2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

A. STATS:
97/79 85

BOOKS:
Genre/Type
Biography/Memoir: 3
Other Nonfiction: 5
Children's: 3
Collection (essays/poems/shorts): 1
Fantasy/Mythical: 4
General Fiction: 26
Historical Fiction: 9
Magical Realism: 2
Middle Grade: 5
Mystery: 34
Science Fiction:
Suspense/Thriller: 2
YA: 3

Length:
Very Short (<70 pages): 3
Short (<250 pages): 24
Medium (250-500 pages): 65
Long (501-800 pages): 5
Very Long (>800 pages):

Series: 43 (see E)

Debut: 13 (see M)

Translated: 2 (see O)

AUTHOR:
counted by book
* New to Me: 48 (see F)

*Gender
** Female: 66
** Male: 30
** All Others: 1

*AOC: 13

*LGBTQ+: 3

B. PERSONAL CHALLENGE

97/79 85

Total pages: 29,736
Total books read: 36
Total ebooks read: 19
Total audio listened: 42

January (my first month of retirement):
..........4 books, 2 nook; 5 audio; 2,905 pages
1. a The Hate U Give-444p
2. a The Interrupted Tale-320p
3. b Less-262p,m
4. n A Dinner to Die For-117p,m
5. n Cherringham - Episode 25-27: A Cosy Crime Compilation-272p,m
6. a A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18-256p,m
7. b The Quiet American-180p,m
8. b A Ladder to the Sky-366p,m
9. a Murder in an Irish Village-304p
10. a Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions-144p,m
11. b The Story of Arthur Truluv-240p

February :
..........3 books, 1 nook; 4 audio; 2,592 pages
12. a Circe-393p
13. a Bridge to Terabithia-190p
14. n Three Daughters of Eve-389p
15. b Vox-326p
16. a The Tuscan Child-336p
17. b The Golden Tresses of the Dead-332p,m
18. a Educated-334p
19. b The Woman in the Water-292p,m

March :
..........4 books, 1 nook; 4 audio; 2,799 pages
20. n The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds-288p,m
21. b Convenience Store Woman-163p
22. a Himself-384p
23. b We Were the Lucky Ones-416p
24. a My Favorite Universe-209p,m
25. b George-213p,o
26. a My Plain Jane-464p
27. a Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle-199p
28. b Inferno-463p

APRIL :
..........3 books, 1 nook; 2 audio; 1,935 pages
29. b Vinegar Girl-240p
30. a Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America-248p
31. b Where the Crawdads Sing-384p
32. b The Book of Summer-432p
33. n Heaven Adjacent-316p
34. a The Burning Issue of the Day-315p,m

MAY (my second month of retirement):
..........1 books, 3 nook; 7 audio; 3,423 pages
35. a All We Ever Wanted-400p
36. n Scents and Sensibility-240p,m
37. a Then She Was Gone-359p
38. n The Third Rule Of Ten-352p,m
39. a Mrs Queen Takes the Train-357p,m
40. a Feeding the Dragon-70p
41. n The Satapur Moonstone-384p
42. a What Angels Fear-410p
43. b What to Do about the Solomons-288p
44. a Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish-211p
45. a My Cousin Rachel-352p

JUNE (on my month long retirement reward trip):
..........3 books, 5 nook; 2 audio; 2,788 pages
46. b To Love and Be Wise-224p
47. a A Little History of Philosophy-252p, m
48. b Clouds of Witness-288p
vacation:
49. n Christmas at the Hummingbird House-151p
50. n The Fourth Rule of Ten-344p,m
51. n The Last Days of Café Leila-304p
52. n Corelli's Mandolin-553p,m
53. n Prince Caspian-256p,m
54. b Celestial Bodies-243p
55. a Boy: Tales of Childhood-173p,m

JULY :
..........2 books, 1 nook; 1 audio; 1,441 pages
56. n The Voyage of the Dawn Treader-248p, m
57. b Pachinko-490p
58. a Dread Nation-455p
59. b It's Just My Nature! A Guide to Knowing and Living YouXr True Nature-248p

AUGUST :
..........3 books, 0 nook; 3 audio; 1,865 pages
60. b The Only Woman in the Room-256p
61. b Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain-40p
62. a America's First Daughter-606p
63. b An American Marriage-308p
64. a The Night Circus-391p
65. a Evans Above-264p

