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100 Book Genre Challenge 2023

Time to Push Your Genre Boundaries?
Pick 5 Genres/Subgenres of Your Choice, 20 Books Each, 100 Books Total

Time Frame: 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023

Rules:

* There are no levels for this challenge. The goal is to read 100 books - 20 each from each genre you choose. Genres can be as general (mystery, romance, etc) or specific (cozy mystery, sports romance) as you like.

* No minimum page requirement.

* Re-reads are allowed as long as they’re read during the time of the challenge.

* Use your sign-up post for your list, it'll be linked in the participants list.

* When you've finished a book rate & date it.

* You can change your books and genres at any time.

Use the following, for your convenience, to keep track of your books!

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Can it be any genre we find using the GR search option found here https://www.goodreads.com/genres ? I ask only because I can find every one of my shelves there, even my personal one, so am wondering if there is a list here. I wouldn't use anything like that and it doesn't have a description on it--no one is going to look that one up, but it's the easiest example to give.

It's up to any participant to define the genres they'd like to use.
You can go very general (e.g. Romance/Mystery/Fantasy/Nonfiction/Classics), split up one "big" genre into several subgenres (Paranormal Romance/Romantic Suspense/Erotic Romance/Historical Romance/MM Romance) or throw in some categories specific to you (New to me author, Re-reads) - mix it up as you like!

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Contemporary Romance
1. Rookie Move - 1/2 - 2 stars
2. Hard Hitter - 1/5 - 3 stars
3. Broken Whispers 1/20 - 4 stars
4. Sugar Daddy -2/8 - 4 stars
5. Blue-Eyed Devil - 2/9 - 5 stars
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1. Desire in His Blood - 1/8 - 5 stars
2. Renegade Love - 1/23 - 3.5 stars
3. Aurora Burning - 2/1 - 5 stars
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1. Death by Dumpling - 1/1 - 3 stars
2. Merlin the Magical Fluff - 1/25 - 3 stars
3. Flo Charts - 1/27 - 2 stars
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100 Book Genre Challenge

Rate and date books.


Contemporary
1. Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection *** Jan 14
2. The Grimm Legacy *** Jan 22
3. Camino Island *** Jan 31
4. The Bad Beginning ** Feb 5
5. Matilda **** Mar 1
6. The Boy and the Dog: A Novel ***** Mar 1
7. Beartown **** Mar 27
8. Us Against You **** Mar 31
9. The Winners **** Apr 1
10. Bird Box **** Jun 27
11. Roadwork *** Aug 6
12. Death in Dublin *** Aug 10
13. The Dutch House *** Aug 20
14. LaRose *** Sep 1
15. Lightning Strike: A Novel *** Nov 3
16. Death and the Penguin ** Nov 17
17. Watercress ***** Nov 23
18. A December to Remember *** Nov 26
19. The Twelve Dogs of Christmas *** Dec 6
20. The Exchange: After The Firm *** Dec 10

Fantasy
1. A Deadly Education **** Jan 3
2. The Last Graduate ***** Jan 6
3. The Golden Enclaves **** Jan 9
4. Cursor's Fury **** Jan 12
5. Captain's Fury **** Jan 25
6. Dance in a Buffalo Skull ***** Jan 28
7. Dogsbody *** Jan 29
8. Princeps' Fury **** Feb 4
9. First Lord's Fury ***** Mar 18
10. Year One *** Apr 16
11. The Watcher in the Shadows *** Apr 18
12. The Curse of Chalion **** May 7
13. Gifts *** May 28
14. Three Dark Crowns *** Jun 2
15. One Dark Throne *** Jun 6
16. Two Dark Reigns*** Jun 9
17. Five ​Dark Fates *** Jun 12
18. Powers *** Jun 19
19. Aesop's Fables: A Collection of Aesop's Fables *** Jul 23
20. An Illusion of Thieves *** Sep 13

Mystery
1. Rules of Engagement *** Feb 8
2. The Silkworm *** Feb 12
3. The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman *** Apr 8
4. Cat on the Edge *** Apr 25
5. Silver Pigs **** Apr 29
6. Murder in an Irish Cottage *** May 26
7. The Lost Temple ** Aug 8
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Historical Fiction
1. An Experiment In Treason *** Jan 15
2. The Price of Murder *** Jan 28
3. The Poyson Garden *** Feb 22
4. Rattlesnake Wells, Wyoming ** Feb 25
5. The Prisoner of Heaven **** Apr 21
6. The Women in the Castle *** Jun 30
7. The Snow Goose ***** Jul 23
8. Storm Boy **** Aug 20
9. Bellewether **** Nov 21
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Non Fiction
1. StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond *** Jan 18
2. Thunderstruck *** Jan 20
3. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII **** Jan 29
4. The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History **** Apr 4
5. Hearts West: True Stories Of Mail-Order Brides On The Frontier *** Apr 16
6. Dick Bremer: Game Used: My Life in Stitches With the Minnesota Twins **** May 20
7. Haunted Alaska: Ghost Stories from the Far North *** Aug 12
8. Strange Stories of Alaska and the Yukon *** Aug 14
9. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison *** Oct 30
10. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History *** Oct 31
11. Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers *** Nov 10
12. My Powerful Hair **** Nov 23
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This one helped so much last year, so I'm hoping it'll be as great for me this year.

Duration: 1/1/23 - 12/31/23
Progress: 67/100

Nonfiction (learning) 20/20
1: On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care (1/8/23)
2: Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films (1/29/23)
3: Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave (2/26/23)
4: A Message from Ukraine (3/3/23)
5: Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them (4/1/23)
6: Zombie Birds, Astronaut Fish, and Other Weird Animals (4/7/23)
7: Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries (4/12/23)
8: What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (4/22/23)
9: Poverty, by America (5/18/23)
10: Asian American Histories of the United States (6/4/23)
11: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (6/8/23)
12: Neil Gaiman and Philosophy: Gods Gone Wild! (6/28/23)
13: What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition (7/7/23)
14: Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things (7/22/23)
15: Bloodbath Nation (8/11/23)
16: Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller (10/8/23)
17: OMFG, BEES!: Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why (10/25/23)
18: Counting the Cost (10/29/23)
19: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (11/4/23)
20: Yurei: The Japanese Ghost (12/8/23)



LGBTQIA+ 19/20
1: Tell Me I’m Worthless (2/6/23)
2: The Pride of Garnet Run (2/27/23)
3: Come Tumbling Down (3/2/23)
4: Nick and Charlie: A Heartstopper Novella (3/6/23)
5: Legends & Lattes (6/21/23)
6: Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms (7/20/23)
7: No Gods, No Monsters (7/31/23)
8: Across the Green Grass Fields (7/31/23)
9: Pageboy (8/13/23)
10: Elatsoe (8/14/23)
11: Bound in Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror (9/7/23)
12: The Dark Tide (9/16/23)
13: Natural Beauty (9/25/23)
14: The Sacrifice (10/8/23)
15: Death of an Irish Mummy (10/16/23)
16: Festival (10/23/23)
17: This Winter (11/12/23)
18: Waiting For You (11/23/23)
19: The Vet's Shelter Surprise (11/28/23)
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Short Story Collections/Anthologies 9/20
1: Seven Empty Houses (2/18/23)
2: We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction of 2020 (3/12/23)
3: All the Fabulous Beasts (4/9/23)
4: Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth (5/28/23)
5: Mine: An Anthology of Body Autonomy Horror (6/5/23)
6: Video Palace: In Search of the Eyeless Man (7/27/23)
7: Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror (8/2/23)
8: That Which Cannot Be Undone: An Ohio Horror Anthology (8/26/23)
9: Never Have I Ever (8/30/23)
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World Literature (translated) 7/20
1: The Travelling Cat Chronicles (3/21/23)
2: You Should Have Left (6/10/23)
3: Let the Right One In (7/19/23)
4: She and Her Cat: Stories (7/28/23)
5: Fever Dream (8/29/23)
6: Vampire Hunter D (11/19/23)
7: The Metamorphosis (12/16/23)
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Historical Fiction/Classic Literature 12/20
1: Best Laid Plaids (2/18/23)
2: If Beale Street Could Talk (4/19/23)
3: The Red Palace (6/15/23)
4: Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix (7/17/23)
5: Revelator (8/8/23)
6: Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival (8/27/23)
7: What Moves the Dead (8/27/23)
8: Silver Nitrate (11/4/23)
9: The Lover (11/15/23)
10: The Bluest Eye (12/4/23)
11: The Diamond Eye (12/9/23)
12: 2001: A Space Odyssey (12/31/23)
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100 Book Genre Challenge 2023
January-December

55/100
Fantasy
1. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 04/01 ⭐⭐⭐.5
2. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - 09/01 ⭐⭐⭐.5
3. The Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo - 11/01 ⭐⭐⭐
4. The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo - 12/01 ⭐⭐⭐
5. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - 21/01 ⭐⭐⭐
6. The Tailor by Leigh Bardugo - 21/01 ⭐⭐⭐
7. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo - 31/01 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo - 31/01 ⭐⭐⭐
9. Little Knife by Leigh Bardugo - 31/01 ⭐⭐⭐
10. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo - 02/02 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo - 07/02 ⭐⭐⭐.5
12. Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo - 10/02 ⭐⭐⭐.25
13. The Lives of Saints by Leigh Bardugo - 13/02 ⭐⭐⭐
14. The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo - 14/02 ⭐⭐⭐
15. Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo - 03/03 ⭐⭐⭐
16. The Garden by Tomi Adeyemi - 11/03 ⭐⭐
17. Persephone by Lev Grossman - 15/03 ⭐⭐⭐
18. The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow - 16/03 ⭐⭐⭐.5
19. What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo - 18/04 ⭐⭐
20. The Will of the Many by James Islington - 23/09 ⭐⭐⭐⭐



Nonfiction/Poetry
1. Helium by Rudy Francisco - 01/01 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Cartographer of Memory by Boluwatife Afolabi - 03/01 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. I'll Fly Away by Rudy Francisco - 10/02 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang - 17/02 ⭐⭐⭐.5
5. Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles - 07/03 ⭐⭐⭐
6. Home by Whitney Hanson - 17/05 ⭐⭐.5
7. Mouthful of Forevers by Clementine von Radics - 27/07 ⭐⭐⭐
8. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron - 16/08 ⭐⭐⭐.5
9. Love is a Plot Device: A Chapbook by Moyosore Orimoloye - 09/10 ⭐⭐⭐.5



Mystery/Thriller/Horror
1. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell - 27/01 ⭐⭐⭐
2. Safer Dead by James Hadley Chase - 30/01 ⭐⭐.5
3. Smarty Bones by Carolyn Haines - 07/03 ⭐⭐.5
4. Light as a Feather by Zoe Aarsen - 30/08 ⭐⭐⭐
5. Cold as Marble by Zoe Aarsen - 02/09 ⭐⭐⭐.25
6. Silent as the Grave by Zoe Aarsen - 11/09 ⭐⭐⭐.25
7. Shadows by John Saul - 20/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. The Whistler by John Grisham - 06/12 ⭐⭐⭐



Romance/Erotica
1. A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon - 31/01 ⭐⭐⭐
2. The Company of Fiends by Kathryn Moon- 10/03 ⭐⭐⭐
3. A Girl's Guide to Moving On by Debbie Macomber - 25/04 ⭐⭐.5
4. The Reverse Play by Julia Clarke - 23/05 ⭐⭐⭐
5. Playing Defense by Julia Clarke - 06/06 ⭐⭐⭐
6. The Basilisk of Star Manor by The Basilisk of Star Manor - 02/08 ⭐⭐⭐
7. Happy Place by Emily Henry - 03/08 ⭐⭐⭐.25
8. Sanctuary with Kings by Kathryn Moon - 09/08 ⭐⭐⭐
9. Traveling with Gentlemen by Kathryn Moon - 30/08 ⭐⭐⭐
10. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams - 12/10 ⭐⭐.5
11. Call Me Legachi by Adesuwa O'man Nwokedi - 19/11 ⭐⭐.5
12. Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood - 23/11 ⭐⭐⭐
13. Imperfect Chemistry by Mary Frame - 14/12/2023 ⭐⭐⭐



African Literature
1. A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks - 21/06 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Of Women and Frogs by Bisi Adjapon - 01/08 ⭐⭐⭐.5
3. The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite - 09/08 ⭐⭐.5
4. Better Never than Late by Chika Unigwe - 12/08 ⭐⭐⭐
5. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 26/11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Start: 01 January 2023
End: 31 December 2023
Read: 58/100

Horror: 11/20
1. A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine 🧡🧡🧡🧡 1/4/23
2. The Deep - Alma Katsu 🧡🧡🧡🧡 1/21/23
3. The Whispering Dead - Darcy Coates 🧡🧡🧡 2/20/23
4. Sleeping Dogs Lie - Samantha Downing 🧡🧡🧡🧡 2/25/23
5. Kill Hill Carnage - Tim Meyer 🧡🧡🧡 3/8/23
6. Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire - Jonathan Maberry 🧡🧡🧡 3/9/23
7. How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 🧡🧡🧡🧡 4/6/23
8. The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay 🧡🧡🧡 4/7/23
9. Final Destination #1: Dead Reckoning - Natasha Rhodes 🧡🧡🧡 4/13/23
10. V-Wars - Jonathan Maberry 🧡🧡🧡🧡 5/10/23
11. Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology - Jonathan Maberry 🧡🧡🧡🧡 6/1/23
12. Zombie Zoology: Zombie Anthology - Tim Curran 🧡🧡🧡 9/28/23
13. The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White 🧡🧡🧡🧡 10/7/23
14. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight - Kalynn Bayron 🧡🖤🧡🖤 10/10/23
15. Braineater Jones - Stephen Kozeniewski 🧡🖤🧡 10/11/23
16. The Sacrifice - Rin Chupeco 🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡 10/13/23
17. #Murderfunding - Gretchen McNeil 🧡🖤🧡🖤 10/15/23
18. When the Reckoning Comes - LaTanya McQueen 🧡🧡🧡🧡 11/24/23
19. Deck Z: The Titanic: Unsinkable. Undead. - Chris Pauls ❤💚❤ 12/6/23
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✔Young Adult/Middle Grade: 20/20
1. How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand 💜💜 1/2/23
2. The Fear - Charlie Higson 💜💜💜💜 2/21/23
3. Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard 💜 3/1/23
4. Contagion - Erin Bowman 💜💜💜 3/5/23
5. How to Survive Your Murder - Danielle Valentine 💜💜💜💜 3/19/23
6. Kill Joy - Holly Jackson 💜💜💜 4/14/23
7. Five Survive - Holly Jackson 💜💜💜💜 5/3/23
8. Room Service - Maren Stoffels 💜💜 5/23/23
9. Don't Tell a Soul - Kirsten Miller 💜💜💜💜 7/8/23
10. Spin - Lamar Giles 💜💜💜💜 7/30/23
11. Live Your Best Lie - Jessie Weaver 💜💜💜 8/2/23
12. The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer 💜💜💜 8/19/23
13. The Woods Are Always Watching - Stephanie Perkins 💜💜💜 8/19/23
14. Tyler Johnson Was Here - Jay Coles 💜💜💜 8/26/23
15. Obsidian - Jennifer L. Armentrout 💜💜💜 9/1/23
16. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan 💜💜💜💜 9/9/23
17. Dragon Shift - Clarissa Gosling 💜💜💜💜 9/20/23
18. 14 Ways to Die - Vincent Ralph 💜💜💜💜 9/22/23
19. Cinder - Marissa Meyer 💜💜💜💜 10/2/23
20. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan 🧡🖤🧡🖤 10/16/23

Thriller: 7/20
1. The Getaway - Lamar Giles 💚💚💚💚 2/4/23
2. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 💚💚💚 2/7/23
3. The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 💚💚💚💚 2/12/23
4. The Island - Adrian McKinty 💚💚💚💚💚 2/25/23
5. Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six - Lisa Unger 💚💚💚 5/5/23
6. The Angel Maker - Alex North 💚💚💚💚 8/22/23
7. Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton 💚💚💚 8/28/23
8. The Alienist - Caleb Carr 💚💚💚💚 9/5/23
9. The Golden Cage - Camilla Läckberg 💚💚💚💚 10/2/23
10. The Dragon Factory - Jonathan Maberry 🧡🧡🧡🧡 11/9/23
11. Someone We Know - Shari Lapena ❤💚❤💚 12/4/23
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Paranormal Romance: 5/20
1. Magic Bleeds - Ilona Andrews ❤❤❤❤ 1/9/23
2. Changeless - Gail Carriger ❤❤ 2/16/23
3. Samurai Game - Christine Feehan ❤❤❤❤ 3/18/23
4. Magic Slays - Ilona Andrews ❤❤❤❤ 5/13/23
5. Viper Game - Christine Feehan ❤❤❤❤ 7/27/23
6. River Marked - Patricia Briggs ❤❤❤❤ 9/7/23
7. How To Lose a Demon in 10 Days - Saranna DeWylde ❤❤ 9/12/23
8. The Trouble With Vampires - Lynsay Sands ❤❤❤❤ 9/10/23
9. Frost Burned - Patricia Briggs ❤❤❤❤ 10/7/23
10. How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 🧡🖤 10/13/23
11. Magic Rises - Ilona Andrews 🧡🧡🧡🧡 11/1/23
12. Keep Me Ghosted - Karen Cantwell 🧡🧡🧡🧡 11/3/23
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New to Me Authors 20/20
1. Seth Grahame-Smith - How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills 💙💙💙💙 1/14/23
2. Andrew J. Morgan - Noah's Ark 💙💙 1/25/23
3. April Henry - Two Truths and a Lie 💙💙💙 1/27/23
4. Isaac Asimov - I, Robot 💙💙💙💙💙 2/3/23
5. Adam Cesare - Clown in a Cornfield 💙💙💙 3/15/23
6. Jennette McCurdy - I'm Glad My Mom Died 💙💙💙💙💙 4/2/23
7. Benjamin Stevenson - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 💙💙💙💙💙 4/16/23
8. Lauretta Hignett - Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon 💙💙💙💙 4/23/23
9. Craig DiLouie - Episode Thirteen 💙💙💙💙💙 5/15/23
10. Daryl Gregory - Album of Dr. Moreau 💙💙💙💙💙 5/21/23
11. Amina Akhtar - Kismet 💙💙💙💙 5/24/23
12. Zachary Ashford - Sole Survivor 💙💙💙 5/27/23
13. Alaina Urquhart - The Butcher and the Wren 💙💙💙 6/3/23
14. William H. Armstrong - Sounder 💙💙💙 6/6/23
15. S.A. Chakraborty - The City of Brass 💙💙💙 6/8/23
16. David Sakmyster - Jurassic Dead 💙💙 6/8/23
17. The Library Book - Susan Orlean 💙💙💙 7/15/23
18. Howl’s Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones 💙💙💙 7/19/23
19. Chocolate Raspberry Magic - Tena Stetler 💙💙💙 7/20/23
20. On the Line - Fern Michaels 💙💙💙 7/21/23

Paranormal/Urban Fantasy
1. Wicked All Night
2. Thunderbird Falls
3. I Am Number Four
4. City of Fallen Angels
5. City of Lost Souls
6. City of Heavenly Fire
7. Unraveled
8. Weapon
9. Lord of Shadows
10. The Bane Chronicles
11. Chosen Ones
12. Allegiant
13. Trial by Fire
14. River Marked
15. Storm Cursed
16. Frost Burned
17. Fire Touched
18. Dead Heat
19. Derik's Bane
20. Biting Cold

Non Fiction
1. Bossypants
2. Unqualified
3. How to Do a Liver Transplant: Stories from My Surgical Life
4. Becoming
5. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
6. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
7. Natural Born Keller
8. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
9. Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
10. Out of Sync: A Memoir
11. A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way through Love, Loss, and Laughter
12. Secrets of a Lazy French Cook
13. In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an A&E Doctor
14. Tales from a Wild Vet: Part 1 of 3: Paws, claws and furry encounters
15. Back, After the Break
16. Calving Straps and Zombie Cats
17. Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
18. Forgotten Girl: A Powerful True Story of Amnesia, Secrets and Second Chances
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Romance
1. The Hero
2. Talk Me Down
3. Charlie All Night
4. The Girl in the Yellow Vest
5. Good Girls Don't
6. Anything for You
7. An Outlaw's Christmas
8. The Marriage Charm
9. The Darling Songbirds
10. The Highlander's Touch
11. A Creed Country Christmas
12. What We Find
13. One Wish
14. Somebody to Love
15. The Best Man
16. Wildest Dreams
17. On Second Thought
18. Sunrise Point
19. The Country Guesthouse
20. Butterfly Cove

Sci - Fi
1. The Pioneer
2. Carve the Mark
3. Warcross
4. Ascension
5. One Way
6. This Splintered Silence
7. Rebellion
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Fantasy
1. King of Scars
2. The Dark Days Deceit
3. Rule of Wolves
4. A Thousand Pieces of You
5. Chain of Thorns
6. Specials
7. Reboot
8. Heart Fortune
9. Ruin and Rising
10. Siege and Storm
11. Shadow and Bone
12. Fourth Wing
13. For the Wolf
14. Red Queen
15. The Study of Poisons
16. Glass Sword
17. Divine Rivals
18. Storm Born
19. League of Liars
20. For the Throne

Denise wrote: "It's up to any participant to define the genres they'd like to use.
You can go very general (e.g. Romance/Mystery/Fantasy/Nonfiction/Classics), split up one "big" genre into several subgenres (Par..."

