200 books: final notes and stats

Here we go with another breakdown of stats that no one but me cares about!!! Now, what were our goals? A minimum of 200 books with a minimum of 100 read by me, 50 read by Vampire Kitten, 25 read by Lone Wolf, 13 books read by with Little Legs, and 12 books read as a family. We surpassed these goals!

Total Books Read: 340

Total Number of Books Read as a Family: 16

Broken Down By Person
Little Legs: 49
Lone Wolf: 50
Vampire Kitten: 107
Wandering Falcon: 118

Now, more interesting stats

Graphic Novels Total Read: 136

Total Number of Graphic Novels Read as a Family: 0

Broken Down By Person
Little Legs: 3
Lone Wolf: 28
Wandering Falcon: 39
Vampire Kitten: 66

Chapter Books Total Read: 204

Total Number of Chapter Books Read as a Family: 16

Broken Down By Person
Lone Wolf: 22
Vampire Kitten: 41
Little Legs: 46
Wandering Falcon: 79

This year chapter books won by a landslide! Last year's count was slightly different as Family did not have its own category. But from a rough glance I read roughly the same number of books as last year and Vampire Kitten read more! Little Legs and I read WAY more books together then we did last year. I've already decided that next year we are going to do something completely different.

The "awards":

Most Books Read: Wandering Falcon with 118

Most Graphic Novels Read: Vampire Kitten with 66

Most Chapter Books Read: Wandering Falcon with 79

New post about 2020's goal soon!

200 books: december

Final month! Well, final half month. And, my final post for the year. This year I am ending a little bit early as my boys are going away for Christmas to visit their father. And next year's book goals will be slightly different. I figure to resume blogging around January 5th or 6th, so I will talk about our goals then. Until then, here are the last books for this year!

(Note: there are no chapter books listed for me and Little Legs because we read story books all month)

December books:

1. Dog Man and Cat Kid - Vampire Kitten
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball - Vampire Kitten
3. The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited - Vampire Kitten
4. The Nameless City - Vampire Kitten
5. Star Wars: A New Hope Graphic Novel - Vampire Kitten
6. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Graphic Novel - Vampire Kitten
7. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Graphic Novel - Vampire Kitten
8. Estranged: The Changeling King - Lone Wolf
9. The Wormworld Saga: The Journey Begins - Lone Wolf
10. Wings of Fire: The Hidden Kingdom Graphic Novel - Lone Wolf
11. Norse Myths Adventures of Thor - Lone Wolf
12. Estranged: The Changeling King - Wandering Falcon
13. Extraordinary: A Story of an Ordinary Princess - Wandering Falcon
14. Far Out Fairy Tales - Wandering Falcon
15. Magic Tree House: Hurry Up, Houdini! - Family

The Breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 7
Lone Wolf: 4
Little Legs: 0
Wandering Falcon: 3
Family: 1

Total:

Vampire Kitten: 107/50
Lone Wolf: 50/25
Little Legs: 49/13
Wandering Falcon: 118/100
Family: 16/12

200 books: november 2019

This month is pretty light. As the year winds down there is so much going on. Back to school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. It is a busy time. So while our numbers are low I'm not upset about it - especially since we have surpassed our total so much! Also of note is Vampire Kitten doubling his goal!

November books:

1. Amulet: The Stonekeeper - Vampire Kitten
2. Dog Man Unleashed - Vampire Kitten
3. Dog Man a Tale of Two Kitties - Vampire Kitten
4. Amulet: The Stonekeeper - Lone Wolf
5. Estranged - Lone Wolf
6. Ghosts - Little Legs
7. Guts - Little Legs
8. Legends of the Rhine - Wandering Falcon
9. Warriors Dawn of the Clans: A Forest Divided - Wandering Falcon
10. Warriors Dawn of the Clans: Path of Stars - Wandering Falcon
11. Halloween - Wandering Falcon
12. Magic Tree House: Stallion by Starlight - Family

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 3

Lone Wolf: 2

Little Legs: 2

Wandering Falcon: 4

Family: 1

Total:

Vampire Kitten: 100/50

Lone Wolf: 46/25

Little Legs: 49/13

Wandering Falcon: 115/100

Family: 15/12

200 books: october 2019

So as disappointed as I am that we only read 13 books for the month, the irony of this taking place in the month of October is not lost on me. This is the time of year where very little reading gets done. There is too much going on between Halloween. Little Legs' birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Everything will wind down until January, when reading rates spike again. Also, Lone Wolf is reading harder books so it takes him longer to finish them. And Vampire Kitten is in the middle of tackling a few harder books himself. So even though this number isnt high, it is a good number.

October books:

1. Prometheus - Vampire Kitten
2. Dar and the Spear-Thrower - Vampire Kitten
3. The 5th Wave - Lone Wolf
4. Dar and the Spear-Thrower - Lone Wolf
5. Scooby-Doo and the Carnival Creeper - Little Legs
6. Scooby-Doo and the Farmyard Fright - Little Legs
7. Scooby-Doo and the Toy Store Terror - Little Legs
8. Scooby-Doo and the Karate Caper - Little Legs
9. Scooby-Doo and the Seashore Slimer - Little Legs
10. Reindeer Moon - Wandering Falcon
11. Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret - Wandering Falcon
12. Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night -Wandering Falcon
13. The Sisters Grimm: The Council of Mirrors - Family

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 2

Lone Wolf: 2

Little Legs: 5

Wandering Falcon: 3

Family: 1

Total:

Vampire Kitten: 97/50

Lone Wolf: 44/25

Little Legs: 47/13

Wandering Falcon: 111/100

Family: 14/12

200 books: september 2019

Of course on day two of this month I finished not one, not two, but THREE books. At least I finally made 100. This month has a very small book count. I'm suspecting we forgot to record some things. If this is the case then October will be super long. Or maybe we just didn't read much this month.

September books:

1. The 91 Story Treehouse - Vampire Kitten
2. The 104 Story Treehouse - Vampire Kitten
3. Binder of Doom: Brute-Cake - Vampire Kitten
4. KleptoDogs: Who Let the Pups Out - Vampire Kitten
5. Mighty Jack and Zita the Space Girl - Vampire Kitten
6. Wings of Fire: Escaping Peril - Lone Wolf
7. Scooby-Doo and the Ghostly Gorilla - Little Legs
8. Scooby-Doo and the Deep-Sea Diver - Little Legs
9. Binder of Doom: Brute-Cake - Little Legs
10. Scooby-Doo and the Headless Horseman - Little Legs
11. Scooby-Doo and the Virtual Villain - Little Legs
12. Welsh Fairy Tales - Wandering Falcon
13. Halloween - Wandering Falcon
14. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel - Wandering Falcon
15. The Tain - Wandering Falcon
16. Warriors Dawn of the Clans: The Blazing Star - Wandering Falcon
17. Mrs Jeffries and the Three Wise Woman - Wandering Falcon
18. Princess of Fire - Wandering Falcon
19. Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life - Wandering Falcon
20. Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So Popular Party Girl - Wandering Falcon

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 5
Lone Wolf: 1
Little Legs: 5
Wandering Falcon: 9
Family: 0

Total:

Vampire Kitten: 95/50
Lone Wolf: 42/25
Little Legs: 42/13
Wandering Falcon: 108/100
Family: 13/12

200 books: august 2019

I didn't intend to take the month of August off from blogging, but so much was going on between summer plans and home remodeling plans and life in general that it just happened. However, hopefully I will get back on track now. First up is this post catching you up on all of our reading goals. Next up is a post about the "Notebook of Doom" books that Little Legs and I read together. Then there is a special guest blog post by Lone Wolf - he really struggled with it but he did good. Then we will move on to the next "Warriors" book that I have been reading. Following that will be some posts about the Warriors series I have read - which is an idea I should have explored long ago. If there is any time left after that, I will move on to the next "Wings of Fire" book. We shall have to see. All in all I see a pretty busy blogging month ahead of me!

A note about August: I am only 1 book away for reaching my goal for the year! Very annoying! Also, Vampire Kitten is only 10 books away from doubling his goal. I forgot to mention last month that Little Legs had more then doubled his reading goal, so I want to give a shout out about that now. He is also only 2 books away from tripling his goal! We should have that done the first week of September, so long as no disasters strike. Anyway, onto the books!

