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Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Months: 12/12 Extras: 12/12
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Julian Jade Allen 1/7/20
Evvie Drake Starts Over Linda Holmes 1/11/20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Almost Just Friends Jill Shalvis 2/6/20
A Longer Fall Charlaine Harris 2/16/20
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond Jaime Jo Wright 3/11/20
The Chocolate Garden Ava Miles 3/31/20 April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name
Ready to Fall Daisy Prescott 4/28/20
Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat Daisy Prescott 4/29/20
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Badd to the Bone Jasinda Wilder 5/14/20 
Badd Ass Jasinda Wilder 5/14/20 
Good Girl Gone Badd Jasinda Wilder 5/14/20June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
A Forgotten Murder Jude Deveraux 6/5/20
The House on the Beach Linda Barrett 6/6/20
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. USA
Against the Tide Kat Martin 7/5/20 
Love in the Moment Elena Aitken 7/7/20August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
A Merciful Promise Kendra Elliot 8/11/20 (Mercy Kilpatrick #6)
The Pact Linda Castillo 8/11/20 (Kate Burkholder #11.5)
Outsider Linda Castillo 8/12/20 (Kate Burkholder #12)
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Unbind Sarah Michelle Lynch 9/2/20
Running Blind Lee Child 9/12/20
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Night Moves Heather Graham Pozzessere 10/9/20
Dead of Night: Dancers in the Dark / The Devil's Footprints Charlaine Harris 10/30/20November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
My Favorite Half-Night Stand Christina Lauren 11/4/20
Gifted Cari Quinn 11/7/20
December
📚 Read a Series book.
One Summer Night Caridad Piñeiro 12/4/20 (At the Shore #1)
Fear Nothing Lisa Gardner 12/6/20 (Detective D.D. Warren #7)
I'm in
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet. - Amy Schumer wrote The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo (1/5/20)
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP. - Parlez-Vous Murder? by Susan Kiernan-Lewis (2/26/20)
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover. - The Bloody British: A Well-Meaning Guide to an Awkward Nation by Paul Hawkins (6/30/20)
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover - Kissing Frogs by Rich Amooi (6/3/20)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover. - A Fighting Chance by Tatum West (5/3/20)
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation. - Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh (e-book) (6/10/20)
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! - Beast by Matt Wesolowski (Austria - flag is red and white) (7/10/20)
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. - Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (non-fiction) (8/6/20)
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L). - Irin Carmon wrote Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (9/10/20)
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover. - The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler (10/19/20)
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile. - Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter (11/17/20)
December
📚 Read a Series book. - Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan (Little Beach Street Bakery #1) (12/6/20)
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet. - Amy Schumer wrote The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo (1/5/20)
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP. - Parlez-Vous Murder? by Susan Kiernan-Lewis (2/26/20)
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover. - The Bloody British: A Well-Meaning Guide to an Awkward Nation by Paul Hawkins (6/30/20)
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover - Kissing Frogs by Rich Amooi (6/3/20)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover. - A Fighting Chance by Tatum West (5/3/20)
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation. - Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh (e-book) (6/10/20)
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! - Beast by Matt Wesolowski (Austria - flag is red and white) (7/10/20)
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. - Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (non-fiction) (8/6/20)
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L). - Irin Carmon wrote Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (9/10/20)
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover. - The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler (10/19/20)
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile. - Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter (11/17/20)
December
📚 Read a Series book. - Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan (Little Beach Street Bakery #1) (12/6/20)
Purge That Pile 2020January 1-December 31, 2020
Months: 11/12
Extras: 1/12
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Daughter of the Pirate King | Tricia Levenseller - Jan 26
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Arabel's Raven | Joan Aiken - Feb 16
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
The Beautiful Ones | Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mar 28April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name
Jellicoe Road | Melina Marchetta - Apr 30May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Charles | K.F. Breene - May 4June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Smoke Bitten | Patricia Briggs - Jun 8
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag.
Men Explain Things to Me | Rebecca Solnit - Jul 26(U.S. - red, white & blue)
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. (Fantasy)
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite | Gerard Way - Aug 10
Extra: The Thief | Megan Whalen Turner - Aug 14
Extra: Castle Waiting Vol. 1 | Linda Medley - Aug 16
Extra: Iron and Magic | Ilona Andrews - Aug 23
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Magic Triumphs | Ilona Andrews - Sep 1
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
The Last Unicorn | Peter S. Beagle - Oct 31November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
Mouthful of Forevers | Clementine von Radics - Nov 29
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Joanne, I was intending to sign up for this again, but I don’t have any guys with bare chests in my tbr. Is it okay with you if I redefine that one as “handsome guys’ torsos” on my challenge? Such as:
or
Purge That Pile 2020
Timeframe: 1/1/20 to 12/31/20
1/12
1/12 Extras
Counting: physical tbr and NetGalley downloads prior to 2020
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Under the Stars by Carolyn Twede Frank 1/4/20 1* NG download 2019
A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews 1/5/20 5* added to tbr 9/18
The Gray Chamber by Grace Hitchcock 1/9/20 2* NG download 2019
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
3/4
3/8
3/14April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.*handsome man okayed
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Yay! I was waiting for this challenge to arrive!Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1/4)
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1/13)
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (1/14)
Inn at Last Chance by Hope Ramsay (1/16)
Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare (1/19)
The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley (1/20)
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton (2/14)
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (3/27)
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Blackberry Summer by RaeAnne Thayne (4/18)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare (5/27)
Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye (5/31)
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
A Small Town Bride by Hope Ramsay (6/10)
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! (USA)
Gimme Some Sugar by Molly Harper (7/19)
Moonlight in the Morning by Jude Deveraux (7/20)
The One You Want by Gena Showalter (7/27)
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
Falling for Max by Shannon Stacey (8/15)
Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins (8/27)
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor by Martin Greenfield (9/20)
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Evergreen Springs by RaeAnne Thayne (10/15)
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
Met Her Match by Jude Deveraux (11/23)
December
📚 Read a Series book.
The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker [4MK Series] (12/15)
Crush on You by Christie Ridgway [Three Kisses/Intoxicating series] (12/17)
What it Takes by Shannon Stacey [Kowalski Family] (12/30)
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
12/12 Completed
Extra: 12/12 Completed. Finish!!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Cora Reilly-Bound by Honor 1/09/20
Extra:Natasha L. Black-Daddy's Secret Baby 1/20/20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Avenging Angel-Izzy Sweet 2/08/20
Extra:Prisoned-Marni Mann 2/19/20
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
Belize-Rebecca Ratliff 3/03/20
Extra:Tomorrow's Lies-S.R. Grey 3/09/20
April
📚 Read a book by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Lilly Atlas-Little Jack 4/12/20
Extra:Violet Theron-Ever Since 4/17/20
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Savage Burn-Lisa Renee Jones 5/21/20
Extra: Rock Bottom:-Emily Goodwin 5/23/20
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
After All-Heidi McLaughlin 6/10/20
Extra:Invisible Love Letter-Callie Anderson 6/16/20
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! (USA)
If I Were You-Lisa Renee Jones 7/06/20
Extra:Being Me-Lisa Renee Jones 7/07/20
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
(Romance)
Any Day Now-Lani Lynn Vale 8/12/20
Extra:Rhythm of the Road-Autumn Jones Lake 8/21/20
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Jessica Gadziala-Lift You Up 9/06/20
Extra:Autumn Jones Lake-More Than Miles 9/11/20
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
First Comes Scandal-Julia Quinn 10/09/20
Extra:Instant Attraction-Jill Shalvis 10/11/20
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
Letters to Molly-Devney Perry 11/02/20
Extra:Gun Shy-Lili St. Germain 11/05/20
December
📚 Read a Series book.
(Skid Row Kings Series)
Bangshift-Winter Travers 12/06/20
(SWAT Generation 2.0 Series)
Depends On Who's Asking-Lani Lynn Vale 12/11/20
Extra:
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Goal: 12/12
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Great Goddesses: Life lessons from myths and monsters by Nikita Gill – 01/26/2020
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Even If I Fall by Abigail Johnson – 02/08/2020
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston – 03/11/2020April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center – 04/03/2020May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Tacker by Sawyer Bennett – 05/03/2020June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews – 06/28/2020
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen – 07/03/2020 - HungaryAugust
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig – 08/02/2020 - Fantasy
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
The Fabulous Riverboat by Philip José Farmer – 09/11/2020
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep – 10/18/2020November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero – 11/08/2020
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Once & Future by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy – 12/10/2020
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month (7/12)
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read. (5)
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
The Red Notebook. Antoine Laurain 1/3/20. added 12/5/19
The Unexpected Guest. Charles Osborne. 5/2/20. added 12/17/17
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen 2/14/20 added 12/3/19
Éclair and Present Danger Laura Bradford. 4/20/20. added 5/15/16
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
. Monica Knightley. 6/14/20. added 4/27/18April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Dale Mayer 4/22/20 added 2/5/19May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Livia J. Washburn. 5/9/20 added 6/9/16
Harper Lin. 5/20/20. added 12/23/19June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Mayhem at the Orient Express. Kylie Logan 6/5/20. added 1/15/16
Purrder She Wrote. Cate Conte 6/7/20. added 12/12/18
The Fitzgerald Ruse. Mark de Castrique 6/26/20. added 2/21/16
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! United States
blue-
Donna Andrews 7/7/20. added 11/28/16August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
Mystery genre- Haunt Couture and Ghosts Galore Rose Pressey. 8/3/20 added 12/30/19
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Dead Wrong Leighann Dobbs 9/9/20. added 12/30/15
If the Shoe Kills Lynn Cahoon 9/12/20. added 11/2/16
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Amanda Lee 10/17/20. added 7/19/17November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile. Body on the Bayou Ellen Byron 12/29/20.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Murder Hooks a Mermaid Christy Fifield 12/25/20. had on bookcase at home since well before Dec 2019
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
12/12 crops
26 lops
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
January 1, 4 lops
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Sunshine Hunter Maddie Cochere 1/7/20
Additionals: Death of a Dapper Snowman Angela Pepper 1/11/20
Raining Men and Corpses Anne R. Tan 1/12/20
Cherry Pie or Die CeeCee James 1/15/20
Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead Livia J. Washburn 1/15/20
February 1, Lops: 3
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Libraries and Larceny Danielle Collins 2/14/20
Additional: P-- A Peach of a Murder Livia J. Washburn 2/14/20
Addition: L-- Lost and Fondue Avery Aames 2/17/20
Additional: P--Peach Pies and Alibis Ellery Adams 2/27/20
March 1 crop no lops
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
Tonya Kappes 3/13/20April 1 crop, 2 lops
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Crop:
Kathi Daley 4/9/20Lop (flowers on cover)
Kate Collins 4/14/20Lop, flowers:
Jana Deleon 4/22/20May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Kathi Daley 5/18/20 (best I could do, bare dog chests)June crops 1 lops: 4
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Crop- Bear Witness to Murder Meg Macy 6/4/20
Lop-Final Ride Nic Saint 6/12/20
Lop- Dying for Danish Leighann Dobbs 6/22/20
Lop-Beach Blanket Barbie Kathi Daley 6/28/20
Lop- All You Need Is Fudge Nancy Coco 6/30/20
July no lops
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
US (all colors in the fireworks)
Vickie Fee 7/20/20August 8 lops
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. (Cozy mystery-will use books with that main page tag)
Maui Madness Kathi Daley 8/2/20
Lops:
The Sayers Swindle Victoria Abbott 8/3/20
Marigolds for Malice Bailey Cattrell 8/6/20
Sleight of Paw Sofie Kelly 8/8/20
Cliffhanger Amy Saunders 8/14/20
The Whole Cat and Caboodle Sofie Ryan 8/15/20
The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco Laura DiSilverio 8/16/20
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Joanne Fluke 8/23/20
One Foot in the Grape Carlene O'Neil 8/27/20
September 2 lops
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Crop Button Holed Kylie Logan 9/1/20
Lops:
Quilt or Innocence Elizabeth Spann Craig 9/5/20
Derby Divas Kathi Daley 9/9/20
October 3 lops
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Virginia Lowell 10/17/20 (tree is out the window in front of a shop)Lops:
Kathi Daley 10/8/20 (spooky tree)
Jeff Shelby 10/20/20 (trees along horizon, had this since 2016!)
Betty Hechtman 10/28/20 (palm trees out the window)November no lops
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
One Potato, Two Potato, Dead Lynn Cahoon 11/2/20
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Christmas Shop Murder Linnea West 12/2/20 (added Oct. 18, 2019)
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
The Crepes of Wrath by Sarah Fox 01.06.20
LOP: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan01.10.20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Love Handles by Gretchen Galway 02.18.20
LOP:Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke 02.27.20
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
by M.C. Beaton 03.13.20LOP
by L.M. Montgomery 04.20.20April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
The Ruth Valley Missing by Amber West 04.22.20LOP
The Gown by Jennifer Robson 06.03.20May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams 06.06.20
LOP Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews 06.14.20
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! United States
In the Woods by Tana French 08.06.20LOP
by Elisabeth Crabtree 09.05.20August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. Cozy Mystery
The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates 09.03.20
LOP Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters 09.08.20
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 09.08.20
LOP Crewel World by Monica Ferris 09.11.20
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie by Kathy Lynn Emerson 10.16.20LOP
Norway to Hide by Maddy Hunter 10.17.20November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
finished Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
The Aviator’s Wife - Melanie Benjamin - 1/8/20
Miss Marley: The Untold Story of Jacob Marley’s Sister - Vanessa Lafaye - 1/9/20
Keeping My Sister’s Secrets - Beezy Marsh - 1/12/20
The Library of Lost Things - Laura Taylor Namey - 1/14/20
Jeopardy in January - Camilla Chafer - 1/15/20
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden - 1/19/20
Still Life With Murder - P.B. Ryan - 1/20/20
My Real Name is Hanna - Tara Lynn Masih - 1/23/20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Letters to the Lost - Iona Grey - 2/16/20
Lyrebird - Celia Ahern - 2/22/20
The Paragon Hotel - Lyndsay Faye - 2/27/20
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
- Emily Bain Murphy - 3/20/20 
- Agatha Christie - 3/24/20 April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
- Alyssa Maxwell - 4/2/2020
- Rachael Anderson - 4/3/2020
- Jana Deleon - 4/5/2020May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
- Susan Stoker - 5/13/202
- Tawna Fenske - 5/23/202June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Moon Shell Beach - Nancy Thayer - 6/8/20
Summer Island - Kristen Hannah - 6/15/20
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! - Canada - flag is red & white
- Janet Evanovich - 7/6/20 
- Bianca Sloane - 7/28/20August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. - Historical Mysteries
Hell Bay - Will Thomas - 8/15/20
Deception on His Mind - Elizabeth George - 8/17/20
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Poirot Investigates - Agatha Christie - 9/2/20
Buried - C. J. Carmichael - 9/5/20
Book of Killowen - Erin Hart - 9/8/20
The butterfly Girl - Rene Denefield - 9/9/20
The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man - Jonas Jonasson - 9/12/20
Dragon Springs Road - Janie Chang - 9/15/20
The Misadventures of Miss Adelaide - Maggie Dallen - 9/16/20
A Bad Day for Sunshine - Darynda Jones - 9/21/20
Inspector Spector - E. J. Copperman - 9/25/20
Forgotten - C. J. Carmichael 9/27/20
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
- Mary Shelley - 10/7/20
- Kathleen Grissom - 10/12/20 November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
Girls on the Line - Aimie K Runyan - 11/03/20
Winter Sisters - Robin Oliveria - 11/19/20
December
📚 Read a Series book
Among the Mad - Jacqueline Winspear - 12/3/20
Mrs. Jeffries Delivers the Goods - Emily Brightwell - 12/4/20
Death of a Witch - M.C. Beaton - 12/5/20
Unforgivable- Laura Griffin - 12/6/20
Death of a Valentine - M.C. Beaton - 12/8/20
When We Danced on the End of the Pier- Sandy Taylor - 12/9/20
Callander Square - Anne Perry - 12/9/20
The Mapping of Love and Death - Jacqueline Winspear - 12/13/20
The Next Accident - Lisa Gardner - 12/16/20
Mrs. Jeffries and the Alms of the Angels - Emily Brightwell - 12/18/20
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet. Still Life Louise Penny 1-30-20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP. Peter Pan J.M. Barrie 2-18-20
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover. The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 3-12-20
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Laura Marx Fitzgerald 4-10-20May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Natalie Bishop 5-6-20June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Lisa Kleypas 6-8-20July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
FINISHED December 28, 2020Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Months: 12/12
Extras: 20/12
Months:
January
📚
Miller, Madeline - Ich bin Circe (Circe) (January 28, 2020)
Stover, Matthew - Star Wars™ - Episode III - Die Rache der Sith: Roman nach dem Drehbuch und der Geschichte von George Lucas (Revenge of the Sith) (January 30, 2020)
Auffarth, Christoph - Die Ketzer: Katharer, Waldenser und andere religiöse Bewegungen (The Heretics) (January 30, 2020)
Alexijewitsch, Swetlana - Tschernobyl: Eine Chronik der Zukunft (Voices from Chernobyl) (January 30, 2020)
February
📚
Wells, Martha - All Systems Red (February 22, 2020)
Pratchett, Terry; Baxter, Steven - Der Lange Krieg (The Long War) (February 28, 2020)
March
📚
Williams, Ursula - Balthasar (March 12, 2020)
April
📚
Heard, Kate - Maria Sibylla Merians Schmetterlinge (Maria Sibylla Merians Butterflies) (April 25, 2020)
May
📚
Preussler, Otfried - Das kleine Gespenst (The Little Ghost) (May, 14, 2020)
It has no clothes on - therefore, bare chest ;)
Abnett, Dan - Xenos (May 17, 2020)
June
📚
Mann, George - Doctor Who: Kriegsmaschinen (Engines of War) (June 09, 2020)
Greene, Graham - Orientexpress (Stamboul Train) (June 13, 2020)
Glut, Donald F. - Star Wars™ - Episode V - Das Imperium schlägt zurück: Roman nach dem Drehbuch von Leigh Brackett und Lawrence Kasdan und der Geschichte von George Lucas (Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back) (June 18, 2020)
Correira, Larry - Die Monster, die ich rief (Monster Hunter International) (June 28, 2020)
July
📚
Arjouni, Jakob - Idioten. Fünf Märchen (Idiots: Five Fairy Tales) (July 21, 2020)
Reinhardt, Volker - Die Borgia: Geschichte einer unheimlichen Familie (The Borgias) (July 21, 2020)
I'm from Switzerland and our flag shows a white cross on red background.
August
📚
Karpyshyn, Drew - Star Wars The Old Republic. Vernichtung (Annihilation (Star Wars: The Old Republic, #4) (August 16, 2020)
Karpyshyn, Drew - Revan (August 18, 2020)
Asimov, Isaac - Die Stahlhöhlen (The Steel Caves) (August 24, 2020)
Adams, Douglas - Dirk Gently's holistische Detektei (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) (August 27, 2020)
September
📚
Bloch, Robert - Psycho (September 12, 2020)
Greene, Graham - Der dritte Mann (The Third Man) (September 12, 2020)
Lukianenko, Sergej - Weltenträumer (Final Draft) (September 22, 2020)
Lagerlöf, Selma - Gösta Berling's Saga (September 23, 2020)
October
📚
Hauff, Wilhelm - Das Wirtshaus Im Spessart (The High Mountain Robbers) (October 10, 2020)
Craven, Margaret - Ich hörte die Eule, sie rief meinen Namen (I Heard the Owl Call My Name) (October 12, 2020)
November
📚
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de - Nachtflug (Night Flight) (November 24, 2020)
Spyri, Johanna - Schloss Wildenstein (Maezli) (November 15, 2020)
Gotthelf, Jeremias - Uli Der Knecht (Uli the Farmhand) (November 23, 2020)
December
📚
Grasshoff, Marie - Beta Hearts (December 22, 2020)
Calonder, Gian Maria - Engadiner Bescherung (Gifts from Engadine) (December 17, 2020)
Baxter, Stephen - Doctor Who - Rad aus Eis (Wheel of Ice) (December 26, 2020)
Wells, Martha - Network Effect (December 27, 2020)
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
CROP 3/12
LOP
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
The Persian Pickle Club Sandra Dallas 01.03.20 3 stars
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Every Trick in the Book Lucy Arlington 02.02.20 3 stars
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
Diane Kelly 05.02.20 4 starsApril
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
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Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Purge That Pile 2020Timeframe: 1/1/20 to 12/31/20
12/12
34 Extras
January - Author you have not read yet.
1. Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
3. Until Now by Cristin Cooper - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
4. Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
February - Title begins with a letter in LEAP.
1. Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
3. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
4. All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
March - Green cover
1. Fourth Down by Desiree Holt - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
April - Flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name
1. What You Wish For by Katherine Center - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
2. A Body in the Backyard by Elizabeth Spann Craig - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
May - BARE CHEST on the cover.
1. Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. Reluctantly Royal by Gillian Archer - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
June - Read on vacation.
1. No Place Like You by Emma Douglas - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 6/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
4. Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
July – Background is a color from your country's flag - USA
1. A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny - 7/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
2. The Middle of Somewhere by Sonja Yoerg - 7/10/20 ♥♥♥
3. The Girl in the Corner by Amanda Prowse - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
August - Favorite genre - Contemporary Romance
1. Unmanageable by Lavinia Kent - 8/5/20 ♥♥♥
2. Misconduct by Samantha Kane - 8/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. Her Leading Hero by Maggie Dallen - 8/10/20 ♥♥♥
4. Stroke of Luck by Opal Carew - 8/14/20 ♥♥♥
September - Author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
1. C - Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie - 9/2/20 ♥♥♥
2. F - Fishing with RayAnne by Ava Finch - 9/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
3. L - Cowboy Stole My Heart by Soraya M. Lane - 9/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
4. D - Stroke of Midnight by Olivia Drake - 9/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
5. D - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - 9/17/20 ♥♥♥
6. B - Only Beloved by Mary Balogh - 9/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
7. B - Lucas by Sawyer Bennett - 9/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
8. B - Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages by Nathan Belofsky - 9/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
9. C - Wrong Place, Right Time by Elle Casey - 9/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
10. A - Poor Little Daddy's Girl by Normandie Alleman - 9/27/20 ♥♥
11. G - Murder In Missoula by Laurence Giliotti - 9/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
October - Tree on the cover.
1. For One More Day by Mitch Albom - 11/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
November - Middle of your list or pile – Total TBR 3287
1. Win Me Over by Nicole Michaels - 11/11/20 ♥♥♥♥ (TBR #1893)
2. Getting Rough by C.L. Parker - 11/27/20 ♥♥♥ (TBR #2001)
December - Series book
1. Christmas on Mistletoe Lane by Annie Rains - 12/6/20 ♥♥♥♥ (#1 Sweetwater Springs)
2. Once Upon a Cowboy Christmas by Soraya M. Lane - 12/8/20 ♥♥♥ (#3 River Ranch)
3. Connections in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/15/20 ♥♥♥♥♥ (#48 In Death)
4. The 17th Suspect by James Patterson - 12/19/20 ♥♥♥♥ (#17 Women’s Murder Club)
5. The Christmas Table by Donna VanLiere - 12/21/20 ♥♥♥♥ (#10 Christmas Hope)
6. Trial by Fire by Jo Davis - 12/27/20 ♥♥♥♥ (#1 Firefighters of Station Five)
7. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter - 12/30/20 ♥♥♥♥ (#3 Gallagher Girls)
8. Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt - 12/31/20 ♥♥♥♥ (#10 Maiden Lane)
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/31/20*****
Like Hannah, I don't have books with shirtless guys on the cover. I'm using "handsome man on the cover" instead. JoAnne, thanks for letting us adjust to fit out selection of books! I really enjoyed this challenge last year and am glad to be able to participate again this year. You are so creative with all the challenges and variety of categories. Well done!Purge That Pile 2020
Goal: 24 books from physical tbr pile (not necessarily all listed on GR)
Finished 12/7/20
January: by an author you have not read yet
The Night Flyers by Elizabeth McDavid Jones | 1/7/20
The Book Thief by Mark Zusak | 3/9/20
February: title begins with a letter in LEAP
The Land Beneath Us by Sarah Sundin | 4/19/20
The Lady of the Vineyard by Kellyn Roth | 5/6/20
March: green cover
Treasured Grace by Tracie Peterson | 6/1/20
Insurgent by Veronica Roth | 6/24/20
April: flower on the cover or by an author who has a flower name
A Heart's Revolution by Roseanna M. White | author | 4/14/20
The Very Picture of You by Isabel Wolff | cover| 5/3/20
May: handsome man on the cover
Drummer Boy at Bull Run by Gilbert Morris | 5/6/20
Yankee Belles in Dixie by Gilbert Morris | 5/6/20
June: would read on vacation
Beloved Hope by Tracie Peterson | 6/1/20
Cherished Mercy by Tracie Peterson | 6/2/20
July: cover background is a color from your country's flag
(red, white, blue; United States)
The Proving by Beverly Lewis | white | 7/18/20
The Breath of Dawn by Kristen Heitzmann | white | 7/26/20
August: favorite genre
A Killer Among Us by Lynette Eason | Suspense | 8/1/20
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear | Biography | 8/1/20
September: by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L)
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen | 9/28/20
Silence in the Dark by Patricia Bradley | 11/24/20
October: tree on the cover
The Secret of Richmond Manor by Gilbert Morris | 11/23/20
Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis by Patti Callahan | 12/3/20
November: from the middle of your pile
Steadfast Heart by Tracie Peterson | 11/24/20
Refining Fire by Tracie Peterson | 12/1/20
December: series book
Love Everlasting by Tracie Peterson | Brides of Seattle #3 | 12/2/20
A Treasure Concealed by Tracie Peterson | Sapphire Brides #1 | 12/7/20
JoAnne wrote: "Hannah wrote: "Joanne, I was intending to sign up for this again, but I don’t have any guys with bare chests in my tbr. Is it okay with you if I redefine that one as “handsome guys’ torsos” on my c..."Perfect! Thank you.
Purge That Pile Challenge 2020
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey - 1/28
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
The Princess, the Prick & the Priest by Ella Frank - 2/11
Extra: Perversion by T.M. Frazier - 2/20
Extra: Eighteen: 18 - 2/22
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary - 4/21
Extra:
- 4/30
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
The Year We Hid Away by Sarina Bowen - 5/26
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Tell Me Goodnight by Kelsey Kingsley - 6/22
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich - 7/7 - blue & white (USA flag is Red, White, & Blue)
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey - 1/28
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
The Princess, the Prick & the Priest by Ella Frank - 2/11
Extra: Perversion by T.M. Frazier - 2/20
Extra: Eighteen: 18 - 2/22
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary - 4/21
Extra:
- 4/30May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
The Year We Hid Away by Sarina Bowen - 5/26
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Tell Me Goodnight by Kelsey Kingsley - 6/22
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich - 7/7 - blue & white (USA flag is Red, White, & Blue)
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Purge That PileMonths: 11/12
Extras: 10/12
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll (added 2/3/18) 1/3
Extra Consequences - Aleatha Romig (added 3/4/18) 1/7
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Endless Heart - Emma Lang (added 1/9/13) 2/28
Extra Alien Diplomacy - Gini Koch (added 12/8/13) 2/22
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
The Drowning - J.P Smith (added 3/4/19) 11/28
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name
Spindle's End - Robin McKinley (added 8/2/14) 4/11
Extra Snow White Red-Handed - Maia Chance (added 12/2/17) 4/12
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Darker Than Night - Kim Lenox (added 12/26/09) 5/6
Extra Bentley - M.L. Young (added 10/8/17) 5/31
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Drive Me Crazy - Jenna Bayley-Burke (added 10/4/12) 6/17
Extra Witches' Brew - Morgana Best (added 12/16/17) 6/25
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
USA - flag is red, white, blue
Magic of Thieves - C. Greenwood (added 8/17/17) 7/18
Extra Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose (added 3/2/18) 7/9
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
Dark Warrior - Rebecca York (added 6/29/11) 8/14
Extra Soul Scorched - Donna Grant (added 1/15/18) 8/20
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
The Magicians - Lev Grossman (added 12/3/12) 9/3
Extra Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday (added 5/8/12) 9/10
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Murder Most Maine - Karen MacInerney (added 3/3/12) 11/3
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
The Naked Earl - Sally MacKenzie (added 9/10/09) 11/20
Extra Starcatcher - Patricia Potter (added 10/18/09) 11/22
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes (added 5/11/19) 12/5
Extra Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins (added 10/7/12) 12/21
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
✅Done!!!✅12/12
Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
✔January
📚 By an author you have not read yet:
Such a Fun Age ★★★★ 22 January
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World ★★★★ 28 January
Whisper Network ★★★★ 8 January
✔February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP:
Pachinko★★★★ 8 February
Picture of Dorian Gray, The★★★ 7 February
✔March
📚 Green cover:
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree★★★★ 13 March
The Kiss of Deception ★★★★ 17 March
✔April
📚 Flower on cover OR Author who has a flower name:
The Bromance Book Club ★★★ 19 April
✔May
📚 BARE CHEST on the cover:
Summer of '69 ★★★ 25 May
✔June
📚 You would read on vacation:
Vanishing Girls ★★ 2 June
One True Loves ★★★★★ 25 June
✔July
📚 Background is a color from your country's flag {USA ~ red, white & blue}:
This One Summer ★★★ 14 July
Superman: Dawnbreaker ★★★★ 21 July
✔August
📚 Favorite genre {romance or mystery/thriller}:
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird ★★★★ 6 August
No Judgments ★★★ 19 August
✔September
📚 Author's last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L): Kade
The Ghost and the Goth★★ 19 September
✔October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Wishtree ★★★ 25 October
✔November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
All the Light We Cannot See ★★★★ 29 November
✔December
📚 Read a Series book.
Replica ★★★★ 23 December
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Books Read:
COMPLETION POST
I enjoyed this challenge last year so I'm up for trying it again.
Can I also be allowed to use a handsome man rather than bare-chested for May as I doubt I have one of those.
Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
CROP 3/12
LOP
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
The Star Outside My Window – Onjali Q Rauf 18.01.20
Bonus books:
The Three Musketeers – alexander dumas – 13.01.20
One Little Lie – Sam Carrington – 17.01.20
Jessica’s ghost – Andrew norriss – 21.01.20
Lion – saroo Brierley – 22.01.20
Elizabeth and the prince of spain – Margaret Irwin – Elizabeth trilogy #3 26.0.20
The familiars – Stacey halls – 26.01.20
The beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy lefteri – 28.01.20
Th1rt3en / thirteen -steve Cavanagh – 27.01.20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
everything I never told you– celeste ng – 11.02.20
Extra books:
Everything we ever wanted – sara shepherd 14.02.20
the lovely bones – alice Sebold – 22.02.20
away with the fairies – Kerry greenwood 24.02.20
A perfect explanation - Eleanor anstruther – 27.02.20- 320 pages
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
The bubble-wrap boy – phil earle – 22.03.20
The Bubble Wrap Boy
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover
Claire Douglas -
17.04.20
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover./ handsome man allowed
Thomas Eidson
08.05.20
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Katie fforde – summer at sea – 14.06.20
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! ENGLAND
Arctic zoo
Robert muchamore
21.07.20
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
THRILLER – The Holiday - T.M. Logan - 04.08.20
extra books classed as thriller
The sea of lost girls - Carol Goodman 07.08.20
Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay 10.08.20
The widow’s house - Carol Goodman 14.08.20
Playing with fire - Peter Robinson 17.08.20
The Art of Dying - Ambrose Parry - 21.08.20
Victim six - Gregg Olsen - 22.08.20
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
The lotterys more or less - Emma Donoghue 07.09.20
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Nowhere on earth – nick lake 05.10.20
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
Mosaic Caro ramsay 14.11.20
December
📚 Read a Series book.
The girl who saved Christmas - Christmas #2 - Matt haig - 02.12.20
The surgeon - Rizzoli and isles #1 Tess Gerritsen -10.12.20
I enjoyed this challenge last year so I'm up for trying it again.
Can I also be allowed to use a handsome man rather than bare-chested for May as I doubt I have one of those.
Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
CROP 3/12
LOP
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
The Star Outside My Window – Onjali Q Rauf 18.01.20
Bonus books:
The Three Musketeers – alexander dumas – 13.01.20
One Little Lie – Sam Carrington – 17.01.20
Jessica’s ghost – Andrew norriss – 21.01.20
Lion – saroo Brierley – 22.01.20
Elizabeth and the prince of spain – Margaret Irwin – Elizabeth trilogy #3 26.0.20
The familiars – Stacey halls – 26.01.20
The beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy lefteri – 28.01.20
Th1rt3en / thirteen -steve Cavanagh – 27.01.20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
everything I never told you– celeste ng – 11.02.20
Extra books:
Everything we ever wanted – sara shepherd 14.02.20
the lovely bones – alice Sebold – 22.02.20
away with the fairies – Kerry greenwood 24.02.20
A perfect explanation - Eleanor anstruther – 27.02.20- 320 pages
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
The bubble-wrap boy – phil earle – 22.03.20
The Bubble Wrap Boy
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover
Claire Douglas -
17.04.20May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover./ handsome man allowed
Thomas Eidson
08.05.20June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Katie fforde – summer at sea – 14.06.20
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country! ENGLAND
Arctic zoo
Robert muchamore
21.07.20
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
THRILLER – The Holiday - T.M. Logan - 04.08.20
extra books classed as thriller
The sea of lost girls - Carol Goodman 07.08.20
Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay 10.08.20
The widow’s house - Carol Goodman 14.08.20
Playing with fire - Peter Robinson 17.08.20
The Art of Dying - Ambrose Parry - 21.08.20
Victim six - Gregg Olsen - 22.08.20
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
The lotterys more or less - Emma Donoghue 07.09.20
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Nowhere on earth – nick lake 05.10.20
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
Mosaic Caro ramsay 14.11.20
December
📚 Read a Series book.
The girl who saved Christmas - Christmas #2 - Matt haig - 02.12.20
The surgeon - Rizzoli and isles #1 Tess Gerritsen -10.12.20
Mod
Can I also be allowed to use a handsome man rather than bare-chested for May as I doubt I have one of those.
Purge That Pile 2020
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OK!
Mod
Purge That Pile 2020Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
*You may not use books added after December 31, 2019.
*You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Crop: Just the Way You Are by Jessica R. Patch (1/6/20)
Lop: Give Me a Dream by Zoe Ann Wood (1/7/20)
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Crop: Love at the Ocean Breeze by Jennifer Youngblood (2/3/20)
Lop: An Agent for Marianne by Christine Sterling (2/10/20)
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
Crop: Scent of an Angel by Mimi Milan (3/26/20)
Lop: Summer Serenade by Melissa McClone (3/30/20)
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Crop: The Princess Companion by Melanie Cellier (4/25/20)
Lop: The Princess Fugitive by Melanie Cellier (4/26/20)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Crop: Wickham by L.L. Muir (5/13/20)
Lop: James by L.L. Muir (5/19/20)
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Crop: Worth the Fall by Bria Quinlan (6/3/20)
Lop: The Unlikely Bride by Kimberly Krey (6/5/20)
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
Crop: Cooking With the Doc by Jennifer Youngblood, Craig Depew (7/8/20) - USA: White
Lop: Kiss Me At Midnight by Lucinda Whitney (7/9/20) - USA: Blue
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. - Regency
Crop: Willowkeep by Julie Daines (8/7/20)
Lop: The Viscount's Promise by Joyce Alec (8/20/20)
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Crop: The Rookie by Taylor Hart (9/9/20)
Lop: The Merry Lives of Spinsters by Rebecca Connolly (9/13/20)
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Crop: To Love a Stranger by Colleen Coble (10/1/20)
Lop: Loving the Movie Star by Jennifer Youngblood (10/3/20)
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
Crop: Guarding Her Heart by Belle Calhoune (11/15/20)
Lop: Lacy by Shanna Hatfield (11/24/20)
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Crop: Promise of Love by Tamie Dearen (12/1/20) - Holidays, Inc.
Lop: Her Cowboy Billionaire Boss by Liz Isaacson (12/6/20) - Christmas in Coral Canyon
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Date Started: January 1, 2020
Date Completed: December 21, 2020
Crop Books Read: 12
Lop Books Read: 3
Total Books Read: 15
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
JANUARY - 📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
1.) The Mystery of the Missing Crystal Golf Ball: A Canterbury Golf Club Mini-Mystery by Jessa Archer - 1/12/20 - added to TBR shelf on 10/25/19
FEBRUARY - 📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
1.) Let's Dance (Scott Family 1) by Amanda Paull - 2/27/20 - added to TBR shelf on 8/24/19
MARCH - 📚 Read a book with a green cover.
1.) Death Visits the Hair Salon (Mysteries of Marion 1) by Amy Andersen - 3/3/20 - added to TBR shelf on 8/15/19
2.) The Fargenstropple Case (Terrence Morgan 1) by Lia London - 3/18/20 - added to TBR shelf on 10/25/19
APRIL - 📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover
1.) Table for One by Leah Atwood - 7/15/20 - added to TBR shelf on 1/12/19
MAY - 📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
1. Deep in the Mountains (Baby Fever 5) by Nicole Casey - 5/7/20 - added to TBR shelf on 8/24/19
JUNE - 📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
1.) The Secret Lives of Superhero Wives (Superhero Wives World 1) by Joynell Schultz - 6/7/2020 - added to TBR shelf on 8/24/19
2.) Peaches and Crime (Sandy Bay 16) by Amber Crewes - 6/20/20 - added to TBR shelf on 12/28/19
JULY - 📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
1.) Murder from the Newsdesk: Seven Crampton of the Chronicle mystery stories by Peter Bartram - 7/16/20 - USA - added to TBR shelf 8/15/19
AUGUST - 📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
1. Apple Pie and Trouble (Sandy Bay 1) by Amber Crewes - 8/5/20 - added to TBR shelf 7/28/19
SEPTEMBER - 📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
1. Dead Wrong (Blackmoore Sisters 1) by Leighann Dobbs - 9/28/20 - added to TBR shelf July 16, 2018
OCTOBER - 📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover. -
1. And Then There Were Bones (Italian Village Mystery 0) by Adriana Licio - 10/19/20 - added to TBR shelf on August 6, 2019
2. Hanchart Land by Becky Barker - 10/26/20 - added to TBR shelf on January 12, 2019
NOVEMBER - 📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
1. The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore - 12/8/20 - added to TBR shelf 12/24/2019
DECEMBER - 📚 Read a Series book.
1. Jingle Buried Cookies (Black Cat Cafe 9) by Lyndsey Cole - 12/21/20 -added to TBR shelf 5/12/2017
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Challenge Rules:
This is a TBR Challenge. Books chosen for this challenge MUST be from a To Be Read list OR on your ereader OR the pile you have at home. You may not use books added after December 31, 2019. It is up to YOU how the books are related to the theme each month. You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
Levels:Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Mod
This is a TBR Challenge.Books chosen for this challenge MUST be from a To Be Read list OR on your ereader OR the pile you have at home. You may not use books added after December 31, 2019. It is up to YOU how the books are related to the theme each month. You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
State of the Onion Own - 1/2/20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Pretty Little Fliers
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).Clive Cussler
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Crop: 2/12 Lop: 2/12
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey 1/1
Christmas on Mistletoe Lane by Annie Rains 1/4
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Leave No Scone Unturned by Denise Swanson 2/8
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes 2/9
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Progress: 0/12
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
This is a TBR Challenge.
Books chosen for this challenge MUST be from a To Be Read list OR on your ereader OR the pile you have at home. You may not use books added after December 31, 2019. It is up to YOU how the books are related to the theme each month. You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
Challenge Rules
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
JoAnne wrote: "Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).."What is a "last initial"? Initial of the surname?
Funny things happen... Purge That Pile 2020 - May: Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Monthly Keyword Challenge - May: five law gone dark last
DenXXX wrote: "Can I also be allowed to use a handsome man rather than bare-chested for May as I doubt I have one of those."You do, actually...
also:
it doesn't specify which species... or even what kind of a chest.
Now, I don't know if that trunk is bare or not... but I suppose it suffices as a "bare chest" ;-)
Mod
What is a "last initial"? Initial of the surname?"
Yes.
Mod
Purge That Pile 2020 - May: Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Monthly Keyword Challenge - May: five law gone dark last
"Sometimes it does happen that way!!
Mod
You do, actually...
[bookcover:Luck..."LOL!!!
Please count me in. JAN- Read a book by an author i have never read before.
- Finished 01/31/20February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Finished 02/29/2020March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
- Finished 03/25/2020April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover
- Finished - 05/30/2020June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
- Finished 08/30/2020August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre. graphic novels
- Finished 08/22/2020September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
- Finished 09/18/2020October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
- Finished 10/26/2020November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
- Finished 11/27/2020December
📚 Read a Series book.
This is perfect since I'm hoping to really knock out a lot of unread kindle books this year!January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynnby (Read 1/7/20)
The Journey by Verity A. Buchanan(Read 1/11/20)
Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson(Read 1/13/20)
The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green(Read 1/15/20)
Agnes Grey byAnne Brontë (Read 1/21/20)
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (read 1/29/20)
Also read from owned TBR:
Voice of Lifeby Melanie Cellier (Read 1/14/20)
The Man in the Dark: A Romance by Douglas Wilson (Read 1/23/20)
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Evangellyfish by Douglas Wilson (Read 2/13/20)
Also read from owned TBR:
Before Beauty by Brittany Fichter (Read 2/1/20)
The Disciplines Of The Christian Life by Eric Liddell (read 2/11/20)
Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent by N.D. Wilson (read 2/21/20)
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
by Sara Teasdale (3/27/2020)Also read from owned TBR:
Overwatch #4: A Better World by Andrew C. Robinson (3/23/2020)
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Risuko: A Kunoichi TaleDavid Kudler read (4/30/20)
Also read from owned TBR:
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (read 4/1/2020)
Joy at the End of The Tether: The Inscrutable Wisdom of Ecclesiastes by Douglas Wilson (read 4/5/2020)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë (read 4/6/2020)
The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald by Clifford B. Hicks (read 4/7/2020)
Swift, Lord, You Are Not by Kilian McDonnell (read 4/13/2020)
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (4/23/2020)
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor (4/27/2020)
Ten Thousand Thorns by Suzannah Rowntree (4/30/20)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 9/29/20
Also read from owned TBR:
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne read 5/27/20
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
The City Beyond the Glass by Suzannah Rowntree 6/8/20
Chasing Vermeer byBlue Balliett 6/23/20
Also read from owned TBR:
Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison 6/6/20
When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without by Laura Story 6/7/20
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 6/19/20
Stranger Things Ashcan by Jody Houser 6/29/20
Chopin The Story of the Boy Who Made Beautiful Melodies by Thomas Tapper 6/29/20
Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Calamity Jane 6/29/20
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
USA (red, white, blue)
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa 7/15/20
Masque by W.R. Gingell 7/23/20
Also read from Owned TBR:
Lore of Rainbow by Vera Nazarian 7/17/20
Black Panther: Soul Of A Machine #1 by Fabian Nicieza 7/17/20
Captain America: The First Avenger #1: First Vengeance by Fred Van Lente 7/17/20
Afterglow by Guy Conner 7/25/20
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
Ella by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee 8/25/20
Also read from Owned TBR:
Flags Out Front: A Contrarian's Daydream by Douglas Wilson 8/6/20
Love Songs by Sara Teasdale 8/21/20
Now, Then, and Everywhen by Rysa Walker 8/21/20
The Green Ember by S.D. Smith 8/26/20
A Spring Harvest by Geoffrey Bache Smith 8/31/20
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman 9/10/20
Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L'Amour 9/3/20
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson 9/14/20
Also read from Owned TBR:
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden 9/16/20
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
Polgara the Sorceress
The House by the River
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Quantum
The Last Dance
The Name of the Star
Red Rope of Fate
TLC ~ Purge That Pile 2020Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Monthly: 0/12 Additional: 0/12
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
I'm in!Edit: If I have more than 2 books rated 4* or more for each month's task I won't include anything rated less. If not I add the two I liked most.
Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: 1/1/20 - 12/31/20
Completed Months: 12/12
Read Extra: 67
no page minimum, re-reads ok, only books obtained or on TBR before 1/1/20, re-post when finished
Dates in brakets:
+ = added to GR
b = bought
January +2
Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Threat Level Critical by James Flynn 4* 1/11 (+ 5/11/16)
Two Cabins, One Lake by Shaye Marlow 5* 1/25 (b 12/31/16)
Fighting Silence by Aly Martinez 4* 1/28 (+ 12/6/15)
February +8
Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
Letters to Santa by Lindsay Dunham 4* 2/1 (b 12/6/19)
Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 2/5 (+ 1/25/19)
Ain't He Precious? by Juliette Poe 5* 2/6 (+ 7/9/18)
Pumpkin Pie & Poison by Carolyn L. Dean 5* 2/11 (+ 8/8/19)
Louisiana Longshot book 1 in Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 5* 2/12 (+ 6/25/16)
Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 2/13 (+ 12/31/14)
Anne of Green Gables book 1 in The Anne Stories by L.M. Montgomery 5* 2/18 (+ 8/2/15)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen & Nancy Moser (introduction & notes) 5* 2/19 (+ 11/12/15)
Erased by K. Webster & Elle Christensen 5* 2/24 (+ 9/7/15)
March +2
Read a book with a green cover.
Lord, Teach Us To Pray by Andrew Murray 4* 3/4 (b 10/12/17)
Forevermore by Cathy Marie Hake 4* 3/9 (+ 11/3/18)
Never So Bewitched By Any Woman: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Isabelle Mayfair 4* 3/13 (b 2/3/17)April +1
Read a book with a flower on the cover
Something About You by Julie James 4* 4/3 (+ 12/31/14)
Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon 5* 4/18 (+ 3/25/18)May +4
Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Not Husband Material book 1 in Not Marriage Material 4* 5/4 (b 11/14/18)
Not Daddy Material book 2 in Not Marriage Material 4* 5/5 (b 11/14/18)
Cheeky Prince by Nana Malone 4* 5/14 (b 4/23/18)
Cheeky Royal by Nana Malone 5* 5/15 (b 3/2/19)
Love Sincerely Yours by Sara Ney & Meghan Quinn 4* 5/26 (b 3/13/19)June +5
Read a book that you would read on vacation.
Das Memphis-Dossier=The Bishop's Pawn by Steve Berry 6* 6/6 (+ 9/15/19)
Murder at Macbeth book 1 in Flight Risk Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 4* 6/8 (box b 10/26/19)
A Killing in Kenya book 2 in Flight Risk Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1 - 12 by Susan Harper 4.5* 6/9 (box b 10/26/19)
Muffin Top by Avery Flynn 4* 6/14 (+ 2/18/19)
The Forgotten by David Baldacci 5* 6/28 (+ 10/5/19)
Alone with Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds 4* 6/30 (+ 3/22/17)
July +5 (color content of 50+% confirmed with TinEye Color extraction tool
Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag.
Granny's Got a Gun by Harper Lin 4* 7/25 (b 2/1/19)Germany:
black/red/gold (or yellow)
Escape=The Escape by David Baldacci 5* 7/2 (+ 10/5/19)
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom 4* 7/24 (+ 3/15/19)
High Noon by Nora Roberts 5* 7/6 (+ 6/15/17)Poland:
white/red, 
Ich komme, um zu schreiben=Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl 4* 7/31 (+ 8/31/16)
Seaver's Seven by Norma Dean 4* 7/27 (b 1/11/16)August +10
Read a book from your favorite genre: romantic suspense
New books:
Any Means Necessary by Katie Ruggle book 1 in Turn the Tide 4* 8/16 (box b 5/19/19)
Deep Blue by Adriana Anders book 2 in Turn the Tide 5* 8/17 (box b 5/19/19)
Blame It On Texas by Christie Craig 4* 8/26 (+ 7/9/19)
Bait by Lisa Phillips 4* 8/31 (+ 1/27/15)
Re-reads:
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 8/6 (+ 10/20/15)
Bluegrass State of Mind by Kathleen Brooks 5* 8/13 (+ 1/6/15)
Risky Shot by Kathleen Brooks 5* 8/14 (+ 1/6/15)
Dead Heat by Kathleen Brooks 5* 8/16 (+ 1/6/15)
Bluegrass Undercover by Kathleen Brooks 5* 8/17 (+ 1/6/15)
Rising Storm by Kathleen Brooks 4* 8/19 (+ 1/6/15)
Acquiring Trouble by Kathleen Brooks 4* 8/24 (+ 1/6/15)
September +14
Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
New books:
Carter by Adrienne Bell 5* 9/9 (b 1/26/18)
Texas Hold 'Em by Christie Craig 4* 9/11 (+ 7/9/19)
Yankee Earl by Shirl Henke 5* 9/25 (+ 10/14/18)
Breaking His Code by Patricia D. Eddy 5* 9/27 (+ 10/11/19)
Re-reads:
Hook, Line and Blinker by Jana Deleon 4* 9/3 (+ 7/24/17)
Change of Fortune by Jana Deleon 5* 9/4 (+ 3/25/18 - yes I read it twice this year)
Reel of Fortune by Jana Deleon 4* 9/6 (+ 9/7/17)
Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon 4* 9/7 (+ 7/25/19)
Fortune Furlough by Jana Deleon 5* 9/12 (+ 7/25/19)
Cajun Fried Felony by Jana Deleon 5* 9/14 (+ 7/28/19)
Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon 5* 9/16 (+ 11/19/19)
Relentless Pursuit by Kathleen Brooks 4* 9/20 (+ 1/6/15)
Secrets Collide by Kathleen Brooks 5* 9/22 (+ 1/6/15)
Final Vow by Kathleen Brooks 5* 9/23 (+ 1/6/15)
Forever Entangled by Kathleen Brooks 5* 9/29 (+ 6/11/16)
October +3
Read a book with a tree on the cover.
I Swear It Happened Just Like This: 17 Short Stories for Your Pocket by Khaled Talib 4* 10/1 (b 4/9/19)
No Wound Too Deep For The Deep Love Of Christ by Lisa Buffaloe 5* 10/19 (+ 9/13/16)
The Shack by William Paul Young 5* 10/21 (+ 12/31/14 - re-read)
The Heart's Pursuit by Robin Lee Hatcher 5* 10/31 (+ 6/11/19)November +5
Read a book from the middle of your list or pile. After checking anything I added to GR between 11/16/15 and 9/7/18 (no re-reads)
Hochsensibilität und Depression: So bleiben Sie geschützt by Reinhold Ruthe 4* 11/1 lit. transl: High Sensibility and Depression: Ways to Stay Protected (+ 3/9/17)
The Christmas Bus by Melody Carlson 4* 11/15 (+ 12/2/15)
Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks 5* 11/16 (+ 7/18/17)
Rogue Lies by Kathleen Brooks 4* 11/18 (+ 7/18/17)
Shattered Lies by Kathleen Brooks 5* 11/19 (+ 10/9/17)
X-World by Jörg Arndt 4* 11/27 (+ 3/9/17)
December +9
Read a Series book.
The Tidewater Sisters by Lisa Wingate 5* 12/3 Carolina Heirlooms #1.5 (+ 10/29/16)
A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecilia Grant 4* 12/5 Blackshear Family #0.5 (+ 10/2/15)
Welcome to Christmas, Texas by Katie Graykowski 4* 12/8 Christmas Network #1 (b 11/2/19)
Carousel Horse Christmas by Danni Roan 4* 12/15 Ornamental Match Maker #1 (b 11/18/19)
Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 12/17 In Death #7 (+ 12/27/15 - re-read)
Christmas on Mistletoe Mountain by Dora Hiers 4* 12/17 Grace Nest #1 (b 4/26/17)
Der Report der Magd=The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 4* 12/24 The Handmaid's Tale #1 (+ 9/27/15 - re-read)
Wiatr by Marcin Ciszewski 4* 12/27 Meteo #1 - lit. transl: Wind (book); series title: Polish abbreviation/short form for Meteorology and/or Meteorological (+ 4/15/19)
Oath of Honor by Lynette Eason 4* 12/28 Blue Justice #1 (+ 12/29/17)
Never Buried by Edie Claire 4* 12/31 Leigh Koslow Mystery #1 (+ 9/9/15)
Ketutar wrote: "DenXXX wrote: "Can I also be allowed to use a handsome man rather than bare-chested for May as I doubt I have one of those."You do, actually...
[bookcover:Luck..."LOL! I love especially the last three ideas. I think I'll go for one of these for the extra :-)
I am going to add an extra rule to my challenge. The book has to have been added either to my Kindle or my book list before the month 2018. For example, my January book has to be before January 2018, my November book has to be added before November 2018. This will be extra difficult, since over half of my to-read-list was added in 2019Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica (added December 2017)- 1/7/20
The Gift (added April 2017)- 1/27/20
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman (added October 2017)- 2/2/2020
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner (added March 2018)- 3/27/2020April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
Flower on Cover:
by Maria Furlough (added March 2, 2018)- 5/6/2020May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
Dating Mr. December by Phillipa Ashley- I literally didn't have a single book on my to-read or Kindle with a full bare chest, regardless of date added (acquired June 2011)- 5/20/2020June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
The Idea of Love by Patti Callahan Henry (added June 30, 2016)- 6/25/2020
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
USA- Blue
by David L. Marcus (added Nov 17, 2017)- 8/31/2020August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
Christian Nonfiction Remember God by Annie F. Downs (added September 20, 2018)- 9/1/2020
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
You're Loved No Matter What: Freeing Your Heart from the Need to Be Perfect by Holley Gerth (added January 17, 2018)
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
by Kristen Strong (added Aug 2019)- 11/10/2020November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones- 11/16/2020
December
📚 Read a Series book.
A Baxter Family Christmas by Karen Kingsbury (the Baxter Family)- 12/17/2020
I'm trying to do this on my own (a couple years and counting) BUT maybe incentive will help! I'm so IN!Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1-December 31
January
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February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
--or--
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
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This is a TBR Challenge.
Books chosen for this challenge MUST be from a To Be Read list OR on your ereader OR the pile you have at home. You may not use books added after December 31, 2019. It is up to YOU how the books are related to the theme each month. You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
Purge That Pile 2020
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2020
Levels:
Crop: 12 books - one each month
Lop: Any additional books after each monthly book is read.
You may be awarded both badges!
Months:
January
📚 Read a book by an author you have not read yet.
February
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in LEAP.
March
📚 Read a book with a green cover.
April
📚 Read a book with a flower on the cover OR by an author who has a flower name (Ex. Alyssa Rose Ivy or Violet Duke)
May
📚 Read a book with a BARE CHEST on the cover.
June
📚 Read a book that you would read on vacation.
July
📚 Read a book whose background is a color from your country's flag. Tell us your country!
August
📚 Read a book from your favorite genre.
September
📚 Read a book by an author whose last initial is in the first half of the alphabet (A-L).
October
📚 Read a book with a tree on the cover.
November
📚 Read a book from the middle of your list or pile.
December
📚 Read a Series book.
Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.
*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge
(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)
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