Thanks, I'm in and will use this spot :) I'll go for 100 books.

Starting 2023/01/01

Genre Historical Fiction (note to self--20 books per genre)
📕1. Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
📕 2. The Downstairs Girl
📕 3. Yours is the Night
📕 4. Mrs. Mike (was historical fiction when it was written, but now a classic...)
📕 5. The Bastard by John Jakes
📕 6. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
📕 7. Hannah Coulter
📕 8. Dogwood
📕 9. The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden
📕 10. Island Of Wings
📕 11. Peony: A Novel of China
📕 12. Stories That Bind Us
📕 13. The Burning Chambers
📕 14. The Nature of Small Birds

Genre 2 Humour
📕1. Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up
📕 2 To Say Nothing of the Dog
📕 3. We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
📕 4. For We Are Many
📕 5. Wedding Night
📕 6. Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
📕 7 William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope
📕 8. The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense
📕 9. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
📕 10. Custard's Last Stand
📕 11. The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense
📕 12. Dating Dr. Dil
📕 13. How Stella Got Her Groove Back
📕 14. Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?
📕 15. Barchester Towers
📕 16. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
📕 17. Bet Your Bottom Dollar
📕 18. A Dollar Short: The Bottom Dollar Girls Go Hollywood
📕 19. Dollar Daze: The Bottom Dollar Girls in Love
📕 20. The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories of Espionage and Revenge

Genre 3 Mystery
📕 1. The Patient by Jane Shemilt
📕 2. Corridors of Death by Ruth Dudley Edwards
📕 3. Wrong Place Wrong Time
📕 4. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
📕 5. Slow Horses
📕 6. The Saint Valentine's Day Murders
📕 7. All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
📕 8. The Bullet That Missed
📕 9. Zeroes
📕 10. The Secret, Book & Scone Society
📕 11. The Chase
📕 12. The Catch
📕 13. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
📕 14. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
📕 15. The Elusive Mrs Pollifax
📕 16. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
📕 17. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
📕 18. Critical Threat
📕 19. Ties That Tether
📕 20. Murder in G Major

Genre 4 Contemporary Fiction
📕 1. The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
📕2. 12 Days: A Modern Twist on The Twelve Days of Christmas
📕 3. The Housekeeper and the Professor
📕 4. Love Walked In
📕 5. Belong to Me
📕 6. I'll Be Your Blue Sky
📕 7 The Book in Room 316
📕 8 The Space Between Us
📕 9. In Every Mirror She's Black
📕 10. A Secret Service
📕 11. To Love and Be Wise
📕 12, Twice a Quinceañera
📕 13. The Escape
📕 14. Nine Perfect Strangers
📕 15. Same Time Next Summer
📕 16. The Party Crasher
📕 17. Josh and Gemma Make a Baby

Genre 5 Nonfiction
📕 1. Bones: Discovering the First Americans
📕 2. Spare
📕 3. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
📕 4. This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers
📕 5. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
📕 6. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
📕 7. The Secret Life of Cows
📕 8. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story
📕 9. Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
📕 10. Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants
📕 11. Stuff Christians Like
📕 12. Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
📕 13. Women Remembered: Jesus' Female Disciples
📕 14. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less

100 Book Genre Challenge 2023
January-December

Completed: 100/100

Thriller/Mystery
1. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 2/1
2. Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman 5/1
3. One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus 3/2
4. A Light in the Forest by Melissa Payne 1/1
5. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 1/1
6. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice 7/1
7. The Villa by Rachel Hawkins 3/3
8. The New Friends by Daniel Hurst 3/3
9. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 3/3
10. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 27/6
11. Hush Little Baby by Joanna Barnard 8/3
12. The Family Bones by Elle Marr 10/3
13. I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid 26/3
14. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 29/3
15. Dear Laura by Gemma Amor 1/4
16. All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham 2/4
17. Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson 14/4
18. Hide and Seek by Andrea Mara 22/4
19. The Twin by Natasha Preston 2/6
20. People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd 22/4

Romance
1. Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton 3/1
2. My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth 5/1
3. Chef's Kiss by T.J. Alexander 18/1
4. The Songs You've Never Heard by Becky Jerams 29/1
5. All Princesses Die Before Dawn by Quentin Zuttion 15/1
6. The Last Time I'll Write About You by Dawn Lanuza 31/1
7. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover 4/2
8. Falling in Love Again by Ruskin Bond 22/2
9. Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon 2/3
10. In Five Years by Rebecca Serle 6/3
11. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 7/4
12. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott 15/4
13. soft thorns by bridgett devoue 12/5
14. The Truth About Magic by Atticus Poetry 16/5
15. The End of the Fucking World by Charles Forsman 16/6
16. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 7/3
17. Winter Roses after Fall by R.H. Sin 1/7
18. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 29/7
19. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher 24/5
20. Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher 26/8

Historical
1. House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson 6/1
2. Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff 20/1
3. Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton 21/1
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/2
5. Radium Girls by Cy. 13/2
6. Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina 3/4
7. The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka 6/4
8. Salt Magic by Hope Larson 12/4
9. Elektra by Jennifer Saint 19/4
10. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 11/5
11. For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll 20/6
12. Medusa by Jessie Burton 23/6
13. A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus 6/7
14. Refugee by Alan Gratz 13/7
15. Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo 13/7
16. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 17/7
17. Galatea by Madeline Miller 4/10
18. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll 6/10
19. Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi 16/10
20. Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted by Daniel Sokatch 5/11

Nonfiction
1. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson 4/1
2. A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost 25/1
3. Ecstasy 65 Days - In the midst of darkness by Abdulhadi Al-Amshan 4/2
4. 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul 7/2
5. Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy 8/2
6. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby 9/2
7. Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig 20/4
8. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell 9/3
9. More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell 9/3
10. في أحضان الكتب by بلال فضل Belal Fadl 10/3
11. ٢٧ خرافة شعبية عن القراءة by ساجد العبدلي 10/3
12. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin 11/3
13. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 1/4
14. Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig 20/4
15. The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh 25/4
16. Beyond Beautiful: A Practical Guide to Being Happy, Confident, and You in a Looks-Obsessed World by Anuschka Rees 3/6
17. Clueless in Tokyo: An Explorer's Sketchbook of Weird and Wonderful Things in Japan by Betty Reynolds 13/6
18. 99 Maps to Save the Planet by Katapult Magazine 13/6
19. An Answer for Everything: 200 Infographics to Explain the World by Delayed Gratification 16/6
20. Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection by Haemin Sunim 22/6

Fantasy
1. The Books That Devoured My Father by Afonso Cruz 25/1
2. The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera 12/2
3. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 10/2
4. Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston 24/2
5. The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego 26/2
6. Welcome to Pandorient by Carbone 2/3
7. She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran 27/3
8. Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen 29/3
9. Absent by Katie Williams 12/4
10. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 15/4
11. Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden 21/4
12. Upon a Waking Dream by J.S. Bailey 6/4
13. The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura 11/4
14. Ghost: Thirteen Haunting Tales to Tell by Illustratus 20/4
15. Treasure in the Lake by Jason Pamment 20/6
16. قيس وليلى والذئب by بثينة العيسى 21/6
17. Matilda by Roald Dahl 22/6
18. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 15/7
19. The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright 18/7
20. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 27/7

In it for the fun Round 1
1/1-31/12
100/100

Paranormal Romance 20/20
★1. The Trouble With Witches 5/1
★2. The Vampire's Cursed Kiss 21/1
★3. The Forgettable Miss French 21/1
★4. Moody and the Beast 24/1
★5. Her First Taste of Fire 25/1
★6. Monster in the Mirror 28/1
★7. How to Date Your Dragon 4/2
★8. Love and Other Wild Things 10/2
★9. Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues 10/2
★10. Selkies are a Girl's Best Friend 11/2
★11. Always Be My Banshee 11/2
★12. One Fine Fae 12/2
★13. Shifters in the Night 17/2
★14. A Farewell to Charms 20/2
★15. Death Dates The Oracle 19/4
★16.Two Scoops Of Hellfire 22/4
★17.That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon 22/4
★18.Mistlefoe: A Mead Realm Tale 23/4
★19.That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf 23/4
★20.A Bump In Boohail: A Mead Realm Tale 23/4

Fantasy 20/20
★1. Hearts for Sale 3/1
★2. The Seventh Dwarf 14/1
★3. Sky Song 31/1
★4. The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince 12/2
★5. Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories 5/3
★6. Lord Brocktree 18/3
★7. Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup 20/3
★8. Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos 21/3
★9. Second Hand Curses 23/3
★10. The 101 Dalmatians 24/3
★11.Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 7/4
★12.City of Lifestone 9/4
★13.Lair of the Skaven 11/4
★14.Forest of the Ancients 12/4
★15.Flight of the Kharadron 18/4
★16.The Warlock's Lair 30/4
★17.The Oracle's Court 30/4
★18.The Nymph's Realm 30/4
★19.Split Infinity - Jeanie and Ratt (Book 1): Delta Underground Operatives 30/4
★20.The Last Ranger 21/5

Sci-Fi 20/20
★1. Prophets of Waaagh! 15/1
★2. The Martian 15/3
★3.Alien: Out of the Shadows 23/4
★4.Journey to the Center of the Earth 28/4
★5.Hand of Darkness 12/5
★6.Eye of Night 13/5
★7.The Watcher in the Rain 13/5
★8.The Long Night 13/5
★9.Templar 16/5
★10.Prince of Crows 17/5
★11.Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings 1/6
★12.The Last Church 1/6
★13.Parting of the Ways 2/6
★14.Asurmen: The Darker Road 2/6
★15.Death Game Quality Assurance 9/6
★16.Snapshot 25/6
★17.The Glorious Tomb 8/7
★18.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 8/8
★19.Interview with the Robot 8/8
★20.Life, the Universe and Everything 19/8

Graphic Novel 20/20
★1. Karen's Birthday 6/1
★2. Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery 14/1
★3. Lucifer, Book Three 15/1
★4. The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour 8/3
★5. Unfamiliar 12/3
★6.Roll Call 14/5
★7.Lo and Behold: 14/5
★8.Number One Rule 25/5
★9.The Do-Over 25/5
★10.Mermaid Huntress: An Ice Massacre Graphic Novel 1/6
★11.Mermaid Huntress: An Ice Massacre Graphic Novel 1/6
★12.Inkblot, Vol. 1 6/6
★13.Inkblot, Vol. 2 6/6
★14.Damn Tourists issue #1: The Arrival 12/6
★15.Jupiter Jet #1 20/6
★16.Jupiter Jet Vol. 1 25/6
★17.Karen's Haircut: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #7) 3/7
★18.Cut Time, Tome 1: Premières mpressions 1/8
★19.Witches of Brooklyn: Spell of a Time 6/9
★20.Trese Vol. 6: High Tide At Midnight 8/9

Childrens 20/20
★1. The Great Outdoors 9/1
★2. Mirabelle and the Magical Mayhem 14/1
★3. Isadora Moon Under the Sea 14/1
★4. Selected Just So Stories 15/1
★5. Lily and Luna: A heartwarming adventure of a Little Girl and her Kitten 16/1
★6. Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You 1/2
★7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 7/2
★8. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 7/2
★9. Revolting Rhymes 7/2
★10. How to Survive Summer Camp 7/2
★11. The Haunting of Hiram 12/2
★12. The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale 18/2
★13. The BFG 18/2
★14. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club 25/2
★15. Bedtime for the Burpee Bears 28/2
★16. Kitty and the Runaway Train28/2
★17. Mirabelle Takes Charge 28/2
★18. Luma and the Pet Dragon 3/3
★19. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? 5/3
★20. Kitty and the Vanishing Act 8/3

In it for the fun Round 2
1/1-31/12
100/100

Paranormal 20/20
★1. Golden 16/1
★2. The Small Hand 28/2
★3. WeSa and the Lumber King 12/3
★4. The Early Years 12/3
★5. Cat Tats 16/3
★6. Kits 16/3
★7. Haints 16/3
★8. Signatures of the Dead 16/3
★9. That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Human 23/4
★10. Captive Souls 28/4
★11.Hangry as Hell: A humorous paranormal novella 6/6
★12.Pumpkin Spice and All Things Nice 14/6
★13.Unfortunate Decrees And Iced Coffees: A Cauldron Coffee Shop Story 14/6
★14.Once Upon Stilettos 10/7
★15.Fanged at First Sight 18/7
★16.The Summer Palace: A Midlife Fairy Tale 26/7
★17.Winter Wonderland: A Christmas Quartet 4/8
★18.How to Flunk Magic 12/8
★19.The Magpie Lord 14/8
★20.A Case of Possession 16/8

Young Adult 20/20
★1. Artemis Fowl 9/1
★2. Brambles 13/1
★3. Thorn 30/1
★4. The Bone Knife 30/1
★5. The Tears of a Dragon 31/1
★6. Siege 19/2
★7. Missing 21/2
★8. Outlaw: The Story of Robin Hood 28/2
★9. Howl’s Moving Castle 19/3
★10. Heidi 25/3
★11. Hedgewitch 26/3
★12. Woodwitch 31/3
★13.The Ocean at the End of the Lane 22/4
★14.Double Act 13/5
★15.Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun 18/5
★16.Danny the Champion of the World 20/5
★17.Speak 23/5
★18.The Water Horse 1/6
★19.Gus & Major: Obedience School 2/6
★20.Battle for the Skies 7/6

Manga/Manhwa 20/20
★1. Fairy Tail, Vol. 01 4/2
★2. The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 9 24/2
★3. Spirit Farmer Season 1 25/4
★4. Spirit Farmer Season 2 28/4
★5.레벨업 못하는 플레이어 1 Level Up Moshaneun Player 1 21/5
★6.ふらいんぐうぃっち 11 6/6
★7.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 1 2/7
★8.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 2 (Ascendance of a Bookworm 2/7
★9.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga), Part 1 Volume 3 2/7
★10.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 4 2/7
★11.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 5 (Ascendance of a Bookworm 2/7
★12.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 6 (Ascendance of a Bookworm 2/7
★13.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 7 (Ascendance of a Bookworm 2/7
★14.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 1 (Ascendance of a Bookworm 2/7
★15.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 2 5/7
★16.Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2 Volume 3 (Ascendance of a Bookworm 5/7
★17.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 4 5/7
★18.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 5 5/7
★19.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 6 8/7
★20.Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 7 8/7

LITRPG 20/20
★1. The Antventure Begins 14/1
★2. Reluctant Dungeon 7/2
★3. Revenging Dungeon 18/2
★4. Roaming Dungeon 18/2
★5. The Primal Hunter 3 7/3
★6. The Primal Hunter 4 12/3
★7. Upping the Ante 27/3
★8. Acyrologia 1/4
★9.Accords 4/4
★10.Antelligent Design 18/4
★11.Avalon 20/4
★12.Mad Master Alchemist 30/4
★13.Solo Leveling, Vol. 4 (novel) (Solo Leveling 5/5
★14.Solo Leveling, Vol. 5 (novel) (Solo Leveling 5/5
★15.Nova Terra: Titan 7/5
★16.Nova Terra: Greymane 9/5
★17.Tree of Aeons: An Isekai LitRPG Adventure 12/5
★18.Solo Leveling, Vol. 6 12/5
★19.Blackmist 15/5
★20.Death Loot & Vampires: A LitRPG Adventure 31/5

Non Fiction 20/20
★1. Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body 7/1
★2. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind 2/2
★3.Kay's Brilliant Brains: A World Book Day 2023 Mini Book 28/2
★4.Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients 21/4
★5.Blood, Sweat and Tea 28/4
★6.Fry's English Delight: Series 5 30/4
★7.Fry's English Delight: Series 6 2/7
★8.Fry's English Delight: Series 7 14/7
★9.Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body 15/7
★10.Cyborgs, Genes and Tiny Machines 18/7
★11.Fry's English Delight: Series 8 4/8
★12.Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different: True Tales of Amazing People Who Stood Up and Stood Out 5/8
★13.Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World 16/10
★14. Expectations: A True Adoption Story 5/11
★15. Paying it Forward: How One Cup of Coffee Could Change the World 21/11
★16. All That Remains: A Life in Death 11/12
★17. The Secret History of Christmas 18/12
★18. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas 23/12
★19. My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey 25/12
★20. Just a Sharp Scratch 29/12

100 Book Genre Challenge

MYSTERY
1. A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins, 4 STARS, 1st Jan, 307 PAGES
2. Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica, 4 STARS, 9th Feb, 352 PAGES
3. Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine, 3 STARS, 12th Feb, 301 PAGES
4. House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, 4 STARS, 15th Feb, 304 PAGES
5. The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristin Miller, 3 STARS, 21st Feb, 288 PAGES
6. The Good House by Tananarive Due, 4 STARS, 16th March, 597 PAGES
7. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney, 4 STARS, 17th March, 294 PAGES
8. Survive the Night by Riley Sager, 3 STARS, 20th March, 324 PAGES
9. The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin, 3 STARS, 28th March, 326 PAGES
10. Near the Bone by Christina Henry, 3 STARS, 31st March, 321 PAGES
11. The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins, 3 STARS, 12th April, 290 PAGES
12. Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay, 3 STARS, 15th April, 327 PAGES
13. My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones, 3 STARS, 17th April , 405 PAGES
14.Obsession in Death (In Death, #40) by J.D. Robb, 3 STARS, 29th April, 404 PAGES
15.The Night Swim by Megan Goldin, 3 STARS, 2nd May, 344 PAGES
16.Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare, 3 STARS, 5th May, 346 PAGES
17.Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb, 3 STARS, 7th May, 374 PAGES
18.Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb, 3 STARS, 14th May, 388 PAGES
19.A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn, 3 STARS, 12th June, 325 PAGESS
20.The Bone Code (Temperance Brennan, #20) by Kathy Reichs, 3 STARS, 7th June, 368 PAGES


HISTORY
1. The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn, 3 STARS, 3rd Jan, 373 PAGES
2. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn, 3 STARS, 14th Jan, 378 PAGES
3. The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec, 4 STARS, 18Tth Feb, 359 PAGES
4. Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse by Many, 3 STARS, 4th April, 333 PAGES
5. The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley, 3 STARS, 10th April, 352 PAGES
6. Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones, 2 STARS, 8th May, 131 PAGES
7. Mythology by Edith Hamilton, 3 STARS, 20th June, 497 PAGES
8. Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran, 3 STARS, 7th July, 446 PAGES
9. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, 3 STARS, 23rd July, 444 PAGES
10. A Lady Compromised by Darcie Wilde, 3 STARS, 26th July, 352 PAGES
11. Circe by Madeline Miller, 3 STARS, 5th Aug, 393 PAGES
12. Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver, 3 STARS, 11th Aug, 359 PAGES
13.The Secret Diary of Queen Victoria by Terry Deary, 4th Sep, 176 PAGES
14.Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning, 3 STARS, 25th Sep, 396 PAGES
15.Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, 5 STARS, 22nd Oct, 368 PAGES
16.The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, 5 STARS, 26th Oct, 599 PAGES
17.The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, 5 STARS, 3rd Nov, 448 PAGES
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PARANORMAL
1. Dire Straits by Helen Harper, 3 STARS, 5th Jan, 382 PAGES
2. High Stakes (Bo Blackman, #3) by Helen Harper, 3 STARS, 12th Jan, 226 PAGES
3. Touch of Wrath by Autumn Reed, 3 STARS,16th Jan, 296 PAGES
4. Perron Manor by Lee Mountford, 3 STARS, 4th Feb, 320 PAGES
5. School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins, 3 STARS, 23rd Feb, 297 PAGES
6. The Coveted by Laura Thalassa, 3 STARS, 27th Feb, 312 PAGES
7. Angelfall by Susan Ee, 3 STARS, 4th March, 288 PAGES
8. End of Days by Susan Ee, 3 STARS, 8th March, 344 PAGES
9. The Art of Stealing Time by Katie MacAlister, 3 STARS, 26th March, 344 PAGES
10. The Damned (The Beautiful, #2) by Renée Ahdieh, 3 STARS, 12th April, 401 PAGES
11. What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo, 3 STARS, 22nd April, 394 PAGES
12. Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Many, 3 STARS, 18th July, 340 PAGES
13.Transmission by Ambrose Ibsen, 2 STARS, 7th Aug, 165 PAGES
14.A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses by Molly Harper, 3 STARS, 14th Aug, 284 PAGES
15.Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton, 3 STARS, 26th Aug, 257 PAGES
16.All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks, 3 STARS, 21st Sep, 350 PAGES
17.Secret Life of a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks, 3 STARS, 29th Sep, 360 PAGES
18.Dead Living by Glenn Bullion, 3 STARS, 2nd Oct, 225 PAGES
19.The Witching Hour by Anne Rice, 5 STARS, 3rd Dec, 1207 PAGES
20.Armageddon: The Musical by Robert Rankin, 3 STARS, 17th Dec, 336 PAGES

FANTASY
1. New Order (Bo Blackman, #2) by Helen Harper, 2 STARS, 9th Jan, 263 PAGES
2. Convoy of Carnage by David A. Simpson, 3 STARS, 19th March, 354 PAGES
3. Bloodbath on the Blacktop by David A. Simpson, 3 STARS, 23rd Jan, 306 PAGES
4. Touch of Promise (The Collectors #3) by Autumn Reed, 2 STARS, 25th Jan, 284 PAGES
5. Touch of Fate by Autumn Reed, 2 STARS, 1st Feb, 334 PAGES
6. The Con Season by Adam Cesare, 2 STARS, 5th Feb, 167 PAGES
7. The Unearthly by Laura Thalassa, 3 STARS, 25th Feb, 296 PAGES
8. The Cursed (The Unearthly, #3) by Laura Thalassa, 3 STARS, 1st March , 342 PAGES
9. World After by Susan Ee, 3 STARS, 6th March, 320 PAGES
10. Time Thief by Katie MacAlister, 3 STARS, 11th March, 341 PAGES
11. The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey, 3 STARS, 22nd March, 256 PAGES
12. Ash Princess (Ash Princess Trilogy, #1) by Laura Sebastian, 3 STARS, 26th April, 342 PAGES
13.Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian, 3 STARS, 12th May, 512 PAGES
14.Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian, 3 STARS, 19th May, 512PAGES
15.The Upstairs House by Julia Fine, 3 STARS, 8th June, 304 PAGES
16.Desperation by Stephen King, 3 STARS, 27th June, 547 PAGES
17.Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb, 3 STARS, 10th July, 371 PAGES
18.Secrets in Death (In Death, #45) by J.D. Robb, 3 STARS, 1st Aug, 370 PAGES
19.The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 3rd Sep, 384 PAGES
20.When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole, 3 STARS, 15th Sep, 352 PAGES

FICTION
1. Shipped by Angie Hockman, 3 STARS, 22nd May, 336 PAGES
2. First Date by Sue Watson, 3 STARS, 15th June, 328 PAGES
3. The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, 3 STARS, 30th June, 337 PAGES
4. Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman, 3 STARS, 14th July, 357 PAGES
5. The Carnival Master by Craig RussellR, 2 STARS, 18th Aug, 391 PAGES
6. An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks 3 STARS, 20th Aug, 375 PAGES
7. Kings of the Dead by Tony Faville, 3 STARS, 29th Aug, 270 PAGES
8. The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 3 STARS, 9th Sep, 380 PAGES
9. A Crafter Quilts a Crime by Holly Quinn, 3 STARS, 5thOct, 314 PAGES
10. Mind Games (The Disillusionists, #1) by Carolyn Crane, 3 STARS, 9th Oct, 371 PAGES
11. Double Cross (The Disillusionists, #2) by Carolyn Crane, 3 STARS, 14th Oct, 326 PAGES
12. Head Rush (The Disillusionists, #3) by Carolyn Crane, 3 STARS, 17th Oct, 323 PAGES
13.Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes, 3 STARS, 6th Nov, 420 PAGES
14.The Nightmare Collection by Lee Mountford, 3 STARS, 9th Nov, 306 PAGES
15.The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice, 5 STARS, 14th Nov, 464 PAGES
16.Lasher by Anne Rice, 4 STARS, 12th Dec, 578 PAGES
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The Challenge Factory
100 Book Genre Challenge 2023
Time Frame: 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023

Progress: 51 out of 100

Time to Push Your Genre Boundaries?
Pick 5 Genres/Subgenres of Your Choice, 20 Books Each, 100 Books Total

Rules:
* There are no levels for this challenge. The goal is to read 100 books - 20 each from each genre you choose. Genres can be as general (mystery, romance, etc) or specific (cozy mystery, sports romance) as you like.
* No minimum page requirement.
* Re-reads are allowed as long as they’re read during the time of the challenge.
* Use your sign-up post for your list, it'll be linked in the participants list.
* When you've finished a book rate & date it.
* You can change your books and genres at any time.

Genre One - Mystery
1. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
2. Verity by Colleen Hoover - ***** - 1/24/2023 - 341 Pages
3. The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert - **** - 2/11/2023 - 290 Pages
4. A Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu Xiaolong - ***** - 2/28/2023 - 368 Pages
5. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - **** - 3/7/2023 - 453 Pages
6. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman - ***** - 3/25/2023 - 422 Pages
7. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult - ***** - 4/24/2023 - 464 Pages
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Genre Two - Romance
1. Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne - **** - 1/15/2023 - 279 Pages
2. Surrender Bay by Denise Hunter - ** - 1/16/2023 - 298 Pages
3. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 979 Pages
4. Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath - ***** - 2/14/2023 - 384 Pages
5. Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - ***** - 3/1/2023 - 420 Pages
6. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks - ***** - 3/12/2023 - 339 Pages
7. Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 3/19/2023 - 354 Pages
8. Mending Places by Denise Hunter - **** - 3/23/2023 - 324 Pages
9. Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase - ***** - 3/27/2023 - 372 Pages
10. Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - **** - 4/11/2023 - 271 Pages
11. Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley - **** - 4/14/2023 - 336 Pages
12. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 5/6/2023 - 368 Pages
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Genre Three - Fantasy
1. Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages
2. Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
3. The Mayor of Noobtown by Ryan Rimmel - **** - 1/20/2023 - 226 Pages
4. Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ***** - 2/19/2023 - 290 Pages
5. The Deep by Rivers Solomon - **** - 2/20/2023 - 166 Pages
6. Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher - ***** - 3/6/2023 - 384 Pages
7. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ***** - 3/8/2023 - 476 Pages
8. The Witches of New York by Ami McKay - ***** - 3/23/2023 - 529 Pages
9. Half Spent Was the Night by Ami McKay - ***** - 3/24/2023 - 112 Pages
10. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - ***** - 4/4/2023 - 158 Pages
11. Bite the Bullet by L.A. Banks - **** - 4/12/2023 - 349 Pages
12. Pale Blue Dot by Erin Mallon - *** - 4/16/2023 - 91 Pages
13. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - ***** - 5/4/2023 - 296 Pages
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1. Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
2. InvestiGators by John Patrick Green - **** - 1/9/2023 - 208 Pages
3. Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
4. Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown - **** - 2/10/2023 - 160 Pages
5. Mystery Ranch by Gertrude Chandler Warner - **** - 3/1/2023 - 128 Pages
6. Hilda and the Hidden People by Luke Pearson - ***** - 3/7/2023 - 216 Pages
7. The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead - **** - 3/13/2023 - 401 Pages
8. Best Friends by Francine Pascal - ***** - 5/2/2023 - 217 Pages
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1. I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
2. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages
3. The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger - ** - 2/20/2023 - 157 Pages
4. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles - *** - 3/16/2023 - 377 Pages
5. Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster - ***** - 3/17/2023 - 400 Pages
6. You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want by Sarah Knight - ***** - 3/20/2023 - 299 Pages
7. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin - 3/28/2023 - 215 Pages
8. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
9. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour - **** - 4/7/2023 - 352 Pages
10. No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi - **** - 4/13/2023 - 192 Pages
11. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - ***** - 4/15/2023 - 352 Pages
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This sounds like fun :-) (Everything sounds like fun, but I can't commit, so I won't be spoiling the fun for people by joining challenges that involve committing... :-()

Hopepunk
1. A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland
2. The Obelisk Gate by N.K.Jemisin
3. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
4. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
5. Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
6. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
7. Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
8. The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
9. Home by Nnedi Okorafor
10. The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
11. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
12. Nation by Terry Pratchett
13. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
14. To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
15. Dreamweaver's Dilemma by Lois McMaster Bujold
16. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
17. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
18. Saga by Brian K. Vaughan
19. The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver
20. Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

Magical Realism
Now, this is just a preliminary list, I'm not sure that all these books are magical realism. People seem to have difficulties separating magical realism and fantasy, and then they like to put things in this category that aren't this at all. Like, people having prophetic dreams isn't magical realism. I wouldn't list The House of Spirits as magical realism. Or everything Gabriel Garcia Marquez has ever written. :-D

1. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
2. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavener by Leslye Walton
3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
4. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
5. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
6. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
7. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
8. Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
9. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
10. The Man Who Walked Through Walls by Marcel Ayme
11. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
12. Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
13. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
14. If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino
15. Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
16. So Far From God by Ana Castillo
17. The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
18. Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories by Mariana Enríquez
19. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
20. The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint by Edward Swift

But those two are my favorite genres, and thus not pushing any boundaries... Hmm...

Matron Lit
Now, I don't know if the books I have chose ARE "matron lit", but - they are mentioned in several lists, so... It really isn't that important :-D

1. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
2. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
3. The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson
4. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively
5. The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club by Faith Hogan
6. Choral Society by Prue Leith
7. Knitting by Anne Bartlett
8. The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt (Sommaren utan män)
9. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (Äldre dram med onda avsikter)
10. Mrs. Searwood's Secret Weapon by Leonard Wibberley (Feu l'Indien de Madame)
11. And Then There's Margaret by Carolyn Clarke
12. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
13. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
14. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
15. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
16. Je m’appelle Agneta
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1. Sensuous Knowledge by Minna Salami
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1. The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
2. Four Queens by Nancy Goldstone
3. Bandersnatch by Diana Pavlac Glyer
4. The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter
5. Blue Trout and Black Truffles by Joseph Wechsberg
6. The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
7. Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
9. Believe Me by Eddie Izzard
10. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
11. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
12. If You Ask Me by Betty White
13. You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
14. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
15. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
16. Where the Light Enters by Jill Biden
17. The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
18. Find Where The Wind Goes: Moments From My Life by Mae C. Jemison
19. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
20. Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano

I really need to start reading! :-D

I did this one last year and it was so fun!

Completed 6/29/23!

★A. Historical Romance
★1 The Counterfeit Scoundrel
★2.Always
★3 My Dirty Duke
★4. Sold to the Duke
★5. Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover 1/10/23
★6. When Good Earls Go Bad 1/10/23
★7. Third Son's a Charm 1/11/23
★8. This Scot of Mine 1/13/23
★9. The Duke's Stolen Bride 1/14/23
★10. When the Duke Was Wicked 1/15/23
★11. The Virgin and the Rogue 1/16/23
★12. A Rogue by Any Other Name 1/18/23
★13. One Good Earl Deserves a Lover 1/20/23
★14. No Good Duke Goes Unpunished 1/22/23
★15. One Wedding and An Earl 1/23/23
★16. An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed 1/24/23
★17. Kiss of a Duke 1/25/23
★18. The Duke Gets Even 1/30/23
★19. His Study in Scandal 2/8/23
★20. Something Like Love 2/2/23

★B. Alien Romance
★1.All I Wanted Was Sushi But I Got Abducted By Aliens Instead: Bubble Babes #1
★2. Claimed by the Stryxian 1/20/23
★3. Possessed by the Stryxian 1/26/23
★4. The Spymaster's Story 1/31/23
★5. Desired by the Alien Bodyguard 2/4/23
★6. Craved by the Alien Berserker
★7. The Alien's Ransom 2/15/23
★8. Trak 2/25/23
★9. Chained to the Stryxian 2/12/23
★10. Seduced by the Stryxian
★11. The Alien's Escape 3/6/23
★12. Hunted by the Alien Warlord 3/1/23
★13. Ruwen 2/10/23
★14. Alien Commander's Mate 2/26/23
★15. Fierce 3/10/23
★16. His to Claim 3/14/23
★17. Fear 3/19/23
★18 His to Steal 3/25/23
★19. The Alien's Undoing 4/3/23
★20. Vared: Svesti Fated Mates Book 1 4/14/23

C. NonFiction
★1.Intermittent Fasting Recipes for Beginners: Super Simple Recipes for All Fasting Intervals 1/8/23
★2. Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem 1/23/23
★3 The New Queer Conscience 1/25/23
★4.. We Should All Be Feminists 1/27/23
★5. A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality 2/16/23
★6. Ghosts of the Triangle:: Historic Haunts of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill 3/8/23
★7. Oddballs 1/12/23
★8. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? 1/23/23
★9. Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger 2/13/23
★10. What Lies Beneath: A Memoir 2/14/23
★11. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion 3/22/23
★12. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
★13. I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays 4/26/23
★14. Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed 5/7/23
★15. Fired Again 5/8/23
★16. Living in Color: What's Funny About Me: Stories from In Living Color, Pop Culture, and the Stand-Up Comedy Scene of the 80s & 90s 5/24/23
★17. Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games 5/24/23
★18. I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era 5/30/23
★19. The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony 6/12/23
★20. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions

★D. Contemporary romance
★1. Secretly Yours
★2. Maid for the Rock Star
★3. More Than a Feeling
★4. Devil of Dublin
★5. Romantic Comedy
★6. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
★7. Love in The Time of Corona
★8. Bad Luck Vampire: An Argeneau Novel
★9. Welcome to Gothic
★10. My Dark Romeo
★11 Dark Succession
★12. Meet Cute Diary 5/5/23
★13. Play For Me 5/14/23
★14. The Summer We Fell 5/16/23
★15. The Wedding Date 5/25/23
★16. Naked Came the Stranger 5/28/23
★17. No One But Us 6/3/23
★18. Highest Bidder 6/5/23
★19. Arsenic with Austen 6/6/23
★20. Body Movers 6/7/23

★E. Graphic Novels
★1. Dumb: Living Without a Voice 1/25/23
★2. Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank 3/12/23
★3. Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron
★4. Lovers' Lane: the Hall-Mills Mystery
★5. Knitstrips: The World’s First Comic-Strip Knitting Book
★6. The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans
★7. A Treasury of XX Century Murder Compendium I: Including The Lindbergh Child, The Axe-Man of New Orleans, and Madison Square Tragedy
★8. The Fall of the House of Usher
★9. The Fatal Bullet: The Assassination of James A. Garfield
★10. Northanger Abbey
★11. Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection
★12. Book Love 4/5/23
★13. Gender Queer: A Memoir 4/5/23
★14. Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation 5/2/23
★15. Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation 5/7/23
★16. Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 1: The Ronin 5/24/23
★17. Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession 5/26/23
★18. My Friend Dahmer 5/26/23
★19. Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel 5/28/23
★20. Reads Well With Others 6/12/23

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100 Book Genre Challenge 2023

Cozy Mystery
1. Christmas Card Murder 01/01
2. The Bark Before Christmas 01/02
3. Up to No Gouda 01/04
4. Restaurant Weeks Are Murder 0/05
5. Killer Keys 01/27
6. On Borrowed Crime 01/30
7. Death of an Honest Man 02/01
8. Murder, Simply Stitched 02/06
9. Death of a Wandering Wolf 02/09
10. Some Like It Shot 02/22
11. A Deadly Inside Scoop 02/25
12. A Streak of Bad Cluck 03/09
13. Mud Run Murder, Leslie Langtry 03/17
14. Killer Queen 03/23
15. The Diva Frosts a Cupcake 04/02
16. Easter Escapade 04/04
17. Buried in a Good Book, Tamara Berry 04/12
18. Matchmaking Can Be Murder 04/20
19. A Dead Market 05/12
20. Swamp Spirits 06/03



Historical mystery
1. Murder on the Sea Witch 01/09
2. Peril in Paris 01/12
3. A Very English Murder 01/15
4. The Hippopotamus Pool 01/19
5. An Act of Foul Play 01/22
6. The Egyptian Antiquities Murder 02/03
7. Murder in Black Tie 02/05
8. Murder at Wedgefield Manor 02/25
9. Murder at the Village Fete 03/04
10. Murder in an English Glade 03/05
11. A Ghastly Spectacle 03/12
12. Murder at Mallowan Hall 03/14
13. Murder on the SS Rosa 03/31
14. A Little Night Murder 04/05
15. Murder at Enderley Hall 04/06
16. Murder at Blackwater Bend 04/15
17. The Bishop Murder Case 05/05
18. Murder on the Golden Arrow 05/10
19. Murder at the Brightwell 06/16
20. The Monks Hood Murders 06/25



Historical Fiction
1. The Venice Sketchbook 01/13
2. The Sanctuary Sparrow 02/08
3. Betrayal at Ravenswick 02/15
4. Murder at the Mayfair Hotel 02/17
5. Treacherous Is the Night 02/19
6. Edinburgh Dusk 02/21
7. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie 02/24
8. Rattle His Bones 03/02
9. A Witness to Murder 03/22
10. Seeing a Large Cat 03/27
11. Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders 03/28
12. The Man in the Brown Suit 03/30
13. What the Dead Leave Behind 04/04
14. Murder at Queen's Landing 04/16
15. Deadly Proof 04/28
16. Danger on the Atlantic 05/07
17. A Bachelor Establishment 05/27
18. The Satapur Moonstone 06/07
19. London Rain 06/09
20. A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting 06/23



Suspense/Thriller
1. Thereby Hangs a Tail 01/03
2. A Few Good Women 01/29
3. First Degree 02/05
4. Sleep No More 02/07
5. Up Close and Dangerous 02/13
6. All Shall Be Well 02/16
7. Hot Sun Cold Killer 03/03
8. The Hilo Hustle 03/15
9. Shards of Murder 03/16
10. A Hard Day for a Hangover 03/18
11. Classified as Murder 03/21
12. The Man with a Load of Mischief 03/23
13. Murder in Half Moon Street 03/24
14. Death on the Menu 03/24
15. Killers of a Certain Age 04/01
16. Enter a Murderer, Ngaio Marsh 04/04
17. In the Heat of the Moment 04/15
18. Leverage in Death 04/18
19. No Vow Broken 05/02
20. Bury the Lead 05/06



Paranormal/Fantasy
1. Lights, Cameras, Witches 01/01
2. Fair Isle and Fortunes 01/09
3. Seven-Layer Slayer 01/10
4. Perestroika in Paris 01/11
5. Witch Is When Things Fell Apart 01/28
6. Eight Ways to Tequila 01/31
7. The Midnight Library 02/13
8. Chai, Chai Again 02/20
9. Just One Damned Thing After Another 03/08
10. Sweet Murder 03/12
11. Dark Witch 03/13
12. The Dead Romantics 03/29
13. One Hex of a Wedding 04/26
14. Killing in C Sharp 05/05
15. Dead Eye 05/12
16. Stars of Fortune 05/19
17. The Bride Wore White 05/24
18. Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend 05/30
19. Maybe This Time 06/04
20. Half a Soul 06/07

The Challenge Factory
100 Book Genre Challenge 2023
Time Frame: 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023

Progress: 67 out of 100

Time to Push Your Genre Boundaries?
Pick 5 Genres/Subgenres of Your Choice, 20 Books Each, 100 Books Total

Rules:
* There are no levels for this challenge. The goal is to read 100 books - 20 each from each genre you choose. Genres can be as general (mystery, romance, etc) or specific (cozy mystery, sports romance) as you like.
* No minimum page requirement.
* Re-reads are allowed as long as they’re read during the time of the challenge.
* Use your sign-up post for your list, it'll be linked in the participants list.
* When you've finished a book rate & date it.
* You can change your books and genres at any time.


