The Lost Challenges discussion

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code



Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter.
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

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Emeli

Ferenc FINISHED
Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED
Grace
Gretel

Jackie FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED
Joyce FINISHED

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Katelyn
Kathleen FINISHED
Katrina FINISHED
Kellene FINISHED
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Kimberly FINISHED

Lali & Michelle FINISHED

Melissa A FINISHED
Michele FINISHED
Moondance FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Richard FINISHED

Shash FINISHED
Sheila FINISHED
Someoneyouknow FINISHED
Suzanne

Tammie FINISHED
Tari FINISHED

Vanessa FINISHED

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Read: 25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
Swan Song Elin Hilderbrand 6/22/24

2. ATM
Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/20/24

3. AWOL
The Love Shack Lori Foster 6/21/24

4. CAPTCHA
Coffee at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/25/24

5. CD-ROM
Christmas at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/20/24

6. DOA
Dinner at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/17/24

7. EOD
Dessert at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/24/24

8. GIF
Fatal Justice Marie Force 6/14/24

9. JPEG
Echoes of the Past Ashley Farley 8/14/24

10. KISS
The Summer Escape Jill Shalvis 6/15/24

11. LASER
Summers at the Saint Mary Kay Andrews 6/26/24

12. NASA
Never Forgot You: An emotional over-40's, second-chance, small-town, slow-burn romance Kath Farr 6/7/24

13. NSFW
Fatal Consequences Marie Force 6/23/24

14. PEMDAS
Avenging Angel Kristen Ashley 6/30/24

15. PIN
Perfect Someday Lauren Runow 8/12/24

16. RADAR
The Restaurant on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 6/3/24

17. SCUBA
Breakfast at the Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/16/24

18. SIM (card)
Songbird Cottage Barbara Cool Lee 6/9/24

19. SMH
Hold on Tight Serena Bell 6/4/24

20. SNAFU
15 Summers Later RaeAnne Thayne 6/23/24

21. SONAR
Riverstone Cottage Barbara Cool Lee 6/11/24

22. SPF
Sunshine Cottage Barbara Cool Lee 6/10/24

23. TBA
To Have and to Hold Heidi Renee Mason 6/6/24

24. YOLO
Lunch at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 6/17/24

25. ZIP (code)
In the Middle of Hickory Lane Heather Webber 7/23/24

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Read: 25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
The Stranger in the Library Eva Gates 6/4/24

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
Mending Mischief Kathryn Mykel 6/8/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Olive You to Death Lynn Cahoon 6/6/24

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Charred to Handle Patti Benning 6/1/24

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
The Case of the Kantankerous Kite L.C. Richards 6/14/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Digging Up Death at the Castle Avery Kent 6/17/24

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Dining and Dread Donna Clancy 6/20/24

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Farm Table Felonies Summer Prescott 6/7/24

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Peach Cobbler Poison Diana Dumont 6/9/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Kill or Bee Killed Jennie Marts 6/5/24

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Steeped in Suspicion Eryn Scott 6/12/24

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A Novel Murder Case Tabitha Knight 6/3/24

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Framed for Murder Marla A. White 6/10/24

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Murder in the Masai Mara Victoria DeLuis 6/4/24

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
Penguins and Mortal Peril Ruby Loren 6/22/24

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Death Walks a Dog Tess Baytree 6/21/24

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Bonfires, Backpacks & Brawls Tonya Kappes 6/2/24

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
A Murder at the Movies Ellie Alexander 6/16/24

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
High and Dry Emma Ainsley 6/11/24

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Up the Creek without a Poodle Madison Johns 6/22/24

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Not Sew Bad J.A. Whiting 6/14/24

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Stars, Stripes and Secrets Kathleen Suzette 6/16/24

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Blind Escape Tanya R. Taylor 6/11/24

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Library Conundrum Ileana Munoz Renfroe 7/22/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Panic in the Pansies Barbara Emodi 6/28/24

To be sure I've got this right: For #25 (ZIP), we would need to read one book whose title begins with Z, I or P?

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

25/25 Completed. Finished

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
State of Suspense-Marie Force 6/04/24

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
Meant for Stone-Natasha Madison 6/06/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
On Her Watch-Melinda Leigh 6/06/24

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Her Dying Secret-Lisa Regan 6/07/24

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Dangerous Beauty-J.T. Geissinger 6/20/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Deep Redemption-Tillie Cole 7/20/24

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Edge Of Reality-Freya Barker 6/22/24

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Girl Ten: Wanted-Molly Black 7/13/24

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Just One Night-Carly Phillips 7/08/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Intimate Intuition-Audrey Carlan 6/18/24

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Loving Romeo-Laura Pavlov 6/13/24

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Now You See Me-D.K. Hood 6/04/24

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Fallen-Linda Castillo 6/05/24

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Perfect Together-Kristen Ashley 6/17/24

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
In Her Tracks-Robert Dugoni 6/10/24

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Reign-Jessica Gadziala 6/03/24

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Unseen-Karin Slaughter 6/03/24

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Infatuation-River Savage 6/07/24

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
Head Over Heels-Karla Sorensen 6/11/2

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Fragile Sanctuary-Catherine Cowles 6/01/24

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
A Not So Meet Cute-Meghan Quinn 6/12/24

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Soldiers of Fortune-Jana Deleon 7/23/24

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Tempting Enemy-M. Robinson 6/19/24

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Love On the Run-Zuri Day 6/13/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Zach-Lilly Atlas 6/05/24

My spot

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

25/25

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
The Plot Thickets by Julia Henry 6/6/24

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton 6/9/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman 6/1/24

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Hanging Woman Creek by Louis L'Amour 6/13/24

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell 6/22/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-Whip Latte by Diane Kelly 6/11/24

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Death, Taxes, and a Sequined Clutch by Diane Kelly 6/24/24

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly 6/2/24

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams 6/3/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Knit One, Die Two by Peggy Ehrhart 6/23/24

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon 6/20/24

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey 6/17/24

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross 6/10/24

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles 6/15/24

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
Iced Under by Barbara Ross 6/29/24

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center 6/19/24

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Squished: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd 6/13/24

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Murder Most Owl by Sarah Fox 6/4/24

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman 6/1/24

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Silent Knit, Deadly Knit by Peggy Ehrhart 6/26/24

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin 6/25/24

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Fatal Fudge Swirl by Meri Allen 6/7/24

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd 6/7/24

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie 6/18/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers 6/16/24

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Read: 24/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
The Secret Shore by Liz Fenwick 8/3/24

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
After the Fire by Jo Spain 8/30/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Little Boy Lost by J.P. Carter 7/27/24

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
The African Poison Murders by Elspeth Huxley 6/28/24

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Magical Mystery Paws by Mandy Morton 7/7/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
The Dinner Guest by B.P. Walter 8/26/24

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
In Plain Sight by Marion Todd 7/9/24

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Period by Emma Barnett 7/6/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
The Islanders by Caroline Mitchell 6/15/24

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie 7/15/24

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett 6/26/24

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac 7/27/24

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens 6/15/24

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
The Power by Naomi Alderman 7/13/24

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Drowning by T.J. Newman 7/20/24

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark 6/8/24

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead 6/24/24

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
The House by Imogen Robertson 6/3/24

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Suzanne O'Sullivan wrote The Sleeping Beauties 8/15/24

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves 6/19/24

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young 6/12/24

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie 6/18/24

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Overkill by Vanda Symon 7/23/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Zero Ri$k by Simon Hayes 8/3/24

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP

2. ATM

3. AWOL

✔️4. CAPTCHA
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish/Paula Brackston 6/2/24 2.5☆

✔️5. CD-ROM
The Road to Heaven/Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson 6/4/24 3.25☆

6. DOA

7. EOD

8. GIF

9. JPEG

10. KISS

✔️11. LASER
The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia/Juliet Grames 6/3/24 2.5☆

12. NASA

13. NSFW

14. PEMDAS

15. PIN

16. RADAR

✔️17. SCUBA
Blue Hawk/Chloe Turner 6/5/24 4.25☆

18. SIM (card)

19. SMH

20. SNAFU

21. SONAR

22. SPF

23. TBA

24. YOLO

25. ZIP (code)

Barb wrote: "To be sure I've got this right: For #25 (ZIP), we would need to read one book whose title begins with Z, I or P?"

