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January 2024 Mini Challenge . . .1. Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
Read a book with a time-related word (such as hour, minute, or clock) in the title.
2. The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado
Read a book with some sort of light on the cover (such as a candle or lamp) or that has “candle” or “light” in the title.
3. This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber
Read the first book in a series or an author’s debut novel.
4. Murder by Invitation Only by Colleen Cambridge
Read a book you meant to read in 2023.
5. Bitter Poison by Margaret Mayhew
Read a book that involves a new start (e.g.: new job, new business, new town, new relationship).
I finished the challenge.JANUARY 2024 MINI CHALLENGE
1. One minute to midnight/One minute to go
One minute to say goodbye/Before we say hello
Read a book with a time-related word (such as hour, minute, or clock) in the title.
A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones✔️
2. Let's start the new year right/Twelve o'clock tonight
When they dim the light/Let's begin
Read a book with some sort of light on the cover (such as a candle or lamp) or that has “candle” or “light” in the title.
Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman✔️
3. Kissing the old year out/Kissing the new year in
Read the first book in a series or an author’s debut novel.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry✔️
4. Let's watch the old year die/With a fond goodbye
Read a book you meant to read in 2023.
Sanditon by Jane Austen✔️
5. And our hopes as high/As a kite
How can our love go wrong if/We start the new year right?
Read a book that involves a new start (e.g.: new job, new business, new town, new relationship).
Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake✔️
Here we go.1. Read a book with a time-related word in the title.
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern – 30/01/24
Night is time-related
2. Read a book with some sort of light on the cover
Totally Pawstruck, Sofie Ryan – 08/01/24
Lights – in the display case front right, and a desk lamp behind that in the background, then two right at the back in the middle (another desk lamp and a street lamp through the window)
3. Read the first book in a series or an author’s debut novel.
Better Off Read (Bookmobile Mystery #1), Nora Page -
Both a first in series and, as far as I can see, a debut novel.
4. Read a book you meant to read in 2023.
Long Story Short, Jodi Taylor – 29/01/24
I started this in early December 2023, but then got diverted onto other books, so I've read at least two-thirds of it this month instead.
5. Read a book that involves a new start
The Cosmic Clues, Manjiri Prabhu – 18/01/24
The MC has just set up a private investigations agency using a new and novel approach (using astrology), and during the book she makes some new friends.
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JANUARY 2024 MINI CHALLENGES5/5 DONE
1. One minute to midnight/One minute to go
One minute to say goodbye/Before we say hello
Read a book with a time-related word Midnight Creed Alex Kava 1/7
2. Let's start the new year right/Twelve o'clock tonight
When they dim the light/Let's begin
Read a book with some sort of light on the cover - candles Belinda Page 1/2
3. Kissing the old year out/Kissing the new year in
author’s debut novel In the Shadow Garden Liz Parker 1/6
4. Let's watch the old year die/With a fond goodbye
Read a book you meant to read in 2023. Forgotten Trail Claire Kells 1/8
5. And our hopes as high/As a kite
How can our love go wrong if/We start the new year right?
Read a book that involves a new start The Missing Sapphire of Zangrabar Steve Higgs 1/27
FINISHEDJanuary 2024 Mini Challenge
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1. One minute to midnight/One minute to go
One minute to say goodbye/Before we say hello
Read a book with a time-related word (such as hour, minute, or clock) in the title.
2. Let's start the new year right/Twelve o'clock tonight
When they dim the light/Let's begin
Read a book with some sort of light on the cover (such as a candle or lamp) or that has “candle” or “light” in the title.
3. Kissing the old year out/Kissing the new year in
Read the first book in a series
The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams 1/19/2024
4. Let's watch the old year die/With a fond goodbye
Read a book you meant to read in 2023.
Angel 1/2/2023
5. And our hopes as high/As a kite
How can our love go wrong if/We start the new year right?
Read a book that involves a new relationship
Lust Hate Love by Ella Frank 1/4/2023
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1. One minute to midnight/One minute to go
One minute to say goodbye/Before we say hello
Read a book with a time-related word (such as hour, minute, or clock) in the title.
The Dark Hours by David J. Gatward -- 5★ -- 06/01/2024
2. Let's start the new year right/Twelve o'clock tonight
When they dim the light/Let's begin
Read a book with some sort of light on the cover (such as a candle or lamp) or that has “candle” or “light” in the title.
Buried in the Stacks by Allison Brook-- Lamp -- 4★ -- 27/01/2024
3. Kissing the old year out/Kissing the new year in
Read the first book in a series
Missing by Catherine Lee -- 5★ -- 24/01/2024
4. Let's watch the old year die/With a fond goodbye
Read a book you meant to read in 2023.
The Death of a Teacher by Lis Howell -- 3★ -- 23/01/2024
5. And our hopes as high/As a kite
How can our love go wrong if/We start the new year right?
Read a book that involves a new start (e.g.: new job, new business, new town, new relationship).
The Cottage at Whisper Lake by Phillipa Nefri Clark -- 4★ -- 14/01/2024