Book H... Monthly Surprise Prompts
January – Meant to read last year – Unexpected Blessings
February – Two word title -- The Selection
March – A Sequel -- The Elite
March page count challenge:
Midnight on the Scottish Shore
The Elite
An Hour Unspent
Silence of the Clans
Toward the Sunrising
April – Flower on the cover -- White Orchids
May – may you read whatever you want -- The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
June – couple embracing on the cover -- Garden of the Midnights
June this or that challenge:
Wires and nerve BORROWED
big dumb eyes -NEW TO YOU AUTHOR
garden of the midnights ROMANCE
celebrating all creatures great and small -CHOSEN BY FAMILY
July – New to you narrator-- Fairest of Heart
August – Genre you normally don't read -- Gestern
August page count challenge:
Bookstore
Grace Livingston Hill
Solve ?
Gestern
Astor
Diary of Private prayer
September – Common transportation on cover
Greater Than Gold by Roseanna M. White
October – borrowed book
The Secrets Beneath
Ladies of Intrigue
The Metropolitan Affair
The Silver Eyes
November – Read while eating leftovers -- 100 Rules for Living to 100
December – Sleighing -- The Christmas Promise
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Read Your Bookshelf Challenge
January – BEAUTY
When Beauty Blooms by Victoria Lynn
February – SIZE (measurement word? huge, large, small -- could be the actual size of book)
Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters
March – TIME (time travel, clock)
An Hour Unspent by Roseanna M. White
April – FLOWERS
White Orchids by Grace Livingston Hill
May – FAVORITE (author, color, series)
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
June – BIRDS (Bitter End Birding Society, Nature of Small Birds)
When We Flew Away
July – ROYALTY
The Queen's Cook by Tessa Afshar
August – SPACE (planet, stars)
Gestern by J. Grace Pennington
September – TRAVEL (road trip, vehicle on cover)
Greater Than Gold by Roseanna M. White
October – HISTORY (classics, non-fiction, history in title, historical setting)
The Secrets Beneath by Kimberley Woodhouse
November – FOOD
The Christmas Mouse by Miss Read
December – FROSTY (cold, wintry, probably Christmas)
A Christmas Promise by Donna Van Liere
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Eating Our Words Reading Challenge
Post a comment & fill out checklist at end of year. Read in correct month or anytime.
January: a book starting with the first letter of your first name: Toward the Sunrising by Gilbert Morris
February: a book about nature: The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood by Susan Wittig Albert
March: a book about the law: Dead Lawyers Tell No Tales by Randy Singer
April: set in a place you'd like to visit: Toward the Sunrising by Gilbert Morris & Lynn Morris
May: a book made into a movie: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
June: written by someone you disagree with: Almost Everything by Anne Lamott
July: a number in the title: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
August: a biography or autobiography: Grace Livingston Hill
Sept: re-read a classic: Tuck Everlasting
Oct: written by a male author: The Unquiet Bones By Mel Starr
Nov: book that includes your favorite animal: Silence of the Clans
Dec: a royal character: The Queen's Cook
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Read-a-Thons:
Jan 12th – 26th READ A BOOK FROM YOUR FRIENDS LIST
The Unquiet Bones
Feb 9th – 23rd LOVE AND LIBRARIES
The Selection
Your Mom's Gonna Love Me
March 9th – 23rd Shelf Books!
The Elite
April 13th – 27th MYSTERY-A-THON
Cuckoo brow wood
All that remains
WILL THOMAS
move your bloomin' corpse
May 4th – 18th Catch Up/Finish what you started (next book in a series you've started)
Season death
FLAVIA
June 8th– 22nd Diversity Readathon
July 6th – 20th Christmas In July
A Carol for Mrs. Dickens
August 1st – 31st Recommend me a Book
September 14th – 21st – A Galaxy Far Far Away
Gestern
October 12th to 31st – Halloween Reading
November 9th to 23rd – New Release Catch Up
December 7th to 21st – Get ahead start 2026
The Goal: Read & review 12 books from the library in all 3 semesters!
➜ Winter Semester: Jan. 1st, 2025 – April 30th, 2025
➜ Summer Semester: May 1st, 2025 – Aug. 31st, 2025
➜ Autumn Semester: Sept. 1st, 2025 – Dec. 31st, 2025
Note to self: Link up on review linky as I finish each book.
Giveaway: At the end of each semester.
Bonus: Audiobook Challenge (June-July), the Library BINGO (Sept-Oct), & an End Of Year Check-In (Dec. 15th)
Amateur Sleuth - 5-15 books
Note to self: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Crime genres, 100+ pages.
Monthly linky. (Linked up in: [])
Giveaway: Halfway point & end of the year.
Submitted final yearly form 12/4.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Personal Challenge: Read as many Netgalley books as possible (coordinate with B.H. challenge).
2ndly: Read from Goodreads TBR.
3rdly: Read from BookFunnel / Kindle library.
4thly: After finishing other book challenges, return to finish all B.H. categories.
Award winning
Beyond Ivy Walls, If the Boot Fits, When the Day Comes, Meeting Her Match
Christy Awards?
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