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WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
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WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
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WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
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WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
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HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
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BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
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EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. T
I'm going for Club Reporter (1 from each category) or Columnist (2 from each category)0/5
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
0/5
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
0/5
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
0/5
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
0/5
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
0/5
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
0/1
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. T
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
★WHO★
★Protagonist is a baker Whiskers and Whipped Cream 1/1
★Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Through Gates of Garnet and Gold 13/1 (ghost)
★A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend When Halos and Horns Collide 2/1
★Protagonist is a mother or father Fraught 4/1
★A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time 3/1
★WHAT★
★Supernatural element in the title Dragon's Nest 18/1
★Proper name in the title The Unlucky Mister Locke 13/1
★Title starts with any letter in your last name And Another Thing... 2/1
★Holiday in the title A Polar Bear for Christmas 2/1
★Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) Tree of Aeons 5 12/1
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
★Set in a small town The Weirdstone of Brisingamen 6/1
Set in a New England state Little Women
On vacation
★Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 25/1 (Poland and Germany)
WHEN
★Set during a holiday The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List 8/1
★Set in the 1900s The Invisible Man 7/1
★Set during summer Five Children and It 10/1
Set during fall
★Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch 8/1
★HOW★
★Strangled So Pathetic 4/2
★Stabbed New Orleans Magic 10/1
★Shot Hereticus 9/1
★Poisoned The Thirteen Problems 5/1
★Blunt Instrument The Infernus Gate 18/1
★BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE★
★WHO – Protagonist is married Nightmare at the North Pole 7/1
★WHAT – Title is at least seven words 4 Years Trapped in My Mind Palace 5/1
★WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live Tree of Aeons 6 20/1
★WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story) Anaheim 2/2
★HOW – Accident America: A Divine Dungeon Series 6/2
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
💚Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving 16 Jan (ghost)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
💚Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden 31 Jan (the Netherlands)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
💚Set in the 1900s
The Secret Garden: The Original 1911 Unabridged and Complete Edition Frances Hodgson Burnett 13 Feb
💚Set during summer
Tom Lake Ann Patchett 25 Jan
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
💚Strangled:
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir Griffin Dunne 15 Feb
Stabbed
Shot
💚Poisoned:
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath 18 Jan
💚Blunt Instrument:
The Starfish Sisters Barbara O'Neal 12 Jan (lamp)
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
💚WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
Plainsong Kent Haruf 7 Feb
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
💚HOW – Accident
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Alison Bechdel 23 Jan
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Reporter Challenge 2026Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category): Finished 2/3/26
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost): High Marks for Murder by Rebecca Kent (1/22/26)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father: Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense by Sarah Weinman, ed (2/18/26)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title: Aristotle Detective by Margaret Doody (2/3/26)
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town: A Death for a Double by E. X. Giroux (2/7/26)
Set in a New England state: Old Bones by Herman Petersen (1/20/26)
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England): The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock Holmes and the Great War by Simon Guerrier (2/7/26)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s: Masterpieces of Mystery: Amateurs and Professionals selected by Ellery Queen (1/31/26)
Set during summer: Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers (1/18/26)
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (1/25/26)
Stabbed: Death on the Slopes by Norma Schier (1/9/26)
Shot: The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson (1/12/26)
Poisoned: Don Among the Dead Men by C. E. Vulliamy (1/7/26)
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock Holmes and the Great War by Simon Guerrier (2/7/26)
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
2026 Reporter ChallengeWHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
2026 Reporter's Challenge0/25
WHO
1 Protagonist is a baker
2 Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
3 A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
4 Protagonist is a mother or father
5 A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
6 Supernatural element in the title
7 Proper name in the title
8 Title starts with any letter in your last name
9 Holiday in the title
10 Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
11 Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
12 Set in a small town
13 Set in a New England state
14 On vacation
