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Book Concierge wrote: "Gosh I am ready for this year to be OVER!It's been a real bear of a year.
2026 has GOT to be better!"
I can imagine Tessa! I'm sure 2026 will see you moving forward into a healthy, happy future. Sincerest condolences on the loss of your husband.
In case.
2026 Centenary ChallengeDuration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec, 2026
Level: Challenging
Progress: 0/36
1. January 16: English author and theologian Ronald Knox presented a satirical "live" radio report of a workers' revolution underway in London, causing a widespread panic that the report was real
▪ Read a detective story (Knox compiled a list of rules for detective fiction in 1928)
What Evil Hides by Rachel Amphlett Detective Kay Hunter2. February 1: Land on the corner of Broadway and Wall Street in New York City sold at a then record price of US$7 per square inch
▪ Read a book whose title initials (minimum 2) can be found in either BROADWAY or WALL STREET
Dead Ahead by Susan J. Bruce3. February 11: Canadian-American actor Leslie Nielsen born
▪ Read a book featuring a police character (in honour of Nielsen's role in The Naked Gun series)
The Hollow Man by Rachel Amphlett Detective Mark Turpin4. February 12: The Committee on Evil Literature was established in Ireland by Justice Minister Kevin O'Higgins
▪ Read a book whose author's initials can be found in KEVIN O'HIGGINS
The Potent Perfume by Helen Goltz5. February 12: American writer Charles van Doren, involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s
▪ Read a book whose title initials (minimum 2) can be found in CHARLES VAN DORAN
Lavender Hill by Alissa Callen6. February 20: Berlin Green Week, a food and agriculture fair, debuted
▪ Read a book with a green cover
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth7. February 25: Future dictator Francisco Franco attained the rank of brigadier general in Spain
▪ Read a book in which a character lives under fascism or dictatorship
The Wartime Affair by Victoria Cornwall8. March 16: World's first liquid fuel rocket was launched in Auburn, Massachusetts by American physicist, inventor and engineer Robert Goddard
▪ Read a book set in the New England region of the USA
Face the Fire by Nora Roberts Massachusetts9. April 4: Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos won the presidential election, seen by many as a foregone conclusion
▪ Read a book whose title initials (minimum 2) can be found in THEODOROS PANGALOS
The Secret of Snow by Tina Harnesk10. April 21: Princess Elizabeth of York, later Queen Elizabeth II, born
▪ Read a book set in Great Britain
A Deadly Clue by Victoria Gilbert11. April 25: Reza Khan was crowned Shah of Iran, under the name Pahlevi
▪ Read a book whose author's initials can be found in PAHLEVI
A Very Novel Murder by Ellie Alexander12. April 28: American author Harper Lee born
▪ Read a book regarded as a classic
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie13. April 30: A State of Emergency was declared in the United Kingdom on account of the threat of strikes by coal miners
▪ Read a book set in the UK
The Body at the Windmill by Kate Hardy14. May 8: British naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough born
▪ Read a book whose title initials (minimum 2) can be found in ATTENBOROUGH
The Airline Girl by Lizzie Page15. May 12: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his crew flew over North Pole in the airship Norge
▪ Read a book depicting ice or snow on the cover
The One Man by Andrew Gross16. May 15: Twin playwrights, screenwriters and novelists Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth) and Sir Peter Shaffer (Amadeus) born
▪ Read a book set in the UK
The Vicar's Daughter at the Lodging House by Natalie Meg Evans17. May 20: US Congress passed the Air Commerce Act, regulating air travel for the first time
▪ Read a book depicting a mode of transport on the cover
Wings Above The Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield Plane18. May 26: American Jazz musician Miles Davis born
▪ Read a book whose title initials (minimum 2) can be found in MILES DAVIS
My Sister’s Secret by Jane Corry19. June 1: Marilyn Monroe born
▪ Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym (Monroe's real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson)
Framed In Death by J.D. Robb aka Nora Roberts20. June 28: American actor, comedian and screenwriter Mel Brooks born
▪ Read a book that makes you laugh
Life in the Old Girls Yet by Celia Anderson21. July 8: Swiss-American psychiatrist and author Elizabeth Kübler-Ross born
▪ Read a book that has a 5 in the page count
Countdown by James Patterson 451 pages22. July 26: the US National Bar Association (NBA), the country's oldest and largest network of predominantly African American lawyers and judges, was incorporated
▪ Read a book featuring an African American character
The House of Cross by James Patterson23. August 3: American singer Tony Bennett born
▪ Read a book regarded as a classic
Dead in the Morning by Margaret Yorke24. August 5: Warner Bros introduced the Vitaphone sound system for cinematic films, launching the transition from silent films to "talkies"
▪ Read a book whose title initials (minimum 2) can be found in VITAPHONE
The Invite by Irina Shapiro25. August 6: American Olympian Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel (La Manche)
▪ Read a book by a female author
Murder at the Homecoming by Merryn Allingham26. September 18 & October 20: Large hurricanes devastated Miami, Florida and Cuba, respectively
▪ Read a book showing sky on the cover
The Private Island by Ali Lowe27. September 19: The Giuseppe Measzza Stadium (widely known as the San Siro Stadium) was opened in Milan, Italy
▪ Read a book set in Italy or by an Italian author
The Girl from Lake Maggiore by Siobhan Daiko ...nestled in the shadow of the Italian Alps28. September 20: The North Side Gang shot at gangster Al Capone in an attempted assassination while he was dining in Cicero, Illinois, USA, but he survived unharmed
▪ Read a book featuring a gang or organised crime
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly29. September 23: American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane born
▪ Read a book by a prolific author - James Patterson
Hush Hush by James Patterson30. September 25: American industrialist Henry Ford announced the 8-hour, 5-day work week for Ford Motor Company's factory and office workers
▪ Read a book with a car on the cover
Dark Desert Road by Tim Ayliffe31. October 14: English author A.A. Milne's children's book Winnie-the-Pooh was published in London
▪ Read a children's or YA book (minimum 100 pages)
Ming and Marie Spy for Freedom by Jackie French32. October 18: American guitarist, singer, writer and lyricist Chuck Berry, known as the "Father of Rock & Roll", born
▪ Read a book whose author's initials can be found in CHUCK BERRY
Sparks Fly in Featherwood Falls by Heather Reyburn33. October 31: Harry Houdini died of a ruptured appendix
▪ Read a book whose author's initials can be found in HARRY HOUDINI
The Sands of Windee by Arthur W. Upfield34. November 7: Australian soprano opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland born
▪ Read a book by an Australian author, or set in Australia
The Girl With Nowhere To Go by Louise Guy35. November 15: The Balfour Declaration was approved by the 1926 Imperial Conference, making the Commonwealth dominions equal and autonomous
▪ Read a book set in a Commonwealth country
Just One More Day by Shari Low UK36. December 3: English author Agatha Christie disappeared from her home in Surrey, and was discovered 11 days later staying at a spa hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire
▪ Read a mystery book written by a female author
Lest Angels Weep by Phillipa Nefri Clark
Lol!!!
Well done Teresa & Susan :)
Great job Kylie!
Well done Kylie!
Thanks Sarah :)
Finished :)December 2025 - Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen - MR DARCY
Duration: 1/12/25 - 31/12/25
Progress: 7/7
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Great job Gord!
Denise wrote: "thank you Sarah and Brenda. I liked that challenge"That's good to hear!
