Play Book Tag discussion

PBT Monthly Tag Challenge

January - 2010
1- In The Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time - Peter Lovenheim (4 stars) 1/22/16

February - World War II
1- In Our Strange Gardens - Michel Quint (4 stars) 2/5/16
2- Eleanor's Story: An American Girl In Hitler's Germany - Eleanor Ramrath Garner (4 stars) 2/14/16

March - mystery/thriller
1. Murder At The Lake (Allison Aldridge mystery, #3) - Helen Goodman (4 stars) 3/3/16
2. Sweet Revenge (A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery, #1) - Andrea Penrose (4 stars) 3/7/16
3. Nearly Departed in Deadwood (Deadwood, #1) - Ann Charles (4 stars) 3/9/16
4. Optical Delusions in Deadwood (Deadwood, #2) - Ann Charles (4 stars) 3/11/16
5. The Night Is Mine (Night Stalkers, #1) - M. L. Buchman (5 stars) 3/31/16

April - Female Author
1. Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate, #2) - Gail Carriger (4 stars) 4/4/16
2. Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3) - Gail Carriger (4 stars) 4/13/16
3. In Want of a Wife (Bitter Springs, #3) - Jo Goodman (4 stars) 4/17/16
4. Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #3) - Gail Carriger (4 stars) 4/22/16
5. Touched by an Alien (Katherine "Kitty" Katt, #1) - Gini Koch (4 stars) 4/28/16
6. Frame Work - Anne G. Faigen (3 stars) 4/29/16
7. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Lynn Truss (3 stars) 4/30/16

May - Series
1. Fate's Edge (The Edge, #3) - Ilona Andrews (5 stars) 5/3/16
2. Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5) - Gail Carriger (4 stars) 5/8/16
3. Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4) - Ilona Andrews (5 stars) 5/15/16
4. Deeply, Desperately (Lucy Valentine, #2) - Heather Webber (4 stars) 5/21/16
5. Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden, #1) - Charlaine Harris (4 stars) 5/23/16
6. A Good Horse (Horses of Oak Valley Ranch, #2) - Jane Smiley (3 stars) 5/25/16
7. Haunted (Harrison Investigation, #1) - Heather Graham (3 stars) 5/27/16
8. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) - C. S. Lewis (4 stars) 5/29/16

June - Fantasy
1. Absolutely, Positively (Lucy Valentine, #3) - Heather Webber (3 stars) 6/28/16
2. Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity, #2) - Nancy Atherton (3 stars) 6/30/16

July - Biography-Memoir
None

August - Entertainment
None

September - 2013
1. Cowboy in the Kitchen (Deep in the Heart series, #1) – Mae Nunn (4 stars) 9/27/16

October - Historical Fiction
1. The Buddha in the Attic – Julie Otsuka (4 stars) 10/1/16
2. The Silver Pencil - Alice Dalgliesh (3 stars) 10/4/16
3. Promised by Post (Wild West Weddings, #2) - Katy Madison (3 stars) 10/21/16
4. Simple Jess (Marrying Stone, #2) - Pamela Morsi (5 stars) 10/26/16
5. Halfway to Heaven (Calhoun Chronicles, #3) - Susan Wiggs (4 stars) 10/27/16

November - Animals
1. The Nine Lives of Christmas – Sheila Roberts (3 stars) 11/20/16

December - Short Stories
1. Western Christmas Proposals: Christmas Dance with the Rancher\Christmas in Salvation Falls\The Sheriff's Christmas Proposal – Carla Kelly, Kelly Boyce, Carol Arens (3 stars) 12/20/16
2. Huntress – Christine Warren, Marjorie M. Liu, Caitlin Kittredge, & Jenna Maclaine (3 stars) 12/27/16
3. Cowboys Are My Weakness – Pam Houston (3 stars) 12/28/16

Shelfagories Challenge

20/29 - Read as many as possible

1. A book with more than 750 pages -
2. A classic romance -
✔3. A book that became a movie/TV show - The Down Home Zombie Blues - Linnea Sinclair (5 stars) 5/6/16 [movie was made as Down Home Alien Blues]
✔4. A book published this year - Undiscovered (Treasure Hunter Security, #1) – Anna Hackett (4 stars) 8/3/16
✔5. A book written by someone under 30 - Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) - Melissa Meyer (5 stars) 3/28/16 pub 2012 when author was 28
✔6. A book based entirely on its cover - 13 rue Thérèse - Elena Mauli Shapiro (3 stars) 6/8/16 [intrigued by the sepia toned portrait of a girl from the 20s]
✔7. A mystery or thriller -Classified as Murder (A Cat in the Stacks Mystery, #2) - Miranda James (3 stars) 1/3/16
✔8. A book of short stories - The Turning - Tim Winton (4 stars) 4/24/16
✔9. A nonfiction book - Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store - Suzanne Strempek Shea (4 stars) 1/12/16
✔10. A popular author's first book - The All of It - Jeannette Haien (4 stars) 1/15/16 - it is a debut but not sure if she would be defined as popular
11. A book that won the Pulitzer Prize after 2000 -
12. A book more than 100 years old -
✔13. A book set somewhere you want to visit - The Dead Cat Bounce (A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery, #1) - Sarah Graves (4 stars) 1/6/16 - set in Eastport, ME - we vacation in Maine but have never been to this area.
✔14. A book set in the future - Illusion Town (Harmony, #13) – Jayne Castle (5 stars) 8/20/16
✔15. A book with magic - The Secret of Platform 13 - Eva Ibbotson (5 stars) 1/31/16
✔16. A book you own but have never read - Haunted (Harrison Investigation, #1) - Heather Graham (3 stars) 5/27/16
✔17. A book that takes place in your hometown - In The Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time - Peter Lovenheim (4 stars) 1/22/16 Rochester, NY
18. A book written by an author with your initials -
19. A play -
✔20. A collection of short stories - Out of This World Loverr - Shannon Stacey, Summer Devon, Charlene Teglia (2 stars) 2/19/16
✔21. A micro-history - Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868 - Cokie Roberts (3 stars) 2/10/16
✔22. A translated book - In Our Strange Gardens - Michel Quint (4 stars) 2/5/16 French to English
✔23. A book published by an indie press - Calico Canyon (Lassoed in Texas, #2) - Mary Connealy (4 stars) 1/19/16 publ by Barbour Publishing, Inc.
✔24. A book by/about an indigenous culture - Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival - Velma Wallis (4 stars) 6/17/16 [160] Athabaskan tribe of Alaska
25. A graphic novel -
26. A book published the year you were born -
✔27. A book set during Christmas/winter holiday - The Perfect Christmas - Debbie Macomber (4 stars) 1/17/16
✔28. A book with nonhuman characters - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) - C. S. Lewis (4 stars) 5/29/16
29. A book that scares you -

100 Non-Fiction Books PBT Members Think You Should Read

Read 23 prior to 2016
Goal: 6 or more

1. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex – Mary Roach (4stars) 8/22/16
2. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - Atul Gawande (5 stars) 10/10/16
3. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference – Malcolm Gladwell (4 stars) 11/16/16

100 Fiction Books PBT Members Think You Should Read

Read 46 prior to 2016
Goal: 6 or more