Agnieszka’s Comments (group member since Dec 27, 2015)

Agnieszka’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

Update message #37: 81/75

update to msg. #21: 10/5+
Can't believe I managed all ten tasks. I admit I had to stretch it a bit for a few tasks though that was fine for me.

Home is Where the Books Are
Duration: December 2020

✔ 1. Read the book that has been on your shelf for the longest time Jeder Tag ist eine Chance: Christ-Sein in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft by Martin L. Landmesser & Johannes Sczepan 3* 12/19 lit. transl: Each Day Is A Chance: Being Christ in Business & Society - pre-GR, bought most likely 2002
✔ 2. Read a book that was given to you by someone else The Twelve Days of Christmas by Rick Yuzzi 5* 12/6 - as freebie it was indirectly given to me by the author
✔ 3. Read a book that you'd one day like to 'rehome' Snow on the Tulips by Liz Tolsma 3* 12/20 - borrowed quite a while ago from a friend and will go back to her
✔ 4. Read a book on your shelf that is about a home or a house of any kind A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell 5* 12/14 - about Penton Abbey (home of the Earl of Channing) and how it becomes home to a man of the sea (who grew up without a real home)
✔ 5. Read a book you got because the cover looked pretty Dürfen Vegetarier Schmetterlinge im Bauch haben? by Arno Backhaus 3* 12/1 lit. transl: Are Vegetarians Allowed to Have Butterflies in Their Stomach?
Here's a second variation of this task: Wishes on Mistletoe Mountain by Dora Hiers 3* 12/18 - I read this book because I like this authors and loved the cover (though I didn't like the previous cover very much when I got it )
✔ 6. Read a book about friendship OR family OR both Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle 4* 12/3 - two of the short stories are about friendship and one about family
✔ 7. Read your favorite book (one that makes you feel at home) Błękitny Zamek=The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery 6* 12/29
✔ 8. Read the shortest book on your shelf A Time to Dance by Megan Payne 4* 12/18 - 3 pages (a drabble, which is a story in exactly 100 words)
✔ 9. Read a self-help or personal development book to make yourself more at home in your body When God Breaks Your Heart: Choosing Hope in the Midst of Faith-Shattering Circumstances by Ed Underwood 5* 12/25
✔ 10. Read a book on your shelf that you are wary of because it isn't generally a genre you read Stormbreaker=Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz 3* 12/14 - Childrens > Middle Grade; Young Adult > Teen

Update message #37: 79/75

Update message #37: 77/75 - I'm continuing the last week but not raising my final goal

update to msg. #21: 6/5+

1. Read the book that has been on your shelf for the longest time Jeder Tag ist eine Chance: Christ-Sein in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft by Martin L. Landmesser & Johannes Sczepan 3* 12/19 lit. transl: Each Day Is A Chance: Being Christ in Business & Society - pre-GR, bought most likely 2002

Update message #37: 74/75

Update message #37: 69/75

update to msg. #21: 5/5+

4. Read a book on your shelf that is about a home or a house of any kind A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell 5* 12/14 - about Penton Abbey (home of the Earl of Channing) and how it becomes home to a man of the sea (who grew up without a real home)
8. Read the shortest book on your shelf A Time to Dance by Megan Payne 4* 12/18 - 3 pages (a drabble, which is a story in exactly 100 words)
10. Read a book on your shelf that you are wary of because it isn't generally a genre you read Stormbreaker=Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz 3* 12/14 - Childrens > Middle Grade; Young Adult > Teen

Update message #37: 68/75

just in case

Part 2

e115.+ Forever Thrown by Kathleen Brooks 3* 8/24
a116.* StehaufMensch!: Was macht uns stark? (K)ein Resilienz-Ratgeber. (Skipjack: What Makes Us Strong? (Not) An Resilience Guidebook) by Samuel Koch 4* 8/24 (view spoiler)[the title is not really translatable as it's a combination of a word play and contradictory statement:
- Stehaufmännchen (diminutive of Stehaufmensch) is a tumbler or skipjack though here it's a combination of the mental pictures of this toy and a resilient person as the sentence Steh auf, Mensch! (or more common Mensch, steh auf!) means literally Man (Gee)! Get up!
- (K)ein is a unique German word creation used as an (indefinite) aricle and it's negation all at the same - meaning here it's NOT a book about resilience but also that it IS a book about resilience (hide spoiler)]
e117. One Lit Step: Devotions for your journey by Lisa Buffaloe 4* 8/25
e118.* A Dinner to Die For book 1 in Cherringham - Episodes 28-30 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 4* 8/26
e119.* The Drowned Man book 2 in Cherringham - Episodes 28-30 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 3* 8/27
e120.* The Gentleman Vanishes book 3 in Cherringham - Episodes 28-30 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 3* 8/28
e121.+ The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Mathematics, from One to Infinity by Steven H. Strogatz 3* 8/29
e122. The Witness by Dee Henderson 4* 9/4
e123. Save the Date: A 9/11 Wedding Romance by K.M. Hodge 4* 9/5
e124. Love Irresistibly by Julie James 4* 9/6
e125. The Single Staircase by Matt Ingwalson 3* 9/7

message 31 updated! 155/150+ books read (148 ebooks / 5 paper books / 2 audio books)
e126. Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer 4* 9/10
e127. Cut from the Same Cloth by Kathleen Baldwin 3* 9/12
e128.+ Puzzle House by Lillian Duncan 4* 9/13
e129. Called to Protect by Lynette Eason 5* 9/14
e130. The Search by Nora Roberts 4* 9/19
e131. Witness in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 9/21
e132. Poison in Paddington by Samantha Silver 3* 9/23
e133. Second Chances by Calle J. Brookes 4* 9/24
e134. Conspiracy In Death by J.D. Robb 5* 9/26
e135. Faithless in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 9/28
e136. Star of the East by Tasha Alexander 2* 9/29
e137. Devotions from Puzzle House by Lillian Duncan 3* 9/29
e138. Letters from the Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Novella Variation by Rose Fairbanks 3* 9/29
e139. Love In The Capitol by B. Ivy Woods 3* 9/30
e140. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss 3* 10/1
e141. A Deeper Sleep book 6 in The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow 4* 10/1
e142. Whisper to the Blood book 7 in The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow 4.5* 10/3
e143. A Bazaar Murder by Amy Phipps 2* 10/4
e144. Murder on the SS Rosa book 1 in Ginger Gold Mysteries: Murder on the SS Rosa / Murder at Hartigan House / Murder at Bray Manor by Lee Strauss 4* 10/4
e145. Royal Family by Summer Lee 3* 10/5
e146. A Night Too Dark book 8 in The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow 4* 10/8
e147. Though Not Dead book 9 in The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow 4* 10/11
e148.+ Swamp Sweets by Jana Deleon 4* 10/14
e149. Dial P For Poison book 1 in Movie Club Mysteries: Books 1-3 by Zara Keane 4* 10/14
e150. Homicide at Blue Heron Lake by Susan Page Davis & Megan Elaine Davis 4* 10/16
e151. The Postman Always Dies Twice book 2 in Movie Club Mysteries: Books 1-3 by Zara Keane 4.5* 10/16
e152. Intermediate Thermodynamics book 2 in Chemistry Lessons Box Set: Books 1-3 by Susannah Nix 4* 10/18
e153. Restless in the Grave book 10 in The Kate Shugak Investigation Books 10-20 Box Set by Dana Stabenow 3.5* 10/20
e154.+ Endless Shadows by Kathleen Brooks 4* 10/20
p155.* Twisted 26 by Janet Evanovich 2* 10/22
📌e156. The Abominable Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by J. Dawn King ?* 10/24?
157.

p = paper book
e = ebook
a = audiobook
* = borrowed (either shelved or in my possession before 1/1/21)
+ = 5+ rule
*

I'm in! I want read 150+ books - most of them will be ebooks but I hope for at least 25 paper books

p = paper book
e = ebook
a = audiobook
* = borrowed (either shelved or in my possession before 1/1/21)
+ = 5+ rule

