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Reading StatisticsNumber of Books Read By Month
January- 42
February- 32
March- 45
April- 35
May- 42
June- 45
July- 35
August- 42
September- 45
October- 35
November- 45
December- 62
~Overall Total: 505~
Length
Short(<250 pages): 339
Medium(250-500 pages): 159
Long(501-700 pages): 6
Very Long(>700 pages): 1
Author Gender
Female: 217
Male: 110
Team: 178
Book Type
Paperback Books: 192
Hardback Books: 114
E-Books: 137
Audio Books: 62
Decades
1790's: 1
1870's: 1
1960's: 3
1970's: 3
1980's: 32
1990's: 36
2000's: 111
2010's: 159
2020's: 159
New Reads and Re-Reads
New Reads: 499
Re-Reads: 6
Page Count Per Month
January- 7,679
February- 4,822
March- 8,739
April- 6,119
May- 7,449
June- 9,522
July- 5,516
August- 7,702
September- 7,236
October- 7,761
November- 6,408
December- 10,532
~Overall Total: 89,485~
A-Z Challenges - Book TitlesDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 26 books.
26/26-COMPLETED
✅A - American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis (29/3/24)
✅B - Ballet Shoes (13/1/24)
✅C - The Change Your Name Store (10/1/24)
✅D - I Drove It My Way Tales of a London Cabbie (3/1/24)
✅E - If We Ever Meet Again (17/1/24)
✅F - Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman): A Classic Christmas Book for Kids (12/1/24)
✅G - The Gremlins (9/1/24)
✅H - Hunger (14/1/24)
✅I - Imposter (16/4/24)
✅J - Jealous Girl (4/1/24)
✅K - Kissed by Magic (21/1/24)
✅L - London Urban Legends: The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories (6/1/24)
✅M - Memory of Morning (15/3/24)
✅N - New Kids on the Block: Five Brothers and a Million Sisters (23/1/24)
✅O - Land of Oz (20/3/24)
✅P - These Precious Days: Essays (16/1/24)
✅Q - The Ice Queen (9/2/24)
✅R - Ruby Parker: Soap Star (5/1/24)
✅S - Sold To Be A Wife (1/1/24)
✅T - Walk Two Moons (12/3/24)
✅U - Understood Betsy (6/2/24)
✅V - Voices (7/2/24)
✅W - This Woven Kingdom (11/1/24)
✅X - Xeno (12/2/24)
✅Y - Yellowcake (18/2/24)
✅Z - My Zombie Boyfriend (2/1/24)
BibliopolyDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 45 books
45/45-COMPLETED
Blue Properties:
✅7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or headwear on the cover or in the title - Hip, Hip . . . Beret! (19/3/24)
✅9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own - Sold To Be A Wife by Maggie Hartley (1/1/24)
✅10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title - The Change Your Name Store
(10/1/24)✅ House 1 - Hunger
(14/1/24)✅ House 2 - Kissed by Magic
(21/1/24)✅ House 3 - New Kids on the Block: Five Brothers and a Million Sisters
(23/1/24)✅ House 4 - Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities
(27/1/24)✅ Hotel - Mr. Popper's Penguins
(4/2/24)Pink Properties:
✅12. Pink: Read a book with any type of dog on the cover or in the title - The Ugly Dachshund (24/4/24)
✅14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own - American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis (29/3/24)
✅15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title - Perfect
(24/5/24)✅ House 1 - Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
(8/5/24)✅ House 2 - The Women's Suffrage Movement
(30/6/24)✅ House 3 - The Pink Book: An Illustrated Celebration of the Color, from Bubblegum to Battleships
(19/7/24)✅ House 4 - A Guide for Murdered Children
(25/8/24)✅ Hotel - Girl Talk
(14/2/24)Red Properties:
✅22. Red: Read a book with a car, truck or bus on the cover, or involving a road trip - The Midnight Library
(26/1/24)✅24. Red: Read a book with an author or character whose race or ethnicity is different from your own - Waiting by Ha Jin (30/1/24)
✅25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
(29/2/24)✅ House 1 - The Lion in Winter
(10/3/24)✅ House 2 - Land of Oz
(20/3/24)✅ House 3 -City Walks: Boston: 50 Adventures on Foot
(8/4/24)✅ House 4 - Love Lessons
(2/4/24)✅ Hotel - Little Brother
(19/6/24)Green Properties:
✅32. Green: Read a book with a thimble, sewing or craft implement on the cover or in the title - Thimble Summer (31/3/24)
✅33. Green: Read a book with an author or character whose gender is different from your own - The Chip : How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution by T.R. Reid (3/6/24)
✅35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title - The Story About Ping
(3/2/24)✅ House 1 - More Perfect Than the Moon
(5/3/24)✅ House 2 - The Story of English in 100 Words
(15/4/24)✅ House 3 - Fever Pitch
(6/6/24)✅ House 4 - The Lottie Project
(27/8/24)✅ Hotel - Heartstopper: Volume One
(2/9/24)Dark Blue Properties:
✅38. Dark Blue: Read a book with any type of cat on the cover or in the title - British Shorthair Breed Profile (20/9/24)
✅40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?) - Under the Blood-Red Sun - Scott O'Dell Award (1995) (17/9/24)
✅ House 1 - A Wrinkle in Time - Newbery Medal (1963) (18/9/24)
✅ House 2 - Invisible Man - National Book Award for Fiction (1953) (20/9/24)
✅ House 3 - The God Delusion - British Book Award for The Author of the Year (2007) (28/10/24)
✅ House 4 - What's So Amazing about Grace? - ECPA Christian Book Award for Christian Book of the Year (1998) (19/11/24)
✅ Hotel - The Twits - Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Early Readers (2009) (25/11/24)
Railroads:
✅16. Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book published under an author's pen name - Beauty's Release by A.N. Roquelaure AKA Anne Rice (2/11/24)
✅26. B&O Railroad: Read a book with an author or title beginning with B or O. (Author's first or last name; title's first main word. Omit the, and, of, etc.) - Brief Answers to the Big Questions (31/5/24)
✅36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long - Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be (96 pages) (5/7/24)
Misc. Squares:
✅5. Tax: Read a book with money on the cover or in the title - Dr. Bloodmoney (7/3/24)
✅11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book - And Tango Makes Three (22/6/24)
✅21. Free Parking: Read a book of your choice. Anything goes! - New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration (21/6/24)
Bookworms Take ShelfiesDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign up for 24 books.
24/24-COMPLETED
Book Length (under 200 pages) - 12/12
✅1)I Drove It My Way Tales of a London Cabbie (141 pages) (3/1/24)
✅2)London Urban Legends: The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories (194 pages) (6/1/24)
✅3)My Zombie Boyfriend (188 pages) (2/1/24)
✅4)Our Souls at Night (179 pages) (7/1/24)
✅5)New Kids on the Block: The Whole Story by Their Friends (120 pages) (8/1/24)
✅6)The Gremlins (56 pages) (9/1/24)
✅7)Hunger (144 pages) (14/1/24)
✅8)The Change Your Name Store (32 pages) (10/1/24)
✅9)Roadside Picnic (145 pages) (15/1/24)
✅10)Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman): A Classic Christmas Book for Kids (24 pages) (12/1/24)
✅11)Kissed by Magic (184 pages) (21/1/24)
✅12)Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities (144 pages) (27/1/24)
Listopia: Teen Historical Fiction - 3/3
✅1)A Tale of Two Cities (4/12/24)
✅2)Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt (3/12/24)
✅3)Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey (6/11/24)
Listopia: Fluffy Romances - 2/2
✅1)Pizza My Heart: A Wish Novel (10/10/24)
✅2)The Stand-In: my life as an understudy (3/9/24)
Memoirs, Autobiographies and Biographies - 5/5
✅1)New Kids on the Block: Five Brothers and a Million Sisters (23/1/24)
✅2)The Queen (1/10/24)
✅3)Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (23/5/24)
✅4)His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice (23/8/24)
✅5)New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration (21/6/24)
A Time: Morning - 2/2
✅1)Morning Beauty, Midnight Beast (25/2/24)
✅2)Memory of Morning (15/3/24)
Clear The ShelvesDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
My goal is 180 books. I have decided to do 60 physical books, 60 e-books and 60 audio-books.
