2026 Reading Challenge discussion

I hope to read at least 100 books this year 86/100
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1.Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas- 02/01
2. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas - 06/01
3. Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young - 07/01
4. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler - 08/01
5 -. Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01
6. Fall of Angels Barbara Cleverlyby 09/01
7. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 11/01
8. Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01
9. From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris 12/01
10. The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes 13/01
11. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01
12.Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 14/01
13.Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01
14. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 15/01
15. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 16/01
16. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 19/01
17. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 20/01
18. Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria L.K. Williams 21/01
19. The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi 21/01
20.Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 22/01
21. The Last Refuge by Chris Knopf 23/01
22. The White Garden: A Novel of Virginia Woolf by Stephanie Barron 23/01
23. Cats on the Prowl: Book One by Nancy C. Davis 24/01
24. Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright 25/01
25. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 26/01
26.Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger 27/01
27. Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop 28/01
28.The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado 28/01
29. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 29/01
30. The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 30/01
31. The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda 30/01
32. Super Extra Grande by Yoss 31/01
33. The Dilemma by B.A. Paris 31/01
34. Redfield Farm: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by Judith Redline Coopey 01/02
35.Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 02/02
36.Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 02/02
37. Second Sight by Amanda Quick 03/02
38.Curve My Song by Sarah Gai 03/02
39.Beyond Dead by Jordaina Sydney Robinson 04/02
40.A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson 04/02
41.The Postman by David Brin 05/02
42.Love and Lists by Tara Sivec 05/02
43.The Family Plot by Megan Collins 05/02
44.The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 07/02
45.Grey Eyes by Quinteria Ramey 07/02
46. Malafrena by Ursula K. Le Guin 09/02
47. Extraction by Xyla Turner 09/02
48. One Moment At Sunrise4] by Karen Aldous09/02
49.Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans 11/02
50. February Flowers by Fan Wu 11/02
51. Oh Great, Now I Can Hear Dead People! by Deborah Durbin 12/02
52. Let's Be Just Friends by Camilla Isley 12/02
53. In Loving Memory of Isobel by Daya Daniels 12/02
54. The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt 13/02
55. The Kindness of Strangers by Julie Newman 14/02
56. Animals Behaving Badly: Boozing Bees, Cheating Chimps, Dogs with Guns, and Other Beastly True Tales by Linda Lombardi 14/02
57. Love and the Turning Seasons: India's Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing by Andrew Schelling 15/02.
58. Meet Me at Pebble Beach by Bella Osborne 15/02
59. In the Cemetery of the Orange Trees by Jeff Talarigo 15/02
60.The Waterfalls of the Moon by Anne Mather 16/02
61.When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore 16/02
62. Personal Experiences by Tracy Lee 16/02
63. Music of the Night by Angela J. Ford 17/02
64. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 20/02
65. Faith Fox by Jane Gardam 21/02
66. Birthdays of a Princess by Helga Zeiner 22/02
67.The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes|2843991] 24/02
68. Grave Robbing and Other Hobbies: A Reverse Harem Romance by Jayce Carter 24/02
69.The Dirty Streets of Heaven 28/02
70. Happy Hour in Hell by Tad Williams 02/03
71. Sleeping Late on Judgement Day by [author:Tad Williams 07/03
72. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlepig by Tad Williams 07/03
73. Southern Comforts by JoAnn Ross6] 09/03
74. Coming Home by Max Bolt 09/03[
75. [book:The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink|13538764] by Kevin Young 11/03
76. Egyptian Food and Drink by Hillary Wilson 11/03
77. Fifty Shades of Silver Hair and Socks by Phil Torcivia 11/03
78. Peanuts: Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown! by author:Charles M. Schulz|209672] 11/03
79. In My Good Books by V.S. Pritchett 14/03
80. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran 15/03
81.The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon 20/03
82. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 21/03
83. The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin 29/03
84. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 29/03
85. We Are Watching Eliza Bright by A.E. Osworth 30/03
86. A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos 31/03