Historical
1. Rebecca ~ 4 stars ~ 01/17
2. Firefly Lane ~ 4 stars ~ 01/22
3. Second Sight ~ 3 stars ~ 02/14
4. The Joy Luck Club ~ 4 stars ~ 04/11
5. Sea of Ruin ~ 3 stars ~ 05/05
6. Water for Elephants ~ 5 stars ~ 05/12
7. The Chasing of Eleanor Vane ~ 4 stars ~ 05/18
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ~ 2 stars ~ 05/19
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Erotica/Erotic Romance
1. A Merry Little Meet Cute ~ 3 stars ~ 01/02
2. Tagged & Ashed ~ 3 stars ~ 01/19
3. The Risk ~ 4 stars ~ 02/19
4. Sidetracked ~ 4 stars ~ 02/20
5. Scarlet Angel ~ 4 stars ~ 02/21
6. All the Lies ~ 5 stars ~ 02/22
7. Paint It All Red ~ 4 stars ~ 02/23
8. Gabriel's Inferno ~ 3 stars ~ 03/17
9. Good Behavior ~ 4 stars ~ 03/21
10. The Do-Over ~ 4 stars ~ 03/28
11. Against the Wall ~ 4 stars ~ 04/28
12. Sweetest Secret ~ 3 stars ~ 06/25
13. My Dark Romeo ~ 3 stars ~ 06/28
14. Sidetracked ~ 3 stars ~ 07/12
15. Vanilla on Top ~ 2 stars ~ 07/13
16. Miles Ever After ~ 4 stars ~ 07/16
17. Love, Theoretically ~ 5 stars ~ 07/16
18. True Bliss ~ 2 stars ~ 07/18
19. #1 Crush ~ 3 stars ~ 07/25
20. My Killer Vacation ~ 3 stars ~ 07/28

Contemporary
1. Garnet Flats ~ 4 stars ~ 01/01
2. To Sir, with Love ~ 4 stars ~ 01/03
3. Tin Queen ~ 4 stars ~ 01/07
4. The Maidens ~ 4 stars ~ 01/10
5. You Had Your Chance, Lee Burrows ~ 4 stars ~ 01/12
6. The French Kiss ~ 3 stars ~ 01/15
7. Doubletalk ~ 3 stars ~ 01/17
8. Two Wrongs Make a Right ~ 3 stars ~ 01/27
9. The Paris Apartment ~ 3 stars ~ 01/27
10. The Billionaire & The Babysitter ~ 2 stars ~ 01/28
11. Claimed ~ 1 star ~ 02/03
12. It Happened One Summer ~ 4 stars ~ 02/03
13. Timeless ~ 3 stars ~ 02/07
14. Everything for You ~ 3 stars ~ 02/16
15. Dirty Rich One Night Stand ~ 4 stars ~ 02/18
16. The Perfect Wife ~ 3 stars ~ 02/22
17. Driver's Obsession ~ 1 star ~ 02/24
18. Eastern Lights ~ 3 stars ~ 02/25
19. Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors ~ 2 stars ~ 03/06
20. Truth or Beard ~ 4 stars ~ 03/06

Paranormal
1. Storm Echo ~ 5 stars ~ 01/05
2. The Darkest Secret ~ 5 stars ~ 02/02
3. Darkfever ~ 5 stars ~ 02/04
4. Rolling in the Deep ~ 4 stars ~ 02/06
5. Dark Desire ~ 1 star ~ 02/11
6. Bloodfever ~ 5 stars ~ 02/14
7. Moon Called ~ 4 stars ~ 02/28
8. Practical Magic ~ 3 stars ~ 03/30
9. Dragon Actually ~ 4 stars ~ 04/13
10. Barbarian Prince ~ 4 stars ~ 04/13
11. Faefever ~ 5 stars ~ 04/16
12. It's A Wonderful Midlife Crisis ~ 3 stars ~ 04/27
13. Spiral of Need ~ 4 stars ~ 05/01
14. Dreamfever ~ 5 stars ~ 05/06
15. Blood Bound ~ 4 stars ~ 05/13
16. Iron Kissed ~ 5 stars ~ 05/17
17. Bone Crossed ~ 4 stars ~ 05/27
18. Shadowfever ~ 5 stars ~ 05/28
19. Silver Borne ~ 4 stars ~ 05/31
20. Force of Temptation ~ 3 stars ~ 06/02

MM Romance (also MMF, MFM, etc...)
1. Dirty Love ~ 2 stars ~ 01/09
2. Mountain Desire ~ 3 stars ~ 03/18
3. Among the Living ~ 4 stars ~ 03/25
4. The Magpie Lord ~ 4 stars ~ 04/05
5. Slade ~ 4 stars ~ 04/29
6. Danger Zone ~ 4 stars ~ 05/10
7. Encore ~ 4 stars ~ 07/17
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100 Book Genre Challenge 2023
Time Frame: 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023
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1. A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley,02/15/23
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Contemporary Romance
1.Eighty Days Yellow by Vina Jackson, 01/20/23
2. Fairytale of New York by Miranda Dickinson,02/18/23
3.Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi,04/03/23
4. The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts,04/06/23
5. Eighty Days Blue by Vina Jackson,04/12/23
6. Tornare dal bosco by Maddalena Vaglio Tanet,04/26/23
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1. On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn, 01/16/23
2. A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie,03/28/23
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Romance
1.) The Truth About Forever ⭐⭐
2.) Beach Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3.) This Girl ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4.) Big Boned ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5.) It Happened One Summer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6.) Geekerella ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7.) A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8.) By a Thread ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9.) It Only Happens in the Movies ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10.) Sunkissed ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11.) Opposite of Always ⭐⭐⭐⭐
12.) Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry ⭐⭐⭐⭐
13.) The Notebook ⭐⭐⭐
14.) The Stand-In ⭐⭐⭐⭐
15.) Eleanor & Park ⭐⭐⭐⭐
16.) The Summer I Fell for My Best Friend ⭐⭐⭐⭐
17.) The Library of Lost Things ⭐⭐⭐
18.) Until Friday Night ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
19.) The Upside of Falling ⭐⭐⭐⭐
20.) Happy Place ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐



Thriller/Mystery
1.) Even If We Break ⭐⭐
2.) One of Us Is Next ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3.) The Turn of the Key ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4.) Two Can Keep a Secret ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5.) The Mist ⭐⭐
6.) Five Survive ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
7.) Baby Teeth ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8.) Footprints Under the Window ⭐⭐
9.) Good Girls Die First ⭐⭐⭐
10.) You Will Be Mine ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11.) Not If I Save You First ⭐⭐⭐
12.) The Island ⭐⭐⭐⭐
13.) The Lake ⭐⭐⭐⭐
14.) The Fear ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
15.) #Murdertrending ⭐⭐⭐⭐
16.) A Cowboy's Justice ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
17.) Friends Like These ⭐⭐⭐
18.) Clown in a Cornfield ⭐⭐⭐⭐
19.) Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder ⭐⭐⭐
20.) Strawberry Shortcake Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐



Fantasy
1.) A Court of Thorns and Roses ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2.) Kingdom of the Wicked ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3.) Chosen Ones ⭐
4.) The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog ⭐⭐⭐
5.) Shadow and Bone ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6.) Under Wildwood ⭐⭐⭐
7.) Hocus Pocus & The All New Sequel ⭐⭐⭐
8.) A Court of Mist and Fury ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9.) Rise of the Evening Star ⭐⭐⭐
10.) The Dragonet Prophecy ⭐⭐⭐
11.) The Lost Heir ⭐⭐⭐
12.) A Tale of Witchcraft... ⭐⭐
13.) The Hidden Kingdom ⭐⭐⭐
14.) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ⭐⭐⭐



Nonfiction
1.) Night ⭐⭐⭐
2.) Unlikely Heroes: 37 Inspiring Stories of Courage and Heart from the Animal Kingdom ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3.) The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4.) What Was the Plague? ⭐⭐
5.) What Was the Titanic? ⭐⭐⭐
6.) Ghosts of Gettysburg III: Spirits, Apparitions, and Haunted Places of the Battlefield ⭐⭐
7.) Down to the River and Up to the Trees: Discover the Hidden Nature on Your Doorstep ⭐⭐⭐



Childrens/Middle Grade
1.) The Miserable Mill ⭐⭐
2.) Mystery on October Road ⭐⭐
3.) Diper Överlöde ⭐⭐⭐
4.) The Sun Trail ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5.) Invisible ⭐⭐⭐
6.) Invisible Emmie ⭐⭐⭐
7.) The Borrowers ⭐⭐
8.) The Romeo and Juliet Code ⭐⭐
9.) Mary's Song ⭐⭐⭐
10.) Selah's Sweet Dream ⭐⭐⭐

The Challenge Factory
100 Book Genre Challenge 2023
Time Frame: 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023

Progress: 53 out of 100

SciFi Fantasy
1. Bloodmarked April-27-2023 5.0⭐
2. Only a Monster May-06-2023 4.5⭐
3. Fourth Wing May-18-2023 5.0⭐
4. Sheets May-21-2023 3.5⭐
5. Delicates June-2-2023 4.0⭐
6. The Handmaid’s Tale June-3-2023 4.0⭐
7. The Gilded Wolves June-8-2023 3.5⭐
8. The Dragon's Promise June-14-2023 3.5⭐
9. The Awakening June-19-2023 3.0⭐
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea July-1-2023 4.0⭐
11. Burned by Magic July-2-2023 2.5⭐
12. A Crown of Ivy and Glass July-13-2023 3.5⭐
13. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride July-21-2023 3.5⭐
14. A Deadly Education August-13-2023 4.5⭐
15. House of Hollow August-19-2023 4⭐
16. The Last Graduate August-23-2023 4.5⭐
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Mystery/Thriller
1. Happily Married April-20-2023 3.5⭐
2. Lying in the Deep May-01-2023 4.0⭐
3. The Other Mrs. May-05-2023 3.5⭐
4. The Wedding Day May-19-2023 3.5⭐
5. Such a Quiet Place May-23-2023 3.5⭐
6. Ward D May-27-2023 4.5⭐
7. My Word Against His June-1-2023 4.5⭐
8. Falling June-12-2023 3.5⭐
9. Drowning June-20-2023 4.0⭐
10. Beware the Woman July-17-2023 2.5⭐
11. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers July-23-2023 4.0⭐
12. Sworn to Silence July-28-2023 4.0⭐
13. Ace of Spades August-1-2023 4⭐
14. The Villa August-4-2023 3⭐
15. The Beekeeper's Apprentice August-6-2023 3⭐
16. Pray for Silence August-14-2023 4⭐
17. The Legacies August-24-2023 4⭐📚
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Romance
1. The Devil Wears Scrubs January-30-2023 3.0⭐
2. Again, But Better May-02-2023 3.0⭐
3. Happy Place May-14-2023 5.0⭐
4. The Fine Print May-21-2023 4.0⭐
5. People We Meet on Vacation May-26-2023 4.5⭐
6. Terms and Conditions June-18-2023 4.5⭐
7. Red, White & Royal Blue July-9-2023 4.0⭐
8. Adelaide July-15-2023 3.5⭐
9. The True Love Experiment July-29-2023 4.0⭐
10. Meet Me at the Lake July-31-2023 4.0⭐
11. Love, Theoretically August-10-2023 4.5⭐
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Historical Fiction
1. Pandora May-11-2023 3.5⭐
2. The Four Winds June-6-2023 4.5⭐
3. Lessons in Chemistry July-5-2023 4.0⭐
4. Hang the Moon August-2-2023 3.5⭐
5. The Great Alone August-18-2023 5⭐
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Contemporary Fiction
1. Olga Dies Dreaming April-17-2023 4.0⭐
2. Yellowface June-4-2023 4.5⭐
3. Paper Names June-11-2023 3.5⭐
4. Counterfeit June-17-2023 3.0⭐
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Challenge is done - see message 23!

