Teri-K’s Comments (group member since Mar 16, 2025)

Teri-K’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

MAY
My NetGalley Reading:

Beginning MAY:
Approved: 24
Reviewed: 20
Feedback Ratio: 83%

Books on Shelf:


Approved:


Read and Reviewed:


End of MAY:
Approved: 4
Reviewed: 1
Feedback Ratio: (78%)

Spring: April Showers Bring May Flowers
Duration: April 1st - May 31st
Level: Garden of Words Master (21+ books)

IRIS
I Ilona Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews 4/9
R Rosamund The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey 4/6
I Ilona White Hot by Ilona Andrews 4/10
S Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs 4/9

VIOLET
V Ventruss Hidden Talents by Jayne Ann Krentz 4/2
I Ilona Wildfire by Ilona Andrews 4/12
O Olivia What Happens in London by Julia Quinn 4/7
L Lane A Killer in King's Cove by Iona Whishaw 4/4
E Ethan Sweetwater and the Witch by Jayne Castle 4/8
T Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America's Imperiled Forests by Marguerite Holloway 4/1

JASMINE
J John Camino Island by John Grisham 4/6
A Adam Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs 4/11
S Spring Magic by D.E. Stevenson 4/8
M Mercy Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs 4/4
I Ilona Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews 4/12
N Near the Forest, By the Lake: Discovering Nature Close to Home by Angela E. Douglas 4/19
E Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews 4/13

APRIL
My NetGalley Reading:

Beginning April:
Approved: 22
Reviewed: 17
Feedback Ratio: 77%

Books on Shelf:


Approved:


Read and Reviewed:
Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America's Imperiled Forests by Marguerite Holloway 4/1 3*
Near the Forest, By the Lake: Discovering Nature Close to Home by Angela E. Douglas 4/19 5*
Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer’s World through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser 3/30 5*

End of April:
Approved: 1
Reviewed: 3
Feedback Ratio: 83%

My NetGalley Reading:

Beginning March:
Approved: 18
Reviewed: 12
Feedback Ratio: 67%

Books on Shelf:


Approved in March:


Read and Reviewed:
The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence, 1775–1776
My Review 5*

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
My Review 3*

Scratching the Surface: Exploring Earth's Layers
My Review 5*

String Ball by Chris Monroe
My Review 4*

The Shortest History of Music
My Review 4*

End of March:
Approved: 4
Reviewed: 5
Feedback Ratio: 81%

New 2U Authors Challenge 2025
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!

1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick 1/2 4*
2. The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading by Andrew Pettegree 1/14 1*
3. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 1/18 5*
4. 1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton 1/23 4*
5. A Guide to the Wars of the Roses by Derek Ronald Birks 2/19 4.5*
6. So Big by Edna Ferber 2/19 3.5
7. Jane Austen's Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels by Molly Williams 2/25 3.5*
8. The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman: The Arabic Epic of Dhat al-Himma by Melanie Magidow 2/25 4*
9. The Women Writers’ Revolution: More than Bloomsbury: The Success of Female Authors during the Interwar Years by Stephen Wade 2/27 1*
10. The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies by Guy de la Bédoyère 2/27 4*
11. The Year That Made America: From Rebellion to Independence, 1775–1776 by Tom McMillan 3/11 5+*
12. E.D.E.N. Southworth's Hidden Hand: The Untold Story of America's Famous Forgotten Nineteenth-Century Author by Rose Neal 3/13 4*
13. Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm by Gil North 3/14 2*
14. The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers 3/25 4*
15. book:Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America's Imperiled Forests|218569882] by Marguerite Holloway 4/1 3*
16. A Killer in King's Cove by Iona Whishaw 4/4
17. An Unconventional Courtship by Dorothy Mack 4/7
18. Near the Forest, By the Lake: Discovering Nature Close to Home by Angela E. Douglas 4/19 5*
19. Four Max Carrados Detective Stories by Ernest Bramah 4/20 3.5*
20. Poetry Prescription: Wild Remedy by Deborah Alma 4/24 4*
21. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham. 4/25 3*
22. Apricot Sky by Ruby Ferguson 4/27 3.5*
23. Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer’s World through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser 3/30 5*
24. Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb 5/4
25. The African Queen by C.S. Forester 5/12 2.5*
26. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 5/26 2*
27. Local Custom by Sharon Lee and Stan Miller 6/30 4*
28. The Age-Proof Brain by Marc Milstein 7/7
29. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte 7/24 5*
30. Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 8/3 3.5*
31. Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley 8/5
32. Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire 8/7
33. Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner 8/15
34. Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney 8/16 5*
35. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett 8/18 2*
36. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams 8/22 4*
37. The Night of Wenceslas by Lionel Davidson 8/22 3*
38. Poetics by Aristotle 9/20
39.

