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26: An adventure book
I will be reading Inferno for this week. Obviously I'm reading out of order as this is day 1 and this book is for week 26. I may have cheated and started this one a little early, but I wasn't going to get through any more of my 2016 books, and this one was calling my name. Once I picked it up, I flew through it to about half way. I've had to work a lot over the past two days so haven't had much time for reading, but I'm really enjoying it so far.
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnI'm reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, on both audible and kindle.
I read Ready Player One for this week. Definitely an adventure as Wade races through an entire online universe to be the first to find the prize.As far as adventures in my own life...I went to Iceland last year, rented a car, and drove around the country--waterfalls, glacier hiking, horseback riding, geothermal pools, ferries, black sand beaches, loooong stretches of gravel roads in a 2WD car, etc. By myself. I think that counts.
Amanda, Iceland is definitely an adventure! What a wonderful country, I was completely in love!
Yeah, Iceland was wonderful. I wish I could go again but there are so many other places to explore! (And, you know, money is necessary.)
- What are you reading this week? I read A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? Nothing like this! We have had some amazing adventures while traveling on sabbatical, though. My favorite was a few days spent at the Refugio Amazonas in the jungle in Peru. Amazing.
- What are you reading this week? Marek Pieguse uskumatud seiklused by Edmund Niziurski- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? The life is an adventure. :) I like hiking and I think I had many adventures in the mountains.
What are you reading this week?I also chose The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - I haven't read it for years and it was wonderful to re-read it.
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
My whole life is one big adventure :-)
What are you reading this week?The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Travel is always a major adventure for me, esp. when I am riding (nearly) solo.
- What are you reading this week? Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? Sure, I've had a few.
- What are you reading this week?Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
I live in a different country from the one I grew up, that was a big adventure :). I like traveling, and enjoy seeing new sites and meet people of different backgrounds, I also agree with others that life is a big adventure, every day there's something new to discover and learn from.
I am reading. THE RIVER AT NIGHT, by Erica Ferencik. Half way in and holding my breath..Four long time female friends meet once a year for a weeks vacation. White water rafting in the Maine wilderness is this years pick.. I have a feeling this will not turn out well at all !
What are you reading this week? Pandemonium. I'm a bit skeptical about this being an adventure story, even now after reading about half of it, but it's tagged as one on GoodReads so I guess it counts.
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Not really. I'm not much of a traveler, and I'm a bit of a coward when it comes to trying new things.
What are you reading this week? Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Not really. Perhaps I should get out more.
What are you reading this week? Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
I've done quite a bit of travelling mostly in the U.S. and Canada, so I'd say I've had some adventures.
What are you reading this week? The Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Not really. I suppose getting married is classed as one.
What are you reading this week?Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
I've had quite a few, but moving from Australia to Switzerland was definitely the biggest.
What are you reading?The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Do you remember adventures in your life?
I haven't had any quite like those Gansey & co. have, but I do go on small adventures whenever I can.
- What are you reading this week? Miss Whittier Makes a List by Carla Kelly
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Nothing huge, but being a middle school teacher sure keeps me on my toes!
- What are you reading this week? The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Not really. The most adventurous thing I've ever done was in high school going with my friends to toilet paper the totem pole at our cross town rivals, Kamiakin.
-What are you reading this week? NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson and Marshall Karp- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? I've had many adventures, mostly in my childhood, exploring the countryside while growing up in the country.
I read Lighthouse at the End of the World by Jules Verne. I can't say I've had any great adventures but a trip in 1990 to explore Montreal, Quebec City, and nearby towns and sites such as Montmorency Falls was enjoyable! It was my only time visiting Canada. I'd like to take the Canadian transcontinental train ride one day.
What are you reading this week? A Wrinkle in Time
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
My family and I moved from Missouri to Texas when I was 7--that was quite an adventure. I've also traveled quite extensively which included some adventures.
What are you reading this week? 
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
I have had many adventures in life, from going away to college alone to tubing alone with my husband and stepson on the Chattahoochee River in Georgia and being caught in torrential rain and thunder and lightning so bad that we thought we would not be returning home! So many adventures, that is what life is all about, isn't it?
- What are you reading this week? The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? After 71 years of life, I have discovered that life itself is an adventure:
-college
-Marriage
-Pregnancy/birth
-children and grandchildren
-daily counseling encounters
-traveling in Europe
-living and teaching in Albania
-retirement
-back surgery next week
-and on it goes.
Progress Post:- What are you reading this week? The Martian
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? Nothing like the martian... but moving away from home for the first time from AZ to Washington DC as a very young adult was pretty adventurous in a domestic and typical adventure. But at the time i had to be very brave to take it on! :)
What are you reading this week?To Be or Not To Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure by Ryan North
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
I would say taking a trip to France and Spain in high school was one of the biggest adventures I have had so far. I haven't traveled outside of Canada since then.
Progress Post:- What are you reading this week? The Wise Man's Fear
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? All of life is an adventure
- What are you reading this week? I read Flood Tide by Clive Cussler
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
I guess I'm currently living my biggest adventure, which is moving from Switzerland to New Zealand! I've been here 3 weeks and love this country ;)
- What are you reading this week? The City of Mirrors- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? No epic adventures but a lot of wonderful minor ones.
What are you reading this week?Once. It's a Holocaust book but the main character goes on a big journey first.
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Nothing extraordinary. I've done a little international travel without my parents, but nothing by myself like Felix, haha.
Tsh OxenreiderAt home in the world by Tsh Oxenreider
i have travelled quite a bit and had three kids and my life's been quite topsy turvy i don't know if that qualifies as an adventure.
- What are you reading this week?Het domein van de Limbreth (The Limbreth Gate) by Megan Lindholm
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Living in Sweden for a year and traveling through Japan and Australia on my own where the biggest adventures, but there have been more (small and big) :)
- What are you reading this week? The Wind in the Willows
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
A bit of travelling and exploration, but the epic ones are related to people and pets, not places.
I'm reading Ready Player One.I've had lots of adventures. Probably my first overseas trip to a non-English speaking country without my parents was one to remember. My hubby and I went to NZ for our honeymoon - that was fine. But our first trip to Malaysia, I just remember at the airport hubby asking where we needed to go and me answering, no idea, I've not been here before either. Then going to the toilet and it was a squat one so I just walked straight out and said I would wait until we got to the hotel (I later learned if you walked further down in the toilets they had western ones there!!)
What are you reading?Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Do you remember adventures in your life?
Studying abroad in Germany for six weeks was pretty adventurous! We stayed in a small town where most people didn't speak English, so I really got to practice my German.
- What are you reading this week? I am reading White Fang by Jack London. - Do you remember any major adventures in your own life? A few years ago I went on a running trip with a group of women I met thru Facebook and after toured around DC solo. So amazing!
- What are you reading this week? She by H. Rider Haggard
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Nothing exciting enough to be book worthy!
What are you reading this week?The Wise Man's Fear
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Trying new things is always an adventure. One that I push myself to have as often as possible.
LOL I put in the wrong book of the series and had to edit my post.
What are you reading this week? Dune by Frank HerbertDo you remember any major adventures in your own life? Can't say I'm a particularly adventurous person. I guess the most adventurous thing I've ever done was camp on the shores of Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico (yes, that's really the name of the place) far away from any electricity or plumbed water. That's about as adventurous as I care to get.
What are you reading this week?Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
None that involve demons from another dimensions :-)
- What are you reading this week? Juliet
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
Meeting my husband at the age of 50!! It really changed my life: selling my home in NC quickly, moving to Florida and starting working at home to name a few of the changes.
What are you reading this week? The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
-Travels in Europe when I was in college studying literature & art history
-Agreeing to marry my husband after only "dating" for a month or two
-Roadtripping across the US with my sister a few months ago
What are you reading this week?The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
I grew up on a farm so as a kid I used to go on adventures all the time trying to find animal prints and follow them. I also had adventures when I went to New Zealand and New Caledonia.
For week 3 - book I always meant to read, I am reading Their Eyes Were watching God.
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The Wanderers by Meg Howrey - it is about astronauts simulating going to Mars, can you ask for more of an adventure?
- Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
I spent much of my late teens and early 20s traveling around Europe and South America, and had a fabulous time!
What are you reading this week? Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
My childhood was full of lots of small adventures, like the ones in this book (but without the boats). I travel a lot now, usually on my own, which is quite adventurous, but I think the only thing that would qualify as "major" is when, just over three years ago, I left England to come and live on an extinct volcano in the middle of the Atlantic. I didn't know anyone, there are bugs and lizards and feral chickens, and there's nowhere to get a decent chip butty.
What are you reading this week?The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
Do you remember any major adventures in your own life?
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