250 book challenge 2020-2021

[Little-Star]

~* The 250 Book Challenge *~

 

What it says in the title! I challenge you to read 250 books in a year. Think you can do it? Get reading!

 

The Rules:

 

1. You have between August 1st 2020 (00:00am GMT), and July 31st 2021 (at 11:59pm GMT) to read 250 books. There are smaller milestones for those of us who can't/won't reach the 250 mark, and to help participants feel like they're getting somewhere.

 

2. You can join at any time during the year, but you still only have until July 31st 2020 to reach the target! You can start straight away, we'll try and add you as soon as possible, if you've been left off the list or your username is misspelled, feel free to shoot me a PM or just say it on this thread.

 

3. Books that you've read and finished before your join date do not count, even if you join after August 1st. (E.g. you join on 3rd Sept - you can only count books from 3rd September onwards).

 

4. Reply to this thread once you've finished a book with the code below. You can, if you like, give a short review and/or a rating, but please don't reveal spoilers as others may not have read it.

 

5. If you've just started a book, or are half way through one when you begin the challenge, then that will count towards your total.

 

6. The only books that do not count are textbooks, or books with less than 100 pages. So you can read children books (provided they meet the 100 page mark), young adult, biographies etc. Any genre is accepted. Manga is only accepted if it's 500 pages or more. Online unpublished fiction (not fanfiction) is allowed if it has 20,000 words or more (please post the link to the story and the number of words, however if the story could be considered unsuitable for minors post the link via PM).

 

7. Re-reads count, though I would prefer it if you label them as such (just for the records). Each time you re-read a book it counts as a point.

 

8. Participants are listed below, with their current book count next to their usernames.

 

9. There is no way to prove or disprove you've read the books you say you have, so please, I ask that you be honest (^^) I will, however usually check the page length of books - someone's gotta keep an eye on you lot!

 

10. Get reading and have fun! *shoos you*

 

11.  You can write a summary of the book you read but it has to be in less than 100 words, but more than 10 words. It's not mandatory but it would be nice if you do. 

 

 

[b]Book Number:[/b]
[b]Number Of Pages:[/b]
[b]Book Title:[/b]
[b]Author:[/b]
[b]Summary:[/b] (optional)
[b]Rating:[/b] (optional)
[b]Review:[/b] (optional)

 

 

 

 

Example:

Book Number: 1

Number Of Pages:500

Book Title: Go Dog Go!

Author: P.D. Eastman

Summary: This book entails a story of a dog that runs, the dog is the main character of this story and the author expresses how the dogs feels beautiful. (Never read this book before in my life; but you catch my drift)

Rating: 5/5

Review: --

 

 

Many people got busy over the duration of the challenge, so to help new budding readers when you reach one of our milestones they will be a graphic given to you marking your commitment.

 

Milestones

 

1

 

5

 

10

 

25

 

50

 

75

 

100

 

125

 

150

 

175

 

200

 

225

 

250

 

FAQ

 

Q: My name/full book number is not on the list.

A: Everything after an update won't be on the list until the next update. However, if there has been an update and you notice something is still missing, either repost or PM me.

 

Q: Can I post books even though I'm not on the list yet?

A: If you posted a sign up post, you can start counting books as soon as you finish them.

 

Q: Can I count comic books when they have less than 500 pages but are part of a series?

A: In this case, if you can reach 500 pages by adding several books of the same series, it will count. Example of what you can post as the title: The Walking Dead vol. 1-4.

 

Q: What counts as a re-read?

A: Any book that you've read more than once during the challenge.

[Little-Star]

Participants and book total 

 

Catstaff: 256

Lagie: 128

Little-Star: 43

Kanaye : 41

GhostMouse: 16

Purpledragonclaw: 44

tnoelemaK: 289

 

2019-2020 participants and total book count:

(deleted those who signed up but haven't post finished books)

 

Catstaff 250

Little-Star 41

GhostMouse 30

Purpledragonclaw 31

SaltySenpai 1

Water_Angel 24

 

Books read:

Spoiler

A.F. Kay

Uru's Third Temple - Kanaye

The Fourth Secret - Kanaye

Adam Neville

The Ritual - tnoelemaK

Andrew Clements

About Average - Lagie

Andrzej Sapkowski

The Last Wish - tnoelemaK

Sword of Destiny - tnoelemaK

Anonymous

Go Ask Alice - Catstaff

Adrienne Kisner

Dear Rachel Maddow - Lagie

Aimee Lucido

Emmy and the Key of Code - Kanaye

Alan Bradley

Speaking from Among the Bones - Lagie

Alex Tremm

Meganyia - Little-Star

Alexander McCall Smith

The Cleaverness of Ladies - Lagie

Alexandre Charbonneau

Devoria : L'épée de la Gloire - Little-Star

Aldous Hurlex

Brave New World - catstaff

Alice Feeney

Sometimes I Lie - tnoelemaK

Alice Hoffman

 Magic Lessons - tnoelemaK

Alison Stine

Road out of Winter - tnoelemaK

Allie Brosh

Solution and Other Problems - GhostMouse

Ambrose Ibsen

The Haunting of Beacon Hill - tnoelemaK

The Haunting of Rainier Asylum - tnoelemaK

The Haunting of Winslow Manor - tnoelemaK

American Girls Magazine (editor)

