Play Book Tag discussion

Please track your progress blowing out the candles here.

Start a post with your Goodreads name as the Title.

As you blow out the candle, simply note the number of the candle and a link to your review in one post that you update as you blow out each candle.

This thread is for tracking only, please.

There is a separate thread for discussion located at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Guide to Individual Tracking Posts
(Note: You will be added to the list after your first candle is snuffed with an accompanying review)

Amy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
anarresa: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
annapi: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Anita: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
annapi: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Anne: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book Concierge: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
BooknBlues: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Charlotte: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cheryl: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cora: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ellen: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
forsanolim: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hannah: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Heather Reads Books: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Holly R W: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
JenK: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
JGrace: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joanne: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joi: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joy D: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Karin: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Kateloves2read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
KateNZ: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
KimBear: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
LibraryCin: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lyn: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Margaret: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Michelle H: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Nancy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Nicole R: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Olivermagnus: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pam: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rachel: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rachel G: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rachel N: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Robin P: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sabrina: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Shelly: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
SouthWestZippy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Stephanie: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sue: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Theresa: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Heather Reads Books

#1 - Historical fiction - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell - Review is here!

#3 - from Anita's shelf - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Review is here!

#6 - Mystery - Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger - Review is here!

#9 - 2010 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - Review is here!

#13 - Survivor - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - Review is here!

#14 - Favorite tag: Detective - The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse - Review is here!

Sue's Birthday Candle Progress

Running Participation Points Total: 25

1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction.
The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne 4 stars. My Review 1/16/23
Special Note: Tagged Historical Fiction by 483 people

2. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred in February.
Weather by Jenny Offill 3 stars. My Review 6/29/23/23
Special Note: National Weather Service was founded in February 1870

3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 5 stars. My Review 1/8/23
Special Note: Nicole gave this 5 stars

4. Read a book from PBT's Top Ten lists
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 4 stars. My Review 7/5/23

5. Read a book that fits the tag of India The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 4 stars. My Review 2/19/23
Special Note: Tagged India by 1606 people

6. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery. A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow 4 stars. My Review 1/9/23
Special Note: Tagged Mystery by 879 people

7. Read a book from our Top 100 Non Fiction list. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie ten Boom 5 stars. My Review 10/1/23

8. When PBT was 8 years old, we compiled our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle. The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra 5 stars. My Review 4/10/23

9. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii). Roadkill by Rob Thurman 4 stars. My Review 6/3/23
Special Note: Tagged 2010 by 18 people

10. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession). Indicate how you selected the book with your review.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 5 stars. My Review 4/28/23
Special Note: This book was rated 5 stars by Amy

11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins 5 stars. My Review 5/22/23
Special Note: Link to Buddy Read Thread

12. Book used for Fall Flurries or Trim Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber 4 stars. My Review 1/12/23

13. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor. The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee 4 stars. My Review 6/25/23

14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese 5 stars. My Review 6/4/23
Tagged "book to screen" which was not only my favorite tag, but also one that I had suggested that month.

15. Read a book from the year you turned 15. Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote 4 stars. My Review 7/3/23

Joy D's Happy 15th Birthday, PBT Tracking
Challenge Completed 6/12/23

✅Candle #1: Historical Fiction
All The Broken Places by John Boyne - 1/8/23 - 3* - My Review
Tagged "historical fiction" by 149 people:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
PBT Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅Candle #2: Event occurring in February (President's Day)
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham - 2/21/23 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅Candle #3: Read a 5 star book from any administrator's "read" shelf
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson - 4/16/23 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Booknblues gave it 5 stars

✅Candle #4: A book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell - 3/15/23 - 5* - My Review (2010)

✅Candle #5: Fits the tag of India
Victory City by Salman Rushdie - 3/14/23 - 5* - My Review
Tagged India x41:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

✅Candle #6: Mystery
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb - 1/4/23 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged "mystery" by 572 people:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

✅Candle #7: PBT's list of top 100 non-fiction
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion - 4/15/23 - 4* - My Review

✅Candle #8: PBT's Top 100 Fictional Books of All Time
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss - 1/6/23 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅Candle #9: World War II
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky - 1/11/23 - 5* - My Review
PBT Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged "world war ii" by 184 people:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

✅Candle #10: Amy's Shelf
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler - 3/4/23 - 5* - My Review
My PBT Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅Candle #11: A book that was a PBT buddy read
The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson - 5/27/23 - 4* - My Review
Link to Buddy Read thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅Candle #12: A Book from Fall Flurries or Trim the TBR
Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan - 4/7/23 - 4* - My Review (from Fall Flurries 2020 - Sue read it for All Saint's Day)

✅Candle #13: Survival
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri - 1/9/23 - 5* - My Review
PBT Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged "survival" by 21 people:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

✅Candle #14: Favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT
My favorite tag was "Favorites" (Read so many great books with this tag!)
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese - 5/25/23 - 5* - My Review Tagged "favorites" x240:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

✅Candle #15: Published the year YOU turned 15
Smiley's People by John le Carré - 6/12/23 - 4* - My Review

KateNZ candle tracking thread - COMPLETED

1 Historical fiction A Right Royal Face-Off: A Georgian Entertainment Featuring Thomas Gainsborough and Another Painter review here

2. A book connected with/occurring in February Tikanga: An Introduction to te ao Māori My review here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3. 5 star book from any admin (Nicole R): The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies review here

4. Yearly top 10 list The Diamond Eye (Top ten 2022). My review here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. India (least read tag) The Serpent's Shadow review

6. Mystery (most read tag) The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August review

7. Top 100 non-fiction books: Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8. Top 100 fiction books City of Thieves. Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

9. 2010 or World War II Bruno, Chief of Police - tagged World War II by nine people - review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10. A book in Amy's honour My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

11. A buddy read book The Women in Black
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Either Fall Flurries or Trim the TBR The Ex Hex - flurries - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

13. Survivor/survival Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi tagged survival by 26 people - review here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

14. Favourite tag previously read for - fantasy Siege and Storm review here

15. Book published in 1979: Ghost Story: review here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Margaret's Candles: Completed All July 20

✅ 1. HISTORICAL FICTION: How not to Drown in a Glass of Water https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... Read in January

✅ 2. FEBRUARY EVENT: Black History Month, Black No More https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... Read February.

✅ 3. ADMIN'S 5-STAR BOOK; Notorious RBG. Nicole. Read in March
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ 4. A TOP 10 BOOK for YEAR, 2016 #9 and others. Being Mortal https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Read in March

✅ 5. INDIA TAG. Interpreter of Maladies https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... Read in April

✅ 6. MYSTERY TAG. Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Read in April.