My Challenges

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Yearly
Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2022 (103)
Color Challenge - 2022 - 2022 (94)
Diversity in Reading - 2022 (55)
Genre Bingo - 2022 (49)
Hindsight Is 2022 - 2022 (75)
I Spy - 2022 (102)
Let's Turn Pages - 2022 (96)
Magical Mystery Tour - 2022 (71)
Penguins & Polar Bears - 2022 (31)
Popsugar Challenge - 2022 - 2022 (85)

Bookworms Take Shelfies - 2022 (103)
I'm in for 40 books - 18/40

The 20 shelf themes are:

*An Author
Sarah J. Maas
1. Tower of Dawn 02/01
2.Kingdom of Ash 06/01

*A Book Genre
Mystery
1. Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young 07/01
2. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 08/01


*Book Length (under 200 or 500+ pages)
300-400 pages
Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01
Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly 09/01


*Celebrations
Birthdays
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 11/01 - (view spoiler)[The family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday.. (hide spoiler)]
The Dilemma by B.A. Paris 31/01

*Diversity (in any of its forms)
Sexual orientation - Lesbian

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 22/01

*Friendship, Love, and Marriage
*A Feeling (joy, grief, love, adventurous, envy)


*Film & Theater
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 15/01

*A Fine Art (visual arts, music, plastic arts)


*Food & Beverage
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 19/01

*Heritage & Culture

*A Hobby or Pastime
Gardening - The White Garden: A Novel of Virginia Woolf by Stephanie Barron 23/01


*A Listopia
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01


*A Literary Award
CWA New Blood Dagger Winners
Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01
Nero Award
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01


*Memoirs, Auto-Biographies, and Biographies
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 14/01
*Nature and the Environment

*A Place (location, city, suburbs, countryside, nation)
South America - The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes 13/01
*Science & Technology

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 20/01
*A Time (time of day, month, year, season, past era, future)
*Travel

Color Challenge - 2022 - 2022 (94)
Please count me in for 18 books
COLOR CHALLENGE - 15/18
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022


This challenge requires you to find books that have certain colors in their covers or in the title. Let the challenge leader know how many you would like to do and post your number below!

1. Read a book with "White" or any shade of white in the cover (ivory, cream, bone, etc...). - Fall of Angelsby Barbara Cleverly 09/01
2. Read a book with "Pink" or any shade of pink in the cover (rose, magenta, salmon, etc...).The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton - 11/01
3. Read a book with "Red" or any shade of red in the cover (maroon, brick, scarlet, etc...). - Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young - 07/01
4. Read a book with "Orange" or any shade of orange in the cover (apricot, ginger, carrot, etc...). - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01
5. Read a book with "Yellow" or any shade of yellow in the cover (blond, chartreuse, canary, etc...). - Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas 06/01
6. Read a book with "Green" or any shade of green in the cover (sage, lime, jade, etc...).The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes 13/01
7. Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue in the cover (teal, sky, cerulean, etc...).Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01
8. Read a book with "Dark Blue" or any shade of dark blue in the cover (indigo, denim, navy, etc...). - Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas 02/01
9. Read a book with "Purple" or any shade of purple in the cover (lavender, plum, orchid, etc...).Curve My Song by Sarah Gai 03/02
10. Read a book with "Brown" or any shade of brown in the cover (tan, mahogany, coffee, etc...).From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris 12/01
11. Read a book with "Black" or any shade of black in the cover (grey, slate, coal, etc...). The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 08/01
12. Read a book with a Metallic color in the cover (gold, silver, bronze, etc...). - Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 22/01

13. Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover. - Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01
14. Read a book with a geometric pattern on the cover (rainbows, stripes, polka dots, floral pattern, mosaic, etc...). - The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado 28/01
15. Read a book with an ugly (to you) cover. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01

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...)


TIP: This is a fun challenge to use the "add book/author" option (located just above the comment box) and selecting "cover."


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


*Finished the challenge already? Double your fun and redo tasks 1 through 12, but instead of the cover, find the colors in the title!

