Goals for Quarter 4 of 2022: October/ November/ December

Hi my loves

Let's look at what's left on the 2022 Goals list to be completed. These are what I want to work on.  I also raised the TBR Goal to 225.  

1. Participate in 2 book clubs each month, along with book discussions
2. Complete 7 of the Challenges I have given myself
3. 25 Non-Fiction books
4. Return to the daily reads for my spiritual books
5. One religious monthly read per month. 
6. Use Scribd/ Hoopla & Libby to make sure I'm reading all that I can and utilizing all my resources
7. Increase Black authors on the books shelves
8. Work on the 7 most unread author's shelves
9. Maintain a purge a list and make sure to list books on paperbackswap, after three months donate to local library.
10. Work through the ARCs on my shelves and purge down duplicates and titles I am no longer interested in.  

Completed:

1. Reading Goal for the Year: 100  COMPLETED!!!
2. Read 75 owned books COMPLETED
3. Nora Roberts Challenge: COMPLETED   Goal:12,  Achieved: 29  Balance: 0

Lemonade Syllabus Challenge 

Goal:12,

Achieved: 2

Balance: 10

Complete:

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Sugar by Bernice McFadden

Brenda Jackson Challenge:  Complete  2 of the family sagas, and maintain the current place in the  Westmoreland series 

Goal:12,

Achieved: 13

Series Completed: 1 (Steeles) 

Over All Balance: 0

Series Balance: 1

Christine Feehan Challenge:

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance: 11

New Author Challenge:  Goal to read 12 new authors for the year. One a month would be best but read them as I find them is better. (Mainly working from my shelves) 

Goal:12,

Achieved: 10

Balance: 2

1. Octavia Butler
2. Michele Grant
3. Sharon M Draper
4. Zuri Day
5. Mia Sheridan
6. Nalini Singh
7. Bernice McFadden
8. Washington Irving 
9. Stephanie E Jones
10. Tasha L Harrison

Med Made in America Challenge: I used a random number generator to help pick the states I was going to read.  I got the following 

Goal:5

Achieved: 0

Balance:5

• #2 Alaska Borrowed Dreams by Debbie Macomber
• #16 Kansas: A Time To Keep by 
• #41 South Dakota: For Old Times Sake by Kathleen Eagle
• #43 Texas For the Love of Mike by Candice Schaler
• #47 Washington: The Waiting Game by Jayne Ann Krentz

ARC Challenge: Read a few of the books I have on my ebook and physical shelf to clean up my numbers somewhat.

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance:11

Incomplete Series Tracker: Work on finishing some of the series I'm aware I'm reading books in.  

Goal:12,

Achieved: 6

Balance: 6

Completed:

• Modern Love by Alisha Rai
• Brown Sisters by Talia Hibbert
• Dreamers Series by Adriana Herrera
• Thunder Point by Robyn Carr
• Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
• Adam harrison series by Heather Graham 

And that's where I am currently. What's going on with your challenges for the year?? Are you doing and tracking towards any big goals?? Let's chat in the comments. 

Love You lots

Happy Reading and see you later

Quarter 3 Wrap Up : July/ August/ September 2022

 Hi my loves

Let's take a look back at the last three months and see how far in our goals we have gone. 

Goal For The Year: 175

Books Read Total: 190

Books Read in Quarter: July: 16/ Aug: 16 / Sept:  15

Updated Goal for Quarter 4: 225

Click this link To See all the books read for each month

Let's look at what's left on the 2022 Goals list to be completed. Black= Original tasks/ Blue= updated tasks/ Red = Completed

1. Reading Goal for the Year: 100  COMPLETED!!! Updated on July to 175 August to 200, End of September updated to 225
2. Read 15 books minimum per quarter 
3. Participate in 2 book clubs each month, along with book discussions
4. Complete 7 of the Challenges I have given myself
5. Read 75 owned books Currently @ 90
6. 25 Non-Fiction books
7. Return to the daily reads for my spiritual books
8. One religious monthly read per month. 
9. Use Scribd/ Hoopla & Libby to make sure I'm reading all that I can and utilizing all my resources
10. Increase Black authors on the books shelves
11. Work on the 7 most unread author's shelves
12. Maintain a purge a list and make sure to list books on paperbackswap, after three months donate to local library.
13. Work through the ARCs on my shelves and purge down duplicates and titles I am no longer interested in.  

Lemonade Syllabus Challenge 

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance: 11

Complete:

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Brenda Jackson Challenge:  Complete  2 of the family sagas, and maintain the current place in the  Westmoreland series  COMP[LETED

Goal:12,

Achieved: 17

Series Completed: 2  (Steeles) & Bachelor Series 

Over All Balance: 0

Series Balance: 0

Nora Roberts Challenge: COMPLETED

Goal:12,

Achieved: 38

Series:8

Balance: 0

Christine Feehan Challenge:

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance: 11

New Author Challenge:  Goal to read 12 new authors for the year. One a month would be best but read them as I find them is better. (Mainly working from my shelves)  COMPLETED

Goal:12,

Achieved: 14

Balance: 0

1. Michele Grant
2. Sharon M Draper
3. Zuri Day
4. Mia Sheridan
5. Nalini Singh
6. Lutisha Lovely
7. Bernice McFadden
8. Octavia Butler
9. Stephanie Jones
10. Reese Ryan
11. Melissa Blue
12. Rachel Smythe
13. Nella Larsen
14. Kwana Jackson

Med Made in America Challenge: I used a random number generator to help pick the states I was going to read.  I got the following 

Goal:5

Achieved: 0

Balance: 5

• #2 Alaska Borrowed Dreams by Debbie Macomber
• #16 Kansas: A Time To Keep by 
• #41 South Dakota: For Old Times Sake by Kathleen Eagle
• #43 Texas For the Love of Mike by Candice Schaler
• #47 Washington: The Waiting Game by Jayne Ann Krentz

ARC Challenge: Read a few of the books I have on my ebook and physical shelf to clean up my numbers somewhat.

