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Christene Paula's 2022 Yearly Challenges
Christene Paula's 2023 Yearly Challenges

2024 -2024 Reading Challenge
2024 Members Corner

Goodreads Choice Award 2023

Reads in 2023: 23 books (24)
Reads in 2024: 8 books (10)

Fantasy
TBR
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The Will of the Many by James Islington
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
Witch King by Martha Wells
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
VenCo by Cherie Dimanche
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

READ 2/20


Romantasy
TBR
The Hanging City by Charlie N. Holmberg
The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten
A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent
A Game of Gods by Scarlett St. Clair
The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
Bewitched by Laura Thalassa
A Dawn of Onyx by Kate Golden
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadben
Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Coven by Harper L. Woods
Sorrow and Starlight by Caroline Peckham
Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
A Queen of Thieves & Chaos by K.A. Tucker
A Court This Cruel & Lovely by Stacia Stark
Rule of the Aurora King by Nisha J. Tuli

READ 1/20


Sci-Fi
TBR
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Ascension by Nicholas Binge
System Collapse by Martha Wells
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Light Bringer by Pierce Brown
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Marriage Act by John Marrs
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Bridge by Lauren Beukes
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Translation State by Ann Leckie

READ 1/20


YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi
TBR
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao
Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
Foxglove by Adalyn Grace
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
House of Marionne by J. Elle
Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

READ in 2023: 1

READ in 2024: 2


Fiction
TBR
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Family Meal by Bryan Washington
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Maame by Jessica George
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbran
Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes

READ in 2023: 1

READ in 2024: 2


Romance
TBR
You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
Final Offer by Lauren Asher
The Right Move by Liz Tomforde
Powerless by Elsie Silver
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score
A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Wildfire by Hannah Grace
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
King of Pride by Ana Huang

READ in 2023: 5

READ in 2024: 2


Historical Fiction
TBR
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Go as a River by Shelley Read
North Woods by Daniel Mason

READ in 2023: 2

READ in 2024: 1


Mystery and Thriller
TBR
What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
The Coworker by Freida McFadden
Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Homecoming by Kate Morton
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
After That Night by Karin Slaughter
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

READ in 2023: 5

READ in 2024: 1


Horror
TBR
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Rouge by Mona Awad
Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
The September House by Carissa Orlando
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Holly by Stephen King
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano
Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan

READ 2/20


YA Fiction
TBR
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
Reign by Katharine McGee
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick
Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
One of Us Is Back by Karen M. McManus
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
Immortality by Dana Schwartz
This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz
Five Survive by Holly Jackson
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
What Happens After Midnight by K.L. Walther
Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

READ 1/20


Debut
TBR
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
The September House by Carissa Orlando
Weyward by Emilia Hart
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-As
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
Maame by Jessica George
One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

READ in 2023: 2

READ in 2024: 2


Nonfiction
READ 0/20

Memoir & Biography
READ 1/20

New Release Challenge 2024
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Completed: 0 books

1. The Takeover by Cara Tanamachi (Jan 30, 2024)
2. The Teacher by Freida McFadden (Feb 06, 2024)
3. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (Jan 02, 2024)

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2024 Series Challenge
Series to complete: 10
Series completed:
Completed: 0 books

📚 By Patricia Briggs
Mercy Thompson
(view spoiler)[ 1. Moon Called
2. Blood Bound
3. Iron Kissed (hide spoiler)]

Colorful Covers 2024
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
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Completed: 3 books

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New-to-me Author Exploration Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Completed: 3 books

1. Michiko Aoyama - Michiko Aoyama
2. H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
3. Eleanor Shearer - River Sing Me Home
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