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3. Bonita
4. Connie
5. Elaine
6. Frankie
7. Jennifer
8. Hannah
9. jingles
10. Katharine
11. Ruth
12. Tammie
13. Tari
14. Wanda
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Date: 10/01/19 - 00/00/00
50/435 Completed
ACE: Read 14 books of your choice.
✔1. We Two|Gillian Gill|10.02.19|★★★
✔2. The Red Hunter|Lisa Unger|10.03.19|★★★★
✔3. Forbidden Falls|Robyn Carr|10.04.19|★★★
✔4. The Strangler|William Landay|10.05.19|★★
✔5. The 19th Wife|David Ebershoff|10.06.19|★
✔6. Cover Her Face|P.D. James|10.07.19|★★★
✔7. Knit the Season|Kate Jacobs|10.08.19|★★
✔8. Improbable Cause|J.A. Jance|10.09.19|★★★
✔9. Old Newgate Road|Keith Scribner|10.10.19|★★
✔10. Take the Fall|Marquita Valentine|10.11.19|★★
✔11. Summer Knight|Jim Butcher|10.12.19|★★
✔12. The Golden Tresses of the Dead|Alan Bradley|10.13.19|★★★
✔13. After the War is Over|Jennifer Robson|10.14.19|★★
✔14. The River Wife|Jonis Agee|10.15.19|★★
KING: Read 13 books by a male author.
✔15. The Thirst|Jo Nesbø|10.17.19|★★
✔16. Autumn in Venice|Andrea di Robilant|10.18.19|★★
✔17. No Rest for the Dead|Andrew Gulli|10.20.19|★
✔18. In the Morning I'll Be Gone|Adrian McKinty|10.21.19|★★
✔19. Radiant Angel|Nelson DeMille|10.23.19|★★★
✔20. Whodunnit? Murder on Mystery Island|Anthony E. Zuiker|10.29.19|★★
✔21. Doc|Jack Olsen|10.30.19|★★★
✔22. The Ranger|Ace Atkins|11.04.19|★★
✔23. Cross the Line|James Patterson|11.05.19|★★★
✔24. Triangle|David von Drehle|11.07.19|★★★★
✔25. The Third Option|Vince Flynn|11.09.19|★★★★
✔26. The Dutch Shoe Mystery|Ellery Queen|11.11.19|★★★
✔27. A Loyal Character Dancer|Qiu Xiaolong|11.18.19|★★★
QUEEN: Read 12 books by a female author.
✔28. The Atomic City Girls|Janet Beard|10.16.19|★★
✔29. It Was Me All Along|Andie Mitchell|10.19.19|★★★
✔30. Radio Girls|Sarah-Jane Stratford|10.22.19|★★
✔31. Poisoned Prose|Ellery Adams|10.24.19|★★★
✔32. Ballet Shoes|Noel Streatfeild|10.25.19|★★★★
✔33. Hot Finish|Erin McCarthy|10.26.19|★★★
✔34. I Know Who You Are|Alice Feeney|10.27.19|★
✔35. Nine Perfect Strangers|Liane Moriarty|10.28.19|★★
✔36. An Ocean of Minutes|Thea Lim|10.31.19|★
✔37. Aunt Dimity's Good Deed|Nancy Atherton|11.02.19|★★
✔38. Indelible|Karin Slaughter|11.03.19|★★★
✔39. Shakespeare's Landlord|Charlaine Harris|11.06.19|★★
JACK: Read 11 books by a new-to-you author.
✔40. Where the Crawdads Sing|Delia Owens|11.12.19|★★
✔41. Our Mothers' War|Emily Yellin|11.13.19|★★
✔42. The One-in-a-Million Boy|Monica Wood|11.15.19|★★
✔43. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County|Tiffany Baker|11.21.19|★★
✔44. The Lies We Told|Camilla Way|11.24.19|★★
✔45. If She Wakes|Michael Koryta|11.25.19|★
✔46. Two Little Girls in Blue|Mary Higgins Clark|11.26.19|★★★
✔47. Prince William|Penny Junor|12.02.19|★★★
✔48. Code Talker|Chester Nez|12.17.19|★★★★
✔49. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt|Beth Hoffman|12.21.19|★★★★
✔50. Carved in Bone|Jefferson Bass|12.22.19|★★★
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CARD #10:
Task #1: Read 10 books, series #10 or above.
Task #2: Read 10 books published in 2020.
Task #3. Read 10 books added to your WTR in 2020.
Task #4: Read 10 short books (100 pages or less).
Task #5: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 10 books to help finish an old challenge.
Task #8: Read 10 books from a new-to-you male author.
Task #9: Read 10 book from a new-to-you female author.
Task #10: Read 10 book of your choice.
CARD #9:
Task #1: Read 9 series #9 books or above.
Task #2: Read 9 books published in 2019.
Task #3: Read 9 books added to your WTR in 2019.
Task #4: Read 9 large books (400+ pages)
Task #5: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 9 books from a favorite list here on Goodreads.
Task #8: Read 9 books found in common with a friend.
Task #9: Read 9 books of your choice.
CARD #8:
Task #1: Read 8 series #8 books or above.
Task #2: Read 8 books published in 2018.
Task #3: Read 8 books from your WTR added in 2018.
Task #4: Read 8 books from a least favorite genre.
Task #5: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 8 books mentioned here in the SCC group.
Task #8: Read 8 books of your choice.
CARD #7:
Task #1: Read 7 series #7 books or above.
Task #2: Read 7 books published in 2017.
Task #3: Read 7 books added to your WTR in 2017.
Task #4: Read 7 books from an author you haven't read in a while.
Task #5: Read 7 books with the #1 or #7 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 7 books with the #1 or #7 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 7 books of your choice.
CARD #6:
Task #1: Read 6 series #6 books or above.
Task #2: Read 6 books published in 2016.
Task #3: Read 6 books added to your WTR in 2016.
Task #4: Read 6 books with the #1 or #6 in the publication year.
Task #5: Read 6 books with the #1 or #6 in the total page count.
Task #6: Read 6 books of your choice.
CARD #5
Task #1: Read 5 series #5 books or above.
Task #2: Read 5 books published in 2015.
Task #3: Read 5 books added to your WTR in 2015.
Task #4: Read 5 books with the #1 or #5 in the publication year.
Task #5: Read 5 books of your choice.
CARD #4:
Task #1: Read 4 series #4 books or above.
Task #2: Read 4 books published in 2014.
Task #3: Read 4 books added to your WTR in 2014.
Task #4: Read 4 books of your choice.
CARD #3:
Task #1: Read 3 series #3 books or above.
Task #2: Read 3 books published in 2013.
Task #3: Read 3 books of your choice.
CARD #2:
Task #1: Read 2 series #2 books or above.
Task #2: Read 2 books of your choice.
CARD #1:
Task #1: Read one book of your choice.
ALL IN THE CARDS, no deadline13/13 CARDS COMPLETE
✔ ACE : 14 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. The Right Word!: How to Say What You Really Mean, by Jan Venolia, finished 2/19/21 ★★★.5
2. How Music Works, by David Byrne, finished 2/24/21 ★★★.5
3. Digging Up the Dirt (Southern Ladies #3), by Miranda James, finished 2/26/21 ★★★★
4. The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World, by Abigail Tucker, finished 3/1/21 ★★★.5
5. Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody (Jane Darrowfield #1), by Barbara Ross, finished 3/4/21 ★★★★
6. The Sweet Taste of Muscadines, by Pamela Terry, finished 3/7/21 ★★★.5
7. Buzz Off (Queen Bee #1), by Hannah Reed, finished 3/12/21 ★★★.5
8. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles, finished 3/15/21 ★★★.5
9. Heat Stroke (Weather Warden #2), by Rachel Caine, finished 3/20/21 ★★★
10. Fellowship of Fear (Gideon Oliver #1), by Aaron Elkins, finished 3/24/21 ★★★★
11. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise #2), by Elin Hilderbrand, finished 3/25/21 ★★★.5
12. Snow & Rose, by Emily Winfield Martin, finished 3/28/21 ★★★.5
13. Livin' Lahaina Loca (Islands of Aloha #2), by JoAnn Bassett, finished 3/31/21 ★★★.5
14. Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World, by Mackenzi Lee, finished 4/4/21 ★★★★
✔ KING : 13 BY A MALE AUTHOR
1. author Tim Cahill – Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure, finished 5/18/20 ★★★
2. author Jeffrey B. Burton – The Finders (Mace Reid K-9 #1), finished 6/16/20 ★★★
3. author Jack Kelly – Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold and Murder on the Erie Canal, finished 7/2/20 ★★★.5
4. author Felix Francis – Crisis, finished 8/25/20 ★★★.5
5. author Bruce Steele – One Day at Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe, finished 9//21/20 ★★★.5
6. author Andrew Blauner – The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life, finished 10/2/20 ★★★
7. author Mo Rocca – Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving, finished 10/7/20 ★★★★
8. author Robert J. Randisi – Fly Me to the Morgue (Rat Pack #6), finished 11/5/20 ★★★
9. author Randall Munroe – How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, finished 11/8/20 ★★★★
10. author Jeff Goodell – The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, finished 11/12/20 ★★★★
11. author David Baldacci – Daylight (Atlee Pine #3), finished 11/14/20 ★★★★
12. author Jim Auchmutey – Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America, finished 12/2/20 ★★★.5
13. author Andrew Blum – The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast, finished 12/5/20 ★★★
✔ QUEEN : 12 BY A FEMALE AUTHOR
1. author Leslie Meier – Gobble, Gobble Murder, finished 9/4/20 ★★★
2. author Sarah Penner – The Lost Apothecary, finished 9/12/20 ★★★★
3. author Stephanie Bond – In Deep Voodoo (Voodoo in Mojo #1), finished 10/5/20 ★★★.5
4. author Nora Roberts – Under Currents, finished 10/14/20 ★★★.5
5. author Karen McQuestion – Hello Love, finished 10/21/20 ★★★.5
6. author Nev March – Murder in Old Bombay, finished 10/25/20 ★★★.5
7. author Elizabeth Logan – Fishing For Trouble (Alaskan Diner #2), finished 11/2/20 ★★★.5
8. author Cokie Roberts – Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation, finished 11/7/20 ★★★★
9. author Emily Organ – Limelight (Penny Green #1), finished 11/10/20 ★★★
10. author Judith Matloff – How to Drag a Body and Other safety tips you hope to never need, finished 11/13/20 ★★★
11. author Amanda Flower – Courting Can Be Killer (Amish Matchmaker #2), finished 11/21/20 ★★★★
12. author Paige Shelton – Cold Wind (Alaska Wild #2), finished 11/27/20 ★★★★
✔ JACK : 11 BY NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR
1. author Jen Mann – People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Craters, Drop-Off Despots and Other Suburban Scourges, finished 3/12/20 ★★★
2. author Rachel Joyce – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry #1), finished 4/24/20 ★★★.5
3. author Mary Kennedy – Nightmares Can Be Murder (Dream Club #1), finished 5/4/20 ★★.5
4. author Ella Barrick – Quickstep to Murder (Ballroom Dance #1), finished 5/22/20 ★★★.5
5. author C.J. Box – Open Season (Joe Pickett #1), finished 5/28/20 ★★★★
6. author Lee Strauss – Murder on the SS Rosa (Ginger Gold #1), finished 6/10/20 ★★★.5
7. author Ilona Andrews – Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1), finished 7/4/20 ★★★
8. author Colin Falconer – The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane, finished 7/8/20 ★★★.5
9. author Emma Byrne – Swearing is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language, finished 7/16/20 ★★★
10. author Suzy Krause – Valencia and Valentine, finished 7/28/20 ★★.5
11. author Richard Grant – The Deepest South of All: True Stories From Natchez, Mississippi, finished 8/4/20 ★★★
✔ CARD #10
TASK #1: 10 SERIES #10+ BOOKS
1. Dying for Mercy (KEY News #12), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 11/5/19 ★★★.5
2. Christmas Sweets (Lucy Stone #18.5), by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine and Leslie Meier, finished 12/7/19 ★★★.5
3. The Warsaw Protocol (Cotton Malone #15), by Steve Berry, finished 12/31 ★★★★★
4. Some Like It Hawk (Meg Langslow #14), by Donna Andrews, finished 3/10/20 ★★★★
5. White Elephant Dead (Death on Demand #11), by Carolyn G. Hart, finished 3/14 ★★★.5
6. Pumpkin Spice Peril (Cupcake Bakery #12), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 4/4/20 ★★★★
7. Bleeding Hearts (China Bayles #14), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 6/8/20 ★★★★
8. The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway #12), by Elly Griffiths, finished 6/20/20 ★★★★
9. Handbook for Homicide (Booktown #14), by Lorna Barrett, finished 7/3/20 ★★★.5
10. Coconut Layer Cake Murder (Hannah Swensen #25), by Joanne Fluke, finished 7/10/20 ★★★
.CARD #10, continued
TASK #2: 10 PUBL IN 2020
1. publ 2/11/20 : In Cold Chamomile (Tea and Read #3), by Joy Avon, finished 1/30/20 ★★★.5
2. publ 4/7/20 : The Stolen Letter (Scottish Bookshop #5), by Paige Shelton, finished 3/23 ★★★★
3. publ 4/28/20: And the Killer Is… (Savannah Reid #25), by G.A. McKevett, finished 4/12/20 ★★★★
4. publ 4/28/20 : Murder in the Storybook Cottage (Book Retreat #6), by Ellery Adams, finished 4/16/20 ★★★★
5. publ 5/5/20 : Hello, Summer, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 4/26/20 ★★★.5
6. publ 6/30/20 : Still Knife Painting (Paint & Shine #1), by Cheryl Hollon, finished 6/13/20 ★★★.5
7. publ 7/21/20 : Paris is Always a Good Idea, by Jenn McKinlay, finished 7/11/20 ★★★.5
8. publ 8/25/20 : Gourd to Death (Pie Town #5), by Kirsten Weiss, finished 7/26/20 ★★★.5
9. pub 9/22/20 : The Last Agent (Charles Jenkins #2), by Robert Dugoni, finished 8/22/20 ★★★★
10. publ 9/29/20 : The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig, finished 8/27/20 ★★★.5
TASK #3: 10 ADDED TO TBR IN 2020
1. added 4/26/20 : Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh #1), by A.A. Milne, finished 4/27/20 ★★★.5
2. added 1/13/20 : Mousse and Murder (Alaskan Diner #1), by Elizabeth Logan, finished 5/3/20 ★★★.5
3. added 2/29/20 : Blood Work (Terry McCaleb #1), by Michael Connelly, finished 5/10/20 ★★★.5
4. added 1/13/20 : Killer Chardonnay (Colorado Wine #1), by Kate Lansing, finished 5/21/20 ★★★
5. added 1/30/20 : Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth #1), by M.C. Beaton, finished 6/4/20 ★★★
