Chrissie's 2023 reading corner

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/05/26

Fantasy Faire msg #25
Starting Date: 1.1.2023

This maxi challenge is for those who want to explore the genre of Fantasy.

This can include any kind of fiction that has magic or paranormal elements, or that is set in a fictional location (excluding Sci Fi settings such as the future or space - unless there is a significant magic or paranormal focus).

Level 1 - Linger with Elves (2 Books)
1. Coyote 4 by Zariya Ranmaru ✓
2. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ✓

Level 2 - Fly with Dragons (4 Books)
3. Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus by Tanya Byrne ✓
4. The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera ✓

Level 3 - Eat the Food in Faerie (7 Books)
5. Carrie by Stephen King ✓
6. Ilias by Homer ✓
7. Neun Leben by Kojima Lalako ✓

Level 4 - Go on a Quest to Save the World (10 Books)
8. Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs by Pascale Quiviger ✓
9. Das wandelnde Schloss by Diana Wynne Jones ✓
10. Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen by Stephen King ✓

Level 5 - Explore Another World (15 Books)
11. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh ✓
12. Fabula - Das Portal der dreizehn Reiche by Akram El-Bahay ✓
13. No God in Eden 01 by Ichinose Yuma ✓
14. No God in Eden 02 by Ichinose Yuma ✓
15. Barefoot Angel by Nonomiya Ito ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/07/20

Down with History msg #18
Starting Date: 1.1.2023

This maxi challenge is for those who want to explore the genre of Historical Fiction in more depth.

Historical Fiction for our purposes is defined as anything set in the past, in a time that the author did not directly experience.

You can choose to complete this challenge a few different ways:

- Focus on a single time-period
- Focus on a different time-period for each level (your choice)
- Read anything you want as long as it's historical


Level 1 - Ancient Ancestors (2 Books)
1. Einsteins Hirn: Roman by Franzobel ✓
2. Feldpost by Mechtild Borrmann ✓

Level 2 - Medieval Mayhem (4 Books)
3. Ilias by Homer ✓
4. Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart ✓

Level 3 - Days of Empire (7 Books)
5. Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman ✓
6. Das Café ohne Namen by Robert Seethaler ✓
7. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh ✓

Level 4 - Wars of Old (10 Books)
8. Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus ✓
9. Stone Blind – Der Blick der Medusa by Natalie Haynes ✓
10. Zeitenwechsel by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓

Level 5 - The Past is the Past (15 Books)
11. Finsteres Hochland by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
12. Das Geheimnis des Alchemisten by Marc Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
13. Tod der Königin: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
14. Durch das große Feuer by Alice Winn ✓
15. Fünf Winter by James Kestrel ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/10/18

Mt TBR 2023 msg #6
only mangas and graphic novels

Level 1 Base Camp
1 Coyote 4 by Zariya Ranmaru ✓
2 In these words 04 by GuiltPleasure ✓
3 Die Stadt in deinen Farben by Umeda Miso ✓
4 New York Minute by GuiltPleasure ✓
5 First Do No Harm by GuiltPleasure ✓

Level 2 Start The Climb
6 One of these Nights by GuiltPleasure ✓
7 Neun Leben by Kojima Lalako ✓
8 No God in Eden 01 by Ichinose Yuma ✓
9 No God in Eden 02 by Ichinose Yuma ✓
10 Barefoot Angel by Nonomiya Ito ✓
11 Caligula's Love by Michinoku Atami ✓
12 Wolfsgrau und geheimnisvoll by Suehiro Machi ✓
13 Fuchsrot wie die Eifersucht by Suehiro Machi ✓
14 Home Far Away by Yatsuda Teki ✓
15 Ein Fremder am Strand by Kii Kanna ✓

Level 3 Going Higher
16 Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 01 by Kii Kanna ✓
17 Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 02 by Kii Kanna ✓
18 Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 03 by Kii Kanna ✓
19 Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 04 Harukaze no Étranger 4 by Kii Kanna ✓
20 Ein Fremder im Frühlingswind 05 by Kii Kanna ✓
21 Cupid is Struck by Lightning 1 by Suzumaru Minta ✓
22 Love is a Stupid Thing by Tanaka Ogeretsu ✓
23 Warte auf mich in Udagawa by Hideyoshico ✓
24 I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love by Suzumaru Minta ✓
25 Golden Sparkle by Suzumaru Minta ✓
26 Der Geschmack von Glück 02 by Kakine ✓
27 Cupid is Struck by Lightning 2 by Suzumaru Minta ✓
28 Der Schöne und der Nerd by Kousaka Akiho ✓
29 See you later, Mermaid by Hayane Dentou ✓
30 Caligula's Love: The Master by Michinoku Atami ✓

Level 4 Reach The Summet
31 Mehr als tausend Worte by Hagi ✓
32 From Top to Bottom by Asai Sai ✓
33 Blood Lad 3 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
34 Der Metalhead von nebenan by Mamita ✓
35 Blood Lad 4 by Kodama Yuuki ✓
36 THEO by Aono Nachi ✓
37 MADK 1: Abgedreht und faszinierend: Bemerkenswert gezeichnete Boys-Love-Story direkt aus der Hölle! by Suzuri Ryo ✓
38 Hypnotic Therapy by Masaki Maki ✓
39 Badass by Haji ✓
40 What's your dirty fantasy? by Sugihara Machiko ✓
41 The Vampire has a Death Wish by Momojiri Hibari ✓
42 Club Naked 01 by Sagawa Miku ✓
43 Club Naked 02 by Sagawa Miku ✓
44 Dick Fight Island 01 by Ike Reibun ✓
45 Explosive Love Song by Suzumaru Minta ✓
46 Prickelnde Posen 01 by Kashima Chiaki ✓
47 Prickelnde Posen 02 by Kashima Chiaki ✓
48 FANGS, Vol. 1 by Billy Balibally ✓
49 2nd Virgin by Zunda Mochiko ✓
50 手を伸ばしたら、つばさ by Yamada Nonono ✓
Plant your flag, you made it to the top!

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/09/22

Featherweight 2023 msg #3

280 or fewer pages (no mangas!)

Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 Peter Pan (160 pages) by J.M. Barrie ✓
2 Der Inselmann (176 pages) by Dirk Gieselmann ✓
3 P.S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller by Sebastian Fitzek (Ed.) (271 pages) ✓
4 The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde (144 pages) ✓
5 Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman (240 pages) ✓

Level 2 Flapping Wings
6 Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen by Stephen King (236 pages) ✓
7 Der Fremde by Albert Camus (142 pages) ✓
8 Der Tanzende by Victor Jestin (147 pages) ✓
9 Der Trost der Schönheit: Eine Suche by Gabriele von Arnim (224 pages) ✓
10 Crater Lake: Schlaf NIEMALS ein by Jennifer Killick (241 pages) ✓

Level 3 Taking Flight
11 Der wiedergefundene Freund by Fred Uhlman (115 pages) ✓
12 Just A Porn by Cat T. Mad (190 pages) ✓
13 Die schönsten Gedichte by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (106 pages) ✓
14 Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka (53 pages) ✓
15 Deutscher Buchpreis 2023. Die Nominierten by Börsenblatt (128 pages) ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/06/01

Chunksters 2023 msg #4

400 - 599 pages

Level 1 - Chunkster
1 Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus by Tanya Byrne (464 pages) ✓
2 The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera (550 pages) ✓
3 Einsteins Hirn: Roman by Franzobel (582 pages) ✓

Level 2 - Flower Presser
4 Ilias by Homer (480 pages) ✓
5 Das Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse (512 pages) ✓
6 Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (416 pages) ✓

Level 3 - Back Breaker
7 Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh (544 pages) ✓
8 Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs by Pascale Quiviger (480 pages) ✓
9 Verstand und Gefühl by Jane Austen (438 pages) ✓
10 Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus (462 pages) ✓

...and then see a chiropractor!

