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message 151: by Amy (new)

Amy | 2243 comments Prompt 7: Lucky 7 - DONE!
Musical scale in title


1. Do - Things We Do in the Dark - Completed 4/1/23
2. Re - The Deepest of Secrets - Completed 4/5/23
3. Mi - My Wife is Missing - Completed 2/17/23
4. Fa - Fairy Tale - Completed 5/15/23
5. So - Someone Else's Shoes - Completed 4/23/23
6. La - Between Black and White - Completed 3/12/23
7. Ti - Scarlet Carnation - Completed 4/9/23


message 152: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 2695 comments Dee
Prompt 10

1. title (no subtitle) - Nexus - X in title - finished - 3/26/23
2. author's name - Max Barry (Providence) - X in author name - finished - 3/10/23


message 153: by Leena (new)

Leena Aluru (mgleena) | 55 comments #Prompt 8 completed.

READ 8 COMFORT /GUILTY PLEASURE BOOKS
Feel Good/ Romance and crime

FEEL GOOD
✔️1As You Walk On By
31/3 🌟🌟🌟🌟
✔️2. The Reading List
25/3 🌟🌟🌟

ROMANCE
✔️3. Lord Livesey's Bluestocking: A Regency Romance3/4 🌟🌟🌟🌟

✔️4.A Perfect Equation
6/4 🌟🌟🌟🌟

✔️5.Josh and Gemma the Second Time Around
31/1 🌟🌟🌟🌟

✔️6.Mr. Fixer Upper
14/2 🌟🌟🌟

CRIME
✔️7. Murder at the Book Club 15/4 the 🌟

✔️ 8.The Wrong Turn
8/4 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟


message 154: by Susan (last edited Sep 01, 2023 04:29AM) (new)

Susan | 3756 comments Mod
Fifteen in Fifteen - Prompt #6: Dice

Read the number of books as per your roll: 6

All books must be part of a series.

✔1. Winterkeep (Graceling Realm # 4) - fin 1/18
✔2. The Fifth Assassin (Culper Ring #2) - fin 1/21
✔3. Dead Irish(Dismas Hardy #1), added 1/1/2021 - fin 1/30
✔4. [b:Clay's Ark (Patternmaster #3)- fin 2/10
✔5. The Bookman's Wake (Cliff Janeway #2) - fin 2/20
✔6. The Game(Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes # 7) - fin 3/9

COMPLETED 3/9


message 155: by Kristina Simon (new)

Kristina Simon (kristinasimon) | 801 comments Prompt #8: Oxygen ~ COMPLETE

Read 8 comfort/guilty pleasures books ~ heartwarming, feel good stories

1. Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber Read: 2/8/23
2. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Read: 2/16/23
3. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Read: 3/12/23
4. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Read: 3/16/23
5. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Read: 3/31/23
6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Read: 4/30/23
7. Book Lovers by Emily Henry Read: 5/4/23
8. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Read: 5/17/23


message 156: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 2695 comments Prompt 14: Array's

Series option
Read 14 books: 2 books from 7 different series (ie. 7 series only from which you will read 2 books each)

Series 1: - West Oaks Heroes
The Six Night Truce - Finished - 4/1/23
The Five Minute Mistake - finished 4/8/23

Series 2: - Wayward Children
Where the Drowned Girls Go - finished - 4/5/23
Lost in the Moment and Found - finished - 4/8/23

Series 3: - Love at Stake
Be Still My Vampire Heart - Finished - 4/26/23
The Vampire and the Virgin - finished - 5/5/23

Series 4: - Argeneau
The Rogue Hunter - Finished - 5/2/23
The Immortal Hunter - finished - 5/19/23

Series 5: - Rules of Love
The Virgin Rule Book - finished - 5/6/23
The Virgin Game Plan - Finished - 5/4/23

Series 6: - Lost Chambers Trilogy
The Cleric's Vault - Finished - 4/27/23
The Last Chamber - Finished - 5/25/23

Series 7: - Mile High Firefighers
The Wedding Dilemma - Finished - 4/16/23
The Dating Dilemma - Finished - 4/26/23


message 157: by Rosemary (last edited May 26, 2023 10:47AM) (new)

Rosemary | 949 comments Prompt 10
COMPLETED

✔ 1. X in book title
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, 8 May 23

✔ 2. X in author name
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, 26 May


message 158: by Leena (new)

Leena Aluru (mgleena) | 55 comments Completed prompt 7

Going with VIBGYOR
Completed 7/7

✔️1.A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers
21/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟

✔️2.Indigo Ridge
26/4 🌟🌟🌟🌟

✔️3.[book:Blue-Eyed Devil
15/4 🌟🌟🌟

✔️.Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe6/4 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

✔️5 The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop 14/4 🌟🌟🌟🌟

✔️6.Five Quarters of the Orange 15/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟

✔️7 red bird christmas by Fannie Flagg 19/4 🌟🌟🌟🌟


message 159: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 949 comments Prompt 11: repdigit
COMPLETED

The Queen by Andrew Morton, finished 14 May 23

The Queen by Kiera Cass, finished 27 May 23


message 160: by Coralie (new)

Coralie | 1658 comments Prompt 9
Square number

Two trilogies (or equivalent)

1. Paladin's Grace completed Feb 15
2. Paladin's Strength completed March 11
3. Paladin's Hope completed March 18

4. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra completed March 5
5. The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown completed May 6
6. The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star completed May 31


message 161: by Marie (UK) (last edited Jun 01, 2023 02:48PM) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 601 comments Marie (UK)
Completed Prompt 1

PROMPT 2 - Heads or Tails
the same number of books as the series number of the last series book you read in 2022 this is 16.5 I am going for 17

1. Heads no 1 in series The Secret of Chimneys 07/02/2023
2. Heads no 1 in series Peyton Place 31/03/2023
3. Heads no 1 in series Malice 04/01/2023
4. Heads no 1 in series The Girl Beneath the Sea 25/02/2023
5. Heads no 1 in series Essex Dogs 26/04/2023
6. Tails last in series Towards Zero 27/02/2023
7. Heads no 1 in series Under the Eagle 06/04/2023
8. Tails last in series The Bullet That Missed 02/01/2023
9. Tails last in series The Rosie Result 11/05/2023
10. Heads no 1 in series The Bad Always Die Twice 17/03/2023
11. Heads no 1 in series The Story of Arthur Truluv 23/03/2023
12 Heads no 1 in series 1st to Die 23/02/2023
13. Heads no 1 in series The Sunday Philosophy Club 10/03/2023
14. Tails last in series The Heart Principle 05/05/2023
15. Tails last in series The Rise of Jonathan Flite 01/06/2023
16. Tails last in series The Strawberry Thief 16/01/2023
17. Heads no 1 in series Desert Heat 10/05/2023


And can somebody please tell me if my post for prompt 11 is allowable. I have posted twice
here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

and here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

but is still not showing on completed prompts


Christina (AKA Babbling) (babblingbookreviews) | 147 comments prompt #4: Nuclear family

For this task, you could be reading 1 book with 4 people on cover or 4 books with 1 person on each cover or any other combination.

✔ 1. 2 people Out of Character by Annabeth Albert January 21, 2023 ★★★★★

Out of Character (True Colors, #2) by Annabeth Albert

✔ 2. 2 people West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras June 3, 2023 ★★★★★

West Side Love Story (Queens of Mariachi #1) by Priscilla Oliveras


message 163: by Kristina Simon (new)

Kristina Simon (kristinasimon) | 801 comments Prompt 10: X ~ COMPLETE

X in title; X in author's name OR 1 book with both

✓ 1. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Read: 4/25/23
✓ 2. Alix E. Harrow: A Mirror Mended Read: 6/5/23


message 164: by LynnB (last edited Jun 12, 2023 10:25PM) (new)

LynnB | 1770 comments PROMPT: 13. Baker's Dozen

Read:
12 books from 12 different series which you have read at least 1 book from
AND
1 book from a series* which is new to you AND author is also new to you

Continuing Series (all different)
1. The Drowning Sea, Sarah Stewart Taylor, 26 Mar 2023, Maggie D'arcy #3
2. So Shall You Reap, Donna Leon, 1 Apr 2023, Commissario Brunetti #32
3. The Low Road, A.D. Scott, 9 Apr 2023, Joanne Ross #5
4. The Burning Pages, Paige Shelton, 16 Apr 2023, A Scottish Bookshop Mystery #7
5. Buried Angels, Camilla Läckberg, 26 Apr 2023, Patrik Hedstrom #8
6. The Last Remains, Elly Griffiths, 3 May 2023, Ruth Galloway #15
7. Dashing Through the Snowbirds, Donna Andrews, 8 May 2023, Meg Langslow #32
8. Collateral Damage, J.A. Jance, 14 May 2023, Ali Reynolds #17
9. Donut Disturb, Ellie Alexander, 22 May 2023, Bakeshop Mystery #15
10. Dressed to Drill, Kate Carlisle, 1 June 2023, Fixer-Upper Mystery #10
11. The Scholar, Dervla McTiernan, 6 June 2023, Cormac Reilly #2
12. Playing Dead, Peggy Rothschild, 7 June 2023, Molly Madison #2

AND
New-to-me series by new-to-me Author
13. The Odor of Violets, Baynard Kendrick, 21 Mar 2023, p. 1, Duncan Maclain Mystery #3

The Odor of Violets (Duncan Maclain, #3) by Baynard Kendrick The Drowning Sea (Maggie D'arcy, #3) by Sarah Stewart Taylor So Shall You Reap (Commissario Brunetti, #32) by Donna Leon The Low Road by A.D. Scott The Burning Pages A Scottish Bookshop Mystery (A Scottish Bookshop Mystery, 7) by Paige Shelton Buried Angels (Patrik Hedström, #8) by Camilla Läckberg
The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15) by Elly Griffiths Dashing Through the Snowbirds A Meg Langslow Mystery by Donna Andrews Collateral Damage (Ali Reynolds, #17) by J.A. Jance Donut Disturb (A Bakeshop Mystery, #15) by Ellie Alexander Dressed to Drill (Fixer-Upper Mystery, #10) by Kate Carlisle The Scholar (Cormac Reilly, #2) by Dervla McTiernan Playing Dead (Molly Madison #2) by Peggy Rothschild


message 165: by Lauren (last edited Jun 15, 2023 02:55AM) (new)

Lauren (laurenjberman) | 1224 comments Fifteen in Fifteen - Prompt #3: Third Time's the Charm

I read Stephanie Laurens
Popular series is The Cynsters. These are the next three books in the spin-off Casebook of Barnaby Adair series.

✔︎ Where the Heart Leads
Read: February 2, 2023
✔︎ The Masterful Mr. Montague
Read: May 6, 2023
✔︎ Loving Rose: The Redemption of Malcolm Sinclair
Read: June 11, 2023


message 166: by [deleted user] (new)

Prompt 2: Heads or Tails

Last series book read: Barbarian's Hope

1. Heads Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One (1/14)
2. Heads Carry On (2/2)
3. Tails Rich People Problems (5/5)
4. Tails Summer Morning, Summer Night (6/7)
5. Heads Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation, Vol. 1 (3/5)
6. Heads East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise (4/3)
7. Tails Barbarian's Bride (6/8)
8. Heads The Final Empire (4/27)
9. Heads The Bromance Book Club (5/3)
10. Heads The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (6/10)


message 167: by Susan (last edited Sep 16, 2023 01:50PM) (new)

Susan | 3756 comments Mod
Fifteen in Fifteen - Prompt #7: Lucky Seven posted 1/15

Read 7 books that feature 'Seven' [Mix and Match]

Rainbow: cover has > 50% one particular color, or at least 7 colors

✔1. pink/red The Interior (Red Princess, #2) by Lisa See , 63.3% - fin 1/30
✔2. blue With a Hammer for My Heart by George Ella Lyon , 53.7 blue - fin 2/6
✔3. grey Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe Sneak Peek by Heather Webber 91.1% grey - fin 2/16
✔4. at least seven colors Halfway Human by Carolyn Ives Gilman , red, orange, yellow, green, grey, brown, black - fin 2/28
✔5. black The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi 84.6% black - fin 5/14
✔6. green Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison 99.0% green - fin 4/9
✔7. orange The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse , 90.3% orange - fin 4/13

COMPLETED 5/14

[This appears to be a duplicate. I must've lost track of the fact that I posted as finished on 4/13 (message 133), with a different book listed for #5.]


message 168: by Amy (last edited Jun 17, 2023 12:58PM) (new)

Amy | 2243 comments Prompt 14: Arrays - DONE!
2 books from 7 different shelves


1. Mystery-thriller
All the Dangerous Things (p. 4) - Completed 5/2/23
These Silent Woods (p. 9) - Completed 4/24/23

2. Non-fiction
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators (p. 3) - Completed 4/28/23
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (p. 13) - Completed 5/23/23

3. Dystopia
The Dead and the Gone (p. 6) - Completed 4/16/23
The Reapers are the Angels (p. 10) - Completed 4/12/23

4. Crime
Exiles (p. 17) - Completed 5/17/23
Girl, Forgotten (p. 24) - Completed 6/16/23

5. Debut
Four Treasures of the Sky (p. 5) - Completed 4/19/23
Florence Adler Swims Forever (p. 8) - Completed 4/11/23

6. Suspense
The Housemaid (p. 7) - Completed 4/17/23
Hostage (p. 18) - Completed 4/6/23

7. Realistic-fiction
This Is My America (p. 13) - Completed 4/26/23
Carrie Soto Is Back (p. 21) - Completed 5/11/23


message 169: by Snowtulip (new)

Snowtulip | 103 comments Prompt #5: Prime number

The Road, 6/1/23, 4 stars, 241 pages


message 170: by Marina (new)

Marina (sonnenbarke) | 1513 comments Prompt #6: Dice COMPLETED 19/06

Rolled 1:

1. Ordinary Monsters - read 19/06


message 171: by Rosemary (last edited Jun 24, 2023 05:21AM) (new)

Rosemary | 949 comments Prompt 9: Square number
Finished 18 June 23


Read 2 complete trilogies
or read 2 x 3 books from an author

✔ 3 books by Arthur Conan Doyle
1. The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, 4 Feb 23
2. The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle, 12 Feb 23
3. His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle, 4 Mar 23

✔ 3 books by Elly Griffiths
1. The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths, 13 Feb 23
2. The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths, 18 Mar 23
3. The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths, 18 Jun 23


message 172: by Nat (new)

Nat | 171 comments BIG

My second longest book in 2022 was 640 pages.

A Game of Thrones (835 pgs)

Completed 6/24


message 173: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 2695 comments Baker's Dozen

Complete: 13/13

1. Tropical Dragon Diver (Shifting Sands #5) - previously read #1-4; finished - 4/23/23
2. Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs #9) - previously read #1-8 - Finished - 5/9/23
3. Wildfire Hellhound (Fire & Rescue Shifters: Wildfire Crew #5) - Previously read #1-4
4. What a Dragon Should Know (Dragon Kin #3) - previously read #1-2 - finished - 5/6/23
5. Speaking in Bones (Temperence Brennan #18) - previously read #1-17 - finished - 5/9/23
6. Treacherous Is the Night (Verity Kent #2) - previously read #1 - finished - 5/20/23
7. The Language of Secrets (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak #2) - previously read #1 - finished - 5/12/23
8. The Firefighter's Dilemma (Mile High Firefighters #3) - previously read #1-2 - finished - 6/2/23
9. - Blossoms, Barbeque, & Blackmail (Campers and Criminals #20) - previously read #11 - finished - 6/4/23
10. Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) - previously read #1-2 - finished - 6/6/23
11. A Faint Cold Fear (Grant County #3) - previously read #1-2 and 6 - finished - 6/17/23
12. Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles #2) - previously read #1 - Finished - 6/23/23

New to you series/author
1. Stray (Shifters #1) - new to me series and author (even if its been on my TBR shelf for years... - Finished - 6/24/23


message 174: by Lauren (new)

Lauren (laurenjberman) | 1224 comments Fifteen in Fifteen - Prompt #8: O2

Cozy Mysteries (Historical & Contemporary)

✔︎ 1. A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Read: March 11, 2023
✔︎ 2. The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
Read: April 24, 2023
✔︎ 3. The Plot and the Pendulum by Jenn McKinlay
Read: February 18, 2023
✔︎ 4. The Wedding Plot by Paula Munier
Read: February 11, 2023
✔︎ 5. To Davy Jones Below by Carola Dunn
Read: March 3, 2023
✔︎ 6. A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Read: April 29, 2023
✔︎ 7. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters
Read: May 20, 2023
✔︎ 8. A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Read: June 21, 2023


message 175: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 949 comments Prompt 15: Happy 15th!
COMPLETED 27 Jun 23


By the Month 2023
The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard, 28 Apr 23
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, 11 May 23
Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks, 13 May 23
Network Effect by Martha Wells, 27 May 23
Mr Finchley Discovers His England by Victor Canning, 30 May 23
The Bookseller's Tale by Ann Swinfen, 16 June 23
A Note of Madness by Tabitha Suzuma, 27 Jun 23

Seriously Serial 2023
The Secret (The Secret, #1) by Rhonda Byrne, 20 Apr 23
Murder and the First Lady (Eleanor Roosevelt, #1) by Elliott Roosevelt, 27 Apr 23
Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5) by L.M. Montgomery, 30 Apr 23
Coffin And The Paper Man (John Coffin, #22) by Gwendoline Butler, 1 May 23

Lost 2023
Engleby by Sebastian Faulks, 20 Apr 23
The Girl Next Door by Ruth Rendell, 19 May 23
The Living and the Dead by Patrick White, 2 June 23
The Alchemist's Apprentice by Kate Thompson, 6 June 23


message 176: by Amy (new)

Amy | 2243 comments Prompt 9: Square Number - DONE!
Read 2 Trilogies


Trilogy 1 by Joelle Charbonneau
1. The Testing - Completed 6/3/23
2. Independent Study - Completed 6/23/23
3. Graduation Day - Completed 7/2/23

Trilogy 2 by Allison Brennan
1. Sudden Death - Completed 3/9/23
2. Fatal Secrets - Completed 4/3/23
3. Cutting Edge - Completed 4/30/23


message 177: by Lauren (new)

Lauren (laurenjberman) | 1224 comments Fifteen in Fifteen - Prompt #11: Repdigit

✔︎ 1. Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz
Read: April 20, 2023
✔︎ 2. Trust Me by Brenda Novak
Read: July 4, 2023


message 178: by Marina (new)

Marina (sonnenbarke) | 1513 comments Prompt 4: Family - completed 29/06

The Consequences of Love (1) - read 28/05
Untamed Shore (1) - read 23/05
Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther (1) - read 07/05
Amica mia (1) - read 29/06


message 179: by Marina (new)

Marina (sonnenbarke) | 1513 comments Prompt 8: O2 - completed 08/07

1. The City & the City - read 18/02
2. The Late Tenant - read 12/04
3. The Wolf-Leader - read 12/05
4. The Last Day - read 02/06
5. John Silence, Physician Extraordinary - read 13/06
6. Malpertuis: The Classic Modern Gothic Novel - read 25/06
7. Un italiano in Islanda. Storia e storie della Terra del Ghiaccio - read 05/07
8. Maltempo - read 08/07


message 180: by Joyce (new)

Joyce (eternity21) | 737 comments Fifteen in Fifteen COMPLETE
Prompt #1: 2nd longest book in 2022 was Crosstalk at 480 pages.

