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Deborah | 261 comments Welcome 2017


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Deborah | 261 comments SERIAL READER CHALLENGE
Duration January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017

I will finish __ series I have started before this year. (# books)
I will start __ series this year. (# books)
I will read __ series from start to finish this year. (# books)
I will read __ number of books that are part of a series. (# books)

My total number of books is _____

October Daye series: 8 books to catch up to 2017 plus the novellas in between

An Artificial Night
Late Eclipses
Home Improvement: Undead Edition
One Salt Sea
In Sea-Salt Tears
Ashes of Honor
A Fantasy Medley 2 or Rat-Catcher
No Sooner Met
Chimes at Midnight
Never Shines the Sun
Forbid the Sea
The Winter Long
Heaps of Pearl
Shattered Shields or The Fixed Stars

A Red-Rose Chain
Full of Briars
Once Broken Faith
The Brightest Fell


Aurora Teagarden series: 7 books

Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
The Julius House
Dead Over Heels
A Fool and His Honey
Last Scene Alive
Poppy Done to Death
All the Little Liars



Department Q series: 5 books (4 if #7 isn't translated yet)

A Conspiracy of Faith
Journal 64
The Marco Effect
The Hanging Girl
Selfies???

33 books (34??)


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Deborah | 261 comments A TO Z CHALLENGE -- LOCATION EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2017
18/26 completed

A: Albuquerque, New Mexico Love Letters to the Dead
B: Bayview Broken Prince
C: Court of Cats Late Eclipses
D: Devil's Drop I'll Give You the Sun
E: England The Royal We
F: Fredericksburg News of the World
G: Goldengreen Home Improvement: Undead Edition
H: The Hollow The Hollow
I: Iraq Murder in Mesopotamia
J: Jerusalem Habibi
K: Kansas City Blank Slate
L: Las Vegas The Eyes of Darkness
M: Montgomery Keep Never Seduce a Scot
N: Nekros City Grave Dance
O: Otter's Brook Corbenic
P: Paddington StationThe A.B.C. Murders
Q:
R: Ramsay House Love in the Afternoon
S: Scottish Highlands The Gift
T: Tea Gardens An Artificial Night
U:Undersea Duchy of Saltmist One Salt Sea
V: Virginia House of Leaves
W: Wexford school, London The Name of the Star
X:
Y:
Z:


message 4: by Deborah (last edited Sep 21, 2017 04:53PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments POPSUGAR 2017 READING CHALLENGE
Duration January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

This year, Popsugar is back with its Reading Challenge for 2017. We know that a lot of our members had fun with last year's challenge, so we decided to bring it back this year.

The goal is to check off all of the 40 tasks in a year, but if that's too much, feel free to set a smaller goal. If it's not enough, Popsugar has added 12 extra tasks this year for the "hardcore" reader!

Feel free to adjust tasks as you see fit for your country or language.

30/52

1. A book recommended by a librarian
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long Suicide Notes
3. A book of letters Love Letters to the Dead

4. An audiobook The Devotion of Suspect X
5. A book by a person of color Never Seduce a Scot
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the titleThe Winter Long

7. A book that is a story within a story Feed
8. A book with multiple authors Home Improvement: Undead Edition

9. An espionage thriller
10. A book with a cat on the cover No Cats Allowed
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym An Artificial Night
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read House of Leaves

13. A book by or about a person who has a disability Ginny Moon
14. A book involving travel News of the World
15. A book with a subtitle The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
16. A book that's published in 2017 Silence Fallen

17. A book involving a mythical creature Grave Dance Faeries, Kelpies
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile Charmed Life
19. A book about food
20. A book with career advice
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
22. A steampunk novel
23. A book with a red spine Dark Matter
24. A book set in the wilderness A Darkness Absolute

25. A book you loved as a child Howliday Inn
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited The Hollow
27. A book with a title that's a character's name Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
28. A novel set during wartime Salt to the Sea

