HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE

[Diana S]

HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE

Have you been wondering what this new year will bring? I do.
Spell-out one/more of following words/phrases I've been thinking on:

HAPPY NEW YEAR
PEACE
GOOD HEALTH
FREEDOM
HAPPINESS
TRUTH
PROSPERITY
New CHALLENGES
Being HOPEFUL
BLESSINGS
GREAT BOOKS

CHALLENGE RULES
• one book per letter
• books must be 100+ pages
• use 1st letter of title (exclude A, An, and The)
• use 1st letter of Author FIRST/LAST name

FOR EACH BOOK READ
• LINK to title
• INDICATE Author
• give DATE finished book

☆☆☆ ratings are optional
Happy Reading :D

[Diana S]

☆☆CONGRATULATIONS☆☆
♡COMPLETED CHALLENGE♡

♡♡Jonquil♡♡
♡♡SouthWestZippy♡♡
♡♡Donna♡♡
♡♡Carol♡♡
♡♡Koren♡♡
♡♡Marilyn♡♡
♡♡Licha-Olivia♡♡

WOW!

[Diana S]

PARTICIPANTS
Updated: 1/31/22

☆Carol - NEW CHALLENGES (13/13) C
☆Donna - HAPPINESS & PEACE (14/14) C
☆ SouthWestZippy - PEACE (5/5) C
Book Concierge - HOPEFUL (6/7)
☆Licha-Olivia - GREAT BOOKS (9/10) C
☆Koren - CHALLENGES (10/10) C
JennH - NEW CHALLENGES (10/13)
☆Jonquil - FREEDOM (7/7) TRUTH (5/5) C
☆Marilyn - PEACE (5/5) C
Diana S - HAPPY NEW YEAR (8/12) & TRUTH (3/5)

[Carol]

HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE - January 2022
13/13 - Completed 1/24

NEW CHALLENGES
N R. Walker - Galaxies and Oceans - 1/4
Enclave - Ann Aguirre -1-16
Walker, Max - A Tangled Truth -1/11

Cold Cold Ground, The - Ardien McKinty - 1/6
Hope on the Rocks - Annabeth Albert - 1/4
Andrews Keira - Beyond the Sea - 1/13
London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency - Kate MacDougall - 1/5
Lanyon, Josh -Scandal at the Salty Dog - 1/13
Edwards, Martin - The Coffin Trail -1/18
Nightmare Room, The - Chris Sorensen - 1/7
Ghostly Paws - Leighanne Dobbs - 1/2
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire -1/24
Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo - 1/1

[Donna]

Happy New Year!

Found: 14 /14

✔H ~~Harlan Coben, author of ~~ The Stranger ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 08Jan22
✔A ~~ Andy Weir, author of ~~ Project Hail Mary ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 07Jan22
✔P ~~ Prodigal Son ~~ by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 21Jan22
✔P ~~ Palm Beach ~~ by Mary Adkins ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 23Jan22
✔I ~~ Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World ~~ by Joan Druett ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 24Jan22
✔N ~~ Not My Father's Son ~~ by Alan Cumming ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 25Jan22
✔E ~~ Elaf Shafak, author of ~~ 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Jan22
✔S ~~ Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult ~~ by Faith Jones ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Jan22
✔S ~~ Liese O’Halloran Schwarz, author of ~~ What Could Be Saved ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 06Jan22

and

✔P ~~ Preston, Richard, author of ~~ Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 13Jan22

✔E ~~ The The Exorcist ~~ by William Blatty ~~ 4 Creepy Stars ~~ 09Jan22

✔A ~~ Anthony Marra, author of ~~ The Tsar of Love and Techno ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 12Jan22

✔C ~~ Caine, Rachel, author of ~~ Wolfhunter River ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 18Jan22

✔E ~~ Empty ~~ by Susan Barton ~~ 3.5 Stars ~~ 22Jan22

[SouthWestZippy]

Happy New Year Challenge-
5/5 Finished
P- The Pale-Faced Lie
E-E.R. Nurses
A- Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom
C-China Dolls
E- Evans Above

[Book Concierge]

Happy New Year S*P*E*L*L Challenge
Begins: 01Jan22 / Ends: 31Jan22


6 / 7 Completed


Being HOPEFUL
H - Holly Jolly Cowboy ✔ - 13Jan22
O - Outliers: The Story of Success ✔ – 03Jan22
P - Phaedra Patrick / The Library of Lost and Found ✔ – 14Jan22
E
F - FIELDS, Jennie / Atomic Love ✔ – 23Jan22
U - Unfriended ✔ - 01Jan22
L - Letters From Father Christmas ✔ – 09Jan22

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[Licha-Olivia]

Happy New Year S*P*E*L*L Challenge
Begins: 01Jan22 / Ends: 31Jan22

GREAT BOOKS
10/10 letters

G: Godin, Seth; Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? (1/31/22)
R: Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson (audiobook) (1/29/22)
E: Ellen Herrick; The Forbidden Garden (1/12/22)
A: Adams, Ellery; The Secret, Book & Scone Society
(1/14/22)
T: Twice Tempted Jeaniene Frost (1/1/22)

B: Bray, Libba; The Diviners (1/6/22)
O: Out of the Dust (1/24/22) (Audiobook)
O: Onion John Joseph Krumgold (1/30/22)
K: Katie McGarry; Crash into You (1/9/22)
S: Sutherland, Tui T.; The Dangerous Gift (1/16/22)

[Koren]

HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE

C-Connell, John The Farmer's Son: Calving Season on a Family Farm
H-Kristina Hagman The Eternal Party: Understanding My Dad, Larry Hagman, the TV Star America Loved to Hate finished 1/26
A-Amber Hunt Dead But Not Forgotten: The True Story of a Cheating Husband, His Stunning Mistress, and a Murder Case Gone Cold finished 1/3
L-Lisa Brennan-Jobs Small Fry: A Memoir finished 1/2
L-The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killer by Jason Moss finished 1/22
E-Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe finished 1/14
N=Nelson, Willie Willie Nelson's Letters to America by Willie Nelson finished 1/3
G-Graboys, Thomas Life in the Balance: A Physician's Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia finished 1/16
E-Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today by Valerie Bertinelli finished 1/25
S-Schecter, Harold Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer finished 1/17

[JennH]

HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE


✔N - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 1/30/22
✔E - Murder by the Book by Lauren Elliott 1/5/22
✔W - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 1/4/22

✔C - The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley 1/13/22
✔H - Town in a Blueberry Jam by B.B. Haywood 1/10/22
✔A - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 1/3/22
✔L - Sealed with a Kill by Lucy Lawrence 1/6/22
✔L - The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 1/21/22
✔E - Fault Lines by Emily Itami 1/21/22
N
G
E
✔S - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 1/8/22

[Jonquil]

HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE 2022

DONE
7/7
5/5

F From Beer to Eternity Sherry Harris 1/2
R Renegades: Born in the USA Barack Obama 1/3
E Escape from Falaise John Flanagan 1/2
E Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer Steven Johnson 1/5
D Day of the Wolf Terry Spear 1/9
O Operation Whistleblower Justine Davis 1/6
M Murder with Oolong Tea Karen Rose Smith 1/3

T Theater Nights Are Murder Libby Klein 1/4
R Ruby Red Herring Tracy Gardner 1/6
U Under the Rancher's Protection Addison Fox 1/7
T Tangled Emma Chase 1/8
H Hex, Love, and Rock & Roll Kat Turner 1/2

[Marilyn]

Happy New Year S*P*E*L*L Challenge
Begins: 01Jan22 / Ends: 31Jan22

PEACE
5 / 5 Completed

✔P--Purnell, Sonia, author of A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II--1/2/22
✔E--Ehrenreich, Barbara, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America--1/17/22
✔A--Anxious People by Fredrik Backman--1/28/22
✔C-- Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of Good Company--1/27/22
✔E-- E.L. Konigsburg, author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler--1/21/22

[Diana S]

HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE

Spell-out: HAPPY NEW YEAR (8/12)


H - The Hawaiian Discovery by Wanda E. Brunstetter (1/10/22) ☆☆☆☆
Aimee Molloy's Goodnight Beautiful (1/26/22) ☆☆☆☆
Penner, Sarah - The Lost Apothecary (1/22/22) ☆☆☆
P
Y

Nesbit, TaraShea - The Wives of Los Alamos (1/24/22) ☆☆☆
Evans, Richard Paul - The Mistletoe Promise (1/19/22) ☆☆☆☆
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka (1/23/22) ☆☆☆☆

Y
E
Alexander McCall Smith's The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon (1/30/22) ☆☆☆☆
Rebecca Behrens's The Disaster Days (1/29/22) ☆☆☆☆

Spell-out: TRUTH (3/5)


Thompson, Victoria - City of Secrets (1/6/22) ☆☆☆☆
R
U
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger (1/13/22) ☆☆☆☆
Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders by Julianna Baggott (1/20/22) ✯✯✯✯

[Jonquil]

finished message 11

[Diana S]

Already! That's wonderful Jonquil :D

[SouthWestZippy]

Finished

[Diana S]

Got it, Congrats! :D

[Donna]

Challenge Complete --- Thank you!

[Diana S]

Congrats Donna! :D

[Diana S]

Carol wrote: "HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE - January 2022
13/13 - Completed 1/24

NEW CHALLENGES
N R. Walker - Galaxies and Oceans - 1/4
Enclave - Ann Aguirre -1-16
Walker, Max - [book..."

Congrats Carol :D

[Carol]

Diana S wrote: "Carol wrote: "HAPPY NEW YEAR CHALLENGE - January 2022
13/13 - Completed 1/24

NEW CHALLENGES
N R. Walker - Galaxies and Oceans - 1/4
Enclave - Ann Aguirre -1-16
Walke..."

Thank you, Diana. Looking forward to the next one.

[Koren]

Finished!

[Marilyn]

Finished the challenge!

[Diana S]

Koren & Marilyn, that's great 😊 Congrats!

[Licha-Olivia]

Challenge completed!

[Diana S]

Wonderful Licha-Olivia!