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Hi-newbie here! I want to participate in this challenge for the first time, so I picked 12 books to see how it goes. Depending on how I do, I may extend it and redraw a second set.
Jack: 2012
Queen: 2013
King: 2017
1. Six of Diamonds/1976-1999/G-L The House of the Spirits
2. Six of Hearts/1976-1999/M-R Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
3. Four of Hearts/2007-2011/M-R The Piano Teacher
5. Jack of Clubs/2012/ A-F Code Name Verity
6. Five of Spades/2000-2006/S-Z True Evil
7. Queen of Hearts/2013/M-R A Place at the Table
8. Queen of Diamonds/2013/G-L The Husband's Secret
9. Ace of Hearts/2019-2020/M-R The Most Fun We Ever Had
10. Three of Hearts/2012-2015/M-R A Paris Apartment
11. Five of Diamonds/2000-2006/G-L The Ice Princess
12. Jack of Clubs/2012/A-F Bring Up the Bodies

January 1st, 2020 - December 31st, 2020
Jack: 2011
Queen: 2018
King: 2010
1. Six of Hearts: 1976-1999 M-R - Memoirs of a Geisha pub. 1997
2. Five of Hearts: 2000-2006 M-R - A Million Little Pieces pub. 2003
3. Jack of Hearts: 2011 M-R : The Night Circus pub. 2011
4. Ace of Diamonds: 2019-2020 G-L - Know My Name pub 2019
5. Black Joker: Any TBR Prior to 2020 - Little Women and Other Novels pub 2018; or 1868, 1869, and 1886
6. Nine of Clubs: 1900-1925 A-F - The Age of Innocence pub. 1920
7. Nine of Spades: 1900-1925 S-Z - The Secret Garden pub. 1910
8. Queen of Spades: 2018 S-Z - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland pub. 2018
9. Four of Clubs: 2007-2011 A-F - A Cup of Friendship pub. 2011
10. Ace of Hearts: 2019-2020 M-R - The Most Fun We Ever Had pub. 2019
11. Seven of Spades: 1951-1975 S-Z - Sula pub. 1973
12. Seven of Clubs: 1951-1975 A-F - The Catcher in the Rye pub. 1951

Karin wrote: "Oh, no, I forgot to post my years for my face cards. Is this merciless and I'm done, ..."
lol Karin - we are not monsters ha ha ha
Pick them when you're ready ;)
But once you've picked them, they're set in stone.
lol Karin - we are not monsters ha ha ha
Pick them when you're ready ;)
But once you've picked them, they're set in stone.

lol Karin - we are not monsters ha ha ha
Pick them when you're ready ;)
But once you've pic..."
Great, sounds good :). I'll make sure I have a hard copy of this and will pick those years, post them and then, yes, they'll be set in stone.

Shoot, I did my planning on my Excel worksheet and just realized that I had not added my books to my plan here. OK...now I am ready.

The colour of the cards indicate the bands of Letter of First Word of Title (excluding A, An, The):
CLUBS: A-F
DIAMONDS: G-L
HEARTS: M-R
SPADES: S-Z
The ranks/suits of the cards indicate the range of years (inclusive) book was published in:
Ace: 2019 - 2020
2: 2016 - 2018
3: 2012 - 2015
4: 2007 - 2011
5: 2000 - 2006
6: 1976 - 1999
7: 1951 - 1975
8: 1926 - 1950
9: 1900 - 1925
10: pre 1900s
Jack: 2017
Queen: 2018
King: 2019
Jokers: Read any book that has been on your TBR prior to 1 January 2020
0/5
1. Queen of Clubs - 2018/A-F The Duke I Once Knew
2. Six of Diamonds - 1976-1999/G-L Gypsy Lady
3. Jack of Clubs - 2017/A-F The Bride Who Got Lucky
5. Seven of Clubs - 1951-1975/A-F Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
6. Ace of Clubs - 2019-2020/A-F The Bromance Book Club
sorry, Charity... I've fixed that now :)
Please let me know if I've missed anyone else, I've just checked again but I still could've missed you.
Please let me know if I've missed anyone else, I've just checked again but I still could've missed you.
I'm starting with 5 cards and will add to it as I get them finished:
Queen of Diamonds
Ace of Clubs
Ten of Clubs
Nine of Hearts
Queen of Clubs
Queen of Diamonds
Ace of Clubs
Ten of Clubs
Nine of Hearts
Queen of Clubs

