2021 Crazy Challenge Connection

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The Dakota Challenge
Duration: December 1, 2020 - February 28, 2021



READ: 14/18

✔ 1. Read a book that mentions any US state or country name in its title OR read a book that takes place in a remote location; tell us where.
The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan 1/15
(in a remote location in the Amazon rain forest in Ecuador)

2. Read a book that takes place in the Old American West (~1865-1920; setting must be in the American West (TX, NM, AZ, WY, CO, SD)); tell us when and where OR read a book with a character who is a Native American; tell us who.

✔ 3. Read a book originally published in October of any year; tell us when OR read a book in which a sewing machine is mentioned; copy the passage and state its location.
Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight - Grace Burrowes (pub Oct 2, 2012) 12/25

✔ 4. Read a book that takes place in Germany or has a character of German descent; tell us who OR read a book that has a 'grand' building on its cover; post the cover.
Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10


✔ 5. Read a book with a square object on its cover; post the cover OR read a book in which horse-drawn carriages are the main conveyance for the time.
Consigned to Death - Jane K. Cleland (square table) 12/15


✔ 6. Read a book that is next-in-series for you (the first book of a series will not count); tell us the series and the book's position OR read a book in which a festive occasion occurs; tell us what.
Deadlock - Catherine Coulter 12/18

✔ 7. Read a book in which the main character lives 'in the lap of luxury' or is very wealthy; tell us who OR read a book whose total page count contains an intact "14" or an intact "49" in its total page count; tell us the total number of pages.
Man at Work - Elaine Fox (heroine) 12/19

✔ 8. Read book with a staircase pictured on its cover; post the cover OR read a book with the word "FOUR" in its title; exact matches only.
When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander 12/6


✔ 9. Read a book whose title begins with a letter in "DUMBWAITER," (Ignore the articles "a," "an," "the") OR read a book in which the main character has young children; tell us who, as well as how many children.
Under Currents - Nora Roberts 12/26

✔ 10. Read a book with a manicured garden or expanse of lawn on its cover; post the cover OR read book #72 or #73 on your TBR, sorted however you choose; tell us which number and how you sorted the list.
Crystal Sage - Kara Dalkey (#73, randomly sorted TBR) 1/23

✔ 11. Read a book in which a destructive fire is the main focus of the book's plot (i.e. more than a campfire or a controlled fire to burn trash) OR read a book in which theMB< author's first and last initial may be found in 'FORBIDDEN."
Chasing Rabbits - Erin R Bedford 12/19

12. Read a book that takes place in Manhattan (Manhattan only, none of the other NYC boroughs will count) OR read a book by an author who has died; bonus if some of the author's work was only published posthumously.

13. Read a book in which a character plays the piano (either professionally or recreationally); tell us who OR read a book which has never gone out of publication; this list may help.

✔ 14. Famous residents including: Lauren Bacall, Leonard Bernstein, Connie Chung, Rosemary Clooney, Harlan Coben, José Ferrer, Roberta Flack, Judy Garland, Lillian Gish, Boris Karloff, Sean Lennon, Joe Namath, Rudolf Nureyev, Rosie O'Donnell, Patrick O'Neal, Maury Povich, Gilda Radner, Jason Robards, and U2's Bono.
Read a book by an author whose first or last name matches the first or last name of one of the famous residents - exact matches only; tell us which resident/author OR read a biography or memoir of a famous person; tell us who if not evident in the book's title.
Proof of Murder - Lauren Elliott (Lauren Bacall) 12/25

✔ 15. Read a book with a "5" in its original year of publication; tell us the year OR read a book in which a parent is viewed by others as being protective of their child; tell us who.
Close-Up - Virginia Kantra (pub July 5, 2005) 12/28

✔ 16. Read a book with a 4+ letter word in its title that matches a word in Lennon's iconic song Imagine OR read a book where a crowd assembles to protest or commemorate something; tell us what.
The Hidden World - Alison Baird 1/6

17. Read a book that takes place between 1969 - 1976, inclusive; tell us when OR read a book that has been republished with new material - i.e. a new forward, new notes, lost text, etc; tell us the new addition.

✔ 18. Read a book that was expensive to purchase; tell us why OR read a book in which a real estate transaction takes place; briefly tell us what.
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (paid full price at B&N) 1/19

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Winter Scavenger Challenge Antarctica
Duration: December 21, 2020 - March 20, 2021

READ: 23/26

✔️1. Antarctica is cold (and water is wet).
🐧 Read a book which has the word COLD in its title (compound words are okay).
A Cold Day in Hell - Stella Cameron 2/25

✔️2. Antarctica is a desert.
🐧 Read a book that has a landscape without water on the cover (post the cover).
Lavender Blue - Donna Kauffman 12/29


✔️3. Antarctica is windy.
🐧 Read a book whose cover is almost completely white (post the cover).
Plover Island Breakdown - Joel Brown 3/16


✔️4. Antarctica has a ton of ice, and so, a lot of water.
🐧 Read a book that is mostly set in a coastal town/city (tell us where the book is set).
Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose (Long Island NY) 2/10

5. Antarctica has several lakes hidden under ice.
🐧 Read a non fiction book that teaches you something (it doesn't necessarily have to be science, even language or history is okay as long as it is informative. Tell us what you learned).

✔️6. It has a creepy waterfall called "Blood Falls".
🐧 Read a book with blood on the cover (post the cover).
Ivory - Steve Merrifield 12/27


✔️7. It also has a rift the size of the Grand Canyon.
🐧 Read a book first published in 2009 or 2010 (tell us when).
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith (pub 2009) 1/9

✔️8. There are mountains above and below the surface.
🐧 Read a book that is divided in two in some way (it could be divided into two timelines, two narrators, two parts and so on. Tell us how your book fits).
Lost Without You - Molly O'Keefe (two point of views) 2/21

9. It has two active volcanoes.
🐧 Read a book whose author's first and last initial is in the word EREBUS (ignore middle initials, if any).

✔️10. Antarctica was once a tropical continent.
🐧 Read a book with a furred animal in the story (let us know what kind).
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper - Carole Nelson Douglas (cat named Louie) 1/25

✔️11. The entire continent is dedicated for research.
🐧 Read a book in which a document of some sort is signed (tell us what).
The Bourbon Kings - J.R. Ward (a divorce decree) 2/17

✔️12. It has no official Time Zone.
🐧 Read a book that has a time related word in the title. (For the purpose of this challenge, choose from these: Time, Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Night, Afternoon/Noon, Evening, Week, Month, Year. Compound words are okay).
A Second Chance - Jodi Taylor 1/29

✔️13. Glaciology is the scientific study of glaciers.
🐧 Read a book in which the main character has a profession that fascinates you (tell us which profession).
Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare (scriptologist) 2/12

✔️14. You are not allowed to work in Antarctica unless
🐧 Read a book in which a surgery is performed.
Not That Kind of Girl - Susan Donovan (C-section) 2/18

✔️15. Babies have been born in Antarctica.
🐧 Read a book set in South America (bonus for Argentina. Tell us where it's set).
The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan (Ecuador) 1/15

✔️16. Antarctica has the midnight sun phenomenon just like the Arctic circle.
🐧 Use a book that kept you reading at night.
Wrong Alibi - Christina Dodd 2/22

✔️17. There are no reptiles in Antarctica, but there are penguins!
🐧 Read a book with an object that is both black and white on the cover (if the whole cover is only black and white, that works also. Post the cover).
Death by Vanilla Latte - Alex Erickson (cat) 12/30


✔️18. Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole.
🐧 Read a book whose title has been renamed for whatever reason. Tell us both titles.
Calamity Jayne Rides Again - Kathleen Bacus (Calamity Jayne and Fowl Play at the Fair) 1/14

✔️19. But reaching the South Pole was a race and the losing party lost everything.
🐧 Read a book in which a tragedy occurs (using spoiler quotes if needed, tell us what it is).
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (view spoiler)[MC dies (hide spoiler)] 1/19

✔️20. Non-native species are not allowed on Antarctica.
🐧 Read a book with a canine (the animal, not the teeth) on the cover (post the cover).
Guys & Dogs - Elaine Fox 3/19


✔️21. Meteorites are everywhere!
🐧 Read a book set in space.
The Rivals - Mechele Armstrong 12/31

✔️22. The Circumpolar Current circles around Antarctica.
🐧 Read a book that has a donut/ring shape on the cover (post the cover).
Call of the Colossus - K.C. May 3/5


✔️23. There is a point called the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility.
🐧 Use a book that feels inaccessible for any reason (for example, there are a few books that make me feel very dim, because they're too clever, too dense or written in not easily understandable way. Tell us why your book felt inaccessible).
WWW: Wake - Robert J. Sawyer 2/28
(too many disconnected plots, very confusing and scientific)

✔️24. Antarctica hosts marathons.
🐧 Read the last book from a long running series (>15 published books. If the series isn't complete, read the last published book. Tell us the series and the position of your book).
Smoke and Fire - Donna Grant (Dark Kings #9/18) 1/30

✔️25. The hole in the ozone layer first formed over Antarctica.
🐧 Read a book with a main character whose name (first or last) begins with an O (tell us the name).
The Awakening - Nora Roberts (Keegan O'Brion) 1/22

26. We cannot talk about Antarctica without talking about climate change.
🐧 Read a book set on apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic Earth (bonus for climate change end times).

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Winter Spell Challenge Antarctica
Duration: December 21, 2020 - March 20, 2021

READ: 30/30

Antarctica
A: The Hidden World - Alison Baird 1/6
N: A New Leash on Death - Susan Conant 1/23
T: Savage Awakening - J.D. Tyler 12/26
A: The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15
R: The Requiem Red - Brynn Chapman 2/13
C: Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins 12/21
T: To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain 1/1
I: Illumination - Susannah Sandlin 12/24
C: The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis 1/8
A: Poisonous - Allison Brennan 1/26

Polar Plateau
P: Poison in Paddington - Samantha Silver 2/14
O: Out of the Blue - S.L. Rottman 3/1
L: Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight - Grace Burrowes 12/25
A: The Pretty Ones - Ania Ahlborn 1/27
R: Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4

P: The Princess Knight - G.A. Aiken 3/10
L: Best Wishes Always - Lucy Finn 2/26
A: The Cheerio Killings - Doug Allyn 1/30
T: Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 1/3
E: Caged - Ellison Cooper 3/6
A: A Darkness Absolute - Kelley Armstrong 2/20
U: Under Currents - Nora Roberts 12/26

Whiteout
W: Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8
H: The Seelie King - Heather Killough-Walden 1/12
I: The Storm Bringer - Isabel Cooper 1/20
T: The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10
E: Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth 3/13
O: Open Season - C.J. Box 3/11
U: Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 1/30
T: A Second Chance - Jodi Taylor 1/29

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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No Way! 40 Man Roster
Start Date: June 1, 2020
End Date: March 31, 2022

Team: Baltimore Orioles ~ 39 players

✅1. Keegan Akin (10)
K: Killed on Blueberry Hill - Sharon Farrow 8/14/20
E: Murder by the Book - Lauren Elliott 6/15/20
E: Highfire - Eoin Colfer 7/24/20
G: Deadly Currents - Beth Groundwater 8/18/20
A: Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux 6/9/20
N: Necessary Magic - Val St. Crowe 7/3/20

A: The Age of Ash - Andrenik Y. Sergoyan 6/20/20
K: King of Hearts - Cheyenne McCray 6/7/20
I: Sweep of the Blade - Ilona Andrews 6/11/20
N: New Uses for Old Boyfriends - Beth Kendrick 7/17/20

✅2. Shawn Armstrong (14)
S: Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn 7/7/20
H: Healer's Choice - Jory Strong 6/5/20
A: Within These Walls - Ania Ahlborn 6/28/20
W: The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski 7/5/20
N: New Year's Eve Murder - Leslie Meier 7/28/20

A: The Blacksmith Queen - G.A. Aiken 6/28/20
R: Courting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 6/2/20
M: Witches' Brew - Morgana Best 6/25/20
S: Samael - Heather Killough-Walden 8/13/20
T: Traggedy Ann - Sinclair Browning 7/19/20
R: The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan 6/10/20
O: Boundary Crossed - Melissa F. Olson 6/2/20
N: Come Home Again - Nana Malone 7/31/20
G: Genesis - Bernard Beckett 7/14/20

✅3. Richard Bleier (13)
R: A Map of Days - Ransom Riggs 6/12/20
I: Highland Dragon Warrior - Isabel Cooper 6/17/20
C: Cherry Cheesecake Murder - Joanne Fluke 8/6/20
H: Hunter - Jax 6/9/20
A: The Song of David - Amy Harmon 7/2/20
R: Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine 6/14/20
D: Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire 6/4/20

B: Back in Black - Lori Foster 6/5/20
L: Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My - Denise Swanson 6/16/20
E: Suddenly Psychic - Elizabeth Hunter 8/1/20
I: Highland Dragon Rebel - Isabel Cooper 6/23/20
E: Driven - Eve Kenin 8/5/20
R: Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine 6/13/20

✅4. Cody Carroll (11)
C: Castle Perilous - John DeChancie 8/27/20
O: Chinook, Wine and Sink Her - Morgan Q. O'Reilly 7/29/20
D: Drive Me Crazy - Jenna Bayley-Burke 6/17/20
Y: Private Affair - Rebecca York 8/16/20

C: Dragon Dawn - Deborah O'Neill Cordes 8/30/20
A: The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley 7/3/20
R: The Razor's Edge - Joss Llewelyn 6/23/20
R: Golden in Death - J.D. Robb 7/8/20
O: The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9/20
L: Say No To Joe? - Lori Foster 7/12/20
L: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry 7/22/20

✅5. Miguel Castro (12)
M: Middlegame - Seanan McGuire 6/26/20
I: Talon/Xavier - Alexandra Ivy & Laura Wright 6/27/20
Q: The Song of the Quarkbeast - Jasper Fforde 11/29/20
U: The Ballerina & the Fighter - Ursula Sinclair 6/27/20
E: Murder in the Storybook Cottage - Ellery Adams 8/7/20
L: Death of a Trophy Wife - Laura Levine 8/6/20

C: Grand Slam - J.T. Cheyanne 9/22/20
A: All Knight Long - John G. Hartness 7/9/20
S: Stalked - Brian Freeman 7/14/20
T: Trouble in Bloom - Heather Webber 8/31/20
R: Rules of Contact - Jaci Burton 7/13/20
O: Of Dawn and Embers - Kyoko M. 10/24/20

✅6. Alex Cobb (7)
A: All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace 7/10/20
L: The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3/20
E: Fallen Angel - Eden Bradley 8/19/20
X: Claim The Leopard Princess - Meg Xuemei X. 9/14/20

C: Dust to Dust - Beverly Connor 9/18/20
O: Of Fury and Fangs - Kyoko M. 10/31/20
B: The Fallen Vampire - Beata Blitz 7/18/20
B: A Bad Day for Sunshine - Darynda Jones 7/23/20

✅7. Paul Fry (7)
P: Plaid and Plagiarism - Molly MacRae 6/6/20
A: Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess - Phil & Kaja Foglio 7/17/20
U: UNSUB - Meg Gardiner 7/27/20
L: Solomon vs. Lord - Paul Levine 8/15/20

F: The Final Fight - JD Salsbury 6/3/20
R: Ral's Woman - Laurann Dohner 7/15/20
Y: Dark Warrior - Rebecca York 8/14/20

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✅8. Mychal Givens (12)
M: Mariana - Susanna Kearsley 6/30/20
Y: The Shimmering Road - Hester Young 2/27/21
C: Firestorm Forever - Deborah Cooke 9/24/20
H: Heir of the Dog -Judi McCoy 6/18/20
A: Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/19/20
L: Crooked River - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 9/20/20

G: Magic of Thieves - C. Greenwood 7/1/20
I: Highland Dragon Master - Isabel Cooper 6/28/20
V: Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard 7/20/20
E: By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates 8/20/20
N: Alpha Night - Nalini Singh 8/1/20
S: Soul Scorched - Donna Grant 8/20/20

✅9. Hunter Harvey (12)
H: How to Love Your Elf - Kerrelyn Sparks 6/20/20
U: Unexpected Mates - Grace Brennan 9/26/20
N: Night of the Dragon - Julie Kagawa 8/8/20
T: Trick or Treat Murder - Leslie Meier 8/12/20
E: An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/10/20
R: A Memory for Murder - Ruby Loren 8/10/20

H: The House of Dolls - David Hewson 7/11 /20
A: Cursed - Alexa Egan 7/24/20
R: Murder is a Monkey's Game - Ruby Loren 8/11/20
V: Christmas with a Vampire - Bonnie Vanak 12/4/20
E: Seeking Pack Redemption - Eve Langlais 10/25/20
Y: Much Ado About You - Samantha Young 7/16/21

✅10. David Hess (9)
D: Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between - J.A. Saare 7/6/20
A: Archer's Lady - Moira Rogers 7/24/20
V: The Vanishing of Katharina Linden - Helen Grant 7/7/20
I: Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose 7/9/20
D: Delirious - Daniel Palmer 8/19/20

H: Hidden Salem - Kay Hooper 7/15/20
E: Shocking Pink - Erica Spindler 10/30/20
S: Dark Voyage - Helen Susan Swift 9/7/20
S: Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday 9/1/20

✅11. Dean Kremer (10)
D: Death's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/4/20
E: Semi-Psychic Life - Elizabeth Hunter 11/12/20
A: Before Evil - Alex Kava 7/25/20
N: Nightmare in Shining Armor - Tamar Myers 8/17/20

K: Soul of the Sword - Julie Kagawa 6/22/20
R: War of the Sons - Rebecca Dessertine 8/13/20
E: Evil in Carnations - Kate Collins 11/23/20
M: Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire 7/26/20
E: Eleven - Carolyn Arnold 11/26/20
R: Scottish Ecstasy - Rebecca Sinclair 8/16/20

✅12. Travis Lakins (12)
T: Thou Shalt Not Grill - Tamar Myers 8/17/20
R: Magic of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 8/2/20
A: Alice's Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess - Wol-vriey 7/26/20
V: Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7/20
I: Bayon/Jean-Baptiste - Alexandra Ivy & Laura Wright 7/25/20
S: The Sign - Raymond Khoury 10/5/20

L: Death of a Bacon Heiress - Lee Hollis 8/9/20
A: Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch 8/2/20
K: Murder Most Maine - Karen MacInerney 11/3/20
I: The Persuasion - Iris Johansen 9/11/20
N: Nuts - Alice Clayton 10/14/20
S: Whiskey, Vamps, and Thieves - Selene Charles 10/11/20

✅13. John Means (9)
J: Jackaby - William Ritter 8/23/20
O: Officer off Limits - Tessa Bailey 11/27/20
H: A Scone to Die For - H.Y. Hanna 8/24/20
N: Nine Lives - Sharon Sala 9/30/20

M: Make Me Stay - Jaci Burton 7/18/20
E: A Companion to Wolves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 9/30/20
A: Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux 9/5/20
N: The Naked Earl - Sally MacKenzie 11/20/20
S: The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/3/20

✅14. Evan Phillips (12)
E: The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3/20
V: When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander 12/6/20
A: Ball & Chain - Abigail Roux 9/13/20
N: Suspended - Sarah Noffke 11/26/20

P: Painter For Hire - D.K. Holmberg 7/28/20
H: Deadly Fate - Heather Graham 10/7/20
I: Igniting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 9/25/20
L: Leaving Normal - Stef Ann Holm 11/5/20
L: The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux 11/4 /20
I: Identical - Scott Turow 10/16/20
P: Poison Ivory - Tamar Myers 8/13/20
S: Starcatcher - Patricia Potter 11/22/20

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✅15. Tanner Scott (11)
T: Death of a Rug Lord - Tamar Myers 8/18/20
A: Crash & Burn - Abigail Roux 9/17/20
N: Archangel's Sun - Nalini Singh 12/2/20
N: New Corpse In Town - Lucy Quinn 12/19/20
E: Chasing Rabbits - Erin R Bedford 12/19/20
R: Damian - D.B. Reynolds 8/20/20

S: Weddings from Hell - Maggie Shayne 10/31/20
C: Walking in Fire - Catheryn Cade 10/3/20
O: One Grave Too Many - Beverly Connor 12/8/20
T: Taken by Tuesday - Catherine Bybee 10/9/20
T: Angels Whisper - Tony Perona 11/15/20

✅16. Kohl Stewart (11)
K: Dream Eyes - Jayne Ann Krentz 11/21/20
O: Rosemary and Crime - Gail Oust 12/11/20
H: Hero - Anna Hackett 11/29/20
L: The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7/20

S: Finding Mr. Happily Ever After - Melissa Storm & Melissa McClone 11/26/20
T: Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi 11/15/20
E: A Killer Collection - Ellery Adams 11/25/20
W: The Willow - Stacey Kennedy 8/3/20
A: Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 9/21/20
R: The Bobcat - Katherine Forbes Riley 8/22/20
T: A Tapestry of Spells - Lynn Kurland 10/15/20

✅17. Cole Sulser (10)
C: Charlie All Night - Jennifer Crusie 10/12/20
O: Lost Without You - Molly O'Keefe 2/21/21
L: Circle of Time - Lynn Hanna 12/20/20
E: Man at Work - Elaine Fox 12/19/20

S: Smoldering Hunger - Donna Grant 12/7/20
U: Undertow - Dixie Browning 9/28/20
L: Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight - Grace Burrowes 12/25/20
S: The Secret of the Wooden Lady - Carolyn Keene 12/10/20
E: Proof of Murder - Lauren Elliott 12/25/20
R: Kato - D.B. Reynolds 8/28/20

✅18. Dillon Tate (10)
D: Drink of Me - Jacquelyn Frank 7/19/20
I: Intimate Beings - Jessica Barksdale Inclan 10/23/20
L: Lavender Blue - Donna Kauffman 12/29/20
L: The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan 1/15/21
I: It's All Greek to Me - Katie MacAlister 10/24/20
O: Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4/21
N: The Awakening - Nora Roberts 1/22/21

T: Burn This! - Tasha Black 10/18 /20
A: The Werewolf Upstairs - Ashlyn Chase 9/29/20
T: The Chalk Man - C.J. Tudor 11/18/20
E: Death by Vanilla Latte - Alex Erickson 12/30/20

✅19. Hector Velázquez (15)
H: The Phantom King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/2/20
E: Earning It - Angela Quarles 1/24/21
C: Blackmark - Jean Lowe Carlson 10/17/20
T: Marrow - Tarryn Fisher 11/19/20
O: Out of the Blue - S.L. Rottman 3/1/21
R: Gabriel - D.B. Reynolds 9/5/20

V: Close-Up - Virginia Kantra 12/28/20
E: I'll Be Slaying You - Cynthia Eden 1/29/21
L: Hard as You Can - Laura Kaye 3/5/21
A: The Second Deadly Sin - Åsa Larsson 10/19/20
Z: The Vicious Deep - Zoraida Córdova 6/8/20
Q: Quicksilver - Rebecca J. Anderson 12/12/20
U: Unbreakable - Violetta Rand 10/25/20
E: Entwined - Elisabeth Naughton 2/1/21
Z: Claimed - Rebecca Zanetti 11/17/20

✅20. Asher Wojciechowski (18)
A: Adam - Jennifer Ashley 10/23/20
S: The 17th Suspect - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 10/20/20
H: The Warlock King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/5/20
E: Caged - Ellison Cooper 3/6/21
R: Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson 9/11/20

W: Warrior's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/8/20
O: Open Season - C.J. Box 3/11/21
J: The Selkie Bride - Melanie Jackson 8/26/20
C: Manhunting - Jennifer Crusie 10/23/20
I: The Buccaneers - Iain Lawrence 11/14/20
E: Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M. Danforth 3/13/21
C: Company of Liars - Karen Maitland 11/17/20
H: The Goblin King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/8/20
O: One Cold Night - Kate Pepper 4/1/21
W: Wild Irish Ride - Jennifer Saints 9/11/20
S: Soul Sucker - Kate Pearce 12/14/20
K: Doctor Rat - William Kotzwinkle 11/27/20
I: Illumination - Susannah Sandlin 12/24/20

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✅21. Pedro Severino (13)
P: Pines - Blake Crouch 8/28/20
E: Guys & Dogs - Elaine Fox 3/19/21
D: Day of the Dragon - Katie MacAlister 8/26/20
R: Dragan - D.B. Reynolds 9/12/20
O: Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley 4/9/21

S: The Drowning - J.P Smith 11/28/20
E: The Lantern Men - Elly Griffiths 4/8/21
V: A Vow So Bold and Deadly - Brigid Kemmerer 2/24/21
E: Kodiak's Claim - Eve Langlais 5/14/21
R: Adam and Evil - Gillian Roberts 11/6/20
I: Ivory - Steve Merrifield 12/27/20
N: A New Leash on Death - Susan Conant 1/23/21
O: Take One With You - Oak Anderson 4/24/21

✅22. Chance Sisco (11)
C: The Chocolate Moose Motive - JoAnna Carl 10/27/20
H: Hollen the Soulless - Denali Day 10/29/20
A: An Almond for a Parrot - Wray Delaney 10/24/20
N: Not That Kind of Girl - Susan Donovan 2/18/21
C: Bryant & May and the Burning Man - Christopher Fowler 11/11/20
E: Angel of Darkness - Cynthia Eden 5/16/21

S: Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins 12/21/20
I: Into the Black Nowhere - Meg Gardiner 1/7/21
S: SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2/21
C: The Masked City - Genevieve Cogman 10/30/20
O: Outfoxed by Love - Eve Langlais 5/17/21

✅23. Austin Wynns (11)
A: A Love Beyond Time - Judie Aitken 10/28 /20
U: Under Currents - Nora Roberts 12/26/20
S: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller 1/19/21
T: Primal Law - J.D. Tyler 11/24/20
I: The Storm Bringer - Isabel Cooper 1/20/21
N: Just Fine with Caroline - Annie England Noblin 2/26/21

W: Wolverine's Daughter - Doranna Durgin 10/20/20
Y: You Will Remember Me - Hannah Mary McKinnon 11/15/21
N: Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan 4/6/21
N: The Snowman - Jo Nesbø 4/17/21
S: Smoke and Fire - Donna Grant 1/30/21

✅24. Hanser Alberto (13)
H: The Stepsister Scheme - Jim C. Hines 10/22/20
A: The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews 11/9/20
N: Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin - Nancy Atherton 4/27/21
S: Super Sad True Love Story - Gary Shteyngart 2/9/21
E: The Watchers of Eden - T.C. Edge 5/20/21
R: Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb 11/13/20

A: Warrior - Anna Hackett 11/11/20
L: Best Wishes Always - Lucy Finn 2/26/21
B: Black Magic - S.J. Davis 9/12/20
E: Polar Bared - Eve Langlais 6/9/21
R: Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes 12/5/20
T: Tracker's Sin - Sarah McCarty 12/9/20
O: The Lonely Hearts Hotel - Heather O'Neill 6/23/21

✅25. Chris Davis (10)
C: Consigned to Death - Jane K. Cleland 12/15/20
H: A Highlander Christmas - Dawn Halliday 12/13/20
R: The River - Cheryl Kaye Tardif 12/15/20
I: Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare 2/12/21
S: Sympathy for the Devil - Holly Lisle 3/17/21

D: Bears Behaving Badly - MaryJanice Davidson 8/29/20
A: Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham 11/16/20
V: A Glimpse of Evil - Victoria Laurie 4/19/21
I: Shadow Zone - Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen 2/26/21
S: Siren's Secret - Debbie Herbert 3/22/21

✅26. José Iglesias (12)
J: Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath 11/27/20
O: One Tequila - Tricia O'Malley 7/24/21
S: Sorcery and the Single Girl - Mindy Klasky 4/15/21
E: Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9/21

I: Blood Heir - Ilona Andrews 3/20/21
G: The Good Ones - Jenn McKinlay 7/30/20
L: Hard to Hold on To - Laura Kaye 3/10/21
E: Jealous And Freakn' - Eve Langlais 6/12/21
S: Spoils of the Dead - Dana Stabenow 5/2/21
I: Immortal Champion - Lisa Hendrix 3/30/21
A: Air Bound - Christine Feehan 11/19/20
S: Burn Marks - Sara Paretsky 11/2/20

✅27. Richie Martin (12)
R: Ravished by a Highlander - Paula Quinn 12/17/20
I: I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus 4/15/21
C: The Girl in Red - Christina Henry 11/24/20
H: Blood in Her Veins - Faith Hunter 11/14/20
I: The Immortal Rules - Julie Kagawa 4/22/21
E: Alpha Star - Elsa Jade 6/14/21

M: Messenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/29/20
A: Bonded in Blood - L. Ann & L. Gene Brown 11/21/20
R: Queen Alice - Roy A. Mauritsen 12/18/20
T: Possession - Tracey M. Frazier 12/9/20
I: Into Aether - L.M. Fry 4/23/21
N: Notorious - Diana Palmer 7/31/21

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✅28. Ryan Mountcastle (15)
R: Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10/21
Y: You’ve Got Murder - Donna Andrews 12/15/21
A: More Than a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 11/22/20
N: A Nameless Witch - A. Lee Martinez 7/31/21

M: The Ghost - Monica McCarty 9/3/20
O: Once You Go This Far - Kristen Lepionka 7/31/21
U: The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore 1/17/21
N: Night Child - Jes Battis 8/26
T: Highlander's Bride - Lexy Timms 12/19/20
C: Primitive Nights - Candi Wall 11/24/20
A: A Phoenix Is Forever - Ashlyn Chase 11/28/20
S: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith 1/9/21
T: Savage Awakening - J.D. Tyler 12/26/20
L: Buried in a Book - Lucy Arlington 3/6/21
E: Wolf's Capture - Eve Langlais 6/19/21

✅29. Renato Núñez (11)
R: The Requiem Red - Brynn Chapman 2/13/21
E: Grizzly Love - Eve Langlais 6/28/21
N: Night Child - Jes Battis 8/26/21
A: Dating Can Be Murder - Jennifer Apodaca 12/18/20
T: To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain 1/1/21
O: The Rogue King - Abigail Owen 8/7/21

N: Getting It! - Rhonda Nelson 10/1/21
U: Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 1/30/21
N: Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman 10/7/21
E: Croc's Return - Eve Langlais 7/9/21
Z: Deadly Silence - Rebecca Zanetti 4/1/21

✅30. Rio Ruiz (7)
R: WWW: Wake - Robert J. Sawyer 2/28/21
I: If You Give A Girl A Viscount - Kieran Kramer 5/30/21
O: The Killing Hills - Chris Offutt 8/15/21

R: Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen 3/4/21
U: Immortal Protector - Ursula Bauer 3/24/21
I: In the Middle of Somewhere - Roan Parrish 6/30/21
Z: Twisted Truths - Rebecca Zanetti 5/13/21

✅31. Ramón Urías (10)
R: Wednesday's Child - Peter Robinson 3/20/21
A: The Rivals - Mechele Armstrong 12/31/20
M: The Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar 12/4/20
O: Onyx - Jennifer L. Armentrout 10/14/21
N: The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes 11/12/21

U: The Unexpected Bride - Elizabeth Rolls 4/23/21
R: The Ruby Brooch - Katherine Lowry Logan 3/27/21
I: In an Absent Dream - Seanan McGuire 7/11/21
A: The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis 1/8/21
S: The Seelie King - Heather Killough-Walden 1/12/21

✅32. Andrew Velazquez (15)
A: The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15/21
N: Quiet in Her Bones - Nalini Singh 12/2/21
D: Deadlock - Catherine Coulter 12/18/20
R: Stakes & Stilettos - Michelle Rowen 3/28/21
E: A Killer Plot - Ellery Adams 7/10/21
W: The Wicked Will Rise - Danielle Paige 2/5/21

V: Killer Insight - Victoria Laurie 10/15/21
E: Dragon Fever - Elsa Jade 7/17/21
L: Hard to Let Go - Laura Kaye 3/24/21
A: Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren 1/16/21
Z: Lethal Lies - Rebecca Zanetti 5/10/21
Q: Soul of the Wildcat - Devyn Quinn 12/16/20
U: Undone - Shannon Richard 6/21
E: Dragon Fate - Elsa Jade 7/17/21
Z: Zoo - Tara Elizabeth 12/13/21

✅33. Austin Hays (10)
A: Poisonous - Allison Brennan 1/26/21
U: The Upstairs House - Julia Fine 7/13/21
S: The Shape of Night - Tess Gerritsen 1/23/21
T: Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 1/3/21
I: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 11/6
N: The Ice Queen - Nele Neuhaus 12/7

H: The Hidden World - Alison Baird 1/6/21
A: The Pretty Ones - Ania Ahlborn 1/27/21
Y: You Are Dead - Peter James 12/17/21
E: Panther's Claim - Eve Langlais 7/20/21
S: Ghosts of the Sea Moon - A.F. Stewart 1/31/21

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✅34. Trey Mancini (11)
T: The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10/21
R: Gathering Darkness - Morgan Rhodes 3/31/21
E: Dragon Fall - Elsa Jade 7/17/21
Y: A Yuletide Kiss - Madeline Hunter/Sabrina Jeffries/Mary Jo Putney 1/23

M: A Ghost of a Chance - Morgana Best 10/31/20
A: The Cheerio Killings - Doug Allyn 1/30/21
N: The Night Hawks - Elly Griffiths 1/29
C: A Curse So Dark and Lonely - Brigid Kemmerer 12/16/20
I: Into the Night - Janelle Denison 10/11/21
N: Nine Elms - Robert Bryndza 1/30
I: Imprudence - Gail Carriger 10/31/21

✅35. Ryan McKenna (11)
R: Stolen Soul - Alex Rivers 3/31/21
Y: Susana and the Scot - Sabrina York 12/22/21
A: A Darkness Absolute - Kelley Armstrong 2/20/21
N: Not My Blood - Barbara Cleverly 2/12/22

M: Back on Blossom Street - Debbie Macomber 12/17/20
C: Calamity Jayne Rides Again - Kathleen Bacus 1/14/21
K: A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer 1/12/21
E: The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination - John Joseph Adams 7/11/21
N: Fury Unleashed - N.J. Walters 2/18
N: Never Say Sever in Deadwood - Ann Charles 2/22
A: The Ghost and the Dead Deb - Alice Kimberly 3/8/21

✅36. Cedric Mullins (13)
C: Crystal Sage - Kara Dalkey 1/2/21
E: City of Stone - T.C. Edge 8/28/21
D: The Dirty Secrets Club - Meg Gardiner 2/4/21
R: Red Hot Fury - Kasey MacKenzie 5/28 (/21
I: It Takes Two to Mango - Carrie Doyle 12/3/21
C: Cat in a Sapphire Slipper - Carole Nelson Douglas 1/25/21

M: Half-Off Ragnarok - Seanan McGuire 1/8/21
U: In the Blood - Lisa Unger 7/28/21
L: Limitations - Scott Turow 3/15/21
L: Hard to Come By - Laura Kaye 3/17/21
I: In the Company of Witches - Joey W. Hill 12/26/21
N: Needle and Dread - Elizabeth Lynn Casey 2/25
S: Bittersweet - Sarina Bowen 2/11/21

✅37. Anthony Santander (16)
A: The Princess Knight - G.A. Aiken 3/10/21
N: A Notorious Love - Sabrina Jeffries 2/27
T: A Second Chance - Jodi Taylor 1/29/21
H: The Silvered - Tanya Huff 3/26/21
O: The Rogue King - Abigail Owen 8/7/21
N: Bloodstone - Nate Kenyon 3/23/22
Y: Ovation by Death - Dorian Yeager 12/20/21

S: Poison in Paddington - Samantha Silver 2/14/21
A: An Apple for the Creature - Charlaine Harris 3/12/21
N: The Shadows - Alex North 3/3/22
T: Town in a Wild Moose Chase - B.B. Haywood 3/2/21
A: All the Time You Need - Melissa Mayhue 6/11/21
N: Last Guard - Nalini Singh 3/4/22
D: Dreams in the Key of Blue - John Philpin 10/7/20
E: One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler 9/15/21
R: Rook - Sharon Cameron 5/29/21

✅38. Dwight Smith Jr (13)
D: The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis 1/5/21
W: Wraith - Helen Harper 2/8/21
I: In the Company of Witches - Joey W. Hill 12/26/21
G: The Gates of Hell - Susan Sizemore 3/15/21
H: The Harp and The Fiddle - Lila Dubois 5/21/21
T: Tart of Darkness - Denise Swanson 3/7/21

S: Silver Zombie - Carole Nelson Douglas 2/16/21
M: Killer Physique - G.A. McKevett 1/13/21
I: Immortal Illusions - Ursula Bauer 12/30/21
T: Southern Fried - Tonya Kappes 3/13/21
H: How to Woo a Reluctant Lady - Sabrina Jeffries 5/4/21

J: Torn - Chris Jordan 3/29/21
R: Shiver of Fear - Roxanne St. Claire 6/23/21

✅39. DJ Stewart (9)
D: The Dark Corners of the Night - Meg Gardiner 1/24/21
J: Destined for an Early Grave - Jeaniene Frost 5/17/21
S: Bitter Harvest - Sheila Connolly 4/3/21
T: To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo 3/19/21
E: City of Stone - T.C. Edge 8/28
W: Without a Sound - Carla Cassidy 2/15/21
A: Absolute Fear - Lisa Jackson 6/22/21
R: Faithless in Death - J.D. Robb 6/4/21
T: The Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble - Clare Toohey 3/22/21

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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No Way! Castles of the World
Start Date: July 1, 2020
End Date: April 30, 2021

READ: 210/210

PART ONE
✔️1. ALCALA DE GUADAIRA, SEVILLE, SPAIN
* Read a book that has at least one significant scene set in a prison OR a book by an author named Mary (no other variations); post a link to the author's GR page
Eleven - Carolyn Arnold 11/26

✔️2. THE ALCAZAR CASTLE, SEGOVIA, SPAIN
* Read a book with a ship shown prominently on the cover
Dark Voyage - Helen Susan Swift 9/7


✔️3. ALNWICK CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND
* Read a book with an intact 00 in the total page count
Alpha Night - Nalini Singh (400 pages) 8/1/20

✔️4. ARAGONESE CASTLE, ISCHIA, ITALY
* Read book by an author whose first and last initials are the same
Genesis - Bernard Beckett 7/14/20

✔️5. ARUNDEL CASTLE, WEST SUSSEX, ENGLAND
* Read a book set in the 1800s
Alice's Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess - Wol-vriey (1867) 7/26/20

✔️6. BALMORAL CASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM
* Read a book with a royal character
Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard 7/20/20

✔️7. BAMBURGH CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND
* Read a book with two-word title
Necessary Magic - Val St. Crowe 7/3/20

✔️8. BEAUMARIS CASTLE, ANGLESEY, WALES
* Read a book whose cover is more or less symmetrical; post the cover OR a book that is part of an unfinished series; tell us the series (only series that still have new books coming out will work)
Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb (so far 51 books in series) 11/13

✔️9. BELVOIR CASTLE, ISRAEL
* Read a book whose title is EXACTLY the same as another book on your to-read list; post links to both books
Possession - Tracey M. Frazier 12/9
Possession - Jennifer Lyon

✔️10. BLARNEY CASTLE, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND
* Read a book with ROMANCE on its main GR page
The Song of David - Amy Harmon 7/2/20

✔️11. BOJNICE CASTLE, BOJNICE, SLOVAKIA
* Read a book originally published in a year with a 7 in it
Stalked - Brian Freeman (pub Sept 6, 2007) 7/14/20

✔️12. BRAN CASTLE, TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA
* Read the book main character who is known by a nickname
Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch (Katharine "Kitty" Katt) 8/2/20

✔️13. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, ENGLAND
* Read a book in whicha celebration of some kind takes place; tell us what is being celebrated OR a book with a directional word (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP or DOWN only!) in the title or in the author's name; post a link to the author's GR page if using that option
Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi (fight of oppression celebration) 11/15

✔️14. CAERLAVEROCK CASTLE, SCOTLAND
* Read a book with a triangular item shown prominently on the cover; post the cover OR a book with at least two generations of the same family involved in the story
More Than a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 11/22

✔️15. CAERNARFON CASTLE, GWYNEDD, WALES
* Read a book from a series that is a spin-off from another series
Soul Scorched - Donna Grant (Dark Kings and Dark Warriors) 8/20/20

✔️16. CAERPHILLY CASTLE, GWYNEDD, WALES
* Read a book in which a wedding occurs
Ball & Chain - Abigail Roux 9/13/20

✔️17. CASTEL SANT'ANGELO, ROME, ITALY
* Read a book in which a character is killed
Killed on Blueberry Hill - Sharon Farrow (Porter Gale) 8/14/20

✔️18. CASTELLO DEL VALENTINO, TURIN, ITALY
* Read a book set in a school
The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3/20

✔️19. CASTELLO DELLA MANDRIA, PIEDMONT, ITALY
* Read a book with TWO sets of double letters in the title
Cherry Cheesecake Murder - Joanne Fluke 8/6/20

✔️20. CASTELLO DE RIVOLI, PIEDMONT, ITALY
* Read a book with a character who works in or visits a museum
Kato - D.B. Reynolds (heroine, Grace Van Allen) 8/28/20

✔️21. CASTELLO DI MONCALIERI, PIEDMONT, ITALY
* Read a book with a character who is or was in the military (any branch, any country, any era); tell us the character OR a book set in a location that is south of the equator; tell us where
Blackmark - Jean Lowe Carlson 10/17

✔️22. CASTELLO DI RACCONIGI, PIEDMONT, ITALY
* Read a book with a character who works as a landscaper
The Bobcat - Katherine Forbes Riley (hero a professional landscaper) 8/22/20

✔️23. CASTELLO DUCALE DI AGLI, PIEDMONT, ITALY
* Read a book with a flower garden shown prominently on the cover
Death of a Bacon Heiress - Lee Hollis 8/9/20


✔️24. CASTILLO DE COCA, SEVILLA, SPAIN
* Read a book with a forest shown prominently on the cover
Pines - Blake Crouch 8/28/20


✔️25. CASTLE FRANKENSTEIN, GERMANY
* Read a book that scares you in some way
Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose (spiders creep me out) 7/9/20

✔️26. CASTLE HOWARD, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
* Read a book with a man's name in the title
Damian - D.B. Reynolds 8/20/20

✔️27. THE CASTLE IN LOVE WITH THE WIND, RAVADINOVO, BULGARIA
* Read one of the ten newest books on your to-read list
Hidden Salem - Kay Hooper (pub Apr 2020) 7/15/20

✔️28. CASTLE OF SÃO JORGE, PORTUGAL
* Read book #5 from a series OR a book with a cityscape shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Second Deadly Sin - Åsa Larsson 10/19

✔️29. CHATEAU COMTAL DE CARCASSONNE, LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON, FRANCE
* Read a book set in France
Murder is a Monkey's Game - Ruby Loren 8/11/20

✔️30. CHATEAU DE CHALUS-CHABROL, LIMOUXIN, FRANCE
* Read a book in which a character has saved an unusual physical object
Gabriel - D.B. Reynolds 9/5/20
(heroine saves hero who was cursed into a stone statue for 1000s of years)

✔️31. CHATEAU DE CHAMBORD, FRANCE
* Read a book with a river shown prominently on the cover; post the cover OR a book in which a character goes hunting, for food or sport; tell us who and what they're hunting
An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear (MCs, trolls) 10/10/20

✔️32. CHATEAU DE CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE, FRANCE
* Read a book in which a physical object is destroyed, then later rebuilt; tell us the object OR a book with an X somewhere in its title
Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 9/21/20

✔️33. CHATEAU DE FOIX, MIDI-PYRENEES, FRANCE
* Read a book in which a character inherits, or has inherited, a physical object; tell us what OR a book with a round object shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/3


✔️34. CHATEAU DE MONTAILLOU, MIDI-PYRENEES, FRANCE
* Read a book in which an entire town works together to deal with a crisis of some kind; tell us what OR a book in which a character keeps a diary or journal; tell us who
A Companion to Wolves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear (fight against trolls) 9/30

✔️35. CHATEAU DE MONTSEGUR, MIDI-PYRENEES, FRANCE
* Read a book whose title contains a word with an accent mark over/under it (examples: ö, ñ, ŗ) OR a book in which a woman has to find shelter from someone out to harm her; briefly explain the circumstances
Warrior - Anna Hackett (heroine rescued from brutal captivity) 11/11

✔️36. CHATEAU DE'USSE, FRANCE
* Read a with double EEs in its title
All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace 7/10/20

✔️37. CHATEAU GAILLARD, NORMANDY, FRANCE
* Read a book with WAR on the its main GR page
Crash & Burn - Abigail Roux 9/17/20

✔️38. CHENONCEAU CASTLE, CHENONCEAUX, FRANCE
* Read a book whose main characters are all women
Suddenly Psychic - Elizabeth Hunter 8/1/20

✔️39. THE CITADEL OF ALEPPO, SYRIA
* Read a book set in Biblical times OR the book that has been on your to-read list the longest; tell us when it was added
Angels Whisper - Tony Perona (shoulda left it on there) 11/15

✔️40. CONWY CASTLE, CONWY, WALES
* Read a book by an author named Edward/Edwards (reasonable variations accepted); post a link to the author's GR page OR a book with a metal (e.g., gold or iron) in the title
Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare 2/12

✔️41. CULZEAN CASTLE, MAYBOLE, SCOTLAND
* Read a book set in Scotland
Soul Scorched - Donna Grant 8/20/20

✔️42. DOVER CASTLE, KENT, ENGLAND
* Read a book in which tunnels are important to the story OR a book with at least one key shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3

✔️43. DUNNATOR CASTLE, SCOTLAND
* Read a book with the word HAUNT in the title or series title (haunted, haunting also work) OR a book in which a building is destroyed in some way; briefly tell us how
Leaving Normal - Stef Ann Holm (arson) 11/5

✔️44. EDINBURGH CASTLE, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
* Read a book with CLASSIC on its main GR page; OR a book in which a siege or occupation of some sort occurs; briefly explain the circumstances
Firestorm Forever - Deborah Cooke 9/24/20

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✔️45. EILEAN DONAN CASTLE, LOCH DUICH, SCOTLAND
* Read a book set on an island
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry 7/22/20

✔️46. HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE, EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND
* Read a book in which the characters attend a festival; tell us what kind of festival OR a book with a brick structure of some sort show prominently on the cover; post the cover
Company of Liars - Karen Maitland (Midsummer's Fair) 11/17

✔️47. HIGHCLERE CASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM
* Read a book whose SERIES title begins with H
The Good Ones - Jenn McKinlay (Happily Ever After #1) 7/30/20

✔️48. HIMEJI CASTLE, JAPAN
* Read a book set in Japan
Night of the Dragon - Julie Kagawa 8/8/20

✔️49. HOHENSALZBURG CASTLE, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
* Read a book that has been translated from one language into another; tell us both languages OR the book on your to-read list that has the most GR ratings; tell us how many ratings
Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson (Swedish) 11/7

✔️50. HOHENWERFEN CASTLE, WERFEN, AUSTRIA
* Read a book by an author who uses VON or VAN in his/her last name (example: Robert van Gulik) OR a book set in a location that begins with a W; tell us the location
Unexpected Mates - Grace Brennan (Wyoming) 9/26/20

✔️51. HUNYAD CASTLE, HUNEDOARA, ROMANIA
* Read a book in which a vampire plays an important role
Dragan - D.B. Reynolds 9/12/20

✔️52. KOLOSSI CASTLE, CYPRUS
* Read a book featuring a secret society of some kind (like the Knights Templar); briefly explain the society OR a book whose MAIN character is a vintner
Weddings from Hell - Maggie Shayne (Templars) 10/31

✔️53. KRAK DE CHEVALIERS, SYRIA
* Read a book whose title has been changed for any reason; tell us both titles OR any bookfrom your to-read list with 00 in its position number (#100, 400, 2002, etc.); tell us the position number
The Naked Earl - Sally MacKenzie (#800) 11/20

✔️54. KYRENIA CASTLE, KYRENIA, GREECE
* Read a book with the names of two or more authors shown on the cover
Crooked River - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 9/20/20

✔️55. LEEDS CASTLE, KENT, ENGLAND
* Read a book with a character named Catherine (reasonable variations acceptable) or Henry OR a book with a residential home on the cover; post the cover
Dust to Dust - Beverly Connor 9/18/20


✔️56. LICHTENSTEIN CASTLE, LICHTENSTEIN, GERMANY
* Read a book with a weapon or armor shown prominently on the cover
Magic of Thieves - C. Greenwood 7/18/20


✔️57. LOWENBURG CASTLE (LION CASTLE), WILHELMSHOHE BERG PARK, GERMANY
* Read a book set during a war; tell us which war OR a book in which a character sets out to deliberately mislead others; briefly tell us how
Perversion - T.M. Frazier (heroine misleads hero to protect herself) 11/8

✔️58. MALBORK CASTLE, POLAND
* Read a book with a woman's name in the title
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden - Helen Grant 7/7/20

✔️59. MATSUMOTO CASTLE, NAGANO PREFECTURE OF MATSUMOOT, JAPAN
* Read a book with a moon shown prominently on the cover; post the cover OR a bookset in one of the Plains states
Shocking Pink - Erica Spindler (Missouri) 10/30

✔️60. MONT SAINT-MICHEL CASTLE, NORMANDY, FRANCE
* Read a book in which a character drowns or comes close to drowning; using spoiler tags, tell us who OR a book with a lot of twists in the story
Undertow - Dixie Browning (Mariah Henry) 9/28/20

✔️61. NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE, BAVARIA, GERMANY
* Read a book published no more than 6 months before you read it
A Bad Day for Sunshine - Darynda Jones (pub April 7, 2020) 7/23/20

✔️62. PALACE OF VERSAILLES, VERSAILLES, FRANCE
* Read a book by an author who is somehow related to another author on your to-read list; explain the connection OR a book from this list: New York Times Bestsellers; tell us the week the book was on the list
Igniting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 9/25/20

✔️63. PALACIO DE PENA, LISBON, PORTUGAL
* Read a book whose title ENDS with a vowel
The Fallen Vampire - Beata Blitz 7/18/20

✔️64. PALAZZINA DE CACCIA OF STUPINIGI, PIEDMONT, ITALY
* Read a short book (150-200 pages)
Archer's Lady - Moira Rogers (160 pages) 7/24/20

✔️65. PALAZZO REALE, TURIN ITALY
* Read a book with a staircase shown prominently on the cover; post the cover OR a book whose subject is considered controversial; briefly tell us the subject
Air Bound - Christine Feehan (child sex trade) 11/19

✔️66. POTALA PALACE, LHASA, TIBET
* Read a book with over 1959 ratings on GR; tell us how many ratings OR book #300 on your to-read list, sorted in whatever method you choose
It's All Greek to Me - Katie MacAlister (2146 ratings) 10/24

✔️67. PRAGUE CASTLE, CZECH REPUBLIC
* Read a book with a Z somewhere in the title OR a book from a series that is a spin-off from another series; tell us both series names
Silver Zombie - Carole Nelson Douglas 2/16

✔️68. PREDJAMA CASTLE, SLOVENIA
* Read a book with a subtitle OR a book with a significant scene occurring in a cave; using spoiler tags if necessary, briefly explain how it fits
Blood in Her Veins: Nineteen Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock - Faith Hunter 11/14

✔️69. SPIŠ CASTLE, SLOVAKIA
* Read a book in which dragons are important to the story
Highfire - Eoin Colfer (MC is a dragon) 7/24/20

✔️70. SWALLOW'S NEST, GASPRA, CRIMEA
* Read a book with an apostrophe in the title
Ral's Woman - Laurann Dohner 7/15/20

✔️71. THE TOWER OF LONDON, LONDON, ENGLAND
* Read a book with a jewel shown prominently on the cover
Death of a Trophy Wife - Laura Levine 8/6/20


✔️72. TRIM CASTLE, COUNTY MEATH, IRELAND
* Read a book with a stone structure of some kind shown prominently on the cover;
By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates (lighthouse) 8/20/20


✔️73. URQUHART CASTLE, LOCH NESS, SCOTLAND
* Read a book whose title begins with U
UNSUB - Meg Gardiner 7/27/20

✔️74. VILLA DELLA REGINA, TURIN, ITALY
* Read a book featuring brothers
War of the Sons - Rebecca Dessertine 8/13/20

✔️75. WINDSOR CASTLE, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND
* Read a book with over 500 pages
Solomon vs. Lord - Paul Levine (576 pages) 8/15/20

PART TWO
✔️ARG-É BAM - KERMAN PROVINCE - IRAN
1. F&L in castle - The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley 7/3/20
2. Title starts in location - Poison Ivory - Tamar Myers 8/13/20
3. Location starts with country - Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between - J.A. Saare (New York) 7/6/20

✔️BODIAM CASTLE - EAST SUSSEX - ENGLAND
1. F&L in castle - Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire 7/26/20
2. Title starts in location - Samael - Heather Killough-Walden 8/13/20
3. Location starts with country - Golden in Death - J.D. Robb (New York) 7/8/20

✔️BURGHAUSEN CASTLE - BURGHAUSEN - BAVARIA
1. F&L in castle - Traggedy Ann - Sinclair Browning 7/19/20
2. Title starts in location - The Selkie Bride - Melanie Jackson 8/26/20
3. Location starts with country - Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess - Phil & Kaja Foglio (Romania) 7/17/20

✔️CASTEL DE MONTE - ANDRIA - ITALY
1. F&L in castle - New Year's Eve Murder - Leslie Meier 7/28/20
2. Title starts in location - Drink of Me - Jacquelyn Frank 7/19/20
3. Location starts with country - Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux (Louisiana) 9/5/20

✔️CASTELO DOS MOUROS - SINTRA - PORTUGAL
1. F&L in castle - The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski 7/5/20
2. Title starts in location - Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson 9/11/20
3. Location starts with country - Make Me Stay - Jaci Burton (Oklahoma) 7/18/20

✔️CASTLE OF GRAVENSTEEN - GHENT - BELGIUM
1. F&L in castle - Magic of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 8/2/20
2. Title starts in location - The Ghost - Monica McCarty 9/3/20
3. Location starts with country - Wild Irish Ride - Jennifer Saints (Georgia) 9/11/20

✔️CATHERINE PALACE - ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA
1. F&L in castle - Murder in the Storybook Cottage - Ellery Adams 8/7/20
2. Title starts in location - The Persuasion - Iris Johansen 9/11/20
3. Location starts with country - Messenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden (Scotland) 7/29/20

✔️CHATEAU DE CHILLON - MONTREUX - SWITZERLAND
1. F&L in castle - The House of Dolls - David Hewson 7/11/20
2. Title starts in location - Trouble in Bloom - Heather Webber 8/31/20
3. Location starts with country - Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden (Texas) 7/19/20

✔️CHEPSTOW CASTLE - MONMOUTSHIRE - WALES
1. F&L in castle - Walking in Fire - Catheryn Cade 10/3/20
2. Title starts in location - Murder Most Maine - Karen MacInerney 11/3/20
3. Location starts with country - An Almond for a Parrot - Wray Delaney (England) 10/24/20

✔️COCHEM IMPERIAL CASTLE - OCHEM - GERMANY
1. F&L in castle - Chinook, Wine and Sink Her - Morgan Q. O'Reilly 7/29/20
2. Title starts in location - Claim The Leopard Princess - Meg Xuemei X. 9/14/20
3. Location starts with country - Dragon Dawn - Deborah O'Neill Cordes (Mars) 8/30/20

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✔️CORFE CASTLE - DORSET - ENGLAND
1. F&L in castle - Say No To Joe? - Lori Foster 7/12/20
2. Title starts in location - Death's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/4/20
3. Location starts with country - The Sign - Raymond Khoury (Egypt) 10/5/20

✔️THE ELTZ CASTLE - WIERSCHEM - GERMANY
1. F&L in castle - The Werewolf Upstairs - Ashlyn Chase 9/29/20
2. Title starts in location - Weddings from Hell - Maggie Shayne 10/31/20
3. Location starts with country - Grand Slam - J.T. Cheyanne (Rhode Island) 9/22/20

✔️GLAMIS CASTLE - ANGUS - SCOTLAND
1. F&L in castle - Whiskey, Vamps, and Thieves - Selene Charles 10/11/20
2. Title starts in location - Nine Lives - Sharon Sala 9/30/20
3. Location starts with country - To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain (California) 1/1/21

✔️GRIPSHOLM CASTLE - MARIEFRED - SWEDEN
1. F&L in castle - Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday 9/10/20
2. Title starts in location - The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9/20
3. Location starts with country - All Knight Long - John G. Hartness (North Carolina) 7/9/20

✔️HARLECH CASTLE - HARLECH - WALES
1. F&L in castle - Identical - Scott Turow 10/16/20
2. Title starts in location - Castle Perilous - John DeChancie 8/27/20
3. Location starts with country - Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham (England) 11/16/20

✔️HEIDELBERG CASTLE - HEIDELBERG - GERMANY
1. F&L in castle - Painter For Hire - D.K. Holmberg 7/28/20
2. Title starts in location - Deadly Fate - Heather Graham 10/7/20
3. Location starts with country - SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge (North Carolina) 1/2/21

✔️HOHENSCHWANGAU CASTLE - SCHWANGAU - GERMANY
1. F&L in castle - A Scone to Die For - H.Y. Hanna 8/24/20
2. Title starts in location - The Girl in Red - Christina Henry 11/24/20
3. Location starts with country - A Phoenix Is Forever - Ashlyn Chase (Massachusetts) 11/28/20

✔️HOHENZOLLERN CASTLE - BADEN-WURTTEMBERG - GERMANY
1. F&L in castle - Seeking Pack Redemption - Eve Langlais 10/25/20
2. Title starts in location - Day of the Dragon - Katie MacAlister 8/26/20
3. Location starts with country - The Hidden World - Alison Baird (Newfoundland) 1/6/21

✔️KARLSTEJN CASTLE - KARLŠTEJN CZECH - REPUBLIC
1. F&L in castle - The Willow - Stacey Kennedy 8/3/20
2. Title starts in location - Rules of Contact - Jaci Burton 7/13/20
3. Location starts with country - Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath (Illinois) 11/27/20

✔️KILKENNY CASTLE - KILKENNY - IRELAND
1. F&L in castle - Driven - Eve Kenin 8/5/20
2. Title starts in location - Evil in Carnations - Kate Collins 11/23/20
3. Location starts with country - Warrior's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden (Illinois) 8/8/20

✔️KRONBORG CASTLE - HELSINGØR - DENMARK
1. F&L in castle - New Uses for Old Boyfriends - Beth Kendrick 7/17/20
2. Title starts in location - Hero - Anna Hackett 11/29/20
3. Location starts with country - Eleven - Carolyn Arnold (Kentucky) 11/26/20

✔️KSIAZ CASTLE - SILESIA - POLAND
1. F&L in castle - Cursed - Alexa Egan 7/24/20
2. Title starts in location - The Stepsister Scheme - Jim C. Hines 10/22/20
3. Location starts with country - Adam and Evil - Gillian Roberts (Pennsylvania) 11/6/20

✔️KYLEMORE ABBEY - GALWAY - IRELAND
1. F&L in castle - Dark Warrior - Rebecca York 8/14/20
2. Title starts in location - What Lurks Below - Donald Firesmith 11/10/20
3. Location starts with country - The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis (Denmark) 1/8/21

✔️LAKE BLED CASTLE - BLED - SLOVENIA
1. F&L in castle - Black Magic - S.J. Davis 9/12/20
2. Title starts in location - Burn This! - Tasha Black 10/18/20
3. Location starts with country - Before Evil - Alex Kava (Virginia) 7/25/20

✔️LINDISFARNE CASTLE - NORTHUMBERLAND - ENGLAND
1. F&L in castle - A Memory for Murder - Ruby Loren 8/10/20
2. Title starts in location - The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7/20
3. Location starts with country - A Killer Collection - Ellery Adams (North Carolina) 11/25/20

✔️LISMORE CASTLE - COUNTY WATERFORD - IRELAND
1. F&L in castle - Bayon/Jean-Baptiste - Alexandra Ivy & Laura Wright 7/25/20
2. Title starts in location - Wolverine's Daughter - Doranna Durgin 10/20/20
3. Location starts with country - The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan (Ecuador) 1/15/21

✔️LOVRIJENAC FORTRESS - DUBROVNIK - CROATIA
1. F&L in castle - Scottish Ecstasy - Rebecca Sinclair 8/16/20
2. Title starts in location - The Drowning - J.P Smith 11/28/20
3. Location starts with country - The Buccaneers - Iain Lawrence (Caribbean) 11/14/20

✔️MARKSBURG CASTLE - BRAUBACH - GERMANY
1. F&L in castle - Trick or Treat Murder - Leslie Meier 8/12/20
2. Title starts in location - Bryant & May and the Burning Man - Christopher Fowler 11/11/20
3. Location starts with country - Private Affair - Rebecca York (Maryland) 8/16/20

✔️MEHRANGARH CASTLE - RAJASTHAN - INDIA
1. F&L in castle - Come Home Again - Nana Malone 7/31/20
2. Title starts in location - Intimate Beings - Jessica Barksdale Inclan 10/23/20
3. Location starts with country - A Ghost of a Chance - Morgana Best (Australia) 10/31/20

✔️MIRAMARE CASTLE - TRIESTE - ITALY
1. F&L in castle - Death of a Rug Lord - Tamar Myers 8/18/20
2. Title starts in location - A Tapestry of Spells - Lynn Kurland 10/15/20
3. Location starts with country - Adam - Jennifer Ashley (Texas) 10/23/20

✔️OREBRO CASTLE - ÖREBRO - SWEDEN
1. F&L in castle - Fallen Angel - Eden Bradley 8/19/20
2. Title starts in location - Of Fury and Fangs - Kyoko M. 10/31/20
3. Location starts with country - Marrow - Tarryn Fisher (Washington) 11/19/20

✔️OSAKA CASTLE - OSAKA - JAPAN
1. F&L in castle - Nuts - Alice Clayton 10/14/20
2. Title starts in location - Officer off Limits - Tessa Bailey 11/27/20
3. Location starts with country - Thou Shalt Not Grill - Tamar Myers (Pennsylvania) 8/17/20

✔️PALAZZO CARIGNANO - TURIN - ITALY
1. F&L in castle - Claimed - Rebecca Zanetti 11/17/20
2. Title starts in location - Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 1/30/21
3. Location starts with country - Leaving Normal - Stef Ann Holm (Idaho) 11/5/20

✔️PALAZZO MADAMA - TURIN - ITALY
1. F&L in castle - Delirious - Daniel Palmer 8/19/20
2. Title starts in location - Unbreakable - Violetta Rand 10/25/20
3. Location starts with country - Burn Marks - Sara Paretsky (Illinois) 11/2/20

✔️PELEȘ CASTLE - SINAIA - ROMANIA
1. F&L in castle - Bonded in Blood - L. Ann & L. Gene Brown 11/21/20
2. Title starts in location - The Song of the Quarkbeast - Jasper Fforde 11/29/20
3. Location starts with country - Dreams in the Key of Blue - John Philpin (Maine) 10/7/20

✔️PEMBROKE CASTLE - PEMBROKE WEST - WALES
1. F&L in castle - Nightmare in Shining Armor - Tamar Myers 8/17/20
2. Title starts in location - Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part One - T.M. Frazier 11/30/20
3. Location starts with country - Suspended - Sarah Noffke (Washington) 11/26/20

✔️REGGIA DI VENARIA REALE - PIEDMONT - ITALY
1. F&L in castle - Passion Ignites - Donna Grant 10/8/20
2. Title starts in location - The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux 11/4/20
3. Location starts with country - The Awakening - Nora Roberts (Ireland) 1/22/21

✔️SAO JORGE CASTLE - LISBON - PORTUGAL
1. F&L in castle - Charlie All Night - Jennifer Crusie 10/12 /20
2. Title starts in location - Starcatcher - Patricia Potter 11/22/20
3. Location starts with country - The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews (Pennsylvania) 11/9/20

✔️SCHLOSS MORITZBURG - MORITZBURG - GERMANY
1. F&L in castle - Deadly Currents - Beth Groundwater 8/18/20
2. Title starts in location - Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10/21
3. Location starts with country - A Love Beyond Time - Judie Aitken (Montana) 10/28/20

✔️SCHONBRUNN PALACE - VIENNA - AUSTRIA
1. F&L in castle - Taken by Tuesday - Catherine Bybee 10/9/20
2. Title starts in location - A Vow So Bold and Deadly - Brigid Kemmerer 2/24/21
3. Location starts with country - The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon (Utah) 1/15/21

✔️SCHWERIN CASTLE - SCHWERIN - GERMANY
1. F&L in castle - Primitive Nights - Candi Wall 11/24/20
2. Title starts in location - Semi-Psychic Life - Elizabeth Hunter 11/12/20
3. Location starts with country - The Chocolate Moose Motive - JoAnna Carl (Michigan) 10/27/20

✔️TINTAGEL CASTEL - NORTH CORNWALL - ENGLAND
1. F&L in castle - The Masked City - Genevieve Cogman 10/30/20
2. Title starts in location - Of Dawn and Embers - Kyoko M. 10/24/20
3. Location starts with country - The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (Greece) 1/19/21

✔️TRAKAI ISLAND CASTLE - TRAKAI - LITHUANIA
1. F&L in castle - Kato - D.B. Reynolds 8/28/20
2. Title starts in location - I'll Be Slaying You - Cynthia Eden 1/29/21
3. Location starts with country - Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn (Hawaii) 7/7/20

✔️TRENCIN CASTLE - TRENČÍN - SLOVAKIA
1. F&L in castle - The Chalk Man - C.J. Tudor 11/18/20
2. Title starts in location - A New Leash on Death - Susan Conant 1/23 /21
3. Location starts with country - Manhunting - Jennifer Crusie (Kentucky) 10/23/20

✔️WARWICK CASTLE - WARWICKSHIRE - ENGLAND
1. F&L in castle - Jackaby - William Ritter 8/23/20
2. Title starts in location - Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 1/3/21
3. Location starts with country - Finding Mr. Happily Ever After - Melissa Storm & Melissa McClone (New York) 11/26/20

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Barbara ★]

No Way! Strange But True
Start Date: January 1, 2020

READ: 84/60+

✔ 1. In total, for The Lego Movie, 3,863,484 unique Lego bricks were used.
👀 Read a book with CHILDRENS on its main GR page; must be over 150 pages long
Redwall - Brian Jacques (352 pages) 1/27

✔ 2. The Rancor from the Star Wars movie saga was based on a cross between a bear and a potato.
👀 Read a book with at least two distinctly different genres on its main GR page; tell us the genres
Just One Damned Thing After Another - Jodi Taylor (science fiction & historical) 1/9

✔ 3. The smallest thing ever photographed is the shadow of an atom. A team at Griffiths University used a super high-resolution microscope to capture the image.
👀 Read a book with a MC who is a scientist; tell us the character and the field
The Romanov Cross - Robert Masello (Frank Slater, epidemiologist) 2/2

✔ 4. Out of the millions of creatures on Earth, humans are only 1 of 3 species capable of laughter, the other two being chimpanzees and rats.
👀 Read a book with HUMOR on its main GR page
Full Bloom - Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes 2/25

✔ 5. The Welsh word for "jellyfish" is Psygod wibli wobli.
👀 Read a book with at least two significant words in the title that begin with the same letter
The Sleep of Stone - Louise Cooper 1/19

✔ 6. Humans can hear the difference between hot and cold water being poured. This is apparently vital for advertising purposes.
👀 Read a book with opposite words in the title (hot/cold, good/bad, etc.)
New Uses for Old Boyfriends - Beth Kendrick 7/17

✔ 7. In over 35 British divorce cases in 2012 alone, the video game Football Manager was cited.
👀 Read a book with a character who is divorced; tell us the character
Wickedly Charming - Kristine Grayson (Prince Charming) 1/24

✔ 8. Pantheism is the belief that God did not create the universe, but rather that the universe is God.
👀 Read a book with the letters G-O-D in the title, not necessarily in order
Through the Grinder - Cleo Coyle 1/12

✔ 9. If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground, it can't hop.
👀 Read a book set in Australia or by an Australian author
Unlit - Keri Arthur 1/11

✔ 10. Stephen Hawking once threw a party for time-travelers on June 28, 2009, but he only announced the party the next day. No one showed up.
👀 Read a book with TIME TRAVEL on its main GR page
The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers 1/12

✔11. Astronaut ice cream, a freeze-dried staple in any self-respecting space museum's gift shop, has never been taken into space. Although commissioned for NASA, it never made any journeys.
👀 Read a book with a character who is or was an astronaut; tell us the character
The Martian - Andy Weir (Mark Watney) 5/23

✔ 12. As part of a contract, J.K. Rowling can go to Universal Studios and if anything is deemed incorrect, inaccurate or she doesn't like it, she can get it changed.
👀 Read a book with a MC who is a lawyer
Keeping Company - Tami Hoag 3/9

✔ 13. Albert Einstein was married to his distant cousin, Elsa Einstein.
👀 Read a book in which cousins are important; tell us how
Undertow - Dixie Browning 9/28
(MCs cousins are trying to kill her off for her inheritance)

✔ 14. A single ant can live up to 29 years.
👀 Read a book with a main character whose name is three letters long; tell us the name
Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi (Ada) 1/30

✔ 15. The Gallop Infernal, composed for an opera as a soundtrack to a man descending into hell, is better known as the "Can-Can" song.
👀 Read a book with a repeated significant word in its title
Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch 8/2

✔ 16. Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.
👀 Read a book with a character that makes you want to bang your head against a wall; tell us the character
The Day of the Dead - Nicci French (Lola Hayes) 2/3

✔ 17. Cherophobia is the fear of fun.
👀 Read a book whose title contains a word beginning with CH
Chasing Perfect - Susan Mallery 1/18

✔ 18. The television smash-hit Breaking Bad was originally turned down by HBO, Showtime and FX.
👀 Read a book with a verb ending in ING in its title
I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll 1/3

✔19. The late Steve Irwin and his whole film crew stopped filming in 2003 to aid in a 2-day search and rescue of missing divers.
👀 Read a book that you put down for awhile, then came back to later; tell us why
Ómorphi - Cody Kennedy (unrealistic story) 3/24

✔ 20. In six hours, the world's deserts receive more energy from the sun than humans consume in a year.
👀 Read a book with a sunny scene shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins 12/21


✔ 21. May 29th is officially "put a pillow on your fridge day." It supposedly brings good luck and wealth to the household.
👀 Read a book originally published in May of any year; tell us the year
Easy - Tammara Webber (May 2012) 1/25

✔ 22. If abandoned, squirrels will adopt other squirrels' babies.
👀 Read a book with a baby (under 18 months old) in the story
The Chocolate Moose Motive - JoAnna Carl (14 months) 10/27

✔ 23. Rabbits, apart from the blind spot in front of their noses, have nearly 360° panoramic vision to allow them to detect predators from all directions.
👀 Read a book that is more than 360 pages long; tell us how many pages
Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (602 pages) 2/7

✔ 24. One man, Drew Struzan, created all the original movie posters for many hit movies, including Blade Runner, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, Coming to America, Rambo, Harry Potter and E.T.
👀 Read a book that has been turned into a movie (NOT a TV show)
The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus 1/13

✔ 25. The people of Sweden love Donald Duck so much, they had to make voting for him illegal.
👀 Read a book by an author named Donald/Don/Donny (no other variations)
What Lurks Below - Donald Firesmith 11/10

✔ 26. Disney threatened legal action if three daycare centers didn't remove artwork of Donald, Mickey and Goofy in 1989.
👀 Read a book with a proper name in the title
Bryant & May on the Loose - Christopher Fowler 1/30

✔ 27. Bananas are curved because they grow toward the sun.
👀 Read a book with a predominantly yellow cover; post the cover
Death of a Trophy Wife - Laura Levine 8/6


✔ 28. Movie trailers are called that because they were originally shown after the movie.
👀 Read book #2 in a series; tell us the series
A Symphony of Echoes - Jodi Taylor (The Chronicles of St. Mary's #2) 2/29

✔ 29. If an object, such as a star or comet, gets too close to a black hole, it will be stretched like a membrane. This is known as "spaghettification."
👀 Read a book with a long, thin object of some kind shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Digging In - Loretta Nyhan (rake handle) 2/18


30. Dinosaur feathers have been discovered preserved in amber. The feathers back up a theory that some dinosaurs had feathers very similar to birds today, at least in regard to color and transparency.
👀 Read a book with NON-FICTION > SCIENCE on its main GR page

✔ 31. The octopus is a very intelligent animal. They have been known to sneak onto fishing boats and even open the holds to eat the bait crabs.
👀 Read a book with some sort of sea creature shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Song of the Sea Spirit - K.C. May 4/18


✔ 32. According to research, heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday.
👀 Read a book with a day of the week in its title
Taken by Tuesday - Catherine Bybee 10/9

✔ 33. In 2015, more people died from injuries suffered while taking selfies than by shark attacks.
👀 Read a book in which a character dies (of any cause); tell us the character
Death of Darkness - Dianne Duvall (Greshom) 3/4

✔ 34. A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
👀 Read a book with a kitchen, kitchen appliance or kitchen utensil shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Rosemary and Crime - Gail Oust 12/11


✔ 35. Every pawn on a chess board was given the name of a commoner's occupation in medieval chess. These included the likes of Gambler, Innkeeper, Doctor and many others.
👀 Read a book with a character who works in a blue-collar job; tell us the character and the job
A Madness of Sunshine - Nalini Singh (hero, Will Gallagher, is a cop) 1/31

✔36. The humble Oreo is, probably accidentally, vegan. They contain zero dairy products, and this is probably due to trying to keep production costs low.
👀 Read a book with a cover that is ONLY black and white (title and author name may be other colors); post the cover
I Stop Somewhere - T.E. Carter 4/21


✔ 37. Russia's area is larger than the total surface of Pluto. The country has the largest area on Earth and measures in at 6,601,699 square miles. Pluto, by comparison, is just 6,430,000 square miles.
👀 Read a book with a 6 in the year it was originally published; tell us the year
Under the Snow - Kerstin Ekman (1961) 2/9

✔ 38. You cannot snore and dream at the same time.
👀 Read a book that left you feeling sleepy; tell us why
A Cosmology of Monsters - Shaun Hamill (very boring) 3/1

✔ 39. A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
👀 Read a book with a five-word title (ALL words count)
Until the Debt is Paid - Alexander Hartung 1/6

✔ 40. The tallest land animal is the giraffe. It is capable of looking into a second-story window with ease. Its neck measures around 6 feet long and weighs about 600 pounds.
👀 Read a book with an adjective ending is EST (tallest, fastest, smallest, etc.) in the title
The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15

✔ 41. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.
👀 Read a book with an animal normally found on a farm shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Peculiar Boars of Malloy - Doug Crandell 3/5


✔ 42. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
👀 Read a book with a large boat or ship shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Dark Voyage - Helen Susan Swift 9/7

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✔ 43. The human eye is so sensitive that, if the Earth were flat and it was a dark night, a candle's flame could be seen from 30 miles away.
👀 Read a book with a candle (lit or unlit) shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Deadly Kisses - Brenda Joyce 2/6


✔ 44. OJ Simpson's father, Jimmie, was a well-known San Francisco drag queen.
👀 Read a book whose main character is a father
Enigma - Catherine Coulter 2/7

✔ 45. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the only film in the series not on the list of the 50 highest-grossing films.
👀 Read a book in which a character is imprisoned; tell us the character
Consequences - Aleatha Romig (Claire Nichols) 1/7

✔ 46. Larry Page, Google's CEO, has vocal cord nerve strain, which is a condition that's slowly removing his ability to speak.
👀 Read a book whose main character owns his/her own business; tell us the business
Shifting Dreams - Elizabeth Hunter (owns a diner) 3/13

✔47. Costa Rica's butterfly species is abundant. The range includes up to 90% of all Central American butterflies and, even more impressively, 18% of the world's total butterfly species.
👀 Read a book set in the tropics (use this list); tell us where
https://www.hobotraveler.com/tropical...
Night Diver - Elizabeth Lowell (set on St. Vincent Island) 3/25

✔48. About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year.
👀 Read a book in which music is important to the plot
Jumping Jude - Lucy Lennox (hero is a singer on tour) 4/26

✔ 49. The French language has seventeen different words for "surrender."
👀 Read a book with a number in the title (one and 10 work; third and 1st do not)
Thirteen Rising - Romina Russell 1/26

✔ 50. The word "robot" comes from the Slavic word for "slave labor," and was first used in a 1920 play.
👀 Read a book set in the 1920s
Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10

✔ 51. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift away from each other.
👀 Read a book with characters who have been friends for a very long time; tell us the characters
Damian - D.B. Reynolds 8/20
(friends for millenium - Damian, Kato, Gabriel, Nicodemus and Dragan)

✔ 52. There are 1665 steps in the Eiffel Tower.
👀 Read a book with a repeated consecutive number in the total page count (211 and 440 work; 313 does not)
Running into Love - Aurora Rose Reynolds (224 pages) 2/29

✔53. The Pokemon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchain are based on Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
👀 Read a book with a character who participates in martial arts; tell us the character
Dark Queen - Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock) 3/29

✔54. Pirates wore earrings because they believed it would improve their eyesight.
👀 Read a book with some sort of jewelry shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Circle of Time - Lynn Hanna (brooch) 12/20


✔55. The Twitter bird actually has a name: Larry.
👀 Read a book with a character or by an author named Larry/Lawrence (no other variations)
The Buccaneers - Iain Lawrence 11/14

✔56. The first alarm clock would only ring at 4am.
👀 Read a book with a clock or other timepiece shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
New Year's Eve Murder - Leslie Meier (hourglass) 7/28


✔57. Panphobia is the fear of everything.
👀 Read a book that you find scary; tell us why
Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose (the spiders creeped me out) 7/9

✔58. An apple, a potato and an onion all taste the same – if you eat them with your nose plugged.
👀 Read a book with one of these items shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Snow White Red-Handed - Maia Chance 4/12


✔59. A cat has five toes on its front paws, but only four on the back.
👀 Read a book with a cat as a significant part of the story or shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Shattered Bonds - Faith Hunter 5/24
(MC is a puma shifter who spends a lot of time as a cat)

✔ 60. In a lifetime, the average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world.
👀 Read a book with at least one person walking shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The 17th Suspect - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 10/20


✔ 61. The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.
👀 Read a book in which something is stolen; using spoiler tags, tell us what
Nightmare in Shining Armor - Tamar Myers (a priceless suit of armor) 8/17

✔ 62. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.
👀 Read a book with a predominantly orange cover; post the cover
A Scone to Die For - H.Y. Hanna 8/24


✔ 63. California has issued drivers' licenses to six people named Jesus Christ.
👀 Read a book set in California; tell us where
The Unleashing - Shelly Laurenston (Los Angeles) 1/18

✔ 64. Over 1000 birds die every year from smashing into windows.
👀 Read a book with a bird in the title or shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Train to Warsaw - Gwen Edelman 1/19


✔ 65. George W. Bush was once a cheerleader.
👀 Read a book with a character who is in high school or college; tell us the character
Bentley - M.L. Young (Anna) 5/31

✔ 66. In 1895, Hampshire police handed out the first-ever speeding ticket, fining a man for going 6 mph.
👀 Read a book in which a character experiences a "first" of some kind (first job, first baby, etc.); tell us what and the character, using spoiler tags if necessary
The Law of Moses - Amy Harmon (first baby) 5/2

✔ 67. Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
👀 Read a book in which a war is important to the plot
Song of the Sea Spirit - K.C. May 4/18

✔ 68. In your lifetime, you will spend about 38 days brushing your teeth.
👀 Read a book with teeth shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7


✔ 69. Donkey Kong got his name because his creator believed that "donkey" meant "stupid" in English, and he wanted to convey the impression that the character was a "stupid ape."
👀 Read a book that was written in one language, then translated into another; tell us both languages
The Day is Dark - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (written in Icelandic, read in English) 2/26

✔ 70. There is a McDonald's on every continent except Antarctica.
👀 Read a book by an author with a "Mc" or "Mac" prefix in his/her name
The Unforgiven - Patricia MacDonald 3/23

✔ 71. Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on TV.
👀 Read a book with an honorific (Mr., Mrs., Dr., etc.) in the title
Finding Mr. Happily Ever After: Nathan - Melissa Storm & Melissa McClone 11/26

✔ 72. There are no bridges over the Amazon River.
👀 Read a book with a bridge and/or river shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Day of the Dead - Nicci French (Big Ben) 2/3


✔ 73. Even though Froot Loops are different colors, they all have exactly the same flavor.
👀 Read a book that seems to follow a standard "formula" of some kind
Immortal Born - Lynsay Sands 3/25

✔ 74. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. The stripes are like fingerprints and no two tigers have the same pattern.
👀 Read a book with a striped object shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews 11/9


✔ 75. The "I'm feeling lucky" feature in Google search actually costs Google $110 million a year, as 1% of all searches use this feature and bypass all advertising.
👀 Read a book with a contraction (I'm, It's, Don't) in the title
Don't Close Your Eyes - Christie Craig 1/5

✔ 76. The Boston Marathon didn't allow female runners until 1972.
👀 Read a book with a strong female character; tell us who
My Fair Assassin - C.J. Anaya (Crysta Jensen) 1/4

✔ 77. As of 2016, MySpace still gets 50 million visitors per month.
👀 Read a book in which social media is mentioned; quote the excerpt and tell us the page/location number
180 Seconds - Jessica Park 4/29
(a viral video sensation - all over facebook and twitter and buzzfeed), p44

✔ 78. Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a new beach every day for over 27 years.
👀 Read a book with a beach shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Moondance Beach - Susan Donovan 6/16


✔ 79. The directors of Despicable Me wrote their own language for the Minions. It's called Minionise.
👀 Read a book with the word ME, MY or MINE in the title
My Fair Traitor - C.J. Anaya 1/16

✔ 80. Lake Hillier, located on one of the islands off the west coast of Australia is unique for its color – bright bubble-gum pink. Scientists have not yet determined why it is such a bright pink.
👀 Read a book with a predominantly BRIGHT pink cover (not pastel); post the cover
Shocking Pink - Erica Spindler 10/30


✔ 81. Approximately 1,000,000 dogs in the US are named as heirs in their owners' wills.
👀 Read a book with a dog shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Murder on the Yukon Quest - Sue Henry 1/28


✔ 82. The word "almost" is the longest word in the English language to have all of its letters in alphabetical order.
👀 Read a book by an author whose initials – including the middle initial if it's listed on Goodreads! – are in alphabetical order
A Welcome Murder - Robin Yocum 1/4

✔ 83. A recent study showed that customers in a bookstore were 3.48 times more likely to peruse romantic books if the store smelled like chocolate, and 5.93 times more likely to buy them.
👀 Read a book with ROMANCE on its main GR page
Wickedly Unraveled - Deborah Blake 1/10

✔ 84. The word "oxymoron" is itself an oxymoron. It derives from Ancient Greek where "oxy" means "sharp" and "moros" means "stupid."
👀 Read a book whose title begins with O (disregard A, An and The)
One Potion in the Grave - Heather Blake 3/22

✔ 85. It is estimated that in the Amazon Rainforest, there are between 20-40 million different species of animals (most of which are insects), as well as over 40,000 species of plants.
👀 Read a book with a character who earns his/her living working with plants or animals; tell us the character and the career
Of Blood and Ashes - Kyoko M (works with dragons) 5/26

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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Nobel Prize Day
Duration: December 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021

READ: 26/26

✔ 1. Read a book with a very wealthy character (tell us who) - or - a book set in Europe (tell us where).
Ink, Iron, and Glass - Gwendolyn Clare (Italy) 2/12

✔ 2. Read a book in which a will is read - or - a book with brothers as significant characters (tell us who).
A Vow So Bold and Deadly - Brigid Kemmerer (Rhen and Grey) 2/24

✔ 3. Read a book in which someone dies - or - a book that you rated very differently from the majority, either liking it more than most people did or less (in which way did your opinion differ?)
A Glimpse of Evil - Victoria Laurie 4/19

✔ 4. Read a series book #5 (tell us the series) - or - a book in which family members fight (briefly tell us what it's about).
The Diva Haunts the House - Krista Davis (A Domestic Diva Mystery) 1/5

✔ 5. Read a book with a king in the story (no other royalty, just a king, tell us who) - or - a book with a scene set at a concert or other musical event.
The Warlock King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/5

✔ 6. Read a book with some sort of financial planner or money whiz as a character (tell us who) - or - a book where the first letter of every title word can be found in NOBELFOUNDATION (three-word minimum, all words count).
A New Leash on Death - Susan Conant 1/23

✔ 7.Read a book whose author's first AND last initials are found in any ONE of the award categories (PHYSICS or CHEMISTRY or PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE or LITERATURE or PEACE) - or - a non-fiction book on a subject that you found interesting.
Outfoxed by Love - Eve Langlais (E & L in LitErature) 5/17

✔ 8. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in PEACE (disregard A, An The) - or - a book that has won some sort of award (tell us the award and the year).
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith 1/9

✔ 9. Read a book in which a group of people work together (briefly tell us how) - or - a book with a MAIN character who is a college student (tell us who and what college, fictional colleges OK).
Deadly Silence - Rebecca Zanetti 4/1
(3 blood brothers work together to enact revenge on the people who tortured them as children)

✔ 10. Read a book from a spin-off series (tell us the name of both the original series the spin-off series) - or - a book set in the 1960s.
Blood Heir - Ilona Andrews (spin-off of Kate Daniels series) 3/20

✔ 11. Read a book with a 3 in the total number of pages (tell us how many) - or -a book that is part of a trilogy (tell us the name of the trilogy).
A Heart So Fierce and Broken - Brigid Kemmerer (Cursebreakers) 1/12

✔ 12, Read a book with an artist character (tell us who and what medium they use) - or - a book with what you consider a beautiful cover (show us the cover and tell us why you think it is beautiful).
The Seelie King - Heather Killough-Walden (Selene, paint) 1/12

✔ 13. Read a book from a series that has more than 18 books (tell us how many books in the series and where your book fits) - or - a book with a circular object on the cover (show us the cover).
Call of the Colossus - K.C. May 3/5


✔ 14. Read a book where a formal meal is eaten in a public place (restaurant, hall, etc., not a picnic in the park) - or - a book with at least 250 pages (tell us how many).
The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan (442 pages) 1/10

✔ 15. Read a book by an author who has died - or - a book originally published before 1974 (tell us when).
Busy Bodies - Joan Hess (died Nov 23, 2017) 5/29

✔ 16. Read a book with a MAIN character whose first name begins with L (tell us the name) - or - a book with leaves on the cover (show us the cover).
The Cheerio Killings - Doug Allyn (Lupe Garcia) 1/30

✔ 17. Read a book with two of the following numbers in the total number of pages - 9, 2, 3, 7, 4 (tell us how many pages) - or - a book that you've read more than once.
Hard as You Can - Laura Kaye (372 pages) 3/5

✔ 18. Read a book in which a family plays a significant part - or - a memoir or biography (tell us the subject).
The Bourbon Kings - J.R. Ward 2/17

19. Read a book set during World War I or World War II - or - a book with any kind of money on the cover (show us the cover).

✔ 20. Read a Young Adult book - or - a book with a MAIN character who is age 17 or younger (tell us who).
Out of the Blue - S.L. Rottman (Stu Ballantyne, 15)3/1

✔ 21. Read a book with some sort of man-made light on the cover (show us the cover) - or - a book with a senior-citizen character (tell us who).
Without a Sound - Carla Cassidy 2/15


✔ 22. Read a book by a female author - or - a book in which a real celebrity is mentioned (tell us who).
SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2

✔ 23. Read a book written by two authors - or - a book that you rated only one or two stars.
The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis 1/8

✔ 24. Read a book originally published in a year with a 4 in it (tell us the year) - or - a book set in Germany or Russia.
I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus (Germany) 4/15

✔ 25. Read a book in which a character is arrested or spends time in jail (tell us who) - or - a book by author with at least 3 names (initials don't count).
Silver Zombie - Carole Nelson Douglas 2/16

✔ 26. Read a book that is an author's debut book - or - a book by an author whose FIRST name starts with L or whose LAST name starts with P
Celtic Moon - Jan DeLima 2/7

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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Spring Scavenger Challenge - A Flutter of Butterflies
Duration: March 21 - June 20, 2021

READ: 17/17

✔️1. 🦋 Read a book set before the year 1000; tell us when OR a book whose title begins with a letter in EGYPTIAN (disregard A, An and The)
Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - Mindy Klasky 4/12

✔️2. 🦋 Read a book with a cover that is almost entirely yellow; post the cover OR a book that has been translated into at least three languages other than the original; tell us the languages
I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus (Russian, Dutch, English) 4/15

✔️3. 🦋 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title (ALL words count!) can be found in LEPIDOPTERA (3-word minimum; a letter can only be used as many times as it appears in the word) OR a book with a bright sunny scene shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Immortal Rules - Julie Kagawa 4/22

✔️4. 🦋 Read a book originally published in 2012; tell us the pub date OR a book with a character who is deaf; tell us who
Deliver Me from Darkness - Tes Hilaire (pub Feb 1, 2012) 5/25

✔️5. 🦋 Read a book with natural wings (NOT airplane wings!) shown prominently on the cover; post the cover OR the shortest book on your to-read list that is over 150 pages long; tell us how many pages
The Dragon Book - Jack Dann 4/21


✔️6. 🦋 Read a book with a major character who eats a lot; tell us who OR a book with a predominantly green cover; post the cover
Changeless - Gail Carriger (heroine) 4/20

✔️7. 🦋 Read a book in which a birth occurs; tell us the page/location number OR a book originally published less than six months before you finished it; tell us when it was published
Faithless in Death - J.D. Robb (pub February 9, 2021) 6/4

✔️8. 🦋 Read a book with an action verb ending in ING in the title OR a book with a character who is very picky about something; using spoiler tags, tell us who and what they're picky about
The Burning Page - Genevieve Cogman 4/10

✔️9. 🦋 Read a book with at least two generations of the same family in the story; tell us who and their relationship OR the book most recently added to your to-read list (or the most recent add that you can get your hands on); tell us when you added it
Secret Sisters - Jayne Ann Krentz (added Apr 16, 2021) 5/4

✔️10. 🦋 Read a book with a drink/beverage shown prominently on the cover; post the cover OR a book from a genre that is outside of your comfort zone; tell us the genre
When Books Went to War - Molly Guptill Manning (non fiction) 5/12

✔️11. 🦋 Read a book in which a major character is looking for something specific; using spoiler tags, tell us who is looking for what OR a book with bare feet shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
Twisted Truths - Rebecca Zanetti (the scientist that tortured hero) 5/13

✔️12. 🦋 Read a book whose page total contains only numbers found in 1, 2, 5, 5, 8, 0, 0; tell us how many pages OR a book set in a location that is known for being cold most of the time; tell us the location
The Snowman - Jo Nesbø (550 pages) 4/17

✔️13. 🦋 Read a book in which the main character must avoid a predator of some sort; using spoiler tags, briefly explain OR a book with a bird shown prominently on the cover; post the cover
The Lost Plot - Genevieve Cogman (vampires are trying to kill MC) 4/28

✔️14. 🦋 Read a book set in Mexico or California; tell us where OR a book with a monarch (king, queen or emperor; real or fictional) in the story; tell us who
Blameless - Gail Carriger (Queen Victoria) 4/26

✔️15. 🦋 Read a book whose primary focus is some type of environmental issue; tell us what OR a book by an author who has died; tell us the date/year of their passing
The Dry - Jane Harper (long-term drought) 5/1

✔️16. 🦋 Choose one of these rare butterflies. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the butterfly's name AND with a total page count that includes TWO of the numbers in the current estimated numbers posted above; post a link to the author's GR page AND tell us how many pages.