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2025/05/16

Doorstopper 2023 msg #10

600+ pages

Level 1 - A Mighty Tome
1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (717 pages) ✓

Level 2 - Stack 'em High
2. Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft by Claude Lévi-Strauss (720 pages) ✓
3. Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde (1216 pages) ✓

Level 3 - Weight Matters
4. Die drei Musketiere read by Detlef Bierstedt (19:15 = 688 pages) ✓
5. Böses Blut by Robert Galbraith (1200 pages) ✓
6. Das achte Leben by Nino Haratischwili (1280 pages) ✓

Level 4 - A Hefty Pile
7. Die Tore Der Welt read by Tobias Kluckert (50:37 = 1302 pages) ✓
8. The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis (736 pages) ✓
9. In den Farben des Dunkels by Chris Whitaker (got an ARC with 709 pages) ✓
10. Die Wahrheit über den Fall Harry Quebert read by Torben Kessler (20:22 = 731 pages) ✓

[Chrissie]

The Decade Challenge msg #8

8/7 B.C.: Ilias by Homer ✓
3 B.C: Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates by Xenophon ✓

1800-1809:
1810-1819: Verstand und Gefühl by Jane Austen (1811) ✓
1820-1829:
1830-1839:
1840-1849: Die drei Musketiere by Alexandre Dumas (1844) ✓
1850-1859: Madame Bovary. by Gustave Flaubert (1856) ✓
1860-1869:
1870-1879:
1880-1889: The Decay of Lying by Oscar Wilde (1889) ✓
1890-1899: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (1895) ✓

1900-1909: Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde (1908) ✓
1910-1919: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (1911) ✓
1920-1929: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) ✓
1930-1939: Narziß und Goldmund by Hermann Hesse (1930) ✓
1940-1949: Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft by Claude Lévi-Strauss (1947) ✓
1950-1959: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) ✓
1960-1969: A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (1964) ✓
1970-1979: Carrie by Stephen King (1974) ✓
1980-1989: Das wandelnde Schloss by Diana Wynne Jones (1986) ✓
1990-1999: When A Man Loves Man 1 - A Hunt For The Passion by Nitta Youka (1997 according to imprint) ✓

2000-2009: Neun Leben by Kojima Lalako (2008) ✓
2010-2019: Vor dem Fest by Saša Stanišić (2014) ✓
2020-2023: Die Überlebenden by Alex Schulman (2020) ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2024/03/22

Rainbow Challenge msg #5

✓ Red:

✓ Orange:

✓ Yellow:

✓ Green:

✓ Blue/Indigo:

✓ Purple/Violet:


✓ Pink:

✓ Gray:

✓ White:

✓ Black:

✓ Brown:

✓ Color/Colour:

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/05/09

ATY January Read-a-Thon msg #6

A - Adam Silvera - The First to Die at the End ✓
W - Wilde, Oscar - The Decay of Lying ✓
A - Austen, Jane - Verstand und Gefühl ✓
K - King, Stephen - Carrie ✓
E - Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus by Tanya Byrne ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/05/26

Shut Up & Read April Moana Challenge msg #9

T - Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh ✓
A - Austen, Jane - Verstand und Gefühl ✓
M - Michael Wright - Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman ✓
A - Angorian, Lily - Das wandelnde Schloss by Diana Wynne Jones ✓
T - Tibald - Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs by Pascale Quiviger ✓
O - Ottessa Moshfegh - Lapvona ✓
A - Akram El-Bahay - Fabula - Das Portal der dreizehn Reiche ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/06/26

