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22/52 books ✔ 1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't:
The Stand 1,141 pages 1/1/16-1/9/16 five stars ✔2. A book set in a different continent:
Tarzan of the Apes(West Africa ) 288 pages✔3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated):
Obsession in Death(nominated)372 pages 2/5/16-2/6/16 five stars✔ 4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015:
Thaw by Bryan Dunn 240 pages 1/30/16-1/31/16 five stars✔5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name:
Eternal Service296 pages 2/6/16-2/7/16 1 star✔6. The highest rated on your TBR:
Gowns Of The Haunted.141 pages 1/4/16 five stars✔️7. A book about books:
Tales From the 1001 Nights2/9/16-2/11-16 4.5 stars ✔ 8. A classic book with less than 200 pages:
Raggedy Andy Stories(105 pages)2/12/16-2/15/16 five stars✔9. A book that was mentioned in another book:
Pollyanna4/2/16-4/4/16 3.5 stars✔10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now :
by H.P. Lovecraft11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge:
The Original Illustrated Mark Twain( the adventures of Huckleberry Finn) 259 pages12. A childhood classic:
The Wind in the Willows208 pages✔13. Reader’s Choice:
Pacific Vortex! 266 pages 1/19/16 five stars14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How):
When the Chips Are Down 118 pages15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago):
Oliver Twist 416 pages16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels:
The Hound of the Baskervilles 249 pages✔17. A book with a beautiful cover:
Secrets of Men in a Lifeboat6/2/16 1 star DNF✔ 18. A book on a summer/beach reading list:
Sharcano 420 pages 1/6/16-1/7/16 five stars ✔19. A non-fiction book:
81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness20. A book with a first name in the title:
Stalking Jack: The Hunt Begins271 pages21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page:
Natural Selection 414 pages22. The first book in a new to you series:
White Jade( book 1 in the Project Books)23. The next book in a series you are reading:
Impeding Justice24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc )
Origins25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you :
Body Double( detectives) 498 pages✔26. A book everyone is talking about:
Never NeverbyColleen Hoover 2/7/16-2/8/16 2.5 to 3 stars27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
Caribbean Chill✔28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir:
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4/26/16 five stars29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name:
State of Fear by Michael Crichton( John Lange)30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own:
The Complete Fairy Books of Andrew Lang( Green fairy book 3)(French, some German, some Russian, some Italian, some Scottish, some English, one Chinese)31. A work of young adult fiction:
Hellhound Awakened32. A historical fiction book:
Fires of Alexandria✔33. The 16th book on your TBR:
The Scorch Trials 360 pages 1/22/16-1/23/16 3.5 stars34. A book about mental illness:
Ten Days in a Mad-House35. An award winning book:
The Daemon Whisperer✔36.( Wild Card):A book you started but never finished:
The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks 446 pages37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read:
King Solomon's Mines 38. A book about an anti hero:
The Amulet of Samarkand 462 pages39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list:A children's book with an animal on the cover :
The Tale of Peter Rabbit and 20 Other Children Stories40. A novella from your favorite genre:
Wolf's Deal: A Nick Lupo Novella✔41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction):
The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History 5/10/16 42. A top 100 fantasy novel:
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West✔43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night:
They Came Out After Dark 44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public::
Tripwire 581 pages45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have:
Ancient Egypt: Discover the Fascinating World of Ancient Egyptian History, Myths, Pyramids and More: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egypt Fiction, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Egyptian History, Egypt(Archaeology)46. A crime story:
Tortured Dreams✔ 47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title:
Cupcakes, Lies, and Dead Guys4/12/16 1 star48. A dystopia:
The Enigma Strain49. A book with a great opening line :
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale608 pages 50. A book originally written in a language other than English:
Quasar Magic: Paladins of Ama - Ragnor Saga - Book 1( originally in German )51. A short story from a well-known author:
The Midnight Watchby James Rollins✔52. A book published in 2016:
On His Watch) pre order it comes out 1/5/16) five stars 2/18/16Note:
this was 36:An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation : but I used my Wild Card for it.
2016 Choose Your Own Challenge Challenge15/32 books read
✔1: A book you meant to read in 2015 but didn't:The Stand 1/1/16-1/9/16 five stars
✔2:A book that became a movie in 2015 :The Scorch Trials 3.5 stars
✔3: a book that you've seen the movie but haven't read:Lair of the White Worm four stars
✔4: A book by an author you discovered in 2015:Thaw by Bryan Dunn
✔5: A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name:Eternal Service
✔6:A book published in 2016:On His Watch five stars
7:A book recommended by a family member:Blood Born( sister loves it)
8:A book about mental illness:Ten Days in a Mad-House
✔9:Readers choice - anything you want:Pacific Vortex!
✔10:A book by an author you feel you should have read by now :
by ( H.P. Lovecraft listened to it on audio book) 3/23/1611: A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge:The Original Illustrated Mark Twain( the the adventures of Huckleberry Finn )
12:A western:The Daybreakers
13:A book that you got for free :East River Trust
14: a dystopia:When the Chips Are Down
✔15:A book made into a Disney film :Pollyanna 4/2/16-4/4/16 3.5.stars
16: A book from the top 100 mystery novels:The Hound of the Baskervilles
✔17:A book you started but never finished:The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks
18:Unsolved Murders:Faceless: Five Gruesome Unsolved Murders: Most Mysterious and Headless Unsolved Murders of All Time
19:A book with a number in the title :Nine Dragons
20:A book with a first name in the title:Stalking Jack: The Hunt Begins
21:A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page:Natural Selection
22:a book based on a fairy tale:Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter
✔23: read a classic that was published in 1912:Tarzan of the Apes
24:finish a series:Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin ) Alex Rider series
25: Read the next book in a series your reading:The Secret Of Excalibur(Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase series )
✔26:read a book that became a tv show in 2015:Bitten
27:a book by an author you love but haven't read yet:Havana Storm by Clive Cussler
✔️28:a book based entirely on its cover:
Husk✔29:a book you own but haven't read yet:They Came Out After Dark
✔30:A book a family member got you:The Skin Collector
31:War War 2: Holocaust :Lalechka: An Amazing Holocaust Survivor Rescue Story
32:a new author to you:Foreign Deceit by Jeff Carson
The Life of a Book AddictBooks and More Books > Big Books - 2016
1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016
read 17/27
Ones need to read:
1:Inheritance
2:Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
3:Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
4:Oliver Twist
5:The Secret Of Excalibur
6:State of Fear
7:Natural Selection
8:Body Double
9:The Amulet of Samarkand
10:Tripwire
11:Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
13:Havana Storm
Ones I already read from January - March
1:The Stand 1,141 pages 1/1/16-1/9/16 ,
2:Brisingr 763 pages 1/31/16-2/8/16
3:The Wolf's Hour 605 pages ,
3/15/16-3/23/164:The Sea Hunters446 pages
3/10/16-3/16/165:Tales From the 1001 Nights2/9/16-2/11/16 469 pages
6:Twilight Guardians 400 pages 2/1/16-2/16
7:Sharcano 420 pages 1/4/16-1/6/16
8:The Tiger Warrior12/29/15-1/6/16 502 pages
9:The Skin Collector 575 pages
10:Mr. Mercedes1/10/16-1/13/16 437 pages
11:Circle of Bones 562 pages 1/13/16-1/19/16
12:Dragon's Triangle 496 pages
2/3/16-2/4/16
13:Knight's Cross501 pages 2/11/16-2/17/16
14:The Burnt House: A Decker/Lazarus Novel544 pages 2/15/16-2/19/16
April 's Big Books
15::The Judas Strain
543 pages 4/1/16-4/4/1616:
Freedom of the Mask 528 pages 4/6/16-4/8/1617::
Finders Keepers: A Novel 544 pages 3/30/16-4/9/16
A – Z Book Covers 2016Duration: Mar 01, 2016 - Feb 28, 2017
6/26 completed
A -
B -baker:
Murder, Money & Marzipan by Leighann Dobbs4/5/16C -child:
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter 4/4/16D -
E -
F -
G -girl:
When the Chips Are Down by Anne RasicoH -
I -
J -
K -
L -lust:
Mine to Take by Cynthia Eden 4/15 16 M -men:
Fox Among Wolves by Rowanna Green4/9/16N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -shadow:
Amid the Shadows by Michael C. GrumleyT -tentacles:
Tentacles: An Anthology by Eva LeFoy 4/10/16U -
V -
W -witch:
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull4/12/16X -
Y -
Z -
Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Readers Challenge > Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2016
Books Completed: 98/100
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Tales From the 1001 Nights 2/11/16 4 stars✔2.
