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message 1: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 04, 2024 02:14PM) (new)

Dec 04, 2023 05:35PM

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message 2: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 22, 2024 02:29PM) (new)

Dec 20, 2023 02:05PM

PBTags of the Month

January- Historical Mystery

The Canterbury Murders
Murder at Morrington Hall
Nighthawk's Wing
The Burning Issue of the Day
Death Beside the Seaside

February - Authors of Color
Harlem Shuffle
All the Sinners Bleed
Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet
Woke Up Like This
River Sing Me Home
Night Wherever We Go

March - Coming of Age
Wandering Stars
My Side of the River
Things We Lost to the Water
This Tender Land

April - Fantasy-Romance
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

May - Crime
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Hollow Beasts
Murder at Half Moon Gate
Murder at Kensington Palace
Murder at Queen's Landing
Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge
Murder at the Merton Library
The Golden Gate

June - Europe
The Red Notebook
The Queen of Poisons
The Woman at the Wheel
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
The Bordeaux Book Club
Coming Home
The Last Time I Saw You
Vintage 1954
One Summer Day in Rome
When the Angels Left the Old Country
American by Day
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance
Palm Beach Finland
Morality Play
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
A Year at the French Farmhouse

July - Debut
Pearce Oysters
A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
Maame
After You'd Gone
Maisie Dobbs
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
A Plague on Both Your Houses

August - 5 Stars
The Man Who Died Twice
The Bullet That Missed
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Last Thing He Told Me
Golden Girl
James
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

September - Sad
Foster
The Twilight Garden
After Annie

October - Travel
You Are Here
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

November- Steampunk

December

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message 3: by Booknblues (last edited Dec 01, 2024 05:16PM) (new)

Dec 20, 2023 02:08PM

Trim the TBR 2024

1. Night Kill – Ann Littlewood
2. The Two Lives of Sara -Catherine Adel West
3. ~~Clark And Division – Naomi Hirahara~~ - September
4. The House of Doors – Tan Twan Eng (Amy)*
5. ~~A Land More Kind Than Home – Wiley Cash~~ -July
6. The Fountain Overflows -Rebecca West
7. ~~The Girl in Lifeboat Six – Eliza Graham~~- May
8. ~~The Paris Bookseller –Kerri Maher~~October
9. ~~River Sing Me Home -Eleanor Shearer~~
10. ~~Valley Forge -Bob Drury & Tom Clavin~~ * buddy read with Joy D and Joanne
11. ~~Golden Girl – Elin Hildebrand~~/A Dress of Violet Taffeta- Tessa Arlen*- August
12. American Gods –Neil Gaiman (Jennifer)*
13. ~~The Chinese Groove – Kathryn Ma~~- January
14. ~~A Town Called Solace – Mary Lawson~~ (Amy)*-February
15. Chasing the Sun – Natalia Sylvester
16. ~~Tender at the Bone- Ruth Reichl * (Buddy read with Theresa)~~,July swap out
17. ~~The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees(immigrants)~~ - June
18. ~~Things We Lost in the Water – Eric Nguyen(Buddy REad with Jen K)~~ March
19. ~~Open Water -- Caleb Azumah Nelson~~
20. Flight Behavior – Barbara Kingsolver- November
21. ~~Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness – Doug Peacock~~ - April
22. Joan – Catherine J. Chen
23. Unlikely Animals – Annie Hartnett * (Buddy read Joy D)December
24. The Engineer’s Wife – Tracey Emerson Wood

Hanging Chads
Thunder dog – Michael Hingson
Artful– Peter David

1. Night Kill – Ann Littlewood
2. The Two Lives of Sara -Catherine Adel West
3. Chasing the Sun – Natalia Sylvester
4. The House of Doors – Tan Twan Eng (Amy)*
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6. The Fountain Overflows -Rebecca West
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11. Joan – Catherine J. Chen
12. The Engineer’s Wife – Tracey Emerson Wood

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message 4: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 14, 2024 03:53PM) (new)

Dec 20, 2023 06:14PM

Tracking Nonfiction, Released in 2024 and DTB
Nonfiction
Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant
Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Valley Forge
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo
Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
Coming Home
The Last Time I Saw You
What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders
A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
How to Say Babylon
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky
Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

