A Pyramid of Books

[Emeli]

TASKS
1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have a decimal in their number count.
5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
9. Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
10. Read 10 books that take place in a city.
11, Read 11 books that take place in a small town.
12. Read 12 books that you choose.
13. Read 13 books in a country other than your own. Where are you from?
Im from sweden
1 United States- Truck Me: A Daddy Kink M/m Romance Finished 7/4
14. Read 14 books set in a state other than your own. If you are not in the United States any state.
15. Read 15 books in a series. (You can use the same series or different series)
16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre.
17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title.
18. Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover.
19. Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover.
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Finished 4/4
20. Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. Tell us where

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A Pyramid of Books
Duration: Open-Ended

Start Date: March 26, 2021
End Date: May 25, 2022

Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
1. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 15: The Moon Festival-Yuto Tsukuda 12/8

Read 2 books with 300+ pages.
1. Vinland Saga, Volume 4: A King Is Born-Makoto Yukimura 4/12
2. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 5-Makoto Yukimura 4/13

Read 3 books tagged romance.
1. 16LIFE 2-Saki Aikawa 6/20
2. The Baby Shift: Virginia-Becca Fanning 6/25
3. The Baby Shift: California-Becca Fanning 6/25

Read 4 in-between novellas of series (.5 books).
1. Memento-Amie Kaufman 6/19
2. Akame Ga Kill! 1,5-Takahiro 7/6
3. Black & Blue-James Patterson 7/17
4. ExtraOrdinary-V.E. Schwab 11/18

Read 5 books with at least three colors on their cover.
1. I'll Fly Away-Rudy Francisco 5/2
2. SAKAMOTO DAYS 1-Yuto Suzuki 6/16
3. SAKAMOTO DAYS 2-Yuto Suzuki 6/16
4. Demon Slayer, Vol. 5-Koyoharu Gotouge 6/17
5. Haikyu!!, Vol. 6-Haruichi Furudate 6/17

Read 6 books by a new to you author.
1. Sweet & Bitter Magic-Adrienne Tooley 4/4
2. Dr. Stone, Vol. 1-Riichiro Inagaki 4/10
3. Sometimes I Lie-Alice Feeney 4/15
4. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1-Koyoharu Gotouge 5/10
5. High-Rise Invasion, Vol. 1-2-Tsuina Miura 5/12
6. クーロンズ・ボール・パレード 1 Kowloon's Ball Parade 1 -Mikiyasu Kamada 6/7

Read 7 books that were written by a man.
1. Him-Pierre Alex Jeanty 4/10
2. Black Clover, Vol. 6-Yûki Tabata 4/12
3. Shiver: Selected Stories-Junji Ito 5/4
4. Drifting Dragons, Vol. 3-Taku Kuwabara 5/25
5. Fly Free: Skydragon 2-Anh Do 5/29
6. WeirDo-Anh Do 6/3
7. Robofight: E-Boy 2-Anh Do 6/4

Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
1. Spell on Wheels, Vol. 2: Just to Get to You-Kate Leth 4/2
2. The Land of Roar-Jenny McLachlan 4/12
3. Moonstruck, Vol. 2: Some Enchanted Evening-Grace Ellis 4/20
4. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 1-Izumi Tsubaki 5/6
5. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 2-Izumi Tsubaki 5/6
6. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 3-Izumi Tsubaki 5/6
7. Honeybee-Trista Mateer 11/26
8. The Agony of Healing-Adeline Whitmore 11/26

Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
1. Bright Minds Empty Souls-Jennae Cecelia 3/30
2. I Am More Than My Nightmares-Jennae Cecelia 3/30
3. Poems for the End of the World-Katie Wismer 3/31
4. Magic to Brew-Grace Ellis 4/11
5. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 1-Homura Kawamoto 5/10
6. High-Rise Invasion Vol. 3-4-Tsuina Miura 5/12
7. Soft Thorns Vol. II-bridgett devoue 6/8
8. Lovesickness-Junji Ito 6/8
9. Future State: Wonder Woman-Becky Cloonan 9/21

Read 10 books with an urban setting.
1. Beautiful Bastard-Christina Lauren 10/1
2. Mayhem-Sarah Pinborough 11/15
3. 20th Century Boys, Band 1-Naoki Urasawa 3/13/22
4. Doctor Strange, Vol. 3: Blood in the Aether-Jason Aaron 3/10/22
5. Doctor Strange, Vol. 4: Mr. Misery-Jason Aaron 3/10/22
6.. 20th Century Boys, Band 4-Naoki Urasawa 4/6/22
7. 20th Century Boys, Band 5-Naoki Urasawa 4/12/22
8. 20th Century Boys, Band 6-Naoki Urasawa 4/12/22
9. Teen Titans, Volume 3: The Return of Kid Flash-Benjamin Percy 4/22/22
10. 20th Century Boys, Band 7-Naoki Urasawa 5/25/22

Read 11 books with a small town setting.
1. Cycles-Brian K. Vaughan 10/24
2. Mighty Minotaur-Anh Do 11/14
3. It Came From the Sky-Chelsea Sedoti 1/3/22
4. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 3-Fuse 3/1//22
5. 30 Days of Night, Vol. 1-Steve Niles 3/8/22
6. Scalped, Vol. 3: Dead Mothers-Jason Aaron 4/20/22
7. Scalped, Vol. 4: The Gravel in Your Guts-Jason Aaron 4/21/22
8. Scalped, Vol. 5: High Lonesome-Jason Aaron 5/1/22
9. Scalped, Vol. 6: The Gnawing-Jason Aaron 5/1/22
10. Scalped, Vol. 7: Rez Blues-Jason Aaron 5/4/22
11. Scalped, Vol. 8: You Gotta Sin to Get Saved-Jason Aaron 5/6/22

Read 12 free choice books.
1. High-Rise Invasion Vol. 3-4-Tsuina Miura 5/12
2. High-Rise Invasion, Vol. 7-8-Tsuina Miura 5/13
3. High-Rise Invasion, Vol. 9-10-Tsuina Miura 5/13
4. Dorohedoro, Vol. 1-Q. Hayashida 5/22
5. Dorohedoro, Vol. 2-Q. Hayashida 5/22
6. Dorohedoro, Vol. 3-Q. Hayashida 5/23
7. Dorohedoro, Vol. 4-Q. Hayashida 5/23
8. Dorohedoro, Vol. 5-Q. Hayashida 5/23
9. Dorohedoro, Vol. 6-Q. Hayashida 5/24
10. Dorohedoro, Vol. 7-Q. Hayashida 5/24
11. Drifting Dragons, Vol. 2-Taku Kuwabara 5/16
12. Darwin's Game, Tome 5-FLIPFLOPs 12/7

Read 13 books set outside the US.
1. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 4-Makoto Yukimura 4/12
2. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 5-Makoto Yukimura 4/13
3. Mary Poppins Comes Back-P.L. Travers 4/16
4. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 6-Makoto Yukimura 4/18
5. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 7-Makoto Yukimura 4/20
6. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 8 5/10
7. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 9 5/11
8. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 10 5/28
9. Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 11 6/3
10. GIGANT 2-Hiroya Oku 6/7
11. 仄見える少年 3 Hono Mieru Shounen 3 -Togo Goto 6/7
12. Beastars, Vol. 1-Paru Itagaki 6/4
13. Darwin's Game, Tome 6-FLIPFLOPs 12/7

Read 14 books set in states other your own.
1. Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book Two-Bill Willingham 3/28
2. Dr. Strange, Surgeon Supreme Vol. 1: Under the Knife-Mark Waid 4/2
3. Full Moon-Rachel Hawthorne 6/11
4. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 2-James Tynion IV 6/11
5. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 3-James Tynion IV 6/17
6. The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before-Robert Kirkman 6/23
7. 113 Minutes-James Patterson 7/10
8. The Dolls-James Patterson 7/13
9. Bat and the End of Everything-Elana K. Arnold 7/22
10. The Baby Shift: Michigan-Becca Fanning 7/23
11. Dragon Hoops-Gene Luen Yang 7/25
12. The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories-Mary Higgins Clark 7/26
13. Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything-E. Lockhart 7/27
14. Piecing Me Together-Renée Watson 8/28

Read 15 series books.
1. Haikyu!!, Vol. 3-Haruichi Furudate 6/12
2. Haikyu!!, Vol. 4-Haruichi Furudate 6/12
3. Haikyu!!, Vol. 5-Haruichi Furudate 6/12
4. BEASTARS 3-Paru Itagaki 6/14
5. BEASTARS 4-Paru Itagaki 6/15
6. BEASTARS 5-Paru Itagaki 6/15
7. BEASTARS 6-Paru Itagaki 6/15
8. Black Butler, Vol. 5-Yana Toboso 6/12
9. Black Butler, Vol. 6-Yana Toboso 6/12
10. Midnight Secretary, Vol. 03-Tomu Ohmi 3/19
11. Midnight Secretary, Vol. 04-Tomu Ohmi 3/19
12. Vagabond, Vol. 9-Takehiko Inoue 6/30
13. Vagabond, Vol. 10-Takehiko Inoue 6/30
14. Sabrina: Something Wicked-Kelly Thompson 6/30
15. Vagabond, Vol. 11-Takehiko Inoue 7/2

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Read 16 books from your favorite genre.
1. The Baby Shift: Georgia-Becca Fanning 10/4
2. The Baby Shift: Nebraska-Becca Fanning 10/4
3. Lore Olympus: Volume One-Rachel Smythe 11/10
4. Lore Olympus: Volume Two-Rachel Smythe 11/11
5. The Alpha Wolf's Mate-Tory Richards 11/14
6. The Baby Shift: Connecticut-Becca Fanning 11/26
7. Ian-Becca Fanning 11/26
8. The Baby Shift: Iowa-Becca Fanning 12/5
9. The Baby Shift: New Jersey-Becca Fanning 1/1/22
10. Dazzling-Elizabeth Hayley 1/16/22
11. Filthy Vows-Alessandra Torre 1/17/22
12. The Baby Shift: Alaska-Becca Fanning 1/31/22
13. The Baby Shift: Tennessee-Becca Fanning 3/20/22
14. The Baby Shift: Delaware-Becca Fanning 4/24/22
15. Read Bottom Up-Neel Shah 5/8/22
16. Doctor Good in Bed-Lauren Blakely 5/25/22

Read 17 books that have an E in the title.
1. One Piece: Skypeia 31-32-33, Vol. 11-Eiichiro Oda 5/6
2. One Piece: Water Seven 34-35-36, Vol. 12-Eiichiro Oda 5/6
3. Dear Justyce-Nic Stone 5/7
4. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 1-Homura Kawamoto 5/10
5. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 2-Homura Kawamoto 5/10
6. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 3-Homura Kawamoto 5/10
7. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 4-Homura Kawamoto 5/11
8. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 5-Homura Kawamoto 5/11
9. Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -, Vol. 6-Homura Kawamoto 5/11
10. Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 7-Homura Kawamoto 5/11
11. Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -, Vol. 8-Homura Kawamoto 5/11
12. Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -, Vol. 9-Homura Kawamoto 5/12
13. Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -, Vol. 10-Homura Kawamoto 5/12
14. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 2-Koyoharu Gotouge 5/13
15. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 3-Koyoharu Gotouge 5/13
16. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 4-Koyoharu Gotouge 5/13
17. The Invention of Hugo Cabret-Brian Selznick 5/13

Read 18 books with a red, white or blue cover.
1. -Nic Stone
2. -Victoria Schwab
3. -Izumi Tsubaki
4. -Jennae Cecelia
5. -Akira Toriyama 8/27
6. -Akira Toriyama 8/27
7. -Akira Toriyama 8/27
8. -Akira Toriyama 9/15
9. -Akira Toriyama 9/15
10. -Akira Toriyama 9/15
11. -Nikita Gill 9/17
12. -Akira Toriyama 9/27
13. -Akira Toriyama 9/27
14. -Akira Toriyama 9/27
15. -Akira Toriyama 9/27
16. -Kelly Garrett 9/29
17. -Akira Toriyama 10/23
18. -Akira Toriyama 10/23

Read 19 books have a cover depicting the outdoors.
1. -Yuto Tsukuda 5/11
2. -Becca Fanning 12/5
3. -Yuto Tsukuda 12/12
4. -Yuto Tsukuda 12/12
5. -Seanan McGuire 1/14/22
6. -Kousuke Oono 2/10/22
7. -Katsuhiro Otomo 2/10/22
8. -Katsuhiro Otomo 2/10/22
9. -Norihiro Yagi 2/23/22
10. -Norihiro Yagi 2/24/22
11. -Norihiro Yagi 2/24/22
12. -Taylor Jenkins Reid 3/2/22
13. -Marieke Nijkamp 3/9/22
14. -James Tynion IV 3/11/22
15. -Ingrid Seymour 3/14/22
16. -Ingrid Seymour 3/14/22
17. -James Tynion IV 3/15/22
18. -Anh Do 3/24/22
19. -Crystal Ash 5/25/22

Read 20 books with a setting on/near the water, or showing water on the cover.
1. One Piece, Volume 13: It's All Right!-Eiichiro Oda 5/6
2. One Piece, Volume 14: Instinct-Eiichiro Oda 5/6
3. One Piece, Volume 15: Straight Ahead!-Eiichiro Oda 5/6
4. BTOOOM! 16-Junya Inoue 6/6
5. One Piece, Volume 56: Thank You-Eiichiro Oda 6/24
6. One Piece, Volume 57: Paramount War-Eiichiro Oda 6/24
7. One Piece, Volume 58: The Name of This Era is "Whitebeard"-Eiichiro Oda 6/24
8. One Piece, Volume 59: The Death of Portgaz D. Ace-Eiichiro Oda 6/24
9. BTOOOM! 17
10. BTOOOM!, Vol. 18-Junya Inoue 8/16
11. BTOOOM! 19-Junya Inoue 8/16
12. BTOOOM! 20-Junya Inoue 8/16
13. BTOOOM! 21-Junya Inoue 8/16
14. BTOOOM! 22-Junya Inoue 8/17
15. Pokémon Adventures, Vol. 4-Hidenori Kusaka 11/12
16. Fathom: Killian's Tide-Michael Layne Turner 11/16
17. How to Train Your Dragon-Cressida Cowell 11/16
18. -Giulio Macaione 12/4
19. One Piece, Volume 60: My Little Brother-Eiichiro Oda 12/6
20. One Piece, Volume 61: Romance Dawn for the New World-Eiichiro Oda 12/7

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A PYRAMID OF BOOKS, no deadline
20/20 COMPLETE

✔ 20. READ 20 BOOKS SET ON THE WATER/WATER ON THE COVER/SET IN A COASTAL TOWN
1. Cape Bay : Margaritas, Marzipan and Murder (Cape Bay Café #3), by Harper Lin, finished 4/5/21 ★★★.5
2. private island : The King is Dead (Ellery Queen Detective #23), by Ellery Queen, finished 4/9/21 ★★★
3. Treasure Island, Florida : The Newcomer, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 4/13/21 ★★★.5
4. Nantucket : Family Reunion, by Nancy Thayer, finished 4/16/21 ★★★.5
5. lake on cover : Still Waters: The Secret World of Lakes, by Curt Stager, finished 5/13/21 ★★★.5
6. Hemlock Falls : A Pinch of Poison (Hemlock Falls #3), by Claudia Bishop, finished 5/27/21 ★★★.5
7. Carmel-by-the-Sea CA : A Tangled Yarn (Yarn Retreat #5), by Betty Hechtman, finished 5/31/21 ★★★★
8. water on cover : H.L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy, by Tom Chaffin, finished 6/6/21 ★★★.5
9. Norfolk : The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway #13), by Elly Griffiths, finished 6/12/21 ★★★★
10. water on cover : Dark Tiger (Stoney Calhoun #3), by William G. Tapply, finished 6/15/21 ★★★.5
11. water on cover : Murder at the Lakeside Library (Lakeside Library #1), by Holly Danvers, finished 6/28/21 ★★★.5
12. water on cover : A Walk Along the Beach, by Debbie Macomber, finished 8/14/21 ★★★.5
13. set on an island : Oh Say Can You Fudge (Candy-Coated #3), by Nancy Coco, finished 8/18/21 ★★★★
14. water on cover : The Good Turn (Cormac Reilly #3), by Dervla McTiernan, finished 8/24/21 ★★★★
15. water on cover, set on an island : A Fatal Vineyard Season (Martha's Vineyard #10), by Philip R. Craig, finished 8/29/21 ★★★★
16. Whisper Cove NY : A Brush with Murder (Paint by Murder #1), by Bailee Abbott, finished 8/30/21 ★★★
17. water on cover, set in Galveston : Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, by Erik Larson, finished 9/3/21 ★★★★
18. Cape Cod MA : An Eggnog to Die For (Cape Cod Foodie #2), by Amy Pershing, finished 9/28/21 ★★★.5
19. water on cover : Lethal Letters (Books by the Bay #6), by Ellery Adams, finished 9/30/21 ★★★★
20. set on an island : The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Mysterious Benedict Society #2), by Trenton Lee Stewart, finished 10/8/21 ★★★.5



✔ 19. READ 19 BOOKS THAT HAVE AN OUTDOOR COVER
1. Death Without Company (Walt Longmire #2), by Craig Johnson, finished 4/2/21 ★★★★
2. Lemon Drop Dead (Amish Candy Shop #6), by Amanda Flower, finished 4/3/21 ★★★★
3. Eaves of Destruction (Fixer-Upper #5), by Kate Carlisle, finished 4/14/21 ★★★.5
4. Death by Bridle (Josiah Reynolds #3), by Abigail Keam, finished 4/19/21 ★★★
5. Pall in the Family (Family Fortune #1), by Dawn Eastman, finished 4/25/21 ★★★.5
6. The Year 1000: What Life was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger, finished 5/8/21 ★★★★
7. Bitter Harvest (Orchard #5), by Sheila Connolly, finished 5/14/21 ★★★★
8. Monument to the Dead (Museum #4), by Sheila Connolly, finished 6/17/21 ★★★★
9. Off Season, by Anne Rivers Siddons, finished 6/19/21 ★★★
10. Dove in the Window (Benni Harper #5), by Earlene Fowler, finished 8/3/21 ★★★★
11. A Darkness Absolute (Rockton #2), by Kelley Armstrong, finished 8/13/21 ★★★★
12. Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59 #1), by Attica Locke, finished 8/22/21 ★★★.5
13. Digging Up Trouble (Sweet Fiction Bookshop #1), by Kitt Crowe, finished 9/4/21 ★★★
14. street scene, set up for festival : Caught Bread-Handed (Bakeshop #4), by Ellie Alexander, finished 9/6/21 ★★★.5
15. Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival, by Tom Clavin, finished 9/11/21 ★★★★
16. Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II, by Mitchell Zuckoff, finished 10/3/21 ★★★★
17. Pulp Friction (Cider Shop #2), by Julie Anne Lindsey, finished 10/11/21 ★★★★
18. Marriage Can Be Mischief (Amish Matchmaker #3), by Amanda Flower, finished 11/3/21 ★★★★
19. Deadly Nightshade (Martha's Vineyard #1), by Cynthia Riggs, finished 11/7/21 ★★★



✔ 18. READ 18 BOOKS WITH A RED, WHITE OR BLUE COVER
1. blue : How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics, by Eugenia Cheng, finished 4/6/21 ★★★.5
2. white : Murder in the Cookbook Nook (Book Retreat #7), by Ellery Adams, finished 4/7/21 ★★★★
3. blue : The King is Dead (Ellery Queen Detective #23), by Ellery Queen, finished 4/9/21 ★★★
4. white : Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, by Neil Shubin, finished 4/10/21 ★★★.5
5. all three : Truck: A Love Story, by Michael Perry, finished 4/21/21 ★★★
6. blue : The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (Darling Dahlias #1), by Susan Wittig Albert, finished 4/24/21 ★★★★
7. red : Woman with a Gun, by Philip Margolin, finished 5/4/21 ★★★.5
8. all three : Breakup (Kate Shugak #7), by Dana Stabenow, finished 5/5/21 ★★★★
9. white : Is This Anything?, by Jerry Seinfeld, finished 5/10/21 ★★★
10. white : Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put In Us and On Us, by George Zaidan, finished 5/21/21 ★★★.5
11. red : Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks, by Keith Houston, finished 5/29/21 ★★★.5
12. white : The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics, by John Pollack, finished 6/4/21 ★★★
13. white : The Joy of Search: A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics, by Daniel M. Russell, finished 6/23/21 ★★★
14. white : The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2), by Richard Osman, finished 7/16/21 ★★★★
15. red : Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations, by Garson O'Toole, finished 7/19/21 ★★★
16. blue : The Last Mona Lisa, by Jonathan Santlofer, finished 7/23/21 ★★★.5
17. blue : The Secret Staircase (Victorian Village #3), by Sheila Connolly, finished 8/5/21 ★★★★
18. blue : Bodily Harm (David Sloane #3), by Robert Dugoni, finished 8/17/21 ★★★★

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✔ 17. READ 17 BOOKS THAT HAVE AN E IN THE TITLE
1. Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, by Mary Norris, finished 9/24/21 ★★★.5
2. How to Slay a Dragon: A Fantasy Hero's Guide to the Real Middle Ages, by Cait Stevenson, finished 10/2/21 ★★★
3. Killer Research (Library Lovers #12), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 10/14/21 ★★★★
4. The Sisters Café (Cadillac #1), by Carolyn Brown, finished 10/21/21 ★★★
5. The Bodies Left Behind, by Jeffery Deaver, finished 10/22/21 ★★★.5
6. Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over, by Geraldine Brooks, finished 10/23/21 ★★★
7. Unzipped (Chrissy McMullen #1), by Lois Greiman, finished 10/24/21 ★★
8. Berry the Hatchet (Cranberry Cove #2), by Peg Cochran, finished 10/25/21 ★★★★
9. A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About), by Spike Carlsen, finished 10/26/21 ★★★★
10. The Inconvenient Corpse (Grace Cassidy #1), by Jackie King, finished 10/28/21 ★★
12. A History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage, finished 11/5/21 ★★★.5
13. Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway, by Peter Zheutlin, finished 11/11/21 ★★★.5
14. Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes (Daisy's Tea Garden #1), by Karen Rose Smith, finished 11/13/21 ★★★.5
15. Body on Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop #2), by Vicki Delany, finished 11/15/21 ★★★
16. A Plus One for Murder (Friend for Hire #1), by Laura Bradford, finished 11/16/21 ★★★.5
17. The Divinity of Dogs: True Stories of Miracles Inspired by Man's Best Friend, by Jennifer Skiff, finished 11/25/21 ★★★.5

✔ 16. READ 16 BOOKS FROM YOUR FAVORITE GENRE | MYSTERY
1. Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (Blanche White #2), by Barbara Neely, finished 9/5/21 ★★★★
2. The Big Chili (Undercover Dish #1), by Julia Buckley, finished 9/13/21 ★★★.5
3. A Body to Spare (Odelia Grey #10), by Sue Ann Jaffarian, finished 9/23/21 ★★★.5
4. A Cup of Jo (Maggy Thorsen #6), by Sandra Balzo, finished 9/26/21 ★★★.5
5. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7), by Alan Bradley, finished 9/29/21 ★★★★
6. Organized for Masked Motives (Organized #2.5), by Ritter Ames, finished 10/1/21 ★★★
7. Deadlier Than the Pen (Diana Spaulding #1), by Kathy Lynn Emerson, finished 10/4/21 ★★.5
8. Designer Dirty Laundry (Samantha Kidd #1), by Diane Vallere, finished 10/7/21 ★★★
9. Brush with Death (Gray Whale Inn #5), by Karen MacInerney, finished 10/13/21 ★★★★
10. Death on the Shelf (Haunted Library #5), by Allison Brook, finished 10/18/21 ★★★★
11. Murder Under a Blue Moon (Mona Moon #1), by Abigail Keam, finished 10/31/21 ★★★.5
12. The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion (Haunted Bookshop #5), by Alice Kimberly, finished 11/6/21 ★★★★
13. Naughty in Nice (Royal Spyness #5), by Rhys Bowen, finished 11/8/21 ★★★★
14. The Midnight Hour (Stephens & Mephisto/Brighton #6), by Elly Griffiths, finished 11/12/21 ★★★★
15. The Pawful Truth (Cat in the Stacks #11), by Miranda James, finished 11/20/21 ★★★★
16. Redemption (Amos Decker #5), by David Baldacci, finished 11/28/21 ★★★★.5

✔ 15. READ 15 BOOKS FROM A SERIES
1. Ready Player Two (Ready Player One #2), by Ernest Cline, finished 4/17/21 ★★★.5
2. Framed in Lace (Needlecraft #2), by Monica Ferris, finished 8/2/21 ★★★.5
3. No Time Like the Past (Chronicles of St. Mary's #5), by Jodi Taylor, finished 8/10/21 ★★★★.5
4. Scrabbling for the Culprit (Board Games #1), by Jane Wallace, finished 8/16/21 ★★★.5
5. To Thine Own Self Be True (Stella Crown #3), by Judy Clemens, finished 8/19/21 ★★★.5
6. Tombstone Courage (Joanna Brady #2), by J.A. Jance, finished 8/21/21 ★★★★
7. Except the Dying (Detective Murdoch #1), by Maureen Jennings, finished 8/27/21 ★★★
8. Clause & Effect (Deadly Edits #2), by Kaitlyn Dunnett, finished 8/31/21 ★★★★
9. A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2), by Deanna Raybourn, finished 9/12/21 ★★★★
10. Mango, Mambo, and Murder (Caribbean Kitchen #1), by Raquel V. Reyes, finished 9/20/21 ★★★
11. Footprints in the Sand (Wedding Cake #3), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 10/10/21 ★★★.5
12. Diners, Drive-Ins and Death (Comfort Food #3), by Christine Wenger, finished 10/17/21 ★★★.5
13. Turn for the Bad (County Cork #4), by Sheila Connolly, finished 10/19/21 ★★★★
14. Tearoom for Two (Tearoom #1), by Susan Page Davis, finished 10/20/21 ★★★.5
15. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Chronicles of St. Mary's #6), by Jodi Taylor, finished 10/27/21 ★★★★

✔ 14. READ 14 BOOKS SET IN A STATE OTHER THAN YOUR OWN | PENNSYLVANIA
1. Virginia : Hen of the Baskervilles (Meg Langslow #15), by Donna Andrews, finished 4/15/21 ★★★★
2. Ohio : The Body on the Barstool (Top Shelf #1), by Lolli Powell, finished 4/22/21 ★★★.5
3. New Jersey : First Degree (Andy Carpenter #2), by David Rosenfelt, finished 4/27/21 ★★★.5
4. Alaska : Murphy's Slaw (Alaskan Diner #3), by Elizabeth Logan, finished 5/15/21 ★★★.5
5. Kentucky : Draw and Order (Paint & Shine #2), by Cheryl Hollon, finished 6/7/21 ★★★.5
6. New Mexico : Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee #3), by Tony Hillerman, finished 6/18/21 ★★★★
7. South Carolina : Pekoe Most Poison (Tea Shop #18), by Laura Childs, finished 6/26/21 ★★★★
8. Wisconsin : Tradition of Deceit (Chloe Ellefson #5), by Kathleen Ernst, finished 6/29/21 ★★★★
9. California : A Few Drops of Bitters (Savannah Reid #26), by G.A. McKevett, finished 7/2/21 ★★★★
10. Illinois : A House Divided (Lincoln & Speed #4), by Jonathan F. Putnam, finished 7/9/21 ★★★★
11. US southern states : 30 Days a Black Man: The Forgotten Story That Exposed the Jim Crow South, by Bill Steigerwald, finished 7/12/21 ★★★.5
12. New Hampshire : A Deadly Deletion (Booktown #15), by Lorna Barrett, finished 7/13/21 ★★★★
13. Massachusetts : Gone to the Dogs (Dog Lovers #6), by Susan Conant, finished 7/14/21 ★★★
14. Illinois : Writing a Wrong (Writer for Hire #2), by Betty Hechtman, finished 8/12/21 ★★★.5

✔ 13. READ 13 BOOKS SET IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN YOUR OWN | USA
1. England : The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson, finished 4/8/21 ★★★.5
2. England, Egypt and more : A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St. Mary's #4), by Jodi Taylor, finished 4/12/21 ★★★★
3. England : Anthem for Doomed Youth (Daisy Dalrymple #19), by Carola Dunn, finished 4/18/21 ★★★★
4. Israel : Day After Night, by Anita Diamant, finished 6/5/21 ★★★
5. India : The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry #2), by Sujata Massey, finished 6/8/21 ★★★★
6. England : Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Mycroft Holmes & Sherlock #3), by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse, finished 6/14/21 ★★★★
7. England : A Fatal Footnote (Open Book #2), by Margaret Loudon, finished 6/21/21 ★★★.5
8. Ireland : In Dublin's Fair City (Molly Murphy #6), by Rhys Bowen, finished 7/1/21 ★★★★
9. Turkey & France : Last Train to Istanbul, by Ayşe Kulin, finished 7/6/21 ★★★.5
10. Austria : Mozart's Last Aria, by Matt Rees, finished 7/7/21 ★★★
11. Denmark : The Keeper of Lost Causes (Dept. Q #1), by Jussi Adler-Olsen, finished 7/15/21 ★★★★
12. Scotland : Death of a Cad (Hamish Macbeth #2), by M.C. Beaton, finished 7/17/21 ★★★.5
13. Ghana : Wife of the Gods (Darko Dawson #1), by Kwei Quartey, finished 7/18/21 ★★★★

[Barb]

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✔ 12. READ 12 BOOKS THAT YOU CHOOSE
1. The Library Book, by Susan Orlean, finished 10/6/21 ★★★★
2. No Stopping Us Now: A History of Older Women in America, by Gail Collins, finished 10/30/21 ★★★
3. Repair to Her Grave (Home Repair is Homicide #4), by Sarah Graves, finished 11/2/21 ★★★★
4. Born in Fire (Born in Triology #1), by Nora Roberts, finished 11/4/21 ★★★.5
5. Savage Run (Joe Pickett #2), by C.J. Box, finished 11/10/21 ★★★★
6. Dark Night (Alaska Wild #3), by Paige Shelton, finished 11/14/21 ★★★★
7. The Dog Who Knew Too Much (Chet & Bernie #4), by Spencer Quinn, finished 11/17/21 ★★★★
8. Mind Your Own Beeswax (Queen Bee #2), by Hannah Reed, finished 11/18/21 ★★★
9. Stitched in Crime (Craft Fair Knitters #2), by Emmie Caldwell, finished 11/19/21 ★★★.5
10. Appointment in May (Dave Garrett #5), by Neil Albert, finished 11/23/21 ★★★
11. Driving Heat (Nikki Heat #7), by Richard Castle, finished 11/27/21 ★★★★
12. Moriarty Returns a Letter (Baker Street Letters #4), by Michael Robertson, finished 11/29/21 ★★★

✔ 11, READ 11 BOOKS SET IN A SMALL TOWN
1. Excelsior MN : Crewel World (Needlecraft #1), by Monica Ferris, finished 4/30/21 ★★★.5
2. Sprocket OR : Pint of No Return (Ice Cream Shop #1), by Dana Mentink, finished 5/7/21 ★★★.5
3. Pennycross MA : The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking (Family Skeleton #6), by Leigh Perry, finished 5/9/21 ★★★★
4. Cold Sassy GA : Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns, finished 5/11/21 ★★★.5
5. Westbury MA : Farmed and Dangerous (Local Foods #3), by Edith Maxwell, finished 5/17/21 ★★★.5
6. Blight ID : The Double-Jack Murders (Sheriff Bo Tully #3), by Patrick F. McManus, finished 5/22/21 ★★★★
7. Willow Bluff WI : Dogged by Death (Furry Friends #1), by Laura Scott, finished 5/26/21 ★★★.5
8. Reardon (state not specified) : Stump Speech Murder (Pamela Barnes #4), by Patricia Rockwell, finished 6/25/21 ★★★★
9. Calender (state not specificed) : Jeopardy in January (Calendar Mysteries #1), by Camilla Chafer, finished 7/10/21 ★★★.5
10. Lake Eden MN : Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen #27), by Joanne Fluke, finished 7/29/21 ★★★
11. Emberstowne (state not specified) : Grace Sees Red (Manor House #7), by Julie Hyzy, finished 8/7/21 ★★★★

