Bookish Challenges discussion

Let's play a bookish version of Secret Santa (not so Secret) for our December challenge! This is a recommendation-based challenge from fellow players and community. We have read the books we have wanted throughout the year, so why not try to end the year with some suggestions?

Rules

1. Sign-ups are open until 25th November so hurry! But the challenge completion is open-ended so go at your own pace.

2. Only books completed from 01 December will be accepted.

3. Comment here to sign up and I will create a challenge thread for you. Please complete the below details when you sign up:


About Me
🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):
Romance:
Thriller:
Historical Fiction:
Horror:
Non-fiction / Memoir:
Science Fiction:
Cozy Mystery:
Young Adult:
Fantasy:
Mythology:
Literary Fiction:
Contemporary:
Retellings:
Humor/Comedy:
Classics:
LGBT:
Dystopia:

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
(i.e. historical romance, psychological thriller, Greek mythology, Books about Books, German literature etc. - you get the drill)

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover:
🎅 A word in the title:
🎅 An object on the cover:
🎅 A number on page count:
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included):
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter:

4. We will randomise players and one of them will be your Secret Santa (not very secret)! You then need to complete a set of 15 tasks based on the Secret Santa pairing and community recommendations

5. Sign-ups close on 25th Nov and pairings will be announced shortly to give you time to plan! We will also create summary based on recommendations so its easy to plan for all tasks.

6. You will receive 2 points per task and 10 extra points for completing the full challenge of 15 tasks!

7. 1 free skip is available where you can read any book that meets guidelines. For additional skips, please spend 5 points

8. Create a completion post like this:

Title:
Author:
Date Completed:
Task No.:
Secret Santa / Name of community player:

9. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one

For transparency, below will be the list of your tasks. We will personalise it for you in your individual threads. You can complete them in any order


Secret Santa :
1. A book with cover colour (>50%):
2. A book with the following word in the title
3. A book with " " on cover
4. A book with " " number on page count
5. A book that starts with the letter (articles not included):
6. A book with one of the author's initials having the letter:
7. A book from one of their favourite genres
8. A book from their read list which has been rated 4 or 5 stars



Suggestions from the Bookish Challenge community

1. Read a book from your favourite genre and one of the suggestions from the community
2. Read a book from your second favourite genre and one of the suggestions from the community
3. Read a book from your third favourite genre and one of the suggestions from the community
4. Choose any very specific genre from the community and read a book with >5 tags of that
5. Choose any favourite book read in 2024 from the community
6. Choose any author from the top 3 favourite authors of the community and read a book based on it
7. Choose any all-time favourites from the community

Participants:


1. Cat - Link
You are the Secret Santa of -> PrinzessBookDragon
Your Secret Santa is -> Nadine
2. Fiona - Link
You are the Secret Santa of -> Melissa
Your Secret Santa is -> PrinzessBookDragon
3. Nadine - Link
You are the Secret Santa of -> Cat
Your Secret Santa is -> Melissa
4. Roe - Link
You are the Secret Santa of -> PrincessPint
Your Secret Santa is -> Leslie Ann
5. Nistha - Link
You are the Secret Santa of -> Leslie Ann
Your Secret Santa is -> Princesspint
6. Leslie Ann - Link
You are the Secret Santa of -> Roe
Your Secret Santa is -> Nistha
7. Melissa - Link
You are the Secret Santa of -> Nadine
Your Secret Santa is -> Fiona
8. PrinzessBookDragon - Link
You are the Secret Santa of ->Fiona
Your Secret Santa is -> Cat
9. PrincessPint - Link
You are the Secret Santa of -> Nistha
Your Secret Santa is -> Roe



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All time Favourites
💖 The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
💖 Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
💖 Persuasion by Jane Austen
💖 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
💖 Babel by R.F. Kuang
💖 The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
💖 Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
💖 Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
💖 Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
💖 The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
💖 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
💖 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
💖 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
💖 Misery by Stephen King
💖 Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
💖 And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
💖 Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
💖 A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
💖 The Help by Kathryn Stockett
💖 Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
💖 All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
💖 The Secrets of Silk by Allison Hobbs
💖 Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
💖 Better Run by Alina May
💖 Little spider

Bookish Community Summary

Books from genres:

📚Romance: Time After Time by Karly Lane, Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney, When in Rome by Sarah Adams, All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata, All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata, Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez, An Unforgivable Love Story by B.L. Berry, Better Run by Alina May

📚Thriller: Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher, The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup, What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall, The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, The Last Flight by Julie Clark, Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon, Brother by Ania Ahlborn, Along Came a Spider by James Patterson

📚Historical Fiction: The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer, The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, The Watchmaker's Daughter by C.J. Archer, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

📚Horror: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, The Shining by Stephen King, House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, Pet Sematary by Stephen King, Devil's Wake by Steven Barnes, The Exorcist's House by Nick Roberts, It by Stephen King

📚Non-fiction / Memoir: Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall by Spike Milligan, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi, I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah, The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince by Mayte Garcia, Nap Time: The True Story of Sexual Abuse at a Suburban Day Care Center by Lisa Manshel

📚Science Fiction: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb, Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Baby X by Kira Peikoff

📚Cozy Mystery: Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Goodnight Moo by Mollie Cox Bryan, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

📚Young Adult: A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett, Looking for Alaska by John Green, The Space Between Here & Now by Sarah Suk, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez, The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe, Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

📚Fantasy: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria E. Schwab, Storm Front by Jim Butcher, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, The Carnivale of Curiosities by Amiee Gibbs, A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

📚Mythology: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry, A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown, Ichor by Trish D.W, Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati, Goddess of Light by P.C. Cast, Circe by Madeline Miller, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

📚Literary Fiction: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Bunny by Mona Awad, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

📚Contemporary: All About Ella by Meredith Appleyard, Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Happy Place by Emily Henry, Beartown by Fredrik Backman, Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn, The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper,

📚Retellings:Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry, Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear, Cinder & Glass by Melissa de la Cruz, Desperate Measures (Deluxe Edition) by Katee Robert

📚Humor/Comedy: The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John, Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

📚Classics: Persuasion by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Sula by Toni Morrison

📚LGBT: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve, Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Meet The Baumgartners by Selena Kitt

📚Dystopia: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, Blindness by José Saramago, After the End by Clare Mackintosh, One Second After by William R. Forstchen, Vox by Christina Dalcher

Very Specific Genres
✏️ Regency romance
✏️ Dark Romance
✏️ Generational/familial drama
✏️ Psychological Thriller
✏️ Greek Mythology
✏️ Psychological suspense
✏️ Circus Fiction
✏️ Taboo / erotica


Favourite Books 2024
❤️ The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman
❤️ Wild Card by Simon Rowell
❤️ A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer
❤️ Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
❤️ The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
❤️ Lights Out by Navessa Allen
❤️ The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
❤️ An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
❤️ Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
❤️ Lights Out by Navessa Allen
❤️ Best Friends Forever by Margot Hunt
❤️ The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
❤️ My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
❤️ None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
❤️ The Women by Kristin Hannah
❤️ In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King
❤️ The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson by Ellen Baker
❤️ Toxic by Nicole Blanchard
❤️ Take it Off by AshleyNicole
❤️ A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
❤️ Better Run by Alina May
❤️ Little Spider

Top authors
✍️ Terry Pratchett
✍️ Georgette Heyer
✍️ Agatha Christie
✍️ Mariana Zapata
✍️ Emily Henry
✍️ R.F. Kuang
✍️ Joya Goffney
✍️ Lisa Jewell
✍️ H. D. Carlton
✍️ Freida McFadden
✍️ Khaled Hosseini
✍️ Taylor Jenkins Reid
✍️ Louise Penny
✍️ Christina Lauren
✍️ Lauren Blakely
✍️ Jessa Kane
✍️ Pam Godwin
✍️ Eric Jerome Dickey
✍️ James Patterson
✍️ Lacey Cross

Secret Santa

About Me
🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):
Romance: Time After Time by Karly Lane
Thriller: Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher
Historical Fiction: The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
Horror: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Non-fiction / Memoir: Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall by Spike Milligan
Science Fiction: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Cozy Mystery: The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Young Adult: A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Fantasy: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Mythology: Mythos by Stephen Fry
Literary Fiction: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Contemporary: All About Ella by Meredith Appleyard
Retellings: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
Humor/Comedy: The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John
Classics: Persuasion by Jane Austen
LGBT: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Dystopia: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list
Mystery/Thriller
Fantasy
Historical

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
(i.e. historical romance, psychological thriller, Greek mythology, Books about Books, German literature etc. - you get the drill)
Regency romance

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):
Terry Pratchett
Georgette Heyer
Agatha Christie