Yes. :)

Everyone is linked!

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible - Smilla's Sense of Snow - Peter Høeg 12/01/25

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield 13/09/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave Overkill - Sandra Brown 01/10/24

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart - The Confession - John Grisham 08/06/24

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory - Candide - Voltaire 13/08/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival The Obsession - Nora Roberts 28/02/25

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day - The Exorcist's House - Nick Roberts 19/06/24

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix 03/08/24

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell 09/10/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid - The Invasion of the Tearling - Erika Johansen 01/02/25

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation - Rain man - Leonore Fleischer 31/08/24

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Night Shift - Stephen King 25/11/24

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson 19/10/24

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations) Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews 24/10/24

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard 10/02/25

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging The da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 11/03/25

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus Before Your Memory Fades - Toshikazu Kawaguchi 22/07/24

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module Midnight Sun - Jo Nesbø 03/12/24

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head - Mansfield Park - Jane Austen 18/07/24

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up Uprooted - Naomi Novik 06/07/24

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging Amleto - William Shakespeare 18/02/25

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor The Fury - L.J. Smith 08/11/24

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced - The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum 25/08/24

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist 31/10/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code - Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer 28/06/24

Acronyms
June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

25 of 25 Complete

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP - All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque - 6/12/24

2. ATM - The Accidental Empress - Allison Pataki - 6/20/24

3. AWOL - The Amulet - Ann Bennett - 7/27/24

4. CAPTCHA - Ceremony In Death - J.D. Robb - 8/11/24

5. CD-ROM - The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd - 8/25/24

6. DOA - Desert Solitaire - Edward Abbey - 7/4/24

7. EOD - Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik - 6/4/24

8. GIF - Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs - 8/9/24

9. JPEG - Jaws - Peter Benchley - 7/27/24

10. KISS - The Kept Woman - Karin Slaughter - 8/2/24

11. LASER - Law Man - Kristen Ashley - 8/16/24

12. NASA - Northern Lights - Nora Roberts - 8/18/24

13. NSFW - Naked in Death - J.D. Robb - 8/24/24

14. PEMDAS - Prince Of Fire - Daniel Silva - 6/14/24

15. PIN - Perestroika in Paris - Jane Smiley - 6/5/24

16. RADAR - Room - Emma Donoghue - 6/30/24

17. SCUBA - Still Missing - Chevy Stevens - 8/21/24

18. SIM (card) - Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - 8/3/24

19. SMH - Slicky Boys - Martin Limón - 8/8/24

20. SNAFU - Secretly Yours - Tessa Bailey - 8/19/24

21. SONAR - Seduction in Death - J.D. Robb - 8/15/24

22. SPF - The Spy Coast - Tess Gerritsen - 8/14/24

23. TBA - Three-Inch Teeth - C.J. Box - 7/2/24

24. YOLO - You Only Love Twice - Bec McMaster- 11/21/24

25. ZIP (code) - Zinnia - Jayne Castle - 12/9/24

JoAnne wrote: "Barb wrote: "To be sure I've got this right: For #25 (ZIP), we would need to read one book whose title begins with Z, I or P?"

Yes. :)"

Great, thanks :)

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Goal: 25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP - A Summer Affair - Elin Hilderbrand - 07/08/24
2. ATM - Memory Piece - Lisa Ko - 06/23/24
3. AWOL - The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/02/24
4. CAPTCHA - Thirteen Months of Sunrise - Rania Mamoun - 06/26/24
5. CD-ROM - The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson - 06/09/24
6. DOA - Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take - Tsugumi Ohba - 06/28/24
7. EOD - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett - 06/20/24
8. GIF - Infinity 8 vol.8 : Until the End - Lewis Trondheim - 06/06/24
9. JPEG - Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett - 07/12/24
10. KISS - The Invisible Hotel - Yeji Y. Ham - 06/29/24
11. LASER - Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies - Catherine Mack - 07/26/24
12. NASA - Snow Creek - Gregg Olsen - 10/09/24
13. NSFW - Fairy Tale - Stephen King - 08/25/24
14. PEMDAS - Death Note, Vol. 7: Zero - Tsugumi Ohba - 07/18/24
15. PIN - Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa - 07/03/24
16. RADAR - The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator - Joakim Palmkvist - 08/23/24
17. SCUBA - The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Ayi Kwei Armah - 06/06/24
18. SIM (card) - Moonlight, Murder, and Small Town Secrets - K.C. Hart - 07/05/24
19. SMH - How to Marry a Billionaire - Elise Sax - 06/08/24
20. SNAFU - An Unnecessary Woman - Rabih Alameddine - 07/13/24
21. SONAR - Recursion - Blake Crouch - 10/23/24
22. SPF - The Final Equinox - Andrew Mayne - 06/12/24
23. TBA - The Bullet Swallower - Elizabeth Gonzalez James - 06/19/24
24. YOLO - Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust - Immaculée Ilibagiza - 08/26/24
25. ZIP (code) - It Would Be Night in Caracas - Karina Sainz Borgo - 07/14/24

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Read: 25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP - Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Arsenic and Adobo - Mia P. Manansala - 7/13/24

2. ATM - Stands for: automated teller machine
Murder in G Major - Alexia Gordon - 7/3/24

3. AWOL - Stands for: Absent Without Leave
One Piece. Omnibus, Vol. 1 - Eiichiro Oda - 7/17/24

4. CAPTCHA - Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - 7/31/24

5. CD-ROM - Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Murder is a Piece of Cake - Valerie Burns - 8/5/24

6. DOA - Stands for: Dead On Arrival
One Piece. Omnibus, Vol. 2 - Eiichiro Oda - 8/19/24

7. EOD - Stands for: End Of Day
Dead and Gondola - Ann Claire - 8/31/24

8. GIF - Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Getaway With Murder - Diane Kelly - 11/15/24

9. JPEG - Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Practice Makes Perfect - Sarah Adams - 8/27/24

10. KISS - Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Killer Brownies - Amelia Pine - 9/4/24

11. LASER - Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
The Royals Next Door - Karina Halle - 9/30/24

12. NASA - Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Name Your Price - Holly James - 7/18/24

13. NSFW - Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Weather Girl - Rachel Lynn Solomon - 10/11/24

14. PEMDAS - Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
A Deal to Die For - Josie Belle - 9/18/24

15. PIN - Stands for: personal identification number
The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist - Sophie Gonzales - 8/18/24

16. RADAR - Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Raiders of the Lost Heart - Jo Segura - 8/29/24

17. SCUBA - Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Bookshops & Bonedust - Travis Baldree - 9/12/24

18. SIM (card) - Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Matilda - Roald Dahl - 9/30/24

19. SMH - Stands for: Shaking My Head
How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell - 8/19/24

20. SNAFU - Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
No Parm No Foul - Linda Reilly - 10/22/24

21. SONAR - Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Our Cursed Love - Julie Abe - 10/2/24

22. SPF - Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It - Elle Cosimano - 9/8/24

23. TBA - Stands for: To Be Announced
All the Feels - Olivia Dade - 9/24/24

24. YOLO - Stands for: You Only Live Once
One Piece. Omnibus, Vol. 3 - Eiichiro Oda - 9/22/24

25. ZIP (code) - Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
A Pose Before Dying - Alex Erickson - 9/20/24

Welcome everyone!

ACRONYM, 6/1 – 5/31
25/25 COMPLETE
Read 1 book whose title begins with a letter in each acronym; ignore A, An and The.

1. ASAP : As Soon As Possible
The Academy (Tracy Crosswhite #0.25), by Robert Dugoni, finished 6/14/24 ★★★★

2. ATM : automated teller machine
That Night in the Library, by Eva Jurczyk, finished 6/2/24 ★★★

3. AWOL : Absent Without Leave
The Lair of the White Fox (Sister Fidelma #0.5), by Peter Tremayne, finished 6/13/24 ★★★★

4. CAPTCHA : Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Change of Fortune (Miss Fortune #11), by Jana Deleon, finished 6/7/24 ★★★★

5. CD-ROM : compact disc read-only memory
Men in White: The Gutsy, Against-All-Odds Return of Penn State Football, by Chris Raymond, finished 6/10/24 ★★★★.5

6. DOA : Dead On Arrival
Old Girls on Deck, by Maddie Please, finished 6/17/24 ★★★.5

7. EOD : End Of Day
The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love (Love’s Academic #1), by India Holton, finished 6/24/24 ★★★

8. GIF : Graphics Interchange Format
Free Fire (Joe Pickett #7), by C.J. Box, finished 6/23/24 ★★★★

9. JPEG : Joint Photographic Experts Group
Evan and Elle (Constable Evans #4), by Rhys Bowen, finished 6/2/24 ★★★★

10. KISS : Keep It Simple, Stupid
She Kills Me: The True Stories of History’s Deadliest Women, by Jennifer Wright, finished 6/11/24 ★★★.5

11. LASER : light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
As the Crow Flies (Walt Longmire #8), by Craig Johnson, finished 6/14/24 ★★★★

12. NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Anatomist’s Wife (Lady Darby #1), by Anna Lee Huber, finished 6/22/24 ★★★★

13. NSFW : Not Safe For Work
The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #11), by Louise Penny, finished 6/12/24 ★★★★

14. PEMDAS : Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
A Deadly Feast (Key West Food Critic #9), by Lucy Burdette, finished 6/8/24 ★★★★

15. PIN : personal identification number
Name Your Poison (Top Shelf #3), by Lolli Powell, finished 6/6/24 ★★★★

16. RADAR : Radio Detection And Ranging
The Rubber Band (Nero Wolfe #3), by Rex Stout, finished 6/11/24 ★★★★

17. SCUBA : Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
The Body in the Bookstore (Secret Bookcase #1), by Ellie Alexander, finished 6/3/24 ★★★★

18. SIM (card) : Subscriber Identification Module
Murder at Traitors’ Gate (Tate & Bell #2), by Irina Shapiro, finished 6/4/24 ★★★★

19. SMH : Shaking My Head
Hush Puppy (Melanie Travis #6), by Laurien Berenson, finished 6/9/24 ★★★★

20. SNAFU : Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
The Spy Coast (Martini Club #1), by Tess Gerritsen, finished 6/19/24 ★★★★

21. SONAR : Sound Navigation And Ranging
Outlaw Mountain (Joanna Brady #7), by J.A. Jance, finished 6/5/24 ★★★★

22. SPF : Sun Protection Factor
The Secret Lives of Color, by Kassia St. Clair, finished 6/21/24 ★★★★

23. TBA : To Be Announced
Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger #1), by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, finished 6/16/24 ★★★.5

24. YOLO : You Only Live Once
Lions and the Living Dead (Madigan Amos Zoo #4), by Ruby Loren, finished 6/15/24 ★★★.5

25. ZIP (code) : Zone Improvement Plan code
Plan for the Worst (Chronicles of St. Mary’s #11), by Jodi Taylor, finished 7/5/24 ★★★★.5

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Read: 25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Arsenic and Old Lies by S.C. Wynne 6/26/2024

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
Miss Spelled by Morgana Best 6/15/2024

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Old Town in the Green Groves: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years by Cynthia Rylant 6/27/2024

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Humpty Bumpkin by Sam Cheever 6/19/2024

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Courted by a Cowboy by Lacy Williams 6/1/2024

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Down The Aisle With Bridezilla by Carli Palmer 6/2/2024

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Dizzy Spells by Morgana Best 7/1/2024

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Final Test by Aron Lewes 8/22/2024

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Punching Up by Kal Smagh 8/31/2024

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
School For Spirits by Aron Lewes 7/9/2024

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Lurking in Louisiana by Patti Benning 8/18/2024

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker 8/13/2024

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Natural Selection: A Short Story by Elin Hilderbrand 8/14/2024

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Dare You by Ella Frank 7/3/2024

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
Nabbed in New Mexico by Patti Benning 8/7/2024

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Required Corpse by L.M. Harper 6/11/2024

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Brooms Away by D.A. Kelly 6/30/2024

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Murder on Sugar Creek by Michelle Goff 6/29/2024

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
Hedgehogs are Everywhen by Eon de Beaumont 6/21/2024

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher 8/12/2024

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
The Rocky Road to Ruin by Meri Allen 8/25/2024

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven by Janet Evanovich 8/27/2024

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Beef Stolen-Off by Liz Lipperman 6/7/2024

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Offed in Oregon by Patti Benning 7/24/2024

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Interlude by C.S. Poe 11/18/2024

Acronym
Duration: June025 1, 2024 - May 31, 2
102/102
Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
A The Fury by Alex Michaelides read 6/3/2024
S Four Past Midnight by Stephen King read 6/18/2024
A The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer read 6/8/2024
P Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier read 6/4/2024

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
A The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood read 6/19/2024
T Blind Sight by Tanya R. Taylor read 6/6/2024
M Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire read 6/6/2024

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
A Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman read 7/3/2024
W Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters read 6/24/2024
O My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk read 6/14/2024
L London Rain by Nicola Upson read 6/29/2024

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
C Breadfruit by Célestine Vaite read 6/9/2024
A Arresting God In Kathmandu by Samrat Upadhyay read 7/9/2024
P Portrait of a Conspiracy by Donna Russo Morin read 6/4/2024
T A Charming Crime by Tonya Kappes read 7/14/2024
C Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson read 6/17/2024
H Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team by Elise Hooper read 7/8/2024
A Ashes to Dust by Yrsa Sigurdardottir read 7/12/2024

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
C Ceremony In Death by J.D. Robb read 7/12/2024
D Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America by Dan Flores read 6/2/2024
- The Magdalen by Marita Conlon-McKenna read 6/29/2024
R Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling read 6/8/2024
O One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware read 8/12/2024
M The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai read 6/12/2024

