Monthly Keyword Challenge

Anything to organize my reading!  To add a bit of fun and spice to my reading choices, I'm signing up for the Monthly Keyword Reading Challenge.  This challenge is hosted by My Reader's Block.  It involves finding a book that has one of the listed keywords in the title.  Here's the monthly schedule:

Obviously I will need to catch up on January-March, but that shouldn't be a problem.  Now, to go find a book for April...

What's in a Name Challenge 2018

This is a challenge I've enjoyed in the past, and I'm excited to give it a try in 2018.  The requirements are simple, six categories, read one book with a title that fits each of the six categories.  This challenge is hosted by The Worm Hole.  The categories are as follows:

• The word ‘the’ used twice (The Secret By The Lake; The End Of The Day, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time)
• A fruit or vegetable (The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society; The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake)
• A shape (The Ninth Circle, The Square Root Of Summer, Circle Of Friends)
• A title that begins with Z – can be after ‘The’ or ‘A’ (Zen In The Art Of Writing; The Zookeeper’s Wife, Zelda)
• A nationality (Anna And The French Kiss; How To Be A Kosovan Bride; Norwegian Wood)
• A season (White Truffles In Winter; The Spring Of Kasper Meier; The Summer Queen; Before I Fall; The Autumn Throne)

Sadly, I've never managed to complete this challenge, even though I've attempted it several times (I know, I know, too many books, too little time).  I'm going to give it a go again this year!  Plus, it has a super-pretty challenge button.  

Just the Facts, M'am Challenge 2018

I adore vintage mysteries.  They're not really a guilty pleasure (that would be cozy mysteries), but whenever I don't know what to read, or I want something comforting, I turn to vintage mysteries.  So, this challenge is right up my street.  It involves reading mysteries from the Golden Age (1900-1960) and the Silver Age (1960-1989).  There are various levels, I'm going to attempt the second level, Detective Sargent, by reading twelve books, two from each category.  Have I mentioned there are cool categories?  The host, My Reader's Block, has come up with these fun Detective's Notebooks, to track categories of mysteries.  Have a look!

To sign up, click on the challenge image above.  See you there!

Reinvigorating the Blog

After a few years away from blogging I'm ready to get back into it.  One thing I've really missed in my absence is reading challenges, and my reading has felt somewhat scattershot without challenges to organize it.  When you have a TBR of a million and counting, any semblance of order helps.  To that end, I'm about to join a bunch of reading challenges and dive in.  Stay tuned, the reading challenge is back on!