LoisB may or may not read 75 this year

I've been a member of the 75 Books Challenge groups for a few years now. This past year, as a Type A, goal-oriented personality, I found that reading became something I had to do, not something I wanted to do. I decided to change my approach and am not setting a specific number of books to read, nor am I setting specific target categories. I am going wherever the road takes me. But, this group is my LT home, so I'm going to hang out here, if you all don't mind.

January

1. Trail of Broken Wings
2. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
3. Umbrella Man
4. Sick Puppy
5. The Underground Railroad
6. The Barrowfields

February

7. Three, Four Better Lock Your Door
8. Lady Chatterly's Lover
9. Born a Crime
10. My Serengeti Years
11. Dance of the Jakaranda

March

12. Every Fifteen Minutes
13. The Poisonwood Bible
14. The Silkworm
15. Shadow of a Century

16. Empty Rocker
17. Peek A Boo, I See You
18. The Fifth Petal

April

19. Funny in Farsi
20. Tales of Two Cities
21. Force of Habit
22. Hidden Figures

May

23. Curious Minds
24. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
25. Free To A Good Home
26. The Cloud under the Sun

June

27. Shuffle an Impulse: A mind games suspense thriller
28. The Empress Holds The Key: A disturbing historical mystery thriller
29. The Roanoke Girls
30. The Woman in Cabin 10

July

31. The handmaid's Tale
32. Paint Her Dead

>1 LoisB: Will look at following that road with you again in 2017.

I wish LT had a Like button! {LIKE}

Of course we don't mind! The challenge was never meant to take the fun out of reading, so your approach is perfect.

Good luck!

I started doing the same thing with last year's 75 challenge. Without making myself read according to a category it became my "breezy reading" year. Enjoy your 2017 reads!

I'm doing the exact same thing Lois! Just reading what i want when I want this year!

Hi, Lois!

Hi Amber!

it's been a long time since we talked. Hope that you are doing well and that Charlie is still the same adorable child.

Happy New One, Lois.

Found you and

Thank you

I am part of the group.
I love being part of the group.
I love the friendships bestowed upon my by dint of my membership of this wonderful fellowship.
I love that race and creed and gender and age and sexuality and nationality make absolutely no difference to our being a valued member of the group.

Thank you for also being part of the group.

I wish you from my heart health, happiness, satisfaction and much exciting read in 2017. May all your wishes come true.


from my hometown Zürich, Switzerland

Checking in here.

>10 Ameise1: >12 The_Hibernator: >13 PaulCranswick: >14 Ameise1:

Thank for all the new Year's wishes.

Happy reading in 2017, Lois!

1. Trail of Broken Wings

My first (and probably last) audiobook. Good story, but I have trouble maintaining focus when listening. Also, miss be able to easily turn back a page or two.

2. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

An interesting memoir by the woman who played Nellie on Little House on the Prairie.

Congrats on your forst two books. I'm sorry that audio books don't work for you. I listen to them when I'm on my way by puplic transportation pr doing chores.

>18 LoisB: I had similair trouble with an audiobook, when I tried last year. I guess audio isn't for everyone...

3. Umbrella Man

Although paranormal mysteries are not my favorite genre, Umbrella Man was a great read. There were two plots within the single story - the first plot surrounding the death of a popular high school student while the second plot identified the paranormal activity behind the town killings. Both the good and bad characters were believable and the story which takes place in Central Florida, had many surprising twists. I look forward to reading more of the author's works.

4. Sick Puppy

I read this gift from a friend who told me that the author's books were "funny". I failed to see the humor. Towards the end I found one passage of black humor that made me laugh, but I can't say that I enjoyed it.

5. The Underground Railroad

Interesting novel about slaves escaping from a Georgia plantation via the underground railroad. If the entire book had been as compelling as the final chapters, I would have rated it higher.

I've read earlier in January and liked it very much.
Wishing you a wonderful week, Lois.

6. The Barrowfields

This was an ARC that I received from the LT Early Reviewers program. It's a nice uneventful story that meanders through the childhood and early adult life of Henry- a young man with an unusual upbringing in an unusual home. The novel was strange in that I could never figure out where it was going until the end when I decided that the meandering was critical to the plot.

>26 LoisB: I had a love-hate relationship with that one.

>27 thornton37814: I understand. It took me a lot of thought to come up with a rating and review.

7. Three, Four Better Lock Your Door

8. Lady Chatterly's Lover

9. Born a Crime

10. My Serengeti Years

11. Dance of the Jakaranda
This a an ER book that I received. It was a good story, but was difficult to follow as it interwove 3 plot lines across a 50 year period.

12. Every Fifteen Minutes

13. The Poisonwood Bible

14. The Silkworm
15. Shadow of a Century
16. Empty Rocker

17. Peek A Boo, I See You

18. The Fifth Petal

19. Funny in Farsi

a quick, fun read about an Iranian girl growing up in America. Don't read the Afterword with a full bladder!

20. Tales of Two Cities

21. Force of Habit
22. Hidden Figures
23. Curious Minds

24. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

25. Free To A Good Home
26. The Cloud under the Sun

27. Shuffle an Impulse: A mind games suspense thriller
28. The Empress Holds The Key: A disturbing historical mystery thriller
29. The Roanoke Girls
30. The Woman in Cabin 10

The Roanoke Girls has been on my horizon for awhile. Glad to see it was a hit with you.

31. The Handmaid's Tale

32. Paint Her Dead