I’m posting this so it’ll be way back in the history one day for some enterprising soul to find. I’ll bet the result will either be an “ah-ha” moment, or a “WTF”. SEVEN Random Things About Me:07. I have a weakness for cotton candy.06. Maple is my favorite flavor, and vanilla is my favorite ice…
Author: Sami
Most influential books…
There’s a meme going around asking folks to list the 5-10 books that really influenced you. I don’t know if I can do a simple list of 5-10 books, because books have been such a major part of my life – and a major influence – since I was very young. But I can do…
Medical Examiner Challenge 2025
The Medical Examiner Challenge is hosted by Rick Mills at the Mystillery. This is a friendly competition that involves reading mysteries/thrillers and counting the named characters who die. Each named death equals a toe tag. The reader with the most toe tags at the end of the year wins. There are also badges for the reader who has read the most authors and who has read the most titles.
2025 By the Numbers
A month-by-month tracking page (with complete book list) for my 2025 reading year. Month Book Count Running Total Page Count Running Total January 0 0 0 0 February 0 0 0 0 March 0 0 0 0 April 0 0 0 0 May 0 0 0 0 June 0 0 0 0 July 0 0…
Six Shooter Challenge 2025
The Six Shooter Challenge is hosted by Rick Mills at the Mystillery. The goal is to read 6 books by a single author to earn a notch, but it’s a little more complicated… Notches count for points, and a formula that calculates the books to notches ratio gives bonus points, and it’s the reader with…
Series Catch-up 2025
Found on Instagram, by flickeringfandom. This is a game more than a challenge, and any book that is part of a series counts. Points are calculated as: +1 for a book that is a continuation of a series; +3 for a book that is the latest volume of an incomplete series; +5 for the final…
Stacking the Series 2025
Found on Instagram, by flickeringfandom several years ago. This is a game more than a challenge. Only series books count, but they can be of any length. The number of the book in the series is where it goes in the stack; if the number is double digit it can be used as the straight…