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Grades are done! I have the rest of 2017 to read! I finished Carnegie’s Maid, an ARC from NetGalley, and A Body at Bunco, the eighth in my favorite cozy mystery series. I’m now working on another NetGalley ARC, Woman at 1000 Degrees. This is Book #99 for the year. I think I’m going to hit 100, which is absolutely unbelievable to me.
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I finished The Silver Linings Playbook audio and Liberty last night.
Halfway through Because It Is My Blood audio. Going to hijack my hub's laptop tomorrow night when he's gone and hopefully get more listened! He has a CD drive! lol.
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I started Lincoln in the Bardo audio last night. HOLY CRAP CONFUSING! Then my hold came in for Etiquette & Espionage audio this morning so I'm setting aside Lincoln. May still get to it this year but probably not.
I finally finished readingNoli Me Tángere last night. It's one of those books that's very hard for me to connect, but I'm glad I finished it after a couple of months. Now, I can focus solely on The Stand. I'm 24% done and hopefully, I will be reading a lot during the 3-day weekend. Happy Holidays everyone!
This past week I've finished The Last One, The Name of God is Mercy (on audio), and A Christmas Carol (on audio), plus enough comics to reach my ultimate goal of 150 for the year!Still working on that library goal. Right now I'm in the middle of Little Fires Everywhere.
Just finished
, meaning I have one letter left of the ABC Challenge! Yay!
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Almost done with Because It Is My Blood.
I started Etiquette & Espionage audio yesterday and started reading On Her Own Two Wheels this morning.
Merry Christmas Eve!
Merry Christmas Eve, all. I’m planning to finish The Silver Chair this afternoon so that I can begin my perfect Jolabokaflod book, In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende, tonight. This is the second (I think) year that Dawn Michelle and I have exchanged Jolabokaflod books. I have my new pjs and some hot cocoa all ready to go!
Merry Christmas!Today I finished Little Fires Everywhere, which means I'm one away from meeting my final goal.
Made today a reading day and made it through 206 more pages of A Conjuring of Light, meaning I have less than a hundred pages left!
Charleen, how was Little Fires Everywhere? It is making all the lists of best books of 2017.
Elyse wrote: "Dawn Michelle wrote: "I really, really enjoyed "Under the Banner of Heaven" I'm a little bogged down with Under the Banner of Heaven. :/ There's A LOT of information. Holy cow. lol. Definitely wa..."
Did you end up liking Under the Banner [I am WAY behind in catching up with people's reviews]? There was a lot of information [which made me just want to dig for more; on a side note, I have read several books about the wives of the LeBaron brothers who were in Mexico and that is what led me to this book. ALL of it is freaky-deaky stuff], but it was all, imo, pertinent.
The Shack was controversial because "OMG HOW CAN YOU HAVE GOD PORTRAYED AS A WOMAN" <--To which I continually and perpetually ROLLED. MY. EYES. I think I gave myself eyestrain from that time period. It is an amazing book and I still recommend it to people.
I do not, for one minute, regret walking away from that Stephen King book.
Joy, I really loved it. It was a hard book to get into, but it eventually sucked me into one of those "where am I and what day is it?" reading trances.
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This morning I finished Woman at 1000 Degrees, an amazing ARC from NetGalley. It is my 100th book, which is by far the most in a yeAr since I’ve been keeping track (2006). It would be a great place to call it a wrap, but I will probably finish one more.
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I'm a little bogged down with Under the Banner of Heaven. :/ There's A LOT of information. Holy cow. lol...."
I didn't end up liking UtBoH. Too much information. It bogged me down. I ended up skimming the second half.
That's some dumb controversy. lol. God is whoever we individually want/need to be.
Elyse, hope you’re feeling better! Enjoy the kiddos - maybe you can have a reading party with them 😉
Started
yesterday and got a good chunk of the way through that.
So far I have managed to finish 3 audio books and 1 kindle book. I did get 6 books for Christmas that are now calling to me, lol.
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My challenge list was off from my log so I also spent some time figuring that out tonight. It took two books off of my total bringing me back down to 102...ughh I don't think I'm going to get through 23 books in 4 days..lol Try as I might!
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But you hit 100, nice!
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Etiquette & Espionage audio - 75% done (3 hrs 20 minutes left)
Room - 16% done
The Music Shop - on page 31
The Witches of Eastwick - on page 11
Which will bring me to 178 books read this year!
After finishing two books in two days, I took a bit of a break yesterday and played with my 2018 plans/lists. I would like to finish my current book, In the Midst is Winter by Isabel Allende, and an ARC, The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce, by the end of 2017. It will be a crunch, but we like it that way, right? 😉
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Which will bring me to 178 books read this year!
