The Lost Challenges discussion

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

We are trying something different for a new yearly challenge where you read one book each month throughout the year. Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

Example:
Because you enjoyed The Memory of You:
I could choose - You'll Think of Me or Driftwood Lane
Because you're reading A Vineyard Blessing
I could choose - Glistening Sunsets or Finding Christmas
Because you shelved The Vineyard Bride
I could choose - Seabreeze Shores or Summer of Us
Trending with Goodreads members
I could choose - Icebreaker or Things We Hide From the Light

Let us know which area you chose a book from. You may catch up, if you get behind. BUT you may not read ahead!

The months:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December


Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

Barbara ★
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Bobbi

Carolyn FINISHED
Catsalive FINISHED
Chelsea

Daniel
Dita

Emeli

Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve
Grace

ily

Jennifer
Joann FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Karen
Karen ♐
Katelyn
Kellene FINISHED
Kimberly

Lynn

Mary-Megan
Melissa A FINISHED

Natasha

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Ricka
Rissa FINISHED

Shan ~A~
Shannon FINISHED
Sharon
Shash FINISHED
Sheila FINISHED
Suzanne

Tari FINISHED

Vanessa

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Read: 12/12

Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

The months:
January
Because you're reading The Russian Cage
A Good Day for Chardonnay Darynda Jones 1/13/23

February
Because you enjoyed Going Down Hard
Wait For Me J.H. Croix 2/5/23

March
Because you enjoyed The Wedding Ranch
Tempt Me Samantha Chase 3/16/23

April
Trending with Goodreads members
Weyward Emilia Hart 4/10/23

May
I forgot where I got this book!
Falling in Fate Melanie Shawn 5/5/23

June
Because you're reading The Honeymoon Cottage
The Moonglow Sisters Lori Wilde 6/13/23

July
Readers also enjoyed
Summer on Mirror Lake JoAnn Ross 7/20/23

August
Because you enjoyed The Summer of Songbirds
The Cafe at Beach End RaeAnne Thayne 8/12/23

September
Readers also enjoyed
Must Love Flowers Debbie Macomber 9/9/23

October
Because you enjoyed Bookshop by the Bay
Welcome To Jubilee Rachel Hanna 10/11/23

November
Because you're reading Homeplace
The Jessabelle House Katie Winters 11/14/23

December
Because you're reading Rustic Hearts
On the Shore Laura Pavlov 12/14/23

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

12/12 Completed. Finished

The months:
January:Because you're reading The Last Second Chance
Untying the Knot-Meghan Quinn 1/14/23

February:Trending with Goodreads members
It Ends with Us-Colleen Hoover 2/16/23

March:Because you enjoyed Her Silent Cry
Don't Tell A Soul-D.K. Hood 3/09/23

April:Because you enjoyed Jasper Vale
Flawless-Elsie Silver 4/12/23

May:Trending with Goodreads members
Yours Truly-Abby Jimenez 5/04/23

June:Because you enjoyed Follow Me Home
The Silent Dolls-Rita Herron 6/09/23

July:Because you enjoyed Runaway Love
A Little Taste-Tia Louise 7/13/23

August:Because you shelved Her Last Tear
Little Girl Vanished-Denise Grover Swank 8/18/23

September:Trending with Goodreads members
In the Likely Event-Rebecca Yarros 9/15/23

October:Because you enjoyed Mine to Take
Before We Fall-Aurora Rose Reynolds 10/18/23

November:Because you enjoyed Before We Fall
Cherry Lane-Kristen Proby 11/04/23

December:Trending with Goodreads members
Mile High-Liz Tomforde 12/01/23

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January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

12 of 12 Complete

Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members

The Months:

🔑 January - Because you enjoyed The Diamond Eye
The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles - 1/21/23

🔑 February - Because you're reading Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen
Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait - Alison Weir - 2/28/23

🔑 March - Because you shelved Lassiter - J.R. Ward
The Jackal - J.R. Ward - 3/3/23

🔑 April - Trending with Goodreads members
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin - 4/7/23

🔑 May - Because you enjoyed Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn - 5/6/23

🔑 June - Because you're reading Chilled - Kendra Elliot
Alone - Kendra Elliot - 6/8/23

🔑 July - Because you shelved Pursuit of Honor - Vince Flynn
The Last Man - Vince Flynn - 7/13/23

🔑 August - Because you're reading The Redeemers - Ace Atkins
Storm Watch - C.J. Box - 8/28/23

🔑 September - Trending with Goodreads members
Payback in Death - J.D. Robb - 9/19/23

🔑 October - Because you enjoyed The Angels' Share - J.R. Ward
Devil's Cut - J.R. Ward - 10/17/23

🔑 November - Because you shelved Out of Nowhere - Sandra Brown
Identity - Nora Roberts - 11/3/23

🔑 December - Because you enjoyed A Most Agreeable Murder - Julia Seales
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies - Alison Goodman - 12/2/23

FINISHED
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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Read: 12/12

Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...


January:
Because you enjoyed... Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan
Suggested read: Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by various authors 1/12/22

February:
Because you shelved... Stay Buried by Katherine Webb
Suggested read: The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett 2/6/23

March:
Because you shelved.... The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Suggested read: The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett 4/8/23

April:
Because you're reading... The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett
Suggested read: A Spoonful Of Murder by J.M. Hall 4/28/23

May:
Because you enjoyed... Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs
Suggested read: The Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton 5/12/23

June:
Because you're reading... Murder on Thames by Matthew Costello
Suggested read: A Shot in the Dark by Neil Richards 6/14/23

July:
Trending with Goodreads members...
Read: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 7/7/23

August:
Because you enjoyed... Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth
Read: Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac 8/15/23

September:
Because you enjoyed... The Wedding Party by Tammy Cohen
Read: Her Last Holiday by C.L. Taylor 9/2/23

October:
Because you enjoyed... The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White
Read: Crimes of Cymru: Classic Mystery Tales of Wales edited by Martin Edwards 10/11/23

November:
Because you're reading... A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle
Read: The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett 11/8/23

December:
Because you're reading... Twelve Motives for Murder by Fiona Sherlock
Read: The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict 12/13/23

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12/12 read
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

January
Because you're reading Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off
Three Tainted Teas Lynn Cahoon 1/27/23

February
Because you're reading Chocolate à la Murder
High Spirits. Carol J. Perry 3/1/23

March
Because you enjoyed A Haunting is Brewing
Assault and Beret Jenn McKinlay. 3/14/23

April
Because you're reading Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post
Murder at Mallowan Hall. Colleen Cambridge 4/19/23

May
Because you enjoyed Witch Slapped
Sleigh Spells Bella Falls 5/16/23

June
Because you are reading Six Feet Deep Dish
No Parm No Foul Linda Reilly. 6.16/23

July
Because you're reading Inn Keeping With Murder: Old Maids of Mercer Island Mystery
MURDER and the MORTICIAN Marian McCarthy 7/31/23

August
Because you enjoyed Cheddar Late Than Dead
Death by Committee Alexis Morgan 10/28/23

September
Because you're reading Little Bookshop of Murder
Midnight Snacks are Murder Libby Klein 10/2/23

October
Because you enjoyed A Tourist's Guide to Murder
Murder is a Piece of Cake Valerie Burns 10/25/23

November
Because you're reading A Face at the Window
A Haunted Road Atlas: Sinister Stops and Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales Christine Schiefer 11/23/23

December
Because you're reading Death by Jack-O'-Lantern,
'Twas the Knife Before Christmas Jacqueline Frost 12/31/23

finished


Let us know which area you chose a book from. You may catch up, if you get behind. BUT you may not read ahead!

