The Robot Librarian's Reading Challenge 2024

This one was posted back in September. It's a new one that just started. Click here to download. A group at Goodreads is here.

Main:

1. Published anytime in 2024: Funny Story--Emily Henry
2. Takes place at an amusement park, theme park, fair, or carnival: Whistling Past the Graveyard--Susan Crandall
3. With/about a neurodivergent character: Every Last Word--Tamara Ireland Stone
4. By an author with a color in their name (first or last): Summer Secrets--Jane Green
5. Essay Collection: Women Who Dared--Linda Skeers
6. Translated from another language: Flights--Olga Tokarczuk
7. Transgender/non-binary character: The Fabulous Zed Watson!--Basil Sylvester
8. Newbery Award winner: Freewater--Amina Luqman-Dawson
9. Flower in the title or on the cover: The Magnolia Palace--Fiona Davis
10. Novella: Home--Toni Morrison
11. Author from Central or South America: The Inheritance of Orquidea The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina--Zoraida Cordovaina--Zoraida Cordova
12. Set in France: Leap of Faith--Danielle Steel
13. Originally published before you were born: By the Light of the Study Lamp--Carolyn Keene
14. From your a favorite genre written by a BIPOC author: The House in the Pines--Ana Reyes
15. Book mentioned in a film, TV show, or streamed series: Savage Beauty--Nancy Milford
16. Main character over 60 years old: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry--Rachel Joyce
17. Poetry collection: This Wound is a World--Billy-Ray Belcourt
18. By an author whose initials occur consecutively in the alphabet: Into the Wild--Jon Krakauer
19. Play or screenplay: Prometheus Bound--Aeschylus
20. About religion/spirituality or with a religious/spiritual main character: Gmorning, Gnight!--Lin-Manuel Miranda
21. Graphic novel OR a book with pictures/photos/illustrations: With a Dog AND Cat, Every Day is Fun, Volume 1--Hidekichi Matsumoto
22. By, about or featuring a soldier, knight or other individual serving in the armed forces: Girl at War--Sara Novic
23. Adapted into a TV show or streamed series: The Fiery Cross--Diana Gabaldon
24. Anthology or short story collection: Sourdough Sagas--Herbert L. Heller
25. Set in Africa: The Girl From the Train--Irma Joubert
26. Set on a farm or ranch: Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous--Suzanne Park
27. Based on mythology other than Greek or Roman myth: The Painted Queen--Elizabeth Peers and Joan Hess
28. One of the following words in the title: true, truth, lie(s), liar, or lying: White Lies--Jayne Ann Krentz
29. Car, plane, train, motorcycle or bicycle on the cover: Bunkie Spills--Bradley K. Rosen
30. About/taking place during a war that's NOT WWI or WWII: Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker--Jennifer Chiaverini
31. Building on the cover or the word house, castle, tower or other word for building in the title: Greenglass House--Kate Milford
32. Set in the 1970s: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store--James McBride

Advanced Challenge 1--The harder stuff

1. Book revealed to be a literary hoax or forgery: A Million Little Pieces--James Frey (reread)
2. Parody or satire: Bluebeard--Kurt Vonnegut
3. Book of letters and/or written in epistolary format: Persian Letters--Montesquieu
4. Title does NOT contain the letter E: Songs of Willow Frost--Jamie Ford
5. Historical fantasy/Alternate history: Queen of the Sea--Dylan Meconis
6. By an author who has only written one book: Weyward--Emilia Hart
7. Published posthumously: The First Four Years--Laura Ingalls Wilder (reread)
8. Bio of someone you are NOT fan of: I'm Glad My Mom Died--Jennette McCurdy
9. Novelization of a film: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood--Quentin Tarantino
10. Romance involving characters over 30 years old: Young Jane Young--Gabrielle Zevin

Advanced challenge 2: Nonfiction (Dewey Decimal System):

1. 000s--Computer sciences, library sciences, books of information, new media, books about books: Broad Band--Claire L. Evans
2. 100s--Philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, occultism/ghost stories: Life in Full Colors--Corry MacDonald
3. 200s--Religion: The Pilgrim's Progress--John Bunyan
4. 300s--Social science, true crime, law, finance, etiquette, folklore: Lifting as We Climb--Evette Dionne
5. 400s--Language: Berlitz German
6. 500s--Earth science, biology, math, astronomy, fossils, plants, wild animals: World of Wonders--Aimee Nezhukumatathil
7. 600s--Applied science, technology, health, domestic animals, cookbooks, family management: Rebel Chef--Dominique Crenn
8. 700s--Arts and Recreation, crafts, film, music, photography, outdoor recreation: Paris: The Memoir--Paris Hilton
9. 800s--Literature, plays, poetry, literary criticism: Love is an Ex-Country--Randa Jarrar
10. 900s--History, travel, geography, genealogy: Killers of the Flower Moon--David Grann

Challenge completed on December 11