The Next Best Book Club discussion

(edit) - I am having so much fun that I am extending this by the Beatles challenge - see message 22
I very much enjoyed the summer reading challenge last year, so I am going to give this a try. Will skip some of the tasks though, there are too many and some of them are really not my cuppa.

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✔ “Fall in Two” – Read a book with a number in the title - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
✔ “Mona Lisa” – Read a book about art or that features art - Július Satinský: Listy Oľge (Letters to Olga); And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson
✔ “Love for Me” – Read a love story - Július Satinský: Listy Oľge (Letters to Olga); The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
✔ “Window” – Read a book with an inanimate object in the title - Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou
✔ “Eden” – Read a book about temptation - The Only Story by Julian Barnes
✔ “Scars & Stitches” – Read a used book, the more banged up the better - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
✔ “The Prize” – Read a book about someone who’s lost themselves - The Only Story by Julian Barnes
✔ “Dissolve” – Read a book and take credit here if it didn’t leave a lasting impression - The Only Story by Julian Barnes
✔ “Happy Frappy” – Read a book that takes place near or on a river - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
✔ “Parachute” – Take the plunge and read a book in a genre you don’t normally read - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Ľudovít Štúr, Zrod moderného slovenského národa v 19. storočí by József Demmel

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✔ “Great Escape” – Read a book while you’re on a road trip, or in which a portion of the book takes place in a car - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn; Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram by Iain Banks
✔ “Demons” – Read a book that features an evil entity or someone with evil intent - A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
✔ “Perfect” – Read a book about drugs and drug use - The Quiet American by Graham Greene
✔ "Medicine” – Take a sick day and read a book - Snuff by Terry Pratchett
✔ “X-Ray Eyes” – Read a song about a superhero or someone with strange powers - The Watch House by Bernie Mcgill; The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
✔ “Grin” – Read a book that makes you feel good - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
✔ “Getting Even” – Read a book about revenge - A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
✔ “Bury Me” – Read a book in which a character dies - The Quiet American by Graham Greene; A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett

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✔ “What You Wish For” – Read a book that was on your wishlist - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
✔ “Barrel of a Gun” – Read a book written by or featuring a movie star - Gundžovníky by Július Satinský
✔ “Either Way” – Read a book you’ve been on the fence about - A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett; The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
✔ “Fa Fa” – Read a book that features a made – up language or dialect - Gundžovníky by Július Satinský; Oprásgy slovenckej historje. Nádorná enciglopédija (Pictures of Slovak history. National Encyclopedia) by Jaz (cz)
✔ “I Spy” – Read a book from your TBR pile that is on one of your friend’s bookshelves - The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
✔ “Center of Attention” – Read a book written in first person - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
✔ “Happier” – Read whatever the fuck you want and take credit for it here - Snuff by Terry Pratchett
✔ “So Long” – Read a book with more than 400 pages - The Firemaker by Peter May
✔ “Two Points for Honesty” – Read a book that someone recommends to you and then tell them what you honestly thought of it - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

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✔ “Diane” – Read a book with a female protag - A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
✔ “Careful” – Read a book that you borrowed from someone (and had to return in pristine condition) - The Power by Naomi Alderman
✔ “Amsterdam” – Read a book set in a different country - The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England; One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina
✔ “Backyard” – Read a book written by an author from your hometown/city/state - Gundžovníky by Július Satinský
✔ “Homecoming King” – Read a book about high school or a book that features teenagers - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
✔ “Red Oyster Cult” – Read a book that features a mother or focuses on the character’s relationship with their mother - Little Women
✔ “Long Way Down” – Read a book written in third person - The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
✔ “I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today” – Read a book that takes place in the future - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
✔ “Untitled Hidden Track” – Read a book that you uncovered accidentally - Christmas Angel by Jo Beverley
✔ “Two at a Time” – Read a book written by two authors - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
✔ “Say That to My Face” – Read a book someone would classify as a “guilty pleasure” - A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett; Christmas Angel by Jo Beverley
✔ “Starless Heaven” – Read a book at the beach - The Huntress by Kate Quinn
✔ “Days” – Read a book that takes place over the span of just a few days - The Firemaker by Peter May

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✔ “Satellite” – Read a book that takes place primarily at night - Night Over Water by Ken Follett
✔ “Manifest Destiny” – Read a book that someone randomly selects for you off your bookshelf - Požierači neba by Paolo Giordano
✔ “One Man Wrecking Machine” – Read a Sci-Fi book (extra points if it features time travel) - The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
✔ “The Captain” – Read a book that takes place on the ocean or on a ship/boat - Full Circle by Michael Palin
✔ “The New Underground” – Read a book that takes place in a dystopian setting/time, or features a cult - Fatherland by Robert Harris; - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✔ “Ruby Falls” – Read a book with a color in the title - The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
✔ “C’mon” – Read a book that didn’t sit well with you - The Quiet American by Graham Greene; And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson
✔ “Empire State” – Read a book that takes place in NYC or is written by an author who calls NYC home - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy
✔ “Dear Valentine” – Read a book that takes place on or around a holiday - Christmas Angel by Jo Beverley
✔ “Hang On” – Read a book that’s about another book, or is written as a book in a book - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

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✔ “G Major” – Read a book about music or that features a band or musician - Runaway by Peter May
✔ “Timothy Leary” – Read a book with a man’s name in the title - Ľudovít Štúr, Zrod moderného slovenského národa v 19. storočí by József Demmel
✔ “I’m Through” – If you’re reading a book that you’re just not into, DNF it and take credit here - George Eliot's Middlemarch

