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Challenge Accepted!: A Simple Strategy for Living Life on Purpose | James Woosley
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In 2013, James Woosley pursued 40 goals before his 40th birthday. He didn't realize it would end up being the most intentional year of his life. This book is about his journey, but more importantly, it's about yours. PURPOSE - You live your life differently when you have a mission, even if you still don't understand the "meaning of life." Defining a collection of goals is a purpose, if only to point you in the right direction. And you have a better chance of getting there if you're moving. INTENSITY - There's already a spark of desire inside you. Setting ambitious goals and firm deadlines will feed that fire and get you moving. Along the way, you may just wake up to all that life has to offer. It's time to move forward with intensity. ADVENTURE - We all want adventure, but we don't all want the same adventure in the same way. Yours is calling to you, begging you to come out and play. Will you answer the call and find your adventure? You may just find something that feeds your soul.
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Clwojick
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Here are some of the 2023 challenges I added to my bullet journal that I decided to make #StoryGraph challenges for. Feel free to join me!

#SayMyName - Read books that have a name in the title. https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2547b055-74b4-4eda-a52d-4d03692...

#ReadTheRainbow - Read books that have a colour in the title. https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ee192ed1-6aeb-4729-8eca-d902966...

Clwojick #Foodie2023 - Any book relating to yummy food or beverages (Cozies that take place at restaurants, baking competition, memoirs of chefs, cookbooks, etc) https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/cfa22a91-73f1-4217-b8d6-a1c1d4d... 1y
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Klou Joined! I wasn't going to do challenges in 2023 because I'll mainly be using my tbr jar but I'll join them on a no-plan basis. See how many I can tick off without purposely choosing those books 😁 1y
Clwojick @Klou good Plan! My main goal for 2023 is to lower the amount of downloaded chirp and NetGalley books on my phone, so I‘ll just pick and choose from my large collection to tick of my prompts. 1y
Gissy But. Do I have to summit the titles now? I‘m a season/mood reader, I never know what I‘m going to read next🤷🏽‍♀️But I will like to participate in #SayMyName 2023 challenge 1y
Clwojick @Gissy not at all! I added some books I already had on my phone, but I‘m sure I‘ll change out what books I actually use as the year goes on. 1y
Gissy @Clwojick Then, yes, I will like to participate🙋🏽‍♀️ 1y
Klou @Clwojick good luck!! 1y
Klou @Clwojick good luck!! 1y
Emilymdxn I‘m in a big reading challenge joining mood today so very glad to have found this post! 1y
Clwojick I posted my Pinterest board somewhere too. I‘ll find the link for you. @Emilymdxn 1y
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Clwojick
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Heads up!!! The 2nd Round of pictures for #AestheticallyMatched will be released very soon! As with Round 1, you don‘t need to match every picture if you don‘t want to. Simply pick the pictures that speak to you. I‘ve selected a bunch of photos to give you guys a good variety. Here‘s a sneak peak! ☺️

Tagging everyone who‘s tagged me in Round 1, though it‘s open for all to join.

tdrosebud Are round 1 pictures still open to use or are they retiring? 2y
julesG Oh wow. I thought there was only one round. 😳 I have a few more books to add to the pictures of round 1 then. I know, it's not a must, but I want to. 2y
PageShifter Wow, I would love to join! 2y
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Clwojick @tdrosebud you can still use them! There‘s no end date to any of the pictures. Just have fun with it! 😊😊 2y
Clwojick @julesG I still have like 15 or so left for the first round too, but I was having so much fun with it that I wanted to release another round. ❤️ 2y
Clwojick @PageShifter would love to have you? 2y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Keep me posted!! 2y
PageShifter Oh yes, if it's okay to use pictures from round 1 I have to see if I find them and try to find matches for them as well 🥳 2y
FantasyChick Sweet!! Can't wait to see what can be matched this round. 2y
LaraS Ooo, exciting! I love using visuals for a reading challenge! 2y
RaeLovesToRead Hi, would you be able to post the link to round 1 for me in the comments here? I don't think I bookmarked it and I can't find it... 2y
RaeLovesToRead Oh wait... I've found it on my starred pages!!! 2y
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Clwojick
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Okay, so I‘m 100% currently obsessed with my #bulletjournal 😅 It‘s been so much fun to put together! #52bookclub

kplovesbooks It looks fantastic!! 2y
Clwojick @kplovesbooks thank you! 2y
BarkingMadRead I‘ve just started mine, but I haven‘t gotten very far lol 2y
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Clwojick @BarkingMadRun yay! ❤️ 2y
StayCurious This is amazing! 2y
Leftcoastzen Very nice! 2y
Chrissyreadit Nice! 2y
ju.ca.no Looks SO good😍😍 2y
tracey38 Good job! 2y
Catsandbooks I LOVE this!! 👏🏼 2y
DivineDiana Fantastic! 👏🏻📚👍🏻 2y
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Clwojick
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Trying to organize the order of my bullet journal spreads for 2022. I‘ve done a ton of research on the challenges I‘d like to participate in, and I‘m just so excited to get started that I couldn‘t wait to get my #bulletjournal all set up.

