I am the Ultimate Book Nerd!

I did something this year to get me out of my reading rut. Not that I'm not a huge reader, but I hoped to get a little out of my typical reads.

Our public library hosted "The Ultimate Book Nerd" challenge. Here is how the library's website describes it:

 

Are you a self-proclaimed book nerd? Ready to put your nerdiness to the test? Read 50 books in 2022 to claim the title of Ultimate Book Nerd! This title comes with bragging rights and swag to let the world know you are the best of the book nerds. For more information, go to BoisePublicLibrary.org/BookNerd

Thought I would share the books I've read to complete this challenge and my opinions on each. Star ratings are 1-5 stars (1 is if I don't even finish, 5 is I would read again for sure) This is going to take two posts, since my thoughts for each book are included.

If you click the links, they will take you to the goodreads page for each book. 

Here are the first 25 books I read in this challenge. The challenge is in written in bold, the title a hyperlink that will take you to the goodreads page for a description and summary, when I finished the book and my star rating.

Read an origin story

Book read: The Lost City by Amanda Hocking
Finished book May 29

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Read a book with a nameless narrator
Book read: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Finished book May 31

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Read an alternative history
Book read: The Mystery of Mrs Christie by Marie Benedict
Finished book May 28

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Read a book with a flavor in the title
Book read: The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen 
Finished book June 7

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Read a feminist book
Book read: The Witches are Coming by Lindy West
Finished book June 2

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Read a book about a family saga
Book read: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Finished book April 29

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Read a self-improvement book
Book read: Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis 
Finished book June 6

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Read a book with a stem topic
Book read: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Finished book June 3

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Read a book that is a retelling of a myth
Book read: This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Finished book June 14

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Read a book about a Revolution
Book read: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Finished book June 13

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Read a book that takes place under the water
Book read: The Deep by Solomon Rivers
Finished book June 28

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Read a scary book
Book read: The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
Finished book June 29

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Read a book that takes place in more than one time-period
Book read: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Finished book June 27

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Read a Nordic Noir
Book read: The Butterfly House by Katherine Engberg
Finished book July 7

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Read a cyberpunk or steampunk book
Book read: War Cross by Marie Lu
Finished book June 8

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Read a book that shares a title with a song
Book read: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (song by Nat King Cole among others) 
Finished book June 10

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Read a book that takes place in one day
Book read: The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Finished book July 23

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Read a book about a life transition from a POC’s POV
Book read: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Finished book July 1

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Read a book from project Gutenberg
Book read: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Finished book June 28

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Read a mystery set in Asia
Book read: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Finished book June 14

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Read a book about or involving a sport
Book read: Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

Finished book June 15

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Read a book recommended by a library staff member
Book read: Sadie by Courtney Summers
Finished book June 7

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Read a book that fits none of the other categories
Book read: Pride, Prejudice and other flavors by Sonali Dev
Finished book June 1

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Read a graphic novel with an LGBTQIA+ author
Book read: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Finished book June 10

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Read a book translated from Spanish

Book read: Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Finished book July 12

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Read a book from a celebrity book club (the one I picked was on the list for Oprah's book club) 
Book read: Hidden Valley Road: Inside the mind of an American Family 

by Robert Kolker 
Finished book on June 22 

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Read a book involving a heist.
Book read: The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
Finished book 3/30

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Read a book recommended by a friend, family member or stranger.
Book read: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore 
Finished book April 13

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Read a book with a red cover
Book read: Finger Lickin' 15 by Janet Evanovich
Finished book April 15

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Read a book with illustrations
Book read: Hyperbole and a half: Unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem and other things that happened by Allie Brosh

Finished book February 12

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Read a book by or about an incarcerated person
Book read: If You Tell: a true story of murder, family secrets and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood 

by Gregg Olsen
Finished book May 2

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Read a children's book published since 2000
Book read: The Good Egg (Bad Seed book 2) by Jory John
Finished book May 16

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Read a book featuring a terminal illness.
Book read: Love from A to Z by SK Ali
Finished book July 6

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Read a nonfiction book about a current event
Book read: We Say #NeverAgain Reporting by the Parkland Student Journalists 
Finished book March 20

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Read a book in the true crime genre
Book read: Chase Darkness with Me: how one true-crime writer started solving murders by Billy Jensen

Finished book April 28

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Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym
Book read: Shadows in Death by JD Robb (pseudonym for Nora Roberts 
Finished book January 7

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Read a book set in the future
Book read: Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman
Finished book March 3

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Read a book that involves a book store or library
Book read: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Finished book March 16 

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Read a book that has five or more words in the title

Book read: Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered: the Definitive how-to guide

By Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Finished book March 28

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Read a book with two or more authors
Book read: My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows
Finished book January 26

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Read a short story collection
Book read: Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere 

by Ree Drummond 
Finished book March 28

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Read a book with alliteration in the title
Book read: A Good Girls Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson
Finished book March 11

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Read a book set in a big city
Book read: Abandoned in Death by JD Robb
Finished book May 18

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Read a book by or about a non-western leader
Book read: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela 
Finished book May 24

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Read a book by an author with only one published book
Book read: A Long Journey: from concentration camp to freedom in America by Hans Schallig
Finished book May 24
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Read a book about a different belief system-way of life then your own
Book read: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Finished book May 25

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Read a book with fire in the title
Book read: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Finished book May 20

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Read a book with an animal on the cover
Book read: Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Finished book May 26

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Read/listen to a book in a different format then you usually use
Book read: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Finished book May 26

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Read a book in which the main character has a disability
Book read: Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
Finished book May 27

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