15 Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
16 Set during a holiday
17 Set in the 1900s
18 Set during summer
19 Set during fall
20 Set during a snow storm
HOW
21 Strangled
22 Stabbed
23 Shot
24 Poisoned A Christmas Candy Killing Christina Romeril 2/1
25 Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
26 WHO – Protagonist is married
27 WHAT – Title is at least seven words
28 WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
29 WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
30 HOW – Accident
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Duration: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2026
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
00/31 Completed
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 20261st January, 2026 - 31st December, 2026
0/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
I love this challenge! Completed 25/31
WHO
1. Protagonist is a baker
📚2. Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) - Dark and Light 2/12/26
📚3. A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend - A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord 1/9/26
📚4. Protagonist is a mother or father - First Impressions
📚5. A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) - book:Banned Book Club|51056298] 1/28/26
WHAT
📚6. Supernatural element in the title - Vampire Lover 2/15/26
📚7. Proper name in the title - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 1/7/26
📚8. Title starts with any letter in your last name - A Match, Unmasked 1/5/26
📚9. Holiday in the title - His Wicked Little Christmas: A Steamy Short Story Holiday Collection 1/15/26
10. Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
📚11. Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S - it was set in Doyle Grange - A Dance in Moonlight 2/3/26
📚12. Set in a small town - Almost Summer
📚13. Set in a New England state - Love, Theoretically
📚14. On vacation - Nutcracker with Benefits 2/9/26
📚15. Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) - Lost on Oblivion 1/1/26
WHEN
📚16. Set during a holiday - The Gift 1/13/26 2022
📚17. Set in the 1900s - Jazz 1/24/26
📚18. Set during summer - Northranger: A Modern Graphic Novel Retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey 2/9/26
19. Set during fall - Quartet in Autumn
📚20. Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) - The Crash 1/10/26
HOW
📚21. Strangled - The Last Murder at the End of the World 2/4/26
📚22. Stabbed - Finding His Goddess 1/10/26
📚23. Shot - The Pirate's Tempting Stowaway 1/4/25
📚24. Poisoned - Healing Her Patient 1/15/26 2021
📚25. Blunt Instrument - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession 1/17/26
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
📚26. WHO – Protagonist is married - The Duke's Accidental Wife 1/5/26
📚27. WHAT – Title is at least seven words - I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com 2/14/26
28. WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
29. WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
30. 📚HOW – Accident - This Place Kills Me 1/28/26
31. EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Level: Nobel Prize for Literature!
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
✔Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (1/9)
✔A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1/31)
✔Protagonist is a mother or father Too Old for This by Samantha Downing (2/1)
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
✔Title starts with any letter in your last name Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (1/25)
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
✔Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (1/27)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
✔Blunt Instrument Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch (1/6)
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✔WHO – Protagonist is married Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (1/14)
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
News Anchor 10/15 (2 full sets)
WHO (2/5)
Protagonist is a baker
✅Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Gespensterzentrale: Das Rätsel der Zeitreise
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
✅ A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) Linger
WHAT (2/5)
Supernatural element in the title
✅ Proper name in the title The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
✅ Title starts with any letter in your last name Rubinrot
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE (2/5)
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
✅Set in a small town Leberkäsjunkie
Set in a New England state
✅ On vacation Two Can Play
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN (2/5)
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
✅ Set during summer Silent Secrets
✅ Set during fall Shiver
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW (2/5)
Strangled
✅ Stabbed My Life as a Serial Killer
Shot
Poisoned
✅ Blunt Instrument HEN NA E - Seltsame Bilder (stone)
Is foreign a fixed category and does not have to be England or America or does it change for the person reading the book? (I'm from neither of those so for me they ARE foreign) :)
Level: news anchor/editorProgress: 0/20
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
I'm in! This sounds like a lot of fun!Progress: 26/31
WHO 5/5
Protagonist is a baker Recipe for Trouble: A grumpy/sunshine queer MM romantic comedy by Dylan Morrison 358 pages
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.) Alchemised by SenLinYu 1030 pages
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend My Friends by Fredrik Backman 435 pages
Protagonist is a mother or father The Lemon Sisters by Jill Shalvis 310 pages
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk) Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney 342 pages
WHAT 3/5
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 01/02
Title starts with any letter in your last name Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston 01/05
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.) You’ve Lost That Livin’ Feelin’ by Nicholas George 256 pages
WHERE 5/5
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S The Pucking Wrong Number by C.R. Jane 01/26 - Dallas
