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Countries of the World #6: Colombia

Duration: Jan 01, 2025 - Jan 31, 2025
Completed: 10/6+

✔ Country: Colombia
🚩Read a book whose title starts with a letter in COLOMBIA (ignore A, An and The or equivalent if not English).
The Owl Killers | Karen Maitland ★★★ (01/06/25)

Stats

✔ Capital: Bogota
🚩Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in the word BOGOTA (letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the word).
Murder on a Girls' Night Out | Anne George ★★★ (01/03/25)

✔ Population: 52,695,952 (2024 estimate)
🚩Read a book whose total number of pages contains at least 2 of the numbers in the population (tell us the page count).
Lowcountry Boughs of Holly | Susan M. Boyer ★★★ (01/04/25)
258 pages.

✔ Area: 440,831 sq mi
🚩Read a book whose year it was first published and has at least 2 of the numbers in the area (tell us the year published).
The Raven Thief | Gigi Pandian ★★★ (01/01/25)
Pub. 2023

Trivia

✔ 1. Nukak People
🚩Read a book in which someone is killed with a poison (tell us which poison).
Aunt Bessie Enjoys | Diana Xarissa ★★★ (01/03/25)
Rat poison, so I’m guessing arsenic.

✔ 2. El Dorado
🚩Read a book in which someone submerges themselves in a natural body of water (tell us who).
One of the Girls | Lucy Clarke ★★ (01/03/25)
Robyn, Bella, Fen in the sea.

✔ 3. Valentine’s Day Flowers
🚩Read a book with a mostly green cover (post the cover).
Later Gator | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (01/06/25)


✔ 4. Tejo
🚩Read a book in which the characters play some sort of game (professional or amateur is fine, board games work as well, tell us which game).
Darkly | Marisha Pessl ★★ (01/08/25)
A weird, involved board game called Valkyrie.

✔ 5. Caño Cristales (Crystal Channel)
🚩Read a book whose title contains one of the colors mentioned above.
The Black Country | Alex Grecian ★★ (01/08/25)

✔ 6. Chocolate Santafereño
🚩Read a book with at least one romantic storyline.
Thread on Arrival | Lea Wait ★★ (01/04/25)
Angie & Patrick.

*** Completed (01/08/25) ***

Congrats, all finishers!

Congrats, all finishers!

Congrats, everyone!

Solids, Liquids and Gases

Duration: Jan 01, 2025 - Jun 30, 2025
Completed: 25/25

✔ 1. Phases
✳️ Read a book first published in a year with a 3 (tell us the date of first published).
The Raven Thief | Gigi Pandian ★★★ (01/01/25)
Pub. Mar 21, 2023.

✔ 2. Matter and Energy
✳️ Read a book you added recently, please tell us when you added it. (posted after July 2024).
Darkly | Marisha Pessl ★★ (01/08/25)
Added Aug 03, 2024.

✔ 3. Gases
✳️ Read a book whose main character’s first or last name has a double consonant (as in MaTThew or in IsabeLLe, tell us the main character’s name).
Aunt Bessie Enjoys | Diana Xarissa ★★★ (01/03/25)
Bessie Cubbon.

✔ 4. Gas Molecules
✳️ Read a book you read very fast (a book you “have to finish” or maybe a short book with more than 150 pages?).
Later Gator | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (01/06/25)
Very quick pacing.

✔ 5. Gas Examples
✳️ Read a book whose title starts with O, C, D or N; disregard A, An and The.
The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth ★★★★ (01/02/25)

✔ 6. Vapor
✳️ Read a book marked "Romance" on its main GR page.
Thread on Arrival | Lea Wait ★★ (01/04/25)

✔ 7. Boiling Point
✳️ Read a book set in a hot climate, (tell us where).
Murder at the Grand Hotel | Isabella Bassett ★★ (01/11/25)
French Riviera.

✔ 8. Boiling Point of Water
✳️ Read a book whose year of first publication contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 2,1,2,1,0,0 (tell us the year published).
One of the Girls | Lucy Clarke ★★ (01/03/25)
Pub. 2022.

✔ 9. Compression
✳️ Read a book with a conversion in the story (your interpretation, tell us about it, use spoiler tags if needed).
You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist | Kari Ferrell ★★★ (01/10/25)
Kari is a convicted felon who seems to have turned her life around after a stint in prison.

✔ 10. Liquid
✳️ Read a book with liquid in a container in the cover (a glass of drink, a bottle of perfume are good examples, post the cover).
Murder on a Girls' Night Out | Anne George ★★★ (01/03/25)

Drink in a glass.

✔ 11. Liquid Examples
✳️ Read a book with a scene set underwater (tell us how your book works).
The Lost Heir | Tui T. Sutherland ★★★ (01/07/25)
Lots of scenes underwater as the SeaWing Kingdom, where the book is set, is mostly underwater.

✔ 12. Water
✳️ Read a standalone book.
Mothers and Sons | Adam Haslett ★★★ (01/09/25)

✔ 13. Solid
✳️ Read a book with a human body on the cover, (post the cover).
London Rain | Nicola Upson ★★ (01/10/25)


✔ 14. Movement of Molecules
✳️ Read a book that helps you finish a challenge (tell us the challenge’s name).
Fall of a Philanderer | Carola Dunn ★★★ (01/09/25)
Deck of Cards.

✔ 15. Ice
✳️ Read a book set in a cold climate, (tell us where).
The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare ★★★ (01/28/25)
Connecticut, winter.