✅ 7. TOP 100 NON-FICTION. Dewey https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Read in June

✅ 8. TOP 100 FICTION Hot Milk https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Read in June

9. WW2 or 2010 - I chose published in 2010.

10. IN AMY's HONOR -

11. Buddy Read

12. fall flurries -

13, Survivor -

14. Favorite Tag - Mystery

15. My Year and book originally published, 1962

@Holly's Candles

11/15 candles blown out - 55 participation points as of 12-11-23

Candles -

1. Historical Fiction - An Unlasting Home by Mai Al-Nakib, 4 stars.
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tagged "Historical Fiction" 58 times
January 5, 2023
5 points

2. February
This is a romantic comedy in honor of Valentine's Day.
The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel, 3.5 stars.
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
February 7, 2023
5 points

3. Admin. 5 star rating - I selected a book that Nicole R. loved. I ended up giving it a 5 star rating too.
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
January 7, 2023
5 points

4.

5. India
Loot by Tania James, 3 stars
14 tags for "India"
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
June 26, 2023
5 points

6. Mystery
A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley, 3.8 stars
109 people tagged it "Mystery"
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
January 15, 2023
5 points

7.

8. Top 100 Fiction Books

9. World War II
How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway, 4 stars
Tagged "World War II" 18 times
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
March 2, 2023
5 points

10. Amy's Candle
"Sam" by Allegra Goodman, 4.5 stars - Amy lives in Massachusetts. The story is set there and the author herself lives in this state.
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
January 11, 2023
5 points

11. PBT Buddy Read (Read in February for "England" tag. Tagged by 32 people.)
The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson, 3.5 stars
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Link to Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
February 15, 2023
5 points

12. Fall Flurries
Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien, 4 stars.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
December 11, 2023
5 points

13. Survival
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton, 3 stars. Tagged as "Survival" by 12 people.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
April 25, 2023
5 points

14. My favorite PBT tag is "Favorites"
The World to Come by Dara Horn was tagged as "Favorites" by 118 people.
My review (4 stars): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
January 25, 2023
5 points

15.

Amy's Birthday Candle Tracking Thread - 15/15
*Completed July 30, 2023

*I hope/plan to complete all fifteen in time for my 55th Birthday.

Candle #1 - Historical Fiction;

Affair of Spies by Ron Balson



Link to Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Candle #2 - February



The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shefak
Link to Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Candle #3 - Admin 5 Star Rating



Nicole R. rated this 5 stars, and heck yeah, I agreed with her! Like I did and likely will for so many of her chosen 5 stars!

link to review here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Candle #4 Top Ten



Apeirogon; Top Ten (2020)

link to review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Candle #5 - India


Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Candle #6 - Mystery



The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Candle #7 - Top 100 Non- Fiction


Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Candle #8 - Top 100 Fiction


https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Candle #9 - World War Two



The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
Link to Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Candle #10 - ME!


https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Candle #11 - Buddy Reads



The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Link to Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to Buddy Read Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Candle #12 - Fall Flurries



When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
Link to Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Candle #13 - Survivor or Survival



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Link to Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Candle #14 - Favorite Tag; Thought-Provoking



Link to Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Candle #15 - The Year I Turned 15



Link to Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Ellen's Birthday Cake
15/15

✔ 1. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
✔ 2. The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life edited by Andrew Blauner
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
4.5 stars
The final "Peanuts" strip was published on February 13, 2000 just one day after the death of Charles Schulz.
✔ 3. Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
From LibraryCin's shelf
✔ 4. A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel by John Boyne
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
✔ 5. The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
✔ 6. The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
✔ 7. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
from the top 100 PBT non-fiction list
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
✔ 8. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

✔ 9. Last Train to Istanbul by Ayse Kulin
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
WWII
✔ 10. We Were Liars by E. Lockart
In honor of Amy's home state (and mine originally) Massachusetts
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
✔ 11. We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔ 12. The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
✔ 13. Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
✔ 14. Series Tag: The Marble Mask by Archer Mayor
4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
✔ 15. The Clocks - Agatha Christie
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...

Accumulated points = 65

Olivermagnus Candle Tracking

15 of 15 Complete

Participation Points = 75

🕯 1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction.
Katherine of Aragón: The True Queen - Alison Weir - 5 Stars - 2/18/23
Link to Review

🕯 2. PBT was founded in February, 2008. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February.
My birthday is on Valentine's Day and my brother's is the day before. We are taking a family reunion cruise to celebrate this year. The book includes a cruise down the Seine on Valentine's Day.
Death by Baguette: A Valentine's Day Murder in Paris - Jennifer S. Alderson - 3.5 Stars - 1/17/23
Link to Review

🕯 3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf.
Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell - 5 Stars - 6/2/23
Link to Review
Nicole R - 5 Stars
Library Cin - 4.5 Star
Anita - 4 Stars
BooknBlues - 5 Stars
Annapi - 5 Stars


🕯 4. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.
The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker - 5 Stars - 2/5/23 - #1 in 2013
Link to Review

🕯 5. Read a book that fits the tag of India.
The Henna Artist - Alka Joshi - 4 Stars - 3/2/23
Link to Review

🕯6. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery.
The Lost Ones - Ace Atkins - 4 Stars - 1/2/23
Link to Review

🕯 7. Read a book from our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time.
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote- 4 Stars - 5/31/23
Link to Review

🕯 8. Read a book from our own top 100 fiction books of all time.
The Help - Kathryn Stockett - 5 Stars - 5/2/23
Link to Review

🕯 9. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).
The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn - 4.5 Stars - 1/5/23 - Tagged WWII
Link to Review

🕯 10. Read a book in Amy's honor
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 5 Stars - 2/13/23
Link to Review

🕯 11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.
The Winners - Fredrik Backman - 4.5 Stars - 4/8/23
Link to Review
Link to Buddy Read

🕯 12. Book used for Fall Flurries or Trim
Amazonia - James Rollins - 4.5 Stars - 5/18/23
Link to Review

🕯 13. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.
To The Bright Edge of the World - Eowyn Ivey - 5 Stars - 5/19/23
Link to Review
Tagged Survival - 26 Readers

🕯 14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT.
Detective - April 2022 Tag - Tagged Detective - 29
Thereby Hangs a Tail - Spencer Quinn - 5 Stars - 1/7/23
Link to Review

🕯 15. PBT is 15 years old! Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15.
Advise and Consent - Allen Drury - 4 Stars - 5/5/23
Link to Review

Happy Birthday PBT
10/15 read 50 participation points

1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction. Note that our very first tagger was MOM2RUDY who is now a published author, W.J. Small Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2. PBT was founded in February, 2008. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February.
Presidents Day-John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial - Read January 20, 2023 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...?
comment=256948119#comment_256948119


3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf. Administrators include: Ladyslott, LibraryCin, Annapi, JoLene, BooknBlues, Nicole R, Kristal and Anita.

JoLene: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4. We have been compiling the PBT Top 10 list since our inception. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Wildwood Dancing from 2014
Deacon King Kong from 2022
Pope Joan from 2008


5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags), Honor
review

6. Surprisingly, our favorite tag as measured by books read in one month was read way back in 2008. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery Black Diamond Read January 2023 review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8. When PBT was 8 years old, we compiled our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
The Things They Carried
The Thorn Birds


9. In 2016, we were forced to make the move from Shelfari to Goodreads. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).
WWII-Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Read January 2023

10. Our most prolific poster (in the Goodreads era) is Amy (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...). Amy has posted more than anyone (including the administrators!) with 9301 comments as of this writing. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession). Indicate how you selected the book with your review. A Thread of Grace- Read January 21, 2023


11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review. From Sand and Ash, The Invisible Bridge, The Weight of Ink, The Hidden Palace. Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt,

12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf found here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Here Be Dragons
The Invisible Bridge
Saints for All Occasions

13. PBT's very first game/challenge was called "Last Tagger Standing", and it was modelled on the famous television show, Survivor. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.
Born Survivors
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT.Tag chosen: History
Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America- Read January 2023


15. PBT is 15 years old! Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15 The Winds of War
Candles Blown Out

1.Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland
2.John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial-1/20/23
3 The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England
4.
5. Honor Read April 2023
6. Black Diamond-Read January 2023
7. Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier-Read February 2023
8.
9.Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Read January 25, 2023
10. A Thread of Grace-Read January 22, 2023
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14 Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America- Read January 2023
15 The Winds of War-Published 1971 Read November 20, 2023 review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Robin's Birthday Candle Blowout

1 - Historical fiction tag
Wild Women and the Blues - Finished 1/31
Review - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2 - February - a romance for Valentine's Day
Along Came a Duke - Finished 2/3
Review - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3. 5-Star Book from Mods
The Sentence - Finished 1/8
BookNBlues gave it 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4. Book from Top 10 lists - Lessons in Chemistry - Finished 3/14 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. Tag India -Coromandel Sea Change - Finished 3/27 - Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

6. - Mystery - A Gentleman's Murder - Finished 1/2
Review is here
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

7. Top 100 fiction - A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry - Finished 6/6 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8. Top 100 nonfiction - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Finished 4/26 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

9. Book w tag of either 2010 or WWII
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II Finished 1/17 - has 84 tags of WWII
Review - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10. For Amy - Eternal Life Finished 4/15 - on Amy's Read Shelf - book based on Jewish tradition and lore
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

11. Buddy Read book - Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution - Finished 2/16 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Fall Flurries or Trim book - The Humans - finished 8/13 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

13. Survivor/Survival tag - Kon-Tiki - Thor Heyerdahl - 31 tags - finished 4/18 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

14. Your favorite tag - Historical Fiction - Small World - finished 3/11 Review - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

15. Published year you turned 15 - Dragonflight - finished 11/4 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Jen K's Birthday Candle Tracking

#1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction.
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear- Tagged Historical Fiction by 2,035 people
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fits Monthly Tag- February-England

#2. PBT was founded in February, 2008.
The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary (MPG Romance- Valentine's Day)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fits Monthly Tag- April Friendship (32 people)

#3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf.
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid- 5 star from Nicole R and Booknblues
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fits Monthly Tag- February-England (22 people)

#4. PBT Top 10.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk- Top 10 of 2021
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#5. Read a book that fits the tag of India.
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fits Monthly Tag: June Immigration (6 people)

#6. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery.
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie Tagged Mystery by 3,427 people
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fits Monthly Tag- February-England

#7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#8. When PBT was 8 years old, we compiled our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fits Monthly Tag- February-England

#9.EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii)
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara Tagged World War II
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#10, In honor of Amy.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#11. PBT Buddy Read
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR (Fall Flurries 2022)
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fits Monthly Tag- May- Indigenous (51 people)

#13 Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.
Girl at War by Sara Nović
Fits Monthly Tag- Survival by 5 people
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#14 Favorite Tag- Science Fiction (April 2020)
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Fits Monthly Tag- Friendship by 5 people
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#15 Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15.
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
Fits Monthly Tag- Friendship by 6 people
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Rachel N's Happy birthday tracking

Completed 12-2-23

75 Participation points earned

1. Tagged historical fiction
The Doublet Affair-Fiona Buckley 4-1-23 Tagged historical fiction 83 times
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. February event: President's Day ( a biography of the 6th president )
John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit-James Traub 1-28-23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. Admin 5 star book (Annapi gave this five stars)
Uprooted-Naomi Novak 3-4-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. Top 10 list (on list in 2021 and 2022)
Project Hail Mary-Andy weir 7-19-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. Tagged India
The Satapur Moonstone-Sujata Massey 3-16-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tagged 158 times

6. Tagged mystery
A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder-Dianne Freeman 1-31-23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... tagged mystery 312 times

7. PBT 100 nonfiction
84 Charing Cross Road-helene Hanff 11-11-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
Note that the edition I read has 220 pages, this book seems to vary a lot in page number

8. PBT 100 fiction
The Investigation- Jung-Myung Lee 9-19-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9. Tagged World-War ii
Mr. Churchill's Secretary-Susan Elia MacNeal 2-11-23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Tagged world-war-ii 87 times

10. Amy's candle (Amy and I both share a love for this series of books and the first book in the series is the first book I remember us discussing)
The Shadow Sister-Lucienda Riley 4-28-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and here's Amy's review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

11. Buddy read
Malibu Rising-Taylor Jenkins Reid 9-11-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Fall flurries or trim (From fall flurries 2020 list)
Dance Hall of the Dead-Tony Hillerman 5-13-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

13. Tagged survival
This Tender Land-William Kent Krueger 1-24-23 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Tagged survival 18 times

14. favorite tag read (friendship April 2009)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow-Gabrielle Zevin 4-9-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged friendship 217 times

15. Published year I turned 15
When the Bough Breaks-Jonathan Kellerman 12-2-23
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Book Concierge's Quinceanera Tracking

Candle
✔ 1 - PBT's first tag: Historical Fiction - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding ✔ – 15Feb23
15 people used Historical Fiction tag
LINK to my review


✔ 2 - A book that relates to February - February marks PBT's 15th Birthday and this book is about the quintessential 15th birthday party in Latinx culture - Once Upon a Quinceañera ✔ – 19Apr23
LINK to my review

✔ 3 - Kristal rated 5 stars - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane ✔ – 02Jan23
LINK to my review

✔ 4 - From any PBT Top 10 List - 2021 - Hamnet ✔ – 31Mar23
LINK to my review

✔ 5 - 27 people have tagged it INDIA - Love, Loss, and What We Ate ✔ – 17Jan23
LINK to my review

✔ 6 - MYSTERY tag - 635 users - Dying for Chocolate ✔ – 05Jan23
LINK to my review

✔ 7 - From PBT's Top 100 NONfiction books - Hiroshima ✔ – 26Mar23
LINK to my review

✔ 8 - From PBT's Top 100 fiction books -
The Garden of Evening Mists ✔ – 21Dec23
LINK to my full review

✔ 9 Tagged "world-war-ii" - They Called Us Enemy ✔ – 11Mar23
99 people tagged it World War ii -
LINK to my review

✔ 10 A book in honor or Amy - This is a WW2 story that Amy rated 4**** - The Spies of Shilling Lane ✔ - 12Feb23
LINK to my review

✔ 11 A book that was a buddy read that I have NOT read - The Narrowboat Summer ✔ – 25Feb23
LINK to my review

✔ 12 A book from PBT's "Trim the TBR" shelf - Eden Close ✔ – 13Feb23 - Trim the TBR
LINK to my review

✔ 13 Book with "survival" tag - Treasure Island ✔ – 22Feb23 - 25 people tagged it "survival"
LINK to my review

✔ 14 Book with my favorite PBT monthly tag that I've read - 33 tags Literary Fiction - The Diving Pool ✔ – 02Apr23
LINK to my review

✔ 15 Book originally published the year I turned 15. - 1965 - Everything That Rises Must Converge ✔ – 25Sep23
LINK to my review

PARTICIPATION POINTS EARNED:
Candle # - date read - points
# 3 - 02Jan23 - 5 pt
# 6 - 03Jan23 - 5 pt
# 5 - 17Jan23 - 5 pt
# 10 - 12Feb23 - 5 pt
# 12 - 13Feb23 - 5 pt
# 1 - 15Feb23 - 5 pt
# 13 - 23Feb23 - 5 pt
# 11 – 25Feb23 - 5 pt
# 9 - 13Mar23 - 5 pt
# 7 - 26Mar23 - 5 pt
# 4 - 31Mar23 - 5 pt
# 14 - 02Apr23 - 5 pt
# 2 - 19Apr23 - 5 pt
# 15 - 25Sep23 - 5 pt
# 8 - 21Dec23 - 5 pt
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BooknBlues Candles
1. Historical Fiction -The River of Kings
2. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February.- Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
3.Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators - Loving Frank
4. We have been compiling the PBT Top 10 list since our inception. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.
Rules of Civility -- from 2012s top 10 -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags).
The Bandit Queens
6. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery. - The Marlow Murder Club https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.
Eat, Pray, Love
8. Our top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one:
The Cellist of Sarajevo -- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. In 2016, we were forced to make the move from Shelfari to Goodreads. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
10. Our most prolific poster (in the Goodreads era) is Amy (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...). Amy has posted more than anyone (including the administrators!) with 9301 comments as of this writing. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession). Indicate how you selected the book with your review.
Have You Seen Luis Velez?
11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.
The Map of Salt and Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf found here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books..
Normal People
13. . PBT's very first game/challenge was called "Last Tagger Standing", and it was modelled on the famous television show, Survivor. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.
Between Shades of Gray
14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT. Two of my favorite tags are mystery and medieval, this fits both
Chevalier - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
15. 15. PBT is 15 years old! Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15. - The Power of the Dog
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Shelly's Candles
Completed all 15 candles!! 07/17/23


✔ 1. Very first tag: historical fiction. The Lager Queen of Minnesota
Tagged historuical fiction 28x
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 2. Any event that occurred in February.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb 21, 1965. His teachings and writing were very influential in the lives of both Ta-Nehisi and Paul Coates. The book discusses what his life and death meant to both of them. Malcolm X's speech, The Ballot or the Bulllet, was an important part of Ta-Nehisi Coates rise in consciousness.

✔ 3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf. Anita--
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4 stars
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 4. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty 2021
Top Ten list https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Interpreter of Maladies (198 pages)
Tagged India 894x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 6. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery.
Maisie Dobbs
Tagged mystery 3,863 x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 7. our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (242 pages)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 8. our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one
The Road
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


✔ 9. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).
The Keeper of Happy Endings
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged WWII 44 X https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

✔ 10. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession).
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Amy and I both gave this one 5 stars. In her review, she talks about how the characters touch one another and binds them together. The book also gives many people the chance to be bound together when they read it.... and isn't that what Amy and PBT do best!

✔ 11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before.
Ordinary Grace
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these
Trim: Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 13. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.
Zeitoun
Tagged survival 16x
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✔ 14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT.
Science fiction The Word for World Is Forest (189 pages)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
Tagged science fiction 1408x
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


✔ 15. PBT is 15 years old! Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15 (1971)
The Lathe of Heaven (185 pages)(https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Theresa's Snuffed Candles

Aggregate points: 75 as of 12/12/23 - 5 for every blown out candle

1. Historical Fiction - tagged 1,056 times - And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander - finished 4/4/23 - Review- 5 points
2. February event - A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly - set during Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1831 - 5 stars - finished 11/25/23 - Review - 5 points
3. 5 Star review by Nicole R - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell - finished 3/12/23 - Review 5 points
4. 2009 Top 10 - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford finished 3/21/2023 - Review 5 points
5. India tag - The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey - 161 tags - finished 6/28/23 -Review 5 points
6. Most read for tag - Mystery - Family Business by S.J. Rozan - 18 times - finished 1/15/23 - Review - 5 points
7. Non-Fiction Top 100 - Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - finished 10/24/23 - Review- 5 points
8. Fiction Top 100 - Lolita - finished 8/27/23 - Review - 5 points
9. Move - tagged 2010 - 6 times on p. 3 - White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi - finished 3/5/23 - My Review - 5 points
10. Amy - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict - finished 4/23/23 - Review 5 points
11. Buddy Read - Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution - finished 2/9/23 - My Review - started reading for buddy read on 1/14/23 - Buddy Read Link - 5 points
12. Flurries 2020 - The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman - finished 5/6/23 - Review - 5 points
13. Survival tag - Squirm by Carl Hiaasen - tagged 5 times page 1 - finished 1/31/23 - My Review - 5 points
14. Favorite tag since joining in August 2018 - Regency - July 2021 - Murder at Kensington Palace - 33 times - 5 points
15. Year turned 15 - 1970 - The Lion in the Lei Shop by Kaye Starbird - finished 12/12/23 - 5 stars - Review - 5 points

Judith's 15 candles.

1. Historical Fiction- Miss Eliza's English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...?
book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

3. Administrator 5 star book. Nicole read this one.
The Whalebone Theatre
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. India - The Covenant of Water
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. Mystery - By the Pricking of My Thumbs
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Joi's 15th Birthday Candles
Complete 15 Candles for Happy 15th Birthday, PBT Challenge

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6. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery: The Club, by Ellery Lloyd
Review Post Here

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anarresa

1. Historical fiction: Miss Aldridge Regrets - Hare https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2 February: One Drop - Blay https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3. Admin's 5 star: All Creatures Great and Small - Herriot https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. top 10 of the decade: The Martian - Weir https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5. India: Murder in Old Bombay https://www.goodreads.com/comment/sho...
6. Mystery: A Curious Beginning - Raybourn https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7. Top 100 Non-fiction: The Black Count - Reiss https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
8. Top 100 Fiction: The Fifth Season - Jemisin https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
9. Goodreads first = WWII: When We Had Wings https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10. Amy's honor: The Personal Librarian https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
11. Buddy read: The Only Woman in the Room https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
12. Fall Flurries/Trim TBR: Undermajordomo Mino - de Witt https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
13. Survival: Among the Headhunters - Lyman https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
14. Favorite Tag: Cursed - Jacka https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
15. 15 years old: Shakespeare's Landlord - Harris https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Finally done! February was a struggle

LibraryCin's Happy Birthday PBT tracking:

1. Historical fiction
Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady / L. A. Meyer. 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. February (Valentine's Day)
The Dewey Decimal System of Love / Josephine Carr. 3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. Admin 5 star (Ladyslott)
Daisy Jones & The Six / Taylor Jenkins Reid. 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. PBT's top 10
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd / Jim Fergus. 3.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. India
Tell It to the Trees / Anita Rau Badami. 4.25 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. Mystery
Deal Breaker / Harlan Coben. 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7. Top 100 Nonfiction
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story Of The Exiles Of Molokai / John Tayman. 3.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

