Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Finished NBRC Challenges
✓ What Dinosaur are you (12/12)
✓ Time to Kill (26/26)
✓ Cleaning out the Closet 2022 (31/30)
✓ January Vices and Virtues (14/14)
✓ All About You 01 (81/81)
✓ Cleaning out the TBR Closet 2023 (30/30)
✓ New 2U Authors 2023 (20/20)
✓ Author A-Z Challenge 2023 (26/26)
✓ 2023 Serious Reader Level 1 (100/100)
✓ Setting Alphabet (26/26)
✓ TBR Tackler 2024 (50/50)
✓ Down the Rabbit Hole (34/34)
✓ New 2 U Authors 2024 (30/30)
✓ 2024 Serious Reader Level 1 (100/100)
✓ The Bad, the Scary, the Terrifying (204/204)
✓ All About You 02 (80/80)
✓ Author Alphabet (52/52)
✓ Read your Name (32/32)
✓ Author Alphabet 2024 (26/26)
✓ Authors Birthdays (31/31)
✓ June 2024 - Race to the Cornucopia (68/68)
✓ December Holiday Challenge (27/27)
✓ New 2U Authors 2025 (31/20)
✓ TBR Tackler 2025 (29/20)
✓ June - Get Royal (16/16)

Finished: 2022/07/03

What Dinosaur are you - Spell it Out msg #44

02.01.2020 - 03.07.2022

V - Villette by Charlotte Brontë ✓ 2021/05/02
E - Eisbach by Nadine Petersen ✓ 2020/11/22
L - Lethal White by Robert Galbraith ✓ 2020/02/01
O - One Dead by Chris Carter ✓ 2021/05/04
C - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith ✓ 2020/01/26
I - Ironman by Chris P. Rolls ✓ 2021/03/26
R - The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien ✓ 2022/01/20
A - Amethyst Dreams by Phyllis A. Whitney ✓ 2020/03/28
P - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ✓ 2020/02/17
T - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ✓ 2020/02/12
O - Oscar's Books: A Journey Around the Library of Oscar Wilde by Thomas Wright ✓ 2022/01/12
R - Radio Silence by Alice Oseman ✓ 2022/07/03

Finished: 2023/01/19

Time to Kill msg #127
Starting Date: 01.01.2022

Book Levels:

- Ammunition : 2-3 books
- Shiv : 4 - 6 books
- Garrote : 7 - 10 books
- Bowie Knife : 11 - 15 books
- Switchblade : 16 - 20 books
- Crossbow : 21 - 24 books
- Guillotine : 25+ books

Progress: 26

Option 1: Build Your Armory
►Read books with weapons on the cover
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Option 2: Time to Kill Themed Books
►Read books that have Mystery, Crime, Spy, Legal Thriller, Military, and War listed as a Main Page Genre.
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Finished: 2022/08/14

Cleaning out the TBR Closet 2022 msg #77

only owned books, and perhaps older than 2019

31/30

Owned:


Owned, but sorted out:


others or owned after 01.01.2022:

Finished: 2023/08/17

January: Vices or Virtues msg #213

Duration: 01.01.2022 - 31.01.2022

LEVELS :
Devil in the Details: 3 - 4 books
Sinner: 5 - 6 books
Speed Demon: 7 - 9 books
Saint: 10 - 13 books
Book Angel: 14 -21 books
Celestial: 22+ books

Virtues (Latin):
Chastity (Castitas) - Read a book where the main character practices abstinence from sexual conduct, or tries. ✓

Temperance (Temperantia) - Read a book where the main character practices control over excesses. ✓

Charity (Caritas) - Read a book where the main character is generous, charitable, or self-sacrificing. ✓

Diligence (Industria) - Read a book where the main character is diligent, decisive, has integrity, has a strong work ethic, or is steadfast. ✓

Patience (Patientia) - Read a book where the main character is good at resolving conflicts and injustice peacefully, as opposed to resorting to violence. ✓

Kindness (Humanitas) - Read a book where the main character shows unselfish love and voluntary kindness without bias or spite; inspires kindness in others. ✓

Humility (Humilitas) - Read a book where the main character shows modest behavior, bravery, selflessness, and the giving of respect. ✓

Vices (Latin):
Lust (Luxuria) - Read a book where a character has excessive sexual desire. ✓

Gluttony (Gula) - Dante put gluttony in the third circle of hell, so you may read a book that is third in a series. ✓

Greed/Avarice (Avaritia) - Read a book where a character has a desire to possess more than one has need or use for. ✓

Sloth (Acedia) - Read a book where a character shows idleness and wastefulness of time or other allotted resources. Or their laziness results in others having to work harder. ✓

Wrath (Ira) - Read a book where a character has feelings of hatred, revenge, or denial, as well as punitive desires outside of justice. ✓

Envy (Invidia) - Read a book where a character is resentment of others for their possessions. ✓

Pride (Superbia) - Read a book where a character displays an excessive love of the self - or is holding the self outside of its proper position regarding God or fellows. ✓

Finished: 2023/03/27

All About You 01 msg #153

Duration: 6. January 2022 - 6. January 2023
Books read: 81/81

Read your Birthday Month
D - Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann ✓
E - endlich.: über trauer reden by Caroline Kraft & Susann Brückner ✓
C - Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ✓
E - Eisige Schwestern by S.K. Tremayne ✓
M - Das Mädchen im Fluss by Carolyn Haines ✓
B - Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann ✓
E - Ein perfekter Antrag by Tsurukame Mayo ✓
R - Rendezvous um 25 Uhr by Hiro Saku ✓

Read your Birthstone
T - The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien ✓
U - Unser Teil der Nacht by Mariana Enriquez ✓
R - The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien ✓
Q - Quality Time by Miika Nousiainen ✓
U - The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli ✓
O - Oscar's Books: A Journey Around the Library of Oscar Wilde by Thomas Wright ✓
I - I Will Love You Tenderly by Yoneda Kou ✓
S - Steal Your Kiss by Yamada Papiko ✓
E - Ein Fluch so ewig und kalt by Brigid Kemmerer ✓

Read your sign
S - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ✓
A - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara ✓
G - Der Geschmack von Glück by Kakine ✓
I - Ich will dich heute Nacht! by Takiba ✓
T - The Lost Book of the White by Cassanrda Clare & Weseley Chu ✓
T - The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde ✓
A - Alice by Christina Henry ✓
R - Radio Silence by Alice Oseman ✓
I - I hate the dentist! by Aiba Kyoko ✓
U - Die Überlebenden by Alex Schulman ✓
S - Secret XXX by Hinohara Meguru ✓

Read your Chinese zodiac sign
R - Der Reisende by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz ✓
A - Alle Teufel dieser Hölle by Barry Eisler ✓
B - Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, read by Jan Josef Liefers ✓
B - Boys after Dark by Muno ✓
I - Der Insasse by Sebastian Fitzek ✓
T - Totenkünstler by Chris Carter ✓

Read 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre (thriller) 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Read 3 or 4 books with your (child or a friend) sister-in-law 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Set yourself a personal goal to exceed the amount of books you normally read in a month
5/5 for August
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Read one of your favorite foods
J - Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama by John Boyne ✓
J - Der Junge auf dem Berg by John Boyne ✓
A - Auf Erden sind wir kurz grandios by Ocean Vuong ✓
J - Just Because I Love you by Tokita Honoji ✓
A - Anti Alpha by Okuda Waku ✓
N - Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman ✓
G - Die Geschichten der Jahreszeiten 1 - 6 by Jennifer Wolf ✓
M - Märchenland für alle by Boldizsár M. Nagy ✓
Y - Your Love is Mine by Tokita Honoji ✓
E - Ein Wochenende by Charlotte Wood ✓
O - On Doorstep by CTK ✓
N - Nachtschattenwald: Auf den Spuren des Mondwandlers by Kathrin Tordasi ✓

Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Read your favorite Book Crush's name
D - Der Pate by Mario Puzo ✓
O - Oscar Wilde by Philippe Jullian ✓
R - Renaissance by Asou Mitsuaki ✓
I - Im Wasser sind wir schwerelos by Tomasz Jedrowski ✓
A - Anti Alpha Another by Okuda Waka ✓
N - Nothing but Lies by Suzaka Shina ✓

G - Gib Pfötchen und lieb mich! by 75 ✓
R - Die Rippe des Adam 1 by Michinoku Atami ✓
A - Amaenbo Honey by Tobidase Kevin ✓
Y - Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart ✓

Finished: 2023/10/26

Cleaning out the TBR Closet msg #61

30/30

Physical Books:


Ebooks:


Audiobooks:


Mangas/Grapic Novels:


other:


DNF:

Finished: 2023/04/30

New 2U Authors msg #19

Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Fresh Face = 5
Adventurer = 10
Risk Taker = 15
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

01 - Saša Stanišić - Vor dem Fest ✓
02 - Eva Björg Ægisdóttir - Verschwiegen ✓
03 - Alex Schulman - Die Überlebenden ✓
04 - J.M. Barrie - Peter Pan ✓
05 - Tanya Byrne Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus ✓
06 - Daniela Arnold - Die Nacht gehört den Schatten: Norwegen-Thriller ✓
07 - Dirk Gieselmann - Der Inselmann ✓
08 - Franzobel - Einsteins Hirn: Roman ✓
09 - Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita ✓
10 - Mechtild Borrmann - Feldpost ✓
11 - Homer - Ilias ✓
12 - Sarah Pearse - Das Sanatorium ✓
13 - Val McDermid - P.S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller, Sebastian Fitzek (Ed.) ✓
14 - Marcus Hünnebeck - Schreikind ✓
15 - Douglas Stuart - Young Mungo ✓
16 - Steve Cavanagh - Thirteen ✓
17 - Pascale Quiviger - Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs ✓
18 - Sarah Winman - Lichte Tage ✓
19 - Diana Wynne Jones - Das wandelnde Schloss ✓
20 - Robert Seethaler - Das Café ohne Namen ✓

Finished: 2023/10/13

Author A-Z Challenge msg #17

Progress: 26/26

A - Alex Schulman - Die Überlebenden ✓
B - Borrmann, Mechtild - Feldpost ✓
C - Claude Lévi-Strauss - Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft ✓
D - Daniela Arnold - Die Nacht gehört den Schatten: Norwegen-Thriller ✓
E - Eva Björg Ægisdóttir - Verschwiegen ✓
F - Franzobel Einsteins Hirn: Roman ✓
G - Gieselmann, Dirk - Der Inselmann ✓
H - Homer - Ilias ✓
I - Ike Reibun - Dick Fight Island 01 ✓
J - James Matthew Barrie - Peter Pan ✓
K - Kichiku Neko - In these words 04 ✓
L - Kojima Lalako - Neun Leben ✓
M - Markus Hünnebeck - Schreikind ✓
N - Nonomiya Ito - Barefoot Angel ✓
O - Ottessa Moshfegh - Lapvona ✓
P - Pearse, Sarah - Das Sanatorium ✓
Q - Quiviger, Pascale - Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs ✓
R - Robert Seethaler - Das Café ohne Namen ✓
S - Saša Stanišić - Vor dem Fest ✓
T - Tanya Byrne - Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus ✓
U - Umeda Miso - Die Stadt in deinen Farben ✓
V - Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita ✓
W - Wilde, Oscar - The Decay of Lying ✓
X - Alexandre Dumas - Die drei Musketiere ✓
Y - Ichinose Yuma - No God in Eden 01 ✓
Z - Zariya Ranmaru - Coyote 4 ✓

Finished: 2023/10/08

2023 Serious Reader Level 1 msg #39

1. Vor dem Fest by Saša Stanišić ✓
2. Verschwiegen by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir ✓
3. Coyote 4 by Zariya Ranmaru ✓
4. Die Überlebenden by Alex Schulman ✓
5. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ✓
6. In these words 04 by GuiltPleasure ✓
7. Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus by Tanya Byrne ✓
8. Die Nacht gehört den Schatten: Norwegen-Thriller by Daniela Arnold ✓
9. Der Inselmann by Dirk Gieselmann ✓
10. The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera ✓
11. Carrie by Stephen King ✓
12. Einsteins Hirn: Roman by Franzobel ✓
13. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov ✓
14. Feldpost by Mechtild Borrmann ✓
15. Ilias by Homer ✓
16. Das Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse ✓
17. P.S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller by Sebastian Fitzek (Ed.) ✓
18. Die Stadt in deinen Farben by Umeda Miso ✓
19. New York Minute by GuiltPleasure ✓
20. First Do No Harm by GuiltPleasure ✓
21. One of these Nights by GuiltPleasure ✓
22. Schreikind by Marcus Hünnebeck ✓
23. Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft by Claude Lévi-Strauss ✓
24. The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde ✓
25. Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart ✓
26. Neun Leben by Kojima Lalako ✓
27. Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh ✓
28. Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs by Pascale Quiviger ✓
29. Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman ✓
30. Verstand und Gefühl by Jane Austen ✓
31. Das wandelnde Schloss by Diana Wynne Jones ✓
32. Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen by Stephen King ✓
33. Das Café ohne Namen by Robert Seethaler ✓
34. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh ✓
35. Fabula - Das Portal der dreizehn Reiche by Akram El-Bahay ✓
36. No God in Eden 01 by Ichinose Yuma ✓
37. No God in Eden 02 by Ichinose Yuma ✓
38. Barefoot Angel by Nonomiya Ito ✓
39. Caligula's Love by Michinoku Atami ✓
40. Wolfsgrau und geheimnisvoll by Suehiro Machi ✓
41. Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus ✓
42. Der nette Herr Heinlein und die Leichen im Keller by Stephan Ludwig ✓
43. Die Lüge by Mikita Franko ✓
44. Der Fremde by Albert Camus ✓
45. Jetzt ist Sense by Hans Rath ✓
46. Stone Blind – Der Blick der Medusa by Natalie Haynes ✓
47. Zeitenwechsel by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
48. Finsteres Hochland by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
49. Das Geheimnis des Alchemisten by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
50. Orwell Collection: Animal Farm & 1984 by George Orwell ✓
51. Tod der Königin: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
52. Out of the Blue by Jason June ✓
53. Der Tanzende by Victor Jestin ✓
DNF With All My Heart by Samantha Young
54. Die Pest by Albert Camus ✓
55. Fuchsrot wie die Eifersucht by Suehiro Machi ✓
56. Der Trost der Schönheit: Eine Suche by Gabriele von Arnim ✓
57. Durch das große Feuer by Alice Winn ✓
58. Böses Blut by Robert Galbraith ✓
59. Crater Lake: Schlaf NIEMALS ein by Jennifer Killick ✓
60. Fünf Winter by James Kestrel ✓
61. Narziß und Goldmund by Hermann Hesse ✓
62. Mary & Claire by Markus Orths ✓
63. What if we Drown by Sarah Sprinz ✓
64. Der wiedergefundene Freund by Fred Uhlman ✓
65. Ich, Sperling: Roman Der Sunday Times Bestseller by James Hynes ✓
66. Kalter Fels: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
67. Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes, Sonderermittler der Krone, Folge 6: Hexenwald by Jonas Maas ✓
68. Ritual des Grauens: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
69. Die drei Musketiere by Alexandre Dumas ✓
70. Home Far Away by Yatsuda Teki ✓
71. Ein Fremder am Strand by Kii Kanna ✓
72. Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 01 by Kii Kanna ✓
73. Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 02 by Kii Kanna ✓
74. Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 03 by Kii Kanna ✓
75. Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 04 Harukaze no Étranger 4 by Kii Kanna ✓
76. Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 05 by Kii Kanna ✓
77. Just A Porn by Cat T. Mad ✓
78. Die schönsten Gedichte by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ✓
79. Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka ✓
80. Das Orchideenhaus: Roman by Lucinda Riley ✓
81. Cupid is Struck by Lightning 1 by Suzumaru Minta ✓
82. Love is a Stupid Thing by Tanaka Ogeretsu ✓
83. Warte auf mich in Udagawa by Hideyoshico ✓
84. Deutscher Buchpreis 2023. Die Nominierten by Börsenblatt ✓
85. Der Röntgen-Zwischenfall: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
86. Das Erbe des Doktors: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
87. I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Suzumaru Minta ✓
88. Golden Sparkle by Suzumaru Minta ✓
89. Der Geschmack von Glück 02 by Kakine ✓
90. Cupid is Struck by Lightning 2 by Suzumaru Minta ✓
91. Der Schöne und der Nerd by Kousaka Akiho ✓
92. See you later, Mermaid by Hayane Dentou ✓
93. Mehr als tausend Worte by Hagi ✓
94. Der Sturm in meinem Herzen by Marion Perko ✓
95. From Top to Bottom by Asai Sai ✓
96. Blood Lad 3 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
97. Der Metalhead von nebenan by Mamita ✓
98. Blood Lad 4 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
99. THEO by Aono Nachi ✓
100. MADK 1: Abgedreht und faszinierend: Bemerkenswert gezeichnete Boys-Love-Story direkt aus der Hölle! by Suzuri Ryo ✓

Finished: 2024/04/19

Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge msg #104
Starting Date: 01.01.2022

Goal: Travel the world alphabetically! From A - Z use different settings and locals to read the alphabet. You may use the names of cities, counties, states, Providences, countries, lakes, oceans, mountain range, islands, national parks, etc.

For hard to find letters, like "X" and "Z", you may use settings with with the letter within the name.

Yes, you may use fictional settings.

A - Argentina - Unser Teil der Nacht by Mariana Enriquez ✓
B - Blackfriars Bridge - Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ✓
C - China - The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare & Wesley Chu ✓
D - Drexel - Das Mädchen im Fluss by Carolyn Haines ✓
E - Emberfall - Ein Fluch so ewig und kalt by Brigid Kemmerer ✓
F - France - Gesammelte Werke: Die 120 Tage von Sodom - Justine - Juliette - Die Philosophie im Boudoir by Marquis de Sade ✓
G - Great Britain - Oscar's Books: A Journey Around the Library of Oscar Wilde by Thomas Wright ✓
H - Helsinki - Quality Time by Miika Nousiainen ✓
I - Isengard - The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien ✓
J - Japan - Das Museum der Stille by Ogawa Yōko ✓
K - Kent - Radio Silence by Alice Oseman ✓
L - Lübeck - Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann ✓
M - Minas Tirith - The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien ✓
N - New York - Der Pate by Mario Puzo ✓
O - Okishima - Battle Royale by Takami Koushun ✓
P - Paris - Fünf Tage in Paris by Tatiana de Rosnay ✓
Q - Slaughter Quay - Die Verlorenen by Simon Beckett ✓
R - Reading Gaol - The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde ✓
S - Skibbereen - Vor die Füße gefallen by Kay Monroe ✓
T - Truham Grammar School for Boys - Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman ✓
U - Uppsala - Puppentod by Erik Axl Sund ✓
V - Venedig - Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann ✓
W - Warsaw - Im Wasser sind wir schwerelos by Tomasz Jedrowski ✓
X - Oxford - Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman ✓
Y - Yrjönkatu (street) - Was wir verbergen by Arttu Tuominen ✓
Z - Zeitenwirbel - das kleine böse Buch 3 by Magnus Myst ✓

Finished: 2024/05/24

TBR Tackler 2024 msg #16

Levels
Headlock: 1-8 books
Coathanger: 9-17 books
Spear Tackle: 18-26 books
No Suspension: 27 + books

been on home TBR prior to 2024: 50


other:

Finished: 2024/06/08

Down the Rabbit Hole msg #122
Starting Date: 01.01.2022

Book Levels:
- Threshold: 2-3 books
- Mimicry: 4 - 6 books
- Keyhole : 7 - 10 books
- Fissure : 11 - 15 books
- Open Door : 16 - 20 books
- Imagination : 21 - 24 books
- Dimension : 25+ books

Progress: 34/34 (only collecting characters as of 2022/12/02)

Option 1: Down the Rabbit Hole Titles/Covers
►Using titles and covers, find the characters:

♠️ Mad Hatter: Read a book with a man in a hat on the cover or Hat in the title ✓
♠️ Alice: Read a book with a woman/girl on the cover with a blue dress or where the MC is named Alice ✓
♠️ Cheshire Cat: Read a book with a purple cover or with a cat on the cover ✓
♠️ Queen of Hearts: Read a book with Queen in the title or a book with playing cards on the cover ✓
♠️ White Rabbit: Read a book with White in the title or with a timepiece on the cover ✓
♠️ Caterpillar: Read a book with someone smoking on the cover or with mushrooms on the cover ✓
♠️ March Hare: Read a book with March in the title or with a rabbit on the cover ✓
♠️ Dormouse: Read a book with a mouse on the cover or with someone drinking tea on the cover ✓
♠️ Mock Turtle: Read a book with Turtle in the title or set by the sea ✓
♠️ Duchess: Read a book with Duchess in the title or where the main character has children ✓
♠️ Dodo: Read a book with a bird on the cover or read an autobiography ✓
♠️ Knave of Hearts: Read a book with a Heart in the title or where a character goes to trial ✓
♠️ King of Hearts: Read a book with King in the title or with a red cover ✓
♠️ Bill the Lizard: Read a book with a chimney on the cover or with Bill in the title ✓
♠️ Gryphon: Read a book with a lion on the cover or read a book with Eagle in the title ✓
♠️ Mouse: Read a book with someone swimming on the cover or with Tale in the title ✓

Option 2: Down the Rabbit Hole Themed Books
►Read books set in different realities or alternative worlds
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Finished: 2024/06/15

New 2 U Authors 2024 msg #12

Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Fresh Face = 5
Adventurer = 10
Risk Taker = 15
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

Progress: 30/30

1. Casey McQuiston - Red, White & Royal Blue ✓
2. Erika Mann - Wenn die Lichter ausgehen ✓
3. Yokoyama Hideo - 2 ✓
4. T.J. Klune - The House in the Cerulean Sea ✓
5. Aiden Thomas - Cemetery Boys ✓
6. Rebecca F. Kuang - Yellowface ✓
7. Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich - If This Gets Out ✓
8. F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby ✓
9. David James Poissant - Sommerhaus am See ✓
10. Edoardo De Angelis & Sando Veronesi - Comandante: Roman ✓
11. F.T. Lukens - So This Is Ever After ✓
12. Morishita Suu - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 01 ✓
13. Richard Osman - Der Donnerstagsmordclub ✓
14. Thomas Zwerina - Eine Fingerkuppe Freiheit: Historischer Roman Aus dem Leben des Louis Braille Über den Erfinder der Blindenschrift ✓
15. Simon Beckett - Die Verlorenen ✓
16. Sam Feuerbach - Der Totengräbersohn 1 ✓
17. Joseph Westfall - Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter ✓
18. Furudate Haruichi - Haikyu!!, Band 1 ✓
19. Debbie Tung - Book Love: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Lesen ✓
20. Nita Prose - The Maid: Ein Zimmermädchen ermittelt ✓
21. Kizu Natsuki - Given 01 ✓
22. Alan Rickman - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman ✓
23. Anna Revell - Alan Turing: Enigma ✓
24. Hourly History - Alan Turing: A Life From Beginning to End ✓
25. Hanada Ryo - Devils' Line 01 ✓
26. Linus Giese - Pride! Eine kurze Geschichte der LGBTQ+ Bewegung ✓
27. Cece Bell - El Taubinio ✓
28. William Thorp - Und dann verschwinde ich in die Nacht: Der Golden-State-Killer (True Crime) ✓
29. Fujita Cafeco - Das Alpha-Omega-Dilemma 01 ✓
30. Bodo Schäfer - Ein Hund namens Money: Spielerisch zu Erfolg und Wohlstand ✓

Finished: 2024/06/18

2024 Serious Reader Level 1 msg #17

1. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ✓ 01/04
2. Wenn die Lichter ausgehen by Erika Mann ✓ 01/08
3. Focus 10 Band 1 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/09
4. Focus 10 Band 2 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/09
5. Focus 10 Band 3 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/09
6. Focus 10 Band 4 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/10
7. Focus 10 Band 5 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/11
8. Focus 10 Band 6 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/11
9. Focus 10 Band 7 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/11
10. Focus 10 Band 8 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/11
11. Focus 10 Band 9 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/11
12. Focus 10 Band 10 by Martina Peters ✓ 01/11
13. Loveless by Alice Oseman ✓ 01/20
14. 2 by Yokoyama Hideo ✓ 01/21
15. Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen. by Franz Kafka ✓ 01/25
16. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ✓ 01/29
17. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ✓ 02/10
18. Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang ✓ 02/12
19. TIPTOE - Auf Zehenspitzen ins Glück by Kay Monroe ✓ 02/13
20. BENNI - Pink geht immer by Kay Monroe ✓ 02/14
21. Die Maimädchen by Pascale Quiviger ✓ 02/18
22. Undertow: Illustrated Novel by GuiltPleasure ✓ 02/19
23. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ✓ 02/19
24. If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich ✓ 02/25
25. Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde ✓ 02/27
26. Father Figure by GuiltPleasure ✓ 03/02
27. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ✓ 03/03
28. Die Tore Der Welt read by Tobias Kluckert ✓ 03/08
29. Eine Nacht am Brocken: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓ 03/09
30. Sommerhaus am See by David James Poissant ✓ 03/10
31. Comandante: Roman by Edoardo De Angelis & Sandro Veronesi ✓ 03/15
32. Barefoot Angel 2 by Nonomiya Ito ✓ 03/21
33. Kneel Down and Ask for Love by Yamada Nonono ✓ 03/22
34. Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 01 by Morishita Suu ✓ 03/22
35. Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 02 by Morishita Suu ✓ 03/22
36. Therapy Game Restart, Vol. 3 by Hinohara Meguru ✓ 03/23
37. Nagahama to Be, or Not to Be by Beriko Scarlet ✓ 03/24
38. So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens ✓ 03/26
39. Die Namenlose aus der Seine by Jonas Maas ✓ 03/29
40. Der Geheimbund der Masken by Jonas Maas ✓ 03/29
41. Der Donnerstagsmordclub by Richard Osman ✓ 04/01
42. Franny und Zooey by J.D. Salinger ✓ 04/05
43. Eine Fingerkuppe Freiheit: Historischer Roman Aus dem Leben des Louis Braille Über den Erfinder der Blindenschrift by Thomas Zwerina ✓ 04/08
44. MADK 2 by Suzuri Ryo ✓ 04/08
45. Die Verlorenen by Simon Beckett ✓ 04/19
46. Buffy, Im Bann der Dämonen, Spike & Dru, Dämonische Liebe by Christopher Golden ✓ 04/21
47. Der Totengräbersohn 1 by Sam Feuerbach ✓ 04/25
48. Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter by Joseph Westfall ✓ 04/28
49. Haikyu!!, Band 1 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 04/28
50. Haikyu!!, Band 2 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 04/29
51. Haikyu!!, Band 3 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 04/29
52. Haikyu!!, Band 4 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 04/29
53. Haikyu!!, Band 5 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 04/30
54. Haikyu!!, Band 6 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/01
55. Haikyu!!, Band 7 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/01
56. Haikyu!!, Band 8 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/01
57. Book Love: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Lesen by Debbie Tung ✓ 05/02
58. The Maid: Ein Zimmermädchen ermittelt by Nita Prose ✓ 05/03
59. Haikyu!!, Band 9 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/04
60. Haikyu!!, Band 10 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/05
61. Given 01 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 05/06
62. Given 02 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 05/07
63. Given 03 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 05/08
64. Given 04 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 05/09
65. Given 05 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 05/09
66. MADK 3: Abgedreht und faszinierend: Bemerkenswert gezeichnete Boys-Love-Story direkt aus der Hölle! by Suzuri Ryo ✓ 05/11
67. Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 03 by Morishita Suu ✓ 05/12
68. Haikyu!!, Band 11 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/13
69. Haikyu!!, Band 12 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/14
70. Haikyu!!, Band 13 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/14
71. Hope in Our Universe by Andreas Dutter ✓ 05/15
72. Haikyu!!, Band 14 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/16
73. Haikyu!!, Band 15 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/17
74. Haikyu!!, Band 16 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/17
75. Haikyu!!, Band 17 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/18
76. Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman ✓ 05/19
77. Alan Turing: Enigma by Anna Revell ✓ 05/19
78. Haikyu!!, Band 18 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/19
79. Haikyu!!, Band 19 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/20
80. Given 06 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 05/20
81. Alan Turing: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History ✓ 05/20
82. Haikyu!!, Band 20 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/20
83. Haikyu!!, Band 21 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/20
84. Haikyu!!, Band 22 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/21
85. Lieb mich noch, bevor du stirbst 02 by Sora ✓ 05/23
86. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart ✓ 05/24
87. Lieb mich noch, bevor du stirbst 03 by Sora ✓ 05/24
88. The Bride by GuiltPleasure ✓ 05/29
89. Devils' Line 01 by Hanada Ryo ✓ 05/30
90. Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 04 by Morishita Suu ✓ 05/30
91. Haikyu!! – Band 23 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 06/01
92. Noah by Sebastian Fitzek ✓ 06/02
93. Hard Skin by Chris P. Rolls ✓ 06/05
94. Pride! Eine kurze Geschichte der LGBTQ+ Bewegung by Linus Giese ✓ 06/06
95. El Taubinio by Cece Bell ✓ 06/08
96. Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History ✓ 06/08
97. Und dann verschwinde ich in die Nacht: Der Golden-State-Killer (True Crime) by William Thorp ✓ 06/08
98. Das Alpha-Omega-Dilemma 01 by Fujita Cafeco ✓ 06/09
99. Ein Hund namens Money: Spielerisch zu Erfolg und Wohlstand by Bodo Schäfer ✓ 06/14
100. Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann ✓ 06/18

Finished: 2024/06/26

The Bad, the Scary and the Terrifying msg #240 & #243
Starting Date: 1.1.2023

Albtraum (German for nightmare)
A - Austen, Jane - Verstand und Gefühl ✓
L - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov ✓
B - Borrmann, Mechtild - Feldpost ✓
T - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh ✓
R - Robert Drosten - Schreikind by Marcus Hünnebeck ✓
A - Arnim, Gabriele von - Der Trost der Schönheit: Eine Suche ✓
U - Die Überlebenden by Alex Schulman ✓
M - Mary & Claire by Markus Orths ✓

Banshee
B - Blood Lad 3 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
A - Autoboyography by Christina Lauren ✓
N - Die Nacht gehört den Schatten: Norwegen-Thriller by Daniela Arnold ✓
S - Das Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse ✓
H - Holmes, Mycroft - Das Geheimnis des Alchemisten by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
E - Eva Björg Ægisdóttir - Verschwiegen ✓
E - Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus by Tanya Byrne ✓

Clown
C - Coyote 4 by Zariya Ranmaru ✓
L - Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh ✓
O - One of these Nights by GuiltPleasure ✓
W - Winman, Sarah - Lichte Tage ✓
N - New York Minute by GiultPleasure ✓

Dementor
D - Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka ✓
E - Einsteins Hirn: Roman by Franzobel ✓
M - Suzumaru Minta - Cupid is Struck by Lightning 1 ✓
E - Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft by Claude Lévi-Strauss ✓
N - Neun Leben by Kojima Lalako ✓
T - Tod der Königin: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
O - Oscar Wilde - The Decay of Lying ✓
R - Robert Seethaler - Das Café ohne Namen ✓

Eerie
E - El-Bahay, Akram - Fabula - Das Portal der dreizehn Reiche ✓
E - Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus ✓
R - Rath, Hans - Jetzt ist Sense ✓
I - In these words 04 by GuiltPleasure ✓
E - Ellwood, Sidney - Durch das große Feuer by Alice Winn ✓

Freddy Krueger
F - The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera ✓
R - Rieux, Bernard - Die Pest by Albert Camus ✓
E - Ein Fremder am Strand by Kii Kanna ✓
D - Deutscher Buchpreis 2023. Die Nominierten by Börsenblatt ✓
D - Der Geschmack von Glück 02 by Kakine ✓
Y - Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart ✓

K - Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen by Stephen King ✓
R - Robert Galbraith - Böses Blut ✓
U - Umeda Miso - Die Stadt in deinen Farben ✓
E - Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 01 by Kii Kanna ✓
G - Gwenda - Die Tore Der Welt by Ken Follett ✓
E - Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 02 by Kii Kanna ✓
R - Ritual des Grauens: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓

Ghoul
G - Goodwin - Der Zauberer der Smaragdenstadt by Alexander Wolkow ✓
H - Holland, Merlin - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde ✓
O - Oscar Wilde - Finsteres Hochland by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
U - Uhlman, Fred - Der wiedergefundene Freund ✓
L - Die Lüge by Mikita Franko ✓

Haunted House
H - Hagi - Mehr als tausend Worte ✓
A - Abel Hawthorn - Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes, Sonderermittler der Krone, Folge 6: Hexenwald by Jonas Maas ✓
U - Uehara Himari - Golden Sparkle by Suzumaru Minta ✓
N - No God in Eden 01 by Ichinose Yuma ✓
T - Der Tanzende by Victor Jestin ✓
E - Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 03 by Kii Kanna ✓
D - Hayane Dentou - See you later, Mermaid ✓

H - Haji - Badass ✓
O - Orwell Collection: Animal Farm & 1984 by George Orwell ✓
U - Ulrichs, Otto - Mephisto by Klaus Mann ✓
S - Die schönsten Gedichte by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ✓
E - Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 04 Harukaze no Étranger 4 by Kii Kanna ✓

Irrwicht (German for Boggart in Harry Potter)
I - Der Inselmann by Dirk Gieselmann ✓
R - Richelieu - Die drei Musketiere by Alexandre Dumas ✓
R - Riley, Lucinda - Das Orchideenhaus: Roman ✓
W - Das wandelnde Schloss by Diana Wynne Jones ✓
I - Ilias by Homer ✓
C - Carrie by Stephen King ✓
H - Hugh "Shuggie" Bain - Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart ✓
T - Yatsuda Teki - Home Far Away ✓

Jack the Ripper
J - Just A Porn by Cat T. Mad ✓
A - Totoki Ao - Cupid is Struck by Lightning 2 by Suzumaru Minta ✓
C - Caligula's Love by Michinoku Atami ✓
K - Killick, Jennifer - Crater Lake: Schlaf NIEMALS ein ✓

T - The Vampire has a Death Wish by Momojiri Hibari ✓
H - Harto - Dick Fight Island 02 by Ike Reibun ✓
E - Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 05 by Kii Kanna ✓

R - Der Röntgen-Zwischenfall: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
I - Nonomiya Ito - Barefoot Angel ✓
P - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ✓
P - P.S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller by Sebastian Fitzek (Ed.) ✓
E - Das Erbe des Doktors: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
R - Rei - THEO by Aono Nachi ✓

Killer
K - Kalter Fels: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
I - Ich, Sperling: Roman Der Sunday Times Bestseller by James Hynes ✓
L - Laurence "Laurie" Cavelle - What if we Drown by Sarah Sprinz ✓
L - Love is a Stupid Thing by Tanaka Ogeretsu ✓
E - Explosive Love Song by Suzumaru Minta ✓
R - Suzuri Ryo - MADK 1: Abgedreht und faszinierend: Bemerkenswert gezeichnete Boys-Love-Story direkt aus der Hölle! ✓

Lucifer
L - Leo Cyprian - Der Sturm in meinem Herzen by Marion Perko ✓
U - Urushizaki Kazunori - When A Man Loves Man 1 - A Hunt For The Passion by Nitta Youka ✓
C - Kashima Chiaki - Prickelnde Posen 01 ✓
I - Ingenium: Das erste Rätsel by Danielle Trussoni ✓
F - First Do No Harm by GuiltPleasure ✓
E - Nagisa Eiji - Kabukicho Bad Trip Vol. 1 ✓
R - Roald Dahl - Matilda ✓

Medusa
M - Sugihara Machiko - What's your dirty fantasy? ✓
E - Everdeen, Katniss - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins ✓
D - Der Totengräbersohn 1 by Sam Feuerbach ✓
U - Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen. by Franz Kafka ✓
S - Suehiro Machi - Fuchsrot wie die Eifersucht ✓
A - Michinoku Atami - Caligula's Love: The Master ✓

Nosferatu
N - Der nette Herr Heinlein und die Leichen im Keller by Stephan Ludwig ✓
O - Out of the Blue by Jason June ✓
S - Satomi Chihiro - 手を伸ばしたら、つばさ by Yamada Nonono ✓
F - Der Fremde by Albert Camus ✓
E - Ehrens, Mathilda - Focus 10 Band 3 by Martina Peters ✓
R - Takaki Ryo - When a man loves a man 2 - The Last Waltz by Nitta Youka ✓
A - Asai Sai - From Top to Bottom ✓
T - Tachibana - Club Naked 01 by Sagawa Miku ✓
U - Undertow: Illustrated Novel by GuiltPleasure ✓

Oni (Japanese demon)
O - Owen O'Hickey - Starlight in Our Dreams by Andreas Dutter ✓
N - Natalie Haynes - Stone Blind – Der Blick der Medusa ✓
I - I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Suzumaru Minta ✓

Pennywise
P - Prickelnde Posen 02 by Kashima Chiaki ✓
E - Ema - Die Maimädchen by Pascale Quiviger ✓
N - Narziß und Goldmund by Hermann Hesse ✓
N - Nick Nelson - Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman ✓
Y - Ichinose Yuma - No God in Eden 02 ✓
W - Wolfsgrau und geheimnisvoll by Suehiro Machi ✓
I - Inoue Shinobu - Der Schöne und der Nerd by Kousaka Akiho ✓
S - Sutton, Benjamin - BENNI - Pink geht immer by Kay Monroe ✓
E - Eine Nacht am Brocken: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓

Qualen (German for agony)
Q - Quiviger, Pascale - Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs ✓
U - Uriel Blackstone - Father Figure by GuiltPleasure ✓
A - Arttu Tuominen - Was wir nie verzeihen: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 3) ✓
L - Liz T. Blood - Blood Lad 4 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
E - Edoardo De Angelis - Comandante: Roman ✓
N - Noél - torrent by Martina Peters ✓

Ruins
R - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ✓
U - Ukai Keishin - Haikyu!!, Band 6 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
I - Ikematsu Soushi - Der Metalhead von nebenan by Mamita ✓
N - Nick Carraway - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ✓
S - Sommerhaus am See by David James Poissant ✓

Serial Killer
S - Ikushima Shizuma - Therapy Game Restart, Vol. 3 by Hinohara Meguru ✓
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 01 by Morishita Suu ✓
R - Rebecca F. Kuang - Yellowface ✓
I - Isaki Sou - Hypnotic Therapy by Masaki Maki ✓
A - Adrian Szaar - Focus 10 Band 1 by Martina Peters ✓
L - Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli ✓

K - Saeki Kei - 2nd Virgin by Zunda Mochiko ✓
I - Anji Ikkaku - Club Naked 02 by Sagawa Miku ✓
L - Loveless by Alice Oseman ✓
L - Lena - Focus 10 Band 5 by Martina Peters ✓
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 02 by Morishita Suu ✓
R - Ruben Montez - If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich ✓

Tombstone
T - となりの男【電子特典付き】 (あすかコミックスCL-DX) Tonari no Otoko by Hagi ✓
O - Ogawa Yōko - Das Museum der Stille ✓
M - Hikawa Mizuki - Kabukicho Bad Trip 2 by Nagisa Eiji ✓
B - Baillie, Ismael - Focus 10 Band 6 by Martina Peters ✓
S - Sayama Masami - Kneel Down and Ask for Love by Yamada Nonono ✓
T - Tiberius - Focus 10 Band 4 by Martina Peters ✓
O - Osakabe - 2 by Yokoyama Hideo ✓
N - Nagahama to Be, or Not to Be by Beriko Scarlet ✓
E - Elizabeth Best - Der Donnerstagsmordclub by Richard Osman ✓

Underworld
U - Ushijima Wakatoshi - Haikyu!!, Band 9 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
N - Die Namenlose aus der Seine by Jonas Maas ✓
D - Der Geheimbund der Masken by Jonas Maas ✓
E - Eine Fingerkuppe Freiheit: Historischer Roman Aus dem Leben des Louis Braille Über den Erfinder der Blindenschrift by Thomas Zwerina ✓
R - Richard McClelland - Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter ✓
W - Warte auf mich in Udagawa by Hideyoshico ✓
O - Oikawa Toru - Haikyu!!, Band 2 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
R - Tanaka Ryunosuke - Haikyu!!, Band 1 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
L - Linus Baker - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ✓
D - Die Verlorenen by Simon Beckett ✓

Vampire
V - Vor dem Fest by Saša Stanišić ✓
A - Kaji Akihiko - Given 02 by Kizu Natsuki ✓
M - Martina Peters - Focus 10 Band 2 ✓
P - Peters, Martina - Focus 10 Band 7 ✓
I - Ike Reibun - Dick Fight Island 01 ✓
R - Uenoyama Ritsuka - Given 01 by Kizu Natsuki ✓
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 03 by Morishita Suu ✓

Werewolf
W - Wilde, Oscar - The Importance of Being Earnest ✓
E - Ennoshita Chikara - Haikyu!!, Band 14 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
R - Revell, Anna - Alan Turing: Enigma ✓
E - Semi Eita - Haikyu!!, Band 19 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
W - Watari Shinji - Haikyu!!, Band 7 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
O - Oscar - Noah by Sebastian Fitzek ✓
L - F.T. Lukens - So This Is Ever After ✓
F - Fünf Winter by James Kestrel ✓

Xenael (Greek demon)
X - Xaver Weber - Wenn die Lichter ausgehen by Erika Mann ✓
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 04 by Morishita Suu ✓
N - Nita Prose - The Maid: Ein Zimmermädchen ermittelt ✓
A - Azumane Asahi - Haikyu!!, Band 3 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
E - El Taubinio by Cece Bell ✓
L - Luzifer - Barefoot Angel 2 by Nonomiya Ito ✓

Yokai (Japanese demon)
Y - Nitta Youka - When a man loves a man 5 - Irokoi 1 ✓
O - Ochiai Mikoto - Lieb mich noch, bevor du stirbst 03 by Sora ✓
K - Kay Monroe - TIPTOE - Auf Zehenspitzen ins Glück ✓
A - Aone Takanobu - Haikyu!!, Band 5 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
I - Ichii - FANGS, Vol. 1 by Billy Balibally ✓

Zodiac Killer
Z - Zeitenwechsel by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
O - Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History ✓
D - Drusilla - Buffy, Im Bann der Dämonen, Spike & Dru, Dämonische Liebe by Chritsopher Golden ✓
I - Ishii Naoki - When a man loves a man 3 - The Last Waltz Part 2 by Nitta Youka ✓
A - Andreas Dutter - Hope in Our Universe ✓
C - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ✓

K - Kieran - MADK 2 by Suzuri Ryo ✓
I - Iwaki Kyosuke - When a man loves a man 4 - Night Cap by Nitta Youka ✓
L - Lane Coutell - Franny und Zooey by J.D. Salinger ✓
L - Lieb mich noch, bevor du stirbst 02 by Sora ✓
E - Ein Hund namens Money: Spielerisch zu Erfolg und Wohlstand by Bodo Schäfer ✓
R - Rickman, Alan - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman ✓

Finished: 2024/07/21

All about You 02 msg #56

Duration: 1. January 2023 - 1. January 2024

Books read: 80/80

Read your Nickname
C - Carrie by Stephen King ✓
H - Home Far Away by Yatsuda Teki ✓
R - Ritual des Grauens: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
I - In these words 04 by GuiltPleasure ✓
S - Das Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse ✓
S - Die Stadt in deinen Farben by Umeda Miso ✓
I - Der Inselmann by Dirk Gieselmann ✓
E - Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus by Tanya Byrne ✓

Read four books where the protagonist has your current job, your dream job, or even your avocation. (bookstore/library/author) 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Choose four books where your favorite color appears somewhere on the cover, with at least one the predominate cover color. (petrol) 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Read four books from your favorite series. They can either all be from different series or the same one. 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Read you favorite car
O - One of these Nights by GuiltPleasure ✓
P - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ✓
E - Einsteins Hirn: Roman by Franzobel ✓
L - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov ✓

C - Das Café ohne Namen by Robert Seethaler ✓
O - Orwell Collection: Animal Farm & 1984 by George Orwell ✓
R - Der Röntgen-Zwischenfall: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
S - Schreikind by Marcus Hünnebeck ✓
A - Andrea Maria Schenkel - Richtet sie hin!: Historische Fälle (True Crime) ✓

Read your birth order
T - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh ✓
H - Hypnotic Therapy by Masaki Maki ✓
I - Ilias by Homer ✓
R - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ✓
D - The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde ✓

Read your favorite sport
H - Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman ✓
A - Andreas Dutter - Hope in Our Universe ✓
N - Die Nacht gehört den Schatten: Norwegen-Thriller by Daniela Arnold ✓
D - Das wandelnde Schloss by Diana Wynne Jones ✓
B - Barefoot Angel by Nonomiya Ito ✓
A - Alan Rickman - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman ✓
L - Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman ✓
L - Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh ✓

Your best subject in school
A - Alan Turing: Enigma by Anna Revell ✓
R - Suzuri Ryo - MADK 3: Abgedreht und faszinierend: Bemerkenswert gezeichnete Boys-Love-Story direkt aus der Hölle! ✓
T - Tod der Königin: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
S - Stone Blind – Der Blick der Medusa by Natalie Haynes ✓

Read four books total, one each with “earth, wind, fire, water” in the title, or has a depiction of them on the cover, or is the subject of the book 4/4
(water) ✓ (fire) ✓ (wind) ✓ (earth) ✓

Kingdom: Animal
C - Caligula's Love by Michinoku Atami ✓
H - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ✓
E - Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft by Claude Lévi-Strauss ✓
E - Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs by Pascale Quiviger ✓
T - Der Tanzende by Victor Jestin ✓
A - Alan Turing: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History ✓
H - Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter by Joseph Westfall ✓

Read your favorite media delivery system
P - P.S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller by Sebastian Fitzek (Ed.) ✓
A - Das Alpha-Omega-Dilemma 01 by Fujita Cafeco ✓
P - Die Pest by Albert Camus ✓
E - Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus ✓
R - Hanada Ryo - Devils' Line 01 ✓
B - Böses Blut by Robert Galbraith ✓
A - Autoboyography by Christina Lauren ✓
C - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde ✓
K - Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen by Stephen King ✓

Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1” . (book crush)
H - Haikyu!!, Band 1 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
A - Michinoku Atami - Yakuza Angel ✓
N - New York Minute by GiultPleasure ✓
N - Neun Leben by Kojima Lalako ✓
I - Ich, Sperling: Roman Der Sunday Times Bestseller by James Hynes ✓
B - Blood Lad 3 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
A - Ariki Eiko - Beast After School ✓
L - Die Lüge by Mikita Franko ✓

L - Love is a Stupid Thing by Tanaka Ogeretsu ✓
E - Ein Fremder am Strand by Kii Kanna ✓
C - Crater Lake: Schlaf NIEMALS ein by Jennifer Killick ✓
T - Der Trost der Schönheit: Eine Suche by Gabriele von Arnim ✓
E - Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 02 by Kii Kanna ✓
R - Rolls, Chris P. - Hard Skin ✓

Finished: 2024/08/17

Author Alphabet Reading Challenge msg #249
Starting Date: 01.01.2022

Firt Name 26/26
A - Alice Oseman - Heartstopper: Volume Two ✓
B - Brigid Kemmerer - Ein Fluch so ewig und kalt ✓
C - Cassandra Clare - Clockwork Princess ✓
D - Delia Owens - Der Gesang der Flusskrebse ✓
E - Erik Axl Sund - Puppentod ✓
F - Donatien Alphonse François de Sade - Gesammelte Werke: Die 120 Tage von Sodom - Justine - Juliette - Die Philosophie im Boudoir ✓
G - Gerry Stratmann (part of Kuschelgang) - Farben der Liebe ✓
H - Heinrich Mann - Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen ✓
I - Nonomiya Ito - Barefoot Angel ✓
J - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Return of the King ✓
K - Kay Monroe - Vor die Füße gefallen ✓
L - Leona Deakin - Mind Games ✓
M - Maureen Johnson - Ghosts of the Shadow Market ✓
N - Noa Liàn - Die Geschichte hinter dem Ende ✓
O - Oscar Wilde - The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems ✓
P - Philippe Claudel - Die grauen Seelen ✓
Q - Quentin Blake (illustrator) - Matilda ✓
R - Robert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ✓
S - Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower ✓
T - Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks ✓
U - Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz - Der Reisende ✓
V - Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita ✓
W - Wesley Chu & Cassandra Clare - The Lost Book of the White ✓
X - Alexander Wolkow - Der Zauberer der Smaragdenstadt ✓
Y - Kim YoungHa - Aufzeichnungen eines Serienmörders ✓
Z - Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire ✓

Surname 26/26
A - Albertalli, Becky - The Upside of Unrequited ✓
B - Brückner, Susann - endlich.: über trauer reden ✓
C - Carter, Chris - Der Knochenbrecher ✓
D - de Rosnay, Tatiana - Fünf Tage in Paris ✓
E - Enriquez, Mariana - Unser Teil der Nacht ✓
F - Fitzek, Sebastian - Der Insasse ✓
G - Gieselmann, Dirk - Der Inselmann: Roman ✓
H - Haines, Carolyn - Das Mädchen im Fluss ✓
I - Ichinose Yuma - No God in Eden 01 ✓
J - Jones, Lesley-Ann - Freddie Mercury: Die Biografie ✓
K - King, Stephen - Basar der bösen Träume ✓
L - Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan - Carmilla, der weibliche Vampir: Eine Vampirgeschichte ✓
M - Mann, Thomas - Der Tod in Venedig ✓
N - Nousiainen, Miika - Quality Time ✓
O - Oseman, Alice - Heartstopper: Volume Three ✓
P - Puzo, Mario - Der Pate ✓
Q - Quiviger, Pascale - Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs ✓
R - Rolls, Chris P. - Dirty Devil ✓
S - Schleif, Thorsten - Richter morden besser ✓
T - Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Two Towers ✓
U - Umeda Miso - Die Stadt in deinen Farben ✓
V - Vuong, Ocean - Auf Erden sind wir kurz grandios ✓
W - Wright, Thomas - Oscar's Books: A Journey Around the Library of Oscar Wilde ✓
X - Xenophon - Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates ✓
Y - Yanagihara, Hanya - A Little Life ✓
Z - Zariya Ranmaru - Coyote 4 ✓

Finished: 2024/09/03

Read your Name msg #74
Starting Date: 1.1.2023

C - Coyote 4 by Zariya Ranmaru ✓
H - Home Far Away by Yatsuda Teki ✓
R - Ritual des Grauens: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
I - In these words 04 by GuiltPleasure ✓
S - Das Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse ✓
T - The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera ✓
I - Der Inselmann by Dirk Gieselmann ✓
N - Die Nacht gehört den Schatten: Norwegen-Thriller by Daniela Arnold ✓

C - Das Café ohne Namen by Robert Seethaler ✓
H - Hypnotic Therapy by Masaki Maki ✓
R - Der Röntgen-Zwischenfall: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
I - Ich, Sperling: Roman Der Sunday Times Bestseller by James Hynes ✓
S - Stone Blind – Der Blick der Medusa by Natalie Haynes ✓
T - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh ✓
I - Ingenium: Das erste Rätsel by Danielle Trussoni ✓
N - No God in Eden 01 by Ichinose Yuma ✓

C - Caligula's Love by Michinoku Atami ✓
H - Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman ✓
R - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ✓
I - I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Suzumaru Minta ✓
S - Die schönsten Gedichte by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ✓
T - Tod der Königin: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
I - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ✓
N - No God in Eden 02 by Ichinose Yuma ✓

C - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde ✓
H - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ✓
R - Richtet sie hin!: Historische Fälle (True Crime) by Andrea Maria Schenkel ✓
I - If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich ✓
S - Der Sturm in meinem Herzen by Marion Perko ✓
T - Der Tanzende by Victor Jestin ✓
I - I Will Read to You by Gideon Sterer ✓
N - Der nette Herr Heinlein und die Leichen im Keller by Stephan Ludwig ✓

Finished: 2024/09/08

Author Alphabet 2024 msg #9

Progress: 26/26

A - Aiden Thomas - Cemetery Boys ✓
B - Beriko Scarlet - Nagahama to Be, or Not to Be ✓
C - Casey McQuiston - Red, White & Royal Blue ✓
D - Debbie Tung - Book Love: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Lesen ✓
E - Erika Mann - Wenn die Lichter ausgehen ✓
F - Feuerbach, Sam - Der Totengräbersohn 1 ✓
G - Gonzales, Sophie - If This Gets Out ✓
H - Hinohara Meguru - Therapy Game Restart, Vol. 3 ✓
I - Nonomiya Ito - Barefoot Angel 2 ✓
J - David James Poissant - Sommerhaus am See ✓
K - Kafka, Franz - Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen. ✓
L - F.T. Lukens - So This Is Ever After ✓
M - Martina Peters - Focus 10 Band 5 ✓
N - Kichiku Neko - Undertow: Illustrated Novel ✓
O - Oseman, Alice - Loveless ✓
P - Peters, Martina - Focus 10 Band 1 ✓
Q - Quiviger, Pascale - Die Maimädchen ✓
R - Rebecca F. Kuang - Yellowface ✓
S - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby ✓
T - Travis John Klune - The House in the Cerulean Sea ✓
U - Ueda Aki - Taste of Desire ✓
V - Veronesi, Sandro - Comandante: Roman ✓
W - Wilde, Oscar - The Importance of Being Earnest ✓
X - Xenophon - Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates ✓
Y - Yokoyama Hideo - 2 ✓
Z - Zwerina, Thomas - Eine Fingerkuppe Freiheit: Historischer Roman Aus dem Leben des Louis Braille Über den Erfinder der Blindenschrift ✓

Finished: 2024/12/02

Authors Birthdays msg #83
Starting Date: 1.1.2023

Level 6 - 31 days
BONUS - Whatever level you choose, plus an extra one, for your birthday!

1. Franzobel (March) - Einsteins Hirn: Roman ✓
2. Hermann Hesse (July) - Narziß und Goldmund ✓
3. Hans Rath (November) - Jetzt ist Sense ✓
4. Kousaka Akiho (May) - Der Schöne und der Nerd ✓
5. James Kestrel alias Jonathan Moore (June) - Fünf Winter ✓
6. Thomas Mann (June) - Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull ✓
7. Saša Stanišić (March) - Vor dem Fest ✓
8. Nino Haratischwili (June) - Das achte Leben ✓
9. J.M. Barrie (May) - Peter Pan ✓
10. Kakine (June) - Der Geschmack von Glück 02 ✓
11. Suzanne Collins (August) - Catching Fire ✓
12. Mamita (March) - Der Metalhead von nebenan ✓
13. Sebastian Fitzek (October) - P.S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller ✓
14. Alexander Wolkow (July) - Der Zauberer der Smaragdenstadt ✓
15. Christopher Golden (July) - Buffy, Im Bann der Dämonen, Spike & Dru, Dämonische Liebe ✓
16. Oscar Wilde (October) - The Decay of Lying ✓
17. Alex Schulman (February) - Die Überlebenden ✓
18. Hayane Dentou (May) - See you later, Mermaid ✓
19. Fred Uhlman (January) - Der wiedergefundene Freund ✓
20. Ottessa Moshfegh (May) - Lapvona ✓
21. Stephen King (September) - Carrie ✓
22. Vladimir Nabokov (April) - Lolita ✓
23. James Hynes (August) - Ich, Sperling: Roman Der Sunday Times Bestseller ✓
24. Sarah Winman (December) - Lichte Tage ✓
25. Ichinose Yuma (February) - No God in Eden 01 ✓
26. Sophie Gonzales (September) - If This Gets Out ✓
27. Yatsuda Teki (March) - Home Far Away ✓
28. Claude Lévi-Strauss (November) - Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft ✓
29. Rebecca F. Kuang (May) - Yellowface ✓
30. Ogawa Yōko (March) - Das Museum der Stille ✓
31. Douglas Stuart (May) - Young Mungo ✓

Finished: 2024/12/11

June 2024 - Race to the Cornucopia msg #8

Duration: June 1st to July 1st 2024

Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audio book narrator's first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

Levels
Carrier Bag: 1-8 books
Picnic Basket: 9-16 books
Hamper: 17-24 books
Cornucopia: 25+ books

Progress: 68/68

Option 2: Spell out
Cornucopia
C - Chris P. Rolls - Hard Skin ✓ 06/05
O - Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History ✓ 06/08
R - Raven, Cassie - Tote schweigen nie by A.K. Turner ✓ 07/13
N - Watsuki Nobuhiro - Kenshin, Volume 01 ✓ 07/04
U - Und dann verschwinde ich in die Nacht: Der Golden-State-Killer (True Crime) by William Thorp ✓ 06/08
C - Christopher Moore - Die Bibel nach Biff ✓ 06/27
O - Oscar Wilde - 14 LABYRINTH DER ANGST - OSCAR by Jonas Maas ✓ 07/10
P - Pride! Eine kurze Geschichte der LGBTQ+ Bewegung by Linus Giese ✓ 06/06
I - I Will Read to You by Gideon Sterer ✓ 09/03
A - Das Alpha-Omega-Dilemma 01 by Fujita Cafeco ✓ 06/09

Hunger Games
H - Haikyu!! – Band 23 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 06/01
U - Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann ✓ 06/18
N - Naono Bohra - Three Wolves Mountain ✓ 08/31
G - Given 07 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 07/05
E - El Taubinio by Cece Bell ✓ 06/08
R - Tsutsuzuki Ryouichirou - Mother's Spirit 2 ✓ 07/08

G - Given 08 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 07/05
A - Autoboyography by Christina Lauren ✓ 06/26
M - Mothers Spirit by Enzou ✓ 07/08
E - Ein Hund namens Money: Spielerisch zu Erfolg und Wohlstand by Bodo Schäfer ✓ 06/14
S - Hinata Shoyo - Haikyu!! Band 24 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 07/14

Harvest
H - Hosaka-san und Miyoshi-kun 01 by Berico Scarlet ✓ 07/09
A - Michinoku Atami - Yakuza Angel ✓ 06/30
R - Amamiya Rio - The Magician and the Glittering Garden 02 by Kosumi Fujiko ✓ 07/11
V - Valentin, Mira - Die Legende von Enyador ✓ 07/21
E - Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane ✓ 07/06
S - Beriko Scarlet - Hosaka-san und Miyoshi-kun 02 ✓ 07/27
T - Takaras Glasperlen by Suzumaru Minta ✓ 07/01

Crete
C - Charles Bovary - Madame Bovary. by Gustave Flaubert ✓ 09/28
R - Richtet sie hin!: Historische Fälle (True Crime) by Andrea Maria Schenkel ✓ 07/15
E - Ariki Eiko - Beast After School ✓ 07/08
T - Taschinski, Stefanie - Bruno ✓ 08/29
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 05 by Morishita Suu ✓ 07/21

Idaho
I - Infinity in Our Hearts by Andreas Dutter ✓ 09/30
D - Dieckmann, Sandra - Morgen bin ich Sternenlicht ✓ 08/30
A - Arciel - The Magician and the Glittering Garden 03 by Kosumi Fujiko ✓ 07/14
H - Higuri You - Ludwig II: Das Rheingold ✓ 07/19
O - Osman, Richard - Der Mann, der zweimal starb ✓ 08/15

Venezuela
V - Vincent Lynch - The Doll by GuiltPleasure ✓ 07/25
E - Emmett Sorichetti - What if we Stay by Sarah Sprinz ✓ 08/03
N - Noe Rintarou - Katekyo! 01 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/07
E - Ellis, Bret Easton - The Shards ✓ 09/10
Z - Zusak, Markus - Die Bücherdiebin ✓ 08/14
U - Ueda Aki - Taste of Desire ✓ 09/08
E - Ein Regenbogen für den Schah (Luk und Galiano 1) by Elyseo da Silva ✓ 09/22
L - Ludwig II: Und Gott wacht über die ganze Welt by Higuri You ✓ 07/20
A - Arima Hinase - The Gender of Mona Lisa 02 by Yoshimura Tsumuji ✓ 08/03

Peru
P - Percival Everett - James ✓ 08/08
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 06 by Morishita Suu ✓ 12/11
R - Robertos Angebot by Chris P. Rolls ✓ 09/06
U - Unsichtbar by Eloy Moreno ✓ 10/13

Panama
P - Pageboy by Elliot Page ✓ 08/28
A - Antifon - Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates by Xenophon ✓ 08/17
N - Nohara Mosae - From the Red Fog 1 ✓ 10/03
A - Arthur Parnassus - Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune ✓ 10/03
M - Murdle: Volume 1, 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction by G.T. Karber ✓ 08/24
A - Sakyo Aya - Untouchable 01 ✓ 10/17

Colombia
C - Chris Whitaker - In den Farben des Dunkels ✓ 10/17
O - Owada Kotarou - Liebe verbindet Welten by Umeda Miso ✓ 11/07
L - Adam Liouville - King in a Lab Coat 01 by Ayase Retsu ✓ 10/23
O - Oasis Project by Ohya Kazumi ✓ 10/13
M - My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne ✓ 08/28
B - Blood Hound by Yuki Kaori ✓ 10/26
I - I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love – double by Suzumaru Minta ✓ 10/16
A - Ayase Retsu - King in a Lab Coat 02 ✓ 10/24

Any of the food items above: Ham
H - Hourly History - James Baldwin: A Life from Beginning to End ✓ 08/30
A - Haruna Akira - Männlich? Weiblich? Unbeschreiblich! 01 by Yasuko ✓ 10/24
M - Moon Shin-Geon - Shutline 01 by Kyou ✓ 09/02

Finished: 2025/03/30

December Holiday Challenge msg #32

Duration: 1.12.2024 - 28.2.2025

Levels:
Entry Level Elf: 1-5 books
Apprentice Toy Painter: 6-12 books
Toy Maker: 13-20 books
Head Elf Designer: 21+ books

Progress: 27/27

Option 3: Spell out holiday terms

Christmas
C - Camus, Albert - Der Fall ✓ 25/01/13
H - Hilda Hasenherz. Das Abenteuer im Fuchswald by Tobias Goldfarb ✓ 24/12/07
R - Raven, Cassie - Wer mit den Toten spricht by A.K. Turner ✓ 25/01/27
I - Itose Yuki - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 06 by Morishita Suu ✓ 24/12/11
S - Shimizu Eichi - Goodbye Harlequin - Special Edition ✓ 25/02/03
T - Todesurteil im Old Bailey by Anne Perry ✓ 25/02/11
M - Måns - Best Bro Ever by Jenny Jägerfeld ✓ 24/12/05
A - Axel S. Meyer - Der Sonne so nah ✓ 25/01/09
S - A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood ✓ 25/02/07

Gifts
G - Given 09 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 24/12/02
I - Nagi Itsuomi - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 07 by Morishita Suu ✓ 25/01/10
F - Frazier, Jean Kyoung - Pizza Girl ✓ 24/12/10
T - Takaya Natsuki - Fruits Basket Pearls 01 ✓ 25/03/17
S - Seed, Nora - Die Mitternachtsbibliothek by Matt Haig ✓ 25/02/17

Cookies
C - Ogawa Chise - Eine Liebesgeschichte voller Traurigkeit und Fehleinschätzungen ✓ 25/01/14
O - Ogikawa Yuusei - Links by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 25/01/06
O - Otaku Stories: Aus dem Leben eines Manga- und Anime-Fans by Amit Yarahi ✓ 25/01/09
K - Keaveney, Izzy - The Coast Road by Alan Murrin ✓ 25/02/02
I - Irene Adler - 16 DER AUSTAUSCH - OSCAR WILDE by Jonas Maas ✓ 25/01/13
E - Everdeen, Katniss - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins ✓ 24/12/21
S - Hinata Shoyo - Haikyu!! – Band 25 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 25/03/19

Advent
A - Abel Hawthorn - 17 DER MAHARADSCHA DER NA - OS by Jonas Maas ✓ 25/01/14
D - Der Prozess by Franz Kafka ✓ 24/12/31
V - Die Vegetarierin by Han Kang ✓ 25/01/18
E - Eric Ly - When Haru Was Here by Dustin Thao ✓ 25/01/06
N - Noah Jones - L.A. Waves by Pengu ✓ 25/01/02
T - Taira Tsukasa - Devils' Line 02 by Hanada Ryo ✓ 25/03/30

Finished: 2025/06/29

New 2U Authors 2025 msg #22

Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Fresh Face = 5
Adventurer = 10
Risk Taker = 15
Devil May Care = 20 or more!

01 - Dustin Thao - When Haru Was Here ✓ 01/06
02 - Amir Yarahi - Otaku Stories: Aus dem Leben eines Manga- und Anime-Fans ✓ 01/09
03 - Han Kang - Die Vegetarierin ✓ 01/18
04 - Alan Murrin - The Coast Road ✓ 02/02
05 - Kusabi Keri - Goodbye Harlequin - Special Edition ✓ 02/03
06 - Christopher Isherwood - A Single Man ✓ 02/07
07 - Anne Perry - Todesurteil im Old Bailey ✓ 02/11
08 - Agatha Christie - Mord im Orientexpress ✓ 02/11
09 - Roji - Mein Leben mit Papa und Papa #01 ✓ 02/11
10 - Matt Haig - Die Mitternachtsbibliothek ✓ 02/17
11 - Ethan Cross - Racheopfer ✓ 02/28
12 - Jonathan Fryer - Robbie Ross: Oscar Wilde's True Love ✓ 03/13
13 - Wolf Haas - Wackelkontakt ✓ 03/19
14 - Oliver Lovrenski - bruder, wenn wir nicht family sind, wer dann ✓ 03/21
15 - Dite - Teezimmerspiele ✓ 03/30
16 - Richard Wagamese - Das weite Herz des Landes ✓ 04/03
17 - AC Collins - Origamiherz ✓ 04/10
18 - Sarina Bowen - Top Secret ✓ 04/18
19 - André Aciman - Call Me by Your Name ✓ 05/02
20 - Natsuno Hiroko - About a Love song ✓ 05/12
21 - Nakamura Makino - The Fallen Alpha ✓ 05/12
22 - Shikke - Pink Heart Jam 01 ✓ 05/13
23 - Joël Dicker - Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert ✓ 05/16
24 - Yorick Goldewijk - 1000 und ich: Zweifle nicht, zögere nicht, hinterfrage nicht ✓ 05/18
25 - Mojito - Ennead 1 ✓ 05/18
26 - Kureno Mataaki - Lieber Liebeskummer ✓ 05/18
27 - Garrett Carr - Der Junge aus dem Meer ✓ 05/27
28 - Sukeyama - Total in dich verschossen ✓ 06/05
29 - Una Mannion - Licht zwischen den Bäumen ✓ 06/13
30 - Isaac Blum - Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen ✓ 06/16
31 - Anthony Doerr - Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen ✓ 06/25

Finished: 2025/06/29

TBR Tackler 2025 msg #26

Levels
Headlock: 1-8 books
Coathanger: 9-17 books
Spear Tackle: 18-26 books
No Suspension: 27 + books

on home TBR prior to 2025: 29


other:

Finished: 2025/09/09

June - Get Royal msg #6

Duration: June 1 –June 30

Option Four - Spell-It-Out: Select a royal word or name of a royal of your choice, and then spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name.

Levels of Play:
Aristocratic: 1-5 books
Blue-blooded: 6-15 books
Noble: 16-24 books
Imperial: 25+ books

Progress: 16/16

Royal
R - Richard Bachman - Todesmarsch ✓ 07/05
O - Ocean Vuong - The emperor of gladness ✓ 06/04
Y - Amakawa Yuu - Total in dich verschossen by Sukeyama ✓ 06/05
A - Amber Benson - Slayers: A Buffyverse Story ✓ 06/17
L - Licht zwischen den Bäumen by Una Mannion ✓ 06/13

Prince
P - Paul - Alle Farben grau by Martin Schäuble ✓ 07/06
R - Raven, Cassie - Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner ✓ 06/28
I - Isaac Blum - Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen ✓ 06/16
N - No. 6 Band 4 by Asano Atsuko ✓ 07/10
C - Crimson Spell 02 by Yamane Ayano ✓ 07/21
E - Elin Berg - Das Haus über dem Fjord by Kristin Valla ✓ 07/15

Crown
C - Circe by Madeline Miller ✓ 07/12
R - Richard Osman - Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt ✓ 09/09
O - Oscar Wilde - 18 BLUTDURST - OSCAR WILDE & M by Jonas Maas ✓ 06/05
W - Werner Hausner - Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr ✓ 06/25
N - Takaya Natsuki - Fruits Basket Pearls 02 ✓ 07/28

res

Dropped/Discontinued Challenges
X 2023 Serious Reader Level 2 (135/250) discontinued
X Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2024 (14/30) discontinued
X 2024 Serious Reader Level 2 (190/250) discontinued

Other non-NBRC finished Challenges
✓ Hero Alphabet (26/26)
✓ Serial Reader (29/29)
✓ Popsugar 2016 (41/41)

DISCONTINUED 2024/01/02

2023 Serious Reader Level 2 msg #56

101. Hypnotic Therapy by Masaki Maki ✓
102. Badass by Haji ✓
103. What's your dirty fantasy? by Sugihara Machiko ✓
104. The Vampire has a Death Wish by Momojiri Hibari ✓
105. Club Naked 01 by Sagawa Miku ✓
106. Club Naked 02 by Sagawa Miku ✓
107. Dick Fight Island 01 by Ike Reibun ✓
108. Matilda by Roald Dahl ✓
109. Explosive Love Song by Suzumaru Minta ✓
110. Prickelnde Posen 01 by Kashima Chiaki ✓
111. Prickelnde Posen 02 by Kashima Chiaki ✓
112. Caligula's Love: The Master by Michinoku Atami ✓
113. FANGS, Vol. 1 by Billy Balinally ✓
114. Ingenium: Das erste Rätsel by Danielle Trussoni ✓
115. 2nd Virgin by Zunda Mochiko ✓
116. 手を伸ばしたら、つばさ by Yamada Nonono ✓
117. When A Man Loves Man 1 - A Hunt For The Passion by Nitta Youka ✓
118. When a man loves a man 2 - The Last Waltz by Nitta Youka ✓
119. When a man loves a man 3 - The Last Waltz Part 2 by Nitta Youka ✓
120. When a man loves a man 4 - Night Cap by Nitta Youka ✓
121. Starlight in Our Dreams by Andreas Dutter ✓
122. When a man loves a man 5 - Irokoi 1 by Nitta Youka ✓
123. Mephisto by Klaus Mann ✓
124. Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli ✓
125. Der Zauberer der Smaragdenstadt by Alexander Wolkow ✓
126. Das Museum der Stille by Ogawa Yōko ✓
127. Dick Fight Island 02 by Ike Reibun ✓
128. となりの男【電子特典付き】 (あすかコミックスCL-DX) Tonari no Otoko by Hagi ✓
129. Kabukicho Bad Trip Vol. 1 by Nagisa Eiji ✓
130. Heartstopper: Volume Five by Alice Oseman ✓
131. Was wir nie verzeihen: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 3) by Arttu Tuominen ✓
132. Kabukicho Bad Trip 2 by Nagisa Eiji ✓
133. torrent by Martina Peters ✓
(needs to be added) 134. [torrent 2] by Martina Peters ✓
135. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins ✓
136.
137.
138.
139.
140.

DISCONTINUED 2025/01/01

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2024 msg #18
ARCs owned prior 1.1.2024

Progress: 14/30

ARC:


NetGalley:


other:

DISCONTINUED 2025/01/01

2024 Serious Reader Level 2 msg #31

101. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren ✓ 06/26
102. Die Bibel nach Biff by Christopher Moore ✓ 06/27
103. Yakuza Angel by Michinoku Atami ✓ 06/30
104. Takaras Glasperlen by Suzumaru Minta ✓ 07/01
105. Kenshin, Volume 01 by Watsuki Nobuhiro ✓ 07/04
106. Given 07 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 07/05
107. Given 08 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 07/05
108. Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane ✓ 07/06
109. Mothers Spirit by Enzou ✓ 07/08
110. Mother's Spirit 2 by Enzou ✓ 07/08
111. Beast After School by Ariki Eiko ✓ 07/08
112. Hosaka-san und Miyoshi-kun 01 by Beriko Scarlet ✓ 07/09
113. 14 LABYRINTH DER ANGST - OSCAR by Jonas Maas ✓ 07/10
114. The Magician and the Glittering Garden 02 by Kosumi Fujiko ✓ 07/11
115. Tote schweigen nie by A.K. Turner ✓ 07/13
116. The Magician and the Glittering Garden 03 by Kosumi Fujiko ✓ 07/14
117. Haikyu!! Band 24 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 07/14
118. Richtet sie hin!: Historische Fälle (True Crime) by Andrea Maria Schenkel ✓ 07/15
119. Ludwig II: Das Rheingold by Higuri You ✓ 07/19
120. Ludwig II: Und Gott wacht über die ganze Welt by Higuri You ✓ 07/20
121. Die Legende von Enyador by Mira Valentin ✓ 07/21
122. Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 05 by Morishita Suu ✓ 07/21
123. The Doll by GuiltPleasure ✓ 07/25
124. Hosaka-san und Miyoshi-kun 02 by Beriko Scarlet ✓ 07/27
125. Das achte Leben by Nino Haratischwili ✓ 08/02
126. What if we Stay by Sarah Sprinz ✓ 08/03
127. The Gender of Mona Lisa 02 by Yoshimura Tsumuji ✓ 08/03
128. James by Percival Everett ✓ 08/08
129. Die Bücherdiebin by Markus Zusak ✓ 08/14
130. Der Mann, der zweimal starb by Richard Osman ✓ 08/15
131. Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates by Xenophon ✓ 08/17
132. Murdle: Volume 1, 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction by G.T. Karber ✓ 08/24
133. My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne ✓ 08/28
134. Pageboy by Elliot Page ✓ 08/28
135. Bruno by Stefanie Taschinski ✓ 08/29
136. James Baldwin: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History ✓ 08/30
137. Morgen bin ich Sternenlicht by Sandra Dieckmann ✓ 08/30
138. Three Wolves Mountain by Naono Bohra ✓ 08/31
139. Shutline 01 by Kyou ✓ 09/02
140. Shutline 02 by Kyou ✓ 09/03
141. I Will Read to You by Gideon Sterer ✓ 09/03
142. Robertos Angebot by Chris P. Rolls ✓ 09/06
143. Katekyo! 01 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/07
144. The Gender of Mona Lisa 03 by Yoshimura Tsumuji ✓ 09/07
145. Taste of Desire by Ueda Aki ✓ 09/08
146. The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis ✓ 09/10
147. Dubliner by James Joyce ✓ 09/15
148. Katekyo! 02 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/17
149. Katekyo! 03 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/18
150. Katekyo! 04 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/19
151. Koitomo!? by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/20
152. Ein Regenbogen für den Schah (Luk und Galiano 1) by Elyseo da Silva ✓ 09/22
153. Madame Bovary. by Gustave Flaubert ✓ 09/28
154. Mythos: Was uns die Götter heute sagen by Stephen Fry ✓ 09/29
155. Infinity in Our Hearts by Andreas Dutter ✓ 09/30
156. 25 letzte Sommer by Stephan Schäfer ✓ 10/01
157. Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune ✓ 10/03
158. From the Red Fog 1 by Nohara Mosae ✓ 10/03
159. What if we Trust by Sarah Sprinz ✓ 10/08
160. Unsichtbar by Eloy Moreno ✓ 10/13
161. Oasis Project by Ohya Kazumi ✓ 10/13
162. I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love – double by Suzumaru Minta ✓ 10/16
163. In den Farben des Dunkels by Chris Whitaker ✓ 10/17
164. Untouchable 01 by Sakyo Aya ✓ 10/17
165. Untouchable 02 by Sakyo Aya ✓ 10/20
166. From the Red Fog 2 by Nohara Mosae ✓ 10/20
167. Gender Queer: Eine nichtbinäre Autobiografie by Maia Kobabe ✓ 10/22
168. King in a Lab Coat 01 by Ayase Retsu ✓ 10/23
169. King in a Lab Coat 02 by Ayase Retsu ✓ 10/24
170. Männlich? Weiblich? Unbeschreiblich! 01 by Yasuko ✓ 10/24
171. Männlich? Weiblich? Unbeschreiblich! 02 by Yasuko ✓ 10/24
172. Kurokoi by Takagi Ryo ✓ 10/25
173. Vanilla Star by Miyamoto Kano ✓ 10/25
174. Blood Hound by Yuki Kaori ✓ 10/26
175. Achterbahn by Stephen King ✓ 10/27
176. Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland ✓ 11/06
177. Hot Dog by Takashima Kazusa ✓ 11/06
178. Liebe verbindet Welten by Umeda Miso ✓ 11/07
179. Therapy Game: Re 04 by Hinohara Meguru ✓ 11/07
180. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin ✓ 11/19
181. No Secrets in this Business 01 by Kanai Kei ✓ 11/24
182. No Secrets in this Business 02 by Kanai Kei ✓ 11/24
183. Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull by Thomas Mann ✓ 12/02
184. Given 09 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 12/02
185. Best Bro Ever by Jenny Jägerfeld ✓ 12/05
186. Hilda Hasenherz. Das Abenteuer im Fuchswald by Tobias Goldfarb ✓ 12/07
187. Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier ✓ 12/10
188. Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 06 by Morishita Suu ✓ 12/11
189. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins ✓ 12/21
190. Der Prozess by Franz Kafka ✓ 12/31

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Finished: 2024/05/15

Hero Alphabet

Read books where the hero's/male main character's first name, last name, nickname, or heroic occupation begin with a letter from A through Z.

A - Achilles - Ilias by Homer ✓
B - Benjamin - Die Überlebenden by Alex Schulman ✓
C - Cyril - The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde ✓
D - David Krause - New York Minute by GiultPleasure ✓
E - Eddie Flynn - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh ✓
F - Florian von Lest - Just A Porn by Cat T. Mad ✓
G - Grimm, Will - Fabula - Das Portal der dreizehn Reiche by Akram El-Bahay ✓
H - Hans Roleder - Der Inselmann by Dirk Gieselmann ✓
I - Inoue Shinobu - Der Schöne und der Nerd by Kousaka Akiho ✓
J - Joe McGrady - Fünf Winter by James Kestrel ✓
K - Katsuya Asano - In these words 04 by GuiltPleasure ✓
L - Lili alias Coyote - Coyote 4 by Zariya Ranmaru ✓
M - Mungo Hamilton - Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart ✓
N - Norris, Stan - Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen by Stephen King ✓
O - Oogami Hayato - Wolfsgrau und geheimnisvoll by Suehiro Machi ✓
P - Peter Pan - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ✓
Q - Quinn Murphy - Hope in Our Universe by Andreas Dutter ✓
R - Richard Martens - Feldpost by Mechtild Borrmann ✓
S - Sommer, Lukas - Schreikind by Marcus Hünnebeck ✓
T - Thomas Harvey - Einsteins Hirn: Roman by Franzobel ✓
U - Uehara Himari - Golden Sparkle by Suzumaru Minta ✓
V - Valentino Prince - The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera ✓
W - Wright, Michael - Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman ✓
X - Rieux, Bernard - Die Pest by Albert Camus ✓
Y - Miyamori Yoshiyuki - Die Stadt in deinen Farben by Umeda Miso ✓
Z - Zino Angelopoulos - Jetzt ist Sense by Hans Rath ✓

Finished: 2024/07/04

Serial Reader focusing on mangas
Starting Date: 1.1.2023

✓ 1) Jack the Page Ripper (15 books) - Take 5 series, read:

5 books from 1st series ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
4 from 2nd ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3 from 3rd ✓ ✓ ✓
2 from 4th ✓ ✓
1 from the last one ✓

✓ 2) Una-book-bomber (5 books) - Read one book from each of the genres. It does not have to be the first book in the series:

chick-lit - Cupid is Struck by Lightning 1 ✓
romance - Wolfsgrau und geheimnisvoll ✓
mystery - FANGS, Vol. 1 ✓
pnr/urban-fantasy/fantasy/sci-fi - Coyote 4 ✓
young adult - Dick Fight Island 01 ✓

✓ 3) Spree Series Killer (1+ book) - Try out a totally new author. If the book turns out to be a stinker, you have to TRY AGAIN. Repeat until you find a series that you like and are willing to keep on reading in the future.
Nonomiya Ito - ✓

✓ 4) Author-ican Psycho (1 book) - Try a book from the author you've "given up" on - call it one more try. It can be the same series you previously found only so-so, or a totally different series by the same author. It's up to you.
Nitta Youka - ✓

✓ 5) Dr. Hannibal Lecturer (1 book) - Start on that series that everybody is praising so much but you keep postponing it for later. Just read it already. Go on! ✓

✓ 6) The Book Strangler (1+ books) - Read a whole series from the beginning to the end (or to the last published book). You choose whether it's going to be a 15-book-long-monster or a 1-book-long-freshly-started-baby series...
✓ ✓

✓ 7) 3rd Degree (3 books): Read a trilogy. An old fashioned trilogy that wraps up at book 3.
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✓ BONUS: Bloody Mary (1 book) - A series with a strong female kick-ass protagonist, something like: police detective, body builder, warrior. ✓

Finished: 2024/09/29

Popsugar 2016
Staring Date: 01.01.2022

1 Based on a fairy tale ✓
2 National Book Award winner (finalist) ✓
3 YA bestseller ✓
4 Haven't read since high school ✓
5 Set in your home state ✓
6 Translated into English ✓
7 Romance set in the future ✓
8 Set in Europe ✓
9 Less than 150 pages ✓
10 NYT bestseller ✓
11 Becoming a movie this year (Netflix series counts too) ✓
12 Recommended by someone you just met ✓
13 Self-improvement ✓
14 Can finish in a day ✓
15 Written by a celebrity ✓
16 Political memoir ✓
17 At least 100 years older than you ✓
18 More than 600 pages ✓
19 from Oprah's Book Club ✓
20 Science fiction ✓
21 Recommended by a family member ✓
22 Graphic novel ✓
23 Published in 2016 ✓
24 Protagonist with your occupation ✓
25 Takes place during summer ✓
26 A book plus its prequel ✓ ✓
27 Murder mystery ✓
28 Written by a comedian ✓
29 Dystopian ✓
30 Blue cover ✓
31 Poetry ✓
32 First book you see in a bookstore ✓
33 Classic from 20th Century ✓
34 From the library ✓
35 Autobiography ✓
36 Road trip ✓
37 Culture you're unfamiliar with (mer) ✓
38 Satirical ✓
39 Takes place on an island ✓
40 Guaranteed to bring joy ✓