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
D Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay read 6/5/2024
O Orca: The Whale Called Killer by Erich Hoyt read 8/24/2024
A First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston read 8/15/2024

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
E Written Off by E.J. Copperman read 6/13/2024
O Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve Olson read 10/4/2024
D Death by the Book by Beth Byers read 6/24/2024

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
G Gold Spun by Brandie June read 6/30/2024
I Row for Freedom: Crossing an Ocean in Search of Hope by Julia Immonen read 6/9/2024
F Frangipani by Célestine Hitiura Vaite read 6/14/2024

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
J Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne read 6/11/2024
P Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark read 6/28/2024
E Edited Out by E.J. Copperman read 6/21/2024
G The Golden Oldies' Book Club by Judy Leigh read 8/28/2024

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
K The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson read 7/30/2024
I Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving read 6/11/2024
S The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani read 6/20/2024
S The Royal Ghosts by Samrat Upadhyay read 6/23/2024

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
L The Liz Taylor Ring by Brenda Janowitz read 7/8/2024
A The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden read 8/28/2024
S Squatters in Paradise: A Yellowstone Memoir by James Perry read 6/27/2024
E Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan read 6/27/2024
R Glory in Death by J.D. Robb read 6/12/2024

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
N Naked in Death by J.D. Robb read 6/5/2024
A Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich read 9/8/2024
S The Skin of Water by G.S. Johnston read 7/5/2024
A All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson read 9/11/2024

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
N Fear in the Sunlight by Nicola Upson read 6/10/2024
S Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian read 7/9/2024
F The Teacher by Freida McFadden read 6/24/2024
W Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha read 7/12/2024

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
P The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi read 7/11/2024
E The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King read 8/16/2024
M The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin read 6/21/2024
D The Dinner by Herman Koch read 6/26/2024
A Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg read 9/15/2024
S A Mischief of Rats by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett read 7/18/2024

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
P Pachinko by Min Jin Lee read 7/16/2024
I Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb read 6/15/2024
N The Death of Lucy Kyte by Nicola Upson read 6/28/2024

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
R Real Americans by Rachel Khong read 6/25/2024
A Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by , Andrea Lankford read 9/18/2024
D Death Witnessed by Beth Byers read 6/30/2024
A Aurora: The Psychiatrist Who Treated the Movie Theater Killer Tells Her Story by Lynne Fenton read 9/19/2024
R Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb read 7/2/2024

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
S A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Novel Laureate John Nash by Sylvia Nasar read 8/26/2024
C Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson read 8/6/2024
U Nine Lessons by Nicola Upson read 7/21/2024
B Brothers by Yu Hua read 6/16/2024
A Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story by Max Marshall read 9/24/2024

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
S Deadly Triangle: The Famous Architect, His Wife, Their Chauffeur, and Murder Most Foul by Susan Goldenberg read 8/29/2024
I In Light of All Darkness by Kim Cross read 9/15/2024
M The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939 by Frank McDonough read 7/21/2024

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
S Sorry for the Dead by Nicola Upson read 9/1/2024
M The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley read 8/13/2024
H The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough read 7/29/2024

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
S The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza read 9/9/2024
N Dear Little Corpses by Nicola Upson read 9/3/2024
A The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi read 9/29/2024
F First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung read 7/2/2024
U The Dead of Winter by Nicola Upson read 9/2/2024

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
S Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty read 9/10/2024
O One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie read 10/11/2024
N Shot With Crimson by Nicola Upson read 9/4/2024
A Eva Luna by Isabel Allende read 9/30/2024
R Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery read 8/15/2024

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
S Storm Front by Jim Butcher read 9/10/2024
P Poseidon's Gold by Lindsey Davis read 8/6/2024
F A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal read 7/19/2024

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
T Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase read 8/12/2024
B Burden of Poof by Julie Anne Lindsey read 7/21/2024
A Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie read 10/11/2024

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Y The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardottir read 7/20/2024
O Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman read 10/28/2024
L Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals by James McMurtry Longo read 8/20/2024
O One Second After by William R. Forstchen read 10/29/2024

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Z The Zurich Conspiracy by Bernadette Calonego read 10/29/2024
I The Ice Coven by Max Seeck read 9/17/2024
P The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett read 9/6/2024

Just in Case

FINISHED! Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025 (0722/24)

25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

X 1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Assistant to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 06/18/24

X 2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
To Fetch a Thief (Chet & Bernie 3) Spencer Quinn 06/06/24

X 3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Wild at Heart (The Simple Wild 2) K.A. Tucker 06/05/24

X 4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson Ellen Baker 06/04/24

X 5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Death of a Chocoholic (Haley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery 4) Lee Hollis 05/06/24

X 6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Depeche Mode: Faith and Devotion Ian Gittins 07/22/24

X 7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Extra Normal Kate Alice Marshall 06/11/24

X 8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon 06/03/24

X 9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties (Aunties 3) Jesse Q. Sutanto 06/04/24

X 10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts Loren Grush 06/07/24

X 11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Rivers of London (Rivers of London 1) Ben Aaronovitch 06/07/24

X 12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Summers at the Saint Mary Kay Andrews 07/05/24

X 13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Forever Wild (The Simple Wild 2.5) K.A. Tucker 06/05/24

X 14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Murder on the Italian Riviera (Armstrong and Oscar 7) T.A. Williams 06/01/24

X 15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
Part of Your World (Part of Your World 1) Abby Jimenez 06/08/24

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Amongst Our Weapons Ben Aaronovitch 07/07/24

X 17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
The Unmaking of June Farrow Adrienne Young 06/03/24

X 18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London 2) Ben Aaronovitch 06/08/24

X 19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man Haruku Murakami 06/02/24

X 20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Frenchman's Creek Daphne du Maurier 06/04/24

X 21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Running Wild (The Simple Wild 3) K.A. Tucker 06/05/24

X 22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives Dashka Slater 06/02/24

X 23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Broken Homes (Rivers of London 4) Ben Aaronovitch 06/12/24

X 24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Out of the Easy Ruta Sepetys 06/03/24

X 25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
The Paradise Problem Christina Lauren 06/01/24

Acronym
June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP: As Soon As Possible
Paris Time Capsule by Ella Carey 29/6 3★

2. ATM: Automated Teller Machine
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie 13/6 4★

3. AWOL: Absent Without Leave
The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John 18/6 4★

4. CAPTCHA: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 11/6 4★

5. CD-ROM: compact disc read-only memory
The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy 5/6 3★

6. DOA: Dead On Arrival
Death A L'Orange by Nancy Fairbanks 8/6 3★

7. EOD: End Of Day
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 8/6 4★

8. GIF: Graphics Interchange Format
The 5th Horseman by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro 23/7 2★

9. JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
The Gallant Guardian by Evelyn Richardson 24/7 4★

10. KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb 9/6 4★

11. LASER: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
The Little Flower Shop by Lori Foster 1/7 2★

12. NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
N'Tsuk by Yves Thériault 23/6 3★

13. NSFW: Not Safe For Work
Sea Swept by Nora Roberts 14/6 2★

14. PEMDAS: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Murder at Redwood Cove by Janet Finsilver 17/6 3★

15. PIN: personal identification number
Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 6/6 4.5★

16. RADAR: Radio Detection And Ranging
At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie 3/7 4★

17. SCUBA: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
The Broken Spine by Dorothy St. James 9/6 2.5★

18. SIM (card): Subscriber Identification Module
Mayo Street by Peter Fitzpatrick 4/6 4.5★

19. SMH: Shaking My Head
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell 2/6 3★

20. SNAFU: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
A Match for Papa by Maria Greene, Victoria Hinton, Donna Lea Simpson 7/6 3★

