Play Book Tag discussion

My first goal is to read 75 books. I'm not sure if I'll make it there in 2021 but I definitely got closer than I did in 2020.

PBT tag

I'm going to see if I can read a book for each of the three nominated tags that's from my tbr mountain. Not sure if this will work every month but it will at least for January.

January:
education: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
espionage: The Kill Artist
*science: How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

February:
European history: prisoners of geography; lilac girls
French: Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
*Thought Provoking: There There

March:
*classics: Death in the Clouds
nature: Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
north america: Mexican Gothic

April
2014: We Were Liars
detective: The Poet, Irish Chain
winter: A Castle in the Clouds

May
*character driven: anxious people; addie la rue; this tender land
film: Misery
german: salt to the sea

June
dragons: dragon bones-briggs/the invisible library
*LGBT: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Modern: Confessions of a Shopaholic

july
canadian: All Our Wrong Todays
high fantasy: Shadow and Bone
*memoir: The Cat Who Came for Christmas

august
african-american: Bluebird, Bluebird
time travel: Just One Damned Thing After Another
*women's history: The Widows of Malabar Hill

September
*favorites: The Last Olympian
movie: tommyknockers/hamlet
zombies: the passage/dead beat

October

2006: Mad Mouse
*scary: (misery); Home Before Dark
social commentary: anxious people

November

arab: A Master of Djinn
*book club: The Midnight Library
humor: I Owe You One

December
*leadership: Becoming
writing:beach read
zombies (again, only doing once): dead beat

Who's PBT's favorite
all 64 authors and their pairings
bracket a
Davis, Fiona v. *
Kingsolver, Barbara

Ferrante, Elena v.
Ozeki, Ruth

Hellenga, Robert v.
Sandford, John

Gabaldon, Diana v.
See, Lisa

Hibbert, Talia v.
Morrison, Toni

George, Elizabeth v.
Reid, Taylor Jenkins

Follett, Ken v.
Picoult, Jodi

Hannah, Kristin v.
Russell, Mary Doria

Bracket B

Connelly, Michael v.
Jones, Stephen Graham

Allende, Isabel v.
Towles, Amor

Haruf, Kent v.
Stilton, Thea*

Harmon, Amy v.
Strout, Elizabeth

Andrews, Ilona v.
Patchett, Ann

Hodgson, Antonia v.
Kinsella, Sophie

Hoffman, Alice v.
Wingate, Lisa

Alyan, Hala v.
Shinn, Sharon

Bracket C
Boyne, John v.
Krueger, William Kent

Bryson, Bill v.
Moriarty, Lianne

Bowen, Rhys v.
Pratchett, Terry

Atwood, Margaret v.
Tolkien, J.R.R.

Backman, Fredrik v.
Willis, Connie

Center, Katherine v.
Simon, Coco*

Caro, Robert v.
Ishiguro, Kazuo

Bradbury, Ray v.
Joyce, Rachel

Bracket D

Albom, Mitch v.
Turow, Scott

Delinsky, Barbara v.
Kristof, Agota

Castillo, Linda v.
Michener, James

Barclay, Linwood *v.
King, Stephen

Austen, Jane v.
Shute, Nevil

Hoover, Colleen v.
James, P.D.

Bujold, Lois McMaster v.
Rowling, JK/Galbraith, Robert

Christie, Agatha v.
Morton, Kate

* ones read during first part of challenge

Round of 64 reads
vote tracking post 32
bracket post 29
Bracket a
The Dollhouse
Bracket B
Thea Stilton and the Dragon's Code
Bracket C
Katie and the Cupcake Cure
bracket d
A Noise Downstairs

Votes this round 4

Presidential biographies for regina

Feb-March: George Washington
April-May: John Adams
June-July: Thomas Jefferson
August-Sept.: James Madison
Oct-Nov: James Monroe
December-January: John Quincy Adams

32 round of authors


BRACKET A:

Kingsolver, Barbara v.
Ozeki, Ruth

Hellenga, Robert v.
See, Lisa

Morrison, Toni v.
Reid, Taylor Jenkins

Follett, Ken* v.
Hannah, Kristin


BRACKET B

Connelly, Michael* v.
Towles, Amor

Haruf, Kent v.
Strout, Elizabeth

Patchett, Ann v.
Kinsella, Sophie

Hoffman, Alice v.
Alyan, Hala

BRACKET C

Boyne, John v.
Moriarty, Lianne

Bowen, Rhys* v.
Atwood, Margaret

Backman, Fredrik v.
Center, Katherine

Ishiguro, Kazuo v.
Bradbury, Ray

BRACKET D

Turow, Scott v.
Delinsky, Barbara

Michener, James v.
King, Stephen

Austen, Jane v.
James, P.D.

Bujold, Lois McMaster v.
Christie, Agatha*

*read this round

round of 32 reads
post #18 in tracking thread

possibilities
bracket a Eye of the Needle
bracket b connelly The Poet
bracket c Bowen Royal Flush
bracket d; Death in the Clouds

12 votes

round of 16 authors


bracket a
kingslover, barbara v. see, lisa*
toni morrison v kristin hannah

bracket b
amor towles v elizabeth strout
ann patchett v alice hoffman*

bracket c
john boyne v margaret atwood
fredrik backman v kazuo ishiguro

bracket d
scott turow v stephen king
jane austen v lois mcmaster bujold

round of 16 reads

bracket a-See The Island of Sea Women
bracket b-hoffman: Practical Magic 6-3-22
bracket c-boyne
bracket d-turow or austen

none of authors read made it to this round

14 votes

round of 8

BRACKET A

Kingsolver, Barbara vs.
Hannah, Kristin

BRACKET B

Towles, Amor vs.
Hoffman, Alice**

BRACKET C


Atwood, Margaret vs.
Ishiguro, Kazuo

BRACKET D


King, Stephen vs.
Austen, Jane

** already read

read this round
kingslover
towles
ishiguro
king