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message 1: by Sam F (last edited Dec 28, 2021 09:43AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 05:58PM

Sam F | 1355 comments I haven't made it yet, but I'm getting closer each year - hopefully I'll read more than the 180+ books to beat last year. We'll see, but I'll enjoy the journey along the way


message 12: by Sam F (last edited Nov 30, 2022 12:50PM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:00PM

Sam F | 1355 comments November:
174. The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
175. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
176. Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
177. The Girl Who Lived Twice: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series by David Lagercrantz
178. A Man of His Own by Susan Wilson
179. Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai
180. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
181. Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
182. Pressure: True Stories by Teens About Stress by Youth Communication by Chelsea Rae Swiggett
183. Rae: My True Story of Fear, Anxiety, and Social Phobia
184. Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan
185. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
186. Scumble by Ingrid Law
187. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
188. The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck
189. You by Caroline Kepnes
190. The Lottery by Beth Goobie
191. Dead Zone by Robison Wells
192. Known and Strange Things: Essays by Teju Cole
193. The Golden Barbarian by Iris Johansen
194. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
195. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
196. The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney
197. Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
198. Consigned to Death by Jane K. Cleland
199. Well-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George
200. Sex in a Sidecar by Phyllis Smallman
201. Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
202. Cruel & Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
203. What Doesn't Kill Her by Christina Dodd
204. Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel
205. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood


message 14: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 09:49AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:06PM

Sam F | 1355 comments HINDSIGHT IS 2022:

Fiction set in the 1900's

Best Books of the Decade


Pre-1900’s Blast from the Past:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the BCE (before common era) or nonfiction about the BCE - The Odyssey, The Iliad, The Aeneid

2. Set between 1-1800 CE (common era) or nonfiction about the CE - The Other Boleyn Girl, The Queen's Fool, The White Queen, The Other Queen, The White Princess, The Name of the Rose, The Lady of the Rivers, The Virgin Blue,

3. Set between 1801-1900 - The Yard

4. That spans multiple decades - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

5. Set in Greece (the first Olympics) - Mythos, The Penelopiad, Middlesex, Nights of Rain & Stars, 3 Junes,

1900’s Zesty Zeros:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1900's - Orphan Train, Pachinko, The Lake House, The Forgotten Garden, The Secret Keeper, Life After Life, Loving Frank, The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, The Distant Hours, Winter of the World, The Girl You Left Behind, Fall of Giants, The Historian, The Marvelous Land of Oz

2. Published in the 1900's - A Little Princess

3. By an author born or died in the 1900’s - Thomas Wolfe, Stephan Crane, Oscar Wilde, John Steinbeck, The Little Prince, Langston Hughes, George Orwell, Rachel Carson, Astrid Lindgren, Samuel Beckett, Ayn Rand, Dr. Seuss, Pablo Naruda, Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, Richard Wright, Simone de Beauvoir, Gabrielle Roy, Eudora Welty, Anya Seton, Journey to the Center of the Earth

4. Set in the Balkans (Balkan wars) - Baltic Books - Winter Garden, The Tin Drum, Crime & Punishment, Italian Shoes, The Historians,

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: France - A Tale of 2 Cities, The Big Four, Perfume, French Toast, DaVinci Code, The Nightingale, Paris A Love Story, Josephine B, The Girl You Left Behind, The Virgin Blue, USA - The Sun Is Also a Star, UK - I Let You Go


1910’s: Transformative Teens:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1910's - A Star Called Henry, Lolly Willowes

2. Published in the 1910's - The Secret Garden, Peter Pan, Pygmalion, Dubliners, Portrait of an Artist..., Anne of the Island, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz,

3. By an author born or died in the 1910's - Life Among the Savages

4. Set in or near the ocean (Titanic) - The Scorpio Races

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Sweden - The Drowning, Germany - Steppenwolf,


1920’s: Tremendous Twenties:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1920's - The Sun Also Rises, The Snow Child, The Angel's Game, Circling the Sun, As I Lay Dying,

2. Published in the 1920's - Ulysses, The Velveteen Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, Virginia Woolf, This Side of Paradise

3. By an author born or died in the 1920's - Day

4. Featuring jazz music or a jazz instrument - Jazz, Ben's Trumpet

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries Belgium - Belgravia, France - The Nightingale, Switzerland - The Manticore, A Farewell to Arms, Netherlands - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,


1930’s: Thirsty Thirties:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1930's - To Have and Have Not,

2. Published in 1930's -, The Maltese Falcon

3. By an author born or died in 1930's - Orchid Beach

4. Featuring a character who loses a job or otherwise suffers financial hardship - Good To A Fault

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA - Dorothy Must Die, Germany


1940’s: Fatal Forties:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1940's - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

2. Published in the 1940's - Native Son, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Stuart Little, The Plague, 1984, The Glass Bead Game, Narnia, some Laura Ingalls & Agatha Christie, Black Boy, Mythology, Pippi et al, Mrs. Mike

3. By an author born or died in the 1940's - Tick Tock, L is for Lawless

4. Involving war (WWII) - We'll Soon Be Home Again

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan - The Windup Bird Chronicle, Germany, Finland - Moominsummer Madness, Italy - Angels & Demons UK - A Necessary End, Switzerland


1950’s: Fabulous Fifties:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1950's - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

2. Published in the 1950's - East of Eden, Isaac Asimov books, The Tin Drum, A Murder Is Announced, On the Beach, Casino Royale, Lord of the Rings,

3. By an author born or died in the 1950’s - High Fidelity

4. Featuring a Queen or set in a Commonwealth Realm headed by Queen Elizabeth II - A Rule Against Murder

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Norway, Finland, Italy, Australia - The Secret River, The Forgotten Garden, On the Beach, The True History of the Kelly Gang, The Secret Keeper, They Hypnotist's Love Story, The Distant Hours, , Sweden - Sophie's World, A Man Called Ove, Accidental Further Adventures of..., The Lost Boy, Anxious People



1960’s: The Swingin’ Sixties:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1960's - Half of a Yellow Sun,

2. Published in the 1960's - In Cold Blood, Dune, A Clockwork Orange, The Giving Tree, A Wizard of Earthsea, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Travels with Charley, Dragonflight, The Feminine Mystique, Encyclopedia Brown, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Edible Woman,

3. By an author born or died in the 1960’s - The Quiet Game

4. Set in space or another celestial body (Moon Landing) - Space Opera, Red Rising

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA - Deal Breaker, Italy, Austria, Japan, France, Mexico - Mexican Gothic, Like Water for Chocolate, The Lacuna


1970’s: Self-Assured Seventies:
Read a Book…
1.Set in the 1970's - A Fine Balance, Salem's Lot, Everything I Never Told You

2. Published in the 1970's - Watership Down, The Stand, Interview with a Vampire, Roots, Salem's Lot, The Simarillion, Breakfast of Champions, All the President's Men, All Things Bright & Beautiful, Dragonsong, All Things Wise & Wonderful, Sula, Rumble Fish, Surfacing,

3. By an author born or died in the 1970’s - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

4. By a female or LGBT+ author (Women’s and Gay Rights) - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan, Austria - The Lost Letter, Canada - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve, West Germany - All Quiet on the Western Front


1980’s: The Elegant Eighties:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1980's - Deeper Than the Dead

2. Published in the 1980's - A Great Deliverance

3. By an author born or died in the 1980’s - Girl at War

4. Featuring radiation of some kind or set in Ukraine (Chernobyl) - The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, Canada - The Boat People, South Korea - Pachinko


1990’s: The Nifty Nineties:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1990's - A Share in Death

2. Book published in the 1990's - The Notebook

3. By an author born or died in the 1990’s - Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss, Graham Greene, Audre Lorde, Isaac Asimov, William Golding, PL Travers, Call Us What We Carry

4. Featuring character who live off-grid or “outside” of a system of government (Waco, Ruby Ridge) - Orchid Blues

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: France, Spain, Norway, USA - Turning Point, Japan


2000’s: Admirable Aughts:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 2000's - Fearless Fourteen

2. Published in the 2000's - Middlesex, White Teeth, The Known World, Americanah, The Blind Assassin, Freedom, True History of the Kelly Gang, Life After Life, Fingersmith, Brick Lane, The Nickel Boys, The Road, Shadow of the Wind, Angels & Demons, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Historian, Freakonomics, Cutting for Stone, The Pact, Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Blink, Morality for Beautiful Girls

3. By an author born or died in the 2000’s - The David Foster Wallace Reader,

4. Set in NYC (World Trade Center attack) - When Life Gives You Lululemons

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Australia, USA - Outfox, Greece, Italy, China - Crazy Rich Asians, 100 Secret Senses, When We Were Orphans,


2010’s: The Terrific Teens:
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 2010's - The Girls of Mischief Bay

2. Published in the 2010's - The Wicked Will Rise

3. By an author born or died in the 2010’s - Toni Morrison, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction, Jose Saramago, Harper Lee, Nelson Mandela, Stephen Hawking, Nora Ephron, Tom Clancy ,

4. By an Arab author - Map of Salt & Stars, A Woman is No Man, A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return

5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Canada - Indian Horse, UK - Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries, Russia, Brazil - Pedagogy of the Oppressed, South Korea


2020’s and Beyond: You are Here:
Read a Book…
1. Set in current times - The Other Black Girl

2. Published in 2020’s - I Talk Like a River

3. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan, China, France, Italy, USA - Drop Shot

4. Set in the near future (100 years or less) - Crewel

5. Set in an imagined future over 100 years from now - Cress


message 15: by Sam F (last edited Dec 10, 2022 10:58AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:14PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Diversity in Reading: #OwnVoices

Read a book featuring a protagonist who identifies as _____ by an author who is also _____.

1. African (e.g, Ghanian, Nigerian) -
Read a book from each major region:
A. Eastern Africa - Cutting for Stone

B. Central or Middle Africa

C. Northern Africa

D. Southern Africa -

E. Western Africa - Half of a Yellow Sun

2. Agnostic, Athiest, or Humanist

3. Asexual or Aromantic

4. Asian (e.g., Hmong, Japanese) -

Read a book from each major region:
A. Central Asia

B. Eastern Asia - Do Not Say We Have Nothing, Amy Tan,

C. Northern Asia

D. Southern Asia -

E. Southeast Asia -

F. Western Asia -

5. Bisexual or Pansexual -

6. Black (e.g. African-American, Black British) - The Sun Is Also a Star

7. Buddhist

8. Christian-minority (i.e., Christian in a country in which it is not the most common religion)

9. Differently-Abled (e.g., Autistic, Deaf, Paraplegic) -

10. Gay Male or Lesbian Female -

11. Hindu

12. Immigrant -

13. Incarcerated or Institutionalized

14. Indigenous (e.g., Aboriginal, Inuit, Mojave) - Indian Horse

15. Jewish - Day

16. Latin American (e.g., Mexican, Colombian-descent)
Read a book from each major region:
A. Mexico -

B. Carribean

C. Central America

D. South America - Death in the Andes

17. Living with a Mental Health or Cognitive Disability -

18. Low-Income or Financially Insecure -

19. Middle Eastern -

20. Mixed Race or Multi-racial -

21. Muslim -

22. Non-binary or Transgender - di

23. Oceanic (e.g., Papuan, Samoan)
Read a book from each major region:
A. Australasia -

B. Melanesia

C. Micronesia

D. Polynesia

24. Practitioner of a minor religion or another form of spirituality

25. Refugee, Migrant, or Asylum-Seeker - We Are Displaced

26. Survivor of Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence


GLOBAL VOICES:

Read a book featuring a protagonist who identifies as _____ by an author who is also _____.

Voices From Around The World:

1. African - Half of a Yellow Sun
2. Asian -
3. Caribbean
4. Indigenous -
5. Latin American - Death in the Andes
6. Middle Eastern -
7. Oceanic -
8. From a Dependent Territory (e.g., Puerto Rican) or State with Limited Recognition (e.g., Palestinian)
9. Immigrant, Refugee, Migrant, or Asylum-Seeker -
10. Black or Multiracial - The Other Black Girl

Diversity of Beliefs:

11. Agnostic, Atheist, or Humanist
12. Buddhist or Hindu
13. Jewish -
14. Muslim -
15. Practitioner of a Minor Religion or Non-Religious form of Spirituality
16. Activist, Freedom Fighter, or Political Minority

Love is Love is Love:
17. Asexual, Aromantic, or Celibate
18. Gay or Lesbian -
19. Bisexual or Pansexual -
20. Adopted, Fostered, or raised by someone other than one's biological parents

Every Body Has Value:

21. Body Positive, Body Neutral, or Fat Positive person who is a size or shape outside of their society's beauty norms (Diet, Weightloss, or other Body Modification books are not allowed for this prompt.) -

22. Non-binary, Genderqueer, Intersex or Transgender -

23. Child (under 18) or Elder (over 75) -

24. Differently-Abled (e.g., Autistic, Deaf) - Call Us What We Carry

25. Living with a visible or invisible Chronic Health Condition or Physical Disability -

26. Living with a Mental Health Condition, Cognitive/Intellectual Disability, or Addiction -

27. Currently or Previously Incarcerated or Institutionalized

28. Low-Income or Financially Insecure

29. Survivor of Abuse, Neglect, Sexual Assault, a Hate Crime, or Human Trafficking -

30. Victim of State-Sponsored Violence or Institutional/Systemic Discrimination

31. Read a book written by people indigenous to where you live or frequently visit.

32. Read a book translated from a language other than English. - Moominsummer Madness

33. Read a book that addresses social justice or ethics or in medicine, law, fashion, food, consumerism, or environmental stewardship as it relates to race, class, sex/gender, etc. -

34. Read a “classic,” award-winning, or scholarly #ownvoices book that also meets the criteria for one of the above prompts. -

35. Read a book of poetry or a graphic novel that also meets the criteria for one of the above prompts. - We'll Soon Be Home Again

36. Read an #ownvoices book promoted or written by a Bookstagrammer, Booktuber, Book Blogger, Goodreads Super Reviewer, or an Activist or Educator who uses social media as a tool to teach and inspire change. - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

37. Listen to an #ownvoices book read by the author, read the book and attend an author event about the book, or watch a recording of such an event.

38. Read a book about intersectional feminism or Black feminism. - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

39. Read a book that discusses unearned privilege, colonialism, imperialism, or white supremacy. - The Boat People

40. Read a book that helps you understand your own cultural heritage.


message 16: by Sam F (last edited Dec 12, 2022 12:43PM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:16PM

Sam F | 1355 comments BOOKWORMS TAKE SHELFIES:

*An Author
Jodi Picoult - Harvesting the Heart


Brene Brown
- Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.


*A Book Genre
YA:
- Crewel
- Dorothy Must Die
- The Wicked Will Rise
- The Scorpio Races
- Cress
- Girl at War
- Girl, Serpent, Thorn


Non-fiction
- Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries


Classic
- Day
- To Have and Have Not
- The Maltese Falcon
- A Little Princess
- A Murder Is Announced
- Moominsummer Madness
- This Side of Paradise
- The Big Four
- The Secret Garden
- Mrs. Mike
- The Marvelous Land of Oz
- Journey to the Center of the Earth


*Book Length (under 200 or 500+ pages)
500+ length:
- The Quiet Game
- Angels & Demons
- The Purity of Vengeance
- Hannibal


*Celebrations
Weddings:
- A Great Deliverance
- Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns


*Diversity (in any of its forms)
DABR
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
- The Other Black Girl
- When No One Is Watching
- Call Us What We Carry


Indigenous authors
- Indian Horse


*Friendship, Love, and Marriage
Friendship only
- The Girls of Mischief Bay
- When Life Gives You Lululemons
- The Friends We Keep
- Anxious People

Love:
- Orchid Beach
- Turning Point


Marriage:
- L is for Lawless


*A Feeling (joy, grief, love, adventurous, envy)
Grief:
- Broken Promise
- Deal Breaker
- I Let You Go
- Outfox
- Orchid Blues
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel
- All Shall Be Well
- Before I Let You Go


*Film & Theater
Movie Adaptations:
- The Notebook
- The Sun Is Also a Star
- High Fidelity
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- The Danish Girl

- Plays


*A Fine Art (visual arts, music, plastic arts)
Graphic Novels:
- We'll Soon Be Home Again
- Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World


*Food & Beverage
- Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health
- The City Baker's Guide to Country Living


*Heritage & Culture



*A Hobby or Pastime
- knitting

- books on books - The Shadow of the Wind, The Bookshop of Yesterdays, The Bromance Book Club


*A Listopia
BBC: The Big Read Top 100 Books
- Lord of the Rings
- Winnie the Pooh
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Dune
- Watership Down
- Crime & Punishment
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Perfume
- The Woman in White


What Women born in the 1960s read
- The Four Winds
- The Dutch House
- Educated
- Anxious People
- The Forgotten Garden
- The Road
- The Silent Patient
- Jane Eyre
- A Man Called Ove
- Pachinko
- Indian Horse
- The Snow Child
- Before I Let Go
- The Peach Keeper
- A Woman is No Man
- Outliers
- Thinking Fast & Slow
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- The Bromance Book Club- Notorious 19
- The Shape of Snakes
-


*A Literary Award

- The Handmaid's Tale
- The Underground Railroad
- When We Were Orphans
- Sea of Poppies
- The Secret River
- Do Not Say We Have Nothing
- Fingersmith
- A Fine Balance
- Swing Time
- On Beauty
- The Luminaries
- A Long Way Down
- An Ice-cream War
- A Blade of Grass
- Family Matters
- Far To Go
- The Good Apprentice
- Consolation
-


*Memoirs, Auto-Biographies, and Biographies
-Memoirs
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
- My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
- Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
- Life Among the Savages

- Biographies


*Nature and the Environment


*A Place (location, city, suburbs, countryside, nation)
Canada
- Good To A Fault
- The Boat People
- The Friends We Keep
- Pastoral
- Fifteen Dogs

Africa
- Half of a Yellow Sun
- Morality for Beautiful Girls


- Latinx


*Science & Technology


*A Time (time of day, month, year, season, past era, future)
Before 1900's
- The Yard
- The Black Country

Before 2000
- A Share in Death
- Drop Shot
- A Necessary End
- Payment in Blood


*Travel
- Translated books
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Death in the Andes


message 17: by Sam F (last edited Jul 15, 2022 09:30AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:20PM

Sam F | 1355 comments PENGUINS & POLAR BEARS:

For this challenge, we will search our shelves for polar opposites (See what we did there?) which reflect this year’s themes in their titles or cover art. Pairs may be made using either two titles or two covers. In each pair, one book should include the theme word, or a related word or image, while the second book should have its opposite.

Yearly: Mysteries of the World

1st Quarter: Admiring the Natural World (Woods/Desert? Lake?)
1. The Yard
2. The Drowning

2nd Quarter: Examining the Mysteries of History/Herstory?
1. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
2. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

3rd Quarter: Pondering the Paranormal - Vampires/Not?
1. The Scorpio Races
2. Dorothy Must Die


4th Quarter:
Exploring the Unknown/ Known
1. The Known World
2. The Secret Garden

January: Reset (Change/Constant) - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.& The Friends We Keep

February: Fandom (Love/Hate)
- The Notebook
- The Wicked Will Rise

March: Happiness/ Sadness - The Happiness Project & The Five People You Meet in Heaven

April: Creativity (talented/untalented) (Art /Science)
- Ben's Trumpet
- The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel

May: Media (Print/TV?) (Read/ Write)
Print - The Quiet Game

Science - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race


June: TBD by winner of the Masthead and Logo contest

July: Red - When They Call You a Terrorist A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors / green - Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar, #1) by Harlan Coben or
Black - A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) by Elizabeth George

August: Travels/ Home (City/Country)
1. We'll Soon Be Home Again
2. The Black Country

September: Trust (Faithful/unfaithful) (Truth / Lies)
1. The Girls of Mischief Bay
2. Deeper Than the Dead, Broken Promise

October:
Moon-
Sun - The Sun Is Also a Star

November: Glass/ Plastic/
1. Sand - Orchid Beach

December: Harmony (Peace/War)
1.
2. Girl at War


message 18: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 09:51AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:22PM

Sam F | 1355 comments The 52 Topics of the 2022 ATY Reading Challenge:

1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y - Crewel

2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021 - A Necessary End

3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
- RockLittle Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
- paper - Body of Evidence
-scissors - The Yard
- A book related to the year you turned 22 - Ghana Must Go
- a book related to It’s the End of the World as We Know It - Girl at War
- A book where the title and author name are in two different colo(u)rs - Orchid Beach (Holly Barker, #1) by Stuart Woods
- A book by an author with 3 names - Half of a Yellow Sun
- A book without the words "a", "an" or "the" in the title - Broken Promise
- parallel novel or spin-off of a well-known story - Cress
- A book about breaking barriers - The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
- A book in translation - Day
- A non-fiction book without a subtitle - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
- A book by an indigenous author - Indian Horse
- A book with someone's back on the cover - The Girls of Mischief Bay (Mischief Bay, #1) by Susan Mallery
- A book published the month of your birthday - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
- A book set in the Arab world - A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return
- A book that honors Betty White - Fifteen Dogs
- 3 books connected to The Good, the Bad - The Wicked Will Rise, and the Ugly - The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel
- A book with furniture on the cover - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
- A book from one of Obama's reading lists - The Underground Railroad,
- A book related to a rabbit
- A book that features an act of kindness - Good To A Fault
- A book related to the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody - let go - Before I Let You Go
- A book by an author you might like to meet - Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
- A true crime book - A Stolen Life
- A book related to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing - The Missing Ones
- A book related to The Wizard of Oz - Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die, #1) by Danielle Paige
- A book with a word or phrase in the title that describes you - High Fidelity
- A book connected to bees - A Rule Against Murder
- A book with a main character that fits at least one of “mad, bad and dangerous to know” - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- A book with a character in a Catch-22 situation - Orchid Blues
- A book within the first 22 listed on your TBR list - Steppenwolf
- A book about organized crime or families - Escape
- A book with a journalist author, journalist character, or journalism topic - The Quiet Game
- A book with a character who speaks at least two languages - Girl at War
- A book with a quirky or endearing character - The Notebook
- A book connected to a song - Pastoral
- A fiction book with a character who is a real person (historical or current day) - Circling the Sun
- A book relevant to the theme or lyrics of a specific Beatle's Song - Payment in Blood
- A book with pictures or illustrations - I Talk Like a River
- A book set in a library or bookstore - The Bookshop of Yesterdays
- A book related to the wonders of the world - Funny Boy
- A book that involves an "ism" - racism - When No One Is Watching, ageism, sexism, ableism, color-sim or a similar types of bias
- A book that has a character in government, royal family or governing body - The Boat People
- A book involving travel: fiction or non-fiction, terrestrial or other - Journey to the Center of the Earth

5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name - The Maltese Falcon

6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover - A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) by Deborah Crombie

7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 - Morality for Beautiful Girls

9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 - Angels & Demons

10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3 - The Purity of Vengeance

11. A book from historical fiction genre - The Black Country

12. A book related to glass - Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction

13. A book about a woman in STEM - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve

15. A book without a person on the cover - A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) by Elizabeth George

16. A book related to Earth Day - Mrs. Mike

17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge - Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Everything I Never Told You, Circling the Sun, Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War, The Underground Railroad,

18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author - A Case of Exploding Mangoes

19. A book that involves alternate reality - The Five People You Meet in Heaven, alternate worlds - The Marvelous Land of Oz, or alternate history

20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951 - A Little Princess

21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover - scottie dog, racing car - This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald , horse - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

22. A book with a Jewish character or author - We'll Soon Be Home Again

23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship - Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

24. A book related to inclement weather - I Let You Go

25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages - Outfox

26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1 - The City Baker's Guide to Country Living

27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2 - City of the Beasts

28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards - The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys, Half of a Yellow Sun,

29. A book set on or near a body of water - To Have and Have Not

30. A book related to mythology - Mythology, Mythos, The Scorpio Races

31. A book published at least 10 years ago - Drop Shot

32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer - L is for Lawless

33. The next book in a series - The Drowning

34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role - Deeper than the Dead

35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1 - The Secret Garden

36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2 - The History of Bees

37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

38. A book by a Latin American author - Death in the Andes

39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time - Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Sun Is Also a Star, Dear Martin,

40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards - Card
0 The Fool - Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns
1 The Magician -
2 The High Priestess
3 The Empress
4 The Emperor
5 The Hierophant
6 The Lovers - Secrets to the Grave
7 The Chariot - The Nightingale
8 Justice † - All Shall Be Well
9 The Hermit
10 Wheel of Fortune
11 Strength †
12 The Hanged Man - Lady of the Rivers
13 Death - Fearless Fourteen
14 Temperance
15 The Devil - Double Dexter
16 The Tower
17 The Star
18 The Moon - Red Rising
19 The Sun -
20 Judgement - Call Us What We Carry
21 The World - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

41. A book with a theme of food or drink - The Lost Vintage

42. A book with a language or nationality in the title - The Danish Girl

43. A book set in a small town or rural area - Far From True

44. A book with gothic elements - Mystery and Fear.
Omens and Curses. - Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Atmosphere and Setting. ...
Supernatural and Paranormal Activity. ...
Romance. ... The Friends We Keep
Villain - The Big Four
Emotional Distress. ... - When Life Gives You Lululemons
Nightmares.

45. A book related to a game - Deal Breaker

46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters - Moominsummer Madness

47. A book with handwriting on the cover - Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson

48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022 - Anxious People, Mexican Gothic, Hail Mary, The Other Black Girl

49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons" - Eldest

50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years - A Murder Is Announced

51. A book published in 2022 - Daughters of the Deer

52. A book with a time-related word in the title - Tick Tock


message 19: by Sam F (last edited Dec 29, 2022 04:26PM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:29PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Popsugar 2022 Yearly Challenge:

REGULAR
1. A book published in 2022 - Daughters of the Deer

2. A book set on a plane,
- train - The Last Passenger
- cruise ship - The Girls of Mischief Bay

3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society - Dragonflight, Dune, Eldest

4. A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title - The Orphan Master's Son, Tiger

5. A sapphic book - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

6. A book by a Latinx author - Death in the Andes

7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid - The Notebook

9. A book about a "found family" - We'll Soon Be Home Again, Good To A Fault

10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner - Sing Unburied Sing, There There, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Infidel, On Beauty, The Known World, Sweetbitter, The Autobiography of Malcolm X,

11. A #BookTok recommendation - Red Queen, Where the Crawdads Sing, Anxious People, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The Deep, The Rose & the Dagger, Grit, Everything I Never Told You, The Elite, A Fine Balance, The Bell Jar, The Sea of Monsters, The Starless Sea, The Golem & the Jinni, The House We Grew Up In, Dear Martin, Dear Evan Hansen, The Penelopiad, A Spark of Light,

12. A book about the afterlife - The Stranger in the Lifeboat

13. A book set in the 1980s - Deeper Than the Dead

14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title - The Storyteller, Consigned to Death (Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery #1) by Jane K. Cleland

15. A book by a Pacific Islander author - The Whale Rider, Once Were Warriors

16. A book about witches - Dorothy Must Die

17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022 - Where the Crawdads Sing, The Nightingale, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Death on the Nile, Around the World in 80 Days, Pachinko, Salem's Lot,

18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author - The Sun Is Also a Star

19. A book that takes place during your favorite season - Turning Angel

20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read - Day

21. A book about a band or musical group - High Fidelity

22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum (asexual, demisexual or grey sexual) - A Rule Against Murder

23. A book with a recipe in it - A Murder Is Announced

24. A book you can read in one sitting - Orchid Beach

25. A book about a secret - A Great Deliverance

26. A book with a misleading title - The Quiet Game

27. A Hugo Award winner - Dune, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Foundation's Edge, Ender's Game, Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire, The Dispossessed,

28. A book set during a holiday - A Share in Death

29. A different book by an author you read in 2021 - Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries

30. A book with the name of a board game in the title - Tick Tock

31. A book featuring a man-made disaster - Turning Point

32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page - I Let You Go

33. A social-horror book - Mexican Gothic, The Other Black Girl

34. A book set in Victorian times - The Yard

35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

36. A book you know nothing about - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

37. A book about gender identity - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

38. A book featuring a party - Outfox

39. An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book -

40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
- A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign - Bourne Ultimatum, Angels & Demons
- A dark academia book - The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Historian, The Shadow of the Wind, The Lying Game, Hamlet, The Bell Jar, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Mexican Gothic, The Illiad, Hound of the Baskerville, Murder on the Orient Express, Perfume, any Harry Potter, Da Vinci Code, Woman in White, Leaves of Grass, Portrait of a Young Man..., Indian Horse
-A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction - The Lacuna, Half of a Yellow Sun, On Beauty,
- A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) Eldest, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
- A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list - Call Us What We Carry
- A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - The Scorpio Races


Advanced

41. A book with a reflected image on the cover - Moominsummer Madness (The Moomins, #5) by Tove Jansson or "mirror" in the title

42. A book that features two languages - Girl at War

43. A book with a palindromic title

44. A duology (1) - The Rose & the Dagger,

45. A duology (2) - The Five People You Meet in Heaven

46. A book about someone leading a double life - The Drowning

47. A book featuring a parallel reality - The Wicked Will Rise

48. A book with two POVs - Broken Promise

49. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1) - New York - Deal Breaker

50. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2) - Rome - The Scarlatti Inheritance, Santo Domingo, Tokyo



51. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Fall of Giants

52. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list - French Toast

53. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

54. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover - L is for Lawless (Kinsey Millhone, #12) by Sue Grafton

55. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time - The Perfect Present

56. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t - Infidel

57. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing - The Freedom Writer's Diary, The Last Wife of Henry the VIII, The Tipping Point, Honeymoon in Purdah, Be the Pack Leader, When You are Engulfed in Flames, Various Positions, Conversations with Myself, The Spark, Dorothy Must Die, Braiding Sweetgrass, The Iliad, A Little Princess

58. A book from your TBR list chosen at random - Crewel

59. A DNF book from your TBR list - The Children of Willesden Lane. Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival

60. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library) - The Maltese Falcon


message 20: by Sam F (last edited Dec 22, 2022 06:04AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:42PM

Sam F | 1355 comments SERIAL READER CHALLENGE

To Start:

1. The Monkey's Raincoat

Eve Duncun series:
1. The Face of Deception
2. The Killing Game
3. The Search
4...

Dalziel & Pascoe series:
1. A Clubbable Woman
2. An Advancement of Learning
3. Ruling Passion
4. An April Shroud
5...

The Travis Family series:
1. Sugar Daddy
2. Blue-eyed Devil
3. Smooth Talking Stranger
4. Brown-eyed Girl

Sherri Travis series"
2. Sex in a Sidecar
3. A Brewski For The Old Man
4. Champagne for Buzzards
5. Highball Exit
6. Martini Regrets
7. Last Call

Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series:
1. Consigned to Death
2. Deadly Appraisal
3. Antiques to Die For
4. Killers Keepsakes
5. Silent Auction
...

D.I. Lottie Parker series:
1. The Missing Ones
2. The Stolen Girls
3. The Lost Child
4. No Safe Place
5. Tell Nobody
6. Final Betrayal
7. Broken Souls
8. Buried Angels
9. Silent Voices
10. Little Bones
11. Guilty Girl

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series:
1. The Shadow of the Wind
2. The Angel's Game
3. The Prisoner of Heaven
4.

Sedikhan Series:
1. The Golden Barbarian
2. The Golden Valkyrie
3. The Trustworthy Redhead
4. Capture the Rainbow
5. Touch the Horizon
6. A Summer Smile
7. And the Desert Blooms
8. Always
9. Everlasting
10. ....

The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels Series:
1. The Lady of the Rivers
2. The White Queen
3. The Red Queen
4. The Kingmaker's Daughter
5. The White Princess
6. The Constant Princess
7. The King's Curse
8. Three Sisters, Three Queens
9. The Other Boleyn Girl
10. The Boleyn Inheritance
11. The Taming of the Queen
12. The Queen's Fool
13. The Virgin's Lover
14. The Last Tudor
15. The Other Queen

Myron Bolitar series:
1. Deal Breaker
2. Drop Shot
3. Fade Away
4. Back Spin
5. One False Move...
11. Home

Holly Barker series:
1. Orchid Beach
2. Orchid Blues
3. Blood Orchid
4. Reckless Abandon
5. Iron Orchid
6. Hothouse Orchid

Promise Falls Series:
1.Broken Promise
2. Far From True
3. The Twenty-Three
4. The Parting Shot

Mischief Bay series:
1. The Girls of Mischief Bay
2. The Friends We Keep
3. A Million Little Things
4. Sisters Like Us

Dorothy Must Die series:
0.1-0.9
1. Dorothy Must Die
2. The Wicked Will Rise
3. Yellow Brick War
4. The End of Oz

Scotland Yard's Murder Squad series:
1. The Yard
2. The Black Country
3. The Devil's Workshop
4. The Harvest Man
5. Lost & Gone Forever

Inspector Lynley series:
1. A Great Deliverance
2. Payment in Blood
3. Well-Schooled in Murder
4. A Suitable Vengeance
5. For the Sake of Elena
6. Missing Joseph
...

Penn Cage series:
1. The Quiet Game
2. Turning Angel
3. The Devil's Punchbowl
4. Natchez Burning
5. The Bone Tree
6. Mississippi Blood
7. Southern Man

Oak Knoll series:
1. Deeper than the Dead
2. Secrets to the Grave
3. Down the Darkest Road

Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James #1 series:
1. A Share in Death
2. All Shall Be Well
3. Leave the Grave Green
4. Mourn Not Your Dead
5. Dreaming of the Bones
6. Kissed a Sad Goodbye
...

Series to finish:

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency:
3. Morality for Beautiful Girls
4. The Kalahari Typing School for Men
5. The Full Cupboard of Life
6. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies ...

Lacey Flint series:
2. Dead Scared
3. Like This For Ever
4. A Dark and Twisted Tide
5. The Dark

The Black Stallion series:
2. The Black Stallion Returns
3. Son of the Black Stallion
4. The Island Stallion
5. The Black Stallion and Satan
6. The Black Stallion's Blood Bay Colt
7. The Island Stallion's Fury ...

Oz series:
2. The Marvelous Land of Oz
3. Ozma of Oz
4. Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz
5. The Road to Oz
6. The Emerald City of Oz
7. The Patchwork Girl of Oz ....

Killing Eve Series:
2. No Tomorrow
3. Die for Me

Chet & Berny Mystery Series:
3. To Fetch a Thief
4. The Dog who Knew Too Much
5. A Fistful of Collars
6. The Sound & the Furry
7. Paw & Order
8. Scents & Sensability
9. Heart of Barkness
10. Of Mutts & Men
11. Tender is the Bite
12. It's a Wonderful Woof

The Inspector Banks Series:
3. A Necessary End
4. The Hanging Valley
5. Past Reason Hated
6. Wednesday's Child
7. Dry Bones that Dream
8. Innocent Graves
9. Blood at the Root
10. In a Dry Season
11. Cold is the Grave
12. Aftermath
13. Close to Home
14. Playing with Fire
15. Strange Affair
16. Piece of my Heart
17. Friend of the Devil
18. All the Colours of Darkness
19. Bad Boy
20. Watching the Dark
21. Children of the Revolution
22. Abattoir Blues
23. When the Music's Over
24. Sleeping in the Ground
25. Careless Love
26. Too Many Rivers to Cross
27. Not Yet Dark

Kay Scarpetta Series:
2. Body of Evidence
3. All That Remains
4. Cruel & Unusual
5. The Body Farm
6. From Potter's Field
7. Cause of Death
8. Unnatural Exposure
9. Point of Origin
10. Black Notice
11. The Last Precinct
12. Blow Fly
13. Trace
14. Predator
15. Book of the Dead
16. Scarpetta
17. The Scarpetta Factor
18. Post Mortuary
19. Red Mist
20. The Bone Bed
21. Dust
22. Flesh & Blood
23. Depraved Heart
24. Chaos

Adam Dalgliesh Series:
2. A Mind to Murder
3. Unnatural Causes
4. Shroud for a Nightingale
5. The Black Tower
6. Death of an Expert Witness
7. A Taste for Death
8. Devices & Desires
9. Original Sin
10. A Certain Justice
11. Death in Holy Orders
12. The Murder Room
13. The Lighthouse
14. The Private Patient

Savvy Series:
2. Scumble
3. Switch

The Inheritance Cycle #1
2. Eldest
3. Brisingr
4. Inheritance

Jason Bourne Series:
3. The Bourne Ultimatum
4. The Bourne Legacy
5. The Bourne Betrayal
6. The Bourne Sanction
7. The Bourne Deception
8. The Bourne Objective
9. The Bourne Dominion
10. The Bourne Imperative
11. The Bourne Retribution
12. The Bourne Ascendancy
13. The Bourne Enigma
14. The Bourne Initiative
15. The Bourne Nemesis

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes:
6. Justice Hall
7. The Game
8. Locked Rooms
9. The Language of Bees .....

