Books, books, and more books. I set a goal this year of completing a 10 x 10 reading challenge, ten books in ten categories. Happy to say I met the goal although I did have to change a couple categories. The Nuns category didn't work out and it turned into First in the series. And Magic changed into Paranormal. Officially I'm calling it at 100, although I read a lot of series for the Nora Roberts Revisit but only counted each series as one. I'll follow up with stats in another post. I think I lost track of which were ebooks and which were physical, but I'm pretty sure the majority are ebooks as my physical stacks didn't diminish by much. In fact, I think they had babies because I seem to have more than I started with at the beginning of the year.
The 10 x 10 Categories are:
• AR - Alternate realities
• DRAGONS - Dragons and other fantastical beasts (Dragons)
• FINES - Fines and Misdemeanors (Crimes in libraries, bookstores, and elsewhere)
• FL - Fictional Librarians
• HEART - Be still my heart (romance, romantic suspense, etc)
• NEXT in the series
• PARANORMAL – Paranormal and urban fantasy
• PAST - Into the past (historical fiction)
• REVISIT - Nora Roberts
• WORLD - Around the world (exploring other cultures, translated books, etc)
Alternate Realities
1. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini ( 856)
2. Stars Uncharted (#1 Stars uncharted) - S.K. Dunstall (Space opera)
3. Midnight Library - Matt Haig (AR, TIME TRAVEL, Librarian)
4. Wheel of Light (#14 WOT) - Robert Jordan (900+ MAGIC)
5. The Mortal Word (#6 IL) - Genevieve Cogman
6. The Last Watch (#1 Divide) - J.S. Dewes (Space opera)
7. The Exiled Fleet (#2 Divide) - J.S. Dewes (Space opera)
8. The Starless Sea – Erin Morgenstern
9. Dark Archive (#7 Invisible Library) - Genevieve Cogman
Dragons
1. Baking Bad (#1 Beaufort Scales)- Kim M Watt (England: Leeds, Skipton)
2. Dragons of Dorcastle (#1 Pillars of Reality)- Jack Campbell
3. Dirty Deeds: Urban Fantasy Collection - Faith Hunter, et al)
4. Dragons in the Earth - Judith Tar (Arizona)
5. Tea with a Black Dragon - R.A. MacAvoy
6. Elder Races series (1 - 8) - Thea Harrison
7. The Becoming (#2 Awakening)
FINES
1. A Borrowing of Bones (#1 Mercy Carr) - Paula Munier
2. The Madness of Crowds (#17 Armand Gamache) - Louise Penny
3. Deadly Deception (#3 O'Halleran Security International series - T.J. Logan
4. Deadly Secret (#1 O'Halleran) - T.J. Logan
5. A Cold Dark Place (#1 Cold Justice)- Toni Anderson
6. Secret Chapter (#6 Invisible Library) - Genevieve Cogman
7. Dark Archive (#7 Invisible Library) - Genevieve Cogman
8. Phantom Evil (#1 Krewe of the Hunters) - Heather Graham
9. A Bad Day for Sunshine #1 Sunshine Vicram) - Darynda Jones
10. Faithless in Death (#52 In death) – J.D. Robb
11. Forgotten in Death (#53 In Death) – J.D. Robb
FL – Fictional Librarians
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
2. Real Murders (#1 Aurora Teagarden)- Charlaine Harris
3. The Colour of Magic (#1 Discworld) - Terry Pratchett
4. Lost Plot (#4 Invisible Library) - Genevieve Cogman
5. A Hidden Fire (#1 Elemental Mystery) - Elizabeth Hunter
6. Eyre Affaire (#1 Thursday Next) - Jasper Fford
7. Case of the Missing Books (#1 Mobile Library) - Ian Sansom
8. Ink and Bone (#1 Great Library) – Rachel Caine
9. Books can be Deceiving (#1 Library Lovers) - Jen McKinley
10. Library at the Edge of the World (#1 Finfarran Peninsula) - Felicity Hayes McCoy
11. Murder at the 42nd Street Library – Con Lehane
12. Book Charmer (#1 Dove Pond) - Karen Hawkins
HEARTS
1. Last Chance Matinee (#1 Hudson Sisters) - Mariah Stewart
2. Spoiler Alert - Olivia Wade
3. Driven to Distraction (#1 Road to Love) - Lori Foster
4. Brighten Honeymoon (#2 Weaver)- Sheri Cobb Smith
5. Peculiar Pink Toes of Lady Flora - Jayne Fresina
6. Hush - Cherry Adair (Reread)
7. Invisible Husband of Frick Island - Colleen Oakley
8. Troublemaker - Linda Howard
9. The Woman Left Behind - Linda Howard
10. Love in the Afternoon (prequel Dove Pond) - Karen Hawkins
11. A Cup of Silver Linings (#2 Dove Pond) - Karen Hawkins
12. Legacy – Nora Roberts
Next in the Series – Completed
1. A Good Day for Chardonnay (#2 Sunshine) - Darynda Jones
2. Bridgerton series (#1 - 8) - Julia Quinn
3. Hexing with a Chance of Tornados (#2 Grimm Cove) - Mandy Roth
4. Last Guard (#5 psychangeling trinity) - Nalini Singh
5. Lover Unveiled (#19 BDB) - J.R. Ward
6. Spellcasting with a Chance of Spirits (#3 Grimm Cove) - Mandy Roth
7. Sugar House Blues (#2 Hudson Sisters)
8. The Goodbye Cafe (#3 Hudson Sisters)
9. When Sorrows Come (#14 October Daye) - Seanan McGuire
10. Wild Sign (#6 Alpha and Omega) - Patricia Briggs
Nora Roberts Revisit
1. Ardmore Series (Ireland)
2. Born In Trilogy (Ireland)
3. Bride Quartet
4. Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda, and Lila
5. Calhouns: Suzanna and Megan
6. Carnal Innocence
7. Chesapeake Bay Series (1 -4)
8. Cousin's O'Dwyer Trilogy (Ireland)
9. Garden Trilogy - #1 Blue Dahlia, #2 Black Rose, #3 Red Lily
10. Inn Boonsboro Trilogy - Nora Roberts
11. Key Series
12. O'Hurley Born Anthology (The Last Honest Woman and Dance to the Piper)
13. O'Hurley's Return Anthology (Skin Deep and Without a Trace)
14. Sanctuary
15. Three Fates Trilogy
16. Three Sisters Island series
PAST
1. Brighten Honeymoon (#2 Weaver)- Sheri Cobb Smith
2. Peculiar Pink Toes of Lady Flora - Jayne Fresina
3. Bridgerton series (#1 - 8) - Julia Quinn
Paranormal or Urban Fantasy - completed
1. Archangels Light (#14 Guild Hunter) - Nalini Singh
2. Book of Secrets (#1 Oracle) - Melissa McShane
3. Claimed (#1 Wolven) - J.R. Ward
4. Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft (#1 Grimm Cove) - Mandy Roth
5. Fireborn (#1 Souls of Fire) - Keri Arthur (REREAD)
6. First Grave on the Right 1 -13 (#1 Grim Reaper) - Summoned to the Thirteenth Grave (#13) Charley Davidson Grim Reaper series by Darynda Jones.
7. Halfway to the Grave (#1) - Jeaniene Frost
8. Kingdom of Shadow and Light (#11 Fever) - Karen Marie Moning
9. True Dead (Jane Yellowrock) - Faith Hunter
World - Completed
1. And Then There Were Nuns - Jane Christmas (Non Fiction) England - Isle of Wight, Whitby)
2. Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden (Russia)
3. Cousin’s O’Dwyer series – Nora Roberts (Ireland)
4. Library at the Edge of the World (#1 Finfarran Peninsula) - Felicity Hayes McCoy (Ireland)
5. Little Paris Bookshop - Nina George (France)
6. My Christmas Number One - Leonie Mack (London/South America, e)
7. Peculiar Pink Toes of Lady Flora - Jayne Fresina (United Kingdom)
8. Sworn Virgin - Kristopher Dukes (Albania)
9. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab (France, 1700's to Present)
10. The Riviera House - Natasha Lester (France)
Congratulations on finishing the challenge! It looks like a fun one - structure, but lots of variety too.
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