Set in a small town The Wild Card: A Novel by Carolyn Brown 01/01
Set in a New England state Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson 385 pages
On vacation The Summer That Changed Everything by Brenda Novak 368 pages
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 546 pages
WHEN 5/5
Set during a holiday Gracie Jenkins Runs a Marathon by Penny Mirren 345 pages
Set in the 1900s The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany by Katherine Koch 330 pages
Set during summer Winner Takes All by Emily Martin 01/03
Set during fall Single Dad Dilemma by Karla Sorensen 347 pages
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story) I Will Always Love You (Maybe) by Dana Hawkins 01/16
HOW 3/5
Strangled A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer 380 pages
Stabbed https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... 01/29
Shot Margot's Secret by Roberta Kagan 286 pages - 01/11
Poisoned The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson 333 pages - 01/27
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE 5/5
WHO – Protagonist is married Wanting Daisy Dead by Sue Watson 315 pages
WHAT – Title is at least seven words College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight by Shawn Cohen 251 pages
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live The Storm by Rachel Hawkins 304 pages
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story) The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia 341 pages
HOW – Accident 11 Paper Hearts by Kelsey Hartwell 320 pages
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2/2
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever) Jan 30, 2026 - More than likely there was at least one time in your life in which you felt like the ugly ducking, Capricorn. Perhaps this had something to do with your weight. Whether this feeling of insecurity or self-consciousness was self-imposed or not, it’s time to rid yourself of such thoughts and feelings. Today is a day to love every bit of yourself. Have pride in your body inside and out.
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope. Say My Name by Jenika Snow 272 pages
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
I did it a few years ago - I'll give it a whirl again :-)
TCF REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026 (0/30)Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2026
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
Hi! This sounds fun! Please sign me up for the new anchor/editor, thanks!Happy New Year
Fallon
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category) + Bonuses
Completed: 0/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
TCF REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Read:
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books??
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Duration Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2026
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven 01/22/2026
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander 01/27/2026
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Twice by Mitch Albom 01/01/2026
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro by Christine Féret-Fleury 02/02/2026
Set in a small town
The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala by Laura DiSilverio 01/29/2026
Set in a New England state
Sandwich by Catherine Newman 02/08/2026
On vacation
Christmas in New York by Zoë Folbigg 01/14/2026
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon 01/01/2026
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Recommended for You by Laura Silverman 02/06/2026
Set in the 1900s
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 02/07/2026
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 01/08/2026
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino 01/02/2026
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Ellie wrote: "REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 fro..."
I just want to make sure I am not reading this incorrectly... is it for Jan 2026 to Dec 2026 or is it actually for the year 2025 and I missed the challenge?
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books0/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
0/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 20261st January, 2025 - 31st December, 2025
0/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026:Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
Amanda's Progress:
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WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
0/5
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
0/5
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
0/5
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
0/5
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
0/5
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
0/1
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. T
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Completed: 1/31
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned: Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco - Finished: 2/4
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it’s fun!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is a baker
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie, etc.)
A Side Character who is kooky (or fun)/someone you’d love to have as a friend
Protagonist is a mother or father
A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title
Proper name in the title
Title starts with any letter in your last name
Holiday in the title
Title is a play on words (ex: Mind Your Own Beeswax or Gluten for Punishment, etc.)
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S
Set in a small town
Set in a New England state
On vacation
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s
Set during summer
Set during fall
Set during a snow storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed
Shot
Poisoned
Blunt Instrument
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married
WHAT – Title is at least seven words
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention (doesn’t have to be entire story)
HOW – Accident
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!