Back to the Classics Challenge 2021

Click HERE for guidelines and sign-ups.

Host: Karen K @ Books and Chocolate

Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2021

How the challenge works:

• Complete six categories, and you'll get one entry in the drawing; 
• Complete nine categories, and you'll get two entries in the drawing; 
• Complete all twelve categories, and you'll get three entries in the drawing

The Categories:

1. A 19th century classic: any book first published from 1800 to 1899.
2. A 20th century classic: any book first published from 1900 to 1971. All books must have been published at least 50 years ago; the only exceptions are books which were written by 1971 and posthumously published.
3. A classic by a woman author.
4. A classic in translation, meaning any book first published in a language that is not your primary language. You may read it in translation or in its original language, if you prefer. 
5. A classic by BIPOC author; that is, a non-white author.
6. A classic by a new-to-you author, i.e., an author whose work you have never read.
7. New-to-you classic by a favorite author — a new book by an author whose works you have already read. 
8. A classic about an animal, or with an animal in the title. The animal can be real or metaphorical. (i.e., To Kill a Mockingbird).
9. A children's classic. 
10. A humorous or satirical classic.
11. A travel or adventure classic (fiction or non-fiction). It can be a travelogue or a classic in which the main character travels or has an adventure. 
12. A classic play. Plays will only count in this category.

The Rules (quoted from the challenge announcement post):

• All books must have been written at least 50 years ago to qualify; therefore, books must have been published no later than 1971 for this challenge. The only exceptions to this rule are books which were published posthumously but written before 1971. Recent translations of classic novels are acceptable. 
• All books must be read from January 1 through December 31, 2021. Books started before January 1 do not qualify. All reviews must be linked to this challenge by 11:59 p.m. on January 1, 2022. Links for each category will be posted during the first week of January, and will be featured on a sidebar of the host blog for convenience through the entire year. (The link for the final wrap-up will be posted towards the end of the year, to avoid confusion). 
• The deadline to sign up for the challenge is March 31, 2021. After that, the link will be closed and you'll have to wait until next year's challenge. 
• Books may NOT cross over within this challenge — that is, you may not count the same book multiple times within this challenge. You MUST read a different book for each category in this challenge, or it doesn't count. 
• Participants must post a wrap-up and link it to the challenge, and it must include links to all the books they've read for this challenge, specifying which books for each challenge. . . . It is fine to rearrange books for the challenge, since many books can fit multiple categories.
• The wrap-up post MUST include contact information so the winner can be contacted privately before being announced on the blog. If your blog doesn't have a link, or if you have a Goodreads account, indicate that in the comments of wrap-up post.
• The winner will be announced on the blog the first week of January, 2021. All qualifying participants will receive one or more entries, depending upon the number of categories they complete as stated above. One winner will be randomly selected from all qualifying entries. Winner will be contacted privately before being announced on the blog. 
• The winner will receive a gift certificate in the amount of $30 (US) from Amazon.com (US) OR $30 in books from The Book Depository. Winners must live in a country that receives shipment from one of these online retailers. 

See the challenge announcement page for more details and FAQs. 

I'll probably be trying for six categories, at least to start. But I would love to read something for all twelve.

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement/sign-up post HERE.
● Link up reviews HERE.
● Link up challenge wrap-ups HERE.

MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):

• Category 1: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë (pub. 1846) 
• Category 2:
• Category 3: Summer, by Edith Wharton (pub. 1917) 
• Category 4:
• Category 5:
• Category 6:
• Category 7: 
• Category 8: 
• Category 9:
• Category 10: 1066 And All That: A Memorable History of England, by W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, illus. by John Reynolds (pub. 1931)
• Category 11:
• Category 12:

POSSIBLE  READS:

This is my list of TBR classics that match up with one or more of the categories in the challenge.

The 101 Dalmatians. Dodie Smith (1956) 
All Passion Spent. Vita Sackville-West  (1931)
The Ambassadors. Henry James  (1903)
The American. Henry James  (1877)
Animal Farm. George Orwell  (1945) 
Anna Karenina. Leo Tolstoy  (1877)
Appointment in Samarra. John O'Hara (1934)
Barchester Towers (Barsetshire #2). Anthony Trollope (1857)
Barry Lyndon. William Makepeace Thackeray (1844)
The Beckoning Fair One. Oliver Onions (1911)
The Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath (1963)
The Bostonians. Henry James (1886)
The Code of the Woosters. P.G. Wodehouse (1938)
Cranford. Elizabeth Gaskell (1853)
Cry, the Beloved Country. Alan Paton (1948)
The Custom of the Country. Edith Wharton (1913)
Delta Wedding. Eudora Welty (1946)
Demian. Hermann Hesse (1919)
The Edwardians. Vita Sackville-West (1930)
Eight Cousins. Louisa May Alcott (1874)
The Enchanted April. Elizabeth von Arnim (1922)
The Europeans. Henry James (1878)
Far from the Madding Crowd. Thomas Hardy (1874)
Fathers and Sons. Ivan Turgenev (1862)
The 42nd Parallel (USA Trilogy #1). John Dos Passos (1930)
Foundation. Isaac Asimov (1951)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Anita Loos (1924)
The Go-Between. L.P. Hartley (1953)
The Golden Bowl. Henry James (1904)
Grand Hotel. Vicki Baum (1929)
The Heart of the Matter. Graham Greene (1948)
High Rising (Barsetshire #1). Angela Thirkell (1933)
Horseman, Pass By. Larry McMurtry (1961)
The House of Mirth. Edith Wharton (1905)
In Chancery (Forsyte Sage #2). John Galsworthy (1920)
The Invention of Morel. Adolfo Bioy Casares (1940)
Invitation to the Waltz. Rosamond Lehmann (1932)
Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë (1847)
King, Queen, Knave. Vladimir Nabokov (1928)
Lady Windermere's Fan. Oscar Wilde (1893)
The Magnificent Ambersons. Booth Tarkington (1918)
The Man in the Queue. Josephine Tey (1929)
The Marble Faun. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1860)
Medea. Euripides (431 BC)
The Metamorphosis. Franz Kafka (1915)
Misty of Chincoteague. Marguerite Henry (1947)
The Moonstone. Wilkie Collins (1868)
The Mousetrap. Agatha Christie (1952)
The Old Wives' Tale. Arnold Bennett (1908)
One Hundred Years of Solitude. Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1967)
Our Man in Havana. Graham Greene (1959)
Persuasion. Jane Austen (1818)
Pinocchio. Carlo Collodi (1883)
The Ponder Heart. Eudora Welty (1954)
Rabbit, Run. John Updike (1960) 
A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry (1959) 

The Red Pony. John Steinbeck (1937) 
Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen (1811)
The Sheltering Sky. Paul Bowles (1949)
She Stoops to Conquer. Oliver Goldsmith (1773)
Sister Carrie. Theodore Dreiser (1900)
Six Characters in Search of an Author. Luigi Pirandello (1921)
Something Fresh (Blandings Castle #1). P.G. Wodehouse (1915) 

Stuart Little. E.B. White (1945) 
The Spoils of Poynton. Henry James (1896)
Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe (1958)
Where Angels Fear to Tread. E.M. Forster (1905)
Wide Sargasso Sea. Jean Rhys (1966) 

The Wind in the Willows. Kenneth Grahame (1908) 
Winesburg, Ohio. Sherwood Anderson (1919)
The Wings of the Dove. Henry James (1902)
A Wreath of Roses. Elizabeth Taylor (1949)

2021 What's in a Name Challenge

 

Hosted by: Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook
Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2021

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement/sign-up post HERE. 


Guidelines (from announcement post):

• The challenge runs from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. You can sign up any time, but only count books that you read between those dates.
• Read a book in any format (hard copy, ebook, audio) with a title that fits into each category.
• Don’t use the same book for more than one category.
• Creativity for matching the categories is not only allowed, it’s encouraged!
• You can choose your books as you go or make a list ahead of time.

Categories for 2021 (with links to review pages):

1. One/1 (example: One Second After; The 100)
2. Doubled word (ex: In a Dark, Dark Wood; Wolf by Wolf)
3. Reference to outer space (ex: The Fault in Our Stars)
4. Possessive noun (ex: The Zookeeper’s Wife)
5. Botanical word (ex: The Language of Flowers; The Sandalwood Tree)
6. Article of clothing (ex: Bossypants)

MY  READING  LIST (books read, with links to reviews):

• Category 1: 1066 And All That, by W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, illus. by John Reynolds (1930)
  
• Category 2: Dead Dead Girls, by Nekesa Afia (2021) 
• Category 3: Tom Swift and the Visitor From Planet X (Tom Swift Jr. #17), by Victor Appleton II (1961; audiobook 2007)
• Category 4: Smilla's Sense of Snow, by Peter Høeg; trans. by Tiina Nunnally (1992) 
• Category 5: Oranges and Lemons (Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit #17), by Christopher Fowler (2020)
  
• Category 6: 

POSSIBILITIES:

● Category 1 (One/1 - word or numeral):


● Category 2 (Doubled word):

• Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Tom Franklin
• Dead Dead Girls. Nekesa Afia 
• Three Times Time. Jack Matthews

 
● Category 3 (Reference to outer space):

• Full Wolf Moon (Jeremy Logan #5). Lincoln Child
• The Moonstone. Wilkie Collins 
• Number the Stars. Lois Lowry 
• Star Trap (Charles Paris #3). Simon Brett 

● Category 4 (Possessive noun):

• Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #3). Ellis Peters
• Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #4). Ellis Peters 

● Category 5 (Botanical word):


● Category 6 (Article of Clothing):

• The Bluebonnet Betrayal (Potting Shed Mystery #5). Marty Wingate 
• The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (Perry Mason #39). Erle Stanley Gardner 
• The Case of the Singing Skirt (Perry Mason #60). Erle Stanley Gardner 
• Death in a White Tie (Inspector Roderick Alleyn #7). Ngaio Marsh 
• Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins #1). Walter Mosley 
• The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole #1). Robert Crais 
• Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #3). Ellis Peters 
• The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, the Shoe King's Son. Catherine Besterman
• Red Mandarin Dress (Inspector Chen Cao #5). Qiu Xiaolong 
• The Scarlet Slipper Mystery (Nancy Drew #32). Carolyn Keene 

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2021 World War II Challenge

 

J. Howard Miller 1918-2004,
artwork details on wikimedia commons

HOST: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews

DATES: January - December 2021

● See my original post about the Challenge HERE. 
● See the Challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE. 

GOALS: Read, Watch, Listen, Share WWII related stuff

Books

• Fiction published during 1939-1945
• Fiction set during 1939-1945
• Fiction that is about the leading up to the war
• Fiction that is about the direct aftermath of the war
• Nonfiction books about the War
• Biographies or Autobiographies with sections about the war
• Poetry or verse novels with a WWII setting OR publication date
• Essays, Articles, Op-Ed pieces
• historical-historical (straight up historical with no sub-genres)
• historical romance
• historical mysteries
• historical coming-of-age
• historical thrillers/suspense/spy novels
  
  

Music

• See YouTube Pop Hits Chronologies for the years 1938-1946
  
  

Films and documentaries

• any film made/released during 1939-1945
• any film set during the war 
• any documentary about the war

MY  READING  LIST (stuff I've read, with links to reviews):

1. The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew #16). Carolyn Keene (1939)
2. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew #22). Carolyn Keene (1945) 
3. The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope #10). Susan Elia MacNeal (2021; set in 1943) 

MY  WATCH  LIST (films/docs I've watched, with links to any reviews):
1. 
2. 
3. 

STUFF  I'VE  LISTENED  TO:

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POSSIBLE  READS

• Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn #12). Ngaio Marsh (1943)
• Died in the Wool (Roderick Alleyn #13). Ngaio Marsh (1945)
• The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope #10). Susan Elia MacNeal (2021; set in 1943) 
• Los Alamos. Joseph Kanon (1997; set in 1945) 

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Books in Translation Reading Challenge 2021

HOST: Jen @ IntrovertedReader.com 

DATES: 1 January - 31 December 2021

● See the Challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE. 

● See my original post about the Challenge HERE. 
● See the link for reviews HERE. 

Guidelines (quoted from announcement page):

• You can read a book that’s been translated from any language into the language of your choosing. The challenge is not limited to translations to or from English.
• You can read any genre
• You can read books meant for any age group
• Crossovers with other challenges are fine
• Any format that you choose is also acceptable
• The challenge will run from January 1 through December 31, 2021
• A blog is not required for participation; you can also link to reviews on other sites such as GoodReads or LibraryThing
• Sign up anytime throughout the year 

Levels:

1. Beginner: Read 1-3 books in translation (my choice)
2. Conversationalist: 4-6 books
3. Bilingual: 7-9 books
4. Linguist: 10+ books

MY  READING  LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):

1. The Lost Village. Camilla Sten; trans. by Alexandra Fleming (Swedish) 
2. Smilla's Sense of Snow. Peter Høeg; trans. by Tiina Nunnally (Danish) 
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2021 Calendar of Crime Challenge

Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block
Dates: 1 January - 31 December 2021

Guidelines (from announcement page):

• Challenge runs from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. All books should be read during this time period. Sign up any time. 
• All books must be mysteries. Humor, romance, supernatural elements (etc.) are welcome, but the books must be mysteries/crime/detective novels first.
• Twelve books, one representing each month, are required for a completed challenge and to be eligible for the end-of-year prize drawing. Each month comes with several categories that may be selected to fulfill the month's reading. 
• To claim a book, it must fit one of the categories for the month you wish to fulfill. Unless otherwise specified, the category is fulfilled within the actual story. For instance, if you are claiming a book for December and you want to use "Christmas" as the category, then Christmas must figure in some way in the plot. Did someone poison the plum pudding? Did Great-Uncle Whozit invite all the family home for Christmas so he could tell them he plans to change his will? 
• The "wild card" book is exactly that. If July is your birth month, then for category #9, you may read any mystery book you want. It does not have to connect with July in any way — other than a July baby chose it. The other eleven months, you must do the alternate category #9 if you want to fulfill that slot. 
• For the category that says "Book title contains a word that starts with the letter A," the following do not count: "A" and "An."  
• Books may only count for one month and one category, but they may count for other challenges. If it could fulfill more than one category or month, then you are welcome to change the category/month at any time prior to the final wrap-up.
• Books do not have to be read during the month for which they qualify. So if you're feeling like a little "Christmas in July" (or May or...), then feel free to read your book for December whenever the mood strikes.
• A wrap-up post/comment/email will be requested that should include a calendar of books read and what category they fulfilled. [Example: January: The House of Sudden Sleep by John Hawk (original pub date January 1930)].

Monthly Categories:

 
● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE.
● See the challenge Headquarters page HERE.
● See the list of challenge participants HERE.
● See my challenge wrap-up post HERE.


MY  READING  LIST:

JANUARY:
• Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury #5). Martha Grimes (Category #7: Book title has word starting with "J")

FEBRUARY:
• Faithful unto Death (Chief Inspector Barnaby #5). Caroline Graham (Category #7: Book title has word starting with "F") 
• A Guilty Thing Surprised (Inspector Wexford #5). Ruth Rendell (Category #2: Author's birth month)

MARCH:
• Oranges and Lemons (Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit #17). Christopher Fowler (Category #2: Author's birth month)

APRIL:
• The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1). Catherine Aird (Category #9: Church / Minister / Religion has major role) 

MAY:
• A Body at the Tea Rooms (Kate Palmer Mysteries #3). Dee MacDonald (Category #6: Original publication month)

JUNE:
• Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery #1). Nekesa Afia (Category #6: Original publication month) 

JULY:
• The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew #16), by "Carolyn Keene" (Category #2: Author's birth month - Mildred Wirt Benson, the pseudonymous author who wrote this book in the series, was born July 10, 1905)

AUGUST:
• The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2), by Elly Griffiths (Category #2: Author's birth month - Elly Griffiths was born August 17, 1963, according to Google) 

SEPTEMBER:
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OCTOBER:
•  Bloodless (Pendergast #20), by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Category #2: Author's birth month - Lincoln Child was born October 13, 1957, according to Wikipedia)

NOVEMBER:
• Nemesis (Miss Marple #12). Agatha Christie (Category #7: Book title has word starting with "N") 

DECEMBER:
• Suspicious Death (Inspector Thanet #8). Dorothy Simpson (Category #7: Book title has word starting with "D") 

2021 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge

HOST: Carol @ Carol's Notebook

DATES: January 1 - December 31, 2021

Guidelines (quoted from challenge announcement page):

• You can read any book that is from the mystery/suspense/thriller/crime genres. Any sub-genres are welcome as long as they incorporate one of these genres.
• You don’t need a blog to participate but you do need a place to post your reviews to link up (blog, Goodreads, Instagram, etc.).
• Books need to be at least 100 pages long. Please no short stories.
• Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
• The Challenge will run from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st. (Sign up ends March 15th.)
• There will be a monthly link-up for reviews.
  
  

Levels:

1. Amateur sleuth =  5 - 15 books
2. Detective =  16 - 25 books 
3. Inspector =  26 - 35 books 
4. Special agent =  36 - 55 books
5. Sherlock Holmes =  56+ books

I'm signing up at the "Amateur Sleuth" level (5-15 books). 

See my original post about the challenge HERE. 
See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE.

MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):

1. Nemesis (Miss Marple #11). Agatha Christie (1971) 
2. Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury #5). Martha Grimes (1984)
3. Suspicious Death (Inspector Thanet #8). Dorothy Simpson (1988) 
4. Bryant & May: Oranges and Lemons (Peculiar Crimes Unit #17). Christopher Fowler (2021) 
5. The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew #16). Carolyn Keene (1939)
6. A Guilty Thing Surprised (Inspector Wexford #5). Ruth Rendell (1970)
7. Faithful Unto Death (Chief Inspector Barnaby #5). Caroline Graham (1996) 
8. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew #22). Carolyn Keene (1945)
9. The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2). Elly Griffiths (2021)
10. An Extravagant Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #14). Charles Finch (2021)
11. A Body at the Tea Rooms (Kate Palmer Mysteries #3). Dee MacDonald (2021) 
12. Dead Dead Girls. Nekesa Afia (2021) 
13. Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot #17). Agatha Christie (1929)
14. Castle Shade (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes #17). Laurie R. King (2021)
15. Killing in a Koi Pond (Murder, She Wrote #53). Terrie Farley Moran (2021) 
16. Smilla's Sense of Snow. Peter Høeg (1992) 
17. The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1). Catherine Aird (1966) 
18. The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope #10). Susan Elia MacNeal (2021) 
19. Wolf Lake (Dave Gurney #5). John Verdon (2016) 
20. The Victim in Victoria Station (Dorothy Martin #5). Jeanne M. Dams (1999)
21. The Return of the Pharaoh: From the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. (Sherlock Holmes Pastiche #5). Nicholas Meyer 
22. Bloodless (Pendergast #20). Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (2021) 
23. Plot It Yourself (Nero Wolfe #32). Rex Stout (1959) 

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2021 European Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Gilion @ Rose City Reader

Dates: January 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022

Guidelines (quoted from the announcement page):

The idea is to read books by European authors or books set in European countries (no matter where the author comes from). The books can be anything – novels, short stories, memoirs, travel guides, cookbooks, biography, poetry, or any other genre. You can participate at different levels, but each book must be by a different author and set in a different country – it's supposed to be a tour. 

• Books should be read between January 1, 2021 and January 31, 2022.  If you participated in the 2020 European Reading Challenge, you can only count books read in January 2021 for one year – either the end of the 2020 challenge or the start of the 2021 challenge – you don't get to count one book for both challenges. 
• You do not have to commit to your choices now; and you can change your mind about books at any time. 
• Overlap with other challenges is allowed – and encouraged! 
• Re-reads count. 
• Audiobooks count. 
• E-books count. 
• Self-published books count. 
• There will be a page for linking your reviews. Reviews are not necessary, unless you are going for the Jet Setter Prize, in which case only books reviewed count.
• If you do not have a blog, put your reviews or reports in a comment on the review list page. 
• There will be a page for posting links to wrap-up posts. 

Levels of participation:

1. Five Star (Deluxe Entourage): Read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries.
2. Four Star (Honeymooner): Read four qualifying books.
3. Three Star (Business Traveler): Read three qualifying books.
4. Two Star (Adventurer): Read two qualifying books.
5. One Star (Pensione Weekender): Read just one qualifying book.

List of Countries:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Vatican City.

✹ I'm signing up for the Three Star ("Business Traveler") level.

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See my challenge wrap-up post HERE.
● See the challenge announcement page HERE.
● See the review page HERE.
● See the page for challenge wrap-ups HERE.


MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):

1. The Lost Village. Camilla Sten (set in Sweden) 
2. Castle Shade (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes #17). Laurie R. King (set in Romania)
3. Smilla's Sense of Snow. Peter Høeg (set mainly in Denmark) 

 

2021 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

 
HOST: Marg @ The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader.

DATES: January - December 2021

Guidelines:

• Read historical fiction. Any sub-genre of historical fiction is accepted (Historical Romance, Historical Mystery, Historical Fantasy, Young Adult, History/Non-Fiction, etc.)
• Anyone can participate. A blog isn't necessary - you can post your reviews on Goodreads, Facebook, or Amazon, or you can add your book title and thoughts in the comment section of the review link-up page.
• Monthly review link-ups will be posted. Add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the Mister Linky.

Levels:

20th Century Reader - 2 books
Victorian Reader - 5 books
Renaissance Reader - 10 books
Medieval - 15 books
Ancient History - 25 books
Prehistoric - 50+ books

I'm signing up at the "20th Century Reader" level. 

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement/sign-up post HERE.  

MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):

1. An Extravagant Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries #14). Charles Finch (2021; set in 19th Century London and Newport, RI)
2. Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery #1). Nekesa Afia (2021; set in Harlem, NYC, 1920s) 
3. Castle Shade (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes #17). Laurie R. King (2021; set in 1920s Romania) 
4. The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope #10). Susan Elia MacNeal (2021; set during WWII, in Hollywood, California) 
5. The Return of the Pharaoh: From the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. (Holmes Pastiche #5). Nicholas Meyer (2021; set in 1911 Egypt) 

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2021 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Celebrity Readers
Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2021

Guidelines:

• The challenge will run from January 1st, 2021 to December 31st, 2021.  Books must be read during this time frame to count.  Sign up is open from now until December 1st, 2021, so you may join even just for the last month of the year.
• Series can be already completed as well as still ongoing.  For ongoing series, the goal is to catch up to the most recent book published by the end of 2021.
  
• It doesn't matter if you have only 1 book or 10 books to read in order to finish your series, as long as you’ve started the series before 2021 (i.e., read at least one book in the series), it counts.  Re-reads are not required.
• Any format and length of book counts – print, ebook, audio, ARC, etc.
• Series can be any length (even if it’s just a Duet).
• Crossovers from other challenges are totally acceptable!
• Reviews are not required, but highly encouraged.

Levels:

1. C-List Series Finisher = complete 1-4 series
2. B-List Series Finisher = complete 5-8 series
3. A-List Series Finisher = complete 9+ series

I'm signing up at the "C-List" level.

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See the challenge announcement/sign-up page HERE. 

MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):

1. Faithful unto Death (Chief Inspector Barnaby series, #5). Caroline Graham (1996)

2. Wolf Lake (Dave Gurney series, #5). John Verdon (2016) 

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4. 

Series I'd like to finish:

● Robert Langdon series, by Dan Brown (1 book left)

Origin (2017)

● The Dark Is Rising series, by Susan Cooper (1 book left)

Silver on the Tree (1977)

● Mrs. Malory Mysteries, by Hazel Holt (3 books left)

Mrs. Malory and a Death in the Family (2006)
Mrs. Malory and a Necessary End (2012)
Death Is a Word (2014)

● Dave Gurney Mysteries, by John Verdon (4 books left)

Let the Devil Sleep (2012)
Wolf Lake (2016)
White River Burning (2018)
On Harrow Hill (coming in 2021) 

● Inspector Barnaby series, by Caroline Graham (4 books left)

Death of a Hollow Man (1989)
Death in Disguise (1993)
Faithful Unto Death (1996) 
A Ghost in the Machine (2004) 

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2021 Reading Challenge Announcements

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Well, 2020 is still dragging on, but the 2021 reading challenge announcements are already rolling out. Yeah, I'm ready to kick this year to the curb, too. So, here are some of the early birds. I'll update as I discover new entries. (Check marks will indicate challenges I've signed up for.)

1. 2021 A to Z Reading Challenge | Host: Bookstacks & Golden Moms. 
2. 2021 Aussie Author Reading Challenge | Host: Booklover Book Reviews. 
   
3. Back to the Classics Challenge 2021 | Host: Karen K. @ Books and Chocolate.✓
4. 2021 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge | Host: Novel Knight. 
   
5. Books in Translation Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Introverted Reader.✓
6. British Crime Classics Challenge | Host: The Book Decoder.
   
7. Calendar of Crime Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Bev @ MY READER'S BLOCK.✓
8. 2021 Children's Book Reading Challenge - for Adults | Host: Belle's Library.  
9. Chunkster Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Impressions in Ink.
   
10. 2021 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge | Host: Carol @ Carol's Notebook.✓
11. Color Coded Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Bev @ MY READER'S BLOCK.  
12. Creativity Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of! 
13. Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews. 
    
14. 2021 Diversify Your Reading Challenge | Host: Kelly Mongan @ Mongan Moments. 
15. 2021 Diversity Reading Challenge | Host: Celebrity Readers.
    
16. 2021 Diversity Reading Challenge | Host: Lukten av trykksverte. 
17. 2021 Dystopia Reading Challenge | Host: Brittani @ Game, Read, Teach. 
18. Epistolary Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of!. 
19. 2021 European Reading Challenge | Host: Gilion Dumas @ Rose City Reader.✓  
    
20. 2021 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge | Host: Celebrity Readers.✓ 
    
21. 2021 Georgian Reading Challenge | Host: Becky's Book Reviews. 
    
22. Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Marg @ The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader.✓ 
    
23. Humor Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of!. 
24. Japanese Literature Challenge 14 | Host: Dolce Bellezza. 
    
25. Memoir Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of!.  
26. Mental Health Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Jamie Ghione @ Whatever I Think Of!. 
27. 2021 Monthly Book Award Reading Challenge | Host: Kim & Tanya @ GirlXOXO. 
    
28. 2021 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge | Host: Kim & Tanya @ GirlXOXO.
    
29. 2021 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge | Host: Kim & Tanya @ GirlXOXO.
    
30. Mount TBR Challenge 2021 | Host: Bev @ MY READER'S BLOCK.  
31. Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews. 
    
32. 2021 Newbery Reading Challenge | Host: Julie @ Smiling Shelves. 
33. 2021 New Release Challenge | Hosts: Linda & Brandee @ (Un) Conventional Bookworms. 
    
34. 2021 Nonfiction Reader Challenge | Host: Book'd Out.  
35. The Purrfect Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews.
    
36. Read It Again, Sam 2021 | Host: Bev @ MY READER'S BLOCK. 
37. Read the Alphabet Challenge | Host: Lindsi @ Do You Dog-ear? 
    
38. Southern Literature Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Introverted Reader. 
    
39. Space Time Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Jemima @ Jemima Pett. 
40. The Sweet Southern Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Readeropolis.
    
41. 2021 Victorian Reading Challenge | Host: Becky's Book Reviews. 
42. 2021 Victorian Reading Challenge | Host: Belle's Library.
    
43. Vintage Scattergories: Vintage Mystery Challenge 2021 | Host: Bev @ MY READER'S BLOCK. 
44. Virtual Mount TBR Challenge 2021 | Host: Bev @ MY READER'S BLOCK. 
45. What An Animal Reading Challenge 2021 | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews.  
46. What's In a Name 2021 | Host: Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook.✓
47. When Are You Reading? Challenge 2021 | Host: Sam @ Taking On a World of Words. 
48. 2021 Witchy Year Reading Challenge | Host: Julie @ Julie Cornewell.
    
49. 2021 World War II Challenge | Host: Becky's Book Reviews.✓

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(Originally posted 10/25/2020)