D.L.’s Comments (group member since Dec 24, 2015)

D.L.’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

I am really late to this but I want to sign up as mysteries are one of my most favorite genres. Please put me down for 6 :)

Progress: 3/6

2020 JUST THE FACTS, MA'AM
Duration: January 1 through December 31, 2020

WHO
1. An academic
2. An actor/actress
3. A professional is main sleuth
4. In the medical field
5. A journalist/writer
6. An artist/photographer
7. A vicar/religious figure
8. A Watson narrator (first-person peripheral)
9. Librarian/bookstore owner/publisher
10. Lawyer/barrister/judge, etc.

WHAT
1. Person's name in title
2. Number in title
❎ 3. Color in the title: Red Alert by James Patterson 6/22
4. An animal in the title
5. "Means of murder" in the title
6. Written by more than one author
7. Comic/humorous novel
8. Inverted mystery (howdunit)
9. Includes letters, diary excerpts, or other correspondence
10. Title with a literary allusion in it

WHEN
1. During a recognized holiday
2. Set in Victorian era
3. Time/date, etc. in title
4. Timing of crime is crucial
5. During a weather event
6. Set during WWI or WWII (obvious wartime setting)
7. Set pre-1880
8. Set during trip, vacation, etc.
9. During a performance of any sort
10. During a special event: birthday, village fete, etc.

WHERE
1. At a country house
2. Set in a capital city
3. On an island
4. At a school
5. Set in a small village
6. In a hospital/nursing home
❎ 7. Any country but US/UK (Australia): Never Never by James Patterson
8. An outside location
9. At a theater/circus/other place of performance
10. In a locked room

HOW
1. Death by drowning
2. Crime involved fire/arson
3. Death on "wheels" (any vehicle used to murder)
4. Death by strangulation
5. Death by knife, dagger, etc.
❎ 6. Death by shooting: Donna Rose And the Slug War by Norma Tadlock Johnson 6/11
7. Death by blunt instrument
8. Unusual murder method
9. At least two deaths by different means
10. Death by poison

WHY
1. It won an award of any sort
2. It made a "Best of" list
3. Author's first or last name begins with the same letter as yours
4. Author from your country
5. Out of your comfort zone
6. Author NOT from your country
7. A character has a job similar to yours
8. Read by fellow challenger
9. Because "Simon says" (see explanation below)
10. Book made into TV/film/play

Updated. 1 physical book completed. I'll pass it onto the library... when/if it opens again lol

Progress: 21/20

Physical Books:
1. The Bobbsey Twins' Mystery at School
2. The Cereal Box Mystery
3. The Panther Mystery
4. Exit Stage Right
5. The Bobbsey Twins and the Mystery at Snow Lodge
6. Marni: My True Story of Stress, Hair-Pulling, and Other Obsessions
7. Key to the Treasure
8. Donna Rose And the Slug War
9. The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli: As Told To Diane Miller
10. The Great Gilly Hopkins
11. Addie McCormick and the Stranger in the Attic
12. The Mystery of the Mixed-Up Zoo
13. Red Alert
14. Turning Hearts
15. The Hidden Fortune
16. What Kind of Love?: The Diary of a Pregnant Teenager
17. The Rose Parade Mystery
18. The Ax Murders of Saxtown: The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the Nation
19. Mirror, Mirror
20. Never Never

Ebooks:
1. Dare to Love

I'm late to the game but I have this book. May I join in the discussion?

Everyone's doing well and some of you are thisclose to finishing!

Lindsay wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

Haha same!!

I feel like Gatsby (view spoiler)[ truly loved Daisy. Why, I don't know? She was awful. But love is deaf, dumb, and blind (hide spoiler)]

Everyone's doing well! Keep it going :)

Everyone's doing great!!

Chloe wrote: "Hey, would like to join this challenge if it's not too late!

C - A Cat's Guide to the Night Sky
H - Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
L - Life of Pi
O - ..."
Not too late! Welcome :)

Just for fun!

(view spoiler)[I found a Great Gatsby trivia quiz and posted it here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I can post the answers at the end of the month. Fair warning, the questions are very spoiler-y :) (hide spoiler)]

Scott wrote: "I’m wondering if this book foreshadowed the Great Depression that started 4 years after after it was released. The East Eggers like the Buchanans and Jordan where in the class that was already rich..."

Ooh good thoughts. You touched on a lot I hadn't considered.

I will read it ASAP!

Scott wrote: "I liked this book a lot more than I did 30 years ago. Does Tom even have a conscience? And Daisy, I guess she is just meant for Tom. Both are just awful people. Dishonest Jordan enough said. Tragic..."

That's a good take away re: the fabrication of the American Dream.

I felt bad for Gatsby myself. Daisy and Tom were terrrrrible!

Everyone's doing great! Keep up the good work :)

3/20 done!

Lynn wrote: "This made me re-read my Goodreads review posted in 2013. I reread this some 40 years later from my initial read at the age of 16. (Not as a school requirement, but just because...) What struck me w..."

I noticed that! lol (view spoiler)[He even went to meet Tom's mistress with no argument whatsoever. (hide spoiler)]

This book affected me soooo much! I am still thinking about it days later lol

Jana wrote: "Hey girls,

just a quick question... I have been monitoring your group for a while and like what you do. However, I feel like... you do not read the books I am into that much? And I tried but do n..."

Be sure to check out the Buddy reads section. You can specifically state which books you want to read. Hope you stay with the group. They do amazing things here.

Welcome to the challenge, newcomers. Hope you enjoy your reading!