Julia’s Comments (group member since Aug 27, 2013)

Julia’s comments from the 100+ Books in 2025 group.

44. League of Dragons: The Final Temeraire Novel by Naomi Novik 433 pages 5/22/17 pub 2016 4 stars

45. We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie by Noah Isenberg 275 pages +50 + pages of Acknowledgment, Notes, & Index 5/25/17 pub 2017 5 stars

46. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 270 pages 5/28/17 pub 2008 1 star

47. Who Was Charlie Chaplin? By Patricia Brennan Demuth, illustrated by Gregory Copeland 106 pages 5/29/17 pub 2016 3 stars

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43. In the Labyrinth of Drakes: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 350 pages 5/13/17 pub 2016 4 stars

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37. The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 331 pages 4/30/17 pub 2014 4 stars

38. Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: Wild Card written by Jim Butcher & Mark Powers 144 pages 4/30/17 pub 2016

39. The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 348 pages 5/1/17 pub 2016 4 stars

40. Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 by Edward Sorel 167 pages 5/3/17 pub 2016

41. Voyage of the Basilisk: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 348 pages 5/7/17 pub 2015

42. Paroles by Jacques Pr̀evert, translated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 71 pages 5/7/17 pub 1958

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34. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 464 pages 4/20/17 pub 2017 5 stars

35. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander, with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth illustrated by Ekua Holmes 49 pages 4/20/17 pub 2017 4 stars

36. Where Desert Spirits Crown the Night by Charles de Lint 64 pages 4/22/17 pub 1994 4 stars

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32. Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin 246 pages pub 2003 Read 105 pages, eight of the short stories, so far on 4/14/17. I haven't finished this one yet; I finished this 4/25/17. Didn't like it. 1 star.

33. A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan 334 pages 4/18/17 pub 2013 4 stars

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30. Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song 219 page 4/8/17 pub 2016 3- 4 stars

31. Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan 296 pages 4/10/17 pub 2017 5 stars

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29. These Heroic, Happy Dead by Luke Mogelson 185 pages 4/5/17 pub 2016 4 stars

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28. It Takes a Village: A Memoir of Life After the City by Jim Mullen 215 pages 4/2/17 pub 2001 3 stars

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23. Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper 320 pages 3/23/17 pub 2015

24. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff 289 pages 3/25/17 pub 2015

25. Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs 371 pages 3/25/17 pub 2017

26. Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters 326 pages 3/29/17 pub 2016 5 stars

27. The Mothers by Brit Bennett 275 pages 3/31/17 pub 2016

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I fell behind with these. Most of the books listed I rated 4 to 5 stars.

14. Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge 170 pages 2/23/17 pub 2010

15. Wildings by Eleanor Glewwe 328 pages 2/25/17 pub 2016

16. Gun with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem 70/ 262 pages ~2/28/17 pub 1994

17. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler graphic novel adaption by Damian Duffy & John Jennings 240 pages ~3/3/17 pub 2017

18. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 3/14/17 pub 2015

19. Enchanted Air- Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle 193 pages 3/15/17 pub 2015

20. The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelly Pearsall 278 pages 3/16/17 pub 2015

21. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 58/ 335 pages 3/20/17 pub 1955 1 star

22. The Saturday Boy by David Fleming 261 pages 3/21/17 pub 2013

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12. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae 2/7/17 3 stars

13. To Say Nothing of the Dog or How We Found the Bishop’s Bird Stump At Last by Connie Willis 434 pages 2/20/17 5 stars


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11. Get in Trouble by Kelly Link 333 pages 2/2/17 pub 2015 4 stars

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9. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer 151/ 195 pages 1/23/17 pub 2014 1 star

10. Half- Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older 326 pages 1/27/17 pub 2015 4 stars

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8. Machine Man by Max Barry 274 pages 1/17/17 pub 2011 4 stars

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5. Reader, I Married Him edited by Tracy Chevalier 295 pages 1/14/17 pub 2016

6. Ms. Marvel Vol. 6 Civil War II by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona 1/14/17 pub 2016

7. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kwamkamba & Bryan Mealer, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon ~30 pages 1/14/17 pub 2012

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1. Alex + Ada: The Complete Collection by Jonathan Luna & Sarah Vaughn 1/1/17 pub 2016 5 stars

2. Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father & Son by Adam Hochschild 198 pages 1/4/17 pub 1986 3 stars

3. Star Trek New Frontier: Blind Man’s Bluff by Peter David 344 pages 1/6/17 pub 2011 4 stars

4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel by Many Ann Shaffer & Anne Barrows read on Kindle 1/8/17 pub 2008 5 stars

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Here is a list of the books I have read in 2017.

138. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells 5 cds 12/24/16 pub 1882 3 stars

139. The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin 163 pages 12/24/16 pub 1970 3 stars

140. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 176/ 287 pages 12/30/16 pub 1963 3 stars dnf

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137. Moonglow by Michael Chabon 168/ 428 pages 12/16/16 pub 2016

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135.“Mack & Mabel” book by Michael Stewart, Music & Lyrics Jerry Herman 64 pages 12/5/16 pub 1976 4 stars

136. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 285 pages 12/9/16 pub 2016 4 stars

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