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1starbox
Edited: Sep 22, 2014, 6:29 pm

Salvaged Pages by Alexandra Zapruder - read this year

2razzamajazz
Sep 22, 2014, 6:49 pm

> starbox

You read very widely. How many books per year (average)? Fantastic.

//S//

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

3amanda4242
Sep 22, 2014, 7:11 pm

4razzamajazz
Sep 22, 2014, 7:13 pm

6razzamajazz
Edited: Sep 22, 2014, 9:16 pm

8razzamajazz
Sep 23, 2014, 3:19 am

10razzamajazz
Edited: Sep 23, 2014, 8:47 am

11Glorybe1
Sep 23, 2014, 10:56 am

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

12razzamajazz
Edited: Sep 23, 2014, 11:23 am

13Schmerguls
Sep 23, 2014, 12:04 pm

14starbox
Edited: Sep 23, 2014, 12:08 pm


#2

I've read 94 so far this year - I started doing 'Global Challenge' to read 5 books set in every country, and I've found myself reading books I wouldn't normally choose....educational but next year I'm just going to read for fun! What kind of books do you prefer?

The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer - read last year

15RENRIGHT
Sep 23, 2014, 4:26 pm

17FHC
Sep 23, 2014, 7:08 pm

19RENRIGHT
Sep 24, 2014, 11:26 am

// S //

Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self by Sarah Ban Breathnach

20fyrfly
Edited: Sep 24, 2014, 8:24 pm

21Schmerguls
Sep 24, 2014, 4:56 pm

//L//

924. Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad (read 26 Oct 1967)

22fyrfly
Sep 24, 2014, 8:29 pm

Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West
by Deanne Stillman

24amanda4242
Sep 25, 2014, 12:54 am

26Glorybe1
Sep 25, 2014, 7:41 am

Ya-Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells

27amanda4242
Sep 25, 2014, 8:38 am

28Schmerguls
Sep 25, 2014, 10:57 am

The last letter in the title at #25 seems to me to be D so, since no one has played on it, I am:

3135. Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, by Helen Prejean, C.S.J. (read 8 Dec 1998)

29RENRIGHT
Sep 25, 2014, 2:46 pm

Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley

30fyrfly
Sep 25, 2014, 3:00 pm

31bedda
Sep 25, 2014, 10:45 pm

32Boobalack
Sep 25, 2014, 11:13 pm

33razzamajazz
Edited: Sep 25, 2014, 11:20 pm

//N//

Nature, Man and Woman by Alan W.Watts

35razzamajazz
Sep 26, 2014, 10:42 pm

36bedda
Sep 27, 2014, 3:24 pm

37Boobalack
Sep 27, 2014, 11:04 pm

38razzamajazz
Edited: Sep 28, 2014, 1:06 am

42UtopianPessimist
Sep 29, 2014, 9:38 pm

Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks

43razzamajazz
Edited: Sep 29, 2014, 9:54 pm

44Glorybe1
Sep 30, 2014, 6:53 am

Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon

46RENRIGHT
Sep 30, 2014, 9:47 am

48Schmerguls
Sep 30, 2014, 11:55 am

//G//

2762. The Great Santini, by Pat Conroy (read 25 Jun 1995)

49fyrfly
Sep 30, 2014, 2:09 pm

51fyrfly
Edited: Sep 30, 2014, 10:06 pm

52Boobalack
Sep 30, 2014, 11:02 pm

53fyrfly
Sep 30, 2014, 11:05 pm

54razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 1, 2014, 10:22 am

56FHC
Oct 1, 2014, 1:28 pm

Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid

57FHC
Oct 1, 2014, 1:48 pm

59razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 1, 2014, 10:14 pm

60fyrfly
Edited: Oct 1, 2014, 11:33 pm

61razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 2, 2014, 3:23 am

62Schmerguls
Oct 2, 2014, 12:28 pm

66razzamajazz
Oct 2, 2014, 9:38 pm

67fyrfly
Oct 2, 2014, 10:22 pm

70razzamajazz
Oct 2, 2014, 10:38 pm

72razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 2, 2014, 10:47 pm

73Schmerguls
Edited: Oct 3, 2014, 10:03 am

//S//

2805 The Story of English, by Robert McCrum - William Cran - Robert MacNeil (read 29 Nov 1995)

74fyrfly
Oct 3, 2014, 12:12 pm

76razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 3, 2014, 11:09 pm

//A//

Agnes of God : A Drama by John Pielmeier

www.ucsc.edu

Search: Agnes of God

Click: website

A good movie.

