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