First and foremost, have fun. Don't stress. No one is being judged, graded, or penalized. Even if you finish only one book the entire challenge, if you enjoy it and it's an accomplishment for you, then that's awesome.
The challenge will run from January 1, 2024 to April 30, 2024. No books started before 12 a.m. on January 1 or finished after 11:59 p.m. on April 30 will count. (We live in different time zones--follow according to your own time zone.)
Each book must be at least 200 pages long. Audio books are fine too.
Since this is the 20th round of the challenge, Erin is mixing things up a bit. There are 20 prompts (one for each year), but you only need to commit to 10 of them to complete the challenge. We are welcome to do all 20 but it is not required.
For full details see Erin's page on Facebook (link above). You will need to join the private group to view.
Here are my planned books. I am going to shoot for all 20, but those in bold are my declared prompts for challenge completion. Ten Complete: 2/2/24
1. Freebie - a book at least 200 pages long:
The Inspector of the Dead by David Morrell (367 pages) [2/7/24]
2. Book made into a movie (from BCBE1):
The Emperor's Snuffbox by John Dickson Carr (298 pages) [made into the 1957 British movie That Woman Opposite (aka City After Midnight)] (1/3/24)
3. Book by a favorite author that is not a reread (from BCBE2):
The Song of Roland by Dorothy L. Sayers, translator (208 pages) [2/2/24)
Bonus Round: Red Bones by Anne Cleeves (3/24/24)
4. Book of short stories (from BCBE3):
Bodies from the Library 3 by Tony Medawar, ed (384 pages) [1/7/24]
5. Book with winter, summer, spring, autumn, or fall in title (from BCBE4):
Winter in June by Kathryn Miller Haines (320 pages) [2/12/24]
6. Historical fiction (from BCBE 5):
The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Rennie Airth (341 pages) [2/16/24]
7. Book set in your city/town/county/state/province (from BCBE6):
Murder in C Major by Sara Hoskinson Frommer (214 pages) [1/15/24]
Bonus Round: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (3/29/24)
8. Book with non-human main character (from BCBE7):
Q-Squared by Peter David (434 pages) [3/18/24]
Bonus Round: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
9. Book with name of a character in title (from BCBE8):
The Moneypenny Diaries by Kate Westbook (272 pages) [2/29/24]
10. Book (at least 2 words in title) where each word in title begins with same letter (from BCBE9):
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz (608 pages) [3/16/24]
Bonus Round: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney [3/26/24]
11. Book originally published over 100 years ago (from BCBE10):
The Passenger from Scotland Yard by H. Freeman Wood [published 1888] (295 pages) [1/11/24]
Bonus Round: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (3/21/24)
12: Book with picture of a building on cover (from BCBE11):
The Cambridge Murders by Glyn Daniel (249 pages) [1/24/24]
Bonus Round: Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang (4/14/24)
13. Edgar award winner (from BCBE12):
Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn MCCrumb [Best Paperback Original 1988] (212 pages) [1/21/24]
Bonus Round: The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (4/25/24)
14. Book with an immigrant as main character (from BCBE13):
The Hollow by Agatha Christie [Poirot immigrated from Belgium] (288 pages) [2/26/24]
15. Book by a LGBTIA+ author or main character (from BCBE14):
Playing with Myself by Randy Rainbow (248 pages) [1/31/24]
16. Book with to, two, or too in the title (from BCBE15):
Man of Two Tribes by Arthur W. Upfield (215 pages) [2/22/24]
Bonus Round: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Maehrer [4/28/24]
17. A memoir, biography, or autobiography (from BCBE16):
Dorothy & Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers & C. S. Lewis by Gina Dalfonzo (208 pages) [3/11/24]
Bonus Round: Making It So by Patrick Stewart (4/10/24)
18. Book with book(s), bookshop, bookstore, library or librarian in title (from BCBE17):
Murder by the Book by Martin Edwards, ed (288 pages) [1/20/24]
Bonus Round: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (4/24/24)
19. Book set in Australia or by an Australian author (from BCBE18):
Murder and Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood (327 pages) [1/27/24]
20. Book with an animal on cover or in title (from BCBE19):
The Unicorn Murders by Carter Dickson (240 pages) [2/28/24]
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