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List 2 - January -February 2025πΈοΈ1. Read a narrative nonfiction book
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission - Hampton Sides - 4.5 Stars - 2/7/25
Review
πΈοΈ2. Read a book on PBT's pbt-decathlon book shelf.
Our Man in Havana - Graham Greene - 4 Stars - 1/17/25
Review
πΈοΈ3. Book set in Jungle
The Codex - Douglas Preston - 3 Stars - 1/30/25
Review
πΈοΈ4. Memoir by a chef or a food writer
Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir - Padma Lakshmi - 3 Stars - 2/1/25
Review
πΈοΈ5. Read a science book
Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood - 4 Stars - 2/8/25
Review
πΈοΈ6. Book with a dog on the cover.
The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 2/4/25
Review
πΈοΈ7. Read a book featuring a female detective
The Neighbor - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 1/22/25
Review
πΈοΈ8. Two books with the same title (excluding A, An, The, or Subtitles)
γ°οΈ 1. One by One - Freida McFadden - 3 Stars - 1/31/25
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γ°οΈ 2. One by One - Ruth Ware - 4 Stars - 2/7/25
Review
πΈοΈ9. A book that fits the tag psychology
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century - Maureen Callahan - 4 Stars- 2/5/25
Review
πΈοΈ10. A book with βdayβ or βnightβ in the title
Zero Day - David Baldacci - 4 Stars - 2/6/25
Review
πΈοΈ11. Read a book that fits a tag that was nominated in 2024 but didn't win the popular vote. Must be tagged at least 5 times with the tag you pick.
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me - Mariana Zapata - 4 Stars - 1/18/25
Tagged Sports 2334 times - Sports was nominated in October 2024 but lost to Travel.
Review
πΈοΈ12. A book involving an ethical dilemma
My Sisterβs Keeper - Jodi Picoult - 4.5 Stars - 2/7/25
Review
List 3 - February - March 2025π’ 1. A book set during the Napoleonic Era
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. - Sandra Gulland - 5 Stars - 2/25/25
Review
π’ 2. Read a book with someone escaping, fleeing, or running from danger
The Auschwitz Escape - Joel C. Rosenberg - 4 Stars - 2/26/25
Review
π’ 3. Find your most read author. Read a new book by them. If you have read everything by that author, use your next most read author.
Bonded in Death - J.D. Robb - 5 Stars - 3/2/25 - J. D. Robb is by far my most read author, with 73 books on my TBR. Bonded in Death is her latest, published Feb 04, 2025.
Review
π’ 4. Read a book set in a location and time period you would love to visit. I would have liked to witness the English Royal Court during Henry VIII
Sovereign - C.J. Sansom - 5 Stars - 2/18/24
Review
π’ 5. Read a book with a food item in the title.
Murder with Macaroni and Cheese - A.L. Herbert - 3.5 Stars - 2/16/25
Review
π’ 6. Book has the word 'tree' in the title
The Plum Tree - Ellen Marie Wiseman - 4 Stars - 2/14/25
Review
π’ 7. Any book found on PBT's Group Bookshelf
Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer - 4 Stars - 2/10/25 - this was found on the 5 Stars Shelf and Books with Friends Shelf
Review
π’ 8. Read a Newberry Award Winning book - 1994 Winner
The Giver - Lois Lowry - 4 Stars - 2/11/25
Review
π’ 9. Read a book with recipes in it. Make one of the recipes and include a review of the recipe in your review
Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce - A.L. Herbert - 3 Stars - 2/24/25
Review
γ°οΈ I decided to make Mahalia's Collard Greens recipe. I've had collards in the past and didn't love them. Halia's recipe was just delicious. I think it's because she also included ham hock and plenty of bacon in her recipe. I definitely recommend this recipe if you are ever planning to make collard greens (and most people aren't).
π’ 10. Read a book where the main character is an artist.
Wild Man Creek - Robyn Carr - 3 Stars - 2/20/25
Review
π’ 11. Read a book mentioned in another book
The Drowner - John D. MacDonald - 3 Stars - 3/1/25 - this is one of the eight books referenced in Eight Perfect Murders
Review
π’ 12. Read a noir novel or collection of short stories
I, the Jury - Mickey Spillane - 4 Stars - 2/13/25
Review
List 4 - March 2025π£ 1. A book that has a moon on the cover
Twice in a Blue Moon - Christina Lauren - 3 Stars - 3/20/25
Review
π£ 2. The book's title or author's name contains a gemstone (diamond, ruby, sapphire, etc.)
Terror in Topaz - A.M. Stuart - 4 Stars - 3/14/25
Review
π£ 3. A book with less than 3,000 ratings on GoodReads.
Die Smiling - Linda Ladd - 4 Stars - 3/4/25 - 559 ratings
Review
π£ 4. A book containing a long walking or hiking trek.
The Hike - Susi Holliday - 4 Stars - 3/21/25
Review
π£ 5. A gothic novel written by a woman author after 2000.
Inheritance - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 3/16/25 - tagged Gothic 18 times
Review
π£ 6. Title includes a world famous monument - example Eiffel Tower or Great Wall or US Capital.
Murder in the White House - Margaret Truman - 3.5 Stars -3/10/25
Review
π£ 7. Read a book written before 1990 that takes place in the 21st century.
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury - 4 Stars - 3/9/25
Review
π£ 8. A book where the main character takes a plane journey
Missing in Flight - Audrey J. Cole - 3.5 Stars - 3/19/25
Review
π£ 9. Read a Pulitzer Prize winner.
The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer - 3.5 Stars - 3/13/25 - 1980 Pulitzer Prize
Review
π£ 10. Read a book with the current month in the title.
Kopp Sisters on the March - Amy Stewart - 3.5 Stars - 3/16/25
Review
π£ 11. Read a book about immigration.
Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri - 4 Stars - 3/18/25
Review
π£ 12. Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) about a religion you know little or nothing about.
Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman - 3 Stars - 3/6/25
Review
List 5 - March - April 2025π 1. Read a book by an author who's written more than 15 books
Battle Mountain - C.J. Box - 5 Stars - 3/29/25 - C. J. Box has written over 30 books
Review
π 2. A historical fiction title that has been tagged 5 times or more with the tag "historical fiction"
Three Sisters, Three Queens - Philippa Gregory - 4 Stars - 4/8/25
Review
π 3. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list. For example Oprah, Barack Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Gates, etc. - 144 Books Recently Selected by the Big Celebrity Book Clubs
Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt - 5 Stars - 4/6/25 - Read with Jenna May 2022 selection
Review
π 4. A book with an unnamed protagonist
Butterflies in November - AuΓ°ur Ava ΓlafsdΓ³ttir - 3.5 Stars - 4/7/25
Review
π 5. The title contains one of the same words as the last book you
|completed (excluding a, an, and the)
To Darkness and to Death - Julia Spencer-Fleming - 4 Stars - 3/28/25 - read A Beautiful Blue Death on 3/27/25
Review
π 6. A book with nautical elements on the cover - Lighthouse and Sailboat
Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B - Portia MacIntosh
Review
π 7. Read an essay collection
Meaty - Samantha Irby - 3 Stars - 4/3/25
Review
π 8. A book that fits an art or artist tag
Clara and Mr. Tiffany - Susan Vreeland - 4 Stars - 4/2/25
Review
π 9. A book with a title that references a nursery rhyme or fairy tale.
Along Came a Spider - James Patterson - 3.5 Stars - 3/30/25
Review
π 10. Read a book set before 1900
A Beautiful Blue Death - Charles Finch - 3.5 Stars - 3/27/25 - set in 1865 London
Review
π 11. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon - 5 Stars - 3/31/25 - Joanne had this in her Top Ten
Review
π 12. Read a book on PBT's pbt-decathlon book shelf.
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows - Alan Bradley - 5 Stars - 4/4/25
Review
List 6 - April 2025π΄ 1. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list (with link to that thread)
Sue's Top 10 Reads of 2024
The River We Remember - William Kent Krueger - 5 Stars - 4/14/25
Review
π΄ 2. A book with a common farm animal in the title
The Silver Pigs - Lindsey Davis - 3 Stars - 4/10/25
Review
π΄ 3. Primarily set in a country bordering the Arabian Sea
The Tea Planter's Wife - Dinah Jefferies - 3.5 Stars - 4/17/25 - set in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka)
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π΄ 4. Read a book with a tag that starts with "social" (Sociology, society, social psychology, social sciences, social, social- justice, sociable, sociopath, social engineering, social commentary, etc. )
The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice - 4 Stars - 4/17/25 - tagged Social Justice, Sociology, Social Issues
Review
π΄ 5. A book with less than 1,000 ratings on GoodReads
The Royal Game - Anne O'Brien - 2 Stars - 4/16/25 - 816 ratings
Review
π΄ 6. Read a book of non-fiction related to history - tagged non-fiction 4,753 times and history 2,973 times
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - Daniel James Brown - 4.5 Stars - 4/21/25
Review
π΄ 7. A book you thought you would never read.
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - 3 Stars - 4/15/25
Review
π΄ 8. A book related to science or technology
Twist - Colum McCann - 3 Stars- 4/20/25 - Tagged technology 6 times
Review
π΄ 9. A book containing a map - a map of Bishop's Lacey & Environs is lacted at the beginning of the book.
A Red Herring Without Mustard - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 4/9/25
Review
π΄ 10. A book set in Alaska or Hawaii
Running Wild - K.A. Tucker - 3.5 Stars - 4/20/25 - set in Alaska
Review
π΄ 11. A book that fits an intelligence tag (could be AI, espionage, intelligence)
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service - 3.5 Stars - 4/18/25
Review
π΄ 12. The title contains at least six words.
The Line Between Here and Gone - Andrea Kane - 3 Stars - 4/11/25
Review
List 7 - April - May 2025βοΈ 1. A book with a common farm animal on the cover
Who Moved My Goat Cheese? - Lynn Cahoon - 3.5 Stars - 4/28/25
Review
βοΈ 2. There is an upside-down person, place, or thing on the cover
Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney - 4 Stars - 5/7/25
Review
βοΈ 3. The book includes a character who is an alien (or might be one).
Captive of the Horde King - Zoey Draven - 3.5 Stars - 4/26/25
Review
βοΈ 4. Read a book from the 1001 books you must read before you die list.
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott - 5 Stars - 5/8/25
Review
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die - #14
βοΈ 5. Read a book that's been on your TBR for longer than a year - added Aug 21, 2015
Cemetery Lake - Paul Cleave - 4.5 Stars - 5/4/25
Review
βοΈ 6. Read a book featuring a love story - tagged love story 7 times
Slightly Married - Mary Balogh - 4 Stars - 4/22/25
Review
βοΈ 7. Read a book where the title contains a word related to sight (e.g., view, eye, light, see, look, glimpse, vision, behold, color, rainbow, etc.)
Killer View - Ridley Pearson - 4 Stars - 4/25/25
Review
βοΈ 8. A book with an author who is an historian, historical researcher, archivist, or antiquarian.
Alison Weir is a British author and public historian. She primarily writes about the history of English royal women and families, in the form of biographies that explore their historical setting.
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife - Alison Weir - 5 Stars - 5/6/25
Review
βοΈ 9. A book related to or featuring the game of baseball. Tagged baseball 26 times
Break the Rules - Julia Jarrett - 3 Stars - 5/5/25
Review
βοΈ 10. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list
Booknblues Top 10 of 2024
James - Percival Everett - 5 Stars - 5/4/25
Review
βοΈ 11. A book set in Asia - Set in India
The Last Kashmiri Rose - Barbara Cleverly - 3.5 Stars - 5/7/25
Review
βοΈ 12. A book set in or about WWI or WWII.
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS - Lisa Rogak - 4.5 Stars - 5/3/25
Review
List 8 - May 2025βοΈ 1. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list - Reese Witherspoon Celebrity Book Club April 2024
The Most Fun We Ever Had - Claire Lombardo - 3.5 Stars - 5/24/25
Review
βοΈ 2. A book with an unnamed protagonist
Death is a Lonely Business - Ray Bradbury - 3 Stars - 5/1/25
Review
βοΈ 3. A book set primarily in a state or province bordering The Great Lakes - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The Canadian province of Ontario also borders the Great Lakes.