✔️A. MACEDONIAN GRAYLING | Current estimated numbers : about 3000
The Fire King - Marjorie M. Liu (307 pages) 4/30

✔️17. 🦋 Read a book with a flower garden shown or a field of wildflowers prominently on the cover; post the cover OR a book set in the spring; tell us when
The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner (set in May) 6/6

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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Spring Spell Challenge - Butterflies
Duration: March 21 - June 20, 2021


READ: 51/51

F: Faithless in Death - J.D. Robb 6/4
L: The Heir of Night - Helen Lowe 4/10
U: Immortal Protector - Ursula Bauer 3/24
T: The Malfeasance Occasional: Girl Trouble - Clare Toohey 3/22
T: The Silvered - Tanya Huff 3/26
E: The Lantern Men - Elly Griffiths 4/8
R: Stakes & Stilettos - Michelle Rowen 3/28


L: Dangerous Attachments - Sarah Lovett 4/16
E: Kodiak's Claim - Eve Langlais 5/14
P: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum - Kirsten Weiss 5/5
I: Immortal Champion - Lisa Hendrix 3/30
D: Dark Water Dive - Kathy Brandt 4/3
O: One Cold Night - Kate Pepper 4/1
P: The 18th Abduction - James Patterson & MaxinePaetro 6/15
T: The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner 6/
E: Jealous And Freakn' - Eve Langlais 6/12
R: The Ruby Brooch - Katherine Lowry Logan 3/27
A: All the Tides of Fate - Adalyn Grace 5/7


E: Angel of Darkness - Cynthia Eden 5/16
G: A Glimpse of Evil - Victoria Laurie 4/19
G: Changeless - Gail Carriger 4/20

C: Bitter Harvest - Sheila Connolly 4/3
A: Spell Weaver - Roxi Ashe 5/10
T: Torn - Chris Jordan 3/29
E: Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9
R: Gathering Darkness - Morgan Rhodes 3/31
P: Polar Bared - Eve Langlais 6/9
I: Into Aether - L.M. Fry 4/23
L: Hard Ever After - Laura Kaye 5/11
L: Lethal Lies - Rebecca Zanetti 5/10
A: Whisper of the Moon Moth - Lindsay Jayne Ashford 5/2
R: Stolen Soul - AlexRivers 3/31

C: The Corpse Wore Tartan - Kaitlyn Dunnett 5/24
O: Wild Irish Heart - Tricia O'Malley 4/9
C: Heartless - Gail Carriger 5/25
O: Take One With You - Oak Anderson 4/24
O: Outfoxed by Love - Eve Langlais 5/17
N: Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan 4/6


C: The Clockwork Dagger - Beth Cato 6/12
A: Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin - Nancy Atherton 4/27
B: Sticks - Joan Bauer 4/4
B: Bound By Sin - Jenna Maclaine 4/18
A: All the Time You Need - Melissa Mayhue 6/11
G: Half Bad - SallyGreen 6/5
E: The Unexpected Bride - Elizabeth Rolls 4/23

W: When Books Went to War - Molly Guptill Manning 5/12
H: The Harp and The Fiddle - Lila Dubois 5/21
I: If You Give A Girl A Viscount - Kieran Kramer 5/30
T: Tristan - Liz Gavin 4/25
E: Alpha Star - Elsa Jade 6/14
S: The Stone Demon - Karen Mahoney 4/10


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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Great Goddess
Start Date: October 1, 2020
End Date: June 30, 2021

READ: 60/61

✔️She Who Is
Read a book that is classified as a MYSTERY on its GR home page, OR read a book that has a character who is particularly adaptable and able to get along well in different situations (tell us who).
The 17th Suspect - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 10/20

GODDESSES OF CREATION, GREAT MOTHER AND EARTH GODDESSES

✔️👩‍👧‍👦Aditi
Tasks: Read a book with a word or expression related to time in its title OR read a book that has something related to the zodiac signs on the cover, e.g. a crab for Cancer (tell us which sign)
A Love Beyond Time - Judie Aitken 10/28

✔️👩‍👧‍👦Asase Ya
Tasks: Read a book in which someone is a farmer or grows food as part of the plot OR read a book that has a character who is loyal and steadfast (tell us who).
Nuts - Alice Clayton (hero and heroine) (hero is a farmer) 10/14

✔️👩‍👧‍👦Astarte
Tasks: Read a book which contains a sex scene, or implied sex scene* OR read a book which includes a large geographic area, e.g. someone travels to far places (tell us the area(s))
Finding Mr. Happily Ever After - Melissa Storm & Melissa McClone 11/26

✔️👩‍👧‍👦Aste Estsan
Tasks: Read a book where something important is stolen (tell us what) OR read a book with an ordinal number in the title (first, second, third, fourth, etc. rather than one, two, three, etc.).
The Second Deadly Sin - Åsa Larsson 10/19

✔️👩‍👧‍👦Gaia
Tasks: Read a book that has a very jealous character (tell us who) OR read a book that is set or has an important scene underground or in a cave (tell us where).
An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear (underground in the troll tunnels) 10/10

✔️👩‍👧‍👦Hokma
Tasks: Read a book that has a female character(s) who is a positive influence or inspiration for others (tell us who) OR read a book with a place of worship on its cover (post the cover).
Archangel's Sun - Nalini Singh (Sharine) 12/2

✔️👩‍👧‍👦Isis
Tasks: Read a book by an author who writes under more than one name (post the link to the author) OR read a popular book (one that has more than 7,000 GR ratings – tell us the number).
Illumination - Susannah Sandlin (writes as Susanne Johnson) 12/24

✔️👩‍👧‍👦 Mawu
Tasks: Read a book where someone’s gender plays an important role in the plot OR read a book with a snake or other reptile on the cover.
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend (iguana) 1/3


✔️👩‍👧‍👦Oshun
Tasks: Read a book where a woman is active in what if generally considered to be a male-dominated field (tell us the field) OR read a book where someone makes a great journey (tell us how).
Wolverine's Daughter - Doranna Durgin (world traveling journey to find her father) 10/20

✔️👩‍👧‍👦Spider Woman
Tasks: Read a book with a spider and/or spider web on the cover OR read a book that has a character who weaves, knits, crochets, or does another type of needlework.
Back on Blossom Street - Debbie Macomber 12/17

✔️👩‍👧‍👦White Buffalo Woman
Tasks: Read a book in which a character smokes (bonus for a pipe) (tell us who) OR read a book which has the number seven in its total page numbers (tell us the number of pages).
Marrow - Tarryn Fisher (278 pages) 11/19

GODDESSES OF RELATIONSHIPS, LOVE, SEXUALITY, AND FERTILITY

✔️Bonus Tasks for this category: Read a book that is marked Romance on its GR main page OR read a book in which someone is pregnant or gives birth.
Of Dawn and Embers - Kyoko M. (heroine) 10/24

✔️❤️Áine
Tasks: Read a book in which someone gets revenge for a wrongdoing (tell us how) OR read a book that is set in summer (June, July, or August).
An Almond for a Parrot - Wray Delaney (set in July) 10/24

✔️❤️Amaterasu
Tasks: Read a book with a sun or sunny day-lit scene on its cover (post the cover) OR read a book in which someone is tricked (tell us how).
Sleeping With Anemone - Kate Collins 12/21


✔️❤️Aphrodite
Tasks: Read a book with a shell on the cover OR read a book that is based on or gives tribute to an earlier work (such as a retelling of a fairy tell, etc.).
The Stepsister Scheme - Jim C. Hines 10/22

✔️❤️Ezili
Tasks: Read a book with a gay or bisexual character (tell us who) OR read a book where someone cries a lot (tell us who).
The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3

✔️❤️Hathor
Tasks: Read a book which has a character that is very popular and well-loved (tell us who) OR read a book in which a large festival or celebration takes place (tell us about it).
Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi 11/15

✔️❤️Hera
Tasks: Read a book in which some type of sporting event occurs (it could be professional but also amateur, or even a children’s sports game) (tell us the event) OR read a book in which someone is misunderstood (tell us how).
Hero - Anna Hackett (gladiator-type cage fighting) 11/29

✔️❤️Parvati
Tasks: Read a book with mountains on the cover (post the cover) OR read a book with a character who is particularly determined (tell us who).
Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren (Grayson) 1/16

GODDESSES OF WISDOM, ARTS, CRAFTS, SKILLS, AND TRADES

✔️Bonus Tasks for this category: Read a book with a Main Character who is an artist, craftsperson, or tradesperson – someone who is skilled in any of the areas listed with these goddesses (tell us who and their field) OR read a book that has some type of tool or artist’s implements on the cover (please post the cover).
More Than a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase (heroine is a painter) 11/22

✔️👩🏾‍🎓Athena
Tasks: Read a book in which a battle of some sort occurs, OR read a book that has a large building or noted human-constructed landmark on the cover (please post the cover).
A Tapestry of Spells - Lynn Kurland 10/15


✔️👩🏾‍🎓Brigit
Tasks Read a book in which someone suffers a devastating loss, such as a demotion or job loss (tell us what event happened) OR read a book that was first published in February of any year (tell us the year).
Angels Whisper - Tony Perona (Feb 21, 2005) 11/15

✔️👩🏾‍🎓Estsanatlehi
Tasks: Read a book in which a happy occasion such as a wedding takes place (tell us the occasion) OR read a book in which someone is a singer or enjoys music and singing (they do not have to be a professional musician) (tell us who).
Burn This! - Tasha Black (hero is a rock star) 10/18

✔️👩🏾‍🎓Frigg
Tasks: Read a book with the name of a day of the week in its title (reasonable variations OK) OR read a book in which someone tries to change their lot in life (tell us how).
Taken by Tuesday - Catherine Bybee 10/9

✔️👩🏾‍🎓Huitaca
Tasks: Read a book with an owl on the cover (post the cover) OR read a book in which there some type of rebellion or uprising (it can but does not necessarily have to be armed conflict. It could also, for example, be students protesting an unfair policy, etc.).
Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes 12/5

👩🏾‍🎓Laka
Task: Read a book in which dancing is important to the plot (tell us how) OR read a book which shows rain on the cover (post the cover).

✔️👩🏾‍🎓The Muses
Tasks: Read a book that has a character who is generally happy (tell us who) OR read a book which is set in a museum or which has an important scene in a museum (tell us about this setting).
One Grave Too Many - Beverly Connor 12/8

✔️👩🏾‍🎓Sarasvati
Tasks: Read a book with a four in its original publication year (tell us the year) OR read a book with some type of waterfowl on the cover (bonus for a swan) (post the cover).
New Corpse In Town - Lucy Quinn 12/19


✔️👩🏾‍🎓Xochiquetzal
Tasks: Read a book that has a compound word in its title OR read a book that has feather(s) and/or flower(s) on its cover (post the cover).
Blackmark - Jean Lowe Carlson 10/17

✔️👩🏾‍🎓Yolkai Estsan
Tasks: Read a book with a predominantly white cover (post the cover) OR read a book where someone is mistaken for someone else.
Identical - Scott Turow (twins) 10/16

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GODDESSES OF WAR, CHAOS, DISEASE, DESTRUCTION, LIFE-DEATH, AND THE UNDERWORLD

✔️Bonus Tasks for this category: Read a book in which a war takes place (any time and place, in a real, fictional, or imaginary context) (tell us the war) OR read a book that has a female character that could be called a hero (please tell us who and why you think she fits this task).
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (the Trojan War) 1/19

✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Ala
Tasks: Read a book in which someone takes an oath or follows a moral code (tell us who) OR read a book with an insect(s) on the cover (bonus for ants)
Semi-Psychic Life - Elizabeth Hunter (butterfly11/12


✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Durga
Tasks: Read a book with 10 intact in the total number of pages (tell us the number of pages) OR read a book that has a lethal weapon of some type on the cover (post the cover).
Warrior - Anna Hackett (battle axe) 11/11


✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Hecate
Tasks: Read a book that has a three in the original publication year (tell us the year) OR read a book that involves ghosts in its plot (tell us how).
The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews (MC sees/talks to ghosts) 11/9

✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Hel
Tasks: Read a book with a cover that is cut in half in some way (e.g. different patterns, etc.) (post the cover) OR read a book that has opposite or conflicting words in the title
Preppy: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater, Part One - T.M. Frazier 11/30

✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Kali
Tasks: Read a book that seems disorganized or chaotic to you (tell us how) OR read a book with a predominantly black or blue cover (post the cover).
The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7


✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Korravai
Tasks: Read a book with a character who is very fierce or aggressive (tell us who) OR read a book with someone’s face or head on the cover (NOT the whole person, at most shoulders and up) (post the cover).
Perversion - T.M. Frazier (Tristan "Grim", executioner) 11/8

✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Lilith
Tasks: Read a book in which someone is divorced (tell us who) OR read a book in which someone is a murderer (tell us who – use spoilers if needed).
Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath ((view spoiler)[Barry Fuller (hide spoiler)]) 11/27

✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Sekhmet
Tasks: Read a book in which a character has two sides to their character (e.g. shy in one setting outgoing in another, or working as a different person undercover, etc.) (tell us how) OR read a book that is set or has an important scene in a desert (tell us where).
A Phoenix Is Forever - Ashlyn Chase 11/28
(leader of Karma Inc uses many different characters to interact with her clients)

✔️🦸🏻‍♀️ Xiwang Mu
Tasks: Read a book which has the word WEST in the title or author’s name (compound words and reasonable variations are OK) OR read a book whose cover is predominantly a colour or colours found in peaches (peaches, reds, oranges, yellows, gold) (post the cover).
The Chalk Man - C.J. Tudor 11/18


GODDESS OF ANIMALS, PLANTS, WATER, SEASONS, AND ALL THINGS NATURE

✔️Bonus Tasks for this category: Read a book that has a focus on environmental issues (tell us how) OR read a book that has a natural ecosystem of any type (e.g. forest, lake, desert, etc.) on the cover (post the cover).
What Lurks Below - Donald Firesmith 11/10
(terrorists attack the Alaskan pipeline)

✔️🌲 Demeter and Persephone
Tasks: Read a book in a mother-daughter relationship is important (tell us how) OR read a book that has the name of one of the four seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall/autumn) somewhere in its title or author’s name (compound words and reasonable variations are OK).
Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10
(Mother and daughter only have each other so they protect each other however necessary - even when daughter ends up in reform school for taking the blame for an accidental (though much needed) death)

✔️🌲 Epona
Tasks: Read a book with a domesticated farm animal on the cover (bonus for a horse) OR read a book in which someone is adopted (the adoption does not need to take place during the book, just that the person was adopted at some point) (tell us who).
Air Bound - Christine Feehan (MCs adopt four orphans) 11/19

✔️🌲 Hi’iaka
Tasks: Read a book that has clouds on the cover (post the cover) OR read a book in which someone is wrongfully suspected or accused of something (tell us who and how).
Evil in Carnations - Kate Collins (Nikki accused of murder) 11/23

✔️🌲 Kadlu, Kweetoo, and Ignirtoq
Tasks: Read a book in which rain or stormy weather plays a role in the plot (tell us how) OR read a book from a position on your TBR list that has at least one number 3 in it (tell us the number).
Into the Black Nowhere - Meg Gardiner 1/7
(a blizzard allows the escaped criminal to evade re-capture)

✔️🌲 Mama Quilla
Tasks: Read a book with the moon on the cover (post the cover) OR read a book that features a teenaged or tween-aged girl (tell us who).
Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7


✔️🌲 Medeina
Tasks: Read a book that is set in or near a forest or which has an important scene in a forest (tell us how your book fits) OR read a book in which members of someone’s extended family play a role (tell us how).
The Girl in Red - Christina Henry 11/24
(retelling of Little Red Riding Hood and takes place in the woods)

✔️🌲 Nut
Tasks: Read a book that has a night scene on the cover (post the cover) OR read a book with a couple that is greatly, inseparably (or almost inseparably) in love (tell us who).
The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea - Kerrelyn Sparks (fated lovers) 10/3

✔️🌲 Papa
Tasks: Read a book in which a couple has been in a relationship for a long time (tell us about them) OR read a book in which something important is hidden (tell us what).
The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15

✔️🌲 Pele
Tasks: Read a book with a character who has a fiery temper (tell us who) OR read a book in which a fire or volcano is important to the plot (tell us how).
Walking in Fire - Catheryn Cade (volcano erupts in Hawaii) 10/3

✔️🌲 Sedna
Tasks: Read a book in which someone is betrayed (tell us how) OR read a book that has a large body of water on the cover (post the cover).
Quicksilver - Rebecca J. Anderson (hero betrayed heroine to her enemies) 12/12

✔️🌲 Yemana
Tasks: Read a book with a predominantly blue cover (post the cover) OR read a book that is set on, in, or near an ocean or sea (tell us where).
The Buccaneers - Iain Lawrence (on a ship crossing the Atlantic) 11/14

GODDESSES OF FORTUNE, GOOD LUCK, GOOD HEALTH, AND ABUNDANCE

✔️Bonus Tasks for this Category: Read a book that has a particularly lucky character (tell us who) OR read a book that has particularly wealthy character (tell us who).
Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb (Roarke) 11/13

✔️🌟 Bà Chúa Xú
Tasks: Read a book with a MC who is an entrepreneur or businessperson (bonus if this person is a woman) (tell us who) OR read a book with a two AND three in its total page numbers (tell us the number).
Claimed - Rebecca Zanetti (Emma Paulsen, geneticist) 11/17

✔️🌟 Benzai-Ten
Tasks: Read a book that has dragons as part of its plot (tell us how) OR read a book with an eight in its original publication year (tell us the year).
Of Fury and Fangs - Kyoko M. 10/31
(genetically created dragons are rampaging across the world)

✔️🌟 Gula
Tasks: Read a book with a main character who is in a medical profession (tell us who and their profession) OR read a book in which someone works in a garden, either professionally or for recreation (tell us who).
Shocking Pink - Erica Spindler (Andie Bennett, psychiatrist) 10/30

✔️🌟 Kuan Yin
Tasks: Read a book in which someone overcomes a challenge, difficult situation, or ordeal (tell us how) OR read a book in which there are discussions about food or what people are eating (bonus if the discussion is because the character(s) is a vegetarian) (tell us about these discussions).
Murder Most Maine - Karen MacInerney (a dieting retreat) 11/3

✔️🌟 Lakshmi
Tasks: Read a book with an artificial source of light on the cover - bonus for a lantern(s) (post the cover) OR read a book in which someone works hard for a goal or perseveres through a difficult situation (tell us how).
Suspended - Sarah Noffke (spotlights) 11/26


✔️🌟 Nike
Tasks: Read a book where someone lends something to someone else (tell us what) OR read a book that has wings on the cover (post the cover).
An Almond for a Parrot - Wray Delaney 10/24


✔️🌟 The Norns
Tasks: Read a book that takes place in several time periods (e.g. through flashbacks, parallel plot lines, etc.) OR read a book in which relations between sisters are important (tell us how).
Queen Alice - Roy A. Mauritsen 12/18

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Giant Pandas
Duration: March 1 - July 31, 2021

READ: 20/20

✔ 1. 🐼 Read a book with a black and white cover (no shades of grey! Title and author information can be a different color. Post the cover).
Caged - Ellison Cooper 3/6


✔ 2. 🐼 Read a book in which all the words in the title begins with a letter in "Ailuropoda melanoleuca" (all words count, 3 words minimum).
One Cold Night - Kate Pepper 4/1

✔ 3. 🐼 Read a book set during ancient times (I'll accept anything older than 10 AD, mythical stories set on earth are fine, tell us when the book is set) -or- read a book whose author's initials are in the word "URSIDAE" (ignore middle initial).
Blood Heir - Ilona Andrews 3/20

✔ 4. 🐼 Read a book whose title matches that of another book on your shelves exactly (post links to both books) -or- read a book with a mostly red cover (post the cover).
Dangerous Attachments - Sarah Lovett 4/16


✔ 5. 🐼 Read a book with an X in the title -or- read a book with a cat on the cover (post the cover).
Pixi Poison - Lee Dignam & Katerina Martinez 4/24

6 & 7. 🐼 Choose a genre while signing up and read two books from different subgenres. One needs to have a mostly black cover, the other mostly brown (post subgenres and covers).
Mystery
✔ 6. Caged - Ellison Cooper (black cover) 3/6
✔7. Dragon Fever - Elsa Jade 7/17


8 & 9. 🐼 Read two books: a full sized book that is at least 250 pages, and a half step book or a short story from the same author. The half-step book or short story can be any size. If the short story doesn't have its own GR page, link any website that mentions it.
✔ 8. Hard as You Can - Laura Kaye (#2, 372 pages) 3/5
✔ 9. Hard to Be Good - Laura Kaye #3.5, 101 pages) 3/17

✔ 10. 🐼 Read a set in a cold climate (tell us where) -or- read a book with something distinctive around eyes shown on the cover (eyeshadow, tattoos, sunglasses, be creative. It only has to be prominent enough for me to see it when I enlarge the image. Post the cover).
Kodiak's Claim - Eve Langlais (set in Alaska) 5/14

11 & 12. 🐼 Read a book each from any two of the lists below. Tell us which lists you chose and the position of your book within the list.
✔11. Greenest Books Ever
Really Unusual Bad Boys - MaryJanice Davidson (#484) 7/16
✔ 12. Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish
The Snowman - Jo Nesbø (#990) 4/17

✔ 13. 🐼 Read a book with a single parent main character (tell us who) -or- read a book in which the main character moves from town to town for whatever reason (tell us who and why they move).
Styx's Storm - Lora Leigh (heroine running from the supposed bad guys) 7/4

✔ 14. 🐼 Read a book in which someone or something is hunted (using spoiler tags if needed, let us know how your book fits) -or- read a book which is confined to a small area (any book set in a tiny town will do or even if a book is set in a tiny portion of a city like NYC. Let us know how the book fits).
In the Middle of Somewhere - Roan Parrish (set in a very small town in Michigan) 6/30

✔ 15. 🐼 Read a book in which a scene occurs in a national park or nature preserve -or- read a book in which a plan to save something or someone is successful (if it's not spoiler-y, tell us how your book fits).
Wolf's Capture - Eve Langlais 6/19
(heroine has been a captive of a crazy person for years; hero is able to finally rescue her)

✔ 16. 🐼 Read a book with a multicolored cover (at least 4 colors, post the cover) -or- read a bestseller.
Mischief in Mudbug - Jana Deleon 4/14


✔ 17. 🐼 Read a book in which diplomacy is used for any reason (diplomacy in a political setting and not simply tact, tell us how your book fits) -or- read a book that you do not own (borrow from a friend or the library).
Changeless - Gail Carriger (library book) 4/20

18, 19, & 20.
🐼 From this list of Celebrity Pandas Alive Today, choose any three, and read a book each with the title beginning with a letter in the name of the panda, and the author's first and last initial in the current location. Tell us the name of the panda and its current location. (Choose only living pandas, please!)
✔ 18. Bai Yun | Dujiangyan, China Giant Panda Conservation Research Center
Bitter Harvest - Sheila Connolly 4/3

✔ 19. Hua Mei | Bifengxia Panda Base
I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus 4/15

✔ 20. Mei Lan | Chengdu Panda Base
The Lost Plot - Genevieve Cogman 4/28

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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Connections
Duration: October 1, 2020 - September 31, 2021
Level: Level 4: 25 – 30 books

READ: 26/26

✔ 1. Charlie All Night - Jennifer Crusie 10/12
✔ 2. [Jennifer] Adam - Jennifer Ashley 10/23
✔ 3. [Adam] Adam and Evil - Gillian Roberts 11/6
✔ 4. [Evil] Evil in Carnations - Kate Collins 11/23
✔ 5. [Kate] Soul Sucker - Kate Pearce 12/14
✔ 6. [Soul] Soul of the Wildcat - Devyn Quinn 12/16
✔ 7. [Quinn] Ravished by a Highlander - Paula Quinn 12/17
✔ 8. [Quinn] New Corpse In Town - Lucy Quinn 12/19
✔ 9. [Town] Town in a Wild Moose Chase - B.B. Haywood 3/3
✔ 10.[Chase] Taking Chase - Lauren Dane 5/8


✔ 11. [Dane] Blood of Eden - Tami Dane 5/15
✔ 12. [Eden] Angel of Darkness - Cynthia Eden 5/16
✔ 13. [Eden] The Watchers of Eden - T.C. Edge 5/20
✔ 14. [Edge] Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9
✔ 15. [Fear] Absolute Fear - Lisa Jackson 6/22
✔ 16. [Fear] Shiver of Fear - Roxanne St. Claire 6/23
✔ 17. [Roxanne] Hunt Her Down - Roxanne St. Claire 6/25
✔ 18. [Her] His Boots Under Her Bed - Ana Leigh 6/26
✔ 19. [Leigh] Styx's Storm - Lora Leigh (2010) 7/4
✔ 20. [2010] A Killer Plot - Ellery Adams 7/10

