Books

The Where are You Reading? Reading Challenge 2017 is hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair and I am going to join, even though I said I was done with new challenges. It just sounds like fun to fill up the alphabet with places. Real or fictional locations are allowed, one for each letter of the alphabet. Since January is almost over, I’ve already read some books that count.

A-Battle at Alcatraz: A Desperate Attempt to Escape the Rock, Ernest B. Lageson, Jr. (Alcatraz Penitentiary, California)
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C-Agatha Raisin & the Love from Hell, M.C. Beaton (Carsley, England)
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F-The Girl Who Circumnavigate Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Fairyland)
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L-Death of a Greedy Woman, M.C. Beaton (Lochdubh, Scotland)
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O-Watchers of Time, Charles Todd (Osterley, England)
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V-America’s First Daughter, Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie (Virginia)
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2017 Monthly Keyword Reading Challenge

This challenge is hosted by My Soul Called Life and is a challenge I’ve done in the past but took off a couple years to do other challenges. I’m looking again at what I want to do for challenges in my life and I want them to be fun so here I am again.

Six keywords are associated with each month in 2017 and we read one book each month whose title includes one or more of the keywords for that month. The book title chosen can be a variation on one of the keywords. Meaning, we can tweak the keywords.
This challenge will run from January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017. [Read more…] about 2017 Monthly Keyword Reading Challenge sign-up

Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies 2017

This is the seventh annual Cruisin’ thru the Cozies hosted by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews and 2017 is my 5th year to participate. I read a lot of these and have made the top level long before the year ends. Usually the levels are to read a certain number of books but this year Yvonne is changing it up by making us move out of our comfort zone and read several genres. This is perfect for me as I have a bunch of new-to-me series on my shelves that I have wanted to start and see if I like, but I keep reading my favs instead. So once again, I am shooting for Level 4 – Sleuth Extraordinaire. [Read more…] about Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies 2017 sign-up

What’s In a Name 2017

The tenth annual What’s In A Name challenge is once again hosted by The Worm Hole. I began the fun in 2009 so I’m playing again. I usually manage to finish up this challenge in the first half of the year and this year I am trying to identify books on my shelves now that will fulfill my challenges so that I stick to my TBR stacks.

The rules are simple-Read one book from each category during the year. [Read more…] about What’s In a Name 2017 sign-up

Wild Goose Chase 2017

This challenge is hosted by The Bookshelf Gargoyle and I’m going to give it a try because I want to do more category challenges this year. The Challenge will run from January 1st to December 31, 2017. Challengees must read at least one book from each category (listed below).  Challengees must read a DIFFERENT book for each category – even if your book title might fit a number of categories, it will only count towards a single category.  Challengees are free to choose which category best suits. The categories listed are a loose guide and creative interpretation of the categories is not only encouraged, but applauded. [Read more…] about Wild Goose Chase Reading Challenge 2017 sign-up