Suzanne’s Comments (group member since Dec 24, 2021)

Suzanne’s comments from the The Lost Challenges group.

TASKS:
1. Read one book from your TBR OR from the pile you have at home.

Read: 1/11/22
How it fits: On my TBR since 2015

2. Read one book from a series you have started and not finished.

Read: 1/1/22
And with THIS book I finished the series!

3. Read one book that you bought or borrowed but have not yet read.

Totally forgot I bought this - then found/read it.

4. Read one book that will help with a difficult challenge. (Like an A-Z challenge that needs Q, U, & X)

Read: 1/5/2022
How it fits: Fits Q in A-Z titles challenge

5. Read one free book from your e-reader. (If you do not have an e-reader, read a book that has been on your TBR for more than a year).
Book Read:
Read: 1/8/22
How it fits: Got it from netgalley for my kindle

A-Z Book Titles - Finished!
January 1 - December 31, 2022

*For Q, X, Y and Z, the title only needs to have that letter somewhere in it.
List:
A Activation Degradation by Marina J. Lostetter 1/22
B Bake, Borrow, and Steal by Ellie Alexander
C Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson
D Daughter of the Sea by Elisabeth Hobbes
E Easter Bonnet Murder by Leslie Meier
F The Favor by Nora Murphy
G Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone read July 2022
H - How to Love Your Neighbor - Sophie Sullivan
I Inspector Hobbes and the Common People: Comedy Crime Fantasy by Wilkie Martin
J The Junkie Quatrain Peter Clines
K A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
L - Leviathan Falls - James S.A. Corey 1/22
M The Maid by Nita Prose 1/22
N The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
O Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky
P The Pariah - Anthony Ryan
Q The Queen's Weapons - Anne Bishop
R Rise of the Mages by Scott Drakeford
S The Shadowed Path: A Jonmarc Vanhanian Collection by Gail Z. Martin
T Time of Death by J.D. Robb
U Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
V Violeta by Isabel Allende
W Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
X Andrea Vernon and the Big Axe Acquisition by Alexander C. Kane
Y Mickey7 Edward Ashton
Z Zoo City Lauren Beukes

Thanks to Diane for telling me about this!

STATE LIST:

1. Alabama
2. Alaska - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp January
5. California - How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan january
6. Colorado Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson January
7. Connecticut Buried in the Stacks by Allison Brook
8. Delaware
9. Florida Christmas Sweets by Joanne Fluke
10. Georgia
11. Hawaii
12. Idaho
13. Illinois No One Like Her by Cindy Kirk Feb. 2022
14. Indiana
15. Iowa
16. Kansas
17. Kentucky The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson May 2022
18. Louisiana Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter
19. Maine Easter Bonnet Murder by Leslie Meier
20. Maryland
21. Massachusetts The Vanishing Season by Joanna Schaffhausen
22. Michigan
23. Minnesota
24. Mississippi
25. Missouri
26. Montana
27. Nebraska
28. Nevada
29. New Hampshire Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
30. New Jersey
31. New Mexico
32. New York
33. North Carolina
34. North Dakota
35. Ohio A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow May 2022
36. Oklahoma
37. Oregon Bake, Borrow, and Steal by Ellie Alexander January
38. Pennsylvania Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon ************
39. Rhode Island
40. South Carolina Bet on It by Jodie Slaughter March
41. South Dakota
42. Tennessee
43. Texas Dark Horse by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz February
44. Utah
45. Vermont
46. Virginia
47. Washington Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay
48. West Virginia
49. Wisconsin Remember Me in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk
50. Wyoming All the Right Reasons by Cindy Kirk January

Thanks for the fun game!! I really enjoyed it!

Week 10
Book Read Throw a Monkey Wrench by Karen Chester
223 pages
3.5 stars

5. Sculpture "There were no doves, no ice sculptures..." Loc 3795

Week 10 Post

4.5 stars - it was really good!
Finished: 3/13/2016

2. Library: "must have emptied out every book in the library in her anger." p. 294
7. Wallet: "Fatten up your skeletal wallet." p. 439
9. Cat: "You're never going to get over those cats, are you?" p. 111

Week 10 - wow can't believe it!

by Anne Bishop
Read 3/10/2016
4 stars

1. Swim "Now that it had some room to swim in, it was acting more lively." p.188
4. Candle: "He'd seen no flicker of a candle or lamp since he'd arrived." p. 59
8. Paper: "He picked up a piece of paper from the long, stained table." p. 367
10. Moon: "for a little fun during the summer moon." p. 21

Week #9
After You by Jojo Moyes
Finished March 4
3.5 stars
2. cloud "A solitary cloud drifted across the blue sky." p. 288
3. Bouquet: "where she had chosen a huge hand-tied bouquet of freesias." p. 80
5. Laptop "Treena went for her laptop bag." p. 36
6. Intense: "grief wells up again like a sudden tide, intense, overwhelming." p. 7

Book: Mort
Date Read: 3/3/16
4 stars
1. princess: "Shame about the princess." p. 76
7. Chocolate: "a box of chocolates that was mostly discarded wrappers" p. 201
8. teacher "I had an excellent teacher" p. 256
9. Music "to hear loud music, in hot rooms is fun?" p. 185
10. Pillow "dagger under her pillow." p. 106

Week 8 Post 2
by Felix Francis
3 stars

5. Diamond "And the diamond dealers?" p. 296
10. Breakfast: "We sat at the kitchen breakfast bar sipping our drinks" p. 32

Week 8:

Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
4 stars
Feb. 25

3. Coffee Table: "She wanted to reach across the coffee table and snatche the notebook out of his hands." p. 27
4. Oak: "Ballard was as solid and reliable as the oak desk that dominated the room." p. 109
6. Gate: "Through the bars of the wrought-iron gate, ..." p. 122
7. Key: "Miss Clausen sorted through the key ring on her belt." p. 136
8. Circle: "Now a ghostly circle appeared" p. 288
9. Frame: "A structural frame of honeycombed calcium and ..." p. 155
10. Breakfast "This is what I get for not eating breakfast." p. 160

Week 7 Post 2

Read 2/20/2016
4 stars

1. Blurry "The image is blurry and inconstant.." p. 101
4. Overnight "I'll be fine with him oernight." p. 321
6. Brass "uses a small brass key to unlock the bottom drawer." p. 358
7. Luxury "I'm used to a lumpy single, this is luxury." p. 352
10. Vulnerable "Too vulnerable? He nods again." p. 91

Week #7
by Charlaine Harris
Finished: 2/18/16
Rating: 4 stars

3. Cordial: "We had not always had a completely cordial relationship." p. 225
9. Descended: "Watched the arc of that fist as it descended to my face." p. 145

Week 6: Post 2:
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Finished: 14 Feb
Rating: 4 stars
4. Forever: "She vowed to be a maiden forever." p. 113
5. Hunting: "With a hunting knife strapped to his thigh." p. 225
7. Credit Card: "He handed us each a green plastic credit card." p. 133

Week 6: Post 1:
Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
Finished: 14 Feb
Rating: 4 stars

1. Onyx: "eyes the color and texture of onyx." Loc 2122
2. Palm: "Eve handed Roarke the palm recorder." Loc 251
3. Hurry: "What's your hurry?" he asked Eve. Loc 2369
6. Pink: "And the sky was going pink and purple in the west." Loc 1203
8. Obviously: "Obviously you didn't make time to watch enough classic videos." Loc 1166
9. Stand: "He'll have to stand in as the ME." Loc 248
10. Button: Eve located the button that released the drapes." Loc 845

Week 5 - Post 3

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine Finished 2/8/16 (2 stars)

4. video game "Even in a conventional video game, when a boy is not actually moving..." p. 25
8. backpack "Blake carried his own backpack and water just like Dad." p. 93

Week #5 Post 3
Six of Crows
Finished 2/8/16 Rating: 4 stars
1. Asylum: "were offered asylum in Ravka." p. 165

Week #5 Post 2


Finished 2/6/16 Rating: 3 stars
7. Popcorn - "I fixed a bowl of popcorn and had just refilled our glasses of Coke" Loc 1117

Week 5 Post #1 (5/10 done)
by Rainbow Rowell
Finished 2/5/16 - 4 stars

3. Flower - The flowers I've laid outside my mother's tomb have wilted. - p. 216
5. Castle - When I turn back to the castle, I see Agatha...-p. 241
6. Church - "Did you know that the church used to give services in Latin..." p. 69
9. Cake - "The littluns are already playing games and eating cake" p. 77
10. Black "A lock of black hair fell over his forehead." p. 103

Yeah my friend listened to it and had to switch to reading because it was too hard to know WHEN.

Week 4 - post 2
All the Light We Cannot See Finished 2/1/16
4.5 stars - really a good book!
10. Museum "her father sends her on a tour of the museum where he works" p. 19