January:
Because you enjoyed The Gauguin Connection:
Undone - Blake Pierce - 1/30/23

February:
Because you shelved The Ashes of London -
The Incendium Plot - A.D. Swanston - 2/10/23

March
Trending with Goodreads members:
Weyward - Emilia Hart - 3/23/23

APRIL:
Because you shelved The Summer Villa
Chasing The Italian Dream - Jo Thomas - 4/30/23

May
Trending with Goodreads members…
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig - 5/9/23

June
Because you shelved...The War Librarian
Good Night, Irene - Luis Alberto Urrea - 6/14/23

July
trending with Goodread members....
Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren - 7/17/23

Because you enjoyed Under the Italian Sun
Summer at the French Olive Grove - Sophie Clare - 8/28/23

September
Because you're reading… A Thousand Days in Venice - Marlena de Blasi - 9/13/23
The Secret Love Letters of Olivia Moretti - Jennifer Probst

OCTOBER:
Trending with Goodreads members…
The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young - 11/20/23

NOVEMBER
Because you shelved … Everyone Here Is Lying
You Can Trust Me - Wendy Heard - 12/20/23

December
Trending with Goodreads members…
Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston - 12/27/23

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Read: 0/12

Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

The months:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Browse -> Explore
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

January
Because you shelved The Enemy Across the Loch...
The Gilded Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/6/23)

February
Because you enjoyed A Lady's Wager...
An Autumn Kiss by Laura Rollins, et.al. (2/17/23)

March
Because you enjoyed Code of Valor...
Strategic Plan by Lynn Shannon (3/18/23)

April
Because you enjoyed The Governess of Penwythe Hall...
Midnight on the River Grey by Abigail Wilson (4/13/23)

May
Because you're reading Hidden Peril...
Beneath the Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn (5/11/23)

June
Because you're reading The Right Wrong Match...
Right Girl, Wrong Side by Ginny Baird (6/9/23)

July
Because you enjoyed Kidnapped...
Ranger Redemption by Lynn Shannon (7/25/23)

August
Because you enjoyed Framed in Florals...
The Disgraced Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (8/13/23)

September
Because you shelved The Love Audit...
Just Don't Fall by Emma St. Clair (9/7/23)

October
Because you enjoyed Crown of Secrets...
The King's Queen by K.M. Shea (10/31/23)

November
Because you're reading To Escape a Wonderland...
To Defy a Dream by Mary Mecham (11/5/23)

December
Because you enjoyed Cabin Crush...
Single All the Way by Kate Watson (12/10/23)

Start: 1/1/23
End: 12/31/23

Browse -> Explore
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

January:
Because you enjoyed They Wish They Were Us:
Choose The Murder Game OR Two Truths and a Lie
⁂ Two Truths and a Lie - April Henry ❄❄❄ 1/27/23

February:
Trending with Goodreads members... Spare OR How to Sell a Haunted House
⁂ How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 💖💖💖 4/7/23

March:
Because you enjoyed The Island:
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six OR Hidden Pictures
⁂ Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six - Lisa Unger 🍀🍀🍀 5/5/23

April:
Because you enjoyed Ghost 19:
The Angel Maker OR Prom Screams
⁂ The Angel Maker - Alex North 💧💧💧💧 8/22/23

May:
Because you're reading The Tower
The Snowstorm OR Suburban Monsters
⁂

June:
Because you enjoyed Kismet
Blackout OR Mother of All Secrets
⁂

July:
Because you're reading Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Killing Me OR The Villa
⁂

August:
Trending with Goodreads members... The Only One Left OR The Summer I Turned Pretty
⁂

September:
October:
November:
December:

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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00/12 Completed

The months:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Welcome Frankie, Lynda, Sheila, Kellene, Joann, Emeli, Shash, Bobbi and Katelyn!

I am a sucker for new challenges, I am in! :)

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

We are trying something different for a new yearly challenge where you read one book each month throughout the year. Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

The months: FINISHED!!!
✅January: Because you enjoyed Awfully Ambrose ~
Camera Shy by E.J. Russell (1/3/2023)

✅February: Because you shelved Camera Shy ~
It's Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien by Chloe Archer (2/6/2023)

✅March: Because you shelved Can't Help Falling in Love with an Alien ~
Lenny And His Jackrabbit Lumberjack by Lorelei M. Hart (3/18/2023)

✅April: Because you shelved The Reading List ~
The Guncle by Steven Rowley (4/20/2023)

✅May: Because you enjoyed Remarkably Bright Creatures ~
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen (5/8/2023)

✅June: Because you shelved Nora Goes Off Script ~
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (6/4/2023)

✅July: Because you shelved Sideways ~
Afterglow by Aria Wyatt (7/24/2023)

