75 Books...More or Less! discussion

Hi, my name is Lourdes and I'm new to this group. This is my first challenge and I'm very excited to share it with everyone. I started my 80-Book Challenge last January of this year and I've finished 43 so far. I will list them from January to present.

1. Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter
2. Faithless by Karin Slaughter
3. The Last Detective by Robert Crais
4. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
5. Run for Your Life by James Patterson
6. Virgin River by Robyn Carr
7. Cry No More by Linda Howard
8. The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
9. Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
10. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
11. Triptych by Karin Slaughter
12. The Lady's Maid by Susan Page Davis
13. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
14. The Secret Sister by Brenda Novak
15. The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak
16. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
17. The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner
18. The Long Journey to Jake Palmer by James L. Rubart
19. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
20. Ross Poldark by Winstom Graham
21. When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris
22. The Mistress of Tall Acre by Laura Frantz
23. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
24. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
25. Fractured by Karin Slaughter
26. Undone by karin Slaughter
27. Fallen by Karin Slaughter
28. Busted by Karin Slaughter
29. Criminal by Karin Slaughter
30. Unseen by Karin Slaughter
31. Murder if the Past Tense by Lynn Bohart
32. The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
33. Dawn Girl by Leslie Wolfe
34. Carved in Darkness by Maegan Beaumont
35. Sacrificial Muse by Maegan Beaumont
36. Promises to Keep by Maegan Beaumont
37. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
38. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
39. The One Man by Andrew Gross
40. As Trees Turned Away by David Duane Kummer
41. Blood of Saints by Maegan Beaumont
42. On the Road to Death's Door by M.J. Williams
43. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

Welcome to the group, Lourdes! Head over HERE to introduce yourself! :) You've got a pretty good list! Karin Slaughter is in my TBR, I did not realize she has so many books! In Death is also in my TBR, maybe starting it this year.

Finished number 44:

Finished number 45:

46. [bookcover:Still Life|338691

You're cruising along, Lourdes! I have Still Life coming up for this year.

Elyse wrote: "You're cruising along, Lourdes! I have Still Life coming up for this year."

Thanks. I thought the storyline was a little slow. I would give it 3.5 stars. It got a little better towards the end though. :))

Wow, great job!! So how do you choose your books? Any special method?

Misty wrote: "Wow, great job!! So how do you choose your books? Any special method?"

I browse through Goodreads recommendations, deals, etc. and if I see something interesting, I check the ratings and reviews. If it's 4 to 5 stars, then I shelf it to my TBR list. When I go to the bookstore or library, I use the goodreads scanner to check the ratings. Thanks to new technology. Makes life easier for everyone.

Lourdes wrote: "Misty wrote: "Wow, great job!! So how do you choose your books? Any special method?"

I browse through Goodreads recommendations, deals, etc. and if I see something interesting, I check the ratings..."

Loooove the Goodreads scanner! I'm in the process of adding all my physical books, now that they're out of bins and in my library, with the scanner. Then when I'm out I can easily check and see if I have it already. ;)

That's a great idea!!!! I've actually accidentally checked out books or even bought books that I've read before without realizing it so that would solve my problems!!

Misty wrote: "That's a great idea!!!! I've actually accidentally checked out books or even bought books that I've read before without realizing it so that would solve my problems!!"

I had 3 copies of The Shack when I finally unboxed all of my books. lol. 2 copies of a few others as well. And I still haven't read The Shack! haha

At least I'm not the only one!!

I've had books in my kindle and then bought them in book form. SO annoying. LOL
I am in a book club and so I am at Barnes and Noble every month and I am ALWAYS adding to my list from there and then I get emails for cheap kindle books [I am a part of both Carnegie Library and Philly Free Library so I ALWAYS check OverDrive now before purchasing a kindle book] and that adds to my list and then there is the endless parade of books that cross my Goodreads page every single day. Plus I am friends with Joy and Elyse. ;-)

Dawn Michelle wrote: "I've had books in my kindle and then bought them in book form. SO annoying. LOL
I am in a book club and so I am at Barnes and Noble every month and I am ALWAYS adding to my list from there and then..."

