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BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE: CONTEMPORARY
Date: 11/01/20 - 02/28/21

It's time for a new Bookshelf Challenge. This time we're looking for those books tagged as "Contemporary".

The challenge is to read as many books as you can with the tag of "Contemporary for the duration of the challenge, 11/01/20 - 02/28/21. Starting with this challenge, we'll do it a bit differently. The tag - "Contemporary" does not need to be on the book's main page in order to count (it can be located on any page of the book's top shelves).

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Kim

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6. Sarah

BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE: CONTEMPORARY
Date: 11/01/20 - 02/28/21

1) Make Me, Take Me by Amanda Usen 11/9/20
2) The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson 11/10/20
3) The Zodiac Killer by W.L. Knightly 11/29/20
4) Holidays with the Walker Brothers by Nicole Edwards 11/29/20
5) Something in the Heir by Jenny Gardiner 12/29/20
6) Dominance Never Dies by Lexi Blake 1/18/21
7) You Belong With Me by Kristen Proby 1/24/21
8) How to Knit a Wild Bikini by Christie Ridgway 1/27/21
9) More Jade by Laura Pavlov 2/3/21
10) Forgiving Reed by C.A. Harms 2/4/21
11) New Leaf by Catherine Anderson 2/11/21
12) Dial P For Poison by Zara Keane 2/15/21
13) The Cove by Catherine Coulter 2/25/21

Welcome to the challenge, Bonita!

I'm in!

Read:

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Finished:

I'm in, too.

Welcome to the challenge, Sarah and Kim!

probably won't have too many since I read mostly historical fiction but I'm in!

BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE: CONTEMPORARY
Date: 11/01/20 - 02/28/21

1. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 11.5.20
2. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 11.8.20
3. The Risk of Darkness by Susan Hill 11.15.20 - "contemp"
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 11.20.20
5. Judas by Amos Oz 11.24.20
6. An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 11.28.20
7. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zukas 12.4.20
8. Not Our Kind by Kittz Zeldis 12.6.20
9. Gods and Beasts by Denise Mina 12.7.20
10. Affections by Rodrigo HasbΓΊn 12.10.20
11. Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin 12.12.20
12. The Abominable Man by Maj Sjowall 12.14.20
13. Confessions of a Curious Bookseller by Elizabeth Green 12.14.20
14.. Wild Decembers by Edna O'Brien 12.16.20
15. The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill 12.21.20
16. Unto Us a Son Is Given by Donna eon 12.25.20
17. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie 12.27.20

18. The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 1.3.21
19. The Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill 1.4.21
20. Snow by John Banville 1.5.21
21. The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish 1.11.21
22. Nora Webster by Colm Toibin 1.15.21
23. In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin 1.21.21
24. The Betrayal of Trust by Susan Hill 1.22.21
25. Behind God's Back by Harri NykΓ€nen 1.28.21

26. The Killing Forest by Sara Blaedel 2.4.21
27. Victim 2117: A Department Q Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2.5.21
28. The Witch Elm by Tana French 2.7.21
29. Force of Habit by Alice Loweecey 2.9.21
30. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick 2.16.21
31. The Twelfth Card by Jeffrey Deaver 2.18.21
32. The Killer's Art by Mari Jungstedt 2.22.21

Welcome to the challenge, Denise!

I can do this one!!

BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE: CONTEMPORARY
Date: 11/01/20 - 02/28/21

1. Twisted Twenty-Six Janet Evanovich 11/1/20
2. The One John Marrs 11/3/20
3. My Favorite Half-Night Stand Christina Lauren 11/4/20
4. Sincerely, Carter Whitney G. 11/10/20
5. The Friendship List Susan Mallery 11/11/20
6. SECRET Shared L. Marie Adeline 11/12/20
7. Against the Sky Kat Martin 11/13/20
8. The One You Can't Forget Roni Loren 11/14/20
9. Searching for Beautiful Jennifer Probst 11/15/20
10. Three Broken Promises Monica Murphy 11/17/20
11. Gimme Some Sugar Molly Harper 11/18/20
12. Dirty Secret Emma Hart 11/19/20
13. The Library at the Edge of the World Felicity Hayes-McCoy 11/20/20
14. Summer at the Garden Cafe Felicity Hayes-McCoy 11/22/20
15. Catch Me Lisa Gardner 11/23/20
16. Unbridled Diana Palmer 11/26/20
17. Midnight Confessions Robyn Carr 11/27/20
18. In a Holidaze Christina Lauren 11/28/20
19. Maple Sugar Crush Beth Labonte 11/28/20
20. Found in Bliss Sophie Oak 11/30/20
21. The House Christina Lauren 12/2/20
22. One Summer Night Caridad PiΓ±eiro 12/4/20
23. Return to Virgin River Robyn Carr 12/7/20
24. Down for the Count Christine Bell 12/8/20
25. A Bramble House Christmas C.J. Carmichael 12/9/20
26. Her Loyal SEAL Caitlyn O'Leary 12/11/20 (Midnight Delta #2)
27. Searching for Sylvie Lee Jean Kwok 12/13/20
28. The Mistletoe Matchmaker Felicity Hayes-McCoy 12/15/20 (Finfarran Peninsula #3)
29. Love and Other Words Christina Lauren 12/16/20
30. Bitter Falls Rachel Caine 12/18/20
31. Dirty Letters Vi Keeland Penelope Ward 12/19/20
32. Scrooged Vi Keeland Penelope Ward 12/19/20
33. The Christmas Pact Vi Keeland Penelope Ward 12/19/20
34. The Beach House Rachel Hanna 12/20/20
35. Under the Christmas Tree Robyn Carr 12/20/20
36. Wild in Love Bella Andre Jennifer Skully 12/22/20
37. The Night Swim Megan Goldin 12/24/20

I'll join! I feel like contemporary is one of my least fave genres but turns out my books fall under that category quite often lol so here we go. (Backdating to November 1)

BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE: CONTEMPORARY
Date: 11/01/20 - 02/28/21
1. Star Witch 11/02
2. Spirit Witch 11/03
3. Hidden Blade 11/05
4. Bloodfire 11/08
5. Dirty Magic 11/13
6. These Witches Don't Burn 11/19
7. Frostbite 11/20
8. Spider's Bite 11/22
9. Shadow Kiss 12/01
10.This Coven Won't Break 12/02
11. Mexican Gothic 12/03
12. The Babysitters Coven 12/07
13. End of Watch 12/09
14. Twelve Slays of Christmas 12/10
15. The Ruins 12/11/20
16. His & Hers 12/16/20
17. Moon Called 12/21/20
18. The Girl in the Mirror 12/22/20

Welcome to the challenge, JoAnne and Erin!

Finished!

BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE: CONTEMPORARY
Date: 11/01/20 - 02/28/21

1) Make Me, Take Me by Amanda Usen 11/9/20
2) The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson 11/10/20
3) The Zodiac Killer by W.L. Knightly 11/29/20
4) Holidays with the Walker Brothers by Nicole Edwards 11/29/20
5) Something in the Heir by Jenny Gardiner 12/29/20
6) Dominance Never Dies by Lexi Blake 1/18/21
7) You Belong With Me by Kristen Proby 1/24/21
8) How to Knit a Wild Bikini by Christie Ridgway 1/27/21
9) More Jade by Laura Pavlov 2/3/21
10) Forgiving Reed by C.A. Harms 2/4/21
11) New Leaf by Catherine Anderson 2/11/21
12) Dial P For Poison by Zara Keane 2/15/21
13) The Cove by Catherine Coulter 2/25/21

Well done, Bonita!