AMAZING!!!!
Finished
! Meaning I've finally finished the ABC Challenge! Now I've got a few reading days for just whatever! :)
I am 53% (page 708 of 1348 pages) done with The Stand and I have 3 more days to finish reading it. I think I can make it since I will be staying home most of the time this weekend and hopefully with no interruptions. So far, I'm enjoying the book. There are a few times when the story would drag a little bit but that's SK, the master storyteller.
Reading
right now as an extra 2017 read. I started it a few days ago. Might just be able to finish it this year too.
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Almost done with Room.
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In order to complete my ABC Author Challenge, I have to read these today!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving)
The Witches of Eastwick (Updike)
Passager (Yolen)
And also just want to finish my ARC:
The Music Shop
I started listening to Lincoln in the Bardo again last night but will be putting it aside until 2018, I'm only a couple of hours in.
Off to read read read!! Nothing to do today until 7pm! Happy New Year's Eve!
Finished my list today!The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan, 12/16/2017
Song Yet Sung by James McBride, 12/27/2017
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, 12/17/2017
Seeing is Believing by Erin McCarthy, 12/30/2017
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin, 12/13/2017
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, 12/31/2017
Robots Go Wild! by James Patterson, 12/20/2017
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The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan, 12/16/2017
Song Yet Sung by James McBride, 12/27/2017
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra C..."
Congrats Rusty!
I have 267 pages left to read
to finish my goal today and for this year. That's about 16 hours of non-stop reading. Crossing my fingers!!Have a great and safe New Year Everyone!!
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to finish my goal today and for this year. That's about 16 hours of non-stop reading. Crossing my fingers!!Have a great and safe New Yea..."
Woot you can do it!
I have 79 pages to go to finish my Jolabokaflod book, In the Midst of Winter. That will get done today. I’m also about halfway through my ARC, The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce. In a perfect world, I’d finish that one today too, but I never count on perfect
Less than an hour here til 2018! I'm really proud I finished everything I intended to this year!
2 hours before 2018, I finally finished The Stand. It took me 2 weeks and one day. I gave it 5 stars. I enjoyed reading it although I was a little disappointed on how the battle between the good and evil ended. I guess I was expecting it to be more climactic but overall, it was a great read. I would highly recommend it.I'm very happy and proud I accomplished my goals and challenges for 2017 and looking forward to more gratifying challenges for 2018.
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I finished my ABC Challenge books!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving)
The Witches of Eastwick (Updike)
Passager (Yolen)
I didn't finish The Music Shop but I intend to today.
I’m right there with you, Elyse! I finished everything I had planned except The Music Shop. I could finish it today, but it will probably be tomorrow.
This was a great challenge and I am proud of what I accomplished from it:I completed:
1. How Far to Bethlehem? by Lofts, Norah
2. The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog by Cameron, W. Bruce *
3. Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show (A Novel of Ireland, #1) by Delaney, Frank
4. Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1) by Paretsky, Sara *
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by
Rowling, J.K.
6. Bullseye (Will Robie, #2.5) by Baldacci, David *
7. Minnesota Impressions by Ryan, Greg
8. Day Shift (Midnight, Texas, #2) by Harris, Charlaine *
9. Origin (Robert Langdon, #5) by Brown, Dan *
10. The Collectors (Camel Club, #2) by Baldacci, David *
11. The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One (Chet and Bernie Mystery 0.2) by Quinn, Spencer *
12. The Deal of a Lifetime by Backman, Fredrik *
13. The Christmas Night Murder (Christine Bennett, #5) by
Harris, Lee
My goal was 9 books and I was able to read 13.
These are all a lot of great reading resolutions.
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1. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
2. A Treacherous Curse
3. P is for Peril
4. Restoration
5. Liberty
6. Room
7. Virtuosity
8. X: A Short Story
9. All the Broken Places
10. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
11. The Witches of Eastwick
12. On Her Own Two Wheels
13. Passager
Audio:
14. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
15. You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations
16. Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir
17. The Friday Night Knitting Club
18. The Silver Linings Playbook
19. The Deal of a Lifetime
20. Because It Is My Blood
21. Etiquette & Espionage
Elyse wrote: "I read *21* books in 3 weeks! Whoa! Got my main challenge and my ABC challenges completed!1. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
2. A Treacherous Curse
3. P is for Peril
4. Resto..."
Way to Go, Elyse!
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Wow, that is awesome!! Did you have time off of work?
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Wow, that is awesome!! Did you have time off of work?"
I had a couple of long weekends! I had 5 days off, one day of work, then another 5 days off. lol
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Also, I've decided to save my reread of Vicious for when I have more time for it.
I've been in the mood for something light and Christmasy and short, so I'm picking up