SEPTEMBER :
.......... 1 books, 2 nook; 4 audio; 2,102 pages; 1,987 miles
66. b Chronicles of a Radical Hag-320p
67. a Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief-208p
68. a The Drowned Man-136p,m
69. a The Gentleman Vanishes-138p,m
70. n To Die But Once-352p
71. n The Silver Chair-256p
72. a The Punishment She Deserves-692p

OCTOBER :
.......... 2 books, 2 nook; 4
audio; 2,563 pages; aa miles
73. b There There-294p,m
74. a The Sometimes Sisters-320p
75. n The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest-320p
76. n Snowballs and Scotch Mist-250p
77. a The Unmapped Sea-415p
78. a Old Moorhen's Shredded Sporran-200p
79. b Henry, Himself-384p,m
80. a Death Beside the Seaside-380p

NOVEMBER :
.......... 7 books, 1 nook; 3 audio; 4,195 pages; aa miles
81. n Lethal White-631p
82. a The Long-Lost Home-440p
83. b Other People's Houses-352p
84. a Mrs. Pollifax Pursued-240p
85. b An Uncollected Death-372p
86. b An Unexamined Wife-366p
87. b An Undisclosed Vocation-373p
88. b March of the Mini Beasts=128p
89. b The Lost Vintage-384p
90. a Amy Snow-576p
91. b The Bookish Life of Nina Hill-333p

DECEMBER :
.......... 3 books, 0 nook; 3 audio; 1,968 pages; aa miles
92. B Crimes Against a Book Club-323p
93. a Murder Cuts the Mustard-304p
94. b The American Agent-384p
95. a Take Me with You-336p
96. b The Bodies in the Library-336p
97. a The Impossible Fortress-285p,m

C. GCAC CHALLENGE .......... Completed Nov 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
18/18

1. The Widows of Malabar Hill - read in 2018
2. The Great Alone - read in 2018
3. Little Fires Everywhere - published in 2017, read in 2018, gcac nominee 2018 for best of the best
4. Before We Were Yours - read in 2018
5. So You Want to Talk About Race - read in 2018
6. The Woman in the Window - read in 2018
7. Wishtree - read in 2018
8. The Hate U Give
9. Circe
10. Vox
11. The Tuscan Child
12. Educated
13. Where the Crawdads Sing
14. All We Ever Wanted
15. Then She Was Gone
16. Dread Nation
17. An American Marriage
18. Lethal White

2020 GCAC CHALLENGE
1. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

D. READING WOMEN CHALLENGE ............ Completed March 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
13/12

All books read for this challenge must be by and/ or about women.
[X] 5. A children's book: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
[X] 6. A multigenerational family saga: We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
[X] 7. A book featuring a woman in science: Vox by Christina Dalcher
[X] 9. A novella: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
[X] 11. A book featuring a religion other than your own: Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
[X] 12. A Lambda Literary Award winner: 28th Lambda Literary Award, awarded 2016, published in 2015: George by Alex Gino.
[X] 13. A myth retelling: Circe by Madeline Miller
[X] 17. A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist: Educated by Tara Westover
[X] 18. A romance or love story: The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
[X] 20. A historical fiction book: My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows. A retelling of not only the novel Jane Eyre but the life of Charlotte Bronte and her siblings!
[X] 22. A book you picked up because of the cover: The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
[X] 23. Any book from a series: The Interrupted Tale by Maryrose Wood
[X] 24. A young adult book by a woman of color: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

E. SERIES ............ Completed Nov 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - Message 19

books read = 43 /12 20 30 35
series started= 8
series continued = 33
series finished = 2