NBRC - June 2024: Race to the Cornucopia

Option 3: Mix and match
Picnic Basket 9-16 books
Completed: 11/9

1. Read a book with an orange cover
Real Happiness: A 28-Day Program to Realize the Power of Meditation by Sharon Salzberg 6/10

2. "Harvest" in text
May B. by Caroline Starr Rose 6/4
"School terms typically ran summer and winter, allowing children to work during planting and harvest." location 471
3. Author initials in HERACLES
Watership Down by Richard Adams 6/4
4. Word in title is hiding a different smaller word
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams 6/4 Home - Work
5. One of the food words in text
6. Horn on cover
7. Book set in Crete
8. Book set in Idaho
9. Author's name has a diacritic
10. "Abundance" in text
11. Takes place on a farm
North Woods by Daniel Mason 6/28
12. Title includes all the letters CORNUPIA
13. The cover has at least 3 different food items
14. Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela


Spell Out:
P Pierce Thunder Horse Redemption by Elle James 6/28
A Anthony All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 6/20
N Nina Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay 6/25
A Alleyn Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh 6/23
M Meg Peril in Piney Woods by Debra Webb 6/11
A Adam Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs 6/28

NBRC - Serious Readers Challenge 2024 - Level 2
101-250

101. To Catch a Killer by Julie Anne Lindsey 5/15
102. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes 5/16
103. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan 5/20 *4
104. Never Too Late by Angela Thirkell 5/23
105. Friends and Lovers by Helen MacInnes 5/24
106. Tessa's Trust by Rebecca Zanetti 5/24
107. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 5/25
108. The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu 5/27
109. La estación de las tormentas de arena (Spanish Edition) by Mary Pope Osborne 5/31
110. Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams 6/4
111. May B. by Caroline Starr Rose 6/4
112. Watership Down by Richard Adams 6/4
113. Real Happiness: A 28-Day Program to Realize the Power of Meditation by Sharon Salzberg 6/10
114. Peril in Piney Woods by Debra Webb 6/11
115. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 6/20
116. Healthy Brain, Happy Life by Wendy Suzuki 6/21
117. Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh 6/23
118. Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay 6/25
119. Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs 6/28
120. Thunder Horse Redemption by Elle James 6/28
121. North Woods by Daniel Mason 6/28
122. Swiftwater Enemies by Danica Winters 6/29
123. Spam Tomorrow by Verily Anderson 6/30
124. Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie 6/30
125. Legends of Hawaii by Padraic Colum 7/1
126. Company in the Evening by Ursula Orange 7/2
127. The Recycled Citizen by Charlotte MacLeod 7/3
128. Immunity: The Science of Staying Well―The Definitive Guide to Caring for Your Immune System by Jenna Macciochi 7/3
129. The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart 7/4
130. Holding Wonder by Zenna Henderson 7/6
131. Zorro Rides Again by D.J. Arneson 7/6
132. Smallbone Deceased: A London Mystery by Michael Gilbert 7/6
133. Nothing to Report by Carola Oman 7/8
134. Miscellany Poems: On Several Occasions by Anne Kingsmill Finch 7/8
135. Undercover Heist by Rachel Astor 7/10
136. Good Girls Don't by Victoria Dahl 7/12
137. Died In The Wool by Ngaio Marsh 7/12
138. Mrs. Tim Carries On by D.E. Stevenson 7/14
139. The Little Hotel by Christina Stead 7/14
140. Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews 7/14
141. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson 7/15
142. In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace 7/16
143. The Unseen World of Poppy Malone: A Gaggle of Goblins by Suzanne Harper 7/16
144. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 7/18
145. The Adventures of Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen 7/18
146. House of Light by Mary Oliver 7/20
147. Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart 7/20
148. Game Without Rules by Michael Gilbert 7/21
149. The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center 7/22
150. Funny Story by Emily Henry 7/26
151. Mr Calder And Mr Behrens by Michael Gilbert 7/27
152. Murder By The Book: Mysteries For Bibliophiles by Martin Edwards 7/28
153. Conard County: Murderous Intent by Rachel Lee 7/28
154. Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gilman 7/29
155. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 7/30
156. Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry 8/2
157. The Dead Man's Brother by Roger Zelazny 8/2
158. Sister Peters in Amsterdam by Betty Neels 8/3
159. Payback in Death by J.D. Robb 8/4
160. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 8/5
161. Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal by J.K. Rowling 8/7
162. Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews 8/7
163. Spy x Family, Vol. 3 by Tatsuya Endo 8/7
164. Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb 8/8
165. Stitch in Snow by Anne McCaffrey 8/11
166. Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay 8/12
167. The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen 8/13
168. Book Lovers by Emily Henry 8/13
169. X Y Z: A Detective Story by Anna Katharine Green 8/15
170. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater 8/17
171. Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman 8/17
172. A Bookshop In Algiers by Kaouther Adimi 8/21
173. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Naomi Alderman 8/22
174. Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova 8/26
175. First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev 8/29
176. A Naval Surgeon to Fight For by Carla Kelly 9/1
177. Murder at the Castle by Jeanne M. Dams 9/1
178. Operation Midnight by Justine Davis 9/2
179. Operation Second Chance by Justine Davis 9/5
180. St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters 9/7
181. A Fairy-Tail Ending by Catherine Mann 9/7
182. Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac 9/7
183. Tough Customer by Sandra Brown 9/11
184. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 9/11
185. The Healer by Dee Henderson 9/18
186. The Airman's Homecoming by Sabrina York 9/19
187. Keeping Guard by Sandra Owens 9/19
188. These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac 9/19
189. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones 9/20
190. Mountain Rescue by Sandra Owens 9/20
191. Shadow Survivors by Julie Miller 9/23
192. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 9/27
193. The Warlock Is Missing by Christopher Stasheff 9/29
194. The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain by Alisa Craig 9/29
195. Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare 9/31
196. A Time for Murder by Jessica Fletcher 10/1
197. Alpha Warrior by Aimée Thurlo 10/2
198. Victory for Victoria by Betty Neels 10/2
199. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews 10/3
200. Tate by Linda Lael Miller 10/4
201. Village Diary by Miss Read 10/4
202. Spirit of the Wood by Kristen Britain 10/4
203. Miracle in Bellaroo Creek by Barbara Hannay 10/5
204. The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism by Nicola Humble 10/5
205. Undercover Texas by Robin Perini 10/6
206. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett 10/6
207. Disappearance in Dread Hollow by Debra Webb 10/8
208. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna 10/12
209. Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger 10/12
210. Presumed Deadly by Cindi Myers 10/13
211. People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle 10/13
212. Pale Death by David and Aimee Thurlo 10/14
213. Homer Price by Robert McCloskey 10/17
214. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 10/19
215. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall 10/19
216. Pieces of Justice by Margaret Yorke 10/21
217. Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates 10/22
218. Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle 10/22
219. Pippi Goes on Board by Astrid Lindgren 10/26
220. A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny 10/26
221. Under Lock and Key by K.D. Richards 11/1
222. The Lemonade Trick by Scott Corbett 11/1
223. Rift in the Soul by Faith Hunter 11/3
224. Christmas in Painted Pony Creek by Linda Lael Miller 11/4
225. A Pint of Murder by Alisa Craig 11/7
226. Poison in the Pen by Patricia Wentworth 11/8
227. Fugitive Spy by Jordyn Redwood 11/8
228. The Odyssey by Homer 11/9
229. Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac 11/11
230. Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown 11/12
231. In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz 11/15
232. Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime by H.R.F. Keating 11/19
233. The Spiritual Poems of Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 11/22
234. The Lighted Heart by Elizabeth Yates 11/22
235. Changes at Fairacre by Miss Read 11/22
236. Odes, and Carmen Saeculare by Horatius 11/23
237. Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare 11/23
238. Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America by Peter Wohlleben 11/23
239. Dead Men Don't Ski by Patricia Moyes 11/25
240. Snowed Up by Rosalie K. Fry 11/26
241. A Small Slice of Summer by Betty Neels 11/27
242. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens 11/28