Suffer the Children - Lisa Black - 4 Stars - 5/14/25 - set in Cleveland, Ohio
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βοΈ 4. A book published in 2015
In Bitter Chill - Sarah Ward - 4 Stars - 5/18/25 - first published Jun 30, 2015
Review
βοΈ 5. Read a book with an MPG of Alternate History
Dominion - C.J. Sansom - 4 Stars - 5/22/25
Review
βοΈ 6. A book published in 1985.
Murder at the FBI - Margaret Truman - 3 Stars - 5/24/25
Review
βοΈ 7. Read a book that a PBT member has on their top ten list of 2024 - it must be a book you have not read before - Pam's Top Ten of 2024
How to End a Love Story - Yulin Kuang - 3 Stars - 5/13/25
Review
βοΈ 8. A book set in your favorite city - London
Something Blue - Emma Jameson - 3.5 Staes - 5/21/25
Review
βοΈ 9. A book written by an author or artist of The Lost Generation
The Sun Also Rises- Ernest Hemingway - 4 Stars - 5/16/25
Review
βοΈ 10. Read a book that's been on your TBR for more than a year
Indigo Ridge - Devney Perry - 4 Stars - 5/11/25 - added Sep 29, 2023
Review
βοΈ 11. A book with a cover containing the colors of your favorite sports team (if you don't have one, use the colors of your secondary/high school or university)
Maroon and White
The Mangle Street Murders - M.R.C. Kasasian - 3.5 Stars - 5/21/25
Review
βοΈ 12. A book with an insect on the cover or in the title
Lovebug - Erin Mallon - 3 Stars - 5/17/25
Review
List 9 - May - June 2025π 1. Any book found on PBT's Group Bookshelf
- found on Thriller, Play Harder and Compass Shelves
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy - 5 Stars - 5/29/25
Review
π 2. A book that involves a journey - need not be physical.
The Road to Tender Hearts - Annie Hartnett - 5 Stars - 6/8/25
Review
π 3. A book containing the word 'wedding' in the title
The Wedding Shroud - Elisabeth Storrs - 4 Stars -6/6/25
Review
π 4. A book published in the year you joined Goodreads - First published February 14, 2012
Restless in the Grave - Dana Stabenow - 4 Stars - 6/3/25
Review
π 5. Read a book you find on PBT's Happy 15th birthday PBT shelf
Clark and Division - Naomi Hirahara - 4 Stars - 6/12/25
Review
π 6. Re-read a book you've already read before.
The Bastards of Pizzofalcone - Maurizio de Giovanni - 4 Stars - 6/9/25
Review
π 7. Read a book with the word good, bad or ugly in the title.
Prior Bad Acts - Tami Hoag - 4 Stars - 6/11/25
Review
π 8. Read a book that involves genetics, heredity, or inheritance - Sonya was left a haunted mansion by her long lost uncle and must find out how to break the curse.
The Mirror - Nora Roberts - 4 Stars - 6/4/25
Review
π 9. A book set in a city or town starting with the letter P, B or T
Every Fifteen Minutes - Lisa Scottoline - 4 Stars - 5/30/25 - set in Philadelphia
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π 10. A book set during or relating to women's suffrage and/or women's suffrage movement
Stories from Suffragette City - M.J. Rose - 4 Stars - 6/1/25
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π 11. A book that includes a family tree
The Summer Queen - Elizabeth Chadwick - 4 Stars - 6/10/25 - family trees of William the Conqueror, Counts of Poitou, Dukes of Acquitaine, and Louis VI of France
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π 12. A travel book
The White Darkness - David Grann - 4.5 Stars - 6/7/25
Review
List 10 - June 2025𦩠1. Read the next book in a series that you have started but haven't finished - Book #3 of 25
C is for Corpse - Sue Grafton - 4 Stars - 6/14/25
Review
𦩠2. Read a book where the title includes an ordinal number (e.g. The FIRST deadly sin)
Murder on Fifth Avenue - Victoria Thompson - 3.5 Stars - 6/16/25
Review
𦩠3. A book by a Canadian author - Vicki Delany was born in Winnipeg and is one of Canadaβs most varied and prolific crime writers.
In The Shadow Of The Glacier - Vicki Delany - 4 Stars - 6/25/25
Review
𦩠4. A murder mystery where one of the traditional Game of Clue weapons is used: candlestick, revolver, wrench, rope, knife, or lead pipe. The murderer stabs Lady Ellis to death with a knife.
Cloche and Dagger - Jenn McKinlay - 3.5 Stars - 6/22/25
Review
𦩠5. Put a favorite author's name in the Literature Map and read a book by one of the other authors whose name appear. My most read and favorite author is JD Robb
Alone - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 6/5/25
Review
https://www.literature-map.com/j.+d.+...
𦩠6. A long book (more than 500 pages)
Revelation - C.J. Sansom - Stars - 6/18/25 - 673 pages
Review
𦩠7. Read an "alternate" book (alternate history, alternative world, alternate identity, or alternative lifestyles) - The Supreme Court has ruled that vampirism is legal in the US.
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton - 3 Stars - 6/24/25
Review
𦩠8. A book featuring ice skating, figure skating, speed skating, or hockey
The Deal - Elle Kennedy - 3 Stars - 6/24/25
Review
𦩠9. Read a gothic novel
Bochica - Carolina FlΓ³rez-Cerchiaro - 2 Stars - 6/21/25
Review
𦩠10. Read a book about immigration.
When the Emperor Was Divine - Julie Otsuka - 3 Stars - 6/17/25
Review
𦩠11. The author's first or last name starts with X, Y, or Z
You Can Run - Rebecca Zanetti - 3 Stars - 6/20/25
Review
𦩠12. Read a book set in the South Pacific - on land or at sea.
Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea - Tami Oldham Ashcraft - 4 Stars - 6/23/25
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List 11 - June / July 2025π¦ 1. Read a book that won the Pulitzer Prize - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2000
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri - 4 Stars - 7/2/25
Review
π¦ 2. A book by a Canadian author
Valley of the Lost - Vicki Delany - 3.5 Stars - 7/1/25
Review
π¦ 3. A book with a bridge on the cover, the word
"bridge" in the title, or a bridge in the content
The Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer - 4 Stars - 7/10/25
Review
π¦ 4. Read a book with a one word title
Hide - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 6/26/25
Review
π¦ 5. Read a book with stripes on the cover.
Heaven, Texas - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 2 Stars - 7/3/25
Review
π¦ 6. The title contains the name of a flower (e.g., Daisy, Rose, Lily, etc.)
The Poppy Fields - Nikki Erlick - 5 Stars - 7/11/25
Review
π¦ 7. Read a retelling of a classic book or a fairy tale
For the Wolf - Hannah F. Whitten - 3 Stars - 7/8/25
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π¦ 8. Read a book that fits this month's tag. June's tag was Summer.
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding - Catherine Mack - 3 Stars - 6/27/25
Review
π¦ 9. After alphabetizing the titles in your GoodReads Want to Read shelf from A - Z, read one of the books from the first 20 listed
The Absence of Mercy - John Burley - 4 Stars - 7/5/25
Review
π¦ 10. A book featuring a ruler, monarch, or dictator
The Queen's Man - Sharon Kay Penman - 4 Stars - 7/9/25
Review
π¦ 11. Read a book by an author who uses three names (a middle initial is NOT enough). Eg: Alexander McCall Smith
Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith - 4 Stars - 7/6/25
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π¦ 12. Read a book set somewhere you would like to visit Australia
Black & Blue - James Patterson - 3.5 Stars - 7/4/25
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List 12 - July 2025π³ 1. A book that fits last month's PBT tag - June's tag was Summer
Summer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand - 4 Stars - 7/15/25
Review
π³ 2. A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish - set in Spain
Or the Bull Kills You - Jason Webster - 4 Stars - 7/16/25
Review
π³ 3. A book set in Scandinavia - set in Iceland
66 Degrees North - Michael Ridpath - 3.5 Stars - 7/18/25
Review
π³ 4. Post three to five books choices in this thread and read the first one someone else picks for you - Picked by Joy D
The Guide - Peter Heller - 4 Stars - 7/25/25
Review
π³ 5. Read a book with a peaceful nature-focused setting
Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field - John Lewis-Stempel - 4.5 Stars - 7/26/25
Review
π³ 6. A book with a cat on the cover.
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 7/23/25
Review
π³ 7. Read a book with the letter J in the title.
The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth - 4 Stars - 7/22/25
Review
π³ 8. Read a book that is on PBT's Fall Flurry of Holidays bookshelf (any year).
Link to 2024 Fall Flurry of Holidays Shelf - 2024
The Duke Who Despised Christmas - Scarlett Scott - 3 Stars - 7/17/25
Review
π³ 9. Read a book about giving up a bad habit or overcoming an addiction
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction - David Sheff - 4 Stars - 7/25/25
Review
π³ 10. The author was born before the year 1900 - born September 15, 1890
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie - 4.5 Stars - 7/20/25
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π³ 11. Read a celebrity memoir.
If You Ask Me - Betty White - 3.5 Stars - 7/21/25
Review
π³ 12. Read a book with a title that includes the name of a playing card (e.g., Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Joker, etc).
The Stolen Queen - Fiona Davis - 4 Stars - 7/24/25
Review
List 13 - August 2025π΅ 1. The title includes an ordinal number (e.g. The FIRST deadly sin)
First-Time Caller - B.K. Borison -3 Stars - 8/5/25
Review
π΅ 2. A book fully or partially set in a hotel, motel, bed & breakfast, or inn (or similar)
A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy - 3.5 Stars - 8/6/25
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π΅ 3. Read a book set on a planet other than Earth.
Madness of the Horde King - Zoey Draven - 3 Stars - 8/10/25
Review
π΅ 4. Take a look at the cover of the last book you read, pick an item displayed on the cover, and read a book with that word in the title.
Whispering Rock - Robyn Carr - 3.5 Stars - 8/2/25
The last book I read had a big rock in the stream so I used "Rock" as a title word.
Review
π΅ 5. Listen to an audiobook
The Mistress of Bhatia House - Sujata Massey - 4 Stars - 8/8/25
Review
π΅ 6. Read a book with a title beginning with U
An Unforgiving Place - Claire Kells - 4 Stars - 8/1/25
Review
π΅ 7. A biography or autobiography
Frank & Ava: In Love and War - John Brady - 4 Stars - 8/6/25
Review
π΅ 8. A noir novel or noir collection of short stories
The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - 4 Stars - 8/10/25
Review
π΅ 9. Read a book published in 2025 - first pub May 27, 2025
Hidden Nature - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 8/7/25
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π΅ 10. Read a book with an animal on the cover
Irresistible Force - D.D. Ayres - 3 Stars - 8/11/25
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π΅ 11. Read a book written by an author whose initials are sequential. eg: Amy Brown, Quinn Russell
Hellbent - Gregg Hurwitz - 4.5 Stars - 8/4/25 - GH
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π΅ 12. Read two books with the same title (excluding A, An, The, or Subtitles)
Out of the Dark - Gregg Hurwitz - 5 Stars - 8/11/25
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Out of the Dark - Sharon Sala - 4 Stars - 8/9/25
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List 14 - August 2025π¦ 1. Read a book that includes a protagonist with a physical disability. Main character, John Palmer, was wounded in Afghanistan and is in a wheelchair.
Embattled Hearts - J.M. Madden - 3 Stars - 8/16/25
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π¦ 2. Read a book with a title beginning with O.
Overkill - Sandra Brown - 4 Stars - 8/20/25
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π¦ 3. Read a book set in more than one time period. Set in 1708 wnd "modern" times.
The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley - 4 Stars - 8/14/25
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π¦ 4. Read a book with a red barn on its cover.
Red Barn - Sam Baron - 2 Stars - 8/19/25
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π¦ 5. Read a book that a GR friend or PBT member has DNF'd. SW Zippy had this on her DNF shelf
If You Really Loved Me - Ann Rule - 4 Stars - 8/26/25
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π¦ 6. Read a book with a number in the title.
Finger Lickin' Fifteen - Janet Evanovich - 2 Stars - 8/25/25
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π¦ 7. Read a non-fiction book.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - Jon Krakauer - 4 Stars - 8/24/25
Review
π¦ 8. Read the book listed at number 25 on your TBR - how you sort your TBR is up to you.
Into the Fire - Gregg Hurwitz - 4.5 Stars - 8/26/25
Review
I sorted this on 8/11/25 by Date Added (most recent) and this book was #12 (added August 1, 2025)
π¦ 9. Read a book about a sport that is not popular where you live. I live in Arizona and there are few opportunities to find ice hockey and ice skating in the area.
