Play Book Tag discussion

My Reading Goals and Challenges for 2020:

Challenges:

Read At Least 72 Books 102/72 COMPLETED
Read Harder 24/24 COMPLETED
PopSugar 40/40, 10/10 (advanced) COMPLETE
Around the Year 52/52 COMPLETE
PBT Poll Ballot Tally FINISHED
PBT BINGO

Goals:

Read at Least One Book a Month for PBT Theme 12/12

Read 72 Books

1. Private - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, 3 stars, 1/3/20, audible
2. To Be Taught, If Fortunate - Becky Chambers, 4 stars, 1/5/20, kindle
3. Lightning - Dean Koontz, 4 stars, 1/5/20, kindle
4. Pines - Blake Crouch, 3 1/2 stars, 1/7/20, audio
5. IQ - Joe Ide, 4 stars, 1/12/20, audio
6. Hounded - Kevin Hearne, 3 1/2 stars, 1/13/20, kindle
7. Wisp of a Thing - Alex Bledsoe, 3 1/2 stars, 1/14/20, audible
8. The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier, 3 1/2 stars, 1/17/20, kindle
9. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame, 4 stars, 1/17/20, audible
10. Long Road to Mercy - David Baldacci, 4 stars, 1/22/20, audio from library
11. Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne, 4 stars, 1/28/20, audio from library
12. The Lives of Tao - Wesley Chu, 3 1/2 stars, 1/29/20, kindle
13. Southern Gods - John Hornor Jacobs, 4 stars, 2/5/20, kindle
14. Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand, 5 stars, 2/10/20, audio from library
15. Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution - John Paul Stevens, 4 stars, 2/11/20, audio from library
16. Tempest - Beverly Jenkins, 4 stars, 2/12/20, kindle from library
17. The Wild Robot - Peter Brown, 4 stars, 2/14/20, kindle
18. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Nathaniel Philbrick, 4 stars, 2/15/20, audio from library
19. Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale, 4 stars, 2/18/20, audio
20. The Deep - Rivers Solomon, 4 1/2 stars, 2/19/20, kindle
21. Number One Chinese Restaurant - Lillian Li, 3 1/2 stars, 2/24/20, kindle
22. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card, 4 stars, 2/24/20, audio
23. Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters, 4 stars, 2/27/20, audio from library
24. The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher, 3 1/2 stars, 2/28/20, kindle
25. Arrowood - Laura McHugh, 4 stars, 3/3/20, kindle
26. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo, 4 stars, 3/7/20, audio
27. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think - Hans Rosling, 4 stars, 3/13/20, kindle
28. Matilda - Roald Dahl, 3 1/2 stars, 3/13/20, dtb
29. Dragon Bones - Patricia Briggs, 4 stars, 3/17/20, kindle
30. The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters, 4 1/2 stars, 3/20/20, kindle
31. Magic for Liars - Sarah Gailey, 4 1/2 stars, 3/21/20, kindle
32. The Institute - Stephen King, 5 stars, 3/26/20, kindle from library
33. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens, 3 1/2 stars, 3/28/20, audible
34. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer, 3 stars, 3/29/20, kindle
35. The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi, 4 1/2 stars, 3/31/20, kindle from library
36. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, 4 stars, 4/5/20, audible
37. Open Season - C.J. Box, 3 stars, 4/5/20, audio book from library
38. The Gone World - Tom Sweterlitsch, 4 1/2 stars, 4/9/20, audio from library
39. The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi, 4 stars, 4/13/20, audible
40. The Last Emperox - John Scalzi, 4 1/2 stars, 4/17/20, audible
41. Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks, 3 stars, 4/20/20, kindle
42. A Fire Story - Brian Fies, 4 stars, 4/25/20, kindle
43. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel, 4 stars, 4/25/20, kindle
44. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine, 4 stars, 4/25/20, kindle
45. Rosewater - Tade Thompson, 4 stars, 4/26/20, kindle
46. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe, 4 1/2 stars, 4/28/20, audio from library
47. Searching for Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede, 4 stars, 5/1/20, audio from library
48. Agent to the Stars - John Scalzi, 3 stars, 5/3/20, audio
49. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers, 4 1/2 stars, 5/7/20, kindle
50. Network Effect - Martha Wells, 4 stars, 5/9/20, audio
51. Kill the Farm Boy - Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne, 3 1/2 stars, 5/13/20, kindle
52. This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, 4 1/2 stars, 5/16/20, kindle from library
53. The Last Light of the Sun - Guy Gavriel Kay, 4 stars, 5/17/20, audio from library
54. The Family Plot - Cherie Priest, 3 1/2 stars, 5/19/20, kindle
55. All My Friends are Superheroes - Andrew Kaufman, 3 stars, 5/19/20, ebook from library
56. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - Steve Martin, 4 1/2 stars, 5/21/20, kindle
57. Storm Front - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 5/25/20, audio (reread)
58. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 5/26/20, audio (reread)
59. Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life - David Treuer, 4 1/2 stars, 5/28/20, kindle
60. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon, 4 stars, 5/29/20, kindle from library
61. Brightness Falls from the Air - James Tiptree Jr., 3 1/2 stars, 6/3/20, kindle
62. A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer, 3 stars, 6/6/20, kindle
63. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 6/6/20, audio
64. Summer Knight - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 6/12/20, audio
65. Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo, 4 stars, 6/13/20, kindle
66. The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin, 4 stars, 6/15/20, kindle from library
67. Death Masks - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 6/20/20, audible
68. The Lost Man - Jane Harper, 4 1/2 stars, 6/22/20, kindle
69. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky - Kwame Mbalia, 4 stars, 6/28/20, kindle
70. Blood Rites - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 7/2/20, audible
71. A Minute to Midnight - David Baldacci, 4 stars, 7/3/20, kindle from library
72. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer, 4 stars, 7/4/20, audible
73. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix, 4 1/2 stars, 7/5/20, kindle from library
74. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt, 7/12/20, kindle
75. Topdog/Underdog - Suzan-Lori Parks, 3 1/2 stars, 7/18/20, from library
76. Long Black Curl - Alex Bledsoe, 4 stars, 7/19/20, audio from library
77. The Troupe - Robert Jackson Bennett, 4 stars, 7/22/20, kindle
78. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America - Ibram X. Kendi, 5 stars, 7/30/20, audio book via Spotify
79. Middlegame - Seanan McGuire, 4 stars, 8/2/20, kindle
80. Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova, 4 1/2 stars, 8/3/20, kindle
81. Dead Beat - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 8/5/20, audio
82. Castle Hangnail - Ursula Vernon, 4 stars, 8/7/20, audio
83. Witchmark - C.L. Polk, 4 1/2 stars, 8/8/20, kindle
84. Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman, 4 stars, 8/8/20, kindle
85. Love Poems and A Good Cry - Nikki Giovanni, 4 1/2 stars, 8/12/20, audio book via hoopla
86. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein, 4 stars, 8/13/20, kindle
87. All the Impossible Things - Lindsay Lackey, 4 stars, 8/13/20, audible
88. Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 4 1/2 stars, 8/16/20, kindle from library
89. The Girl from the Well - Rin Chupeco, 4 stars, 8/21/20, kindle
90. Minor Mage - T. Kingfisher, 4 stars, 8/24/20, kindle
91. Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks & the Sea - Peter Benchley, 4 stars, 8/26/20, kindle
92. The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin, 4 stars, 8/26/20, audible
93. Emergency Skin - N.K. Jemisin, 5 stars, 8/29/20, audible
94. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South - Michael W. Twitty, 5 stars, 9/1/20, kindle
95. Looking for Alaska - John Green, 4 stars, 9/3/20, kindle
96. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green, 3 1/2 stars, 9/6/20, kindle from library
97. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote, 3 1/2 stars, 9/7/20, kindle
98. Johnny Cash: The Life - Robert Hilburn, 4 1/2 stars, 9/10/20, audible
99. The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke, 4 stars, 9/11/20, dtb
100. Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry, 4 stars, 9/12/20, kindle
101. Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys, 4 stars, 9/13/20, audio from library
102. The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court - Jeffrey Toobin, 4 stars, 9/14/20, audio from library
103. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie, 2 stars, 9/15/20, audio
104. Recursion - Blake Crouch, 5 stars, 9/16/20, kindle
105. News of the World - Paulette Jiles, 5 stars, 9/19/20, kindle
106. Mary Poppins - P.L. Travers, 4 stars, 9/20/20, audio
107. March: Book Three - John Lewis, 5 stars, 9/23/20, paperback
108. Along the Tapajós - Fernando Vilela, 5 stars, 9/24/20, kindle
109. Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik, 5 stars, 9/28/20, kindle
110. Daughters of the Lake - Wendy Webb, 3 1/2 stars, 10/3/20, kindle
111. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein, 3 1/2 stars, 10/5/20, kindle
112. The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X, 5 stars, 10/6/20, audible