The Page is too full, won't let me post more here. Why not go back to 100 titles?

Serious Readers Challenge 2024 - Level 1

1. The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Jessica Harrison 1/2
2. Prey by Linda Howard 1/2
3. One Good Knight by Mercedes Lackey 1/6
4. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold 1/6
5. White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz 1/12
6. Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold 1/12
7. Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs 1/12
8. Night Broken by Patricia Briggs 1/13
9. Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs 1/14
10. Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs 1/15
11. Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz 1/15
12. Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs 1/16
13. Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon 1/16
14. Ice by Linda Howard 1/17
15. Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz 1/17
16. Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs 1/17
17. Hello Stranger by Katherine Center 1/17
18. In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz 1/18
19. Recipe for a Homecoming by Sabrina York 1/19
20. Passin' Through by Louis L'Amour 1/20
21. Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer 1/21
22. Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories by Diana Wynne Jones 1/22
23. Deep Waters by Jayne Ann Krentz 1/22
24. Utopia by Thomas More 1/23
25. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 1/25
26. The King's Evil by Edward Marston 1/26
27. A Summer Idyll by Betty Neels 1/28
28. Frederica by Georgette Heyer 1/31
29. My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart 2/4
30. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 2/6
31. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett 2/6
32. The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy 2/7
33. Ride the River by Louis L'Amour 2/9
34. Greenglass House by Kate Milford 2/11
35. Burning Hills by Louis L'Amour 2/11
36. Matilda's Wedding by Betty Neels 2/11
37. Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede 2/12
38. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor 2/13
39. Adventures of Robin Hood by E. Charles Vivian 2/13
40. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 1/14 (missed)
41. The Third Man by Graham Greene 2/16
42. Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey 2/22
43. The Mislaid Magician; or, Ten Years After by Patricia C. Wrede 2/22
44. The Are You Being Served? Stories: 'Camping In' and Other Fiascoes by Jeremy Lloyd 2/23
45. Lysistrata by Aristophanes 2/23
46. The Dialogues of Plato by Plato 2/20
47. The Immaculate Deception by Iain Pears 2/26
48. Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour 2/27
49. Molly Make-believe by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 2/27
50. Aesop's Fables by Aesop 2/27
51. The Celestial Omnibus by E.M. Forster 2/28
52. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro 2/28
53. The Provincial Lady Goes Further by E.M. Delafield 2/29
54. The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen 3/2
55. Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster 3/4
56. With This Ring by Carla Kelly 3/4
57. The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie 3/4
58. Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer 3/9
59. Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse 3/8
60. Mojave Crossing by Louis L'Amour 3/12
61. When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare 3/13
62. Metamorphoses by Ovid 3/13
63. The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green 3/14
64. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 3/15
65. The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous by Sara Orwig 3/16
66. Theogony / Works and Days by Hesiod 3/18
67. Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad 3/20
68. The Voyage of Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes 3/21
69. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 3/22
70. The Panther Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner 3/23
71. Piratas Despues del Mediodia by Mary Pope Osborne 3/27
72. Mystery of the Tolling Bell by Carolyn Keene 3/26
73. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang 3/29
74. The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell 4/7
75. Dressed to Kilt by Hannah Reed 4/10
76. Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene 4/12
77. Crash Landing by Janice Kay Johnson 4/10
78. The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley 4/14
79. The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer 4/15
80. The Clue in the Diary by Carolyn Keene 4/17
81. The World of Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse 4/17
82. Young Robin Hood by George Manville Fenn 4/17
83. The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius 4/25
84. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake 4/25
85. Moonspinners by Mary Stewart 4/26
86. Operation Reunion by Justine Davis 4/27
87. Operation Blind Date by Justine Davis 4/29
88. Goodnight From London by Jennifer Robson 4/28
89. Zorro by Isabel Allende 4/29
90. Operation Alpha: A Thrilling K-9 Suspense Novel by Justine Davis 4/29
91. Xingu by Edith Wharton 5/1
92. Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 5/2
93. Irresistible by Susan Mallery 5/2
94. Fugitive Trail by Elizabeth Goddard 5/5
95. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman 5/6
96. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 5/9
97. Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers 5/9
98. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 5/10
99. Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories by Colin Dexter 5/13
100. Vacaciones Al Pie De Un Volcan by Mary Pope Osborne 5/16

