Naomi's Regimen of Zaftig Omnibuses

[Naomi]

Slick's Slugs Books 1-6

thinking out loud

1.The Goldfinch
775 pages Started 1 Jan. 2014 finished 8 Jan.

links by boy who loves dog

2. Salvage the Bones 288 pages started 17 Feb finished 18 Feb. + linking with pets being part of both books Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts 243 pages started 15 Feb finished 17 Feb.

links by cats as pets being discussed with cat as pet in

3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 607 pages started 9 Jan. finished 4 March

links with "Wind-up"
4a.The Windup Girl (359pgs) (linking with girl) started 10 March finished 25 March + 4b. linking "girl" + 4b. The House Girl (336pgs though book I read had 370pgs) started 28 March finished 2 April
linking by character dying of brain cancer and artwork/books claimed to be by one person really by another/misrepresented

5a. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry 260 pages started 23 April finished 23 April link with a character committing fraud (Selena and Leo Friedman)5b. Affinity 352 pages started 12 April finished 14 April

linking by the fact both main characters are female and titles are both one word

6a. Dust 495 pages started 20 April finished 21 April linking by fact both are mystery genre and a series and both "detectives" are female and using science to solve mystery 6b.The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (310 pgs)started 14April finished 17April


Slick's Slugs finished 23 April 2014 after removing House of Leaves and reworking the links with other books.

[Naomi]

Mickey Mouse's Marchers - 7 - 12 books

linking to last book with "Dead"

7. Deadline
581 pages started 30 April finished 6 May

linking to above book by the fact that the government/leaders ended up being the cause of the "end of the world" in both situations

8. Wool Omnibus Edition started 2 April finished 24 April 550 pages Kindle edition

linking as genre post disaster fiction last of the humans and societal changes which occurred because of the disaster


9. Blackout 659 pages started 29 Jun finished 16 July

linking title meanings no light to see in a blackout

10. All the Light We Cannot See 544 pages started 21 June finished 23 June

linking title meaning no light = dark places

11a.Dark Places 345pgs started 20 Aug finished 3 Sept + linking by same author 11b. Sharp Objects 272pages started 6 Sept finished 8 Sept

linking title starting with Letter "S"

12a. Starship Troopers 264pgs + linking with same genre Military Space Sci-fi 12b. The Lost Fleet: Dauntless304pgs

linking with 1st book in a series

12a. The Bat 369 pages + link 1st in Series 12b. Faceless Killers400 pgs

[Naomi]

Roadrunner's Racers - 13 - 18 books

link same author

13a. The Dogs of Riga 336pgs + link 2nd in series/ both Swedish authors 13b. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke 192pgs

link "man"

14a. Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm 352pgs + link "man" 14b. The Man on the Balcony192pgs

link 3rd in series
15. Allegiant 526 pages

link 3rd in series
16a. Champion 369 pages + link 3rd in series 16b Red, White, and Blood 383 pages

linking "blood"
17a. Innocent Blood 448 pages + linking being #2 in series 17b
Hollow City352 pages

linking being #2 in series

18a. Scarlet 454pgs + link #2 in series 18b. Cockroaches: The Second Inspector Harry Hole Novel 384 pgs

[Naomi]

Tasmanian Devil's Trouncers - 19 - 24 books

linking continuation of series/same author
19a. The Redbreast 368 pgs + link #3 in series 19b The Last Colony

link #3 in series

20. Cress 560 pages

link #3 in series

21a. The Retribution of Mara Dyer 464 pgs + link #3 in series 21b Raging Star 448 pages

link #3 in series

22. Dreams of Gods & Monsters 528 pages

link "dream"
23a The Dream Thieves439 pages + link 1st name of author starts with M (Maggie/Margaret) 23b Oryx and Crake 374 pages

link same author/series
24a The Year of the Flood 431 pages + link same author/series 24b MaddAddam416 pages

[Naomi]

Buzz Lightyear's Bombers - 25 - "To infinity and beyond"

[Almeta]

Love your title!!

[Naomi]

Thanks Almeta!

[Sarah]

You have some great books listed Naomi. I loved The Windup Girl, Dark Places and Sharp Objects.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Another vote for Windup Girl. I think it was my first Group read in YLTO. I think Dec 2012? The thread should still be floating around somewhere.

[Sarah]

Talking of Windup, The Wind-up Bird Chronicles seems to be appearing on quite a number of peoples lists for next year - I may well be tempted to get it and add it to mine too.

[Naomi]

Figured out up to Buzz. Infinite possibilities left...

[Esther]

You had me looking up Zaftig. I learned a new word!

[Jess :)]

I have been wanting to read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle too! So far I have not been creative enough to pull it into my list. I might need to revise. :)

Ooh. Perhaps if there is enough interest we could try to work this into a monthly read or side read?

[Kat]

House of Leaves is insane! It's the book I'm 'most proud' of reading. You've got some great lines of thought there Naomi!

[Janice, Moderator]

I have House of Leaves sitting on my bookshelf. I may have to read it for this challenge too.

[Lisa]

I was tempted to include House of Leaves amongst my choices but chickened out! I really want to read it but it sounds crazy!

Great list of books Naomi!

[Janice, Moderator]

I bought it a couple of years ago and have been procrastinating.

[Kat]

Even though it was a marathon, I was really really glad I read it. It's very overwhelming at the beginning, but once I got going I couldn't stop reading - I had to know what he would throw in next!

[Sandra, Moderator]

The House Girl is in my list too. Hope we both enjoy it!

[Naomi]

Finished my first book just a few minutes ago.

[Marnie]

That was a big book to start with- glad it was a 5***** read for you.

[Cherie]

Great list of titles!
Most I recognize.

I read The Starship Troopers way too many years ago but still remember parts!

I see we will both be reading Scarlet and Cress. Although I only have Cress on one of my lists, I still need to read Scarlet first.

[Cherie]

I liked the Wind Up Girl very much and The Strawberry Girl was cute.

[Naomi]

Finished Slick's Slugs. And man do I feel like I am moving like a slug. Not reading much so far this year. 8 books behind my goal and lots of books behind compared to end of last April. Had to give up on House of Leaves for right now. Just not capturing my interest and requiring too much concentration.

[Cherie]

Congratulations on finishing Slick's! I am almost there. :). What was a your favorite?

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats. I have House of Leaves, but not on any of my challenge lists yet. I'm a little intimidated by it.

[Naomi]

Finished Deadline

in Mickey's Marchers