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It's hard to believe that it's 2023! The years seems to go by faster and faster these days. But it's good to celebrate new beginnings and prepare for the challenges ahead.

Speaking of challenges, let's spell out 2023!

Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023
No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.

You will use the title (with or without the articles 'a', 'an', 'the') or the author's first or last name to spell out the year. For the exclamation mark at the end, use any book with a punctuation mark in the title.

For a double challenge, make two lists: one for titles and one for author's names.

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Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023
No page limit.
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For twenty-three books: 17 of 23 Completed

✔T - The Perfect Cover by Charlotte Byrd read 03/07/23
✔W - What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline read 01/20/2023
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✔T - The Blood That Drives Us by M. N. Forgy read 03/31/23
✔H - Her Greek Inheritance by Amanda Horton read 01/03/2023
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✔U - Until I Find You by Rea Frey read 03/24/23
✔S - Securing Avery by Susan Stoker read 05/16/2023
✔A - As Dust Dances by Samantha Young read 02/01/2023
✔N - No Mercy by Joanna Schaffhausen read 04/20/23
✔D - Dark Inheritance by Charlotte Byrd read 02/26/2023

✔T - The Long Road to Us by M. N. Forgy read 04/01/23
✔W - Waiting for Wyatt by S. D. Hendrickson read 03/14/23
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✔N - Neighbor Dearest by Penelope Ward read 06/28/23
✔T - The Secrets That Find Us by M. N. Forgy read 05/17/23
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✔T - The Prospect Who Saved Us by M. N. Forgy read 04/24/23
✔H - Hooked by Christina Phillips read 03/13/23
✔R - RoomHate by Penelope Ward read 01/11/23
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Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023
No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.

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Spell Out ~ 2023!
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023
Completed: 21/23


No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.


T - The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan 1-2-2023

W - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton 1-10-2023

O - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 1-16-2023


T - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 1-4-2023

H - Lost Horizon by James Hilton 1-1-2023

O - One Fatal Night by Helene Fermont 1-19-2023

U - The Upside Down Christmas by Kate Forster 1-20-2023

S - Salt Bride by Lucinda Brant 1-2-2023

A - After Alice by Gregory Maguire 1-17-2023

N - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson 1-6-2023

D - The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less by Tonya Dalton 1-19-2023


T - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 1-4-2023

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E - Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger 1-5-2023

N - The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson 4-18-023

T - The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 1-5-2023

Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders 1-20-2023


T - The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe 1-8-2023

H - Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville 1-18-2023

R - The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron 1-8-2023

E - Eragon by Christopher Paolini 4-11-2023

E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by HONEYMAN GAIL 4-18-2023

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I'm in!

Finished my 23/23

I didn't add the dates--do I need to do this? I read them all between January 1 and May 9, 2023.

T - The Patient by Jane Shemilt Jan 10
W - Wrong Place Wrong Time
O - Osman - Richard Osman The Bullet That Missed

T - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal Jan 15
H - Mick Herron - Slow Horses
O - Octavia E. Butler Kindred
U - Umrigar - Thrity Umrigar The Space Between Us
S - Françoise Sagan - Bonjour tristesse
A Akerstrom- Lola Akinmade Åkerström In Every Mirror She's Black
N - Naomi Novik Crucible of Gold
D - Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up Jan 7

T - To Say Nothing of the Dog
W - We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
E - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
N - Native Son by Richard Wright
T - Dennis E. Taylor - For We Are Many
Y - Yours is the Night by Amanda Dykes

T - Tate - ReShonda Tate Billingsley The Book in Room 316
H - Harrison - Suzette D. Harrison - The Dust Bowl Orphans
R - Rosamund Young's The Secret Life of Cows
E - Elaine Dewar - Bones: Discovering the First Americans
E - Edwards - Ruth Dudley Edwards - Corridors of Death
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Can't wait! Books, done!

✔T - The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans 2/13/23
✔W -When Good Earls Go Bad
✔O -One Good Earl Deserves a Lover 1/20/23

✔T - Third Son's a Charm 1/11/23
✔H - His Study in Scandal 2/8/23
✔O -One Wedding and An Earl 11/23/23
✔U - UNIT 77: Broken 3/8/23
✔S -Sold to the Duke 1/7/23
✔A -All I Wanted Was Sushi But I Got Abducted By Aliens Instead: Bubble Babes #1 1/3/23
✔N -Night of the Living Dummy
✔D -The Duke's Stolen Bride 1/14/23

✔T -This Scot of Mine
✔W - When the Duke Was Wicked 1/15/23
✔E - An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed 1/24/23
✔N - No Good Duke Goes Unpunished 1/22/23
✔T - A Treasury of XX Century Murder Compendium I: Including The Lindbergh Child, The Axe-Man of New Orleans, and Madison Square Tragedy 2/15/23
✔Y - You Were Made to Be Mine 4/27/23

✔T - Trak 2/27/23
✔H - Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale 2/19/23
✔R - A Rogue by Any Other Name 1/18/23
✔E - Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion 3/22/23
✔E - Earl Interrupted 4/17/23
✔! - Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger 2/13/23

Authors 20/23:

★T - Taylor Vaughan - His to Claim
★W - Webber, Georgia - Dumb: Living Without a Voice
★O - Odenkirk, Bob - A Load of Hooey

★T - Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Before the Coffee Gets Cold
★H - Hattie Jacks - Fierce
★O - Orner, Eric - Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank
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★S - Spiner, Brent - Fan Fiction
★A - Alice Omsbee Beltran - Knitstrips: The World’s First Comic-Strip Knitting Book
★N - N.R. Scarano - X Marks The O's: A Valentine’s Day Romance Novella
★D - Demelza Carlton - Maid for the Rock Star

★T - Tobin, Clara - Alien: Taken - Human Test Subject
★W - William Sleator - The Spirit House
★E - Elizabeth George Speare - The Witch of Blackbird Pond
★N - Nancy Butler - Northanger Abbey
★T - Tessa Dare - When She Was Naughty
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★T - Tessa Bailey - Secretly Yours
★H - Hattie Jacks - Fear
★R - Ross, Ava - Alien Commander's Mate
★E - Ella Maven - The Alien's Escape
★E - Erika Kelly - More Than a Feeling
★! - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

2023! Spell-Out
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023

READ: 23/23

T: The Untangled Cassie Black - Tammie Painter 1/3
W: The Lost and Found Bookshop - Susan Wiggs 3/3
O: The One You Love - Paul Pilkington 1/29

T: No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor 1/7
H: The Heretic Royal - G.A. Aiken 1/25
O: Murder in an Irish Churchyard - Carlene O'Connor 2/28
U: The Butcher and the Wren - Alaina Urquhart 1/9
S: Shattered Souls - Delilah Devlin 1/13
A: The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken 1/15
N: Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken 2/2
D: Double Dealer - Barbara McCafferty & Beverly Herald 1/7

T: Tortured Dreams - Hadena James 1/31
W: White is the Coldest Colour - John Nicholl 1/18
E: The Dragon's Promise - Elizabeth Lim 1/14
N: Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold - Nancy Atherton 3/7
T: Rhapsodic - Laura Thalassa 2/11
Y: You Can Hide - Rebecca Zanetti 1/5

T: The Pearl Savage - Tamara Rose Blodgett 2/13
H: Half-Blood - Jennifer Armentrout 2/25
R: Up to No Gouda - Linda Reilly 1/21
E: Psychic Dreams - Elizabeth Hunter 1/18
E: Hokuloa Road - Elizabeth Hand 2/27
!: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Jodi Taylor 1/29

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Challenge duration: 1/1 - 31/12/23
No page limit.
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For twenty-three authors:
★T - Colin Thompson: The Great Outdoors 9/1
★W - Jacqueline Wilson: How to Survive Summer Camp 7/2
★O - Kousuke Oono: The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 9 24/2

★T - Nancy Tillman: Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You 1/2
★H - Harriet Muncaster: Mirabelle and the Magical Mayhem 14/1
★O - Kousuke Oono: The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 10 18/8
★U - Eric Ugland: One More Last Time 12/12
★S - Shannon Mayer: Golden 16/1
★A - Adam Kay: Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body 7/1
★N - Neven Iliev: Jackson 27/8
★D - Roald Dahl: The BFG 18/2

★T - Terry Pratchett: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 7/4
★W - Diana Wynne Jones: Howl’s Moving Castle 19/3
★E - Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl 9/1
★N - Neil Gaiman: The Ocean at the End of the Lane 22/4
★T - Tom Huddleston: City of Lifestone 9/4
★Y - Susaek Yeongjang: Spirit Farmer Season 1 25/4

★T - Tom Huddleston: Lair of the Skaven 11/4
★H - Harriet Muncaster: Isadora Moon Under the Sea 14/1
★R - RinoZ: The Antventure Begins 14/1
★E - Eoin Colfer: The Seventh Dwarf 14/1
★E - Abi Elphinstone: Sky Song 31/1
★! - B. Romero: Bang.: A Novelette 26/3

For twenty-three books:
★T - The Trouble With Witches 5/1
★W - Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind 2/2
★O - One Fine Fae 12/2

★T - Thorn 30/1
★H - Hearts for Sale 3/1
★O - Outlaw: The Story of Robin Hood 28/2
★U - Unfamiliar 12/3
★S - Selected Just So Stories 15/1
★A - Always Be My Banshee 11/2
★N - Nova Terra: Titan 7/5
★D - The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale 18/2

★T - The Tears of a Dragon 31/1
★W - Woodwitch 31/3
★E - Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues 10/2
★N - The Nymph's Realm 30/4
★T - That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon 22/4
★Y - Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup 20/3

★T - Two Scoops Of Hellfire 22/4
★H - Her First Taste of Fire 25/1
★R - Reluctant Dungeon 7/2
★E - Emerald and the Ocean Parade 8/3
★E - The Early Years 12/3
★! - Prophets of Waaagh! 15/1

2023! Spell-Out
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023

READ: 23/23

T: This Is Not a Ghost Story 21/6
W: Where'd You Go, Bernadette 1/1
O: One of Us Is Next 3/2

T: Treasure in the Lake 19/6
H: House of Hunger 6/1
O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane 15/7
U: Upon a Waking Dream 27/4
S: Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir 4/4
A: All the Dangerous Things 2/4
N: The New Friends 3/3
D: Dear Laura 1/4

T: The Twin 2/6
W: Whiteout 3/1
E: Ecstasy 65 Days - In the midst of darkness 20/3
N: No Longer Human 3/7
T: The Truth About Magic 12/5
Y: Yellowface 25/6

T: The Ten Thousand Doors of January 17/7
H: Hush Little Baby 8/3
R: Raft of Stars 20/1
E: Every Summer After 7/4
E: Elektra 20/4
!: Abduction! 14/7

2023! Spell-Out
January - December 2023

My 2023! Spell-Out Challenge (msg 11)

Books Read🔹Titles🔹23
Books Read🔹Authors🔹23

Titles


✅💟T🔹Tyler🔹08.08 ★★★★
✅💟W🔹Wolf Trouble🔹07.11 ★★★★
✅💟O🔹On the Rocks🔹03.13 ★★★★


✅💟T🔹To Love a Wolf🔹10.31 ★★★★
✅💟H🔹Her Dakota Man🔹03.31 ★★★★
✅💟O🔹Officer off Limits🔹06.18 ★★★★
✅💟U🔹Undead and Unappreciated🔹09.23 ★★★
✅💟S🔹Sly🔹07.16 ★★★★
✅💟A🔹Adam🔹01.31 ★★★★
✅💟N🔹The Night Is Alive🔹07.26 ★★★
✅💟D🔹A Deeper Darkness🔹04.16 ★★★★


✅💟T🔹Take Me All the Way🔹10.29 ★★★★
✅💟W🔹Who Do You Love🔹02.02 ★★★★
✅💟E🔹Edge of Black🔹06.08 ★★★★
✅💟N🔹No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished🔹01.18 ★★★★
✅💟T🔹Taken by Tuesday🔹08.02 ★★★★
✅💟Y🔹Yanked🔹06.13 ★★★★


✅💟T🔹There is Always Love🔹12.20 ★★★
✅💟H🔹How Much I Feel🔹04.15 ★★★★
✅💟R🔹Resilience After Dark🔹09.12 ★★★★
✅💟E🔹The Ex Games🔹01.22 ★★★
✅💟E🔹The End of Lies🔹08.09 ★★★★
✅💟!🔹Accidentally Married to...a Vampire?🔹03.19 ★★★★


Authors


✅💟T🔹Tyler, Paige🔹In the Company of Wolves🔹08.27 ★★★★
✅💟W🔹Walker, Julie Ann🔹Deeper Than The Ocean🔹08.22 ★★★★
✅💟O🔹Osburn, Terri🔹In Over Her Head🔹02.26 ★★★★


✅💟T🔹Turner, Xyla🔹James🔹03.14 ★★★
✅💟H🔹Herron, Rita🔹Safe in His Arms🔹03.09 ★★★
✅💟O🔹Olivia Noble🔹You Can't Ruin Christmas🔹12.17 ★★★
✅💟U🔹Usher, Donna Joy🔹Two Weddings and a Fugitive🔹08.18 ★★★
✅💟S🔹Showalter, Gena🔹A Mad Zombie Party🔹09.11 ★★★★
✅💟A🔹Ann, Pamela🔹Scornfully Yours🔹02.05 ★★★
✅💟N🔹Neill, Chloe🔹Wild Hunger🔹11.13 ★★★★
✅💟D🔹Dare, Tessa🔹The Wallflower Wager🔹09.17 ★★★★


✅💟T🔹Thompson, Vicki Lewis🔹Midnight Thunder🔹01.10 ★★★
✅💟W🔹Wilde, Amelia🔹Dirty Ransom🔹11.29 ★★★
✅💟E🔹Evanovich, Janet🔹Hot Six🔹08.17 ★★★
✅💟N🔹Nelson, Elizabeth🔹The Game Is On🔹11.10 ★★★
✅💟T🔹Tyler, Paige🔹Her Secret Agent🔹11.04 ★★★★
✅💟Y🔹Young, Samantha🔹Always You🔹03.31 ★★★★


✅💟T🔹Tyler, Paige🔹Hungry Like the Wolf🔹05.06 ★★★★
✅💟H🔹Hayton, Katherine🔹The Buzz Kill🔹04.01 ★★★
✅💟R🔹Reisz, Tiffany🔹Her Halloween Treat🔹11.04 ★★★★
✅💟E🔹Ehemann, Beth🔹Room for Just a Little Bit More🔹01.01 ★★★
✅💟E🔹Estep, Jennifer🔹Touch of Frost🔹01.11 ★★★★
✅💟!🔹Robb, J.D.🔹Forgotten in Death🔹08.27 ★★★★

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January - December 2023

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January - December 2023

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2023! Spell-Out

Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023
No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.

Book Titles

T - The Fortunate Son 8/4
W - Wish 8/12
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T - The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer 8/1
H - HOT Protector
O - Origin in Death 1/18
U - Up in Flames 7/31
S - Storm Sky Blues 1/22
A - As Death Draws Near 1/28
N - Now That I've Found You 7/25
D - Double Cross 1/6

T - The Lies I Tell 9/13
W - Warrior's Cross 8/11
E - Expeditions, Estimation, and Other Dangerous Pastimes 1/28
N - The Necromancer's Dance 8/14
T - The Star 8/31
Y - You Can Hide 1/9

T - The Dating Experiment 8/19
H - Hue, Tint and Shade 8/12
R - The Reluctant Countess 1/23
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Spell Out 2023!

No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.


BOOK TITLES:

T - Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection
W - The Winners
O - One Dark Throne

T - Thunderstruck
H - Hearts West: True Stories Of Mail-Order Brides On The Frontier
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S - The Silkworm
A - Aesop's Fables: A Collection of Aesop's Fables
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T - Three Dark Crowns
W - The Watcher in the Shadows
E - An Experiment In Treason
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Y - Year One

T - The Twelve Dogs of Christmas
H - Haunted Alaska: Ghost Stories from the Far North
R - Rules of Engagement
E - The Exchange: After The Firm
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AUTHORS:

T - Neil deGrasse Tyson - StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond
W - Diana Wynne Jones - Dogsbody
O - Owen Paul Lewis - Storm Boy

T - Tony Hillerman - The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman
H - Karen Harper - The Poyson Garden
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U - Ursula K. Le Guin - Gifts
S - Polly Shulman - The Grimm Legacy
A - Bruce Alexander - The Price of Murder
N - Naomi Novik - The Last Graduate
D - Roald Dahl - Matilda

T - Tom Harper - The Lost Temple
W - William W. Johnstone - Rattlesnake Wells, Wyoming
E - Ed Ferrell - Strange Stories of Alaska and the Yukon
N - Naomi Novik - The Golden Enclaves
T - J.R.R. Tolkien - Mr. Bliss
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T - Teresa Peterson - Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers
H - Seishū Hase - The Boy and the Dog: A Novel
R - Carlos Ruiz Zafón - The Prisoner of Heaven
E - Louise Erdrich - LaRose
E - Erin Morgenstern - The Starless Sea
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I want to give this one a go

Thanks :)

2023 Spell Out
Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023
No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.

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My spot

Start: January 1, 2023
End: December 31, 2023

2023:
T - Two Truths and a Lie - April Henry 🎆🎆🎆 1/27/23
W - The Whispering Dead - Darcy Coates 🎆🎆🎆 2/20/23
O - Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon - Lauretta Hignett 🎆🎆🎆🎆 4/23/23

T - Tena Stetler - Chocolate Raspberry Magic 🎆🎆🎆 7/20/23
H - How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand 🎆🎆 1/2/23
O - Orlean, Susan - The Library Book 🎆🎆🎆 7/15/23
U - Unger, Lisa - Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six 🎆🎆🎆 5/5/23
S - Snapshot - Brandon Sanderson 🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆 1/6/23
A - A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine 🎆🎆🎆🎆 1/4/23
N - Noah's Ark - Andrew J. Morgan 🎆🎆 1/25/23
D - The Deep - Alma Katsu 🎆🎆🎆🎆 1/21/23

T - Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto Is Back 🎆🎆🎆🎆 7/22/23
W - The Woods Are Always Watching - Stephanie Perkins 🎆🎆🎆 8/19/23
E - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson 🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆 4/16/23
N - The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 🎆🎆🎆🎆 2/12/23
T - Tyler Johnson Was Here - Jay Coles 🎆🎆🎆 8/26/23
Y - You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight - Kalynn Bayron 🎆🎆🎆🎆 10/10/23

T - Tochi Onyebuchi - Riot Baby 🎆🎆🎆🎆 8/25/23
H - Herriot, James - James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories 🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆 1/12/23
R - The Red Room: - H.G. Wells 🎆🎆🎆 1/9/23
E - The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 🎆🎆🎆 2/7/23
E - Erin Bowman - Contagion 🎆🎆🎆 3/5/23
! - How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills - Seth Grahame-Smith 🎆🎆🎆🎆 1/14/23

2023! Spell-Out - COMPLETED
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023

BOOK TITLES:
READ: 23/23

T: To Love and to Loathe - Martha Waters 1/3/23
W: What Moves the Dead - T. Kingfisher 2/1/23
O: Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng 5/26/23

T: The Mistletoe Secret - Richard Paul Evans 1/11/23
H: Hail No - Lani Lynn Vale 1/20/23
O: Outside Beauty - Cynthia Kadohata 2/19/23
U: The Ultimate Happiness Prescription: 7 Keys to Joy and Enlightenment - Deepak Chopra 1/23/23
S: Solomon's Oak - Jo-Ann Mapson 1/27/23
A: Archangel's Blade - Nalini Singh 1/10/23
N: NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority - Marshall Karp 1/7/23
D: Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century - Roseanne Montillo 2/22/23

T: Twelve Days of Christmas - Debbie Macomber 1/12/23
W: Without A Trace - Danielle Steel 1/31/23
E: Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea - Sungju Lee 2/7/23
N: Nick - Michael Farris Smith 2/19/23
T: To Marry and to Meddle - Martha Waters 1/30/23
Y: You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales - Sheila Nevins 1/10/23

T: The Antelope Wife - Louise Erdrich 2/22/23
H: Here Burns My Candle - Liz Curtis Higgs 6/17/23
R: Redemption - David Baldacci 1/17/23
E: Evvie Drake Starts Over - Linda Holmes 3/8/23
E: Empire of Wild - Cherie Dimaline 5/7/23
!: Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner 2/11/23

AUTHORS:
READ: 23/23

T: Taylor Jenkins Reid - Carrie Soto Is Back 1/15/23
W: Wanda M. Morris - All Her Little Secrets 5/5/23
O: Octavia E. Butler - Parable of the Sower 1/16/23

T: Tarkington, Booth - Alice Adams 5/22/23
H: Howard, Linda - Ice 7/9/23
O: Obama, Michelle - The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times 6/6/23
U: Union, Gabrielle - You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories 8/6/23
S: Stephen King - Firestarter 2/5/23
A: Alan Paton - Cry, the Beloved Country 1/8/23
N: Nic Stone - Dear Justyce 5/7/23
D: David Mark - The Dark Winter 1/8/23

T: Thomas Hardy - Under the Greenwood Tree 4/24/23
W: Willa Cather - Alexander's Bridge 5/17/23
E: Elif Shafak - The Island of Missing Trees 1/3/23
N: Nyani Nkrumah - Wade in the Water 4/29/23
T: Taylor Stevens - The Innocent 5/25/23
Y: Yvonne Orji - Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams 5/31/23

T: Tawni O'Dell - Angels Burning 5/19/23
H: Hepworth, Sally - The Family Next Door 6/19/23
R: Riley Sager - The House Across the Lake 1/9/23
E: Elizabeth Gilbert - Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage 2/3/23
E: Erika Swyler - The Book of Speculation 7/10/23
!: Charles Frazier - The Trackers 7/14/23

2023! Spell-Out

20/23

T - The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn, 3 STARS, 14th Jan, 378 PAGES
W - World After by Susan Ee, 3 STARS, 6th March, 320 PAGES
O - Obsession in Death (In Death, #40) by J.D. Robb, 3 STARS, 29th April, 404 PAGES

T - Touch of Wrath by Autumn Reed, 3 STARS,16th Jan, 296 PAGES
H - High Stakes (Bo Blackman, #3) by Helen Harper, 3 STARS, 12th Jan, 226 PAGES
O - Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes, 3 STARS, 6th Nov, 420 PAGES
U -
S - Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine, 3 STARS, 12th Feb, 301 PAGES
A - A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins, 4 STARS, 1st Jan, 307 PAGES
N - New Order (Bo Blackman, #2) by Helen Harper, 2 STARS, 9th Jan, 263 PAGES
D - Dire Straits (Bo Blackman, #1) by Helen Harper, 3 STARS, 5th Jan, 382 PAGES

T - The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn, 3 STARS, 3rd Jan, 373 PAGES
W - (The) Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec, 4 STARS, 18Tth Feb, 359 PAGES
E - End of Days by Susan Ee, 3 STARS, 8th March, 344 PAGES
N - Near the Bone by Christina Henry, 3 STARS, 31st March, 321 PAGES
T -Time Thief by Katie MacAlister, 3 STARS, 11th March, 341 PAGES
Y -

T - Touch of Promise (The Collectors #3) by Autumn Reed, 2 STARS, 25th Jan, 284 PAGES
H - House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, 4 STARS, 15th Feb, 304 PAGES
R - Reed Autumn, Touch of Fate, 2 STARS, 1st Feb, 334 PAGES
E - (The) Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey, 3 STARS, 22nd March, 256 PAGES
E - Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian, 3 STARS, 19th May, 512PAGES
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The Challenge Factory
2023! Spell-Out
Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023

Progress: 23 out of 23

It's hard to believe that it's 2023! The years seems to go by faster and faster these days. But it's good to celebrate new beginnings and prepare for the challenges ahead.

Speaking of challenges, let's spell out 2023!

No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.

You will use the title (with or without the articles 'a', 'an', 'the') or the author's first or last name to spell out the year. For the exclamation mark at the end, use any book with a punctuation mark in the title.

For a double challenge, make two lists: one for titles and one for author's names.

For twenty-three books:
T - Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath - ***** - 2/14/2023 - 384 Pages
W - Gertrude Chandler Warner; Mystery Ranch - **** - 3/1/2023 - 128 Pages
O - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ***** - 2/19/2023 - 290 Pages

T - Tiya Miles; All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake - *** - 3/16/2023 - 377 Pages
H - Faith Hunter; Junkyard Cats - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages
O - Nick Offerman; Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages
U - Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
S - Vera Strange; Part of Your Nightmare - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
A - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - **** - 3/7/2023 - 453 Pages
D - Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert - ***** - 1/21/2023 - 309 Pages

T - Thomas Cahill; How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
W - Andy Weir; Project Hail Mary - ***** - 3/8/2023 - 476 Pages
E - Richard Paul Evans; A Christmas Memory - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 192 Pages
N - Nicholas Sparks; The Rescue - ***** - 3/12/2023 - 339 Pages
T - Travis Baldree; Legends & Lattes - ***** - 5/4/2023 - 296 Pages
Y - You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want by Sarah Knight - ***** - 3/20/2023 - 299 Pages

T - Taylor Jenkins Reid; Daisy Jones & The Six - ***** - 5/6/2023 - 368 Pages
H - Denise Hunter; Surrender Bay - ** - 1/16/2023 - 298 Pages
R - Ryan Rimmel; The Mayor of Noobtown - **** - 1/20/2023 - 226 Pages
E - Edward B. Burger; The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking - ** - 2/20/2023 - 157 Pages
E - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni - ***** - 2/27/2023 - 448 Pages
! - *colon* How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages

Progress 14/23

T - Two Can Keep a Secret
W - Where the Crawdads Sing
O - One of Us Is Next

T - The Truth About Forever
H - The Hawthorne Legacy
O - Opposite of Always
U - Under Wildwood
S - The Sun Trail
A -
N - Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
D - Devil in Ohio

T - This Girl
W -
E - Even If We Break
N - Night
T - The Turn of the Key
Y - You Will Be Mine

T -
H -
R - Restore Me
E - Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
E - Eleanor & Park
! - #Murdertrending

I'm finished :) -- this was fun!

Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023
No page limit.

T: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, 2/1
W: Walsh, Brighton, Captive, 3/5
O: Oseman, Alice, Nick and Charlie: A Heartstopper Novella

T: The Wicked King by Holly Black, 1/4
H: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, 1/16
O: Oliver, Lauren, Delirium, 3/23
U: Urban, Diana, These Deadly Games, 3/12
S: Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco, 1/5
A: Arden, Katherine, Small Spaces, 1/10
N: Nothing More to Tell by Karen McManus, 3/4
D: Dig Two Graves by Gretchen McNeil, 1/31

T: The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black, 2/5
W: Winter by Marissa Meyer, 3/3
E: Even Though I Knew the End by CL Polk, 1/6
N: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, 1/14
T: The Stolen Heir by Holly Black, 2/10
Y:

T: Tami Hoag, Down the Darkest Road, 2/20
H: Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, 1/21
R: Rachel Smythe, Lore Olympus: Volume Three, 1/5
E: Existence by Abbi Glines, 3/27
E: Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay, 5/28
!:

Finished!

The Challenge Factory
2023! Spell-Out
Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023

Progress: 23 out of 23

It's hard to believe that it's 2023! The years seems to go by faster and faster these days. But it's good to celebrate new beginnings and prepare for the challenges ahead.

Speaking of challenges, let's spell out 2023!

No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.

You will use the title (with or without the articles 'a', 'an', 'the') or the author's first or last name to spell out the year. For the exclamation mark at the end, use any book with a punctuation mark in the title.

For a double challenge, make two lists: one for titles and one for author's names.

For twenty-three books:
T - Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath - ***** - 2/14/2023 - 384 Pages
W - Gertrude Chandler Warner; Mystery Ranch - **** - 3/1/2023 - 128 Pages
O - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ***** - 2/19/2023 - 290 Pages

T - Tiya Miles; All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake - *** - 3/16/2023 - 377 Pages
H - Faith Hunter; Junkyard Cats - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages
O - Nick Offerman; Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages
U - Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
S - Vera Strange; Part of Your Nightmare - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
A - Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - **** - 3/7/2023 - 453 Pages
D - Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert - ***** - 1/21/2023 - 309 Pages

T - Thomas Cahill; How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
W - Andy Weir; Project Hail Mary - ***** - 3/8/2023 - 476 Pages
E - Richard Paul Evans; A Christmas Memory - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 192 Pages
N - Nicholas Sparks; The Rescue - ***** - 3/12/2023 - 339 Pages
T - Travis Baldree; Legends & Lattes - ***** - 5/4/2023 - 296 Pages
Y - You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want by Sarah Knight - ***** - 3/20/2023 - 299 Pages

T - Taylor Jenkins Reid; Daisy Jones & The Six - ***** - 5/6/2023 - 368 Pages
H - Denise Hunter; Surrender Bay - ** - 1/16/2023 - 298 Pages
R - Ryan Rimmel; The Mayor of Noobtown - **** - 1/20/2023 - 226 Pages
E - Edward B. Burger; The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking - ** - 2/20/2023 - 157 Pages
E - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni - ***** - 2/27/2023 - 448 Pages
! - *colon* How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages

Spell Out 2023
Challenge duration: June 1 - Dec. 31, 2023
No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.

For twenty-three books:
T - T.J. Newman - Falling June-12-2023 3.5⭐
W -
O -

T - The Four Winds June-6-2023 4.5⭐
H - The Handmaid’s Tale June-3-2023 4⭐
O -
U -
S - Susie Luo - Paper Names June-11-2023 3.5⭐
A - The Awakening June-19-2023 3.0⭐
N - Lauren North - My Word Against His June-1-2023 4⭐
D - Delicates June-2-2023 3.5⭐

T - The Gilded Wolves June-8-2023 4⭐
W -
E - Elizabeth Lim - The Dragon's Promise June-14-2023 4.0⭐
N - T.J. Newman - Drowning June-20-2023 4.0⭐
T - Terms and Conditions June-18-2023 4.5⭐
Y - Yellowface June-4-2023 4.5⭐

T -
H - The House in the Cerulean Sea July-1-2023 4.0⭐
R - Red, White & Royal Blue July-9-2023 4.0⭐
E -
E-
! - Counterfeit June-17-2023 3.0⭐

2023! Spell-Out - Completed

Titles

T - Twilight at Moorington Cross by Abigail Wilson - Feb 19
W - The Witching Place: A Fatal Folio (Curious Bookstore Cozy Mystery #1) by Sophie Love - Feb 26
O - One by One by Ruth Ware - Apr 25

T - This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry - Mar 10
H - Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian - Feb 28
O - Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie - Jun 21
U - Uprooted by Naomi Novik - Mar 28
S - The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Jan 2
A - The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife (The Early Case Files of Sherlock Holmes #1) by Liese Sherwood-Fabre - Jan 9
N - Northern Lights (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman - Feb 7
D - The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth - Jan 10

T - Tiger Queen by Annie Sullivan - Apr 5
W - Wild Refuge (Yellowstone Shifters #2) by K. Panikian - Jan 11
E - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - May 14
N - Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim - Jan 19
T - Tapestry by Beth Duke - Apr 16
Y - You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil - Jan 30

T - To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo - May 5
H - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - Mar 13
R - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - Mar 24
E - An English Garden Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries #1) by Katie Gayle - Apr 9
E - Earth Girl (Earth Girl #1) by Janet Edwards - May 18

! - Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim - Feb 9

Authors

T - It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters #1) by Tessa Bailey - Jan 7 - AFN
W - Murder Before Moscato (Midnight Winery Cozy Mystery #1) by Christie Waters - Mar 1 - ALN
O - The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #1) by Baroness Orczy - Jan 15 - ALN

T - Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Jan 24 - AFN
H - You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry - Jan 31 - ALN
O - 1984 by George Orwell - Jan 17 - ALN
U - Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin - Jul 19 - AFN
S - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - Jan 26 - AFN
A - Lady Susan by Jane Austen - Jan 5 - ALN
N - Kings of the Wyld (The Band #1) by Nicholas Eames - May 29 - AFN
D - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket #2) by Roald Dahl - Feb 1 - ALN

T - Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh - May 10 - AFN
W - Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Mar 30 - ALN
E - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - Jan 15 - AFN
N - An Invitation to Murder (The Oldminster Mysteries #1) by Norman Russell - May 31 - AFN
T - There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura - Jun 24 - ALN
Y - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - Apr 2 - AFN

T - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune - Aug 10 - AFN
H - Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal (Mrs. Perivale #1) by Dash Hoffman - Apr 12 - ALN
R - The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan - Jan 25 - AFN & ALN
E - A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway - Jan 12 - AFN
E - The Body in the Dales (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries #1) by J.R. Ellis - Feb 6 - ALN

! - The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty - Jul 2 - .

Challenge Duration: Aug 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
I'm starting late because why not?

Progress: 6/23

For twenty-three books:
T - The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World - Laura Imai Messina
W - The Wallflower Wager - Tessa Dare
O -

T - Two Graves - Sept 17
H - Hunting Season by Nevada Barr - Aug 30
O -
U - The Uncommon Reader Sept 15
S -
A - The Accident
N - No Safe House
D - The Devil's Bones - Carolyn Haines - Sept 9

T -
W - Wood Buffalo - George Mercer
E - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson - Finished Sept 5
N -
T -
Y -

T -
H -
R -
E - The Echo
E - Evil Under the Sun Sept 11
! - Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

Challenge duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023
No page limit.
One book per letter or punctuation mark.

T - Tee Valley killings - CJ Grayson
W - What happens In Dubai - Sophie Gravis
O - One who fell - Kerry Wilkinson

T - Two Victims - Helen Durrant
H - Housemaids secret - Frieda Mcfadden
O - Others mothers - Katherine Faulkner
U -
S - Social affair - Britney King
A - A Snowballs chance in hell - Jd Kirk
N - No escape - Casey Kelleher
D - Devil you know - Frieda Mcfadden

T - Talk to the paw - Melissa Metz
W - Whisper of sorrows - Jd Kirk
E - Every little breath - Keri Beevis
N - Next Victim - Helen Durrant
T - Thousand boy kisses - Fillie Cole
Y -

T - The Killing code - Jd Kirk
H - His other woman - Sarah edghill
R - Runaway girl - Emma Tallon
E -
E -
! -

Challenge complete! Thanks for hosting!
Updated post: My 2023! Spell-Out Challenge (msg 11)

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