New 2 U Authors
20+ Devil May Care

1 Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 1/14
2 Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon 1/16
3 Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer 1/21
4 The King's Evil by Edward Marston 1/26
5 Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 2/6
6 The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy 2/7
7 Greenglass House by Kate Milford 2/11
8 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor 2/13
9 Adventures of Robin Hood by E. Charles Vivian 2/13
10 The Are You Being Served? Stories: 'Camping In' and Other Fiascoes by Jeremy Lloyd 2/23
11 Lysistrata by Aristophanes 2/23
12 The Dialogues of Plato by Plato 2/20
13 The Sword of Welleran by Lord Dunsany 2/26
14 Molly Make-believe by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 2/27
15 The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen 3/2
16 The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie 3/4
17 When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare 3/13
18 Metamorphoses by Ovid 3/13
19 The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green 3/14
20 The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous by Sara Orwig 3/16
21 Theogony / Works and Days by Hesiod 3/18
22 Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad 3/20
23 The Voyage of Argo by Apollonius of Rhodes 3/21
24 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 3/22
25 Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang 3/29
26 The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell 4/7
27 Dressed to Kilt by Hannah Reed 4/10
28 The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley 4/14
29 Young Robin Hood by George Manville Fenn 4/17
30 The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius 4/25
31 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake 4/25
32 Operation Reunion by Justine Davis 4/27
33 Goodnight From London by Jennifer Robson 4/28
34 Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 5/2
35 Fugitive Trail by Elizabeth Goddard 5/5
36 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 5/10
37 Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories by Colin Dexter 5/13
38 To Catch a Killer by Julie Anne Lindsey 5/15
39 Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes 5/16
40 The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan 5/20 *4
41 The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa 5/25 *5
42 The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu 5/27
43 May B. by Caroline Starr Rose 6/4
44 Real Happiness: A 28-Day Program to Realize the Power of Meditation by Sharon Salzberg 6/10
45 Peril in Piney Woods by Debra Webb 6/11
46 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 6/20
47 Thunder Horse Redemption by Elle James 6/28
48 North Woods by Daniel Mason 6/28
49 Spam Tomorrow by Verily Anderson 6/30
50 Company in the Evening by Ursula Orange 7/2
51 Immunity: The Science of Staying Well―The Definitive Guide to Caring for Your Immune System by Jenna Macciochi 7/3
52 Zorro Rides Again by D.J. Arneson 7/6
53 Nothing to Report by Carola Oman 7/8
54 Miscellany Poems: On Several Occasions by Anne Kingsmill Finch 7/8
55 A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell 7/9
56 Undercover Heist by Rachel Astor 7/10
57 The Little Hotel by Christina Stead 7/14
58 The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson 7/15
59 In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace 7/16
60 The Unseen World of Poppy Malone: A Gaggle of Goblins by Suzanne Harper 7/16
61 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 7/30
62 The Dead Man's Brother by Roger Zelazny 8/2
63 A Bookshop In Algiers by Kaouther Adimi 8/21
64 Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova 8/26
65 First Love by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev 8/29
66 A Fairy-Tail Ending by Catherine Mann 9/7
67 The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 9/11
68 Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones 9/20
69 Shadow Survivors by Julie Miller 9/23
70 A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 9/27
71 Spirit of the Wood by Kristen Britain 10/4
72 Miracle in Bellaroo Creek by Barbara Hannay 10/5
73 The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism by Nicola Humble 10/5
74 Undercover Texas by Robin Perini 10/6
75 Disappearance in Dread Hollow by Debra Webb 10/8
76 Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger 10/12
77 The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin 10/18
78 Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall 10/19
79 Pieces of Justice by Margaret Yorke 10/21
80 Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates 10/22
81 Under Lock and Key by K.D. Richards 11/1
82 Fugitive Spy by Jordyn Redwood 11/8
83 The Spiritual Poems of Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 11/22
84 Odes, and Carmen Saeculare by Horatius 11/23
85 Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian 12/15
86 The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson 12/30

November Rain
Duration: 1 November - 31 December
Completed: 15

1. Read a book first published in November
Under the Wire by Cindy Gerard 11/15
Nov. 28, 2006
2. Read a book with a character or author name of November
3. Read a book with an author born in November
That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green 11/5
4. Read a book with November in the title
5. Read a book with a character or author name containing the word rain (e.g. Rainer or Rainbow would count)
6. Read a book with rain on the cover
7. Read a book where the bride dies at, or soon after, the wedding
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 11/27
8. Read a book where a character is very cold
High Mountain Terror by Janice Kay Johnson 11/5
9. Read a book where a character has their heart broken
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 12/18
10. Read a book with a tragic love story
11. Read a book with a character who loves playing guitar
12. Read a book with a guitar on the cover
13. Read a book with a male with long hair on the cover
14. Read a book by a male author who has long hair
15. Read a book by an author who loves rock music
16. Read a book with a character who loves rock music
17. Read a book with a gun on the cover
Hondo by Louis L'Amour 11/19
18. Read a book with a character or author name containing the word gun (e.g. Gunter or Gunning would count)
19. Read a book with a rose on the cover
20. Read a book with a character or author name of Rose
21. Read a book with 857 or more pages
22. Read a book with more than 8 chapters and more than 57 pages
After Dark by Jayne Castle 11/7
23. Read a book with more than 85 pages and more than 7 chapters
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder 12/3
24. Read a book where the author has earned more than $1 million from book sales
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett 12/4
25. Read a book with a live performance (e.g. concert, theatre etc.)
Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac 11/29
26. Read a book with a black cover
27. Read a book with black writing on the cover
Thornyhold by Mary Stewart 11/20
28. Read a book with a red cover
29. Read a book with red writing on the cover
30. Read a book for sale on Amazon for more than $8.57
31. Read a book with a bandana on the cover
32. Read a book with a church on the cover
33. Read a book with a person crying on the cover
34. Read a book with a bride on the cover
35. Read a book with the word wedding in the title
Wedding Bells for Beatrice by Betty Neels 12/6
36. Read a book where the character smokes
Death in Kashmir by M.M. Kaye 11/13
37. Read a book with a red-headed character
Hilltop Tryst by Betty Neels 11/8
38. Read a book written by an author with red hair
39. Read a book by an author who has been a model
40. Read a book with a character or by an author who has suffered with mental illness
Where the Wild Things Bite by Molly Harper 11/19
41. Read a book where the character likes to wear hats
42. Read a book with a black hat on the cover
Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer 11/21
43. Read a book with a black umbrella on the cover
44. Read a book with white lilies on the cover
45. Read a book with white roses on the cover

Serious Reader's Challenge - Level 3

200. Identical Threat by Tyler Anne Snell 10/21
201. Innocent Hostage by Juno Rushdan 10/22
202. Birder, She Wrote by Donna Andrews 10/22
203. A Game of Chance by Linda Howard 10/23
204. Abigail by Magda Szabó 10/24
205. Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh 10/25
206. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 10/31
207. High Mountain Terror by Janice Kay Johnson 11/5
208. That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green 11/5
209. After Dark by Jayne Castle 11/7
210. Zinnia by Jayne Castle 11/7
211. Hilltop Tryst by Betty Neels 11/8
212. Death in Kashmir by M.M. Kaye 11/13
213. Under the Wire by Cindy Gerard 11/15
214. Hondo by Louis L'Amour 11/19
215. No Room for Error by Julie Moffett 11/20
216. Thornyhold by Mary Stewart 11/20
217. Where the Wild Things Bite by Molly Harper 11/19
218. Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer 11/21
219. Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac 11/29
220. Dearest Eulalia by Betty Neels 11/22
221. Saturday's Child by Betty Neels 11/24
222. Snowdrift and Other Stories by Georgette Heyer 11/25
223. The Adventure of the Six Napoleons and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 11/27
224. Quiltmaking by Hand: Simple Stitches, Exquisite Quilts by Jinny Beyer 11/27
225. The Fifth Day of Christmas by Betty Neels 11/28
226. It Came upon a Midnight Shear by Allie Pleiter 11/29
227. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder 12/3
228. A Christmas Romance by Betty Neels 12/4
229. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett 11/4
230. Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season by Cecily Gayford 12/5
231. Wedding Bells for Beatrice by Betty Neels 12/6
232. Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope 12/10
233. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 12/10
234. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 12/18
236. The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey 12/10
237. Roses for Christmas by Betty Neels 12/27
238. Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories by Anthony Trollope 12/27
239. The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot 12/28
240. Sting by Sandra Brown 12/30
241. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater 12/30

Finally got that elusive Y, so now I'm done. Thanks for the fun!

AUTHOR ALPHABET 2023
Duration: January - December
26/26

A. - Arkell Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell 3/26
B. - Buchan The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan 2/12
C. - Christie Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie 1/6
D. - Doyle The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 2/7
E. - Ellis One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters 1/10
F. - Fletcher Death of a Blue Blood by Jessica Fletcher 2/14
G. - Gaskell North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 2/19
H. - Heyer The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer 1/8
I. - Isabel The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende 12/3
J. - Jane Persuasion by Jane Austen 1/21
K. - Kazuo The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/23
L. - Louise The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 by Louise Erdrich 3/20
M. - Moncrief Murder Most Festive by Ada Moncrieff 12/7
N. - Neels The End of the Rainbow by Betty Neels 1/14
O. - Oscar The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 2/9
P. - Pearl-McPhee Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee 1/12
Q. - Quinn Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron by Julia Quinn 4/18
R. - Read Farther Afield by Miss Read 3/7
S. - Stoker Dracula (Large Print, Annotated) by Bram Stoker 1/9
T. - Trollope Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 3/20
U. - Underwood The Shootout Solution by Michael R. Underwood 8/28
V. - Viktor Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 1/23
W. - William The Tempest by William Shakespeare 1/15
X. - NiX The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix 3/19
Y. - Yokomizo The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 9/11
Z. EliZabeth Elizabeth & Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim 4/13

Something Old, Something New
June, 2023

Something Old- The Titian Committee by Iain Pears 6/7
Over the Gate by Miss Read 6/9
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 6/17
Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears 6/2
Something New- Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews 6/18
Something Borrowed- Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 6/3
Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher 6/16
Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher 6/20
Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie 6/21
Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon 6/22
Something Blue- When the Wind Blows by Cyril Hare 6/3
The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh 6/22
Something Lucky- The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears 6/9
See silver cover below.

Optional - Words bride, wedding, groom, marriage, etc in the title or have a wedding that takes place in the book.

May: Wear Purple for Peace Day
Duration: May 1- June 30
Martian - 10 books

Option 1:
P Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie 5/11
E En el Hotel Bertram by Agatha Christie 5/7
A Andrews Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews 5/7
C Colin The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/17
E Emily The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/8

A At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie 5/7
L Linda Cover of Night by Linda Howard 5/20
I The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 4/2
E Edward The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat 5/6
N Nelson The Undercover Book List by Colleen Nelson 5/7

Serious Readers Challenge 2023 - Level 2

101. The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen 5/1
102. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 4/2
103. The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer 5/2
104. King John by William Shakespeare 5/3
105. The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat 5/6
106. The Undercover Book List by Colleen Nelson 5/7
107. Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews 5/7
108. En el Hotel Bertram by Agatha Christie 5/7
109. At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie 5/7
110. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/8
111. Nanny by Chance by Betty Neels 5/9
112. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne 5/11113.
114. Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie 5/11
115. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré 5/12
116. The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry 5/14
117. The Spy's Wife by Reginald Hill 5/17
118. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie 5/16
119. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/17
120. Cover of Night by Linda Howard 5/20
121. Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean 5/21
122. Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond by Stacy T. Sims 5/23
123. Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood 5/23
124. The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears 5/25
125. Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery by E.C.R. Lorac 5/26
126. Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell 5/28
127. Summer at Fairacre by Miss Read 5/28
128. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/29
129. A Wee Murder in My Shop by Fran Stewart 5/30
130. Endless Night by Agatha Christie 5/30
131. With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare 5/31
132. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 6/5
133. When the Wind Blows by Cyril Hare 6/4
134. The Titian Committee by Iain Pears 6/6
135. The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears 6/9
136. Over the Gate by Miss Read 6/9
137. Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher 6/16
138. Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews 6/17
139. Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears 6/2
140. Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher 6/20
141. Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie 6/21
142. Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon 6/22
143. The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh 6/22
144. The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean 6/24
145. Death Walks the Woods by Cyril Hare 7/4
146. Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free by Caroline Williams 7/2
147. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick 7/6
148. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman 7/14
149. Death In A White Tie by Ngaio Marsh 7/13
150. Frederica by Georgette Heyer 7/16
151. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan by Katie Porter 7/20
152. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison 7/25
153. Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn 7/24
154. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton 7/24
155. A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer 7/23
156. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix 7/20
157. Murder While You Work by Susan Scarlett 7/29
158. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 8/3
159. Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie 8/5
160. Out of the Past by Patricia Wentworth 8/6
161. Uprooted by Naomi Novik 8/7
162. The Lady in the Silver Cloud by David Handler 8/9
163. Spy x Family, Vol. 2 by Tatsuya Endo 8/15
164. American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne 8/15
165. The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health by Justin Sonnenburg 8/20
166. Our Hearts Were Young And Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s by Cornelia Otis Skinner 8/23
167. Macbeth by William Shakespeare 8/25
168. Greenmantle by John Buchan 8/26
169. Orchid by Jayne Castle 8/27
170. The Shootout Solution by Michael R. Underwood 8/28
171. Murdle: Volume 1 by G.T Karber 8/28
172. Richard II by William Shakespeare 8/31
174. Hello Stranger by Katherine Center 9/5
175. Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope 9/10
176. The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 9/11
177. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 9/14
178. How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse by Thomas C. Foster 9/17
179. Born in Fire by Nora Roberts 9/21
180. The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen 9/21
181. The Pride of Jared Mackade by Nora Roberts 9/22
182. Never Let Me Go by Joan Smith 9/23
183. Adirondack Attack by Jenna Kernan 9/24
184. Backcountry Escape by Nicole Helm 9/24
185. Restless Wind by Aimée Thurlo 9/25
186. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 9/30
187. Born in Ice by Nora Roberts 9/30
188. After Sundown by Linda Howard 10/2
189. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 10/3
190. The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by William Doyle 10/6
191. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 10/8
192. Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell 10/8
193. Oedipus the King by Sophocles 10/10
194. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 10/12
195. Killer Smile by Marilyn Pappano 10/15
196. A Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh 10/17
197. Close Range Christmas by Nicole Helm 10/19
198. Innocence Unveiled by Blythe Gifford 10/20
199. The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper 10/21

