Friday, January 13, 2023

Nerdy Bookworm 23

 This is the 2nd year I am trying the challenge hosted by Emily the Book Nerd.  Discussions happen on the FB page here 



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Completed:  47/50 Books

1. ☐ 2023 New Release

  • Death on Cozumel Island  by Cindy Quayle
  •  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/25/23

    • 2. ☐ A book with more than 300 pages

    3. ☐ A book outside of your comfort genre's 

  • Ms Marvel Vol 4 Last Days by G. Willow Wilson
  • Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/4/23

    • 4. ☐ Read a nonfiction book

  • Don't Look Behind You! A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos  by Peter Allison

    • 5. ☐ Read a book based on a tv series or movie adaptation (watch the show or movie after for fun)

  • Anna and Elsa's Hygge Life by Heather Knowles 
  • Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/3/23

    • 6. ☐ Read a steamy romance novel

  • Sweet Tooth by Cassie Mint
  •  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/25/23

    • 7. ☐ Thriller, mystery, or suspense novel

      8. ☐ Book that is set in the decade you were born in (90s baby here)

    1. The Mother in Law by Sally Hepworth
    2. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/21/23

      3. 9. ☐ A book that has been on your TBR for 2+ years or more

      10. ☐ Read a book that is hyped online

      11. ☐ Read a book with a number in the title

      12. ☐ Goodread's 2022 Winner or Nominee

      13. ☐ A book with one word in the title

    3. Less by Andrew Sean Greer
    4. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/24/23

      5. 14. ☐ Listen to an audiobook

    5. Claws for Alarm (Nick and Nora Mysteries, #2) by T.C. LoTiempo
    6. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/9/23

      7. 15. ☐ Read a retelling

    7.  West Side Love Story (Queens of Mariachi #1) by Priscilla Oliveras
    8. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/7/23

      9. 16. ☐ 2023 Bestseller

    9. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng  
    10. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/1/23

      11. 17. ☐ Read a book that involves family

        18. ☐ Highly anticipated read

      1. Through the Liquor Glass (Literary Pub #5)  by Sarah Fox
      2. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/13/23

        3. 19. ☐ A book that discusses death, grief, and or moving on

          20. ☐ A book title that starts with the word "The" (for example The Great Gatsby, The Help, The Hobbit)

        1. The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher (Murder She Wrote #44) by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain 
        2. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/13/23

          3. 21. ☐ A book set in NYC

            22. ☐ A book by an auto-buy author of yours

            23. ☐ Read a historical fiction novel

          1. Larceny in Liverpool by Kal Smagh 
          2. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/7/23

            3. 24. ☐ New York Times Bestseller

          3.  Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger 
          4. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 7/24/23

            5. 25. ☐ Read a book with a person on the cover

            26. ☐ Read a book that has time travel in it

          5. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
          6. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/21/23

            7. 27. ☐ Read a book with a happily-ever-after ending

              28. ☐ Read a YA book

              29. ☐ Read a book where the two main characters are "fake dating"

            1. A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Cana
            2. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/4/23

              3. 30. ☐ A book set in a place where you have visited 

                31. ☐ Read a book with two or more authors 

              1. Dead Heat by Dick Francis and Felix Francis
              2. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/14/23

                3. 32. ☐ Read a book that has a purple cover

                33. ☐ A book that has a cover you love

              3.  A Christmas Candy Killing (Killer Chocolate, #1) by Christine Romeril
              4. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/6/23

                5. 34. ☐ Read a celebrity memoir

                35. ☐ A book that has mental health aspects to it

              5. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
              6. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/4/23

                7. 36. ☐ Read a graphic novel, manga, or comic

              7. Parable of the Sower Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler and Damian Duffy
              8. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/13/23

                9. 37. ☐ Read an author's debut book

                38. ☐ Read a horror/creepy novel  

                39. ☐ Read the highest-rated book on your Goodreads TBR list

                40. ☐ Read a book that Rory Gilmore read in Gilmore Girls (There are over 500 books on the list to choose from) you can reference these book lists one, two, and three

                41. ☐ A book you bought from a bookstore

                42. ☐ Read a book that is set at a carnival or circus

                43. ☐ Read a book from the library

              9. The Key Lime Crime (Key West Food Critic Mystery, #10) by Lucy Burdette
              10. Blog Post and Goodreads Review  1/9/23

                11. 44. ☐ Read a book set around wartime 

              11. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
              12. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/19/23

                13. 45. ☐ Read a book with a close proximity romance

              13.  A Murder for the Books (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries, #1) by Victoria Gilbert
              14. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/23/23

                15. 46. ☐ Book you meant to read last year but didn't

                47. ☐ Read a book that has one of your favorite book tropes in it (enemies to lovers, second chance romance, forbidden love, good vs evil, etc.) check out this trope master list here for inspiration 

                  48. ☐ Read a new to you author

                1. Cheddar Off Dead by Korina Moss
                2. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/4/23

                  3. 49. ☐ Read any book from a series

                    50. ☐ Free space/pick any book

                  1. Death Over Easy (Country Store #5 ) by Maddie Day
                  2. Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/28/23



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