Lit in The Last Frontier: 2024 Challenges

Birth of a Reader: (The challenge that gets harder every year--read one book published in every year of your life.)

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1975: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters - Finished: 23 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
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1989: A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East by David Fromkin
1990: The Stoning of Soraya M. by Freidoune Sahebjam - Finished: 20 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
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2005: What Angels Fear by C. S. Harris - Finished: 5 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
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2012: The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber - Finished: 4 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
2013: Shadowdance by Kristen Callihan - Finished: 13 January 2024 ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
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2019: The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump by Andrew G. McCabe - Finished: 4 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

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2022: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna - Finished: 22 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

2023: You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith - Finished: 2 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

2023: The Glass Chateau by Stephen P. Kiernan - Finished: 6 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

2023: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch - Finished 14 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

2023: Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories by Mike Rothschild - Finished: 18 January 2024 - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

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PBT Monthly Tag: (Each month on PBT, a "tag" or "shelf" is chosen. A tag or shelf -- the words mean the same thing -- which is to say a topic, is chosen. Group members read, review, and discuss books of their own choosing. It is a great way to not only read books outside those topics you might normally read but also to learn about books that weren't previously on your radar.)

January (Historical Mystery): The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ AND What Angels Fear by C. S. Harris ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ AND Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
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2024 Trim the TBR: (This is a Play Book Tag challenge designed to last two years. Each month a group member picks a number, and we read whichever book on our personal list corresponds to the number. The books on my list are some of the oldest books on my Overdrive wishlist. Sometimes, members decide to do Buddy Reads, putting the same books on the same number so we can read them the same month and discuss them. Those books of mine are marked with a **.)

1. The Irish Princess - Karen Harper
2. Captive Queen - Alison Weir
3. That’s Not in My American History Book - Thomas Ayers
4. Into the Silence - Wade Davis
5. Final Voyage - Peter Nichols
6. A Little History of the World - E. H. Gombrich
7. Far Bright Star - Robert Olmstead
8. Far North - Will Hobbs
9. You Can Buy Happiness - Tammy Strobel
10. 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel - Jane Smiley
11. The Spartans - Paul Cartledge
12. Don’t Know Much About Mythology - Kenneth C. Davis
13. The Stoning of Soraya M. - Freidoune Sahebjam (JANUARY): Finished 20 January - ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
14. Escape from Camp 14 - Blaine Harden (FEBRUARY):
15. The Slave Across the Street - Theresa Flores
16. Lost in Shangri-La - Mitchell Zuckoff
17. The Tender Bar - J. R. Moehringer
18. All Roads Lead to Austen - Amy Smith
19. Tide, Feather, Snow - Miranda Weiss
20. The Face Behind the Veil - Donna Gehrke
21. House of Prayer No. 2 - Mark Richard
22. Four Against the Arctic - David Roberts
23. The Faithful Spy - Alex Berenson
24. Lipstick Jihad - Azadeh Moaveni

Steeplechase: (I have modified this team reading challenge to do on my own as a bid to read broadly this year. Although I have never read 110 books in a single year, this gives some shape to my goals. The game board is the one being used for the team challenge on the GoodReads group Play Book Tag.

1. Small town - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
2. Nonfiction - Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories by Mike Rothschild (⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ )
3. Renaissance - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
4. Asia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
5. Plot twist - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
6. Quest - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
7. Aging - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
8. Time - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
9. Did not finish - The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber (⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ - I did finish it)

Presidential Biographies: (In memory of Regina Lindsey)

January: Zachary Taylor
—— Zachary Taylor by John S. D. Eisenhower
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January: Millard Fillmore
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February: Franklin Pierce
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March: James Buchanan
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April/May: Abraham Lincoln
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June/July: Andrew Johnson
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August/September: Ulysses S. Grant
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October/November: Rutherford B. Hayes
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December/January (2025): James Garfield
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