2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

A. 2024 STATS:
158 / 100 120 140

BOOKS:
Genre
Action and Adventure:
Biography/Memoir: 7
Classics: 1
Collection (essays/poems/shorts): 2
Comic Book or Graphic Novel: 3
Dystopia: 4
Fantasy/Mythical/ Magical Realism: 10
Literary Fiction/General Fiction: 34
Historical Fiction: 27
History:
Horror: 1
Mystery: 45
Nonfiction: 6
Romance:
Science:
Science Fiction: 3
Suspense/Thriller: 15
True Crime:

Length:
Very Short (<70 pages): 11
Short (<250 pages): 55
Medium (250-500 pages): 92
"Big" (>501 pages):

YTD # Pages: 40,200

Media
Book: 61
eBook: 66
Audio: 23
Library: 8

Series: 50
Banned/Challenged: 7
Debut: 36
Translated: 25
Children: 4
Middle Grade: 5
YA: 6

Publication Date
bef.1900: ........ 1
1900-1959: 12
1960-1979: 8
1980-1999: 11
2000-2009: 9
2010-2019: 40
2020-2023: 50
2024: .......... 27

AUTHOR:
* New to Me: 100
* Female: 118
* Diverse: 65

a book can be included across multiple challenges
📚 📗 ✸ ⭐ ✔ ☀ ✔ ✔️ ✣ ✨ 🌈 ☑️
** Action and Adventure: the main character repeatedly finds themselves in risky, dangerous, situations.
** Fantasy/Mythical/ Magical Realism: includes prominent elements of magic, mythology, or the supernatural
** Horror: meant to cause discomfort and fear for both the character and readers
** Mystery: The plot always revolves around a crime of sorts that must be solved—or foiled—by the protagonists
** Science Fiction: leans heavily on themes of technology and future science
** Suspense/Thriller: hero attempts to stop and defeat the villain to save their own life rather than uncover a specific crime

B. READING BY MONTH - JAN THRU SEP

JAN
1. b The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas -3.5
2. b Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel -5
3. a Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout -4
4. e The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose -3.5
5. e Blind Goddess by Anne Holt -4
6. b The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel by Borislav Pekić. m, -4
7. b The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1 by Iwatobineko -4
8. b Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon -4
9. a Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll -4
10. b Garden by the Sea by Mercè Rodoreda -5
11. e No Refuge by Nicola Clifford -3
12. b Abigail by Magda Szabó -5.5
13. a My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson -5
14. b West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman -m,5
15. b Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi -5
16. b The Mule-Bone by Zora Neale Hurston
17. b Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner -5.5

FEB
18. a Bad Neighbours by Matthew Costello and Neil Richardson -4
19. b A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power -5
20. e Seeing People Off by Jana Beňová -2
21. a The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie -4
22. b The Teacher by Michal Ben-Naftali -5
23. b A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers -5

MAR
24. k All You Have to Do Is Call by Kerri Maher -3.5
25. k The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen -4.5
26. k Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers -4
27. k The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride -4

APR
~before April 17~
28. b Stargazing by Jen Wang -4
29. b The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner -3.5
30. b Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias -3.5
~after April 17~
31. n The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir by Wayétu Moore -5
32. k Food of Ghosts by Marianne Wheelaghan -2.5
33. n The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey -4
34. a Z For Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien -3

MAY
35. n The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman -4
36. k Where the Guilty Hide by Annette Dashofy -4
37. b Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society by Dorothy L. Sayers -5
38. k My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez -4
39. k Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan -5
40. n Voice of the Violin by Andrea Camilleri -3.5
41. a The Sister by Louise Jensen -3
42. b The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson -4
43. b Cinderella Liberator by Rebecca Solnit -4
44. b The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer -5
45. b Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow -5
46. b Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie -4
47. a Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt -6 minus 1
48. b Xingu by Edith Wharton -4

JUN
49. e The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter -5.5
50. b The Women by Kristin Hannah -5
51. b The Fury by Alex Michaelides -5
52. e We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh -4.5
53. a An Assassination on the Agenda by T.E. Kinsey -4
54. b End of Story by A.J. Finn -6
55. b Three-Fifths by John Vercher -4
56. e The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson -4
57. a Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux -4
58. e Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories by Hilma Wolitzer -4
59. b Uneasy Prey by Annette Dashofy -4
60. e Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill -4
61. b The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie -4
62. e Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima -4
63. a Dead in the Water by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards -4
64. e The Secret of the Lost Pearls by Darcie Wilde -3.5
65. e Jamila: Dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the Author's Literary Legacy by Chingiz Aitmatov -5

JUL
66. e Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin -5
67. e A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson -somewhere between 3 and 5
68. b Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack -4
69. e The Cost of Sugar by Cynthia McLeod -3
70. b The Moon Lady by Amy Tan -4
71. b The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros -4
72. b Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr -3
73. b Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia Highsmith -3
74. b A Cowrie of Hope by Binwell Sinyangwe -4
75. b Murder is a Piece of Cake by Valerie Burns -3.5
76. a Murder at a London Finishing School by Jessica Ellicott -4
77. b The Dogs and the Wolves by Irène Némirovsky -5
78. e A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal -2
79. a Intimations by Zadie Smith -5
80. e Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi -4
81. e The Last Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal -4
82. b The Book of Proper Names by Amélie Nothomb -4.5

AUG
83. e The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar -3
84. a Tom Lake by Ann Patchett -5
85. e Breaking the Dark by Lisa Jewell -4
86. b It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo -4.5
87. e Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë -3
88. b The Eyes of the Amaryllis by Natalie Babbitt -5
89. b Weirdo by Zadie Smith and Nick Laird -4
90. b East of the West: A Country in Stories by Miroslav Penkov -5
91. b If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio -4.5
92. b The Night Shift by Alex Finlay -4.5
93. e The Palauan Arts by David Ramarui -3
94. b Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng -5
95. e Daughter of Fire by Sofia Robleda -4
96. e Mariachi Meddler by D.R. Ransdell -3.5
97. e Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill -3.5
98. e A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn -3.5
99. a Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench -10
100. b The Women Men Don't See by James Tiptree Jr. (Alice B. Sheldon) -3
101. b Warlight by Michael Ondaatje -5
102. e Island Casualty by D.R. Ransdell -3.5

SEP
103. e Umami by Laia Jufresa -4, translated
104. b Foster by Claire Keegan -5
105. e The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton -4
106. e A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao -4
107. b All Systems Red by Martha Wells -4.5
108. e Bailey's Café by Gloria Naylor -4.5
109. e Blind Sight by Tanya R. Taylor -2
110. b Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi -4
111. e Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri -4.5
112. b A Quiet Life by William Cooper and Michael McKinley -3.5
113. e Cherringham - In Good Faith: A Cosy Crime Series by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards -4
114. b The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz -5
115. e Islandborn by Junot Díaz -5
116. b The Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada -4

READING BY MONTH - OCT THRU DEC

158 / 120 140

Bolded are my favorite for the month
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OCT
117. a Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected Stories by Shirley Jackson -4
118. e Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay -5
119. e The Last Word by Elly Griffiths -3
120. e It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey by Phyllis Shand Allfrey -4
121. e Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March -3
122. a A Front Page Affair by Radha Vatsal -4
123. b The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz -4
124. e Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson -4.5
125. b The Excitements by C.J. Wray -4.5
126. b Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel -5
127. b The International House of Dereliction by Jacqueline Davies -4
128. a How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin -3.5
129. b Pet by Akwaeke Emezi -4
130. e We Solve Murders by Richard Osman -4

NOV
131. e The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony -5
132. a Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge -5
133. e Where Wolves Don't Die by Anton Treuer -4.5
134. b How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa -4
135. e Cherringham - Silent Night, Stolen Night: A Cosy Crime Series by Matthew Costello and Neil Richardson -3
136. e The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie -5
137. b The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich -3.5
138. e milk and honey by Rupi Kaur -3
139. e The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay -2
140. b Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi -5
141. b The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill -4.5
142. e Keep Your Family Close by Annette Dashofy -4
143. e The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila -not rated
144. a Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie -4
145. e The Smallest Island in the World by Chris Arro -5
146. b The Accomplice by 50 Cent -3.5

DEC
147. e The Vanishing of Margaret Small by Neil Alexander -4
148. e The Guncle by Steven Rowley -5
149. a My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout -4
150. b First Comes Love by Emily Giffin -3.5
151. b Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi -5
152. b Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan -5.5
153. b The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams -5
154. e Flirting with a New Life: a novel by Jill Cullen -3.5
155. a Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King -4
156. e The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo -3.5
157. e The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods -5
158. b Agnes by Peter Stamm -4

H. READING THE WORLD CHALLENGE
2024: ☀ 28 / 16
........Total: 99 / 203
full list: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. Algeria: The Art of Losing, translated
2. Armenia: Three Apples Fell from the Sky, translated
3. Bahamas: Blind Sight
4. Bangladesh: The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, translated
5. Costa Rica: Where There Was Fire
6. Cyprus: The Fury
7. Dominica: It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey
8. Eswatini (Swaziland): A Beautiful Place to Die
9. Fiji: A Disappearance in Fiji
10. Guatemala: Daughter of Fire
11. Hungary: Abigail, translated
12. Kiribati: Food of Ghosts
13. Kyrgyzstan: Jamilia, translated
14. Laos: How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
15. Liberia: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
16. Mali: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
17. Montenegro: The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel, translated
18. Palau: The Palauan Arts
19. Slovakia: Seeing People Off, translated
20. Spain: Garden by the Sea, translated
21. Suriname: The Cost of Sugar, translated
22. Switzerland: Hotel du Lac
23. United Arab Emirates: Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story
24. Venezuela: It Would Be Night in Caracas, translated
25. Vietnam: The Women
26. Wales: No Refuge
27. Yemen: A Land Without Jasmine, translated
28. Zambia: A Cowrie of Hope

J. The Agatha Christie Mystery Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

Start Date: January 01, 2010
End Date: December 31, 2041
2024: ☀ 5 / 3
........Total: 14

2010-2023
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Hercule Poirot #1
The Sittaford Mystery - standalone
The Secret Adversary - Tommy & Tuppence #1
The Man in the Brown Suit - Colonel Race #1
4:50 from Paddington - Miss Marple #8
Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective - Mr. Pyne #1
Murder at the Vicarage - Miss Marple #2
The Secret of Chimneys - Superintendent Battle #1; Ariadne Oliver #1
The Seven Dials Mystery -Superintendent Battle #2

2024
☀ Cards on the Table -Ariadne Oliver #2; Superintendent Battle #3; Colonel Race #2; Hercule Perot #15
☀ The Mysterious Mr. Quin-Harley Quin #1-12
☀ The Mystery of the Blue Train - Hercule Poirot #6
☀ Partners in Crime -Tommy and Tuppence
☀ The Witness for the Prosecution -standalone

