Books

Books read: 171
Pages read: 55,585
Of the books read:
Non-fiction: 15
New-to-me authors: 34
Continuing series books: 115
Re-reads: 28
Audio-books: 76
Book club reads: 4
Challenges completed: 9 of 10
Ongoing tally of Newbery winners: 86 of 100

[Read more…] about 2022 Reading Statistics

Because of all that’s been going on in my life lately, & with new adventures on the horizon in the coming year, I’ve decided to scale back my challenges for next year. They are supposed to be fun & push me to read my books, so I’ve decided to stick with my favorites. These are challenges I’ve done for several years now, some for over a decade, so I know & love them.

This one gets me to read my shelves. I am going for Mt. Ararat, which is 48 books; but hoping to hit Mt. Kilimanjaro again, which is 60 books.

The Mystillery hosts 3 challenges: the Medical Examiner Mystery, the Six Shooter Mystery, & the Century Club Mystery. The last is a perpetual challenge & I only have one more book to finish that up, so I really should get that done next year. The Six Shooter’s goal is to shoot (read) six mysteries by the same target (author) & I did 17 notches on my gun last year, so that was a bunch of series! The Medical Examiner’s goal is to read murder mysteries and attach toe tags to the unfortunate victim(s). I read 95 mysteries last year for a total of 409 toe tags & I aim to read a bunch in 2023 as I work through my mystery series & stand-alones. The Mystillery also hosts 2 seasonal games that add some fun to the year.

I’ve done the What’s in a Name challenge for several years, and I’ve also be joined it. And that will be the extent of my challenges, although I also participate in a goodreads group challenge called Deck of Cards.

Happy New Year 2023!

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesy
Daughter of the Deep, Rick Riordan
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2) by Richard Osman
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown
Murder Most Fair (Verity Kent, #5) by Anna Lee Huber
The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal by Bryn Turnbull
Unsung Heroes of World War II: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers by Deanne Durrett
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot #2) by Agatha Christie
Secrets in the Mist (Gothic Myths, #1) by Anna Lee Huber
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
The House of Unexpected Sisters (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #18) by Alexander McCall Smith
Death of Riley (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #2) by Rhys Bowen
12-Pike’s Peak
The Bitterroots (Highway Quartet #5) by C.J. Box
The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway #13) by Elly Griffiths
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1) by Renée Ahdieh
Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist, #2) by Renée Ahdieh
Southampton Row (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #22) by Anne Perry
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France by Caroline Moorehead
In a Field of Blue by Gemma Liviero
The Longest Echo by Eoin Dempsey
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4) by Agatha Christie
24-Mount Blanc
Rotten to the Core (Orchard, #2) by Sheila Connolly
Seventy-Seven Clocks (Peculiar Crimes Unit #3) by Christopher Fowler
Toucan Keep a Secret (Meg Langslow #23) by Donna Andrews
What the Wind Knows, Amy Harmon
Indian Country: America’s Sacred Land by Tony Hillerman, Bela Kalman
Pioneer Girl Perspectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder by Nancy Tystad Koupal
Lark! The Herald Angels Sing (Meg Langslow, #24) by Donna Andrews
Garth Williams, American Illustrator: A Life by Elizabeth K. & James D. Wallace
Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell’s 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon by Edward Dolnick
A Pale Horse (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #10) by Charles Todd
The Runner (Tillerman Cycle #4) by Cynthia Voigt
The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen
36-Mt. Vancouver
The Attic on Queen Street (Tradd Street, #7) by Karen White
The Geometry of Holding Hands (Isabel Dalhousie #13) by Alexander McCall Smith
Terns of Endearment (Meg Langslow, #25) by Donna Andrews
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) by Laini Taylor
Owl Be Home for Christmas (Meg Langslow #26) by Donna Andrews
Fallen Beauty by Erika Robuck
Moonlight over Paris (The Great War #3) by Jennifer Robson
White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey
Sully: My Search for What Really Matters by Chesley B. Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow
The Falcon Always Wings Twice (Meg Langslow, #27) by Donna Andrews
Greats of the Game: The Players, Games, Teams, and Managers That Made Baseball History by Ray Robinson, Christopher Jennison
The Word Is Murder (Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery, #1) by Anthony Horowitz
48-Mt. Ararat
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Kindred, Octavia E. Butler
Red Delicious Death (Orchard, #3) by Sheila Connolly
A Killer Crop (Orchard, #4) by Sheila Connolly
Ten Second Staircase (Peculiar Crimes Unit #4) by Christopher Fowler
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries (Camper & Criminals, #1) by Tonya Kappes
A Timely Vision (A Missing Pieces Mystery, #1) by Joyce Lavene, Jim Lavene
A Touch of Gold (A Missing Pieces Mystery, #2) by Joyce & Jim Lavene
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Light of the Jedi, Charles Soule (Star Wars: The High Republic #1)
The Victoria Vanishes (Peculiar Crimes Unit, #6) by Christopher Fowler
60-Mt. Kilimanjaro

Yippee! I’ve done this challenge for several years & really enjoy it, so I decided if the host continued in 2023, it would go on my short list of challenges for next year. And here we are!

In 2023, choose 6 books that have titles that contain:
(Click on the links for more examples and info)

• Punctuation
• 7 Deadly Sins
• You or Me
• Chess Piece
• Celebration
• Q, X, Z

My goal for this challenge was 5 books: Planet hopper level & I achieved my goal with the following books:

Daughter of the Deep, Rick Riordan 

What the Wind Knows, Amy Harmon

The Many Daughters of Ahfong Moy, Jamie Ford

Kindred, Octavia E. Butler

Light of the Jedi, Charles Soule (Star Wars: The High Republic #1)