The challenge will run from JANUARY 1, 2020 to APRIL, 2020. No books that are started before 12 a.m. on January 1 or finished after 11:59 p.m. on April 30 will count. (We live in different time zones – follow this according to your own time zone.)
The challenge will run from JANUARY 1, 2020 to APRIL, 2020. No books that are started before 12 a.m. on January 1 or finished after 11:59 p.m. on April 30 will count. (We live in different time zones – follow this according to your own time zone.)
Categories:
10 points: Read a book written by two or more authors:
Bad Boys With Expensive Toys--Nancy Warren/MaryJanice Davidson/Karen Kelley
Bad Boys With Expensive Toys--Nancy Warren/MaryJanice Davidson/Karen Kelley
20 points: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: who,
what, when, where, why:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings--Maya Angelou
20 points: (selected by Vinay) – Read a book set in Africa
o it can be set in more than one country, but an African country needs to be the prominent one:
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency--Alexander McCall Smith
o it can be set in more than one country, but an African country needs to be the prominent one:
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency--Alexander McCall Smith
25 points: (selected by Darlene) – As a nod to our female family members,
read a book that has one of the words in the title: mother(s), sister(s),
wife/wives, grandmother (or variation of), daughter(s), niece(s), aunt(s):
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter--Erika L. Sanchez
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter--Erika L. Sanchez
30 points: (selected by Deborah) – Read a book that has won an Edgar award:
California Girl--T. Jefferson Parker
30 points: (selected by Debdatta) – Read a “locked room mystery” book:
35 points: Read a book from the lists given in Show Us Your Books faves from
2018 (because they haven’t posted 2019 faves yet.):
Daisy Jones & the Six--Taylor Jenkins Reid
Challenge completed on January 27
Daisy Jones & the Six--Taylor Jenkins Reid
Challenge completed on January 27