August books:

1. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Vikings - Vampire Kitten
2. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Twisters and Other Terrible Storms - Vampire Kitten
3. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Dinosaurs - Vampire Kitten
4. The Odyssey Graphic Novel - Vampire Kitten
5. The Walking Dead: What We Become - Vampire Kitten
6. The Walking Dead: Fear the Hunters - Vampire Kitten
7. Notebook of Doom: Rise of the Vanderpants - Vampire Kitten
8. Plants vs Zombies: Snow Thanks - Lone Wolf
9. The Walking Dead: Fear the Hunters - Lone Wolf
10. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle - Lone Wolf
11. Scooby-Doo and the Groovy Ghost - Little Legs
12. Scooby-Doo and the Mummy's Curse - Little Legs
13. Notebook of Doom: Rise of the Vanderpants - Little Legs
14. Notebook of Doom: Battle of the Boss-Monster - Little Legs
15. Scooby-Doo and the Hoopster Horror - Little Legs
16. Scooby-Doo and the Bowling Boogeyman - Little Legs
17. Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Castle - Little Legs
18. The Giant with the Golden Hair - Wandering Falcon
19. Zita the Spacegirl - Wandering Falcon
20. Return of Zita the Spacegirl - Wandering Falcon
21. Legends of Zita the Spacegirl - Wandering Falcon
22. Chinese Fairy Tales - Wandering Falcon
23. Ancient Chinese Fables - Wandering Falcon
24. Seven Hundred Chinese Proverbs - Wandering Falcon
25. Earth Magic, Sky Magic: North American Indian Stories - Wandering Falcon
26. Beauty and the Beast - Wandering Falcon
27. The Serpent Prince - Wandering Falcon
28. The Wisher's Handbook - Wandering Falcon
29. No Room: An Old Story Retold - Wandering Falcon
30. The History of Blue-Beard - Wandering Falcon
31. The Sisters Grimm: The Inside Story - Family

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 7

Lone Wolf: 3

Little Legs: 7

Wandering Falcon: 13

Family: 1

Total: 31

Vampire Kitten: 90/50

Lone Wolf: 41/25

Little Legs: 37/13

Wandering Falcon: 99/100

Family: 13/12

Total: 199/200

200 books: july 2019

We made our family reading goal! I was getting worried but making time for easier books seems to have gotten us back into our groove. Now I just need to somehow make time to meet my goal... I need to catch up on all of our graphic novels. That will help.

July's book:

1. Popular MMOs: Enter the Mine - Vampire Kitten
2. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Rain Forests - Vampire Kitten
3. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Pandas and Other Endangered Species - Vampire Kitten
4. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Penguins and Antarctica - Vampire Kitten
5. Goosebumps: Terror Trips - Vampire Kitten
6. Plants vs Zombies: Dino-Might - Vampire Kitten
7. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Dragons and Other Mythical Creatures - Vampire Kitten
8. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Pirates - Vampire Kitten
9. Plants vs Zombies: Snow Thanks - Vampire Kitten
10. The Lost Rainforest: Mez's Magic - Lone Wolf
11. Wing of Fire Graphic Novel: The Dragonet Prophecy - Lone Wolf
12. Plants vs Zombies: Dino-Might - Lone Wolf
13. Scooby-Doo Comic Chapter Books: Legend of the Gator Man - Little Legs*
14. Scooby-Doo Mysteries: Scooby-Doo and the Vicious Viking - Little Legs
15. Scooby-Doo's High-Flying Adventure - Little Legs
16. Scooby-Doo and the Caveman Caper - Little Legs
17. Scooby-Doo and the Vampire's Revenge - Little Legs
18. Scooby-Doo and the Spooky Strikeout - Little Legs
19. Scooby-Doo and the Runaway Robot - Little Legs**
20. Scooby-Doo and the Rowdy Rodeo - Little Legs
21. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway - Wandering Falcon
22. Wing of Fire: The Hidden Kingdom - Wandering Falcon
23. Warriors Dawn of the Clans: The First Battle - Wandering Falcon
24. Warriors: Battles of the Clans - Wandering Falcon
25. Who Was the Wright Brothers - Family*
26. Who Was Mother Teresa - Family*
27. The Sisters Grimm: The Everafter War - Family

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 9
Lone Wolf: 3
Little Legs: 8
Wandering Falcon: 4
Family: 3

Total: 27

Vampire Kitten: 83/50
Lone Wolf: 38/25
Little Legs: 30/13
Wandering Falcon: 86/100
Family: 12/12

Total: 186/200

200 books: june 2019

The focus this month was catching up on our family reading goal. This meant finishing the Sisters Grimm book we had been working on for months and then taking a break to tackle some other books we have been meaning to read.

