2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Popsugar Challenge 2022
Duration: 01/01/2022-12/31/2022 (Message 90) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

42/50

Standard Prompts:
1. A book published in 2022: The Boy Who Loved Boxes: A Children's Book for Adults
2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship: The Lincoln Highway
3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
4. A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title
5. A sapphic book: The Paying Guests
6. A book by a Latinx author: Next Year in Havana
7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title: Gingerbread & Jingle Bells: A Sweet Holiday Romance (Jingle)
8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid: Float Plan (prosthetic leg)
9. A book about a "found family": Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
11. A #BookTok recommendation: The Friend Zone
12. A book about the afterlife: Layla
13. A book set in the 1980s: Deadlock
14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title: Nogged Off
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
16. A book about witches: The Ex Hex
17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022: Where the Crawdads Sing
18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author: The Sun Is Also a Star
19. A book that takes place during your favorite season: Decaffeinated Corpse (Fall)
20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read: The Marshmallow House: A Book About The Importance of Creativity
21. A book about a band or musical group: The Songbook of Benny Lament
22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum
23. A book with a recipe in it: A Tale of Two Cookies
24. A book you can read in one sitting: All Things Coffee
25. A book about a secret: Miss Benson's Beetle
26. A book with a misleading title: The Seance
27. A Hugo Award winner
28. A book set during a holiday: All I Want from Santa
29. A different book by an author you read in 2021: Look Alive Twenty-Five
30. A book with the name of a board game in the title: The Secret Life of Bees (Life)
31. A book featuring a man-made disaster: Plunder (oil spill)
32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page: The Midnight Library (Jodi Picoult)
33. A social-horror book: Winter Garden (Stalin's Reign of Terror)
34. A book set in Victorian times: Master of His Fate
35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title: The Owl & Moon Cafe
36. A book you know nothing about: The Copper Queen's Bride: The Stone Flower Retelling
37. A book about gender identity: Mad Honey
38. A book featuring a party: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
39. An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book
40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge-- (a book that should be a movie/2019): The Christie Affair

Advanced:
41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title: Maggy, Marco, Jack and July
42. A book that features two languages: Still Life (English/French)
43. A book with a palindromic title: Everything, Everything
44. A duology (1)
45. A duology (2)
46. A book about someone leading a double life: Verity
47. A book featuring a parallel reality: The Midnight Library
48. A book with two POVs: The Heart Keeper
49. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1): The Lincoln Highway (New York)
50. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2): Death in Focus (London)

A-Z Challenge:
Duration: 01/01/2022-12/31/2022 (Message 96) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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A. Alex Dahl-- The Heart Keeper
B. Barbara Taylor Bradford-- Master of His Fate
C. Cynthia Riggs-- Deadly Nightshade
D. Trish Doller-- Float Plan
E. Erin sterling-- The Ex Hex
F. Flannery O'Connor-- Wise Blood
G. Nina de Gramont-- The Christie Affair
H. Colleen Hoover-- Layla
I. Tangular A. Irby-- Pearl and her Gee's Bend Quilt
J. Abby Jimenez-- The Friend Zone
K. Michael Koryta-- How It Happened
L. Louise Penny-- Still Life
M. Matt Haig-- The Midnight Library
N. Nathan Nicolau-- Nights at the Turntable: Jazz Poetry
O. Barbara O'Neal-- When We Believed in Mermaids: A Novel
P. Sara Paretsky-- Deadlock
Q.
R. Barbara Ross-- Nogged Off
S. Samantha Greene Woodruff-- The Lobotomist's Wife
T. Stuart Turton-- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
U.
V. Sonia Velton-- Blackberry and Wild Rose
W. Sarah Waters-- The Paying Guests
X.
Y. Nicola Yoon-- The Sun Is Also a Star
Z.

SERIAL READER
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2022 (Message 77) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
40/40-- Challenge Complete! New Goal: 60
60/60-- Challenge Complete!

Margaret Spencer:
1. Death in a Family Way (#1)

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache:
1. Still Life (#1)

Martha's Vineyard Mystery:
1. Deadly Nightshade (#1)
2. The Cranefly Orchid Murders (#2)
3. The Cemetery Yew (#3)
4. Jack in the Pulpit (#4)
5. Indian Pipes (#6)

Aurora Teagarden:
1. Real Murders (#1)

Perez Family:
1. Next Year in Havana (#1)

The Brighton Mysteries:
1. The Zig Zag Girl (#1)

V.I. Warshawski:
1. Deadlock (#2)
2. Killing Orders (#3)
3. Bitter Medicine (#4)
4. Burn Marks (#6)
5. Tunnel Vision (#8)

Vincent Malone:
1. Blue Flower Red Thorns (#2)

Mr. Monk:
1. Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse (#1)
2. Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii (#2)
3. Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu (#3)
4. Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants (#4)
5. Mr. Monk in Outer Space (#5)

Stephanie Plum:
1. Turbo Twenty-Three (#23)
2. Hardcore Twenty-Four (#24)
3. Look Alive Twenty-Five (#25)
4. Twisted Twenty-Six (#26)

Faye Longchamp:
1. Plunder (#7)
2. Rituals: A Faye Longchamp Mystery (#8)
3. Isolation (#9)
4. Burials (#10)
5. Undercurrents (#11)

Elena Standish:
1. Death in Focus (#1)

Welcome to Whitsborough Bay:
1. Making Wishes at Bay View (#1)
2. New Beginnings at Seaside Blooms (#2)

The Ham-Hill Mysteries:
1. A Village Murder (#1)

Merry Ghost Inn:
1. Dead and Breakfast (#1)
2. Doom with a View (#2)
3. Be Our Ghost: A Merry Ghost Inn Mystery (#3)

Lady Frances Ffolkes:
1. Death on the Sapphire (#1)
2. Death Among Rubies: A Lady Frances Ffolkes Mystery (#2)

The Bedtime Story Books:
1. The Adventures of Peter Cottontail (#3)

Florence Nightingale Mystery:
1. No Cure for the Dead (#1)
2. A Murderous Malady (#2)

The Bottom Dollar Girls:
1. Bet Your Bottom Dollar (#1)

Wallander:
1. Faceless Killers (#1)
2. The Dogs of Riga (#2)
3. The White Lioness (#3)

Coffeehouse Mystery:
1. Murder Most Frothy (#4)
2. Decaffeinated Corpse (#5)
3. French Pressed
4. Espresso Shot

Cozy Corgi Mysteries:
1. Cruel Candy (#1)

ACOTAR:
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses

In Death:
1. Betrayal in Death (#12)

Brimful Coffers:
1. Canapés for the Kitties (#1)

Mary Poppins:
1. Mary Poppins (#1)

Agatha Raisin:
1. Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden (#9)

Julian Mercer:
1. Condemned (#1)

The Philosopher Series:
1. The Philosopher's Flight (#1)

Mistletoe Romance:
1.Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist
2.
3, Along Came Holly (#3)

CLEAR THE SHELVES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 (Message 118) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
67/60-- Challenge Complete!

1. Master of His Fate
2. Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul
3. The Friend Zone
4. The Heart Keeper
5. Those Who Save Us (Kindle)
6. Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
7. Nogged Off (Kindle)
8. How It Happened
9. Rowan and Eris (Kindle)
10. A Tale of Two Cookies
11. Jake, Lucid Dreamer (Kindle)
12. All Things Coffee (Kindle)
13. The Invasion of Normandie (Kindle)
14. Your Brain Needs a Hug: Life, Love, Mental Health, and Sandwiches
15. Float Plan
16. Train Your Brain to Get Happy: The Simple Program That Primes Your Grey Cells for Joy, Optimism, and Serenity
17. The Sun Is Also a Star
18. Blue Flower Red Thorns (Kindle)
19. The Owl & Moon Cafe
20. Mummy I want..! A Unicorn (Kindle)
21. Everything, Everything
22. Look Alive Twenty-Five
23. Death in Focus
24. Murder in the Cookbook Nook
25. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
26. A Very Intimate Takeover
27. Where did Luna go? (Kindle)
28. One Happy Chicken (Kindle)
29. If My Oak Tree Could Speak (Kindle)
30. Saving Mark Twain (Kindle)
31. Scarlet Shadows (Kindle)
32. Whispers to a Crow (Kindle)
33. Pearl and her Gee's Bend Quilt (Kindle)
34. The Marshmallow House: A Book About The Importance of Creativity (Kindle)
35. So Quiet This Wind (Kindle)
36. Maggy, Marco, Jack and July (Kindle)
37. It must be the altitude (Kindle)
38. Nights at the Turntable: Jazz Poetry (Kindle)
39. Remedies for Reluctant Romantics (Kindle)
40. The Last Plane (Kindle)
41. Once Upon A Girl (Kindle)
42. Gingerbread & Jingle Bells: A Sweet Holiday Romance (Kindle)
43. Hadley & Grace (Kindle)
44. Notes on a Nervous Planet
45. Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir
46. Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder
47. 365 Ways to Love Your Child: Turning Little Moments Into Lasting Memories
48. The Paris Wife
49. A Catered Murder (Kindle)
50. Rehab For One-Hit Wonders (Kindle)
51. Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
52. The Adventures of Peter Cottontail (Kindle)
53. The Prettiest
54. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
55. The Secret Life of Bees
56. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
57. Turbo Twenty-Three
58. French Quarter Artists (Kindle)
59. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
60. Hardcore Twenty-Four
61. Twisted Twenty-Six
62. A Court of Thorns and Roses
63. Betrayal in Death (Kindle)
64. How to Love Your Elf
65. Condemned (Kindle)
66. The Philosopher's Flight
67. All I Want from Santa (Kindle)

Magical Mystery Tour
Duration: 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 (Message 68) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
44/30-- Challenge Complete; continuing on
Rank: Assistant Chief of Detectives

UNSOLVED CASES

WHO: 7/6
Solve cases featuring a main character (sleuth, perp, victim, or suspect) in one of the below careers.
1. Law or Law Enforcement: How It Happened
2. Service Industry: Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii
3. Fine Arts, Theater, or Film: The Zig Zag Girl
4. Science or Medicine: The Infirmary
5. Social Media or Technology: Murder in the Cookbook Nook
6. Clergy: Killing Orders
7. Bookshop Owner or Librarian: Real Murders

WHAT: 6/6
1. Third or last book in a series: Heartbreak Bay
2. Combines multiple genres: Dead and Breakfast (cozy and paranormal)
3. Has a one-word title: Plunder
4. Features a hobby/pastime.
5. Has a number in the title: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
6. Features a sleuth with a non-human "co-star": Doom with a View
7. Related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme (state theme): Death Among Rubies: A Lady Frances Ffolkes Mystery (July theme -- Red)

WHEN: 7/6
When did the dastardly deed take place or get reported?
1. In autumn: Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants
2. In the 1800s or earlier: No Cure for the Dead
3. While traveling or on vacation: A Tale of Two Cookies
4. Between sunrise and sunset: The Murder on the Links
5. During a special event (festival, convention, party, etc.): Murder Most Frothy
6. In the season of your birthday month: The Christie Affair (winter)
7. Reported (published) in 2022: Mad Honey

WHERE: 6/6
Where did the dastardly deed take place?
1. In a large city: Deadlock (Chicago)
2. In the suburbs: This Won't End Well
3. In a village or rural area.: The Widow
4. In or near an office building: Tunnel Vision
5. Inside or on the premises of a public venue (hotel, restaurant, airport, etc.): A Village Murder (hotel)
6. In the Southern Hemisphere.
7. In or near a forest: Undercurrents

HOW: 7/6
For this category, each means of murder must be distinctly different. (Pistols and rifles are both firearms; knives and daggers are too similar.)
1. Shot with an arrow-- Still Life
2. Poisoned with deadly nightshade-- Deadly Nightshade
3. Shot up with heroin-- Burn Marks
4. Strangled-- Blue Flower Red Thorns
5. Smothered with a pillow-- Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse
6. Garroted-- Indian Pipes
7. Hit over the head with a figurine-- Dead and Breakfast

WHY: 7/6
What motivated you to choose a particular case?
1. Your favorite mystery author or series: Bitter Medicine
2. Your favorite mystery subgenre: Nogged Off (cozy)
3. Appears in a Goodreads listopia (which one?): Turbo Twenty-Three (Books With Spelled Numbers in the Title)
4. Won a literary prize for crime fiction (which one?) Faceless Killers (Glass Key Award, 1992)
5. Involves one of your favorite topics or places: The Cemetery Yew (Massachusetts)
6. A cold case (among your TBRs for over a year): Look Alive Twenty-Five
7. Average Goodreads rating higher than 4 stars: Where the Crawdads Sing

BONUS CASES: 4/6
Are you interested in helping to stop cybercrime threats at a global level?
To earn the rank of INTERPOL Director of Cybercrime Operations, complete all 42 cases above plus solve a crime committed in six different capital cities outside your country of residence.
1. Death in Focus-- Berlin
2. Death on the Sapphire-- London
3. The Dogs of Riga-- Riga, Latvia
4. The White Lioness-- Stockholm. Sweden
5.
6.

* * *
RANKS
*Assistant Chief of Detectives (36 cases): 6 cases in each category
*Chief of Detectives (42 cases): 7 cases in each category
Bonus Rank
*INTERPOL Director of Cybercrime Operations: 42 standard cases + 6 bonus cases

Give Us A Clue
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 (Message 67) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

29/24 Books
9/8 Deductions-- Chief Inspector Thomas Lynley-- Challenge Complete!

Going for 8 deductions from 24 books.

Suspects
Read a book with any shade of the following colours on the cover:
Mr Green - green
Colonel Mustard - yellow
Mrs Peacock - blue
Professor Plum - purple
Miss Scarlet - red
Mrs. White - white

Weapons
Read a book with the following word (or related word, not limited to the examples below) on the cover or in the title:
Candlestick or flames or fire
Dagger or knife or sword
Lead Pipe or musical instrument or writing instrument
Revolver or gun or pistol
Rope or string or ribbon
Wrench or spanner or any other tool

Rooms
Ballroom: Read a book that includes music or dancing.
Billiard Room: Read a book that features a hobby, craft, game, or sport.
Cellar: Read a detective, mystery or true crime book.
Conservatory: Read a book in which a person saves or conserves someone or something.
Dining Room: Read a book with a food or drink on the cover.
Hall: Read a book that is the first in a series.
Kitchen: Read a cookbook or a book about a food & beverage professional.
Library: Read a book you have borrowed from a library or from someone else.
Lounge: Read a book in a favourite genre.
Secret Passages: Read a book with "secret" in the title.
Study: Read a book featuring a subject you're passionate about or would like to learn more about.

Deduction No.1: I deduce it was Mr. Green in the Hall with the Candlestick.
Books deduced from:
Suspect: Still Life
Weapon: The Cranefly Orchid Murders
Room: Death in a Family Way

Deduction No.2: I deduce it was Mr. Green in the Conservatory with the Revolver.
Books deduced from:
Suspect: Heartbreak Bay
Weapon: How It Happened
Room: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Deduction No.3: I deduce it was Professor Plum in the Hall with the Wrench.
Books deduced from:
Suspect: A Tale of Two Cookies
Weapon: Real Murders
Room: Deadly Nightshade

Deduction No.4: I deduce it was Miss Scarlet in the Dining Room with the Candlestick.
Books deduced from:
Suspect: The Zig Zag Girl
Weapon: Burn Marks
Room: Nogged Off

Deduction No.5: I deduce it was Mr. Peacock in the Cellar with the Candlestick.
Books deduced from:
Suspect: Bitter Medicine
Weapon: Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse
Room: The Christie Affair

Deduction No.6: I deduce it was Miss Scarlet in the Cellar with the Lead Pipe.
Books deduced from:
Suspect: Deadlock
Weapon: Indian Pipes
Room: Killing Orders

Deduction No.7: I deduce it was Mr. Peacock in the Conservatory with the Wrench.
Books deduced from:
Suspect: Blue Flower Red Thorns
Weapon: Undercurrents
Room: Plunder

Deduction No.8: I deduce it was Miss Scarlet in the Hall with the Rope
Books deduced from:
Suspect: The Widow
Weapon: Faceless Killers
Room: Death in Focus

Deduction No.9: I deduce it was Miss Scarlet in the Lounge with the Revolver.
Books deduced from:
Suspect: Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii
Weapon: The White Lioness
Room: Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu

Deduction No.10: I deduce it was Professor Plum in the Kitchen with the [weapon].
Books deduced from:
Suspect: Look Alive Twenty-Five
Weapon:
Room: Murder in the Cookbook Nook

8-9 deductions = Inspector Thomas Lynley
10+ deductions = Maisie Dobbs

Color Challenge
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 (Message 90) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
17/18

1. White:
2. Pink:
3. Red:
4. Orange:
5. Yellow:
6. Green:
7. Light Blue:
8. Dark Blue:
9. Purple:
10. Brown:
11. Black:
12. Metallic:
13. 5 Colours or more:
14. Geometric Pattern:
15. Ugly (to me):
16. Two or more colour words in the title:
17. “Colour” in the title:
18. Colour describing word in the title:

DIVERSITY IN READING
January 1, 2022-December 31, 2022 (Message 10) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
17/15-- Challenge Complete!

1. Asian (Phillipino)-- The Friend Zone
2. Norwegian-- The Heart Keeper
3. Male-- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
4. Jewish-- Those Who Save Us
5. African-American Woman-- No Child...
6. LGBTQ-- The Paying Guests
7. Cuban-- Next Year in Havana
8. Jamaican-- The Sun Is Also a Star
9. Southern-- Wise Blood
10. Panamanian-- The Marshmallow House: A Book About The Importance of Creativity
11. Canadian-- The Last Plane
12. Latino Woman-- Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir
13. Christian Author-- 365 Ways to Love Your Child: Turning Little Moments Into Lasting Memories
14. Indigenous American-- Flight
15. LGBTQ-- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
16. Rwandan/Genocide Survivor/Refugee: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
17. Transgender-- Mad Honey

BOOKWORMS TAKE SHELFIES
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 (Message 26) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
27/30

An Author: 0/6 (Author TBD)

Book Genre: Nonfiction: (10/8)
1. Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul
2. Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
3. Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning
4. Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood
5. Your Brain Needs a Hug: Life, Love, Mental Health, and Sandwiches
6. Train Your Brain to Get Happy: The Simple Program That Primes Your Grey Cells for Joy, Optimism, and Serenity
7. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
8. The Quick Start Guide to Healthy Eating
9. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
10. Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder

Diversity: Transgender or Non-Binary Author/Protagonist: 2/2
1. The Vanishing Half (Reece-- Transgender)
2. Mad Honey-- (Lily-- Transgender; Author Transgender)

Food & Beverage: Culinary Mysteries: 9/8
1. Nogged Off
2. A Tale of Two Cookies
3. Murder in the Cookbook Nook
4. A Catered Murder
5. Murder Most Frothy
6. Decaffeinated Corpse
7. Cruel Candy
8. French Pressed
9. Espresso Shot

Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Biographies: 6/6
1. Welcome to My Panic
2. Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
3. Notes on a Nervous Planet
4. Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir
5. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
6. Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family

PENGUINS & POLAR BEARS
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022 (Message 14) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
24/24-- Challenge Complete!

Yearly: Mysteries of the World

1st Quarter: Admiring the Natural World-- Plant/Animal
1. The Cranefly Orchid Murders
2. Miss Benson's Beetle
2nd Quarter: Examining the Mysteries of History
3rd Quarter: Pondering the Paranormal-- Haunted by a Ghost/Haunted by a Delusion (Ghost/No Ghost)
1. Dead and Breakfast
2. Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder
4th Quarter: Exploring the Unknown: Unkown Country/Unknown World
1. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
2. Lovecraft Country
January: Reset - 2/2-- Life & Death
Related Book: Still Life
Polar Opposite: Death in a Family Way
February: Fandom-- Fake Band/Real Band
1.The Songbook of Benny Lament
2. Welcome to My Panic
March: Happiness--Dreams/Reality
1. Real Murders
2. Jake, Lucid Dreamer
April: Creativity
May: Media-- TV Show/Newspaper
1. Murder in the Cookbook Nook
2. Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
June: Paris
July: Red-- Red Flower/Not Red Flower
1. Blackberry and Wild Rose (Rose-- red)
2. Daisy's Back in Town (Daisy-- white)
August: Travels-- International Travels/Never Goes Far From Home
1. The Paris Wife
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
September: Trust-- Trustiness/Betrayal
1. The Secret Life of Bees
2. The Highland Witch
October: Moon-- Moon/Sun
1. The Moon Sisters
2. Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family
November: Glass
December: Harmony-- Fighting for Rights-- Using Violence/Using Peaceful Methods
1. The Philosopher's Flight
2. The Night Watchman

HINDSIGHT IS 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022: (Message 4) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
30/30-- Challenge Complete; Raising it to 40
46/40-- Challenge Complete! Pre-1900’s Blast from the Past
Read a Book…
1. Set in the BCE (before common era) or nonfiction about the BCE
2. Set between 1-1800 CE (common era) or nonfiction about the CE: Blackberry and Wild Rose
3. Set between 1801-1900: Master of His Fate
4. That spans multiple decades: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
5. Set in Greece (the first Olympics)

1900’s Zesty Zeros
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1900's: Death Among Rubies: A Lady Frances Ffolkes Mystery
2. Published in the 1900's
3. By an author born or died in the 1900’s
4. Set in the Balkans (Balkan wars)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: France, USA, UK: The Zig Zag Girl (UK)

1910’s: Transformative Teens
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1910's: The Philosopher's Flight
2. Published in the 1910's
3. By an author born or died in the 1910's
4. Set in or near the ocean (Titanic): The Cranefly Orchid Murders
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Sweden, Germany: Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team (Germany)

1920’s: Tremendous Twenties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1920's: The Paying Guests
2. Published in the 1920's: The Murder on the Links
3. By an author born or died in the 1920's
4. Featuring jazz music or a jazz instrument
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries Belgium, France, Switzerland, Netherlands: Five French Hens (France)

1930’s: Thirsty Thirties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1930's: Death in Focus
2. Published in 1930's: Mary Poppins
3. By an author born or died in 1930's
4. Featuring a character who loses a job: Christmas by Accident
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA, Germany: The Last Plane

1940’s: Fatal Forties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1940's: The Lobotomist's Wife
2. Published in the 1940's; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
3. By an author born or died in the 1940's
4. Involving war (WWII): Those Who Save Us
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan, Germany, Finland, Italy, UK, Switzerland: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (UK)

1950’s: Fabulous Fifties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1950's: Death in a Family Way
2. Published in the 1950's
3. By an author born or died in the 1950’s: The Friend Zone (born 1958)
4. Featuring a Queen or set in a Commonwealth Realm headed by Queen Elizabeth II (reign begins): Miss Benson's Beetle
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Norway, Finland, Italy, Australia, Sweden: The Heart Keeper (Norway)

1960’s: The Swingin’ Sixties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1960's: The Songbook of Benny Lament
2. Published in the 1960's
3. By an author born or died in the 1960’s: Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor d.1964)
4. Set in space or another celestial body (Moon Landing)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA, Italy, Austria, Japan, France, Mexico: The House by the Sea (Italy)

1970’s: Self-Assured Seventies
Read a Book…
1.Set in the 1970's
2. Published in the 1970's
3. By an author born or died in the 1970’s
4. By a female or LGBT+ author (Women’s and Gay Rights): The Vanishing Half
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan, Austria, Canada, West Germany

1980’s: The Elegant Eighties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1980's: Deadlock
2. Published in the 1980's: Killing Orders
3. By an author born or died in the 1980’s: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
4. Featuring radiation of some kind or set in Ukraine (Chernobyl)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: USA, Canada, South Korea: Burn Marks (US)

1990’s: The Nifty Nineties
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 1990's: Tunnel Vision
2. Book published in the 1990's: Real Murders
3. By an author born or died in the 1990’s
4. Featuring character who lives off-grid or “outside” of a system of government (Waco, Ruby Ridge): Where the Crawdads Sing
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: France, Spain, Norway, USA, Japan: How It Happened

2000’s: Admirable Aughts
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 2000's: Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
2. Published in the 2000's: Still Life
3. By an author born or died in the 2000’s
4. Set in NYC (World Trade Center attack): A Very Intimate Takeover
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Australia, USA, Greece, Italy, China: Deadly Nightshade (US)

2010’s: The Terrific Teens
Read a Book…
1. Set in the 2010's
2. Published in the 2010's: The Sun Is Also a Star
3. By an author born or died in the 2010’s: Faceless Killers (Henning Menkel died 2015)
4. By an Arab author (Arab Spring)
5. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Canada, UK, Russia, Brazil, South Korea: The Midnight Library (UK)

2020’s and Beyond: You are Here
Read a Book…
1. Set in current times: Layla
2. Published in 2020’s: Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul
3. Set in one of the Olympic host countries: Japan, China, France, Italy, USA" The Ex Hex (US)
4. Set in the near future (100 years or less): Betrayal in Death (2059)
5. Set in an imagined future over 100 years from now

50 States Challenge
Try and read a book set in each state-- last year I got to 35 states
36/50

1. Alabama: Wise Blood; Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
2. Alaska: Winter Garden
3. Arizona:
4. Arkansas:
5. California: Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul; The Friend Zone; When We Believed in Mermaids: A Novel; The Owl & Moon Cafe; Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse; Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu; Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants; Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir; The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake; Mr. Monk in Outer Space; Across the Winding River
6. Colorado: It must be the altitude; The Bright Side of Going Dark; Cruel Candy
7. Connecticut:
8. Delaware:
9. Florida: A Tale of Two Cookies; Next Year in Havana; Isolation; What the Hex
10. Georgia: The Ex Hex; Real Murders
11. Hawaii: Everything, Everything; Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii
12. Idaho: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family; Along Came Holly; Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist
13. Illinois: Deadlock; Bitter Medicine; Burn Marks; Killing Orders; Tunnel Vision; Saving Mark Twain; The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America; Condemned
14. Indiana:
15. Iowa:
16. Kansas: Layla; All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
17. Kentucky:
18. Louisiana: The Vanishing Half; Plunder; French Quarter Artists
19. Maine: Nogged Off; How It Happened; Maggy, Marco, Jack and July
20. Maryland: Jake, Lucid Dreamer; Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder
21. Massachusetts: Deadly Nightshade; The Cranefly Orchid Murders; The Cemetery Yew; Jack in the Pulpit; Indian Pipes; The Adventures of Peter Cottontail; The Huntress; Christmas by Accident
22. Michigan: Beach Read; The Prettiest; This Won't End Well
23. Minnesota: Those Who Save Us
24. Mississippi:
25. Missouri: Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
26. Montana: Rowan and Eris; The Philosopher's Flight
27. Nebraska: The Invasion of Normandie; The Lincoln Highway
28. Nevada
29. New Hampshire: Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship; Mad Honey
30. New Jersey: Look Alive Twenty-Five; Turbo Twenty-Three; Hardcore Twenty-Four; Twisted Twenty-Six; Back in the Burbs
31. New Mexico: Blue Flower Red Thorns
32. New York: The Songbook of Benny Lament; No Child...; Live and Let Grow; The Sun Is Also a Star; The Lobotomist's Wife; A Very Intimate Takeover; A Vineyard Valentine; A Catered Murder; Rituals: A Faye Longchamp Mystery; Murder Most Frothy; Decaffeinated Corpse; French Pressed; Espresso Shot; Betrayal in Death
33. North Carolina: Where the Crawdads Sing; Book Lovers
34. North Dakota: The Night Watchman
35. Ohio:
36. Oklahoma: Burials
37. Oregon: Dead and Breakfast; Doom with a View; Be Our Ghost: A Merry Ghost Inn Mystery; All I Want from Santa
38. Pennsylvania:
39. Rhode Island: Bunny
40. South Carolina: The Secret Life of Bees; Bet Your Bottom Dollar; My Best Friend's Exorcism
41. South Dakota
42. Tennessee: Heartbreak Bay; Undercurrents
43. Texas: Gingerbread & Jingle Bells: A Sweet Holiday Romance; Daisy's Back in Town
44. Utah:
45. Vermont: Verity
46. Virginia: Murder in the Cookbook Nook
47. Washington: Winter Garden; Flight
48. West Virginia: The Moon Sisters
49. Wisconsin: Lovecraft Country
50. Wyoming:

World Traveler
How many countries did I "visit" this year? (last year I visited 19 countries)

1. England
2. United States of America
3. Italy
4. Canada
5. Norway
6. Germany
7. Australia
8. New Caledonia
9. New Zealand
10. Cuba
11. The Bahamas
12. Puerto Rico
13. Martinique
14. Grenada
15. Trinidad
16. France
17. Scotland
18. Russia
19. Austria
20. Namibia
21 Mexico
22. Netherlands
23. Rwanda
24. Sweden
25. Latvia
26. Burundi
27. Malawi
28. Mozambique
29. South Africa
30. Zambia
31. Zaire
32. Tanzania
33. Wales
34. Poland
35. Vienna

GRATITUDE JAR
Duration: January 1 – March 31, 2022 (message 24)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
12/12-- Challenge Complete!
What I am grateful for:
1. Holding Hands-- Master of His Fate
2. The Sea-- The House by the Sea
3. Family-- Death in a Family Way
4. Friends-- The Friend Zone
5. Flowers-- Still Life
6. Healthy Heart-- The Heart Keeper
7. My Children-- Those Who Save Us
8. Libraries-- The Midnight Library
9. The Night Sky-- The Ex Hex
10. The Right to Vote-- Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
11. Love-- The Boy Who Loved Boxes: A Children's Book for Adults
12. Songs-- The Songbook of Benny Lament

RESET, RELAX, AND REFRESH
Duration: January 1 – January 31, 2022 (message 38) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Goal: 7/6-- Challenge Completed!
1. Get enough sleep. A book with a dark cover: Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul
2. Eat well. A book with a character/author who is in any food service role: Those Who Save Us (baker)
4. Challenge your mind. Read a mystery: Death in a Family Way
5. Enjoy music. Read a book about a musician or band, a book whose title is based on song lyrics, or a book with a musical instrument on the cover: Layla
6. Be social. Read a book about friends or family,: Master of His Fate
7. Lower your stress. A book w/ a soothing landscape on the cover: The House by the Sea
9. Drink plenty of water. Read a book set across the ocean from your home continent, or a book with a body of water on the cover: The Heart Keeper

FANDOMONIUM
Duration: February 1 - February 28, 2022 (message 40) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5/5-- Challenge Complete!
2. Fangirl/Fanboy: Read a book that you've heard others rave about The Vanishing Half
4. Fanon (blends "fan" & "canon"): Read a book of historical fiction: The Paying Guests
5. Friendly Fandoms: Read a book about friendship or genre you love: Miss Benson's Beetle
8. Unpopular Popular Character: Read a book that has less than 500 reviews: The Boy Who Loved Boxes: A Children's Book for Adults
10. Shipping (from "relationSHIP"): Read a love story or a book with a happy ending: The Songbook of Benny Lament

I’m Your Biggest Fan
February 1, 2022-February 28, 2022 (message 25) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4/4-- Challenge Completed!
Rachel Bloom:
1. Flowers (Bloom)-- The Cranefly Orchid Murders
2. Songs-- The Songbook of Benny Lament
3. Pregnancy/Daughter-- Miss Benson's Beetle
4. Panic Attacks-- Welcome to My Panic

March - A Few of My Favorite Things
March 01 - March 31, 2022 (Message 25) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Progress: 5/5-- Challenge Complete!
1. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Read a book with rain, flowers or a small animal on the cover: A Tale of Two Cookies
2. Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Read a book with a drink on the cover: All Things Coffee
3. Brown paper packages tied up with strings
Read a book involving a mystery or brown cover Real Murders
7. Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Read a book with a dress or ribbon on the cover, or a coming of age story: Next Year in Havana
8. Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Read a book with snow, a face, or eyes on the cover: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

WISH UPON A STAR
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2022 (Message 39) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
40/25-- Challenge Complete!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Float Plan
⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Tale of Two Cookies
Jake, Lucid Dreamer
⭐⭐⭐
Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning
Real Murders
When We Believed in Mermaids: A Novel
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Next Year in Havana
The Invasion of Normandie
Your Brain Needs a Hug: Life, Love, Mental Health, and Sandwiches
⭐⭐
The Madwoman Upstairs
The Zig Zag Girl
⭐
All Things Coffee
Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood

Q2 - LORE OF YORE
April 1-- June 30, 2022 (Message 21)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
14/12-- Challenge Complete!

1. Set in the Victorian era (1837-1901 ), when the serial murders took place: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
2. Featuring an unknown killer: Bitter Medicine
3. Involving religion: Killing Orders
4. Set in a location regarded as a holy center: Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
5. A woman in a typically male career: Look Alive Twenty-Five (bounty hunter)
6. With missing people as its main theme: The Widow
11. Set in a location in or on water: The Owl & Moon Cafe
12. Featuring a mythical element: The Copper Queen's Bride: The Stone Flower Retelling
14. Featuring a search for an artifact, such as the Holy Grail: Saving Mark Twain
17. Featuring a protagonist who travels somewhere: Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii
18. Involving the transport of goods: Deadlock
20. Set in Canada: The Last Plane
21: Featuring a witch or a character who suffers delusions: My Evil Mother: A Short Story
22. Featuring a character who is wrongly accused: Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants

THE CREATIVE ARTS
April 1, 2022-April 30, 2022 (message 30)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6/6-- Challenge Complete!
1. VISUAL ARTS: A character is an artist: Blue Flower Red Thorns
3. MUSIC: Read a book with the same title as a song: Everything, Everything (song by Elevation Rhythm)
4. DRAMA: Aa book with an overdramatic character: Look Alive Twenty-Five (Lula)
5. MEDIA ARTS: Read a book that has been turned into a TV show or movie: Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse
6. GRAPHIC DESIGN: A book where the title takes up most of the cover: Train Your Brain to Get Happy: The Simple Program That Primes Your Grey Cells for Joy, Optimism, and Serenity
8. LITERATURE: A book where a character is a writer of some kind: The Sun Is Also a Star (poet)

MEME, MYSELF, AND I
May 1, 2022-May 31, 2022 (message 11)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6/6-- Challenge Complete!

1. A book with a word in the title that begins with "M": Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu
2. A book with a word in the title that begins with the letter "E": Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
3. A book with a word in the title that begins with the letter "D": Death in Focus
4. A book with a word in the title that begins with the letter "I": The Infirmary
5. A book with a word in the title that begins with the letter "A": The Marshmallow House: A Book About The Importance of Creativity
7. A book that has to do with entertainment: Murder in the Cookbook Nook

PARDON MY FRENCH
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2022 (message 29) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10/10-- Challenge Complete!

P: Nights at the Turntable: Jazz Poetry
A: Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants
R: Remedies for Reluctant Romantics
L: The Last Plane
E: The Quick Start Guide to Healthy Eating
Z: The Zee Files

V: A Village Murder
O: The Murder on the Links
U: Once Upon A Girl
S: The Bright Side of Going Dark

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
Duration: June 1 to June 30, 2022 (message 36) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5/10-- Challenge Incomplete
. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover The House Mate (foyer light)-- Late
2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre: Gingerbread & Jingle Bells: A Sweet Holiday Romance
4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover: The Quick Start Guide to Healthy Eating
9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical: book:Nights at the Turntable: Jazz Poetry|52135417]
10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction: The Last Plane

2022 Reading Challenge
July - Shades of Red
Duration: July 1 - July 31, 2022 (message 22)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5/5-- Challenge Complete-- late

1. Rose Red-- Blackberry and Wild Rose
2. Valentine-- A Vineyard Valentine
3. Title Line Red-- Couple Found Slain: After a Family Murder
4. Rubies-- Death Among Rubies: A Lady Frances Ffolkes Mystery
5. Red Cover Banner-- The Paris Wife

RED BY ANY OTHER NAME
July 1, 2022-July 31, 2022 (message 23)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6/10-- Challenge Incomplete

1. Rose: Read a book with any type of flower on the cover: Daisy's Back in Town
2. Garnet: January birthstone, so read a book published in January: Dead and Breakfast
4. Ruby: Read a book with the word ruby in the title: Death Among Rubies: A Lady Frances Ffolkes Mystery
6. Blood: Read a mystery; Death on the Sapphire
8. Apple: Read a book with an apple on the cover/ a fruit in the title: Blackberry and Wild Rose
9. Auburn: Read a book featuring a redhead on the cover/a main character with red hair: Death on the Sapphire

HAUNTED PLACES AROUND THE GLOBE
Duration: July 1 to September 30, 2022 (message 34)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm in with 8 books for a start.
8/8-- Challenge Complete!

2. Salem, Massachusetts: Read a book that involves witchcraft, or is set in New England: Bunny
4. The Stanley Hotel, Colorado: Read a book that includes a haunted house or place, or is set in a mountainous area: Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir (Mexico)
5. La Recoleta Cemetery, Argentina: Read a book about spiritualism or the afterlife, or is set in South America: Rituals: A Faye Longchamp Mystery
6. Edinburgh Castle, Scotland: Read a book that features poltergeists, fairies, or spirits, or is set in the British Isles: The Old Girls' Network
9. Xunatunich, Belize: Read a book that involves a ghost or female shapeshifter, is set in Central America or the Caribbean: Dead and Breakfast (ghost)
11. The Akodessawa Fetish Market, Togo: Read a book about black magic or voodoo, or is set in Africa: In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills
12. Frankenstein Castle, Germany: Read a book that includes a zombie or ghoul, or is set in Central Europe: The Paris Wife
13. Roswell, New Mexico: Read a book that features ufology, extraterrestrials, or portals to other dimensions, or is set in a desert region: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

MILES OF SMILES
Duration: July 1 - Sept. 30, 2022 (message 16)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
9/10

The world's happiest countries, 2022 edition:
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Switzerland
5. Netherlands: Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
6. Luxembourg
7. Sweden: Faceless Killers
8. Norway
9. Israel
10. New Zealand
11. Austria
12. Australia
13. Ireland
14. Germany
15. Canada
16. United States-- Bunny; Daisy's Back in Town
17. United Kingdom-- The House Mate (England); The Old Girls' Network (England); The Highland Witch (Scotland); A Murderous Malady
18. Czechia (Czech Republic)
19. Belgium
20. France-- The Paris Wife

Happy Miles Traveled:
https://www.mapdevelopers.com/distanc...

Home to London: 3,324 miles
London to Providence, Rhode Island: 3,308 miles (Total: 6,632 miles)
Providence, Rhode Island to Somerset, England: 3,198 miles (Total: 9,830 miles)
Somerset, England to Lovett, Texas: 4,696 miles (Total: 14, 526 miles)
Lovett, Texas to Paris, France: 4,974 miles (Total: 19,500 miles)
Paris, France to Amsterdam, Netherlands: 268 miles (Total: 19,768 miles)
Amsterdam, Netherlands to Glencoe, Scotland: 499 miles (Total: 20,267 miles)
Glencoe, Scotland to London: 410 miles (Total: 20,677 miles)
London to Ystad, Sweden: 633 miles (Total: 21,310 miles)

HAVE BOOK, WILL TRAVEL
Duration: August 1 - 31, 2022 (message 22)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7/5 -- Challenge Complete!

1. Have book, will travel. Read a book set in a place you hope to visit someday: Death on the Sapphire (England)
2. Take the road less traveled. Read the book with fewest ratings in your TBR list: Rehab For One-Hit Wonders
5. Travel by... Read a book featuring a form of transportation on the cover, in the storyline, or in the title: Isolation (boats)
6. Bad news travels fast. Read a book involving some kind of trouble or misfortune: Where the Crawdads Sing
7. Travel light. Read a book under 200 pages: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
8. Travel in a body. Read a book where a group of people travel to a destination (journey, pilgrimage, voyage, trip, etc.): The Paris Wife
10. T▪R▪A▪V▪E▪L Read a book which includes these six letters in the title and/or author's name: Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team

TRUST IN YOUR READS
September 1-September 30, 2022 (message 16) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6/6 Challenge Complete!

2. Author Trust: Read a book from an author that you have read before and trust their writing: Undercurrents
3. Relationship Trust: Trust is a big part of relationships. Read a book that has a friendship between characters: The Prettiest
6. Trust fund: Read a book where money plays a role: Mr. Monk in Outer Space
7. TrusT: Read a book whose title includes at least two Ts: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
8. Trust the Universe: Use a random letter generator and trust that the letter it picks will result in a wonderful book pick. The letter picked should be the first letter in the author's last name or first letter in the title: (Y) Bet Your Bottom Dollar
10. Reader Trust: Read a book whose average rating is over 4.0 on Goodreads: The Highland Witch

WORD HUNT
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2022 (Message 15) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
15/12-- Challenge Complete!

Main Words

1. Unknown
Book: The Night Watchman
Quote: "From her Catholic schooling, she would never have known about Indians at all except as a bunch of heathens who were vanquished or conveniently died off."
Location:

2. Strange:
Book: Lovecraft Country
Quote: "Letitia picked up the pancake mix again, registering the strange scrabbling inside the box a half second too late."
Location: page 128

3. Mysterious:
Book: Condemned
Quote: "He believed Welks, finally, but Bastian found no electronic trail for Welks follow-up communique to this mysterious benefactor."
Location: 2947

4. Secret:
Book: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Quote: "He had a secret. A powerful secret that he would have as long as he lived."
Location: page 366

5. Peculiar:
Book: Across the Winding River
Quote: "Either Dad or I would end up displeasing Mom with a less-than-flattering stance or a peculiar expression, but Dad always preferred the outtakes."
Location: page 80