**Finished again? A triple challenge would be to find books with all of these colors in their covers AND in their titles.

Diversity in Reading - 2022 (55)

Please count me in - update to 20 - 20/20


To qualify for this challenge, the book must be written by an author(s) who is different from you. The difference could be in race, gender, sexual orientation, geography, nationality, religion, family background, language, ability,

Geography- (Not in South Africa)

Philadelphia - Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas - 02/01
England - Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01
Florida - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 15/01

Race-

African American - Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young - 07/01
Native American - The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 30/01

Gender (Not Female)

Male -
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler - 08/01
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01

Nationality (Not South African)

English - Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly 09/01
Australian - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton - 11/01
Canadian - Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01
Polish - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 16/01

Family background -

Military Spouse - From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris 12/01

Education

She has a degree in fine arts and mass communication & journalism from The University of New Mexico - The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes 13/01
He has a PhD in Chinese Literature from National Central University - The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi 21/01
She earned her BA in Magazine Journalism from the University of Georgia and MFA in Writing from the Savannah College of Art & Design. - A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 26/01

Career

Scientist - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 14/01
Zoologist - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01
Landscape Gardener - Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria L.K. Williams 21/01
Message Therapist - Cats on the Prowl: Book One] by Nancy C. Davis 24/01

Born -

Annapolis, Maryland - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 19/01
Stockholm, Sweden - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 29/01
Ability -

A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking 20/01 - In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – ALS, for short) that gradually, over the decades, paralysed him.

Sexual Orientation

Queer millennial - Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 22/01

Religion

Catholic - The White Garden: A Novel of Virginia Woolf by Stephanie Barron 23/01 (view spoiler)[She grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, a two hundred year-old Catholic school for girls that shares a wall with Georgetown University. (hide spoiler)]
Jewish - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 07/02

Hoping for 5 bingos - 49




Classics - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler- 08/01
Literary Fiction - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 16/01
Memoir - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 14/01
Magical Realism - The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi 21/01
Poetry - Love and the Turning Seasons: India's Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing by Andrew Schelling 15/02


Graphic Novel - Peanuts: Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown! by Charles M. Schulz 11/03
Family Saga
Crime - Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01
Romance - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 11/01
Coming of Age - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01


Westerns
Travel - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 20/02
Free Space
Humor and Comedy - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 29/01
Suspense - Southern Comforts by JoAnn Ross 09/03


Horror - The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01
Dystopian - The Postman by David Brin 05/02
Historical Fiction - Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01
Paranormal - Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop 28/01
Fantasy - Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas 02/01


Short Stories or Novella - Cats on the Prowl: Book One by Nancy C. Davis 24/01
Mystery or Thriller - Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young 07/01
Young Adult - Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas - 06/01
Historical Nonfiction
Adventure - The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes 24/02

Hindsight Is 2022 - 2022 (75)

This looks so interesting. I'm in


Pre-1900’s Blast from the Past
Read a Book…
1. Set in the BCE (before common era) or nonfiction about the BCE
2. Set between 1-1800 CE (common era) or nonfiction about the CE
3. Set between 1801-1900 - (1896-1897) Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01
4. That spans multiple decades - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 11/01 - (view spoiler)[Dorothy’s story takes the reader from pre–WWII England through the blitz, to the ’60s and beyond. (hide spoiler)]
5. Set in Greece (the first Olympics)


1900’s Zesty Zeros
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1900's
2. Published in the 1900's
3. By an author born or died in the 1900’s
4. Set in the Balkans (Balkan wars)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: France, USA, UK - UK - The Dilemma by B.A. Paris 31/01


1910’s: Transformative Teens
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1910's
2. Published in the 1910's
3. By an author born or died in the 1910's
4. Set in or near the ocean (Titanic) - The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda 30/01
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Sweden, Germany - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 29/01