June's book:

1. Legends of Zita the Spacegirl - Vampire Kitten
2. Science Comics: Robots and Drones Past, Present, and Future - Vampire Kitten
3. Heroes of Olympus: Blood of Olympus - Lone Wolf
4. Wings of Fire: Winter Turning - Lone Wolf
5. Scooby-Doo and the Monster Menace - Little Legs
6. Scooby-Doo and the Gruesome Goblin - Little Legs
7. Scooby-Doo and the Snow Monster - Little Legs
8. Scooby-Doo Comic Chapter Books: Mystery of the Mist Monster - Little Legs
9. Scooby-Doo and the Cactus Creature - Little Legs*
10. It - Wandering Falcon
11. Warriors Dawn of the Clans: Thunder Rising - Wandering Falcon
12. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth - Wandering Falcon
13. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever - Wandering Falcon
14. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck - Wandering Falcon
15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul - Wandering Falcon
16. Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir - Wandering Falcon
17. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School - Wandering Falcon
18. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down - Wandering Falcon
19. The Sisters Grimm: Tales from the Hood - Family
20. What Were the Salem Witch Trials - Family
21. Who Was Milton Hershey - Family
22. Who Was Ulysses S. Grant - Family
23. Who Was George Washington - Family*

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 2

Lone Wolf: 2

Little Legs: 5

Wandering Falcon: 9

Family: 5

Total: 222

Vampire Kitten: 74/50

Lone Wolf: 35/25

Little Legs: 22/13

Wandering Falcon: 82/100

Family: 9/12

Total: 179/200

*read with my ex husband, Coffee Hound, who is mentioned in my other blog The Well and The Ash Tree

200 books: may 2019

So Little Legs and I met his goal for books (which wasn't hard as he only needed one more). So now all three kids are past their goal, which is awesome! I'm only 27 books away from my goal, which is incredible since we are five months into the and I am almost at the 75% point.

The one area we are seriously slacking is family reading, so I told my kids that I think that needs to be our main focus for June. We are still struggling to find the time to finish the next Sisters Grimm book and I think we need to make that a priority (as well as reading an extra book or two) since everyone but me is in excess of their goal. Unfortunately we did not get an opportunity to family read today since Little Legs is pretty sick so I have been busy with that...

Anyway, onto May's books and our impressive stats!

May books:

1. Diary of an Awesomely Friendly Kid - Vampire Kitten
2. Plants vs Zombies: Lawnmageddon - Vampire Kitten
3. Plants vs Zombies: Timepocalypse - Vampire Kitten
4. Plants vs Zombies: Bully for You - Vampire Kitten
5. Plants vs Zombies: Grown Sweet Home - Vampire Kitten
6. Plants vs Zombies: Petal to the Metal - Vampire Kitten
7. Plants vs Zombies: Boom Boom Mushroom - Vampire Kitten
8. Plants vs Zombies: Battle Extravagonzo - Vampire Kitten
9. Plants vs Zombies: Lawn of Doom - Vampire Kitten
10. Call of Duty Zombies #1 - Vampire Kitten
11. The 78 Story Treehouse -Vampire Kitten
12. Plants vs Zombies: The Greatest Show Unearthed - Vampire Kitten
13. Plants vs Zombies: Rumble at Lake Gumbo - Vampire Kitten
14. Plants vs Zombies: War and Peas - Vampire Kitten
15. Zita the Spacegirl - Vampire Kitten
16. Return of Zita the Spacegirl - Vampire Kitten
17. Heroes of Olympus: Mark of Athena - Lone Wolf
18. Heroes of Olympus: House of Hades - Lone Wolf
19. Call of Duty Zombies # - Lone Wolf
20. Olympians: Aphrodite Goddess of Love - Lone Wolf 
21. Olympians: Apollo the Brilliant One - Lone Wolf
22. Notebook of Doom: Slap of the Super-Goop - Little Legs
23. Notebook of Doom: Sneeze of the Octo-Schnozz - Little Legs
24. Scooby-Doo: Curse of the Stage Fright - Little Legs
25. Science Comics: Dogs From Predator to Protector - Little Legs
26. Scooby-Doo Mysteries: Scooby-Doo and the Sunken Ship - Little Legs
27. Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy - Wandering Falcon
28. Warriors: The Sun Trail - Wandering Falcon
29. Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Wandering Falcon
30. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules - Wandering Falcon
31. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw - Wandering Falcon
32. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - Wandering Falcon
33. Wicca Candle Magick - Wandering Falcon
34. Be My Valentine - Wandering Falcon
35. Picture Tales From Mexico - Wandering Falcon

The breakdown: 

Vampire Kitten: 16

Lone Wolf: 5

Little Legs: 5

Wandering Falcon: 9

Family: 0

Total: 199

Vampire Kitten: 72/50

Lone Wolf: 33/25

Little Legs: 17/13

Wandering Falcon: 73/100

Family: 4/12

Total: 165/200

200 books: april 2019

So this month was a little disappointing - but like I said it was a bad cold followed by the stomach bug followed by a fever followed by the stomach bug again with Easter thrown in. So I think it's okay that this month had a disappointing turn out (for everyone except Vampire Kitten who crushed it).

Vampire Kitten met his goal. Little Legs fell one short (there was a lot of sleeping and stomach clutching going on), and I am 60% of the way along. No family books were read and Lone Wolf has no where but up to go. So, despite our lack of reading this month we did do pretty good.

April's books:

1. Notebook of Doom: Charge of the Lightning Bugs - Vampire Kitten
2. Notebook of Doom: Slappy's Tales of Horror - Vampire Kitten
3. i Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Vampire Kitten
4. I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 - Vampire Kitten
5. Notebook of Doom: Rumble of the Coaster Ghost - Vampire Kitten
6. Notebook of Doom: Snap of the Super-Goop - Vampire Kitten
7. Notebook of Doom: Sneeze of the Octo-Schnozz - Vampire Kitten
8. The 52 Story Treehouse - Vampire Kitten
9. The 65 Story Treehouse - Vampire Kitten
10. Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy - Vampire Kitten
11. Wings of Fire: The Lost Heir - Vampire Kitten
12. Explorer: The Hidden Doors - Vampire Kitten
13. Explorer: The Lost Islands - Vampire Kitten
14. The Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl - Vampire Kitten 
15. Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune - Lone Wolf
16. Wings of Fire: Moon Rising - Lone Wolf
17. The Walking Dead: What We Become - Lone Wolf
18. Notebook of Doom: Charge of the Lightning Bugs - Little Legs
19. Notebook of Doom: Rumble of the Coaster Ghost - Little Legs
20. Mighty Jack - Wandering Falcon
21. Mighty Jack and the Goblin King - Wandering Falcon
22. Poptropica: Mystery of the Map - Wandering Falcon
23. Goosebumps: Slappy's Tales of Horror - Wandering Falcon
24. How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up - Wandering Falcon
25. Wheel of Time: A Memory of Light - Wandering Falcon
26. Ghostopolis - Wandering Falcon
27. Explorer: The Hidden Doors - Wandering Falcon
28. Explorer: The Lost Islands - Wandering Falcon
29. Solve It Yourself Mysteries: The Sherlock Holmes Casebook - Wandering Falcon
30. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters - Wandering Falcon

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 14

Lone Wolf: 3

Little Legs: 2

Wandering Falcon: 11

Family: 0

Total: 164

Vampire Kitten: 56/50

Lone Wolf: 28/25

Little Legs: 12/13

Wandering Falcon: 64/100

Family: 4/12

Total: 155/200  

200 books: march 2019

Shout out to Lone Wolf who met his goal for the year this month!!! I wanted him to have the goal of 50 books but he argued that since he had moved past easy chapter books and was reading harder books he should have an easier goal. He has been alternating between Percy Jackson and Wings of Fire and we figured if he read two a month that would be 24 books a year, so he picked the goal of 25. He has not read 25 Percy Jackson and Wings of Fire books (I'm not even sure if there are 25 books in the two series total) but he has mainly focused on those with some graphic novels here and there. He met his goal in three months and I am proud of him!

Meanwhile, Vampire Kitten is only 8 books short and Little Legs is only 3 books short, both of which are also incredibly impressive since it is only March. I haven't totaled up April yet so I don't know if they met there goal yet or not. As for me, I reached the halfway point which is also impressive. All in all March has been a good month for reading!

As for family books we are lagging but we are working on it. I am determined we reach 12 by the end of the year - even if it means we do nothing but read some weekends!

April update in a few days. Now onto March.

March books:

1. Star Wars: Chewbacca - Vampire Kitten
2. Star Wars: Mara Jade By the Emperor's Hand - Vampire Kitten 
3. Star Wars: Union - Vampire Kitten
4. Plants vs Zombies: Lawnmageddon - Vampire Kitten
5. Notebook of Doom: Attack of the Shadow Smashers - Vampire Kitten
6. I am Pusheen the Cat - Vampire Kitten
7. Notebook of Doom: Chomp of the Meat Eating Vegetables - Vampire Kitten 
8. Notebook of Doom: Whack of the P-Rex - Vampire Kitten
9. Notebook of Doom: Pop of the Bumpy Mummy - Vampire Kitten
10. Notebook of Doom: Flurry of the Snombies - Vampire Kitten
11. Benjamin Franklinstein Meets the Fright Brothers - Vampire Kitten
12. Scooby Apocalypse Volume 3 - Lone Wolf
13. Scooby Apocalypse Volume 4 - Lone Wolf
14. Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero - Lone Wolf
15. The Walking Dead: Here We Remain - Lone Wolf
16. I am Pusheen the Cat - Lone Wolf
17. Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad - Lone Wolf
18. Dragon Masters: Rise of the Earth Dragon - Little Legs
19. Notebook of Doom: Whack of the P-Rex - Little Legs
20. Notebook of Doom: Pop of the Bumpy Mummy - Little Legs
21. Notebook of Doom: Flurry of the Snombies - Little Legs
22. The Walking Dead: Here We Remain - Wandering Falcon
23. One Trick Pony - Wandering Falcon
24. I am Pusheen the Cat - Wandering Falcon
25. How to Enchant a Man - Wandering Falcon
26. Magical Housekeeping - Wandering Falcon
27. The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerblins - Wandering Falcon
28. The Time Museum - Wandering Falcon
29. The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said - Wandering Falcon
30. Picture Tales from the French - Wandering Falcon
31. Picture Tales from Holland - Wandering Falcon
32. Pictures Tales from Spain - Wandering Falcon
33. Picture tales from the Italians - Wandering Falcon
34. Old Dame and Her Silver Sixpence - Wandering Falcon
35. The Wheel of Time: Towers of Midnight - Wandering Falcon
36. The Sisters Grimm Magic and Other Misdemeanors - Family
37. Who Was Blackbeard - Family

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 11

Lone Wolf: 6

Little Legs: 4

Wandering Falcon: 14

Family: 2

Total: 134

Vampire Kitten: 42/50
Lone Wolf: 25/25
Little Legs: 10/13
Wandering Falcon: 53/100

Total: 134/200 

200 books: february 2019

So, where have I been? I needed a break from blogging (the rest of February), which then turned into needing some more time off (all of March), which then turned into a nasty cold followed by the stomach bug followed by a weird fever followed by the stomach bug again with Easter thrown in there too (April). It was crazy. Either way, here I am now. And back with a new book series, too. I've been giving "Wings of Fire" a closer look. But anyway, that is not what this post is about. Before I get to the list and the stats I want to take a moment and say BOTH Vampire Kitten and Lone Wolf have reached the halfway mark, AND that Little Legs fell one book short of the halfway mark. I am only a third of the way along, and our family goal is only one sixth of the way along, however, overall, we are only three books short of the halfway point. All in all a pretty impressive month, I do have to say. Anyway, on to February.

February's books:

1. Amulet: Firelight - Vampire Kitten
2. Amulet: Supernova - Vampire Kitten
3. The Walking Dead: Here We Remain - Vampire Kitten 
4. Notebook of Doom: Rise of the Balloon Goons - Vampire Kitten
5. Notebook of Doom: Day of the Night Crawlers - Vampire Kitten
6. Pandora's Legacy - Vampire Kitten
7. Scooby Apocalypse Volume 3 - Vampire Kitten
8. Scooby Apocalypse Volume 4 - Vampire Kitten
9. One Trick Pony - Vampire Kitten
10. Catwing's Return - Vampire Kitten
11. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Battle of the Labyrinth - Lone Wolf
12. Wings of Fire: Dark Secret - Lone Wolf
13. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian - Lone Wolf 
14. Fire and Stone: Predator - Lone Wolf
15. Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night - Lone Wolf
16. Owl Diaries: Eva's Treetop Festival - Little Legs
17. Notebook of Doom: Chomp of the Meat Eating Vegetables - Little Legs 
18. Owl Diaries: Eva Sees a Ghost - Little Legs
19. Owl Diaries: A Woodland Wedding - Little Legs
20. Goddess Girls: Athena the Brain - Wandering Falcon
21. Goddess Girls: Persephone the Phony - Wandering Falcon
22. Warriors: Code of the Clans - Wandering Falcon
23. Warrior: Cats of the Clans - Wandering Falcon
24. Amulet: Firelight - Wandering Falcon
25. Amulet: Supernova - Wandering Falcon
26. The Wheel of Time: Knife of Dreams - Wandering Falcon
27. Kleptocats: It's Their World Now - Wandering Falcon
28. The Wheel of Time: The Gathering Storm - Wandering Falcon
29. Scooby Apocalypse Volume 3 - Wandering Falcon
30. Scooby Apocalypse Volume 4 - Wandering Falcon
31. They Came to Baghdad - Wandering Falcon
32. Destination Unknown - Wandering Falcon
33. 4:50 From Paddington - Wandering Falcon
34. After the Funeral - Wandering Falcon
35. Fire and Stone: Predator - Wandering Falcon
36. Redwall - Wandering Falcon
37. Everyday Witch A to Z - Wandering Falcon
38. The Sisters Grimm: Once Upon a Crime - Family
39. Where is the Bermuda Triangle - Family

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 10

Lone Wolf: 5

Little Legs: 4

Wandering Falcon: 18

Family: 2

Total: 97

Vampire Kitten: 31/50

Lone Wolf: 19/25

Little Legs: 6/13

Wandering Falcon: 39/100

Family: 2/12

Total: 97/200 

200 books: january 2019

I can't believe we read as much as we did! We beat January 2018 and May 2018, which had held the title of most books in a month ever with 45. What a way to start off our year! Now I'm sure to counteract this we will probably read almost nothing in February.

January book's:

1. Mighty Jack and the Goblin King - Vampire Kitten
2. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 - Vampire Kitten
3. Plants vs Zombies: War and Peas - Vampire Kitten
4. The Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life - Vampire Kitten
5. Poseidon: Earth Shaker - Vampire Kitten
6. The 26 Story Treehouse - Vampire Kitten
7. Sonic the Hedgehog: Fallout! - Vampire Kitten
8. Suee and the Shadow - Vampire Kitten
9. Dungeons & Dragons: Into the Jungle - Vampire Kitten
10. The Startford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: MacBeth - Vampire Kitten
11. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild - Vampire Kitten
12. How to be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up - Vampire Kitten
13. Here There be Gerblins - Vampire Kitten
14. Bats: Learning to Fly - Vampire Kitten
15. Ghostopolis - Vampire Kitten
16. The 39 Story Treehouse - Vampire Kitten
17. Amulet: Escape from Lucien - Vampire Kitten
18. The Walking Dead: The Calm Before - Vampire Kitten
19. The Walking Dead: Made to Suffer - Vampire Kitten
20. Wonder - Vampire Kitten
21. Scooby Apocalypse Volume 2 - Vampire Kitten
22. The Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life - Lone Wolf
23. Poseidon: Earth Shaker - Lone Wolf
24. The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: MacBeth - Lone Wolf
25. Sonic the Hedgehog: Fallout! - Lone Wolf
26. The Oregon Trail: The Search for Snake River - Lone Wolf
27. Plants vs Zombies: War and Peas - Lone Wolf
28. Wings of Fire: The Hidden Kingdom - Lone Wolf
29. I Survived Hurricane Katrina 2005 - Lone Wolf
30. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters - Lone Wolf
31. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Titan's Curse - Lone Wolf
32. The Walking Dead: The Calm Before - Lone Wolf
33. The Walking Dead: Made to Suffer - Lone Wolf
34. Scooby Apocalypse Volume 2 - Lone Wolf
35. Fire and Stone: Aliens - Lone Wolf
36. The Notebook of Doom: Rise of the Balloon Goons - Little Legs
37. The Notebook of Doom: Day of the Night Crawlers - Little Legs
38. Warriors: Night Whispers - Wandering Falcon
39. Warriors: Sign of the Moon - Wandering Falcon
40. Warriors: The Forgotten Warrior - Wandering Falcon
41. Warriors: Shadows of the Clans - Wandering Falcon
42. The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: Romeo and Juliet - Wandering Falcon
43. The Startford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: MacBeth - Wandering Falcon
44. The Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life - Wandering Falcon
45. Weird But True Things About Greek Mythology - Wandering Falcon
46. Amulet: The Last Council - Wandering Falcon
47. Pandora's Legacy - Wandering Falcon
48. DC Super Hero Girls: The Search for Atlantis - Wandering Falcon
49. DC Super Hero Girls: Summer Olympus - Wandering Falcon
50. DC Super Hero Girls: Hits and Myths - Wandering Falcon
51. DC Super Hero Girls: Final Crisis - Wandering Falcon
52. DC Super Hero Girls: Out of the Bottle - Wandering Falcon
53. DC Super Hero Girls: Date With Disaster - Wandering Falcon
54. Amulet: Prince of Elves - Wandering Falcon
55. Amulet: Escape from Lucien - Wandering Falcon
56. Warriors: The Last Hope - Wandering Falcon
57. The Walking Dead: The Calm Before - Wandering Falcon
58. The Walking Dead: Made to Suffer - Wandering Falcon

