Wanderlust Challenges discussion

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025


Choose one or more of the below words to spell out this month. You can use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name

Challenge Rules: All forms of books are accepted as long as they are 100 pages or more. When posting updates of completed books, please include a link to the title and author’s name, along with the date you finished reading the book. When you have finished the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and re-post in a new message, letting us know it is completed.

Words to Choose From:
Finland
Helsinki
Harbor
Arrival
Ferry
Archipelago
Cathedral
Uspenskin
Architectural
Tour
Modernism
Art Nouveau
Jugendsali
Hall
Railway
Station
Museum
Library
Folklore
Spiral
Staircase
Rock
Church
Concert
Pipe Organ
Altar
Central
Park
Orthodox
Cemetery
Jean
Sibelius
Monument
Home
Sculpture
Gravesite
Culinary
Nostalgia
Fish Soup
Pulla
Stroganoff

Participants

Allison ~ Done
Bev(baglady)
Book Concierge ~ Done
Brenda ~ Done
CassieCruel
Catsalive ~ Done
Connie ~ DOne
Deanie
Frankie ~ Done
Jan
Jonquil ~ Done
Karen ♐ ~ Done
Mave
Olivermagnus ~ Done
Richard ~ Done
Ruth ~ Done
Tari ~ Done
Teri-k ~ Done
Tia
Trish ~ Done

My Spot

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025
Withdrawing from Challenge

I will be traveling the next few days. Be patient with me while I get everyone linked up.

Helsinki Spell Out
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/1/25
8/8

H The Heirloom by Julie Brooks 4★s 15/1/25
E A Jug of Murder by Belinda J. Evaline 4★s 3/1/25
L The Lion and Miss Lamb by Elizabeth Leydin 5★s 17/1/25
S The Secrets of Willow Bay by Phillipa Nefri Clark 5★s 17/1/25
I It Had to Be You by Mary Higgins Clark 5★s 20/1/25
N Where the Heart Is by Nicola Marsh 4★s 21/1/25
K Wings Above the Mallee by Leonie Kelsall 4★s 5/1/25
I Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody 5★s 14/1/25

Welcome Brenda!

Thanks Jan :)

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025
8/8

S- Silver - Miss Silver Intervenes by Patricia Wentworth 13/1 4★
P- Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 19/1 3★
I- Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts 6/1 2★
R- Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb 11/1 3★
A- A Girls' Guide to Winning the War by Annie Lyons 16/1 4★
L- Two Weeks 'til Christmas by Laura Greaves 1/1 3★

Helsinki Spell Out
January 2025

9/9 DONE

C Cold Case Murder in Kingfisher Falls Phillipa Nefri Clark 1/6
A Always Iris Johansen 1/20
T Tsunami L.T. Ryan 1/9
H Her Covered Bones Fiona Tarr 1/14
E Ever After Kim Harrison 1/11
D Dead Blondes Tell No Tales Denise Swanson 1/16
R Rum & Razors Jessica Fletcher 1/15
A Alaskan Holiday Debbie Macomber 1/10
L Liar City Allie Therin 1/4

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

15/15 Completed. Finish

Archipelago
01.A:Addictive-K.E. Osborn 1/06/25
02.R:Riddle Me This-Gina LaManna 1/04/25
03.C:Claim Me Forever-A.L. Jackson 1/11/25
04.H:Here With Me-Brooke Montgomery 1/14/25
05.I:I Do with You-Lauren Landish 1/07/25
06.P:Proby:Kristen Proby-Wildest Dreams 1/08/25
07.E:Easy Charm-Kristen Proby 1/02/25
08.L:Lies She Told-H.K. Christie 1/01/25
09.A:Andrighetti:Traci Andrighetti-Prosecco Pink 1/07/25
10.G:Gated Prey-Lee Goldberg 1/17/25
11.O:Our Little Secret-Lisa Jackson 1/13/25

Tour
12.T:Trick or Truce-Kristen Granata 1/16/25
13.O:Orgeron:Heather M. Orgeron-Doppelbanger 1/02/25
14.U:Unraveling Him-Claire Kingsley 1/10/25
15.R:Rebecca Yarros-Variation 1/03/25