Released in 2024
Wandering Stars
My Side of the River
Wolves of Winter
There was a Crooked Man
I Am Rome
The Ministry of Time
The Queen of Poisons
The Bordeaux Book Club
Coming Home
What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Pearce Oysters
Crow Talk
A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
James
Sisters of Fortune
Blood Mountain
You Are Here
Prince Edward's Ride

DTB
Let Us Descend(Library)
Still Life with Bread Crumbs(library)
Essex Dogs(Library)
Tom Lake(Library)
Moon of the Turning Leaves(library)
Crow Talk(library)
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

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message 5: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 14, 2024 03:54PM) (new)

Dec 20, 2023 06:15PM

Tracking Genres

Fiction Genres

Contemporary Fiction
The Chinese Groove
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tom Lake
The Red Notebook
The Rules of Arrangement
The Bordeaux Book Club
The Last Time I Saw You
One Summer Day in Rome
American by Day
Crow Talk
After You'd Gone
Maame
Someone Else's Bucket List
Golden Girl
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Mornings with Rosemary
You Are Here

Dystopian
Moon of the Crusted Snow
Moon of the Turning Leaves

Fantasy
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Historical Fiction
Let Us Descend
Murder at Morrington Hall
The Canterbury Murders
Nighthawk's Wing
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Harlem Shuffle
Essex Dogs
Murder at Blackwater Bend
Flags on the Bayou
River Sing Me Home
Night Wherever We Go
Good Taste
Things We Lost to the Water
Wolves of Winter
There was a Crooked Man
This Tender Land
I Am Rome
The Madwomen of Paris
October in the Earth
The Girl in Lifeboat Six
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Murder at Half Moon Gate
Murder at Queen's Landing
Murder at Kensington Palace
Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge
Murder at the Merton Library
The Golden Gate
The Woman at the Wheel
When the Angels Left the Old Country
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance
Morality Play
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Maisie Dobbs
A Plague on Both Your Houses
The Fatal Flying Affair
James
Prince Edward's Ride

Literary Fiction
The Chinese Groove
Let Us Descend
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Harlem Shuffle
River Sing Me Home
Things We Lost to the Water
This Tender Land
The Ministry of Time
Pearce Oysters
Crow Talk
Brotherless Night
After You'd Gone
Maame
James

Mysteries
Murder at Morrington Hall
The Canterbury Murders
Nighthawk's Wing
The Burning Issue of the Day
Death Beside the Seaside
All the Sinners Bleed
Murder at Blackwater Bend
Flags on the Bayou
The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard
The Taken Ones
There was a Crooked Man
The Madwomen of Paris
Hide
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Hollow Beasts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Murder at Half Moon Gate
Murder at Queen's Landing
Murder at Kensington Palace
Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge
The Golden Gate
The Queen of Poisons
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Palm Beach Finland
Morality Play
Maisie Dobbs
A Plague on Both Your Houses
The Man Who Died Twice
The Fatal Flying Affair
Blood Mountain
Prince Edward's Ride

Magical Realism
When the Angels Left the Old Country

Romance
Christmas at the Cat Café
Woke Up Like This
The Rules of Arrangement
One Summer Day in Rome
A Year at the French Farmhouse
Someone Else's Bucket List

Science Fiction
The Ministry of Time

Suspense
All the Sinners Bleed
The Last Thing He Told Me

Time Travel
Vintage 1954

NonFiction Genres

Animals
The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant
Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo
Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World

Biography/Memoir
Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
My Side of the River
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
Coming Home
What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders
A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table
How to Say Babylon
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

History
Valley Forge
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

Social Issues
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

Travel
Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo
Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

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message 6: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 14, 2024 11:17AM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:44PM

Tracking Kindle Unlimited

The Canterbury Murders
Blood Mountain
The Burning Issue of the Day
Death Beside the Seaside
Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Woke Up Like This
The Taken Ones
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Hide
October in the Earth
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Murder at Half Moon Gate
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Murder at Queen's Landing
Murder at Kensington Palace
Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge
Murder at the Merton Library
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance
A Year at the French Farmhouse
Maame
Someone Else's Bucket List
The Fatal Flying Affair
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

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message 7: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 14, 2024 03:54PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:45PM

Tracking Series

Stella & Lyndy Series
Murder at Morrington Hall
Murder at Blackwater Bend

Stanton and Barling
The Canterbury Murders

Gideon Stoltz
Nighthawk's Wing

Lady Hardcastle
The Burning Issue of the Day
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Fatal Flying Affair

Essex Dogs
Essex Dogs
Wolves of Winter

Steinbeck & Reed
The Taken Ones

Stephen Attebrook
There was a Crooked Man
Prince Edward's Ride

Harriet Foster
Hide

Wrexford & Sloane
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Murder at Half Moon Gate
Murder at Queen's Landing
Murder at Kensington Palace
Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge
Murder at the Merton Library

Jodi Luna
Hollow Beasts
Blood Mountain

The Marlow Murder Club
The Queen of Poisons

Matthew Bartholomew
A Plague on Both Your Houses

The Thursday Murder Club
The Man Who Died Twice

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message 8: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 14, 2024 11:28AM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:46PM

Tracking Around the World Travels
Africa
The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant

Congo
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo

Uganda
Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet

Asia

Afghanistan
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky

China
The Chinese Groove
Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China

India
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
The Rules of Arrangement

Kyrgyzstan
Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China

Sri Lanka
Brotherless Night

Uzbekistan
Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China

Vietnam
Things We Lost to the Water
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

Europe

Belgium
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance

England
Christmas at the Cat Café
The Canterbury Murders
Murder at Morrington Hall
The Burning Issue of the Day
Death Beside the Seaside
Murder at Blackwater Bend
Good Taste
There was a Crooked Man
The Girl in Lifeboat Six
Murder on Black Swan Lane
The Ministry of Time
Murder at Half Moon Gate
Murder at Queen's Landing
Murder at Kensington Palace
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge
Murder at the Merton Library
The Queen of Poisons
The Last Time I Saw You
Morality Play
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Maame
After You'd Gone
Maisie Dobbs
A Plague on Both Your Houses
The Man Who Died Twice
The Fatal Flying Affair
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Mornings with Rosemary
You Are Here

Finland
Palm Beach Finland

France
Essex Dogs
Wolves of Winter
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Madwomen of Paris
The Red Notebook
The Bordeaux Book Club
Vintage 1954
A Year at the French Farmhouse
A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France

Germany
The Woman at the Wheel

Greece
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

Italy
I Am Rome
One Summer Day in Rome

Norway
American by Day

Poland
When the Angels Left the Old Country

Russia
Coming Home

Scotland
After You'd Gone

Sweden
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

North America

Barbados
River Sing Me Home

Canada
Woke Up Like This
A Town Called Solace
Moon of the Crusted Snow
Moon of the Turning Leaves

Jamaica
How to Say Babylon

United States
Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
Let Us Descend
October in the Earth
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

Oceania
South America
Chile
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

United States
Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

Arizona
What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders

California
The Chinese Groove
Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Wandering Stars
The Golden Gate
The Last Thing He Told Me
Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State

Illinois
The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard
Hide
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky

Louisiana
Flags on the Bayou
Things We Lost to the Water
Pearce Oysters

Massachusetts
Golden Girl

Michigan
Tom Lake

Minnesota
The Taken Ones
This Tender Land

Missouri
James

New Mexico
Hollow Beasts
Blood Mountain

New York
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Harlem Shuffle
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Girl in Lifeboat Six
When the Angels Left the Old Country
American by Day
Someone Else's Bucket List
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Pennsylvania
Nighthawk's Wing
Valley Forge

Texas
Night Wherever We Go
The Last Thing He Told Me

Virginia
All the Sinners Bleed

Washington
Crow Talk

Washington DC
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Wyoming
Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness

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message 9: by Booknblues (last edited Apr 19, 2024 02:38PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:47PM

Reading Year in Awards and Events

January
Open
Edgar Nominations announced January 19, Edgar Allan Poe's birthday

February
African American History Month
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
All the Sinners Bleed
Flags on the Bayou
Night Wherever We Go

President's Day
Valley Forge

DUBLIN Literary Award Longlist
River Sing Me Home

Edgar Awards (free choice)
All the Sinners Bleed

March
National Women’s History Month,
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams

Irish American Heritage Month

Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominees(longlist) announced - March 8
Dublin Literary Award - Shortlist
Edgar Awards -Debut author
The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard
The Taken Ones

April
Edgar Awards – Main category
The Madwomen of Paris
Hide

National Arab American Heritage Month

Women's Prize for Fiction

May
Asian Pacific American Heritage
Women's Prize for Fiction -Shortlist
Miles Franklin (Australia -Longlist)

June
Gay Lesbian Pride Month
Miles Franklin Award

July –
Booker Longlist
Obama’s Summer Reading List
Christmas in July

August
James Cropper Wainwright shortlist (July 28,2022) (Nature/environment)
Booker Longlist

September
National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
National Book Awards Longlist
Scotiabank Giller Prize (Canadian) Longlist -Spt. 6, 2022
Booker Shortlist

October
National Italian American Heritage Month
National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
National Book Awards - shortlist
Spooky/Halloween/Fall flurries

November
Fall Flurries
National American Indian Heritage Month
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving

December
Fall Flurries
Hannukah
Christmas

November_
https://www.officeholidays.com/divers...
https://www.officeholidays.com/upcomi...
https://nationaltoday.com/november-ho...

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message 10: by Booknblues (last edited Apr 24, 2024 02:34PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:48PM

Rabbit Holes

January
Reading Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences and discovered Jedidiah Jenkins other book To Shake the Sleeping Self: A Journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a Quest for a Life with No Regret
River Sing Me Home

Animals
January - The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant
February - Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet
Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World

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message 11: by Booknblues (last edited Jan 27, 2024 05:59PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:49PM

January

PBTag - Historical Mystery
~~Murder at Morrington Hall~~
~~The Canterbury Murders~~
Split
The Girl from the Hermitage
~~Nighthawk's Wing~~
The Witch’s Lens
The Good Knight
~~The Burning Issue of the Day~~

Trim
~~The Chinese Groove~~

Other
~~Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences~~
~~Let Us Descend~~ - Library
~~The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant~~
~~Christmas at the Cat Café~~
~~Still Life with Bread Crumbs~~ -library
~~Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour~~
The Greenhouse
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

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message 12: by Booknblues (last edited Feb 27, 2024 03:26PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:50PM

February

PBTag- Authors of Color
~~All the Sinners Bleed~~
Wild, Beautiful, and Free
Slavery's Exiles - NF
Gloryland
Citizens Creek
The Thread Collectors
~~Night Wherever We Go~~
~~Harlem Shuffle~~
~~Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet~~
~~Woke Up Like This~~
~~River Sing Me Home~~

Trim
#14 ~~A Town Called Solace~~

Edgar's
~~All the Sinners Bleed~~
~~Flags on the Bayou~~
The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard

Dublin
~~River Sing Me Home~~
The Orphans of Amsterdam

President's Day
~~Valley Forge~~

Black History Month
~~Harlem Shuffle~~

Random
Happiness Falls
What Angels Fear
~~The Color of Lightning~~ Library
~~Essex Dogs~~ Library
~~Murder at Blackwater Bend~~

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message 13: by Booknblues (last edited Mar 26, 2024 06:14PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:50PM

March

PBTag - Coming of Age
~~My Side of the River~~
A Room with a View
Ordinary Grace
~~This Tender Land~~.
Citizens Creek
Miller's Valley*
A Woman Is No Man*
Foster*
Babel*
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue*
~~Wandering Stars~~
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
~~Things We Lost to the Water~~

Trim
#18 ~~Things We Lost to the Water~~ buddy read with Jen K

Edgars
The Madwomen of Paris
The Peacock and the Sparrow
~~The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard~~
The Golden Gate
~~The Taken Ones~~
Small Town Sins

Buddy Reads
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
~~Things We Lost to the Water~~ -with Jenk 3/9
The Peacock and the Sparrow

Random
Under a Gilded Moon
Ithaca
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo
~~Wolves of Winter~~
~~Wandering Starspreorder~~
Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime
The Atomic Weight of Love
~~Good Taste~~
In Praise of the Bees
~~Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams~~
~~There was a Crooked Man~~
~~Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo~~

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message 14: by Booknblues (last edited Apr 24, 2024 02:35PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:51PM

April

PBTag- Fantasy-Romance
~~The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue~~
Circe
Ninth House
The Sylver Platter: Becoming: Not Every Superhero Fits the Mold

Trim
#21 ~~Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness~~

Rabbit Hole
Down the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
DNO James

Buddy Read
Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China

Edgars
~~The Madwomen of Paris~~
The Golden Gate
Small Town Sins
~~Hide~~

Preorder
~~Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World~~
~~I Am Rome~~

Library
~~Tom Lake~~
~~Moon of the Turning Leaves~~

Random & Leftovers
A Room with a View
Ordinary Grace
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue*
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
Under a Gilded Moon
Ithaca
Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime
The Atomic Weight of Love
In Praise of the Bees
~~Moon of the Crusted Snow~~

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message 15: by Booknblues (last edited Jun 06, 2024 03:52PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:51PM

May

PBTag - Crime
Happiness Falls
The Flight Attendant
The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
~~Hollow Beasts~~
The Hydrogen Murder
The Man Who Died Twice
Dissolution
Bury Your Dead
The Trees
Frog Music
The Leavers
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
The Cold Dish
Maisie Dobbs
~~Murder on Black Swan Lane~~
~~Murder at Half Moon Gate~~
Murder at Queen's Landing
Murder at Kensington Palace
~~Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens~~
~~Murder at the Serpentine Bridge~~
~~Murder at the Merton Library~~
~~The Golden Gate~~

Trim
~~#7The Girl in Lifeboat Six~~

Preorder
What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders

Rabbit Hole
Down the Mississippi
Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
DNO James

Buddy Read
Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China
~~The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire~~
Edgars

The Golden Gate

AnimalsOn the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden

Random & Leftovers
A Room with a View
Ordinary Grace
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
Under a Gilded Moon
Ithaca
Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime
The Atomic Weight of Love
In Praise of the Bees
~~October in the Earth~~
~~The Ministry of Time~~
~~The Rules of Arrangement~~

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message 16: by Booknblues (last edited Jul 01, 2024 08:34AM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:51PM

June

PBTag - Europe
Amy Snow
Burning Down George Orwell's House
The Bullet That Missed
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
The Unwanted Dead
The Siege
Gardener of Versailles: My Life in the World's Grandest Garden*
The Queen of Poisons*
Darkness Falling
The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga
Jacqueline in Paris
Watermark: A Novel of the Middle Ages
~~The Red Notebook~~
~~The Woman at the Wheel~~
~~The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees~~
~~The Bordeaux Book Club~~
~~Coming Home~~
~~The Last Time I Saw You~~
~~Vintage 1954~~
~~One Summer Day in Rome~~
~~When the Angels Left the Old Country~~
~~American by Day~~
~~What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance~~
~~Palm Beach Finland~~
~~Morality Play~~
~~The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club~~
~~A Year at the French Farmhouse~~

Trim
#17 ~~The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees~~

Buddy Read
~~The Red Notebook~~
~~Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China~~

Preorder
~~The Queen of Poisons~~
~~What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders~~

Random
Midnight at Malabar House

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message 17: by Booknblues (last edited Aug 01, 2024 04:03PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:51PM

July

PBTag - Debut
Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks
The Far Field
A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
The God of Small ThingsDTB
Sense and SensibilityDTB
Bastard Out of CarolinaDTB
White TeethDTB
~~Maisie Dobbs~~
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and SweetDTB
~~A Plague on Both Your Houses~~
Arabian Jazz*
~~Pearce Oysters~~
~~A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France~~
~~Maame~~
~~After You'd Gone~~

Trim
~~Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table~~
#5A Land More Kind Than Home

Christmas in July
The Christmas Guest - buddy read with Theresa

Library
~~Crow Talk~~

Random
~~Brotherless Night~~
~~How to Say Babylon~~
~~Someone Else's Bucket List~~

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message 18: by Booknblues (last edited Aug 30, 2024 06:10PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:52PM