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✔ “Architects & Engineers” – Read a book that takes place in a city - Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
✔ “Do You Love Me” – Read a book by your favorite author - The Firemaker by Peter May
✔ “On the Ocean” – Read a book that is dark and foreshadowing - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
✔ “This Could All Be Yours” – Read a self-help or motivational book - Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up by Tom Phillips; Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg
✔ “Stay with Me Jesus” – Read a book that features religion or is about a religious conspiracy - The British Museum Is Falling Down by David Lodge; What in God's Name by Simon Rich
✔ “Bad Bad World” – Read a book in which the title contains the same word twice - There There by Tommy Orange
✔ “This is How it Feels to Have a Broken Heart” – Read a book that takes place during a war or features a character who has served in a war - The Quiet American by Graham Greene
✔ “What You Call Love” – Read a book in your favorite genre - Legenda o jazyku (Legend of a tongue) by the Slovak author Pavol Rankov
✔ “That’s No Way to Get into Heaven” – Read a book in which the main character(s) does something wicked - The Quiet American by Graham Greene
✔ “Jesus and Mary” – Read a book that features angels or a rapture/biblical end times - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy; What in God's Name by Simon Rich
✔ “Hercules” – Read a book about a mythological character - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
✔ “Do What You Want” – Read whatever floats your boat and take credit for it here - Oprásgy slovenckej historje. Nádorná enciglopédija (Pictures of Slovak history. National Encyclopedia) by Jaz (cz)
✔ “Well” – Read a book that takes you down a weird, trippy rabbit hole - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis; One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina
✔ “Lost at Sea” – Read a book and if it made it absolutely no sense to you, take credit here - The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury

✔ “Big White Bed” – Read a book in bed, and only in bed - The Huntress by Kate Quinn, Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life by Tom Robbins
✔ “Every Moment” – Read a book that you just can’t put down/stop thinking about - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

EDIT: embarrassingly, I have to move part of the list to this post, as I have not realized there is a limited number of characters for each posts.

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✔ “Long Night” – Read a book that kept you up all night - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
✔ “Endlessly” – Read a book and take credit for it here if it felt like it was never going to end - The Quiet American by Graham Greene
✔ “Doin’ it By Myself” – Read a book in which the protag is a hermit/antisocial/lonely - The Quiet American by Graham Greene
✔ “Expectation” – Read a book and if it didn’t meet your expectations, take credit here - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
✔ “Gangway” – Read a book with just one word in the title - Snobs by Julian Fellowes
✔ “Kid Dreams” – Read a book that features a child protagonist - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
✔ “Never Coming Down” – Read a book that’s set in the 70’s - Gundžovníky by Július Satinský
✔ “It is Just What it is” – Read a book that’s pretty straightforward - Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
✔ “Farewell” – Read the last book written by an author - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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✔ “Don’t Go” – Read a book and if it made you wish it had never ended, take credit for it here - The Huntress by Kate Quinn
✔ “Hard Times” – Read a book you borrowed from the library - Ľudovít Štúr, Zrod moderného slovenského národa v 19. storočí by József Demmel
✔ “Hello Mr Sun” – Go outside, sit in the sun, and read a book, then take credit for it here - Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou
✔ “Overexcited” – Read a book you could not wait to get your hands on - Full Circle by Michael Palin
✔ “Summertime” – Read a book that takes place in the summer - Summer by Edith Wharton
✔ “Mind Kontrol” – Give into the hype and read a book that everyone else is talking about - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
✔ “Not for Nothing” – Read a book that you know is going to piss you off - The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury
✔ “When You Go Quiet” – Read a book that you get totally, 100% absorbed in and take credit for it here - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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I finished The Quiet American by Graham Greene today. I did not really like it, but it seems to tick off several prompts actually:

“Perfect” – Read a book about drugs and drug use
“Bury Me” – Read a book in which a character dies
“C’mon” – Read a book that didn’t sit well with you
“This is How it Feels to Have a Broken Heart” – Read a book that takes place during a war or features a character who has served in a war
“That’s No Way to Get into Heaven” – Read a book in which the main character(s) does something wicked
“Endlessly” – Read a book and take credit for it here if it felt like it was never going to end
“Doin’ it By Myself” – Read a book in which the protag is a hermit/antisocial/lonely

There. And I thought it was a lost time.

Hey Catka. Wow! Not bad for one book!!! And I love how you personalized the list. Way to go!

Lori wrote: "Hey Catka. Wow! Not bad for one book!!! And I love how you personalized the list. Way to go!"

Hi Lori, thanks for doing this, I really loved the summer reading challenge, it helped me to read much much more and also various genres. So I have my hopes up, this one will do that too :)

Finished Belgravia by Julian Fellowes yesterday. Would probably tick off more tasks, but I am going to go just for this one:
“Architects & Engineers” – Read a book that takes place in a city - as it actually takes place in The City, in London, which I love and one of the characters works as a developer of parts of London in 19th century, which was very interesting point the book was making.

Finished Little Women and ticking off “Red Oyster Cult” – Read a book that features a mother or focuses on the character’s relationship with their mother. What a suitable name of the task, this really felt like some kind of a cult.

With The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England I am ticking off:
“Amsterdam” – Read a book set in a different country - as I live in a very small country, most of the books I read are set elsewhere. This is set not only elsewhere but also elsewhen :)
“One Man Wrecking Machine” – Read a Sci-Fi book (extra points if it features time travel) - don't like and don't read sci-fi unless it is very funny, so I will count this

I have finished listening to the audiobook of A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett and it left me with mixed feelings, as it was not really a good quality literature, but it was strangely entertaining - like chips for brain. Ticking off:
“Demons” – Read a book that features an evil entity or someone with evil intent - like every single Follett's book, also this one featured a bad bad villain with endless evil intentions
“Getting Even” – Read a book about revenge - like every single Follett's book, also this one featured actions based on revenge, the book (view spoiler)[even starts with a murder motivated by revenge (although we learn that at the very end) (hide spoiler)]
“Bury Me” – Read a book in which a character dies - like every single Follett's book, also this one featured gruesome murders of nice characters by the evil villain
“Diane” – Read a book with a female protag - like every other Follett's book, also this one featured a strong female not behaving like an usual specimen of her own sex of the time in which the book is set
“Either Way” – Read a book you’ve been on the fence about - as I said, mixed feelings. The same schematic plot like other books I read by the same author, same types of characters, silly plots, even sillier endings, but still, I had fun listening to it.
“Say That to My Face” – Read a book someone would classify as a “guilty pleasure” - see above

Yup, I call those kinds of reads "Brain Candy"

Lori wrote: "Yup, I call those kinds of reads "Brain Candy""
what a fitting name :)

Ok, perhaps this is becoming too easy, so I am going to restrict number of prompts to four per book.
I have just finished a book written by a popular Slovak comedian and actor Július Satinský called Gundžovníky, which is an untranslatable word, not even correct in my own language, but loosely translated it means "Books of gossips". It is a book of memoirs of his family at that time and it nicely ticks some of the more difficult prompts:
“Barrel of a Gun” – Read a book written by or featuring a movie star - as I wrote above Satinský was beloved actor and comedian
“Fa Fa” – Read a book that features a made – up language or dialect - author was also very good at playing with words, uses a lot of local or slang or just plain made-up words, the name of the book is an example
“Backyard” – Read a book written by an author from your hometown/city/state - tick
“Never Coming Down” – Read a book that’s set in the 70’s - tick

So, I have found another perfect match for the guilty pleasure prompt. I was just browsing my library's catalogue for the books with "Christmas" in the title, as I was in this baubly spirit in December and incidentally found Christmas Angel by Jo Beverley - a very simple romance book, which hardly bothered with any plots before the pair reached their happily ever after. I should have been warned by the cover, when I found it on the shelf, but I just thought it would be a nice light Christmas holiday reading to go with my lazily hanging around sofa and eating cookies. I did not mind really even now, it made for a nice relaxing weekend. So ticking off:
“Untitled Hidden Track” – Read a book that you uncovered accidentally
“Say That to My Face” – Read a book someone would classify as a “guilty pleasure”
“Dear Valentine” – Read a book that takes place on or around a holiday

Oh my, I happily forgot that I also finished The Only Story by Julian Barnes, which definitely confirmed that Barnes would not be my favourite author. I read it for my bookclub, but I did not even go, as I felt I had nothing nice or interesting to say about it. In fact, I had nothing at all to say about it. At least it ticks some prompts:
“Eden” – Read a book about temptation
“The Prize” – Read a book about someone who’s lost themselves
“Dissolve” – Read a book and take credit here if it didn’t leave a lasting impression

I finished another book by the Slovak comedian and actor Július Satinský called Listy Oľge (Letters to Olga), which is a collection of letters he exchanged with his first wife Olga Lajdova, who later died tragically in an airplane crash. They wrote about love, relationships, and places they visited, but also about books, movies, ballet (she was a dancer) and other forms of art. It was very charming.

“Mona Lisa” – Read a book about art or that features art
“Love for Me” – Read a love story - this felt like reading The Love Story

In the meanwhile, I forgot that I did not finish the Middlemarch by George Eliot - I tried to listen to it twice (started from the beginning the second time, about half a year later after the first attempt), but I was just heartily bored. The author kept introducing more and more characters and one was more unlikable and uninteresting than another.
I am glad Audible allows you to return books if you do not like them.
Ticking off:
“I’m Through” – If you’re reading a book that you’re just not into, DNF it and take credit here

Fortunately, I also read books which were really good. One of them was The Alice Network by Kate Quinn, which was an excellent tribute to the women spies in the WWI and II.

“Great Escape” – Read a book while you’re on a road trip, or in which a portion of the book takes place in a car - the heroine takes a road trip to France, looking for a lost cousin and unveiling the past stories, also I read this while on a business trip :)
“What You Wish For” – Read a book that was on your wishlist - it was on my wishlist for Christmas and also on my friend's wishlist, so I bought it for her and we both read it and loved it
“Hang On” – Read a book that’s about another book, or is written as a book in a book - Baudelaire was heavily featured in the book, his poetry, his Les Fleurs du Mal and also his white marble bust.

After attempting to listen to the bleak Middlemarch (see above), I wanted something crazy, relaxing and fun. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis was the right choice.
Among other features, this was also a tribute to the Three Men in a Boat (and was much funnier than the original), so lots of it took place in a boat on a river or very close to a river or in Oxford - so “Happy Frappy” – Read a book that takes place near or on a river
It also featured people from the future messing up with the past, while trying to rebuild the Canterbury cathedral and also reintroduce cats, which went extinct (however impossible that sounds) in the future - so “I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today” – Read a book that takes place in the future
“Well” – Read a book that takes you down a weird, trippy rabbit hole - see above. But it was good weird and trippy.

During the weekend, I have finished The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang and got a very pleasant surprise by liking it more than I expected.

“Love for Me” – Read a love story - I have already ticked off this prompt, but I am going to take it again, because I just kept saying to myself throughout the book - oh, so this is how real love is supposed to feel. Also the reservations and fears while falling in love both characters experienced felt quite real to me.
“Hercules” – Read a book about a mythological character - as much as I liked the book, the male character of Michael felt a little mythological, i.e. unreal. He just seemed too handsome and muscular and at the same time sensitive and understanding and putting Stella first on all occasions, while at the same time deeply caring for his mother and family. Um. I have yet to meet such a person in real life. (Also, I found last year I am really not into the mythology stories, not even the ones with the "fresh new point of view" such as Circe or the American Gods. So I am unlikely to read anything more appropriate for this category.)
“Long Night” – Read a book that kept you up all night - usually I can't stay up all night, I do not have enough energy for that and am unable to function the next day if I don't get enough sleep. But this book kept me reading well into the small morning hours, so I am going to count it here.
“Mind Kontrol” – Give into the hype and read a book that everyone else is talking about - this book just kept popping up in every other Goodreads and other bookish sites' discussions, articles or competitions, including winning the Goodreads Choice Awards, so I finally put it on my Dear Santa list and it got picked up by my Goodreads Secret Santa for my Christmas present. I am glad it did.

Finished The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and don't really know what to think of it. Anyway, it ticks the following prompt in any case:
“Homecoming King” – Read a book about high school or a book that features teenagers

Just finished Fatherland by Robert Harris - a book set in an alternative history in which Germany won the WWII. Excellently portrayed, one feels chilled by the what-could-have-been.
Ticking off “The New Underground” – Read a book that takes place in a dystopian setting/time, or features a cult

Also during the weekend I finished A Tale of Two Cities by the famous Dickie and it did not really leave any lasting impression, but I am ticking off “Fall in Two” – Read a book with a number in the title

Beatles challenge

Cha! I am having so much fun with this challenge, that I am going to extend it to my actual favorite band challenge, which I have found in this group, back from 2015. I have removed some of the prompts, which were repeated and also some, which I know for sure I do not want to read. There are still a lot of challenges left for me.
I will not tick the same book for the same kind of challenge for both Guster and Beatles, if that would be the case, so there is still some repetition left.

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✔ “I Saw Her Standing There” - Read a book by a female author - The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
✔ “Misery” - Read a sad story - Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou
✔ “Anna (Go to Him)” - Read a book with a female name in the title - Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
✔ “Boys” - Read a book with a male’s name in the title - Waverley by Walter Scott
✔ “Ask Me Why” - Read a book with the word WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE or WHY in the title - What in God's Name by Simon Rich
✔ “Please Please Me” - Read a book with a duplicated word in the title - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
✔ “Love Me Do” - Read a love story - The Fall by Simon Mawer
✔ “P.S. I Love You” - Read a book with a subtitle - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
✔ “Baby It’s You” - Read a book about childhood OR a book you loved as a child - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
✔ “Do You Want to Know a Secret” - Read a book in which a secret is revealed AND/OR a mystery - The Crow Road by Iain Banks
✔ “A Taste of Honey” - Read a book where food is the central theme OR is in the title of the book - The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
✔ “There’s a Place” - Read a book that has a location in the title - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

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✔ “It Won’t Be Long” - Read a book that is less than 200 pages - Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
✔ “All I’ve Got to Do” - Read a book that has been on you TBR list for more than a year - Ali and Nino by Kurban Said
✔ “All My Loving” - Read a book by your favourite author - The Killing Room by Peter May
✔ “Don’t Bother Me” - Read a book in one sitting/one day/one weekend - The British Museum Is Falling Down by David Lodge
✔ “Little Child” - Read a children’s or YA book - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
✔ “Till There Was You” - Read a story of lost love - The Fourth Sacrifice by Peter May
✔ “Please Mister Postman” - Read a book written in letter form AND/OR a book with a specific title in the location - Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
✔ “Hold Me Tight” - Read a book you would never ever give away - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
✔ “I Wanna Be Your Man” - Read a Man Booker Prize-winner (list) - Troubles by J.G. Farrell
✔ “Not a Second Time” - Re-read a book - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
✔ "Devil in her Heart" - Read a book that centers around evil or the devil - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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✔ “A Hard Day’s Night” - Read a book that has been made into a movie - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
✔ “I Should Have Known Better” - Read a book from an adult's point of view looking back over their childhood - Moruša (Mulberry Tree) by Iboja Wandall-Holm
✔ “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You” - Read a book about dancing – fiction or nonfiction - The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo; Joséphine Baker by José-Louis Bocquet
✔ “Tell Me Why” - Read a memoir - Moruša (Mulberry Tree) by Iboja Wandall-Holm
✔ “Can’t Buy Me Love” - Buy a book and read it immediately - Snuff by Terry Pratchett
✔ “Any Time at All” - Read a book that has lasted the test of time, is appropriate throughout the ages, appeals to YA and adult, et cetera - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✔ “When I Get Home” - Read a book about home or family dynamics - The Crow Road by Iain Banks
✔ “You Can’t Do That” - Read a banned book - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✔ “I’ll Be Back” - Read a book that has been re-written from another character’s perspective (exp. Ahab’s Wife, Finn, etc.) - The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

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✔ “No Reply” - Read a book where disappointment is a key focus AND/OR Read a book by an author who has published only one book - Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
✔ “I’m a Loser” - Read a book in which the main character is an outcast - There There by Tommy Orange
✔ “Baby’s in Black” - Read a book with a color in the title - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✔ “Mr. Moonlight” - Read a book about someone who works a second job - The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
✔ “Eight Days a Week” - Read a book with a number in the title - The Fourth Sacrifice by Peter May
✔ “Words of Love” - Read a book of poetry - Čistá duša (Pure Soul)
✔ “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” - Read a book centreing around conformity - The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury
✔ “What You’re Doing” - Read a book about a profession you find interesting and that you wish you were doing - One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina
✔ “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby” - Read a book centreing around dating tips - How Not to Fall in Love, Actually by Catherine Bennetto

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✔ “The Night Before” - Read a book centreing around anticipation - The British Museum Is Falling Down by David Lodge
✔ “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” - Read a book about secrets - The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
✔ “I Need You” - Read a book about something you cannot live without - The Killing Room by Peter May
✔ “Another Girl” - Read a book with two female main characters - The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
✔ “You’re Going to Lose That Girl” - Read a book where cheating is a focus - Snobs by Julian Fellowes
✔ “Ticket to Ride” - Read a book about travel (fiction or non-fiction) - Full Circle by Michael Palin
✔ “You Like Me Too Much” - Read a book about unrequited love -The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
✔ “Tell Me What You See” - Read a travelogue book - The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
✔ “I’ve Just Seen a Face” - Read a book with a body part in the title - Legenda o jazyku (Legend of a tongue) by the Slovak author Pavol Rankov
✔ “Yesterday” - Read a historical (non-fiction) book - Ľudovít Štúr, Zrod moderného slovenského národa v 19. storočí by József Demmel
✔ “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” - Read a lesser-known book by a well-known author - The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

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✔ “Drive My Car” - Read a book about a road trip - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
✔ “Nowhere Man” - Read a travelogue - The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain: Life in the Age of Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and The Great Fire of London by Ian Mortimer
✔ “Think for Yourself”- Read a book despite some negative reviews - The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar
✔ “The Word” - Read a book with a one-word title - Runaway by Peter May
✔ “Michelle” - Read a book that has a female name as its title (the title can only consist of the name) - Joséphine Baker by José-Louis Bocquet
✔ “Girl” - Read a book with the word "girl" in the title - The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

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✔ “In My Life” - Read a biography/autobiography/memoir - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar
✔ “Wait” - Read a book with the word stop in the title - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
✔ “If I Needed Someone” - Read a book about a famous duo or book that revolves around two best friends - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
✔ “Run for Your Life” - Read a book about a sport - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

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✔ "Day Tripper" - Read a book of travel writing near your home - New Europe by Michael Palin

✔ “Eleanor Rigby” - Read a book with a character in the title - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
✔ “I’m Only Sleeping” - Read a bedtime story or a story set during the nigh time - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
✔ “Love You To” - Read a book recommended by an author or a book that is listed as an author's favorite. (Book must not be written by the author. Book can also be an author recommendation.) chosen from this list: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
✔ “Here, There and Everywhere” - Read a book with a punctuation mark in the title - Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and You Too! by Chelsea Handler
✔ “She Said She Said” - Read a book recommended by a female celebrity - The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
✔ “Good Day Sunshine” - Read a book with weather in the title (Rain, Sun, Clouds, Thunder, etc.) - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
✔ “And Your Bird Can Sing” - Read a book with an animal in the title - The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
✔ “Doctor Robert” - Read a book that has a doctor as a main character/about a doctor or about something medical - The Killing Room by Peter May
✔ “I Want to Tell You” - Read a book recommended by a friend - Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
✔ "Paperback Writer" - Read a paperback book - One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina

Super creative of you! And yay for doubling up on book challenges!

Beatles challenge continued

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✔ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” - Read a tear-jerker or a very depressing book - There There by Tommy Orange
✔ “With a Little Help from My Friends” - ask someone to recommend you a book and read it. - Slepá mapa by Alena Mornštajnová
✔ “Getting Better” - read a book with Getting or Better in the title - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
✔ “She’s Leaving Home” - Read a coming of age story - Runaway by Peter May
✔ “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” - Read a book about childhood - Joséphine Baker by José-Louis Bocquet
✔ “When I’m Sixty-Four” - Read a book that's at least 64 years old - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
✔ “Lovely Rita” - Read a book with Lovely or Rita in the title - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons by Stephen King
✔ “Good Morning Good Morning” - Read a book with Good or Morning in the title, OR a book with the same word twice in the title - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
✔ “A Day in the Life” - Read a book where the main action happens within a 24-hour period AND/OR a historical fiction book - The British Museum Is Falling Down by David Lodge

✔ “The Fool on the Hill “ - Read a book/play that includes a foolish character - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
✔ “Flying” - Read a book with Flying in the title - A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich
✔ “Blue Jay Way” - Read a book with birds or the word "bird" or a type of bird in the title - The Crow Road by Iain Banks
✔ “Your Mother Should Know” - Read a book about a mother/child relationship or a book dedicated to a mother - Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
✔ “Hello, Goodbye” - Read a book about love gained and love lost AND/OR read a book written by an author who is now deceased - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
✔ “Strawberry Fields Forever” - Read a book with a type of food in the title - Moruša (Mulberry Tree) by Iboja Wandall-Holm
✔ “Penny Lane” – Read a book written by an English author or set in England - Snobs by Julian Fellowes
✔ “Baby, You’re a Rich Man” - Read a Pulitzer Prize-winner (list) - The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar
✔ “All You Need is Love” - Read a romance or love story - The Royal Treatment by MaryJanice Davidson

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✔ “Back in the USSR” - Read a book by a Russian author or set in Russia - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
✔ “Glass Onion” - Read a book with Glass or Onion in the title - The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
✔ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La,Da” - Read a book by an African author or set in Africa - Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou; Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✔ “Wild Honey Pie” - Read a book with Wild, Honey, or Pie in the title - Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life by Tom Robbins
✔ “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” - Read a book that is part of series - Snuff by Terry Pratchett
✔ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” - Read a tragedy/a book centering on tragedy - Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
✔ “Happiness is a Warm Gun” - Read a true crime/thriller/mystery novel - The Firemaker by Peter May
✔ “I’m So Tired” - Read a book where illness is the main focus - Legenda o jazyku (Legend of a tongue) by the Slovak author Pavol Rankov
✔ “Blackbird” - Read a book about letting something go - Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
✔ “Piggies“ - Read a book about corporate greed - What in God's Name by Simon Rich
✔ “Rocky Raccoon” - Read a book with alliteration in the title - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
✔ “Don’t Pass Me By” - Read a book that has been on your TBR list for over a year - The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
✔ “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road” - Read a sexy-time book - The Royal Treatment by MaryJanice Davidson
✔ “I Will” - Read a book that you have found daunting in the past and have put off reading it - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
“Julia” - Read a book with a leading character named Julia or with ✔ Julia in the title Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham

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✔ “Birthday” - Read a book published in the year of your birth - The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury
✔ “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” - read a book that got a big ole secret in it - Runaway by Peter May
✔ “Helter Skelter” – Read a true crime book - Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie
✔ “Long, Long, Long” – Read a trilogy, quartet or any series with at least three books - The Killing Room by Peter May
✔ “Savoy Truffle” - Read a book with Savoy or Truffle in the title - White Truffles in Winter by N.M. Kelby
✔ “Cry Baby Cry” - Read a book about babies/birth - The Watch House by Bernie Mcgill
✔ “Revolution 9” - Read a book with war as a central theme or that takes place during war time - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✔ “Good Night” - Read a book that takes place over the course of one night - When All Is Said by Anne Griffin

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✔ “Only a Northern Song” - Read a book by a Canadian author - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
✔ “All Together Now” - Read one of the group reads or a book club read - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
✔ “Hey Bulldog” - Read a book that has a main character with a dog as his/her sidekick or a book with a dog on the cover. - The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
✔ “It’s All Too Much” - Read a book over 700 pages - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
✔ “All You Need Is Love” - Read a book about religion, spirituality or religious controversies - The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
✔ “Pepperland” - Read a book set in India - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
✔ “Sea of Time” - Read a book about time travel or in which time is a central element - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
✔ “Sea of Monsters” – Read a book with a monster, zombie or mythical creature (etc.) as a character - Les prízrakov (Forrest of Spirits) by the Slovak author Juraj Červenák
✔ “March of the Meanies” - Read a book about the holocaust - Moruša (Mulberry Tree) by Iboja Wandall-Holm

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✔ “Something” - Read a book about anything - Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up by Tom Phillips
✔ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” - Read a murder mystery - The Fourth Sacrifice by Peter May
✔ “Oh! Darling” - Read a book where the main character is an aristocrat - Snobs by Julian Fellowes
✔ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” - Read a book over 1000 pages - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
✔ “Here Comes the Sun” - Read a book set in the summer or with the word summer in the title - The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams

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✔ “Because” - Read something....just because - And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson
✔ “Sun King” - Read a book about the monarchy - The Blue by Nancy Bilyeau
✔ “Mean Mr. Mustard” - Read a book about cooking - Chasing the Dram: Finding the Spirit of Whisky by Rachel McCormack
✔ “Polythene Pam” - Read a book with the name Pam in the title or where Pam is a leading character - Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
✔ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” - Read a book about a secret love affair - The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
✔ “Golden Slumbers” - Read a book by an author who is deceased - The Zelmenyaners: A Family Saga by Moyshe Kulbak
✔ “The End”- Read a book with the word END in the title - Howards End by E.M. Forster
✔ “Her Majesty” - Read a book about royalty (fiction or non-fiction) The Royal Treatment by MaryJanice Davidson

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✔ “Dig a Pony” - Read a book with horses in it or the word "horse/pony" in the title - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
✔ “I Me Mine” - Read a book with a pronoun in the title - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
✔ “Dig It” - Read a book on the NY Times Bestseller List - There There by Tommy Orange
✔ “Let It Be” - Read a classic - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy; The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
✔ “For You Blue” - Read a book given to you as a gift - Legenda o jazyku (Legend of a tongue) by the Slovak author Pavol Rankov
✔ "Free As a Bird" - Read a book of your choice - The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

“Center of Attention” – Read a book written in first person
"You Like Me Too Much” - Read a book about unrequited love
"Good Day Sunshine” - Read a book with weather in the title (Rain, Sun, Clouds, Thunder, etc.)
“When I’m Sixty-Four” - Read a book that's at least 64 years old

There There by Tommy Orange

"Bad Bad World” – Read a book in which the title contains the same word twice
“I’m a Loser” - Read a book in which the main character is an outcast - there was a whole cast of characters and every single one of them was an outcast. And therefore it was also a perfect "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” - Read a tear-jerker or a very depressing book
“Dig It” - Read a book on the NY Times Bestseller List (Feb 10 on Fiction Hardcover list for 14 weeks)

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by the Swedish author Katarina Bivald

“Two Points for Honesty” – Read a book that someone recommends to you and then tell them what you honestly thought of it - this was chosen by a friend for our book club read, so there is going to be a discussion
“Expectation” – Read a book and if it didn’t meet your expectations, take credit here - it was supposed to be a feel good book, but mostly I just felt bored
“There’s a Place” - Read a book that has a location in the title - so what that it is fictional?!
"All Together Now” - Read one of the group reads or a book club read

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

“Jesus and Mary” – Read a book that features angels or a rapture/biblical end times - allright, stretching this one a little, but it is unlikely I would come any closer than this. The name of one of the major characters was Angel, but he was behaving so devillishly, it was the end of the world for Tess.
“P.S. I Love You” - Read a book with a subtitle - apparently the subtitle of this book is A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented.
“Eleanor Rigby” - Read a book with a character in the title
“Hello, Goodbye” - Read a book about love gained and love lost AND/OR read a book written by an author who is now deceased - well, both apply actually.

Snuff by Terry Pratchett

"Medicine” – Take a sick day and read a book - I took a day off today and reading was not the primary reason, but it helped me to get through it
“Happier” – Read whatever the fuck you want and take credit for it here - I was unhappy by my previous choices and obligations, so I just went for something certain to make me happier
“Can’t Buy Me Love” - Buy a book and read it immediately
“The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” - Read a book that is part of series

The Crow Road by Iain Banks

“Do You Want to Know a Secret” - Read a book in which a secret is revealed AND/OR a mystery - lots of family secrets in this crazy family - therefore also -
“When I Get Home” - Read a book about home or family dynamics
“Blue Jay Way” - Read a book with birds or the word "bird" or a type of bird in the title

The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury - I actually did not finish this one, but I wasted enough time with it to count at least for some prompts here:

“Lost at Sea” – Read a book and if it made it absolutely no sense to you, take credit here - well this surely did not
“Not for Nothing” – Read a book that you know is going to piss you off - I had a feeling that this was going to be the case when I read the summary of the book and unfortunately, I was proven right. The characters were just abominable and especially the main one - Howard was extremely selfish, uncaring and self-centered, leaving just tears and damage in his wake to prove his "self-worth". Also the extreme injustice he was issuing all around him was pissing me off.
“I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” - Read a book centreing around conformity - Howard was trying so hard to be nonconforming that he was creating his own new conformity around him
“Birthday” - Read a book published in the year of your birth - well, this was the main reason I picked up the book in the first place, but it was not a very good choice after all

That sucks when you DNF a book. I just did that with the audio version of We Cast A Shadow

yes, I used to force myself to finish almost any book but not any more, it is actually quite liberating if you just leave it if you really do not like it :)

The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

“I Saw Her Standing There” - Read a book by a female author
“Mr. Moonlight” - Read a book about someone who works a second job
“Another Girl” - Read a book with two female main characters
“She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” - Read a book about a secret love affair

The British Museum Is Falling Down by David Lodge

“Stay with Me Jesus” – Read a book that features religion or is about a religious conspiracy - religious issues are widely discussed, especially concerning the church stance towards contraception. In a funny way.
“Don’t Bother Me” - Read a book in one sitting/one day/one weekend
"The Night Before” - Read a book centreing around anticipation - is she or isn't she pregnant?
“A Day in the Life” - Read a book where the main action happens within a 24-hour period AND/OR a historical fiction book - both apply

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

“Grin” – Read a book that makes you feel good
“Little Child” - Read a children’s or YA book
“The Fool on the Hill “ - Read a book/play that includes a foolish character
“Rocky Raccoon” - Read a book with alliteration in the title

Snobs by Julian Fellowes

“Gangway” – Read a book with just one word in the title
“You’re Going to Lose That Girl” - Read a book where cheating is a focus
“Penny Lane” – Read a book written by an English author or set in England
“Oh! Darling” - Read a book where the main character is an aristocrat

Finally finished The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, thankgod. Since it was such a monster of a book and a chore to read, even as an audiobook, I am going to break my rule of 4 prompts per book:

“Parachute” – Take the plunge and read a book in a genre you don’t normally read
“On the Ocean” – Read a book that is dark and foreshadowing
“Farewell” – Read the last book written by an author
"Devil in her Heart" - Read a book that centers around evil or the devil
“Back in the USSR” - Read a book by a Russian author or set in Russia
“It’s All Too Much” - Read a book over 700 pages

What in God's Name by Simon Rich

I have already ticked off the first two propmts, but this book is so suitable for them, that I will repeat them here:
“Stay with Me Jesus” – Read a book that features religion or is about a religious conspiracy
“Jesus and Mary” – Read a book that features angels or a rapture/biblical end times
“Ask Me Why” - Read a book with the word WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE or WHY in the title
“Piggies“ - Read a book about corporate greed - God founded Heaven Inc (view spoiler)[to collect Xennon from Earth and created mankind as a by-product. When he felt he was losing much popularity with humans, he decided to destroy them. (hide spoiler)]

Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou

“Window” – Read a book with an inanimate object in the title
“Hello Mr Sun” – Go outside, sit in the sun, and read a book, then take credit for it here - we are enjoying the first sunny and warm spring days, so it is very pleasant to sit and read outside
“Misery” - Read a sad story
“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La,Da” - Read a book by an African author or set in Africa - both apply