WC - January 2025: Helsinki Spell Out

✅ Total: 160/160

✅ Part 1: 77/77

Finland
F: 10/1 - Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM, Breanne Fahs - ⭐️⭐️
I: 29/1 - The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us - ⭐️⭐️
N: 31/1 - Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa, Neil Slaven - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 26/1 - Literally, the Best Language Book Ever: Annoying Words and Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again - ⭐️
A: 21/1 - Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 29/1 - Nanoparticles - Nanocomposites – Nanomaterials: An Introduction for Beginners - ⭐️⭐️
D: 8/1 - Doing Valuable Time: The Present, the Future, and Meaningful Living - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Helsinki
H: 13/1 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 30/1 - Maggots, Murder, and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist, Zakaria Erzinçlioğlu - ⭐️
L: 26/1 - Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, Lydia Kang - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 24/1 - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir, Sly Stone - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 29/1 - Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers, Ian Stewart - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 29/1 - Not Quite the Classics - ⭐️⭐️
K: 7/1 - Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade - ⭐️⭐️
I: 28/1 - I'm So Effing Tired: A Proven Plan to Beat Burnout, Boost Your Energy, and Reclaim Your Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Archipelago Cathedral
A: 18/1 - Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love - ⭐️⭐️
R: 30/1 - Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond, Robin George Andrews - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 9/1 - Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death, Rita Cosby - ⭐️
H: 12/1 - How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain: The New Science of Transformation - ⭐️⭐️
I: 28/1 - The Intuitive Compass: Why the Best Decisions Balance Reason and Instinct - ⭐️⭐️
P: 15/1 - Put Anxiety Behind You: The Complete Drug-Free Program - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 26/1 - The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic Experience, Jules Evans - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 25/1 - The Long Covid Self-Help Guide: Practical Ways to Manage Symptoms - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 17/1 - Adventure Time and Philosophy: The Handbook for Heroes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 15/1 - The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, Greg Sestero - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 31/1 - Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 13/1 - Changes That Heal: Four Practical Steps to a Happier, Healthier You - ⭐️
A: 16/1 - Avocado: A Global History - ⭐️⭐️
T: 18/1 - What You Think of Me Is None of My Business, Terry Cole‐Whittaker - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H: 8/1 - How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 31/1 - Everything is Figureoutable - ⭐️⭐️
D: 6/1 - Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 29/1 - Meditations on Intention and Being: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness, and Compassion, Rolf Gates - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 16/1 - The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy: A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K, Norbert Aping - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 24/1 - How to Organize Inherited Items: A Step-by-Step Guide for Dealing with Boxes of Your Parents' Stuff, Denise May Levenick - ⭐️⭐️

Uspenskin
U: 30/1 - Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 24/1 - Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History, Mandy Sayer - ⭐️⭐️
P: 14/1 - Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin: The Cost of Malignant Leadership - ⭐️⭐️
E: 22/1 - Energy Healing for Trauma, Stress & Chronic Illness: Uncover & Transform the Subtle Energies That Are Causing Your Greatest Hardships - ⭐️⭐️
N: 31/1 - New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever - ⭐️⭐️
S: 20/1 - Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
K: 12/1 - Korean Slang Expressions - ⭐️⭐️
I: 28/1 - The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 30/1 - No Speed Limit: The Highs and Lows of Meth - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Modernism
M: 11/1 - Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave, Mark Mordue - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 31/1 - On Second Thought: How Ambivalence Shapes Your Life - ⭐️⭐️
D: 5/1 - Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria - ⭐️⭐️
E: 22/1 - The Energy Paradox: What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-Go Has Got Up and Gone - ⭐️⭐️
R: 25/1 - The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning: Reconceiving Roles for Planning, Plans and Planners - ⭐️⭐️
N: 29/1 - Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions and Rationales - ⭐️
I: 27/1 - I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times - ⭐️⭐️
S: 18/1 - Secrets of the Secret Service: The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service - ⭐️⭐️
M: 10/1 - Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Art Nouveau
A: 14/1 - The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 25/1 - My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace, Rosie Weldon - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: 17/1 - Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain: The Practice of Informed Touch - ⭐️⭐️
N: 27/1 - All Made Up: The Power and Pitfalls of Beauty Culture, from Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian, Rae Nudson - ⭐️⭐️
O: 31/1 - Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 30/1 - Unlocking Japanese with Paul Noble: Your key to language success with the bestselling language coach - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
V: 4/1 - How to Do Hard Things: Actual Real Life Advice on Friends, Love, Career, Wellbeing, Mindset, and More., Veronica Dearly - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 20/1 - The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore - ⭐️⭐️
A: 12/1 - The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 26/1 - Unstoppable Brain: The New Neuroscience that Frees Us from Failure, Eases Our Stress, and Creates Lasting Change - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jugendsali Hall
J: 13/1 - Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, Revised Edition: How the Words You Choose Shape Your Destiny, Joseph Telushkin - ⭐️⭐️
U: 26/1 - Undoing Urgency: Reclaim Your Time for the Things that Matter Most - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 15/1 - Get Your Spark Back: How to Find Happiness and Reignite Your Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 17/1 - How To Tell Fate From Destiny: And Other Skillful Word Distinctions, Charles Harrington Elster - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 21/1 - Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
D: 3/1 - Dog Smart: Life-Changing Lessons in Canine Intelligence - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 17/1 - What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, Stephen A. Schwarzman - ⭐️⭐️
A: 12/1 - Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture, Amelia Abraham - ⭐️⭐️
L: 19/1 - Lead Them with Virtue: A Confucian Alternative to War - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 24/1 - Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Northern Europe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H: 4/1 - Hard Truths: Think and Lead Like a Green Beret - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 11/1 - After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 18/1 - Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote d'Azur 11 - ⭐️⭐️
L: 18/1 - Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer, Heather Lende - ⭐️⭐️

WC - January 2025: Helsinki Spell Out

✅ Part 2: 83/83

Spiral Staircase
S: 17/1 - The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
P: 10/1 - Hard Optimism: How to Succeed in a World Where Positive Wins, Price Pritchett - ⭐️
I: 19/1 - The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England, Ian Mortimer - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 21/1 - Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars: The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark Ribowsky - ⭐️⭐️
A: 11/1 - A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes, Adam Rutherford - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 16/1 - The Let Them Theory - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 16/1 - With My Little Eye: The incredible true story of a family of spies in the suburbs, Sandra Hogan - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: 14/1 - Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing - ⭐️⭐️
A: 7/1 - Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin: Art, Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 15/1 - If I Could Tell You Just One Thing . . .: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 17/1 - Veg in One Bed: How to Grow an Abundance of Food in One Raised Bed, Month by Month, Huw Richards - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 3/1 - Contents Under Pressure: 30 Years of Rush at Home and Away - ⭐️⭐️
A: 5/1 - The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 10/1 - The Spell of Hypnos: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 14/1 - Edible Flowers: A Global History - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pipe Organ
P: 10/1 - When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness, David M. Peña-Guzmán - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 14/1 - Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah, Kathy Iandoli - ⭐️⭐️
P: 9/1 - Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey, Paul C. Pasles - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 12/1 - Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 31/1 - The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 16/1 - Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman, Mari Ruti - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 10/1 - The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 4/1 - Access All Areas: Stories from a Hard Rock Life - ⭐️⭐️
N: 17/1 - Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism, Nima Sanandaji - ⭐️⭐️

Orthodox Cemetery
O: 30/1 - Open Book - ⭐️⭐️
R: 10/1 - Read to Lead - ⭐️⭐️
T: 12/1 - Birdman of Alcatraz, Thomas E. Gaddis - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H: 4/1 - How Was It for You?: Stories from a Sex Worker - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 24/1 - Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
D: 1/1 - Digital vs Human: how we'll live, love, and think in the future - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 22/1 - Opening the Door of Your Heart and Other Buddhist Tales of Happiness - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
X: 19/1 - X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 1/1 - Cracking the Millionaire Code: Your Key to Enlightened Wealth - ⭐️
E: 11/1 - Even After Everything: The Spiritual Practice of Knowing the Risks and Loving Anyway - ⭐️
M: 8/1 - 400 Personal Growth Hack Puzzles: Guess Positive Words, Manifest your Destiny Today, Unlock Happiness and Success, Julia McMahon - ⭐️
E: 11/1 - Every Life is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things - ⭐️⭐️
T: 11/1 - A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Tren Griffin - ⭐️
E: 7/1 - Enforcer: The Real Story of One of Australia's Most Feared Outlaw Bikers - ⭐️
R: 9/1 - Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Y: 7/1 - A Year of Doing Good: One Woman, One New Year's Resolution, 365 Good Deeds - ⭐️

Jean Sibelius Monument
J: 2/1 - Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 5/1 - Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 4/1 - Burnt Out to Lit Up: How to Reignite the Joy of Leading People, Daisy Auger-Dominguez - ⭐️⭐️
N: 16/1 - Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me?, Kevin Nealon - ⭐️⭐️
S: 10/1 - Shine: How Looking Inward Is the Key to Unlocking True Entrepreneurial Freedom - ⭐️⭐️
I: 12/1 - I Want to be Confident: Living, Working and Communicating with Confidence - ⭐️⭐️
B: 1/1 - Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 3/1 - Economy of Truth: Practical Maxims and Reflections - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 11/1 - The Loneliest Polar Bear - ⭐️⭐️
I: 8/1 - I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: The Short and Gilded Life of Tara Browne, the Man Who Inspired The Beatles' Greatest Song - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 21/1 - Anatomy of Facial Expression, Uldis Zarins - ⭐️⭐️
S: 6/1 - Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask! - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
M: 7/1 - Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 1/1 - Oh Myyy! (There Goes the Internet): Life, the Internet and Everything - ⭐️
N: 14/1 - The Hurt Artist: My Journey from Suicidal Junkie to Ironman, Shane Niemeyer - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 16/1 - North to Paradise: A Memoir, Ousman Umar - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
M: 1/1 - Me, Myself, They: Life Beyond the Binary - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 1/1 - Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 12/1 - Now You're Thinking!: Change Your Thinking...Transform Your Life - ⭐️
T: 8/1 - Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow's Success - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fish Soup
F: 9/1 - Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 3/1 - Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens, Eddie Izzard - ⭐️⭐️
S: 5/1 - The Sunshine Mind: 100 Days to Finding the Hope and Joy You Want - ⭐️⭐️
H: 2/1 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 3/1 - The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 22/1 - On Freedom - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 11/1 - Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership - ⭐️⭐️
P: 5/1 - Philosophical Posthumanism - ⭐️⭐️

Pulla
P: 5/1 - Precision Pool: Your Guide to Mastering Key Skills, Shots, and Strategies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 8/1 - Unwelcome and Unlawful: Sexual Harassment in the American Workplace - ⭐️⭐️
L: 5/1 - Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek, Daniel Levy - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 1/1 - The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 3/1 - Am I Going to Be Okay?: Money—Timely Intelligence, Actionable Ideas, Answers to the Questions that Really Matter - ⭐️⭐️

Stroganoff
S: 3/1 - So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: 4/1 - Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 5/1 - Raising Trump: Family Values from America's First Mother - ⭐️
O: 13/1 - Orphan Black and Philosophy: Grand Theft DNA - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 3/1 - The Great Polar Fraud: Cook, Peary, and Byrd?How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 2/1 - Absolutely - ⭐️⭐️
N: 4/1 - Never Finished - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 2/1 - Blade Runner - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
F: 9/1 - Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation - ⭐️⭐️
F: 7/1 - Forking Good: An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of The Good Place - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

6 of 6 Complete

F - Funny Story - Emily Henry - 4 Stars - 1/12/25
I - Ingrid Thoft - Loyalty - 1/25/25
N - Malla Nunn - A Beautiful Place to Die - 4.5 Stars - 1/13/25
A - Alison Espach - The Wedding People - 4 Stars - 1/3/25
N - Nicola Yoon - The Sun Is Also a Star - 3 Stars - 1/6/25
D - The Demon of Unrest- Erik Larson - 4 Stars - 1/5/25

Helsinki Spell Out

P - People We Meet on Vacation 1/2025
A - Agatha Christie (The Seven Dials Mystery) 5/23/25
R - Richard Osman (We Solve Murders) 1/23/25
K - Kuang, R.F. (The Poppy War) 6/1/25

Welcome everyone! I will get you linked up on Tuesday when I return home.

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

F - Far from Bliss Sophie Oak - 1/2/25
I - It's Always Been You Victoria Paige - 3/21/25
N - Bounty Nicole Edwards - 2/16/25
L - Motorcycle Daddy Laylah Roberts - 1/6/25
A - Alpha Bully Renee Rose - 1/10/25
N - Nick-State of Bliss Marie Force - 2/22/25
D - Series-Dalton Boys-Cowboy Crushin' Em Petrova - 1/23/25

H - Heavenly-The Confession Shayla Black - 1/4/25
E - Eleanor-Artful Lies Jodi Ellen Malpas - 1/13/25
L - Let Me Be the One Bella Andre - 2/5/25
S - Same Time Next Year Tessa Bailey - 1/5/25
I - Indiscretion Vi Keeland - 3/29/25
N - Dare Nash-Love the Way You Spy Lexi Blake - 3/7/25
K - Marry Me Mad Katy Regnery - 2/17/25
I - Iris-Someone to Hold Marie Force - 5/10/25

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025
13/13

F Dead Men Wag No Tails Sarah Fox 1/5/25
I The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime Vicki Delany 1/14/25
N Stern Warning Wendy Neugent 1/3/25
Leslie mc A Corgi Conundrum M.Alfano 1/7/25
Amanda mc Merry Murder at the Adobe Seren Star Goode 1/2/25
N Neapolitan Murder Rosie A. Point 1/13/25
Dakota mc Shelfie Sabotage S.E.Babin 1/6/25

S Schooled in Murder Victoria Gilbert 1/2/25
P Murder in the Cul-de-Sac Penny Brooke 1/5/25
Ireland Bourbon and Betrayal C.S. Ireland 1/23/25
Rayburn, Moxie mc Murder at the Bee Farm Sue Hollowell 1/13/25
Annie mc Death Among the Stitches Betty Hechtman 1/7/25
L The Puzzle in the Pumpkin Patch L.L. Gray 1/9/25

SIGN ME UP PLEASE

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

STROGANOFF
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Have fun everyone! You should all be linked up now.

Helsinki Spell Out

F Frant The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer 1/1
I Ivan Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold 1/31
N Nancy The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene 1/7
L Lucy The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick 1/2
A Andrew The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading by Andrew Pettegree 1/14
N Nancy Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene 1/6
D Dimity Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger 1/17

C Connie Under the Rainbow by Susan Scarlett 1/9
A Alissa Trouble in the Brasses by Alisa Craig 1/16
T The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon 1/13
H Hannay Mr. Standfast by John Buchan 1/10
E Emmuska Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Emmuska Orczy 1/10
D Delysia Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 1/18
R Roddy Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell 1/19
A Antonio The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 1/12
L Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth 1/11

Helsinki Spell Out – January 2025
Timeframe: 1/1/25 to 1/31/25
15/15

H – Helen Hardt - Unraveled - 1/14/25 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ellis Peters - One Corpse Too Many - 1/7/25 ♥♥♥
L - Lock 'N' Load by Tee O'Fallon - 1/9/25 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sunset Bay by Susan Mallery - 1/11/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Did Something Bad by Pyae Moe Thet War - 1/18/25 ♥♥♥
N - No Place to Run by Maya Banks - 1/5/25 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Rescue - 2/2/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Isaac, Kara - Close to You - 1/28/25 ♥♥♥♥
F - Fatal Chaos by Marie Force - 1/17/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Irene Hannon - Hope Harbor - 6/6/25 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Wolf Rain - 1/21/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Lorelei James - Hillbilly Rockstar - 1/3/25 ♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Sunshine on Silver Lake - 2/16/25 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Alpha Night - 2/18/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris - 2/20/25 ♥♥♥♥



*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 6/6/25*****

Welcome Teri & Connie!

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025


4 / 4 completed


✔Jean
J - J. Ryan Stradal / Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25
E - Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25
A - AMLINGMEYER is mc in On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25
N - NOLAN is mc / A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25

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Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025
3/6
S The Christmas Postcards by Karen Swan, 01/13/25
P The Perfect Match
I Idaho
R The Raven Boys
A Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie, 01/19/25
L Sylvia by Leonard Michaels, 01/14/25

Success - and with a decent length word.

C= The {C}ase of the Cupid Caper, Kathi Daley – 22/01/24
A = The Body in the Library, {A}gatha Christie – 15/01/25
T = The Marlow Murder Club, Robert {T}horogood – 28/01/25
H = Beneath the Ashes, Sue {H}enry – 07/01/25
E = {E}spresso Shot, Cleo Coyle – 09/01/25
D = {D}etails in the Document, Kathi Daley – 04/01/25
R = Stillhouse Lake, {R}achel Caine – 16/01/24
A = Dragonsdawn, {A}nne McCaffrey – 23/1/25
L = The Silence of the Flans, {L}aura Bradford – 16/01/25

Good luck BC, Mave & Trish!

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

0/7

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N
L
A
N
D

Welcome Ruth!

Coming in

Gonna go with

Cathedral

C - Crochet and Cauldrons - Nancy Warren - 19/1
A
T - The Vampire and the Case of the Secretive Siren - Heather G. Harris - 20/1
H - Heather G. Harris - Glimmer of Death 22/1
E - Emma - Brimstone Bound - Helen Harper - 14/1
D - Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey - Vawn Cassidy- 5/1
R - Demon Relic Hunter - L.A. McBride - 12/1 (At the time I read this it was just called Relic Hunter)
A
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Glad you're joining CassieCruel!

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

15/15 Completed. Finish

Archipelago
01.A:Addictive-K.E. Osborn 1/06/25
02.R:Riddle Me This-Gina LaManna 1/04/25
03.C:Claim Me Forever-A.L. Jackson 1/11/25
04.H:Here With Me-Brooke Montgomery 1/14/25
05.I:I Do with You-Lauren Landish 1/07/25
06.P:Proby:Kristen Proby-Wildest Dreams 1/08/25
07.E:Easy Charm-Kristen Proby 1/02/25
08.L:Lies She Told-H.K. Christie 1/01/25
09.A:Andrighetti:Traci Andrighetti-Prosecco Pink 1/07/25
10.G:Gated Prey-Lee Goldberg 1/17/25
11.O:Our Little Secret-Lisa Jackson 1/13/25

Tour
12.T:Trick or Truce-Kristen Granata 1/16/25
13.O:Orgeron:Heather M. Orgeron-Doppelbanger 1/02/25
14.U:Unraveling Him-Claire Kingsley 1/10/25
15.R:Rebecca Yarros-Variation 1/03/25

Well done Frankie!!

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

H - Hunter by Rebecca Sharp - 1/8/2025
E - Eve Dallas in Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/14/2025
L - The Lightkeeper by Rebecca Sharp - 1/11/2025
S - Ranger by Rebecca Sharp - 1/8/2025
I - Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/18/2025
N - Nevermore Bookstore by Kerrigan Byrne - 1/11/2025
K - The Vampire's Priceless Treasure by Kristen Painter - 1/4/2025
I - Ignition by Emma Shelford - 1/6/2025

F - The Falcon Finds His Mate by Candace Colt - 1/18/2025
I - The Immortal Takes a Wife by Pamela Labud - 1/20/2025
N - Northern Escape by Tonya Burrows - 1/20/2025
L - How Knot to Marry a Vampire by Laurie London - 1/15/2025
A - Archer by Rebecca Sharp - 1/6/2025
N - Nixed in New Orleans by Kristen Painter - 1/23/2025
D - Death Dates The Oracle by Kristen Painter - 1/4/2025

Welcome Deanie! You're almost done!

Helsinki Spell Out
January 2025

9/9 DONE

C Cold Case Murder in Kingfisher Falls Phillipa Nefri Clark 1/6
A Always Iris Johansen 1/20
T Tsunami L.T. Ryan 1/9
H Her Covered Bones Fiona Tarr 1/14
E Ever After Kim Harrison 1/11
D Dead Blondes Tell No Tales Denise Swanson 1/16
R Rum & Razors Jessica Fletcher 1/15
A Alaskan Holiday Debbie Macomber 1/10
L Liar City Allie Therin 1/4

Done

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025
8/8

S- Silver - Miss Silver Intervenes by Patricia Wentworth 13/1 4★
P- Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 19/1 3★
I- Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts 6/1 2★
R- Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb 11/1 3★
A- A Girls' Guide to Winning the War by Annie Lyons 16/1 4★
L- Two Weeks 'til Christmas by Laura Greaves 1/1 3★

Finished

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025
13/13

F Dead Men Wag No Tails Sarah Fox 1/5/25
I The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime Vicki Delany 1/14/25
N Stern Warning Wendy Neugent 1/3/25
Leslie mc A Corgi Conundrum M.Alfano 1/7/25
Amanda mc Merry Murder at the Adobe Seren Star Goode 1/2/25
N Neapolitan Murder Rosie A. Point 1/13/25
Dakota mc Shelfie Sabotage S.E.Babin 1/6/25

