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message 1: by Sarah (last edited Jan 04, 2017 01:19PM) (new)

Sarah | 539 comments ✔1.A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
The Princess Bride (own)(done Jan 06)
✔2.A book set in a different continent
The Eyre Affair (done Jan 10)
The Little Paris Bookshop
✔3.A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015
Letters to the Lost: A Novel (done Jan 31)
The Night Sister (own)(done Jan 12)
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
✔4.A book by an author you discovered in 2015
A Walk to Remember
A Killing Spring (done Feb 09)
✔5.A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
Sleeping Murder (done Jan 27)
✔6.The highest rated on your TBR
All the Light We Cannot See (done Feb 11)
✔7.A book about books
The Book of Speculation
The Little Paris Bookshop
Inkheart (done Feb 29)
✔8.A classic book with less than 200 pages
Breakfast at Tiffany's (done Feb 09)
✔9.A book that was mentioned in another book
Tess of the D'Urbervilles(own) (done May 14)
Dracula (own)
✔10.A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
The Handmaid's Tale (done Mar 19)
✔11.A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
Emma (own)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Fahrenheit 451 (done Mar 21)
✔12.A childhood classic
Anne of Green Gables (own) (done Dec 02)
✔13.Reader’s Choice
Always Watching
The Book of Life (own)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (done Aug 26)
✔14.A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (done May 03)
What's a Ghoul to Do?
✔15.A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
Rebecca (July 05)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (own)
✔16.A book from the top 100 mystery novels
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Murder on the Orient Express (own) (done july 18)
✔17.A book with a beautiful cover
Stars of Fortune (done Feb 07)
✔18.A book on a summer/beach reading list
What She Left Behind
Saint Mazie
My Lady Jane (done Aug 23)
Lilac Girls
Stuck-Up Suit
✔19.A non-fiction book
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (done May 23)
✔20.A book with a first name in the title
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
Burying Ariel (done Apr 14)
✔21.A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page
The Door to December (own)
Evergreen Falls
Chateau of Secrets
Fiercombe Manor (done Mar 29)
✔22.The first book in a new to you series
It Takes a Witch (own)
A Quick Bite
Some Girls Bite
Someone Else's Fairytale (own)
Cocaine Blues (Done Jul 10)
Nerd in Shining Armor
✔23.The next book in a series you are reading
A Court of Mist and Fury (done May 22)
The Silkworm
Incubus Dreams
The Accidental Werewolf 2: Something About Harry
✔24.A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters
Legacy of the Witch (done July 25)
✔25.A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
Asylum (done Oct 06)
Wonderland Creek
✔26.A book everyone is talking about
Go Set a Watchman (own) (done Aug 22)
✔27.A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
The Light Between Oceans
The Nightingale
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (done Apr 11)
✔28.A biography, autobiography, or memoir
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Bossypants
✔29.A book by an author who writes under more than one name
The Silkworm (done Nov 29)
30.A fairytale from a culture other than your own
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
✔31.A work of young adult fiction
Fairytales for Wilde Girls (done Feb 16)
The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen
Blood Rights
The Countess' Captive
✔32.A historical fiction book
A Tale of Two Cities (own)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (done Sept 02)
✔33.The 16th book on your TBR
Austenland (Done Dec 23)
✔34.A book about mental illness
Call Me Evil, Let Me Go: A Mother's Struggle to Save Her Children from a Brutal Religious Cult
Tranquility
I Was Here (Done Dec 19)
✔35.An award winning book
Shadow of Night (own)
Never Let Me Go (Done June 20)
✔36.An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology (done Nov 8)
✔37.A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
The Time Traveler's Wife
Safe Haven (Done Dec 09)
✔38.A book about an anti hero
Houdini Heart
The Picture of Dorian Gray (own)
Wuthering Heights (own) (done Aug 7)
✔39.A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
(Two books with the same title)
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Life After Life by Jill McCorkle
Or A book with a word in the title that describes a time of day/night
Night Film (done Apr 13)
✔40.A novella from your favorite genre
Cruel Crown (done Nov 19)
Three Blind Mice: A Short Story (own)
The Prince
✔41.A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
Mr. Churchill's Secretary (done Sept 26)
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
✔42.A top 100 fantasy novel
Stardust
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Done Dec 05)
✔43.A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
A Dirty Job (Jun 30)
44.A book you're embarrassed to read in public
Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later (own)
Valley of the Dolls
✔45.A book related to a hobby or passion you have
Fangirl (done Nov 240
✔46.A crime story
Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder
In Cold Blood (done Dec 28)
✔47.A book with a type of food/drink in the title
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (own) (Done July 30)
✔48.A dystopia
Bird Box
Unwind (Done Nov 14)
✔49.A book with a great opening line
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Done Jan 01/17)
✔50.A book originally written in a language other than English
Suite Française (Done Jan 04/17)
✔51.A short story from a well-known author
Full Dark, No Stars
Tales of the Unexpected
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (done Jun 19)
✔52.A book published in 2016
Glass Sword (done Feb 19)
Morning Star
The Angels' Share


message 2: by Jody (new)

Jody (jodybell) | 3477 comments Some of my favourites on your list! Breakfast at Tiffany's, Anne of Green Gables, The Handmaid's Tale. I still remember watching Anne at school in Grade 6. Such a great series!


message 3: by Sara (new)

Sara Rae | 10 comments I picked Stardust for a book starting with a S too, my boyfriend raved about it. I hope it doesn't disappoint :)


message 4: by Jody (new)

Jody (jodybell) | 3477 comments If it's anything like his other books it will be amazing!


message 5: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 539 comments Sara wrote: "I picked Stardust for a book starting with a S too, my boyfriend raved about it. I hope it doesn't disappoint :)"


My sister has read Stardust and said it was a great book. I read a couple of his other books this year for the first time and liked them so I thought I would give this one a try!


message 6: by Zaz (new)

Zaz | 2969 comments Same childhood book and I like very much your beautiful title (haven't read the book) :)

I totally enjoyed Bird Box so I hope it will be a pleasant read for you too!


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