Overall Total: 180/180-COMPLETED
Physical Books: 60/60
✅1. Ballet Shoes (13/1/24)
✅2. The Change Your Name Store (10/1/24)
✅3. If We Ever Meet Again (17/1/24)
✅4. Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman): A Classic Christmas Book for Kids (12/1/24)
✅5. Hunger (14/1/24)
✅6. In Honor (14/3/24)
✅7. Jealous Girl (4/1/24)
✅8. Kissed by Magic (21/1/24)
✅9. Land of Oz (20/3/24)
✅10. The Ice Queen (9/2/24)
✅11. Sold To Be A Wife (1/1/24)
✅12. Walk Two Moons (12/3/24)
✅13. Understood Betsy (6/2/24)
✅14. Voices (7/2/24)
✅15. This Woven Kingdom (11/1/24)
✅16. Xeno (12/2/24)
✅17. Yellowcake (18/2/24)
✅18. My Zombie Boyfriend (2/1/24)
✅19. Little Sister (27/1/24)
✅20. Our Souls at Night (7/1/24)
✅21. Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures (26/1/24)
✅22. Waiting (30/1/24)
✅23. Roadside Picnic (15/1/24)
✅24. Sleds, Sleighs And Snow: A Canadian Christmas Carol (19/1/24)
✅25. Drama Girl (1/2/24)
✅26. The Story About Ping (3/2/24)
✅27. The Snowy Day (10/2/24)
✅28. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (5/2/24)
✅29. The Children's Blizzard (21/2/24)
✅30. Faking Delinquency (8/3/24)
✅31. Sarah Plain and Tall (2/3/24)
✅32. Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside (1/3/24)
✅33. Dr. Bloodmoney (7/3/24)
✅34. By the Great Horn Spoon! (9/3/24)
✅35. The Lion in Winter (10/3/24)
✅36. Frost at Christmas (11/3/24)
✅37. The Practice of Programming (24/1/24)
✅38. We Should All Be Feminists (14/4/24)
✅39. Letter Perfect: The Marvelous History of Our Alphabet From A to Z (4/4/24)
✅40. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (6/5/24)
✅41. Brief Answers to the Big Questions (31/5/24)
✅42. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (23/5/24)
✅43. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (2/6/24)
✅44. The Chip : How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution (3/6/24)
✅45. Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities (27/1/24)
✅46. New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration (21/6/24)
✅47. The Witch in the Well (6/4/24)
✅48. The Greatest American Speeches: the stories and transcripts of the words that changed our history (1/6/24)
✅49. Time of My Life (4/6/24)
✅50. His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice (23/8/24)
✅51. Skylark (3/3/24)
✅52. Caleb's Story (4/3/24)
✅53. More Perfect Than the Moon (5/3/24)
✅54. Grandfather's Dance (6/3/24)
✅55. High Priestess: The Life & Times of Patricia Crowther (26/8/24)
✅56. The Hierophant's Daughter (8/10/24)
✅57. The General's Bride (5/11/24)
✅58. The Lady's Champion (6/12/24)
✅59. Chariots of The Gods (9/10/24)
✅60. King of Wrath (7/10/24)
E-Books: 60/60
✅1. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis (29/3/24)
✅2. I Drove It My Way Tales of a London Cabbie (3/1/24)
✅3. The Gremlins (9/1/24)
✅4. My Killer Vacation (13/3/24)
✅5. These Precious Days: Essays (16/1/24)
✅6. Ruby Parker: Soap Star (5/1/24)
✅7. The Last Will of Moira Leahy (18/1/24)
✅8. Heartstopper: Volume One (2/9/24)
✅9. Batman: Year One (20/11/24)
✅10. Holding You (2/12/24)
✅11. On Fire: A Teen Wolf Novel (3/12/24)
✅12. The Window (3/10/24)
✅13. All The Care In The World (26/8/24)
✅14. The Origin of Species (5/10/24)
✅15. And Tango Makes Three (22/6/24)
✅16. Beauty's Punishment (4/10/24)
✅17. Beauty's Release (2/11/24)
✅18. Beauty's Kingdom (5/12/24)
✅19. High Couch of Silistra (6/10/24)
✅20. Last Exit to Brooklyn (4/11/24)
✅21. Dark History of the Roman Emperors (5/6/24)
✅22. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (6/7/24)
✅23. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (19/9/24)
✅24. All My Mothers (6/9/24)
✅25. Memory of Morning (15/3/24)
✅26. The Cake Mix Doctor (7/5/24)
✅27. Whatever You Like (11/10/24)
✅28. Cross My Heart: One girl’s gripping, heartbreaking struggle against the Nazis as a Resistance fighter in WW2 (7/6/24)
✅29. Token Black Girl (8/12/24)
✅30. Girl Talk (14/2/24)
✅31. The Magic Finger (28/11/24)
✅32. Curious George (31/8/24)
✅33. Love Lessons (2/4/24)
✅34. Oh So Pretty (28/1/24)
✅35. Pretty Angry (28/1/24)
✅36. Pretty Reckless (29/1/24)
✅37. Pretty Dream (29/1/24)
✅38. Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir (31/1/24)
✅39. Let's Not Be Friends (20/3/24)
✅40. Better Off Wed (8/9/24)
✅41. Summer of Love: A Time Travel (10/12/24)
✅42. In Real Life (19/6/24)
✅43. Hip, Hip . . . Beret! (19/3/24)
✅44. A Guide for Murdered Children (25/8/24)
✅45. Thimble Summer (31/3/24)
✅46. British Shorthair Breed Profile (20/9/24)
✅47. An Excuse For Murder (24/1/24)
✅48. The Murder on the Links (15/2/24)
✅49. Fiend: The Shocking True Story Of America's Youngest Serial Killer (22/2/24)
✅50. B is for Burglar (17/3/24)
✅51. The Gangs Of New York: An Informal History Of The Underworld (23/3/24)
✅52. The Bachelorette Party (10/4/24)
✅53. The Club (19/4/24)
✅54. The Woman on the Orient Express (9/5/24)
✅55. Her Dark Lies (14/5/24)
✅56. Everybody Had a Gun (25/6/24)
✅57. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (8/6/24)
✅58. Alan Turing (17/7/24)
✅59. Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance (29/7/24)
✅60. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases (30/7/24)
Audio-Books: 60/60
✅1. Mr. Popper's Penguins (4/2/24)
✅2. The End Of Men (2/2/24)
✅3. A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon (20/1/24)
✅4. Escape: How a Generation Shaped, Destroyed and Survived the Internet (21/1/24)
✅5. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe (22/1/24)
✅6. Meditations (22/1/24)
✅7. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (23/1/24)
✅8. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (24/1/24)
✅9. The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us (25/1/24)
✅10. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (11/2/24)
✅11. Capital in the Twenty-First Century (18/3/24)
✅12. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (13/4/24)
✅13. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (3/4/24)
✅14. The Story of English in 100 Words (15/4/24)
✅15. The Story of Human Language (17/4/24)
✅16. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (4/5/24)
✅17. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (20/6/24)
✅18. Little Brother (19/6/24)
✅19. As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew (2/7/24)
✅20. Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life (12/7/24)
✅21. The Plague (22/8/24)
✅22. Uncle Tom's Cabin (16/9/24)
✅23. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II (13/12/24)
✅24. The Midnight Library (26/1/24)
✅25. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (8/2/24)
✅26. Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI (22/3/24)
✅27. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (23/5/24)
✅28. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (21/6/24)
✅29. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No (28/7/24)
✅30. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (23/8/24)
✅31. The God Delusion (28/10/24)
✅32. What's So Amazing about Grace? (19/11/24)
✅33. Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet (6/12/24)
✅34. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (18/4/24)
✅35. The Dance of Anger (24/5/24)
✅36. Under the Blood-Red Sun (17/9/24)
✅37. 1984 (24/8/24)
✅38. Freaky Green Eyes (21/11/24)
✅39. Blink (4/12/24)
✅40. A Wrinkle in Time (18/9/24)
✅41. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (23/11/24)
✅42. Speak (5/12/24)
✅43. East of Eden (27/5/24)
✅44. The Kite Runner (27/8/24)
✅45. Angels & Demons (4/9/24)
✅46. Leaves of Grass (31/7/24)
✅47. Native Son (29/8/24)
✅48. Invisible Man (20/9/24)
✅49. A Tale of Two Cities (4/12/24)
✅50. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (30/1/24)
✅51. The Other Lady Vanishes (13/2/24)
✅52. Tightrope (23/3/24)
✅53. Close Up (5/4/24)
✅54. The Lady Has a Past (26/5/24)
✅55. When She Dreams (23/6/24)
✅56. The Bride Wore White: Library Edition (18/7/24)
✅57. The Paper Magician (25/5/24)
✅58. Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures: 10th Doctor Audio Originals (28/3/24)
✅59. Worn Out Wife Seeks New Life (14/7/24)
✅60. The Comeback (24/6/24)
Dewey DecimalDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 51 books.
51/51-COMPLETED
000 - Computer Science, Information and General Works
✅006.301: Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (20/6/24)
✅004.09: Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe (22/1/24)
✅005.1: The Practice of Programming (25/1/24)
✅005.72: Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (2/6/24)
✅001.9: Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities (27/1/24)
✅004.092: Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet (6/12/24)
100 - Philosophy and Psychology
✅188: Meditations (22/1/24)
✅155.2: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (23/1/24)
✅158: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (8/2/24)
✅158.1: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (18/4/24)
✅152.47082: The Dance of Anger (24/5/24)
200 - Religion
✅248.4: Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No (28/7/24)
✅200: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (23/8/24)
✅277.3083: Letter to a Christian Nation (17/9/24)
✅211.8: The God Delusion (28/10/24)
✅234: What's So Amazing about Grace? (19/11/24)
300 - Social Sciences
✅302.231: Escape: How a Generation Shaped, Destroyed and Survived the Internet (21/1/24)
✅332.041: Capital in the Twenty-First Century (18/3/24)
✅302: The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (13/4/24)
✅365.643: Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (3/4/24)
✅305.42: We Should All Be Feminists (14/4/24)
400 - Language
✅422: The Story of English in 100 Words (15/4/24)
✅417.7: The Story of Human Language (17/4/24)
✅411: Letter Perfect: The Marvelous History of Our Alphabet From A to Z (4/4/24)
✅427.973: Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (21/6/24)
✅401: The Greatest American Speeches: the stories and transcripts of the words that changed our history (1/6/24)
500 - Pure Science
✅510.92: A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon (20/1/24)
✅546: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (4/5/24)
✅530: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (6/5/24)
✅500: Brief Answers to the Big Questions (31/5/24)
✅526.6209: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (23/5/24)
600 - Technology
✅616.8: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (24/1/24)
✅621.381: The Chip : How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution (3/6/24)
✅616.8582: The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us (25/1/24)
✅609: Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be (5/7/24)
✅609.2: Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin (24/8/24)
700 - Arts and recreation
✅791.4372: As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew (2/7/24)
✅781.64: Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life (12/7/24)
✅741.5941: Heartstopper: Volume One (2/9/24)
✅777.34: Smartphone Movie Maker (29/10/24)
✅741.5973: Batman: Year One (20/11/24)
800 - Literature
✅843.914: The Plague (22/08/24)
✅813.3: Uncle Tom's Cabin (16/9/24)
✅823.92: The Midnight Library (26/1/24)
✅814.54: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (21/4/24)
900 - History and geography
✅909.83: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (11/2/24)
✅941.085092: The Queen (1/10/24)
✅940.54: A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II (13/12/24)
✅976.6004: Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI (22/3/24)
✅940.547252092: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (23/5/24)
Finish LineDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 73 books
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I.Themes- Complete quotes related to our 2024 themes.
✅ 1. Naomi Novik, Uprooted
They come and go like seasons, the winter that gives London Urban Legends: The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories (6/1/24)
✅ 2. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Spring was moving in the air above and in This Woven Kingdom (11/1/24)
✅ 3. John Green, Looking for Alaska
Every summer since I was little, I've gone to garage sales and bought Ballet Shoes (13/1/24)
✅ 4. Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Autumn leaves don't fall, they Escape: How a Generation Shaped, Destroyed and Survived the Internet (21/1/24)
✅ 5. Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps Waiting (30/1/24)
✅ 6. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind
People who deny the existence of dragons are often Hunger (14/1/24)
✅ 7. Jim Butcher, Vignette
I have nightmares about hell, where all I do is add up numbers and try
✅ 8. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited
An unexcited truth may be eclipsed by The Last Will of Moira Leahy (18/1/24)
✅ 9. Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone
Their lies and lily-scented perfumes taint the Jealous Girl (4/1/24)
✅ 10. Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
But he turned our family life into an endless road trip with Ruby Parker: Soap Star (5/1/24)
✅ 11. Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the Little Sister (27/1/24)
✅ 12. J.R.R Tolkien, The Hobbit
The mountain smoked beneath the moon; the dwarves, they heard Our Souls at Night (7/1/24)
✅ 13. Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian
She wore her orange camp t-shirt and Understood Betsy (6/2/24)
✅ 14. Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give
What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (23/1/24)
✅ 15. Kathryn Stockett, The Help
All I'm saying, is kindness don't have Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No (28/7/24)
II.Opening Lines-Complete the book beginnings.
✅ 1. Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
We slept in what had once been The Nursery (3/11/24)
✅ 2. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
It was a pleasure to be In Honor (14/3/24)
✅ 3. Alice Walker, The Color Purple
You better not never tell my Little Brother (19/6/24)
✅ 4.Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is The Gremlins (9/1/24)
✅ 5. Min Jin Lee, Pachinko
History has failed us, but Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life (12/7/24)
✅ 6. Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
Last night I dreamt I went to The Midnight Library (26/1/24)
✅ 7. Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun
When we were new, Rosa and I were The Ice Queen (9/2/24)
✅ 8. Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Ships at a distance have every man’s Freaky Green Eyes (21/11/24)
✅ 9. Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way
For a long time, I went to bed with Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman) (12/1/24)
✅ 10. S.E. Hint, The Outsiders
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I Blink (4/12/24)
✅ 11. Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was thinking If We Ever Meet Again (17/1/24)
✅ 12.Cormac McCarthy, The Road
When he woke in the woods in the dark and cold of the night he’d heard Voices (7/2/24)
✅ 13. Ashley Audrain, The Push
Your house glows at night like everything inside is On Fire: A Teen Wolf Novel (3/12/24)
✅ 14.George Orwell, 1984
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (8/2/24)
✅ 15.Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
No live organism can continue for long to be The End Of Men (2/2/24)
III.Closing Lines- Complete these book endings.
✅ 1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
After all, tomorrow is My Killer Vacation (13/3/24)
✅ 2. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
The eyes and faces all turned themselves towards The Snowy Day (10/2/24)
✅ 3. George Orwell, Animal Farm
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and The Other Lady Vanishes (13/2/24)
✅ 4. Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at the Roadside Picnic (15/1/24)
✅ 5. Earnest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
The old man was dreaming about 1984 (24/8/24)
✅ 6. Jung Chang, Wild Swans
I was eager to embrace My Zombie Boyfriend (2/1/24)
✅ 7. Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain
There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to see These Precious Days: Essays (16/1/24)
✅ 8. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you Beauty and Sadness (3/7/24)
✅ 9. L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I'm so glad to be at Uncle Tom's Cabin (16/9/24)
✅ 10. Kate Chopin, The Awakening
There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us (25/1/24)
✅ 11. Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
She opened the door wide and let him into her Land of Oz (20/3/24)
✅ 12. Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada
And then, while the pretty brunette girl finished singing her verse, he had Tears Of Rage (1/12/24)
✅ 13. Asne Seierstad, A Hundred and One Days
It floats through the balcony doors and makes the curtains Moving In (22/11/24)
✅ 14. Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
But this is how Paris was in the early days when were very Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (23/5/24)
✅ 15. Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth
But over the old man's head they looked at each other and asked Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities (27/1/24)
IV.Songs- Complete these opening song lyrics with your book title.
✅ 1. Ed Sheeran, Bad Habits, 2021
Every time you come around, you know I am Kissed by Magic (21/1/24)
✅ 2. BTS, Butter, 2021
Smooth like butter, like
✅ 3. Lady Gaga, Stupid Love, 2020
You're the one that I've The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (13/4/24)
✅ 5. Rihanna, Diamonds, 2012
Find light in the beautiful Montana Sky (31/5/24)
✅ 6. Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe, 2011
I threw a wish in The Witch in the Well (6/4/24)
✅ 7. Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling, 2009
I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be the Time of My Life (4/6/24)
✅ 8. Beyoncé, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), 2008
Up in the club, just broke up, I'm doing Our Thing (1/7/24)
✅ 9. Eminem, Lose Yourself, 2002
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are Holding You (2/12/24)
✅ 10. Sinéad O'Connor, Nothing Compares to U, 1990
It's been seven hours and fifteen days since you took My Heart (25/8/24)
✅ 11. Prince, Let's Go Crazy, 1984
Dearly Beloved, we have gathered here today to get Mr. Popper's Penguins (4/2/24)
✅ 13. The Mamas and the Papas, California Dreaming, 1965
All the leaves are brown and the sky is Under the Blood-Red Sun (17/9/24)
✅ 14. Elvis Presley, Heartbreak Hotel, 1956
Well, since my baby left me, well, I found a new Drama Girl (1/2/24)
✅ 15. Dooley Wilson, As Time Goes By, 1942
You must remember this, a kiss is Once Upon a Dream (2/10/24)
V.Idioms- Complete these idiosm using your book titles.
✅1. Up a creek without
✅2. As snug as a bug in a Kiss Off: Poems to Set You Free (1/9/24)
✅3. Look before you are Faking Delinquency (8/3/24)
✅4. Throw caution to The Window (3/10/24)
✅5. Stop beating around the Dr. Bloodmoney (7/3/24)
✅6. It is always darkness before Frost at Christmas (11/3/24)
✅7. Don't kill the goose that lays the Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI (22/3/24)
✅8. The pot calling the kettle Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (21/6/24)
✅9. Like a cat on a hot tin Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (2/6/24)
✅10. Your guess is as good as Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (20/6/24)
✅11. Too many cooks spoil the The Chip : How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution (3/6/24)
✅12. Two heads are better than The Queen (1/10/24)
✅13. All that glitters is not What's So Amazing about Grace? (19/11/24)
✅14. Every dog has his Batman: Year One (20/11/24)
✅15. A rising tide lifts all The Dance of Anger (24/5/24)
Genre BingoDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 25 books and 5 bingos
Books: 25/25
Bingos: 5/5
CHALLENGE COMPLETED
✅B1-Psychology: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (8/2/24)
✅B2-Chick Lit: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (29/2/24)
✅B3-Crime: Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities (27/1/24)
✅B4-Paranormal: Kissed by Magic (21/1/24)
✅B5-Poetry: The Change Your Name Store (10/1/24)
✅I1-Music: Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life (12/7/24)
✅I2-Comics: Heartstopper: Volume One (2/9/24)
✅I3-Historical Fiction: A Tale of Two Cities (4/12/24)
✅I4-Travel: City Walks: Boston: 50 Adventures on Foot (8/4/24)
✅I5-Cookbooks: The Cake Mix Doctor (7/5/24)
✅N1-Mystery: Angels & Demons (4/9/24)
✅N2-Biography: The Queen (1/10/24)
✅N3-Free Space (Boyband): New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration (21/6/24)
✅N4-Philosophy: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (18/4/24)
✅N5-LGBT: My Zombie Boyfriend (2/1/24)
✅G1-Young Adult: The Stand-In: my life as an understudy (3/9/24)
✅G2-Graphic Novels: Batman: Year One (20/11/24)
✅G3-Self Help: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (23/1/24)
✅G4-Children's: Pizza My Heart: A Wish Novel (10/10/24)
✅G5-Religion: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (23/8/24)
✅O1-Christian: Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No (28/7/24)
✅O2-Romance: Whatever You Like (11/10/24)
✅O3-Sports: Fever Pitch (6/6/24)
✅O4-Manga: Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 1 (11/7/24)
✅O5-Art: Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence (30/8/24)
I'm With The BannedDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Please sign me up for 17 books. My favourite boyband is New Kids on the Block.
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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: A boyband from Boston who took the world by storm in the late 80’s and early 90’s. They disbanded in 1994 but reunited in 2008 and have been going strong ever since.
✅N: Night: In the Night Kitchen (30/7/24)
✅E: East: East of Eden (27/5/24)
✅W: Wrinkle: A Wrinkle in Time (18/9/24)
✅K: Kite: The Kite Runner (27/8/24)
✅I: Invisible: Invisible Man (20/9/24)
✅D: Demons: Angels & Demons (4/9/24)
✅S: Speak: Speak (5/12/24)
✅O: Origin: The Origin of Species (5/10/24)
✅N: Native: Native Son (29/8/24)
✅T: Tango: And Tango Makes Three (22/6/24)
✅H: High: High Couch of Silistra (6/10/24)
✅E: Exit: Last Exit to Brooklyn (4/11/24)
✅B: Beauty's: Beauty's Punishment (4/10/24)
✅L: Leaves: Leaves of Grass (31/7/24)
✅O: One: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (23/11/24)
✅C: Cities: A Tale of Two Cities (4/12/24)
✅K: Kingdom: Beauty's Kingdom (5/12/24)
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✅The Fool: new beginnings, innocence, free spirit
The End Of Men (2/2/24)
✅The Magician: willpower, desire, creation, manifestation
The Paper Magician (25/4/24)
✅The High Priestess: intuitive, unconscious, inner voice
High Priestess: The Life & Times of Patricia Crowther (26/8/24)
✅The Empress: motherhood, fertility, nature
All My Mothers (6/9/24)
✅The Emperor: authority, structure, control, fatherhood
Dark History of the Roman Emperors (5/6/24)
✅The Hierophant: tradition, conformity, morality, ethics
The Hierophant's Daughter (8/10/24)
✅The Lovers: partnerships, duality, union
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (6/7/24)
✅The Chariot: direction, control, willpower
Chariots of The Gods (9/10/24)
✅Justice: cause and effect, clarity, truth
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice (23/8/24)
✅Death: end of cycle, beginnings, change, metamorphosis
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (19/9/24)
✅The Devil: addiction, materialism, playfulness
Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway (24/11/24)
✅The Moon: unconscious, illusions, intuition
More Perfect Than the Moon (5/3/24)
✅The Sun: joy, success, celebration, positivity
Under the Blood-Red Sun (17/9/24)
✅The World: fulfillment, harmony, completion
All The Care In The World (26/8/24)
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Total Number of Pages: 7,679
Total Number of Books: 42
February
Total Number of Pages: 4,822
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March
Total Number of Pages: 8,739
Total Number of Books: 45
April
Total Number of Pages: 6,119
Total Number of Books: 35
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June
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July
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September
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Total Number of Books: 45
October
Total Number of Pages: 7,761
Total Number of Books: 35
November
Total Number of Pages: 6,408
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December
Total Number of Pages: 10,532
Total Number of Books: 62
Magical Mystery TourDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for Crime Scene Investigator (2 case per category) - 12 books
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Who: 2/2
Solve cases featuring a main character (sleuth, perp, victim, or suspect) is in the field below
✅1. Military (active, veteran, or reserve duty) - Term Limits (31/1/24)
✅4. Security (cybersecurity, night watchmen, bodyguard, etc.) - An Excuse For Murder (24/1/24)
What: 2/2
What makes your case distinctive?
✅1. An orange cover - B is for Burglar
(17/3/24)✅5. A place name in the title (city, state, etc.) - The Gangs Of New York: An Informal History Of The Underworld (23/3/24)
When: 2/2
When did the dastardly deed take place or get reported?
✅3. During a trip (business or pleasure) - The Bachelorette Party (10/4/24)
✅5. During a romantic celebration (engagement, wedding, anniversary) - Her Dark Lies (14/5/24)
Where: 2/2
Where did the dastardly deed take place?
✅3. In a vacation rental (cabin, resort, etc.) - The Club (19/4/24)
✅5. On a train or plane - The Woman on the Orient Express (9/5/24)
How: 2/2
For this category, each means of murder must be distinctly different. For example, pistols and rifles are both firearms; knives and daggers are too similar
✅1. Everybody Had a Gun (Pistol) (25/6/24)
✅2. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (Knife) (8/6/24)
Why: 2/2
What motivated you to choose a particular case?
✅1. A favorite mystery author or series - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (15/2/24)
✅3. Appears in a Goodreads listopia (Non-fiction books about serial killers)- Fiend: The Shocking True Story Of America's Youngest Serial Killer (22/2/24)
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✅Trunk: Jealous Girl (4/1/24)
✅Branch 1: Drama Girl (Same Series) (1/2/24)
✅Leaf 1: The Lottie Project (Goodreads Readers Also Enjoy) (27/8/24)
✅Leaf 2: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Same Genre - Chick Lit) (29/2/24)
✅Leaf 3: The Stand-In: my life as an understudy (Same Genre - Young Adult) (3/9/24)
✅Leaf 4: Finding Gina (Same Character Name - Gina) (5/9/24)
✅Leaf 5: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Same Setting) (21/10/24)
✅Leaf 6: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Same Publication Year: 2010) (23/5/24)
✅Branch 2: Rebel Girl (Same Series) (19/3/24)
✅Leaf 1: The Twits (Goodreads Readers Also Enjoy) (25/11/24)
✅Leaf 2: Pizza My Heart: A Wish Novel(Same Genre - Romance) (10/10/24)
✅Leaf 3: Token Black Girl ("Girl" in the Title) (8/12/24)
✅Leaf 4: Girl Talk ("Lips" on the Cover) (14/2/24)
✅Leaf 5: Ballet Shoes (Two Word Title) (13/1/24)
✅Leaf 6: My Killer Vacation (Pink in the Cover) (13/3/24)
✅Branch 3: Sunshine Girl (Same Series) (1/4/24)
✅Leaf 1: The Magic Finger (Goodreads Readers Also Enjoy) (28/11/24)
✅Leaf 2: Beauty's Release (Same Genre - Romance) (2/11/24)
✅Leaf 3: Curious George (Yellow Cover) (31/8/24)
✅Branch 4: Party Girl (Same Series) (5/5/24)
✅Leaf 1: Love Lessons (Goodreads Readers Also Enjoy) (2/4/24)
✅Leaf 2: Oh So Pretty ("High Heel" on the Cover) (28/1/24)
✅Leaf 3: Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir ("Party" in the Title)
✅Branch 5: Cross My Heart: One girl’s gripping, heartbreaking struggle against the Nazis as a Resistance fighter in WW2 (Same Author) (7/6/24)
✅Leaf 1: Let's Not Be Friends (Goodreads Readers Also Enjoy) (20/3/24)
✅Leaf 2: My Heart ("Heart" in the Title) (25/8/24)
✅Leaf 3: This Woven Kingdom (Three Word Title) (11/1/24)
✅Branch 6: Worn Out Wife Seeks New Life (Same Author) (14/7/24)
✅Leaf 1: Better Off Wed (Goodreads Readers Also Enjoy) (8/9/24)
✅Leaf 2: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Six Word Title) (19/9/24)
✅Leaf 3: The Gremlins (Same Genre - Fiction) (9/1/24)
Popsugar ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 10 books
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✅1. A book with the word "leap"in the title: Leap Day (13/5/24)
✅5. A book about K-pop: The Comeback (24/6/24)
✅13. A book originally published under a pen name: Beauty's Release (2/11/24)
✅16. A book set 24 years before you were born (I was born in 1991 so 24 years before would be 1967): Summer of Love: A Time Travel (10/12/24)
✅19. A book set in the future: Little Brother (19/6/24)
✅20. A book set in the snow: Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman): A Classic Christmas Book for Kids (12/1/24)
✅22. A book that centers on video games: In Real Life (19/6/24)
✅27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter: Ballet Shoes (13/1/24)
✅33. A book with an unreliable narrator: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (5/2/24)
✅45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel: My Zombie Boyfriend (2/1/24)
Serial ReaderDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 40 books across 10 series
Books: 40/40
Series: 10/10
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I will start 1 series this year (3 books)
Kings of Sins 3/3
✅1. King of Wrath (7/10/24)
✅2. King of Pride (1/11/24)
✅3. King of Greed (7/12/24)
I will start and finish 6 series this year (27 books)
Pretty 4/4
✅1. Oh So Pretty (28/1/24)
✅2. Pretty Angry (28/1/24)
✅3. Pretty Reckless (29/1/24)
✅4.Pretty Dream (29/1/24)
The Disgraced Martyr Trilogy 3/3
✅1. The Hierophant's Daughter (8/10/24)
✅2. The General's Bride (5/11/24)
✅3. The Lady's Champion (6/12/24)
Burning Cove 7/7
✅1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (30/1/24)
✅2. The Other Lady Vanishes (13/2/24)
✅3. Tightrope (23/3/24)
✅4. Close Up (5/4/24)
✅5. The Lady Has a Past (26/5/24)
✅6. When She Dreams (23/6/24)
✅7. The Bride Wore White: Library Edition (18/7/24)
If Love 4/4
✅1. If We Ever Meet Again (17/1/24)
✅2.If the Sun Never Sets (22/3/24)
✅3. If Love Had A Price (20/4/24)
✅4. If We Were Perfect (21/5/24)
Twisted 4/4
✅1. Twisted Love (9/6/24)
✅2. Twisted Games (16/7/24)
✅3. Twisted Hate (31/8/24)
✅4. Twisted Lies (14/9/24)
Sarah, Plain and Tall 5/5
✅1. Sarah Plain and Tall (2/3/24)
✅2. Skylark (3/3/24)
✅3. Caleb's Story (4/3/24)
✅4. More Perfect Than the Moon (5/3/24)
✅5. Grandfather's Dance (6/3/24)
I will finish 3 series I have started before this year (10 books)
Bridget Jones Diaries 2/2
✅3. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (29/2/24)
✅4. Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries (16/3/24)
Sleeping Beauty 3/3
✅2. Beauty's Punishment (4/10/24)
✅3. Beauty's Release (2/11/24)
✅4. Beauty's Kingdom (5/12/24)
Secrets at St Jude's 5/5
✅2. Jealous Girl (4/1/24)
✅3. Drama Girl (1/2/24)
✅4. Rebel Girl (19/3/24)
✅5. Sunshine Girl (1/4/24)
✅6. Party Girl (5/5/24)
TBR JarDuration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 50 books that I have randomized using my Want to Read List.
50/50-COMPLETED
✅1. I Drove It My Way Tales of a London Cabbie (3/1/24)
✅2. Jealous Girl (4/1/24)
✅3. London Urban Legends: The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories (6/1/24)
✅4. Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman): A Classic Christmas Book for Kids (12/1/24)
✅5. Ballet Shoes (13/1/24)
✅6. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (23/1/24)
✅7. Pretty Angry (28/1/24)
✅8. The Story About Ping (3/2/24).
✅9. The Ice Queen (9/2/24).
✅10. Sarah Plain and Tall (2/3/24)
✅11. Faking Delinquency (8/3/24)
✅12. Hip, Hip . . . Beret! (19/3/24)
✅13. Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI (22/3/24)
✅14. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis (29/3/24)
✅15. Thimble Summer (31/3/24)
✅16. Sunshine Girl (1/4/24)
✅17. The Witch in the Well (6/4/24)
✅18. The Story of English in 100 Words (15/4/24)
✅19. The Ugly Dachshund (24/4/24)
✅20. The Woman on the Orient Express (9/5/24)
✅21. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (23/5/25)
✅22. The Paper Magician (25/5/24)
✅23. Twisted Love (9/6/24)
✅24. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (20/6/24)
✅25. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (21/6/24)
✅26. And Tango Makes Three (22/6/24)
✅27. When She Dreams (23/6/24)
✅28. The Women's Suffrage Movement (30/6/24)
✅29. As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew (2/7/24)
✅30. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (6/7/24)
✅31. Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life (12/7/24)
✅32. Worn Out Wife Seeks New Life (14/7/24)
✅33. Alan Turing (17/7/24)
✅34. Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance (29/7/24)
✅35. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases (30/7/24)
✅36. Leaves of Grass (31/7/24)
✅37. His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice (23/8/24)
✅38. 1984 (24/8/24)
✅39. High Priestess: The Life & Times of Patricia Crowther (26/8/24)
✅40. Native Son (29/8/24)
✅41. Heartstopper: Volume One (2/9/24)
✅42. Angels & Demons (4/9/24)
✅43. Under the Blood-Red Sun (17/9/24)
✅44. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (19/9/24)
✅45. The Queen (1/10/24)
✅46. High Couch of Silistra (6/10/24)
✅47. Moving In (22/11/24)
✅48. Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway (24/11/24)
✅49. The Twits (25/11/24)
✅50. A Tale of Two Cities (4/12/24)
Q1: Winter Tourist SeasonDuration: January 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
Sign me up for 20 books
20/20-COMPLETED
✅1. Hell, Norway -- 1899 (-14.8F / -26.0C)
This village is named for the Old Norse word hellir, which means overhang or cliff cave. It is home to Stone Age rock carvings and an annual Blues in Hell music festival.
Read a book that involves music, is set in Norwaym or has a mountain or cave on the cover.
New Kids on the Block: The Whole Story by Their Friends (8/1/24)
✅2. Naryn, Kyrgyzstan -- 2023 (-17.3F / -27.4C)
Named for the river Naryn, one branch the Great Silk Road went through here from ancient times though the Middle Ages. Visitors might enjoy the nearby Salkyn-Tor Nature Park or Son-Kol Lake.
Read a book set in the Middle Ages, featuring road travel, or set near a river, park or lake.
The Story About Ping (3/2/24)
✅3. Erzurum, Turkiye -- 2009 (-32.8F / -36C)
This city near the Black sea is home to Erzurum Citadel, Twin Minaret Madrasa, and Cobandede Bridge, all built in the 11th-13th centuries. The country’s top ski resorts are on Palandoken Mountain which can potentially operate from November to June.
Read a book that involves twins, is set near a ski resort, or has a bridge on the cover.
Faking Delinquency (8/3/24)
✅4. Anchorage, Alaska, United States -- 1947 (-38F / -38.9)
This city offers glacier viewing by boat or air, an abundance of wildlife including beluga whales, moose, and bears, and a museum featuring art of the native peoples.
Read a book with boat or air travel, about a large mammal, or written by an indigenous author.
The Gremlins (9/1/24)
✅5. Fraser, Colorado, United States -- 1962 (-47F / -41.7C)
Situated in the Rocky Mountains near the Continental Divide, this town offers dog sledding, tubing, snowmobiling, and snowshoeing. It sits at an elevation of 8,574 feet.
Read a book featuring winter sports, a division of any type, or published in 1962.
The Snowy Day (10/2/24)
✅6. Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States -- 1912 (-43F / -41.7C)
Visitors enjoy fishing, biking, hiking, camping, canoeing, skiing, snowboarding, horseback riding, and almost any winter activity. History buffs can visit forts, learn about the area’s military history, America’s westward expansion, and the local First Nations people.
Read a historical or western book, a book with a horse on the cover, or a book about indigenous peoples.
Sarah Plain and Tall (2/3/24)
✅7. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -- 1957 (-47F / -43.9)
This city has stunning Buddhist temples, a statue of Genghis Khan, and the Zaisan Hill Memorial honoring fallen WWII Mongol and Russian allied soldiers. The museum features artifacts from the steppe nomads, the military, and Mongolian jewelry.