The American Girl Book of Horse Stories - Catstaff

Amy Clipston

A Gift of Grace - Catstaff

A Life of Joy - Catstaff

A Hopeful Heart - Lagie

A Place of Peace - Catstaff

A Promise of Hope  - Catstaff

A Season of Love  - Catstaff

An Amish Singing - Catstaff

The Bake Shop - Lagie, Catstaff

The Coffee Corner - Catstaff

The Farm Stand - Catstaff

The Jam and Jelly Nook - Catstaff

Amy Boyles

Kiss my Witch - tnoelemaK

Queen Witch - tnoelemaK

Sacred Witchless - tnoelemaK

Angela Y. Davis

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement - tnoelemaK

Angela Quarles

Some Like it Plaid - tnoelemaK

Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give - tnoelemaK

Ann Gäre

Revor i väven - tnoelemaK

Ann M. Martin

Rain Reign - Lagie

Anna J McIntyre

Coulson's Crucible - tnoelemaK

Coulson's Lessons - tnoelemaK

Coulson's Wife - tnoelemaK

Anna Sewell

Black Beauty - Catstaff

Anne Robillard

La Malediction des Dragensblot : Thorfrid et Brynjulf - Little-Star

La Malediction des Dragensblot : Clara et Lionel - Little-Star

Les Chevaliers d'Épées - Little-Star

Les Légendes d'Ashur-Sin : Aranéa - Little-Star

Les légendes d'Ashur-Sin : Azakhou - Little-Star

Anne McCaffey

Dragonsong - Lagie

Dragonsinger - Lagie

Dragondrums - Lagie

Anne Tyler

The Accidental Tourist - Lagie

Annie Rains
Snowfall on Cedar Trail - Lagie

Arash Sanari

Sverigevänner - tnoelemaK

B.A. Paris

Bring me Back - tnoelemaK

B. P. Walter

A Version of the Thruth - tnoelemaK

Barbara Steiner

Secret Love - Catstaff

Barry B. Longyear

Alien Nation : The Change - Catstaff

Alien Nation : Slag Like Me - Catstaff

Bella Falls

Barbecue & Brooms - tnoelemaK

Collards & Cauldrons - tnoelemaK

Flea Market Magic - tnoelemaK

Fried Chicken & Fangs - tnoelemaK

Pickups and Pirates - tnoelemaK

Rags to Witches - tnoelemaK

Moonshine & Magic - tnoelemaK

Sweet Tea & Spells - tnoelemaK

Ben Crump

Open Season : Legalized Genocide of Colored People - tnoelemaK

Bentley Little

The Haunted - tnoelemaK

Bertrice Small

Adora - Catstaff

A Moment in Time - Catstaff

Bedazzled - Catstaff

Besieged - Catstaff

Betrayed - Catstaff

Bianca - Catstaff

Blaze Wyndham - Catstaff

Dangerous Pleasure - Catstaff x2

Darling Jasmine - Catstaff

Enchantress Mine - Catstaff

Francesca - Catstaff

Forbidden Pleasure - Catstaff x2

Guilty Pleasure - Catstaffx2

Hellion - Catstaff

Love, Remember Me - Catstaff

Love Wild and Fair - Catstaff

Luciana - Catstaff

Passionate Pleasure - Catstaff x2

Phillipa - Catstaff

Private PLeasures - Catstaff x2

Rosamund - Catstaff

Sudden Pleasure - Catstaff x2

The Dragon Lord’s Daughters - Catstaff

The Innocent - Catstaff

The Last Heiress - Catstaff

Until You - Catstaff

Vixens - Catstaff

Betty Neels

A Christmas Wish - Lagie

A Winter Love Story - Lagie

Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Catstaff

Beverly Butler

Light a Single Candle - Catstaff

Beverly Lewis

The Bridesmaid - Catstaff

The Ebb Tide - Catstaff

The Fiddler - Catstaff

The Last Bride - Catstaff

The Guardian - Catstaff

The Secret Keeper - Catstaff

The Shunning - Lagie

The Stone Wall - Catstaff

Blossom Elfman

A House for Jonnie O. - Catstaff

The Girls of Huntington House - Catstaff

Blythe Baker

A Dastardly Death in Hillbilly Hollow - tnoelemaK

A Dangerous Departure From Hillbilly Hollow - tnoelemaK

Horribly Haunted in Hillbilly Hollow - tnoelemaK

The Ghastly Ghost of Hillbilly Hollow - tnoelemaK

Bobby Holmes

The Ghost and the Baby - tnoelemaK

The Ghost and the Bride - tnoelemaK

The Ghost and the Doppleganger - tnoelemaK

The Ghost and the Halloween Haunt - tnoelemaK

The Ghost and the Leprechaun - tnoelemaK

The Ghost and Little Marie - tnoelemaK

The Ghost and the Muse - tnoelemaK

The Ghost and the Mystery Write - tnoelemaK

The Ghost from the Sea - tnoelemaK

The Ghost of Chrismast Secrets - tnoelemaK

The Ghost of Halloween Past - tnoelemaK

The Ghost of Marlow House - tnoelemaK

The Ghost of Second Chance - tnoelemaK

The Ghost of Valentine Past - tnoelemaK

The Ghost who Came from Christmas - tnoelemaK

The Ghost Who Dreams Hopped - tnoelemaK

The Ghost who Lied - tnoelemaK

The Ghost who Loved Diamonds - tnoelemaK

The Ghost Who Says I Do - tnoelemaK

The Ghost who Stayed Home - tnoelemaK

The Ghost Who Wanted Revenge - tnoelemaK

The Ghost Who Wasn't - tnoelemaK

Brent Weeks

The Black Prism - Kanaye

The Blinder's Knife - Kanaye

The Broken Eye - Kanaye

Brooke Davis

Lost & Found - Lagie

Bryan Forbes

International Velvet - Catstaff

Bryan Young

Operation: Montauk - Purpledragonclaw

Bruce Dickinson

What Does this Button do ? - Catstaff

C.J. Cherryh

The Pride of Chanur - Catstaff

C.J. Skuse

Sweetpea - tnoelemaK

C.L. Taylor

The Accident - tnoelemaK

Cailyn Lloyd

Hayward's Revenge - tnoelemaK

Shepherd's Warning - tnoelemaK

Quinlan's Secret - tnoelemaK

Camilla Sten

Arvtagaren - tnoelemaK

Bergtagen - tnoelemaK

Midnattsblot - tnoelemaK

Carl Rocheleau

COBAYES : Benoit - Little-Star

Carol O'Connell

Bone by Bone - Lagie

Carol Ryrie Brink

Caddie Woodlawn - Catstaff

Carole Matthews

The Sweetest Taboo - Lagie

Caroline Erikkson

De försvunna - tnoelemaK

Corolyn Clowes

The Pandora Principle - Catstaff

Carolyne Keene

A Nancy Drew Christmas - tnoelemaK

Carolly Erickson

The Unfaithful Queen - Catstaff

Carrie Nichols

The Scrooge of Loon Lake - Lagie

Caryl Rivers

Girls Forever Brave and True - Catstaff

Virgins - Catstaff

Cass Green

In a Cottage in a Wood - tnoelemaK

Cat Winters

In the Shadow of Blackbirds - tnoelemaK

The Cure of Dreaming - tnoelemaK

The Raven's Tale - tnoelemaK

The Uninvited - tnoelemaK

Yesternight - tnoelemaK

Cathryn  Constable

The Wolf Princess - Lagie

Cathy Kelly

Once ina Lifetime - Lagie

Cerece Rennie Murphy, Alana Joli Abbott

Where The Veil Is Thin - Purpledragonclaw

Charles Martin

The Mountain Between Us - Lagie

Charlotte Link

The Deception - Little-Star

Christer Isaksson

För ung att dö: en mördare och hans bödel - tnoelemaK

Christy Sloat

The Archivist - tnoelemaK

The Librarian - tnoelemaK

Clara Bernice Miller

Katie - Catstaff

Clara McKenna

 Murder at Blackwater Bend - tnoekemaK

Murder at Morrington Hall - tnoelemaK

Claudia Caroll

Me & You - Lagie

Colleen Houck

The Lantern's Ember - tnoelemaK

Cindy Woodsmall

When the Heart Cries - Lagie

Cynthia Keller

An Amish Gift - Catstaff

D.N. Hoxa

Storm Witch - tnoelemaK

Dakota Krout

Dungeon Born - Kanaye

Dungeon Calamity - Kanaye

Dungeon Desolation - Kanaye

Dungeon Madness - Kanaye

Dan Brown

Angels and Demons - Little-Star

Daniel Dafoe

A Journal of the PLague Year - Catstaff

Danielle Ackley-McPhail and Day Al-Mohamed

Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn - Purpledragonclaw

Danielle Ackley-McPhail and Diana Bastine

Gaslight & Grimm : Steampunk Faerie tales - Purpledragonclaw

Darby Kane

Pretty Little Wife - tnoelemaK

Dave Pelzer

Pojken som kallades Det - tnoelemaK

David Attenborough

Life on Air : Memoirs of a Broadcaster

David Bédard

Dead: Le plus nul des pirates - Little-Star

Minerun: l'enquête - Little-Star

David Llewellyn

Doctor Who : Night of the Humans - Lagie

David Michie

The Dalai Lama’s Cat - Catstaff

The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Art of Purring - Catstaff

David Spencer

Alien Nation : Passing Fancy - Catstaff

Debbie Macomber

Cottage by the Sea - Lagie

Diana Gabaldon

Outlander - TnoelemaK

Dominic Bellavance

Un Roman dont vous êtes la victime : Laissez-les brûler - Little-Star

Donald Zochert

Laura - Catstaff

Drew Hayes

NPCs - Kanaye

Split the Party - Kanaye

E.B. White

The Trumpetof the Swan - Lagie

E.D.E Bell

Awkward Tomatoes - Purpledragonclaw

Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove - Purpledragonclaw

E.M. Forster

A Passage to India - Purpledragonclaw

Emily Organ

The Rookery - tnoelemaK

Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven - Lagie

Elisa Bialek

Jill's Victory - Catstaff

Elisa Teague

Girls on Games: A look at the Fairer Side of the Tabletop Industry - Purpledragonclaw

