2014 Challenge: Log a book you finished

[John]

Commentary on Romans by Martin Luther.
Lectures were given from 1515-16.
Published originally?? My English version list 1963 and 1982.
Pages 223.

[John]

The Subspecies of the Mexican Red-bellied Squirrel by Keith K. Kelson.
University of Kansas April 10, 1952.
Pages 8.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
first published 1962
Paperback, 293 pages
Washington State.

[John]

The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wodsworth Longfellow.
Published 1855.
Kindle edition.
Pages 297.

At least I know where on the shores of Gitche Gumee comes from.

[Alex]

Legend
by David Gemmell
Published 1984
Hardcover, 345 pages

I really enjoyed Legend and Gemmell's not so perfect yet straight to the point writing style.

[John]

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Published 1798.
Kindle edition May 16, 2012.
Pages 13 even though the book info. says 96. I think some one made a mistake.

[John]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.
Published 1532.
Kindle edition February 11, 2006.
Pages 128.

[John]

A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi.
Published 1642 in Japan.
Kindle edition.
Pages 96.

Not sure if this is a classic. He uses Musashi book for business strategy.

The Book of Five Rings (Infinite Success) by Leo Gough.
Published September 1' 2009.
Kindle edition.
Pages 120.

[Aaron]

The Plague by Albert Camus. Published 1948, 308 pages, paperback.

[John]

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini.
Published 1922.
Kindle edition May 12, 2012.
Pages 296.

[John]

The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus circa 55-135 AD.
Kindle edition May 12, 2012.
Pages 70.

[John]

The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini.
Published 1915.
Kindle edition May 12, 2012.
Pages 307.

[John]

King Henry V by William Shakespeare.
Published 1600.
Kindle edition March 24, 2011.
Pages 264. Not sure of this but that what the Kindle book says.

Love this book except the French since I do not read or speak French.

[John]

A Midsummer Night Dream by William Shakespeare.
Published 1596.
Kindle edition May 17, 2012.
Pages 127.

[RachelvlehcaR]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
first published 1962
Mass Market Paperback, 325 pages
Washington State.

Wonderful book.

[John]

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.
Published 1602.
Kindle edition March 24, 2011.
Pages 97.

[Crystal]

The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth, first published in 1811, 320 pages
Read on Kindle

Pleasantly surprised; I didn't think I would like this one as much as I did.

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[John]

As You Like It by William Shakespeare.
Published 1600.
Kindle edition May 17,2012.
Pages 320 according to Amazon listing for this Kindle book.

[John]

Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God And Other Writings by Jonathan Edwards.
Published 1741-1754.
Thomas Nelson Inc. 2000
Pages 314.

[Crystal]

John, you are my hero! lol

[John]

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
Published February 26, 1906.
Kindle edition May 17, 2012.
Pages 414.

[John]

Crystal I'm running out of free Kindle books. I think I will read The Absentee next, seeing how you liked it.

[John]

John, you should check out my post about Ebooks in our resources section. It has tons of free kindle book links. Beyond Amazon, Manybooks is a really easy to use site.

[John]

Thank you John, I have been looking through it. Now I'm just waiting for my new paper white to arrive. My Kindle 3 died and the paper white they sent me is garbage. I lost quite a bit of reading time.

[John]

The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth.
Published 1811.
Kindle edition May 16, 2012.
Pages 198.

[John]

History of Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott.
Published 1849.
Kindle edition May 17, 2012.
Pages 128.

[John]

The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.
Published 1908.
Kindle edition March 30, 2011
Pages 227.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Around The World In 80 Days
by Jules Verne
first published 1872
Kindle Edition, 154 pages
Washington State.

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells
first published 1897
Kindle Edition, 154 pages
Washington State.

[John]

Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott.
Published 1849.
Kindle edition January 5, 2001.
Pages 147.

[John]

History of Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott.
Published 1857.
Kindle edition December 18, 2012.
Pages 91.

[Aaron]

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1972, 197 pages, paperback.
The last of the classic trilogy which has been compared to the Lord of the Rings but I don't think it quite has the power LOTR has. Good nonetheless it is.

[John]

Hannibal by Jacob Abbott.
Published 1849.
Pages 149.

[RachelvlehcaR]

A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
first published October 1959
Paperback, 334 pages
Washington State.

[John]

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
Published 1862.
Kindle edition December 16, 2010.
Pages 959.

[Crystal]

1984 by George Orwell,
originally published in 1949.
Kindle edition, 668 pages.

[John]

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
Published 1890.
Kindle edition October 1, 1994.
Pages 222.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
first published 1970
Paperback, 149 pages
Washington State.

[John]

She by H. Rider Haggard.
Published 1887.
Kindle edition May 16, 2011.
Pages 404.

[John]

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler, 1980, 320 pages.

This was a fascinating grab bag of uncomfortable and strange ideas, from eugenics, power, body possession, multiple forms of slavery, racism, sexism, incest, etc... This story takes place over many centuries, so many of the characters are fleeting, and many of the situations are not for the squeamish, but for some reason that doesn't detract from the book. Although this was written later than some of the other books in the series, it is chronologically first. I am in the midst of the next book in the series now and still enjoying it.

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[John]

Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler, 1977, 224 pages.

I enjoyed this book as well. Unlike Wild Seed which spanned centuries, this book followed one particular woman and the patternists associated with her. It dealt with more uncomfortable issues, but in a more centralized way than the first book. There were some interesting ideas in this one, but I kind of preferred the grand scope of the Wild Seed.

This book was chronologically 2nd, but was written 3 years earlier. As a result I was really disappointed that "Emma" was more of a background character in this book, without any real development.

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[John]

The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis.
Published 1796.
Kindle edition May 12, 2012.
Pages 375.

[Sheila]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

First Published 1847
Kindle edition
Pages 404

[Sheila]

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

First Published 1915
Kindle edition
Pages 76 (Spanish)

[John]

William the Conqueror by Jacob Abbott.
Published 1923.
Pages 294.

[Crystal]

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula LeGuin. 184 pgs.
Originally published in 1971.
Great book!

[John]

The Beast in the Cave by H.P. Lovecraft.
Published 1918.
Kindle edition February 3, 2014.
Pages 10.

[Cynthia]

Title: The Time Machine
Author: H.G. Wells
Year of (initial) Publication: 1895
Number of Pages: (none; listened as an audio book-4 hours)
Format: Audiobook

[John]

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
Published 1873.
Kindle edition.
Pages 1235.

[John]

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.
Published 1857.
Kindle edition May 16, 2012.
Pages 538.