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I just want to note that the Most Popular Edition pagecount for Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is 224 pages (while MY copy is 304 pages) but since I'm planning to use it for7. 100-250 pages-Read a book with 100-250 pages in the MPE.
and I don't want to find out that the pagecount changed after I'm halfway through my books :) so hopefully by noting it here I'll avoid that complication thanks
Task 20.9 Reading Resolutions Kate S's TaskRead any book written by a female author included on both the Boxall's 1001 books to read before you die and the Guardian's 1000 books to read.
The Italian Girl (1964) by Iris Murdoch
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.3 pub. 1964)
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1942-1992)
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 05 = 30
Grand Total: 65 + 30 = 95
Connie wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Does anyone here know if The Bookshop on the Corner fits 16 Read a book where the setting is at least 51% in a book store ?
From the book description it looks like ....... ..."
I just read it and felt like less than 50% was set in the bookmobile. It's more about Nina changing as a person, taking chances with new experiences in her life.
Thanks for answering my question Connie
Does anyone here know if The Bookshop on the Corner fits 16 Read a book where the setting is at least 51% in a book store ?
From the book description it looks like it does ....... if I find it does not, it will fit 10.3 (since it was published in 2016)
Task 15.1 CiV 2The Diary of Mattie Spenser (1997) by Sandra Dallas (Paperback, 229 pages)
Bet: Black
Squares: 11, 24, 28
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 50 + 15 = 65
Task 20.8 Shirley Jackson Read a book in which the title contains the phrase "and other stories".
The First Person: and Other Stories (2008) by Ali Smith (Hardcover, 207 pages)
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#20.1 LGBT)
+10 Not-a-Novel: short story collections
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35
Grand Total: 15 + 35 = 50
W. Somerset Maugham was bisexual. From wiki: W. Somerset Maugham
under Section Popular success, 1914–1939
During this time he met Frederick Gerald Haxton, a young San Franciscan who became his companion and lover until Haxton's death in 1944
Task 10.3 2016/17 Read any book originally published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 6, and 7.
The Glorious Ones: A Novel (1974) by Francine Prose (Hardcover, 175 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Oldies -25 to 75 years old: (1942-1992)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 00 + 15 = 15
Task 10.8 PTSDP ari s for One an d O t her Stories
Paris for One and Other Stories (2016) by Jojo Moyes
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 780 + 10 = 790
That's all for this challenge!
Task 15.5 HaHN-Z female, no repeats
The Wolf of Winter (1993) by Paula Volsky
Author Initials: P V
Letters used: N O P R S T V W Y Z
+15 task
+25 all female authors
+25 first half completed
Task total: 15 + 25 + 25 = 65
Grand Total: 715 + 65 = 780
Karin wrote: "Deedee wrote: "I'm thinking about reading Les Misérables. Which translation do you recommend?
translated by Charles E. Wilbour[bookcover:Les Misé..."
The Norman Denny is excellent.
Thanks -- I know this group will steer me to a good translation. The translator makes such a difference for people like me who can only read in English!
I'm thinking about reading Les Misérables. Which translation do you recommend?
translated by Charles E. Wilbour
translated by Norman Denny
translated by Julie Rose
Task 10.4 Hubert SelbyRead a book originally published during Selby's lifetime: 1928-2004.
A Blunt Instrument (Inspector Hannasyde #4) (1938) by Georgette Heyer (Paperback, 309 pages)
Review:This is a frothy 1930s English manor house murder mystery, the fourth of four books in Heyer’s series starring the very English Superintendent Hannasyde. Several of the characters specialize in making witty comments. Heyer includes several scenes of situational humor. She also plays fair with regards to the whodunit aspect of the mystery (unlike the mystery I read earlier this month *cough* Drizzled with Death *cough*). The uppercrust, hedonistic, flippant young men in this novel would feel right at home in P.G. Wodehouse’s novels. Unlike Wodehouse’s novels, this one also includes stalwart and determined police inspectors (no bumblers here!). Recommended for light-hearted reading.
+10 Task
+10 Combo (#10.6(Thornton Wilder), #10.9 Series)
+10 Oldies -76 to 150 years old: (1866-1940)
+10 Review
Task Total: 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40
Grand Total: 685 + 40 = 725
Mary Renault was LGBT: wiki says Julie Mullard, a fellow nurse with whom she established a lifelong romantic relationship.
Task 10.9 Next?: Karen Michele's TaskStart a new series or read the next book in a series you are reading.
The Slanted Worlds (Chronoptika #2) (2013) by Catherine Fisher (Young Adult) (Hardcover, 359pages)
[Low Lexile]
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 675 + 10 = 685
Task 10.9 Next?: Karen Michele's TaskStart a new series or read the next book in a series you are reading.
Drizzled with Death (Sugar Grove Mystery #1) (2013) by Jessie Crockett (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 298 pages)
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 665 + 10 = 675
Task 10.9 Next?: Karen Michele's TaskStart a new series or read the next book in a series you are reading.
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files #3) (2001) by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 378 pages)
Review:This is the third novel in the Dresden Files urban fantasy series. The novel assumes that the reader remembers the world building and main characters from the first two novels in the series. Consequently, there is more action – action - action and less explanation in this novel than in the first two. (I tend to like books with more character development and more world building and less action – action – action.) A new main character, Michael Carpenter, is introduced. Michael is a “white knight”, a true believer who is a highly ethical magic user who supports Dresden in his fight against vampires and demons. I especially enjoyed the scenes in the novel that Michael was in. I’d recommend the Dresden Files series for fans of Urban Fantasy. I would also recommend reading the first two books in the series before reading this one.
+10 Task
+10 Combo (#10.4 pub. 2001, #10.6 C. S. Lewis)
+10 Review
Task Total: 10 + 10 + 10 = 30
Grand Total: 635 + 30 = 665