Clear the Shelves - 2021
Duration: 1/1/21 - 12/31/21

e1. Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 1/3
e2. Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley 3* 1/6
e3. Northern Lights by Nora Roberts 4* 1/10
e4. Meet Me Under the Mistletoe by JoAnn Durgin 3* 1/12
e5. Why You Really Can Memorize Scripture: Understand and unlock your mind's natural ability to memorize long passages by Daniel Morris 4* 1/12
e6. Every Secret Thing by Ann Tatlock 5* 1/17
e7.+ National Parks of America by various Lonely Planet authors 4* 1/18
e8. Starlight, Star Bright by JoAnn Durgin 4* 1/19
p9.* Mróz by Marcin Ciszewski 4* 1/20 lit. transl: Frost
e10. Summer of the Midnight Sun by Tracie Peterson 4* 1/27
e11. Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus - The Language of the Universe by Steven H. Strogatz 3* 1/28
e12. Faking the Love by Sofia Grey 4* 1/29
e13. Seeing The Love by Sofia Grey 4* 1/29
e14. Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 2/6
e15.+ Fortune Funhouse by Jana Deleon 4* 2/15
e16. Healing the Hurts of Your Past: A Guide to Overcoming the Pain of Shame by F. Remy Diederich 3* 2/16
e17. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 2/19
e18. The Governess Who Captured His Heart by Sophie Barnes 4* 2/20
e19. Meg's Best Man by Cynthia Bruner 5* 2/20
e20. Dying for a Date book 1 in Laurel McKay Mysteries Boxed Set by Cindy Sample 3.5* 2/25
e21. Come Sundown by Nora Roberts 5* 2/26
e22. Dying for a Dance book 2 in Laurel McKay Mysteries Boxed Set by Cindy Sample 3* 2/27
e23. A Drop of Paradise by Alex L. Michaels 2* 2/28
e24. Dying for a Daiquiri book 3 in Laurel McKay Mysteries Boxed Set by Cindy Sample 2.5* 3/3
a25.* 110 - Ein Bulle bleibt dran: Neues aus der Notrufzentrale by Cid Jonas Gutenrath 5* 3/6 lit. transl: 110 - A Copper (or rather Pig - the author uses this expression on purpose - as explained in book 1) Keeps At It: New (Stories) From The Emergency Call Center
e26. Sunken Shadows by Kathleen Brooks 3* 3/9
e27. Lasting Shadows by Kathleen Brooks 4* 3/9
e28. Fierce Shadows by Kathleen Brooks 5* 3/11
e29. Forever Saved by Kathleen Brooks 4* 3/13
e30. Forever Bold by Kathleen Brooks 4* 3/14
e31. Broken Shadows by Kathleen Brooks 4* 3/16
e32. Kingdom Prayer: Touching Heaven to Change Earth by Tony Evans 4* 3/27
e33. Vanilla Bean Vengeance by Agatha Frost 4* 3/29
e34. New Corpse In Town by Lucy Quinn 4* 3/30
e35. At Wick's End by Tim Myers 3* 3/31
e36. Debt of Mercy by Amanda Tero 4* 3/31
e37. Without Warning by Lynette Eason 4* 4/3
e38. Hot Ghost by Carolyn Crane=Annika Martin 4* 4/5
e39. Moving Target by Lynette Eason 4* 4/6
e40. Murder in Stonehill Manor by Jane T. O'Brien 3* 4/8
e41. Death in the Casino by Nikki Haverstock 3* 4/9
e42. Death from Abroad by Nikki Haverstock 4* 4/10
e43. Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason 4* 4/13
e44. Strawberry Cream Cupcake & Murder by Ann S. Marie 2* 4/16
e45. THR3E by Twyla Turner 4* 4/16
e46. Murder in Lancashire by Jane T. O'Brien 3* 4/17
e47. His Bride for the Taking by Tessa Dare 4* 4/19
e48.+ Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley 3* 4/21
e49. In Two Weeks by Jen Talty 3* 4/22
e50.* Anioł śmierci=Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 4/23
e51. Loving Miss Libby by Rosemarie Naramore 4* 4/24
e52. Sweets and a Stabbing by Harper Lin 4* 4/27
e53. On His Watch by Katie Ruggle 5* 4/28
e54. Three Things I’d Tell My Younger Self compiled by Joanna Cannon 3* 4/29
e55.+ The Heist: How Grace Robs Us of Our Shame by Chris Durso 4* 5/12
p56.* Your Inner Child of the Past by W. Hugh Missildine 3* 5/14
e57. Gasoline, Texas by Joseph Flynn 4* 5/17
e58. Undeceived: Pride and Prejudice in the Spy Game by Karen M. Cox 4* 5/18
e59. Turtle Soup by Danielle Thorne 2* 5/22
e60. Three and a Half Minutes by Caroline Fyffe 2* 5/25
e61. Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael Bar-Zohar & Nissim Mishal 3* 5/28
e62. Delirious: My Journey with the Band, a Growing Family, and an Army of Historymakers by Martin Smith 5* 5/29
e63. Dark Edge by D.I. Telbat 3* 5/29
p64. Początek=The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman by Andrzej Szczypiorski 4* 5/31
e65.+ Frightfully Fortune by Jana Deleon 4* 6/2
e66. A Mother's Day Murder by Dee Ernst 4* 6/4
p67.* Raport pelikana=The Pelican Brief by John Grisham 4* 6/7
e68. Never Too Late by J.C. Laird 3* 6/7
e69. Never Gonna Happen by Cynthia Eden 4* 6/10
e70. The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen 3* 6/18
e71. No Such Thing As A Good Blind Date by Shelly Fredman 3* 6/20
e72.+ Travels in Alaska book 1 in Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume: Illustrated: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen and Alaska Days by John Muir 5* 6/21
e73. The Mystery of Smugglers Cove by Paul Moxham 4* 6/23
e74. Unbelievable by Cindy Blackburn 3* 6/23
e75. Her Sanctuary book 1 in Her Box Set by Toni Anderson 4* 6/25
e76. Apple Pie and Arsenic by C.A. Phipps 3* 6/29
e77. Death Down Under by Samantha Silver 3* 7/2
e78. Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs 2* 7/2
e79.+ The Cruise of the Corwin book 2 in Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume: Illustrated: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen and Alaska Days by John Muir 2.5* 7/4
e80. Back Roads by David F. Berens 4* 7/4
e81. There's No One Like Jesus by Blake Western 5* 7/5
e82. One Plus One Equals Trouble by Sondra Kraak 3* 7/5
e83.* Wiedersehen macht Liebe=About That Night by Julie James 3* 7/9
e84. The Paris Protection by Bryan Devore 3* 7/12
e85.+ Alaska Days with John Muir book 4 in Alaska Days with John Muir: 4 Books in One Volume: Illustrated: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen and Alaska Days by Samuel Hall Young 5* 7/13
e86. Grime Beat by Marji Laine 3* 7/14
e87. Left Luggage by Andrew Christie 4* 7/16
e88. The Eleventh Hour by Anina Collins 4* 7/19
e89. After Hours by Anina Collins 3* 7/22
e90. Stuck: How to Overcome Your Anger and Learn How to Forgive by F. Remy Diederich 4* 7/24
e91.+ Dog Days of Murder book 2 in Country Cottage Mysteries: Books 1-3 by Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom 3* 7/25
e92. A Higher Court: One Man's Search for the Truth of God's Existence by John L. Betcher 3* 7/27
e93. An Encounter at Pemberley: A Pride And Prejudice Variation by Isabelle Mayfair 3* 7/28
e94. Another Hour to Kill by Anita Higman 2* 7/30
e95. Bubba and the Dead Woman by C.L. Bevill 2* 7/30
e96. Three Under the Tree by K.B. Winters 4* 8/1
e97. Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts 4* 8/4
e98. Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere 1* 8/6
e99.* Murder Most Wild by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 3* 8/6
e100.+ An Okapi's Ode To The Winter Olympics by R.E. Skibiski 2* 8/6
e101. Blackout by Lynette Eason 4* 8/7
e102.* The Song Never Dies book 1 in Cherringham - Episodes 22 - 24 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 4* 8/8
e103.* A Bad Lie book 2 in Cherringham - Episodes 22 - 24 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 4* 8/9
e104.* A Death in the Family book 3 in Cherringham - Episodes 22 - 24 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 3.5* 8/9
e105.* Secret Santa book 1 in Cherringham, Episodes 25-27 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 3* 8/10
e106.* The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham 3* 8/10
e107. Waiting for Dawn by Susan May Warren 3* 8/10
e108.+ Slow Curve on the Coquihalla by R.E. Donald 3* 8/13
e109.* Death on a Moonlit Night book 2 in Cherringham, Episode 25-27 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 3.5* 8/13
e110.* Scared to Death book 3 in Cherringham, Episode 25-27 by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards 2* 8/13
e111. Fetch by Jordan Taylor 5* 8/14
e112. Granny Undercover by Harper Lin 4* 8/14
e113. Deadly Communications by Lillian Duncan 3* 8/15
e114. A Match of Wits by Jen Turano 3* 8/22
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Update message #37: 64/75

