Goodreads: I set my goal at 300 books and have read over 600, so DONE. (many of these were picture books so it is not as many as it appears.
A To Z Book Title Challenge: Woo Hoo, Done
PopSugar Challenge: There are 40 Regular Prompts and 10 Advanced. At this point I have satisfied 45/50. My goal for this year was 40/50, so technically I reached it, but it would have been wonderful to get all 50. DONE
BookBloggers Fiction Reading Challenge #FFRC2020 hosted by Fictionophile: There were 8 prompts and I completed them all by mid October. DONE
2020 Nonfiction Reader Challenge hosted by Book’d Out: My goal was Nonfiction Nibbler. Read 6 books, from any category. I set a personal goal of 12 books in at least 3 different categories. So, I did achieve Nibbler status having read 8 Nonfiction books in 5 categories. Of course, if I add in the children’s non-fiction that I have read, then I read way more than 12. Technically DONE
2020 While I Was Reading Challenge hosted by Ramona Mead. There were 12 prompts and I completed all 12. DONE
What’s In a Name Challenge 2020 hosted by Carolina Book Nook.: There are only 6 prompts, and I have completed all of them. DONE
2020 Finishing The Series Reading Challenge hosted by Celebrity Readers: This is the one I did not do very well in. There were 5 series I wanted to finish for a total of 22 books. Well, I finished 2 series for a total of 5 books. I did read 2 others from one of the series I wanted to finish, but overall, this was an EPIC FAIL!
I did some seasonal challenges throughout the year which added some fun and I was quite successful at those. Overall I am satisfied with how I did this year, but will be changing it up for 2021.
Carla Loves To Read 
January 1, 2021 at 10:04 pm
You are amazing–congratulations! I think it is funny that several people commented on not really liking series. That was the one challenge I was curious to see how you fared. There are several that I would really like to go back and read more in. 2021, here we come!
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January 1, 2021 at 10:09 pm
Thanks Linda. I am going to try and read some of the series that I have on my kindle, but it is not going to be a challenge as that is too much pressure. I do like a series, that is not the issue. There were just too many new authors this year.
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January 1, 2021 at 10:18 pm
I understand about the pressure, although mine is on a different level than yours–lower! Still, that is something I want to change in 2021. We are retired, for heaven’s sake; it is time to read what we want, when we want!😇
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January 1, 2021 at 10:20 pm
Absolutely. That is one reason why I am not doing as many blog tours this year and cutting back on requesting ARCs. I want more flexibility.
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January 1, 2021 at 12:41 pm
What a great reading year for you! I’m happy to have you as a member of my reading challenge. I hope you’ll join again this year!
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January 1, 2021 at 12:43 pm
Thanks Ramona. I am working on what challenges I will do this year and yours is still on my list. I have to check out your prompts, but will probably be participating. Happy New Year!
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December 3, 2020 at 12:08 pm
Wow! Great job!! Congratulations Carla. You’ve got this!📚💗
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December 3, 2020 at 12:36 pm
Thanks Susan. I am happy with where I am now. If I can finish a few more, then that is even better.
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December 2, 2020 at 12:47 pm
Great job on your challenges, Carla! I love series, but have not participated in the Finishing the Series Challenge.
This year I only participated in 5 challenges, one of my own making. I am on track to finish my Goodreads challenge of 110 books. I have completed my personal challenge, which was a list of 12 books I wanted to make sure and read this year. I have one left in the Literary Life 20 for 2020 challenge. Just a few more weeks in the Read 52 Books in 52 weeks challenge. And I completed the Visual Theology 2020 Christian Reading Challenge.
I love doing challenges, but don’t enjoy tracking them on my blog. I have done that, but I find it very time consuming. I do track all my books read and the challenges in a notebook and I enjoy that much more.
Now I am deciding which challenges to participate in for 2021…
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December 2, 2020 at 7:29 pm
You did very well Gretchen. I just keep updating my original blog post and then post an update three times during the year and link to those original posts. I think I am going to cut back on challenges this year. I will definitely try the Popsugar challenge again and nonfiction because those are a couple that get me to read things I might not try otherwise.
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December 2, 2020 at 12:30 pm
I’ve never done the A to Z challenge but it sounds interesting. I may have my hands full with the historical fiction and nonfiction challenges this upcoming year. You are a voracious reader!
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December 2, 2020 at 7:30 pm
I definitely am. I live alone and am retired, so when I sit down, I read. I don’t watch much TV so have lots of time to read. I try the A to Z challenge each year and have never finished it yet. 😁
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December 2, 2020 at 1:17 am
This is super impressive, Carla. You’ve done so well with your challenges.
I am only doing the Goodreads reading challenge. My target is 50 and I am on 47 so pretty certain/hopeful that I will meet the goal by end of December.
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December 2, 2020 at 8:32 am
Thanks Diana. Good luck on finishing, it sounds like it should be attainable with a whole month to read 3.
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December 2, 2020 at 12:52 am
Great job Carla! I don’t think I could ever find time to read that many.
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December 2, 2020 at 8:33 am
Yes, but you don’t live alone. That has made the big difference for me.
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December 1, 2020 at 10:35 pm
Well done Carla! I hope you had fun with them. ❤📚
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December 2, 2020 at 8:34 am
I did for the most part, and it gets me to diversify and move out of my comfort zone. I usually end up enjoying those books quite a bit.
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December 1, 2020 at 10:22 pm
600 books, Carla. Wow! I’ve read just over 100 which means I’ve met my two Goodreads challenges. I have two profiles, one for children’s books, poetry and self help books and another for horror, supernatural and classics. Out of interest, why do you think you failed with the series challenge? I am not a huge fan of series. I’ve only ever read a handful and one of the series I have read is Jay Cudney’s Braxton mystery series.
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December 2, 2020 at 8:36 am
I do like a good series, but this year, I read a lot of new to me authors, and ARCs, so those books that are sitting on my shelf are still there. I am going to try again next year. I am cutting back on blog tours, so that should help. A good idea about the profiles. I might make one for my children’s books. Thanks for the tip Robbie.
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December 1, 2020 at 3:23 pm
You did amazingly.
I’m not a fan of series, so I don’t think that’s much of a loss for you.
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December 1, 2020 at 3:32 pm
Thanks Sam. The one series I wanted to finish has 10 books and I have read 3. I will try to read one a month next year to finish it, but we shall see.
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December 1, 2020 at 2:51 pm
You’ve done so well with your challenges! 😊
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December 1, 2020 at 3:36 pm
Thanks Lucy. I think this is the best I have ever done.
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December 1, 2020 at 2:35 pm
I think I have X and Z left in the Alphabet Soup challenge, I know I won’t get the Alphabet Soup Author version totally completed, I’ve probably gotten my goal amount in the NetGalley/Edelweiss Challenge, and the First in Series that I’ve run myself just for fun, well of course I don’t have that done LOL. Sounds like you did/are doing great, Carla, congrats!
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December 1, 2020 at 3:38 pm
Thanks Tari. I have the books picked out for Q, X, and Z, but just not sure if I will get to them. The author challenge would be really difficult I think. Are you doing it with just cozies? How many firsts did you plan on reading this year?
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December 1, 2020 at 3:43 pm
The first year 2019 I had literally 24 cozies (that’s all I read anyway lol) in a drawer I wanted to clear out. I got maybe half read, so I had the other half for this year. Seems like it was 8 or 12ish. The author challenge is kind of hard so I might not repeat it, since the name have to start with even the hard letters and not just have those letters in the names (like some GR challenges do.)
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December 1, 2020 at 3:47 pm
I have so many cozy series started, first or second book that I could read all year and not read all the cozy series I have on my TBR.
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December 1, 2020 at 3:49 pm
Oh yes, same here! I guess it’s a good thing cozies are all I read or I’d really be in trouble for getting them read 😂
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December 1, 2020 at 2:17 pm
That’s incredible! It’s even more commendable that you keep track of it all!!! 🙌 I’ve met my Goodreads goal and successfully participated in 4 other challenges.
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December 1, 2020 at 3:39 pm
That’s great Carol. I try to update my challenge posts every week or so to keep track but sometimes I get behind. I also had a spreadsheet that I put together at the beginning of the year. Sounds silly, but I like to compete with myself, that way no one is disappointed if I don’t complete them.
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December 1, 2020 at 4:02 pm
Yes! I love the competition I have with myself! And I love a good spreadsheet!
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December 1, 2020 at 2:15 pm
I’m scrambling now to finish off my challenges. You succeeded much better than I did. Well done Carla!
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December 1, 2020 at 3:41 pm
Thanks Lynne. I think this is my best year yet. I know I won’t finish them all, but I have another month to try. 😁📚
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December 1, 2020 at 2:14 pm
Well done, Carla💜 Funny how the series challenge was the one I did best. But then again, I’m a series girl😏 You should be extremely proud of the number of books you read (picture books or not, that’s amazing!) and completing the Popsugar Challenge. I’m not even coming close to finishing that one.
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December 1, 2020 at 3:43 pm
Thanks Jo. Each year I do better at the popsugar challenge. Last year I only fulfilled 32 prompts, so I was quite happy with how I did this year. I do love series, but for some reason this year, I was reading a lot of new authors. That would have been a challenge I would have crushed.
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