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Just Read It! (2020)
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Abbie DiscoSuperFly
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Christina (AKA Babbling)
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Elvenn
Joanna
Judy
Kristina Simon
Lagullande
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Lusie
LynnB
Marina (Sonnenbarke)
Meg
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Sandy
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Tien
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Dee
Ellis
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Joanna
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Meg
Nat
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Let me know if I am not understanding this, but I think I finished ....Prompt 1: Read outside of comfort zone
(These are areas I haven't covered very well and want to read more.)
Goal: 7 books
Completed: 9
1. Books set in Africa
βοΈGirl by Edna O'Brien, read 8 Jan 2020, Nigeria
2. Books set in Central or South America
βοΈIt Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo , read 4 Jan 2020, Venezuela
βοΈTelex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner, read 25 Jan 2020, Cuba
βοΈA Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende, read 31 Jan 2020, Chile
3. Poetry
βοΈThe Poetry Remedy: Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind, and Soul by William Sieghart, read 5 Jan 2020
4. E-books
βοΈYarn Over Murder by Maggie Sefton, read 1 Jan 2020
βοΈWe Are All Made of Stars by Rowan Coleman, read 17 Jan 2020
βοΈA Holiday Yarn by Sally Goldenbaum, read 2 Feb 2020
βοΈRain Reign by Ann M. Martin, read 5 Feb 2020
Prompt #1 ~ Read Outside My Comfort ZoneGoal ~ 10 books
Completed 10 books ~ 2.7.20
β� Books less than 300 Pages
β� Audio Books
β� LGBT
β� Romance
β� Fantasy
β� Sci-Fi
β� Paranormal
β� Young Adult
β� Chic Lit
Link To My Post #1
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You two totally killed IT! 'Grats!
Prompt 1: Read outside of comfort zone : COMPLETEDGoal= 8 Books
1.Science Fiction: Outpost 1/5
2. Cosy Mystrey: Death by Dumpling 1/6
3. FantasyThe Prodigal Mage 1/13
4. Science Fiction: Red Mars 1/25
5. FAntasy: The Last Wish 2/6
6. Classic: Middlesex 2/16
7. Science Fiction: Complication 2/20
8. YA : Foul Is Fair 2/29
I finally completed a prompt!Prompt 3: Read Owned Books
Goal: 10 books --> 10/10 completed
1. Truth or Beard 3/1/20
2. Storm Cursed 3/10/20
3. Beard Science 3/12/20
4. The Billionaire's Secret Heart 3/18/20
5. Wonderment in Death 3/24/20
6. Brotherhood in Death 3/25/20
7. Sisters of Summer's End 3/27/20
8. Just Like Heaven 3/29/20
9. Black Gold 4/4/20
10. A Question of Trust 4/3/20
Checking in for a Prompt #3 FinishJust Read It! (2020)
January - December 2020
Prompt #3 ~ Read Owned Books
Goal ~ 10 books
Completed ~ 10
1. All Things Bright and Beautiful ~ 3.1.20
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ~ 3.5.20
3. Rose in a Storm ~ 3.9.20
4. The Dutch House ~ 3.15.20
5. A Tale for the Time Being ~ 3.16.20
6. Chains ~ 3.18.20
7. The Jungle ~ 3.19.20
8. Skeletons at the Feast ~ 3.20.20
9. The Bitterroots ~ 3.24.20
10. Anthill ~ 3.31.20
(Still slogging through Prompt #2)
COMPLETEDPrompt 2: Read Big and/or Intimidating Books
Goal 8 Books
1. Auraria 3/1
2. Perfect Poison: A Female Serial Killer's Deadly Medicine 3/16
3. Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases 3/29
4. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 3/25
5. The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery 3/30
6. The Notebook 3/31
7. The Zombie Chronicles 3/31
8.A Gentleman in Moscow4/4
Prompt 3: Read Owned Books - COMPLETED 6 Apr 2020Goal: 7 books
1. Lark! the Herald Angels Sing by Donna Andrews, read 2 Mar 2020
2. The Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan, read 17 Mar 2020
3. Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander, read 9 Mar 2020
4. Voyages of Hope: The Saga of the Bride-Ships by Peter Wilton Johnson, read 21 Mar 2020
5. The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt by Andrea Bobotis, read 30 Mar 2020
6. The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs, read 3 Apr 2020
7. Mrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood, read 6 Apr 2020
Prompt 3: Read owned books - COMPLETED 10 Apr 20My goal: 3500 pages
Read: 11 books, 3531 pages
1. The Heather Blazing by Colm TΓ³ibΓn, 2 March 20 - 243 pages
2. Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, 6 Mar 20 - 411 pages
3. My Policeman by Bethan Roberts, 7 March 20 - 352 pages
4. Truth or Dare by Celia Rees, 9 March 20 -236 pages
5. Maria in the Moon by Louise Beech, 31 Mar 20 - 276 pages
6. I, Coriander by Sally Gardner, 4 Apr 20 - 320 pages
7. Pompomberry House by Rosen Trevithick, 6 Apr 20 - 336 pages
8. Despised and Rejected by Rose Allatini, 7 Apr 20 - 376 pages
9. Worthy by Catherine Ryan Hyde, 8 April 20 - 325 pages
10. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, 9 Apr 20 - 296 pages
11. Arthur & George by Julian Barnes, 10 Apr 20 - 360 pages
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Prompt 1: Out of Your Comfort ZoneGoal: 10 books
10/10
Books Set Outside of US
Seek (Columbia) 1/17/20
Sweet Filthy Boy (France) 1/22/20
Cry No More (Mexico) 4/8/20
Horror
Warm Bodies 2/2/20
Non-fiction
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 4/10/20
NOT on audio
Call Me Sir 2/8/20
Deliberate Deceptions 2/10/20
Deep in the Woods 2/14/20
A Question of Hope 3/6/30
A Question of Trust 4/3/20
Prompt 4: Finish That SeriesGoal: 10 books
Final Book in series
βοΈ1. Swink (#5, Landry Family Series) 4/5/20
βοΈ2. Bloodlust (#2, Nightshade Series) 4/10/20
βοΈ3. Magic Triumphs (#10, Kate Daniels Series) 4/14/20
Continuation of series
βοΈ4. The Engagement Gift (#1, The Gift Series --read #2 first) 4/1/20
βοΈ5. This Heart of Mine (#5, Chicago Stars Series) 4/3/20
βοΈ6. Devoted in Death (#41, In Death Series) 4/15/20
βοΈ8. Apprentice in Death (#43, In Death Series) 4/16/20
βοΈ9. Dax (#4, Arizona Vengeance Series) 4/17/20
βοΈ10. Echoes in Death (#44, In Death Series) 4/30/20
βοΈ11. Secrets in Death (#45, In Death Series) 5/1/20
Prompt 2: Big and/or Intimidating Books Goal: 10 books
***Requirements: 450+ pages and/or 15+ hours on audio***
βοΈ1. Boarded by Love (16 hours, 3 minutes) 2/27/20
βοΈ2. Steel's Edge (15 hours, 25 minutes) 3/1/20
βοΈ3. The Will (24 hours/595 pages) 3/4/20
βοΈ4. Beard in Mind (466 pages) 3/14/20
βοΈ5. Luna and the Lie (17 hours/628 pages) 3/16/20
βοΈ6. Soaring (24 hours, 7 minutes/603 pages) 4/1/20
βοΈ7. Prey (477 pages) 4/19/20
βοΈ8. The Time in Between (19 hours, 2 minutes/563 pages) 4/23/20
βοΈ9. Broken Dove (23 hours, 3 minutes/692 pages) 4/26/20
βοΈ10. Wild Country (17 hours, 57 minutes/492 pages) 5/3/20
COMPLETEDPrompt 1: Read outside your comfort zone
My goal: 3500 pages
Read: 14 books, 3587 pages
1. Non-fiction
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray, 23 Jan 20 - 272 pages
Eat. Nourish. Glow.: 10 easy steps for losing weight, looking younger & feeling healthier by Amelia Freer, 31 Jan 20 - 320 pages
Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves, 11 Feb 20 - 282 pages
The Library Book by Rebecca Gray, 19 Feb 20 - 182 pages
Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life by Christopher Jamison, 28 Feb 20 - 182 pages
Keeper by Andrea Gillies, 26 Mar 20 - 320 pages
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, 10 May 20 - 242 pages2. Horror
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, 5 Feb 20 - 121 pages
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, 21 Feb 20 - 182 pages
Ghost Stories by M.R. James, 16 May 20 - 318 pages3. Poetry
4. Books from Africa, Asia, Central & South America
The Master Key by Masako Togawa, 14 Feb 20 - 192 pages
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, 17 Apr 20 - 256 pages
Waiting by Ha Jin, 8 May 20 - 310 pages5. Difficult language, eg lots of archaic words or dialect
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth, 8 Jan 20 - 408 pages
COMPLETEDPrompt 5: Comfort Reads
Read those that gives you comfort; all your guilty pleasures, brain fluffs, or whatever that tickles your fancy.
Mysteries, chick-lit, family stories, humor, travel.
