Category: Reading Challenge

Of course, I'm signing up for the Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge again. I do love mysteries and crime novels. Our hosts are Stormi at Books, Movies, Review! Oh My! and Barb at Booker T's Farm. Thanks ladies! Challenge 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 here 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  are fine.The Challenge will  be from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st. (Sign up ends April 15th) There will be a quarterly link up so that others can check out your progress and look at your reviews. At the halfway mark and at the...

I actually met my goal for the 2018 Audiobook Challenge. My goal was 30+. Last year I listened to 26. One of the goals of the challenge is to "outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2018 than you did in 2017," which I definitely accomplished. Thanks again to our hosts, Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer. Here’s my list. I think the titles should link to my reviews. Christmas Bliss by Mary Kay Andrews20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneAnatomy of a Scandal by Sarah VaughanStrangers on a Train by Patricia HighsmithThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleJust One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi TaylorEnter a Murderer by Ngaio MarshDear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World by Jennifer PalmieriThe Innocents Abroad: Or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress by Mark TwainThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska OrczyArtemis by Andy WeirI'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer...

I complete my goal for the 2018 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge. My goal was the Special Agent level, 36-55 books. I'll read a couple more before the end of the year, but not enough to push me into the next level. Thanks Stormi at Books, Movies, Review! Oh My! and Barb at Booker T’s Farm for hosting! The Matter of the Crown by Linda Ferreri The Bookworm by Mitch Silver Andorra Pett and the Oort Cloud Café by Richard Dee Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer...

So I totally forgot to sign up for Michelle's Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge, so I'm doing it now, but I'm counting books I've read since the challenge started, November 19. From her Christmas Spirit blog: Details:* challenge will run from Monday, November 19, 2018 through Sunday, January 6, 2019 (Twelfth Night or Epiphany).* cross over with other challenges is totally permitted AND encouraged!* These must be Christmas novels, books about Christmas lore, a book of Christmas short stories or poems, books about Christmas crafts, and for the first time...a children's Christmas books level! I'm aiming for the Christmas Tree level, which is 5 or 6 books. I'll also probably read some kids books. I'll keep track of my books here. Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith (review)The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford (review)Not a Creature Was Purring by Krista Davis (review)'Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost (review)Slay Bells by T. C. Wescott (review)Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie (review) Novellas: Santa Puppy...