I just read this in December, so I won't be rereading it now. But I will be following your comments. I quite enjoyed it, both the main plot and the relationship between the four women. I'm always looking for good portrayals of older women, and I thought this one worked well. Hope you all enjoy it, too!

I finished this at last. A book of food took me a while!

Christmas Checklist Reading Challenge
December 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Level: Rudolph: 24 books +
Completed: 25/25

C Cholmondeley Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre 12/9
H Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie 12/5
R Ruggle In Her Sights by Katie Ruggle 12/12
I I Shot You Babe by Leslie Langtry 12/7
S Seven-Year Witch by Angela M. Sanders 12/4
T Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie 12/6
M Murder at the Manor: A 1920s cozy mystery by Catherine Coles 12/24
A Agatha The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie 12/2
S Surfeit Of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh 12/6

C Christie The Body In The Library by Agatha Christie 12/10
H Holiday Rogue by Rebecca Zanetti 12/14
E Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop 12/2
C Courtney Unraveled by Courtney Milan 12/15
K Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 12/9
L Lucy Popcorn and Poltergeists by Nancy Warren 12/7
I An Independent Woman by Betty Neels 12/7
S Shakespeare The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare 12/18
T TJ The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 12/11


1. Read a book with a gift or present on the cover.
Holiday Homecoming by Pamela Tracy 12/15


2. Read a book with a pretty cover ( open to your interpretation)
The Christmas Castle in Scotland by Julie Caplin 12/11


3. Read a book with a Christmas scene on the cover.
A Regency Christmas VIII by Barbara Metzger 11/4


4. Read a book tagged as holidays ( top shelf)
Rogue Christmas Operation by Juno Rushdan 12/15

5. Read a book that has a baked item on the cover ( pie, brownies, cake, cupcakes, etc)
Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay 12/11


6. Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
A Regency Christmas II by Mary Balogh 12/18


7. Read a book tagged as food ( top shelf)
On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 1/10

TBR TACKLER 2023
Coathanger: Completed: 14/15

1 Backcountry Escape by Nicole Helm 3/7
4 The Girl with the Sweetest Secret by Betina Krahn DNF after 4 tries
120 Something Shady by Pamela Morsi DNF after 3 tries
506 Brighton Road by Susan Carroll 2/6
614 Death of a Blue Blood by Jessica Fletcher 2/14
559 A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde 3/5
617 Miss Mole by E.H. Young 2/1
665 Jubal Sackett
916 Destination Murder by Jessica Fletcher 2/27
974 Magic in Vienna by Betty Neels 1/29
1009 A Wee Murder in My Shop by Fran Stewart 5/30
1032 Knit or Dye Trying by Allie Pleiter 1/14
1217 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 4/12
16 Nanny by Chance by Betty Neels 5/9
28 The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry 5/14



DNF -

Serious Readers Challenge 2023 - Level 1
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2023

