Jammin Jenny’s Comments (group member since Jan 31, 2016)

Jammin Jenny’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

That leaves R, A and M for our last three travelers.

Of course!!

I'll update the SS with MARIEHAMM as our spell out, and put Celia down for an A and Sally down for an M

ETA: I took the H

So far we have 3 people that can do the detour. Perhaps we should do a spell out or read a book set in or by someone from Aland.

Spell out could be MARIEHAMM...

Then for the last stop we could either do the detour:
Read a book where a character's first name starts with the letter X
OR
Do a spell out or book written by or set in Finland

I can do Alternate History - been wanting to read The Man in the High Castle - tagged alternate history 910x

Here's what Wikipedia says about Alternate History

Alternate history or alternative history (Commonwealth English)[1][2] (AH)[3] is a genre of speculative fiction consisting of stories in which one or more historical events occur differently. These stories usually contain "what if" scenarios at crucial points in history and present outcomes other than those in the historical record. The stories are conjectural but are sometimes based on fact. Alternate history has been seen as a subgenre of literary fiction, science fiction, or historical fiction; alternate history works may use tropes from any or all of these genres. Another term occasionally used for the genre is "allohistory" (literally "other history").[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alterna...

Here's goodreads Alternate History genre page

https://www.goodreads.com/genres/alte...

Abir wrote: "how long will this detour last?"

Until Jan 22

Stop 5 - Quebec
Task: Read any book

Book: Murder on the Ballarat Train
Date Finished: 1/6
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: any book

I hope you and your loved ones are safe from the fires.

I should be reading my stop 5 book this week and will then read for fire on cover

January 2020 Netgalley
Books on Shelf: 185
Feedback Ratio: 25%


Books over 3 months Old (155)


Other Books (30)


Total Starting Book Count: 185

Books Read in January: 4
1. Killer in the Carriage House read 1/6, 3 stars
2. Murder for Christmas read 1/13, 3 stars
3. The Healthy Witch read 1/16, 2.5 stars
4. The Real James Bond: A True Story of Identity Theft, Avian Intrigue, and Ian Fleming read 1/31, 4 stars

Books Added in January: 28


End of Month:
Books on Shelf: 209
Feedback Ratio: 24%

Happy Holidays everyone!

Thank you! One year I"ll make it to all 50 states in the same year!

50 States Challenge 2020
Duration: 01/01/20-12/31/20



35/50

Alabama (AL)
Alaska (AK) - A Cold Day for Murder read July 11
Arizona (AZ) - Dance Hall of the Dead 1/22
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA) - A Novel Way To Die read Mar 7
Colorado (CO) - Hurry Home read May 2
Connecticut (CT) - The Other read 6/13
Delaware (DE)
Florida (FL) - Haunting of the Blackthorne House read June 6
Georgia (GA) - Gone with the Wind read Apr 19
Hawaii (HI)
Idaho (ID) - Cutthroat Cupcakes read Nov 7
Illinois (IL) - The Fourth Monkey read July 6
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA) - Plantation Shudders - 8/1/20
Maine (ME) - Dreamcatcher - Feb 17
Maryland (MD) - Killer in the Carriage House | 1/6/20
Massachusetts (MA) - The Handmaid's Tale read Apr 4
Michigan (MI) - Tarnished Saints' Christmas - 11/10/20
Minnesota (MN) - Banana Cream Pie Murder Jan 27
Mississippi (MS) - A Down Home Christmas - 12/21/20
Missouri (MO)
Montana (MT) - Mountain Lion 5/3
Nebraska (NE)
Nevada (NV)
New Hampshire (NH) - Promises, Promises: A Robin Bricker Prequel 12/28
New Jersey (NJ) - Flesh and Blood 6/10
New Mexico (NM) - Talking God read May 13
New York (NY) - Just Watch Me Feb 15
North Carolina (NC) - Where the Crawdads Sing Jul 21
North Dakota (ND)
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma (OK) - Goddess of Spring read May 21
Oregon (OR) - Married with Zombies read May 9
Pennsylvania (PA) - You Cannoli Die Once read Jan 9
Rhode Island (RI)
South Carolina (SC) - Blood Debt read July 14
South Dakota (SD) - These Happy Golden Years read May 9
Tennessee (TN) - Bitter Falls read Mar 15
Texas (TX) - The Rule of One read Apr 17
Utah (UT) - Wife Number Seven read May 19
Vermont (VT) - Home Before Dark read July 18
Virginia (VA) - Wish You Were Here read Apr 4
Washington (WA) - The Wives read Apr 12
West Virginia (WV) - Opposition read Mar 7
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY) - Savage Run read Mar 1

Great job everyone! Happy Holidays!!

Ladies I am too tired to generate DQs tonight so I will come up with some in the morning after some coffee and sleep (stop, reverse that).

I'll be posting my DQs later tonight. Sorry for the hold up!

That looks like a good read for this time of year.

So pretty! Yay!