2020 Reading List and Challenge

Once again, I'm reluctant to set a number as my goal for reading, but I'll aim for 50. So far these are the two challenges I'll be keeping in mind as I read, although I may add another if I stumble across one that looks like a good fit. First is the Friday Five Link Up at The Book Date. That isn't a reading challenge as much as link-up to discuss bookish things. I'm going to try the The Modern Mrs. Darcy 2020 Reading Challenge. I didn't complete all the categories in the 2019 Challenge, but this is a new year and who knows?! More information about the two challenges can be found at the links and below my book list.

  1. Penny For Your Secrets - Anna Lee Huber
  2. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie
  3. She Laughs - Carolanne Miljavac
  4. The Friendly Persuasion - Jessamyn West
  5. The Blizzard Bride - Susanne Dietze
  6. The Curse of the Healing Kiss - Mark McClelland
  7. From Sky to Sky - Amanda G. Stevens
  8. Lady of Secrets - G.S. Carr
  9. The Next Always - Nora Roberts
  10. The Chisholm Trail Bride - Kathleen Y'Barbo
  11. Redemption at the Eleventh Hour - Andrew Crown
  12. Until the Mountains Fall - Connilynn Cossette
  13. A Murderous Relation - Deanna Raybourn
  14. Rosemary - G.L. Robinson
  15. The Green Dress - Liz Tolsma
  16. Like Flames in the Night - Connilynn Cossette
  17. Ruby Moon - Jenny Knipfer
  18. The Girl With the Louding Voice - Abi Dare
  19. The Travelling Cat Chronicles - Hiro Arikawa
  20. The Seaside Affair - Vicki Hopkins
  21. Ever Faithful - Karen Barnett
  22. Summer of Dreams - Elizabeth Camden
  23. The Red Ribbon - Pepper Basham
  24. The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter - Mimi Matthews
  25. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
  26. A Stroke of Malice - Anna Lee Huber
  27. The Gold Digger - Liz Tolsma
  28. The Calm I Seek by Christina Lourens
  29. Silas Marner - George Eliot
  30. To Dwell Among the Cedars - Connilynn Cossette
  31. Everyday Confetti - Karen Ehman and Glynnis Whitwer
  32. The Christmas Bargain - Shanna Hatfield



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The Modern Mrs. Darcy 2020 Reading Challenge is simple - see how many from this list we can complete:
https://modernmrsdarcy.com/reading-life-challenge/


There are ten categories - for twelve books - because that's far more than the average reader reads in a year, but few enough to allow participants to choose titles with care. The categories are:

A book published the decade you were born

A debut novel
Redemption at the Eleventh Hour by Andrew Crown
The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

A book recommended by a source you trust
The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter by Mimi Matthews

A book by a local author
The Next Always by Nora Roberts

A book outside your (genre) comfort zone
The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

A book in translation
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

A book nominated for an award in 2020

A re-read
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

A classic you didn't read in school
Silas Marner by George Eliot

Three books by the same author
Until the Mountains Fall, Like Flames in the Night, and To Dwell Among the Cedars - Connilynn Cossette

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The Friday Five Link Up is a List Link Up. It can be five connections of any kind. 

Books can have been read last year or any year. Books can be used more than once. They may not have been read yet. . . It can be as simple or as complicated as you like. Maybe it's not a list of actual books, but things connected to books - e.g. favourite book shops, recipes etc. It might even be five movies related to books or five poems or five poets or five bookish moments, five thoughts about reading - be creative!
The link-up will be open each Friday and will close on Thursday. Use the hashtag #connect5books

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2020 Alphabet Soup Challenge
To read a book beginning with each letter of the alphabet


A - A Stroke of Malice - Anna Lee Huber
B - The Blizzard Bride - Susanne Dietze
C - The Curse of the Healing Kiss - Mark McClelland
D -
E - Ever Faithful - Karen Barnett
F - From Sky to Sky - Amanda G. Stevens
G - The Green Dress - Liz Tolsma
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Lady of Secrets - G.S. Carr
M - A Murderous Relation - Deanna Raybourn
N - The Next Always - Nora Roberts
O -
P - Penny For Your Secrets - Anna Lee Huber
Q -
R - Redemption at the Eleventh Hour - Andrew Crown
S - She Laughs - Carolanne Miljavac
T - Too Clever To Love (subtitle of Rosemary) - G.L. Robinson
U - Until the Mountains Fall - Connilynn Cossette
V - The Viscount and the Vicar's Daughter - Mimi Matthews
W - Well, Girl - Jami Aramine
X -
Y -
Z -

1 comment:

  1. I am doing an A to Z reading challenge. I was doing really well through March but seem to have stalled. Need to get back into it.

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