Play Book Tag discussion

I am posting all my challenges for 2019, PBT and otherwise.

12x12 Challenge

1. Play Book Tag
1. Natural Causes / Barbara Ehrenreich. 3.5 stars
2. Love Story / Erich Segal. 3.5 stars
3. Sister Queens / Julia Fox. 3.5 stars
4. Blizzard of Glass / Sally M. Walker. 4 stars
5. North of Beautiful / Justina Chen. 3.5 stars
6. Fables, Vol. 20. Camelot / Bill Willingham. 3.75 stars
7. Dust and Shadow / Lyndsay Faye. 2.5 stars
8. Hold Tight / Harlan Coben. 4 stars
9. iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids are Growing Up... / Jean M. Twenge. 3.5 stars
10. Intolerable / Kamal Al-Solaylee. 4 stars
11. Homes: A Refugee Story / Abu Bakr al Rabeeah. 4 stars
12. The Cuckoo's Calling / Robert Galbraith. 3.5 stars
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13. The Persian Pickle Club / Sandra Dallas. 3.25 stars

2. CAT Challenges
1. A Pug's Tale / Alison Pace. 3 stars
2. The Cat and Shakespeare / Raja Rao. 1.5 stars
3. When We Wake / Karen Healey. 3.75 stars
4. The Round House / Louise Erdrich. 3 stars
5. The Captive of Kensington / Jean Plaidy. 3.75 stars
6. Dancing Lessons / Cheryl Burke. 3.25 stars
7. Nights of Rain and Stars / Maeve Binchy. 3.5 stars
8. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House / Neil Gaiman. 3.5 stars
9. A Royal Pain / Rhys Bowen. 4 stars
10. The Julian Chapter / R.J. Palacio. 3.5 stars
11. Cannery Row / John Steinbeck. 3.25 stars
12. The Dead Girls Club / Damien Angelica Walters. 4 stars
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13. The Magician's Lie / Greer Macallister. 4 stars
14. Bloodlands / Timothy Snyder. 3 stars
15. The Calculating Stars / Mary Robinette Kowal. 3.5 stars

3. Reading Through Time
1. The Perfect Storm / Sebastian Junger. 3.5 stars
2. The French Lieutenant's Woman / John Fowles. 2.25 stars
3. New York / Edward Rutherfurd. 3.5 stars
4. By the Shores of Silver Lake / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4 stars
5. Norse Mythology / Neil Gaiman. 3 stars
6. Inferno / Dan Brown. 4 stars
7. The Day the World Came to Town / Jim DeFede. 4.25 stars
8. The Personal History of Rachel Dupree / Ann Weisgarber. 3.5 stars
9. The Garden of Ruth / Eva Etzioni-Halevy. 3.5 stars
10. All Clear / Connie Willis. 4 stars
11. Bury Me Standing / Isabel Fonseca. 3 stars
12. Tracks / Louise Erdrich. 2 stars
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13. The Librarian of Auschwitz / Antonio Iturbe. 4 stars

4. Oh Canada! (Canadian Authors)
1. The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant / Joanna Wiebe. 4 stars
2. The Lonely Hearts Hotel / Heather O'Neill. 2.5 stars
3. Broken Promise / Linwood Barclay. 4 stars
4. At the Mountain's Edge / Genevieve Graham. 3.75 stars
5. The Illegal / Lawrence Hill. 3 stars
6. Circus / A Story from Circus / Claire Battershill. 3 stars
7. Locavore / Sarah Elton. 4 stars
8. Who Has Seen the Wind / W.O. Mitchell. 3 stars
9. A Geography of Blood / Candace Savage. 4 stars
10. Upstream / Sharon Butala. 3.5 stars
11. Vanishing Girl / Shane Peacock. 3 stars
12. The Right to be Cold / Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 3.5 stars
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13. The Forgotten Home Child / Genevieve Graham. 4 stars

5. Trim the TBR (On TBR 2+ years)
1. The Parasite / Ramsey Campbell. 3 stars
2. Lies of the Heart / Michelle Boyajian. 4 stars
3. Sweet Valley Confidential / Francine Pascal. 3 stars
4. Classified as Murder / Miranda James. 4 stars
5. A Taste for Monsters / Matthew J. Kirby. 3.5 stars
6. The Key to Midnight / Dean Koontz. 3.5 stars
7. Hungry / Crystal Renn. 4 stars
8. Page / Tamora Pierce. 3.75 stars
9. Red Hood's Revenge / Jim C. Hines. 3.25 stars
10. Goodnight Nobody / Jennifer Weiner. 4 stars
11. On the Island / Tracey Garvis Graves. 4 stars
12. Madam Millie / Max Evans. 3.5 stars
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13. Hillbilly Elegy / JD Vance. 4 stars
14. Wolf by Wolf / Ryan Graudin. 3.75 stars

6. Will it Ever End? (Continuing Series)
1. Neverwas / Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed, Larkin Reed. 3 stars
2. The Last Little Blue Envelope / Maureen Johnson. 4 stars
3. End of Watch / Stephen King. 3.5 stars
4. Undivided / Neal Shusterman. 4 stars
5. The Trespasser / Tana French. 4 stars
6. I Shall Wear Midnight / Terry Pratchett. 3.5 stars
7. Reached / Ally Condie. 3 stars
8. A Breath of Snow and Ashes / Diana Gabaldon. 3.5 stars
9. Blue Moon / Alyson Noel. 3.75 stars
10. Blackout / Connie Willis. 4.5 stars
11. Fables, Vol. 21. Happily Ever After / Bill Willingham. 3.5 stars
12. Born of Deception / Teri Brown. 4 stars
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13. Black Rose / Nora Roberts. 3 stars

7. Off the Shelf (Print or E- Books I Own)
1. The Alienist / Caleb Carr. 3 stars
2. The Queen's Lady / Barbara Kyle. 3 stars
3. The Pact / Carol Coffey. 3.75 stars
4. Lady of the Forest / Jennifer Roberson. 3 stars
5. The Wonder / Emma Donoghue. 3 stars
6. One Little Secret / Cate Holahan. 4 stars
7. The Sixteen Pleasures / Robert Hellenga. 3 stars
8. The Blue Castle / L.M. Montgomery. 4 stars
9. Change of Heart / Jodi Picoult. 4 stars
10. The Long Winter / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4.5 stars
11. Every Note Played / Lisa Genova. 4 stars
12. Dinosaur Lake II: Dinosaurs Arising / Kathryn Meyer Griffith. 4 stars
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13. The Chalk Man / C.J. Tudor. 4 stars
14. The 5th Wave / Rick Yancey. 4 stars
15. Small Great Things / Jodi Picoult. 4 stars

