Suzanne's Reading Challenges 2021

[Suzanne]

Calendar of Crime
https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2...

January: "J" title Jade Dragon Mountain
February: February publication The Shadow Box
March: "M" title Murder at the Breakers
April: "A" title Assaulted Caramel
May: May author birthday Before She Was Helen
June: June author birthday The Green Mill Murder
July: July publication More Better Deals
August: month related cover (beach) Live and Let Chai
September: "S" title Since We Fell
October: "O" title Open Season
November: November author birthday A Nose for Justice
December: birthday wildcard Lemon Meringue Pie Murder

[Suzanne]

Goodread's Armchair Traveling
So, it's not exactly a challenge, but I just couldn't pass it up. lol
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2053

Alabama Transcendent Kingdom
Alaska The Great Alone
Arizona The Line Becomes A River: Dispatches from the Border
Arkansas Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
California The Madonnas of Echo Park
Colorado The Inn at Hidden Run
Connecticut The Shadow Box
Delaware Pretty as a Picture
Florida Their Eyes Were Watching God
Georgia A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
Hawaii The Color of Air
Idaho Educated
Illinois Arsenic and Adobo
Indiana Black Brother, Black Brother
Iowa Gilead
Kansas Heart of Junk
Kentucky The Librarian of Boone's Hollow
Louisiana Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Maine Echo Mountain
Maryland Lady in the Lake
Massachusetts A Spell of Murder
Michigan Farm to Trouble
Minnesota Destined for You
Mississippi Them Bones
Missouri No Way Out
Montana Where the Bullets Fly
Nebraska You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
Nevada Better Luck Next Time
New Hampshire The Fireman
New Jersey The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP
New Mexico A Bad Day for Sunshine
New York A Drop of the Hard Stuff
North Carolina The Underground Railroad
North Dakota Back of Beyond
Ohio Outsider
Oklahoma Ghost in Trouble
Oregon Nailbiter, Vol. 1: There Will Be Blood
Pennsylvania The Brides of the Big Valley
Rhode Island Murder at the Breakers
South Carolina The Invention of Wings
South Dakota Winter Counts
Tennessee With This Pledge
Texas Hidden
Utah The Never-Open Desert Diner
Vermont Home Before Dark
Virginia They're Gone
Washington Where'd You Go, Bernadette
West Virginia Shiner
Wisconsin American Gods
Wyoming Open Season

And just to be inclusive:
American Samoa Under the Wide and Starry Sky
Guam Gallivanting on Guam
Puerto Rico Amor and Summer Secrets
US Virgin Islands The Lesson
Washington DC Lincoln in the Bardo

If anyone can think of a different book or author, let me know and I might use it instead. =)

[Suzanne]

Thanks, Sandy! I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment when it comes to reading challenges. Frankly though, I have a lot of time on my hands, so most of it is spent reading. Mystery, cozies in particular, is one of my favorite genres, but it's easier saying what I don't like than what I do like. I have read some of the Mrs. Murphy series and really enjoy it. Though I haven't read any of the Sarah Booth Delaney, it's been on my TBR radar and now might be a good time to start. =)

Thanks for the encouragment!

[Suzanne]

2021 Back to the Classics Reading Challenge
Books written at least 50 years ago and published no later than 1971.
https://karensbooksandchocolate.blogs... I missed the signup date, but I decided I'd just follow along on my own. =)


1) 19th-century setting Oliver Twist
2) 20th-century setting up to 1971 Picnic at Hanging Rock
3) Female author Little Women
4) Translated Swann's Way from French to English
5) Author BIPOC (non-white) Their Eyes Were Watching God
6) Author not read before The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
7) Newly read book by known author The Turn of the Screw
8) About an animal or animal in title Black Beauty
9) Children's classic The Princess and the Goblin
10) Humorous or satirical The Great Gatsby
11) Travel or adventure Sailing Alone Around the World
12) Play originally written for the stage A Doll's House

[Suzanne]

Book Voyage Around the World
Books from all regions around the world.
https://bookgirlsguide.com/world-read...

1) Arctic The Great Alone Alaska
2) Western Europe The Fountains of Silence Spain
3) Eastern Europe Salt to the Sea Baltic Sea
4) Northern Asia Jade Dragon Mountain border of China and Tibet
5) Southern Asia The Henna Artist India
6) An island How to Love a Jamaican Jamaica
7) Australia & New Zealand
8) Middle East
9) Africa
10) South America
11) North America
12) Spanning multiple continents

[Suzanne]

Books and Tea
https://northernplunder.com/2021-read...

1) Hexed with color—color on cover Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
2) Hidden creations—lesser known author The Last Flight
3) Stardust—owned since 2016 Salt to the Sea
4) Awesome of course—author POC How to Love a Jamaican
5) In satan we stan—666 pages or longer The Stand
6) Full of pride—LGBTQ+ Cemetery Boys
7) Highly recommended Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
8) A fresh look—new diverse read Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
9) Star's the limit—setting another world Master of Poisons
10) New kids on the pub(lish)—2021 author debut Arsenic and Adobo
11) Opposites attract—TBR swap The Turn of the Key
12) Small stories—anthology A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers