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Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Read: 12/12
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
Fugitive Mate Anastasia Wilde 1/5/22February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Color of the Season Julianne MacLean 2/7/22
Tru Blue Melissa Foster 2/16/22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Break the Ice A.K. Evans 3/3/22
Steeped in Suspicion Eryn Scott 3/3/22
Fix Her Up Tessa Bailey 3/7/22
Fudge and Jury Ellie Alexander 3/7/22
The Summer Getaway Susan Mallery 3/20/22
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
Deflected Jami Davenport 4/4/22
Stealing Home Tara Wyatt 4/6/22
Mystic Falls Vickie McKeehan 4/12/22
A Family Affair Robyn Carr 4/13/22
Colorado Wrangler Jill Haymaker 4/24/22 May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Improbable Cause J.A. Jance 5/2/22 (J.P. Beaumont #5)
Must Love Hockey Sarina Bowen 5/3/22 (Brooklyn #5.5)
A Crime of Passion Fruit Ellie Alexander 5/5/22 (A Bakeshop Mystery #6)
Gingerbread and Deadly Dread Addison Moore 5/7/22 (Murder in the Mix #4)
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Return to Sandpiper Cottage W.M. Andrews 6/4/22
Living at 40 L.B. Dunbar 6/5/22July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Salt Bay Sunrise Juliet Brilee 7/15/22
Another One Bites the Crust Ellie Alexander 7/18/22
Betrayal in Death J.D. Robb 7/30/22August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
All the Best Lies Joanna Schaffhausen 8/8/22
Crowbones Anne Bishop 8/9/22
Last Breath Rachel Caine 8/15/22
Every Waking Hour Joanna Schaffhausen 8/27/22
The Shop on Royal Street Karen White 8/30/22
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Marry and Bright Laura Durham 9/14/22October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
Murder Most Pumpkin Stella Berry 10/13/22
Inn To You L.B. Dunbar 10/19/22
Mountain Hearts Jill Haymaker 10/24/22
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Getting Lei'd Ann Omasta 11/4/22
His Pumpkin Pie Alexa Riley 11/22/22
Rebel Bear Anna Lowe 11/28/22
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Untamed Frankie Love 12/1/22
An Icy Infatuation Emily Silver 12/1/22
Yay, I was hoping we'd do this again! I really enjoyed it last year. **Finished 12/20/2022Purge That Pile 2022
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
(Read 1/2)February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
read 02/12/2022March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words. The Killing Season read 3/14
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
Read 4/2May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
(Bake shop mystery series) 5/4June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
6/20July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Town in a Blueberry JamAugust
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
8/4 Inherit the Shoes E.J. Copperman
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Read 9/1:
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
10/1/22 Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U. Dorothy Parker Drank Here Ellen Meister 11/1/2022
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
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It will be the 3rd year for this challenge. :)
It's a winner! I assume I did it two years ago as well, but at this point who remembers!
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Tell me about it!! LOL! I can't remember what day of the week it is half the time!
Finished on 12/31/22Purge That Pile 2022
January
animal on the cover
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be by Charlotte Foltz Jones | cow | 1/2/22
Five Geese Flying by Tracie Peterson | geese | 1/7/22
February
color word in the title
Goldfish Secrets by Kellyn Roth | Gold | 2/28/22
Where the Last Rose Blooms by Ashley Clark | Rose | 3/21/22
March
three-word title
Against All Odds by Irene Hannon | 3/8/22
In Harm's Way by Irene Hannon | 3/29/22
April
blue cover
Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin | 4/13/22
Shaped by the Waves by Christina Suzann Nelson | 4/24/22
May
series book
All That It Takes by Nicole Deese | McKenzie Family Romance #2 | 5/2/22
Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne | Winnie-the-Pooh #4 | 5/11/22
June
beachy cover
The Sea Keeper's Daughters by Lisa Wingate | 7/29/22
Black Sands by Colleen Coble | 9/12/22
July
no people on the cover
Retribution by Lynette Eason | 7/7/22
Perfect Alibi by Melody Carlson | 8/5/22
August
favorite author
Baby Mine by Kellyn Roth | 8/4/22
After Our Castle by Kellyn Roth | 8/28/22
September
a pattern on the cover
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carolyn Meyer | 9/2/22
Under the Starry Skies by Tracie Peterson | wallpaper | 12/26/22
October
title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count)
Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal | 11/9/22
I'll Be Seeing You by Melody Carlson | 12/8/22
November
author's first name begins with a vowel
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell | 12/31/22
December
a large title on the cover
500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan | 12/10/22
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
12/12 Completed. Finished
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
Protective Instinct-Fiona Quinn 1/25/22
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Green Envy-Aleatha Romig 2/15/22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Hold the Forevers-K.A. Linde 3/05/23
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
