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Hosted by Book Date
Goal: Making Inroads (21-40%)
Books Bought in 2017
1. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron (read in January)
2. The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall (read in April)
3. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (read in July)
4. Around the World in 50 Years by Albert Podell (read in August)
5. Uprooted by Naomi Novik (read in April)
6. Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel by David Limbaugh (read in March)
7. The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo by Paula Huntley
​8. The Lure of the Moonflower by Lauren Willig
9. The Kestrel by Lloyd Alexander (read in April - May)
10. The Beggar Queen by Lloyd Alexander (read in August - October)
​11.  Gypsy Rizka by Lloyd Alexander
12. The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (read in November)
​13. Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge
14. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (read in April)
15. Tears of a Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
16. Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
17. Mail Obsession by Mark Mason
​18. The Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood (read in July)
19. Flirtation Walk by Siri Mitchell
20. Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer
21.  Sweet Thunder by Ivan Doig
22. If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende
23. Inklings by Melanie M. Jeschke
24. Expectations by Melanie M. Jeschke
25. Evasions by Melanie M. Jeschke
26. Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson
27. A Necessary Deception by Laurie Alice Eakes
28. A Flight of Fancy by Laurie Alice Eakes
29. A Reluctant Courtship by Laurie Alice Eakes
30. The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
​31.  Trip of the Tongue by Elizabeth Little
32. Dandelion Fire by N.D. Wilson
33. The Jewel of Kalderash by Marie Rutkoski
34. The Unseen Guest by Maryrose Wood (read in October)
35. The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood
​36. The Unmapped Sea by Maryrose Wood
37. Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein
​38. Snowdrift and Other Stories by Georgette Heyer
39. The Lost Track of Time by Paige Britt
40. Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore
41. Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir by Tui Sutherland
42. The Girl on the Cliff by Lucinda Riley
43. It Happened at the Fair by Deanne Gist
44. My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
45. Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
46. John Adams by David McCullough
​47. Wandmaker by Ed Masessa
Percentage Read:​ 26%
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Hosted by Chapter Break and Second Run Reviews
Goal: Give Your Shelves a Warm, Friendly Hug (21-30 books)
1.  My Life in France by Julia Child
2. Slipping Into Paradise:​ Why I Live in New Zealand by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
3. Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
​4. Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
5. Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
​6. A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
7. Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession by Marc Romano
8. Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys by Hal & Melanie Young
​9. Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren
10. Cascade by Lisa Tawn Bergren
​11. Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani
12. The Shepherd's Castle by George MacDonald
​13. The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky
14. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
15. Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
16. A Hope Undaunted by Julie Lessman
17. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
18. The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
19. Praying by Boys by Brooke McGlothlin
20. A Heart Revealed by Julie Lessman
21. The Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood
22. First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
23. Village School by Miss Read
24. False Colours by Georgette Heyer
25. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
26. Minders of Make-Believe by Leonard S. Marcus
​27. Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin
28. Utopia by Thomas More
​29. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
​30. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen & David Oliver Relin
31. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
32. The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel
​33. The Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde
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Hosted by Novel Knight
Goal: 30 books published before 2017
1.  My Life in France by Julia Child (2006)
​2. Slipping Into Paradise:​ Why I Live in New Zealand by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (2004)
3. Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz (2003)
​4. Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (1912)
5. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron (2010)
6. Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (1920)
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1890)
​8. A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins (1979)
9. Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons (2008)
10. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks (2007)
11.  Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boy by Hal & Melanie Young (2010)
12. Howl by Allen Ginsberg (1956/2010)
13. Westmark by Lloyd Alexander (1981)
14. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1882)
15. Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession by Marc Romano (2006)
16. The Choir Immortal by Katie Schuermann (2015)
17. Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren (2011)
18. Jesus on Trial by David Limbaugh (2014)
​19. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (2003)
20. Cascade by Lisa Tawn Bergren (2011)
21. Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani (2002)
22. 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson (2007)
23. The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall (2015)
24. Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch (2011)
25. The Shepherd's Castle by George MacDonald (1883/1995)
26. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (1998)
27. The Kestrel by Lloyd Alexander (1982)
​28. The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (1949)
29. Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (1937)
30. A Hope Undaunted by Julie Lessman (2010)
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​Hosted by Book Date
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Nonfiction - Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
2017 Published - Grace Alone by Ruth Meyer
Award Winner - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Food on cover or title - First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
Western - 
On TBR for 2+ years - Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
Published pre-2000 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Book about books - Tolstoy and the Purple Chair​: My Magical Year of Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Cozy mystery - The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert
USA/Canadian author - Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
More than 500 pages - The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
UK/European author - The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Size word in title - The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
Book from childhood - Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
Not really for you - The Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Page turner - Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Backlist book from favorite author - Westmark by Lloyd Alexander
Two worded title - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Diversity book - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Attractive cover - Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Middle grade book - The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz
Book from a list - The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Debut book - Be Frank with Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
Australia/NZ author - Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
Borrowed - The Choir Immortal by Katie Schuermann
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Hosted by Rose City Reader
Goal: Five Star (5 books)
1. My Life in France by Julia Child (France)
​2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (United Kingdom)
3. Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren (Italy)
4. My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (Greece)
​5. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera (Czech Republic)
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Hosted by Becky's Book Reviews
Goal: As many as I can from this insanely long checklist!
