Public Domain Readers discussion

19 views
Archives > 2. Sign Up Here

Comments Showing 1-8 of 8 (8 new)    post a comment »
dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Sawako (new)

Sawako | 494 comments Mod
Post on this thread with the books you'll read if you want to participate (and we hope you do 😊)

It's okay to start with the books of just one to three months. You can edit your comment and add more books. 📚


message 2: by Sawako (last edited May 19, 2021 01:04PM) (new)

Sawako | 494 comments Mod
I'm in.


2021 Reading Challenge

January - J, 1 (2/3)

✔️ The First Violin by Jessie Fothergill - LibriVox

✔️ Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers. - LibriVox

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome - LibriVox

February - F, 2

✔️ The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - LibriVox

- The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti

✔️ The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot #2) by Agatha Christie.

March - M, 3
- Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell - LibriVox

✔️ The Mystery of the Hidden Room by Marion Harvey - LibriVox

✔️ Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1863 - LibriVox

April - A, 4
- The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
- The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
- Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

MaY - Y, 5
- Broken to Harness by Edmund Hodgson Yates. Stacy's recommendation.
✔️ North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1855 - LibriVox
- The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie in 1925

JunE - E, 6
- Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Emmuska Orczy - LibriVox
- Emma by Jane Austen - LibriVox
- The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy - LibriVox

JuLy - L, 7
- The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green - LibriVox
- The Lady of the Basement Flat by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey - LibriVox
- The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance - LibriVox

AugusT - T, 8
- Faithfully Yours by Lou Tabakow. Stacy's recommendation.
- A Pilgrim Maid by Taggart Marion Ames. Stacy's recommendation.
- Patricia Brent, Spinster by Herbert Jenkins in 1918 - LibriVox

September - S, 9
- Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes by Ella Cheever Thayer in 1879
- The Apartment Next Door by William Andrew Johnston in 1919
- Set in Silver by C.N. Williamson, A.M. Williamson

October - O, 10
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - LibriVox
- The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart in 1910 - LibriVox
- One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York by Louis Tracy

November - N, 11 Stacy's recommendations
- Kobiety, Women: A Novel Of Polish Life by Zofia Nałkowska
- Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play by Namiki Senryu
- The Mystery of Monastery Farm by H.R. NTaylor

December - D, 12
- The Mystery of Mary by Grace Livingston Hill in 1912- LibriVox
- A Dark Night's Work by Elizabeth Gaskell LibriVox
- The Doctor's Dilemma by Hesba Stretton


message 3: by Lanelle (last edited Nov 30, 2021 07:49PM) (new)

Lanelle | 462 comments Count me in!

Monthly Possibilities:

January - J, 1
Helen's Babies by John Habberton 1/15/21 ****
The Secret Garden (Wikipedia says it was published in 1911) 1/20/21 *****

February - F, 2
nothing for February :(

March - M, 3
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill; or, Jasper Parloe's Secret 3/30/21 **** (pub. 1913)

April - A, 4
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4/5/21 *****
Murder at Bridge by Anne Austin 4/8/21 ***
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 4/25/21 ****

MaY - Y, 5
Pigs Is Pigs - pub. 1905 5/31/21 ****
The House Of A Thousand Candles - pub. 1905 5/4/21 ****

JunE - E, 6
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy 6/5/21 ****
Molly Make-Believe by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter 6/23/21 ****

JuLy - L, 7
Letters of a Woman Homesteader 7/24/21 ***
Parnassus on Wheels - pub. 1917 7/24/21 ****

AugusT - T, 8
nothing for August :(

September - S, 9
Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes - pub. 1879 9/25/21 ****

October - O, 10
The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips Oppenheim 10/11/21 ***

November - N, 11
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport - pub. 1911 11/7/21 ***

December - D, 12
Daddy Long Legs
Dear Enemy
Doctor Jones' Picnic
The Doctor's Dilemma
Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed
The Dawn of a To-morrow
The Daring Twins
Phoebe Daring: A Story for Young Folk - pub. 1912
The Silent Bullet - pub. 1912
Blue-Bird Weather - pub. 1912
The Ivory Snuff Box - pub. 1912
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Diary of a Nobody
The Dragon Of Wantley, His Rise, His Voracity And His Downfall: A Romance
Over Paradise Ridge A Romance by Maria Thompson Daviess
Kenny by Leona Dalrymple
The Destroying Angel
High Dragon Bump by Don Thompson


message 5: by JenniferFour (last edited Jul 28, 2021 08:26PM) (new)

JenniferFour | 61 comments I will play!

