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Hello everyone,

This is Yoona, again participating in 75 Books Challenge! I can't believe it's 2019 already. I hope to read 75+ books this year since I have more free time since I'm taking a leave of absence from grad school this year.

I probably wouldn't be able to update much since I don't have an adapter to my laptop yet but once I do, I'll try to update my thread regularly.

Happy reading in 2019, Yoona!

Happy 2019
A year full of books
A year full of friends
A year full of all your wishes realised

I look forward to keeping up with you, Yoona, this year.

Happy New Year and happy reading!

>2 FAMeulstee: Thank you! Happy reading to you too! :)

>3 PaulCranswick: Happy reading :)

>4 jennyifer24: Thank you. Happy New Year and happy reading :)

1. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
rate: ***

I started the first book of the trilogy last year and now it's time to finish it before I forget too much of what happened in the first book. I do love good fantasy reads but I haven't enjoyed this one as well as some of the others that I've read.

Dropping a star! Happy New Year to you, looking forward to seeing what you read this year

>6 vikzen: Thank you!

2. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
rate: *** 1/2

3. The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

I'm enjoying Miss Marple series!

4. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
rate: ****

retelling of a biblical story (part of Genesis)

Welcome!

I need to read The Red Tent one of these days. Glad to hear you are enjoying Miss Marple! I enjoy her too.

>9 figsfromthistle: thanks for dropping by!

>10 alcottacre: I think you might like The Red Tent too!
I might read all the Miss Marple series this year. I'm hooked!

5. Doctor Pascal by Emile Zola
rate *** 1/2

Finally read the last volume of the Rougon-Macquart series.
I think Zola is a great writer but I don't think this is his one of better works in this series.
I was almost afraid to read this book since I liked how Dr. Pascal was portrayed in other books.
After reading this, I still like him!

6. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
rate: *** 1/2

Having a ghastly headache (and dizziness) definitely hinders with my reading.
I'm seeing a neurologist next month so hopefully I'll find out the reason quite soon

7. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
rate: *** 1/2

*non-fiction
Found a copy at the library and read it. As it's always the case when reading about WWII (I can sympathize very well since it took decades for my hometown survived the Japanese attacks and get liberated from Japan), I became very emotional.

Overall, I enjoyed it though there are some parts where I felt that the writer got lost in her train of thought or some sentences felt a bit unnatural to me for some reason (not that I speak English fluently enough to critique writers or editors).

8. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

Wished Miss Marple were shown more often. Enjoyed this books as well

9. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
rate: ****

10. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
rate: ****

11. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
rate: *** 1/2

12. The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
rate: ****

13. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

14. They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

15. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
rate: ****

Russian literature

Silly me, found out after I finished reading this book that it got the Nobel prize

16. The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
rate: ****
There were some parts that I liked but there were some parts that I didn't like much
I preferred his The Shadow of the Wind to this book

17. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

18. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
rate: ** 1/2

I didn't like this book as much as I thought I might. Maybe I just expected too much

19. Christmas at the Cat Café by Melissa Daley
rate: ***

20. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Gothe
rate: ***

21. 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

22. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

23. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
rate: ****

24. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
rate: ****

25. The Judge Hunter by Christopher Buckley
rate: ****

26. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

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I try to read as much as I would like, but I'm suffering from horrid vertigo and nausea so reading can be challenging at times. At this rate, I doubt that I'll be able to read 75+@ this year, but I'll read books whenever I can! Happy reading everyone

27. At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

28. World Without End by Ken Follett
rate: ****

29. First Test by Tamora Pierce
rate: ****

30. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
rate: *** 1/2

31. Page by Tamora Pierce
rate: ****

32. Written in Red by Anne Bishop
rate: ****

33. Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
rate: ****

34. Squire by Tamora Pierce
rate: ****

35. Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
rate: ****

36. Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
rate: ****

37. Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
rate: ****

38. Turn of the Screw by Henry James
rate: *** 1/2

39. Nemesis by Agatha Christie
rate: ****

40. These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
rate: ****

41. Mairelon the Magician by Patricia Wrede
rate: ****

42. Magician's Ward by Patricia Wrede
rate: ****

43. A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
rate: ****