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message 1: by Deborah (last edited Jan 17, 2024 12:26AM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments 25 pages with 491 books currently


message 2: by Deborah (last edited Sep 21, 2024 11:23AM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments Popsugar 2024

1 A book with the word "leap" in the title
2 A bildungsroman book A MILLION JUNES
3 A book about a 24-year-old
4 A book about a writer
5 A book about K-popIdol Gossip
6 A book about pirates**PIRATES!
7 A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
8 A book by a blind or visually impaired author
9 A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author
10 A book by a self-published author
11 A book from a genre you typically avoidThe Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
12 A book from an animal's POV
13 A book originally published under a pen name The Running Grave
14 A book recommended by a bookseller
15 A book recommended by a librarian
16 A book set 24 years before you were born
17 A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
18 A book set in spaceRogue Protocol
19 A book set in the futureChange Places with Me
20 A book set in the snow
21 A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"Winter Lost
22 A book that centers on video games
23 A book that features dragons
24 A book that takes place over the course of 24 hoursThe Hunter
25 A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
26 A book that was turned into a musical
27 A book where someone dies in the first chapterThe Flaw in All Magic
28 A book with a main character who's 42 years old
29 A book with a neurodivergent main character
30 A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
31 A book with a title that is a complete sentenceSomeone Is Always Watching
32 A book with an enemies to lovers plot
33 A book with an unreliable narratorMy Darling Dreadful Thing
34 A book with at least 3 POVsThe Guest List
35 A book with magical realismAn Arrow to the Moon
36 A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
37 A book written during NaNoWriMo
38 A cozy fantasy bookThree Mages and a Margarita
39 A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
40 A horror book by a BIPOC author
41 A memoir that explores queerness
42 A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
43 A second-chance romance
44 An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
45 An LGBTQ+ romance novel
46 A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
47 A book with 24 letters in the title
48 A collection of at least 24 poems
49 The 24th book of an author
50 A book that starts with the letter "X"


message 3: by Deborah (last edited Dec 10, 2024 08:04PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments CLEAR THE SHELVES:

Will continue with 20+ from my 2012-2016 TBR pages 1-8 and sitting on my physical bookshelves for number of years.

1) The Snowman (physical book shelf)
2)Sins & Needles(2015)
3)Little Black Lies(2016)
4) The Forbidden Game (2012)
5) The Grounding of Group 6(2012)
6) The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story (2014)
7) Don't Look Back (2013)
8) The Boy Who Could See Demons (2013)
9)Unnatural Creatures (2013)
10) Silver Lining (2014)
11) Change Places with Me (2016)
12) Rotters (2016)
13) Apartment 16 (2015 and physical shelf)
14)Track of the Cat (2014)
15) Searching for DragonsHarvest Home (2015)
16) Faking Normal(2013)
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message 4: by Lisa (new)

Lisa Grønsund | 6163 comments Good luck, Deborah! Have an amazing 2024.


message 5: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12941 comments May your shelves be stacked with great reads, and may each book you open transport you to new realms of wonder. Good luck on your reading journey in 2024!


message 7: by Deborah (last edited Jan 31, 2024 12:04AM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments January

TBR:


Finished:
The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) by Robert Galbraith Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas Be the Serpent (October Daye, #16) by Seanan McGuire Pork Pie Pandemonium (Albert Smith's Culinary Capers # 1) by Steve Higgs Claws for Concern (Cat in the Stacks, #9) by Miranda James U.S. Uncle Sam by Steve Darnall Sleep No More (October Daye, #17) by Seanan McGuire The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7) by Jo Nesbø The Innocent Sleep (October Daye, #18) by Seanan McGuire Six Cats a Slayin' (Cat in the Stacks, #10) by Miranda James Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong


message 8: by Deborah (last edited Feb 25, 2024 11:37PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments FEBRUARY:

TBR:
The Anatomist's Wife (Lady Darby Mystery, #1) by Anna Lee Huber

FINISHED:
Sins & Needles (The Artists Trilogy, #1) by Karina Halle Fables, Vol. 2 Animal Farm by Bill Willingham Little Black Lies (Zoe Goldman, #1) by Sandra Block Saga, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan Mail Order Minotaur A sweet and steamy monster romance. (Motham City Monsters Book 1) by Lilith Stone Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë


message 9: by Deborah (last edited Mar 29, 2024 12:38AM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments MARCH:

TBR:
The Grounding of Group 6 by Julian F. Thompson Fairy Tale by Stephen King

FINISHED:
Wolf Gone Wild (Stay a Spell, #1) by Juliette Cross A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries #2) by Josh Lanyon Magic in Light (Supernatural Community #1) by Krista Street Mortal Danger (World of the Lupi, #2) by Eileen Wilks Wild Hearts Omega (Whiskey & Scars #1) by Jean K. Hart Banshee Cries (Walker Papers #1.5) by C.E. Murphy Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children, #7) by Seanan McGuire The Forbidden Game (The Forbidden Game, #1-3) by L.J. Smith Endless (Clarity Coast Omegaverse #1) by Devyn Sinclair An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan


message 10: by Deborah (last edited Apr 29, 2024 10:38PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments APRIL:

TBR:
Fairy Tale by Stephen King Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

FINISHED:
The Grounding of Group 6 by Julian F. Thompson The Boy Who Cried Bear (Haven's Rock, #2) by Kelley Armstrong The Stranger Beside Me Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story by Ann Rule Don't Look Back (Konrad Sejer #2) by Karin Fossum Skip・Beat!, Vol. 49 by Yoshiki Nakamura Vampires Don't Suck (Singsong City, #1) by Juliann Whicker Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong


message 11: by Deborah (last edited May 22, 2024 12:30AM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments MAY

TBR:
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1) by Seth Dickinson

Finished:
Don't Hex and Drive (Stay a Spell, #2) by Juliette Cross A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1) by J. Penner A Dead and Stormy Night (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries #1) by Steffanie Holmes Of Mice and Murder (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries, #2) by Steffanie Holmes The Guest List by Lucy Foley Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) by Martha Wells


message 12: by Deborah (last edited Jun 30, 2024 09:48PM) (new)


message 13: by Deborah (last edited Jul 31, 2024 05:11PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments JULY:

TBR:


FINISHED:
Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1) by C.L. Polk Change Places with Me by Lois Metzger Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co., #3) by Jonathan Stroud Marlena by Julie Buntin Meg and Jo (The March Sisters, #1) by Virginia Kantra Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House, #3) by Charlie N. Holmberg Wall St. Jerk (The Curves of Wall St., #1) by Megan Wade The Midnight Library by Matt Haig How Heathcliff Stole Christmas (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries, #3.5) by Steffanie Holmes Dark Arts and a Daiquiri (The Guild Codex Spellbound, #2) by Annette Marie


message 14: by TerryJane, Challenges (new)

TerryJane | 4027 comments Look at you go. We're halfway through the year and you're well over halfway to your goal! 😎




message 15: by Deborah (last edited Aug 10, 2024 10:22PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments AUGUST

TBR:
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian Blindness by José Saramago

Finished:
Kingdom of Needle and Bone by Mira Grant A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1) by Deanna Raybourn Priceless by Devyn Sinclair The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci, #6) by Diana Wynne Jones


message 16: by Deborah (last edited Sep 28, 2024 10:09AM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments SEPTEMBER

TBR:
Bride by Ali Hazelwood Apartment 16 by Adam L.G. Nevill

Finished:
Demon King (The Bloodletter Saga #1-2) by Erik Henry Vick A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1) by Brittany Cavallaro Rotters by Daniel Kraus Coached to Death (The Life Coach Mysteries #1) by Victoria Laurie Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne See No Evil (Psychic Eye Mystey, #17) by Victoria Laurie Memoirs of a Garroter (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries, #4) by Steffanie Holmes A Dark and Twisting Path (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery, #3) by Julia Buckley My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen Witches Get Stitches (Stay a Spell, #3) by Juliette Cross Missoula Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer


message 17: by Deborah (last edited Oct 25, 2024 11:27PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments OCTOBER

TBR:
You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling They Stay by Claire Fraise Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon Moriarty (Horowitz's Holmes, #2) by Anthony Horowitz Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Finished:
Bride by Ali Hazelwood Apartment 16 by Adam L.G. Nevill The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup Bones by Andrew Cull The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1) by Nevada Barr


message 18: by Deborah (last edited Nov 15, 2024 09:12PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments NOVEMBER

Finished:
A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1) by Opal Reyne Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #2) by Patricia C. Wrede The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Every Thing on It by Shel Silverstein


message 19: by Deborah (last edited Dec 31, 2024 11:10PM) (new)

Deborah | 261 comments December

Finished:
Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1) by Courtney C. Stevens I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong The Inn at the Edge of the World by Alice Thomas Ellis The Adventure Of The Seven Christmas Cards (Horowitz's Holmes, #2.5) by Anthony Horowitz The Hell You Say (The Adrien English Mysteries, #3) by Josh Lanyon Christmas in Transylvania (Deadly Angels, #4.5) by Sandra Hill Our Accidental Christmas Mating (Asilo Pride) by Jena Wade Prose and Cons (Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries, #5) by Steffanie Holmes A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak #1) by Dana Stabenow


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