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I'm doing it. I'm doing it. Never too old to learn, right? Thanks for the help. I will probably need more as we go along, but I am determined.






I didn't read Britt Marie but I read his My Grandmother said to tell you she was sorry. Good book but a little strange too.
Books mentioned in this topic
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (other topics)Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (other topics)
The Last Policeman (other topics)
The Story of Arthur Truluv (other topics)
The Distant Hours (other topics)
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyBook Club SeptMy Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry✔ ✔ 2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
The Girl on the TrainandX Marks the Scot✔ ✔ 3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
Before We Were YoursA Piece of the World✔ ✔ 4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
The Good EarthBook Club Sept.Around the World in Eighty DaysBook Club Oct.✔ ✔ 5. A book about or inspired by real events
Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific NorthwestTBRSaint Mazie✔ ✔ 6. A book originally written in a language other than English
A Man Called OveBook Club Jan.Beartown✔ ✔ 7. A gothic novel
WinterhouseandGreenglass HouseNot truly Gothic so I am using my free card here? Definition of gothic a genre of fiction characterized by mystery and supernatural horror, often set in a dark castle or other medieval setting. So maybe Winterhouse is?✔ ✔ 8. An "own voices" book*
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American LegendBook Club JuneEsperanza RisingTBR✔ ✔ 9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
The Hearts of HorsesBook Club March andThe Kissing Hand✔ ✔ 10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
A Long Way HomeBook Club AprilWonder✔ ✔ 11. A literary fiction
Sweet ThunderTBR andDead End in Norvelt✔ ✔ 12. A book set in Africa or South America
The Poisonwood BibleTBRThe Camel Bookmobile✔ ✔ 13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) TBR
The Graveyard BookandMoon Over Manifest✔ ✔ 14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
The Stars Are FireInto the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906✔ ✔ 15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
Songs of the Humpback Whale TBRThe Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley✔ ✔ ✔ 16. A narrative nonfiction
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey Book Club AugCall the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish IsleThe Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women✔ ✔ 17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Vi Agra Fallsor any book by EvanovichA Likely Story✔ 18. A book with a location in the title
Ghost Stories of the Rocky Mountains TBRand The Atomic City Girls✔ ✔ 19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
The Last PolicemanandGirl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her✔ ✔ 20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
The Bitter Season TBRandThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd✔ ✔ 21. A book written in first person perspective The Hundred-Foot Journey TBR
Wild LifeandThe Wild Inside✔ ✔ 22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space RaceBook Club April andThe Library at the Edge of the World✔ ✔ 23. A medical or legal thriller
The WhistlerTBR andGrey Mountain✔ ✔ 24. A book with a map
The Children's BlizzardTBRAtlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations✔ ✔ 25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain HookWicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West✔ ✔ 26. A book with a text only cover
The A.B.C. Murders: A Hercule Poirot MysteryandDark Matter✔ ✔ 27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
The Personal History of Rachel DuPreeandOne for the Murphys✔ ✔ 28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
At the Water's EdgeandThe Cafe by the Sea✔ ✔ 29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Heat WaveTBRAn Echo of Murder✔ ✔ 30. A short book
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse Kindle Nooses Give Kindle✔ ✔ 31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been
The Painted Queen (Egypt) KindleA Dangerous Place(Spain)✔ ✔ 32. An alternate history book
The History of BeesandThe Yiddish Policemen's Union✔ ✔ 33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link) (dulcimer)
The Dulcimer Boy(UFOs) UFOs: The Great Debate: An Objective Look at Extraterrestrials, Government Cover-Ups, and the Prospect of First Contact✔ ✔ 34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) (controversial)
The Egg and IBook Club Jan. and (a fruit or vegetable in the titleCarrots✔ ✔ 35. A book featuring a murder
Louisa and the Missing Heiress TBRandThe Distant Hours✔ ✔ 36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
The Story of Arthur TruluvorRead Herring Hunt✔ ✔ 37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
The Secret Chord Book Club Dec.andBirds of a Feather✔ ✔ 38. A science book or a science fiction book
Troubling a StarThe Leaving✔ 39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title A Man for All Species: The Remarkable Adventures of an Animal Lover and Expert Pet Keeper and
Nurse, Come You Here!: More True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle✔ ✔ 40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
The Handmaid's Tale Book Club NovandThe Bad Beginning TBR✔ ✔ 41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
All the Missing Girlsor84, Charing Cross Road✔ ✔ 42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater The Woman in Cabin 10 TBR
Dead WaterandManhattan Beach✔ ✔ 43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
The Readers of Broken Wheel RecommendBook Club Feb. andThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place✔ ✔ 44. A ghost story
Ghost in the WindTBRGrief Cottage✔ ✔ 45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
Good to a Fault KindleandCold Earth✔ ✔ 46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
A Change in Altitude TBRandThe Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse✔ ✔ 47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
The Round House Book Club July Kira-Kira✔ ✔ 48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
Let Him GoandThe Boat Runner✔ ✔ 49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and RedemptionandThe Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie✔ ✔ 50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
Last Bus to WisdomBook Club May andLittle Beach Street Bakery✔ ✔ 51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
Weird Washington: Your Travel Guide to Washington's Local Legends and Best Kept SecretsandThe Country of Pointed Firs and Other Stories✔ ✔ 52. A book published in 2018
Many a Twist: A County Cork MyseryorThe Endless Beach