The Missing-Kiersten Modglin 4/17/22
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Bree Taggert #5:Dead Against Her-Melinda Leigh 5/18/22
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Lost and Found Sisters-Jill Shalvis 6/04/22
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Girl One: Murder-Molly Black 7/01/22
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Kennedy Ryan-The Close-Up 8/26/22
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Something's Knot Kosher-Mary Marks 9/03/22
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
Killer Smile-Mary Stone 10/12/22
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Aurora Rose Reynolds-Reckless 11/26/22
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Eagle-Janie Crouch 12/04/22
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
12/12
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
Barbara Cool Lee 1/2/22February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Murder at the Blueberry Festival Darci Hannah 7/19/22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Wedding Bell Blues Lynn Cahoon 3/1/22
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover
Sarah Graves 4/5/22May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Twisted Plots Bonita Y. McCoy 5/1/22 (Dog Detective-Bulldog on the Case series)
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Mel McCoy 6/6/22July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Kathleen Suzette 7/9/22August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Scents and a Suspect Emmie Lyn 8/2/22
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Striped awning, best for now-
Emma Ainsley 9/23/22October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
N-None the Riser Emma Ainsley 10/4/22
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Emerald-Blondes, Bikinis and Betrayal Emerald Finn 11/5/22
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Sue Hollowell 12/15/22
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
☃️January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover. - Kneaded to Death - Winnie Archer 01/07/22 PUG DOG
🤷🏼♀️💐February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Gold Digger - Vicki Delany 05/10/22 (oops, May)
🍀March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words. - Crochet and Cauldrons - Nancy Warren 03/03/22
🐣April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
Deadly Summer Nights - Vicki Delany 04/07/22
💐May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
On Borrowed Time - Jenn McKinlay 05/01/22 (#5 Library Lovers Mystery series)
⏰June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Pleading the Fish - Bree Baker 07/04/22 June done in July
🇺🇸July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Booked 4 Murder - J.C. Eaton 07/12/22
👙August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Jenn McKinlay - Death in the Stacks 08/06/22
⏰🧙🏻♀️September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Caught Bread Handed - Ellie Alexander 10/18/22 {stripes in oranges}
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX: Lost Without You (Annapolis Harbor #2) by Lea Coll
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
✔️January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
Of Secrets and Wolves by Alice Winters 1/14/22✔️February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 2/15/22
✔️March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 3/23/22
✔️April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
The Spirit Siphon by Ben S. Dobson 4/13/22✔️May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
The Vampire Chronicles #12 - Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice 5/20/22
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Mahu by Neil S. PlakcyJuly
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerAugust
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
The Confectioner's Guild by Claire LuanaOctober
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
Kitty Hawk by Roland Smith
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
The Jester by James Patterson & Andrew Gross
Okay, I'm trying to downsize on this page to only yearlies, monthlies, and some others that I don't have to do too many specifics for for the time being. This one seems like a good fit.Purge That Pile 2022
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Read: 3/12
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor 1/28 - spider on cover (cover below)
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Crimson Protector by Jeffrey Kranzler 2/25 - crimson
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Raspberry Ripple Murder by Abby Byne 3/1
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
The Fallen Stones by Diana Marcum 4/6 - cover below
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross 5/21 - Steampunk Chronicles #1
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Montauk by Nicola Harrison 8/26 - cover below
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware 8/8 - cover below
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Read: 8/12
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
- Linda Reilly - 1/9/22February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Girl in White - Lindsay Currie - 9/11/22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Salt and Sugar - Rebecca Carvalho 11/4/22
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
- Abby Collette - 11/15/22May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Floral Depravity - Beverly Allen - A Bridal Bouquet Shop Mystery #3 - 11/21
