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Susan (dalmatian21) (dalmatian21) | 405 comments 4/25 done. For now I'm counting books I read with my kids that count, but as I read other books will change those if I find something that fits better (here's looking at you, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish)

1. Of Mice and Men - Walks With Men: Fiction
2. A Tale of Two Cities - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - The Bunnicula Collection: Books 4-5 containing Nighty-Nightmare
18. All Quiet on the Western Front - Keep Quiet


message 402: by Sheila (new)

Sheila | 103 comments Updated message 148

4/25

✔ 20. Where the Red Fern Grows - As Red as Blood


message 403: by Sheila (new)

Sheila | 103 comments Cassandra wrote: "What did you think of that one, Sheila? I really liked it when I read it, but then I was almost a psychology major. :)"

I had wanted to read it for quite some time (~2 decades). I have almost no background, but do have a lot of curiosity. I really enjoyed it and learned quite a bit, but it wasn't a relaxing read.


message 404: by Megan (new)

Megan (lahairoi) | 7470 comments Just completed #1 (Of mice and men) - The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma. Overall, I appreciated the world the author brought to light. The story itself is incredibly sad. However, I did have issues with the writing style - the author would routinely go back and forth between past and present with very little warning. Worth reading for those interested in Nigerian literature. 3 stars

5/25


message 405: by Susan C (new)

Susan C (sacorwin) | 906 comments Updated message 82

9/25


message 406: by Helen (new)

Helen (hpfish13) | 272 comments I've finished 3 more

5/25 Completed

3. Gone with the Wind The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
11. The Diary of a Young Girl - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
23. Girl With a Pearl Earring Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling


message 407: by Nik (last edited Feb 15, 2016 10:22PM) (new)

Nik (bleepnik) | 852 comments [4/25] (OM 93)

01. Of Mice and Men (★★★).Elementally Priceless (★★★)
02. A Tale of Two Cities (★★★).Maus, I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (★★★★)
03. Gone With the Wind (★★★★★).Since You've Been Gone (★★★)
04. A Wrinkle in Time (★★★★).The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (★★★★)

/NN


message 408: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Sheila, I agree with you there! I like having some books to make me think to break up my reading for entertainment, though. :)


message 409: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie | 316 comments Update 2/25

1. Of Mice and Men - No Country For Old Men 02.14.16 4 Stars


message 410: by Claire (new)

Claire  (claire6452) | 718 comments I just updated message #77 to show 1/10 read so far.


message 411: by Hannah (new)

Hannah (spyrodoodle) Update Message #63

5/25


message 412: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 28.

2/15


message 413: by Joann (new)

Joann Im | 26 comments Completed 4. A Wrinkle in TIME- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez-- FINISHED. 4/25. Message #120


message 414: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments What did you think of Love in the Time of Cholera? That's the one I'm planning to read for that prompt as well.


message 415: by Clare (new)

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments updated message 20 with my last 3 reads:
Now at 8/25
11 Girl: The Girl in the Red Coat
13 Book: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
21 Island: Five on a Treasure Island


message 416: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12943 comments okay I have a question I read Unwind and loved it I wondered if it would work for this challange with gone with the wind


message 417: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) Read Knowing Me Knowing You - so now at 4/25
:)


message 418: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2287 comments 5/25

9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - A Midsummer night's Dream 2-19


message 419: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Blagica, that would work! Since "wind" is completely found within "unwind" it fulfills the rules of the challenge. Glad to hear you liked that book, I loved it when I read it for the group read.


message 420: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12943 comments Yes! thank you


message 421: by Kelly (new)

Kelly (kellysrambles) | 1000 comments Updated #15.

16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - The Nightingale

6/26


message 422: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman Hard Luck and Trouble: A Landlord's Tale for The Joy Luck Club
5/25


message 423: by Karin (last edited Jun 08, 2016 03:17PM) (new)

Karin | 230 comments I realize I didn't put in a list, so here it is. I now have
13/25
and will update this as I get more.

1. Of Mice and Men
2. A Tale of Two Cities
3. Gone with the Wind
4. A Wrinkle in Time
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - A Sound Among the Trees
6. The Little Prince
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
8. Brave New World
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
10. The Joy Luck Club – Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by CS Lewis
11. The Diary of a Young Girl A Girl Named Zippy
12. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - To Kill a Mockingbird
13. The Book Thief
14. The God of Small Things
15. Around the World in 80 Days - La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
17. The Time Traveler's Wife - Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
18. All Quiet on the Western Front - All the Light We Cannot See
19. The Old Man and the Sea An Unsuitable Job for a Woman ("man" is in Woman)
20. Where the Red Fern Grows The Red and the Black Stendhal ★
21. Island of the Blue Dolphins - Twelve Bar Blues
22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Greensleeves
23. Girl With a Pearl Earring – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
24. The Call of the Wild
25. The Good Earth


Jessica (bitsy 55) (bitsy55) | -6 comments Edit to post #203:

7/10

24. The Call of the Wild - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness


message 425: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2287 comments 6/25

7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass - Glass Sword 2-21-16


message 426: by TerryJane, Challenges (new)

TerryJane | 4049 comments Updated #288. 1/25.

