COYER Winter starts today. COYER is hosted by Berls and Michelle @Because Reading Is Better than Real Life, Stephanie @ Once Upon a Chapter, and Lillian @ Mom With a Reading Problem. Head to any of their blogs or https://www.becausereading.com/its-happening-again-coyer-2022/ for more information. As always, the hashtag is #COYER.
COYER is always a little tough for me. There are rules and different ways of participating, but I'm going to give it another shot this year since it is such a great community.
Winter runs January through March and it has rather strict rules.
Every book you read MUST be in an electronic format – meaning eBook or Audiobook. The books must be FREE or NEARLY FREE! This includes review books, tour books, NetGalley, Edelweiss, etc. What’s nearly free? No more than $3 for eBooks and no more than $5 for Audiobooks (or the equivalent in your currency). Library books, borrowed books, or Kindle Unlimited, Amazon Prime books, and Audible Plus Catalog books do not qualify.Review &...
This will be my first year doing the Uncorked Reading Challenge hosted by Christine at The Uncorked Librarian. Each month has a theme and a bonus challenge. You read as much or as little as you like. The hashtag is #UncorkedReading2022.
January: Time Travel Books
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu KawaguchiThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
January Bonus Challenge: Books we love but critics don’t
February: Books set in or about South Africa
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
February Bonus Challenge: Books from your hometown, state, country, or where your ancestors are from
A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (set in Ohio)
March: Wine books/Books set on a vineyard
Wine for Normal People by Elizabeth Schneider
March Bonus Challenge: Books with your favorite color in the title
April: Baltic books
The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
April Bonus Challenge: Books with your favorite foods
May: Hiking books
Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler
May Bonus Challenge: Books by an author you think you don’t like...
I'm joining the Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge for 2022 hosted by Yvonne at Socrates Book Reviews. I'm aiming at being a snoop, reading 10 cozy mysteries, one from each of the categories below.
One from culinary - Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chien (Chinese restaurant)
One from animal related
One from craft related
One from paranormal - What the Cat Knew by P. D. Workman
One from cozy mysteries based outside the US - The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett (England)
One career-based cozy mystery - Body at Buccaneer’s Bay by Josh Lanyon (bookstore owner)
One holiday based
One travel mystery
One historical mystery - Murder at the Mansions by Sara Rosett (1920s)
One is your choice! - A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette...
I’m joining the Nonfiction Reader Challenge hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out again this year. The hashtag is #ReadNonFicChal.
The challenge is to read nonfiction books from twelve different categories. I’m going with the Nonfiction Nipper option reading three from any three categories. The categories are:
1. Social History
2. Popular Science
3. Language
4. Medical Memoir
5. Climate/Weather
6. Celebrity
7. Reference
8. Geography: On the Trail of Sherlock Homes by Stephen Browning
9. Linked to a podcast: Wine for Normal People by Elizabeth Schneider
10. Wild Animals
11. Economics
12. Published in 2022...
I did complete a few reading challenges this year.
For the Nonfiction Reader Challenge hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out, I read three books in three different categories. All three were interesting, but Four Hundred Souls was excellent.
Essay Collection – White Negroes by Lauren Michele JacksonInventions – Strange Frequencies by Peter BebergalPublished in 2021 – Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
I completed all twelve months for the Calendar of Crime challenge hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block.
January – The Old Fox Deceiv’d by Martha Grimes (takes place in January)February – God Rest Ye, Royal Gentleman by Ryhs Bowen (couple on cover)March – Premeditated Mortar by Kate Carlisle (title has word starting with “M”)April – The Three Locks by Bonnie MacBird (church/minister/religion has major role)May – Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (title has word starting with “M”)June – A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie (original publication month)July – Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett (takes place in US)August – Shucked Apart by Barbara Ross (month related item on cover – beach/water)September – The Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths...
The Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge started yesterday Monday, November 22, even if my own Christmas reading started a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to Michelle at Christmas Spirit and Seasons of Reading for hosting.
Details:
challenge will run from Monday, November 22, 2021 through January 6, 2022 (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 a children’s Christmas books level!
I’m aiming for the Christmas Tree level, which is 5 or 6 books.
Books Finished:
Christmas at Snowflake Lodge by C.P. WardThe Twelve Deaths Of Christmas by Marian BabsonThe Starlight Mint Surprise Murder by Marla A. WhiteMurder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off by Darci HannahHalf-baked Holidays by Kat BastionA Murder Yule Regret by Winnie ArcherThe Twelve Dogs of Christmas by David RosenfeltBest in Snow by David RosenfeltHercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha ChristieTied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio MarshA Corpse for Christmas by Rena...
