

• One and Done: Read a book you can finish in one day

Tinsel Fish by Harper Fox

TASKS TO STRETCH YOUR COMFORT ZONE -- FINISHED!

• Let's Get It On: Read a book that features falling in or out of love

Skin After Skin by Jordan Castillo Price

• Take Pride: Read a book written by an LGBTQIA author or that features an LGBTQIA character

Troublemaker by Joseph Hansen

• Read the World: Read a book that takes place in a country--or focuses on a culture--other than your own

Non-Stop Till Tokyo by K.J. Charles

• Diversify Yourself: Read a book by an author of color

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

• You Have a Lovely Accent: Read a book that was translated from another language

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

• Won't Be Long: Read a collection of short stories or essays

Classic Krakauer by Jon Krakauer

• Poet at Heart: Read a book of poetry

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Simon Armitage

• My, What Big Teeth You Have: Read a book that puts a spin on a well-known fairy tale

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

• High Noon: Read a classic or contemporary Western

Blind Ride by B.A. Tortuga

• TBRing It: Read a book from the bottom of your TBR pile

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

• Unshelve It: Read a book that's been sitting on your Goodreads Shelves for a while

Monty Python's Flying Circus, Complete and Annotated by Luke Dempsey

• Childhood Reboot: Read a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novel

Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris and David Javerbaum

• Listen to Me: Listen to an audiobook

Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre