Books

Thanks to Carolina Book Nook for hosting. I’ve finished up this challenge for the year & read a book with a title that fits each category.

• Compound word Murder at Blackburn Hall (High Society Lady Detective #2) by Sara Rosett
• Speed Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team by Elise Hooper
• Person and their description The Fallen Man (Leaphorn & Chee, #12) by Tony Hillerman
• Mythical being Talking God (Leaphorn & Chee, #9) by Tony Hillerman
• Season Pagan Spring (Max Tudor #3) by G.M. Malliet
• Color The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune

I’ve participated in this challenge for several years & always enjoy searching for books to fill the categories. This year, three were audio books from the library and three were from my TBR shelves.

I wasn’t going to sign up for more reading challenges but I have some sci-fi I want to get off my shelves this year, so this will be motivation for me to read them!

There are 4 levels to aim for (or achieve) and I’m going for the first level, which is 5 books: Planet hopper.

SpaceTime Reads details

• You can read any book that is from the science fiction/time-travel genres. Any sub-genres are welcome as long as they incorporate one of these genres.  
• Non-fiction is not included in this challenge.
• You don’t need a blog to participate but you do need a place to post your reviews (even one-liners) to link up. (blog, Goodreads, booklikes, shelfari, etc.)
• Make a goal post and link it back here with your goal for this challenge.
• Books need to be novellas or novels, although anthologies count if they meet the page guideline. (At least 100 pages +)
• You may count books that you do not want to finish if you have read at least 25%, or 100 pages, whichever is MORE. If you have read enough to give a fair mini-review that’s fine.
• Crossovers into other challenges are fine.
• The Challenge runs from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st.

Books read: 194
Pages read: 64,530
Of the books read:
Non-fiction: 8
New-to-me authors: 36
Continuing series books: 126
Re-reads: 40
Audio-books: 110
Various book club reads: 8
Challenges completed: 9 of 9
Ongoing tally of Newbery winners: 83 of 100

[Read more…] about 2021 Reading Statistics

I’m going to be back for all these challenges at the Mystillery in 2022. I’ve really enjoyed being involved with these various mystery challenges & being part of the community.

In 2021 I conquered the Beachcomber & Abra Cadavers. I’m currently doing Ten Pins & have only one more decade to finish up the Century Club. I got 15 notches in the Six Shooter gallery, and read 110 books as the Medical Examiner. So next year should be lots of fun.

THE GIST: The idea is to read books set in European countries or books by European authors. The books can be of any genre – fiction, nonfiction, novels, short stories, memoirs, travel guides, cookbooks, biography, poetry, whatever. You can participate at different levels, but each book must represent a different country — either written by an author from a different country or set in a different country, no two books from the same country. It’s supposed to be a tour! 

WHAT COUNTS AS “EUROPE”?: For this challenge, we use the standard list of 50 sovereign states that fall (at least partially) within the geographic territory of the continent of Europe and/or enjoy membership in international European organizations such as the Council of Europe.
These 50 European sovereign states are:

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 going to sign up for the level: FIVE STAR (DELUXE ENTOURAGE): Read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries.