2021 Monthly Reading Challenge

 


Monthly Reading Challenge

Hosted By: Melissa

Official Challenge Page


Summary of Details/Rules:

Each month has choices of prompts.  Choose 1 or more to complete.  Report on GoodReads page when book is completed. 

I started Late (May), My own challenge includes reading anything the month given as well as going back and doing ones I missed. 
My Goal: 3 per month

My List:

January

  • Title starts with A/B
  • Author's first OR last name A/B 
    • Long Road to Mercy ~ David Baldacci ~ 1/13
  • WINTER in title or major theme 
    • Chill Factor ~ Sandra Brown ~ 1/15
  • Blue cover
    • I Found You ~ Lisa Jewell ~ 1/14
  • Author's debut
  • Movie version was nominated for an OSCAR
February
  • Title starts with C/D
    • Daylight ~ David Baldacci ~ 2/27
  • Author's first OR last name C/D
    • Where the Crawdads Sing ~ Delia Owens ~ 2/26
  • LOVE in title or major theme
    • Love in a Nutshell ~ Janet Evanovich ~ 2/27
  • Pink cover
    • Strawberry Shortcake Murder ~ Joanne Fluke ~ 5/25
  • "Self help" book
  • Book about FAMILY
    • The Mother-in-Law ~ Sally Hepworth ~ 2/9

March

  • Title starts with E/F
  • Author's first OR last name E/F 
    • Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder ~ Joanne Fluke ~ 4/24
  • LUCK in title or major theme
  • Green cover
    • The Ghost Who Wanted Revenge ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 4/9
  • Coming-of age book
  • Book from my birth year
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book ~ Jennifer Donnelly ~ 3/13
April
  • Title starts with G/H
    • Goldheart ~ Kenley Davidson ~ 4/28
  • Author's first OR last name G/H
    • Picture Us in the Light ~ Kelly Loy Gilbert ~ 4/26
  • A NUMBER in the title
  • Purple cover 
    • The Ghost of Halloween Past ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 5/20
  • Biography/Autobiography
  • DYSTOPIAN book
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • Speaking From Among the Bones ~ Alan Bradley ~ 4/11
May
  • Title starts with I/J
  • Author's first OR last name I/J
    • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 5/13
  • MOTHER in title or major theme
    • The Wrong Family ~ Tarryn Fisher ~ 5/4
  • Yellow cover 
    • Grump ~ Liesl Shurtliff
  • A group members TBR list
    • From Garden to Grave ~ Rickie Blair
  • YA novel
    • The Desolations of Devil's Acre ~ Ransom Riggs ~ 5/17
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • By Book or By Crook ~ Eva Gates ~ 5/23
June
  • Title starts with K/L
    • Knit One, Kill Two (Knitting #1) ~ Maggie Sefton ~ 6/29
  • Author's first OR last name K/L
    • One-Hit Wonder ~ Lisa Jewell ~ 6/12 
  • FATHER in title or major theme
    • Father Brown And The Queer Feet ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 6/5
  • Tan/Beige cover
    • Booked For Trouble (LL#2) ~ Eva Gates ~ 6/12
  • SHORT story (less than 100 pgs)
    • Pros and Cons (Fox & O'Hare #0.5) ~ Janet Evanovich ~ 6/5
  • GEOGRAPHY book (another country/culture)
    • A Wee Murder In My Shop (Scotshop #1) ~ Fran Stewart ~ 6/5
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • The Mist Rises Over Notchey Creek ~ Liz S. Andrews ~ 6/3
July
  • Title starts with M/N/O
    • One Potion in the Grave (Magic Potion #2) ~ Heather Blake ~ 7/7
  • Author's first or last name M/N/O 
    • Daddy's Little Girl ~ Mary Higgins Clark ~ 7/13
  • SUMMER in title or a major theme
    • I Know What You Did Last Summer ~ Lois Duncan ~ 7/27
  • Brown cover
    • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 7/21
  • A Canadian author
    • Reading up a Storm (Lighthouse Library #3) ~ Eva Gates ~ 7/3
  • A "Beachy" read
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • A Potion to Die For (Magic Potion #1) ~ Heather Blake ~ 7/6
August
  • Title starts with P/Q/R
    • ~
  • Author's first OR last name starts with P/Q/R
    • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (HP #3) ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 8/1
  • ANIMAL in title
    • ~
  • Grey cover
    • ~
  • A book in a series
    • The Ghost From the Sea (Haunting Danielle #8) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 8/12
  • A "Classic"
    • ~
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (HP #4) ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 8/9
September
  • Title starts with S/T
    • Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd ~ Alan Bradley ~ 9/12
  • Author's first OR last name starts S/T
    • The Broken Girls by Simone St. James ~ 9/30
  • WEATHER word in the title
    • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ~ Mildred D. Taylor ~ 9/26
  • Black cover
    • The Flying Stars ~ G. K. Chesterton ~ 
  • "BANNED" book

  • A Newbery Medal winner
    • Dear Mr. Henshaw ~ Beverly Cleary ~ 9/12
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • Mission to Murder (Tourist Trap #2) ~ Lynn Cahoon ~ 9/5
October
  • Title starts with U/V
    • The Unremarkable Heart ~ Karin Slaughter ~ 10/24
  • Author's first OR last name starts with U/V

  • FEAR in the title or major theme
    • A Faint Cold Fear ~ Karin Slaughter ~ 10/23
  • Orange cover
    • Zero Day ~ David Baldacci ~ 10/15
  • TRUE CRIME book

  • "Scary" book
    • Miss Mary is Scary ~ Dan Gutman ~ 10/24
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • Murder in the Paperback Parlor ~ Ellery Adams ~ 10/16
November
  • Title starts with W/X
    • The Alpine Xanadu ~ Mary Daheim ~ 11/20
  • Author's first OR last name starts with W/X
    • Ones and Zeroes ~ Dan Wells ~ 11/3
  • Single word title
    • Undone ~ Kristin Slaughter ~ 11/8
  • Red Cover
    • The Mysterious Affair at Styles ~ Agatha Christie ~ 11/2
  • Based on a True Story
    • Love and Death in the Sunshine State ~ Cutter Wood ~ 11/16
  • Author has same first name as me 
    • Tina Whittle ~ The Dangerous Edge of Things 11/15
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • The Other Side of Midnight ~ Simone St. James ~ 11/1
December
  • Title starts with Y/Z

  • Author's first OR last name starts with Y/Z

  • Title has a COLOR in it
    • Death of a Red Heroine ~ Qiu Xiaolong
  • White Cover
    • Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales ~ P.D. James
  • Re-read of a book I love
    • Blue Dahlia ~ Nora Roberts
  • Secret Santa ~ book received from SS 
    • Cruel and Unusual ~ Patricia Cornwell (received from SS but not on this group)
  • Potpourri (my choice)
    • Lost Books and Old Bones ~ Paige Shelton



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