S Schooled in Murder Victoria Gilbert 1/2/25
P Murder in the Cul-de-Sac Penny Brooke 1/5/25
Ireland Bourbon and Betrayal C.S. Ireland 1/23/25
Rayburn, Moxie mc Murder at the Bee Farm Sue Hollowell 1/13/25
Annie mc Death Among the Stitches Betty Hechtman 1/7/25
L The Puzzle in the Pumpkin Patch L.L. Gray 1/9/25

Great challenge work Jonquil, Kylie & Tari!

~~~ Complete ~~~

Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025

6 of 6 Complete

F - Funny Story - Emily Henry - 4 Stars - 1/12/25
I - Ingrid Thoft - Loyalty - 1/25/25
N - Malla Nunn - A Beautiful Place to Die - 4.5 Stars - 1/13/25
A - Alison Espach - The Wedding People - 4 Stars - 1/3/25
N - Nicola Yoon - The Sun Is Also a Star - 3 Stars - 1/6/25
D - The Demon of Unrest- Erik Larson - 4 Stars - 1/5/25

Finished

Helsinki Spell Out
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/1/25
8/8

H The Heirloom by Julie Brooks 4★s 15/1/25
E A Jug of Murder by Belinda J. Evaline 4★s 3/1/25
L The Lion and Miss Lamb by Elizabeth Leydin 5★s 17/1/25
S The Secrets of Willow Bay by Phillipa Nefri Clark 5★s 17/1/25
I It Had to Be You by Mary Higgins Clark 5★s 20/1/25
N Where the Heart Is by Nicola Marsh 4★s 21/1/25
K Wings Above the Mallee by Leonie Kelsall 4★s 5/1/25
I Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody 5★s 14/1/25

Way to go Lynda & Brenda!

Thanks Jan :)

Update message # 24 - Challenge completed - ✔ - 23Jan25


Helsinki Spell Out
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025


4 / 4 completed


✔Jean
J - J. Ryan Stradal / Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25
E - Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25
A - AMLINGMEYER is mc in On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25
N - NOLAN is mc / A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25

.

Well done BC!

Success - and with a decent length word.

C= The {C}ase of the Cupid Caper, Kathi Daley – 22/01/24
A = The Body in the Library, {A}gatha Christie – 15/01/25
T = The Marlow Murder Club, Robert {T}horogood – 28/01/25
H = Beneath the Ashes, Sue {H}enry – 07/01/25
E = {E}spresso Shot, Cleo Coyle – 09/01/25
D = {D}etails in the Document, Kathi Daley – 04/01/25
R = Stillhouse Lake, {R}achel Caine – 16/01/24
A = Dragonsdawn, {A}nne McCaffrey – 23/1/25
L = The Silence of the Flans, {L}aura Bradford – 16/01/25

Way to go Trish!

Finished

✅ Total: 160/160

✅ Part 1: 77/77

Finland
F: 10/1 - Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM, Breanne Fahs - ⭐️⭐️
I: 29/1 - The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us - ⭐️⭐️
N: 31/1 - Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa, Neil Slaven - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 26/1 - Literally, the Best Language Book Ever: Annoying Words and Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again - ⭐️
A: 21/1 - Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 29/1 - Nanoparticles - Nanocomposites – Nanomaterials: An Introduction for Beginners - ⭐️⭐️
D: 8/1 - Doing Valuable Time: The Present, the Future, and Meaningful Living - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Helsinki
H: 13/1 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 30/1 - Maggots, Murder, and Men: Memories and Reflections of a Forensic Entomologist, Zakaria Erzinçlioğlu - ⭐️
L: 26/1 - Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, Lydia Kang - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 24/1 - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir, Sly Stone - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 29/1 - Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers, Ian Stewart - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 29/1 - Not Quite the Classics - ⭐️⭐️
K: 7/1 - Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade - ⭐️⭐️
I: 28/1 - I'm So Effing Tired: A Proven Plan to Beat Burnout, Boost Your Energy, and Reclaim Your Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Archipelago Cathedral
A: 18/1 - Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love - ⭐️⭐️
R: 30/1 - Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond, Robin George Andrews - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 9/1 - Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death, Rita Cosby - ⭐️
H: 12/1 - How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain: The New Science of Transformation - ⭐️⭐️
I: 28/1 - The Intuitive Compass: Why the Best Decisions Balance Reason and Instinct - ⭐️⭐️
P: 15/1 - Put Anxiety Behind You: The Complete Drug-Free Program - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 26/1 - The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic Experience, Jules Evans - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 25/1 - The Long Covid Self-Help Guide: Practical Ways to Manage Symptoms - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 17/1 - Adventure Time and Philosophy: The Handbook for Heroes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 15/1 - The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, Greg Sestero - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 31/1 - Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 13/1 - Changes That Heal: Four Practical Steps to a Happier, Healthier You - ⭐️
A: 16/1 - Avocado: A Global History - ⭐️⭐️
T: 18/1 - What You Think of Me Is None of My Business, Terry Cole‐Whittaker - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H: 8/1 - How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 31/1 - Everything is Figureoutable - ⭐️⭐️
D: 6/1 - Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 29/1 - Meditations on Intention and Being: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, Mindfulness, and Compassion, Rolf Gates - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 16/1 - The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy: A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K, Norbert Aping - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 24/1 - How to Organize Inherited Items: A Step-by-Step Guide for Dealing with Boxes of Your Parents' Stuff, Denise May Levenick - ⭐️⭐️

Uspenskin
U: 30/1 - Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 24/1 - Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History, Mandy Sayer - ⭐️⭐️
P: 14/1 - Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin: The Cost of Malignant Leadership - ⭐️⭐️
E: 22/1 - Energy Healing for Trauma, Stress & Chronic Illness: Uncover & Transform the Subtle Energies That Are Causing Your Greatest Hardships - ⭐️⭐️
N: 31/1 - New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever - ⭐️⭐️
S: 20/1 - Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
K: 12/1 - Korean Slang Expressions - ⭐️⭐️
I: 28/1 - The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 30/1 - No Speed Limit: The Highs and Lows of Meth - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Modernism
M: 11/1 - Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave, Mark Mordue - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 31/1 - On Second Thought: How Ambivalence Shapes Your Life - ⭐️⭐️
D: 5/1 - Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria - ⭐️⭐️
E: 22/1 - The Energy Paradox: What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-Go Has Got Up and Gone - ⭐️⭐️
R: 25/1 - The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning: Reconceiving Roles for Planning, Plans and Planners - ⭐️⭐️
N: 29/1 - Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions and Rationales - ⭐️
I: 27/1 - I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times - ⭐️⭐️
S: 18/1 - Secrets of the Secret Service: The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service - ⭐️⭐️
M: 10/1 - Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Art Nouveau
A: 14/1 - The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 25/1 - My Autistic Fight Song: My Battle into Adulthood and the Workplace, Rosie Weldon - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: 17/1 - Trigger Point Therapy for Myofascial Pain: The Practice of Informed Touch - ⭐️⭐️
N: 27/1 - All Made Up: The Power and Pitfalls of Beauty Culture, from Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian, Rae Nudson - ⭐️⭐️
O: 31/1 - Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 30/1 - Unlocking Japanese with Paul Noble: Your key to language success with the bestselling language coach - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
V: 4/1 - How to Do Hard Things: Actual Real Life Advice on Friends, Love, Career, Wellbeing, Mindset, and More., Veronica Dearly - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 20/1 - The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore - ⭐️⭐️
A: 12/1 - The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 26/1 - Unstoppable Brain: The New Neuroscience that Frees Us from Failure, Eases Our Stress, and Creates Lasting Change - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jugendsali Hall
J: 13/1 - Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, Revised Edition: How the Words You Choose Shape Your Destiny, Joseph Telushkin - ⭐️⭐️
U: 26/1 - Undoing Urgency: Reclaim Your Time for the Things that Matter Most - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 15/1 - Get Your Spark Back: How to Find Happiness and Reignite Your Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 17/1 - How To Tell Fate From Destiny: And Other Skillful Word Distinctions, Charles Harrington Elster - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 21/1 - Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
D: 3/1 - Dog Smart: Life-Changing Lessons in Canine Intelligence - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 17/1 - What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, Stephen A. Schwarzman - ⭐️⭐️
A: 12/1 - Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture, Amelia Abraham - ⭐️⭐️
L: 19/1 - Lead Them with Virtue: A Confucian Alternative to War - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 24/1 - Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Northern Europe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H: 4/1 - Hard Truths: Think and Lead Like a Green Beret - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 11/1 - After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 18/1 - Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote d'Azur 11 - ⭐️⭐️
L: 18/1 - Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer, Heather Lende - ⭐️⭐️

✅ Part 2: 83/83

Spiral Staircase
S: 17/1 - The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
P: 10/1 - Hard Optimism: How to Succeed in a World Where Positive Wins, Price Pritchett - ⭐️
I: 19/1 - The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England, Ian Mortimer - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 21/1 - Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars: The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark Ribowsky - ⭐️⭐️
A: 11/1 - A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes, Adam Rutherford - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 16/1 - The Let Them Theory - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 16/1 - With My Little Eye: The incredible true story of a family of spies in the suburbs, Sandra Hogan - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: 14/1 - Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing - ⭐️⭐️
A: 7/1 - Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin: Art, Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 15/1 - If I Could Tell You Just One Thing . . .: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 17/1 - Veg in One Bed: How to Grow an Abundance of Food in One Raised Bed, Month by Month, Huw Richards - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 3/1 - Contents Under Pressure: 30 Years of Rush at Home and Away - ⭐️⭐️
A: 5/1 - The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 10/1 - The Spell of Hypnos: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 14/1 - Edible Flowers: A Global History - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pipe Organ
P: 10/1 - When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness, David M. Peña-Guzmán - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 14/1 - Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah, Kathy Iandoli - ⭐️⭐️
P: 9/1 - Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey, Paul C. Pasles - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 12/1 - Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 31/1 - The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 16/1 - Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman, Mari Ruti - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 10/1 - The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 4/1 - Access All Areas: Stories from a Hard Rock Life - ⭐️⭐️
N: 17/1 - Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism, Nima Sanandaji - ⭐️⭐️

Orthodox Cemetery
O: 30/1 - Open Book - ⭐️⭐️
R: 10/1 - Read to Lead - ⭐️⭐️
T: 12/1 - Birdman of Alcatraz, Thomas E. Gaddis - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H: 4/1 - How Was It for You?: Stories from a Sex Worker - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 24/1 - Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
D: 1/1 - Digital vs Human: how we'll live, love, and think in the future - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 22/1 - Opening the Door of Your Heart and Other Buddhist Tales of Happiness - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
X: 19/1 - X-Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 1/1 - Cracking the Millionaire Code: Your Key to Enlightened Wealth - ⭐️
E: 11/1 - Even After Everything: The Spiritual Practice of Knowing the Risks and Loving Anyway - ⭐️
M: 8/1 - 400 Personal Growth Hack Puzzles: Guess Positive Words, Manifest your Destiny Today, Unlock Happiness and Success, Julia McMahon - ⭐️
E: 11/1 - Every Life is on Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains the Origins of Living Things - ⭐️⭐️
T: 11/1 - A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Tren Griffin - ⭐️
E: 7/1 - Enforcer: The Real Story of One of Australia's Most Feared Outlaw Bikers - ⭐️
R: 9/1 - Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Y: 7/1 - A Year of Doing Good: One Woman, One New Year's Resolution, 365 Good Deeds - ⭐️

Jean Sibelius Monument
J: 2/1 - Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 5/1 - Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 4/1 - Burnt Out to Lit Up: How to Reignite the Joy of Leading People, Daisy Auger-Dominguez - ⭐️⭐️
N: 16/1 - Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me?, Kevin Nealon - ⭐️⭐️
S: 10/1 - Shine: How Looking Inward Is the Key to Unlocking True Entrepreneurial Freedom - ⭐️⭐️
I: 12/1 - I Want to be Confident: Living, Working and Communicating with Confidence - ⭐️⭐️
B: 1/1 - Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 3/1 - Economy of Truth: Practical Maxims and Reflections - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 11/1 - The Loneliest Polar Bear - ⭐️⭐️
I: 8/1 - I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: The Short and Gilded Life of Tara Browne, the Man Who Inspired The Beatles' Greatest Song - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 21/1 - Anatomy of Facial Expression, Uldis Zarins - ⭐️⭐️
S: 6/1 - Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask! - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
M: 7/1 - Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 1/1 - Oh Myyy! (There Goes the Internet): Life, the Internet and Everything - ⭐️
N: 14/1 - The Hurt Artist: My Journey from Suicidal Junkie to Ironman, Shane Niemeyer - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 16/1 - North to Paradise: A Memoir, Ousman Umar - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
M: 1/1 - Me, Myself, They: Life Beyond the Binary - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 1/1 - Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 12/1 - Now You're Thinking!: Change Your Thinking...Transform Your Life - ⭐️
T: 8/1 - Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow's Success - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fish Soup
F: 9/1 - Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 3/1 - Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens, Eddie Izzard - ⭐️⭐️
S: 5/1 - The Sunshine Mind: 100 Days to Finding the Hope and Joy You Want - ⭐️⭐️
H: 2/1 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 3/1 - The Space Economy: Capitalize on the Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetime - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 22/1 - On Freedom - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 11/1 - Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership - ⭐️⭐️
P: 5/1 - Philosophical Posthumanism - ⭐️⭐️

Pulla
P: 5/1 - Precision Pool: Your Guide to Mastering Key Skills, Shots, and Strategies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
U: 8/1 - Unwelcome and Unlawful: Sexual Harassment in the American Workplace - ⭐️⭐️
L: 5/1 - Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek, Daniel Levy - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 1/1 - The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 3/1 - Am I Going to Be Okay?: Money—Timely Intelligence, Actionable Ideas, Answers to the Questions that Really Matter - ⭐️⭐️

Stroganoff
S: 3/1 - So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: 4/1 - Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 5/1 - Raising Trump: Family Values from America's First Mother - ⭐️
O: 13/1 - Orphan Black and Philosophy: Grand Theft DNA - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 3/1 - The Great Polar Fraud: Cook, Peary, and Byrd?How Three American Heroes Duped the World into Thinking They Had Reached the North Pole - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 2/1 - Absolutely - ⭐️⭐️
N: 4/1 - Never Finished - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
O: 2/1 - Blade Runner - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
F: 9/1 - Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation - ⭐️⭐️
F: 7/1 - Forking Good: An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of The Good Place - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finished - just barely.
Helsinki Spell Out

F Frant The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer 1/1
I Ivan Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold 1/31
N Nancy The Secret of the Wooden Lady by Carolyn Keene 1/7
L Lucy The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick 1/2
A Andrew The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading by Andrew Pettegree 1/14
N Nancy Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene 1/6
D Dimity Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger 1/17

C Connie Under the Rainbow by Susan Scarlett 1/9
A Alissa Trouble in the Brasses by Alisa Craig 1/16
T The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon 1/13
H Hannay Mr. Standfast by John Buchan 1/10
E Emmuska Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Emmuska Orczy 1/10
D Delysia Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 1/18
R Roddy Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell 1/19
A Antonio The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 1/12
L Lonesome Road by Patricia Wentworth 1/11

Impressive work Richard & Teri!!