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I'm in for this oneGOAL: Embraced 25+
Books About Books Reading ChallengeRules: Books about books or about libraries count, which means it needs to be the main setting or theme of the book.
Level: Book Embraced: 25 or more books* (completed)
*√One Emerald Coin upon reaching the Book Embraced Level or higher in one year
from 10/7/2017 to 1/30/20
1. Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip 10/7/2017
library setting and books about books
2. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami 10/11/2017
library setting
3. The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara 11/10/2017
library setting
4. The Demon's Librarian by Lilith Saintcrow 11/18/2017
library theme, librarian
5. The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams 11/22/2017
library setting
6. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff 12/11/17
books about books
7. The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip 1/1/2018
books about books
8. The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman 1/9/18
books about books (the chase thereof), Librarians, partial library setting, constant Library presence
9. What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton 1/14/18
books about books
10. Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life by Annie Spence 5/11/18
books about books & libraries
11. Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries by Alex Johnson 5/15/18
books about libraries
12. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett 5/18/18
books about books
13. Unfit to Print by K.J. Charles 7/13/18
library setting
14. How to Live Forever by Colin Thompson 7/23/18
library setting + search for book
15. Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations by Mary Beard 7/26/18
books about books
16. The Book of Secrets by Melissa McShane 7/27/18
library setting, with oracular books
17. My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul 9/12/18
books about books
18. The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman 9/18/18
books about books (the chase thereof), Librarians, partial library setting, constant Library presence
19. The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman 9/20/18
books about books (the chase thereof), Librarians, multiple partial library settings, constant Library presence
20. The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman 9/20/18
books about books (the chase thereof), Librarians, multiple library settings, constant Library presence, Library theme
21. The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman 9/21/18
books about books (the chase thereof), Librarians, partial library setting, constant Library presence
22. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 10/1/18
books about books, library setting
23. Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany by Jane Mount 10/2/18
books about books and libraries
24. The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders by Stuart Kells 10/6/18
books about books and libraries
25. Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books by Cara Nicoletti 10/6/18
books about books
26. The Book of Heroes by Miyuki Miyabe 11/26/18
books about books, multiple partial library settings
27. The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman 11/27/18
Librarians, partial library setting, constant Library presence, partial books about books
28. Fangirl Rainbow Rowell 2/28/2019
books about books, minor library setting
29. Winter Tide Ruthanna Emrys 3/22/19
books about books (& recovery of, reading & unauthorised reading of), multiple partial library settings
30. The Missing of Clairdelune Christelle Dabos 8/23/19
books about books
31. Ascendance of a Bookworm: Daughter of a Soldier Vol. 1 (light novel) Miya Kazuki 9/21/19
books about books (the finding, reading, & recreating of + a death via book avalanche)
32. The Ten Thousand Doors of January Alix E. Harrow 10/2/19
books about books (or rather book within book within book)
33. The Little Women Cookbook:Tempting Recipes from the March Sisters and Their Friends and Family Wini Moranville 12/3/19
34. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 1 Daughter of a Soldier Vol. 3 Miya Kazuki 12/4/19
35. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 2 Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol. 1 Miya Kazuki 12/5/19
36. I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks Gina Sheridan 1/1/20
library setting
37. The Secret Chapter Genevieve Cogman 1/11/20
38. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 2 Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol. 2 Miya Kazuki 1/20/20
39. Cast in Wisdom (The Chronicles of Elantra) Michelle Sagara 1/30/20
books about books and libraries (library battle, struggle over book shaped object)
Short stories not counted:
"Beyond the Page" (Chapter 83), within Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 21 by Yuki Midorikawa 1/2/18
“Reading Lists” by Seanan McGuire, within Temporally Out of Order anthology 3/16/18
In the Stacks: Author's Enhanced Edition by Scott Lynch 8/25/18
Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan 10/1/18
"In the House of the Seven Librarians" by Ellen Klages, within Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy 10/3/18
"Sea of Brushstrokes" within Mushishi, Vol. 2 by Yuki Urushibara 10/9/18
I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land Connie Willis 12/31/18
"A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" within Apex Magazine Issue 105, February 2018 Alix Harrow 4/4/19
Checking Out Love R. Cooper 1/30/20
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Nothing But Reading ChallengesBooks About Books Reading Challenge
Duration: 6/21/2019 - Til Done!
