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message 51: by Elaine (last edited Oct 01, 2023 02:58PM) (new)

Elaine | 149 comments Bookworms Take Shelfies
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31

66/80 Completed
Updated through: 10-1-23

An Author: New To Me Authors
1. Mr. Mustachio Is Falsely Accused by Dawn MacKinnon1-5-23
2. Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share 1-5-23
3. Murder on Milverton Square by G.B. Ralph 1-7-23
4. The Happy List by Briar Prescott 1-8-23
5. Leave It to Plum! by Matt Phelan 1-10-23
6. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 1-14-23
7. His Quiet Agent by Ada Maria Soto 1-15-23
8. Safe Harbor by H.J. Welch 1-18-23
9. Hot Head by Mika Nix 1-21-23
10. Den of Escape by Juniper Cole 1-21-23
Mr. Mustachio Is Falsely Accused (The Mr. Mustachio Murders #1) by Dawn MacKinnon Subpar Parks America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share Murder on Milverton Square (The Milverton Mysteries #1) by G.B. Ralph The Happy List (Better With You, #1) by Briar Prescott Leave It to Plum! by Matt Phelan Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) by Heather Fawcett His Quiet Agent (The Agency, #1) by Ada Maria Soto Safe Harbor (Pine Cove #1) by H.J. Welch Hot Head (Drake Security #1) by Mika Nix Den of Escape (The Den, #1) by Juniper Cole

An Author: Authors I Enjoy
NR Walker
1. To the Moon and Back 2-27-23
2. Merry Christmas Cupid 3-31-23
3. Outrun the Rain 7-4-23
To the Moon and Back by N.R. Walker Merry Christmas Cupid (Hartbridge Christmas, #3) by N.R. Walker Outrun the Rain (Storm Boys #1) by N.R. Walker
Lily Morton
1. Spring Strings 1-14-23
2. Risk Taker 1-16-23
3. Vow Maker 4-26-23
Spring Strings by Lily Morton Risk Taker (Mixed Messages, #3) by Lily Morton Vow Maker (Mixed Messages, #4) by Lily Morton
TJ Klune
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Onley James
1. Maniac 2-18-23
2. Intoxicating 2-24-23
3. Captivating 3-3-23
Maniac (Necessary Evils, #7) by Onley James Intoxicating (Elite Protection Services, #1) by Onley James Captivating (Elite Protection Services, #2) by Onley James
Christine Feehan
1. Dark Whisper 1-2-23
2. Shadow Fire
3. Ghostly Game 6-4-23
Dark Whisper (Dark #32) by Christine Feehan Shadow Fire (Shadow Riders, #7) by Christine Feehan Ghostly Game (GhostWalkers #19) by Christine Feehan
Nalini Singh
1. Slave to Sensation 8-18-23
2. Visions of Heat 8-19-23
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Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1) by Nalini Singh Visions of Heat (Psy-Changeling, #2) by Nalini Singh
Ilona Andrews
1. Bayou Moon 1-6-23
2. Fate's Edge 1-26-23
3. Steel's Edge 2-14-23
Bayou Moon (The Edge, #2) by Ilona Andrews Fate's Edge (The Edge, #3) by Ilona Andrews Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4) by Ilona Andrews
Andrea Faye
1. Indigo 2-12-23
2. Blue 2-17-23
3. Violet
Indigo (For the Love of Purple, #1) by Audrey Faye Blue (For the Love of Purple, #2) by Audrey Faye Violet (For the Love of Purple, #3) by Audrey Faye
Alexa Land
1. Second Act 1-9-23
2. Second Nature 6-14-23
3. His Assistant 6-14-23
Second Act (His Chance #1) by Alexa Land Second Nature (His Chance #2) by Alexa Land His Assistant (His Chance, #3) by Alexa Land
Nora Roberts
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A Book Genre: Historical Romance
1. The School Mistress 4-9-23
2. The Bride Wore White 6-1-23
3. Never Fall for Your Fiancée 9-30-23
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The School Mistress (Emerson Pass Historicals #1) by Tess Thompson The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick Never Fall for Your Fiancée (The Merriwell Sisters, #1) by Virginia Heath

Book Length: 500+ pages
1. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease 4-5-23
2. How Not to Diet 4-13-23
3. Between 4-24-23
4. Things We Never Got Over 6-16-23
5. Forever Never 7-7-23
How Not to Die Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger How Not to Diet by Michael Greger Between (The Chronicles of Between, #1) by L.L. Starling Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout, #1) by Lucy Score Forever Never by Lucy Score

Book Length: <200 p.
1. Wait in the Truck 1-29-23
2. House In Hiding 2-1-23
3. The House That Fought 2-1-23
4. See Me 2-2-23
5. Ted's Temerity 2-4-23

