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Joined: Jun 24, 2008

About My Library: TIOLI CHALLENGES - JULY 2026

June = https://www.librarything.com/topic/384527#

July = https://www.librarything.com/topic/385071#

Challenge #1: A book whose author's name has three parts - Such Quiet Girls - COMPLETED
Challenge #2: A book that has mountain pictured or written on cover - Face of the Sun - READING
Challenge #3: A Non-fiction memoir based on animal interactions - Sasha
Challenge #4: A Fill in the blank format - The Promise of Provence - COMPLETED
Challenge #5: A book that has a rainbow pictured or written on the cover - Under the Rainbow
Challenge #6: A book with a number in the title - Six Weeks in Reno - COMPLETED
Challenge #7: Read author at least three times before - Need You Dead - READING
Challenge #7: Read author at least three times before - Killer's Choice - COMPLETED
Challenge #7: Read author at lest three times before - The Trouble with Peace - COMPLETED
Challenge #8: A book with a word from a Marvel Cinematic Universe work in the title - The Edge of Madness
Challenge #9: A book that has a 3.5+ rating and 15 or fewer reviews on Library Thing - Fear for Miss Betony COMPLETED
Challenge #9: A book that has a 3.5+ rating and 15 or fewer reviews on Library Thing - Last Train from Cuernavaca
Challenge #9: A book that has a 3.5+ rating and 15 or fewer reviews on Library Thing - Winter Orphans - COMPLETED
Challenge #10: A title that refers to the founding of the United States - The Sins of Men - COMPLETED
Challenge #11: A book you feel ashamed not to have read yet - The Marriage Portrait
Challenge #13: Matches a category on the 2026 Seattle Public Library Bingo Card - Crazy Imperfect Hearts - COMPLETED
Challenge #13: Matches a category on the 2026 Seattle Public Library Bingo Card - An Elderly Lady is not to be Crossed - COMPLETED
Challenge #13: Matches a category on the 2026 Seattle Public Library Bingo Card - The Light Between Oceans COMPLETED
Challenge #13: Matches a category on the 2026 Seattle Public Library Bingo Card -The Bad Seed - COMPLETED
Challenge #13: Matches a category on the 2026 Seattle Public Library Bingo Card - Scrublands - COMPLETED
Challenge #17: All the letters of "Water" are in the Title: Inspector Frost's Jigsaw
About Me: 2025 CATEGORY CHALLENGE: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24518/2025-Category-Challenge

READING THROUGH TIME: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/8853/Reading-Through-Time

1,001 BOOKS TO READ: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/452/1001-Books-to-read-before-you-die

2026 CATEGORY CHALLENGE: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24919/2026-Category-Challenge

2026: Thread #1: https://www.librarything.com/topic/375466#

Thread #2: https://www.librarything.com/topic/378768#

Thread #3: https://www.librarything.com/topic/383620#

2026 75 Challenge: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/25017/75-Books-Challenge-for-2026

How I Rate Books:

2.0 ★: I must have been dragged, kicking and screaming, to finish this one!

2.5 ★: Below Average but I finished the book for one reason or another.

3.0 ★: Average, a solid read that I finished but can't promise to remember

3.5 ★: Above Average, there's room for improvement but I liked this well enough to pick up another book by this author.

4.0 ★: A very good read and I enjoyed my time spent with this story

4.5 ★: An excellent read, a book I will remember and recommend

5.0 ★: Sheer perfection, the right book at the right time for me
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Memberships: LibraryThing Early Reviewers
Currently Reading: Need You Dead by Peter James
Face Of The Sun by Leroy A. Peters
Favorite Authors: Megan Abbott, Joe Abercrombie, Isabel Allende, Kate Atkinson, Belinda Bauer, Lou Berney, Joseph Boyden, Geraldine Brooks, Lois McMaster Bujold, James M. Cain, Becky Chambers, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Paul Cleave, Deborah Crombie, Sandra Dallas, Ivan Doig, Emma Donoghue, Sarah Lyons Fleming, Gillian Flynn, Nicci French, Tana French, Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, Winston Graham, Jeff Guinn, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Sophie Hannah, Lilian Harry, Kent Haruf, John Harvey, Gillian Rubinstein, James Herriot, Georgette Heyer, Khaled Hosseini, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Peter James, Paulette Jiles, Guy Gavriel Kay, Barbara Kingsolver, William Kent Krueger, Mary Lawson, Maureen Lee, Sharon Lee, Elmore Leonard, Peter Lovesey, Stuart MacBride, John D. MacDonald, John Marsden, Daphne du Maurier, Cormac McCarthy, Val McDermid, Larry McMurtry, Denise Mina, Patrick O'Brian, Stewart O'Nan, Lynda La Plante, Julia Quinn, Ian Rankin, Miss Read, David L. Robbins, Peter Robinson, Lucia St. Clair Robson, Dorothy L. Sayers, Lisa See, John Shors, Nevil Shute, John Steinbeck, Rex Stout, Josephine Tey, Jim Thompson, P. J. Tracy, Richard Wagamese, Larry Watson, Martha Wells, Edith Wharton, R. D. Wingfield, Daniel Woodrell, Cornell Woolrich