1. The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende 1/3
2. Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie 1/6
3. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie 1/7
4. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer 1/8 *****
5. Dracula (Large Print, Annotated) by Bram Stoker 1/9 *****
6. The Unexpected Guest by Charles Osborne 1/10
7. One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters 1/10
8. On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 1/10
9. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee 1/12
10. The End of the Rainbow by Betty Neels 1/14
11. Knit or Dye Trying by Allie Pleiter 1/14
12. The Tempest by William Shakespeare 1/15
13. Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer 1/15
14. Larceny and Old Lace by Tamar Myers 1/17
15. Romantic Encounter by Betty Neels 1/21
16. Persuasion by Jane Austen 1/21 *****
17. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/23 *****
18. A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams 1/23
19. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 1/23
20. The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie 1/24
22. Una Tarde En El Amazonas by Mary Pope Osborne 1/24
23. Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh 1/27
24. Magic in Vienna by Betty Neels 1/29
25. A Month In The Country by J.L. Carr 1/30 *****
26. Miss Mole by E.H. Young 2/1
27. The Hollow by Agatha Christie 2/2
28. Venetia by Georgette Heyer 2/3
29. Dissolution by C.J. Sansom 2/4 *****
30. King Lear by William Shakespeare 2/5
31. Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie 2/7
32. The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 2/7
33. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 2/9
34. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan 2/12
35. Death of a Blue Blood by Jessica Fletcher 2/14
36. Death on the Air and Other Stories by Ngaio Marsh 2/15
37. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 2/19 **********
38. No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer 2/19 *****
39. Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart 2/21
40. Crooked Adam by D.E. Stevenson 2/23 *****
41. Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie 2/26
42.Destination Murder by Jessica Fletcher 2/27
43. Middlemarch by George Eliot 3/3
44. Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye 3/3 ****
45. The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer 3/5 ****
46. Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde 3/5 ****
47. A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde 3/5
48. The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro 3/4 ****
49. Farther Afield by Miss Read 3/7
50. The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie 3/10
51. Fate Takes a Hand by Betty Neels 3/10
52. Emily Davis by Miss Read 3/11 ****
53. Death in Zanzibar by M.M. Kaye 3/13
54. Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare 3/13
55. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett 3/16
56. Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart 3/17
57. As You Like It by William Shakespeare 3/17
58. The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley 3/18 *****
59. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather 3/19
60. The Hermit of Eyton Forest by Ellis Peters 3/20 *****
61. The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 by Louise Erdrich 3/20
62. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 3/20 *****
63. Murder in Moscow by Jessica Fletcher 3/21
64. Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie 3/22
65. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3/22
66. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie 3/25
67. The Silver Thaw by Betty Neels 3/26
68. Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell 3/26
69. Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan 3/17
70. Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners, Volume 2 by Olly Richards 3/31
71. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 4/1
72. They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie 4/2
73. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs 4/4
74. The Wedding Journey by Carla Kelly 4/8
75. Winnie The Pooh by A.A. Milne 4/8 *****
76. Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery 4/9
77. Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert 4/10 *****
78. Elizabeth & Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim 4/13
79. Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery by James R. Benn 4/14 *****
80. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 4/14 *****
81. Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving 4/15
82. Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie 4/15
83. Black Coffee by Charles Osborne 4/16
84. Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert 4/17
85. Mr. Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell 4/17
86. Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews 4/18
87. Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron by Julia Quinn 4/18
88. The First Wave by James R. Benn 4/20
89. Romance by Ed McBain 4/22
90. Death and Restoration by Iain Pears 4/22
91. English Romantic Poetry by Stanley Appelbaum 4/23
92. Quick Curtain by Alan Melville 4/23
93. Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson 4/24
94. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie 4/26 *****
95. The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen 4/26
96. El caso de los anónimos by Agatha Christie 4/27
97. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie 4/27
98. Tempestuous April by Betty Neels 4/28
99. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers 4/28
100. Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh 4/31

I'm really happy with my progress last year, so here I go again!

New 2 U Authors 2023
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more

1. Murder Most Festive by Ada Moncrieff 12/7
2. Dracula (Large Print, Annotated) by Bram Stoker 1/9 *****
3. The Unexpected Guest by Charles Osborne 12/10
4. On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 1/10
5. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/23 *****
6. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 1/23
7. A Month In The Country by J.L. Carr 1/30 *****
8. Miss Mole by E.H. Young 2/1
9. Dissolution by C.J. Sansom 2/4 *****
10. Middlemarch by George Eliot 3/3
11. A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde 3/5
12. The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro 3/4 ****
13. The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 by Louise Erdrich 3/20
14. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 3/20 *****
15. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3/22
16. Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell 3/26
17. Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan 3/17
18. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 4/1
19. Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert 4/10 *****
20. Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery by James R. Benn 4/14 *****
21. Quick Curtain by Alan Melville 4/23
22. Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson 4/24
23. The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen 4/26
24. The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat 5/6
25. The Undercover Book List by Colleen Nelson 5/7
26. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré 5/12
27. The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry 5/14
28. The Spy's Wife by Reginald Hill 5/17
29. Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond by Stacy T. Sims 5/23 ****
30. Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery by E.C.R. Lorac 5/26 ****
31. Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell 5/28
32. With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare 5/31 ****
33. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 6/5 *****
34. Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon 6/22
35. Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free by Caroline Williams 7/2
36. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick 7/6 ****
37. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan by Katie Porter 7/20
38. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison 7/25 ****
39. Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn 7/24
40. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton 7/24
41. Murder While You Work by Susan Scarlett 7/29
42. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 8/3
43. The Lady in the Silver Cloud by David Handler 8/9
44. Spy x Family, Vol. 2 by Tatsuya Endo 8/15
45. The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health by Justin Sonnenburg 8/20
46. The Shootout Solution by Michael R. Underwood 8/28
47. Murdle: Volume 1 by G.T Karber 8/28 *****
48. The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 9/11
49. Never Let Me Go by Joan Smith 9/23
50. The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by William Doyle 10/6
51. Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell 10/8
52. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 10/12
53. Innocence Unveiled by Blythe Gifford 10/20
54. Identical Threat by Tyler Anne Snell 10/21
55. Abigail by Magda Szabó 10/24 ****
56. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 10/31
57. That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green 11/5 ****
58. No Room for Error by Julie Moffett 11/20
59. Quiltmaking by Hand: Simple Stitches, Exquisite Quilts by Jinny Beyer 11/27
60. The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot 12/28
61. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater 12/30