I probably won't read all 26 books but I want a longer list to choose from to try to fit into other challenges.
6/26 DONE
Jacks (2000)
Queens (2001)
Kings (2005)
1.
2. Four of Diamonds (G-L 2007-2011) - The Lotus Eaters (2010)
3. Seven of Diamonds (G-L 1951-1975) - Lolita (1955)
4.
5.
6. Two of Hearts (M-R 2016-2018) - News of the World (2016)
7. Eight of Hearts (M-R 1926-1950) - The Plague (1947)
8.
9. Seven of Diamonds (G-L 1951-1975) - The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom (1956)
10. Queen of Clubs (A-F 2001) - Bel Canto
11. Six of Clubs (A-F 1976-1999) - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1997)
12.
13. Eight of Diamonds (G-L 1926-1950) - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940)
14. Five of Hearts (M-R 2000-2006) - Moloka'i (2003)
15. Jack of Hearts (M-R 2000) - Paris to the Moon - (2000)
16. King of Hearts (M-R 2005) - A Mango-Shaped Space - (2005)
17. Ace of Diamonds (G-L 2019-2020) - The Island of Sea Women (2019)
18.
19. Four of Clubs (A-F 2007-2011) The Art of Disappearing (2009)
20. Six of Diamonds (G-L 1976-1999) Icy Sparks (1998)
21. Queen of Hearts (M-R 2001) - Morality for Beautiful Girls (2001)
22. Jack of Diamonds (G-L 2000) - House of Leaves - (2000)
23. Two of Diamonds (G-L 2016-2017) - Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House (2016)
24. Ten of Hearts (M-R pre 1900's) - Romeo and Juliet (1595)
25. Queen of Spades (S-Z 2001) - The Summer of Riley (2001)
26. Eight of Spades (S-Z 1926-1950) - To the Lighthouse (1927)

Lusie wrote: "At first I didn't want to join, then I started with 5 and already upped my goal to 12. These challenges are just too fun to resist lol"
LOL glad to have you surrender, Lusie... I'm finding the 'tasks' quite easy to fulfill :)
LOL glad to have you surrender, Lusie... I'm finding the 'tasks' quite easy to fulfill :)

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The colour of the cards indicate the bands of Letter of First Word of Title (excluding A, An, The):
CLUBS: A-F
DIAMONDS: G-L
HEARTS: M-R
SPADES: S-Z
The ranks/suits of the cards indicate the range of years (inclusive) book was published in:
Ace: 2019 - 2020
2: 2016 - 2018
3: 2012 - 2015
4: 2007 - 2011
5: 2000 - 2006
6: 1976 - 1999
7: 1951 - 1975
8: 1926 - 1950
9: 1900 - 1925
10: pre 1900s
Jack: 2017
Queen: 2018
King: 2019
Jokers: Read any book that has been on your TBR prior to 1 January 2020
Ace of Clubs A Dance of Cranes by Steve Burrows
Two of Clubs
Three of Clubs. Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to her Son John Julius Norwich 1939-1952 by Lady Diana Cooper
Four of Clubs Detroit by Lisa D'Amour
Five of Clubs Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
Six of Clubs. Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
Seven of Clubs Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Eight of Clubs Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Nine of Clubs
Ten of Clubs Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Jack of Clubs
Queen of Clubs. Educated by Tara Westover
King of Clubs. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Ace of Diamonds
Two of Diamonds The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
Three of Diamonds The Girl Next Door by Ruth Rendell
Four of Diamonds
Five of Diamonds
Six of Diamonds The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
Seven of Diamonds
Eight of Diamonds Live Alone and Like It by Marjorie Hillis
Nine of Diamonds
Ten of Diamonds The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Jack of Diamonds. Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
Queen of Diamonds
King of Diamonds
Ace of Hearts
Two of Hearts
Three of Hearts
Four of Hearts Ruined by Lynn Nottage
Five of Hearts March by Geraldine Brooks
Six of Hearts Quicksand and Cactus by Juanita Brooks
Seven of Hearts The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White
Eight of Hearts Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Nine of Hearts
Ten of Hearts The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
Jack of Hearts
Queen of Hearts
King of Hearts
Ace of Spades
Two of Spades
Three of Spades The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
Four of Spades
Five of Spades
Six of Spades Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland
Seven of Spades
Eight of Spades
Nine of Spades
Ten of Spades Sappho by Sappho
Jack of Spades. Sweat by Lynn Nottage
Queen of Spades
King of Spades
Joker 1 Together Tea by Marjan Kamali
Joker 2 The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook
Moving Mountains 2020
January 1 - December 31
First Run - 0/5
King = ?
Queen = 2018
Jack = ?
1 - Queen of Diamonds - 2018, G-L
2 - Ace of Clubs - 2019-2020, A-F
3. 10 of Clubs - Pre 1900s, A-F
4. 9 of Hearts - 1900-1925, M-R
5. Queen of Clubs - 2018, A-F
I was going to go ahead and list my books, but apparently the search function is not working
January 1 - December 31
First Run - 0/5
King = ?
Queen = 2018
Jack = ?
1 - Queen of Diamonds - 2018, G-L
2 - Ace of Clubs - 2019-2020, A-F
3. 10 of Clubs - Pre 1900s, A-F
4. 9 of Hearts - 1900-1925, M-R
5. Queen of Clubs - 2018, A-F
I was going to go ahead and list my books, but apparently the search function is not working

Level: 52 books (52 cards in a deck)
List 1 - (view spoiler)
Ace of Spades; 2019/ T: The Midnight Unicorn
Five of Diamonds; 2000/ H: Horrid Henry And The Mummy's Curse
King of Clubs; 2016/ E: Exodus in Black
Six of Diamonds; 1997/ J: Jingo
Ten of Spades; 1892/ T: The Diary of a Nobody
Five of Spades; 2004/ T: The Intern
Four of Spades; 2011/ T: The Ivy Crown
Jack of Hearts; 2017/ 5: 5d6
Jack of Diamonds; 2015/ G: Genesis Game
List 2 - (view spoiler)
Queen of Diamonds; 1988/ T: The Road To Avalon
Four of Spades; 2007/ T: The Children of Húrin
King of Diamonds; 1996/ G: Good Omens
Six of Clubs; 1985/ F: Fire and Hemlock
Jack of Hearts; 2017/ R: Revelation Day
King of Hearts; 2017/ N: Norse Mythology
List 3 - (view spoiler)
Four of Hearts; 2011/ M: Mr. Darcy and the Secret of Becoming a Gentleman
Two of Diamonds; 2018/ 6: 6d6
Ace of Clubs; 2019/ B: Barbarian's Seduction
Jack of Diamonds; 2018/ K: Knowing is Halfling the Battle
Queen of Diamonds; 2018/ H: How to Date a Mermaid
List 4 - (view spoiler)
Red Joker; On your TBR before 2020: Christmas Kisses: A Zodiac Shifters Anthology
Three of Hearts; 2015/ N: Never Mind the Genetics
Three of Diamonds; 2012/ G: Generation Dead
Two of Diamonds; 2016/ H: Heresy: Assassin's Creed
King of Spades; 2018/ W: Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol 3
Two of Clubs; 2017/ C: Critical Failures VI
Two of Spades; 2016/ W: Wolves, Cats & Bears, Oh My!
Seven of Spades;1964/ T: The Rest of the Robots
List 5 - (view spoiler)
Ace of Clubs; 2013/ D: Dead Will Rise
Queen of Hearts; 2015/ N: The Netherfield Affair: A Dark Darcy Mystery
Ace of Clubs; 2018/ F: Five Nights at Freddy's #3: The Fourth Closet
Six of Spades; 1977/ T: The Once and Future King
King of Diamonds; 2017/ I: Ink
King of Clubs; 2015/ D: Doctor Who: City of Death
King of Spades; 1933/ T: Thank You, Jeeves
Eight of Spades; 1930/ V: Very Good, Jeeves!
Five of Hearts; 2002/ N: Night Watch

Jack: 2017
Queen: 2018
King: 2019
1. Jack of Hearts: 2017 | M-R: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
2. King of Spades: 2019 | S-Z: Thick: And Other Essays
3. Eight of Hearts: 1926 - 1950 | M-R: The Martian Chronicles
4. Seven of Hearts: 1951 - 1975 | M-R: My Family and Other Animals
5. Five of Diamonds: 2000 - 2006 | G-L: Hidden Camera
6. Five of Hearts: 2000 - 2006 | M-R: Outside Valentine
7. Two of Clubs: 2016 - 2018 | A-F: Alligator Candy: A Memoir
8. Two of Diamonds:2016 - 2018 | G-L: Good as Gone
9. Ace of Clubs: 2019 - 2020 | A-F: Bowlaway
10. Ace of Diamonds: 2019 - 2020 | G-L: Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View"
11. Ace of Diamonds: 2019 - 2020 | G-L: Little Darlings
12. Ten of Clubs: pre 1900s | A-F: Emma

