2023 Book Reads

2023 Reading Goals:  Along with an online challenge...or two...I hope to achieve the following:

1. to read an average of one book per week = minimum of 52 books
2. to read half of my goal from my own TBR pile = 26 books (these will be bolded).
3. to complete books for book clubs before the meeting time (love book clubs!)
4. to finish books from 2022 Book Club lists!
5. to read more series (love series!)
6. to completely read more professional books 
7. to read more ebooks 
8. to continue to read more young adult books
9. to read a classic...or four!

Chronological Reading List

1. The Red Palace by June Hur (Independence County Library)
2. The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (ebook)
3. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (Paper Chase Book Club and 12 Books/12 Friends)
4. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan (IC Library/The Girlfriend Bookclub)
5. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (IC Library/12 Books/12 Friends)
6. Bookends by Zibby Owens (ebook/Friends and Fiction/January)
7. A Wish for Winter by Viola Shipman
8. Bookish People by Susan Coll (Lyon College/January)
9. Where Shadows Meet/Anathema by Colleen Coble (Lifeverse)
10. A Barefoot Tide by Grace Greene
11. Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekula
12. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
13. The Proposal by Lori Wick
14. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
15. The Matchmaker's Gift by Lydia Cohen Loigman
16. Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin
17. The Seaside Cafe by Rochelle Alers (Lowcountry Boil)
18. Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green (LifeVerse)
19. A Margin for Murder by Lauren Elliot (A Charming Bookish Cozy Mystery and Friends and Fiction Reading Challenge)
20. A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella (Mom Advice Book Club)
21. The Gospel on the Ground by Kristi McClellend (Bible Study)
22. South Carolina Sunsets - Bks 1-3 by Rachel Hanna
23. Irish Parade Murder by Leslie Meier (St. Patrick's Day themed book :)
24. River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan (Overdrive's Together We Read)
25. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed - CMS Nominee
26. 4 Essential Studies: Beliefs and Practices to Reclaim Student Agency by Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher (ALA Book Club(
27. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (IC Library)
28. Tomorrow's First Light by Naomi Rawlings - ebook
29. The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian - ebook
30. Homewreckers by Mary Alice Andrews - ebook - Friends and Fiction
31. The  House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson -ebook - Friends and Fiction
32. The Awakening by Nora Roberts 
33. The Stories We Tell by Joanna Gaines - 12 Books/12 Friends/12 Months
34. The Becoming by Nora Roberts
35. Book Lovers by Emily Henry - Friends and Fiction - ebook
36. A Sacred Duty by Rhona Weaver - Paper Chase Book Club - June
37. Acts of Valor Series - Books 1-2 - Returning to Eden and Every Secret Thing by Rebecca Hartt
38. Acts of Valor Series - Books 3-4 - Cry in the Wilderness and Rising from Ashes by Rebecca Hartt
39. Killing Floor by Lee Child
40. Acts of Valor Series - Book 5 - Braving the Valley by Rebecca Hartt
41. Lantern Beach Exposure - Books 1-2 - Fractured Lies and Shattered Whispers by Christy Barritt
42. Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman - Ebook
43. Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne (AR Teen Nominee) - Ebook
44. The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey - book from Abby Barker
45. Five Survive by Holly Jackson (AR Teen Nominee) - Ebook
46. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley 
47. The Measure of Katie Calloway by Serena Miller - Book 1 - ebook
48. Under a Blackberry Moon by Serena Miller - Book 2 - ebook
49. The Water Keeper by Charles Martin - Book 1 - Library
50. A Promise to Love by Serena Miller - Book 3 - ebook
51. The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin - Book 2 - Library
52. Hart's Ridge by Kay Bratt - Book 1 - ebook
53. Lucy in the Sky by Kay Bratt - Book 2 - ebook
54. In My Life by Kay Bratt - Book 3 - ebook
55. Borrowed Time by Kay Bratt - Book 4 - ebook
56. Instant Karma by Kay Bratt - Book 5 - ebook
57. The Record Keeper by Charles Martin - Book 3 - Library
58. Identity by Nora Roberts - ebook
59. Legacy by Nora Robers - ebook
60. I Must Betray You  by Ruta Sepetys - ebook
61. Beast of Prey by Ayana Gray - All Arkansas Reads One Book
62. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben - ebook
63. A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey - Big Library Read - ebook
64. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs - IC Library
65. Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery - Paper Chase Book Club
66. Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus - ebook 
67. The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth - ebook
68. My Magnolia Summer by Victoria Benton Frank - ebook
69. Lightning by Dean Koontz - ebook
70. Darkest Journey by Heather Graham - ebook
71. The Stanislaskis - Books 1-2 by Nora Roberts
72. The Stanislaskis - Books 3-4 by Nora Roberts
73. Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin (LifeVerse/August)
74. Old Testament
75. The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy by Nora Roberts (ebook)
76. The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden (ebook)
77. At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber  (ebook)
78. The Five-star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
79. Whispers at Dusk by Heather Graham - Bk 1 The Blackbird Trilogy
80. Secrets in the Dark by Heather Graham - Bk 1 The Blackbird Trilogy
81. Cursed at Dawn  by Heather Graham - Bk 1 The Blackbird Trilogy
82. Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island by Susan M. Boyer
83. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Book 1
84. Peace like a River by Lief Enger - Lyon College
85. Snow Place Like Home by Lacey Baker
86. Trinity Falls Series  by Clara Pines Books 1, 6
87. Trinity Falls Series  by Clara Pines Books 7-9
88. Damaging Secrets by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson (Bk 1 - Rachel Ryder)
89. Twelve Dates of Christmas by Charlee James
90. The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber
91. The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
92. The New Testament

Book Clubs

• Paper Chase
1. January:  The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes✔
2. February:  Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
3. March:  Fresh Water For Flowers by Perrin ✔
4. April: The Silent Patient by Michaelides
5. May: On Folly Beach by Kim Richardson - Read in 2022
6. June:  A Sacred Duty by Rhona Weaver ✔
7. July:   Before We Were Yours by  - Read in 2022
8. August:  Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Montgomery ✔
9. September:  The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict/Victoria Christopher Murray - Read 2022
10. October:  Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
11. November:  Peace Like a River by Lief Enger ✔
12. December:  The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber
• Lyon College
1. January:  Bookish People by Susan Coll ✔
2. February:  House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune ✔
3. November:  Peace like a River by Lief Enger ✔
• SCHS
• The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
• Friends and Fiction
• January:  Bookends by Zibby Owens✔ (A Book with a One-Word Title)
• February: The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev
• March:  The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson  ✔
• April:  The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey ✔
• May:  When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash
• June:  The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews ✔
• July:  Book Lovers by Emily Henry ✔
• August:  The Younger Wife with Sally Hepworth ✔
• September:  The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock
• Reading Challenge
• January:  A Book with a One-Word Title (See January) ✔
• February:  A Book Written by a Person of Color - The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson ✔
• March:  A Cozy Mystery - A Margin for Murder by Lauren Elliot (A Charming Bookish Cozy Mystery ✔
• April:  A Book under 200 Pages
• May:  A YA Book by an Author with Your First Initial, Last Initial, or Both Initials - Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray - same last initial ✔
• June: A Duel-Timeline Book
• July: A Book That Has Been on Your TBA for at Least a Year
• August: A Book Selected Solely Based on Its Cover
• September:  A Jane Austen Retelling
• October:  A Be-Witching-ing Book
• November: A Nonfiction Book Written by an Author in Your State
• December:  A Holiday Book Written by a Friends and Fiction Book Club Guest
• The Girlfriend Book Club
1. January:  Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan ✔
2. February:  The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey
3. March:  Demon Copphead by Barbara Kingsolver
4. April:  Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng ✔
5. May:  The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (read for LC Bk Club in Feb) ✔
6. June:  Someone Else's Shoes by JoJo Moyes
7. July:  The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley ✔
8. August:  Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
9. September:  Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
10. October:  The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
11. November:  Tom Lake by Ann Pratchett
• LifeVerse
• January:  Where Shadows Meet by Colleen Coble ✔
• February:  The Proposal by Lori Wick ✔
• March:  Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green ✔
• April:  The Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers
• May:  The Measure of Katie Calloway by Serena B. Miller ✔
• June:  Under A Maui Moon by Robin Jones Gunn
• July:  A Colleen Coble Christmas Collection:  Silent Night, Holy Night, All Is Calm, All Is Bright  
• August:  Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin ✔
• September:  Closer Than She Knows by Kelly Irvin
• 2023 Lowcountry Boil
• January:  A Barefoot Tide by Grace Greene ✔
• February:  Magnolia Nights by Ashley Farley
• March:  The Seaside Cafe by Rochelle Alers ✔
• April:  The Beach House by Rachel Hanna ✔
• May:  Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island by Susan M. Boyer ✔
• June:  My Magnolia Summer by Victoria Benton Frank ✔
• July:  The Bookshop by the Bay by Pamela Kelley
• August:  The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey
• September:  Come Home to Me by Liz Talley
• October:  Time Is a River by Mary Alice Monroe
• November:  The Wishing Tide by Barbara Davis
• December:  The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
• Arkansas Teen Book Award Nominees
• Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray ✔
• Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
• Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley✔
• The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
• In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
• Mom Advice
• January:  This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown by Taylor Harris
• February: The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman ✔
• March: A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella ✔
• April: Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton
• May: Magic Season: A Son's Story by Wade Rouse
• June: The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle: An Uplifting and Unforgettable Story of Love and Second Chances by Matt Cain
• July: Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester
• August (Reader's Choice): Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
• September  (Reader's Choice): True Biz by Sara Nović
• October: The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner (pre-order available- to be released April 11, 2023)
• November (Reader's Choice): Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
• December: The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller
• Bernadette's Classic Book
• July:  A Prayer for Owen Meany 
• August:  Jane Eyre
• September:  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Challenges