✔ 16. Room Temperature Solid
✳️ Read a book with STEEL or COPPER intact in the title or author’s name, (post a link to the author’s page if you use this option).
A Tide of Black Steel | Anthony Ryan ★★★ (01/31/25)

✔ 17. Changing Phases
✳️ Read a series book, please tell us the series name.
Lowcountry Boughs of Holly | Susan M. Boyer ★★★ (01/04/25)
Liz Talbot #10.

✔ 18. Freezing Point
✳️ Read a short book (but still over 150 pages, 300 for graphic novels; tell us the number of pages).
Murder by Plum Pudding | Lee Strauss ★★★ (01/21/25)
152 pages.

✔ 19. Freezing Point of Water
✳️ Read a book with two of 0, 3 or 2 in the number of pages. (Tell us the number of pages).
Egg Drop Dead | Vivien Chien ★★★ (01/07/25)
320 pages.

✔ 20. Mercury
✳️ Read a book with something metallic on the cover (post the cover).
The Waste Lands | Stephen King ★★★ (01/13/25)

The train.

✔ 21. Solids
✳️ Read a book with a cover that has something that runs on electricity (post the cover).
Death Waits in the Dark | Julia Buckley ★ (01/15/25)

The lamp and the fan.

✔ 22. Solid-state scientists
✳️ Read a book whose author is new to you, (post a link to the author’s page).
The Owl Killers | Karen Maitland ★★★ (01/06/25)

✔ 23. Crystallographers
✳️ Read a book with something crystal like on the cover (wine glasses, snowflakes, diamonds, and table salt, are good examples, post the cover).
Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust | Mindy Quigley ★★★★ (01/11/25)

Ice cubes.

✔ 24. Plasma
✳️ Read a book with all the letters in PLASMA in the title, (any order, pay attention, it has two As).
Murder at the Spring Ball | Benedict Brown ★★★★ (03/06/25)
Murder At the SPring bALl.

✔ 25. Bose-Einstein condensates
✳️ Read a book whose series title begins with a letter in BOSE-EINSTEIN (tell us the series).
The Black Country | Alex Grecian ★★ (01/08/25)
Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad #2.

*** Completed (03/06/25) ***

Congrats, all finishers!

Congrats, all finishers!

Small, Medium, Large: 2025

Duration: Jan 01, 2025 - ?
Completed: 0/75

1. Read 3 award winners (Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Miles Franklin Award, etc.) Make sure to state the award it won and the year.

2. Read 3 books that have been nominated for an award. It does not need to be the same award as (1). Make sure to state the award and the year it was nominated.

3. Read 3 books that are part of a series - they don’t all need to be from the same series
. Please post the Series name and the position of your book.

4. Read 3 non-fiction books


5. Read 3 books first published before 2000.

6. Read 3 books first published since the year 2020
.

7. Read 3 books that have been recommended to you, either via GR or some other way.


8. Read 3 books which have an overall rating on Goodreads of 4.00 or greater


9. Read 3 books written by a male author


10. Read 3 books written by a female author


11. Read 3 anthologies, or books with several stories or books in it. Stories or included books can be by the same author or by several different authors.

12. Read 3 books from the same genre


13. Read 3 books which have been made into a movie or TV series


14. Read 3 books with titles starting with “The”


15. Read 3 books with a part or all of a human being on the cover. Make sure to post the cover.

16. Read 3 books with titles starting with the first letter of your name. You can use either your first name or your surname.


17. Read 3 books by the same author


18. Read 3 books set in a country other than where you live,

19. Read 3 books by authors who come from the country in which you were born or the country in which you now live.

20. Read 3 books which are about or a set during a war. You can choose any war throughout history. Imaginary wars are fine. They don't need to be the same war. Please state which war is relevant to each book.

21. Read 3 books by authors who are still living.


22. Read 3 books by authors who have now died


23. Read 3 books with single word titles


24. Read 3 books which have a subtitle

25. Read 3 books from your TBR pile

Angel wrote: "Guess #16
Suspect: Landscaper (C.S.)
Cause of death: Drowning (sea)
Location: Waste Management Company (T&E)

- Brandon Sanderson - 12/6..."

The murder was not by drowning.

Ruth wrote: "Guess 15
Suspect: Computer Programmer A Christmas by the Sea by Melody Carlson....Dec. 8, 2024 Author initials....M. C
Cause of death: Poison [bookcover:Royal Blood..."

The murder was not by poison.

Meg wrote: "Professional athlete ==> Leigh Perry - The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking, 12/14

Fall (off the roof) ==> Sleighed!, Yvonne Vincent 12/15..."

The murder was not by fall.

Welcome to the challenge, BB&B! I've created your thread and added the link in the participants' post. :)

For BeersBooksandBoos

Thanks Barb! Welcome Beers Books and Boos! I've added your link in the participants' list.

Book Concierge wrote: "When I lost all that data back in August I just was not able to recover / reconstruct everything. I think I read s/thg with lightning on the cover, but darned if I can remember and I just don't want to go searching for it.
"

I understand! I'm going through something similar for my larger spelling challenges and it's been months trying to recreate them. I'm continuing to slog over them because I've sunk so much time on them already, but if I could make the choice again, I'd have left them alone.

Congrats, Ellen! I just need the read dates for two books: The Tanglewood Tea Shop (#77) which is empty; and Shards of Honour (#71) which says it was read on 02/25/26 - assuming that one is a typo? ;)

Good luck, Jessica!

Welcome Chie!

Congrats, L&M!

Congrats, Jessica!