AlphaKIT: January: S and O

Welcome to a shiny new year of reading! Each month AlphaKIT selects two letters to help you pick books to read. Use them in any way you choose!

January letters are S and O:
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I know my O read will be The Only Woman In The Room as that is the January pick for another reading group. Not sure on S yet.

I think my S is going to be "Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour The Haunted Queen" by Alison Weir.

I've got a couple of O's but I think I'll wait and see what other challenges bring before I decide.

I've got Kindred by Octavia Butler which hits O, not sure about S quite yet.

I'll be reading Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield. Also Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne, and The Suspect by L R Wright

Planning to read Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (also hits the MysteryKit "winter mysteries" theme, and the BingoDog "holiday in title) for S, and J. W. Ocker's A Season With the Witch (also hits the BingoDog "set during your favorite season," which is autumn) for both letters.

I'm planning on On Directing Film for my 'O' book and Sweet Tea and Spirts as my 'S' book. Looking forward to another year of reading the alphabet with you all!

>1 majkia: Always love the graphics you choose.

Right now, my O choice will be Oliver Twist; S still up for consideration.

I'm going to start the year off with Orphan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian for "O" and either All the Colors of the Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith or My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout for "S". Or maybe both since I'm planning on reading the Elizabeth Strout series in total this year.

Don't know how I'd function without the AlphaKit!

Here's my selections for the start of 2025!
Currently Reading
✅ completed

Comic Sans Murder
Flower Sisters
Little Shop of Found Things
Marriage, Monsters-in-Law, and Murder by Sara Rosett
Milkshakes, Mermaids, and Murder by Sara Rosett
Mimosas, Mischief, and Murder by Sara Rosett
Mint Juleps, Mayhem, and Murder by Sara Rosett
Mistletoe, Merriment, and Murder by Sara Rosett
Mother's Day, Muffins, and Murder by Sara Rosett
Murder Once Removed
Spirited Blend
Still Life with Murder
Survival of the Fritters
Written in Stone

I am thinking of readingSouth Pole Station by Ashley Shelby for S and for O, Triumph of the Spider Monkey by Joyce Carol Oates.

I've earmarked One Summer by David Baldacci and Black Orchids by Rex Stout both conveniently covering both letters.

I'm thinking of trying again to read S. by Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams.

Perhaps I'll count my current read, The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester, for O as it's about the creation of the OED.

>13 GenevieveAOK: That's a great idea for O.

Just finished Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp for S

>15 bookworm3091: January isn't here yet!

>16 cyderry: Well, it was what I planned for January... but got to it a bit early :)