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Ellie wrote: "The book I picked up for the 42 year old prompt this year fits this. A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer. It's not a life changing book but entertaining enough if you like c..."Ooohhh, yes! That's true. I think the most recent release, The Relentless Moon is the one where Elma is separated from her husband. He remains on earth while she is in space. I *think* that's the one!
Brandon wrote: "I don't see that the character has to be human, so any book with a pet should qualify. Murder Takes the Stage has two pet dogs in it, so that is one recommendation."Good point! Although I could argue that I've had cats and dogs who could communicate quite adequately without words! LOL
LYNN's 2025 Popsugar Reading Challenge! 1 A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma
2 A book you want to read based on the last sentence
3 A book about space tourism
4 A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title
5 A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
6 A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge
7 A book about a cult
8 A book under 250 pages
9 A book that features a character going through menopause
10 A book you got for free
11 A book mentioned in another book
12 A book about a road trip
13 A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads
14 A book about a nontraditional education
15 A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book
16 A book set in or around a body of water
17 A book about a run club
18 A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons
19 A highly anticipated read of 2025
20 A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out)
21 A book where the main character is a politician
22 A book about soccer
23 A book that is considered healing fiction
24 A book with a happily single woman protagonist
25 A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee
26 A book where an adult character changes careers
27 A book set at a luxury resort
28 A book that features an unlikely friendship
29 A book about a food truck
30 A book that reminds you of your childhood
31 A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline
32 A book about an overlooked woman in history
33 A book featuring an activity on your bucket list
34 A book written by an author who is neurodivergent
35 A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out
36 A book with silver on the cover or in the title
37 Two books with the same title (1)
38 Two books with the same title (2)
39 A classic you've never read
40 A book about chosen family
Advanced Prompts
Easy
41 A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
42 A book with a title that starts with the letter Y
43 A book that includes a nonverbal character
44 A book you have always avoided reading
Medium
45 A book with a left-handed character
46 A book where nature is the antagonist
47 A book of interconnected short stories
Hard
48 A book that features a married couple who don't live together
49 A dystopian book with a happy ending
50 A book that features a character with chronic pain
Just 4 more days!! And we will have a brand spankin’ new Popsugar challenge to celebrate!! Nadine and I have prepared the placeholders and are waiting with bated breath! 😉EDITED TO ADD: Here is the link! https://www.popsugar.com/books/popsug...
Here in the United States today has been designated “Native American Heritage Day” by me, though it is “officially” Thanksgiving. I am concentrated on the fact that try as hard as they might, the “conquerors” did not manage to completely annihilate the indigenous people who had lived here for many many years… I celebrate those who managed to escape the genocide and mourn those who did not. I purposefully use this day for pure relaxation on my part, doing whatever I wish, then I cook and serve the “traditional” Thanksgiving meal tomorrow or maybe even on Saturday. (I’m such a rebel, aren’t I? LOL) If not for my husband I would forego the turkey. It just isn’t a favorite for me. I would much rather have chicken, but I will relent to his traditional desires! 😊
ADMIN STUFF:
THE NOVEMBER MONTHLY GROUP READ IS One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
This book could be used to fulfill Prompt #39 A fiction book written by a trans or nonbinary author
THE DECEMBER MONTHLY GROUP READ IS The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde!
This book could be used to fulfill Prompt #36 A Book Written By an Incarcerated Or Formerly Incarcerated Person
National Mudd Day is December 20! What is National Mudd Day, you may ask? It references a fascinating bit of history I doubt many of us know. Dr. Samuel Mudd was a doctor who helped John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirator David Herold immediately following Lincoln’s assassination on the night of April 14, 1865. Mudd performed surgery on Booth and allowed them to spend the night. He didn’t report the men’s visit for another 24 hours, though it was assumed he would have heard of the assassination well before that time. Mudd was arrested 12 days later and eventually convicted to a life sentence by a military commission for the crime of aiding and conspiring in a murder, missing the death penalty by only one vote!
I know virtually nothing about this book, so I will probably join in the monthly read discussion! Dubhease is the "End-of-Year Innovator" who has graciously volunteered to lead this discussion! YAY Dubhease! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 And I had no idea that this book can be classified as "horror" to some degree. I already have a copy, so I'll definitely at least start reading it. I just hope I won't have to DNF it! I MOVED THIS TO THE CURRENT MONTHLY GROUP READ folder!
The comprehensive listing of 2024 Monthly Group Reads resides HERE for your perusal and reference throughout 2024!
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
For what or whom are you the most thankful?
Since it is officially “Thanksgiving” in the U.S.!
Ah, GRATITUDE! I have been concentrating on this concept and the objects of my gratitude quite strongly these past few weeks. First, it is a positive emotion that helps alleviate some of the stress and fear I have been feeling. Secondly, it is always a good thing to concentrate on the positive!
People and felines for the win! Whether they be fellow gym club members, friends from other facets of my life, family, or neighbors. People. Community. The one way I can fight back against autocracy, prejudice, and discrimination…
And my online community here is especially gratifying for me. It provides me community at the same time that it also helps me fulfill my one overarching love of reading! YAY!!
2024 READING CHALLENGES:
Popsugar: 41/50
Around the Year (AtY): 52/52 DONE!
Read Harder: 19/24
52 Book Club: 46/52
FINISHED:
*Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence by Leila Abouzeid, translated by Barbara Parmenter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ was a rather bleak collection overall. Though I was gratified to recognize some of the historical facts from my reading of African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History last week! This is set in Morocco in the 1980s. It is awful just how cheaply and easily a male in this society could obtain a divorce with no reason and how that leaves the woman at the mercy of society and/or her relatives, if she is so lucky… Ugh.
POPSUGAR: #17
ATY: #3-A book set in a different hemisphere than where you live, #9-541 ratings, #10-Historical Fiction, #14, #15, #17, #21, #22, #25, #30-Morocco, #33, #41, #48, #49
RHC: #8, #10, #24-2015: prompt #8 A book written by an author from Africa-Morocco
52 Book Club: #4, #9, #10, #14, #18, #29-1989, #40-Ramadan, #43, #46
*Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham #1) by Benjamin Stevenson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ was a very different “mystery” and yet, the same! LOL Stevenson’s writing style includes many author self-inserts, most of which I found quite humorous. I had not actually planned to read this now, but one of my IRL book clubs selected the third book in this series, Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret, for the December meeting, so I purchased a used copy cheaply and read it to experience Stevenson’s writing style. I’m rather glad I did. I liked it well enough to order a cheap copy of the second one to read! 😊
POPSUGAR: #4, #17-Australia, #20, #27, NEW #28, #31
ATY: #3-A book related to We Didn’t Start the Fire, #7, #8-Australia, #15, #17, #19-coffee, #21, #25, #27, #29, #33, #37, #41, #48, #49
RHC: #16, #23, #24-2020: prompt #10 A book set in a rural setting
52 Book Club: #3, #6, #14, #20, #24, #30, #32, #43, #47
*Brace for Impact: A Memoir by Gabe Montesanti ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ absolutely blew me away! I had no idea about much of roller derby other than it was played by people on roller skates on a (seemingly to me) very small wooden track. But that is kinda just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Gabe’s life… I could certainly relate to her mother’s overbearing totally controlling personality and meanness. My mother was much the same. I’m grateful she was finally able to make a break from her to live her authentic life.
POPSUGAR: #2, NEW #7, #14, #41
ATY: #1, #3-A book that features a hobby, #9-623 ratings, #17, #24-Orange and Green, #31, #33, #36, #45, #48
RHC: #24-2015: prompt #5 A book written by or about someone who identifies as LGBTQ
52 Book Club: #6, #24, #30, #31, #39, #43, #44, #51
Will document this later...
*The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem by Rudolph Fisher (#16)
POPSUGAR:
ATY:
RHC:
52 Book Club:
CONTINUING:
*Shift (Wool #2) by Hugh Howey (#46)
*Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley (#28)
*Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
*The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
*Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking has me thinking so very much that I have delayed reviewing it until I can finalize my thoughts…
*The Birthing House by Kathy Taylor
*...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
PLANNED:
*Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (#30)
*XOXO by Axie Oh (#5)
*The Trees by Percival Everett (#40)
*Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (#42)
*Persuasion by Jane Austen (#43)
*The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (#36)
*21st Birthday (Women’s Murder Club #21) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
*22 Seconds (Women’s Murder Club #22) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
*23rd Midnight (Women’s Murder Club #23) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
*23 1/2 Lies (Women’s Murder Club #23.5) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
*The 24th Hour (Women’s Murder Club #24) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
*Fear No Evil (Alex Cross #29) by James Patterson
*Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
*The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the December challenge to fulfill prompt #25 A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugeeInternational Migrants Day is December 18, 2025!
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Would you recommend this book?
This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the November challenge to fulfill prompt #29 A book about a food truckNational Fast Food Day is November 16, 2025!
https://www.calendarr.com/united-stat...
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Would you recommend this book?
This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the October challenge to fulfill prompt #18 A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragonsNational Black Cat Day is October 27, 2025!
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the September challenge to fulfill prompt #32 A book about an overlooked woman in historyEmma M. Nutt Day is September 1, 2025!
A fascinating story of the world’s very first woman/female telephone operator!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Nutt
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the August challenge to fulfill prompt #28 A book that features an unlikely friendshipWorld UFO Day is July 2, 2025!
https://www.calendarr.com/united-stat...
(My first thought was of the movie ET! "Phone home") 😃
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the July challenge to fulfill prompt #5 A book with a snake on the cover or in the titleWorld Snake Day is July 16 2025!
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the June challenge to fulfill prompt #12 A book about a road tripTake a Road Trip Day is June 20, 2025!
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the May challenge to fulfill prompt #3 A book about space tourismNational Space Day is May 2, 2025!
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the April challenge to fulfill prompt #23 A book that is considered healing fictionWorld Health Day is April 7, 2025!
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the March challenge to fulfill prompt #31 A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline. World Music Therapy Day is March 1, 2025!Please include the following information about this book:
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the February challenge to fulfill prompt #14 A book about a nontraditional education. World Thinking Day is February 22, 2025!Please include the following information about this book:
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This discussion thread is to mark your completion of the January challenge to fulfill prompt #43 A book that includes a nonverbal character! National Dress Up Your Pet Day is January 14, 2025!Please include the following information about this book:
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This is the December Monthly Group Read discussion of [TBD]. This book can be used to fulfill prompt #25 A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugeeInternational Migrants Day is December 18, 2025!
HERE is a listing of potential discussion questions. These are meant to not only help those who volunteer to facilitate these monthly discussions but also to provide ideas for members participating in discussions!
Every person reads at a different pace, so please use spoiler tags if you are sharing any plot-related surprises. This allows others to decide whether this information might reveal surprising information they have not yet read. It can also be helpful to other readers if you post the location within the book noting your progress (chapter and/or page number). That way, if someone else has read that far they can go ahead and open the spoiler, but if not, they'll know to skip it for now and return later...
TO ADD SPOILER TAGS:
Use this for spoilers, just remove the spaces:
< spoiler > write your spoiler here and close with < / spoiler >
Posts here should only be contributions to discussion about this book. 😊
This is the November Monthly Group Read discussion of [TBD]. This book can be used to fulfill prompt #29 A book about a food truckNational Fast Food Day is November 16, 2025!
https://www.calendarr.com/united-stat...
HERE is a listing of potential discussion questions. These are meant to not only help those who volunteer to facilitate these monthly discussions but also to provide ideas for members participating in discussions!
Every person reads at a different pace, so please use spoiler tags if you are sharing any plot-related surprises. This allows others to decide whether this information might reveal surprising information they have not yet read. It can also be helpful to other readers if you post the location within the book noting your progress (chapter and/or page number). That way, if someone else has read that far they can go ahead and open the spoiler, but if not, they'll know to skip it for now and return later...
TO ADD SPOILER TAGS:
Use this for spoilers, just remove the spaces:
< spoiler > write your spoiler here and close with < / spoiler >
Posts here should only be contributions to discussion about this book. 😊
Erin wrote: "Unfortunately I haven't been reading as quickly as normal, so it's only 50/50 that I'll finish this before the month is up. Still have a few prompts to fill for the challenge that I want to knock out this month!"No problem! I'm typically keeping this up another 1-2 weeks anyway!
