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January/February Books - Possibilities
January
✔ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y: The Legend of Drizzt, Book I
Options: The Starless Sea; The Lincoln Highway; It; Lovecraft Country; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Great Hunt; The Thirst
✔ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - related to the nonfiction genre (I read a lot of nonfiction in 2023 and would like to continue in 2024)
Options: too many options that I will wait and see what I am in the mood for (probably a continuation of a series as I am trying to complete series that I have started)
✔ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list: book you meant to read in 2023 - Fairy Tale - ✔
Options: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Options: book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists; biography, autobiography, or memoir; nominee from the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards; a sci-fi novel; book on a banned books list; book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
✔ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong:
- dark: Dark Corners - ✔
- cry, love, friends: Forever, Interrupted - ✔
trees, green, red, roses, wonderful, world, skies, blue, clouds, white, days, dark, sacred, nights, rainbow, sky, faces, friends, love, babies, cry, grow, learn, colors
Options: The Dark Half; The Dark Tower
✔ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world:
--> Barcelona, Spain: The Angel's Game
New York City, United States: Agent 355 - ✔
The Travel+Leisure article: https://www.travelandleisure.com/most
List according to Travel+Leisure: Sydney, Australia;
Options: The Shadow of the Wind or other book in series - Barcelona; Gaslight Mystery novel (next in the series) - New York
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books for ATY challenge: total of 5 off pre-owned TBR
* physical: (pre-12/2023): 4
* audible: 1
* ebooks: 0
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February
✔ 6. A book with wings on the cover: Firekeeper's Daughter - BOTM
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✔ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Options: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, his, hers, its, our, their, him, her, them.
Bury Your Dead; It; Before They Are Hanged; Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
✔ 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand: A Rule Against Murder
Louise Penny; Nalini Singh; Emily St. John Mandel
Options:
9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads:
- The Leader Code: Crack this once hidden code to become an effective leader! - 16 ratings - ✔
--> James: Walking in Wisdom - 13
Options: will decide in 2024
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books for ATY challenge :
* physical: (pre-12/2023): 4
* audible: 0
* ebooks: 0
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9 pre-owned read + 12 pre-owned decluttered - (2 new books read - 5 new books bought) = total 18 books off TBR
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Kindle Unlimited ($25.98/2 months worth):
1. The Rise: A Short Story - $1.99 (e)
2. Deny (The Blades of Acktar #2) - $11.99 (paperback) (e)
3. Defy (The Blades of Acktar #3) - $13.99 (paperback) (e)
4. Deliver - $13.99 (paperback) (e)
Total KU - $25.90/2 months to justify subscription: $27.97 (January) + $13.99 (February) = $47.96
March/April Books - Possibilities
March
✔ 10. A history or historical fiction book: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Options: The Seven Sisters; A Thousand Splendid Suns; Ordinary Grace; The Lincoln Highway; George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
✔ 11. A book with an X connection: Orphan X
Options: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow; The Nix; The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell; Middlesex; The Count of Monte Cristo
✔ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year: One False Move
Options: Empire Falls; East of Eden; The House of God; Sleeping Beauties; Kisscut
✔ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list: The Grapes of Wrath
Options: The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes (audiobook); Les Misérables; Pride and Prejudice; The It Girl; Mansfield Park; Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies; Demon Copperhead; Babel; Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty; A Thousand Splendid Suns; Pachinko; Catch-22
books for ATY challenge (March): total of 4 read off pre-owned TBR
* physical: (pre-12/2023): 1
* audible: 2
* ebooks: 1
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April
✔ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color: The Color Purple
Options: S.A. Cosby - Blacktop Wasteland; William Kent Krueger - This Tender Land or Ordinary Grace; Michelle Obama - Becoming; Abraham Verghese - My Own Country: A Doctor's Story; Charmaine Wilkerson - Black Cake; Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns or And the Mountains Echoed; Isabel Wilkerson - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
✔ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX):
- J: James Lee Burke - Heaven's Prisoners - ✔
- Q: Spencer Quinn - It's a Wonderful Woof
- Z: Mariana Zapata - All Rhodes Lead Here
- X: C.J. Box - Back of Beyond or Qiu Xiaolong - Death of a Red Heroine
Options: John Gwynne - The Hunger of the Gods; James Lee Burke - [book:Black Cherry Blues; Jon Krakauer - Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town; Mariana Zapata - All Rhodes Lead Here
✔ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs": The Humans - dog on cover
Options: Up on the Woof Top or next in Chet and Bernie Series; The Traveling Cat Chronicles; Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
✔ 17. A book involving intelligence: All These Worlds - (Bobiverse #3)
Options: George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution; The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race; Heaven's River (Bobiverse #4); Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential; The Spy Coast; Never
books for ATY challenge (April): total of 4 read off pre-owned TBR
* physical: (pre-12/2023): 3
* audible: 1
* ebooks: 0
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Other books read in March/April : as of 3/2/2024
* pre-owned physical: 0
* pre-owned ebook: 1
1. The Sunlit Man
*pre-owned audio: 0
* from library (physical and cloud library app): 3
✔ 1. Stay with Me (e)
✔ 2. Judgment Prey
✔ 3. Creation in Death
✔ 4. The Door-to-Door Bookstore
Decluttered: 20 as of 4/9/2024
1. Mona Lisa Eyes
2. The Atlantis Gene
3. The Atlantis World
4. The Watcher
5. While You Were Sleeping
6-8. The Shadows Trilogy: (Edge of Shadows, Shadows Deep, Veiled Shadows)
9. Dare to Lead
10. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
11. Cadillac Jukebox
12. Jolie Blon's Bounce
13. A Stained White Radiance
14. The New Iberia Blues
15. From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon
16. The Last Days of Night
17. If Beale Street Could Talk - DNF
18. Naked and Healthy: Uncover the Lifestyle Your Mind, Body, Spirit, and Marriage Need
19. Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
20. The Mediterranean Method: Your Complete Plan to Harness the Power of the Healthiest Diet on the Planet -- Lose Weight, Prevent Heart Disease, and More!
Re-read: as of 4/8/2024
1. Alpha and Omega
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March/April: 9 pre-owned read + 20 pre-owned decluttered - (0 new books read - 4 new books bought) = total of 23 books off owned TBR - as of 4/8/2024
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Kindle Unlimited ($25.98/2 months worth):
✔ 1. My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite #1) - $9.57 (paperback)
✔ 2. Let It Be Me (Misty River #2) - $13.19 (paperback)
Total KU - $25.98/2 months to justify subscription: $9.57 (March) + $13.19 (April) = $22.76 as of 4/1/2024
May/June Books - Possibilities
May
✔ 18. A book with a botanical cover: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Options:
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✔ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: "Half Baked" - The Vanishing Half
Options: "The Vermonster" - The Stranger Beside Me; "Black Russian, Cherry Garcia, & Bluesberry" - Black Cherry Blues; "Cake Batter" - Black Cake
Current flavors: https://list.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_...
Discontinued flavors: https://list.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_...
✔ 20. A book with a single word title: Carrie
Options: Dracula; Frankenstein; Kisscut; Micro; Night; It
✔ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History
Options: George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution; The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
✔ 22. A book by an author from an African country: Ethiopia - My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
Options: The Covenant of Water; Americanah; Things Fall Apart; Half of a Yellow Sun; The Stranger
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books for ATY challenge (May): total of 4 read off pre-owned TBR
* physical: (pre-12/2023): 4
* audible: 0
* ebooks: 1
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June
✔ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett: Ship of Magic
Options: Thunderstruck; Mississippi Blood; The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder; Small Island; A Caribbean Mystery; Ship of Magic
✔ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple): A Fire Endless
Options: **
✔ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Options: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town; The Count of Monte Cristo; Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty; Know My Name; The Shadow of the Wind; The Whiskey Rebels
✔ 26. A book by an author known by their initials: T. Kingfisher - What Moves the Dead
Options: S.A. Cosby; Michael J Sullivan; H.G. Wells; J.D. Robb
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books for ATY challenge (June): total of 1 read off pre-owned TBR
* physical: (pre-12/2023): 3
* audible: 1
* ebooks: 0
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Other books read in May/June : as of 6/6/2024
* pre-2024 owned books: 1
1. Forever, Interrupted - used as an extra book for #4
2.