Read a book set during World War II, a book about a nomadic culture, or a book with a Buddhist character or author.
Hunger (14/1/24)
✅8. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada -- 1879 (-54F / -47.8C)
Winnipeg hosts the Festival du Voyageur, named for the French fur traders who settled here. There are activities in both French and English, with music, food, and incredible ice and snow sculptures.
Read a book with any furry animals on the cover, a book originally written in French, or a book about a traveler.
Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside (1/3/24)
✅9. International Falls, Minnesota, United States -- 1909 (-55F / -48.3)
“The Icebox of the Nation” directly borders Canada. Residents enjoy a wacky winter festival called Icebox Days, which involves games, races, and midnight skiing. They also have frozen turkey bowling and the Freeze Your Gizzard 5K and 10K race.
Read a book set along a border, about a runner, or with a bird in the title or cover art.
Mr. Popper's Penguins (4/2/24)
✅10. Utqiagvik, Alaska, United States -- 1923 (-56F / -48.9C)
This City is the northernmost city in the United States. Since it’s above the Arctic Circle, the sun never drops below the horizon for 65 days in the summer, and doesn’t rise for 65 days in the winter. You can explore Inupiat or Birnirk culture, and the famous whalebone arch known as the “Gateway to the Arctic.”
Read a book about whales, a book where the weather has a major impact on the story, or a book set where the “midnight sun” or “polar night” phenomena occur (north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle).
Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures (26/1/24)
✅11. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- 1947 (-60F / -51.1C)
This city is 250 miles south of the Arctic Circle, with lots of First Nations history to explore and incredible Northern Lights displays. It was a huge town during the gold rush, and still has gold and diamond mines. It hosts the annual Snowking Festival, a month long arts celebration held in a snow castle with ice windows.
Read a book set in a castle, with gold or diamonds on the cover, or with a compass direction in the title.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (5/2/24)
✅12. Dudinka, Russia -- 1947 (-60F / -51.1C)
This very remote port city became an official settlement in 1667. Its major industry is shipping the nickel which is mined nearby. When the river freezes over in the winter, there’s an annual ice breakup that requires deliberately flooding the port.
Read a book set in Russia, with money in the title or cover art, or a book where flooding occurs.
Dr. Bloodmoney (7/3/24)
✅13. Astana, Kazakhstan -- 1893 (-60.9F / -51.6C)
Astana has been known in the past as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and Nur-sultan. You can visit the Palace of Peace, which is a pyramid-shaped palace that houses a university, an opera house, a spiritual center, and more.
Read a book about someone with a name change, a book about spirituality, or with a palace or pyramid on the cover.
The Change Your Name Store (10/1/24)
✅14. Coral Harbour, Nunavut, Canada -- 1975 (-63F / -52.8C)
This small Inuit community is on Southampton Island. The Sallirmiut people lived here from 500 BCE until the winter of 1902 when they were wiped out by typhus that arrived with a scottish whaling vessel. There’s a lot to do outdoors - hiking in the summer and ice fishing, dog sledding and snowmobiling in winter.
Read a book where an illness impacts a population, a book by a Canadian author, or a book set on an island.
The End Of Men (2/2/24)
✅15. Golmud, Qinghai, China -- 2023 (-63.4F / -53C)
This split city has two parts that don’t touch and is at the start of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad. This “Sky Road '' is the highest railway in the world, and offers beautiful views of Gobi Desert, Kunlun Mountains, Tuotuo River, Tsonag Lake and Qiangtang Grassland.
Read a book with two or 2 in the title, featuring a train ride or with a landscape on the cover.
Walk Two Moons (12/3/24)
✅16. Harbin, China -- 2023 (-63.4F / -53C)
This city has buildings from the Byzantine, Russian, and Baroque architectural styles. It is home to the International Ice and Snow Festival, with ice buildings up to 164 feet (50 meters) high which are lit up in beautiful colors at night and snow sculptures longer than two football fields.
Read a book that involves art or architecture, with an icy or snowy cover, or set in China.
Waiting (30/1/24)
✅17. Fairbanks Alaska, United States -- 1934 (-66F / -54.4C)
Located in a valley in the interior of the state, Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. You can enjoy the Aurora Borealis from here, and in the summer, the sky stays light for almost 24 hours a day. It has commemorations of Alaska’s Native history, hiking and skiing trails, it’s also not far to the North Pole.
Read a book set at a school, a book about polar explorers, or a book with the sun on the cover.
Drama Girl (1/2/24)
✅18. Snag, Yukon, Canada --1947 (-81F / 62.8C)
The little village of Snag came about during the Klondike Gold Rush and consists of about 8-10 native families. When the record above was set, it is reported that a weather observer’s breath “fell to the ground in a white powder.”
Read a book set in a small village or town, with a cover that shows falling precipitation, or set during a gold rush.
By the Great Horn Spoon! (9/3/24)
✅19. Yakutsk, Russia -- 2023 (-83.9F / -64.4C)
Vendors who sell frozen fish here just lay them down outside, and they freeze instantly. They make accommodations here for the cold, like carpet on stair to prevent slipping, insulating above ground gas pipes, and building houses on stilts so that they don’t melt the permafrost.
Read a book translated from Russian, with a fish on the cover, or involving special accommodations or modifications.
Roadside Picnic (Translated from Russian) (15/1/24)
✅20. Oymyakon, Sakha Republic, Russia -- 1924 (-96.2F / -71.2C)
This village in Eastern Siberia is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth. Many cars are kept running all the time so that the engines don’t freeze. There is an annual “Pole of Cold Festival” here which celebrates the ethnic Yakut and Evenk cultures with dog sledding, reindeer races, and ice fishing.
Read a book with a car on the cover, a book about any ethnic culture/group, or with a cold word in the title (frozen, frigid, etc.)
The Ice Queen (9/2/24)
Q1: Winter WordsDuration: January 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
Sign me up for 6 books
6/6-COMPLETED
✅1)Snowman- Frosty the Snowman (Frosty the Snowman) (12/1/24)
✅2)Ice- The Ice Queen (9/2/24)
✅3)Frost- Frost at Christmas (11/3/24)
✅4)Sled- Sleds, Sleighs And Snow: A Canadian Christmas Carol (19/1/24)
✅5)Winter- The Lion in Winter (10/3/24)
✅6)Blizzard- The Children's Blizzard (21/2/24)
Q2: TBR Spring CleaningDuration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
Sign me up for 20 books
20/20-COMPLETED
✅The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
The Women's Suffrage Movement (30/6/24)
The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
✅Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (21/4/24)
✅City Walks: Boston: 50 Adventures on Foot (8/4/24)
✅The Ugly Dachshund (24/4/24)
✅Elton John (Volume 50) (9/4/24)
✅Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (6/5/24)
✅Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (23/5/24)
✅Perfect (24/5/24)
✅RuPaul (Volume 61) (21/5/24)
✅And Tango Makes Three (22/6/24)
✅In Real Life (19/6/24)
✅Everybody Had a Gun (25/6/24)
The sequel - a continuation
✅Close Up (5/4/24)
✅Sunshine Girl (1/4/24)
✅If Love Had A Price (20/4/24)
✅The Lady Has a Past (26/5/24)
✅Party Girl (5/5/24)
✅If We Were Perfect (21/5/24)
✅When She Dreams (23/6/24)
The new - a new release
✅New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration (21/6/24)
Q2: All About SpringDuration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
Sign me up for 8 books
8/8-COMPLETED
✅1. Goodbye winter. Read a book with "spring" in the title, that is set during spring, or has a happy ending.
Abracadabra, It's Spring! (27/4/24)
✅5. Daylight Saving Time begins in parts of the world. Read a book with "day" or "time" in the title, or a book where someone or something is saved or rescued.
Time of My Life (4/6/24)
✅6. Tulips and daffodils are among the first flowers to bloom in spring. Read a book with pink or yellow on the cover, a book set in the Netherlands, or the first book in a series.
Little Brother (19/6/24)
✅7. Love is in the air. Read a romance novel or any novel in which two characters are in love.
If We Were Perfect (21/5/24)
✅9. March, April and May are months of spring. Read any book that contains March, April or May anywhere (title, author's name, set in March, character name, with a parade or "march," etc.)
Dolina May (25/5/24)
✅10. Farmer's Market. Read a book set on a farm, that has something you would find at a farmer's market on the cover, or a book that you got second-hand.
New Kids on the Block (18/6/24)
✅12. Spring break. Read a book set in a school or university, with a character who is a teacher, or any book you think of as a beach read.
Sunshine Girl (1/4/24)
✅13. Earth Day. Read a book related to environmentalism (fiction or nonfiction), an e-book or audiobook, or read a book with a green spine or cover.
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (3/4/24)
Q3: Summer Bucket ListDuration: July 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
Sign me up for 6 books
6/6-COMPLETED
✅Ride a Bike - Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories (8/7/24)
✅Go Swimming - Swimmer (10/7/24)
✅Go on a Road Trip - Two-Way Street (28/8/24)
✅Sleep in a Cabin - Sutton's Cabin (28/8/24)
✅Go Wine Tasting - Wine and Dead, Another Murder (23/9/24)
✅Attend a Concert - Stuck 1966: No Time To Groove (24/9/24)
Q3: Summer GamesDuration: July 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
Sign me up for 14 books
14/14-COMPLETED
✅Swimming - Swimmer (10/7/24)
✅Cycling - Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories (9/7/24)
✅Gymnastics - Letters to a Young Gymnast (15/7/24)
✅Weightlifting - Love at First Set (27/07/24)
✅Tennis - Snoopy Features as The Tennis Ace (30/8/24)
✅Surfing - Surf Mules (29/8/24)
✅Set in New York - Leaves of Grass (31/7/24)
✅Set in Montreal - Montreal Stories (25/9/24)
✅Set in Sydney - One Little White Lie (26/9/24)
✅Set in Rome - Angels & Demons (4/9/24)
✅Published in 1992 - Welcome to Dead House (27/9/24)
✅Published in 2016 - All The Care In The World (26/8/24)
✅Published in 2020 - Wine and Dead, Another Murder (23/9/24)
✅Published in 2024 - Sutton's Cabin (28/8/24)
Q4: Fall into Books: Autumn Reading PartyDuration: October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 12 books
12/12-COMPLETED
✅Back to School: Read books set in a school or with an academic theme.
Speak (5/12/24)
It's a Killer Thriller Night: Pick thrillers or mystery novels.
✅Blink (4/12/24)
✅Tears Of Rage (1/12/24)
✅Last Exit to Brooklyn (4/11/24)
✅Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway (24/11/24)
✅The Window (3/10/24)
Monster Mash: Select books featuring monsters or supernatural elements.
✅On Fire: A Teen Wolf Novel (3/12/24)
✅Moving In (22/11/24)
Remembrance Day: Select books related to historical events or honoring memories.
✅A Tale of Two Cities (4/12/24)
✅Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt (3/12/24)
✅Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey (6/11/24)
✅The Queen (1/10/24)
Q4: Balancing It OutDuration: October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 10 books
10/10-COMPLETED
Generating Cycle: 🌲 → 🔥 → 🌱 → 🔧 → 🌊 → 🌲 → …
Wood: Water nourishes Wood, the element of spring. It is associated with birth, growth, movement, wind, and the color green.
