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Hot Apple Cider: 13/13 -- COMPLETEDH: Siddhartha – Herman Hesse ✔️
O: Oye -- Melissa Mogollon ✔️
T: The Tale of Despereaux -- Kate DiCamillo ✔️
A: The Sea Elephants -- Shastri Akella ✔️
P: The Puppets of Spelhorst -- Kate DiCamillo ✔️
P: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo – translated by JRR Tolkien (Poetry) ✔️
L: Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquivel ✔️
E: Equal Rites -- Terry Pratchett ✔️
C: The Fox Wife -- Yangsze Choo ✔️
I: I Shall Wear Midnight – Terry Pratchett ✔️
D: Will Grayson, Will Grayson – John Green and David Leviathan ✔️
E: Ethan Frome – Edith Warton ✔️
R: Redwall – Brian Jacques ✔️
Alistair wrote: "Hot Apple Cider: 13/13 -- COMPLETED"Wow! THAT is impressive!
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ATY FALL CHALLENGE (1 SEPTEMBER to 30 NOVEMBER 2024) (3/3)
🍁🥳all phrases completed 12 October
✅Pumpking Spice Latte (17/17)
🥳phrase completed 22 September
✔️P: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (Title)
✔️U: Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell (Title)
✔️M: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (Author’s First Name)
✔️P: Just Kids by Patti Smith (Author’s First Name)
✔️K: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers (Author’s First Name)
✔️I: Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (Title)
✔️N: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (Title)
✔️S: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell (Author’s First Name)
✔️P: The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell (Title)
✔️I: Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls (Author’s Last Name)
✔️C: The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America by Thurston Clarke (Author’s Last Name)
✔️E: Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn (Title)
✔️L: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell (Title)
✔️A: Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (Title)
✔️T: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (Author’s Last Name)
✔️T: The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler (Author’s Last Name)
✔️E: Burned by Ellen Hopkins (Author's First Name)
✅Family Gathering (15/15)
🥳phrase completed 5 October
✔️F: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (Title)
✔️A: Anatomy by Dana Schwartz (Title)
✔️M: A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark (Author's First Name)
✔️I: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Title)
✔️L: Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark (Title)
✔️Y: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Title)
✔️G: The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders (Author's First Name)
✔️A: Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause (Author's First Name)
✔️T: Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (Title)
✔️H: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell (Author's First Name)
✔️E: Smoke by Ellen Hopkins (Author's First Name)
✔️R: Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers (Author's Last Name)
✔️I: Eva Luna by Isabel Allende (Author's First Name)
✔️N: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (Author's First Name)
✔️G: Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin (Title)
✅Hot Apple Cider (13/13)
🥳phrase completed 12 October
✔️H: What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller (Author's Last Name)
✔️O: Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje (Author's Last Name)
✔️T: Digging to America by Anne Tyler (Author's Last Name)
✔️A: The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler (Title & Author's First Name)
✔️P: The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Title)
✔️P: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Title)
✔️L: Little Children by Tom Perrotta (Title)
✔️E: Crank by Ellen Hopkins (Author's First Name)
✔️C: Cut by Patricia McCormick (Title)
✔️I: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman (Title)
✔️D: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Author's Last Name)
✔️E: Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman (Title)
✔️R: The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell (Author's First & Last Name)
✔️: read
✅: phrase completed
Pumpkin Spice Latte Completed! 17/17P: The Pig Pen by Emmy Ellis (Title)
U: Unbreak Me by Reese Rivers (Title)
M: Magic In the Shadows by Devon Monk (Title)
P: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (Author First Name)
K: Kill the King by Elizabeth Dear (Title)
I: Hi Five by Joe Ide (Author Last Name)
N: Nadya by Pat Murphy (Title)
S: Storm the Gates by Elizabeth Dear (Title)
P: Palo Alto by James Franco (Title)
I: If You Ask Me by Betty White (Title)
C: The Coldest Winter Ever by Sistah Souljah (Title)
E: Seize the Castle by Elizabeth Dear (Author First Name)
L: Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson (Author First Name)
A: The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perotta (Title)
T: Talk to Me by Heather Long (Title)
T: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (Title)
E: Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena (Title)
Completed Sept 24/24
Fall Reading Challenge Completed! H - Heir of Uncertain Magic by Charlie N. Holmberg, 2024-09-15, 3 stars
O - Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans, 2024-09-23, 5 stars
T - The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton, 2024-09-11, 2 stars
A - Miracle Creek by Angie Kim, 2024-09-14, 4 stars
P - Peril at End House by Agatha Christie, 2024-09-17, 4 stars
P - Alex by Pierre Lemaitre, 2024-09-22, 4 stars
L - The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, 2024-09-03, 5 stars
E - The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex, 2024-09-13, 5 stars
C - Frank and Red by Matt Coyne, 2024-09-09, 4 stars
I - I"m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin, 09/25/2024, 1 star
D - Deep Storm by Lincoln Child, 09/22/2024, 3.5 stars
E - Room by Emma Donoghue, 09/06/2024, 4 stars
R - Real Tigers by Mick Herron, 2024-09-07, 4 stars
Finished mineF - Fry, Stephen - Mythos: Was uns die Götter heute sagen ✓ 09/29
A - Ueda Aki - Taste of Desire ✓ 09/08
M - MPG Manhwa - Shutline 01 by Kyou ✓ 09/02
I - I Will Read to You by Gideon Sterer ✓ 09/03
L - MPG LGBT - Katekyo! 02 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/17
Y - MPG Yaoi - Shutline 02 by Kyou ✓ 09/03
G - MPG Graphic Novels - Katekyo! 01 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/07
A - MPG Adult - Katekyo! 03 by Moegi Yuu ✓ 09/18
T - Yoshimura Tsumuji - The Gender of Mona Lisa 03 ✓ 09/07
H - MPG Horror - From the Red Fog 1 by Nohara Mosae ✓ 10/01
E - Ein Regenbogen für den Schah (Luk und Galiano 1) by Elyseo da Silva ✓ 09/22
R - Robertos Angebot by Chris P. Rolls ✓ 09/06
I - MPG Ireland - Dubliner by James Joyce ✓ 09/15
N - MPG New Adult - Infinity in Our Hearts by Andreas Dutter ✓ 09/30
G - Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary. ✓ 09/28
Fall Reading Challenge: PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE P:
by Michelle Paver [Last name]U: Us Three [Title]
M:
[Genre: Memoir]P:
[Genre: Politics]K:
by Katherine Webb [First name]I: It Ends At Midnight [Title]
N:
[Genre: Non-fiction]S:
by Marcus Sedgwick [Last name]P:
by Michael Pye [Last name]I: Isabelle in the Afternoon [Title]
C: Crook Manifesto: A Novel [Title]
E:
by Elinor Cleghorn [First name]L: Laura [Title]
A:
[Genre: Art}T: [bookcover:The Stirrings: Winner of the 2024 TLS Ackerley Prize|98033410] by Catherine Taylor [Last name]
T:
by Tan Twan Eng [First name]E: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries [Title]
Fall Reading Challenge: FAMILY GATHERINGF:
by Heather Fawcett [Last name]A:
[Genre: Art]M:
[Genre: Memoir]I: It Ends At Midnight [Title]
L:
[Genre: Literature]Y:
[Genre: Young Adult]G:
by Ruth Goodman [Last name]A: Antwerp [Title]
T:
by Tan Twan Eng [First name]H:
[Genre: Historical Fiction]E:
by Elinor Cleghorn [First name]R:
[Genre: Romance]I: Isabelle in the Afternoon [Title]
N:
[Genre: Noir]G:
[Genre: Gothic]
HOT APPLE CIDERH: How to be a Tudor [Title]
O:
by Derek Owusu [Last name]T:
by Tan Twan Eng {First name]A:
[Genre Art]P:
by Michelle Paver [Last name]P:
by Michael Pye [Last name]L: Laura [Title]
E:
by Elinor Cleghorn {First name]C: Crook Manifesto: A Novel [Title]
I: It Ends At Midnight [Title]
D: Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World [Title]
E: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries [Title]
R:
by Cathy Rentzenbrink [Last name]
Complete:Family Gathering:
F - Forcing, The
A - Abby Davies - The Cult
M - Moylen, Julie Owen - Circus of Mirrors
I - In The Dream House
L - Louise Erdrich - Future home of the living god
Y - YA - Clown in a Cornfield - Adam Cesare
G - Golden, Christopher - All Hallows
A - Andrea Camilleri - The Voice of the Violin
T - Turton, Stuart - TSDOEHardcastle
H - Hishashi Kashiwai - The Restaurant Of Lost Recipes
E - Elly Griffiths - The Janus Stone
R - Rachel Harrison - Such Sharp Teeth
I - In The Shadow of Spindrift House - Mira Grant
N - Neville, Stuart - Blood Like Mine
G - Griffiths, Elly - The Crossing Places
Pumpkin Spice Latte
P - Pat Barker - The Voyage Home
U - Ushers A Short Story - Joe Hill
M - Mura, Shion - The Easy Life in Kamusari
P - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
K - Kiste, Gwendolyn - The Haunting of Velkwood
I - In The Shadow of Spindrift House - Mira Grant
N - Neville, Stuart - Blood Like Mine
S - Session 9 - Christian Francis
P - Page, Sally - The Secrets of Flowers
I - In The Vanishers Palace
C - Coward, Sacha - Queer as Folklore
E - Elly Griffiths - The House at Sea's End
L - Louise Erdrich - Future home of the living god
A - Adam Cesare - Clown in a Cornfield
T - Tingle, Chuck = Bury Your Gays
T - Tudor, CJ - A Sliver of Darkness
E - Elly Griffiths - A Room Full of Bones
Hot Apple Cider
H - Hishashi Kashiwai - The Restaurant Of Lost Recipes
O - TBR - One and Only Ivan, The - Katherine Applegate
T - Tender Is The Flesh - Agustina Bazterrica
A - Abby Davies - The Cult
P - Page, Sally - The Secrets of Flowers
P - Paul E. Hardisty - The Forcing
L - Louise Erdrich - Future home of the living god
E - Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret - Benjamin Stevenson
C - Chain Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
I - In The Dream House
D - Dean, Will - Wolf Pack
E - Elly Griffiths - The House at Sea's End
R - Rachel Harrison - Such Sharp Teeth
HOT APPLE CIDER: 13 titles completed 10/21! Listed on spread sheet and challenge-tracking page.FAMILY GATHERING: 15 authors (first names) completed 11/29. Listed on spread sheet and challenge-tracking page.