1. An alphabet book
2. A counting book
3. Concept book: shapes or numbers or opposites or colors
4. a book set on a farm or in the country
5. a book set in the city or in an urban area
6. a book set at the beach, in the ocean, or by a lake 
7. a book with human characters
8. a book with animal characters
9. a bedtime book
10. a rhyming book
11. a book celebrating art 
12. a book celebrating dance
13. a book celebrating music 
14. a book celebrating family (parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, etc.)
15. a book about feelings, expressing feelings
16. a book with a twist (unexpected) ending
17. a book about pets (cats, dogs, fish)
18. a book celebrating libraries or reading
19. a book translated into English (originally published in another language/country)
20. Mother Goose related
21. a book about adoption
22. a book by Gail Gibbons
23. a book by Jon Scieszka
24. a book featured on Reading Rainbow
25. free choice
26. out of print
27. wordless picture book
28. a book by Margaret Wise Brown
29. a board book
30. a book about trains or planes
31. a book about cars or trucks
32. a book about starting school
33. a book about friendship (sharing, caring, forgiving)
34. a book about being ME, about being unique, special, loved, etc.
35. a fairy tale
36. a twisted (adapted) fairy tale
37. a book about a holiday
38. a new-to-you author
39. a new-to-you illustrator
40. a book about new experiences (dentist, doctor, sleepovers, movies, playing sports, learning to swim, etc.)
41. a series book
42. a book celebrating food (cooking, eating, trying new foods, eating healthy)
43. a book published before 1950
44. a book published in the 1950s
45. a book published in the 1960s
46. a book published in the 1970s
47. a book published in the 1980s
48. a book published in the 1990s
49. a book published in the 2000s
50. a book published 2010-2016
51. a book published in 2017
52. a book by Dr. Seuss
53. a book by Mo Willems
54. a book by Jan Thomas
55. a book by Eric Carle
56. a book by Laura Numeroff
57. a book by Patricia Polacco
58. a book by Jon Klassen 
59. a book by Beatrix Potter
60. a book by Kevin Henkes
61. a book written or illustrated by LeUyen Pham
62. a Caldecott winner
63.  a Caldecott honor
64. a picture book biography
65. a nonfiction picture book
66. a book from your childhood
67. a book you discovered as an adult
68. a book celebrating writing, being an author or illustrator
69. a library book
70. an audio book
71.  a book about dinosaurs OR dragons
72. nonfiction book about animals (or animal)
73. a challenged book OR a controversial book
74. a book that makes you laugh
75. a book that makes you cry
76. hate the text, love the art
77. love the text, hate the art
78. a book with a great cover
79. a book with an ugly cover
80. a book about toys
81. a book about weather
82. a picture book for older readers
83. a book of jokes, riddles, tongue-twisters
84. a book about seasons
85. a song
86. a poetry book
87. a book by a celebrity
88.  a book published in Australia
89. a book published in the UK
90. a book about science or math 
91. a book about history or historical event 
92. a book about sports
93. a book about celebrating birthdays
94. a book about a President or world leader 
95. a book about another country 
96. a book celebrating faith
97. a pop-up book, or, a book with cut-outs or flaps or fold-outs 
98. a bilingual book 
99.  a television series that has been adapted to a book
100. a book that has been adapted to a television series
101. an adaptation of a myth or legend
102. a book about babies
1. B Is For Babar: An Alphabet Book by Laurent de Brunhoff
2. One Lonely Fish by Andy Mansfield
3. Squares by Pamela Hall
4. Farmer Brown Goes Round and Round by Teri Sloat
5. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber
6. The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
7. King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
8. Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
9. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Nighht? by Jane Yolen
10. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault
11. You Can't Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
12. First Ballet by Deanna Caswell
13. Becoming Bach by Tom Leonard
14. Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney
15. Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka
16. Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
17. They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
18. Library Day by Anne Rockwell
19. Help! We Need a Title! by Herve Tullet
20. The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf, and Grandma by Diane & Christyan Fox
21. Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
22. Polar Bears by Gail Gibbons
23. The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
24. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
25. Moose on the Loose by Kathy-jo Wargin
26. Tadpole's Promise by Jeanne Willis
27. A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
28. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
29. But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton
30. Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker
31. Little Blue Truck Leads the Way by Alice Schertle
32. The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School by Deborah Diesen
33. Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
34. Fish Is Fish by Leo Lionni
35. The Bremen Town Musicians by The Brothers Grimm
36. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
37. Simon and the Easter Miracle by Mary Joslin
38. Lion Lessons by Jon Agee
39. There's a Bison Bouncing on the Bed! by Paul Bright (illustrated by Chris Chatterton)
40. Herbie's Big Adventure by Jennie Poh
41. The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark by Deborah Diesen
42. Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
43. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
44. The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
45. The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
46. It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach
47. The Napping House by Audrey Wood
48. The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants by Priscilla Turner
49. Fiona's Luck by Teresa Bateman
50. Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo by John Lithgow
51. Life on Mars by Jon Agee
52. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
53. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
54. Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
55. Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
56. If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
57. Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco
58. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
59. The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter
60. Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes
61. The Bear Who Wasn't There by LeUyen Pham
62. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
63. The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
64. Patrick:​ Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie dePaola
65. An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Aston
66. Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Grossnickle Hines
67. We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
68. A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen
69. Samson in the Snow by Philip C. Stead
70. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by Du Bose Heyward
71. Goodnight, Dragons by Judith L. Roth
72. The Blue Whale by Jenni Desmond
73. It's a Book by Lane Smith
74. Don't Make Me Laugh by James Stevenson
75. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
76. Penguin Problems by Jory John
77. Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
78. When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes
79. A Lion Named Shirley Williamson by Bernard Waber
80. Too Many Toys by David Shannon
81. A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
82. Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
83. Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
84. And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano
85. Babies on the Bus by Karen Katz
86. Digger, Dozer, Dumper by Hope Vestergaard
87. The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak
88. Two Little Monkeys by Mem Fox
89. The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara
90. The Lion's Share by Matthew McElligott
91. Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan
92. Mouse Practice by Emily Arnold McCully
93. Birthday Monsters by Sandra Boynton
94. This Little President:​ A Presidential Primer by Joan Holub
95. D Is For Down Under by Devin Scillian
96. The First Easter by Paul Maier
97. Biscuit's 123 by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
98. My Dad Is a Clown by Jose Carlos Andres
99. Peppa and the Big Train by Neville Astley
100. Animalia by Graeme Base
101. Honey. . . Honey. . . Lion! by Jan Brett
102. Walk On! A Guide for Babies of All Ages by Marla Frazee
102 out of 102 categories complete!!
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Hosted by Smiling Shelves (me!)
Goal: Spinelli (30-44 points)
1. The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz (2 points)
2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (3 points)
3. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (3 points)
4. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2 points)
5. The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (3 points)
6. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (2 points)
7. Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (3 points)
8. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (3 points)
9. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (3 points)
10. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (2 points)
​11. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley (3 points)
12. Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt (3 points)
13. A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard (3 points)
​14. Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan (2 points)
15. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (3 points)
16. The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (2 points)
​17. Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson (2 points)
​18. A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos (3 points)
​19. The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper (2 points)
Points:​ ​49
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Hosted by Book Dragon's Lair
A - Avonlea (Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery)
B -  Bradbury (The Choir Immortal by Katie Schuermann)
C - Copenhagen (Number the Stars by Lois Lowry)
D - Dorset (Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons)
E - England (The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky)
F - France (The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz)
G - Germantown (Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli)
H - Hawaii (Moloka'i by Alan Brennert)
I - Italy (Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren)
J - Japan (The Scent of Sake by Joyce Lebra)
K - Kansas (100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson)
L - London (The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
​M - Michigan (A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron)
N - New Zealand (Slipping Into Paradise by Jeffrey Masson)
O - Oxford (First Impressions by Charlie Lovett)
P - Polnya (Uprooted by Naomi Novik)
Q - Quebec (Still Life by Louise Penny)
R - Rye (The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson)
S - Swindon (The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde)
T - Three Pines (A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny)
U - United States (A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins)
V - Virginia (Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani)
W - Westmark (Westmark by Lloyd Alexander)
X - Xinjiang, China (From Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth)
Y - Yarrow (Frogkisser! by Garth Nix)
​Z - Zimbabwe (and others - Around the World in 50 Years by Albert Podell)
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Hosted by My Reader's Block
Blue - Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
Red - The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
Yellow - The Golden Specific by S.E. Grove
Green - The Green Ember by S.D. Smith
Brown - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Black - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
White - The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
Any other color - Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Magical Year of Reading by Nina Sankovitch
Implied color - False Colours by Georgette Heyer