Crazeedi So organized! 2y
FantasyChick Can you come do mine? I have zero ambition to get it done 🤣 2y
Clwojick @FantasyChick 😂😂 honestly, the organizing and page layouts are my favourite part of doing a bullet journal. And I‘ve definitely been asked to sell pre made bullet journals before! I should make mini booklets for WinterGames and Scarathlon next year. 2y
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Klou I use post it notes to plan my pages too. You're the only person I've come across that does that too. Though you are much more organised than me. I'm still behind with this year's pages 😂 2y
Clwojick @Klou I misplaced my bullet journal during our move earlier in the year, and I was looking for it for a few months. By the time I found it, I was 7 months behind schedule but I just did quick 1-2 page spreads per month and back dated the information.😜 I missed it so much when I couldn‘t find it, that I‘ve just been on a serious kick ever since lol. 2y
Klou @Clwojick great! I'm glad you were able to find it and catch up. Something similar has happened to me. We've just moved and my main pencil case with all my pens in is in a box somewhere so I'm just doing it in pencil until I find it 😂 almost finished October now. The 1-2 page things a good idea if you're behind though. 2y
Linsy I love this!! You always have the best bullet journal! 2y
Clwojick @Linsy thanks! I‘m on a serious kick with it right now. I‘ve finished 100 pages in the last two weeks 😂😅 Just had to order two more in the mail. 2y
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Clwojick
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Hey team #MistletoeManaics! There are a ton of readathons, and reading challenges going on during the month of December. So many that it‘s going to be hard to keep track of them, so I made up a list on Google. All participants can edit this file, so that we can all add to and share any Readathon details we come across! Link is in the comments! ❤️

keys_on_fire Love this photo! 2y
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DieAReader Thanks so much @Clwojick 🥰Really loving this beautiful picture♥️ 2y
Nessavamusic Thank you! 2y
OriginalCyn620 Awesome! Thank you! 2y
KristiAhlers Thank you! I‘m really looking forward to December 1st and starting my holiday reading! 2y
deeannloso Awesome! Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! 🦃🥧🍽 2y
Charityann Cool! Thanks.😄 2y
JessClark78 Thank you! 2y
Allylu That is so helpful! I have so many bingo boards I will have to make a separate album to play on them! 🎄🤶📚 2y
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Susanita
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1. Yes! I just have to make sure I don‘t get so carried away that there‘s no room for new books and other finds.
2. I like monthly challenges like #authoramonth
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😊 3y
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InkedBookworm13
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1. I do. I like to challenge myself. My problem in the past is trying to do too many challenges at one time.
2. I like to try everything at least once and I think I've loved them all. Some of my favorites have been #bookspin #YAapril #24b4Monday #fairytalereadingchallenge #readacrossamerica #scarathlon and monthly photo prompt challenges

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 3y
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Callemarie
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I finished my 2021 reading challenge. 😂🤣😂🤣 now there is no pressure for the rest of the year.

JackOBotts 😂😂😂 Well done! 3y
Amiable I do the same thing! Completed my 2021 challenge on Jan. 1. 😀 (edited) 3y
Chelleo Love this! 3y
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Callemarie @Amiable I love it. I was putting so much pressure on myself to read so many books in a year and this year I was like SCREW IT. I don‘t know why I never thought to do this before haha 3y
AshleyHoss820 🤣 I love it! Honestly, when it gets to the end of the year, I just change my goal so that I‘ll meet it. I just like challenging myself to read more and do less “time-waster” stuff. 😊 (edited) 3y
Avanders 😂 Awesome - well done! 😁🥳😘 3y
KathyWheeler @AshleyHoss820 I do the same thing. In fact, if I notice I‘m falling behind, I just decrease the goal. I‘m very flexible about it. 3y
LatrelWhite That‘s a great 💡☺️ well done! 3y
AshleyHoss820 @KathyWheeler Exactly!! I just like the satisfaction of completing a goal cuz I‘m trash at keeping my resolutions...🤣 3y
thegreensofa 💛😂😁 3y
Gaylagal2 @Callemarie Is this challenge on Goodreads? I might try a reading challenge this year, something new 🤓 3y
Kappadeemom Lol😊 3y
j9brown Haha! Good job 🥳 And good idea! 3y
Gissy Practical!😂🤣 3y
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CrowCAH
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Woohoo I did it - met my GoodReads reading challenge goal! Even with some days to spare!!!

