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Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
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Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Hard
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Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Hard
24/24 books (11/6 AA)
🗸 January
Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller AA -Read 02/01 ★★★
Juliet Rieden - The Writing On The Wall AA -Read 18/01 ★★½
🗸 February
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley -Read 14/02 ★★★½
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Notes from Underground -Read 17/02 ★★
🗸 March
The Mystery Woman by Belinda Alexandra AA -Read 16/03 ★★★
George Megalogenis - The Football Solution: How Richmond’s premiership can save Australia AA -Read 06/03 ★★★
🗸 April
And Fire Came Down (Caleb Zelic #2) by Emma Viskic AA -Read 18/04 ★★★½
Anne Bishop - Sebastian (Ephemera #1) -Read 17/04 ★★★½
🗸 May
The Most Important Job In The World by Gina Rushton AA -Read 26/05
Geoffrey McGeachin - Blackwattle Creek (Charlie Berlin #2) AA -Read 04/05 ★★★★
🗸 June
Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food by Laura Thomas -Read 22/06 ★★½
James Phelan - Red Ice (Lachlan Fox #5) AA -Read 17/06 ★★★
🗸 July
Judas Horse (DC Jack Warr #2) by Lynda La Plante -Read 09/07 ★★★
Julia Baird - Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark AA -Read 04/07 ★★
🗸 August
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien -Read 15/09 ★★★★★
Anna Goldsworthy - Piano Lessons: A Memoir AA -Read 09/08 ★★★
🗸 September
Smoke & Summons (Numina Trilogy #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg -Read 23/09 ★★★
Michele Scott - Murder Uncorked (A Wine Lover's Mystery #1) -Read 23/09 ★★★
🗸 October
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng -Read 15/10 ★★★★★
Nicolás Obregón - Blue Light Yokohama (Inspector Iwata #1) -Read 28/10 ★★½
🗸 November
The Ninth Circle by Brendan Deneen -Read 13/11 ★★
Sōsuke Natsukawa - The Cat Who Saved Books -Read 13/11 ★★★
🗸 December
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov -Read 10/12 ★★★½
Desi Anwar - Being Indonesian: Life, Strife and the Pursuit of Democracy Indonesia -Read 14/12 ★★★
Gosh I'm such a sucker for these challenges! I'll give it a go. Why not?Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Hard
Title: 12/12 AA 3/3
Author: 12/12 AA 4/3
January
Title
J Is For Judgment by Sue Grafton 7/1/22 3 stars
Author
Jennie Jones - A Place to Stay AA 15/1/22 4 stars
February
Title
The Freedom Trap by Desmond Bagley 2/2/22 3 stars
Author
Alan Furst- Red Gold 6/2/22 4 stars
March
Title
Mrs England by Stacey Halls 7/3/22 3 stars
Author
Michael Connelly - The Law of Innocence 3/3/22 5 stars
April
Title
Angel Rock by Darren Williams AA 21/4/22 4 stars
Author
Eddie Ayres - Danger Music AA 15/4/22 4 stars
May
Title
The Mother by Jane Caro AA 25.5.22 3 stars
Author
Hilary Mantel - The Mirror & the Light 23/5/22 5 stars
June
Title
The Judge's List - John Grisham 8/6/22 4 stars
Author
Lisa Jewell - The Night She Disappeared 5/6/22 4 stars
July
Title
Just One Look by Harlan Coben
10/7/22 4 stars
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Jock Serong - On the Java Ridge AA 21/7/22 4 stars
August
Title
All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks 5/8/22 4 stars
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Andre Agassi - Open 15/8/22 4 stars
September
Title
Silverview by John le Carré 7/9/22 3 stars
Wilbur Smith - When the Lion Feeds 12/9/22 4 stars
October
Title
On the Same Page by Penelope Janu AA 7/10/22 3 stars
Author
Richard Osman - The Man Who Died Twice 12/10/22 5 stars
November
Title
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 8/11/22 3 stars
Author
Eric Newby-What The Traveller Saw 12/11/22 3 stars
December
Title
Desert Star by Michael Connelly 4/12/22 4 stars
Author
Darry Fraser--The Prodigal Sister AA 10/12/22 3 stars
Count me in and so much for "only 1 annual challenge for me this year"!Will work out books as the year unfolds.
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
12/12 (4/3 AA)
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Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
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Title -- Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
Author -- Silent Scream by Angela Marsons
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Title -- American Law by Camille Taylor -- AA
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Author -- Miranda James -- Classified as Murder
June
Title --Jazz Baby by Tea Cooper -- AA
Author -- Justine Davis -- The Lone Star Lawman
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Author -- Penelope Janu -- The Six Rules of Christmas-- AA
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Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
12/12
January Jilted Rachael Johns AA Done 5* 22/01/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
February A Family of Strangers Fiona Lowe AA Done 5* 22/2/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
March The Mother-in-Law Sally Hepworth AA Done $8 5/3/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
April A Winning Betrayal Louise Guy AA Done 4* 15/4/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
May The Midsummer Garden Kirsty Manning AA Done 4* 18/5/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
June The Jade Lily Kirsty Manning AA Done 5* 17/06/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
July The Jigsaw Man Nadine Matheson Done 4* 23/7/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
August Amber and Alice Janette Paul AA Done 5 * 28/8/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
September The Swift and the Harrier Minette Walters Done 5* 6/9/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
October [book:Odessa Annie Seaton AA Done 3* 13/10/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
November The Nanny's Family Wish Helen Lacey AA Done 4* 9/11/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
December Dial A for Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto Done 3* 4/12/22 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Woohoo I have finished this one sadly the last book was as good but it was readable :)
Thank you for organsing :)
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
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Sounds like an interesting challenge. I am in :) Title to come soonAnnual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Hard
24/24
Title: Just One Wish by Rachael Johns AA 4 stars 13/1/22
Author: Storm Front by Jim Butcher 5 stars 10/1/22
Title: Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven by Janet Evanovich 4 stars 8/2/22
Author: Savage Road by Christine Feehan 5 stars 3/2/22
Title Midnight Rider / Regan's Pride by Diana Palmer 4 stars 7/3/22
Author Trick of the Light by Fiona McCallum AA 3 stars 7/3/22
Title A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill 2.5 stars 5/5/22
Author: Fallen Creed by Alex Kava 5 stars 13/4/22
Title The Mystery of the Blinking Eye by Kathryn Kenny 5 stars 13/5/22
Author Assassin's Blood by Marina Finlayson AA 4 Stars 4/5/22
Title Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 4 stars 24/6/22
Author A Night to Forget by Jessica Wood 3 stars 24/6/22
Title The Judge's List by John Grisham 3.5 stars 7/722
Author Still Me by Jojo Moyes 5 stars 11/7/22
Title Assassin's Bane by Marina Finlayson AA 4 stars 18/8/22
Author The Queen's Weapons by Anne Bishop 5 stars 19/08/22
Title Spider Game by Christine Feehan 5 stars 11/9/22
Author Trust by Kylie Scott AA 4 stars 13/9/22
Title Outback Escape: The Sister by Annie Seaton AA 5 stars 12/10/22
Author Gage by Tess Oliver 4 stars 19/10/22
Title Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars 5/11/22
Author The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell AA 4 stars 2/11/22
December
Title Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars 6/12/22
Author The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie 4 stars 1/12/22
Yes please. I'll be back once I've chosen books.Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy (3 AA)
12/12
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
12/12 (5/4AA)
Jane Is Trying by Isy Suttie.
Finished 17/01/2022. 3.75★
The Fence by Meredith Jaffe. AA.
Finished 5/02/2022. 4★
The Mistake by Katie McMahon. AA.
Finished 21/03/2022. 3.5★
A Perfect Wife by Elle Gray.
Finished 20/04/2022. 3★
The Michaelmas Murders by Mandy Morton.
Finished 25/05/2022. 2★
Just for the Holidays by Sue Moorcroft.
Finished 21/06/2022. 2.5★
Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody by Barbara Ross.
Finished 9/07/2022. 2.5★
Acknowledgments: Stories of Friends, Enemies and Figuring Things Out by Becky Lucas. AA.
Finished 9/07/2022. 3★
Savannah's Secret by Mandy Magro. AA
Finished 15/09/2022. 2.5★
Our House by Louise Candlish
Finished 20/10/2022. 3★
The No-Show by Beth O'Leary
Finished 20/11/2022. 4★
Daughter of Mine by Fiona Lowe. AA
Finished 7/12/2022. 4★
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Level: Easy - 3AA's
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December - The Dragon Man by Garry DisherAA
I'm not going to do this, but it would be satisfying to read books with the month is the title, and then the month in the author's name 🙂 March and May would be easyAnd Alex, I might read The Janus Stone in January...
I'd like to play, please! Jazzy's Easy, Peasy, Lemon Squeezy Calendar of Books Challenge 2022
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
12/12
✅ 1. January
Journey to Paradise: Short Stories and Autobiographical Sketches (1989) - Dorothy M. Richardson (1873-1957) 29/1/22 - 5★
✅ 2. February
From a Paris Balcony (2016) - Ella Carey AA 28/2/22 - 4★
✅ 🦘3. March
The Man Who Loved Children (1940) - Christina Stead AA 11/3/22 - 5★
✅ 4. April
Angarey: Nine Stories And A Play (1932) - Vibha S. Chauhan 6/4/22 - 5★
✅ 🦘5. May
My Brother Jack (1964) - George Johnston AA 20/5/22 - 5★
✅ 6. June
Jeannie Out of the Bottle (2011) - Barbara Eden 24/6/22 - 5★
✅ 7. July
Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas (2020) - Gill Paul 24/7/22 - 5★
✅ 8. August
A Bit on the Side (2004) - William Trevor 18/8/22 - 5★
✅ 9. September
Singing from the Floor: A History of British Folk Clubs (2014) - J.P. Bean 30/9/22 - 5★
✅ 🦘10. October
The Odd Angry Shot (1975) - William Nagle AA 3/10/22 - 4★
✅ 🦘11. November
Nine Perfect Strangers (2018) - Liane Moriarty AA 25/11/22 - 3★
✅🦘12. December
Dirt Music (2011) - Tim Winton AA 11/12/22 - 4★
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Hard
24/24 8/6 AA
January
✔︎The Justification Of Johann Gutenberg by Blake Morrison 24/2 4★
✔︎The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by Joanna Nell AA 10/1 3★
February
✔︎Farewell To My Concubine by Lilian Lee 3/2 4★
✔︎And What Do You Do Mr. Gable? by Richard Flanagan AA 15/2 3★
March
✔︎A Most Immoral Woman by Linda Jaivin AA 2/3 3★
✔︎Serving Crazy with Curry by Amulya Malladi 3/3 4★
April
✔︎American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins 10/4 5★
✔︎The Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley AA 14/4 3★
May
✔︎Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 19/5 5★
✔︎Rosewater And Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran 8/5 3★
June
✔︎Judgment in Death by JD Robb - 21/6 3★
✔︎Night Music by Jojo Moyes 23/6 4★
July
✔︎The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson AA 23/7 4★
✔︎The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 19/7 4★
August
✔︎Autumn Laing by Alex Miller AA 16/8 5★
✔︎The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves 9/8 4★
September
✔︎Swift as Desire by Laura Esquivel 21/9 4★
✔︎Throne of Glass by Sarah j maas 24/9 3★
October
✔︎Out of the Ashes: The Mothers love that healed the scars of the Bali Bombings by Megan Norris AA 9/10 4★
✔︎The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht 31/10 4★
November
✔︎Nourishment by Gerard Woodward 24/11 4★
✔︎The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home by Joanna Nell AA 7/11 4★
December
✔︎A Damsel in Distressby P.G. Wodehouse 10/12 3★
✔︎Going Solo by Roald Dahl 7/12 4★
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Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy - 3AA's
0/12 - interim list
(HOW hard is it to find books BEGINNING in J????)
January - [book:Justice Returns|367..."
And the worst part is - there are 3 of them!!!
This is a great challenge, but probably the hardest one to find the books for (given that I read a lot of series books, so have to read them in the right order!) Level: Easy 12/12 AA 3/3 ✅ Jan - The Joy and Light Bus Company - Alexander McCall Smith - 16 Jan 2022 - ★★★★☆
✅ Feb - The Fourth Friend - Joy Ellis - 20 Feb 2022 - ★★★☆
✅ Mar - Murder in a Mill Town - P.B. Ryan - 12 Mar 2022 - ★★★★
✅ Apr - The Alice Network - Kate Quinn - 16 Apr 2022 - ★★★★
✅ May - The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan - 4/6/2022 A.A - ★★★★
✅ Jun - Judas Horse - Lynda La Plante - 5/7/2022 - ★★
✅ Jul - The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths - 17/7/2022 - ★★★★
✅ Aug - Asylum - Jack Adams - 7/9/2022 - A.A - ★★★☆
✅ Sep - The Scarred Woman - Jussi Adler-Olsen - 3/9/2022 - ★★★☆
✅ Oct - Of Blood and Bone - Nora Roberts - 7/10/2022 - ★★★★
✅ Nov - The Night Gate (The Enzo Files, #7). - Peter May - 26/11/2022 - ★★★★
✅ Dec - Dark Emu - Bruce Pascoe A.A - 11/12/2022 - ★★★
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I’ll probably fail this! Not enough J’s on my shelf :))Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level:
24/24
9/6 AA
January
July's People by Nadine Gordimer fin Jan19 4*
The Well by Elizabeth JolleyAA fin Jan11 4*
February
A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe AA fin Feb15 3*
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley fin Feb6 4*
March
The Murder Ruleby Dervla McTiernan fin Mar10 4*
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata fin Mar6 3*
April
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty fin Apr5 4*
Violeta by Isabel Allende fin Apr18 5*
May
Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks fin May11 4*
The Last of the Apple Blossom by Mary-Lou Stephens fin May8 3*
June
Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. fin Jun16 3*
Framed by John M. Green AA fin Jun3 4*
July
Jizzle by John Wyndham fin Jul7 4*
The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan fin Jul3 5*
August
Abominations: Selected Essays from a Career of Courting Self-Destruction by Lionel Shriver fin Aug13 3*
Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali fin Aug7 4*
September
The Stranger by Kathryn Hore fin Sep4 4*
The Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre by S. Elizabeth fin Sep11 5*
October
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell fin Oct10 4*
The Omen by David Seltzer fin Oct23 4*
November
The Only Child by Kayte NunnAA fin Nov5 3*
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo fin Nov21 3*
December
The Next Girl by Pip Drysdale fin Dec4 4*
The Dream by Émile Zola fin Dec12 4*
I'll give it a crack!!Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
0/12 (3AA)
January - Jade City by Fonda Lee
February - From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
March - Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson
April - A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
May - The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
June - Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan
July - Judgement in Death - J.D. Robb
August - An Empress of Air & Chaos by Noelle Rayne
September - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
October - Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
November - Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
December - Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross
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Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
0/12 (3AA)
January - Jade City by Fonda Lee
February - A Fate of Wrath and Flame by K.A. T..."
Rose welcome to your first challenge!! For you to link your books and authors, click 'add book/author' in the top right hand corner of your comment box and follow the prompts. Put your cover pics down the bottom by swapping from 'link' to 'cover'. Thanks - just click edit and you'll be able to do that :)
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Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level:
0/24
0/6 AA
January
The Jungle by [author:Upton ..."
You have a year to find those Js Janelle - don't give up before you've started ;) lol
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
1/12
January Journey to Paradise: Short Stories and Autobiographical Sketches by Dorothy M. Richardson - I have read this book (for some weird reason I can't make the html work for striking through the text. If someone wants to give me some tips, I'd be grateful - thanks.
February The First Stone: Some Questions of Sex and Power by Helen Garner
March Miss Herbert by Christina Stead **AA**
April Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells
May Mad Puppetstown by Molly Keane
June Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
July Jenny Wren by E.H. Young
August The Ante-Room by Kate O'Brien
September Some Everyday Folk And Dawn by Miles Franklin **AA**
October Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
November Never No More by Maura Laverty
December Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau
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Easy Challenge for me 📚 📚 📚 📚 🐿Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
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September - Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne AA
October - Off Kilter by Hannah Reed
November -
December - Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
Brenda wrote: “ You have a year to find those Js Janelle - don't give up before you've started ;) lol."Or steal from other peoples lists! I have a plan :))
Clare wrote: "I'm not going to do this, but it would be satisfying to read books with the month is the title, and then the month in the author's name 🙂 March and May would be easyAnd Alex, I might read The Jan..."
I might too. July has been rescued with The Juniper Gin Joint
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I thank so too Phrynne it is going to be fun
finished 21/12/22Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
12/12 4/4 AA
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I would like to joinAnnual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy 3AA
7/12
January
✔ Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo Read 27/1. 2★
February
✔ The Furies by Mandy Beaumont AA Read 1/3. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
March
✔ Mrs March by Virginia Feito Read 19/3. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
April
✔ All These Bodies by Kendare Blake Read 27/4. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
or April 1865: The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik
May
✔ Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau Read 17/5. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
DNF Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson
June
The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson AA
July
Just Our Luck by Julia Walton
August
✔ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Read 16/9. 4★
September
Sugar by Carly Nugent AA
or Slipping the Noose by Meg Caddy AA
or September Girls by Bennett Madison
October
DNF Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
or The October Country by Ray Bradbury
November
✔ A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago Read 20/12. 3★
or November Road by Lou Berney
December
Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie
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Will fill all this in tomorrow - planning one annual challenge a day is enough for me! Something to look forward to tomorrow :)Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Hard
24/24 (6 AA) COMPLETED 20-DEC-2022
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Or steal from other peoples lists! I have a plan :))"
Great idea!
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And Alex, I migh..."
Well done you!!!
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Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
0/12
January
The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths
February
[b..."
Oh well done Clare!! Very clever :)
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Another great challenge - thanks! I will be leaving a few as TBA as still trying to find some J books and given we have to read them in the same month, I might hold off now on Oct/Nov/Dec as not sure what I will feel like reading then :-)Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
12/12 (3 AA) as of 3/12
January
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 29 Jan 2022
February
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 5/2/2022
March
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 22/3/2022
April
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 16/4/22
May
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 8/5/22
June
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 20/6/22
July
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars) - 10/7/22
August
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 stars) - 11/8/22
September
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5 Stars) - 13/9/22
October
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars) - 10/10/22
November
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 13/11/22
December
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars) - 3/12/22
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Hard (maybe!)
24/24 (6 AA)
Titles & Authors;
January:
Jack and Kill and Jack in a Box by Diane Capri ✅ 3* (2/12)
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn ✅ 4* (12/1)
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✅February:
False Witness by Karin Slaughter ✅ 4* (16/2)
Hush by Candice Fox (AA) ✅ 5* (8/2)
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✅March:
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid ✅ 4* (9/3)
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (AA) ✅ 4* (13/3)
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✅April:
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (AA) ✅ 3* (2/4)
Colder Than Sin by Toni Anderson ✅ 2* (1/4)
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✅May:
Murder at the Dolphin Hotel by Helena Dixon ✅ 2* (1/5)
The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan (AA) ✅ 4* (21/5)
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✅June:
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn ✅ 2* (4/6)
Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep ✅ 3* (1/6)
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✅July:
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor ✅ 2* (11/7)
A Fatal Obsession by James Hayman ✅ 4* (20/7)
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✅August:
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow ✅ 4* (2/8)
Pandemic - Alister Hodge (AA) ✅ 3* (12/8)
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✅September:
The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox ✅ 4* (11/9)
Later by Stephen King ✅ 5* (4/9)
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✅October:
The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman (AA) ✅ 4* (7/10)
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman ✅ 2* (6/10)
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✅November:
Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah ✅ 4* (2/11)
Come Sundown by Nora Roberts ✅ 2* (1/11)
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✅December:
Dead and Gone to Bell by Jeremy Waldron ✅ 2* (1/12)
Trick or Treat by Katerina Diamond ✅ 3* (3/12)
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Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: Easy
12/12
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A little more challenging with titles and monthly reading frame, but happy to give it a go. I will attempt both titles and authors and see how it pans out 😉ANNUAL CHALLENGE 2022 - CALENDAR OF BOOKS
Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
24/24 AA 14/14
1. TITLES 2. AUTHOR
JANUARY
✔1. Jilted by Rachael Johns AA....3.5* 15/01/22
✔2. The Truth About Her by Jacqueline Maley AA....3.5* 09/01/22
FEBRUARY
✔1. The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope AA....3.5* 13/02/22
✔2. Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies by Jackie French AA....4* 11/02/22
MARCH
✔1. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman....4.5* 06/03/22
✔2. Love Objects by Emily Maguire AA....4* 25/03/22
APRIL
✔1. After Story by Larissa Behrendt AA....4* 28/04/22
✔2. Small Town Nightmare by Anna Willett AA....3.5* 07/04/22
MAY
✔1. The Maid by Nita Prose....4* 26/05/22
✔2. Three Sisters by Heather Morris AA....4* 08/05/22
JUNE
✔1. Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell....3* 27/06/22
✔2. All My Mothers by Joanna Glen....4* 10/06/22
JULY
✔1. Jackson's Track : Memoir of a Dreamtime Place by Daryl Tonkin AA....4* 08/07/22
✔2. My Polar Dream by Jade Hameister AA....4* 06/07/22
AUGUST
✔1. An Open Swimmer by Tim Winton AA....3* 20/08/22
✔2. Lies Lies Lies by Adele Parks....3.5* 08/08/22
SEPTEMBER
✔1. Someone Else's Child by Kylie Orr AA....4* 20/09/22
✔2. Daintree by Annie Seaton AA....3.5* 07/09/22
OCTOBER
✔1. One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell....3* 05/10/22
✔2. All Mixed Up by Jason Om AA....3.5* 15/10/22
NOVEMBER
✔1. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead....4* 06/11/22
✔2. Paper Chains by Nicola Moriarty AA....3.5* 14/11/22
DECEMBER
✔1. Death of a Glutton by M.C. Beaton....3.5* 03/12/22
✔2. The Kookaburra Creek Cafe by Sandie Docker AA....4* 23/12/22
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: hard
24/24
January
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn finished 12/1/22 - 4★
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride finished 4/1/22 - 4★
February
Fancy Meeting You Here by Ali Berg AA finished 22/2/22 - 3★
How We Love: Notes on a Life by Clementine Ford AA finished 20/2/22 - 4★
March
Music And Freedom by Zoë MorrisonAA finished 22/3/22 - 3.5★
The Last Migration by Charlotte McConaghyAA finished 26/3/22 - 4.5★
April
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire finished 7/4/22 - 4★
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss AA finished 23/4/22 - 5★
May
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman finished 10/5/22 - 3★
The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey finished 7/5/22 - 4★
June
The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson AA finished 19/6/22 - 3.5★
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner finished 5/6/22 - 4★
July
Jack by Marilynne Robinson finished 14/7/22 - 4★
Here for the Right Reasons by Jodi McAlister AA finished 15/7/22 - 4.5★
August
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood finished 4/8/22 - 1★
Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen AAfinished 7/8/22 - 4★
September
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta AAfinished 8/9/22 - 5★
Liar by K.L. Slater finished 6/9/22 - 3.5★
October
On Beauty by Zadie Smith finished 13/10/22 - 4★
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki finished 20/10/22 - 5★
November
Night by Elie Wiesel finished 11/11/22 - 5★
How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer finished 27/11/22 - 1★
December
Dearly by Margaret Atwood finished 3/12/22 - 4★
The Best Australian Stories 2006 by Robert Drewe finished 18/12/22 - 3★
If anyone is interested, I found 2 series that use the months as titles. Neither of which was for me 😆January +11 Calendar Girls by Audrey Carlan 18+
January +11 Conspiracy 365 by Gabrielle Lord YA AA
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of BooksDuration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Level: hard (6AA)
24/24
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Mod
Thanks Clare :)
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So many people have great books chosen! Quite a lot of J's to go around!Thank you so much for these fabulous challenges Brenda!
Hi Brenda. Do we have to pick our books in advance, or can we simply add them during the appropriate month?
Mod
Thank you so much for these fabulous challenges Brenda!"
You're welcome Jazzy - and this is why it's good for us to choose in advance, as - especially in the case of J - we can help each other :)
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Books mentioned in this topic
Murder at St Anne's (other topics)The Family Law (other topics)
Gravity Is The Thing (other topics)
Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously (other topics)
The Paris Apartment (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Julie Powell (other topics)Benjamin Law (other topics)
Jaclyn Moriarty (other topics)
J.R. Ellis (other topics)
Lucy Foley (other topics)
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Duration: 1/1/22 - 31/12/22
Rules
1. Easy Challenge (12 books - minimum 3AAs) Choose a book for each month of the year with a title that starts with the same letter as the month.
e.g. January. Justice for Sara
February. Forty Words for Sorrow
March. Mistake Creek
2. Hard Challenge. (24 books - minimum 6AAs) Do the same as above PLUS choose a book for each month where the first letter of the author's Christian or surname is the same as the month.
e.g. January. James Patterson
February. Nicci French
March. Michael Connelly
3. All books MUST be read in their appropriate month, so this challenge will take all of us the full twelve months.
4. You can choose to count 'a' 'an' and 'the' or you can ignore them when picking your titles.
5. Choose your level, choose your books and then list and link your choices in this thread.
6. Our guidelines Here
7. **Completed Challenges: When you have completed your challenge, please post your entire completed challenge as a new message indicating you have finished. A completed challenge must have the following information: (1) Link to book title, (2) Author's name, (3) Date you finished reading your book, (4) Your rating.
**Once you've posted your completed challenge, your name will be ticked off the list.
Annual Challenge 2022 - Calendar of Books
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