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from the Pick-a-Shelf group.
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1. 8: Set in or First Published in the 2000'sAmerican Prometheus by Kai Bird
2. 12: Choice Set in or First Published in the 1970's
They Came in Chains by J. Saunders Redding
3. 10: Set in or First Published in the 2020's
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
4. 9: Set in or First Published in the 2010's
Long Shadows, High Hopes by Neil Fraser
5. 6: Set in or First Published in the 1960's
Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick
Card CriteriaNine of Spades Stand Alone Book, author's first or last name starts with I or V.
Two of Clubs Series, author's first or last name starts with B or O.
Six of Spades Stand Alone Book, author's first or last name starts with F or S.
Jack of Spades Stand Alone Book, author's first or last name starts with K or X.
Queen of Clubs Series, author's first or last name starts with L or Y.
Castaway Lucy Irvine
The Lost Symbol Dan Brown
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer
Cod Mark Kurlansky
Necroscope Brian Lumley
Card First Name Last NameTen of Spades S-Z J or W
Five of Hearts M-R E or R
Three of Diamonds G-L C or P
King of Diamonds G-L M or Z
Four of Clubs A-F D or Q
Legacy of Ashes Tim Weiner
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud Max Ehrlich
You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again Julia Phillips
Rommel: Battles & Campaigns Kenneth Macksey
Audrey Rose Frank De Felitta
Only going for 5 this year as I'm still moving those 2018 and 2019 mountains. 1. 4 of Spades S-Z 2007-2011 Washington Ron Chernow
2 7 of Hearts M-R 1951-1975 The Rise & Fall of the Third
Reich William Shirer
3 9 of Clubs A-F 1900-1925 The First Men in the Moon
H.G. Wells
4 5 of Diamonds G-L 2000-2006 House of Leaves
Mark Danielewski
5 King of Spades S-Z Choose Year See a Little Light
Bob Mould
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Will do this year (even though I'm still moving that 2018 mountain). I'll add books soon.
Finished my list. My TBR is 2828 so going with 20.X2 Intern by Doctor X.
D4 Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
J1 T. J.: My 26 Years in Baseball by Tommy John
W8 Anschluss: The Week Hitler Seized Vienna by Dieter Wagner
A1 Prairie Blitz: High School Football on America's 50 Yard Line by David Almany
U9 The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness by Harlow Giles Unger
G2 Dove by Robin Lee Graham
C3 Eye on Cavett by Dick Cavett
O5 Beyond the Final Score: There's More to Life Than the Game by Tom Osborne
A2 Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen Ambrose
W2 Deathwalker by Patrick Whalen
K3 Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
N1 Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation by Phillip Norman
J9 A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
M8 Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice by Maureen McCormick
X5 The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
D8 Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by Michael Davis
D8 Schoolhouse by Lee Duigon
E4 Alien Worlds by Roger Elwood
E6 The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
Yes, thought I'd just narrow it to a book a year since I could hit every year from 08-14.
Great idea! I drew 10 cards:10 Hearts 2010 A-L
Jack Hearts Pick A-L
Jack Diamonds Pick A-L
9 Hearts 2009 A-L
10 Clubs 2010 M-Z
8 Diamonds 2008 A-L
3 Hearts 2013 A-L
3 Clubs 2013 M-Z
Queen Spades Pick M-Z
8 Spades 2008 M-Z
Made my pick years the ones not covered. Also decided since I got A-L & M-Z on 2008, 2010, and 2013 to only pick one from that year so final list 7. They are:
2008 - The Terror, Dan Simmons
2009 - Roots, Alex Haley
2010 - Open, Andre Agassi
2011 - Rule of the Bone - Russell Banks
2012 - The Hardest Working Man in Show-Business, Ron Jeremy
2013 - Wherever I Wind Up - R.A. Dickey
2014 - The Squared Circle, David Shoemaker