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):
The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman
Wild Card by Simon Rowell
A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: blue
🎅 A word in the title: death
🎅 An object on the cover: dog
🎅 A number on page count: 3
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): R
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: G

About Me
🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):
Romance: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Thriller: The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
Historical Fiction: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
Horror: n/a
Non-fiction / Memoir: n/a
Science Fiction: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
Cozy Mystery: Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
Young Adult: Looking for Alaska by John Green
Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (the whole series really)
Mythology: A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
Literary Fiction: n/a
Contemporary: n/a
Retellings: n/a
Humor/Comedy: n/a
Classics: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
LGBT: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Dystopia: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list
Romance
Thriller
Cozy Mystery

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
(i.e. historical romance, psychological thriller, Greek mythology, Books about Books, German literature etc. - you get the drill)
Dark Romance

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):
Agatha Christie
Mariana Zapata
Emily Henry

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Lights Out by Navessa Allen

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: blue
🎅 A word in the title: house
🎅 An object on the cover: tree
🎅 A number on page count: 6
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): P
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: D

this sounds so fun, i would love to join :)

About Me
🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):
Romance: Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl
Thriller: n/a
Historical Fiction: Babel
Horror: n/a
Non-fiction / Memoir: An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Science Fiction: Scythe
Cozy Mystery: The Thursday Murder Club
Young Adult: The Space Between Here & Now
Fantasy: Legendborn
Mythology: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Literary Fiction: Pachinko
Contemporary: Such a Fun Age
Retellings: n/a
Humor/Comedy: Disorientation
Classics: Crime and Punishment
LGBT: Between Perfect and Real
Dystopia: The End of Men

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list
Literary Fiction
Cozy Mystery
Contemporary

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
(i.e. historical romance, psychological thriller, Greek mythology, Books about Books, German literature etc. - you get the drill)
Generational/familial drama

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):
R.F. Kuang
Joya Goffney
Agatha Christie

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):
The Bullet That Missed
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Crime and Punishment

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):
Babel
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Such a Fun Age

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: Yellow
🎅 A word in the title: Life
🎅 An object on the cover: Hand
🎅 A number on page count: 9
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): N
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: L

About Me
🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):
Romance: When in Rome
Thriller: What Lies in the Woods
Historical Fiction: Of Mice and Men
Horror: The Shinning
Non-fiction / Memoir: I'm Glad My Mom Died
Science Fiction: NA
Cozy Mystery: Goodnight Moo
Young Adult: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Fantasy: Fourth Wing
Mythology: Ichor
Literary Fiction: NA
Contemporary: Happy Place
Retellings: NA
Humor/Comedy: The Thursday Murder Club
Classics: The Picture of Dorian Gray
LGBT: Late Bloomer
Dystopia: The Maze Runner

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list
Thriller
Cozy Mystery
Contemporary

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
(i.e. historical romance, psychological thriller, Greek mythology, Books about Books, German literature etc. - you get the drill)
psychological thriller

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):
Lisa Jewell
H. D. Carlton
Freida McFadden

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):
Butcher & Blackbird
Lights Out
Best Friends Forever

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):
Butcher & Blackbird
Sandman Slim
The Clockmaker's Daughter

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: Green
🎅 A word in the title: Secret
🎅 An object on the cover: Light
🎅 A number on page count: 400
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): D
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: M

About Me
🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):
Romance: All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata
Thriller: The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Historical Fiction: The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Horror: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Non-fiction / Memoir: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Science Fiction: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Cozy Mystery: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Young Adult: The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
Fantasy: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria E. Schwab
Mythology: ClytemnestrabyCostanza Casati
Literary Fiction: Bunny by Mona Awad
Contemporary: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Retellings: Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear
Humor/Comedy: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Classics: Sula by Toni Morrison
LGBT: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Dystopia: Blindness by José Saramago

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list:
Thriller
Romance
Mythology

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
(i.e. historical romance, psychological thriller, Greek mythology, Books about Books, German literature etc. - you get the drill)
Greek mythology

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):
Mariana Zapata
Khaled Hosseini
Taylor Jenkins Reid

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):
The Atlas Six
My Dark Vanessa
None of This Is True

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: Black
🎅 A word in the title: House
🎅 An object on the cover: Couple
🎅 A number on page count: 5
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): S
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: C

About Me
🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):
Romance:Book Lovers
Thriller:The Silence of the Lambs
Historical Fiction: All the Light We Cannot See
Horror: Pet Sematary
Non-fiction / Memoir:Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Science Fiction:Project Hail Mary
Cozy Mystery: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Young Adult:
Fantasy:Storm Front
Mythology:
Literary Fiction:
Contemporary:
Retellings:
Humor/Comedy:
Classics:
LGBT:
Dystopia:

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list
Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
psychological thriller

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):
Stephen King
Louise Penny
Freida McFadden

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):


🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):
Misery Ender’s Game And Then There Were None

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: red
🎅 A word in the title: mystery
🎅 An object on the cover: gun
🎅 A number on page count:2
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): r
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: s

About Me
Romance: Just for the Summer
Thriller: The Last Flight, Finding Jake
Historical Fiction: The Watchmaker's Daughter
Horror: Devil's Wake
Non-fiction / Memoir:
Science Fiction:
Cozy Mystery: How to Solve Your Own Murder
Young Adult: Defy the Night
Fantasy: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, The Carnivale of Curiosities
Mythology: Goddess of Light
Literary Fiction: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Contemporary: Georgie, All Along
Retellings: Cinder & Glass
Humor/Comedy:
Classics:
LGBT:
Dystopia: After the End, One Second After

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list
Romance, Retellings, Dystopia

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
Psychological suspense, Circus Fiction

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):
Christina Lauren, Lauren Blakely,

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):
In the Garden of Monsters
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):
Before I Go to Sleep
A Discovery of Witches
The Help

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: Blue
🎅 A word in the title: Daughter
🎅 An object on the cover: Water
🎅 A number on page count: 3
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): M
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: W

I'm working on this.......

🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):
✨💫CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR ALL PLEASE💫✨

Romance: An Unforgivable Love Story

Thriller: Brother

Historical Fiction: Orphan Train

Horror: The Exorcist's House

Non-fiction / Memoir: The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince

Science Fiction: Baby X

Cozy Mystery: n/a

Young Adult: n/a

Fantasy: A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor

Mythology: Circe

Literary Fiction: n/a

Contemporary: The Gravity of Us

Retellings: Desperate Measures

Humor/Comedy: The Duchess Deal

Classics: n/a

LGBT: Meet The Baumgartners

Dystopia: Vox
✨💫CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS💫✨

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list
Romance: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Horror: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Historical Fiction: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
(i.e. historical romance, psychological thriller, Greek mythology, Books about Books, German literature etc. - you get the drill)
dark romance, taboo, horror, erotica, mindf*ck psychological thrillers

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):
Jessa Kane
Pam Godwin
Eric Jerome Dickey

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):
Toxic Take it Off A Piece of Cake

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):
Baby Teeth All the Ugly and Wonderful Things The Secrets of Silk

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: purple
🎅 A word in the title: ex
🎅 An object on the cover: leaf
🎅 A number on page count: 7
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): T
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: A R Torre

About Me
🧝 Please recommend a book from the below genres (leave n/a if nothing comes to your mind):

Romance: Better Run
Thriller: Along Came a Spider
Historical Fiction: N/A
Horror: It by Stephen King
Non-fiction / Memoir: Naptime
Science Fiction: N/A
Cozy Mystery: N/A
Young Adult: anything R.L. Stine
Fantasy: Wrinkle in Time
Mythology: The Percy Jackson series
Literary Fiction: N/A
Contemporary: N/A
Retellings:
Humor/Comedy: N/A
Classics: N/A
LGBT: N/A
Dystopia: N/A

🧝 Choose your top 3 genres from the above list

Romance:
Thriller:
Mythology:

🧝 A very specific genre that you like:
(i.e. historical romance, psychological thriller, Greek mythology, Books about Books, German literature etc. - you get the drill)

Dark/Erotica Romance:
Psychological Thriller:
Greek Mythology:

🧝 Favourite authors (maximum 3):

Stephen King
James Patterson
Lacey Cross

🧝 Favourite books read in 2024 (maximum 3):

Better Run
Little Spider

🧝 All-time favourites (maximum 3):

Along Came a spider
Better Run
Little Spider

Random Recommendations (Let's not try to make it too difficult!)
🎅 A colour of cover: Blue
🎅 A word in the title: Sex
🎅 An object on the cover: knife
🎅 A number on page count: 3
🎅 A book that starts with the letter (articles not included): T
🎅 A book with one of the author's initials having the letter: C

Your Secret Santa is now disclosed and threads updated! All books from 01 dec 2024 work! Happy holidays!