8. Top 100 Fiction
The Road / Cormac McCarthy. 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9. World War II (first tag on GR):
White Chrysanthemum / Mary Lynn Bracht. 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10. Amy/psychologist (character Fiona has a mental illness)
Last Winter / Carrie Mac. 3.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

11. Buddy Read
Klara and the Sun / Kazuo Ishiguro. 3 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

12. Trim the TBR
The Flight Attendant / Chris Bohjalian. 3.75 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

13. Survival
Chomp / Carl Hiaasen. 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

14. Favourite tag: Thriller
Lethal White / Robert Galbraith. 4 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

15. 15 years old (1987)
The Courts of Love / Jean Plaidy. 3.5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Cheryl's 15 candles

1. historical fiction - The Girl Puzzle by Kate Braithwaite
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2. A February read - Black history month tagged by 160 people
The Warmth of Other Suns https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

3. 5 star admin. read Library Cin - The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4. a book from the top ten list
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. India tagged by 107 people https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Honor by Thrity Umrigar
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

6. Mystery tagged by 10 people - Little White Secrets by Carol Mason 4 stars. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

7. 100 best non fiction books- Quiet by Susan Cain
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8. Top 100 best fiction- The Dutch House
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

9. WWII book - City of Thieves by David Benioff
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10. Amy's tag - Remarkably Bright Creatures 5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I chose this for Amy because it was a 5 star read and highly recommended by her. It was also tagged friendship many times and Amy is always so friendly and helpful to everyone.

11. Buddy read- The Winners
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Buddy red link- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Trim the tbr
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


13. survival - Fever 1793 by Laurie Anderson
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

14. favorite tag read - Memoir
tagged 68 times https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

15. a book published the year you turned 15
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
published in 1974
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Stephanie W.'s - 15 Candle Tracking

1. Historical Fiction - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (5 stars)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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3. Administrator 5-star Read - To Kill a Mockingbird (4 stars)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

(this was tagged 5-stars by a few, but I will link Nicole's review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)

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6. Mystery - Local Woman Missing by Maria Kubica (4 stars)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Linda C's 15 Candle Tracking Completed

Candles

1 Dragon Teeth – Michael Crichton (2 stars) 1/3/23 - historical fiction 700x
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2 All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake - Tiya Miles (4 stars) 2/6/23 - Black History Month
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3 Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir - BooknBlues gave it 5 stars on 1/8/22
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4 Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus (5 stars) 11/14/23 - on 2022 Top 10
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5 Whisper of the Moon Moth - Lindsay Jayne Ashford (3 stars) 2/14/23 -MPG India - tagged 8x
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6 The Humphrey Bogart Murder Case (Jacob Singer, #10) – George Baxt (3 stars) 6/11/23 - MPG Mystery
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7 Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism – Temple Grandin (4 stars) 12/11/23 - on Top 100 Non-Fiction list
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

8 Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe (5 stars) 7/3/23 - on Top 100 Fiction list
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9 Wolfsbane (Sianim, #4) – Patricia Briggs (3 stars) 4/20/23 - publ 2010 - tagged 2010 15x
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

10 Paris for One and Other Stories – Jojo Moyes (5 stars) 1/11/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I picked this book to associate with Amy because she has read quite a few by this author and this is my third by her. Amy and I don't always give the same rating for a book (for this: me 5, Amy 3) but when you read her reviews you will find that the quirky, different kind of character and the character development is always mentioned. That is something we have in common and what leads me to a book. It is often the plotting and themes in the books that lead to our different ratings.

11 The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune (4 stars) 8/11/23 - buddy read-September 2022
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

12 The Probable Future – Alice Hoffman (4 stars) 1/6/23-Trim list 2019, read by Nicole R
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

13 Out of the Silence: After the Crash - Eduardo Strauch Urioste, Jennie Erikson (Translator) (3 stars) 2/11/23 - tagged survival 13x
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

14 Favorite tag (August 2017) - Space Opera
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) – Orson Scott Card (4 stars) 7/24/23 - tagged space-opera 376x
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

15 The Old Capital - Yasunari Kawabata, J. Martin Holman (translator) (4 stars) 3/4/23 - published in 1962 when I was 15
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Linda's Birthday Candles Tracking

1. Historical Fiction--With You Always by Jody Hedlund 5 stars
Link to review --https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged historical fiction 171 times. https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

2. February Event---Perish from the Earth byJonathan F. Putnam 4 stars.
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lincoln's Birthday

3. Five Star Admin. Read-- Jolene
Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson 5 stars
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4. From the Top 10 list of 2015--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
Link to review-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. Fits the tag India
The Secret of the India Orchid--by Nancy Campbell Allen 4 stars
Tagged India 12 times https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

6. Mystery-- The Maid by Nita Prose
Tagged mystery 3,364 times --https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7. Top 100 non-fiction--Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 4 stars
Link to review-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8. Top 100 fiction--The Housekeeper and the Professor byYōko Ogawa
Link to review--https//www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22416861...

9. WWII--War Brides by Helen Bryan
tagged 82 times WWII https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10. Read a book in Amy's honor--The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes--3.5 stars
I chose this book because it was a 5 star read for her.
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

11. Buddy Read-The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa--5 stars
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Buddy read link--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Fall Flurries-Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien--3.5 stars
Link to Fall Flurries-https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

13. Survival--Julie by Jean Craighead George--4 stars
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged survival 25 times--https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

14. Favorite Tag--Regency
Love and Lavender--Josi S. Kilpack--5 stars
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged regency 31 times--https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

15. Published when I turned 15
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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8. Once Upon a River (review, 5 stars [and a comment] from Amy)
9. Still Life (review, 10 world-war-ii tags)
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Rachel's PLAY BOOK TAG 15 CANDLES
15/15

✅1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina* (Russia) 9 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅2. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman 18 Jun 2023 AA ⭐⭐ my review


✅3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf. Administrators include: Ladyslott, LibraryCin, Annapi, JoLene, BooknBlues, Nicole R, Kristal and Anita.
Nicole R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Normal People by Sally Rooney* (Ireland) 8 Apr 2023⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅4. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 20 Mar 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅5. Read a book that fits the tag of India: The Girl in the Painting by Renita D'Silva* (India) 11 Jun 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅6. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery: The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay by Julie Brooks* (Australia) 6 Mar 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅7. Read one our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 18 Dec 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅8. Read one our own top 100 fictional books of all time.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières (Greece) 1 Oct 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅9. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (World War II):
The Proxy Bride by Zoe Boccabella (Italy) 11 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅10. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her: on her bookshelf: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 26 Jul 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review


✅12. A book that has been read for Fall Flurries or Trim the TBR on the PBT bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo* (Malaysia) 15 May 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅13. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor: Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness by Robert Specht 22 Jan 2023⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅14. Read a book from your favourite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT (England): The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary 19 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


✅15. Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15: A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson (Brazil) 1 Sep 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review

AnneD's Happy Birthday PBT tracking:

1. Historical Fiction: Freedom of the Mask, Matthew Corbett #6, Robert McCammon
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3.5 Star Admin read: Maus II
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6. Mystery: A World of Curiosities - Louise Penny
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15. (1978-Year I turned 15)

Is it too late to join? I meant to and forgot. I haven't finished any books yet.

