You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Please use this thread to only report the books you've read. We'll continue chatting in our team thread.
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When reporting a book read, please post title, who the tribute is for and what task. Thank you!

Good Luck Tri-butes!!
Connie - 18
Emily - 1
Kristie - 1
Liz - 5
Lori Z - 6
Lynn - 4
Rebecca - 22
Rusalka - 4
Mariab - 1
Sharon - 5
Dawn - 5
Sam - 4

GRAND TOTAL - 76 BOOKS READ!!

Happy Reading!!

Reserved

Finished Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
tribute to Muhammad Ali: Parkinson's disease-read a book with a main character dealing with a life threatening condition

I enjoyed this book (and even cried although I rarely cry while reading), but I do think you have to be a person who loves animals to really get into this book.

I just finished Moscow But Dreaming for the Alan Rickman fantasy task. Now going to binge watch some Game of Thrones and pick up my next book a bit later.

I finished We Were Liars a novel centered on the Sinclair family, as tribute to Earl Hamner Jr.

Tracked to here

Finished Fifteen Dogs as tribute to:

Alan Rickman – actor and director
Read a fantasy book.

Dawn, I have that on my tbr. What did you think of it?

Finished The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow as tribute to:
Muhammad Ali - Conscientious Objector task

Finished
The Drowning Season by Alice Hoffman as tribute to Doris Roberts: read a book with a main character over 60

Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
as tribute to Glenn Frey: The Best of My Love: Read a romance

The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage
as tribute to Earl Hamner, Jr. : Read a book centered around a family.

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie as tribute to Pat Harrington Jr. and Ken Howard
Read a cozy mystery.

Finished these two:

Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars for the Mohammed Ali conscientious objector task, and

Imperium for the Glenn Frey life in the fast lane adventure task.

More to come!

jaxnsmom wrote: "Dawn, I have that on my tbr. What did you think of it?"

How to put it....I didn't like it but it's an interesting idea and well written. If you happen to like stories that are written from an animals perspective and have a social commentary, you will probably enjoy it.

Read The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen as a tribute to Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Read a book that takes place in the Middle East.

I finished The Outsiders as a tribute to:
Pat Conroy for the book to movie task.

Dawn wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Dawn, I have that on my tbr. What did you think of it?"

How to put it....I didn't like it but it's an interesting idea and well written. If you happen to like stories that are wri..."

I do like stories from an animals perspective, so I'll leave it on my tbr.

I restarted The Warlord of Mars so I could claim it in tribute to:

David Bowie – singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.
Space Oddity – Read a scifi book

Dawn wrote: "I restarted The Warlord of Mars so I could claim it in tribute to:

David Bowie – singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.
Space Oddity – Read a scifi book"

Dawn, let me know when you've finished it so I can add it to our total. Thanks! :)

Tracked to here

I should have been more clear, it is finished.

Great Dawn, thanks!

I finished book #2 Women of the Silk as a tribute to David Bowie: China Girl. This book took place in China.

I read Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter in tribute to:
David Bowie - China Girl task

I finished Richard II in tribute to:

Jon English – Singer-Songwriter. I agree with Rusalka that he is hands down the best Pirate King ever.
Read a play or musical script, or a book that was turned into a play or musical.

Finally managed to finish a book! These past few days have been rather problematic for me to get any reading done :(

I finished Spook Squad
Alan Rickman - Read a fantasy book

Finally managed to get one finished too! Don't where the time is going at the moment...

Finished Wide Sargasso Sea for Harper Lee – author of the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" - Read a classic.

Finished book #3- Never Never for Tribute to David Bowie- contemporary romance task.

Finished How to Wish Upon a Star
Glenn Frey – Read a romance

Finished Little Beach Street Bakery for the David Bowie contemporary romance task.

I finished book #4 Never Never: Part Two This is for the tribute to David Bowie- contemporary romance.

Tracked to here.

Finished

Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett in tribute to Zaha Hadid
Read a book by a bestselling female author.

The Time is Noon by Pearl S. Buck
in tribute to Glenn Frey: The Best of My Love: Read a romance.

Exposure by Helen Dunmore
in tribute to Muhammad Ali: Conscientious objector: Read a book that shows a character dealing with war...

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene in tribute to Glenn Frey: The Best of My Love: Read a romance.

Silas Marner by George Eliot
in tribute to Harper Lee.
Read a classic.

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
in tribute to Pat Harrington Jr. and Ken Howard. Read a cozy mystery.

I have finally finished Under the Frangipani. On top of the crazy week, that one was a bit of a slog. Especially for a short book.

Finished The Cellist of Sarajevo in tribute to: Keith Emerson for the musician as a main character task.

I finished Romeo and Juliet in tribute to:

Jon English – Singer-Songwriter. I agree with Rusalka that he is hands down the best Pirate King ever.
Read a play or musical script, or a book that was turned into a play or musical.

I finished Thuvia, Maid of Mars in tribute to:

David Bowie – singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.
Space Oddity – Read a scifi book

I finished book #5 The Passion in tribute of
Paul Daniels - read a book with magical realism as a genre on its GR page.

Finished Assault and Batter in tribute to: Pat Harrington Jr. and Ken Howard - read a cozy mystery

Tracked to here.

Finished The Nest and A Thousand Acres both in tribute to Earl Hamner Jr.
Read a book centered around a family.

Finished They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie in tribute to Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Read a book set in the Middle East.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey in tribute to Pat Conroy.
Read a book that was made into a movie.

Finished
Legionario: El Manual (No Oficial) Del Soldado Romano
for Memorial Day to honor those who died while serving in the U.S. military: Read a book in which a soldier, currently serving or retired, is a main character.
I had many pictures and photos, but I almost used the same time to "read" this (many in Latin) as the normal pages, so I could understand what I was reading.

I finished A Darker Shade of Magic for Paul Daniels - Read a book with a magician in it.

Finished The Fall of the Stone City for the Muhammad Ali task - concenicious objector.

And I've managed to finish a second with Haunted for Alan Rickman – actor and director - Read a fantasy book.

Managed to snag another one with The Undertaking of Lily Chen for David Bowie, China Girl - read a book that takes place in China

read Tears of the Giraffe for Pat Harrington Jr and Ken Howard - Read a cozy mystery

Finished The Scarlet Pimpernel
Harper Lee – Read a classic.

Finished The Wrenchies for Prince, 1999 – Read an apocalyptic or dystopian book.

Finished Sweet Suspects in tribute to: Pat Harrington Jr and Ken Howard - read a cozy mystery

Finished The Madwoman Upstairs
in tribute to Earl Hamner Jr.
read a book centered around a family

Finished The Scarlet Pimpernel
Harper Lee
read a classic

Finished Between Ghosts
Read a book in which a soldier, currently serving or retired, is a main character.

Finished:

Heart of Darkness for Harper Lee classic task (also could be Glenn Frey action/adventure task)

and

Modern Romance for David Bowie celebrity task