Kimberly's (kkunker) 2017 Category Challenge

Hello everyone!

I'm glad to be back for another year of the category challenge. I love having a way to categorize and record what genres I read most each year, and the ways this group helps me stretch beyond my favorite books.

This year I'll be doing a basic step challenge.

1. Biography/Memoir Complete
2. Historical Fiction Complete
3. Children 2 of 3
4. Freebies 2 of 4
5. Camping/Hiking 2 of 5
6. Young Adult 5 of 6
7. Catch All 2 of 7
8. New Releases Complete
9. Graphic Novel Complete
10. Inklings 4 of 10
11. Film and Pop Culture Complete
12. Christian 9 of 12
13. Science Fiction 11 of 13
14. Fantasy Complete
15. Mythgard Institute Complete
16. Star Wars Complete
17. Urban Fantasy Complete

Total pages read for the year ticker.

Biography/Memoir

1. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

Historical Fiction

1. The Messenger by Tim Woodroof ROOT 1/2/17
2. Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen 12/24/17

Children

1. A leader named Leia 12/28/17
2. Star Wars Rey's Journey 12/28/17
3.

Freebies
LT Early Reviewer, member giveaways, and gifts

1. The Beast Within gift 8/5/17
2. Star Wars Super Graphic LT Early Reviewer
3.
4.

Camping/Hiking

1. Bushcraft 101: A field guide to the art of wilderness survival 7/31/17
2. Hatchet 12/5/17
3. My Side of the Mountain 12/11/17
4.
5.

Young Adult/Children

1. Sabine: My Rebel Sketchbook 2/24/17
2. Star Wars Adventures in Wild Space: the Snare 3/6/17
3. Star Wars Adventures in Wild Space: the Nest 3/16/17
4. Star Wars Rogue One: Junior Novel 5/8/17
5. Star Wars Join the Resistance Book 1 5/18/17
6.

Catch All
Everything Else/Overflow

1. Greywalker
2. One Salt Sea
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

New Releases

Complete

1. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman 2/18/17
2. A Conjuring of Light 4/10/17
3. Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book 5/10/17
4. Star Wars Thrawn 5/24/17
5. Wonder Woman Warbringer
6. Leia: Princess of Alderaan
7. The Force Doth Awaken 12/23/17
8. The Language of Thorns 12/28/17

Graphic Novels

Complete

1. The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle 1/9/17
2. Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling 1/10/17
3. The Dresden Files: Storm Front Volume 1 1/15/17
4. The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan 1/28/17
5. The Dresden Files: Ghoul Goblin 2/26/17
6. Doctor Strange Volume 1: The Way of the Weird 3/15/17
7. Wonder Woman Volume 1: The lies 4/2/17
8. Captain Phasma 12/10/17
9. Mouse Guard: Labyrinth and other Stories 12/30/17

Inklings

1. John Ronald's Dragons: the Story of J. R. R. Tolkien
2. Bandersnatch C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings ROOT 4/22/17
3. From Atheism to Christianity: The Story of C. S. Lewis 5/5/17
4. The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun ROOT 7/6/17
5. J. R. R. Tolkien: a Biography 10/25/17
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Film and Pop Culture

Complete

1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Beasts Cinematic Guide 1/2/16
2. Star Wars Rogue One: Rebel Dossier ROOT 1/14/17
3. Star Wars Rogue One: the Ultimate Visual Guide 1/21/17
4. Into the Pensieve 2/27/17
5. Harry Potter: The Character Vault 3/10/17
6. Star Wars Rogue One: The Official Mission Debrief 5/26/17
7. Wonder Woman: the Junior novel 8/1/17
8. Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Volume 1
9. Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Volume 2 11/4/17
10. Inside the Magic: the Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ROOT 11/8/17
11. Star Wars The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary 12/28/17

Christian

Currently Reading:

1. The Forgotten Way: Study Guide by Ted Dekker 1/22/17
2. The Forgotten Way by Ted Dekker 1/23/17
3. Biblically Kosher 3/11/17 ROOT
4. The Very Next Thing ROOT 3/30/17
5. Your Own Jesus ROOT 7/1/17
6. Elementary Principles: Six Foundational Principles of Ancient Jewish Christianity ROOT 7/8/17
7. Rabbi Teach us to Pray 7/6/17
8. Hayesod ROOT 8/2/17
9.
10.
11.
12.

