MY READER'S BLOCK: The 52 Book Club Reading Challenge

SCAM artist alert

Apparently there is someone calling themself "Luigi Calloway" out there who is claiming to be associated with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. He is contacting authors and telling them if they pay him, then their books will be used for the challenge. It's possible he's also telling people they must pay to participate in any way. Please know that there is absolutely no charge associated in any way with this reading challenge and that this person does NOT represent me or anything associated with my blog. I DO NOT endorse anything that he claims.There will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. If only people who exert this much time and effort on scamming people would put it into something worthwhile....like reading their own books! A message to Luigi: Please cease and desist contacting authors (or anyone) in my name or claiming to represent this reading challenge. You absolutely DO NOT.

Monday, November 21, 2022

The 52 Book Club Reading Challenge

I'm back for another round of Liz's reading challenge at The 52 Book Club . Hers is a low-key challenge, so there is no pressure to fulfill all 52 categories I'm setting a personal goal of 26. I may read more that fit the categories, but at 26 I can claim my challenge goal fulfilled. In 2021 and 2022 I managed to pull off all 52--so who knows, maybe I'll get there again. I'll list some tentative selections below and update as needed. And I've also made a padlet showing all the selections: HERE.

1. Book with a Subtitle: I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay by Harlan Ellison & Isaac Asimov (7/5/23)

2. Featuring an Inheritance: Towards Zero by Agatha Christie (3/5/23)

3. Title Starts with "G": Garden of Deadly Delights by Cynthia Manson [ed] (2/7/23)

4. Title Starts with "H": Hemlock Hollow by Culley Holderfield (8/19/23)

5. Title Starts with "I": Inquest by Percival Wilde (4/15/23)

6. Under 200 Pages: Beauty Marks the Spot by Kelley Roos (1/7/23)

7. City/Country Name in Title: Murder, London-New York by John Creasey (6/22/23)

8. Dystopian Fiction: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (4/20/23)

9. Book with a Dedication: Little Men by Louisa May Alcott (4/14/23)

10. Takes Place During the Roaring Twenties: The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits by Mike Ashley, ed (4/30/23)

11. Book about Secrets: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (3/30/23)

12. High Fantasy: Sabriel by Garth Nix (3/21/23)

13. Published Posthumously: Slay Bells by Eunice Mays Boyd (7/7/23)

14. A Survival Story: Tom O'Bedlam by Robert Silverberg (5/16/23)

15. Set in Australia: Wings Above the Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield (2/3/23)

16. Features One of the "Seven Deadly Sins": The Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt (4/23/23)

17. By a Caribbean Author: Looking for a Jumbie by Tracey Baptiste [lived in Trinidad until 15] (2/22/23)

18. Set During War Other Than WWI or WWII: Silent Witness by Margaret Yorke [the Cold War] (4/22/23)

19. Typographic Cover: Phi Beta Murder by C. S. Challinor (2/20/23)

20. Book About Siblings: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (1/23/22)

21. Second-Hand Book: Beyond by Theodore Sturgeon (3/26/23)

22. Body-Positive Message: My Pocket Meditations for Self Compassion by Courtney Ackerman (2/22/23)

23. An Alliterative Title: Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac (2/18/23)

24. Nordic Noir: Borkmann's Point by Hakan Nesser (9/10/23)

25. A Fashionable Character: The Beauty Queen Killer by John Creasey (5/14/23)

26. Has an Epilogue: Mysterious Invitation by Bernice Bloom (1/27/23)

27. Newbery Medal Winner: Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (1/1/23)

28. Includes a Funeral: The Becket Factor by Michael David Anthony (1/9/23)

29. Sends You Down a Rabbit Hole: It Walks by Night by John Dickson Carr [sent me searching for who Barbey D'Aurevilly was] (2/24/23)

30. Author with Same Name as You: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie [my middle name] (4/27/23)

31. Set in a Workplace: Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield (4/7/23)

32. Published by MacMillan: Bony & the Kelly Gang by Arthur W. Upfield (3/23/23)

33. Banned Book: Madeline & the Gypsies by Ludwig Bemelmans (1/30/23)

34. Featuring Mythology: The Genesis Secret by Tom Knox (3/29/23)

35. Book You Meant to Read Last Year: Sydney Chambers & the Perils of the Night by James Runcie (3/11/23)

36. Chapters Have Cliffhangers: The Dante Game by Jane Langton (1/13/23)

37. Written in the Present Tense: The Cave of Time by Edward Packard (4/26/23)

38. An Enemies to Lovers Plot: Where Serpents Sleep by C. S. Harris (4/3/23)

39. Final Book in a Series: The Four False Weapons by John Dickson Carr (5/12/23) [last book of the Henri Bencolin mystery series]

40. Written by a Comedian: Number One Is Walking by Steve Martin (3/9/23)

41. A Character Who Is a Refugee: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie (3/17/23)

42. Time in Title: The Distant Hours by Kate Morton (6/29/30)

43. Book "Everyone" Has Read: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (did a poll amongst my fellow vintage mystery fans--this one came out on top) [9/9/23]

44. A Contemporary Setting: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (5/11/23)

45. First Word in Book is "The": A Gentleman's Murder by Christopher Huang (1/22/23)

46. Script Font on Spine: Dead, Mr. Mozart by Bernard Bastable (3/15/23)

47. Set in Dublin: Hopeland (aka Skippy Dies part one) by Paul Murray (1/19/23)

48. Book by Octavia Butler: Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler (3/4/23)

49. Books on the Cover: See Also Murder by Larry D. Sweazy (7/7/23)

50. Book Related to the Word "Murder": The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson (1/7/23)

51. Doesn't Fit Any of Other Prompts: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (5/26/23)

52. Published in 2023: Who Cries for the Lost by C. S. Harris (7/4/23)

February Mini-Challenge

1. Set in Winter or Spring: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

2. Shadow on the Cover: The Beauty Queen Killer by John Creasey