A Time: Christmas
1. A Dye Hard Holiday 1-22-23
2. A Little Christmas: Aster 1-29-23
3. Look What Santa Brought 2-7-23
4. Santa's Little 2-14-23
5. Feeling Santamental 2-18-23
6. A Knot With Santa 2-24-23
7. Accidental Detour 2-25-23
8. All Wrapped Up in a Pretty Little Beau 2-25-23
9. A Sugar Daddy for Winter 2-25-23
10. Rules for Santa 3-1-23
A Dye Hard Holiday (Curl Up and Dye Mysteries, #5) by Aimee Nicole Walker A Little Christmas Aster by Della Cain Look What Santa Brought (The Perfect Gift) by Annmarie McKenna Santa's Little (Collared Ever After) by Della Cain Feeling Santamental (Sizzle in the Kitchen) by M.J. O'Shea A Knot With Santa (Diviner's Game related; Houston Hub) by Jennifer Cody Accidental Detour by D.K. Sutton All Wrapped Up in a Pretty Little Beau (Omegas of Boston #3) by Marianna Forrest A Sugar Daddy for Winter by Charity Parkerson Rules for Santa (Davey's Rules #3) by Susan Hawke

A Place: Space
1. The Darkness Outside Us 2-11-23
2. The Sheriff of Shard Hills 4-16-23
3. Beauty and His Beast 4-27-23
4. The Mercenary's Mate 6-23-23
5. The General's Mate 6-23-23
6. The Soldier's Mate 6-24-23
7. The Lieutenant's Mate 6-24-23
8. The Engineer's Mate 6-25-23
9. The Captain's Mate 6-25-23
10. The Rebel's Mate 6-2523
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer The Sheriff of Shard Hills by Jenn Burke Beauty and His Beast by Bey Deckard The Mercenary's Mate (Blue Solace #1) by C.W. Gray The General's Mate (Blue Solace #2) by C.W. Gray The Soldier's Mate (Blue Solace #3) by C.W. Gray The Lieutenant's Mate (Blue Solace #4) by C.W. Gray The Captain's Mate (The Blue Solace #6) by C.W. Gray The Engineer's Mate (The Blue Solace #5) by C.W. Gray The Rebel's Mate (The Blue Solace #7) by C.W. Gray


message 52: by Martha (new)

Martha (marthag503) | 324 comments Updating message 14 with intended goals for this challenge: 20 books.


message 53: by Gem (last edited Mar 08, 2023 07:36PM) (new)

Gem  | 214 comments 2023 Reading Challenge
Bookworms Take Shelfies
Duration:
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

13/24

(your challenge should consist of at least two different themes, with two books minimum per shelf)

*An Author

A Book Genre - Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
Behind Her Eyes
Truly, Madly, Deadly

Book Length (under 200 or 500+ pages)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (500+)
Last Chance Lassiter (-200)
Twelve Angry Men (-200)
The Mitford Murders (500 +)
The Snow Queen (-200)
Bedtime for Frances (-200)
Ox-Cart Man (-200)
I Hate School (-200)

*Celebrations
*Diversity (in any of its forms)

Friendship, Love, and Marriage
The Italian
A Crown of Snow and Ice: A Retelling of The Snow Queen

*A Feeling (joy, grief, love, adventurous, envy)
*Film & Theater
*A Fine Art (visual arts, music, plastic arts)
*Food & Beverage
*Heritage & Culture
*A Hobby or Pastime
*A Listopia

Greek Mythology Retellings
Circe

*A Literary Award
*Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Biographies
*Nature and the Environment
*A Place (location, city, suburbs, countryside, nation)
*Science & Technology
*A Time (time of day, month, year, season, past era, future)
*Travel


message 54: by Leticia (new)

Leticia (leticiatoraci) | 85 comments 20 books:

*An Author

*Novella

*Sci-Fi

*Fantasy


message 55: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2257 comments Update message 30:

4 books by Michael Connelly (1/4)
Dark Sacred Night

1/30


message 56: by Amber (new)

Amber Prince | 116 comments update message #41
1/60 read Rapture in Death (In Death, #4) by J.D. Robb


message 57: by Truitt_T (last edited Jan 02, 2023 04:28PM) (new)

Truitt_T | 60 comments Message 20 updated - 2/172 read


message 58: by [deleted user] (new)

Message 21

I decided I don’t feel up to committing to yearly challenges, so I’m going to drop out.


message 59: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 1078 comments Update to message #23 - 1/31


message 60: by Sherri (last edited Sep 30, 2023 05:13PM) (new)

Sherri | 93 comments Completed 60

Historical Fiction
1. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields, 3/5*, 1/19/23
2. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Richard Harris, 4/5*, 1/31/23
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles by The Hound of the Baskervilles, 4/5*, 1/26/23
4. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton, 3/5*, 4/14/23
5. The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles, 4/5*, 6/16/23
6. The Distant Hours by Kate Morton, 3/5*, 6/17/23
7. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, 4/5*, 1/30/23
8. When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon, 3/5*, 2/2/23
9. A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley, 4/5*, 6/12/23
10. A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong, 3/5*, 1/31/23

Non-Fiction
1. Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa, 4/5*, 1/6/23
2. The Auschwitz Photographer: The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost Souls by Luca Crippa, 4/5*, 1/22/23
3. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach, 3/5*, 1/9/23
4. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam, 4/5*, 1/18/23
5. The Silent Heroes: A Memoir of Holland During World War II by Hans Moederzoon Van Kuilenburg, 3/5*, 1/30/23
6. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko, 4/5*, 4/11/23
7. Hyena Road by Paul Gross, 3/5*, 1/28/23
8. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II by Gregory A. Freeman, 3/5*, 3/27/23
9. The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore, 4/5*, 1/2/23
10. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann, 3/5*, 3/6/23
11. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, 3/5*, 6/30/23
12. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, 3/5*, 6/15/23
13. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 5/5*, 6/4/23
14. The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue, 4/5*, 9/16/23
15. Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls, 4/5*, 6/26/23
16. Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville, 3/5*, 6/20/23
17. A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley, 4/5*, 6/12/23
18. Across The Wide Missouri: A Pulitzer Prize Winner by Bernard DeVoto, 3/5*, 7/16/23
19. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, 3/5*, 7/16/23
20. The Round House by Louise Erdrich, 4/5*, 9/5/23

Mysteries
1. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James, 4/5*, 3/14/23
2. Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy, 5/5*, 3/8/23
3. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, 4/5*, 3/2/23
4. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, 3/5*, 1/21/23
5. The Burning by Maeve Kerrigan, 3/5*, 1/13/23
6. NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority by Marshall Karp, 4/5*, 1/31/23.
7. A Trouble of Fools by Linda Barnes, 4/5*, 6/7/23
8. Treasure State by C.J. Box, 4/5*, 2/10/23
9. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, 3/5*, 2/15/23
10. Collateral Damage: An Ali Reynolds Mystery by J.A. Jance, 3/5*, 6/17/23

Takes place in a country other than U.S.
1. Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody, 3/5*, 4/28/23
2. Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, 3/5*, 3/23/23
3. Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips, 3/5*, 4/12/23
4. Where Soldiers Fear to Tread: A Relief Worker's Tale of Survival by John S. Burnett, 3/5*, 4/16/23
5. From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe, 3/5*, 3/30/23
6. From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet by Vikram Seth, 2/5*, 3/15/23
7. The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World by Jay Bahadur, 3/5*, 4/20/23
8. The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival by Jeremy Dronfield, 4/5*, 6/13/23
9. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, 3/5*, 6/15/23
10. The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff, 3/5*, 6/5/23
Books from Reese's book club
1. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, 4/5*, 2/8/23
2. The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller, 3/5*, 7/2/23
3. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel, 4/5*, 9/27/23
4. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi, 4/5*, 3/19/23
5. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, 3/5*, 1/24/23
6. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, 3/5*, 7/7/23
7. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal, 5/5*, 9/17/23
8. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman, 3/5*, 7/14/23
9. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng, 5/5*, 9/24/23
10. The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott, 3/5*, 9/19/23


message 61: by .sunflower. (new)

.sunflower. | 134 comments I'm going for 9!

A Book Genre (Classics):




Diversity (Black Authors):




Film & Theater (Have Adaptations):





message 62: by Suman (last edited Jan 04, 2023 08:23PM) (new)

Suman | 0 comments update to #50
1/10 books
0/5 shelves

#1 An author - Yōko Ogawa
- The Memory Police



message 63: by Edie (last edited Feb 14, 2023 07:41AM) (new)

Edie | 22 comments Hello All,
Joining for 24 books
Progress: 7/24


*An Author: Colleen Hoover 0/2
*A Book Genre: Literary Fiction 1/5
Our Missing Hearts
*Book Length (under 200 or 500+ pages) 1/4
Crooked Kingdom >500 pages
*Diversity (in any of its forms) 2/4
Memphis
Light from Uncommon Stars
*A Listopia 1/4 ATY Best Books of Month 2022-23
Other Birds
*Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Biographies 2/5
Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim
These Precious Days


message 64: by Kylie (new)

Kylie Cantwell | 720 comments Msg 35 updated: 1/12 shelves, 1/25 books


message 65: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (misssummerrain) | 1384 comments Message 25 Updated
Progress: 3/55


message 66: by Robin (new)

