Kate’s Comments (group member since Apr 06, 2013)

Kate’s comments from the Mount TBR 2013 Reading Challenge group.

101. Vet in a Spin
102. Vets Might Fly
103. James Herriot's Cat Stories
104. James Herriot's Animal Stories
105. The Lord God Made Them All

Finally figured out how to set myself up on Mt. Olympus. Now I just have to keep reading!

Currently reading:
Return to Thrush Green by Miss Read

I made it, I made it!!! Picture me with clasped hands at the end of outstretched arms -- I'm so stoked!

1. Tell us how many miles you made it up your mountain (# of books read). If you've planted your flag on the peak, then tell us and celebrate (and wave!).

2. My Life According to Mount TBR:

Are you male or female?: The Ladies of Grace Adieu
Describe yourself: Her Fearful Symmetry
Describe where you currently live: Granta 23: Home
If you could go anywhere where would you go?: Another Country
Your favorite form of transportation: Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen
What's the weather like?: The View in Winter
Favorite time of day?: The Moon by Whalelight
Your relationships: Hope, Human and Wild
You fear: Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights
What is the best advice you have to give?: The Force of Kindness
If you could change your name, you would change it to: Mrs. Ames
My soul's present condition: Changing Planes

Oh look! I made it to the top!!! I'm stunned with surprise and delight! And maybe I can get a couple more in before the year dies away.

Happy New Year, one and all!

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller (340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair (136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club (211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. The Country Life by Rachel Cusk (109; abandoned)
47. Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (277)
48. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
49. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
50. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
51. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
52. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
53. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
54. Like Men Betrayed by John Mortimer (204)
55. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
56. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
57. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
58. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer (204)
59. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
60. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto (316)
61. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
62. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
63. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
64. Force of Kindness by Sharon Salzberg (85)
65. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
66. The White Bone by by Barbara Gowdy (45; abandoned)
67. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
68. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
69. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
70. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
71. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (238; abandoned at half-way point)
72. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
73. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)
74. All Clear by Connie Willis (641)
75. Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben (227)
76. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (290)
77. Oxford Mourning by Veronica Stallwood (279)
78. Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine (153; abandonded)
79. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (170)
80. Harpole & Foxberrow by J.L. Carr (157)
81. Small World by Brad Herzog (174; abandoned)
82. A Monk's Alphabet by Jeremy Driscoll (126; abandoned)
83. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (311)
84. Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey (227)
85. The View from the Summerhouse (317)
86. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (284)
87. When the Going Was Good by Evelyn Waugh (75; abandoned)
88. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh (232)
89. Dance of the Scarecrows by Ray Sipherd (226)
90. My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall (156)
91. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (224)
92. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey (119)
93. Jane Austen by Sylvia Townsend Warner (36)
94. Death of My Aunt by C.H.B. Kitchin (159)
95. Bartleby by Herman Melville (55)
96. Blood and Judgment by Michael Gilbert (175)
97. Unclutter Your Mind by Donna Smallin (276)
98. neither here nor there by Bill Bryson (245)
99. Three Letters from the Andes by Patrick Leigh Fermor (109)
100. Rambles in Greater London by Walter Jerrold (64)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Trains and Buttered Toast by John Betjeman (current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

Oh look! I'm within 3 books of reaching the top! And I've got 6 days left to do it in. Piece of cake!

Merry Christmas, one and all!

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller (340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair (136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club (211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. The Country Life by Rachel Cusk (109; abandoned)
47. Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (277)
48. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
49. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
50. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
51. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
52. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
53. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
54. Like Men Betrayed by John Mortimer (204)
55. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
56. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
57. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
58. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer (204)
59. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
60. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto (316)
61. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
62. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
63. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
64. Force of Kindness by Sharon Salzberg (85)
65. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
66. The White Bone by by Barbara Gowdy (45; abandoned)
67. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
68. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
69. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
70. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
71. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (238; abandoned at half-way point)
72. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
73. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)
74. All Clear by Connie Willis (641)
75. Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben (227)
76. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (290)
77. Oxford Mourning by Veronica Stallwood (279)
78. Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine (153; abandonded)
79. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (170)
80. Harpole & Foxberrow by J.L. Carr (157)
81. Small World by Brad Herzog (174; abandoned)
82. A Monk's Alphabet by Jeremy Driscoll (126; abandoned)
83. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (311)
84. Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey (227)
85. The View from the Summerhouse (317)
86. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (284)
87. When the Going Was Good by Evelyn Waugh (75; abandoned)
88. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh (232)
89. Dance of the Scarecrows by Ray Sipherd (226)
90. My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall (156)
91. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (224)
92. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey (119)
93. Jane Austen by Sylvia Townsend Warner (36)
94. Death of My Aunt by C.H.B. Kitchin (159)
95. Bartleby by Herman Melville (55)
96. Blood and Judgment by Michael Gilbert (175)
97. Unclutter Your Mind by Donna Smallin (276)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Trains and Buttered Toast by John Betjeman (current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
neither here nor there by Bill Bryson