✔ 10. READ 10 BOOKS SET IN A CITY
1. New York City : Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet, by H.P. Wood, finished 4/26/21 ★★★
2. London : The Vanishing Man (Charles Lenox #0.2), by Charles Finch, finished 5/12/21 ★★★★
3. Paris : The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope #7), by Susan Elia MacNeal, finished 5/18/21 ★★★★
4. London : The Nursing Home Murder (Roderick Alleyn #3), by Ngaio Marsh, finished 5/20/21 ★★★.5
5. San Francisco : Backfire (FBI #16), by Catherine Coulter, finished 6/9/21 ★★★★
6. London : A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder (Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder #1), by Victoria Hamilton, finished 6/30/21 ★★★★
7. New York City : Dead Cold Brew (Coffeehouse #16), by Cleo Coyle, finished 7/4/21 ★★★★
8. London : The Baker Street Translation (Baker Street Letters #3), by Michael Robertson, finished 7/11/21 ★★★
9. Denver : Taking the Wrap (Mandy Dyer #7), by Dolores Johnson, finished 7/25/21 ★★★
10. Boston : A Void in Hearts (Brady Coyne #7), by William G. Tapply, finished 7/31/21 ★★★.5

✔ 9. READ 9 BOOKS THAT HAS A COVER YOU LOVE
1. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World, by Haemin Sunim, finished 4/10/21 ★★★
2. The Dog Who Healed a Family: And Other True Animal Stories That Warm the Heart and Touch the Soul, by Jo Coudert, finished 4/11/21 ★★★.5
3. One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon, by Charles Fishman, finished 5/6/21 ★★★★
4. A Glimmer of a Clue (Fairy Garden #2), by Daryl Wood Gerber, finished 6/1/21 ★★★.5
5. 84 Paws: A Life with Old Labs, by Barbara Travis Osgood, finished 6/22/21 ★★★★
6. Ghost in the Wind (Haunted Guesthouse #7), by E.J. Copperman, finished 8/25/21 ★★★★
7. The Bookshop on the Corner (Scottish Bookshop #1), by Jenny Colgan, finished 9/2/21 ★★★.5
8. Love and Lavender, by Josi S. Kilpack, finished 9/16/21 ★★★
9. Waterfalls of Pennsylvania: A Guide to 182 Falls in the Keystone State, by Jim Cheney, finished 9/19/21 ★★★.5


✔ 8. READ 8 BOOKS BY A FEMALE AUTHOR
1. author Alice Eve Cohen – The Year My Mother Came Back, finished 7/28/21 ★★★
2. author Naomi Novik – Spinning Silver, finished 8/4/21 ★★★.5
3. author Olivia Newton-John – Don't Stop Believin', finished 8/8/21 ★★★.5
4. author Nancy Marie Brown – The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women, finished 8/15/21 ★★★
5. author Freya Sampson – The Last Chance Library, finished 8/20/21 ★★★.5
6. author Gina LaManna – Sprinkled (Lacey Luzzi Mafia #1), finished 9/7/21 ★★
7. author Margaret Powell – Below Stairs, by Margaret Powell, finished 9/8/21 ★★★
8. author Deborah Blum – The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, finished 9/11/21 ★★★★

✔ 7. READ 7 BOOKS BY A MALE AUTHOR
1. author Mark Manson – The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, finished 4/20/21 ★★★
2. author Alex Trebek – The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life, finished 4/23/21 ★★★★
3. author Emmanuel Acho – Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, by Emmanuel Acho, finished 4/28/21 ★★★.5
4. author Brad Meltzer – The Escape Artist (Escape Artist #1), finished 9/17/21 ★★★★
5. author Dick Francis – Odds Against (Sid Halley #1), finished 9/22/21 ★★★.5
6. author H.W. Brands – The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom, finished 10/5/21 ★★★★
7. author Ian Urbina – The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier, finished 10/16/21 ★★★★

✔ 6. READ 6 BOOKS BY A NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR
1. author Una McCormack – The Last Best Hope (Star Trek: Picard #1), finished 4/1/21 ★★★.5
2. author Mary Roach – Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, finished 4/4/21 ★★★.5
3. author Mackenzie Lee – Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World, finished 4/4/21 ★★★★
4. author Will Hunt – Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet, finished 5/24/21 ★★★.5
5. author Edward Allan Faine – Serendipity Doo-Dah: True Stories of Happy Musical Accidents, finished 6/24/21 ★★★★
6. author Trevor Noah – Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, finished 7/26/21 ★★★★

✔ 5. READ 5 BOOKS WITH AT LEAST THREE COLORS ON THEIR COVER
1. Fatal Brushstroke (Aurora Anderson #1), by Sybil Johnson, finished 7/21/21 ★★★.5
2. One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #2), by Ellis Peters, finished 8/6/21 ★★★.5
3. Claws for Alarm (Nick and Nora #2), by T.C. LoTempio, finished 8/28/21 ★★★
4. Final Sentence (Cookbook Nook #1), by Daryl Wood Gerber, finished 9/27/21 ★★★.5
5. Shelved Under Murder (Blue Ridge Library #2), by Victoria Gilbert, finished 10/9 ★★★.5


✔ 4. READ 4 BOOKS HALF-STEP NOVELLAS OF SERIES
1. Rogue One (Star Wars #3.5), by Alexander Freed, finished 5/3/21 ★★★.5
2. Organized for Masked Motives (Organized #2.5), by Ritter Ames, finished 10/1/21 ★★★
3. All I Want for Christmas is Fudge (Candy-Coated #3.5), by Nancy Coco, finished 10/2/21 ★★★.5
4. An Open Spook (Haunted Guesthouse #4.5), by E.J. Copperman, finished 10/10 ★★★.5

✔ 3. READ 3 BOOKS THAT ARE TAGGED ROMANCE
1. My Dear Hamilton, by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, finished 7/5/21 ★★★.5
2. The Santa Suit, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 8/23/21 ★★★.5
3. A Chance for Sunny Skies (What's in a Name? #1), by Eryn Scott, finished 10/9/21 ★★★

✔ 2. READ 2 BOOKS WITH 300+ PAGES
1. 432 pages : A Gambling Man (Archer #2), by David Baldacci, finished 7/22/21 ★★★★
2. 384 pages : The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital, by Alexandra Robbins, finished 8/9/21 ★★★

✔ 1. READ 1 BOOK WHOSE TITLE HAS 5 WORDS OR MORE
1. Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations, by Roy Blount Jr., finished 5/2/21 ★★★.5


***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 11/29/21 *****

[Andrea]

Genevieve wrote: "I replied up above and added it to the rules. No they don't need to be done in order. Thanks for the question."

Oh, I'm so sorry I missed that, Genevieve! Thank you. :)

[Tari]

A Pyramid of Books
Duration: April 1 2021 to ?
Total overall 210/210
Completed 1/19/24
1-9

Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more. 1/1
1. A Page Marked for Murder Lauren Elliott 4/1/21

Read 2 books of 300+ pages. 2/2
1. Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone J.K. Rowling 4/5/21 309 pages
2. Under the Cover of Murder Lauren Elliott 4/6/21 304 pages

Read 3 books that are tagged romance. 3/3
1. Murder in the Reading Room Ellery Adams 5/14/21
2. Evil Eclairs Jessica Beck 5/22/21
3. Apple Pie and Trouble Amber Crewes 5/29/21

Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. 4/4
1. #2.5 Resale Boutique-What Not to Wear to a Graveyard Debra Sennefelder 4/9/21
2. #5.5 Amish Candy Shop-Candy Cane Crime Amanda Flower 4/22/21
3. #1.5 Kitchen Witch-Murder 101 Lynn Cahoon 4/29/21
4. #5.5 Farm-to-Fork-A Pumpkin Spice Killing Lynn Cahoon 6/14/21

Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. 5/5
1. Susan Harper 4/2/21
2. Rosie A. Point 4/4/21
3. Paula Darnell 4/8/21
4. Elisabeth Crabtree 4/11/21
5. Charming Chalice Summer Prescott 4/11/21

Read 6 books by an author who is new to you. 6/6
1. Give Me Chocolate Annie Hansen 4/3/21
2. Suitable for Framing Lori Roberts Herbst 4/7/21
3. A Garden to Die For T. Lockhaven 4/7/21
4. Fresh Brewed Murder Emmaline Duncan 4/10/21
5. Pumpkin Pie or Die Eva Belle 4/11/21
6. A Flair for Chardonnay Deborah Garner 4/13/21

Read 7 books that were written by a man.
1. The Whacked Witch F.M. Storm 5/11/21
2. Tragic Toppings Jessica Beck 6/8/21 (author is a pen name for Tim Meyer, the author page is linked and shows this)
3. Case of the Fugitive Flamingo L.C. Richards 9/27/21 (GR page doesn't indicate he's a guy, but his picture is on Amazon)
4. Duck Duck Danger Max Parrott 3/14/23
5. Rapid Rodent Response Max Parrott 5/12/23
6. Frozen in Death M.S. Peke 5/17/23
7. Cluckin' Clutch Commotion Max Parrott 1/19/24

Read 8 books that were written by a woman. 7/8
1. The Sea Witch J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy
2. Honey Butter at the Hill Thea Cambert 4/17/21
3. Claws of Murder Patti Benning 4/18/21
4. Laid Out in Lavender Gin Jones 4/19/21
5. Cuppa Chaos Melinda Craig 4/19/21
6. Marshmallow Malice Amanda Flower 4/20/21
7. A Matter of Hive and Death Nancy Coco 4/21/21
8. Chicken Murder Soup Rosie A. Point 4/23/21

Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
1. Rosie A. Point 4/10/21
2. Lee Hollis 4/15/21
3. Susan Harper 4/21/21
4. Eve Calder 4/26/21
5. Amanda Flower 4/27/21
6. Lena Gregory 4/27/2021
7. M.E. Harmon and Paula Lester 4/28/21
8. Ellery Adams 4/29/21
9. Emmie Lyn 4/30/21

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A Pyramid of Books
Duration: April 1 2021 to ?
This section done
10-15

Read 10 books with an urban setting. 10/10
1. Planted on Perry Street L.B. Holding 4/26/21 (Manhattan)
2. Paws for Concern Amy Hueston 5/7/21 (Palm Beach FL)
3. A Trail of Lies Kylie Logan 5/13/21 (Cleveland OH)
4. Cooking Up Murder Miranda Bliss 6/7/21 (Arlington VA)
5. Kid-Napped Susan Harper 6/20/21 (big city in AL)
6. Arsenic and Adobo Mia P. Manansala 7/3/21 (urban IL)
7. Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread Murder Jodi Rath 7/14/21 (small but urban OH)
8. The Secret Santa Mystery Roz Marshall 1/17/22
9. Honey Roasted Cleo Coyle 1/20/22
10. Rest in Pizza Patti Benning 3/24/22

Read 11 books with a small town setting. 11/11
1. Raspberry Revenge Rosie A. Point 4/24/21
2. Raspberry Ripple Murder Abby Byne 4/25/21
3. Egg Shooters Laura Childs 5/1/21
4. Peril in the Pines Sharyn Bradford Lunn 5/2/21
5. Strawberry Cake and Corpses Patti Benning 5/3/21
6. Insects, Ivy & Investgations Tonya Kappes 5/4/21
7. The Magician Vickie Carroll 5/5/21
8. A Page of Murder Penny Brooke 5/5/21
9. Three Treats Too Many Debra H. Goldstein 5/6/21
10. Mint Murder Rosie A. Point 5/8/21
11. Tall, Dark and Deadly Patti Benning 5/9/21

Read 12 free choice books. 12/12
1. The Case of the Confused Canine Donna Doyle 5/10/21
2. The Trouble at City Hall Courtney McFarlin 5/12/21
3. Punning with Scissors Becky Clark 5/12/21
4. Claws of Justice Emmie Lyn 5/13/21
5. Chocolate Cherry Murder Rosie A. Point 5/18/21
6. Canines, Costumes and Murder Allyssa Mirry 5/19/21
7. Barkers, Birthdays and Murder Allyssa Mirry 5/20/21
8. Nothing Like a Pool Party Jennifer M. Baldwin 5/21/21
9. Pint of No Return Dana Mentink 5/23/21
10. Four Cuts Too Many Debra H. Goldstein 5/25/21
11. Follow the Cat: Phantom Feline Mystery Cherie Carol 5/26/21
12. A New Leash on Life Chelsea Thomas 5/27/21

Read 13 books set outside the US. 13/13
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling 4/5/21
2. Death at the Salon Louise R. Innes 4/16/21
3. Australia- An Unforeseen Demise P.A.Mason 7/2/21
4. Santo Domingo Blueberry Cobbler Blackmail Jodi Rath 7/17/21
5. Scotland A Scone of Contention Lucy Burdette 8/2/21
6. UK Danger at the Cove Hannah Dennison 8/16/21
7. UK Death at Holly Lodge Louise R. Innes 9/24/21
8. Cambridge England Chapter and Curse Elizabeth Penney 9/28/21
9. France Knifed in Nice Zara Keane 10/3/21
10. Caribbean at sea Beauty Queens and Cruises A.R. Winters 10/20/21
11. England The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie 10/25/21
12. Scotland Scone with the Wind L.E. Gordon 10/26/21
13. Canada Blueberry Cream Cupcake & Murder Ann S. Marie 1/6/22

Read 14 books set in states other your own. (Ohio) 14/14
1. CA-Poppy Harmon and the Pillow Talk Killer Lee Hollis 4/14/21
2. VT-Murder Mystery at the Inn Thea Cambert 5/28/21
3. TN-Death in Bloom Jess Dylan 5/28/21
4. NY-Ruby Red Herring Tracy Gardner 6/2/21
5. CA-Used for Murder Heidi Buck 6/4/21
6. NC-Inn Over Her Head Dixie Davis 6/5/21
7. WI-Toasts of Murder Patti Benning 6/8/21
8. CT-The Time for Murder Is Meow T.C. LoTempio 6/10/21
9. ID-Killer Comfort Food Lynn Cahoon 6/11/21
10. PA-Caramel Apple Murder Rosie A. Point 6/14/21
11. OR-Gingerbread and Scary Endings Amber Crewes 6/15/21
12. KY-Post Mortem Tonya Kappes 6/17/21
13. IN-A Cut Above Judi Lynn 6/21/21
14. NJ-Beauty Expos Are Murder Libby Klein 6/22/21

Read 15 series books. 15/15
1. Spilled Milk Melinda Craig 6/9/21
2. Chocolate Chills Rosie A. Point 6/13/21
3. Eclairs and Lethal Layers Amber Crewes 6/13/21
4. Ice Cream and Guilty Pleasures Amber Crewes 6/17/21
5. A Deadly Delicious Delivery Cindy Bell 6/19/21
6. Festival Fury Patti Benning 6/22/21
7. Draw and Order Cheryl Hollon 6/23/21
8. King Cake and Grave Mistakes Amber Crewes 6/24/21
9. Bursts of Murder Belinda J Evaline 6/25/21
10. Checked Out Elizabeth Spann Craig 6/26/21
11. Death of an Italian Chef Lee Hollis 6/27/21
12. A Book to Die For K.C. Ames 6/28/21
13. Outdoors, Oars & Oaths Tonya Kappes 6/29/21
14. Guidebook to Murder Lynn Cahoon 6/29/21
15. Ruff and Tumble Chelsea Thomas 6/30/21

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A Pyramid of Books
Duration: April 1 2021 to ?
This section done
16-20s

Read 16 books from your favorite genre. (cozy mystery) 16/16
1. Ordered Outrage Patti Benning 7/1/21
2. Sprinkles and a Situation Emmie Lyn 7/4/21
3. Have Yourself a Fudgy Little Christmas Nancy Coco 7/5/21
4. Custard and a Crisis Emmie Lyn 7/6/21
5. Lemon Murder Pie Rosie A. Point 7/6/21
6. Murder at the Lakeside Library Holly Danvers 7/7/21
7. Dogged by Death Laura Scott 7/7/21
8. Dishing Up Deceit Emmie Lyn 7/8/21
9. A Bitter Sweet Murder Cindy Bell 7/9/21
10. A Hex for Danger Esme Addison 7/10/21
11. Turkey Basted to Death Jodi Rath 7/15/21
12. Sew Dead J.A. Whiting and Ariel Slick 7/16/21
13. Cast Iron Stake Through the Heart Jodi Rath 7/18/21
14. Spilled Milk Heather Day Gilbert 7/18/21
15. Fatal Family Ties S.C. Perkins 7/19/21
16. To Fetch a Killer Chelsea Thomas 7/20/21

