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List #7: Completed 7/18/25(view spoiler)["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>
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List #8: Completed 8/4/25(view spoiler)["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>
Planning for List #8: Completed 8/4/25
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List #10: Completed 9/22/25(view spoiler)["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>
List #12:1. A retelling of myth, fable, fairy tale, folklore, or legend
2. Read a book with a season in the title.
✅3. Read a book that's been on your TBR for longer than a year [This book has been on my TBR since 9/9/18]
The City Where We Once Lived by Eric Barnes - 10/19/25 - 3.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. Read a science book
5. A book considered a classic
6. Read a book found on PBT's Expanding Our PBT Horizons shelf
7. A book in translation
8. Read a book from the 202
9. A book where the author's last name contains at least ten letters
10. Read a book with the word "night" in the title.
11. Read a retelling of a classic book or a fairy tale
12. A book set in a 'haunted' house - whether for real or rumored.
List #12 Planning:1. A retelling of myth, fable, fairy tale, folklore, or legend
The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (King Arthur retelling)
Babylonia by Costanze Casati
Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
Pericles and Aspasia by Yvonne Korshak 20
Tyll by Daniel Kehlman - retelling of the German myth of Tyll Ulenspiegel
2. Read a book with a season in the title.
The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
Winterdance by Gary Paulsen
The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels
The Winter Fortress by Neal Bascomb
Wintering by Peter Geye
The Winter in Anna by Reed Karaim
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
Fireflies in Winter by Eleanor Shearer - arc
A Long Winter by Colm Toibin
The City Where We Once Lived by Eric Barnes - (on TBR since 9/9/18)
Lots of options
4. Read a science book
Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
Kindred by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
The Future of Humanity by Michio Kiku
Pillars of Creation by Richard Panek
Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman
5. A book considered a classic
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
6. Read a book found on PBT's Expanding Our PBT Horizons shelf
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt 13
Tracks by Louise Erdrich 7
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 11
By Fire by Water by Mitchell James Kaplan 9
An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma 18
The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles 16
Desert Queen by Janet Wallach 20
Fools Crow by James Welch 14
7. A book in translation
They Were Found Wanting by Miklos Banffy
Vaim by Jon Fosse
8. Read a book from the 202
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon 15
The Will of the Many - Islington 28
Table for Two - Towles 13
Spirit Crossing - Krueger 10
Ship of Magic - Hobb (KateNZ's list) 35
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent - Dench (KateNZ's list) 12
Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo 18
Lessons in Chemistry - Garmus 12
A Brightness Long Ago - Kay (JoAnne's list) 14
Honor by Thrity Umrigar (KateNZ's list) 11
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim (Hannah's list) 16
9. A book where the author's last name contains at least ten letters
The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov
10. Read a book with the word "night" in the title.
In the Night Cafe' by Joyce Johnson 6
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters 18
Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson 17
The Night Visitor by Lucy Atkins 11
Day for Night by Jean McNeil
Blood Orange Night by Melissa Bond 9
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips 10
11. Read a retelling of a classic book or a fairy tale
Dunbar by Edward St. Aubyn (King Lear)
12. A book set in a 'haunted' house - whether for real or rumored.
The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen
The Prince of Mist by Carols Ruiz Zafon
Books mentioned in this topic
The City Where We Once Lived (other topics)A God in Ruins (other topics)
Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers (other topics)
The Water Knife (other topics)
Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Eric Barnes (other topics)Kate Atkinson (other topics)
Deborah Cadbury (other topics)
Paolo Bacigalupi (other topics)
Max Lugavere (other topics)
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✅1. A book with a wild animal in the content, title or cover
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara - 1/23/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅2. Read the next book in a series you started in 2020 or before. If you have no unfinished older series you may move forward a year at a time to find one. If you don't have any series started, start a new one.
Jack by Marilynne Robinson - 1/30/25 - 3* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅3. Read a novel based on a true story.
Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon - 1/21/25 - 3.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅4. Read a non-fiction book
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works by Helen Czerski - 1/9/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅5. Read one of the top ten longest books on your tbr.
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset - 1/31/25 - 4* -My Review (1169 pages)
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅6. Read 2 books, one fiction, one nonfiction, that have something in common (both books are about rising sea levels)
a. Non-fiction: The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell - 1/12/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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b. Fiction: All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall - 2/3/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅7. A book with a predominantly RED cover. (At least 50%)
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard - 2/3/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅8. A book with a “Fish out of water” theme or trope (e.g. immigrant, new school, alien, travel)
Joe Nuthin's Guide to Life by Helen Fisher - 2/6/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅9. Read a travel book
Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic by Adam Shoalts - 1/20/25 - 4.5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅10. Read a book with a dragon
Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik - 2/7/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅11. Read a book that makes you nervous
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite - 2/4/25 - 3* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅12. Read a book with a character who is an alien (or might be one)
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 1/2/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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