Elissa Wall,  Lisa Pulitzer

Stolen Innocence - Catstaff

Elizabeth Adams

A Book by Its Cover (Secrets of Mary's Bookshop) - Lagie

Eizabeth Enright

The Saturdays - Catstaff

The Four-Story Mistake  - Catstaff

Then There Were Five - Catstaff

Elizabeth J. Duncan

Untimely Death - tnoelemaK

Elizabeth Noble

Alphabet Weekends - Lagie

The Reading Group - Lagie

Ellis Peters

A Morbid Taste for Bones - Catstaff

A Rare Benedictine - Catstaff

An Excellent Mystery - Catstaff

Brother Cadfael’s Penance - Catstaff

Dead Man’s Ransom - Catstaff

Monk’s Hood  - Catstaff

One Corpse Too Many - Catstaff

St. Peter’s Fair - Catstaff

The Confession of Brother Haluin  - Catstaff

The Devil’s Novice - Catstaff

The Heretic’s Apprentice- Catstaff

The Hermit of Eyton Forest - Catstaff

The Holy Thief - Catstaff

The Leper of St. Giles - Catstaff

The Pilgrim of Hate - Catstaff

The Potter’s Field - Catstaff

The Raven in the Foregate - Catstaff

The Rose Rent - Catstaff

The Sanctuary Sparrow - Catstaff

The Summer of the Danes - Catstaff

The Virgin in the Ice - Catstaff

Emily Gunnis

Flickan i brevet - tnoelemaK

Enid Bagnold

National Velvet - Catstaff

Enid Blyton

The Children of the Cherry-Tree Farm - Lagie

Erin Dionne

Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies - Lagie

Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms - Purpledragonclaw

The Sun Also Rises - Purpledragonclaw

Esther Friesner (publisher)

Chicks in Chainmail - Catstaff

Eva Ibbotson

Which Witch - Kanaye

Evelyn James

Flight or Fancy - tnoelemaK

Memories of the Dead - tnoelemaK

Fabien Fournier

Noob Reroll light novel volume 1

Frances Hardinge

A Skinful of Shadows - tnoelemaK

Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess - Catstaff

The Secret Garden - Catstaff

Francine Rivers

A Voice in the Wind - Catstaff

An Echo in the Darkness - Catstaff

And the Shofar Blow - Catstaff

As Sure As the Dawn - Catstaff

The Atonnement Child - Catstaff

Frederick Drimmer

Very Special People - Catstaff

Gael Baudino

Gossamer Axe - Catstaff

Gadry Hendrix

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - tnoelemaK

Gayle Forman

I've Lost my Way - Lagie

Georgina Kamsika

Goddess of the North - tnoelemaK

Geronimo Stilton

Thea Stilton and the Mystery of Orient Express - Lagie

Thea Stilton and the Tropical Treasure - Lagie

Gerri Hill

Snow Falls - Lagie

Ginna LaManna

Wicked Never Sleeps - tnoelemaK

Grace Livingston Hill

Duskin - Lagie

Grady Hendrix

My Best Friend's Exorcist - tnoelemaK

Graham Bartlett

Babes in the Woods - tnoelemaK

Gretchen Olson

Call Me Hope - Lagie

Gunilla Söderholm, Ulla-Lene Österholm

Gunillas man försvann - tnoelemaK

Hannah Reed

Dressed to Kilt - tnoelemaK

Off Kilter - tnoelemaK

Hooked on Ewe - tnoelemaK

Harlan Coben

Drop Shot - Little-Star

Home - Little-Star

The Boy from the Woods - Little-Star

Harper Lee

To Kill a Mocking Bird - Catstaff

Harper Lin

A Hiss-tory of Magic - tnoelemaK

Americanos, Apple Pies and Art Thieves - tnoelemaK

Cappuccinos, Cupcakes and a Corpse - tnoelemaK

Cremas, Christmas Cookies and Crooks - tnoelemaK

Double Shots, Donuts and Dead Dudes - tnoelemaK

Espressos, Eggnogs and Evil Exes - tnoelemaK

Lattes, Ladyfingers and Lies - tnoelemaK

Macchiatos, Macarons and Malice - tnoelemaK

Margaritas, Marzipan and Murder - tnoelemaK

Tea, Tiramisu and Tough Guys - tnoelemaK

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin - Purpledragonclaw

Hazel Baron, Janet Fife-Yeomans

My Mother, A Serial Killer - tnoelemaK

Helen Dore Boylston

Sue Barton, Student Nurse - Catstaff

Sue Barton, Senior Nurse - Catstaff

Sue Barton, Visiting Nurse - Catstaff

Sue Barton, Rural Nurse - Catstaff

Sue Barton, Superintendent of Nurses - Catstaff

Sue Barton, Neighborhood Nurse - Catstaff

Sue Barton, Staff Nurse - Catstaff

Helen Haper

Dire Straits - tnoelemaK

New Order - tnoelemaK

High Stakes - tnoelemaK

Red Angel - tnoelemaK

Vigilante Vampire - tnoelemaK

Dark Tomorrow - tnoelemaK

Hester Fox

The Witch of Willow Hall - tnoelemaK

Hillary Monaham

The Hollow Girl - tnoelemaK

Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race -  tnoelemaK

Ira Levin

Rosemary's Baby - Ghostmouse

Iris Rainer Dart

The Stork Club - Catstaff

J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - tnoelemaK

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - tnoelemaK

Harry Potter and the Prisonier of Azkaban - tnoelemaK

Harry Potter and the Globlet of Fire - Little-Star, tnoelemaK

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix - tnoelemaK

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - tnoelemaK

J.R.R. Tolkien

Lord of the Rings : Fellowship of the Ring - Little-Star

Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers - Little-Star

Jack London

White Fang - purpledragonclaw

James Joyce

Dubliners - purpledragonclaw

James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein

Word of Mouse - Lagie

Jane Green

Family Picture - Lagie

Janet Kagan

Uhura's Song - Catstaff

Janet Taylor Lisle

Highway Cats - Lagie

Janet Skeslien Charles

The Paris Labrary - Lagie

Janine Galliano

The Inheritance - tnoelemaK

Jean Lemieux

Les Clefs du Silence - Little-Star

Les Demoiselles de Havre-Aubert - Little-Star

On Finit toujours par payer - Little-Star

Jean Lorrah

The IDIC Epidemic - Catstaff

The Vulcan Academy of Murders - Catstaff

Jean M Auel

The Clan of the Cave Bear - Catstaff

The Mamouth Hunters - Catstaff

The Plains of Passage - Catstaff

The Shelters of Stone - Catstaff

The Valley of Horses - Catstaff

Jean-François Vinet

Un Roman dont vous êtes la victime: Par les liens du Sang - Little-Star

Jeane Westin

Love and Glory - Catstaff

Jeff Goodell

The Water Will Come : Rising Sea, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of Civilized World - Lagie

Jennifer Ryan

The Childburry Ladies' Choir - Lagie

Jennifer McMahon

The Drowning Kind - tnoelemaK

Jenny Colgan

500 Miles from you - Lagie

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery - Lagie

Christmas at the Island Hotel - Lagie

Christmas on the Island - Lagie

Doctor Who: Star Tales - Lagie

Little Beach Street Bakery - Lagie

Meet Me at Cupcake cafe - Lagie

Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery - Lagie

Sweetshop of Dreams - Lagie

The Bookshop on the Corner - Lagie

The Bookshop on the Shore - Lagie

The Cafe by the Sea - Lagie

The Endless Beach - Lagie

The Good, the Bad, and the Dumped - Lagie

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris - Lagie

Jenny Nimmo

The Dragon's Child - Lagie

Jerry Spinelli

Stargirl - Lagie

Jill Mansell

Sheer Mischief - Lagie

Jim Butcher

Brief cases - Purpledragonclaw

Changes - Purpledragonclaw

Cold Day - Purpledragonclaw

Dead Beat - Purpledragonclaw

Ghost Story - Purpledragonclaw

Proven Guilty - Purpledragonclaw

Small Favor - Purpledragonclaw

Skin Games - Purpledragonclaw

Turn Coat - Purpledragonclaw

White Night - Purpledragonclaw

Jim Defede

The Day of the World Came to Twon : 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland - Catstaff

Jill Mansell

Two's Comapny - Lagie

Jim Wallis

America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America - tnoelemaK

Joan Wolf

Daughter of the Red Deer - Catstaff

The Horsemasters - Catstaff

Joanna Campbell

The Thoroughbred - Catstaff

Joe Hill

Heart-Shaped Box - tnoelemaK

John Boyne

This House is Haunted - tnoelemaK

John Berendt

The City of Falling Angels - Lagie

John Conway, C.M. Kosemen and Darren Naish

All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaures and Other prehistoric Animals - GhostMouse

John M Ford

The Final Reflection - catstaff

John Hall

Is He or Isn't He - Lagie

Jon Steward

Earth (The Book) - Lagie

Jonathan Brooks

The Crafter's Dungeon - Kanaye

The Crafter's Defence - Kanaye

The Crafter's Dillema - Kanaye

The Crafter's Dominion - Kanaye

Jonathan Stratham

The Books of Dragons - Purpledragonclaw

Jordaina Sydney Robinson

Beyond Dead - tnoelemaK

Dead and Buried - tnoelemaK

A Little More Dead - tnoelemaK

Deader Still - tnoelemaK

Utterly Dead - tnoelemaK

Dead Completely - tnoelemaK

Unexpectedly Dead - tnoelemaK

Josephine Moon

The Chocolate Apothecary - Lagie

Josh Malerman

The Bird Box - Kanaye

Joshilyn Jackson

Mother May I - tnoelemaK

Joyce Magnin

Harriet Beamer Takes the Bus - Lagie

Judith Miller

A Simple Change - Lagie

Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Alien Nation : The Day of Descent - Catstaff

Judy Blume

Blubber - Lagie

Here's to you, Rachel Robinson - Lagie

It's Not the End of the World - Lagie

Julia Ecklar

The Kobayashi Maru - catstaff

Julia Fenton

Black Tie Only - Catstaff

Julia Quinn

An Offer from the Gentleman - tnoelemaK

The Duke and I - tnoelemaK

The Viscount Who Loved Me - tnoelemaK

Julie Ellis

Commitment - Catstaff

Loyalties - Catstaff

The Velvet Jungle - Catstaff

Justin Richards

Doctor Who: Silhouette - Lagie

K.J. Taylor

The Shadow's Heart - Purpledragonclaw

The Shadowed Throne - Purpledragonclaw

K.W. Jeter

Alien Nation: Dark Horizon - Ctastaff

Alien Nation: Cross and Blood - Catstaff

Karen Swan

The Christmas Party - tnoelemaK

Karin Kallmaker

Roller Coaster - Lagie

Stepping Stone - Lagie

Unforgettable - Lagie

Kate Morton

The House at Riverton - Lagie

Kate Murray Browne

The Upstairs Room - tnoelemaK

Kate Seredy

The Good Master - Catstaff

Kathi Daley

Pumpkins in Paradise - tnoelemaK

Kathrine A. Ouellet

Les Guerriers des Ténèbres: La quête du Griffon - Little-Star

Kathryn Cushman

Almost Amish - Catstaff

Kathryn Kenny

Trixie Belden #7: The Mysterious Code - Lagie

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

How To Get Free - tnoelemaK

Kel Carpenter

Lucifer's Daughter - tnoelemaK

Infernal Desires - tnoelemaK

Wicked Games - tnoelemaK

Kelly Ann Riley

Disappearing Acts (Secrets of Mary's Bookshop) - Lagie

Kerri Rawson

A Serial Killer's Daugther : My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming - tnoelemaK

 Kevin Crossley-Holland

The Norse Myths - Purpledragonclaw

Kim Harrison

Dead Witch Walking - tnoelemaK

Kim Simmons

House of Secrets - Lagie

Kimberly McCreight

A Good Marriage - tnoelemaK

Krishan K. Bedi

Engineering a Life - Catstaff

Kristin Hannah

The Four Winds - Lagie

Kristine Cashore

Bitterblue - Kanaye

Fire - Kanaye

Kristina Ohlsson

Sjuka Själar - tnoelemaK

L.A. Graf

Alien Nation: Extreme Prejudice - Catsaff

L.M. Montgomery

Akin to Anne - Catstaff

Anne of Green Gabbles - Catstaff

Anne of Avolean - Catstaff

Anne of the Island - Catstaff

Anne of Windy Poplars - Catstaff

Anne's House of Dreams - Catstaff

Anne of Ingleside - Catstaff

Rainbow's Valley - Catstaff

Rilla of Ingleside - Catstaff

L.P. Sicard

Dead : Le plus nuls des magiciens - Little-Star

Les Contes Interdits : Blanche Neige - Little-Star

Un Roman dont vous êtes la victime: Hymne à la Vengeance - Little-Star

L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

Path of Bones - tnoelemaK

Whisper of Bones - tnoelemaK

Laura Marshall

Vänförfrågan - tnoelemaK

Lauren DeStephano

Fever - Lagie

Sever - Lagie

Wither - Lagie

Laurie Halse Anderson

Fever 1793 - Lagie

Lee Wyndham

Candy Stripers - Catstaff

Leighann Dobbs

A Grave Mistake - tnoelemaK

A Murderous Affair - tnoelemaK

An Invitation to Murder - tnoelemaK

Buried Secrets - tnoelemaK

Dead & Buried - tnoelemaK

Dead Tides - tnoelemaK

Dead Wrong - tnoelemaK

Deadly Intentions - tnoelemaK

Fatal Fortune - tnoelemaK

Hidden Secrets - tnoelemaK

Murder on Charles Street

Murder at the Ice Ball - tnoelemaK

Spell Found - tnoelemaK

The Baffling Burglaries of Bath - tnoelemaK

Leonard Gross

The Last Jews in Berlin - Catstaff

Liane Moriarty

The Hypnotist's Love Story - Lagie

Lionel Shriver

We Need to Talk About Kevin - tnoelemaK

Lisa Hall

Have You Seen her ? - tnoelemaK

The Party - tnoelemaK

Between You and Me - tnoelemaK

Tell Me No Lies - tnoelemaK

The Perfect Couple - tnoelemaK

Lisa Heartfield

Such Pretty Things - tnoelemaK

Lisa Stone

The Cottage - tnoelemaK

Liz Braswell

A Whole New World - Kanaye

Loretta Lynn, George Vescey

Coal Miner's Daughter - Catstaff

Lori Duron

Raising my Rainbow - Catstaff

Lorraine Beim

Triumph Clear - Catstaff

Louisa May Alcott

Eight Cousins - Catstaff

Jack and Jill - Catstaff

Jo's Boys - Catstaff

Little Men - Catstaff

Little Woman - Catstaff

Rose in Bloom - Catstaff

Under the Lilacs - Catstaff

Louise Doughty

Whatever You Love - Lagie

Lucy Foley

The Hunting Party - tnoelemaK

The Guest List - tnoelemaK

Lucy May

A Spell to Tell - tnoelemaK

Witch is When it Gets Crazy - tnoelemaK

Witch You Wouln'd Believe - tnoelemaK

Lulu Taylor

A Midwinter Promise - tnoelemaK

Lydia Sherrer

Beginnings - tnoelemaK

Revelations - tnoelemaK

Allies - tnoelemaK

Lyn Denison

Past Remembering - Lagie

Lynne Truss

Talk to the Hand - Lagie

M.L. Bullock

A Haunting at Dixie House - tnoelemaK

A Haunting on Bloodgood Row - tnoelemaK

Guinevere Forever - tnoelemaK

Guinevere Unconquered - tnoelemaK

The Creature on Crenshaw Road - tnoelemaK

The Ghost Lights of Forrest Field - tnoelemaK

The Ghost of Gabrielle Bonet - tnoelemaK

The Ghosts of the Crescent Theater - tnoelemaK

The Legend of the Ghost Queen - tnoelemaK

The Undead Queen of Camelot - tnoelemaK

M.R. James

Collected Ghost Stories - GhostMouse

Madeleine L'Engle 

A Ring of Endless Light - Catstaff

Meet the Austins - Catstaff

The Moon By Night - Catstaff

Mape Ollila

Once Upon a Nightwish: The Early Years - Catstaff

Marc Tassin and John Helfers

Champions of Aetaltis - Purpledragonclaw

Marissa Finch

Dirty Liar - tnoelemaK

Mark A Roeder

Someone is Watching - Kanaye

Margaret J. Anderson

Searching for Shona - Catstaff

Margaret  Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale - Catstaff

Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman

Dragon Wings - Purpledragonclaw

Test of the Twins - Purpledragonclaw

Time of the Twins - Purpledragonclaw

War of the Twins - Purpledragonclaw

Margit Sandemo

Den svarta ängeln - tnoelemaK

Farlig flykt - tnoelemaK

Flickan med silverhåret

Nattens tårar - tnoelemaK

Skogen har många ögon - tnoelemaK

Snäckan - tnoelemaK

Maria Engstrand

Hålsjön - tnoelemaK

Marie McSwigan

Snow Treasure - Catstaff

Marie Killilea

Karen - Catstaff

With Love from Karen - Catstaff

Mario Puzo

The Godfather - Catstaff

Marissa Meyer

Cinder - Kanaye

Mary Balogh

Someone to Hold - Lagie

Mary Ellis

A Widow’s Hope - Catstaff

An Amish Family Reunion  - Catstaff

Never Far from Home - Catstaff

The Way to a Man’s Heart - Catstaff

Mary Kubica

Local Woman Missing - tnoelemaK

The Other Mrs - tnoelemaK

When the Lights Go Out - tnoelemaK

Every Last Lie - tnoelemaK

Mary L Trump

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man - Purpledragonclaw

Mary Monica Pulver

Murder at the War - Catstaff

Mary Weber

The Best the Boys - tnoelemaK

Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark

Cirkeln - tnoelemaK

Eld - tnoelemaK

Nyckeln - tnoelemaK

Mattias Edvardsson

En helt vanlig familj - tnoelemaK

Maude Ruckstuhl

Les Contes Interdits: Rumpelstiltskin - Little-Star

Melanie Benjamin

Alice I Have Been - Lagie

Melanie R. Meadors and Alan Joli Abbott

Knaves: A Blackguards Anthology - Purpledragonclaw

Melissa Wiley

Little House in the Highlands - Lagie

Mercedes Lackey

Aerie - Catstaff

Alta - Catstaff

Beauty and the Werewolf - Kanaye

Exile's Honor - Catstaff

Exile's Valor - Catstaff

Foundation - Kanaye

Fortune's Fool - Kanaye

Home from the Sea - Catstaff

Joust - Catstaff

Magic's Pawn - Catstaff

Magic's Promise - Catstaff

Magic's Price - Catstaff

One Good Knight - Kanaye

Passages: All-New Tales of Valdemar - Purpledragonclaw

Pheonix and Ashes - Catstaff

Reserved for the Cat - Catstaff

Sanctuary - Catstaff

Spy, Spy Again - Purpledragonclaw

Steadfast - Catstaff

Take a Thief - Kanaye, Catstaff

The Fairy Godmother - Kanaye

The Fire Rose - Catstaff

The Gate of Sleep - Catstaff

The Serpent's Shadow - Catstaff

The Sleeping Beauty - Kanaye

The Snow Queen - Kanaye

The Wizard of London - Catstaff

Unnatural Issue - Catstaff

Michael Bennett

Things That Make White Poeple Unconfortable - tnoelemaK

Michael Ende

Momo - Lagie

Michael Dobbs

Goodfellowe MP - Lagie

Michele Campbell

It's Always the Husband - tnoelemaK

She Was the Quiet One - tnoelemaK

Michelle Frances

The Girldfriend - tnoelemaK

Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark - tnoelemaK

Minerva Carridwen

The Dragon of Ynys - Purpledragonclaw

Miranda Liasson

Then There Was You - Lagie

Miriam Morrison

Recipe for Disaster - Lagie

Monica Seles

Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self - Lagie

Nancy Farmer

The House of the Scorpion - Lagie

Nancy Revell

The Shipyard Girls - Lagie

Nancy Rue and Stephen Arterburn

Healing Waters : A Sullivan Crisp Novel

Natalie Summers

Chasms and Charms - tnoelemaK

Highlands and Hexes - tnoelemaK

Mountains and Magic - tnoelemaK

Summits and Spells - tnoelemaK

Natasha Solomons

Mr. Rosenblum's List - Lagie

Nicola Yoon

Everything, Everything - Lagie

Nicole Mones

The Last Chinese Chef -Lagie

Nicholas Pileggi

Wise Guys - Catstaff

Nora Roberts

Dödligt villospår - tnoelemaK

Gömstället - tnoelemaK

Norman F. Cantor

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death & the World It Made - Lagie

Nova Wilson

Crossing Over Easy - tnoelemaK

Dead Witch walking - tnoelemaK

Death Metal - tnoelemaK

First Real Problem - tnoelemaK

Gone Witch - tnoelemaK

Hallow's Faire in Love and War - tnoelemaK

Happily Hereafter - tnoelemaK

Love Spells Trouble - tnoelemaK

Old Haunts - tnoelemaK

Psych Out - tnoelemaK

Queso de los Muertos - tnoelemaK

Storm a-Brewin' - tnoelemaK

Thrid Knock the Charm - tnoelemaK

Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game - Lagie

P.J. Doolittle

Echoes of Circonstance - Catstaff

Edge of Change - Catstaff

Touch in the Dark - Catstaff

Uncertain Fire - Catstaff

Patricia Briggs

Moon Called - Kanaye

Blood Bound - Kanaye

Iron Kissed - Kanaye

Patricia Bossano ft. Kelsey E. Gerard

Seven Ghostly Spins - Purpledragonclaw

Paul Tremblay

Disappearance at Devil's Rock - tnoelemaK

Paula Hawkins

Into the Water - Lagie

Paulo Coelho

Brida - Lagie

Pavel Kornev

The Dead Rogue - Kanaye

Kingdom of the Dead - Kanaye

Deadman's Retinue - Kanaye

Peter David

Alien Nation : Body and Soul - Catstaff

Peter James

The Secret of Cold Hill - tnoelemaK

Peter Fröberg Idling

Nidamörkur - tnoelemaK

Philip Freeman

Sacrifice - tnoelemaK

Philip K. Dick

The Manin the High Castle - Lagie

R.J. Palacio

Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories - Lagie

Rachel Hawkins

The Wife Upostairs - tnoelemaK

Rachel Maddow

Blowout - Lagie

Rainbow Rowell

Attachments - Lagie

Landline - Lagie

Raina Telgermeier

Drama - Lagie

Sisters - Lagie

Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - tnoelemaK

Rebecca Solnit

Hope in the Dark - purpledragonclaw

Richard and Florence Atwater

Mr. Popper's Pingouins - Lagie

Richard Matherson

A Stir of Echoes - tnoelemaK

Richelle LaFleur

Love In Arms - Catstaff

Robert Vaughn

Cold War - Catstaff

Dawn of the Century - Catstaff

Flower Children - Catstaff

Hard Times  - Catstaff

Over There - Catstaff

Portals of Hell - Catstaff

The Iron Curtain - Catstaff

The Lost Generation - Catstaff

The New Frontier  - Catstaff

Roger Bellini

Neverland's Library - Purpledragonclaw

Ronald Malfi

Come With me - tnoelemaK

Rose Wilder Lane, Roger Lea MacBide

Rose Wilder Lane: Her Story - Lagie

Rosie Thomas

The Potter's House - Lagie

Ruth Walker

Air Force Wives - Catstaff

Rings - Catstaff

The Club - Catstaff

S.E. England

Father of Lies - tnoelemaK

Tanners Dell - tnoelemaK

Magda - tnoelemaK

The Soprano - tnoelemaK

The Owlmen - tnoelemaK

Sadie Chesterfield

Despicable Me 3: The Junior Level - Lagie

Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives : A Memoir - tnoelemaK

Sally Vickers

Miss Garnet's Angel - Lagie

Sam Anderson

Boom Town - Purpledragonclaw

Sam Short

Broomsticks and Bones - tnoelemaK

Spells and Cells - tnoelemaK

Witch Way to Spellbinder Bay - tnoelemaK

Samuel Bercholz

A Guided Tour of Hell: A Graphic Memoir - Purpledragonclaw

Samuel Karlsson

Höstmorden - tnoelemaK

I mördarens skugga - tnoelemaK

Morden på Mörkö - tnoelemaK

Sara Bourgeois

A Clean Sweep - tnoelemaK

Broom with a View - tnoelemaK

Doom and Broom - tnoelemaK

If the Broom Fits - tnoelemaK

Panic Broom - tnoelemaK

Sara Gilbert

A League of their Own - Catstaff

Sarah J Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses - tnoelemaK

A Court of Mist and Fury - tnoelemaK

A Court of Wings and Ruin - tnoelemaK

A Court of Frost and Starlight - tnoelemaK

Throne of Glass - Little-Star

Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks

The Wife Between Us - tnoelemaK

Sarah Sundin

A Memory Between Us - Catstaff

Blue Sky Tomorrow - Catstaff

Sean Michael

Found - Kanaye

Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley

Five Nights at Freddy's: The Fourth Closet - Purpledragonclaw

Shari Lapena

The Couple Next Dorr - Lagie

Sharon Wagner

Gypsy and Nimblefoot - Catstaff

Gypsy and the Moonstone Stallion - Catstaff

Gypsy From Nowhere - Catstaff

Shinobu Gotho

Passion - Kanaye

Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle - tnoelemaK

Simon Rousseau

Dead: Le plus nul des chevaliers - Little-Star

La Bête Originelle - Little-Star

Les Contes Interdits : La Belle et la Bête - Little-Star

Les Contes Interdits : Peter Pan - Little-Star

Un Roman dont vous êtes la victime : Le prince Pourpre - Little-Star

Une enquête d'Oswald Taylor : Les Pages Perdues de Kells - Little-Star

Une enquête d'Oswald Taylor : Les sacrifiés Inconnus - Little-Star

Stephanie Foster

Rhythm of Love - Ctastaff

Stephen King

Carrie - Catstaff

Christine - GhoustMouse

Firestarter - Catstaff

From a Buick 8 - GhostMouse

Later - GhostMouse

Lisey's Story - GhostMouse

Misery - GhoustMouse

Revival - GhostMouse

Skeleton Crew - GhostMouse

The Ruines - GhostMouse

The Running Man (as Richard Bachman) - GhostMouse

Under the Dome - GhostMouse

Joyland - GhostMouse

Steve Frech

Nightingale House - tnoelemaK

Steve Laflamme

Les Contes Interdits : Peau d'âne - Little-Star

Steven Levenkron

The Luckiest Girl in the World - Catstaff

The Best Little Girl in the World - Catstaff

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Fantasy Summer - Catstaff

Susan Clement Farrar

Samantha on Stage - Catstaff

Susan Neiman

Learning From the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil - tnoelemaK

Susanne Jansson

Offermossen - tnoelemaK

Suzanne Wood Fisher

The Revealing - Lagie

Svetlana Chmakova

Awkward - Lagie

Sydney Taylor

All-of-a-Kind Family - Catstaff

All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown - Catstaff

More All-of-a-Kind Family - Catstaff

All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown - Catstaff

Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family - Catstaff

Sylvain Johnson

La Perle Scandinave  - Little-Star

Les contes interdits: Le joueur de flute de Hamelin - Little-Star

Un Dieu Parmi les Hommes - Little-Star

T. Kingfisher

The Hollow Places - tnoelemaK

The Twisted Ones - tnoelemaK

Tamora Pierce

In the Hand of the Goddess - Kanaye

Tarryn Fisher

The Wrong Family - tnoelemaK

Tegan Maher

Sweet Murder - tnoelemaK

Terry Goodkind

Faith of the Fallens - Kanaye

Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Good Omens - Little-Star

Thomas Harris

The Silence of the Lambs - Catstaff

Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Hex - GhostMouse

Timo Isoaho

Nightwish: We Were Here - Catstaff

Timo Kangasluoma

Marco Hietala: Stainless ? - Catstaff

Tom Clancy

Debt of Honor - Catstaff

Executive Orders - Catstaff

Patriot Games - Catstaff

The Bear and the Dragon - Catstaff

The Hunt for Red October - Catstaff

The Teeth of the Tiger - Catstaff

Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, with Neil Strauss

Motley Crue: The Dirt - Catstaff

Tove Jansson

Finn Family Momintroll - Lagie

Tory Hayden

Just Another Kid - Catstaff

One Child - Catstaff

Somebody's else Kids - Catstaff

The Tiger's Child - Catstaff

Tracy Chevalier

Girl with a Pearl Earring - Catstaff

Uzodinma Iweala 

Speak no Evil - tnoelemaK

Victor Milan

The Dinosaur Princess - Purpledragonclaw

Victoria Schwab

The Near Witch - tnoelemaK

Wendy Holden

A Wiew to Kilt - tnoelemaK

Wendy Mass

11 Birthdays - Lagie

The Candymakers - Lagie

Wendy Webb

The Vanishing - tnoelemaK

Wendy Wang

Devil's Snare - tnoelemaK

Haunting Charlie - tnoelemaK

The Witches Ladder - tnoelemaK

Wayward Spirits - tnoelemaK

William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist - tnoelemaK

Willow Mason

A Bone to Pixie - tnoelemaK

Pixie Me Up - tnoelemaK

Pixie-Lated - tnoelemaK

Yevgeny Zayatin

WE - Lagie

Yvan Godbout

Auteur Maudit, maudit auteur - Little-Star

 

Edited September 10, 2021 by Little-Star

[catstaff]

Still here, still unemployed, of course I'm signing up again!

 

Hey, did we ever come to a consensus about what is or isn't a textbook? I figure we ought to make sure everyone's on the same page before the new challenge kicks off.