Read 17 books that have an E in the title.17/17
1. Eclairs and Escapes Ramona Ransom 7/12/21
2. Digging Up Trouble Kitt Crowe 10/13/21
3. A Brush with Murder Bailee Abbott 10/14/21
4. Headlines of Murder Summer Prescott, Susie Gayle 10/15/21
5. Jackets, Jack-O-Lanterns & Justice Tonya Kappes 10/23/21
6. Strangers on a Skein Anne Canadeo 10/23/21
7. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie 10/25/21
8. Scone with the Wind L.E. Gordon 10/26/21
9. Murder by Milkshake Rosie A. Point 10/26/21
10. To the Tome of Murder Lauren Elliott 10/28/21
11. Poison in the Pastries Susan Harper 10/29/21
12. The Enemy You Gnocchi Catherine Bruns 10/30/21
13. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder Maria DiRico 10/31/21
14. The Graveyard Thief Danielle Collins 11/2/21
15. Trouble in the Treasure Heather Huffman 11/3/21
16. Getaway with Murder Diane Kelly 11/4/21
17. Christmas Caramel Murder Joanne Fluke 11/5/21

Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover.18/18
1. JoAnna Carl 5/16/21
2. Rosie A. Point 7/11/21
3. Tonya Kappes 7/20/21
4. Gabby Allan 7/27/21
5. Sheila Connolly 8/21/21
6. Maddie Day 8/23/21
7. Teri Barnett 9/6/21
8. T.J. Costello 9/10/21
9. Carole Fowkes 9/17/21
10. Amerie Brand 9/19/21
11. J.A. Whiting 9/23/21
12. Rosie A. Point 10/2/21
13. Amy Pershing 10/7/21
14. Maggie Blackburn 10/8/21
15. C.A. Phipps 10/11/21
16. Jacqueline Frost 10/12/21
17. Tonya Kappes 10/22/21
18. Ginger Bolton 10/27/21

Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover 19/19
1. Traci Wilton 4/12/21
2. Mary Angela 5/15/21
3. Patti Benning 5/17/21
4. Anna Gerard 5/17/21
5. Mel McCoy 5/21/21
6. Ginger Bolton 5/24/21
7. Krista Davis 5/30/21
8. Amber Crewes 5/30/21
9. J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy 5/31/2021
10. Amber Crewes 6/1/21
11. Amber Crewes 6/3/21
12. Susan Harper 6/6/21
13. Laura Jensen Walker 6/7/21
14. Victoria Gilbert 6/9/21
15. Rosie A. Point 6/12/21
16. Amber Crewes 6/15/21
17. Cindy Bell 6/16/21
18. Amber Crewes 6/16/21
19. Daryl Wood Gerber 6/18/21

Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. Tell us where. 20/20
1. Nags Head OBX NC, so all the above- Eva Gates 5/14/21
2. Sandy Bay OR-Jingle Bells and Deadly Smells Amber Crewes 6/18/21
3. Bay Island NY (around Long Island)- Lena Gregory 7/13/21
4. Cape Cod Vicki Delany 7/22/21
5. Purple Finch Island, ME-Murder in the Sand Thea Cambert 7/28/21
6. Warner Pier, MI on the lake-The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole JoAnna Carl 7/29/21
7. FL Panhandle, Emerald Cove-A Time to Swill Sherry Harris 7/31/21
8. Sweet Cove Sweetness and Light J.A. Whiting 8/6/21
9. Carolyn Keene 8/9/21
10. Home Sweet Home J.A. Whiting 8/16/21
11. Bree Baker 8/20/21
12. Bree Baker 8/21/21
13. Key West-Murder Mystery Book Club Danielle Collins 8/22/21
14. S.C. Merritt 8/23/21
15. Salem MA-Mrs. Morris and the Vampire Traci Wilton 8/24/21
16. All stories set in Maine near water-Halloween Party Murder Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, Barbara Ross 8/28/21
17. Florida beach town Be My Ghost Carol J.Perry 8/30/21
18. Coastal NC- Bree Baker 8/31/21
19. C.B. Wilson 9/3/21
20. Belle Harbor-Birthday Cake and Burglary Sue Hollowell 9/4/21

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Pyramid of Books
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[Carolyn]

A Pyramid of Books
Open ended
55/55

1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
a) Far Out Man: Tales of Life in the Counterculture by Eric Utne read 5/25/21

2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
a) If It Bleeds by Stephen King read 5/24/21 447 pages
b) The Push by Ashley Audrain read 6/10/21 317 pages

3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
a) The Secret Bride by Diane Haeger read 5/29/21
b) The Royal Bodyguard by Lindsay Emory read 6/7/21
c) Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison read 6/14/21

4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have a decimal in their number count.
a) The Hangman by Louise Penny read 4/3/2021 Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #6.5
b) The Queen by Kiera Cass read 9/5/21 the Selection #.4
c)The Prince by Kiera Cass read 9/5/21 the Selection #.5
d) The Guard by Kiera Cass read 9/5/21 the Selection #2.5

5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
a) Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay read 5/2/21
b) A Pizza To Die For by Chris Cavender read 5/4/21
c) On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin read 5/31/21
d) Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston read 6/3/21
e) The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman read 6/5/21

6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
a) Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare read 4/20/21
b) Peach Cobbler Poison by Diana DuMont read 4/26/21
c) The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis read 4/30/21
d) Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid read 4/30/21
e) Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny read 5/14/21
f) A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik read 5/21/21

7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
a) The History of Bourbon by Ken Albala read 5/24/21
b) Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!: A World without World War I by Richard Ned Lebow read 6/27/21
c) Populuxe by Thomas Hine read 7/14/21
d) Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine by Paul A. Offit read 8/9/21
e) The Witches by Roald Dahl read 8/10/21
f) Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire read 8/14/21
g) Hawaii by James A. Michener read 8/18/21

8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
a) The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy read 7/19/21
b) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett read 8/4/21
c) Lemon Chiffon Lies by Diana DuMont read 8/8/21
d) Apple Crumble Assault by Diana DuMont read 8/9/21
e) Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs read 8/10/21
f) A True Princess by Diane Zahler read 8/14/21
g) Girl A by Abigail Dean read 8/18/21
h) The Fourth Child by Jessica Winter read 8/20/21

9. Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
a) True North: Travels in Arctic Europe by Gavin Francis read 4/8/2021
b) Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black read 6/1/21
c) The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett read 6/3/21
d) Gild by Raven Kennedy read 6/16/21
e) Uprooted by Naomi Novik read 6/18/21
f) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik read 7/6/21
g) Ink and Shadows by Ellery Adams read 7/11/21
h) The Master of Blacktower by Barbara Michaels read 7/19/21
i) Sea Glass Island by Sherryl Woods read 7/26/21

10. Read 10 books that take place in a city.
a) Rise of the Fallen by Donya Lynne read 4/16/21 set in Chicago
b) Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie read 5/13/21 set in London, England
c) The Camel Club by David Baldacci read 5/18/21 set in Washington DC
d) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde read 5/25/21 set in London
e) The Royal Sorceress by Christopher G. Nuttall read 6/7/21 set in London
f) Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie by Barbara Goldsmith read 6/15/21 set in Paris
g) The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott read 7/7/21 set in Brooklyn New York
h) The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman read 7/13/21 set in Los Angeles
i) The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner read 7/17/21 set in London
j) Paper Wife by Laila Ibrahim read 7/20/21 set in San Fransisco

[Carolyn]

A Pyramid of Books #2
Open ended
50/50

11, Read 11 books that take place in a small town.
a) How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny read 4/18/21 set in Three Pines
b) Down the Rabbit Hole by Evelyn Amber read 4/18/21 set in Ashbrook England
c) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer read 5/19/21 Forks, Washington
d) Southern Fried by Tonya Kappes read 5/29/21 set in Cottonwood, Kentucky
e) Psycho by Robert Bloch read 5/31/21 Fairvale, California
f) The Big Chili by Julia Buckley read 6/3/21 Pine Haven, Illinois
g) Cheddar Off Dead by Julia Buckley read 6/4/21 Pine Haven, Illinois
h) The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen read 6/12/21 Tiddleton-under-Lovey, England
i) Cheesecake and Confusion by Agatha Frost read 7/7/21 Peridale, England
j) Brownies and Bloodshed by Agatha Frost read 7/8/21 Peridale, England
k) Cocktails and Cowardice by Agatha Frost read 7/10/21 Peridale, England


12. Read 12 books that you choose.
a) The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells read 5/7/21
b) Grant by Ron Chernow read 5/23/21
c) The One by Kiera Cass read 5/27/21
d) The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington read 6/3/21
e) The Removed by Brandon Hobson read 6/6/21
f) Salt Houses by Hala Alyan read 6/11/21
g) Firefly Cloak by Sheri Reynolds read 6/11/21
h) Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane read 7/8/21
i) All Girls by Emily Layden read 7/8/21
j) We Kiss Them With Rain by Futhi Ntshingila read 7/10/21
k) The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides read 7/15/21
l) Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart read 7/29/21

13. Read 13 books in a country other than your own. Where are you from? USA
a) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy read 4/7/2021 set in Russia
b) A Daughter's Love: Thomas More and His Dearest Meg by John Guy read 4/16/21 set in England
c) Blood & Beauty: The Borgias by Sarah Dunant read 4/22/21 set in Italy
d) Three Maids for a Crown by Ella March Chase read 4/23/21 set in England
e) Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia read 5/2/21 set in Mexico
f) The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe read 5/6/21 set in Poland
g) Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie read 5/19/21 set in Iraq
h) The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas read 5/28/21 set in France
i) Strange Tales of Scotland by Jack Strange read 5/31/21 set in Scotland
j) Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England by Gemma Hollman read 6/4/21 set in England
k) The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides read 6/8/21 set in England
l) Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen read 6/9/21 set in Romainia
m) Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton read 6/9/21 set in Australia

14. Read 14 books set in a state other than your own. Illinois
a) Only Her Injured Stuntman by Cami Checketts read 4/4/2021 set in California
b) The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher read 5/1/21 set in Seattle Washington
c) Sugar and Vice by Eve Calder read 5/8/21 set in Florida
d) The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York by Patricia Cline Cohen read 5/13/21 set in New York
e) Hit the Road by Caroline B. Cooney read 5/21/21 set in Connecticut
f) Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter read 5/26/21 set in Indiana
g) Fixin' to Die by Tonya Kappes read 5/27/21 set in Kentucky
h) Murder Past Due by Miranda James read 6/11/21 set in Mississippi
i) The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick read 6/21/21 set in California
j) The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal read 6/30/21 set in Aspen, Colorado
k) Never Enough Flamingos by Janelle Diller read 7/11/21 set in Kansas
l) Macaroni and Freeze by Christine Wenger read 7/16/21 set in New York
m) It's a Wonderful Knife by Christine Wenger read 7/16/21 set in New York
n) A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion read 7/21/21 set in Pennsylvania

[Carolyn]

A Pyramid of Books #3
Open ended
48/48

15. Read 15 books in a series. (You can use the same series or different series)
a) The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey read 4/12/21 The Monstrumologist #1
b) Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich read 4/14/21 Stephanie Plum #27
c) Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny read 4/26/21Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #14
d) A Better Man by Louise Penny read 4/27/21 Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #15
e) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis read 5/1/21 The Chronicles of Narnia #1
f) The 100-Year-Old Secret by Tracy Barrett read 5/8/21 The Sherlock Files #1
g) Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie read 5/15/21 Hercule Poirot #7
h) Gouda Riddance by Ally Roberts read 6/12/21 The Cheese Shop Mysteries #3
i) Old School by Jeff Kinney read 7/17/21 Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10
j) Profiteroles and Poison: A Cozy Murder Mystery by Agatha Frost read 7/21/21 Peridale Café #21
k) Scones and Scandal by Agatha Frost read 7/21/21 Peridale Café #22
l) Out of Circulation by Miranda James read 7/22/21 Cat in the Stacks #4
m) The Silence of the Library by Miranda James read 7/27/21 Cat in the Stacks #5
n) Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell read 7/30/21 A Glassblowing Mystery #1
o) Raspberry Lemonade and Ruin by Agatha Frost read 8/1/21 Peridale Café #23

16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre. Cozy Mystery
a) Kneaded to Death by Winnie Archer read 4/5/2021
b) High Heels Are Murder by Elaine Viets read 4/9/2021
c) Accessory to Murder by Elaine Viets read 4/10/2021
d) The Sweet Smell of Murder by Cindy Bell read 4/25/21
e) A Deadly Delicious Delivery by Cindy Bell read 4/25/21
f) Birthday Pie Burial by Diana DuMont read 5/2/21
g) Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder by Chris Cavender read 5/3/21
h) Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay read 5/7/21
i) Do or Diner by Christine Wenger read 5/8/21
j) A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen read 6/5/21
k) Bed and Breakfast and Murder by Patti Larsen read 6/30/21
l) Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen read 7/2/21
m) Classified as Murder by Miranda James read 7/3/21
n) File M for Murder by Miranda James read 7/4/21
o) Red Velvet and Revenge by Agatha Frost read 7/5/21
p) Vegetables and Vengeance by Agatha Frost read 7/6/21

17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title.
a) Peter Pan and Wendy by J.M. Barrie read 4/1/2021
b) Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris read 4/1/2021
c) Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra by Peter Kurth read 4/2/2021
d) Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller read 4/4/2021
e) Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs read 4/5/2021
f) Open by Andre Agassi read 4/9/2021
g) Dance in the Dust by Denise Robins read 4/24/21
h) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman read 5/5/21
i) Me by Elton John read 5/12/21
j) The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan read 6/17/21
k) A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare read 7/1/21
l) The Glitter and the Gold: The American Duchess---in Her Own Words by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan read 7/18/2021
m) A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck by Judith Arnopp read 7/18/21
n) November 9 by Colleen Hoover read 7/22/21
o) The American Drive-In Movie Theatre by Don Sanders read 7/27/21
p) 1st to Die by James Patterson read 8/3/21
q) The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner read 8/8/21

[Carolyn]

A Pyramid of Books #4
Open ended
57/57

18. Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover.
a) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens read 4/11/21
b) From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg read 4/21/21
c) A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny read 4/24/21
d) All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny read 4/28/21
e) The X Ingredient by Roslyn Sinclair read 5/3/21
f) The Case That Time Forgot by Tracy Barrett read 5/11/21
g) The Rook by Daniel O'Malley read 5/17/21
h) Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie read 5/20/21
i) Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper read 5/20/21
j) Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty read 5/10/21
k) Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes read 5/29/21
l) The Royal Runaway by Lindsay Emory read 6/6/21
m) Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen read 6/6/21
n) Dear Coca-Cola by Terry Ravenscroft read 6/12/21
o) Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina read 6/13/21
p) The Butterfly Cabinet by Bernie Mcgill read 6/26/21
q) Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas read 6/29/21
r) The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss read 6/29/21

19. Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover.
a) The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny read 4/2/2021
b) Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny read 4/3/21
c) Zero Day by David Baldacci read 4/10/2021
d) A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny read 4/13/21
e) The Haunted Igloo by Bonnie Turner read 4/17/21
f) The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny read 4/19/21
g) The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner read 4/29/21
h) The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond read 5/4/21
i) And Then There Were Crumbs by Eve Calder read 5/7/21
j) The Beast of Blackslope by Tracy Barrett read 5/11/21
k) Pudding Up With Murder by Julia Buckley read 6/4/21
l) Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery read 6/17/21
m) Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen read 6/20/21
n) Frost Arch by Kate Bloomfield read 6/22/21
o) The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston read 7/1/21
p) I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark read 7/1/21
q) Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen read 7/3/21
r) Sand Castle Bay by Sherryl Woods read 7/22/21
s) Wind Chime Point by Sherryl Woods read 7/24/21

20. Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. Tell us where.
a) The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny read 4/13/21 set on an island
b) The Barefoot Summer by Carolyn Brown read 4/15/21 set on a lake in a cabin
c) Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker read 4/17/21
d) The Long Way Home by Louise Penny read 4/19/21 set at the mouth of the Laurence River
e) The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne read 4/21/21
f) Glass Houses by Louise Penny read 4/25/21
g) All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo read 5/7/21 set on an island in the Great Lakes
h) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller read 5/15/21 set on the coast first of Greece, then on the journey to Troy and then on the coast of Troy
i) A Second Helping of Murder by Christine Wenger read 5/16/21 set on the coast of Lake Ontario
j) Diners, Drive-Ins, and Death by Christine Wenger read 5/16/21 set on the coast of Lake Ontario
k) To Fudge or Not to Fudge by Nancy CoCo read 5/16/21 set on an island in the Great Lakes of Michigan
l) The Guest List by Lucy Foley read 5/20/21 set on an Island off the coast of Ireland
m) Black Coral by Andrew Mayne read 5/28/21 set in a pond of Florida
n) Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen read 6/10/21
o) The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen read 6/19/21 set in Venice with all the canals
p) The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean read 6/23/21 set in the Florida swamp
q) Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen by 6/24/21 set on a transatlantic ship trip
r) Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras read 6/27/21 set in the Florida Keys
s) The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks read 7/12/21
t) The Last September by Nina de Gramont read 7/12/21 set on the Cape Cod coast

[Helen]

Helen, cont.