SouthWestZippy's--Happy Birthday 15th candles tracking.
Completed 4/14/2023

1.--READ--Where the Crawdads Sing

2.--READ--Lincoln Unbound
Event: Lincoln's Birthday February 12, 1809

3. --READ--Migrations
Found-- Nicole R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...---

4.READ Beartown-- Found--Top books 2017 --
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5.--READ--A Fine Balance--India tag, 1,152-https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

6. READ--The Wild Inside
Tagged 187: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

7.--READ-The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
FOUND
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

8.--READ-The Dog Stars--FOUND --https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...--
Finished 2/8/23

9. --READ-The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Tagged World War II---699 people--https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

10.--READ- Found--https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
The Lincoln Highway-- Finished 2/7/23

11.--READ-Found--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
--Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

12.--READ- Found on Trim the TBR Shelf--https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple --Finished 1/29/23

13.--READ Tagged Survival by 8 people https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve... --What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley--Finished 1/24/23

14.--READ-- Memoir--Blue: A Memoir - Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces
Memoir tag--
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

15.--READ-I turned 15 in 1982READ--War Horse---First Published June 3, 1982

Karin wrote: "Is it too late to join? I meant to and forgot. I haven't finished any books yet."

Absolutely not! People can join this one or Subdue at any time.

Sabrina W's Candles

1. PBT's first tag: historical fiction The Rose Code by Kate Quinn Finished 09 February 2023 My review Tagged historical fiction 4011 times


2. Book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurse) in February

3. 5-star book from one of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Finished 11 January 2023 Rated 5 stars by Nicole

4. Read a book from any of our 15 years Top 10 selections.
The Hate U Give On PBT's Top 10 of 2018 list Finished 29 May 2023 Still Life by Louise Penny Finished 06 March 2023 My Review Tagged mystery by 6049 people

7. Read a book from the PBT top 100 non-fiction books of all time list.

8. Read a book from the PBT top 100 fictional books of all time (created by PBT when PBT was 8 years old).


9. Read a book that fits EITHER our last tag on Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).

10. Read a book in honor of Amy, our most prolific poster, that somehow relates to her (either on her shelf, highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession.) Indicate how you selected the book with your review.

11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.

12. Select a book that has been read for either Fall Flurries or Trim the TBR.

13. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.

14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT.

15. Read book that was published the year YOU turned 15.

Lyn's Candles

1. The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged historical fiction 339 times, finished 1/14/23


2. The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... This historical snowstorm takes place in February. Finished 10/29/23

3. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Both Ladyslott and NicoleR gave this 5 stars My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... finished 4/19/23

4. The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell 4 stars review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This will make my top 10 for this year. finished 8/17/23

5. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... This book is tagged India by 73 readers, there isn't much India in it however, just the first chapter and a sprinkling here and there throughout the book https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve... finished 4/2/23

6. The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... tagged mystery 407 times finished 2/21/23

7. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... finished 9/30/23

8. Still Alice by Lisa Genova review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... finished 1/20/23

9. The Huntress by Kate Quinn review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... tagged WWII by 440 people finished 3/15/23

10. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty was one of Amy's 5 star reads. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Definitely a fun read. Thanks for the "recommendation" Amy! finished 8/28/23

11. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 4 stars review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Buddy read link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... finished reading 7/31/23

12. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger 4 stars review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... finished 5/30/23

13. The White Darkness by David Grann 3 stars review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... tagged survival by 15 people https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve... finished 5/1/23

14. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Magical Realism tagged by 370 people https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve.... Finished 1/30/23

15. The Third Life Of Grange Copeland by Alice Walker Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... finished 9/8/23

RachelG.'s Candles

🎉1. Historical Fiction: Death of an Eye by Dana Stabenow - My Review 1/6/23
🎉2. February (Valentine's Day): With Scream and Sugar by Erin Johnson - My Review 1/14/23
🎉3. 5 star admin book: And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander - My Review 1/14/23
🎉4. 15 years of Top 10 selections. (2020): Lab Girl by Hope Jahren - My Review 2/23/23
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🎉6. Mystery: Persona Non Grata by Ruth Downie - My Review 1/7/23
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🎉9. World War ii: Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders by Tessa Arlen - My Review 2/2/23
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🎉11. Buddy read: The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson - My Review 2/10/23
🎉12. Fall Flurries: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley - My Review 2/13/23
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🎉15. 15 Years: Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail by Emily Brightwell - My Review 2/3/23

Hannah's Happy 15th Birthday, PBT Tracking - Finished 15/5/23

Participation Points Rolling Total: - 75

1 - Historical Fiction

A Column of Fire by Ken Follett - 3 Stars - Finished 7th January
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged historical fiction by 2,015 people: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

2 - Related to an event that takes place in February - Black History Month

A Tangled Mercy by Joy Jordan-Lake - 4 Stars - Finished 11th January
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to Black History Month: The book has a timeline focussing on the planned 1822 slave revolt in Charleston, and the 2015 Charleston church shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Church is featured in the 2015 timeline.

3 - 5-Star Admin Book (Nicole R)

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 4 Stars - Finished 24/2/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4 - Yearly Top 10 Selections

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - 4 Stars - Finished 9th February
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to Top 10 Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5 - India

Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed - 4 Stars - Finished 5/2/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged India by 17 people: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

6 - Mystery

Two for Sorrow by Nicola Upson - 4 Stars - Finished 5th January
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged mystery by 107 people: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

7 - PBT top 100 non-fiction

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer - 5 Stars - Finished 30/4/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

8 - PBT Top 100 Fiction Books

City of Thieves by David Benioff - 4 Stars - Finished 30/1/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

9 - Fits World War II Tag

The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin - 3 Stars - Finished 3/2/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged World War II by 38 people: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

10 - For Amy

Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese - 4 Stars - Finished 26/1/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This is set in Massachusetts where Amy lives, is a book of historical fiction which is one of Amy’s favourite genres, and includes links to Salem and witches, which Amy likes reading about. She also has a very caring, warm nature who strives to help people, as does Isobel (the main character).

