Tuesday, July 1, 2025

52 Bookclub summer challenge

 The mini challenge for 52 book club for the summer is a connections based one.  where you follow the daisy chain from one month to the next.  Here are my plans for the books






Jenga fun for Kats Booknerds

 The May theme is Jenga






My Plans:




Risk board game

 July finds us playing Risk for Kats Booknerds







My Plans




Operation without the surgery

 June brings us the classic game of Operation for creating connections
















My Plans







Apr Kat Booknerds Uno

 April's board for Kat's Booknerds connect challenge is based on Uno






















Scrabble Board for Kats Booknerds

 Mar  board for Kats Booknerds Daisy Chain Connect 5 challenge  This month the theme is based on Scrabble








Planned books:

















Books read

  1. On Thin Icing (Bakeshop #3) by Ellie Alexander
  2.  by Maddie Day
  3. Death on Tap (Sloan Krause #1) by Ellie Alexander
  4. Beagles Love Muffin but Murder (Beagle Diner #3) by CA Phipps
  5. Public Anchovy #1 (Deep Dish #3)  by Mindy Quigley



Monday, June 30, 2025

Review: Dominoes, Danzón, and Death

Dominoes, Danzón, and Death Dominoes, Danzón, and Death by Raquel V. Reyes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This series continues to be an engaging one. This mystery had no cases to solve built in. Both involved guilty parties attempting to implicate innocent individuals. These books are full of cultural information and delicious recipes. If you enjoy cozy mysteries that go deeper into topics you will enjoy this one.

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #    48 

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023 
     47

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    #8

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     #8


Genre Specific

Bookish Books challenge      

What an Animal     #28

    Cruisin thru Cozies  Free Choice #24

    Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal    45    

    Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   36

    Medical Examiner Challenge-   2 Toe Tags


    Prompt Based Challenges

    Bookworm     45 Read a book that involves a game (board, card, video game)

    Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024  38 A different nationality:

    Pick your Poison     42 A book by an author who lives somewhere sunny and warm

      RAD Challenge  #aradreadingchallenge       


      Read with Allison  #readwithallison2025      


      Creative Tracking Challenges


      My Reading Journey Bingo   Row #4  Column # 4 19 UFO: Read a book with aliens or fae beings.

      Picture Bingo    Row #  Column #

      Chapter Book Bingo  Jan   Feb  Mar

      Uncorked Reader #UncorkedReading2025   Row # Column #


      Monthly Criteria


      Monthly Keyword #keywordreadingchallenge⁠  



      Book Challenge by Erin  1st Quarter

      Connect 5  challenge   May Jenga Board

      Monthly Motif #motifreadingchallenge⁠   JUN- “No Biz Like Show Biz”