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Jan 21, 2025 05:38PM

161636 16 bpm.
Jan 21, 2025 05:34PM

161636 January Read-a-thon
22-31/1/25

* Resolution: Travel more

Take Two by Danielle Hawkins
Book: Take Two by Danielle Hawkins
Date: 23/1 4★
Fit: set in a different country - New Zealand

The Little French Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
Book: The Little French Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
Date: 26/1 2★
Fit: set in a different country - France

A Secret Garden in Paris by Sophie Beaumont
Book: A Secret Garden in Paris by Sophie Beaumont
Date: 29/1 4★
Fit: set in a different country - France


* Resolution: Lose weight
How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake, #1) by Kerrelyn Sparks
Book: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
Date: 24/1 2★
Fit: has been languishing on my bookshelf since 2006


* Spend more time with family and friends
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree
Book: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Date: 27/1 4★
Fit: tagged found-family x 60


* Spend less money
Just the Two of Us by Jo Wilde
Book: Just the Two of Us by Jo Wilde
Date: 29/1 4★
Fit: free from a street library

* Spend more time with family and friends
Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1) by David Eddings
Book: Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Date: 30/1 4★
Fit: tagged friends & found-family x 12
Jan 18, 2025 12:18AM

161636 A Girls' Guide to Winning the War by Annie Lyons
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 407
Word: ogre
Fit: letters in title

Irish Thoroughbred (Irish Hearts, #1) by Nora Roberts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 189
Word: fairy
Fit: "I didn't expect to find a half-pint fairy invading my stables" p.24
161636 #27. Salvation in Death (In Death, #27) by J.D. Robb 11/1 3★

I found this one a bit slow-going but still reasonably entertaining. Mid-series syndrome, maybe.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Jan 05, 2025 02:44AM

161636 The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 272
Word: period
Fit: "signalled the end of the Old English period" p.17

Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Word: colon
Fit: title/author - emergency exit ONLy miChelle uptOn
Jan 03, 2025 10:53PM

161636 The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336
Word: Fiction Genre
Fit: MPG fiction
Jan 01, 2025 01:54AM

161636 I'm guessing here...

Two Weeks 'til Christmas by Laura Greaves
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 288
Word: romance
Fit: MPG romance
Dec 30, 2024 10:53AM

161636 Hi, Team.
Dec 23, 2024 03:40PM

161636 We're also missing 75. Olympic Events: Read a book from the Popsugar 2020 - Book Set in an Olympics Host City List
Dec 23, 2024 03:31PM

161636 Jessica wrote: "76. Best Picture Winners: Picture on cover..."

I've got one for this that I didn't use previously as it's only 125p. Same for MPG children's - 149p.

Posted in thread. Cross 41 & 76 off your list, Jessica.
Dec 23, 2024 03:30PM

161636 Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 125
Task: 76. Picture on cover

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 149
Task: 41. MPG Childrens
Dec 23, 2024 01:39AM

161636 A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 183
Task: 83. Beautiful cover
Strands Challenge (123 new)
Dec 19, 2024 10:49AM

161636 20 bpm
Dec 18, 2024 11:06PM

161636 December Readathon
20-31/12


Pages: 2569
Books: 8


Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion
Date: 22/12 4.5★
Task: 8 in page count
Fit: 368p

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Date: 23/12 3.5★
Task: 2 and 5 in page count
Fit: 251p

Back on Track by Tricia Stringer
Date: 24/12 4★
Task: Character makes a goal/resolution
Fit: MC makes a goal to reunite her team

One Man Show by Michael Innes
Date: 25/12 3★
Task: Red and green on cover
Fit: Red and green on cover

A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
Date: 27/12 4★
Task: features fireworks
Fit: MC attends fireworks

Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You by Annie Lyons
Date: 29/12 5★
Task: Letters S,A, N, T, A in title
Fit: SANTA letters in title

Double Deceit by Allison Lane
Date: 30/12 2★
Task: MC falls in love
Fit: MCs fall in love

Two Nights by Kathy Reichs
Date:31/12 2★
Task: Character is punished
Fit: a number oc characters get what's coming to them
Dec 18, 2024 09:43PM

161636 Red Notice (Tom Buckingham, #1) by Andy McNab
R:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 400
Task: 61. MPG War
Dec 15, 2024 06:15PM

161636 Blob by Frieda Wishinsky
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 128
Task: 38. MC is a child
Fit: child MC
Dec 09, 2024 10:50PM

161636 The Wattle Seed Inn by Leonie Kelsall
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 416
Task: 50. Features grilling or a cookout
Fit: characters all attend a big barbeque at Justin's place
Dec 06, 2024 01:47AM

161636 The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39) by Agatha Christie
R: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 312
Task: 6. Features a catchphrase
Fit: Poirot's "little grey cells"
Dec 02, 2024 11:18PM

161636 Shan ~A~ wrote: "Fire Magic & Ice Cream (Casual Magic, #1) by Lauren Connolly
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 307
98. At the Mall: MC goes shopping
How it fits: Food shopping
91. Game Night: Features a game
How it fits: Scrabble.."


In 91 on ss.
161636 #26, Strangers in Death (In Death, #26) by J.D. Robb 3/12 4★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

An excellent episode in the life of Eve, Roarke & all their friends. The well-developed supporting characters really make this a great series.

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