2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Reaching my 2021 goal of reading 200 books/novellas/short stories proved to be a real challenge but I think that number is a viable goal for me for 2022!

I pledge to myself to focus more on books I've got on-hand or "on Kindle or Audible" than on buying more. "Girl, build up that 'Wishlist' for your boys to get you as gifts, I say! Also, review more works by both independent and traditionally-published authors.

The first 50!

50. The Cuts that Cure - Arthur Herbert
49. A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates, #1) - Shamini Flint
48. Rome's End (A Lucius Sestius Mystery, #1) - Fiona Forsyth
47. Detection Detail (Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit, #1) - Terri Reed
46. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami
45. Three Shots to the Wind (Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon Mystery, #3) - Sherry Harris
44. Ellen Outside the Lines - A.J. Sass
43. Black Gold (A Dr. Whyte Adventure, #1) - C.B. Samet
42. Troublemaker - John Cho
41. The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd
40. A Kiss to Die For (Sweepers, #1) - Lizbeth Lipperman
39. Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2) - Anthony Horowitz
38. Road Kill (A Sidney Reed Mystery, #2) - R.J. Norgard
37. Kamila Knows Best - Farah Heron
36. TROPHY KILL (A Sidney Reed Mystery, #1) - R.J. Norgard
35. The Old Woman with the Knife - Gu Byeong-mo
34. Planetary Pursuit (Atalan Adventures, #3) - R.M. Hamrick
33. Atalan Adventures: Return to Sender (Atalan Adventures, #2) - R.M. Hamrick
32. The Broken Room - Peter Clines
31. While She Was Out - Ed Bryant
30. The Paris Apartment - Lucy Foley
29. Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
28. The Roommate (Cormac Reilly, #0.75) - Dervla McTiernan
27. A Right Royal Revenge (Highland Horse Whisperer, #2) - R.B. Marshall
26. The Sisters (Cormac Reilly, #0.5) - Dervla McTiernan
25. Sunrise Ranch (The Canyon, #2.75) - Carolyn Brown
24. Last Dance with a Cowboy (Silverado Lake, #3) - Sara Richardson
23. Viking Private Investigations - Season Three (Viking P.I., #3) - Tommy Ueland
22. Viking Private Investigation: Season Two (Viking P.I., #2) - Tommy Ueland
21. A Little Dog's Adventures in a Big Dog's World: Following Winnie on the Path of K9 Scent Work and Life - Suzanne Catalano
20. Steal (Instinct, #3) - James Patterson
19. Tales from the Cafe (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2) - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
18. The Bothy (Highlands & Islands Detective, #2) - G.R. Jordan
17. The Gods We Dreamt of as Children (Calliope, #4) - Scott Mari
16. Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
15. Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness, #1) - Rhys Bowen
14. Death In The Walled City (An Old Delhi Mystery) - Aditya Banerjee
13. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections - Eva Jurczyk
12. Henry The Farting Heart: A Funny Rhyming Valentine's Day Book For Kids About A Tooting Heart - Joy Tyler
11. Something's Guava Give (Trouble in Paradise, #3) - Carrie Doyle
10. The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5) - Ann Cleeves
9. Viking Private Investigation: Season One (Viking P.I., #1) - Tommy Ueland
8. A Deadly Affair : Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Mystery - Agatha Christie
7. It Takes Two to Mango (Trouble In Paradise, #1) - Carrie Doyle
6. DYING TO GET IN - Peter Interland
5. The Interchange - Andrew Orange
4. The Foe in the Forest (Stonehaven Mysteries, #3) - Linn Chapel
3. Bold Fortune (The Fortunes of Lost Lake, #1) - M. M. Crane
2. The Vanished Collection - Pauline Baer de Perignon
1. The Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1) - Dervla McTiernan

On to the next 50!

100. Remember the Alamo Bowl: Bram Kohlhausen's Epic TCU Comeback - Jim Reeves
99. Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry (The Rabbi Small Mysteries, #2) - Harry Kemelman
98. Pictures of the Shark: Stories - Thomas H. McNeely
97. Rosaline's Curse - Katharine Campbell
96.The Poems of Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak
95. Caught in the Quiet - Rod McKuen
94. Pastorale: A Collection Of Lyrics - Rod McKuen
93. New Ballads - Rod McKuen
92. Death by Bubble Tea (LA Night Market, #1) - Jennifer J. Chow
91. Voted Least Likely - Aaron T. Knight
90. Elsewhere - Alexis Schaitkin
89. Never Coming Home - Kate Williams
88. West Side Love Story - Priscilla Oliveras
87. Beyond the Moonlit Sea - Julianne MacLean
86. White Gold - Micheal E. Jimerson
85. Betting on Love - Mary Beesley
84. The Hacienda - Isabel Cañas
83. Once Upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, #2) - James Finn Garner
82. The Twelve Cats of Christmas - Kandy Radzinski
81. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, #1) - James Finn Garner
80. The Latecomer - Jean Hanff Korelitz
79. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (The Rabbi Small Mysteries, #1) - Harry Kemelman
78. Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) - Marissa Meyer
77. Citizen K-9 (The K Team, #3) - David Rosenfelt
76. Galaxy - Mark Lingane
75. Animal Instinct (The K Team, #2) - David Rosenfelt
74. Two Truths and a Lie - April Henry
73. The K Team (The K Team, #1) - David Rosenfelt
72. Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mystery, #1) - Victoria Thompson
71. Twelfth - Janet Key
70. Deathwish (Superhero, #2) - Justin Richman
69. Cookies & Milk - Shawn Amos
68. Fool Me Once - Ashley Winstead
67. The Silver Hood (Superhero, #1) - Justin Richman
66. Heads Will Roll - Kate McKinnon
65. In a New York Minute - Kate Spencer
64. Full Dark House (Bryant & May, #1) - Christopher Fowler
63. Washed in the Blood - Shelton L. Williams
62. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson
61. The Mad Girls of New York (Nellie Bly, #1) - Maya Rodale
60. Shadows Reel (Joe Pickett, #22) - C.J. Box
59. The World of Pondside - Mary Helen Stefaniak
58. Decoy Training (K-9s on Patrol, #1) - Caridad Piñeiro
57. Revelations (The Ghost Agents Trilogy, #2) - Nita DeBorde
56. Nine Lives - Peter Swanson
55. Hour is Come (A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery, #0.5) - Victoria Tait
54. The Catch (US Marshals, #3) - Lisa Harris
53. Toxic Soup - R.R. Rowley
52. Bark: Stories - Lorrie Moore
51. The Bones of Amoret: A Novel - Arthur Herbert

Next set of 50!

150. Pretty Dead Queens - Alexa Donne
149. Covey Jencks (Covey Jencks, #1) - Shelton L. Williams
148. New Dragon City - Mari Mancusi
147. Fallout - Carrie Stuart Parks
146. Sisterhood of Sleuths - Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
145. Omega Morales and the Legend of La Lechuza - Laekan Zea Kemp
144. The Door of No Return - Kwame Alexander
143. Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc - Ash Bishop
142. To Catch the Setting Sun - Richard I. Levine
141. The Killing Code - Ellie Marney
140. The Damned Lovely - Adam Frost
139. Lord of the Fly Fest - Goldy Moldavsky
138. The Epic Story of Every Living Thing - Deb Caletti
137. Aos Sí: A Viking P.I. Mystery (Viking P.I., #4) - Tommy Ueland
136. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow - Zoulfa Katouh
135. Creatrix Rising: Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women - Stephanie Raffelock
134. It Looks Like Us - Alison Ames
133. The Bluest Sky - Christina Diaz Gonzalez
132. All the Broken Girls - Linda Hurtado Bond
131. Ghostlight - Kenneth Oppel
130. Immoral Origins (The Desire Card, #1) - Lee Matthew Goldberg
129. Ravenfall (Ravenfall, #1) - Kalyn Josephson
128. Black and White: Tales of the Texas Highway Patrol - Ben H. English
127. The Decoy Girlfriend - Lillie Vale
126. The Emperor's Servant (Lucius Sestius Mysteries, #2) - Fiona Forsyth
125. Heroes Ever Die (Ken Allen Super Sleuth, #2) - J.A. Crawford
124. Jove Brand Is Near Death (Ken Allen Super Sleuth, #1) - A.J. Crawford
123. Holy Chow (Andy Carpenter, #25) - David Rosenfelt
122. Someday Belongs to Us - Margie Seaman
121. Emma - Jane Austen
120. On the Subject of Unmentionable Things - Julia Walton
119. The Potrero Complex - Amy L. Bernstein
118. Fancy: Sweet Historical Western Romance (Love Train, #10) - Linda Broday
117. Depths of Deceit (Jamie Rush, #2) - Laura Oles
116. Daughters of Bad Men (Jamie Rush, #1) - Laura Oles
115. The Daredevils - Rob Buyea
114. Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5) - Marissa Meyer
113. For the Minds and Wills of Men - Jeff Lanier
112. Dead in the Alley - Sharon D. Michalove
111. A Shot in the Dark (Mydworth Mysteries, #1) - Neil Richards
110. Bravely and Faithfully (Cutter Kauai Sea Adventures, #3) - Edward Hochsmann
109. What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix (Remixed Classics, #4) - Tasha Suri
108. Deep Space Rodeo: Book One of the Argosy Trilogy (Argosy, #1) - Chris Manno
107. Deadly Keepsakes: A Tori Winters Mystery (Tori Winters, #1) - Anita Dickason
106. A Shot in the 80% Dark (Bean to Bar Mystery, #4) - Amber Royer
105. Murder on St. Mark's Place (Gaslight Mystery, #2) - Victoria Thompson
104. Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen (Rowdy, #1) - Chris Mullen
103. Little Gou and the Crocodile Princess (The Adventures of Little Gou, #4) - Robyn Paterson
102. The Kimono Tattoo - Rebecca Copeland
101. We Made It All Up - Margot Harrison

The Final Fifty!

200. Thunder Road - Colin Holmes
199. The Doc's Holiday Homecoming (Back to Adelaide Creek, #2) - Virginia McCullough
198. The Case of the Parrot Loving Professor (Buttercup Bend Mystery, #2) - Debbie De Louise
197. The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) - Richard Osman
196. Stolen Obsession (Annalisse, #1) - Marlene M. Bell
195. The Socialite's Guide to Murder (Pinnacle Hotel Mystery, #1) - S.K. Golden
194. Dumpster Dying: A Hazardous Hoarder Mystery (Hazardous Hoarder Mystery, #1) - Michelle Bennington
193. All Signs Point to Murder (Zodiac Mystery, #2) - Connie di Marco
192. Blood of The Hunted - Marc R. Micciola
191. Chaos at Carnegie Hall (A Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane Mystery, #1) - Kelly Oliver
190. Cowboys and Chaos (Magical Mystery Book Club, #3) - Elizabeth Pantley
189. Hero Haters - Ken MacQueen
188. The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses - K.N. Smith
187. Death by Puffin: A Bachelorette Party Murder in Reykjavik (Travel Can Be Murder, #9) - Jennifer S. Alderson
186. Don't Curse the Rain (Rain Mystery Trilogy, #1) - David Homick
185. Longing is Violet Dusk: A Hazel Dean Mystery (Hazel Dean, #2) - Josalyn McAllister
184. Death Checked Out (Larkspur Library Mysteries, #1) - Leah Dobrinska
183. Sounds Like Love - Laura Ford
182. Turning the Corner - Ruozhen Ma
181. Never Play Fair (Sydney Evans, #2) - Leah Cupps
180. The Chinese Murder of Edward Watts (Covey Jencks, #3) - Shelton L. Williams
179. The Aquamarine Surfboard - Kellye Abernathy
178. Ghost Agents: Retribution (Ghost Agents Trilogy, #3) - Nita DeBorde
177. Gavels, Tinsel and Murder: A British Cozy Mystery with a Female Amateur Sleuth (A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery, #4) - Victoria Tait
176. A War in Too Many Worlds (Time Traveler Professor, #3) - Elizabeth Crowens
175. The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch - Julia Brewer Daily
174. Secrets of the Gold - Baer Charlton
173. Concrete Evidence - DiAnn Mills
172. Friends Like These - Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
171. Old Sins (Maria Pell Mysteries, #3) - Lynne Handy
170. The Prince's One-Night Baby - Juliette Hyland
169. Covey and JayJay Get Educated (Covey Jencks, #2) - Shelton L. Williams
168. Nunzio's Way (Weepers, #2) - Nick Chiarkas
167. Waffles the Chicken Gets Mad - Ken Matthews
166. Liberty Bell and the Last American - James Stoddard
165. Grounds for Murder (A Coffee Lover's Mystery, #1) - Tara Lush
164. A Christmas Candy Killing (A Killer Chocolate Mystery, #1) - Christina Romeril
163. The Stars in Their Eyes - Kristy Gardner
162. The Perfect Brother - Chris Patchell
161. The Beauty of the Days Gone By - Jason Stone
160. Dad's Girlfriend and Other Anxieties - Kellye Crocker
159. Too Much to Candle (Glenmyre Whim Mysteries, #2) - Sarah E. Burr
158. Shifting and Shenanigans (Magical Mystery Book Club, #1) - Elizabeth Pantley
157. I Miss You, I Hate This - Sara Saedi
156. The Truth About Everything - Bridget Farr
155. Lost Melody - Joanna Davidson Politano
154. Outside Nowhere - Adam Borba
153. The Midnight Call (Jessie Martin, #1) - Jodé Millman
152. Flight 171 - Amy Christine Parker
151. Ballistics at the Ballet (A Musical Murder Mystery, #2) - B.J. Bowen

Met my challenge, and these are the extras!

215. Secret Pizza Party - Adam Rubin
214. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi - Chris Van Allsburg
213. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears - Verna Aardema
212. Jumanji - Chris Van Allsburg
211. How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck - Verna Aardema
210. Kingdom of Acatalec (Acatalec, #1) - S.M. McCoy
209. The Jaffa Cartel - J. Terry Johnson
208. Find the Moon - Beth Fehlbaum
207. Her Sister's Death - K.L. Murphy
206. BEK - Black Eyed Kids - Carlos X
205. My Papi Has a Motorcycle - Isabel Quintero
204. Iamasaurus - Anne Ylvisaker
203. Deception Pass (Spider Green, #3) - Norm Harris
202. Bloodstains and Candy Canes (A Christmas Cookie series story) - Marla A. White
201. The Flight of the Mayflower (The Chronicles of Deneb, #1) - Zanne Raby

Final update completed!

215 books for me this year to exceed my goal. On to 2023.