Oh I've DEFINITELY done that as well. Several times. Aaand a few times on purpose. :) Some books of series I need to own because I have the rest but they're tomes (ie Outlander series!) so I either buy the e-book as well or get it from the e-library. My wrists can't handle it! lol

YES!!! These 500+ books are killing my hands; so grateful for my Kindle.

Welcome, Lourdes! This is my first year in the group too. Everyone is super friendly (and enabling 😉). Your list of books is awesome. I want to read Poldark and something by Philippa Gregory.

Enabling!! I love it!! ❤️❤️❤️

July 2017:

47. After the Fall
48. Anne of Avonlea
49. Anne of the Island

5 stars for all 3 books. I always have this feeling of gratification every time I finish a good book. They are books worthy of praise.

More entries for July 2017:

50. The Nightingale
51. On the Road to Where the Bells Toll
52. Pride and Prejudice
53. The Haunting of Ashburn House
54. Alice in Murderland
55. It Takes a Witch
56. Brambleberry House: His Second-Chance Family \ A
Soldier's Secret
57. The Nanny Song
58. Anne of Windy Poplars
59. Anne's House of Dreams

Wow, you are doing amazing!

Books I've read for August 2017:

60. A Witch Before Dying
61. My Sister's Grave
62. Rapture in Death
63. Into the Light
64. Crocodile on the Sandbank
65. The Secret of the Mansion
66. Home
67. The Good Daughter
68. Behind Closed Doors
69. House of Shadows
70. Making Faces
71. The Red Trailer Mystery
72. The Gatehouse Mystery
73. The English Boys
74. Her Final Breath
75. Hello, Darkness
76. Where the Dead Lie
77. A Noble Masquerade

13 more books to go to complete my challenge for this year!

Wow, that is truly impressive!!

Andrea wrote: "Wow, that is truly impressive!!"

Thanks. Some of them are audio books that I get to listen while at work. I prefer reading than listening though. I am more engaged in a book with attention and interest while reading than listening. I just do the audio books at work so I won't get bored. Lol!

Books I've read to complete my challenge:

78. Homegoing
79. The Curse of the Pharaohs
80. Serafina and the Black Cloak
81. A Quiet Life in the Country
82. The Lost Letter
83. Beneath a Scarlet Sky
84. To Whisper Her Name
85. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
86. The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy
87. Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons
88. Dead Woman Walking
89. In the Clearing
90. The Girl from Felony Bay

Lourdes wrote: "Books I've read to complete my challenge:

78. Homegoing
79. The Curse of the Pharaohs
80. Serafina and the Black Cloak
81. [book:A Quiet Life in the C..."

Congrats on hitting your goal! And then some!

Thank you! It was my first reading challenge and I enjoyed it the whole time. Next year, I would probably set my goal to 40 or 50 books because I want to try reading most of the lengthy novels that are in my TBR list (more than 600 pages long). Looking forward to it already!

Lourdes wrote: "Thank you! It was my first reading challenge and I enjoyed it the whole time. Next year, I would probably set my goal to 40 or 50 books because I want to try reading most of the lengthy novels that..."

OMG I can't even *think* about next year yet. lol. I'm nowhere close to completing the other challenges I'm doing this year (Popsugar, Book Riot, Better World Books) but I AM on track for my Goodreads challenge of reading 175 books! But not even on track for the other challenges in THIS group (AZ Author, AZ Title, RWYO)! lol. I think I loaded too much on myself this year.

Lourdes wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Wow, that is truly impressive!!"

Thanks. Some of them are audio books that I get to listen while at work. I prefer reading than listening though. I am more engaged in a book with at..."

I love audio books!