Science Fiction

Possibilities: Stargate novels

1. Shadow Run 4/25/17
2. Stargate SG-1: Kali's Wrath 5/17/17
3. Stargate SG-1: Hall of the Two Truths 5/31/17
4. Stargate Atlantis: Homecoming ROOT 11/7/17
5. Stargate Atlantis: The Lost ROOT 11/13/17
6. Stargate Atlantis: Allegiance ROOT 11/15/17
7. Stargate Atlantis: Secrets ROOT 11/22/17
8. Stargate Atlantis: Inheritors ROOT 11/29/17
9. Stargate Atlantis: Unascended ROOT 12/4/17
10. Stargate Atlantis: Third Path ROOT 12/6/17
11. Stargate Atlantis: Lost Queen 12/24/17
12.
13.

Fantasy

Category Complete

1. On the Edges of Elfland ROOT 1/3/17
2. The Green Ember ROOT 1/5/17
3. Princep's Fury 1/13/17
4. First Lord's Fury 1/17/17
5. The Valiant 3/28/17
6. Hunted 4/30/17
7. Homeland (Forgotten Realms 1) by R. A. Salvatore 6/8/17
8. Firebrand by Kristen Britain 7/11/17
9. Exile (Forgotten Realms 2) by R. A. Salvatore 7/12/17
10. Sojourn Forgotten Realms 3) by R. A. Salvatore 7/26/17
11. Nevermore by Rob Thurman ROOT 8/6/17
12. The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms 4) by R. A. Salvatore 10/28/17
13. By Divine Right ROOT 12/22/17
14. The Shattered Vigil ROOT 12/27/17

Mythgard Institute

Category Completed

Lord of the Rings Online: starting January, Exploring the Lord of the Rings lore through in-game trips, re-read The Lord of the Rings

Mythgard Academy: December-February The Return of the Shadow by J. R. R. Tolkien

Spring Semester: The Potter Saga- The entire Harry Potter series and Hogwarts textbooks, and Tales of Beedle the Bard

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1/8/17
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1/31/17
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2/6/17
4. The Fellowship of the Ring 2/10/17
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2/14/17
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2/27/16
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 3/7/17
8. Tales of Beedle the Bard ROOT 3/20/17
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 3/22/17
10. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3/23/17
11. Quidditch through the Ages ROOT 3/28/17
12. The Two Towers 3/30/17
13. The Return of the King 6/25/17
14. A Spring Harvest by G. B. Smith 9/20/17
15. Tolkien and the Great War 10/15/17

Star Wars

Currently Reading:

Category Completed

1. Rogue One 1/24/17
2. Star Wars Han Solo 2/24/17
3. Star Wars The Force Awakens Adaptation 2/27/17
4. Star Wars Rebel Jail 3/12/17
5. Star Wars Galactic Maps 3/15/17
6. Star Wars Vol. 4: The Last Flight of the Harbinger 3/22/17
7. Star Wars: Aftermath Empire's End 4/4/17
8. Star Wars Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Volume 1 ROOT 4/18/17
9. Star Wars: Rebel Rising 5/30/17
10. Star Wars: Guardians of the Whills 7/14/17
11. Star Wars: Yoda's Secret War 7/25/17
12. Star Wars: Revan 8/4/17
13. Star Wars: Deceived ROOT 8/12/17
14. Star Wars: Fatal Alliance ROOT 8/23/17
15. Star Wars The Legends of Luke Skywalker 11/28/17
16. Star Wars: Annihilation ROOT 12/7/17