Update to Post 58 in Challenge Tracking thread - Challenge COMPLETED ✔ - 17Oct24Tessa's Tracking - Fall ATY Challenge
Begins: 01Sep24 / Ends: 30Nov24
S*P*E*L*L
13 / 13 Completed
✔ Hot Apple Cider
H - HISTORICAL FICTION (genre) / Black Cake ✔ – 15Sep24
O - Orbiting Jupiter ✔ – 14Sep24
T - THRILLER (genre) / The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24
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A - Arianna Davis / What Would Frida Do? ✔ – 05Sep24
P - POETRY (genre) / World of Wonders ✔ – 12Sep24
P - POETRY (genre) / Something Like Home ✔ – 11Oct24
L - Lee Harris / The Mother's Day Murder ✔ – 20Sep24
E - Eyes Of Prey ✔ – 04Sep24
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C - Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective ✔ – 27Sep24
I - Invisible Man ✔ – 28Sep24
D - Demon Copperhead ✔ – 24Sep24
E - Expectant Detectives ✔ – 17Oct24
R - Reptile Room ✔ – 21Sep24
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Finished HOT APPLE CIDER - 10/28/24HOT APPLE CIDER
✅H -The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow - Rita Leganski Historical Fiction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅O - Other Birds - Sarah Addison Allen 9/8/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅T - An Autobiography - Anthony Trollope 9/2/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅A - Arsenal Stadium Mystery - Leonard R. Gribble 9/15/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅P - Paris France - Gertrude Stein 9/3/24 ⭐⭐⭐
✅P - A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman 9/14/24 ⭐⭐⭐
✅L - Fresh Ink - Lamar Giles ⭐⭐⭐
✅E - Lies and Sorcery - Elsa Morante ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅C - The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography - Deborah Levy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅I - The Interestings - Meg Wolitzer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅D - Cantoras - Carolina De Robertis ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅E - The Locked Room - Elly Griffiths 9/10/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅R - The Fountain Overflows - Rebecca West ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Completed Pumpkin Spice latte :√PATHETIC LITERATURE EDITED BY EILEEN MYLES
√UTILITY OF BOREDOM (THE) BY ANDREW FORBES
√MYSTERY, KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES BY HISASHI KASHIWAI
√PHILOSOPHY: GOD IS NOT GREAT BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
√KIM FU, LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
√IBSEN, HENRIK: A DOLL'S HOUSE AND OTHER PLAYS
√NONE OF THIS IS TRUE BY LISA JEWELL
√SHORT STORY COLLECTION: MEN WITHOUT WOMEN BY HARUKI MURAKAMI
√PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER: NONE OF THIS IS TRUE BY LISA JEWELL
√ISHIGURO, KAZUO: THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
√CLASSIC, WIDE SARGASSO SEA BY JEAN RHYS
√EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES BY LYNN TRUSS
√LAST CHANCE TO SEE BY DOUGLAS ADAMS AND MARK CARWARDINE
√AOYAMA, MICHIKO: WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY
√THE TRUANTS, KATE WEINBERG
√TOEWS, MIRIAM: WOMEN TALKING
√EVIE WOODS: THE LOST BOOKSHOP
Yay 🤩📗 Done: 13 ✔️🇩🇰
📗 H - Hell's Corner
📗 O - Et prik, der ændrede verden (Olsen)
📗 T - Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard (Tom)
📗 A - Marple: Twelve New Stories (Agatha/Alderman)
📗 P - When the Music's Over (Peter)
📗 P - Husk at være glad (Preben)
📗 L - The Lathe of Heaven
📗 E - Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll
📗 C - A Curious Indian Cadaver
📗 I - Det inderste rum
📗 D - Death Before Wicket
📗 E - People We Meet on Vacation (Emily)
📗 R - Med åbne øjne (Rasmus)
FAMILY GATHERING Completed ✅F - The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Sept 7, 2024)
A - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Sept 5, 2024)
M - Angela’s Ashes by Frank Mccourt (Sept 20, 2024)
I - I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Oct 27, 2024)
L - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Sept 10, 2024)
Y - I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (October 23, 2024)
G - Good to Great by Jim Collins (Sept 16, 2024)
A - The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (Autobiography) (Sept 27, 2024)
T - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (Sept 5, 2024)
H - The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (Historical Romance) (Sept 26, 2024)
E - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Nov 5, 2024)
R - The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan (Sept 16, 2024)
I - In the Woods by Tana French (October 31, 2024)
N - Never Lie by Freida McFadden (Oct 12, 2024)
G - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Sept 17, 2024)
FAMILY GATHERING
.......... completed 11/815/15
☀ F: Title: Foster
☀ A: Title: All Systems Red
☀ M: Title: Murder in Old Bombay
☀ I: Title: Interpreter of Maladies
☀ L: Title: The Last Murder at the End of the World
☀ Y: Author: Anne Youngson: Meet Me at the Museum
☀ G: Author: Elly Griffiths: The Last Word
☀ A: Title: A Quiet Life
☀ T: Author: Tanya R. Taylor: Blind Sight
☀ H: Title: How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
☀ E: Title: The Excitements
☀ R: Author: Radha Vatsal: A Front Page Affair
☀ I: Title: It Falls Into Place: The Short Stories of Phyllis Shand Allfrey
☀ N: Author: Neil Richardson and Matthew Costello: Silent Night, Stolen Night
☀ G: Author: Gloria Naylor: Bailey's Café
H How to LoveO Ordinary Notes
T Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
A Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction
P Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More
P Poverty: A Very Short Introduction
L Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Compassionate Writing Classroom
E Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
C Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop
I In the Distance
D Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
E Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
R Roman Stories
Challenge complete! I did all three phrases because why not. P - Perfume & Pain - Anna Dorn
U - Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate - Anna Bogutskaya
M - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend - M.J. Wassmer
P - The Plot - Jean Hanff Korelitz
K - Snake Oil - Kelsey Rae Dimberg
I - I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom - Jason Pargin
N - The Night Guest - Hildur Knútsdottír
S - Macbeth - William Shakespeare
P - Erasure - Percival Everett
I - I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself - Marisa Crane
C - Colored Television - Danzy Senna
E - The Wedding People - Alison Espach
L - State of Paradise - Laura van den Berg
A - Lady Macbeth - Ava Reid
T - Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir - Anna Marie Tendler
T - Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle
E - Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare - Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
F - Cahokia Jazz - Francis Spufford
A - The Most - Jessica Anthony
M - Misinterpretation - Ledia Xhoga
I - We'll Prescribe You a Cat - Syou Ishida
L - The Changeling - Victor LaValle
Y - The Fox Wife - Yangsze Choo
G - Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham
A - All Fours - Miranda July
T - This Is Not Miami - Fernanda Melchor
H - Good Girl, Bad Blood - Holly Jackson
E - Family Lore - Elizabeth Acevdeo
R - Model Home - Rivers Solomon
I - Intermezzo - Sally Rooney
N - Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder
G - Gold Fame Citrus - Claire Vaye Watkins
H - The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix
O - The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story - Olga Tokarczuk
T - Trust Exercise - Susan Choi
A - Clean - Alia Trabucco Zerán
P - Playground - Richard Powers
P - Unspeakable Home - Ismet Prcic
L - Splinters - Leslie Jamison
E - Weyward - Emilia Hart
C - Madwoman - Chelsea Bieker
I - I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Claire Vaye Watkins
D - Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment - Susannah Breslin
E - Entitlement - Rumaan Alam
R - Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner
Completed! PUMPKIN SPICE LATTEP- Title- The Pairing by Casey McQuiston- 9/13/2024
U- Title- Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi- 9/15/2024
M- First Name- Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan- 9/2/2024
P- Last Name- A Chance in this World by Steve Pemberton- 10/15/2024
K- Last Name- The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger- 10/3/2024
I- Title- I Must Betray You by Ruta Septys- 9/8/2024
N- Title- Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips- 10/24/2024
S- Title- Stealing by Margaret Verble- 9/5/2024
P- Title - The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz- 10/29/2024
I Title I am Malala by by Malala Yousafzai 9/1/2024
C- Title- Code Gray: Death, Life and Uncertainty in the ER by Farzon Nahvi- 10/8/2024
E- First Name- Maurice by E. M. Forster- 9/23/2024
L- First Name- Euphoria by Lily King- 9/28/2024
A- Autobiography- Faithfull by Marianne Faithfull- 10/22/2024
T- Last Name- Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler- 9/25/2024
T- Title- This Day Changes Everything by J Underhill- 11/10/2024
E- First Name- Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat- 9/22/2024
Completed 2024 Fall reading challenge. Used HOT APPLE CIDER:- [x] H - Prodigal Son by Gregg Herwitz
- [x] O - Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley
- [x] T - This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter
- [x] A - After the Rain by Lucy Dillon
- [x] P - The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
- [x] P - Pop Goes The Weasel by MJ Arlidge - (Helen Grace #2)
- [x] L - Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
- [x] E - Keep Her Secret by Mark Edwards
- [x] C - The Cracked Mirror by Christopher Brookmeyer
- [x] I - If It Bleeds by Stephen King
- [x] D - Written in Bone by Simon Beckett (David Hunter #2)
- [x] E - The Empty Chair by Jeffrey Deaver
- [x] R - The Secrets She Keeps by Michal Robotham
This wasn't the one I thought I'd finish first but I did.COMPLETED 12 Nov. 2024
--- PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE (17)---
P: Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
U: Untamed
M: The Worst Ronin Maggie Tokuda-Hall
P: Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel
K: The Stonekeeper's Curse Kazu Kibuishi
I: If You'll Have Me
N: Nick and Charlie
S: The Secret of the Old Clock
P: Prince of the Elves
I: Ink Girls
C: The Cloud Searchers
E: Escape from Lucien
L: The Last Romantics
A: Act
T: This Winter
T: Tetris: The Games People Play
E: The Enchanted Hacienda
A lot of these are graphic novels but I made sure they had 200+ pages or they didn't go on here.
On November 14, 2024, I completed the Hot Apple Cider Fall Challenge! Woohoo! My first ATY Challenge Completion ever!!H: Kristin Hannah
O: Over Sea, Under Stone
T: The Usual Silence
A: A Court of Mist and Fury
P: Paladin's Strength
P: Richard Powers
L: Leigh Bardugo
E: Percival Everett
C: Circe
I: In the Woods
D: Dark Places
E: J.T. Ellison
R: Sofia Robleda
PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE
..... completed 11/16/202417/17
☀ P: Title: The Plot
☀ U: Title: Umami
☀ M: mystery genre: The Witness for the Prosecution
☀ P: Title: Pet
☀ K: Title: Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories
☀ I: Title: Islandborn
☀ N: Author: Nilima Rao: A Disappearance in Fiji
☀ S: Title: The Sequel
☀ P: Author: Kristen Perrin: How to Solve Your Own Murder
☀ I: Title: In Good Faith: A Cosy Crime Series
☀ C: Author: C.J. Wray: The Excitements
☀ E: Author: Louise Erdrich: The Mighty Red
☀ L: Author: Reni Eddo-Lodge: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
☀ A: Author: Selva Almada: The Wind That Lays Waste
☀ T: Author: Annabelle Tometich: The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
☀ T: Title: Tales from the Café
☀ E: Author: Elizabeth Hay: Late Nights on Air
Fall Challenge Completed (all three words): 11/18/24(17)
✅P - Playground by Richard Powers - 9/8/24 - 5* - My Review
✅U - Un Lun Dun by China Miéville - 11/4/24 - 4* - My Review
✅M - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - 9/9/24 - 4* - My Review
✅P - The Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte - 9/20/24 - 3* - My Review
✅K - The sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur - 9/8/24 - 3* - My Review
✅I - Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy by David O. Stewart - 9/22/24 - 4* - My Review
✅N - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass - 9/4/24 - 4* - My Review
✅S - What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World’s Ocean by Helen Scales - 9/1/24 - 4* - My Review
✅P - Around the World in Eighty Days by Michael Palin - 10/7/24 - 4* - My Review
✅I - Iron & Silk by Mark Salzman - 9/30/24 - 4* - My Review
✅C - Malagash by Joey Comeau - 11/2/24 - 4* - My Review
✅E - A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith by Timothy Egan - 10/27/24 - 4* - My Review
✅L - Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See - 9/16/24 - 4* - My Review
✅A - Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar - 9/14/24 - 3.5* - My Review
✅T - There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak - 9/5/24 - 5* - My Review
✅T - Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout - 9/25/24 - 4* - My Review
✅E - The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago - 10/15/24 - 4* - My Review
(15)
✅F - Death Of A River Guide by Richard Flanagan - 9/14/24 - 4* - My Review
✅A - Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez - 9/18/24 - 3* - My Review
✅M - The Maze at Windermere by Gregory Blake Smith - 9/26/24 - 4* - My Review
✅I - The Invisible Circus: A Novel by Jennifer Egan - 3* - My Review
✅L - She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb - 9/29/24 - 2* - My Review
✅Y - You Are Here by David Nicholls - 11/1/24 - 3.5* - My Review
✅G - Smoke and Ashes: A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh - 9/7/24 - 4* - My Review
✅A - And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier - 9/18/24 - 4* - My Review
✅T - The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - 9/27/24 - 4* - My Review
✅H - Take Me with You by Catherine Ryan Hyde - 10/5/24 - 4.5* - My Review
✅E - Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells - 11/11/24 - 3.5* - My Review
✅R - Allegiant by Veronica Roth - 9/30/24 - 2* - My Review
✅I - This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind by Ivan Doig - 10/28/24 - 4* - My Review
✅N - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick - 9/12/24 - 4* - My Review
✅G - Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman - 10/21/24 - 4.5* - My Review
(13)
✅H - Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road by Kate Harris - 10/14/24 - 4* - My Review
✅O - Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - 9/15/24 - 4* - My Review
✅T - To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron - 10/4/24 - 4* - My Review
✅A - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood - 9/26/24 - 1* - My Review
✅P - The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies by Deborah Levy - 11/5/24 - 4* - My Review
✅P - The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers - 10/31/24 - 4* - My Review
✅L - Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester - 10/6/24 - 4* - My Review
✅E - Early Sobrieties by Michael Deagler - 11/13/24 - 5* - My Review
✅C - Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner - 9/10/24 - 4* - My Review
✅I - Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger - 11/18/25 - 4.5* - My Review
✅D - Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World by Edward Dolnick - 9/6/24 - 4* - My Review
✅E - The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich - 11/3/24 - 4* - My Review
✅R - A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter - 10/10/24 - 4* - My Review
Here is my first one. I am almost finished with the second one.✅F - Fool: A Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris
✅A - Allende: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
✅M - McElhinney: Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History by Hannah McElhinney
✅I - Incendiary: Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova
✅L - Last: Last Scene Alive by Charlaine Harris
✅Y - Yoshimoto: Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto
✅G - Game - A Game of Fate by Scarlett St. Clair
✅A - Agnes/Anne: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
✅T - Ta-Nehisi: The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
✅H - Hala: The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan
✅E - Elena: In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante
✅R - Rivera: Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up by Naya Rivera
✅I - Isaacs: Takes One to Know One by Susan Isaacs
✅N - Nnedi: Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
✅G - Gilman: The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
All done!H - Sweet on the Greek by Talia HIBBERT
O - Hopeless Bromantics by Isla OSLEN
T - Bound to Liberty by Kiru TAYE (And Kai TYLER)
A - The Sign of the Four by ARTHUR Conan Doyle
P - A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden POWELL
P - Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day by PETER Ackroyd
L - Whisper by Garrett LEIGH
E - A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by EMMA Southern
C - The Named by Marianne CURLEY
I - Raised from the Ruins - ISABELLE Arden
D - Bec - DARREN Shan
E - Mr. Justice Raffles - EW Hornung
R - Up in Smoke - Annabeth Albert (ROMANCE)
13/13
Woo hoo - finished the second one.✅H - Harris: A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris
✅O - Okorafor: Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor
✅T - Tremor: The Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith
✅A - Andrea: Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
✅P - Palm: A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
✅P - Percival: The Trees by Percival Everett
✅L - Locked: The Locked Door by Freida McFadden
✅E - Elizabeth: The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits by Elizabeth Peters
✅C - Cordova: Illusionary by Zoraida Córdova
✅I - In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
✅D - Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman
✅E - The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
✅R - Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
Mod
P - Dr. Sandra Parker - Side Saddle on a Comet’s Tail: The Life of Frances Dana Gage 9/3
U - Urban Fantasy - A Master of Djinn - 11/14
M - Jon Mooallem - This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together 9/2
P - Ashley Poston - The Seven Year Slip - 9/20
K - Guy Gavriel Kay - A Song for Arbonne - 9/7
I - If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name 10/28
N - Nonfiction - Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart - 9/8
S - Shadows in Bronze - 9/13
P - Natasha Pulley - The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - 11/2
I - Isaac Asimov - The Stars, Like Dust - 11/9
C - The Christmas Appeal - 9/2
E - Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life - 10/12
L - Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name - 9/27
A - All Quiet on the Western Front - 9/6
T - Three Eight One - 9/1
T - Twilight Sleep - 9/5
E - Emily J. Edwards - Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man - 10/11
Finished a second wordPUMPKIN SPICE LATTE
✅P - Call Us What We Carry - Amanda Gorman Poetry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅U -An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids - Anthony Trollope 11/6/24 ⭐️⭐️
✅M - The Monk of Mokha - Dave Eggers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅P - The Lion and the Jewel - Wole Soyinka Play⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅K - The Kamogawa Food Detectives - Hisashi Kashiwai ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅I - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅N - Near to the Wild Heart - Clarice Lispector Overdrive 9/8/24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅S - Big Tree - Brian Selznick ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅P - Less Than Angels - Barbara Pym ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅I - The Dry Heart - Natalia Ginzburg (Italian Literature) 11/3/24 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅C - St. Francis of Assisi - G.K. Chesterton 9/15/24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅E - Barnaby Rudge - Charles Dickens (English Literature) 11/12/24 ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐
✅L - The Letter Writer - Ann Rinaldi ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ 9/21/24
✅A - Anna - Mia Oberländer 9/15/24 ⭐⭐⭐
✅T - Things You Save in a Fire - Katherine Center ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ 9/21/24
✅T - Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅E - The Railway Children - E. Nesbit ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I completed the longest phrase 11/11/24. Hopefully I can finish the others before the end of the month.P- Burn by Peter Heller
U- Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand
M- Mixed Signals by B.K. Borison
P- The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis
K- Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
I- In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason
N- Running by Natalia Sylvester
S- Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin
P- Ghostroots: Stories by 'Pemi Aguda
I- In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
C- Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
E- Llorando en el baño by Erika L. Sánchez
L- The Manicurist's Daughter by Susan Lieu
A- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
T- This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
T- Rejection: Fiction by Tony Tulathimutte
E- El túnel by Ernesto Sabato
I'm really happy and somewhat surprised that I was able to complete this, since I was out of the country and bookless for a month of autumn!Hot Apple Cider 13/13 11/26/2024 FINISHED!
√H Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters - HUMOR
√O One Round Moon and a Star for Me - title
√T The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees - author TALLAMY
√A All the King's Animals - title
√P Dark Emu - author PASCOE
√P Ariadne’s Threads - POETRY
√L Little Grey Rabbit & Friends - title
√E Xingu - author EDITH Wharton
√C The Wind in the Willows - CLASSIC
√I I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie - title
√D Matilda - author DAHL
√E Engine Summer - title
√R Rip Van Winkle - title
Finished 11/25/14 Hot Apple Cider 13/13H The Hunger - Title
O The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen- Author's Last Name
T Throne of Glass - Title
A A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer Armentrout- Author's Last Name
P Phantasma - Title
P The Deer and the Dragon by Piper CJ- Author's First Name
L Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Title
E Eruption - Title
C Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen - Author's Last Name
I I Could Pee on This: and Other Poems by Cats - Title
D Defy the Night - Title
E Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Title
R Gothikana - RuNyx - Author's Name
Done https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Fall Reading Challenge 2024
P Strumpet City using author surname James Plunkett 18/09/2024
U The Name of the Rose using author forename Umberton 26/11/2024
M Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 25/09/2024 A H author initials or N for non-fiction
P Pardonable Lies 19/09/2024 alternatives Mystery MPG
K Confessions Kanae Minato 26/09/2024
I Identity 18/10/2024
N Neuromancer 09/09/2024 Alternatives WG author - MPG = Science Fiction
S Sunbirds 02/09/2024 Alternatives Penelope Slocombe
P Step on a Crack using Author Surname James Patterson 13/09/2024
I Fire 02/11/2024 MPG Ireland
C Cragside 23/09/2024 Alternatives L R author Mystery MPG
E Sarum Using Edward - Edward Rutherfurd
L Daughters of Night 06/09/2024 Using Author first name LAURA Laura Shepherd-Robinson
A Angel 01/09/2024 Alternatives = L R or C L.J. Ross MPG Crime
T The Fatal Flying Affair 02/09/2024
T The Vanishing Tide 15/09/2024 alternative s Author - H
E Freshwater Akwaeke <b>Emezi</b> 15/09/2024
H High Force: A DCI Ryan Mystery 08/09/2024 alternatives L R author Crime MPG
O The Orchard of Lost Souls 16/09/2024 Alternatives NM - author or F - fiction
T This Is How You Lose the Time War 10/09/2024 Alternatives - Authors Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone MPG = SF - science Fiction
A A Wedding in the Sun 09/09/2024 Alternatives Author LM MPG = Romance
P Passions in Death 17/09/2024 Author = R MPG = Mystery
P There Was Still Love 20/09/2024 using Author surname - Parrett
L Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 19/10/2024 Author Surname Anita Loos
E The Measure 04/09/2024 Using author Surname Nikki Erlick-
C The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise 10/09/2024 Using Author name David Crosby
I The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World 07/11/2024 MPG India
D Dublin 4 16/09/2024
E A Christmas Railway Mystery using Edward Marston 14/10/2024
R Remarkable Creatures 03/09/2024 Alternatives H- MPG Historical Fiction T or C Author names Tracy Chevalier
F Farthing 12/09/2024< JW author Mystery
A A Different Hurricane 27/09/2024
M Million Dollar Staircase 09/09/2024 Alternatives D C author
I The Drowned 05/10/2024 MPG Irish Literature
L The Square of Sevens Laura Shepherd-Robinson 10/10/2024
Y Delicious Monsters 07/10/2024MPG Young Adult
G Greek Lessons 19/09/2024 could be used for H or K author
A All Fours 28/09/2024
T The 5th Horseman 29/09/2024
H The Household 24/09/2024 Alternative S - Author
E The Echo of Old Books 22/10/2024
R The Place of Tides 19/09/2024 Using - author surname Rebanks
I The Hotel New Hampshire 09/11/2024 Using author surnameJohn Irving
N The Night We Lost Him 03/09/2024 alternatives Author = L or D - MPG = Mystery
G Gold Rush 22/09/2024 alternative author - O or P MPG = F
P:
The Push by Ashley Audrain (Read 9-7-24 - 9-7-24)U:
Black Out by Lisa Unger (Read 9-5-24 - 9-5-24)M:
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune (Read 9-3-24 - 9-3-24)P:
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Read 11-8-24 - 11-16-24)K:
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica2948] (Read 11-16-24 - 11-16-24)I:
I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay (Read 9-1-24 - 9-2-24)N:
The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave (Read 11-10-24 - 11-18-24)S:
Blood Vines by Erica Spindler (Read 9-2-24 - 9-4-24)P:
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Read 9-21-24 - 9-24-24)I:
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle (9-6-24 - 9-8-24C:
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero (Read 9-17-24 - 9-18-24)E:
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (Read 9-2-24 - 9-6-24)L:
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Read 9-9-24 - 9-15-24)A:
Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay (Read 11-25-24 - 11-26-24)T:
Good Half Gone: A Thriller by Tarryn Fisher (Read 10-15-24 - 10-15-24)T:
Tell No One by Harlan Coben (Read 11-26-24 - 11-26-24)E:
Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker (Read 11-18-24 - 11-21-24)17/17
Finished PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE 11/25/24P: The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, Laurie Gilmore
U: The Usual Silence, Jenny Milchman
M: Blackmail and Babingka, Mia Manansala
P: The Paradise Problem, Christina Lauren
K: The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune
I: We'll Prescribe You a Cat, Syou Ishida
N: Wellness, Nathan Hill
S: Salt to the Sea, Ruta Sepetys
P: Poetry--How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons, Barabara Kingsolver
I: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznik
C: Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
E: The Elephant of Belfast, S. KirkWalsh
L: White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link
A: Allow Me to Introduce Myself, Onyi Nwabinelli
T: The Reformatory, Tananarive Due
T: Thriller, The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
E: The Ex Hex, Erin Sterling
Mod
P = True Grit, Charles {P}ortis – 17/10/24
U = {U}nnatural Death, Dorothy L. Sayers – 11/10/24
M = {M}urder at Midnight, Kathi Daley – 08/09/24
P = The Fall of the House of Usher, and Other Tales, Edgar Allan {P}oe – 25/09/24 ()
K = The Kamogawa Food Detectives, Hisashi {K}ashiwai – 11/09/24
I = We'll Prescribe You a Cat, Syou {I}shida - 08/11/24
N = {N}o Paw to Stand On, Laurie Cass – 24/09/24
S = A New History of the Picts, {S}tuart McHardy – 16/09/24
P = Under Lock & Skeleton Key, Gigi {P}andian - 06/11/24
I = The Remains of the Day, Kazuo {I}shiguro - 27/11/24
C = David Copperfield, {C}harles Dickens - 14/10/24 (>500pg read this season)
E = Wuthering Heights, {E}mily Bronte – 21/10/24
D = The Grudge, Kathi {D}aley – 10/09/24
L = The Xibalba Murders, {L}yn Hamilton – 05/09/24
A = Autumn Chills, {A}gatha Christie – 06/10/24
T = {T}opped Chef, Lucy Burdette – 22/09/24
T = The Silver Needle Murder, Laura Childs – 15/10/24 (using the T of The)
E = The Lost Bookshop, {E}vie Woods – 18/09/24
✅Pumpking Spice Latte (17/17)✔️P: Prom Mom by Laura Lipman (Title)
✔️U: Under the Mistletoe Collection by Assorted authors (Title)
✔️M: Cleopatra and Frankenstein By Coco Mellors (Author’s Last Name)
✔️P: This is Ear Hustle By Nigel Poor (Author’s Last Name)
✔️K: You Can Thank Me Later by Kelly Harms (Author’s First Name)
✔️I: It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover(Title)
✔️N: Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (Title)
✔️S: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (Title)
✔️P: Pumpkin Everything by Beth Labonte (Title)
✔️I: Takes One to Know One by Susan Issacs (Author’s Last Name)
✔️C: The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Author’s First Name)
✔️E: x+y by Eugenia Cheng (Author’s First Name)
✔️L: The Less People Know About Us by Axton Betz-Hamilton (Title)
✔️A: The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell (Title)
✔️T: Sara’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (Author’s First Name)
✔️T: These is My Words by Nancy E Turner (Title)
✔️E: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Author's First Name)
F:
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney (Read 11-11-24 - 11-12-24)A:
Always Watching by Chevy Stevens (Read 10-17-24 - 10-18-24)M:
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight (Read 9-9-24 - 9-9-24)I:
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll (Read 10-14-24 - 10-14-24)L:
Warcross by Marie Lu (Read 9-25-24 - 9-26-24)Y:
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young (Read 9-11-24 - 9-14-24)G:
The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Read 9-10-24 - 9-10-24)A:
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Read 11-6-24 - 11-6-24T:
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally (Read 11-1-24 - 11-1-24)H:
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (Read 9-27-24 - 9-27-24)E:
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (Read 9-16-24 - 9-17-24)R:
Ghosted by Rosie Walsh (Read 9-4-24 - 9-5-24)I:
The Perfect Witness by Iris Johansen (Read 11-26-24 - 11-27-24)N:
Never Lie by Freida McFadden (Read 11-5-24 - 11-12-24)G:
The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan (Read 11-27-24 - 11-28-24)15/15
Completed Nov 29📗F: Fifth Business (title)
📗A: The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith (author)
📗M: We Solve Murders (Mystery)
📗I: Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior (Author)
📗L: When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut (Author)
📗Y: The Yiddish Policemen's Union
📗G: Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov (title)
📗A: The Wild Robot (Adventure)
📗T: An African in Greenland (Travel)
📗H: Carrie (Horror)
📗E: Every Leaf a Hallelujah by Ben Okri (Title)
📗R: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (Author)
📗I: Invitation to Dinner by Alba de Cespedes (title of a short story)
📗N: Shahrzad and the Angry King by Nahid Kazemi (Author)
📗G: The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (graphic novel)
My 2024 Fall Reading Challenge September 1 - November 30Hot Apple Cider 13/13
H: The Women by Kristin Hannah
O: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'donoghue
T: The 20th Victim by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
A: A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
P: Still Life by Louise Penny
P: The 21st Birthday by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
L: None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
E: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
C: Crime The 19th Christmas by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
I: Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
D: The Wager by David Grann
E: Pictures of You by Emma Grey
R: We Solver Murders by Richard Osman
PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE P📘 Girl, Taken (Ella Dark #2) - Blake PIERCE
U📘 USHERS - Joe Hill
M📘 Open Carry (Arliss Cutter #1) - MARC Cameron
P📘 8 Months Left (Jane Smith #2) - James PATTERSON
K📘 You Like It Darker - Stephen KING
I📘 I Will Ruin You - Linwood Barclay
N📘 Havoc (Storm MC #7) - NINA Levine
S📘 Retribution (Psychic Detective Kate Pierce Crime Thriller #1) - C.M. SUTTER
P📘 Confessions Of The Dead - James PATTERSON
I📘 Ink Enduring (Montgomery Ink #5) - Carrie Ann Ryan
C📘 The Silver Chair (The Chronicles Of Narnia #4) - C. S. Lewis
E📘 Weyward - EMILIA Hart
L📘 LEFT To Run (Adele Sharp #2) - Blake Pierce
A📘 A Hidden Past - Blake Pierce
T📘 TIGER, Tiger - James Patterson
T📘 THINGS I Wish I Told My Mother - Susan Patterson & James Patterson
E📘 A Crafty Crime (Stoneybrook Mystery #1) - Eryn Scott
FAMILY GATHERING
F📘 Madam Doubtfire - Ann FINE
A📘 A Hidden Past - Blake Pierce
M📘 Open Carry (Arliss Cutter #1) - MARC Cameron
I📘 I Will Ruin You - Linwood Barclay
L📘 LEFT To Run (Adele Sharp #2) - Blake Pierce
Y📘 YOU Like It Darker - Stephen King
G📘 GIRL, Taken (Ella Dark #2) - Blake Pierce
A📘 Rocky Mountain Heat (Six Pack Ranch #1) - Vivian AREND
T📘 TIGER, Tiger - James Patterson
H📘 The Coldest Girl In Coldtown - Holly Black
E📘 Weyward - EMILIA Hart
R📘 RETRIBUTION (Psychic Detective Kate Pierce Crime Thriller #1) - C.M. Sutter
I📘 Ink Enduring (Montgomery Ink #5) - Carrie Ann Ryan
N📘 Havoc (Storm MC #7) - NINA Levine
G📘 Summer Sundaes On The Boardwalk (The Boardwalk By The Sea #1) - GEORGINA Troy
HOT APPLE CIDER
H📘 The Coldest Girl In Coldtown - Holly Black
O📘 OPEN Carry (Arliss Cutter #1) - Marc Cameron
T📘 TIGER, Tiger - James Patterson
A📘 A Hidden Past - Blake Pierce
P📘 Things I Wish I Told My Mother - Susan PATTERSON & James Patterson
P📘 Left To Run (Adele Sharp #2) - Blake PIERCE
L📘 The Silver Chair (The Chronicles Of Narnia #4) - C.S. LEWIS
E📘 Weyward - EMILIA Hart
C📘 CONFESSIONS Of The Dead - James Patterson
I📘 I Will Ruin You - Linwood Barclay
D📘 The Butterfly Garden (The Collector #1) - DOT Hutchison
E📘 A Crafty Crime (Stoneybrook Mystery #1) - Eryn Scott
R📘 RETRIBUTION (Psychic Detective Kate Pierce Crime Thriller #1) - C.M. Sutter
I was able to squeeze in a final book and complete another phrase! 11/30/24F- Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
A- The Most by Jessica Anthony
M- Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker
I- A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
L- Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
Y- The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
G- La aventura de Miguel Littín clandestino en Chile by Gabriel García Márquez
A- All Fours by Miranda July
T- The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris
H- Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
E- Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer
R- Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
I- I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
N- The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández
G- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
- PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE (17/17)--P - The Postwoman
--U - An Untimely Frost
--M - 20 Minutes To Midnight
--P - Paradise on the Pike
--K - Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen
--I - The Invisible Host: A Golden Age Mystery
--N - Northfield: A Western Story
--S - The Murder of Willie Lincoln, Burt Solomon
--P - Saint Peter's Fair, Ellis Peters
--I - The Ironclad Alibi
--C - Cupboards All Bared
--E - Evangeline
--L - Leaden Skies
--A - All Roads Lead to Whitechapel
--T - A Trail Through Time
--T - Truth and Beauty
--E - Ella
FINISHED 11/30/2024
FAMILY GATHERINGF - Harper and the Circus of Dreams - Fantasy
A - A Field Guide to Happiness: What I Learned in Bhutan about Living, Loving, and Waking Up
M - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
I - Lebensborn by Isabelle Maroger
L - Le Problème à trois corps by Liu Cixin
Y - Bitter - YA novel
G - Glory
A - Le tigre des neiges 7 by Akiko Higashimura
T - One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris
H - Le tigre des neiges 8 by Akiko Higashimura
E - Arrêtez d'oublier ce que vous lisez ! by Eliott Meunier
R - Ruby Moonlight
I - The It Girl
N - Muttertag by Nele Neuhaus
G - GuRu
H:
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison (Read 9-17-24 - 9-19-24)O:
The Only One Left by Riley Sager (Read 9-23-24 - 11-5-24)T:
Things Don't Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins (Read 11-30-24 - 11-30-24)A:
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes (Read 11-16-24 - 11-18-24)P:
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Read 11-5-24 - 11-6-24)P:
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand (Read 10-19-24 - 10-23-24)L:
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (Read 11-13-24 - 11-13-24)E:
Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf (Read 11-28-24 - 11-29-24)C:
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Read 9-19-24 - 9-19-24)I:
I’m Not Done with You Yet by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Read 11-24-24 - 11-25-24)D:
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel (Read 11-25-24 - 11-30-24)E:
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson (Read 11-3-24 - 11-4-24)R:
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan (Read 9-6-24 - 9-16-2413/13
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PUMPKIN SPICE LATTEP - Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris (completed 9/3)
U - Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu (completed 11/7)
M - The Road by Cormac McCarthy (completed 10/26)
P - Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (completed 9/9)
K - Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner (completed 9/22)
I - Death and Croissants by Ian Moore (completed 11/19)
N - Sandwich by Catherine Newman (completed 9/16)
S - The Good Part by Sophie Cousens (completed 9/26)
P - Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 by Chris Payne (completed 10/11)
I - Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman (completed 9/9)
C- Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors (completed 9/16)
E- Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (completed 11/30)
L - Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell (completed 9/2)
A - The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna (completed 10/18)
T - The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (completed 10/20)
T - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (completed 10/1)
E - Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk (completed 11/10)
FAMILY GATHERING
F - Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth (completed 10/22)
A - A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute (completed 10/31)
M - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (completed 10/5)
I - In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life by Amy Schneider (completed 11/21)
L - Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola (completed 10/25)
Y - Y/N by Esther Yi (completed 9/13)
G - Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux (completed by 9/24)
A - The Fury by Alex Michaelides (completed 11/15)
T - The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington (completed 9/10)
H - Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli (completed 9/12)
E - James by Percival Everett (completed 11/30)
R - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (completed 9/6)
I - I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel (completed 11/30)
N - How You Get Famous: Ten Years of Drag Madness in Brooklyn by Nicole Pasulka (completed 11/13)
G - The Husbands by Holly Gramazio (completed 9/23)
HOT APPLE CIDER
H - The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel (completed 10/22)
O - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (completed 9/11)
T - The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne (completed 9/19)
A - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (completed 9/30)
P - Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer (completed 9/19)
P - The Rich People Have Gone Away by Regina Porter (completed 9/28)
L - Look in the Mirror by Catherine Steadman (completed 11/13)
E - The Wedding People by Alison Espach (completed 11/25)
C - Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang (completed 9/5)
I - Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende (completed 11/29)
D - Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray (completed 9/20)
E - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (completed 11/8)
R - Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash (completed 10/2)
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