1920’s: Tremendous Twenties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1920's - The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes 13/01(view spoiler)[Perfect for fans of Julia Alvarez and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, this exhilarating novel transports you to the lush tropical landscape of 1920s Ecuador, blending family drama, dangerous mystery, and the real-life history of the coastal town known as the “birthplace of cacao.” (hide spoiler)]
2. Published in the 1920's -
3. By an author born or died in the 1920's
4. Featuring jazz music or a jazz instrument - Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly 09/01 -(view spoiler)[When Redfyre’s Aunt Hetty hands him a front-row ticket to the year’s St. Barnabas College Christmas concert, he is looking forward to a right merrie yuletide noyse from a trumpet soloist, accompanied by the organ. He is intrigued to find that the trumpet player is—scandalously—a young woman. And Juno Proudfoot is a beautiful and talented one at that. Such choice of a performer is unacceptable in conservative academic circles (hide spoiler)]
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries France, - One Moment At Sunrise by Karen Aldous 09/02


1930’s: Thirsty Thirties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1930's
2. Published in 1930's - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 08/01(first published February 6th 1939)
3. By an author born or died in 1930's
4. Featuring a character who loses a job or otherwise suffers financial hardship
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA, Germany

1940’s: Fatal Forties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1940's - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 07/02
2. Published in the 1940's
3. By an author born or died in the 1940's - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01 - (view spoiler)[Delia Owens (born ca. 1949)[1] is an American author and zoologist (hide spoiler)]
4. Involving war (WWII) The White Garden: A Novel of Virginia Woolf by Stephanie Barron 23/01 -
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan, Germany, Finland, Italy, UK, Switzerland


1950’s: Fabulous Fifties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1950's
2. Published in the 1950's
3. By an author born or died in the 1950’s - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 19/01 - April 08, 1955
4. Featuring a Queen or set in a Commonwealth Realm headed by Queen Elizabeth II (reign begins) - Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop 28/01
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Norway, Finland, Italy, Australia, Sweden

1960’s: The Swingin’ Sixties

Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1960's
2. Published in the 1960's
3. By an author born or died in the 1960’s - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 14/01 - (view spoiler)[Anne Hope Jahren (born September 27, 1969) is an American geochemist and geobiologist at the University of Oslo in Norway (hide spoiler)]
4. Set in space or another celestial body (Moon Landing)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA, Italy, Austria, Japan, France, Mexico - Mexico - Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright 25/01


1970’s: Self-Assured Seventies

Read a Book…
1.Set in the 1970's
2. Published in the 1970's - In My Good Booksby V.S. Pritchett 14/03 - (first published June 1st 1970)
3. By an author born or died in the 1970’s - The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi 21/01 (b.1971)
4. By a female or LGBT+ author (Women’s and Gay Rights) - Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 22/01
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan, Austria, Canada, West Germany

1980’s: The Elegant Eighties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1980's
2. Published in the 1980's - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 20/01 - (first published April 1st 1988)
3. By an author born or died in the 1980’s - Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas - Sarah Janet Maas (born March 5, 1986)
4. Featuring radiation of some kind or set in Ukraine (Chernobyl)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA, Canada, South Korea, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia

1990’s: The Nifty Nineties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1990's
2. Book published in the 1990's
3. By an author born or died in the 1990’s
4. Featuring character who live off-grid or “outside” of a system of government (Waco, Ruby Ridge)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: France, Spain, Norway, USA, Japan

2000’s: Admirable Aughts
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 2000's
2. Published in the 2000's - Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01 - Published May 1st 2007
3. By an author born or died in the 2000’s
4. Set in NYC (World Trade Center attack) - The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries - China - February Flowers by Fan Wu 11/02


2010’s: The Terrific Teens
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 2010's
2. Published in the 2010's - Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas 01/06 - Published October 23rd 2018
3. By an author born or died in the 2010’s
4. By an Arab author (Arab Spring)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Canada, UK, Russia, Brazil, South Korea

2020’s and Beyond: You are Here
Read a Book…
1. Set in current times
2. Published in 2020’s - From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris 12/01 Published July 28th, 2020
3. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan, China, France, Italy, USA
4. Set in the near future (100 years or less) - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 15/01 - (view spoiler)[Annihilation, the first book in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed Southern Reach Trilogy ... an old-style gothic horror novel set in a not-too-distant future. (hide spoiler)]
5. Set in an imagined future over 100 years from now