6. added 3/1/20 : A Sprinkling of Murder (Fairy Garden #1), by Daryl Wood Gerber, finished 6/5/20 ★★★.5
7. added 6/9/20 : Watching You, by Lisa Jewell, finished 7/20/20 ★★★
8. added 6/12/20 : Summer House, by Nancy Thayer, finished 8/12/20 ★★★.5
9. added 1/1/20 : Little Bookshop of Murder (Beach Reads #1), by Maggie Blackburn, finished 8/18/20 ★★.5
10. added 6/23/20 : The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1), by Richard Osman, finished 8/29/20 ★★★.5
TASK #4: 10 LESS THAN 100 PGS
1. 23 pages : Devil's Due (Cotton Malone #12.5), by Steve Berry, finished 4/5/20 ★★★.5
2. 76 pages : Botched Butterscotch (Amish Candy Shop #4.5), by Amanda Flower, finished 4/8 ★★★.5
3. 74 pages : The Very First Damned Thing (Chronicles of St. Mary's #0.5), by Jodi Taylor, finished 4/16 ★★★★
4. 48 pages : Merry Christmas Rabbi, by Paul O'Neill, finished 12/11/20 ★★★★
5. 41 pages : Christmas Present (The Chronicles of St. Mary's #4.5), by Jodi Taylor, finished 12/13/20 ★★★★
6. 64 pages : Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words, by Randall Munroe, finished 1/7/21 ★★★.5
7. 64 pages : A Cat Was Involved (Chet & Bernie #0.1), by Spencer Quinn, finished 2/17/21 ★★★★
8. 28 pages : The Game, by Michael J. McDonald, finished 2/18 ★.5
9. 75 pages : The Roommate (Cormac Reilly #0.7), by Dervla McTiernan, finished 2/19/21 ★★★.5
10. 29 pages : Cursive, Foiled Again!, by Daisy Robyns, finished 2/23/21 ★★★.5
TASK #5: 10 WITH 2 OR 0 IN PUBL YEAR
1. publ 2021 : Deep Into the Dark (Detective Margaret Nolan #1), by P.J. Tracy, finished 12/27/20 ★★★.5
2. publ 2021 : Glamour Girls, by Marty Wingate, finished 12/29/20 ★★★.5
3. publ 2020 : Stories From Suffragette City, by M.J. Rose and more, finished 1/3/21 ★★★★
4. publ 2020 : The Survivors, by Jane Harper, finished 1/31/21 ★★★★
5. publ 2001 : Echo Burning (Jack Reacher #5), by Lee Child, finished 2/2/21 ★★★★
6. publ 2020 : Work-From-Home Hacks: 500+ Easy Ways to Get Organized, Stay Productive and Maintain a Work-Life Balance While Working From Home!, by Aja Frost, finished 2/6/21 ★★★
7. publ 2020 : The Meaning of Meow: What Your Cat Really Means!, by Pamela Weintraub, finished 2/8/21 ★★★.5
8. publ 2021 : The Kitchen Front, by Jennifer Ryan, finished 2/13/21 ★★★★
9. publ 2003 : Zipporah, Wife of Moses (Canaan Trilogy #2), by Marek Halter, finished 2/15/21 ★★★
10. publ 2005 : The Nanny Murders (Zoe Hayes #1), by Merry Jones, finished 2/17/21 ★★
TASK #6: 10 WITH 2 OR 0 IN TOTAL PAGES
1. 320 pages : Murder in the Margins (Open Book #1), by Margaret Loudon, finished 10/1/20 ★★★.5
2. 192 pages : The Meaning of Woof: What Your Dog Really Thinks!, by Pamela Weintraub, finished 10/22/20 ★★★
3. 400 pages : Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach (Jimm Juree #2), by Colin Cotterill, finished 11/23/20 ★★★.5
4. 180 pages : Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White #1), by Barbara Neely, finished 11/19/20 ★★★.5
5. 256 pages : Wombats Poop Cubes, Saturn Rains Diamonds, Pandas Fake Pregnancies, and Other Mind-Blowing Facts in Three Words or Less, by Katie Adams, finished 11/24/20 ★★★.5
6. 304 pages : You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television, by Al Michaels and L. Jon Wertheim, finished 12/19/20 ★★★.5
7. 304 pages : A Wicked Yarn (Craft Fair Knitters #1), by Emmie Caldwell, finished 12/20/20 ★★★.5
8. 270 pages : Lowcountry Boomerang (Liz Talbot #8), by Susan M. Boyer, finished 12/23/20 ★★★★
8. 208 pages : He Sees You When You're Sleeping, by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark, finished 12/24/20 ★★★.5
9. 304 pages : Ex-Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread, by Michiko Kakutani, finished 12/25/20 ★★★
10. 432 pages : Get it Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To, by Melanie Cullen, finished 1/6/21 ★★★★
TASK #7: 10 THAT HELP FINISH AN OLD CHALLENGE
1. 2018 genre challenge : Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4), by Carolyn Haines, finished 10/13/19 ★★★
2. A-Z title challenge : Valley of the Shadow (Sister Fidelma #6), by Peter Tremayne, finished 10/24 ★★★.5
3. 19x19 challenge : Thin Ice (Alaska Wild #1), by Paige Shelton, finished 11/22/19 ★★★★
4. Help Me Decide : The Book of Candlelight (Secret, Book & Scone Society #3), by Ellery Adams, finished 1/15/20 ★★★.5
5. CCC Top 100 Music : Love to Die For (Hallie Marsh #3), by Merla Zellerbach, finished 1/20 ★★
6. CCC Infinity Saga : Cronkite, by Douglas Brinkley, finished 2/6 ★★★
7. CCC Top 100 Music : I Shall Be Near to You, by Erin Lindsay McCabe, finished 2/20 ★★★★
8. M*A*S*H spell : If Walls Could Talk (Haunted Home Renovation #1), by Juliet Blackwell, finished 3/15 ★★★.5
9. Namedroppers : Ice on the Grapevine (Hunter Rayne Highway #2), by R.E. Donald, finished 6/27/20 ★★★
10. Mmmm, Chocolate : Up Jumps the Devil (Deborah Knott #4), by Margaret Maron, finished 8/5/20 ★★★★
TASK #8: 10 NEW-TO-YOU MALE AUTHOR
1. author James Dashner – The Maze Runner (Maze Runner #1), finished 10/26/19 ★★★.5
2. author Jon Clinch – Marley, finished 10/28 ★★★.5
3. author Bob Berman – Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees, finished 11/21/19 ★★★★
4. author T.E. Kinsey – A Quiet Life in the Country (Lady Hardcastle #1), finished 12/3/19 ★★★.5
5. author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Mycroft Holmes (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock #1), finished 2/17/20 ★★★★
6. author Paul Dawson and author Brian Sheldon – Did You Just Eat That?: Two Scientists Explore Double-Dipping, the Five-Second Rule and Other Food Myths in the Lab, finished 3/25 ★★★
7. author Tom Clavin – Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday and the Vendetta Ride from Hell, finished 3/30/20 ★★★.5
8. author Larry Loftis – Code Name Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy, finished 4/13/20 ★★★★
9. author Ryan Patricks – You're Not Helping, finished 5/16/20 ★★★
10. author Craig Johnson – The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire #1), finished 5/17/20 ★★★★
TASK #9: 10 NEW-TO-YOU FEMALE AUTHOR
1. author Cecelia Watson – Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark, finished 10/16/19 ★★★
2. author Tessa Arlen – Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders (A Woman of WWII #1), finished 10/20 ★★★.5
3. author Joy Fielding – All the Wrong Places, finished 10/30 ★★★
4. author Terrie Farley Moran – Well Read, Then Dead (Read 'Em and Eat #1), finished 11/11 ★★★.5
5. author Colleen Coble – All is Calm / All is Bright, finished 11/13/19 ★★★
6. author CeeCee James – The Sweet Taste of Murder, finished 11/21/19 ★★★.5
7. author Heather Lende – If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska, finished 12/4/19 ★★★
8. author Kate Murphy – You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters, finished 12/18/19 ★★★★
9. author Ashton Applewhite – This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, finished 2/11/20 ★★★.5
10. author Mary Stewart – Nine Coaches Waiting, by Mary Stewart, finished 2/14 ★★★.5
TASK #10: 10 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. A Side of Murder (Cape Cod Foodie #1), by Amy Pershing, finished 2/20/21 ★★★.5
2. Devil's Food Cake (Culinary Mystery #3), by Josi S. Kilpack, finished 2/25/21 ★★★.5
3. A Wild Ghost Chase (Haunted Guesthouse #3.5), by E.J. Copperman, finished 2/25/21 ★★★.5
4. A Murderous Misconception (Victoria Village #7), by Lorraine Bartlett, finished 2/28/21 ★★★★
5. Firestorm (Anna Pigeon #4), by Nevada Barr, finished 3/8/21 ★★★★
6. For Batter or Worse (Cunpcake Bakery #13), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 3/13/21 ★★★★
7. Up in Smoke (Glock Grannies #1), by Shannon VanBergen, finished 3/16/21 ★★★
8. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, by Austin Channing Brown, finished 3/22/21 ★★★.5
9. Mustard Seed (Freedman/Johnson #2), by Laila Ibrahim, finished 3/26/21 ★★★★
10. The Last Best Hope (Star Trek: Picard #1), by Una McCormack, finished 4/1/21 ★★★.5
.✔ CARD #9
TASK #1: 9 SERIES #9+ BOOKS
1. Hell on Wheels (Odelia Grey #9), by Sue Ann Jaffarian, finished 2/21/20 ★★★.5
2. Hitting the Books (Library Lovers #9), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 4/15/20 ★★★★
3. Devonshire Scream (Tea Shop #17), by Laura Childs, finished 7/27/20 ★★★★
4. A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard (Martha's Vineyard #9), by Philip R. Craig, finished 7/31/20 ★★★.5
5. One for the Books (Library Lovers #11), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 8/9/20 ★★★★
6. Sing a New Song (Tales from Grace Chapel Inn #36), by Sunni Jeffers, finished 8/19/20 ★★★.
7. How to Raise an Elephant (Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency #21), by Alexander McCall Smith, finished 9/25/20 ★★★.5
8. Split Second (FBI #15), by Catherine Coulter, finished 10/8/20 ★★★★
9. William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker (Wm Shakespeare's Star Wars #9), by Ian Doescher, finished 10/11/20 ★★★★
TASK #2: 9 PUBL 2019
1. publ 10/19 : Mumbo Gumbo Murder (Scrapbooking #16) , by Laura Childs, finished 10/9 ★★★.5
2. publ 9/24/19 : A Killer Carol (Amish Mystery #7), by Laura Bradford, finished 11/2/19 ★★★★
3. publ 10/22/19 : To the Land of Long Lost Friends (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #20), by Alexander McCall Smith, finished 11/6/19 ★★★.5
4. publ 11/12/19 : A Minute to Midnight (Atlee Pine #2), by David Baldacci, finished 3/5/20 ★★★★
5. no o deadlpubl 10/29/19 : Apple Cider Slaying (Cider Shop #1), by Julie Anne Lindsey, finished 5/20/20 ★★★★
6. publ 9/3/19 : Our Dogs, Ourselves: How We Live With Dogs Now, by Alexandra Horowitz, finished 7/13/20 ★★★
7. publ 3/3/19 : A Double-Pointed Murder (Bait & Stitch #2), by Ann Yost, finished 7/14/20 ★★★.5
8. publ 11/5/19 : Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake and the Making of a Family, by Mitch Albom, finished 7/23/20 ★★★.5
9. publ 9/11/19 : Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life, by Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarty, finished 9/6/20 ★★★
TASK #3: 9 ADDED TO TBR IN 2019
1. added 6/27/19 : Matchmaking Can Be Murder (Amish Matchmaker #1), by Amanda Flower, finished 12/9/19 ★★★.5
2. added 6/4/19 : Pies before Guys (Pie Town #4), by Kirsten Weiss, finished 2/7/20 ★★★.5
3. added 9/27/19 : Al Dente's Inferno (Tuscan Cooking School #1), by Stephanie Cole, finished 2/8 ★★★
4. added 4/20/19 : 'Til Dirt Do Us Part (Local Foods #2), by Edith Maxwell, finished 3/22 ★★★.5
5. added 7/8/19 : A Symphony of Echoes (Chronicles of St. Mary's #2), by Jodi Taylor, finished 3/29 ★★★★
6. added 10/2/19 : Read or Alive (Bookmobile #3), by Nora Page, finished 5/7/20 ★★★.5
7. added 11/12/19 : Girls of Summer, by Nancy Thayer, finished 5/24/20 ★★★.5
8. added 6/24/19 : Termination Dust (Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #2), by Sue Henry, finished 7/18/20 ★★★★
9. added 12/20/19 : Checked Out for Murder (Haunted Library #4), by Allison Brook, finished 7/30/20 ★★★.5
TASK #4: 9 OVER 400 PGS
1. 1200 pages : The Big Book of Reel Murders: Stories That Inspired Great Crime Films, by Otto Penzler, finished 10/11/19 ★★★.5
2. 402 pages : Whiplash (FBI #14), by Catherine Coulter, finished 11/20/19 ★★★★
3. 448 pages : The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, by Katherine Sharp Landdeck, finished 2/12/20 ★★★.5
4. 471 pages : City of the Lost (Rockton #1), by Kelley Armstrong, finished 2/27 ★★★★
5. 581 pages : Epitaph (Doc Holliday #2), by Mary Doria Russell, finished 3/8 ★★★.5
6. 410 pages : Here's to Us, by Elin Hilderbrand, finished 3/17 ★★★.5
7. 432 pages : One Good Deed. by David Baldacci, finished 4/14/20 ★★★.5
8. 480 pages : Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong, by James W. Loewen, finished 9/15/20 ★★★.5
9. 444 pages : Edinburgh Twilight (Ian Hamilton #1), by Carole Lawrence, finished 9/21/20 ★★★.5
TASK #5: 9 WITH 1 OR 9 IN PUBL YEAR
1. publ 2011 : Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, by Bill O'Reilly, finished 12/17/20 ★★★★
2. publ 2019 : Ripe for Vengeance (Greenhouse #5), by Wendy Tyson, finished 12/31/20 ★★★★
3. publ 2009 : An Unmarked Grave (Tony Boudreaux #11), by Kent Conwell, finished 1/22/21 ★★.5
4. publ 1990 : Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins #1), by Walter Mosley, finished 2/5/21 ★★★.5
5. publ 2021 : The Kaiser's Web (Cotton Malone #16), by Steve Berry, finished 2/9/21 ★★★★
6. publ 2019 : Sealed Off (Maine Clambake #8), by Barbara Ross, finished 2/10/21 ★★★★
7. publ 2019 : I am C-3PO: The Inside Story, by Anthony Daniels, finished 2/12/21 ★★★★
8. publ 2013 : How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain, by Gregory Berns, finished 2/14/21 ★★★.5
9. publ 2021 Farm to Trouble (Farm to Table #1), by Amanda Flower, finished 2/18/21 ★★★★
TASK #6: 9 WITH 1 OR 9 IN TOTAL PAGES
1. 188 pages : Poison Ivy, by Misty Simon, finished 10/15 ★★★
2. 192 pages : One Across, Two Down, by Ruth Rendell, finished 12/6/19 ★★★
3. 290 pages : The Bungalow, by Sarah Jio, finished 2/3/20 ★★★★
4. 160 pages : Weird Plants, by Chris Thorogood, finished 3/30/20 ★★★★
5. 192 pages : Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, by Dava Sobel, finished 4/7/20 ★★★★
6. 179 pages : Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill, finished 5/12/20 ★★★
7. 176 pages : Your Next 24 Hours: One Day of Kindness Can Change Everything, by Hal Donaldson, finished 8/21/20 ★★.5
8. 292 pages : Berried Secrets (Cranberry Cove #1), by Peg Cochran, finished 10/27/20 ★★★.5
9. 390 pages : Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World, by Linda R. Hirshman, finished 12/14/20 ★★★★
TASK #7: 9 FROM FAV GR LIST (Best Cozy Mystery Series)
1. #856 on list : Shooting at Loons (Deborah Knott #3), by Margaret Maron, finished 10/4/19 ★★★.5
2. #60 on list : Poisoned Prose (Books by the Bay #5), by Ellery Adams, finished 10/6/19 ★★★.5
3. #1473 on list : On Thin Icing (Bakeshop #3), by Ellie Alexander, finished 10/25 ★★★.5
4. #1239 on list : Hide and Snoop (Odelia Grey #7), by Sue Ann Jaffarian, finished 10/31 ★★★.5
5. #441 on list : Invitation Only Murder (Lucy Stone #26), by Leslie Meier, finished 11/3 ★★★.5
6. #578 on list : Deck the Hallways (Fixer-Upper #4), by Kate Carlisle, finished 11/30/19 ★★★.5
7. #476 on list : Fire Engine Dead (Museum #3), by Sheila Connolly, finished 3/7/20 ★★★.5
8. #17 on list : Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody #4), by Elizabeth Peters, finished 4/3/20 ★★★.5
9. #150 on list : Oh Danny Boy (Molly Murphy #5), by Rhys Bowen, finished 8/24/20 ★★★.5
TASK #8: 9 ON A FRIEND'S SHELF
1. on Beatrix's mysteries shelf : The Chocolate Bear Burglary (Chocoholic #2), by JoAnna Carl, finished 10/1/19 ★★★
2. on Jennifer's to-read shelf : Let It Snow, by Nancy Thayer, finished 10/3 ★★★.5
3. on Sheila's to-read shelf : In the Clearing (Tracy Crosswhite #3), by Robert Dugoni, finished 10/8 ★★★★
4. on Hettie's tbr-eventually shelf : A Rare Benedictine (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #0.5), by Ellis Peters, finished 10/12 ★★★★
5. on Beth's to-read shelf : A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (Angelic Intervention #11), by Debbie Macomber, finished 10/19 ★★★★
6. on Debbie's to-read shelf : The Confession Club (Mason #3), by Elizabeth Berg, finished 10/27 ★★★.5
7. on Traci's e-books shelf : O Little Town, by Don Reid, finished 12/22/19 ★★★
8. on Charlene's to-read shelf : Desert Heat (Joanna Brady #1), by J.A. Jance, finished 4/19/20 ★★★★
9. on Chaitra's series-books shelf : Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn #2), by Ngaio Marsh, finished 7/15/20 ★★★.5
TASK #9: 9 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. Penguins and Mortal Peril (Madigan Amos Zoo #1), by Ruby Loren, finished 2/22/21 ★★★.5
2. Wolfhunter River (Stillhouse Lake #3), by Rachel Caine, finished 2/27/21 ★★★★
3. Foreign Éclairs (White House Chef #9), by Julie Hyzy, finished 3/5/21 ★★★★
4. Sleeping Lady (Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen #3), by Sue Henry, finished 3/9/21 ★★★★
5. The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope #9), by Ann Cleeves, finished 3/17/21 ★★★.5
6. Checking Out Crime (Bookmobile Cat #9), by Laurie Cass, finished 3/23/21 ★★★★
7. Baker's Deadly Dozen (Fresh Baked #13), by Livia J. Washburn, finished 3/25/21 ★★★.5
8. How to Astronaut: Everything You Need to Know Before Leaving Earth, by Terry Virts, finished 3/29/21 ★★★.5
9. Margaritas, Marzipan and Murder (Cape Bay Café #3), by Harper Lin, finished 4/5/21 ★★★.5
.✔ CARD #8
TASK #1: 8 SERIES #8+ BOOKS
1. Wicked Stitch (Embroidery #8), by Amanda Lee, finished 12/12/19 ★★★.5
2. Secondhand Stiff (Odelia Grey #8), by Sue Ann Jaffarian, finished 2/5/20 ★★★.5
3. Gone with the Whisker (Bookmobile Cat #8), by Laurie Cass, finished 3/2 ★★★★
4. Never Thwart a Thespian (Leigh Koslow #8), by Edie Claire, finished 4/10/20 ★★★.5
5. William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last (Wm. Shakespeare's Star Wars #8), by Ian Doescher, finished 5/8/20 ★★★.5
6. Bite Club (Melanie Travis #23), by Laurien Berenson, finished 10/30/20 ★★★
7. Christmas Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen #26), by Joanne Fluke, finished 11/3/20 ★★★
8. Egg Shooters (Cackleberry Club #9), by Laura Childs, finished 11/29/20 ★★★★
TASK #2: 8 PUBL 2018
1. publ 2/20/18 : Claws for Concern (Cat in the Stacks #9), by Miranda James, finished 1/31/20 ★★★★
2. publ 11/8/18 : A Vintage Death (Keepsake Cove #2), by Mary Ellen Hughes, finished 3/3 ★★★.5
3. publ 1/4/18 : Murder & Marble Cake (Comfort Cakes #1), by Nancy McGovern, finished 3/28 ★★★
4. added 7/29/18 : You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words – And Their Tangled Histories of Misuse, by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras, finished 4/2/20 ★★★.5
5. publ 6/26/18 : My 25 Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now, by Peter Mayle, finished 5/13/20 ★★★.5
6. publ 1/2/18 : The Woman in the Window, by A.J. Finn, finished 6/17/20 ★★★.5
7. publ 1/28/18 : An Occupied Grave (Brock & Poole #1), by AG Barnett, finished 6/23/20 ★★★.5
8. publ 1/19/18 : The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry #1), by Sujata Massey, finished 7/22/20 ★★★.5
TASK #3: 8 ADDED TO TBR IN 2018
1. added 1/30/18 : Bubba and the 12 Deadly Days of Christmas (Bubba Snoddy #2), by C.L. Bevill, finished 11/28/19 ★★★★
2. added 8/2/18 : How to Be a Pirate (How to Train Your Dragon #2), by Cressida Cowell, finished 1/2/20 ★★★.5
3. added 10/9/18 : My Own Words, by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, finished 1/6 ★★★★
4. added 8/20/18 : A Dash of Death (Hemlock Falls #2), by Claudia Bishop, finished 4/29/20 ★★★.5
5. added 12/15/18 : The X, by Lorena Bathey, finished 5/27 ★★
6. added 4/13/18 : Crime & Punctuation (Deadly Edits #1), by Kaitlyn Dunnett, finished 8/20/20 ★★★.5
7. added 5/26/18 : A Dangerous Talent (Alix London #1), by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins, finished 9/11/20 ★★★.5
8. added 2/20/18 : The Woman in the Water (Charles Lenox #0.1), by Charles Finch, finished 9/23/20 ★★★.5
TASK #4: 8 FROM A LEAST FAV GENRE
1. urban fantasy : A Diamond In My Pocket (The Unaltered #1), by Lorena Angell, finished 1/3/20 ★★
2. young adult : The Candle Star (Divided Decade Collection #1), by Michelle Isenhoff, finished 2/18 ★★★
3. young adult : Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1), by Rachel Caine, finished 3/26 ★★★.5
4. fantasy AND young adult : The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight #1), by Katherine Arden, finished 4/6/20 ★★★
5. fantasy > supernatural : Rivers of London (Rivers of London #1), by Ben Aaronovitch, finished 4/22/20 ★★★
6. straight up romance : Head Over Heels (Lucky Harbor #3), by Jill Shalvis, finished 4/30/20 ★★★
7. graphic novel : You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons, by Mo Willems, finished 9/10/20 ★★★.5
8. fantasy : Scarlet Moon: A Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, by Debbie Viguié, finished 9/26/20 ★★★
TASK #5: 8 WITH 1 OR 8 IN PUBL YEAR
1. publ 2010 : The Snow Globe, by Sheila Roberts, finished 12/28/20 ★★★.5
2. publ 2021 : Crime of the Ancient Marinara (Tuscan Cooking School #2), by Stephanie Cole, finished 1/8/21 ★★★
3. publ 2018 : The Fallen (Amos Decker #4), by David Baldacci, finished 1/9/21 ★★★★.5
4. publ 2021 : Ink and Shadows (Secret, Book & Scone Society #4), by Ellery Adams, finished 1/15/21 ★★★.5
5. publ 2018 : A Dark and Twisting Path (Writer's Apprentice #3), by Julia Buckley, finished 1/21/21 ★★★★
6. publ 2021 : Murder Ink (Writer for Hire #1), by Betty Hechtman, finished 1/26/21 ★★★
7. publ 2013 : If You Were Here, by Alafair Burke, finished 1/28/21 ★★★
8. publ 2018 : Grump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, by Liesl Shurtliff, finished 2/4/21 ★★★★
TASK #6: 8 WITH 1 OR 8 IN TOTAL PAGES
1. 384 pages : Now You See Them (Stephens & Mephisto #5), by Elly Griffiths, finished 11/12/19 ★★★.5
2. 428 pages : Becoming, by Michelle Obama, finished 9/27/20 ★★★★
3. 378 pages : The Trapped Girl (Tracy Crosswhite #4), by Robert Dugoni, finished 10/24/20 ★★★★
4. 328 pages : Every Other Wednesday, by Susan Kietzman, finshed 10/28/20 ★★★
5. 288 pages : Mr. Lemoncello and the Titantium Ticket (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #5), by Chris Grabenstein, finished 10/31/20 ★★★.5
6. 485 pages : The Mysterious Benedict Society (Mysterious Benedict Society #1), by Trenton Lee Stewart, finished 11/28/20 ★★★.5
7. 384 pages : Blood Shot (V.I. Warshawski #5), by Sara Paretsky, finished 12/3/20 ★★★.5
8. 358 pages : Up Till Now, by William Shatner, finished 12/15/20 ★★★
TASK #7: 8 MENTIONED IN SCC GROUP
1. Nancy85 / The (Never Ending) Ben & Jerry's Challenge, Take 2 : The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, finished 10/21/19 ★★★★
2. Nell / Bizarre & Unique Holidays: January : A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes #1), by Arthur Conan Doyle, finished 11/27/19 ★★★.5
3. jingles / The (Never Ending) Ben & Jerry's Challenge, Take 2 : Dead to the Last Drop (Coffeehouse #15), by Cleo Coyle, finished 12/24/19 ★★★★
4. Teresa / US States spell : Killing Thyme (Spice Shop #3), by Leslie Budewitz, finished 1/29/20 ★★★.5
5. Ruth / BIG ABC challenge : Curried Away (Spice Shop #4), by Gail Oust, finished 2/1 ★★★.5
6. Ruth / US States spell : Meow If It's Murder (Nick and Nora #1), by T.C. LoTempio, finished 2/26 ★★★.5
7. Katharine / Wheel of Fortune : The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam (Good Thief's Guide #1), by Chris Ewan, finished 3/24 ★★★.5
8. Brianna / Castles of the World : The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1), by Lemony Snicket, finished 5/2/20 ★★★
TASK #8: 8 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. Pianos and Flowers: Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind, by Alexander McCall Smith, finished 2/23/21 ★★★.5
2. Deadly Editions (Scottish Bookshop #6), by Paige Shelton, finished 3/18/21 ★★★★
3. The Cake Therapist, by Judith Fertig, finished 3/27/21 ★★★
4. The Bordeaux Betrayal (Wine Country #3), by Ellen Crosby, finished 3/30/21 ★★★
5. Death Without Company (Walt Longmire #2), by Craig Johnson, finished 4/2/21 ★★★★
6. The King is Dead (Ellery Queen Detective #23), by Ellery Queen, finished 4/9/21 ★★★
7. Hen of the Baskervilles (Meg Langslow #15), by Donna Andrews, finished 4/15/21 ★★★★
8. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, by Mark Manson, finished 4/20/21 ★★★
.✔ CARD #7
TASK #1: 7 SERIES #7 BOOKS
1. Lowcountry Bookshop (Liz Talbot #7), by Susan M. Boyer, finished 2/13/20 ★★★.5
2. The Monk Who Vanished (Sister Fidelma #7), by Peter Tremayne, finished 3/27 ★★★★
3. Steamed Open (Maine Clambake #7), by Barbara Ross, finished 6/30/20 ★★★★
4. The Stitching Hour (Embroidery #9), by Amanda Lee, finished 12/10/20 ★★★.5
5. Six Cats a-Slayin' (Cat in the Stacks #10), by Miranda James, finished 12/30/20 ★★★★
6. Spanish Dagger (China Bayles #15), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 1/4/21 ★★★★
7. Irish Parade Murder (Lucy Stone #27), by Leslie Meier, finished 1/19/21 ★★★.5
TASK #2: 7 PUBL 2017
1. publ 10/19/17 : A Matter of Loyalty (Very English Mystery #3), by Elizabeth Edmondson and Anselm Audley, finished 1/12/20 ★★★★
2. publ 11/14/17 : End Game (Will Robie #5), by David Baldacci, finished 1/18 ★★★★
3. publ 5/16/17 : Barking Up the Wrong Bakery (Happy Tails Dog Walking Mysteries #1), by Stella St. Claire, finished 2/15 ★★★
4. publ 5/2/17 : The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier and More Beautiful, by Yumi Sakugawa, finished 4/1/20 ★★★
5. publ 5/2/17 : Death in Dark Blue (Writer's Apprentice #2), by Julia Buckley, finished 5/30/20 ★★★★
6. publ 6/1/17 : North Haven, by Sarah Moriarty, finished 6/2/20 ★★
7. publ 5/30/17 : About a Dog (Bluff Point #1), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 7/25/20 ★★★.5
TASK #3: 7 ADDED TO TBR IN 2017
1. added 1/15/17 : Christmas on Ladybug Farm (Ladybug Farm #3.5), by Donna Ball, finished 11/18/19 ★★★.5
2. added 1/15/17 : Voice Mail Murder (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery #3), by Patricia Rockwell, finished 2/10/20 ★★★.5
3. added 4/16/17 : Beauty, by Robin McKinley, finished 2/29 ★★★.5
4. added 1/15/17 : White Colander Crime (Vintage Kitchen #5), by Victoria Hamilton, finished 3/31/20 ★★★.5
5. added 1/16/17 : August Moon (Murdery-by-Month #4), by Jess Lourey, finished 5/1/20 ★★★
6. added 1/15/17 : Goose in the Pond (Benni Harper #4), by Earlene Fowler, finished 6/28/20 ★★★★
7. added 1/27/17 : Inspector Specter (Haunted Guesthouse #6), by E.J. Copperman, finished 7/6/20 ★★★★
TASK #4: 7 BY AN AUTHOR YOU HAVEN'T READ IN AWHLE
1. author Jeff Guinn – How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas (Chronicles of Christmas #2), finished 11/24/19 ★★★★
2. author Lucy Lawrence – Sealed with a Kill (Decoupage #3), finished 1/13/20 ★★★★
3. author Patrick F. McManus – Avalanche (Sheriff Bo Tully #2), finished 1/24 ★★★★
4. author Christine Wenger – A Second Helping of Murder (Comfort Food #2), finished 2/9 ★★★.5
5. author J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1), finished 7/16/20 ★★★★
6. author Marty Wingate – Murder is a Must (First Edition Library #2), finished 9/14/20 ★★★.5
7. author Liliana Hart – Whiskey Sour (Addison Holmes #2), finished 9/18/20 ★★★.5
TASK #5: 7 WITH 1 OR 7 IN PUBL YEAR
1. publ 2017 : I, Eliza Hamilton, by Susan Holloway Scott, finished 12/9/20 ★★★★
2. publ 2007 : Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide, by Peter Allison, finished 1/5/21 ★★★.5
3. publ 1997 : The Plot Thickens, by Mary Higgins Clark (and more), finished 1/11/21 ★★★.5
4. publ 2021 : Murder at Mabel's Motel (Granny Reid #3), by G.A. McKevett, finished 1/12/21 ★★★★
5. publ 1997 : What My Cat Has Taught Me About Life, by Niki Anderson, finished 1/16/21 ★★★
6. publ 2017 : Kale to the Queen (Kensington Palace Chef #1), by Nell Hampton, finished 1/18/21 ★★★.5
7. publ 2016 : Once Upon a Wine (Black Dog Bay #4), by Beth Kendrick, finished 2/7/21 ★★★★
TASK #6: 7 WITH 1 OR 7 IN TOTAL PAGES
1. 270 pages : Swamp Team 3 (Miss Fortune #4), by Jana Deleon, finished 12/14/19 ★★★★
2. 272 pages : Father of Lions: The Remarkable True Story of the Mosul Zoo Rescue, by Louise Callaghan, finished 12/30/19 ★★★.5
3. 347 pages : True Places, by Sonja Yoerg, finished 1/11/20 ★★★
4. 347 pages : Murder, Plain and Simple (Amish Quilt Shop #1), by Isabella Alan, finished 3/18/20 ★★★.5
5. 175 pages : Beyond Your Bubble, by Tania Israel, finished 10/12/20 ★★★
6. 377 pages : The Scholar (Cormac Reilly #2), by Dervla McTiernan, finished 10/19/20 ★★★★
7. 704 pages : 12,167 Kitchen and Cooking Secrets: Everyday Tips, Hints, Techniques and More, by Susan Sampson, finished 11/26/20 ★★★.5
TASK #7: 7 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. On a Night Like This (Callaways #1), by Barbara Freethy, finished 3/2/21 ★★★.5
2. Bubba and the Missing Woman (Bubba Snoddy #3), by C.L. Bevill, finished 3/10/21 ★★★★
3. The Vulgar Boatman (Brady Coyne #6), by William G. Tapply, finished 3/19/21 ★★★.5
4. Lemon Drop Dead (Amish Candy Shop #6), by Amanda Flower, finished 4/3/21 ★★★★
5. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World, by Haemin Sunim, finished 4/10/21 ★★★
6. Family Reunion, by Nancy Thayer, finished 4/16/21 ★★★.5
7. Truck: A Love Story, by Michael Perry, finished 4/21/21 ★★★
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✔ CARD #6
TASK #1: 6 SERIES #6+ BOOKS
1. Murder Ink (Victoria Square #6), by Lorraine Bartlett, finished 11/25/19 ★★★.5
2. Stowed Away (Maine Clambake #6), by Barbara Ross, finished 12/20/19 ★★★★
3. Barbecue and Bad News (Adams Grove #6), by Nancy Naigle, finished 1/7/20 ★★★.5
4. Buried to the Brim (Hat Shop #6), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 1/23/20 ★★★★
5. Missing Joseph (Inspector Lynley #6), by Elizabeth George, finished 5/25/20 ★★★
6. The Skeleton Makes a Friend (Family Skeleton #5), by Leigh Perry, finished 5/29/20 ★★★★
TASK #2: 6 PUBL 2016
1. publ 4/23/16 : The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women are Some Kind of Magic #1), by Amanda Lovelace, finished 12/16/19 ★★★★
2. publ 4/5/16 : Crime and Poetry (Magical Bookshop #1), by Amanda Flower, finished 1/9/20 ★★★★
3. publ 4/25/16 : Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, by Frans de Waal, finished 6/22/20 ★★★.5
4. publ 3/22/16 : While You Were Mine, by Ann Howard Creel, finished 8/14/20 ★★★
5. publ 9/6/16 : Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World, by Ann Shen, finished 8/28/20 ★★★★
6. publ 7/5/16 : Paper and Fire (Great Library #2), by Rachel Caine, finished 9/16/20 ★★★.5
TASK #3: 6 ADDED TO TBR IN 2016
1. added 11/14/16 : And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot From a Cannon, or Go Barreling Over Niagara, by Cody Cassidy and Paul Doherty, finished 1/26/20 ★★★.5
2. added 2/2/16 : Shortcut: How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation and Sell Our Greatest Ideas, by John Pollack, finished 6/7/20 ★★
3. added 8/27/16 : More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Pennsylvania Women, by Kate Herzog, finished 6/21/20 ★★★
4. added 10/15/16 : The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World's Most Beloved Neighbor, by Amy Hollingsworth, finished 6/25/20 ★★★
5. added 3/19/16 : No Man's Land (John Puller #4), by David Baldacci, finished 9/20/20 ★★★★
6. added 12/10/16 : A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1), by Sherry Thomas, finished 10/3/20 ★★★★
TASK #4: WITH 1 OR 6 IN PUBL YEAR
1. publ 2006 : The Great Santa Search (Christmas Chronicles #3), by Jeff Guinn, finished 12/22/20 ★★★.5
2. publ 2014 : Death of a Dapper Snowman (Stormy Day #1), by Angela Pepper, finished 1/14/21 ★★★.5
3. publ 2012 : Stop the Wedding!, by Stephanie Bond, finished 1/20/21 ★★★
4. publ 2010 : To Fetch a Thief (Chet & Bernie #3), by Spencer Quinn, finished 1/24/21 ★★★★
5. publ 2018 : Under a Dark Sky, by Lori Rader-Day, finished 1/29/21 ★★.5
6. publ 2019 : Hope on the Inside, by Marie Bostwick, finished 2/3/21 ★★★★
TASK #5: 6 WITH 1 OR 6 IN TOTAL PAGES
1. 316 pages : Mexican Hat (Kevin Kerney #2), by Michael McGarrity, finished 11/15/19 ★★★★
2. 216 pages : The Obituary Society (Obituary Society #1), by Jessica L. Randall, finished 3/19/20 ★★.5
3. 236 pages : The 13th Fellow (Havilah Gaie #1), by Tracy Whiting, finished 10/29/20 ★★.5
4. 176 pages : Really Important Stuff My Cat Has Taught Me, by Cynthia L. Copeland, finished 11/18/20 ★★★.5
5. 368 pages : Yale Needs Women: How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant, by Anne Gardiner Perkins, finished 12/6/20 ★★★.5
6. 256 pages : In Case You Get Hit By Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later, by Abby Schneiderman and Adam Seifer, finished 12/7/20 ★★★
TASK #6: 6 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900, by Al Roker, finished 3/14/21 ★★★.5
2. Dying for Dinner Rolls (Georgia Coast #1), by Lois Lavrisa, finished 3/21/21 ★★.5
3. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, by Mary Roach, finished 4/4/21 ★★★.5
4. Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, by Neil Shubin, finished 4/10/21 ★★★.5
5. Ready Player Two (Ready Player One #2), by Ernest Cline, finished 4/17/21 ★★★.5
6. The Body on the Barstool (Top Shelf #1), by Lolli Powell, finished 4/22/21 ★★★.5
.✔ CARD #5
TASK #1: 5 SERIES #5+ BOOKS
1. Cookies and Scream (Cookie Cutter Shop #5), by Virginia Lowell, finished 1/16/20 ★★★★
2. The Thrilll of the Haunt (Haunted Guesthouse #5), by E.J. Copperman, finished 2/16/20 ★★★.5
3. From the Grounds Up (Maggy Thorsen #5), by Sandra Balzo, finished 2/28/20 ★★★.5
4. Execution in E (Gethsemane Brown #5), by Alexia Gordon, finished 4/21/20 ★★★★
5. Marshmallow Malice (Amish Candy Shop #5), by Amanda Flower, finished 5/19/20 ★★★.5
TASK #2: 5 PUBL 2015
1. publ 8/3/15 : Death in Room 7 (Pine Lake Inn #1), by K.J. Emrick, finished 3/11/20 ★★★.5
2. publ 1/1/15 : New Uses for Old Boyfriends (Black Dog Bay #2), by Beth Kendrick, finished 4/18/20 ★★★.5
3. publ 11/3/15 : Put a Ring on It (Black Dog Bay #3), by Beth Kendrick, finished 6/12/20 ★★★.5
4. publ 10/6/15 : Ghost of a Potion (Magic Potion #3), by Heather Blake, finished 7/9/20 ★★★★
5. publ 9/24/15 : A Second Chance (Chronicles of St. Mary's #3), by Jodi Taylor, finished 9/8/20 ★★★★
TASK #3: 5 ADDED TO TBR IN 2015
1. added 1/12/15 : Death in Blue Folders (Sig Harald #3), by Margaret Maron, finished 11/8/19 ★★★★
2. added 10/23/15 : The Quiet Gentleman, by Georgette Heyer, finished 11/16/19 ★★★
3. added 1/19/15 : An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition, by James Lipton, finished 12/10/19 ★★
4. added 9/26/15 : The Inheritor's Powder: A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed, by Sandra Hempel, finished 3/29/20 ★★★.5
5. added 1/12/15 : Death With All the Trimmings (Key West Food Critic #5), by Lucy Burdette, finished 9/22/20 ★★★.5
TASK #4: 5 WITH 1 OR 5 IN PUBL YEAR
1. publ 2015 : The Deep End (Country Club Murders #1), by Julie Mulhern, finished 12/26/20 ★★★.5
2. publ 2015 : StrawBuried in Chocolate (Black Cat Café #2), by Lyndsey Cole, finished 1/10/21 ★★★.5
3. publ 2012 : Pursuing the Times, by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, finished 1/23/21 ★★★
4. publ 2015 : The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog, by W. Bruce Cameron, finished 1/27/21 ★★★
5. publ 2018 : White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo, finished 1/30/21 ★★★.5
TASK #5: 5 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics, by Eugenia Cheng, finished 4/6/21 ★★★.5
2. The Dog Who Healed a Family: And Other True Animal Stories That Warm the Heart and Touch the Soul, by Jo Coudert, finished 4/11/21 ★★★.5
3. Eaves of Destruction (Fixer-Upper #5), by Kate Carlisle, finished 4/14/21 ★★★.5
4. Anthem for Doomed Youth (Daisy Dalrymple #19), by Carola Dunn, finished 4/18/21 ★★★★
5. The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life, by Alex Trebek, finished 4/23/21 ★★★★
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✔ CARD #4
TASK #1: 4 SERIES #4+ BOOKS
1. The Ghost and the Femme Fatale (Haunted Bookshop #4), by Alice Kimberly, finished 4/17/20 ★★★.5
2. Trick or Deceit (Celebration Bay #4), by Shelley Freydont, finished 4/25/20 ★★★.5
3. Cruel April (Dave Garrett #4), by Neil Albert, finished 6/3/20 ★★.5
4. A Rule Against Murder (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #4), by Louise Penny, finished 6/9/20 ★★★★
TASK #2: 4 PUBL 2014
1. publ 7/20/14 : The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf (Hobson & Choi #1), by Nick Bryan, finished 1/27/20 ★★.5
2. publ 9/1/14 : Gutenberg's Apprentice, by Alix Christie, finished 6/15/20 ★★★.5
3. publ 1/14/14 : The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce #6), by Alan Bradley, finished 8/3/20 ★★★★
4. publ 1/1/14 : To Fudge or Not to Fudge (Candy-Coated Mysteries #2), by Nancy Coco, finished 8/10/20 ★★★.5
TASK #3: 4 ADDED TO TBR IN 2014
1. added 4/29/14 : Off the Edge of the Map: Marco Polo, Captain Cook, and 9 Other Travelers and Explorers That Pushed the Boundaries of the Known World, by Michael Rank, finished 2/4/20 ★★.5
2. added 4/25/14 : Tourist Trap (Rebecca Schwartz #3), Julie Smith, finished 2/24 ★★★
3. added 4/15/14 : Against the Fire (Raines of Wind Canyon #2), by Kat Martin, finished 6/18/20 ★★★
4. added 11/9/14 : Games to Keep the Dark Away (Sharon McCone #4), by Marcia Muller, finished 6/24/20 ★★★.5
TASK #4: 4 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. Murder in the Cookbook Nook (Book Retreat #7), by Ellery Adams, finished 4/7/21 ★★★★
2. The Newcomer, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 4/13/21 ★★★.5
3. Death by Bridle (Josiah Reynolds #3), by Abigail Keam, finished 4/19/21 ★★★
4. The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (Darling Dahlias #1), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 4/24/21 ★★★★
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✔ CARD #3
TASK #1: 3 SERIES #3+ BOOKS
1. Mums and Mayhem (Magic Garden #3), by Amanda Flower, finished 7/17/20 ★★★.5
2. Final Resting Place (Lincoln & Speed #3), by Jonathan F. Putnam, finished 8/7/20 ★★★★
3. The Queen's Accomplice (Maggie Hope #6), by Susan Elia MacNeal, finished 9/30/20 ★★★★
TASK #2: 3 PUBL 2013
1. publ 10/29/13 : Never Laugh as a Hearse Goes By (Penny Brannigan #5), by Elizabeth J. Duncan, finished 6/6/20 ★★★.5
2. publ 6/17/13 : The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, by Andrew Sean Greer, finished 10/17/20 ★★★
3. publ 10/15/13 : Sweet Feet: Samantha Gordon's Winning Season, by Samantha Gordon, finished 1/2/21 ★★★.5
TASK #3: 3 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. Leia, Princess of Alderaan (Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi #3), by Claudia Gray, finished 3/6/21 ★★★★
2. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson, finished 4/8/21 ★★★.5
3. A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St. Mary's #4), by Jodi Taylor, finished 4/12/21 ★★★★
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✔ CARD #2
TASK #1: 2 SERIES #2+ BOOKS
1. Gray Ghost (Stoney Calhoun #2), by William G. Tapply, finished 8/15/20 ★★★.5
2. Mycroft and Sherlock (Mycroft Holmes & Sherlock #2), by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse, finished 9/3/20 ★★★★
TASK #2: 2 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. Edge of Evil (Ali Reynolds #1), by J.A. Jance, finished 9/5/20 ★★★.5
2. Gator Bait (Miss Fortune #5), by Jana DeLeon, finished 3/28/21 ★★★★
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✔ CARD #1
TASK #1: 1 OF YOUR CHOICE
1. Murder in the Lincoln White House (Lincoln's White House #1), by C.M. Gleason, finished 8/31/20 ★★★.5
***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 4/24/21 *****
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jingles, card #9 task #7, it asks for 9 books from a favorite list here on Goodreads. Do all nine books have to be from the same list? And if there's a series book on the list, will you take any book from the series, or only the one/s on the list?
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No Barb, you can use nine different lists if you like...or however many. It doesn't matter.
If there is a series book there and that is not where you are in the series, I'll take any book from that series.
Welcome to the challenge! Thank you for joining me :)
jingles wrote: "you can use nine different lists if you like...or however many. It doesn't matter.If there is a series book there and that is not where you are in the series, I'll take any book from that series."
Great, thank you!
All in the CardsDate: 10/1/19 - ??
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ACE: Read 14 books of your choice.
1) The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene 2/5/20
2) Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi 2/19/20
3) Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton 2/23/20
4) A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 2/25/20
5) The Naughty List by Donna Kauffman 2/28/20
6) No Place to Run by Maya Banks 3/20/20
7) Prodigy by Marie Lu 3/27/20
8) Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie 4/1/20
9) Off Limits by Sawyer Bennett 4/1/20
10) Champion by Marie Lu 4/5/20
11) Jack & Jill by James Patterson 4/14/20
12) Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips 4/17/20
13) Game Maker by B.J. Harvey 4/21/20
14) Already Freakn' Mated by Eve Langlais 4/22/20
KING: Read 13 books by a male author.
1) Ian Fleming - Moonraker 1/3/20
2) Alan Bradley - The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag 2/4/20
3) Dean Koontz - Brother Odd 2/13/20
4) William Paul Young - The Shack 3/10/20
5) Steve Berry - The Amber Room 7/12/20
6) David Baldacci - Memory Man 9/8/20
7) Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep 11/3/20
8) William B. Irvine - A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy 11/10/20
9) Arthur W. Upfield - The Sands of Windee 11/12/20
10) Tony Hillerman - The Blessing Way 11/13/20
11) Lee Smolin - Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe 11/17/20
12) Simon R. Green - Agents of Light and Darkness 12/25/20
13) Jeff Guinn - Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson 1/5/21
QUEEN: Read 12 books by a female author.
1) Sandra Brown - Long Time Coming 10/14/19
2) Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles 10/29/19
3) Jennifer Probst - The Marriage Trap 11/9/19
4) Lynsay Sands - Single White Vampire 12/15/19
5) Sara Orwig - The Reluctant Heiress 12/17/19
6) Eve Langlais - Jealous And Freakn' 12/23/19
7) Sandra Brown - Riley in the Morning 12/30/19
8) Tonya Kappes - A Charming Cure 1/6/20
9) Cherry Adair - The Mercenary 1/7/20
10) Carolyn Keene - The Hidden Staircase 1/8/20
11) Rebecca York - Killing Moon 1/14/20
12) Katie MacAlister - Fire Me Up 1/23/20
JACK: Read 11 books by a new-to-you author.
1) Jon Harrison - The Banks of Certain Rivers 10/9/19
2) Jo Baker - Longbourn 11/27/19
3) Gayle Forman - Just One Day 12/29/19
4) Kelly Long - The Amish Christmas Candle 1/1/20
5) Bob Newhart - I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny 1/2/20
6) Alan Bradley - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 1/13/20
7) Annette Marie - Three Mages and a Margarita 1/21/20
8) Marie Lu - Legend 2/4/20
9) Marjorie M. Liu - Tiger Eye 2/5/20
10) G.P. Gardner - Murder at Harbor Village 2/6/20
11) Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat, Pray, Love 2/16/20
CARD #10:
Task #1: Read 10 books, series #10 or above.
1) Falling for Sky (Cyborg Seduction #11) by Laurann Dohner 11/4/19
2) Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich 12/16/19
3) Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot #17) by Agatha Christie 3/9/20
4) My Kind of Christmas (Virgin River #18) by Robyn Carr 4/16/20
5) Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot #12) by Agatha Christie 5/19/20
6) The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (Cat Who... #22) by Lilian Jackson Braun 7/30/20
7) Dyeing Up Loose Ends (A Knitting Mystery #16) by Maggie Sefton 10/5/20
8) Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #10) by Agatha Christie 1/14/21
9) Dominance Never Dies (Masters and Mercenaries #11) by Lexi Blake 1/18/21
10) The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie 1/25/21
Task #2: Read 10 books published in 2020.
1) The Warsaw Protocol by Steve Berry 4/18/20
2) Healing of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair 9/23/20
3) You Belong With Me by Kristen Proby 1/24/21
4) More Jade by Laura Pavlov 2/3/21
5) Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich 3/16/21
6) Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O'Connor 4/28/21
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Task #3. Read 10 books added to your WTR in 2020.
1) Into the Fire by Amanda Usen 6/26/20
2) Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life by Deniece Schofield 7/23/20
3) Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson 7/30/20
4) A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley 11/23/20
5) Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke 8/16/20
6) Granny Skewers A Scoundrel by Julie Seedorf 8/26/20
7) The Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lilian Jackson Braun 8/30/20
8) The Score by Elle Kennedy 9/8/20
9) Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 9/11/20
10) The Goal by Elle Kennedy 9/17/20
Task #4: Read 10 short books (100 pages or less).
1) The Princess, the Pea and the Night of Passion by Rosetta Bloom 1/2/20
2) Return To Yellowstone by Peggy L. Henderson 5/16/20
3) Being Green by Cynthia Sax 6/18/20
4) Jumping Barrel by Cynthia Sax 8/30/20
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Task #5: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the publication year.
1) (2006) On Angel Wings by Roz Denny Fox 11/28/20
2) (2009) Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly 12/16/20
3) (2014) Something in the Heir by Jenny Gardiner 12/29/20
4) (2014) A Ghost for Christmas by J.D. Winters 12/29/20
5) (2004) The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning 1/2/21
6) (2009) The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood 1/10/21
7) (2010) The Viking by Marti Talbott 1/13/21
8) (2006) The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood by Susan Wittig Albert 1/16/21
9) (2011) Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh 1/22/21
10) (2008) How to Knit a Wild Bikini by Christie Ridgway 1/27/21
Task #6: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the total page count.
1) (248 pages) The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente
2) (221 pages) Forgiving Reed by C.A. Harms 2/4/21
3) (152 pages) The Time Traders by Andre Norton 2/5/21
4) (327 pages) The Cove by Catherine Coulter 2/25/21
5) (256 pages) A Mind to Murder by P.D. James 2/27/21
6) (249 pages) The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun 2/28/21
7) (290 pages) Yellowstone Redemption by Peggy L. Henderson 3/3/21
8) (320 pages) Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey 3/14/21
9) (295 pages) Fated by Benedict Jacka 3/14/21
10) (214 pages) Bad Guys Don't Win by Marie Astor 3/18/21
Task #7: Read 10 books to help finish an old challenge. CCC Readers Also Enjoyed...)
1) Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall 8/8/20
2) Until I Say Good-Bye: A Book About Living by Susan Spencer-Wendel 2/4/21
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Task #8: Read 10 books from a new-to-you male author.
1) Wayne Curtis - And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails 6/13/20
2) Philipp Meyer - The Son 6/22/20
3) Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera 7/12/20
4) A. Scott Berg - Wilson 7/29/20
5) Gregg Andrew Hurwitz - Orphan X 8/13/20
6) Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 8/14/20
7) Fredrik Backman - A Man Called Ove 8/31/20
8) Carl Hiaasen - Tourist Season 9/29/20
9) Ellery Queen - The Roman Hat Mystery 10/17/20
10) Noah benShea - Jacob's Ladder: Wisdom for the Heart's Ascent 10/28/20
Task #9: Read 10 books from a new-to-you female author.
1) Anne Bishop - Written in Red 3/25/20
2) Sawyer Bennett - Off Sides 3/26/20
3) Mara Jacobs - In Too Deep 4/10/20
4) Tess Gerritsen - Harvest 4/2/20
5) Deborah Harkness - A Discovery of Witches 4/27/20
6) Jess Granger - Beyond the Rain 4/30/20
7) Peggy L. Henderson - Yellowstone Heart Song 5/15/20
8) Susan Wiggs - The Charm School 5/21/20
9) Alice Walker - The Color Purple 5/25/20
10) Lauren Beukes - Zoo City 6/8/20
Task #10: Read 10 books of your choice.
1) The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry 1/28/21
2) Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik 2/7/21
3) Tricked by Kevin Hearne 2/8/21
4) Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer 2/9/21
5) Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship by John F. MacArthur Jr. 3/5/21
6) Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3/12/21
7) Pippi Goes Aboard by Astrid Lindgren 3/16/21
8) Puzzled to Death by Parnell Hall 3/20/21
9) Reckless Weekend by Eden Summers 3/21/21
10) Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery 3/24/21
CARD #9:Task #1: Read 9 series #9 books or above.
1) Master No (Masters and Mercenaries #9) by Lexi Blake 11/22/19
2) Dark Side of the Moon (Dark Hunter #9) by Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/4/20
3) Loyalty in Death (In Death #9) by J.D. Robb 4/11/20
4) The Ghost and the Mystery Writer (Haunting Danielle #9) by Bobbi Holmes 12/15/20
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Task #2: Read 9 books published in 2019.
1) Two Witches and a Whiskey by Annette Marie 4/6/20
2) Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O'Connor 5/4/20
3) Rapunzel Untamed by Erin R Bedford 5/26/20
4) Murder at Royale Court by G.P. Gardner 7/28/20
5) Dragon Spell by Mac Flynn 11/21/20
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Task #4: Read 9 large books (400+ pages)
1) (617 pp.) Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward 10/16/19
2) (550 pp.) The Oath by Frank E. Peretti 11/18/19
3) (609 pp.) Lover at Last by J.R. Ward 11/21/19
4) (406 pp.) The Orphan Factory by James Morcan 11/30/19
5) (448 pp.) Crazy Cool by Tara Janzen 12/10/19
6) (608 pp.) Black Order by James Rollins 12/26/19
7) (663 pp.) The Abominable by Dan Simmons 3/5/20
8) (444 pp.) Saved by Venom by Lolita Lopez 3/11/20
9) (408 pp.) Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi 3/11/20
Task #5: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the publication year.
1) (1983) Tomorrow's Promise by Sandra Brown 10/28/20
2) (1936) Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery 1/4/21
3) (1991) The Firm by John Grisham 1/8/21
4) (1944) Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie 1/31/21
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Task #6: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the total page count.
1) (495 pages) Jacked by Tina Reber 3/31/21
2) (193 pages) Trouble on Tap by Avery Flynn 4/6/21
3) (329 pages) Light My Fire by Katie MacAlister 4/21/21
4) (339 pages) Witness in Death by J.D. Robb 4/26/21
5) (215 pages) Ghost On Duty by J.D. Winters 5/3/21
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Task #9: Read 9 books of your choice.
1) The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon 4/2/21
2) The Race by Clive Cussler 4/8/21
3) Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 4/20/21
4) The Housewife Assassin's Handbook by Josie Brown 4/22/21
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CARD #8:
Task #1: Read 8 series #8 books or above.
1) Sudden Prey (Lucas Davenport #8) by John Sandford 10/17/19
2) Tik-Tok of Oz (Oz #8) by L. Frank Baum 9/6/20
3) The Ghost from the Sea (Haunting Danielle #8) by Bobbi Holmes 12/4/20
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Task #2: Read 8 books published in 2018.
1) Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor 12/12/19
2) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/9/20
3) The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren 10/20/20
4) Unconditionally Mine by Nadine Gonzalez 10/31/20
5) The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year: The Golden Rings of Christmas by Judith Lucci 12/20/20
6) Tales of Ever After by H.L. Burke 2/22/21
7) In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown by Nathaniel Philbrick 4/12/21
8) Paws, Claws, and Magic Tales by H.L. Burke 4/28/21
Task #3: Read 8 books from your WTR added in 2018.
1) The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun 5/1/20
2) Unplugged by Lois Greiman 5/26/20
3) Valorous by M.S. Force 8/1/20
4) On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn 8/13/20
5) Hard as You Can by Laura Kaye 9/10/20
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Task #6: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the total page count.
1) (385 pages) - The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson 11/10/20
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Task #7: Read 8 books mentioned here in the SCC group.
1) One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 10/2/20
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Task #8: Read 8 books of your choice.
1) Organized for Murder by Ritter Ames 11/15/20
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CARD #7:Task #1: Read 7 series #7 books or above.
1) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz #7) by L. Frank Baum 10/29/19
2) The Ghost of Valentine Past (Haunting Danielle #7) by Bobbi Holmes 11/8/20
3) Don't Cry, Tai Lake (Inspector Chen Cao #7) by Qiu Xiaolong 3/26/21
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Task #2: Read 7 books published in 2017.
1) Murder at an Irish Wedding by Carlene O'Connor 12/4/19
2) The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel 6/5/20
3) The Hot One by Lauren Blakely 10/24/20
4) Rainbows Ever After: A Black Rainbow Happily Ever After Novella by J.J. McAvoy 10/28/20
5) The Zodiac Killer by W.L. Knightly 11/29/20
6) Dial P For Poison by Zara Keane 2/15/21
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Task #3: Read 7 books added to your WTR in 2017.
1) Jungle Freakn' Bride by Eve Langlais 12/31/20
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Task #4: Read 7 books from an author you haven't read in a while.
1) Fancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 5/14/20
2) Talking Dirty With the Player by Jackie Ashenden 6/1/20
3) Bucked by Cat Johnson 6/18/20
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CARD #6:
Task #1: Read 6 series #6 books or above.
1) Peach Cobbler Mystery (Amish Sweet Shop Mystery #6) by Naomi Miller 10/11/19
2) I Will Not Beg (Mountain Masters & Dark Haven #6) by Cherise Sinclair 10/30/19
3) The Unholy (Krewe of Hunters #6) by Heather Graham 12/25/19
4) The Mao Case (Inspector Chen Cao #6) by Qiu Xiaolong 7/17/20
5) Christmas Nights (Diamond Creek, Alaska #6) by J.H. Croix 10/12/20
6) The Ghost Who Came for Christmas (Haunting Danielle #6) by Bobbi Holmes 11/7/20
Task #2: Read 6 books published in 2016.
1) Game Saver by B.J. Harvey 9/23/20
2) Merry Chris Witch by C.K. Dawn 10/16/20
3) The Last Mile by David Baldacci 1/11/21
4) New Leaf by Catherine Anderson 2/11/21
5) Adventures of a Vegan Vamp by Cate Lawley 4/5/21
6) Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie 4/11/21
Task #3: Read 6 books added to your WTR in 2016.
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CARD #5
Task #1: Read 5 series #5 books or above.
1) Chocolate Truffle Mystery (Amish Sweet Shop Mystery #5) by Naomi Miller 10/1/19
2) The Unseen (Krewe of Hunters #5) by Heather Graham 10/3/19
3) The Ghost of Halloween Past (Haunting Danielle #5) by Bobbi Holmes 2/9/20
4) Tumble Into Love (Diamond Creek, Alaska #5) by J.H. Croix 5/8/20
5) The Dark Highlander (Highlander #5) by Karen Marie Moning 6/28/20
Task #2: Read 5 books published in 2015.
1) One You Can't Forget by Lexy Timms 1/2/20
2) I See You by Meghan Ciana Doidge 2/8/20
3) Among Galactic Ruins by Anna Hackett 2/10/20
4) One That Got Away by Lexy Timms 5/5/20
5) One That Came Back by Lexy Timms 5/6/20
Task #3: Read 5 books added to your WTR in 2015.
1) Midnight Under the Mistletoe by Sara Orwig 9/2/20
2) One Texas Night... by Sara Orwig 9/21/20
3) Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 10/10/20
4) The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 11/3/20
5) Her Texan to Tame by Sara Orwig 11/16/20
Task #4: Read 5 books with the #1 or #5 in the publication year.
1) (pub 2013) Holidays with the Walker Brothers by Nicole Edwards 11/29/20
2) (pub 2014) Hollow City by Ransom Riggs 12/6/20
3) (pub 2013) A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout 12/14/20
4) (pub 2011) Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large by William Shatner 12/17/20
5) (pub 2015) The Werewolf Meets His Match by Kristen Painter 1/21/21
Task #5: Read 5 books of your choice.
1) Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands 9/17/20
2) Passionate Addiction by Eden Summers 9/25/20
3) Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 9/27/20
4) Nikolai by Roxie Rivera 10/4/20
5) Human and Freakn' by Eve Langlais 10/9/20
CARD #4:Task #1: Read 4 series #4 books or above.
1) Hot Property by Carly Phillips 11/18/19
2) No Chance (Last Chance Rescue #4) by Christy Reece 1/29/20
3) The Judas Strain (Sigma Force #4) by James Rollins 3/17/20
4) Love Untamed (Diamond Creek, Alaska #4) by J.H. Croix 4/28/20
Task #2: Read 4 books published in 2014.
1) Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop 5/12/20
2) Seducing the Playboy by Amanda Usen 9/29/20
3) Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi 10/26/20
4) Make Me, Take Me by Amanda Usen 11/9/20
Task #3: Read 4 books added to your WTR in 2014.
1) Playing Games by Jessica Clare 12/10/19
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2) Conquer Me by Geneva Lee 2/16/20
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3) Every Crooked Nanny by Kathy Hogan Trocheck 3/2/20
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4) Baby Love by Catherine Anderson 3/12/20
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Task #4: Read 4 books of your choice.
1) Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi 4/27/20
2) One You Never Leave by Lexy Timms 5/8/20
3) Talking Dirty With the Boss by Jackie Ashenden 6/3/20
4) Blind Attraction by Eden Summers 6/9/20
CARD #3:
Task #1: Read 3 series #3 books or above.
1) Crash And Burn (Cyborg Sizzle #3) by Cynthia Sax 10/31/19
2) Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues (Encyclopedia #3) by Donald J. Sobol 11/30/19
3) Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables #3) by L.M. Montgomery 12/5/19
Task #2: Read 3 books published in 2013.
1) Everything Bared by Kristine Cayne 12/5/19
2) Just One Year by Gayle Forman 1/16/20
3) Granny Hooks a Crook by Julie Seedorf 2/18/20
Task #3: Read 3 books of your choice.
1) His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik 6/30/20
2) The Bookseller's Tale by Ann Swinfen 7/8/20
3) The Affectionate Adversary by Catherine Palmer 7/22/20
CARD #2:
Task #1: Read 2 series #2 books or above.
1) Forever Odd (Odd Thomas #2) by Dean Koontz 10/31/19
2) Killer in High Heels (High Heels #2) by Gemma Halliday 11/5/19
Task #2: Read 2 books of your choice.
1) The Vampire's Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter 8/3/20
2) Ice Games by Jessica Clare 8/6/20
CARD #1:
Task #1: Read one book of your choice.
1) From Sanctum with Love by Lexi Blake 8/29/20
I am in....Looks like a fun challenge!ALL IN THE CARDS
Date: Oct,1, 2019....open
13/13 CARDS COMPLETE
DONE.....JULY 1, 2022
This challenge is based on a deck of cards, using the numbers 1 through 14. For each card you will have a list of tasks to complete. The challenge can be worked in any order, and you are welcome to work on the entire challenge all at the same time - meaning, card #1 does NOT have to be completed before moving on to card #2.
Please Note: If you choose to do the entire challenge, you will read 435 books total, so you will need to reserve at least 5 posts in order to keep your challenge all together as you work through it.
ACE: Read 14 books of your choice. DONE
1. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand.....May 17, 2020
2. Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel....June 3, 2020
3. Your Illustrated Guide To Becoming One With The Universe by Yumi Sakugawa....Sept. 28, 2020
4. An Unbroken Heart by Kathleen Fuller....May 9, 2021
5. No Way Out: Adventure, Action, and Romance Riding with America's #1 Vigilante Biker Club by Roland Hulme...May 18, 2021
6. Sweet Nothings by Trisha Ashley....Aug. 10, 2021
7. A Miracle of Hope by Ruth Reid...Aug. 24, 2021
8. Yappy Hour by Diana Orgain....Sept. 2, 2021
9. Granny Strikes Back by Harper Lin....Sept. 5, 2021
10. Red Sky Over Hawaii by Sara Ackerman....Sept. 28, 2021
11. Murder on Mulberry Bend by Victoria Thompson....Oct. 22, 2021
12. Carrie by Stephen King....October 29, 2021
13. Blind Faith by Sharon Sala....Oct. 30, 2021
14. Boiled Over by Barbara Ross.....Nov. 2, 2021
KING: Read 13 books by a male author.....DONE....DEC.14, 2020
1. A Deceptive Clarity by Aaron Elkins....Oct. 5, 2019
2. Alison's Automotive Repair Manual: A Novel by Bradly Barker....October 12, 2019
3. The Deep Blue Good-By by John D. MacDonald....Oct. 20, 2019
4. Savage Run by C.J. Box.....Dec. 4, 2019
5. Nightmare in Pink by John D. MacDonald.....Dec. 8, 2019
6. The Quarry by Iain Banks....Jan. 6, 2020
7. The Blight Way by Patrick F. McManus....April 13, 2020
8. Power in the Blood by Michael Lister April 29, 2020
9. The Quick Red Fox: A Travis McGee Novel by John D. MacDonald....Oct. 25, 2020
10. The Shallows by Matt Goldman....Nov. 1,2020
11. Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child...Nov. 18, 2020
12. Avalanche byPatrick F. McManus...by Oct. 9, 2020
13. Lost December by Richard Paul Evans....Dec. 13, 2020
QUEEN: Read 12 books by a female author. DONE
1. The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts.....Oct. 23, 2019
2. Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore.....October 27, 2019
3. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.....Nov. 9, 2019
4. Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts....Nov. 16, 2019
5. Love Finds You in Mackinac Island, Michigan by Melanie Dobson....Jan. 23, 2020
6. Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber.....March 30, 2020
7. Plain Secrets by Kit Wilkinson.....April 7, 2020
8. The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke...May 14, 2020
9. A Home for Hannah by Amy Lillard....Nov. 2, 2020
10. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh....July 4, 2021
11. No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews.....July 9, 2021
12. This I Know by Eldonna Edwards....August 5, 2021
JACK: Read 11 books by a new-to-you author.....DONE April 27, 2020
1. Kernel of Truth by Kristi Abbott....October 4, 2019
2. Dead Ringer by Sarah Fox....October 10, 2019
3. Murder Under A Blue Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Mystery Book 1 by Abigail Keam....October 15, 2019
4. X Out Of Wonderland by David Allan Cates....Oct. 22. 2019
5. A Borrowing of Bones by Paula Munier.....Nov. 24, 2019
6. Little Audrey by Ruth White....Dec. 9, 2019
7. If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska by Heather Lende.....Dec. 14, 2019
8. Innocent Fire by Brenda Joyce....Dec. 25, 2019
9. Highlander Untamed by Monica McCarty......Jan. 18, 2020
10. Hush Money: A Mystery by Chuck Greaves....Feb. 1, 2020
11. Assassins Hunted by Rachel Amphlett.....April 26, 2020
CARD #10: DONETask #1: Read 10 books, series #10 or above. DONE
1. Nothing to Lose by Lee Child....Nov. 21, 2019 #12 Jack Reacher
2. Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich...December 1, 2019 #10 Stephanie Plum
3. Shamed by Linda Castillo....Jan. 13, 2010 #11 Kate Burkholder
4. Evanly Bodies by Rhys Bowen....Feb. 18, 2020 #10 Constable Evans
5. No Regrets and Other True Cases by Ann Rule....July 9, 2020 #11 Crime Files
6. Dance With Me by Kristen Proby....Oct. 18, 2020 #12 With me in Seattle
7. The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths.....Dec. 15, 2020 #12 Ruth Galloway series
8. Snow Place to Die by Mary Daheim...Dec. 17, 2020 #13 Bed-and-Breakfast mysteries
9. Witness in Death by J.D. Robb....Jan.16, 2021 #10 In Death series
10. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb....March 20, 2021 In Death #11
Task #2: Read 10 books published in 2020.
1. 19 Love Songs by David Levithan....June 8, 2020
2. Clique Bait by Ann Valett .....Sept. 3, 2020
3. Outsider by Linda Castillo....Jan. 2, 2021
4. Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith....Feb. 11, 2021
5. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump.....March 1, 2021
6. Find Layla by Meg Elison....March 29, 2021
7. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty.....May 29, 2021
8. The Water Keeper by Charles Martin....Aug. 7, 2021
9. Halloween Hayride Murder by Linnea West....Oct. 27, 2021
10. If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane.... Oct.31, 2021
Task #3. Read 10 books added to your WTR in 2020.
1. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan....Feb. 8, 2020...
2. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor....August 1, 2020
3. Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts....March 26, 2021
4. Salt Dancers by Ursula Hegi.....April 28, 2021
5. The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick.....Oct. 16, 2021
6. Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton .....Nov. 14, 2021
7. On Borrowed Crime by Kate Young.....Nov. 29, 2021
8. Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein......Dec. 23, 2021
9. Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven by Janet Evanovich....Jan. 1, 2022
10. The Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland.....Jan. 20, 2022
Task #4: Read 10 short books (200 pages or less).
1. Island of the Blue Dolphins.....by Scott O'Dell.....Feb. 11, 2020 184 pages
2. Taggart by Louis L'Amour...March 1, 2020 192 pages
3. Unveiled: Tamar by Francine Rivers....May 21, 2020 173 pages
4. I Wrote This For You by Iain S. Thomas....March 3, 2021 194 pages
5. Granny's Got a Gun by Harper Lin ....July 1, 2021 165 pages
6. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells...July 6, 2021 158 pages
7. I Travel by Night by Robert R. McCammon....July 22, 2021 152 pages
8. The Council of Animals by Nick McDonell....Aug. 3, 2021 195 pages
9. The Secret of Red Gate Farm: by Carolyn Keene.....Oct. 17, 2021
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10. Granny Bares It All by Harper Lin....Nov. 3, 2021 168 pages
Task #5: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the publication year. DONE
1. The Blue Castle by L.M.
Montgomery....Oct. 6, 2019 published 1925....2
2. Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin....Nov.1, 2019 Published in 2012...2
3. The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene....Feb. 9, 2020 Published in 1930....0
4. The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson.....May 12, 2020 Published in 2003....0
5. It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake.....June 10, 2020 Published in 2012
6. Unashamed: Rahab by Francine Rivers.....June 28, 2020 Published in 2000...2 and a 0
7. The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by Mario Acevedo.....July 11, 2020 Published in 2006 ...2,0
8. 'Til Dice Do Us Part by Gail Oust....August 3, 2020 Published in 2010....0
10. If Looks Could Kill by Kate White....Dec. 2, 2020 Published in 2002
Task #6: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the total page count.
1. The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves.....Feb. 10, 2020 291 pages....2
2. Whack 'N' Roll by Gail Oust... March 6, 2020 304 pages.....0
3. Tangled by Emma Chase.....April 11, 2020 254 pages....2
4. Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie....April 25, 2020 295 pages....2
5. Volcano by Patricia Rice....May 3, 2020 340 pages....0
6. Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center....May 7, 2020 340 pages....0
7. Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum.....May 26, 2020 320 pages....2, 0
8. I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver....Sept. 2,2020 329 pages...2
9. Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau....Sept. 5, 2020 206 pages.... 2 and 6 in page count
10. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie....June 21, 2021 264 pages....2
Task #7: Read 10 books to help finish an old challenge.
1. The Black Dog Mystery by Ellery Queen Jr....Aug. 4, 2021 Finished 2 challenges in WRC
2. Untraceable by Laura Griffin....Jan. 5, 2020 Finished a challenge in WRC
3. It's Getting Scot in Here by Suzanne Enoch....Feb. 2, 2022 Finished a challenge in CCC
4. The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts....Feb. 8, 2022 Finished a challenge in CCC
5. Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien.....Feb. 10, 2022 Z title
6. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.....Feb. 13, 2022 CCC...Book set in Mexico
7. Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon....March 6, 2022 Spell challenges....N, Y, or I
8. A Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli.....March 9, 2022 CCC...2020 every other week challenge
9. Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill .....March 16, 2022 N challenges
10. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong....March 20, 2022 O Spell challenges
Task #8: Read 10 books from a new-to-you male author.
1. Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey....June 15, 2020... Zane Grey
2. Foe by Iain Reid.....June 17, 2020
3. No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Virusesby Peter Piot....August 9, 2020
4. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien....April 12, 2021
5. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt....Oct. 14, 2021
6. Under a Raging Moon by Frank Zafiro..... Nov, 7, 2021
7. Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins....Nov. 14, 2021
8. The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield....Dec. 18, 2021
9. Congo by Michael Crichton....January 3, 2022
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune....Jan. 16, 2022
Task #9: Read 10 book from a new-to-you female author.
1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou......July 2, 2020
2. Luscious by Amanda Usen....July 13, 2020
3. Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala....Nov. 24, 2020
4. Paw Enforcement by Diane Kelly....Feb. 10, 2021
5. Lick by Kylie Scott...July 22, 2021
6. The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren....Aug. 16, 2021
7. Chocolat by Joanne Harris....Oct.3, 2021
8. Outlawed by Anna North...Oct.4, 2021
9. At Mrs Lippincote's by Elizabeth Taylor.....Oct 21, 2021.....
10. Horn of Darkness: Rhinos on the Edge by Carol Cunningham .....Nov. 6, 2021
Task #10: Read 10 book of your choice.
1. Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly...Sept.9, 2021
2. Bitter Recoil by Steven F. Havill....Sept. 11, 2021
3. Last Train from Perdition Robert R. McCammon....Sept. 13, 2021
4. Old Haunts by E.J. Copperman.....Sept. 14, 2021
5. West of the Moon by Margi Preus.....Sept. 16, 2021
6. The Huckleberry Murders by Patrick F. McManus .....Sept. 21, 2021
7. Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb....Oct. 2, 2021
8. The Unfinished Garden by Barbara Claypole White....Oct. 8, 2021
9. The Last Straw by Sharon Sala ....Oct. 12, 2021
10. Fallen by Linda Castillo....October 20, 2021
CARD #9:Task #1: Read 9 series #9 books or above.
1. Evan Blessed by Rhys Bowen....Jan. 19, 2020 #9 Constable Evans
2. The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley....April 21, 2021 #10 Flavia du Luce
3. Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb....April 27, 2021 #12 In Death series
4. Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich....May 20, 2021 #25 Stephanie Plum
5. Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb....June 20, 2021 #13 in Death
6. Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb....July 17, 2021 #14 In
Death series
7. Purity in Death by J.D. Robb....Aug. 23, 2021 #15 In Death
8. The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths....Sept. 1, 2021 #13 Ruth Galloway
9. Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb.....Dec. 25, 2021 #17,,,In Death series
Task #2: Read 9 books published in 2019. DONE
1. All the Impossible Things by Lindsay Lackey.....Oct. 28, 2019
2. After the Flood by Kassandra Montag.....Nov. 8, 2019
3. Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia....Dec. 20, 2019
4. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid....Dec. 22, 2019
5. True Places by Sonja Yoerg....Feb. 2, 2020
6. Amish Outsider by Marta Perry.....Feb. 14, 2020
7. Murder At The Palace by Margaret Dumas.....Feb. 24, 2020
8. Stay by Catherine Ryan Hyde....July 14, 2020
9. The Wish by Patricia Davids....July 26, 2020
Task #3: Read 9 books added to your WTR in 2019.
1. All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger....October 8, 2019
2. A Purple Place for Dying: A Travis McGee novel by John D. MacDonald....March 5, 2020
3. The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary.....Feb. 5, 2021 Added Nov. 2019
4. Louisiana Saves the Library by Emily Beck Cogburn....May, 30, 2021
5. Out From Silence by C.L. Tolbert....Aug. 21, 2021
6. Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman.....Dec. 21, 2021
7. Musseled Out by Barbara Ross....Jan.30,2022
8. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce.....March 22, 2022
9. One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews.....March 24, 2022
Task #4: Read 9 large books (400+ pages)
1. The Fix by David Baldacci.....Oct. 29, 2019 434 pages
2. The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down by Neta Jackson.....March 31, 2021 403 pages
3. Winterkill by C.J. Box...April 4, 2021 434 pages
4. The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary....June 16, 2021 400 pages
5. Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer....Feb. 9, 2022 480 pages
6. Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart.....March 18, 2022 408 pages
7. At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp .....April 12, 2022 400 pages
8. Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson.....April 20, 2022 468 pages
9. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson.....April 23, 2022 449 pages
Task #5: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the publication year. DONE
1. Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb....April 4, 2020 Published in 1996
2. Eyes of Prey by John Sandford....May 20, 2020 Published in 1991
3. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes....May 28, 2020 Published in 2019....1 and 9
4. Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke....June 13, 2020... Published in 1979...9
5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.....Aug. 10. 2020 Published in 1961...1 and 9
6. Blood Stains by Sharon Sala...August 15, 2020 Published in 2011...1
7. The Texan's Touch by Jodi Thomas...Aug. 24, 2020 Published in 1998...9
8. The Window by Jeanette Ingold....Aug. 28, 2020 Published in 1996...9
9. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson....Aug. 28, 2020 Published in 1879...9 and 1
Task #6: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the total page count.
1. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.....June 1, 2020.. 359 pages....9
2. Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton....Aug. 29, 2020....214 pages...1 in page count
3. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang....Jan. 22, 2021 9 in page count...296 pages
4. Red Lily by Nora Roberts....May 3, 2021 351 pages....1
5. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman....Nov. 5, 2021 191 pages....1 and 9 in page count
6. P.S. I Hate it Here: Kids' Letters from Camp....Diane Falanga....Dec. 19, 2021 160 pages....1 in page count
7. Part Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates....December 28, 2021 394 pages
8. Mrs. Morris and the Witch by Traci Wilton....Jan. 18, 2022 219 pages
9. Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene.....Jan. 23, 2022 209 pages
Task #7: Read 9 books from a favorite list here on Goodreads.
1. A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson....Nov. 28, 2021
2. The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes.....Jan. 11, 2022
3. Wings by Aprilynne Pike....Feb. 28, 2022
4. The Christmas Dress by Courtney Cole...March 17, 2022
5. A Change of Fortune by Jen Turano ....April 2, 2022
6. Queen's Peril by E.K. Johnston.....April 10, 2022
7. Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement....May 7, 2022
8. The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman....May 18, 2022
9. A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci.... May 26, 2022
Task #8: Read 9 books found in common with a friend.
1. Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder......Nov. 6, 2021 Bowling friend
2. Matchmaking Can Be Murder by Amanda Flower....Nov. 20, 2021 Neighbor
3. Unzipped by Lois Greiman....Dec. 6, 2021 Coffee friend
4. Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke....Jan. 7, 2022 Internet friend
5. Ingo by Helen Dunmore.....March 11, 2022 Coffee friend
6. Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes ....April 17, 2022 Church friend
7. Family Honor by Robert B. Parker....April 23, 2022 Coffee friend
8. Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton.....May 9, 2022 Sister in law
9. Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts.....May 23, 2022 Bowling friend
Task #9: Read 9 books of your choice.
1. Pumpkin Spice Sacrifice by Addison Moore.....April 23, 2021
2. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey...May 14, 2021
3. Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger .....May 14, 2021
4. Angel of Darkness by Cynthia Eden .....June 4, 2021
5. Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel....June 14, 2021
6. Dakota Born by Debbie Macomber....July 5, 2021
7. Granny Undercover by Harper Lin....July 23, 2021
8. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross....July 29, 2021
9. Later by Stephen King....Sept. 5, 2021
CARD #8:Task #1: Read 8 series #8 books or above.
1. Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen....Jan.1, 2020 #8 in Constable Evans series
2. Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr...July 24, 2020 #8 Virgin River
3. Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb.....Oct. 23, 2020 #8 In Death series
4. Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery.....Jan. 17, 2022 #8 Anne of Green Gables
5. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews....Feb. 21, 2022 #8 Meg Langslow
6. 61 Hours by Lee Child....Feb. 22, 2022 #14 Jack Reacher
7. Divided in Death by J.D. Robb.....March 14, 2022 In Death #18
8. Worth Dying For by Lee Child.....May 1, 2022... #15 Jack Reacher series
Task #2: Read 8 books published in 2018.... DONE 12/12/20
1. Only Child by Rhiannon Navin....Jan. 28, 2020 Published in 2018
2. Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life by Cleo Wade.....Feb. 15, 2020 Published in 2018
3. The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce.....March 3, 2020 Published in 2018
4. Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce......March 14, 2020 Published in 2018
5. Broken Ice by Matt Goldman......March 24, 2020 Published in 20218
6. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang....Aug. 2, 2020 Published in 2018
7. The Late Bloomers' Club by Louise Miller.....Dec. 7, 2020 Published in 2018
8. The Fallen by David Baldacci....Dec. 11, 2020 Published in 2018
Task #3: Read 8 books from your WTR added in 2018.
1. Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming...Aug. 26, 2021 June 2018
2. The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen...... Nov. 1, 2021 October 2018
3. Forget Me Knot by Mary Marks.....Dec. 20, 2021 July 2018
4. Storm Horse by Nick Garlick.....Jan, 14 2022 Nov. 2018
5. An Apple for the Creature by Charlaine Harris....Feb 3, 2022 July 2018
6. Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci.....Feb. 17, 2022 Nov. 2018
7. One by Sarah Crossan.....April 3, 2022
8. The Borrowers by Mary Norton....April 29, 2022
Task #4: Read 8 books from a least favorite genre.
1. Artificial Condition....by Martha Wells ....Oct.24, 2020 Least favorite genre....Science Fiction
2. The Neil Gaiman Library, Volume 3 by Neil Gaiman....March 19, 2022....Graphic novel
3. Now I See You: A Memoir by Nicole C. Kear.....March 27, 2022 Non fiction
4. The Real Boy by Anne Ursu....April 7. 2022 Fantasy
5. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik....May 3, 2022 Fantasy
6. The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa....May 4, 2022 Fantasy
7. Nauti Boy by Lora Leigh....May 5, 2022 Erotica
8. Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune....June 4, 2022 Fantasy
Task #5: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the publication year. DONE
1. Uneasy Relations by Aaron Elkins....Nov. 3, 2019 Published in 2008
2. Firestorm by Brenda Joyce....Jan. 13, 2020 Published in 1988
3. Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton...August 4, 2020 Published in 1987
4. Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb....Sept. 21, 2020 Published in 1998...1 and 8
5. Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban ...Oct. 31, 2020 Published in 2008...8
6. Affaire Royale by Nora Roberts....Dec. 18, 2020 Published in 1987....1 and 8
7. Front Desk by Kelly Yang....Jan. 18, 2021 Published in 2018...1 and 8
8. The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams....Feb. 26, 2021 Published in 2018....1 and 8
Task #6: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the total page count. DONE
1. Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony.....Oct. 2, 2020 183 pages...1 and 8
2. The Double-Jack Murders by Patrick F. McManus....Feb. 28. 2021 8 in page total...228
3. One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare....March 15, 2021 384 pages....8
4. Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs.....March 28, 2021 289 pages
5. The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs...April 9, 2021 508 pages....8
6. No Judgments by Meg Cabot....April 17, 2021 358 pages
7. Love Lessons from the Old West by Chris Enss....May 7, 2021 168 pages
8. Killing in C Sharp by Alexia Gordon.....August 1, 2021 288 pages....8
Task #7: Read 8 books mentioned here in the SCC group.
1. Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean....Nov. 21, 2021 Have seen advertised on GR
2. Copper River by William Kent Krueger....Jan. 9, 2022
3. If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy....Jan 28, 2022
4. In Plain Sight by C.J. Box....Feb. 6, 2022
5. Granny Goes Hollywood by Harper Lin.....March 12, 2022
6. You Will Suffer by Alexandra Ivy......April 21, 2022
7. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin......May 13, 2022
8. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager....June 1, 2022
Task #8: Read 8 books of your choice. DONE
1. Though This Be Madness by Penny Richards....Jan. 25, 2021
2. A Wild Goose Chase Christmas by Jennifer AlLee....Jan. 28, 2021
3. Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi...Feb. 1, 2021
4. Eyes on You.....Kate White.....Feb. 3, 2021
5. What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges....Feb. 9, 2021
6. The Missing Piece by Sharon Sala.....Feb. 16, 2021
7. Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon.....Feb. 19, 2021
8. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ...April 1, 2021
CARD #7:....DONETask #1: Read 7 series #7 books or above.
1. Evan Only Knows by Rhys Bowen....Dec. 2, 2019 #7 Constable Evans
2. Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr.....Jan. 4, 2020 Virgin River #7
3. Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews....April 17, 2020 Kate Daniels #7
4. Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger.....March 18, 2022 Cork O'Connor #7
5. Murder on Lenox Hill by Victoria Thompson....April 1, 2022 #7 Gaslight Mysteries
6. The Affair by Lee Child....June 22, 2022 #16
7. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich....July 1, 2022
Task #2: Read 7 books published in 2017. DONE
1. The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond....Nov. 16, 2019
2. Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King....Jan. 4, 2020
3. Up in Smoke by Shannon VanBergen....Jan. 5, 2020
4. The Zodiac Killer by W.L. Knightly.....Feb. 20, 2020
5. A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline ....Feb. 21, 2020
6. The Strawberry Hearts Diner by Carolyn Brown.....Feb. 23, 2020
7. All Systems Red by Martha Wells....July 19, 2020
Task #3: Read 7 books added to your WTR in 2017.
1. Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway.....Aug. 18, 2021
2. Falling byJane Green....April 3, 2022
3. Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes...April. 27, 2022
4. Visions in Death by J.D. Robb.......May 21, 2022
5. Liar's Key by Carla Neggers....June 3, 2022
6. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist ....June 6, 2022
7. The Calling of Emily Evans by Janette Oke....June 7, 2022
Task #4: Read 7 books from an author you haven't read in a while.
1. Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts....March 8, 2020
2. The Forgotten by David Baldacci....June 26, 2020
3. Skull Duggery by Aaron Elkins.....Nov.15, 2020
4. The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere.....Jan. 7, 2021
5. Unafraid: Mary by Francine Rivers....April 1. 2021
6. Death in D Minor by Alexia Gordon....June 10, 2021
7. Chance of a Ghost by E.J. Copperman....Feb. 1, 2022
Task #5: Read 7 books with the #1 or #7 in the publication year.
1. The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier, and More Beautiful....by Yumi Sakugawa....August 7, 2020 Published in 2017....1 and 7 in publication year
2. book:Laura Ingalls Is Ruining My Life|33163371] by Shelley Tougas....August 17, 2020 Published in 2017...1 and 7
3. Her Secret by Shelley Shepard Gray....August 19, 2020 1 and 7 in year published...2017
4. Command Performance by Nora Roberts....Dec. 21, 2020 Published in 1987....1 and 7 in the year
5. The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams...Jan. 1, 2021 Published in 2017...1, 7
6. Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein....April 19, 2021 Published in 2007....7
7. The Address by Fiona Davis ....May 1, 2021 Published in 2017
Task #6: Read 7 books with the #1 or #7 in the total page count.
1. One Moment by Kristina McBride....March 16, 2021 272 pages.....7
2. A Little Magic by Nora Roberts....Nov. 30, 2021 357 pages
Task #7: Read 7 books of your choice.
1. Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu....Dec. 5, 2020
2. The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson ....Dec. 24, 2020
3. A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse....Dec. 26, 2020
4. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton.....Dec. 29, 2020
5. A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees by Dave Goulson....Jan. 2, 2020
6. Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey....Jan. 3, 2021
7. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson....January 9. 2021
CARD #6:
Task #1: Read 6 series #6 books or above. Done
1. Evans to Betsy by Rhys Bowen....Nov. 13, 2019 #6 Constable Evans series
2. Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews.....March 29, 2020 #6 Meg Langslow series
3. Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb....July 29, 2020 #6 In Death series
4. White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland....March 10, 2021 #6 White Trash Zombie series
5. Sour Apples by Sheila Connolly....June 2, 2021 #6 Orchard Mystery
6. Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson......Dec. 11, 2021 #6 Gaslight murders
Task #2: Read 6 books published in 2016.
1. To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey.....Feb. 7, 2020...Published in 2016
2. The Apartment by Danielle Steel ....Feb. 17, 2020 Pub.in 2016
3. The Opposite of Everyone....by Joshilyn Jackson....July 5, 2020 Published in 2016
4. Wedding Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke....Sept. 15, 2020 Published in 2016
5. Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon...Oct. 6, 2020
6. Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff....Feb. 20, 2021
Task #3: Read 6 books added to your WTR in 2016
1. The Vanishing by Wendy Webb....October 24, 2021
2. The Tamarack Murders by Patrick F. McManus.....Dec. 2, 2021
3. Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon.....April 5, 2022
4. May Day by Jess Lourey....April 26, 2022
5. The Yard....by Alex Grecian....May 17, 2022
6. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs.....May 30, 2022
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Task #4: Read 6 books with the #1 or #6 in the publication year.
1. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay....Jan 18, 2020 Published in 1967....1 and 6
2. The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans...Aug. 31, 2020 Published in 1995...1
3. Consigned to Death by Jane K. Cleland....Dec. 19, 2020 Published in 2006...6
4. Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock....Jan. 15, 2021 Published in 2006....6
5. Our States Have Crazy Shapes: Panhandles, Bootheels, Knobs and Points by Lynn Garthwaite.....April 13, 2021 Published in 2016....1 and 6
6. Murder on Gramercy Park by Victoria Thompson....May 5, 2020 Published in 2001....1
Task #5: Read 6 books with the #1 or #6 in the total page count.
1. Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai.....October 24, 2020 262 pages....6 in page #
2. Christmas Crazy by Kathi Daley....Nov. 21, 2020 168 pages....6 and 1
3. Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl .....March 14, 2020 256 pages...6
4. .The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer...March 21, 2021 216 pages...6
5. Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson...July 27, 2021
6. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata ..... Nov. 7, 2021 163 pages....1,6
Task #6: Read 6 books of your choice.
1.Second Sight by Sharon Sala ....Oct. 30, 2020
2. Murder Makes a Pilgrimage by Carol Anne O'Marie....Nov. 6, 2020
3. What Would My Cell Phone Do? by Micol Ostow...Nov. 11, 2020
4. Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb ....Nov. 17, 2020
5. Murder on St. Mark's Place by Victoria Thompson....Nov. 21, 2020
6. Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858 by Kathryn Lasky.....Dec. 4, 2020
CARD #5Task #1: Read 5 series #5 books or above.
1. Ginger Snapped by Gail Oust .....Jan. 23, 2020 #5 Spice Shop Mysteries
2. We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews....Jan. 27, 2020 >b> #5 Meg Langslow
3. Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb....May, 11,2020 #5 In Death series
4. The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene.....Feb. 14, 2021 Nancy Drew
5. Redemption by David Baldacci....April 11, 2021 #5 Amos Decker
Task #2: Read 5 books published in 2015.
1. All Is Calm, All Is Bright: A Colleen Coble Christmas Collection by Colleen Coble....Nov. 21, 2019
2. Leaving Amarillo by Caisey Quinn....May 29, 2020
3. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon....July 18, 2020
4. A Reluctant Bride by Kathleen Fuller...Nov. 26, 2020
5. Nuts by Alice Clayton .....Oct. 26, 2021
Task #3: Read 5 books added to your WTR in 2015.
1. Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood .....Nov. 16, 2021
2. Before the Frost by Henning Mankell.....Dec. 15, 2021
3. Speak Now: Married to Mystery by Margaret Dumas....Feb. 12, 2022
4. Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin.....April 7, 2022
5. Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert......April 17, 2022
Task #4: Read 5 books with the #1 or #5 in the publication year.
1. A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass....June 12, 2020 Published in 2005....5
2. Heartshot by Steven F. Havill Nov.11, 2020 Published in 1991....1 in date
3. The Nest by Gregory A. Douglas....Nov. 28, 2020 Published in 1980....1
4. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah....March 12, 2021 Published in 1999...1 in year
5. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain.....April 7, 2021 Published in 2011....1
Task #5: Read 5 books of your choice.
1. Dollface: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties by Renee Rosen.....Nov. 5, 2020
2. Flamingo Fatale by Jimmie Ruth Evans....August 8, 2020 Published in 2005...5
3. Village School by Miss Read....Sept. 23, 2020 Published in 1955....5
4. Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh...October 29, 2020
5. The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate...Oct. 27, 2020
CARD #4......DONETask #1. Read 4 series #4 books or above.
1.Curried Away by Gail Oust...Oct. 2, 2019....#4 Spice shop mysteries
2. Murder in Ordinary Time by Carol Anne O'Marie....Dec. 15, 2019 #4 Sister Mary Helen
3. Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box....Jan. 2, 2020 #4 Joe Pickett
4. Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger.....March 17, 2020 #4 Cork O'Connor
Task #2: Read 4 books published in 2014.
1. No Stone Unturned James W. Ziskin....Nov.5, 2019 Published in 2014
2. An Amish Christmas Journey by Patricia Davids....March 18, 2020 Published in 2014
3. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder ...Sept. 24, 2021
4. My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni.....April 26, 2022
Task #3: Read 4 books added to your WTR in 2014.
1. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark....Oct.10, 2020
2. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson....June 7, 2021
3. Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson.... Nov.17, 2021
4. Vulcan's Forge by Jack Du Brul.....Dec. 5, 2021
Task #4: Read 4 books of your choice.
1. The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene ...Oct. 1, 2020
2. Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson... October 15, 2020
3. One Perfect Shot by Steven F. Havill....Oct. 17, 2020
4. Unspoken: Bathsheba by Francine Rivers.....Oct. 19, 2020
CARD #3:
Task #1: Read 3 series #3 books or above.
1. Sacred Evil by Heather Graham....Oct. 18, 2019...#3 in Krewe of Hunters series
2. The Missing Madonna by Carol Anne O'Marie....October 26... #3 in Sister Mary Helen series
3. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb....Feb. 7, 2020
Task #2: Read 3 books published in 2013.
1. Something Blue by Emma Jameson....Nov. 11, 2019
2. Splintered by A.G. Howard...Jan. 11, 2020
3. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis...Aug. 11, 2020
Task #3: Read 3 books of your choice.
1. Unshaken: Ruth by Francine Rivers....Sept. 11, 2020
2. The Ferguson Rifle (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel by Louis L'Amour....Sept. 17, 2020
3. Shake, Murder, and Roll by Gail Oust....Sept. 29, 2020
CARD #2:
Task #1: Read 2 series #2 books or above.
1. .Glory in Death by J.D. Robb....Dec. 3, 2019 #2 In Death series
2. Black Rose by Nora Roberts....Dec. 5, 2019
Task #2: Read 2 books of your choice.
1. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta....Sept. 7, 2020
2. Clammed Up by Barbara Ross....Sept. 10, 2020
CARD #1:
Task #1: Read one book of your choice
1. The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang....July 21, 2020
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Please Note: If you choose to do the entire challenge, you will read 435 books total, so you will need to reserve at least 5 posts in order to keep your challenge altogether as you work through it.ACE: Read 14 books of your choice.
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4. Shadow Spell
5. Pulse
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7.The Falling Kingdom✔
8.the city of bones✔
9.Lady Midnight✔
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CARD #10:
Task #1: Read 10 books, series #10 or above.
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Task #2: Read 10 books published in 2020.
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Task #3. Read 10 books added to your WTR in 2020.
Task #4: Read 10 short books (100 pages or less).
Task #5: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 10 books to help finish an old challenge.
Task #8: Read 10 books from a new-to-you male author.
Task #9: Read 10 books from a new-to-you female author.
Task #10: Read 10 books of your choice.
CARD #9:
Task #1: Read 9 series #9 books or above.
Task #2: Read 9 books published in 2019.
Task #3: Read 9 books added to your WTR in 2019.
Task #4: Read 9 large books (400+ pages)
Task #5: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 9 books from a favorite list here on Goodreads.
Task #8: Read 9 books found in common with a friend.
Task #9: Read 9 books of your choice.
CARD #8:
Task #1: Read 8 series #8 books or above.
Task #2: Read 8 books published in 2018.
Task #3: Read 8 books from your WTR added in 2018.
Task #4: Read 8 books from the least favorite genre.
Task #5: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 8 books mentioned here in the SCC group.
Task #8: Read 8 books of your choice.
CARD #7:
Task #1: Read 7 series #7 books or above.
Task #2: Read 7 books published in 2017.
Task #3: Read 7 books added to your WTR in 2017.
Task #4: Read 7 books from an author you haven't read in a while.
Task #5: Read 7 books with the #1 or #7 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 7 books with the #1 or #7 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 7 books of your choice.
CARD #6:
Task #1: Read 6 series #6 books or above.
Task #2: Read 6 books published in 2016.
Task #3: Read 6 books added to your WTR in 2016.
Task #4: Read 6 books with the #1 or #6 in the publication year.
Task #5: Read 6 books with the #1 or #6 in the total page count.
Task #6: Read 6 books of your choice.
CARD #5
Task #1: Read 5 series #5 books or above.
Task #2: Read 5 books published in 2015.
Task #3: Read 5 books added to your WTR in 2015.
Task #4: Read 5 books with the #1 or #5 in the publication year.
Task #5: Read 5 books of your choice.
CARD #4:
Task #1: Read 4 series #4 books or above.
Task #2: Read 4 books published in 2014.
Task #3: Read 4 books added to your WTR in 2014.
Task #4: Read 4 books of your choice.
CARD #3:
Task #1: Read 3 series #3 books or above.
Task #2: Read 3 books published in 2013.
Task #3: Read 3 books of your choice.
CARD #2:
Task #1: Read 2 series #2 books or above.
Task #2: Read 2 books of your choice.
CARD #1:
Task #1: Read one book of your choice.
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This is a challenge I originally created and posted in the Wacky group.
This challenge is based on a deck of cards, using the numbers 1 through 14. For each card you will have a list of tasks to complete. The challenge can be worked in any order, and you are welcome to work on the entire challenge all at the same time - meaning, card #1 does NOT have to be completed before moving on to card #2.
Please Note: If you choose to do the entire challenge, you will read 435 books total, so you will need to reserve at least 5 posts in order to keep your challenge all together as you work through it.
ACE: Read 14 books of your choice.
KING: Read 13 books by a male author.
QUEEN: Read 12 books by a female author.
JACK: Read 11 books by a new-to-you author.
CARD #10:
Task #1: Read 10 books, series #10 or above.
Task #2: Read 10 books published in 2020.
Task #3. Read 10 books added to your WTR in 2020.
Task #4: Read 10 short books (100 pages or less).
Task #5: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 10 books with the #2 or #0 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 10 books to help finish an old challenge.
Task #8: Read 10 books from a new-to-you male author.
Task #9: Read 10 book from a new-to-you female author.
Task #10: Read 10 book of your choice.
CARD #9:
Task #1: Read 9 series #9 books or above.
Task #2: Read 9 books published in 2019.
Task #3: Read 9 books added to your WTR in 2019.
Task #4: Read 9 large books (400+ pages)
Task #5: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 9 books with the #1 or #9 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 9 books from a favorite list here on Goodreads.
Task #8: Read 9 books found in common with a friend.
Task #9: Read 9 books of your choice.
CARD #8:
Task #1: Read 8 series #8 books or above.
Task #2: Read 8 books published in 2018.
Task #3: Read 8 books from your WTR added in 2018.
Task #4: Read 8 books from a least favorite genre, or books you rated 3 stars or below.
Task #5: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 8 books with #1 or #8 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 8 books mentioned here in the SCC group.
Task #8: Read 8 books of your choice.
CARD #7:
Task #1: Read 7 series #7 books or above.
Task #2: Read 7 books published in 2017.
Task #3: Read 7 books added to your WTR in 2017.
Task #4: Read 7 books from an author you haven't read in a while.
Task #5: Read 7 books with the #1 or #7 in the publication year.
Task #6: Read 7 books with the #1 or #7 in the total page count.
Task #7: Read 7 books of your choice.
CARD #6:
Task #1: Read 6 series #6 books or above.
Task #2: Read 6 books published in 2016.
Task #3: Read 6 books added to your WTR in 2016.
Task #4: Read 6 books with the #1 or #6 in the publication year.
Task #5: Read 6 books with the #1 or #6 in the total page count.
Task #6: Read 6 books of your choice.
CARD #5
Task #1: Read 5 series #5 books or above.
Task #2: Read 5 books published in 2015.
Task #3: Read 5 books added to your WTR in 2015.
Task #4: Read 5 books with the #1 or #5 in the publication year.
Task #5: Read 5 books of your choice.
CARD #4:
Task #1: Read 4 series #4 books or above.
Task #2: Read 4 books published in 2014.
Task #3: Read 4 books added to your WTR in 2014.
Task #4: Read 4 books of your choice.
CARD #3:
Task #1: Read 3 series #3 books or above.
Task #2: Read 3 books published in 2013.
Task #3: Read 3 books of your choice.
CARD #2:
Task #1: Read 2 series #2 books or above.
Task #2: Read 2 books of your choice.
CARD #1:
Task #1: Read one book of your choice.
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