K. READ WOMEN GROUP

Read Women Authors
☀ 117 / 84 104 books
group: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

☀ Agatha Christie: The Mystery of the Blue Train
☀ Agatha Christie: Cards on the Table
☀ Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Mr. Quin
☀ Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime
☀ Agatha Christie: The Witness for the Prosecution
☀ Akwaeke Emezi: Pet
☀ Alice B. Sheldon, writing as James Tiptree Jr.: The Women Men Don't See
☀ Alice Zeniter: The Art of Losing
☀ Amélie Nothomb: The Book of Proper Names
☀ Amparo Dávila: The Houseguest and Other Stories
☀ Amy Tan: The Moon Lady
☀ Ann Patchett: Tom Lake
☀ Annabelle Tometich: The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
☀ Anne Brontë: Agnes Grey
☀ Anne Youngson: Meet Me at the Museum
☀ Annette Dashofy: Where the Guilty Hide
☀ Annette Dashofy: Keep Your Family Close
☀ Annette Dashofy: Uneasy Prey
☀ Anita Brookner: Hotel du Lac
☀ Anne Holt: Blind Goddess, translated
☀ Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
☀ C.J. Wray: The Excitements
☀ Catherine Mack: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
☀ Celeste Ng: Our Missing Hearts
☀  Claire Keegan: Foster
☀  Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These
☀ Cynthia McLeod: The Cost of Sugar
☀ D.R. Ransdell: Mariachi Meddler
☀ D.R. Ransdell: Island Casualty
☀ Danielle Arceneaux: Glory Be
☀ Darcie Wilde: The Secret of the Lost Pearls
☀ Dorothy L. Sayers: Strong Poison
☀ Dorothy L. Sayers: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
☀ Edith Wharton: Xingu
☀ Elise Gravel: Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories
☀ Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez: My Side of the River
☀ Elizabeth Hay: Late Nights on Air
☀ Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again
☀ Elizabeth Strout: My Name Is Lucy Barton
☀ Emily Giffin: First Comes Love
☀ Elly Griffiths: The Last Word 
☀ Emily St. John Mandel: Sea of Tranquility
☀ Emma Steinkellner: The Okay Witch
☀ Evie Woods: The Lost Bookshop
☀ Gabrielle Zevin: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
☀  Gloria Naylor: Bailey's Café
☀ Heather O'Neill: Lullabies for Little Criminals
☀ Hilma Wolitzer: Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories
☀ Ingvild H. Rishøi: Brightly Shining
☀ Irène Némirovsky: The Dogs and the Wolves, translated
☀ Iwatobineko: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1, translated
☀ Jacqueline Davies: The International House of Dereliction
☀ Jana Beňová: Seeing People Off, translated
☀ Jean Hanff Korelitz: The Sequel
☀ Jean Hanff Korelitz: The Plot
☀ Jen Wang: Stargazing
☀ Jennifer De Leon: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
☀ Jessica Ellicott: Murder at a London Finishing School
☀ Jessica Knoll: Bright Young Women
☀ Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies
☀ Jill Cullen: Flirting with a New Life: a novel
☀ Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: My Monticello
☀ Judi Dench: Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
☀ Julia Bryan Thomas: The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
☀ Karina Sainz Borgo: It Would Be Night in Caracas
☀ Kerri Maher: All You Have to Do Is Call
☀ Kristin Hannah: The Women
☀  Kristen Perrin: How to Solve Your Own Murder
☀ Laia Jufresa: Umami, translated
☀ Laurie R. King: Back to the Garden
☀ Lisa Jewell: Breaking the Dark
☀ Louise Erdrich: The Mighty Red
☀ Louise Jensen: The Sister
☀ M.L. Rio: If We Were Villains
☀ Magda Szabó: Abigail, translated
☀ Malla Nunn: A Beautiful Place to Die
☀ Margaret Mizushima: Killing Trail
☀ Marianne Wheelaghan: Food of Ghosts
☀ Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
☀ Marta Molnar: The Secret Life of Sunflowers
☀  Martha Wells: All Systems Red
☀ Mercè Rodoreda: Garden by the Sea, translated
☀ Michal Ben-Naftali: The Teacher, translated
☀ Michelle Hoffman: The Second Ending
☀ Mona Susan Power: A Council of Dolls
☀ Narine Abgaryan: Three Apples Fell from the Sky
☀ Natalie Babbitt: The Eyes of the Amaryllis
☀  Nev March: Murder in Old Bombay
☀ Nicola Clifford: No Refuge
☀  Nilima Rao: A Disappearance in Fiji
☀ Nita Prose: The Mystery Guest
☀ Patricia Highsmith: Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
☀  Phyllis Shand Allfrey: It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey
☀ Pip Williams: The Dictionary of Lost Words
☀  Radha Vatsal: A Front Page Affair
☀ Rebecca Solnit: Cinderella Liberator
☀ Reem Faruqi: Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story
☀ Reni Eddo-Lodge: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
☀ Rupi Kaur: milk and honey
☀ Sandra Cisneros: The House on Mango Street
☀  Selva Almada: The Wind That Lays Waste
☀ Shelby Van Pelt: Remarkably Bright Creatures
☀  Shirley Jackson: Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected Stories
☀ Sofia Robleda: Daughter of Fire
☀ Souvankham Thammavongsa: How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
☀ Sujata Massey: The Mistress of Bhatia House
☀ Sulari Gentill: The Woman in the Library
☀ Susan Elia MacNeal: The Last Hope
☀  Tanya R. Taylor: Blind Sight
☀ Tara M. Stringfellow: Memphis
☀ Tess Gerritsen: The Spy Coast
☀ Valerie Burns: Murder is a Piece of Cake
☀ Wayétu Moore: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
☀ Yaa Gyasi: Transcendent Kingdom
☀ Zadie Smith: Intimations
☀ Zadie Smith: Weirdo
☀ Zora Neale Hurston: The Mule-Bone

Black Women Authors
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
☀ 13 books
☀ Akwaeke Emezi: Pet
☀ Cynthia McLeod: The Cost of Sugar
☀ Danielle Arceneaux: Glory Be
☀ Gloria Naylor: Bailey's Café
☀ Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: My Monticello
☀ Reni Eddo-Lodge: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
☀ Tara M. Stringfellow: Memphis
☀ Valerie Burns: Murder is a Piece of Cake
☀ Wayétu Moore: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
☀ Yaa Gyasi: Transcendent Kingdom
☀ Zadie Smith: Intimations
☀ Zadie Smith: Weirdo
☀ Zora Neale Hurston: The Mule-Bone

Indigenous Women Authors
☀ 2 books
☀ Mona Susan Power: A Council of Dolls
☀ Louise Erdrich: The Mighty Red

L. RC: SERIAL READER ...........message 10
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TOTAL BOOKS: 50 / 45
🌟 Read: 24 / 23 books from series I already started
🌸 Started: 24 / 20 series started this year.
✔️ Finished: 2 / 2 series I finished this year.

🌟 ONGOING
✣ Agatha Christie "Other" Series: Oliver (#2)/Race (#2)/Battle (#3)/Perot (#15):
Cards on the Table
✣ Agatha Christie: Tommy and Tuppence: Partners in Crime (#2)
✣ Andy Veracruz Mystery: Island Casualty (#2)
✣ Baker Street Mysteries (#1): Murder is a Piece of Cake (#2)
✣ Before the Coffee Gets Cold (#1): Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café (#2)
✣ Beryl & Edwina (#1-6): Murder at a London Finishing School (#7)
✣ Cherringham Novels: Dead in the Water
✣ Cherringham Shorts (#1-44): Bad Neighbours (#45); Cherringham - In Good Faith: A Cosy Crime Series (#46); Cherringham - Silent Night, Stolen Night: A Cosy Crime Series (#47)
✣ Detective Hollaway: Keep Your Family Close (#2)
✣ Dr. Siri Paiboun (#1): Thirty-Three Teeth (#2)
✣ Harley Quin The Mysterious Mr. Quin (#1-12)
✣ Harriet Vane and Peter Wimsey: Strong Poison
✣ Hercule Poirot: The Mystery of the Blue Train (#6)
✣ Inspector Montalbano (#1): Voice of the Violin (#4)
✣✣ Kimball & Kintner: The Kind Worth Saving (#2); A Talent for Murder (#3)
✣ Lady Hardcastle Mystery (#1-10): An Assassination on the Agenda (#11)
✣ Molly the Maid (#1): The Mystery Guest (#2)
✣ Perveen Mistry (#1-3): The Mistress of Bhatia House (#4)
✣ Rosalind Thorne (#1-5): The Secret of the Lost Pearls (#6)
✣ The Book Series (#1): The Sequel (#2)
✣ Zoe Chambers (#1-5): Uneasy Prey (#6)

🌸 STARTED
✣ Akal Singh: A Disappearance in Fiji (#1)
✣ Amgash: My Name Is Lucy Barton (#1)
✣ Andy Veracruz Mystery: Mariachi Meddler;
✣ Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mystery Series: Murder in Old Bombay (#1)
✣ Castle Knoll Files: How to Solve Your Own Murder (#1)
✣ Detective Emmanuel Cooper: A Beautiful Place to Die
✣ Detective Hollaway: Where the Guilty Hide
✣ Dr. Gideon Fell: Hollow Man (#6)
✣ Gloria Broussard: Glory Be
✣ Hannah Wilhelmsen: Blind Goddess
✣ Kimball & Kintner: The Kind Worth Killing;
✣ Kitty Weeks: A Front Page Affair (#1)
✣ Kosuke.....: The Honjin Murders
✣ Marvel Crime: Breaking the Dark (#1)
✣ Monk and Robot: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
✣ PET: Pet (#1)
✣ Stacey Logan: No Refuge
✣ The Book Series: The Plot (#1)
✣ The Martini Club: The Spy Coast
✣ The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
✣ The Okay Witch: The Okay Witch
✣ Timber Creek Canine Mystery: Killing Trail (#1)
✣ The Vacation Mysteries: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (#1)
✣ We Solve Murders: We Solve Murders (#1)

✔️ FINISHED
✣ Harbinder Kaur (#1-3): The Last Word (#4)
✣ Maggie Hope (#1-10): The Last Hope (#11)

STOPPED - memo only
Commissario Brunetti (#1)
Cork O'Connor (#1):
Cormoran Strike (#1-5)
Freedman/Johnson (#1)
Harlem Renaissance (#1)
Isabel Dalhousie (#1-#13)
Lillian Frost and Edith Head (#1)