11 - Buddy Read

From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon - 4 Stars - Finished 19/2/23
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to buddy read thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12 - Fall Flurries or Trim the TBR

The Winners by Fredrik Backman - 5 Stars - Finished 13th February
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to PBT Bookshelf - Fall Flurries 2022: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

13 - Last Tagger Standing

Born Survivors by Wendy Holden - 4 Stars - Finished 2nd February
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged survival by 9 people: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

14 - Favourite Tag - Family Drama

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson - 5 Stars - Finished 8th January
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged family drama by 42 people: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

15 - Published in the year you turned 15

A Cowrie of Hope by Binwell Sinyangwe - 3 Stars - Finished 15th May
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Michelle H is blowing out the candles

1 Historical Fiction: A Dangerous Place
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2 February: February Fever
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3 administrators 5 star book (Anita): The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4 PBT Top 10 (2022): Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5 India: The Bandit Queens
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

6 Mystery: Chasing the Dime
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

7 PBT top 100 non-fiction Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8 PBT top 100 fiction I, Robot
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

9 2010 OR world war ii The Codebreaker's Secret
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10 Amy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

11 Buddy Read: The Lager Queen of Minnesota
Buddy Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12 Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR The Geek Who Saved Christmas
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

13 Survivor or Survival: The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

14 Favorite Tag (Memoir) Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

15 15 years old: The Westing Game
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Karin's 15th Birthday Candles

🎂1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction. Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones My review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... reviewed January 7, 2023


🎂2. PBT was founded in February, 2008. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February. I have one but may change it so am NOT counting it yet! I wanted to match the monthly tag but it wasn't shelved the right one 5 times so am holding this in abeyance if that's okay.
The Saint Valentine's Day Murders by Ruth Dudley Edwards
review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... posted Feb 26

🎂3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf. Administrators include: Ladyslott, LibraryCin, Annapi, JoLene, BooknBlues, Nicole R, Kristal and Anita.

The Housekeeper and the Professor was given 5 stars by Anita My review on PBT https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
bonus - tagged Japan so many times it shows up on the MPE, but here's the link to the shelves https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Ladyslott: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
JoLene: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Kristal: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Nicole R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...


4. We have been compiling the PBT Top 10 list since our inception. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

🎂5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags). The Space Between Us (read in April, posted April 27 and review is the next link)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Shelved India at least 350 times
Shelved friendship (read this in April) 11 times -- both are found on the first page of shelves https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

🎂6. Surprisingly, our favorite tag as measured by books read in one month was read way back in 2008. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery.
The Patient by Jane Shemilt
review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... reviewed on Jan 10, 2023

7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

8. When PBT was 8 years old, we compiled our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

🎂9. In 2016, we were forced to make the move from Shelfari to Goodreads. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).

Read in March, finished March 30 and posted March 31
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2010 - the year it was published-- 48 times https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Japan - 293 times https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

🎂10. Our most prolific poster (in the Goodreads era) is Amy (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...). Amy has posted more than anyone (including the administrators!) with 9301 comments as of this writing. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession). Indicate how you selected the book with your review.

Amy passionately loves her children and her husband and I think she would do anything she could to help her children and to keep them out of trouble (within reason), like Jen in this book (main character)
Amy is very astute in observing people as is this protagonist Jan 26
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🎂11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review. The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - review
buddy read thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf found here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

13. When PBT was one year old (in its infancy still), we played a game called "Last Tagger Standing", and it was modeled on the famous television show, Survivor. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.

🎂14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT.

Favourite tag I've personally read with PBT- Comedy (May 2020)
Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up by Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Reviewed January 8, 2023

15. I'm using the year my eldest daughter turned 15 as the anniversary of the day I first gave birth. 2013,

Cora's Candles

#1: Historical Fiction - The Red Palace - June Hur - Review Here, Completed 2/11/23

#2: February Event - One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy - Carol Anderson - Review Here, Completed 2/3/23

#3: Admin 5 Stars - Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid - Review Here, Completed 4/10/23 (5 stars from Anita and Nicole R.)

#4: Top 10 Lists - Circe - Madeline Miller - Review Here, Completed 6/16/23

#5: India - The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey - - Review Here, Completed 7/23/23

#6: Mystery - Arsenic and Adobo - Mia P. Manansala - Review Here, Completed 1/8/23

#7: PBT Top 100 Nonfiction - King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa - Adam Hochschild - Review Here, Completed 9/26/23

#8: Top 100 Fiction - A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman -Review Here, Completed 11/2/23

#9: WWII - Even As We Breathe - Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle - Review Here, Completed 5/17/23

#10: Read in Honor of Amy - The Matzah Ball - Review Here, Completed 12/05/23

#11: Buddy Read - We Ride Upon Sticks - Review Here, Completed 12/29/23, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#12: Fall Flurry or Trim - The Ex Hex - Review Here, Completed 10/16/23

#13: Tagged Survival or Survivor - System Collapse - Martha Wells - Review Here, Completed 12/19/23

#14: Favorite Tag (I picked science) - The Fallen Stones: Chasing Blue Butterflies, Mayan Secrets, and Happily Ever After in Belize - Review Here, Completed 3/13/23

#15: Year I Turned 15 - The Face of a Stranger - Review Here, Completed 12/9/23

Charlotte's Tracking
6/15

1.
✔️2. Relates to event in Feb - Black History Month: Token Black Girl by Danielle Prescod - Completed: 9 Mar 2023 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️3. Admin's 5 star - Nicole R: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - Completed: 12 Feb 2023 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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✔️6. Mystery tag: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai - Completed: 6 Mar 2023 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️7. PBT top 100 non-fiction: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel - Completed: 3 Feb 2023 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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✔️10. Book in Amy's Honor: Writers & Lovers by Lily King - Completed: 14 Jan 2023 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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✔️14. Favorite tag read - Mar 2018: Autobiography, my first tag that I read with PBT and one of my favorite genres: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Completed: 9 Mar 2023 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Anita's Happy Birthday PBT Tracking

Progress: 12/15

1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction.
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February. (Black History Month)
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (Annapi).
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. Read a book that fits the tag of India.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery.
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7. Read one of PBT's Top 100 non-fiction books of all time.
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

8. Read one of PBT's top 100 fictional books of all time.
Murder on the Orient Express
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

10. Read a book in Amy's honor
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

12. Read a book that has been read for Fall Flurries or Trim the TBR
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

13. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT (short stories).
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

15. Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15 (1981). The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

annapi's Happy Birthday PBT Tracking

1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction. Review: A Knight's Duty by W.J. Small (our first PBT tagger as Mom2Rudy!)

2. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February (Valentine's Day - romance). Review: Egotistical Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James

3. Read a 5-star book from any of our administrators. From Kristal's list, Review: Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale by Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff

4. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections. From 2022 - Review: Horse: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks

5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags). Review: The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey

6. Surprisingly, our favorite tag as measured by books read in one month was read way back in 2008. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery. Review: Encore in Death by J.D. Robb

7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle. Review: 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn

8. Read one of PBT's top 100 fictional books of all time. Review: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

9. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (World War II). For WWII - Review: Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides

10. Read a book in Amy's honor. One of Amy's 5-star books: Review: The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.
Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Link to Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf found here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books... Review: Return of the Magi by P.J. Tracy

13. When PBT was one year old (in its infancy still), we played a game called "Last Tagger Standing", and it was modeled on the famous television show, Survivor. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor. Review: We Die Alone: : A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Howarth

14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT (fantasy). Review: Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

15. Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15 (1979). Review: The Twelve Deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson

Nicole R's Happy Birthday PBT Tracking Post

1. Historical Fiction: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (tagged by 8027 people)
2. February Event: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (Black History Month)
3. Admin 5 Star: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (reread of one of my 5 stars!)
4. PBT Top 10: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (2022)
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6. Mystery: The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace (tagged by 19 people)
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9. First PBT Tag (wwii): The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn (tagged by 28 people)
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13. Survival: The Wager by David Grann (tagged by 37 people)
14. Favorite PBT Tag: Just My Type by Falon Ballard (romance - May 2010, June 2015)
15.

*Title of each book is linked to my review here on PBT.

Nancy's 15 Candles Birthday Challenge.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅1. Historical Fiction tag. 🎈This is a favorite and I read 20+.
Abigail by Magda Szabó
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅2. February. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February. 🎈This is a favorite and I read 7.
Groundhog Day - Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Valentine's Day - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick. Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
World Whale Day 2.19 - People of the Whale by Linda Hogan
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
National Library Lovers Month - The Reading List
Black History Month - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Random Acts of Kindness Day 2.17 -Not Forgetting the Whale
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
For International day of women and girls in science 2.11 : Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, 4.5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf.
🎈This was my favorite candle and I read books from all 8 mods.
Watership Down by Richard Adams - Anita, Annapi, BooknBlues, Ladyslott
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-
Horse - BooknBlues, Nicole R
Rules for a Knight - Jolene
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kristal
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster - Library Cin
Indian Horse - BooknBlues
Conversations with Friends - Nicole R
The Soul of an Octopus - Nicole R
The Rose Code - Nicole R
I know why the caged bird sings - many
City of Thieves -Ladyslott
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Annapi
The Road - Anita, ladyslott

✅4. We have been compiling the PBT Top 10 lists since our inception. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.
Lessons in Chemistry 2022 #1 2022
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags).
Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅6. Surprisingly, our favorite tag as measured by books read in one month was read way back in 2008. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅8. When PBT was 8 years old, we compiled our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle. 🎈This candle shaped my whole year of reading.
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅9. In 2016, we were forced to make the move from Shelfari to Goodreads. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii)
WWII
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅10. Our most prolific poster (in the Goodreads era) is Amy. This is one of the books Amy recommended when I first joined PBT. Thanks Amy!
The Snow Child
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Buddy read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf found
here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Fall Flurries
Elatsoe 2021
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅13. When PBT was one year old (in its infancy still), we played a game called "Last Tagger Standing", and it was modeled on the famous television show, Survivor. Read a book that is tagged with survival.
Solito by Javier Zamora
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

✅14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT. Literary Fiction was one of the very first tags I read after joining PBT in 2018.
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅15. PBT is 15 years old! Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15.
The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Pam's Happy 15th Birthday, PBT tracking post
Read: 15/15

1. Historical fiction: The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer (review)
2. February: How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin (review)
3. Admin 5 stars: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers - annapi's shelf (review)
4. PBT Top 10: The Power by Naomi Alderman (review)
5. India: Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob (review)
6. Mystery: Mahu Fire by Neil S. Plakcy (review)
7. Top 100 NonFiction: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (review)
8. Top 100 Fiction: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (review)
9. 2010: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (review)
10. Amy: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (review)
11. Buddy read: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (review)
Link to BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
12. Fall Flurries/Trim: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (review)
13. Survival: Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (review)
14. Favorite tag: "Adventure" - Anathem by Neal Stephenson (review)
15. Year YOU turned 15 (1995): Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (review)

Points total: 75

KimBear's PBT Birthday Challenge

1. Historical Fiction
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

2. February Event--Feb. 20th--Love Your Pet Day
It's a Wonderful Woof by Spencer Quinn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

3. Administrator 5***** Read--Nicole R.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4. PBT Top Ten List
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

5. India
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

6. Mystery
Bark to the Future by Spencer Quinn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


7. PBT-Top 100 Non-Fiction Book
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

8. PBT-Top 100 Fiction Book
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

9. First tag at Goodreads (WWll)
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

10. Amy (I chose a book from her shelf and then friended her!)
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...

11. Buddy Read book
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...

12. Fall Flurries / Trim the TBR
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

13. Survival / Survivor Tag
Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

14. Favorite Tag-Paris
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

15. Book Published the Year I Turned 15---1980
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Jenny

Note to admin: I haven't been cross-checking my books with the candles, so this first post will get several reviews!

#1 Historical Fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#4 From the top 10 list of 2022 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#5 Tagged India - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#6 Tagged mystery - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#10 5 stars from Amy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

#12 On the Fall Flurries 2018 shelf - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hayjay's PBT Birthday Candle Challenge

#2 February Event- A Winter In New York
Review Here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Special Note: A romance book in honor of Valentine's Day. This book is tagged romance by 459 people. 1st column, 5 down:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

#9 WWII- Dear Mrs. Bird
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Special Note: Tagged WWII 230 Times (1st column, 9 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

#14- Favorite Tag (Family Drama)- The Floating Feldmans
Review Here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Special Note: Tagged Family Drama 7 Times (2nd column, 4 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

1. my favorite tag - Dystopia
Camp Zero
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2. From top 10 list
Horse
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3. Historical - A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


4. Admin Shelf - Anita's
Three Women
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. India

Torturous that I have to remind myself of this book

The Covenant of Water
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

6. Mystery
With My Little Eye
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

7. WWII
Good Night, Irene
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

8. 100 NF - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

9. 100 Fiction
Catch-22
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10. Amy - Big Swiss
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged friendship in April
Picked this because Amy is a therapist and this book is about a therapist but I'm 99% sure Amy is NOT this kind of Therapist. haha. Anyway, I hope I'm right that amy is a therapist, i've been very absent of late

11. Buddy Read
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

12. Fall Flurries or Trim - Ordinary Grace
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(tagged friendship in April)

13. Survivor or Survival
Fourth Wing -

I wrote the shortest possible review for this book - "flawed as can be but totally entertaining" - does it need to be longer? I'm not trying to "win" anything, just wanted to participate.

14. Book published in 1978 - The Westing Game
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

15. February

It was a choice between "romance" and "black History month" for me for this tag, and I just couldn't do romance! This book centers around a very small part of black history

https://www.mcht.org/story/malaga-isl... (If interested, I'd say you are better off reading the article than the book)

This Other Eden
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nicole

Quite by chance, it seems I've hit nearly every candle for the Birthday Challenge this year - what luck! I figured I might as well make it a sweep, read my one remaining book and post my reviews here. Can't pass up a chance to complete a challenge when I'm so close and completely by accident!

1. Historical Fiction: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Review

2. February; President's Day: Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Review

3. Administrators; Anita: Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
Review

4. Top 10; 2019: Lanny by Max Porter
Review

5. India: Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Review

6. Mystery: The Big Four by Agatha Christie
Review

7. 100 Non-Fiction List: Winterdance by Gary Paulson
Review

8. 100 Fiction List: The Cellist of Sarajavo by Steven Galloway
Review

9. 2010: The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Review

10. Amy Inspired: The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen
Review

11. Buddy Read: The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Review

12. Trim the TBR: Artemis by Andy Weir
Review

13. Survival / Survivor: Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Review

14. Favorite Tag; Non-Fiction*: The Woman Who Would Be King by Kara Cooney
Review

15. 15 Years Old; 2006: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Review


*This is the first tag I read with Play Book Tag, I believe it was back in 2013.