Reading Challenges Complete - Round Two

Since we're five days into a new year, I figure I should probably post my wrap-up of my remaining 2018 reading challenges. I was a little disappointed that I didn't quite complete my Mount TBR Challenge. However, the rules of that challenge state that it only includes books bought before January 1, 2018. I read more than my goal of 36 books that I own last year, if I include the ones that I bought during the year. I was pretty pleased that I read 9 books that I bought. It sounds small, but that's a better number for me than normal! So even though I didn't technically complete the Mount TBR Challenge, I think I'm satisfied.

Hosted by My Reader's Block
Goal: Mt. Vancouver (36 books)

1.  Mail Obsession by Mark Mason
2. Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
3. Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein
4. Torrent by Lisa Tawn Bergren
5. Love Comes Calling by Siri Mitchell
6. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
7. A Devil to Play by Jasper Rees
8. A Necessary Deception by Laurie Alice Eakes
9. The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood
​10. A Flight of Fancy by Laurie Alice Eakes
11. The Maiden's Bequest by George MacDonald
12. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
13. Edward Trencom's Nose by Giles Minton
14. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
​15. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
16. It Happened at the Fair by Deeanne Gist
17. The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
18. Birth of the Chess Queen by Marilyn Yalom
19. The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists by Gideon Defoe
​20. A Reluctant Courtship by Laurie Alice Eakes
21. Drenched in Light by Lisa Wingate
22. Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg
23. An Alphabetical Life by Wendy Werris
24. The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure
25. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
26. The Unmapped Sea by Maryrose Wood
27. Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
28. Love on Assignment by Cara Lynn James
29. The Journey that Saved Curious George by Louise Borden
30. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
31.  An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
32. The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge by Charlie Lovett

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Hosted by Doing Dewey
Goal: 15 nonfiction books

1. Mail Obsession:​ A Journey Round Britain by Postcode by Mark Mason
2. A Devil to Play:​ One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument by Jasper Rees
3. Efronia: An Armenian Love Story by Stina Katchadourian
4. Full Moon Over Noah's Ark:​ An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond by Rick Antonson
5. Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber
6. Travels with Charley:​ In Search of America by John Steinbeck
7. Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink by Gail Carson Levine
8. Into the Heart of Borneo by Redmond O'Hanlon
9. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
10. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
11.  Birth of the Chess Queen: A History by Marilyn Yalom
12. Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software by Scott Rosenberg
13. How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber
14. The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
​15. The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure
16. An Alphabetical Life by Wendy Werris
17. Me, Myself & Bob by Phil Vischer
​18. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
19. West with the Night by Beryl Markham
20. I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel

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Hosted by Becky's Book Reviews
Goal: As many of the 104 categories as I can complete

1. Title beginning with A
2. Author beginning with A
3. Title beginning with B
4. Author beginning with B
5. Title beginning with C
6. Author beginning with C
7. Title beginning with D
8. Author beginning with D
9. Title beginning with E
10. Author beginning with E
11. Title beginning with F
12. Author beginning with F
13. Title beginning with G
14. Author beginning with G
15. Title beginning with H
16. Author beginning with H
17. Title beginning with I
18. Author beginning with I
19. Title beginning with J
20. Author beginning with J
21. Title beginning with K
22. Author beginning with K
23. Title beginning with L
24. Author beginning with L
25. Title beginning with M
26. Author beginning with M
27. Title beginning with N
28. Author beginning with N
29. Title beginning with O
30. Author beginning with O
31. Title beginning with P
32. Author beginning with P
33. Title or Author beginning with Q
34. Title beginning with R
35. Author beginning with R
36. Title beginning with S
37. Author beginning with S
38. Title beginning with T
39. Author beginning with T
40. Title or Author beginning with U
41. Title or Author beginning with V or W
42. Title or Author beginning with X or “Ex”
43. Title beginning with Y
44. Author beginning with Y
45. Title or Author beginning with Z
46. 2018 Newbery Winner or Honor
47. Newbery Winner or Honor from 2010-2017
48. Newbery Winner or Honor from 2000-2009
49. Newbery Winner or Honor from 1990-1999
50. Newbery Winner or Honor from 1980-1989
51. Newbery Winner or Honor from 1970-1979
52. Newbery Winner or Honor from 1960-1969
53. Newbery Winner or Honor from 1950-1959
54. Newbery Winner or Honor from 1940-1949
55. Newbery Winner or Honor from 1932-1939
56. Newbery Winner or Honor from 1922-1931
57. Notable Children's Book from 2018 or 2017 
58. Any book by a Wilder Award author
59. verse novel
60. graphic novel
61. biography or memoir
62. nonfiction 
63. poetry
64. audio book
65. first in a series
66. any book in a series
67. last book in a series
68. favorite author
69. new to you author
70. British author
71. Australian author
72. Canadian author
73. translated into English from another language
74. American author
75. set in the state you live
76. set in a place you'd like to visit
77. set in an imaginary place you'd like to visit
78. picture book for older readers 
79. book about a pet
80. animal fantasy
81. fantasy
82. alternate reality
83. science fiction
84. adventure
85. action/suspense
86. mystery/detective
87. realistic fiction
88. school setting
89. multiple points of view
90. historical fiction -- world war I
91. historical fiction -- world war II
92. historical fiction, your choice
93. historical fiction, mystery or suspense
94. oh the sads
95. happy, happy ending
96. laugh until you cry
97. coming of age
98. "diary" or "notebook"
99. classic, your choice
100. out of print
101. library book
102. impulse pick
103. published in 2018
104. YOUR pick for Newbery 2019

1.
2. Sounder by William Armstrong
3. Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
4. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
5.
6. The Grey King by Susan Cooper
7. The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui Sutherland
8.
9.
10.
11.  Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
12. The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
13. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
14. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
15.
16. M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
17. The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23. The Losers Club by Andrew Clements
24.
25. The Messengers: Discovered by Lisa M. Clark
26.
27.
28.
29.
30. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
31.  Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
32. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
33.
34. Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
35. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
36. The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
37. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
38. There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
39. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
40. The Unbreakable Code by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
41. Paperboy by Vince Vawter
42.
43.
44.
45.
46. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
47. Doll Bones by Holly Black
48. Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
49. Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
50. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
51. The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
52. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
53.
54.
55.
56.
57. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
58. M.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
59. Rebound by Kwame Alexander
60. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
61.
62.
63. Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
64. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
65. The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler
66. The Monster in the Hollows by Andrew Peterson
67. The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall
68. The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood
69. One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
70. Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
71.
72. The Door in the Alley by Adrienne Kress
73. The Griffin's Feather by Cornelia Funke
74. Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein
75.
76. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
77. The Monster in the Hollows by Andrew Peterson
78. Crown:​ An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
79. Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
80. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
81. Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
82. The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler
83.
84. The Door in the Alley by Adrienne Kress
85. Doll Bones by Holly Black
86. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
87. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
88. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
89. Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
90.
91. Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
92. One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
93.
94. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
95. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
96. Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein
97. Paperboy by Vince Vawter
98.
99. More About Paddington by Michael Bond
100.
101. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
102. The Story Collector by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
103. The Story Collector by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
104. Rebound by Kwame Alexander

70 out of 104 categories complete
(It helped that you could count one book for two categories,
​but I was still pleasantly surprised by this number!)