A Medieval Fairy Tale: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest (#1)
Adam Dalgliesh- series completed with book in 2008
Amos Decker (#1-2):
The Austen Project (#3):
Babylon Cafe- series completed 2017
Beartown (#1): open 2
Belchester Chronicles (#1-2): Snowballs and Scotch Mist (#3); Old Moorhen's Shredded Sporran: The Belchester Chronicles Book 4 (#4)
Books of Beyern (#1):
Beryl & Edwina (#1-2): Murder Cuts the Mustard (#3)
Bess Crawford (#1-2):
The Blackbird Sisters (#1-4):
The Broken Earth (#1):
Cemetary of Forgotten Books (#1-2):
Charles Lenox (#1-9): The Woman in the Water (P#1); open 10
Charlotte Anthony Mysteries: An Uncollected Death (#1); An Unexamined Wife(#2); An Undisclosed Vocation (#3)
Cherringham Shorts:(#1-24): Cherringham - Episode 25-27: A Cosy Crime Compilation; Episode 28-30:(A Dinner to Die For (#28); The Drowned Man (#29); The Gentleman Vanishes (#30)
Cherringham Novels:
Chet and Bernie (#1-7): Scents and Sensibility (#8)
Chronicles of Narnia-chronological: ([The Lion],[The Horse], [The Prince]): Prince Caspian (#4); book:The Voyage of the Dawn Treader|140225] (#5); The Silver Chair (#6)
Cold Comfort Farm (#1):
Constable Evans: Evans Above (#1)
Cormoran Strike (#1-3): Lethal White (#4)
The Cousins War (#1-3):
Culper Ring (#1-2):
Dido Kent (#1-3):
Dorothy Must Die (#<1):
Dread Nation: Dread Nation (#1)
The Dresden Files (#1):
Elm Creek Quilts (#1):
Emily Maxwell Series (#1, #2): Henry, Himself (#3)
Erast Fandorin (#1):
First Edition Library Mystery: The Bodies in the Library (#1)
Flavia deLuce (#1-9): The Golden Tresses of the Dead (#10)
Francis Urquhart (#1):
Funny in Farsi (#1-2):
Gaslight Mystery (#1):
Herring Street:
Her Royal Spyness (#1-2):
Hogarth Shakespeare: Vinegar Girl
Hugo Marsten (#1):
If I Run: If I Run (#1): likely will not read another
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (#1-3): The Interrupted Tale (#4); The Unmapped Sea (#5); The Long-Lost Home (#6) series completed 2019
Inspector Alan Grant (#1-3,5-6): To Love and Be Wise (#4). series completed 2019
Inspector Armand Gamache (#1-13): open 14
Inspector Ian Rutledge (#1-2, 5):
Inspector Lynley (#1-5, 7, 10-13, 15-19): The Punishment She Deserves (#20); open 6,8,9 (skipping 14)
Irish Country (#1-3, 5, 7):
Irish Village: Murder in an Irish Village (#1)
Isabel Dalhousie (#1-8); The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (#9); open 10-12
John Chase/Penelope Wolfe Regency Mysteries (#1):
Josephine Tey (#1-2, 4-5):
Kate Waters: (Fiona Barton):
KoKo the Cat (#1):
Kopp Sisters (#1):
Lady Emily Hardcastle (#1-4): The Burning Issue of the Day (#5); Death Beside the Seaside (#6)
The Lady Janies (#1): My Plain Jane (#2)
Legend (#1):
Liam and Catherine (#2):
Lord Peter Wimsey (#1): Clouds of Witness (#2)
Maggie Hope (#1-6): open 7,8
Maisie Dobbs (#1-13): To Die But Once (#14); The American Agent (#15)
Mary Handley (#1-2):
Mary Russell (#1-10, 12-13): open 14, 15
Mason: (#1):
Max Tudor (#1):
Myron Bolitar (#11):
Mrs. Pollifax: (#1-7): Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle (#8); Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish (#9); Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief (#10); Mrs. Pollifax Pursued (#11) open 12-14
Nancy Drew (reread): (#1)
The Neapolitan Novels: (#1-4): completed 2017
Pennyfoot Hotel (#1):
Phryne Fischer (#1):
Preveen Mistry (#1): The Satapur Moonstone (#2)
Rithmatist (#1): I don't think he will ever write another
Robert Langdon (#1-3): Inferno (#4)
Sebastian St. Cyr: What Angels Fear (#1)
Southern Ghost Hunters (#1):
Tenzing Norbu (#1-2): The Third Rule Of Ten (#3); The Fourth Rule of Ten (#4)
Thomas Ripley (#1): likely will never read another
The War that Saved My Life: completed 2018
Washington Whodunit (#1-2):
Waverly Family (#1-2):
Zoe Chambers (#1):

F. New to me Authors
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. Angie Thomas
2. Andrew Sean Greer
3. Joseph Loconte
4. Graham Greene - England
5. Carlene O'Connor
6. James E. Ryan
7. Madeline Miller
8. Katherine Paterson
9. Elif Shafak - Turkey
10. Christina Dalcher
11. Tara Westover
12. Sayaka Murata - Japan
13. Jess Kidd - Ireland
14. Georgia Hunter
15. Alex Gino
16. Delia Owens
17. Michelle Gable
18. Emily Giffin
19. Lisa Jewell - England
20. William Kuhn
21. Sharon Washington
22. C.S. Harris
23. Bethany Ball
24. Nigel Warburton - England
25. Donna Ball
26. Donia Bijan
27. Louis de Bernières - England
28. Jokha Alharthi - Oman
29. Min Jin Lee - Korea
30. Justina Ireland
31. Carol Tuttle
32. Cheryl Bardoe
33. Stephanie Dray
34. Laura Kamoie
35. Tayari Jones
36. Erin Morgenstern
37. Lorna Landvik
38. Tommy Orange
39. Carolyn Brown
40. Melanie Dickerson
41. Abbi Waxman
42. Meg Wolfe
43. Ada Hopper
44. Ann Mah
45. Tracy Rees
46. Kathy Cooperman
47. Marty Wingate
48. Jason Rekulak