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I did find this exchange, back in the 2012-2013 challenge thread:

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Out of interest, when you say that "The only books that do not count are textbooks", where do you draw the line of 'textbook'? Is it any non-fiction text, or just 'school' textbooks? For example, were I to read The Mythical Man-Month, "a book on software engineering and project management"*, would it count or not?

 

*(not exactly the most riveting theme, I know, but it's considered a fairly seminal work about software engineering)

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@Zaxian: The example you put doesn't sound like a textbook to me, although the only thing I know about the book is what wikipedia says. What I would consider textbooks are schoolbooks and college books like Guyton's Textbook of Medical Physiology.

(The question was at the bottom of page three of the thread, the answer somewhere on page five. Bolding is mine for emphasis.)

 

Asking because while school-type books are obviously out, as are things like cookbooks and the Idiot's Guide or ___ For Dummies instructional books, I don't think we ever did get a clear agreement on things like my gardening books or water_angel's Successful Berry Growing. As I recall, you two exchanged PMs and that one ended up counted, while I chose to just read something else instead since I knew I was going to make 250 either way. I figure it'll save everyone time and trouble if this is clarified now rather than when someone posts a nonfiction that isn't a repeat of something you've already accepted in the 2019-2020 challenge.

[Little-Star]

For me, if the inside looks something like this (even if not schoolbook) it would be a textbook no question asked (maybe I am wrong ?). For other books I'm not really sure to which point it is one. 

Edited July 18, 2020 by Little-Star

[purpledragonclaw]

Of course I'm signing up again, yes indeed! 

[Lagie]

Every year I plan to sign up, and every year I post nothing. Maybe better luck this year? Especially as I managed to polish this book off in one day, I enjoyed it so much (plus with a hurricane and Covid lockdown and no power, there wasn't much else I could do!):

 

Book Number: 1

Number Of Pages: 270

Book Title: The Last Chinese Chef

Author: Nicole Mones

Summary: Recently-widowed Maggie travels to China to settle a claim against her husband's estate, and combines the trip with a for-work profile of Sam, who is a gifted chef.

Rating: 5/5

[tnoelemaK]

I wasn't all that active on the forum last year, but I'll try again this round. Signing up.

Book Number: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Book Title: Hålsjön
Author: Maria Engstrand
Summary: (optional)
Rating: (optional)
Review: (optional)

[catstaff]

This one seemed oddly appropriate to kick off with, given the current condition of the world...

 

Book Number: 1
Number Of Pages: unknown - read online at Project Gutenberg - pasting the text into Word gives me a word-count of just under 95K, so I'm guessing between 250 and 300 paperback-sized pages.
Book Title: A Journal of the Plague Year https://www.gutenberg.org/files/376/376-h/376-h.htm
Author: Daniel Dafoe
Summary: A journal-style account of one man's life in London during the Black Plague of 1665. It describes the fear of contagion, people trying to escape to "safe" places that hadn't yet reported any plague, travel bans, quarantine, and difficulties in obtaining food and fuel at times.

 

What do you know, historical fiction existed back in 1722! Author Daniel Dafoe would have been about five when the plague struck, and it is believed that he wrote this book based on stories and possibly diaries from his uncle.

Edited August 2, 2020 by catstaff

[Little-Star]

53 minutes ago, catstaff said:

This one seemed oddly appropriate to kick off with, given the current condition of the world...

 

Book Number: 1
Number Of Pages: unknown - read online at Project Gutenberg - pasting the text into Word gives me a word-count of just under 95K, so I'm guessing between 250 and 300 paperback-sized pages.
Book Title: A Journal of the Plague Year
Author: Daniel Dafoe
Summary: A journal-style account of one man's life in London during the Black Plague of 1665. It describes the fear of contagion, people trying to escape to "safe" places that hadn't yet reported any plague, travel bans, quarantine, and difficulties in obtaining food and fuel at times.

 

What do you know, historical fiction existed back in 1722! Author Daniel Dafoe would have been about five when the plague struck, and it is believed that he wrote this book based on stories and possibly diaries from his uncle.

 

for this one I will accept just the word count, no need to try find a page count when there is none. Thought you need to post the link to the story itself not the general website . Like this (picked one at random): http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8129/pg8129-images.html

 

Edit: I found the book on amazon and it says the paperback version has 336 pages. 

Edited August 2, 2020 by Little-Star

[catstaff]

13 minutes ago, Little-Star said:

 

for this one I will accept just the word count, no need to try find a page count when there is none. Thought you need to post the link to the story itself not the general website . Like this (picked one at random): http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8129/pg8129-images.html

 

Edit: I found the book on amazon and it says the paperback version has 336 pages. 

 

Will fix and remember for next time.

[purpledragonclaw]

Book Number: 1

Number Of Pages: 348

Book Title: Five Nights at Freddy's: The Fourth Closet

Author: Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley

Summary: This is the conclusion to Scott Cawthon's trilogy about the events surrounding the original Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria and how they tie in to the new pizzeria that opened up in Hurricane, the town where it all happened. 

 

I highly recommend this series, even if you're not a Five Nights at Freddy's fan, this is a really good trilogy.

 

[Lagie]

Book Number: 2
Number Of Pages: 358
Book Title: Speaking from Among the Bones
Author: Alan Bradley
Summary: Eleven-year-old detective Flavia de Luce becomes involved in yet another death in her small village, this time that of the church organist.

 

Book Number: 3

Number Of Pages: 272

Book Title: In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death & the World It Made

Author: Norman F. Cantor

Summary: This book discusses life before, during and after the Black Death including multiple theories on its origins.

Rating: 2.5/5

Review: Rambles a lot!

 

 

Book Number: 4

Number Of Pages: 328

Book Title: The Sweetest Taboo

Author: Carole Matthews

Summary: Sadie Nelson moves from London to Hollywood and finds herself with not one but two men in her life. How will she choose?

 

Book Number: 5

Number Of Pages: 369

Book Title: Whatever You Love

Author: Louise Doughty

Summary: After the death of Laura's nine-year-old daughter is ruled an accident in a hit-and-run, Laura decides to take revenge into her own hands.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Lagie
Coding repair & adding book

[purpledragonclaw]

Book Number: 2

Number Of Pages: 513

Book Title: Dead Beat

Author: Jim Butcher

Summary: Harry Dresden returns, this time trying to protect his friend being blackmailed by vampires of the Black Court from mortal crimes committed to protect the city of Chicago. In order to protect her, he must race against time and necromancers to recover a tome written by the best necromancer of all time, all while not telling anyone about what he's doing.

[Lagie]

Book Number: 6

Number Of Pages: 259

Book Title: The Man in the High Castle

Author: Philip K. Dick

Summary: It's America in 1962, but the United States lost a war and is now occupied jointly by Nazi Germany and Japan.

[Little-Star]

Book Number: 1

Number Of Pages: 318

Book Title: Meganyia

Author: Alex Tremm 

Summary: Meganyia is an FBI agent, on day she got teamed up with someone from the secret service about a case of robbery. She discover that the culprits aren't from Earth, and netheir she is. 

[Lagie]

Book Number: 7

Number Of Pages: 133

Book Title: Despicable Me 3: The Junior Novel

Author: Sadie Chesterfield

Summary: When Gru loses his job at the Anti-Villain League and won't return to a life of crime, the Minions quit, and then Gru's long-lost twin brother reappears.

Review: While not great literature, I needed something light after Philip K. Dick!

