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Dec 23, 2015 11:13AM
50 books in 2016!
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Good luck with your challenge, Ellen!
I love seeing so many shooting for 50 this year :) Good luck with your challenge!
Finished my first book of the year! The White Queen by Philipa Gregory
Congrats on finishing your first book! And I recommend the miniseries based on that book!
Book 2: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Book 3: The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis. Couldn't put it down!
Book 5: Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Book 6: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Book 7: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Book 8: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Book 9: Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen (re-read)
Book 10: It All Changed in an Instant by Larry Smith
Book 11: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Book 12: The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
Great job, Ellen! What did you think of In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin?
Book 13: The Nightengale by Kristin Hannah
JuliaOrlando wrote: "I loved the Nightingale!! Have you read her Winter Garden?"This was my first Kristin Hannah book! Are her others as good?
Cassandra wrote: "Great job, Ellen! What did you think of In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin?" I really enjoyed it! Not my favorite book by Erik Larson but I thought it was very well written.
Book 14: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
Book 15: The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
Book 16: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
After a hiatus that was mostly Netflix, I'm back! Book 17: Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
Book 18: The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy. Highly recommend!
19: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
22: Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan. A new favorite!
25: At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen 50% done with my challenge!!!
27: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
28: The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
Congrats with bicking over half-way mark Ellen!:)
29: A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
30: The Book of Evidence by John BanvilleFor such a short book, it felt like it would never end.
31: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
32: The Girls by Emma Cline10/10 would recommend
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The Stepford Wives (other topics)In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (other topics)
Winter Garden (other topics)
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (other topics)