Robin Wamback | 6 comments Progress 1/55


message 67: by Elaine (new)

Elaine | 149 comments updated to msg. #52: 4/80 complete


message 68: by Meera (new)

Meera | 56 comments Message #37 updated - 2/12 completed


message 69: by Patty (new)

Patty Smith (pinkpurlandprose) | 917 comments Update Message 42. 2/40


message 70: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2257 comments Update to message 30:

Read 5 mystery books (1/5)
Chance

2/30


message 71: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3767 comments Updated message #9

1/40


message 72: by Nicolle (new)

Nicolle | 31 comments I would like to join this challenge with 7 books. I will add info later. Thanks!


message 73: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (misssummerrain) | 1384 comments Message 25 Updated
Progress: 4/55


message 74: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 1078 comments Update to message #23 - 3/31


message 75: by Gretchen (new)

Gretchen (eab2012) | 596 comments I'm in for 25 books. Five books on five different shelves.


message 76: by Janine (new)

Janine | 1556 comments Update to message 44, 4/18 books.

* Author - Rick Riordan - 1/3 books
1. The Lost Hero

* Diversity - Bisexual characters - 1/3 books
1. The Henna Wars

* Literary Award - Past Goodreads Choice nominees - 2/5 books
1. Sea of Tranquility (2022 Sci Fi winner)
2. The First to Die at the End (2022 YA nominee)


message 77: by Kylie (new)

Kylie Cantwell | 720 comments msg 35 updated: 4/12 shelves, 5/25 books


message 78: by Amber (new)

Amber Prince | 116 comments update to post #41 read 3/60


message 79: by bailey, Challenges (new)

bailey (bailsbookshelves) | 1228 comments Participants list has been updated!

Welcome to our new bookworms 🐛


message 80: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 1078 comments Update to message #23 - 4/31


message 81: by Kristin (last edited May 19, 2023 02:36AM) (new)

Kristin I'd like to join with 20 books!
Progress: 9/20

An author - Ursula K. Le Guin
1. Tales from Earthsea
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A literary award - Hugo/Nebula nominees
1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
3. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
4. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
5. The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
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Diversity - Indigenous authors
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Nature (and biology)
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams
2. After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
3. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Place: South America
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message 82: by Ashleigh (new)

Ashleigh Motbey (ashybear02) | 1686 comments Update to #22

1/10

1/4 POC Main Characters

I read Things We Do in the Dark


message 83: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 1078 comments Update to message #23 - 5/31


message 84: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2257 comments Update to message 30:

For the second of five mysteries:
Remember Me

3/30


message 85: by Nathalia (new)

Nathalia Mel (natimel) | 57 comments 📖. 40 books

Progress > 0/40

1) *Book Length ( 500+ pages). ~ 6 books

2) Celebrations. ~ 3 books

3) Film & Theater. ~ 3 books

4) A Fine Art. ~ 5 books

5) Food & Beverage ~ 1 books

6) Heritage & Culture ~ 3 books

7) A Hobby or Pastime ~ 2 books

8) A Literary Award. ~ 8 books

9) Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Biographies. ~ 3 books

10) Science & Nature. ~ 5 books

11) Travel. ~ 2 books


message 86: by Amber (new)

Amber Prince | 116 comments update to post #41
5/60
Lone Wolf (FBI K-9, #1) by Sara Driscoll


message 87: by Mave (new)

Mave | 68 comments I'm in for 40

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Place set in Ireland 0/3
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message 88: by Robynne (last edited Jan 21, 2023 06:35PM) (new)

Robynne Lozier | 347 comments Pls Update Msg 6 - Now 2/40


message 89: by Ali (last edited Jan 28, 2023 08:48AM) (new)

Ali Update to message 15. Progress: 3/25


message 90: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 1078 comments Update to message #23 - 6/31


message 91: by Edie (last edited Jan 24, 2023 08:13PM) (new)

Edie | 22 comments Updated message #64 2/24


message 92: by Patty (new)

Patty Smith (pinkpurlandprose) | 917 comments Update message 42. 5/40


message 93: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 1078 comments Update to message #23 - 7/31


message 94: by Beth (new)

Beth | 60 comments Message 45 update: 16/100 completed.


message 95: by Sunny (new)

Sunny | 2311 comments Updated Msg #31:

2/20


message 96: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3767 comments Updated message #9

2/40


message 97: by Robynne (new)

Robynne Lozier | 347 comments Update to Message 6 - now 3/40 - Thanks.


message 98: by Darlene (new)

Darlene (lovebirds) | 257 comments Update Message #17

8/30 books. 26%

0/4 shelves


message 99: by Patty (new)

Patty Smith (pinkpurlandprose) | 917 comments Update Message 42.

6/40 books read


message 100: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 1078 comments Update to message #23 - 8/31


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