Bitten1/14/16 5 stars✔3.
Blood Bound five stars 1/10/16✔4.
Tarzan of the Apes 3 stars 1/12/16✔5.
And Then There Were None five stars 3/8/16✔6.
Murder on the Orient Express five stars 3/2/16✔7..
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Killing Jar five stars 1/22/16✔8.
Pacific Vortex! five stars 1/19/16✔9
The Sea Hunters five stars 3/16/16✔10..
Gowns Of The Hauntedfive stars 1/4/16✔11
The Scorch Trials 3 stars 1/23/16✔12. .
The Skin Collector five stars 3/9/16✔13.
Dying For Danish five stars 2/9/16✔14.
Murder, Money & Marzipan five stars 4/5/16✔15.
Cupcakes, Lies, and Dead Guys 1 star 4/13/16✔16.
Thaw five stars 1/31/16✔17.
No One Knows five stars 3/11/16✔18.
The Tiger Warrior five stars 1/6/16✔19.
Fox Among Wolves five stars 4/8/16✔20.
Dinosaur Lake II :Dinosaurs Arising five stars 2/24/16✔21.
Raggedy Andy Stories five stars 2/15/16✔22.
Never Never 3 stars 2/8/16✔23.
The Burnt House: A Decker/Lazarus Novel five stars 2/19/16✔24.
The Stand five stars 1/9/16✔25
Finders Keepers five stars 3/9/16✔26..
Mr. Mercedes five stars 1/13/16✔27
Knight's Cross five stars 2/17/16✔28..
Circle of Bones five star 1/19/16✔29.
Dragon's Triangle five stars 2/4/16✔30.
Tokyo Kill: A Jim Brodie Thriller five stars 2/20/16✔31.
The Contestant1 star 2/11/16✔32.
Tentacles: An Anthology1 star 4/10/16✔33
The Shunned House 4 stars 3/23/16✔34.
The Quality of Silence 3 stars 2/26/16✔35.
Freedom of the Mask five stars 4/8/16✔36.
The Wolf's Hour five stars 3/23/16✔37.
Unaccounted five stars 3/5/16✔38.
Frostborn: The First Quest4 stars 2/25/16. ✔39
Eternal Service 1 star 2/7/16✔40.
Fablehaven 4 stars 4/12/16✔41.
81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness 5 stars 4/12/16 ( must read)✔42.
Midnight Marked five stars 1/28/16✔43.
Brisingr five stars 2/8/16✔44.
The City Center1 star 1/16/16✔45
Pollyanna 3 stars 4/4/16✔46.
Deadly Descent 5 stars 3/6/16✔47.
Sharcano five stars 1/6/16✔48.
Husk five stars 3/17/16✔49.
Love Me Anyway 5 stars 2/3/16✔50.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 4 stars 1/17/16✔51
Imitation in Death five stars 3/29/16✔52
Obsession in Deathfive stars 2/6/16✔53
Field of Mars: Episode 1 2 stars 1/27/16✔54.
