Read Your Shelf 2024

 

 

READ YOUR SHELF CHALLENGE

A new TBR reading challenge that I'm hoping to fit in with my own Mount TBR Challenge--hopefully, I'll be able to move a whole mountain off my mountain range. For my personal challenge tracking, I commit to 30 of the prompts. Once completed, I may count it towards my challenges complete.

📚HOW IT WORKS:
* Starts: November 1, 2023
* Ends: December 31, 2024
* There are 60 prompts (some repeated) to help you pick and read books you already have on your shelves.
* Books must be at least 100 pages
* Books must be middle grade or higher

📚BOOKS THAT QUALIFY
🔹 books on your shelf now (physical, digital, or audio)
🔹 books you put on hold at your library before Nov. 1, 2023
🔹 arcs currently on your NetGalley shelf (new or backlist)
🔹 arcs you have requested before Nov. 1, 2023
🔹 pre-ordered books you ordered before Nov. 1, 2023
🔹 gifts you receive during the challenge at any time
🔹 audiobooks you have already downloaded or saved before Nov. 1, 2023, on apps like Audible, Scribd, etc.

📚BOOKS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY:
🔸 any books you buy AFTER Nov. 1, 2023 (physical, digital, or audio)
🔸 arcs you request AFTER Nov. 1, 2023
🔸 library hold you place AFTER Nov. 1, 2023

 

1. Last Book You Bought: Death of a Dietitian by E. X. Giroux (11/11/24)

2. Shortest Book on Your Shelf: The Dragon Boat Mystery by John Bechtel [88 pages] (6/19/24)

3. Most Intimidating Book:

4. By Indie/Self-Published Author: The Red Death Murders by Jim Noy (11/6/23)

5. Published in Winter (Dec-Feb): Figure Away by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (4/20/24)

6. Bought Because of Social Media: Bodies from the Library 3 by Tony Medawar, ed (1/7/24)

7. Pick 10 Books, Spin Wheel to Pick Next Read: Still Life by Louise Penny (6/28/24)

8. Book Over 500 Pages: Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (2/16/24)

9. Recommended by a Friend: The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien [rec by Jeff Wallace] (11/12/23)

10. Flowers on cover: Murder & Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood (1/27/24)

11. Blue Cover: The Emperor's Snuff Box by John Dickson Carr (1/3/24)

12. Favorite Genre: Death of a Doll by Hilda Lawrence (11/17/23)

13. Continuation of a Series: The Mystery at Orchard House by Joan Coggin [Lady Lupin #2] (1/13/24)

14. By a Favorite Author: Death Has a Small Voice by Frances & Richard Lockridge (1/31/24)

15. Bought Because of Cover: The Clue in the Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene (12/22/24) [bought because it was a tweed cover like the set of six my mom had]

16. First in a Series: The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace (11/10/23)

17. Published in Spring (Mar-May): There is a Tide by Agatha Christie [March 1948] (11/14/24)

18. Less Than 200 Pages: The Blue Geranium by Dolan Birkley (188 pages]  (3/3/24)

19. By Male Author: The Passenger from Scotland Yard by H. F. Heard (1/11/24)

20. Published in Fall (Sep-Nov): The Silent Speaker by Rex Stout [Oct 1946] (3/5/24)

21. By a BIPOC Author

22. Close Eyes & Pick Book at Random: The Tenth Life by Richard Lockridge (5/23/24)

23. At Least 4 Colors on Cover: Murder for Two by George Harmon Coxe (11/9/23)

24. Oldest Book on TBR: The Song of Roland (1115 AD) translated by Dorothy L. Sayers (2/2/24)

25. One You've Been Meaning to Get To: Death, My Darling Daughters by Jonathan Stagge [meant to read it last year] (1/1/24)

26. Stand Alone Book: Only the Good by Mary Collins (11/12/23)

27. By "New to You" Author: Black Friday by David Goodis (11/3/23)

28.Close Eyes & Pick Book at Random

29. Recommended by a Friend: The Murder Wheel by Tom Mead [rec by Paul Gutjahr]

30. By a Favorite Author: Twice Retired by Richard Lockridge (5/17/24)

31. By Female Author: Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb (1/21/24)

32. People on the Cover: Death Takes a Bow by Frances & Richard Lockridge (2/24/24)

33. Number in the Title: Man of Two Tribes by Arthur W. Upfield (2/22/24)

34. Your Initials in the Title or Author's Name: Seance for a Vampire by Fred SaBerHagen (4/9/24)

35. Water on the Cover: Zombies of the Gene Pool by Sharyn McCrumb (3/27/24)

36. White Cover: The Penny Detective by John Tallon Jones (11/14/24)

37. Chapters Have Title: Uncoffin'd Clay by Gladys Mitchell (11/2/23)

38. 300+ Pages: Pieces of Justice by Margaret Yorke (9/2/24)

39. Trees on Cover: A Fete Worse Than Death by Dolores Gordon-Smith (2/20/24)

40. By "New to You" Author: Vultures in the Sky by Todd Downing (11/22/23)

41. Favorite Genre: The Cambridge Murders by Glyn Daniel (1/24/24)

42. Published in Summer (Jun-Aug): Q-Squared by Peter David [August 1995] (3/18/24)

43. Two-Word Title: The Hollow (aka Murder After Hours) by Agatha Christie (2/26/24)

44. By Female Author: Winter in June by Kathryn Miller Haines (2/12/24)

45. Pick 10 Books, Spin Wheel to Pick Next Read: Crossed Skis by E. C. R. Lorac (7/31/24)

46. By a BIPOC Author

47. Bought Because of Cover: Death Wears a White Gardenia by Zelda Popkin (12/26/24) [I love these covers with maps on the back]

48. Bought Because of Social Media

49. Use a Poll to Pick Next Read: Dorothy & Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers & C. S. Lewis by Gina Dalfonzo (3/11/24)

50. 300+ Pages: Inspector of the Dead by David Morrell (2/7/24)

51. Stand Alone Book: Six Queer Things by Christopher St. John Sprigg (5/21/24)

52. Black Cover: Making It So by Patrick Stewart (4/10/24)

53. No People on Cover: Murder in C Major by Sara Hoskinson Frommer (1/15/24)

54. Animated Cover: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame [using Disney animated Toad character] (3/22/24)

55. Animal on Cover: The Unicorn Murders by Carter Dickson (2/28/24)

56. Male Author: The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Rennie Airth (2/16/24)

57. Made into a TV Show/Movie: The New Shoe by Arthur W. Upfield (5/25/24)

58. Published During Birth Month: Never Cross a Vampire by Stuart Kaminsky (10/15/24)

59. Over 500 Pages

60. Use a Poll to Pick Next Book