Goal: 7
1. Every Day in Tuscany, read 30 Apr 2020
2. The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris: A Novel in Recipes, read 3 May 2020
3. Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party, read 3 May 2020
4. A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge, read 5 May 2020
5. The Book Supremacy, read 6 May 2020
6. Far From the Tree, read 8 May 2020
7. Six Cats a Slayin', read 9 May 2020
Prompt 5: Comfort ReadsGoal: 10 books
10/10
Romance Books
βοΈ1. Once Upon a Wild Fling 5/1/20
βοΈ2. Lumberjack Werebear 5/3/20
βοΈ3. Edge 5/3/20
βοΈ4. The Billionaire Wins the Game 5/4/20
βοΈ5. Bad Apple 5/5/20
βοΈ6. We Own Tonight 5/7/20
βοΈ7. Outfoxed by Love 5/10/20
βοΈ8. Well Suited 5/14/20
βοΈ9. How to Raise an Honest Rabbit 5/15/20
βοΈ10. What a Dragon Should Know 5/15/20
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β�1. Relics: A Faye Longchamp Mystery - #2 Read April 11, 2020
β�2. The Charming Quirks of Others - #7 Read April 12, 2020
β�3. Graveyard Dust - #3 Read March 31, 2020
β�4. The Beautiful Mystery - #8 Read May 19, 2020
β�5. Grave Memory - #3 Read April 2, 2020
Prompt 1: Read outside of comfort zone ~ Completed: 5/26/20Goal: 5,000 pages
Progress: 5,179/5,000 pages
1. Classics
Anthem by Ayn Rand (105 pages) Read: 1/2/20
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster (376 pages) Read: 4/20/20
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (336 pages) Read: 3/11/20
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (394 pages) Read: 2/7/20
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (184 pages) Read: 2/13/20
2. Nonfiction
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel (160 pages) Read: 1/7/20
Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg (401 pages) Read: 1/21/20
The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World by Sophia Dembling (198 pages) Read: 1/25/20
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (450 pages) Read: 5/9/20
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo by Vanessa Woods (278 pages) Read: 3/10/20
Burn It Down: Women Writing about Anger by Lilly Dancyger (273 pages) Read: 2/24/20
The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria (271 pages) Read: 5/26/20
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen (336 pages) Read: 2/21/20
3. Translated works
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig Spanish (281 pages) Read: 1/27/20
The Appointment by Herta MΓΌller German (208 pages) Read: 2/1/20
4. Middle Grade ~ trying to read more of these to share with my nieces, but I often struggle with them....
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (344 pages) Read: 4/24/20
The Moon Within by Aida Salazar (240 pages) Read: 4/4/20
5. Short Story Collections
Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson (160 pages) Read: 1/13/20
How to Leave Hialeah by Jennine Capo Crucet (184 pages) Read: 2/9/20
Prompt 5 ~ Comfort ReadsGoal ~ 10 books
PROMPT #5 ~ COMFORT READS
Goal ~ 10 books
Genres ~ Historical Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary Fiction, Award Winners
1. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
Read ~ 5.2.20
2. cover:Before I Go
Read ~ 5.9.20
3. cover:Long Way Down
Read ~ 5.15.20
4. cover:Solomon's Oak
Read ~ 5.16.20
5. cover:Artemis Fowl
Read ~ 5.18.20
6. cover:The Serpent King
Read ~ 5.22.20
7. cover:Beautiful Ruins
Read ~ 5.25.20
8. cover:Property
Read ~ 5.27.20
9. cover:The Children Act
Read ~ 5.28.20
10. cover:Key Lime Pie Murder
Read ~ 5.28.20
PROMPT 4: Finish that seriesMy goal was 7 books, completed 31 May 2020
Series:
Walt Longmire by Craig Johnson
Land of Wolves, #15, read 10 Apr 2020 - finished series to date
Commissary Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon
Trace Elements, #29, read 4 Apr 2020, finished series to date
A Bibliophile Mystery by Kate Carlisle
Buried in Books, #12 , read 1 April 2020
The Book Supremacy, #13, read 6 May 2020, finished series to date
A Sloan Krause Mystery by Ellie Alexander
The Pint of No Return, #2, read 23 Apr 2020
#3 - on waiting list, last bk in series so far
A Jane Wheel Mystery by Sharon Fiffer
Backstage Stuff, #7, read 11 May 2020, finished series to date
John Madden by Rennie Airth
The Death of Kings: A John Madden Mystery, #5, read 31 May 2020, finished series to date
Prompt 5: Comfort Reads
Goal: 5 books
1. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
2. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium
3. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide
4. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action
5. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5: Imperial Phase, Part I
Finishes:
6/7
6/7
6/7
6/7
6/8
Goal: 5 books
1. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
2. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium
3. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide
4. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action
5. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5: Imperial Phase, Part I
Finishes:
6/7
6/7
6/7
6/7
6/8
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My Goal: 15,000 pages
Progress: 15,039/15,000 pages as at 06/17
1. Sci-Fi (excluding the usual stuff I read like dystopia / post-apocalyptic ones but looking at space opera, noir, etc)
πΈΒ 121p - Glitter Rose by Marianne de Pierres -Read 01/25
πΈΒ 191p - Seribu Tahun Cahaya by Lia Heliana -Read 01/25
πΈΒ 192p - Stone Mad (Karen Memory #2) by Elizabeth Bear - Read 02/07
πΈΒ 420p - Scales of Empire (Dragon Empire Trilogy #1) by Kylie Chan - Read 02/10
355p - Acorna's People (Acorna #3) by Anne McCaffrey - Read 02/15
πΈΒ 368p - The Redemption of Time by Baoshu -Read 03/05
πΈΒ 240p - Journey to the Center of the Earth (Extraordinary Voyages #3) by Jules Verne -Read 03/07
πΈΒ 368p - Scardown (Jenny Casey #2) by Elizabeth Bear -Read 03/13
πΈΒ 351p - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon -Read 04/08
πΈΒ 402p - Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Scott Orson Card -Read 04/30
πΈΒ 224p - Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy #1) by C.S. Lewis -Read 05/02
πΈΒ 320p - In the Dark Spaces -Read 05/14
πΈΒ 307p - The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently #2) by Douglas Adams -Read 05/21
407p - Neon Leviathan by T.R. Napper
sub-total: 3,859p
2. Non Fiction
πΈΒ 400p - True Spirit: The Aussie Girl Who Took on the World by Jessica Watson (sports) -Read 03/14
πΈΒ 264p - Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler -Read -03/21
πΈΒ 240p - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik -Read 03/24
πΈΒ 430p - Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson -Read 05/02
πΈΒ 576p - How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly -Read 05/05
πΈΒ 176p - Note to Self: Inspiring Figures Write to the Young People they Once Were -Read 05/18
πΈΒ 425p - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond -Read 05/21
πΈΒ 336p - Invested: How Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Taught Me to Master My Mind, My Emotions, and My Money (with a Little Help from My Dad) -Read 05/27
πΈΒ 320p - My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store by Ben Ryder Howe -Read 06/08
sub-total: 3,167p
3. Family Sagas
πΈΒ 384p - The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy -Read 01/06
πΈΒ 391p - The Woman in the Wood by Lesley Pearse -Read 02/17
πΈΒ 496p - Cantik itu Luka by Eka Kurniawan -Read 02/26
πΈΒ 272p - Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen -Read 03/25
πΈΒ 336p - Mum & Dad by Joanna Trollope -Read 05/26
πΈΒ 272p - Reaching Tin River by Thea Astley -Read 05/30
sub-total: 2,400p
4. Horror (yep, looking at you, Stephen King!)
πΈΒ 272p - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay -Read 01/07
πΈΒ 396p - The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin -Read 01/31
πΈΒ 400p - The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe -Read 03/21
πΈΒ 352p - Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay -Read 03/28
πΈΒ 399p - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis -Read 05/23
320p - And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
sub-total: 1,819p
5. Literature
πΈΒ 156p - The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton -Read 01/18
πΈΒ 246p - Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov -Read 01/19
πΈΒ 218p - Hot Milk by Deborah Levy -Read 02/15
πΈΒ 204p - The Blithedale Romance -Read 02/18
πΈΒ 264p - Autumn (Seasonal #1) by Ali Smith -Read 03/23
πΈΒ 208p - Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto -Read 04/13
πΈΒ 335p - The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower -Read 04/20
πΈΒ 287p - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney -Read 04/27
πΈΒ 210p - There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett -Read 05/29
πΈΒ 96p - The Children's Bach by Helen Garner -Read 06/01
πΈΒ 436p - The Pea Pickers by Eve Langley -Read 06/17
sub-total: 2,932p
6. Psychological Thrillers
πΈΒ 384p - Girl in the Rearview Mirror by Kelsey Rae Dimberg -Read 01/07
πΈΒ 220p - The Place At Whitton by Thomas Keneally -Read 01/19
πΈΒ 386p - Into the Water by Paula Hawkins -Read 01/30
sub-total: 990p
7. Greek Mythology
πΈΒ 393p - Circe by Madeline Miller -Read 01/23
sub-total: 393p
Just Read It! (2020)
January - December 2020
Prompt Goal: 10 books | Total Read: 10
Prompt #3 (msg 29)
Prompt #3: Read Owned Books ~ oldest purchased on current month TBR
βπ�Coming Home ~ 03.18 β β β β
βπ�Forever Mine ~ 05.16 β β β�
βπ�Stella in Stilettos ~ 03.22 β β β�
βπ�3rd Degree ~ PaS Monthly - Mar ~ 03.29 β β β β
βπ�Invisible Magic ~ 03.31 β β β�
βπ�Dangerous Affairs ~ PaS Monthly - Mar ~ 03.16 β β β�
βπ�So Tough to Tame ~ 03.09 β β β β
βπ�Beauty and the Blacksmith ~ 03.10 β β β β
βπ�Nowhere Near Respectable ~ 03.09 β β β β
βπ�Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons ~ PaS Monthly - Mar ~ 03.22 β β β�
Prompt #2 - Finished! (took a long time to read that many pages!)Prompt 2 ~ Read Big and/or Intimidating Books
Goal ~ 10 books
1.
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnCompleted ~ 1.29.20
Pages ~ 503
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenCompleted ~ 2.13.20
Pages ~ 503
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(I've put off reading this book for so long, and now I don't even know why because it was wonderful)
3.
One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow: A Novel by Olivia HawkerCompleted ~ 2.16.20
Pages ~ 493
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In the Woods by Tana FrenchCompleted ~ 2.21.20
Pages ~ 431
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(This book was good but it took forEVER to read because of the tiny print and narrow margins.)
5.
The Murmur of Bees by SofΓa SegoviaCompleted ~ 3.5.20
Pages ~ 471
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The Quiet Game by Greg IlesCompleted ~ 4.25.20
Pages ~ 580
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The Orphan Master's Son by Adam JohnsonCompleted ~ 5.8.20
Pages ~ 443
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(This one truly was intimidating, even though it wasn't all that much longer than what I usually read. But, being a Pulitzer Prize winner, it was very "academic" by my normal reading standards. It took me a while to get into it, but once I did, I devoured it. Fantastic reading!)
8.
The Last Juror by John GrishamCompleted ~ 5.20.20
Pages ~ 487
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Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel MaddowBlowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Completed ~ 5.25.20
Pages ~ 405
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(So not really "big" so much as just simply intimidating. I don't read non-fiction much at all because I have plenty of nonfiction in my real life. I read for relaxation. I read to escape reality. I read for entertainment. I read just for fun. I listen to Rachael Maddow - every night. And I admire and respect her. She's brilliant. She connects dots in a way that is pure journalistic genius. But she scares me a little with how smart she is, and ... this book. I should have known better. What she did was tell a series of stories, gradually connecting this dot to that dot to the next dot, and when she was done, I was smarter, and the book was - just like Rachael - brilliant.)
10.
The Bone People by Keri HulmeCompleted ~ 6.24.20
Pages ~ 450
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So this one has been on my to-read list since I first joined GoodReads - which means at least 2014, and probably further back than that. I don't know why I haven't attempted it before now, so I'm putting it in the "intimidating" category because it just looked so ... academic. Too bad for me, because it was brilliant. The language barrier was tricky at first, but once I got into the unique rhythms of the syntax, time literally flew by. Great book!
Bonus !
#11.
Cemetery Road by Greg IlesCompleted ~ 6.15.20
Pages ~ 590
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This one was simply a great read.
I've completed a prompt!Prompt 3: Read Owned Books - 5 books ~ ~ ~ (5/5 read)
- The Diviners by Libba Bray β� (finished April 29, 2020)
- Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua β� (finished April 29, 2020)
- Force of Nature by Jane Harper β� (finished March 16, 2020)
- Scrublands by Chris Hammer β� (finished March 19, 2020)
- The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian by David Dyer β� (finished June 26, 2020)
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β�1. Relics: A Faye Longchamp Mystery - #2 Read April 11, 2020
β�2. The Charming Quirks of Others - #7 Read April 12, 2020
β�3. Graveyard Dust - #3 Read March 31, 2020
β�4. The Beautiful Mystery - #8 Read May 19, 2020
β�5. Grave Memory - #3 Read April 2, 2020
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Goal: 10 books
My plan: any book that I choose to read only because it's on the monthly shelf, but not including books for which I regularly read from shelves of my own (E.g., I won't count January's Latin America, since I have a "Latinx/Chincanx/Spanish" shelf of my own.). Also eligible: biographies & autobiographies, non-fiction, graphic novels, poetry, and short stories.
β�1 The Power (February shelf) - fin 2/15
Boy, was this outside my comfort zone! I almost quit so many times.
β�2 Georgia on My Mind,and Other Places (short stories) - fin 2/15
β�3 Messenger ( February shelf) - fin 2/17
β�4 New Kid, graphic novel - fin 2/29
β�5 Refugee, non-fiction - fin 3/2
β�6 The Last Laugh, gift - fin 4/18
β�7 The Burgess Boys, Apr shelf - fin 4/29
β�8 Landline, May shelf - fin 5/8
β�9 The Imperfectionists, short stories - fin 5/7
β�10 El Deafo, graphic novel - fin 5/14
completed 10 of 10 books
COMPLETED 5/14/2020
Prompt 3: Read Owned Books -COMPLETEDGoal: 8 books
1. Wolf Of The Plains 4/11
2.Witches on Parole 4/11
3. Death on the River: A Fiancee's Dark Secrets and a Kayak Trip Turned Deadly 4/12
4. Whispered Screams 4/12
5. The Time of Contempt 4/17
6. No Judgments 4/18
7. Siren 4/19
8. Where the Crawdads Sing 6/15
Prompt 6: DIYGoal 7 books - COMPLETED 12 July 2020
Books added to my To-Read list 2018 or before:
1. An Irish Country Practice, Patrick Taylor, 3 Jun 2020, added to TBR 2017
2. Sweetland, Michael Crummey, 5 Jun 2020, added to TBR 2015
3. The Marriage Lie, Kimberly Belle, 17 Jun 2020, added to TBR 2016
4. Everybody's Fool, Richard Russo, 22 Jun 2020, added to TBR 2016
5. If The Creek Don't Rise, Leah Weiss, 29 Jun 2020, added to TBR 2017
6. Valley of the Moon, Melanie Gideon, 10 July 2020, added to TBR 2016
7. A Piece of the World, Christina Baker Kline, 12 July 2020, added to TBR 2016
Just noticed my Prompt 4 didn't get on the finished list. It's in message #28.
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(Read those that gives you comfort; all your guilty pleasures, brain fluffs, or whatever that tickles your fancy.)
Goal: 5 books
β�1. Savannah Breeze - Read 6/14/20
β�2. The Witch Squad - Read 6/19/20
β�3. Ice Cream Murder - Read 5/27/20
β�4. A Thrift Shop Murder - Read 5/14/20
β�5. The Dragon Whisperer - Read 7/14/20
COMPLETEDPrompt 5: Comfort Reads
My goal: 3500 pages
Read: 13 books, 3558 pages
1. Golden Age Crime
Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley, 21 May 20 - 238 pages
With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare, 14 June 20 - 183 pages
The Allingham Minibus by Margery Allingham, 24 July 20 - 269 pages
2. Cosy Mystery
3. YA
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 28 Apr 20 - 160 pages
Are You Experienced? by William Sutcliffe, 5 May 20 - 235 pages
Call Me By Your Name by AndrΓ© Aciman, 7 June 20 - 256 pages
Clay by David Almond, 8 June 20 - 296 pages
New Boy by William Sutcliffe, 10 June 20 - 200 pages
Diamond Boy by Michael Williams, 23 June 20 - 400 pages
Now Is the Time for Running by Michael Williams, 27 June 20 - 228 pages
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen, 14 July 20 - 391 pages
Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks, 22 July 20 - 438 pages
4. Persephone
Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham, 12 May 20 - 264 pages
Completed prompt 3 in message 18Goal 5,000 pages
5052/5,000 pages
1) Twisted Twenty-Six
Completed 02/23/20
2)The Rumor
Completed 03/27/20
3) The Matchmaker
completed 06/3/20
4) A Study in Sable
Completed 05/22/20
5) A Scandal in Battersea
Completed 04/7/20
6) The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Completed
7)Cross Country
Completed 05/28/20
8)The Oathbound
Completed 07/3/20
9) Peril at End House
Completed 07/5/20
10) Acorna: The Unicorn Girl
Competed 03/30/20
11)Squire
Completed 05/10/20
12) Page by Tamora Pierce
Completed 05/5/20
13) Small Great Thingsby Jodi Picoult
Completed 03/23/20
14) Dead Until DarkbyCharlaine Harris
Completed 06/19/20
15) Living Dead in Dallas
Completed 07/14/20
16) The Virgin's Loverby Philippa Gregory
Completed 07/31/20
Prompt 1: Read outside of comfort zone.
Goal: 5 Books
Romance: Either straight genre or any book that has strong/central romantic story lines.
1. Grin and Beard It
2. Beard Science
3. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
4. Camp
5. Beard in Mind
Finishes:
1/7
2/9
4/3
6/27
8/2
Goal: 5 Books
Romance: Either straight genre or any book that has strong/central romantic story lines.