O. New-to-Me Authors
....................Women: 76
................................Men: 24
1. Julia Bryan Thomas: The Radcliffe Ladies' Reading Club
2. Anne Holt: Blind Goddess
3. Borislav Pekić: The Apology and the Last Days
4. Iwatobineko: The Invisible Man and his Soon-to-Be-Wife
5. Jennifer De Leon: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
6. Jessica Knoll: Bright Young Women
7. Mercè Rodoreda: Garden by the Sea
8. Nicola Clifford: No Refuge
9. Magda Szabó: Abigail
10. Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: My Monticello
11. Dann McDorman: West Heart Kill
12. Anita Brookner: Hotel du Lac
13. Mona Susan Power: A Council of Dolls
14. Jana Beňová: Seeing People Off
15. Michal Ben-Naftali: The Teacher
16. Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
17. Kerri Maher: All You Have to Do is Call
18. Tess Gerritsen: The Spy Coast
19. Jen Wang: Stargazing
20. Emma Steinkellner: The Okay Witch
21. John Manuel Arias: Where There Was Fire
22. Wayétu Moore: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
23. Marianne Wheelaghan: Food of Ghosts
24. Robert C. O'Brien: Z For Zachariah
25. Michelle Hoffman: The Second Ending
26. Narine Abgaryan: Three Apples Fall from the Sky
27. Louise Jensen: The Sister
28. Peter Swanson: The Kind Worth Killing
29. Rebecca Solnit: Cinderella Liberator
30. Joshua Hammer: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
31. Tara M. Stringfellow: Memphis
32. Shelby Van Pelt: Remarkably Bright Creatures
33. Alice Zeniter: The Art of Losing
34. Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez: My Side of the River
35. Alex Michaelides: The Fury
36. Raja Shehadeh: We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
37. John Vercher: Three-Fifths
38. Danielle Arceneaux: Glory Be
39. Hilma Wolitzer: Today a Women Went Mad in the Supermarket
40. Margaret Mizushima: Killing Trail
41. Chingiz Aitmatov: Jamilia
42. Catherine Mack: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
43. Cynthia McLeod: The Cost of Sugar
44. Sandra Cisneros: The House on Mango Street
45. John Dickson Carr: The Hollow Man
46. Binwell Sinyangwe: A Cowrie of Hope
47. Wajdi Al-Ahdal: A Land Without Jasmine
48. Zadie Smith: Intimations
49. Reem Faruqi: Lailah's Lunchbox
50. Amélie Nothomb: The Book of Proper Names
51. Marta Molnar: The Secret Life of Sunflowers
52. Karina Sainz Borgo: It Would be Night in Caracas
53. Anne Brontë: Agnes Grey
54. Miroslav Penkov: East of the West
55. M.L. Rio: If We Were Villains
56. Sofia Robleda: Daughter of Fire
57. D.R. Ransdell: Mariachi Meddler
58. Heather O'Neill: Lullabies for Little Criminals
59. Malla Nunn: A Beautiful Place to Die
60. Judi Dench: The Man Who Pays the Rent
61. Alice B. Sheldon as James Tiptree Jr.: The Women Men Don't See
62. Laia Jufresa: Umami
63. Claire Keegan: Foster
64. Nilima Rao: A Disappearance in Fiji
65. Martha Wells: All Systems Red
66. Gloria Naylor: Bailey's Cafe
67. Tanya R. Taylor: Blind Sight
68. Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies
69. William Cooper: A Quiet Life
70. Jean Hanff Korelitz: The Plot, The Sequel
71. Junot Díaz: Islandborn
72. Selva Almada: The Wind That Lays Waste
73. Phyllis Shand Allfrey: It Falls Into Place
74. Elizabeth Hay: Late Nights on Air
75. Nev March: Murder in Old Bombay
76. Radha Vatsal: A Front Page Affair
77. Anne Youngson: Meet Me at the Museum
78. C.J. Wray: The Excitements
79. Elise Gravel: Killer Underwear Invasion:
80, Kristen Perrin: How to Solve Your Won Murder
81. Jacqueline Davies: The International House of Dereliction
82. Annabelle Tometich: The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
83. Reni Eddo-Lodge: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
84. Anton Treuer: Where Wolves Don't Die
85. Souvankham Thammavongsa: How to Pronounce Knife
86. Rupi Kaur: milk and honey
87. Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay: The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die
88. Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis, Part 1
89. Sulari Gentill: The Woman in the Library
90. Amparo Dávila: The Houseguests and Other Stories
91. Chris Arro: The Smallest Island in the World
92. 50 Cent: The Accomplice
93. Neil Alexander: The Vanishing of Margaret Small
94. Steven Rowley: The Guncle
95. Ingvild H. Rishøi: Brightly Shining
96. Pip Williams: The Dictionary of Lost Words
97. Jill Cullen: Flirting with a New Life
98. Seishi Yokomizo: The Honjin Murders
99. Evie Woods: The Lost Bookshop
100. Peter Stamm: Agnes

P. Debuts
☀ 38

1. Blind Goddess - Anne Holt
2. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From - Jennifer De Leon
3. No Refuge - Nicola Clifford
4. My Monticello - Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
5. West Heart Kill - Dann McDorman
6. The Okay Witch - Emma Steinkellner
7. Where There Was Fire - John Manuel Arias
8. The Second Ending - Michelle Hoffman
9. The Sister - Louise Jensen
10. Memphis - Tara M. Stringfellow
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt
12. Three-Fifths - John Vercher
13. Glory Be - Danielle Arceneaux
14. Killing Trail - Margaret Mizushima
15. The Cost of Sugar - Cynthia McLeod
16. It Would Be Night in Caracas - Karina Sainz Borgo
17. Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte
18. East of the West: A Country in Stories - Miroslav Penkov
19. If We Were Villains -ML Rio
20. Mariachi Meddler DR Rensdell
21. Lullabies for Little Criminals -Heather O'Neill
22. A Beautiful Place to Die -Malla Nunn
23. Umami -Laia Jufresa
24. A Disappearance in Fiji: Nilima Rao
25. Interpreter of Maladies: Jhumpa Lahiri
26. A Quiet Life: William Cooper and Michael McKinley
27. The Wind That Lays Waste: Selva Almada
28. A Front Page Affair: Radha Vatsal
29. Meet Me at the Museum: Anne Youngson
30. The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony: Annabelle Tometich
31. Where Wolves Don't Die: Anton Treuer
32. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories: Souvankham Thammavongsa
33. milk and honey: Rupi Kaur
34. The Smallest Island in the World: Chris Arro
35. The Accomplice: 50 Cent
36. The Vanishing of Margaret Small: Neil Alexander
37. The Dictionary of Lost Words: Pip Williams
38. Flirting with a New Life: a novel: Jill Cullen, librarian at GHAL

Q. Banned / Challenged
☀ 7 / 7

☀ 1. Stargazing by Jen Wang - Orange County, Florida
☀ 2. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - Michigan/Florida/Texas
☀ 3. A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal - Yemen
☀ 4. Islandborn by Junot Díaz - Duval County, Florida - admin, formal challenge
☀ 5. Pet by Akwaeke Emezi - School District of Manatee County, Florida - Legislative action
☀ 6. milk and honey by Rupi Kaur
☀ 7. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

R. Translated
☀ Completed: 25

☀ 1. Blind Goddess, from the Norwegian
☀ 2. The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel, from the Serbian
☀ 3. The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1, from the Japanese
☀ 4. Garden by the Sea, from the Catalan
☀ 5. Abigail, from the Hungarian
☀ 6. Seeing People Off, from the Slovakian
☀ 7. The Teacher, from the Hebrew
☀ 8. Three Apples Fell from the Sky, from the Russian
☀ 9. Voice of the Violin, from the Italian
☀ 10. The Art of Losing, from the French
☀ 11. Jamila: Dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the Author's Literary Legacy, from the Russian
☀ 12. The Cost of Sugar, from the Dutch
☀ 13. The Dogs and the Wolves, from the French
☀ 14. A Land Without Jasmine, from the Modern Standard Arabic
☀ 15. The Book of Proper Names, from the French
☀ 16. It Would Be Night in Caracas, from the Spanish
☀ 17. Umami, from the Spanish
☀ 18. Tales from the Café, from the Japanese
☀ 19. The Wind That Lays Waste, from the Spanish
☀ 20. The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, from the Bangla
☀ 21. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, from the French
☀ 22. The Houseguest and Other Stories, from the Spanish
☀ 23. Brightly Shining, from the Norwegian
☀ 24. The Honjin Murders, from the Japanese
☀ 25. Agnes, from the German

T. Diversity in Reading
Book must be written by an author(s) who is different from you: race, gender, sexual orientation, geography, nationality, religion, language, ability, etc. I have personally eliminated "straight white males" from this category.
☀ Completed: 67

Race or Ethnicity
other than "white"
☀ 1. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
☀ 2. My Monticello
☀ 3. Transcendent Kingdom
☀ 4. A Council of Dolls
☀ 5. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
☀ 6. Stargazing
☀ 7. Where There Was Fire
☀ 8. The Mistress of Bhatia House
☀ 9. My Side of the River
☀ 10. Memphis
☀ 11. Three-Fifths
☀ 12. Glory Be
☀ 13. The Moon Lady
☀ 14. The House on Mango Street
☀ 15. Murder is a Piece of Cake
☀ 16. Our Missing Hearts
☀ 17. Bailey's Café
☀ 18. The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
☀ 19. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
☀ 20. Where Wolves Don't Die
☀ 21. The Mighty Red
☀ 22. The Accomplice

Geography, Nationality, or Native Language
Not born in the US. Possibly doesn't live in the US. Could be translated. Does not include England authors.
☀ 1. The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel, author born in Serbia, wrote in Serbian
☀ 2. The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1, author born in Japan
☀ 3. Garden by the Sea, author born in Spain, written in Catalan
☀ 4. No Refuge, author born and living in Wales
☀ 5. Abigail, author born in Hungary
☀ 6. Seeing People Off, author born in Slovakia
☀ 7. The Teacher, author born in Israel
☀ 8. The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir, author born in Liberia
☀ 9. Three Apples Fell from the Sky, author from Russia, set in Armenia
☀ 10. The Art of Losing, author from France, set in Algeria and France
☀ 11. The Fury, author from Cyprus, set in Greece and England
☀ 12. We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I, author born in Palestine
☀ 13. The Cost of Sugar, author born in Suriname, black female
☀ 14, A Cowrie of Hope, author born in Zimbabwe, black male
☀ 15. A Land Without Jasmine, author born in Yemen
☀ 16. Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story, author born in United Arab Emirates
☀ 17. Weirdo, author born in the UK
☀ 18. East of the West: A Country in Stories, author born in Bulgaria
☀ 19. Daughter of Fire, author born in Mexico
☀ 20. A Beautiful Place to Die, author born in Swaziland
☀ 21. Umami, author born in Mexico City, Mexico
☀ 22. A Disappearance in Fiji, author born in Fiji
☀ 23. Blind Sight, author born in Bahamas
☀ 24. Tales from the Café, author born in Japan
☀ 25. The Wind That Lays Waste, author born in Argentina
☀ 26. It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey, author born in Dominica
☀ 27. Murder in Old Bombay, author born in India
☀ 28. A Front Page Affair, author born in India
☀ 29. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories, author born in a Lao refugee camp in Thailand
☀ 30. milk and honey, author born in India
☀ 31. The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, author born in Bangladesh
☀ 32. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, author born in Iran
☀ 33. The Woman in the Library, author born in Sri Lanka
☀ 34. The Houseguest and Other Stories, author born in Mexico
☀ 35. The Smallest Island in the World, author born and lives in Switzerland
☀ 36. Brightly Shining, author born and lives in Norway
☀ 37. The Honjin Murders, author born and lived in Japan
☀ 38. Agnes, author born and lives in Switzerland

