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My spot!

20 Books on my want to read list prior to January 1, 2024:
1. Fourth Wing
2. Iron Flame
3. Deathless
4. A Dangerous Collaboration
5. The Bookbinder
6. Book Lovers
7. Cocktails & Chloroform
8. Nettle & Bone
9. A Court of Mist and Fury
10. The Warm Hands of Ghosts
11. A Study in Scarlet Women (re-read)
12. A Conspiracy in Belgravia
13. The Priory of the Orange Tree
14. One Dark Window
15. Two Twisted Crowns
16. The Stroke of Winter
17. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice
18. Hallowe'en Party
19. A Thousand Ships
20. The Secret Witness
🎉 04.11 Goal achieved!
21. The Grave Singer
22. The Deceiving Look
23. The Last Move
24. At the River
25. The Hunter
26. Beneath Devil's Bridge
27. Burn You Twice
28. Trapper Road
29. On Her Watch
30. Murder Road
31. Stone Blind
32. The Aeronaut's Windlass
33. The Fox's Curse
34. In the Pines (re-read)
35. At the River (re-read)
36. The First Death (re-read)
37. Shadowheart
38. The Poppy War
39. A Killer’s Game
40. A Forgotten Kill
41. Don't Look Back
42. Hidden Pictures
43. The Stand
44. Blackmail and Bibingka
45. The Stolen Heir
46. The Prisoner’s Throne
47. At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

20 Books that have been on my bookshelf, Kindle, or Audible library prior to January 1, 2024:
1. Fourth Wing
2. Iron Flame
3. Deathless
4. The Stroke of Winter
5. A Thousand Ships
6. The Secret Witness
7. Trapper Road
8. Stone Blind
9. The Fox's Curse
10. A Killer’s Game
11. The Stand
12. Blackmail and Bibingka
13. The Cruel Prince (re-read)
14. The Wicked King (re-read)
15. The Queen of Nothing (re-read)
16. The Stolen Heir
17. At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

20 Books from ethnically diverse authors:
1. Just a Girl by Alyssa Cole
2. Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez
3. Drop, Cover, and Hold On by Jasmine Guillory
4. What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
5. A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (re-read)
6. A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas
7. The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas
8. Fires to Come by Asha Lemmie
9. Fallen Grace by Sadeqa Johnson
10. Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
11. Babel by R.F. Kuang
12. The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
13. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
14. Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas
15. Scorpions by Rachel Howzell Hall
16. The Secret Witness by Victor Methos
17. The Grave Singer by Victor Methos
18. The Deceiving Look by Victor Methos
19. Hazel and Gray by Nic Stone
20. The Princess Game by Soman Chainani
🎉 04.27 Goal achieved!
21. The Cleaners by Ken Liu
22. Prose Before Bros by Cathy Yardley
23. Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas
24. A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas
25. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
26. A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas
27. A Killer’s Game by Isabella Maldonado
28. A Forgotten Kill by Isabella Maldonado
29. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
30. Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala
31. Do Me a Favor by Cathy Yardley
32. Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala
33. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie
34. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
35. Fatal Intrusion by Isabella Maldonado and Jeffrey Deaver

10 Books set in 10 different countries:
I live in the US, so I won't count any of those 😉
1. The Mosquito, Pardonable Lies (France)
2. Tangles and Treason, Stockings and Spells, A Dangerous Collaboration, The Bookbinder, Brimstone Bound, Infernal Enchantment, Cocktails & Chloroform, A Murderous Relation, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, A Study in Scarlet Women (re-read), A Conspiracy in Belgravia, The Hollow of Fear, The Forgotten Chapter, Babel, The Art of Theft, Murder on Cold Street, Slow Horses, An Impossible Impostor, Purls and Potions, A Sinister Revenge, A Grave Robbery, Fair Isle and Fortunes, Half a Soul, Lace and Lies, Bobbles and Broomsticks, Midnight Smoke, Cat's Paws and Curses, Scorched Heart, Dark Whispers, Popcorn and Poltergeists, Miss Moriarty, I Presume?, Bellman & Black, The Fox's Curse, A Tempest at Sea, Ordinary Monsters, A Ruse of Shadows, The Seventh Girl, The Unseen Sister, Garters and Gargoyles, The Crossing, The Descent, The Gorge, Holy Island, Sycamore Gap, Heavenfield, The Mark, The Pier, The Bridge, The Silent Wife, Mercy's Chase, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, The Midnight Feast, Maisie Dobbs, Birds of a Feather, Pardonable Lies, Diamonds and Daggers, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, The Solstice, The Crone of Midnight Embers, The Crone of Solstice Flames, Accidental Magic, Experimental Magic (UK)
3. Damned Souls and a Sangria, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, The Drowned Girls, The Lullaby Girl, The Girl in the Moss (Canada)
4. What the River Knows (Argentina)
5. What the River Knows (Egypt)
6. Half of a Yellow Sun (Nigeria)
7. Catch Her in a Lie (Costa Rica)
8. A Thousand Ships, Stone Blind, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth (Greece)
9. The Lord Sorcier (Portugal)
10. The Hunter, Mercy's Chase (Ireland)
🎉 04.26 Goal achieved!
11. The Poppy War (China)
12. Don't Look Back (Malta)
13. Mercy's Chase, The Witches of Santo Stefano (Italy)

10 Books with at least 1,000 pages:
This list will be useful.
1. The Stand

Let's read the rainbow 🌈
All About Books group is doing a Color Challenge! This list will be useful.

❤️ Any shade/name of red:
Murder at the Royal Ruby
A Study in Scarlet Women (re-read)

🧡 Any shade/name of orange:
The Priory of the Orange Tree

💛 Any shade/name of yellow:
Half of a Yellow Sun

💚 Any shade/name of green:
Green Rider

💙 Any shade/name of blue:
Blue Monday

💜 Any shade/name of violet:
The Violets of March

🎉 03.19 Challenge completed!