KelB’s Comments (group member since Dec 10, 2019)

KelB’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Music Festivals Challenge July-September 2025
Option 1 - Spell it Out
BUMPERSHOOT, USA
RHYMEFEST, USA

B - Leigh Bridger / Soul Catcher -- 7/2/25
U - Urban Jungle Shifters: The Complete Trilogy -- 9/16/25
M - Gillian McAllister / Famous Last Words -- 7/15/25
P - Tracey Rose Peyton / Night Wherever We Go -- 8/7/25
E - Eliza Green / Becoming Human -- 7/9/25
R - Remarkably Bright Creatures -- 8/23/25
S - A Spy in the Struggle -- 7/26/25
H - MC: Hawthorne family/house / The Inheritance Games -- 9/5/25
O - The Other Half -- 8/11/25
O - MC: Ollie / Bad Date: A Short Story -- 9/13/25
T - Tananarive Due / The Reformatory -- 7/22/25

R - Rage of Angels -- 8/16/25
H - MC: Hezekiah / My Only Fan -- 8/31/25
Y - MC: Ya-Ya / For Her Safety -- 7/27/25
M - MC: Michael / Vanessa Jared's Got a Man -- 8/5/25
E - Erin Crosby Eckstine / Junie -- 8/23/25
F - Fish Tales -- 8/1/25
E - Amal El-Mohtar / The River Has Roots -- 8/29/25
S - September Knight / Ginger's Grizzlies: A Curvy Girl Paranormal Romance -- 7/12/25
T - Tasha Suri / Empire of Sand -- 8/30/25

2025 Decades Challenge Lite
Goal: L5
Progress: 20/20

2025
✅ 1. Oathbound -- 5/28/25
✅ 2. Flirting Lessons -- 6/28/25
✅ 3. Ginger's Grizzlies: A Curvy Girl Paranormal Romance -- 7/12/25
✅ 4. Famous Last Words -- 7/15/25
✅ 5. Junie -- 8/23/25

2024
✅ 1. Human Resources: A Happy Holiday Short -- 2/19/25
✅ 2. The Message -- 2/28/25
✅ 3. The Blueprint -- 3/8/25
✅ 4. Immortal Dark -- 3/31/25

2023
✅ 1. Time's Undoing -- 2/10/25
✅ 2. Butter: Short Fiction -- 3/26/25
✅ 3. Androne -- 5/4/25

2022
✅ 1. The Scent of Burnt Flowers -- 2/12/25
✅ 2. The Sacrifice -- 3/11/25

2021
✅ 1. The Extinction Trials -- 2/2/25

2020
✅ 1. Cemetery Boys -- 4/7/25

2019
✅ 1. 8 Seconds to Love -- 4/29/25

2018
✅ 1. Beneath -- 6/10/25

2017
✅ 1. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane -- 2/18/25

2016
✅ 1. The Billionaire's Arranged Baby -- 6/8/25

2025 TBR Cleanup
Goal : 30 Books…(5 Oldest-2015/2016, 20 Dusties-2017-2022, 5 Recent-2023/2024)

Progress: 22/30

✅ 1. (2010) Soul Catcher -- 7/2/25
✅ 2. (2010) Rage of Angels -- 8/16/25
3. (2013) Asylum --
✅ 4. (2016) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian -- 2/24/25
✅ 5. (2016) Becoming Human -- 7/9/25
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6. (2017) Orphan #8 --
✅ 7. (2017) Tales From The Crib -- 5/8/25
✅ 8. (2017) The Billionaire's Arranged Baby -- 6/8/25
✅ 9. (2018) The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane -- 2/18/25
✅ 10. (2018) Bluebird, Bluebird -- 3/28/25
✅ 11. (2018) Empire of Sand -- 8/30/25
12. (2018) The Power --
13. (2019) Pachinko --
14. (2019) Freshwater --
15. (2019) Lakewood --
✅ 16. (2020) The People in the Trees -- 1/31/25
✅ 17. (2020) Beneath -- 6/10/25
18. (2020) The Murmur of Bees --
✅ 19. (2021) The House in the Cerulean Sea -- 6/8/25
✅ 20. (2021) A Spy in the Struggle -- 7/26/25
21. (2021) My Heart Is a Chainsaw --
✅ 22. (2022) Love Notes -- 1/12/25
✅ 23. (2022) The Dream Thief -- 1/26/25
✅ 24. (2022) The Extinction Trials -- 2/2/25
✅ 25. (2022) Sundial -- 9/9/25
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✅ 26. (2023) Girl of Flesh and Metal -- 1/20/25
✅ 27. (2023) Time's Undoing -- 2/10/25
✅ 28. (2024) The Blueprint -- 3/8/25
✅ 29. (2024) Immortal Dark -- 3/31/25
✅ 30. (2024) Androne -- 5/4/25

2024 Author Alphabet Challenge

Progress: 26/26

✅ A. Laurie Halse Anderson / Speak -- 2/13/24
✅ B. Pierce Brown / Red Rising -- 1/27/24
✅ C. Tara Conklin / Community Board -- 1/22/24
✅ D. BriAnn Danae / Talk To Me Nicely -- 1/28/24
✅ E. Shelly Ellis / Know Your Place -- 6/12/24
✅ F. Emily Fridlund / History of Wolves -- 2/18/24
✅ G. Sarah Gailey / Magic for Liars -- 1/23/24
✅ H. April Henry / The Lonely Dead -- 3/7/24
✅ I. Uzodinma Iweala / Speak No Evil -- 5/4/24
✅ J. Sadeqa Johnson / The House of Eve -- 1/29/24
✅ K. Patricia Kay / Which End is Up? -- 7/10/24
✅ L. Chandelle LaVaun / Elemental Magic: The Complete Series -- 3/9/24
✅ M. Alexa Martin / Blitzed -- 1/31/24
✅ N. Jennifer Neal / Notes on Her Color -- 9/2/24
✅ O. Jade Olivia / A Month of Sundays -- 12/20/24
✅ P. Vaishnavi Patel / Kaikeyi: A Novel -- 3/13/24
✅ Q. Tang Qi Gong Zi / To the Sky Kingdom -- 12/15/24
✅ R. Rebecca Roanhorse / Tread of Angels -- 3/1/24
✅ S. Tara M. Stringfellow / Memphis -- 1/17/24
✅ T. Kasha Thompson / Jamaal The IT Guy -- 7/3/24
✅ U. Blair Underwood / South by Southeast -- 5/21/24
✅ V. Abraham Verghese / The Covenant of Water -- 4/8/24
✅ W. Julie Wright / The Fortune Cafe -- 2/4/24
✅ X. Alexis Daria / You Had Me at Hola -- 8/30/24
✅ Y. Rebecca Yarros / Fourth Wing -- 1/29/24
✅ Z. Dima Zales / Oasis -- 3/16/24

2024 Cleaning out the TBR Closet
Goal: 5-Oldest (2015-2016) / 5-Recent (2022-2023) / 20-In-Between

Progress: 30/30

✅ 1. (2015) Red Rising - 1/27/24
✅ 2. (2016) Wild Raspberries - 5/17/24
✅ 3. (2016) The Secret of Wattensaw Bayou - 7/15/24
✅ 4. (2016) The Bionics - 7/21/24
✅ 5. (2015) The Book of Night Women - 12/30/24
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✅ 6. (2021) Louisiana Bigshot - 1/7/24
✅ 7. (2017) Planet Urth Boxed Set - 1/14/24
✅ 8. (2019) Magic for Liars - 1/23/24
✅ 9. (2017) The Fortune Cafe - 2/4/24
✅ 10. (2018) History of Wolves - 2/18/24
✅ 11. (2021) The Vine Witch - 2/28/24
✅ 12. (2018) The Gift - 3/2/24
✅ 13. (2021) Elemental Magic: The Complete Series - 3/9/24
✅ 14. (2020) Trail of Lightning - 3/11/24
✅ 15. (2020) Oasis - 3/16/24
✅ 16. (2020) Ethic - 3/18/24
✅ 17. (2019) The Great Gatsby - 4/5/24
✅ 18. (2019) The Travelers - 5/1/24
✅ 19. (2019) Jade City - 5/2/24
✅ 20. (2019) Speak No Evil - 5/4/24
✅ 21. (2018) The Proposal - 5/22/24
✅ 22. (2018) Crosstalk - 6/3/24
✅ 23. (2017) Crushed - 6/23/24
✅ 24. (2021) Her Name Is Knight - 7/9/24
✅ 25. (2017) Which End is Up? -7/10/24
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✅ 26. (2022) Memphis - 1/17/24
✅ 27. (2023) Fourth Wing - 1/29/24
✅ 28. (2022) Kaikeyi: A Novel - 3/13/24
✅ 29. (2023) Outdrawn - 2/21/24
✅ 30. (2023) The Covenant of Water - 4/8/24

