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message 1: by Vanessa (last edited Dec 28, 2024 08:41AM) (new)

Vanessa (nesshawk) | 4 comments FINISHED!

Option #3 - 2024 Determination Plus Challenge

✔️ Books 1-10. Pick 10 books any format you want that you'll been wanting to read. Could be off your own to be read mountains or library etc.
1. McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh 6/14/24
2. Tequila for Two by Tricia O'Malley 6/20/24
3. A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre 6/21/24
4. Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 7/2/24
5. Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter 7/4/24
6. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 8/9/24
7. The Bear by Claire Cameron 8/19/24
8. 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie 8/29/24
9. Finches by A.M. Muffaz 8/31/24
10. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds 9/1/24

The next 14 books is the "Plus" part of the challenge. Hope you enjoy and are able to find some great books that will fit in.

✔️ 11. A book set in a different country than you live in.
The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean 7/30/24

✔️ 12. Read a book by an Author that you never read before or one by a new debut author.
Eartheater by Dolores Reyes 2/11/24

✔️ 13. A book that someone recommended to you.
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins 7/23/24

✔️ 14. A book that is a different genre than your normal type of read. (could be out of your comfort zone).
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson 4/8/24

✔️ 15 & 16. Two books from a series you haven't completed yet. (Everyone has that one or two books to still read to catch up in a series)
Snowblind (Cherringham #8) by Matthew Costello 2/7/24
Sleight of Paw (Magical Cats #2) by Sofie Kelly 7/4/24

✔️ 17. A book that comes out in 2024.
Cupcakes & Contempt by MJ Greenway 2/1/24
Published January 23, 2024

✔️ 18. A book that you mean to read in 2023 but never got around to it.
She Started It by Sian Gilbert 6/1/24

✔️ 19. A book that came out before you were born. (this one might be harder to do but we know you can handle it)
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman 4/30/24

✔️ 20. A book that is done by more than one author (it can be a book of short stories by different authors, or one book that is one story with more than 1 author like Patterson or Evanovich and I'm sure there are others.
A Shot in the Dark by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello 1/21/24

✔️ 21. A book that won an award.
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark 3/2/24

✔️ 22. One of the oldest to be read books on your unread mountain.
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt 1/29/24

✔️ 23. A book set in multiple countries.
A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil 8/3/24

✔️ 24. Book you started in the past but put aside and never finished for some reason. (I know we all have them. I have a small tote bag filled with them a different reason why it wasn't finished.)
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott 7/16/24


message 2: by Carol/Bonadie (new)

Carol/Bonadie (bonadie) | 9484 comments Okay, here we go! Welcome to the DL adventure, Vanessa!


message 3: by Ann (new)

Ann (annrumsey) | 16929 comments Good luck Vanessa!


message 4: by Donnajo (new)

Donnajo | 4354 comments Good luck.


message 5: by GailW (new)

GailW (abbygg) | 521 comments I love seeing more people joining the challenge. Have fun with it!


message 6: by Vanessa (new)

Vanessa (nesshawk) | 4 comments FINISHED!


message 7: by Donnajo (new)

Donnajo | 4354 comments Congrats.


message 8: by Ann (new)

Ann (annrumsey) | 16929 comments That’s great Vanessa!!


message 9: by Carol/Bonadie (new)

Carol/Bonadie (bonadie) | 9484 comments Wow! Good job!


message 10: by ChrisQ (new)

ChrisQ | 179 comments Congrats! :)


message 11: by GailW (new)

GailW (abbygg) | 521 comments Nice job! (And isn't the Cherringham series great? It is my "warm hug" series...)


message 12: by Kaytlin (new)

Kaytlin Griffith | 2 comments Nice job!!


message 13: by Vanessa (new)

Vanessa (nesshawk) | 4 comments GailW wrote: "Nice job! (And isn't the Cherringham series great? It is my "warm hug" series...)"

Absolutely!! Love it.


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