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Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick ThorpPublished 1979
EPub Edition, 232 pages
Read 1/1/17
Washington State.
* The movie 'Die Hard' is based off this book. :)
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
1990
Audiobook
430 pages
Illinois
Title: The Scarlet Pimpernel Author: Emmuska Orczy
Year of (initial) Publication: 1905
Number of Pages: 204
I used the Serial Reader app. on my phone to read this one. You get 1 chapter a day (more if you pay).
I'm from Canberra, Australia
Title: The Wonderful Wizard of OzAuthor: L. Frank Baum
Year of (initial) Publication: 1900
Number of Pages: 110
Title: The Marvelous Land of OzAuthor: L. Frank Baum
Year of (initial) Publication: 1904
Number of Pages: 192
Used the Borrow Box app. on my phone to read this one.
Title: The Painted VeilAuthor: W. Somerset Maugham
Year of (initial) Publication: 1925
Number of Pages: 246
Title: Animal FarmAuthor: George Orwell
Year of (initial) Publication: 1945
Number of Pages: 120
Penguin Books
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Author: Stephen King
Year of (initial) Publication: 1974
Number of Pages: 253"
Are you reading all the Stephen King books in order? Be sure to check out my blog project "Under the Tome"! (google it)
20,000 Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne
Published in 1870
Translated to English in 1872/73
Audible audiobook
I live in Washington, DC.
Title: Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart and Other StoriesAuthor: Edgar Allan Poe
Year of Original Publication: 1843
Number of Pages: 148
State, Country: Indiana, USA
Title: A Wrinkle in TimeAuthor: Madeleine L'Engle
Year of Original Publication: 1962
Number of Pages: 211
State, Country: Indiana, USA
Title: Hell HouseAuthor: Richard Matheson
Year of Original Publication: 1971
Number of Pages: 301
State, Country: Indiana, USA
Title: We Have Always Lived in the CastleAuthor: Shirley Jackson
Year of Original Publication: 1962
Number of Pages: 228
State, Country: Indiana, USA
Amanda wrote: "20,000 Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne
Published in 1870
Translated to English in 1872/73
Audible audiobook
I live in Washington, DC."
Do you have a page count for this book, Amanda? When it's an audible one, I usually just list the page count for one of the more popular editions.
Title: The ShiningAuthor: Stephen King
Year of Original Publication: 1977
Number of Pages: 447
State, Country: Canberra, Australia
Title: The Machine StopsAuthor: E.M. Forster
Year of (initial) Publication: 1909
Number of Pages: 48
Location: Indiana, USA
Interesting novella, especially in light of its early publication date-- it predicts technology that many of us use today, like video instant messaging, 'smart home' automation, etc.
OK, I goofed .... I sourced 3 in March as FB, but I should have marked them GR. Not sure how to edit. Sorry. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Shining
The Machine Stops
If there's a way to edit, I'll fix it.
Title: RebeccaAuthor: Daphne du Maurier
Year of (initial) Publication: 1938
Number of Pages: 393
Location: Indiana, USA
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. . ."
I LOVED this book. Adding it to the short list of classics that I will read again & again.
Glad you loved it, Diana. Do try others of hers. She was a wonderful author ... one of my favorites.
Title: Time CatAuthor: Lloyd Alexander
Published: 1963
Pages: 206
Title: The Water Horse
Author: Dick King-Smith
Published: 1990
Pages: 128
Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Published: 1876
Pages: 225, e-book
Title: The Stand
Author: Stephen King
Published: 1978
Pages: 817
Title: The Forests of Silence
Author: Emily Rodda
Published: 2000
Pages: 131
Title: Deltora Quest #2: The Lake of Tears
Author: Emily Rodda
Published: 2000
Pages: 145
Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
Published: 1884
Pages: 327, e-book
Title: The Haunting of Hill HouseAuthor: Shirley Jackson
Year of (initial) Publication: 1959
Number of Pages: 260
Location: Indiana, USA
Title: Wuthering HeightsAuthor: Emily Brontë
Year of (initial) Publication: 1847
Number of Pages: 464
Location: Indiana, USA
Sprig Muslin by Georgette HeyerPublished 1956
320 pages
Kindle ebook
Watership Down by Richard Adams
1972
478 pages
audiobook
The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey
1911
285 pages
Kindle ebook
Illinois, USA
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Title: The Lost BoyAuthor: Thomas Wolfe
Year of (initial) Publication: 1937
Number of Pages: 95
Title: Beauty and the Beast
Author: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Year of (initial) Publication: 1748
Number of Pages: 48
Title: The Sea Wolf
Author: Jack London
Year of (initial) Publication: 1904
Number of Pages: 425
Title: Persuasion
Author: Jane Austen
Year of (initial) Publication: 1817
Number of Pages: 249
Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Title: The Legend of Sleepy HollowAuthor: Washington Irving
Year of Publication: 1820
Number of Pages: 69
Carrie by Stephen King1974
199 pages
hardback
Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson
1975
316 pages
paperback
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
1899
188 pages
audio download
Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn
1966
750 pages
Kindle version
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
1962
228 pages
Kindle version
Mike Spain Florida 2017 Classics:Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs first published October 1912 324 pages 01/2017 read
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens first published December 19th 1843 104 pages 01/2017 read
American Buffalo by David Mamet first published 1975 106 pages read 01/2017
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut first published 1963, 306 pages read 01/2017
The Man With the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming first published January 1st 1965, 183 pages read 01/2017
Doctor No by Ian Fleming first published 1958 309 pages read 02/2017
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse first published 1922 152 pages read 03/2017
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis first published May 2nd 1955. 221 pages read 09/2017
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis first published October 16th 1950. 206 pages read 10/2017
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain first published 1936. 115 pages read December 2017
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, 1913, 468pp.Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust, 1918, 749pp.
Belonging by Willa Muir, 1968, 340pp
The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1889, 388pp
The White Bird Passes by Jessie Kesson, 1958, 153pp
Mr Standfast by John Buchan, 1918
384 pages
Kindle Book
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis1954
296 pages
ebook
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
1939
277 pages
ebook
Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer
1972
307pages
ebook
The Lemon Jelly Cake by Madeline Smith
1952
256 pages
paperback
My read classics for the first half of 2018, January thru June:Title: The Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter #1
Author: Sigrid Undset
Publication Year: 1920
Number of Pages: 305
Title: The Red Badge of Courage
Author: Stephen Crane
Publication Year: 1895
Number of Pages: 170
(Lose classic interpretation)
Title: Pride and Prejudice: The Jewess and the Gentile
Author: Jane Austen and Lev Raphael
Publication Year: 1813 and ebook 2011
Number of Pages: 363
(lose classic interpretation)
Title: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Author: Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters
Publication Year: 1811 and 2009
Number of Pages: 340
This post is for 2018; sorry I didn't catalog this sooner!Title: Pride & Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Publication year: original 1813, audiobook 2015
Number of pages: 279
Galapagos by Kurt VonnegutPublished 1985, 295 pages
Finished 6/18/23 New York
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