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List 1 - January 2025

🔹️1. Book with an orange cover.
B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton - 3.5 Stars - 1/2/25
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🔹️2. A book with a Star in the content, title or cover (this could be an astronomy book, a celebrity memoir, or something else.
The Sun Is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon - 3 Stars - 1/6/25
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🔹️3. A book with a politics tag - Tagged Po,itics 57 times
The First Ladies - Marie Benedict - 4.5 Stars - 1/11/25
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🔹️4. A book that includes at least 1 recipe
Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles - A.L. Herbert - 4 Stars - 1/4/25
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🔹️5. A book involving archeology or an archeologist.
The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths - 4 Stars - 1/10/25
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🔹️6. Read a book that won the �ϻ�����Ӯ���� choice award, any year and any category
Funny Story - Emily Henry - 4 Stars - 1/12/25
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7. Read a book that was reviewed in 2024 and given 5 stars in PBT's Other Books Discussion
Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76 - Dan Epstein - 4.5 Stars - 1/15/25
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🔹️8. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list. For example Oprah, Barack Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Gates, etc.
The Wedding People - Alison Espach - 4 Stars - 1/3/25 - August 2024 Read With Jenna Book Club Selection
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🔹️9. A book set during a civil war or revolution
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - Erik Larson - 4 Stars - 1/5/25
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🔹️10. Read a graphic novel
The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang - 4 Stars - 1/9/25
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🔹️11. A book tagged "Literary-Fiction" at least 5 times.
Orbital - Samantha Harvey - 3 Stars - 11/7/25 - tagged Literary Fiction 211 times
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🔹️12. Read a book with a main-page genre of HUMOR. (Tag appears on the book's main page; NO need to open up the tag pages)
A Fistful of Collars - Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 1/9/25
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List 2 - January -February 2025

🔸️1. Read a narrative nonfiction book
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission - Hampton Sides - 4.5 Stars - 2/7/25
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🔸️2. Read a book on PBT's pbt-decathlon book shelf.
Our Man in Havana - Graham Greene - 4 Stars - 1/17/25
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🔸️3. Book set in Jungle
The Codex - Douglas Preston - 3 Stars - 1/30/25
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🔸️4. Memoir by a chef or a food writer
Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir - Padma Lakshmi - 3 Stars - 2/1/25
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🔸️5. Read a science book
Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood - 4 Stars - 2/8/25
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🔸️6. Book with a dog on the cover.
The Sound and the Furry - Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars - 2/4/25
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🔸️7. Read a book featuring a female detective
The Neighbor - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 1/22/25
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🔸️8. Two books with the same title (excluding A, An, The, or Subtitles)
〰️ 1. One by One - Freida McFadden - 3 Stars - 1/31/25
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〰️ 2. One by One - Ruth Ware - 4 Stars - 2/7/25
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🔸️9. A book that fits the tag psychology
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century - Maureen Callahan - 4 Stars- 2/5/25
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🔸️10. A book with “day” or “night” in the title
Zero Day - David Baldacci - 4 Stars - 2/6/25
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🔸️11. Read a book that fits a tag that was nominated in 2024 but didn't win the popular vote. Must be tagged at least 5 times with the tag you pick.
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me - Mariana Zapata - 4 Stars - 1/18/25
Tagged Sports 2334 times - Sports was nominated in October 2024 but lost to Travel.
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🔸️12. A book involving an ethical dilemma
My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult - 4.5 Stars - 2/7/25
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List 3 - February - March 2025

🟢 1. A book set during the Napoleonic Era
The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. - Sandra Gulland - 5 Stars - 2/25/25
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🟢 2. Read a book with someone escaping, fleeing, or running from danger
The Auschwitz Escape - Joel C. Rosenberg - 4 Stars - 2/26/25
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🟢 3. Find your most read author. Read a new book by them. If you have read everything by that author, use your next most read author.
Bonded in Death - J.D. Robb - 5 Stars - 3/2/25 - J. D. Robb is by far my most read author, with 73 books on my TBR. Bonded in Death is her latest, published Feb 04, 2025.
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🟢 4. Read a book set in a location and time period you would love to visit. I would have liked to witness the English Royal Court during Henry VIII
Sovereign - C.J. Sansom - 5 Stars - 2/18/24
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🟢 5. Read a book with a food item in the title.
Murder with Macaroni and Cheese - A.L. Herbert - 3.5 Stars - 2/16/25
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🟢 6. Book has the word 'tree' in the title
The Plum Tree - Ellen Marie Wiseman - 4 Stars - 2/14/25
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🟢 7. Any book found on PBT's Group Bookshelf
Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer - 4 Stars - 2/10/25 - this was found on the 5 Stars Shelf and Books with Friends Shelf
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🟢 8. Read a Newberry Award Winning book - 1994 Winner
The Giver - Lois Lowry - 4 Stars - 2/11/25
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🟢 9. Read a book with recipes in it. Make one of the recipes and include a review of the recipe in your review
Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce - A.L. Herbert - 3 Stars - 2/24/25
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〰️ I decided to make Mahalia's Collard Greens recipe. I've had collards in the past and didn't love them. Halia's recipe was just delicious. I think it's because she also included ham hock and plenty of bacon in her recipe. I definitely recommend this recipe if you are ever planning to make collard greens (and most people aren't).