✅August: Because you shelved A Side of Murder ~
Getaway With Murder by Diane Kelly (8/12/2023)

✅September: Because you enjoyed Alpha Dragon's Tiger ~
A Beginner’s Guide to Death, Demons, and Other Afterlife Disasters by Shannon Mae (9/3/2023)

✅October: Because you shelved The Snowman Killer ~
A Doggone Waterfront Shame by Rimmy London (10/21/2023)

✅November: Because you shelved The Kiss Quotient ~
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood (11/15/2023)

✅December: Because you shelved Under One Roof ~
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (12/6/2023)

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We are trying something different for a new yearly challenge where you read one book each month throughout the year. Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

READ: 1/12

January
Books similar to The Dragon's Promise - Elizabeth Lim 1/14
I choose Song of Silver, Flame Like Night - Amélie Wen Zhao 1/28

February
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March
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April
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November
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December
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Welcome Rissa and Barbara!

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Read: 12/12

Browse then-->Explore, pick an option
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

January Because you enjoyed
Deadly Diva Hazel Smith 1/30/23

February Because you're reading
Irish Castle Murder Penny Brooke 2/6/23

March Because you shelved
Where There's a Witch, There's a Way Victoria DeLuis 3/13/23

April Because you enjoyed…
Penthouse, Pools & Poison Louise Stevens 4/5/23

May Because you’re reading…
Murdered Underground Dianne Harman 5/8/23

June Because you're reading...
Squirrel Skip Squabble Max Parrott 6/5/23

July Because you shelved...
A Flight of Murder Maggie Benton 7/10/23

August Because you enjoyed...
Murder on Ice Carolyn Keene 8/16/23

September Because you shelved...
Snapped Shut Murder Emma Ainsley 9/11/23

October Because you're reading...
Halloween at the Haunted House Cindy Bell 10/6/23

November Because you shelved...
The Case of the Deceitful Dognapper Kate Jach 11/4/23

December Because you enjoyed...
Perps on Parade Summer Prescott 12/3/23

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Read: 0/12

Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.

Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

The months:

January: Trending with Goodreads members
The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood - 1/9/23
February: Because you enjoyed Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
March: Because you’re reading Petals and Poison
Farm to Trouble - Amanda Flower
April: Because you’re reading Mixed Signals
Flawless - Elsie Silver
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Read: 12/12

Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.

Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

The months:
✔️January - Because you shelved... Tempting - Secret Daddy K.C. Crowne - 2/16/23
✔️February - Because you enjoyed... Secrets - The Man from Sanctum Lexi Blake - 4/18/23
✔️March - Because you shelved...Cherished - The Fixer Renee Rose - 4/28/23
✔️April - Because you enjoyed...Wild Like the Wind - Reaper's Legacy Joanna Wylde - 7/29/23
✔️May - Because you shelved...The Reunion - The Stopover T.L. Swan - 10/3/23
✔️June - Because you enjoyed...Primal Instincts: Volume 2 - No Time to Lie Lexi Blake - 6/29/23
✔️July - Because you enjoyed...White Ribbon - Fable of Happiness Pepper Winters - 12/2/23
✔️August - Because you enjoyed...Man with Money - Last Resort K. Bromberg - 3/29/24
✔️September - Because you enjoyed...The Anatomy of Us - Complicated Hearts Ashley Jade - 6/2/25
✔️October - Because you enjoyed...Undressed - Royally Not Ready Meghan Quinn - 10/8/24
✔️November - Because you enjoyed... Man with a Castle - Private Property Skye Warren - 1/8/24
✔️December - Because you enjoyed... I Love How You Love Me - Trusting Skylar Susan Stoker - 11/17/24

If a series book comes up, can I read the first book in the series?

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January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

I’ve had to step away from a lot of challenges due to my job taking up so much time, but I think I can pull this one off!

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Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members

The Months:

January
Because you're reading... The Girl Who Played with Fire
Read: The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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00/12 Completed

The months:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Karen ♐ wrote: "If a series book comes up, can I read the first book in the series?"

OK, that works!

Welcome Tari, Kimberly, Karen, Daniel and Grace!

