There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
I am very happy to have successfully finished the 2024 Mount TBR challenge hosted @ My Reader's Block. I had committed myself to scaling the smallest peak which means I had to read 12 books that I owned prior to 2024. I have read 12 + 1 more. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren If We … Continue reading Successfully Scaled: Pike’s Peak
I have successfully completed the Backlist Reading Challenge 2024 hosted @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard. I had committed myself to reading 24 books from authors I want to read more of. Here are the 24 books I reviewed for the challenge. Ethel Lina White: The Elephant Never Forgets Leo Bruce: Case Without a Corpse James M. Cain: Serenade Miles … Continue reading Challenge Complete: Backlist Reading Challenge
I participated in the Follow the Clues Mystery Challenge @ My Reader's Block and signed up for the Infraction level which meant I was committed to reading six books in a trail of evidence.Here are the six books:1. An Old Fashioned Mystery by Runa Fairleigh - 21/1/17 (The word "Mystery" in the title leads to:2. The Hog's … Continue reading Follow The Clues: My Trail of Evidence
Usually, I struggle to climb even the smallest peak in Bev's Mount TBR Challenge, unable to read even 12 books from my ever-increasing book piles. But this year, I have (much to my own surprise) finished 30 books in all. And what gives me even greater pleasure is that the number of non-fictional reads is … Continue reading I conquer Mount Blanc
I have completed the minimum requirement of six categories in the BACK TO THE CLASSICS challenge hosted @ Books and Chocolate. I hope to do better in the next year.1. A 19th century classic - any book published between 1800 and 1899.2. A 20th century classic - any book published between 1900 and 1967. Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert (1947)3. A classic … Continue reading Wrap-Up: Back to the Classics 2017
Successfully finished the Vintage Cover Scavenger Hunt 2016 hosted @ My Reader's Block. Read 14 Golden Age Mysteries for the challenge.1. A Town Scene: Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode2. Hand Holding Weapon: Mystery at Greycombe Farm by John RhodeAvoiding the original cover as that contains a spoiler3. Clock/ Timepiece: Haunted Lady by Mary Roberts Rinehart4. … Continue reading Challenge Complete: The Vintage Cover Scavenger Hunt 2016
With me getting an A for the last quarter too, I have successfully finished the Reading Assignment Challenge 2016 hosted by Michelle and Berls.Here are the books read for this challenge, one for each month:1. Bhagat Singh and His Legend (Ed) by J.S. Grewal (May)2. Bhai and Bhabi of Bhagat Singh: A Biography of Bhagwati Charan Vohra and … Continue reading Hurrah! An A: Reading Assignment Challenge 2016
AD 1: By author you wish was better known: Shirley Jackson (Haunting of Hill House)AD 2: Laugh Out Loud Moments: The Rome ExpressAD 3: Way Out of Comfort Zone: Terror and the PostcolonialAD 4: Self Challenge: Ninety ThreeAD 5: New Author to You: Javier Cercas (The Outlaws)BD 1: Published in 2016/ Mythological Hero (Free Choice): Karn … Continue reading Challenge Complete: Full House 2016
The European Reading Challenge is hosted by Rose City Reader, the requirement of the challenge being that you read books either by a European author or set in a European country. In 2015, I read 8 books for the challenge.Here are the books read:1. England (UK): The Two Sisters by H.E. Bates2. Germany: Stealthy Terror by John … Continue reading European Reading Challenge: Wrap-Up and Sign-Up
One of the challenges that I discovered (and am very glad to have discovered) last year is the My Kind of Mystery challenge hosted by RIEDEL Fascination. Though my goal was to read 11-20 books for this challenge, I am glad to have read a total of 41.Here are the books read:1. The Motor Rally Mystery by … Continue reading Challenge Complete: My Kind of Mystery
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