Deblovestoread Well done! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3y
megnews Great job!!! 3y
Mollyanna Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉 3y
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TheBookAddict 🥳🙌🏽🥳 3y
Carolyn11215 Congrats!! 🎉🍾 3y
CoverToCoverGirl Yes! 👍 3y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y
mrp27 👏🏽🎉👏🏽🎉 3y
CrowCAH @Kdgordon88 @megnews @Mollyanna @TheBookAddict @Carolyn11215 @CoverToCoverGirl @LeahBergen @mrp27 thanks! 🥰 The Litsy community is a great motivator, thanks for the encouragement to read! 3y
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Cinfhen
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So I‘m committing myself to 6 #ReadingChallenges in 2021
5 of these challenges are all Litsy hosted

And of course I‘ll be doing #BookSpin2021 as well @TheAromaofBooks

#Booked2021 @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen
#ReadingAsia2021 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle
#Nonfiction2021 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
#AAM @Soubhiville
#FoodAndLit @Texreader @Butterfinger
#Pop21
Hoping to use books I own, can borrow or swap
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Cinfhen I‘ll be using hashtag #SwapMe in case another Litten would like to do a swap / we‘d exchange books to help fill prompts...who‘s in???? Which challenges are you joining??? 3y
TrishB Only yours 😁 3y
Cinfhen Awwww @TrishB you‘re my #TrueBlue friend xxx 3y
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jenniferw88 I may be interested in #swapme - may be able to help with #readingasia2021 and #booked2021 - but it all depends on shipping and covid! 3y
Smarkies I am tackling #nonfiction2021 #booked2021 and #readingasia2021 . But realistically I think I will only finish #booked2021 as I already have my books lined up for that. 3y
Cinfhen Agreed @jenniferw88 we will have to wait and see 🙏🏼💓Hope you‘re feeling well!! 3y
Cinfhen I‘m hoping I‘ll be able to cover multiple prompts from multiple challenges using the same book @Smarkies but that doesn‘t always happen 😜it‘s fun to get creative with your interpretations. I‘m so glad you‘ve already covered most of #Booked2021 prompts!!! We try to make the prompts flexible enough so readers have multiple choices 3y
BarbaraBB I am doing #Booked2021 #pop21 #ReadingAsia2021 and #ATY21 (the Around The Year challenge on Goodreads) 😅. And I‘m in for #swapme! (edited) 3y
Cinfhen 🤗🤗🤗 @BarbaraBB 3y
KarenUK I‘ll be doing 2, maybe 3.... definitely #booked2021 and #pop21, and I‘ll try #AAM again, but did so badly this year! And I‘ll be up for #swapme too! 3y
Librarybelle I sign up for so many challenges, then fizzle dreadfully. Definitely doing #ReadingAsia2021 and #Booked2021 , along with my usual GR reading goal. If #LitsyAtoZ happens again, I‘ll do that too, and I am doing #BBRC . Lots of fun reading for everyone! 3y
alisiakae I‘m doing all of those too! 3y
Butterfinger It is so fun to see what prompts from different challenges fit one book. 3y
AmyG Wow. If anyone can complete these, it‘s you as you read so much! I won‘t be doing much this year as I need to read all the books on my shelves. I need to make room! 3y
Cinfhen I do love to “challenge” myself @AmyG but I also need to curtail my book spending so we‘ll see how far I actually get 3y
Cinfhen #BookTwins👯‍♀️ @4thhouseontheleft 😍‼️♥️ 3y
Simona Since I obviously missed a lot this year I have to do some research on #BookSpin I see it everywhere and I'm and I‘m quite intrigued by tihis game .... 3y
Cinfhen @TheAromaofBooks please tag my lovely friend @Simona and give her the #BookSpin spiel xxxxx 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Simona - Hello!! I host the #BookSpin challenge. The concept is that you make a list of 20 books you've been meaning to read & post it (& tag me) & then on the 2nd of every month I draw 2 numbers & everyone tries to read those numbers from their list - so everyone is reading different books but the same numbers if that makes sense haha Here is a master post I made with more details - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/1989556 & it also talks about ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the bingo part of the challenge, for those folks who reading 2 books from their list just isn't enough!! If you want to join, all you have to do is make a list of 20 books & tag me. I just posted December's numbers today, so you can even jump in for this month if you want to!! Just let me know if you have any questions - everyone is welcome to play along!! 3y
Simona Wow @TheAromaofBooks thank you. This is literally the master post! I'll skip December, but I will be happy to participate in January. 3y
Cinfhen Thanks for sharing the info @TheAromaofBooks it‘s a fun monthly “challenge” @Simona 💚 3y
Simona Looks like fun activity 😘 I‘m finally at home and I‘m already browsing through my piles stacking for January and trying to combine all the challenges 😅 3y
Cinfhen It‘s a good mental workout @Simona 😊😜trying to sort your challenges (edited) 3y
Simona After looong months of not reading I‘m finally really excited about planning my lists.... and this is also great opportunity to do some dusting on my shelves 🤫 3y
Cinfhen I had a small slump too and it definitely felt good to get excited about my books again @Simona 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Simona - Sounds great!! I usually tag everyone with a reminder about making their list a week before I draw the numbers, so I'll add you to that list!! 3y
Simona @TheAromaofBooks Thank you 🙏I will be prepared 😘 3y
Crazeedi @TheAromaofBooks I'm really going to try to do #BookSpin starting in January, I have so many books on my shelves 3y
Crazeedi @TheAromaofBooks I dont know about the bingo part 3y
Cinfhen #BookSpin is a FUN and EASY way to tackle your TBR @Crazeedi / I don‘t even try to do the BINGO part each month just occasionally 3y
Crazeedi @Cinfhen that's good to know, just start easily! 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage You are ambitious! I‘m sticking to just three challenges in 2021, because one is laaaaarge! (#readingasia) 3y
Cinfhen I‘m hoping to do LOTS of #DoubleDipping with #ReadingAsia2021 @BarbaraTheBibliophage and a #TripleScoop would be EVEN better 🍦🍦🍦 3y
andreadmw Where can I find the info on these challenges? Sorry noob here 😂 3y
Cinfhen Welcome @andreadmw Here‘s the sign up link for #Booked2021: https://bit.ly/2ICbIkC

If you go to the other hosts pages using the challenge hashtags you should be able to find the sign up links or if you tag them they can probably direct you to the proper places. #Pop21 is from Pop Sugar and not “officially” hosted on Litsy. I hope you‘ll join us 🥳The reading challenges are a fun way to meet & interact with others❤️
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Clwojick
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@maich So far I‘m still on track with the #ReadingWithMaja challenge.♥️ Thanks again for hosting! #bulletjournal #bujo

Ash.on.the.line Love how organized your supplies are! 4y
maich So lovely❤❤❤ 4y
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squirrelbrain
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Here‘s my chart for #bfc28....

The M is for mindfulness - target is 10 minutes every day. I use the Calm App - what does anyone else like?
The Y is for yoga - target is 4 times a week.
I added an extra column - the flower is for getting outside every day (whilst we‘re still allowed), either for a walk or to do some gardening.

I‘ve also set myself the challenge of 15 books.

I‘ve done my mindfulness and an audio walk today - yoga starts tomorrow!

Bookzombie That‘s a great chart! 4y
CocoReads Fantastic!! 4y
JenniferTapler Love the chart! I haven‘t tried the Calm app, but have used Headspace for awhile and love it. 4y
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Itchyfeetreader Love the chart and your goals ! Good luck 4y
squirrelbrain I tried Headspace first @JenniferTapler but didn‘t get on with it for some reason.... we all like different things though don‘t we?! 4y
charl08 Hope it goes well. I am still thinking about more (any!) Yoga/ pilates to keep moving at home. 4y
coffees Nice chart!!! 4y
youneverarrived I love this! Brett Larkin is good on YouTube for yoga 🧘‍♀️ 4y
squirrelbrain Thanks Katie @youneverarrived. I started Yoga with Adriene on YouTube today but didn‘t love it. (Just me though - felt a bit funny halfway through so that makes me want to give up!) Might mix it up with something different.... 🙏 4y
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Sweettartlaura
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Sooo glad #24in48 is back - and just in time ♥️
Finishing Ask Again, Yes ~ Working through the short story collection of Get in Trouble ~ Listening to Beastie Boys Book as I putter...

See you on the other side...

@24in48

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Clwojick
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My March #BookSpin list is all ready to go @TheAromaofBooks 🖤🤍 I‘ve decided to simply add in two books to the two slots for my completed February books, and leave the rest of them in the same placement. I‘m going for #DoubleSpin again, and actually hoping to possibly finish off a few extras so I can change out more than two slots for April. 🔥

Butterfinger I hope your notebooks are forever memorialized as primary documents in the far future. They look so neat. 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Glad to have you back for another round!! 4y
veritysalter Your Bullet Journals are always so pretty. ♥️ 4y
Clwojick @veritysalter thanks!! 🌟 4y
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Clwojick
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I‘m jumping on the #BookSpin bandwagon with @TheAromaofBooks starting February. Here are my final choices. Some of these books have been on my TBR for way too long, others I‘ve actually picked up and put down again for another book (multiple times) and two are directly written into my 2020 reading goals. Not sure yet if I‘ll be doing the #DoubleSpin, but I‘ll play it by ear. Can‘t wait to see which number(s) are chosen for February. ♥️

Scochrane26 Several of these I‘ve read & love. 4y
marleed Oh geez, lol, I could almost use your list to turn a book on my shelves to pages-out (read) when the book-spin number is announced! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Oooo you have some great books on that list!! I'll be sure to tag you with the winning number on Sunday!! 😁 4y
alisiakae You have a lot of great books on your list! 4y
AmyK1 You‘ve got some good ones! 4y
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diovival
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Despite my best bookish intentions I've had pretty major reading slumps in the last 2 years. I'm determined to turn things around in 2020. This Bookly challenge seems right on time. Anyone else participating?

https://blog.getbookly.com/2020/01/13/bookly-readathon/

MrsMalaprop Not participating, but definitely trying to read more in 2020. Good luck 🍀. 4y
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CocoReads
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I‘ve been waiting and waiting for my library to do something like this! I‘ll be checking for details, what I saw today while waiting in line at CVS was pretty vague.

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Clwojick
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Well... what do you know. I‘ve just signed up for another reading challenge. 😅🤷🏻‍♀️ I love that @BookishMarginalia included a huge assortment of options for side challenges (and I‘m a sucker for these challenges ATM), so I think I‘ve decided that I‘ll be doing a minimum of 3 of them. Graphic Novels, Children‘s Books, and Audiobooks for sure. Possibly Romance, Mystery and YA. Well, 2020 is going to be a good year for my bullet journal lists!😂

BookishMarginalia Yey! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 4y
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CocoReads
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Planning for 2020....or as much as I ever do. Is there going to be a #LitsyAtoZ this year? I was unsuccessful last year but I have really enjoyed that in the past. I sort of lost track of things in 2019 but am planning to be more Litsy active in the coming year because y‘all get me. 😍📚

Cinfhen Woohoo 🎉 #BringIt 🥳🥳🥳 4y
sprainedbrain I haven‘t seen anything about AtoZ, but I might have missed it... Gloria might know! @BookishMarginalia 4y
BookishMarginalia Yes! I‘m traveling now, but I‘ll put it up as soon as I get home the 31st. #LitsyAtoZ 4y
CocoReads @BookishMarginalia Awesome! I‘ll look for it. Safe travels! 4y
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Clwojick
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With a little over a week until October begins, I thought it‘s the perfect time to post the list for the #ChillingPhotoChallenge.

For each day of the month, post a picture of a book that reminds you of the daily prompt. Anyone can join in on the fun, but those who‘ve signed up to be on a #Scarathlon team will be earning their team 1 point for each post. So, as always, make sure to use the team hashtag, and tag your Team Captain!

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Librarybelle
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And with my last post, I‘ve completed the #A2Z portion of #BBRC ! My list is updated on my form, and I‘ve updated my records as well. Hopefully my holds start arriving next week to begin the #ER part of the challenge!

Daisey Congratulations! 5y
LibrarianRyan Who hop!!!⭐️👍💗⭐️👍💗 5y
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hes7
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#TheReadingRush Wrap-Up

✔️ Finished eight books and all seven prompts (except I didn‘t actually watch The Shack 🤷🏼‍♀️), and made progress in two other books for a page total of 2991

Megabooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻📚😁 5y
Anion Congrats🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 5y
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Clwojick
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In case anyone wanted to know more about the #UglyLocationChallenge, this was the original thought. The idea of taking beautiful photos in “ugly locations” has been pretty popular on Instagram and YouTube, of late, but I wanted to change it up and make books the main focus. Please join me by challenging yourself, and tag me in your stunning photos. 🧡💛💚

jb72 Great idea! I‘ll try to get a pic while I‘m in town today. 5y
Clwojick @jb72 I got so many pictures at Walmart 😂 I just took books from their shelves, and took some photos around the store ♥️ 5y
jb72 @Clwojick 😂 that‘s the best place to get ugly pictures and weird pictures. 5y
alisiakae Lovely idea! 5y
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Clwojick
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Maybe it‘s weird that I‘m procrastinating my studies so that I can sit at home alone with my cats and read children‘s #picturebooks, but it‘s for a challenge so it‘s not THAT weird right? Oh who cares, anyways! I‘m having fun!
I‘m trying to finish all my library books before Monday so I can return them (and maybe get some more...) I‘m going to probably go out of order soon, and read whatever strikes my fancy. But this #A2Z #BBRC has been a blast!

LibrarianRyan Yeahhhhh 5y
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Sweettartlaura
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#challengecheckin

Moving right along in 2019. My #mounttbr is keeping me on my toes

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KarenUK
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My year in books so far.....
I‘ve had 14 x ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reads, and made some pretty good progress on my reading challenges ....

40/100 #Goodreads
19/26 #LitsyAtoZ
22/40 #Pop19
17/24 #Booked2019

RealLifeReading You‘re doing great! 5y
bewareofwords That‘s awesome! 👏🏽 5y
Cinfhen Oooohhhh!!!! Well done!!! I‘m so behind on my GoodReads reviews. I‘ve had a few 5 stars too!!! 5y
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Clwojick
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Hey everyone, here is what each week will look like for the month of May. There is 1 short week at the beginning of the month, and 1 short week at the end, but we will still be following the schedule.
The last week will have a challenge so extreme that we will be giving away a prize!
Come join the fun, and tackle that TBR with your hosts @Clwojick @RadicalReader and @TheReadingMermaid !
All are welcome to join in on the #MayMadness fun!

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BeansPage
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That's right guys! I will be co-hosting #MayMadness along with @Clwojick & @RadicalReader 🎉🎉🎉
Get ready for some seriously crazy fun you guys!! 🤪😵🙃

coffeewithbooks ʏᴀʏ!!! 😄😁 5y
thereadingowlvina Woohoo! 😁👍 5y
Nessavamusic Yay! 5y
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Sweettartlaura
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You mean I could read for a month AND get paid to do it???
Challenge accepted 😏👍🏻

Beatlefan129 Sounds heavenly 💕 5y
Sweettartlaura @Beatlefan129 Right??? Biggest problem would be how to get them all in with me. 5y
ravenlee Where do I sign up? 5y
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Sweettartlaura @ravenlee Exactly🙋🏻‍♀️ 5y
TimSpalding Of course! 5y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Think of all the books you could buy!!! And no one would bother you for a whole month. 5y
Sweettartlaura Oooohhhhh, I didn‘t even think of what bookish things I could do with that money, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😮🤔😏📚❤️ 5y
GrilledCheeseSamurai Just a month? I wanna stay longer! 🤩 5y
AlaMich Hell yes!!! 5y
Bookcation74 Is this a challenge or a dream!?!? 5y
Sweettartlaura @GrilledCheeseSamurai this is kinda how I feel about going to jail 😜. I‘ve never been, and try my best every day to stay outta there. But every now & then I think, so long as I wasn‘t in some horrible tough prison, I could do 5-10... think of all the reading I could do 💁🏻‍♀️🤣📚 5y
JanuarieTimewalker13 I would try!! If I lasted 2 weeks, could I have $50k? Lol 5y
diovival YES. Yes, I would. Sign me up. 📚 5y
Weaponxgirl Is there wine? am I allowed to go out for walks and is their a mail service? Can I have papers delivered? If so sign me up 5y
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hes7
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I haven‘t been great about posting reviews recently, but I did finish the six Winter categories of #Booked2019:

-Female Detective: Strawberry Shortcake Murder
-Fairy Tale Retelling: The Goose Girl
-Reminds You of Your Happy Place: Mary Poppins
-Related to a Podcast: Fail Until You Don‘t
-Set in Ireland: Castle on the Rise
-New to You Author: The Dad Next Door

Cinfhen Woohoo🥳🥳🥳🥳 5y
mabell Great collage of covers! 5y
StephanieMarie The Goose Girl is a childhood favourite of mine! ❤ 5y
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Lizpixie
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I think I‘m finally getting the hang of this journaling thing. You‘d think so, after buying a whole storage box of them! Now I just need to read the books to add onto the blank spots🤓 #ReadingWomenChallenge

LibrarianRyan ⭐️👍🤓💕 5y
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LitsyHappenings
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Repost for @Librarybelle :
If you‘re like me, you have a lot of unread ARCs and e-galleys waiting to be reviewed.

I thought it would be fun to dedicate March to catching up on these books. I know I will have to read a couple non-ARCs in March, but I‘ll read mostly ARCs. I‘d love you to join me too! This is not a competition; set your own goals. Cheer on others. Use #ARCMadDash and tag me, please (because I‘d love to cheer you on too).

MatchlessMarie I love this! Glad to know I'm not the only one. 5y
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Librarybelle
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If you‘re like me, you have a lot of unread ARCs and e-galleys waiting to be reviewed.

I thought it would be fun to dedicate March to catching up on these books. I know I will have to read a couple non-ARCs in March, but I‘ll read mostly ARCs. I‘d love you to join me too! This is not a competition; set your own goals. Cheer on others. Use #ARCMadDash and tag me, please (because I‘d love to cheer you on too).

Feel free to repost!

julesG Oh, good idea! 5y
Redwritinghood I keep meaning to do this. This will definitely help get me through my egalleys. 5y
hes7 Ooh, I need to do this. 5y
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DGRachel Ooh, yes. This is a good idea. I‘ve sadly neglected my NetGalley shelf. 5y
Librarybelle @julesG @Redwritinghood @hes7 @DGRachel I have no willpower when it comes to requesting from NetGalley. I need a push like this to get through some of my backlog! 5y
julesG Same here. So many interesting books to request, and I'm going to be rejected anyway,... And then I have 20 new books on the shelf 5y
LapReader I‘m in! 5y
Librarybelle @LapReader It should be a fun way to get through the backlog of books! 5y
ferskner YES. I fear that I'll never be caught up on my print and digital galleys, but this is a good thing to concentrate on instead of library books. 5y
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tome.fries
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Setting & Keeping Your Reading Challenge Goal 📚📆

So I decided to write a blog on how to set and keep a Goodreads reading challenge goal, since I've killed it the last two years.

☢Warning: For those with the inability to understand satire or who have a disease where you die if you laugh, this article may be hazardous.☢

Tomefries.com

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IndoorDame
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Decided to take up one more challenge!
#litsyAtoZ #readingchallenge @BookishMarginalia #2019

BookishMarginalia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
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Lovesbooks87
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I am really bad about completing reading challenges but I thought I would give this one and try and maybe it will help me read some of my TBR books that I have had forever. If you would like to join the challenge head over to @BookishMarginalia page for details. #litsyAtoZ

Velvetsun I‘m trying this one too this year. 😊 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m also trying this one to read tbr and other books that have been given to me!! 5y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Lovesbooks87 🙌🏻🙌🏻 go team!! 5y
Theshadedbuffalo I‘m totally thinking about doing this, too!! 5y
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Sweettartlaura
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In 2017, I found #192019 - a challenge to read a book published from 1920 - 2019. I had 3 years to do it - why not?
This has been THE BEST challenge ever. I got to authors & classics I‘d missed. Selecting & shopping for books became a scavenger hunt.
I recommend you do a challenge like this. Since 2019 is upon us, you could make a new one, #192021 - read books from 1920 to 2021 - you have 3 years. Consider it - it will enrich your life❤️