✅🌲 Read a book set in spring, about new birth (literally or figuratively), or involving wind or movement.
A Goddess Born (29/11/24)
✅🌲 Read a book with green on the cover or in the title.
Once Upon a Dream
(2/10/24)Fire: Wood fuels fire, which is the element of heat, summer, nature at its peak, growth, passion and hate in human relationships, and the color red.
✅🔥 Read a book that takes place in summer, a romance, or a book that examines hate or prejudice.
Pizza My Heart: A Wish Novel (10/10/24)
✅🔥 Read a book with red on the cover or in the title.
Batman: Year One
(20/11/24)Earth: Fire creates Earth (Ash), which is connected to harvest time, nourishment, fertility, mother-child relationships and stability. It is represented by the color yellow, like the sun and ripened crops.
✅🌱 Read a book about cooking, or a book that features parent-child relationships.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (7/11/24)
✅🌱 Read a book with yellow on the cover or in the title.
Fox in Socks
(30/11/24)Metal: Earth contains Metal, which is connected to autumn, gravity, minerals within the earth, heavenly bodies, electrical conductivity, and magnetism. It has structure but can adapt new forms by melting.
✅🔧 Read a book where set in autumn, or where gravity, minerals, or heavenly bodies play an important role.
Thank Fall: A Mindful Story Celebrating the Magic of Autumn! (2/12/24)
✅🔧 Read a book with white on the cover or in the title.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(23/11/24)Water: Metal can carry Water, which is connected to Winter. It is the source of life, flowing, yielding but powerful, silent and still, It is connected to the colors blue and black.
✅🌊 Read a book set in winter, where water or ice play an important role, or a book set on water.
Window Shopping (12/10/24)
✅🌊 Read a book with blue or black on the cover or in the title.
The Window
(3/10/24)
The FatesDuration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024
Sign me for 9 books
9/9-COMPLETED
✅1. The Fates are three sister goddesses who were believe to assign each mortal their destiny, lifespan, and their time of death.
Read a book about sisters or a deity or written by an author whose religion, faith or spirituality is different than your own.
Ballet Shoes (13/1/24)
✅2. The Fates are said to be the offspring of either NyX (night) along, or of Zeus and Themis (Law and Justice).
Read a book with a night scene on the cover, or read a police procedural or legal thriller.
Little Sister (27/1/24)
✅3. Clotho, the spinner, spins a golden thread that represents an individual's life.
Read a book with something gold on the cover, or a textile product on the cover.
This Woven Kingdom
(11/1/24)✅4. Lachesis, the measurer or allotter of time, determines the length of a human's thread of life.
Read a book with a timepiece on the cover, a unit of measure in the title or a parallel/alternate timeline.
These Precious Days: Essays (16/1/24)
✅5. Atropos, the unbending or inflexible one, chooses how and when a person dies and cuts the thread at the end of their life.
Read a book with shears or a blade on the cover, or a book that includes a death.
My Zombie Boyfriend (2/1/24)
✅6. In visual arts, the Fates are often depicted as young and beautiful, sometimes working on a tapestry.
Read a book about a visual artist, or with a piece of art or an attractive young woman on the cover.
If We Ever Meet Again
(17/1/24)✅7. In literature, the Fates are frequently depicted as older women who write down the fates of humans.
Read a book about a writer, an elderly protagonist, or where the characters age over the years.
Our Souls at Night (7/1/24)
✅8. According to this mythology, humans do indeed have free will, but Fates know the choices and actions that each person will take.
Read a memoir or autobiography, or a book where the characters' decisions significantly impact their lives.
New Kids on the Block: Five Brothers and a Million Sisters (23/1/24)
✅9. In Greek, the Fates are referred to as Moirai (plural of Moira), meaning fate, portion or share.
Read a book with a character or author named Moira, or whose author name and/or title contain the letters M-O-I-R-A-I.
The Last Will of Moira Leahy (18/1/24)
Marathon ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2024 - January 31, 2024
Sign me up for a goal of 5 books and 1,103 pages.
Books Read: 5/5
Pages Read: 1,103/1,103
CHALLENGE COMPLETED
✅1)Sold To Be A Wife (256 pages) (1/1/24)
✅2)Jealous Girl (272 pages) (4/1/24)
✅3)Ruby Parker: Soap Star (240 pages) (5/1/24)
✅4)I Drove It My Way Tales of a London Cabbie (141 pages) (3/1/24)
✅5)London Urban Legends: The Corpse on the Tube and Other Stories (194 pages) (6/1/24)
Dragon SpellsDuration: February 1, 2024 - February 29, 2024
I am going to spell out Scarlet, the red dragon from Terry Goodkind book series called The Sword of Truth. So I am going to read 7 books.
7/7-COMPLETED
✅S: The Story About Ping (3/2/24)
✅C: The Children's Blizzard (21/2/24)
✅A: Fiend: The Shocking True Story Of America's Youngest Serial Killer (22/2/24)
✅R: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater (4/2/24)
✅L: The Murder on the Links (15/2/24)
✅E: The End Of Men (2/2/24)
✅T: Girl Talk (14/2/24)
Literary DragonsDuration: February 1, 2024 - February 29, 2024
Sign me up for 8 books
8/8-COMPLETED
✅1. Saphira (Eragon) - Her name derives from the word 'sapphire', which is a deep blue colour. She was discovered in the mountains. Read a book with mountains on the cover or read a book with a blue color on the cover.
Mr. Popper's Penguins
(4/2/24)✅2. Norberta (Happy Potter) - Previously named Norbert, she is a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon that Hagrid acquired as an egg. It was later discovered that Norbert was female and renamed Norberta. Read a book that is set in Norway or a book by a transgender author.
The Ice Palace (16/2/24)
✅3. Ramoth (Dragonriders of Pern) - Ramoth is a queen dragon who establishes a telepathic bond with Lessa. Read a book with a queen in it or a book with paranormal elements.
My Fair Lady: A Story of Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's Lost Queen (17/2/24)
✅4. Smaug (The Hobbit) - A greedy and wicked golden-red dragon who slaughtered Thror's dwarf clan along with the town of Dale and took the dwarves' treasure. Read a book that features a wicked character or a book that features any type of treasure.
Snow, Glass, Apples (19/2/24)
✅5. Toothless Daydream (How to Train Your Dragon) -A very small, young, bright green toothless dragon, He pretends to be a violent species called the Toothless Daydream, distant relations of the Monstrous Nightmare. Read a coming-of-age book or a book where the main character disguises themselves as someone else.
Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment (20/2/24)
✅6. Mushu (Mulan) - Fa Mulan's closet companion throughout the Mulan series and comic relief. He is a disgraced former family guardian who is demoted to the role of awakening the spirits of the ancestors and family guardians for failing to protect a family member. Read a book that features close friends or a book with spirits/ghosts in it.
The Woman in Black (23/2/24)
✅7. Drogon (A Song of Fire and Ice) - A black-red dragon, hatched by Daenerys Targaryen. The largest and most vicious of her three dragos. Read a book with more than 400 pages or read a books with a dragon(s) in it.
The Once and Future Witches (27/2/24)
✅8. Draco (Drahonheart [movie]) - The last remaining dragon. Voiced by Sean Connery. Read a book that is the last in a series or read a book where the author's name (or main character) starts with "S" or "C".
Girl Talk by Cassidy Storm (14/2/24)
We Got Your NumberDuration: March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
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✅1. One's number is up: one is going to die, or can no longer continue a job or activity.
Read a book where someone dies or loses their position.
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (18/3/24)
✅2. Numbers racket: an illegal pick-3 lottery usually played in poor or working-class neighborhoods.
Read a book set in a poor community, or with a three-word title.
Walk Two Moons (12/3/24)
✅3. Opening number: the first song and/or dance routine in a musical production.
Read a book with a musician or actor, or a book that inspired a stage, film, or television musical.
Alexander Hamilton (30/3/24)
✅4. Safety in numbers: humans and animals are thought to be more safe in a group than as an individual.
Read a book about a group of people working towards a common goal, or with an animal group name in the title (murder, school, gang, etc.).
The Never List (26/3/24)
✅5. Little black number: first used in the 19th century, this phrase refers to a LBD (little black dress).
Read a book set in or published in the 19th century, or with a dress on the cover.
A Doll's House (29/3/24)
✅6. Crunch the numbers: computer and electronics slang, meaning to calculate or analyze large amounts of numerical data for financial purposes.
Read a book about someone in STEM, or with a slang word or phrase in the title.
I Love it When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech (28/3/24)
✅7. By the numbers: precise or planned, this phrase dates to a training book from the American Revolution.
Read a book set in or published in the 18th century, or a book involving strict precision/planning.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (30/3/24)
✅8. Do a number on: to injure, embarrass, or harm someone or something, or to trick someone into believing something that is not true.
Read a book bout someone who harms or is harmed by another, or about a trickster or con artist.
Con Academy (21/3/24)
✅9. Odd number: considered lucky in Russa.
Read a book about someone who is lucky, with an odd number in the title, or an odd numbered book from a series.
One Odd Day (21/3/24)
✅10. Even number: considered unlucky in Russia.
Read a book about someone who is unlucky, with an even number in the title, or an even numbered book from a series.
Two Can Keep a Secret (25/3/24)
Easy As 1-2-3 Duration: March 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024
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✅1. One Odd Day (21/3/24)
✅2. Two Can Keep a Secret (25/3/24)
✅3. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (24/3/24)
✅4. The Three Little Kittens (24/3/24)
✅5. Two Bad Ants (25/3/24)
A Musical EclipseDuration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024
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✅1. Eclipse is a song by the rock band, Pink Floyd.
Read a book featuring astronomy, or read a book featuring a band.
Like Hell (7/4/24)
✅2. Pink Floyd was formed in London in 1965.
Read a book set in London, or read a book published or set in 1965.
Little Book of the London Underground (11/4/24)
✅3. Eclipse is the tenth and final track on the album, The Dark Side of the Moon.
Read a book with 10 chapters, or read a book that is the final book in a series.
Mr. Men: 12 Days of Christmas (26/4/24)
✅4. An eclipse occurs when one celestial body is obscured by another, or passes into the shadow of another.
Read a book with the word eclipse, or moon, or sun in the title, or read a book featuring an eclipse, moon or sun.
Sunshine Girl (1/4/24)
✅5. Eclipse was published in 1973 on one of Pink Floyd's most successful albums.
Read a book published or set in 1973, or read a book that was a best seller.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (23/4/24)
✅6. The band had several names before settling on Pink Floyd, derived from the name of two blues musicians -- Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
Read a book with pink on the cover, or read a book featuring music.
The High Notes: A Novel (12/4/24)
✅7. Eclipse is often paired with the ninth track, Brain Damage.
Read a book with two authors, or read a book featuring mental health.
