from Book Journey
United States
Arizona - (Tucson) Grounded, Cry Wolf, Flight 12; A Laura Cardinal Thriller, The Survivor's Club, (Phoenix) Till the Sun Breaks Down
California (Bakersfield) Counting by 7s (LA) The Closers (LA) Gun Games (LA) Never Go Back (LA) Victims and Deception
Colorado (Denver) Booked to Die
Connecticut (coastal) Since You've Been Gone
Florida (Panama City) Twisted Innocence (Alligator Alley) Heartstopper
Georgia (Savannah) Red Mist (Margrave) The Killing Floor
Maine (southern coastline) Saint's Gate (coastal island) Heroes Are My Weakness (Bearkill, in Aroostook Cty.) Winter at the Door (Portland) Playing God (Downeast) Darkness First
Maryland (suburban Baltimore) Digging to America, The Hired Girl
Massachusetts (private island near Martha's Vineyard) We Were Liars (Boston) Flight 12: A Kristin Cunningham Thriller , Hundred Dollar Baby (Boston area) Girls' Night Out (western MA college town) Six Years (Boston) The Professional (Cape Cod) Summer of the Gypsy Moths
Michigan Station Eleven ,
Minnesota (Twin Cities) Rules of Prey (northern) Boundary Waters (southern) Deadline
New Hampshire (any lake/pond) Half a Chance
New Jersey Down to the Wire
New York (Brooklyn) Grounded (Utica) None of the Above (NYC) The Museum of Extraordinary Things (NYC) Wonder (upstate) The Impossible Knife of Memory
Ohio (Amish country) After the Storm , A Hidden Secret
Oregon/Washington/NW coast - One Kick
Pennsylvania - Shine Shine Shine (rural - western) The Eighth Day (western)
Vermont - (Brattleboro) Tag Man
Washington DC - Never Go Back ,Running Blind
Washington (Seattle) Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker
Wisconsin (prairie) One Came Home (rural) A Reliable Wife,
Out-of-the-Country
Canada - (Toronto) Station Eleven
England - The Silkworm, The Evelyn Project, The Crossing Places, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue
Ireland - A Week in Winter
from Giraffe Days
FINAL from 2014: NOT-QUITE-A-SEASONED Traveler (12 Books)!
England - 5; Australia - 1; France - 1; Afghanistan - 1; Finland - 1; Zambia - 1; Kazakhstan - 1;
1. The Silkworm (England - London)
2. The Evelyn Project (England, Italy, Austria)
3. The Crossing Places (England - Norfolk)
4. A Week in Winter (Ireland - Dublin)
5. Ruby Red (England-time travel)
6. Sapphire Blue (England - time travel
from The Worm Hole
FINAL from 2014: Missing one of the FIVE challenges: A position of royalty
DID GET: A reference to time - 10; A number written in letters - 3; A first name or names - 3; A type or element of weather- 5
Counting by 7s
The Crossing Places
Digging to America
Playing God
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Running Blind
The Killing Floor
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
2. A color
Fifty Shades of Grey
Red Mist
Ruby Red
Sapphire Blue
Red Queen
3. A familial relation
Second Son
A Reliable Wife,
4. A body of water
Boundary Waters (this is close enough to count!)
5. A city
6. An animal
The Silkworm
Cry Wolf
Summer of the Gypsy Moths
Audio Books
1. The Silkworm (cd - car)
2. Museum of Extraordinary Things (cd - car & house)
3. Since You've Been Gone (cd - car)
4. The Crossing Places (cd - car & house)
5. One Kick (cd - house)
6. Shine, Shine, Shine (cd - house)
7. Ready Player One (cd - house)
8. The Closers (cd)
9. Digging to America (cd - car)
10. Red Mist (cd - house)
11. Booked to Die (audible - house)
12. Hundred Dollar Baby (cd - car)
13. Twisted Innocence (cd-car)
14. Boundary Waters (audible-house)
15. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (audible - house)
16. Wonder (Audible)
17. Gun Games (cd - car)
18. Never Go Back (cd in car and Overdrive at home)
19. Half a Chance (cd)
20. Down to the Wire (in car back & forth to school)
21. A Week in Winter (Audible in the house)
22. Second Son (at home)
23. Girls' Night Out (Kilko basement)
24. Mr. Cooper is Super! (cd - car, w/Ella)
25. Heartstopper (cd - car w/Dede and finishing on the way to ME)
26. Judy Moody, Mood Martian (cd- in car with Ella)
27. Summer of the Gypsy Moths (cd - w/Ella)
28. Winter at the Door (Audible while sewing hexies in PA)
29. Deadline (driving home from PA)
30. The Professional (returning to AZ)
31. After the Storm
32, The Killing Floor
33, The Kiss of Deception
34. Six Years (driving back & forth from school)
35. Red Queen (Audible while sewing hexies in AZ)
36. The Knife of Never Letting Go (in the car back & forth from work)
37. Victims (in the car back & forth from work)
38. Tag Man (car, work)
39. Station Eleven (car: work & Havasu)
40. Running Blind (car, work)
41. Deception (car, DC/Christmas travel)
2015 YA Reading Challenge
Final 2014: 25 YA books read.
1. Grounded
2. We Were Liars
3. None of the Above
4. Since You've Been Gone
5. Ready Player One (even though others say adult, I think this is YA)
6. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
7. The Goblin Emperor
8. Ruby Red
9. The Kiss of Deception
10. Sapphire Blue
11. Red Queen
12. The Knife of Never Letting Go
13. Court of Fives
14. The Impossible Knife of Memory
15. The Wrath & the Dawn
16. The Hired Girl
Middle Grade Reading
1. Counting by 7s
2. One Came Home
3. Wonder
4. Half a Chance
5. Mr. Cooper is Super!
6. Judy Moody, Mood Martian
7. Summer of the Gypsy Moths
8. The Eighth Day
9. GEORGE
10. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
2015 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
FINAL 2014: 5 Books/Victorian Reader
I am SO not proud of myself for this one - MUST do better next year!
1. One Came Home
2. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
3. A Reliable Wife
4. The Hired Girl
Dystopian Reading Challenge 2015
Final 2014: 12 Dystopian books read.
1. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
2. Red Queen
3. Court of Fives
4. Station Eleven
5. Till the Sun Breaks Down
2015 Sequel & Prequel Challenge
Final 2014: 41 prequel/sequels read.
1. Grounded - Ordover - The Seven #1
2. Fifty Shades of Grey - James - Fifty Shades #1 of 3
3. The Silkworm - Galbraith - Cormoran Strike #2
4. Fifty Shades Darker - James - Fifty Shades #2 of 3
5. Cry Wolf - Black - Laura Cardinal #4
6. The Crossing Places - Griffiths - Ruth Galloway #1
7. One Kick - Cain - Kit Lannigan #1
8. The Closers - Connelly - (Bosch #11)
9. Red Mist - Cornwell - Kay Scarpetta #19
10. Rules of Prey - Sandford - Lucas Davenport #1
11. Booked to Die - Dunning - Cliff Janeway #1
12. Hundred Dollar Baby - Parker - Spenser #34
13. Boundary Waters - Krueger - Cork Corcoran #2
14. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy - Clare & Brennan - Shadowhunter Academy #1
15. Gun Games - Kellerman - Decker & Lazarus #20
16. Never Go Back - Child - Jack Reacher #18
17. Playing God - Flora - Joe Burgess #1
18. Second Son - Child - Jack Reacher #15.5
19. Mr. Cooper is Super! - My Weirdest School (the fourth series) #1
20. Winter at the Door - Graves - Lizzie Snow #1
21. Deadline - Sandford - Virgil Flowers #8
22. The Professional - Parker - Spenser #37
23. After the Storm - Castillo - Burkholder #7
24. The Killing Floor - Child - Jack Reacher #1
25. Darkness First - James Hayman - McCabe & Savage #3
26. Ruby Red - Kirsten Gier - Ruby Red #1
27. The Kiss of Deception - Mary E., Pearson - Remnant Chronicles #1
28. A Hidden Secret - Linda Castillo - Kate Burkholder #6.5
29. Sapphire Blue - Gier - Ruby Red #2
30. Red Queen - Aveyard - Red Queen #1
31. The Eighth Day - Salerno - Eighth Day #1
32. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Chaos Walking #1
33. Victims - Kellerman - Alex Delaware #27
34. Tag Man - Mayor - Joe Gunther #22
35. The Wrath & the Dawn - Ahdieh - #1 Shahrzad & Khalid
36. Running Blind - Child - #4 Jack Reacher
37. Deception - Kellerman - #25 Alex Delaware
38. Till the Sun Breaks Down - #1 Deviant Aeon
39. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell #1 The Wishing Spell
2015 New Author Challenge
40 New Authors read in 2014!
1. Grounded - Ordover (nope!)
2. Fifty Shades of Grey - James (erotica oolala)
3. Counting by 7s - Sloan (LOVE)
4, One Came Home - Timberlake (would try again)
5. None of the Above - Gregorio (a doctor, her first-time writing, excellent!)
6. Saint's Gate - Carla Neggers (from VT, so she writes a lot about New England) but too cozy for me
7. Heroes Are My Weakness - Susan Elizabeth Peters (my kind of romance writer)
8. Since You've Been Gone - Morgan Matson (delightful)
9. The Evelyn Project - Kfir Luzzatto (no, no, no!)
10. Shine Shine Shine - Lydia Netzer (incredibly quirky, but likable)
11. Flight 12: A Kristin Cunningham Thriller - Allan Leverone (although this short story was okay, I'd like to delve into something a little longer to see if he fleshes out characters a little better)
12. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (interesting, certainly knows 80s pop culture!)
13. Digging to America - Anne Tyler (great characterization)
14. Twisted Innocence - Terri Blackstock - too religious and unbelievable plot points
15. Wonder - P. J. Palacio - quite extraordinary, actually
16. The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison - steampunk fantasy that was almost over my head....
17. Playing God - Kate Flora - Maine mystery writer (short ebooks, too) like her a lot
18. Down to the Wire - David Rosenfelt - would definitely read again
19. Winter at the Door - Sarah Graves - pretty much what I expected from a cozy mystery writer....
20. A Reliable Wife, - Robert Goolrick - clever, funt-to-anticipate storyline, would enjoy reading again
21. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard - loved both her writing style and her story
22. The Eighth Day - Dianne K. Salerno - lots of excitement, action, and a taste of King Arthur for older kids
23. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness, although I disliked this story, I like his writing style and will probably try another - outside of this series
24. - Court of Fives - Kate Elliott - can't wait for more!
25. Tag Man - Archer Mayor - might possibly try another....
26. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - would definitely try another by her
27. The Wrath & the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh, her very first novel
28, GEORGE - Alex Gino, a transgender person writing about a transgender young person
29. Till the Sun Breaks Down - Tom Leveen, Phoenix author that we read for book group (it could have been any by this author, wish I'd chosen another - didn't enjoy this one at all)
One-Word Titles
12 books with titles of only one-word read in 2014; only 6 in 2013
1. Grounded - Ordover
2. Wonder - Palacio
3. Heartstopper - Fielding
4. Deadline - Sandford
5. Victims - Kellerman
6. Deception - Kellerman
7. GEORGE - Gino
2014: 2 books set in Arizona read this year, 6 books set in Maine
1. Arizona (partial setting) Grounded - Ordover
2. Maine (southern coastline) Saint's Gate - Neggers
3. Maine (fictional coastal island) - Heroes Are My Weakness - Phillips
4. Arizona (Tucson) Cry Wolf - Black
5. Arizona (Tucson) Flight 12; A Laura Cardinal Thriller - Black
6. Arizona (Tucson) The Survivor's Club - Black
7. Maine (Portland) Playing God - Flora
8. Maine (Bearkill, Aroostook Cty.) Winter at the Door - Graves
9. Maine (Downeast) Darkness First
10. Arizona (Phoenix) Till the Sun Breaks Down
CRF
22 CRF read in 2014!
1. Fifty Shades of Grey Adult
2. Counting by 7s Tween
3. We Were Liars YA
4. None of the Above YA
5. Fifty Shades Darker Adult
6. Heroes Are My Weakness Adult
7. Since You've Been Gone YA
8. Shine Shine Shine Adult
9. Digging to America (Adult)
10. Wonder (Kids)
11. Half a Chance (Kids)
12. Summer of the Gypsy Moths (Kids)
13. A Week in Winter (Adult)
14. The Impossible Knife of Memory (YA)
15. GEORGE (Mid)
4.5 or 5
22 books were top-notch wonderful in 2014!