The breakdown:

Vampire Kitten: 21

Lone Wolf: 14

Little Legs: 2

Wandering Falcon: 21

Family: 0

Total: 58

Total stats:

Vampire Kitten: 21/50

Lone Wolf: 14/25

Little Legs: 2/13

Wandering Falcon: 21/100

Family: 0/12

Total: 58/200

200 books & reading goals

I went back and read my original post about doing 100 books today. I think I should have read that when I did our final post for the year! Holy cow! What a difference! To think I was actually worried that I wouldn't reach 25 books (which I did by May) and that we as a family would't reach 100 books (which we did by April)!

Well, this year we set different goals. Actually, we decided to do away with the family goal and just set individual goals:

(1) My goal is to read 100 books

(2) Vampire Kitten's goal is to read 50 books

(3) Lone Wolf's goal is to read 25 books

(4) Little Legs has the goal of reading 13 books with me

(5) And we have the goal to read 12 books as a family

This gives us an overall goal of 200 books, but we won't actually reach our goal unless we meet the five mini goals. There will also be prizes in categories like we did last year as well as prizes for meeting our individual goals (and even doubling our goals if we manage to).

So why is it broken down like this?

Every time we were close to a multiple of 100 last year I sort of pushed everyone to read as much as they could. I don't regret that action, it helped us reach 315 books after all, but it did create a sense of pressure. This year we don't want pressure to constantly do better, we just want to read and enjoy reading. And while a small part of me wants to challenge the family to aim for 350, another part of me doesn't.

I have a nice, reasonable, goal of 100 - which is only slightly under what I read last year. Vampire Kitten has a reasonable goal too with 50. Yes, it is half of last years amount, but it is easily obtainable and he should have no problem doubling it - and if he doesn't that is okay too. Lone Wolf's is a very low goal, but lately he has been reading much harder books which take him far longer to read. So really, in light of that, his goal is very fair. Little Legs and I will hopefully read one book a month at a minimum - and I certainly hope we will double or triple this goal. But again, if we don't, it is not the end of the world. If he wants me to read him Peppa Pig and Pete the Cat instead I am not going to tell him no.Lastly, 12 as a family, that is the one I am worried about. We have a hard time setting aside time for family reading. That is something we will have to work on. But, this is why we make goals!

Now I know I promised the potential awards for 2019, but we are still undecided on some of them. All I know for sure is we will do Most Total Books Read, Most Chapter Books Read, and Most Graphic Novels Read. Everything else is up in the air.

More tomorrow when I finally sit down and compile our book list for the month! I can't wait to see how we did!