LGBTQ+
☀ 1. Blind Goddess
☀ 2. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
☀ 3. Pet, author identifies as they/them, born in Nigeria
☀ 4. The Vanishing of Margaret Small
☀ 5. The Guncle

Ability Challenges
☀

Religious / Spiritual Beliefs
only if it doesn't fit in any other category or it (subjectively) appears to be on a much higher plane than the other categories
☀ 1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Jewish
☀ 2. The Dogs and the Wolves - Jewish author and characters

Y. MONTHLY GROUP READS
☀ 45 / 52 ; out of 71 total
number listed under each category represents the month in which the book was to be read

Book Club
☀ 1. The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
2. The Waters
3. Horse
☀ 4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
☀ 5. The Second Ending
☀ 6. The Women
7. Sense and Sensibility
☀ 8. The Secret Life of Sunflowers
9. The Midnight Library, already read
10. Remarkably Bright Creatures, already read
☀ 11. The Excitements
12. none

Mystery Thriller Group
☀ 1. Bright Young Women
☀ 2. The Mystery Guest
3. The Hunter
☀ 4. The Spy Coast
☀ 5. Where the Guilty Hide
☀ 6. The Fury
☀ 7. A Talent for Murder
☀ 8. Breaking the Dark
☀ 9. The Last Murder at the End of the World
☀ 10. The Sequel
☀ 11. We Solve Murders
☀ 12. Keep Your Family Close

Read Women Group
☀ 1. Sea of Tranquility
☀ 1. January for Japan: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
☀ 2. A Council of Dolls - me
☀ 3. All You Have to Do Is Call - me
☀ 4. Stargazing -me
☀ 4. The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir -me
☀ 5. My Side of the River
☀ 6. The Art of Losing -me
6. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
☀ 7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
7. The Years
☀ 8. The Cost of Sugar -me
8. How to Say Babylon
☀ 9. Foster
9. The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
☀ 10. Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected Stories -me
☀ 10. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
☀ 11. The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
11. Son of a Trickster
☀ 12. The Houseguest and Other Stories
12. Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday

World
☀ 1. The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel, Serbia
2. By Night the Mountain Burns
☀ 2. Seeing People Off, Slovakia
3. When We Were Birds, Trinidad and Tobago
☀ 4. Where There Was Fire, Costa Rica
4. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
☀ 5. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts, Mali
5. The People in the Trees, Micronesia
6. ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, Comoros
☀ 6. We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I, Palestine
☀ 7. A Cowrie of Hope, Zimbabwe
☀ 7. The Cost of Sugar, Suriname
☀ 8. East of the West: A Country in Stories, Bulgaria
8. Teaching English in Swaziland: Essays on the Life of Gordon James Thomas
9. Slash and Burn
☀ 9. A Disappearance in Fiji
☀ 10. Late Nights on Air, Northwest Territories
10. The Map of Salt and Stars, Syria
☀ 11. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
☀ 11. Where Wolves Don't Die
☀ 12. The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die
12. The Big Water

Z. READING NORTH AMERICA
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☀ Completed: 25 / 101

USA..... ☀ Completed: 20 / 56
States
Alabama
Alaska: Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
☀ Arizona: The Second Ending -2024
Arkansas
☀ California: The Women -2024
☀ Colorado: Killing Trail -2024
Connecticut:
Delaware
☀ Florida: Bright Young Women -2024
☀ Georgia: First Comes Love -2024
Hawaii: The Unhoneymooners
Idaho
☀ Illinois: All You Have to Do Is Call -2024
☀ Indiana: A Quiet Life -2024
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
☀ Louisiana: Glory Be -2024
☀ Maine: The Spy Coast -2024
Maryland: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant; French Braid; Clock Dance
☀ Massachusetts: The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club -2024
☀ Michigan: Murder is a Piece of Cake -2024
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
☀Nevada: Mariachi Meddler
New Hampshire: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
☀ New Jersey: The Night Shift -2024
New Mexico: The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
☀ New York: West Heart Kill -2024
North Carolina
☀ North Dakota: The Mighty Red -2024
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
☀ Pennsylvania: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store -2024
Rhode Island: The Maze at Windermere: A Novel
South Carolina
South Dakota
☀ Tennessee: Memphis -2024
☀ Texas: East of the West: A Country in Stories -2024 partial
Utah
Vermont
☀ Virginia: My Monticello -2024
☀ Washington: Remarkably Bright Creatures -2024
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Washington DC

Territories
Puerto Rico
Guam
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
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CANADA ..... ☀ Completed: 4 / 13
Provinces:
Alberta: Green Grass, Running Water [need
☀ British Columbia: [book: Sea of Tranquility|58446227] -2024
Manitoba: The Break
New Brunswick: Three Million Acres of Flame OR The Memory Chair
Newfoundland and Labrador: The Walker on the Cape
Nova Scotia: A New Kind of Country by Dorothy Gilman
☀ Ontario: Where Wolves Don't Die by Anton Treuer -2024
Prince Edward Island: Still More Stubborn Stars
☀ Quebec: Lullabies for Little Criminals -2024
Saskatchewan: Miles to Go

Territories:
☀ Northwest Territories: Late Nights on Air
Nunavut: Sweetest Kulu
Yukon: I Married the Klondike
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MEXICO ..... ☀ Completed: 2 / 32
States:
Aguascalientes: Esperanza Rising
Baja California: Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Baja California Sur: San Juanico: A Novel of Baja California Sur
Campeche
Chiapas
Chihuahua: unable to find any
Coahuila
Colima:
Durango: Dizzy in Durango
Guanajuato
Guerrero
Hidalgo
Jalisco
Michoacán
Morelos: Under the Volcano
Nayarit
Nuevo Leon
Oaxaca: What the Moon Saw OR Lost in Oaxaca
Potosí
Puebla
Querétaro
Quintana Roo
San Luis Potosi
Sinaloa
Sonora
Tabasco
Tamaulipas
Tlaxcala - A Corpse for the Matadora by Harol Marshall - mystery series, female
Veracruz: Just Passing Through translated
Yucatán: The Falling Woman
Zacatecas: The Houseguest and Other Stories, - 2024,translated

Federal:
☀ Mexico City: Umami -2024

2024 Challenges Completed:

⭐ 52BC-Annual - 52/52
⭐ 52BC-Summer - 8/8
⭐ ATY-Annual - 52/52
⭐ ATY-Rejects - 25/25
⭐ ATY-Summer - 12/12
⭐ ATY-Fall - 32/32
⭐ Book Riot-Read Harder - 15/15
⭐ Magical Mystery Tour - 30/30
⭐ Mystery/Thriller Fans-1st Half - 24/24
⭐ Mystery/Thriller Fans-2nd Half - 24/24
⭐ RC-A to Z Titles- 26/26
⭐ RC-Finish Line - 42/41
⭐ RC-POPSUGAR - 30/30
⭐ RC-Series - 46/45
⭐ RC-Q1-Winter Tourist Season - 18/18
⭐ RC-Q2-All About Spring - 16/5
⭐ RC-Q2-TBR Spring Cleaning - 16/15
⭐ RC-Q3-Bucket List - 10/10
⭐ RC-Q3-Summer Games - 11/10
⭐ RC-Q4- 6/5
⭐ RW-Bingo-1st Half - 5/5
⭐ RW-Bingo-2nd Half - 1/1
⭐ RW-Q1-Science and Environment - 4/2
⭐ RW-Q2-Africa/Latin America - 5/5
⭐ RW-Q3-Women in Translation - 4/4
⭐ RW-Q4-Horror and Fantasy - 3/2

Pending Challenges:


Perpetual Challenges
Agatha Christie:
Banned:
Debuts:
Diversity:
New to Me:
Read North America:
Read World:
RW: Read Women:
Translated:

✨✨✨✨✨ CHALLENGES LISTED BELOW ARE COMPLETED: ✨✨✨✨✨

RC-Annual-Finish Line
42 / 41 ........completed!
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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… A Psalm for the Wild-Built, road trip
☀ 2. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows: Spring was moving in the air above and in… the Garden by the Sea, orange flowers on the cover
☀ 8. An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by… The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel, voice
☀ 9. Their lies and lily-scented perfumes taint … The Mystery of the Blue Train, road trip
☀ 10. But he turned our family life into an endless road trip with… The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir, dragons
☀ 12. J.R.R Tolkien, The Hobbit: The mountain smoked beneath the moon; the dwarves, they heard… The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts, road trip

II. Opening Lines - Complete the book beginnings.
☀ 1. Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale: We slept in what had once been… My Monticello
☀ 3. Alice Walker, The Color Purple: You better not never tell… The Okay Witch
☀ 4. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina: All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is… No Refuge
☀ 5. Min Jin Lee, Pachinko: History has failed us, but… All You Have to Do Is Call
☀ 6. Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca: Last night I dreamt I went to… the Hotel du Lac
☀ 7. Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun: When we were new, Rosa and I were… Seeing People Off
☀ 9. Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way: For a long time, I went to bed… Where There Was Fire
☀ 13. Your house glows at night like everything inside is…
Remarkably Bright Creatures
☀ 14. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were... [the] Voice of the Violin

III. Closing Lines - Complete these book endings.
☀ 1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind: After all, tomorrow is… The Second Ending
☀ 2. Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar: The eyes and faces all turned themselves towards…Stargazing
☀ 3. George Orwell, Animal Farm: The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and… Three Apples Fell from the Sky
☀ 4. Yann Martel, Life of Pi: Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at… The Spy Coast
☀ 5. Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea: The old man was dreaming about… Olive, Again
☀ 6. Jung Chang, Wild Swans: I was eager to embrace… the Blind Goddess
☀ 8. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women: Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you… The Kind Worth Killing
☀ 9. L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: I'm so glad to be at… The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
☀10. There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of…Where There Was Fire
☀ 14. But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very… Bad Neighbours
☀ 15. But over the old man's head they looked at each other and…The Mistress of Bhatia House

IV. Songs - Complete these opening song lyrics.
☀ 5. Rihanna, Diamonds, 2012: Find light in the beautiful… Abigail
☀ 6. Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe, 2011: I threw a wish in… the Sea of Tranquility
☀ 10. Sinead O’Connor, Nothing Compares to U, 1990: It's been seven hours and fifteen days since you took… The Mule Bone
☀ 11. Prince, Let’s Go Crazy, 1984: Dearly Beloved, we have gathered here today to get… The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
☀ 12. The Eagles, Hotel California, 1976: On a dark desert highway, cool wind in… The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
☀ 13. The Mamas and the Papas, California Dreaming, 1965: All the leaves are brown and the sky is… a Transcendent Kingdom
☀ 15. You must remember this, a kiss is… (the) Food of Ghosts

V. Idioms - Complete these idioms using your book titles.
☀ 4. Throw caution to… The Mystery Guest
☀ 5. Stop beating around the… West Heart Kill
☀ 7. Don’t kill the goose that lays the…Cards on the Table
☀ 8. The pot calling the kettle… Z For Zachariah
☀ 10. Your guess is as good as… The Teacher
☀ 11. Too many cooks spoil the… Strong Poison
☀ 12. Two heads are better than… A Council of Dolls
☀ 13. All that glitters is not…the Bright Young Women
☀ 15. A rising tide lifts all…Memphis

E. 52 WEEK CHALLENGE ............ completed 9/15/2024
☀ 53 / 53
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☀ 1. Locked-room mystery: Hollow Man
☀ 2. Bibliosmia: A "smelly" book: reminded me of roses and lilacs and walks on the beach: Garden by the Sea
☀ 3. More than 40 Chapters: 55: Bad Neighbours
☀ 4. Lowercase letters on the spine: It Would Be Night in Caracas

☀ 5. Magical Realism: Where There Was Fire
☀ 6. Women in STEM: Transcendent Kingdom
☀ 7. At least four different POV: Umami
☀ 8. Features the ocean: The Eyes of the Amaryllis
☀ 9. A character-driven novel: Abigail
☀ 10. Told in non-chronological order: The Teacher
☀ 11. Title starting with the letter “K”: Killing Trail
☀ 12. Title starting with the letter “L”: The Last Hope
☀ 13. An academic thriller: If We Were Villains
☀ 14. A grieving character: the mother: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
☀ 15. Part of a duology: Olive, Again
☀ 16. An omniscient narrator: Sea of Tranquility
☀ 17. Nominated for The Booker Prize: Hotel du Lac
☀ 18. An apostrophe in the title: The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
☀ 19. A buddy read: The Second Ending
☀ 20. A revenge story: The Kind Worth Killing
☀ 21. Written by a ghostwriter: Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent not sure this is correct but it's in the listopia!
☀ 22. A plot similar to another book: Bailey's Café
☀ 23. The other book with the similar plot: Tales from the Café
☀ 24. A cover without people on it: Seeing People Off

☀ 25. An author “everyone” has read except you: Alex Michaelides: The Fury
☀ 26. Hybrid genre: historical fiction and romance: The Secret Life of Sunflowers
☀ 27. By a neurodivergent author: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Mr. Quin
☀ 28. A yellow spine: Bright Young Women
☀ 29. Published in a Year of the Dragon: 2012: Food of Ghosts
☀ 30. Picked without reading the blurb: My Monticello
☀ 31. Includes a personal phobia: fear of the dark: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
☀ 32. Timeframe spans a week or less: The Mystery of the Blue Train
☀ 33. An abrupt ending: West Heart Kill
☀ 34. Set in a landlocked country: Serbia: The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel
☀ 35. Title matches lyrics from a song: Commodores "Nightshift": The Night Shift
☀ 36. Has futuristic technology: Breaking the Dark
☀ 37. Palindrome on the cover: Kristin HANNAH: The Women
☀ 38. Published by Hachette: The Sister
☀ 39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
☀ 40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate: Ramadan: Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story
☀ 41. A sticker on the cover: Stargazing by Jen Wang (my personal copy has a gold award sticker on it)
☀ 42. Author debut in second half of 2024: Daughter of Fire
☀ 43. About finding identity: All You Have to Do Is Call
☀ 44. Includes a wedding: The Spy Coast
☀ 45. Chapter headings have dates: Blind Goddess
☀ 46. Featuring Indigenous culture: A Council of Dolls
☀ 47. Self-insert by an author: Agatha Christie: Cards on the Table, Ariadne Oliver
https://literature.stackexchange.com/...
☀ 48. The word "Secret" in the title: The Secret of the Lost Pearls
☀ 49. Set in a city with the letter "M": Memphis
☀ 50. A "musical instrument" on the cover: the word "Violin": Voice of the Violin
☀ 51. Related to the word "Wild": A Psalm for the Wild-Built
☀ 52. Published in 2024: My Side of the River
☀ 53. Title starts with the letter "J" (I did not do this challenge in 2019): Jamilia
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- 5 Star books that I read for the 52BC Challenge:
A Council of Dolls
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
Abigail
Are Women Human?
Garden by the Sea
Hotel du Lac
If We Were Villains
Jamilia
Memphis
My Monticello
Sea of Tranquility
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
The Spy Coast
The Teacher
Transcendent Kingdom

- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc):
Added prompt 53 for the letter "J". I hadn't done the challenge in 2019, and my type-A needed it in...

- My most creative twist on a prompt:
#2: Bibliosmia: A smelly book. The words "garden" and "sea" in the book title brought back fond memories of flowers (with scent) and walks on the beach.

- The prompt I "cheated" on:
#30: Picked without reading the blurb. I always read the blurb, even if it is only a couple sentences.

- My favorite prompt:
#46:Featuring Indigenous culture

- My least favorite prompt:
#30: Picked without reading the blurb.

- A book I might not have read if not for the Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Lailah's Lunchbox (#40)

- A book I might not have read if not for the Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!):
Voice of the Violin (#50)

W. RW - Q3 Challenge: Women in Translation
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. The Cost of Sugar by Cynthia McLeod, translated from the Dutch
2. The Dogs and the Wolves, translated from the French
3. The Book of Proper Names, translated from the French
4. It Would Be Night in Caracas, translated from the Spanish
5. Umami, translated from the Spanish

D. ATY REJECTS.................................completed 8/26
☑️25 / 25
Titles are not duplicated with the regular challenge. Second # in prompt refers to the line # on community spreadsheet.
Community Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
ATY summary: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

REJECTS MINI CHALLENGE
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
☑️(1) 8. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists: Sea of Tranquility
☑️ (2) 16. A book from the Canada Reads Book list: Lullabies for Little Criminals
☑️ (3) 32. A book on a banned books list: The House on Mango Street
☑️ (4) 84. An Audie award winner: Tom Lake
☑️ (5) 115. A book on a summer reading list: Barack Obama's: Warlight
☑️(6) 129. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list: A Cowrie of Hope
☑️(7) 164. A book nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
☑️(8) 168. A book longlisted for a Booker Prize: actually won: Hotel du Lac
☑️(9) 189. A middle grade book that was nominated for or won an award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Winner 2020: Stargazing
☑️(10) 197. A book by a female or non-binary author which won an award that's also open to male authors: Edgar Award 2024: Glory Be
☑️(11) 216. A book featured on a list for a media or celebrity book club: Reese's Book Club: Our Missing Hearts

"OFFICIAL" REJECTS CHALLENGE
☑️(13) 21. A book with at least 237 pages: 303: The Kind Worth Saving
☑️(14) 41. A book set in a new-to-you location: Hungary: Abigail
☑️(15) 43. A book set in a different hemisphere than where you live: Southern: Kiribati: Food of Ghosts
☑️(16) 63. A book with a real person as a character: author inserts herself at the end of the story as a victim: [book:The Book of Proper Names
☑️(18) 81. A book set in one of the countries competing in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest: England (UK): The Secret of the Lost Pearls
☑️(19) 102. A book that takes place in one of the world's 100 smallest countries: #64-Holland (Netherlands): The Secret Life of Sunflowers
☑️(20) 106. A book to fit a prompt from a past ATY challenge: 2021: A book about racism or race relations: Three-Fifths
☑️(21)139. A book by an author from a country bordering the Indian Ocean: Yemen: Wajdi Al-Ahdal: A Land Without Jasmine
☑️(22) 197. A book with a character who is marginalized: A Council of Dolls
☑️(23) 62. A book with a person on the cover and you can’t see their whole face: no features on the face: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
☑️(24)155. A book with a family member in the title: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
☑️(25) 26. A book with a main character who is a bookseller, writer, journalist or librarian: End of Story
☑️(26) 86. A book where something on the cover is tilted or upside down: Blind Goddess;

☑️(27) 64. A book involving Immigration, migration or relocation to another country: Serbian refugee into Germany: The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel
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- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
A Council of Dolls
Abigail
End of Story
Hotel du Lac
Our Missing Hearts
Sea of Tranquility
Tom Lake
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Warlight

- My favorite prompt:
A book on a summer reading list (Poll 9) - came from Barack O'Bama's list
- My least favorite prompt:
none, because I picked each of them.

C. ATY CHALLENGE ........... completed 8/9/2024
📚 52 / 52

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
ATY summary: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

📚1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
📚2. A book connected to something you read in 2023: Annette Dashofy Zoe Chambers series: Uneasy Prey
📚3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list: A book involving Immigration, migration or relocation to another country: Algeria to France: The Art of Losing
📚4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong: trees, red roses, baby: The Dogs and the Wolves
📚5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world: London: Murder at a London Finishing School
📚6. A book with wings on the cover: birds in flight: Dead in the Water

📚7. A book with a pronoun in the title: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
📚8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand: Canada: The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
📚9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads: 378: No Refuge
📚10. A history or historical fiction book: The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
📚11. A book with an X connection: Gen X author: Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: My Monticello
📚12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year: Strong Poison
📚13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list: The Best Locked-Room or Puzzle Room Mysteries: Hollow Man
📚14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color: Black (Costa Rica): Where There Was Fire
📚15. A book whose author’s name includes J,Q,Z, or X): Z: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez's My Side of the River
📚16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs": canine character: Killing Trail
📚17. A book involving intelligence: Brilliance: Transcendent Kingdom
📚18. A book with a botanical cover: It Would Be Night in Caracas

📚19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: coffee: Boom Chocolatta mixed with gelatin to make an Italian desert: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies, set in Italy
📚20. A book with a single word title: Memphis
📚21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: All You Have to Do Is Call
📚22. A book by an author from an African country: Liberia: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir by Wayétu Moore
📚23. A book related to Boats, B, B, B, or JB: 2 characters live on boats: Bad Neighbours
📚24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple): green and purple: Seeing People Off

📚25. A book involving a crime other than a murder: blackmail and robbery: The Second Ending
📚26. A book by an author known by their initials: T.E. Kinsey: An Assassination on the Agenda
📚27. A book related to land: West Heart Kill
📚28. A book related to sea: The Eyes of the Amaryllis
📚29. A book related to air: nuclear war, radiated air: Z For Zachariah
📚30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea: Spain: Garden by the Sea
📚31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”: Horse
📚32. A book with a number in the title: Three Apples Fell from the Sky
📚33. A book involving travel: The Kind Worth Killing
📚34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs: Bashful: Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story
📚35. A science or science fiction book: science fiction: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
📚36. A book featuring a character in education: The Teacher
📚37. A book that is part of a series: Where the Guilty Hide
📚38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1: Cards on the Table

📚 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2: The Mysterious Mr. Quin

📚40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species (title): Remarkably Bright Creatures
📚41. A book with a chilling atmosphere: Bright Young Women
📚42. A book with a sound-related word in the title: Voice of the Violin
📚43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author: Sujata Massey: The Mistress of Bhatia House
📚44. A book with a touch of magic: The Okay Witch
📚45. A book that is not a novel: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
📚46. A book related to night: all the good action occurs at night: The Fury
📚47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE: The Sister
📚48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt: A book involving Immigration...or relocation to another country: We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
📚49. A book with a senior citizen character: Olive, Again
📚50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month ('23 or '24): The Spy Coast
📚51. A book published in 2024: The Women
📚52. A cozy mystery: The Mystery of the Blue Train
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- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society by Dorothy L. Sayers
Garden by the Sea by Mercè Rodoreda
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
The Dogs and the Wolves by Irène Némirovsky
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir by Wayétu Moore
The Eyes of the Amaryllis by Natalie Babbitt
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
The Teacher by Michal Ben-Naftali
Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh

- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc):
none
- My most creative twist on a prompt:
n/a
- The prompt I "cheated" on:
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month ('23 or '24); I made sure I recommended as my best in 2024.
- My favorite prompt:
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
- My least favorite prompt:
23. A book related to Boats, B, B, B, or JB
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!):
The Sister

X3. RC - Q3

Summer Games ........ message 25..... Completed 7/29/2024
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
⭐ Completed: 11 / 10

⭐ 1. Aquatics: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (video games highlighted use swimming extensively in the programs)
⭐ 45. London, UK: Hollow Man
⭐ 47. Madrid, Spain: partial location: The Last Hope: A Maggie Hope Mystery
⭐ 54. Paris, France: partial location: The Dogs and the Wolves
⭐ 56. Rome, Italy: partial location: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
⭐ 84. 1984: Publication year: The House on Mango Street
⭐ 86. 1992: Publication year: The Moon Lady
⭐ 88. 2000: Publication year: A Cowrie of Hope
⭐ 89. 2004: Publication year: The Book of Proper Names
⭐ 93. 2020: Publication year: Intimations
⭐ 94. 2024: Publication year: A Talent for Murder
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July Road Less Traveled (# ratings)........ message 21 .......... STOPPED

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⭐ 1/4 1
⭐1. A Cowrie of Hope by Binwell Sinyangwe -194
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BUCKET LIST ........ message 30 ..........Completed 8/9/24
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
⭐ Completed: 10 / 10

⭐ 3. Make a craft: writing as a craft: Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
⭐ 4. Plant a garden: gardens and gardening is a big subtopic of this book: Murder at a London Finishing School
⭐ 8. Go swimming: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
⭐ 10. Solve a puzzle: The Last Hope
⭐ 11. Go on a road trip: A Cowrie of Hope
⭐ 12. Bake cookies: Leroy's Easy Peanut Butter Cookies: Murder is a Piece of Cake
⭐ 16. Pick berries Cherries: Tom Lake
⭐ 18. Go on a holiday: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
⭐ 26. Do magic tricks: Hollow Man
⭐ 30. Painting: The Dogs and the Wolves

G. RC - Magical Mystery Tour..........message 8.......... completed 7/28
☀ 30 / 30
Who 5, What 5, When 5, Where 5, How 5, Why 5, Bonus 0
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

WHO: 5/5
Solve cases featuring the main character (sleuth, perp, victim, or suspect) in one of the below fields.
☀ 1. Military (active, veteran, or reserve duty): veteran, Peter Wimsey: Strong Poison
☀ 3. First response (EMT, firefighter, deputy, etc.): EMT as sleuth: Uneasy Prey
☀ 4. Security (British Secret Service): An Assassination on the Agenda
☀ 5. Travel (boat captain): Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
☀ 7. Building (carpenter, contractor, electrician, etc.): Contractor: The Kind Worth Killing

WHAT: 5/5
What makes your case distinctive?
☀ 12. A tree on the cover: Dead in the Water

☀ 13. A flower on the cover: Bad Neighbours

☀ 14. A number in the title: Three-Fifths
☀ 15. A place name in the title: Murder at a London Finishing School
☀ 16. A geographical feature in the title (river, lake, etc.): West Heart Kill.
"A kill is a body of water, most commonly a creek, but also a tidal inlet, river, strait, or arm of the sea. The term is derived from the Middle Dutch kille (kil in modern Dutch), meaning "riverbed" or "water channel".[1] It is found in areas of Dutch influence in the Netherlands' former North American colony of New Netherland, primarily the Hudson and Delaware Valleys." (wikipedia)

WHEN: 4/5
When did the dastardly deed take place or get reported?
☀ 21. In spring: The Fury
☀ 22. In the second half of 20th century: Bright Young Women
☀ 23. During a trip (business or pleasure): The Mystery Guest
☀ 24. Between noon and midnight: The Spy Coast
☀ 27. Published in a Year of the Dragon: 2024: The Last Hope

WHERE: 5/5
Where did the dastardly deed take place?
☀ 31. In a small town or village: New Bison, MI; <2K people: Murder is a Piece of Cake
☀ 32. On a mountain: Killing Trail
☀ 35. On a train or plane: The Mystery of the Blue Train
☀ 36. Near the equator: Kiribati: Food of Ghosts
☀ 37. Above the Arctic Circle: Norway: Blind Goddess

HOW: 5/5
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.
☀ 41. Smothered: Voice of the Violin
☀ 42. Shot: No Refuge
☀ 43. Stabbed: Cards on the Table
☀ 44: Pushed/drowned: The Kind Worth Saving
☀ 45: Strangled: Glory Be

WHY: 5/5
What motivated you to choose a particular case?
☀ 51. A favorite mystery author or series: The Mistress of Bhatia House
☀ 52. A favorite mystery subgenre: Historical fiction mystery: Thirty-Three Teeth
☀ 53. A Goodreads listopia (Which one?): Best Books of 2024: End of Story
☀ 56. A cold case (among your TBRs for over a year): The Mysterious Mr. Quin
☀ 57. Average Goodreads rating of 4 stars or above: 4.15: Where the Guilty Hide

F1. MYSTERY/THRILLER FRIENDS CHALLENGE-1st Half
COMPLETED JUN 2024
☀ 24 / 24
LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Determination List

☀ 1. Food of Ghosts by Marianne Wheelaghan, set in the country of Kiribati
☀ 2. Where the Guilty Hide by Annette Dashofy
☀ 3. Voice of the Violin, translated from the Italian
☀ 4. The Sister
☀ 5. An Assassination on the Agenda
☀ 6. End of Story
☀ 7. Three-Fifths
☀8. The Kind Worth Saving
☀9. Glory Be
☀10. Uneasy Prey

Plus List
☀ 11. A book set in a different country than you live in: Wales:
No Refuge by Nicola Clifford

☀ 12. Read a book by an Author that you never read before or one by a new debut author: Debut novel, first in a series.
Blind Goddess by Anne Holt, translated from Norwegian.

☀ 13. A book that someone recommended to you:
The Kind Worth Killing

☀ 14. A book that is a different genre than your normal type of read: type of crime:
Bright Young Women

Two books from a series you haven't completed yet.
☀ 15. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
☀ 16. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie, (Hercule Poirot #6)

☀ 17. A book that comes out in 2024:
The Fury by Alex Michaelides

☀18. A book that you meant to read in 2023 but never got around to it.
The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey

☀ 19. A book that came out before you were born.
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

☀ 20. A book that is done by more than one author
Bad Neighbours by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards

☀ 21. A book that won an award: Edgar Award for Best Juvenile (1976)
Z For Zachariah

☀ 22. One of the oldest to be read books on your unread mountain.
The Mysterious Mr. Quin

☀ 23. A book set in multiple countries: US-Turkey-Thailand:
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen

☀ 24. Book you started in the past but put aside and never finished for some reason.
by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards

U. RW - HALF YEAR CHALLENGE - H1............ completed 6/2/24
Jan 1, 2024 thru Jun 30, 2024

⭐RW: Bingo
25 / 25
Jan 1 2024-Jun 30 2024
google doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

☀ Row 1: Completed:
B1. Witches: The Okay Witch
I1. Science/Nature/ the Environment / climate change: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
N1. Booker, Stella or Booker International Prize Nom or Winner: Booker Winner: Hotel du Lac
G1. Author of Middle Eastern descent: Michal Ben-Naftali: The Teacher
O1. Graphic Novel: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1

☀ Row 2: Completed
B2: Author of African descent: My Monticello
I2: Memoir or Biography (Woman subject): The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
N2: Classic (first published on or pre-1973): 1966: Garden by the Sea
G2: Short Story collection: Olive, Again
O2: Wales: No Refuge

☀ Row 3: Completed:
B3: Author or MC identifies as LGBTQ+: MC: Blind Goddess
I3: Fantasy: Three Apples Fell from the Sky
N3: FREE: The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
G3: Indigenous Author: A Council of Dolls
O3: Book in a Series: The Mystery of the Blue Train

☀ Row 4: Completed:
B4: YA: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
I4: Essays: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
N4: Health, Fitness or Healthcare (includes Mental Health): Transcendent Kingdom
G4: Feminist Politics: Bright Young Women
O4: Author of Asian descent: Stargazing

☀ Row 5: Completed 6/2/2024
B5: Disability (author or theme): The Mystery Guest
I5: Africa: The Art of Losing [Algeria]
N5: Book by Zora Neale Hurston: The Mule-Bone by Zora Neale Hurston
G5: Sci-Fi: Sea of Tranquility
O5: Retelling of a folktale: Cinderella Liberator

☀ Column B: Completed
B1. Witches: The Okay Witch
B2: Author of African descent: My Monticello
B3: Author or MC identifies as LGBTQ+: MC: Blind Goddess
B4: YA: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
B5: Disability (author or theme): The Mystery Guest

☀ Column I: Completed
I1: Science/Nature/ the Environment / climate change: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
I2: Memoir or Biography (Woman subject): The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
I3: Fantasy: Three Apples Fell from the Sky
I4: Essays: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
I5: Africa: The Art of Losing

☀ Column N: Completed
N1: Booker Prize Winner: Hotel du Lac
N2: Classic (first published on or pre-1973): 1966: Garden by the Sea
N3: FREE: The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
N4: Health, Fitness or Healthcare (includes Mental Health): Transcendent Kingdom
N5: Book by Zora Neale Hurston: The Mule-Bone by Zora Neale Hurston

☀ Column G: Completed
G1: Author of Middle Eastern descent: Israel: The Teacher
G2: Short Story collection: Olive, Again
G3: A Council of Dolls
G4: Feminist Politics: Bright Young Women
G5: Sci-Fi: Sea of Tranquility

☀ Column O: Completed
O1: Graphic Novel: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
O2: Wales: No Refuge
Indigenous Author
O3: Book in a Series: The Mystery of the Blue Train
O4: Author of Asian descent: Stargazing
O5: Retelling of a folktale: Cinderella Liberator

X.1. Q1 QUARTERLY CHALLENGES
all groups included here

⭐ RC: Q1: Winter Tourist Season ........ message 41
duration: Jan 1 2024 - Mar 31 2024 - Q1
☀ Completed: 18 / 18
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

☀ 1. Read a book that involves music, is set in Norway, or has a mountain or cave on the cover. Norway: Blind Goddess
☀ 2. Read a book set in the Middle Ages, featuring road travel, or set near a river, park, or lake. river: The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel, in Serbia
☀ 3. Read a book that involves twins, is set near a ski resort, or has a bridge on the cover: twins: Devin and Ezra: My Monticello
☀ 4. Read a book with boat or air travel, about a large mammal, or written by an indigenous author: both: Hotel du Lac
☀ 5. Read a book featuring winter sports, a division of any type, or published in 1962 AND between the authors: division (Methodists vs Baptists): The Mule-Bone
☀ 6. Read a historical or western book, a book with a horse on the cover, or a book about indigenous peoples. indigenous peoples: A Council of Dolls
☀ 7. Read a book set during World War II, a book about a nomadic culture, or a book with a Buddhist character or author. WW2: Abigail
☀ 8. Read a book with any furry animal on the cover, a book originally written in French, or a book about a traveler: traveler: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
☀ 9. Read a book set along a border, about a runner, or with a bird in the title or cover art. Bratislava borders both Austria and Hungary: Seeing People Off
☀ 10. 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): weather: Sea of Tranquility
☀ 11. Read a book set in a castle, with gold or diamonds on the cover, or with a compass direction in the title: compass direction: West Heart Kill
☀ 13. Read a book about someone with a name change, a book about spirituality, or with a palace or pyramid on the cover: spirituality: Transcendent Kingdom
☀ 14. Read a book where an illness impacts a population, a book by a Canadian author, or a book set on an island. Canadian Author: Nita Prose: The Mystery Guest
☀ 15. Read a book with two or 2 in the title, featuring a train ride, or with a landscape on the cover. train ride: The Mystery of the Blue Train
☀ 16. Read a book that involves art or architecture, with an icy or snowy cover, or set in China. art: The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
17. Read a book set at a school, a book about polar explorers, or a book with the sun on the cover. sun in text: Half of a Yellow Sun
☀ 18. Read a book set in a small village or town, with a cover that shows falling precipitation, or set during a gold rush: small town of Crosby, Maine: Olive, Again
☀ 19. Read a book translated from Russian, with a fish on the cover, or involving special accommodations or modifications: special accommodations: hotel after release from concentration camp: The Teacher
☀ 20. 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.) ethnic: Guatemala/Ecuador: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From

⭐ RW: Q1: Science/Environment
duration: Jan 1 2024 - Mar 31 2024 - Q1
link: link
☀ Completed: 4 / 2
☀1. Sea of Tranquility
☀2. Transcendent Kingdom
☀3. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
☀4. All You Have to Do Is Call

X2. Q2 QUARTERLY CHALLENGES.......... completed
duration: Apr 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2024
all groups included here

⭐ RW: Q2 - AFRICA OR LATIN AMERICA
(author origin, descent, takes place in) ........ message ?
☀ Completed: 5 / 5

AFRICA:
☀ The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir, Wayétu Moore, born in Liberia, story takes place in Liberia
☀ Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow, author is a black Southern woman
☀ The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter, set in Algeria

LATIN AMERICA:
☀ My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez, author's parents born in Mexico, takes place part of the story in Mexico
☀ Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon, author born in US to latin american parents
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⭐ RC: A. TBR SPRING CLEANING ........ message 27
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☀ Completed: 16 / 15

☀ 2. The thin - a book with less than 200 pages: 197: Cards on the Table
☀ 3. The pretty - a book with a pretty cover: My Side of the River
☀ 4. The ugly - a book with an ugly cover: Xingu
☀ 5. The unknown - a book with few reviews: 53: Food of Ghosts
☀ 6. The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place: Liberia: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
☀ 7. The tough - a book that's a challenging read: Where There Was Fire
☀ 8. The random - a book that you've chosen blindly: simply because it was the next book in a favorite series: The Mistress of Bhatia House
☀ 9. The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf: 2017: The Sister
☀ 11. The sequel - a continuation: Voice of the Violin
☀ 12. The special - a must read: The Kind Worth Killing
☀ 13. The good - a book with the best ratings: 4.4: Remarkably Bright Creatures
☀ 15. The popular - a book with many reviews: 48K: The Women
☀ 16. The well-connected - a book that someone recommended: Cindy: The Second Ending
☀ 17. The cheap - a reduced-price book: $6: Cinderella Liberator
☀ 19. The given - a free book: We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I-mother's day present
☀ 20. The new - a new release: The Fury

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⭐ RC: B. ALL ABOUT SPRING ........ message 36 .....
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☀ Completed: 16/ 5

☀ 1. Goodbye winter. Read a book with “spring” in the title, that is set during spring, or that has a happy ending: happy ending: Stargazing

☀ 4. Spring is a time of renewal. Read a book about a new beginning or starting over, or that is related to birth or growth in some way: new beginning: The Okay Witch

☀ 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: saved or rescued: The Second Ending

☀ 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: first in series: Where the Guilty Hide

☀ 7. Love is in the air. Read any novel in which two characters are in love: Mam and Gus: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir

☀ 8. Passover. Read a book with a Jewish author or main character or a book about family or faith: family and faith: Memphis

☀ 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: second hand shop: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society.

☀ 11. Cherry blossoms. Read a book set in Japan or that has something associated with tea on the cover: cake: Cinderella Liberator

☀ 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: beach read: The Sister

☀ 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: audiobook: Z For Zachariah

☀ 14. Mardi Gras. Read a book with a character who is in disguise or is hiding something, a book with gold, green, or purple on the cover, or a book set in New Orleans: hiding the violin: Voice of the Violin

☀ 15. Spring cleaning. Read a book in which a character is a housekeeper, butler, maid or gardener, or a book where something is “cleaned up,” “swept under the rug,” or otherwise hidden or cleared away: The Mistress of Bhatia House

☀ 17. “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” Read a book with a character that is like a lion (strong, fierce, intimidating, etc.) or like a lamb (gentle, quiet, playful, etc.),: Elizabeth and Fer: My Side of the River

☀ 18. Memorial Day. Read a book about memory, that has a soldier as a character, or a book that you've read before but don't really remember: a book about memory: Three Apples Fell from the Sky

☀ 19. Spring forward. Read a book set in the future or a book that jumps back and forth in time: jumps back and forth: Where There Was Fire

☀ 20. Maypole. Read a book that is set in a wood or forest, or that has trees on the cover: trees on cover: Food of Ghosts

N. RC- A to Z Titles ............... message 4
Use the first letter of any main word in your book titles.
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☀ A. The Apology and the Last Days: A Novel
☀ B. Blind Goddess
☀ C. A Council of Dolls
☀ D. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
☀ E. The Second Ending
☀ F. Where There Was Fire
☀ G. The Mystery Guest
☀ H. Hotel du Lac
☀ I. The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
☀ J. Jamila: Dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the Author's Literary Legacy
☀ K. West Heart Kill
☀ L. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
☀ M. My Monticello
☀ N. No Refuge
☀ O. Olive, Again
☀ P. Seeing People Off
☀ Q. The Mysterious Mr. Quin
☀ R. The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club
☀ S. Sea of Tranquility
☀ T. Transcendent Kingdom
☀ U. Uneasy Prey
☀ V. Voice of the Violin
☀ W. Bright Young Women
☀ X. Xingu
☀ Y. All You Have to Do Is Call
☀ Z. Z for Zachariah

AB. ⭐ ATY: SUMMER .............. Completed Jun 2024
6/1/24-8/31/24
12 / 12

June ..........4 / 4
☀ 1. National Ballpoint Pen Day
☀☀ a. A book with a writing utensil on the cover: End of Story


☀ 2. National Prune Day
☀☀ a. A book written by someone over the age of 60: 70 yo Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories by Hilma Wolitzer

☀ 3. Let's Catch a Movie
☀☀ c. A book published in the last two years: The Fury

☀ 4. Happy Birthday Paul Gauguin
☀☀ b. A translated book: The Art of Losing

July .......... 4 / 4
1. Happy Birthday Satchel Paige
☀☀ c. A book with a black main character: Glory Broussard in Glory Be

2. The Apollo Moon Landing
☀☀ b. A book with the moon on the cover: Thirty-Three Teeth


☀ 3. Let's Go on a Hike
☀☀ a. A book with a cover of a nature scene without people: Uneasy Prey

☀ 4. Dog Days of Summer
☀☀ c. An author's first book: Three-Fifths by John Vercher

AUGUST .......... 4 / 4
☀ 1. The Destruction of Pompeii
☀☀ b. A book with red on the cover: The Women

☀ 2. Vacation Time
☀☀ a. A book you've been meaning to read: The Kind Worth Saving

☀ 3. Let's Play a Game
☀☀ c. A book in a series: An Assassination on the Agenda

☀ 4. Back to School Sales
☀☀ b. A nonfiction book: We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I

AA. 52 Book Club Summer Challenge............... completed Jun 2024
duration: Jun 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2024
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
...For lesser difficulty, readers are welcome to pick any 8 prompts total.
☀ Completed: 8 / 8 - Bronze

OPENING CEREMONIES
☀ 1) Set in Paris: partially:
The Art of Losing

ATHLETICS:
☀ 4) 100M SPRINT: A short story collection:
Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS:
☀ 7) BOXING: A strong opening hook:
End of Story

☀ 9) FENCING: Dialogue with witty banter! Touche!
An Assassination on the Agenda

GYMNASTICS:
☀11) UNEVEN BARS: Series with uneven number of books: currently the Henry Kimball/Lilly Kintner series by Peter Swanson has 3 titles:
The Kind Worth Saving

WATER SPORTS
☀ 14) WATER POLO: A book that made a splash:
The Women

CYCLING:
17) TEAM PURSUIT: Featuring a group of friends:
The Fury

TEAM SPORTS:
☀ 21) FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Double letter word in title: BEEN:
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I

X4. RC - Q4 CHALLENGE......................completed 11/3/2024

⭐Fall Into Books........ message 7
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☀ Completed: 8 / 6

☀ Back to School: The International House of Dereliction
☀ Orchard Outing: Choose books set in an orchard or involving fruits and harvest: The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
* Oktoberfest: Find books with a festive or cultural celebration:
☀ It’s a Killer Thriller Night: Pick thrillers or mystery novels: The Sequel
☀ Monster Mash: Select books featuring monsters or supernatural elements: Pet
* Sweater Weather: Read cozy books set in fall or winter:
☀ Woodland Wander: Choose books with a forest or nature setting: Where Wolves Don't Die
* Enjoy the Golden Season: Find books that embrace autumn coziness:
* Fall Foliage: Read books with a vivid autumn setting or cover:
☀ Remembrance Day: Select books related to historical events or honoring memories: The Excitements
☀ Happy Thanksgiving: Choose books about gratitude or family gatherings: How to Solve Your Own Murder
☀ Days Until Christmas: Pick books with a holiday theme or set during the festive season: Cherringham - Silent Night, Stolen Night: A Cosy Crime Series

F2. MYSTERY/THRILLER FRIENDS CHALLENGE - 2nd Half
...............completed 11/9/2024
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☑️ 24 / 24

Determination List
☑️ 1. Bakery Street Mystery: Murder is a Piece of Cake
☑️ 2. Beryl and Edwina Mysteries: Murder at a London Finishing SchoolMurder in Old Bombay
☑️ 3. The Night Shift
☑️ 4. The Last Murder at the End of the World
☑️ 5. A Disappearance in Fiji
☑️ 6. The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red
☑️ 7. The Last Word
☑️ 8. Cherringham - In Good Faith: A Cosy Crime Series
☑️ 9. Murder in Old Bombay
☑️ 10. A Front Page Affair

Plus List
☑️ 11. A book set in a different country than you live in: Italy:
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

☑️ 12. Read a book by an Author that you never read before or one by a new debut author:
Wajdi Al-Ahdal (never before): A Land Without Jasmine - and never again

☑️13. A book that someone recommended to you: Breaking the Dark

☑️14. A book that is a different genre than your normal type of read: nonfiction:
Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction

Two books from a series you haven't completed yet.
Andy Veracruz series
☑️15. Mariachi Meddler
☑️16. Island Casualty

☑️ 17. A book that comes out in 2024:
A Talent for Murder

☑️ 18. A book that you meant to read in 2023 but never got around to it:
If We Were Villains

☑️ 19. A book that came out before you were born: Hollow Man (1935 - WAAAY before I was born!)

☑️ 20. A book that is done by more than one author: A Quiet Life by William Cooper and Michael McKinley

☑️ 21. A book that won an award: Sisters in Crime Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel (2009):
A Beautiful Place to Die

☑️ 22. One of the oldest to be read books on your unread mountain: The Witness for the Prosecution

☑️ 23.A book set in multiple countries: England and Spain: The Last Hope

☑️ 24. Book you started in the past but put aside and never finished for some reason: The Plot, (and then LOVED it!)

S. ATY Fall Season ...............completed 11/16/2024
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ............... message 12

FAMILY GATHERING
15/15
spreadsheet (col AA): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

☀ F: Title: Foster
☀ A: Title: All Systems Red
☀ M: Title: Murder in Old Bombay
☀ I: Title: Interpreter of Maladies
☀ L: Title: The Last Murder at the End of the World
☀ Y: Anne Youngson: Meet Me at the Museum

☀ G: Author: Elly Griffiths: The Last Word
☀ A: Title: A Quiet Life
☀ T: Author: Tanya R. Taylor: Blind Sight
☀ H: Title: How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
☀ E: Title: The Excitements
☀ R: Author: Radha Vatsal: A Front Page Affair
☀ I: Title: It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey
☀ N: Author: Neil Richardson and Matthew Costello: Cherringham - Silent Night, Stolen Night: A Cosy Crime Series
☀ G: Author: Gloria Naylor: Bailey's Café
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PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE
17/17
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☀ P: Title: The Plot
☀ U: Title: Umami
☀ M: mystery genre: The Witness for the Prosecution
☀ P: Title: Pet
☀ K: Title: Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories
☀ I: Title: Islandborn
☀ N: Author: Nilima Rao: A Disappearance in Fiji

☀ S: Title: The Sequel
☀ P: Author: Kristen Perrin: How to Solve Your Own Murder
☀ I: Title: In Good Faith: A Cosy Crime Series
☀ C: Author: C.J. Wray: The Excitements
☀ E: Author: Louise Erdrich: The Mighty Red

☀ L: Author: Reni Eddo-Lodge: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
☀ A: Author: Selva Almada: The Wind That Lays Waste
☀ T: Author: Annabelle Tometich: The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
☀ T: Title: Tales from the Café
☀ E: Author: Elizabeth Hay: Late Nights on Air

V. RW- HALF YEAR CHALLENGE H2 ....... completed 11/16/24
Jul 1, 2024 thru Dec 31, 2024

⭐BINGO - SECOND HALF
☀ 1 / 1 bingo
spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

☀ B1. Alice Bradley Sheldon, writing as James Tiptree Jr. : The Women Men Don't See
☀ B2. Martha Wells : All Systems Red
☀ B3. Patricia Highsmith : Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
☀ B4. Gloria Naylor: Bailey's Café
☀ B5. Louise Erdrich: The Mighty Red

I1. Zora Neale Hurston:
I2. Sayaka Murata:
I3. Isabelle Allende
I4. Han Kang
I5. Joan Didion
N1. Silvia Moreno-Garcia
N2. Joy Harjo
☀ N3. Anne Brontë : Agnes Grey
N4. Nawal El Saadawi
N5. Octavia Butler
G1. Tiffany Jackson
G2. Mona Awad
☀ G3. Celeste Ng : Our Missing Hearts
G4. Toni Morrison
☀ G5. Zadie Smith : Intimations
☀ O1. Sandra Cisneros : The House on Mango Street
02. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
03. Jesmyn Ward
☀ O4. Jhumpa Lahiri : Interpreter of Maladies
☀ O5. Amy Tan : The Moon Lady

Read Harder 2024
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...... message 46
☀ Co7mpleted 16 / 15 on 11/17/2024

☀ 1) Read a cozy fantasy book: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
☀ 3) Read a middle grade horror novel: The International House of Dereliction
☀ 5) Read a sci-fi novella: The Women Men Don't See
☀ 6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character: Pet
☀ 7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author: Rupi Kaur: milk and honey
☀ 8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited: Hungary: Abigail
☀ 9) Read a book recommended by a librarian: The Excitements
☀ 10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author: A Council of Dolls
☀ 13) Read a comic that has been banned: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
☀ 16) Read a book based solely on the title: Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories
☀ 17) Read a book about media literacy: Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories
☀ 20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction): The Plot
☀ 21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023: Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
☀ 22) Read a manga or manhwa: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
☀ 23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery: The Fury
☀ 24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges: Read a non-European novel in translation: Armenia (Western Asia): Three Apples Fell from the Sky

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• What was the last book you read for the challenge, and when did you finish it?
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, finished it 11/17/24

• What was your favorite prompt?
#21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023, for which I read Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

• What was your favorite book?
I had two actually: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

• Was there a book you particularly liked that you wouldn't have picked up, were it not for the challenge?
Again, have two here: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Pet

• What off-the-beaten-path book would you particularly recommend?
Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories

RC-POPSUGAR CHALLENGE ...............completed 11/26/2024
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... . . . . message 384
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...,...message 346
☀ Completed: 30 / 30

☀ 2. A bildungsroman: Memphis
☀ 4. A book about a writer: End of Story
☀ 8. A book by a blind or visually impaired author: We Solve Murders
☀ 9. A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author: The Woman in the Library this author shows up in both Goodreads Listopias and Storygraph lists, but nothing in any article written about her mentions this...
☀ 10. A book by a self-published author: Rupi Kaur: milk and honey
☀ 11. A book from a genre you typically avoid: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
☀ 12. A book from an animal's POV: Remarkably Bright Creatures
☀ 14. A book recommended by a bookseller: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
☀ 15. A book recommended by a librarian: The Excitements
☀ 16. A book set 24 years before you were born: Partners in Crime
☀ 17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list: Norway: Blind Goddess
☀ 18. A book set in space: All Systems Red
☀ 19. A book set in the future: A Quiet Life
☀ 20. A book set in snow: Cherringham - Silent Night, Stolen Night: A Cosy Crime Series
☀ 21. A book that came out in a year that ends with "24": 2024: The Last Murder at the End of the World
☀ 22. A book that centers on video games: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
☀ 23. A book that features dragons: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
☀ 24. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours: The Wind That Lays Waste
☀ 25. A book that was published 24 years ago: A Cowrie of Hope
☀ 27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter: The Night Shift
☀ 29. A book with a neurodivergent main character: The Mystery Guest
☀ 31. A book with a title that is a complete sentence: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
☀ 33. A book with an unreliable narrator: The Fury
☀ 34. A book with at least three POVs: Umami
☀ 35. A book with magical realism: Three Apples Fell from the Sky
☀ 38. A cozy fantasy book: The International House of Dereliction
☀ 39. A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author: Pet
☀ 43. A second-chance romance: Meet Me at the Museum
☀ 49. The 24th Book of an Author: Breaking the Dark
☀ 50. A Book Whose Title Starts with the Letter X: Xingu
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Date you finished:
11/26/2024 ............... completed 30/30

Message number of your list post (if you've got one):
346

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
1. A bildungsroman - Memphis

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Remarkably Bright Creatures for prompt #12, a book from an animal's POV.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
All Systems Red - 18. A book set in space

Least favorite prompt:
24. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours

Prompt you hope to see again:
A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list

Last prompt you finished:
16. A book set 24 years before you were born

Did you like the "24" theme scattered throughout?
Some of them, yes.

Finally, are you in for 2025?
Yes. Likely not all of them, but probably around 30 again.

2024 IN REVIEW