Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges discussion

This months key words are:

Story
Hunt
Plot
City
You
Cry
Another
Paint⁠

Share with us! Which key word did you pick? What book did you read and what did you think of it?

I picked Cry Wolf by Tami Hoag. Interesting read with many twist & turns of the murders.

I’m reading You (You #1) by Caroline Kepnes

I'm hoping to read The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II and The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism. Two BIG books so not sure if I'll be able to get through them, but I think I'd like to try!

You is the keyword. I have selected Thriller: Stories to keep you up all night. Works for both challenges this month.

This month I'll read City of bones and City of ashes
I am thinking if I try to read some book with You because I have a lot of them in my bookshelf.
So I'm considerating Where you are by Tammara Webber (but I need to read Between the lines that is the first one or most all of you by Mia Sheridan.

Key Word:
You

Book:
Anything You Can Do by R.S. Grey

Thoughts:
I could not put this book down (except to go eat dinner for a bit lol). It was funny, sweet, spicy, and I just love contemporary enemies to lovers books; 5 stars

I’m reading When You Disappeared by John Marrs really enjoying it.

Key Word: Another
Book: Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson
Always enjoy the Longmire stories, they are even better than the TV series, but the nice thing is they are not expected to be the same. My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Key word: You

Book: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

It was an interesting book. It wasn’t what I was expecting it to be. It’s not a book I’m likely to read again, but it wasn’t awful! Good if you’re looking for a fast read!

I'm not sure if this is cheating or not but I'm going to use the word YOUR instead of YOU...it's the same thing right??
I'm about to start reading How to break up with your phone.

I also want to read Funny You Should Ask, we will see if I get to it

I completed the challenge by reading "Cry for Help" by Wendy Dranfield and "A Story as Sharp as a Knife" by Robert Bringhurst - both good reads.

Challenge complete!
Key word: story
Read Racing to the Finish: My Story by Dale Earnhardt Jr. with Ryan McGee. Good book about concussions. Not at all what I thought the book was going to be about.

Finished another key word book this month:
Key word: you
Read It Could Happen To You by Gina Wilkins. Read actual original paperback, but that's not in Goodreads. Though this should have been a quick read for me to clear some space on my shelves, it was a slow, repetitive, and annoying read. I should have quit, but I still have a hard time not finishing a book I start. Would definitely not recommend.

I squeezed one more "you" book in:
Key word: you
Read Why You Matter: How Your Quest for Meaning Is Meaningless without God by Michael Sherrard

I read Kiss The Girls And Make Them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark. I enjoy her books. They're pretty quick, easy reads.

• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

Not going to lie, this book reads a bit like some type of crazy fever dream. And while the middle section dragged a bit, as a whole I really enjoyed

You:
When you disappeared
The Idea of you
Story:
The storyteller: tales of life & music

Just finished my March list:
In Another Time by Jillian Cantor
City of the Dead by James Patterson (I'm not sure I ever read any of the Maximum Ride series even though we own most of them...)
You Had Me At Cowboy by Jennie Marts (a new author, snarky like Jill Shalvis, loved it!)
Hunted by Meagan Spooner (very, very good)
The Lost Plot by Genvieve Cogman (new series, interesting...will revisit)
The Vineyard at Painted Moon by Susan Mallery
A Cry in the Night by Carol Ellis (a throwback to my youth with a Scholastic Apple book from my daughter's shelf)
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Looking forward to what people read in April as I have nothing for two of the words on either my bookshelves or my to-read list (my initial criteria, we'll see if I can hold out...)

Challenge complete: The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin

I’m of two minds when it comes to this book. There are parts that I enjoyed, mostly when it focused on the remaining humans. Not so much when it came to the long and sprawling story of of Zero, or Tim Fanning as he’s known in human form. Did I really care about his backstory? No, not really. Because, though Cronin tries hard to, what, humanize him, nothing can excuse what he does. Oh, boo hoo, you lost the woman you loved. Get in line.

So I skimmed huge segments of the book, only stopping when it appeared that something important was about to happen. Things do happen; it just seems to take an inordinate amount of time.

But worst is the ending Cronin writes for many of the characters. Not to give anything away, but some deserved better; one deserved far worse. I wish Cronin would have added a chapter or two to The Twelve, and given those characters the fates they deserved.

I read I Hope This Doesn't Find You.

I read City of Bones from the Mortal Instruments series. I really enjoyed the beginning but by the middle I was losing interest. It was an interesting premise though!

I chose "you" and boy did I love this one - it was a fantastic read. I'm surprised I haven't read Lisa Gardner before - I must have 20 of her books!

Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner

I choose “you” this month. I read Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner, too. The book was very suspenseful, and I really enjoyed the twist at the end. I will be reading more of her books.

For the keyword 'You', I've read 'What I Love About You' by Rachel Gibson!

Sinfully YOUrs by Kathleen Ayers

Nice fast read and part of a fun series. This one is number 4 of 5 deadly sins.

CHALLENGE COMPLETE!!
Keyword: ANOTHER
Book: Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

Keyword: YOU
Book: How Can I Help You by Laura Sims

March books:
Story - The Magnolia Story by Chip Gaines
Hunt - The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Plot - Plot Twist by Bethany Turner
City - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
You - I’ve got my eyes on you by Mary Higgins Clark
Cry - A cry in the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
Another - Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
Paint - The Painted Lobster Murders by Millie Ravensworth
I really liked I’ve got my eyes on you.

I had a lot of plans to read in March... but I didn't finish the thriller book. So I changed the book I chosed.
I read Oh! All the places You'll go by Dr. Seuss.
The keyword was You ;)
I loved this book. =)

• Hunter - Mercedes Lackey
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Not going to lie, I was ridiculously amused by the fact that Christians are referred to as “Christers”, in this dystopian setting…and of course they were the ones to blow everyone to shit with a Nuke when the world started going all topsy/turvy 😂. ANYway, this was an enjoyable read, with strong Hunger Games vibes. So it follows, that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this to other readers who also enjoyed that series.

In March these are the books read with the following key words:– Story, Hunt, Plot, City, You, Cry, Another, Paint

Story- God's Story, your story by Max Lucado 3 stars; Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri ; Stories to Tell by Richard Marx- a memoir 3 stars; Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler 2 short stories 3 stars; Italian Short Stories by Talk in Italian 4 stars
; ; ;

Hunt- Hunted by Meagan Spooner 4 stars; Hunted by Darcy Coates 4 stars; Hunted by James Patterson- short story 3 stars
; : ;

Plot-The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest 4 stars; The Family Plot by Megan Collins 4 stars; The Medusa Plot by Gordon Korman 4 stars
; ;

City- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert 3stars


You- Things you save in a Fire by Katherine Center 3 stars; Where he can't find you by Darcy Coates 4 stars
;


Cry- When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin 3stars; Cry Baby by Ginger Scott 3 stars
:

Another- Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid 4 stars; Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey 4 stars; I loved you in Another Life by David Arnold 3 stars; Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister 3 stars
; ; ;

Paint- Paint the Wind by Pam Muñoz Ryan 4 stars; The Girl in the Painting by Tea Cooper 3 stars; Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee 4 stars
; ;

I read The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay. Key Word: You
I liked 5 of the 15 stories - did not like the first 10!

I read 'Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook' by Christina Henry