Michael Bennett:
4. Tick Tock
5. I, Michael Bennett
6. Gone
7. Burn
8. Alert
9. Bullseye
9.5 Chase
10. Haunted
10.5 Manhunt
11. Ambush
12. Blindside
13. The Russian

Bird Family Trilogy:
3. The Orenda

The Lunar Chronicles Series:
3. Cress
4. Winter

Patrick Hedstrom Series:
6. The Drowning
7. The Lost Boy
8. Buried Angels
9. The Ice Child
10. The Girl in the Woods

Virals Series:
2.5. Shift
3.5. Swipe
4. Exposure
5. Terminal
5.5. Spike

Hannibal Lecter Series:
3. Hannibal
4. Hannibal Rising

Dexter Series:
6. Double Dexter
7. Dexter's Final Cut
8. Dexter Is Dead

Outlander Series:
6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
7. An Echo in the Bone
8. Written in My Own Heart's Blood
9. Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone

Temperance Brennan Series:
16.5. Swamp Bones
19. A Conspiracy of Bones
20. The Bone Code

The Lord of the Rings Series:
2. The Two Towers
3. The Return of the King

Kinsey Millhone Series:
12. L is for Lawless
13. M is for Malice
14. N is for Noose
15. O is for Outlaw
16. P is for Peril
17. Q is for Quarry
18. R is for Ricochet
19. S is for Silence
20. T is for Trespass
21. U is for Undertow
22. V is for Vengence
23. W is for Wasted
24. X
25. Y is for Yesterday

Stephanie Plum Series:
13.5 Plum Lucky
14. Fearless Fourteen
14.5 Plum Spooky
15. Finger Lickin' Fifteen
16. Sizzling Sixteen
17. Smokin' Seventeen
18. Explosive Eighteen
19. Notorious Nineteen
20. Takedown Twenty
21. Top Secret Twenty-One
22. Tricky Twenty-Two
23. Turbo Twenty-Three
24. Hardcore Twenty-Four
25. Look Alive Twenty-Five

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series
4. A Rule Against Murder
5. The Brutal Telling
6. Bury Your Dead
6.5 The Hangman
7. A Trick of the Light
8. The Beautiful Mystery
9. How the Light Gets In
10. The Long Way Home
11. The Nature of the Beast
12. A Great Reckoning
13. Glass Houses
14. Kingdom of the Blind

Inspector Rebus Series:
5. The Black Book
6. Mortal Causes
7. Let It Bleed
8. Black and Blue
9. The Hanging Garden
9.5 Death Is Not the End
10. Dead Souls
11. Set in Darkness
12. The Falls
13. Resurrection Men
13.5 Beggars Banquet
14. A Question of Blood
15. Fleshmarket Close
16. The Naming of the Dead
17. Exit Music
18. Standing in Another Man's Grave
19. Saints of the Shadow Bible
19.5 In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace
20. Even Dogs in the Wild
21. Rather Be the Devil
22. In a House of Lies

Lord John Grey Series:
0.5 Lord John and the Hellfire Club
1.5 Legends II
2.75 The Custom of the Army
3. The Scottish Prisoner
3.5 A Plague of Zombies

Afdeling Q Series:
4. The Purity of Vengeance
5. Marco Effect
6. The Hanging Girl
7. The Scarred Woman

Charles Lenox Mysteries Series:
0.2 The Vanishing Man
0.3 The Last Passenger
4.5. An East End Murder
8. The Laws of Murder
9. Home by Nightfall
10. The Inheritance
10.5. Gone Before Christmas
11. An Extravagant Death

Miss Marple Series:
1.5. The Thirteen Problems
5. A Murder Is Announced
6. They Do It With Mirrors
7. A Pocket Full of Rye
8. 4:50 from Paddington
9. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
10. A Caribbean Mystery
11. At Bertram's Hotel
12. Nemesis
13. Sleeping Murder
14. Miss Marple's Final Cases
15. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht Series:
5. The Chosen
6. not in english yet?

Detective D.D. Warren Series:
4. Live to Tell
5. Love You More
5.5 The 7th Month
6. Catch Me
7. Fear Nothing
7.5 3 Truths and a Lie
8. Find Her
9. Look For Me
9.5 The Guy Who Died Twice
10. Never Tell

Vanessa Michael Munroe Series:
3.5 The Vessel
4. The Catch
5. The Mask

Kurt Wallander Series:
9. The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
9.5 An Event in Autumn
10. The Troubled Man

The Great War Series:
3. Moonlight over Paris
3.5 All For the Love of You: A Short Story from Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War

Vinyl Cafe Series:
2. Home From The Vinyl Cafe: A Year Of Stories
4. Vinyl Cafe Diaries
5. Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe
5.5 Dave Cooks the Turkey
6. Extreme Vinyl Cafe
7. Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe
The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks
Vinyl Cafe: Seasons

The Queen of the Tearling Series:
0.5 The Boy
3. The Fate of the Tearling

The Night Trilogy:
3. Day

The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe:
2. No Longer at Ease
3. Arrow of God

Hercule Poirot Series:
4. The Big Four
5. The Mystery of the Blue Train
6. Black Coffee
7. Peril at End House
8. Lord Edgware Dies
9. Murder on the Orient Express
10-45


message 21: by Sam F (last edited Dec 31, 2022 11:08AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:43PM

Sam F | 1355 comments BookRiot's Read Harder Challenge:


1. Read a biography of an author you admire. - Life Among the Savages

2. Read a book set in a bookstore. - The Shadow of the Wind, Mr. Penumbra's The Bookshop of Yesterdays

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/ winner list. - The Lacuna, Half of a Yellow Sun, On Beauty, Larry's Party, A God in Ruins, Sing Unburied Sing, Americanah, Fingersmith,

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. - Get a Life, Chloe Brown

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. - We Are Displaced

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. - We'll Soon Be Home Again

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. - Deeper Than the Dead

8. Read a classic written by a POC. - The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Native Son,

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. - The Perfect Present, Fall of Giants

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). - When No One Is Watching

11. Read a book with an asexual - A Rule Against Murder and/or
- aromantic main character. - A Great Deliverance

12. Read an entire poetry collection. - Call Us What We Carry

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. - Dorothy Must Die

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. - The Maltese Falcon

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. - Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. - The Other Black Girl

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. - Joyce Carol Oates 'Them', Lillian Hellman 'An Unfinished Woman', Dr. Erik H. Erikson 'Ghandi's Truth', Isaac Bashevis Singer 'A Day of Pleasure', “The Complete Poems,” by Elizabeth Bishop

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. - Girl, Serpent, Thorn

22. Read a history about a period you know little about. - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

23. Read a book by a disabled author. - Girl at War

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
- Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read - All Quiet on the Western Front
- Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
- Read a non-European novel in translation - Brothers Karamazov, The Windup Bird Chronicle, City of the Beasts, Garcia Marquez, Death in the Andes


message 22: by Sam F (last edited Dec 23, 2022 08:43AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 06:46PM

Sam F | 1355 comments THE NONFICTION GROWTH CHALLENGE

1. Read a book that teaches you how to problem solve. - Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

2. Read a book that teaches you how to think critically. - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything , Outliers, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

3. Read a book that teaches you how to become more creative. - Color: A Natural History of the Palette, The Artist's Way,

4. Read a book that teaches you how to make better decisions. - The Happiness Project, David and Goliath, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

5. Read a book on emotional intelligence. - A Train in Winter, Behind the Beautiful Forevers,

6. Read a book to improve your communication skills. - The Professor and the Madman, -

7. Read a book about how to learn. - The Freedom Writers Diary, Embracing the Wide Sky, The Spark, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

8. Read a book that teaches you leadership skills. - The Opposable Mind, The Tipping Point, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

9. Read a book about extroversion or introversion. - Life Among the Savages

10. Read a book about psychology. - An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales, The Brain That Changes Itself, Blink, The Mind's Eye, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

11. Read a book about an ideology that is not your own. - Shake Hands with the Devil, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky, Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

12. Read a book to help you master social media.

13. Read a book about your favorite hobby to become better at it.
- Food: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, , Life from Scratch,
- Travel: Born Adventurer, Beyond Belfast, Drink the Bitter Root,

14. Read a collection of essays. - We Who Can Fly, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Known and Strange Things: Essays

15. Read an autobiography/biography of a woman written by a woman. - Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey, Vanilla Beans & Brodo: Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Lucky, Prisoner of Tehran, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

16. Read an autobiography/biography of a man written by a man. - Mr. Nice, Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal,

17. Read a book about someone’s journey; inner or outer. - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

18. Read a book about science or technology. - One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient, The Botany of Desire, Possessing Genius: The True Account of the Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain, Spook, The Hedgehog, the Fox & the Magister's Pox, Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

19. Read a book about a religion or philosophy - Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, Infidel, Escape

20. Read a book about a topic you have always wanted to learn more about.
- Politics: New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer, The Struggle is My Life, The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, The Monuments Men, Conversations With Myself, The David Foster Wallace Reader
- Humour: Jerry Seinfeld, the Entire Domain, I'm Just a Person, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
- Dog Training: Be the Pack Leader
- Climate Change: Sleeping Naked is Green, Silent Spring,
Travel:


message 23: by Sam F (last edited Nov 25, 2022 12:51PM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 07:40PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Listopia Challenge 2022:

Possible lists:

Best Survival Stories
1. The Grapes of Wrath
2. Sophie's Choice
3. Watership Down
4. On The Beach
5. The Road
6. The Stand
7. A Beautiful Mind
8. The Book of Negroes
9. Cold Cold Heart
10. Vanishing Acts
11. The Nightingale
12. Lucky
13. They Poured Fire On Us From the Sky



Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2. The Tipping Point
3. Packing for Mars
4. Gulp
5. Thinking Fast & Slow
6. The Coming Plague
7. The Botany of Desire
8. The Naked Ape
9. Bonk
10. The Brain that Changes Itself
11. Spook
12. The 13th Element
13. The Teenage Brain


Best Horror Novels
1. Cold Cold Heart
2. It
3. Salem's Lot
4. The Stand
5. Hannibal
6. Harvest Home
7. The Historian
8. The Shadow of the Wind
9. Library at Mount Char
10. Hound of the Baskervilles



Books that Exceeded Your Expectations
1. The Shadow of the Wind
2. Cane River
3. The Historian
4. The Forgotten Garden
5. Middlesex
6. The Pact
7. The Casual Vacancy
8. Crazy Rich Asians
9. Steppenwolf
10. Lord of the Rings
11. A Fine Balance
12. Loving Frank
13. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
14. Someone Knows My Name
15. The Distant Hours
16. The Sound & the Fury
17. Cutting for Stone
18. A Breath of Snow & Ashes
19. The Silmarillion
20. Fall of Giants
21. Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.


Humourous Memoirs & Non-Fiction
1. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
2. Naked
3. Bonk
4. When You are Engulfed in Flames
5. The Botany of Desire
6. Magical Thinking
7. This is Where I Leave You
8. My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
9. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang



You Read a Book About What?
1. The Professor & the Madman
2. Spook
3. In Cold Blood
4. The Brain that Changes Itself
5. Color
6. Dead Wake
7. Infidel
8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
9. A Stolen Life
10. All the President's Men
11. Educated
12. Blink
13. The Onion Field
14. From Scratch
15. Steve Jobs
16. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
17. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
18. Naked
19. Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.


Books I would Require if I Taught an English Lit Class
1. Hamlet
2. Breakfast of Champions
3. The Sound & the Fury
4. Reading Lolita in Tehran
5. Grapes of Wrath
6. Conversations with Myself
7. Sherlock Holmes
8. Middlesex
9. The Brothers Karamazov
10. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
11. Beautiful Losers



Female Psychological Thrillers Suspense Written by Women
1. Now You See Me
2. I Let You Go?
3. Fingersmith
4. Promise Not to Tell
5. Island of Lost Girls
6. Body of Evidence
7. Find Her
8. M is for Malice
9. Vanishing Girls
10. V is for Vengence
11. The Lying Game
12. The Wonder
13. Love You More
14. Fingersmith
15. A Great Deliverance


100 Mysteries & Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime
1. Murder on the Orient Express
2. The Complete Sherlock Holmes
3. The Woman in White
4. The Name of the Rose
5. The Maltese Falcon
6. Angels & Demons
7. Get Shorty
8. Tell No One
9. The Shadow of the Wind
10. Case Histories
11. A Rule Against Murder
12. A Great Reckoning - all
13. The Historian
14. As I Lay Dying
15. The Eyre Affair
16. Breakfast of Champions
17. Natchez Burning
18. The Bourne Ultimatum
19. Cutting for Stone
20. The 39 Steps
21. The Lost Boy
22. A Great Deliverance
23. The DaVinci Code



Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men
1. The Handmaid's Tale
2. Half of a Yellow Sun
3. Americanah
4. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
5. White Teeth
6. Cutting for Stone
7. Life After Life
8. The Golem & the Jinni
9. On Beauty
10. A Fine Balance
11. The Shadow of the Wind
12. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
13. Breakfast of Champions
14. Spook
15. The Wild Iris
16. The Casual Vacancy
17. Behind the Scenes at the Museum
18. A God in Ruins
19. The Beauty of Humanity Movement
20. Prodigal Summer
21. The Wives of Henry VIII
22. Good Morning Midnight



Major Award Winning Fiction Since 1990
1. The Road
2. The Blind Assassin
3. Alias Grace
4. World War Z
5. Sea of Poppies
6. The Secret River
7. Middlesex
8. The Casual Vacancy
9. The Luminaries
10. Do Not Say We Have Nothing
11. Galore
12. The True History of the Kelly Gang
13. Life After Life
14. Fingersmith
15. White Teeth
16. When We Were Orphans
17. On Beauty
18. The Lacuna
19. Half of a Yellow Sun
20. Death in the Andes
21. Galore
22. Pachinko
23. The Lacuna
24. The Nickel Boys



Best Books to read When Snow is Falling
1. The Snow Child
2. Night Road
3. The Brothers Karamazov
4. We Were Liars
5. The Peach Keeper
6. The Luminaries
7. The Other Boleyn Girl
8. The Distant Hours
9. The Forgotten Garden
10. Picture Perfect
11. The Shadow of the Wind
12. The Name of the Rose
13. The Historian
14. The White Queen
15. The Two Towers
16. Angels & Demons
17. The Constant Princess
18. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
19. The Stand
20. Eragon
21. The Golem & The Jinni
22. Picture Perfect
23. A Breath of Snow & Ashes
24. Death in the Andes
25. Mrs. Mike


Best Feminist Fiction
1. Parable of the Sower
2. Fingersmith
3. The Kitchen God's Wife
4. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
5. North & South
6. Prodigal Summer
7. Lady Oracle
8. The Book of Negroes
9. Loving Frank
10. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
11. Good Morning Midnight
12. Much Ado About Nothing
13. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
14. Leviathan
15. Half of a Yellow Sun


Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List
1. Crime & Punishment
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
3. The Two Towers
4. The Sound & The Fury
5. Julius Caesar
6. Hamlet
7. The Shadow of the Wind
8. The Grapes of Wrath
9. As I Lay Dying
10. High Fidelity
11. Middlesex
12. The Name of the Rose
13. The Scarlett Letter
14. Reading Lolita in Tehran
15. The Iliad


Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
1. Hamlet
2. The Nightingale
3. The Stand
4. A Man Called Ove
5. The Golem & the Jinni
6. World War Z
7. The Shadow of the Wind
8. Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore
9. The Secret Keeper
10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
11. The Botany of Desire
12. The Grapes of Wrath
13. Middlesex
14. The Historian
15. The Forgotten Garden
16. The Two Towers
17. The Brothers Karamazov
18. A Fine Balance
19. Dead Wake
20. Life After Life
21. On the Beach
22. Sophie's Choice


message 24: by Sam F (last edited Dec 23, 2022 08:47AM) (new)
Dec 03, 2021 08:22PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Other Lists:

The Prison Book Club Discussed Books

1. A Fine Balance
2. An Ice-cream War
3. The Tipping Point
4. Blink
5. Outliers
6. The Book of Negroes
7. Someone Knows My Name
8. Infidel
9. Reading Lolita in Tehran


Favourite Travel Books
1. Color
2. Honeymoon in Purdah
3. The Lost Girls
4. The Voluntourist
5. Reading Lolita in Tehran
6. Fresh Air Fiend
7. All Roads Lead to Austen
8. Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
9. Maiden Voyages


Oprah's Book Club Picks
1. Middlesex
2. A Fine Balance
3. Songs in Ordinary Time
4. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
5. The Sound & The Fury
6. As I Lay Dying
7. Freedom
8. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
9. River Cross My Heart
10. Open House
11. Cane River


Everyone's Read it But Me
1. Middlesex
2. Lord of the Rings
3. Confessions of a Shopaholic
4. Angels & Demons
5. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
6. The Fall of Giants
7. The Name of the Rose
8. The Forgotten Garden
9. The Stand
10. A Tale of Two Cities
11. Outliers
12. Blink
13. Reading Lolita in Tehran
14. The Other Boleyn Girl
15. House Rules
16. The Tipping Point
17. The Historian
18. Hamlet
19. The Stand


The Shadow of the Wind
2. Hamlet
3. Cutting for Stone
4. Crime & Punishment
5. A Fine Balance
6. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
7. On the Beach
8. The Beach
9. The Kitchen God's Wife
10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
11. Reading Lolita in Tehran
12. The True History of the Kelly Gang
13. The Secret River
14. The Girl You Left Behind
15. Once Were Warriors
16. The Iliad
17. Shadows on the Rock
18. Sea of Poppies
19. The Grapes of Wrath
20. All Things Bright & Beautiful
21. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
22. The Glass Palace
23. The Girl You Left Behind
24. Half of a Yellow Sun


Best Multicultural General Fiction
1. A Fine Balance
2. Cutting for Stone
3. White Teeth
4. The Kitchen God's Wife
5. Family Matters
6. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
7. Crazy Rich Asians
8. A Blade of Grass
9. The Glass Palace
10. Half of a Yellow Sun