2024 TBR Tackler
Progress: 7/20

✅ 1) #402: The Proposal - 5/22/24
✅ 2) #196: Crushed - 6/23/24
✅ 3) #68: The Secret of Wattensaw Bayou - 7/15/24
✅ 4) #27: The Aura - 10/2/24
✅ 5) #297: John Woman - 10/19/24
✅ 6) #366: The Three-Body Problem - 10/31/24
✅ 7) #20: The Book of Night Women - 12/30/24
8) #300: The Power -
9) #59: Architects of Destiny -
10) #370: Thirteen -

All About You--Part 1 Challenge (1/1/23-TBD)
Open-Ended & Random Order

Progress: 65/65

Task 1 -- Read your Birthday Month (SIO):
✔️A- Act Your Age, Eve Brown - 2/28/23
✔️P- Heartbreak U, (MC: Paris) - 2/12/23
✔️R- The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin - 4/19/23
✔️I- If the Boot Fits - 2/16/23
✔️L- Legends & Lattes - 3/30/23

Task 2--Read your Birthstone (SIO or 3-4 books w/covers that match color:
✔️D- Demon's Dream: An Unexpected Love - 1/24/23
✔️I- I Wanna Be Down - 2/5/23
✔️A- Kwarq, (MC: Amina) - 1/27/23
✔️M- Made in Manhattan - 2/7/23
✔️O- January Fifteenth, (MC: Olivia) - 3/19/23
✔️N- Nubia: The Awakening - 1/6/23
✔️D- Demon Time: A Fallen Angel Series - 1/25/23

Task 3--Read your Zodiac sign:
✔️T- Trick Shot - 1/29/23
✔️A- Heartbreak U: The Finale, (MC: Asha) - 2/13/23
✔️U- The Unhoneymooners - 2/10/23
✔️R- A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon - 2/8/23
✔️U- Speechless (Unfortunate Souls #1) - 5/7/23
✔️S- The Son of Mr. Suleman - 1/20/23

Task 4--Read your Chinese zodiac:
✔️T- A Thorn in the Saddle - 2/18/23
✔️I- Serious Inquiries Only (MC: India) - 2/5/23
✔️G- Beasts of Ruin by Ayana Gray - 1/9/23
✔️E- Bonded with Ezra, (MC: Ezra) - 3/27/23
✔️R- Reaper's Blood - 4/7/23

Task 5--Read 3-4 books set in a country you'd like to visit: NIGERIA & ITALY
✔️1- The Sweetest Remedy - 1/11/23
✔️2- By Any Other Name - 2/25/23
✔️3- Dele Weds Destiny - 9/7/23
✔️4- White-Collar Criminals: The Nigerian Prince - 11/1/23

Task 6--Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre: FANTASY
✔️1- Bloodmarked - 1/17/23
✔️2- Hell Hath No Fury - 1/25/23
✔️3- The Book Eaters - 2/3/23
✔️4- The Black God's Drums - 2/23/23

Task 7--Read 3 or 4 books from your least favorite genre: NON-FICTION
✔️1- We're Going to Need More Wine - 1/3/23
✔️2- The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation - 3/9/23
✔️3- Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy - 3/21/23
✔️4- You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays - 6/4/23

Task 8--Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors:
✔️1- Another Country by James Baldwin - 2/21/23
✔️2- A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark - 6/21/23
✔️3- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman - 7/6/23
✔️4- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - 7/18/23

Task 9--Read your favorite flower (SIO) OR 3-4 books w/flower on cover:
✔️C- A Court of Thorns and Roses - 1/2/23
✔️A- D-City Underworld: Zontae's Reign by Annitia L. Jackson - 1/28/23
✔️L- Bati, (Lyqa Planet Lovers #2) - 1/27/23
✔️L- He Who Is a Friend by Love Belvin - 2/11/23
✔️A- All Good People Here - 3/3/23
✔️L- The Leavers - 3/11/23
✔️I- In Covenant with Ezra - 3/22/23
✔️L- In Love with Ezra (Love Unaccounted #2) - 3/26/23
✔️Y- Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? - 5/15/23

Task 10--Read one of your favorite foods (SIO):
✔️G- Go Deep - 1/29/23
✔️U- Before We Fall (Unexpected Lovers #2) - 1/31/23
✔️M- Mr. Mercedes - 4/14/23
✔️B- Bookish People - 2/2/23
✔️O- The October List - 8/1/23

Task 11--Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to:
✔️1- Zadie Smith / Swing Time - 1/22/23
✔️2- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / Zikora - 2/17/23
✔️3- M.R. Carey / The Girl With All the Gifts - 3/25/23
✔️4- Brent Weeks / The Way of Shadows - 4/25/23

Task 12--Read your favorite Book Crush's name (SIO):
✔️T- Take a Hint, Dani Brown - 2/23/23
✔️E- Earth Unaware - 4/7/23
✔️N- Black Saint, (MC: Neema) - 3/5/23
✔️N- Normal People - 3/16/23
✔️Y- Revenge by Yōko Ogawa - 6/26/23
✔️S- D-City Underworld: Zontae's Reign 2 (MC: Samara) - 1/28/23
✔️O- An Olive Grove in Ends - 5/18/23
✔️N- Nightcrawling - 8/9/23

2023 TBR Tackler Challenge
Goal: Spear Tackle (18-26 books)

Completed: 10/20

#619: Saint Monkey - 6/7/23
#488: Cuffing Season - 8/10/23
#486: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo - 5/28/23
#810: Wahala - 11/21/23
#213: I Have a Secret - 4/19/23
#700: Murder in G Major - 11/8/23
#254: Lovecraft Country - 10/26/23
#701: Joe Gould's Teeth - 12/6/23
#356: A Kind of Freedom - 12/8/23
#707: August Snow - 12/15/23

2023 Author Alphabet Challenge (1/1/23-12/31/23)

⭐️Completed: 26/26⭐️

A) Rilzy Adams / Go Deep - 1/29/23
B) Love Belvin / He Who Is a Friend - 2/11/23
C) Charlotte Dinnis / Trick Shot - 1/29/23
D) Tracy Deonn / Bloodmarked - 1/17/23
E) Omar Epps / Nubia: The Awakening - 1/6/23
F) Ashley Flowers / All Good People Here- 3/3/23
G) Ayana Gray / Beasts of Ruin - 1/9/23
H) Talia Hibbert / Take a Hint, Dani Brown - 2/23/23
I) Jane Igharo / The Sweetest Remedy - 1/11/23
J) Annitia L. Jackson / D-City Underworld: Zontae's Reign - 1/28/23
K) Elle Kayson / Demon's Dream: An Unexpected Love - 1/24/23
L) Lauren Layne / Made in Manhattan - 2/7/23
M) Sarah J. Maas / A Court of Thorns and Roses - 1/2/23
N) Nikki Clarke / Kwarq - 1/27/23
O) Orson Scott Card / Earth Unaware - 4/7/23
P) P. Djèlí Clark / The Black God's Drums - 2/23/23
Q) D.S. Quinton / Devel Django: A fast-paced technothriller: Evolution Series Book 1 - 11/27/23
R) Rebekah Weatherspoon / A Cowboy to Remember - 2/8/23
S) M.L. Sexton / Demon Time: A Fallen Angel Series - 1/25/23
T) Wynta Tyme / Serious Inquiries Only - 2/5/23
U) Gabrielle Union / We're Going to Need More Wine - 1/3/23
V) Viano Oniomoh / Just for the Cameras - 9/9/23
W) Cara Wylde / Toghat the Vile - 1/29/23
X) Alexia Gordon / Murder in G Major - 11/7/23
Y) Yōko Ogawa / Revenge - 6/26/23
Z) Zadie Smith / Swing Time - 1/22/23

