Challenges I've Participated In This Year

As it is the last day of 2018 I decided it was probably time to do a wrap up post for all the challenges I've participated in this year. As usual, I overestimated a bit on how many challenges I would manage to participate in, so I didn't accomplish the goals in all of them. Regardless, I still had a fun reading year and here's my lists.

Foodies Reads
Sugar and Spice and All Those Lies by Evy Journey
The Uninvited Corpse (Food Blogger Mysteries #1) by Debra Sennefelder
Poké! fargerik gatemat fra Hawaii av Oskar Sellin og Helle Øder Valebrokk
The Cosy Teashop in the Castle (The Cosy Teashop #1) by Caroline Roberts
The Quiche and the Dead by Kirsten Weiss
Death by Dumpling (A Noodle Shop Mystery) by Vivien Chien
Slow-Cooker Fall Favorites by Gooseberry Patch
Food Wars! Vol. 2 by Yuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki and Yuki Morisaki
Food Wars! Volume 3 by Yuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki and Yuki Morisaki
Bake for Syria Recipe Book by Lily Vanilli
The Street Food Secret: The World’s Most Exciting Fast Food in Your Own Kitchen by Kenny McGovern
Viltkokeboka - enkle og fristende oppskrifter av Anders Levén
Not a Creature Was Purring by Krista Davis
Death by Eggnog (Bookstore Cafe Mystery #5) by Alex Erickson
Farmor si oppskrift - julemat og tradisjoner av Ingrid Sandvik
Christmas at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan
Frida's Fiestas by Marie-Pierre Colle, Guadalupe Rivera and others

Back to the Classics
Woman Author; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Classic with a colour in the title; The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

Cloak and Dagger Mystery Challenge
Geeks and Things by Sarah Biglow
Svarthuset av Peter May
Ved elven av John Hart
Murder, She Knit by Peggy Ehrhart
Bare du som passer på av Jarle Sten Olsen
The Uninvited Corpse (Food Blogger Mysteries #1) by Debra Sennefelder
Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
The Reading Buddy by Bryce Gibson
The Baby On The Back Porch by Lucia N. Davis
The Haunting of Dr. Bowen: A Mystery in Lizzie Borden's Fall River (Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter) by C.A. Verstraete
Rituals of the Dead by Jennifer S. Alderson
Frankly Speaking by Don Massenzio
The Quiche and the Dead by Kirsten Weiss
Midnattspiker av Jonas Moström
Irène (Camille Verhœven #1) by Pierre Lemaitre
Forsvinningen av Frode Granhus
Coffin Road by Peter May
Jenta uten hud av Mads Peder Nordbo
Møt meg i paradis by Heine Bakkeid
The Secret by Katherina Diamond
Blid er sommarnatta by Jógvan Isaksen
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
A Murder to Die For by Stevyn Colgan
Death by Dumpling (A Noodle Shop Mystery) by Vivien Chien
Gutten som elsket rådyr av Samuel Bjørk
Med mine øyne av Sheena Kamal
Lucifers fall - et Falkener og Wilberg-mysterium av Jan Boris Stene
The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths
Høstlandskap i Havana av Leonardo Padura
You by Caroline Kepnes
Mørkets testamente av John Hart
Korset av Ingar Johnsrud
Ravnens time av Roar Ræstad
Barføtt over isen av Ingebjørg Berg Holm
Et dødelig mørke av Stuart MacBride
One Blood by Graeme Kent
Anestesi av Henrik Fram
Not a Creature Was Purring by Krista Davis
Death by Eggnog (Bookstore Cafe Mystery #5) by Alex Erickson
Death of a Christmas Caterer by Lee Hollis
Purring Around the Christmas Tree by Liz Mugavero
Thread the Halls by Lea Wait
A Highland Christmas by M. C. Beaton

Literary Voyage Around the World Reading Challenge
  1. Scotland; Svarthuset av Peter May
  2. United States; Togdrømmer av Denis Johnson
  3. England; The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen
  4. Germany; Det litterære apotek by Nina George
  5. Denmark; The Tinderbox by Hans Christian Andersen
  6. Italy; Circles of Hell by Dante
  7. Norway; Fangene som forsvant - NSB og slavearbeiderne på Nordlandsbanen av Bjørn Westlie
  8. Nigeria; Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
  9. Syria; Kjære verden - en syrisk jentes historie om krig og bønn for fred av Bana Alabed
  10. Sweden; Midnattspiker av Jonas Moström
  11. Latvia; Latviske vottar by Maruta Grasmane
  12. Angola; The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa
  13. Greenland; Jenta uten hud av Mads Peder Nordbo
  14. Faroe Islands; Blid er sommarnatta by Jógvan Isaksen
  15. Japan; Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
  16. Chile; Love Poems by Pablo Neruda
  17. Indonesia; The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
  18. South Africa; Menssmerter av Kopano Matlwa
  19. Iran; Persepolis - The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
  20. Cuba; Høstlandskap i Havana av Leonardo Padura
  21. Argentina; The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara
  22. Guatemala; Den polske bokseren av Eduardo Halfon
  23. Ghana; Faceless by Amma Darko
  24. Solomon Islands; One Blood by Graeme Kent
  25. Mexico; Frida's Fiestas by Marie-Pierre Colle, Guadalupe Rivera and others
Library Love Challenge
  1. Svarthuset av Peter May
  2. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer
  3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  4. Jenta uten hud av Mads Peder Nordbo
  5. Heavy Metal And You by Christopher Krovatin
  6. Blid er sommarnatta by Jógvan Isaksen
  7. The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa
  8. Caraval by Stephanie Garber
  9. Korset av Ingar Johnsrud
Platypire Diversity Challenge
January; Bi-Racial Awareness Month
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

February; Black History Month
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

March; Women's History Month
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
F-ordet 155 grunner til å være feminist av Marta Breen, Madeleine Schultz og Jenny Jordahl
Såpass må du tåle - sex, krenkelser og offentlig debatt av Heidi Helene Sveen

 April; Arab Heritage Month
Kjære verden - en syrisk jentes historie om krig og bønn for fred av Bana Alabed

June and July; LGBT Pride Summer
A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager and Mike Blanc (illustrator)
My Crunchy Life by Mia Kerrick
Finna kyrkjedøra i meg av Per Helge Genberg

 August; Mental Health Awareness
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Archer

 September; Hispanic History Month
Love Poems by Pablo Neruda
Puerto Rico Strong edited by Hazel Newlevant

December; Religious Minorities
Super Sikh #2 by Eileen Kaur Alden

Various
En muslimsk mors kamp av Azra Gilani og Maria Gilani
Persepolis - The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
Barføtt over isen av Ingebjørg Berg Holm
Death by Dumpling (A Noodle Shop Mystery) by Vivien Chien

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