2014 Challenge: Log a book you finished

[John]

The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton.
Published 1922.
Kindle edition 176 pages.

[Martha]

Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer
Published 1932, Kindle ebook, 336 pages

Central Illinois

[John]

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton.
Published 1908.
Read on Kindle 170 pages.

This book sure was a nightmare

[Martha]

Persuasion by Jane Austen
Published 1817
Hardback, 228 pages

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
first published 1979
Paperback, 216 pages

[RachelvlehcaR]

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
first published 1891
Paperback, 518 pages

[John]

The Complete Works of Martin Luther: Volume 4 Sermons 68-91 by Martin Luther.
Published in Germany between 1522-33.
Read on Kindle.
Pages 428.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
first published 1959
Paperback, 289 pages

[John]

My daughter and I read the following books together on our commute this summer. In reality my daughter then reread the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe on her own. We really enjoyed them all, despite some flaws in how C. S. Lewis addresses women and race.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis, 1950, 206 pgs.

Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis, 1951, 240 pgs.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis, 1952, 256 pgs.

The Silver Chair, C.S. Lewis, 1953, 253 pgs.

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[Crystal]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Read on Kindle; 113 pages; originally published in 1889

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[John]

The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton.
Published 1904.
Pages 148.

[Crystal]

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Read on Kindle, 184 pages
Originally published in 1883

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[RachelvlehcaR]

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
First published 1922
Hardcover, 160 pages

and

The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
First published January 1956
Kindle Edition, 53 pages

[John]

The Skull by Philip K. Dick.
Published 1952.
Kindle edition 32 pages.

[John]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.
Published 1847.
Kindle edition 332.

[John]

The Crystal Crypt: A Short Science Fiction Novel by Philip K. Dick.
Published 1954.
Kindle edition 31 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
First published 1908
Paperback, 208 pages

[John]

Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick.
Published 1954.
Kindle edition 20 pages.

[John]

The Gun by Philip K. Dick.
Published 1952.
Kindle edition 24 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
First published 1811
Paperback, 409 pages

[John]

Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick.
Published 1953.
Kindle edition 25 pages.

[John]

Martin Luther Small Catechism by Martin Luther.
Published 1529.
Kindle edition 14 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
First published 1989
Kindle Edition, 370 pages

[John]

The Hanging Man by Philip K. Dick.
Published 1953.
Kindle edition 16 pages.

[John]

Lady Susan by Jane Austen.
Published 1791.
Kindle edition 95 pages.

[Martha]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Published 1960, hardback, 324 pages

[Martha]

Lord of the Flies by William Golding,
Published 1954, ebook, 227 pages

[Martha]

The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Published 1899, Kindle edition, 195 pages

[Will]

Good timing that I joined this group today. I finished The Importance of Being Earnest today. It was fantastic, only 58 pages, and free as an ebook.

[Will]

During the summer, I also read Gulliver's Travels (320 pages) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (rather short play). Gulliver's travels started off great, but kind of waned in interest and felt repetitive and maybe even a little rushed. Midsummer Night's dream was great though. Can't go wrong with Shakespeare.

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
first published 1980
Paperback, 250 pages

[John]

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie.
Published 1922.
Kindle edition, 419 pages.

[Crystal]

Not sure if this counts. ..

Number The Stars by Lois Lowry
Originally published in 1989
Paperback, 137 pages

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[John]

Ken Ward in the Jungle by Zane Grey.
Published 1912.
Kindle edition 268 pages.

[John]

The Augsburg Confession by Philipp Melanchthon.
Published some time between 1497-1560.
Kindle edition 200 pages.

[John]

My daughter and I tried to finish the Chronicles of Narnia Books by C.S. Lewis, but I kept falling asleep reading to her, so in reality she read most of these herself. She is now rereading them in chronological order. Amazingly, she reread Magician in less than an hour, and Prince Caspian in two days during her after school program.

My daughter.
- The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis, 1955, 224 pages
- The Magician's Nephew y C. S. Lewis, 1955, 221 pages (She read this twice)
- A Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis,1954, 224 pages. (She read this twice)
- (Reread only) Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis, 1951, 240 pgs.

I read the following sci-fi/fantasy classics by Anne McCaffery. They are definitely interesting, although I am still on the fence as to what I think of her use of sexuality in the stories, particularly the first two.
Dragonflight, 1968, 308 pages.
Dragonquest, 1971, 334 pages.
Dragonsong, 1976, 192 pages.
Dragonsinger 1977, 288 pages.
Dragondrums 1979, 243 pages.

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[RachelvlehcaR]

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
first published 1820
Paperback, 102 pages

[John]

Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
Published 1853.
Kindle edition.
Pages 796.

[RachelvlehcaR]

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Published 1936.
Kindle Edition, 130 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Witches by Roald Dahl
Published 1983
Paperback, 208 pages

[Randall]

The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
Originally Published 1879
Paperback, 796 pages

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Published 1886
Paperback, 144 pages.

[Amanda]

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens; 457 pages, published 1860 - 1861 (but I read on Kindle app on iPhone which usually just gives percentages); I'm in Washington, DC.

I love the concept of this group. I've been striving to read more classics (though they're just sprinkled in with the other books I'm interested in reading).

I should note I also googled and read both endings.

[John]

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Published 1920.
Kindle edition.
Pages 198.

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle
First Published 1980
Kindle Edition, 238 pages

[RachelvlehcaR]

Deranged by Harold Schechter.
Published 1990.
Kindle Edition, 266 pages.

[Martha]

Finally finished The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Published 1977
365 pages, Kindle ebook.

[John]

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Published 1886.
Kindle edition.
Pages 92.

[Kathryn]

John wrote: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Published 1886.
Kindle edition.
Pages 92."

Just read that! So goooooood! :)

[John]

The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson.
Published 1666, republished 1987.
Pages 202.