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-with 500+ pages; OR
-which have been translated from the original language they were first published in to the language you are reading it*; OR
-non-fiction
Books read fitting Skip conditions:
1. NF/translated - Last Night I Dreamed of Peace -Read 01/07
2. NF - The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York -Read 01/15
3. translated - Collected Stories by Gabriel García Márquez -Read 01/17
4. 512 pages - Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2) -Read 02/16
5. translated - Until Thy Wrath Be Past (Rebecka Martinsson #4) -Read 02/24
6. translated - Arctic Chill (Inspector Erlendur #7) by Arnaldur Indriðason -Read 04/17
7. NF - Murderer No More: Andrew Mallard and the Epic Fight that Proved His Innocence by Colleen Egan -Read 04/18
8. NF - Ladykiller: How Conman Bruce Burrell Kidnapped and Killed Rich Women for Their Money by Ellen Connolly & Candace Sutton -Read 04/23
Skips earned: 4
Skips Used: 0
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a. shelf 1: S - Spiritualism - The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York by Matthew Goodman -Read 01/15
b. shelf 2: G - Gender Culture - Collected Stories by Gabriel García Márquez -Read 01/17
c. shelf 3: P - Police Procedural - Raven Black (Shetland Island #1) by Ann Cleeves -Read 01/03
d. shelf 4: R - Relationships - The Strays by Emily Bitto -Read 01/07
e. shelf 5: I - International Politics - Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Dang Thuy Tram -Read 01/07
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): R for Raven - Raven Black (Shetland Island #1) by Ann Cleeves -Read 01/03
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the): P for Peace - Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Dang Thuy Tram -Read 01/07
h. author's first name: G � Gabriel García Márquez � Collected Stories -Read 01/17
i. author's last name: G - Matthew Goodman - The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York -Read 01/15
j. item on cover: S for Straw hat
Read 01/07k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): S - Raven Black (Shetland Island #1) by Ann Cleeves -Read 01/03
l. name of character: P � Jimmy Perez - Raven Black (Shetland Island #1) by Ann Cleeves -Read 01/03
Card Completed on 01/17
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a. shelf 1: Anglopihilia - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (The Karla Trilogy #1) by John le Carré -Read 01/29
b. shelf 2: Fabulist - The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter -Read 01/18
c. shelf 3: Kick Ass Heroine - Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact (Lady Helen #2) by Alison Goodman -Read 01/25
d. shelf 4: Lady-detective - Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid #1) by Alafair Burke -Read 01/31
e. shelf 5: Disability - A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard -Read 01/21
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): L - Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact (Lady Helen #2) by Alison Goodman -Read 01/25
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): D for Dark - Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact (Lady Helen #2) by Alison Goodman -Read 01/25
h. author's first name: A - Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact (Lady Helen #2) by Alison Goodman -Read 01/25
i. author's last name: L Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (The Karla Trilogy #1) by John le Carré -Read 01/29
j. item on cover: D for Double-decker bus
-Read 01/29k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): L Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact (Lady Helen #2) by Alison Goodman -Read 01/25
l. name of character*: K Samantha Kincaid - Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid #1) by Alafair Burke -Read 01/31
Card completed on 01/31
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a. shelf 1: G Global-noire: Until Thy Wrath Be Past (Rebecka Martinsson #4) by Åsa Larsson -Read 24/02
b. shelf 2: M major-feels: Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2) by Alwyn Hamilton -Read 02/16
c. shelf 3: N NYC-book-club: The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty -Read 02/22
d. shelf 4: T terror: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde -Read 02/25
e. shelf 5: L Globetrotting-techno-adventures: Area 7 (Shane Schofield #2) by Matthew Reilly -Read 02/28
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): T for Traitor Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2) by Alwyn Hamilton - Read 02/16
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): T for Throne - Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2) by Alwyn Hamilton - Read 02/16
h. author's first name: N The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty -Read 02/22
i. author's last name: M The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty -Read 02/22
j. item on cover: Moon
by Alwyn Hamilton - Read 02/16k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): M Until Thy Wrath Be Past (Rebecka Martinsson #4) by Åsa Larsson -Read 24/02
l. name of character*: T for Trina - The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty -Read 02/22
Completed as at 02/28
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a. shelf 1: W Women-sleuths - Trick Or Treat (Corinna Chapman #4) by Kerry Greenwood -Read 03/16
b. shelf 2: A Australian-author - Ambulance Girls (Ambulance Girls #1) by Deborah Burrows -Read 03/22
c. shelf 3: M Mind-control - Fire (Graceling Realm #2) by Kristin Cashore -Read 03/16
d. shelf 4: C Convict - The Unmourned (The Monsarrat Series #2) by Meg Keneally & Tom Keneally -Read 03/29
e. shelf 5: P Predictable - The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie -Read 03/22
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): A for Ambulance - Ambulance Girls (Ambulance Girls #1) by Deborah Burrows -Read 03/22
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): A for Adversary - The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie -Read 03/22
h. author's first name: A for Agatha - The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie -Read 03/22
i. author's last name: C for Cashore - Fire (Graceling Realm #2) by Kristin Cashore -Read 03/16
j. item on cover: A for Awl - The Unmourned (The Monsarrat Series #2) by Meg Keneally & Tom Keneally -Read 03/29
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): M for Monsarrat - The Unmourned (The Monsarrat Series #2) by Meg Keneally & Tom Keneally -Read 03/29
l. name of character*: C for Corinna Chapman - Trick Or Treat (Corinna Chapman #4) by Kerry Greenwood -Read 03/16
COMPLETED as at 03/29
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a. shelf 1: G gimme - One by Sarah Crossan -Read 04/17
b. shelf 2: I island - Arctic Chill (Inspector Erlendur #7) by Arnaldur Indriðason -Read 04/17
c. shelf 3: M multiverse - Traveler (Traveler #1) by L.E. DeLano -Read 04/21
d. shelf 4: R resistance - Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut -Read 04/21
e. shelf 5: E every-written-word - Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding -Read 04/24
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): M for Midnight - The Midnight Sea (The Fourth Element #1) by Kat Ross -Read 04/22
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): E for Eleven - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel -Read 04/20
h. author's first name: R for Rosalie - The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham -Read 04/19
i. author's last name: E for Egan - Murderer No More: Andrew Mallard and the Epic Fight that Proved His Innocence by Colleen Egan -Read 04/18
j. item on cover: G for Geese - Ten White Geese by Gerbrand Bakker -Read 04/26
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): R for Rich - Ladykiller: How Conman Bruce Burrell Kidnapped and Killed Rich Women for Their Money by Ellen Connolly & Candace Sutton -Read 04/23
l. name of character*: M for Jane Marple - 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple #8) by Agatha Christie -Read 04/15
COMPLETED as at 04/26
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a. shelf 1: C for Colonialism - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue -Read 05/26
b. shelf 2: W for WOC - The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim -Read 06/10
c. shelf 3: T for Traveling-road-trips - The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith -Read 05/29
d. shelf 4: O for One-hit-wonders - Steel by Carrie Vaughn -Read 06/02
e. shelf 5: H for Homelessness - Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun -Read 06/02
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): H for House - The House of Dolls (Pieter Vos #1) by David Hewson -Read 05/17
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): W for Wind - The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss -Read 06/07
h. author's first name: W forWilliam - One Second After (After #1) by William R. Forstchen -Read 05/29
i. author's last name: T for Taylor - Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor -Read 05/23
j. item on cover: C for Coffin / Casket - Written in Black by K.H. Lim -Read 06/01
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): C for Clear - Blackout (All Clear #1) by Connie Willis -Read 05/25
l. name of character*: H for Hiroshi - The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama -Read 05/17
Completed as at 06/10
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a. shelf 1: W for WLW - False Hearts (Pacifica) by Laura Lam -Read 06/27
b. shelf 2: J for J-lit - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui -Read 06/17
c. shelf 3: L for Literacy - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd -Read 06/19
d. shelf 4: C for Cultural-love - A Golden Age (Bangla Desh #1) by Tahmima Anam -Read 06/21
e. shelf 5: O for Other-countries - Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 0.5) by Steve Hockensmith & Jane Austen -Read 06/17
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): O for Operation - Operation Napoleon by Arnaldur Indriðason -Read 06/21
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): O for Outback - Great Pioneer Women Of The Outback by Susanna de Vries -Read 06/17
h. author's first name: L for Louise - The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy -Read 06/19
i. author's last name: C for Castillo - Pray For Silence (Kate Burkholder #2) by Linda Castillo -Read 06/18
j. item on cover: O for Oars - Jade Island (Donovan #2) by Elizabeth Lowell -Read 06/23
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): O for One - The Forgotten Islands: One man's voyage into a truly gothic Australia by Michael Veitch -Read 06/23
l. name of character*: L for Lenah - Eternal Dawn (Vampire Queen #3) by Rebecca Maizel -Read 06/15
Completed as at 06/27
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a. shelf 1: P for poignant - Children of the New World: Stories by Alexander Weinstein -Read 07/20
b. shelf 2: S for spooky - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness -Read 07/21
c. shelf 3: F for fiction-mainstream - The Mahé Circle by Georges Simenon -Read 07/22
d. shelf 4: B for badass-heroine - The Demon King (Seven Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima -Read 07/22
e. shelf 5: I for immortals - The Iron King (The Iron Fey #1) by Julie Kagawa -Read 07/27
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): S for Snow - Snow Angels (Inspector Kari Vaara #1) by James Thompson -Read 07/18
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): F for Fly - The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder by Claudia Rowe -Read 07/19
h. author's first name: P for Peter - An Iron Rose by Peter Temple -Read 07/30
i. author's last name: S for Stephens - Godblind by Anna Stephens -Read 07/24
j. item on cover: B for Buggy - Breaking Silence (Kate Burkholder #3) by Linda Castillo -Read 07/25
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): P for Pursuit - Bear Grylls Great Outdoor Adventures: An Extreme Guide to the Best Outdoor Pursuits by Bear Grylls -Read 07/21
l. name of character*: B for Brad Chen - Smoke and Mirrors (Brad Chen #2) by Kel Robertson -Read 07/23
Completed as at 7/30
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a. shelf 1: E for Easy reads - Forbidden Fruit (Corinna Chapman #5) by Kerry Greenwood -Read 08/22
b. shelf 2: A for Atmospheric - The Quiet American by Graham Greene -Read 08/30
c. shelf 3: H for Humor and satire - One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next #6) by Jasper Fforde -Read 08/28
d. shelf 4: S for Sacrifice - And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini -Read 08/24
e. shelf 5: K for Killers -The Empty Chair (Lincoln Rhyme #3) by Jeffrey Deaver -Read 08/29
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): E for Endure (Defy #3) by Sara B. Larson -Read 08/21
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): E for Earth - A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri -Read 08/31
h. author's first name: A for Ann - The Mermaid's Daughter by Ann Claycomb -Read 08/29
i. author's last name: S for Sheers - The Dust Diaries by Owen Sheers -Read 08/19
j. item on cover: S for Spear - Denny Day, the Life and Times of Australia's Greatest Lawman by Terry Smyth -Read 08/18
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): A for Amateurs - The Amateurs (The Amateurs #1) by Sara Shepard -Read 08/27
l. name of character*: E for Ethan - Zeroes (Zeroes #1) by Scott Westerfeld, Deborah Biancotti, & Margo Lanagan -Read 08/25
Completed as at 08/31
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a. shelf 1: N for novels to love - See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid -Read 09/26
b. shelf 2: H for hint of romance - Gone Missing (Kate Burkholder #4) by Linda Castillo -Read 09/23
c. shelf 3: O for o-magazine - Mount Pleasant by Patrice Nganang -Read 09/19
d. shelf 4: T for too much dithering - Black by Fleur Ferris -Read 09/26
e. shelf 5: D for detective werk it - Wreck by Fleur Ferris -Read 09/25
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): T for Trophy - The Trophy Taker (Detective Johnny Mann #1) by Lee Weeks -Read 10/01
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): T for Three - Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell, & Fiona Wood -Read 09/22
h. author's first name: N for Neil - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman -Read 10/10
i. author's last name: H for Haig - The Forever Ship (The Fire Sermon #3) by Francesca Haig -Read 10/13
j. item on cover: D for dog - Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1) by James Runcie
-Read 09/20k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): D for detective - The Messenger of Athens (The Greek Detective #1) by Anne Zouroudi -Read 09/26
l. name of character*: T for Thomas - Mayhem (Dr. Thomas Bond #1) by Sarah Pinborough -Read 09/23
Completed as at 10/13
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a. shelf 1: J for just-for-fun - Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate (Agatha Raisin #13) by M.C. Beaton -Read 10/25
b. shelf 2: B for brain-candy - Murder in the Dark (Phryne Fisher #16) by Kerry Greenwood -Read 11/02
c. shelf 3: D for donated - Forbidden Love: A Harrowing True Story of Love and Revenge in Jordan by Norma Khouri -Read 10/20
d. shelf 4: F for feudal-japan - The Way of the Traitor (Sano Ichiro #3) by Laura Joh Rowland -Read 10/21
e. shelf 5: E for exile - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon -Read 11/01
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): F for Fatal - The Fatal Flaw by Roger Maynard -Read 10/21
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): B for Buckle - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot #22) by Agatha Christie -Read 10/22
h. author's first name: J for Jessica - Corruption (Disruption #2) by Jessica Shirvington -Read 10/24
i. author's last name: B for Beaton - The Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin #2) by M.C. Beaton -Read 10/26
j. item on cover: D for Dragon - Redemption (The Twins of Saranthium #3) by Lara Morgan -Read 10/29
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): J for Jefferson - Damage (Jefferson Hinkley #1) by Felix Francis -Read 10/30
l. name of character*: E for Anne Elliot - Persuasion by Jane Austen -Read 10/28
Completed as at 11/02
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a. shelf 1: K for karma-is-a-bitch - Ruin & Rule (Pure Corruption MC #1) by Pepper Winters -Read 11/27
b. shelf 2: R for relationship-family - Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #1 by Louise Voss -Read 11/19
c. shelf 3: N for no-thanks - The Blood of an Englishman (Agatha Raisin #25) by M.C. Beaton -Read 11/16
d. shelf 4: J for junk - Worldshaker (Worldshaker #1) by Richard Harland -Read 11/24
e. shelf 5: B for book-hoard - The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields -Read 11/20
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the): B for The Beast's Heart by Leife Shallcross -Read 11/23
g. any word in title (excluding a, an, the): N for Never-Never - Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land by Rosa Praed -Read 11/17
h. author's first name: JR for Ramsey Campbell - The Overnight -Read 11/204
i. author's last name: B for Bujold, Lois McMaster - Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication) #1) -Read 11/19
j. item on cover: K for Key - Six Impossible Things (The Six Impossiverse #1) by Fiona Wood -Read 11/24
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography): J for Josephine - An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey #1) by Nicola Upson -Read 11/15
l. name of character*: R for Colonel Race - Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot #17) -Read 11/26
Completed as at 11/27
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