🟢 10. Read a book where the main character is an artist.
Wild Man Creek - Robyn Carr - 3 Stars - 2/20/25
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🟢 11. Read a book mentioned in another book
The Drowner - John D. MacDonald - 3 Stars - 3/1/25 - this is one of the eight books referenced in Eight Perfect Murders
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🟢 12. Read a noir novel or collection of short stories
I, the Jury - Mickey Spillane - 4 Stars - 2/13/25
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List 4 - March 2025

🟣 1. A book that has a moon on the cover
Twice in a Blue Moon - Christina Lauren - 3 Stars - 3/20/25
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🟣 2. The book's title or author's name contains a gemstone (diamond, ruby, sapphire, etc.)
Terror in Topaz - A.M. Stuart - 4 Stars - 3/14/25
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🟣 3. A book with less than 3,000 ratings on GoodReads.
Die Smiling - Linda Ladd - 4 Stars - 3/4/25 - 559 ratings
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🟣 4. A book containing a long walking or hiking trek.
The Hike - Susi Holliday - 4 Stars - 3/21/25
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🟣 5. A gothic novel written by a woman author after 2000.
Inheritance - Nora Roberts - 3.5 Stars - 3/16/25 - tagged Gothic 18 times
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🟣 6. Title includes a world famous monument - example Eiffel Tower or Great Wall or US Capital.
Murder in the White House - Margaret Truman - 3.5 Stars -3/10/25
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🟣 7. Read a book written before 1990 that takes place in the 21st century.
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury - 4 Stars - 3/9/25
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🟣 8. A book where the main character takes a plane journey
Missing in Flight - Audrey J. Cole - 3.5 Stars - 3/19/25
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🟣 9. Read a Pulitzer Prize winner.
The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer - 3.5 Stars - 3/13/25 - 1980 Pulitzer Prize
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🟣 10. Read a book with the current month in the title.
Kopp Sisters on the March - Amy Stewart - 3.5 Stars - 3/16/25
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🟣 11. Read a book about immigration.
Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri - 4 Stars - 3/18/25
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🟣 12. Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) about a religion you know little or nothing about.
Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman - 3 Stars - 3/6/25
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List 5 - March - April 2025

🟠 1. Read a book by an author who's written more than 15 books
Battle Mountain - C.J. Box - 5 Stars - 3/29/25 - C. J. Box has written over 30 books
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🟠 2. A historical fiction title that has been tagged 5 times or more with the tag "historical fiction"
Three Sisters, Three Queens - Philippa Gregory - 4 Stars - 4/8/25
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🟠 3. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list. For example Oprah, Barack Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Gates, etc. - 144 Books Recently Selected by the Big Celebrity Book Clubs
Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt - 5 Stars - 4/6/25 - Read with Jenna May 2022 selection
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🟠 4. A book with an unnamed protagonist
Butterflies in November - Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - 3.5 Stars - 4/7/25
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🟠 5. The title contains one of the same words as the last book you
|completed (excluding a, an, and the)
To Darkness and to Death - Julia Spencer-Fleming - 4 Stars - 3/28/25 - read A Beautiful Blue Death on 3/27/25
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🟠 6. A book with nautical elements on the cover - Lighthouse and Sailboat
Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B - Portia MacIntosh
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🟠 7. Read an essay collection
Meaty - Samantha Irby - 3 Stars - 4/3/25
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🟠 8. A book that fits an art or artist tag
Clara and Mr. Tiffany - Susan Vreeland - 4 Stars - 4/2/25
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🟠 9. A book with a title that references a nursery rhyme or fairy tale.
Along Came a Spider - James Patterson - 3.5 Stars - 3/30/25
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🟠 10. Read a book set before 1900
A Beautiful Blue Death - Charles Finch - 3.5 Stars - 3/27/25 - set in 1865 London
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🟠 11. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon - 5 Stars - 3/31/25 - Joanne had this in her Top Ten
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🟠12. Read a book on PBT's pbt-decathlon book shelf.
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows - Alan Bradley - 5 Stars - 4/4/25
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List 6 - April 2025

🔴 1. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list (with link to that thread)
Sue's Top 10 Reads of 2024
The River We Remember - William Kent Krueger - 5 Stars - 4/14/25
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🔴 2. A book with a common farm animal in the title
The Silver Pigs - Lindsey Davis - 3 Stars - 4/10/25
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🔴 3. Primarily set in a country bordering the Arabian Sea
The Tea Planter's Wife - Dinah Jefferies - 3.5 Stars - 4/17/25 - set in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka)
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🔴 4. Read a book with a tag that starts with "social" (Sociology, society, social psychology, social sciences, social, social- justice, sociable, sociopath, social engineering, social commentary, etc. )
The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice - 4 Stars - 4/17/25 - tagged Social Justice, Sociology, Social Issues
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🔴 5. A book with less than 1,000 ratings on GoodReads
The Royal Game - Anne O'Brien - 2 Stars - 4/16/25 - 816 ratings
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🔴 6. Read a book of non-fiction related to history - tagged non-fiction 4,753 times and history 2,973 times
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - Daniel James Brown - 4.5 Stars - 4/21/25
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🔴 7. A book you thought you would never read.
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - 3 Stars - 4/15/25
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🔴 8. A book related to science or technology
Twist - Colum McCann - 3 Stars- 4/20/25 - Tagged technology 6 times
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🔴 9. A book containing a map - a map of Bishop's Lacey & Environs is lacted at the beginning of the book.
A Red Herring Without Mustard - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 4/9/25
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🔴 10. A book set in Alaska or Hawaii
Running Wild - K.A. Tucker - 3.5 Stars - 4/20/25 - set in Alaska
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🔴 11. A book that fits an intelligence tag (could be AI, espionage, intelligence)
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service - 3.5 Stars - 4/18/25
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🔴 12. The title contains at least six words.
The Line Between Here and Gone - Andrea Kane - 3 Stars - 4/11/25
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List 6 - April - May 2025

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