Update message #37: 60/75

Sunny wrote: "Sorry about that! I'll get you all updated in my next posting on Weds. Good luck with your goal!"

No worries I'm aware these days GR makes life rather difficult for the mods/challenge leaders and thank you!

Update to message #37: 55/75

Agnieszka wrote: "Update message #37: 51/75

I raise my goal to 75 and hope I'll be actually able to reach it."

Sunny it appears you missed my post mentioning that I raised my goal. I have the impression since I disabled the option to show my messages in my update feed it's wrecking havoc with notifications in challenges. Sorry for the inconvinience.

My new Update to message #37: 54/75

Update message #37: 53/75

Carol wrote: "...9. Read a self-help book to make yourself more at home in your body - not about my body at first glance, but it has information about how conquering the problem reduces anxiety and depression and the connection between hoarding and overweight - although I'm not the one with the problem, I'm the one who suffers for living with it - Hoarding Disorder Help: 15 Minimalist Steps to Help You Declutter by Milton Harrison - finished 12/1/20..."

I'm so glad I've seen this book in your challenge and read your review. It looks like a very helpful book plus it's part of KU so the next time I join I'll read it.

update to msg. #21: 2/5+

6. Read a book about friendship OR family OR both Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle 4* 12/3 - two of the short stories are about friendship and one about family

Rachael wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "I never played Cluedo but it looks like something fun. I hope to read at least 10 dedctions.

I have three questions:
1. Weapons - Read a book with the following word (or related ..."

Thank you so much!