++13. Read 13 books in a country other than your own. Where are you from? I'm from the USA. FINISHED
1) Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China Ed Young 6-5-21 (China)
2) The Knowledge of Good & Evil Glenn Kleier 6-7-21 (Vatican City)
3) Lala Salama: A Tanzanian Lullaby Patricia MacLachlan 6-10-21 (Tanzania)
4) Slumdog Millionaire Vikas Swarup 6-16-21 (India)
5) India Celebrates! (An Around the World Holiday Book) Jane Werner Watson 6-27-21 (India)
6) Samba Alma Guillermoprieto 7-6-21 (Brazil)
7) The Happy Prince and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 7-10-21 (European country)
8) Soccer Star Ronaldinho John A. Torres 7-11-21 (Brazil)
9) Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives Elizabeth Rusch 7-11-21 (Indonesia)
10) Soccer's greatest records Emily Jankowski 7-11-21 (Pele: Brazil)
11) Narwhal on a Sunny Night Mary Pope Osborne 7-28-21 (Greenland)
12) Who Was Stephen Hawking? Jim Gigliotti 8-7-21 (England)
13) Merrymaking in Great Britain Margaret Chittenden 8-8-21 (Great Britain)


++14. Read 14 books set in a state other than your own. If you are not in the United States any state. I'm in California FINISHED
1) The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm Patricia MacLachlan 6-6-21 (Eastern US state)
2) Meg Cabot 6-6-21 (New York)
3) Dave Barry Talks Back Dave Barry 6-21-21 (Hawaii)
4) Dave Barry Turns Forty Dave Barry 6-21-21 (Florida)
5) Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary Timothy Snyder 6-25-21 (Connecticut)
6) Indian No More Charlene Willing McManis 6-26-21 (Oregon)
7) Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson 7-20-21 (Texas)
8) Judge & Jury James Patterson 7-20-21 (New York)
9) Toxic Risks: Science, Regulation, and Perception Ronald E. Gots 7-20-21 (Louisiana)
10) The Defense Steve Cavanagh 7-25-21 (New York)
11) The Lost Girl Anne Ursu 7-25-21 (Minnesota)
12) Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson 7-28-21 (Tennessee)
13) No Talking Andrew Clements 7-30-21 (New Jersey)
14) Dog Scouts of America Shelley Bueche 8-7-21 (Indiana)

++15. Read 15 books in a series. (You can use the same series or different series) FINISHED
1) Ms. Joni Is a Phony! Dan Gutman 3-28-21 (My Weirdest School #7)
2) Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat Sy Montgomery 6-17-21 (Scientists in the Field #8)
3) Fire Dogs Donna Latham 6-17-21 (Hero Dogs #12)
4) Ground Zero Dogs Meish Goldish 6-21-21 (Hero Dogs #13)
5) Military Dogs Frances E. Ruffin 6-21-21 (Hero Dogs #18)
6) Lifeguard Dogs Natalie Lunis 6-21-21 (Hero Dogs #16)
7) Private L.A. James Patterson 6-22-21 (Private #6)
8) Forever Princess Meg Cabot 6-22-21 (Princess Diaries #10)
9) Soccer in South America Mike Kennedy 6-25-21 (Smart about Sports #1)
10) Joan Baez Hedda Garza 6-26-21 (Hispanics of Achievement #5)
11) Royal Wedding Meg Cabot 7-7-21 (The Princess Diaries #11)
12) Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island Loree Griffin Burns 7-10-21 (Scientists in the Field #29)
13) Soccer Star Kaka Jeff Burlingame 7-10-21 (Goal!: Latin Stars of Soccer #5)
14) Nurses Christina Leaf 7-11-21 (Community Helpers: Nurses #12)
15) Soccer Star Lionel Messi John A. Torres 7-11-21 (Goal! Latin Stars of Soccer #2)

++16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre. (Nonfiction) FINISHED
1) Doing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference Tavis Smiley 4-8-21
2) It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff Peter Walsh 5-29-21
3) Rescue Tails: Portraits of Dogs and Their Celebrities Brian Nice 6-5-21
4) Meish Goldish 6-6-21
5) Gorillas Meish Goldish 6-7-21
6) Poisoned Air: Bhopal, India Meish Goldish 6-7-21
7) God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything Christopher Hitchens 6-8-21
8) Frida Kahlo: The Story of Her Life Vanna Vinci 6-8-21
9) Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland Dave Barry 6-12-21
10) Daring Dogs: 30 True Tales of Heroic Hounds Kimberlie Hamilton 6-12-21
11) Salvador Joan Didion 6-12-21
12) Furry Logic Laugh at Life Jane Seabrook 6-16-21
13) Thank You Notes Jimmy Fallon 6-17-21
14) Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It Michael J. Trinklein 6-20-21
15) Comfort Dogs Natalie Lunis 6-20-21
16) Rescue Ink: How Ten Guys Saved Countless Dogs and Cats, Twelve Horses, Five Pigs, One Duck, and a Few Turtles Rescue Ink 6-20-21

[Helen]

Helen, cont.

++17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title. FINISHED
1) She Lives: A Screenplay Elizabeth Gill 3-31-21 (shE)
2) Heroes: People Who Made a Difference in Our World Harold J. Sala 4-8-21 (hEroEs)
3) Sweet Sixteen Princess Meg Cabot 4-8-21 (swEEt)
4) The Institute Stephen King 4-20-21 (thE institutE)
5) Shelter Dogs Traer Scott 4-30-21 (shEltEr)
6) A Shot in the Arm! Don Brown 4-30-21 (thE)
7) The Pigeon Needs a Bath! Mo Willems 5-1-21 (thE pigEon nEEds)
8) Police Dogs Frances E. Ruffin 5-2-21 (policE)
9) Peru Leslie Jermyn 5-3-21 (pEru)
10) Buddy and Earl Maureen Fergus 5-9-21 (Earl)
11) Buddy and Earl Go Exploring Maureen Fergus 5-13-21 (buddy and Earl go Exploring)
12) The Willoughbys Return Lois Lowry 5-13-21 (thE willoughbys rEturn)
13) Buddy and Earl Go to School Maureen Fergus 5-17-21 (buddy and Earl)
14) Biscuit Meets the Class Pet Alyssa Satin Capucilli 5-17-21 (biscuit mEEts)
15) The Forest Song Lesia Ukrainka 5-19-21 (thE forEst song)
16) Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters 5-29-21 (spoon rivEr anthology)
17) Toy Poodle: Oodles of Fun Meish Goldish 5-29-21 (toy poodlE)


++18. Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover. FINISHED
1) The Red House Mystery A.A. Milne 3-28-21
2) Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age John Lithgow 3-28-21
3) Everything Organize Your Home Jason R. Rich 4-7-21
4) Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope Mark Manson 4-20-21
5) Tony Baloney Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-24-21
6) Perfect Princess Meg Cabot 5-1-21
7) The Paddington Treasury Michael Bond 5-2-21
8) The Circle Dave Eggers 5-3-21
9) The Dalai Lama's Cat David Michie 5-11-21
10) My First Karate Class: Ready-to-Read Pre-Level 1 Alyssa Satin Capucilli 5-17-21
11) A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them, What They Have Against Foreskins, How Come They Carry Each Other ... Water, and Much More. Maybe Too Much More Dave Barry 6-6-21
12) Class Lucinda Rosenfeld 6-7-21
13) Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale Adam Minter 6-7-21
14) Dave Barry Does Japan Dave Barry 6-7-21
15) Dave Barry in Cyberspace Dave Barry 6-8-21
16) Lunatics Dave Barry 6-10-21
17) The 50 Funniest American Writers: According to Andy Borowitz Andy Borowitz 6-10-21
18) White Fur Flying Patricia MacLachlan 6-21-21


++19. Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover. FINISHED
1) Operation: Secret Recipe Geronimo Stilton 3-31-21
2) The Willoughbys Lois Lowry 4-7-21
3) Pam Munoz Ryan Jill C. Wheeler 4-14-21
4) How Do You Raise a Raisin? Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-14-21
5) The Eternal Soldier: The True Story of How a Dog Became a Civil War Hero Allison Crotzer Kimmel 4-24-21
6) Gray Wolves Christina Leaf 4-24-21
Patterns in Peru: An Adventure in Patterning Cindy Neuschwander 4-24-21
8) Stella: The Dog with the Big Heart Thea Feldman 4-24-21
9) Hero Dog!: A Branches Book Hilde Lysiak 4-26-21
10) Nacho and Lolita Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-26-21
11) Tony Baloney: Pen Pal Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-26-21
12) The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia Margriet Ruurs 4-30-21
13) The Dreamer Pam Muñoz Ryan 5-2-21
14) A Pinky is a Baby Mouse: And Other Baby Animal Names Pam Muñoz Ryan 5-9-21
15) Fred and Ted Go Camping Peter Eastman 5-9-21
16) Sold on a Monday Kristina McMorris 5-11-21
17) Buddy and Earl Meet the Neighbors Maureen Fergus 5-14-21
18) Dogs Meish Goldish 5-19-21
19) Bobcat Meish Goldish 5-29-21


++20. Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. Tell us where. FINISHED
1) Princess in Training Meg Cabot 3-31-21 (NYC)
2) Party Princess Meg Cabot 4-7-21 (NYC)
3) The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes Marcus Sakey 4-14-21 (LA)
4) Burglars Can't Be Choosers Lawrence Block 4-20-21 (NYC)
5) Hello Ocean Pam Muñoz Ryan 4-24-21
6) The Poppy Project: How Fiji's Most Famous Dog Got Saved! Fiona Ingram 5-1-21 (Set in coastal towns in Fiji & Australia: Nadi, Fiji and the Sunshine Coast of Australia)
7) Refugee 87 Ele Fountain 5-3-21
8) Don't Pigeonhole Me!: Two Decades of the Mo Willems Sketchbook Mo Willems 5-9-21 (NYC)
9) Holiday Princess Meg Cabot 5-9-21 (NYC)
10) Reel Culture: 50 Movies You Should Know About Mimi O'Connor 5-9-21 (LA)
11) Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories
Ben Fountain 5-11-21 (Haiti)
12) Valentine Princess Meg Cabot 5-13-21 (NYC)
13) The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss Anderson Cooper 5-14-21 (NYC)
14) I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood Dave Barry 5-14-21 (Miami, FL)
15) Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry Dave Barry 5-19-21 (Miami, FL)
16) Princess on the Brink Meg Cabot 5-29-21 (NYC)
17) Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus Dave Barry 5-29-21 (Miami, FL)
18) Dave Barry's Greatest Hits Dave Barry 6-5-21 (Miami, FL)
19) Mammal Menu Meish Goldish 6-6-21 (Trinidad & Tobago)
20) Princess Mia Meg Cabot 6-6-21 (NYC)

[Elle]

A Pyramid of Books
March 28, 2021 - Open Ended

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[Chelsea]

A Pyramid of Books
Duration: March 28, 2021 -

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TASKS
✔1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
1. I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter: 6 Patient Files That Will Keep You Up At Night - Dr. Harper 4/3/21

✔2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
1. Dealing with Demons - Melissa Haag 5/27/21 {351 pgs}
2. Due Justice - Diane Capri 7/6/21 {318 pgs}

✔3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
1. No Place for a Lady - Jade Lee 4/24/21
2. Cooper's Charm - Lori Foster 6/4/21
3. Alaskan Dawn - Edie Claire 7/13/21

✔4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have a decimal in their number count.
1. Star Puppy - Susan Grant {Star #4.2} 11/23/21
2. Star Hero - Susan Grant {Star #4.3} 11/23/21
3. Daughter of Time - Sarah Woodbury {After Climeri #.5} 12/15/21
4. A Secondhand Lie - Pamela Crane {Killer Thriller #.5}

✔5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
1. Llama Llama Mad at Mama - Anna Dewdney 4/8/21
2. Louisiana Longshot - Jana Deleon 6/30/21
3. The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss 7/9/21
4. The Eleventh Hour - Anina Collins 7/15/21
5. Reaper: Aftermath - Jonathan Pongratz 7/28/21


✔6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
1. EDIT - Rick Chesler 4/8/21
2. The Tempest - A.J. Scudiere 4/14/21
3. Dark Farm - Dean Raven 5/5/21
4. Morik Origins - Melissa Haag 5/27/21
5. Zero Hour - Justin Bell 6/1/21
6. The King of Nightmare - A. Rogers

✔7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
1. Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls - R.L. Stine 4/23/21
2. Aloof - Tony Kriz 5/5/21
3. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail - David Miller 5/18/21
4. The Haunted Mask - R.L. Stine 5/21/21
5. The Picture Frame - Iain Rob Wright 5/30/21
6. Scorched Earth - Justin Bell 6/18/21
7. Red Means Run - Brad Smith 6/28/21

✔8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
1. Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo 4/2/21
2. Fates and Traitors - Jennifer Chiaverini
3. The Haunting of Cabin Green - April A. Taylor 4/27/21
4. Redemption Lake - Susan Clayton-Goldner 5/24/21
5. Wicked Favor - Sawyer Bennett 6/21/21
6. Man Eater - January James 6/24/21
7. The Undertaker's Daughter - Sara Blaedel 7/16/21
8. Twisted Justice - Diane Capri 7/21/21

✔9. Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
1. The Secret Stealers - Jane Healey 8/4/21
2. Billy Summers - Stephen King 8/24/21
3. Dark Tales: Beauty and the Beast: A Modern Retelling - Pete Katz 8/29/21
4. Dark Tales: The Call of Cthulhu: A Graphic Novel - H.P. Lovecraft 8/29/21
5. Quarantine Zone - Daniel H. Wilson 9/3/21
6. Melt for Him - Lauren Blakely 9/1/21
7. Harley Quinn, Vol. 1: Hot in the City - Amanda Conner 9/4/21
8. Old Glory - Christopher Nicole 12/7/21
9. Robot Proletariat: Season One - Sean Platt 12/16/21



✔10. Read 10 books that take place in a city.
1. Welcome to Night Vale - Joseph Fink 4/21/21
2. Note to Self: Change the Locks - Heather Balog 8/16/21
3. The Watched - Casey Hill 8/23/21
4. Let Me In - Adam Nicholls 10/11/21
5. Ghost Detective - Scott William Carter 10/12/21
6. Roam - Erik Therme 10/14/21
7. Black Obsidian - Victoria Quinn 10/16/21
8. The Cipher - Isabella Maldonado 10/21/21
9. The Secret - Lexy Timms 11/8/21
10. Freedom - Lexy Timms 11/8/21

✔11. Read 11 books that take place in a small town.
1. Miss Spelled - Morgana Best 7/22/21
2. White Out - Danielle Girard 8/9/21
3. Mystic Falls - Vickie McKeehan 8/26/21
4. A Week at the Shore - Barbara Delinsky 9/16/21
5. Her Worst Mistake - Kelly Utt 10/11/21
6. The Ghostly Grounds: Murder and Breakfast - Sophie Love 10/14/21
7. The Long Way Home - Staci Stallings 10/18/21
8. Bitter Roots - C.J. Carmichael 10/20/21
9. Texas Secrets - Jean Brashear 11/4/21
10. Conflict in Little Leaf Creek - Cindy Bell 12/8/21
11. A Map for Murder: A Mystery by 24 Authors - Patricia Rockwell 12/17/21

