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All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. In keeping with my word of the year, LIGHTEN, I am cutting back on reading challenges this year. Since I still want to play along with Carolyn’s fun challenges, I have decided to still join, but rather than keep going through the whole year, I am going to set a goal for each one and when that is reached, I am done with the challenge.  [Read more…] about Riedel Fascination Challenge sign-ups

All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. This was my fourth year to join in the fun of Gentle Spectrums, both A & B. The A choice is Limitless Palette which includes book titles with colours or colour associations. The B choice is Gentle Subjects which gives us a list of 10 broad subjects to find at least one book each that fills the bill.  Here’s my list of books to fulfill the challenge: [Read more…] about Gentle Spectrums 2017 wrap-up

All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. This was my second year for Celtic Coasts and I found that I read many books last year with a tie to Ireland, Wales, or Scotland in setting or author. I managed a total of 47 books this year with a Celtic tie. The list: [Read more…] about Celtic Coasts 2017 wrap-up

All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. This was my second year of the Mystery group and I managed quite the long list of mysteries this year. Here’s my list of 71 total. I made progress on favorite series, began some new series, and discovered new treasures. [Read more…] about My Kind of Mystery 2017 wrap-up