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As ever, I'll try again23 Feb 23 - 24
Level V = 103-127 books.
Read corresponding ending number for six (6) years of your choice (2014 to 2023) then one (1) book for others
2023
The Hole We're In 26/04
Fourth Wing 01/07
Cuckoo in the Nest 14/09
2022
Remarkably Bright Creatures 19/04
I'm Glad My Mom Died 02/05
The Family Chao 10/07
Carrie Soto Is Back 26/07
Demon Copperhead 17/08
Bewilderment 12/08
Undone 17/10
The Unknown Beloved 08/12/23
Our Wives Under the Sea 19/12/23
Lessons in Chemistry - 04/01/24
2021
Divergent 29/03
Every City Is Every Other City 12/06
Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium 26/06
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon 08/08
The Dating Game 18/08
Becoming Crone 25/08
The Final Girl Support Group 17/09
Kingdomtide 28/10
Piranesi 09/11
Death in Her Hands 12/11
A Holiday With The Devil 16/11
The Gravedigger’s Son 20/11
Black Hat, White Witch 08/01/24
2020
A Stitch in Time 07/03
The Guest List 10/03
End Game 16/04
Pine 02/05
Breasts and Eggs 25/05
The Mermaid of Black Conch 05/06
The House in the Cerulean Sea 08/06
Black Sun 13/07
The Once and Future Witches 19/07
The Empress of Salt and Fortune 07/08
The Decagon House Murders 20/08
A Phoenix First Must Burn 30/08
Strange Love 07/10
The End of October: A Novel 14/11
Upright Women Wanted 05/12/23
2019
Rise Against 28/03
Roar 06/05
Flowers in the Attic 03/10
Fair Isle and Fortunes 07/10
The Murmur of Bees 03/11
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? 29/11/23
2018
Bone Driven 19/03
Then She Was Gone 20/03
Death Knell 23/03
The Last Hours 22/06
Artificial Condition 03/07
White Teeth 21/07
Rogue Protocol 10/08
The Ragged Edge of Night 02/09
Hold 16/09
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 27/09
Dark Arts and a Daiquiri 14/10
Diamond Fire 11/11
2017
The Alice Network 27/02
Bayou Born 17/03
Sugar Money 18/05
Another Brooklyn 14/07
Behind Her Eyes 05/08
Animals Strike Curious Poses 18/08
The Prince of Darkness 19/09
An Unkindness of Magicians 20/10
Naked in Death 09/11
Heartless 11/12/23
Clockwork Boys 12/12/23
The Hole - 10/01/24
Moll Flanders 17/01/24
2016
Moonology: Working with the Magic of Lunar Cycles 12/07nn
A Closed and Common Orbit 20/06
Every Heart a Doorway 07/08
The Essex Serpent 22/11
Utopia 05/12/23
Good Sugar Bad Sugar - 17/12/23
2015
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer 10/03
Zombie's Bite 17/10
Starboard Secrets 21/10
The Time Traveler's Wife 14/11
Night Shield 18/11
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant 04/12/23
2014
Fool's Gold 15/05
The Fast Diet: Revised and Updated: Lose weight, stay healthy, live longer 05/06
The Alchemist 30/09
I finished my first book for this challenge and it was a five star read for me! After 5 years, I finally plunked down the £12 for the paperback and was glad I did. I usually hate inner-monologues, but clearly not when it's a murderbot's. I can't wait for the next one, even though I will have to.
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New Releases Challenge 2023Level : Upon a Time - 1 book per month
January - options
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)-
Fawcett, Heather
Liar, Dreamer, Thief - Dong, Maria
February - options
Looking for Jane
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
Two years in a row I have set out read the weighty tome. I buy it and begin well, but something happens and it all falls to the wayside. Luckily for me, this year's book is not my sort of thing, so no set up for possible failure. However, I will try to finish both Gone With the Wind and Pillars next year. Happy reading to you all for 2023.
I've added my final book to 2022. I had grand plans to read a bunch over the 10 days i was off but I haven't read a thing. So I'm going to wait for 2023 and enjoy TV, which I rarely watch. Book #35 was Horrorstör. I much preferred this over The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. It was a good one to end the year on.
Happy new year everyone!🎉🎊🎉
Annalisa wrote: "Finished number 29 
2 starsSo many people have recommended this book and I was hoping that it was good. However, it just didn't work for me."
I really enjoyed that book, but only as a sort of study in loneliness and the way Owen's wrote the setting. I felt transported and could practically hear and smell and feel that coast. And the loneliness. But the mystery was a letdown. I can't remember if it was a letdown because it wasn't a surprise or because it was out of character. However, I still recommend it for the setting.
I'm in again! I exceeded my goal of 25 last year, so I'll up it to 30 this year. One year i am going to only read old books.(view spoiler)
Vaidehi wrote: "Keli wrote: "
The Virgin Romance Novelist"Keli, I got this task again, and this time I am going for The Virgin Romance Novelist. Las..."
Brilliant. I hope you like or liked this one too.
So to skip one task we've got to read 4 books (either help or skip)?
Sophie wrote: "Thanks everyone for being patient with me! RL has been a bit of a trainwreck with 2 bereavements and a complete change of routine with my son starting school. I'm hoping that we have everything bac..."I'm so very sorry for your losses. ❤
Vaidehi wrote: "Thanks Keli! You are my hero. Both the books seems interesting, specially The Lightning. And the best part is they start with 't' and I need N-Z so it works perfectly. Thanks a ton!!!"Glad you found something that works.
Last virgin suggestion is Ashes of the Sun. Pretty decent ya fantasy. It is f/f, though there are also gay and hetero love stories/trysts. It's just the virgin in this is centred around the lesbian romance.
Vaidehi wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Vaidehi wrote: "Hey all~My next task is to read a book where MC is a virgin (at the beginning). I am not able to find one single good book. Could someone suggest me something please?..."
The Lightning-Struck Heart. I'm pretty sure that the mc is a virgin. He definitely gets instructed by the guy he loves about what will happen. This one is m/m, fantasy and funny. I adore this book.
Vaidehi wrote: "Hey all~My next task is to read a book where MC is a virgin (at the beginning). I am not able to find one single good book. Could someone suggest me something please? I don't want to skip such won..."
The one about the virgin book writer, it was actually fairly funny.
Amanda wrote: "Going to read or delete these by the end of 2022. I really need to clean out My TBR. The Girl with All the Gifts
The Last Time We Say Goodbye
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I loved The Girl with All the Gifts. So much better than the movie, in case you've seen it. It's really well written.
And I Darken was also a decent read. It would've been a great read but it slows halfway through. But still I think worthy of anyone's time.
I finished book #28 And Then There Were None. It was okay. I round it up to three stars. But i am officially done with Agatha Christie. She might've been an influence for many a writer, but I think she's rubbish. I've read the big ones and that's all i need.I also attempted my #29 book A Man Called Ove had to DNF that sucker at 29 pages. I just cannot deal with grumpy old men. I did like the short sentences though. So i might try another Backman.
Sammy wrote: "#99 
Picked this one up so many times and then put it aside again without even opening it. Very silly of me, because it turned out to be a very enjoyable read...."
Added to my tbr. Still haven’t started my next Dickens.