Thanks, jingles!

finished!
BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE: CONTEMPORARY
Date: 11/01/20 - 02/28/21

1. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 11.5.20
2. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 11.8.20
3. The Risk of Darkness by Susan Hill 11.15.20 - "contemp"
4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 11.20.20
5. Judas by Amos Oz 11.24.20
6. An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 11.28.20
7. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zukas 12.4.20
8. Not Our Kind by Kittz Zeldis 12.6.20
9. Gods and Beasts by Denise Mina 12.7.20
10. Affections by Rodrigo HasbΓΊn 12.10.20
11. Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin 12.12.20
12. The Abominable Man by Maj Sjowall 12.14.20
13. Confessions of a Curious Bookseller by Elizabeth Green 12.14.20
14.. Wild Decembers by Edna O'Brien 12.16.20
15. The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill 12.21.20
16. Unto Us a Son Is Given by Donna eon 12.25.20
17. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie 12.27.20

18. The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir 1.3.21
19. The Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill 1.4.21
20. Snow by John Banville 1.5.21
21. The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish 1.11.21
22. Nora Webster by Colm Toibin 1.15.21
23. In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin 1.21.21
24. The Betrayal of Trust by Susan Hill 1.22.21
25. Behind God's Back by Harri NykΓ€nen 1.28.21

26. The Killing Forest by Sara Blaedel 2.4.21
27. Victim 2117: A Department Q Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2.5.21
28. The Witch Elm by Tana French 2.7.21
29. Force of Habit by Alice Loweecey 2.9.21
30. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick 2.16.21
31. The Twelfth Card by Jeffrey Deaver 2.18.21
32. The Killer's Art by Mari Jungstedt 2.22.21

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BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE: CONTEMPORARY
Date: 11/01/20 - 02/28/21
(Ugh, I totally forgot to transfer the spreadsheet to the new workbook and now I have all of them to post).
1. The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs 2.11.21
2. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 1.24.21
3. The Christmas Table by Donna VanLiere 12.9.20
4. The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere 12.20.20
5. The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere 12.19.20
6. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance 1.23.21
7. Accident by Danielle Steel 2.24.21
8. All That Glitters by Danielle Steel 2.6.21
9. Neighbors by Danielle Steel 2.18.21
10. A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum 1.6.21
11. Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 1.6.21
12. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 2.7.21
13. Super America by Anne Panning 2.10.21
14. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 2.13.21
15. The Mountain Between Us by Cindy Myers 2.4.21
16. The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler 11.26.20
17. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 2.13.21
18. One for the Books by Jenn McKinlay 11.24.20
19. Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith 2.1.21
20. How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith 1.15.21
21. The Second Chance Boutique by Louisa Leaman 2.10.21
22. Morning Glory by Sarah Jio 1.1.21
23. About a Boy by Nick Hornby 1.26.21
24. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes 2.21.21
25. Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand 12.24.20
26. The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth 2.10.21
27. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah 1.22.21
28. Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons 12.29.20
29. By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates 11.23.20
30. The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates 11.11.20
31. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 12.20.20
32. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich 2.4.21
33. Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich 2.17.21
34. The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis 11.16.20
35. The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan 2.3.21
36. Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn 2.20.21
37. Heat Wave by Richard Castle 1.13.21
38. Return to Virgin River by Robyn Carr 1.6.21
39. Virgin River by Robyn Carr 2.22.21
40. Sunrise on Half Moon Bay by Robyn Carr 11.28.20
41. The Family Gathering by Robyn Carr 12.12.20
42. The Best of Us by Robyn Carr 12.18.20
43. The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr 12.11.20
44. The Solace of Bay Leaves by Leslie Budewitz 11.3.20
45. Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz 11.9.20
46. A Thread So Thin by Marie Bostwick 11.29.20
47. Threading the Needle by Marie Bostwick 12.6.20
48. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender 1.18.21
49. Save the Date by Mary Kay Andrews 12.3.20
50. Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams 1.8.21
51. Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams 1.14.21
52. Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams 1.1.21
53. A Season of Secrets by Elizabeth Adams 12.2.20

Well done, Denise and Kim!