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
- Sandy Barker - 11/27July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
- Lauren Elliott - 11/30August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Marriage Can Be Mischief - Amanda Flower - 12/14
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Ex: Heart of Shadows (Heart of a Highlander #1) by Rebecca Ruger or Night of the Living Wed (Annabelle Archer, #6) by Laura Durham
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX: Lost Without You (Annapolis Harbor #2) by Lea Coll
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover-
The Baby Shift: New Jersey-Becca Fanning 1/1February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title- Claymore, Vol. 27: Silver-Eyed Warriors-Norihiro Yagi 2/24
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words- The Get Over-Walter Dean Myers 3/8
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover-
That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 15-Taiki Kawakami 4/20May
📚 Read a SERIES book- Scalped, Vol. 5: High Lonesome-Jason Aaron 5/1
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover-
To Your Eternity, Vol. 6-Yoshitoki Oima 12/13July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover- The Island-C.L. Taylor 7/6
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author- Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories-Mary Higgins Clark 8/6
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover- 鴨乃橋ロンの禁断推理 1 Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 1 -Akira Amano 10/28
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count)- King of Hell Volume 01-Ra In-Soo 11/1
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U- Bloodborne, Vol. 1: The Death of Sleep-Aleš Kot 11/13
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover-
Zombie-Loan, Vol. 4-Peach-Pit 12/4
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Read: 2/12
January
DONE! 2/1February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
March
The Killer’s Family DONE! 20/3
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Purge that Pile 2022 Duration: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2022
Date Started: January 1, 2022
Date Completed:
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
This is a TBR Challenge.
Books chosen for this challenge MUST be from a To Be Read list OR on your ereader OR the pile you have at home. It is up to YOU how the books are related to the theme each month. You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover. - IT OTTER BE A CRIME: A Leslie & Belinda Mystery by Linda Browning - 1/12/22
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title. - Blue Midnight (Blue Mountain 1) by Tess Thompson - 2-11-22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words. - Cupcakes and Catastrophe (Belle Harbor 1) by Sue Hollowell - 3/2/22
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover. - Sprinkles and Skeletons (Pelican Cove 4) by Leena Clover - 4/14/22
May
📚 Read a SERIES book. - Crime and Periodicals (Green Valley Library 2) by Nora Everly - 5/9/22
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
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Challenge Rules
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Read: 12/12
COMPLETED!
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz 1/17/2022
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Winter Rose by Melanie Dobson 2/14/2022
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Here To Stay by Mark Edwards 3/18/2022
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
The Islanders by Mary Alice Monroe 4/22/2022
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Cheddar Off Dead by Julia Buckley 5/25/2022
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia 6/20/2022
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
A Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris 7/8/2022
August
Book by a favorite author
Second Vespers by Ralph McInerny 8/13/2022
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Hanging by a Thread by Monica Ferris 9/7/2022
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
Murder Under the Covered Bridge by Elizabeth Perona 10/13/2022
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Little Comfort by Edwin Hill 11/20/22
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX: Lost Without You (Annapolis Harbor #2) by Lea Coll
Elusive by Sara Rosett 12/28/2022
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Yes, Genevieve expressed the same problem. I decided to do away with when it's added to the TBR. :)
Mod
JoAnne wrote: "Yes, Genevieve expressed the same problem. I decided to do away with when it's added to the TBR. :)"Yeah between my TBR here and the one on Libby, plus the books waiting on my kindle I definitely appreciate being able to utilize them all. Also, I don’t always put a full series on my TBR, keeping track of the ones I’m reading on a note on my phone, so I’m considering that a TBR list, too! 😆
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Yeah between my TBR here and the one on Libby, plus the books waiting on my kind..."
TBR could also be that pile by your bed or in your bookcase!!
Mod
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
✔January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
✔February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieMarch
✔📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
The Lightning Thief
April
✔📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
Promise Me
May
✔📚 Read a SERIES book.
The Hobbit
June
✔📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the Heart of Florida
July
✔📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
August
✔📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Blue Moon by Lee Child
September
✔📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
October
✔📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
The Paris Apartment
November
✔📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness by Neil Swidey
Purge That Pile 2022January 1-December 31, 2022
Completed: 12/12
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Kelly Barnhill - Jan 8February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne | Jonathan Stroud - Feb 20
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid - Mar 13
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
Owl Moon | Jane Yolen - Apr 10May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Skulduggery Pleasant #1 Skulduggery Pleasant | Derek Landy - May 21
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
The Guncle | Steven Rowley - Jun 26July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Emergency Skin | N.K. Jemisin - Jul 11August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman - Aug 29
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
The Queen's Gambit | Walter Tevis - Sep 11October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
Infernal Enchantment | Helen Harper - Oct 31
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
The Body Reader | Anne Frasier - Nov 1
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Heavy | Kiese Laymon - Dec 31
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
✅January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
- Julia Quinn, 3/15/22✅February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, 4/1/22
✅March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Edge of Reason - Freya Barker, 3/2/22
✅April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
Call Her Mine - Melissa Foster, 4/14/22
✅May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Can't Get Enough - Molly McLain, 5/3/22
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
✅July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Thank You for Listening - Julia Whelan, 8/18/22
✅August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Goodbye Paradise - Sarina Bowen, 8/2/22
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Ex: Heart of Shadows (Heart of a Highlander #1) by Rebecca Ruger or Night of the Living Wed (Annabelle Archer, #6) by Laura Durham
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
✅November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Nick and Charlie - Alice Oseman, 11/26/22
✅December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX: Lost Without You (Annapolis Harbor #2) by Lea Coll
Scattered Showers - Rainbow Rowell, 12/10/22
I’m FINISHED!!!! This is a TBR Challenge.Purge That Pile 2022
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months: 12/12
January (5)
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
The Humans Matt Haig
(on TBR since 2020) 01/02/21 The Man Who Died Twice Richard Osman
01/07/22 (on TBR since I read the first and heard an interview mentioning a sequel). Honey-Baked Homicide Gayle Leeson
01/09/22 (On TBR for Cozy Challenge) The White Tiger Aravind Adiga
01/15/22 (Purchased in 2020) My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman
01/24/22 (On TBR for a couple of years) February (1)
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson 02/04/22 (On TBR since recommended to me a couple of years ago)
March (9)
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood 03/03/22 (All Atwood on TBR)
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 03/05/22 (Series On TBR)
The Wedding Game Meghan Quinn 03/06/22 (Has been on ereader for months)
The Christie Affair Nina de Gramont 03/15/22 (All Hello Sunshine Books are on my TBR)
Pies and Prejudice Ellery Adams 03/19/22 (TBR for Cozy Mystery Challenge)
The Echo Chamber John Boyne 03/20/22 (All John Boyne are on my TBR)
A Little Hope Ethan Joella 03/22/22 (All Jenna Bush GMA Books are on my TBR)
Sometimes I Lie Alice Feeney 03/23/22 (On TBR for Thriller Challenge)
Five French Hens Judy Leigh 03/24/22 (Purchased in 2021)
April (6)
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
The Golden Girls' Getaway Judy Leigh
(On TBR since published) 04/03/22 A Fatal Grace Louise Penny
(Entire series on TBR) 04/05/22It Happened One Summer Tessa Bailey
(ebook) 04/06/22 The Cruellest Month Louise Penny
(ereader) 04/07/22 Just Haven't Met You Yet Sophie Cousens
(TBR) 04/09/22 Migrations Charlotte McConaghy
(TBR) 04/21/22 May (16)
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Read on Arrival (A Bookmobile Mystery #2) Nora Page (ereader) 05/02/22
Stamped Out ( Mail Carrier Mystery #1) Tonya Kappes (ereader) 05/02/22
The Porcupine Year (Birchbark House #3) Louise Erdrich (TBR) 05/03/22
Well Matched (Well Met #3) Jen DeLuca (ereader) 05/04/22
Well Met (Well Met #1) Jen DeLuca (ereader) 05/05/22
By the Book (Meant to Be #2) Jasmine Guillory (TBR) 05/07/22
Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot #12) Agatha Christie (TBR) 05/08/22
Read or Alive (Bookmobile Mystery #3) Nora Page (ereader) 05/15/22
Well Played (Well Met #2) Jen DeLuca (ereader) 05/17/22
Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date #4) Jasmine Guillory (TBR) 05/18/22
Chickadee (Birchbark House #4) Louise Erdrich (TBR) 05/19/22
The Brutal Telling (Inspector Armand Gamache #5) Louise Penny (TBR) 05/19/22
New Corpse In Town (Secret Seal Isle #1) Lucy Quinn (ereader) 05/20/22
Party of Two (The Wedding Date #5) Jasmine Guillory (TBR) 05/20/22
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum #1) Janet Evanovich (TBR) 05/21/22
Bury Your Dead (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #6) Louise Penny 05/24/22
June (5)
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Last Anniversary Liane Moriarty
(ereader) 06/01/22 The Violets of March Sarah Jio
(ereader) 06/17/22 One Night on the Island Josie Silver
(ereader) 06/17/22 The Divorce Party Laura Dave
(ereader) 06/18/22 Beach Day Karen Roosa
(ereader) 06/20/22 July (16)
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
How the Light Gets In Louise PennyTBR)
07/01/22 The Long Way Home Louise Penny (TBR)
07/04/22 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin (TBR)
07/04/22 The Nature of the Beast Louise Penny TBR)
07/07/22 Death by Dumpling Vivien Chien (errader)
07/10/22Hamburger Heist Celia Kinsey (ereader)
07/08/22Pizza Pie Puzzler: A Felicia's Food Truck One Hour Mystery Celia Kinsey (ereader)
07/08/22 Hot Dog Horrors: A Felicia's Food Truck One Hour Mystery Celia Kinsey (ereader)
07/08/22The First Husband Laura Dave (ereader)
07/10/22 London is the Best City in America Laura Dave (ereader)
07/11/22 A Great Reckoning Louise Penny (TBR)
07/12/22What Happened to the Bennetts Lisa Scottoline (ereader)
07/13/22On Mystic Lake Kristin Hannah (ereader)
07/14/22The Family Next Door Sally Hepworth (TBR)
07/19/22This Time Tomorrow Emma Straub (TBR)
07/19/22Fifty Words for Rain Asha Lemmie (TBR)
07/21/22August (13)
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Geekerella Ashley Poston 08/01/22
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown 08/01/22
The Princess and the Fangirl Ashley Poston 08/02/22
The Deal of a Lifetime Fredrik Backman 08/03/22
Bookish and the Beast Ashley Poston 08/04/22
Under One Roof Ali Hazelwood 08/05/22
Below Zero Ali Hazelwood 08/05/22
A Better Man Louise Penny 08/05/22
The Ex Talk Rachel Lynn Solomon 08/09/22
French Braid Anne Tyler 08/12/22
All the Devils Are Here Louise Penny 08/13/22
The Happy Ever After Playlist Abby Jimenez 08/29/22
The Good Sister Sally Hepworth 08/30/22
September (5)
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Ex: Heart of Shadows (Heart of a Highlander #1) by Rebecca Ruger or Night of the Living Wed (Annabelle Archer, #6) by Laura Durham
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
09/01/22 The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Michael Lewis
09/03/22 The It Girl Ruth Ware
09/04/22 Recipe for Persuasion Sonali Dev
09/18/22 Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays R. Eric Thomas
09/22/22 October (4)
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
Incense and Sensibility Sonali Dev 10/04/22
Murder Most Frothy Cleo Coyle 10/06/22
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover 10/18/22
It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover 10/19/22
November (3)
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
A - Delilah Green Doesn't Care Ashley Herring Blake 11/08/33
A - Daisy Darker Alice Feeney 11/23/22
E - The Kiss Curse (The Ex-Hex #2) Erin Sterling 11/16/22
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX: Lost Without You (Annapolis Harbor #2) by Lea Coll
Oh. What. Fun. Chandler Baker
12/01/22 Stockholm Catherine Steadman
12/02/22 His Happy Place Zakiya Dalila Harris
12/02/22Murder in Christmas River Meg Muldoon
12/03/22 Mayhem in Christmas River Meg Muldoon
12/04/22 Mika in Real Life Emiko Jean
12/04/22 Madness in Christmas River Meg Muldoon
12/06/22 Malice in Christmas River Meg Muldoon
12/07/22 Roasted in Christmas River Meg Muldoon
12/08/22 Honey & Spice Bolu Babalola
12/12/22 Opposites Attract Camilla Isley
12/13/22 Mad HoneyJodi Picoult
12/14/22
Purge That Pile 2022completed
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
- Elizabeth Peters - 1/9/22February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Careless in Red - Elizabeth George - 2/08/22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng - 3/18/22
The Dutch House - Ann Patchett - 3/29/22
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
- Elizabeth George - 4/14/22May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Murder in St. Giles- Ashley Gardner - 5/4/22
The Big Kahuna - Janet Evanovich - 5/8/22
Nemesis - Agatha Christie - 5/11/22
A Traitor’s tears - Fiona Buckley - 5/21/22
A Sunlit Weapon - Jacqueline Winspear - 5/29/22
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
- Mary Kay Andrews - 6/7/22 July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