January - J, 1
—-The Jungle Book
February - F, 2
—-The Mystery of M. Felix by Farjeon
March - M, 3
—Miss Meredith by Amy Levy
April - A, 4
-The Silver Bullet by Arthur Reeves (DNF)
MaY - Y, 5
JunE - E, 6
JuLy - L, 7. Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery
AugusT - T, 8
September - S, 9
October - O, 10
November - N, 11
December - D, 12


message 6: by Library (last edited May 11, 2021 04:52PM) (new)

Library Queen | 90 comments I'm in!

Not sure what I'll use, but here are some options.

Emma
The Woman in White
Shirley
Nicholas Nickleby


January - J, 1 - Letters from a Cat by Helen Hunt Jackson
February - F, 2 - The White People by Frances Hodgson Burnett
March - M, 3 - More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
April - A, 4 Emma by Jane Austen
MaY - Y, 5 - The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle - 1905
JunE - E, 6
JuLy - L, 7
AugusT - T, 8
September - S, 9
October - O, 10
November - N, 11
December - D, 12


message 7: by Alex (last edited Dec 08, 2021 11:04AM) (new)

Alex Holmwood | 18 comments This looks like fun. I'll definitely try this.

January - J, 1
The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers, (Charlie Chan # 1), newly pd. (Completed 1/25/2021)
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie, (Superintendent Battle #1), newly pd. (Completed 1/6/2021)

February - F, 2
The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt (Started 2/15/2021, completed 3/4/2021)

March - M, 3
Lilith, a romance by George MacDonald, Memoirs of Arsene Lupin or 813 by Maurice Leblanc (started 3/17/2021, finished 3/31/2021)

April - A, 4
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (started 4/01/2021, finished 4/08/2021)

MaY - Y, 5
The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc, (Arsene Lupin #5). (started 5/14/2021, finished 5/23/2021)

JunE - E, 6
The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison, A Passage to India by E.M. Forster (started 6/01/2021, finished 6/06/2021), or The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc, (Arsene Lupin #6).

JuLy - L, 7
The Gods of Pegana by Lord Dunsany (started and finished 7/2/2021) or Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1 of 2 by Luo Guanzhong

AugusT - T, 8
The Time Traders by Andre Norton (started 8/01/2021, finished 8/11/2021)

September - S, 9
The High Place by James Branch Cabell, (Biography of Manuel #9). (Started 9/01/2021, finished 9/21/2021)

October - O, 10
Out of Death's Shadow: or, A Case Without A Precedent by Nicholas Carter
A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany, published in 1910. (Started 10/11/2021, finished 10/17/2021)

November - N, 11
The Defiant Agents by Andre Norton (Started 11/112021, finished 11/25/2021

December - D, 12
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin or Domnei by James Branch Cabell or The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany (Started 12/2/2021, finished 12/8/2021)


message 8: by Stacy (last edited Jun 21, 2021 03:40AM) (new)

Stacy | 43 comments I will play as well! I will start with the first 3, then add more as I go.

January - J, 1
- The First Violin by Jessie Fothergill-- finished 1/28/2021

February - F, 2
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett finished 2/28/2021
finished Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (from Jan.) 2/11/2021
Finished Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, (from Jan), finished 2/14/2021
March - M, 3
- The Mystery of the Hidden Room by Marion Harvey finished 4/22/2021
Mary Barton, finished 3/31/2021
April - A, 4: Finished The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti, (from February) 4/5/2021
MaY - Y, 5:Finished The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (from February), 5/7/2021

JunE - E, 6 Finished Secret Adversay The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie, 6/6/2021, finished Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, 6/13/2021
JuLy - L, 7
AugusT - T, 8
September - S, 9
October - O, 10
November - N, 11
December - D, 12


back to top