Decluttered: 16
1. The Gifts of Imperfection
2. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
3. The Eye of the World
4. The Great Hunt
5. The Dragon Reborn
6. Déjà Dead
7. Better Off Dead
8. How to Win Friends and Influence People
9. The 6 Keys: Unlock Your Genetic Potential for Ageless Strength, Health, and Beauty
10. Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy
11. The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty: Answers to Your Most Important Money Questions
12. Her Name Is Knight
13. Do the Work
14. I Will Find You
15. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
16. 1776
17. The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Re-read: 1
1. Eidolon
2.
New: 5
5. The Bachman Books
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May/June: 9 pre-owned read + 16 pre-owned decluttered - (4 new books read - 5 new books bought) = total of 24 books off owned TBR - as of 6/26/2024
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Kindle Unlimited ($25.98/2 months worth):
✔ 1. Of Blood and Fire (Of Blood and Fire, #1) - $18.00 (paperback)
✔ 2. Of Darkness and Light (Of Blood and Fire, #2) - $24.99 (paperback)
✔ 3. Of War and Ruin (Of Blood and Fire, #3) - $25.99 (paperback)
Total KU - $25.90/2 months to justify subscription: $68.98 (May) + $0.00 (June) = $68.98 as of 5/11/2024
July/August Books - Possibilities
July
✔ 27. A book related to land: The Four Winds
Options: The Lincoln Highway; This Tender Land
✔ 28. A book related to sea: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Options: The Silent Sea; The Starless Sea; Heaven's River
✔ 29. A book related to air: The Fury
Options: The Four Winds
✔ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea: Map of Bones
Options: The Shadow of the Wind or sequel; Death at La Fenice, Dressed for Death, or sequel; The Count of Monte Cristo; Middlesex
✔ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”: The Templar Legacy
Options: The Princess Bride; Iron Gold; Golden in Death; Golden Prey
August
✔ 32. A book with a number in the title: The Only One Left
Options: George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution; A Thousand Splendid Suns; The Four Winds; Catch-22; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Half of a Yellow Sun
✔ 33. A book involving travel: Before They Are Hanged
Options: Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington; Migrations; The Grapes of Wrath; The Lincoln Highway; This Tender Land; The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration; Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
✔ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs:
- Happy = a romance; a book that makes you happy: Funny Story - ✔
- Grumpy = grumpy x sunshine romance, a book with a grumpy character
- Sleepy = characters with sleep issues (ie. Insomnia, Stay Awake); Sleeping Beauties
- Sneezy = a book with characters with allergies or who are sick,
- Dopey = a silly or comedic character, something like the Jeeves and Wooster series, a character who struggles with drugs or addiction
- Bashful = a book with a very shy character: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - ✔
- Doc = character who is a doctor, or has a PhD or is a doctorate candidate
✔ 35. A science or science fiction book: Not in Love
Options: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
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books for ATY challenge (July/August): total of 4 read off pre-owned TBR
* Owned before 12/2023: 4
*New: 3
* Library: 2
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Other books read in July/August:
* pre-2023 owned: 0
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2.
