Celeste’s List 10/ 52 updated! ((again) again!)

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51. A book published in 2019 half-complete


Last Seven Days -Tenshi no Kegashikata- by Hitsuji Hitsujima
Read: Jul. 9 Rating: 3.5 stars
Published Mar. 19 of 2019.
Feelings? Beautiful drawings. I look forward to reading more of this author's works. Very happy.

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Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
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Publication date: August 27, 2019

and . . .

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52. A book with a weird or intriguing title


The Unseelie Prince by Kaitlyn Abdou
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What does 'unseelie' mean?

No Cover
AMAENAIDEYO!! MS vol 1 by Bohemian k
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Weird title. :)

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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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Intriguing title.

ALSO . . .


The Graveyard Book, Volume 1 & The Graveyard Book, Volume 2 by Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell
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Topic ARE considered COMPLETE when . . .

1) One Hard Read (Over 90+ pages of words)

2) Two Manga (Over 100+ pages)

3) Two Children's (Over 40+ pages of words)
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#1 is book-topic, #2 is extra books...

Total books read: 27 + 5 = 32
Hard Reads: 5 + 0 = 5
Manga: 18 + 4 = 22
Kid's: 2 + 1 = 3
Two Categories (don't count them twice): 3 + 0 = 3

Topics: 11
Date: 8/12/2019

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Please note that "another choice" are books I've stumbled on and piqued my interest while looking for books that fit that task.

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Done selecting!! Hopefully I can stick to my choices. Yahh!!!!
Next comment should be a reading comment. (^-^)

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Currently reading: Page 126 out of 330.


Edgar Award: Novel 2018

Trying get it done before New Year but may end up being my first book . . .

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Finished XBluebird, Bluebird today on the plane.
I have succeeded. 1 at One. Yah!!

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童貞に愛なんて叫べない！ Doutei ni Ai Nante Sakebenai! read yesterday on 1/5.

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My class schedule of books: Got them today. Quite a boatload but not that many considering I'm only taking 4 classes.


Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia


The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past


Oceania: The Geography of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands


A Pocket Guide to Writing in History


Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook


The Cambridge Illustrated History of China

Added:

Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune of 1871

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XSomeone in The Dark by Chie Shinohara is a collection of romantic, horror stories with benign female leads.

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3 half-completes completed! :D
For some reason made me cry like a blubber-mouth.

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Total books read: 6
Hard Reads: 1
Manga: 5

Topics: 1
Date: 1/13/2019

Reading Naono Bohra's work (BL author). On 2nd chapter of Massacre right now and have just started my Asia books.

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Yeah! I have 100 views. Thank you for listening to my groveling.
I have had a series of half-completes right now because of my yaoi reading. I know that this is not for everybody and I am definitely part of a target audience for certain writers.

However if you look into my readings during the summer, I'm sure you'll find little gems of work like Bluebird, Bluebird. Hopefully, I'll also finish a classic as well.
Probably not: Little Women started when I was 12, got lost in Jo's letters plus I saw the movie! :( was a fan of Jo and couldn't buy the fact that Laurie just happen to notice Amy in May.

Have been Reading: 11 (500+ page books)
The Complete Fairy Tales - 803 pages
Brisingr - 748 pages
Zorro - 677 pages
Inkspell - 635 pages
Queste - 596 pages
A Wanted Man - 579 pages
Fifty Shades Freed - 579 pages
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America - 560 pages
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn - 531 pages <-- 1 chapter away when I had to return it to the library!
The Son of Neptune - 521 pages
Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements - 514 pages

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Just borrowed Utopia from a friend. She will force me to give it back in May! :D

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Read 9 books (not included 2) in 16 days and updated this challenge regularly. :) I'm on track!
By April- MIA 'til July and ... done by September with only 26 completed. Most likely.

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Added manga read and completed task #37.

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XYoung Frank, Architect: A book based off the MoMA or the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A great kid's book!

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Yah! At least one book read for all of first week, which should probably be changed to first month.

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Gobbels! In two months I haven't finished all that I was hoping for. Planned to have a number around 5-10. 😔 Darn.

Happy Valentines!

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Reading these for the Seasonal Reading Challenge:
XBeast & Feast manga [read: 3/6]
Midnight Sun hard-read
XLord of Scoundrels ROMANCE!!! hard-read
XCharlie and the Chocolate Factory hard-read [read: 3/5]
Heart Strings manga 3/3
初めての失恋 Hajimete no Shitsuren manga 3/2

Honey Darling read 3/9
Honey Senior, Darling Junior: Volume 1 read 3/9

Children's books that are acceptable: read
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Exactly 40.
Go, Dog. Go! 72.

*Have not categorized any ... 3/10.

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Also pledging on here! Just my literary books!
https://50bookpledge.ca/

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XLord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
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Just finished this! Yaay! Will do #9 for Romance.

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Began reading Chongtak because of the yaoi {On Doorstep} but stayed because of XCoffin Jackson!!!!!

is SO GOOD!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
It is hilarious and vivid! An excellent graphic novel to add to your list of reads.
NOTE: It is NOT HOMOSEXUAL in the least, but is Gritty & Graphic.

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Heh hee ... finished a couple hard-reads. Both mystery types. Vacation is doing me well. 😄
But not much manga read ... got to get reading the Malcolm X book which I promised to read.

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XYou Don't Own Me by Mary Higgins Clark is great!

XCrime Scene, XMurder 101 and XThe Theory of Death (still currently reading...) are all books written by the Kellerman family. All are extremely popular and have won awards based off their mystery-thrillers. I recommend any of them especially Faye Kellerman, the mother and wife of the other two I've read. If there are more ... I don't know? I'd certainly love to read their works as well.

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XThe Theory of Death was incredibly mathy. It's spot will be interesting. XMurder 101 will take slot 30, giving it 1.25 points over 1 instead of just 1.

As well as ...
XYou Melted Me by Kari Gregg <- Short story

臆病者にアイラブユー Okubyoumono ni I Love You
好事家骨董屋ノ悪食 Kouzuka Kottouya no Akujiki
寂しがりやは夢をみる Sabishigariya wa Yume o Miru
Last Portrait
XLast Seven Days -Tenshi no Kegashikata-

XI Am Jane Goodall

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Mummies in the Morning

Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series was a true classic for me. I spent my childhood progressing from 'A to Z mysteries' to 'Magic Tree House' to 'Harry Potter'/'Septimus Heap'/'Charlie Bone' to finally the 'Lightning Thief'. Those books were magical and it seems I had a liking for "mystery/fantasy-types" with male, brown-haired protagonists.