2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I usually have a much more ambitious reading goal, but I'm dialing it back for 2021. We have a big, exciting overseas move happening in the not-to-distant future, and I think reading will be taking a backseat for awhile.

Link to my 2021 Member Corner page

Crazy Challenge Connection
Looking Back on 2019
Duration: Feb 01, 2020, No Deadline

Link to the Challenge

99/131 books
48/72 tasks

January Scavenger
✓ Read a book from the NY Times Bestseller list (be sure to tell us when the book was on the list). The Dutch House On the list 2/18/2020 read 10/13/2020

January Wandering the CCC: Challenge Help
✓ Read a book with at least 6 (or more) words in the title. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed read 9/19/2020

From Sea to Shining Sea : Texas
✓ Read a book whose main page contains the genre "FOOD" The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table read 9/29/2020

National Trivia Day
✓ Read a book originally published in 2008 The Spectacular Now read 3/19/2020

2019 Randomizer - generate five random numbers NOW, read the books that correspond to those numbers on your to-read list
✓ #82 - The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran read 5/22/2021
#258 - A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir
✓ #342 - Woman in Blue read 4/29/2020
#219 - The House at the Edge of Night
#122 - The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

Women in Space - choose one woman NOW; complete all six tasks
NAME = Read a book by an author whose first AND last initials (disregard any middle initials) can be found in the astronaut's name; post a link to the author's GR page

HOME COUNTRY = Read a book whose title begins with a letter in the astronaut's home country; disregard A, An and The

BIRTHDATE = Read a book with at least two numbers from the astronaut's birthdate in its page total; tell us how many pages

BIRTHPLACE = Read a book set in a location beginning with a letter in the astronaut's birthplace; tell us the location. Please try to be as specific as possible, i.e., Texas, not United States.
NOTE: Do NOT use the info in parentheses, it's only there for your information.

EDUCATION = Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in the name of the school listed; three-word minimum
NOTE: Most of these women have received training from more than one institution; only the first they attended is listed here

FIRST MISSION = Read a book with at least one number from the astronaut's first mission in its original year of publication; tell us the year.

✓ NAME : MARSHA IVINS Dear Bob and Sue: Season 2 by Matt Smith read 9/14/2020
✓ HOME COUNTRY : United States Underground Airlines read 12/24/2020
✓ BIRTHDATE : 4/15/51 Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady read 11/29/2020 351 pages
✓ BIRTHPLACE : Baltimore (Maryland) After I'm Gone read 3/10/2020
✓ EDUCATION : University of Colorado The Lost Vintage read 10/16/2020
✓ FIRST MISSION : STS-32 The Story of Arthur Truluv Published 2017 read 8/14/2020

February Scavenger
✓ Read a book originally published in June (any year, but tell us which one). The Hurricane Sisters Published June, 2014 read 6/13/2020

February Wandering Challenge: Book quotes
✓ Read a book that you own, printed version only. All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir read 12/28/2020

19x19
- choose one category NOW that you did not use in this year's challenge; read four books to fit that category
New to Me Authors
✓ 1. Dear Martin by Nic Stone read 2/10/2020
✓ 2. I'm Fine and Neither Are You by Camille Pagán read 2/17/2020
✓ 3. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump read 8/29/2020
✓ 4. The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali read 2/14/2021

Mythology Treasure Hunt - choose two words NOW; follow the challenge rules
✓ 1. hope - Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir read 2/3/2020 Page 33 "I just hope not to meet my fate with a conk on the head by one of those little bombs."
✓ 2. storms - Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir read 2/3/2020 Page 122 "When the storms magnify and the ground shakes with thunder, she even bids three hearts from the closet floor."

Let's Talk About Cats
✓ Read a book whose title starts with an O (ignore A, An and The) Olive, Again read 6/7/2020

2019 Remembering Them
✓ Read a book marked “LGBT” Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States read 3/14/2020

March Scavenger
✓ Read a book with a one-word title. Educated read 7/13/2020

March Wandering the CCC: Recap & Anticipation
✓ Read a book that you've been waiting for (from your library's waiting list, something that you've requested as a gift, something you borrowed, etc.) Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators read 5/19/2020 On the waiting list for three month's

From Sea to Shining Sea - Iowa
✓ Read a book about politics (fiction or non-fiction). Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years read 4/13/2020

Featuring Women - choose one task from Part B NOW
✓ Read a book whose title starts with a letter in NOBEL (disregard A, An, The). The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up read 7/19/2021

The Oscars Through the Years - choose one task from the Best Picture section NOW and complete that task
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
✓ Read a book that deals with prejudice and bigotry. How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood read 10/17/2020

Spring scavenger
✓ Read a book whose cover is multi-colored (post the cover). The Orphan Keeper read 6/18/2021


April scavenger
✓ Read the very first book you added to your GR want-to-read shelf that is still unread. To Be Sung Underwater read 6/24/2020

April Wandering the CCC: Monthly specials
✓ Read a book whose author’s first and last initial may be found in MONTHLY. The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig read 8/6/2021

Martial Art Forms
* Read a book with a nationality in the title. Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris

All About Hats!
✓ Read a book published in November (any year, but tell us which one). You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump Published Nov. 2017 read 2/8/2020

The Infinity Saga
- choose one movie from the non-spoiler section NOW; complete all eight tasks
Title: Read a book in which all words in the book title begin with a letter in the movie title.
Directed by: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials (ignore any middle initials) are in the director's name.
Release Year: Read a book first published in the release year.
Location: Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter in Location.
What is It: For Origin Story, read a book by a new-to-you author.

✓ Captain Marvel - Chances Are... read 2/8/2020
✓ Directed By: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane read 1/23/2020
✓ Release Year: 2019 City of Girls read 9/12/2020
✓ - Location: Earth, Torfa The Nickel Boys read 3/8/2020 Takes place in Florida
✓ - Origin Story This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel read 4/28/2020
✓ 1. Read a book with a female lead character. The Rent Collector Lead character is Sang Ly read 5/12/2020
✓ 2. Read a book with a cat on the cover (post the cover, bonus for a ginger tabby). The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do--and How to Get Them to Do What You Want read 3/23/2020

✓ 3. Read a book set in the 1990s. The Idiot read 7/5/2020

May scavenger
✓ Read a book whose page count contains an intact "39" (i.e. 439, 396) Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 339 pages read 1/20/2021

May Wandering the CCC: Welcome
✓ Read a book found on one of the CCC mods' shelves; tell us the mod and the shelf - Barb to-read shelf Matchmaking for Beginners read 4/20/2020

2019 NTY authors - choose one month NOW that requires an author's first AND last initials
✓ In September (9/1 – 9/30), read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in LINE DANCE The Snow Gypsy by Lindsay Ashford read 8/1/22021

2019 Listopia challenge - choose THREE of the posted lists NOW and read one book from each of those lists
✓ Best Adult Female Friendship Books - The Island of Sea Women 384 pages read 7/16/2020
✓ Books That Are Worth Your Time - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules read 3/15/2020
✓ Character You Most Want to Sleep With - Dream Man read 10/2/2020

From Sea to Shining Sea - Wisconsin
✓ Read a book whose first publication year contains 2 of the following digits: 2, 0, 3 (tell us when it was published). Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II Published 2017 read 4/12/2020

Love a Tree Day
✓ Read a Book #60 from your TBR (sorted in any way you choose). (sorted by num ratings - desc) P.S. from Paris read 6/29/2020

Celebrations - choose THREE tasks NOW from May, June and/or July's celebrations
✓ May 4 – Star Wars Day - Read an extremely popular book – over 150,000 ratings, tell us how many ratings The Giver of Stars 225,752 ratings read 2/6/2021
✓ June 21. Flip Flop Day - Read a book whose title starts with 'F' Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee read 5/16/2021
✓ July 2. I Forgot Day - Read a book whose title starts with the WORD I. (NOT the letter 'I'). I Miss You When I Blink: Essays read 3/31/2020

Looking Back on 2019 (Cont'd)

June scavenger
✓ Read a book with the word MOON in the title (plural or compound word OK, no other variations) Carolina Moon read 11/3/2020

June Wandering the CCC: Reading lists
✓ 2. Read a book that is the FIRST book to begin a new challenge (not this one!). Tell us the challenge, doesn't have to be in CCC. American Dirt Read for the LISTOPIA CHALLENGE in the 2021 Reading Challenge group read 1/21/2021

2019 Random treasure hunt - choose two words NOW; follow the challenge rules
✓ 1. angry - This Is How You Lose Her read 2/14/2020 Page 69 "He never stays angry for long."
✓ 2. name - This Is How You Lose Her read 2/14/2020 Page 17 "Lucy is her name."

Leftovers 2.0
✓ Read a book with a word in its title containing double Es.
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society read 6/28/2020

2019 Sub-genre challenge - choose one genre NOW that you did NOT use for the challenge; read books from TWO sub-genres within that genre
Genre: Non-fiction
✓ 1. Memoir The Memory Palace read 11/21/2020
✓ 2. History Rage read 10/7/2020

Rolling down the highway - choose one highway NOW; complete all five tasks
I-25
Length in Miles: 1061.67
Southern/Western Terminus: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Northern/Eastern Terminus: Buffalo, Wyoming
Year Formed: 1957
Number of States Served: 3


✓ 1. If your TBR has less than 999 books, read a book with ONE number from the length in miles appearing in the position of your book. Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist #266 read 6/17/2020

2. Read a book where every word of the title begins with a letter in the southern/western terminus AND the author's first OR last initial is found in the northern/eastern terminus. 3 words minimum. A, An and The count. Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard

✓ 3. Read a book where the last number in the original year of publication matches the last number in the Year Formed. Let us know the year of publication. Something Like Happy Published 2017 read 5/6/2020

✓ 4. For non series readers, read a book whose number of pages contain a number from the Number of States Served. And Hell Followed With It: Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado read 2/20/2020 328 pages

✓ 5. If the states served number three or less, then read a book where either the first OR the last initial of the author appear in one of the states served. States Served: NM, WY, CO How to Stop Time by Matt Haig read 4/18/2020

Summer Seasonal Challenge
Choose one team NOW (not the team that drafted you) and complete four of the major league tasks
Major Leagues: Colorado Rockies

1. Read a book which contains the letters MLB (in order but doesn't have to be within the same word) If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

2. Read a book whose author's entire name contains the letters MLB (does not have to be in order). The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean

3. Read a book with something on the cover having to do with team name (Rockies) [could be mountains on the cover] Descent


4. Read a book that takes place in the city or state of your major league team. (Colorado) The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom

July scavenger
✓ Read a book that is third in a series (tell us the series' name) Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro) read 3/15/2020

Olympics #1 - Canoe & Kayak
✓ Read a book #6, #7, #18, #25 or #50 from your TBR list, sorted in whatever method you choose; tell us the position #7 sorted by average rating Messenger from Mystery read 6/29/2021

From Sea to Shining Sea - California
* Read one of the 50 largest books in your TBR by page count (let us know the page count) The Woman Who Lost Her Soul 715 pages

Fictional Restaurants
✓ Cheers - Read a book in which the author’s first and last initial may be found in CHEERS. Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions by Stephen Colbert read 5/22/2020

Monochromatic Cover Challenge - choose one color NOW, complete the Dabbler level
Blue
✓ 1. Parkland: Birth of a Movement French Blue 74.3% read 6/1/2020
✓ 2. The Best of Adam Sharp - Medium Blue (80%) read 11/25/2020
✓ 3. See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics - Summer Sky (59.9%) read 2/14/2021

2019 Shrink That TBR - choose one task NOW that requires reading at least two books (excluding #18)
✓ Read two books from your TBR list that you own – print books only please!
✓ 1. The Lager Queen of Minnesota read 3/1/2021
✓ 2. Staff Picks: Stories read 8/1/2021


August scavenger
✓ Read a book whose author’s middle initial may be found in CLUB (the middle initial must be listed in GoodReads). Her Last Letter by Nancy C. Johnson read 4/17/2021

Olympics #2 - Badminton
✓ Read a book whose title starts with a letter in POONA (disregard A, An, The) Oona Out of Order read 9/13/2020

Out of Your Comfort Zone - choose one task from Part 2 NOW
* Read a book from a new-to-you series. A Killer's Mind (Zoe Bentley Mystery)

Famous Southpaws
* Dan Aykroyd – Read a book that has “SATURDAY,” “NIGHT,” or “LIVE” in its title; exact matches only Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities

The English Premier League - choose one team NOW and complete all of the Home tasks
Chelsea
1. Based in: Chelsea (London)
2. Ground: Stamford Bridge
3. Traditional Rivals: Arsenal
4. Manager: Frank Lampard
5. Most Appearances: John Terry, 492

1. Read a book which is set in a location starting with a letter in the team's Based In. (Be specific, use country only if the book makes no mention of a smaller location. Ignore the stuff within parantheses, that's just informational). Inland Arizona Territories

✓ 2. Read a book in which each word of the title begins with a letter in the team's Ground. (3 word minimum, all words count). Stamford Bridge Behold the Dreamers read 7/28/2020

✓ 3. Read a book whose author's first, last and middle (if applicable) initials are in the team's Traditional Foes. Arsenal Digging In by Loretta Nyhan read 7/28/2021

✓ 4. Read a book whose main characters first initial is in the Manager's First Name. Tell us what the character's name is, and if it's the first or the last name. Frank Lampard An American Marriage read 6/8/2020 Character is Roy (first name)

Looking Back on 2019 (Cont'd)

September scavenger
✓ Read a book with a primarily white cover (show us the cover). Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife read 7/28/2021


Olympics #3 - Men's gymnastics
✓ Read a book with a horizontal line of some sort on the cover; post the cover. Normal People read 11/17/2020


From Sea to Shining Sea - Minnesota
* Read a book with a vast expanse of sky on the cover (post the cover). A Clear View of the Southern Sky


Sex and the City
✓ Read a book whose author or main character is named Samantha (exact match only; a Samantha who is sometimes called Sam is okay) The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power read 4/7/2021

Hurricanes - choose ONE task from the Tropical Depression group NOW, read 3 books to fit that task
* Read books whose author's initials are in TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
✓ 1. The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana by Tony Dokoupil read 2/28/2020
2.
3.
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools by Rachel Devlin

Fall scavenger - choose ONE task from Part 1 NOW AND ONE team and coach pair from Part 2; follow the instructions for team name and coach's name.
* Read a book with fewer than 1000 GR ratings; tell us how many ratings The Secret Life of Sleep 367 ratings
DENVER BRONCOS | head coach = Vic Fangio
✓ Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the name of the team's head coach; be sure to post a link to the author's GR page When All Is Said by Anne Griffin read 12/8/2020
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

* Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title (ALL words count!, 3-word minimum) can be found in the team's full name (including the city). Orphan Number Eight

October scavenger
* Read a book in which the title starts with a letter in HOMEWRECKER; disregard A, An and The. Hollow Kingdom

Olympics #4 : Synchronized swimming
* Read a book that takes place in Los Angeles This Book Will Save Your Life

2019 Random Treasure Hunt #2 - choose two words NOW; follow the challenge rules
✓ 1. awake "He was always awake before her" page 231 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows read 2/15/2020
✓ 2. order "As he gave his order she noticed the wedding ring shining on his finger" page 44 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows 2/15/2020

The Seven Wonders of the World
✓ Read a book with at least 5000 ratings on Goodreads (tell us how many). Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump read 11/24/2020 8,507 ratings

Cable TV - choose any five tasks NOW
✓ 1. Read a book whose title includes a verb ending in “ing” She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement read 8/29/2020
✓ 2. Read a book with a photograph (NOT a drawing) shown prominently on the cover; post the cover. Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving read 5/8/2020

3. Read a book set in the state where you live; tell us the state. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America Georgia
✓ 4. Read a book with an apostrophe in its title. Daughter of Moloka'i read 4/2/2020
✓ 5. Read a book with consecutive double consonants in the title. Two Dogs and a Suitcase: Clueless in Charente read 2/18/2020

November scavenger
* Read a book with a number in its title (cardinal or ordinal). 13 Days in Ferguson

Olympics #5 : Women's gymnastics
* Read a book originally published in the 1990s; tell us the year. In the Lake of the Woods Published 1994

Food Phrases, Revisited
* Read a book set in the early 1900's. Sarah's Quilt

Great Goddess!
* Read a book that is classified as a MYSTERY on its GR home page, The Case for Jamie

December scavenger - Chestnuts
* Read a book in which the first letter of all title words (a,an,the DO count) may be found in CARBOHYDRATE; 3 word minimum The Crocodile Bird

Olympics #6 : Fencing
Read a book whose author has a 4 lettered first or last name. Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic by Matt McCarthy

Birthday Gift
✓ Read the book on your Goodreads TBR that corresponds to your day of birth. Sort your list in whatever method you choose. #17, sorted by number of ratings (desc) The Silent Wife read 8/10/2020

Weather Phenomena
✓ Read a book with a predominantly pink cover; post the cover. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story read 5/23/20


Mine Your TBR Mountain - choose one month NOW; read three books originally published in that month that were on your to-read list before you joined this challenge. December
✓ 1. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Published Dec 2005 read 6/13/2021
2.
3.
What She Left Behind
What Remains True

Incredible India - choose one state and capital NOW; complete the spell out AND the tasks
Bihar
Capital: Patna
✓ Read a book with fire on the cover. Post the cover. The Stars Are Fire read 2/24/2020

✓ Read a book in which a character pointedly doesn't use violence. Undone read 3/23/2020 Will Trent makes a point of not using violence
✓ Read an ebook. Tell us which device you read it on. Life Drawing read 10/25/2020 read on my iPad
✓ B The Best of Us read 10/18/2020
✓ I I Never Thought I'd See You Again read 2/10/2021
H How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship
✓ A All the Summer Girls read 7/13/2021
✓ R The Rosie Result read 3/1/2021

✓ P Pieces of Her read 3/25/2021
A Angel Landing
✓ T The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores read 12/18/2020
N Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage
A All My Puny Sorrows

Winter scavenger
✓ Read a just right medium sized book (250 – 400pp.); tell us how many pages We Are All Good People Here 304 pages read 12/14/2020

A-Z CHALLENGES
For Our Annual A-Z Challenges:
Choose one letter NOW and use that letter to complete ALL of the A-Z challenges below. If you choose the letter C, for example, you would need to find a C author, a C title, a C item on a book cover (one-word item only!), a C female character, a C male character and a C location.
S
✓ 2019 S Authors The Cage-maker by Nicole A. Seitz read 7/4/2020
✓ 2019 S Titles She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It read 9/3/2020
✓ 2019 S Book covers The Very Principled Maggie Mayfield Skirt read 6/21/2021

2019 S Female Characters Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon Starr Bright/Sharon Donner
✓ 2019 S Male Characters The Vanishing Half Sam read 3/16/2021
✓ 2019 S Locations Camino Mysteries Spain read 4/22/2021

Crazy Challenge Connection group
2020 Help Me Decide
Duration: Mar 28, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021

Link to the Challenge

Please use this shelf: Pick 4 Me book shelf

ROUND 1 : March 28 - picked by Karen
✓ Matchmaking for Beginners read 4/20/2020
Also recommended: Bless Her Heart, A Clear View of the Southern Sky, Dream Man

ROUND 2 : April 11 - picked by Agnieszka
X Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy DNF
✓ Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years read 4/13/2020
Also recommended: Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America, Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic, This Is My South: The Essential Travel Guide to the Southern States

ROUND 3 : April 25 - picked by Connie
✓ Woman in Blue read 4/29/2020
Also recommended: The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception

ROUND 4 : May 9 - picked by Katherine
✓ Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story read 5/23/2020
Also recommended: Hollow Kingdom, The Hanging Tree, The Secret Life of Sleep

ROUND 5 : May 23 - picked by Maggie
✓ The Hurricane Sisters read 6/13/2020
Also recommended: Cage of Stars, The Dutch House, A Man Named Dave

ROUND 6 : June 6 - picked by Barb
✓ Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist read 6/17/2020
Also recommended: Sarah's Quilt, Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America, See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics

ROUND 7 : June 20 - picked by Allie
✓ P.S. from Paris read 6/29/2020
Also recommeded: Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America, Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002

ROUND 8 : July 4 - picked to Jimena
✓ Behold the Dreamers read 7/28/2020
Also recommended: The Dutch House, Orphan Number Eight, Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America

ROUND 9 : July 18 - picked by Sugar Snap
✓ The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table read 9/29/2020
Also recommended: Pieces of Her, The Dutch House

ROUND 10 : August 1 - picked by Martha
✓ She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement read 8/29/2020
Also recommended: Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage, What She Left Behind, Her Last Letter

ROUND 11 : August 15 - picked by Bonita
✓ Dream Man 10/2/2020
Also recommended: The Rosie Result, Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic, Sarah's Quilt

ROUND 12 : August 29 - picked by Kathryn
✓ How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood read 10/17/2020
Also recommended: The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America

ROUND 13 : September 12 - picked by Katie
✓ Pieces of Her read 3/25/2021
Also recommended: See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics, Orphan Number Eight, Her Last Letter

ROUND 14 : September 26 - picked by Karin
✓ The Lost Vintage read 10/16/2020
Also recommended: The Farm, What Remains True

ROUND 15 : October 10 - picked by Carrie
✓ The Memory Palace read 11/21/2020
Also recommended: All My Puny Sorrows, Life Drawing, Orphan Number Eight

ROUND 16 : October 24 - picked by Mandy
✓ The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores read 12/28/2020
Also recommended: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, The Farm

ROUND 17 : November 7 - picked by Angel
✓ All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir read 12/28/2020
Also recommended: I Never Thought I'd See You Again, A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools, The Gray House

ROUND 18 : November 21 - picked by Andrea
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools
Also recommended: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, Camino Mysteries, A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir

ROUND 19 : December 5 - picked by Joanne
✓ When All Is Said read 12/8/2020
Also recommended: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, The Silent Wife, All My Puny Sorrows

ROUND 20 : December 19 - picked by Agnieszka
✓ See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics read 2/14/2021
Also recommended: Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities, The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran, Zeitoun

ROUND 21 : January 2 - picked by Helen
✓ Camino Mysteries read 4/22/2021 or
Staff Picks: Stories
Also recommended: Sarah's Quilt
The Rosie Result
Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage

ROUND 22 : January 16 - picked by Bonita
✓ I Never Thought I'd See You Again read 2/10/2021
Also recommended: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, Zeitoun, Inland

ROUND 23 : January 30 - picked by Mary-Megan
✓ The Giver of Stars read 2/6/2021
Also recommended: Orphan Number Eight, The Silent Wife, Bless Her Heart

ROUND 24 : February 13 - picked by Olivermagnus
✓ The Rosie Result read 3/16/2021
Also recommended: What She Left Behind, Descent, Inland

ROUND 25 : February 27 - picked by Allison Ann
✓ The Vanishing Half read 3/16/2021
Also recommended: In the Lake of the Woods, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

ROUND 26 : March 13 - picked by Chaitra
The Storyteller's Secret
Also recommended: Apeirogon, Hollow Kingdom, Bless Her Heart

Good luck with your goal, Susan!

January reading

1. Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump read 1/5/2020 ★★★★★
2. American Dirt read 1/12/2021 ★★★★☆
3. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup read 1/20/2020 ★★★★☆

February reading

4. The Giver of Stars read 2/6/2021 ★★★★☆
5. I Never Thought I'd See You Again read 2/10/2021 ★★★★☆
6. The Stationery Shop read 2/14/2021 ★★★★☆
7. See Jane Win: The Inspiring Story of the Women Changing American Politics read 2/14/2021 ★★★★☆

March reading

8. The Lager Queen of Minnesota read 3/1/2021 ★★★★☆
9. The Vanishing Half read 3/16/2021 ★★★★☆
10. The Rosie Result read 3/16/2021 ★★★★☆
11. Pieces of Her read 3/25/2021 ★★★★☆

Crazy Challenge Connection group
2021 HELP ME DECIDE
DURATION: April 10, 2021 - March 31, 2022

Link to the Challenge

Please use this shelf: Pick 4 Me book shelf

ROUND 1 : April 10 - picked by Agnieszka (for Katherine)
✓ Her Last Letter read 4/17/2021
Also recommended: 13 Days in Ferguson, Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities, Zeitoun

ROUND 2 : April 24 - picked by Agnieszka
✓ The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran read 5/22/2021
Also recommended: Apeirogon, Inland, Shakespeare for Squirrels

ROUND 3 : May 8 - picked by Allie
✓ Shakespeare for Squirrels read 6/13/2021
Also recommended: Inland, Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris

ROUND 4 : May 22 - picked by Allison
✓ The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl read 6/13/2021
Also recommended: The Crocodile Bird, The Very Principled Maggie Mayfield

ROUND 5 : June 5 - picked by Amanda K
Hollow Kingdom
Also recommended: Angel Landing, Orphan Number Eight

ROUND 6 : June 19 - picked by Andrea
✓ Messenger from Mystery read 6/29/2021
Also recommended: The Dead Fathers Club, The Snow Gypsy, What She Left Behind

ROUND 7 : July 3 - picked by Angel
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Also recommended: Inland, The Dead Fathers Club

ROUND 8 : July 17 - picked by Barb
Sarah's Quilt
Also recommended: Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage, Bless Her Heart, The Case for Jamie

ROUND 9 : July 31 - picked by Carrie
✓ The Dead Fathers Club read 8/6/2021
Also recommended: All My Puny Sorrows, What She Left Behind

ROUND 10 : August 14 - picked by Chaitra
Apeirogon
Blood at the Root
All my Puny Sorrows
The Crocodile Bird

ROUND 11 : August 28 - post your suggestions by August 31
ROUND 12 : September 11 - post your suggestions by September 14
ROUND 13 : September 25 - post your suggestions by September 28
ROUND 14 : October 9 - post your suggestions by October 12
ROUND 15 : October 23 - post your suggestions by October 26
ROUND 16 : November 6 - post your suggestions by November 9
ROUND 17 : November 20 - post your suggestions by November 23
ROUND 18 : December 4 - post your suggestions by December 7
ROUND 19 : December 18 - post your suggestions by December 21
ROUND 20 : January 1 - post your suggestions by January 4
ROUND 21 : January 15 - post your suggestions by January 18
ROUND 22 : January 29 - post your suggestions by February 1
ROUND 23 : February 12 - post your suggestions by February 15
ROUND 24 : February 26 - post your suggestions by March 1
ROUND 25 : March 12 - post your suggestions by March 15

April reading

12. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir read 4/7/2021 ★★★★☆
13. Widowish: A Memoir read 4/13/2021 ★★★☆☆
14. Her Last Letter read 4/17/2021 ★★☆☆☆
15. Camino Mysteries read 4/22/2021 ★★☆☆☆

May reading

16. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee read 5/16/2021 ★★★☆☆
17. The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran read 5/22/2021 ★★★☆☆

June reading

18. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl read 6/13/2021 ★★★★★
19. Shakespeare for Squirrels read 6/13/2021 ★★★☆☆
20. The Orphan Keeper read 6/18/2021 ★★★★☆
21. The Very Principled Maggie Mayfield read 6/21/2021 ★★★☆☆
22. Messenger from Mystery read 6/29/2021 ★★★★☆

July reading

23. Things You Save in a Fire read 7/6/2021 ★★★★☆
24. All the Summer Girls read 7/13/2021 ★★★☆☆
25. The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up read 7/19/2021 ★★★★☆
26. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife read 7/26/2021 ★★★☆☆
27. Digging In read 7/28/2021 ★★★☆☆

August reading

28. Staff Picks: Stories read 8/1/2021 ★★★☆☆
29. The Snow Gypsy read 8/1/2021 ★★★★☆
30. The Dead Fathers Club read 8/6/2021 ★★★☆☆