Shut Up & Read May Breakfast Club Challenge msg #7

"Criminal": 1- 2 books
"Basket Case": 3-4 books
"Athelete": 5-6 books
"Princess": 7-8 books
"Brain": 9-10 books

1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds - Read a book that has "Don't" in the title, set in Scotland, or MPG Historical Romance ✓

2. "Waiting" by E.G. Daily - Read a book you have been waiting to read, starts with a "W" or set in Los Angeles ✓

3. "Fire in the Twilight" by Wang Chung - Read a book with fire or a twilight scene on the cover, MPG Fantasy, or set in England ✓

4. "I'm the Dude" by Keith Forsey / Steve Schiff - Read a book that starts with an "I", character named Keith or Steve, or MPG Young Adult ✓

5. "Heart Too Hot to Hold" by Jesse Johnson & Stephanie Spruill - Read a book that has a heart on the cover, MC that is "Hot" or named Stephaine, or set in Illinois ✓

6. "Dream Montage" by Gary Chang - Read a book set in a place you been dreaming to go, MC named Gary, or author with initials GC or CG ✓

7. "We Are Not Alone by Karla DeVito - Read a book with just the title on the cover, MC named Karla, published in May ✓

8. "Reggae" by Keith Forsey - Read a book set on an island, character who is a musician, or published in January ✓

9. "Didn't I Tell You by Joyce Kennedy - Read a book that has a double letter in the title, character named Joyce or set in Mississippi ✓

10. "Love Theme" by Keith Forsey - Read a book with a couple on the cover, MPG Romance, or title starts with "L" or has "Love" in it ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/06/22

Shut Up & Read June Beach Challenge msg #8

Progress: 5/5

W - Wilde, Oscar - Zeitenwechsel by Marcus Freund & Jonas Maas ✓
A - Albert Camus - Der Fremde ✓
V - Victor Jestin - Der Tanzende ✓
E - Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus ✓
S - Slawa - Die Lüge by Mikita Franko ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2023/09/28

Shut Up & Read September Talk like a Pirate msg #6

Levels of Play - Landlubber: Read 1 - 5 books

Progress: 5/5

M - Suzumaru Minta - Cupid is Struck by Lightning 1 ✓
A - Alicia Howard - Das Orchideenhaus: Roman by Lucinda Riley ✓
T - Tanaka Ogeretsu - Love is a Stupid Thing ✓
E - Das Erbe des Doktors: Oscar Wilde & Mycroft Holmes by Jonas Maas ✓
Y - Yashiro - Warte auf mich in Udagawa by Hideyoshico ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2024/02/10

Shut Up & Read October Paranormal Challenge msg #6

Levels:
Zombie Herder ► 1 to 2 books
Mummy Unraveller ► 3 to 4books
Vampire Slayer ► 5 to 6 books
Werewolf Hunter ► 7 to 8 books
Monster Collector ► 9 to 10 books

1. Bare those Fangs: Read a book that feature the ubiquitous vampire in paranormal fiction. ✓

2. Make the Change: Read a book that features a creature that has to go through a change or who shifts form. ✓

3. Take to the Sky: Read a book that features a character or creature that flies. ✓

4. Cast a Spell: Read a book that features a witch, sorcerer, or any practitioner of magic. ✓

5. Unleash my Inner Demon: Read a book that features a demon or demonic beings. ✓

6. I See Dead People: Read a book that features a person that deals with dead people or has ghosts, zombies or ghouls in the story. ✓

7. Worship Me: Read a book that features gods or deities, or a character that has deity-blood in him/her. ✓

8. Read my Mind: Read a book that features a psychic or a character that has some kind of mental power. ✓

9. Unsheathe that Sword: Read a book where the main character fights with a sword or some kind of magical weapon. ✓

10. Don't You Dare Put Me in a Box: Read a book that features a character with a unique power that has not been previously mentioned. Be sure to describe that power. ✓ (controlling wind and weather with a gift of unknown origin)