[GhostMouse]

Book Number: 1

Number Of Pages: 721

Book Title: Christine

Author: Stephen King

Summary: It's love at first sight for Arnie when he first spots Christine, a '58 white over red Plymouth Fury, who appears to everyone else to only be fit for the junkyard. Christine isn't the only one to change as Arnie starts working on repairs; repairs that are happening too quickly, and often without his knowledge. His friends and family are concerned as Christine begins to take over Arnie's life, but they can barely comprehend just how far she'll go and what else she's capable of.

Review: I wasn't sure what to expect from this one. I feel like everyone knows Christine = killer car, but I never hear the book or the movie talked about much, even from King fans. So I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it! Even at over 700 pages, it didn't feel too long, and a few of the scenes genuinely made me uneasy, which is something I rarely get from written horror. (I'm also really excited to finally watch the movie now, especially since learning it's a John Carpenter movie with [a lot of?] practical effects.)

[Lagie]

Book Number: 8

Number Of Pages: 468

Book Title: The Mountain Between Us

Author: Charles Martin

Summary: When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together. When tragedy strikes, Ashley and Ben find themselves in Utah's most remote wilderness in the dead of winter. How will they make it out?

Review: Gripping. I don't often finish a book this length in basically one day (being on vacation helps!).

[catstaff]

Book Number: 2

Number Of Pages: 323

Book Title: The Fiddler

Author: Beverly Lewis

Summary: Englischer Amelia and Amishman Michael are caught between familial expectations and their own hopes. Violinist Amelia loves music but is tired of the concert-tour life. Michael is supposed to join his family’s church, yet wants to study drafting and architecture. When Amelia, driving home from a clandestine gig fiddling with a country band, takes a wrong turn in a blinding rainstorm and winds up in Hickory Hollow, Michael offers her shelter for the night, and the two strike up a friendship that might change both their lives forever.

 

Book Number: 3

Number Of Pages: 314

Book Title: The Bridesmaid

Author: Beverly Lewis

Summary: “Three times a bridesmaid, never a bride,” are the words Joanna Kurtz hears upon agreeing to be her cousin’s bridesmaid. What no one knows is that Joanna does have a young man interested in her… because Eben Troyer doesn’t live in Hickory Hollow. He wants to move to Hickory Hollow to be with her, but is held back out of duty to his parents and their farm. And Joanna’s sister discovers her secret love of creative writing, she tattles to Hickory Hollow’s bishop, which proves disastrous for Joanna’s chances of gaining permission to move to Shipshewana instead.

 

Book Number: 4

Number Of Pages: 343

Book Title: The Secret Keeper

Author: Beverly Lewis

Summary: All her life, Jennifer felt out of place in the modern world, always yearning for a simpler life and fascinated by the Amish. To the shock of her friends and family, she decided to move to an Amish community and seek admission to the church there. Boarding with Rebecca and Samuel, whose adopted daughter was shunned for turning away from the Amish church, Jenny found herself facing many challenges both physical and spiritual in her attempt to gain the approval of the community.

 

Book Number: 5

Number Of Pages: 341

Book Title: The Guardian

Author: Beverly Lewis

Summary: Jodi, a teacher house-sitting in Lancaster County after her twin sister's death, finds a lost little Amish girl. When she returns little Sarah to her family, they welcome her warmly. Jodi is job-hunting, so the church elders and school board offer her a temporary post teaching in the local school. She accepts, and Sarah’s widowed mother Maryanne offers to board her for the duration of her job. The two women become close despite their separate backgrounds, and help one another come to terms with the sorrows of their pasts.

 

Book Number: 6

Number Of Pages: 327

Book Title: The Last Bride

Author: Beverly Lewis

Summary: Amishwoman Tessie wants to marry Marcus, but her father unexpectedly refuses permission. Tessie and Marcus elope. Afterwards, Tessie learns Marcus's family is at high risk for genetic problems. Marcus is killed in an accident, then Tessie discovers she's pregnant - and the marriage license disappeared with Marcus's personal belongings. Refusing to admit to premarital relations, she expects shaming from the bishop and church. Then Marcus's journal turns up, the marriage license inside exonerating her of wrongdoing.

 

Book Number: 7

Number Of Pages: 325

Book Title: The Ebb Tide

Author: Beverly Lewis

Summary: Sallie wanted to travel. She saved for a trip to Australia, intending to join the Amish church afterward, but donated the money towards her nephew's medical needs instead. So when an Englisch family offers her a summer job as a nanny in their seaside home, she accepts, figuring it's her last chance to see something of the world. While there, she meets a Mennonite man and begins to re-think her decision to join the church.

 

Book Number: 8

Number Of Pages: 250

Book Title: Candy Stripers

Author: Lee Wyndham

Summary: Fourteen year old Bonnie joined the Candy Stripers on a whim, and while she mostly enjoyed the work, she sometimes wondered why she’d bothered, as she had no real interest in nursing. But when a tragedy struck the town, she discovered just how much the hospital and her work there meant to her.

 

Book Number: 9

Number Of Pages: 345

Book Title: Very Special People

Author: Frederick Drimmer

Summary: Nonfiction. This book explores the lives of human oddities; people who, in years past, often had no choice but to work in the “freak tent” sideshow of a circus… conjoined twins, armless or legless people, giants and dwarfs, and people with other genetic abnormalities or deformities.

[Lagie]

Book Number: 9

Number Of Pages: 212

Book Title: Brida

Author: Paulo Coelho

Summary: Bridget, a young Irish girl, has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more.

[purpledragonclaw]

Book Number: 3

Number Of Pages: 547

Book Title: Proven Guilty

Author: Jim Butcher

Summary: Harry Dresden returns, now as a Warden to the White Council. As he adjusts to his new responsibilities he must contend with problems in Faery and solving the mystery of black magic loose in the city.

[Lagie]

Book Number: 10

Number Of Pages: 303

Book Title: Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

Author: R. J. Palacio

Summary: Three extra stories take a peek at Auggie from Wonder through the eyes of Julian, Christopher, and Charlotte.

 

Book Number: 11

Number Of Pages: 463

Book Title: Bone by Bone

Author: Carol O'Connell

Summary: In the town of Coventry, two teenage brothers go into the woods, but only one comes back. Now Josh is coming home ... bone by bone.

Review: Normally I race through this author's books. This was a slog. But, I didn't solve the mystery so I guess it's well-written!

 

Book Number: 12

Number Of Pages: 101

Book Title: The Cleverness of Ladies

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Summary: There are times when ladies must use all their wisdom and good sense to face life's problems and mysteries. Five tales of love, heartbreak, hope, and the cleverness of ladies.

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[Little-Star]

Book Number: 2

Number Of Pages: 323

Book Title: Les Contes Interdits: Le joueur de flûte de Hamelin (would translate as : The Forbidden Tales : Pied Piper of  Hamelin)

Author: Sylvain Johnson (even with an english last name and living in the USA, the author is from a french speaking region and only write in french)

Summary: After 20 years in prison, Denis is finally free. He decided to go live in the United States, once he arrive in a small town of Maine, he got involved in a invesgation about young blond women who have been desapearing for 20 years. 

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[Little-Star]

Book Number: 3

Number Of Pages: 219

Book Title: Un roman dont vous êtes la victime : Laissez-les brûler (would translate aprox to : A Novel Where You Are the Victim: Let Them Burn)

Author: Dominic Bellavance

Summary: Sarah is a volountier firefigther. One day, she was planning an afternoon of gaming with her friends when she got a call for a fire. She discover there was nothing normal about the fire. 

[Lagie]

Book Number: 13

Number Of Pages: 429

Book Title: The Reading Group

Author: Elizabeth Noble

Summary: The trials and tribulations of a group of women who meet regularly to discuss books. Over the course of a year, each of these women becomes intertwined, both in the books they read and within one another's lives.