77starbox
Oct 4, 2014, 10:38 am

Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson - read this year

82razzamajazz
Oct 4, 2014, 10:38 pm

85fyrfly
Oct 5, 2014, 9:55 pm

86starbox
Edited: Oct 6, 2014, 9:15 am

Gilgamesh by Joan London - read earlier this year

87Schmerguls
Edited: Oct 6, 2014, 2:19 pm

//H//

4077. Hiding in Plain Sight The Incredible True Story of a German-Jewish Teenager's Struggle to Survive in Nazi-occupied Poland, by Betty Lauer (read 24 Sep 2005)

88Boobalack
Oct 6, 2014, 5:42 pm

89bedda
Oct 6, 2014, 10:31 pm

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton

92fyrfly
Oct 7, 2014, 6:22 am

93razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 8, 2014, 3:23 am

//k//

Kiss Your Ass Good-bye by Charles Willeford,

an explextive title

94bedda
Oct 8, 2014, 4:51 pm

95fyrfly
Oct 8, 2014, 7:01 pm

96Boobalack
Edited: Oct 8, 2014, 8:00 pm

97Schmerguls
Oct 8, 2014, 8:43 pm

98fyrfly
Edited: Oct 8, 2014, 9:13 pm

99RENRIGHT
Oct 8, 2014, 10:37 pm

A Gentle Thunder by Max Lucado

100Schmerguls
Oct 9, 2014, 8:29 am

//R//

3045. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, by John M. Barry (read 16 Jan 1998) (Parkman Prize for 1998)

101fyrfly
Oct 9, 2014, 9:05 am

102razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 9, 2014, 10:08 pm

103bedda
Oct 9, 2014, 10:27 pm

105razzamajazz
Oct 10, 2014, 4:08 am

107Schmerguls
Oct 10, 2014, 11:36 am

108razzamajazz
Oct 10, 2014, 11:40 am

111Boobalack
Oct 10, 2014, 9:12 pm

112fyrfly
Edited: Oct 10, 2014, 9:34 pm

113Schmerguls
Oct 11, 2014, 8:29 am

//A//

2215. Alive, by Piers Paul Read (read 10 Jun 1989) (Book of the Year)

114razzamajazz
Oct 11, 2014, 8:34 am

116RENRIGHT
Oct 11, 2014, 7:39 pm

Old Friends Like You by J. W Foley

117fyrfly
Oct 12, 2014, 7:42 am

118bedda
Oct 12, 2014, 12:16 pm

120RENRIGHT
Oct 12, 2014, 10:13 pm

Hands-Off Cooking: Low-Supervision, High-Flavor Meals for Busy People by Ann Martin Rolke

(stilll reading about once every month & half)

121fyrfly
Oct 12, 2014, 11:41 pm

123razzamajazz
Oct 13, 2014, 12:30 pm

126razzamajazz
Oct 15, 2014, 12:21 am

127fyrfly
Oct 15, 2014, 3:39 am

128razzamajazz
Oct 15, 2014, 3:55 am

129Schmerguls
Oct 15, 2014, 2:40 pm

130paulstalder
Oct 15, 2014, 4:31 pm

132RENRIGHT
Oct 15, 2014, 10:56 pm

Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe

135Schmerguls
Oct 16, 2014, 10:38 am

136razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 16, 2014, 11:27 am

//N//

Next by Michael Crichton

www.librarything.com/work/1806474

137paulstalder
Oct 16, 2014, 12:01 pm

141razzamajazz
Oct 16, 2014, 9:05 pm

142RENRIGHT
Oct 16, 2014, 10:07 pm

// S//

The Smart Approach to Country Decorating by Margaret Sabo Wills

146razzamajazz
Oct 17, 2014, 1:34 am

150razzamajazz
Oct 17, 2014, 10:39 pm

151Boobalack
Edited: Oct 19, 2014, 7:21 pm

Omnivores
by Lydia Millet

//#125 should have started with an 'n' -- the last letter in the word ten, not with the number 10, but there have been so many played since, I see no reason to not continue the game from #150, which I did. :-}//

152ahef1963
Oct 19, 2014, 8:28 pm

Sula by Toni Morrison

(Just bought this past Friday, so not read yet.)

153razzamajazz
Oct 19, 2014, 9:38 pm

154Schmerguls
Oct 20, 2014, 9:14 am

155RENRIGHT
Oct 20, 2014, 8:36 pm

156paulstalder
Edited: Oct 21, 2014, 2:29 am

//S//

Schottland mit Orkney, Shetland und Hebriden
by Susanne Tschirner

My daughter used that on her trip to Scotland last month

157razzamajazz
Oct 21, 2014, 5:05 am

158paulstalder
Edited: Oct 21, 2014, 12:41 pm

//E//

Es huupet, s Märtschiff chunnt
(=Honk, the market boat arrives)
by Hans Frey

159razzamajazz
Oct 21, 2014, 9:55 pm

//T//

Play on the original title.

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

160RENRIGHT
Oct 21, 2014, 11:38 pm

161razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 22, 2014, 2:56 am

162Schmerguls
Oct 22, 2014, 10:44 am

//E//

1952. The Ebony Tower, by John Fowles (read 2 Nov 1985)

163razzamajazz
Oct 22, 2014, 9:54 pm

164RENRIGHT
Oct 23, 2014, 12:03 am

165razzamajazz
Oct 23, 2014, 3:05 am

166Schmerguls
Oct 25, 2014, 12:06 pm

//N//

2029. Never Cry Wolf, by Farley Mowat (read 9 Nov 1986)

167starbox
Oct 25, 2014, 6:44 pm

168razzamajazz
Oct 25, 2014, 10:03 pm

169Schmerguls
Edited: Oct 26, 2014, 11:41 am

//Y//

5138. A Young Man in the Wild Blue Yonder Thoughts of a B-25 Pilot In World War II, by David K. Hayward (read 26 Mar 2014)

I think this is the only book on my books read list which I gave five stars to and which is not on anybody else's list on LibraryThing

170razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 26, 2014, 11:52 am

173razzamajazz
Oct 26, 2014, 9:45 pm

Playing on roman numeral II, TWO

Last letter: O

Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann

174Boobalack
Oct 28, 2014, 3:04 am

175razzamajazz
Oct 28, 2014, 3:55 am

177Schmerguls
Oct 28, 2014, 11:41 am

//N//

1893. The New Men, by C. P. Snow (read 20 Dec 1984) (James Tait Black Memorial fiction prize for 1954)

180razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 28, 2014, 8:42 pm

181saraslibrary
Oct 28, 2014, 8:45 pm

182razzamajazz
Edited: Oct 28, 2014, 9:42 pm

183saraslibrary
Oct 28, 2014, 11:34 pm

184razzamajazz
Oct 29, 2014, 1:24 am

185fyrfly
Oct 29, 2014, 6:34 am

187Schmerguls
Oct 29, 2014, 12:55 pm

//N//

5191. "National Velvet" by Enid Bagnold (read 26 Aug 2014)

188saraslibrary
Oct 29, 2014, 3:43 pm

189starbox
Edited: Oct 30, 2014, 10:29 am

Nana by Emile Zola - read 2001

190fyrfly
Oct 30, 2014, 11:02 am

191Schmerguls
Oct 30, 2014, 2:01 pm

//S//

1079. Shadows on the Rock, by Willa Cather (read 20 Sep 1970)