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Clear the Shelves - 2021

Just cleared another ebook - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare. This is a beautiful story full of hope and determination. I loved the way the author used language to convey the journey of her main character. “We all be speaking different because we all are having different growing-up life, but we can all be understanding each other if we just take the time to listen well.” Definitely worth reading! 5 stars
22/30

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The Perfect Horse: The Daring Rescue of Horses Kidnapped by Hitler - finished 5/2/21
The Jackal - finished..."
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Message 97 updated.
24/56 books read.
1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. Law of the Jungle
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. The Shining
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
9. Dreamcatcher
10. Rebecca
11. Doctor Sleep
12. Doctor Zhivago
13. Frankenstein 1818 Text
14. IT
15. The Secret Garden
16. The Bluest Eye-Beloved-Jazz
17. Insomnia
18. A Little Princess
19. Paradise
20. 12 Years a Slave
21. The Runaway Jury
22. Brave New World
23. Dolores Claiborne
24. The Tommyknockers
24/56 books read.
1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. Law of the Jungle
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. The Shining
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
9. Dreamcatcher
10. Rebecca
11. Doctor Sleep
12. Doctor Zhivago
13. Frankenstein 1818 Text
14. IT
15. The Secret Garden
16. The Bluest Eye-Beloved-Jazz
17. Insomnia
18. A Little Princess
19. Paradise
20. 12 Years a Slave
21. The Runaway Jury
22. Brave New World
23. Dolores Claiborne
24. The Tommyknockers

Just cleared another ebook - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow. The writing in this book is very good! But the plot took a bit to get going, and I felt I had to work for understanding at the beginning. Really interesting world and characters! “There’s only one way to run away from your own story, and that’s to sneak into someone else’s.” “Because the place you are born isn’t necessarily the place you belong.” Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars
23/30

25/25 Challenge Complete!!!!
1. The Names of the Dead READ
2. Thief River Falls READ
3. In an Instant READ
4. The Other Family READ
5. The Price of Paradise READ
6. Golden Poppies READ
7. Opium and Absinthe READ
8. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster READ
9. Across the Winding River READ
10. The Last of the Moon Girls READ
11. Interference READ
12. The Haunting of H. G. Wells READ
13. This Magnificent Dappled Sea READ
14. The Cipher READ
15. Last Scene Alive READ
16. Open House READ
17. Looking Glass READ
18. Fearless Fourteen READ
19. Hercule Poirot's Christmas READ
20. Behind the Door READ
21. The Lost Hero READ
22. When We Believed in Mermaids READ
23. Midnight Sun READ
24. A Splendid Ruin READ
25. Murder Theory READ

Progress: 93/150
89. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (p)
90. A Living Alternative: Anabaptist Christianity in a Post-Christendom World
Now I can add in: The Duke Undone
91. Well Played (p)
92. Neanderthal Seeks Human (k)
93. The Downstairs Girl (p)
Breakdown of Book Types
Kindle: 35
Physical: 54
Audio: 4

1 - A circle of ashes
2 - A feather of stone
3 - a necklace of water
4 - Mysteria
5 - mysteria lane
On to book 6
6 - falling kingdoms

