Spring 25 Read-a-Thon: Get To Know You with Books

[Joanna G]

Iron Widow (2024 list)

TPBM recommends an obscure book (less than 1000 Goodreads ratings)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

The Auburn Conference (393)

TPBM recommends a murder mystery.

[Kendra]

And Then There Were None

TPBM recommends a celebrity memoir.

[Tracy]

Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

TPBM recommends a book with a workplace setting.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Kings of Infinite Space

TBPM recommends a book with paranormal elements.

[NancyJ]

The Well of Lost Plots

TPBM recommends a book described as feel-good or humorous

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

The Vibrant Years

TPBM recommends a YA book

[Kendra]

Sabriel

TPBM recommends a healing fiction book.

[Kathy]

The Reading List

TPBM recommends an author's debut book

[NancyJ]

The Berry Pickers

TPBM recommends a nonfiction book or memoir

[Jennifer W]

Infidel

TPBM recommends a book that was worth the hype

[Erica]

Fourth Wing

TPBM recommends a book with zombies

[Lizzy]

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

TPBM recommends a book set in South America

[NancyJ]

The Puma Years

TPBM recommends a book with a grandmother character

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

TPBM recommends a book featuring pirates.

[Erica]

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

TPBM recommends an epistolary novel

[Fee]

Dangerous Liaisons

TPBM recommends a book set in Eastern Europe.

[Denise]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (can’t post a link from my phone)

TPBM recommends a book related to Jane Austen

[Kendra]

Ayesha at Last

TPBM recommends an urban fantasy.

[Fee]

Clean Sweep

TPBM recommends a book where music is important to the characters or storyline.

[Kat]

Rosemary and Rue

TPBM recommends a book with an historian/archaeologist as the main character

[LeahS]

The Crossing Places

TPBM recommends a book set somewhere in Oceania

[Joanna G]

Genesis

TPBM recommends a book with a space ship.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Illuminae

TPBM recommends a book they read and loved last year.

[Joanna G]

Some Desperate Glory

TPBM recommends the book they have most enjoyed so far this year.

[Ciara]

I Cheerfully Refuse

TPBM recommends a book with a name in the title.

[Sheena]

A Man Called Ove

TPBM recommends a book with water on the cover

[Joanna G]

The Other Valley

TPBM recommends a book written in the 1800s

[Ciara]

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

TPBM recommends a book with food on the cover.

[Sheyanne]

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

TPBM recommends an unputdownable mystery or thriller book

[NancyJ]

The Housemaid

TPBM recommends a Tob book with a wedding (haha is this ok Emily?)

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

It took me a minute to realize Tob is Tournament of Books.

[Kathy]

The Wedding People

(If this is ok - haha!)

TPBM recommends a book published in 2025

[NancyJ]

😁
TPBM recommends a book published in 2025"

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

TPBM recommends a book about book censorship or banned books

[Erica]

NancyJ wrote: "😁
TPBM recommends a book published in 2025"

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

TPBM recommends a book about book censorship or banned books"

Thanks Nancy that book just came in from the library.

Fahrenheit 451

TPBM recommends a short book

[Tracy]

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

TPBM recommends a book set in a forest.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

The History of Sound (has a whole short story or two set in the forest)

TPBM recommends a book with multiple POVs

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Hahaha I would NOT allow it, but we have gotten far enough in the thread that I'll let it slide for now. Let's avoid getting hyper specific in our request, folks!

[NancyJ]

Emily wrote: "Hahaha I would NOT allow it, but we have gotten far enough in the thread that I'll let it slide for now. Let's avoid getting hyper specific in our request, folks!"

Thanks Emily, I couldn’t resist because the tournament is about to start. I’ll try to find another place to fit it in.

I think The History of Sound received the most mentions in this thread. That’s a good sign.

[Jennifer W]

Emily wrote: "The History of Sound (has a whole short story or two set in the forest)

TPBM recommends a book with multiple POVs"

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

TPBM recommends a work of self-help/self-improvement

[NancyJ]

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

TPBM recommends a book about a Mediterranean vacation or cruise

[Lizzy]

The Talented Mr. Ripley

TPBM recommends a book with an animal in the title.

[Jillian]

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

TPBM recommends a book that is a retelling.

[Ciara]

Fruit of the Dead

TPBM recommends a book by a Canadian author.

[Roxana]

Witchmark

TPBM recommends a book originally written in Japanese.

[NancyJ]

Sweet Bean Paste

TPBM recommends a book with a whistleblower

[Lizzy]

The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail

TPBM recommends a fantasy title.

[Andrea]

Nightingale

TPBM recommends a book featuring a rivalry

[Erica]

Divine Rivals


TPBM recommends a goodreads choice award nominee not from 2024

[Roxana]

Piranesi

TPBM recommends a book with the letters T, P, B, and M in the title.