UrsulaMonarch I love this idea! Thanks! 5y
JaclynW Interesting idea! 5y
Sweettartlaura @UrsulaMonarch @JaclynW Do it🙌🏻. For me, it started as my birthday challenge - I figured I was already doing that so I‘d act like I was gonna go for all 100. And in no time, I was❤️ There are all sorts of resources out there, too - Goodreads has lists of the most popular books published each year; there‘s the NYT bestseller lists; there are award winners from each year. So much to help you choose ... and plenty of time to do it!!! 5y
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JaclynW @Sweettartlaura I think I will. I will plug in books I'm already reading and then fill in the holes. I've seen those lists on Goodreads, they would definitely be useful! It sounds like fun! And discovery! 5y
JaclynW @Sweettartlaura Did come up with the 3 year deadline yourself? 5y
Sweettartlaura Yay, @JaclynW 🙌🏻. No, I just happened to find this in 2017, so I had the time to manage it. If you expand it to 192021, you‘ll just also happen to have 3 years. If you REALLY want to get down to it and read 100 books this year, go for it 😜📚🙌🏻. Otherwise, you can spread it out as you like 😊 5y
Sweettartlaura And I think I found this via @Marchpane but I don‘t know who originated it🤷🏻‍♀️. @Marchpane was it you? 5y
Marchpane It was! I‘m still plugging away at it but on track to complete by the end of this year. I‘m sooo happy that you have found it so enjoyable! It‘s probably the best thing I‘ve done for my reading too 😊 5y
Sweettartlaura @Marchpane yay 😁 Thanks so much for this brilliant idea 💡 I love it so much that I decided, since I have the time, to go back to what I DNFed & try another book from that year ❤️ I should be done with all but a handful of books from the ‘20‘s. But I‘m sticking with it til the very end! Thanks again! 5y
llwheeler I've been loving this challenge too! You're much further ahead than me though, I'm at 38/100. It will be my main challenge focus this year. 😃 5y
Sweettartlaura @llwheeler Yay 🙌🏻 So glad we have a little tribe of 192019ers 🥰 You‘ve got a lot of great reading ahead! 5y
CoffeeNBooks I love this!! I'm adding it to my bullet journal right now! 📚 5y
Sweettartlaura @CoffeeNBooks Yay🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. You‘ll be so glad you did❤️ 5y
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mom2bugnbee
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What challenges are you tackling in 2029 (EDIT: typo! Obv 2019), Littens? I've never been good at completing challenges, but doing them has always helped to keep me reading. This year, I'm doing #pop19 & #mmdchallenge. What are you aiming for?

tournevis Well, I don't know about 2029, but in 2019, I decided to not out any pressure on myself and not so a challenge. 5y
Reviewsbylola I try to keep it simple, so although there are a lot I would like to do, I‘m sticking with #pop19 and #booked2019 5y
queerbookreader I'm keeping up with #MountTBR and this challenge I made for myself to read cozy mysteries set in every state in the US! 5y
mom2bugnbee @tournevis AHAHAHAHAHA! 5y
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melissajayne
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My #goodreads challenge for this year. Quote is from HP & the Deathly Hallows just b4 Molly Weasley kills Beatrix LaStrange.

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margreads
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Let's see how we do this year!! #goodreads

Freespirit I'm going for 50 also...good luck! 5y
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mom2bugnbee
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Here we go. I read 52 books in 2018, so raising the bar for 2019! Hope everyone had a great NYE!

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mom2bugnbee
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Here we go. I read 52 in 2018, so reaching for more in 2019! Hope everyone had a great NYE!

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MaleficentBookDragon
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63 is the most books I've read in a single year in a very long time!🎉
Now, what should be the first book of the new year? 🤔
#GoodReadsChallenge

JennyM Yahoo...congrats 🥳 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎊🎊🎊 5y
Ms_T Well done! 5y
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Birdsong28 Congrats 🎉🎊📚 5y
JoScho Yay 🥳💜🥳💜🥳 5y
Mollyanna Congrats 🎉🍾🎉 5y
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Sarahreadstoomuch
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Just setting up a page for the #litsyatoz2019 challenge hosted by @BookishMarginalia , no big deal. I did this challenge in 2017 and had a lot of fun with it - but couldn‘t do it this year because of Morris Award reading. Can‘t wait to get back to it again in the new year! #abecedariantbr

BookishMarginalia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
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rekahlee
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I‘m gearing up for the #popsugarreadingchallenge2019! I‘m finishing up 2018 with a couple more books, but I‘m having fun planning my January reads!

