200% done.

I have surpassed by goal of 75 boxes by a wide margin and have now checked off 150 boxes.  Huzzah!
Link to original list.
Link to first set of boxes complete.

New completed challenges:

Cover:
A book with a cat on the cover: Eugenia Lincoln and the unexpected package
A book cover that features nature: Warriors of the storm
A book with an ugly cover: The evolution man: Or, how I ate my father
A book with food on the cover: The Wahls protocol
A book you chose for the cover: The lady and the thief
A book with a green cover: A is for alibi
A book with a brown cover: Well fed
A book with a white cover: The perfect health diet
A book with a dress on the cover: After the wedding

Title:
A book with a title [that] has an X in it somewhere: Eugenia Lincoln and the unexpected package
A book with a title that includes a number: 100% Real
A title with a word or phrase relating to "wildness": Wild fermentation
A book with a synonym for "chase" in the title: The drug hunters
A book with alliteration in the title: Anti-inflammatory eating for a happy, healthy brain
A book with an animal in the title: Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?

Author:
An author you've met: Owly and Wormy: Bright lights and starry nights
An author over 65: The folklore of Discworld
A debut author from this year: The map of salt and stars
A YA or middle-grade novel by an LGBTQ+ author: Princess princess ever after
A story collection by a female author: Relish
Three books by the same author: The deal of a lifetime, Us against you, and My grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry
An audiobook narrated by the author: The soul of an octopus

Awards:
A National Book Award winner of finalist: The soul of an octopus

Genre:
A cookbook: Well fed
A memoir: Relish
A New Adult novel: Remedial rocket science
A steampunk novel: Stone mad
A twisted (adapted) fairy tale: Kiss of the spindle
An essay collection: The secret loves of geek girls
An historical fiction: The map of salt and stars

Publication:
A book published before 1970: Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?
A book published the year you were born: A is for alibi
A book in the backlist of a new favorite author: The deal of a lifetime
A book originally published under a different title: The evolution man: Or, how I ate my father
A book targeted at the other gender: True fiction

Characters:
The protagonist is an interesting woman: The prisoner in the castle
The protagonist goes on a journey: The map of salt and stars
The protagonist is a dead person: For we are many
The protagonist is in the medical profession: Kiss of the spindle
The protagonist is Latinx: The proposal
The protagonist is LGBTQ+: Stone mad
The protagonist shares your occupation: The librarian and the spy
[this category added to replace -A superhero comic with a female lead-, a duplicate entry]

Setting:
A book set in a hotel: Stone mad
A book set in the Caribbean: Kiss of the spindle
A book set in the city of in an urban area: Remedial rocket science
A book set in two different time periods: The map of salt and stars
A book set on an island: The prisoner in the castle

Story Element:
A book about food: Well fed
A book about nature: The soul of an octopus
A book in which a character goes on a journey: The bookshop of yesterdays
A book involving a heist: Masks of the martyrs
A book with a mythical creature: Stone mad
A book involving travel: The librarian and the spy
A book with magic: Princess princess ever after
A book about books: Old cook books

Other:
A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure: The dirty bookclub
A book with at least 400 pages: The Wahls protocol
A book you borrowed or received as a gift: Paleo lunches and breakfasts on the go
A book you don't want to admit you're dying to read: Kiss of the spindle
A book you've heard a lot about but haven't read: The soul of an octopus
A not-really-for-you book: True fiction
A page-turner: We are legion
Finish a series you've started: Masks of the martyrs
Start a new series by an author you've never read: Remedial rocket science
The last book you received: Record of a spaceborn few