2013 TBR Pile Challenge
- Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
- The Hanover Square Affair (Captain Lacey #1) by Ashley Gardner
- The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands #1) by Barbara Cleverly
- Skinner's Round (Bob Skinner #4) by Quintin Jardine
- Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia Grey #1) by Deanna Raybourn
- Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
- The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street #1) by Karen White
- A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson
- Watchers of Time (Ian Rutledge #5) by Charles Todd
- City of Dragons (Miranda Corbie #1) by Kelli Stanley
- East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
- Painted Women (Warbonnet #2) by Robert Kresge
- Guilt by Association (Rachel Knight #1) by Marcia Clark
- Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police #1) by Martin Walker
2013 What An Animal Reading Challenge VI
Books with an animal in the title, on the cover, or in a significant role
- The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
- Isle of Dogs (Andy Brazil #3) by Patricia Cornwell
2013 Monthly Key Word Challenge
- January {winter, snow, silver, white, cold, shiver, smoke, fire, freeze, breath}
- Death Wore White (DI Peter Shaw & DS George Valentine #1) by Jim Kelly
- February {love, heart, sweet, family, grace, animal, diamond, life, drink, beautiful}
- Still Life With Murder (Gilded Age #1) by P.B.Ryan
- March {luck, wish, gold, rainbow, green, mountain, valley, magic, farm, treasure}
- Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
- April {secret, flower, garden, friend, light, shadow, whisper, home, gentle, little}
- The Man Who Cast Two Shadows (Kathleen Mallory #2) by Carol O'Connell
- May {bird, shine, laugh, clothing, name, run, shatter, lost, wings, world}
- Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones
- June {sand, sun, beach, island, country, sea, fly, away, never, far}
- A Sunless Sea (William Monk #18) by Anne Perry
- July {high, control, take, candle, night, spark, dreams, soul, beat, spy}
- Night Soldiers (Night Soldiers #1) by Alan Furst
- August {come, look, gift, cloud, food, clear, tree, orange, test, broken}
- Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
- September {shade, cry, blow, memory, kiss, space, fast, storm, blue, club}
- Storm Prey (Lucas Davenport #20) by John Sandford
- October {witch, haunt, murder, death, phantom, inside, fear, weapon, trapped, ghost}
- Death of a Tart (Peggy Jean Turner #1) by Kate Borden
- November {brave, forever, last, right, cave, work, window, number, thief, under}
- Last Car to Elysian Fields (Dave Robicheaux #13) by James Lee Burke
- December {princess, ring, road, midnight, fountain, time, hope, together, star, throne}
- The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig
2013 Colorful Reading Challenge
- Death at Gallows Green (Victorian/Edwardian #2) by Robin Paige
- The Last Kashmiri Rose (Joe Sandilands #1) by Barbara Cleverly
- Black Diamond Death (Sloane Monroe #1) by Cheryl Bradshaw
- Key Lime Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen #9) by Joanne Fluke
- The White Lioness (Kurt Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
- Buttercream Bump-Off (Cupcake Bakery #2) by Jenn McKinlay
- Orange County Noir edited by Gary Phillips
- The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig
- Plum Island (John Corey #1) by Nelson DeMille
2013 TBR Double Dog Dare
