Rusty's 2025 Challenge

[Rusty]

150 books

[Andrea, Moderator]

Welcome back for another year!!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Welcome back, Rusty! I hope things are getting better and your partner is doing okay.

[Rusty]

Again this yeear I wll try to read more of the big books on my shelf.

JANUARY
1. The Day of Atonement by David Liss, 1/2/2025
2. Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews, 1/4/2025
3. A Rising Man by by Abir Mukherjee, 1/6/2025
4. Anarchy And Old Dogs by Colin Cotterill, 1/8/2025
5. The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters, 1/9/2025
6. Court of Fives by Kate Elliott, 1/12/2025
7. Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb, 1/14/2025
8. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, 1/17/2025, 476 pages
9. Aenir by Garth Nix, 1/18/2025
10. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, 1/20/2025
11. Rogue Star by Jack Williamson and Frederik Pohl, 1/22/2025
12. The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan, 1/22/2025, 734 pages
13. The Trial by Franz Kafka, 1/31/2025
14. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, 1/31/2025

FEBRUARY
1. A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee, 2/3/2025
2. Vienna Blood by Frank Tallis, 2/5/2025
3. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, 2/8/2025
4. Gypsying After 40: A Guide to Adventure and Self-Discovery by Robert W. Harris, 2/9/2025by Sarah J. Maas, 2/13/2025
5. A Court of Thorns and Roses, 2/13/2025
6. Dawn by Elie Wiesel, 2/13/2025
7. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley, 2/16/2025
8. The First Ladies by Marie Benedict, 2/21/2025, 389 pages
9. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich, 2/24/20210.
10. Day by Elie Wiesel, 2/25/2025
11. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, 2/28/2025

MARCH
1. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller, 3/14/2025
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, 3/15/2025
3. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller, 3/18/2025
4. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, 3/29/2025, 624 pages
5. Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart: A Midwife's Saga by Carol Leonard, 3/31/2025

APRIL
1. Lady Violet Enjoys a Frolic: The Lady Violet Mysteries--Book Four by Grace Burrowes, 4//2/2025
2. About Grace by Anthony Doerr, 4/13/2025
3. Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, 4/16/2025
4. The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan, 4/22/2025
5. A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas. 3/23/2025
6. The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths, 4/28/2025

MAY
1. Silas Marner by George Eliot, 5/11/2025
2. The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg5/10, 2025v
3. A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron, 5/30/2025

JUNE
1. The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff, 6/15/2025
2. Lyonesse Abbey by Jill Tattersall, 6/19/2025
3. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, 6/21/2025
4. A Paris Affair by Tatiana de Rosnay, 6/22/2025
5. The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss. 6/23/2025
6. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 6/29/2025

JULY
1. The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis, 7/6/2025
2. Be Cool by Elmore Leonard, 7/16/2025
3. Heart's Blood by Jane Yolen, 7/20/2025
4. A Sending of Dragons by Jane Yolen, 7/23/2025
5. The Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden, 7/29/2025

AUGUST
1. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adamsm 8/7/2025
2. Unmissing by Minka Kent, 8/16/2025
3. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams, 8/26/2025
4. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds, 8/16/2025
5. The Hole We're In by Gabrielle Zevin, 8/30/2025

SEPTEMBER
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