I always try to do some kind of reading challenge each year. Mostly because I like to try and push my borders a bit. I am an inveterate reader of crime fiction – cozy mysteries, whodunnits, police procedurals, detective stories, thrillers, etc etc etc. You name it, and if there’s a mystery to be solved, I’m on it.
But I also try not to let myself get too carried away with it.
I came across this one while browsing my FB reader groups and thought it was simple enough.
We’ll see how that goes, meantime though, I’m going to update it now with that I’ve read in January and will update it periodically throughout the year until – should I get that far – I complete it. Also, look for reviews for most of my list in the review section of the blog – some will also be part of my Series’ in Review Project
Please feel free to do it along with me, and to keep me posted on how you’re doing with it. I’d love to see how you go!
NB: even if they apply, you cannot use one book for more than one of the categories – i.e. a favourite author may have written a book that is set in a foreign country, but that would not count for two books!
Read a book that . . .
has a colour in the name – The Women of Blackmouth Street by Thea Sutton
is set in a foreign country – Sweet Lemons by Fidelma Kelly
was recommended by a friend –
is part of a series – Nowhere to Hide by Karen Randau
you should have read in school
is on the New York Times best seller list
was already on your bookshelf – Murder at Twin Oaks: A Victoria James Mystery, Book 1 by Charmain Brackett
has an animal in the name – Belinda Blake and the Snake by Heather Day Gilbert
is from an author you already know – Selling Sabotage, Flamingo Realty #9 by CeeCee James
is about health and wellness –
has a pretty cover- Murder Under the Magnolias, Grace Augusta Mysteries #1 by Charmain Zimmerman Brackett [all her covers for this series include flowers and are very pretty]
is more than twenty years old
was released in the year you were born
was published this year – Truffled, Charlie Cooper Mysteries, Volume 8 by Deany Ray
was translated from another language
has a female protagonist – You Are Next, Claire Wolfe Thrillers #3 by Jamie Millen
is a memoir
has a one-word title – this will be Samaritan
was made into a movie
is over 500 pages long
is under 100 pages long
has a music or art theme
involves water – A Drowning in Dulwich, Lady Eleanor Mysteries #4 by Lynda Wilcox
has a green book cover – A Lesson in Murder, Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries #6 by Verity Bright
is set in the 1800’s
includes a magical element –
is a one-hit wonder
is about nature
has chapter titles
has an index
has a map in the front
you heard about from a co-worker
was bought from your local bookstore
is a Young Adult novel
is only published as an ebook
is about sports – War Party, John Tall Wolf #2 by Joseph Flynn [this one kind of revolved around sports as in the baddies were a triple A ball team – but I may change it if something more appropriate comes along]
is a murder mystery – Murder at Enderley Hall, Miss Underhay Mysteries #2 by Helena Dixon [I couldn’t miss on this one, pretty much everything I read involves some kind of murder!!!]
features the LGBTQ+ community
is by an author who shares your name
is an audiobook read by the author
is a guilty pleasure
was written by two authors
is poetry
is about business
is about current events – The President’s Henchman, Jim McGill #1 by Joseph Flynn [this is strictly fiction and the timeline is different by about eight years, but to me, it started out just after the election that our neighbours to the south just had – more about that in my reviews when posted]
everyone is talking about
was based on a real person
is a coming of age story
is about science
makes you smile – Tales from Charleton House: Charleton House Mystery Shorts by Kate P Adams [Kate’s books always make me smile, I love reading about Sophie and crew, and seeing what mischief they get up to]
prompts completed to date: 15
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