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November isn't quite over, but with a couple of days off of work, I actually have time to get online and report on my progress in the challenges for 2016. My basic goal was to read 168 books (14 per month) or 50,000 pages. Secondary goals were:
1. Read at least $10 worth of books from Kindle Unlimited each month (that is ... get my money's worth)
2. Read at least 12 Newbery Award books. (Stretch goal: Complete all Newbery Award books for 2010-2016: 25 books through 2015, up to 5 more with 2016 awards)
So far, I have completed 162 books. They totaled 54,202 pages. Two books that I'm currently reading will be complete in the next day or two. I also have four books borrowed from the library (none of which I have started reading, but two of these are Newbery medal winners), 6 borrowed from Kindle Unlimited (2 of which I have started reading), and four books on hold at the libraries.
For the secondary goals, I've read $100.11 worth of books from Kindle Unlimited so far this year. I'm a bit behind, but with the books I currently have borrowed, I think I'll get to $120 by the end of the year. I've only read 5 Newbery Award books so far. I have two in my hands now and one more on hold at the library. I think I'll have to put more focus on this in December to make my goal.
November 2016 (so far): 15 books, 5561 pages
-- 14 EB, 1 audio -- 13 library, 0 KU -- 3 Newbery
1. He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
2. Death of a Policeman by M. C. Beaton
3. Dead Wrong by J. A. Jance
4. Death of a Liar by M. C. Beaton
5. Time of Fog and Fire by Rhy Bowen
6. Damage Control by J. A. Jance
7. Citadel by John Ringo
8. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman -- Newbery Medal 2009
9. All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
10. Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters
11. Death of a Nurse by M. C. Beaton
12. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate -- Newbery Medal 2013
13. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany
14. Boundary by Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor
15. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos -- Newbery Medal 2012
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