Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2021

As always, this challenge restricted books added to TBR prior to the year it's being played so books must be on TBR prior to 1 January 2021.

Draw X number of cards
Change following options
1. Step 1: Draw X [enter number of cards you'd like to draw following your goal for this challenge] card(s) from 5 shuffled decks
2. Step 2: Tick Jokers to include them in decks
3. Step 3: Tick "Show cards as text instead of images" (so you can just copy & paste)
4. Step 4: Draw Cards

The cards suits indicate the bands of initials of author's first name:


An exception made for X & Z, for author's name to contain such letter instead of being initial, if needed

The cards values indicate the initial of author's last name, as follows;


Jokers: Read any book that has been on your TBR prior to 1 January 2021

NOTE: If you don't have a book on your TBR to fit a certain draw, scratch that off and draw again.

You may choose a level as follows:
5 books (5 vowels in the alphabet)
12 books (12 characters in 'PICK-A-SHELF')
26 books (26 letters)
52 books (52 cards in a deck)

Feel free to plan ahead... Just go on your own pace, you can always level up :)

Examples:
Card 1: Eight of Spades
Eight -> author's last name to start with H or U
Spades -> author's first name range S-Z

I could read a book from any of following authors:
Underwood, Terry
Hague, William
Hall, Sarah
Hallinan, Timothy
Hannah, Sophie
Hannigan, Tim
Hansen, Valerie
Hardcastle, Sophie
Hardie, Titania
Harding, Traci
Hardy, Thomas
Harris, Tessa
Hartnett, Sonya
Hawke, Sam
Hawkins, Scott
Hayes, S.B.
Hazzard, Shirley
Higgins, Wendy
Hill, Susan
Hislop, Victoria
Hoag, Tami
Hodgson, William Hope
Holland, Sara
Holt, Tom
Hua, Vanessa
Hugo, Victor
Hunt, Stephen
Hurston, Zora Neale

Card 2: Nine of Diamonds
Nine -> author's last name to start with I or V
Diamonds -> author's first name range G-L

I could read a book from any of following authors:
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt
Viggers, Karen
Vidal, Gore
Verne, Jules
Venter, Irma
Veitch, Kate
VanderMeer, Jeff
Vallance, Jess
Ibsen, Henrik
Irvine, Ian
Irving, John
Ishiguro, Kazuo

Angela

Anna's Reading Life

Ashley

Bea

Charity

Christina

David

Dee

Dree

Elvenn

Jacm COMPLETED

Jammin Jenny

Joanna

Joyce

Lagullande

LaurLa

Lusie

Lyn (Readinghearts)

Marina (Sonnenbarke)

Mary

Mary OH

Meg

Michelle FL

Michelle M

Rosemary

Sherri

Susan

The Drowsy Bookworm

Tien

I'm in! My goal will be 26 books - Progress 26/26
FINISHED nov-27!

✅1. Two of Hearts M-R | B or O
Peter Brown - The Wild Robot
✅2. Two of Diamonds G-L | B or O
Liz Byrski - A Month of Sundays
✅3. Three of Spades S-Z | C or P
Tea Cooper - The Naturalist's Daughter
✅4. Four of Diamonds G-L | D or Q
Junot Díaz - This Is How You Lose Her
✅5. Four of Diamonds G-L | D or Q
Joan Didion - The Year of Magical Thinking
✅ 6.Five of Clubs A-F | E or R
Anna Romer - Under the Midnight Sky
✅7.Five of Clubs A-F | E or R
Amal El-Mohtar - This Is How You Lose the Time War
✅8.Six of Hearts M-R | F or S
Francesco Marciuliano - I Could Pee On This: And Other Poems By Cats
✅9.Seven of Clubs A-F | G or T
Anissa Gray - The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
✅10.Seven of Clubs A-F | G or T
Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet
✅11.Seven of Diamonds G-L | G or T
Kate Grenville - A Room Made of Leaves
✅12.Seven of Hearts M-R | G or T
Rebecca Giggs - Fathoms: The World in the Whale
✅13.Seven of Hearts M-R | G or T
Poppy Gee - Vanishing Falls
✅14.Eight of Spades S-Z | H or U
Susan Hurley - Eight Lives
✅15.Nine of Clubs A-F | I or V
Brian K Vaughan - Paper Girls, Vol. 4
✅16.Nine of Spades S-Z | I or V
Yanis Varoufakis - Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present
✅17.Ten of Spades S-Z | J or W
Tommy Wallach - We All Looked Up
✅18.Jack of Hearts M-R | K or X
Mindy Kaling - Why Not Me?
✅19.Jack of Spades S-Z | K or X
Sue Monk Kidd- The Book of Longings
✅20.Queen of Diamonds G-L | L or Y
Kim Liggett - The Grace Year
✅21.Queen of Diamonds G-L | L or Y
Julia Leigh - The Hunter
✅22.Queen of Clubs A-F | L or Y
Banana Yoshimoto - Kitchen
✅23.Queen of Hearts M-R | L or Y
Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger
✅24.Queen of Spades S-Z | L or Y
Stephanie Laurens - By Winter's Light
✅25.King of Spades S-Z | M or Z
Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic
✅26.King of Diamonds G-L | M or Z
Jaclyn Moriarty - Feeling Sorry for Celia

I'm going with 12!
Completed 12/12 FINISHED!

✔ 1. Three of Spades: S-Z , C or P
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian
✔ 2. Six of Hearts: M-R, F or S
The Tenderness of Stones
✔ 3. Seven of Spades: S-Z, G or T
Kim Reaper Vol. 1: Grim Beginnings
✔ 4. Two of Spades: S-Z, B or O
The Best We Could Do
✔ 5. Five of Hearts: M-R, E or R
The House
✔ 6. Nine of Hearts: M-R, I or V
Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience
✔ 7. Four of Clubs: A-F, D or Q
Iqbal
✔ 8. Eight of Hearts: M-R, H or U
Postal, Vol. 1
✔ 9. Seven of Diamonds: G-L, G or T
Hell Hound
✔ 10. Queen of Hearts: M-R, L or Y
Anastasia: Part 1
✔ 11. Four of Clubs: A-F, D or Q
Upgrade Soul
✔ 12. Four of Hearts: M-R, D or Q
The Lover

52/52 Books read as at 12/22

Card: First | Last

🗸 1. Seven of Clubs: A-F | G or T
Claudia Gray - Ten Thousand Skies Above You (Firebird #2) -Read 03/31

🗸 2. Black Joker: FREE choice:
C.S. Pacat - Fence, Vol. 1 -Read 01/01

🗸 3. Red Joker: FREE choice
Samantha Shannon - The Priory of the Orange Tree -Read 02/02

🗸 4. King of Spades: S-Z | M or Z
Shirley Marr - A Glasshouse of Stars -Read 03/29

🗸 5. Five of Clubs: A-F | E or R
B. Michael Radburn - The Crossing (Taylor Bridges #1) -Read 01/27

🗸 6. Five of Spades: S-Z | E or R:
Susana López Rubio - The Price of Paradise -Read 01/24

🗸 7. Five of Diamonds: G-L | E or R
J.D. Robb - Naked in Death (In Death #1) -Read 03/11

🗸 8. Four of Diamonds: G-L | D or Q
Lauren DeStefano - Wither (The Chemical Garden #1) -Read 05/29

🗸 9. Four of Spades: S-Z | D or Q
Susan Duncan - Salvation Creek -Read 06/21

🗸 10. Nine of Diamonds: G-L | I or V
Jess Vallance - The Yellow Room -Read 09/30

🗸 11. Nine of Clubs: A-F | I or V
Catherynne M. Valente - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland #1) -Read 06/10

🗸 12. Nine of Clubs: A-F | I or V
Eugene Vodolazkin - Laurus -Read 07/04

🗸 13. Two of Clubs: A-F | B or O
David Baldacci - The Escape (John Puller #3) -Read 03/15

🗸 14. Three of Spades: S-Z | C or P
Tom Clancy - The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan #3) -Read 01/28

🗸 15. Ace of Hearts: M-R | A or N
Phoebe North - Starglass (Starglass #1) -Read 01/16

🗸 16. Jack of Clubs: A-F | K or X
Christopher J. Koch - The Year of Living Dangerously -Read 11/22

🗸 17. Ace of Hearts: M-R | A or N
Patrick Ness - The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking #2) -Read 02/15

🗸 18. Five of Clubs: A-F | E or R
B. Michael Radburn - The Falls (Taylor Bridges #2) -Read 02/10

🗸 19. Ten of Hearts: M-R | J or W
N.K. Jemisin - The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood #2) -Read 01/12

🗸 20. Nine of Clubs: A-F | I or V
Alyssa Rose Ivy - Focus (The Crescent Chronicles #2) -Read 11/14

🗸 21. Two of Clubs: A-F | B or O
Caragh M. O'Brien - Birthmarked (Birthmarked #1) -Read 04/30

🗸 22. Nine of Diamonds: G-L | I or V
Kazuo Ishiguro - The Buried Giant -Read 10/16

🗸 23. King of Spades: S-Z | M or Z
Wayne Macauley - Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe -Read 07/10

🗸 24. King of Clubs: A-F | M or Z
B.P. Marshall - The Last Circus on Earth -Read 01/23

🗸 25. Jack of Clubs: A-F | K or X
Eka Kurniawan - Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash -Read 12/07

🗸 26. Four of Clubs: A-F | D or Q
Charles Dickens - Hard Times -Read 06/23

🗸 27. Ace of Diamonds: G-L | A or N
Garth Nix - The Left-Handed Booksellers of London -Read 02/21

🗸 28. Six of Clubs: A-F | F or S
Alli Sinclair - Dreaming Of Spain (Wandering Skies #1.5)

🗸 29. Seven of Clubs: A-F | G or T
Alison Gervais - The Silence Between Us -Read 03/26

🗸 30. Eight of Hearts: M-R | H or U
Rosanne Hawke - Daughter of Nomads (The Tales of Jahani #1) -Read 06/04

31. Four of Hearts: M-R | D or Q
Julie C. Dao - Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Rise of the Empress #1)

🗸 32. Seven of Clubs: A-F | G or T
Claudia Gray - A Million Worlds with You (Firebird #3) -Read 07/28

🗸 33. Two of Diamonds: G-L | B or O
L.J.M. Owen - The Great Divide -Read 01/24

🗸 34. Eight of Hearts: M-R | H or U
Nicola Upson - Angel with Two Faces (Josephine Tey #2) -Read 08/13

🗸 35. Five of Diamonds: G-L | E or R
Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea -Read 08/13

🗸 36. Five of Hearts: M-R | E or R
Romina Russell - Zodiac (Zodiac #1) -Read 02/19

🗸 37. Eight of Diamonds: G-L | H or U
Jane Harper - Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) -Read 03/10

🗸 38. Four of Clubs: A-F | D or Q
Anh Do - Wolf Girl 2: The Great Escape (Wolf Girl #2) -Read 06/23

🗸 39. Ten of Clubs: A-F | J or W
Elizabeth Wein - Black Dove, White Raven -Read 12/22

🗸 40. Nine of Diamonds: G-L | I or V
Gore Vidal - Myra Breckinridge -Read 12/05

🗸 41. Two of Spades: S-Z | B or O
William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch -Read 02/12

🗸 42. Black Joker: FREE choice
D.B.C. Pierre - Release the Bats: Writing Your Way Out Of It -Read 01/12

🗸 43. Seven of Diamonds: G-L | G or T
Kerry Greenwood - Unnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher #19) -Read 01/05

🗸 44. Eight of Spades: S-Z | H or U
Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God -Read 02/03

🗸 45. King of Diamonds: G-L | M or Z
Guy de Maupassant - Pierre and Jean -Read 01/06

🗸 46. Nine of Clubs: A-F | I or V
Alyssa Rose Ivy - Beckoning Light (The Afterglow Trilogy #1) -Read 12/17

47. Ace of Spades: S-Z | A or N:
Steven Amsterdam - Things We Didn't See Coming -Read 01/07

🗸 48. Queen of Spades: S-Z | L or Y
Stephen Lacey - Sandstone -Read 01/20

🗸 49. Seven of Hearts: M-R | G or T
Philip Kan Gotanda - Sisters Matsumoto -Read 03/24

🗸 50. Four of Diamonds: G-L | D or Q
Helen H. Durrant - Dead Wrong (Calladine & Bayliss #1) -Read 12/21

🗸 51. Three of Clubs: A-F | C or P:
Andrea Camilleri - The Patience of the Spider (Commissario Montalbano #8) -Read 01/02

🗸 52. Black Joker: FREE choice
Maria V. Snyder - Defending the Galaxy (Sentinels of the Galaxy #3) -Read 01/03

Moving Mountains 2021
Jan 1 - dec 31, 2021

Read: 12/12

* books must be on your TBR prior to 1 January 2021
*Card: FN/LN

✔ Ace of Diamonds: G-L | A or N Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews [8-jan-2021] ★★★
✔ Two of Spades: S-Z | B or O Here Be Dragons by Sharon J. Bolton [3-jan-2021] ★★★
✔ Three of Clubs: A-F | C or P When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton [16-feb-2021] ★★★
✔ Four of Diamonds: G-L | D or Q The Other Miss Bridgertonby Julia Quinn [13-jan-2021] ★★★
✔ Four of Spades: S-Z | D or Q The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen [9-feb-2021] ★★
✔ Six of Hearts: M-R | F or S Famous in Love by Rebecca Serle[27-jan-2021] ★★★
✔ Seven of Diamonds: G-L | G or T The Magicians by Lev Grossman [11-feb-2021] ★★★
✔ Eight of Diamonds: G-L | H or U An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks[24-jan-2021] ★★
✔ Ten of Diamonds G-L | J or W Mysteries by Graham Wilson [4-mar-2021] ★★★
✔ King of Hearts: M-R | M or Z Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer [10-jan-2021] ★★★
✔ Ace of Spades: S-Z | A or N Recipes for Love and Murder by Sally Andrew [14-mar-2021] ★★
✔ Black Joker: Free Choice The Honey-Don't List [2-jan-2021] ★★★

Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2021 FINISHED

Read: 12/12

Card: FN / LN

1. Queen of Diamonds: G-L / L or Y
Good Girls by Karen Young Read 8/10/21 - 4*

2. Nine of Spades: S-Z / I or V
Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland Read 8/25/21 - 3*

3. Ace of Diamonds: G-L / A or N
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer Read 10/20/21 - 4*

4. Two of Spades: S-Z / B or O
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell Read 9/6/21 - 3*

5. Queen of Spades: S-Z / L or Y
Signs in the Blood by Vicki Lane Read 9/6/21 - 4*

6. Eight of Hearts: M-R / H or U
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson Read 4/20/21 - 4*

7. Five of Diamonds: G-L / E or R
Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich Read 3/7/21 - 4*

8. Four of Clubs: A-F / D or Q
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens Read 2/26/21 - 4*

9. Five of Spades: S-Z / E or R
Who Saw Him Die? by Sheila Radley Read 4/2/21 - 3*

10. Ten of Diamonds: G-L / J or W
The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen Read 4/13/21 - 4*

11. Four of Hearts: M-R / D or Q
Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection by Matt Dembicki Read 2/12/21 - 3*

12. Nine of Hearts: M-R / I or V
My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent Read 3/28/21 - 4*

Count me in with 12 books!    ~ ~ ~ ~ ~    Read: 6 of 12

Cards:

Nine of Hearts -> I or V  ­­­·  M-R -> Ricardo Ibarlucía (Vampiria) ✔
King of Diamonds -> M or Z  ­­­·  G-L -> L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables) ✔
Five of Clubs -> E or R  ­­­·  A-F -> Anne Rice (Blackwood Farm) ✔
Eight of Diamonds -> H or U  ­­­·  G-L -> Keigo Higashino (A Midsummer's Equation) ✔
Red Joker -> Charlaine Harris (Day Shift) ✔
Ten of Spades -> J or W  ­­­·  S-Z -> ?
Ace of Clubs -> A or N  ­­­·  A-F -> Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
Nine of Clubs -> I or V  ­­­·  A-F -> Fred Vargas (Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand)
Ten of Hearts -> J or W  ­­­·  M-R -> P.D. James (The Skull Beneath the Skin)
Jack of Diamonds -> K or X  ­­­·  G-L -> ?
Queen of Diamonds -> L or Y  ­­­·  G-L -> Jeff Lindsay (Dexter by Design)
Nine of Diamonds -> I or V  ­­­·  G-L -> Kazuo Ishiguro (A Pale View of Hills) ✔

I'll start with 12...

Read: 7/12

Completed:
Five of Clubs: A-F | E or R: The Shadow of the Wind - 1/4/21
Ten of Hearts: M-R | J or W: All Systems Red - 1/5/21
Five of Diamonds: G-L | E or R: Judgment in Death - 1/11/21
King of Spades: S-Z | M or Z: Unlocked - 1/13/21
Seven of Spades: S-Z | G or T: Transcendent Kingdom - 3/2/21
Three of Hearts: M-R | C or P: Dangerous Women - 5/17/21


Cards/Planning:
Ten of Diamonds: G-L | J or W
The Tooth Fairy

Four of Clubs: A-F | D or Q
Edwidge Danticat
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
The Last Days of Dogtown
Charles Dickens
Sister of My Heart
Astray
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

Jack of Diamonds: G-L | K or X
Shadow of the Fox
Opium and Absinthe
Tigana
Mr. Ding’s Chicken Feet: On a Slow Boat from Shanghai to Texas
The Heretic's Daughter
The First Time She Drowned
Freakling
Gabriel's Gift

Six of Diamonds: G-L | F or S
Alone in Berlin
Roar Lion Roar
Then We Came to the End
The Last Dragonslayer
Gone Girl
Here I Am
Slut Lullabies
The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
Whatever Gods May Be
Peony in Love
Dreams of Joy
Burnt Shadows
A Handbook of American Prayer
The Fig Eater
Super Sad True Love Story
The Russian Debutante's Handbook
The Gravedigger's Story
Some Luck
The Vine Witch
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade
The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin
Three Bags Full
The Light of Day

Black Joker: Free Space

Goal: 12 books
Progress: 2/12 (16.67%)

First Name/Last Name
Draws:
✿Five of Clubs A-F/E, R = Siracusa - Delia Ephron
Six of Hearts M-R/F, S = Falling Together - Marisa de los Santos
Five of Clubs A-F/E, R = The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
King of Spades S-Z/M, Z = A Sound Among the Trees - Susan Meissner
Two of Hearts M-R/B, O = The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Ten of Spades S-Z/J, W = Esther the Wonder Pig - Steve Jenkins
Two of Clubs A-F/B, O = Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands - Chris Bohjalian
✿Five of Hearts M-R/E, R = Evergreen - Rebecca Rasmussen
Ace of Spades S-Z/A, N = Forever Beach - Shelley Noble
Ace of Hearts M-R/A, N = You Will Know Me - Megan Abbott
Jack of Clubs A-F/K, X = The Lion, The Lamb, The Hunted - Andrew E. Kaufman
King of Hearts M-R/M, Z = Dude, Where's My Country? - Michael Moore

Me too! with 12 books.
Finished 16 June 21

✔ 1. Black Joker - any book on TBR before 31/12/20
Hand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh, 19 Jan 21 - on TBR since Jan 2020

✔ 2. Four of Clubs - A-F / D or Q
Underworld by Don DeLillo, 23 Jan 21 - on TBR since Oct 2019

✔ 3. Six of Clubs - A-F / F or S
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, 2 Feb 21 - on TBR since Mar 2017

✔ 4. Nine of Clubs - A-F / I or V
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson, 26 Feb 21

✔ 5. King of Clubs - A-F / M or Z
Farewell Leicester Square by Betty Miller, 2 Jan 21

✔ 6. Two of Diamonds - G-L / B or O
The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun, 20 Mar 21

✔ 7. Six of Diamonds - G-L / F or S
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson, 14 Mar 21

✔ 8. Seven of Hearts - M-R / G or T
Plats Du Jour by Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd, 4 Apr 21

✔ 9. Nine of Hearts - M-R / I or V
Self-Made Man: My Year Disguised as a Man by Norah Vincent, 25 Feb 21

✔ 10. Queen of Hearts - M-R / L or Y
Tory Heaven or Thunder on the Right by Marghanita Laski, 16 June 21

✔ 11. Six of Spades - S-Z / F or S
The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon, 28 Apr 21

✔ 12. Jack of Spades - S-Z / K or X
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, 7 Jan 21

Sign me up, please! I'm going with 12 books.

Total books read: 6/12

✔︎Black Joker: free choice - A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George - read 06/02
✔Two of Spades: S-Z | B or O - The King of the Cats by Stephen Vincent Benét - read 08/01
✔︎Six of Diamonds: G-L | F or S - Il muro by Jean-Paul Sartre - read 18/07
✔Nine of Clubs: A-F | I or V - Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim - read 07/01
Ten of Clubs: A-F | J or W
✔︎Five of Clubs: A-F | E or R - Murder on the 18th Green by Federico Maria Rivalta - read 08/05
Four of Clubs: A-F | D or Q
Jack of Hearts: M-R | K or X
Four of Spades: S-Z | D or Q
Three of Hearts: M-R | C or P
Three of Spades: S-Z | C or P
✔Ten of Hearts: M-R | J or W - The Wind in the Rosebush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - read 06/09

i sucked at 2020 because of the publishing year - hopefully 2021 is better

starting with 12

King of Spades - last name M, Z; first name S-Z
Jack of Diamonds - last name K, X; first name G-L
Six of Spades - last name F, S; first name S-Z
Eight of Clubs - last name H, U; first name A-F
Six of Diamonds - last name F, S; first name G-L
Eight of Hearts - last name H, U; first name M-R
Seven of Hearts - last name G, T; first name M-R
Two of Diamonds - last name B, O; first name G-L
Three of Clubs - last name C, P; first name A-F
Four of Clubs - last name D, Q; first name A-F
Ten of Hearts - last name J, W; first name M-R
Ace of Diamonds - last name A, N; first name G-L

Dee wrote: "i sucked at 2020 because of the publishing year -..."

what do you mean?

Read: 2/12 books

1. Red Joker: Free Choice
Kandide and the Secret of the Mists - 3/27/2021

2. Nine of Spades: S-Z | I or V
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
User Unfriendly by Vivian Vande Velde

3. Nine of Spades: S-Z | I or V
(see #2)

4. Two of Clubs: A-F | B or O
The Initiation by Chris Babu
The Finisher by David Baldacci
Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton
Relativity by Cristin Bishara
Taken by Erin Bowman
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
Wish by Alexandra Bullen
Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
Resonance by Erica O'Rourke
The Third Twin by C.J. Omololu

5. King of Hearts: M-R | M or Z
Remembrance by Michelle Madow
The Legend of Lady Ilena by Patricia Malone
Scorched by Mari Mancusi
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Made for You by Melissa Marr
Bumped by Megan McCafferty
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
Dragonflight by Megan McCafferty
The Listener by Maris E. McCambley
Soundless by Richelle Mead
Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Betrayal by Mayandree Michel
Peter Raven Under Fire by Michael Molloy
Nocturna by Maya Motayne
If I Wake by Nikki Moyes
Ashfall by Mike Mullin

6. Nine of Spades: S-Z | I or V Three of Clubs: A-F | C or P
The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta
Entangled by A.R. Capetta
Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter
Pawn by Aimee Carter
Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
Dualed by Elsie Chapman
Divided by Elsie Chapman
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Whisper by Emma Clayton
Fell by David Clement-Davies
Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies
Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Acid by Emma Pass
The Fearless by Emma Pass
Revived by Cat Patrick
The Originals by Cat Patrick
DragonSpell by Donita K. Paul
House by Frank E. Peretti
Spells by Aprilynne Pike
Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike
After the End by Amy Plum
Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
Want by Cindy Pon
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

7. Black Joker: Free Choice
The Secret of Platform 13 - 6/26/2021

8. Eight of Spades: S-Z | H or U
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Line by Teri Hall
Infinity Lost by S. Harrison
Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
Everless by Sara Holland

9. Two of Spades: S-Z | B or O
Glimpse by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
H2O by Virginia Bergin
Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow
Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black
Outside by Shalini Boland
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes

10. Jack of Hearts: M-R | K or X
Enter Title Here by Rahul Kanakia
Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl
Whisper by Phoebe Kitanidis
Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis
Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling

11. Nine of Hearts: M-R | I or V
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

12. Six of Spades: S-Z | F or S
Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine
Of Dreams and Rust by Sarah Fine
The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sarif
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
Beyond Bridalveil Fall by Sheryl Seal
The Perfectionists by Sara Shepard
Alive by Scott Sigler
Timekeeper by Tara Sim
Sparked by Sheena Snow
Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

Charity's Moving Mountains List:

1. Eight of Clubs - Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality by Barbara Haggerty
2. Eight of Diamonds - Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life by Jenna Bush Hager - Read 4/22/2021
3. Six of Diamonds - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
4. King of Spades - Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas - Read 1/31/2021
5. Two of Clubs - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - Read 4/8/2021
6. Seven of Spades - Virtual Light by William Gibson
7. Four of Hearts - George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl - Read 4/16/2021
8. Ace of Hearts - Brainwashed by Paul Aertker
9. Eight of Spades - The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale - Read 4/28/2021
10. Eight of Hearts - Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix - Read 4/19/2021
11. Five of Clubs - Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs by Emerson Eggerich
12. Five of Hearts - Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman

Tien wrote: "Dee wrote: "i sucked at 2020 because of the publishing year -..."

what do you mean?"

i ended up with a probably a third that were in the published pre 1900's to 1975 range and not many books that fit those

ah yes, I see what you mean - you could've scratched those out & redraw but those range of years is a struggle for me too. Hopefully this year will not be that much of a struggle :)

Progress 0/5
Going to shoot for 5 then level up if meet my goal!

Cards Drawn
Here are your 5 cards, drawn from a total of 54:

Two of Diamonds | First name G-L | Last Name B or O
Moxyland by Lauren Beukes

Four of Spades | First name S-Z | Last Name D or Q
The Queen of Blood Sarah Beth Durst

Five of Hearts | First name M-R | Last Name E or R
The Awakening by Nora Roberts

Ace of Clubs | First name A-F | Last Name A or N
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

King of Clubs | First name A-F | Last Name M or Z
Red Winter by Annette Marie


(49 undrawn cards)
Timestamp: 2020-12-03 19:31:33 UTC

Moving Mountains 2021

Jan 1 - December 31, 2021

Goal: 12 books

✔1 Three of Diamonds: first G-L, last C,P
The Invisible Library {The Invisible Library #1), by by Genevieve Cogman - fin 1/28
✔2 Two of Diamonds: first G-L, last B,O
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows Trilogy #2), by Leigh Bardugo - fin 3/29
✔3 Ten of Spades: first S-Z, last J,W
Imposters, by Scott Westerfeld
✔4 Three of Clubs: first A-F, last C,P
Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte - fin 3/29
✔5 Nine of Diamonds: first G-L, last I,V
The Devil's Punchbowl - fin 11/4
✔6 Three of Spades: first S-Z, last C,P
Sweet Venom (Medusa Girls #1) - fin 3/24
✔7 Jack of Clubs: first A-F, last K,X
The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken - fin 8/7
✔8 Eight of Spades: first S-Z, last H,U
Messy - fin 2/20
✔9 Eight of Hearts: first M-R, last H,U
Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb - fin 2/20
✔10 Queen of Hearts: first M-R, last L,Y - none - redraw
Six of Diamonds: first G-L, last F,S
The Burning Bridge - fin 10/22
✔11 Three of Spades: first S-Z, last C,P
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates- fin 1/14
✔12 Eight of Clubs: first A-F, last H,U
The Tale Teller, by Anne Hillerman - fin 8/6

COMPLETED 1/4/2022

Moving Mountain 2021

I am going to try for 52 books this year!

The cards suits indicate the bands of initials of author's first name:

The cards values indicate the initial of author's last name, as follows;

Jokers: Read any book that has been on your TBR prior to 1 January 2021

Cards selected resorted by suit and value to make life easier

Three of Hearts
Six of Hearts Boo by Neil Smith
Seven of Hearts Advice to Little Girls by Mark Twain
Seven of Hearts
Eight of Hearts Fatherland by Robert Harris
Ten of Hearts Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott
King of Hearts
King of Hearts Circe by Madeline Miller
Ace of Hearts Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Ace of Hearts Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

Two of Spades
Two of Spades The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Three of Spades
Four of Spades
Seven of Spades
Ten of Spades. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
King of Spades All the way home: A play in three acts by Tad Mosel
King of Spades
King of Spades
King of Spades
Ace of Spades

Three of Clubs Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Four of Clubs The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Six of Clubs. The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World by Brad Stone
Seven of Clubs
Eight of Clubs Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Ten of Clubs Train Dreams byDenis Johnson
Jack of Clubs
Jack of Clubs
Jack of Clubs
Queen of Clubs The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
King of Clubs In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
King of Clubs Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Ace of Clubs The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore
Ace of Clubs

Three of Diamonds The Hangmanby Louise Penny
Three of Diamonds
Four of Diamonds
Four of DiamondsCorelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Five of Diamonds The Way of the Traitor by Laura Joh Rowland
Seven of Diamonds Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Eight of Diamonds The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Eight of Diamonds Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Eight of Diamonds A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Eight of Diamonds
Nine of Diamonds The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
Ten of Diamonds Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich
Ten of Diamonds The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
Jack of Diamonds
Queen of Diamonds Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Queen of Diamonds
Ace of Diamonds. The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov

Black Joker The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde

Moving Mountains
1st January 2021~31st December 2021

Level 1 ~ 5 Books

Card: Author's First Initial/Last Initial

1.Queen of Spades: S-Z/L or Y
2.Six of Clubs: A-F/F or S
Carter Sickels, The Prettiest Star Completed 27/03/2021
3.Three of Spades: S-Z/C or P
Sara Collins, The Confessions of Frannie Langton Completed 09/03/2021
4.Jack of Clubs: A-F/K or X
Erin Kelly, He Said/She Said Completed 27/01/2021
5.Five of Diamonds: G-L/E or R
Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa Completed 27/05/2021

Moving Mountain - 2021 Ed
Jan 1 2021 - Dec 31 2021

Moving Mountains 2021
January 1 - December 31, 2021
Read: 8/12

As in previous years, I'll be selecting books from my TBR shelves (books in the house), and my Wishlist shelves (books I want to read, but no copy in the house yet). Hope that's still ok.

Card: First Initial | Last Initial

✔️1. Nine of Spades: S-Z | I or V
7/2/21 KaZuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

✔️2. King of Diamonds: G-L | M or Z
3/1/21 Helen McCloy, He Never Came Back

✔️3. Nine of Clubs: A-F | I or V
9/10/21 Birgit Vanderbeke, The Mussel Feast

✔️4. Ten of Clubs: A-F | J or W
31/1/22 Ann Weisgarber, The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

✔️5. Jack of Spades: S-Z | K or X
16/11/21 Svetlana Alexievich, The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

6. Eight of Hearts: M-R | H or U
Nathan Hill, The Nix
Nancy Horan, Under the Wide and Starry Sky
Natalie Hart, Pieces of Me

✔️7. Queen of Diamonds: G-L | L or Y
25/3/21 Kim Yideum, Blood Sisters

✔️8. King of Hearts: M-R | M or Z
6/3/21 Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

9. Six of Spades: S-Z | F or S
Tana French, The Wych Elm

10. Jack of Clubs: A-F | K or X
Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behaviour
Alicia Kopf, Brother in Ice

✔️11. Two of Spades: S-Z | B or O
17/1/21 Zsofia Ban, Night School: A Reader for Grownups

12. Two of Spades: S-Z | B or O
Tea Obreht, The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht, Inland

Spares:
13. Black Joker
14. Seven of Clubs
15. Four of Hearts
16. King of Hearts
17. Queen of Spades
18. Eight of Hearts
19. Three of Spades
20. Eight of Diamonds

Completion Post

9/12

Moving Mountains 2021
January 1 - December 31, 2021
Read: 0/12

Ace of Hearts
Author First initial (M-R)
Author Last initial (A or N)
Book to Read - The Damned
Author - Renée Ahdieh
Date Read - 2/3/21
Rating - 4 Stars


Queen of Hearts
Author First Initial (M-R)
Author Last Initial (L or Y)
Book to read - Courting Darkness
Author - Robin LaFevers
Date - 7/27/21
Rating - 4 Stars


Six of Hearts
Author First Initial (M-R)
Author Last Initial - (F or S)
Book to read - After Siege
Author - Rhiannon Frater
Date Read - 8/12/21
Rating - 4 Stars


Eight of Diamonds
Author First Initial (G-L)
Author Last Initial (H or U)
Book to read - Scourged
Author - Kevin Hearne
Date Read - 8/23/21
Rating 3 stars


King of Hearts
Author First Initial (M-R)
Author Last Initial (K or X)
Book to read Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank
Author - Nanette Blitz Konig
Read - 10/21/21
Rating - 3 Stars


Ace of Clubs
Author First Initial (A - F)
Author Last Initial (A or N)
Book to read - The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
Author - Emilie Autumn

Three of Clubs
Author First Initial (A - F)
Author Last Initial (C or P)
Book to read A Long Way From Ordinary
Author - Ann Charles

Queen of Clubs
Author First Initial (A - F)
Author Last Initial (L or Y)
Book to read - Black Spark
Author - Al K. Line
Read - DNF
Rating - 1 Star


King of Clubs
Author First Initial (A - F)
Author Last Initial (K or X)
Book to read Gemina
Author - Amie Kaufman
Date - 5/22/21
Rating - 5 Stars


Ten of Hearts
Author First Initial (M - R)
Author Last Initial (J or W)
Book to read Northern Bites
Author - Nikki Jefford
Date Read - 10/5/21
Rating - 4 Stars


Nine of Hearts
Author First Initial (M - R)
Author Last Initial (I or V)
Book to read Stray
Author - Rachel Vincent

Seven of Hearts
Author First Initial (M - R)
Author Last Initial (G or T)
Book to read The Book of Riley 5
Author - Mark Tufo
Date - 7/8/21
Rating - 5 Stars

Moving Mountain 2021
January - December 2021
12 cards
Read 3/12

✔️1. Jack of Spades - First Name S-Z, Last Name - K or X
- Stephen King
Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume III by Stephen King read 1/1/21, 5 stars

2. Seven of Hearts - First Name M-R, Last Name - G or T
Shift by M.A. George

3. Two of Spades - First Name S-Z, Last Name B or O
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

4. Six of Clubs = First Name A-F, Last Name F or S
Incarnate by Bianca Scardoni

✔️5. Ten of Hearts - First Name M-R, Last Name J or W
Cover Her Face by P.D. James read 1/3/21, 3 stars

✔️6. Six of Diamonds - First Name G-L, , Last Name F or S
The Guest List by Lucy Foley, read Jan 3, 2021, 5 stars

7. Three of Hearts - First Name M-R, Last Name C or P
Heartbreak Bay by Rachel Caine

8. Three of Hearts - First Name M-R, Last Name C or P
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi

9. Three of Hearts - First Name M-R, Last Name C or P
The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark

10. Six of Spades - First Name S-Z, Last Name F or S
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

11. Eight of Spades - First Name S-Z, Last Name H or U
ReWired by S.R. Johannes

12. Ace of Hearts - First Name M-R, Last Name A or N
28 Days Later Omnibus by Michael Alan Nelson

Yep - only going for 5 this year though!
Moving Mountains

Level 1 ~ 5 Books

✔️ Seven of Diamonds - (1st Initial G-L) (2nd initial G/T)
This is Where I Leave You - Johnathan Tropper ★★★

King of Clubs - (1st Initial A-F) (2nd initial M/Z)
The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency
Remnant Population
Cop Hater
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Thorn Birds
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Sawdust in His Shoes
Bravo Two Zero
The Storyteller
Perdido Street Station


✔️ Two of Clubs - (1st Initial A-F) (2nd initial B/O)
The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank - Erma Bombeck ★★1/2

✔️ Ace of Clubs - (1st Initial A-F) (2nd initial A/N)
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng ★★★1/2

✔️ Six of Diamonds - (1st Initial G-L) (2nd initial F/S)
Blindness - Jose Saramago ★1/2

Card First Name Last Name
Ten of Spades S-Z J or W
Five of Hearts M-R E or R
Three of Diamonds G-L C or P
King of Diamonds G-L M or Z
Four of Clubs A-F D or Q

Legacy of Ashes Tim Weiner
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud Max Ehrlich
You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again Julia Phillips
Rommel: Battles & Campaigns Kenneth Macksey
Audrey Rose Frank De Felitta

Moving Mountains 2021
8/26

Completed:


---Ten of Clubs - Mrs. Dalloway
---Black Joker - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century - 1/6/21
Nine of Diamonds - Great Mythologies of the World
Nine of Diamonds - The City and the Pillar
Four of Hearts - House of Leaves
Two of Spades - The Other Mothers' Club
Jack of Diamonds - Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
King of Hearts - The Book Thief
Three of Clubs - Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
Nine of Clubs - The Passion of Artemisia
Three of Hearts - The Goodbye Kiss
Nine of Diamonds - Five Weeks in a Balloon
Nine of Hearts - Death in the Tuscan Hills
---Ten of Spades - Tenemental: Adventures of a Reluctant Landlady - 6/20/21
---Seven of Spades - The Story of Lucy Gault - 11/24/21
---Queen of Spades - Land of Love and Drowning - 5/14/21
---Ten of Diamonds - The Third Son - 11/27/21
Nine of Clubs - The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
---Four of Hearts - The Selfish Gene
Seven of Diamonds - Great World Religions: Judaism
---Eight of Spades - Daughters of the North - 11/24/21
Four of Clubs - On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
King of Clubs - We
Three of Diamonds - A Strong West Wind
Jack of Hearts - The Weight of Ink
Nine of Spades - Conquest of Granada

Moving Mountains 2021

4/12 books

First Name/Last name
An exception made for X & Z, for author's name to contain such letter instead of being initial, if needed

1) Two of Spades > S-Z / B or O
Forgotten Bones by Vivian Barz
Fields of Blood by Sonya Bateman
A Novel Way To Die by Tamra Baumann
The Feast of All Souls by Simon Bestwick
The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland
Terry Brooks
Jhereg by Steven Brust
-------------------------
One Tequila by Tricia O'Malley


2) Seven of Diamonds > G-L / G or T
Edge of Oblivion by J.T. Geissinger
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
Hard Magic by Laura Anne Gilman
Staying Dead by Laura Anne Gilman
Otherworld Protector by Jane Godman
First, Do No Harm by Lawrence W. Gold
Dark Cities Underground by Lisa Goldstein
Heather Graham
------------------------
Break Shot: My First 21 Years by James Taylor
A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
SILVER: Acheron (A River of Pain) (The Amaranthe Chronicles, #1) by Keira Michelle Telford
Finding Monsters by Liss Thomas
Linda Thomas-Sundstrom
Jane Toombs
Anathema by K.A. Tucker
The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross by Lisa Tuttle


3) Four of Spades > S-Z / D or Q
Witch Way to Murderby Shirley Damsgaard
My Familiar Stranger by Victoria Danann
Angel Fire Valmore Daniels
Amberville by Tim Davys
Eve of Darkness by S.J. Day
A Familiar Magicby Sarina Dorie
The Memory Thief by Sarina Dorie
Hades' Daughter by Sara Douglass
Beneath A Blood Red Moon by Shannon Drake
--------------------------
The Legacy Human by Susan Kaye Quinn

4) Nine of Diamonds > G-L / I or V
Bound by Night by Larissa Ione
Intern With The Vampire by Kit Iwasaki
---------------------------
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Private Demon by Lynn Viehl
Shadowlight by Lynn Viehl

✔️5) Two of Clubs > A-F / B or O
The Cuckoo's Cry by Caroline Overington

✔️6) Seven of Clubs > A-F / G or T
Soulless by Christopher Golden 2/14/2021

✔️ 7)Ace of Hearts > M-R / A or N
Doctor Who: Borrowed Time by Naomi Alderman 8/14/21

✔️8) Queen of Spades > S-Z / L or Y
Future Perfect: A Skeptic’s Search for an Honest Mystic by Victoria Loustalot 6/11/21

9) Ace of Hearts > M-R / A or N
Slayers & Vampires: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Buffy & Angel by Mark A. Altman
Missy the Werecat by P.G. Allison
Dreamland by Robert L. anderson
Entertaining Angels by Matthew Angelo
Anything by Piers Anthony
Anything by Robert Lynn Asprin
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Pet Noir by Pati Nagle
Whispers from the Past by Rosalind Noonan

10) Jack of Diamonds > G-L / K or X
Rogue by Julie Kagawa
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
In the Service of the King by Laura Kaye
Froggy Style by J.A. Kazimer
Julie Kenner
Ghost Stalker by Jenna Kernan
The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
Origin by Jessica Khoury
Witch's Three by Jewel Killian
Shadows of Asphodel by Karen Kincy
Locked Rooms by Laurie R. King
King Of Flames by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Ghosts of the North Shore by James Kipling
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
Dangerous Temptation by Kathleen Korbel
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
------------------
Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox
The Accidental Demon Slayer by Angie Fox
Mister Monday by Garth Nix
A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
Vampire Vendetta by Alexis Morgan
Book of Shadows by Alexandra Sokoloff
The Grave Gourmet by Alexander Campion
And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander
The Shifters by Alexandra Sokoloff
Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander
Got Fangs? by Katie Maxwell
Ever Shade by Alexia Purdy
Bones Buried Deep by Max Allan Collins
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
Savage Redemption by Alexis Morgan
Memoria by Alex Bobl
Tethered Twins by Mike Essex
Forever and Always by Forever and Always
Dark Protector by Alexis Morgan
The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox
A Little Night Magic by Angie Fox
When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy
The Sand Prince by Kim Alexander
Pure by Kim Alexander
The Unremembered Girl by Eliza Maxwell
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

11) Queen of Hearts > M-R /L or Y
Mercedes Lackey
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Human.4 byMike A. Lancaster
Until Midnight by Melissa Landers
One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence
Even This I Get to Experience by Norman Lear
Claim the Night by Rachel Lee
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
A Bottle Full of Djinn by Paula Lester
Paul Levine
Marjorie Liu
Noumenon by Marina J. Lostetter
Merline Lovelace
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
House of Whispers byMargaret Lucke
-------------------------------------
Midnight Magic by Rebecca York
Unleashed by Rebecca York

12) Two of Hearts > M-R / B or O
Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach
Phoenix Risingby Pip Ballantine
Anything by Nina Bangs
I'm the Vampire, That's Why by Michele Bardsley
Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle
Nightwise by R.S. Belcher
Miss Spelled by Morgana Best
The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston
The Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan
Meljean Brook
Nina Bruhns
-----------------------------
Through a Crimson Veil by Patti O'Shea
Revenant by Mel Odom
Image by Mel Odom
Boundary Crossed by Melissa F. Olson
A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer
Ghost Seer by Robin D. Owens

Moving Mountains 2021
Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2021
Levels:
5 books (5 vowels in the alphabet)
12 books (12 characters in 'PICK-A-SHELF')
26 books (26 letters)
52 books (52 cards in a deck)

Starting with 12
1. Jack of Clubs - Fate: A War Is Coming by Kate Bonham
2. Seven of Clubs - You vs You: 12 Ways to Kick Your Own Ass and Win by Todd Cahill 2/23/21
3. Ten of Diamonds - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
4. Queen of Diamonds - Rapture by Lauren Kate 5/22/21
5. Five of Clubs - The Bachman Books by Richard Bachman
6. Four of Diamonds - Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
7. Queen of Spades - Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
8. Two of Diamonds - Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga
9. Nine of Hearts - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 11/27/21
10. Jack of Diamonds - Pace by K.M. Halpern 3/17/21
11. Four of Clubs - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 7/4/21
12. Queen of Spades - Famine - Laura Thalassa 6/30/21

Happy New Year!!!

If you're interested, the widget for this challenge is now up: here

Though there are a few more hours before you can actually create your shelf etc...

Tien wrote: "Happy New Year!!!

If you're interested, the widget for this challenge is now up: here "

Tien,
When I added myself to the LOST widget, it immediately showed 2 participants - me in addition to you. But when I did that with this one, it does not add me in. On my page, it shows me as having a goal of 12 books, but the widget doesn't seem to be counting me. Any idea what I might need to fix?

Going to start off with 12

3/12

FN/LN
1. 8 of clubs A-F/H or U Protecting Our Virgin by Charlie Hart
2. Queen of clubs A-F/L or Y Cabin Heat by Bella Love-Wins
3. 3 of clubs A-F/C or P
4. Ace of diamonds G-L/A or N
5. 2 of spades S-Z/B or O Blitzen's Fated Mate by R.E. Butler
6. King of diamonds G-L/M or Z
7. King of spades S-Z/M or Z
8, 4 of hearts M-R/D or Q
9. 5 of clubs A-F/E or R
10. Red Joker Any Book
11. 4 of diamonds G-L/D or Q
12. King of spades S-Z/M or Z

Susan wrote: "Tien wrote: "Happy New Year!!!

If you're interested, the widget for this challenge is now up: here "

Tien,
When I added myself to the LOST widget, it immediately showed 2 participants - me in ad..."

It looks ok to me, Susan, maybe there was a glitch that it just needed time to sort through?

Mary wrote: "Going to start off with 12

FN/LN..."

Welcome, Mary! Just like Trim, I've linked you as 'Mary OH' -hope that's ok. Let me know if you'd like your name noted a different way please :)

Moving Mountain - 2021
January - December 2021

My Moving Mountain Challenge (msg 37)

Level: 52 Books | Books Read: 52



✔🔹Six of Clubs - Denise Grover Swank - Thirty and a Half Excuses - 03.20 ★★★
✔🔹Jack of Clubs - Claire Kingsley - Faking Ms. Right - 01.16 ★★★★
✔🔹Four of Spades - Tessa Dare - The Duchess Deal - 04.20 ★★★★
✔🔹Ten of Hearts - Rosalind James - Just Not Mine - 01.30 ★★★★
✔🔹Black Joker - Lisa Kleypas - It Happened One Autumn - 07.27 ★★★★
✔🔹Ace of Hearts - Toni Anderson - A Cold Dark Place - 06.11 ★★★★
✔🔹Six of Spades - Sarah Fine - Fated - 04.10 ★★★★
✔🔹Five of Diamonds - Louisa Edwards - On the Steamy Side - 04.06 ★★★★
✔🔹Two of Spades - Tessa Bailey - Risking it All - 04.11 ★★★★
✔🔹Ace of Diamonds - Ilona Andrews - On the Edge - 04.04 ★★★★


✔🔹King of Diamonds - J.L. Mac - Wreck Me - 09.03 ★★★
✔🔹Five of Diamonds - J.R. Rain - Moon Dance - 03.26 ★★★★
✔🔹Seven of Clubs - Colleen Gleason - The Cards of Life and Death - 04.14 ★★★
✔🔹Six of Diamonds - Jill Sanders - Secret Seduction - 02.13 ★★★
✔🔹Six of Spades - Tori Scott - Beneath a Texas Star - 08.23 ★★★
✔🔹Five of Hearts - Mary Eason - Baptism by Blood - 05.09 ★★★
✔🔹King of Clubs - Anne McAllister - Last Year's Bride - 01.23 ★★★★
✔🔹Eight of Hearts - Molly Harper - Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues - 01.17 ★★★★
✔🔹Four of Diamonds - Jessica L. Degarmo - Historically Yours - 09.02 ★★★
✔🔹Eight of Spades - Teagan Hunter - I Wanna Text You Up - 06.27 ★★★★


✔🔹Four of Clubs - Carola Dunn - Requiem for a Mezzo - 08.18 ★★★
✔🔹Three of Hearts - Olivia Cunning - Lost in Paradise - 07.05 ★★★
✔🔹Ace of Hearts - Rachel Aaron - One Good Dragon Deserves Another - 10.26 ★★★★
✔🔹Jack of Clubs - Claire Kingsley - Marrying Mr. Wrong - 07.19 ★★★★
✔🔹Three of Hearts - Rose Pressey - Me and My Ghoulfriends - 10.18 ★★
✔🔹King of Clubs - Carolyn McCray - 30 Pieces of Silver - 10.09 ★★★★
✔🔹Four of Hearts - Mia Dymond - Leather, Lace and Rock-n-Roll - 11.24 ★★★
✔🔹Five of Spades - Tracy Ellen - Courted by Karma - 12.29 ★★★★
✔🔹Ten of Clubs - Brenda Jackson - Zane - 12.27 ★★★
✔🔹Jack of Hearts - Rena Koontz - Love's Secret Fire - 04.24 ★★★


✔🔹Three of Clubs - Carla Cassidy - Cowboy with a Cause - 02.14 ★★★
✔🔹Queen of Clubs - Eve Langlais - Already Freakn' Mated - 05.19 ★★★
✔🔹Nine of Clubs - Alexandra Ivy - Bound By Darkness - 02.12 ★★★
✔🔹Jack of Clubs - Claire Kingsley - Falling for My Enemy - 05.05 ★★★★
✔🔹Four of Spades - Violet Duke - Love, Diamonds, and Spades - 10.19 ★★★★
✔🔹Eight of Clubs - Debra Holland - Stormy Montana Sky - 05.26 ★★★
✔🔹Red Joker - Christie Ridgway - Keep On Loving You - 05.30 ★★★★
✔🔹Queen of Spades - Rebecca Yarros - The Reality of Everything - 10.05 ★★★★
✔🔹Black Joker - Gail Carriger - Changeless - 05.31 ★★★★
✔🔹Ten of Hearts - Rosalind James - Just Once More - 07.22 ★★★★
✔🔹Queen of Clubs - Christina Lauren - Beautiful Stranger - 04.07 ★★★★


✔🔹Ace of Diamonds - Ilona Andrews - Emerald Blaze - 01.17 ★★★★
✔🔹Eight of Diamonds - Laurell K. Hamilton - The Laughing Corpse - 07.25 ★★★
✔🔹Three of Clubs - Carla Cassidy - Confessing to the Cowboy - 08.25 ★★★
✔🔹Four of Hearts - MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unwed - 04.18 ★★★
✔🔹Jack of Clubs - Claire Kingsley - Everly Dalton's Dating Disasters - 01.15 ★★★★
✔🔹Seven of Diamonds - Hope Tarr - Operation Cinderella - 09.10 ★★★
✔🔹Two of Clubs - Barbara Bretton - Honeymoon Hotel - 10.08 ★★★
✔🔹King of Diamonds - Julie Miller - Always Faithful - 10.20 ★★★★
✔🔹Seven of Diamonds - Laura Taylor - Desert Rose - 10.21 ★★★★
✔🔹Ten of Spades - Tawny Weber - Sex, Lies and Valentines - 08.16 ★★★
✔🔹Five of Hearts - Ryan Ringbloom - Whiskey Chick - 01.16 ★★★★

I want to go for 26 books, but I am going to stick with 12 to see if I can do that.

Here are my draws

King of Hearts
First Name M - R
Last Name M or Z

Five of Diamonds
First Name G - L
Last Name E or R

Jack of Hearts
First Name M - R
Last Name K or X

Ten of Hearts
First Name M - R
Last Name J or W

Two of Hearts
First Name M - R
Last Name B or O

Ace of Diamonds
First Name G - L
Last Name A or N

Jack of Diamonds
First Name G - L
Last Name K or X

Seven of Clubs
First Name A - F
Last Name G or T
Griffiths, Elly - 1. The Lantern Men

Eight of Clubs
First Name A - F
Last Name H or U

Eight of Diamonds
First Name G - L
Last Name H or U

Three of Clubs
First Name A - F
Last Name C or P

Jack of Spades
First Name S - Z
Last Name K or X

DONE!

✅Queen of spades
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 4★

✅3 of clubs
Mazin Grace by Dylan Coleman 4★

✅King of hearts
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5★


✅8 of diamonds
The Lady of the Ravens by Joanna Hickson2★

✅King of spades
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 4.5★

Tien wrote: "Mary wrote: "Going to start off with 12

FN/LN..."

Welcome, Mary! Just like Trim, I've linked you as 'Mary OH' -hope that's ok. Let me know if you'd like your name noted a different way please :)"

It’s perfect! I automatically figured out which one I was. If we get more Marys, I can go by sailormarymoon or marymoon.

I finished my 12 books for this :D

Woot! Well done Lusie! Will you be upping your goal?

Thanks! Probably not. I think I rather read some extra books for let's book it. I like revisiting the picked shelves.

Finally managed to cross one off my list. Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham. 4★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I've finished my 12 books :)

Yay, congrats, Rosemary!!

Congrats, Rosemary!

Well done, Rosemary. Great work!

That's awesome Rosemary! Congrats!

DONE! It's so great to have completed one of my annual challenges for this year and to be able to cross these off my TBR.

✅Queen of spades
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 4★

✅3 of clubs
Mazin Grace by Dylan Coleman 4★

✅King of hearts
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5★


✅8 of diamonds
The Lady of the Ravens by Joanna Hickson2★

✅King of spades
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 4.5★