10. The Joy Luck Club - Luckiest Girl Alive 2/16/16


message 427: by Carrie (new)

Carrie | 310 comments Finally finished 1 !! :) updated message 116 1/10 complete


message 428: by Claire (new)

Claire (proud-mum) | 278 comments Updated post #197

3/15


message 429: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Carrie and TerryJane, congrats on finishing your first books of the challenge!


message 430: by Marina (new)

Marina Update:
23. Girl with a Pearl Earring - The Pearl

New total: 4/15.
Also updated in message #16


message 431: by Megan BG (new)

Megan BG (meganbgreads) | 1562 comments 5 done

11. The Diary of a Young Girl: The New Girl


message 432: by Riley (new)

Riley | 62 comments 11. The Diary of a Young Girl - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

1/25


message 433: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman Chyna Whyte for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
6/25


message 434: by Helen (new)

Helen (hpfish13) | 272 comments One more done

6/25 Completed

5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart


message 435: by Kelly (new)

Kelly (kellysrambles) | 1000 comments Updated #15.

13. The Book Thief - The Silver Linings Playbook

7/25


message 436: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Updated to here.


message 437: by Karin (last edited Mar 01, 2016 09:59AM) (new)

Karin | 230 comments Edit to post 429
Now have 4/25 completed

15. Around the World in 80 Days - La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Dog on It by Spencer Quinn


message 438: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12943 comments 10/25


message 439: by Lynn (new)

Lynn (lmelliott) | 686 comments Updated Message 26 with 2 new books
-- 5/25 --

16. The Curious ... Dog in the NIGHT-Time -- Midnight Sun✔02/26/16
22. Fried GREEN Tomatoes ... Cafe -- Anne of Green Gables✔02/25/16


message 440: by Angelique (new)

Angelique Updated msg 351 with 4 books:

7/25 and 1/14


message 441: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) Read A Little Love for The Little Prince

5/25


message 442: by Merja (new)

Merja (merjafrob) | 488 comments Message #12 updated.

Read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for The Little Prince and The Book of You for The Book Thief.

2/25


message 443: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Great job everyone!


message 444: by Gretchen (new)

Gretchen (eab2012) | 596 comments Edit Message #8
Read 6/25


message 445: by Franci (new)

Franci (francina) 16. The Curious incident of the dog in the night time.
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott Fitzgerald 1/10


message 446: by Maya (last edited Mar 15, 2016 10:15AM) (new)

Maya (ferafaces) | 99 comments Joining in!
I started this before, so I'm just going to plop this down with what I've already been tracking off-site

PLAN :



1. Of Mice and Men -
2. A Tale of Two Cities - The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes
3. Gone with the Wind - Wind/Pinball: Two Novels
4. A Wrinkle in Time - A Wrinkle in Time
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
6. The Little Prince - Big Little Lies
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
8. Brave New World - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? -
10. The Joy Luck Club - Some Luck
11. The Diary of a Young Girl - This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.
12. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Thirteen Reasons Why
13. The Book Thief - The Graveyard Book

14. The God of Small Things - The Museum of Extraordinary Things
15. Around the World in 80 Days -
16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time -Night
17. The Time Traveler's Wife - Leaving Time
18. All Quiet on the Western Front -
19. The Old Man and the Sea - Sea of Shadows
20. Where the Red Fern Grows - The Red Queen
21. Island of the Blue Dolphins - Island of Lost Girls
22. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
23. Girl With a Pearl Earring
24. The Call of the Wild - Into the Wild
25. The Good Earth - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story


message 447: by Nik (new)

Nik (bleepnik) | 852 comments [5/25] (OM 93)

01. Of Mice and Men (★★★).Elementally Priceless (★★★)
02. A Tale of Two Cities (★★★).Maus, I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (★★★★)
03. Gone With the Wind (★★★★★).Since You've Been Gone (★★★)
04. A Wrinkle in Time (★★★★).The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (★★★★)
05. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (★★★★).Fish In A Tree (★★★★)

/NN


message 448: by Eggp (last edited Feb 29, 2016 11:47AM) (new)

Eggp | 487 comments February update:
Goal: 7/25

22. Café: The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories - 22 Feb 2016, 4/5
03. Wind: Lady Windermere's Fan - 22 Feb 2016, 4/5
16. Dog : The Dog of the Marriage: Stories - 27 Feb 2016, 2/5

The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullers Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde The Dog of the Marriage Stories by Amy Hempel


message 449: by Debra (new)

Debra | 490 comments 2/25 Gone With the Wind - Gone


message 450: by Debra (new)

Debra | 490 comments Sorry...that's 3/25 Gone With the Wind - Gone


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