A Woman's War by Jacqueline Dinan and John Dinan (26/4/24)
✅8. Eclipse was written and sung by Roger Waters.
Read a book with an author or character named Roger or Waters, or read a book with any form of water on the cover.
Mr. Tickle by Roger Hargreaves (25/4/24)
A Solar-BrationDuration: April 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024
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Mexico
✅1. Houlihan's Wake and Other Fragments of Mexico (29/4/24)
✅2. Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story (30/4/24)
The United States
✅3. Moral Compass (27/4/24)
✅4. The Boxcar Children (28/4/24)
✅5. Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League (28/4/24)
Canada
✅6. Study for Obedience (22/4/24)
✅7. Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer (29/4/24)
✅8. Miss Confederation: The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles (30/4/24)
A Bouquet of LiliesDuration: May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
I want to create a mixed bouquet of 12 books.
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✅Blue - Blue Stargazer
1. Brief Answers to the Big Questions
(31/5/24)✅2. Her Dark Lies
(14/5/24)✅3. Number the Stars
(26/5/24)✅4. Star Gazer
(27/5/24)Red - Tiny Ghost
✅5. East of Eden
(27/5/24)✅6. The Cat Who Came for Christmas
(12/5/24)✅7. Ghosts
(10/5/24)✅8. Gus Was a Friendly Ghost
(28/5/24)Green - Courier
✅9. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
(4/5/24)✅10. Kilt to Order
(11/5/24)✅11. Stuck with You
(29/5/24)✅12.Cowboy Blues
(19/5/24)
Literal LilyDuration: May 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
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✅Lily Potter: Harry Potter
Read a book by JK Rowling or a book featuring magic.
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (22/5/24)
✅Lily Bart: The House of Mirth
Read a book by Edith Wharton or a book with an emotion in the title.
Old New York (17/5/24)
✅Lily the dragon: Temeraire
Read a book by Naomi Novik or a book featuring dragons.
A Deadly Education (3/5/24)
✅Lily Bloom: It Ends with Us
Read a book by Colleen Hoover or a hyped book.
November 9 (16/5/24)
✅Lily: Mad Honey
Read a book by Jodi Picoult or a book featuring a trans character.
Wonder Woman: Love and Murder (29/5/24)
✅Lily and the Octopus
Read a books by Steven Rowley or a book where an animal is a main character.
The Guncle (15/5/24)
✅Lily: Dash and Lily
Read a book by Rachel Cohn or an epistolary book.
Pop Princess (18/5/24)
✅Tiger Lily: Peter Pan
Read a book by J.M. Barrie or a middle grade/young adult book.
The Little White Bird (30/5/24)
✅Lily Kintner: Lily Kintner
Read a book by Peter Swanson or a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for any year.
Eight Perfect Murders (20/5/24)
✅Lily Bard: Lily Bard
Read a book by Charlaine Harris or a cozy mystery.
Living Dead in Dallas (22/5/24)
Life ChangesDuration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
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✅Marriage: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (26/6/24)
✅Divorce: The Christmas Blanket (27/6/24)
✅Pregnancy: A Home for Lily (17/6/24)
✅Graduation: Disney High School Musical 3 Senior Year: The Junior Novel (29/6/24)
✅Relocating: Truly (15/6/24)
✅Death of a Loved One: Grief is the Thing with Feathers (27/6/24)
✅Surviving a tragic accident: The Only Survivors (18/6/24)
✅Prison: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (28/6/24)
✅Coming Out: The Year of Ice (22/6/24)
✅Winning the Lottery: An Embarrassment of Riches (23/6/24)
✅Becoming Famous: Braless in Wonderland (23/6/24)
✅Military: The Soldier's K-9 Mission (16/6/24)
Change By Any Other NameDuration: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
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✅1. Accommodate: provide a service; to provide suitably.
Read a book in which a character accommodates guests, with a character who works in a service-related role, or with a main character who has a disability.
Rules (10/6/24)
✅2. Adapt: to adjust oneself to different conditions; to transfer a work or story to film.
Read a book in which a character must adapt to a new environment or circumstances, or read a book that has been adapted for the stage or screen.
The Witches (11/6/24)
✅3. Alternate: to change back and forth between conditions, states, actions, etc.
Read a book with alternate timelines, in which the POV shifts between characters, or in which a character changes form (vampire, werewolf, shape-shifter, etc.)
All-Star Companion, Volume 1 (12/6/24)
✅4. Development: growth; maturity; inprovement>
Read a book in which a character ages from childhood to maturity or matures in some way over the course of the novel, with a child or teen main character, or a book with strong character development.
George's Marvellous Medicine (25/6/24)
✅5. Diversify: spread out; branch out, expand.
Read a book from a genre you don't usually read, that challenges you in some way, or that has a main character that is a different race or nationality from your own.
The Mothers (13/6/24)
✅6. Naturalize: confer citizenship upon; accustom; familiarize.
Read a book about immigrants or immigration, or read a book from a favorite author or genre.
The Sitcom Star (26/6/24)
✅7. Translate: to turn from one language into another; to change the form, condition, nature.
Read a book in translation, or read a book in which a character or environment undergoes a major transformation.
Jassy (14/6/24)
✅8.Variation: the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree.
Read a book with non-human characters, a retelling of a classic novel or fairy tale, or a book with a diverse cast of characters.
After Alice (20/6/24)
Road TrippingDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
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✅1. On the Road (1957)
Kerouac’s classic book details his travels with his friends as they travel across America in this quintessential slice of countercultural Americana.
• Read a book about a group of friends, written by an author of the Beat Generation, or involving a road trip.
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (7/7/24)
✅2. Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962)
In 1960, John Steinbeck set out across America with his French poodle, Charley. Steinbeck's son said the reason for his journey was that he knew he was dying, and he wanted to see the country one last time.
• Read a book involving a pet, with a character who is seriously ill, or involving any kind of travel.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (8/7/24)
✅3. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)
Robert Pirsig’s book tells the story of a father and son motorcycle trip with a pair of friends but also delves into fundamental questions about how to live life and tries to reconcile science, religion and more.
• Read a book about a father and son, involving bikes, or about spirituality.
Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories (9/7/24)
✅4. Jupiter's Travels (1979)
Ted Simon traveled by motorcycle over 63,000 miles through 45 countries in Africa, South America, Australia, and Asia before returning home to London.
• Read a book set on two or more continents, about any kind of exploration, or an adventure book.
Kidnapped (13/7/24)
✅5. Blue Highways (1982)
Heat-Moon set out to travel along the smaller roads, marked blue on the map, in order to discover small-town America.
• Read a book set in a small town, with blue on the cover, or first published in the 1980s.
Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (20/7/24)
✅6. The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America (1966)
Mike McIntyre hitchhiked across the U.S. from San Francisco to Cape Fear without so much as a penny, so he would have to rely on complete strangers in order to find rides, eat, and have a place to sleep.
• Read a book involving any act of kindness, with a subtitle, or with any currency on the cover.
Be Kind (25/7/24)
✅7. Flaming Iguanas (1997)
Erika Lopez turns the "white man's road trip" trope on end with prose and illustrations that result in a wild and wonderful ride.
•Read a comedy, a book with a female main character, or a book written by a woman.
As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew (2/7/24)
✅8. American Nomads (2003)
Richard Grant wandered the American West documenting the lives of hobos, truckers, retirees, and hippies, contrasting them with historical characters, frontiersmen, and conquistadors, who wandered the same lands centuries ago.
• Read a book involving any kind of wanderer, set in the American West, or a historical fiction involving a conquistador.
O Pioneers! (26/7/24)
✅9. Killing Yourself to Live (2005)
Chuck Klosterman set out on a road trip across America exploring the deaths of famous musicians.
• Read a book involving music, a biography or memoir about a famous musician, or a book involving any kind of death.
Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life (12/7/24)
✅10. Drive Nacho Drive (2014)
Brad van Orden and his wife Sheena quit their jobs and headed south in Nacho, their beat-up Volkswagen van, driving through Central America and South America to the “end of the earth” in Patagonia.
• Read a book with a couple as main characters, set in multiple countries, or with a van, car, or truck on the cover.
Love at First Set (27/7/24)
The Road Less-TraveledDuration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
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✅1. Archie Giant Comics Collection (21/7/24)
✅2. Marvel Legacy (24/7/24)
✅3. Who Will Believe You?: A True Story of Survival, Courage and Hope (28/7/24)
✅4. Archie's Girls Betty & Veronica #320 (22/7/24)
✅5. Friends Like These (29/7/24)
✅6. Trailblazers: Beyoncé: Queen of the Spotlight (23/7/24)
✅7. Our Land at War: A Portrait of Rural Britain 1939–45 (31/7/24)
✅8. Archie Giant Comics Bash (4/7/24)
Smooth as SilkDuration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
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✅1. Smooth as silk - Read a book with a texture in the title (e.g., rough, fluffy, bumpy).
Fluffy (1/8/24)
✅2. Dead as a doornail - Read a book with a door or window on the cover.
Next Door to Happy (4/8/24)✅3. Easy as pie - Read a book with food in the title or on the cover.
Stone Soup (6/8/24)
✅4. Light as a feather - Read a book with a vehicle or animal that flies in the title or on the cover (e.g., airplane, balloon, bird).
The Twenty-One Balloons (7/8/24)✅5. Blind as a bar - Read a book with an animal in the title or on the cover.
If Cats Disappeared from the World (3/8/24)
✅6. Happy as a clam - Read a book with a sea creature in the title or on the cover.
Night of the Crabs (8/8/24)
✅7. Cute as a button - Read a book with an article of clothing in the title or on the cover.
I Want My Hat Back (9/8/24)
✅8. Hard as a rock - Read a book with a mineral or rock in the title or on the cover.
House of Salt and Sorrows (10/8/24)
✅9. Clean as a whistle - Read a book with a noise in the title (e.g., whistle, song, rumble).
The Height of the Scream (11/8/24)
✅10. Hot as hell - Read a book with a red cover or a mythical creature on the cover.
Fangs (12/8/24)
Follow the Silk RoadDuration: August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
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✅China: Chu Ju's House (2/8/24)
✅Egypt: His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut (13/8/24)
✅Germany: Broken Glass Park (14/8/24)
✅Greece: The Summer Escape (15/8/24)
✅India: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (16/8/24)
✅Italy: Dreamland and Other Stories (5/8/24)
✅Japan: If Cats Disappeared from the World (3/8/24)
✅Morocco: Secret Son (17/8/24)
✅Spain: Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (18/8/24)
✅Thailand: Tiger Lily of Bangkok (19/8/24)
✅Silk: Women of the Silk (20/8/24)
✅Pearls: Pearl of China (21/8/24)
✅Honey: The Big Honey Hunt (21/8/24)
✅Porcelain: Porcelain (22/8/24)
Discovering the Seven SummitsDuration: September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
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✅🏔️ 1. Mount Everest - 8,849 m (29,032 ft): Earth's highest mountain above sea level, Everest is set in the Himalayan mountain range, with the China-Nepal border running across its summit. It attracts many climbers, and has become a pollution hot-spot.