G. OWN VOICES ............ Completed Oct 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - Message 19
12/12

Read a book featuring a protagonist who identifies as _____ by an author who is also _____.
[] 1. African: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
[X] 2. Agnostic, Athiest, or Humanist: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
[X] 4. Asian: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
[X] 6. Black: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
[X] 7. Buddhist: The Third Rule Of Ten
[X] 10. Gay Male or Lesbian Female: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
[] 11. Hindu:
[] 12. Immigrant:
[X] 14. Indigenous (e.g., Aboriginal, Inuit, Mojave): There There
[X] 15. Jewish: We Were the Lucky Ones
[] 16. Latin American (e.g., Mexican, Colombian-descent): I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
[X] 18. Low-Income or Financially Insecure: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
[X] 19. Middle Eastern: Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak. As Turkey is Asia West, it is included here per the challenge rules.
[] 20. Mixed Race or Multi-racial: Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
[X] 21. Muslim: The Last Days of Café Leila by Donia Bijan
[X] 22. Non-binary or Transgender: George by Alex Gino. "Alex Gino identifies as
Genderqueer, also known as non-binary...who express a gender identity that is not exclusively masculine or feminine‍...or either." The character in the book was written as transgender. (Wikipedia)
[X] 26. Survivor of Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence: Educated by Tara Westover

H. THE NONFICTION GROWTH CHALLENGE ............ Completed Jul 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - Message 15
8/6 8

[X] 2. Read a book that teaches you how to think critically: Wait, What?: And Life's Other EssentialQuestions
[X] 14. Read a collection of essays: Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America
[X] 15. Read an autobiography/biography of a woman written by a woman: Educated by Tara Westover
[X] 16. Read an autobiography/biography of a man written by a man: Boy: Tales of Childhood
[X] 17. Read a book about someone’s journey; inner or outer: A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 by Joseph Loconte
[X] 18. Read a book about science or technology: My Favorite Universe
[X] 19. Read a book about a religion or philosophy: A Little History of Philosophy
[X] 20. Read a book about a topic you have always wanted to learn more about: me: It's Just My Nature! A Guide to Knowing and Living Your True Nature

I. AROUND THE YEAR IN 52 BOOKS ............ Completed Oct 2019
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52/52

[X]. 1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy: The Hate U Give
[X]. 2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title: Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions
[X] 3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y: Heaven Adjacent by Catherine Ryan Hyde
[X] 4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc): The Woman in the Water
[X] 5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare: Vinegar Girl
[X] 6. A book with a dual timeline: Then She Was Gone
[X] 7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1: Mystery-Cherringham Mystery Series: A Dinner to Die For
[X] 8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2: Mystery: Cherringham - Episode 25-27: A Cosy Crime Compilation
[X] 9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres: mystery: Murder in an Irish Village
[X] 10. A book featuring a historical figure: My Plain Jane Charlotte Bronte
[X] 11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject): Dog: Scents and Sensibility
[X] 12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer: A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
[X] 13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list: The Tuscan Child
[X] 14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term: My Favorite Universe
[X] 15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country: What to Do about the Solomons: Isreal
[X] 16. A book told from multiple perspectives: All We Ever Wanted
[X] 17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia): Vox
[X] 18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements: The Silver Chair
[X] 19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR: The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith
[X] 20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country: There There
[X] 21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes: A book from one of The Millions Most Anticipated lists: Three Daughters of Eve
[X] 22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover: The Fourth Rule of Ten
[X] 23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old: To Love and Be Wise. Published in 1950.
[X] 24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New: The Satapur Moonstone; published 2019
[X] 25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed: from Kim M.: The Only Woman in the Room
[X] 26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
[X] 27. A book from the 1001 books to read before you die list: books I already own: Corelli's Mandolin
[X] 28. A book related to something cold: stone cold killer: The Third Rule Of Ten
[X] 29. A book published before 1950: Clouds of Witness: 1926
[X] 30. A book featuring an elderly character: The Story of Arthur Truluv
[X] 31. A children’s classic you’ve never read: Bridge to Terabithia
[x] 32. A book with more than 500 pages: America's First Daughter-606 pages
[X] 33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet: Himself by Jess Kidd
[X] 34. A book with a person's name in the title: George
[X] 35. A psychological thriller: Inferno
[X] 36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year: Educated
[X] 37. A book set in a school or university: The Interrupted Tale: Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females
[X] 38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc): Essay: Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America
[X] 39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life: Circe
[X] 40. A book you stumbled upon: Mrs Queen Takes the Train
[X] 41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards: Dread Nation
[X]42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character: A Ladder to the Sky
[X] 43. A book related to STEM: Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
[X] 44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.): Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl where the author presents the real life happening that led to him writing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
[X] 45. A multi-generational saga: We Were the Lucky Ones
[X] 46. A book with a (mostly) black cover: Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
[X] 47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.): Convenience Store Woman
[X] 48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year: Pachinko
[X] 49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country: The Quiet American
[X] 50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual): Less
[X] 51. A book published in 2019: The Golden Tresses of the Dead
[X] 52. A book with a weird or intriguing title: Where the Crawdads Sing

