I'd only completed two of my challenges when I made my Mid-Year Reading post in June. I also noted in that post that there were a few I still one or two books to complete. Well, now all but one of those are done. I'm still stuck on deciding on something to re-read, the last category left for Unabridged.
Here are the ones I have completed since June:
What's In a Name? 7/26
Needing a book set on a train for one of my summer reading challenges, I chose this one since it included a crime in the title. Not one I was looking forward to, but I got through it. This was the one category that I had the most trouble finding.
Color-Coded 7/29
Some colors get harder and harder to find each year. Though I intend to keep going on the one in the coming year :) I'm glad they allow shades of colors (such as "lime" for "green," "coffee" for "brown," "lemon" for "yellow," etc.). "Other color" was the one I had left. Every year, I wonder what my "other color" will be.
Alphabet Soup Titles 7/30
As I said in the post from June, I was stuck the most on U and X for both titles and authors. The author one I completed in early June, with U as the last one completed. I was stuck on X for the titles, and chose a title that contains the letter X, though it is not the first word. X was as difficult as ever.
And there were some I completed that I did not mention in the June post. I don't remember how many spaces I had left on these up to that point.
My Reader's Journey 8/19
The UFO category was my least favorite on this one. I only read so much science fiction. But I needed cli-fi or solar punk book for another challenge, and UFO was the last one I nedeed for this one. So it all worked out.
Reader Haven 8/19
This was an unexpected finish. It was new to me in 2024, and had almost the same categories as that year. I'm now debating if I'm going to attempt this one in 2026, if it gets offered for then.
Nonfiction 8/30
Trying to find a nonfiction book on islands was the one thin that was keeping from completing this one. I decided to look for a short one I could read quickly while at the library (a short work as noted in this post).
On a side note, the book I chose for the UFO category was also for this August category. And I though I rarely do monthly challenges about of order, I included it for this one in September. As I said, I only read so much sci-fi, so I decided to jump ahead on this one. I did the same for the August Decades category and the September category for NoveList. The decade in question was the 1970s and the September category was "Set in the decade you were born." I was worried about having to find another 70s set book. But I just noticed one of the library books I have out right now is set in the 70s. Do I double the requirement for September, or remove the previous book and use the one I have out now instead, I'm trying to decide. This blogger said she never does the monthly ones in order. I like to decide what to read as I go along, so that usually means going in order for me. The categories above just happened to be a month apart.
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