Book of the Month Club Picks
1. The Sun Is Also a Star
2. The Nightingale
3. The Lying Game
4. Circling the Sun
5. Pachinko
6. Swing Time


Best Environmental Books
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
3. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
4. The Botany of Desire
5. The Coming Plague
6. The Tipping Point
7. Sleeping Naked is Green
8. Sisters of the Earth
9. No Logo


The Orange Prize Winners
1. La Lacuna
2. On Beauty
3. 100 Secret Senses
4. Half of a Yellow Sun
5. Fault Lines
6. White Teeth
7. Case Histories
8. The Blind Assassin


Pulitzer Prize Winners
1. Our Town
2. The Grapes of Wrath
3. The Road
4. The Known World
5. Middlesex
6. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
7. The Wild Iris
8. The Nickel Boys
9. The Snow Child
10. Roots


Medicine & Literature

1. Gulp
2. Cutting for Stone
3. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
4. Death of an Expert Witness
5. The Professor & the Madman
6. Bonk
7. A Beautiful Mind
8. An Anthropologist on Mars
9. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
10. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
11. The Coming Plague
12. The Mind's Eye
13. House Rules
14. The Brain that Changes Itself
15. Lucky
16. The Birth House
17. Body of Evidence


About Racism & Race Relations
1. Me and White Supremacy
2. Why I'm no Longer Talking to White People About Race
3. Hidden Figures
4. So You Want to Talk About Race
5. The Nickel Boys
6. Americanah
7. White Rage
8. Dreams From My Father
9. The Underground Railroad
10. Homegoing
11. Dear Martin
12. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
13. Everything I Never Told You
14. Parable of a Sower
15. The Fire Next Time
16. The Known World
17. Eloquent Rage
18. Paradise
19. Sing Unburied Sing
20. The Round House
21. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
22. Jazz
23. Pedagogy of the Oppressed
24. Shake Hands with the Devil
25. White Teeth


Are You Well Read in Literature
1. Anna Karenina
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. Beowolf
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
5. The Shadow of the Wind
6. Steppenwolf
7. Hunger - Knut Hamsun
8. Sophie's World
9. My Brilliant Friend
10. Homecoming
11. Crazy Rich Asians
12. The Count of Monte Cristo
13. War & Peace
14. Beartown
15. Don Quiote
16. A Suitable Boy
17. Oscar & Lucinda
18. The Name of the Rose
19. Madame Bovary
20. My Sister the Serial Killer
21. Kiss of the Spider Woman
22. Ghana Must Go
23. Smila's Sense of Snow
24. Half of a Yellow Sun
25. The Brothers Karamazov
26. Of Love & Shadows
27. The Messenger
28. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
29. Cutting for Stone
30. Crime & Punishment

Fargo Public Library's Tea Time Book Club
1. Love & Ruin
2. Pachinko
3. Homegoing
4. Small Great Things
5. The Handmaid's Tale


Own Voices Books
1. The Sun Is Also a Star
2. Dear Martin
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
4. Mexican Gothic
5. Homegoing
6. Americanah
7. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
8. P.S. I Still Love You
9. Crazy Rich Asians
10. Everything I Never Told You
11. Fingersmith
12. The House of the Spirits
13. Pachinko
14. Always & Forever Laura Jean
15. Educated
16. Eloquent Rage
17. The Nickel Boys
18. Sulwe
19. The Other Black Girl
20. Sing Unburied Sing
21. Reading Lolita in Tehran
22. Me & White Supremacy
23. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
24. China Rich Girlfriend
25. Indian Horse
26. The Rose & the Dagger
27. Rich People Problems
28. Braiding Sweetgrass
29. Native Sun
30. Half of a Yellow Sun


1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1. Crime & Punishment
2. The Grapes of Wrath
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4. The Scarlett Letter
5. A Tale of Two Cities
6. The Brothers Karmazov
7. The Name of the Rose
8. Middlesex
9. The Sun Also Rises
10. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
11. Steppenwolf
12. The Woman in White
13. The Sound & the Fury
14. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
15. A Fine Balance
16. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man


message 25: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 09:48AM) (new)
Dec 04, 2021 02:01PM

Sam F | 1355 comments You'll Love This One 2022 Road Trip

Site 1, Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, Canada
1. Task: Read a book that is a ghost story. - The Lady of the Rivers

2. Read a book that has a significant character named Jack, or the author is named Jack. - Broken Promise

3.Read a book with Moscow, Copper, or Mug in the title.



Site 2, The USSR Enterprise, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
1. Read a book with a significant character aged 5 or younger - Good To A Fault by Marina Endicott

2. Read a book with a main page genre of space opera -

3. Read a book that is at least 75% red in colour. - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir



Site 3, Spirit of the West, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1. Read a book with a character who is a queen, or the title contains queen - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

2. Read a book written by an author whose initial of any name starts with V. - Death in the Andes

3. Read a book set during freezing temperatures. - The Quiet Game



Site 4, Narcisse Snake Den Sculpture, Inwood, Manitoba, Canada
1. Read a book with a snake(s) are on the cover - Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3) by Thomas Harris

2. Read a book with one of the following garter snake types in the title: Garter, Aquatic, Butler, Highland, Giant, Plains, Ribbon.

3. Read a book with at least one pair of boots on the cover. - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett



Site 5, The Big Nickle, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1. Read a book set in Canada or is written by a Canadian author. - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve

2. Read a book that is one of 5 in a series. - The Yard

3. Read a book with Collect, Collector, or Collection in the title. - The Amber Brown Collection


Site 6, Poppy Memorial, Parc des Pionniers, Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada
1.Read a book with a theme of immigrant experience. - The Sun Is Also a Star

2. Read a book set in France - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War or written by a French author.

3. Read a book with red flowers on the cover. - The Marvelous Land of Oz (Books of Wonder) (Oz, #2) by L. Frank Baum


Site 7, Blowhard the Bony Horse, Cardwell, New Brunswick, Canada
1. Read a book with Caldwell in title (including sub-titles) or written by an author with the name Caldwell.

2. Read a book with a skeleton or skull on the cover. - The Face of Deception (Eve Duncan, #1) by Iris Johansen

3. Read a book with weapon, tool, comb, or whistle in the title. - A Clubbable Woman


Site 8, World's Largest Fiddle, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1. Read a book where setting of book is different than the nationality of the author. - A Great Deliverance

2. Read a book where the author's initials contain CH in any order - Drop Shot

3.Read a book with a theme of music. - High Fidelity


Site 9, Mermaids of St. Johns, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
1. Read a book with a significant character named John. - The Girls of Mischief Bay

2. Read a book with mythology as a main page genre. - The Scorpio Races

3. Read a book with an animal with a tail on the cover. The full tail must be shown. - Fifteen Dogs (Quincunx, #2) by André Alexis


Site 10, World's Largest Hand Held Egg Beater, Prince Edward Island, Canada
1. Read a book set on an island. The island must be smaller than 200,000 km2. - Winter in Paradise

2. Read a book with Inventor/Invention in the title, or a significant character was an inventor. - Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe

3. Read a book set in Switzerland, France - Turning Point, Poland or Italy. -


Site 11, Santa Claus House & Giant Santa, North Pole, Alaska, USA
1. Read a book set in space. May be on a spaceship or another planet. - Cress

2. Read a book with a theme of Christmas. -Body of Evidence

3. Read a book where the cover is 75% white. - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler


Site 12, Fountain of Youth, Lewes, Delaware, USA
1. Read a book with Dutch in the title or from this list: The Best Dutch Literature

2.Read a book set in the 1930's & 1940's. - We'll Soon Be Home Again

3. Read a book where a character is immortal. - The Five People You Meet in Heaven


Site 13, Hawaii Five-O Jack Lord Bust, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1. Read a book set in Hawaii.

2. Read a book that is MPG Mystery and is a police procedural. - Bosch, Gamache, Rebus, Wallander, A Great Deliverance, Dalgliesh, Inspector Banks, DD Warren, Dead Simple, The Hypnotist, The Drowning

3. Read a book where there a number of flowers on the cover. - The Friends We Keep (Mischief Bay, #2) by Susan Mallery


Site 14, Shoshone Ice Caves, Shoshone, Idaho, USA
1. Read a book about First Nations Peoples in the US, or written by an American First Nations author.

2. Read a book with Ice or Cave in the title.

3, Read a book that is in epistolary style. - The Notebook


Site 15, Statue of Popeye, Chester Illinois, USA
1. Read a book set in Illinois. - An Abundance of Katherines

2. Read a book where a signification character is a sailor.

3. Read a book where the cover is 75% green. - Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar, #1) by Harlan Coben


Site 16, Bewitched Statue, Salem Massachusetts, USA
1. Read a book set in Massachusetts - The Scarlett Letter

2. Read a book in the General Paranormal Romance Genre page. - City of Bones, Forever Clockwork Angel,

3. Read a book where the main character has a cat. - Secrets to the Grave


message 26: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 10:03AM) (new)
Dec 04, 2021 02:07PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Site 17, Giant Dog and Taxi Cab, New York, New York, USA
1. Read a book set in New York City. - Day

2. Read a book with headlights prominently on the cover. - This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

3. Read a book with Bone(s)in the title.


Site 18, World's Largest Chest of Drawers, High Point, North Carolina, USA
1. Read a book that is set in North Carolina. - Two Nights

2. Read a book set in the 1900's. - A Little Princess

3. Read a book where the cover shows someone wearing a pair of socks. They must be very noticeable and obvious. - My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, #1) by Elena Ferrante


Site 19, World's Largest Killer Bee, Hidalgo, Texas.
1. Read a book set in Texas AND either has a horse on the cover or there is a horse in the story.

2. Read a book with a bee on the cover or in the title. The History of Bees by Maja Lunde

3. Read a book that has something sweet in the title - Honey, Sugar, or Sweet. - Sugar Daddy


Site 20, Foamhedge, Centerville, Virginia
1. Read a book set in Virginia. - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

2. Read a book that is a retelling of an original story. - Dorothy Must Die

3. Read a book set in prehistoric times. The book may be a time travel story where the characters travel back to prehistoric times. - Darkwing


Site 21, The Big Powerful Owl, Belconnen, Australia
1. Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author - The Hypnotist's Love Story

2. Read a book with the author's initials are B A, in any order.

3 Read a book with a large eye(s) on the cover. - Outfox by Sandra Brown


Site 22, Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
1. Read a book with Harbour (Harbor) in the title.

2. Read a book that it first in a series. - Deeper Than the Dead

3. Read a book with Vanilla, Chocolate, or Strawberry in the title.


Site 23, The Big Kookaburra, Kurri Kurri, Australia
1.Read a book where the title starts with the letter K. It may be preceded by "a" or "the". - Known and Strange Things: Essays

2. Read a book with a large bird on the cover. There may only be one bird. - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

3. Read a book from Humour Genre - Use the Humour Genre Page. - Naked, When You are Engulfed in Flames, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, A Man Called Ove, The Eyre Affair, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, Breakfast of Champions, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Anxious People, My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands


Site 24, Big Mosquito, Hexham, Australia
1. Read a book with a character who was a miner - Indian Horse or the book is about mining.

2. Read a book that is dystopian dealing with pandemics. - Blackout

3. Read a book with animal teeth that look like they could leave a nasty bite. - Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2) by Christopher Paolini


Site 25, The Big Prawn, West Ballina, Australia
1. Read a book with a direction (north, east, south, west) in the title. - All Quiet on the Western Front

2. Read a book originally published in 2011. - Stories I Only Tell My Friends

3. Read a book with a main character or author name of Paul. - A Necessary End


Site 26, The World's Largest Sundial, Singleton, Australia
1. Read a book with a one word title (no articles) - Crewel

2. Read a book that won any category of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards from this site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sou... - borrow one

3. Read a book with large circles on it as a graphical design.



Site 27, The Big Aboriginal Hunter, Anmatjere, Australia
1. Read a book about Australian indigenous people. - Once Were Warriors

2. Read a book that is in a series with 12 or more books. The first 12 books must be published as the time of reading. - L is for Lawless

3. Read a book with a hunting implement on the cover. Guns & swords are excluded.


Site 28, Big Beer Can, Ghan, Australia
1.Read a book with a train prominently on the cover. - The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

2. Read a book the was originally published between 2002 - 2010. - A Rule Against Murder

3. Read a book with an alcoholic drink on the cover. Sex in a Sidecar (Sherri Travis Mysteries, #2) by Phyllis Smallman


Site 29, Big Books, Alice Springs, Australia
1.Read a book with a character or author with the name Alice or Stuart. Spelling is exact. - Orchid Beach

2. Read a book that was originally published in 2018. - When Life Gives You Lululemons

3. Read a book that was mentioned in another book. - Journey to the Center of the Earth


Site 30, The Big Sapphire Ring, Sapphire, Queensland
1. Read a book that has less than 572 ratings at the time of reading. - We Who Can Fly, Born Adventurer, Long Beach Wild, Drink the Bitter Root, The Scorched Wood People, The Teacher's Daughter, Jerry Seinfeld, Daughters are Forever, The Power House, The Struggle is My Life, 100 Days, Possessing Genius, Mystery Writers Presents, Family Furnishings, The Trade Mission, Sometimes Mine, The Singing Fire, Vanilla Bean & Brodo, A Brain Wider than the Sky, The Incomparable Atuk, The Electrical Field, What I Did, Codebreakers, The Hedgehog, the Fox & the Magister's Pox, In Office Hours, Beyond Belfast, Pressure: True Stories by Teens About Stress

2. Read a book with a type of jewel in the title (amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald, jade, peridot, ruby, sapphire).

3. Read a book with Ring in the title or a large ring on the cover. - Falling Backwards by Jann Arden


Site 31, The Kelpies, Scotland
1. Read a book set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author. - Payment in Blood

2. Read a book with characters that are shapeshifters. - Forever

3. Read a book where the title or author's name starts with the letter U. If it's the title, it may not be preceded by an article.


Site 32, Whimsical Statue, Swansea Marina, Wales UK
1. Read a book set in Wales or written by a Welsh author. - I Let You Go

2. Read a book that was originally published in 1990.

3. Read a book with Bell in the title or on the cover.



Site 33, The Singing Ringing Tree, Lancashire, England
1. Read a book that is set in England but not in a city with a population over 1, 000,000. - A Murder Is Announced

2. Read a book with Wind or Sound in the title.

3. Read a book set in Greece or written by a Greek author. - The Penelopiad



Site 34, Sibelius Monument, Helsinki, Finland
1. Read a book set in Finland or written by a Finnish author. - Moominsummer Madness

2. Read a book with dark stormy waves on the cover.

3. Read a book from The Atmospheric List - Where the Crawdads Sing, Burial Rites, The Snow Child, The Great Alone, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Dune, Prodigal Summer, The Shadow of the Wind, A Fine Balance, Tender is the Night, Mexican Gothic, The Starless Sea, Jane Eyre, The Historian, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Golem & The Jinni, Perfume, Salem's Lot, The Road, The Dutch House, The Handmaid's Tale, The Silent Patient, Crime & Punishment, The Angel's Game, Harry Potter, Sing Unburied Sing, The Library At Mount Char, The Bell Jar, The Beach, The Woman in White,


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Dec 04, 2021 02:09PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Site 35, Untitled, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1. Read a book set in the Netherlands or written by a Dutch author.

2. Read a book from this list: Best Feminist Fiction - The Handmaid's Tale, Jane Eyre, The Bell Jar, The House of the Spirits, Alias Grace, Woman on the Edge of Time, Parable of the Sower, The Penelopiad, The Edible Woman, Sula, Americanah, The Blind Assassin, The Kitchen God's Wife, Prodigal Summer, Fingersmith, Half of a Yellow Sun, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, Lady Oracle, The Book of Negroes, Foxfire, Life After Life, Good Morning Midnight, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, White Teeth, Loving Frank, Picture Perfect, The Marvelous Land of Oz, The Underground Railroad, Middlesex, The Temple of My Familiar, Dragonflight, The Beauty Myth, The Birth House, A Wizard of Earthsea, Jazz, River Cross My Heart, Jane Slayre,

3. Read a book that is a mystery dealing with crime against women. - All Shall Be Well


Site 36, The Snail House, Sofia, Bulgaria
1. Read a book with a proper woman's name in the title. - Mrs. Mike

2. Read a book with the genre LGBT on the main book page. - Girl, Serpent, Thorn

3. Read a book with duck, goose, swan, loon in the title. Plurals are allowed, including geese.



Site 37, Caso do Penedo (Stone House)
1. Read a book set in one of the countries or territories that make up the Iberian Peninsula. - The Nightingale

2. Read a book that is in a series of 4 published works - The Wicked Will Rise

3. Read a book with a house on the cover. - A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) by Deborah Crombie



Site 38, Hill of Crosses, Northern Lithuania
1. Read a book set in Lithuania, Poland, or Russia - The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel.

2. Read a book with a theme of pilgrimage, or life changing journey. - The Boat People

3. Read a book with a cross or beads on the cover - The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1) by Philippa Gregory



Site 39, Giant Clothespin, Chaudfontaine, Belgium
1. Read a book set in Belgium.

2. Read a book with a twist. Psychological thriller and mystery must show as a main page genre. - Woman on the Edge

3. Read a book with "spring" in the title.



Site 40, Fork of Vevey, Switzerland
1. Read a book set in Switzerland or written by a Swiss author.

2. Read a book with the letter Z in the title or author's name. - The Other Black Girl

3. Read a book with food as a theme. - The Measure of My Powers: A Memoir of Food, Misery and Paris


message 28: by Sam F (last edited Dec 23, 2022 06:44AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:14PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Life of Crime Hall of Fame | Agatha Christie
Duration: 2/1/21 - 2/28/22
Progress: 0 of 12

1. Agatha Christie, ‘the Queen of Crime’, lived for 85 years. She wrote 66 crime novels, 6 Mary Westmacott novels, over 150 short stories, 24+ plays and 2 autobiographical works.
a. Read a book written by Agatha Christie - A Murder Is Announced
b. Read a MPG autobiography - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
c. Read a book with the number 24 - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, 50, 66 or 85 in the page count or original published year (number must be in tact)

2. Christie met her future husband, Archie Christie, in 1912. He was an aviator who joined the Royal Flying Corps. Married in 1914 on Christmas Eve. Both had experiences during World War I. She as a volunteer working in a hospital attending to sick and wounded soldiers.
a. Read a book that includes an aviator or a plane ride - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
b. Read a book that includes at lease one setting at Christmastime - Good To A Fault
c. Read a book that includes a MC in the medical field - Turning Point

3. 2020 marked 100 years since the publication of her first novel - The Mysterious Affair at Styles featuring Hercule Poirot, a world-famous Belgian private detective. He was an expert in human psychology, a refugee, and an eccentric. Christie’s inspiration for this character was based on a few Belgian policemen she met during her service as xx in World War I.
a. Read a book by a Belgian author or set in one of the Belgian provinces
b. Read a book tagged 'war' - Girl at War
c. Read a book with a detective MC - A Rule Against Murder

4. Christie, along with her second husband, Max Mallowan spent 18 years on the site of archaeological digs.
a. Read a book that includes an archaeological dig - Cleopatra's Sister
b. Read a book with an author or MC that has the same first and last initial i.e. MM - The Maltese Falcon
c. Read a book that is 2nd in a series - Drop Shot

5. Another famous character, Miss Marple, was based on Agatha’s smart and cunning grandmother. Published in 1930, The Murder at the Vicarage was the first book featuring Miss Marple.
a. Read a book that includes a 'grand-parent' - The Boat People
b. Read a book from the list Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines - dragon tattoo series, ender's game, Sherlock Holmes, harry potter, flavia de luce, Dune, Mr. Penumbra's..., Hamlet, Dragonsong, A Beautiful Mind, Mary Russell series, The Scarlet Letter, A Girl of the Limberlost
c. Read a book that includes a vicar, a vicarage or monastery works too. - The Black Country

6. Christie spent three years of her life working in a pharmacy during the First World War. She gained knowledge poisons which underpins so many of her best works. She also spent further time working in the dispensary at University College Hospital in London during World War II.
a. Read a book where a character is poisoned - Tick Tock
b. Read a book tagged 'student' or 'college' - Well-Schooled in Murder
c. Read a book set in the UK - Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries

7. Agatha Christie loved the freedom that writing under a pseudonym gave her, and Mary Westmacott would write 4 novels before it was revealed, after 19 years, that this was in fact the Queen of Crime writing under a pen-name.
a. Read a book by an author that also writes with a pseudonym (the book you read does not have to be the book written as a pseudonym) - Outfox
b. Read a book that includes 'royalty' in some way - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
c. Read a book where the author's first name starts with 'M' OR the author's last name starts with 'W' - The Scorpio Races

8. In 1942, Agatha Christie was investigated by British intelligence because of a character that appeared in her novel titled N or M? The character, Major Bletchley, was a deadly spy working against England. British Intelligence worried that Agatha Christie had connections to a spy working at the government code-breaking center.
a. Read a book where one of the characters is a spy - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
b. Read a book with a title beginning with N or M - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve
c. Read a book that is tagged 'government' or 'politics' - Call Us What We Carry

9. The Mousetrap, a play written by Agatha Christie, has the world record for the longest initial run of any theatrical play. On November 25, 1952, the play was first seen at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End. The play has had more than 26,000 performances.
a. Read a book that has also been made in to a play, movie, or television program - High Fidelity
b. Read a book with more than 26,000 ratings - To Have and Have Not
c. Read a book first published in the 1950s - Life Among the Savages

10. In 1956, Agatha Christie was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her many successful works of literature. She continues to hold the title of the most-translated individual novel writer, estimating her work has been translated into more than 102 languages.
a. Read a book that has WON a literary award - Indian Horse
b. Read a book that has been translated in to at least 1 other language - Payment in Blood
c. Read a book that is set in a different country from where you currently live - A Necessary End

11. Her book, And Then There Were None, is her bestselling book and the world’s bestselling mystery book in the history of novels. Estimates have it selling over 100 million copies.
a. Read a MPG Mystery - Fearless Fourteen
b. Read a New York Times Best Seller - When Life Gives You Lululemons
c. Reread one of your all time favorite books - Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe

12. Agatha Christie's writing style has been duplicated by many over the years. Writers’ comments on the secret to her success include a talent for packing a lot into relatively short books, use of plain language, and usually a sidekick character.
a. Read a book a short book...100-200 pages - Pastoral
b. Read a book where the MC has a 'sidekick' of some kind (your decision) - Deal Breaker
c. Read a book that includes a 'secret' - tell us what it is! - I Let You Go


message 29: by Sam F (last edited Dec 23, 2022 09:10AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:15PM

Sam F | 1355 comments RESET, RELAX, AND REFRESH

1. Get enough sleep. Read a spy or terrorist book (sleeper cell),
-a book with a sleep related title, - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
- a book with a dark cover. - A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) by Deborah Crombie

2. Eat well. Read a book on healthy eating - The Measure of My Powers: A Memoir of Food, Misery and Paris
- a book with a character or author who is in any food service role - A Great Deliverance
- a book with food or drink on the cover. - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

3. Move your body. Read a sport - Deal Breaker or fitness book, a book where a character is on the run - I Let You Go
- a book with a body or a body part on the cover. Brazen Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu

4. Challenge your mind.
-Read a mystery - Deeper Than the Dead
- a book that features a puzzle - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve
- or hobby - ,
- or a book with a number in the title. - Fearless Fourteen

5. Enjoy music. Read a book about a musician or band - High Fidelity, a book whose title is based on song lyrics, or a book with a musical instrument on the cover.

6. Be social.
- Read a book about friends or family - The Drowning
- a book featuring social media or online gaming,
- a book with a group of people on the cover. - The Girls of Mischief Bay (Mischief Bay, #1) by Susan Mallery

7. Lower your stress. Read a light-hearted book - Life Among the Savages , a book about a calming activity,
- a book with a soothing landscape on the cover. - Mrs. Mike

8. Make time for laughter. Read a book written by or about a comedian - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang,
- a book from the humor genre - When Life Gives You Lululemons , or a book with a pun in the title.

9. Drink plenty of water. Read a book set across the ocean from your home continent - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- a book about a water creature - The Scorpio Races
- a book with a body of water on the cover. - Orchid Beach (Holly Barker, #1) by Stuart Woods

10. Visit your doctor. Read a book written by a doctor,
- a book with a character in a healthcare career - Broken Promise
- a medical thriller -
forensic thriller. - The Yard


message 30: by Sam F (last edited May 01, 2022 04:44PM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:16PM

Sam F | 1355 comments MOTHER EARTH:

Topics
Read:
1. A book about any STEM-related topic, interpreted broadly. - The Yard
2. A memoir, biography, or auto-biography about someone in STEM. - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
3. A book about the natural environment, including its flora or fauna. - Fifteen Dogs
4. A book about environmental activism or a cli-fi (fiction about climate change).
5. A book about nature (or wildlife) conservation.
6. A book about slow living (gardening, tiny houses, etc.) - Pastoral

Author
Read:
7. A book by someone who works in a STEM career, whether or not the book is about a STEM topic. - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
8. A book by a non-scientist who works with nature's cycles such as a (gardener or botanical illustrator).
9. A book by an environmental activist.

Main Characters
Read:
10. A book in which the main character works in a STEM career. - Turning Point
11. A book in which the main character is skilled in one of STEM's branches (like a teenage math genius). - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
12. A book about a non-scientist who appreciates harmony with nature (such as a gardener or park ranger) - The Scorpio Races
13. A book with a non-human animal (wild or domesticated) as a main character. - Orchid Beach

Cover Art
Read:
14. A book with a plant or tree on its cover. - Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
15. A book with a wild animal on its cover. - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
16. A book depicting a unique biome on its cover:
- aquatic - The Girls of Mischief Bay
- grassland
- forest - Girl at War by Sara Nović
- desert
- tundra.


message 31: by Sam F (last edited Apr 18, 2022 06:04AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:18PM

Sam F | 1355 comments GIVE US A CLUE:

Suspects
Read a book with any shade of the following colors on the cover.
Mr. Green - green - Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar, #1) by Harlan Coben
Colonel Mustard - yellow - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Mrs. Peacock - blue - Broken Promise (Promise Falls, #1) by Linwood Barclay
Professor Plum - purple - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Miss Scarlet - red - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Mrs. White - white - The Drowning (Patrik Hedström, #6) by Camilla Läckberg

Weapons
Read a book with the following word (or related word, not limited to the examples below) on the cover or in the title.
Candlestick or flames or fire - We'll Soon Be Home Again by Jessica Bab Bonde
Dagger or knife or sword - More Five-Minute Mysteries 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve by Ken Weber
Lead Pipe or musical instrument or writing instrument
Revolver or gun or pistol - The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1) by Greg Iles
Rope or string or ribbon - Cress
Wrench or spanner or any other tool

Rooms
Ballroom: Read a book that includes music or dancing. - High Fidelity
Billiard Room: Read a book that features a hobby - The Girls of Mischief Bay, craft, game or sport.
Cellar: Read a detective - A Share in Death, mystery - The Yardor true crime book. -
Conservatory: Read a book in which a person saves or conserves someone or something. - A Great Deliverance
Dining Room: Read a book with a food or drink on the cover. - Rogue Heroes The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War by Ben Macintyre
Hall: Read a book that is the first in a series. - Deeper Than the Dead
Kitchen: Read a cookbook or a book about a food & beverage professional.
Library: Read a book you have borrowed from a library or from someone else. - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
Lounge: Read a book in a favorite genre. - Orchid Beach
Secret Passages: Read a book with "secret" in the title. - Secrets to the Grave
Study: Read a book featuring a subject you're passionate about or would like to learn more about.


message 32: by Sam F (last edited Jul 19, 2022 05:24AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:19PM

Sam F | 1355 comments MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR:

OUR UNSOLVED CASES

WHO: 0/x
Solve cases featuring a main character (sleuth, perp, victim, or suspect) in one of the below careers.
1. Law or Law Enforcement. - A Great Deliverance
2. Service Industry. - A Share in Death
3. Fine Arts- The Notebook, Theater, or Film - The Girls of Mischief Bay.
4. Science or Medicine. - Broken Promise
5. Social Media or Technology.
6. Clergy. - Angels & Demons
7. Bookshop Owner or Librarian. - The Nightingale

WHAT: 0/x

1. Third or last book in a series. - Day
2. Combines multiple genres. - The Yard
3. Has a one-word title. - Crewel
4. Features a hobby/pastime. - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve
5. Has a number in the title. - Fearless Fourteen
6. Features a sleuth with a non-human "co-star." - Orchid Beach
7. Related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme (state theme) - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

WHEN: 0/x
When did the dastardly deed take place or get reported?
1. In autumn.
2. In the 1800s or earlier. - The Black Country
3. While traveling or on vacation. - Payment in Blood
4. Between sunrise and sunset.
5. During a special event (festival, convention, party, etc.) - The Scorpio Races
6. In the season of your birthday month. - A Rule Against Murder
7. Reported (published) in 2022.

WHERE: 0/x
Where did the dastardly deed take place?
1. In a large city. - The Sun Is Also a Star
2. In the suburbs. - Outfox
3. In a village or rural area. - Orchid Blues
4. In or near an office building. - The Maltese Falcon
5. Inside or on the premises of a public venue (hotel, restaurant, airport, etc.). - Anxious People
6. In the Southern Hemisphere. - Death in the Andes
7. In or near a forest. - Girl at War

HOW: 0/x
For this category, each means of murder must be distinctly different.
For example, pistols and rifles are both firearms; knives and daggers are too similar.
1. The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1) by Greg Iles
2. Double Dexter (Dexter, #6) by Jeff Lindsay
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

WHY: 0/x
What motivated you to choose a particular case?
1. Your favorite mystery author or series. - The Drowning
2. Your favorite mystery subgenre. - To Have and Have Not
3. Appears in a Goodreads listopia (which one?). - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
4. Won a literary prize for crime fiction (which one?). - Deal Breaker
5. Involves one of your favorite topics or places (what?).
6. A cold case (among your TBRs for over a year). - Hannibal
7. Average Goodreads rating higher than 4 stars. - Deeper Than the Dead

BONUS CASES: 0/6
Are you interested in helping to stop cybercrime threats at a global level?
To earn the rank of INTERPOL Director of Cybercrime Operations, complete all 42 cases above plus solve a crime committed in six different capital cities outside your country of residence.
1. High Fidelity
2. The Purity of Vengeance
3.
4.
5.
6.

* * *


message 33: by Sam F (last edited Dec 23, 2022 09:12AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:20PM

Sam F | 1355 comments GENRE BINGO CHALLENGE:


B1 Horror: When No One Is Watching
B2 Biograpy: Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
B3 Romance: Turning Point
B4 Dystopian: Crewel
B5 Family Saga: Broken Promise

I1 Adventure: Moominsummer Madness
I2 Contemporary: Good To A Fault
I3 Young Adult: The Sun Is Also a Star
I4 Suspense: Deeper Than the Dead
I5 Crime: A Share in Death

N1 Memoir: When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
N2 Chick- Lit: The Girls of Mischief Bay
N3 Free space: More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve
N4 General Nonfiction: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
N5 Literary Fiction: Half of a Yellow Sun

G1 Historical Nonfiction: Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
G2 Paranormal - The Scorpio Races
G3 Coming of Age:
G4 Magical Realism:
G5 Historical Fiction: The Yard

O1 Fantasy: The Wicked Will Rise
O2 Mystery or Thriller: The Drowning
O3 Science Nonfiction: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
O4 Young Adult Fantasy: Dorothy Must Die
O5 Classic - Day


Winter Bingo Template

B1: Award Winner - Deal Breaker
B2: Graphic Novel - We'll Soon Be Home Again
B3: Silver Lettering - Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer
B4: Mystery or Thriller - A Great Deliverance
B5: Current Event Related - Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries

I1: Start a Series - Orchid Beach
I2: Middle Grade - A Little Princess
I3: Blue Cover - The Boat People by Sharon Bala
I4: > 400 pages - Payment in Blood
I5: Personal Improvement - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

N1: Classic - To Have and Have Not
N2: Made into a Movie - The Maltese Falcon
N3: FREE - L is for Lawless
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor - High Fidelity

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+ - Girl, Serpent, Thorn
G3: White Cover - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

O1: Published Last Year - The Other Black Girl
O2: Epistolary - The Notebook
O3: Gold Lettering - Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, #14) by Janet Evanovich
O4: Based on Mythology - Fifteen Dogs
O5: Math/Science


message 34: by Sam F (last edited Jul 17, 2022 02:47PM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:21PM

Sam F | 1355 comments I SPY CHALLENGE:
Read a book that contains a word in the title or the cover that fits one of the 25 categories mentioned below.

Primary 25 categories with examples:
1. Color - red - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater , crimson - We'll Soon Be Home Again by Jessica Bab Bonde , indigo - L is for Lawless (Kinsey Millhone, #12) by Sue Grafton
2. Number - one, twice, third, The Big Four
3. Things That Grow - tree - Girl at War by Sara Nović , rose, garden - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn - Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag , winter - Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1) by Benedict Freedman
5. First Name - Jacqueline, Robert - Angels & Demons, Tanya
6. Places - country - The Black Country, empire, London - The Yard
7. Body Part - hand - Brazen Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu , bone, mind
8. Weapon - knife - More Five-Minute Mysteries 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve by Ken Weber , poison, gun - The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1) by Greg Iles
9. Body of Water - sea - Orchid Beach (Holly Barker, #1) by Stuart Woods river, pond - The Drowning (Patrik Hedström, #6) by Camilla Läckberg
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
12. Celestial Body - sun - The Sun Is Also a Star, star - To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway , planet
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house - A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) by Deborah Crombie
14. Senses - sight , touch, taste - Crewel
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor - Cress
16. Family Member - brother- Good To A Fault, aunt, parent - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, sister - A Great Deliverance
17. Elements - fire, wind, air - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
18. Time of Day - morning - Day, dusk, evening - Broken Promise (Promise Falls, #1) by Linwood Barclay
19. Metal - gold - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , bronze, steel - This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
20. Emotion/Feeling - love - The Notebook, fear - A Necessary End, pride
21. Animal/Insect - dog - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler , tiger, grasshopper
22. Something to Read - book - The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko A Novel by Scott Stambach , story - The Friends We Keep, newspaper
23. Sports - baseball, basketball, football - Deal Breaker, hockey - Indian Horse
24. Paranormal Beings - vampire, angel, ghost
25. Occupation - doctor - Turning Point, assassin, detective - The Maltese Falcon

Bonus 5 categories with examples (only open for members who have finished reading for all the primary categories):
1. Magical beings - witches - Dorothy Must Die, wizards - The Wicked Will Rise, elves
2. Inspirational people - Mandela, Gandhi, Obama
3. Mental Health - depression, therapy, anxiety - Anxious People
4. Subjects - Biology, Psychology, Chemistry -
5. Monthly themes of the 2022 Reading Challenge -
January: Reset - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
- February: Fandom - High Fidelity
- March: Happiness
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message 35: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 10:25AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:23PM

Sam F | 1355 comments TBR JAR CHALLENGE:

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. - Fall of the Giants, The Perfect Present

2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. - Perfume, The Virgin Blue, Cooked, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Our Town, The Nickel Boys, The Onion Field, The Sun Is Also a Star, Pachinko, The Electrical Field, Agatha Christie A Biography, The Power House, The Bookshop of Yesterdays, A History of Civilizations, The Sun Also Rises, This Side of Paradise, Washington Square, The Templars, The Scarlett Letter, The Maltese Falcon, To Have & Have Not, Beyond Good & Evil, The Aeneid, The Iliad, The Odyssey, A Tale of Two Cites, The Other Black Girl, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, In Custody, Crime & Punishment, Thinking Fast & Slow, Braiding Sweetgrass, The Lost Girls, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction, Anxious People

3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. - Fall of Giants, Angels & Demons

4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. - French Toast,

5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. - A History of Civilizations, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Incomparable Atuk,

6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR. - The Freedom Writer's Diary

7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. - The Nightingale, Braiding Sweetgrass, Written in my Own Heart's Blood, Educated, The Book of Negroes, An Echo in the Bone, All Things Wise & Wonderful, A Man Called Ove, The Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Winter of the World, Sherlock Holmes, A Fine Balance, The Brothers Karamazov, Bury Your Dead, The Stuggle is My Life, Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War, Cutting for Stone, Pachinko, Daughters are Forever, Fall of Giants, The Shadow of the Wind, The Last of the Breed, The Storytellers, The Nickel Boys, Crime & Punishment, The Orenda, Narcissus and Goldmund, Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal, Shake Hands with the Devil, Prisoner of Tehran, They Poured Fire on Us..., The Perfect Present, The God of the Hive, Necessary as Blood, Pay it Forward, Sophie's Choice, The Brain that Changes Itself, Outliers, Mrs. Mike, Thinking Fast & Slow, Barney's Version, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Steve Jobs, The Spark, The Freedom Writer's Diary, Steppenwolf, Infidel, The Name of the Rose, The Forgotten Garden, The Secret Keeper, An Anthropologist on Mars, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction, Leaves of Grass, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., The Onion Field, The Library at Mount Char, Long Beach Wild, The Golem & the Jinni, The Lemon Tree, Dead Wake, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Cane River, Breakfast of Champions, Cooked, Dead Simple, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, The Botany of Desire, When You are Engulfed in Flames, Mudbound, 100 Days, Family Furnishings, Hamlet, The Sun Is Also a Star, Family Matters, Perfume, The Birth House, Plan B, Middlesex, Here Comes Trouble, The Manticore, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Girl You Left Behind, Born Adventurer, Prodigal Summer, 100 Secret Senses, Inside the O'Briens, Beyond Good & Evil, The Woman in White, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, The Tipping Point, The Grapes of Wrath, The Glass Palace, All My Puny Sorrows, Lucky Man, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Already Home, T is for Trespass, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, We Once Were Warriers, David & Goliath, One Plus One, The Simarillion, Blink, Angels Game , The Beach, The Beauty of Humanity Movement, A God in Ruins, The Piano Man's Daughter, Circling the Sun, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, High Fidelity, The Mind's Eye, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, Agatha Christie Biography, Sweetland, Mr Nice, The Scorpio Races, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, I Let You Go, The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel, Mrs. Mike,

8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. - City of the Beasts

9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. - The Sun Is Also a Star

10. Read a book with a cover you love. - Orchid Beach (Holly Barker, #1) by Stuart Woods

11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler

12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. - Steve Jobs

13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. - The Girls of Mischief Bay

14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). - Mercy Among the Children

15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. - We'll Soon Be Home Again

16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it). - Educated

17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. - We Who Can Fly

18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. - Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe

19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. - The Secret Garden

20. Read a book that you own. - The Quiet Game

21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. - The Known World, The Freedom Writer's Guild, The Spark, The Tipping Point, Indian Horse

22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. - Half of a Yellow Sun

23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish. - Crazy Rich Asians, Ghana Must Go

24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. - The Drowning

25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. - Crewel

26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, The Iliad,

27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. - Hot House Flower

28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. - River Cross My Heart, Agatha Christie A Biography, Mrs. Mike, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.

30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. - Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag

31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. - Journey to the Center of the Earth

32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. - Dorothy Must Die


message 36: by Sam F (last edited Oct 10, 2022 06:52AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:36PM

Sam F | 1355 comments A Bakers Dozen Menu for the 2022 Buffet:

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2. The Brothers Karamazov
3. The Woman in White

1900-1999/New School
4. The Sun Also Rises
5. The Name of the Rose
6. A Little Princess

My Wild Card Six
7. To Have and Have Not
8. The Kitchen God's Wife
9. Hamlet
10. The Grapes of Wrath
11. When We Were Orphans
12. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

Alternates
A-1. The Bourne Ultimatum
A-2. Steppenwolf


Challenge #2 - Second Place or Worse
-go back through the groups past polls and select seven (7) total books that are of interest to you but lost the poll

New School
1. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
2. Perfume the Story of a Murderer

Old School
1. A Tale of Two Cities
2. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Short Story/Novella
1. Hound of the Baskervilles
2. Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Quarterly Long Read
1. A Fine Balance


Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium Challenge

My Century Challenge, Authors-Some Old Some New:

1830-1839
1840-1849
1850-1859 - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850
1860-1869 - Journey to the Center of the Earth
1870-1879
1880-1889 - Washington Square
1890-1899 -
1900-1909 - A Little Princess
1910-1919 - The Secret Garden
1920-1929 - All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-1939 - To Have and Have Not
1940-1949 - Mrs. Mike
1950-1959 - Life Among the Savages
1960-1969 - Day
1970 - 1979 - Ben's Trumpet
1980 - 1989 - A Great Deliverance
1990 - 1999 - A Share in Death

Decade Challenge:

1930 - The Maltese Falcon
1932 - Peril at End House
1937 - To Have and Have Not

1960 -
1961 - Day
1962 -
1963 -

1986 -
1987 -
1988 - A Great Deliverance
1989 -A Necessary End

1990 -
1991 - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve
1993 - A Share in Death
1994 - All Shall Be Well
1995 - L is for Lawless
1996 - The Notebook
1997 - The Amber Brown Collection
1998 - Orchid Beach
1999 - The Quiet Game

1920-This Side of Paradise by F Scott Fitzgerlad
1921-The Narrow House by Evelyn Scott
1922-by Hermann Hesse
1923-Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
1924-A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
1925-The Professor's House by *Willa Cather
1926-Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
1927- The Big Four by Agatha Christie
1928-Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
1929- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque *


The Millennium Challenge:
Example: (Millennium Challenge)

20th Century - 1953 Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson
19th Century - 1864 Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules V erne
18th Century - 1720 Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe
17th Century - 1684 The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
16th Century - 1593 The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
15th Century - 1438 The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe
14th Century - 1353 The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
13th Century - 1298 The Travels by Marco Polo
12th Century - 1150 The Life of Merlin by Geoffrey of Monmouth
11th Century - 1001 The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu


Challenge #4 - Members Choice Challenge

1. 19th Century - Journey to the Center of the Earth
2. 20th Century - Deal Breaker
3. 21st Century Potential Future Classic - Call Us What We Carry
4. Current or Past Group Read,
5. An Author not read before - A Share in Death
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours.
7. Science Fiction,
8. A book originally written in a language other than your own - Day
9. A Banned Book - All Quiet on the Western Front
10. Nonfiction - Life Among the Savages
11. Mystery/Crime - The Quiet Game
12. Horror or Humor - High Fidelity


Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge

Read 24 short stories. This equates to only two per month for the year.

1. Day
2. More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve
3. Ben's Trumpet
4. Moominsummer Madness
5. The Marvelous Land of Oz
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
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24

Challenge #6 - 2022 Group Reads Challenge

The challenge is to read 12 of this years group selections. Between New School, Old School, Short Story/Novella, Revisit the Shelf, and Quarterly Long read our group selects 40 new and 12 reread books per year, giving us plenty of choices.

For example:

1. The House of Mirth
2. The Gambler
3. The Razor's Edge
4. Carmilla
5. The Old Curiosity Shop
6. Cyrano de Bergerac
7. Nausea
8. The Idiot
9. The Wasteland & Other Poems
10.
11.
12.

2021 Group Reads Challenge:
1. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
2. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
3. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
4. Ender's Game
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

2020 Group Reads Challenge:

Between New School, Old School, Short Story/Novella, and Quarterly Long read our group selects 40 new books per year to go on our book shelf. This challenge is to read 12 of these forty.

1. As I Lay Dying
2. Hamlet
3. Alias Grace
4. 12th Night
5. The Brothers Karamazov
6. The Stand
7.
8. The Grapes of Wrath
9. Journey to the Center of the Earth
10. The Woman in White



Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors

Seek out at least six (6) authors that you have never previously read, male or female, from any genre or era you want.

1. A Share in Death
2. The Quiet Game
3. A Great Deliverance
4. Orchid Beach
5. Deal Breaker
6. The Maltese Falcon



Challenge #8 - Does the Passage of Time Make a Difference?

Select 10 books from any single year of interest, then select 10 more from 100, 50, or 25 years earlier, for a total of 20 books. Pick a year of your choice and then go back in time 100, 50, or 25 years. You can use your birth year, the birth year of a child, a spouse, a parent, or any other year of interest.

Year of Choice: 1995
1. L is for Lawless
2. Deal Breaker
3. High Fidelity
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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10.

Earlier reads: 1895, 1945, 1970
1.
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10.



Challenge #9 – Fiction/Non-Fiction

Select five different subjects of interest to you and read a fiction book and a non-fiction book about that subject. Total number of books for this challenge is ten.

Examples:

World War I
Fiction - All Quiet on the Western Front
Non-Fiction - Somme

Women's Suffrage
Fiction - Hagar
Non-Fiction - Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes for Women

Space Exploration
Fiction - Space
Non-Ficton - The Right Stuff

Sea Travels/Adventures
Fiction - To Have and Have Not
Non-Fiction - Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea

Horses
Fiction - Black Gold
Non-Fiction -


Challenge #10 - The Half a Millennium Challenge with a Sour Lemon Twist of Difficult

Select five books from five different centuries, using the same decade for each century you select. They do not have to be consecutive centuries, but must be the same decade.

Example of five consecutive centuries:

20th Century - 1950-1959 - 1953- Life Among the Savages
19th Century - 1850-1859 - 1855-Little Dorrit
18th Century - 1750-1759 - 1759-The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
17th Century - 1650-1659 - 1658-The Witch of Edmonton
16th Century - 1550-1559 - 1552-A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

20th Century - 1990-1999 - Deal Breaker
19th Century - 1890 - 1899
18th Century - 1790 - 1799
17th Century - 1690 - 1699
16th Century - 1590 - 1599

Challenge #11 - Old and New Linked Categories

Select five categories of your choice or use some of these sample categories. Once you make your category selections, link the categories by finding and reading an Old School (1899 or older) and a New School book (1900-1999) that contains some part or is all about your selected categories. It will be more interesting and more varied if you come up with your own categories.

A Baker's Dozen Sample Ideas:

Contains a Trial -
Has a Murder - L is for Lawless
Contains Time Travel
Set in or has Winter involved
Coming of Age - This Side of Paradise
Is About a Fallen Woman - Deal Breaker
Set on or has The Sea involved - To Have and Have Not
Animals - Moominsummer Madness
New - Orchid Beach

School - Life Among the Savages
Travel

Life Changing Action
New - Day
Old - Journey to the Center of the Earth

Survival
New - Body of Evidence, Mrs. Mike
Old -

A book that could make you cry
Old -
New - A Great Deliverance

Example:

Has a Murder:
Old - Crime and Punishment
New - Murder on the Orient Express - A Share in Death

Contains a Trial
Old - The Scarlet Letter
New - The Quiet Game

Life Changing Action
Old - A Horseman in the Sky
New - A Little Princess

Coming of Age
Old - Great Expectations
New - A Cry of Angels

Travel
Old - Three Men in a Boat
New - Pied Piper


message 37: by Sam F (last edited Jul 27, 2022 06:57PM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:37PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Challenge #12 - A-Z Author Challenge

A
B - Frances Hodgson Burnett
C - Deborah Crombie
D
E
F - F Scott Fitzgerlad
G - Elizabeth George
H - Ernest Hemingway
I - Greg Iles
J - Shirley Jackson
K
L - Mario Vargas Llosa]
M
N
O
P
Q
R - Peter Robinson
S - Nicholas Sparks
T
U
V - Jules Verne
W - Stuart Woods
X
Y
Z


Challenge #13 - A-Z Title Challenge

A - A Necessary End
B - Ben's Trumpet
C
D - Day
E
F
G - A Great Deliverance
H - High Fidelity
I
J - Journey to the Center of the Earth
K
L - L is for Lawless
M - The Maltese Falcon
N - The Notebook
O - Orchid Beach
P - Payment in Blood
Q - The Quiet Game
R
S - A Share in Death
T - To Have and Have Not
U
V
W
X
Y
Z


Classics: The Year You Were Born and 100 Years Earlier

1969"

1. Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint

2. Mario Puzo, The Godfather

3. Jacqueline Susann, The Love Machine

4. Harold Robbins, The Inheritors

5. Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain

6. Irving Wallace, The Seven Minutes

7. Penelope Ashe, Naked Came the Stranger

8. Chaim Potok, The Promise

9. Gwen Davis, The Pretenders

10. Daphne du Maurier, The House on the Strand

11. John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman

12. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying

13. Robert F. Kennedy, Thirteen Days

14. Pearl S. Buck, The Three Daughters of Madame Liang

15. John Cheever, Bullet Park

1869:

1. Anthony Trollope, He Knew He Was Right

2. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

3. Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

4. Thomas Bailey Aldrich – The Story of a Bad Boy

5. Fyodor Dostoyevsky – The Idiot

6. Alexandre Dumas, père – The Knight of Sainte-Hermine

7. Gustave Flaubert – Sentimental Education

8. Victor Hugo – The Man Who Laughs

9. Louisa May Alcott – Good Wives

10. Juliana Horatia Ewing – Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances

11. Henry Kendall – Leaves from Australian Forests

12. Mark Twain – The Innocents Abroad


message 38: by Sam F (last edited Jul 27, 2022 06:57PM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:37PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Classic Bingo Challenge:

B1: Book Published 1950 - 1999 - A Share in Death
B2: Classic written in your native language - Orchid Beach
B3: Classic Science or Philosophy
B4: Classic Banned Book - All Quiet on the Western Front
B5: A Classic NOT on Our Bookshelf that Should be There - The Quiet Game

I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2022
I2: New-To-You Classic Author - A Great Deliverance
I3: Classic Drama or Play
I4: Classic Over 500 pages - Hannibal
I5: Literary Prize or Your Country or Region

N1: Classic Involving Music - High Fidelity
N2: Classic Mythology or Folklore
N3: Free Space - The Notebook
N4: Classic Poetry or Essay Collection
N5: Classic by an Author from a Country you didn’t Read in 2021 - Moominsummer Madness

G1: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize - Death in the Andes
G2: Book from a group poll during your birthday month
G3: Classic Tragedy
G4: Group Bingo Participant Pick
G5: Book from the Group’s 2022 Bookshelf

O1: Book Published before 1900 - Journey to the Center of the Earth
O2: Children’s Classic - A Little Princess
O3: Classic Short Story Collection
O4: Classic in translation - Day
O5: Book Published 1900 - 1949 - To Have and Have Not


message 39: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 10:30AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:44PM

Sam F | 1355 comments The 52 Book Club 2022:


1. A Second-Person Narrative - Anxious People

2. Featuring A Library Or Bookstore - The Bookshop of Yesterdays

3. Title Starting With The Letter "E" - Escape

4. Title Starting With The Letter "F" - Fearless Fourteen

5. Chapters Have Titles - Good To A Fault

6. Household Object On The Cover - More Five-Minute Mysteries 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve by Ken Weber

7. A Non-Fiction Best Seller - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

8. Involving The Art World - The Notebook

9. A Book That Sparks Joy - Ben's Trumpet

10. A Book Based On A Real Person - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

11. A Book With Less Than 2022 Goodreads Ratings - I Talk Like a River, We Who Can Fly, Born Adventurer, Long Beach Wild, Drink the Bitter Root, The Scorched Wood People, The Teacher's Daughter, Jerry Seinfeld, Daughters are Forever, The Power House, The Struggle is My Life, 100 Days, Possessing Genius, Mystery Writers of..., Family Furnishings, The Trade Mission, Sometimes Mine, The Singing Fire, Vanilla Beans & Brodo, A Brain Wider than the Sky, The Incomparable Atuk, The Electrical Field, What I Did, Codebreakers, The Hedgehog, the Fox & the Magister's Pox, In Office Hours, Beyond Belfast, What Girls Learn, French Toast, Songs of Enchantment, White Crosses, Consolation, Origin of Species, Embracing the Wide Sky, Little Shadows, Sleeping Naked is Green, A History of Civilizations, The Opposable Mind, Various Positions, A Blade of Grass, The Wreckage, Punishment, Custodian of Paradise, Honeymoon in Purdah, A Map of Glass, Gonzalez & Daughter Trucking Co., My Father's Tears, The Templars, The Good Apprentice, Lost Girls, In Custody, The Polished Hoe, Hothouse Flower, The Next Queen of Heaven, Lady's Maid, Pastoral

12. Set On At Least Two Continents - Turning Point

13. Includes A Club - Orchid Beach

14. A Character With Superhuman Ability - Crewel

15. A Five-Syllable Title - Dorothy Must Die

16. A Book You've Seen Someone Reading In A Public Place - Indian Horse

17. A Book Picked Based On Its Spine - Fifteen Dogs

18. Jane Austen-Inspired

19. A Book That Has An Alternate Title - The Drowning

20. Related To The Word "Gold" - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

21. Published By Simon & Schuster - When Life Gives You Lululemons

22. An Unlikely Detective - Deeper Than the Dead

23. Author With An X, Y, Or Z In Their Name - The Yard

24. Addresses A Specific Topic - I Let You Go

25. A Wealthy Character - A Share in Death

26. Has An "Author's Note" - The Scorpio Races

27. Includes A Map - We'll Soon Be Home Again

28. Award-Winning Book From Your Country - A Rule Against Murder

29. Over 500 Pages Long - Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, The Luminaries, Red Moon, Written in My Own Heart's Blood, An Echo in the Bone, The Brothers Karamazov, The Historian, The Woman in White, Crime & Punishment, A History of Civilizations, Steve Jobs, Sophie's Choice, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, A Fine Balance, The Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet Game, The Custodian of Paradise, Lady's Maid, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Shake Hands with the Devil, Freedom, The Distant Hours, Mr Nice, The Forgotten Garden, The Little Shadows, Life After Life, The Lost Girls, Cutting for Stone, The Name of the Rose, The Kitchen God's Wife, Agatha Christie Biography, The Angel's Game, The Perfect Present, Middlesex, Cane River, The Good Apprentice, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Sherlock Holmes, The Onion Field, The Piano Man's Daughter, Pachinko, The Lacuna, The Casual Vacancy, Cress, Angels & Demons, Hannibal

30. Audiobook Is Narrated By The Author - When We are Engulfed in Flames, Naked, Diabetes with Owls?, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

31. Technology Themed - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

32. A Book That Intimidates You - All Quiet on the Western Front

33. A Bilingual Character - The Boat People

34. Author's Photo On The Back Cover - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

35. From The Villain's Perspective - L is for Lawless

36. Recommended By A Favorite Author - The Brothers Karamazov, Lord of the Rings, The Maltese Falcon, Little Women, Leaves of Grass, Sherlock Holmes, A Tale of Two Cities, Long Walk to Freedom, Educated, The Known World, Homegoing, The Pillars of the Earth, Life After Life, The Forgotten Garden, Pachinko, The Starless Sea, Crime & Punishment, The Scarlett Letter, Good Morning Midnight, The Lives of Girls & Women, As I Lay Dying, All My Puny Sorrows,