The Judas Strain: A Sigma Force Novel 5 stars 4/4/16✔55.
On His Watch 5 stars 2/18/16✔56.
Hold Your Breath five stars 3/28/18✔57.
Twilight Guardians3 stars 2/2/16✔58.
Lost Among the Living3 stars 3/11/16✔59.
Lair of the White Worm4 stars 2/27/16✔60.
Blood Forest 5 stars 2/9/16✔61
The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue five stars 3/19/16✔62.
They Came Out After Dark five stars 3/12/16✔63.
Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic five star 1/7/16✔64.
Mine to Take 4/15/16 five stars✔65..
Ship of Fate: The Story of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff by Roger Moorhousefive stars 4/19/16✔66
Amid the Shadowsfinish 4/23/16 five stars✔67.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4/27/16 five stars ( must read)✔68.
The Michigan Murders five stars 4/27/16✔69
KODI WARLOCK: Watch Your Favorite Movies & Tv Shows On Your Pc Mac or Android Tablet For 100% Free. Cancel your cable network and watch free media instead.: No satellite card chrome generation new five stars 4/29/16✔70.
Criminal 5 stars 4/30/16✔71.
Blood Defense 5/1/16 five stars✔72.
Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin 5/1/16 five stars✔73.
Mammoth 5/1/16 1 star✔74.
Havana Storm 5/3/16 five stars✔75.
All the Missing Girls5/7/16 five stars✔76.
The Daybreakers 5/6/16 four .five stars✔77.
The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History5/10/16 five stars ( a must read)✔78.
Desperation5/14/16 five stars✔79.
Deadly Crimes 5/16/16 five stars✔80.
The Legend of Souls Chapel 5/18/16 1 star✔81.
I, Ripper: A Novel5/20/16 5 stars✔82.
Dark Houses 5/23/16 ( Netgalley) five stars✔83.
Blood Secrets5/24/16 ( Netgalley) five stars✔84.
Love the Nature: Immerse Yourself in a Stress Relieving Activity With 30 Beautiful Ungulate Mammal Designs5/25/17 five stars✔85.
Art Therapy Box Set (6 in 1): Amazing Patterns and Designs to Relieve Stress and Boost Your Creativity5/25/16 4.5 stars✔86.
Birds and Animals Box Set (5 in 1): 160 Creative Unique Nature Inspired Designs to Set You on a Positive Thinking5/25/16 five stars✔ 87.
Sea Animal Designs: Discover Beautiful Underwater Life! 50 Amazing Fish Designs5/25/16 five stars✔88.
Flowers and Floral Patterns: 60 Full Page Line Drawings Ready For Coloring5/25/16 five stars✔89.
Adult Coloring Book: Your Spiritual Corner: 30 Amazing Mandala Patterns to Help You Express Your Creativity5/25//16 five stars✔90.
Zendoodle Coloring: Your Coloring Set: 50 Patterns You Would Love to Color Right Away5/25/16 five stars✔91.
Secret Crimes: A gripping detective thriller full of suspense by Michael Hambling ( Netgalley) 5/27/16 five stars✔92.
Forgotten Secrets 5/28/16 ( NetGalley) five stars✔93..
Dark Pursuits: A Jonathan Harker Thriller Omnibus by Tony Evans5/29/16 half star( DNF: too many mistakes)(NetGalley)✔94.
Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger ( NetGalley) five stars 5/30/16✔95.
Secrets of Men in a Lifeboat by Todd R. Baker 1 star ( read 77 pages of it ) DNF✔96.
The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King 6/4/16 five starsgo below to see the rest of the list
Nothing But Reading ChallengesSerious Readers Challenge > Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2016
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The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone five stars 6/5/1698.
Lady Mechanika #0 by Joe Benítez6/7/1699.
Rose Madder6/8/16 100
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