91! I just might make it after all, if I hurry!
1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller (340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair (136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club (211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. The Country Life by Rachel Cusk (109; abandoned)
47. Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (277)
48. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
49. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
50. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
51. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
52. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
53. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
54. Like Men Betrayed by John Mortimer (204)
55. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
56. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
57. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
58. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer (204)
59. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
60. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto (316)
61. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
62. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
63. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
64. Force of Kindness by Sharon Salzberg (85)
65. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
66. The White Bone by by Barbara Gowdy (45; abandoned)
67. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
68. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
69. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
70. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
71. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (238; abandoned at half-way point)
72. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
73. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)
74. All Clear by Connie Willis (641)
75. Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben (227)
76. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (290)
77. Oxford Mourning by Veronica Stallwood (279)
78. Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine (153; abandonded)
79. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (170)
80. Harpole & Foxberrow by J.L. Carr (157)
81. Small World by Brad Herzog (174; abandoned)
82. A Monk's Alphabet by Jeremy Driscoll (126; abandoned)
83. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (311)
84. Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey (227)
85. The View from the Summerhouse (317)
86. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (284)
87. When the Going Was Good by Evelyn Waugh (75; abandoned)
88. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh (232)
89. Dance of the Scarecrows by Ray Sipherd (226)
90. My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall (156)
91. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda (224)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Trains and Buttered Toast by John Betjeman (current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey

Kate Harper
1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller (340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair (136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club (211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. The Country Life by Rachel Cusk (109; abandoned)
47. Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (277)
48. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
49. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
50. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
51. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
52. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
53. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
54. Like Men Betrayed by John Mortimer (204)
55. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
56. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
57. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
58. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer (204)
59. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
60. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto (316)
61. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
62. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
63. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
64. Force of Kindness by Sharon Salzberg (85)
65. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
66. The White Bone by by Barbara Gowdy (45; abandoned)
67. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
68. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
69. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
70. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
71. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (238; abandoned at half-way point)
72. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
73. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)
74. All Clear by Connie Willis (641)
75. Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben (227)
76. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (290)
77. Oxford Mourning by Veronica Stallwood (279)
78. Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine (153; abandonded)
79. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (170)
80. Harpole & Foxberrow by J.L. Carr (157)
81. Small World by Brad Herzog (174; abandoned)
82. A Monk's Alphabet by Jeremy Driscoll (126; abandoned)
83. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (311)
84. Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey (227)
85. The View from the Summerhouse (317)
86. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (284)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Trains and Buttered Toast by John Betjeman (current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
When the Going Was Good by Evelyn Waugh

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller (340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair (136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club (211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. The Country Life by Rachel Cusk (109; abandoned)
47. Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (277)
48. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
49. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
50. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
51. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
52. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
53. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
54. Like Men Betrayed by John Mortimer (204)
55. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
56. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
57. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
58. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer (204)
59. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
60. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto (316)
61. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
62. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
63. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
64. Force of Kindness by Sharon Salzberg (85)
65. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
66. The White Bone by by Barbara Gowdy (45; abandoned)
67. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
68. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
69. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
70. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
71. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (238; abandoned at half-way point)
72. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
73. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)
74. All Clear by Connie Willis (641)
75. Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben (227)
76. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (290)
77. Oxford Mourning by Veronica Stallwood (279)
78. Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine (153; abandonded)
79. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (170)
80. Harpole & Foxberrow by J.L. Carr (157)
81. Small World by Brad Herzog (174; abandoned)
82. A Monk's Alphabet by Jeremy Driscoll (126; abandoned)
83. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (311)
84. Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey (227)
85. The View from the Summerhouse (317)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Trains and Buttered Toast by John Betjeman (current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn

Cresting 80! But it's an uphill climb from here! 19 books in a month? YIKES!

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller (340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair (136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club (211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. The Country Life by Rachel Cusk (109; abandoned)
47. Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (277)
48. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
49. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
50. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
51. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
52. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
53. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
54. Like Men Betrayed by John Mortimer (204)
55. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
56. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
57. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
58. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer (204)
59. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
60. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto (316)
61. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
62. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
63. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
64. Force of Kindness by Sharon Salzberg (85)
65. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
66. The White Bone by by Barbara Gowdy (45; abandoned)
67. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
68. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
69. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
70. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
71. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (238; abandoned at half-way point)
72. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
73. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)
74. All Clear by Connie Willis (641)
75. Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben (227)
76. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (290)
77. Oxford Mourning by Veronica Stallwood (279)
78. Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine (153; abandonded)
79. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (170)
80. Harpole & Foxberrow by J.L. Carr (157)
81. Small World by Brad Herzog (174; abandoned)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
A Monk's Alphabet by Jeremy Driscoll(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Kate Harper
Closing in on #80!

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller (340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair (136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club (211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. The Country Life by Rachel Cusk (109; abandoned)
47. Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (277)
48. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
49. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
50. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
51. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
52. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
53. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
54. Like Men Betrayed by John Mortimer (204)
55. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
56. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
57. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
58. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer (204)
59. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
60. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto (316)
61. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
62. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
63. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
64. Force of Kindness by Sharon Salzberg (85)
65. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
66. The White Bone by by Barbara Gowdy (45; abandoned)
67. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
68. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
69. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
70. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
71. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (238; abandoned at half-way point)
72. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
73. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)
74. All Clear by Connie Willis (641)
75. Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben (227)
76. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (290)
77. Oxford Mourning by Veronica Stallwood (279)
78. Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine (153; abandonded)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
A Monk's Alphabet by Jeremy Driscoll(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley

Lesley wrote: "The sad part is that I've read more this year than I've read in a really long time. I'm at 283 books finished so far this year, but sadly the majority of them have been either library books or boo..."

283? OMG! I haven't read anything but what's in my TBR mountain, and I'm still not out of the 70s! Even if I had the time, I don't know if I could sit and read most of the day, which is what it would take to get me to 283!!

You go, girl!

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller (340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair (136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club (211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. The Country Life by Rachel Cusk (109; abandoned)
47. Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (277)
48. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
49. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
50. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
51. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
52. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
53. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
54. Like Men Betrayed by John Mortimer (204)
55. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
56. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
57. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
58. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer (204)
59. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
60. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto (316)
61. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
62. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
63. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
64. Force of Kindness by Sharon Salzberg (85)
65. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
66. The White Bone by by Barbara Gowdy (45; abandoned)
67. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
68. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
69. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
70. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
71. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (238; abandoned at half-way point)
72. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
73. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)
74. All Clear by Connie Willis (641)
75. Hope, Human and Wild by Bill McKibben (227)
76. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (290)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
A Monk's Alphabet by Jeremy Driscoll(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Oxford Mourning by Veronica Stallwood

Lesley wrote: "so I'll admit that chances are slim that I'm going to reach the top of Everest, but I've made it over halfway and will continue plucking my way!!

I'm not going to make it either Lesley, but like you I'm over halfway, and it always feels good to get books off the TBR pile!

Keep on reading!

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller(340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair(136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21.Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club(211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
47. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
48. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
49. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
50. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
51. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron
52. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer
53. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
54. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George
55. True Nature by Barbara Bash
56. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
57. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
58. Stories of Country Life
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian
60. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
61. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
62. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
63. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
64. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
65. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
66. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
67. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)
68. The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark (abandoned at half-way point)
69. Green Cleaning for Dummies by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith (256)
70. Blackout by Connie Willis (491)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
All Clear by Connie Willis

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller(340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair(136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21.Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club(211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
47. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
48. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
49. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
50. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
51. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron
52. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer
53. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
54. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George
55. True Nature by Barbara Bash
56. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
57. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
58. Stories of Country Life
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian
60. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
61. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
62. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
63. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)
64. Exit Lines by Reginald Hill (255)
65. The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters (364)
66. A Fairly Dangerous Thing by Reginald Hill (255)
67. Living with Cannibals and Other Women's Adventures by Michele Slung (224)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller(340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair(136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21.Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club(211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
47. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
48. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
49. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
50. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
51. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron
52. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer
53. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
54. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George
55. True Nature by Barbara Bash
56. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
57. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
58. Stories of Country Life
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian
60. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
61. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)
62. Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman (242)
63. Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen by David Wilson (148)


Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
White Bone by Barbara Gowdy

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller(340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair(136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21.Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club(211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
47. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
48. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
49. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
50. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
51. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron
52. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer
53. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
54. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George
55. True Nature by Barbara Bash
56. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
57. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
58. Stories of Country Life
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian
60. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively
61. Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman (305)


Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller(340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair(136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21.Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club(211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
47. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
48. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
49. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
50. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
51. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (324)
52. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer
53. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry (213)
54. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George (43)
55. True Nature by Barbara Bash (141)
56. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker (207)
57. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (297)
58. Stories of Country Life (206)
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian (223)
60. Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively (133)

Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben(current car book)
Hunting from Home by Christopher Camuto

Kate Harper | 35 comments 1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller(340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair(136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21.Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club(211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
47. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
48. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
49. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
50. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
51. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron
52. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer
53. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
54. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George
55. True Nature by Barbara Bash
56. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
57. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
58. Stories of Country Life
59. Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian


Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively

1. Mrs. Ames (324 pages)
2. The Gun Seller(340)
3. The View in Winter(267)
4. Recalled To Life(392)
5. The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me (265)
6. A Country Doctor's Notebook (158)
7. Crampton Hodnet(216)
8. The Eyre Affair(136; abandoned)
9. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Book store(221)
10. A Little Gentle Sleuthing (268)
11. Changing Planes (244)
12. Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights (214)
13. Father Brown(411)
14. Narrow Dog To Carcassonne (312)
15. Narrow Dog to Indian River(330)
16. The American Senator (561)
17. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (235)
18. Judgment Day(210)
19. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman(282)
20. The Real Grey's Anatomy: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at The Real Lives of Surgical Residents(305)
21.Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (221)
22. Making it Up (215)
23. The Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden (288)
24. Children of the Archbishop (576)
25. The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham (192)
26. The Double Comfort Safari Club(211)
27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (213)
28. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (257)
29. The Creaky Traveler in Ireland: Clare, Kerry and West Cork - A Journey for the Mobile But Not Agile (238)
30. The House by the Sea (288)
31. Songbuilder (184)
32. Her Fearful Symmetry (416)
33. Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains (319)
34. Mansfield Park Revisited: A Jane Austen Entertainment(201)
35. A Carrion Death (462)
36. Murder Most Austen (291)
37. Charade (188)
38. Granta 23: Home (253)
39. Still Life With Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer (179)
40. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (216)
41. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy (277)
42. Spiderweb by Penelope Lively (218)
43. The Headmaster by John McPhee (147)
44. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (293)
45. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (310)
46. High Wages by Dorothy Whipple (316)
47. Back on the Fire: Essays by Gary Snyder (160)
48. The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman (240)
49. Sea Road by Ursula Le Guin (193)
50. The Circle by Peter Lovesy (358)
51. The White Garden by Stephanie Barron
52. Clinging to the Wreckage by John Mortimer
53. The Long-legged House by Wendell Berry
54. Hummingbird Nest by Kristine O'Connell George
55. True Nature by Barbara Bash
56. Cornish Prelude by Denys Val Baker
57. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
58. Stories of Country Life


Currently reading:
East Wind Melts The Ice: A Memoir Through The Seasons
Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth by Bill McKibben(current car book)
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian

Christine wrote: "Unfortunately, I've discovered many new new authors during this challenge and my TBR list is ever increasing so looks like I'll be doing this challenge for the next 10 years or so! :p "

My "problem" exactly! If only I could just sit & read, instead of this tiresome housework & yardwork & laundry, etc.
Kate