Play Book Tag discussion

I'm aiming for at least 123 books this year!

1. Sex, Lies and Politics: The Secret Influences That Drive our Political Choices
2. The Bat
3. Case Histories
4. Crazy Rich Asians
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
6. 11/22/63
7. A Man Called Ove
8. Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
9. The Dogs of Riga
10. Crime's Strangest Cases: Extraordinary But True Stories from Over Five Centuries of Legal History
11. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
12. The Black Dahlia
13. How To Be a Kosovan Bride
14. A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
15. The Likeness
16. Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was
17. Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile
18. Ghost Wall
19. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
20. A Rush of Blood
21. Five ​Dark Fates
22. Norse Mythology
23. Not My Father's Son
24. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
25. When the Doves Disappeared
26. The Daughter of Time
27. Lost Children Archive
28. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
29. The Breaker
30. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
31. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
32. Emergency Skin
33. Laidlaw
34. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
35. The Case of the Careless Kitten
36. The Einstein Girl
37. Othello
38. Jane Austen at Home
39. The Eighth Life - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
40. Jane Austen: The Banker's Sister
41. Buried in a Book
42. Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within
43. The Complete Guide to Astrology: Understanding Yourself, Your Signs, and Your Birth Chart
44. The Inimitable Jeeves
45. The Luminaries
46. The Adventure of the Final Problem
47. The Wall of Storms
48. Moving Pictures
49. Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
50. Sense and Sensibility
51. In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy
52. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
53. Manga Classics: Sense and Sensibility
54. The Girl Who Played with Fire
55. The Other Mrs Walker
56. Bulls Before Breakfast: Running with the Bulls and Celebrating Fiesta de San Fermín in Pamplona, Spain
57. The Book of the Poppy
58. The Falcons of Fire and Ice
59. A Streetcar Named Desire
60. The Priest of Evil
61. Speaking Truth to Power
62. The Black Mountain
63. Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion
64. The Holy City Hustle
65. Last Train to Istanbul
66. The Historian
67. To Die in Vienna
68. The Muse
69. Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels
70. Gentleman Captain
71. The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
72. Bunny
73. Dark Days
74. An Almond for a Parrot
75. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
76. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
77. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
78. The Silver Collar
79. A Year in Provence
80. Astrology Made Easy: A Guide to Understanding Your Birth Chart
81. The Wolf and the Watchman
82. Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World
83. How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life
84. Educated
85. A Death in Sarajevo
86. The Breakthrough
87. Outliers: The Story of Success
88. Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon
89. Dead Letters
90. Children of Blood and Bone
91. Collateral Damage: Britain, America, and Europe in the Age of Trump
92. HHhH
93. Akata Witch
94. Money for Nothing: The South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism
95. Pride and Prejudice
96. Still Life
97. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

PBT tags

January - Thriller - The Bat; Case Histories; 11/22/63
February - Survival - The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
March - Journalism - Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
April - Science Fiction - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet; Emergency Skin
May - Comedy - The Inimitable Jeeves
June - Suspense - The Girl Who Played with Fire
July - Southern - A Streetcar Named Desire
August - Witches - Astrology Made Easy: A Guide to Understanding Your Birth Chart
September - Psychological - Outliers: The Story of Success
October - Animals
November
December

Unofficial Trim

1. And Then There Were None
2. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza
3, Birdcage Walk
4, An Almond for a Parrot
5. A Burnable Book
6. The Breaker
7. The Cellist of Sarajevo
8. The Chatelet Apprentice
9. Crime's Strangest Cases: Extraordinary But True Stories from Over Five Centuries of Legal History
10. Cats of the National Trust
11. Dead Letters
12. Crazy Rich Asians
13. Amnesty Anthology
14. The Fatal Tree
15. Gentleman Captain
16. Snowglobe
17. Sense & Sensibility
18. Hawksmoor
19. The Inimitable Jeeves
20. The Lady and the Poet
21. The Einstein Girl
22. The Daughter of Time
23. The Mistress
24. Mysteries

2020 Poll Ballot Tally

Alabama - civil rights - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Arkansas - education -
California - Hollywood - The Black Dahlia
Colorado - Rocky Mountains -
Connecticut - constitution - The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
Delaware - business - Outliers: The Story of Success
Florida - Disney -
Georgia - antebellum -
Hawaii - volcanoes - The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
Idaho - nature - Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Illinois - comedy - Crazy Rich Asians
Iowa - politics - Sex, Lies and Politics: The Secret Influences That Drive our Political Choices
Kansas - weather - Still Life
Kentucky - horses - The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Louisiana - southern gothic - A Streetcar Named Desire
Maine - Stephen King - 11/22/63
Maryland - Navy - Pride and Prejudice
Massachusetts - witches - A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
Michigan - Great Lakes -
Minnesota - vikings - Norse Mythology
Missouri - pioneers -
Montana - wildlife -
Nebraska - farming - The Wall of Storms
Nevada - gambling - The Inimitable Jeeves
New Hampshire - hiking -
New Jersey - mafia - The Girl Who Played with Fire
New York - Broadway - Not My Father's Son
North Carolina - Appalachia - Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
North Dakota - paleontology -
Ohio - industry - Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
Oklahoma - Great Depression - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Oregon - ecology - Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Pennsylvania - amish - A Man Called Ove
Rhode Island - sailing -
South Carolina - pirates - Gentleman Captain
South Dakota - frontier -
Texas - space - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Utah - Mormon - Educated
Vermont - libraries - The Bat
Virginia - FBI -
Washington - coffee -
District of Columbia - presidents -
West Virginia - mining - The Luminaries
Wisconsin - cheese - The Historian
Wyoming - western - Lost Children Archive

#readingeurope2020

Albania - A Girl in Exile
Armenia - Gilgamesh
Austria - To Die in Vienna
Azerbaijan - Ali and Nino
Belgium - Pietr the Latvian
Bosnia and Herzegovina - A Death in Sarajevo
Bulgaria - Tribune of Rome
Croatia - Thirteenth Night
Cyprus - Othello
Czech Republic - Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Denmark - Mercy
Estonia - When the Doves Disappeared
Finland - The Priest of Evil
France - The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Georgia - The Eighth Life
Germany - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Greece - Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
Hungary - The Historian
Iceland - Burial Rites
Ireland - The Likeness
Italy - The Ides of April
Kazakhstan - The Good Angel of Death
Kosovo - How To Be a Kosovan Bride
Latvia - The Dogs of Riga
Lithuania - A Rush of Blood
Malta - The Disorderly Knights
Montenegro - The Black Mountain
Netherlands - Girl with a Pearl Earring
North Macedonia - Clash of Empires
Norway - Northern Lights
Poland - The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Portugal - The Falcons of Fire and Ice
Romania - Life Begins on Friday
Russia - The Bear and the Nightingale
Serbia - The Mask of Dimitrios
Slovakia - HHhH
Slovenia - Veronika Decides to Die
Spain - The Muse
Sweden - The Wolf and the Watchman
Switzerland - The Adventure of the Final Problem
Turkey - Last Train to Istanbul
Ukraine - Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
United Kingdom - The Ashes of London
Vatican City - In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy

#booked2020 (some of these double up with #readingeurope2020 and 2020 poll ballot tally)

1. Millenial author - Lost Children Archive
2. Hat/head covering on cover - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
3. #liveandlearn subject mostly new to you - Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
4. Set in Hollywood - The Black Dahlia
5. #covercrush - Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile
6. Finish in a day - Five ​Dark Fates

7. Makes you lol - Crime's Strangest Cases
8. Parent and child memoir - Not My Father's Son
9. Tartan noir - Laidlaw
10. About genocide - The Tattooist of Auschwitz
11. Pan Asian author or silk punk - The Wall of Storms
12. Animal on cover - The Case of the Careless Kitten

13. Red, white or blue type on cover - Akata Witch
14. Eccentric main character - A Man Called Ove
15. YA novel by person of colour - Children of Blood and Bone
16. #wineorwhine about wine or main character who whines - A Year in Provence
17. Banned book - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
18. Armchair travel - The Wolf and the Watchman

19. #thinkpink - Criminal Tendencies: Great Stories from Great Crime Writers
20. Gothic horror - The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
21. Set in India or Southern Asia - Girls Burn Brighter
22. #bookclubworthy - The Bear and the Nightingale
23. New in 2020 - The Silver Collar
24. Bottom of the TBR - Northern Lights

GENRE JAMMIN'
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Genre: Crime/Mystery/Thriller
Goal: 13/20

Read a book that:
1. Is the first book in a series. The Bat
2. Is authored by a person whose ethnicity differs from yours. A Death in Sarajevo
3. Is longer than 500 pages. 11/22/63
4. Is shorter than 200 pages. A Girl in Exile
5. Has been translated from another language into the language you are reading. The Dogs of Riga
6. Has been adapted for a different media (film, TV, stage, video game, etc.). The Big Sleep
7. Takes place in either a country you've never visited, or a different world. The Wolf and the Watchman
8. Takes place, primarily, in a capital city. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
9. Takes place, mostly, in a rural community. The Priest of Evil
10. Falls into your favorite sub-genre. The Silver Collar
11. Represents a sub-genre that you've never or rarely read. Buried in a Book
12. Has won a major book prize (GoodReads, Man Booker, Pulitzer, Hugo/Locus/Nebula, Edgar, etc.). Raven Black
13. Was written by an author who shares your birth month. The Adventure of the Final Problem
14. Includes the color of your birthstone in its cover art. The Other Mrs Walker
15. Includes some form of correspondence, like snail mail or email. The Einstein Girl
16. A book with a great first line (PopSugar prompt #3) Still Life
17. Was originally published in 1980 or earlier. Laidlaw
18. Has at least 500,000 ratings on GoodReads. The Girl Who Played with Fire
19. Is one of the favorite books in this genre of your friend or family member. For this prompt, ask around for recommendations. (Goodreads buddies are fair game!) The Reckoning
20. Wild-card: This is a create-your-own task. If you choose this, be sure to write your task down in your original post. Takes place in my favourite time period. Blood & Sugar

Women of the World

7/7

🌍 Africa:
Nigeria - Akata Witch - 5 ★

🌍 Americas:
USA - IA - Educated - 5 ★
USA - LA - A Streetcar Named Desire - 2 1/2 ★

🌍 Europe:
Bosnia and Herzogovina - A Death in Sarajevo - 5 ★
Hungary - The Historian - 4 1/2 ★
Portugal - The Falcons of Fire and Ice - 5 ★
Spain - The Muse - 4 ★