Going for 30 oldest TBR again this year.

Cleaning out the TBR Closet 2023: (Oldest 30 TBR Books)
Completed: 12/30

1) Fall of Giants
2) The Good Earth
3) Mules and Men
✔️4) The House Girl - 9/14/23
✔️5) Earth Unaware - 4/7/23
✔️6) Divine Justice - 10/15/23
7) Winter of the World
8) Edge of Eternity
9) A Dangerous Fortune
✔️10) The Key to Rebecca - 10/30/23
11) Jackdaws
12) A Place Called Freedom
13) Expo Files
14) Dogeaters
15) In the Beginning
16) Irrefutable Proof
17) Citizens Creek
18) Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household
19) When Dad Killed Mom
20) Words of Radiance
✔️21) The Girl With All the Gifts - 3/25/23
22) Red Rising
✔️23) The Good Girl - 9/19/23
✔️24) Gemini - 10/7/23
25) I Am 7.5 Billion Human
✔️26) Wench - 10/27/23
✔️27) Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1) - 3/29/23
✔️28) I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem - 10/19/23
✔️29) Mr. Mercedes - 4/14/23
✔️30) Landline - 10/11/23

2022 New 2 U Authors Challenge
Duration: 10/1/22-12/31/22
Level: Devil May Care 20+ Books
⭐️ Progress: 23/20 ⭐️

✔️1) Jillian Cantor / The Code for Love and Heartbreak -- 10/2/22
✔️2) Shana Abe / The Smoke Thief -- 10/3/22
✔️3) Jules Verne / Journey to the Center of the Earth -- 10/5/22
✔️4) Nicole Falls / Hunger & Thirst -- 10/6/22
✔️5) Lars Kepler / The Hypnotist -- 10/12/22
✔️6) Nikesh Shukla / The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America -- 10/19/22
✔️7) Tamron Hall / As the Wicked Watch -- 10/21/22
✔️8) Andy Weir / The Martian -- 10/23/22
✔️9) Nikole Hannah-Jones / The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story -- 10/29/22
✔️10) Celeste Harte / Conquest -- 10/29/22
✔️11) Kennedy Ryan / Queen Move -- 11/1/22
✔️12) Alan Lee / The Last Teacher: A Stand-Alone Mackenzie Mystery -- 11/5/22
✔️13) Albert Camus / The Stranger -- 11/23/22
✔️14) Gary Phillips / Orange County Noir -- 11/30/22
✔️15) Dolores Reyes / Eartheater -- 11/30/22
✔️16) Brenda Lozano / Witches -- 12/3/22
✔️17) Alice Hoffman / The Probable Future -- 12/12/22
✔️18) Percival Everett / The Trees -- 12/13/22
✔️19) Denise Williams / Do You Take This Man -- 12/15/22
✔️20) Jojo Moyes / Me Before You -- 12/19/22
✔️21) Jemele Hill / Uphill: A Memoir -- 12/20/22
✔️22) Maria Dahvana Headley / The Mere Wife -- 12/28/22
✔️23) Jo Walton / Among Others -- 12/30/22

Alysa wrote: "I got a task "Read a book where a character gets into shape"

I feel like that might be somewhat common in genres that I wouldn't read and know little about -- but can anyone think some fantasy/sci..."

A Discovery of Witches could fit since the MC practices certain magic in preparation for something important.

Sign me up please. I'll try the Easy task level.

2022 Author Alphabet Challenge
⭐️ Progress: 26/26 ⭐️

✔️ A) Alexandria House / Let Me Love You -- 2/6/22
✔️ B) Cara Bristol / Alien Attraction -- 1/5/22
✔️ C) Cara Wylde / Claimed by the Dragons -- 1/7/22
✔️ D) Tananarive Due / Blood Colony -- 1/19/22
✔️ E) Esi Edugyan / Half-Blood Blues -- 6/7/22
✔️ F) Ken Follett / Night Over Water -- 2/22/22
✔️ G) Lee Goldberg / Gated Prey -- 1/12/22
✔️ H) Greer Hendricks / The Wife Between Us -- 1/7/22
✔️ I) Inger Iversen / Incarcerated: Letters from Inmate 92510 -- 8/17/22
✔️ J) Christina C. Jones / Anonymous Acts -- 1/25/22
✔️ K) Kate Rudolph / Ruwen -- 2/11/22
✔️ L) Aya de León / Side Chick Nation -- 1/18/22
✔️ M) Toni Morrison / A Mercy -- 3/24/22
✔️ N) Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn / Here Comes the Sun -- 2/1/22
✔️ O) Nnedi Okorafor / Noor -- 3/1/22
✔️ P) L. Penelope / Whispers of Shadow & Flame -- 1/30/22
✔️ Q) Susan Kaye Quinn / When You Had Power -- 12/31/22
✔️ R) K.D. Richards / Pursuit of the Truth -- 2/17/22
✔️ S) Silvia Moreno-Garcia / Gods of Jade and Shadow -- 1/9/22
✔️ T) Amy Tan / The Joy Luck Club -- 3/23/22
✔️ U) Blair Underwood / Casanegra -- 3/16/22
✔️ V) Veronica Henry / Bacchanal -- 9/5/22
✔️ W) Cara Wylde / The Hidden Alpha -- 1/7/22
✔️ X) Xóchitl González / Olga Dies Dreaming -- 8/8/22
✔️ Y) Yōko Ogawa / The Memory Police -- 8/22/22
✔️ Z) Ibi Zoboi / Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler -- 8/11/22

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2022
Goal: 30 Oldest TBR titles

Progress: 14/30

✔️1) Eye of the Needle -- 5/29/22
✔️2) The Hunt for Red October -- 6/22/22
✔️3) Twilight -- 6/24/22
✔️4) Fragile Things -- 6/18/22
✔️5) What is the What -- 8/10/22
6) Fall of Giants
✔️7) Nefertiti -- 8/26/22
8) The Good Earth
9) Mules and Men
✔️10) The Joy Luck Club -- 3/23/22
11) The House Girl
✔️12) Journey to the Center of the Earth -- 10/5/22
13) Earth Unaware
14) Divine Justice
15) Winter of the World
16) Edge of Eternity
17) A Dangerous Fortune
✔️18) Whiteout -- 5/1/22
19) The Key to Rebecca
20) Jackdaws
✔️21) The Third Twin -- 3/4/22
✔️22) Night Over Water -- 2/22/22
23) A Place Called Freedom
24) The Expo Files
25) Dogeaters
✔️26) Ghana Must Go -- 7/18/22
27) In the Beginning
28) Irrefutable Proof
✔️29) Survivor -- 7/19/22
30) Citizens Creek
✔️31) The Martian -- 10/23/22

2022 TBR Tackler
Goal: Spear Tackle 20 Books

Progress: 14/20

✔️1) #288: Half-Blood Blues -- 6/7/22
✔️2) #555: Altered Carbon -- 9/20/22
✔️3) #484: Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox #848: The Trees -- 12/13/22
4) #338: The Mark
✔️5) #781: Let Me Love You -- 2/6/22
✔️6) #857: Gated Prey -- 1/12/22
✔️7) #74: The Lyra Novels #482: Me Before You -- 12/19/22
8) #130: Jam on the Vine
9) #111: Daughters of Africa
✔️10) #448: Warlight -- 6/29/22
✔️11) #197: The Hypnotist -- 10/12/22
✔️12) #465: The Teacher #405: The Martian Chronicles -- 9/17/22
✔️13) #869: Within These Wicked Walls -- 4/18/22
14) #194: The Game
✔️15) #563: Heads of the Colored People -- 2/4/22
✔️16) #436: Leaving Atlanta -- 2/14/22
17) #268: Immortal Ops Books 1-4: 2016 Anniversary Editions
✔️18) #863: The Bronzed Beasts #865: Upgrade -- 12/7/22
19) #380: Unknown
✔️20) #645: The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America -- 10/19/22

