The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

If you are finished the mini challenges, we would love to see what your list looks like! If you're not done but would still like to share part of your list, we'd love to see that too!

Please just edit your list to add more books instead of re-posting the list.

You can copy and paste this list into the comments -- just add what book you read for each category beside it!

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12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Light"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday"
02/21 - A Red Spine
02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical"
02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship
03/21 - Set In Ireland
03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky"
05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year)
05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name
05/21 - Sunshine On Cover
07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover
07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials
07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before
10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired
10/21 - A Plot Driven Story
10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My!
11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You
11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger
11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About
02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
02/22 - The Second In A Series
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover
03/22 - Pie Or Pi?
04/22 - A Foolish Character
04/22 - A Comical Read
04/22 - Rain On The Cover
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles
10/22 - Local Legends
10/22 - A Psychological Thriller
10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark"
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover
11/22 - Let's Party!
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift"
12/22 - Three C's On The Cover
12/22 - Set Or Written 300 Years Ago
12/22 - 300 Pages Long
02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover
02/23 - A Time Loop
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G"
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher
10/23 - Steampunk
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night"
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre A)
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre B)
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses
12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String
12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring
12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies
12/23 - Sleigh Bells
12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M"
05/24 - A Is For Alpha
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title
09/24 - Professor Plum
09/24 - In The Kitchen
09/24 - With A Revolver
10/24 - A Beverage On The Cover
10/24 - Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater
10/24 - A Cozy Read
11/24 - Related To The Word "Intergalactic"
11/24 - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries
11/24 - Set In 2000-2010
11/24 - 800-900 Pages
12/24 - December Captured On The Cover
12/24 - Holiday Harmonies
12/24 - Features Festive Flavors
1/25 - Set In A Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year
1/25 - A Wise Character
1/25 - By An Asian Author
3/25 - A Book You've Been Meaning To Get To "Eventually"
3/25 - The Last Book You Acquired But Haven't Read
3/25 - Prettiest Cover On Your TBR
4/25 - Let Out A Breath They Didn't Know They Were Holding
4/25 - A Book That Makes You Roll Your Eyes
5/25 - Starter - A Leafy Green Cover
5/25 - Starter - A Slower Paced Story
5/25 - Main - A Buddy Read
5/25 - Main - An Author From A Country You've Never Visited
5/25 - Dessert - Set In Alaska
5/25 - Dessert - Set In Italy
5/25 - Dessert - Set In New Zealand

12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow" - Brightly Woven
12/20 - Related To The Word "Light" - The Lightkeeper's Daughters
12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday" - Sunset In St. Tropez
02/21 - A Red Spine - The Vanished Man
02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical" - Key of Valor
02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship - Key of Knowledge
03/21 - Set In Ireland - Angela's Ashes
03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky" - The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky
05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year) - The Emerald Cloth
05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name - Little House on Rocky Ridge
05/21 - Sunshine On Cover - Redoubt
07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover - Deerskin
07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials - The Children of Húrin
07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before - Heidi's Children
10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired - The Last of August
10/21 - A Plot Driven Story - Tokyo Ever After
10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My! - Witches Steeped in Gold
11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You - The Last Heiress
11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger - The Sanatorium
11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About - Binny's Diwali
02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice - Life After Life
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall - Mirror, Mirror
02/22 - The Second In A Series - Oathbreakers
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences - Wonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover - The Girl Who Drank the Moon
03/22 - Pie Or Pi? - Midnight at the Blackbird Café
04/22 - A Foolish Character - Fool
04/22 - A Comical Read - Seriously... I'm Kidding
04/22 - Rain On The Cover - Song of the Forever Rains
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover - The Dictionary of Lost Words
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing - A Darker Shade of Magic
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
10/22 - Local Legends - Monster in the Mountains
10/22 - A Psychological Thriller - Find You First
10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark" - Dead Witch Walking
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover - Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
11/22 - Let's Party! - Party of Two
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift" - The Gift
12/22 - Three C's On The Cover - The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks
12/22 - Set Or Written 300 Years Ago - Homegoing
12/22 - 300 Pages Long - Dust
02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring - Dark Witch
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - Our Missing Hearts
02/23 - A Time Loop - In a Holidaze
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View - Bunnicula
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover - Shadow Spell
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals - The Beasts of Upton Puddle
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover - Family Ties
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - Alchemy and Meggy Swann
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate - The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun - A Lady by Midnight
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing - Fourth Wing
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher - The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane
10/23 - Steampunk - The Girl in the Clockwork Collar
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" - Changeling
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene - The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
11/23 - Nonfiction - Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
11/23 - Nonfiction - Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning Changed the Science of Prehistoric Life
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses - Once Upon a Rose
12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String - My Mini Library Romance
12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes - Midnight Masquerade
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring - The Night Raven
12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things - The Beauty and the Beast
12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens - Little Town on the Prairie
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies - All I Want for Christmas is a Cowboy
12/23 - Sleigh Bells - Sleigh Belles
12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens - A Winter Wonderland
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre - The Year We Learned to Fly
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine - A Charlie Brown Valentine
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year - Blueberry Girl
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up - Kevin
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down - Blown Away
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You - Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo
05/24 - A Is For Alpha - G Is for One Gzonk!: An Alpha-number-bet Book
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title - There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Moose
09/24 - Professor Plum - Professor Goose Debunks Goldilocks and the Three Bears
09/24 - In The Kitchen - Porcupine's Pie
09/24 - With A Revolver - Six-Gun Snow White
10/24 - A Beverage On The Cover - Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate?: How Animals Keep Warm
10/24 - Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater - The Little Reindeer
10/24 - A Cozy Read - Cozy
11/24 - Related To The Word "Intergalactic" - The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Story About Edwin Hubble
11/24 - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries - The Key from Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Music
11/24 - Set In 2000-2010 - And Tango Makes Three
11/24 - 800-900 Pages
12/24 - December Captured On The Cover - Dreaming of a Heart Lake Christmas
12/24 - Holiday Harmonies - Jingle Bells
12/24 - Features Festive Flavors - A Cat Café Christmas
1/25 - Set In A Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year - Song of the Six Realms
1/25 - A Wise Character - Athena's Child
1/25 - By An Asian Author - A Magic Steeped in Poison
3/25 - A Book You've Been Meaning To Get To "Eventually" - The Outlaw
3/25 - The Last Book You Acquired But Haven't Read - Not Quite by the Book
3/25 - Prettiest Cover On Your TBR - Bride of the Fae Prince
4/25 - Let Out A Breath They Didn't Know They Were Holding The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone
4/25 - A Book That Makes You Roll Your Eyes - Heiress Takes All
5/25 - Starter - A Leafy Green Cover - Betrayal and Banditry
5/25 - Starter - A Slower Paced Story
5/25 - Main - A Buddy Read - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
5/25 - Main - An Author From A Country You've Never Visited
5/25 - Dessert - Set In Alaska - Mistletoe and Mr. Right
5/25 - Dessert - Set In Italy
5/25 - Dessert - Set In New Zealand

12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow" - The Grand Teton Reader by Robert W. Righter
12/20 - Related To The Word "Light" - The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday" - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
02/21 - A Red Spine - I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star by Judy Greer
02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical" - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship - The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
03/21 - Set In Ireland - Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky" - Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year) - Calypso by David Sedaris
05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name - Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
05/21 - Sunshine On Cover - The Lion Is in by Delia Ephron
07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover - She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh
07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before - There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers by Royd Tolkien
10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
10/21 - A Plot Driven Story - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My! - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You - Untamed by Glennon Doyle
11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About - House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
12/21 - The Twelve Days Of Christmas (3-12 books) - (I can't see myself ever reading a book that would have any chance of being turned into a Hallmark Christmas Movie, so I've gone very rogue with this prompt and taken it way outside the box) The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl (drummers drumming); Counting down from 7 swans, 6 geese, 4 calling birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves and a partridge, you'll have sung each verse Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott; Out of the Corner by Jennifer Grey (ladies dancing)
02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice - Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall - Deenie by Judy Blume
02/22 - The Second In A Series - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
03/22 - Pie Or Pi? - Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee
04/22 - A Foolish Character - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
04/22 - A Comical Read - A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020 by David Sedaris
04/22 - Rain On The Cover - Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover - A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing - Siracusa by Delia Ephron
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles - The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
10/22 - Local Legends - Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison
10/22 - A Psychological Thriller - The Shining by Stephen King
10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark" - Unsolaced: Along the Way to All That Is by Gretel Ehrlich
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover - The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
11/22 - Let's Party! - Hello, Molly!: A Memoir by Molly Shannon
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift" - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
12/22 - 300 Pages long - The Library Book by Susan Orlean
12/22 - Set or written 300 years ago - Candide by Voltaire
12/22 - Three 'C's' on the cover - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
02/23 - A Time Loop - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
02/23 - A Shadow on the Cover - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
02/23 - Set in winter or spring - The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View - The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover - Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover - How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food by Nigella Lawson
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays by Minnie Driver
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate - Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun - A Haunting in Venice: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing - Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher - Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
10/23 - Steampunk
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" - Misery by Stephen King
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene - The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre A) - Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell (Humour)
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre B) - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (True Crime)
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses - Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth by Paula Byrne
12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String - Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes - Atonement by Ian McEwan
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring -
12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens - A Man Called Otto by Fredrik Backman
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
12/23 - Sleigh Bells - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

Still working through the list...

12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Light"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday"
02/21 - A Red Spine
02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical" - Many Moons by James Thurber
02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship - Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
03/21 - Set In Ireland
03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky"
05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year) - Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name
05/21 - Sunshine On Cover - Front Desk by Kelly Yang
07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover - The Bright & the Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski
07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials
07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired
10/21 - A Plot Driven Story
10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My!
11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You
11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger
11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About
12/21 - The Twelve Days Of Christmas (3-12 books)
02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall - Beasts and Beauty by Soman Chainani
02/22 - The Second In A Series
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover
03/22 - Pie Or Pi?
04/22 - A Foolish Character - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
04/22 - A Comical Read - Squirreled Away by Mike Nawrocki
04/22 - Rain On The Cover - City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
(**APRIL COMPLETED!**)
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (no cars, but there's a lot of sleigh travel)
10/22 - Related to the word "dark"
10/22 - Psychological thriller
10/22 - Local legend
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover
11/22 - Let's Party
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift" - Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer
12/22 - 300 Pages long Stories
12/22 - Set or written 300 years ago
12/22 - Three 'C's' on the cover - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - The Stolen Heir by Holly Black
02/23 - A Time Loop - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - A Hiker's Guide to Purgatory: A Novel by Michael Norton
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher
10/23 - Steampunk
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" Castle of Dusk and Shadows by Rachel L. Schade
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene

12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Light"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday"
02/21 - A Red Spine Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse by John Lithgow
02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical" Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship Adam-12: The Runaway by Chris Stratton
03/21 - Set In Ireland The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor
03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky" A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future...: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned by Michael J Fox
05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year) Redemption Road by John Hart
05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr
05/21 - Sunshine On Cover The Early River Valley Civilizations by Rebecca Rector
07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do about Them by Lucy Jones
07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials Amari and the Night Brothers by B B Alston
07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before Good Bait by John Harvey (UK)
10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired
10/21 - A Plot Driven Story Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My! Ghost at Work by Carolyn g Hart
11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger A Confederacy of Dumptys: Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse by John Lithgow
11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About A Holly Jolly Diwali
12/21 - The Twelve Days Of Christmas (3-12 books)
02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall Shattered Mirror
02/22 - The Second In A Series Salvation of a Saint
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences Pandemic: Patient Zero by Amanda Bridgeman
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
03/22 - Pie Or Pi? Life of Pi by Yann Martel
04/22 - A Foolish Character Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
04/22 - A Comical Read Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
04/22 - Rain On The Cover Rain: A Natural and Cultural History Cynthia Barnett in progress; Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing Half Moon Bay by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman (San Francisco)
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James
10/22 - Related to the word "dark" A Dark and Stormy Tea by Laura Childs
10/22 - Psychological thriller Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton
10/22 - Local legend The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin Dickey
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin
11/22 - Let's Party! The Ice Cold Case by Franklin W Dixon (begins with a birthday party, and ends with a different party.)
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift" Sacred Stone by Clive Cussler (purchased with a "gift" card...)
12/22 - 300 Pages long Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe. (308 pgs)
12/22 - Set or written 300 years ago Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
12/22 - Three 'C's' on the cover Lost Empire by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Blackston (winter - at least the half set in 1605)
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
02/23 - A Time Loop 1999: A Novella by Erik Hanberg
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View. Play Dead by Mason & Stephens
03/23 - A Feather On The CoverThe Dangerous Transmission by Franklin W Dixon
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals The Moonlight Child by Karen McQuestion
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover Inside the Basics of Genetics by Howard Phillips
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" Eagle Mountain Cliffhanger by Cindi Myers
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate. The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun The Life and Art of Vincent Van Gogh by George Roddam
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing Murder Under a Red Moon: A 1920s Bangalore Mystery by Harini Nagendra
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
10/23 - Steampunk Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
11/23 - Non-fiction (1) The Rift Valley and the Archaeological Evidence of the First Humans by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp
11/23 - Non-fiction (2) My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses
12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String
12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring
12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies
12/23 - Sleigh Bells
12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year The Midnight Witness by Sara Blaedel
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M"
05/24 - A Is For Alpha
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title
09/24 - Professor Plum
09/24 - In The Kitchen
09/24 - With A Revolver
10/24 - A Beverage On The Cover
10/24 - Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater
10/24 - A Cozy Read
11/24 - Related To The Word "Intergalactic"
11/24 - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries
11/24 - Set In 2000-2010
11/24 - 800-900 Pages
12/24 - December Captured On The Cover
12/24 - Holiday Harmonies
12/24 - Features Festive Flavors
1/25 - Set In A Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year
1/25 - A Wise Character
1/25 - By An Asian Author
3/25 - A Book You've Been Meaning To Get To "Eventually"
3/25 - The Last Book You Acquired But Haven't Read
3/25 - Prettiest Cover On Your TBR

02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
02/22 - The Second In A Series
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences
A Good Marriage by Stephen King
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
03/22 - Pie Or Pi?
04/22 - A Foolish Character
04/22 - A Comical Read
04/22 - Rain On The Cover
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing
The View from Castle RockThe View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles
10/22 - Local Legends
Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South
10/22 - A Psychological Thriller
Full Dark, No Stars
10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark"
The Black Dahlia
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover
11/22 - Let's Party!
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift"
12/22 - Three C's On The Cover
12/22 - Set Or Written 300 Years Ago
Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas
12/22 - 300 Pages Long
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

I started late and did not do the mini challenges until June but here they are:

06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover The Secret Orphan by Glynis Peters
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing Midnight Train to Prague by Carol Windley
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles Night Train to Paris by Fliss Chester
10/22 - Local Legends The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving
10/22 - A Psychological Thriller In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark" The Dark Angel by Elly Griffiths
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover Sugar and Iced by Jenn McKinlay
11/22 - Let's Party! The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift" The French Gift : A Novel of World War II Paris by Kirsty Manning

02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice One by One
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall Mirror, Mirror
02/22 - The Second In A Series Tarnished
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences Under One Roof
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover Moonlight Over Manhattan
03/22 - Pie Or Pi? Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
04/22 - A Foolish Character Confessions of a Shopaholic
04/22 - A Comical Read Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
04/22 - Rain On The Cover The Book of Cold Cases
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover Just Haven't Met You Yet
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing The Right Swipe
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles A Cross-Country Christmas
10/22 - Local Legends Evil Under the Sun
10/22 - A Psychological Thriller Stay Awake
10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark" A Flicker in the Dark
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover The Little Brooklyn Bakery
11/22 - Let's Party! Half a Soul
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift" Six of Crows
12/22 - Three C's On The Cover City of Ashes
12/22 - Set Or Written 300 Years Ago The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
12/22 - 300 Pages Long How to Fake It in Hollywood
02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring Resting Scrooge Face
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover Wrong Place Wrong Time
02/23 - A Time Loop This Time Tomorrow
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View Charlotte's Web
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover Blade of Secrets
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals Love and Other Flight Delays
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover Egg Monsters from Mars
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" The Gilded Cage
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate Melt My Heart, Cowboy
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun When in Rome
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing The Family Game
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher The Wishing Game
10/23 - Steampunk Howl’s Moving Castle
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" One Dark Window
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene The Ex Hex
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre A)
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre B)
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses A Quiet Life in the Country
12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String This Savage Song
12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring Snowed In
12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things Holiday Romance
12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies
12/23 - Sleigh Bells
12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre The Neighbor Favor
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine Happy Place
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year Rebel
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up Five Survive
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down Twisted Games
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You Wildfire
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
05/24 - A Is For Alpha The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, Vol. 1
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title The Viscount Who Loved Me
09/24 - Professor Plum The Full Moon Coffee Shop
09/24 - In The Kitchen A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
09/24 - With A Revolver The Silent Patient
10/24 - A Beverage On The Cover The Pumpkin Spice Café
10/24 - Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater Shady Hollow
10/24 - A Cozy Read Dial A for Aunties
11/24 - Related To The Word "Intergalactic"
11/24 - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries
11/24 - Set In 2000-2010
11/24 - 800-900 Pages
12/24 - December Captured On The Cover Snowed In for Christmas
12/24 - Holiday Harmonies The Dallergut Dream Department Store
12/24 - Features Festive Flavors The Holiday Swap

02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring - The Last House in Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Winter)
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - It Continued at Pemberley
02/23 - A Time Loop
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - Mr. Bingley Regrets: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate

Mini Challenges, started Jan 2023

01/23 - no challenge
02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring - Resting Scrooge Face
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - They Called Us Enemy
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View - Dog on It
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover - The Joy Luck Club
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals - The War That Saved My Life
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover - Under the Egg
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - Homegoing
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate - The Chocolate Touch
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun - Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing - Sharp Objects
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher - Roots: The Saga of an American Family
10/23 - Steampunk - The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" - Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene - Dracula
11/23 - Non-Fiction November post 10
12/23 - A Few of My Favorite Things post 2
01/24 - no challenge
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre - The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down - The Life We Bury (Joe Talbert, #1; Detective Max Rupert, #1) by Allen Eskens
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Desert You - Thereby Hangs a Tail (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #2) by Spencer Quinn
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" - The Kremlin's Candidate (Red Sparrow Trilogy, #3) by Jason Matthews
05/24 - A Is For Alpha - Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4) by sNaomi Novik
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Summer '24 - Summer Reading Challenge
09/24 - Professor Plum - Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2) by Patricia Cornwell (read in December)
09/24 - In the Kitchen - Murder at King’s Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane, #8) by Andrea Penrose (read in November)
09/24 - With a Revolver - The Inmate by Freida McFadden (read in November)
10/24 - A Beverage on the Cover - Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman (read in November)
10/24 - Book Pairs with a Favorite Sweater - I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! by Robert Elliott Burns (read in November)
10/24 - A Cozy Read - The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2) by Nita Prose (read in November)
11/24 - Related to the Word Intergalactic
11/24 - Set in a Country Bordering 5 Other Countries - The Baker's Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan
11/24 - Set in the 2000s-2010s - Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter
11/24 - Between 800-900 Pages Long - Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler (read in December)
12/24 - December Captured On The Cover - A Christmas Murder by Mary Grand
12/24 - Features Festive Flavors - Ten Lords a Leaping (The Twelve Days of Christmas, #3) by Emily E.K. Murdoch
12/24 - Holiday Harmonies - The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid, #2.5) by Nita Prose
1/25 - By an Asian Author - Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki
1/25 - A Wise Character - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
1/25 - Set in a Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
2/25 - no challenge
3/25 - A Book You've Been Meaning To Get To "Eventually" - Yossel, April 19, 1943 by Joe Kubert
3/25 - The Last Book You Acquired But Haven't Read - Gabriel García Márquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude read in September
3/25 - Prettiest Cover On Your TBR - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4/25 - Let Out A Breath They Didn't Know They Were Holding - Before I Let You Go
4/25 - A Book That Makes You Roll Your Eyes - Wouldn't It Be Deadly (Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery, #1) by D.E. Ireland
5/25 - Starter - Seasonal Salad: A Leafy Green Cover - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
5/25 - Starter - Slow Roasted Tomato Soup: A Slower-Paced Story - The Emperor's Tomb (Cotton Malone, #6) by Steve Berry
5/25 - Main - Seafood Sharing Platter: A Buddy Read With A Friend - Cause of Death (Kay Scarpetta, #7) by Patricia Cornwell
5/25 - Main - Chef's Passport Plate: An Author From A Country You've Never Visited - Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1) by John Connolly
5/25 - Dessert - Baked Alaska: Set In Alaska - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah read in August
5/25 - Dessert - Tiramisu: Set In Italy - Still Life by Sarah Winman (read in June)
5/25 - Dessert - Pavlova: Set In New Zealand - The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry
9/25 - Beat Your Record - The Stand