✔12. Read 12 books that you choose.
1. This is Gonna Hurt - A.I. Nasser 7/13/21
2. A Very Bad Year: A Further Three Stories in an Anthology of Horror and Suspense - Stephen Barnard 7/22/21
3. Berkley Street - Ron Ripley 8/2/21
4. School For Spirits - Aron Lewes 8/4/21
5. Possess - J.A. Howell 9/2/21
6. Say Cheese and Die! - R.L. Stine 9/20/21
7. One Day at Horrorland - R.L. Stine 9/22/21
8. The Blood Contract - Ron Ripley 9/22/21
9. Horror Stories - Emma Salam 10/14/22
10. Star Raider - Susan Grant 11/3/21
11. Storm Front - Jim Butcher 1/12/22
12. The Devil's Crown: Part 1 - Monica James 3/18/22

[Chelsea]

✔13. Read 13 books in a country other than the United States.
1. Sam - Iain Rob Wright 5/7/21 {England}
2. Close to the Cradle - Nova Lee Maier 7/30/21 {Holland}
3. Happily Ever After - Jenn Faulk 8/11/21 {Africa}
4. Aged for Murder - Fiona Grace 8/12/21 {Italy}
5. Frozen Statues - L.E. Fraser 8/16/21 {Canada}
6. Dial P For Poison - Zara Keane 8/18/21 {Ireland}
7. The Eye of Ra - Ben Gartner 8/18/21 {Egypt}
8. Imago - Celina Grace 8/19/21 {England}
9. Conquests: Hearts Rule Kingdoms - Emily Murdoch 10/25/21 {Scotland}
10. The Travels of Sherlock Holmes - John Hall 11/24/21 {Tibet}
11. Secrets - Aleatha Romig 11/29/21 {Canada}
12. Steamy Winter Wishes - Grace Callaway 12/1/21 {Scotland}
13. How To Break A Cowboy - Daire St. Denis 12/15/21 {Canada}

14. Read 14 books set in a state other than Virginia.
1. Sanctuary 12 - T.W. Malpass {Kansas} 6/12/21
2. The Stepford Wives - Ira Levin {New York} 7/31/21
3. The Fog - Amanda McKinney {Arkansas} 9/2/21
4. Out of a Dream - Rosemary Hines {Oregon} 10/7/21
5. Paracosm - Bleath: The Hauntings - Anya Allyn {West Virginia} 11/3/21
6. Kissed by Fire - Kimber White {Illinois} 11/3/21
7. Courage - Lexy Timms {Washington} 11/16/21
8. Star Princess - Susan Grant {California} 11/17/21
9. Midnight Rose - Dani Hart {Idaho} 11/30/21
10. Juror Number 2: The Story of a Murder, the Agony of a Neighborhood - Efrem Sigel {New York} 12/1/21
11. A Mistletoe Kiss - Jennifer Faye {Montana} 12/2/21
12. Girls In White Dresses - Alex Gates {Pennsylvania} 12/3/21
13. The Mockingbird Drive - A.C. Fuller {Nevada} 12/9/21
14. Kurtain Motel - A.I. Nasser {Connecticut} 12/15/21

✔15. Read 15 books in a series. (You can use the same series or different series)
1. If I Dream - K.M. Scott {Corrupted Love #1} 7/2/21
2. Sword Bearer - Teddy Jacobs {Return of the Dragons #1} 7/9/21
3. The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris {Hannibal #2} 7/9/21
4. Resurrection - Michael J. Totten {Resurrection #1} 8/2/21
5. The Perfect Wife - Blake Pierce {Jesse Hunt #1} 8/10/21
6. Bridal Pact - Leora Gonzales {Warriors of Phaeton #1} 8/17/21
7. Dead in Their Tracks - J.T. Sawyer {Mitch Kearn Combat Tracker #1} 8/23/21
8. Counter-Strike - J.T. Sawyer {Mitch Kearn Combat Tracker #2} 8/25/21
9. The Kill List - J.T. Sawyer {Mitch Kearn Combat Tracker #3} 8/25/21
10. Bishop's Honor - A.R. Shaw {Surrender the Sun #1} 8/31/21
11. Hungry Ghosts - Ron Ripley {Hungry Ghosts #1} 9/23/21
12. Star King - Susan Grant {Star #1}
13. Archangel Down - C. Gockel {Archangel Project #1} 12/21/21
14. Die Noon - Elise Sax {Goodnight Mysteries #1} 12/28/21
15. Victim Zero - Joshua Guess {The Fall #1} 12/30/21

✔16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre. [Crime Thriller]
1. Don't Wake Up - Liz Lawler 12/15/21
2. The One Who Watches - Emerald O'Brien 1/27/22
3. A Secondhand Life - Pamela Crane 2/2/22
4. Death Saint - Rich Curtin 3/7/22
5. Spoken Bones - N.C. Lewis 3/9/22
6. Dirty Little Secrets - Liliana Hart 3/10/22
7. Target For Terror - L.A. Iding 3/23/22
8. The Sanatorium - Sarah Pearse 4/9/22
9. One Last Step - Sarah Sutton 4/21/22
10. Jackpot - Susan Fleet 5/3/22
11. Left To Die - Blake Pierce 5/24/22
12. Sign Off - Patricia McLinn 6/28/22
13. The Wickenham Murders - Amy Myers 7/1/22
14. Murder in Studio One - Norman Corwin 8/1/22
15. The Wife Lie - Anya Mora 8/8/22
16. A Dead Red Cadillac - R.P. Dahlke 8/10/22

✔17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title.
1. Crazy House - James Patterson 8/15/21
2. The Vampire Heir - Juliana Haygert 8/31/21
3. Sherman's Collection - Ron Ripley 9/27/21
4. The Sorcery Trial - Claire Luana 9/30/21
5. Neanderthal Seeks Human - Penny Reid 9/27/21
6. Terror in the Shadows: Volume 1 - Emma Salam 10/7/21
7. Dreadmarrow Thief - Marjory Kaptanoglu 10/13/21
8. The War of the Black Tower: Part One: Cursed by the Dark Lord - Jack Conner 10/19/21
9. A Duke to Elude - Wendy May Andrews 12/17/21
10. One Charmed Christmas - Sheila Roberts 12/24/21
11. The Perfect Family - Jacquie Underdown 12/27/21
12. Ghost Stories - Ron Ripley 1/27/22
13. The Black Sisterhood Files - Kristina Naydonova 2/8/22
14. Sixteen Scandals - Sophie Jordan 2/23/22
15. Mating Cycle - T.A. Grey 2/23/22
16. Oopsie Daisy - Iris Morland 2/24/22
17. True Crime Case Histories; Volume 4 - Jason Neal 3/9/22

✔18. Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover.
1. - Jacqueline Wilson 8/5/21
2. - Gwenda Bond 9/30/21
3. - Tami Hoag 10/27/21
4. - G.S. Jennsen 11/2/21
5. - Susan Grant 11/22/21
6. - Samantha Lyon 12/4/21
7. - Kayla Aimee 1/10/22
8. - Cecilia Dominic 1/25/22
9. - Scott Langrel 2/9/22
10. - Vera Nazarian 2/11/21
11. - Carolyn Brown 2/14/22
12. - Kimberly Kincaid 3/16/22
13. - J.C. Ryan 3/30/22
14. - Emily Shore 4/15/22
15. - Jude Hardin 4/25/22
16. - T.L. Gray 5/12/22
17. - Christie Anderson 4/27/22
18. - Debra K. Fileta 5/19/22

✔19. Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover.
1. - Denise Hunter 9/19/21
2. - Eva Gates 1/7/21
3. - Bree Baker 1/23/22
4. - J.C. Ryan 4/7/22
5. - Danielle K. Girl 4/13/22
6. - Cynthia Ruchti 4/13/22
7. - Claudy Conn 4/18/22
8. - Jude Hardin 4/27/22
9. - Jude Hardin 4/28/22
10. - Jean Nicole Rivers 5/5/22
11. - J.C. Ryan 5/27/22
12. - Joel Handwerk 5/30/22
13. - Lucy Foley 6/1/22
14. - Mary Beth Pfeiffer 6/13/22
15. - Katy Paige 6/21/22
16. - Dolly Parton 6/22/22
17. - A.J. Scudiere 7/14/22
18. - Melody Raven 7/20/22
19. - Kait Nolan 7/27/22

✔20. Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. Tell us where.
1. Deep Shadow - Nick Sullivan {Bonaire, FL} 8/30/21
2. Veiled Eyes - C.L. Bevill {Set on Lake} 9/29/21
3. Jasmine Sea - Phillipa Nefri Clark {Willoughby Bay} 2/28/22
4. The Pill Mills of Florida - Scott Wilson {Miami, FL} 3/17/22
5. Not Quite Dead - Lyla Payne {Heron Creek} 3/25/22
6. The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner {The River Thames} 4/20/22
7. Redline - Jude Hardin {Myrtle Beach, SC} 4/29/22
8. - Maureen A. Miller 5/11/22
9. - Steven Moore 5/31/22
10. - Steven Moore 6/2/22
11. Cheater's Game - Paul Levine {Miami, FL} 6/15/22
12. - Steven Moore 6/15/22
13. - Steven Moore 6/16/22
14. - Beth Labonte 6/21/22
15. Celtic Viking - Lexy Timms {Northumbria} 7/7/22
16. Live and Let Chai - Bree Baker {Outer Banks, NC} 7/18/22
17. - Jana Deleon 7/18/22
18. - Bree Baker 7/29/22
19. The Body Farm - Brian Martinez {______ Medical Facility Island} 8/7/22
20. Great American Road Trips - Scenic Drives: Hit the Road and Explore Our Nation's Beautiful Scenic Byways - Country Magazine {Great Lakes Region} 8/9/22

[Genevieve]

Emeli wrote: "TASKS
1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have ..."

Emeli you will need more than one spot if you would like to move down.

[Genevieve]

Welcome Emeli, Grace, Barb, Tari, DenXXX, Carolyn, Elle and Chelsea.

[Genevieve]

Barb wrote: "It's going to take a very long time to fill in some of these categories, but I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.

A PYRAMID OF BOOKS, no deadline
0/20 COMPLETE

1. READ 1 BOOK WHOSE TITLE HAS..."
You can take as long as you need. I agree this one is going to take a long time.

[Genevieve]

Andrea wrote: "Genevieve wrote: "I replied up above and added it to the rules. No they don't need to be done in order. Thanks for the question."

Oh, I'm so sorry I missed that, Genevieve! Thank you. :)"

It is hard with everyone needing a few spaces to do this challenge to read. I keep thinking I am going to miss someone.

[Kimberly]

A Pyramid of Books


Duration: Mar. 27th, 2021 - no deadline

Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
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A Pyramid of Books Challenge
Duration: 04/01/2021 - Open Ended

Goal: 210/210

TASKS
1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
1. Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There - Tara Schuster - 05/27/21


2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
1. Az áruló - Duncan Shelley - 06/21/21 - 380 pages
2. Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas - 09/15/21


3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
1. Only Mostly Devastated - Sophie Gonzales - 06/23/21
2. A Kiss for a Kiss - Helena Hunting - 11/03/21
3. The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren - 11/20/21


4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have a decimal in their number count.
1. The Lost Sisters - Holly Black - 06/07/21 - The Folk of the Air #1.5
2. Rafe - Sawyer Bennett - 02/25/22 - Arizona Vengeance #6.5
3. The Cleverness of Ladies - Alexander McCall Smith - 10/20/22
4. Unexpected Endings - Elena Aitken - 12/08/21


5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
1. Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro - 02/07/22 - Red, Yellow, Orange, Black
2. Jöttem, hadd lássalak - D. Tóth Kriszta - 02/05/22 - White, Grey/Black, Blue
3. Táncórák idősebbeknek és haladóknak - Bohumil Hrabal - 05/07/22 - Green, Yellow, Red, White
4. The Me You Love In The Dark - Skottie Young - 05/11/22 - Yellow, Blue, White, Black
5. Trója - Stephen Fry - 06/22/23 - White, Black, Gold


6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
1. The Glovemaker - Ann Weisgarber - 02/13/22
2. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote - 02/24/22
3. Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney - 03/12/22
4. The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing - Sonia Faleiro - 03/27/22
5. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love - Jonathan Van Ness - 04/27/22
6. Unwanted: Dead or Alive - Gene Shelton - 05/18/22


7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
1. Piszkos Fred, a kapitány - Jenő Rejtő - 02/17/22
2. Az előretolt helyőrség - Jenő Rejtő - 02/28/22
3. Pletykaanyu - Krisztián Grecsó - 03/08/22
4. Piszkos Fred közbelép Fülig Jimmy őszinte sajnálatára Albatrosz könyvek - Jenő Rejtő - 03/22/22
5. The Midnight Library - Matt Haig - 03/28/22
6. A megkerült cirkáló - Jenő Rejtő - 04/11/22
7. Tűz és víz - János Pilinszky - 04/21/22


8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
1. Haven't They Grown - Sophie Hannah - 05/14/21
2. shine your icy crown - Amanda Lovelace - 07/09/2021
3. Szirén - Orsolya Karafiáth - 07/16/21
4. The Push - Ashley Audrain - 10/01/21
5. We Are the Brennans - Tracey Lange - 10/10/21
6. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice - 10/30/21
7. Betrayal - Aleatha Romig - 02/04/22
8. Blessed Monsters - Emily A. Duncan - 02/19/22


9. Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
1. Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One (Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One - Zeb Wells - 12/21/21
2. Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley - 05/28/22
3. Newport Harbor House - Cindy Nichols - 07/03/22
4. The Orphan Collector - Ellen Marie Wiseman - 08/04/22
5. A lány a toronyban - Katherine Arden - 08/16/22
6. Firebolt - Adrienne Woods - 09/02/22
7. A ​boszorkány éjszakája - Katherine Arden - 09/14/22
8. Ramón and Julieta - Alana Albertson - 09/19/22
9. The Year of the Hare: A Novel - Arto Paasilinna - 10/30/22


10. Read 10 books that take place in a city.
1. A Barnum-rejtély - Gyula Böszörményi - 03/21/22 - Budapest, Hungary
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - J.K. Rowling - 05/02/22 - New York City
3. The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin - 05/12/22 - New York City
4. Vadászszőnyeg - Gábor Görgey - 05/23/22 - Budapest, Hungary
5. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay - J.K. Rowling - 06/10/22 - Paris, France
6. The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner - 06/25/22 - London, England
7. Lassúság - Milan Kundera - 07/20/22 - Paris, France
8. My German Brother: A Novel - Chico Buarque - 08/09/22 - Sao Paolo, Brazil
9. A Work in Progress - Staci Stallings - 08/22/22 - Boston, Massachusetts
10. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/24/22 - Gaborone, Botswana


11, Read 11 books that take place in a small town.
1. Miss Spelled - Morgana Best - 06/05/21 - Bayberry Creek
2. The Jane Austen Society - Natalie Jenner - 07/17/21 - Chawton
3. The Rose Code - Kate Quinn - 07/22/21 - Bletchley
4. Paradise - Jill S. Alexander - 02/20/22
5. Flowers in the Snow - Danielle Stewart - 04/03/22 - Edenville, North Carolina
6. The Girl from the Sea - Molly Knox Ostertag - 06/22/22 - Wilneff Island, Nova Scotia
7. Two Can Keep a Secret - Karen M. McManus - 06/26/22 - Echo Ridge, Vermont
8. A medve és a csalogány - Katherine Arden - 07/11/22 - Lesnaja Zemlja, Russia
9. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn - 07/25/22 - Wind Gap, Missouri
10. Killer Pizza - Greg Taylor - 07/29/22 - Hidden Hills, Ohio
11. Hadriana in All My Dreams - René Depestre - 09/30/22 - Jacmel, Haiti

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12. Read 12 books that you choose.
1. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet - John Green - 11/30/21
2. Mítosz: Görög mitológia angol humorral - Stephen Fry - 04/18/22
3. The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World - Shelley Puhak - 04/21/22
4. Instructions for Dancing - Nicola Yoon - 04/25/22
5. Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler - 06/01/22
6. The Frangipani Hotel: Stories - Violet Kupersmith - 06/13/22
7. The Theory of Flight - Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu - 06/20/22
8. A History of What Comes Next - Sylvain Neuvel - 07/04/22
9. Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 07/08/22
10. A gyertyák csonkig égnek - Sándor Márai - 08/12/22
11. Iris in the Dark - Elissa Grossell Dickey - 08/30/22
12. Book Love - Debbie Tung - 08/30/22


13. Read 13 books in a country other than your own. Where are you from? (Hungary)
1. Petals of Blood - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - 09/18/21 - Kenya
2. Pantaleón és a hölgyvendégek - Mario Vargas Llosa - 09/23/21 - Peru
3. A Mester és Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov - 11/10/21 - Russia
4. Remote Control - Nnedi Okorafor - 11/18/21 - Ghana
5. Kalyana - Rajni Mala Khelawan - 12/21/21 - Fiji
6. Amora: Stories - Natalia Borges Polesso - 12/23/21 - Brazil
7. Mycophoria - Tom G.H. Adams - 01/02/22 - UK
8. When My Name Was Keoko - Linda Sue Park - 01/28/22 - South Korea
9. Where the Wild Ladies Are - Aoko Matsuda - 03/03/22 - Japan
10. I Will Never See the World Again - Ahmet Altan - 03/31/22 - Turkey
11. Three Sisters - Heather Morris - 04/08/22 - Slovakia & Poland
12. Djibouti - Elmore Leonard - 04/23/22 - Djibouti
13. Héroszok - Ókori szuperhősök csodálatos kalandjai - Stephen Fry - 05/22/22


14. Read 14 books set in a state other than your own. If you are not in the United States any state.
1. To Be Honest - Michael Leviton - 06/10/21 - New York
2. Find Me - Anne Frasier - 06/16/21 - California
3. Kill Game: A Cold Poker Gang Mystery - Dean Wesley Smith - 07/06/21 - Nevada
4. Knotted - Pam Godwin - 09/02/21 - Oklahoma
5. The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah - 10/14/21 - Texas
6. William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls - Ian Doescher - 10/19/21 - Illinois
7. The Cousins - Karen M. McManus - 12/04/21 - Massachusetts
8. Yarned and Dangerous - Sadie Hartwell - 01/10/22 - Connecticut
9. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake - Amy E. Reichert - 01/23/22
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10. Our Souls at Night - Kent Haruf - 01/25/22 - Colorado
11. Sign Off - Patricia McLinn - 03/05/22 - Wyoming
12. Vanish - Tess Gerritsen - 03/16/22 -Massachusetts
13. Empty World - Zach Bohannon - 03/24/22 - Mississippi
14. Tell Me - Anne Frasier - 04/03/22 - California


15. Read 15 books in a series. (You can use the same series or different series)
1. Unusual Uses for Olive Oil - Alexander McCall Smith - 05/06/21
2. Szer'usz világ - Gyula Böszörményi - 05/11/21
3. Shades of Magic Vol. 2: Night of Knives - V.E. Schwab - 06/15/21
4. Uncanny X-Men: Wolverine and Cyclops, Vol. 2 - Matthew Rosenberg - 06/27/21
5. A funtineli boszorkány II. - Albert Wass - 07/02/21
6. A ​téboly katonái - Duncan Shelley - 07/04/21
7. Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince Vol. 3: The Rebel Army - V.E. Schwab - 07/19/21
8. She Could Fly, Vol. 2: The Lost Pilot - Christopher Cantwell - 07/22/2021
9. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party - Alexander McCall Smith - 09/01/21
10. A Secret for a Secret - Helena Hunting - 09/11/21
11. Velvet, Vol. 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men - Ed Brubaker - 07/10/21
12. Velvet, Vol. 3: The Man Who Stole the World - Ed Brubaker - 08/10/21
13. A ​végső háború - Duncan Shelley - 12/17/21
14. Body Double - Tess Gerritsen - 12/25/21
15. Dominik - Sawyer Bennett - 12/26/21


16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre. - Fantasy
1. The Queen's Assassin - Melissa de la Cruz - 05/18/21
2. Nessy's Locket - A.W. Exley - 07/14/21
3. The House of Whispers (2018-) Vol. 2: Ananse - Nalo Hopkinson & Dan Watters - 08/05/21
4. House of Whispers, Vol. 3: Watching the Watchers - Nalo Hopkinson & Dan Watters - 08/07/21
5. The Queen's Secret - Melissa de la Cruz - 08/18/21
6. Four Dead Queens - Astrid Scholte - 08/31/21
7. Namesake - Adrienne Young - 09/07/21
8. Túlontúl - Ágnes Gaura - 10/04/21
9. The Memory Thief - Jodi Lynn Anderson - 10/22/21
10. Star Eater - Kerstin Hall - 11/07/21
11. Ruthless Gods - Emily A. Duncan - 11/17/21
12. The Silvered Serpents - Roshani Chokshi - 12/12/21
13. Batman Arkham: Poison Ivy - Various - 12/23/21
14. The Girl in Red - Christina Henry - 01/03/22
15. Éjszakai ​cirkusz - Erin Morgenstern - 01/14/22
16. White Stag - Kara Barbieri - 02/10/22

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17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title. 14/17
1. Csillagtalan tenger - Erin Morgenstern - 04/10/21
2. Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov - 04/12/21
3. The Vanishing - Jayne Ann Krentz - 04/18/21
4. The Year of the Witching - Alexis Henderson - 04/21/21
5. The Other Mrs. - Mary Kubica - 04/26/21
6. The Immortal's Pet - Emily Tilton - 04/29/21
7. Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov - 05/04/21
8. A funtineli boszorkány I. - Albert Wass - 05/19/21
9. Innocence Taken - Victoria M. Patton - 08/05/21
10. Minél véresebb - Stephen King - 08/11/21
11. Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society - Judy Christie & Lisa Wingate - 12/08/21
12. Unexpected Gifts - Elena Aitken - 12/08/21
13. Tanár ​úr kérem - Frigyes Karinthy - 12/13/21
14. Ace of Spades - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - 01/05/22
15. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr - Ram V. - 05/10/22
16. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader - Anne Fadiman - 05/24/22
17. Kung mester beszélgetései - Béla Hamvas - 06/02/22


18. Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover.
1. Sapiens Graphic Novel: Volume 1 - Yuval Noah Harari - 04/26/21
2. Hope Rides Again - Andrew Shaffer - 03/05/21
3. A bagoly, aki félt a sötétben - Jill Tomlinson - 05/19/21
4. The Other People - C.J. Tudor - 05/30/21
5. Fortunately, the Milk - Neil Gaiman - 06/01/21
6. A funtineli boszorkány III. - Albert Wass - 07/12/21
7. In Five Years - Rebecca Serle - 07/12/21
8. Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov - 07/30/21
9. The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss - 08/11/21
10. The Puma Years: A Memoir of Love and Transformation in the Bolivian Jungle - Laura Coleman - 08/22/21
11. Velvet, Vol. 1: Before the Living End - Ed Brubaker - 09/14/21
12. The Night Country - Melissa Albert - 07/10/21
13. How Beautiful We Were - Imbolo Mbue - 11/12/21
14. Teen Titans: Beast Boy - Kami Garcia - 11/17/21
15. Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven - Kami Garcia - 11/17/21
16. Ariadne - Jennifer Saint - 11/25/21
17. Later - Stephen King - 11/28/21
18. Sunstone Vol. 7 - Stjepan Šejić - 12/27/21


19. Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover.
1. Aged for Murder - Fiona Grace - 04/03/21
2. War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men - Matthew Rosenberg - 05/19/21
3. Böjte Csaba füveskönyve - Örömhöz segítő gondolatok - Böjte Csaba - 05/30/21
4. Behind Every Lie - Christina McDonald - 06/04/21
5. The Riesling Retribution - Ellen Crosby - 06/27/21
6. The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles - 07/09/21
7. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/03/21
8. Revelation - Zach Bohannon - 08/12/21
9. The Double Comfort Safari Club - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/27/21
10. A Hosszú Föld - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter - 09/23/21
11. Sherwood - Meagan Spooner - 09/27/21
12. The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales - Donald Smith - 10/24/21
13. An Unexpected Mail Order Bride - Blythe Carver - 11/07/21
14. The Library of Legends - Janie Chang - 12/29/21
15. A Hosszú háború - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter - 01/16/22
16. Légy jó mindhalálig - Zsigmond Móricz - 01/18/22
17. Eventide - Sarah Goodman - 01/22/22
18. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century - Jessica Bruder - 02/01/22
19. The Hotel Nantucket - Elin Hilderbrand - 11/28/22


20. Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. Tell us where.
1. The Girl Beneath the Sea - Andrew Mayne - 04/04/21 - Water on the cover
2. The Dark Design - Philip José Farmer - 04/17/21 - Set on the water - Riverworld
3. Fable - Adrienne Young - 04/28/21 - Set on the water - Narrows
4. A Villa in Sicily: Olive Oil and Murder - Fiona Grace - 05/02/21 - Water on the cover
5. The Book of Lost Names - Kristin Harmel - 05/22/21 - Water on the cover
6. 28 Summers - Elin Hilderbrand - 06/14/21 - Water on the cover
7. The Exiles - Christina Baker Kline - 07/25/21 - Water on the cover
8. Éjszaka Lisszabonban - Erich Maria Remarque - 07/30/21 - Water on the cover
9. Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid - 08/19/21 - Water on the cover
10. Golden Girl - Elin Hilderbrand - 08/25/21 - Water on the cover
11. Written in Starlight - Isabel Ibañez - 08/28/21 - Water on the cover
12. Könyv a szerelemről - Ole Nydahl - 09/10/21 - Water on the cover
13. The Sixth Wedding - Elin Hilderbrand - 12/17/21 - Water on the cover
14. Murder in Bermuda - Penelope Sotheby - 12/22/21 - Water on the cover
15. The Bronzed Beasts - Roshani Chokshi - 01/19/22 - Water on the cover
16. Az elveszett cirkáló - Jenő Rejtő - 01/27/22 - Set on the water.
17. Wildtrack - Bernard Cornwell - 02/28/22 - Water on the cover
18. Black Coral - Andrew Mayne - 03/10/22 - Water on the cover
19. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside - Nick Offerman - 04/14/22 - Water on the cover
20. Sea Storm - Andrew Mayne - 05/15/22 - Water on the cover

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A Pyramid of Books

TASKS
1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have a decimal in their number count.
~ A Warm Heart in Winter by J.R. Ward - 4/20 - #18.5
5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
~ Erupt by Lou Cadle - 4/21
7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
~ The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes - 4/4
8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
~ Too Late by Colleen Hoover - 4/16
~ Pause by Kylie Scott - 4/17
9. Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
~ Meet Cute by Helena Hunting - 4/7
~ In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren - 4/12
10. Read 10 books that take place in a city.
~ The Rivals by Vi Keeland - 4/4
11, Read 11 books that take place in a small town.
12. Read 12 books that you choose.
13. Read 13 books in a country other than your own. Where are you from?
~ Tallowwood by N.R. Walker - 4/2
~ The Bride by Julie Garwood - 4/10
~ His Royal Favorite by Lilah Pace - 4/16
14. Read 14 books set in a state other than your own. If you are not in the United States any state.
~ One Giant Leap by Kay Simone - 4/2
~ Trailer Trash by Marie Sexton - 4/9
~ Delivered Fast by Annabeth Albert - 4/18
~ Mummy Dearest by Josh Lanyon - 4/22
15. Read 15 books in a series. (You can use the same series or different series)
~ Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey - 4/8
~ The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon - 4/13
~ A Hard Call by Max Walker - 4/20
16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre.
17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title.
~ Awaken by Nina Lane - 4/3
~ Imagines by N.R. Walker- 4/9
~ Erupt by Lou Cadle - 4/21
18. Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover.
~ Where We Went Wrong by Kelsey Kingsley - 4/7
19. Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover.
~ Something Like Summer by Jay Bell - 4/12
~ The Weight of It All by N.R. Walker - 4/18
20. Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. Tell us where.
~ Pike by T.M. Frazier - 4/17 - Logan's Beach, FL
~ My Charming Rival by Lauren Blakely - 4/20 - Venice Beach, FL

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1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
1. 9 From the Nine Worlds by Rick Riordan 5/22/21

2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
1. Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan 4/20/21
2. Covet by Tracy Wolff 4/27/21

3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
1. A Whole New World by Liz Braswell 4/4/21
2. Cinnamon by V.C. Andrews 4/12/21
3. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 5/19/21

4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have a decimal in their number count.
1. A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas 7/15/22
2. Side Jobs by Jim Butcher 11/30/22
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5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
1. The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead 10/17/21
2. The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich 10/17/21
3. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah 10/22/21
4. Ghostcoming! by Orli Zuravicky 10/24/21
5. Crushed by Orli Zuravicky 10/24/21

6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
1. The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones 5/7/21
2. 96 Words for Love by Rachel Roy 5/25/21
3. Outlawed by Anna North 5/28/21
4. Unspoken by Kelly Rimmer 6/16/21
5. In Her Sights by Katie Ruggle 6/23/21
6. Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody 6/30/21

7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
1. 1st Case by James Patterson 5/12/21
2. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey 5/16/21
3. The Last Star by Rick Yancey 5/22/21
4. 13-Minute Murder: Dead Man Running / 113 Minutes / 13 Minute Murder by James Patterson 5/23/21
5. Jack & Jill by James Patterson 6/7/21
6. The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 5/28/21
7. Cat & Mouse by James Patterson 6/9/21

8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
1. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 5/3/21
2. Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard 5/12/21
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 7/11/21
4. Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson 7/13/21
5. After by Anna Todd 8/14/21
6. Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson 7/16/21
7. After We Collided by Anna Todd 8/22/21
8. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 8/30/21

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9. Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
1. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 6/24/22
2. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Shea Ernshaw 9/3/22
3. The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton 10/17/22
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1. Shadow Rider by Christine Feehan 1/17/22
2. The Defense Lawyer: The Barry Slotnick Story by James Patterson 5/30/22
3. White Night by Jim Butcher 6/18/22
4. Unsolved by James Patterson 9/8/22
5. Small Favor by Jim Butcher 9/27/22
6. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher 10/12/22
7. Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher 12/15/22
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1. 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King 6/27/21
2. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 6/8/22
3. Pit Perfect Murder by Renee George 6/9/22
4. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli 6/30/22
5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 7/3/22
6. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer 8/21/22
7. The River Murders by James Patterson 3/12/23
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1. A.D. 30 by Ted Dekker 6/12/21
2. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith 6/22/21
3. A.D. 33 by Ted Dekker 7/4/21
4. The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton 7/7/21
5. Adam by Ted Dekker 8/4/21
6. Billy Summers by Stephen King 8/28/21
7. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 9/8/21
8. Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead 9/19/21
9. The 7th Tarot Card by Valerie Clay 9/25/21
10. 11/22/63 by Stephen King 10/8/21
11. The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik 11/2/21
12. Slayer by Kiersten White 11/12/21

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13. Read 13 books in a country other than your own. Where are you from? United States
1 Chosen by Kiersten White (Takes place in Ireland) 11/13/21
2. Gallant by V.E. Schwab (Takes place in England) 6/20/22
3. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (Takes place in Australia) 7/1/22
4. The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup (Takes place in Copenhagen) 3/4/23
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1. The Jailhouse Lawyer by James Patterson (Alabama and Arkansas) 12/15/21
2. The Noise by James Patterson (Oregon) 12/19/21
3. Second Chance at Sunflower Ranch by Carolyn Brown (Texas) 12/20/21
4. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (California) 1/7/22
5. Roses Are Red by James Patterson (Washington D.C.) 1/11/22
6. The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh (Louisiana) 1/15/22
7. Sanctum by Madeleine Roux (New Hampshire) 1/23/22
8. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (Montana) 4/13/22
9. The 49th Mystic by Ted Dekker (Utah) 5/9/22
10. The Amateurs by Sara Shepard (Connecticut) 5/27/22
11. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata (Texas) 6/5/22
12. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (New Jersey) 6/7/22
13. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover (California) 6/23/22
14. Crank by Ellen Hopkins (Nevada) 7/27/22

15. Read 15 books in a series. (You can use the same series or different series)
1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 11/26/21
2. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani 12/2/21
3. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo 12/4/21
4. The Complete Lost Children Series: Books 1-6 by Krista Street 12/10/21
5. Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo 12/18/21
6. No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong 12/26/21
7. Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson 12/30/21
8. Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa 1/16/22
9. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 1/22/22
10. A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer 1/29/22
11. The Black Book by James Patterson 2/4/22
12. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 2/19/22
13. A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer 3/20/22
14. The Betrothed by Kiera Cass 4/15/22
15. From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout 4/22/22

16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre.
1. Heartless by Marissa Meyer 11/20/21
2. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham 11/28/21
3. To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo 11/28/21
4. All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace 5/25/22
5. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King 6/10/22
6. Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes 6/13/22
7. Crimson Summer by Heather Graham 6/22/22
8. Hide by Kiersten White 6/25/22
9. The Wicked King by Holly Black 6/30/22
10. A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas 7/6/22
11. Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman 7/10/22
12. The Fall of Crazy House by James Patterson 7/12/22
13. Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence 7/25/22
14. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward 7/30/22
15. Burned by Ellen Hopkins 8/2/22
16. Glass by Ellen Hopkins 8/3/22

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17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title.
1. The Nine Lives of Christmas by Sheila Roberts 6/14/22
2. Called by Jennifer Snyder 6/15/22
3. Smoke by Ellen Hopkins 8/16/22
4. Changes by Jim Butcher 11/6/22
5. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard 12/1/22
6. Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 12/4/22
7. Violets Are Blue by James Patterson 12/18/22
8. Four Blind Mice by James Patterson 12/26/22
9. 2 Sisters Detective Agency by James Patterson 1/6/23
10. 21 Years of Jane by Yolanda Olson 1/8/23
11. After We Fell by Anna Todd 1/31/23
12. After Ever Happy by Anna Todd 2/2/23
13. Before by Anna Todd 2/4/23
14. Skyhunter by Marie Lu 2/11/23
15. London Bridges by James Patterson 3/4/23
16. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 3/8/23
17. Dark Angel by John Sandford 5/13/23

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[Celia]

Odd #s (for space reasons)

1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
9. Read 9 books with a cover you love (covers below).
1. Murder By Chocolate by Rosie A. Point 3/11/22
2. The Friendly Four by Eloise Greenfield 7/7/22
3. How Groundhog's Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry 7/8/22
11. Read 11 books that take place in a small town.
13. Read 13 books in a country other than your own (US).
1. The Helios Disaster by Linda Boström Knausgård 6/6/21 (Sweden)
2. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor 1/17/22 (Nigeria)
3. Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor 1/28/22 (Nigeria)
4. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo 3/14/22 (Dominican Republic)
5. Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor 3/26/22 (Nigeria)
6. The Fallen Stones by Diana Marcum 4/6/22 (Belize)
7. Pretty Little Fliers by Erin Johnson 7/5/22 (France)
8. Owen and Mzee by Craig and Isabella Hatkoff 7/11/22 (Kenya)
9. Panda Kindergarten by Joanne Ryder 7/15/22 (China)
15. Read 15 books in a series.
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 5/17/21 (HG1)
2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams 6/13/21 (HG2)
3. Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams 7/5/21 (HG3)
4. Willow Witch by Patty Jansen 7/26/21 (For Queen and Country 2)
5. The Idiot King by Patty Jansen 8/3/21 (For Queen and Country 3)
6. Fire Wizard by Patty Jansen 8/7/21 (For Queen and Country 4)
7. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams (HG4) 8/29/21
8. Soulbound by Bethany Adams 6/19 (Return of the Elves 1)
9. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams (HG5) 7/29/22
17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title.
(view spoiler)[1. UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn 4/1/21
2. Cooking the Books by Chelsea Thomas 5/12/21
3. The Cat Rescue Diaries by Kurt Schmitt 6/13/21
4. Deadly Magic by Elisabeth Crabtree 7/2/21
5. Eat The Rich by Andrew Rivas 7/7/21
6. The Toll by Neal Shusterman 7/16/21
7. Empaths and Paws by Penny Brooke 8/12/21
8. The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood 8/15/21
9. Raining Men and Corpses by Anne R. Tan 10/8/21
10. Twisted Treats by Cate Lawley 10/29/21
11. The Giver by Lois Lowry 10/31
12. Kiss of a Duke by Erica Ridley 12/19/21
13. Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer 12/20/21
14. The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre by Elisabeth Crabtree 2/16/22
15. Raspberry Ripple Murder by Abby Byne 3/1/22
16. Dork Diaries 1 by Rachel R. Russell 6/11/22
17. Las Biuty Queens by Iván Monalisa Ojeda 6/13/22 (hide spoiler)]
19. Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover.
(view spoiler)[1. The Last Bull at Raymond by Nancy Jane 4/26/21
2. AESOP by Michele Packard 5/6/21
3. The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima 6/10/21
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 6/17/21
5. A Pie to Die for by Stacey Alabaster 6/25/21
6. Tastes Like Murder by Catherine Bruns 7/6/21
7. In the Name of the Kimberley by Edward Bramfeld 7/24/21
8. The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima 8/28/21
9. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey 9/9/21
10. The Mountain of the Wolf by Elisabeth Grace Foley 9/14/21
11. Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend 12/11/21
12. Snowed In at the Archive by Ellie Thornton 12/14/21
13. The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima 12/26/21
14. Teller by Michele Packard 2/24/22
15. Winnetka Road by J.S. Sheridan 3/30/22
16. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 4/13/22
17. Arash the Archer & The Lost Prince by Shahriar Bourbour 4/19/22
18. Murder In Half Moon Bay by Nancy Jill Thames 4/22/22
19. Money, Murder and Mayhem by K.P. Stafford 5/2/22 (hide spoiler)]

[Celia]

Even #s (for space reasons)

2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series (must have a decimal in their series #).
1. Ice Mermaid by M.C. Frank 12/27/21 (Salt for Air 0.5)
6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
10. Read 10 books that take place in a city.
1. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 4/11/21 (Chicago)
2. The Musician's Daughter by Susanne Dunlap 11/27/21 (Vienna)
3. Hyde Park Heist by Bettie Jane 6/3/22 (London)
4. Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie 7/19/22 (Philly)
5. My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero 7/10/22 (Corona, Calif.)
12. Read 12 books that you choose.
1. The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole 1/8/22
14. Read 14 books set in a state other than your own. (IL/IA)
1. Cutthroat Cupcakes by Cate Lawley 4/8/21 (ID)
2. We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry 3/24/22 (MA)
3. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 5/25/22 (CA)
4. Denton Little's Deathdate by Lance Rubin 5/29/22 (NJ)
5. Everything That Makes You by Moriah McStay 6/6/22 (TN)
6. Summer Wheels by Eve Bunting 7/6/22 (CA)
7. Tiger Pups by Tom and Allie Harvey 7/13/22 (KS)
8. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 7/27/22 (SC)
16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre (fairytale retellings).
1. The Faerie Prince by Lucy Tempest 4/18/21 (Snow White)
2. Till Midnight by Aya Ling 5/20/21 (12 Dancing Princesses)
3. As Old as Time by Liz Braswell 5/26/21 (Beauty and the Beast)
4. The Beast Within by Serena Valentino 7/18/21 (Beauty and the Beast)
5. Poor Unfortunate Soul by Serena Valentino 7/28/21 (The Little Mermaid)
6. Mistress of All Evil by Serena Valentino 7/31/21 (Sleeping Beauty)
7. Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu 2/1/22 (The Snow Queen / various HCA fairytales)
8. Mother Knows Best by Serena Valentino 7/1/22 (Rapunzel)
18. Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover (covers below).
(view spoiler)[1. A Witchy Mistake by Rhonda Hopkins 5/7/21 (b)
2. Scythe by Neal Shusterman 5/22/21 (r)
3. Good Talk by Mira Jacob 6/11/21 (r)
4. Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy 7/2/21 (b)
5. To Kill a Labrador by Kassandra Lamb 7/9/21 (all)
6. Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas 7/22/21 (r)
7. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz 8/11/21 (b)
8. Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean 9/26/21 (b)
9. Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome 11/23/21 (b)
10. The Daughter Claus by D. Thrush 12/23/21 (b)
11. Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones 1/11/22 (r)
12. Candy Apple Killer by Chelsea Thomas 1/21/22 (r)
13. The Crimson Protector by Jeffrey Kranzler 2/25/22 (b/r)
14. Room by Emma Donoghue 3/16/22 (w)
15. The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross 5/21/22 (r)
16. Rose Hill by Pamela Grandstaff 5/27/22 (r)
17. City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson 6/2/22 (r)
18. Enzo and the 4th of July Races by Garth Stein 7/5/22 (all) (hide spoiler)]
20. Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. (covers below)
1. A Cruise to Murder by Dawn Brookes 4/21/21
2. Circe by Madeline Miller 5/29/21 - island setting
3. Maggie and the Black-Tie Affair by Barbara Cool Lee 6/2/21
4. The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 7/16/21
5. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman 7/11/21 - manmade island setting
6. You Have a Match by Emma Lord 8/5/21
7. The Babysitter by Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan 10/18/21
8. Starfish by Lisa Fipps 11/13/21
9. The Secret of Seaside by Agatha Ball 1/29/22
10. Fable by Michele Packard 2/10/22
11. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 2/28/22
12. Between a Rock and a Deadly Place by Zoey Chase 5/13/22
13. Peach Heaven by Yangsook Choi 7/9/22

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04.01.2021

TASKS
1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
Southern Sass and a Battered Bride Kate Young 04.24.21 4 stars

2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
Smoke Bitten Patricia Briggs 04.03.21 5 stars 352 pages
Southern Sass and a Crispy Corpse Kate Young 04.04.21 4 stars 336 pages

3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
Code Name: Baby Christina Skye 04.05.21 3 stars
Emerald Blaze Ilona Andrews 04.12.21 4 stars
Concealed in Death J.D. Robb 05.17.21 5 stars

4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have a decimal in their number count.

5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
Ruby Loren 04.12.21 3 stars
R.V. Doon 04.15.21 3 stars
Winnie Archer 04.23.21 5 stars
J.D. Robb 04.24.21 5 stars
Stephanie Edwards 05.01.21 3 stars

6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
Mercy's Rain Cindy K. Sproles 05.03.21 3 stars
Murder in a Scottish Shire Traci Hall 05.07.21 4 stars
A Broom with a View Rebecca Patrick-Howard 05.12.21 3 stars
A Werewolf, A Vampire, and A Fae Walk Into A Bar Karpov Kinrade 05.28.21 3 stars
My Sister's Grave Robert Dugoni 05.29.21 5 stars
The Nameless Chad Mooney 06.13.21 5 stars

7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
File M for Murder by Dean James writing as Miranda James 08.08.21 4 stars

8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.

9. Read 9 books that has a cover you love.

10. Read 10 books that take place in a city.

11, Read 11 books that take place in a small town.

12. Read 12 books that you choose.

13. Read 13 books in a country other than your own. Where are you from?

14. Read 14 books set in a state other than your own. If you are not in the United States any state.

15. Read 15 books in a series. (You can use the same series or different series)

16. Read 16 books from your favorite genre.

17. Read 17 books that have an E in the title.

18. Read 18 books with a Red, White or Blue cover.

19. Read 19 books that have an outdoor cover.

20. Read 20 books either set on the water, have water on the cover or are set in a coastal town. Tell us where.

[Moondance]

Holding...just in case

[Deanie]

A Pyramid of Books
Started: April 1, 2021
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A Pyramid of Books
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[SANDYE]

A Pyramid of Books Challenge
Duration: Open ended from your start date.
Date Started: April 1, 2021
Date Completed:

**Tasks DO NOT have to be done in order.

TASKS
1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
**1. The Mystery of the Blue Dolphins (Dog Detective 1) by Sandra Baublitz - 4/10/21

2. Read 2 books of 300+ pages.
**1. The Bodies in the Library (First Edition Library 1) by Marty Wingate - 4/12/21 - 315
**2. The Jackpot by David Kazzie - 10/04/2021 - 325 pages

3. Read 3 books that are tagged romance.
**1. Only Twenty-Five (Madison Musicians 1) by Jennifer McCoy Blaske - 4/3/21
**2. Honey for the Holidays (Holidayhaven 4) by Jessica R. Patch - 5/4/21
**3. Love Sings FREE AUDIO BOOK INSIDE: Clean and Wholesome Country Romance by Margery Watkins - 6/2/21

4. Read 4 books that are in-between novellas of series. The books have to have a decimal in their number count.
**1. Game of Bones (A Witch and Her Cats 8.5) by Pearl Goodfellow - 4/11/21
**2. A Knead to Kill (Apple Orchard 1.5) by Chelsea Thomas - 6/12/21
**3. Ghosts and Garlands (Charmed and Dangerous 0.5) by Morgan Vale - 10/04/2021
**4. Apple of My Die (Faith and Foils 1.5) by Wendy Heuvel - 10/09/2021

5. Read 5 books that have at least three colors on their cover. Title and author coloring counts.
**1. Bunny Donuts and a Body (Donut Truck Mysteries 3) by Cindy Bell - 5/20/21
**2. Chocolate Pudding with a Side of Murder (Daley Buzz 11) by Meredith Potts - 5/30/21
**3. A Sip Before Dying (Wine & Dine 1) by Gemma Halliday - 7/28/21
**4. Luck Be a Lady (Tahoe Tessie 1) by Gemma Halliday - 8/26/21
**5. Murder at Corgi Country Club (Wagging Tails 5) by Cindy Bell - 9/9/21


6. Read 6 books by an author who is new to you.
**1. The Awakening by Kate Chopin - 4/16/21
**2. Letters in Time (Letters 1) by Susan Reiss- 4/23/21
**3. No Boys Allowed by Marilyn Levinson - 5/12/21
**4. The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc - 5/13/21
**5. Deadly Ashes (Skegness Seaside 3) by N.C. Lewis - 5/29/21
**6. The Wicked Waffle (Diner of the Dead 1) by Carolyn Q. Hunter - 6/14/21

7. Read 7 books that were written by a man.
**1. Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc - 5/13/21
**2. The Yorkshire Ripper: Reign of Terror by Stephen McGrann - 10/24/21
**3. The Ghost of Tobacco Road by Dale J. Young - 10/27/21
**4. The Pizza Murders (Inspector Morose 7) by Peter K. Tyson - 11/02/21
**5. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 12/22/21
**6. The Winter Letter by Dustan Stanley - 1/27/22
**7. Something in the Woods: The Beast of Fallow Pines (Fallow Pines 1) by Harlan Graves - 3/2/22

8. Read 8 books that were written by a woman.
**1. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin - 4/16/21
**2. Itsy-Bitsy Murder (Chocolate Cozy Mysteries 2) by Wendy Meadows - 4/27/21
**3. Save The Date (Dating 1) by Monica Murphy - 7/20/21
**4. The Fur Will Fly (Magical Cool Cats 12) by Mary Matthews - 8/27/21
**5. Bodyguard Bear (Protection, Inc. 1) by Zoe Chant - 8/31/21
**6. Puzzled by Ruth J Hartman - 10/12/2021
**7. Fatal Fruitcake: A Christmas Short Story by Kathy Hogan Trocheck - 12/12/21
**8. Created for Christmas (Dream Droids 1) by Joynell Schultz - 12/14/21

9. Read 9 books that has a cover you love.
**1. Spells and Spooks (Witch Haven 1) by K.E. O'Connor - 10/09/2021
**2. Magic and Mystery (Channeling Ghosts for Beginners 0) by Izzy Wilder - 10/09/2021
**3. A Medium's Thanksgiving Table (Becky Tibbs: North Carolina Medium 2) by Chariss K. Walker - 11/19/21
**4. The Christmas Cookie House (Christmas House Romances 1) by Jennifer Griffith - 12/20/21
**5. Santa & Suspects by Donna Muse - 12/24/21
**6. Asking Fur Trouble (Woof Pack 1) by Ally Roberts - 1/30/22
**7. Juniper Spark and the Dagger of Mirren by Courtney Woodruff - 2/17/22
**8. Cupcakes and Catastrophe (Belle Harbor 1) by Sue Hollowell - 3/2/22


10. Read 10 books that take place in a city.
**1. The Secret Santa Mystery: A Christmas Cozy by R.B. Marshall - 12/4/21 - set in London
**2 Wicked of the Christmas Past (Paranormal in Manhattan 4) by Lotta Smith - 12/16/21 - set in New York City


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Challenge Rules
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.

[Dita]

A Pyramid of Books
2nd April 2021 - ?
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1. Read 1 book whose title has 5 words or more.
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