Urban Fantasy/Steampunk

Category Completed

1. Dresden Files: Death Masks 1/19/17
2. The Ghost Rebellion 2/1/17
3. Dresden Files: Blood Rites 2/8/17
4. Dresden Files: Dead Beat 3/1/17
5. Shadowed Souls 3/10/17
6. Dresden Files: Proven Guilty 4/17/17
7. The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch 5/3/17
8. Dresden Files: White Night 5/15/17
9. Dresden Files: Small Favor 5/25/17
10. Rosemary and Rue 6/5/17
11. Dresden Files: Turn Coat 6/15/17
12. Dresden Files: Changes 8/9/17
13. Dresden Files: Ghost Story
14. An Artificial Night
15. Dresden Files: Cold Days
16. Late Eclipse
17. Dresden Files: Skin Game

Welcome back and enjoy your 2017 reading!

Welcome back! I am looking forward to seeing you fill in all those blank spaces. :)

I've hit the ground running and am off to a great start. I'm read 4 books already this year, so its time to start filling in the categories.

fantasy: On the Edges of Elfland, and The Green Ember
film: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Beasts Cinematic Guide
historical fiction: The Messenger

It looks like you have a bunch of fun categories this year. I never got to see Fantastic Beasts in the theater. I guess I'll now have to wait until it comes out on DVD. Have a wonderful year!

Fantastic Beasts was quite enjoyable, if darker than I expected for a first movie. I liked Newt and Tina the best.

I finished off two graphic novels at work in the past two days.

The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle is a standalone introduction to the Dresden world, wherein Harry must solve a murder case in a zoo before he becomes the next victim.

Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling is the second volume in the YA series, and was fun to read.

Finished my re-read of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in anticipation of my class starting up next week. I'll be re-reading the entire series over the next 12 weeks. That gives me my first book in my Mythgard category.

Ooh, rereading Harry Potter for a class would be fun! Hope the class goes well.

Rereading Harry Potter will be fun, I've not read the whole series in several years. I'm taking a graduate level course which looks at many of the sources and genres that inspired Rowling.

January was a very good month for reading, in total I read 19 books, and made good progress on my challenge.

fantasy: Princep’s Fury and First Lord's Fury
Film: Star Wars Rogue One Rebel Dossier and Star Wars Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
Graphic Novel: Dresden Files Storm Front Volume 1 and The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan
Urban Fantasy: Dresden Files: Death Masks
Christian: The Forgotten Way: Study Guide, The Forgotten Way Meditations
Star Wars: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Biography/Memoir: The Princess Diarist
Mythgard: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Wow! That is an awesome January!

Dropping a comment so that I get to follow your thread - happy reading! (I'm a little behind, so apologies for the generic comment - better to come, I hope.) :)

February has been a decent month of reading. I've read 8 books so far.

Mythgard: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Fellowship of the Ring, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Urban Fantasy/Steampunk: The Ghost Rebellion and The Dresden Files: Blood Rites
New and Notable: Norse Mythology
Star Wars: Sabine: My Rebel Sketchbook and Star Wars: Han Solo

I've been hearing so much about Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology. Might have to bite the bullet and check it out!

I really enjoyed it. I read the Eddas last year as part of my course work, so seeing Gaiman's take on some of the myths was really fun. They style was very readable prose, I read the whole thing in 2 work shifts. I would highly recommend it.

I too have Gaiman's book on my to-read list, looking forward to seeing what he does with our old gods... :)

I've really fallen behind on updating the thread, so sorry about that. I've read over 70 books for the year, and I have been keeping the individual categories up to date. Will try to be better at posting to the thread.

I've just re-arranged several categories to try and get a few closer to completion for the year. Still going to fall pretty short, but I got the biggest categories finished off. I wasn't expecting to read as many urban fantasy/magic series as I did.

Hi Kimberly, stopping by to wish you and your loved ones peace, joy and happiness this holiday season and for 2018!