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Retirement means lots more reading time!!!

January (science) - Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time - Dava Sobol
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law - Mary Roach

February - (thought provoking) - The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult

March - (classics) - Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly - Agatha Christie

April - (detective) - Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness - William Bernhardt
Cold Wind - C. J. Box
Manitou Canyon - William Kent Krueger

May - (character driven) - Night of Miracles - Elizabeth
Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
Turtles All the Way Down - John Green
People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry
Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia

June - (LGBT) - Frankie & Bug - Gayle Forman

July - (memoir) - Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature - Zibby Owens
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out - Susan Kuklin

August - (women's history) - A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France - Caroline Moorehead
The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd

September - (favorite) - How the Penguins Saved Veronica - Hazel Prior
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
The Great Unexpected - Dan Mooney

October - (scary) - Hour of the Witch - Chris Bohjalian
Look Both Ways - Linwood Barclay


November - (book club) - The Lake House - Kate Morton
Alternate Side - Anna Quindlen
I Must Betray You - Ruta Sepetys

December - (leadership) - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain

Read 100 Books

1. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time - Dava Sobol
2. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law - Mary Roach
3. The Book of You - Claire Kendal
4. Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner
5. Windigo Island - William Kent Krueger
6. The Opposite of Everyone - Joshilyn Jackson
7. Every Last Lie - Mary Kubica
8. Down the Hatch - M. C. Beaton
9. Providence - Caroline Kepnes
10. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America - Conor Dougherty
11. Pride and Premeditation - Tirzah Price
12. The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix
13. Starfish - Lisa Fipps
14. The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult
15. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man - Fannie Flagg
16. The Judge's List - John Grisham
17. Nowhere To Run - C. J. Box
18. Clark and Division - Naomi Hirahara
19. Little Disasters - Randall Klein
20. Daughter of Moloka'i - Alan Brennert
21. Just Watch Me - Jeff Lindsay
22. The Orphan's Tale - Pam Jenoff
23. He Had It Coming - Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather
24. Mercy - David Baldacci
25. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Nadia Hashimi
26. Airframe - Michael Crichton
27. Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight - Janet Evanovich
28. The Christie Affair - Nina de Gramont
29. The Perfect Mother - Aimee Molloy
30. Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly - Agatha Christie
31. The Dark Hours - Michael Connelly
32. Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Real Housewives Spilling Tea, Throwing Shade, and Sharing Secrets - Dave Quinn
33. Never Saw Me Coming - Vera Kurian
34. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal - G. Willow Wilson
35. A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets - James Bowen
36. Reckless Girls - Rachel Hawkins
37. Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness - William Bernhardt
38. How Lucky - Will Leitch
39. The Last Flight - Julie Clark
40. Cold Wind - C. J. Box
41. Manitou Canyon - William Kent Krueger
42. The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
43. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - Abbi Waxman
44. The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
45. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital - Sheri Fink
46. Night of Miracles - Elizabeth Berg
47. Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
48. Turtles All the Way Down - John Green
49. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady - Nancy Springer
50. People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry
51. Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together - Ron Hall & Denver Moore
52. Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
53. Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert
54. Take Your Breath Away - Linwood Barclay
55. Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarty
56. A Sunlit Weapon - Jacqueline Winspear
57. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab
58. Frankie & Bug - Gayle Forman
59. Strangers We Know - Elle Marr
60. Naked Came the Phoenix - Marcia Talley
61. Sulfur Springs - William Kent Krueger
62. Valencia and Valentine - Suzy Krause
63. We Were Never Here - Andrea Bartz
64. Force Of Nature - C. J. Box
65. What the Fireflies Knew - Kai Harris
66. The Care and Management of Lies - Jacqueline Winspear
67. The Maid - Nita Prose
68. Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family - Shelley Emling
69. Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature - Zibby Owens
70. The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian
71. An Unwanted Guest - Shari Lapena
72. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens SpeakOut - Susan Kuklin
73. The Midnight Lock - Jeffery Deaver
74. East of Eden - John Steinbeck
75. The Hidden One - Linda Castillo
76. Murder on Ice - Alina Adams
77. The Appeal - Janice Hallett
78. The Puzzler - A. J. Jacobs
79. Whisper Down the Lane - Clay McLeod Chapman
80. A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France - Caroline Moorehead
81. French Braid - Anne Tyler
82. The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
83. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
84. Breaking Point - C. J. Box
85. Desolation Mountain - William Kent Krueger
86. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
87. Lightning Strike - William Kent Krueger
88. Fox Creek - William Kent Krueger
89. How the Penguins Saved Veronica - Hazel Prior
90. The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
91. Skipping Christmas - John Grisham
92. Other Birds - Sarah Addison Allen
93. Concealed - Christina Diaz Gonzalez
94. The Great Unexpected - Dan Mooney
95. Jeremy Poldark - Winston Graham
96. Exposed - J. A. Konrath
97. Hour of the Witch - Chris Bohjalian
98. Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney
99. The Disposable Man - Archer Mayor
100. Bodies of Water - T. Greenwood
101. The Lies I Tell - Julie Clark
102. What Happened to the Bennetts - Lisa Scottolini
103. Look Both Ways - Linwood Barclay
104. The Lake House - Kate Morton
105. Ice and Stone - Marcia Muller
106. The Night She Disappeared - Lisa Jewell
107. The Younger Wife - Sally Hepworth
108. Alternate Side - Anna Quindlen
109. I Must Betray You - Ruta Sepetys
110. First Cut - Judy Melinek
111. Grace - T. Greenwood
112. Stone Cold - C. J. Box
113. The Deep, Deep Snow - Brian Freeman
114. Sparring Partners - John Grisham
115. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain
116. The Widow - Kaira Rouda
117. Choose Me - Tess Gerritsen
118. A Spindle Splintered - Alix E. Harrow
119. Find Me - Alafair Burke
120. The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury -Marc Levy
121. Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone - Phaedra Patrick
122. Such a Quiet Place - Megan Miranda

52 Book Club

� 1. A Second-Person Narrative - The Book of You - Claire Kendal
� 2. Featuring A Library Or Bookstore - Clark and Divison - Naomi Hirahara
� 3. Title Starting With The Letter "E" - Every Last Lie - Mary Kubica
� 4. Title Starting With The Letter "F" - The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix
� 5. Chapters Have Titles - Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner
� 6. Household Object On The Cover - Little Disasters - Randall Klein
� 7. A Non-Fiction Best Seller - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law - Mary Roach
� 8. Involving The Art World - Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together - Ron Hall and Denver Moore
� 9. A Book That Sparks Joy - A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets - James Bowen
� 10. A Book Based On A Real Person - The Christie Affair - Nina de Gramont
âœ� 11. A Book With Less Than 2022 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Ratings - Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness - William Bernhardt
� 12. Set On At Least Two Continents - The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult
� 13. Includes A Club - Down the Hatch - M. C. Beaton
� 14. A Character With Superhuman Ability - Providence - Caroline Kepnes
� 15. A Five-Syllable Title - Windigo Island - William Kent Krueger
� 16. A Book You've Seen Someone Reading In A Public Place - We Were Never Here - Andrea Bartz
� 17. A Book Picked Based On Its Spine = Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
� 18. Jane Austen-Inspired - Pride and Premeditation - Tirzah Price
� 19. A Book That Has An Alternate Title - How the Penguins Saved Veronica - Hazel Prior
� 20. Related To The Word "Gold" - Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America - Conor Dougherty
� 21. Published By Simon & Schuster - Manitou Canyon - William Kent Krueger
� 22. An Unlikely Detective - How Lucky - Will Leitch
� 23. Author With An X, Y, Or Z In Their Name - Nowhere To Run - C. J. Box
� 24. Addresses A Specific Topic - Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Real Housewives Spilling Tea, Throwing Shade, and Sharing Secrets - Dave Quinn
� 25. A Wealthy Character - The Last Flight - Julie Clark
� 26. Has An "Author's Note" - Daughter of Moloka'i - Alan Brennert
� 27. Includes A Map - A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France - Caroline Moorehead
� 28. Award-Winning Book From Your Country - Concealed - Christina Diaz Gonzalez
� 29. Over 500 Pages Long - Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital - Sheri Fink
� 30. Audiobook Is Narrated By The Author - The Opposite of Everyone - Joshilyn Jackson
� 31. Technology Themed - Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time - Dava Sobol
� 32. A Book That Intimidates You - East of Eden - John Steinbeck
� 33. A Bilingual Character - Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
� 34. Author's Photo On The Back Cover - Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert
� 35. From The Villain's Perspective - Just Watch Me - Jeff Lindsay
� 36. Recommended By A Favorite Author - Night of Miracles - Elizabeth Berg
� 37. Set In A Rural Area - Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly - Agatha Christie
� 38. Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover! - The Perfect Mother - Aimee Molloy
� 39. A Middle-Grade Novel - Starfish - Lisa Fipps
� 40. A Book With Photographs Inside - He Had It Coming - Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather
� 41. Involves A Second Chance - The Orphan's Tale - Pam Jenoff
� 42. An Indie Read - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab
� 43. Author Who's Published In More Than One Genre - A Sunlit Weapon - Jacqueline Winspear
� 44. An Anthology - Naked Came the Phoenix - Marcia Talley
� 45. A Book With Illustrated People On Cover - The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Nadia Hashimi
� 46. Job Title In The Title - The Judge's List - John Grisham
� 47. Read During The Month Of November - The Lake House - Kate Morton
� 48. Redo One Of This Year's Prompts But With A Different Genre (41) - Take Your Breath Away - Linwood Barclay
� 49. Book Title Starts With The Same Letter As Your First Name - Exposed - J. A. Konrath
� 50. A Person Of Color As The Main Character - The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
� 51. The Word “Game� In The Title - Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight - Janet Evanovich
� 52. Published In 2022 - Reckless Girls - Rachel Hawkins

Schertz Public Library Nerd Challenge

� 1. Heart, diamond, club or spade on cover - Just Watch Me - Jeff Lindsay
� 2. Author who shares your zodiac sign - Night of Miracles - Elizabeth Berg
� 3. Rock, mineral or gem in the title - The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Nadia Hashimi
� 4. Book with a family tree - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - Abbi Waxman
� 5. Bestseller from the 1990's - Airframe - Michael Crichton
� 6. Locked-room mystery - An Unwanted Guest - Shari Lapena
� 7. Something broken on the cover -Little Disasters - Randall Klein
� 8. Oxymoron in the title - Strangers We Know -Elle Marr
� 9. Set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2022 - Cold Wind - C. J. Box
� 10. Black & white cover - Whisper Down the Lane - James Bowen
� 12. Discusses body positivity - Starfish - Lisa Fipps
âœ� 13. Fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ - Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness - William Bernhardt
� 14. You've seen someone else reading - We Were Never Here - Andrea Bartz
� 15. Wealthy character - Naked Came the Phoenix - Marcia Talley
� 16. Has an 'author's note' - Daughter of Moloka'i - Alan Brennert
� 17. Contains photographs - He Had It Coming - Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather
� 18. Involves a second chance - People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry
� 19. Autistic main character - The Maid - Nita Prose
� 20. Nurse or someone in the medical profession - Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital - Sheri Fink
� 21. Demystifies a common mental illness - Turtles All the Way Down - John Green
� 22. Set at or about a circus - The Orphan's Tale - Pam Jenoff
� 23. Ask a friend for a color & read a book with a cover to match - Valencia and Valentine - Suzy Krause
� 24. 2022 debut author - What the Fireflies Knew - Kai Harris
� 25. Becoming a movie in 2022 - Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
� 26. Author who uses initials - Nowhere To Run - C. J. Box
� 27. Reread a favorite - Skipping Christmas - John Grisham
� 28. Published in the 1800's - A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
� 29. Set in Australia - Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarty
� 30. Turned into a tv series - Jeremy Poldark - Winston Graham
� 31. Written by a Nobel Prize Winner - The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
� 32. Epistolary or diary format - Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man - Fannie Flagg
� 33. culture you would like to learn more about - Manitou Canyon - William Kent Krueger
� 34. Character on a journey - Sulfur Springs - William Kent Krueger
� 35. Set on a plane, train, or cruise ship - The Last Flight - Julie Clark
� 36. Book with a recipe in it - The Care and Management of Lies - Jacqueline Winspear
� 37. From the 2021 Library Reads List - The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix
� 38. About the afterlife - The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
� 39. Hugo Award winner - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal - G. Willow Wilson
� 40. Name of a board game in the title - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab
� 41. Own but haven't read - Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly - Agatha Christie
� 42. POC that celebrates joy not trauma - Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert
� 43. History period you know little about - Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
� 44. Checked out or downloaded from the library - The Judge's List - John Grisham
� 45. Woman in STEM - Marie Curie and Her Daughters: The Private Lives of Science's First Family - Shelley Emling
� 46. Character experiencing homelessness - Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together - Ron Hall and Denver Moore
� 47. Teach you a new skill - The Puzzler - A. J. Jacobs
� 48. Protagonist with a disability or chronic illness - How Lucky - Will Leitch
� 49. About a sport from the Winter Olympic Games - Murder on Ice - Alina Adams
� 50. banned/challenged book - Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out - Susan Kuklin
� 51. Your choice - Take Your Breath Away - Linwood Barclay
� 52. audiobook - The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult

The Edgars Challenge



� February - Free choice - Clark and Division - Naomi Hirahara
� March - Best First Novel - Never Saw Me Coming - Vera Kurian
� April - Best Novel - How Lucky - Will Leitch

Fall Flurries

October - Hour of the Witch - Chris Bohjalian