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message 401: by [deleted user] (new)

I managed to finish another 2 books for a grand total of 8. Updated message 84


message 402: by Sam F (new)

Sam F | 1355 comments Updated Message 31

Managed to squeeze one more book in - it had a hurricane! Finished 3.5 sets of 4 - almost made it!


message 403: by Beth (new)

Beth | 60 comments Finished just under the wire and managed to squeeze them all in during March. Now I'm happily saturated with sci-fi!

8/8 completed

Sci-fi Megaset

With an introduction of essays by Margaret Atwood:
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination - 3/5 ★★★★

And half a dozen titles by three more of my favorite authors:
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick - 3/7 ★★★★
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - 3/15 ★★★★
Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card - 3/31 ★★★
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card - 3/22 ★★★★★
Evolution's Darling by Scott Westerfeld - 3/29 ★★★★★
Polymorph by Scott Westerfeld - 3/17 ★★★★

Plus a bonus book, suggested by my husband from his teen reading years:
The Grotto of the Formigans by Daniel da Cruz - 3/20 ★★★

In Other Worlds SF and the Human Imagination by Margaret Atwood The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Polymorph by Scott Westerfeld The Grotto of the Formigans by Daniel da Cruz Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card Evolution's Darling by Scott Westerfeld Children of the Mind (The Ender Quintet, #5) by Orson Scott Card


message 404: by Gabriella (last edited Apr 01, 2016 03:22AM) (new)

Gabriella | 400 comments Finished.

Quarter Challenge: Box Sets

Brave New Fantasy: 3/3
The Mists of Avalon
Lover Eternal
The Metamorphosis

All About That Bass: 3/3
Carry On
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined

You're So Vain: 3/3
Odes Modernas
O Barão
Story of the Eye


message 405: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12943 comments congrats to you all!


message 406: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 5003 comments Box Sets Challenge

The Norwegian Four:

1. Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen
2. En Glad Gut, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
3. Gift, Alexander Kielland
4. The Family at Gilje (Familien paa Gilje), Jonas Lie

4/4

The King of Horror:

1. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Stephen King
2. Revival, Stephen King
3. Pet Sematary, Stephen King

3/3

Total:7/7

Box Sets Challenge


message 407: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 5003 comments Finished yesterday: 7/7.


message 408: by [deleted user] (new)

So I didn't quite finish. One of the books I finished yesterday but decided to count it anyway :)

YA Fantasy
Cress (3/31/16)
Throne of Glass (3/14/16)
Wither (4/1/16)
Onyx (3/27/16)
Sabriel (1/14/16)
Beautiful Creatures (2/20/16)
The Maze Runner (2/7/16)

Feminist Memoirs
Orange Is the New Black (3/18/16)
How to Be a Woman (2/27/16)
Bossypants (3/2/16)
The Glass Castle (2/11/16)
Girl, Interrupted
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
A Room of One's Own

Children's Classics
Little Women (3/26/16)
Anne of Green Gables (3/10/16)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (3/12/16)


message 409: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Monson (becci95) I got through three of the chronical of narnia box set and did start the hobbit but as both my grandparent passed last two months I was unable to finish in time.


message 410: by Zita (new)

Zita H. K. | 538 comments Update msg. 98 - 14/14 DONE :)!


message 411: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12943 comments Rebecca wrote: "I got through three of the chronical of narnia box set and did start the hobbit but as both my grandparent passed last two months I was unable to finish in time."

I am very sorry for your loss


message 412: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12943 comments awesome job I added you three to the finished circle


message 413: by Angela Jr. (new)

Angela Jr. message 177
15/15

:D


message 414: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 5003 comments Rebecca wrote: "I got through three of the chronical of narnia box set and did start the hobbit but as both my grandparent passed last two months I was unable to finish in time."

I am so sorry for your loss, I hope you're doing okay all things considering.


message 415: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Monson (becci95) Thank you's all it's a hard time but reading helps


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