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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
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

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
I'm in!
January - J, 1
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
February - F, 2
The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells
March - M, 3
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
The Mischief Maker by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Moon Rock by Arthur J. Rees, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Action & Adventure by Arthur J. Rees
April - A, 4
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
MaY - Y, 5
The Yazoo Mystery by Irving Craddock
JunE - E, 6
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
JuLy - L, 7
The La Chance Mine Mystery by Susan Morrow Jones
AugusT - T, 8
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
September - S, 9
October - O, 10
November - N, 11
December - D, 12
January - J, 1
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
February - F, 2
The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells
March - M, 3
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
The Mischief Maker by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Moon Rock by Arthur J. Rees, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Action & Adventure by Arthur J. Rees
April - A, 4
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
MaY - Y, 5
The Yazoo Mystery by Irving Craddock
JunE - E, 6
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
JuLy - L, 7
The La Chance Mine Mystery by Susan Morrow Jones
AugusT - T, 8
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
September - S, 9
October - O, 10
November - N, 11
December - D, 12

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

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

January - J, 1
February - F, 2
March - M, 3
Lilith, a romance by George MacDonald, Memoirs of Arsene Lupin or
April - A, 4
MaY - Y, 5
JunE - E, 6
The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Eddison,
JuLy - L, 7
AugusT - T, 8
September - S, 9
October - O, 10
Out of Death's Shadow: or, A Case Without A Precedent by Nicholas Carter
November - N, 11
December - D, 12
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin or Domnei by James Branch Cabell or

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
Books mentioned in this topic
The Book of Wonder (other topics)Dear Enemy (other topics)
The Doctor's Dilemma (other topics)
The Dawn of a To-morrow (other topics)
The Diary of a Nobody (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Don Thompson (other topics)Leona Dalrymple (other topics)
Arthur Conan Doyle (other topics)
Maria Thompson Daviess (other topics)
E. Phillips Oppenheim (other topics)
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