⭐️Update 7/27/2021#689 180/200 ⭐️
🎃151. The Unmapped Sea ( (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #5)
🎃152. While Justice Sleeps Stacey Abrams
🎃153. Murder by the Book Lauren Elliott
🎃154. Crewelwork Jaqui McDonald
🎃155. [book:Dead Acre by Rhett C. Bruno
🎃157. Rachel Maddow: A Biography Lisa Rogak
🎃158. The Chilbury Ladies' Choir Jennifer Ryan
🎃159. How to Knit a Murder Sally Goldenbaum
🎃160. Murder in the Paperback Parlor Ellery Adams see #37
🎃161. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book VI: The Long-Lost Home
🎃162. On Borrowed CrimeRead and Gone
🎃163. Magpie Murders
🎃164 .Nothing As It Seems Lorhainne Eckhart
🎃165. A Murderous Tangle Sally Goldenbaum📌
🎃166. Sock-Yarn Accessories: 20 Knitted Designs with Style and Savvy
🎃167. Body in the Woods byAlison Golden✅]
🎃168. Feedback Dennis E. Taylor
🎃169. The Tragedy of Rudy Giuliani by Michael Wolff
🎃170. All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
🎃171. Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany
🎃172. Proof of Murder by Lauren Elliott 📌
🎃173. Flipped for Murder A Country Store Mystery by Maddie Day
🎃174. The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
🎃175. Read and Gone by Allison Brook🎃
🎃176. The Haunting of Tram Car015 by P. Djèlí Clark
🎃177. Prologue to Murder by Lauren Elliott
🎃178. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
🎃179. Murder in the First Edition by Lauren Elliott
🎃180. Under the Cover of Murder by Lauren Elliott
🎃183. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
🧵184. Gallows View by Peter Robinson
🧵185. A Necessary End by Peter Robinson
🧵186. Sleeping in the Ground by Peter Robinson
🧵187. The Secret on Ararat by Tim LaHaye ROOT
🧵188.The Body in the Belfry by Katherine Hall Page
🧵189. The Round House by Louise Erdrich📌
🧵190. The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman📌
🧵191. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab📌
🧵192. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History📌
🧵193. The Colors of All the Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith
🧵194. Coming Clean: A Memoir by Kimberly Rae Miller
🧵195. A Christmas Grace by Anne Perry
🧵196. In the Woods by Tana French
🧵197. The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer
🧵198. Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles
🧵199. Old World Murder by Kathleen Ernst4
🧵200. A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century by Paul Kengor
🧵201. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
🧵202. Crisis Point: Why We Must – and How We Can – Overcome Our Broken Politics in Washington and Across America by Trent Lott
🧵203. Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
🧵204. [book:The Complete Works of Nellie Bly: Ten Days in a Mad-House, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and More by Nellie Bly 📌
🧵205. The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
🧵206. Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse by Maddie Day📌
🧵207. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
🧵208. Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufeld
🧵209. A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century by Paul Kengor
🧵210. A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
🧵211. Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
🧵212. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
🧵213. Caribbean by James A. Michener

63/75 books read
✔ The Enchantress
✔ Witch's Canyon
✔ Billy the Kid and the Vampyres of Vegas
✔ Holiday in Death
✔ Legendborn
✔ Legendary
Message 97 updated.
25/56 books read.
1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. Law of the Jungle
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. The Shining
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
9. Dreamcatcher
10. Rebecca
11. Doctor Sleep
12. Doctor Zhivago
13. Frankenstein 1818 Text
14. IT
15. The Secret Garden
16. The Bluest Eye-Beloved-Jazz
17. Insomnia
18. A Little Princess
19. Paradise
20. 12 Years a Slave
21. The Runaway Jury
22. Brave New World
23. Dolores Claiborne
24. The Tommyknockers
25. Red Notice
25/56 books read.
1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2. The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. Law of the Jungle
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. The Shining
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
9. Dreamcatcher
10. Rebecca
11. Doctor Sleep
12. Doctor Zhivago
13. Frankenstein 1818 Text
14. IT
15. The Secret Garden
16. The Bluest Eye-Beloved-Jazz
17. Insomnia
18. A Little Princess
19. Paradise
20. 12 Years a Slave
21. The Runaway Jury
22. Brave New World
23. Dolores Claiborne
24. The Tommyknockers
25. Red Notice

Progress: 95/150
93. The Downstairs Girl (p)
94. Everything Inside (p)
95. Upright Women Wanted (k)
Now I can add in: Then There Was You
Breakdown of Book Types
Kindle: 36
Physical: 55
Audio: 4

Just completed another ebook - The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole. Well, that was delightfully unexpected! I anticipated a quirky, soft Sci fi romance, but there were deep layers in this one that turned the story in interesting ways. Cannot wait for the next one! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars
24/30

Just cleared a physical book - The Secrets of Love Story Bridge by Phaedra Patrick. Nice, sweet story. I enjoyed the characters. Writing was straight-forward. Overall, an enjoyable read. I received this book as a free giveaway in exchange for my honest review. Worth reading! 4 stars
25/30

19/30
Physical Books 0/2
Ebooks: 19/28
19. Around the World in Eighty Days - on tbr list in 11-28-16, read 6-7-21

Just cleared another ebook - The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly. So frustrated with this ending, it just ruined the whole book for me. Up until then I was a solid four stars. There’s some toxic masculinity and gendered thinking, but the law was correct. And then it just flipped. If I didn’t have to read one of these books for book club, I would stop with this entire series right now. 2 stars
26/30
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Progress: 88/150
84. Still Life (p)
85. The Lightest Object in the Universe (p)
Now I can add in: Our Homesick Songs
86. A Lucky Man (p)
87. Aunt Dimity's Death (k)
88. In the Country (p)
Breakdown of Book Types
Kindle: 34
Physical: 50
Audio: 4