Monday, November 4, 2019

Creativity Reading Challenge 2020--My Signup

And now for the last of my challenges for next year.



This challenge is about reading books on creativity, art, crafts, writing, film making, photography, cosmetology, DIY, cooking, music and any other topic that helps you live a more creative life. 


My Books:


  1. Daisy Jones & the Six--Taylor Jenkins Reid
  2. Wayward Son--Rainbow Rowell
  3. Down and Across--Arvin Ahmadi
  4. The Anxiety of Everyday Objects--Aurelie Sheehan
  5. Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Best Friend Forever--Rachel Renee Russell
  6. Pretty in Plaid--Jen Lancaster
  7. The Swans of Fifth Avenue--Melanie Benjamin
  8. Sand Castle Bay--Sherryl Woods
  9. Wind Chime Point--Sherryl Woods
  10. Dearly Depotted--Kate Collins
  11. The Cherry Cola Book Club--Ashton Lee
  12. 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas--Marie-Helene Bertino
  13. Spinning--Tillie Walden
  14. Angora Alibi--Sally Goldenbaum
  15. Rani Patel in Full Effect--Sonia Patel
  16. The Garden of Small Beginnings--Abbi Waxman
  17. Snipped in the Bud--Kate Collins
  18. Maya Lin: Thinking With Her Hands--Susan Goldman Rubin
  19. The Sunshine Sisters--Jane Green
  20. The Brontes--Juliet Barker
  21. Acts of Violets--Kate Collins
  22. Just a Summer Girl--Helen Cavanagh 
  23. 10 Steps to Becoming a Writer--Joseph Harold Bunting
  24. Beach Read--Emily Henry
  25. The Upside of Being Down--Jen Gotch
  26. We Sold Our Souls--Grady Hendrix
  27. Stitches in Time--Barbara Michaels
  28. Come Along With Me--Shirley Jackson
  29. The Museum of Modern Love--Heather Rose
  30. Playing Scared--Sara Solovitch
  31. Best. Night. Ever--Jen Malone & others (reread)
  32. Winter in Paradise--Elin Hilderbrand
  33. A Crafty Christmas--Mollie Cox Bryan

Challenge completed on December 19
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Humor Reading Challenge 2020--My Signup

Now this one of mine.
My Books:

  1. Girl, Stop Apologizing--Rachel Hollis
  2. Daisy Jones & the Six--Taylor Jenkins Reid
  3. Wayward Son--Rainbow Rowell
  4. Down and Across--Arvin Ahmadi
  5. Bad Boys With Expensive Toys--Nancy Warren/MaryJanice Davidson/Karen Kelley
  6. Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Best Friend Forever--Rachel Renee Russell
  7. Pretty in Plaid--Jen Lancaster
  8. Lysistrata--Aristophanes
  9. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons--Lorna Landvik
  10. My Fair Lazy--Jen Lancaster
  11. Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys--Kate Brian
  12. Princess in Love--Meg Cabot
  13. Beep and Bob: Too Much Space--Jonathan Roth
  14. Honor Girl--Maggie Thrash
  15. More, Now, Again--Elizabeth Wurtzel (reread)
  16. Life, the Universe and Everything--Douglas Adams
  17. The Book of Joe--Jonathan Tropper
  18. Zombie--J.R. Angellela
  19. The Green Carnation--Robert Smythe Hitchens
  20. Look Alive Twenty-Five--Janet Evanovich
  21. Everything's Trash, But It's Okay--Phoebe Robinson
  22. Red, White & Royal Blue--Casey McQuiston
  23. The Cherry Cola Book Club--Ashton Lee
  24. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires--Grady Hendrix
  25. Death by Pantyhose--Laura Levine
  26. I Really Needed This Today--Hoda Kotb
  27. Me Talk Pretty One Day--David Sedaris
  28. The Friend Zone--Abby Jimenez
  29. Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy--Noelle Stevenson
  30. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type--Doreen Cronin
  31. Separation Anxiety--Laura Zigman
  32. Boy Meets Boy--David Levithan
  33. The Garden of Small Beginnings--Abbi Waxman
  34. Beep and Bob: Party Crashers--Jonathan Roth
  35. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything--Janelle Brown
  36. Snipped in the Bud--Kate Collins
  37. The Unhoneymooners--Christina Lauren
  38. 28 Summers--Elin Hilderbrand
  39. I Was Told It Would Get Easier--Abbi Waxman
  40. You Are a Bada**--Jen Sincero
  41. Roomies--Sara Zarr
  42. The Answer Is...-Alex Trebek
  43. Nothing to See Here--Kevin Wilson
  44. Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well--Nancy Atherton
  45. The Best of Enemies--Jen Lancaster
  46. Beach Read--Emily Henry
  47. My Life in Pink and Green--Lisa Greenwald
  48. Juliet Takes a Breath--Gabby Rivera
  49. You Should See Me in a Crown--Leah Johnson
  50. September Fair--Jess Lourey
  51. Glitch--Sarah Graley
  52. We Sold Our Souls--Grady Hendrix
  53. Pumpkinheads--Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks
  54. Beep and Bob: Take Us to Your Sugar--Jonathan Roth
  55. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove--Christopher Moore
  56. Zombies vs. Unicorns--Holly Black and others
  57. The Skeleton in the Closet--M.C. Beaton
  58. A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting--Joe Ballarini
  59. Autoboyography--Christina Lauren
  60. Beep and Bob: Double Trouble--Jonathan Roth
  61. The Color of Magic--Terry Pratchett
  62. Twins--Varian Johnson
  63. Best. Night. Ever--Jen Malone & others (reread)
  64. Christmas Cupcake Murder--Joanne Fluke
  65. Christmas Sweets--Joanne Fluke
  66. Mistletoe Murder--Leslie Meier
  67. Bob and 6 More Christmas Stories--Sandra Boynton
  68. Christmas Shopaholic--Sophie Kinsella
  69. Eggnog Murder--Leslie Meier
  70. Death of a Christmas Caterer--Lee Hollis
  71. A Crafty Christmas--Mollie Cox Bryan
  72. A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange--Isis Crawford
  73. The Wicked Flea--Susan Conant
  74. A Piece of Cake--Cupcake Brown

Challenge completed on December 29

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Epistolary Reading Challenge 2020--My Signup

Here is my sign up for this one.
My Books:

  1. Daisy Jones & the Six--Taylor Jenkins Reid
  2. Down and Across--Arvin Ahmadi
  3. And Then There Were None--Agatha Christie
  4. The Anxiety of Everyday Objects--Aurelie Sheehan
  5. Black Dove, White Raven--Elizabeth Wein
  6. Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Best Friend Forever--Rachel Renee Russell
  7. Pretty in Plaid--Jen Lancaster
  8. An Appetite for Violets--Martine Bailey
  9. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons--Lorna Landvik
  10. My Fair Lazy--Jen Lancaster
  11. Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys--Kate Brian
  12. Princess in Love--Meg Cabot
  13. Beep and Bob: Too Much Space--Jonathan Roth
  14. Go Ask Alice--Anonymous
  15. Red, White & Royal Blue--Casey McQuiston
  16. I Really Needed This Today--Hoda Kotb
  17. The Passage--Justin Cronin
  18. 13 Little Blue Envelopes--Maureen Johnson
  19. Beep and Bob: Party Crashers--Jonathan Roth
  20. The Unhoneymooners--Christina Lauren
  21. The Brontes--Juliet Barker
  22. 28 Summers--Elin Hilderbrand
  23. I Was Told It Would Get Easier--Abbi Waxman
  24. The Lost Vintage--Ann Mah
  25. His Bright Light--Danielle Steel
  26. Roomies--Sara Zarr
  27. Such a Fun Age--Kiley Reid
  28. The Best of Enemies--Jen Lancaster
  29. Beach Read--Emily Henry
  30. Juliet Takes a Breath--Gabby Rivera
  31. You Should See Me in a Crown--Leah Johnson
  32. This Star Won't Go Out--Esther Earl
  33. The Firebrand and the First Lady--Patricia Bell-Scott
  34. Normal People--Sally Rooney
  35. We Sold Our Souls--Grady Hendrix
  36. Flowers for Algernon--Daniel Keyes
  37. Beep and Bob: Take Us to Your Sugar--Jonathan Roth
  38. Neferet's Curse--P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
  39. In the Shadow of Blackbirds--Cat Winters
  40. A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting--Joe Ballarini
  41. Autoboyography--Christina Lauren
  42. Beep and Bob: Double Trouble--Jonathan Roth
  43. Best. Night. Ever--Jen Malone & others (reread)
  44. Christmas Shopaholic--Sophie Kinsella
  45. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle--Stuart Turton
  46. The Wicked Flea--Susan Conant


