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

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

Opposites Attract

Books: 10/8| Pairs: 5/4 -- CHALLENGE COMPLETED

✅ Pair #1: Life/Death
1. Life: I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama ✅
2. Death: Til a Death Do Us Part ✅

✅ Pair #2: Light/Dark
1. Light: Trip the Light Phantasmic ✅
2. Dark: The Other Side of Dark ✅

✅ Pair #3: Me/You
1. Me: Believe in Me ✅
2. You: I Know What You Did Last Summer ✅

✅ Pair #4: Night/Day
1. Night: Night Kills ✅
2. Day: Author Day ✅

✅ Pair #5: Do/Don't
1. Do: Til a Death Do Us Part ✅
2. Don't: Don't Forget Me! ✅

Clear the Shelves

COMPLETED: 51/50

1. I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama
2. Spirit Seeker
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer
4. The Hitchhiker
5. The Watcher
6. Brenda at the Prom
*7. The Crash
8. Trouble With a Capital T
9. Lost and Found
10. Princess in the Spotlight
11. Texas Ranger
12. Shakespeare's Trollop
*13. 12th of Never
14. Jennifer's Secret
15. Promises to the Dead
16. Journey to Nowhere
17. Weep No More, My Lady
*18. Blind Date
19. Big Boned
20. Broken Promises
21. The House on Mango Street
*22. The Lottery Winner
23. A Matter of Trust
24. The Perfect Paragon
25. Secrets in the Shadows
26. Undercurrents
27. The Widow
28. Someone to Love Me
*29. The Other Side of Dark
30. The Bully
31. The Gun
32. Run for Your Life
33. Until We Meet Again
34. Blood Is Thicker
35. The Proud and The Beast: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
*36. Beware the Shopping Mall
37. Best Friends and Drama Queens
38. Brothers in Arms
39. April Fools
40. Summer of Secrets
41. Dawn
42. The Fallen
43. Shattered
44. The Case of the Missing Marquess
45. The Secret of Terror Castle
46. Search for Safety
47. No Way Out
48. Schooled
49. Haunted Lighthouse
50. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
51. Breaking Point

*2025

20 Questions

COMPLETED: 8/10

Famous Fictional Person
1. Royalty
2. Teenage protagonist: Spirit Seeker by Joan Lowery Nixon (1/10/25)
3. Book series character: Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris (1/6/25)
4. Has a cat: Silent Witness by Carol Ellis (2/9/25)
5. (view spoiler)[Mia Thermopolis ~ Princess in the Spotlight (hide spoiler)] (2/22/25)

Food:
1. Made into a TV movie: Weep No More, My Lady by Mary Higgins Clark (3/22/25)
2. Mystery MPG: Jessi and the Jewel Thieves by Ann M. Martin (2/2/25)
3. Sweet treats on the cover: Poison in the Pastries by Susan Harper (3/2/25)
4. Female Protagonist: The Watcher by Lael Littke (1/23/25)
5. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

*Idea borrowed from Jenna DNF Queen with permission. For fun. The goal is to read a book published every year since I've been born, including my birth year (1982). Started in April 2024.*

Books Read:
🧁 1982: The Specter by Joan Lowery Nixon ✔️
1983: Secrets ✔️
1984: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros ✔️
1985: Death of a Gossip by M.C. Beaton ✔️
1986: The Matchmakers by Debbie Macomber ✔️
1987: Twisted by R.L. Stine ✔️
1988: New Girl in Town by Judy Baer ✔️
1989: Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise by Ann M. Martin ✔️
1990: Halloween Party by R.L. Stine ✔️
1991: Sudden Death by Nicholas Adams ✔️
1992: Jessi's Gold Medal by Ann M. Martin ✔️
1993: Spring Break by Nicholas Pine ✔️
1994: Why I'm Afraid of Bees by R.L. Stine ✔️
1995: The Julius House by Charlaine Harris ✔️
1996: Prom Date by Diane Hoh ✔️
1997: Sabrina the Teenage Witch by Bobbi J.G. Weiss ✔️
1998: The Cold, Hard Fax by Leslie O'Kane ✔️
1999:
2000: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot ✔️
2001: Leap of Faith by Danielle Steel ✔️
2002: Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came by M.C. Beaton✔️
2003: Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate by M.C. Beaton ✔️
2004: The Rose Queen by M.E. Rabb ✔️
2005: Murder on a Starry Night by Sally Goldenbaum ✔️
2006: Love, Lies and Liquor by M.C. Beaton ✔️
2007: Big Boned by Meg Cabot ✔️
2008: The New Girl by Meg Cabot ✔️
2009: Ready-Made Family by Cheryl Wyatt (5/18/24) ✔️
2010: Thirteen Plus One by Lauren Myracle ✔️
2011: Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard (5/2/24) ✔️
2012: Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard ✔️
2013: 12th of Never by James Patterson ✔️
2014: Mia Fashion Plates and Cupcakes by Coco Simon ✔️
2015: Kristy's Great Idea by Raina Telgemeier ✔️
2016: Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart ✔️
2017: Mister Hockey by Lia Riley ✔️
2018: Texas Ranger by James Patterson ✔️
2019: Finding Forever by Mona Ingram ✔️
2020: Guardian Witch by Valia Lind ✔️
2021: Poison in the Pastries by Susan Harper ✔️
2022: The Christmas Cottage by Christine Rimmer ✔️
2023:
2024: Emily's Cupcake Magic! (1) by Coco Simon ✔️
2025: The Crash by Freida McFadden ✔️

Challenges

Around the Year Challenge

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Lifetime Challenge

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Yearly Challenges

20 Questions

Clear the Shelves

Opposites Attract

Serial Reader

Wheel of Feels

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Quarterly Threads

Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4

Helloooo there! Welcome to my page!!

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Reading Goals
Read at least 110 books (84/110)
Donate 50 books to the library (40/50)
✔️ Finish at least 2 yearly challenges (2/2)
Finish at least 2 monthly challenges (0/2)
Finish 3 book series (2/3)
Read 16 books over 300 pages (8/16)
Read 4 books over 400 pages (1/4)

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Past Challenge Threads
2022 Challenge Thread
2023 Challenge Thread
2024 Challenge Thread

Anissa wrote: "I received the following five books:

You're so welcome. And the author changed the name on the Serenity one. It's originally called Find Me in Serenity: Book 1 I hope you enjoy everything :)

Carri Carey wrote: "All the emails have been sent! If you haven't received it, check your spam folder. It will be coming from goodreadscarricarey@yahoo.com.
If you still haven't received it, please send me a message ..."

Thanks so much for organizing this Carri. I have a blast every year I participate :)

I just got my 'assignment' so check your emails :)

I don't think they've been mailed out yet. ;)

Kat wrote: "Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson the word time in title"

I have that book. I will second this.

Msg. #4

Completed: 65/80

Physical Books: 56/70
Ebooks: 9/10

Oh love this theme. I nominate The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman which is listed as a cozy mystery on the main page of the book profile.

All Signed up! This is such a fun event every year. TY for hosting it.

I nominate Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson - a book about a young woman who stops talking after a devastating incident and needs to find her voice again.

My challenge is complete!

54/52 books finished. Msg. 23.

Thanks for hosting!!

Mansi V wrote: "Hi, I have some other books lined up for September so hoping to start this around mid September!"

Same :)

Thank you for hosting this. My team was awesome and I'd welcome being matched with them again!

Yes Betty, thank you. You were an awesome team leader!

Do we know who won? :)