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Booknblues wrote: "Anita wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Anita wrote: "Heading out tonight, but will get to this first thing tomorrow! ..."Cool!"
I'm sorry - I am way hungover. Working on this now."
Well, I never expe..."
It was a tequila dinner sponsored by Casamigos. Drinks were great; food not so much.
Anita wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Anita wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Anita wrote: "Heading out tonight, but will get to this first thing tomorrow! ..."Cool!"
I'm sorry - I am way hungover. Working on this now."
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Good tequila calls for good Mexican food and an imbalance of food and drink can be costly indeed.
Anita........I am ready for another list when you get a chance. No rush. Thanks.List 12 - July 2025
🐳 1. A book that fits last month's PBT tag - June's tag was Summer
Summer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand - 4 Stars - 7/15/25
Review
🐳 2. A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish - set in Spain
Or the Bull Kills You - Jason Webster - 4 Stars - 7/16/25
Review
🐳 3. A book set in Scandinavia - set in Iceland
66 Degrees North - Michael Ridpath - 3.5 Stars - 7/18/25
Review
🐳 4. Post three to five books choices in this thread and read the first one someone else picks for you - Picked by Joy D
The Guide - Peter Heller - 4 Stars - 7/25/25
Review
🐳 5. Read a book with a peaceful nature-focused setting
Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field - John Lewis-Stempel - 4.5 Stars - 7/26/25
Review
🐳 6. A book with a cat on the cover.
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 7/23/25
Review
🐳 7. Read a book with the letter J in the title.
The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth - 4 Stars - 7/22/25
Review
🐳 8. Read a book that is on PBT's Fall Flurry of Holidays bookshelf (any year).
Link to 2024 Fall Flurry of Holidays Shelf - 2024
The Duke Who Despised Christmas - Scarlett Scott - 3 Stars - 7/17/25
Review
🐳 9. Read a book about giving up a bad habit or overcoming an addiction
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction - David Sheff - 4 Stars - 7/25/25
Review
🐳 10. The author was born before the year 1900 - born September 15, 1890
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie - 4.5 Stars - 7/20/25
Review
🐳 11. Read a celebrity memoir.
If You Ask Me - Betty White - 3.5 Stars - 7/21/25
Review
🐳 12. Read a book with a title that includes the name of a playing card (e.g., Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Joker, etc).
The Stolen Queen - Fiona Davis - 4 Stars - 7/24/25
Review
Olivermagnus wrote: "Anita........I am ready for another list when you get a chance. No rush. Thanks..."
Lol, I can't keep up with you!!
1. The title includes an ordinal number (e.g. The FIRST deadly sin)
2. A book fully or partially set in a hotel, motel, bed & breakfast, or inn (or similar)
3. Read a book set on a planet other than Earth.
4. Take a look at the cover of the last book you read, pick an item displayed on the cover, and read a book with that word in the title.
5. Listen to an audiobook
6. Read a book with a title beginning with U
7. A biography or autobiography
8. A noir novel or noir collection of short stories
9. Read a book published in 2025
10. Read a book with an animal on the cover
11. Read a book written by an author whose initials are sequential. eg: Amy Brown, Quinn Russell
12. Read two books with the same title (excluding A, An, The, or Subtitles)
Booknblues wrote: "Anita, don't forget about me. :)"See mess #350.
Are you BooknBubbles today with a hangover? 😘
Theresa wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Anita, don't forget about me. :)"See mess #350.
Are you Bookn Bubbles today with a hangover? 😘"
I waited all day yesterday and somehow I missed it with it on the bottom of the page and my response simultaneously which ended up on the top of the next page. I kept checking but didn't move back.
6. Post three to five books choices in this thread and read the first one someone else picks for youThree choices:
We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop
Heartbreaker: A Memoir
Booknblues wrote: "Three choices: We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop
Heartbreaker: A Mem..."</i>
[book:Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop
Sounds interesting. I would love to know what you think of it!
Lyn wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Three choices: We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop
[book:..."
Thanks!
Booknblues wrote: "Theresa wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Anita, don't forget about me. :)"See mess #350.
Are you Bookn Bubbles today with a hangover? 😘"
I waited all day yesterday and somehow I missed it with it on ..."
I had seen it almost immediately. I love checking each new list to see what is popping up and if any that I submitted are included and just how many. So far, every list has had at least one, LOL.
I have absolutely no memory of what I submitted, but I know they were more to the general side.
Anita - I'm ready for my next list, whenever you have time.List 10
✔️1. Read a book about giving up a bad habit or overcoming an addiction - The House in the Pines - Read 26/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️2. A book set in the world of art - Think Again - Read 17/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️3. A book in which one of the characters has a pet cat - Murder and Mendelssohn - Read 22/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Phryne has a cat called Ember.
✔️4. A book on the Tournament of Books longlist (any year) - An Untamed State - Read 21/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️5. A book where the protagonist is a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional - Murder in Little Italy - Read 23/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sarah Brandt is a midwife
✔️6. A book with a palindrome in the title or author's name - The House of Eve - Read 20/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️7. Read a book related to the Tudors - Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen - Read 24/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️8. A book with a bird on the cover. - Marble Hall Murders - Read 14/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This is the cover of the edition I read:
✔️9. Health Guru Richard Simmons passed away in 2024. In his honor read a book about Health or Fitness - Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist - Read 27/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️10. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature - The Mermaid of Black Conch - Read 14/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️11. A book with a nonhuman narrator (animal, alien, monster, AI) - Artificial Condition - Read 18/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️12. A satirical novel - Northanger Abbey - Read 27/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Amy has finished List Two!!!Can I have a new randomized list please? Just in time for the August Swap.... New Research to Do! I certainly hope its fun. Randomizer be good to me....
Hannah wrote: "Anita - I'm ready for my next list, whenever you have time."
AMAZING, Hannah!
1. Read a book set in desert
2. Read a book in which the main character does not have a job.
3. Read a book from the top 10 highest rated books on your TBR
4. Read a book involving a missing person
5. Read a book with recipes in it. Make one of the recipes and include a review of the recipe in your review
6. Read a book where the author shares a last name with one of your schoolteachers or professors (any grade/level/form)
7. A book with a cover that includes shiny gold or silver lettering in Title
8. A book with the word "history" in the title
9. Read a historical mystery NOT set in the US or UK
10. Read a winner or nominee of The Kitschies Award - https://thekitschies.com/.
11. A book with a subtitle
12. A book by a BIPOC author.
Amy wrote: "Amy has finished List Two!!!Can I have a new randomized list please? Just in time for the August Swap.... New Research to Do! I certainly hope its fun. Randomizer be good to me...."
Hope the randomizer is good to you, Amy!!
1. Read a book set in a country you have never visited
2. A book featuring a "found family"
3. A book where the main character is a bartender, barista, or baker
4. A book set during or about medieval times
5. Read a book about the closest sports franchise to where you live. Sport of your choice.
6. Read a book with stripes on the cover
7. A Non-fiction book about an event that happened during your lifetime
8. A book with a title consisting of one plural word
9. A book with the word 'lake' or 'river' in title or in the author's name or pictured on cover.
10. A book with a musical instrument in the title
11. A book with the name of a place in the title
12. A book involving codebreaking or secret codes
Wow, this is a great list! I already have some ideas! But the research will be fun!
I am ready for a THIRD LIST! Yippee!2nd List:
🎪1. A book where the plot includes a circus or carnival - Murder in the Bastille by Cara Black - Review - no tag match
🎪2. Read a book published in the year you joined PBT - 2018 - You Send Me by Jeannie Moon - Review - no tag match
🎪3. Read a book set in another time -- past or future - Death of an Avid Reader by Frances Brody - set in 1925 Leeds, England - Review - no tag match
🎪SWAP
🎪5. A dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Ozland by Wendy Spinale - Review - no tag match
🎪6. Read a book whose author's first and last initials match your own. The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan - Review - no tag match
🎪7. Read a book you find on PBT's happy 15th birthday PBT shelf - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley - Review - Summer tag match 15x
🎪8. A book where a character makes or serves something chocolate - Death in Saratoga Springs by Charles O'Brien - Review - no tag match - chocolate served quote: p. 47 - While Pamela served hot chocolate and buttered bread, Francesca asked, “Couldn’t the police have arrested the killer?”
🎪9. Give an author a second look - read a book from an author you didn't like - Arsenic and Old Cake by Jacklyn Brady - Review -no tag match
🎪10. The first book in a series you'd like to read - Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon - Review - no tag match - series is The Deed of Paksenarrion.
🎪11. A memoir by a chef or a food writer - Clementine in the Kitchen: Modern Library Foods by Samuel V. Chamberlain - Review - not tag match - Chamberlain was a food writer for Gourmet Magazine.
🎪12. Read a book set in a National Park - Vanishing Edge by Claire Kells - Review - no tag match - set in Sequoia National Park, with short stops at Yosemite and Joshua Tree.
Theresa wrote: "I am ready for a THIRD LIST! Yippee!🎪..."
Bravo!!!
1. Read a book related to the cold.
2. Read a book turned into a mini series
3. Read a middle grade or young adult book written by an author first known for adult fiction or non-fiction books.
4. Read a book that won the National Book Award
5. Read a book set in Minnesota
6. Read a book with a tag that starts with "social" (Sociology, society, social psychology, social sciences, social, social- justice, sociable, sociopath, social engineering, social commentary, etc.)
7. Read a book that's won an award (of any kind)
8. Read a fiction or non-fiction book featuring the history of Europe
9. Read a book with a title that begins with the first letter of your pet's name (or, if you don't have a pet, the name of a family member or friend's pet)
10. Read a book in which one of the main characters is in domestic service
11. A book on the Tournament of Books longlist (any year).
12. A book tagged Literary fiction
Thanks, Anita! Looks pretty good - and I think it's the first that one of my suggested prompts isn't popping up on! 🤣
Theresa, Alice Hoffman has several young adult books…. She’s very well varied in genre.
Amy wrote: "Theresa, Alice Hoffman has several young adult books…. She’s very well varied in genre."Oh, thanks for that Amy! I usually go to Carl Hiaasen but think I have read all of them at this point. I'll check on Alice - and I may have one or two buried in the TBR.
I finally finished my first list. Anita I would like another list when you have time.List #1
1. A book with a nonhuman narrator (animal, alien, monster, AI): The Sound and the Furry-Spencer Quinn 4-10-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2. A book where the main character has a pet.
A Potion to Die For-heather Blake 1-13-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The main character, Carly, has two cats, Roly and Poly.
3. Read a cookbook or a book focused on cooking/food:
The Nero Wolfe Cookbook-Rex Stout 4-27-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. A book that fits last month’s PBT tag:
Whisper Network-Chandler Baker 1-19-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged mystery suspense 14 times (This was the tag December 2024) https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
5. A book in a genre you rarely read: poetry
The Best American Poetry 2021 7-12-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6. A book primarily set in, on, or near the ocean:
The Devil and the Dark Water-Stuart Turton 6-28-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7. Read a graphic novel
Witches of Brooklyn-Sophie Escabasse 2-20-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
8. A book about marriage
A Good Marriage-Kimberely McCreight 5-4-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
9. A book in which one of the characters is a real historical person:
Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron-Stephanie Barron 8-3-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jane Austen was a real person
10. Read a book where a character is on a quest
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper-Phaedra Patrick 1-28-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Arthur is on a quest to track down charms on his wife's bracelet
11. A book featuring a queen
Bringing Down the Duke-Evie Dunmore 7-9-25
Queen Victoria
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
12. Read a book written by an author who’s last name begins with the letter ‘Z’
Bridge of Clay-Markus Zusak 4-19-25
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I've finished list #8 and I'm ready for another list when you get a chance, Anita!List #8:
✅1. A book that is part of a duology.
Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn - 7/21/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅2. A western
Ridgeline by Michael Punke - 7/31/25 - 3.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅3. Read a book on PBT's pbt-decathlon book shelf.
Wool by Hugh Howey - 7/21/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅4. The cover contains the colors of your favorite sports team (if you don't have one, use the colors of your secondary/high school or university) [SF Giants: black and orange]
The Artist and the Feast by Lucy Steeds - 7/22/25 - 4.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅5. A book on the Tournament of Books longlist (any year) [on the ToB list in 2013]
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter - 8/2/25 - 4.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅6. A book involving an ethical dilemma
Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga - 7/27/25 - 3* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅7. Read a book in which horses provide a common method of transportation.
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas - 7/20/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅8. Two books where the authors share a last name.
The Great Mann by Kyra Davis Lurie - 7/24/25 - 5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅8a. Two books where the authors share a last name.
Imaginary Friends by Alison Lurie - 8/3/25 - 4.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅9. The title includes the word "angel" or "devil"
The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis by William Geroux - 8/1/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅10. Read a book that was published posthumously
Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf - 8/4/25 - 3* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅11. Set in or written by an author born in a country ending in 'stan'. Examples Pakistan, Uzbekistan,
99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai - 7/25/25 - 3.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅12. A book published in 1995
The Prestige by Christopher Priest - 7/30/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rachel N. wrote: "I finally finished my first list. Anita I would like another list when you have time."
Great job, Rachel!!!
1. Read a book with a title (including subtitle) that contains all the letters of PLAY in any order.
2. Read the fiction bestseller from the year you were born. If already read it, read the fiction bestseller from the year an immediate family member was born.
3. Read a book tagged "conspiracy"
4. A book published in a year ending in zero
5. A book with a STEM related tag - stem, science, technology, engineering, or math.
6. Read a book by an author who is also a scientist
7. The book's title contains the word Sun or Moon (plural or compound words allowed)
8. Read a book that fits the tag of "contemporary romance"
9. Read a book by an author who has written more than 15 books
10. A book involving kindness, hope, optimism, or generosity
11. Read a book tagged as pandemic or pandemic books or pandemic reading
12. Read a book that features at least three generations of a family
Joy D wrote: "I've finished list #8 and I'm ready for another list when you get a chance, Anita!Mindblowing, Joy! Here you go!!
1. Read a book whose title is a name. eg: David Copperfield
2. Read a book about freedom or lack of freedom
3. A book with the word "Man," "Woman," or "Child" in the title
4. A book whose title is a pun, i.e. Assault and Pepper.
5. Book set in a country you would like to visit but never have
6. A book written by an author or artist of The Lost Generation
7. A book featuring gambling, lotteries, or games of chance
8. A book involving evolution, revolution or change
9. A noir novel or noir collection of short stories
10. A book set in NYC during the Gaslight Era or Paris during the Belle Epoque
11. Read a Nobel, Booker or Pulitzer prize winner from 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s.
12. Read a book about or set in Egypt.
I have completed my second list and would like another one please.You can find my completed list here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Thanks!
Lyn wrote: "I have completed my second list and would like another one please."
Congratulations, Lyn!!!
1. Read a standalone mystery (a book that is not part of a series)
2. Read a book that has been translated from its original language into your primary language.
3. Read a book that begins with a prologue
4. Read a book that a GR friend or PBT member has DNF'd
5. Read a book found on PBT's Shelfagories shelf
6. Read a book with a main character who is a scientist or inventor.
7. After alphabetizing the authors in your Good Reads Want to Read shelf from A - Z, read one of the books from the last 20 listed
8. The author was born in Europe
9. Book with one of the classic Monopoly tokens on the cover (cannon, battleship, iron, race car, thimble, top hat, dog)
10. Read a book with a dog on the cover.
11. A book with less than 1,000 ratings on GoodReads
12. Read a book related to the word "green"
Anita wrote: "Lyn wrote: "I have completed my second list and would like another one please."
Congratulations, Lyn!!!
1. Read a standalone mystery (a book that is not part of a series)
2. Read a book that ha..."
Thanks Anita! This looks like a really fun list :)
Anita, at long last...I am ready for list 2!!!✅1. A book Title with all the vowels in it (A E I O U) -The House in the Cerulean Sea
✅2. A book written by an Indigenous author - To Shape a Dragon's Breath
✅3.Read a book with recipes in it. Make one of the recipes and include a review of the recipe in your review - Sweetie-licious Pies: Eat Pie, Love Life -
✅4. A book set in New York Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
✅5. Read a book related to a culture other than your own. The Invisible Bridge - Main character is a Hungarian Jewish man.
✅6. Draw a random tarot card and read a book with a title that has to do with the card. Could either be literal i.e. if you drew The Magician, read The Magicians by Lev Grossman; OR pick any imagery from the card to find in a book title, i.e. if you drew the 3 of Swords you could read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad because the 3 of Swords features a heart. If people don't own any tarot decks there are a number of free random generators like this one: https://www.dailytarotdraw.com/cards#...The Royal Succession -
✅7. A book that involves the mind, brain, or neuroscience Move on Motherf*cker: Live, Laugh, and Let Sh*t Go
✅8. A book with a wild animal in the content, title or cover Wolves of Winter
✅9. Find your most read author. Read a new book by them. If you have read everything by that author, use your next most read author. Wrath of a Mad God - Read January 2025
✅10. Read a book from NPR's 2024 Best Books of the year list- Real Americans
✅11/Read a book that is Historical fiction -Here Be Dragons
✅12. A book with less than 3,000 ratings on Goodreads You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War 1,262 ratings.
Joanne wrote: "Anita, at long last...I am ready for list 2!!!.."
Lol! Here you go! Great job :)
1. Read a book set primarily in a hospital
2. Read a police procedural mystery or thriller
3. Read a book that features a shady or secretive company or organization.
4. A memoir by a chef or a food writer
5. A book with a unit of measure in the title
6. Read a book you've been avoiding or keep putting off
7. Read a book that includes a penguin
8. A book that you think honors Martin Luther King's Birthday
9. Read a cookbook
10. A book set in a country you would like to visit but never have
11. A book set in desert
12. Read a book whose title includes a cardinal number (must be expressed in digital format, i.e. 2 not two).
Thanks Anita, submitted one to trade ( I would like to trade about half of them- lol).
Anita, I am ready for another list when you get a chance. Thanks.List 13 - August 2025
🌵 1. The title includes an ordinal number (e.g. The FIRST deadly sin)
First-Time Caller - B.K. Borison -3 Stars - 8/5/25
Review
🌵 2. A book fully or partially set in a hotel, motel, bed & breakfast, or inn (or similar)
A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy - 3.5 Stars - 8/6/25
Review
🌵 3. Read a book set on a planet other than Earth - set on the planet Dakkar
Madness of the Horde King - Zoey Draven - 3 Stars - 8/10/25
Review
🌵 4. Take a look at the cover of the last book you read, pick an item displayed on the cover, and read a book with that word in the title.
Whispering Rock - Robyn Carr - 3.5 Stars - 8/2/25
The last book I read was An Unforgiving Place which had a big rock in the stream so I used "Rock" as a title word.
Review
🌵 5. Listen to an audiobook
The Mistress of Bhatia House - Sujata Massey - 4 Stars - 8/8/25
Review
🌵 6. Read a book with a title beginning with U
An Unforgiving Place - Claire Kells - 4 Stars - 8/1/25
Review
🌵 7. A biography or autobiography
Frank & Ava: In Love and War - John Brady - 4 Stars - 8/6/25
Review
🌵 8. A noir novel or noir collection of short stories
The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett - 4 Stars - 8/10/25
Review
🌵 9. Read a book published in 2025 - first pub May 27, 2025
Hidden Nature - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 8/7/25
Review
🌵 10. Read a book with an animal on the cover
Irresistible Force - D.D. Ayres - 3 Stars - 8/11/25
Review
🌵 11. Read a book written by an author whose initials are sequential. eg: Amy Brown, Quinn Russell
Hellbent - Gregg Hurwitz - 4.5 Stars - 8/4/25 - GH
Review
🌵 12. Read two books with the same title (excluding A, An, The, or Subtitles)
Out of the Dark - Gregg Hurwitz - 5 Stars - 8/11/25
Review
Out of the Dark - Sharon Sala - 4 Stars - 8/9/25
Review
Olivermagnus wrote: "Anita, I am ready for another list when you get a chance. Thanks.- ..."
Rockstar!! Here you go:
1. Read a book that includes a protagonist with a physical disability
2. Read a book with a title beginning with O
3. Read a book Set in more than one time period
4. Read a book with a red barn on its cover
5. Read a book that a GR friend or PBT member has DNF'd
6. Read a book with a number in the title.
7. Read a non-fiction book
8. Read the book listed at number 25 on your TBR - how you sort your TBR is up to you.
9. Read a book about a sport that is not popular where you live.
10. Read a book where the title is mentioned in another book
11. Read a Non-fiction book about an event that happened during your lifetime
12. Read a book published in 1975
Anita - I'm ready for my next list whenever you get a chance.List 11
✔️1. Read a book set in desert - Lion in the Valley - Read 1/8/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️2. Read a book in which the main character does not have a job. - Lady of Devices - Read 1/8/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️3. Read a book from the top 10 highest rated books on your TBR - All the Glimmering Stars - Read 9/8/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️4. Read a book involving a missing person - Missing Molly - Read 31/7/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️5. Read a book with recipes in it. Make one of the recipes and include a review of the recipe in your review - Coconut Layer Cake Murder - Read 3/8/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️6. Read a book where the author shares a last name with one of your schoolteachers or professors (any grade/level/form) - Back to the Garden - Read 11/8/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️7. A book with a cover that includes shiny gold or silver lettering in Title - The Trouble With Mrs Montgomery Hurst: A Scandalous Regency Tale with Jane Austen Flair - Read 7/8/25
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✔️8. A book with the word "history" in the title - This Strange Eventful History - Read 5/8/25
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✔️9. Read a historical mystery NOT set in the US or UK - Murder Under the Tuscan Sun - Read 5/8/25
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✔️10. Read a winner or nominee of The Kitschies Award - https://thekitschies.com - Julia - Read 13/8/25
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✔️11. A book with a subtitle - Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture - Read 2/8/25
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✔️12. A book by a BIPOC author. - Good Dirt - Read 4/8/25
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Hannah wrote: "Anita - I'm ready for my next list whenever you get a chance.List 11
✔️1. Read a book set in desert - Lion in the Valley - Read 1/8/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2..."
So sorry, Hannah, for the delay. I will pull this together right now.
Here you go, Hannah!1. A book with a school subject in the title (e.g., chemistry, math, physics, history, science)
2. Read a cultural book
3. Read a book featuring a widow or widower as a primary character
4. Book by author who you first read for a PBT Monthly Tag
5. Read a book set in the South Pacific - on land or at sea
6. A book with one or more books on the cover
7. Read a book tagged as "conspiracy"
8. Read a graphic novel
9. Read a middle grade classic book
10. Read a coming of age book
11. Read a book set primarily in a country bordering the Bay of Bengal
12.Read a book published in 2024 or 2025
Anita wrote: "Here you go, Hannah!1. A book with a school subject in the title (e.g., chemistry, math, physics, history, science)
2. Read a cultural book
3. Read a book featuring a widow or widower as a primar..."
Thank you!
I finally finished my first list and ready to work on another! ✔ 1. A book with a plot including a circus or carnival The Book of Speculation
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✔ 2. Read a book with the character(s) name in the title. Nina Simone in Comics!
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✔3. A family saga or family drama Betty
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✔ 4. Read a book by an author who is also a scientist The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy
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✔ 5. A book set somewhere not on Earth Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1
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✔ 6. Cover includes shiny gold or silver lettering in Title Silver Sparrow
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3 stars
✔ 7. A book featuring a female athlete Find a Way
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✔ 8. Reread a chapter book that you originally read under the age of 18. Beezus and Ramona
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✔ 9. Read a book you’ve borrowed from a friend. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
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✔ 10. Read a book that was published posthumously When Breath Becomes Air
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✔ 11. Read an audiobook When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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✔ 12. Read a book about or set in Eqypt. Death on the Nile
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Shelly wrote: "I finally finished my first list and ready to work on another! ."Congratulations, Shelly!!! Terrific!
1. Read a book in which a character travels by train
2. Read a book you know nothing about (pick it based on the title, cover, or author you love or want to try - don't read the synopsis or reviews.)
3. Read a book that fits your favorite PBT tag from 2024
4. Read a book with a religious figure as a main character (priest, nun, monk, chaplain, pastor, vicar, rabbi, muezzin, the Pope, Buddha, prophet, etc.).
5. A romance or love story
6. Read a book from a fellow PBT member's historical fiction shelf that is tagged historical fiction at least 5x
7. A book with a cat on the cover.
8. A book rated 5 stars read by any PBT member whose first name starts with the same initial as yours, i.e. Amy could read one of Anita's 5 star rated books.
9. A biography or autobiography
10. Read a book you have borrowed from your local library.
11. Read a book by an author you've been meaning to try, but never have read before
12. Read a book found on PBT's Shelfagories shelf
I am ready for my next list please. Thanks!List #5
✔ A book that includes a road trip - The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
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✔ 2. A book involving archeology or an archeologist - The Curse of the Pharaohs - Elizabeth Peters
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✔ 3. A collection of any year's best short fiction or stories edited by a favorite author - Nothing Good Happens After Midnight: A Suspense Magazine Anthology - Jeffery Deaver
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✔ 4. Setting is the Sugar Islands of the Caribbean pre-1920 - i.e. Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica, . . . - River Sing Me Home - Eleanor Shearer
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✔ 5. A book with more vowels than consonants in the title - Amora: Stories - Natalia Borges Polesso
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✔ 6. A book by an author born in Africa - The Thing Around Your Neck - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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✔ 7. A book with the word "room" in the title - The Cold Room - Jason N. LaVelle
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✔ 8. A book with a subtitle - A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea- Masaji Ishikawa
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✔ 9. Read or re-read a book by your favorite author - No Second Chance - Harlan Coben
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✔ 10. A book selected by any book club (in real life or online, whether or not you are a member) - What Have You Done? - Shari Lapena
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✔ 11. Read a celebrity memoir - Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too! - Chelsea Handler
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✔ 12. Read a book containing an index - The American Home Front: 1941-1942 - Allistair Cooke
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Ellen wrote: "I am ready for my next list please. Thanks!"
Way to go, Ellen!!!
1. Read a book with a football related word in the title (catch, clock, down, fumble, game, goal, half, huddle, line, pass, play, player, quarter, time, yard, etc.)
2. Read a book about giving up a bad habit or overcoming an addiction
3. A book written by an Indigenous author
4. A book with "today" or "tonight" in the title
5. Give a disliked author another chance
6. Read a play
7. Read a book with an object made of metal on the cover.
8. Read a book you have borrowed from your local library.
9. Read a graphic novel
10. Read a book that is set in a country that borders your own.
11. Read a book with a title beginning with O
12. A book published in the year you joined Goodreads
Anita.......I'm ready for another list when you get a chance. Thanks.List 14 - August 2025
🦈 1. Read a book that includes a protagonist with a physical disability. Main character, John Palmer, was wounded in Afghanistan and is in a wheelchair.
Embattled Hearts - J.M. Madden - 3 Stars - 8/16/25
Review
🦈 2. Read a book with a title beginning with O.
Overkill - Sandra Brown - 4 Stars - 8/20/25
Review
🦈 3. Read a book set in more than one time period. Set in 1708 wnd "modern" times.
The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley - 4 Stars - 8/14/25
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🦈 4. Read a book with a red barn on its cover.
Red Barn - Sam Baron - 2 Stars - 8/19/25
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🦈 5. Read a book that a GR friend or PBT member has DNF'd. SW Zippy had this on her DNF shelf
If You Really Loved Me - Ann Rule - 4 Stars - 8/26/25
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🦈 6. Read a book with a number in the title.
Finger Lickin' Fifteen - Janet Evanovich - 2 Stars - 8/25/25
Review
🦈 7. Read a non-fiction book.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - Jon Krakauer - 4 Stars - 8/24/25
Review
🦈 8. Read the book listed at number 25 on your TBR - how you sort your TBR is up to you.
Into the Fire - Gregg Hurwitz - 4.5 Stars - 8/26/25
Review
I sorted this on 8/11/25 by Date Added (most recent) and this book was #12 (added August 1, 2025)
🦈 9. Read a book about a sport that is not popular where you live. I live in Arizona and there are few opportunities to find ice hockey and ice skating in the area.
Icebreaker - Hannah Grace - 2 Stars - 8/21/25
Review
🦈 10. Read a book where the title is mentioned in another book. The ABC Murders was mentioned in Eight Perfect Murders.
The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie - 4 Stars - 8/17/25
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🦈 11. Read a Non-fiction book about an event that happened during your lifetime.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam - Neil Sheehan - 5 Stars- 8/23/25
Review
🦈 12. Read a book published in 1975.
The Choirboys - Joseph Wambaugh - 3 Stars - 8/15/25
Review
The novel "The Choirboys" by Joseph Wambaugh was first published in 1975. Specifically, the first edition was released by Delacorte Press.
Anita - I'm ready for my next list please. List 12
✔️1. A book with a school subject in the title (e.g., chemistry, math, physics, history, science) - The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland - Read 20/8/25
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✔️2. Read a cultural book - The Stationery Shop - Read 27/8/25
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✔️3. Read a book featuring a widow or widower as a primary character - The Sapphire Widow - Read 20/8/25
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✔️4. Book by author who you first read for a PBT Monthly Tag - Dear Miss Lake - Read 18/8/25
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I read my first book by this author for the July 2024 Tag.
✔️5. Read a book set in the South Pacific - on land or at sea - Miss Benson's Beetle - Read 23/8/25
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✔️6. A book with one or more books on the cover - The Last Bookshop in London - Read 22/8/25
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✔️7. Read a book tagged as "conspiracy" - Heresy - Read 22/8/25
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✔️8. Read a graphic novel - They Called Us Enemy - Read 21/8/25
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✔️9. Read a middle grade classic book - Matilda - Read 19/8/25
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✔️10. Read a coming of age book - Tin Man - Read 25/8/25
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✔️11. Read a book set primarily in a country bordering the Bay of Bengal - The Missing Sister - Read 26/8/25
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✔️12.Read a book published in 2024 or 2025 - Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection - Read 19/8/25
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Olivermagnus wrote: "Anita.......I'm ready for another list when you get a chance. Thanks...."
Thank you for your patience!
1. Read a book published in January, June, or July of any year
2. Read a book with a baseball related word in the title (ball, base, catch, double, game, home, hit, out, pitch, plate, play, player, run, safe, single, triple, etc.)
3. A book that mentions extinction or endangered species
4. Read a non-fiction book about a science related topic.
5. Read a book with a main character who is a scientist or inventor.
6. The title contains at least six words
7. Read a book with a kitchen utensil in the title. eg: The Fork in the Road, A Knife in My Back
8. A book with the word planet, moon, star, sun in the title, singular or plural
9. Read a book tagged pandemic, pandemic books, or pandemic reading
10. A book set in the world of art
11. Read a book that features camping.
12. Read a book set in New York
Hannah wrote: "Anita - I'm ready for my next list please. ..."
Here you go, Hannah!
1. A book set at a ski resort
2. Read an essay collection
3. A travel book
4. Read a Newberry award winning book
5. Read a Pulitzer Prize winner.
6. Read a Christmas romance
7. Read a nonfiction book about food and or food culture
8. Read a book featuring a "found family"
9. Read a book you find on PBT's Happy 15th birthday shelf
10. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
11. The first book in a series you'd like to read
12. A book with the word "history" in the title
I am ready for a new list when you get a chance, Anita.Finished List #9:
✅1. Read a book whose title is a name. eg: David Copperfield
Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig - 8/30/25 - 3.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅2. Read a book about freedom or lack of freedom
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander - 8/31/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅3. A book with the word "Man," "Woman," or "Child" in the title
The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore - 8/21/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅4. Read a book about the closest sports franchise to where you live. Sport of your choice.
My Giants by Russ Hodges - 8/28/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅5. Book set in a country you would like to visit but never have [Finland]
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson - 8/7/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅6. A book written by an author or artist of The Lost Generation
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway - 9/3/25 - 3.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅7. A book featuring gambling, lotteries, or games of chance
The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett - 8/12/25 - 2* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅8. A book involving evolution, revolution or change
A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart by Nishant Batsha - 8/5/25 - 3* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅9. A noir novel or noir collection of short stories
IQ by Joe Ide - 8/31/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅10. A book set in NYC during the Gaslight Era or Paris during the Belle Epoque
Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland - 8/18/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅11. Read a Nobel, Booker or Pulitzer prize winner from 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s. [Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969]
Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett - 9/3/25 - 3.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅12. Read a book about or set in Egypt
The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler - 9/2/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joy D wrote: "I am ready for a new list when you get a chance, Anita.Finished List #9:
✅1. Read a book whose title is a name. eg: David Copperfield
Ginny Moon by [author:Benjamin Ludwig|8266395..."
Congratulations on getting to 10 lists! Here's the big 1-0!
1. A memoir
2. Read a book featuring Astrology or Astronomy.
3. Read a book whose author's initials are found in the phrase "PLAY HARDER"
4. A book with a title beginning with Y
5. A book that shows anything that might be purchased in a hardware store on the cover (e.g., wrench, hammer, saw, nails, shovel, paint).
6. The title is one past tense word
7. A book featuring ice skating, figure skating, speed skating, or hockey
8. A book related to health or self-care
9. A book with either today or tonight in the title
10. Read a book from the 2025 Play Book Tag Top Ten list.
11. A book by a Canadian author
12. Read a non-fiction book
For ice skating - The favorites by Lynne Fargo
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