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CELEBRATING Hat Day Challenge
Duration in January

Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED types of hats.

TOP HAT
BOATER
FEDORA
BOWLER
COWBOY Hat
BASEBALL CAP
PANAMA
PORK PIE
SUN HAT
FASCINATOR Hat
DERBY FELT
CLOCHE Hat
NEWSBOY CAP
FRENCH BERET
FLOPPY Hat
BOBBLE Hat

Challenge Rules
• one book per letter
• use 1st letter of the Title (exclude A, An, or The)
• use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/ LAST name
• use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRST/LAST name

For Each Book Read
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished Book

RATINGS are Optional
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

🥳🧨PARTICIPANTS 🧨🎆
Updated: 2/1/26

🥳🧨Book Concierge - BOATER (6/6) C
🥳🧨Robin P - FEDORA (6/6) C
🥳🧨Jonquil - BASEBALL CAP (11/11) C
🥳🧨Licha-Olivia - BASEBALL CAP (11/11) C
🥳🧨Beverly - FASCINATOR (10/10) C
🥳🧨Carolyn - SUN HAT (6/6) C
🥳🧨Carol - FASCINATOR HAT (13/13) C
🥳🧨JennH - FASCINATOR (10/10) C
🥳🧨Koren - BASEBALL CAP (11/11) C

🥂👏CONGRATULATIONS 👏🥂


🎆 Book Concierge
🎆 Robin P
🎆 Jonquil
🎆 Licha-Olivia
🎆 Beverly
🎆 Carolyn
🎆 Carol
🎆 JennH
🎆 Koren

CELEBRATING Hat Day Challenge
Begins: 01Jan26 / Ends: 31Jan26


6 / 6 completed


✔ Boater
B - BUCHANAN, Edna / Legally Dead ✔ – 30Jan26
O - Other Einstein ✔ – 30Jan26
A - ALLEN, Jayne / The Most Wonderful Time ✔ – 08Jan26
T - Two for Sorrow ✔ – 15Jan26
E - Evening Class ✔ – 15Jan26
R - ROBSON, Jennifer / Somewhere in France ✔ – 07Jan26






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F - Tope Folarin - A Particular Kind of Black Man - 1/4
E - Evan FrissThe Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore - 1/2
D -Margaret Drabble - A Summer Bird-Cage 1/5
O - Observations by Gaslight: Stories from the World of Sherlock Holmes - 1/20
R -David Rosenfelt - New Tricks - 1/6
A - Amanda Peters - Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories 1/13

Celebrating Hat Day
January 2026

11/11 DONE

B Branded by the Sheriff Delores Fossen 1/6
A Against the Odds Kat Martin 1/19
S Soft Targets John Gilstrap 1/3
E Endangered C.J. Box 1/1
B Before She Disappeared Lisa Gardner 1/18
A Allie's Shelter Regan Black 1/4
L Lady Violet Says I Do Grace Burrowes 1/17
L Lady Violet Pays a Call Grace Burrowes 1/16
C Clam Wake Mary Daheim 1/3
A AWOL with the Operative Jean Thomas 1/4
P Pure Vengeance Lori Ryan 1/16

Celebrating Hat Day Challenge – January 2026

11/11 letters

Go Dodgers!

B: Becca Fitzpatrick Hush, Hush (1/6/26)
A: Accidental Werewolf (The) Dakota Cassidy (1/3/26)
S: Spare Man (The) Mary Robinette Kowal (1/2/26)
E: Emily Henry Funny Story (1/14/26)
B: Bad Luck Bride Laura Lee Guhrke (1/22/26)
A: Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1/19/26)
L: Laurie Gilmore The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (1/9/26)
L: Leigh Bardugo Ninth House (1/12/26)

C: Caden (mc) Golden Lord Mary Jo Putney (1/25/26)
A: Armstrong, Jess The Curse of Penryth Hall (1/29/26)
P: Palahniuk, Chuck Lullaby (1/8/26)

CELEBRATING Hat Day Challenge
Duration in January

10/10

F Flamer by Mike Curato FINISHED 1/5
A Ann Myers, Bread of the Dead
S The Second Chance Cinema by Thea Weiss FINISHED 1/4
C Carolyn Brown, The Blue-Ribbon Jalapeno Society Jubilee FINISHED 1/20
I Isolation: The Horror Anthology by M.R. Carey FINISHED 1/25
N Neal Shusterman, Shock the Monkey FINISHED
A Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return FINISHED 1/8
T Tamar Myers, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Crime FINISHED 1/2
O One of Us by Dan Chaon FINISHED 1/16
R Patrick Ryan, Buckeye FINISHED 1/7

SUN HAT

S Wild Side, Elsie Silver 11 Jan
U Under the Long White Cloud, Miles Kent Farnsworth 13 Jan
N You Can't Ruin Christmas Olivia Noble 12 Jan

H Kill Joy, Holly Jackson 26 Jan
A The Secret of Seaside, Agatha Ball 18 Jan
T Their Village, Their Fortress, Dylan Madeley 19 Jan


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CELEBRATING Hat Day
13/13
Farm, The, Amy Cross -1/17
Amy Cross - The Bride of Ashbyrn House - 1/5
Story of Danny Rose, The - Cara Dee- 1/4
Collin: Episodes 1-3 - Ciara Darren -1/1
Imago - N.R. Walker -1/2
Nicky James - Shades of Darkness -1/3
Alexander, Romeo - Handle With Care- 1/14
Tortuga - B.A. -Zeke and Wesley -1/10
Oswald , James - What Will Burn
Romeo Alexander - Power of Love 1/7

Harrison, Rachel - Black Sheep -1/10
A Little Christmas! Matty's Secret - J.P Sayle - 1/21
Thicker than Water - J.D. Kirk - 1/27

CELEBRATING Hat Day Challenge
Duration in January

F - Six Sweets Under by Sarah Fox 1/8/26
A - Ransom Road by Anya Mora 1/7/26
S - Solo Leveling, Vol. 9 by Chugong 1/1/26
C - Solo Leveling, Vol. 10 by Chugong 1/6/26
I - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 13 by Sui Ishida 1/20/26
N - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 1/12/26 - Nina
A - Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian 1/9/26
T - Time Loops & Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau 1/7/26
O - Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley 1/17/26 - Joe King Oliver
R - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid 1/26/26

H - Margaritas, Marzipan, and Murder by Harper Lin 1/5/26
A - Wielding a Red Sword by Piers Anthony 1/15/26
T - Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 12 by Natsuki Takaya 1/17/26 - Tohru

CELEBRATING Hat Day Challenge
Duration in January

B-Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, A Grateful Son, and My Journey with Autism by Leland Vittert finished 1/4
A-Attenborough, David A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future finished 1/19
S-Something to Look Forward To: Fictions by Fannie Flagg finished 1/12
E-Elyse Myers That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You finished 1/5
B-Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her by Erika Bolstad finished 1/23
A-Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book by Mark Bittman finished 1/22
L-Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success by Russ Buettner and Susane Craig finished 1/9
L-The Long Awakening by Lindsey O'Connor finished 1/26

C-Carson Vaugn Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream finished 1/15
A-Alexander, William The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden finished 1/28
P-Presley, Priscilla Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis finished 1/4

Celebrating Hat Day

Spell-out: FRENCH BERET (1/11)


F
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N - Nidhi Chanani's Pashmina (1/21/26) 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
C
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B
E
R
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T - Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker 1/8/26 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Update to message #9

3/6 completed

Celebrating Hat Day
January 2026

11/11 DONE

B Branded by the Sheriff Delores Fossen 1/6
A Against the Odds Kat Martin 1/19
S Soft Targets John Gilstrap 1/3
E Endangered C.J. Box 1/1
B Before She Disappeared Lisa Gardner 1/18
A Allie's Shelter Regan Black 1/4
L Lady Violet Says I Do Grace Burrowes 1/17
L Lady Violet Pays a Call Grace Burrowes 1/16
C Clam Wake Mary Daheim 1/3
A AWOL with the Operative Jean Thomas 1/4
P Pure Vengeance Lori Ryan 1/16

Update to Message #9

6/6 finished Challenge Complete

Update for message #8: Challenge completed

Done 1/28- #10

Finished! Message #12

Challenge Completed! Message #7

Done, msg 5. O was a tough one!

Update message # 4 - Challenge completed - ✔ 30Jan26