37. Set In A Rural Area - A Great Deliverance

38. Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover! - Day by Elie Wiesel

39. A Middle-Grade Novel - A Little Princess

40. A Book With Photographs Inside - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

41. Involves A Second Chance - The Quiet Game

42. An Indie Read -

43. Author Who's Published In More Than One Genre - Tick Tock

44. An Anthology - Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe

45. A Book With Illustrated People On Cover - Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson

46. Job Title In The Title - The City Baker's Guide to Country Living

47. Read During The Month Of November - A Pocket Full of Rye
(there will be no Goodreads List for this one)

48. Redo One Of This Year's Prompts But With A Different Genre
(there will be no Goodreads List for this one)
- Set on 2 continents - Girl at War
- Person of Color as Main character - The Other Black Girl

49. Book Title Starts With The Same Letter As Your First Name
(there will be no Goodreads List for this one) - Secrets to the Grave

50. A Person Of Color As The Main Character - The Sun Is Also a Star

51. The Word “Game” In The Title - A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return

52. Published In 2022 - Daughters of the Deer


message 40: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 10:31AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:55PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Around the World Challenge:

1st Leg: North America
Canada:
Quebec - A Rule Against Murder
Ontario - The Boat People
Alberta - Mrs. Mike
Manitoba -
Newfoundland -
Northwest Territories -
British Columbia - Y
Prince Edward Island -
Saskatchewan - Good To A Fault

Mexico:

USA:
Alaska - Wrong Alibi
Arizona -
California - Deeper Than the Dead
Colorado - Escape
Conneticut - Fly Away Home
Florida - Orchid Beach
Georgia - Outfox
Illinois -
Indiana -
Kansas - Dorothy Must Die
Kentucky -
Louisiana -
Maine -
Maryland - Drop Shot
Massachusetts -
Michigan -
Minnesota - Forever
Mississippi - The Quiet Game
Missouri -
Nebraska -
Nevada - Burned
New Hampshire - Consigned to Death
New Jersey - Fearless Fourteen
New York - Broken Promise
North Carolina - The Notebook
Ohio -
Oklahoma -
Oregon -
Pennsylvania -
South Carolina - Full of Grace
South Dakota -
Tennessee - An Abundance of Katherines
Texas - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
Utah -
Vermont - The City Baker's Guide to Country Living
Virginia - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Washington, DC - Op-Center
Washington - Dead Girl Running
Wisconsin -
Wyoming - Scumble


2nd Leg: South America & Caribbean
Argentina -
Brazil -
Chile -
Cuba - To Have and Have Not
Grenada -
Peru - Death in the Andes
St. John - Winter in Paradise
Turks & Caicos -


3rd Leg: Europe
Belarus - The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel
Croatia - Girl at War
Denmark - The Purity of Vengeance
France - The Nightingale
Finland - Moominsummer Madness
Germany - All Quiet on the Western Front
Greece - The Penelopiad
Iceland -
Ireland - The Missing Ones
Italy - Angels & Demons
Poland - We'll Soon Be Home Again
Portugal -
Romania -
Scotland - Payment in Blood
Spain - The Shadow of the Wind
Sweden - The Drowning
Switzerland -
UK - A Share in Death
Ukraine -
Wales - I Let You Go


4th Leg: Middle East
Afghanistan -
Iraq -
Iran -
Lebanon - A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return
Oman -
Palestine -

5th Leg: Africa -
Botswana - Morality for Beautiful Girls
Burundi -
Congo -
Equatorial Guinea -
Egypt - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
Ghana - Ghana Must Go
Kenya - Circling the Sun
Libya -
Nigeria - Half of a Yellow Sun
Senegal -
Somalia -
South Africa - The Promise
Yemen - We Are Displaced
Zimbabwe -

6th Leg: Asia
Afghanistan -
Cambodia -
China -
Hong Kong -
India -
Japan -
Kashmir -
Malaysia -
Nepal - Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Pakistan - A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Phillipines -
Russia -
Siberia -
Sri Lanka - Funny Boy
Syria -
Tahiti -
Tibet -
Turkey -
Vietnam -


7th Leg: Australia & Oceania
Queensland -
Brisbane -
Sydney - The Hypnotist's Love Story
New South Wales -
New Zealand -
Tasmania - Lion: A Long Way Home


message 41: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 10:33AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 04:58PM

Sam F | 1355 comments A BETTER WORLD Challenge:

”We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

A Better You
Read a book with a character who shares a trait with you that you once (or still do) considered a flaw, or a book that discusses body positivity. - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

Read a book that makes you feel good or helps you relax. - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

Read a book with a main female character who does not enter into a romantic relationship - A Great Deliverance

Read a book featuring a protagonist who's compassionate. - The Quiet Game

Read a book about something you would like to learn more about - Indian Horse or about a skill you want to improve. - Life Among the Savages

Read a self-help book. - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Read a book about a public figure or a fictional character that you admire. - We Are Displaced -

Read a book on a topic that is new to you. - The Other Black Girl

Read an old favorite just to make you smile. - A Little Princess


A Better Home
Read a book about a family or found family. - We'll Soon Be Home Again

Read a book with a house on its cover. - A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) by Deborah Crombie

Read a book recommended by a family member or friend. - Death in the Andes

Read a book with a family tree - Scumble

Read a coming-of-age story. - Girl at War

Read a book about marriage. - The Notebook

Read a book about a unique parent-child relationship - The Boat People

Read a book which features siblings as its main characters. - Deal Breaker

Read a family saga spanning at least three generations. - Good To A Fault


A Better Community
Read a book for a Buddy Read, TBR Twin, or Group Read activity - The Echo in the Bone,

Read a book outside your comfort zone that a fellow group member has rated highly. - The Five People You Meet in Heaven -

Read a book you checked out from the library. - Deeper Than the Dead

Read a book recommended by anyone living in your town. - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve

Read a book with a central theme of friendship. - The Girls of Mischief Bay

Read a book in which teamwork leads to success. - Orchid Beach

Read a book in which a community works together to improve its quality of life. - Dorothy Must Die

Read a book recommended by someone in our group. - Cress

Read a book with “Community,” “Town,” or “City” in the title. - The City Baker's Guide to Country Living


A Better World
Read an #OwnVoices book. - The Sun Is Also a Star

Read a book about a current global issue. - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Read a book about sustainability - When No One Is Watching or characters that strive to preserve nature. - Fifteen Dogs

Read a book about freedom in any sense of the word. - Crewel

Read a book set in another country than your home country. - The Yard

Read a book with “World” or “Earth” in the title. - Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, World War Z, Winter of the World,

Read a book featuring a culture or religion that differs from your own. - Half of a Yellow Sun

Read a book involving efforts toward peaceful reconciliation. - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

Read a book translated into the language you are reading. - The Drowning


message 42: by Sam F (last edited Jul 17, 2022 02:50PM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 05:00PM

Sam F | 1355 comments NATO Phonetic Alphabet Challenge:
Goodreads List

A - Alpha - Fifteen Dogs
B - Bravo
C - Charlie - The Sun Is Also a Star
D - Delta -
E - Echo - An Echo in the Bone
F - Foxtrot
G - Golf -
H - Hotel - At Bertam's Hotel (Miss Marple #11)
I - India - A Little Princess
J - Juliet -
K - Kilo
L - Lima - Death in the Andes
M - Mike - Mrs. Mike
N - November -
O - Oscar -
P - Papa - Orchid Beach
Q - Quebec - A Rule Against Murder
R - Romeo
S - Sierra
T - Tango
U - Uniform - The Yard
V - Victor
W - Whisky
X - X-ray
Y - Yankee -
Z - Zulu -


Check:
Behind Beautiful Forevers?


message 43: by Sam F (last edited Dec 27, 2022 10:37AM) (new)
Dec 09, 2021 05:03PM

Sam F | 1355 comments Reading Women Challenges:

1) A book by a woman in translation (bonus points if it’s also translated by a woman) - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
2) A fantasy novel written by a woman of color - Dorothy Must Die
3) A book set in the American South - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
4) A short story collection
5) A graphic novel or memoir - We'll Soon Be Home Again
6) A book published by an independent press - Akashic Books, Bellevue Literary Press, BOA Editions, C & R Press, Catapult Books, City Lights Publisher, Coffee House Press, Enchanted Lion Books, Europa Editions, Featherproof Books, Feral House, Forest Avenue Press, Future Tense Books, George Braziller, Graywolf Press
7) A book set in Russia or by a Russian author
8) A book with a viewpoint character who is an immigrant or a refugee - The Sun Is Also a Star
9) A book by an Australian or a Canadian author - The Boat People
10) An essay collection - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
11) A book about someone with a chronic illness - Good To A Fault
12) A true crime book
13) A book by an African American Woman about Civil Rights - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
14) A classic novel written by a woman (bonus points if not Austen or a Bronte) - A Little Princess
15) A poetry collection - Call Us What We Carry
16) A book where the characters are traveling somewhere - L is for Lawless
17) A book with a food item in the title - Sugar Daddy
18) A book written by a female Nobel Prize winner - Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer, Pearl Buck, Louise Gluck,
19) A book from the Reading Woman Award 2017 shortlists - Pachinko, Sing Unburied Sing,
20) A memoir by someone who lives in a country different from yours - A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return
21) A book inspired by a fairytale - Cress
22) A book by a local author or recommended by your local bookstore
23) The book that has been on your TBR the longest (or one that's been there a long time) - The Perfect Present
24) A book in a genre or subgenre you have never read - Crewel

BONUS
A book by Virginia Woolf
A book by Flannery O’Connor

1) A Book Longlisted for the JCB Prize
2) An Author from Eastern Europe
3) A Book About Incarceration
4) A Cookbook by a Woman of Color
5) A Book with a Protagonist Older than 50 - The Girls of Mischief Bay
6) A Book by a South American Author in Translation
7) Reread a Favorite Book - The Children of Willesden Lane. Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival
8) A Memoir by an Indigenous, First Nations, Native, or Aboriginal Woman
9) A Book by a Neurodivergent Author
10) A Crime Novel or Thriller in Translation - The Drowning
11) A Book About the Natural World
12) A Young Adult Novel by a Latinx Author
13) A Poetry Collection by a Black Woman - Call Us What We Carry
14) A Book with a Biracial Protagonist
15) A Muslim Middle Grade Novel
16) A Book Featuring a Queer Love Story
17) About a Woman in Politics - When No One Is Watching
18) A Book with a Rural Setting - A Great Deliverance
19) A Book with a Cover Designed by a Woman
20) A Book by an Arab Author in Translation
21) A Book by a Trans Author - Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
22) A Fantasy Novel by an Asian Author
23) A Nonfiction Book Focused on Social Justice
24) A Short Story Collection by a Caribbean Author

BONUS
25) A Book by Alexis Wright
26) A Book by Tsitsi Dangarembga
27) A Book by Leila Aboulela
28) A Book by Yoko Ogawa


1) A Book by an Author from the Caribbean or India
2) A Book Translated from an Asian Language
3) A Book about the Environment
4) Picture Book Written/Illustrated by a BIPOC Author
5) A Winner of the Stella Prize or the Women’s Prize for Fiction - The Lacuna,
6) A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian
7) A Book Featuring Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism
8) An Anthology by Multiple Authors
9) A Book Inspired by Folklore
10) A Book About a Woman Artist - I Let You Go
11) Read and Watch a Book-to-Movie Adaptation - The Nightingale
12) A Book About a Woman Who Inspires You - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
13) A Book by an Arab Woman - Reading Lolita in Tehran
14) A Book Set in Japan or by a Japanese Author
15) A Biography
16) A Book Featuring a Woman with a Disability
17) A Book Over 500 Pages
18) A Book Under 100 Pages - Ben's Trumpet
19) A Book That’s Frequently Recommended to You
20) A Feel-Good or Happy Book - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
21) A Book about Food - The City Baker's Guide to Country Living
22) A Book by Either a Favorite or a New-to-You Publisher - A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) by Deborah Crombie
23) A Book by an LGBTQ+ Author
24) A Book from the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists and Honorable Mentions

BONUS
25) A Book by Toni Morrison
26) A Book by Isabel Allende - - City of the Beasts

1) A mystery or thriller written by a woman of color - The Other Black Girl
2) A book about a woman with a mental illness
3) A book by an author from Nigeria - Half of a Yellow Sun or New Zealand
4) A book about or set in Appalachia
5) A children's book - Moominsummer Madness
6) A multigenerational family saga - Secrets to the Grave
7) A book featuring a woman in science - Turning Point
8) A play
9) A novella
10) A book about a woman athlete
11) A book featuring a religion other than your own - Escape
12) A Lambda Literary Award winner
13) A myth retelling - The Scorpio Races
14) A translated book published before 1945
15) A book written by a South Asian author
16) A book by an Indigenous woman - Daughters of the Deer
17) A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist - Educated,
18) A romance or love story - When Life Gives You Lululemons
19) A book about nature - The Secret Garden
20) A historical fiction book - Circling the Sun
21) A book you bought or borrowed in 2019 - Outfox
22) A book you picked up because of the cover - Girl at War by Sara Nović
23) Any book from a series - Deeper Than the Dead
24) A young adult book by a woman of color - The Wicked Will Rise

BONUS:
25) A book by Jesmyn Ward
26) A book by Jhumpa Lahiri


message 44: by Sam F (last edited Mar 29, 2022 04:37PM) (new)
Dec 18, 2021 07:21AM

Sam F | 1355 comments COLOR CHALLENGE

This challenge requires you to find books that have certain colors in their covers or in the title.

1. Read a book with "White" or any shade of white in the cover (ivory, cream, bone, etc...). - The Drowning (Patrik Hedström, #6) by Camilla Läckberg

2. Read a book with "Pink" or any shade of pink in the cover (rose, magenta, salmon, etc...). - Crewel (Crewel World, #1) by Gennifer Albin

3. Read a book with "Red" or any shade of red in the cover (maroon, brick, scarlet, etc...). - Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag

4. Read a book with "Orange" or any shade of orange in the cover (apricot, ginger, carrot, etc...). - Orchid Beach (Holly Barker, #1) by Stuart Woods

5. Read a book with "Yellow" or any shade of yellow in the cover (blond, chartreuse, canary, etc...). - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

6. Read a book with "Green" or any shade of green in the cover (sage, lime, jade, etc...). - Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar, #1) by Harlan Coben

7. Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue in the cover (teal, sky, cerulean, etc...). - Rising Strong The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution. by Brené Brown

8. Read a book with "Dark Blue" or any shade of dark blue in the cover (indigo, denim, navy, etc...). - Hidden Figures The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

9. Read a book with "Purple" or any shade of purple in the cover (lavender, plum, orchid, etc...). - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

10. Read a book with "Brown" or any shade of brown in the cover (tan, mahogany, coffee, etc...).

11. Read a book with "Black" or any shade of black in the cover (grey, slate, coal, etc...). - A Share in Death (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #1) by Deborah Crombie

12. Read a book with a Metallic color in the cover (gold, silver, bronze, etc...). - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

13. Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover. - The Girls of Mischief Bay (Mischief Bay, #1) by Susan Mallery

14. Read a book with a geometric pattern on the cover (rainbows, stripes, polka dots, floral pattern, mosaic, etc...). - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

15. Read a book with an ugly (to you) cover. - The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1) by Greg Iles

16. Read a book with two or more color words in the title (yellow gold, black & white, etc...)

17. Read a book with the word “Color” in the title.

18. Read a book with a word describing color in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, shiny, mosaic, etc...)


Want to make this challenge a little harder try doing the Colors of the Rainbow First (R-O-Y-G-B-I-V)
- Orchid Blues


message 45: by Sam F (last edited Jul 16, 2022 06:15AM) (new)
Dec 18, 2021 07:27AM

Sam F | 1355 comments Home School Life Challenge:

1. Read a book with a cover you like. - Orchid Beach (Holly Barker, #1) by Stuart Woods

2. Read a book with a cover in your favorite color. - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

3. Read a book by an author with a name you like. - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

4. Read a book with an alcoholic beverage on the cover.

5. Read a book with a hot beverage on the cover. - Rogue Heroes The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War by Ben Macintyre

6. Read a book with a summary you like. - I Talk Like a River

7. Read a book set in a place you love. - Fifteen Dogs

8. Read a book set in a place you’d really like to visit. - Dorothy Must Die

9. Read a book by an author who makes you feel warm and fuzzy. - The Notebook

10. Read a book in the Furrowed Middlebrow imprint.

11. Read a book with recipes.

12. Read a book that you’d take to the beach. - The Girls of Mischief Bay

13. Read a book that you’d take to the mountains. - Girl at War

14. Read a book that you’d take on a trans-Atlantic flight. - The Quiet Game

15. Read a book with a gorgeous title font. - The Drowning (Patrik Hedström, #6) by Camilla Läckberg

16. Read a book set during your childhood. Indian Horse

17. Read a book set during your teenage years. - Deeper than the Dead

18. Read a book set on a farm. - A Great Deliverance

19. Read a book that takes place on a vacation. - A Share in Death

20. Read a book set in the mountains. - Death in the Andes

21. Read a book set at the beach. - To Have and Have Not

22. Read a book set in a village or small town. - Broken Promise

23. Read a book that features a librarian.

24. Read a book that features a chef. - A Rule Against Murder

25. Read a book set in an old estate house. - When Life Gives You Lululemons

26. Read a book by an author who looks like someone you’d be friends with. - Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries

27. Read a book by an author who looks like someone you’d like to take a class with. - Day

28. Read a book by an author who looks like someone you’d sit next to on the subway. - The Yard

29. Read a book by an author you’d like to know in real life. - The Scorpio Races

30. Read a book with a title that makes you smile. - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

31. Read a book that celebrates Black Joy.

32. Read a book that celebrates Native life.

33. Read a book that celebrates Asian life.

34. Read a book that celebrates Latinx life.

35. Read a book that celebrates LGBTQ+ life.

36. Read a book that celebrates women - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

37. Read a book with a happy ending. - Turning Point

38. Read a book that made a friend happy.

39. Read a book that your child - Moominsummer Madness or parent loves.

40. Reread a book that made you happy.


message 46: by Sam F (last edited May 07, 2022 06:25PM) (new)
Dec 28, 2021 06:50AM

Sam F | 1355 comments Anna Katharine Green Tasks
Choose ONE task to read for each

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel".
Read a book
🔹with a Green cover (at least 50%) - Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar, #1) by Harlan Coben
🔹with a detective character - A Rule Against Murder or a character in the justice system (lawyer, judge, etc) - The Boat People
🔹featuring a mother as the MC - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Green was born in Brooklyn, New York. She had an early ambition to write romantic verse and corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Read a book
🔹set in New York (city or state) - When Life Gives You Lululemons
🔹that includes a poetry verse anywhere in the book: part of the story, epigraph or chapter heads, etc. - Good To A Fault
🔹with author initials R-W-E, any order (RW, RE, WR, WE, ER, EW) - Indian Horse

When her poetry failed to gain recognition, she produced her first and best known novel, The Leavenworth Case (1878), praised by Wilkie Collins, and the hit of the year. She became a bestselling author, eventually publishing about 40 books.
Read a book
🔹by a new to you author - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
🔹that is a debut novel - Dorothy Must Die
🔹authored by Anna Katharine Green

On November 25, 1884, Green married the actor and stove designer, and later noted furniture maker, Charles Rohlfs. Rohlfs toured in a dramatization of Green's The Leavenworth Case. After his theater career faltered, he became a furniture maker in 1897, and Green collaborated with him on some of his designs. Together they had one daughter and two sons: Rosamund Rohlfs, Roland Rohlfs, and Sterling Rohlfs. Green died on April 11, 1935, in Buffalo, New York, at the age of 88. Her husband died the following year.
Read a book
🔹with an actor character - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
🔹featuring an MC who works with his hands - To Have and Have Not
🔹with important characters that are a married couple - Outfox

In a discussion of women writers of detective fiction, scholar Ellen Higgins in 1994 chronicled the work of Green as popularizing the genre a decade before Arthur Conan Doyle brought out his first Sherlock Holmes story. "I only found out afterward that some people were a little upset with it because they don't want to hear about women competing with the master", Higgins said.
Read a book
🔹published in the 1990s - High Fidelity
🔹authored by Arthur Conan Doyle
🔹written by a female author - Half of a Yellow Sun

Green is credited with shaping detective fiction into its classic form, and developing the series detective. Her main character was detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force.
Read a book
🔹with a police or law enforcement officer as a main character - I Let You Go
🔹that is part of a series - Drop Shot
🔹that starts with a letter in GRYCE - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

In three of the Ebenezer Gryce novels, he is assisted by the nosy society spinster Amelia Butterworth, the prototype for Miss Marple, Miss Silver and other creations.
Read a book
🔹with all the letters of NOSY in the title/subtitle - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
🔹featuring a character who is elderly (no immortal supernatural characters) - L is for Lawless
🔹with the word SPINSTER in the text (cite location) - Payment in Blood

She also invented the 'girl detective': in the character of Violet Strange, a debutante with a secret life as a sleuth.
Read a book
🔹that is a cozy mystery or features an amateur detective - The Maltese Falcon
🔹with a violet or purple cover (at least 50%) - Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer
🔹with an author or character name starting with V - A Necessary End

Indeed, as journalist Kathy Hickman writes, Green "stamped the mystery genre with the distinctive features that would influence writers from Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle to contemporary authors of suspenseful "whodunits".
Read a book
🔹with author initials AC/CA - When No One Is Watchingor CD/DC
🔹that is a 'whodunit' (mystery) - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve
🔹with the word INFLUENCE in the text (cite loc) - Drop Shot

In addition to creating elderly spinster and young female sleuths, Green's innovative plot devices included dead bodies in libraries, newspaper clippings as "clews", the coroner's inquest, and expert witnesses.
Read a book
🔹with a library mentioned in the story - The Friends We Keep
🔹where someone reads a newspaper - Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
🔹where there is an inquest (or autopsy) in the story - Body of Evidence

Yale Law School once used her books to demonstrate how damaging it can be to rely on circumstantial evidence. Written in 1878, her first book, The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story, sparked a debate in the Pennsylvania State Senate over whether the book could "really have been written by a woman".
Read a book
🔹with all the letters of YALE in the author's name - Life Among the Savages
🔹where circumstantial evidence is part of the plot - Far From True
🔹with a strong female heroine (your interpretation) - The Scorpio Races

Green was in some ways a progressive woman for her time—succeeding in a genre dominated by male writers—but she did not approve of many of her feminist contemporaries, for instance she was opposed to women's suffrage.
Read a book
🔹where a female does something considered a male's job, duty, etc. - Fearless Fourteen
🔹with a feminist character - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
🔹by an author with 40+ published works - Turning Point


message 47: by Sam F (last edited Feb 08, 2022 05:32PM) (new)
Dec 28, 2021 06:53AM

Sam F | 1355 comments Happy New Year!

🥂Read a book with the word NEW or YEAR in the title/subtitle
🥂Read a book with the word NEW or YEAR in the series name

🥂Read a book with the letters N-E-W in the title (no subtitle) - We'll Soon Be Home Again
🥂Read a book with the letters Y-E-A-R in the title (no subtitle) - The Yard

🥂Read a book that is a NEW to you series (first in a series) - Deeper than the Dead
🥂Read a book that is a NEW to you author - A Share in Death

🥂Read a book with a setting with NEW in the name (New York, NYC, New Orleans, etc) - Broken Promise

🥂Read a book with 'New Year' in the text - the words must be intact/together as a phrase but don't have to refer specifically to New Year's Eve/Day

🥂Read a book where an important character starts something new (a new job, a new home, a new family, etc) - Orchid Beach

🥂Read a book first published in January of any year - Turning Point

🥂Read a book with 22 intact in the page number or has 22 in the publish date


message 48: by Sam F (last edited Jul 19, 2022 05:32AM) (new)
Dec 28, 2021 06:55AM

Sam F | 1355 comments Candyland Challenge:


1. We start our adventure at the Gingerbread Plum Grove. This grove is full of gingerbread plum trees. They sprout delicious sugar-coated plums, which are a favorite treat of Plumpy's. The grove is home to both Plumpy & Mamma Ginger Tree.
Read a book with a gingerbread man on the cover
OR
Read a book with the letters PLUM in the title - Fearless Fourteen

2. While we are visiting the Gingerbread Plum Grove, it would be rude not to visit its residents. So our next stop is to see Plumpy. As the last of the Plumpa trolls, he is the caretaker of the gingerbread plum trees in the Gingerbread Plum Grove. His job is to gather all of the ripe sugar-coated plums that fall from the trees. He is a fuzzy green monster that is both friendly and comical.
Read a book with a monster in it (your interpretation) - The Girls of Mischief Bay
OR
Read a book with a caretaker - The Scorpio Races

3. Next up is to visit Mamma Ginger Tree. Mamma Ginger Tree is the friendliest one in all of Candy Land. Her ginger boys & girls will help guide you along the path. If you stop and sit with her for a while, she will tell you wonderful stories of Candy Land. She might also share some gingersnaps and we all know she makes the best gingersnaps in all of Candy Land!
Read a book with a tree on the cover - A Necessary End (Inspector Banks, #3) by Peter Robinson
OR
Read a book with a storyteller - The Notebook

4. Now that we have visited all the residents of the Gingerbread Plum Grove, let's move on to the next location. Next, we will visit the Cupcake Commons. We can take a tour of the factory and learn all about how they make cupcakes. I imagine that our friend, Gramma Gooey, spends a lot of time here.
Read a book with a factory or a bakery in the story - I Let You Go
OR
Read a book with cupcakes on the cover

5. The next stop on the candy path is the Peppermint Forest. The forest is full of tall candy canes and peppermint candies. The floor is covered in white peppermint-scented sprinkles. It smells heavenly here. No wonder Mr. Mint enjoys living in this forest.
Read a book with peppermint candy on the cover or in the story - When Life Gives You Lululemons
OR
Read a book with the author initials in MINT

6. While we are here in the Peppermint Forest, we just have to stop in and visit Mr. Mint. Mr. Mint is a lumberjack made of peppermint and gum. He looks a bit like a clown but he is arguably a favorite among fans. He lives in the Peppermint Forest beyond the Peppermint Falls with the Snow Beavers. He is full of laughter and fun. It is his job to cut down the tree-sized candy canes and turn them into peppermint piccolos.
Read a book with a lumberjack - Indian Horse
OR
Read a book with a clown - The Five People You Meet in Heaven

7. We move a little further on the candy path and arrive at Gumdrop Mountain. Gumdrop Mountain is a range of mountains made of gumdrops. Our friend, Jolly, spends his time mining these mountains to bring us these delicious treats.
Read a book with a mountain on the cover
OR
Read a book with all the letters of GUM in the title - The Quiet Game

8. Jolly is so excited that we are planning to drop in to visit him next. He was afraid that we would skip right over him. Jolly is a multi-colored happy chubby monster. He is a fun-loving resident of Gumdrop Mountain. As the official greeter, his job is to greet visitors to the mountain. He also is responsible for mining gumdrops from the mountain.
Read a book with multiple colors on the cover (must be at least 3 colors) - Crewel (Crewel World, #1) by Gennifer Albin
OR
Read a book with a miner - The Yard

9. We have to pass through Licorice Lagoon because it is next on our path. We need to be mighty careful here. We don't want to run into Lord Licorice. Licorice Lagoon is a huge land that not only has the lagoon but it also includes Licorice Forest and Licorice Castle. Everything here is made of black licorice. Mainly because Lord Licorice delights in being bad and black fits his mood.
Read a book with an all-black cover - Orchid Blues (Holly Barker, #2) by Stuart Woods
OR
Read a book with a character that delights in being bad - We'll Soon Be Home Again

10. Oh no! We had hoped to avoid Lord Licorice on this trip. He is always in such a foul mood. Lord Licorice is the villain of the story. He is the one behind the disappearance of King Kandy. He has made it so that nobody can see the Candy Castle or King Kandy. His goal in life is to turn all of Candy Land into licorice... eww!
Read a book from ones of these villain lists Villain Protagonist, Best Villains or Villains Need Love Too
OR
Read a book with a character that is always in a foul mood - A Share in Death

11. Now that we are done dealing with Lord Licorice, let's move on up the candy path to something nicer. Our next stop is Peanut Acres. Peanut Acres is a farm run by Gramma Nut. She makes the most magically delicious peanuts. They have a magical surprise inside each one. Maybe we will be able to visit her and try some while we are there.
Read a book that takes place on a farm - A Great Deliverance
OR
Read a book tagged MAGIC - The Wicked Will Rise

12. Gramma Nut can take a break and visit with us. I am so excited! Gramma Nutt lives in Peanut Acres in a peanut brittle house with her dog, Bazz. She grows special peanuts with magical surprises inside. She is always experimenting with different types of magic for her peanuts, although not always successful. Hanging out with Gramma Nut is always a fun experience.
Read a book with a dog on the cover - Orchid Beach (Holly Barker, #1) by Stuart Woods
OR
Read a book where someone experiments with something (your interpretation) - Dorothy Must Die

13. Let's move a bit further on the candy path. Our next stop is one of my favorites, the Lollipop Woods! It is a forest full of lollipops in all sizes, shapes, and colors. It is home to our friend, Princess Lolly. Maybe we can talk her into coming along with us on our adventure.
Read a book with any color in the title - Half of a Yellow Sun
OR
Read a book that starts with a letter in SHAPE - High Fidelity

14. Princess Lolly is excited about our invitation to join us on our adventure. Princess Lolly is an adventurous soul who explores Candyland. She is curious and waves around her magical lollipop scepter while she flies from one adventure to another.
Read a book tagged ADVENTURE
OR
Read a book with a curious character (your interpretation) - Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

15. We are off to the Ice Cream Sea and the Ice Palace. The Ice Palace is the home of Queen Frostine and it overlooks the Ice Cream Sea. That sounds yummy! Wonder what kind of ice cream is in the sea?
Read a book whose title incorporates your favorite ice cream in the title somehow (be creative! example: If you like Pecan ice cream, you could read Pecan Pies and Dead Guys or The Pecan Man)
OR
Read a book that takes place by the sea - To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

16. We stop in to see Queen Frostine at the Ice Palace. She is kind and wise and has a snowflake scepter that spins a trail of sparkling sugar snowflakes. She spends her time at the Ice Palace, Snow Flake Lake, and the Ice Cream Sea.
Read a book with snowflakes or snow on the cover
OR
Read a book with all the letters of ICE in the title - Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

17. While we are here at the Ice Cream Sea, we should stop over at the Ice Cream Slopes. We can take a time out to ride an ice cream pop down the slopes. The Duke of Swirl might even join us on the slopes.
Read a book where someone goes skiing or snowboarding - This Side of Paradise
OR
Read a book where someone takes a break to have some fun - The Sun Is Also a Star

18. The Duke of Swirl was on the slopes. He loves when people join him in his favorite activity. A very unpopular character, the Duke of Swirl was only around for a short while. He liked to hang out at the Ice Cream Slopes.
Read a book with an unpopular character - L is for Lawless
OR
Read a short book (100-150 pages)

19. Are you ready for a sticky great time? Our next stop is the Molasses Swamp. It is a swamp full of molasses but it is surrounded by molasses treats that grow along its banks. This is the home of Gloppy.
Read a book that takes place in a swamp or bayou
OR
Read a book that has all the letters of MOLASSES in the title/subtitle - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

20. While we are here at the Molasses Swamp, we stop in to see Gloppy as he is splashing away in the swamp. Gloppy was originally the molasses monster completely made of molasses. Somewhere along the line, he became the chocolate monster made of chocolate. Either way, he sounds just as sweet!
Read a book with a sweet character - Broken Promise
OR
Read a book that starts with a letter in GLOPPY - Good To A Fault

21. Next to the Molasses Swamp is the Chocolate Mountain. This is the other home of Gloppy. It is a mountain full of chocolate. Nothing could be sweeter than that, right? It is also the home of Gramma Gooey. This is where she gets her chocolate supply for her awesome cakes.
Read a book that is completely brown on the cover - Fifteen Dogs (Quincunx, #2) by André Alexis
OR
Read a book with chocolate on the cover or in the text - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

22. We stop in to see Gramma Gooey as she is pulling one of her signature chocolate cakes out of the oven. Boy, that does that smell delicious!! Gramma Gooey is a resident of Chocolate Mountain. She is an expert at making cakes and chocolate ones are her specialty. No one can beat her chocolate cakes!
Read a book with a baker - A Rule Against Murder
OR
Read a book with a cake on the cover - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

23. We have finally made our way up the candy path, all the way to the Candy Castle. Despite Lord Licorice's plan to hide it away, we have found it at last. It is beautiful in all its candy glory.
Read a book with a castle on the cover or in the story
OR
Read a book where something is found (your interpretation) - Deeper than the Dead

24. King Kandy is the king of all of Candy Land, married to Queen Frostine, and the father of Princess Lolly. He disappeared and everyone in Candy Land is relying on the help of special children to help find King Kandy and the Candy Castle. We find King Kandy safe inside the castle on his throne. He is glad to finally have some company.
Read a book with candy on the cover
OR
Read a book with a king as a character - The Marvelous Land of Oz


message 49: by Sam F (last edited Apr 18, 2022 01:22PM) (new)
Dec 28, 2021 07:04AM

Sam F | 1355 comments Monthly Genres:

January: General Fiction(Novels) - Orchid Beach

February: Plays and Poetry and Romance! - Turning Point

March: Mystery - A Rule Against Murder and Suspense - Outfox

April: Western/Humour - Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang/Adventure

May: Female Authors - The Other Black Girl

June: Fantasy/Graphic Novels

July: Chldren's/YA - A Little Princess

August: Memoirs, Biography, Travel

September: Science Fiction/Dystopia

October: Supernatural, Thriller, Horror

November: Historical Fiction and any Non-fiction

December: Classics, Short Stories, Fairy Tales


Monthly Genre Challenges:

January:
1. Read a novel that has more than 150 pages. - The Drowning

2. Read a book by an author that is new to you. - A Share in Death

3. Read, or reread, the first book in a series. - Deeper than the Dead


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Dec 28, 2021 07:07AM

Sam F | 1355 comments Fandomonium:

1. Fandom: A community of fans--for any given work, person, or other object of fan adoration--which came together for their mutual benefit.
Read a book either as a Buddy Read, with a TBR Twin, - The Other Black Girl
- featuring a group of characters united for a cause.The Quiet Game

2. Fangirl/Fanboy: A self-proclaimed fangirl/fanboy often gushes enthusiastically over their favorite subject.
Re-read a favorite book - A Little Princess
- read one that you have heard others rave about.- Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

3. Fan Convention (simply Convention or Con): Where fans of a particular franchise, creator, or work all meet to discuss it and ask questions to celebrities in films and voice acting. A number turn up as cosplayers.
Read a manga, graphic novel -We'll Soon Be Home Again
- book adapted to film or TV. - The Notebook

4. Fanon (blends "fan" and "canon"): Fans' interpretation of details not explained or shown in the source material (canon).
Read a book of historical fiction - The Yard
- alternate history.

5. Friendly Fandoms: When fandoms of two works get along well, a fan of one work is likely to become a fan of the other.
Read a book about friendship - The Girls of Mischief Bay
- in a genre you particularly love. - A Share in Death

6. Cosplay (blends "costume" and "roleplaying"): Dressing up as a character from a movie, TV series, book, or video game. Flaunt your costume at a Con!
Read a book with a character who wears a colorful outfit - Crewel
- a costume or disguise - Dorothy Must Die

7. Fan Fiction: A form of Alternate or Expanded Universe created by the fans of a work, rather than the work's original creator.
Read a book either about books/writing or from a spin-off series.

8. Unpopular Popular Character: A character adored by the fanbase but who is ignored, disliked, or mistreated by the work's other characters.
Read a book that has either a rating below 3.5 stars - More Five-Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve
-less than 500 reviews. - Orchid Beach

9. Fandom Heresy: If you disagree with a viewpoint held by most other fans, the rest of the fandom will turn on you.
Read a book from the Favorite Books That Were Once Banned listopia or on a topic you feel unfamiliar or uncertain about - The Boat People

10. Shipping (from "relationSHIP"): Rooting for love to blossom between a fictional couple.
Read a love story - The Sun Is Also a Star
- a book with a happy ending - The Scorpio Races


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