I ended up reading 7 books for the 2016 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge, which means I hit the Christmas Tree level. As always, I enjoy Chrismassy reads. Thanks Michelle at Christmas Spirit for hosting this great challenge again this year.
Here are my books I read. I think the titles should link to my reviews.
Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome
Mistletoe Mysteries: Tales of Yuletide Murder by Charlotte MacLeod
The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay
Holiday with a Twist by Shannon Stacey
Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod
Cozy Christmas Shorts published by Gemma Halliday Publishing
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I mentioned the other day that I want to read more classics next year. To that end, I'm joining the Back to the Classics Challenge, hosted by Karen at Books and Chocolate.
Here's how it works:
The challenge will be exactly the same as last year, 12 classic books, but with slightly different categories. You do not have to read 12 books to participate in this.
Complete six categories, and you get one entry in the drawing at the end of the year
Complete nine categories, and you get two entries in the drawing
Complete all twelve categories, and you get three entries in the drawing
Here are the categories for the 2017 Back to the Classics Challenge. Some of my tentative selections are in parenthesis.
1. A 19th Century Classic (The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde)
2. A 20th Century Classic (Orlando by Virginia Woolf)
3. A classic by a woman author (something by Agatha Christie)
4. A classic in translation (Around the World in 80 Days by...
I read more than my goal of 31 books for the Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge. I'm reading a book of short story mysteries right now, but don't think I'll finish it by the new year.
Here's my list:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer
Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris
"A" Is for Asshat by Rebecca Cantrell, Sean Black
Dead & Buried by Leighann Dobbs
The Bughouse Affair by Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
"B" Is for Bad Girls by Rebecca Cantrell, Sean Black
The Janus Affair by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris
The Heiress of Linn Hagh by Karen Charlton
The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris
The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O'Keeffe by J. Michael Orenduff
Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh
Night Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie Ephron
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Murder...
Alright, I'm signing up for another challenge. This is my third for next year. The Audiobook Challenge is hosted by Loupe and Melanie at Hot Listens and Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
The Details:
Runs January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017. You can join at anytime.
The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2016 than you did in 2016.
Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.)
ANY genres count.
Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
You do not have to be a book blogger to participate; you can track your progress on Goodreads, Facebook, LibraryThing, etc.
If you’re a blogger grab the button and do a quick post about the challenge to help spread the word. If you’re not a blogger you can help by posting on Facebook or Tweeting about the challenge.
Updates plus a giveaway will be posted twice during the year. First update in June and last update...
The Follow the Clues Mystery Challenge hosted by Bev at My Reader's Block sounds like so much fun.
From her site:
My Reader's Block is proud to introduce the Follow the Clues Mystery Challenge. Since mysteries are my primary genre, I wanted to develop another mystery challenge that would be more all-encompassing. Unlike the variations of my yearly Vintage Mystery Challenge, this mystery challenge will have no publication date limits. If it's a mystery--it counts and it does not matter when it was published. Your goal? To follow a set of clues furnished by the mystery books you read to create a body of evidence to support a book court case. Each book clue should lead you to your next read. The connection can be anything at all from author names to motive for murder to type of mystery (police procedural, espionage, romantic thriller, etc) to an item on the cover, but you must be able to make your case to the...
It's time to start thinking about 2017 Reading Challenges. I'm not sure how many I'm going to sign up for, but I can't resist the Cloak and Dagger challenge that is being hosted by Stormi at Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My! and Barb from Booker T’s Farm again this year.
Rules:
You can read any book that is from the mystery/suspense/thriller/crime genres. Any sub-genres are welcome as long as they incorporate one of these genres.
You don’t need a blog to participate but you do need a place to post your reviews to link up. (blog, goodreads, booklikes, shelfari, etc.)
Make a goal post and link it back tp the sign-up post with your goal for this challenge.
Books need to be novellas or novels, please no short stories. (At least 100 pages +)
Crossovers into other challenges is fine.
Challenge will be from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st. (Sign up ends April 15th)
There will be a monthly link up. If you tweet about your progress or reviews please use...