August: Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
Duration: 8/1/21-9/1/21
Level: Bronze (9-16 books)
Option #3 - Mixtape

Progress: 12/12 ⭐️

✔️K: (MC: Kate Holland) Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks -- 8/17/21
✔️A: (MC: Alexa) Surprise Double Delivery by Therese Beharrie -- 8/7/21
✔️R: Reaper of Souls by Rena Barron -- 8/20/21
✔️A: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende -- 8/12/21
✔️T: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris -- 8/4/21
✔️E: The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas -- 8/18/21

✔️Archery: Ghosts of Tsavo by Vered Ehsani -- 8/10/21
✔️Diving: Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi -- 8/25/21
✔️Football: Inner Circle by Evelyn Lozada -- 8/5/21
✔️Shooting: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo -- 8/15/21
✔️Surfing: Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg -- 8/1/21
✔️Wrestling: Memorial by Bryan Washington -- 8/3/21

June: Carle's Crawling Critters Challenge
Duration: 6/15/21-7/15/21
Level: The Grouchy Ladybug: (9-16 books)
Option #1 - Spell it Out

Progress: 11/11 ⭐️

🕷 W) Written in Fire -- 6/17/21
🕷 O) Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older -- 7/13/21
🕷 L) How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House (MC: Lala) -- 7/5/21
🕷 F) Fearless Jones -- 7/11/21

🕷 S) The Sisterhood -- 6/24/21
🕷 P) His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie -- 7/10/21
🕷 I) The Man by Irving Wallace -- 6/30/21
🕷 D) What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon Young -- 7/8/21
🕷 E) Exit West -- 7/15/21
🕷 R) Luster by Raven Leilani -- 7/6/21
🕷 S) The Secret Lives of Church Ladies -- 7/9/21

March of the Random Holidays Challenge
Duration: 3/25/21 - 4/25/21
Level: Holiday Hitchhiker: 1-8 books
Option 3: Spell-it-out

Progress: 6/6 ⭐️

March 25: Waffle Day
Spell out: WAFFLE

✔️W) The Guest List (MC: Will) -- 4/10/21
✔️A) The Institute (MC: Avery) -- 4/21/21
✔️F) A Fallen Star -- 4/25/21
✔️F) The Family Upstairs -- 3/30/21
✔️L) The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion -- 3/25/21
✔️E) The Binding (MC: Emmett) -- 3/28/21

January: Winnie the Pooh Reading Challenge (1/1/21-2/28/21)
Level: "I'm so rumbly in my tumbly." (18-26 books)

Progress: 16/19 ☹

✔️T) Legendborn by Tracy Deonn -- 1/28/21
✔️I) In an Absent Dream -- 1/16/21
✔️G) Sex and Vanity, (MC: George Zao) -- 1/13/21
✔️G) Grown -- 2/8/21
✔️E) The Prophets, (MC: Essie) -- 2/26/21
✔️R) The Burning God, (MC: Rin) -- 1/24/21

✔️W) Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children #3) -- 1/5/21
✔️I) Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo -- 1/6/21
✔️N) Neverwhere -- 1/25/21
✔️N) When We Were One, (MC: Nzingha) -- 2/1/21
✔️I) If It Bleeds -- 2/16/21
E)
✔️T) Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson -- 1/11/21
✔️H) The Henna Artist -- 1/18/21
E)
✔️P) Daylight (Atlee Pine #3), (MC: Atlee Pine) -- 1/10/21
✔️O) Other Side -- 2/2/21
O)
✔️H) The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow -- 2/16/21