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I love doing this challenge. Here is my list - no theme, just a mix of books old and new that I would like to read. Can't wait to see what you all have on your lists this year!

1. Green Rider 4 stars - will continue this series
2. The Gilded Wolves 3 stars
3. Recursion 4 stars
4. King of Scars 3.5 stars - not as good as Six of Crows
5. Jade City 3.75 stars - good, but somehow failed to fully engage me
6. Verity 3.5 stars - started well but kinda fizzled the ending
7. The Anatomist's Wife dnf
8. Project Hail Mary All the stars! Love Rocky. <3
9. The Jasmine Throne Meh
10. The Bone Shard Daughter Also meh
11. The Rose Code 4.5 stars - interesting, and fun.
12. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 4.25 stars - good story telling

Alternates
1. The Book of Cold Cases 3.5 stars
2. The Lost Apothecary DNF - 2.5 stars - too predictable to hold my interest
3. Entry Island 3.75 stars
4. The Shadow of What Was Lost 4 stars - Pretty good for a debut novel

I haven't read any of your selections but I have most on my TBR list. Wish you luck with your challenge.

If you ever do audio books, I highly recommend Project Hail Mary as audio!

Good luck with your challenge, Linette. Stop giving me ideas for new books!

I read The Lost Apothecary a few months ago and loved it

Vikki wrote: "I read The Lost Apothecary a few months ago and loved it"

Happy for your good review - I was iffy about whether I had made a good choice putting it on my list.

Bill wrote: "Good luck with your challenge, Linette. Stop giving me ideas for new books!"

We both know you will be adding to my TBR soon too. :)

Amy wrote: "If you ever do audio books, I highly recommend Project Hail Mary as audio!"

I always have an audiobook going, as well as either a paper or ebook - and I've got this one on audio waiting for me. Glad to know the audio is well done!

Denise wrote: "I haven't read any of your selections but I have most on my TBR list. Wish you luck with your challenge."

I've lost track of what is on my TBR - I think I've discovered a new book I want to read, only to find I put it on my TBR back in 2018. LOL.

I've recently read Recursion & The Lost Apothecary ... loved them both! Enjoy!

Linette wrote: "Vikki wrote: "I read The Lost Apothecary a few months ago and loved it"

Happy for your good review - I was iffy about whether I had made a good choice putting it on my list.

Bill wrote: "Good lu..."

Challenge accepted!

Bill wrote: "Linette wrote: "Vikki wrote: "I read The Lost Apothecary a few months ago and loved it"

Happy for your good review - I was iffy about whether I had made a good choice putting it on my list.

Bill..." LOL you are incorrigible. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next year. :)

Martha wrote: "I've recently read Recursion & The Lost Apothecary ... loved them both! Enjoy!"

I hope I love them too! Getting excited...only a few weeks now.

Linette, I love your list. I have read and loved A Gentleman in Moscow, Recursion, Project Hail Mary, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Great choices, all of them! I'm hoping to read King of Scars this coming year - it's on my individual challenge list. Hope we both enjoy it. I can't wait to see what you think!

Lea wrote: "Linette, I love your list. I have read and loved A Gentleman in Moscow, Recursion, Project Hail Mary, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Great choices, all of them! I'm hoping to read King of S..."

Thanks, Lea - I've enjoyed other books by Leigh Bardugo, so hopefully we like Scars too.

Nice list, Linette! I've read a few, and loved them all: Recursion, Project Hail Mary and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. A few others are on my TBR, so I hope both of us will enjoy them. Happy reading!

Great list! I've read Gentleman in Moscow & Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. Enjoyed them both! Haven't read that particular Peter May but I did enjoy his chess trilogy.
Happy Reading!

This list is fabulous!! This should be a copy/paste!!

My copy of Project Hail Mary finally came in; so I am amped to read it. I may switch it out with another book on my challenge list. Mmmmm

Good luck and happy reading, Linette.

Alondra wrote: "This list is fabulous!! This should be a copy/paste!!

My copy of Project Hail Mary finally came in; so I am amped to read it. I may switch it out with another book on my challenge list. Mmmmm

Go..."

Thanks, Alondra :) I think there will definitely be some gold in my list. Hope we love Project Hail Mary - I think I'm going to listen to the audiobook, I've heard it's good.

Ann_R wrote: "Good luck with your challenge, Linette. I really enjoyed reading A Gentleman in Moscow and The Rose Code. I hope you like them, along with all your other chosen books."

Thank you, Ann - me too.

Patricia wrote: "Great list! I've read Gentleman in Moscow & Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. Enjoyed them both! Haven't read that particular Peter May but I did enjoy his chess trilogy.
Happy Reading!"


Thanks Patricia - do you mean PM's Lewis trilogy? I loved it! We shall see about this one.

Oooh, I loved, loved, loved A Gentleman in Moscow!

Karol wrote: "Oooh, I loved, loved, loved A Gentleman in Moscow!"

I'm seriously considering making it my first read from this list.

Finished my challenge!
My favourite book was Project Hail Mary - especially since I listened to the audiobook. Funny, and poignant.
Had 2 DNFs, and 2 that might have been good but just weren't for me.
Best of all, I liked 2 books on this list enough that I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series :) Haha.

Linette wrote: "Finished my challenge!
My favourite book was Project Hail Mary - especially since I listened to the audiobook. Funny, and poignant.
Had 2 DNFs, and 2 that might have been good but just weren't fo..."

Congratulations, Linette. I will have to go back and look at your reviews. Woot!!

I hate DNF's and had not had one in a long time, but this year did it. Ugh.

Congrats, Linette. I've had more DNF's this year than ever. I guess we're just getting more discerning, eh? 😎

Congrats! I've stopped counting the DNFs long time ago 🤣

Exactly! So many books to read, why spend time reading ones we are not enjoying? Someone else will enjoy them while we move on to the next in the pile and maybe find something we love. And I did find ones I loved in this list - win!

Linette wrote: "Exactly! So many books to read, why spend time reading ones we are not enjoying? Someone else will enjoy them while we move on to the next in the pile and maybe find something we love. And I did fi..."

Exactly!!

Congrats on finishing your list! And, even better finding some new books and series that you loved!

Lea wrote: "Congrats on finishing your list! And, even better finding some new books and series that you loved!"

Thanks :)
Now contemplating my 2023 choices. Which you all have definitely influenced.

Linette wrote: "Thanks :)
Now contemplating my 2023 choices. Which you all have definitely influenced."

Same. Narrowing down the list is really hard for me. :-)