8. Audio Books
1. The Book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill. 3.75 stars
2. Sleeping Beauties / Stephen King, Owen King. 3.5 stars
3. All the Light We Cannot See / Anthony Doerr. 2 stars
4. The Devil's Queen / Jeanne Kalogridis. 2 stars
5. Brian's Winter / Gary Paulsen. 3.5 stars
6. The Stars are Fire / Anita Shreve. 4 stars
7. Stardust / Neil Gaiman. 3 stars
8. The Night Sister / Jennifer McMahon. 3.5 stars
9. Silver Sparrow / Tayari Jones. 3.5 stars
10. The Last Olympian / Rick Riordan. 2.5 stars
11. Heidi / Johanna Spyri. 3.5 stars
12. Strawberry Shortcake Murder / Joanne Fluke. 3 stars
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13. Appointment With Fear / Valentine Dyall. 3.75 stars
14. The Killer Next Door / Alex Marwood. 3.5 stars
15. Landline / Rainbow Rowell. 3 stars

9. I'll Travel Virtually (Books Set in Other Countries - not Canada or USA)
1. Bad Wolf / Nele Neuhaus. 4 stars
2. The Hidden Bones / Nicola Ford. 3.5 stars
3. Becoming Marie Antoinette / Juliet Grey. 4 stars
4. The Children's War / Monique Charlesworth. 3 stars
5. Ghosts of Everest / Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, Eric R. Simonson. 4 stars
6. The Seven Sisters / Lucinda Riley. 3.5 stars
7. Reign of Madness / Lynn Cullen. 4 stars
8. Bel Canto / Ann Patchett. 3.5 stars
9. The Storm Sister / Lucinda Riley. 4 stars
10. West of the Moon / Margi Preus. 4 stars
11. Kim / Rudyard Kipling. 1.5 stars
12. The Perfect Nanny / Leila Slimani. 3.5 stars
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13. The Shah / Abbas Milani. 2.5 stars
14. Iced In / Chris Turney. 4 stars
15. Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates / Mary Mapes Dodge. 3 stars

10. Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My! (Animals)
1. Bird Watching for Dummies / Bill Thompson III. 4 stars
2. Child of the Wolves / Elizabeth Hall. 4 stars
3. Lost and Found / Elizabeth Hess. 4 stars
4. The Last Rhinos / Lawrence Anthony. 4 stars
5. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly / Sun-Mi Hwang. 4 stars
6. Your Cat's Just Not That Into You / Richard Smith. 3 stars
7. Love Saves the Day / Gwen Cooper. 4 stars
8. The True Tails of Baker and Taylor / Jan Louch. 4 stars
9. Owls in the Family / Farley Mowat. 3.75 stars
10. What Pet Should I Get? / Dr. Seuss. 4 stars
11. The Accidental Veterinarian / Philipp Schott. 4 stars
12. Babylon's Ark / Lawrence Anthony. 4.25 stars
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13. Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover’s Soul / Jack Canfield, et al. 3.5 stars

11. Truth is Stranger than Fiction (Nonfiction)
1. Something Fierce / Carmen Aguirre. 3.5 stars
2. 1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper / Peter Stubley. 3.5 stars
3. Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up / Tom Phillips. 3.75 stars
4. Marriage: A History / Stephanie Coontz. 3.5 stars
5. To Sleep With the Angels / David Cowan, John Kuenster. 3.5 stars
6. Garbology / Edward Humes. 4 stars
7. An American Princess / Annejet van der Zijl. 2.5 stars
8. Curtains / Tom Jokinen. 4 stars
9. Packing for Mars / Mary Roach. 4 stars
10. The End of Night / Paul Bogard. 4 stars
11. A Mother's Reckoning / Sue Klebold. 4 stars
12. Rise of the Rocket Girls / Nathalia Holt. 3 stars
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13. Dead by Sunset / Ann Rule. 4 stars
14. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light / Patrick McGilligan. 3.5 stars

12. KIT Challenges
1. Enchanting Lily / Anjali Banerjee. 3.5 stars
2. Delirium / Lauren Oliver. 4 stars
3. The End Games / T. Michael Martin. 3.5 stars
4. Inside the O'Briens / Lisa Genova. 4.5 stars
5. In a Dark, Dark Wood / Ruth Ware. 4.25 stars
6. The Valley of Amazement / Amy Tan. 4 stars
7. The Circle / Dave Eggers. 4 stars
8. Victoria Victorious / Jean Plaidy. 3.75 stars
9. A Town Like Alice / Nevil Shute. 3.5 stars
10. Into the Water / Paula Hawkins. 4 stars
11. What the Night Knows / Dean Koontz. 4.5 stars
12. Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 / Alan Moore. 3 stars
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13. Blaze / Richard Bachman (Stephen King). 3.75 stars
14. The Girls With No Names / Serena Burdick. 3.75 stars
15. FantasticLand / Mike Bockoven. 4 stars
16. Emily / Elle Klass. 3 stars
17. The Other Mrs / Mary Kubica. 4.5 stars

13. Overflow
1. Sing, Unburied, Sing / Jesmyn Ward. 3 stars
2. Kindred / Octavia Butler. 5 stars
3. The Power / Naomi Alderman. 3 stars

BingoDOG

1. Book made into a movie. The French Lieutenant's Woman / John Fowles. 2.25 stars
2. Main title has 6 or more words in it. All the Light We Cannot See / Anthony Doerr. 2 stars
3. Title contains a homophone word (such as hair/hare, slay/sleigh, there/their/they’re). A Pug's Tale / Alison Pace. 3 stars
4. Weather (title contains a weather word, or book involves/centers around a weather event). The Perfect Storm / Sebastian Junger. 3.5 stars
5. Book has an LT rating of 4.0 or more. The Book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill. 3.75 stars
6. Book in translation. Bad Wold / Nele Neuhaus. 4 stars
7. Prize-winning book. Sing, Unburied, Sing / Jesmyn Ward. 3 stars
8. Children’s/YA book, or reread a childhood favorite. Child of the Wolves / Elizabeth Hall. 4 stars
9. Graphic novel. Fables, Vol. 20. Camelot / Bill Willingham. 3.75 stars
10. Food-related title or topic. The Wonder / Emma Donoghue. 3 stars
11. Read a book bullet (meaning another LT member inspired you to read it). The Stars are Fire / Anita Shreve. 4 stars
12. Book mentioned in another book you have read. Ghosts of Everest / Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, Eric R. Simonson. 4 stars
13. Animal on cover/in title/plays a significant role. Bird Watching for Dummies / Bill Thompson III. 4 stars
14. Short stories or essays. Norse Mythology / Neil Gaiman. 3 stars
15. Debut novel. The Hidden Bones / Nicola Ford. 3.5 stars
16. Book about/featuring siblings. Sweet Valley Confidential / Francine Pascal. 3 stars
17. Book with an artistic character. The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant / Joanna Wiebe. 4 stars
18. Fairy tale (classic or reworked). The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly / Sun-Mi Hwang. 4 stars
19. Author uses middle name or middle initial. The End Games / T. Michael Martin. 3.5 stars
20. Cover has at least two human figures. At the Mountain's Edge / Genevieve Graham. 3.75 stars
21. Part of a series. Neverwas / Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed, Larkin Reed. 3 stars
22. Alliterative title. When We Wake / Karen Healey. 3.75 stars
23. Topic or character related to medicine/health. Delirium / Lauren Oliver. 4 stars
24. Eastern European author or setting. Bury Me Standing / Isabel Fonseca. 3 stars
25. Read a CAT . The Parasite / Ramsey Campbell. 3 stars

CalendarCAT:

January: Birds
- Bird Watching for Dummies / Bill Thompson III. 4 stars

February: Love Your Pet Day
- A Pug's Tale / Alison Pace. 3 stars

March: World Wildlife Day, Canada Reads
- The Last Rhinos / Lawrence Anthony. 4 stars
- The Illegal / Lawrence Hill. 3 stars

April: Librarian Day, National Pets Day
- Classified as Murder / Miranda James. 4 stars

May: Mother's Day, Victoria Day
- The Captive of Kensington / Jean Plaidy. 3.75 stars
- The Valley of Amazement / Amy Tan. 4 stars

June: Hug Your Cat Day, Father's Day
- Love Saves the Day / Gwen Cooper. 4 stars
- The True Tails of Baker and Taylor / Jan Louch. 4 stars
- Nights of Rain and Stars / Maeve Binchy. 3.5 stars

July: Canada Day, Independence Day, International Joke DAy
- Curtains / Tom Jokinen. 4 stars
- The Day the World Came to Town / Jim DeFede. 4.25 stars
- A Breath of Snow and Ashes / Diana Gabaldon. 3.5 stars
- Who Has Seen the Wind / W.O. Mitchell. 3 stars
- Packing for Mars / Mary Roach. 4 stars
- The Blue Castle / L.M. Montgomery. 4 stars

August: World Indigenous People
- A Geography of Blood / Candace Savage. 4 stars

September: Comic Book Day, Piano Month/Classical Music Month
- Fables, Vol. 21. Happily Ever After / Bill Willingham. 3.5 stars
- Every Note Played / Lisa Genova. 4 stars

October: Halloween
- Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 / Alan Moore. 3 stars
- The Dead Girls Club / Damien Angelica Walters. 4 stars
- Appointment With Fear / Valentine Dyall. 3.75 stars
- Dinosaur Lake II: Dinosaurs Arising / Kathryn Meyer Griffith. 4 stars

November: Native American Heritage Month, Remembrance Day
- Tracks / Lousie Erdrich. 2 stars
- The Librarian of Auschwitz / Antonio Iturbe. 4 stars
- Bloodlands / Timothy Snyder. 3 stars

*December: Winter/Cold, Christmas
- The Right to be Cold / Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 3.5 stars
- Landline / Rainbow Rowell. 3 stars
- Iced In / Chris Turney. 4 stars
- Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates / Mary Mapes Dodge. 3 stars

SeriesCAT:

January: Series in translation
- Bad Wold / Nele Neuhaus. 4 stars

*February: YA/Children's
- Neverwas / Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed, Larkin Reed. 3 stars
- Delirium / Lauren Oliver. 4 stars
- The Last Little Blue Envelope / Maureen Johnson. 4 stars

March: Series by a favorite author
- End of Watch / Stephen King. 3.5 stars
- Broken Promise / Linwood Barclay. 4 stars

April: Series you've been meaning to get back to
- Classified as Murder / Miranda James. 4 stars
- By the Shores of Silver Lake / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4 stars

May: Newest book in a favorite series
- The Trespasser / Tana French. 4 stars

June: Series that are definitely complete
- Fables, Vol. 20. Camelot / Bill Willingham. 3.75 stars
- I Shall Wear Midnight / Terry Pratchett. 3.5 stars
- Reached / Ally Condie. 3 stars

July: Genre: fantasy
- A Breath of Snow and Ashes / Diana Gabaldon. 3.5 stars
- The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House / Neil Gaiman. 3.5 stars
- Blue Moon / Alyson Noel. 3.75 stars
- Page / Tamora Pierce. 3.75 stars
- Red Hood's Revenge / Jim C. Hines. 3.25 stars

August: Series set in a country/region where you do not live
- A Royal Pain / Rhys Bowen. 4 stars
- Blackout / Connie Willis. 4.5 stars

September: Genre: Culinary Cozy Mystery
- Strawberry Shortcake Murder / Joanne Fluke. 3 stars

October: Historical series
- All Clear / Connie Willis. 4 stars
- Vanishing Girl / Shane Peacock. 3 stars
- Born of Deception / Teri Brown. 4 stars

November: Series with a female protagonist
- The 5th Wave / Rick Yancey. 4 stars
- The Calculating Stars / Mary Robinette Kowal. 3.5 stars

December: Series that's new to you
- Wolf by Wolf / Ryan Graudin. 3.75 stars
- Emily / Elle Klass. 3 stars

TBRCAT:

January: First in, last out
- The Parasite / Ramsey Campbell. 3 stars

February: A book you borrowed to read and still haven't got to
- The Hidden Bones / Nicola Ford. 3.5 stars
- The Cat and Shakespeare / Raja Rao. 1.5 stars

March: Book acquired on/for trips or for a special occasion
- When We Wake / Karen Healey. 3.75 stars

April: Book originally acquired for an LT group read or challenge
- To Sleep With the Angels / David Cowan, John Kuenster. 4.5 stars

*May: Book that I keep looking at, but never manage to open
- The Key to Midnight / Dean Koontz. 3.5 stars
- Your Cat's Just Not That Into You / Richard Smith. 3 stars

June: Book bullet
- The Stars are Fire / Anita Shreve. 4 stars

July: Book by an author with more than one book on your TBR shelf
- The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House / Neil Gaiman. 3.5 stars
- Owls in the Family / Farley Mowat. 3.75 stars
- Packing for Mars / Mary Roach. 4 stars
- Change of Heart / Jodi Picoult. 4 stars

August: Book purchased with great excitement and with plans to read right away that is somehow still on my tbr
- What Pet Should I Get? / Dr. Seuss. 4 stars
- Into the Water / Paula Hawkins. 4 stars

September: Classics I feel I should read
- Kim / Rudyard Kipling. 1.5 stars
- Cannery Row / John Steinbeck. 3.25 stars

October: Book purchased because of its visual appeal
- Madam Millie / Max Evans. 3.5 stars
- The Magician's Lie / Greer Macallister. 4 stars

November: Book given to me as a gift
- Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover’s Soul / Jack Canfield, et al. 3.5 stars

December: A book I bought because it was so cheap
- Small Great Things / Jodi Picoult. 4 stars
- Iced In / Chris Turney. 4 stars
- FantasticLand / Mike Bockoven. 4 stars

RandomCAT:

January: Your Name in Print
- The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant / Joanna Wiebe. 4 stars

February: We Need a Break! (Travel)
- The Last Little Blue Envelope / Maureen Johnson. 4 stars

March: Brexit Madness
- 1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper / Peter Stubley. 3.5 stars

April: Tournament of Books
- The Round House / Louise Erdrich. 3 stars

May: I Could Have Danced All Night
- Dancing Lessons / Cheryl Burke. 3.25 stars

June: Random card/deck of cards: 6 of spades
- Locavore / Sarah Elton. 4 stars

July: All About Birds
- Owls in the Family / Farley Mowat. 3.75 stars

August: School Days
- Silver Sparrow / Tayari Jones. 3.5 stars
- The Julian Chapter / R.J. Palacio. 3.5 stars
- The Long Winter / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4.5 stars
- Heidi / Johanna Spyri. 3.5 stars

September: Equinox
- The End of Night / Paul Bogard. 4 stars

October: Knock off, Tribute, Parody...
- Vanishing Girl / Shane Peacock. 3 stars

November: Childhood Memories
- Hillbilly Elegy / JD Vance. 4 stars

December: Season's Readings (Title starts with a letter in DECEMBER)
- The Right to be Cold / Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 3.5 stars
- Black Rose / Nora Roberts. 3 stars
- Emily / Elle Klass. 3 stars

AlphaKIT:

Year-Long: X, Z
- An American Princess / Annejet van der Zijl. 2.5 stars

January: Q, A
- Enchanting Lily / Anjali Banerjee. 3.5 stars
- The Alienist / Caleb Carr. 3 stars
- The Queen's Lady / Barbara Kyle. 3 stars

February: K, O
- Neverwas / Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed, Larkin Reed. 3 stars
- Sleeping Beauties / Stephen King, Owen King. 3.5 stars
- Delirium / Lauren Oliver. 4 stars

March: U, L
- Love Story / Erich Segal. 3.5 stars
- Broken Promise / Linwood Barclay. 4 stars
- Undivided / Neal Shusterman. 4 stars
- Lost and Found / Elizabeth Hess. 4 stars
- The Last Rhinos / Lawrence Anthony. 4 stars
- Inside the O'Briens / Lisa Genova. 4.5 stars
- The Illegal / Lawrence Hill. 3 stars

April: B, M
- Classified as Murder / Miranda James. 4 stars
- Blizzard of Glass / Sally M. Walker. 4 stars
- By the Shores of Silver Lake / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4 stars

May: H, V
- Garbology / Edward Humes. 4 stars
- The Valley of Amazement / Amy Tan. 4 stars

June: J, D
- Inferno / Dan Brown. 4 stars
- The Circle / Dave Eggers. 4 stars
- The True Tails of Baker and Taylor / Jan Louch. 4 stars
- Victoria Victorious / Jean Plaidy. 3.75 stars

July: C, P
- Curtains / Tom Jokinen. 4 stars
- Page / Tamora Pierce. 3.75 stars
- Packing for Mars / Mary Roach. 4 stars
- Change of Heart / Jodi Picoult. 4 stars

August: N, I
- The Night Sister / Jennifer McMahon. 3.5 stars
- A Town Like Alice / Nevil Shute. 3.5 stars
- Into the Water / Paula Hawkins. 4 stars
- The Long Winter / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4.5 stars

September: F, W
- What the Night Knows / Dean Koontz. 4.5 stars
- The Personal History of Rachel Dupree / Ann Weisgarber. 3.5 stars
- Fables, Vol. 21. Happily Ever After / Bill Willingham. 3.5 stars

October: G, T
- The Cuckoo's Calling / Robert Galbraith. 3 stars
- Born of Deception / Teri Brown. 4 stars
- Dinosaur Lake II: Dinosaurs Arising / Kathryn Meyer Griffith. 4 stars
- The Magician's Lie / Greer Macallister. 4 stars

November: S, Y
- The Persian Pickle Club / Sandra Dallas. 3.25 stars
- Blaze / Richard Bachman (Stephen King). 3.75 stars
- Bloodlands / Timothy Snyder. 3 stars
- The 5th Wave / Rick Yancey. 4 stars
- The Girls With No Names / Serena Burdick. 3.75 stars

December: E, R
- The Right to be Cold / Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 3.5 stars
- Landline / Rainbow Rowell. 3 stars
- Black Rose / Nora Roberts. 3 stars
- Wolf by Wolf / Ryan Graudin. 3.75 stars
- Emily / Elle Klass. 3 stars

ScaredyKIT:

January: NPR’s Great Lists
- The Alienist / Caleb Carr. 3 stars

February: The Corporeal Undead
- The End Games / T. Michael Martin. 3.5 stars

*March: True Crime
- 1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper / Peter Stubley. 3.5 stars

April: Chills and Thrills with Modern Horror/Thrillers (2014 - 2019)
- In a Dark, Dark Wood / Ruth Ware. 4.25 stars

May: Children's Horror (or Horrific Children)
- A Taste for Monsters / Matthew J. Kirby. 3.5 stars

June: Technothrillers
- The Circle / Dave Eggers. 4 stars

July: Vacation Month (read horror/thriller of your choice)
- The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House / Neil Gaiman. 3.5 stars

August: Gothic
- The Night Sister / Jennifer McMahon. 3.5 stars

September: Ghosts & Hauntings
- What the Night Knows / Dean Koontz. 4.5 stars

October: Monsters & Creatures
- Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 / Alan Moore. 3 stars
- Dinosaur Lake II: Dinosaurs Arising / Kathryn Meyer Griffith. 4 stars

November: Stephen King and Family
- Blaze / Richard Bachman (Stephen King). 3.75 stars

December: Small Press/Indie (or catch up on a previous category)
- FantasticLand / Mike Bockoven. 4 stars
- The Other Mrs / Mary Kubica. 4.5 stars

(Classic) Trim the TBR /Roundtuits

1. The Woman Who Can't Forget / Jill Price
2. Split Estate / Charlotte Bacon
4. Lime Tree Can’t Bear Orange / Amanda Smyth
5. Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding… / by Gail Steketee
7. Stay by Allie Larkin
8. The Price of Everything / Eduardo Porter
9. Dead to You / Lisa McMann
10. An Available Man / Hilma Wolitzer
15. The Sometimes Daughter / Sherri Wood Emmons

1. The Parasite / Ramsey Campbell. 3 stars
2. Lies of the Heart / Michelle Boyajian. 4 stars
3. Child of the Wolves / Elizabeth Hall. 4 stars
4. Enchanting Lily / Anjali Banerjee. 3.5 stars
5. The Queen's Lady / Barbara Kyle. 3 stars
6. Something Fierce / Carmen Aguirre. 3.5 stars
7. Sweet Valley Confidential / Francine Pascal. 3 stars
8. Neverwas / Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed, Larkin Reed. 3 stars
9. A Pug's Tale / Alison Pace. 3 stars
10. Delirium / Lauren Oliver. 4 stars
11. The End Games / T. Michael Martin. 3.5 stars
12. The Last Little Blue Envelope / Maureen Johnson. 4 stars
13. Becoming Marie Antoinette / Juliet Grey. 4 stars
14. The French Lieutenant's Woman / John Fowles. 2.25 stars
15. Love Story / Erich Segal. 3.5 stars
16. Broken Promise / Linwood Barclay. 4 stars
17. 1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper / Peter Stubley. 3.5 stars
18. Lost and Found / Elizabeth Hess. 4 stars
19. The Illegal / Lawrence Hill. 3 stars
20. The Children's War / Monique Charlesworth. 3 stars
21. Marriage: A History / Stephanie Coontz. 3.5 stars
22. Sister Queens / Julia Fox. 3.5 stars
23. Classified as Murder / Miranda James. 4 stars
24. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly / Sun-Mi Hwang. 4 stars
25. Blizzard of Glass / Sally M. Walker. 4 stars
26. The Devil's Queen / Jeanne Kalogridis. 2 stars
27. By the Shores of Silver Lake / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4 stars
28. Lady of the Forest / Jennifer Roberson. 3 stars
29. The Wonder / Emma Donoghue. 3 stars
30. A Taste for Monsters / Matthew J. Kirby. 3.5 stars
31. The Captive Of Kensington / Jean Plaidy. 3.75 stars
32. North of Beautiful / Justina Chen. 3.5 stars
33. Norse Mythology / Neil Gaiman. 3 stars
34. The Key to Midnight / Dean Koontz. 3.5 stars
35. Garbology / Edward Humes. 4 stars
36. Your Cat's Just Not That Into You / Richard Smith. 3 stars
37. The Stars are Fire / Anita Shreve. 4 stars
38. Love Saves the Day / Gwen Cooper. 4 stars
39. Stardust / Neil Gaiman. 3 stars
40. Fables, Vol. 20. Camelot / Bill Willingham. 3.75 stars
41. I Shall Wear Midnight / Terry Pratchett. 3.5 stars
42. Hungry / Crystal Renn. 4 stars
43. Victoria Victorious / Jean Plaidy. 3.75 stars
44. Locavore / Sarah Elton. 4 stars
45. Curtains / Tom Jokinen. 4 stars
46. The Day the World Came to Town / Jim DeFede. 4.25 stars
47. Owls in the Family / Farley Mowat. 3.75 stars
48. Page / Tamora Pierce. 3.75 stars
49. The Sixteen Pleasures / Robert Hellenga. 3 stars
50. The Blue Castle / L.M. Montgomery. 4 stars
51. Dust and Shadow / Lyndsay Faye. 2.5 stars
52. Red Hood's Revenge / Jim C. Hines. 3.25 stars
53. A Geography of Blood / Candace Savage. 4 stars
54. Silver Sparrow / Tayari Jones. 3.5 stars
55. The Last Olympian / Rick Riordan. 2.5 stars
56. The Julian Chapter / R.J. Palacio. 3.5 stars
57. Goodnight Nobody / Jennifer Weiner. 4 stars
58. Upstream / Sharon Butala. 3.5 stars
59. Intolerable / Kamal Al-Solaylee. 4 stars
60. The End of Night / Paul Bogard. 4 stars
61. The Personal History of Rachel Dupree / Ann Weisgarber. 3.5 stars
62. A Mother's Reckoning / Sue Klebold. 4 stars
63. Cannery Row / John Steinbeck. 3.25 stars
64. Vanishing Girl / Shane Peacock. 3 stars
65. Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 / Alan Moore. 3 stars
66. On the Island / Tracey Garvis Graves. 4 stars
67. Born of Deception / Teri Brown. 4 stars
68. Madam Millie / Max Evans. 3.5 stars
69. Dinosaur Lake II: Dinosaurs Arising / Kathryn Meyer Griffith. 4 stars
70. Bury Me Standing / Isabel Fonseca. 3 stars
71. Tracks / Louise Erdrich. 2 stars
72. Hillbilly Elegy / JD Vance. 4 stars
73. The Persian Pickle Club / Sandra Dallas. 3.25 stars
74. Blaze / Richard Bachman (Stephen King). 3.75 stars
75. Bloodlands / Timothy Snyder. 3 stars
76. Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover’s Soul / Jack Canfield, et al. 3.5 stars
77. The Right to be Cold / Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 3.5 stars
78. Black Rose / Nora Roberts. 3 stars
79. The Shah / Abbas Milani. 2.5 stars
80. Wolf by Wolf / Ryan Graudin. 3.75 stars
81. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light / Patrick McGilligan. 3.5 stars

PBT Trim the TBR

1. Mew is for Murder / Clea Simon
2. Iced In / Chris Turney. 4 stars
3. Upstream / Sharon Butala. 3.5 stars
4. The Tattooed Witch / Susan Macgregor
5. The Silver Linings Playbook / Matthew Quick
6. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters / Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters
7. Beth / Nora Kay
8. The Book of Joy / Dalai Lama
9. Kitty Cornered / Bob Tarte
10. Herbert Has Lots for a Buck / Elizabeth McLachlan
11. Never Too Late / Jo Barney
12. Lady of the Forest / Jennifer Roberson. 3 stars
13. Old Sparky / Anthony Galvin
14. Once Every Never / Lesley Livingston
15. No Will But His / Sarah Hoyt
16. Goodnight Nobody / Jennifer Weiner. 4 stars
17. Sweet Valley Confidential / Francine Pascal. 3 stars
18. The Dreams of Ada / Robert Meyer
19. The Parasite / Ramsey Campbell. 3 stars
20. Daughter of Time / Sarah Woodbury
21. Deep Freeze / Lisa Jackson
22. Susanna’s Garden / Debbie Macomber
23. The Sixteen Pleasures / Robert Hellenga. 3 stars
24. The Key to Midnight / Dean Koontz. 3.5 stars
25. The Power of Meow / David Michie
26. Such a Pretty Face / Cathy Lamb
27. Missing / Frances Itani
28. The Persian Pickle Club / Sandra Dallas. 3.25 stars
29. After Visiting Friends / Michael Hainey
30. Circus / Claire Battershill. 3 stars
31. Powder Burn / Carl Hiaasen
32. Madame Millie / Max Evans. 3.5 stars
33. Beyond Belief / Jenna Miscavige Hill
34. Lost and Found / Elizabeth Hess. 4 stars
35. The Horseman’s Graves / Jacqueline Baker
36. Honolulu / Alan Brennert

Expanding our PBT Horizons

January: Iraq
February: Portugal
March: South Korea
April: Italy
May: Brazil
- The Seven Sisters / Lucinda Riley. 3.5 stars
June: Greece
- Nights of Rain and Stars / Maeve Binchy. 3.5 stars
July: Syria
- Homes: A Refugee Story / Abu Bakr al Rabeeah. 4 stars
August: Australia
- A Town Like Alice / Nevil Shute. 3.5 stars
September: Egypt
- Intolerable / Kamal Al-Solaylee. 4 stars
October: Spain
November: Native American
- Tracks / Louise Erdrich. 2 stars
December: Dominican Republic

1. India: The Cat and Shakespeare / Raja Rao. 1.5 stars
2. Brazil: The Seven Sisters / Lucinda Riley. 3.5 stars
3. Greece: Nights of Rain and Stars / Maeve Binchy. 3.5 stars
4. Australia: A Town Like Alice / Nevil Shute. 3.5 stars
5. Yemen/Egypt: Intolerable / Kamal Al-Solaylee. 4 stars
6. Syria/Iraq: Homes: A Refugee Story / Abu Bakr al Rabeeah. 4 stars
7. Romani (Gypsies): Bury Me Standing / Isabel Fonseca. 3 stars
8. Native American: Tracks / Louise Erdrich. 2 stars
9. Inuit: The Right to be Cold / Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 3.5 stars
10. The Netherlands: Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates / Mary Mapes Dodge. 3 stars

Travel Across Canada

Alberta: (8 books between 2014 - 2018)
British Columbia: (9 books between 2014 - 2018)
Labrador: (1 books between 2014 - 2018)
Manitoba: (2 books between 2014 - 2018)
- Curtains / Tom Jokinen. 4 stars
- The Accidental Veterinarian / Philipp Schott. 4 stars
New Brunswick: (0 books between 2014 - 2018)
Newfoundland: (6 books between 2014 - 2018)
- The Day the World Came to Town / Jim DeFede. 4.25 stars
Northwest Territories: (1 books between 2014 - 2018)
- Brian's Winter / Gary Paulsen. 3.5 stars
Nova Scotia: (1 books between 2014 - 2018)
- Blizzard of Glass / Sally M. Walker. 4 stars
Nunavut: (2 books between 2014 - 2018)
Ontario: (10 books between 2014 - 2018)
- The Blue Castle / L.M. Montgomery. 4 stars
- Intolerable / Kamal Al-Solaylee. 4 stars
- The Forgotten Home Child / Genevieve Graham. 4 stars
Prince Edward Island: (2 books between 2014 - 2018)
Quebec: (5 books between 2014 - 2018)
- The Lonely Hearts Hotel / Heather O'Neill. 2.5 stars
Saskatchewan: (7 books between 2014 - 2018)
- Who Has Seen the Wind / W.O. Mitchell. 3 stars
- Owls in the Family / Farley Mowat. 3.75 stars
- A Geography of Blood / Candace Savage. 4 stars
- Upstream / Sharon Butala. 3.5 stars
Yukon: (0 books between 2014 - 2018)
- At the Mountain's Edge / Genevieve Graham. 3.75 stars
Northern Canada
- The Right to be Cold / Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 3.5 stars

Passport Challenge

January: England
- The Parasite / Ramsey Campbell. 3 stars

February: Morocco
- The Children's War / Monique Charlesworth. 3 stars

March: Puerto Rico
April: Tibet/Nepal
- Ghosts of Everest / Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, Eric R. Simonson. 4 stars

May: Spain
- Reign of Madness / Lynn Cullen. 4 stars

June: Aruba/The Netherlands
- An American Princess / Annejet van der Zijl. 2.5 stars

July: Guatemala/Spanish Speaking
August: Norway
- West of the Moon / Margi Preus. 4 stars

September: Bahrain (or island)
- On the Island / Tracey Garvis Graves. 4 stars

October: Afghanistan (or Middle East)
- Babylon's Ark / Lawrence Anthony. 4.25 stars

November: New Zealand
December: Iran
- The Shah / Abbas Milani. 2.5 stars

Play Book Tag

January: Action-Adventure
- The Perfect Storm / Sebastian Junger. 3.5 stars
- Child of the Wolves / Elizabeth Hall. 4 stars

February: Life
- Natural Causes / Barbara Ehrenreich. 3.5 stars

March: Debut
- Love Story / Erich Segal. 3.5 stars

April: History
- Marriage: A History / Stephanie Coontz. 3.5 stars
- Sister Queens / Julia Fox. 3.5 stars
- Blizzard of Glass / Sally M. Walker. 4 stars
- By the Shores of Silver Lake / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4 stars
- Ghosts of Everest / Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A. Johnson, Eric R. Simonson. 4 stars
- To Sleep With the Angels / David Cowan, John Kuenster. 4.5 stars

May: Beautiful
- North of Beautiful / Justina Chen. 3.5 stars

June: Retellings
- Fables, Vol. 20. Camelot / Bill Willingham. 3.75 stars

July: London
- Dust and Shadow / Lyndsay Faye. 2.5 stars

August: 21st Century
- Hold Tight / Harlan Coben. 4 stars
- iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids are Growing Up... / Jean M. Twenge. 3.5 stars

September: Cultural
- Upstream / Sharon Butala. 3.5 stars
- Intolerable / Kamal Al-Solaylee. 4 stars
- Homes: A Refugee Story / Abu Bakr al Rabeeah. 4 stars

October: Crime fiction
- Vanishing Girl / Shane Peacock. 3 stars
- The Cuckoo's Calling / Robert Galbraith. 3.5 stars

November: American History
- Tracks / Louise Erdrich. 2 stars

December: 2005
- Black Rose / Nora Roberts. 3 stars

Reading Through Time

*January: I Will Survive!
- The Book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill. 3.75 stars
- The Perfect Storm / Sebastian Junger. 3.5 stars

February: Be My Valentine
- The French Lieutenant's Woman / John Fowles. 2.25 stars
- Marriage: A History / Stephanie Coontz. 3.5 stars

March: Downtown
- 1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper / Peter Stubley. 3.5 stars
- New York / Edward Rutherfurd. 3.5 stars

April: The Wonderful Emptiness (The Great Central Plains of America)
- By the Shores of Silver Lake / Laura Ingalls Wilder. 4 stars

May: Myths
- Norse Mythology / Neil Gaiman. 3 stars

June: Cryptography & Code Breaking
- Inferno / Dan Brown. 4 stars

July: Travel
- The Day the World Came to Town / Jim DeFede. 4.25 stars
- Packing for Mars / Mary Roach. 4 stars

August: Philosophy and Religion
- The Garden of Ruth / Eva Etzioni-Halevy. 3.5 stars

September: Women Pioneers
- The Personal History of Rachel Dupree / Ann Weisgarber. 3.5 stars

October: Loss
- All Clear / Connie Willis. 4 stars

November: Marginalized People
- Bury Me Standing / Isabel Fonseca. 3 stars
- Tracks / Louise Erdrich. 2 stars
- The Librarian of Auschwitz / Antonio Iturbe. 4 stars

December: Let's Go Retro
- Iced In / Chris Turney. 4 stars (Cold, Survival, Exploration)

LibraryCin wrote: "PBT Trim the TBR

1. The Key to Midnight / Dean Koontz
2. Beth / Nora Kay
3. The Sixteen Pleasures / Robert Hellenga
4. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters / Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters
5. The ..."

The Sixteen Pleasures is one of my all time favorite books! I treasure my copy! Discussing it with someone who saw me reading it led to a longtime friendship, too. Sigh, so nice to see it on your Trim list, and to be reminded of it.

Theresa wrote: "LibraryCin wrote: "PBT Trim the TBR

1. The Key to Midnight / Dean Koontz
2. Beth / Nora Kay
3. The Sixteen Pleasures / Robert Hellenga
4. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters / Jane Austen, Ben..."

Robert Hellenga, is one of my favorite authors. I love everything he has written.

Cindy, I swear you are the challenge queen!

Theresa wrote: "The Sixteen Pleasures is one of my all time favorite books! ..."

Have to admit, I've had it sitting here for a few years and I just never seem to reach for it. So, we'll see if that number is chosen!

KateNZ wrote: "Cindy, I swear you are the challenge queen!"

Ha! Thank you! Obviously, I do hope that I will be able to use the same book for a number of these at once.

I know there are a couple that won't happen every month, but most I will try to get to!

LibraryCin wrote: "CalendarCAT:

January: Birds

February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
*December: "

Cindy, I am very curious about your calendar cat challenge. Does it have to be about the animal listed and cats as well? Do you know what works for the months in advance or only at the beginning of the month? Is it all about animals?

BnB, this is from a LibraryThing challenge.

Really, each month represents any "day" in that month. You know, "National Pancake Day" or whatever. You can choose whichever day of the month you want, so you can plan ahead if you look up what the holidays or days are in each month.

According to someone who did the research for January, January 5 is "National Bird Day", so that's the topic I'm using for my January challenge. Given how many different days "mean" something, it's a really flexible challenge.

I don't remember if you are on LT or not, but feel free to take a look at the first post here, and you'll see some of the ideas.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/29...

I am just unlikely to take the time to do the research ahead of time, and I'll wait till whoever is "leading" the month to do the research and I'll probably pick from the options they mention. :-) It's why I don't have all the months filled in.

LibraryCin wrote: "BnB, this is from a LibraryThing challenge.

Really, each month represents any "day" in that month. You know, "National Pancake Day" or whatever. You can choose whichever day of the month you want..."

Thanks, I know how much you love animals, so thought perhaps it might be an animal of the month thing.

Booknblues wrote: "Thanks, I know how much you love animals, so thought perhaps it might be an animal of the month thing...."

That sounds really fun, actually. I might make a suggestion of an AnimalCAT for next year's CATs. :-) Thank you for the idea!

LibraryCin wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Thanks, I know how much you love animals, so thought perhaps it might be an animal of the month thing...."

That sounds really fun, actually. I might make a suggestion of an Anim..."

You're welcome. I'd be into that. I'm not quite the challenge person that you are and think I am full up. I will just try to include reading books about animals.

I will just try to include reading books about animals. ..."

"Animals" is one of my 12x12 categories, as well. :-)

LibraryCin wrote: "I will just try to include reading books about animals. ..."

"Animals" is one of my 12x12 categories, as well. :-)"

I could never keep up with you. I feel like the 3 challenges (2 + PBT tags each month) is enough for me. I add a few others in just because I'm pretty sure I will read them anyway.

My entire 12x12 works out to be what I'll be reading, anyway. Some categories are for specific challenges, but others are just ones I know I'll read. :-)

LibraryCin wrote: "PBT Trim the TBR ."

1. Mew is for Murder / Clea Simon
2. Iced In / Chris Turney
3. Upstream / Sharon Butala
4. The Tattooed Witch / Susan Macgregor
5. The Silver Linings Playbook / Matthew Quick
6. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters / Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters
7. Beth / Nora Kay
8. The Book of Joy / Dalai Lama
9. Kitty Cornered / Bob Tarte
10. Herbert Has Lots for a Buck / Elizabeth McLachlan
11. Never Too Late / Jo Barney
12. Lady of the Forest / Jennifer Roberson
13. Old Sparky / Anthony Galvin
14. Once Every Never / Lesley Livingston
15. No Will But His / Sarah Hoyt
16. Goodnight Nobody / Jennifer Weiner
17. Sweet Valley Confidential / Francine Pascal
18. The Dreams of Ada / Robert Meyer
19. The Parasite / Ramsey Campbell
20. Daughter of Time / Sarah Woodbury
21. Deep Freeze / Lisa Jackson
22. Susanna’s Garden / Debbie Macomber
23. The Sixteen Pleasures / Robert Hellenga
24. The Key to Midnight / Dean Koontz
25. The Power of Meow / David Michie
26. Such a Pretty Face / Cathy Lamb
27. Missing / Frances Itani
28. The Persian Pickle Club / Sandra Dallas
29. After Visiting Friends / Michael Hainey
30. Circus / Claire Battershill
31. Powder Burn / Carl Hiaasen
32. Madame Millie / Max Evans
33. Beyond Belief / Jenna Miscavige Hill
34. Lost and Found / Elizabeth Hess
35. The Horseman’s Graves / Jacqueline Baker
36. Honolulu / Alan Brennert

Nicole R wrote: "LibraryCin wrote: "PBT Trim the TBR ."

28. The Persian Pickle Club / Sandra Dallas..."

Oh, I hope this number comes up. I really loved this book!

Nicole R wrote: "LibraryCin wrote: "PBT Trim the TBR ."

1. Mew is for Murder / Clea Simon
2. Iced In / Chris Turney
3. Upstream / Sharon Butala
4. The Tattooed Witch / Susan Macgregor
5. The Silver Linings Playboo..."

Thanks, Nicole!

Wow, this list of challenges is legit insane, I applaud you!

Meli wrote: "Wow, this list of challenges is legit insane, I applaud you!"

Thank you!

12x12 Animals, BingoDOG, CalendarCAT

Bird Watching for Dummies / Bill Thompson III
4 stars

Another one of the “For Dummies” books, this one focuses on bird watching. It not only goes through ways to help you learn how to ID birds (what to watch for, listen for, etc.), but also ways to make your yard more bird-friendly (feeders, shelter, water… also gardening – what types of trees, shrubs, flowers, etc), keeping lists, sketching, what to look for in binoculars, field guides, and more.

I always enjoy these books – there is usually some humour thrown in, though this one had maybe less than some of the others I’ve read. This one was published in 1997, though, so a bit outdated, as he mentions organizations with their mailing addresses, rather than a website, for instance; there was one chapter that included Internet and email resources, but CD-ROMs are also mentioned. Other than that, though, I thought there was a lot of good information here. Oh, I’ve seen comments about the colour photos, but my edition didn’t have that (maybe that was just in the 1st edition?).

12x12 Trim the TBR, Trim the TBR (Classic), PBT Trim the TBR, TBRCAT, Passport Challenge, BingoDOG

The Parasite / Ramsey Campbell
3 stars

When Rose is a child, she is taken to a séance where something happens, but she can’t remember it. As an adult, suddenly there are odd things happening to her. She is scared and doesn’t understand what’s going on, until a friend, Diana, tries to help her understand that Rose seems to be able to leave her body and float around. Rose doesn’t believe it at first, but things soon change.

It was ok. A bit odd at times, but I thought the end (probably the last quarter of the book) was much better than the rest of it, as it sped up as things really came to a head.

12x12 Oh Canada, RandomCAT, BingoDOG

The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant / Joanna Wiebe
4 stars

Anne is being sent to a private school across the country from her California home, on an island in New England. It’s a school with mostly rich kids, so Anne isn’t sure how her dad managed to pull some strings to get her in. However he managed it, she’s hoping for a fresh start with other kids who don’t know her. But, when she arrives, there is something very odd about this school… She is heartened to find someone she knew from California is also there, though, and he seems to be the only person interested in being friends.

I really enjoyed this! Yeah, many of the characters were unlikeable, but they’re teenagers. That didn’t bother me. I was interested and curious to find out what the heck was going on at this school! There were a few surprises along the way, though at least one of them I guessed very shortly before it was revealed, anyway. Unfortunately, it’s one of those books that ended on a cliffhanger. I’m not a big fan of that, but I was hoping, as I read, that it would be the first in a series, and it looks like it’s a trilogy. I will definitely pick up the next book.