Rusty's TBR Challenge

[Rusty]

TBR Shelves (Only including older copies whether or not listed on GR):

1. After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress, 1/29/2018 (On my TBR since 2009)
2. Bossypants by Tina Fey. 1/12/2018 (Meant to read for the past two years)
3. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 1/17/2018, (Wanted to see how the author handled adult fiction)
4. The Bone People by Keri Hulme. 1/4/2018 (Meant to read for three years - Great one)
5. Imperium by Robert Harris, 2/4/2018
6. The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by Arthur W. Upfield, 2/9/2018
7. The Possibilities by Kaui Hart Hemmings, 2/8/2018
8. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, 2/14/2018
9, The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney, 2/27/2018
10. The Third Rumpole Omnibus by John Mortimer. 2/28/2018
11. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, 3/10/2018
12. The Ghost of Hannah Mendes: A Novel by Naomi Ragen, 3/11/2018
13. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, 3/12/2018
14. Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian, 2/24/2018
15. Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver, 4/8/2018
16. Twelve Clean Pages by Nika Maples, 4/11/2018
17. Halic: The Story of a Grey Seal by Ewan Clarkson, 4/26/2018

[Rusty]

Working on Series:

1. League of Dragons by Naomi Novik, 1/9/2018 (finishes this series)
2. The Enemy by by Charlie Higson, 1/29/2018, (series recommended by young family member)
3, Turn Coat by Jim Butcher, 1/25/2018
4. Changes by Jim Butcher, 1/25/2918
5. Die Laughing by Carola Dunn (#12, dipping into this series to see if I like it)
6. The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman. 1/7/2018 (Checking out the series for a young fantasy reader in the family)
7. Caraval by Stephanie Garber, 1/31/2018 (Not at all what I expected)
8. The Passion of the Purple Plumeria by Lauren Willig, 2/6/2017
9..The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey, 2/8/2018, finishes the trilogy
10. The Final Warning by James Patterson, 2/11/2018
11. The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki, 2/17/2018, a wonderful read.
12. The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich, 2/20/2018, No. 3 in a series
13. Best Served Cold [by Joe Abercrombie, 3/5/2018
14. [book:Guinevere Evermore|166672] by Sharan Newman, 3/16/2018, finishes the series
15. Abarat by Clive Barker, 3/19/2018 (First in series from TBR)by Eliot Pattison
16. Home by Marilynne Robinson, 3/20/2018
17. Original Death by Eliot Pattison, 3/24/2018 (Third in series)
18. Ashes to Ashes by Melvin R. Starr, 4/9/2018
19. Deeds of Darkness by Melvin R. Starr, 4/10/2018
20. The Far Side of the Sun by Kate Furnivall, 4/14/2018
21. Bone Mountain by Eliot Pattison, 4/15/2018
22. A Taint in the Blood by S.M. Stirling, 4/19/2018
23. Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie, 4/22/2018
24. The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo, 4/24/2018
25. Old Man's War by John Scalzi, 4/26/2018
26. A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh, 4/28/2018
27. Peaches for Father Francis by Joanne Harris, 4/29/2018
28. Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James, 5/2/2018, 5/2/2018
29. Wide Open by Deborah Coates, 5/4/2018
30. The Harvest Man by Alex Grecian, 5/4/2018
31. Messenger by Lois Lowry, 5/5/2018
32. To Ride Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey, 5/8/2018 (First in series)
33. The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater, 5/9/2018
34. The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2) by Maggie Stiefvater, 5/22/201
35. Downsiders by Neal Shusterman, 5/25/2018
36. Half a King by Joe Abercrombie, 6/5/2018 (Series shared by a friend
37. WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer, 6/6/2018
38. A Blunt Instrument by Georgette Heyer (No. 3 in a series - a dip into this author's work to see if I like her books), 6/7/2018The Islands at the End of the World
39. The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø, 6/18/2018
40. Shadow of the Alchemist by Jeri Westerson, 6/25/2018
41. Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson, 6/27/2018
42. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater, 7/5/2018
43. The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan, 7/9/2018
44. The Girl at the Center of the World by Austin Aslan, 7/9/2018
45. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater, 7/19/2018
46. The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye, 7/20/2018
47. An Ancient Peace: Peacekeeper #1 by Tanya Huff, 7/24/2018
48, Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, 7/30/2018
49. School's Out—Forever by James Patterson, 8/8/2018
50. Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee, 8/8/2018

[Elyse, Moderator]

Series are my goal this year! To finish some that I've started and are now done being written. I'm still working on my list in my bullet journal.

[Carol]

Rusty wrote: "3. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 1/17/2018, (Wanted to see how the author handled adult fiction)

What did you think of this? Am considering reading it.

[Rusty]

Carol wrote: "Rusty wrote: "3. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 1/17/2018, (Wanted to see how the author handled adult fiction)

What did you think of this? Am considering reading it."

Carol wrote: "Rusty wrote: "3. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 1/17/2018, (Wanted to see how the author handled adult fiction)

What did you think of this? Am considering reading it."

Long, long and too long. Story of what happens in the community when a well liked individual dies. I can take it or leave it. I don't think any individual would affect a community as dramatically as the author wrote that this person's death did. My advice is to read the reviews and make your own decision. I did get into it but it took far too many pages for that to occur and I rarely leave a book unfinished.