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Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt Tag

I found this bookshelf scavenger hunt tag on Bookloving Nut.

1. Find and author name or title with a Z in it.

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

2. Find a classic.

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. This book terrifies me.

3. Find a book with a key on it.

Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones. Its at the very top of the skull on the OwlCrate edition. The book is AMAZING. You should read it.

4. Find something on your bookshelf that is not a book.

Funko Pops figurines of Slash and Cthulu, Candles, Moon phases, Jebediah from Kerbel Space Program, a wooden print….OH and my bookmark holder.

5. Find the oldest book on your shelf.

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. My edition is from 1951 and is one of the original covers.

6. Find a book with a girl on it.

Not a girl, but a woman. Mrs. Jeffries and the ______ . Borrowed from my dear friend Kim. Has the titular Mrs. Jeffries on it.

7. Find a book that has an animal in it.

Smoke and Bones by Leigh Bardugo. I have the paperback with a stag on the front.

8. Find a book with a male protagonist.

The Lost World by Michael Crichton. This follows Dr. Ian Malcolm and is the sequel to Jurassic Park. I read it this year.

9. Find a book with only words on the cover.

Slavery by Another Name by Douglas Blackmon. It has white words on a black cover.

10. Find a book with illustrations in it.

Break your glass slippers by amanda lovelace. It has some beautiful illustrations throughout with a beautiful blue.

11. Find a book with gold lettering.

Inferno by Dan Brown. Dan Brown’s name is done in gold lettering.

12. Find a diary, true or fictional.

I have one and I will reveal it, but currently its part of my secret TBR.

13. Find a book written by and author with a common name (like Smith).

A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans.

14. Find a book with a close up of something on it.

The Guinivere Deception has a closeup of a queen on the cover.

15. Find a book on your shelf that takes place in the earliest time period.

World Mythology in Bite-Sized Chunks by Mark Daniels

16. Find a hardcover book without a jacket.

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

17. Find a teal/turquoise colored book.

Murder on the Orient Express and Other Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie. I have the Barnes and Noble collection edition.

18. Find a book with stars on it.

Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw. It has crescent moons and little stars all over it on the cover of the OwlCrate edition.

19. Find a non YA book.

Blowback by Chalmers Johnson. Its a nonfiction book.

Let me know if you do this Tag! I would love to see what you guys find on your shelves.

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TBR Shame Tag

Helllo, my darling book nerds.

For some masochist reason, I decided to start my blog experience with a public shaming. I got this idea from The Book Nut and it shall be the first in my monthly book tags or challenges. The point of the tag is to list every single book on my physical, digital, or audiobook TBRs. These are all books that I own. Let the Shame begin.

Physical TBR (Books that I own a physical copy of)

  1. Part of Secret TBR (will be revealed as Secret TBR is revealed).
  2. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
  3. The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
  4. Peter and the Starcatcher by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
  5. The Overton Window by Glenn Beck
  6. Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon
  7. Mrs. Jeffries and the Three Wise Women by Emily Brightwell
  8. Krampus by Brom
  9. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
  10. Inferno
  11. Charmed: The Queen’s Curse by Constance M. Burge
  12. Blood & Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism by Michael Burleigh
  13. Cowboy Deputy & The Cowboy’s Secret Twins by Carla Cassidy
  14. Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
  15. Five Classic Murder Mysteries by Agatha Christie
  16. Five Complete Miss Marple Novels
  17. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
  18. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  19. Lady Midnight
  20. A Humanitarian Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq by Thomas Cushman
  21. World Mythology in Bite Sized Chunks by Mark Daniels
  22. House of Leaves by Mark. Z. Danielewski
  23. Mirage by Somaiya Daud
  24. Tolkien A Dictionary by David Day
  25. Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
  26. Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
  27. A Darkness Forged in Iron by Chris Evans
  28. We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
  29. Constantine: The Spark and the Flame by Jeff Lemiere
  30. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
  31. American Monsters by Linda Godfrey
  32. Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins – May TBR
  33. Eight Will Fall by Sarah Harian
  34. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
  35. History’s Mysteries by Brian Haughton
  36. Johannes Cabal The Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard
  37. Les Miserables by Victory Hugo
  38. Behold the Mighty Dinosaur edited by David Jablonski
  39. Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire by Chalmers Johnson
  40. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
  41. The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kegan
  42. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
  43. Frankenstein: Prodigial Son by Dean Koontz
  44. Web of Deceit by Barry M. Lando
  45. Shadows of the Dark Crystal by J.M. Lee
  46. Just a Cowboy by Rachel Lee
  47. Secret TBR
  48. The Middle East by Bernard Lewis
  49. Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
  50. Muhammad by Martin Lings
  51. The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd Jones – May TBR
  52. Break Your Glass Slippers by Amanda Lovelace
  53. The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu.
  54. Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
  55. At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin, and The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald
  56. Fangirl’s Guide to the Glaxy by Sam Maggs
  57. Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire
  58. Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
  59. Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven
  60. The Soul of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
  61. Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
  62. Uprooted by Naomi Novak
  63. 11th Hour by James Patterson
  64. Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast
  65. Crown of Feathers by Pau Preto
  66. The Lost Spring by Walid Phares
  67. The Persian Puzzle by Kenneth M. Pollack
  68. Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
  69. The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
  70. Fiasco by Thomas Ricks
  71. Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb
  72. Iraq by John Robertson
  73. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
  74. Common Wealth by Jeffrey D. Sachs
  75. Trailer Park Fae by Lilith Saintcrow
  76. The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski
  77. The Witches by Stacy Shiff
  78. Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
  79. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
  80. Amber and Dusk by Lyra Selene.
  81. Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon
  82. Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
  83. Blind Man’s Bluff by Sherry Sontag
  84. History of Food in 100 Recipes by William Sitwell
  85. In Harm’s Way by Dough Stanton
  86. Power Play by Danielle Steel
  87. A Perfect Life
  88. Bungalow 2
  89. The Spirit Line by David Thurlo
  90. Beren and Luthien by J.R.R. Tolkien
  91. The Fall of Gondolin
  92. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  93. Crier’s War by Nina Varela
  94. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
  95. Shadow’s Edge by Brent Weeks
  96. Beyond the Shadows
  97. Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler
  98. The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
  99. Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers Vol. 4 by Bill Willingham
  100. Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days) Vol. 7
  101. Fairest: Wide Awake Vol. 1
  102. Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
  103. The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright

Total Book Count: 103 – not counting missing books for series, my GoodReads, or Been There Done That’s 100 Epic Reads of A Lifetime.

Digital TBR

  1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
  2. Zubi!: The Real Hebrew You Were Never Taught in School by Danny Ben Israel
  3. Insanity (Mad in Wonderland) by Cameron Jace
  4. Fledgling by Natasha Brown
  5. Dark Realms by Kristen Middleton
  6. Let Them Eat Shrimp: The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea by Kennedy Warne
  7. The Witch Hunter (Book One of the Witch Hunter Saga) by Nicole R. Taylor
  8. Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina
  9. Tin God by Stacy Green
  10. Waking Hours by Lis Wiehl
  11. The Crowns of Croswald by D.E. Night
  12. The Essential Rumi by Jalal Al-Din Rumi
  13. A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings by Coleman Barks
  14. Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman
  15. Smoke and Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg
  16. On War – Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz
  17. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
  18. Daughter of Feathers by J.E. Karner
  19. Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter
  20. The Night of Moths by Riccardo Bruni
  21. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
  22. The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King
  23. The Original Dream by Nukila Amal

Total e-book number: 23, not counting the over 1400 books my fiance just gave me….

Audio Books

  1. It by Stephen King
  2. Artifact: A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery, Book 1 by Gigi Pandian
  3. Halfway to the Grave: Night Huntress, Book 1 by Jeaniene Frost
  4. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
  5. Thud! by Terry Pratchett
  6. The Conception of Terror: Tales Inspired by M.R. James Volume 1
  7. To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
  8. Pet Sematary by Stephen King
  9. The Darkwater Bride by Marty Ross

Total audiobook number: 9

TOTAL: 135, with the above stated exceptions.

How many books are on your TBR list of Shame?

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New blog, who’s this?

I never know how to start these things, but I guess the third time is the charm. As in this is my third blog, not…you know what? Let’s start over again. My name is Mariah. It’s nice to meet you. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to visit my little piece of the internet. Imagine a grumpy witch who grumbles with perpetually messy hair carrying a book with her everywhere and imbibing in too much coffee. That’s me! Or…well kind of close to me. Lose the warts, the green skin and the long nose. And give her gray streaks in her hair. Okay now that’s me, or as close as we’re going to get right now.

This is my return to the blogosphere and the reinvention of Mariah’s Nerdy Notes. I am an avid reader and newbie BookTuber (a.k.a. a book YouTuber, because lingo). This is my niche to talk about everything book related. It is a companion series, but not a sequel to my YouTube channel. Same name. I know we just met and all, but do you mind if we get serious for a moment?

To be honest, I am terrified of this blog. The last time I wrote anything on a blog was in the aftermath of the worst year of my life. Personal tragedy after personal tragedy left me a shell of a human being with no real friends to turn to. My blog then became a way to reach out and remind the world that I was still in it, even if I was doing my best to hide from the world around me. I hid behind false hope and subpar blog posts.

This will be different. This is me telling you about my favorite and least favorite books, book tags and challenges, discussions, and more. Instead of using this as a way to hide, look at this blog as a way for you to get to know me in a way few know me. Join me in celebration of life, books, and the things that make the world a little more tolerable. I’m glad to be here and I can’t wait to get to know you.

Until our next meeting, my wonderful nerds.

M