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Addendums to the 2023 reading challenge

The PolyBlog
January 8 2023

I like the list of books I came up with for my reading challenge. However, that list was my tentative planning list before I worked on the other genre challenges that I belong to on FaceBook. For those, I’m doing a bit of planning below.

The PolyWogg Reading Challenge 2023

Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge for 2023

  1. Set in a different time period –> The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg
  2. Cozy companion that isn’t a dog or cat –> Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
  3. Has a beverage recipe –> Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis
  4. Paranormal or Magical Cozy –> Death Overdue by Allison Brook
  5. Set somewhere you’d like to vacation –> The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton
  6. Sun, Moon, or Stars on the cover –> Deadly Summer Nights by Vicky Delaney
  7. A Cozy that matches the season –> WINTER: Chocolate Hearts and Murder by Patt Larsen; SPRING: Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy; SUMMER: Jealousy Filled Donuts by Ginger Bolton; FALL: The Cider Shop Rules by Julie Ann Winters;
  8. A Cozy opposite the season –> WINTER: Murder in the PaperBack Parlour by Ellery Adams;
  9. Male Author –> Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson
  10. Main character is different than you –> Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien
  11. An author who uses initials –> Whose Body by Dorothy L Sayers
  12. A past Book Chat selection you haven’t read –> Elementary, She Read by Vicky Delany
  13. A library book –> Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
  14. A reread –> Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
  15. Serves food you’d like to eat –> Catering to Nobody by Dianne Mott Davidson
  16. Includes a celebration –> Murder’s No Votive Confidence by Christin Brecher
  17. Includes a home project –> Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves
  18. Judge a book by its cover –> Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanna Fluke
  19. Has a setting different from yours –> Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
  20. Read (part of) the rainbow: predominant purple –> Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon
  21. Bonus Prompt #1 — Three cozies, same author –> I Scream, You Scream // ​Scoop to Kill // A Parfait Murder by Wendy Lyn Watson
  22. Bonus Prompt #2 — Cozy without murder –> The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
  23. Bonus Prompt #3 — Read the rainbow –> RED: Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian // ORANGE: The Librarian Always Rings Twice by Marty Wingate // YELLOW: Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle // GREEN: A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball by T.E. Kinsey // BLUE: Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry // INDIGO: Fame and Fortune and Murder by Patti Larsen // VIOLET: Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen

The Tea and Ink Society Challenge

This site has the requirement that the books have to all be published before 1970. Hey, I was born before then, I guess I’m classic now too!

  1. January: A classic detective novel
  2. February: A book with a character’s name in the title
  3. March: A classic fairy tale collection
  4. April: A classic Japanese novel
  5. May: A book with a movie/TV adaptation you’ve already seen
  6. June: A classic set at sea
  7. July: A narrative poem or collection of poetry
  8. August: A classic by a Latin American author
  9. September: A Dickens novel
  10. October: A nonfiction classic
  11. November: A classic fantasy novel
  12. December: A classic set in a place you want to visit

The Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge (#CloakDaggerChal).

The premise for this one is sheer volume:

  • 5-15 books – Amateur sleuth
  • 16-25 books – Detective
  • 26-35 books – Inspector
  • 36 – 55 – Special agent
  • 56+ books – Sherlock Holmes

The catch — of course, there’s a catch! — is that you can only count mystery, suspense, thriller and crime books. You can find the link at: https://carolsnotebook.com/2022/11/15/cloak-and-dagger-reading-challenge-2023/.

Let the reading begin!

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The PolyWogg Reading Challenge 2023

The PolyBlog
January 8 2023

A number of years ago, I started a reading challenge for myself. A little creative, a little classic, a little gamification to up my reading quotient and broaden my reading selections. Then it morphed into a group and about 20+ people joined. Because of some personal issues, I left that group last year and let others run with it. I have no idea if it’s still active, but I went in search of “other sites” that I could haunt to get my reading-discussion/virtual-book-club fix. It didn’t really work for me. It turns out that when I’m not part of a … Continue reading →

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Planning for January 2023

The PolyBlog
January 3 2023

As part of my plans for the year, I have been reading the latest tips and tricks articles on goals, time management, etc., and one thing that frequently happens is evident in my list for the year. I have too many commitments, in short. Almost 100 big and small ticket items for the year. Some are huge, like building an observatory; others are small, like doing a backup. But it’s a huge list for a year. If they were all the same size, I would have to do one every three days to get through it all. And if I … Continue reading →

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An intermittent website gremlin

The PolyBlog
January 3 2023

I mentioned in my post about my plans for the year that things had gone sideways on me for my website earlier in the day. I’ve got an intermittent gremlin hiding in my website somewhere. And finding the little b****** is like a game of whack-a-mole because it can be almost anywhere. Fair warning, this one is mostly for people who are interested in solving website problems aka the technical bunch. For context, my blog (and just about every other site out there) is really made up of thirteen basic components: Most of my time and energy is devoted to … Continue reading →

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Planning for 2023

The PolyBlog
January 2 2023

It’s almost midnight on January 1st, and I started this post almost 14 hours ago. Then a little cyber gremlin intervened, and I lost most of the day. Not an auspicious beginning to my year, but that is a topic for another day. Today, I’m writing about my plans for the year instead. Last year, I created about 20 separate “mini to-do” list trackers in OneNote that I used for a few months before Andrea started chemo treatments. Then I kind of tossed them aside and only referred to them sporadically after that, but that’s about it. I played with … Continue reading →

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