Monday, November 15, 2021
Emily @ The Nerdy Bookworm is also hosting a near-book-a-week challenge. It is a low-pressure, "you don't have to complete all the prompts" challenge. Since I'm already doing one book-a-week challenge, I'm going to set myself a personal goal of 20 prompts. I may do more--but I'm pretty sure I won't do all of them. I'll post some tentative picks and update as I go. Click on the link if you'd like to join in.
Commitment Complete 3/16/22!
1. 2022 New Release
2. Reese Witherspoon BOTM pick: The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
3. Romance book with enemies to lovers trope
4. A Memoir: Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner (2/4/22)
5. Book based on TV series or movie adaptation: Star Trek: Voyage to Adventure by Michael J. Dodge (1/22/22)
6. Book that was recommended to you: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
7. Thriller:
8. Book with two or more authors: The Price of the Phoenix by Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (1/4/22)
9. Graphic novel: Clue: Candlestick by Dash Shaw (3/7/22)
10. Hyped book that everyone is talking about: Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson [lots of my online friends read/talked about this in 2021] (1/23/22)
11. Book on TBR list a very long time: Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge (on TBR since about 1977--came in a batch of books from my grandma and I just never got round to reading it)
12. Goodread's 2021 Winner or Nominee
13. Book with less than 200 pages: What, Me, Mr. Mosley? by John Greenwood [153 pp] (1/17/22)
14. An audiobook: Dave Barry Turns 50 by Dave Barry
15. New to you author: The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips (2/6/22)
16. 2022 Bestseller
17. Book that makes you think & contemplate life
18. Highly-anticipated read: When Blood Lies by C. S. Harris
19. Summer vibes/summer read
21. Book with a cover that caught your eye: The Man in the Moonlight by Helen McCloy (3/16/22)
22. Book by an auto-buy author of yours: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1/9/22)
23. Physical book on your bookshelf: Fadeaway Girl by Martha Grimes (1/2/22)
24. NY Times Nonfiction Bestseller: An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter
25. A Holiday Romance
26. Book that gives you fall and/or creepy vibes:
27. Office romance novel
28. YA book: The Ruby Raven by Michael Dahl (1/19/22)
29. Book with a summer romance
30. Book with friends to lovers trope
31. Book with paranormal elements: The Ghost Finders by Adam McOmber (3/2/22)
32. Book with pink on the cover: Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie (1/21/22)
33. Book that has a cover you love: Murder at the Spring Ball by Benedict Brown [love the art deco look] (2/5/22)
34. Book written in text messages, emails, or other form of text
35. Book that as mental health aspects to it: And Soon I'll Come to Kill You by Susan Kelly (1/23/22)
36. Book with a place in the title (imaginary or real): Deathblow Hill by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1/21/22)
37. Coming of age story with characters in school
38. Dual timeline book
39. Book about family: Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie (1/1/22) [and a very dysfunctional family it is, too]
40. Romance with a single parent in it
41. Book bought from a bookstore: Midsummer Nightmare by Christopher Hale (2/21/22) [from Books on the Square in Virden, IL]
42. Contemporary novel
43. YA Romance
44. Funny book
45. Book with an animal in it: The Dishonest Murderer by Frances & Richard Lockridge [Siamese cats] (2/25/22)
46. Book you meant to read last year but didn't: A Scream in Soho by John G. Brandon
47. Book with winter scene on cover
48. A classic
49. Any book from a series: The Case of the Famished Parson by John Bellairs [Inspector Littlejohn #15] (1/2/22)
50. Free space/any book: Bodies from the Library by Tony Medawar [ed] (1/13/22)