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...
We're halfway through the year! I'm actually on track for the Audiobook Challenge, which is hosted by Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer. I've listened to 18 and my goal is 30.
Here's my list so far:
Christmas Bliss by Mary Kay Andrews
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
Dear Madam President by Jennifer Palmieri
The Innocents Abroad: Or, The New Pilgrim’s Progress by Mark Twain
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Artemis by Andy Weir
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Lock In by John Scalzi
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Head On by John Scalzi
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The...
I'm finally joining The Classics Club. Better late than never, right? I've been trying to read more classics and this just gives me an extra push. The Classics Club has been around since 2012. The goal is to “unite those of us who like to blog about classic literature, as well as to inspire people to make the classics an integral part of life.”
Here is my list of 50 classics I want to read by March 16, 2023. It's a "living" list, allowed to change and adapt. It’s made up of mostly novels, but there are also a few novellas, childrens books, and non-fiction titles thrown in.
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad review 4/4/19
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wild
The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rineheart review 9/26/18
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler review 7/5/18
The Woman in White...
Today wraps up the Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge. Thanks again, Michelle, for hosting. I may have hit the fanatic level this year. The titles should link to my review, except the last, which isn't up yet.
Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan
A Christmas Peril by J.A. Hennrikus
I'm Scheming of a White Christmas by Kate O'Keeffe
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by Jun Asuka
Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by R. D. Carstairs
Slay Bells Ring by Karen Rose Smith
Once Upon a Christmas Eve by Elizabeth Hoyt
'Twas the Nightcap Before Christmas by Katie Blackburn
The Littlest Christmas Tree by R.A. Herman
Christmas Bliss by Mary Kay Andrews
I think I'm done with my Christmas reading until next December - or maybe November....
I know I said the Nonfiction Challenge was my last for 2018, but apparently I forgot to actually post this one. It was still in my drafts. It falls into the second category of challenges, too, one that I actually have to go out of my way to read books for.
I read several classics in 2017, thanks in part to the Back to the Classics Challenge hosted at Books and Chocolate, so I'm signing up again this year.
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 2018 Back to the Classics Challenge. Some of...