Genre One - Mystery

1. The House Across the Lake ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/4/23
2.And Then There Were None ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐1/12/23
3.It Ends with Her ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/15/23
4. Nowhere to Run ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/1/23
5.Purrfectly Deadly ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/16/23
6. Sparkling Cyanide ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/5/23
7. Be Buried in the Rain⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/1/23
8. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/2/23
9. Driving Heat ⭐⭐⭐ 3/20/23
10. Locked Rooms ⭐⭐⭐ 3/29/23
11. Quicksand ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/6/23
12. A Bad Day for Sunshine ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/18/23
13.The Death of Mrs. Westaway ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/24/23
14.The Real Sherlock⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/31/23
15.Stalking Jack: The Hunt Begins... ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/21/23
16.The Heist ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/9/23
17. Strawberry Shortcake Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/29/23
18. One for the Hooks ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/31/23
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Genre Two - Paranormal
1. Cerulean Sins ⭐⭐⭐ 4/24/23
2. Claimed by Desire ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/24/23
3. Moonspun ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/28/23
4. Sex, Lies and Vampires ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/22/23
5.Demons of Bourbon Street ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/15/23
6.Nocturnal Whispers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/31/23
7. Entertaining Angels ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/17/23
8. Resurrection ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/2/23
9.Give Up the Ghost⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/21/23
10.Night Music ⭐⭐⭐ 6/29/23
11.Devil to Pay ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/30/23
12.A Mystic Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/25/23
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Genre Three - Fantasy
1. Beneath the Sugar Sky ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/30/23
2. Slade House ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/9/23
3. Nettle & Bone ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/21/23
4.The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/4/23
5. The Princess Bride ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/10/23
6. A Stitch in Time ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/30/23
7. Legends & Lattes ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/9/23
8. Tithe ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/16/23
9. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/30/23
10. Shambling With the Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/25/23
11.Fourth Wing ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/4/23
12. The Orc from the Office ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/18/23
13. .A Murder in Time ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/10/23
14. Naked City ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/31/23
15.Curses ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/9/23
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Genre Four - Non Fiction
1.Living History ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/20/23
2.The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/20/23
3. Break Shot: My First 21 Years ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/20/23
4.Making Contact With the Other Side: How to Enhance Your Own Psychic Powers ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/29/23
5. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife ⭐⭐⭐ 7/27/23
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Genre Five - Science Fiction
1. Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐1/14/23
2. Brightness Falls from the Air ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/1/23
3.A Closed and Common Orbit ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/9/23
4.The Messengers ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/17/23
5. The Original ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/23/23
6. Under Fortunate Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/27/23
7. Jumper: Griffin's Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/16/23
8. Project Hail Mary ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/29/23
9.The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/31/232
10.Children of Time ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/10/23
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Contemporary Romance

1. Summer Island by Kristin Hannah | 8/9/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Book Lovers by Emily Henry | 6/20/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld | 6/17/23 |⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. The Break-Up Artist by Erin Clark | 5/5/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano | 3/31/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan | 2/17/23 |⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren | 8/14/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews | 8/14/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis | 9/13/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. Key of Light by Nora Roberts | 9/28/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts | 10/16/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
12. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry | 10/17/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
13. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune | 10/19/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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How to Write

1. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose by Constance Hale | 8/15/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King | 9/25/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Pixar Storytelling: Rules for Effective Storytelling Based on Pixar’s Greatest Films by Dean Movshovitz | 9/28/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr | 10/7/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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1. Identity by Nora Roberts | 6/23/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen | 4/8/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Maui Widow Waltz by JoAnn Bassett | 8/14/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin | 9/2/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Livin' Lahaina Loca by JoAnn Bassett | 10/8/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall | 10/14/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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1. Refuge Cove by Janet Dailey | New Americana Series | 8/26/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Letters from Peaceful Lane by Janet Dailey | New Americana Series | 8/27/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Sunrise Canyon by Janet Dailey | New Americana Series | 9/8/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Hart's Hollow Farm by Janet Dailey | 10/3/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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1. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin | 2/22/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern | 9/12/23 | ⭐⭐⭐
3. The Princess Bride by William Goldman | 10/8/23 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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I restarted this in June but my post just exceeded the character limit :(

Completed 2nd version on 10/22/23!!!!

💙1, Mysteries
💙1. 11 Bodies Moving On 8/7/23
💙2. 12 Bodies and a Wedding 8/9/23
💙3. A is for Alibi 6/11/23
💙4. 2 Bodies for the Price of 1 6/25/23
💙5. 3 Men and a Body 7/4//23
💙6. 4 Bodies and a Funeral 7/16/23
💙7. 5 Bodies to Die For 7/17/23
💙8. 6 Killer Bodies 7/18/23
💙9. book:7 Brides for 7 Bodies|25177751] 7/27/23
💙10. 8 Bodies is Enough 7/29/23
💙11. 9 Bodies Rolling 8/1/23
💙12. 10 Bodies Lying 8/4/23
💙13. Big Boned 8/14/23
💙14. The Hound of the Baskervilles 8/23/23
💙15. Falling for the Highlander 8/24/23
💙16. Surrender to the Highlander 8/27/23
💙17. The Highlander's Promise 8/29/23
💙18. The Wrong Highlander 9/1/23
💙19. Hunting for a Highlander 9/3/23
💙20. Highland Treasure 9/7/23

💙2. Classics
💙1. Uncle Tom's Cabin 6/10/23
💙2. The 13 Clocks 6/22/23
💙3. Oroonoko 10/9/23
💙4. The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes 9/21/23
💙5. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 6/27/23
💙6. The Master and Margarita: A Graphic Novel 6/27/23
💙7. Invisible Cities 6/28/23
💙8. Moll Flanders 6/28/23
💙9. Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel 6/29/23
💙10. Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation 6/29/23
💙11. Rebecca 6/30/23
The Postman Always Rings Twice 7/1/23
💙12.Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness 7/1/23
💙13. The Moonstone 7/3/23
💙14. Cranford 7/8/23
💙15. Lady Murasaki's Tale of Genji: The Manga Edition 7/8/23
💙16. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 7/12/23
💙17. Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief 7/12/23
💙18. The Call of the Wild 7/22/23
💙19. Manga Classics: The Count Of Monte Cristo 7/28/23
💙20. Manga Classics: Great Expectations 8/1/23

💙Genre 3 - Humor
💙1. Pizza and Taco: Super-Awesome Comic! 10/4/23
💙2. I Abducted My Second Chance Alien Rock Star: A Sci Fi Alien Enemies to Lovers Romance 10/9/23
💙3.Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book 10/9/23
💙4. 101 Uses for a Lab 10/9/23
💙5. Wild and Crazy: Photos from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 10/9/23
💙6. Reads Well With Others 6/12/23
💙7. Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show 4/12/23
💙8. A Zombie Christmas 4/30/23
💙9. Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed 5/7/23
💙10. A Load of Hooey 2/24/23
💙11. Fan Fiction 3/20/23
💙12. Worked Up 10/19/23
💙13. I Love to Hate My Alien Rock Star: A Sci Fi Alien Fated Mate Romance 10/20/23
💙14. There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent 10/21/23
💙15. Thank You Notes 10/22/23
💙16. Thank You Notes 2 10/22/23
💙17. I Saw You...: Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections 10/22/23
💙18. Thank You, Jeeves 6/25/23
💙19. A Modest Proposal 6/27/23
💙20. You Might Be a Redneck If.... 10/22/23

💙4. ARCs
💙1. The Captive Duke 6/10/23
💙2. Kiss The Rake Hello 6/16/23
💙3. The Brazen Bluestocking 7/21/23
💙4. The Duke Starts a Scandal 8/3/23
💙5. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever 7/14/23
💙6. Not That Duke 8/10/23
💙7. Heated Rivals 8/14/23
💙8. Birthday Girl 8/14/23
💙9. Oversize Fashion Crochet: 6 Cozy Cardigans, Pullovers & Wraps Designed with Maximum Style and Ease 8/17/23
💙10. Doom Guy: Life in First Person 8/31/23
💙11. Rocked by Her Devils 9/13/23
💙12. Her Adventures in Temptation 9/18/23
💙13. Twisted Secrets 9/24/23
💙14. Justice Is Coming: How Progressives Are Going to Take Over the Country and America Is Going to Love It 9/28/23
💙15. Recollection 9/30/23
💙16. Take Me to Your Best Friend's House: A Dad's Best Friend Novella 10/5/23
💙17. Every Duke Has His Day 10/11/23
💙18. The Rake and the Rose 10/16/23
💙19. Second Duke's the Charm 10/18/23
💙20. The Duke and the Dressmaker 10/21/23

💙5. New To Me Authors
💙1. Don DeLillo - The Body Artist 8/1/23
💙2. Saul Bellow - Seize the Day 8/5/23
💙3. Ian McEwan - Atonement 8/6/23
💙4. Shirlee Busbee - Deceive Not My Heart 8/8/23
💙5. Victor Hugo: Les Miserables 8/12/23
💙6. Marima Ba - So Long a Letter 8/12/23
💙7. Linda Rae Sande - The Pleasure of a Pirate 8/19/23
💙8. John Banville - The Newton Letter 8/19/23
💙9. Georges Bataille - Story of the Eye 8/20/23
💙10. Daniel DeFoe - Robinson Crusoe: Common Core Editions 8/23/23
💙11. Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 8/30/23
💙12. Ashley Hudson - United States of True Crime: Arkansas: The Most Chilling Crimes in All 50 States
💙13. South Dakota's Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland 9/13/23
💙14.India Holton - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels 9/14/23
💙15. Samuel Beckett - Worstward Ho 9/16/23
💙16. Jean Cocteau - Les Enfants terribles 9/16/23
💙17. Loretta Chase - Dukes Prefer Blondes 9/19/23
💙18. Anonymous - La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes 9/21/23
💙19. Allison Bechdel - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 9/29/23
💙20. Sherwood Anderson - Winesburg, Ohio 10/1/23

Gabby wrote: "In it for the fun Round 1 2024
1/1-31/12"

There's a new thread up for 2024 now, I apologize for the delay! :)

Denise wrote: "Gabby wrote: "In it for the fun Round 1 2024
1/1-31/12"

There's a new thread up for 2024 now, I apologize for the delay! :)"

No worries I wasn't sure if it was going to roll over so decided to start here. :)