For a while now Books and Lala has sponsored the Buzzword Reading Challenge on the blog and on Storygraph (see links on blog). The goal is pretty simple--just read one book per month which has the following prompt words in the title. Last year she added a second challenge to the mix--the Buzzword Cover Reading Challenge where you read books that have the prompts somewhere on the cover. So, of course, I'm going to do both and record them both here. Titles listed below are tentative possibilities--will update with final choice once read.
Buzzword Reading Challenge Prompts
Buzzword Title Challenge
January "Before" or "After": Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers
February Keyboard Key: Escape While I Can by Melba Marlett
March "This" or "That": That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green
April Ordinal Numbers: Murder on the Thirty-First Floor by Per Wahlöö
May "Make": These Names Make Clues by E. C. R. Lorac
June One-Word Title: Resurrection by Tucker Malarkey
July Occupations: The Fourth Postman by Craig Rice
August Groups/Clubs: The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton OR The Obituary Club by Hugh Pentecost
September "My" or "My": My Old Man's Badge by Ferguson Findley OR Lady, Don't Die on My Doorstep by Joseph Shallit
October Parts of a House: The Opening Door by Helen Reilly
November Instructional Title: HIllary Waugh's Guide to Mysteries & Mystery Writing by Hillary Waugh
December Superlatives: Best Dr. Poggioli Detective Stories by T. S. Stribling
Buzzword Cover Challenge
January An Internal Body Part: Old Bones by Herman Peterson
February Silhouette: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Great War by Simon Guerrier
March Implies Action: The Prowler by Frances Rickett
April Wearable Accessories: Harriet Farewell by Margaret Erskine [scarf]
May Border/Frame: Suspicious Characters by Dorothy L. Sayers
June Wings: The Man Who Didn't Fly by Margot Bennett
July Metallic Element: Murder Mayhem by Christopher P. Semtner (ed)
August Damage: Experiment in Terror by The Gordons
September Fire/Smoke: The Man Who Killed Fortescue by Dorothy Stockbridge Tillett OR Smoke Detector by Eric Wright
October Doors/Keys/Locks: The Opening Door by Helen Reilly
November Reflection: Death on a May Morning by Max Dalman
December Musical Item: The Hymn Tune Mystery by George Birmingham [pipe organ]
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