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I love Blankets! Because of that book I read Habibi by the same author for this challenge.

I also read Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant for my graphic novel. I neither laughed nor cried. My mom spent the last year going through caner treatment that almost killed her. I wasn't sure I was ready to read a book about caring for aging parents. But I thought it was such a bizarre topic for a graphic novel, I kind of loved the idea
There is some real humor and emotional impact to be derived from that experience, at least from my experience. But this book? It didn't work for me. Maybe if I had a more contentious/difficult relationship with my parents it would have spoken more to me.
Most people like it, really.
But I think maybe I should have read Blanekts.


Now I'm reading Scarred For Life which I'm really enjoying. This is my favourite crime series for a while. (It was released last week so a good one for a book released in 2015, I think you can start at any point in the series)


I've read 10 books so far, and two of my favorites were Big Little Lies and Eleanor & Park. I'll definitely be reading more books by these two authors.
Nicole, I loved the Selection series!

All the other books I've read this week were really quick reads: Tree of Codes (a book you own but have never read), La storia di Don Giovanni (a book you can finish in a day - though technically all of these would fit that category), Il ballo (book your mom loves), and I re-read The Little Prince (book from your childhood).
I have now started Frankenstein for my book more than 100 years old, but even though I am enjoying it I think I am in a bit of a reading slump at the moment.

I read We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves with my bookclub last year. What a great book! And good call on the spoilery aspect.

I intended Alaska to be my banned book but switched to "a book set in high school." The Alchemist is my "a book you can read in one day." My Kindle projected it would take me three hours to read. It did but I fell asleep reading it so finished it Sunday morning instead of Saturday. (Yawn!)
Now on to the next challenge. What will it be?


I also finished Kindred by Octavia Butler (#41 A book by an author you’ve never read before). It is the story of a young black woman in the 1970s repeatedly transported to the pre-Civil War South. It was an excellent read, one of my favorite of the books I've read this year. I will definitely be reading more of Butler's work.
Finally, I finished off Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 for #49 "A book based on or turned into a TV show". While I don't think the comic book form can compete with the story and character development of the TV show, I did enjoy them. One of these days I will probably pick up season 9 and see what they do next.
This week I have started a few things.
I started reading The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. Not sure what prompt I will use it for. I am about halfway through it and I think it is wonderful. Margaret Atwood is brilliant.
I also started The Spymistress: A Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini. It is my "book based entirely on its cover" (#24). I saw it at the library and it looked interesting. Hopefully, it will be.
Finally, I started Fool by Christopher Moore (#8. A funny book). It is a comic take on King Lear as told by the King's jester. I have both the Kindle book and the audiobook, but I think I will primarily listen to this book. The audiobook narrator is great and the humor really comes through in his performance.
So far this year I've completed 11 books. That puts me on track to easily met/exceed my goal of 12 books by the end of February. Yay!


This week
✔️17) A book a friend recommended: Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
✔️23) A book more than 100 years old: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
✔️36) A book set in high school: Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett
Finally finished:
✔️32) A trilogy: ✔️Undine ✔️Breathe✔️Drift by Penni Russon
I am struggling with both
40) A graphic novel: The Compleat Moonshadow by J.M. DeMatteis, Jon J. Muth
50) A book you started but never finished: The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
not having read a graphic novel before, and i realise why i didn't finish the other. These two will take some time.
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So this week we should have read one more book to stay on track for the year making our totals six or close to it. No worries if you're behind or way ahead. If you are enjoying yourself that is what matters!
What books did you finish this week?
What is your favorite book you've read in the challenge so far?
Don't forget to update your reading lists and add the books you're currently reading and have finished to our group shelves.
Happy reading to everyone :)