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"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Did ever see a book cover and say I've got to read that book and really have no idea what it is about?

For this challenge, choose a book that caught your eye because it was pretty, weird or just plain interesting.

Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books

Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

Aminko
Bobbi COMPLETED

Catsalive COMPLETED
Chelsea COMPLETED

D.L.
Elaine
Ferenc COMPLETED

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Jill
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Katelyn COMPLETED
Kathleen COMPLETED
Krissy COMPLETED

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Shannon COMPLETED
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Stephanie COMPLETED
Suzanne COMPLETED

Tari COMPLETED
Zuza COMPLETED

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
6/6 Conceited

1. Emerald Finn 1/2/23
2. Wendy Neugent 1/3/23
3. Tricia L. Sanders 1/5/23
4. Lynn Cahoon 1/7/23
5. Vicki Delany 1/7/23
6. Valona Jones 1/10/23

Judge A Book By Its CoverMonthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. by A.A. Milne 1/3/2023
2. by Amy Lane 1/5/2023
3. by Kathleen Taylor 1/7/2023
4. by Patti Benning 1/8/2023
5. by Angela K. Ryan 1/9/2023
6. by Kate Prada 1/12/2023

Welcome Tari

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow1.
Finished 1/7
2.Hygge: Discovering The Danish Art Of Happiness – How To Live Cozily And Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures
Finished 1/10
3.Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
4.
5.
6.

January 2023
Conceited
Read: 6/6

1. - Jeff Strand ⛄⛄ 1/2/23
2. - R.L. Stine ⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/4/23
3. - Brandon Sanderson ⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/6/23
4. - Ilona Andrews ⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/9/23
5. - James Herriot ⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/12/23
6. - Alma Katsu ⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/21/23

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Conceited - Read 5-6 books

6 of 5-6 Complete

1. The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn - 1/5/23

2. Anything but Minor - Kate Stewart - 1/5/23

3. Death on the Danube - Jennifer S. Alderson

4. The Mistake I Made - Paula Daly - 1/13/23

5. The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles - 1/21/23

6. The Rocky Road to Ruin - Meri Allen - 1/28/23

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
Conceited: Read 5-6 books

1. Dashing Through the Snowbirds by Donna Andrews 1/7/23
2. What You Don't Know About Charlie Outlaw by Leah Stewart 1/11/23
3. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan 1/12/23
4. by Moonflower MurdersAnthony Horowitz 1/20/23
5. Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen 1/23/23
6. Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell 1/26/23 - The cover is weird/eye catching, but the interior was what I found visually appealing - magenta type with turquoise accents.

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
Superficial: Read 3-4 books

4 books

1. - C.W. Farnsworth, 1/9/23
2. - Tom Felton, 1/13/23
3. - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 1/18/23
4. - Haven Hadley, 1/27/23
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Shallow: Read 1-2 books

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Goal: 6/6
Conceited: Read 5-6 books

1. The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn - 01/04/23
2. Emma's Dream - M. Lee Prescott - 01/05/23
3. Hotel Magnifique - Emily J. Taylor - 01/07/23
4. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina - Zoraida Córdova - 01/17/23
5. In the Time of our History - Susanne Pari - 01/24/23
6. Batman '89 - Sam Hamm - 01/30/23

Welcome Jill, Bobbi, Olivermagnus, Shannon, Katelyn, D.L. and Ferenc

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
Shallow - 2

1. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
✅ Gemina by Amie Kaufman (1/1/2023)

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
January 2023

Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books

1. The Widow and the Highlander by Martha Keyes (1/2/23)
2. The Masked Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/3/23)
3. Beacon by Camille Peters (1/10/22)
4. Defiance by A.L. Sowards (1/24/23)
5. The Chemistry of Love by Sariah Wilson (1/26/23)
6. Mr. Gardiner and the Governess by Sally Britton (1/28/23)

Conceited: Read 5-6 books

1. The Heretic Royal by G.A. Aiken 1/1/23
2. The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic by Jordi Camí 1/2/23
3. Blue and Gold by K.J. Parker 1/3/23
4. Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History by William Alexander 1/5/23
5. Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire 1/10/23
6. The Big Score by K.J. Parker 1/12/23

Welcome Aminko, Shash and Stephanie

Judge A Book By Its Cover
Jan. 1-31

5/5 Completed

1. To Hive and To Hold 1-11-23
2. Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles 1-13-23
3. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy 1-13-23
4. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries 1-14-23
5. A Ferry of Bones & Gold

The Lost Challenges
January 2023 Judge A Book By Its Cover
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Progress: 6 out of 6

Did ever see a book cover and say I've got to read that book and really have no idea what it is about?

For this challenge, choose a book that caught your eye because it was pretty, weird or just plain interesting.

Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books

Challenge Rules
(view spoiler)[*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go. (hide spoiler)]

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

1. Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages
2. Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
3. Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
4. I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
5. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
6. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages

Welcome Elaine and Suzanne

Judge A Book By Its CoverMonthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly 1/1/2023
2. The Merry - Kelly Utt 1/3/23
3. His Curvy Friend - Mary E. Thompson 1/8/23
4. Samson's Deal - Shelley Singer 1/12/23
5. Girl Lost - Kate Gable 1/17/23
6. Almost There - Farrah Rochon 1/13/23

Welcome Chelsea

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Goal: 0/6
Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1. - - 01.12.2023
2. - 01.13.2023
3. - 01.14.2023
4. - 01.19.2023
5. 01.20.2023
6. 01.20.2023

Welcome Ricka

KRISSY'S SPOT
Level: Conceited

1. Rescue Me by K.M. Neuhold, 1/06 ★★★
2. Initiation by Alethea Faust, 1/10 ★★★★
3. Beau Pair by Rhys Everly, 1/17 ★★★
4. [bookc:Get It Together|61621975] by Shelby Rhodes, 1/19 ★★★★
5. It's Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien by Chloe Archer, 1/21 ★★★★★
6. Subway Slayings by C.S. Poe,1/23 ★★★★★

Welcome Krissy and Kathleen

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
6/6

After the Rain by Lucy Dillon 5/1 3★ 432p
Every Version of You by Grace Chan 7/1 3.5★
Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood 9/1 5★
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 12/1 4★
The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer 14/1 3.5★
The Irish Boarding House by Sandy Taylor 15/1 5★

Welcome Catsalive

Finished

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
6/6 Conceited

1. Emerald Finn 1/2/23
2. Wendy Neugent 1/3/23
3. Tricia L. Sanders 1/5/23
4. Lynn Cahoon 1/7/23
5. Vicki Delany 1/7/23
6. 6. Valona Jones 1/10/23

Good job Tari

Finished!

Conceited: Read 5-6 books

1. The Heretic Royal by G.A. Aiken 1/1/23
2. The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic by Jordi Camí 1/2/23
3. Blue and Gold by K.J. Parker 1/3/23
4. Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History by William Alexander 1/5/23
5. Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire 1/10/23
6. The Big Score by K.J. Parker 1/12/23

Good job Stephanie

FINISHED

Judge A Book By Its CoverMonthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. by A.A. Milne 1/3/2023
2. by Amy Lane 1/5/2023
3. by Kathleen Taylor 1/7/2023
4. by Patti Benning 1/8/2023
5. by Angela K. Ryan 1/9/2023
6. by Kate Prada 1/12/2023

Finished!

The Lost Challenges
January 2023 Judge A Book By Its Cover
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Progress: 6 out of 6

Did ever see a book cover and say I've got to read that book and really have no idea what it is about?

For this challenge, choose a book that caught your eye because it was pretty, weird or just plain interesting.

Shallow: Read 1-2 books
Superficial: Read 3-4 books
Conceited: Read 5-6 books

Challenge Rules
(view spoiler)[*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go. (hide spoiler)]

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

1. Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages
2. Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
3. Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
4. I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
5. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
6. Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages

Great job Suzeanne

Completed

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
Conceited: Read 5-6 books
6/6

After the Rain by Lucy Dillon 5/1 3★ 432p
Every Version of You by Grace Chan 7/1 3.5★
Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood 9/1 5★
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 12/1 4★
The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer 14/1 3.5★
The Irish Boarding House by Sandy Taylor 15/1 5★

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
Conceited: Read 5-6 books

1. Shutter by Laurie Faria Stolarz ✔ Jan, 2023 ★★★
2. I Become Shadow by Joe Shine ✔ Jan 07, 2023 ★★★
3. The Girl in White by Lindsay Currie ✔ Jan 17, 2023 ★★★★
4. Shiverton Hall: The Creeper by Emerald Fennell ✔ Jan 27, 2023 ★★★★
5. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel ✔ Jan 31, 2023 ★★★★
6.

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
FINISHED!!
✔Shallow: Read 1-2 books
✔Superficial: Read 3-4 books
✔Conceited: Read 5-6 books

✔1. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Dawnie Walton (1/4)
✔2. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1/6)
✔3. Ship Wrecked Olivia Dade (1/26)
✔4. The Strange Library Haruki Murakami (1/31)
✔5. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story Simu Liu (1/19)
✔6. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations Mira Jacob (1/22)

Great job Catsalive, Welcome Zuza and Julia (books can be used from the beginning of the month)

Completed
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Goal: 6/6

Conceited: Read 5-6 books
1. - - 01.12.2023
2. - 01.13.2023
3. - 01.14.2023
4. - 01.19.2023
5. 01.20.2023
6. 01.20.2023

Great job Ricka

January 2023
Conceited
Read: 6/6

1. - Jeff Strand ⛄⛄ 1/2/23
2. - R.L. Stine ⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/4/23
3. - Brandon Sanderson ⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/6/23
4. - Ilona Andrews ⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/9/23
5. - James Herriot ⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/12/23
6. - Alma Katsu ⛄⛄⛄⛄ 1/21/23

Well done Bobbi

*COMPLETION POST*

Judge A Book By Its CoverMonthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

1. Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly 1/1/2023
2. The Merry - Kelly Utt 1/3/23
3. His Curvy Friend - Mary E. Thompson 1/8/23
4. Samson's Deal - Shelley Singer 1/12/23
5. Girl Lost - Kate Gable 1/17/23
6. Almost There - Farrah Rochon 1/13/23

Great job Chelsea

FINISHED!
"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
Conceited: Read 5-6 books

1. Dashing Through the Snowbirds by Donna Andrews 1/7/23
2. What You Don't Know About Charlie Outlaw by Leah Stewart 1/11/23
3. Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan 1/12/23
4. by Moonflower MurdersAnthony Horowitz 1/20/23
5. Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen 1/23/23
6. Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell 1/26/23 - The cover is weird/eye catching, but the interior was what I found visually appealing - magenta type with turquoise accents.

Kathleen wrote: ""Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023
COMPLETED
Superficial: Read 3-4 books

1. End of the World House / [author:Adrienne Celt|8..."

Kathleen can you show the covers next time?

Well done Shannon and Kathleen

Finished! :)

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
January 2023

Conceited: Read 5-6 books

1. The Widow and the Highlander by Martha Keyes (1/2/23)
2. The Masked Fae by Shari L. Tapscott (1/3/23)
3. Beacon by Camille Peters (1/10/22)
4. Defiance by A.L. Sowards (1/24/23)
5. The Chemistry of Love by Sariah Wilson (1/26/23)
6. Mr. Gardiner and the Governess by Sally Britton (1/28/23)

~~~ Complete ~~~

"Judge A Book By Its Cover" Monthly Challenge
January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023

Conceited - Read 5-6 books

6 of 5-6 Complete

1. The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn - 1/5/23

2. Anything but Minor - Kate Stewart - 1/5/23

3. Death on the Danube - Jennifer S. Alderson

4. The Mistake I Made - Paula Daly - 1/13/23

5. The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles - 1/21/23

6. The Rocky Road to Ruin - Meri Allen - 1/28/23