Play Book Tag discussion

List 1 - January 2025

🔹️1. Book with an orange cover.
B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton - 3.5 Stars - 1/2/25
Review


🔹️2. A book with a Star in the content, title or cover (this could be an astronomy book, a celebrity memoir, or something else.
The Sun Is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon - 3 Stars - 1/6/25
Review

🔹️3. A book with a politics tag - Tagged Po,itics 57 times
The First Ladies - Marie Benedict - 4.5 Stars - 1/11/25
Review

🔹️4. A book that includes at least 1 recipe
Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles - A.L. Herbert - 4 Stars - 1/4/25
Review

🔹️5. A book involving archeology or an archeologist.
The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths - 4 Stars - 1/10/25
Review

🔹️6. Read a book that won the Goodreads choice award, any year and any category
Funny Story - Emily Henry - 4 Stars - 1/12/25
Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Readers' Favorite Romance (2024), Winner for Readers' Favorite Audiobook (2024)
Review

7. Read a book that was reviewed in 2024 and given 5 stars in PBT's Other Books Discussion
Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76 - Dan Epstein - 4.5 Stars - 1/15/25
Review

🔹️8. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list. For example Oprah, Barack Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Gates, etc.
The Wedding People - Alison Espach - 4 Stars - 1/3/25 - August 2024 Read With Jenna Book Club Selection
Review

🔹️9. A book set during a civil war or revolution
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - Erik Larson - 4 Stars - 1/5/25
Review

🔹️10. Read a graphic novel
The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang - 4 Stars - 1/9/25
Review

🔹️11. A book tagged "Literary-Fiction" at least 5 times.
Orbital - Samantha Harvey - 3 Stars - 11/7/25 - tagged Literary Fiction 211 times
Review

🔹️12. Read a book with a main-page genre of HUMOR. (Tag appears on the book's main page; NO need to open up the tag pages)
A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 1/9/25
Review

List 2 - January -February 2025

🔸️1. Read a narrative nonfiction book
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission - Hampton Sides - 4.5 Stars - 2/7/25
Review

🔸️2. Read a book on PBT's pbt-decathlon book shelf.
Our Man in Havana - Graham Greene - 4 Stars - 1/17/25
Review

🔸️3. Book set in Jungle
The Codex - Douglas Preston - 3 Stars - 1/30/25
Review

🔸️4. Memoir by a chef or a food writer
Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir - Padma Lakshmi - 3 Stars - 2/1/25
Review

🔸️5. Read a science book
Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood - 4 Stars - 2/8/25
Review

🔸️6. Book with a dog on the cover.
The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 2/4/25
Review


🔸️7. Read a book featuring a female detective
The Neighbor - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 1/22/25
Review

🔸️8. Two books with the same title (excluding A, An, The, or Subtitles)
〰️ 1. One by One - Freida McFadden - 3 Stars - 1/31/25
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〰️ 2. One by One - Ruth Ware - 4 Stars - 2/7/25
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🔸️9. A book that fits the tag psychology
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century - Maureen Callahan - 4 Stars- 2/5/25
Review

🔸️10. A book with “day” or “night” in the title
Zero Day - David Baldacci - 4 Stars - 2/6/25
Review

🔸️11. Read a book that fits a tag that was nominated in 2024 but didn't win the popular vote. Must be tagged at least 5 times with the tag you pick.
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me - Mariana Zapata - 4 Stars - 1/18/25
Tagged Sports 2334 times - Sports was nominated in October 2024 but lost to Travel.
Review

🔸️12. A book involving an ethical dilemma
My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult - 4.5 Stars - 2/7/25
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List 3 - February - March 2025

🟢 1. A book set during the Napoleonic Era
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. - Sandra Gulland - 5 Stars - 2/25/25
Review

🟢 2. Read a book with someone escaping, fleeing, or running from danger
The Auschwitz Escape - Joel C. Rosenberg - 4 Stars - 2/26/25
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🟢 3. Find your most read author. Read a new book by them. If you have read everything by that author, use your next most read author.
Bonded in Death - J.D. Robb - 5 Stars - 3/2/25 - J. D. Robb is by far my most read author, with 73 books on my TBR. Bonded in Death is her latest, published Feb 04, 2025.
Review

🟢 4. Read a book set in a location and time period you would love to visit. I would have liked to witness the English Royal Court during Henry VIII
Sovereign - C.J. Sansom - 5 Stars - 2/18/24
Review

🟢 5. Read a book with a food item in the title.
Murder with Macaroni and Cheese - A.L. Herbert - 3.5 Stars - 2/16/25
Review

🟢 6. Book has the word 'tree' in the title
The Plum Tree - Ellen Marie Wiseman - 4 Stars - 2/14/25
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🟢 7. Any book found on PBT's Group Bookshelf
Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer - 4 Stars - 2/10/25 - this was found on the 5 Stars Shelf and Books with Friends Shelf
Review

🟢 8. Read a Newberry Award Winning book - 1994 Winner
The Giver - Lois Lowry - 4 Stars - 2/11/25
Review

🟢 9. Read a book with recipes in it. Make one of the recipes and include a review of the recipe in your review
Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce - A.L. Herbert - 3 Stars - 2/24/25
Review
〰️ I decided to make Mahalia's Collard Greens recipe. I've had collards in the past and didn't love them. Halia's recipe was just delicious. I think it's because she also included ham hock and plenty of bacon in her recipe. I definitely recommend this recipe if you are ever planning to make collard greens (and most people aren't).

🟢 10. Read a book where the main character is an artist.
Wild Man Creek - Robyn Carr - 3 Stars - 2/20/25
Review

🟢 11. Read a book mentioned in another book
The Drowner - John D. MacDonald - 3 Stars - 3/1/25 - this is one of the eight books referenced in Eight Perfect Murders
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🟢 12. Read a noir novel or collection of short stories
I, the Jury - Mickey Spillane - 4 Stars - 2/13/25
Review

List 4 - March 2025

🟣 1. A book that has a moon on the cover
Twice in a Blue Moon - Christina Lauren - 3 Stars - 3/20/25
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🟣 2. The book's title or author's name contains a gemstone (diamond, ruby, sapphire, etc.)
Terror in Topaz - A.M. Stuart - 4 Stars - 3/14/25
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🟣 3. A book with less than 3,000 ratings on GoodReads.
Die Smiling - Linda Ladd - 4 Stars - 3/4/25 - 559 ratings
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🟣 4. A book containing a long walking or hiking trek.
The Hike - Susi Holliday - 4 Stars - 3/21/25
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🟣 5. A gothic novel written by a woman author after 2000.
Inheritance - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 3/16/25 - tagged Gothic 18 times
Review

🟣 6. Title includes a world famous monument - example Eiffel Tower or Great Wall or US Capital.
Murder in the White House - Margaret Truman - 3.5 Stars -3/10/25
Review

🟣 7. Read a book written before 1990 that takes place in the 21st century.
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury - 4 Stars - 3/9/25
Review

🟣 8. A book where the main character takes a plane journey
Missing in Flight - Audrey J. Cole - 3.5 Stars - 3/19/25
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🟣 9. Read a Pulitzer Prize winner.
The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer - 3.5 Stars - 3/13/25 - 1980 Pulitzer Prize
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🟣 10. Read a book with the current month in the title.
Kopp Sisters on the March - Amy Stewart - 3.5 Stars - 3/16/25
Review

🟣 11. Read a book about immigration.
Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri - 4 Stars - 3/18/25
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🟣 12. Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) about a religion you know little or nothing about.
Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman - 3 Stars - 3/6/25
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List 5 - March - April 2025

🟠 1. Read a book by an author who's written more than 15 books
Battle Mountain - C.J. Box - 5 Stars - 3/29/25 - C. J. Box has written over 30 books
Review

🟠 2. A historical fiction title that has been tagged 5 times or more with the tag "historical fiction"
Three Sisters, Three Queens - Philippa Gregory - 4 Stars - 4/8/25
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🟠 3. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list. For example Oprah, Barack Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Gates, etc. - 144 Books Recently Selected by the Big Celebrity Book Clubs
Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt - 5 Stars - 4/6/25 - Read with Jenna May 2022 selection
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🟠 4. A book with an unnamed protagonist
Butterflies in November - Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - 3.5 Stars - 4/7/25
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🟠 5. The title contains one of the same words as the last book you
|completed (excluding a, an, and the)
To Darkness and to Death - Julia Spencer-Fleming - 4 Stars - 3/28/25 - read A Beautiful Blue Death on 3/27/25
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🟠 6. A book with nautical elements on the cover - Lighthouse and Sailboat
Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B - Portia MacIntosh
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🟠 7. Read an essay collection
Meaty - Samantha Irby - 3 Stars - 4/3/25
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🟠 8. A book that fits an art or artist tag
Clara and Mr. Tiffany - Susan Vreeland - 4 Stars - 4/2/25
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🟠 9. A book with a title that references a nursery rhyme or fairy tale.
Along Came a Spider - James Patterson - 3.5 Stars - 3/30/25
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🟠 10. Read a book set before 1900
A Beautiful Blue Death - Charles Finch - 3.5 Stars - 3/27/25 - set in 1865 London
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🟠 11. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon - 5 Stars - 3/31/25 - Joanne had this in her Top Ten
Review

🟠12. Read a book on PBT's pbt-decathlon book shelf.
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows - Alan Bradley - 5 Stars - 4/4/25
Review

List 6 - April 2025

🔴 1. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list (with link to that thread)
Sue's Top 10 Reads of 2024
The River We Remember - William Kent Krueger - 5 Stars - 4/14/25
Review

🔴 2. A book with a common farm animal in the title
The Silver Pigs - Lindsey Davis - 3 Stars - 4/10/25
Review

🔴 3. Primarily set in a country bordering the Arabian Sea
The Tea Planter's Wife - Dinah Jefferies - 3.5 Stars - 4/17/25 - set in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka)
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🔴 4. Read a book with a tag that starts with "social" (Sociology, society, social psychology, social sciences, social, social- justice, sociable, sociopath, social engineering, social commentary, etc. )
The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice - 4 Stars - 4/17/25 - tagged Social Justice, Sociology, Social Issues
Review

🔴 5. A book with less than 1,000 ratings on GoodReads
The Royal Game - Anne O'Brien - 2 Stars - 4/16/25 - 816 ratings
Review

🔴 6. Read a book of non-fiction related to history - tagged non-fiction 4,753 times and history 2,973 times
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - Daniel James Brown - 4.5 Stars - 4/21/25
Review

🔴 7. A book you thought you would never read.
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - 3 Stars - 4/15/25
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🔴 8. A book related to science or technology
Twist - Colum McCann - 3 Stars- 4/20/25 - Tagged technology 6 times
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🔴 9. A book containing a map - a map of Bishop's Lacey & Environs is lacted at the beginning of the book.
A Red Herring Without Mustard - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 4/9/25
Review

🔴 10. A book set in Alaska or Hawaii
Running Wild - K.A. Tucker - 3.5 Stars - 4/20/25 - set in Alaska
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🔴 11. A book that fits an intelligence tag (could be AI, espionage, intelligence)
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service - 3.5 Stars - 4/18/25
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🔴 12. The title contains at least six words.
The Line Between Here and Gone - Andrea Kane - 3 Stars - 4/11/25
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List 7 - April - May 2025

☀️ 1. A book with a common farm animal on the cover
Who Moved My Goat Cheese? - Lynn Cahoon - 3.5 Stars - 4/28/25
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☀️ 2. There is an upside-down person, place, or thing on the cover
Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney - 4 Stars - 5/7/25
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☀️ 3. The book includes a character who is an alien (or might be one).
Captive of the Horde King - Zoey Draven - 3.5 Stars - 4/26/25
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☀️ 4. Read a book from the 1001 books you must read before you die list.
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott - 5 Stars - 5/8/25
Review
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die - #14

☀️ 5. Read a book that's been on your TBR for longer than a year - added Aug 21, 2015
Cemetery Lake - Paul Cleave - 4.5 Stars - 5/4/25
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☀️ 6. Read a book featuring a love story - tagged love story 7 times
Slightly Married - Mary Balogh - 4 Stars - 4/22/25
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☀️ 7. Read a book where the title contains a word related to sight (e.g., view, eye, light, see, look, glimpse, vision, behold, color, rainbow, etc.)
Killer View - Ridley Pearson - 4 Stars - 4/25/25
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☀️ 8. A book with an author who is an historian, historical researcher, archivist, or antiquarian.
Alison Weir is a British author and public historian. She primarily writes about the history of English royal women and families, in the form of biographies that explore their historical setting.
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife - Alison Weir - 5 Stars - 5/6/25
Review

☀️ 9. A book related to or featuring the game of baseball. Tagged baseball 26 times
Break the Rules - Julia Jarrett - 3 Stars - 5/5/25
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☀️ 10. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list
Booknblues Top 10 of 2024
James - Percival Everett - 5 Stars - 5/4/25
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☀️ 11. A book set in Asia - Set in India
The Last Kashmiri Rose - Barbara Cleverly - 3.5 Stars - 5/7/25
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☀️ 12. A book set in or about WWI or WWII.
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS - Lisa Rogak - 4.5 Stars - 5/3/25
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List 8 - May 2025

☔️ 1. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list - Reese Witherspoon Celebrity Book Club April 2024
The Most Fun We Ever Had - Claire Lombardo - 3.5 Stars - 5/24/25
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☔️ 2. A book with an unnamed protagonist
Death is a Lonely Business - Ray Bradbury - 3 Stars - 5/1/25
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☔️ 3. A book set primarily in a state or province bordering The Great Lakes - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The Canadian province of Ontario also borders the Great Lakes.
Suffer the Children - Lisa Black - 4 Stars - 5/14/25 - set in Cleveland, Ohio
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☔️ 4. A book published in 2015
In Bitter Chill - Sarah Ward - 4 Stars - 5/18/25 - first published Jun 30, 2015
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☔️ 5. Read a book with an MPG of Alternate History
Dominion - C.J. Sansom - 4 Stars - 5/22/25
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☔️ 6. A book published in 1985.
Murder at the FBI - Margaret Truman - 3 Stars - 5/24/25
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☔️ 7. Read a book that a PBT member has on their top ten list of 2024 - it must be a book you have not read before - Pam's Top Ten of 2024
How to End a Love Story - Yulin Kuang - 3 Stars - 5/13/25
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☔️ 8. A book set in your favorite city - London
Something Blue - Emma Jameson - 3.5 Staes - 5/21/25
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☔️ 9. A book written by an author or artist of The Lost Generation
The Sun Also Rises- Ernest Hemingway - 4 Stars - 5/16/25
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☔️ 10. Read a book that's been on your TBR for more than a year
Indigo Ridge - Devney Perry - 4 Stars - 5/11/25 - added Sep 29, 2023
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☔️ 11. A book with a cover containing the colors of your favorite sports team (if you don't have one, use the colors of your secondary/high school or university)
Maroon and White

The Mangle Street Murders - M.R.C. Kasasian - 3.5 Stars - 5/21/25
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☔️ 12. A book with an insect on the cover or in the title
Lovebug - Erin Mallon - 3 Stars - 5/17/25

Review

List 9 - May - June 2025

🐝 1. Any book found on PBT's Group Bookshelf
- found on Thriller, Play Harder and Compass Shelves
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy - 5 Stars - 5/29/25
Review

🐝 2. A book that involves a journey - need not be physical.
The Road to Tender Hearts - Annie Hartnett - 5 Stars - 6/8/25
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🐝 3. A book containing the word 'wedding' in the title
The Wedding Shroud - Elisabeth Storrs - 4 Stars -6/6/25
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🐝 4. A book published in the year you joined Goodreads - First published February 14, 2012
Restless in the Grave - Dana Stabenow - 4 Stars - 6/3/25
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🐝 5. Read a book you find on PBT's Happy 15th birthday PBT shelf
Clark and Division - Naomi Hirahara - 4 Stars - 6/12/25
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🐝 6. Re-read a book you've already read before.
The Bastards of Pizzofalcone - Maurizio de Giovanni - 4 Stars - 6/9/25
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🐝 7. Read a book with the word good, bad or ugly in the title.
Prior Bad Acts - Tami Hoag - 4 Stars - 6/11/25
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🐝 8. Read a book that involves genetics, heredity, or inheritance - Sonya was left a haunted mansion by her long lost uncle and must find out how to break the curse.
The Mirror - Nora Roberts - 4 Stars - 6/4/25
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🐝 9. A book set in a city or town starting with the letter P, B or T
Every Fifteen Minutes - Lisa Scottoline - 4 Stars - 5/30/25 - set in Philadelphia
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🐝 10. A book set during or relating to women's suffrage and/or women's suffrage movement
Stories from Suffragette City - M.J. Rose - 4 Stars - 6/1/25
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🐝 11. A book that includes a family tree
The Summer Queen - Elizabeth Chadwick - 4 Stars - 6/10/25 - family trees of William the Conqueror, Counts of Poitou, Dukes of Acquitaine, and Louis VI of France
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🐝 12. A travel book
The White Darkness - David Grann - 4.5 Stars - 6/7/25
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List 10 - June 2025

🦩 1. Read the next book in a series that you have started but haven't finished - Book #3 of 25
C is for Corpse - Sue Grafton - 4 Stars - 6/14/25
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🦩 2. Read a book where the title includes an ordinal number (e.g. The FIRST deadly sin)
Murder on Fifth Avenue - Victoria Thompson - 3.5 Stars - 6/16/25
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🦩 3. A book by a Canadian author - Vicki Delany was born in Winnipeg and is one of Canada’s most varied and prolific crime writers.
In The Shadow Of The Glacier - Vicki Delany - 4 Stars - 6/25/25
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🦩 4. A murder mystery where one of the traditional Game of Clue weapons is used: candlestick, revolver, wrench, rope, knife, or lead pipe. The murderer stabs Lady Ellis to death with a knife.
Cloche and Dagger - Jenn McKinlay - 3.5 Stars - 6/22/25
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🦩 5. Put a favorite author's name in the Literature Map and read a book by one of the other authors whose name appear. My most read and favorite author is JD Robb
Alone - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 6/5/25
Review
https://www.literature-map.com/j.+d.+...

🦩 6. A long book (more than 500 pages)
Revelation - C.J. Sansom - Stars - 6/18/25 - 673 pages
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🦩 7. Read an "alternate" book (alternate history, alternative world, alternate identity, or alternative lifestyles) - The Supreme Court has ruled that vampirism is legal in the US.
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton - 3 Stars - 6/24/25
Review

🦩 8. A book featuring ice skating, figure skating, speed skating, or hockey
The Deal - Elle Kennedy - 3 Stars - 6/24/25
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🦩 9. Read a gothic novel
Bochica - Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro - 2 Stars - 6/21/25
Review

🦩 10. Read a book about immigration.
When the Emperor Was Divine - Julie Otsuka - 3 Stars - 6/17/25
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🦩 11. The author's first or last name starts with X, Y, or Z
You Can Run - Rebecca Zanetti - 3 Stars - 6/20/25
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🦩 12. Read a book set in the South Pacific - on land or at sea.
Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea - Tami Oldham Ashcraft - 4 Stars - 6/23/25
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List 11 - June / July 2025

🦋 1. Read a book that won the Pulitzer Prize - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2000
Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri - 4 Stars - 7/2/25
Review

🦋 2. A book by a Canadian author
Valley of the Lost - Vicki Delany - 3.5 Stars - 7/1/25
Review

🦋 3. A book with a bridge on the cover, the word
"bridge" in the title, or a bridge in the content
The Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer - 4 Stars - 7/10/25
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🦋 4. Read a book with a one word title
Hide - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 6/26/25
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🦋 5. Read a book with stripes on the cover.
Heaven, Texas - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 2 Stars - 7/3/25

Review

🦋 6. The title contains the name of a flower (e.g., Daisy, Rose, Lily, etc.)
The Poppy Fields - Nikki Erlick - 5 Stars - 7/11/25
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🦋 7. Read a retelling of a classic book or a fairy tale
For the Wolf - Hannah F. Whitten - 3 Stars - 7/8/25
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🦋 8. Read a book that fits this month's tag. June's tag was Summer.
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding - Catherine Mack - 3 Stars - 6/27/25
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🦋 9. After alphabetizing the titles in your GoodReads Want to Read shelf from A - Z, read one of the books from the first 20 listed
The Absence of Mercy - John Burley - 4 Stars - 7/5/25
Review

🦋 10. A book featuring a ruler, monarch, or dictator
The Queen's Man - Sharon Kay Penman - 4 Stars - 7/9/25
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🦋 11. Read a book by an author who uses three names (a middle initial is NOT enough). Eg: Alexander McCall Smith
Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith - 4 Stars - 7/6/25
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🦋 12. Read a book set somewhere you would like to visit Australia
Black & Blue - James Patterson - 3.5 Stars - 7/4/25
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List 12 - July 2025

🐳 1. A book that fits last month's PBT tag - June's tag was Summer
Summer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand - 4 Stars - 7/15/25
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🐳 2. A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish - set in Spain
Or the Bull Kills You - Jason Webster - 4 Stars - 7/16/25
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🐳 3. A book set in Scandinavia - set in Iceland
66 Degrees North - Michael Ridpath - 3.5 Stars - 7/18/25
Review

🐳 4. Post three to five books choices in this thread and read the first one someone else picks for you - Picked by Joy D
The Guide - Peter Heller - 4 Stars - 7/25/25
Review

🐳 5. Read a book with a peaceful nature-focused setting
Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field - John Lewis-Stempel - 4.5 Stars - 7/26/25
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🐳 6. A book with a cat on the cover.
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 7/23/25
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🐳 7. Read a book with the letter J in the title.
The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth - 4 Stars - 7/22/25
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🐳 8. Read a book that is on PBT's Fall Flurry of Holidays bookshelf (any year).
Link to 2024 Fall Flurry of Holidays Shelf - 2024
The Duke Who Despised Christmas - Scarlett Scott - 3 Stars - 7/17/25
Review

🐳 9. Read a book about giving up a bad habit or overcoming an addiction
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction - David Sheff - 4 Stars - 7/25/25
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🐳 10. The author was born before the year 1900 - born September 15, 1890
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie - 4.5 Stars - 7/20/25
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🐳 11. Read a celebrity memoir.
If You Ask Me - Betty White - 3.5 Stars - 7/21/25
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🐳 12. Read a book with a title that includes the name of a playing card (e.g., Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Joker, etc).
The Stolen Queen - Fiona Davis - 4 Stars - 7/24/25
Review

List 13 - August 2025

🌵 1. The title includes an ordinal number (e.g. The FIRST deadly sin)
First-Time Caller - B.K. Borison -3 Stars - 8/5/25
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🌵 2. A book fully or partially set in a hotel, motel, bed & breakfast, or inn (or similar)
A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy - 3.5 Stars - 8/6/25
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🌵 3. Read a book set on a planet other than Earth.
Madness of the Horde King - Zoey Draven - 3 Stars - 8/10/25
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🌵 4. Take a look at the cover of the last book you read, pick an item displayed on the cover, and read a book with that word in the title.
Whispering Rock - Robyn Carr - 3.5 Stars - 8/2/25
The last book I read had a big rock in the stream so I used "Rock" as a title word.
Review

🌵 5. Listen to an audiobook
The Mistress of Bhatia House - Sujata Massey - 4 Stars - 8/8/25
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🌵 6. Read a book with a title beginning with U
An Unforgiving Place - Claire Kells - 4 Stars - 8/1/25
Review

🌵 7. A biography or autobiography
Frank & Ava: In Love and War - John Brady - 4 Stars - 8/6/25
Review

🌵 8. A noir novel or noir collection of short stories
The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - 4 Stars - 8/10/25
Review

🌵 9. Read a book published in 2025 - first pub May 27, 2025
Hidden Nature - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 8/7/25
Review

🌵 10. Read a book with an animal on the cover
Irresistible Force - D.D. Ayres - 3 Stars - 8/11/25

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🌵 11. Read a book written by an author whose initials are sequential. eg: Amy Brown, Quinn Russell
Hellbent - Gregg Hurwitz - 4.5 Stars - 8/4/25 - GH
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🌵 12. Read two books with the same title (excluding A, An, The, or Subtitles)
Out of the Dark - Gregg Hurwitz - 5 Stars - 8/11/25
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Out of the Dark - Sharon Sala - 4 Stars - 8/9/25
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