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ELLIE'S PROGRESS:Total: 31/31
5/5
WHO
5/5
WHAT
5/5
WHERE
5/5
WHEN
5/5
WHY
(Motives)
5/5
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO –
WHAT –
WHERE –
WHEN –
WHY –
1/1
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope:
"...unhealthy relationship with social media"
Dashing Through The Snowbirds by Donna Andrews (cyberstalking)
Yay! I've been waiting for this challenge to pop up!!!!I'm going to go for either Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category) or News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
5/5 WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) Witch and Famous by Angela Sanders. Librarian
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.) Buzz Off I'm going to say this counts because the K-9 is the beekeeper's high school crush's dog and she ends up with him as protection. He then protects her. You could say without him, there may not have been future books in the series, so I say they definitely worked together!
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) Some Enchanted Éclair
Protagonist is starting a new business or job Brownies and Broomsticks
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18) The Westing Game
4/5 WHAT
A color in the title Caramel Crush
A number in the title Seven-Year Witch
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words Vanilla Beaned
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe) Put Out to Pasture
4/5 WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England) Secret Letters from 0 to 10
Set in a country village or small town And Then There Were Crumbs (Coral Cay, Florida and it sounds adorable!)
Set in a state starting with a vowel Dark Chocolate Demise
Set in a state or country you have lived in Mind-altering Murder
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) - This does NOT count, but the donut book I'm reading now started in Paris, France!
3/5 WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration Spirits and Sourdough
Set during summer Witches and Wedding Cake
Set during a storm Bad Bites
5/5 WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed Magic and Macaroons
Jealousy Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti
Revenge Cobblered to Death
“Love” Spells and Scones
To keep a secret/cover up Charms and Chocolate Chips
4/5 BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial Old Fashioned Crooks
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial Bait and Witch
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born Cookies and Clairvoyance
WHY – Accidental death Farm to Trouble
1/1 EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope
"Help solve a friend's problem, jogging, feels overwhelmed, gives the benefit of the doubt, set goals for the rest of the years, takes care of pets."
I chose Mind Your Own Beeswax to fit the "takes care of pets" because she takes care of a police dog while the cop goes to training he can't take the dog to. Plus, she's afraid of dogs - so this is awesome for fitting this particular criteria! Anyone can take care of a pet - but to be afraid of dogs and take care of one? Cool!
This looks like a great challenge! (Any book listed has been read.). Finished 02/20/2022WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) Death in the Stacks
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.) Off the Grid (MC is game warden, other protagonist is a falconer)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) Rivers of London
Protagonist is starting a new business or job Sister to Sister
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18) The Collector's Daughter (Eve is 71)
WHAT
A color in the title One Lavender Ribbon
A number in the title Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Title is at least six words In Every Moment We Are Still Alive
Title is exactly two words The Mountaintop
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe) Gone with the Woof
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England) The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Berlin)
Set in a country village or small town Drop Dead Divas (Cherry Hill MS)
Set in a state starting with a vowel Gone Too Far (Alabama)
Set in a state or country you have lived in Grounds for Murder (Florida)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) 90 Minutes at Entebbe
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier The Eustace Diamonds
Set in the 1900s The Last Correspondent
Set during a celebration Moonshine & Magic
Set during summer Hair of the Dog (july)
Set during a storm Deep Dish
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed Murders and Metaphors
Jealousy Hush Puppy
Revenge Hard Hit
“Love” Dance of the Winnebagos
To keep a secret/cover up The Last Piece
BWHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower The Riviera House
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial Every Body on Deck (Alaska)
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born An Ordinary Life (Mom)
WHY – Accidental death Meet Me in Venice
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
√
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1) by Tom Angleberger- 1/4/22
WHAT
The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines #3) by Richelle Mead- done 1/4/2022
The Golden Lily (Bloodlines #2) by Richelle Mead - done 1/3/2022
A number in the title
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil - done 1/12/2022
Title is exactly two words
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Friendzoned (Busy Bean #4) by Rachel Blaufeld - done 1/13/2022
Touchstone (Speakeasy Taproom #1) by Karen Stivali - done 1/18/2022
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Wallbanger (Cocktail #1) by Alice Clayton - done 1/2/2022
When It's Right (San Francisco Thunder #3) by Victoria Denault - done 1/8/2022
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
It's in His Kiss (Bridgertons #7) by Julia Quinn - done 1/11/2022
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Brewed Awakening (Coffeehouse Mystery #18) by Cleo Coyle - done 1/18/2022
Chili Cauldron Curse (Kitchen Witch Mysteries #0.5) by Lynn Cahoon - 1/10/22
Revenge
Cream of the Crop (Hudson Valley #2) by Alice Clayton - done 1/7/2022
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE(view spoiler)
(view spoiler)
Thanks for bringing this back!Reporter's Challenge 2022
Newspaper Mogul (25+ books)
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
A Killer Ending 02/13Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
The Scent of Murder 01/16Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
In a Witch's Wardrobe 02/08Protagonist is starting a new business or job
A Side of Murder 01/22Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
Aunt Bessie Invites 03/13WHAT
A color in the title
Blue Shoes and Happiness 04/13A number in the title
44 Scotland Street 01/21Title is at least six words
A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball 01/08Title is exactly two words
Stranger Diaries 01/21Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
Prose and Cons 02/20WHERE
Set in Europe (Austria)
Death (and Apple Strudel) 01/06Set in a country village or small town
Kneaded to Death 01/19Set in a state starting with a vowel (Ohio)
A Fatal New Year 01/01Set in a state or country you have lived in (Switzerland)
Out of Print 02/02Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
(Africa)
The Full Cupboard of Life 02/22WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
A Treacherous Performance 01/11Set in the 1900s
Leave it to PSmith 01/27Set during a celebration
Bullets and Beads 01/24Set during summer
Chow Down 02/06Set during a storm
The Diamond Cat 02/15WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Sweethearts Can Be Murder 01/13Jealousy
A Man Lay Dead 06/25Revenge
Cajun Kiss of Death 01/30“Love”
A Wedding and a Funeral in Meckleburg 02/16To keep a secret/cover up
Prague, A Secret from the Past 02/16BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
The Reading List 01/18WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
Messenger of Truth 01/08WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial (Massachusetts)
The Unsung Hero 01/15WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
Lord James Harrington and the Winter Mystery 04/27WHY – Accidental death
Murder by the Book 04/12EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
*Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever):
"An object of art suddenly captures your attention and may change your life!"
*How it fits: MC finds a valuable tea cup by a Hungarian artist with a butterfly handle at an antique store, and buys it. It becomes a life changing object as it later features in a murder in the family tea shop.
Death in a Budapest Butterfly 03/17
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
✅WHOM 5/5 - 10/10
✅
☃️1. No Cats Allowed - Miranda James 01/19/22 Librarian
🍀2. Deadly Ever After - Eva Gates 03/24/22 Librarian
✅
💖1. A Death Long Overdue - Eva Gates 02/19/22
💐2. Halloween Hijinks - Kathi Daley 05/25/22
✅
☃️1. Mrs. Morris and the Vampire - Traci Wilton 01/13/22 Jake Strathmore, Ghost
💐2. Southern Sass and Killer Cravings - Kate Young 05/13/22 Marygene’s mother is a ghost
✅
💖1. Up to No Gouda - Linda Reilly 02/28/22
New business: CARLEY’S GRILLED CHEESE EATERY
🩴2. Cloche and Dagger - Jenn McKinlay 06/07/22 Scarlet leaves her Florida home to move to London and work in her Grandmother’s hat shop
✅
🍀1. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN juvenile
Winnie-The-Pooh - A.A. Milne 03/19/22
💐2. Mary Alice 65 years old
Murder on a Bad Hair Day - Anne George 05/15/22
WHAT 5/5 - 8/10
💐1. Gold Digger - Vicki Delany 05/10/22
🇺🇸1. Booked 4 Murder - J.C. Eaton 07/12/22
✅
💖1. A Batter of Life and Death - Ellie Alexander 02/25/22
🇺🇸2. You Can't Always Get What You Haunt - Ellen Riggs 07/17/22
✅
☃️1. Iced Under - Barbara Ross 01/25/22
🩴2. Double Wide - Gretchen Archer 06/04/22
✅
☃️1. Kneaded to Death - Winnie Archer 01/07/22
🐣2. No Grater Crime - Maddie Day 04/15/22
WHERE 5/5 - 9/10
🇺🇸1. Death by Windmill - Jennifer S. Alderson 07/08/22
✅
💖1. Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay 02/05/22
🐣2. Beating the Wrap - Julie Anne Lindsey 04/21/22
✅
💖1. Meet Your Baker - Ellie Alexander 02/09/22 - OREGON
🐣2. Killer Comfort Food - Lynn Cahoon 04/01/22 IDAHO
✅
🍀1. Statue of Limitations - Kate Collins 03/08/22 Michigan
💐2. A Cold Brew Killing - Lena Gregory 05/19/22 Florida
✅
🐣1. Murder in a Scottish Shire - Traci Hall 04/10/22 SCOTLAND
🍗2. Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith 11/16/22 AFRICA
WHEN 4/5 8/10
Set in the 1800s or earlier
✅
🐣 1. Deadly Summer Nights - Vicki Delany 04/07/22 1953
💐2. A Very English Murder - Verity Bright 05/22/22 1920
✅
💖1. Jingle all the Slay - Dakota Cassidy 02/11/22 Christmas and the Ice Festival in Marshmallow Hollow
💐2. If Fried Chicken Could Fly - Paige Shelton 05/29/22 Start of summer Kick-Off festival
✅
☃️1. Read and Buried - Eva Gates 01/23/22
🐣2. A Glimmer of a Clue - Daryl Wood Gerber 04/19/22
✅
💖1. The Girl from Widow Hills - Megan Miranda 02/02/22
🐣2. Beyond a Reasonable Stout - Ellie Alexander 04/29/22
✔️WHY (Motives) 5/5 or 9
10/10
✅
☃️ 1. The Accidental Werewolf - Dakota Cassidy 01/29/22
🍀 2. Book, Line and Sinker - Jenn McKinlay 03/06/22
✅
🍀1. Fashion, Rosé & Foul Play - Gemma Halliday 03/14/22
🩴2. A Likely Story - Jenn McKinlay 06/02/22
✅
💖1. Murder Most Fowl - Donna Andrews 02/15/22
🇺🇸2. Better Late Than Never - Jenn McKinlay 07/19/22
✅
🐣1. Read It and Weep - Jenn McKinlay 04/08/22
🩴The Diva Says Cheesecake! - Krista Davis 06/24/22
✅
🍀1. The Rocky Road to Ruin - Meri Allen 03/11/22
🐣2. A Zen for Murder - Leighann Dobbs 04/24/22
+🩴3. In Peppermint Peril - Joy Avon 06/09/22
✅BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE 3/5
✔️WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
The Walled Flower - Lorraine Bartlett 08/11/22
✔️WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial {P - Last}
Pleading the Fish - Bree Baker 07/04/22
✔️WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial. Cajun Kiss of Death - Ellen Byron 03/17/22 Pelican, LA / Paxson
✔️WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman 08/15/22 {set in the 1960’s - My brother was born in 1960}
✔️WHY – Accidental death. Body Over Troubled Waters - Denise Swanson 03/30/22
✅EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
{AQUARIUS} And you need to pay attention to your personal life, because when it comes to money and love, 2022 is one for the record books.
Trouble in Spades - Heather Webber 05/31/22Nina Quinn is trying to make a huge decision. Get back together with her cheating spouse or start dating again. {love life}
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun
I'm back for another round! Will be going for News Anchor officially, but will try to do them all.Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category) [completed 1/19/22]
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category) [completed 1/24/22]
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category) [completed 2/24/22]
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category) [completed 3/22/22]
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category) [completed 3/28/22]
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson (1/23/22)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.): The Murderer Who Wanted More by Baynard Kendrick (2/11/22)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc): The Ghost Finders by Adam McOmber (3/2/22)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job: Murder Roundabout by Richard Lockridge [features a new real estate agent] (3/12/22)
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18): Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie (1/1/22)
WHAT
A color in the title: A Plate of Red Herrings by Richard Lockridge (3/28/22)
A number in the title: Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers (2/24/22)
Title is at least six words: The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs (1/2/22)
Title is exactly two words: Fadeaway Girlby Martha Grimes (1/2/22)
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe): With Option To Die: A Captain Heimrich Mystery by Richard Lockridge (3/22/22) ["option to buy"]
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England): The Devil in Music by Kate Ross [Italy] (3/13/22)
Set in a country village or small town: Easy to Kill by Agatha Christie (1/7/22)
Set in a state starting with a vowel: The Golden Box by Frances Crane [Illinois] (2/14/22)
Set in a state or country you have lived in: Midsummer Nightmare by Christopher Hale (2/21/22)
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England): The Green Island Mystery by Betsy Allen [Bermuda] (1/24/22)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier: Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James (1/15/22)
Set in the 1900s: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (1/20/22)
Set during a celebration: Death Stops the Frolic (2/18/22) [set at the church's 25th anniversary tea]
Set during summer: Deathblow Hill by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1/21/22)
Set during a storm: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1/9/22)
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed: Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie (1/21/22)
Jealousy: Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh (1/29/22)
Revenge: The Ruby Raven by Michael Dahl (1/19/22)
“Love”: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers (2/19/22)
To keep a secret/cover up: A Broken Vessel by Kate Ross (2/27/22)
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower: Murder at the Spring Ball: A 1920s Mystery by Benedict Brown (2/5/22)
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial: Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden Age Detection by Tony Medawar, ed (1/13/22)
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial: The Corpse with the Grimy Glove by R. A. J. Walling (3/5/22) [set in Bosenna, England
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born: [book:The Egyptologist|212474] by Arthur Phillips (2/6/22) [both of my grandmas born in the 1920s]
WHY – Accidental death: An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch (1/29/22)
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
*****COMPLETED 1/4/24******REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books- In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck- 9/20/22
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books- The Long Valley by John Steinbeck-1/28/22
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)- I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider-3/1/22
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)- author is a scientist who works with and studies many different animals- How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery- 8/10/22
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)- Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business by David F. Walker-3/1/22-
Protagonist is starting a new business or job-Maud buys an inn in South Africa in order to start a new school in An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten- 11/2/22 —
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling-3/2/22
WHAT
A color in the title- -Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg 3/20/22-
A number in the title- The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg-6/5/22
Title is at least six words- The City Where Dreams Come True by Gulsifat Shakhidi-3/29/22-
Title is exactly two words- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia-3/19/22
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)- -Playing with Myself by Randy Rainbow-9/6/22-
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)-France-
by Alexandre Dumas-4/18/22Set in a country village or small town- -The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming-3/2/22 -
Set in a state starting with a vowel- Indiana= -A Cut Above by Judi Lynn-3/23/23
Set in a state or country you have lived in- California- The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka-9/22/22
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)-Italy- Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham-
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens-3/20/22
Set in the 1900s- Clea by Lawrence Durrell 3/8/22
Set during a celebration- Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel- 6/4/22
Set during summer- The Summer Friend by Charles McGrath - 8/5/22
Set during a storm- The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck-12/30/23
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed- Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M.C. Beaton-3/2/22-
Jealousy- Jazz by Toni Morrison-1/3/22-
Revenge- The Godfather by Mario Puzo-3/1/22
“Love”- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion-4/8/22
To keep a secret/cover up- Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman 3/9/22
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower- Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico- 8/2/22-
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial- "L"- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving- 6/12/22
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial-"E" for Ed and England- Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye Osman-6/7/22
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born- set in the 1950's- decade of my birth- Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau- 7/25/22-
WHY – Accidental death- Titus' drowning appears to be accidental in -The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch-1/4/24
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE- The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson-4/22/22-
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.- "The message of your birthday chart is that you need to make some serious changes to your lifestyle"- Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski-10/26/22 - about a man who makes a serious change to get out of Communist Poland in the 1980's
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
COMPLETEDTCF, Reporter's Challenge 2022
✔️Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
✔️Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
✔️News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
✔️Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
✔️Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
✔️BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
✔️EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
*****
✔️WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) - book editor, works/purchases book shop
Much Ado About You - Samantha Young 2-7-22, 3-1/2*
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise - Julia Stuart 1-25-22, 3*
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) - wizard; temporarily a werewolf in this story
Fool Moon - Jim Butcher #2 The Dresden Files, 2-21-22, 3*
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Legacy - Nora Roberts 1-6-22 3-1/2* - MC creates a fitness video empire
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
If You Ask Me - Betty White 1-18-22 4*
✔️WHAT
A color in the title
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl 2-2-22, 3-1/2* HC146 (31,500 word count)
A number in the title
Three Simple Rules - Nikki Sloane #1 Blindfold Club, 1-18-22 3-1/2*
Title is at least six words
The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave 1-7-22 3*
Title is exactly two words
After Dark - Haruki Murakami 1-4-22 4*
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
Autoboyography - Christina Lauren 1-1-22 5*
✔️WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
The Zookeeper's Wife - Diane Ackerman 1-22-22, 3-1/2* - Warsaw, Poland
Set in a country village or small town
My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier 1-16-22 4* - Cornwall, England
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng 1-8-22 3* - Ohio
Set in a state or country you have lived in
In Our Bones - Pernell Plath Meier 1-24-22, 3* - Minnesota
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
A Room with a View - E.M. Forster 1-19-22 4* - Florence, Italy
✔️WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Winter Fire - Elizabeth Lowell #6 Only series, 1-21-22 4* - Winter 1868
Set in the 1900s
The Color of Air - Gail Tsukiyama 1-11-22 4* - set in 1934+
Set during a celebration - weddings, baby christening, baby birth, engagements, etc. (Follow-up on multiple characters from previous books.)
Last Call - Alice Clayton #4.5 Cocktail, 2-2-22, 3*
Set during summer
Roman Crazy - Alice Clayton #1 Broads Abroad, 1-13-22 3-1/2*
Set during a storm
10:53:40 The storm lasted almost three days before we were free of it. We took every advantage of it.
The Lore of Prometheus - Graham Austin-King, 2-15-22, 4*
✔️WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
There's a revelation in Ch.19 re a woman keeping a huge secret in order to marry into money.
The Year We Hid Away - Sarina Bowen #2 The Ivy Years, 2-4-22, 4*
Jealousy
American Prince - Sierra Simone #2 New Camelot Trilogy, 1-31-22, 4* - Jealous woman causes serious problems for MC.
Revenge
25% This was the method that the stranger had adopted in order to get his revenge upon Pan Andrew...
The Trumpeter of Krakow - Eric P. Kelly 2-1-22, 4* K228 (59,225 word count)
“Love”
The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood #1 The Love Hypothesis, 1-5-22 4*
To keep a secret/cover up - child born (view spoiler)
American King - Sierra Simone #3 New Camelot Trilogy, 1-31-22, 3*
✔️BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
Here We Go Again: My Life In Television - Betty White 1-27-22, 3*
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
Dreams Sigmund Freud 2-22-22 4*
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial - Washington State (last name=Wagner)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond Carver 2-21-22, 3-1/2*
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
Hostage - Elie Wiesel 1-3-22 3* - set in 1975 (I was born in 1970.)
WHY – Accidental death
Reminders of Him - Colleen Hoover 1-23-22, 4*
✔️EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
CANCER: You may be anxious to fit things in your life into pigeonholes, Cancer. When it comes to matters of love and romance, this may be hard to do, especially on a day like today. Call upon your pioneering spirit to seek something new and not limit yourself to what you originally had in mind. Perhaps there is something bigger and better waiting for you. You’ll only find it if you dare to accept something outside the norm.
American Queen - Sierra Simone #1 New Camelot Trilogy, 1-30-22, 2-1/2* - erotica MMF bdsm relationship
REPORTER'S CHALLENGE (2022):Missed this one last year, but I'm back for 2022. Probably trying for Columnist this time.
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
✓ Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) ... Death by Beach Read (by Eva Gates)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
✓ Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18) ... The Marlow Murder Club (by Robert Thorogood)
WHAT
✓ A color in the title ... J.R. Silver Writes Her World (by Melissa Dassori)
A number in the title
✓ Title is at least six words ... The Case of the Silent Partner (by Erle Stanley Gardner)
✓ Title is exactly two words ... Homicide Trinity (by Rex Stout)
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
✓ Set in Europe (NOT England) ... The Omega Factor (by Steve Berry; set in Belgium and France)
✓ Set in a country village or small town ... The Children on the Hill (by Jennifer McMahon)
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
✓ Set in the 1900s ... The Christie Affair (by Nina de Gramont; set in 1925)
Set during a celebration
✓ Set during summer ... The Stately Home Murder (by Catherine Aird)
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
✓ Money/Greed ... The Moving Target (by Ross Macdonald)
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
Hi all, Joining a little late, saw this at Ellie's blog over the weekend.
Going for News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category). If I go beyond that in 2022, that's great.
WHO
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
A number in the title
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Set in a country village or small town
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) were born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) - Nora is a librarian - The Night of Many Endings by Melissa Payne - 5/25/22
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.) - Zookeepers - Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire - 2/25/22
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) - MC's are Vampires - The Radleys by Matt Haig - 2/7/22
Protagonist is starting a new business or job - Caitlin started a new job with a creamotory - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - 6/4/22
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18) - In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire - 2/8/22
WHAT
A color in the title - Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire - 2/18/22
A number in the title - I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 by Joyce Hansen - 5/4/22
Title is at least six words - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson - 3/29/22
Title is exactly two words - Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg - 2/22/22
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England) - Mostly set in Romania - Follow You Home by Mark Edwards - 2/4/22
Set in a country village or small town - set in a small town - Bickford, Arkansas - The Witness by Nora Roberts - 3/5/22
Set in a state starting with a vowel - Set in Iowa - The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf - 3/8/22
Set in a state or country you have lived in - Set in NY - Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/21/22
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) - Set in Romania - Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost - 2/4/22
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier - Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie by Kristiana Gregory - 2/7/22
Set in the 1900s - Set during WW2 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 5/13/22
Set during a celebration
Set during summer - The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton - 4/1/22
Set during a storm - Under a Dark Summer Sky by Vanessa Lafaye - 7/8/22
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed - Terminal by J.L. Bryan - 2/12/22
Jealousy - Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire - 2/23/22
Revenge - Mystic River by Dennis Lehane - 2/14/22
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up - Family Secrets by Shawn McGuire - 3/18/22
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial - Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine - 2/15/22
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial - Set at Monk Hill Cemetery - Queen of The Hill by Genevieve Jack - 3/22/22
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death - The men keep coming after Abel because he accidently killed the daughter of one of the men in a truck/car accident - Yeager's Law by Scott Bell - 3/8/22
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
Let's go for broke!EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Oct 5 (Anniversary)
The emotional Moon is now impacting on a sociable area of your horoscope, revealing that you have everything to gain from associations with other people, especially those who are clearly in the know. Even at work you’ll have to operate as part of a team. Go it alone and you may do yourself long-term damage.
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
Mrs. Pollifax must rely on a group of people, old friends and new acquaintances, to help free a woman from kidnappers and return her safely to America.
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2022News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
📌WHO
✘Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) - You by Caroline Kepnes
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
✘Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) - Blameless by Gail Carriger
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
✘Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18) - The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
📌WHAT
A color in the title
✘A number in the title - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
✘Title is at least six words - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham
✘Title is exactly two words - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
📌WHERE
✘Set in Europe (NOT England) - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (Paris)
✘Set in a country village or small town - Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Set in a state starting with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U, Y, W)
Set in a state or country you have lived in
✘Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) - The Vegetarian by Han Kang (South Korea)
📌WHEN
✘Set in the 1800s or earlier - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
✘Set in the 1900s - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Set during a celebration
✘Set during summer - The Troop by Nick Cutter
Set during a storm
📌WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
✘Jealousy - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Revenge
✘“Love” - Room by Emma Donoghue
✘To keep a secret/cover up - La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker
Welcome to everyone. Hope you all have fun with the challenge.
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
A color in the title
A number in the title
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Set in a country village or small town
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Rules: Each book can only be used once. The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
✓ Protagonist is in the book business, writer - Seven Days in June - writer
✓ Protagonist works with an animal, Vet - Local Woman Missing
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
✓ Protagonist is starting a new business or job The Do-Right - P.I. business
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
A color in the title
A number in the title
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Set in a country village or small town
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
✓ Set in the 1800s or earlier - Dark Tides - 1670s
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
I've completed my commitment of News Anchor (list at Message 10). Onward to try and complete all the prompts!
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2022
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Progress: 7/31
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
✅ Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) The Ravens ⭐⭐⭐
✅ Protagonist is starting a new business or job How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18) Anger Is a Gift ⭐
WHAT
A color in the title
A number in the title November 9 99 Percent Mine
Title is at least six words Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
✅Title is exactly two words Norwegian Wood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/20/22
Title is a pun Felix Ever After The Hating Game
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England) Empire of the Vampire - France
Set in a country village or small town Imaginary Friend - Mill Grove, Pennsylvania
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in A Little Life - New York
✅Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) Fruit of the Drunken Tree - Columbia ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/23/22
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
✅Set during a celebration The Great Gatsby ⭐⭐⭐ 3/25/22
Set during summer
✅Set during a storm The Shining ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/7/22
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
SCORPIO: The new moon in Capricorn is inspiring you to take charge of your Destiny. To visualize vividly what it is that you want to create over the next few years, and go after it with unbridled passion. Establishing new structures at this point will help the realization of your dreams. That and bringing more discipline into your routine. The cards are also reiterating the importance of having the right team by your side.
Strange the Dreamer
COMPLETED, m.11TCF, Reporter's Challenge 2022
✔️Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
✔️Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
✔️News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
✔️Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
✔️Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
✔️BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
✔️EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
*****
✔️WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) - book editor, works/purchases book shop
Much Ado About You - Samantha Young 2-7-22, 3-1/2*
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise - Julia Stuart 1-25-22, 3*
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) - wizard; temporarily a werewolf in this story
Fool Moon - Jim Butcher #2 The Dresden Files, 2-21-22, 3*
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Legacy - Nora Roberts 1-6-22 3-1/2* - MC creates a fitness video empire
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
If You Ask Me - Betty White 1-18-22 4*
✔️WHAT
A color in the title
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl 2-2-22, 3-1/2* HC146 (31,500 word count)
A number in the title
Three Simple Rules - Nikki Sloane #1 Blindfold Club, 1-18-22 3-1/2*
Title is at least six words
The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave 1-7-22 3*
Title is exactly two words
After Dark - Haruki Murakami 1-4-22 4*
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
Autoboyography - Christina Lauren 1-1-22 5*
✔️WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
The Zookeeper's Wife - Diane Ackerman 1-22-22, 3-1/2* - Warsaw, Poland
Set in a country village or small town
My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier 1-16-22 4* - Cornwall, England
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng 1-8-22 3* - Ohio
Set in a state or country you have lived in
In Our Bones - Pernell Plath Meier 1-24-22, 3* - Minnesota
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
A Room with a View - E.M. Forster 1-19-22 4* - Florence, Italy
✔️WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Winter Fire - Elizabeth Lowell #6 Only series, 1-21-22 4* - Winter 1868
Set in the 1900s
The Color of Air - Gail Tsukiyama 1-11-22 4* - set in 1934+
Set during a celebration - weddings, baby christening, baby birth, engagements, etc. (Follow-up on multiple characters from previous books.)
Last Call - Alice Clayton #4.5 Cocktail, 2-2-22, 3*
Set during summer
Roman Crazy - Alice Clayton #1 Broads Abroad, 1-13-22 3-1/2*
Set during a storm
10:53:40 The storm lasted almost three days before we were free of it. We took every advantage of it.
The Lore of Prometheus - Graham Austin-King, 2-15-22, 4*
✔️WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
There's a revelation in Ch.19 re a woman keeping a huge secret in order to marry into money.
The Year We Hid Away - Sarina Bowen #2 The Ivy Years, 2-4-22, 4*
Jealousy
American Prince - Sierra Simone #2 New Camelot Trilogy, 1-31-22, 4* - Jealous woman causes serious problems for MC.
Revenge
25% This was the method that the stranger had adopted in order to get his revenge upon Pan Andrew...
The Trumpeter of Krakow - Eric P. Kelly 2-1-22, 4* K228 (59,225 word count)
“Love”
The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood #1 The Love Hypothesis, 1-5-22 4*
To keep a secret/cover up - child born (view spoiler)
American King - Sierra Simone #3 New Camelot Trilogy, 1-31-22, 3*
✔️BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
Here We Go Again: My Life In Television - Betty White 1-27-22, 3*
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
Dreams Sigmund Freud 2-22-22 4*
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial - Washington State (last name=Wagner)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond Carver 2-21-22, 3-1/2*
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
Hostage - Elie Wiesel 1-3-22 3* - set in 1975 (I was born in 1970.)
WHY – Accidental death
Reminders of Him - Colleen Hoover 1-23-22, 4*
✔️EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
CANCER: You may be anxious to fit things in your life into pigeonholes, Cancer. When it comes to matters of love and romance, this may be hard to do, especially on a day like today. Call upon your pioneering spirit to seek something new and not limit yourself to what you originally had in mind. Perhaps there is something bigger and better waiting for you. You’ll only find it if you dare to accept something outside the norm.
American Queen - Sierra Simone #1 New Camelot Trilogy, 1-30-22, 2-1/2* - erotica MMF bdsm relationship
I've now complete all but the Extra Bonus: Nobel Prize! List of books at comment #9.
Wow! Way to go, Bev!!! I'm impressed.Bev wrote: "I've now complete all but the Extra Bonus: Nobel Prize! List of books at comment #9."
(2/31)WHO (1/5)
-Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
✅Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
Junkyard Cats (Mar 6)
-Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
-Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
-A color in the title
-A number in the title
-Title is at least six words
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (in progress)
-Title is exactly two words
-Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
-Set in Europe (NOT England)
-Set in a country village or small town
-Set in a state starting with a vowel
-Set in a state or country you have lived in
-Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
-Set in the 1800s or earlier
-Set in the 1900s
-Set during a celebration
-Set during summer
-Set during a storm
WHY (Motives) (1/5)
-Money/Greed
-Jealousy
-Revenge
-“Love”
✅To keep a secret/cover up
The Emperor's Soul (Apr 5)
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
DONE,,/B> WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) The Invisible Library
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.) Rock Paper Scissors
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) Empire of the Vampire
Protagonist is starting a new business or job The Trouble with Hating You
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18) With the Fire on High
DONE WHAT
A color in the title Black Cake
A number in the title Six of Crows
Title is at least six words The Last House on Needless Street
Title is exactly two words Crooked Kingdom
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe) Apples Never Fall
DONE WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England) The Book Thief
Set in a country village or small town Hook, Line, and Sinker
Set in a state starting with a vowel I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Set in a state or country you have lived in A Holly Jolly Diwali
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) Convenience Store Woman
DONE WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier The Night Circus
Set in the 1900s The Diary of a Young Girl
Set during a celebration The Duke and I
Set during summer It Happened One Summer
Set during a storm Siege and Storm
DONE WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed The Couple Next Door
Jealousy Vicious
Revenge Vengeful
“Love” A Curse So Dark and Lonely
To keep a secret/cover up Later
DONE BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower The Echo Wife
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial Cinderella Is Dead
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial To Love Jason Thorn
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born Girl, Interrupted
WHY – Accidental death Clap When You Land
DONE EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever) People We Meet on Vacation
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022)Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2022
30/30 Books
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan 02/20/2022
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
Three to Ride by Sophie Oak 03/29/2022 (horse trainer)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling 02/17/2022
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley 06/22/2022
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi 05/04/2022
WHAT
A color in the title
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish 02/28/2022
The Pink Umbrella by Frances Crane 02/27/2022
A number in the title
Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis 02/13/2022
Title is at least six words
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 01/27/2022
Title is exactly two words
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 02/11/2022
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
I'm Dreaming of a Wyatt Christmas by Tiffany Schmidt 02/18/2022
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
A Keeper by Graham Norton 05/16/2022 (Ireland)
Set in a country village or small town
The Girl in the Mist by Kristen Ashley 01/21/2022 (Misted PInes)
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Shakespeare's Trollop by Charlaine Harris 06/14/2022 (Arkansas)
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton 03/12/2022
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle 03/21/2022 (Italy)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Miss Whittier Makes a List by Carla Kelly
Set in the 1900s
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis 02/24/2022
Set during a celebration
A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli 02/05/2022
Set during summer
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson 06/06/2022
Set during a storm
Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti03/23/2022
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Hard Christmas by Barbara D'Amato01/07/2022
Jealousy
At Peace by Kristen Ashley
Revenge 07/12/2022
The Change by Kirsten Miller 06/13/2022
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 07/09/2022
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews 06/02/2022
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
Marriage Vacation by Pauline Turner Brooks 05/08/2022
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
The Awakening by L.J. Smith )5/10/2022 (Fell's Church)
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 04/14/2022
WHY – Accidental death
Pretty Guilty Women by Gina LaManna 04/23/2022
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.) Run to Ground
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
A color in the title
A number in the title
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Set in a country village or small town
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
A color in the title
A number in the title
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Set in a country village or small town
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):6/25
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
✔️ Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
✔️ Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
✔️ A color in the title
✔️ A number in the title
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Set in a country village or small town
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
✔️ To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
✔️ WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Challenge completed July 2022!WHO
√Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc) The Proposal
√Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.) The Wallflower Wager
√Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc) After the Bite
√Protagonist is starting a new business or job - Hester
√Tiger EyesProtagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
√A color in the title The Yellow Mask
√A number in the title 25 Women Who Fought Back
√Title is at least six words The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane
√Title is exactly two words Wicked Beauty
√Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe) Twelve Slays of Christmas
WHERE
√Set in Europe (NOT England) An English Bride in Scotland
√Set in a country village or small town Project Duchess
√Set in a state starting with a vowel - That Was Then, This Is Now
√Set in a state or country you have lived in The Proposal
√Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
WHEN
√Set in the 1800s or earlier - An Unexpected Sin
√Set in the 1900s - Passing
√Set during a celebration - The Golden Season
√Set during summer - Simply Love
√Set during a stormStorm
WHY (Motives)
√“Money/Greed - The Family Way
√Jealousy - To Marry a Scottish Laird
√Revenge - Angel in a Devil's Arms
√“Love” - Love Only Once
√To keep a secret/cover up - X Marks the Scot
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
√WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower Lady Derring Takes a Lover
√WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial Make Me Love You
√WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial - Project Duchess
√WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born - The Stepford Wives
√WHY – Accidental death -Vandal
√EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY - NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE:
For my sister in law's birthday, July 4, here is the horoscope:
The moon in Virgo connects with the sun in Cancer at 9:03 AM, inspiring an easygoing and productive atmosphere that’s especially good for getting organized, self-care, and helping others! The moon squares off with sweet Venus in Gemini at 11:38 AM, which can inspire a playful and flirtatious atmosphere, but we might feel a bit lazy or indulgent, too. The moon makes a helpful connection with Uranus in Taurus at 7:23 PM, perhaps inspiring a creative breakthrough.
√“For this prompt I read Scenes from My Life: A Memoir about a creative person who spent his last years helping others.
I'm done and had fun with this, as always! See message 6...
Great job, Meg. Glad you enjoyed the challenge (I'm already working on next year's challenge)
The Challenge Factory Reporter's Challenge 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
Progress: 0 out of 31
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
A color in the title
A number in the title
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Set in a country village or small town
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
Meg--EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE*Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever):
"An object of art suddenly captures your attention and may change your life!"
*How it fits: MC finds a valuable tea cup by a Hungarian artist with a butterfly handle at an antique store, and buys it. It becomes a life changing object as it later features in a murder in the family tea shop.
Death in a Budapest Butterfly (A Hungarian Tea House Mystery #1) by Julia Buckley Death in a Budapest Butterfly 03/17
This is the coolest horoscope-related-to-the-book! I've read that book, too, (and loved it) and know it fits that horoscope perfectly. How fun is that??!!!!
I've earned the Nobel Prize for Literature!
Wonderful!Mary wrote: "I've earned the Nobel Prize for Literature!"
Hope everyone who participated this year had fun with the challenge. And congrats to all those who met their goal!Will be posting the 2023 Reporter's Challenge soon.
I had so much fun - as usual!!Can't wait for the new challenge!
Hey gang - I've posted 2023's Reporter's Challenge!!So you can sign up now.
Mod
Will be posting the 2023 Reporter's Challenge soon."
Thank you, Ellie!
Ellie wrote: "Hey gang - I've posted 2023's Reporter's Challenge!!So you can sign up now."
Yay!
I'm checking up my challenges and apparently I had finished this one in the summer 😂. One down. It is msg 16. I need to figure out how to do the link, so hopefully this is enough.
*****COMPLETED 1/4/24******REPORTER CHALLENGE (2022):
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books- In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck- 9/20/22
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books- The Long Valley by John Steinbeck-1/28/22
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)- I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider-3/1/22
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)- author is a scientist who works with and studies many different animals- How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery- 8/10/22
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)- Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business by David F. Walker-3/1/22-
Protagonist is starting a new business or job-Maud buys an inn in South Africa in order to start a new school in An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten- 11/2/22 —
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling-3/2/22
WHAT
A color in the title- -Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg 3/20/22-
A number in the title- The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg-6/5/22
Title is at least six words- The City Where Dreams Come True by Gulsifat Shakhidi-3/29/22-
Title is exactly two words- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia-3/19/22
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)- -Playing with Myself by Randy Rainbow-9/6/22-
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)-France-
by Alexandre Dumas-4/18/22Set in a country village or small town- -The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming-3/2/22 -
Set in a state starting with a vowel- Indiana= -A Cut Above by Judi Lynn-3/23/23
Set in a state or country you have lived in- California- The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka-9/22/22
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)-Italy- Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham-
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens-3/20/22
Set in the 1900s- Clea by Lawrence Durrell 3/8/22
Set during a celebration- Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel- 6/4/22
Set during summer- The Summer Friend by Charles McGrath - 8/5/22
Set during a storm- The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck-12/30/23
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed- Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M.C. Beaton-3/2/22-
Jealousy- Jazz by Toni Morrison-1/3/22-
Revenge- The Godfather by Mario Puzo-3/1/22
“Love”- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion-4/8/22
To keep a secret/cover up- Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman 3/9/22
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower- Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico- 8/2/22-
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial- "L"- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving- 6/12/22
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial-"E" for Ed and England- Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye Osman-6/7/22
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born- set in the 1950's- decade of my birth- Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau- 7/25/22-
WHY – Accidental death- Titus' drowning appears to be accidental in -The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch-1/4/24
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE- The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson-4/22/22-
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.- "The message of your birthday chart is that you need to make some serious changes to your lifestyle"- Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski-10/26/22 - about a man who makes a serious change to get out of Communist Poland in the 1980's
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!
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Books mentioned in this topic
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf (other topics)The Long Valley (other topics)
How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals (other topics)
Swimming in the Dark (other topics)
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Tomasz Jedrowski (other topics)John Steinbeck (other topics)
Sy Montgomery (other topics)
Grant Snider (other topics)
David F. Walker (other topics)
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Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)
BONUS CATEGORY:
Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:
Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books
WHO
Protagonist is in the book business (bookshop owner, librarian, writer, etc)
Protagonist works with an animal (K9 cop, Vet, etc.)
Protagonist OR a Main Character is paranormal (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
Protagonist is starting a new business or job
Protagonist is a senior citizen or a juvenile (under 18)
WHAT
A color in the title
A number in the title
Title is at least six words
Title is exactly two words
Title is a pun (ex: Hooked on Ewe)
WHERE
Set in Europe (NOT England)
Set in a country village or small town
Set in a state starting with a vowel
Set in a state or country you have lived in
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
Set during a celebration
Set during summer
Set during a storm
WHY (Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
“Love”
To keep a secret/cover up
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – The protagonist is a widow/widower
WHAT – The title starts with your first or last name’s first initial
WHERE – Set in a place (city, village, state, country, etc) starting with your first or last initial
WHEN – Set in the decade you (or a close family member) was born
WHY – Accidental death
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a date that has special meaning for you (your birthday, anniversary, birthday of a child, parent or pet, etc.)
Read your 2022 horoscope for that date.
Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
Example: Horoscope says – While you may feel the urge to put on a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out with your family, try putting on an oven mitt instead. Cooking a meal or performing other domestic chores will help take your mind off your troubles with your family.
For this horoscope, you could read a book about a boxer or a chef or a baker or a maid or a butler or a cleaner, etc. Something in the book must somehow relate to the horoscope.
Rules: For this challenge – Each book can only be used once (If it fits more than 1 category – choose one – as it can only be used in 1 of the categories)
The bonus rounds are just an added challenge to kick it up a notch!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year.
Books can be in any format – paper, ebooks, audio…
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
Most of all—have fun!