JoAnne wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "If a series book comes up, can I read the first book in the series?"

OK, that works!"

Thanks!

Finished!
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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

We are trying something different for a new yearly challenge where you read one book each month throughout the year. Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

Example:
Because you enjoyed The Memory of You:
I could choose - You'll Think of Me or Driftwood Lane
Because you're reading A Vineyard Blessing
I could choose - Glistening Sunsets or Finding Christmas
Because you shelved The Vineyard Bride
I could choose - Seabreeze Shores or Summer of Us
Trending with Goodreads members
I could choose - Icebreaker or Things We Hide From the Light

Let us know which area you chose a book from. You may catch up, if you get behind. BUT you may not read ahead!

The months:
X January -
Explore: Because you are reading . . . The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice by Donna Kauffman you might enjoy Cackle Rachel Harrison 01/17/23

X February -
Explore: Because you enjoyed An Anonymous Girl . . . you might enjoy Jar of Hearts Jennifer Hillier 02/12/23

X March -
Explore: Because you read Love of My Life Goodreads recommends . . . The Golden Couple Greer Hendricks 03/18/23

Explore: Recommended for You . . . Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson 03/25/23

X April -
Explore: Because you enjoyed Peril at End House by Agatha Christie . . . you might enjoy The Unexpected Guest: A Play In Two Acts Agatha Christie 04/24/23

X May -
Explore: Because you enjoyed A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp . . . you might enjoy The Year of Cecily (From Sunshine Park with Love 1) Lisa Lin 05/04/23

Explore: New Releases This Year . . . The House in the Pines Ana Reyes 05/08/23

X June -
Explore: New Releases This Year . . . Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson 06/01/23

Explore: Because You Enjoyed Midnight Crossroad . . . you might enjoy . . . Day Shift Charlaine Harris 06/27/23

X July -
Explore: Most Read By Goodreads Members This Week . . . Love, Theoretically Ali Hazelwood 07/16/23

Explore: Trending with Goodreads Members . . . Icebreaker Hannah Grace 07/21/23

X August -
Explore: New Releases This Year . . . In the Lives of Puppets T.J. Klune 08/27/33

X September -

Explore: Trending with Goodreads Members . . . Tom Lake Ann Patchett 09/01/23

Explore: Trending with Goodreads Members . . . Family Lore Elizabeth Acevedo 09/05/23

X October -

Explore: Because You Enjoyed Summer Island . . . You Might Enjoy . . . The Paris Daughter Kristin Harmel 10/01/23

X November

Explore: Trending with Goodreads Members . . . Someone Else's Shoes Jojo Moyes 11/04/23

X December -

Explore: New Releases This Year . . . Wildfire (Maple Hills 2) Hannah Grace 12/30/23

Welcome Sharon and Melissa!

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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We are trying something different for a new yearly challenge where you read one book each month throughout the year. Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

January
Because you're reading The Witches: Salem, 1692
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War - 4/14/23
February
Because you shelved The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Welcome Natasha!

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
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We are trying something different for a new yearly challenge where you read one book each month throughout the year. Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

Let us know which area you chose a book from. You may catch up, if you get behind. BUT you may not read ahead!

The months:
January Because you shelved The Abduction of Pretty Penny read Silence in the Library by Katharin Schellman (Lily Adler Mystery #2) Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman read 1/9/2023

February Trending with Goodreads members You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow read 2/13/2023

March Because you read Death by Windmill Raspberry Chocolate Murder by Leena Clover read 3/5/2023

Aprilbecause you shelved Mercy's Chase I Know Where You Live by Gregg Olsen read 4/6/2023

May Because you enjoyed Before Green Gables A Tangled Web by L.M. Montgomery read 5/7/2023
June Because you enjoyed Ropes, Riddles, & Robberies Six Sweets Under by Sarah Fox read 6/14/2023
July Because you Enjoyed The Only Survivors Left The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes read 7/10/2023
August Because you enjoyed A Diagnosis of Murder Read A Sparkling Case of Murder by Colette Clark read 8/13/2023
September because you liked the ghost in the polka dot bikini read Sweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris read 9/8/2023
October trending with Goodreads Members A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid read 10/9/2023
November Because you enjoyed Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America by Mark Follman read 11/4/2023
December Because you enjoyed A Perfectly Good Family- The Child in Time by Ian McEwan read 12/12/2023

Welcome Carolyn!

This sounds fun!

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The Months:

January:
Trending with Goodreads Members: Book Lovers by Emily Henry

February:
Because You're Reading The Game is a Footnote: A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren

March
Because You're Reading A Symphony of Echoes The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg by Eva St. John

April
Because You're Reading As You Wish Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci

May
Because You Enjoyed Saga, Volume 8 Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

June
Because You're Reading Outrun the Moon Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

July
Because you're reading The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

August
Trending with Goodreads Members
The Only One Left by Riley Sager

September
Because You Shelved Die Around Sundown
Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge

October
Because You Enjoyed Playing It Safe
Murder in Postscript by Mary Winters

November
Because You Enjoyed Murder Past Due
Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle

December

Welcome Jennifer!

JANUARY
Because you enjoyed Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
You could choose: The Last Party or Daisy Darker
I chose The Last Party and put Daisy Darker on my TBR pile.

FEBRUARY
Because you enjoyed Badlands
You could choose: The Lost Girl or Cold Granite
I chose Cold Granite. Yay a new series.

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
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The months:
January Because you're reading Funeral Food
Black Rose by Kate Prada 1/12/2023

February Because you enjoyed Banana Slit
Slice of Murder by Rosie A. Point 2/8/2023

March Because you're reading Tapped Out
Murder by the Book by Lauren Elliott 5/9/2023

April Because you enjoyed Without a Brew
Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly 6/6/2023

May Because you enjoyed The Fiesta Burger Murder
Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman 12/3/2023

June Because you're reading Murder by the Book
The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams

July Because you're reading Anne of Avonlea
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 8/15/2023

August Because you enjoyed Bruised But Not Broken
Reaching Reed by Cora Rose 9/4/2023

September: Because you're reading A Stew to a Kill
Crossed by Death by A.C.F. Bookens 2/23/2023

October Because you're reading A Batter of Life and Death
Murder in a Cape Cottage by Maddie Day

November Because you shelved A Murder Between the Pages
Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron

December Because you shelved Jingle Buried Cookies
Opera and Old Laceby Kathi Daley 12/28/2023

Welcome batkat, Lynn and Genevieve!

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January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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The Months:

January - Trending with Goodreads members I'm Glad My Mom Died 1/9
February - Because you're reading Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
March - Because you're reading Nightbitch Honor
April - Trending with Goodreads members Six of Crows
May - Because you're reading The Luis Ortega Survival Club... Going Bicoastal 6/2
June Trending with Goodreads members The Silent Patient
July Trending with Goodreads members Yellowface
August - Because you enjoyed In the Lives of Puppets Thornhedge 11/09
September Trending with goodreads members The Unmaking of June Farrow
October Trending with goodreads members Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
November Because you shelved And Then She Fell - Moon of the Turning Leaves OR Never Whistle at Night
December

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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The months:
January - trending with Goodreads members - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
February - trending with Goodreads members - The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
March - because you shelved Before the Coffee Gets Cold - If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
April - because you shelved Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
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June
July
August
September - because you enjoyed Red, White & Royal Blue - Heartstopper: Volume Three
October
November
December

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Progress: 0/12

Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

Let us know which area you chose a book from. You may catch up, if you get behind. BUT you may not read ahead!


January
Trending with Goodreads members...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

February
Because you enjoyed... Two Wrongs Make a Right
In the Weeds by B.K. Borison

March
Trending with Goodreads members...
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

April
Trending with Goodreads members...
Happy Place by Emily Henry

May
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The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane

June
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros or Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

July
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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

August
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October
November
December

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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January
Because you're readingExperiencing God Day-By-Day: The Devotional and Journal, Goodreads recommends Scattered Showers. (That connection has me scratching my head, but the Rainbow Rowell book did look interesting.) - Completed 1/26/23

I also found "Because you shelved The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality, Goodreads recommends Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution," but I felt like I was cheating to use it because I'd already checked out Strange New World to read this month. (Completed 1/24/23)

February
Because you're reading In Big Trouble, Goodreads recommends Devil's Delight by M.C. Beaton (finished 2/17/23)

March
Because you liked The Escape Artist, try Dream Town by David Baldacci (finished 4/4/23)

April
Because you're reading The Gospel Comes with a House Key, try The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer - finished 8/1/23 (The book's lessons started with the library's almost-four-month hold list!)