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✔ 21. [Adams] The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination - John Joseph Adams 7/11
✔ 22. [Mad] The Mad King - Jovee Winters 8/3
✔ 23. [King] The Rogue King - Abigail Owen 8/7
✔ 24. [Abigail] Child of Silence - Abigail Padgett 8/23
✔ 25. [Child] Child of the Grove - Tanya Huff 8/25
✔ 26. [Child] Night Child - Jes Battis 8/26



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Barbara ★]

Extreme Challenge: Obstacle Course
Start Date: August 1, 2017
End Date: September 11, 2021

1) First up is the tire tromping! There are 10 tires to be navigated. Read 10 books whose title or author’s first or last name begin with O. If using the author initial option, you must post a link to the author's name, as well as posting the link to the book.
✔ 1. The Oath of the Vayuputras - Amish Tripathi 8/22
✔ 2. Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross 9/13
✔ 3. Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/16
✔ 4. Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor 10/17
✔ 5. The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths 10/30
✔ 6. Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare 11/4
✔ 7. The Obsidian Chamber - Douglas Preston 11/5
✔ 8. Of Grave Concern - Max McCoy 12/4
✔ 9. Origin Phase - RTW Lipkin 12/17
✔ 10. On Turpentine Lane - Elinor Lipman 1/20


2) Next you’ll be clambering over a rope web. Be careful because you’ll be crossing an alligator infested river! Read 5 books with a rope or other long, thin object on its cover AND read 5 books whose author's first and last initials may be found in ALLIGATOR (ignore middle initials).
Rope or long, thin item on cover (Remember to post the cover!)
✔ 1. Deadly Sting - Jennifer Estep (spider rune) 2/5
✔ 2. Airwoman - Zara Quentin (bow & tail) 2/1
✔ 3. The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black - E.B. Hudspeth (bones) 3/3
✔ 4. Brush with Death - Karen MacInerney (legs of easel) 3/6
✔ 5. What Hides Within - Jason Parent (spider legs) 2/12


Author initials in ALLIGATOR (Remember to post a link to the author's name as well as a link to the book)
✔ 1. Mister Hockey - Lia Riley 2/15
✔ 2. Oasis - R.T.W. Lipkin 3/2
✔ 3. Violca's Dragon - Leilani Love 1/27
✔ 4. My Lord Vampire - Alexandra Ivy 1/22
✔ 5. Seduced By Your Spell - Lois Greiman 1/20

3) Next you’re going to do some swimming (not in the alligator –infested river!). Read 10 books that show a body of water or a swimmer on the cover. (You must post the book covers!)
✔ 1. Bay of Sighs - Nora Roberts (water) 3/8
✔ 2 .Island of Glass - Nora Roberts (water) 3/23
✔ 3. Penguins and Mortal Peril - Ruby Loren (water) 3/24
✔ 4. Passenger - Alexandra Bracken (water) 3/29
✔ 5. The Drowning - Camilla Läckberg (swimmer) 4/7
✔ 6. Dead Angler - Victoria Houston (water) 4/12
✔ 7. Blindfold Game - Dana Stabenow (water) 4/21
✔ 8. The Landing - Colin Taber (water) 4/24
✔ 9. So I Married a Sorcerer - Kerrelyn Sparks (water) 4/30
✔ 10. Lake Silence - Anne Bishop (water) 5/1


4) The puzzle phase should allow you time to get dried off. Take the following book title The Sleeping Beauty Proposal and figure out as many 3+ letter words as you can, without using any of the original title's words, i.e. the, sleeping, beauty etc.. Now read 10 books that have one of the words you just formed in its title. You may use the same word twice as long as you’re using two different books.
✔ 1. The Girls of Mischief Bay - Susan Mallery [GIRLS] 5/5
✔ 2. City of Endless Night - Douglas Preston [NIGHT] 5/6
✔ 3. Cold Reign - Faith Hunter [REIGN] 5/8
✔ 4. Rattling the Heat in Deadwood - Ann Charles [HEAT] 5/14
✔ 5. The Best of All Possible Worlds - Karen Lord [BEST] 5/15
✔ 6. Blackberry Pie Murder - Joanne Fluke [PIE] 5/17
✔ 7. Exclusively Yours - Shannon Stacey [YOURS] 5/17
✔ 8. Better Homes and Hauntings - Molly Harper [BETTER] 5/19
✔ 9. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness [LETTING] 5/20
✔ 10. Heart of Evil - Heather Graham [HEART] 5/21

5) Now you’re facing the mammoth blockade which you must push out of the way to continue. Read one book that is longer than 600 pages. Remember to tell us how many pages!
Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb (675 pages) 6/16


6) Since you’ve successfully moved the huge item blocking your path, you’re faced with a ladder. You will climb the ladder by reading 10 series books. You may start with any number you choose, but once you pick your start number, you must use sequential numbers to the top. For example, you read a book that is #2 in a series. Your next nine rungs will books that are #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11. Books do not have to be in the same series (although they certainly may be!), but must be read sequentially. (List the series name and the book's position within that series.)
✔ 1. [Chronicles of the One #1] Year One - Nora Roberts 6/16
✔ 2. [MacKenzies/McBrides #2]Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage-Jennifer Ashley 7/1
✔ 3. [Embraced #3] Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon - Kerrelyn Sparks 7/7
✔ 4. [Meg Langslow #4] Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon - Donna Andrews 7/13
✔ 5. [Gunn Zoo Mystery #5] The Otter of Death - Betty Webb 8/15
✔ 6. [Knight #6] A Knight and White Satin - Jackie Ivie 8/17
✔ 7. [T-FLAC #7] Hot Ice - Cherry Adair 10/5
✔ 8. [Arcane Society #8] Burning Lamp - Amanda Quick 12/12
✔ 9. [Cat Star Chronicles #9] Wildcat - Cheryl Brooks 12/25
✔ 10. [Guild Hunter #10] Archangel's Viper - Nalini Singh 1/28/19

7) You’ve climbed the ladder and find yourself at the top of a large cliff. You will have to bungee jump to the bottom. Read the highest book on your TBR (this would be the most recently added book when you start this task). If your highest book is not yet published, move down your TBR until you have a published book. Since most of our TBR’s are so high, this is going to be a big jump!
Method 15/33 - Shannon Kirk (added Dec 12, 2018) 2/20/19

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continued...

8) Whew! You made it down safely. Your next obstacle will be to build a fire with only a piece of flint and some kindling. Read 5 books whose covers show a fire or whose content is about a fire. The entire book doesn’t have to be about the fire, but the fire should be significant to the plot – not just a fire in the fireplace on a chilly evening. AND read 5 books with an orange cover.
Books involving fire; if using fire on the cover, you must post the cover!
1. The Invisible Code - Christopher Fowler (building burned down) 3/1
2. Heart on Fire - Amanda Bouchet 3/30
3. Twice Bitten - Lynsay Sands (villain torches houses) 4/7
4. Legend of the Highland Dragon - Isabel Cooper 4/17
5. Not Even Bones - Rebecca Schaeffer (mc torches market) 4/20

Orange covers (Remember to post the covers!)
1. Branded - Laura Wright 3/1
2. Wyoming Tough - Diana Palmer 3/5
3. Dirty Martini - J.A. Konrath 3/8
4. Magic & Mayhem - Annabel Chase 5/11
5. Inferno - Bianca D'Arc 5/22


9) The next obstacle is a doozy! There is a greased pig that you need to catch and herd into a pen. Read 5 books with pink covers AND read 5 books that were published before 1990.
Pink covers (You know the drill - post the covers!)
1. The Shadow Reader - Sandy Williams 5/25
2. Vampires Like It Hot - Lynsay Sands 5/29
3. Greed - Ker Dukey 8/19
4. For the Earl's Pleasure - Anne Mallory 9/6
5. Bitter Brew - G.A. McKevett 11/29

Published before 1990 (Tell us when the book was originally published.)
1. The Hollow Hills - Mary Stewart (pub 1973) 6/1
2. The Best Mistake - Nora Roberts (pub 1987) 8/3
3. The Pride of Lions - Marsha Canham (pub 1988) 8/16
4. The Silver Metal Lover - Tanith Lee (pub 1981) 10/15
5. Winter Chill - Joanne Fluke (pub 1984) 11/3


10) Good thing you’re probably feeling a little dirty and sweaty at this point, because now you have to slide through the mud pit! You must remain under the ropes that cross the pit, so just go ahead and flop on into the muck! Read 10 books whose title begins with one of the letters in MUD PIT (ignore a, an, the).
1. Infinite Betrayal - Gayle Donnelly 11/30
2. Dark Carousel - Christine Feehan 12/6
3. Murder Will Out - Dorian Yeager 12/6
4. The Usual Santas - Peter Lovesey 12/7
5. Princess of the Sword - Lynn Kurland 12/8
6. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra - Vaseem Khan 12/14
7. To Catch a Bad Guy - Marie Astor 12/17
8. Dear Miss Demeanor - Joan Hess 12/18
9. Playing with Fire - Tess Gerritsen 12/18
10. Darkdawn - Jay Kristoff 12/21

11) Next up – the yucky food challenge! Before you can continue on the course, you have to eat 3 icky, slimy, live critters – bugs, slugs, or other creepy crawlies. Read 3 books that have a creepy crawlie or yucky thing on the cover. Post the covers.
1. Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi (snake) 1/30
2. Trick or Treat - Kerry Greenwood (snake) 2/14
3. City of the Beasts - Isabel Allende (beetles) 2/20


12) Thank goodness that’s over!! You’ll probably find this next obstacle more pleasant. You’re going to do some target practice; you must break 10 large water balloons. Read 10 books whose cover shows a gun, a knife, an arrow or any item that would pierce a water balloon when thrown or shot. (Remember to post the covers).
1. The Savior - JR Ward (a sword) 3/10
2. Echo North - Joanna Ruth Meyer (a needle) 3/16
3. Dorothy in the Land of Monsters - Garten Gevedon (swords) 3/19
4. Split Feather - Deborah Wolf (gun) 3/21
5. Dark Queen - Faith Hunter (knife) 3/29
6. The Outcast - Taran Matharu (crossbow) 3/30
7. Snow White Red-Handed - Maia Chance (knife) 4/12
8. Witch's Reign - Shannon Mayer (medieval flail) 4/25
9. Darker Than Night - Kim Lenox (sword) 5/6
10. Ghost King - David Gemmell (arrow) 5/8


13) Next run over to those huge stacks of hay and search for the hidden gem. Read a book that shows a precious or semi-precious gem on the cover (should be able to see the gem in the thumbnail). Yes, you do need to post the cover!
1. Death of a Trophy Wife - Laura Levine 8/6


14) You’re getting close to finishing. Pick up the bicycle at the end of the field past the haystacks and ride through the next 5 miles of the course. Read 5 books whose cover shows some type of wheel (does not have to be bicycle wheels – could be wagon wheels, car or motorcycle wheels, etc.). Post the covers!
1. By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates (bicycle) 8/20
2. Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb (police cars) 11/13
3. A Killer Collection - Ellery Adams (truck) 11/25
4. Poison in Paddington - Samantha Silver (bus) 2/14
5. Romancing the Dead - Tate Hallaway 7/22


15) You now just need to reach the large X that is the finish line! Read one book whose title starts with X.
1. X Marks the Scot - Kaitlyn Dunnett 9/11

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Barbara ★]

Gardens Around the World
Duration: April 1 - September 30, 2021



READ: 24/24

North America
✔ 1. Biltmore Gardens - Asheville, North Carolina
🌳 Read any book (fiction or non) that features the Vanderbilt family or Biltmore Estate OR read a book that takes place in North Carolina OR read a book originally published in 2015.
In the Middle of Somewhere - Roan Parrish (pub July 10, 2015) 6/30

✔ 2. Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
🌳 Read any of Shakespeare's plays OR read a book with a Japanese or Japanese-American character; tell us who OR read a book that takes place in the Borough of Brooklyn.
Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox - Forthright 5/8

✔ 3. The Butchart Gardens - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
🌳 Read a book that takes place anywhere in Canada; tell us where OR read a book in which characters go out to dinner or for tea; tell us who and where they go OR read a book whose title contains the word "WIFE;" exact match only!
Much Ado About You - Samantha Young 7/16
(MCs go out to dinner at the local pub)

✔ 4. Chicago Botanic Garden - Chicago, Illinois
🌳 Read a book that takes place in Chicago OR read a book that mentions a bonsai (copy sentence and mention location) OR read a book that is between 200 - 299 pages; tell us how many.
Notorious - Diana Palmer 7/31
(books on bonsai trees, I've always wanted to grow one), chapter16

✔ 5. Desert Botanical Gardens - Phoenix, Arizona
🌳 Read a book that takes place in the spring (March, April, May); tell us when OR read a book that takes place mainly in a desert; tell us where OR read a book with a "colorful" cover (at least 3 different bright colors); post the cover.
Pocket Apocalypse - Seanan McGuire 9/5

✔ 6. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden - Coral Gables, Florida
🌳 Read a book with at least one palm tree on its cover; post the cover OR read a book that takes place anywhere exotic; tell us where OR read a book whose author's or main character's first name is David; be sure to post an author link if using the author option.
Blood Works - David Boyle 9/18

✔ 7. Limahuli Garden & Preserve - Kauai, Hawaii
🌳 Read a book that takes place in Hawaii; tell us which island OR read a book that takes place during the 1800's; tell us when OR read book #1000 on your TBR, sorted any way you choose; tell us how you sorted.
His Boots Under Her Bed - Ana Leigh (1867) 6/26

✔ 8. Portland Japanese Garden - Portland, Oregon
🌳 Read a book that takes place in either Oregon or Japan OR read a book that is the 5th in a series or the author's 5th publication; tell us the series name or make sure to post the author link OR read a book in which a 'formal' park is mentioned; tell us the name of the park.
The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner 6/6

South America
✔ 9. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
🌳 Read a book with any spice name in its title OR read a book that takes place in Brazil OR read a book whose author's first or last name contains a "Z;" be sure to post the author link.
Deadly Silence - Rebecca Zanetti 4/1

Africa
✔ 10. Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech, Morocco
🌳 Read a book with a mostly blue cover; post the cover OR read a bookwith a character who is a painter; tell us who OR read a book that has a French character; tell us who.
Moondance Beach - Susan Donovan (Adelena Silva) 6/16

✔ 11. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden - Cape Town, South Africa
🌳 Read a book that takes place in South Africa OR read a book in which the first letter of each title word (a, an, the DO count) may be found in TABLE MOUNTAIN; three word minimum (a letter may only be used as many times as it appears OR read a book that mentions any threatened or endangered plant or animal species (copy the sentence and note its location).
In the Blood - Lisa Unger 7/28

✔ 12. Mauritius National Botanical Garden in Pamplemousses, Mauritius
🌳 Read a book that takes place anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere; tell us where OR read a book that takes place during the 1700's; tell us when OR read a book that is at least 650 pages long; tell us how many pages.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini (878 pages) 6/21

Europe
✔ 13. Claude Monet's Gardens - Giverny, France
🌳 Read a non-fiction book about Monet or a fiction book in which he is a character OR read a book that takes place anywhere in France; tell us where OR read a book in which a character likes to garden.
The Vine Witch - Luanne G. Smith 6/18

✔ 14. Gardens at Versailles
🌳 Read a book featuring a king (king only!); tell us who OR read a book by an author named Louis or Louise (first or last name is okay, as are reasonable variations - i.e. Lewis, Louisa) OR read a book with a palace or grand estate on its cover; remember to post the cover.
The Rogue King - Abigail Owen (Brand Astarot) 8/7

✔ 15. Gardens of the Villa Éphrussi de Rothschild - Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
🌳 Read a book with a mostly pink cover; post the cover OR read a book that takes place in a seaside town; tell us where OR read a book with "LOVE" in its title (exact match only; LOVE must stand by itself).
Love Letters - Debbie Macomber 8/5

✔ 16. Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse, Netherlands
🌳 Read a book with lots of flowers on its cover (bonus for tulips!); remember to post the cover OR read a book that takes place in the Netherlands OR read a book with a main character who works with flowers (may be growing flowers or selling / arranging flowers).
Roses in Moonlight - Lynn Kurland 9/18


✔ 17. Mirabell Palace and Gardens in Salzburg, Austria
🌳 Read a book that takes place in Austria OR read a book that has been made into a movie; tell us the movie's name if it isn't obvious from the book title OR read a book involving mythology or with some kind of mythological character; tell us what.
The Mad King - Jovee Winters (Greek mythology) 8/3

✔ 18. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
🌳 Read a book that takes place during the Victorian era (1837 - 1901) OR read a book that takes place in London OR read a book with more than 50,000 GR ratings; tell us how many.
The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden (72,589 ratings) 8/27

✔ 19. Sanssouci Park - Potsdam, Germany
🌳 Read a book that shows fruit on its cover or contains the name of a fruit in its title; OR read a book that is a greater position than 3,000 on your TBR; tell us the number OR read a book that takes place in Germany.
Death on Windmill Way - Carrie Doyle 8/12


✔ 20. Villa d'Este - Tivoli, Italy
🌳 Read a book with a water fountain on its cover (an architectural feature, not a drinking fountain); post the cover OR read a book that takes place in Rome OR read a book that takes place in a monastery or has a very religious character; tell us where or who.
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden (Ana and Sasha, monk) 8/13

Asia
✔ 21. The Master-of-Nets Garden - Suzhou, China
🌳 Read a book that "leads you to quietude;" briefly tell us why OR read a book that takes place in China; tell us where OR read a book that has a title with a word synonymous to "quiet" or "peace."
The Walled City - Ryan Graudin 9/25

✔ 22. NongNooch Pattaya Garden - Pattaya, Thailand
🌳 Read a book that is a retelling of a fairy-tale; tell us the fairy-tale if not obvious from the book's title OR read a book with a butterfly on its cover; the butterfly must be viewable in the GoodReads thumbnail - remember to post the cover OR read a book that takes place in Thailand.
If You Give A Girl A Viscount - Kieran Kramer (Cinderella) 5/30

✔ 23. Ryōan-ji Garden in Kyoto, Japan
🌳 Read a book that takes place in Japan OR read a book with a rake or a seated person on its cover; post the cover OR read a book which mentions Buddhism; copy the passage and book location here.
The Mad King - Jovee Winters 8/3
(raised with a loose Buddhist belief system), p48

Oceania
✔ 24. Pukekura Park in New Plymouth, New Zealand
🌳 Read a book whose author's first or last name contains "NEW" intact (although "NEW" does not have to stand alone - i.e. Knewland or Newcastle); be sure to post the author link OR read a book that place anywhere in Oceania; tell us where OR read a book that takes place over Christmas or Hanukkah
Twisted Truths - Rebecca Zanetti 5/13

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Barbara ★]

Moldy Books

Start Date: March 1, 2018
End Date: October 21, 2021

READ: 50/50

✔️ 1. 489 ~ Book with robots, aliens or cyborgs
Oasis - Randie Lipkin (robots) 3/2/18
✔️ 2. 474 ~ Fairy tale retelling or spinoff
Beauty's Beast - Amanda Ashley 3/10/18
✔️ 3. 18 ~ Author's last name begins with an R
Island of Glass - Nora Roberts 3/23/18
✔️ 4. 13 ~ Author's last name begins with an M
Magic in the Blood - Devon Monk 4/17/18
✔️5. 385 ~ Book has >100,000 ratings
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness (122,691 ratings) 5/20/18
✔️6. 289 ~ Book which has a murder
Heart of Evil - Heather Graham (3 people are murdered) 5/21/18
✔️7. 77 ~ Author's first or last name has a metal in it
The Traitor's Bride - Alix Nichols 5/26/18
✔️8. 457 ~ Book covers a duration of 7 days or less
Red Velvet Revenge - Jenn McKinlay (took place in 4 days) 6/2/18
✔️9. 153 ~ Title has a verb
The Care and Taming of a Rogue - Suzanne Enoch 6/9/18
✔️10. 228 ~ Total pages contains a 8
Inked Magic - Jory Strong (384 pages) 6/19/18
✔️11. 354 ~ Cover is an illustration
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 7/16/18
✔️12. 80 ~ Author is African American
Whispers in the Dark - LeTeisha Newton 7/19/18
✔️13. 339 ~ Cover contains a silhouette
The Chase - Janet Evanovich 7/24/18

✔️14. 331 ~ Cover contains a ground transport
Loco Motive - Mary Daheim (train on cover) 8/2/18

✔️15. 126 ~ Title has a body of water in it
Stone Spring - Stephen Baxter 11/12/18
✔️16. 357 ~ Cover is mostly pastel color
Muse of Nightmares - Laini Taylor 11/22/18

✔️17. 417 ~ Oldest published book on your TBR
Coma - Robin Cook (pub 1977) 12/16/18
✔️18. 73 ~ Author was born in the same country as you
Nemesis - Brendan Reichs (born in NC) 12/17/18
✔️19. 371 ~ Book set in a tropical climate
Immortal Unchained - Lynsay Sands (island off Venezuela) 1/8/19
✔️20. 107 ~ Title starts with P
The Purity of Vengeance - Jussi Adler-Olsen 3/9/19
✔️21. 263 ~ Book set in South America
Who Is Vera Kelly? - Rosalie Knecht (Argentina) 3/16
✔️22. 192 ~ Book published between 1950-2000
The Austere Academy - Lemony Snicket (pub Aug 31, 2000) 4/10
✔️23. 265 ~ Book set in Canada
Witch Happens - A.M. King (Toronto) 5/30
✔️24. 172 ~ Title has two major words that start with the same letter
This Savage Song - Victoria Schwab 6/23
✔️25. 435 ~ Cover with a beautiful dress
Bodice of Evidence - Nancy J. Parra 7/25

✔️26. 469 ~ Book whose protagonist has a pet
Gone Black - Linda Ladd (heroine has a dog) 7/28
✔️27. 9 ~ Author's last name begins with an I
Molten Dusk - Karissa Laurel 10/14
✔️28. 87 ~ Author is from mainland Europe (not UK/Ireland etc.)
The Shuddering - Ania Ahlborn (from Poland) 11/19
✔️29. 440 - Book with an LGBT relationship
Cut & Run - Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux (MM romance) 12/5
✔️30. 394 ~ Cover contains someone/thing in motion
Archangel's War - Nalini Singh 12/11

✔️31. 369 ~ Cover contains a fence, gate or door
By the Shores of the Middle Sea - Dana Stabenow 12/30

✔️32. 304 ~ Cover is mostly red
Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 2/7

✔️33. 422 ~ Book with heroes
Break the Day - Lara Adrian 2/11
✔️34. 334 ~ Cover contains an airplane/zeppelin
The Bookman - Lavie Tidhar 2/13

✔️35. 189 ~ Book published in a year ending with 7
Trick or Treat - Kerry Greenwood (pub 2007) 2/14
✔️36. 230 ~ Short book (100p - 200p)
22 Indigo Place - Sandra Brown (200 pages) 2/28
✔️37. 221 ~ Total pages contains a 1
Crown of Death - Keary Taylor (291 pages) 3/4
✔️38. 236 ~ Book from a trilogy
Shifting Dreams - Elizabeth Hunter (Cambio Springs #1) 3/13
✔️39. 487 ~ Cover contains a cityscape
A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Grey 3/22

✔️40. 198 ~ Book published in March
Wolves of the Northern Rift - Jon Messenger (pub March 15, 2015) 3/26
✔️41. 388 ~ Book was on the NYT Bestsellers List at any time
Dark Queen - Faith Hunter (#6 of May 1, 2018 list) 3/29
✔️42. 390 ~ Author has been nominated for or has won a GR Choice Award in any year Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard 7/20
✔️43. 19 ~ Author's last name begins with an S
Alpha Night - Nalini Singh 8/1
✔️44. 178 ~ Book #101-#200 on your TBR
Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch (#173) 8/2
✔️45. 328 ~ Cover contains a woman
Magic of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 8/2

✔️46. 380 ~ Title has a time word (Day, Month, Year, Yesterday, Tomorrow, Week, all work)
A Cold Day in Hell - Stella Cameron 2/25
✔️47. 39 ~ Author's first name begins with an M
The Dragon Prince - Mary Gillgannon 8/14
✔️48. 129 ~ Title does not start with A, An or The
Child of Silence - Abigail Padgett 8/2
✔️49. 50 ~ Author's first name has an X somewhere in it
Murder Packs a Suitcase - Cynthia Baxter 10/9
✔️50. 133 ~ Four word title
The Girl in the Ice - Robert Bryndza 10/16

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Barbara ★]

Fun Facts About...LICENSE PLATES!
Duration: August 1 - October 31, 2021

READ: 7/10

✔️1. Read a book with a rectangular shape on the cover (show us the cover) - or - a book whose title starts with a letter in PLATE (disregard A, An, The).
Lay It Down - Cara McKenna 8/30

✔️2. Read a book set in France, Germany, or the Netherlands (tell us where) - or - a book with at least two sequential numbers in the total number of pages (such as 412--1 and 2 are sequential).
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - Gary Kinder (560 pages) 8/10

✔️3. Read a book whose author uses initials instead of first and/or middle name - or - a book with a "3" in the original publication year (tell us the year),
The Unkindness of Ravens - M.E. Hilliard 8/6

✔️4. Read a book with a blue cover (show us the cover) - or - a first-in-series book (tell us the series).
The Rogue King - Abigail Owen 8/7

5. Read a book with a car on the cover (no other vehicle, just a car - show us the cover) - or - a book set during World War I or World War II.

✔️6. Read a book set in the early 20th century (1900 to 1950) - or - a book in which someone moves to another home (tell us who).
R.I.P. - Charity B. (MCs move to another state) 10/23

✔️7. Read a book whose author's first and last initials can be found in CUSTOMIZED - or - a book from a Listopia list that has the word "popular" or "can't wait" in its name (tell us the list name).
The Killing Hills - Chris Offutt 8/15

✔️8. Read a book with the title in larger print than the author's name (show us the cover) - or - a book with 3 M's in the title.
Broken Beautiful Hearts - Kami Garcia 8/22


✔️9. Read a book with a court case in the plot - or - a book with a sign of some sort on the cover (show us the cover).
Murder Packs a Suitcase - Cynthia Baxter 10/9


✔️10. Read a book set in Alaska - or - a book that you had a hard time finding (because of an old publication date or a long wait time at the library, etc.; tell us why it was difficult to find.)
A Stranger in Town - Kelley Armstrong 10/17
(long wait through library for audiobook)

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Ancient Ruins
Duration: June 1 - November 30, 2021

READ: 24/24

✔ 1. Acropolis, Greece:
⏳ Read a book with a hill on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book in which something valuable is stolen (tell us what, use spoiler tags if needed).
Roses in Moonlight - Lynn Kurland (priceless piece of Elizabethan lace) 9/18

✔ 2. Aksum, Ethiopia:
⏳ Read a book whose title has a word that ENDS with "SK" -or- read a book first published between 2005 and 2008 (inclusive; tell us the when the book was published).
Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair (pub 2006) 6/9

✔ 3. Angkor, Cambodia:
⏳ Read a book with a sunrise or sunset on its cover (post the cover) -or- read a book whose title starts with a letter in KHMER (ignore A, An and the).
Romancing the Dead - Tate Hallaway 7/22

✔ 4. Bagan, Myanmar:
⏳ Read a book whose title has just one vowel (the vowel can be repeated any number of times like the As in Bagan and Myanmar) -or- read a book whose total number of pages contain two 2s (tell us the number of pages).
Alpha Star - Elsa Jade 6/14

✔ 5. Colosseum, Rome:
⏳ Read a book that has been made into a play/tv series/movie (tell us which form it was adapted to and the name if it's different from the book) -or- read a book with a ship on the cover (post the cover).
The Forever Sea - Joshua Phillip Johnson 11/22


✔ 6. Delphi, Greece:
⏳ Read a book with something sparkling or shining on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book with a body part in its title.
Maybe This Time - Jennifer Crusie (heart) 7/8


✔ 7. Ellora, India:
⏳ Read an anthology with works by at least 3 authors -or- read a book with multiracial speaking characters.
The Firefighter - Susan Lyons, et al 6/14

✔ 8. Giza Pyramid Complex, Egypt:
⏳ Read a book with an identifiable monument on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book that is a part of a best of list (doesn't have to be a GR list, provide a link to the list).
A Terrible Beauty - Tasha Alexander 11/26


✔ 9. The Great Wall, China:
⏳ Read a book with WAR on its main GR page -or- read with the word GREAT in its title or subtitle.
Moondance Beach - Susan Donovan 6/16

✔ 10. Hierapolis, Turkey:
⏳ Read a book that has a church or a graveyard on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book in which an important plot point occurs in a cave.
Heat - Donna Grant 10/10
(the dragon MC learns some important information in the cave on their ancestral lands)

✔ 11. Khami, Zimbabwe:
⏳ Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter in ZIMBABWE (post the location) -or- read a book whose cover shows something that is checkered (show the cover).
Shiver of Fear - Roxanne St. Claire (Ireland) 6/23

✔ 12. Knossos, Greece:
⏳ Read a book whose title has a word beginning with 'KN' -or- read a book with a clothed woman on the cover (the clothes must be seen, post the cover).
The Clockwork Dagger - Beth Cato 6/12


✔ 13. Machu Picchu, Peru:
⏳ Read a book that has a cold case in it -or- read a book with consecutive double consonants in its author's last name.
Timeless - Gail Carriger 6/25

✔ 14. Masada, Israel:
⏳ Read a book by a Jewish author (post a link to the author's GR page) -or- read a book where someone is killed (not a natural death).
The 18th Abduction - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 6/15

✔ 15. Mo'ai, Rapa Nui:
⏳ Read a book with an author whose last name has 3 letters -or- read a book with a direction word in the title (south, east, north, west, up and down are acceptable).
Verse of the Vanguard - K.C. May 6/4

✔ 16. Montezuma Castle, USA:
⏳ Read a book in which something believed turns out to be wrong (tell us how the book fits) -or- read a book with a castle on the cover (post the cover).
All the Time You Need - Melissa Mayhue 6/11


✔ 17. Moray Ruins, Peru:
⏳ Read a book in which the main character works with plants in some way (tell us what they do) -or- read a book with a garden shown on the cover (post the cover).
Untamed - Elizabeth Lowell 11/20
(MC is a druid who has an herbal room and a garden she works daily)

✔ 18. Petra, Jordan:
⏳ Read a book with smoke, fabric or food prominently on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book with a predominantly pink cover (post the cover).
Death on Windmill Way - Carrie Doyle 8/12


✔ 19. Pompeii:
⏳ Read a book in which a natural disaster in its plot -or- read a book whose cover shows a photograph of a person or people in motion (post the cover).
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - Gary Kinder (hurricane) 8/10

✔ 20. Skellig Michael, Ireland:
⏳ Read a book that has been made into a movie (the island has been filmed multiple times) -or- read a book whose author or main character has the name of an archangel (for the purpose of this task: Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Raguel, Saraquel, Remiel. Reasonable variations are okay, last names are fine also).
In the Company of Witches - Joey W. Hill (Mikhael Roman) 12/26

✔ 21. Stonehenge, England:
⏳ Read a book with stones on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a large series book (>500 pages, tell us the number of pages).
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini (878 pages) 6/21

✔ 22. Teotihuacan, Mexico:
⏳ Read a book with a Q somewhere in the main character's name (first or last, tell us the name) -or- read a book in which gods are characters.
The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner (Pierce Quincy) 6/6

✔ 23. Terracotta Army, China:
⏳ Read a book with a sculpture on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book set in Imperial China (dating back to when China was a monarchy).
Bloodless - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 11/13


✔ 24. Volubilis, Morocco:
⏳ Read a book whose cover is predominantly olive green (post the cover) -or- read a book in which the main character is rich.
Faithless in Death - J.D. Robb 6/4

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Barbara ★]

No Way! Incredible India
Start Date: December 1, 2019
End Date: November 30, 2021

Andhra Pradesh
Capital: Hyderabad

A: January in Atlantis - Alyssa Day 2/4/20
N: A Madness of Sunshine - Nalini Singh 1/31/20
D: Dark Queen - Faith Hunter 3/29/20
H: Hotel South Dakota - Kathleen Taylor 1/21/20
R: The Romanov Cross - Robert Masello 2/2/20
A: Murder of Crows - Annie Bellet 2/8/20

P: Poppet - Mo Hayder 1/23/20
R: The Brothers Cro-Magnon - Roger Thomas Pepper 2/17/20
A: The Dragon Business - Kevin J. Anderson 2/11/20
D: Met Her Match - Jude Deveraux 2/23/20
E: Enigma - Catherine Coulter 2/7/20
S: A Cosmology of Monsters - Shaun Hamill 3/1/20
H: Murder on the Yukon Quest - Sue Henry 1/28/20

H: Hot Blooded - Donna Grant 3/2/20
Y: You Belong with Me - Tari Faris 2/22/20
D: Dorothy in the Land of Monsters - Garten Gevedon 3/19/20
E: Endless Heart - Emma Lang 2/28/20
R: Running into Love - Aurora Rose Reynolds 2/29/20
A: Break the Day - Lara Adrian 2/11/20
B: Wake of Vultures - Lila Bowen 3/12/20
A: Flirting Under a Full Moon - Ashlyn Chase 2/16/20
D: The Darkest King - Gena Showalter 3/20/20

1. ▶ Read a book with a hyphen in the title.
Snow White Red-Handed - Maia Chance 4/12

2. ▶ Read a book with a large tree on the cover. Post the cover.
The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3/20


3. ▶ Read a book which ends with a cliffhanger.
Finding Mr. Happily Ever After - Melissa Storm & Melissa McClone 11/26/20

Arunachal Pradesh
Capital: Itanagar

A: My Fair Assassin - C.J. Anaya 1/4/20
R: Provoked - Rebecca Zanetti 3/6/20
U: Sticks & Stones - MadelineUrban & Abigail Roux 1/3/20
N: The Day of the Dead - Nicci French 2/3/20
A: The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers 1/12/20
C: Chasing Perfect - Susan Mallery 1/18/20
H: Keeping Company - Tami Hoag 3/9/20
A: My Fair Traitor - C.J. Anaya 1/16/20
L: The Sleep of Stone - Louise Cooper 1/19/20

P: Whom the Gods Hate - M.M. Perry 2/6/20
R: You're Gonna Love Me - Robin Lee Hatcher 3/20/20
A: Alien Diplomacy - Gini Koch 2/22/20
D: Wickedly Unraveled - Deborah Blake 1/10/20
E: Full Bloom - Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes 2/25/20
S: The Savior - JR Ward 3/10/20
H: Haunted Ground - Erin Hart 3/24/20

I: Inches Off! Your Tummy - Jorge Cruise 1/3/20
T: The Bookman - Lavie Tidhar 2/13/20
A: The Jigsaw Woman - Kim Antieau 2/26/20
N: No Fixed Line - Dana Stabenow 2/14/20
A: The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade 2/28/20
G: The Ghost Walker - Margaret Coel 1/15/20
A: Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 3/14/20
R: The Cat's Meow - Robert Wright Campbell 4/9/20

1. ▶ Read a book in which a speaking character works at a library.
Dangerously Divine - Deborah Blake (heroine is a librarian) 1/22/20

2. ▶ Read a book with a flower in the title/subtitle.
Evil in Carnations - Kate Collins 11/23/20

3. ▶ Read a book with a cat of any size on the cover.
To Helvetica and Back - Paige Shelton 1/20/20


Assam
Capital: Dispur

A: Any Witch Way You Can - Amanda M. Lee 4/10/20
S: Snow Blood - Carol McKibben 3/25/20
S: Sacrificed to the Dragon - Jessie Donovan 4/7/20
A: When Sparks Fly - Autumn Dawn 3/26/20
M: Wolves of the Northern Rift - Jon Messenger 3/26/20

D: The Last Suppers - Diane Mott Davidson 4/5/20
I: Night of the Highland Dragon - Isabel Cooper 1/31/20
S: 22 Indigo Place - Sandra Brown 2/28/20
P: Whom the Gods Fear - M.M. Perry 2/15/20
U: Under the Snow - Kerstin Ekman 2/9/20
R: Spindle's End - Robin McKinley 4/11/20

1. ▶ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in MAJULI
The Unleashing - Shelly Laurenston 1/18/20

2. ▶ Read a book in which is set in a country that has the most oil reserves in the world. Tell us which country your book is set in.
The Romanov Cross - Robert Masello (Russia) 2/2/20

3. ▶ Read a book with an animal horn on the cover. Post the cover.
Immortal Champion - Lisa Hendrix 3/30/21


Bihar
Capital: Patna

B: Bonded - Laura Wright 4/13/20
H: Servant of the Forest - Shona Husk 4/25/20
A: Another Fine Myth - Robert Lynn Asprin 3/28/20
R: Sandman Slim - Richard Kadrey 4/18/20

P: The Pumpkin Patch - Darien Cox & Kade Boehme 3/21/20
A: At Death's Door - Sherrilyn Kenyon 4/17/20
T: Trick or Treat - Kerry Greenwood 2/14/20
N: Digging In - Loretta Nyhan 2/18/20
A: The Last Necromancer - C.J. Archer 4/30/20

1. ▶ Read a book with fire on the cover. Post the cover.
Seeing Red - Jill Shalvis 5/7/20


2. ▶ Read a book in which a character pointedly doesn't use violence.
Along Came a Cowboy - Christine Lynxwiler 4/12/20

3. ▶ Read an ebook. Tell us which device you read it on.
January in Atlantis - Alyssa Day (kindle) 2/4/20

Chattisgarh
Capital: Raipur

C: The Magestaff - Cordelia Castel 5/25/20
H: The Heart's Invisible Furies - John Boyne 5/9/20
A: The Law of Moses - Amy Harmon 5/2/20
T: Die Again - Tess Gerritsen 2/19/20
T: A Symphony of Echoes - Jodi Taylor 2/29/20
I: City of the Beasts - Isabel Allende 2/20/20
S: The Morrow Secrets - Susan McNally 3/17/20
G: Wickedly Charming - Kristine Grayson 1/24/20
A: Rituals - Kelley Armstrong 5/5/20
R: Rebel Wolf - Amy Green 4/28/20
H: Home for the Summer - Mariah Stewart 5/13/20

R: Lure of Song and Magic - Patricia Rice 4/15/20
A: Spawned By The Dragon - Amira Rain 5/16/20
I: Inferno - Dan Brown 3/15/20
P: Trial & Error - Paul Levine 5/16/20
U: The Undoing - Averil Dean 2/10/20
R: Rendezvous With Yesterday - Dianne Duvall 5/5/20

1. ▶ Read a book in which there is a battle between good and evil.
Death of Darkness - Dianne Duvall 3/4/20

2. ▶ Read a book in which a person in motion is on the cover.
The 17th Suspect - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 10/20/20
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3. ▶ Read a book with aliens in it.
Gladiator - Anna Hackett 1/17/20

Goa
Capital: Panaji

G: Getting Wilde - Jenn Stark 5/4/20
O: Ómorphi - Cody Kennedy 3/24/20
A: Age of the Ashers - Diana Tyler 5/17/20

P: Grave Hauntings - Charity Parkerson 5/25/20
A: Lord of Snow and Shadows - Sarah Ash 5/18/20
N: Now You See Her - Linda Howard 3/27/20
A: Armed & Dangerous - Abigail Roux 5/30/20
J: The Last Dragonslayer - Jasper Fforde 2/21/20
I: Immortal Born - Lynsay Sands 3/25/20

1▶ Read a book that makes you very happy.
Divide & Conquer - Madeline Urban & Abigail Roux 5/2/20

2. ▶ Read a book in which a character is somehow involved in the book or newspaper publishing business.
The Unforgiven - Patricia MacDonald (newspaper editor) 3/23/20

3. ▶ Read a book whose cover shows a two-wheeled vehicle. Post the cover.
Dangerously Charming - Deborah Blake 1/27/20

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Gujarat
Capital: Gandhinagar

G: Ghost King - David Gemmell 5/8/20
U: Undermajordomo Minor - Patrick deWitt 2/27/20
J: Healer's Choice - Jory Strong 6/5/20
A: Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux 6/9/20
R: The Rock - Monica McCarty 5/25/20
A: The Age of Ash - Andrenik Y. Sergoyan 6/20/20
T: My Lord Raven - Tamela Quijas 3/3/20

G: Gray Wolf - J.W. Webb 5/13/20
A: Talon/Xavier - Alexandra Ivy & Laura Wright 6/27/20
N: Night's Blaze - Donna Grant 5/9/20
D: Wasted - Suzannah Daniels 5/10/20
H: Jar of Hearts - Jennifer Hillier 3/28/20
I: Three Bedrooms In Chelsea - Liz Ireland 5/4/20
N: Necessary Magic - Val St. Crowe 7/3/20
A: Within These Walls - Ania Ahlborn 6/28/20
G: The Vanishing of Katharina Linden - Helen Grant 7/7/20
A: The Blacksmith Queen - G.A. Aiken 6/28/20
R: Courting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 6/2/20

1. ▶ Read a book with a predominantly white cover. Post the cover.
Consequences - Aleatha Romig 1/7/20


2. ▶ Read a book set in a city with a sea-port. Tell us which city.
Terrified - Kevin O'Brien (Seattle) 4/4/20

3. ▶ Read a book whose author's initials are in UTTARAYAN.
A Welcome Murder - Robin Yocum 1/4/20

Haryana
Capital: Chandigarh

H: Waking Hearts - Elizabeth Hunter 5/21/20
A: The Song of David - Amy Harmon 7/2/20
R: The Razor's Edge - Joss Llewelyn 6/23/20
Y: The Day is Dark - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 2/26/20
A: The Carnival Keepers - Amber Gulley 7/3/20
N: New Uses for Old Boyfriends - Beth Kendrick 7/17/20
A: All Knight Long - John G. Hartness 7/9/20

C: Crown of Death - Keary Taylor 3/4/20
H: Shattered Bonds - Faith Hunter 5/24/20
A: All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace 7/10/20
N: New Year's Eve Murder - Leslie Meier 7/28/20
D: A Deeper Darkness - J.T. Ellison 5/28/20
I: The Devourers - Indra Das 5/29/20
G: Golden in Death - J.D. Robb 7/8/20
A: Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess - Phil & Kaja Foglio 7/17/20
R: The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski 7/5/20
H: Heir of the Dog -Judi McCoy 6/18/20

1. ▶ Read a book in which a creation myth is mentioned.
Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi 1/30/20

2. ▶ Read a book whose cover shows the sun. Post the cover.
Verses for the Dead - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/1/20


3. ▶ Read a mystery.
Until the Debt is Paid - Alexander Hartung 1/6/20

Himachal Pradesh
Capital: Shimla (Summer)/Dharamshala (Winter)

H: How to Love Your Elf - Kerrelyn Sparks 6/20/20
I: Sweep of the Blade - Ilona Andrews 6/11/20
M: Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches - Karen Rose Smith 3/28/20
A: Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/19/20
C: King of Hearts - Cheyenne McCray 6/7/20
H: Hidden Salem - Kay Hooper 7/15/20
A: Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard 7/20/20
L: Back in Black - Lori Foster 6/5/20

P: The Peculiar Boars of Malloy - Doug Crandell 3/5/20
R: The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan 6/10/20
A: Archer's Lady - Moira Rogers 7/24/20
D: Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire 6/4/20
E: Shifting Dreams - Elizabeth Hunter 3/13/20
S: Visions and Nightmares - A.F. Stewart 4/14/20
H: The House of Dolls - David Hewson 7/11/20

S: Soul of the Sword - Julie Kagawa 6/22/20
H: Messenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 7/29/20
I: Highland Dragon Warrior - Isabel Cooper 6/17/20
M: Straight from the Hip - Susan Mallery 5/14/20
L: Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My - Denise Swanson 6/16/20
A: Before Evil - Alex Kava 7/25/20

D: Drive Me Crazy - Jenna Bayley-Burke 6/17/20
H: Suddenly Psychic - Elizabeth Hunter 8/1/20
A: Cursed - Alexa Egan 7/24/20
R: Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine 6/13/20
A: Alice's Adventures in Steamland: The Clockwork Goddess - Wol-vriey 7/26/20
M: Mermaid's Destiny - Mira Crest 5/15/20
S: Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn 7/7/20
H: Death's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/4/20
A: Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch 8/2/20
L: Say No To Joe? - Lori Foster 7/12/20
A: Murder in the Storybook Cottage - Ellery Adams 8/7/20

1. ▶ Read a book with a professional athlete character. Tell us who.
Fighting Fate - J.B. Salsbury (MMA fighter) 4/19/20

2. ▶ Read a book with a bridge on the cover. Post the cover.
The Day of the Dead - Nicci French 2/3/20


3. ▶ Read a book in which a character has or is trying to quit smoking. Tell us who.
Time Windows - Kathryn Reiss (MCs father) 4/3/20

Jharkhand
Capital: Ranchi

J: Jack and Djinn - Jasinda Wilder 5/10/20
H: Highfire - Eoin Colfer 7/24/20
A: Alien vs. Alien - Gini Koch 8/2/20
R: Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine 6/14/20
K: Fuzzy Navel - J.A. Konrath 2/24/20
H: Death of a Bacon Heiress - Lee Hollis 8/9/20
A: Alpha Night - Nalini Singh 8/1/20
N: Come Home Again - Nana Malone 7/31/20
D: Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between - J.A. Saare 7/6/20

R: Rules of Contact - Jaci Burton 7/13/20
A: Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux 9/5/20
N: Alpha Night - Nalini Singh 8/1/20
C: Where Demons Fear to Tread - Stephanie Chong 4/8/20
H: Warrior's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/8/20
I: Highland Dragon Rebel - Isabel Cooper 6/23/20

1. ▶ Read a book in which a natural disaster occurs or has occurred.
Night Diver - Elizabeth Lowell (hurricane) 3/25/20

2. ▶ Read a book in which something or someone vanishes. Tell us how the book fits, avoiding spoilers.
A Sorceress of His Own - Dianne Duvall (teleportation) 4/24/20

3. ▶ Read a book with a mostly pink cover. Post the cover.
Houston, We Have A Problem - Erin McCarthy 4/2/20


Karnataka
Capital: Bangalore

K: Dream Lake - Lisa Kleypas 5/19 /20
A: Ball & Chain - Abigail Roux 9/13/20
R: Ral's Woman - Laurann Dohner 7/15/20
N: Night of the Dragon - Julie Kagawa 8/8/20
A: Crash & Burn - Abigail Roux 9/17/20
T: Tell Me Lies - Jennifer Crusie 3/8/20
A: Hooked on a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 9/21/20
K: Crystal Cove - Lisa Kleypas 5/23/20
A: The Werewolf Upstairs - Ashlyn Chase 9/29/20

B: Brighter Than the Sun - Julia Quinn 5/30/20
A: An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/10/20
N: Night of the Dragon - Julie Kagawa 8/8/20
G: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente 5/21/20
A: The Second Deadly Sin - Åsa Larsson 10/19/20
L: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook - Christina Henry 7/22/20
O: One Potion in the Grave - Heather Blake 3/22/20
R: A Memory for Murder - Ruby Loren 8/10/20
E: Echo North - Joanna Ruth Meyer 3/16/20

1▶ Read a book in which a language other than the book's main language is used.
Betrayals - Kelley Armstrong (some weird Fae language) 4/3/20

2. ▶ Read a book with a person standing still (the entire body has to be shown) on the cover. Post the cover.
Loving on Borrowed Time - Olivia Cunning 5/22


3. ▶ Read a book with a precious gem on the cover or title. Post the cover if the cover option is used.
Death of a Trophy Wife - Laura Levine 8/6/20


Kerala
Capital: Thiruvananthapuram

K: Shadow of the Fox - Julie Kagawa 4/20/20
E: Bone Driven - Hailey Edwards 3/18/20
R: Magic of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 8/2/20
A: Adam - Jennifer Ashley 10/23/20
L: The Girl Who Lived Twice - David Lagercrantz 4/6
A: An Almond for a Parrot - Wray Delaney 10/24/20

T: Cari Mora - Thomas Harris 3/15/20
H: Mismatch - Tami Hoag 3/13/20
I: The Island - Lisa Henry 4/16/20
R: Murder is a Monkey's Game - Ruby Loren 8/11/20
U: Unsafe Haven - Char Chaffin 3/28/20
V: Space Opera - Catherynne M. Valente 1/21/20
A: A Love Beyond Time - Judie Aitken 10/28/20
N: Nightmare in Shining Armor - Tamar Myers 8/17/20
A: Adam and Evil - Gillian Roberts 11/6/20
T: A Thousand Pieces of You - Claudia Grey 3/22/20
H: Heartbreak and Honor - Collette Cameron 3/15/20
A: Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7/20
P: 180 Seconds - Jessica Park 4/29/20
U: Fish & Chips - Madeline Urban & Abigail Roux 3/31/20
R: Damian - D.B. Reynolds 8/20/20
A: The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews 11/9/20
M: Valentine Murder - Leslie Meier 5/17/20

1. ▶ Read a book with a boat on the cover.
A Map of Days - Ransom Riggs 6/12/20


2. ▶ Read a book in which an animal is an important character.
Redwall - Brian Jacques (MCs are mice) 1/27/20

3. ▶ Read a book with twins.
The Rise of Magicks - Nora Roberts 1/17/20

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continued...

Madhya Pradesh
Capital: Bhopal

M: Mariana - Susanna Kearsley 6/30/20
A: Warrior - Anna Hackett 11/11/20
D: Drink of Me - Jacquelyn Frank 7/19/20
H: Suddenly Psychic - Elizabeth Hunter 8/1/20
Y: Yesterday's Thief - Al Macy 3/7/20
A: Angels Whisper - Tony Perona 11/15/20

P: Magical Mechanications - Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris 5/31/20
R: Magic of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 8/2/20
A: Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi 11/15/20
D: Death's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/4/20
E: The Emperor's Seal - Amanda Roberts 3/27/20
S: Stalked - Brian Freeman 7/14/20
H: Death of a Bacon Heiress - Lee Hollis 8/9/20

B: Bentley - M.L. Young 5/31/20
H: Warrior's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden 8/8/20
O: The Outcast - Taran Matharu 3/30/20
P: Solomon vs. Lord - Paul Levine 8/15/20
A: Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham 11/16/20
L: Death of a Trophy Wife - Laura Levine 8/6/20

1. ▶ Read a non-romance book with a sex scene.
Kill Creek - Scott Thomas 5/20/20

2. ▶ Read a book with a character who has been in wars.
The Final Fight - JD Salsbury 6/3/20

3. ▶ Read a book with a child younger than 12 years old as a main character. Tell us the age of the child.
Sticks - Joan Bauer 4/4/21

Maharashtra
Capital: Mumbai (Summer), Nagpur (Winter)

M: Make Me Stay - Jaci Burton 7/18/20
A: Air Bound - Christine Feehan 11/19/20
H: Hunter - Jax 6/9/20
A: More Than a Phoenix - Ashlyn Chase 11/22/20
R: A Memory for Murder - Ruby Loren 8/10/20
A: A Killer Collection - Ellery Adams 11/25/20
S: The Willow - Stacey Kennedy 8/3/20
H: A Scone to Die For - H.Y. Hanna 8/24/20
T: They Had Goat Heads - D. Harlan Wilson 4/5/20
R: War of the Sons - Rebecca Dessertine 8/13/20
A: Eleven - Carolyn Arnold 11/26/20

M: Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire 7/26/20
U: Unleashed - Cherrie Lynn 4/25/20
M: Trick or Treat Murder - Leslie Meier 8/12/20
B: The Fallen Vampire - Beata Blitz 7/18/20
A: A Phoenix Is Forever - Ashlyn Chase 11/28/20
I: Highland Dragon Master - Isabel Cooper 6/28/20

N: Nine Lives - Sharon Sala 9/30/20
A: Hero - Anna Hackett 11/29/20
G: Genesis - Bernard Beckett 7/14/20
P: Plaid and Plagiarism - Molly MacRae 6/6/20
U: The Ballerina & the Fighter - Ursula Sinclair 6/27/20
R: Private Affair - Rebecca York 8/16/20

1. ▶ Read a book with a bubbly character. Tell us who.
Primal Law - J.D. Tyler (Kira Locke) 11/24/20

2. ▶ Read a book from the list Thieves. Tell us the position of the book.
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron - Jennifer Ashley (464 on list) 3/20/20

3. ▶ Read a book with a train or a crowd on the cover. Post the cover.
The Train to Warsaw - Gwen Edelman 1/19/20


Manipur
Capital: Imphal

M: Thou Shalt Not Grill - Tamar Myers 8/17/20
A: Archangel's Sun - Nalini Singh 12/2/20
N: Nuts - Alice Clayton 10/14/20
I: Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose 7/9/20
P: Painter For Hire - D.K. Holmberg 7/28/20
U: UNSUB - Meg Gardiner 7/27/20
R: Scottish Ecstasy - Rebecca Sinclair 8/16/20

I: Bayon/Jean-Baptiste - Alexandra Ivy & Laura Wright 7/25/20
M: Death of a Rug Lord - Tamar Myers 8/18/20
P: Poison Ivory - Tamar Myers 8/13/20
H: Samael - Heather Killough-Walden 8/13/20
A: When We Meet Again - Victoria Alexander 12/6/20
L: A Tapestry of Spells - Lynn Kurland 10/15/20

1▶ Read a book with a horse in the plot.
Gabe - Susan Fisher-Davis 4/5/20

2▶ Read a book written by a female author featuring a strong female character.
Split Feather - Deborah Wolf 3/21/20

3▶ Read a book with a large body of water on the cover. Post the cover.
I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll 1/3/20


Meghalaya
Capital: Shillong

M: The Selkie Bride - Melanie Jackson 8/26/20
E: Brody - Emma Lang 4/11/20
G: Magic of Thieves - C. Greenwood 7/18/20
H: Dark Voyage - Helen Susan Swift 9/7/20
A: Quicksilver - Rebecca J. Anderson 12/12/20
L: Seeking Pack Redemption - Eve Langlais 10/25/20
A: Dating Can Be Murder - Jennifer Apodaca 12/18/20
Y: Your Blue Eyed Boy - Helen Dunmore 4/1/20
A: Death by Vanilla Latte - Alex Erickson 12/30/20

S: Smooth Irish - Jennifer Saints 4/22/20
H: Deadly Fate - Heather Graham 10/7/20
I: Igniting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 9/25/20
L: Leaving Normal - Stef Ann Holm 11/5/20
L: The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7/20
O: The Overlook - Michael Connelly 4/14/20
N: The Naked Earl - Sally MacKenzie 11/20/20
G: The Good Ones - Jenn McKinlay 7/30/20

1. ▶ Read a book in which the main character is a mother.
Enigma - Catherine Coulter 2/7/20

2. ▶ Read a later book of a series in which the characters have been well established over the years. Tell us the series and the position of the book.
Bryant & May on the Loose - Christopher Fowler (#7 in series) 1/30/20

3. ▶ Read a book with lousy loud weather on the cover. (By loud, I mean rain, hail, storm, thunder, tornado. Not snowflakes, as snowfall is relatively silent).
Mystical Warrior - Janet Chapman (lightning) 10/5


Mizoram
Capital: Aizawl

M: Middlegame - Seanan McGuire 6/26/20
I: Identical - Scott Turow 10/16/20
Z: Zero Belly Diet - David Zinczenko 2/7/20
O: Angel of Mercy - Lisa Olsen 4/21/20
R: The Bobcat - Katherine Forbes Riley 8/22/20
A: The Rivals - Mechele Armstrong 12/31/20
M: Day of the Dragon - Katie MacAlister 8/26/20

A: The Hidden World - Alison Baird 1/6/21
I: Intimate Beings - Jessica Barksdale Inclan 10/23/20
Z: Zero Belly Cookbook - David Zinczenko 2/7/20
A: The Tower of Armaethia - Andrenik Sergoyan 1/10/21
W: Witches' Brew - Morgana Best 6/25/20
L: The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux 11/4/20

1. ▶ Read a book in which a main character has a first name beginning with a letter in MUALZAVATA.
Claimed in Shadows - Lara Adrian (Aric) 1/14/20

2. ▶ Read a book with someone dancing on the cover. Post the cover.
Into the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes11/17


3. ▶ Read a book in which ghosts or spirits are present.
The Whispering Hollows - Lisa Unger 1/27/20

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Nagaland
Capital: Kohima

N: Suspended - Sarah Noffke 11/26/20
A: The Smallest Part - Amy Harmon 1/15/21
G: Deadly Currents - Beth Groundwater 8/18/20
A: Prisoner - Annika Martin & Skye Warren 1/16/21
L: The Legend Makers - Catherine Lanigan 1/15/21
A: The Awakening - Nora Roberts 1/22/21
N: A New Leash on Death - Susan Conant 1/23/21
D: Driven - Eve Kenin 8/5/20

K: Killed on Blueberry Hill - Sharon Farrow 8/14/20
O: A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer 4/28/20
H: Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday 9/10/20
I: The Persuasion - Iris Johansen 9/11/20
M: Bears Behaving Badly - MaryJanice Davidson 8/29/20
A: Earning It - Angela Quarles 1/24/21

1. ▶ Read a book whose series title begins with a letter in KACHARI. Tell us the series and the position of your book.
Unlit - Keri Arthur (Kingdoms of Earth & Air #1) 1/11/20

2. ▶ Read a book with marauding tribes in them.
Thirteen Rising - Romina Russell 1/26/20

3. ▶ Read a book in which no children younger than 12 exist.
The Martian - Andy Weir 5/23/20

Odisha
Capital: Bhubaneshwar

O: Of Blood and Ashes - Kyoko M 5/26/20
D: Dragon Dawn - Deborah O'Neill Cordes 8/30/20
I: It's All Greek to Me - Katie MacAlister 10/24/20
S: The Willow - Stacey Kennedy 8/3/20
H: Trouble in Bloom - Heather Webber 8/31/20
A: Poisonous - Allison Brennan 1/26/21

B: Dust to Dust - Beverly Connor 9/18/20
H: The Stepsister Scheme - Jim C. Hines 10/22/20
U: Unexpected Mates - Grace Brennan 9/26/20
B: Blackmark - Jean Lowe Carlson 10/17/20
A: The Pretty Ones - Ania Ahlborn 1/27/21
N: Entwined - Elisabeth Naughton 2/1/21
E: Dorchadas House - Emmanuelle de Maupassant 4/22/20
S: Shocking Pink - Erica Spindler 10/30/20
H: Hollen the Soulless - Denali Day 10/29/20
W: Wild Irish Ride - Jennifer Saints 9/11/20
A: The Cheerio Killings - Doug Allyn 1/30/21
R: Dark Warrior - Rebecca York 8/14/20

1. ▶ Read a hyped book.
I Stop Somewhere - T.E. Carter 4/21/20

2. ▶ Read a book set in ancient times. Tell us when the book is set.
A Companion to Wolves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear (set in 700) 9/30/20

3. ▶ Read a book with a sea creature (real or imagined) on the cover. Post the cover.
Song of the Sea Spirit - K.C. May 4/18/20


Punjab
Capital: Chandigarh

P: Delirious - Daniel Palmer 8/19/20
U: Unbreakable - Violetta Rand 10/25/20
N: Not That Kind of Girl - Susan Donovan 2/18/21
J: Jackaby - William Ritter 8/23/20
A: A Darkness Absolute - Kelley Armstrong 2/20/21
B: A Bad Day for Sunshine - Darynda Jones 7/23/20

1. ▶ Read a book with some sort of food on the cover. Post the cover.
A Death at the Yoga Café - Michelle Kelly 5/15/20


2. ▶ Read a book with the word GOLD intact in its title. The word doesn't have to stand alone.
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - Gary Kinder 8/10

3. ▶ Read a book in which two rivals come together for some common purpose.
Burning Desire - Donna Grant 1/29/20
(dragons and Fae are enemies but come together to fight a third enemy affecting both of them)

Rajasthan
Capital: Jaipur

R: Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson 9/11/20
A: Buried in a Book - Lucy Arlington 3/6/21
J: Cherry Cheesecake Murder - Joanne Fluke 8/6/20
A: The Ghost and the Dead Deb - Alice Kimberly 3/8/21
S: Weddings from Hell - Maggie Shayne 10/31/20
T: A Tale of Two Biddies - Kylie Logan 4/23/20
H: Semi-Psychic Life - Elizabeth Hunter 11/12/20
A: The Princess Knight - G.A. Aiken 3/10/21
N: Just Fine with Caroline - Annie England Noblin 2/26/21

J: Jumping Jude - Lucy Lennox 4/26/20
A: An Apple for the Creature - Charlaine Harris 3/12/21
I: The Buccaneers - Iain Lawrence 11/14/20
P: Pines - Blake Crouch 8/28/20
U: Undertow - Dixie Browning 9/28/20
R: Gabriel - D.B. Reynolds 9/5/20

1. ▶ Read a book set mostly within a castle's walls.
Castle Perilous - John DeChancie 8/27/20

2. ▶ Read a book with windows on the cover. Post the cover.
Murder by the Book - Lauren Elliott 6/15/20


3. ▶ Read an atmospheric book.
Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 2/7/20


Sikkim
Capital: Gangtok

S: Whiskey, Vamps, and Thieves - Selene Charles 10/11/20
I: Illumination - Susannah Sandlin 12/24/20
K: Of Dawn and Embers - Kyoko M. 10/24/20
K: Of Fury and Fangs - Kyoko M. 10/31/20
I: Into the Black Nowhere - Meg Gardiner 1/7/21
M: Sugar and Iced - Jenn McKinlay 4/26/20

G: Soul Scorched - Donna Grant 8/20/20
A: To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo 3/19/21
N: Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin - Nancy Atherton 4/27/21
G: The Ghost - Monica McCarty 9/3/20
T: The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/3/20
O: Boundary Crossed - Melissa F. Olson 6/2/20
K: The Sign - Raymond Khoury 10/5/20

1. ▶ Read a book whose title has a spice in it.
Crystal Sage - Kara Dalkey 1/23/21

2. ▶ Read a book in which something is foretold. Tell us what it is.
Half Bad - Sally Green (that MC will kill his father) 6/5

3. ▶ Read a book with a mountain on the cover. Post the cover.
A Case of Bier - Mary Daheim 1/2/20

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Tamil Nadu
Capital: Chennai

T: Twice as Hot - Gena Showalter 4/27/20
A: Blood Heir - Ilona Andrews 3/20/21
M: Claim The Leopard Princess - Meg Xuemei X. 9/14/20
I: Ivory - Steve Merrifield 12/27/20
L: Crooked River - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 9/20/20

N: New Corpse In Town - Lucy Quinn 12/19/20
A: Stolen Soul - Alex Rivers 3/31/21
D: Firestorm Forever - Deborah Cooke 9/24/20
U: Under Currents - Nora Roberts 12/26/20

C: The Vicious Deep - Zoraida Córdova 6/8 /20
H: Blood in Her Veins - Faith Hunter 11/14 /20
E: A Hidden Fire - Elizabeth Hunter 4/24/20
N: Shifters and Vampires and Demigods, OH MY! - Nancy Corrigan 4/6/21
N: I Am Your Judge - Nele Neuhaus 4/15/21
A: Take One With You - Oak Anderson 4/24/21
I: I'll Be Slaying You - Cynthia Eden 1/29/21

1. ▶ Read a book of a genre you'd take with you on vacation.
Hotshot - Julie Garwood 4/10/20

2. ▶ Read a book in which a gorgeous dress of any kind is on the cover. Post the cover.
When Beauty Tamed the Beast - Eloisa James 4/10/20


3. ▶ Read a book first published in 2018.
The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus (Feb 2018) 1/13/20

Telengana
Capital: Hyderabad

T: Taken by Tuesday - Catherine Bybee 10/9/20
E: Desert Bound - Elizabeth Hunter 4/30 /20
L: Proof of Murder - Lauren Elliott 12/25/20
E: The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love - Erin Quinn 4/30/20
N: The Snowman - Jo Nesbø 4/17/21
G: The Masked City - Genevieve Cogman 10/30/20
A: All the Tides of Fate - Adalyn Grace 5/7/21
N: Notorious - Diana Palmer 7/31/21
A: Spell Weaver - Roxi Ashe

1. ▶ Read a book in which a character works with clothes in some way. Tell us who.
Roses in Moonlight - Lynn Kurland (MC sews costumes for theater) 9/18/21

2. ▶ Read a book with a heart shape on the cover. Post the cover.
Through the Grinder - Cleo Coyle 1/12/20


3. ▶ Read a book set in a desert.
The Fire King - Marjorie M. Liu 4/3/21

Tripura
Capital: Agartala

T: Burn This! - Tasha Black 10/18/20
R: Dragan - D.B. Reynolds 9/12/20
I: The Storm Bringer - Isabel Cooper 1/20/21
P: Passion Ignites - Donna Grant 10/8/20
U: The Unhandsome Prince - John Moore 1/17/21
R: Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb 11/13/20
A: Angel of Darkness - Cynthia Eden 5/16/215/10/21

A: book:Whisper of the Moon Moth|34879515] - Lindsay Jayne Ashford 5/21/21
G: The Girl in Red - Christina Henry 11/24/20
A: Edge Of Fear - Cherry Adair 6/9/21
R: Claimed - Rebecca Zanetti 11/17/20
T: The Chalk Man - C.J. Tudor 11/18/20
A: All the Time You Need - Melissa Mayhue 6/11/21
L: Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight - Grace Burrowes 12/25/20
A: Alpha Star - Elsa Jade 6/14/21

1. ▶ Read a book in which something old is discovered. Bonus for archaeological digs.
Kato - D.B. Reynolds 8/28/20
(hero was cursed into a status 1000s of years ago; heroine finds him and releases him)

2. ▶ Read a book with a paved road on the cover. Post the cover.
Traggedy Ann - Sinclair Browning 7/19/20


3▶ Read a book that is out of your normal comfort zone. Tell us why.
A Beginner's Guide to Paradise - Alex Sheshunoff (boring ass travel novel) 5/7

Uttar Pradesh
Capital: Lucknow

U: Universal Harvester - John Darnielle 1/30/21
T: Marrow - Tarryn Fisher 11/19/20
T: Officer off Limits - Tessa Bailey 11/27/20
A: Absolute Fear - Lisa Jackson 6/22/21
R: Rosemary and Crime - Gail Oust 12/11/20

P: Burn Marks - Sara Paretsky 11/2/20
R: Ravished by a Highlander - Paula Quinn 12/17/20
A: His Boots Under Her Bed - Ana Leigh 6/26/21
D: Driven - Eve Kenin 8/5/20
E: Everything's Relative - Jenna McCarthy 5/15/20
S: Smoldering Hunger - Donna Grant 12/7/20
H: The Phantom King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/2/20

L: Only Pleasure - Lora Leigh 2/4/21
U: Immortal Protector - Ursula Bauer 3/24/21
C: Cherry Cheesecake Murder - Joanne Fluke 8/6/20
K: Company of Liars - Karen Maitland 11/17/20
N: A Nameless Witch - A. Lee Martinez 7/31/21
O: Chinook, Wine and Sink Her - Morgan Q. O'Reilly 7/29/20
W: Witch's Reign - Shannon Mayer 4/25/20

1. ▶ Read a book with an off-white cover. Post the cover.
Twinepathy - C.B. Cook 5/7


2. ▶ Read a book in which a large number of people gather at a place for whatever reason.
The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3/20

3. ▶ Read a book where some kind of neck ornament is shown on the cover. Post the cover.
Darker Than Night - Kim Lenox (dog tags) 5/6


Uttarakhand
Capital: Dehradun

U: The Unexpected Bride - Elizabeth Rolls 4/23/21
T: Tracker's Sin - Sarah McCarty 12/9/20
T: Possession - Tracey M. Frazier 12/9/20
A: A Killer Plot - Ellery Adams 7/10/21
R: Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes 12/5/20
A: Bonded in Blood - L. Ann & L. Gene Brown 11/21/20
K: Dream Eyes - Jayne Ann Krentz 11/21/20
H: The Warlock King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/5/20
A: The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination - John Joseph Adams 7/11/21
N: Night Child - Jes Battis 8/26/21
D: Black Magic - S.J. Davis 9/12/20

D: Wolverine's Daughter - Doranna Durgin 10/20/20
E: Murder in the Storybook Cottage - Ellery Adams 8/7/20
H: The Goblin King - Heather Killough-Walden 12/8/20
R: Tiffany Blues - M.J. Rose 2/10/21
A: Across the Green Grass Fields - Seanan McGuire 7/24/21
D: The Drowning - J.P Smith 11/28/20
U: Undone - Shannon Richard 6/2/21
N: Getting It! - Rhonda Nelson 10/1/21

1. ▶ Read a book in which a river is important for whatever reason.
The River - Cheryl Kaye Tardif 12/15/20

2. ▶ Read a book whose title contains a 3 or more letter word from the song titles in the Beatles' White Album.
Don't Close Your Eyes - Christie Craig (Why don’t we do it in the road?) 1/5/20

3. ▶ Read a book in which a wild animal menaces people. Tell us which animal.
Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux (a tiger gets out of a preserve) 6/9

West Bengal
Capital: Kolkata

W: What Lurks Below - Donald Firesmith 11/10/20
E: Fallen Angel - Eden Bradley 8/19/20
S: Starcatcher - Patricia Potter 11/22/20
T: Highlander's Bride - Lexy Timms 12/19/20

B: Bryant & May and the Burning Man - Christopher Fowler 11/11/20
E: By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates 8/20/20
N: The Naturals - Jennifer Lynn Barnes 11/12/21
G: The Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar 12/4/20
A: The Rogue King - Abigail Owen 8/7/21
L: Lavender Blue - Donna Kauffman 12/29/20

K: Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath 11/27/20
O: The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9/20
L: The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis 1/8/21
K: Doctor Rat - William Kotzwinkle 11/27/20
A: The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden 8/13/21
T: Savage Awakening - J.D. Tyler 12/26/20
A: The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden 8/27/21

1. ▶ Read a widely read book. (Over 100,000 ratings on GR).
Easy - Tammara Webber (209,511 ratings) 1/25/20

2. ▶ Read a book from a series that demands continuity.
Just One Damned Thing After Another - Jodi Taylor 1/9/20

3. ▶ Read a book in which a river journey is undertaken for whatever reason.
Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling 5/11/20