1. Grin and Beard It
2. Beard Science
3. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
4. Camp
5. Beard in Mind
Finishes:
1/7
2/9
4/3
6/27
8/2
Prompt #1: Read Outside of Comfort ZoneFinished: 10/10 books
1. Nonfiction
West with the Night - 2/1/2020
The Man Who Listens to Horses - 8/9/2020
2. Graphic Novels
Nimona - 1/2/2020
3. Classics
Life of Pi - 1/11/2020
El Principito - 2/2/2020
Fahrenheit 451 - 2/4/2020
4. Audiobooks
Island of Silence - 2/5/2020
Island of Fire - 2/24/2020
A Wind in the Door - 3/4/2020
A Swiftly Tilting Planet - 3/17/2020
Prompt 6: DIY: Finish those challenges!My goal: 3500 pages
FINISHED 11 August 2020
Read: 11 books, 3522 pages
1. Pick-a-Shelf Challenges (Lost, Moving Mountains)
The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals by Wendy Jones, 8 July 20, Lost - 272 pages
Never Mind the Bullocks by Vanessa Able, 19 July 20, Moving Mountains - 288 pages
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, 5 Aug 20, Moving Mountains - 434 pages
2. RiSi 40 Challenge
Julie, or the New Heloise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18 June 20, RiSi 40 - 428 pages
The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech, 4 July 20, RiSi 40 - 350 pages
The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox, 8 July 20, RiSi 40 - 420 pages
Gluttony by Francine Prose, 29 July 20, RiSi 40 - 108 pages
3. SFRC Challenges (North Pole, Spelling Bee)
The Mountain in My Shoe by Louise Beech, 2 June 20, Spelling Bee - 300 pages
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by AntΓ³nio R. DamΓ‘sio, 5 June 20, North Pole - 368 pages
The Second Life of Amy Archer by R.S. Pateman, 26 July 20, North Pole - 432 pages
Death and the Penguinby Andrey Kurkov, 11 Aug 20, North Pole - 228 pages
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Prompt 2: Big/Intimidating Books
Goal: 5 books
Oathbringer - 1248p - Read 2/27/20
The Pillars of the Earth - 973p - Read 6/30/20
And the Sea Will Tell - 729p - Read 7/10/20
The Wise Man's Fear - 994p - Read 2/26/20
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer - 668p - Read 8/11/20
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My goal is 5 books.
1. Magical Realism: The Murmur of Bees - Read 3/1/20
2. Romance: Daughter of Fortune - Read 1/13/20
3. Politics: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Read 6/26/20
4. Science Fiction:The Left Hand of Darkness - Read 2/27/20
5. LBGT: Sacred Country - Read 3/25/20
6. Business: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street - Read 8/1/20
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Prompt 1: read out of your comfort zone β�Goal: 20 / 20 books
1. LGBT
β� Passing Strange [16-jan-20] β β (the title says it all, this book is strange)
2. New Adult
β� Regretting You [1-jan-20] β β β� (this was okay, but a bit predictable)
3. Paranormal
β� Brightly Woven [10-mar-20] β β
4. Sci-fi
β� The Phantom Menace [5-jan-20] β β (just not for me!)
β� Dark Matter [9-mar-20] β β β β (I loved it)
β� The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis [11-apr-20] β β β�
β� Steelheart [28-jun-20] β β β β
β� Mitosis [6-jul-20] β β β�
β� Firefight [7-jul-20] β β β�
β� Calamity [16-jul-20] β β β�
5. Short stories
β� And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer [23-jan-20] β β (the way it was written made it confusing)
β� The Firefly Dance [26-may-20] β β β�
6. Letters
β� Dear Aaron [24-jan-20] β β β� (as expected I didn't like the letter part of the book, I did like the rest though)
7. Non-fiction
β� You Need More Sleep: Advice from Cats [25-jan-20] β� (this wasn't for me, too silly)
8. Politics
β� Next Year in Havana [22-jan-20] β β β� (the politics were more at the background, but this book didn't feel special. I did like it though)
9. Vampires
β� Halfway to the Grave [12-mar-20] β β (too predictable)
10. War
β� His Majesty's Dragon [30-mar-20] β β β� (not bad, but too much about the war for my liking.
