Mystery/Thriller Reading Friends discussion

Status: 29-Dec-2022 read. 7 of 10
Determination Challenge #2 - Focus on reading ten more audible books before the end of the year.

1. READ 02-Oct-2022 Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater audible audio

2. READ 02-Nov-2022 The Sentinel by Lee Child Libby audio, read in order to be ready for No Plan B

3. READ 19-Nov-2022 Better Off Dead by Lee Child Libby audio, also read to be ready for No Plan B

4. READ 14-Nov-2022 A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak NetGalley print / Kindle

5. READ 26-Nov-2022 Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald audible audio

6. READ 20-Dec-2022 Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones by Elizabeth Winder NetGalley ebook

7. READ 29-Dec-2022 A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny audible audio

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So close to finishing my original challenge for twenty-two books, Probably crazy, but I'm going to tack on the additional ten for an added incentive. After buying ten new audible audio books in a recent sale I need it!

ok, one down, book one in a trilogy. Call Down the Hawk
I have book two lined up, perhaps it will be book #2. I have a couple of pre-orders I will hope to get to soon after release with 11/15/2022 The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama and 11/29/2022 A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny Ten by the end of the year at my current rate is indeed a challenge.

Five done, only two audible books, but the two Libby books are prep to read (in order) No Plan B on audible and I was determined to ignore all other Kindle books calling to me to read the Poe NetGalley book.
Luna: New Moon was better than I first thought, still too many character switches with cliff hangers, but that effectively hooked me into probably reading the next one.

You are doing so good.

I've added two NetGalley books as those will allow me to get my feedback percentage up. Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones by Elizabeth Winder and A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak.. I do have four to go with four audible books targeted, I don't think I will get to all of them by the end of the year though.

My original focus on September 24 when I started this new additional ten challenge was to read ten more audible audio books - and while I have read 25 audio books since then, the majority were Libby library sources. I am going to have to push to see if I can get at least one or two more done.

go for it, Ann!

Carol: I will get at least one more, I am a third of the way into A World of Curiosities and hooked. I know you mentioned reading it too. I've generally set my Libby audiobooks aside for now, though I did grab The Old Woman with the Knife to be ready for our January group read.

Carol/Bonadie wrote: "go for it, Ann!"

Ann wrote: "Carol: I will get at least one more, I am a third of the way into A World of Curiosities and hooked. I know you mentioned reading it too. I've generally set my Libby audiobooks asid..."

For my goodreads goal I had help from a few kindle freebies which were short. Which 2023 it's going to be different. I'll be doing some different things. I'm using a little inklings reading planner that has review pages, challenges etc. might be adding in a few different challenges. plus I joined besides my library book club I'm doing their Short story one starting in January. so I'm hoping to add those into the group.

My library is doing a challenge, a different book each month, but the categories were too varied for me, and some of them I weren't interested in at all so I'd just be doing it to be doing it. That's no fun for me. I know some folks like to be challenged to read different things, but a little of that goes a long way with me because I have such a long list of things I want to get to.

Donnajo wrote: "For my goodreads goal I had help from a few kindle freebies which were short. Which 2023 it's going to be different. I'll be doing some different things. I'm using a little inklings reading planner that has review pages, challenges etc. might be adding in a few different challenges. plus I joined besides my library book club I'm doing their Short story one starting in January. so I'm hoping to add those into the group..."