Progress: 15 out of 25+
Levels:
Book Escape: 10-14 books
Book Bound: 15-19 books
Book Ensnared: 20-24 books
Book Embraced: 25 or more books
Rules: Books about books or about libraries count, which means it needs to be the main setting or theme of the book.
Duration: You set the pace!
Books about Books List
1. The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman - ***** - 7/17/2019 - 329 Pages
2. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald - ***** - 2/7/2020 - 394 Pages
3. Book Love by Debbie Tung - ***** - 1/28/2020 - 137 Pages
4. Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir - ***** - 4/6/2020 - 128 Pages
5. R.O.D. Read or Dream 3 by Hideyuki Kurata - ***** - 5/12/2020 - 208 Pages
6. R.O.D. Read or Dream 4 by Hideyuki Kurata - **** - 5/14/2020 - 208 Pages
7. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - ***** - 10/2/2020 - 498 Pages
8. Death Overdue by Allison Brook - **** - 11/10/2020 - 329 Pages
9. The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman - ***** - 4/12/2021 - 357 Pages
10. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel - ***** - 5/4/2021 - 156 Pages
11. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow - ***** - 12/26/2021 - 128 Pages
12. The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman - ***** - 2/21/2022 - 358 Pages
13. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - ***** - 3/19/2022 - 304 Pages
14. A Woman of the World by Rebecca Gilman - **** - 4/16/2022 - 1 Page
15. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider - ***** - 5/18/2022 - 128 Pages
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Welcome Suzanne!
Ok, I'm in, starting 22nd of October! Books about books are my weakness, lol.Just to double-check. Are non-fiction books allowed, such as The Diary of a Bookseller or Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops etc?
Book Embraced: 25 or more books (in one year) starting 1 Oct 2019
25/25
1. 1Q84
2. The Blind Assassin
3. Books That Changed History
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
5. The Uncommon Reader
6. The Thirteenth Tale
7. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
8. Breakfast of Champions
9. A Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile's Compendium
10. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
11. Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words
12. Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir
13. Confessions of a Bookseller
14. The Eyre Affair
15. The Jane Austen Society
16. The Shadow of the Wind
17. The Bermondsey Bookshop
18. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
19. More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
20. 84, Charing Cross Road
21. The Midnight Library
22. Ash and Quill
23. The Bookshop
24. The Printed Letter Bookshop
25. How to Find Love in a Book Shop
Goal: Book Voyage: 5-9 books Start date: 8/22/19
End Date: 3/13/21
Read: 9/9
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Just to double-check. Are non-fiction books allowed, such as The Diary of a Bookseller or [book:Weird..."
Yes, as long as they fit the criteria!
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1 October 2019Book Embraced: 25 or more books
Since Oct. 1, 2018 I have read the following:1. Sorcery of Thorns
2. The Printed Letter Bookshop
3. The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
4. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (close call on this one)
5. Every Trick in the Book
6. The Thirteenth Tale
7. Sword and Pen
8. The Book of Life
9. 84, Charing Cross Road
10. Murder at the Library of Congress
11. How to Find Love in a Bookshop
12. Reading People
13. On Writing
14. The Diary of a Bookseller
-------- 1st 3 quarters of 2019 above, last quarter of 2018 below
15. The Mortal Word
16. Book Girl
17. Smoke and Iron
18. I'd Rather Be Reading
19. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
So I'm Book Bound....but have a few more on my TBR cart so who knows...
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Well done Jenny, congratulations!
Books About Books, starting January 1, 2020Book Embraced: 25 or more books
25/25
1. There's A Murder Afoot Vicki Delany 1/5/20, #5 Sherlock Holmes Bookshop
2. Bound for Murder Victoria Gilbert 1/22/20, #4 Blue Ridge Library
3. The Bodies in the Library Marty Wingate 1/25/20, #1 First Edition Library
4. Homicide in Hardcover Kate Carlisle 1/27/20, #1 Bibliophile
5. The Book of Candlelight Ellery Adams 2/3/20
6. Color Me Murder Krista Davis 2/7/20
7. Libraries and Larceny Danielle Collins 2/14/20
8. Death on the Page Essie Lang 3/10/20
9. Death by Tea Alex Erickson 3/15/20
10. Murder on Cape Cod Maddie Day 3/18/20
11. Bookman Dead Style Paige Shelton 3/19/20
12. Ghostly Paws Leighann Dobbs 4/21/20
13. To Kill a Mocking Girl Harper Kincaid 5/13/20
14. A Study in Murder Callie Hutton 5/19/20
15. Body in the Bookstore Emma Lee 5/25/20
16. Booked for Death Victoria Gilbert 6/21/20 (series is Booklovers B&B)
17. A Fatal Fiction Kaitlyn Dunnett 6/26/20
18. Overdue to Die J.A. Whiting 6/28/20
19. A Killer Read Erika Chase 7/21/20
20. Classified as Murder Miranda James 7/23/20
21. Tailing a Tabby Laurie Cass 7/27/20
22. The Sayers Swindle Victoria Abbott 8/3/20
23. The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco Laura DiSilverio 8/16/20
24. Checked Out for Murder Allison Brook 9/8/20
25. Murder Most Sweet Laura Jensen Walker 9/12/20
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Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome Tari!"Thanks!
