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2021 Challenge > 19 -- Book With A Deckled Edge

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Lindsey Rojem (lrojem) | 1886 comments Mod
A deckled edge is an unfinished or ruffled look to the book pages. It can be found in older books but may also be used as a specific printing style for newer books too. If you prefer ebooks, you can search for what is available as deckled in print then read the ebook version of that title.


message 3: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Sutton (mgsutton) | 107 comments Most Richard Paul Evans books have a deckled edge.


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stephanie (disneygirl) | 13 comments I believe most mitch Albom books are deckled edge


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Jeanette (jenb_73) | 62 comments Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams


message 6: by Julia (last edited Dec 14, 2020 11:30PM) (new)

Julia (_mj_howard) | 91 comments These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
"These Things Hidden" by Heather Gudenkauf


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Jessica Eck | 15 comments "Loki: Where Mischief lies" by Mackenzi Lee


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The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish


message 11: by Erika (new)

Erika Kozlowski | 4 comments My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell


message 12: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Sutton (mgsutton) | 107 comments Victoria by Daisy Goodwin


message 13: by Karin (last edited Dec 27, 2020 03:03PM) (new)

Karin It turns out I have two books here that I am planning to read in Jan/Feb that have deckled pages, and I wasn't even looking for them for this. One is an older copy of The Sun Also Rises (not the one in the photo, but a hard cover) and the other is Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan in the paperback edition shown.

However, those could also be used for other things and it will depend on which of those will be harder to complete--I may end up having to use a different deckled edge book.


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message 15: by Rachel (new)

Rachel | 51 comments I'll have a look in a charity shop for something once they reopen


message 16: by Charity (new)

Charity Diesselhorst (diesselreads) | 6 comments My copy of Transcendent Kingdom has deckled edges.


message 17: by NCChris (new)

NCChris | 32 comments Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman


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Ben Truong | 60 comments Completion Post:

Just finished reading: "If We Were Villains" by M.L. Rio (★★★★☆), it is a contemporary mysterious thriller, which centers on a clique of aspiring Shakespearean actors at an elite arts academy, where the line between performance and reality dissolves, with disastrous results.

Rio's narrative uses flashbacks to disclose what led up to the death of one of the students in 1997 and the tensions observed among classmates before and after. Rio manages to cleverly weave a whole new story from the poetry and plots of Macbeth, Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear.


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Cassie (cwalters-shantal) | 107 comments Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Completed: February 15, 2021


message 20: by Kim (new)

Kim Hampton | 266 comments Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.


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Laura Hirschfeld (laurainaustin) | 3 comments The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer, also has a woman facing away on the cover. I gave it 5 stars!


message 22: by Tamara (last edited Apr 05, 2021 07:01PM) (new)

Tamara Evans (bamalibrarylady) | 266 comments I read "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" by Matthew Desmond. Evicted Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond


message 23: by Anneli (new)

Anneli | 66 comments The Ten Thousand Doors of January seems to have a copy with deckled edges. Mine was a regular one.


message 24: by Gisela (new)

Gisela (giselaelizabeth) | 7 comments I plan on using The Woman With the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff.


Laurie (Kwiltreader) (lauriekwiltreader) | 70 comments If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio


message 27: by Carol (new)

Carol (cquan01) | 590 comments Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi


message 28: by Chelsea (new)

Chelsea Trautman (ladyfishsauce) | 2 comments Lily and the Octopus


message 29: by Jenn (new)

Jenn (jennbo) | 3 comments I noticed When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson has a deckled edge. It's on my tbr list.


message 30: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Sutton (mgsutton) | 107 comments The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin


message 31: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey Rojem (lrojem) | 1886 comments Mod
I read The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson, 3 Stars

The Jigsaw Man (Inspector Anjelica Henley, #1) by Nadine Matheson


message 32: by Tracy (last edited Dec 19, 2021 11:25AM) (new)

Tracy | 59 comments I plan on reading Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver.

Update: I finished it and it was wonderful. Terrific characters, and a place I just loved hanging out in.


message 33: by Karen (new)

Karen Siddall (boysmom) | 12 comments Done: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz


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