Dina's 2025 ATY Reading Challenge

[Dina]

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2025 ATY READING CHALLENGE

Progress:
52 Topics - 44/52
Anniversary List - 5/10

January
✔ 1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y:
- A: arms - Wind and Truth - ✔
- T: trees - Pines - ✔
- Y: yellow cover - If Beale Street Could Talk - ✔
✔ 2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list: a book where you hope or expect to learn something new - Think Ahead: 7 Decisions You Can Make Today for the God-Honoring Life You Want Tomorrow
✔ 3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
- Doe! - a deer, a female deer: Stolen - ✔
- Ray! - a drop of golden sun: Sunrise on the Reaping - ✔
- Me! - a name I call myself: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - ✔
- Far! - a long, long way to run:
- So! - a needle pulling thread:
- La! - a note to follow SO: letters - Ruthless Vows - ✔
- Tea! - a drink with jam and bread:
✔ 4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld:
- underground:
- under sea: Under The Lake
- underworld: Pachinko - ✔
✔ 5. A book with a weird or intriguing title: The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

February
✔ 6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover: Where the Lost Wander
✔ 7. A book by an author that uses 3 names: William Kent Krueger - Ordinary Grace
✔ 8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings: The Inheritance
✔ 9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year: Where the Crawdads Sing



March
✔ 10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns:
- witches: Equal Rites - ✔
- goddesses: Divine Rivals - ✔
- nuns: A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband, Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun - ✔
✔ 11. A book set in a fictional location: The Crystal Shard
✔ 12. A book by an Irish author: Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These
✔ 13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family: The Lords of Discipline
✔ 14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman: Words Like Coins

April
✔ 15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception: Cemetery Road
✔ 16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list: #19. A non-fiction book - David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
✔ 17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925: The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
✔ 18. A book set primarily in nature: Wild Dark Shore

May
✔ 19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape: The Last Town
✔ 20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title: Nightshade
✔ 21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals: 'murder of crows' - The Thursday Murder Club
✔ 22. A translated novel from Asia: The Honjin Murders



June
✔ 23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting: The Brutal Telling
✔ 24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal: a basket case: Northwoods - main character suffering from PTSD
✔ 25. A book with waves on the cover: Say You'll Remember Me
✔ 26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name: Katherine Center, The Bright Side of Disaster
✔ 27. A book set in the winter: A Killing Cold



July
✔ 28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1 - night - Night Passage
✔ 29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2 - day - Zero Days
✔ 30. A monster book: Dracula
✔ 31. A book with a coastal setting: The Wedding People

August
✔ 32. A mystery or true crime book: Kindred in Death
✔ 33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time: Karin Slaughter - We Are All Guilty Here
✔ 34. A book title that could be a country song: Atonement Sky
✔ 35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists: 2017 - The Lincoln Highway

September
✔ 36. A book with a common household object on the cover: coffee cup and pots - Empire Falls, Richard Russo
--> 37. A book featuring adult friendships: The Dark Tower (#7)
38. Two books with a connection (war) from different genres: Book 1 - fiction - The Women, Kristin Hannah
✔ 39. Two books with a connection (war) from different genres: Book 2 - nonfiction - The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
40. A book you'd consider a comfort read



October
✔ 41. A book that involves digging up the past: Treacherous Is the Night
42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate:
43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters:
44. A haunting book:

November
✔ 45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years: Katherine Center - The Lost Husband
✔ 46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names: Hunter Moon - The Wild Huntress
✔ 47. A book relating to fire: Without Warning
✔ 48. A book with a character dealing with death: An Ember in the Ashes

December
✔ 49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines: A Rip Through Time
✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025: March 2025 - Target Acquired
✔ 51. A book published in 2025: First-Time Caller
--> 52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover: This Tender Land

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THE ANNIVERSARY LIST: 4/10

In honor of ATY's 10 year of reading challenges, we have put together an anniversary list made up of member-chosen prompts. Each prompt comes from that year's respective list and was chosen by the members of the group.

2016: A book originally written in a language other than English:
OPTIONS:The Count of Monte Cristo, The Brothers Karamazov

2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E":
OPTIONS: Catch-22, Foundation, 1984, 4:50 from Paddington, It

✔ 2018: An author's debut book: Every Summer After

2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements:
OPTIONS: Iron Flame, Iron Gold, Demon Copperhead

✔ 2020: A book with an emotion in the title: Uneasy Street

2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet:
OPTIONS: Bury Your Dead - Quebec; Frankenstein: The 1818 Text - Victor Frankenstein, And the Mountains Echoed - Echo; At Bertram's Hotel - Hotel

✔ 2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name: The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected, Nik Ripken

✔ 2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books: J.D. Robb - Promises in Death

✔ 2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year: Everyone Is Beautiful

2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family: One by One, Catch-22, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Dina]

Losing Track of Series, a list to help continue that trend during 2025 ...

Updated:

1 Book Left to Complete or Get Caught Up:

--> 1. The Dark Tower, Stephen King: The Dark Tower (#7)

2. An Ember in the Ashes, Sabaa Tahir: A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (#4)

3. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, Louise Penny: Bury Your Dead (#6)

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Other Series to Read That Need Finishing and/or Catching Up

Completed Series:

1. The Passage, Justin Cronin: The Twelve (#2)
2. Bloodsworn Saga, John Gwynne: The Hunger of the Gods (#2)
3. The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, Carlos Ruiz Zafón: The Angel's Game (#2)
4. Miss Marple, Agatha Christie: They Do It with Mirrors: A Miss Marple Mystery
5. Tawny Man Trilogy, Robin Hobb: Fool's Errand (#1)
6. Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie: The Regatta Mystery And Other Stories (#21), Sad Cypress (#22)
7. Jesse Stone, Robert B. Parker: Trouble in Paradise (#2)
8. The Collector, Dot Hutchison: Roses of May (#2)
9. DiscWorld, Terry Pratchett: Mort (#4)
10. The Legends of the First Empire, Michael J. Sullivan: Age of War (#2)
11. Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale Trilogy, R.A. Salvatore: Streams Of Silver (#2)
12. Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey: Dragonquest (#2)
13. Grant County, Karin Slaughter: Kisscut (#2) --> may need to reread Blindsighted first

All others (mostly ongoing series):

1. Natchez Burning, Greg Iles: Mississippi Blood (#3)
2. Orphan X, Gregg Andrew Hurwitz: The Nowhere Man (#2)
3. Myron Bolitar, Harlan Coben: The Final Detail (#6)
4. Hierarchy, James Islington: The Strength of the Few (#2)
5. In Death, J.D. Robb: Fantasy in Death (#30)
6. Wraith Kings, Grace Draven: In The Darkest Midnight (#2.5)
7. Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, Seishi Yokomizo: (#1)
8. Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery, Fred Vargas: Seeking Whom He May Devour (#2)
9. Grant County, Karin Slaughter: Kisscut (#2)
10. Lucas Davenport, John Sandford: Shadow Prey (#2)
11. Red Rising Saga, Pierce Brown: Iron Gold (#4) - waiting on last book to be released
12. Ender's Saga, Orson Scott Card: Speaker for the Dead (#2)
13. Sigma Force, James Rollins: The Judas Strain (#4)
14. A Rip Through Time, Kelley Armstrong: The Poisoner's Ring (#2)
15. The Empyrean, Rebecca Yarros: Iron Flame (#2)
16. The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman: The Man Who Died Twice (#2)
17. Lady Darby Mystery, Anna Lee Huber: A Tarnished Canvas (#13)
18. Verity Kent, Anna Lee Huber: Penny for Your Secrets (#3)

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Up to Date:

1. Will Trent, Karin Slaughter: up to date as of 7/30/2025
2. Rachel Krall, Megan Goldin: up to date as of 7/30/2025
3. Detective Stilwell, Michael Connelly: up to date as of 7/30/2025
4. North Falls, Karin Slaughter: next book (#2) out 8/11/2026
5. 18. Charles Lenox Mysteries, Charles Finch: The Hidden City (#15) - out 11/4/2025

Kindle Unlimited:

1. Shades of Magic, V.E. Schwab: A Darker Shade of Magic (#1) - KU
2. The Green Bone City, Fonda Lee: Jade City (#1) - KU
3. The Bound and the Broken, Ryan Cahill: next book - Of Empires and Dust (#4) - KU
4. Tracy Crosswhite, Robert Dugoni: In the Clearing (#3)

Library:

1. Harbored Secrets, Natalie Walters: Deadly Deceit (#2) - hoopla
2. Lake City Heroes, Lynette Eason: Final Approach (#4) - hoopla - out 8/5/25

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Start:

1. Alex Cross, James Patterson: Along Came a Spider (#1)
2. Legon, Nicholas Taylor: Legon Awakening
3. Kingsbridge, Ken Follett: The Pillars of the Earth (#1)
4. Malazan Book of the Fallen, Steven Erikson: Gardens of the Moon (#1)

Maybe Continue:

1. Veronica Speedwell, Deanna Raybourn: A Perilous Undertaking (#2)
2. Freddie and Grace Mystery, Pepper Basham: The Cairo Curse (#2)

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Completed:

2024: 11 Series completed

2025:
1. The Stormlight Archive (first arc); Brandon Sanderson
2. Elite Guardians, Lynette Eason
3. Elite Guardians: Savannah, Lynette Eason
4. Letters of Enchantment, Rebecca Ross
5. The First Law, Joe Abercrombie
6. Sons of Scandal, Becky Wade

Discontinued/No Longer Interested:

1. Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
2.Shadow of the Leviathan, Robert Jackson Bennett
3. Langdon, Dan Brown
4. Psy-Changeling Trinity, Nalini Singh

[Dina]

JANUARY/FEBRUARY

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Books read: 10 books as of 2/27/2025

✔ 1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y:
- A: arms - Wind and Truth - own/ebook
- T:
- Y:

✔ 2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list:
- A book where you hope or expect to learn something new - Think Ahead: 7 Decisions You Can Make Today for the God-Honoring Life You Want Tomorrow - own/physical - ✔
- A book where the word “ten” is in the author’s name or title -

✔ 3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
- Doe! - a deer, a female deer: Stolen - library/Libby - ✔
- Ray! - a drop of golden sun:
- Me! - a name I call myself: Know My Name - own/audible
- Far! - a long long way to run: Marathon Man - own/kindle
- So! - a needle pulling thread:
- La! - a note to follow SO: letters - Ruthless Vows - own/physical
- Tea - a drink with jam and bread:

✔ 5. A book with a weird or intriguing title: The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love - own/physical

✔ 6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover: Where the Lost Wander - kindle unlimited

✔ 8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings: The Inheritance. Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm - own/kindle

✔ 14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman: Words Like Coins - own/ebook

✔ 28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1 - Night Passage - own/kindle

✔ 46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names: Hunter Moon - The Wild Huntress - own/physical

✔ 47. A book relating to fire: Without Warning - library/Hoopla

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(view spoiler)[January/February: 9 pre-owned read + 1 pre-owned decluttered - (12 new books bought/gifted - 2 new books read) = total of 0 books off owned TBR - as of 2/15/2025

Total unread books starting -->
- December, 2024: 246 unread books
- January/February, 2025: 245 unread books

pre-owned/read and/or decluttered: 9
1. Practice Makes Perfect - (12/24) - physical
2. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History - 12/24 - physical
3. Thinking, Fast and Slow - 1/25 - audible/DNF
4. The Inheritance & Other Stories - 1/25 - kindle
5. The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love - BOTM/physical
6. Think Ahead: 7 Decisions You Can Make Today for the God-Honoring Life You Want Tomorrow - physical
7. The Wild Huntress - BOTM/physical
8. Words Like Coins - kindle
9. Night Passage - kindle

pre-owned decluttered: 1
1. What Happens When Women Walk in Faith: Trusting God Takes You to Amazing Places - physical book/decluttered

new books gifted/bought: 2 of 12 read as of 2/21/2025
1. Wind and Truth - pre-order; series completion - 1/2025
2. The Fall Risk - Amazon First Reads
3. Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder - Xmas gift from Mike
4. A Rip Through Time - Xmas gift from Mike
5. The Fury of the Gods - Xmas gift from Amanda
6. The Drowning Game - Amazon First Reads
7. A Reaper at the Gates - bought to work on series completion
8. A ​Sky Beyond the Storm - bought to work on series completion
9. A Killing Cold - BOTM
10. One by One - BOTM
11. First-Time Caller - BOTM
12. The Wedding People - BOTM

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Kindle Unlimited books read: 3 books for $44.00
(goal = $25.90/2 months)
✔ 1. Where the Lost Wander - $14.95
✔ 2. The North Woods - $16.19
✔ 3. Always Watching - $12.86

(total KU read for Jan/Feb = $44.00)

Library: 6
✔ 1. Vanishing Legacy (ebook) - hoopla
✔ 2. Double Take (ebook) - cloudLibrary
✔ 3. Without Warning (ebook) - hoopla
✔ 4. The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected - audio/hoople and physical book
✔ 5. Stolen (ebook) - Libby
✔ 6. Moving Target (ebook)- hoopla

Re-reads: 0
1.
2. (hide spoiler)]

[Dina]

MARCH/APRIL

(view spoiler)[PRIORITY READS IN APRIL:

NEXT BOOK IN 'in Death' series: Promises in Death (#28) - not bought yet/ebook
NEXT BOOK IN A COMPLETED SERIES:
- Age of Myth (Legends of the First Empire, #1) AND
- They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5) AND
- Wayward (Wayward Pines, #2)
OFF LIST OF OLDEST OWNED: Empire Falls
--> OLDEST OWNED BOOK OF THE MONTH: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

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GOALS: *keeping these at the top as a reminder :)*

1. Get unread books on owned TBR down to below 180 books
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2024: 246
- currently at: 239 unread books at of 2/27/2025
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2025:

- **library and kindle unlimited books do not count towards goal of lowering owned TBR

2. Kindle Unlimited: read at least $12.95/month worth of books (using paperback prices)

3. Amazon First Reads:
- December 2024: The Drowning Game
(view spoiler)[ - January 2025: no book
- February 2025: The Fall Risk
- March 2025: no book (hide spoiler)]
- April 2025: no book

4. Finally read the oldest owned books on my TBR starting with the first 5 books

- Empire Falls
- East of Eden
- The House of God
- The Twelve
- The Nix

5. Read all the pre-2025 BOTM books I own: 2/12

- Pachinko
- Divine Rivals
--> The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- The Lincoln Highway
- This Tender Land
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- Black Cake
- The Frozen River
- The Women
- The Familiar
- Northwoods
- The God of the Woods

6. BOTM 2025: 1/6
- January: One by One
- January: A Killing Cold
- February: First-Time Caller
- February: The Wedding People
- March: Wild Dark Shore
- March: The Lion Women of Tehran
- April: skipped (hide spoiler)]

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Books read for ATY : 13 book read as of 4/22/2025

✔ 3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song: Ray! - a drop of golden sun: Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

✔ 4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld: - the underground - Pachinko - own/physical

✔ 7. A book by an author that uses 3 names: William Kent Krueger - Ordinary Grace - own/physical

✔ 9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year: Where the Crawdads Sing - own/physical

✔ 10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns: - goddesses - Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross - own/physical

✔ 13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family: The Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy - own/physical

✔ 16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list: #19. A non-fiction book - David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, Malcolm Gladwell - owned/physical

✔ 17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925: The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - own/physical

✔ 25. A book with waves on the cover: Say You'll Remember Me, Abby Jimenez - new/physical

✔ 36. A book with a common household object on the cover: coffee cups, plates - Empire Falls, Richard Russo - owned/physical

✔ 49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines: A Rip Through Time, Kelley Armstrong - new/physical

✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025: March 2025 - Target Acquired, Lynette Eason

✔ 51. A book published in 2025: First-Time Caller - new/physical

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(view spoiler)[Prompts currently reading:

--> 12. A book by an Irish author: Dracula, Bram Stoker - own/ebook

--> 26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name: lake - The Last Town, Blake Crouch

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Prompts to read:

3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
- Me! - a name I call myself: Know My Name, Chanel Miller
- Far! - a long long way to run: Marathon Man, William Goldman
- So! - a needle pulling thread
- Tea - a drink with jam and bread

11. A book set in a fictional location: Age of Swords, Michael J. Sullivan - own/physical

15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception:

18. A book set primarily in nature:

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March/April: 12 pre-owned read + 10 pre-owned decluttered + 2 new book from January/February - (8 new books bought/gifted - 5 new books read) = total of 21 books off owned TBR - as of 4/27/2025

Total unread books starting -->
- December, 2024: 246 unread books
- January/February, 2025: 245 unread books
- March/April, 2025: 239 unread books

pre-owned/read: 12
1. Pachinko
2. The Lords of Discipline
3. Ordinary Grace
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
5. Pines
6. Divine Rivals
7. Ritual in Death
8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
9. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants - currently reading/3/31/2025
10. Empire Falls
11. Wayward
12. Age of Myth

pre-owned decluttered: 10
1. Dream Big: Know What You Want, Why You Want It, and What You’re Going to Do About It
2. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
3. Dawn
4. Red Dragon
5. Toward a More Perfect Faith: 4 Stages in Your Pursuit of God
6. The Four Loves
7. Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.
8. Cain's Jawbone
9. A Promised Land
10. The Seven Sisters

new books gifted/bought in 2025: 2 of 10 read as of 4/25/2025

- New as of December through February and still need to read: 2/10
1. Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder - Xmas gift from Mike
2. The Fury of the Gods - Xmas gift from Amanda
3. The Drowning Game - Amazon First Reads
4. A Reaper at the Gates - bought to work on series completion
5. A ​Sky Beyond the Storm - bought to work on series completion
6. A Killing Cold - BOTM
7. One by One - BOTM
8. The Wedding People - BOTM
✔ 9. First-Time Caller - BOTM
✔ 10. A Rip Through Time - Xmas gift from Mike

- New as of March/April and still need to read: 5/8 as of 4/25/2025
1. Wild Dark Shore - BOTM
2. The Lion Women of Tehran - BOTM
3. The Last Town - physical
✔ 4. Cornered - ebook
✔ 5. Say You'll Remember Me - physical
✔ 6. Salvation in Death - iBooks
✔ 7. Sunrise on the Reaping - audio
✔ 8. Wayward - physical

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Kindle Unlimited books read: goal = $25.90/2 months
✔ 1. Ruthless Vows - ($17.67)
--> 2. Last Argument of Kings - ($12.99)

(total KU read for March/April = $17.67)

Library: 4
✔ 1. Chasing Secrets - ebook/hoopla
✔ 2. Guarding Truth - ebook/hoopla
✔ 3. Hunting Justice - ebook/hoopla
✔ 4. Target Acquired - ebook/hoopla

Re-reads: 2
✔ 1. The Butterfly Garden - ebook/kindle
✔ 2. Dragonflight, Book 1 - ebook/kindle (hide spoiler)]

[Dina]

MAY/JUNE

(view spoiler)[PRIORITY READS IN MAY/JUNE:

MAY:

NEXT BOOK IN ONGOING SERIES:
- Promises in Death (#28) - on CloudLibrary
- The Thursday Murder Club (#1)
NEXT BOOK IN A COMPLETED SERIES:
- Uneasy Street (Sons of Scandal, #3)
- The Thursday Murder Club (#1)
- Serial Burn (Lake City Heroes, #3)
- The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms - Icewind Dale, #1)
OFF LIST OF OLDEST OWNED: ?
--> OLDEST OWNED BOOK OF THE MONTH: continued from April - The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz - still not read - replace in June with another book

JUNE:

NEXT BOOK IN A COMPLETED SERIES:
- Age of Swords (Legends of the First Empire, #2) AND
- They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5) AND
--> An Ember in the Ashes (#1) - read in June with readathon
--> The Last Town (Wayward Pines, #3)

NEXT BOOK IN ONGOING SERIES:
- Kindred in Death (in Death, #29)

OFF LIST OF OLDEST OWNED: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know, Malcolm Gladwell

OLDEST OWNED BOOK OF THE MONTH: The Lincoln Highway, then Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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GOALS: *keeping these at the top as a reminder :)*

1. Get unread books on owned TBR down to below 180 books
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2024: 246
- currently at: 221 unread books at of 4/29/2025
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2025:

- **library and kindle unlimited books do not count towards goal of lowering owned TBR

2. Kindle Unlimited: read at least $12.95/month worth of books (using paperback prices)

3. Amazon First Reads:
- December 2024: The Drowning Game
(view spoiler)[ - January 2025: no book
- February 2025: The Fall Risk
- March 2025: no book
- April 2025: no book
- May 2025: no book (hide spoiler)]
- June 2025: Abscond

4. Finally read the oldest owned books on my TBR starting with the first 5 books

- Empire Falls
- East of Eden
- The House of God
- The Twelve
- The Nix

5. Read all the pre-2025 BOTM books I own: 1/10

- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- The Lincoln Highway
- This Tender Land
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- Black Cake
- The Frozen River
- The Women
- The Familiar
- Northwoods
- The God of the Woods

6. BOTM 2025: 1/8
- January: One by One
- January: A Killing Cold
- February: The Wedding People
--> March: Wild Dark Shore
- March: The Lion Women of Tehran
- April: skipped (hide spoiler)]

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Prompts/books read:

✔ 3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
- Me! - a name I call myself: Her Final Breath, Robert Dugoni - character is called 'The Cowboy'

✔ 11. A book set in a fictional location: The Crystal Shard, R.A. Salvatore - library

✔ 12. A book by an Irish author: Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan

✔ 15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception: Cemetery Road, Greg Iles

✔ 21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals: The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman

✔ 24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal: a basket case: Northwoods, Amy Pease - main character suffering from PTSD

✔ 27. A book set in the winter: A Killing Cold, Kate Alice Marshall

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(view spoiler)[
Prompts currently reading:

--> 18. A book set primarily in nature: Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy

--> 26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name: lake - The Last Town, Blake Crouch

--> 48. A book with a character dealing with death: An Ember in the Ashes, Sabaa Tahir

--> 2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family: The Wedding People, Alison Espach

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Prompts to read:

3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
- Far! - a long long way to run: Marathon Man, William Goldman
- So! - a needle pulling thread
- Tea - a drink with jam and bread

19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape:
OPTIONS: , ,

20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title:
- animal:
- vegetable (plant):
- mineral:
OPTIONS: Demon Copperhead, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Lonesome Dove, Iron Flame, Iron Gold

22. A translated novel from Asia: The Honjin Murders, Seishi Yokomizo

June

23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting: Valley of the Dolls or Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal:
- a brain: The House of God
- a athlete:
- a princess:
- a criminal: The Lies of Locke Lamora

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May/June: 5 pre-owned read + 14 pre-owned decluttered + 1 new book from January-->April - (4 new books bought/gifted - 1 new books read) = total of 17 books off owned TBR - as of 6/19/2025

Total unread books starting -->
- December, 2024: 246

# of books at start of 2025
- January/February: 245
- March/April: 239
- May/June: 221

pre-owned/read: 5
1. Northwoods - owned/physical/BOTM
2. If Beale Street Could Talk - owned/Audible
3. The Thursday Murder Club - owned/physical
4. Equal Rites - owned/ebook
5. Cemetery Road - owned/physical

pre-owned decluttered: 14
1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
2. Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
3. From Paycheck to Purpose: The Clear Path to Doing Work You Love
4. The Choice: Embrace the Possible
5. Children of Time
6. While You Were Sleeping
7. Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro
8. The Atomic City Girls
9. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
10. I Give Up: The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life
11. The Poe Shadow
12. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
13. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
14. Becoming

new books gifted/bought in 2025: 1 of 15 read as of 6/19/2025

- New as of December --> April and still need to read: 1/11
1. Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder - Xmas gift from Mike
2. The Fury of the Gods - Xmas gift from Amanda
3. The Drowning Game - Amazon First Reads
4. A Reaper at the Gates - bought to work on series completion
5. A ​Sky Beyond the Storm - bought to work on series completion
6. A Killing Cold - BOTM
7. One by One - BOTM
8. The Wedding People - BOTM
--> 9. Wild Dark Shore - BOTM
10. The Lion Women of Tehran - BOTM
--> 11. The Last Town - physical

- New as of May/June and still need to read: 1/4 as of 6/19/2025

1. Ready or Not, Cara Bastone - paperback
2. My Friends
3. Home of the American Circus
4. The Man Made of Smoke

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Kindle Unlimited books read: 3
-- goal = $25.90/2 months
1. Last Argument of Kings (carry over from April) - $12.59
2. Her Final Breath (#2) - $15.95
3. Uneasy Street (#3) - $14.99

(total KU read for May/June = $43.53)

January/February = $44.00
March/April = $17.67 ---> total thus far: $61.67 (should be at least: $51.80)
May/June =

Library: 7
1. The Crystal Shard (Iceland Dale, #1)
2. Serial Burn (Lake City Heroes, #3)
3. Promises in Death (in Death, #28)
4. Small Things Like These
5. The Love Haters
6. Never Let Go
--> 7. Always Look Twice

Re-reads:
--> 1. An Ember in the Ashes
2. (hide spoiler)]

[Dina]

JULY
(view spoiler)[
GOALS: *keeping these at the top as a reminder :)*

1. Get unread books on owned TBR down to below 180 books
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2024: 246
- # currently at: 221 unread books at of 4/29/2025
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2025:

2. Kindle Unlimited: read at least $12.95/month worth of books (using paperback prices)
- 1. David: A Man of Passion and Destiny, Charles R. Swindoll - $11.18
- 2.

3. Amazon First Reads left to read:
- December 2024: The Drowning Game
- June 2025: Abscond

4. 5 oldest owned books on my TBR left to read:

- East of Eden
- The House of God
- The Twelve
- The Nix
- Catch-22

5. Read all the pre-2025 BOTM books I own: 1/9

---> The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
---> The Lincoln Highway
- This Tender Land
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- Black Cake
- The Frozen River
- The Women
- The Familiar
- The God of the Woods

6. BOTM 2025: 2/7
- January: One by One
- February: The Wedding People
- March: Wild Dark Shore
- March: The Lion Women of Tehran
- April: skipped
---> May: My Friends
- May: The Man Made of Smoke
- May: Home of the American Circus
- June: skipped
- July: skipped

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NEXT BOOK IN A COMPLETED SERIES:
- Final Approach Lake City Heroes, #4) - out 8/5/2025
- Age of Swords (Legends of the First Empire, #2)
- They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
- A Torch Against the Night (#2)
- A Reaper at the Gates (#3) - read in August with readathon
- A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (#4) - read in September with readathon
- Streams Of Silver (Forgotten Realms - Icewind Dale, #2)
- The Last Town (Wayward Pines, #3)
- The Dark Tower (#7)

NEXT BOOK IN ONGOING SERIES:
- Kindred in Death (in Death, #29)
- The Man Who Died Twice (#2)

OFF LIST OF OLDEST OWNED: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know, Malcolm Gladwell

OLDEST OWNED BOOK OF THE MONTH: The Lincoln Highway, then Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (hide spoiler)]

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Prompts read:

✔ 18. A book set primarily in nature: Wild Dark Shore

✔ 19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape: The Last Town

✔ 20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title: vegetable (plant): Nightshade

✔ 22. A translated novel from Asia: The Honjin Murders, Seishi Yokomizo

✔ 26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name: Katherine Center - cent - The Bright Side of Disaster

✔ 31. A book with a coastal setting: The Wedding People

✔ 34. A book title that could be a country song: Atonement Sky

✔ 48. A book with a character dealing with death: An Ember in the Ashes

✔ 2018: An author's debut book: Every Summer After

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Prompts currently reading:

--> 23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting: The Brutal Telling

--> 30. A monster book: Dracula, Bram Stoker

--> 38. Two books with a connection (war) from different genres: Book 1 - fiction - The Women, Kristin Hannah

--> 39. Two books with a connection (war) from different genres: Book 2 - nonfiction - The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, Erik Larson

--> 2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family: The Lincoln Highway

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Prompts to read:

29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2 - day - The Given Day, Dennis Lehane

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July: 4 pre-owned read + 5 pre-owned decluttered + 3 new book from January to June - (4 new books bought/gifted - 4 new books read) = total of 13 books off TBR - as of 7/25/2025

Total unread books starting -->
- December, 2024: 246

# of books at start of 2025
- January/February: 245
- March/April: 239
- May/June: 221
- July: 192

pre-owned/read: 4
1. An Ember in the Ashes
2. The Last Town
3. The Honjin Murders
4. The Abolition of Man - Audible

pre-owned decluttered: 5
1. A Conspiracy of Bones
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. The Starless Sea
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
5. Valley of the Dolls

new books gifted/bought in July 2025: 4 of54 read as of 7/25/2025
1. Nightshade - Mike/audible
2. Every Summer After
3. The Lost Husband
4. Atonement Sky
5. The Bright Side of Disaster

New as of December --> June and still need to read: 4/13 as of 7/15/2025
1. Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder - Xmas gift from Mike
2. The Fury of the Gods - Xmas gift from Amanda
3. A Reaper at the Gates - bought to work on series completion
4. A ​Sky Beyond the Storm - bought to work on series completion
5. One by One - BOTM
6. The Lion Women of Tehran - BOTM
7. Home of the American Circus
8. The Man Made of Smoke
9 . My Friends

1. The Wedding People - BOTM
2. Wild Dark Shore - BOTM
3. The Last Town - physical
4. The Drowning Game - Amazon First Reads

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Library: 0
---> 1. Get Lucky

Re-reads: 2
1. An Ember in the Ashes
2. A Torch Against the Night
3.
(hide spoiler)]

[Dina]

AUGUST

(view spoiler)[*****PRIORITY READS*****

- Oldest book on TBR: East of Eden
- Katherine Center: Everyone Is Beautiful
- Oldest BOTM: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
- Stephen King: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption and The Dark Tower
- Series: A Reaper at the Gates (#3)
- Series: Bury Your Dead (#6)

GOALS: updated 7/25/2025

1. Get unread books on TBR down to below 160 books
2. Continue reading at least 2 KU books per month
3. Work on 2 series:
-- 2 series to catch up: Bury Your Dead (#6) and Missing in Death (#29.5)
-- 2 series to completion: The Dark Tower (#7) and A Reaper at the Gates (#3)
4. Oldest book from BOTM: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
5. Oldest book on TBR: East of Eden
6. Read 1 author to zero: Katherine Center - Everyone Is Beautiful (2009)

Original Goals
1. Get unread books on owned TBR down to below 180 books - GOAL ACHIEVED 7/25/2025

- **new goal of 160 books as of 7/25/2025**

- # of books to read as of 12/1/2024: 246
- # currently at: 179 unread books at of 7/25/2025
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2025:

2. Kindle Unlimited: read at least $12.95/month worth of books (using paperback prices)
- 1. no books read

3. 5 oldest owned books on my TBR left to read:

- East of Eden
- The House of God
- The Twelve
- The Nix
- Catch-22

4. Read all the pre-2025 BOTM books I own: 1/8

- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
---> The Lincoln Highway
- This Tender Land
- Black Cake
- The Frozen River
- The Women
- The Familiar
- The God of the Woods

5. BOTM 2025: 0/4
- January: One by One
- March: The Lion Women of Tehran
- May: The Man Made of Smoke
- May: Home of the American Circus

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NEXT BOOK IN A COMPLETED SERIES:
- Final Approach Lake City Heroes, #4) - out 8/5/2025
- Age of Swords (Legends of the First Empire, #2)
- They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
- A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (#4) - read in September with readathon
- Streams Of Silver (Forgotten Realms - Icewind Dale, #2)
- The Dark Tower (#7)

NEXT BOOK IN ONGOING SERIES:
- Missing in Death (in Death, #29.5)
- Bury Your Dead (#6)

OFF LIST OF OLDEST OWNED: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know, Malcolm Gladwell

OLDEST OWNED BOOK OF THE MONTH: The Lincoln Highway
** finish reading The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz - on Boundless as audio (hide spoiler)]

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Prompts read in August:

✔ 23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting: The Brutal Telling

✔ 29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2 - day - Zero Days

✔ 30. A monster book: Dracula

✔ 32. A mystery or true crime book: Kindred in Death

✔ 39. Two books with a connection (war) from different genres: Book 2 - nonfiction - The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, Erik Larson

✔ 45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years: Katherine Center - The Lost Husband

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August: 5 pre-owned read + 4 pre-owned decluttered + 2 new book from January to August - (2 new books bought/gifted - 0 new books read) = total of 10 books off TBR - as of 8/20/2025

Total unread books starting -->
- December, 2024: 246

# of books at start of 2025
- January/February: 245
- March/April: 239
- May/June: 221
- July: 192
- August: 174

(view spoiler)[pre-owned/read: 5
1. Dracula
2. The Brutal Telling
3. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
4. Zero Days
5. Time of Death

pre-owned decluttered: 4
1. Stand Out: How to Build Your Leadership Presence
2. The Prague Cemetery
3. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
4. The Woman in the Window

New as of December --> August and still need to read: 3/10 as of 8/25/2025
1. Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder - Xmas gift from Mike
2. The Fury of the Gods - Xmas gift from Amanda
3. A Reaper at the Gates - bought to work on series completion
4. A ​Sky Beyond the Storm - bought to work on series completion
5. One by One - BOTM
6. The Lion Women of Tehran - BOTM
7. Home of the American Circus
8. The Man Made of Smoke
9 . My Friends
10. The Lost Husband
11. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
12. Great Big Beautiful Life - new August 2025
---> 13. We Are All Guilty Here - new August 2025
14. This Summer Will Be Different - new August 2025

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Library: 3
1. A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband, Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun
2. A Drop of Corruption - DNF'd and returned to the library
3. Kindred in Death

Re-reads: 1
1. The Screwtape Letters
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[Dina]

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

*****PRIORITY READS*****

- Oldest book on TBR: East of Eden
- Author to zero: Katherine Center: Get Lucky (2010)
- Oldest BOTM: The Lincoln Highway
--> Stephen King: The Dark Tower (#7)
- Series: A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (#4)
- Series: Bury Your Dead (#6)

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GOALS: updated 8/26/2025

1. Get unread books on TBR down to below 160 books
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2024: 246
- # currently at: 170 unread books at of 8/26/2025
- # of books to read as of 12/1/2025:

2. Read at least 2 KU books per month:
- The Friend Zone - DNF'd
--> Dungeon Crawler Carl

3. 5 oldest owned books on my TBR:

- East of Eden
- The House of God
- The Twelve
- The Nix
- Catch-22

4. Read all the unread BOTM books I own: 1/12

- The Lincoln Highway
- This Tender Land
- Black Cake
- The Frozen River
- The Women
- The Familiar
- The God of the Woods
- One by One- January 2025
- The Lion Women of Tehran- March 2025
- The Man Made of Smoke- May 2025
- Home of the American Circus- May 2025
- My Friends - May 2025

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NEXT BOOK IN A COMPLETED SERIES:
- Final Approach (Lake City Heroes, #4) - out 8/5/2025
- Age of Swords (Legends of the First Empire, #2)
- They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
- A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (#4) - read in September with readathon
- Streams Of Silver (Forgotten Realms - Icewind Dale, #2)
--> The Dark Tower (#7)

NEXT BOOK IN ONGOING SERIES:
- Fantasy in Death (in Death, #30)
- Bury Your Dead (#6)

OFF TBR OF 100 OLDEST OWNED: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know, Malcolm Gladwell

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Prompts Read:

August:

✔ 33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time: Karin Slaughter - We Are All Guilty Here
✔ 35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists: 2017 - The Lincoln Highway
✔ 41. A book that involves digging up the past: Treacherous Is the Night

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Prompts Left to Read as of 9/6/2025: 7

September:
--> 37. A book featuring adult friendships: The Dark Tower (#7)
38. Two books with a connection (war) from different genres: Book 1 - fiction - The Women, Kristin Hannah
40. A book you'd consider a comfort read

October:
42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate:
43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters:
44. A haunting book:

November: all prompts read as of 8/9/2025

December:
--> 52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover: This Tender Land

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THE ANNIVERSARY LIST: 0/5

2016: A book originally written in a language other than English:
OPTIONS:The Count of Monte Cristo, The Brothers Karamazov

2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E":
OPTIONS: Catch-22, Foundation, 1984, 4:50 from Paddington, It

2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements:
OPTIONS: Iron Flame, Iron Gold, Demon Copperhead

2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet:
OPTIONS: Bury Your Dead - Quebec; Frankenstein: The 1818 Text - Victor Frankenstein, And the Mountains Echoed - Echo; At Bertram's Hotel - Hotel

2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family: One by One, Catch-22, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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September/October: 1 pre-owned book read + 0 pre-owned book decluttered - (2 new books bought/gifted -1 new books read) = total of 0 books off owned TBR - as of 9/6/2025

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Total unread books starting -->
- December, 2024: 246

# of books at start of 2025
- January/February: 245
- March/April: 239
- May/June: 221
- July: 192
- August: 174
- September:

pre-owned/read: 1
1. The Lincoln Highway
--> 2. The Dark Tower (#7)

pre-owned decluttered: 0
1.

New books as of December 2024 --> August 2025 read: 1/13 as of 9/1/2025
1. Butter - Xmas gift from Mike
2. The Hunger of the Gods - Xmas gift from Amanda
3. A ​Sky Beyond the Storm - bought to work on series completion
4. One by One - BOTM
5. The Lion Women of Tehran- BOTM
6. Home of the American Circus
7. The Man Made of Smoke
8 . My Friends
9. Great Big Beautiful Life - new August 2025
10. We Are All Guilty Here - new August 2025
11. This Summer Will Be Different - new August 2025
12. Apostle's Cove - new September 2025
13. Alchemy of Secrets - BOTM - September 2025

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Library: 1
1. This Side of Murder (#1)
2. Treacherous Is the Night (#2)

Re-reads: 0
1.

2025 Fall Reading Challenge: 1/18
✔ 1. Maybe in Another Life (prompt #1)
✔ 2. Treacherous Is the Night (prompt #

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[Dina]

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

November - all prompts read as of 8/9/25

December
52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover:
OPTIONS:

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November/December: 0 pre-owned read + 0 pre-owned decluttered - (0 new books bought/gifted - 0 new books read) = total of 0 books off owned TBR - as of

[Dina]

Series/Authors I want to read to zero:

Agatha Christie: 19/66

(as listed at https://everythingagatha.com/home/eve...)

✔ The Mysterious Affair At Styles - 1920
The Secret Adversary (Tommy & Tuppence) - 1922
✔ The Murder on the Links - 1923
The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race) - 1924
The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle #1) - 1925
✔ The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - 1925
✔ The Big Four - 1927
✔ The Mystery of the Blue Train - 1928
The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2) - 1929
✔ The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1) - 1930
The Sittaford Mystery (Inspector Narracott) - 1931
✔ Peril at End House - 1932
✔ Lord Edgware Dies - 1933
✔ Murder on the Orient Express - 1934
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - 1935
✔ Three Act Tragedy - 1935
✔ Death in the Clouds - 1935
✔ The ABC Murders - 1936
✔ Murder in Mesopotamia - 1936
✔ Cards on the Table (Poirot #15 & Battle #3) - 1936
✔ Death on the Nile - 1937
✔ Dumb Witness - 1937
✔ Appointment with Death - 1938
✔ Hercule Poirot's Christmas - 1938
✔ And Then There Were None - 1939
Murder Is Easy (Superintendent Battle #4) - 1939
Sad Cypress - 1940
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - 1940
Evil Under the Sun - 1941
N or M? - 1941
✔ The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #2) - 1942
Five Little Pigs - 1942
✔ The Moving Finger (Miss Marple #3) - 1942
Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle #5)- 1944
Death Comes as the End - 1944
✔ Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race #4) - 1945
The Hollow - 1946
Taken at the Flood - 1948
Crooked House - 1949
✔ A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple #4) - 1950
They Came to Baghdad - 1951
Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 1952
--> They Do It with Mirrors (Miss Marple #5) - 1952
A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple #6) - 1953
After the Funeral - 1953
Destination Unknown - 1954
Hickory Dickory Dock - 1955
Dead Man's Folly - 1956
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple #7) - 1957
Ordeal by Innocence - 1958
Cat Among the Pigeons - 1959
The Pale Horse - 1961
✔ The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple #8) - 1962
The Clocks - 1963
✔ A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple #9) - 1964
At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple #10)- 1965
Third Girl - 1966
Endless Night - 1967
By the Pricking of My Thumbs - 1968
Hallowe'en Party - 1969
Passenger to Frankfurt - 1970
Nemesis (Miss Marple #11) - 1971
Elephants Can Remember - 1972
Postern of Fate - 1973
Curtain - 1975
Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple #12) - 1976

List borrowed from - First Time for Everything - Amy's 2025 Plan - *Thank you!*