Decluttered: 19
1. Blacktop Wasteland
2. Faith to Find a Job: The Anatomy of an Effective Job Search
3. CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2021
4. Health Information Management Technology with Online Access: An Applied Approach
5. Micro
6. The Bookman’s Tale - kindle
7. Chasing the Ripper - kindle
8. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - kindle
9. The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum: The Smithsonian
10. The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer - kindle
11. Eruption - audio
12. Leadership Not by the Book: 12 Unconventional Principles to Drive Incredible Results
13. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
14. Boundaries in Marriage
15. The Last Dickens
16. The Dante Chamber
17. The Last Trial
18. Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
19. The Things They Carried
Re-read: 0
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2.
New: 4/10
3. Deeper Than the Dead
6. The God of the Woods
7. The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
8. One Perfect Couple
9. Northwoods
10. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
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July/August: 4 pre-owned read + 19 pre-owned decluttered - (4 new books read - 10 new books bought) = total of 17 books off owned TBR - as of 8/18/2024
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Kindle Unlimited ($25.98/2 months worth):
1. Memory Lane - $14.99
2.
Total KU - $25.90/2 months to justify subscription: $14.99 (July) + $0.00 (August) = $14.99 as of 7/12/2024
September/October Books - Possibilities
September
✔ 36. A book featuring a character in education: Blood Over Bright Haven
Options: Babel; The Virgin Suicides; This Tender Land; Know My Name; The It Girl; The Whisper Man; The Institute
✔ 37. A book that is part of a series: Ship of Destiny
Options: I have so many of these to choose from that I will pick when I get to this prompt
✔ 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1: In Too Deep
✔ 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2: One Final Breath
October
✔ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover: red-tailed hawk - A Witness Above: A Frank Pavlicek Mystery
Options: Lone Wolf; The Bat; Migrations
✔ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere: Five Total Strangers; Natalie D. Richards
Options: Migrations; Murder Road; Frankenstein: The 1818 Text; The Dante Club
✔ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title: The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Options: The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop; The Shadow of the Wind; Where the Crawdads Sing; The Silence Between Us
✔ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author: Robert Jackson Bennett - The Tainted Cup
Options: Matt Haig; Angeline Boulley; David Grann; Stephen King; William Kent Krueger; Karin Slaughter; Ken Follett; James Lee Burke
✔ 44. A book with a touch of magic: The Mad Ship
Options: The Starless Sea; The Year of Magical Thinking; Ship of Destiny; Iron Flame; Divine Rivals; Equal Rites
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books for ATY challenge (September/October): total of 1 read off pre-owned TBR
* Pre-12/2023 owned): 1
* Library: 2
* New: 1
* Kindle Unlimited: 3
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Books read read outside of ATY Challenge in September/October:
1. Unknown Threat - library/Hoopla
2.
Decluttered: 18
1. The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health in a Nutritionally Confusing World
2. Passin' Through
3. The Sackett Companion
4. Law of the Desert Born: Stories
5. Fallon
6. End of the Drive
7. Conagher
8. Showdown At Yellow Butte
9. Kiowa Trail
10. Catlow
11. Trails of a Wilderness Wanderer
12. Jubal Sackett
13. Bendigo Shafter
14. Yellowstone Kill
15. Heat
16. Fat: the Secret Organ: The surprising science behind the most misunderstood part of the body
17. Remains Silent
18. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Re-read: 0
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2.
New: 0
1. This Is Why We Lied
2. The Wild Huntress
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September/October: 1 pre-owned read + 18 pre-owned decluttered - (0 new books read - 1 new books bought) = total of 18 books off owned TBR - as of 8/26/2024
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Kindle Unlimited ($25.98/2 months worth):
September:
1. Blood Over Bright Haven - $13.99
2. Beneath the Surface - $12.14
3. In Too Deep - $12.99
Total KU - $25.90/2 months to justify subscription: $39.12 (September) + $0.00 (October) = $39.12 - as of 9/5/2024
November/December Books - Possibilities
November
✔ 45. A book that is not a novel: Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Options: George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution; Becoming
✔ 46. A book related to night: The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Options: Night; Dracula; Night Passage; Four Past Midnight; Night Shift
✔ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE: The Poet
Options: The Nix; The Twelve; The Redbreast; The Redeemer; The Surgeon
✔ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt: A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list: a book with a character whose name that starts with a letter in the phrase LIBRARY CARD: Logen - The Blade Itself
December
✔ 49. A book with a senior citizen character: The Spy Coast
Options: An Event in Autumn or other Kurt Wallander book; Sad Cypress; A Murder Is Announced: A Miss Marple Mystery
✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024: Dragonfruit - April 2024
Options: Where the Crawdads Sing; Becoming; East of Eden; Babel; The Starless Sea; The Lincoln Highway
2023 - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
✔ 51. A book published in 2024: House of Flame and Shadow
Options: The Women; Murder Road; A Deceptive Composition; The Rom-Commers; The Familiar
✔ 52. A cozy mystery: A Murder Is Announced: A Miss Marple Mystery
Options: A Rule Against Murder; Sad Cypress; It's a Wonderful Woof; Murder on Union Square; Murder on Trinity Place
Losing Track of Series, a list to help continue that trend during 2024 ...1 Book Left to Complete or Get Caught Up:
1. The First Law, Joe Abercrombie: Last Argument of Kings (#3) - on kindle unlimited
2. Natchez Burning, Greg Iles: Mississippi Blood (#3)
3. The Dark Tower, Stephen King: The Dark Tower (#7)
--> 4. The Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson: Wind and Truth (#5)
5. Langdon, Dan Brown: Origin (#5)
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Other Series to Read That Need Finishing and/or Catching Up
1. The Legend of Drizzt, R.A. Salvatore: The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)
2. The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, Carlos Ruiz Zafón: The Angel's Game
3. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, Louise Penny: The Brutal Telling
4. Orphan X, Gregg Andrew Hurwitz: The Nowhere Man
5. Myron Bolitar, Harlan Coben: The Final Detail
6. The Empyrean, Rebecca Yarros: Iron Flame
7. Hierarchy, James Islington: The Strength of the Few (? release date)
8. Tracy Crosswhite, Robert Dugoni: Her Final Breath (#2)
9. In Death, J.D. Robb: Salvation in Death (#27)
10. Wraith Kings, Grace Draven: In The Darkest Midnight (#2.5)
11. Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, Seishi Yokomizo: The Honjin Murders (#1)
12. Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery, Fred Vargas: Seeking Whom He May Devour (#2)
13. Miss Marple, Agatha Christie: They Do It with Mirrors: A Miss Marple Mystery
14. Grant County, Karin Slaughter: Kisscut (#2)
15. Alex Cross, James Patterson: Along Came a Spider (#1)
16. Lucas Davenport, John Sandford: Shadow Prey (#2)
17. Bloodsworn Saga, John Gwynne: The Hunger of the Gods (#2)
18. Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie: The Regatta Mystery And Other Stories (#21), Sad Cypress (#22)
--> 19. Jesse Stone, Robert B. Parker: Night Passage (#1)
20. The Legends of the First Empire, Michael J. Sullivan: Age of Myth (#1)
Up to Date:
1. Psy-Changeling Trinity, Nalini Singh: up to date as of 9/20/24
2. Will Trent, Karin Slaughter: up to date as of 9/20/2024
3. Rachel Krall, Megan Goldin: up to date as of 9/20/24
4. Sons of Scandal, Becky Wade: next book - Uneasy Street (#3) - out 2/14/2025
5. The Bound and the Broken, Ryan Cahill: next book - Of Empires and Dust - out 3/2025 - KU
6. Lady Darby Mystery, Anna Lee Huber: next book - A Tarnished Canvas (#13) - out 6/24/2025
Kindle Unlimited:
1. Shades of Magic, V.E. Schwab: A Darker Shade of Magic (#1)
--> 2. The Green Bone City, Fonda Lee: Jade City (#1)
3. Harbored Secrets, Natalie Walters: Deadly Deceit (#2) - KU
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Start:
1. Letters of Enchantment, Rebecca Ross: Divine Rivals (#1)
Maybe Continue:
1. Veronica Speedwell, Deanna Raybourn: A Perilous Undertaking (#2)
2. Freddie and Grace Mystery, Pepper Basham: The Cairo Curse (#2)
Completed:
1. Crescent City, Sarah J. Maas
2. The Blades of Acktar, Tricia Mingerink
3. The Dark Elf Trilogy, R.A. Salvatore
4. Monk & Robot, Becky Chambers
5. Elements of Cadence, Rebecca Ross
6. The Liveship Traders, Robin Hobb
7. Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez
8. Dive Team Investigations, Lynn H. Blackburn
9. Defend and Protect, Lynn H. Blackburn
10. Misty River, Becky Wade
11. Whistle Stop, Fannie Flagg
Discontinued/No Longer Interested:
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Traveling America Challenge✔ Alabama - The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
✔ Georgia - This Is Why We Lied
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
✔ Kentucky - When in Rome
Louisiana
✔ Maine - Memory Lane
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
✔ Minnesota - Just for the Summer
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
✔ New York - Strangers in Death
✔ North Carolina - Beneath the Surface
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Bonus:
Puerto Rico
Samoa
Virgin Islands
Washington DC
Landmarks:
Ellis Island
Grand Canyon
Mount Rushmore
Pearl Harbor
Route 66
White House
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January
✔ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y: The Legend of Drizzt, Book I
✔ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023: Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
✔ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list: Fairy Tale
✔ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong: cry, love, friends: Forever, Interrupted
✔ 5. A set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world: New York, New York: Agent 355
February
✔ 6. A book with wings on the cover: Firekeeper's Daughter
✔ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
✔ 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand: A Rule Against Murder
✔ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads: The Leader Code: Crack this once hidden code to become an effective leader! - 16 ratings
March
✔ 10. A history or historical fiction book: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
✔ 11. A book with an X connection: Orphan X
✔ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year: One False Move
✔ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list: The Grapes of Wrath
April
✔ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color: The Color Purple
✔ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX): James Lee Burke - Heaven's Prisoners
✔ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs": The Humans
✔ 17. A book involving intelligence: All These Worlds
May
✔ 18. A book with a botanical cover: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
✔ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: "Half Baked" - The Vanishing Half
✔ 20. A book with a single word title: Carrie
✔ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History
✔ 22. A book by an author from an African country: My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
June
✔ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett: Ship of Magic
✔ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple): A Fire Endless
✔ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
✔ 26. A book by an author known by their initials: T. Kingfisher - What Moves the Dead
July
✔ 27. A book related to land: The Four Winds
✔ 28. A book related to sea: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
✔ 29. A book related to air: The Fury
✔ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea: Map of Bones
✔ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”: The Templar Legacy
August
✔ 32. A book with a number in the title: The Only One Left
✔ 33. A book involving travel: Before They Are Hanged
✔ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs: Bashful = A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
✔ 35. A science or science fiction book: Not in Love
September
✔ 36. A book featuring a character in education: Blood Over Bright Haven
✔ 37. A book that is part of a series: Ship of Destiny
✔ 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 - In Too Deep
✔ 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 - One Final Breath
October
✔ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover: red-tail hawk - A Witness Above: A Frank Pavlicek Mystery
✔ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere: Five Total Strangers
✔ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title: The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
✔ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author: The Tainted Cup
✔ 44. A book with a touch of magic: The Mad Ship
November
✔ 45. A book that is not a novel: Hidden Potential
✔ 46. A book related to night: The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
✔ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE: The Poet
✔ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt: a book with a character whose name that starts with a letter in the phrase LIBRARY CARD: Logen - The Blade Itself
December
✔ 49. A book with a senior citizen character: The Spy Coast
✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024: Dragonfruit - April 2024
✔ 51. A book published in 2024: House of Flame and Shadow
✔ 52. A cozy mystery: A Murder Is Announced: A Miss Marple Mystery