11. Horror
β� Eeny Meeny [31-mar-20] β β β� (It was not as gruesome as I feared, just a little. I liked the writing so will keep reading the series)
12. Speculative fiction
β� The City Born Great [10-apr-20] β β β�
13. Graphic novel
β� I Left The House Today!: Comics by Cassandra Calin [23-apr-20] β β
Prompt 2: Big Books β�Read: 20 / 20 books
β� 1248p Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive #3) [23-feb-20] β β β β
β� 912p Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3) [20-apr-20] β β β β
β� 864p The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy #3) [31-may-20] β β β β
β� 811p The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman #1) [25-apr-20] β β β β β�
β� 742p The Moon Sister (The Seven Sisters #5) [24-feb-20] β β β β
β� 742p The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman #3) [7-jun-20] β β
β� 728p The Sun Sister [7-mar-20] β β β β
β� 701p Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices #2) [17-apr-20] β β β β
β� 698p Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) [14-apr-20] β β β β
β� 642p The Innocent Mage (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker, #1) [3-mar-20] β β
β� 624p The Butterfly Room [21-jun-20] β β β β
β� 610p Somerset [12-mar-20] β β
β� 608p Southern Ruby [21-jul-20] β β β β
β� 608p The Wildest Heart [27-jan-20] β β β�
β� 578p Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman #2) [6-may-20] β β β β
β� 577p Dragonfly [13-jul-20] β β β β
β� 537p The Colonel and The Enchantress (The Enchantresses #4) [23-apr-20] β β β�
β� 530p The Shell Seekers [16-may-20] β β
β� 528 Thuishaven [26-jun-20] β β β�
β� 506p Sanctuary [12-jun-20] β β β�
Prompt 3: Owned Books Read: 20 / 20 books
The Innocent Mage [3-mar-2020] β β
Where the Crawdads Sing [4-mar-2020] β β β�
The Giver of Stars [8-mar-2020] β β β�
Sweep with Me [9-mar-2020] β β β�
We Were Liars [19-mar-2020] β β β�
The Villa [23-mar-20] β β β β
Edgedancer [24-mar-20] β β β β
Once Upon a Winter's Night [25-mar-20] β β β�
The Duke and The Enchantress [29-mar-20] β β β�
The Rome Affair [2-apr-20] β β β�
What Angels Fear [4-apr-20] β β β β
A Secret History of Witches [5-apr-20] β β β�
Silenced For Good [6-apr-20] β β β�
A Sorcerer's Treason [8-apr-20] β β β�
In the Unlikely Event [26-apr-20] β�
The Forgotten Room [30-apr-20] β β β β
The Little Bookshop of Love Stories [15-may-20] β β β�
The Little Teashop in Tokyo [13-may-2020] β β β�
Summer at Firefly Beach [20-may-20] β β β�
The Banty House [27-5-2020] β β
Prompt 4: Finish That Series - completed β� β� β�Read: 20 / 20 books
β� 1. Bevelstoke Series by Julia Quinn
β� What Happens in London (#2) [9-apr-20] β β β�
β� Ten Things I Love About You (#3) [9-apr-20] β β β�
β� 2. Love, life and the list by Katie West
β� Love, Life, and the List [10-apr-20] β β β β
β� Moment of Truth [11-apr-20] β β
β� 3. The Enchantress series by Paullett Golden
β� 516p The Baron and The Enchantress (The Enchantress #3) [20-apr-20] β β β β
β� 4. Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose
β� The Hypnotist (Reincarnationist #3) [8-may-20] β β β�
β� 5. Mila Vasquez Series by Donato Carrisi
β� The Vanished Ones (Mila Vasquez #2) [21-may-20] β β β β
β� Into the Labyrinth (Mila Vasquez #3) [31-jul-20] β β β�
β� 6. Millenium's Rule by Trudi Canavan
β� Maker's Curse (Milenium's Rule #4) [2-may-20] β β β β
7. Faery series by Dennis L. McKiernan
β� Once Upon a Summer Day (Faery series #2) [30-may-20] β β β β
8. Romantic Escapes
β� The Little CafΓ© in Copenhagen (Romantic Escapes #1) [13-may-20] β β β β
β� The Little Brooklyn Bakery [18-jul-20] β β β β
β� The Little Paris Patisserie [6-aug-20] β β β�
β� The Northern Lights Lodge [13-aug-20] β β β β
9. Promise Falls by Linwood Barclay
β� Final Assignment (Promise Falls #1,5) [15-jun-20] β β β β
β� Far From True (Promise Falls #2) [3-aug-20] β β β�
β� The Twenty-Three (Promise Falls #3) [5-aug-20] β β β β
β� Parting Shot (Promise Falls #4) [8-aug-20] β β β β
10. Gideon Crew by Preston and Child
β� The Pharaoh Key [10-aug-20] β β β�
11. One of us is lying by Karen M. McManus
β� One of Us Is Next [17-aug-20] β β β�
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