Books About Books Reading ChallengeRules: Books about books or about libraries count, which means it needs to be the main setting or theme of the book.
Level: Book Embraced: 25 or more books
One Emerald Coin upon reaching the Book Embraced Level or higher in one year
from 3/12/20 to 2/10/2021
1. Book Love Debbie Tung 3/12
2. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 1 Daughter of a Soldier Vol. 2* Miya Kazuki 3/14
3. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Vol. 1 Miya Kazuki 3/14
4. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 1 Daughter of a Soldier Vol. 3 Miya Kazuki 3/19
5. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 2 Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol. 1 Miya Kazuki 3/20
6. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Volume 2 Miya Kazuki 3/23
7. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Volume 3 Miya Kazuki 3/25
8. Upright Women Wanted Sarah Gailey 4/4 - traveling book wagon & librarian spies
9. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 2 Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol. 2 Miya Kazuki 4/21
10. Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 3 Miya Kazuki 4/21
11. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Volume 4 Miya Kazuki 4/27
12. Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 Volume 4 Miya Kazuki 5/18
13. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 3 Adopted Daughter of an Archduke vol. 1 Miya Kazuki 7/14
14. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Volume 5 Miya Kazuki 8/13
15. Or What You Will Jo Walton 8/18 - author writing a book, in dialogue with book character, & with scenes from that book included.
16. Deal with the Devil Kit Rocha 8/20 - mercenary librarians on quest for lost Library of Congress server
17. Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 3 Adopted Daughter of an Archduke vol. 2 Miya Kazuki 9/21
18. Cast in Wisdom (The Chronicles of Elantra) Michelle Sagara 11/9 - books about books and libraries (library battle, struggle over book shaped object)
19. The Dark Archive Genevieve Cogman 1/1/21
20. The Library of Alexandria: The History and Legacy of the Ancient World’s Most Famous Library 1/19/21
21. Libraries in the Ancient World Lionel Casson 2/5/21
22. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Volume 6 Miya Kazuki 2/10/21
*This light novel (& the adapted manga) series is all about finding, reading, and creating books in a world where they are rare & expensive items (as well as bringing literacy & less expensive books to the masses - to inspire more people to write so the heroine has new books to read). note: These are full length light novels despite the ridiculously low listed page count for Kindle editions - the paperback has the correct page count.
Short Stories:
The Library of Lost Things Matthew Bright 3/27
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Updated msg. 17, 14/14, will keep going and see how close I get to 25 :)
Msg 17 updated, going for the final level of 25, now at 20
And done! (post 10)Enjoyed my bookish books, thank you. :)
Books About Books Reading ChallengeApril 12, 2021 -
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Book Escape: 10-14 booksRead: 6/14
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2. Eight Perfect Murders
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4. The Bookshop on the Corner
5. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
6. How to Find Love in a Bookshop
7. The City of Dreaming Books
8. The Library
9. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
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11. Moonflower Murders
12. The Library at Mount Char
13. 84, Charing Cross Road
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16. The Prisoner of Heaven
17. Sorcery of Thorns
18. Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Books About Books Reading ChallengeBook Embraced: 25 or more books
Duration: 1/5/22 --> open
26/25
1. The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson 15/5 5★
2. Olmec Obituary by L.J.M. Owen 24/5 2.5★
3. Book Lovers by Linda M. Priestley 4/6 2★
4. The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg 15/6 4.5★
5. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 28/6 4★
6. The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill 5/7 4★
7. Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink 24/7 3★
8. The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell 26/7 4.5★
9. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 23/8 4.5★
10. The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton 29/8 2★
11. The Bermondsey Bookshop by Mary Gibson 26/9 3★
12. The Bad Mothers' Book Club by Keris Stainton 6/10 3.5★
13. Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James 16/10 3.5★
14. Yeats Is Dead! by Joseph O'Connor 26/10 1.5★
15. The Book Lovers' Companion by Lionel Shriver 10/11 3★
16. The Librarian: A Memoir by Allie Morgan 30/11 4.5★
17. The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan 11/12 3.5★
18. Odd One Out by Monica McInerney 12/12 3★
19. Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner 22/12 4★
20. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 25/12 4★
21. Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood 9/1 5★
22. I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan 14/1 3★
23. The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer 14/1 3.5★
24. The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark 17/2 3.5★
25. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels 22/2 2.5★
26. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 1/3 4★
I feel like I am completing this challenge unintentionally! LOLStart date: 1/1/22
End date: 12/21/22
Level: Book Embraced: 25 or more books
Total completed: 30!
1. Theodor Seuss Geisel - READ 1/8/22
2. Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës - READ 1/31/22
3. A Spindle Splintered - READ 2/5/22
4. 84, Charing Cross Road - READ 3/5/22
5. The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II - READ 3/9/22
6. The Library of Babel - READ 4/13/22
7. Every Heart a Doorway - READ 4/30/22
8. Sea of Tranquility - READ 5/16/22
9. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - READ 6/13/22
10. Murder at Pirate's Cove - READ 6/23/22
11. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - DNF 7/9/22
12. Book Lovers - READ 7/10/22
13. The Fault in Our Stars - READ 7/20/22
14. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History - READ 7/26/22
15. Station Eleven - READ 7/27/22
16. A Mirror Mended - READ 8/12/22
17. Love Me Whole - READ 9/22/22
18. The Hating Game - READ 10/5/22
19. The Picture of Dorian Gray - READ 11/6/22
20. Blankets - READ 11/12/22
21. On My Own at 107: Reflections on Life Without Bessie - READ 11/13/22
22. The Book of Form and Emptiness - READ 11/18/22
23. Doors Open on the Left - READ 11/19/22
24. All That's Left in the World - READ 11/21/22
25. Featherbed - READ 11/27/22
26. The Heartstopper Yearbook - READ 12/4/22
27. Boyfriend Goals - READ 12/11/22
28. Hopelessly Bromantic - DNF 12/13/22
29. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - READ 12/15/22
30. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - READ 12/17/22
2022 Books About Books Reading ChallengeRules: Books about books or about libraries count, which means it needs to be the main setting or theme of the book.
√Level: Book Embraced: 25 or more books
Duration: 2022
1. Magus of the Library, Vol. 2 Mitsu Izumi 1/17
2. Magus of the Library Vol. 3 Mitsu Izumi 2/7
3. Magus of the Library, Vol. 4 3/18
4. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Vol 4 3/20
5. Magus of the Library, Vol. 5 3/24
6. The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World, Vol. 1 Kyouka Izumi 4/18
7. The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World Vol. 2 Kyouka Izumi 4/18
8. A Witch's Printing Office, Vol. 1 Mochinchi 4/25
9. A Witch's Printing Office Vol. 2 Mochinchi 5/2
10. A Witch's Printing Office Vol. 3 Mochinchi 5/2
11. Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 2 Volume 5 Miya Kazuki 5/3
12. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 2 Volume 3 Miya Kazuki 5/6
13. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 2 Volume 4 Miya Kazuki 5/7
14. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 3 Volume 1 Miya Kazuki 5/9
15. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 3 Volume 2 Miya Kazuki 5/11
16. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 3 Volume 3 Miya Kazuki 5/11
17. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 3 Volume 4 Miya Kazuki 5/12
18. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 3 Volume 5 Miya Kazuki 5/13
19. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 4 Volume 1 Miya Kazuki 5/14
20. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 4 Volume 2 Miya Kazuki 5/15
21. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 4 Volume 7 Miya Kazuki 5/16
22. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 4 Volume 3 Miya Kazuki 5/17
23. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 4 Volume 4 Miya Kazuki 5/18
24. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 4 Volume 5 Miya Kazuki 5/20
25. Ascendance of a Bookworm: (light novel) Part 4 Volume 6 Miya Kazuki 5/21
26. 【小説28巻】本好きの下剋上～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～第五部「女神の化身VII」 香月美夜 5/28
27. 【小説29巻】本好きの下剋上～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～第五部「女神の化身VIII」 香月美夜 5/29
28. The Blood Mage Texts Sherwood Smith 6/17
29. The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World Vol. 3 Kyouka Izumi 7/4
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