6. Curious:
Book: Across the Winding River
Quote: "How curious. . . Did you know her last name?"
Location: page 180

7. Moon:
Book: Turbo Twenty-Three
Quote: "It was a cloudless sky with a sliver of a moon."
Location: page 109

10. Glass:
Book: Lovecraft Country
Quote: "The sheriff shot out his back window, and one round came straight through and starred the glass above the steering wheel, right at eye level."
Location: page 29

11. Mirror
Book: French Quarter Artists
Quote: "At this age, when Ivy looked in the mirror all she could see were wrinkles."
Location: 1196 of 5125

12. Reflect:
Book: Across the Winding River
Quote: "The way her hair caught the sunlight, so brilliant I expected it to reflect rainbows like a prism."
Location: page 126

14. Peace:
Book: Condemned
Quote: "Finally, he had some peace and quiet."
Location: 1741

15. Friendship:
Book: Betrayal in Death
Quote: "She understood friendship, its pulls and tugs and its puzzles."
Location: page 74

Bonus Words

3. Sun:
Book: How to Love Your Elf
Quote: "In Woodwyn, we worship the sun as our father, but we consider the Wyn River our mother, for it is there that the elfin people had their beginning many centuries ago."
Location: page 64

4. Plastic:
Book: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
Quote: "They wanted to trade for cheap plastic containers UNHCR gave us for water."
Location: page 65

5. Conflict:
Book: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
Quote: "I asked my mother why and she said the intambara-- the conflict."
Location: page 18

Rules
1. You may find up to THREE words per book.
2. State the book title and author, the sentence containing the word(s), and the location(s). Location may be given by page number, percentage. or LOC, allowing for print, audiobooks or ebooks.
3. For the main words, you may use the exact word or a modification of its root word to another part of speech, as long as the root meaning is the same. E.g., mystery, mysteries, mysterious, mystify, etc.
4. For the bonus words, which are theme-word opposites, you must find the exact word with no modifications.

MOONSTRUCK
October 1 - October 31, 2022 (Message 18) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7/5-- Challenge Complete!

2. Lunar phases. Read a book with a moon phase word within the title or author’s name: New, Crescent, Quarter, Gibbous, Full; also Waxing or Waning: The Moon Sisters
3. Man in the moon. Read a book with a full moon or a face on the cover: Cruel Candy
4. Lunar effect. Read a book involving lunacy or with a character affected by the moon in some way: What the Hex
5. Living on the moon. Read a book set in space or on another world, or a sci-fi book: Lovecraft Country
6. Once in a blue moon. Read a genre or author you rarely read: Flight
8. Tidal effects. Read a book set at the shore or involving the sea: The Dogs of Riga
9. Dark side of the moon. Read a book about something or someone dark or mysterious: The Seance

TOPAZ PIZZAZZ
Duration: November 1 - November 30, 2022 (message 9) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6/6-- Challenge Complete

4. Imperial topaz is a sherry-toned variation of topaz named after the 19th century czars of Russia.
- Read a book with a sovereign character (czar, queen, sultan, empress, chief, etc.): How to Love Your Elf
6. Topaz can be mined in many places: Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United States, Zimbabwe.
- Read a book set in one or more of these source countries: Book Lovers (United States)
7. Colorless natural topaz is irradiated and heated to create a range of colors, but some shades can fade from exposure to excess sun or heat. Blue is quite stable though!
- Read a book set during summer: Back in the Burbs
8. Read a book with at least 8 chapters: A Court of Thorns and Roses
9. Read a book featuring someone affected by mental illness, or with a character who suffers at the hands of greed: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family
10. Read a book with two or more colors in its title or cover art This Won't End Well

ALL ABOUT GLASS
Duration: November 1 - November 30, 2022 (message 9) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6/6-- Challenge Complete!

2. Adding minerals to glass changes its color.
- Read a book where the main character makes changes in their life or has a colorful cover This Won't End Well
3. Glass can be formed by lightning.
- Read a book that takes place in a hot climate: Book Lovers
4. When glass breaks, the cracks move at 3000 mph.
- Read a book that is a fast read: Mary Poppins
5. Glass windows were invented in the 17th century.
- Read a book that has an animal on the cover: Canapés for the Kitties
6. Glass is not solid.
- Read a book that has something that moves on the cover: Back in the Burbs
8. Glass is 100% recyclable.
- Read a book that is a second hand/library book or has green on the cover: How to Love Your Elf

SWEET HARMONIES
Duration: December 1 - December 31, 2022 (message 14) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
8/5-- Challenge Complete!

1. Intervals: Read a book that doesn’t take place in chronological order or where time skips around: The Huntress
2. Chords: Read a book where a group of people has to work together to accomplish something: Condemned
3. Four-Part: Read a book with at least four different POVs: The Night Watchman
4. Triad: Read a book with a love triangle or a trio of main characters: Across the Winding River
5. Consonance: Read a book where a character makes a new friend or falls in love: All I Want from Santa
6. Dissonance: Read a book with characters who argue, hate each other, or are otherwise opposed to each other: Whisked Away at Christmas
7. Close Harmonies: Read a book set where you live or close to where you live: The Philosopher's Flight (Boston)
8. Open Harmonies: Read a book set on the opposite side of the world from you.
9. Tonal and Dominant: Read a comfort book or read a book you know nothing about: Mad Honey
10. Root Chords: Read a book about returning to your roots or a family saga.

ON THE SAME PAGE
Duration: December 1 - December 31, 2022 (message 9) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2/5

1. Collaborate. Read a book written by two or more authors: Mad Honey
2. Chronicle. Read a book that has been ghostwritten.
3. Collect. Read a book of stories/essays/poems where more than one author has contributed.
4. Cooperate. Read a book written by an author/illustrator team who have worked together on at least 3 books. Other teams are also allowed, but they must have different roles, e.g., author/narrator.
5 and 6. Continue. Sometimes authors continue a series that was started by another, e.g., James Bond. Read one book in the series by the original author and a continuation novel book by another author.
7. Complete. Read an unfinished book that required a bit of work by another before publication, e.g., Christopher Tolkien edited some of his father's work posthumously.
8. Choose. Read a book you would like to have co-written: The Huntress