1. Counting by 7s
2. None of the Above
3. Heroes Are My Weakness
4. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
5. Since You've Been Gone
6. The Closers
7. Booked to Die
8. Boundary Waters
9. Wonder
10. A Week in Winter
11. Girls' Night Out (eBook/short story)
12. Summer of the Gypsy Moths
13. After the Storm
14. Red Queen
15. The Hired Girl
36 picture books reviewed in 2014 - 15 were copywritten 2014
1. A Home for Mr. Emerson (Kerley/Fotheringham) 2014
2. Christopher Newport, Jamestown Explorer (Solomon/Bridy) 2013
3. Got Geography! (Hopkins/Stanton) 2006
4. Earmuffs for Everyone (McCarthy) 2015
5. Let the Celebrations Begin! (Wild/Vivas) 1991/2013
6. In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden (Prelutsky/Mathers) 2007
7. Someday (Spinelli/Winstead) 2007
8. What REALLY Happened to Humpty?: From the Files of a Hard-Boiled Detective (Ransom) 2009
9. Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story (Miller/McElmurry) 2015
Books Read in 2015
1. Grounded - Heather Ordover - 482 pgs.
2. Fifty Shades of Grey - E. L. James - 510 pgs. (total 992 pgs.)
3. Counting by 7s - Holly Greenberg Sloan - 380 pgs (total 1372 pgs.)
4. One Came Home- Amy Timberlake - 258 pgs. (total 1630 pgs.)
5. We Were Liars - E. Lockhart - 228 pgs. (total 1858 pgs.)
6. None of the Above - I. W. Gregorio - 328 pgs. (total 2186 pgs.)
7. The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith - 456 pgs. (total 2642 pgs.)
8. Fifty Shades Darker - E. L. James - 532 pgs. (total 3174 pgs.)
9. Saint's Gate - Carla Neggers - 334 pgs. (total 3508 pgs.)
10. Heroes Are My Weakness - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 364 pgs. (total 3872 pgs.)
11. Cry Wolf - J. Carson Black - 132 pgs. (total 4004 pgs.)
12. The Museum of Extraordinary Things - Alice Hoffman - 368 pgs. (total 4372 pgs)
13. Since You've Been Gone - Morgan Matson - 449 pgs. (total 4821 pgs.)
14. The Evelyn Project - Kfir Luzzatto - 305 pgs. (total 5126 pgs.)
15. The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths - 320 pgs (total 5446 pgs.)
16. One Kick -Chelsea Cain - 309 pgs. (total 5755 pgs)
17. Shine Shine Shine - Lydia Netzer - 309 pgs. (total 6064 pgs.)
18. Rules of Prey - John Sandford - 479 pgs. (total 6543 pgs.)
19. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline - 374 pgs. (total 6917 pgs.)
20. The Closers- Michael Connelly - 432 pgs. (total 7349 pgs.)
21. Digging to America - Anne Tyler - 277 pgs. (total 7626 pgs)
22. Red Mist- Patricia Cornwell - 512 pgs. (total 8138 pgs.)
23. Flight 12; A Laura Cardinal Thriller - J. Carson Black - 92 pgs. (total 8230 pgs.)
24. Flight 12: A Kristin Cunningham Thriller - Allan Leverone - 79 pgs. (total 8309 pgs.)
25. Booked to Die - John Dunning - 394 pgs. (total 8703 pgs.)
26. Hundred Dollar Baby - Robert B. Parker - 291 pgs. (total 8994 pgs.)
27. Twisted Innocence - Terri Blackstock - 320 pgs. (total 9314 pgs.)
28. Boundary Waters - William Kent Krueger - 416 pgs. (total 9730 pgs.)
29. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy - Cassandra Clare & Sandra Rees Brennan - 78 pg.s (total 9808 pgs.)
30. Wonder - P. J. Palacio - 315 pgs. (total 10,123 pgs.)
31. Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison - 346 pgs. (10,469 pgs.)
32. Gun Games - Faye Kellerman - 375 pgs. (10,844 pgs.)
DNF - Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews - 60 pgs (out of 260) (10,904 pgs.)
33. The Survivor's Club - 364 pgs. (11,268 pgs.)
34. Never Go Back - Lee Child - 400 pgs. ( 11,668 pgs.)
35. A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy - 464 pgs. (12,132 pgs.)
36. Half a Chance - Cynthia Lord - 218 pgs. (12,350 pgs.)
37. Playing God - Kate Flora - 286 pgs. (12,636 pgs.)
38. Second Son - Lee Child - 32 pgs. (12, 668 pgs.)
39. Down to the Wire - David Rosenfelt - 294 pgs. (12,962 pgs.)
40. Girls' Night Out - Kate Flora - 32 pgs. (12,994 pgs.)
41. Mr. Cooper is Super! - Dan Gutman - 112 pgs. (13,106 pgs.)
42. Heartstopper - Joy Fielding - 387 pgs. (13, 493 pgs.)
43. Judy Moody, Mood Martian - 208 pgs. (13,701 pgs.)
44. Winter at the Door - Sarah Graves - 272 pgs (13,973 pgs,)
45, Deadline - John Sandford - 388 pgs. (14, 361 pgs.)
46. The Professional - Robert B. Parker - 289 pgs. (14,650 pgs.)
47. Summer of the Gypsy Moths - Sara Pennypacker - 275 pgs. (14,925 pgs.)
48. After the Storm - Linda Castillo - 320 pgs. (15,245 pgs.)
49. The Killing Floor - Lee Child - 524 pgs. (15,769 pgs.)
50. Darkness First - James Hayman - 496 pgs. (16,265 pgs.)
51. Ruby Red - Kerstin Gier - 330 pgs. (16,595 pgs.)
52. The Kiss of Deception- Mary E. Pearson - 489 pgs. (17,084 pgs.)
53. A Hidden Secret - Linda Castillo - 74 pgs. (17,158 pgs.)
54. A Reliable Wife, - Robert Goolrick - 291 pgs. (17,449 pgs.)
55. Sapphire Blue - Kerstin Gier - 362 pgs. (17,811 pgs.)
56. Six Years - Harlan Coben - 368 pgs. (18,179 pgs.)
57. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard - 383 pgs. (18,562 pgs.)8.
58. The Eighth Day - Dianne K. Salerni - 320 pgs. (18,882 pgs.)
59. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness - 479 pgs. (19,361 pgs.)
DNF - The Inquisitor's Mark - Dianne K. Salerni - read 93 pgs. (19,454 pgs.)
60. Court of Fives - Kate Elliott - 432 pgs. (19,886 pgs.)
61. Victims - Jonathan Kellerman - 338 pgs. (20,224 pgs.)
62. Tag Man - Archer Mayor - 290 pgs. (20,514 pgs.)
63. The Impossible Knife of Memory - Laurie Halse Anderson 281 pgs. (20,795 pgs.)
64. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - 336 pgs. (21,131 pgs.)
65, The Wrath & the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh - 395 pgs. (21,526 pgs.)
66. GEORGE - Alex Gino - 199 pgs. (21,725 pgs.)
67. Running Blind - Lee Child - 512 pgs. (22,257 pgs.)
68. The Hired Girl - Laura Amy Schlitz - 387 pgs. (22,624 pgs.)
69. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell - Chris Colfer - 438 pgs. (23,062 pgs.)
70. Deception - Jonathan Kellerman - 338 pgs. (23,400 pgs.)
71. Till the Sun Breaks Down - Tom Leveen - 130 pgs. (23,530 pgs.)
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