02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring - Shadowplay by Tad Williams
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - Songs of Earth and Power by Greg Bear
02/23 - A Time Loop - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View - Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover - Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals - The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover - MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate - Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun - The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing - Chimaera by Ian Irvine
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher - Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
10/23 - Steampunk -
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (literally the first line of the book)
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene - Paragon Walk by Anne Perry
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre A) - A Survivor's Lens: A Metastatic Breast Cancer Survivor’s Focus on Faith and God’s Word by Sheila Marie Johnson (memoir)
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre B) - How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill (history)
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses
12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String
12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring
12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies
12/23 - Sleigh Bells
12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens

02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre: Just Out of Jupiter's Reach by Nnedi Okorafor
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine: A Conjuring of Light by Victoria E. Schwab
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year: Mystic Empire by Tracy Hickman & Laura Hickman
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up: The Scarab Path by Adrian Tchaikovsky
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down: Half Moon Street by Anne Perry
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You: The Gates of Creation by Philip José Farmer
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M": The Reborn King by Michael R. Miller
05/24 - A Is For Alpha: Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title: What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo
09/24 - Professor Plum: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
09/24 - In The Kitchen: Quentins by Maeve Binchy
09/24 - With A RevolverBurr: A Novel by Gore Vidal
10/24 - A Beverage On The Cover: Mrs. Wickham by Sarah Page
10/24 - Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater: All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay
10/24 - A Cozy Read: The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
11/24 - Related To The Word "Intergalactic": Void by Veronica Roth
11/24 - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries
11/24 - Set In 2000-2010
11/24 - 800-900 Pages
12/24 - December Captured On The Cover
12/24 - Holiday Harmonies
12/24 - Features Festive Flavors

Mitra 02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring - Candy Sleigh Murder, - Maddie Day
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - A Girl in his Shadow - Audrey Blake
02/23 - A Time Loop - Before the Coffee gets Cold - Toshikazu Kamaguchi
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View - Bunnicula - Deborah and James Howe
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover - Celeste Ng
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals - Menagerie Manor - Gerald Durrell
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover - The Cruelest Month - Louise Penney
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - The Girl from Guernica - Karen Robards
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate - Dying for Chocolate - Diane Mott Davidson
09/23 -First word of the book is a proper noun - Time of Death - Lucy Kerr
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing - The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
09/23 - Character is a Teacher - I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai
10/23 Steampunk - The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" - A Dark and Stormy Night - Jeanne M. Dams
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene - The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

✅12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow" - Penric and the Shaman
✅12/20 - Related To The Word "Light" - Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
✅12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday" - Carmilla
✅02/21 - A Red Spine - The Harpy
✅02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical" - Where the Drowned Girls Go
✅02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship - Network Effect
✅03/21 - Set In Ireland - Artemis Fowl
✅03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky" - The Brides of High Hill
✅05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year) - Artificial Condition
✅05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name - The Baker and the Bard
✅05/21 - Sunshine On Cover - Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
✅07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover - Mammoths at the Gates
✅07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials - A Sorceress Comes to Call
✅07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before - Inanna
✅10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired - Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
✅10/21 - A Plot Driven Story - Fugitive Telemetry
✅10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My! - Into the Riverlands
✅11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You - The Musician
✅11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger - The Halloween Moon
✅11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About - Red Winter
✅02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice - The Chalice of the Gods
✅02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall - The Realms of the Gods
✅02/22 - The Second In A Series - The Sea of Monsters
✅03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences - To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
✅03/22 - A Circle On The Cover - Poirot Investigates
✅03/22 - Pie Or Pi? - Kit & Basie
✅04/22 - A Foolish Character - The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
✅04/22 - A Comical Read - The Canterville Ghost
✅04/22 - Rain On The Cover - So This Is How It Ends
✅06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover - The Dictionary of Lost Words
✅06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing - Food for the Gods
✅06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles - The Midnight Library
✅10/22 - Local Legends - Tell Me What Really Happened
✅10/22 - A Psychological Thriller - Starling House
✅10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark" - If We Were Villains
✅11/22 - Dessert On The Cover - Legends & Lattes
✅11/22 - Let's Party! - The Glass Hotel
✅11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift" - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
✅12/22 - Three C's On The Cover - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
✅12/22 - Set Or Written 300 Years Ago - Thieftaker
✅12/22 - 300 Pages Long - The Mythic Dream
✅02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring - Cat's Cradle
✅02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - Every Heart a Doorway
✅02/23 - A Time Loop - If I See You Again Tomorrow
✅03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View - What We Fed to the Manticore
✅03/23 - A Feather On The Cover - Six Crimson Cranes
✅03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals - Riders of the Purple Sage
✅04/23 - An Egg On The Cover - The Fatal Eggs
✅04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - The Great God Pan
✅04/23 - Featuring Chocolate - The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart
✅09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun - Mind of My Mind
✅09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing - The War of the Worlds
✅09/23 - Character Is A Teacher - The Battle of the Labyrinth
✅10/23 - Steampunk - The Haunting of Tram Car 015
✅10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" - The Death of Mrs. Westaway
✅10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene - Beneath the Sugar Sky
✅11/23 - Nonfiction A - A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
✅11/23 - Nonfiction B - Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
✅12/23 - Raindrops On Roses - Life After Life
✅12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String - The Twelve Terrors of Christmas
✅12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes - Come Tumbling Down
✅12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring - Some Desperate Glory
✅12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things - Paladin's Faith
✅12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens - Narasimha
✅12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies - River of Teeth
✅12/23 - Sleigh Bells - A Christmas Carol
✅12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens - Harappa: Curse of the Blood River
✅02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre - Binti
✅02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine - Ring
✅02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year - Wasteland of Flint
✅04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up - Artificial Condition
✅04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down - The Mystery Writer
✅04/24 - (Never Gonna) Desert You - Same Same
✅05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" - The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
✅05/24 - A Is For Alpha - In the Shadow of Demeter
✅05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title - The Cat Who Saved Books
✅9/24 - Professor Plum - When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
✅9/24 - In the Kitchen - Land of Milk and Honey
✅9/24 - With a Revolver - John Dies at the End
✅10/24 - A Beverage on the Cover - Blood Debts
✅10/24 - Book Pairs with a Favorite Sweater - Assassin of Reality
✅10/24 - A Cozy Read - A Rival Most Vial: Potioneering for Love and Profit
✅11/24 - Related to the Word Intergalactic - The Deep Sky
✅11/24 - Set in a Country Bordering 5 Other Countries - A Warning About Swans
✅11/24 - Set in the 2000s-2010s - Hammered
✅11/24 - Between 800-900 Pages Long - Seveneves
✅12/24 - December Captured on the Cover - Otherworldly
✅12/24 - Holiday Harmonies - Hercule Poirot's Silent Night
✅12/24 - Features Festive Flavors - Fruit of the Dead
✅1/25 - Set In A Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year - The Emperor and the Endless Palace
✅1/25 - A Wise Character - The Assassins of Thasalon
✅1/25 - By An Asian Author - Legend of the White Snake
✅3/25 - A Book You've Been Meaning To Get To "Eventually" - Jackalope Wives and Other Stories
✅3/25 - The Last Book You Acquired But Haven't Read - Welcome to Night Vale
✅3/25 - Prettiest Cover On Your TBR - The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt
✅4/25 - Let Out A Breath They Didn't Know They Were Holding - The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone
✅4/25 - A Book That Makes You Roll Your Eyes - The Legend of Rah and the Muggles
✅5/25 - Starter - A Leafy Green Cover - Motheater
✅5/25 - Starter - A Slower Paced Story - Remember You Will Die
✅5/25 - Main - A Buddy Read - Dial A for Aunties
✅5/25 - Main - An Author From A Country You've Never Visited - Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
✅5/25 - Dessert - Set In Alaska - Kodi
5/25 - Dessert - Set In Italy - Black Ships
✅5/25 - Dessert - Set In New Zealand - The Chrysalids

Mini Challenges Completed

**02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring - "Winter Storms"
**02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - "Walk Two Moons"
**02/23 - A Time Loop - "Wrong Place, Wrong Time"
**03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View - "Cat Haiku"
**03/23 - A Feather On The Cover - "Brood"
**03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals - "Mad Honey"
**04/23 - An Egg On The Cover - "The House We Grew Up In"
**04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - " The Wishing Game"
**04/23 - Featuring Chocolate - " The Spanish Daughter"
**09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun - "The Golden Spoon"
**09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing - "We Were Liars"
**09/23 - Character Is A Teacher - "The Thanksgiving Play"
**10/23 - Steampunk - "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"
**10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night"
**10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene - "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous"

✅ 02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre - "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride
✅ 02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine - "Book Lovers"
✅02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year - "Force Of Nature" (Aaron Falk #2) by Jane Harper, born 1980
✅04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up - "Happy Place"
✅04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down - "The Woman In Me"
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Desert You -
✅05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" - "Inside Out" - Demi Moore
05/24 - A Is For Alpha -
✅05/24 - An Interrogative Word In The Title - "Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and HOW Craft Beer Became Big Business"

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12/20 - Related to the Word ‘Snow’
Caroline Graham – The Killings in Badger’s Drift
12/20 - Related to the Word ‘Light’
Raven Leilani – Luster
12/20 - Related to the Word ‘Holiday’
Clement Moore – The Night Before Christmas
02/21 - Red Spine
John Buchan – The 39 Steps
02/21 - Related to the Word ‘Magical’
Charlie Holmberg – The Paper Magician
02/21 - Great Platonic Relationship
Doris Goodwin – The Bully Pulpit
03/21 - Set in Ireland
Claire Keegan – Foster
03/21 - Related to the Word ‘Lucky’
Edna Ferber – So Big
05/21 - Published in Spring (Any Year)
Sarah Maas – A Court of Thorns and Roses
05/21 - Author or Character with Floral Name
Taylor Reid – Daisy Jones & the Six
05/21 - Sunshine on Cover
Dorothy Hughes – In a Lonely Place
07/21 - Book Chosen Solely by Its Cover
ECR Lorac – Bats in the Belfry
07/21 - Author Who Uses Initials
JRR Tolkien – The Hobbit
07/21 - Set in a Country You've Never Visited Before
Emily Hepditch – The Woman in the Attic
10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired
Laurie King – The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
10/21 - A Plot Driven Story
Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, and Pirates... Oh My!
Mackenzi Lee – A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
11/21 - Character in the Same Age Group As You
Allen Drury – Advise and Consent
11/21 - Recommended by a Stranger
Rebecca Skloot – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
11/21 - Character Whose Religion You Know Little About
VS Naipaul – A House for Mr Biswas
02/22 - Title with the Same Word Used Twice
Ruby Hamad – White Tears Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Deborah Feldman – Unorthodox
02/22 - The Second in a Series
M Ruth Myers – Tough Cookie
03/22 - Character Who Works in Maths or Sciences
Theresa Fowler – We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
03/22 - Circle on the Cover
John Updike – The Witches of Eastwick

***03/22 - Pie or Pi?

04/22 - Foolish Character
Edith Wharton – The House of Mirth
04/22 - Comical Read
Trevor Noah – Born a Crime
04/22 - Rain on Cover
M Ruth Myers – Maximum Moxie
06/22 - Suitcase on Cover
M Ruth Myers – Victory Garter
06/22 - Set in a Place You Wish You Were Vacationing
Seishi Yokomizo – The Honjin Murders
06/22 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Andrew Shaffer – Hope Never Dies
10/22 - Local Legends
Katherine Porter – Ship of Fools
10/22 - Psychological Thriller
Stephen King – Misery
10/22 - Related to Word ‘Dark’
Daniel Woodrell – Tomato Red
11/22 - Dessert on Cover
Sarai Walker - Dietland
11/22 - Let's Party!
Lucy Foley – The Guest List
11/22 - Related to the Word ‘Gift’
Gabrielle Zevin – The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
12/22 - Three C's on the Cover
Peter Carey – Oscar and Lucinda
12/22 - Set or Written 300 Years Ago
Unknown – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
12/22 - 300 Pages Long
Colson Whitehead – Underground Railroad
2/23 - Set in Winter or Spring
Dana Stabenow - Cold Day for Murder
2/23 - Shadow on the Cover
Hilary Davidson – The Damage Done
2/23 - Time Loop
Erik Hanberg – 1999
3/23 - From an Animal's POV
Victoria Saxon – Zootopia: Big Trouble in Little Rodentia
3/23 - Feather on Cover
Ellis Peters – The Heretic’s Apprentice
03/23 - Character Who Works with Animals
Ann Tyler – The Accidental Tourist
4/23 - Egg on Cover
Sharyn McCrumb – If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
4/23 - Title Includes the Letters ‘E’, ‘G’, ‘G’
Stephen Crane – The Red Badge of Courage
4/23 - Featuring Chocolate
Murata Sayaka – Convenience Store Woma
9/23 - First Word in the Book Is a Proper Noun
Adam Wallace – How to Catch a Dinosaur
9/23 - Includes Foreshadowing
Dean Koontz – Darkness Under the Sun
9/23 - Character Is a Teacher
Kate Russell – My Dark Vanessa
10/23 – Steampunk
Arakawa Hiromu – Full Metal Alchemist, Vol 1
10/23 - ‘It Was a Dark and Stormy Night’
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
10/23 - Has a Graveyard Scene
George Saunders – Lincoln in the Bardo

02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring -- The Fallen Snow by John J. Kelley
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover -- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
02/23 - A Time Loop -- Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View -- The Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover -- Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals -- Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover -- Good Eggs by Rebecca Hardiman
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" -- A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate -- The Chocolatier by Jan Moran
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun -- The Thieves Of Darkness by Richard Doetsch
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing -- The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher -- Phantom by Ted Bell
10/23 - Steampunk -- The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night" -- In Harm's Way by Viveca Sten
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene -- The Thieves Of Legend by Richard Doetsch
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre A) -- Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-day by Stephan Talty
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre B) -- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses -- The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring -- Priceless by Zygmunt Miloszewski
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies -- The Something Girl by Jodi Taylor
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre -- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine -- If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year -- The English Girl by Daniel Silva
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up -- 17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History by Andrew Morton
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down -- We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter by Rachael Hanel
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You -- The Deserter's Daughter by Susanna Bavin
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" -- Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell
05/24 - A Is For Alpha -- Low Midnight by Carrie Vaughn
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title -- Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris
09/24 - Professor Plum -- Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes
09/24 - In The Kitchen -- The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky
09/24 - With A Revolver -- Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kriegel
10/24 - A Beverage On The Cover -- Hex on the Beach by Gina LaManna
10/24 - Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater -- Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater by Peggy Orenstein
10/24 - A Cozy Read -- Witchy Whiskers by Danielle Garrett
11/24 - Related To The Word "Intergalactic" -- The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas by Aaron Blabey
11/24 - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries -- The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II by Gregory A. Freeman
11/24 - Set In 2000-2010 -- Easy Prey by John Sandford
11/24 - 800-900 Pages -- The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
12/24 - December Captured On The Cover -- The December Boys by Michael Noonan
12/24 - Holiday Harmonies -- Duck the Halls by Donna Andrews
12/24 - Features Festive Flavors -- Sprinkles and Sea Serpents by Danielle Garrett

I joined when the 2024 prompts were posted and ended up doing the 2023 December mini challenge to keep me busy until the heavy reading began. I'm jumping in now. I adore the mini-challenges, almost more than the long list.


🎁12/23 - Raindrops On Roses My Happy Life
🎁12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String: Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package
🎁12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
🎁12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring: A Long Road on a Short Day
🎁12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things: When I Am Happiest
🎁12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens: Socks
🎁12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies: Pippi Longstocking
🎁12/23 - Sleigh Bells: Astrid the Unstoppable
🎁12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens: Where Dani Goes, Happy Follows

💘02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre: Razorblade Tears Mystery/thriller
💘02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine: The No-Show
💘02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year: Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts Erika Lewis, born in 1968

🤣04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up: The Night War
🤣04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down: Kyra, Just for Today
🤣04/24 - (Never Gonna) Desert You: The Perilous Gard

🌸05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M": The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
🌸05/24 - A Is For Alpha: The Mysterious Affair at Styles First Book by an Author
🌸05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title: The Cat who Saved Books

🔍09/24 - Professor Plum: TheGuardian Test Main character named Plum
🔍09/24 - In The Kitchen: Hope Was Here
🔍09/24 - With A Revolver: And Then There Were None

🍂10/24 - A Beverage on the Cover: The Pumpkin Spice Cafe
🍂10/24 - Book Pairs with a Favorite Sweater: Cinderwitch
🍂10/24 - A Cozy Read: The Murder at the Vicarage

📖11/24 - Related to the Word Intergalactic: Space Case
📖11/24 - Set in a Country Bordering 5 Other Countries: Heaven is Paved with Oreos (Italy)
📖11/24 - Set in the 2000s-2010s: Everything on a Waffle
📖 11/24 - Between 800-900 Pages: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

🎄12/24 - December Captured On The Cover: The Christmas Appeal
🎄 12/24 - Holiday Harmonies: Let It Glow
🎄 12/24 - Features Festive Flavors: The Gingerbread Girl

🐍1/25 - Set In A Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year: The Empress of Salt and Fortune
🐍 1/25 - A Wise CharacterPay Attention, Carter Jones
🐍1/25 - By An Asian Author: Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

📚3/25 - A Book You've Been Meaning To Get To "Eventually": A Taste for Monsters
📚3/25 - The Last Book You Acquired But Haven't Read: Mort
📚3/25 - Prettiest Cover On Your TBR: Somewhere Beyond the Sea

🤪4/25 - Breath you didn't know you were holding: Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
🤪4/25 - A Book That Makes You Roll Your Eyes: Just Keep Walking

🥗5/25 - Starter - A Leafy Green Cover:The Forest of a Thousand Eyes
🥘5/25 - Main - An Author From A Country You've Never Visited: Anxious People
🍰5/25 - Dessert - Set In New Zealand: The Whale Rider

02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre: The Girl with the Louding Voice by by Abi Dare
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine: Beyond That, The Sea by Laura Spence Asch
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year: Maus by Art Spiegelman

Real time started 02/2024, the rest are catch up.

12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Light"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday"
02/21 - A Red Spine
02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical"
02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship
03/21 - Set In Ireland
03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky"
05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year)
05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name
05/21 - Sunshine On Cover
07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover
07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials
07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before
10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired
10/21 - A Plot Driven Story
10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My!
11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You
11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger
11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About
02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
02/22 - The Second In A Series
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover
03/22 - Pie Or Pi?
04/22 - A Foolish Character
04/22 - A Comical Read
04/22 - Rain On The Cover
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles
10/22 - Local Legends
10/22 - A Psychological Thriller
10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark"
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover
11/22 - Let's Party!
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift"
12/22 - Three C's On The Cover
12/22 - Set Or Written 300 Years Ago
12/22 - 300 Pages Long
02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover
02/23 - A Time Loop
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G"
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher
10/23 - Steampunk
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night"
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre A)
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre B)
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses
12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String
12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring
12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies
12/23 - Sleigh Bells
12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favourite Genre ~ The Jigsaw Man
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine ~ In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year ~ Broken Light
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up ~ The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down ~ Strange Sally Diamond
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You ~ When You Disappeared
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" ~ Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future
05/24 - A Is For Alpha ~ A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title ~ But What Can I Do?

12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Light"
12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday"
02/21 - A Red Spine
02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical"
02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship
03/21 - Set In Ireland
03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky"
05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year)
05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name
05/21 - Sunshine On Cover
07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover
07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials
07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before
10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired
10/21 - A Plot Driven Story
10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My!
11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You
11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger
11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About
02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice
02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
02/22 - The Second In A Series
03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences
03/22 - A Circle On The Cover
03/22 - Pie Or Pi?
04/22 - A Foolish Character
04/22 - A Comical Read
04/22 - Rain On The Cover
06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover
06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing
06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles
10/22 - Local Legends
10/22 - A Psychological Thriller
10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark"
11/22 - Dessert On The Cover
11/22 - Let's Party!
11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift"
12/22 - Three C's On The Cover
12/22 - Set Or Written 300 Years Ago
12/22 - 300 Pages Long
02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring: The Christmas Bookshop
02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
02/23 - A Time Loop: The Second Chance Year
03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View
03/23 - A Feather On The Cover: The Mysterious Double Death of Honey Black
03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals
04/23 - An Egg On The Cover: Lying Next to Me
04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G": Gender Queer
04/23 - Featuring Chocolate: Carrie Soto Is Back
09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun: The Kind Worth Saving
09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing: Lock Every Door
09/23 - Character Is A Teacher: The Love Hypothesis
10/23 - Steampunk
10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night": A Court of Thorns and Roses
10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene: Dirty Thirty
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre A): The Woman in Me
11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre B): Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
12/23 - Raindrops On Roses: Rouge
12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String
12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes: Lucky Leap Day
12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring
12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens
12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies
12/23 - Sleigh Bells
12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens
02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre: Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine: I'll Be the One
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year: Big Mushy Happy Lump
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up: Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down: One Perfect Couple
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You: Yellowface
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M": Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title: Home Is Where the Bodies Are
09/24 - Professor Plum: The Teacher
09/24 - In The Kitchen: The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique
09/24 - With A Revolver: The Boyfriend
10/24- A beverage on the cover: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
10/24-Book pairs with a favorite sweater: Listen for the Lie
10/24-A cozy read: The Pumpkin Spice Café
11/24-Related to the word "Intergalactic": You Sexy Thing
11/24-Set in a country bordering at least five other countries: Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
11/24-Set in 2000-2010: The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
11/24-800-900 pages long:

12/20 - Related To The Word "Snow" - Jostedalsbreen by Karen Weichert


12/20 - Related To The Word "Light" - Stjerner: En innføring i stjernebilleder, sol, måne, planeter og andre himmelfenomener by Herbert S. Zim


12/20 - Related To The Word "Holiday"

02/21 - A Red Spine - Hvor mange nordmenn heter Vidkun? - den til de grader absolutt ultimate guiden til unyttig kunnskap by Noel Botham

02/21 - Related To The Word "Magical" - Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

02/21 - A Great Platonic Relationship

03/21 - Set In Ireland

03/21 - Related To The Word "Lucky"

05/21 - Published In Spring (Any Year) - The Third Plantagenet by John Ashdown-Hill

05/21 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name

05/21 - Sunshine On Cover

07/21 - A Book Chosen Solely By Its Cover - What is Goth? Music, Makeup, Attitude, Apparel, Dance, and General Skullduggery by Aurelio Voltaire


07/21 - An Author Who Uses Initials

07/21 - Set In A Country You've Never Visited Before - Dracula: Myt och verklighet by Katarina Harrison Lindbergh

10/21 - Sherlock Holmes Inspired

10/21 - A Plot Driven Story

10/21 - Ghosts, Witches, And Pirates... Oh My! - Pirater by Denise Ryan

11/21 - A Character In The Same Age Group As You

11/21 - Recommended By A Stranger

11/21 - A Character Whose Religion You Know Little About

02/22 - A Title With The Same Word Used Twice

02/22 - Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

02/22 - The Second In A Series

03/22 - A Character Who Works In Maths Or Sciences

03/22 - A Circle On The Cover

03/22 - Pie Or Pi? - Gorgeous & Gruesome Cakes for Children: 30 Original and Fun Designs for Every Occasion by Debbie Brown

04/22 - A Foolish Character

04/22 - A Comical Read

04/22 - Rain On The Cover

06/22 - Suitcase On The Cover

06/22 - Set In A Place You Wish You Were Vacationing - Island - eit varmt portrett av ein fargerik kultur by Ottar Fyllingsnes

06/22 - Planes, Trains, And Automobiles - Tur-retur Norge med @helenemoo by Helene Myhre Østervold

10/22 - Local Legends

10/22 - A Psychological Thriller

10/22 - Related To The Word "Dark" - The Mammoth Book of True Crime by Colin Wilson

11/22 - Dessert On The Cover

11/22 - Let's Party!

11/22 - Related To The Word "Gift"

12/22 - Three C's On The Cover - Though I had found a book, but it only had 2 "C"s on the cover, I checked 3 times; found another also with 2 "C"s

12/22 - Set Or Written 300 Years Ago

12/22 - 300 Pages Long - Norges beste utsikter by Per Roger Lauritzen closesth with 304 pages

02/23 - Set In Winter Or Spring

02/23 - A Shadow On The Cover - Skare by Aleksander Kirkwood Brown


02/23 - A Time Loop

03/23 - From An Animal's Point Of View

03/23 - A Feather On The Cover - Åsgard - Fortellinger fra nordisk mytologi by Sofi Hjort


03/23 - A Character Who Works With Animals

04/23 - An Egg On The Cover

04/23 - Title Includes The Letters "E", "G", "G" - Fra vikingernes hverdag by Thorkild Ramskou

04/23 - Featuring Chocolate

09/23 - First Word In The Book Is A Proper Noun

09/23 - Includes Foreshadowing

09/23 - Character Is A Teacher

10/23 - Steampunk

10/23 - "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night"

10/23 - Has A Graveyard Scene

11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre A) - 1066: Slaget vid Hastings by Dick Harrison - History

11/23 - Nonfiction (Genre B) - Nordisk turbok - 60 turer i Sverige, Finland, Danmark, Norge, Island og Grønland by Inger Karin Natlandsmyr - Travel

12/23 - Raindrops On Roses

12/23 - Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String

12/23 - Girls In White Dresses With Blue Satin Sashes

12/23 - Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring

12/23 - These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

12/23 - Whiskers On Kittens

12/23 - Cream Colored Ponies

12/23 - Sleigh Bells

12/23 - Warm Woolen Mittens

02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre

02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine - Historiska kärlekspar: Passion och skandaler genom 2000 år by Sara Griberg

02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year

04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up

04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down

04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You

05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" - Jakten på Sigurd Jorsalfare by Øystein Morten

05/24 - A Is For Alpha - A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup

05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title

09/24 - Professor Plum - Katarina den stora: Rysslands upplysta despot by Tomas Blom


09/24 - In The Kitchen - Spiselige ville vekster by Anna-Elise Torkelsen

09/24 - With A Revolver - Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond by Kathryn Harkup


10/24 - A Beverage On The Cover - How it all began in the pantry by Maurice E. Baren


10/24 - Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater

10/24 - A Cozy Read

11/24 - Related To The Word "Intergalactic"

11/24 - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries

11/24 - Set In 2000-2010

11/24 - 800-900 Pages

12/24 - December Captured On The Cover - Christmas: A Very Peculiar History™ by Fiona MacDonald


12/24 - Holiday Harmonies - Det lyser i stille grender by Oddgeir Bruaset

12/24 - Features Festive Flavors - Heldiggrisen by Monia Nilsen

1/25 - Set In A Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year - Asia Everything You Ever Wanted to Know & Not-For-Parents - China 1ed -anglais-

1/25 - A Wise Character - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

1/25 - By An Asian Author - They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

3/25 - A Book You've Been Meaning To Get To "Eventually" - The White Devil by Justin Evans

3/25 - The Last Book You Acquired But Haven't Read - The Bird Atlas: A Pictorial Guide to the World's Birdlife by Barbara Taylor

3/25 - Prettiest Cover On Your TBR - Gift : historien om drycker, pulver och mordiska uppsåt by Ben Hubbard


4/25 - Let Out A Breath They Didn't Know They Were Holding

4/25 - A Book That Makes You Roll Your Eyes

5/25 - Starter - A Leafy Green Cover - Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori


5/25 - Starter - A Slower Paced Story

5/25 - Main - A Buddy Read

5/25 - Main - An Author From A Country You've Never Visited - Blondie Goes to Hollywood: The Blondie Comic Strip in Films, Radio & Television by Carol Lynn Scherling

5/25 - Dessert - Set In Alaska

5/25 - Dessert - Set In Italy - Familien Medici: det vackra folket i Florens by Ulla Britta Ramklint

5/25 - Dessert - Set In New Zealand

02/24 - By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
02/24 - Be Mine, Valentine - Unrivaled by Ashlyn Kane
02/24 - By An Author Born In A Leap Year - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Give You Up - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
04/24 - (Never Gonna) Let You Down - You, with a View by Jessica Joyce
04/24 - (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You - The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
05/24 - Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M" - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
05/24 - A Is For Alpha - Back Piece by L.A. Witt
05/24 - Interrogative Word In The Title - What the Cat Dragged In by Kate McMurray
09/24 - Professor Plum - Out of Character by Annabeth Albert
09/24 - In The Kitchen - A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Caña
09/24 - With A Revolver - The Stranger by Albert Camus
10/24 - A Beverage On The Cover - By the Book by Amanda Sellet
10/24 - Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater - Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton
10/24 - A Cozy Read - Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
11/24 - Related To The Word "Intergalactic" - Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep
11/24 - Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries - The Shadow of the Empire: A Judge Dee Investigation by Qiu Xiaolong
11/24 - Set In 2000-2010 - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
11/24 - 800-900 Pages - Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh
12/24 - December Captured On The Cover
12/24 - Holiday Harmonies
12/24 - Features Festive Flavors

☀ Completed to Date: 24
Mar 2025: A Book You’ve Been Meaning To Get To “Eventually": We Are Displaced
Mar 2025: The Last Book You Acquired But Haven’t Read: Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeycutt
Mar 2025: Pick the prettiest cover on your TBR : Frozen River

☀ Jan 2025: Set In A Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year: Taiwan: Taiwan Travelogue
☀ Jan 2025: By An Asian Author: Mohsin Hamid, born in Pakistan: The Last White Man
☀ Jan 2025: A Wise Character: the fictional Josephine Tey: Shot With Crimson

☀ Dec 2024: Holiday Harmonies: Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi
☀ Dec 2024: Features Festive Flavors: grandmother's story about celebrating the Moon Festival as a child: The Moon Lady by Amy Tan
☀ Dec 2024: December Captured On The Cover: Small Things Like These

☀ Nov 2024: Set In A Country Bordering At Least 5 Other Countries: both Germany and France: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
☀ Nov 2024: Set In 2000-2010: The Mighty Red
☀ Nov 2024: Related To The Word "Intergalactic": All Systems Red
☀ Oct 2024: A Cozy Read: Zoe Chambers Mystery Series: Cry Wolf
☀ Oct 2024: Book Pairs With A Favorite Sweater: black sweater, book cover is white with black lettering: Why I'm No Longer Talking to white people about race
☀ Oct 2024: A Beverage On The Cover: Bottle of Champagne: The Wedding People
☀ Sep 2024: With A Revolver: The Accomplice
☀ Sep 2024: In The Kitchen: Murder is a Piece of Cake
☀ Sep 2024: Professor Plum: cover color: Xingu
☀ May 2024: Interrogative Word In The Title: Where Wolves Don’t Die
☀ May 2024: A Is For Alpha: First in a Series: Where the Guilty Hide
☀ May 2024: Author's Last Name Starts With The Letter "M": Sujata Massey: The Mistress of Bhatia House
☀ Apr 2024: (Never Gonna Run Around And) Desert You: James
☀ Apr 2024: (Never Gonna) Let You Down: 1 star: The Sister
☀ Apr 2024: (Never Gonna) Give You Up: Foster
☀ Feb 2024: By An Author Born In A Leap Year: Rupi Kuar: Milk and Honey
☀ Feb 2024: Be Mine, Valentine: romance novel: The Unhoneymooners
☀ Feb 2024: By A Black Author In Your Favorite Genre: Danielle Arceneaux: Glory Be

Connections Challenge 2025

1) Pick any book Journey to the Center of the Earth 6/22/25
2) Title shares a word with the previous book’s title (The) The Red Badge of Courage 6/25
3) Set in the country where the previous author is from (USA) Firekeeper’s Daughter 7/10
4) Published the same year as the previous book (2021) A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis 7/28
5) +/- 30 pages to previous book (240 pages) When the Moon Hits Your Eye 7/30
6) Similar title font to previous book The Women 8/19
7) Author shares name with character from previous book (Barbara) Flight Behavior
8) Cover shares item with the previous cover The Lager Queen of Minnesota
9) Shares a narrative technique with previous book
10) A book the previous character would read at the beach
11) Same publisher as previous book
12) Non-fiction inspired by something in previous book
13) Cover is on opposite side of colour wheel to previous book
14) Character shares profession with previous character
15) Recommended by someone else based on your review of previous book
16) Goodreads rating +/- 0.25 of previous book’s rating
17) Inspired by something in the previous author’s bio
18) Shares main theme with previous book
19) Set in same time period as previous book
20) Title has same number of vowels as previous title
21) Is somehow connected to your prompt 20 and prompt 1 picks

3/25 - The Last Book You Acquired But Haven't Read - The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
4/25 - Let Out A Breath They Didn't Know They Were Holding - Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang