2014 Challenge: Log a book you finished

[John]

The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B. DuBois.
Published 1903.
Kindle edition, 121 pages.

[Angelique]

Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut
published 1979.
ebook 164 pages.
I read this for the November challenge not really sure if it qualifies as a classic.

[John]

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
Published 1895.
Kindle edition, 128 pages.

[Aaron]

The lion, the witch, nd the wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. 206 pages, 1950, ebook.

[Aaron]

Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis. 240 pages, 1950, ebook.

[Aaron]

The voyage of the dawn treader by C. S. Lewis. 256 pages, 1952, ebook.

[John]

Quiet Talks on Prayer by S. D Gordon.
Published 1904.
Kindle edition, 146 pages.

[Martha]

Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
Published 1973, 401 pages
ebook

[Martha]

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Published 1855, 624 pages
ebook

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Published 1980, 517 pages
Kindle Edition

[RachelvlehcaR]

Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
Published 1969.
Kindle Edition, 320 pages.

[John]

The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse.
Published 1917.
Kindle edition, 157 pages.

[John]

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Published 1886.
Kindle edition, 214 pages.

[John]

On the Decay of the Art of Lying by Mark Twain.
Published 1885.
Kindle edition, 6 pages.

[John]

The Christmas Child by Hesba Stretton.
Published 1909.
Kindle edition, 36 pages.

[John]

A Little Book of Christmas by John Kendrick Bangs.
Published 1912.
Kindle edition, 39 pages.

[John]

The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Published 1886.
Kindle edition, 36 pages.

[John]

A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement C. Moore.
Published 1823.
Kindle edition, 3 pages.

[John]

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
Published 1898.
Kindle edition, 117 pages.

[Aaron]

Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis, ebook, published 1953, 217 pages.

[John]

A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Published 1900.
Kindle edition, 23 pages.

[Powder River Rose]

The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
Published 1532
Audio CD
Released by CSA Word Publishing Aug 28, 2007
3 hrs, 9 min
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[John]

Christmas Tree Land by Mrs. (Mary Louisa) Molesworth.
Published 1884.
Kindle edition, 166 pages.

[John]

Christmas Eve by Robert Browning.
Published 1850.
Kindle edition, 48 pages.

[John]

A Christmas Mystery The Story of the Three Wise Men by William J. Locke.
Published 1910.
Kindle edition, 16 pages.

The Girl on the Boat by P.G. Wodehouse.
Published 1922.
Kindle edition, 214 pages.

[John]

The Romance of a Christmas Card by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Published 1916.
Kindle edition, 140 pages.

[John]

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James.
Published 1904.
Kindle edition, 157 pages.

Enjoyed this book. Hope I can find some more like it.

[John]

Greek and Roman Ghost Stories by Lacy Collison Morley.
Published 1968.
Kindle edition, 88 pages.

[John]

Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens.
Publication date ???
Kindle edition, 80 pages.

[Raine]

A Suitable Boy, hardback, published 1993, 1348 pages.

[John]

Great Ghost Stories, Various Authors.
Published 1918.
Kindle edition, 234 pages.

[John]

More Ghost Stories by M.R. James.
Published 1916.
Kindle edition, 140 pages.

[John]

Book Repair and Restoration by Mitchell Buck.
Published 1918.
Kindle edition, 138 pages.

[John]

The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature. Translated by T. Bailey Saunders.
Published in German ???.
Kindle edition, 67 pages.

[John]

The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn by Robert Machray.
Published 1912.
Kindle edition, 350 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Published 1843.
Paperback, 104 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Published 1937.
Paperback, 322 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
Published 1987.
Paperback, 463 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
Published 1890.
Kindle, 120 pages.

[RachelvlehcaR]

Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm
Published 1823.
Kindle, 144 pages.

[John]

Ronia the Robber's Daughter, Astrid Lindgren, 1981, 176 pages. Read this to my daughter. It was a decent book by the author of Pippi Longstocking. I was curious as it will be made into a TV series by Hayao Miyazaki's son for Ghibli Studios. (I don't think I posted this one yet).

The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams, 1922, 40 pages.
Thoughtful quick read.

The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley, 1976, 135 pages. Interesting concepts, but lacked some details, which may be more useful when read in context of the rest of the Darkover book series.

Fire Hunter, by Jim Kjelgaard, 1951, 171 pages. A standard man vs. nature book in which a primitive man conveniently invents a variety of tools that are necessary to keep himself alive from ever present dangers.

Big Red, by Jim Kjelgaard, 1945, 225 pages. A classic tale of youth, dogs, and the wilderness. This type of novel is where Kjelgaard shines, and why when I need a good read, I often pick up one of his books.

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[David]

The Awakening & Selected Stories by Kate Chopin, 1899, 354 pages.

This book was very scandalous back in 1899, so much so that Chopin's career was ended and she was all but erased from literary history. However, twentieth century readers rediscovered Chopin and found her less scandalous and more of a prophetess of role of women in American society.

I can't say I was quite as blown away and thought the whole book to be a bit too melodramatic for my tastes. However The Awakening, I will agree, was her masterpiece. The other stories included here don't even touch it. I also learned I still remember a lot of French words. This helps when reading Chopin, but get ready for the "dialogue in dialect" that is very thick in the short stories (if you elect to read those).

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[David]

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1866, 564 pages (translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky)

For some reason I never experienced the Russian novel in high school, so here we have, just 20 years later, my first taste of Dostoevsky. Thanks to War and Peace (and Leo Tolstoy in general), Russian literature may seem like a collection of large, impenetrable works. While Crime and Punishment is hardly a short story, it isn't endless and it's setting is quite confined, not an epic sweep. Most of the action happens in small apartments, taverns, and, on occasion, the streets of St. Petersburg. Although not something to speed read, the translation is modern, fresh, and clear.

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[Martha]

The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
published 1952, 256 pages, ebook

She is a favorite author, but this is the first time I've read her short stories. Really enjoyed them and will look for more.

[John]

The Mystery of 31 New Inn by R. Austin Freeman.
Published 1912.
Kindle edition, 222 pages.

[Martha]

I read another older book. You can decide if you want to include it as a classic.

Death Wears a Red Hat by William X. Kienzle
published 1980, 297 pages, ebook

[Cynthia]

Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Author: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Year of (initial) Publication: (1813) 2009
Number of Pages: 353
Format: print

[Martha]

And I don't think I've added this one yet.

1984 by George Orwell

published 1949, 326 pages, paperback

[Powder River Rose]

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Initial Publication: 1925
Format: Audiobook
Pages: 180


A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Actually listened to A Christmas Carol: A Signature Performance by Tim Curry (excellent)

Initial Publication: 1843
Format: Audiobook
Pages: 104

[John]

The Red House Mystery by AA Milne.
Published 1922.
Kindle edition, 229 pages.

The Mystery of Cloomber by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Published 1889
Kindle edition, 144 pages.

I guess I'm done just lost my internet. Hope everyone has a happy new year.