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2025/02/17

Perks of Being a Book Addict UNO Mini - Build Your Own Home msg #23

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Starting Date: 07.10.2023
Progress: 40/40

◈ Build your house
1. Read a book with a building on the cover ✓
2. Read a book with (a) muscular man/men on the cover ✓
3. Read a book with a character who is very rich ✓
4. Read a book where a place gets renovated or built (bridges, hospital) ✓
5. Read a book with any cargo transport vehicle word in the text (p. 32) ✓
6. Read a book with the letters B*U*I*L*D*E*R in the title (subtitle can be used as well) ✓

◈ Interior Design
7. Read a book with a room interior on the cover ✓
8. Read a book where a character is painting or decorating something ✓
9. Read a book with at least 4 different colours on the cover ✓
10. Read a book with two of the five Feng Shui elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) in the text (plural form accepted). (p. 6 & 8) ✓
Furniture or decor piece on cover or word in text
11. Bed (p. 1) - Love, Creekwood ✓
12. Schreibtisch (p.39) - Was wir nie verzeihen: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 3) ✓
13. Sessel (p. 18) - Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen. ✓
14. Schreibmaschine (p. 21) - Yellowface ✓
15. Luftballon - ✓
16. side table - ✓

◈ Garden and Terrain
17. Read a book with a geographical place name in the title or series title (german series title) ✓
18. Read a book with one of the 4 cardinal directions or their sub directions in the text. (p. 28) ✓
19. Read a book with the letters G*A*R*D*E*N in the title ✓
20. Read a book with a tree(s) on the cover ✓
21. Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover ✓
22. Read a book with any word related to the weather in the title or series title ✓
23. Read a book from this list - Doors, Portals, Gates ✓
24. Read a book with some kind of road or stairs on the cover ✓

◈ Home and Dry
25. Read a book with the title or series title containing a word of address ✓
26. Read a book with a number in the title ✓
27. Read a book with a character who has a pet(s) ✓
28. Read a book where both the words "home" and "library" can be found in the text (p. 12) ✓
29. Read a book with a character who is moving to another place ✓
30. Read a book shelved as "locked-room" (1 tag is enough) ✓
31. Read a book where a character visits their neighbours ✓
32. Read a book with a happy ending ✓

◈ "A" Setting - Choose your own habitat - "I wanna wake up in a city that doesn't sleep"
A33. Read a book from this list - Cities ✓
A34. Read a book with MPG Urban Fantasy ✓
connects some way to life in a big city: places, activities, institutions, etc. or what you would like to have in your imaginary city
A35. Staatstheater - Mephisto ✓
A36. Museum - Das Museum der Stille ✓
A37. Marktplatz - Wenn die Lichter ausgehen ✓
A38. University - Loveless ✓
A39. Polizeipräsidium - 2 ✓
A40. Concerts - If This Gets Out ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2025/01/03

Perks of Being a Book Addict UNO Mini Mystery Game msg #10

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Starting Date: 07.10.2023
Progress: 35/35

◈ SEARCH FOR CLUES
1. Read a book with the word "blood" in the text or title (p. 33) ✓
2. Read a book with a knife or gun on the cover ✓
3. Read a book with the word "fingerprint" in the text or title (p. 170) ✓
4. Read a book with the word "DNA" in the text (p. 57) ✓
5. Read a book with the letters D-N-A in the title ✓

◈ INTERVIEW WITNESSES
6. Read a book with a character who is blonde ✓
7. Read a book with a character who is always in trouble ✓
8. Read a book with a character who is a nosey neighbour ✓
9. Read a book with a character who has been in jail ✓
10. Read a book with a character that talks a lot ✓
11. Read a book with a character who doesn't like talking to people ✓
12. Read a book with a character who works in any field of law enforcement (judge, criminal lawyer, police officer) ✓
13. Read a book with a single person on the cover ✓
14. Read a book with more than one person on the cover ✓

◈ DETERMINE THE MOTIVE
15. Read a book where there is adultery ✓
16. Read a book with jewellery on the cover ✓
17. Read a book where someone inherits something (p. 12) ✓
18. Read a book where someone is hiding a secret ✓
19. Read a book where a royal family member is killed so that someone else can take the throne ✓
20. Read a book where someone is jealous ✓

◈ SHORTLIST OF SUSPECTS
21. A book where you guessed correctly who'd turn out to be the perpetrator ✓
22. A book where you guessed incorrectly who'd turn out to be the perpetrator ✓
23. Read a book tagged "whodunit" or "whodunnit" ✓

◈ PREPARE FOR THE ARREST
24. Read a book with a person wearing sunglasses on the cover ✓
25. Read a book with someone in uniform on the cover ✓
26. Read a book with the word "arrest" in the text or title (p. 281) ✓
27. Read a book with the word "detective" in the text or title (p. 61) ✓
28. Read a book with the word "prepare" in the text or title (p. 6) ✓
29. Read a book where a character needs to be somewhere on time ✓

◈ THE CHASE IS ON
Spell-it-out. (spelling out "non-UNO" letters) ChAsinG cRiMinaLs
30. C - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins ✓
31. A - Alan Turing: Enigma by Anna Revell ✓
32. G - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ✓
33. R - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ✓
34. M - Mephisto by Klaus Mann ✓
35. L - Loveless by Alice Oseman ✓

[Chrissie]

Finished: 2024/07/27

Perks of Being a Book Addict UNO Mini Housewarming Party msg #5

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Starting Date: 08.11.2023
Progress: 34/34

Let's Get This Party Started!
food on cover or in text
1. Cake (p. 19) - Red, White & Royal Blue ✓
2. Suppe (p. 62) - Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen. ✓
3. Krebspastete (p. 25) - Die Maimädchen ✓
4. Makkaroni-Omelett (p. 35) - Comandante: Roman ✓
drink on cover or in text
5. Wine (p. 729) - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde ✓
6. Kognak (cognac, p. 42) - Was wir nie verzeihen: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 3) ✓
7. Whisky (p. 18) - Wenn die Lichter ausgehen ✓
8. Kaffee (p. 12) - Father Figure ✓
utensils for party catering (cutlery, plates, glasses etc.) in text
9. Teacup (p. 36) - Catching Fire ✓
10. Plastikschalen (p. 191) - Sommerhaus am See ✓
11. Kaffeetablett (p. 13) - The Maid: Ein Zimmermädchen ermittelt ✓
12. Weinkühler (p. 129) - Effi Briest ✓

Let's issue some invitations and get prepared!
13. Read a book with only one person on the cover ✓
14. Read a book with one or more children on the cover ✓
15. Read a book with more than one person on the cover ✓
16. Read a book where someone goes to some kind of party ✓
17. Read a book where someone goes to some kind of formal event (presentation) ✓
18. Read a book where someone goes to dinner in a restaurant ✓
19. Read a book where someone receives an invitation (of any kind) ✓
20. Read a book where someone is preparing lunch or dinner ✓
21. Read a book where someone is baking some kind of cake ✓
22. Read a book where someone goes shopping ✓

Ready to roll?
23. Read a book featuring a musician (amateur or professional) ✓
24. Read a book mentioning a musical instrument (p. 2) ✓
25. Read a book featuring a famous person (real or fictional) ✓
26. Read a book where someone gets ready for an event ✓
27. Read a book featuring a shy person ✓
28. Read a book featuring an outgoing person ✓
29. Read a book with a character who gets tipsy or drunk ✓
30. Read a book where someone meets a certain someone ✓
31. Read a book where a character is driving somewhere ✓
32. Read a book where a character is wearing designer clothes ✓
33. Read a book with a character wearing make-up ✓
34. Read a book where a character is dancing ✓