I Spy - 2022 (102)

Please count me in
Primary 25 categories with examples:
19/25

1. Color - red, crimson, indigo - Red cover - Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young 07/01
2. Number - one, twice, third - Cats on the Prowl: Book One by Nancy C. Davis 24/01
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden - Tree - Still Life by Louise Penny
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn - Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly 09/01 - Fall
5. First Name - Jacqueline, Robert, Tanya - In Loving Memory of Isobel by Daya Daniels 12/02
6. Places - country, empire, London
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind - The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow - Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright 25/01
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond (Sea on Cover ) Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain - The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda 30/01
11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames - Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas 06/01
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet - The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi 21/01
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 11/01
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent - Daughter - The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes 13/01
17. Elements - fire - Sleeping Late on Judgement Day by Tad Williams 07/02
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening - Dawn - Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas 02/01
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel - Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 22/01
20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, grasshopper
Dragongfly - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 15/01
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper - Love and Lists by Tara Sivec 05/02
23. Sports - baseball, basketball, football
24. Paranormal Beings - angel, - The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams 28/02
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective

Let's Turn Pages - 2022 (96)
I'll try for the 40 000.
27214 pages
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1.Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas- 02/01
2. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas - 06/01
3. Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young - 07/01
4. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler - 08/01
5 -. Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01
6. Fall of Angels Barbara Cleverlyby 09/01
7. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 11/01
8. Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01
9. From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris 12/01
10. The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes 13/01
11. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01
12.Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 14/01
13.Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01
14. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 15/01
15. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 16/01
16. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 19/01
17. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 20/01
18. Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria L.K. Williams 21/01
19. The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi 21/01
20.Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 22/01
21. The Last Refuge by Chris Knopf 23/01
22. The White Garden: A Novel of Virginia Woolf by Stephanie Barron 23/01
23. Cats on the Prowl: Book One by Nancy C. Davis 24/01
24. Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright 25/01
25. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 26/01
26.Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger 27/01
27. Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop 28/01
28.The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado 28/01
29. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 29/01
30. The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 30/01
31. The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda 30/01
32. Super Extra Grande by Yoss 31/01
33. The Dilemma by B.A. Paris 31/01
34. Redfield Farm: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by Judith Redline Coopey 01/02
35.Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 02/02
36.Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 02/02
37. Second Sight by Amanda Quick 03/02
38.Curve My Song by Sarah Gai 03/02
39.Beyond Dead by Jordaina Sydney Robinson 04/02
40.A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson 04/02
41.The Postman by David Brin 05/02
42.Love and Lists by Tara Sivec 05/02
43.The Family Plot by Megan Collins 05/02
44.The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 07/02
45.Grey Eyes by Quinteria Ramey 07/02
46. Malafrena by Ursula K. Le Guin 09/02
47. Extraction by Xyla Turner 09/02
48. One Moment At Sunrise4] by Karen Aldous09/02
49.Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans 11/02
50. February Flowers by Fan Wu 11/02
51. Oh Great, Now I Can Hear Dead People! by Deborah Durbin 12/02
52. Let's Be Just Friends by Camilla Isley 12/02
53. In Loving Memory of Isobel by Daya Daniels 12/02
54. The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt 13/02
55. The Kindness of Strangers by Julie Newman 14/02
56. Animals Behaving Badly: Boozing Bees, Cheating Chimps, Dogs with Guns, and Other Beastly True Tales by Linda Lombardi 14/02
57. Love and the Turning Seasons: India's Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing by Andrew Schelling 15/02.
58. Meet Me at Pebble Beach by Bella Osborne 15/02
59. In the Cemetery of the Orange Trees by Jeff Talarigo 15/02
60.The Waterfalls of the Moon by Anne Mather 16/02
61.When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore 16/02
62. Personal Experiences by Tracy Lee 16/02
63. Music of the Night by Angela J. Ford 17/02
64. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 20/02
65. Faith Fox by Jane Gardam 21/02
66. Birthdays of a Princess by Helga Zeiner 22/02
67.The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes|2843991] 24/02
68. Grave Robbing and Other Hobbies: A Reverse Harem Romance by Jayce Carter 24/02
69.The Dirty Streets of Heaven 28/02
70. Happy Hour in Hell by Tad Williams 02/03
71. Sleeping Late on Judgement Day by [author:Tad Williams 07/03
72. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlepig by Tad Williams 07/03
73. Southern Comforts by JoAnn Ross6] 09/03
74. Coming Home by Max Bolt 09/03[
75. [book:The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink|13538764] by Kevin Young 11/03
76. Egyptian Food and Drink by Hillary Wilson 11/03
77. Fifty Shades of Silver Hair and Socks by Phil Torcivia 11/03
78. Peanuts: Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown! by author:Charles M. Schulz|209672] 11/03
79. In My Good Books by V.S. Pritchett 14/03
80. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran 15/03
81.The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon 20/03
82. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 21/03
83. The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin 29/03
84. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 29/03
85. We Are Watching Eliza Bright by A.E. Osworth 30/03
86. A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos 31/03

Magical Mystery Tour - 2022 (71)

I'm in for 42 cases 16/42

Neighborhood Snoop
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. - Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young - 07/01 - (view spoiler)[When attorneys Vernetta Henderson and Neddy McClain are tapped to take on the biggest case of their careers, they are less than thrilled about working together. Their strained relationship, however, is the least of their problems. Their socialite client—charged with the brutal murder of her husband—is demanding an immediate dismissal of the case. But a ruthless prosecutor is determined to make sure that doesn't happen. Forced to fight a common enemy, the two women close ranks and, in the process, develop a bond that sees them through the uncertainties of trial, the pain of betrayal and pressures neither could have imagined. (hide spoiler)]
2. Service Industry. - Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen 08/01 (view spoiler)[Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella’s hand. It’s an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the budding young chef desperately wants: an escape from the constrictions of her life as a lowly servant. In the stranger’s stead, Bella can spread her wings (hide spoiler)]
3. Fine Arts, Theater, or Film. - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton - 11/01 (view spoiler)[Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress living in London. (hide spoiler)]
4. Science or Medicine. - The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 14/01 (view spoiler)[Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics -- until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered (hide spoiler)]
5. Social Media or Technology.
6. Clergy.
7. Bookshop Owner or Librarian. -Confessions on the 7:45by Lisa Unger 27/01 - (Pearl's mother (mudered) was a bookhop owner)(view spoiler)[(Pearl's mother (mudered) was a bookshop owner) (hide spoiler)]
WHAT: 0/x

1. Third or last book in a series.
2. Combines multiple genres. - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01 - Historical Fiction/ Mystery / Romance / Coming of Age
3. Has a one-word title. - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 15/01
4. Features a hobby/pastime.
5. Has a number in the title.
6. Features a sleuth with a non-human "co-star." - Cats on the Prowl: Book One by Nancy C. Davis 24/01
7. Related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme (state theme).


WHEN: 0/x
When did the dastardly deed take place or get reported?
1. In autumn.
2. In the 1800s or earlier.
3. While traveling or on vacation. The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes 13/01 - (view spoiler)[When a mercenary sent to murder her aboard the ship accidentally kills Cristóbal instead, Puri dons her husband’s clothes and assumes his identity, hoping to stay safe while she searches for the truth of her father’s legacy in Ecuador. (hide spoiler)]
4. Between sunrise and sunset.
5. During a special event (festival, convention, party, etc.) - Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly 09/01 - (view spoiler)[When Redfyre’s Aunt Hetty hands him a front-row ticket to the year’s St. Barnabas College Christmas concert, he is looking forward to a right merrie yuletide noyse from a trumpet soloist, accompanied by the organ. (hide spoiler)]
6. In the season of your birthday month.
7. Reported (published) in 2022. - A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 26/01 -Published January 11th 2022


WHERE: 0/x
Where did the dastardly deed take place?
1. In a large city. - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler - Los Angeles - 08/01
2. In the suburbs.
3. In a village or rural area. - Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01
4. In or near an office building.
5. Inside or on the premises of a public venue (hotel, restaurant, airport, etc.). From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris 12/01 (view spoiler)[When their bitter argument comes to a head and he’s found dead behind the bar, guess who’s the number one suspect? (hide spoiler)]
6. In the Southern Hemisphere.
7. In or near a forest.

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.
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WHY: 0/x
What motivated you to choose a particular case?
1. Your favorite mystery author or series.
2. Your favorite mystery subgenre.
3. Appears in a Goodreads listopia (which one?).
4. Won a literary prize for crime fiction (which one?).Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 02/02 - Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Suspense/Thriller Novel (2012),
5. Involves one of your favorite topics or places (what?).
6. A cold case (among your TBRs for over a year).
7. Average Goodreads rating higher than 4 stars. - Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria L.K. Williams 21/01

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.
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Penguins & Polar Bears - 2022 (31)
Please sign me up - I'll try 1 set a month
Yearly: Mysteries of the World
1st Quarter: Admiring the Natural World
2nd Quarter: Examining the Mysteries of History
3rd Quarter: Pondering the Paranormal
4th Quarter: Exploring the Unknown
January: Reset
February: Fandom
March: Happiness
April: Creativity
May: Media
June: TBD by winner of the Masthead and Logo contest
July: Red
August: Travels
September: Trust
October: Moon
November: Glass
December: Harmony

Popsugar Challenge - 2022 - 2022 (85)
Hi Winter, please sign me up for all 50!

26/50

1. A book published in 2022 - A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 26/01 - Published January 11th 2022
2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship - Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger 27/01
3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society - Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop 28/01
4. A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title - Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright 25/01
5. A sapphic book - Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 22/01
6. A book by a Latinx author - The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado 28/01
7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 20/01
8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid - Tower of Dawn] by Sarah J. Maas 06/01 - (view spoiler)[Westfall unable to walk after the wounds received in Rifthold (hide spoiler)]
9. A book about a "found family" - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 29/01
10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner - The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 30/01
11. A #BookTok recommendation - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 02/02
12. A book about the afterlife - Beyond Dead by Jordaina Sydney Robinson 04/02
13. A book set in the 1980s
14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title - The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink by Kevin Young 11/03
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
16. A book about witches - Grey Eyes by Quinteria Ramey 07/02
17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 15/01
18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author - Music of the Night by Angela J. Ford 17/02
19. A book that takes place during your favorite season
20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 08/01 - Previous book Every Reasonable Doubt
21. A book about a band or musical group
22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum
23. A book with a recipe in it - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver 19/01
24. A book you can read in one sitting -Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 15/01
25. A book about a secret - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 11/01
26. A book with a misleading title - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 16/01
27. A Hugo Award winner
28. A book set during a holiday - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 20/02
29. A different book by an author you read in 2021
30. A book with the name of a board game in the title - Still Life by Louise Penny 11/01 (view spoiler)[The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships. (hide spoiler)]
31. A book featuring a man-made disaster
32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page - Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly 09/01 - Quote on cover by Rhys Bowen
33. A social-horror book
34. A book set in Victorian times - Above the Bay of Angelsby Rhys Bowen 08/01(view spoiler)[A single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work in Queen Victoria’s royal kitchen, setting off a suspenseful, historical mystery by the New York Times bestselling author of The Tuscan Child and The Victory Garden. (hide spoiler)]
35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
36. A book you know nothing about
37. A book about gender identity
38. A book featuring a party - The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda 30/01
39. An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book
40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
42. A book that features two languages
43. A book with a palindromic title
44. A duology (1)
45. A duology (2)
46. A book about someone leading a double life
47. A book featuring a parallel reality
48. A book with two POVs
49. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
50. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)ties" (2)