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1. Poets and Murder by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 172 pages
Total: 172 pages
2. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner (L, TR)Book: 304 pages
Total: 476 pages
3. The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde (L, TR)Book: 383 pages
Total: 859 pages
4. The Willow Pattern by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 184 pages
Total: 1,043 pages
5. The Chinese Lake Murders by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 215 pages
Total: 1,258 pages
6. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (L, TR)Book: 278 pages
Total: 1,536 pages
What did you think of Wintergirls, Rose? I have been on the fence about whether I should seek out the book or not.
Tiffani wrote: "What did you think of Wintergirls, Rose? I have been on the fence about whether I should seek out the book or not."Hi Tiffani, I didn't hit reply to your message so I'm not sure if you've seen my response! Sorry!
While it's certainly not the best book of the 21st century or anything like that, I did enjoy Wintergirls. It's a very fast read-- at only ~278 pages (along with a larger font size), it's not a huge commitment.
7. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (L, TR)Book: 217 pages
Total: 1,753 pages
8. The Monkey and the Tiger by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 141 pages
Total: 1,894 pages
9. The Lacquer Screen by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 181 pages
Total: 2,075 pages
10. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (L, TR)Book: 311 pages
Total: 2,386 pages
11. Bloodroot by Amy Greene (L, TR)Book: 291 pages
Total: 2,677 pages
12. The Chinese Nail Murders by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 209 pages
Total: 2,886 pages
13. The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 322 pages
Total: 3,208 pages
14. The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (L, TR)Book: 213 pages
Total: 3,421 pages
15. Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (L, TR)Book: 318 pages
Total: 3,739 pages
16. Perfect Victim by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton (L, TR)Book: 361 pages
Total: 4,100 pages
17. Harem by Dora Levy Mossanen (L)Book: 378 pages
Total: 4,478 pages
Tracking of pages is a good idea. i will find some time to update in page nos as well. Thank you for sharing you list.
18. Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann (L)Book: 353 pages
Total: 4,831 pages
19. The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 214 pages
Total: 5,045 pages
20. Judge Dee at Work by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 174 pages
Total: 5,219 pages
21. How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann Coulter (PL)Book: 344 pages
Total: 5,563 pages
22. Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles (PL)Book: 498 pages
Total: 6,061 pages
23. Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee by Robert van Gulik (Loan)Book: 223 pages
Total: 6,284 pages
24. Lady Wu by Lin Yutang (Loan)Book: 245 pages
Total: 6,529 pages
25. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (L, TR)Book: 422 pages
Total: 6,951 pages
26. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (L, TR)Book: 423 pages
Total: 7,374 pages
27. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin (L)Book: 959 pages
Total: 8,333 pages
28. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (L, TR)Book: 415 pages
Total: 8,748 pages
29. Helen of Troy by Margaret George (PL)Book: 606 pages
Total: 9,354 pages
30. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell (L, TR)Book: 193 pages
Total: 9,547 pages
31. Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry (L, TR)Book: 421 pages
Total: 9,968 pages
Kelani wrote: "Congrats! You've beat your goal!!"Did I? I count only 14 books from my To-Read list.
32. Confessions by Ryne Douglas Pearson (Loan)Book: 228 pages
Total: 10,196 pages
33. The Panther by Nelson DeMille (Loan)Book: 625 pages
Total: 10,821 pages
34. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (L, TR)Book: 372 pages
Total: 11,193 pages
35. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth (L, TR)Book: 358 pages
Total: 11,551 pages
36. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (L, TR)Book: 288 pages
Total: 11,839 pages
37. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (L, TR)Book: 370 pages
Total: 12,209 pages
38. Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (PL)Book: 624 pages
Total: 12,833 pages
39. Dance of Death by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (PL)Book: 451 pages
Total: 13,284 pages
40. The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (PL)Book: 597 pages
Total: 13,881 pages
41. The Quest by Nelson DeMille (Loan)Book: 451 pages
Total: 14,332 pages
Final tally:41 books
14,332 pages
14 loaned books
21 library books (18 books from my to-read list)
6 personal books
PL - personal library
K - Kindle eBook
L - library (public)
TR - To Read
Loan - borrowed book (not from the library)