Runaway by Peter May

“G Major” – Read a book about music or that features a band or musician - five teenagers form a band and then run away from home in Glasgow to try their luck in the Big Smoke
“The Word” - Read a book with a one-word title
“She’s Leaving Home” - Read a coming of age story - there are two timelines, one is the teenagers running away from home, the second is the same people fifty years later retracing their steps (and still largely behaving as teenagers, to be honest)
“Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” - read a book that got a big ole secret in it - lots of secrets are uncovered by the end of the book

I finished few shorter books during the weekend:

Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
“It is Just What it is” – Read a book that’s pretty straightforward - the main character talks pretty straightforwardly about his plans to commit suicide and all his feelings
“I Want to Tell You” - Read a book recommended by a friend - my sister told me about the author and then friends in the bookclub decided this will be read for the next meeting
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” - Read a tragedy/a book centering on tragedy - main character goes through some hard times and then he comes to a war-torn country, where everyone carries a tragic story with them
“Blackbird” - Read a book about letting something go - former relations, former life, depression, trauma, suicide thoughts

Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
“Anna (Go to Him)” - Read a book with a female name in the title
“It Won’t Be Long” - Read a book that is less than 200 pages
“Please Mister Postman” - Read a book written in letter form AND/OR a book with a specific title in the location - I don't know whether grandma is a title, but I am going to take it so. Also, letters are featured in the book.
“Your Mother Should Know” - Read a book about a mother/child relationship or a book dedicated to a mother

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
“Every Moment” – Read a book that you just can’t put down/stop thinking about
“Any Time at All” - Read a book that has lasted the test of time, is appropriate throughout the ages, appeals to YA and adult, et cetera
“You Can’t Do That” - Read a banned book
“The New Underground” – Read a book that takes place in a dystopian setting/time, or features a cult

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker

“Only a Northern Song” - Read a book by a Canadian author
“I Me Mine” - Read a book with a pronoun in the title
“Getting Better” - read a book with Getting or Better in the title

Oprásgy slovenckej historje. Nádorná enciglopédija (Pictures of Slovak history. National Encyclopedia) by Jaz (cz) - this is a very funny short comics book which makes fun of the Slovak history and is written in a made-up, sorta-slang language
“Fa Fa” – Read a book that features a made – up language or dialect
“Do What You Want” – Read whatever floats your boat and take credit for it here

Legenda o jazyku (Legend of a tongue) by the Slovak author Pavol Rankov - this also concerns recent and also not so recent Slovak and Czech history, which we partly shared, as we used to be a one country
“What You Call Love” – Read a book in your favorite genre - historical fiction, that is what I like
“I’ve Just Seen a Face” - Read a book with a body part in the title - the tongue
“I’m So Tired” - Read a book where illness is the main focus - one of the main characters is mentally ill (because of what happened to her in the past and is the topic of the book)
“For You Blue” - Read a book given to you as a gift - this was a Christmas gift from my nephew (based on my wish list :)

The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton

“Long Way Down” – Read a book written in third person
“A Taste of Honey” - Read a book where food is the central theme OR is in the title of the book - the story-line evolved during Sunday lunches of this family, menu was always described
“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” - Read a book about secrets - everyone in the family had some secret, which was of course revealed and accepted in the end
“Hey Bulldog” - Read a book that has a main character with a dog as his/her sidekick or a book with a dog on the cover. - his name was Yeti

Ľudovít Štúr, Zrod moderného slovenského národa v 19. storočí by József Demmel - this is a non fiction academic publication, a biography of a famous Slovak person Ludovit Stur written by a Hungarian author (which is very controversial for some people)

“Timothy Leary” – Read a book with a man’s name in the title
“Hard Times” – Read a book you borrowed from the library
“Parachute” – Take the plunge and read a book in a genre you don’t normally read
“Yesterday” - Read a historical (non-fiction) book

Full Circle by Michael Palin.

“The Captain” – Read a book that takes place on the ocean or on a ship/boat - this is a journey around the Pacific Rim, so lots of it takes place on the ocean or a river and boats
“Overexcited” – Read a book you could not wait to get your hands on
“Ticket to Ride” - Read a book about travel (fiction or non-fiction)

During the Easter weekend, I have finished two books which were something between a memoir and a novel, both excellent and extremely interesting and educating.

Moruša (Mulberry Tree) by Iboja Wandall-Holm
“I Should Have Known Better” - Read a book from an adult's point of view looking back over their childhood
“Tell Me Why” - Read a memoir
“Strawberry Fields Forever” - Read a book with a type of food in the title
“March of the Meanies” - Read a book about the holocaust

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
“Kid Dreams” – Read a book that features a child protagonist
“In My Life” - Read a biography/autobiography/memoir
“If I Needed Someone” - Read a book about a famous duo or book that revolves around two best friends
“Run for Your Life” - Read a book about a sport

The Firemaker by Peter May - a thriller taking place in Beijing, with very interesting background information on the country and culture

“So Long” – Read a book with more than 400 pages
“Days” – Read a book that takes place over the span of just a few days - takes place in the course of a week
“Do You Love Me” – Read a book by your favorite author
“Happiness is a Warm Gun” - Read a true crime/thriller/mystery novel

I have finished two very good books:

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
“I Spy” – Read a book from your TBR pile that is on one of your friend’s bookshelves
“Ruby Falls” – Read a book with a color in the title
"Free As a Bird" - Read a book of your choice

I also really got into the Chinese Thrillers by Peter May, finished the second one - The Fourth Sacrifice (and already am half into the third :)
“Till There Was You” - Read a story of lost love
“Eight Days a Week” - Read a book with a number in the title
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” - Read a murder mystery