7/12
Jack: 2019
Queen: 2016
King: 2018
1. Queen of Spades (2016 / S-Z):
The Underground Railroad, finished 5/12/2020
2. Queen of Clubs (2016 / A-F):
Beartown, finished 6/3/2020
3. Jack of Hearts (2019 / M-R):
Recursion, finished 5/9/2020
4. Jack of Spades (2019 / S-Z):
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
The Testaments
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Unnatural Magic
5. King of Hears (2018 / M-R):
Milkman, finished 5/4/2020
6. Five of Clubs (2000-2006 / A-F):
Anansi Boys
7. Queen of Diamonds (2016 / G-L):
The Girl With No Name
The Goldfinch
8. Four of Diamonds (2007-2011 / G-L):
The Graveyard Book, finished 6/18/2020
9. Five of Spades (2000-2006 / S-Z):
The Scar
The Shell Collector
10. Jack of Diamonds (2019 / G-L):
The Institute
11. Three of Clubs (2012-2015 / A-F):
Dollbaby, finished 10/21/2020
12. Two of Spades (2016-2018 / S-Z):
Us Against You, finished 6/16/2020

Not sure yet, but then again I didn't want to start this challenge either and look at me now lol
Woohoo, great work, Lusie!!
Hahaha, give it a bit of a break & focus on LOST then come back & do another dozen ;) Still got abt 9 months of this year to go.
Hahaha, give it a bit of a break & focus on LOST then come back & do another dozen ;) Still got abt 9 months of this year to go.

8/12









Chaos Reigning pub. May 19, 2020 read: 6.12.2020



In the Woods on list 1.2.2013 | read 2.27.2020

Assassin's Apprentice pub. May 1995 | read 2.22.2020

Keeper of the Lost Cities pub. Oct 02, 2012 | read 2.27.2020

Cold Comfort Farm pub. Sept. 8, 1932 | read 7.30.20

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie on list Jan 02, 2013 | read 5.31.2020

Ninth House pub. Oct 08, 2019 | read 1.31.2020


Death Masks pub. Aug 01, 2003 | read 3.21.2020

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Black Joker
The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII 3.5★
See review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm calling this one mostly done. I know there is a blank one. I know when I set this up a year ago, I remember not having a book to fit that spot. I was going to come back and redo it, but I think I forgot or I never got around to it. But anyways...
Moving Mountain - 2020 Ed
Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2020
Jack - 2020
Queen - 2018
King - 2016
Five of Clubs - 2000-2006 - A- F - The Bell Witch: An American Haunting by Brent Monahan
Read - 1/8/20
Rating - 3 Stars

Five of Diamonds - 2006-2006 - G-L - Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California, 1852 by Laurence Yep - 2/6/20 - 3 Stars

Three of Hearts - 2012-2015 - M - R - Magenta Rave by Janna Zonder - 12/16/20
3 Stars

Two of Spades - 2016 - 2018 - S - Z - Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix - 67/1/20 - 4 Stars

King of Spades - 2016 - S - Z - Staked by Kevin Hearne - 7/30/20 - 2 Stars

Jack of Diamonds - 2020 - G - L - Long Range by C.J. Box - 6/1/20 - 5 Stars

Four of Clubs - 2007 - 2011 - A-F - Dying to Live by Kim Paffenroth - DNF

King of Spades - 2016 S-Z - Stone Cold Magic by Jayne Faith - 9/22/20

Six of Spades - 1976 - 1999 - S - Z - The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory - 8/24/20 - 2 Stars

Queen of Spades - 2018 - S - Z - Shadow Rites by Faith Hunter - 8/20/20 - 5 stars

Six of Hearts - 1976 - 1999 - M - R - Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver - 9/29/20 - 4 Stars

King of Spades - 2016 - S - Z - Zombie Lake: Still Alive Book One by Javan Bonds - DNF - 1 Star

Michelle, is there nothing that you read during 2020 that would slot into your blank? Sometimes that works for me.

Updated post: My Moving Mountain Challenge (msg 41)
Level: 52 Books | Books Read: 52

Actually I did find something that I read that fit...Thanks for the suggestion.
Michelle wrote: "Actually I did find something that I read that fit...Thanks for the suggestion."
Nice.
Nice.

Jack - 1998
Queen - 2018
King - 2017
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons
Six of Spades (S-Z/1976-99)
Schindler's List
Watership Down
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen
Black Joker

Not bad for me - less than a year late :).
Only MM2019 (3 books) and 2021 (5 books) left to go now....
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