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No, it doesn't. The challenge is meant for you to find books that may be similar to ones you've already read and liked.
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No, it doesn't. The challenge is meant for you to find books that may be similar to ones you've already read and ..."
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********Completion Post********What Should I Read Next? Challenge 2.0
Duration: 8/19/21 - 8/19/22
Level: Bookmarked: 20 books
Starting Book: Holidays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (8/17/21)
☒ 01) True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins - Gail Shepherd 9/18/21
☒ 02) The Story Collector - Kristin O'Donnell Tubb 9/23/21
☒ 03) The Book of Boy - Catherine Gilbert Murdock 11/9/21
☒ 04) The Unadoptables - Hana Tooke 12/9/21
☒ 05) Summer of a Thousand Pies - Margaret Dilloway 10/24/21
☒ 06) The Castle of Tangled Magic - Sophie Anderson 6/7/22
☒ 07) The Astonishing Maybe - Shaunta Grimes 12/29/21
Starting Book: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (7/17/21)
☒ 01) The Guest Cat - Takashi Hiraide 4/25/22
☒ 02) How Do You Live? - Genzaburo Yoshino 8/8/22
☒ 03) The Cat Who Saved Books - Sōsuke Natsukawa 8/5/22
☒ 04) Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro 5/9/22
☒ 05) Sweet Bean Paste - Durian Sukegawa 3/29/22
Starting Book: Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry (4/24/22)
☒ 01) Louisiana's Way Home - Kate DiCamillo 7/19/22
☒ 02) Orphan Island - Laurel Snyder 7/19/22
☒ 03) Birdie - Eileen Spinelli 7/9/22
☒ 04) The Benefits of Being an Octopus - Ann Braden 7/22/22
☒ 05) OCDaniel - Wesley King 7/26/22
☒ 06) President of the Whole Fifth Grade - Sherri Winston 7/26/22
☒ 07) The House - Raelyn Drake 7/23/22
☒ 08) The Someday Birds - Sally J. Pla 7/22/22
What Should I Read Next? Challenge 2.0Duration: 8/13/22 - 8/13/23
Level: Straight Through: 30+ books
Starting Book: The Printed Letter Bookshop - Katherine Reay
☒ 01) The Summer Home - Hazel Taylor - 8/30/22
☒ 02) Oceans Apart - Karen Kingsbury - 10/14/22
☒ 03) Beach Rental - Grace Greene - 10/2/22
☒ 04) The Messy Lives of Book People - Phaedra Patrick - 11/4/22
☒ 05) The Letter from Briarton Park - Sarah E. Ladd - 11/3/22
☒ 06) Paper Wife - Laila Ibrahim - 2/10/23
☒ 07) A Christmas to Remember - Linda Brooks Davis - 3/2/23
☒ 08) The Fifth Avenue Story Society - Rachel Hauck - 4/24/23
Starting Book: Ban This Book - Alan Gratz
☒ 09) The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl - Stacy McAnulty - 10/16/22
☒ 10) Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling - 10/17/22
☒ 11) Restart - Gordon Korman - 11/5/22
☒ 12) Out of My Mind - Sharon M. Draper - 12/14/22
☒ 13) Efrén Divided - Ernesto Cisneros - 10/25/22
Starting Book: Tune It Out - Jamie Sumner
☒ 14) Caterpillar Summer - Gillian McDunn - 12/4/22
☒ 15) A Place at the Table - Saadia Faruqi - 12/12/22
☒ 16) Pax - Sara Pennypacker - 11/9/22
Starting Book: Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan
☒ 17) A Mango-Shaped Space - Wendy Mass - 3/3/23
☒ 18) 11 Birthdays - Wendy Mass - 3/4/23
☒ 19) Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 3/7/23
☒ 20) Fish in a Tree - Lynda Mullaly Hunt - 3/14/23
☒ 21) Rules - Cynthia Lord - 3/27/23
☒ 22) A Night Divided - Jennifer A. Nielsen - 3/3/23
☒ 23) The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen - 3/11/23
☒ 24) Rain Reign - Ann M. Martin - 3/5/23
Starting Book: Besties: Work It Out - Kayla Miller
☒ 25) Ride On - Faith Erin Hicks - 11/19/22
☒ 26) Miss Quinces - Kat Fajardo - 2/12/23
☒ 27) Growing Pangs - Kathryn Ormsbee - 2/19/23
☒ 28) Remarkably Ruby - Terri Libenson - 12/31/22
☒ 29) Just Roll with It - Lee Durfey-Lavoie - 1/7/23
☒ 30) The Tryout - Joanna Cacao - 12/6/22
Starting Book: Ode to a Nobody - Caroline Brooks DuBois
☒ 31) Simon Sort of Says - Erin Bow - 4/4/23
☒ 32) The Door of No Return - Kwame Alexander - 5/5/23
☒ 33) Iveliz Explains It All: - Andrea Beatriz Arango - 4/24/23
Tasks:
*Pick some of your favorite books or the last book you read.