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance: 11

Incomplete Series Tracker: Work on finishing some of the series I'm aware I'm reading books in.  

Goal:12

Achieved: 7

Balance: 5

Completed:

• Modern Love by Alisha Rai
• Brown Sisters by Talia Hibbert
• Dreamers Series by Adriana Herrera
• Thunder Point by Robyn Carr
• Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
• Bachelor In Demand by Brenda Jackson
• Women Who Dare by Beverly Jenkins

And that's where I am currently. What's going on with your challenges for the year?? Are you doing and tracking towards any big goals?? Let's chat in the comments. 

Love You lots

Happy Reading and see you later

Quarter 1 Wrap Up: Jan 1 to March 31, 2020

Hi my loves

It's the end of March and end of the first quarter of the year. Here we are looking back at January 1st  to March 31st and our accomplishments from our goals and objectives of this year.  The first part of the year was a bit of a wash, I didn't have the reading bug and nothing seemed to make it appear so I stopped pushing and did other things. February though?? I really made up for it with March really helping me to move the needle forward and I'm so glad. I wanted to share how I've been doing:

Year Goal:225

Current: 39

 Balance: 186

Series Completed: (Number of Books Read)

• Inn Boonsboro Trilogy by Nora Roberts (2) 
• In The Garden Series by Nora Roberts (2)
• In Death Series by J.D. Robb (Current) 
• All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness (2)
• Forbidden Hearts Trilogy by Alisha Rai (3)

Series Started & Caught Up On:

• Blessing Series by Beverly Jenkins (Book 9)
• Brooklyn Brujas by Zoraida Cordova (Book 1) 
• MacKade Brothers by Nora Roberts (Book 1) 
• Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon by Yasmine Galenorn (Books 5-13)
• Westmoreland Legacies by Brenda Jackson (Book 3) 
• Heirs of Hansol by Jayci Lee (Book 1) 
• Bliss Colorado by Lexi Blake ( Book 1) 

Blackout Challenge Books:

• Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi
• Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Statistics Time:

Total Read: 39

Physically Owned: 29

2020 Purchased/ Hauled: 2

Owned (From my Shelves inc ebooks owned): 32

Unowned/ Borrowed From Library/ Subscription service) : 3

ARCS: 4

Reading Format 

Ebook: 8

Audiobook: 31

Physical : 0

Haul (From Jan to March)

Originally I was aiming for only 20 books for the year. Then this wildness kicked off and I needed something to get my mind off of the world imploding and me not being able to do anything about it so I dealt with my anxiety by shopping. I can always shop for books, there is always room for books so here we are:

ARCS: 11

• American Sweethearts (Dreamers # 4) by Adriana Herrera
• A Cowboy to Remember  (Cowboys of California # 1) by Rebekah Weatherspoon
•  Four Days of You & Me by Miranda Kenneally
•  Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love # 2) by Alisha Rai
•  How to Love Your Elf (Embraced/ Embraced by Magic #1) by Kerrelyn Sparks
•  My One True Cowboy (River Ranch # 4) by Soraya Lane
•  Dr. Wangari Maarthai Plants a Forest by Rebel Girls
•  Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
• Seduced by a Steele (Forged by a Steele)  by Brenda Jackson
• The Bachelor (Duke Dynasty 2) by Sabrina Jeffries
• Temporary Wife Temptation ( The Heirs of Hansol # 1) by Jayci Lee

Pre-Orders: 4

• Temporary Wife Temptation ( The Heirs of Hansol # 1) by Jayci Lee
• Blame It On The Billionaire (Blackout Billionaire # 3) by Naima Simone
• The Arrangement by Sylvia Day
• On the Corner of Hope & Main (Blessings # 10)  by Beverly Jenkins

Dollar Tree & Paperbackswap: 

• A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom
• Manners & Mutiny ( Finishing School # 4)  by Gail Carriger
• Odd One Out by Nic Stone
• Bounce XO ( Boomerang # 3) by Noelle August 
• Inked (Anthology) Yasmine Galenorn
• Never After (Anthology) by Yasmine Galenorn
• Contact Yoga (Tabletop Book) 

Unhaul:

While I have been bringing in a few titles I have also gotten rid of a few. through my paperbackswap listing. (Check me out if you want to trade books as well) 

1. Tangled Threat by Heather Graham. I had two copies and since this wasn't a book I saw myself re-reading I traded them both. 
2. Jesus Through Pagan Eyes.by Rev Mark Townsend I owned several copies of this book. I decided I didn't need three copies on my shelves so I traded one so far. 
3. Awakened by P.C Cast. I've had this random book on my shelves and before I moved I pulled a few I knew I wasn't ever going to actually get to and this was one of them.  

And that's where we are so far.  I'm loving my progress so far this year, it's going great. I've read quite a few books from all the different shelves in my library and I'm excited to see where we end up next quarter.

How are you doing on your challenge this year so far?? Read anything interesting this quarter?? What are your goals for next quarter??