29. A book with an unreliable narrator
30. A book with picturesDengeki Daisy, Vol. 08
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you Zahrah the Windseeker

32. A book about an interesting woman
33. A book set in two different time periods Dragonflight
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the titleThe Violets of March

35. A book set in a hotel
36. A book written by someone you admire
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas Poppy Done to Death
39. The first book in a series you haven't read beforeThe Name of the Star

40. A book you bought on a trip

Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love
42. A bestseller from 2016
43. A book with a family-member term in the titleA Brother's Price
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span Cat's Eye
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee Habibi

46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
Mannerpunk
47. A book with an eccentric character
48. A book that's more than 800 pages Swan Song
49. A book you got from a used book saleLate Eclipses
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book
51. A book about a difficult topic I'll Give You the Sun Several difficult topics in play
52. A book based on mythology Corbenic



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message 6: by Deborah (last edited Jan 31, 2017 12:56AM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments January:
TBR:

Maybe:
Corbenic by Catherine Fisher
Finished:
Grave Dance (Alex Craft, #2) by Kalayna Price House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson The Gift (Return of the Highlanders, #4.5) by Margaret Mallory The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1) by Maureen Johnson The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson Never Seduce a Scot (The Montgomerys and Armstrongs, #1) by Maya Banks Identical by Ellen Hopkins An Artificial Night (October Daye, #3) by Seanan McGuire Late Eclipses (October Daye, #4) by Seanan McGuire Home Improvement Undead Edition by Charlaine Harris Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 08 (Dengeki Daisy, #8) by Kyousuke Motomi Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira The Royal We by Heather Cocks Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14) by Agatha Christie


message 7: by Deborah (last edited Feb 26, 2017 03:14PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments February
TBR:
For Nothing (An Upstate New York Mafia Tale #1) by Nicholas Denmon

FINISHED:
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Love in the Afternoon (The Hathaways, #5) by Lisa Kleypas Corbenic by Catherine Fisher Broken Prince (The Royals, #2) by Erin Watt The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #25) by Agatha Christie Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) by Agatha Christie News of the World by Paulette Jiles UnBound by Neal Shusterman One Salt Sea (October Daye, #5) by Seanan McGuire In Sea-Salt Tears (October Daye, #5.1) by Seanan McGuire A Darkness Absolute (Casey Duncan, #2) by Kelley Armstrong


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message 11: by Deborah (last edited May 27, 2017 11:09PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments CLEAR ALL YOUR BOOKSHELVES CHALLENGE
DURATION: APRIL 1, 2017 to JUNE 30, 2017

1) Elements of a Kill Physical
2) Feed Physical
3) The Devotion of Suspect X Audible


Will fill in more for Summer challenge in another group for June when tasks post.


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message 14: by Deborah (last edited Sep 07, 2017 09:32PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments AUGUST:

TBR:
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

FINISHED:
Drop of Doubt (The Ghost Bird, #5) by C.L. Stone The Book Jumper by Mechthild Gläser A Separate Peace by John Knowles Faux Paw (A Magical Cats Mystery, #7) by Sofie Kelly Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1) by Robert Dugoni Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) by Dean Koontz Ross Poldark (Poldark, #1) by Winston Graham


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message 17: by Deborah (last edited Nov 25, 2017 10:06PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments November

TBR:
A Conspiracy of Faith (Department Q, #3) by Jussi Adler-Olsen After Anna by Alex Lake Crown Duel (Crown & Court, #1) by Sherwood Smith A Red-Rose Chain (October Daye, #9) by Seanan McGuire

FINISHED:
Married By Morning (The Hathaways, #4) by Lisa Kleypas Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) by Jacqueline Winspear Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1) by Grace Draven City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett Discount Armageddon (InCryptid, #1) by Seanan McGuire The Big Chili (Undercover Dish Mystery #1) by Julia Buckley


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