21. SONAR: Sound Navigation And Ranging
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge by Phaedra Patrick 20/6 2.5★

22. SPF: Sun Protection Factor
The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr by Frances Maynard 15/6 2.5★

23. TBA: To Be Announced
Three Blind Mice by Agatha Christie 4/7 3★

24. YOLO: You Only Live Once
Love Letter to Lola by Carmel Bird 12/6 3.5★

25. ZIP (code): Zone Improvement Plan code
Into the Night by Fleur McDonald 15/6 3.5★

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle - 6/1/24

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
Thunderhead by Douglas Preston - 6/3/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
The Walnut Tree by Charles Todd - 6/4/24

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Pasta Mortem by Ellery Adams - 6/2/24

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indriðason - 6/1/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
One Last Day of Summer by Shari Low - 6/17/24

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
The Day Lincoln Was Shot by Jim Bishop - 6/22/24

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Fatality in F by Alexia Gordon - 6/8/24

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris - 6/15/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
The Specter from the Magician's Museum by Brad Strickland - 6/2/24

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 6/6/24

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Northern Cross by Hendrik Falkenberg - 6/7/24

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow - 6/10/24

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Simply Lies by David Baldacci - 6/20/24

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
N is for Noose by Sue Grafton - 6/15/24

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore - 6/16/24

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander - 6/6/24

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Sharp Shooter by Marianne Delacourt - 6/14/24

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy - 6/18/24

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch - 6/13/24

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley - 6/19/24

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon by Christopher Paolini - 6/17/24
Santa Clawed by Rita Mae Brown - 6/18/24

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Bullet for a Star by Stuart M. Kaminsky - 6/6/24

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
The Looking Glass War by John le Carré - 6/8/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Plainsong by Kent Haruf - 6/21/24

Actually I didn't want to start any new challenges right now, but this one looks so fun I can't resist :-D

Acronym
Duration: 6/1/24 - 5/31/25
Completed 23/25
no page minimum, re-reads are ok, 50+% read after 5/31/24, re-post when finished; one book per acronym, use first letter of the title (use or omit articles)

✔ 1. ASAP - Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon 4* 7/4

✔ 2. ATM - Stands for: automated teller machine
Marriage Bargain With His Innocent by Cathy Williams book 1 in Modern Romance May 2019: Books 5-8: Marriage Bargain with His Innocent / Wedding Night Reunion in Greece / Pregnant by the Commanding Greek / Billionaire's Mediterranean Proposal 2* 7/18

✔ 3. AWOL - Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Later Gator by Jana Deleon 4* 6/7

✔ 4. CAPTCHA - Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon 5* 6/24

✔ 5. CD-ROM - Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Cheeky King by Nana Malone 3* 6/27

✔ 6. DOA - Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Dark in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 7/24

✔ 7. EOD - Stands for: End Of Day
Dying for Danish by Leighann Dobbs 2* 6/11

✔ 8. GIF - Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Forever Betrayed by Kathleen Brooks 5* 7/13

✔ 9. JPEG - Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
A Grave Denied book 4 in The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow 4* 6/4

✔ 10. KISS - Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon 5* 8/2

✔ 11. LASER - Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Reel of Fortune by Jana Deleon 4* 6/25

✔ 12. NASA - Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
No Risk, No Fun by Birgit Gruber 3* 8/7

✔ 13. NSFW - Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Wedding Night Reunion in Greece by Annie West book 2 in Modern Romance May 2019: Books 5-8: Marriage Bargain with His Innocent / Wedding Night Reunion in Greece / Pregnant by the Commanding Greek / Billionaire's Mediterranean Proposal 4* 6/13

✔ 14. PEMDAS - Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Missing by Dee Henderson 4* 8/9

✔ 15. PIN - Stands for: personal identification number
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 6/11

✔ 16. RADAR - Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy J. Keller 3* 6/5

✔ 17. SCUBA - Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
A Cold Day for Murder book 1 in The Kate Shugak Investigations: Books 1-9 by Dana Stabenow 3.5* 6/8

✔ 18. SIM (card) - Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Much Ado About You by Samantha Young 3* 7/5

✔ 19. SMH - Stands for: Shaking My Head
Hook, Line and Blinker by Jana Deleon 4* 6/19

✔ 20. SNAFU - Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon 4* 7/8

✔ 21. SONAR - Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley 3* 6/20

✔ 22. SPF - Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Fortune Hunter by Jana Deleon 4* 6/2

✔ 23. TBA - Stands for: To Be Announced
A Taint in the Blood book 5 The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow 4* 7/1

✔ 24. YOLO - Stands for: You Only Live Once
Lip Locked in the Library by McKenna Rogue 3* 6/5

✔ 25. ZIP (code) - Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Persuasion: with original illustrations by C.E. Brock by Jane Austen & Charles Edmund Brock (illustrations) 5* 6/17
*

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

✅1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver. Read 6/20.24

✅2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Read 7/8/24

✅3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Angel Fire by Andrew M. Greeley Read 7/9/24

✅4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong. Read 6/14/24

✅5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear. Read 7/2/24

✅6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Read 6/6/24

✅7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Exiles by Jane Harper Read 6/27/24

✅8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Go as a River by Shelley Read Read 12/9/24

✅9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Joy: A Novel by Danielle Steel 12/29/24

✅10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis Read 11/2/24

✅11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin Read 7/23/23

✅12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths. Read 9/11/24🇺🇸

✅13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths Read the 9/11/24 🇺🇸

✅14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. Read 8/14/24


✅15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt. Read 8/25/24

✅16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Rules at the School by the Sea by Jane Beaton. Read 10/9/24

✅17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand. Read 7/27/24

✅18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson Read 8/12/24

✅19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters. Read 8/30/24

✅20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
.Set the Stars Alight by Amanda Dykes. Read 10/3/24

✅21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
The Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan. Read 10/11/24
22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor

✅23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
book:Tom Lake|63241104] by Ann Patchett. Read this 6/28/24

✅24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin Read 6/3/24

✅25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan codeZ for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien. Read 12/26/24.

I have everyone linked!

Acronym - FINISHED
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

Completed: 25/25

1. ASAP: Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card 6/2/24
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible

2. ATM: The Teacher - Freida McFadden 6/25/24
- Stands for: automated teller machine

3. AWOL: Lilli de Jong - Janet Benton 6/1/24
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave

4. CAPTCHA: Thirst for Justice: A Novel - David R. Boyd 6/25/24
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

5. CD-ROM: Cookies and Clairvoyance - Bailey Cates 6/10/24
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory

6. DOA: Otherwise Engaged - Amanda Quick 6/22/24
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival

7. EOD: Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved - Kate Bowler 6/16/24
- Stands for: End Of Day

8. GIF: For You and Only You - Caroline Kepnes 9/14/24
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format

9. JPEG: Potions and Pastries - Bailey Cates 6/4/24
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group

10. KISS: Sing, Wild Bird, Sing - Jacqueline O'Mahony 6/6/24
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid

11. LASER: Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus 6/24/24
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

12. NASA: So This Is Ever After - F.T. Lukens 6/14/24
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

13. NSFW: Secrets of the Tulip Sisters - Susan Mallery 6/21/24
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work

14. PEMDAS: Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews 6/22/24
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)

15. PIN: Inside Threat - Matthew Quirk 6/15/25
- Stands for: personal identification number

16. RADAR: All Good People Here - Ashley Flowers 7/7/24
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging

17. SCUBA: Bloodrose - Andrea Cremer 6/9/24
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

18. SIM (card): State of Affairs - Marie Force 6/15/24
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module

19. SMH: How the Light Gets In - Louise Penny 6/12/24
- Stands for: Shaking My Head

20. SNAFU: Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 6/13/24
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up

21. SONAR: Stella Bain - Anita Shreve 9/15/24
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging

22. SPF: Seven Perfect Things - Catherine Ryan Hyde 6/7/24
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor

23. TBA: Two Nights in Lisbon - Chris Pavone 6/23/24
- Stands for: To Be Announced

24. YOLO: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder - Joanne Fluke 6/11/24
- Stands for: You Only Live Once

25. ZIP (code): Private Vegas - James Patterson 6/4/24
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

25/25

*1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Another One Bites the Crust Ellie Alexander 07.08.24 4 stars

*2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
Time for Love Marie Force 06.03.24 4 stars

*3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
The Witch Club Felicity Green 06.01.24 3 stars

*4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Chaos in Little Leaf Creek Cindy Bell 06.16.24 3 stars

*5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Magic Misled Keri Arthur 06.09.24 4 stars

*6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Death's Rival Faith Hunter 06.22.24 5 stars

*7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Deathbed Confession Patrick Dakin 08.04.24 3 stars

*8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
I Sleep Around: The Humorous Memoir of a Nomadic Writer Sue Ann Jaffarian 06.06.24 5 stars

*9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Gansett After Dark Marie Force 07.20.24 4 stars

*10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Knits, Knots, and Knives Emmie Caldwell 06.30.24 3.5 stars

*11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Lure of Obsession Lisa Kessler 06.13.24 3 stars

*12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Six Feet Under Tonya Kappes 07.10.24 4 stars

*13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Fudge and Jury Ellie Alexander 06.29.24 4 stars

*14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Meant for Love Marie Force 06.11.24 4 stars

*15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
Ink and Shadows Ellery Adams 09.28.24 5 stars

*16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Dead and Gondola Ann Claire 08.14.24 3 stars

*17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Broken Bonds Keri Arthur 06.15.24 4 stars

*18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
My Zoo World Joanne Faries 07.03.24 3 stars

*19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
Hemlock Susan Wittig Albert 06.20.24 5 stars

*20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Forget Me Never Susan Wittig Albert ,b>07.16.24 5 stars

*21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Safe Hex With a Vampire Cassandra Lawson 08.11.24 3 stars

*22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Four-Alarm Homicide Diane Kelly 08.21.24 5 stars

*23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
These Haunts are Made for Walking Rose Pressey Betancourt 06.18.24 3 stars

*24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Live, Local, and Dead Nikki Knight 07.28.24 2.75 stars

*25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
I Am Bunny: How a "Talking" Dog Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Being Human Alexis Devine 08.05.24 5 stars

Acronym

Completed 25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

✔️1. ASAP - Stands for: As Soon As Possible
The Summer Island Festival by Rachel Burton - 05/06/2024

✔️2. ATM - Stands for: automated teller machine
Megan's Mark by Lora Leigh - 01/06/2024

✔️3. AWOL - Stands for: Absent Without Leave
At Wolf Ranch by Jennifer Ryan - 03/06/2024

✔️4. CAPTCHA - Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
The Trouble With Vampires by Lynsay Sands - 10/06/2024

✔️5. CD-ROM - Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Meant to Be Immortal by Lynsay Sands - 15/06/2024

✔️6. DOA - Stands for: Dead On Arrival
After the Bite by Lynsay Sands - 21/06/2024

✔️7. EOD - Stands for: End Of Day
Out of the Darkness by Heather Graham - 03/06/2024

✔️8. GIF - Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Immortally Yours by Lynsay Sands - 02/06/2024

✔️9. JPEG - Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore - 16/06/2024

✔️10. KISS - Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Immortal Angel by Lynsay Sands - 14/06/2024

✔️11. LASER - Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore - 18/06/2024

✔️12. NASA - Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr - 02/07/2024

✔️13. NSFW - Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr - 11/06/2024

✔️14. PEMDAS - Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Mile High with a Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 16/06/2024

✔️15. PIN - Stands for: personal identification number
People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle - 10/06/2024

✔️16. RADAR - Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Ruling Sikthand by Victoria Aveline - 07/06/2024

✔️17. SCUBA - Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Bad Luck Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 23/06/2024

✔️18. SIM (card) - Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore - 12/04/204

✔️19. SMH - Stands for: Shaking My Head
Haunted Sanctuary by Moira Rogers - 08/06/2024

✔️20. SNAFU - Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore - 19/06/2024

✔️21. SONAR - Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore - 20/06/2024

✔️22. SPF - Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Fireborn by Keri Arthur - 04/06/2024

✔️23. TBA - Stands for: To Be Announced
Twice Bitten by Lynsay Sands - 04/06/2024

✔️24. YOLO - Stands for: You Only Live Once
Opening Up by Lauren Dane - 24/06/2024

✔️25. ZIP (code) - Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Immortal Born by Lynsay Sands - 12/06/2024

Challenge Rules

*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

Welcome Caraina, Cheryl and Charistine!

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
Read: 25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

♐1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Stealing from Mr. Rich Anna Hackett - 6/4/24

♐2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
Always Wicked Ember Casey - 7/6/24

♐3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Worked Up Tessa Bailey - 6/9/24

♐4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
A Photo Finish Elsie Silver - 7/5/24

♐5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Reckless Elsie Silver - 6/2/24

♐6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Off to the Races Elsie Silver - 6/20/24

♐7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Out of the Gate Elsie Silver - 6/15/24

♐8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
The Gift Tiffany Reisz - 6/15/24

♐9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group - Perfection R.L. Mathewson - 7/30/24

♐10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
A Season for Treason Golden Angel - 6/28/24

♐11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Racing the Sun Karina Halle - 6/14/24

♐12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
State of the Union Marie Force - 7/3/24

♐13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Fable of Happiness Book Three Pepper Winters - 6/17/24

♐14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Dr. Perfect Louise Bay - 8/12/24

♐15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
Night Angel Lisa Kessler - 7/9/24

♐16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Re/Bound Michele Zurlo - 6/27/24


♐17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Back in Bliss Sophie Oak - 6/22/24

♐18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Irresistible Melanie Harlow - 7/15/24

♐19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
Hopeless Elsie Silver - 6/8/24

♐20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
The Front Runner Elsie Silver - 7/11/24

♐21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Aced K. Bromberg - 8/16/24

♐22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Flare Helen Hardt - 8/9/24

♐23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Tempted Lexi Blake - 7/7/24

♐24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Lemon Chiffon Pepper North - 6/23/24

♐25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Island Fever Kate Aster - 10/26/24

Acronym (Title Only Spell Out)
Duration: June 1st, 2024 - May 31st, 2025

25/25

✅1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
The Summer Escape by Jill Shalvis - July 7th

✅2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
This Winter by Alice Oseman - June 18th

✅3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs - June 23rd

✅4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik - June 11th

✅5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Cat + Gamer, Volume 1 by Wataru Nadatani - June 15th

✅6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning by Eli Burnstein - Aug. 12th

✅7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin - June 3rd

✅8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland - June 5th

✅9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville - June 27th

✅10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty - June 2nd

✅11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
The Last Chance Motel by Karen Hawkins - July 2nd

✅12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent - June 18th

✅13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 25 by Hiromu Arakawa - June 13th

✅14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
The Marriage Game by Sara Desai - June 19th

✅15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - Aug. 16th

✅16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
The Auschwitz Photographer: The powerful true story of Wilhelm Brasse prisoner number 3444 by Luca Crippa & Maurizio Onnis - June 25th

✅17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - June 9th

✅18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire - June 30th

✅19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
Medea by Blandine Le Callet - July 4th

✅20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 26 by Hiromu Arakawa - June 14th

✅21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon - June 30th

✅22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 27 by Hiromu Arakawa - June 14th

✅23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire - June 21st

✅24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe - June 5th

✅25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan - June 22nd

Welcome Karen and Kendra!

Acronym
June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

25/25 Tasks Completed

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Summer Tease by Martha Keyes (8/9/24)

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
Manor for Sale, Baron Included by Esther Hatch (6/26/24)

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Wilderness Hunt by Lisa Phillips (6/19/24)

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Countdown by Lynette Eason (6/1/24)

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
The Crushing Depths by Dani Pettrey (6/3/24)

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
The Deadly Shallows by Dani Pettrey (6/5/24)

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
A Dream of Ebony and White by Melanie Cellier (6/8/24)

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
A Groom of One's Own by Emma St. Clair (6/17/24)

9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
Penelope and the Wicked Duke by Sofi Laporte (8/4/24)

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
The Killing Tide by Dani Pettrey (6/2/24)

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
The Lying Game by Sara Jane Woodley (7/25/24)

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Shifting Current by Dani Pettrey (6/6/24)

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Summer Ever After by Kortney Keisel (8/14/24)

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Miss Fleming Falls in Love by Emma Melbourne (7/16/24)

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
A Princess of Wind and Wave by Melanie Cellier (6/9/24)

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Arabella and the Reluctant Duke by Sofi Laporte (8/1/24)

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
The Captive by Julie Coulter Bellon (6/6/24)

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
The Mysterious Mr. Oliver by Emma Melbourne (7/17/24)

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
A Heart Worth Stealing by Joanna Barker (6/13/24)

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Saltwater Cowboy by Christy Barritt (6/20/24)

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
Of Beast and Beauty by Chanda Hahn (7/6/24)

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
A Sham Betrothal by Jennie Goutet (8/21/24)

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
To Kiss a Wallflower by Jen Geigle Johnson (7/3/24)

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Lady Avery and the False Butler by Sofi Laporte (6/1/24)

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Plotting Summer by Jess Heileman (8/15/24)

Welcome Shash!

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
15/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

✅1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
🌺Sideline Infraction-Emily Silver, 7/2/24

✅2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
🌺Tristan-Samantha Lind, 7/28/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave

✅4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
🌺The House in the Cerulean Sea-TJ Klune, 7/1/24

✅5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
🌺Red, White & Royal Blue-Casey McQuiston, 6/6/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day

✅8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
🌸Fallen Too Far-Abbi Glines, 8/2/24

✅9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
🌺Prince of the Palisades-Julian Winters, 6/15/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

✅12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
🌺Never Too Far-Abbi Glines, 8/7/24

✅13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
🌺Forever Too Far-Abbi Glines, 8/10/24

✅14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
🌺The Pumpkin Spice Café-Laurie Gilmore, 9/20/24

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number

✅16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
🌸Road to You-Jaclyn Quinn, 8/1/24

✅17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
🌸Clueless Puckboy-Eden Finley, 6/19/24

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head

✅20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
🌸Fragile Sanctuary-Catherine Cowles, 4/25/25

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging

✅22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
🌸Fangirl, Vol. 4: The Manga-Rainbow Rowell, 9/26/24

✅23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
🌺Breaking Through the Pain-Haven Hadley, 11/21/24

✅24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
🌺Outcast-Nicole Dykes, 10/24/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code

Welcome Katelyn!

I'm in.

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Read: 25/25

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible - Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski - 26/06/24

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine - Topeng Kaca - Sejuta Pelangi 3 by Suzue Miuchi - 30/06/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave - Australian Short Stories edited by Carmel Bird - 15/08/24

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart - The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien - 16/09/24

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory - Modern Short Stories edited by John Hadfield - 22/11/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival - Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Betrayer, Hero, Spy by Ben Macintyre - 22/06/24

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day - Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto - 21/07/24

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format - Glass Mask (vol. 9) by Suzue Miuchi - 20/10/24


9. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group - Już nie żyjesz. Historia bombardowania by Sven Lindqvist - 25/11/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - 10/08/24

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation - Eden of Witches Volume 1 by Yumeji - 27/02/2025

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Namesake by Adrienne Young - 30/07/24

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work - Szafa by Olga Tokarczuk - 13/01/25

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations) - Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim - 18/04/25

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number - I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti - 06/09/24

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch - 26/12/24

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus - Blame by Jeff Abbott - 25/01/25

18. SIM (card)
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module - If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura - 08/01/25

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head - Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt - 30/10/24

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up - Normal People by Sally Rooney - 09/01/25

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging - The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton - 13/02/25

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor - Fable by Adrienne Young - 07/06/24

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced - The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri - 19/12/24

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once - Little Darlings by Melanie Golding - 24/08/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code - In Five Years by Rebecca Serle - 27/09/24

Welcome Someone!

Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

25/25 done FINISHED

1. ASAP
- Stands for: As Soon As Possible
Sweep of the Blade 7/31/24

2. ATM
- Stands for: automated teller machine
Monster Blood For Breakfast! 6/24/24

3. AWOL
- Stands for: Absent Without Leave
Little Women 7/26/24

4. CAPTCHA
- Stands for: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
Cursed Bunny 7/5/24

5. CD-ROM
- Stands for: compact disc read-only memory
Chosen 7/7/24

6. DOA
- Stands for: Dead On Arrival
Death by Beach Read 6/12/24

7. EOD
- Stands for: End Of Day
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries 6/12/24

8. GIF
- Stands for: Graphics Interchange Format
Ink & Sigil 8/16/24

. JPEG
- Stands for: Joint Photographic Experts Group
The Presence 8/26/24

10. KISS
- Stands for: Keep It Simple, Stupid
Craven Street 6/25/24

11. LASER
- Stands for: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
Life Ever After 6/27/24

12. NASA
- Stands for: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 7/15/24

13. NSFW
- Stands for: Not Safe For Work
Fractured 8/20/24

14. PEMDAS
- Stands for: Parentheses, Exponent, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction (math order of operations)
Dragonswan 6/30/24

15. PIN
- Stands for: personal identification number
A Night in the Lonesome October 10/29/24

16. RADAR
- Stands for: Radio Detection And Ranging
Dominoes, Danzón, and Death 12/03/24

17. SCUBA
- Stands for: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Barrayar 6/20/24

18. SIM (card)-
- Stands for: Subscriber Identification Module
Stuff and Nonsense 6/8/24

19. SMH
- Stands for: Shaking My Head
Horrorstör 8/7/24

20. SNAFU
- Stands for: Situation Normal, All F--ked Up
Unbaked Croakies 6/28/24

21. SONAR
- Stands for: Sound Navigation And Ranging
The Sentence 7/22/24

22. SPF
- Stands for: Sun Protection Factor
The Sign of the Twisted Candles 7/15/24

23. TBA
- Stands for: To Be Announced
Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel: Seven Crows 7/29/24

24. YOLO
- Stands for: You Only Live Once
Life Support 6/20/24

25. ZIP (code)
- Stands for: Zone Improvement Plan code
Inkspell 8/30/24


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Welcome Joyce!

Carolyn wrote: "Acronym
Duration: June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025
21/102
Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

1. ASAP
- Stands ..."


Carolyn - I’m pretty sure you read ONE book per acronym.

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

25 not 102 books

I only noticed as your post is above mine.

TLC - Acronym

✅ Total: 101/101

ASAP
Arcadian Days: Gods, Women, and Men from Greek Myths - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Seven Decisions: Understanding the Keys to Personal Success - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Art of Mentoring: Embracing the Great Generational Transition - ⭐️
The People’s Republic of Walmart: How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism - ⭐️⭐️

ATM
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military - ⭐️⭐️
This is How - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

AWOL
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite - ⭐️⭐️
Og Mandino's University of Success: The Greatest Self-Help Author in the World Presents the Ultimate Success Book - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well - ⭐️⭐️

CAPTCHA
Consumed - How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults & Swallow Citizens Whole - ⭐️⭐️
Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe - ⭐️⭐️
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else - ⭐️⭐️
Twin Peaks and Philosophy: That's Damn Fine Philosophy! - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World - ⭐️⭐️
How to Destroy the Universe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Addiction, Procrastination, and Laziness: A Proactive Guide to the Psychology of Motivation - ⭐️⭐️

CD-ROM
Calling in "The One" Revised and Expanded: 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life - ⭐️⭐️
Deep Thoughts from a Hollywood Blonde - ⭐️⭐️
Re-Awaken the Giant Within - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography - ⭐️⭐️
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

DOA
Don't Stand too close to a Naked Man - ⭐️
Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes - ⭐️⭐️
Always Delicious: Over 175 Satisfying Recipes to Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Keep the Weight Off Permanently - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

EOD
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons - One Woman's Quest to Trade Self-Help for Elf-Help - ⭐️⭐️
Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine - ⭐️⭐️
Defending Your Castle: Build Catapults, Crossbows, Moats, Bulletproof Shields, and More Defensive Devices to Fend Off the Invading Hordes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

GIF
A Guide to Additive Manufacturing - ⭐️⭐️
Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today - ⭐️⭐️
Fierce Love: Creating a Love that Lasts—One Conversation at a Time - ⭐️⭐️

JPEG
Jacob's Room is Full of Books: A Year of Reading - ⭐️⭐️
Prepping: An Essential Survival Guide for DIY Preppers Who Want to Be Self-Reliant When SHTF, Including Tips for Living Off the Grid, Homesteading, and Stockpiling Properly - ⭐️⭐️
Ethiopia: Recipes and traditions from the horn of Africa - ⭐️⭐️
GASLIGHTING: Overcoming Emotional and Spiritual Abuse by Letting Go of a Bad Relationship The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook - ⭐️

KISS
Klimat: Russia in the Age of Climate Change - ⭐️⭐️
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sovereign: Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy, and Power in a Time of Distraction, Uncertainty, and Chaos - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Solomon's Memory Palace: A Freemason's Guide to the Ancient Art of Memoria Verborum - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

LASER
Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Attempting Normal - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Earn the Right to Win: How Success in Any Field Starts with Superior Preparation - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All - ⭐️⭐️

NASA
Nazi Gold: The Full Story of the Fifty-Year Swiss-Nazi Conspiracy to Steal Billions from Europe's Jews and Holocaust Survivors - ⭐️⭐️
Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder - ⭐️⭐️
Adventures With the Wife in Space: Living With Doctor Who - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

NSFW
The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company - ⭐️⭐️
The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home - ⭐️⭐️
The Future of Us: The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We Can All Make It - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

PEMDAS
The Pocket Butler: A Compact Guide to Modern Manners, Business Etiquette and Everyday Entertaining - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Might As Well Laugh About It Now - ⭐️⭐️
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Your Ultimate Guide To Healing Inflammation, Alleviating Pain and Restoring Physical Health With 50 Delicious Anti-Inflammatory Recipes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

PIN
A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal - ⭐️⭐️
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

RADAR
Restaurant Babylon - ⭐️⭐️
Advanced Spanish Step-by-Step: Master Accelerated Grammar to Take Your Spanish to the Next Level (Easy Step-by-Step Series) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ashgate Research Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath - ⭐️⭐️

SCUBA
The Sky Is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism - ⭐️⭐️
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Becoming - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Awesome Human Project: Break Free from Daily Burnout, Struggle Less, and Thrive More in Work and Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

SIM
The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams - ⭐️⭐️
Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

SMH
Socratic Questioning for Therapists and Counselors: Learn How to Think and Intervene Like a Cognitive Behavior Therapist - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mythology of Supernatural: The Signs and Symbols Behind the Popular TV Show - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
How to be a Study Ninja: Study smarter. Focus better. Achieve more. - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

SNAFU
Space Between: Explorations of Love, Sex, and Fluidity - ⭐️⭐️
Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude - ⭐️⭐️
Above All Else: A World Champion Skydiver's Story of Survival and What It Taught Him About Fear, Adversity, and Success - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Famous Nathan: A Family Saga of Coney Island, the American Dream, and the Search for the Perfect Hot Dog - ⭐️⭐️
Unlock It: The Master Key to Wealth, Success, and Significance - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

SONAR
Solomon's Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington D.C. - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Once & Future Witch Hunt: A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the Present - ⭐️⭐️
The Nature of Leadership: Reptiles, Mammals, And the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader - ⭐️⭐️
The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul - ⭐️⭐️
Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

SPF
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading - ⭐️⭐️
The Power of Nunchi: The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success - ⭐️⭐️
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them - ⭐️⭐️

TBA
This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America - ⭐️⭐️
Beyond Coffee: A Sustainable Guide to Nootropics, Adaptogens, and Mushrooms - ⭐️⭐️
Ask A North Korean: Defectors Talk About Their Lives Inside the World's Most Secretive Nation - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

YOLO
You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine - ⭐️⭐️
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression - ⭐️⭐️

ZIP
Zen Keys - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails: And Other Lessons I Learned from My Mom - ⭐️⭐️
The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Welcome Richard!

Please notice you only need one book for each acronym.

Object: Read 25 books with titles that begin with a letter in each acronym - ignore A, An and The. One book for each acronym.

Melissa A wrote: "Carolyn - I’m pretty sure you read ONE book per acronym."

Except that Carolyn is what we in the CCC call a completionist - she frequently completes *every option in a challenge, even when only one is required :)

JoAnne wrote: "Please notice you only need one book for each acronym."

Oh I understand that. I just like to challenge myself. Is that okay?

Richard wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Please notice you only need one book for each acronym."

Oh I understand that. I just like to challenge myself. Is that okay?"

It's fine. :)