Read Harder

1. Read a YA nonfiction book: Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks & the Sea - Peter Benchley, 4 stars, 8/26/20
2. Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, or myth by an author of color: The Girl from the Well - Rin Chupeco, 4 stars, 8/21/20
3. Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman: IQ - Joe Ide, 4 stars, 1/12/20
4. Read a graphic memoir: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel, 4 stars, 4/25/20
5. Read a book about a natural disaster: A Fire Story - Brian Fies, 4 stars, 4/25/20
6. Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author: Topdog/Underdog - Suzan-Lori Parks, 3 1/2 stars, 7/18/20
7. Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII: The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier, 3 1/2 stars, 1/17/20
8. Read an audiobook of poetry: Love Poems and A Good Cry - Nikki Giovanni, 4 1/2 stars, 8/12/20
9. Read the LAST book in a series: The Last Emperox - John Scalzi, 4 1/2 stars, 4/17/20
10. Read a book that takes place in a rural setting: Wisp of a Thing - Alex Bledsoe, 3 1/2 stars, 1/14/20
11. Read a debut novel by a queer author: Magic for Liars - Sarah Gailey, 4 1/2 stars, 3/21/20
12. Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own: The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X, 5 stars, 10/6/20, audible
13. Read a food book about a cuisine you’ve never tried before: The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South - Michael W. Twitty, 5 stars, 9/1/20
14. Read a romance starring a single parent: Tempest - Beverly Jenkins, 4 stars, 2/12/20
15. Read a book about climate change.: The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi, 4 1/2 stars, 3/31/20
16. Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman: The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters, 4 1/2 stars, 3/20/20
17. Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages): Emergency Skin - N.K. Jemisin, 5 stars, 8/29/20
18. Read a picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community: Along the Tapajós - Fernando Vilela, 5 stars, 9/24/20
19. Read a book by or about a refugee: Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys, 4 stars, 9/13/20
20. Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK: The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke, 4 stars, 9/11/20
21. Read a book with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non): Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo, 4 stars, 3/7/20
22. Read a horror book published by an indie press: Southern Gods - John Hornor Jacobs, 4 stars, 2/5/20
23. Read an edition of a literary magazine (digital or physical): Uncanny Magazine Issue 37: November / December 2020, 4 stars, 12/20/20
24. Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author: Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life - David Treuer, 4 1/2 stars, 5/28/20

Popsugar

1. A book published in 2020: The Last Emperox - John Scalzi, 4 1/2 stars, 4/17/20
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author: The Deep - Rivers Solomon, 4 1/2 stars, 2/19/20
3. A book with a great first line: A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens, 3 1/2 stars, 3/28/20
4. A book about a book club: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix, 4 1/2 stars, 7/5/20
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics: IQ - Joe Ide, 4 stars, 1/12/20
6. A bildungsroman: Looking for Alaska - John Green, 4 stars, 9/3/20
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed: The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan, 3 1/2 stars, 12/19/20
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover: Pines - Blake Crouch, 3 1/2 stars, 1/7/20
9. A book with a map: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think - Hans Rosling, 4 stars, 3/13/20
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast or online book club: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America - Ibram X. Kendi, 5 stars, 7/30/20
11. An anthology: Scary Stories Treasury - Alvin Schwartz, 3 1/2 stars, 10/8/20
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test: Long Road to Mercy - David Baldacci, 4 stars, 1/22/20
13. A book that has the same name as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it: Open Season - C.J. Box, 3 stars, 4/5/20
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name: The Princess Diarist -Carrie Fisher, 3 1/2 stars, 2/28/20, kindle
15. A book about or involving social media: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green, 3 1/2 stars, 9/6/20
16. A book that has a book on the cover: Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale, 4 stars, 2/18/20
17. A medical thriller: The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton, 3 stars, 11/8/20
18. A book with a made-up language: Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer, 4 stars, 7/4/20
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C": All My Friends are Superheroes - Andrew Kaufman, 3 stars, 5/19/20
20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention: Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, 4 stars, 4/5/20
21. A book published the month of your birthday: The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier, 3 1/2 stars, 1/17/20
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM: Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer, 3 stars, 3/29/20
23. A book that won an award in 2019: The Institute - Stephen King, 5 stars, 3/26/20
24. A book on a subject that you know nothing about: Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand, 5 stars, 2/10/20
25. A book with only words on the cover, no graphics or images: Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution - John Paul Stevens, 4 stars, 2/11/20
26. A book with a pun in the title: Agent to the Stars - John Scalzi, 3 stars, 5/3/20
27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins: Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters, 4 stars, 2/27/20
28. A book with a robot, cyborg or AI character: The Wild Robot - Peter Brown, 4 stars, 2/14/20
29. A book with a bird on the cover: Number One Chinese Restaurant - Lillian Li, 3 1/2 stars, 2/24/20
30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader: The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court - Jeffrey Toobin, 4 stars, 9/14/20
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title: Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik, 5 stars, 9/28/20
32. A book by a WOC: Tempest - Beverly Jenkins, 4 stars, 2/12/20
33. A book with at least a 4 star rating on Good Reads: Hounded - Kevin Hearne, 3 1/2 stars, 1/13/20
34. A book you meant to read in 2019: March: Book Three - John Lewis, 5 stars, 9/23/20
35. A book with a three-word title: Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo, 4 stars, 3/7/20
36. A book with a pink cover: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling, 4 1/2 stars, 11/17/20
37. A western: News of the World - Paulette Jiles, 5 stars, 9/19/20
38. A book by or about a journalist: The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi, 4 1/2 stars, 3/31/20
39. Read a banned book during banned books week: The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X, 5 stars, 10/6/20, audible
40. Your favorite prompt from a past popsugar challenge: Sadie - Courtney Summers, 4 stars

ADVANCED
1. A book by an author in their 20s: Storm Front - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 5/25/20
2. A book with 20 or "twenty" in the title: Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: A Short Story - Agatha Christie, 10/6/20
3. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement: Middlegame - Seanan McGuire, 4 stars, 8/2/20
4. A book set in the 1920s: Relative Fortunes - Marlowe Benn, 4 stars, 11/11/20
5. A book set in Japan (host of the 2020 Olympics): The Girl from the Well - Rin Chupeco, 4 stars, 8/21/20
6. A book by an author that has written more than 20 books: Private - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, 3 stars, 1/3/20
7. A book with more than 20 letters in its title: To Be Taught, If Fortunate - Becky Chambers, 4 stars, 1/5/20
8. A book published in the 20th Century: Lightning - Dean Koontz, 4 stars, 1/5/20
9. A book from a series with more than 20 books: Guards! Guards! - Guards! Guards!, 4 stars, 12/2/20
10. A book with a main character in their 20s: Wisp of a Thing - Alex Bledsoe, 3 1/2 stars, 1/14/20

Around the Year
COMPLETED 12/13/20

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y: IQ - Joe Ide, 4 stars, 1/12/20
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable: Pines - Blake Crouch, 3 1/2 stars, 1/7/20
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019: March: Book Three - John Lewis, 5 stars, 9/23/20
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live: The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi, 4 1/2 stars, 3/31/20
5. The first book in a series that you have not started: Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer, 3 stars, 3/29/20
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover: Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne, 4 stars, 1/28/20
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere: The Lost Man - Jane Harper, 4 1/2 stars, 6/22/20
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The": The Deep - Rivers Solomon, 4 1/2 stars, 2/19/20
9. A book that can be read in a day: To Be Taught, If Fortunate - Becky Chambers, 4 stars, 1/5/20
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages: Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand, 5 stars, 2/10/20
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number: Hounded - Kevin Hearne, 3 1/2 stars, 1/13/20
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people: Private - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, 3 stars, 1/3/20
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge: The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame, 4 stars, 1/17/20
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers: The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters, 4 1/2 stars, 3/20/20
15. A book set in a global city: The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin, 4 stars, 6/15/20
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area: Wisp of a Thing - Alex Bledsoe, 3 1/2 stars, 1/14/20
17. A book with a neurodiverse character: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon, 4 stars, 5/29/20
18. A book by an author you've only read once before: Long Road to Mercy - David Baldacci, 4 stars, 1/22/20
19. A fantasy book: Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo, 4 stars, 3/7/20
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]: Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie, 4 stars, 12/5/20
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720: Hyperion - Dan Simmons, 3 1/2 stars, 12/8/20
22. A book with the major theme of survival: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Nathaniel Philbrick, 4 stars, 2/15/20
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author: Magic for Liars - Sarah Gailey, 4 1/2 stars, 3/21/20
24. A book with an emotion in the title: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers, 4 1/2 stars, 5/7/20
25. A book related to the arts: Johnny Cash: The Life - Robert Hilburn, 4 1/2 stars, 9/10/20
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards: The Institute - Stephen King, 5 stars, 3/26/20
27. A history or historical fiction: The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier, 3 1/2 stars, 1/17/20
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author: The Last Light of the Sun - Guy Gavriel Kay, 4 stars, 5/17/20
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book: Still So Strange - Amanda Downum, 4 1/2 stars, 12/13/20
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel, 4 stars, 4/25/20
31. A book inspired by a leading news story: A Fire Story - Brian Fies, 4 stars, 4/25/20
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan: The Girl from the Well - Rin Chupeco, 4 stars, 8/21/20
33. A book about a non-traditional family: All the Impossible Things - Lindsay Lackey, 4 stars, 8/13/20
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name: Tempest - Beverly Jenkins, 4 stars
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover: Recursion - Blake Crouch, 5 stars, 9/16/20
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim: Illusive - Emily Lloyd-Jones, 3 1/2 stars, 10/7/20
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry, 4 stars, 9/12/20
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2: Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie, 2 stars, 9/15/20
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce: Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys, 4 stars, 9/13/20
40. A book with a place name in the title: Looking for Alaska - John Green, 4 stars, 9/3/20
41. A mystery: Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters, 4 stars, 2/27/20, audio from library
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’: Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card, 4 stars, 2/24/20
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypseSay Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe, 4 1/2 stars, 4/28/20
44. A book related to witches: Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova, 4 1/2 stars, 8/3/20
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018: Network Effect - Martha Wells, 4 stars, 5/9/20
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire": The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X, 5 stars, 10/6/20, audible
47. A classic book you've always meant to read: A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens, 3 1/2 stars, 3/28/20
48. A book published in 2020: The Last Emperox - John Scalzi, 4 1/2 stars, 4/17/20
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win: The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke, 4 stars, 9/11/20
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover: The Lives of Tao - Wesley Chu
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title: The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi, 4 stars, 4/13/20
52. A book related to time: Lightning - Dean Koontz, 4 stars, 1/5/20

PBT Poll Ballot Tally

Team: Jade Dragons (Green)

1. Private - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, 3 stars, 1/3/20, CALIFORNIA
2. To Be Taught, If Fortunate - Becky Chambers, 4 stars, 1/5/20, TEXAS
3, Lightning - Dean Koontz, 4 stars, 1/5/20 KANSAS
4. Pines - Blake Crouch, 3 1/2 stars, 1/7/20, VIRGINIA
5. IQ - Joe Ide, 4 stars, 1/12/20, ILLINOIS
6. Hounded - Kevin Hearne, 3 1/2 stars, 1/13/20, MINNESOTA
7. Wisp of a Thing - Alex Bledsoe, 3 1/2 stars, 1/14/20, NORTH CAROLINA
8. The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier, 3 1/2 stars, 1/17/20, GEORGIA
9. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame, 4 stars, 1/17/20, FLORIDA
10. Long Road to Mercy - David Baldacci, 4 stars, 1/22/20, ARIZONA
11. Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne, 4 stars, 1/28/20, NEVADA
12. The Lives of Tao - Wesley Chu, NEW MEXICO
13. Southern Gods - John Hornor Jacobs, 4 stars, 2/5/20, MISSISSIPPI
14. Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand, 5 stars, 2/10/20, KENTUCKY
15. Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution - John Paul Stevens, 4 stars, 2/11/20, CONNECTICUT
16. Tempest - Beverly Jenkins, 4 stars, 2/12/20, WYOMING
17. The Wild Robot - Peter Brown, 4 stars, 2/14/20, OREGON
18. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Nathaniel Philbrick, 4 stars, 2/15/20, MARYLAND
19. Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale, 4 stars, 2/18/20, UTAH
20. The Deep - Rivers Solomon, 4 1/2 stars, 2/19/20, SOUTH CAROLINA
21. Number One Chinese Restaurant - Lillian Li, 3 1/2 stars, 2/24/20, OHIO
22. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card, 4 stars, 2/24/20, TEXAS
23. Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters, 4 stars, 2/27/20, ILLINOIS
24. The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher, 3 1/2 stars, 2/28/20, CALIFORNIA
25. Arrowood - Laura McHugh, 4 stars, 3/3/20, LOUISIANA
26. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo, 4 stars, 3/7/20, MINNESOTA
27. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think - Hans Rosling, 4 stars, 3/13/20, WASHINGTON
28. Matilda - Roald Dahl, 3 1/2 stars, 3/13/20, NEW YORK
29. Dragon Bones - Patricia Briggs, 4 stars, 3/17/20, MASSACHUSETTS
30. The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters, 4 1/2 stars, 3/20/20 MAINE
31. Magic for Liars - Sarah Gailey, 4 1/2 stars, 3/21/20, MASSACHUSETTS
32. The Institute - Stephen King, 5 stars, 3/26/20, MAINE
33. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens, 3 1/2 stars, 3/28/20, NEW YORK
34. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer, 3 stars, 3/29/20, LOUISIANA
35. The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi, 4 1/2 stars, 3/31/20, OREGON
36. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, 4 stars, 4/5/20, OHIO
37. Open Season - C.J. Box, 3 stars, 4/5/20, COLORADO
38. The Gone World - Tom Sweterlitsch, 4 1/2 stars, 4/9/20, VIRGINIA
39. The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi, 4 stars, 4/13/20, TEXAS
40. The Last Emperox - John Scalzi, 4 1/2 stars, 4/17/20, TEXAS
41. Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks, 3 stars, 4/20/20, TEXAS
42. A Fire Story - Brian Fies, 4 stars, 4/25/20, IDAHO
43. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel, 4 stars, 4/25/20, NEW YORK
44. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine, 4 stars, 4/25/20, TEXAS
45. Rosewater - Tade Thompson, 4 stars, 4/26/20, OREGON
46. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe, 4 1/2 stars, 4/28/20, CONNECTICUT
47. Searching for Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede, 4 stars, 5/1/20, MASSACHUSETTS
48. Agent to the Stars - John Scalzi, 3 stars, 5/3/20, CALIFORNIA
49. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers, 4 1/2 stars, 5/7/20, TEXAS
50. Network Effect - Martha Wells, 4 stars, 5/9/20, TEXAS
51. Kill the Farm Boy - Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne, 3 1/2 stars, 5/13/20, WISCONSIN
52. This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, 4 1/2 stars, 5/16/20, KANSAS
53. The Last Light of the Sun - Guy Gavriel Kay, 4 stars, 5/17/20, MINNESOTA
54. The Family Plot - Cherie Priest, 3 1/2 stars, 5/19/20, LOUISIANA
55. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - Steve Martin, 4 1/2 stars, 5/21/20 CALIFORNIA
56. Storm Front - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 5/25/20, NEW JERSEY
57. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 5/26/20, MASSACHUSETTS
58. Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life - David Treuer, 4 1/2 stars, 5/28/20, MICHIGAN
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon, 4 stars, 5/29/20, NEW YORK
60. Brightness Falls from the Air - James Tiptree Jr., 3 1/2 stars, 6/3/20, CALIFORNIA
61. A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer, 3 stars, 6/6/20, VIRGINIA
62. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 6/6/20, MASSACHUSETTS
63. Summer Knight - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 6/12/20, MAINE
64. Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo, 4 stars, 6/13/20, CALIFORNIA
65. The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin, 4 stars, 6/15/20, IOWA
66. Death Masks - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 6/20/20, ILLINOIS
67. The Lost Man - Jane Harper, 4 1/2 stars, 6/22/20, NEBRASKA
68. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky - Kwame Mbalia, 4 stars, 6/28/20, FLORIDA
69. Blood Rites - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 7/2/20, MASSACHUSETTS
70. A Minute to Midnight - David Baldacci, 4 stars, 7/3/20, ARIZONA
71. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer, 4 stars, 7/4/20, FLORIDA
72. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix, 4 1/2 stars, 7/5/20, LOUISIANA
73. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt, 7/12/20, LOUISIANA
74. Long Black Curl - Alex Bledsoe, 4 stars, 7/19/20, NORTH CAROLINA
75. The Troupe - Robert Jackson Bennett, 4 stars, 7/22/20, LOUISIANA
76. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America - Ibram X. Kendi, 5 stars, 7/30/20, ALABAMA
77. Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova, 4 1/2 stars, 8/3/20, MASSACHUSETTS
78. Dead Beat - Jim Butcher, 4 stars, 8/5/20, ILLINOIS
79. Castle Hangnail - Ursula Vernon, 4 stars, 8/7/20, FLORIDA
80. Witchmark - C.L. Polk, 4 1/2 stars, 8/8/20, MASSACHUSETTS
81. Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman, 4 stars, 8/8/20, CALIFORNIA
82. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein, 4 stars, 8/13/20, VERMONT
83. All the Impossible Things - Lindsay Lackey, 4 stars, 8/13/20, KANSAS
84. Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 4 1/2 stars, 8/16/20, IDAHO
85. The Girl from the Well - Rin Chupeco, 4 stars, 8/21/20, MASSACHUSETTS
86. Minor Mage - T. Kingfisher, 4 stars, 8/24/20, MASSACHUSETTS
87. Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks & the Sea - Peter Benchley, 4 stars, 8/26/20, IDAHO
88. The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin, 4 stars, 8/26/20, TEXAS
89. The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South - Michael W. Twitty, 5 stars, 9/1/20, GEORGIA
90. Looking for Alaska - John Green, 4 stars, 9/3/20, ILLINOIS
91. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green, 3 1/2 stars, 9/6/20, TEXAS
92. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote, 3 1/2 stars, 9/7/20, NEW JERSEY
93. Johnny Cash: The Life - Robert Hilburn, 4 1/2 stars, 9/10/20, TENNESSEE
94: The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke, 4 stars, 9/11/20, MARYLAND
95: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry, 4 stars, 9/12/20, FLORIDA
96. Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys, 4 stars, 9/13/20, ARIZONA
97. The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court - Jeffrey Toobin, 4 stars, 9/14/20, CONNECTICUT
98. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie, 2 stars, 9/15/20, FLORIDA
99. Recursion - Blake Crouch, 5 stars, 9/16/20, OHIO
100. News of the World - Paulette Jiles, 5 stars, 9/19/20, MISSOURI
101. Mary Poppins - P.L. Travers, 4 stars, 9/20/20, FLORIDA
102. March: Book Three - John Lewis, 5 stars, 9/23/20, VIRGINIA
103. Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik, 5 stars, 9/28/20, PENNSYLVANIA
104. Daughters of the Lake - Wendy Webb, 3 1/2 stars, 10/3/20, MICHIGAN
105. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein, 3 1/2 stars, 10/5/20, INDIANA
106. The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X, 5 stars, 10/6/20, audible, ALABAMA

PBT BINGO

N-1999: Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand, 5 stars, 2/10/20
B-1975:Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters, 4 stars, 2/27/20
G-2009: The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters, 4 1/2 stars, 3/20/20
N-1991: Searching for Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede, 4 stars, 5/1/20
G-2003: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon, 4 stars, 5/29/20
B-1971: The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin, 4 stars, 8/26/20
I-1986: Shards of Honor - Lois McMaster Bujold, 3 1/2 stars, 12/22/20
O-2016: Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys, 4 stars, 9/13/20
N-1993
O-2019 Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones - Micah Dean Hicks, 3 1/2 stars, 12/31/20

Read One Book for Each PBT Theme

January: Thriller: Private - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, 3 stars, 1/3/20
February: Survival: The Wild Robot - Peter Brown, 4 stars, 2/14/20
March: Journalism: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think - Hans Rosling, 4 stars, 3/13/20
April: Science Fiction: The Gone World - Tom Sweterlitsch, 4 1/2 stars, 4/9/20
May: Comedy: Searching for Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede, 4 stars, 5/1/20
June: Suspense: A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer, 3 stars, 6/6/20
July: Southern: A Minute to Midnight - David Baldacci, 4 stars, 7/3/20; BLM: Topdog/Underdog - Suzan-Lori Parks, 3 1/2 stars, 7/18/20
August: Witches: Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova, 4 1/2 stars, 8/3/20
September: Psychological: Looking for Alaska - John Green, 4 stars, 9/3/20
October:Animals: The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein, 3 1/2 stars, 10/5/20
November: Book to Screen: Stories of Your Life and Others- Ted Chiang, 4 stars, 11/3/20
December: International: Disco For The Departed - Colin Cotterill, 4 stars, 12/12/20

Read 75 Books Part Two

113. Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: A Short Story - Agatha Christie, 10/6/20, audible
114. Illusive - Emily Lloyd-Jones, 3 1/2 stars, 10/7/20, audible
115. Scary Stories Treasury - Alvin Schwartz, 3 1/2 stars, 10/8/20, audio from library
116. Hollow Kingdom - Kira Jane Buxton, 4 stars, 10/12/20, kindle
117. Ghostsitter - A Crazy Inheritance - Tommy Krappweis, 2 stars, 10/12/20, audible
118. Feed - Mira Grant, 4 stars, 10/19/20, audio from hoopla
119. First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones, 3 1/2 stars, 10/20/20, kindle
120. Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers - Chris Grabenstein, 3 1/2 stars, 10/21/20, audio
121. How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals - Sy Montgomery, 3 stars, 10/24/20, audio from library
122. Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake, 3 1/2 stars, 10/24/20, audio from library
123. They Called Us Enemy - George Takei, 4 1/2 stars, 10/24/20, kindle from library
124. Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell, 4 1/2 stars, 10/28/20, kindle from library
125. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson, 4 stars, 10/28/20, audio
126. Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green & David Levithan, 5 stars, 10/30/20, audio
126. The Black Cauldron - Lloyd Alexander, 3 1/2 stars, 10/31/20, kindle
127. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask - Anton Treuer, 4 stars, 11/2/20, audio from library
128. Stories of Your Life and Others- Ted Chiang, 4 stars, 11/3/20, kindle (owned) and audio from library
129. Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton - Matt Phelan, 4 stars, 11/3/20, dtb from library
130. The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton, 3 stars, 11/8/20, ebook from library
131. Sadie - Courtney Summers, 4 stars, 11/8/20, audio book from library
132. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America - Thomas King, 4 stars, 11/10/20, audio book from library
133. Relative Fortunes - Marlowe Benn, 4 stars, 11/11/20, kindle
134. Elatsoe - Darcie Little Badger, 4 stars, 11/17/20, audio from library
135. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling, 4 1/2 stars, 11/17/20, audio from library
136. The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson, 3 1/2 stars, 11/19/20, kindle
137. Guards! Guards! - Guards! Guards!, 4 stars, 12/2/20, kindle from library
138. Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie, 4 stars, kindle
139. Lifeboat 12 - Susan Hood, 3 1/2 stars, 12/8/20, audio
140. Hyperion - Dan Simmons, 3 1/2 stars, 12/8/20, audio
141. Disco For The Departed - Colin Cotterill, 4 stars, 12/12/20, audio from library
142. Still So Strange - Amanda Downum, 4 1/2 stars, 12/13/20, kindle
143. Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Goose - Stephanie Laurens, 4 stars, 12/15/20, audio from Audible plus
144. The Hidden Oracle - Rick Riordan, 3 1/2 stars, 12/19/20, kindle
145. Uncanny Magazine Issue 37: November / December 2020, 4 stars, 12/20/20, kindle
146. The Santas - D.J. Molles, 4 stars, 12/21/20, kindle
147. Shards of Honor - Lois McMaster Bujold, 3 1/2 stars, 12/22/20, audible
148. A Christmas Carol: A Signature Performance by Tim Curry - Charles Dickens, 4 stars, 12/24/20, audible
149. Finna - Nino Cipri, 4 stars, 12/27/20, audio on hoopla
150. The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune, 4 1/2 stars, 12/30/20, kindle
151. Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones - Micah Dean Hicks, 3 1/2 stars, 12/31/20, audio from library

Poll Tally Ballot Part Two

107. Illusive - Emily Lloyd-Jones, 3 1/2 stars, 10/7/20, NEW JERSEY
108. Scary Stories Treasury - Alvin Schwartz, 3 1/2 stars, 10/8/20, MASSACHUSETTS
109. Hollow Kingdom - Kira Jane Buxton, 4 stars, 10/12/20, MONTANA
110. Ghostsitter - A Crazy Inheritance - Tommy Krappweis, 2 stars, 10/12/20, ILLINOIS
111. Feed - Mira Grant, 4 stars, 10/19/20, KENTUCKY
112. First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones, 3 1/2 stars, 10/20/20, NEW JERSEY
113. Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers - Chris Grabenstein, 3 1/2 stars, 10/21/20, VIRGINIA
114. How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals - Sy Montgomery, 3 stars, 10/24/20, MISSISSIPPI
115. Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake, 3 1/2 stars, 10/24/20, LOUISIANA
116. They Called Us Enemy - George Takei, 4 1/2 stars, 10/24/20, CALIFORNIA
117. Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell, 4 1/2 stars, 10/28/20, ILLINOIS
118. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson, 4 stars, 10/28/20, FLORIDA
119. Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green & David Levithan, 5 stars, 10/30/20, MICHIGAN
120. book:The Black Cauldron|24784] - Lloyd Alexander, 3 1/2 stars, 10/31/20, FLORIDA
121. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask - Anton Treuer, 4 stars, 11/2/20, ARKANSAS
122. Stories of Your Life and Others- Ted Chiang, 4 stars, 11/3/20, OHIO