Samplergal Wow! I‘m so impressed with you organizing skills. I can only wish for that. I‘ve yet to find the list! 😂😂😂 5y
rekahlee @Samplergal if only you knew how disorganized the rest of my life is 😂😳 5y
Samplergal @rekahlee Welcome to my world ! 5y
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erinreads
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I feel like I‘ve spent so much time prepping for 2019 & reading challenges that everything I‘m reading now feels like a slog because I just want it to be January already. 😂 How does everyone else keep track of their reading challenges? I like to create separate pretty spreadsheets for the fun of it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kz0W6ZNGacvumSkSqVIltZTp-QCwAzWUGDJ2GCE5...

Next I get to create my 2019 reading log! 💃🏼

BarkingMadRead I have a bullet journal, I keep track there 5y
Ashley_Nicoletto As an accountant and a fellow spreadsheet lover I am currently drooling over these. 5y
BarbaraBB Lol, i can relate to everything in your post except that I am no Excel wizard and mine looks a lot less fancy😀. Also, I loved 5y
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brilliantglow I also spreadsheet mine. They each get a spreadsheet in my reading log workbook in Excel. 5y
Bklover That is beautiful! Love your excel file! 5y
sprainedbrain I have a ridiculous (and pretty) google sheet, too! 5y
saresmoore (I‘ve started some of my challenge picks already so I can drag them out and finish in January...) 🤫 5y
KarynGood I‘m doing a reading challenge for the 1st time. I never thought of keeping track with a spreadsheet in excel! 5y
5280reader Wow! I am in awe of you! 5y
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britt_brooke
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I would‘ve NEVER been able to check all of these off before Litsy. What good influences you all are! 💚💚💚 #in2018

RealLifeReading Woohoo!! 🍾 5y
sprainedbrain That‘s awesome! 5y
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JaclynW Nice! 5y
Gezemice Wow! Congrats! 5y
britt_brooke @Gezemice Thanks! 🤗 5y
julesG 👏👏👏 5y
Susanita You rock! 5y
britt_brooke @Susanita Thanks! 🥰 5y
MaureenMc Woot! 👍 5y
britt_brooke @MaureenMc 💚💚💚 5y
Bookzombie Nice! Congrats! 5y
rather_be_reading good job! 5y
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Librarybelle
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Spent the afternoon finalizing my #ReadingUSA2019 picks. I‘m choosing to read books set in each state.

The print is tiny! I wanted everything to fit on one page, which isn‘t easy. 🙂

MirrorMask That's awesome! I'm still compiling my list. I'm trying to find books that are already on my tbr 5y
Lcsmcat You‘ve got some good ones on there. 5y
Ash19Lyn I live in Iowa and I‘m totally intrigued about the book you have down for my state - definitely need to check it out! 5y
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Librarybelle @MirrorMask Several of these were on my tbr list! 5y
LibLib Wow! What a unique reading challenge for 2019! I absolutely love it! 😍 Although, no books for Washington DC? I bet you could find a few...haha (edited) 5y
Librarybelle @LibLib Thanks! Let‘s see if I can get through all of these, then maybe pick a book for DC! 😁 5y
VeganCleopatra Do the books need to take place only partially in the state? Or more like fully/mostly in that state? I noticed you have some that are only partially set in states so I just want to be sure for my own selections. 5y
Librarybelle @VeganCleopatra You can interpret however you like - whether it‘s 100% set in the state or partially set in the state. For me, if a title is set in more than one state, I selected the state in which most of the action takes place. It‘s based on research from a few websites. And, I made sure more than one website indicated that the title related best to the state. I reserve the right to change my mind as I read too! 🙂 Hope this helps! 5y
MelissaS I just finished Pulp, a YA novel that takes place in DC! 5y
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Branwen
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Whoo-hoo! I made it! 😃💕📚 I had to keep increasing the number throughout the year because I continuously underestimated how much I was going to read! 🤣😂

dariazeoli I hit 200 this weekend as well! Congratulations 🍾 5y
julesG Congratulations! 5y
Branwen @julesG Thank you so much! 💕 @dariazeoli Thank you! That's so cool! Congrats to you as well! 😀🎉🎊 5y
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Kaye Good job 👍🏼 📚 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 5y
Lovesbooks87 Yay! Congrats! 🎉📚🎉📚🎉📚 5y
sprainedbrain That‘s awesome! Good for you! 🎉🎉🎉 5y
BridgetteM Congratulations! 🎊🎉🎈 5y
Branwen @Kaye @Lovesbooks87 @sprainedbrain @BridgetteM Thank you so so so so much, guys! 😄💕 5y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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If you need to crack out a few more books this month to meet your challenge goals, check out this list from #Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1441-44-short-books-to-help-you-reach-your-r...

jpmcwisemorgan I‘m binge reading Pandora Pine‘s Cold Case Psychic series so that‘s going to help me meet my Goodreads goal for the year well before the end of the year. They‘re not very long so it‘s messing up my pages per book average but a girl has to do what a girl has to do. 🤷‍♀️ 5y
sprainedbrain I think it says a lot about my current end of the year crunch that I read that and thought... omg I don‘t have time for 44 more. 😂 5y
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