Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Just an overview to keep track on my open challenges on here.

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>>finished challenges found here<<

* The Neverending Series Challenge (124) - open ended
* It's all in the Title (104/105)
* Author's Double Identity (13/15)
* Popsugar 2015 (48/52)
* Popsugar 2017 (47/52)
* Popsugar 2018 (47/50)
* Popsugar 2019 (46/50)
* Popsugar 2020 (49/50)
* Popsugar 2021 (47/50)
* Read your Favorite - open ended
* All About You 03 (89/90)
* All About You 04 (24/83)
* Heroine Alphabet (23/26)
* Twelve Towers (77/78)
* M/M A-Z Author Challenge (25/26)
* Villains Alphabet (25/26)
* Agatha Christie Reading Challenge (1/-) - open ended
* A-Z Alpha and Omega Couples (49/52) - open ended
* Cleaning out the TBR Closet 2025 (7/10)
* Author Alphabet 2025 (24/26)
* Eurovision Song Contest (55/100)
* Scrabble Challenge (53/63) - open ended
* June - Get Royal (15/16)
* Summer - Design an amazing Wedding (33/24)
* Pride Jubilee (18/21)

The Neverending Series Challenge msg #102

Starting Date: 02.01.2020
Level: Sequence (51+)
Progress: 124

counting unfinished books of ongoing and new series as of January 2020, possible re-reads will be added as well

Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman 1/2
✓

Forbidden Iceland by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir 2/6
✓ ✓

Simonverse by Becky Albertalli 4/4 ✓

Little Women Series by Louisa May Alcott 1/3
✓

Bourbon Kid by Anonymous 0/7


David Hunter by Simon Beckett 1/7
✓

Robert Hunter Series by Chris Carter 6/14
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare 6/6 ✓

The Eldest Curses by Cassandra Clare 2/3
✓ ✓

The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare 3/3 ✓

The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare 3/3 ✓

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 3/5
✓ ✓ ✓

Shepherd by Ethan Cross 1/7
✓

Maze Runner Series by James Dashner 1/1 ✓

Marcus Goldman by Joël Dicker 1/3
✓

Zodiac Love by Andreas Dutter 3/3 ✓

Fabula by Akram El-Bahay 1/2
✓

Kingsbridge by Ken Follett 1/4
✓

Great Mythology by Stephen Fry 1/4
✓

Cormoran Strike Series by Robert Galbraith 3/5
✓ ✓ ✓

Der Clan der Otori by Lian Hearn 0/2


Dark Chronicles by Christina Henry 1/7
✓

Die Chronik der Unsterblichen by Wolfgang Hohlbein 0/9


Howl's Moving Castle Series by Diana Wynne Jones 1/3
✓

Murdle by G.T. Karber 1/3
✓

Cursebreaker Series by Brigid Kemmerer 1/3
✓

Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick 1/2
✓

Cerulean Chronicles by T.J. Klune 2/2 ✓

Die Wanderhuren Reihe by Iny Lorentz 0/7


Tom Bachmann Series by Chris Meyer 1/4
✓

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 3/8 - listening
(1-3, 5, 7-8)

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 5/6
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 3/5 - reading
✓ ✓ ✓

Vega Series by Marion Perko 2/2 ✓

Daniel Pitt by Anne Perry 1/6
✓

Eckstein by Pascale Quiviger 2/4
✓ ✓

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice 0/12


Irgendwie Reihe by Chris P. Rolls 1/6
✓

Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling 1/1 ✓

Aristotle and Dante by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 1/2
✓

Luk und Galiano by Elyseo da Silva 1/-
✓

Death-Cast Series by Adam Silvera 2/4


What if Series by Sarah Sprinz 3/3 ✓

Victoria Bergmann Trilogy by Erik Axl Sund 1/1 ✓

Kronoberg Trilogy by Erik Axl Sund 2/3
✓ ✓

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 3/3 ✓

Delta Series by Arttu Tuominen 4/6
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Cassie Raven by A.K. Turner 3/4
✓ ✓ ✓

Enyador-Saga by Mira Valentin 1/5
✓

Villains Series by Serena Valentino 2/9
✓ ✓

Die Geschichten der Jahreszeiten 1 - 6 by Jennifer Wolf 6/6 ✓

Faraway Collection 5/5 ✓

Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes (audioplay) 20/43
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ [#13] ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ [die vierte macht] [das medusa-syndrom] [der knochenhändler] [altes blut] [dunkle fluten] [dreißig silberlinge] [der längste tag] [die 13 stufen] [im reich des feindes] [apocalypsis] [asche und rauch] [am ende der zeit] [das herz der see] [außer kontrolle] [der pfad der toten] [lockruf des untergangs] [auf bewährung] [angst im east end] [neue wege]

tbc

series

no priority to continue 4
Das kleine böse Buch by Magnus Myst 3
✓ ✓ ✓

Fantastic Beasts - Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling 1
✓

It's all in the Title msg #373
Starting Date: 02.01.2020

Levels:
Moderate 4-7 per category

Categories

1. Color
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2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
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3. Food or Drink
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
5. Person’s First or Last Name
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
7. One Word Title
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.

1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
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2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
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3. Animal
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4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc) 6/7
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Wow Chrissie, looks like you will be reading many great books!

Authors Double Identity msg #37

Starting Date: 04.01.2020

Levels of Play
Novice: Read 2 - 5 books
Amateur: Read 6 - 9 books
Junior: Read 10 - 13 Books
Detective: Read 14+ Books

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling ✓
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling ✓
3. Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith ✓
4. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith ✓
5. Misery by Stephen King ✓

6. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling ✓
7. Billy Summers by Stephen King ✓
8. Basar der bösen Träume by Stephen King ✓
9. Carrie by Stephen King ✓

10. Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen by Stephen King ✓
11. Böses Blut by Robert Galbraith ✓
12. Achterbahn by Stephen King ✓
13. Todesmarsch by Richard Bachmann ✓

14.
15.

Popsugar 2015
Staring Date: 01.01.2022

1 More than 500 pages ✓
2 Classic romance ✓
3 Became a movie ✓
4 Published in 2015 (first published) ✓
5 Number in the title ✓
6 Written by someone under 30 ✓
7 Nonhuman characters ✓
8 Funny ✓
9 Female author ✓
10 Mystery or thriller ✓
11 One word title ✓
12 Book of short stories ✓
13 Set in a different country ✓
14 Nonfiction ✓
15 Popular author's first book ✓
16 A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet ✓
17 Recommended by a friend ✓
18 Pulitzer Prize winner ✓
19 Based on a true story ✓
20 At the bottom of your to-read list ✓
21 A book your mom loves
22 A book that scares you ✓
23 A book more than 100 years old ✓
24 A book based entirely on its cover ✓
25 A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't ✓
26 Memoir ✓
27 A book you can finish in a day ✓
28 Antonyms in the title ✓
29 Set somewhere you've always wanted to visit ✓
30 Published the year you were born ✓
31 A book with bad reviews
32 Trilogy ✓ ✓ ✓
33 From your childhood
34 A book with a love triangle ✓
35 Set in the future ✓
36 Set in high school ✓
37 Color in the title ✓
38 A book that made you cry ✓
39 Magic ✓
40 Graphic novel ✓
41 Author you've never read before ✓
42 A book you own but never read ✓
43 Hometown
44 Originally written in another language ✓
45 Set during Christmas (actually around christmas but yeah) ✓
46 Written by an author with my initials ✓
47 A Play ✓
48 Banned book ✓
49 Based on or turned into a TV show (movie it is :P) ✓
50 A book you started but never finished ✓

Popsugar 2017
Staring Date: 01.01.2022

1 recommended by a librarian ✓
2 on my TBR list for way too long ✓
3 book of letters ✓
4 audiobook ✓
5 A book by a person of color ✓
6 one of the four seasons in title ✓
7 a story within a story ✓
8 multiple authors ✓
9 espionage thriller
10 cat on the cover ✓
11 by an author who uses a pseudonym ✓
12 bestseller from a genre I don't normally read ✓
13 by or about a person with a disability ✓
14 book involving travel ✓
15 book with a subtitle ✓
16 published in 2017 ✓
17 involving a mythical creature ✓
18 a book I've read before that never fails to make me smile ✓
19 book about food ✓
20 book with career advice ✓
21 from a nonhuman perspective ✓
22 steampunk (scifi im sinne von jules verne)
23 red spine ✓
24 set in the wilderness ✓
25 a book I loved as a child
26 author from a country I've never visited ✓
27 title that is a character's name ✓
28 set during wartime ✓
29 unreliable narrator ✓
30 a book with pictures ✓
31 main character is a different ethnicity than me ✓
32 a book about an interesting woman ✓
33 set in two different time periods ✓
34 month or day of the week in title ✓
35 set in a hotel ✓
36 written by someone I admire ✓
37 becoming a movie in 2017 ✓
38 set around a holiday that's not Christmas ✓
39 first book in a series I haven't read yet ✓
40 a book I bought on a trip ✓
41 recommended by an author I love
42 bestseller from 2016
43 family-member term in title ✓
44 takes place over a character's life span ✓
45 about an immigrant or refugee ✓
46 from a sub-genre I've never heard of ("cli-fi") (climate fiction) ✓
47 book with an eccentric character (well, character aka persona) ✓
48 more than 800 pages ✓
49 from a used book sale ✓
50 book mentioned in another book ✓
51 about a difficult topic ✓
52 based on mythology ✓

Popsugar 2018
Staring Date: 01.01.2022

1 A book made into a movie you've already seen ✓
2 True Crime ✓
3 The next book in a series ✓
4 A book involving a heist ✓
5 Nordic noir ✓
6 A novel based on a real person ✓
7 A book set in a country that fascinates you ✓
8 A book with a time of day in the title ✓
9 A book about a villain or antihero ✓
10 A book about death or grief ✓
11 A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym ✓
12 A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist ✓
13 A book that is also a stage play or musical ✓
14 A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you ✓
15 A book about feminism ✓
16 A book about mental health ✓
17 A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift ✓
18 A book by two authors ✓
19 A book by a local author ✓
20 A book about or involving a sport ✓
21 A book with your favorite color in the title ✓
22 A book with alliteration in the title ✓
23 A book about time travel ✓
24 A book with a weather element in the title ✓
25 A book set at sea ✓
26 A book with an animal in the title ✓
27 A book set on a different planet
28 A book with song lyrics in the title ✓
29 A book about or set on Halloween ✓
30 A book with characters who are twins ✓
31 A book mentioned in another book ✓
32 A book from a celebrity book club ✓
33 A childhood classic you've never read ✓
34 A book published in 2018 ✓
35 A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner ✓
36 A book set in the decade you were born ✓
37 A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38 A book with an ugly cover ✓
39 A book that involves a bookstore or library ✓
40 Your favorite prompt from a previous Popsugar Challenges (2017 based on mythology) ✓
41 A bestseller from the year you graduated high school ✓
42 A cyberpunk book ✓
43 A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
44 A book tied to your ancestry (some uncles died and I know at least one went missing ever since) ✓
45 A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title ✓
46 An allegory ✓
47 A book by an author with the same first or last name as you (well, it's very close) ✓
48 A microhistory ✓
49 A book about a problem facing society today (reality loss in fandom culture) ✓
50 A book recommended by someone else ✓

Popsugar 2019
Staring Date: 01.01.2022

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 (anime) ✓
2. A book that makes you nostalgic ✓
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction) ✓
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie ✓
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads ✓
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover ✓
7. A reread of a favorite book ✓
8. A book about a hobby (fandom) ✓
9. A book you meant to read in 2018 ✓
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover ✓
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore ✓
13. A book published posthumously ✓
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie ✓
15. A retelling of a classic ✓
16. A book with a question in the title ✓
17. A book set on college or university campus ✓
18. A book about someone with a superpower ✓
19. A book told from multiple POVs ✓
20. A book set in space
21. A book by two female authors ✓
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23. A book set in Scandinavia ✓
24. A book that takes place in a single day ✓
25. A debut novel ✓
26. A book that's published in 2019 ✓
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature ✓
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire ✓ (Emma Watson)
29. A book with LOVE in the title ✓
30. A book featuring an amateur detective ✓
31. A book about a family ✓
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America ✓
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title ✓
34. A book that includes a wedding ✓
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter ✓
36. A ghost story ✓
37. A book with a two-word title ✓
38. A novel based on a true story ✓
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game ✓
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge (2015 more than 500 pages) ✓
41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book ✓
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book ✓
43. An "own voices" book ✓
44. Read a book during the season it is set in ✓
45. A LitRPG book
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters ✓
47. Two books that share the same title ✓
48. Two books that share the same title ✓
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom ✓
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent ✓

Popsugar 2020
Staring Date: 01.01.2022

1. A book that's published in 2020 ✓
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author ✓
3. A book with a great first line ✓
4. A book about a book club (in a way authorship is) ✓
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics ✓
6. A bildungsroman ✓
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed ✓
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover ✓
9. A book with a map ✓
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club ✓
11. An anthology ✓
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test ✓
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it (anime) ✓
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name ✓
15. A book about or involving social media ✓
16. A book that has a book on the cover ✓
17. A medical thriller ✓
18. A book with a made-up language ✓
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C" ✓
20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention ✓
21. A book published the month of your birthday ✓
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM ✓
23. A book that won an award in 2019 ✓
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about ✓
25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics ✓
26. A book with a pun in the title ✓
27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins ✓
28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character ✓
29. A book with a bird on the cover ✓
30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader ✓
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title ✓
32. A book by a WOC ✓
33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads ✓
34. A book you meant to read in 2019 ✓
35. A book with a three-word title ✓
36. A book with a pink cover ✓
37. A Western
38. A book by or about a journalist ✓
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week (sep 20-26) (considering the topic it would've never been published during that time) ✓
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (2015 book from an author you love that you haven't read yet) ✓
41. A book written by an author in their 20s ✓
42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title ✓
43. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision) ✓
44. A book set in the 1920s ✓
45. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics ✓
46. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books ✓
47. A book with more than 20 letters in its title ✓
48. A book published in the 20th century ✓
49. A book from a series with more than 20 books (universe it is) ✓
50. A book with a main character in their 20s ✓

Popsugar 2021
Staring Date: 01.01.2022

Standard Prompts:
1. A book that published in 2021 ✓
2. An Afrofuturist book
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover ✓
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign ✓
5. A dark academia book ✓
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title ✓
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job ✓
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction ✓
9. A book with a family tree ✓
10. A bestseller from the 1990s ✓
11. A book about forgetting ✓
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) ✓
13. A locked-room mystery ✓
14. A book set in a restaurant ✓
15. A book with a black-and-white cover ✓
16. A book by an indigenous author ✓
17. A book that has the same title as a song ✓
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about ✓
19. A book that discusses body positivity ✓
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list ✓
21. A genre hybrid ✓
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors ✓
23. A book with something broken on the cover ✓
24. A book by a Muslim American author
25. A book that was published anonymously
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title ✓
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts ✓
28. A magical realism book ✓
29. A book set in multiple countries ✓
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 ✓
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality ✓
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z” ✓
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) ✓
34. A book about a social justice issue ✓
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) ✓
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads ✓
37. A book you think your best friend would like ✓
38. A book about art or an artist (band it is) ✓
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you (definitely at work) ✓
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (2017 more than 800 pages) ✓

Advanced Prompts
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list ✓
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list ✓
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover ✓
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover ✓
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time ✓
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t ✓
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing ✓
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random ✓
49. A DNF book from your TBR list ✓
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library) ✓

Read your Favorite msg #78

Duration: 04.01.2020 - open-ended

Oscar Wilde
(✓) read in anthologies
The Picture of Dorian Gray ✓(✓)(✓)
Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (audiobook) ✓
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray
Poems
Ravenna: Poetry's by Oscar Wilde (✓)
The Sphinx (✓)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems ✓(✓)
Poems in Prose (✓)(✓)
Anthologies
Sämtliche Märchen und Erzählungen ✓
Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray und ausgewählte Werke ✓
Das Gespenst von Canterville - Erzählungen und Märchen ✓
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde ✓
Narrations
The Canterville Ghost (✓)(✓)(✓)(✓)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (✓)(✓)(✓)(✓)
The Model Millionaire (✓)(✓)(✓)
The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (✓)(✓)(✓)
The Sphinx Without a Secret (✓)(✓)(✓)(✓)
Fairytales
The Happy Prince (✓)(✓)(✓)(✓)
The Nightingale and the Rose (✓)(✓)(✓)(✓)
The Selfish Giant (✓)(✓)(✓)(✓)
The Devoted Friend (✓)(✓)(✓)(✓)
The Remarkable Rocket (✓)(✓)(✓)
A House of Pomegranates (✓)(✓)(✓)(✓)
Plays
Vera or the Nihilists (✓)
Salomé (✓)
The Duchess of Padua (✓)
The Importance of Being Earnest ✓(✓)(✓)✓
An Ideal Husband (✓)(✓)
Lady Windermere's Fan (✓)(✓)
A Woman of No Importance (✓)(✓)
La Sainte Courtisane, or The Woman Covered with Jewels (✓)
A Florentine Tragedy (✓)
For Love of the King
Essays
The Truth of Masks (✓)
The Decay of Lying ✓(✓)
Pen, Pencil and Poison a Study in Green (✓)
The Critic as Artist (✓)(✓)
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (✓)
Epigrams; Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (✓)
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (✓)
Other
De Profundis ✓(✓)
The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde
Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast ✓
Impressions of America
Oscar Wilde in America: The Interviews
The Annotated Prison Writings of Oscar Wilde
Table Talk Oscar Wilde
Denken mit Oscar Wilde ✓
“I am always satisfied with the Best” Aphorisms, Epigrams, Quips and Witticisms ✓
Anonymous but said to be from Oscar Wilde
Klassiker der Erotik 3: Teleny ✓
Biographies about Oscar
Son of Oscar Wilde - Vyvyan Holland
Oscar Wilde And His World - Vyvyan Holland
Time Remembered After Pere Lachaise - Vyvyan Holland
The Wilde Album: Public and Private Images of Oscar Wilde - Merlin Holland
Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde - Merlin Holland ✓
Coffee with Oscar Wilde - Merlin Holland
The Life of Oscar Wilde. - Hesketh Pearson
Oscar Wilde - Philippe Jullian ✓
Oscar and Bosie: A Fatal Passion - Trevor Fisher
Oscar Wilde: A Long and Lovely Suicide - Melissa Knox
Oscar Wilde: A Certain Genius - Barbara Belford
The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde - Joseph Pearce
Oscar's Books: A Journey Around the Library of Oscar Wilde - Thomas Wright ✓
Wilde in America: Oscar Wilde and the Invention of Modern Celebrity - David M. Friedman
Oscar Wilde: A Life - Matthew Sturgis
Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes (audioplay) 20/52

Chris P. Rolls
Mecklenburger Winter ✓
Ironman (Spin-Off) ✓
Bokeh - Schönheit der Unschärfe (Side Story) ✓
Highspeed Love ✓
Downhill Love (Spin-Off) ✓
Christophs Street Day ✓✓
Irgendwie (1/5)
Die Anderen (0/5)
Eine besondere Begabung (0/4)
Blinded Date (0/5)
Failed Series (0/3)
Bruderschaft der Küste (0/3)
Hard Skin ✓
Bodycaught
Pink (Side Story)
Kavaliersdelikt
Blackmail Love
Dirty Devil ✓
Prisão
Shilsas - In den Nebeln
Die Sache mit Jo und Mo
Unantastbar - Wintergeboren
Be My Bullet (0/3)
Winterliebe - eine Anthologie ✓
Farben der Liebe ✓

Cassandra Clare
The Mortal Instruments (6/6) ✓
Jocelyn's Story (Alternative Setting)
The Infernal Devices (3/3) ✓
The Last Hours (0/3)
The Penultimate Hours
The Dark Artifices (3/3) ✓
Secrets of Blackthorn Hall
The Bane Chronicles ✓
The Eldest Curses (2/3)
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy ✓
Ghosts of the Shadow Market ✓
The Wicked Powers (0/3)
The Shadowhunter's Codex ✓
Sword Catcher (0/2)

Thomas Harris
Hannibal Lecter (4/4) ✓
Black Sunday ✓
Cari Mora
Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane (Anthology)

Erik Axl Sund
Victoria Bergmann Trilogy (3/3) ✓
Kronoberg (2/3)

Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice ✓
Sense and Sensibility ✓
Emma ✓
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
Mansfield Park

J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again ✓
The Lord of the Rings (3/3) ✓
The Silmarillion ✓
Beren and Lúthien
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

Iny Lorentz
Die Kastratin ✓
Die Goldhändlerin
Die Tatarin ✓
Die Löwin ✓
Die Pilgerin
Die Feuerbraut
Die Rose von Asturien
Die Ketzerbraut
Feuertochter
Flammen des Himmels
Die steinerne Schlange
Die Rebellinnen
Der Sohn der Mätresse
Die Fürstin
Das Mädchen aus Apulien
Die Widerspenstige
Der Fluch der Rose: Roman
Die Saga von Vinland
Die Wanderhure (3/9)
Trettin (0/3)
Auswanderersaga (0/4)
Berlin Trilogie (0/3)
Die Wanderapothekerin (0/4)
Die Perlenprinzessin (0/5)
Das Mädchen von Agunt
Ritter Constance

Alice Oseman
Heartstopper (5/6)
The Heartstopper Yearbook ✓
Radio Silence ✓
Loveless ✓
Solitaire
This Winter ✓
Nick and Charlie ✓
I Was Born for This ✓

Adam Silvera
Death Cast (2/4)
Infinity Cycle (0/3)
What if it's Us (0/2)
History Is All You Left Me
More Happy Than Not

Arttu Tuominen
Delta Series (4/6)

T.J. Klune
Cerulean Chronicles (2/2) ✓
Green Creek (0/4)
Tales from Verania (0/5)
The Extraordinaries (0/3)
Under the Whispering Door
In the Lives of Puppets
The Bones Beneath My Skin

The following are not a favorite per se but I'd really like to read all or at least most of their works.

J.K. Rowling
I don't like her as a person but unfortunately I really like her writing ;;
Harry Potter (7/7) ✓
Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay (1/3) - stopped reading
The Tales of Beedle the Bard ✓
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Quidditch Through the Ages
The Casual Vacancy ✓
as Robert Galbraith
Cormoran Strike (5/7)

James Dashner
The Maze Runner (5/5) ✓
Thomas’s First Memory of the Flare (Short Story)
Crank Palace (Short Story)
The Maze Runner Files
The Maze Cutter (0/3)

Anne Rice
The Vampire Chronicles (1/13)
New Tales of the Vampires (0/2)

Lucinda Riley
Das Orchideenhaus: Roman ✓
Das Mädchen auf den Klippen
Der Lavendelgarten
Die Mitternachtsrose
Der Engelsbaum
Das italienische Mädchen
Helenas Geheimnis
Der verbotene Liebesbrief
Das Schmetterlingszimmer
Die Toten von Fleat House
The Seven Sisters (0/8)

Haruki Murakami
Naokos Lächeln ✓
Kafka on the Shore ✓
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
1Q84
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Sputnik Sweetheart
After Dark ✓
South of the Border, West of the Sun ✓
The Elephant Vanishes
Wenn der Wind singt / Pinball 1973: Zwei Romane
Killing Commendatore

Hanya Yanagihara
A Little Life ✓
Zum Paradies
Das Volk der Bäume

Wolfgang Hohlbein
Die Chronik der Unsterblichen (7/16)
Blutkrieg (Short Story)
Seelenraub (Short Story)
Blutnacht. Das Buch zur Rockoper (Script)
Mörderhotel
Easy Money (Prequel)
Dunkel

Stephen King
The Shining Series (0/2)
Bill Hodges Trilogy (0/3)
It
The Stand
Misery ✓
Carrie ✓
11/22/63
Pet Sematary ✓
'Salem's Lot ✓
The Green Mile
Christine
Firestarter
The Institute
Bag of Bones
Dolores Claiborne
The Dark Half
Revival
Rose Madder ✓
Later
Billy Summers ✓
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams ✓
The Colorado Kid ✓
Apt Pupil
1408
Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen ✓
Fairy Tale
Achterbahn ✓
as Richard Bachman
Todesmarsch ✓
The Running Man
Rage

Roald Dahl
Matilda ✓
Charlie Bucket (0/2)
James und der Riesenpfirsich
The Magic Finger
Der Fantastische Mr. Fox
Danny, der Weltmeister: Neu übersetzt von Sabine und Emma Ludwig. Die weltberühmte Geschichte farbig illustriert für Kinder ab 8 Jahren
Die Trottels
George und das Wundermittel: Neu übersetzt von Sabine Ludwig. Die weltberühmte Geschichte farbig illustriert für Kinder ab 8 Jahren
Mister Hoppys Geheimnis: Neu übersetzt von Andreas Steinhöfel. Die weltberühmte Geschichte farbig illustriert für Kinder ab 8 Jahren
Sophie und der Riese: Neu übersetzt von Ebi Naumann. Die weltberühmte Geschichte farbig illustriert für Kinder ab 8 Jahren
Hexen hexen

James Baldwin
Von einem Sohn dieses Landes: Notes of a Native Son
Nach der Flut das Feuer
Go Tell It on the Mountain ✓
Giovannis Zimmer ✓
Ein anderes Land
Beale Street Blues

Classic Corner

William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet ✓
Hamlet ✓
Macbeth ✓
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Othello
Much Ado About Nothing
King Lear
Julius Caesar
The Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
Antony and Cleopatra
The Winter's Tale
The Comedy of Errors
Titus Andronicus
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Troilus and Cressida
Pericles
Venus and Adonis

Franz Kafka
Die Verwandlung ✓
Der Prozess ✓
Das Schloss
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen. ✓

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein ✓
Matilda
Der letzte Mensch

Fjodor Dostojevski
Arme Leute.
Erniedrigte und Beleidigte
Schuld und Sühne ✓
Der Spieler
Der Idiot
Ein grüner Junge
Die Brüder Karamasow
Der Doppelgänger
Christbaum und Hochzeit
Aufzeichnungen aus dem Kellerloch
Der ewige Gatte
Aufzeichnungen aus einem Totenhaus
Der Traum eines lächerlichen Menschen und andere Erzählungen

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Die schönsten Gedichte ✓
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
Satyros oder Der vergötterte Waldteufel
Clavigo: Ein Trauerspiel
Egmont
Stella: Ein Schauspiel Für Liebende
Iphigenie auf Tauris ✓
Torquato Tasso
Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil
Faust Zweiter Teil
Die natürliche Tochter
Pandora
Die Leiden des jungen Werther
Die Wahlverwandtschaften

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Damon oder die wahre Freundschaft: Ein Lustspiel in einem Aufzuge
Miss Sara Sampson: Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen
Emilia Galotti / Minna von Barnhelm
Nathan der Weise

Friedrich Schiller
Die Räuber
Kabale und Liebe
Don Carlos Infant von Spanien
Wallenstein: Vollständige Ausgabe der Trilogie: Wallensteins Lager / Die Piccolomini / Wallensteins Tod
Maria Stuart
Die Jungfrau von Orleans
Die Braut von Messina
Wilhelm Tell

Heinrich Mann
Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen ✓
In einer Familie
Die Jagd nach Liebe
Stürmische Morgen. Novellen. ( Studienausgabe in Einzelbänden).
Zwischen den Rassen
Die kleine Stadt
Die Armen
Der Untertan ✓
Der Kopf
Ein ernstes Leben
Ein Zeitalter wird besichtigt

Thomas Mann
Buddenbrooks ✓
Königliche Hoheit
Der Zauberberg
Joseph und seine Brüder: Vier Romane in einem Band
Doktor Faustus
Der Erwählte
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull ✓
Die Erzählungen. Band 1
Die Erzählungen. Band 2
Der Tod in Venedig ✓

Erika Mann
Wenn die Lichter ausgehen ✓

Klaus Mann
Der fromme Tanz
Alexander
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
Flucht in den Norden
Mephisto ✓
Der Vulkan
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen: Fredric Kroll - Ein Leben für Klaus Mann. <br />Enthält aus dem Nachlass von Klaus Mann: The Chaplain - Windy Night, Rainy Morrow - The Last Day
Der siebente Engel: Die Theaterstücke
Kind dieser Zeit
Der Wendepunkt ✓
Gedichte Und Chansons

Frido Mann
Achterbahn: Ein Lebensweg
Professor Parsifal: Autobiographischer Roman
Babylon

about Mann family
Wir waren fünf: Bildnis der Familie Mann - Viktor Mann
»Wir sind unser sechs« – Die Geschichte der Geschwister Mann: Was Erika, Klaus, Golo, Monika, Elisabeth und Michael verband und was sie trennte - Armin Strohmeyr
Fragmente eines Lebens - Michael Mann

Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist
Nicholas Nickleby
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth ✓
David Copperfield
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations

Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Der Richter und sein Henker
Der Verdacht
Grieche sucht Griechin ✓
Das Versprechen
Das Dürrenmatt Lesebuch.
Minotaurus / Der Auftrag oder Vom Beobachten des Beobachters der Beobachter / Midas oder Die schwarze Leinwand. Eine Ballade / Novelle in 24 Sätzen.
Justiz
Durcheinandertal
Der Pensionierte. Fragment eines Kriminalromans
Der Schachspieler
Es steht geschrieben / Der Blinde: Frühe Stücke
Ein Engel kommt nach Babylon
Der Besuch der alten Dame
Die Physiker ✓
Herkules und der Stall des Augias / Der Prozess um des Esels Schatten. Griechische Stücke. Neufassungen 1980.
Der Meteor. Dichterdämmerung. Nobelpreisträgerstücke. Neufassungen 1978 Und 1980

All about You 03 msg #131

Duration: 21. July 2024 - 21. July 2025

Books read: 89/90

Read your favorite band
T - Yoshimura Tsumuji - The Gender of Mona Lisa 02 ✓ 08/03
O - Osman, Richard - Der Mann, der zweimal starb ✓ 08/15
H - Hosaka-san und Miyoshi-kun 02 by Beriko Scarlet ✓ 07/27
O - Oasis Project by Ohya Kazumi ✓ 10/13
S - The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis ✓ 09/10
H - Hourly History - James Baldwin: A Life from Beginning to End ✓ 08/30
I - I Will Read to You by Gideon Sterer ✓ 09/03
N - Naono Bohra - Three Wolves Mountain ✓ 08/31
K - Karber, G.T. - Murdle: Volume 1, 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction ✓ 08/24
I - Infinity in Our Hearts by Andreas Dutter ✓ 09/30

Read your favorite animal
S - Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates by Xenophon ✓ 08/17
L - Lynch, Vincent - The Doll by GuiltPleasure ✓ 07/25
O - Oscar Wilde - Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland ✓ 11/06
T - Thomas Mann - Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull ✓ 12/02
H - Haruna Akira - Männlich? Weiblich? Unbeschreiblich! 01 by Yasuko ✓ 10/24

Read your favorite cartoon character (anime/manga)
K - Kyou - Shutline 01 ✓ 09/02
A - Axel S. Meyer - Der Sonne so nah ✓ 25/01/09
K - Katekyo! 01 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/07
A - Sakyo Aya - Untouchable 02 ✓ 10/20
S - Shutline 02 by Kyou ✓ 09/03
H - Haizaki Kurose - Kurokoi by Takagi Ryo ✓ 10/25
I - In den Farben des Dunkels by Chris Whitaker ✓ 10/17

Read your favorite artist, painter, sculptor
M - My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne ✓ 08/28
I - I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love – double by Suzumaru Minta ✓ 10/16
C - Camus, Albert - Der Fall ✓ 25/01/13
H - Hot Dog by Takashima Kazusa ✓ 11/06
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 05 by Morishita Suu ✓ 07/21
L - Liebe verbindet Welten by Umeda Miso ✓ 11/07
A - Ayase Retsu - King in a Lab Coat 01 ✓ 10/23
N - Nohara Mosae - From the Red Fog 1 ✓ 10/03
G - The Gender of Mona Lisa 03 by Yoshimura Tsumuji ✓ 09/07
E - Everett, Percival - James ✓ 08/08
L - L.A. Waves by Pengu ✓ 25/01/02
O - Otaku Stories: Aus dem Leben eines Manga- und Anime-Fans by Amir Yarahi ✓ 25/01/09

Read your favorite beverage
H - Hilda Hasenherz. Das Abenteuer im Fuchswald by Tobias Goldfarb 12/07
E - Emma Bovary - Madame Bovary. by Gustave Flaubert ✓ 09/28
R - Robertos Angebot by Chris P. Rolls ✓ 09/06
B - Die Bücherdiebin by Markus Zusak ✓ 08/14
A - Achterbahn by Stephen King ✓ 10/27
L - Links by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 25/01/06

T - Takeshi - Vanilla Star by Miyamoto Kano ✓ 10/25
E - Elliot Page - Pageboy ✓ 08/28
A - 16 DER AUSTAUSCH - OSCAR WILDE by Jonas Maas ✓ 25/01/13

Read three or four books that are basically like your favorite childhood T.V. shows. Give reasons as to why they fit. 3/4
(Buffy: vampires) ✓ ✓ (Buffy: vampires) ✓

Read three or four books that are your favorite movies made from books, or books that will be made into movies. 4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Read your favorite card game as a child
R - Ruwanda Bailey - From the Red Fog 2 by Nohara Mosae ✓ 10/20
O - Oscar Wilde - 17 DER MAHARADSCHA DER NA - OS by Jonas Maas ✓ 25/01/14
M - Morgen bin ich Sternenlicht by Sandra Dieckmann ✓ 08/30
M - Mythos: Was uns die Götter heute sagen by Stephen Fry ✓ 09/29
E - Ein Regenbogen für den Schah (Luk und Galiano 1) by Elyseo da Silva ✓ 09/22
E - Eloy Moreno - Unsichtbar ✓ 10/13

Read your favorire skin care product
W - What if we Stay by Sarah Sprinz ✓ 08/03
A - Anne Perry - Todesurteil im Old Bailey ✓ 02/11
T - Thao, Dustin - When Haru Was Here ✓ 25/01/06
E - Everdeen, Katniss - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins ✓ 12/21
R - Kanou Rion - Blood Hound by Yuki Kaori ✓ 10/26

Read your favorite bad guy
K - Katekyo! 02 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/17
A - Alan Murrin - The Coast Road ✓ 25/02/02
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 07 by Morishita Suu ✓ 25/01/10
C - Ogawa Chise - Eine Liebesgeschichte voller Traurigkeit und Fehleinschätzungen ✓ 25/01/14
I - Iwagami Kazuma - Männlich? Weiblich? Unbeschreiblich! 02 by Yasuko ✓ 10/24
L - Lovrenski, Oliver - bruder, wenn wir nicht family sind, wer dann ✓ 25/03/21
I - Ikushima Shizuma - Therapy Game: Re 04 by Hinohara Meguru ✓ 11/07
U - Ueda Aki - Taste of Desire ✓ 09/08
S - Stephan Schäfer - 25 letzte Sommer ✓ 10/01

Read your favorite holiday
C - Cassie Raven - Wer mit den Toten spricht by A.K. Turner ✓ 25/01/27
H - Han Kang - Die Vegetarierin ✓ 25/01/18
R - Ron Ritchie - Der Donnerstagsmordclub und die verirrte Kugel by Richard Osman ✓ 25/02/26
I - Ikeda Toya - Kabukicho Bad Trip – Ikeda & Rio by Nagisa Eiji ✓ 25/05/21
S - Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune ✓ 10/03
T - Takaya Natsuki - Fruits Basket Pearls 01 ✓ 25/03/17
M - Moegi Yuu - Katekyo! 03 ✓ 09/18
A - Kubo Akino - Goodbye Harlequin - Special Edition by Kusabi Keri ✓ 25/02/03
S - Sarah Sprinz - What if we Trust ✓ 10/08

Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1 or Part 2". (book crush)
M - Måns - Best Bro Ever by Jenny Jägerfeld ✓ 12/05
A - Odawara Ai - Mein Leben mit Papa und Papa #01 by Roji ✓ 02/11
G - Gender Queer: Eine nichtbinäre Autobiografie by Maia Kobabe ✓ 10/22
N - No Secrets in this Business 01 by Kanai Kei ✓ 11/24
U - Untouchable 01 by Sakyo Aya ✓ 10/17
S - Shiva King - King in a Lab Coat 02 by Ayase Retsu ✓ 10/24

B - Bruno by Stefanie Taschinski ✓ 08/29
A - Yamane Ayano - Crimson Spell 01 ✓ 25/03/23
N - No Secrets in this Business 02 by Kanai Kei ✓ 11/24
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 06 by Morishita Suu ✓ 12/11

All about You 04 msg #18

Duration: 29. June 2025 - 29. June 2026

Progress: 24/83

Read your favorite book.
T - Touch of Pain by Miyamoto Kano ✓ 08/05
H -
E - Elin Berg - Das Haus über dem Fjord by Kristin Valla ✓ 07/15

P - Die Probe by Katie Kitamura ✓ 07/27
I - Nagi Itsuomi - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 08 by Morishita Suu ✓ 08/23
C - Circe by Madeline Miller ✓ 07/12
T -
U - Unschärfen der Liebe by Angelika Overath ✓ 07/24
R - Richard Bachman - Todesmarsch ✓ 07/05
E - Espach, Alison - Wedding People ✓ 08/30

O - Orlando. Eine Biographie by Virginia Woolf ✓ 08/16
F - Fruits Basket Pearls 02 by Takaya Natsuki ✓ 07/28

D - Dennis Lehane - Sekunden der Gnade ✓ 08/08
O - Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç - Hundesohn ✓ 08/22
R - Richard Osman - Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt
I -
A - Alle Farben grau by Martin Schäuble ✓ 07/06
N - No. 6 Band 4 by Asano Atsuko ✓ 07/10

G - Die Geschichte des Klangs by Ben Shattuck ✓ 07/27
R -
A - Anne of Green Gables - The Collection by L.M. Montgomery
Y - Yamane Ayano - Crimson Spell 02 ✓ 07/21

Read 4 books that have a depcition of your favorite place to read on the cover. 0/4

Read 4 books with the same title. 1/4
✓

Read 4 books that are basically like your favorite current T.V. shows. 0/4 (haikyuu, hannibal, heart stopper)

Do you collect anything? Oscar Wilde writings
W - Was wir ihnen antun: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 4) by Arttu Tuominen ✓ 07/20
I -
L - Liebesgift by Mikage Tsubaki ✓ 06/29
D -
E -
A - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz ✓ 07/17
N -

Read your favorite environment.
O - Öffnet sich der Himmel by Seán Hewitt ✓ 09/05
C - Chbosky, Stephen - The Perks of Being a Wallflower ✓ 08/17
E -
A - Achtzehnter Stock by Sara Gmuer ✓ 08/03
N -

Last beverage you drank.
W -
A - Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
T -
E -
R -

Read 4 of the books that have been on your TBR the longest. 0/4

Read 4 books about a historical event that you like. Japanese colonial tendencies in the wake of the world wars 0/4

Read a book from each shelf of your home TBR 0/4

Read your favorite season.
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N -
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Repeat your favorite challenge month from “All About You, Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3". favorite music, band or singer
F -
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E -
D -
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M -
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C - Crimson Spell Bd. 3 by Yamane Ayano ✓ 09/03
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res for All about You 05

Heroine Alphabet

Read books where the heroine's/female main character's first name, last name, nickname, or heroic occupation begin with a letter from A through Z.

A - Anne "Annie" Cleaver - Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman ✓
B - Briest, Effi - Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane ✓
C - Carrie White - Carrie by Stephen King ✓
D - Dolores "Lolita" Haze - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov ✓
E - Elma - Verschwiegen by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir ✓
F - Forrester, Julia - Das Orchideenhaus: Roman by Lucinda Riley ✓
G - Grimm, Charlotte - Fabula - Das Portal der dreizehn Reiche by Akram El-Bahay ✓
H - Hydra Bell - Blood Lad 4 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
I - Ishiguro, Violet - Das Erbe des Doktors: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
J - Clara Mary Jane "Claire" Clairmont - Mary & Claire by Markus Orths ✓
K - Kuhn, Adele - Feldpost by Mechtild Borrmann ✓
L - Laurence "Laurie" Cavelle - What if we Drown by Sarah Sprinz ✓
M - Marianne Dashwood - Verstand und Gefühl by Jane Austen ✓
N - Nanao Tomoko - 2 by Yokoyama Hideo ✓
O - Olivia Bentele - Jetzt ist Sense ✓
P - Persaud, Ashana - Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus by Tanya Byrne ✓
Q -
R - Runa - Die Nacht gehört den Schatten: Norwegen-Thriller by Daniela Arnold ✓
S - Sophie Hatter - Das wandelnde Schloss by Diana Wynne Jones ✓
T - Takahashi Sachi - Fünf Winter by James Kestrel ✓
U -
V - Vega - Der Sturm in meinem Herzen by Marion Perko ✓
W - Wendy Darling - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ✓
X -
Y - Yanagi Fuyumi - Blood Lad 3 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
Z - Zott, Elizabeth - Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus ✓

Twelve Towers Challenge
Starting Date: 1.1.2023

◈ Levels and Duration

Slow and Steady - up to 5 years
Eyes on Target - up to 3 years
Quick as a Bunny - up to 2 years
Need for Speed - up to 18 months
Fast and Furious - up to 1 year

◈ The Twelve Towers

12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date)
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11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these)
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10 books you randomly select from your shelves (such as by using random.org -- as you go or pre-choose)
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9 sequels, series continuations, or spin-offs
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8 novellas or short-stories - they can be part of anthologies, you don't have to read the whole book in this case.
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7 books that everyone seems to have read but you
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6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date)
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5 books that were recommended to you via co-workers
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4 books that you started but never finished
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

3 books that you've already read before
✓ ✓ ✓

2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books
✓ ✓

1 book that intimidates you

M/M A-Z Author Challenge
Starting Date: 1.1.2023

A - Michinoku Atami - Caligula's Love ✓
B - Billy Balibally - FANGS, Vol. 1 ✓
C - Cat T. Mad - Just A Porn ✓
D - Douglas Stuart - Young Mungo ✓
E - Nagisa Eiji - Kabukicho Bad Trip Vol. 1 ✓
F - Franko, Mikita - Die Lüge ✓
G - Gonzales, Sophie - If This Gets Out ✓
H - Hynes, James - Ich, Sperling: Roman Der Sunday Times Bestseller ✓
I - Nonomiya Ito - Barefoot Angel ✓
J - Jason June - Out of the Blue ✓
K - Kichiku Neko - In these words 04 ✓
L - Kojima Lalako - Neun Leben ✓
M - Suehiro Machi - Wolfsgrau und geheimnisvoll ✓
N - Aono Nachi - THEO ✓
O - Tanaka Ogeretsu - Love is a Stupid Thing ✓
P - Peters, Martina - torrent ✓
Q - McQuiston, Casey - Red, White & Royal Blue ✓
R - Suzuri Ryo - MADK 1: Abgedreht und faszinierend: Bemerkenswert gezeichnete Boys-Love-Story direkt aus der Hölle! ✓
S - Silvera, Adam - The First to Die at the End ✓
T - Yatsuda Teki - Home Far Away ✓
U - Umeda Miso - Die Stadt in deinen Farben ✓
V - Vuong, Ocean - The emperor of gladness ✓
W - Winman, Sarah - Lichte Tage ✓
X -
Y - Ichinose Yuma - No God in Eden 01 ✓
Z - Zariya Ranmaru - Coyote 4 ✓

Villains Alphabet
Starting Date: 1.1.2024

For this challenge, read books where the Villain's first name, last name, or nickname begin with a letter from A through Z.

A - Aaron, Eli - In den Farben des Dunkels by Chris Whitaker ✓
B - Braxton, Geoff - If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich ✓
C - Cartiz - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ✓
D - Daisho Suguru - Haikyu!!, Band 22 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
E - Ehrens, Mathilda - Focus 10 Band 10 by Martina Peters ✓
F - Freystein, Hermann von - Ein Regenbogen für den Schah (Luk und Galiano 1) by Elyseo da Silva ✓
G - Gabriel - Father Figure by GuiltPleasure ✓
H - Hudson - Hope in Our Universe by Andreas Dutter ✓
I - Ian Ventham - Der Donnerstagsmordclub by Richard Osman ✓
J - Jesko - Die Maimädchen by Pascale Quiviger ✓
K - Himura Kihee - Kenshin, Volume 01 by Watsuki Nobuhiro ✓
L - Lecter, Hannibal - Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter by Joseph Westfall ✓
M - McKinney, Gavin - Die Verlorenen by Simon Beckett ✓
N - Tenjou Nanako - Devils' Line 01 by Hanada Ryo ✓
O - Oikawa Toru - Haikyu!!, Band 2 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
P - Philemon - Die Tore Der Welt by Ken Follett ✓
Q - Marquess of Queensberry - Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess: The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland ✓
R - Richards, Jeffrey - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ✓
S - Spike - Buffy, Im Bann der Dämonen, Spike & Dru, Dämonische Liebe by Christopher Golden ✓
T - Theodora Sachs - Eine Nacht am Brocken: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
U - Udo Jinne - Kenshin 02 by Watsuki Nobuhiro ✓
V - Vile One - So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens ✓
W - Ushijima Wakatoshi - Haikyu!!, Band 9 by Furudate Haruichi ✓
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Y - PaYton, Benjamin - 18 FEINDBERUEHRUNG - OSCAR WIL by Jonas Maas ✓
Z - Zirkel der Sieben - Die Namenlose aus der Seine by Jonas Maas ✓

Agatha Christie Reading Challenge msg #103
Starting Date: 1.1.2024

Option #3: Budding Agatha Christie Fan
Read as many Agatha Christie books as you can that you haven't read before

1. Mord im Orientexpress ✓ 25/02/11
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A-Z Alpha and Omega Couples msg #85
Starting Date: 9.11.2024

☁ From A-Z, use the first letter in the author's or a character's first name from one book and pair it with the first letter in the author's or a character's last name from a second book.
☁ Wildcards may be used in place of any book for either an alpha or omega letter.
☁ Nicknames count as a first name unless the last name is used as the nickname.

Delta: 3 wildcards used

Progress: 49/52

A - Alan Murrin & Francis Ackerman Jr.
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin ✓ 25/02/02
Racheopfer by Ethan Cross ✓ 25/02/28
B - Benjamin Payton & Sarina Bowen
18 FEINDBERUEHRUNG - OSCAR WIL by Jonas Maas ✓ 25/02/18
Top Secret by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy ✓ 25/04/18
C - Cassie Raven & Albert Camus
Wer mit den Toten spricht by A.K. Turner ✓ 25/01/27
Der Fall by Albert Camus ✓ 25/01/13
D - David Hunter & Joël Dicker
Die Chemie des Todes by Simon Beckett ✓ 25/03/29
Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker ✓ 25/05/16
E - Eric Ly & Katniss Everdeen
When Haru Was Here by Dustin Thao ✓ 25/01/06
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins ✓ 24/12/21
F - Franz Kafka & Jean Kyoung Frazier
Der Prozess by Franz Kafka ✓ 24/12/31
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier ✓ 24/12/10
G - George Falconer & Tobias Goldfarb
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood ✓ 25/02/07
Hilda Hasenherz. Das Abenteuer im Fuchswald by Tobias Goldfarb ✓ 24/12/07
H - Haruto Mikura & Matt Haig
No Secrets in this Business 02 by Kanai Kei ✓ 24/11/24
Die Mitternachtsbibliothek by Matt Haig ✓ 25/02/17
I - Itsuomi Nagi & Yuki Itose
Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 07 by Morishita Suu ✓ 25/01/10
Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 06 by Morishita Suu ✓ 24/12/11
J - James Baldwin & Jenny Jägerfeld
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin ✓ 24/11/19
Best Bro Ever by Jenny Jägerfeld ✓ 24/12/05
K - Keri Kusabi & Yeong-Hye Kim
Goodbye Harlequin - Special Edition by Kusabi Keri ✓ 25/02/03
Die Vegetarierin by Han Kang ✓ 25/01/18
L - Lucian George "Lucy" Lloyd & Oliver Lovrenski
L.A. Waves by Pengu ✓ 25/01/02
bruder, wenn wir nicht family sind, wer dann by Oliver Lovrenski ✓ 25/03/21
M - Meguru Hinohara & Jonas Maas
Therapy Game: Re 05 by Hinohara Meguru ✓ 25/05/12
16 DER AUSTAUSCH - OSCAR WILDE by Jonas Maas ✓ 25/01/13
N - Natsuki Kizu & Matteo Nier
Links by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 25/01/06
Origamiherz by AC Collins ✓ 25/04/10
O - Oscar Wilde & Chise Ogawa
17 DER MAHARADSCHA DER NA - OS by Jonas Maas ✓ 25/01/14
Eine Liebesgeschichte voller Traurigkeit und Fehleinschätzungen by Ogawa Chise ✓ 25/01/14
P - Phyllida Flyte & Anne Perry
Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner ✓ 25/06/28
Todesurteil im Old Bailey by Anne Perry ✓ 25/02/11
Q - & Dante Quintana
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz ✓ 25/07/17
R - Ron Ritchie & Robbie Ross
Der Donnerstagsmordclub und die verirrte Kugel by Richard Osman ✓ 25/02/26
Robbie Ross: Oscar Wilde's True Love by Jonathan Fryer ✓ 25/03/13
S - Shoyo Hinata & Ririchiyo Shirakiin
Haikyu!! – Band 25 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 25/03/19
Secret Service: Maison de Ayakashi 05 by Fujiwara Cocoa ✓ 25/04/04
T - Tooru Honda & Tsukasa Taira
Fruits Basket Pearls 01 by Takaya Natsuki ✓ 25/03/17
Devils' Line 02 by Hanada Ryo ✓ 25/03/30
U - & Ritsuka Uenoyama
Given 09 by Kizu Natsuki ✓ 24/12/02
V - Valdrigue "Vald" von Alsviez & Ocean Vuong
Crimson Spell 01 by Yamane Ayano ✓ 25/03/23
The emperor of gladness by Ocean Vuong ✓ 25/06/04
W - Wolf Haas & Richard Wagamese
Wackelkontakt by Wolf Haas ✓ 25/03/19
Das weite Herz des Landes by Richard Wagamese ✓ 25/04/03
X - FeliX Krull
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull by Thomas Mann ✓ 24/12/02
Y - Yori Kashii & Amir Yarahi
No Secrets in this Business 01 by Kanai Kei ✓ 24/11/24
Otaku Stories: Aus dem Leben eines Manga- und Anime-Fans by Amir Yarahi ✓ 25/01/09
Z - Zeko Bey & Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin
Hundesohn by Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç ✓ 25/08/22
Der Sonne so nah by Axel S. Meyer ✓ 25/01/09

Cleaning out the TBR Closet 2025 msg #52

Progress: 7/10

currently reading:

on netgalley prior to 2025:


other:

Author Alphabet 2025 msg #18

A - Alan Murrin - The Coast Road ✓ 02/02
B - Beckett, Simon - Die Chemie des Todes ✓ 03/29
C - Camus, Albert - Der Fall ✓ 01/13
D - Dustin Thao - When Haru Was Here ✓ 01/06
E - Ethan Cross - Racheopfer ✓ 02/28
F - Fryer, Jonathan - Robbie Ross: Oscar Wilde's True Love ✓ 03/13
G - Garrett Carr - Der Junge aus dem Meer ✓ 05/27
H - Han Kang - Die Vegetarierin ✓ 01/18
I - Isherwood, Christopher - A Single Man ✓ 02/07
J - Jonas Maas - 16 DER AUSTAUSCH - OSCAR WILDE ✓ 01/13
K - Kusabi Keri - Goodbye Harlequin - Special Edition ✓ 02/03
L - Lovrenski, Oliver - bruder, wenn wir nicht family sind, wer dann ✓ 03/21
M - Morishita Suu - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 07 ✓ 01/10
N - Kizu Natsuki - Links ✓ 01/06
O - Ogawa Chise - Eine Liebesgeschichte voller Traurigkeit und Fehleinschätzungen ✓ 01/14
P - Pengu - L.A. Waves ✓ 01/02
Q -
R - Roji - Mein Leben mit Papa und Papa #01 ✓ 02/11
S - Sarina Bowen - Top Secret ✓ 04/18
T - Turner, A.K. - Wer mit den Toten spricht ✓ 01/27
U - Una Mannion - Licht zwischen den Bäumen ✓ 06/13
V - Vuong, Ocean - The emperor of gladness ✓ 06/04
W - Wolf Haas - Wackelkontakt ✓ 03/19
X -
Y - Yarahi, Amir - Otaku Stories: Aus dem Leben eines Manga- und Anime-Fans ✓ 01/09
Z - SáenZ, Benjamin Alire - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ✓ 07/17

Eurovision Song Contest msg #8

Duration: April 1 – May 31, 2025

Option Four: Mix & Match
Combine any of the above options to create your own Eurovision-inspired reading journey!

Levels

🎤 Big Hair – 1–5 books
💨 Wind Machine – 6–10 books
🕺 90s Boy Band Dancing – 11–15 books
✨ Unexpected Costume Reveal – 16–20 books
🎆 Fireworks, Light Show, and a Wink – 21+ books

Progress: 55/100

(view spoiler)[1956: Switzerland
S - Secret Service: Maison de Ayakashi 05 by Fujiwara Cocoa ✓ 04/04
W - Wagamese, Richard - Das weite Herz des Landes ✓ 04/03
I - Ikeda Toya - Kabukicho Bad Trip – Ikeda & Rio by Nagisa Eiji ✓ 05/21
T - Top Secret by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy ✓ 04/18
Z - SáenZ, Benjamin Alire - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ✓ 07/17
E - Eva Björg Ægisdóttir - Verlogen ✓ 05/22
R - Rai - The Fallen Alpha by Nakamura Makino ✓ 05/12
L - Lieber Liebeskummer by Kureno Mataaki ✓ 05/18
A - André Aciman - Call Me by Your Name ✓ 05/02
N - Noah Laurisch - Origamiherz by AC Collins ✓ 04/10
D - Dicker, Joël - Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert ✓ 05/16

1957: Netherlands
N - Naokos Lächeln by Murakami Haruki ✓ 04/25
E - Ennead 1 by Mojito ✓ 05/18
T - Therapy Game: Re 05 by Hinohara Meguru ✓ 05/12
H - Himura Kenshin - Kenshin 02 by Watsuki Nobuhiro ✓ 04/13
E - Elin Berg - Das Haus über dem Fjord by Kristin Valla ✓ 07/15
R - Kanae Ryo - Pink Heart Jam 01 by Shikke ✓ 05/13
L - Liebesgift by Mikage Tsubaki ✓ 06/29
A - About a Love song by Natsuno Hiroko ✓ 05/12
N - Watsuki Nobuhiro - Kenshin 03 ✓ 05/21
D - Die Probe by Katie Kitamura ✓ 07/27
S - Saikawa Kanade - Perfume Master by Yuki Kaori ✓ 05/23

1958: Andre Claveau
A - Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr ✓ 06/25
N - No. 6 Band 4 by Asano Atsuko ✓ 07/10
D - Dennis Lehane - Sekunden der Gnade ✓ 08/08
R - Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum ✓ 06/16
E - Espach, Alison - Wedding People ✓ 08/30

C - Cassie Raven - Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner ✓ 06/28
L - Linda Toivonen - Was wir ihnen antun: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 4) by Arttu Tuominen ✓ 07/20
A - Amakawa Yuu - Total in dich verschossen by Sukeyama ✓ 06/05
V - Valdrigue "Vald" von Alsviez - Crimson Spell 02 by Yamane Ayano ✓ 07/21
E - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 08 by Morishita Suu ✓ 08/23
A - Amber Benson - Slayers: A Buffyverse Story ✓ 06/17
U - Una Mannion - Licht zwischen den Bäumen ✓ 06/13 (hide spoiler)]

1959: Teddy Scholten
T - Kageyama Tobio - Haikyu!! 26 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/02
E -
D - Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt by Richard Osman
D -
Y - Yorick Goldewijk - 1000 und ich: Zweifle nicht, zögere nicht, hinterfrage nicht ✓ 05/18

S - Schäuble, Martin - Alle Farben grau ✓ 07/06
C - Carr, Garrett - Der Junge aus dem Meer ✓ 05/27
H - Haikyu!!, Band 27 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/13
O - Ocean Vuong - The emperor of gladness ✓ 06/04
L - Legh, James - Öffnet sich der Himmel by Seán Hewitt ✓ 09/05
T - Touch of Pain by Miyamoto Kano ✓ 08/05
E -
N -

1960: France
F - Fruits Basket Pearls 02 by Takaya Natsuki ✓ 07/28
R -
A - Achtzehnter Stock by Sara Gmuer ✓ 08/03
N -
C - Circe by Madeline Miller ✓ 07/12
E -

1961: Jean-Claude Pascal
1962: Isabelle Aubret
1963: Denmark
1964: Italy

1965: Luxembourg
L -
U - Unschärfen der Liebe by Angelika Overath ✓ 07/24
X -
E -
M - Montgomery, L.M. - Anne of Green Gables - The Collection
B - BLUTZOLL-FOLGE 20 - WILDE, OSC by Jonas Maas ✓ 06/20
O - Oscar Wilde - 18 BLUTDURST - OSCAR WILDE & M by Jonas Maas ✓ 06/05
U -
R - Richard Bachman - Todesmarsch ✓ 07/05
G - Die Geschichte des Klangs by Ben Shattuck ✓ 07/27

1966: Merci Cherie

1967: Puppet on a String
P - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ✓ 08/17
U -
P -
P -
E -
T -

O - Orlando. Eine Biographie by Virginia Woolf ✓ 08/16
N -

A - Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery

S -
T -
R -
I -
N -
G -

1968: Spain
1969: Lulu
1970: Ireland
1971: Monaco

1972: Vicky Leandros
V -
I -
C - Crimson Spell Bd. 3 by Yamane Ayano ✓ 09/03
K - Killing Stalking Season I 1 by Koogi ✓ 08/17
Y -

L -
E -
A -
N -
D -
R -
O - Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç - Hundesohn ✓ 08/22
S -

1973: Tu Te Reconnaitras
1974: ABBA
1975: Ding a Dong
1976: Brotherhood of Man
1977: Marie Myriam
1978: Israel
1979: Hallelujah
1980: Johnny Logan
1981: Making your Mind up
1982: Nicole
1983: Corinne Hermes
1984: Sweden
1985: Norway
1986: Belgium
1987: Hold me Now
1988: Celine Dion
1989: Riva
1990: Toto Cutugno
1991: Carola
1992: Why Me
1993: Niamh Kavanagh
1994: Rock n Roll Kids
1995: Nocturne
1996: Eimear Quinn
1997: United Kingdom
1998: Diva
1999: Take me to your Heaven
2000: Olsen Brothers
2001: Estonia
2002: Latvia
2003: Sertab Erener
2004: Ukraine
2005: Greece
2006: Lordi
2007: Serbia
2008: Dima Bilan
2009: Fairytale
2010: Lena
2011: Ell & Nikki
2012: Euphoria
2013: Only Teardrops
2014: Conchita Wurst
2015: Heroes
2016: Jamala
2017: Portugal
2018: Netta
2019: Arcade
2021: Maneskin
2022: Stefania
2023: Loreen
2024: Nemo

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Scrabble Challenge msg #33

Starting Date: 1.4.2025

Option # 3: Scrabble tiles are distributed as shown below. Using the title or author's first or last name read a book for each letter that occurs and its frequency.

Scrabble Novice: 1-15 books
Scrabble Intermediate: 16- 31 books
Scrabble Expert: 32-47 books
Scrabble Master: 48-63 books
Scrabble Bingo Master: 64+ books

Progress: 53/63

A x 9 tiles: 8/9
André Aciman - Call Me by Your Name ✓ 05/02
About a Love song by Natsuno Hiroko ✓ 05/12
Amber Benson - Slayers: A Buffyverse Story ✓ 06/17
Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr ✓ 06/25
Alle Farben grau by Martin Schäuble ✓ 07/06
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz ✓ 07/17
Arttu Tuominen - Was wir ihnen antun: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 4) ✓ 07/20
Achtzehnter Stock by Sara Gmuer ✓ 08/03
Anne of Green Gables - The Collection by L.M. Montgomery
B x 2 tiles
18 BLUTDURST - OSCAR WILDE & M by Jonas Maas ✓ 06/05
BLUTZOLL-FOLGE 20 - WILDE, OSC by Jonas Maas ✓ 06/20
C x 2 tiles
Carr, Garrett - Der Junge aus dem Meer ✓ 05/27
Circe by Madeline Miller ✓ 07/12
D x 4 tiles: 2/4
Die Probe by Katie Kitamura ✓ 07/27
Dennis Lehane - Sekunden der Gnade ✓ 08/08
E x 12 tiles: 5/12
Elle Kennedy & Sarina Bowen - Top Secret ✓ 04/18
Ennead 1 by Mojito ✓ 05/18
Nagisa Eiji - Kabukicho Bad Trip – Ikeda & Rio ✓ 05/21
Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 08 by Morishita Suu ✓ 08/23
Espach, Alison - Wedding People ✓ 08/30
F x 2 tiles: 1/2
Fruits Basket Pearls 02 by Takaya Natsuki ✓ 07/28
G x 3 tiles: 1/3
Die Geschichte des Klangs by Ben Shattuck ✓ 07/27
H x 2 tiles
Haikyu!! 26 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/02
Haikyu!!, Band 27 by Furudate Haruichi ✓ 05/13
I x 9 tiles: 1/9
Isaac Blum - Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen ✓ 06/16
J x 1 tile
Joël Dicker - Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert ✓ 05/16
K x 1 tile
Kenshin 02 by Watsuki Nobuhiro ✓ 04/13
L x 4 tiles: 2/4
Lieber Liebeskummer by Kureno Mataaki ✓ 05/18
Liebesgift by Mikage Tsubaki ✓ 06/29
M x 2 tiles
Montgomery, L.M. - Anne of Windy Poplars
N x 6 tiles: 3/6
Naokos Lächeln by Murakami Haruki ✓ 04/25
Nakamura Makino - The Fallen Alpha ✓ 05/12
No. 6 Band 4 by Asano Atsuko ✓ 07/10
O x 8 tiles: 5/8
Origamiherz by AC Collins ✓ 04/10
Ocean Vuong - The emperor of gladness ✓ 06/04
Orlando. Eine Biographie by Virginia Woolf ✓ 08/16
Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç - Hundesohn ✓ 08/22
Öffnet sich der Himmel by Seán Hewitt ✓ 09/05
P x 2 tiles
Pink Heart Jam 01 by Shikke ✓ 05/13
Perfume Master by Yuki Kaori ✓ 05/23
Q x 1 tile
R x 6 tiles: 1/6
Richard Bachman - Todesmarsch ✓ 07/05
Richard Osman - Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt
S x 4 tiles: 2/4
Secret Service: Maison de Ayakashi 05 by Fujiwara Cocoa ✓ 04/04
Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower ✓ 08/17
T x 6 tiles: 4/6
Therapy Game: Re 05 by Hinohara Meguru ✓ 05/12
Total in dich verschossen by Sukeyama ✓ 06/05
Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner ✓ 06/28
Touch of Pain by Miyamoto Kano ✓ 08/05
U x 4 tiles: 2/4
Una Mannion - Licht zwischen den Bäumen ✓ 06/13
Unschärfen der Liebe by Angelika Overath ✓ 07/24
V x 2 tiles
Verlogen by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir ✓ 05/22
Valla, Kristin - Das Haus über dem Fjord ✓ 07/15
W x 2 tiles
Wagamese, Richard - Das weite Herz des Landes ✓ 04/03
Watsuki Nobuhiro - Kenshin 03 ✓ 05/21
X x 1 tile
Y x 2 tiles
Yorick Goldewijk - 1000 und ich: Zweifle nicht, zögere nicht, hinterfrage nicht ✓ 05/18
Yamane Ayano - Crimson Spell 02 ✓ 07/21
Z x 1 tile

June - Get Royal msg #6

Duration: June 1 –June 30

Option Four - Spell-It-Out: Select a royal word or name of a royal of your choice, and then spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name.

Levels of Play:
Aristocratic: 1-5 books
Blue-blooded: 6-15 books
Noble: 16-24 books
Imperial: 25+ books

Progress: 15/16

Royal
R - Richard Bachman - Todesmarsch ✓ 07/05
O - Ocean Vuong - The emperor of gladness ✓ 06/04
Y - Amakawa Yuu - Total in dich verschossen by Sukeyama ✓ 06/05
A - Amber Benson - Slayers: A Buffyverse Story ✓ 06/17
L - Licht zwischen den Bäumen by Una Mannion ✓ 06/13

Prince
P - Paul - Alle Farben grau by Martin Schäuble ✓ 07/06
R - Raven, Cassie - Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner ✓ 06/28
I - Isaac Blum - Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen ✓ 06/16
N - No. 6 Band 4 by Asano Atsuko ✓ 07/10
C - Crimson Spell 02 by Yamane Ayano ✓ 07/21
E - Elin Berg - Das Haus über dem Fjord by Kristin Valla ✓ 07/15

Crown
C - Circe by Madeline Miller ✓ 07/12
R - Richard Osman - Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt
O - Oscar Wilde - 18 BLUTDURST - OSCAR WILDE & M by Jonas Maas ✓ 06/05
W - Werner Hausner - Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr ✓ 06/25
N - Takaya Natsuki - Fruits Basket Pearls 02 ✓ 07/28

Summer - Design an amazing Wedding msg #6

Duration: June 1 - August 31

Levels
Nuptials - 1-5 books
Matrimony - 6-10 books
Wedding party - 11-15 books
Ring Bearer - 16-24 books
Happily Ever After - 25+ books

Progress: 33/24

1. Who is getting married?
Linus Baker & Arthur Parnassus

L - Liebesgift by Mikage Tsubaki ✓ 06/29
I - Isaac Blum - Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen ✓ 06/16
N - No. 6 Band 4 by Asano Atsuko ✓ 07/10
U - Una Mannion - Licht zwischen den Bäumen ✓ 06/13
S - Sukeyama - Total in dich verschossen ✓ 06/05

A - Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr ✓ 06/25
R - Raven, Cassie - Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner ✓ 06/28
T - Takaya Natsuki - Fruits Basket Pearls 02 ✓ 07/28
H - Holmes, Mycroft - BLUTZOLL-FOLGE 20 - WILDE, OSC by Jonas Maas ✓ 06/20
U - Unschärfen der Liebe by Angelika Overath ✓ 07/24
R - Richard Bachman - Todesmarsch ✓ 07/05

2. Pick the important wedding outfit.

3. Pick the rings.
S - Slayers: A Buffyverse Story by Amber Benson ✓ 06/17
I - Nagi Itsuomi - Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 08 by Morishita Suu ✓ 08/23
L - Linda Toivonen - Was wir ihnen antun: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 4) by Arttu Tuominen ✓ 07/20
V - Valdrigue "Vald" von Alsviez - Crimson Spell 02 by Yamane Ayano ✓ 07/21
E - Espach, Alison - Wedding People ✓ 08/30
R - Richard Osman - Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt

4. Pick out the color scheme for the wedding.
Petrol & Cream-coloured
✓ 07/15

5. Choose the wedding bouquet.
C - Circe by Madeline Miller ✓ 07/12
O - Oscar Wilde - 18 BLUTDURST - OSCAR WILDE & M by Jonas Maas ✓ 06/05
R -
N - Nakayama Subaru - Touch of Pain by Miyamoto Kano ✓ 08/05
F -
L - Lionel Worthing - Die Geschichte des Klangs by Ben Shattuck ✓ 07/27
O - Ocean Vuong - The emperor of gladness ✓ 06/04
W - Woolf, Virginia - Orlando. Eine Biographie ✓ 08/16
E -
R -
S - Shirley, Anne - Anne of Green Gables - The Collection by L.M. Montgomery

6. Choose the wedding cake.
C - Chbosky, Stephen - The Perks of Being a Wallflower ✓ 08/17
U -
P - Die Probe by Katie Kitamura ✓ 07/27
C - Crimson Spell Bd. 3 by Yamane Ayano ✓ 09/03
A - Achtzehnter Stock by Sara Gmuer ✓ 08/03
K - Keskinkılıç, Ozan Zakariya - Hundesohn ✓ 08/22
E -
S - Sekunden der Gnade by Dennis Lehane ✓ 08/08

7. Keepsake for the groom couple.
Read a book with a picture of it on the cover or in the title

8. Pick the mode of transportation.
Read 1 or more books which contain some means of transportation on the cover on in the book that you'd like to ride away in after the wedding. You may, if you like, do a spell-it-out challenge.
C -
A - Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
R -

9. Pick a song for the first dance.

10. Pick an entree or restaurant for the reception.

11. Pick a honeymoon destination.
J - James Legh - Öffnet sich der Himmel by Seán Hewitt ✓ 09/05
E -
J -
U -

I -
S - Oh Sangwoo - Killing Stalking Season I 1 by Koogi ✓ 08/17
L -
A - Alle Farben grau by Martin Schäuble ✓ 07/06
N -
D - Dante Quintana - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz ✓ 07/17

Pride Jubilee msg #30

Duration: 1 June - 31 July

Rules: All books must be at least 100 pages and either be published in or after June 1969 or have LGBT genre.

Levels:
Glitter Ball: 1-7 books
Street Party: 8-15 books
Firework Display: 16-23 books
Pride Parade: 24 books +

Progress: 19/21

Option One:
spell-out STONEWALL
S - Sukeyama - Total in dich verschossen ✓ 06/05
T - Todesmarsch by Richard Bachman ✓ 07/05
O - Ocean Vuong - The emperor of gladness ✓ 06/04
N - No. 6 Band 4 by Asano Atsuko ✓ 07/10
E - Espach, Alison - Wedding People ✓ 08/30
W - Was wir ihnen antun: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 4) by Arttu Tuominen ✓ 07/20
A - Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr ✓ 06/25
L - Licht zwischen den Bäumen by Una Mannion ✓ 06/13
L - Liebesgift by Mikage Tsubaki ✓ 06/29

Option Two: Go to a Parade
Read a book set in London, New York or Sydney (mainly Camden) Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner ✓ 06/28
read a book where the characters go to a party (Jubliee party & birthday party) Das Haus über dem Fjord by Kristin Valla ✓ 07/15
read a book with a politically aware / active character or author Sekunden der Gnade by Dennis Lehane ✓ 08/08
read a book with the letters PARADE in the title Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
read a book with someone on the cover who looks like they would fit in at a Pride parade ✓ 07/21

Option Three: Waving the Flag
create your own Pride flag of book covers:
Read a book with a Red cover ✓ 07/27
Read a book with a Orange cover ✓ 08/17
Read a book with a Yellow cover ✓ 07/24
Read a book with a Green cover ✓ 09/05
Read a book with a Blue cover ✓ 06/17
Read a book with a Purple cover ✓ 08/23

a special Cat bonus: read a book with a Brown cover to be your flagstaff!

Option 4: Go all out fabulous
Mix and match across the options

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