J. POPSUGAR CHALLENGE.................... COMPLETED 03/13/2019
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Message 43
15/15

[X] 2. A book that makes you nostalgic: The Story of Arthur Truluv
[X] 6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover: Murder in an Irish Village
[X] 9. A book you meant to read in 2018: A Ladder to the Sky
[X] 12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore: Circe
[X] 16. A book with a question in the title: Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions
[x] 17. A book set on college or university campus: Three Daughters of Eve. Oxford.
[X] 20. A book set in space: My Favorite Universe
[X] 25. A debut novel: The Hate U Give
[X] 26. A book that's published in 2019: The Golden Tresses of the Dead
[X] 27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature: The Interrupted Tale: dodo's
[X] 30. A book featuring an amateur detective: Cherringham - Episode 25-27: A Cosy Crime Compilation
[X] 31. A book about a family: The Tuscan Child
[X] 32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated from Japanese
[X] 35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
[X] 40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge: 2015 - #11-one word title: Less

K. Kind of a Big Deal ............ Completed Nov 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...... Message 51
Long......500+
1. Corelli's Mandolin-553p
2. America's First Daughter-606p
3. The Punishment She Deserves-692p
4. Lethal White-631p
5. Amy Snow-576p

Short.....200-
1. A Dinner to Die For-117
2. The Quiet American-180
3. Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions-144
4. Bridge to Terabithia-190
5. Convenience Store Woman-163
6. Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle-198

L. 2019 Releases
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1. The Golden Tresses of the Dead
2. The Burning Issue of the Day
3. The Satapur Moonstone
4. The Only Woman in the Room
5. Chronicles of a Radical Hag
6. The Gentleman Vanishes
7. Henry, Himself
8. Death Beside the Seaside
9. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
10. Murder Cuts the Mustard
11. The American Agent
12. The Bodies in the Library

M. Debuts

1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2. Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor
3. Educated by Tara Westover
4. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata: English language debut
5. Himself by Jess Kidd
6. We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
7. Mrs Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn
8. What to Do about the Solomons by Bethany Ball
9. The Last Days of Café Leila by Donia Bijan
10. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
11. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
12. There There by Tommy Orange !!!!!!!
13, The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak

N. Recommended to Me

[] Room -Carissa
[] Beyond the Wall: The Journey Home -Chris
[] The Sellout -Jessica
[] Sleeping Giants - needed for Waking Gods
[] Waking Gods - Jessica
[] Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance-Jessica
[] The Lost Vintage-Chris B.
[X] Educated: A Memoir-Jessica
[] Citizens of London: The Americans who Stood with Britain in its Darkest, Finest Hour-customer of Ronda's
[] The Girls in the Picture-Jessica
[] Kiss Carlo-Ronda
[X] A Ladder to the Sky-Jessica
[] The Huntress-Kelly Estes (author)
[X] The Night Circus-Jason and Amy

O. Translated

1. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata from Japanese
2. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi from Arabic

Congratulations on your retirement! Glad to see that you are making good use of it.

I can always tell how my year went by measuring the %age of books that I read in the series and mystery categories. These are my "comfort" books - used to help reduce my stress level. Series were up 14% over my previous high year of 2017 in my concerted effort to manage my self-induced stress over the country's political climate. I'm hoping it's not just a case of me sticking my head in the sand...