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READING CHALLENGES 2021

With the exception of Goodreads Reading Challenge last year, I'd not thought of a reading challenge since I was a child. But  someone posted to my favorite book club this master list of reading challenges from girlxoxo and I wanted to join at least half of them. I didn't, of course. I joined four: Back to Classics, Southern Literature, Cruisin' Through the Cozies, and Buzzwordathon. I also set myself two smaller, more personal challenges. Of course, I will also be reading lots of romances! I'm really excited about my year of reading ahead. I hope to read at least 100 books. It would be great if it turns out I read more.

​I've decided to keep track of the books I read for the official reading challenges here -- at least, it seems a good idea at the moment! My book reviews, however, will continue to be posted on my one blog, Grains of Sand. No more multiple blogs for this writer! There are categories in the sidebar for ease of use.

I hope that this encourages you to read even more and also to join a book club! I love my online book club, Book Nerds Review. So much fun!
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Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie 
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Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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A Land Remembered, Patrick D. Smith 

​Plantation Shudders, Ellen Byron 

​Cove House, Christine Gordon

Harvest of Secrets, Ellen Crosby



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I've decided to go for Level Four, Sleuth Extraordinaire! 

Culinary:  Brewed Awakening, Cleo Coyle
                    Harvest of Secrets, Ellen Crosby 

Animal-related:  Dead Head and Buried, H.Y. Hanna.
                                 Bloom and Doom, H.Y. Hanna 

Craft-related:
 
                                                                                      Paranormal: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure, Cleo Coyle
                                                                                                               The Ghost and the Dead Deb, Cleo Coyle

                                                                                       Outside the U.S.:

                                                                                       Career Based: The Red Book of Primrose House, Mary Wingate

                                                                                       Holiday-Based: 

                                                                                       Travel: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Mary Wingate


                                                                                       Historical: Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie 

                                                                                       Freebies (22): ​​Plantation Shudders, Ellen Byron
                                                                                                                 The Skeleton Garden, Marty Wingate
                                                                                                                 The Bluebonnet Betrayal, Marty Wingate 
                                                                                                                 Best Laid Plants, Mary Wingate
                                                                                                                 Silent Bud Deadly, H.Y. Hanna
​                                                                                                                 Trowel and Error, H.Y. Hanna
                                                                                                                 A Scone to Die For, H.Y. Hanna
                                                                                                                 Tea with Milk and Murder, H.Y. Hanna
                                                                                                                 Dark, Witch, & Creamy, H.Y. Hanna   
                                                                                                                 Witch Chocolate Fudge, H.Y. Hanna
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​BUZZWORDATHON:

"Dream": To Dream of Langston, Mairi Norris *****
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"A Color": The Yellow House, Patricia Falvy ****

​                                                         "Time": Paris Time Capsule, Ella Carey ****

                                                         "Space/Galaxy": Far from the Spaceports, Richard Abbott


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