Wednesday, December 13, 2023

24 Books for 2024 @Storygraph

I'm still not on Storygraph, but am finding challenges on the app that seem fun, such as this one.


24 Books for 2024

Hosted by hyacinth_girl

19 participants, 404 books added

Starts: Monday, 01 January 2024

Ends: Tuesday, 31 December 2024



1. A book published in 2024: Funny Story--Emily Henry

2. A spy novel (the show 24 is an espionage thriller): Girl at War--Sara Novic

3. A book that takes place in a day/24 hours: Five Survive--Holly Jackson

4. A book with gold on the cover or in the title (24 carat gold)The Clue of the Gold Coin--Helen Wells

5. A mythology retelling (24 letters in the Greek alphabet): The Painted Queen--Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess

6. A book about a game (24 points on a backgammon board): Check & Mate--Ali Hazelwood

7. A book with a car on the cover (24 in a lucky number for NASCAR): Bunkie Spills--Bradley K. Rosen

8. A book that takes place in South Africa (the 24th largest country in the world by landmass): The Girl From the Train--Irma Joubert

9. A book that takes place in Maryland, USA (Maryland has 24 counties and its state code is 24): I'd Know You Anywhere--Laura Lippman

10. A book with a horse on the cover (Four and Twenty was an American racehorse): Can I Get There by Candlelight?--Jean Slaughter Doty

11. A book about cinema or the film industry (standard cinema film projection is 24 frames per second): Songs of Willow Frost--Jamie Ford

12. A book with a body part in the title (there are 24 elements that make up the human body)Apple: Skin to the Core--Eric Gansworth

13. A book that has a metallic cover (Chromium's atomic number is 24): Angel--Johanna Lindsey

14. A book that starts with the letter "I" (a 24-sided polygon is called an icosikaitera): If You're Out There--Katy Loutzenhiser

15. A book with "earth" or "clay" in the title (the 24th wedding anniversary gift is earthenware/clay pots/pottery)The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store--James McBride

16. A book that takes place in France (2024 Olympics are in Paris)Leap of Faith--Danielle Steel

17. A book about dragons or with a dragon on the cover (2024 is the year of the dragon): Tess of the Road--Rachel Hartman

18. A book about politics or an election (2024 is an election year): The Kept Woman--Susan Donovan

19. A book about space or space flight (Artemis 2 is expected to launch in 2024):  Space Walks--Dana Meachen Rau

20. A book about Black history (2024 is a leap year, February is Black History Month): Lifting as We Climb--Evette Dionne

21. A book that starts with or contains the letter "X" (24th letter of the alphabet): XOXO--Axie Oh

22. A book about superheroes (nod to the tesseract, which has 24 2-dimensional faces): Celebrity Superhero--Jennie Bennett

23. A children's book or a book with a nursery rhyme in the title (nod to four and twenty blackbirds): The Tail of Emily Windsnap--Liz Kessler 

24. A book you've had on your TBR shelf for more than 2 years (24 months): Scandal--Amanda Quick


Challenge completed on November 25

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