Icebreaker - Hannah Grace - 2 Stars - 8/21/25
Review
π¦ 10. Read a book where the title is mentioned in another book. The ABC Murders was mentioned in Eight Perfect Murders.
The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie - 4 Stars - 8/17/25
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π¦ 11. Read a Non-fiction book about an event that happened during your lifetime.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam - Neil Sheehan - 5 Stars- 8/23/25
Review
π¦ 12. Read a book published in 1975.
The Choirboys - Joseph Wambaugh - 3 Stars - 8/15/25
Review
The novel "The Choirboys" by Joseph Wambaugh was first published in 1975. Specifically, the first edition was released by Delacorte Press.
List 15 - September 2025π 1. Read a book published in January, June, or July of any year.
The Holy Thief - William Ryan - 4 Stars - 9/1/25 - First published January 1, 2010
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π 2. Read a book with a baseball related word in the title (ball, base, catch, double, game, home, hit, out, pitch, plate, play, player, run, safe, single, triple, etc.)
The Killing Game - Kate Bold - 3 Stars - 9/3/25
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π 3. A book that mentions extinction or endangered species.
Extinction - Douglas Preston - 3.5 Stars - 9/7/25
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π 4. Read a non-fiction book about a science related topic.
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus - Richard Preston - 4 Stars - 9/12/25
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π 5. Read a book with a main character who is a scientist or inventor.
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love - Dava Sobel - 3.5 Stars - 9/2/25
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π 6. The title contains at least six words.
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 9/10/25
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π 7. Read a book with a kitchen utensil in the title. eg: The Fork in the Road, A Knife in My Back
Under the Knife - Tess Gerritsen - 3 Stars - 9/9/25
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π 8. A book with the word planet, moon, star, sun in the title, singular or plural.
Sun Storm - Γ sa Larsson - 4 Stars - 9/6/25
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π 9. Read a book tagged pandemic, pandemic books, or pandemic reading.
Wish You Were Here - Jodi Picoult - 4 Stars - 9/5/25
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π 10. A book set in the world of art.
An Inside Job - Daniel Silva - 5 Stars - 9/12/25
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π 11. Read a book that features camping.
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore - 4.5 Stars - 9/11/25
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π 12. Read a book set in New York
I Shall Not Want - Julia Spencer-Fleming - 4 Stars - 9/8/25
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πΉοΈ1. Book with an orange cover.
B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton - 3.5 Stars - 1/2/25
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πΉοΈ2. A book with a Star in the content, title or cover (this could be an astronomy book, a celebrity memoir, or something else.
The Sun Is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon - 3 Stars - 1/6/25
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πΉοΈ3. A book with a politics tag - Tagged Po,itics 57 times
The First Ladies - Marie Benedict - 4.5 Stars - 1/11/25
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πΉοΈ4. A book that includes at least 1 recipe
Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles - A.L. Herbert - 4 Stars - 1/4/25
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πΉοΈ5. A book involving archeology or an archeologist.
The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths - 4 Stars - 1/10/25
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πΉοΈ6. Read a book that won the Goodreads choice award, any year and any category
Funny Story - Emily Henry - 4 Stars - 1/12/25
Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Readers' Favorite Romance (2024), Winner for Readers' Favorite Audiobook (2024)
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7. Read a book that was reviewed in 2024 and given 5 stars in PBT's Other Books Discussion
Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of β76 - Dan Epstein - 4.5 Stars - 1/15/25
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πΉοΈ8. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list. For example Oprah, Barack Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Gates, etc.
The Wedding People - Alison Espach - 4 Stars - 1/3/25 - August 2024 Read With Jenna Book Club Selection
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πΉοΈ9. A book set during a civil war or revolution
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - Erik Larson - 4 Stars - 1/5/25
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πΉοΈ10. Read a graphic novel
The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang - 4 Stars - 1/9/25
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πΉοΈ11. A book tagged "Literary-Fiction" at least 5 times.
Orbital - Samantha Harvey - 3 Stars - 11/7/25 - tagged Literary Fiction 211 times
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πΉοΈ12. Read a book with a main-page genre of HUMOR. (Tag appears on the book's main page; NO need to open up the tag pages)
A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 1/9/25
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