Challenge completed on December 26

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Mental Health Reading Challenge 2020: My Signup

Here is my sign up for my Mental Health Reading Challenge.





 My Books:

  1. Girl, Stop Apologizing--Rachel Hollis
  2. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter--Erika L. Sanchez
  3. Down and Across--Arvin Ahmadi
  4. California Girl--T. Jefferson Parker
  5. Pop--Gordon Korman
  6. Ordinary Girls--Jaquira Diaz
  7. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward--Mark Lukach
  8. A Queer and Pleasant Danger--Kate Bernstein
  9. I, Robot--Isaac Asimov
  10. More, Now, Again--Elizabeth Wurtzel (reread)
  11. Identical--Ellen Hopkins
  12. Finding Me--Michelle Knight
  13. See What I Have Done--Sarah Schmidt
  14. Go Ask Alice--Anonymous
  15. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires--Grady Hendrix
  16. The Liars' Club--Mary Karr
  17. I Really Needed This Today--Hoda Kotb
  18. Me Talk Pretty One Day--David Sedaris
  19. The Friend Zone--Abby Jimenez
  20. Rani Patel in Full Effect--Sonia Patel
  21. Separation Anxiety--Laura Zigman
  22. The Garden of Small Beginnings--Abbi Waxman
  23. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything--Janelle Brown
  24. Then Again, Maybe I Won't--Judy Blume
  25. The Guest List--Lucy Foley
  26. The Brontes--Juliet Barker
  27. 28 Summers--Elin Hilderbrand
  28. His Bright Light--Danielle Steel
  29. You Are a Bada**--Jen Sincero
  30. Nothing to See Here--Kevin Wilson
  31. Juliet Takes a Breath--Gabby Rivera
  32. You Should See Me in a Crown--Leah Johnson
  33. Empress of the Spledid Seaon--Oscar Hijuelos
  34. The Firebrand and the First Lady--Patricia Bell-Scott
  35. Normal People--Sally Rooney
  36. Trans Like Me--CN Lester
  37. The Upside of Being Down--Jen Gotch
  38. Flowers for Algernon--Daniel Keyes
  39. The Witches of Worm--Zilpha Keatly Snyder
  40. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove--Christopher Moore
  41. Neferet's Curse--P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
  42. The Bonesetter's Daughter--Amy Tan
  43. Come Along With Me--Shirley Jackson
  44. Rizzoli & Isles: I Know a Secret--Tess Gerritsen
  45. Playing Scared--Sara Solovitch
  46. Let's Talk About Love--Claire Kann
  47. The Wicked Flea--Susan Conant
  48. A Piece of Cake--Cupcake Brown
  49. A Slice of Heaven--Sherryl Woods
Challenge completed on December 31
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Memoir Reading Challenge 2020--My Signup Post

I am now singing up for my own challenges. I've been searching for others I wanted to sign up for, but so few have appeared just yet. Here is my sign up for my Memoir challenge.




  1. X Mental Illness Memoir: My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward--Mark Lukach
  2. _ Other Illness Memoir
  3. X Political Memoir: From the Corner of the Oval--Beck Dorey-Stein
  4. X Food Memoir: Around the World in 80 Dinners--Cheryl Alters Jamison
  5. X Animal Memoir: Pure Joy--Danielle Steel
  6. X Music Memoir: Playing Scared--Sara Solovitch
  7. X Travel Memoir: Mountain Time: A Western Memoir--Jane Candia Coleman
  8. X Written by a person of color: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings--Maya Angelou
  9. X Written by a woman: Ordinary Girls--Jaquira Diaz
  10. X Written by a person who identifies as LGBTQIA: A Queer and Pleasant Danger--Kate Bornstein
  11. X Written by an actor or a comedian: Me Talk Pretty One Day--David Sedaris
  12. X Written by an author or journalist: I Really Needed This Today--Hoda Kotb
  13. X Written by any other celebrity: Everything's Trash, But It's Okay--Phoebe Robinson
  14. X Written by someone under 40: This Star Won't Go Out--Esther Earl
  15. X Written by someone over 40: The Answer Is...-Alex Trebek
  16. X Written by someone from a country different from your own: We Should All Be Feminists--Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  17. X One you find thought-provoking: Just Don't Fall--Josh Sundquist
  18. X Made into a movie: Soul Surfer--Bethany Hamilton
  19. X Graphic Novel memoir: Honor Girl--Maggie Thrash
  20. X Bestselling memoir: Finding Me--Michelle Knight
  21. X Humorous memoir: Pretty in Plaid--Jen Lancaster
  22. _ Fictional memoir
  23. X Published in 2020: Uncanny Valley--Anna Wiener
  24. X Published in 2019 or earlier: Girl, Stop Apologizing--Rachel Hollis
  25. X Under 300 pages: The Upside of Being Down--Jen Gotch
  26. X Over 300 pages: The Liars' Club--Mary Karr
  27. X One you want to re-read: More, Now, Again--Elizabeth Wurtzel
  28. X Subject of your choice: A Piece of Cake--Cupcake Brown
  29. X Author of your choice: My Fair Lazy--Jen Lancaster
  30. X Free choice: Make Trouble--Cecile Richards
  31. X Free choice: March: Book One--John Lewis
  32. X Free choice: The Yellow House--Sarah M. Broom

Challenge completed on December 29
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Sunday, November 3, 2019

Chapter Break Bingo – November 2019

Here is this month's card.
My Books:
  1. Odd and the Frost Giants--Neil Gaiman (6 squares): Physical Book, Not in a Series, Animal on the Cover, Travel (Distance), Rescue, Storm
  2. Mine Are Spectacular!--Janice Kaplan & Lynn Schnurnberger (6 squares): Shelf Love, Party, Family, Shopping, Free Space, Baking/Cooking
  3. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe--Douglas Adams (4 squares): Free Book, In a Series, Mistaken Identity, Emergency Person
  4. Mayflower Treasure Hunt--Ron Roy (3 squares): Library Book, Clean Shaven, Heir/Heiress
  5. Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Birthday--Rachel Renee Russell (2 squares): Audiobook, Feast
  6. Killing November--Ariana Mather (1 square): Witch/Warlock
  7. Unaccustomed Earth--Jhampa Lahiri (1 square): Thankful
  8. The Beauty That Remains--Ashley Woodfolk (1 square): LGBTQ Character
  9. The Story of Arthur Truluv--Elizabeth Berg (1 square): Hat on the Cover

25 squares completed on November 24

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Saturday, November 2, 2019

3RD ANNUAL ATOZ READING CHALLENGE

Here is the signup at Ginger Mom and Company. I will count the first book I read that begins with each letter.



3rd Annual AtoZ Reading Challenge Sign-Up
My Books:
Z Zombie--J.R. Angellela

 Challenge completed on May 18


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