Read a book set where people cross borders (literally or figuratively), one that involves climbing or tourism, or about pollution.
I Never Knew That About London (7/9/24)
✅🍷 2. Aconcagua - 6,961 m (22,837 ft): This Andean mountain is located in the wine-making Mendoza Province of Argentina. It it has multiple glaciers, the longest of which is 10 km (6 mi) long.
Read a book set in South America, one that involves wine, or a book about climate.
The Winemakers (9/9/24)
✅🐻 3. Denali - 6,190 m (20,310 ft): This Alaskan mountain is the highest peak in North America. It has had a number of names from several languages, but in 2015, it officially went back to the name used by the local Koyukon people for centuries.
Read a book set in North America, about native people or culture, or involving some kind of name change.
I, Eliza Hamilton (11/9/24)
✅🌋 4. Kilimanjaro - 5,895 m (19,341 ft): This dormant volcano in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world.
Read a book set in Africa, about doing something solo, or in which fire or a volcano play an important role.
Fire Cat (28/9/24)
✅🐧 5. Mount Vinson - 4,892 m (16,050 ft): The highest peak in Antarctica, Vinson was first climbed in 1966-1967. During the summer season, there are 24 hours of sunlight, and the average temperature is −30 °C (−20 °F).
Read a book set in the 1960's, one set where there's a midnight sun or polar night, or a book with animals from either pole.
Break These Chains: A 60s fairy tale with a jagged edge (12/9/24)
✅🐴 6. Mount Elbrus - 5,642 m (18,510 ft): This dormant volcano in the Caucasus Mountain range has two main peaks. Elbrus is either in Europe or Asia, depending on the boundary definition. The Titan Prometheus was punished here after stealing fire from the Greek gods to give to man. Both the eastern and western summits have been climbed with teams of horses.
Read a book involving horses, mythology, or with two authors.
The Quest for Queen Mary (10/9/24)
✅⚪ 7. Mont Blanc - 4,806 m (15,766 ft): The 'white mountain' on the French-Italian border is the highest peak of the Alps. The peak was first climbed in 1786, marking the start of modern mountaineering, and the first Winter Olympics was held in neighboring Chamonix in 1924.
Read a book set in one of the eight Alpine countries, written between 1786 and 1924, or involving a sport played in the Winter Olympics.
Icebreaker (13/9/24)
✅💀 8. Mount Wilhelm - 4,509 m (14,793 ft): Based on current political boundaries, this is the tallest mountain in Oceania. A World War II bomber crashed into the mountain during a reconnaissance mission, and a number of climbers have perished during attempts to ascend Wilhelm.
Read a history or historical fiction book, one set in Oceania, or involving a death.
The London Treasury: A Collection of Cultural and Historical Insights into a Great City (29/9/24)
✅🏃♂️ 9. Mount Kosciuszko - 2,228 m (7,310 ft): The shortest mountain on the list is the tallest on Australia's mainland. Its first recorded ascent was in 1840, but a cartographical error mislabeled it as Mount Townsend until 1940. This summit is the finish line for the 240 km (150 mi) Coast to Kosci ultramarathon.
Read a book set in Australia, about a runner, or involving a case of mistaken identity.
The Stand-In (29/9/24)
✅💰 10. Puncak Jaya - 4,884 m (16,024 ft): The world's 2nd largest gold mine is only 4 km (2.5 mi) from this peak, which is the highest island mountain in the world. Politically, this mountain lies in southeast Asia, but by biogeographical standards, it is part of the Australian continent and Oceania, leading to controversy among Seven Summits climbers.
Read a book set on an island, with gold in the cover or title, or involving a controversy.
Gold Mask (30/9/24)
✅🗻 11. Mauna Kea - 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft): An inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaii, the peaks are considered to be sacred in the Native Hawaiian religion. Despite this, 13 research telescopes have been built by 11 nations at this summit due to its elevation and environment. Livestock and game animals arrived with early European settlers, and have become feral, threatening native species on the island.
Read a book written by a Pacific Islander, involving astronomy or research, or some kind of ecological threat
Aquicorn Cove (30/9/24)
Surpassing One's LimitsDuration: September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
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✅1. British Shorthair Breed Profile (58 pages) (20/9/24)
✅2. Letter to a Christian Nation (96 pages) (17/9/24)
✅3. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (124 pages) (19/9/24)
✅4. Wine and Dead, Another Murder (142 pages) (23/9/24)
✅5. Montreal Stories (192 pages) (25/9/24)
✅6. Kiss Off: Poems to Set You Free (232 pages) (1/9/24)
✅7. Heartstopper: Volume One (292 pages) (2/9/24)
✅8. Finding Gina (292 pages) (5/9/24)
✅9. I Never Knew That About London (305 pages) (7/9/24)
✅10. Better Off Wed (318 pages) (8/9/24)
✅11. The Winemakers (378 pages) (9/9/24)
✅12. All My Mothers (400 pages) (6/9/24)
✅13. I, Eliza Hamilton (444 pages) (11/9/24)
✅14. Twisted Lies (560 pages) (14/9/24)
✅15. Night Film (640 pages) (15/9/24)
Total = 4,473 pages
Surpassing Mount Whitney in Sierra Nevada, California, US: 4,421 meters
Shades of OrangeDuration: October 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024
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(13/10/24)✅2. Wild & Chance
(14/10/24)✅3. Double Dutch
(22/10/24)✅4. Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective
(15/10/24)
Sugar RushDuration: October 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024
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✅1. M&M's: The idea for M&M's came from a candy (Smarties) soldiers were eating during the Spanish Civil War.
Read a book set in Spain or by a Spanish author, or read a book with a title that starts with an "M".
My High School Christmas Boyfriend (30/10/24)
✅2. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: One of the most popular candies in the world, Reese's is available in many varieties.
Read a book that is a bestseller or read a book that is part of a series.
Beauty's Punishment (4/10/24)
✅3. Hershey Bar: The Hershey company made chocolate bars for the military.
Read a horror or dark tale, or a book involving war or a military member.
Spin: A Fairy Tale Retelling (16/10/24)
✅4. Snickers: Named after a horse. Sold under the name Marathon in the UK and Ireland.
Read a book with a horse on the cover or read a book about any type of running, whether it's a marathon or running from someone/something.
Don't Stop Me Now: 26.2 Tales of a Runner’s Obsession (17/10/24)
✅5. Kit Kat: Kit was the name of the cat on Charmed. Kit Kats are especially popular in Japan.
Read a book featuring witches or a cat, or read a book set in Japan.
Where the Wild Ladies Are (18/10/24)
✅6. Twix: Commonly packaged with two bars.
Read a book by two authors or read a book featuring twins.
Double Love (23/10/24)
✅7. Twizzlers: Neil Armstrong craved Twizzlers while on the moon.
Read a book with a twist or read a book featuring the moon.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (19/10/24)
✅8. Skittles: Rainbow theme packaging. Invented in the UK.
Read a book with an LGBTQ+ character or author, or read a book set in the UK.
Several People Are Typing (20/10/24)
✅9. 3 Musketeers: Named after the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, originally with three flavors—chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla.
Read a book with a number in the title or one featuring a sword.
Walt Disney's Three Little Pigs (31/10/24)
✅10. Baby Ruth: Named after baseball legend Babe Ruth, this candy bar has appeared in many TV shows and movies.
Read a book about sports or one adapted into a TV show or movie.
Secrets (24/10/24)
Voices UnboundDuration: November 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Sign me up for 6 books
6/6-COMPLETED
✅V - Varied Narrators: Read books with an unconventional narrator. This could be a first-person account from an unusual Perspective, like a child, an animal, or an inanimate object.
•Toad Rage (26/11/24)
✅O - Own Voice: Read books by a diverse or marginalized author whose main character shares the same trait with the author.
•Get a Life, Chloe Brown (18/11/24)
✅I - Intergenerational Voices: Read books that span multiple generations or perspectives.
•Wise Children (8/11/24)
✅C - Contemporary Voices: Read recent bestsellers or critically acclaimed books published in the last five years.
•Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants (9/11/24)
✅E - Empowered Voices: Read books that feature characters who overcome significant challenges or find their voice in the face of adversity.
•After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again (26/11/24)
✅S - Sympathetic Voices: Read books that are geared towards human emotion and relationships.
•The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts (10/11/24)
Raising Our VoicesDuration: November 1, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Sign me up for 10
10/10-COMPLETED
✅1. A book with a first person narrator or a non-human narrator.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (14/11/24)
✅2. A book with a character who is a teacher or detective.
Ms. Hempel Chronicles (27/11/24)
✅3. A book with a child narrator or an elderly narrator.
The Bear (11/11/24)
✅4. A book with multiple narrators or dual POVS.
King of Pride (1/11/24)
✅5. A book written in diary/letter/report format or distinctive narrative style.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (12/11/24)
✅6. A book with a character who is a librarian or a book about books.
Unshelved (28/11/24)
✅7. A book with a character who is a poet or singer.
Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and The Beatles (13/11/24)
✅8. A book with a silent protagonist or an activist.
The Six Swans (27/11/24)
✅9. A book with a character who is a journalist or storyteller.
Hollywood Scandals (15/11/24)
✅10. A book with a character who is a writer or a strong female voice.
Loving Will Shakespeare (16/11/24)
Spreading Kindness Challenge Duration: December 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Sign me up for 11 books
11/11-COMPLETED
✅1. Pay It Forward – Read a book where a character helps someone and inspires a chain reaction of kindness.
Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed (14/12/24)
✅2. Compliment Someone – Read a book where kind words change someone’s day or perspective.
365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life (9/12/24)
✅3. Support Local – Read a book set in your local community or one where characters make a positive impact on their neighborhood.
The Café on Manor Lane: A heartwarming feel-good story about community, friendship and chosen family to escape with in summer 2024 (11/12/24)
✅4. Donate to Charity – Read a book where charity or giving back is a key theme.
Unwrapping Christmas (20/12/24)
✅5. Lift Someone’s Spirits – Read an uplifting, feel-good book that brightens your day.
Stargirl (19/12/24)
✅6. Help a Stranger – Read a book where a character helps someone they don’t know, leading to positive outcomes.
No Stranger to Kindness (16/12/24)
✅7. Show Gratitude – Read a book that focuses on the importance of thankfulness or gratitude.
Apple Cake: A Gratitude (22/12/24)
✅8. Acts of Kindness to Animals – Read a book where characters care for or rescue animals.
Best Friends: The True Story of the World's Most Beloved Animal Sanctuary (18/12/24)
✅9. Kindness in Crisis – Read a book where acts of kindness are shown during difficult times or emergencies.
A Terrible Kindness (15/12/24)
✅10. Mentor Someone – Read a book where a character mentors or teaches someone, making a positive impact on their life.
I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here: Finding My Voice, Finding My People, Finding My Way (19/12/24)
✅11. Celebrate Differences – Read a book that embraces diversity, inclusion, or kindness toward others from different backgrounds.
Our Diversity Makes Us Stronger (23/12/24)
2025 Reading Challenge
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