May
Because you're reading Fatality in F, try Murder by Page One by Olivia Matthews (finished 5/6/23)

June
Because you enjoyed The Sugar House, try Whiskey River by Loren D. Estleman (finished 6/21/23)

July
Trending with Goodreads members: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 7/13/23

August
Because you're reading The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, try Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer by Tyler Staton 8/18/23

September
Trending on Goodreads: The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 9/20/23

October
Because you enjoyed Of Manners and Murder, try A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder by Dianne Freeman (completed 10/20/23)

November
Because you're reading, By a Spider's Thread, you might like Overboard by Sara Paretsky (completed 11/15/23)

December
Because you liked Promposal by RaeChell Garrett, Goodreads recommends...
Not Here to Stay Friends by Kaitlyn Hill 12/6/23
and The Name Drop by Susan Lee 12/7/23

Welcome ily, Dita, Shan and Shannon!

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January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

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January
Because you're reading The Merry...
His Last Wife - Gia Pere

February
Trending with Goodreads members... The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood

March
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July
August
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December

Welcome Chelsea!

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January - Trending with Goodreads members - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 01.22.2023
February
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June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Welcome Ricka!

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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
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✔January: Because you enjoyed...
by Richard Osman 4/2 5★

✔February: Because you're reading...
by Janice Hallett 25/3 2★

✔March: Because you enjoyed...
by Hamilton Crane 16/8 3.5★

✔April: Because you enjoyed...
by Robert Thorogood 21/3 3.5★

✔May: Trending with Goodreads members...
by Katherine Center 3/5 4★

✔June: Trending with GR members...
by Emily Henry 12/6 2.5★

✔July: Because you enjoyed...
by Dorothy Gilman 5/9 4★

✔August: Because you enjoyed...
by Lisa Ireland 25/11 4.5★

✔September: Because you enjoyed...
by Becky Chambers 15/9 4★

✔October: Because you enjoyed...
by Sarah Barrie 20/10 4★


✔November: Because you enjoyed...
by Richard Osman 5/12 5★

✔December: Because you're reading...
by Jojo Moyes 3/1 2★

Welcome Catsalive!

The Lost Challenges
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Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Progress: 5 out of 12

We are trying something different for a new yearly challenge where you read one book each month throughout the year. Before the end of each month, you use the Browse feature here on Goodreads. When you click on it, go down to Explore. There will be a few sections to choose a book from.
Because you enjoyed...
Because you're reading...
Because you shelved...
Trending with Goodreads members...

Example:
Because you enjoyed The Memory of You:
I could choose - You'll Think of Me or Driftwood Lane
Because you're reading A Vineyard Blessing
I could choose - Glistening Sunsets or Finding Christmas
Because you shelved The Vineyard Bride
I could choose - Seabreeze Shores or Summer of Us
Trending with Goodreads members
I could choose - Icebreaker or Things We Hide From the Light

Let us know which area you chose a book from. You may catch up, if you get behind. BUT you may not read ahead!

The months:
January
Trending with Goodreads members - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 1/6/2023 - 368 Pages



February
Trending with Goodreads members - Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

March
Trending with Goodreads members - Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

April
Trending with Goodreads members - One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

May
Trending with Goodreads members - Happy Place by Emily Henry - **** - 9/4/2023 - 400 Pages



June
Trending with Goodreads members - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - ***** - 10/15/2023 - 528 Pages



July
Trending with Goodreads members - Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

August
Trending with Goodreads members - Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

September
Trending with Goodreads members - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

October
Trending with Goodreads members - The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall

November
Trending with Goodreads members - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix - ***** - 1/7/2024 - 419 Pages



December
Trending with Goodreads members - Bride by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 5/8/2024 - 416 Pages



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*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

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Welcome Suzanne!