So the verdict on my reading challenges this year...

Not so good, I am afraid. I wanted to read 40 books this year but managed to read only 20, and the 20th was a mad dash to finish last night. Below is the break down from the challenges over at Bev's.

Color Coded Reading Challenge

1. A book with "Blue" or any shade of Blue (Turquoise, Aquamarine, Navy, etc) in the title/on the cover 

BLACK AND BLUE BY ANNA QUINDLEN

2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red (Scarlet, Crimson, Burgandy, etc) in the title/on the cover. RED POPPIES BY ALAI

3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Maize, etc.) in the title/on the cover. YELLOW BIRDS by KEVIN POWERS

4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green (Emerald, Lime, Jade, etc) in the title/on the cover. Green on Blue by Elliot Ackerman

5. A book with "Brown" or any shade of Brown (Tan, Chocolate, Beige, etc) in the title/on the cover.

6. A book with "Black" or any shade of Black (Jet, Ebony, Charcoal, etc) in the title/on the cover. 

Spectre Black by J. Carson Black

7. A book with "White" or any shade of White (Ivory, Eggshell, Cream, etc) in the title/on the cover. Winter Journey by Diane Armstrong (this was the book I finished last night!)

8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, Magneta, etc.). PURPLE CLOUD BY M.P.SHIEL (this is cool sci-fi/fantasy from 1901)

9. A book with a word that implies color (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Paisley, Stripe, etc.). 

Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat

Vintage Mystery Challenges

I did not complete my bingo challenges this year but I did get to read some pretty awesome mysteries by some of the best authors (I especially love mysteries from the golden era)

 

 

The body in the library (Agatha Christie)

And then there were none (Agatha Christie)

The circular staircase (Mary Reinhart Roberts, first published 1908)

The Nursing Home murder (Ngaio Marsh, 1935) 

Death at a bar (Ngaio Marsh, 1940)

The moving toyshop (Edmund Crispin, 1946)

 

Silver: 1960-1989

There hangs a knife (Marcia Muller, 1988)

Killing of Katie Steelstock, Michael Gilbert (1980)