Living History 567 pages Read 1/20/23


message 181: by Joyce (last edited Jul 13, 2023 04:41PM) (new)

Joyce (eternity21) | 737 comments Fifteen in Fifteen COMPLETE

Prompt #4 -(Jan 6) For this task, you could be reading 1 book with 4 people on cover or 4 books with 1 person on each cover or any other combination

Moonspun (Wicked Games, #3.6) by Michele Hauf - 2 people 1/28/23
Please Like Me (But Keep Away) by Mindy Kaling 1 person 1/18/23
Once Upon a Time in Silver Lake by Mindy Kaling 1 person 1/18/23


message 182: by Joyce (new)

Joyce (eternity21) | 737 comments Fifteen in Fifteen
Prompt #5 - (Jan 8) Read a book where the total pages are a prime number

1.The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World 241 Pages which is a prime number 1/20/23


message 183: by Joyce (last edited Jul 09, 2023 05:18PM) (new)

Joyce (eternity21) | 737 comments Fifteen in Fifteen COMPLETE
Prompt #6 - Dice (Jan 15)

And read the number of books as per your roll BUT all books must be part of a series

I rolled a 2
1. Give Up the Ghost #2 Not Dead Yet 6/21/23
2.The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb #6 Classic Goosebumps 3/4/23


message 184: by Joyce (new)

Joyce (eternity21) | 737 comments Fifteen in Fifteen COMPLETE
Prompt #7 - (Jan 18) Read 7 books that feature 'Seven'

I think I like the rainbow idea.

1.Red - Be Buried in the Rain by Barbara Michaels 3/1/23
2.Orange - Nowhere to Run by Mary Jane Clark 2/1/23
3.Yellow- Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #4) by Joanne Fluke 3/2/23
4.Green- The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Pine Cove, #2) by Christopher Moore 5/30/23
5.Blue - Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #11) by Laurell K. Hamilton 4/24/23
6.Indigo - Jumper Griffin's Story by Steven Gould 5/16/23
7.Violet - Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree Jr. 2/5/23


message 185: by Joyce (new)

Joyce (eternity21) | 737 comments Fifteen in Fifteen complete
Prompt #10: X (Feb 28)

Read book/s where "x" is found in:
1. title (no subtitle) -Sex, Lies and Vampires 2/22/23
2. author's name -Night Music 6/29/23


message 186: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 949 comments Prompt 3: Third time's the charm
COMPLETED


Read 3 books by 1 author - pref not series books

Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse, 23 Mar 23
The Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse, 6 Jul 23
A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse, 9 Jul 23


message 187: by Coralie (new)

Coralie | 1658 comments Prompt 13
Arrays
2 books each from 7 different series

1. A Deeper Sleep read April 2
Whisper to the Blood read June 1

2. Why Kill the Innocent read April 5
Who Slays the Wicked read May 29

3. Silence in Hanover Close read April 8
Bethlehem Road read June 4

4. Clockwork Boys read April 20
The Wonder Engine read May 17

5. The Edge of Worlds read April 26
The Harbors of the Sun read July 15

6. Ashes of Honor read April 28
Chimes at Midnight read July 5

7. Someone to Cherish read June 9
Someone Perfect read June 15


message 188: by Coralie (new)

Coralie | 1658 comments Prompt 13
Bakers Dozen

All Different series
1. The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy read March 27
2. The Dying Day read March 28
3. Someone to Romance read March 28
4. Give All to Love read March 30
5. Seasparrow read April 3
6. The Betel Nut Tree Mystery read April 17
7. Lucy by the Sea read April 23
8. Children of Memory read April 29
9. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath read May 22
10. The Winners read May 28
11. Fatal Legacy read July 4
12. Seal of the Worm read July 16

New author new series
13. Saint Death's Daughter read April 7


message 189: by Joanna (new)

Joanna (walker) | 620 comments Prompt 10 - Books with X

Read: 2/2 - Completed!

✅ Title: Exit West - 7/17/23
✅ Author name: A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux - 4/8/23


message 190: by [deleted user] (new)

Prompt 10: X - Completed

1. Title
Mexican Gothic (7/13)

2. Author (Ruby Dixon)
Barbarian's Beloved (4/14)


message 191: by Bea (new)

Bea | 5307 comments Mod
Tien, my three posts on May 9 do not show in the summary on page 1.


message 192: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 2695 comments Bea wrote: "Tien, my three posts on May 9 do not show in the summary on page 1."

It looks like they haven’t been updated since early April - per the last edit status


message 193: by Dee (last edited Jul 30, 2023 06:32AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 2695 comments Dee

prompt 8 - comfort/guilty pleasure books
my comfort reads or go-to genres tend to be WW2 historical fiction, cozy mysteries and romance novels with enemy/rival to lover tropes. If i want something non-fictiony around this time, i look to humerous non-fiction (a la Mary Roach)

1. The Curious Case of Emily Lickenson (Cozy Mystery) - Finished - 5/21/23
2. Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality (humerous non-fiction) - finished - 5/30/23
3. The Librarian Spy (ww2 hist fic) - finished - 6/4/23
4.Like Cabins On Fire: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (enemies to lover romance) - finished - 6/12/23
5. Murder Takes a Bow: An Olivia Morgan Cruise Ship Mystery (cozy mystery) - finished - 7/9/23
6. Stateless (YA ww2 hist fiction) - Finished - 7/26/23
7. The Woman With the Cure (lesser known women in history hist fic) - finished - 7/28/23
8. Secrets of the Italian Island (WW2 hist fiction) - finished - 7/30/23


message 194: by LaurLa (new)

LaurLa | 1391 comments COMPLETE - Prompt 8: O2

My Prompt 8 Plan (msg 11)

Prompt🔹Read 8 of your comfort / guilty pleasures books

Guilty Pleasure: Kristen Ashley

Jagged (Colorado Mountain, #5) by Kristen Ashley Knight (Unfinished Hero, #1) by Kristen Ashley Until the Sun Falls from the Sky (The Three, #1) by Kristen Ashley

💟Jagged🔹04.25 ★★★★
💟Knight🔹04.12 ★★★★
💟Until the Sun Falls from the Sky🔹03.25 ★★★★

Comfort Reads: Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb books

The Becoming (The Dragon Heart Legacy, #2) by Nora Roberts The Collector by Nora Roberts Heart of the Sea (Gallaghers of Ardmore, #3) by Nora Roberts Under Currents by Nora Roberts The Choice (The Dragon Heart Legacy, #3) by Nora Roberts

💟The Becoming🔹02.24 ★★★★★
💟The Collector🔹05.20 ★★★★
💟Heart of the Sea🔹05.04 ★★★★
💟Under Currents🔹02.21 ★★★★
💟The Choice🔹07.27 ★★★★


message 195: by LaurLa (new)

LaurLa | 1391 comments COMPLETE - Prompt 11: repdigit


My Prompt 11 Plan (msg 24)

Prompt🔹Read 2 books where the titles OR authors' names contain same EXACT word/s

Same title

The Game by Vi Keeland The Game (Sex, Lies & Spies) by Gennita Low

💟The Game🔹Vi Keeland🔹07.28 ★★★★
💟The Game🔹Gennita Low🔹04.16 ★★★


message 196: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 949 comments Prompt 13: Baker's Dozen
COMPLETED 31 July 23


12 different series, already started:

✔ 1. A Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino, 20 Mar 23
(Kyoichiro Kaga, #9)
✔ 2. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells, 26 Mar 23
(Murderbot Diaries, #4)
✔ 3. The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham, 3 Apr 23
(Albert Campion, #1) (I have previously read others)
✔ 4. Inspector French and the Crime at Guildford by Freeman Wills Crofts, 11 Apr 23 (Inspector French, #13)
✔ 5. Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery, 15 Apr 23
(Anne of Green Gables, #4)
✔ 6. Pusher by Ed McBain, 15 Apr 23
(87th Precinct, #3)
✔ 7. Lessons in Discovery by Charlie Cochrane, 1 May 23
(Cambridge Fellows, #3)
✔ 8. Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike, 4 May 23
(Rabbit Angstrom, #3)
✔ 9. Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith, 9 June 23
(44 Scotland Street, #2)
✔ 10. Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe, 11 Jul 23
(African Trilogy, #3)
✔ 11. Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin, 13 Jul 23
(Gervase Fen, #5)
✔ 12. Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard, 31 Jul 23
(Cazalet Chronicles, #2)

One new series with new-to-me author:
✔ 13. Introducing Quantum Theory: A Graphic Guide by J.P. McEvoy & Oscar Zarate, 24 Apr 23 (Introducing Graphic Guides series)


message 197: by Amy (new)

Amy | 2243 comments Prompt 13: Baker's dozen - DONE!
Twelve books in continuing different series and one that is first in series by an author I've never read before.

1. Hard Hit (Jon Reznick, #6) - Completed 4/8/23
2. Forsaken Country (Detective Max Rupert, #6) - Completed 4/21/23
3. The Gentlemen's Hour (Boone Daniels, #2) - Completed 5/27/23
4. Sparring Partners (Jake Brigance, #4) - Completed 8/4/23
5. Time is Money (Detective Kate Rosetti Mystery, #7) - Completed 6/26/23
6. Sunday Silence (Frieda Klein, #7) - Completed 6/3/23
7. The Suicide House (Rory Moore/Lane Phillips, #2) - Completed 7/9/23
8. Boundary Waters (Cork O'Connor, #2) - Completed 6/18/23
9. The Girl from Berlin (Liam Taggart & Catherine Lockhart, #5) - Completed 7/30/23
10. Wildcard (Warcross, #2) - Completed 7/28/23
11. Rapture in Death (In Death #4) - Completed 7/23/23
12. City of Dreams (City, #2) - Completed 6/4/23

New series and author:
13. Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1) - Completed 5/1/23


message 198: by Joanna (last edited Aug 06, 2023 12:21PM) (new)

Joanna (walker) | 620 comments Prompt 14: Arrays

Read: 14/14 - Completed 8/6/23

Possible choices:

1. Historical fiction (Sept 2009 and April 2023)
The First Mrs. Rothschild - 4/27/23
Crows & Cards - 4/11/23

2. Time Travel (Nov. 2010)
Timebound - 3/29/23
Time's Echo - 4/5/23

3. Non-fiction (Dec. 2008)
A Girl's Story - 4/13/23
Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird - 4/16/23

4. Favorites (Apr. 2010)
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - 7/11/23
The House in the Cerulean Sea - 3/30/23

5. Fantasy (Feb. 2009)
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever - 6/30/23
Sea of Tranquility - 4/6/23

6. Favorites (Apr. 2010)
A Fine Balance - 4/24/23
Under the Whispering Door - 8/6/23


7. Contemporary (Jan. 2014)
Sag Harbor - 4/4/23
After I Do - 7/9/23


message 199: by Joyce (new)

Joyce (eternity21) | 737 comments Prompt #8 - Read 8 of your comfort / guilty pleasures books

Cozy Mysteries
1.Purrfectly Deadly 2/16/23
2.Demons of Bourbon Street 3/15/23
3. Strawberry Shortcake Murder 7/29/23
4. One for the Hooks 8/1/23

Sexy Romance
5. Resurrection 5/2/23
6. Nocturnal Whispers 3/31/23
7. Claimed by Desire 1/24/23

Doctor Who Books
8. Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes 1/14/23


message 200: by Bea (last edited Aug 11, 2023 04:44AM) (new)

Bea | 5307 comments Mod
Prompt 10: X

1. X in title:
Exit the Milkman by Charlotte MacLeod Read 8/10/23 - 3*

2. X in author name:
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Read 6/7/23 - 4*


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