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The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army***
10/26 Complete

Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
link: A-Z CHALLENGE
7/26 Completed
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B - Black Widow (Elemental Assassin #12) by Jennifer Estep [Read 1/13/2015]
C - Cinderella Dressed in Ashes (The Grimm Diaries #2) by Cameron Jace [Read 1/1/2015]
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G - Glazed Murder (Donut Shop Mystery #1) by Jessica Beck [Read 1/2/2015]
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M - Melting the Ice (Play by Play #7) by Jaci Burton [Read 1/10/2015
N - [book:Notes to My Future Husband: A Bitch's Guide to Our Happily Ever After|14296809] Notes to My Future Husband: A Bitch's Guide to Our Happily Ever After by The Coquette [Read 1/1/2015]
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P -
Q -
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S - Scorched Eggs (Cackleberry Club #6) by Laura Childs [Read 1/7/2015]
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V - The Venetian Contract by Marina Fiorato [Read 1/6/2015]
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Y -
Z -

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Q -Seattle Quake 9.2 by Mark Talbott
R -Redbud Corner by JoHannah Reardon
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U -The Unannounced Christmas Visitor by Patrick Higgins
V -Paradise Valley by Dale Cramer
W -Global Warming by Answers in Genesis
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Y -
Z -
5/26

1/26 Completed
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(B)
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(E)
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(J) The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down - Neta Jackson / completed 1/25/15

3/26
Y - Translations of Beauty: A Novel - 4 stars
4/26
M - The Birth House - 2 stars

B - The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
E - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
F - Fan Girl by Rainbow Rowell
G - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
L - Landline by Rainbow Rowell
P- Prince Lestat by Anne Rice
S -Studies in Forensic Psychiatry

Goal: reading only books from my shelves
Completed 2/26
A-All That Is
B-The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
C-De cassandra-paradox
D-The Dovekeepers
E-Everything Is Illuminated or Emoticon
F-Fenrir: een lang weekend in de Ardennen
G-Geographer's Library
H-Homestead
I-IV read 07-02-2015
J-Juliet, Naked
K-Knots and Crosses
L-Lempriere's Dictionary
M-Mao: The Unknown Story
N-Noedelsoep en stokjes
O-Oracle Night
P-The Polysyllabic Spree
Q-The Quiet American or A Question of Blood
R-Room READ 27-01
S-S or Starter for Ten
T-The Time Traveler's Wife
U-The Unburied
V-Vier moeders and/or Vier liefdes, also by Shifra Horn
W-The Water-Method Man
X-
Y-
Z-De Zahir

Welcome, Marielle!

Hemingway has a gift for description of scenery so the descriptions of Spain were wonderful. However, I get a bit frustrated with Hemingway's characters. I liked "The Old Man and the Sea" but his other books have fallen a bit flat for me. Three stars.

D - Dying to Read by Lorena McCourtney 1/26/2015
Now reading
A - Mrs. Tuesday's Departure by Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

A - Ask Me If I Care - 06/01/2015
G - Golden Son - 14/01/2015
S - Still Alice - 22/01/2015
*updated Post 56

A - American Gods read 2/15
B - Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe read 1/7
C - Cinder read 1/15
D - Dorothy Must Die read 1/13
E - Einstein's Beach House: Stories read 2/19
F - Food: A Love Story read 2/5
G - The Ghosts of Nagasaki read 2/23
H - Howl's Moving Castle read 2/23
I - Infected read 2/12
J - Jala and the Wolves read 3/11
K - Keys of Life
L - The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove read 2/27
M - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children read 1/30
N - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography read 2/7
O - The Ocean at the End of the Lane read 2/6
P - Pretty Little Liars read 1/13
Q - Q & A read 2/3
R - Ready Player One read 3/12
S - The Serpent of Venice read 2/2
T - The Truth About Alice read 1/7
U - Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation read 1/23
V - Vampire Academy read 1/15
W - A World Without Princes read 1/21
X - X Marks the Scot read 3/17
Y - Yes Please read 2/4
Z - Zombie, Ohio read 2/9

12/26 Completed
A.
B. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
C.
D. Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce
E.
F.
G. G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
H. The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
I. Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
J. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
K.
L.
M. The Martian by Andy Weir
N. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
O.
P. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
Q.
R.
S. The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
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U.
V.
W. The Weakness by K.A. Applegate
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Y. So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Z.

T Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll read 1/24/2015
13/26

26/ 26 CHALLENGE COMPLETE:
A: The Golden Acorn Catherine Cooper
B: Black Narcissus Rumer Godden
C: The Silent Touch of Shadows Christina Courtenay
D: The Skin Collector Jeffery Deaver
E: If You Find Me Emily Murdoch
F: Run Run As Fast As You Can Willow Rose
G: The Invisible Library Genevieve Cogman
H: Hunger Susan Hill
I: The Dragonfly Pool Eva Ibbotson
J: The Daylight Gate Jeanette Winterson
K: Bones of the Lost Kathy Reichs
L: Pretty Girl-13 Liz Coley
M: A Mother's Story Amanda Prowse
N: The Crane Wife Patrick Ness
O: The Ginger Tree Oswald Wynd
P: Pinocchio Michael Morpurgo
Q: Assassin's Quest Robin Hobb
R: The Red House Mystery A A Milne
S: Itsy Bitsy Spider Willow Rose
T: Tremarnock Emma Burstall
U: Unwanted Kristina Ohlsson
V: Vanishing Point Jonny Heyhoe
W: Ross Poldark Winston Graham
X: X Y Z Anna Katharine Green
Y: Younger Suzanne Munshower
Z: Letters to Zell Camille Griep

So much fun. Only need to find x and y somewhere....... maybe hidden in the attic or on the backshelves

A-Animal Farm-George Orwell 1/9/15
B-Blood and Smoke, Stephen King 1/27/15
C-A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens 1/3/15
D-Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris 2/4/15
E-Night, Elie Wiesel 1/30/15
F-A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin 1/15/15
G-Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story, John Berendt 6/26/15
H-The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins 2/16/15
I-Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee 10/2015
J-The Silver Star, Jeanette Walls 2/7/15
K-The Body, Stephen King1/30/15
L-All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr 8/21/15
M-Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, Hervey Pekar 1/19/15
N-The Neverending Story, Michael Ende 10/20/15
O-The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
P-Pretty Little Liars, Sarah Shephard 2/23/15
Q-The Red Queen, Phillipa Groegory 12/10/15
R-A Dance with Dragons, George R.R Martin 6/2/15
S-The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara 2/16/15
T-Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1/24/15
U-Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption-Laura Hillenbrand 7/12/15
V-V for Vendetta, Allan Moore 1/5/15
W-The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller 1/30/15
X-The Xenophobe's Guide to the French Nick Yapp, 4/30/15
Y-Me Before You Jo Jo Moyes 9/17/15
Z-Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald , Theresa Fowler ,5/7/15

7/26
A
B. Big Little Lies - 1/2/2015
C
D
E
F. - Filthy Beautiful Lies - 1/26/2015
G. - Gone Girl - 1/28/2015
H
I. In The Blood - 1/3/2015
J
K
L. - Leaving Time - 1/23/2015
M. - My Sister's Grave - 1/29/2015
N
O - One Breath Away - 1/7/2015
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A - Jane Austen - Mansfield Park - read 1/29/2015
B - Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - read 1/28/2015

I've got 7/26 completed.
A-Animal Farm-George Orwell 1/9/15
B-Blood and Smoke, Stephen King 1/27/15
C-[book:A Christmas Carol|5326..."
V for Vendetta is the one I'm thinking about reading for V!

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