- Rene Denfeld - 7/3/22
- Shelley Noble - 7/4/22 
- Tami Hoag - 7/7/22
- Ray Bradbury - 7/9/22
- Carol Shields - 7/14/22
- Deborah Coonts - 7/17/22 
- Shari Lapena - 7/19/22 
- Mary Westmacott - 7/20/22
- Janet Evanovich - 7/23/22 August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
Catch Me - Lisa Gardner- 8/5/22
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover. -
- Yaa Gyasi - 9/5/22October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
Madam Will You Talk- Mary Stewart - 10/9/22
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Mrs. Jeffries & the Midwinter Murders - Emily Brightwell - 11/7/22
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - Abbi Waxman - 11/11/22
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
- Alex Finlay - 12/13/22
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis (1/27)
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff (2/8)
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl (3/25)
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (4/24)
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Last Chance Christmas by Hope Ramsay [Last Chance #4] (5/12)
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Sandcastle Beach by Jenny Holiday (7/4)
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
The Christmas Room by Catherine Anderson (7/12)
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis (8/30)
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Meet Me In Scotland by Patience Griffin (9/20)
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
It Started With a Kiss by Marina Adair (11/7)
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Those Who Are Saved by Alexis Landau (12/17)
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover
Smitten by the Brit by Melonie Johnson (12/6)
I know each category is up to our interpretation, but I'm kind of struggling with the book with a pattern on the cover. Can a pattern on a person's shirt or scarf count, like: 
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
As much as possible I'm using TBRs that are pre-2020.
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
✔️📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
by Roger Zelazny (1/7)✔️February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles (4/4)
✔️March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words:
Gone Too Far by Suzanne Brockmann (3/3)
✔️April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover:
(3/27)✔️May
📚 Read a SERIES book:
Steminist #2: Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood (5/27)
✔️June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover:
(5/5)✔️July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover:
(7/9)August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author:
Fae Myenne Ng (Steer Toward Rock)
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover:
or
or
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count):
Piranesi
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U:
by Isabel WilkersonDecember
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover:
or
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
I'm only going to use books added pre-2020, and I've mapped them out below.
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
byBrian Thacker (added February 2017)- 1/22/22February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Girl in White Gloves by Kerri Maher (added November 2019)- 2/8/22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
by Talia Carner (added August 2019)- 3/16/22April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
The Key to Happily Ever After by Tif Marcelo (added March 2019)- 4/5/22
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
by Rachel Joyce (added August 2019)June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
by Barbara O'Neal (added November 2019)July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
by Kimberly Belle (added June 2018)August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner (added March 2018)
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
by Balli Kaur Jaswal (added May 2019)October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
by Mark Lukach (added Nov 2018)November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
by Ellen Keith (added December 2018)December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
by Liz Fenton (added June 2018)
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Yes, of course!! :)
Mod
I'm in again.Purge That Pile 2022
Timeframe: 1/1/22 to 12/31/22
12/12
23 Bonus Books
January - ANIMAL on the cover.
1. Horse - Shoreline Drive by Lily Everett - 1/9/22 ♥♥♥♥
2. Cat - Oliver: The Cat Who Saved Christmas by Sheila Norton - 1/10/22 ♥♥♥♥
February - COLOR word in the title.
1. Violet by Lauren Royal - 2/10/22 ♥♥♥♥
2. Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close - 2/16/22 ♥♥♥
March - Title has THREE words.
1. Home for Christmas by Lily Everett - 3/20/22 ♥♥♥♥
2. Tailored for Trouble by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff - 3/27/22 ♥♥♥♥
April
📚 BLUE cover.
1. Fork in the Road ... and Other Pointless Discussions by Linda M. Au - 4/4/22 ♥♥♥♥
2. Miracle Road by Emily March - 4/21/22 ♥♥♥♥
May - SERIES book.
1. Eternity Springs - Dreamweaver Trail by Emily March - 5/2/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
2. Aisling Grey - Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister - 5/3/22 ♥♥♥♥
3. Sons of Odin - Oath Breaker by Erin S. Riley - 5/5/22 ♥♥♥
4. Tate Brothers - The Wicked Billionaire by Jackie Ashenden - 5/7/22 ♥♥♥♥
5. Night Huntress World - Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost - 5/8/22 ♥♥♥♥
6. Andy Carpenter - Bury the Lead by David Rosenfelt - 5/12/22 ♥♥♥♥
7. Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery - The Main Corpse by Diane Mott Davidson - 5/15/22 ♥♥♥♥
8. Bow Street Bachelors - To Catch an Earl by Kate Bateman - 5/16/22 ♥♥♥
9. Andy Carpenter - Sudden Death by David Rosenfelt - 5/20/22 ♥♥♥♥
10. In Death - Naked in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/24/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
11. Hannah Swensen - Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke - 5/25/22 ♥♥♥♥
June - BEACHY cover
1. Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand - 6/26/22 ♥♥♥♥
July - NO PEOPLE on the cover.
1. Reunion Pass by Emily March - 7/10/22 ♥♥♥♥
2. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald - 7/19/22 ♥♥♥♥
3. The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter - 7/21/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
4. Christmas in Eternity Springs by Emily March - 7/23/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
August - FAVORITE author.
1. A Stardance Summer by Emily March - 8/3/22 ♥♥♥♥
2. Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 8/8/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
3. The First Kiss of Spring by Emily March - 8/12/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
4. Summer Nights with a Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 8/16/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
September - PATTERN on the cover.
1. Until June by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 9/17/22 ♥♥♥♥
It’s faint, but there’s a lace pattern across the bottom.
2. Lottie: Bride of Delaware by Kit Morgan - 9/27/22 ♥♥♥
The pattern on her dress is a large part of the cover.
October - Title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN
1. M - Mr. Beautiful by R.K. Lilley - 10/23/22 ♥♥♥♥
2. U - Under the Lights by Shannon Stacey - 10/31/22 ♥♥♥♥
November - Author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
1. The Man I Never Met by Elle Cook - 11/30/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
December - LARGE TITLE on the cover.
1. Christmas at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan - 12/18/22 ♥♥♥♥
2. Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan - 12/26/22 ♥♥♥
******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/26/22******
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
0/12
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Ex: Night of the Living Wed (Annabelle Archer, #6) by Laura Durham
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Purge That Pile 2022 FINISHED!Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
12 out of 12
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
Sing Down the Moon Scott O'Dell 2-25-22 (horses)
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Biloxi Blues Neil Simon 4-3-22 (Blue= feeling)
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Wendish Texans Sylvia Ann Grider 4-10-22
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
In spite of everything!: History of the State of Israel in political cartoons Noah Bee 4-2-22
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
The Celery Stalks at Midnight James Howe 5-1-22 (Bunnicula series #3)
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Forever Love Gary Smalley 8-2-22
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
The Golden Statue Plot Geronimo Stilton 7-13-22
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author. Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever John McWhorter 8-7-22
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Ex: Heart of Shadows (Heart of a Highlander #1) by Rebecca Ruger or Night of the Living Wed (Annabelle Archer, #6) by Laura Durham
The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer 9-2-22
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count). Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah Richard Bach 10-9-22 (I)
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U. A World of Love for Animals Ingrid Newkirk 11-11-22 (Ingrid = I)
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX: Lost Without You (Annapolis Harbor #2) by Lea Coll
Joe Gould's Teeth Jill Lepore 12-15-22
Purge That Pile 2022January 1-December 31, 2022
12 of 12 Complete
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson - 1/26/22
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert - 2/4/22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
Save Her Soul - Lisa Regan - 3/17/22
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
White Out - Danielle Girard - 4/4/22
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
Sea Storm - Andrew Mayne - 5/3/22 - #3 Underwater Investigation Unit
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Summer Island - Kristin Hannah - 6/25/22
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Nightwork - Nora Roberts - 9/18/22
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
The Chosen - J.R. Ward - 8/11/22
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory - 9/15/22
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
Undone - Rachel Caine - 10/8/22
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
Hard and Fast - Erin McCarthy - 11/12/22
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX: Lost Without You (Annapolis Harbor #2) by Lea Coll
Razorblade Tears - S.A. Cosby - 12/4/22
Mod
I'd like to participate in this challenge! Thank you.Purge That Pile 2022
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
0/12
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Ex: Night of the Living Wed (Annabelle Archer, #6) by Laura Durham
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
Mod
I have you linked as Jennifer - Msg 43, as we have another Jennifer already signed up. :)
JoAnne wrote: "Welcome Jennifer!I have you linked as Jennifer - Msg 43, as we have another Jennifer already signed up. :)"
Sounds good. Thanks JoAnne!
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Read: 0/12
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Ex: Heart of Shadows (Heart of a Highlander #1) by Rebecca Ruger or Night of the Living Wed (Annabelle Archer, #6) by Laura Durham
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX: Lost Without You (Annapolis Harbor #2) by Lea Coll
Purge That Pile 2022Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Read: 8/12
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
The Wolf's Shadow - Cecilia Dominic 1/25/22
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
The Black Sisterhood Files - Kristina Naydonova 2/8/22
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
The Devil's Crown - Monica James 3/18/22
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
The Sanatorium - Sarah Pearse 4/9/22
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
The Secret Keepers - Jean Nicole Rivers {Black Water Tales #1} 5/5/22
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
Summer at Sea - Beth Labonte 6/21/22
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
Malevolent - Jana Deleon 7/18/22
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
It Came From The Garage!: An Anthology of Automotive Horror - Stephen King 8/5/22
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
If She Were Blind - Laney Wylde
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN.
Murder at Mondial Castle - Issy Brooke
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
The Rogue - Emma V. Leech
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
The Last Amen - C.C. Jameson
✅Done!!!✅This is a TBR Challenge.
Books chosen for this challenge MUST be from a To Be Read list OR on your ereader OR the pile you have at home. It is up to YOU how the books are related to the theme each month. You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
Object: Read 12 books - one each month★★★★★
Months:
Purge That Pile 2022
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 ANIMAL on the cover:
★★★★ 16 JanuaryFebruary
📚 A COLOR word in the title
★★★★ 27 FebruaryMarch
📚 Title has THREE words
Great or Nothing ★★★★ 18 March
The Blackbird Girls ★★★★ 17 March
April
📚 A BLUE cover
★★★★★ 2 April
★★★★★ 14 AprilMay
📚 Read a SERIES book
Hunted by the Sky ★★★ 29 May
History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire: Rising From the Ashes ★★★★ 22 May
June
📚 A BEACHY cover
★★★ 10 JuneJuly
📚 NO PEOPLE on the cover
★★★★ 13 July
★★★ 5 JulyAugust
📚 By a FAVORITE author
An Emotion of Great Delight ★★★★ 11 August
September
📚 A PATTERN on the cover
★★★★ 13 SeptemberOctober
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN
The Nightingale ★★★★ 17 October
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U. ~Ibtihaj~
Proud: Living My American Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad ★★★★ 10 December
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
★★★ 21 December
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Sheila Norton (other topics)
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This is a TBR Challenge.
Books chosen for this challenge MUST be from a To Be Read list OR on your ereader OR the pile you have at home. It is up to YOU how the books are related to the theme each month. You may not read ahead BUT if you get behind, you may catch up.
Purge That Pile 2022
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Object: Read 12 books - one each month
Months:
January
📚 Read a book with an ANIMAL on the cover.
February
📚 Read a book with a COLOR word in the title.
March
📚 Read a book whose title has THREE words.
April
📚 Read a book with a BLUE cover.
May
📚 Read a SERIES book.
June
📚 Read a book with a BEACHY cover.
July
📚 Read a book with NO PEOPLE on the cover.
August
📚 Read a book by a FAVORITE author.
September
📚 Read a book with a PATTERN on the cover.
Ex:
October
📚 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in PUMPKIN (all words count).
November
📚 Read a book whose author's FIRST NAME begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O, U.
December
📚 Read a book with a LARGE TITLE on the cover.
EX:
📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚
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