• 12 Books...12 Friends...12 Months
• January:  The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes✔
• February:  The Stories We Tell by Joanna Gaines ✔
• March:  Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley ✔
• April:  The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker ✔
• May:  The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
• June:  A Sacred Duty by Rhona Weaver ✔
• July:  The Shop on Royal Street by Karen White
• August:  Paul by Jimmy Swaggert
• 52 Book
1. book with a subtitle
2. Featuring an inheritance
3. Title starting with the letter “G”:  The Gospel on the Ground by Kristi McClellend (Bible Study)✔
4. Title starting with the letter “H”:  Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekula✔
5. Title starting with the letter “I”:  Irish Parade Murder by Leslie Meier (St. Patrick's Day themed book :)✔
6. Under 200 pages
7. A city or country name in the title
8. Dystopian Fiction - Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray✔
9. A book with a dedication:  Bookish People by Susan Coll✔
10. Takes place during the roaring twenties
11. A book about secrets:  Fresh Water for Flowers by Valerie Perrin✔
12. High Fantasy
13. Published posthumously
14. A survival story:  Veiled in Smoke by Jocelyn Green✔
15. Set in Australia:  The Woman in the Library  ✔
16. Featuring one of the “seven deadly sins”
17. By a Caribbean author
18. Set during a war other than WWI or WWII
19. Typographic cover
20. A book about siblings
21. A second-hand book:  Where Shadows Meet by Colleen Coble✔
22. A body-positive message
23. An alliterative title:  A Wish for Winter by Viola Shipman✔
24. Nordic Noir
25. A fashionable character
26. Has an epilogue:  River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan (Overdrive's Together We Read)✔
27. Newbery Medal Winner
28. Includes a funeral:  The Firekeeper's Daughter✔
29. Sends you down a rabbit hole
30. An author with a same name as you
31. Set in a workplace:  The Giver of the Stars✔
32. Published by Macmillan:  The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune✔
33. A banned book
34. Featuring mythology
35. A book you meant to read last year:  The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey✔
36. Chapters have cliffhangers - I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys✔
37. Written in present tense
38. An enemies-to-lovers plot
39. The final book in a series - The Record Keeper by Charles Martin - book 3✔
40. Written by a comedian
41. A character who is a refugee:  When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed - CMS Nominee)✔
42. Time in the title:  Borrowed Time by Kay Bratt - Book 4 - ebook✔
43. A book “everyone” has read:  Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult✔
44. A contemporary setting:  The Seaside Cafe by Rochelle Alers✔
45. First word in the book is “The”:  The Red Palace✔
46. Script font on the spine
47. Set in the city of Dublin
48. A book by Octavia E. Butler
49. Books on the cover:  Bookends by Zibby Owens✔
50. Related to the word “Murder”
51. A book that doesn’t fit any of the other 51 prompts: Quiet Life by Ethan Joella ✔
52. Published in 2023