2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Yearly Challenge -Clear the Shelves-January 1, - December 31, 2021-Goal of 10 - Msg

1.) The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley

2.) The Once and Future King by T.H. White

3.) The Invention of Fire by Bruce Holsinger

4.) The Tide Watchers by Lisa Chaplin

5.) Daughter of Troy: A Magnificent Saga of Courage, Betrayal, Devotion, and Destiny by Sarah B. Franklin

6.) The Merry Monarch's Wife by Jean Plaidy

7.) Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman

8.) Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell

9.) The Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman

10.) The Borgias by Jean Plaidy

Yearly Challenge-Let's Turn Pages- January 1, - December 31, 2021 - Goal of 20,210 - Msg 12 - Updated goal = 45,000pgs

January - 4,368
February - 2,787
March - 5,255
April- 3,974
May- 3,154
June - 3,422
July- 2,643
August- 5,538
September- 2,680
October- 899
November- 2,070
December-

Yearly Challenge-TBR Jar- January 1, - December 31, 2021 - Goal of 10 - Msg

1.) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2.) The Eagle's Daughter by Judith Tarr
3.) The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
4.) The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley
5.) House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure
6.) The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
7.) The Secret Eleanor by Cecelia Holland
8.) The Spy by Paulo Coelho
9.) Tides of War by Stella Tillyard
10.) The Ballroom by Anna Hope

Yearly Challenge- Give Us a Clue - January 1, - December 31, 2021 - Goal of 5 deductions - Msg 8

1st Deduction
Suspect - Mrs. Peacock: The Fire Court (blue cover)

Weapon - Lead Pipe: The Strings of Murder (musical instrument)

Room - Cellar: A Fever of the Blood (mystery genre)
Deduction - Mrs. Peacock with the lead pipe in the cellar


2nd Deduction
Suspect - Mrs. White The King’s Evil (white cover)

Weapon Candlestick - Smoke and Mirrors (fire related word)

Room Conservatory - The Satapur Moonstone (someone is saved)

Deduction - Mrs. White with a candlestick in the conservatory.


3rd Deduction
Suspect Miss Scarlet - A Mask of Shadows

Weapon Dagger (or other sharp object) - Death and the Chevalier

Room Library - Pentecost Alley

Deduction - Miss Scarlet in the Library with the Dagger


4th Deduction
Suspect Mr. Green -

Weapon Dagger -

Room Lounge -

Deduction - Mr. Green in the Lounge with the Dagger.

5th Deduction
Suspect Colonel Mustard - Half of a Yellow Sun

Weapon Rope - Project Hail Mary

Room Study - The Borgias

Deduction - Colonel Mustard in the Study with the Rope

6th Deduction
Suspect: Mr. Green - The Murder of Harriet Monckton

Weapon: Revolver - Lord Edgware Dies

Room: Library - The Lions of Fifth Avenue

Deduction - Mr. Green in the Library with a Revolver

7th Deduction
Suspect: Mrs. Peacock- A Thousand Ships

Weapon: Dagger - Daughter of Sparta

Room: Cellar - Saturnalia

Deduction - Mrs. Peacock in the Cellar with a Dagger.

21/15 Books Read
CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Yearly Challenge - PopSugar Reading Challenge- January 1, - December 31, 2021 - Goal of 10 - Msg

1.) A book published in 2021
An Unexpected Peril

2.) A book by an author who shares your Zodiac sign
Traitors Gate by Anne Perry

3.) A book that has won a Woman's Prize for Fiction
Half of a Yellow Sun

4.) A locked room mystery
The Darker Arts

5.) A book from your TBR that you meant to read last year but didn't
War Lord

6.) A book from your TBR chosen at random

7.) A free book from your TBR

8.) A book set in multiple countries
American Spy

9.) A bestseller from the 1990s

10.) A book by an Indigenous author

Yearly Challenge - Serial Reader - January 1, - December 31, 2021 - Goal of 27 - Msg 37

Her Royal Spyness
1.) Heirs and Graces
2.) Queen of Hearts
3.) Malice at the Palace

Hercule Poirot
1.) The Mystery of the Blue Train
2.) Black Coffee
3.) Lord Edgware Dies

Stephens and Mephisto
1.)Smoke and Mirrors
2.) The Blood Card
3.) The Vanishing Box

Frey and McGray
1.) The Strings of Murder
2.) A Fever of the Blood
3.) A Mask of Shadows

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt
1.) Traitors Gate
2.) Pentecost Alley
3.) Ashworth Hall

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Challenge Cont.

SPQR
1.) Saturnalia
2.) Nobody Loves a Centurion
3.) The Tribune's Curse

Burren Mysteries
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2.)
3.)

Inspector Pekkala
1.)
2.)
3.)

Sebastian St. Cyr
1.)
2.)
3.)

Quarterly Challenges

1st Quarter- Best in Show - January 1, - March 31, 2021 - Goal of 5 - Msg
Award: HWA Crown Award
1.) Smoke and Ashes
2.) The King’s Evil
3.) The Darker Arts
4.) American Spy
5.) The Doll Factory
CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

Quarter 2- Who Runs the World? - April 1, - June 30, 2021 - Goal of 5 - Msg 45

1.) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Africa (Nigeria)
2.) Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen - U.S.A.
3.) Ashworth Hall - England
4.) Murder in Old Bombay - India
5.) The Sting of Justice - Ireland
6.) The Frangipani Tree Mystery - Singapore

Quarter 3 - Book Recycling- July 1st, - September 30th, 2021 - Goal of 10 - Msg 31 - UPDATED GOAL = 20
1.) Peril at End House (Library Book)
2.) Lord Edgware Dies (Library Book)
3.) Daughter of Sparta (Library Book)
4.) Saturnalia (Used Book Store Purchase)
5.) A Thousand Ships (Library Book)
6.)The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World (Library Book)
7.) The Vixen (Library Book)
8.) Nobody Loves a Centurion (Used bookstore purchase)
9.) The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot (Library Books)
10.) The Hollywood Spy (Library Book)
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Challenge Cont.
11.) The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Library Book)
12.) Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood (Library Book)
13.) The Color of Time: A New History of the World: 1850-1960 (Library Book)
14.) Fifty Words for Rain (Library Book)
15.) The Tribune's Curse (Used Bookstore Purchase)

Monthly Challenges

January

Marathon - Goal of 5 - Msg
1.) The Strings of Murder
2.) The Fire Court
3.) A Fever of the Blood
4.) The Lady Brewer of London
5.) War Lord
6.) The Satapur Moonstone

New Year's Resolutions - Goal of 3 - Msg
1.) Go somewhere new - Read a book set in a place you've never visited
The Strings of Murder - Edinburgh, Scotland
2.) Stop procrastinating - Read a book you meant to read in 2020
War Lord
3.) Be nice to yourself - Read a book from your favorite genre or subgenre
The Satapur Moonstone (historical mystery)

JANUARY CHALLENGES COMPLETE!


February
There's No Business Like Snow Business - Goal of 3 - Msg
1.) To snow someone is to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly. Read a book about a con artist or read a book about deception
Pentecost Alley
2.) White is the color of snow. Read a book that contains white in the cover
The Doll Factory
3.) Snow is slang for cocaine. Read a book about drugs or drug addiction.
A Rising Man

FEBRUARY CHALLENGE COMPLETE!


March
What a Wonderful World-Goal of 3 - Msg 30
1.) Read a book set in or about a big city
How to Fail at Flirting - Set in Chicago
2.) Read a book that is set in the snow
The Arctic Fury
3.) Read a book that prominently features a body of water
Florence Adler Swims Forever - Atlantic Ocean

MARCH CHALLENGE COMPLETE!!


April
We All Live in a Yellow Submarine - Goal of 3 - Msg 50
1.) Mourning - Mexico and Ethiopia - Read a book by an author who has passed away
The Borgias

2.) Middle of the Compass - China- Read a book that is not the first or last but somewhere in the middle of a series
Queen of Hearts

3.) Mystery fiction or thriller - Italy - Read a mystery, thriller, or true crime book
Ashworth Hall

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Shades of Yellow- Goal of 3 - Msg 41

1.) Half of a Yellow Sun
2.) Murder in Old Bombay
3.) The Invention of Fire

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

May

The Secret Language of Flowers - Goal of 3 - Msg 56
1.) Rhododendron: Danger
Writ in Stone
2.)Carnation: Women
The Frangipani Tree Mystery
3.) Black-Eyed Susan: Justice
The Sting of Justice

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

September
Book Evolution- Goal of 3 - Msg 8
1.) Adaptation - Read a book adapted into a movie, series, or stage play; or read a book based on a movie

2.) Expansion - Read a book that is part of a series

3.) Progress- Read a book in a genre you don't usually read