*You may use as many starting books as you want
*MUST read AT LEAST 3 books for each starting book.
*Using the starting book's page, pick a book to read from Readers Also Enjoyed on the top right.
*Do the same for the next book you read and Repeat.
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What Should I Read Next? Challenge 2.0 (Round Two)Duration: May 5, 2022-May 4, 2023
Level
Straight Through: 30+ books
40/30+ Completed. Finished
The Cipher-Isabella Maldonado
01.Hide-Tracy Clark 4/27/23
02.No Way Back-J.B. Turner 4/27/23
03.At First Light-Barbara Nickless 3/13/23
04.Hold Back the Night-Axel Blackwell 12/08/22
A Love Letter to Whiskey-Kandi Steiner
05.Things We Never Got Over-Lucy Score 7/01/22
06.The Naked Fisherman-Jewel E. Ann 1/23/23
07.A Not So Meet Cute-Meghan Quinn 6/12/22
08.Lotus-Jennifer Hartmann 8/17/22
Throne of Scars-Autumn Jones Lake
09.Bound by Fate-Ryan Michele 5/18/22
10.Fallen Lords Christmas-Winter Travers 6/13/22
11.Jewel-Jamie Begley 6/09/22
12.Rattle Some Cages-Lani Lynn Vale 5/05/22
Dead Against Her-Melinda Leigh
13.In the Pines (Columbia River, #3)-Kendra Elliot 9/09/22
14.The Lies I Told-Mary Burton 9/09/22
15.Unforgiven,-Rebecca Zanetti 12/07/22
16.Drift-L.T. Ryan 3/14/23
Falling Embers-Catherine Cowles
17.Reason to Believe-Rebecca Yarros 6/29/22
18.The Bully-Willa Nash 11/27/22
19.Say It's Forever-A.L. Jackson 1/18/23
20.Jasper Vale-Devney Perry 3/09/23
Looking for You-Kelly Elliott
21.Following Maggie-Melanie Moreland 1/30/23
22.The Billionaire-Marni Mann 7/29/22
23.Just One Favor-Stephanie Rose 7/13/22
24.Lighthouse Way-Kristen Proby 3/17/23
A Chance for Us-Corinne Michaels
25.Taste-Melanie Harlow 8/18/22
26.Stone-Sawyer Bennett 10/21/22
27.Hands Down-Mariana Zapata 5/24/22
28.The Secret-Kristen Proby 12/17/22
The Friend Zone-Abby Jimenez
29.Fix Her Up-Tessa Bailey 4/29/23
30.The Heart Principle-Helen Hoang 5/01/23
31.People We Meet on Vacation-Emily Henry 7/05/22
32.Every Summer After-Carley Fortune 9/03/22
Her Last Word-Mary Burton
33.Lie To Her-Melinda Leigh 2/10/23
34.She Can Run-Melinda Leigh 8/17/22
35.Tracks of Her Tears-Melinda Leigh 10/16/22
36.Lonely Hearts-Lisa Gray 6/02/22
Blood's Echo-Isabella Maldonado
37.One Little Lie-Colleen Coble 12/17/22
38.Winter's Law-Stephen Penner 6/30/22
39.Girl, 11-Amy Suiter Clarke 10/28/22
40.Killer Style-Mary Stone 3/04/23
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1. Starting book: crocodile in the sandbank
2. O Little Town of Maggody"
It was posted in March that there are no more sign ups for this challenge!
I'm sad to see that this challenge will not continue. I have found a lot of great books and series thanks to this. I have finished my second round.What Should I Read Next? Challenge 2.0
Duration: One Year from Your Start Date (July 15, 2022-July 14, 2023)
Level: Bookmarked: 20 books
22/20
Starting Book #1 - Alaska Dreams by Jennifer Snow
√ With Love From Rose Bend by Naima Simone (11/21)
√ Wedding Season by Michelle Major (11/8)
√ Summer at the Cape by RaeAnne Thayne (7/29)
√ The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis (8/30)
√ The Honeymoon Cottage by Lori Foster (9/8)
√ Summer on the Island by Brenda Novak (7/24)
√ All Is Bright by RaeAnne Thayne (1/17)
Starting book #2 - Meet Cute by Helena Hunting
√ Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez (11/19)
√ Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey (8/11)
√ Well Met by Jen DeLuca (2/3)
√ Shippedby Angie Hockman (1/26)
√ It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey (5/31)
Starting book #3 - The Lieutenant's Nurse by Sara Ackerman
√ The War Nurse by Tracey Enerson Wood (9/19)
√ Angels of the Pacific: A Novel of World War II by Elise Hooper (1/8)
√ The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin (2/13)
√ The Girl from Guernica by Karen Robards (5/5)
√ When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, and Susan Meissner
√ Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff (6/5)
Starting Book #4 - The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber
√ A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn (10/13)
√ A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (8/18)
√ Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose (1/15)
√ What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris (4/12)
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We have a 2023 challenge which also uses that feature and a few others -Explore. We are trying to phase out the older challenges.
Thanks for the heads up about Explore. I'll give it a shot.
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What Should I Read Next.
7/23/2022 - 7/22/2023
Levels
Bookmarked: 20 books
Read 20
Starting book Crowned and Moldering by Kate Carlisle
1. Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay 8/4/2022
2. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett 7/12/2023
3. Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams 3/2/2023
Starting Book Risky Behavior by L.A. Witt
1. Fish Out of Water by Amy Lane 10/30/2022
2. Cask Strength by Layla Reyne 8/9/2022
3. Madison Square Murders by C.S. Poe 7/1/2023
4. Body at Buccaneer's Bay by Josh Lanyon 5/14/2023
5. Last Gasp by S.C. Wynne 5/3/2023
Starting Book Can't Hide from Me by Cordelia Kingsbridge
1. The Kite by N.R. Walker 6/18/2023
2. Secret Service by Tal Bauer 8/30/2022
3. Temporary Partner by Nicky James 7/20/2023
4.Honestly Yours by Jaime Reese 11/28/2022
Starting book Single Malt by Layla Reyne
1. Ground Zero by Aimee Nicole Walker 8/23/2022
2. Hard Hart by E. Davies 7/15/2023
3. Bruised But Not Broken by Nicole Dykes 7/18/2023
Starting book Fatal Shadows by Josh Lanyon
1. The Mystery of Nevermore by C.S. Poe 7/6/2023
2. Strange Medicine by S.C. Wynne 5/19/2023
3. The Magnolia Murders by Aimee Nicole Walker 7/13/2023
4. Wicked Heat by Ella Frank 7/17/2023
5. Boyfriend Goals by Riley Hart 5/28/2023
Finished: What Should I Read Next? Challenge 2.0Duration: 8/13/22 - 8/13/23
Level: Straight Through: 30+ books
Starting Book: The Printed Letter Bookshop - Katherine Reay
☒ 01) The Summer Home - Hazel Taylor - 8/30/22
☒ 02) Oceans Apart - Karen Kingsbury - 10/14/22
☒ 03) Beach Rental - Grace Greene - 10/2/22
☒ 04) The Messy Lives of Book People - Phaedra Patrick - 11/4/22
☒ 05) The Letter from Briarton Park - Sarah E. Ladd - 11/3/22
☒ 06) Paper Wife - Laila Ibrahim - 2/10/23
☒ 07) A Christmas to Remember - Linda Brooks Davis - 3/2/23
☒ 08) The Fifth Avenue Story Society - Rachel Hauck - 4/24/23
Starting Book: Ban This Book - Alan Gratz
☒ 09) The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl - Stacy McAnulty - 10/16/22
☒ 10) Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling - 10/17/22
☒ 11) Restart - Gordon Korman - 11/5/22
☒ 12) Out of My Mind - Sharon M. Draper - 12/14/22
☒ 13) Efrén Divided - Ernesto Cisneros - 10/25/22
Starting Book: Tune It Out - Jamie Sumner
☒ 14) Caterpillar Summer - Gillian McDunn - 12/4/22
☒ 15) A Place at the Table - Saadia Faruqi - 12/12/22
☒ 16) Pax - Sara Pennypacker - 11/9/22
Starting Book: Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan
☒ 17) A Mango-Shaped Space - Wendy Mass - 3/3/23
☒ 18) 11 Birthdays - Wendy Mass - 3/4/23
☒ 19) Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstein - 3/7/23
☒ 20) Fish in a Tree - Lynda Mullaly Hunt - 3/14/23
☒ 21) Rules - Cynthia Lord - 3/27/23
☒ 22) A Night Divided - Jennifer A. Nielsen - 3/3/23
☒ 23) The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen - 3/11/23
☒ 24) Rain Reign - Ann M. Martin - 3/5/23
Starting Book: Besties: Work It Out - Kayla Miller
☒ 25) Ride On - Faith Erin Hicks - 11/19/22
☒ 26) Miss Quinces - Kat Fajardo - 2/12/23
☒ 27) Growing Pangs - Kathryn Ormsbee - 2/19/23
☒ 28) Remarkably Ruby - Terri Libenson - 12/31/22
☒ 29) Just Roll with It - Lee Durfey-Lavoie - 1/7/23
☒ 30) The Tryout - Joanna Cacao - 12/6/22
Starting Book: Ode to a Nobody - Caroline Brooks DuBois
☒ 31) Simon Sort of Says - Erin Bow - 4/4/23
☒ 32) The Door of No Return - Kwame Alexander - 5/5/23
☒ 33) Iveliz Explains It All: - Andrea Beatriz Arango - 4/24/23
What Should I Read Next? Challenge 2.0 ~ Round #3Duration: 9/1/24 - 8/31/25
Level: Dogeared (10 books)
Progress: 10 of 10
Completed: 8/8/25
Book #1:
by Patricia Briggs1. Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews (11/17/24) ~ Hidden Legacy #5 ✯✯✯✯
2. Play of Passion by Nalini Singh (1/30/25) ~ Psy-Changeling #9 ~ ★★★.5
Book #2:
by Blake Crouch1. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (9/20/24) ✯✯✯✯✯
2. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (9/27/24) ~ The Murderbot Diaries #4 ✯✯✯✯.5
3. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (12/2/24) ~ Wayfarers #4 ✯✯✯✯.5
4. Network Effect by Martha Wells (8/8/25) ~ The Murderbot Diaries #5 ~ ★★★★.5
Book #3:
by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (#16 - Crosshairs)1. Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods (9/3/24) ~ Stone Barrington #3 (#65 - Smolder) ✯✯✯.5
2. 16th Seduction by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (11/20/24) ~ Women's Murder Club #16 ✯✯✯.5
(16th Seduction only listed Book #7 in the series as an also enjoyed, so I'm going to read another book from Dead in the Water's Readers also Enjoyed)
3. The Maze by Catherine Coulter (12/13/24) ~ FBI Thriller #2 ✯✯✯.5
4. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb (4/24/25) ~ In Death #11 ★★★★.5
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Silence Fallen (other topics)Emerald Blaze (other topics)
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This is a tough challenge!!!"
I had kind of forgotten about it till this month when it showed up on my list of ones due this month and figured I would never make even the first level.