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12+4 Challenge 2015



1. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker December
2. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian May
3. The Poisoned Pilgrim by Oliver Pötzsch October
4. The Farm by Tom Rob Smith August
5. The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg July
6. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs December
7. Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire March
8. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert July
9. Eine unbeliebte Frau by Nele Neuhaus
10. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
11. China Dolls by Lisa See July
12. Stormbird by Conn Iggulden August

+1. Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer October
+2. Triple by Ken Follett April
+3. The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
+4. QB VII by Leon Uris March

2015 Books Read & # of pages



January
1. Night Over Water 448*
February
March
2. Egg & Spoon 475
3. The Name of the Wind 662*
4. QB VII 432*
April
5.Triple 450*
May
6. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands 266
7. In the Blood 394*
8. Middlesex 529*
9. To the Grave 328*
June
10. A Christmas Carol 112*
July
11. China Dolls 376
12. The Ice Princess317
13. Moloka'i 392
August
14. Stormbird 411
15. The Farm 352
16. All the Light We Cannot See 521
September
17. A Suitable Boy 1995
18. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust 380
October
19. The Wise Man's Fear 994*
20. Only Time Will Tell 355
21. The Rithmatist 370*
22. The Sins of the Father 315
23. Pastel Orphans 350*
November
24. The Poisoned Pilgrim 512
25. The Firebird 480*
26. The Last Midwife 353
27. The Fire Rose 433*
December
28. The Golem and the Jinni 454
29. The Glassblower 480*
30. Best Kept Secret 327
31. Hollow City 416
32. The Double Bind 388
33. The Bloodletter's Daughter: A Novel of Old Bohemia 500*



* = audiobook

Total Pages: 15,567.00
Average Pages: 471.7

Currently Reading:
Angel Falls 432
Audiobook: Three Daughters 720
Audiobook (iPod): Sea of Poppies 525

I think this is it!! It was a little more randomly chosen than in prior years, but I think I can make this work...

Love the list! When you read QB VII, let me know. If I can, I'd read it with you!

SO many good ones that actually made my short list like Moloka'i and The Orchardist.....I might join you on those!

Sonja magst du egg and spoon? Ich schau mal ob es auch in hollandisch ist!

Just finished Egg & Spoon yesterday! I haven't read much this year and I miss it!!!

It was a re-imagined "Prince & the Pauper" story with some Russian folklore sprinkled in and a fable-like moral. I have liked most of the Gregory Maguire books I've read, so I wasn't surprised to like this one... There were a lot of laugh out loud moments for me. It was written with a lot of humor.

I'm also on the last disc of Name of the Wind. At 23 discs, it's the longest audiobook that I've listened to so far! I'm enjoying it and am a little sad that it'll end before I've heard the whole story, but I found the second book on mp3 CD on Amazon and it came yesterday! I'm going to listen to QB VII when this is done. Maybe after that I'll listen to The Wise Man's Fear... Jenni keeps giving me other good books though! Toooooo many audiobooks and not nearly enough time to listen to them! Sometimes I wish my commute was longer than 7-10 minutes... I've been catching myself just sitting in my car after I get home to listen a little longer!

According to my challenge this year, I'm already 6 books behind... I'm not sure if I can catch up!

Yes you can

Starting The Golem and the Jinni tonight. That'll be the 12th book from my 12+4 challenge!! I think I'm going to do it this year! I'm not sure I can do all 16, but 12 will get done!

I decreased my 2015 reading challenge from 50 to 30, and I think I might make it. I had a really slow start to the year! Now that A Suitable Boy is done, I have more time to read other things!

Nice job!

I just looked at the Goodreads Choice Awards lists and I haven't read any of those books!! I have a lot of reading to do if I intend to vote this year!

Shadows of Self - you MUST read... BUUUUUT you really need to read some other Mistborn books first...

For Golem, I'll start reading that one this week if I can get to B&N. I'm not taking my nook with me, so I need a real book.

I have the real book if you want it. I have the digital version from Wim that I can read!!

Oh, that sounds good, if you don't mind!

Jenni you finished your challenge! Awesome. Il have to read 5 more books this year

YEah, I took it easy this year. I'll have more read by the end of the year!

I'll get home around 7 tonight. I can drop it off at your house after that!

What books can i get for your birthday?

I finished 12!!

NICE!!!!!!

YOU ROCK!!! I love your list. I noticed this year also you read Middlesex. Did you like it? I really enjoyed that one....although I don't refer it to many people. It's chunky and deserves a patient and conscientious reader.

I listened to it. I did like it, but due to the subject matter, I have a hard time referring it to a lot of people I know. I started it not really knowing what it was about, and I kind of liked it that way. I listened to it on my drive to Cincinnati, and then on to Toledo, so I had long periods to listen to it. I think it would have been harder to listen to if I only heard it on my 10 min. commute every day.