August

PBTag - 5 Stars

~~The Bullet That Missed~~
~~The Last Thing He Told Me~~
Open Water
~~My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry~~
My Brilliant Friend
~~Mornings with Rosemary~~ (4people)
Happiness Falls
~~The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder~~
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Infidel
Girl, Woman, Other
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Sense and Sensibility
All Systems Red
Where the Crawdads Sing
Circe
~~The Man Who Died Twice~~
~~James~~
~~Golden Girl~~

Trim
A Dress of Violet Taffeta

Preorder
A Grave in the Woods

Library
~~The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder~~
~~James~~

Random
~~The Fatal Flying Affair~~
~~The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky~~

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message 19: by Booknblues (last edited Sep 23, 2024 05:32PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:52PM

September

PBTag - Sad
~~Foster~~
~~After Annie~~
Circe
Atonement
Beartown
The Fountains of Silence
Les Miserables
Babel
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
The Astonishing Color of After
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Our Wives Under the Sea

Trim
#3 ~~Clark and Division~~

Finish or DNF
Sense and Sensibility
The Secret Life of the Seine
Open Water
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer
All Our Yesterdays: A Novel of Lady Macbeth

Travel
~~Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State~~

Random Ideas
Drowning
Swampwalker's Journal: A Wetlands Year
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors
Perestroika in Paris
The Twenty-Ninth Day
Terriers in the Jungle: A Novel
Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic
~~Blood Mountain~~
~~An Unholy Alliance~~

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message 20: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 21, 2024 03:17PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:52PM

October

PBTag- Travel
Fiction
The Tour
Miss Benson's Beetle
~~You Are Here~~
Under a Pole Star
In Another Time
Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes
Drowning
A Northern Light in Provence

Nonfiction
Terriers in the Jungle: A Novel-Unlimited
Cross Country: A 3,700-Mile Run to Explore Unseen America-Unlimited
Becoming Fearless: Finding Courage in the African Wilderness-Unlimited
Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness-Unlimited
~~A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World-Unlimited~~
The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America-Unlimited
Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime
Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
Distant Sunflower Fields
In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist
French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris
Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks
Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic
The Twenty-Ninth Day
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Trim
The Paris Bookseller

Fall Flurries
*Anatomy: A Love Story
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
Of Women and Salt
The Five Wounds
Familia
Children of the Land
¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
The Witch’s Lens
The Taker
Grave Talk
~~Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner~~

Random
Drowning
Swampwalker's Journal: A Wetlands Year
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors
Perestroika in Paris
The Twenty-Ninth Day
Terriers in the Jungle: A Novel
Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic
~~You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War~~
~~Prince Edward's Ride~~

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message 21: by Booknblues (last edited Oct 26, 2024 05:53PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:52PM

November

PBTag- Steampunk
The Windup Girl
The Eyre Affair
Out of Time

Trim
Flight Behavior

Fall Flurries
Escape from Kabul: The Inside Story
Operation Pineapple Express
Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians
Warrior Girl Unearthed
The Seed Keeper

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message 22: by Booknblues (last edited Dec 28, 2024 03:31PM) (new)

Dec 24, 2023 04:53PM

December

PBTag - Mystery-suspense
The Black Loch
The Christmas Guest
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Where the Crawdads Sing
Before I Go to Sleep
Force of Nature
The Survivors
The Last Devil to Die*
The Spy Coast*
Ordinary Grace
What Angels Fear
Faceless Killers
The Brethren
Drowning*
Happiness Falls*
The Secret Keeper of Main Street
~~Echo~~

Trim
#23 ~~Unlikely Animals~~

Fall Flurries
Written in the Stars
The Christmas Guest
A Friend Called Alfie
Rest You Merry
The Secret of Snow
False Play At The Christmas Party
~~Dachshund Through the Snow~~
A Cajun Christmas Killing
~~The 12 Kittens of Christmas~~

Best of TBR
Clear
The Book of Love
The Great Divide
~~Margo's Got Money Troubles~~
The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts
~~My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me~~

Unlimited
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
~~Miss Morgan's Book Brigade~~
~~Fall~~
The Call of the Wrens
Familia
The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America
Cross Country: A 3,700-Mile Run to Explore Unseen America

Missed September-November
~~Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic~~
Perestroika in Paris
Escape from Kabul: The Inside Story
~~Operation Pineapple Express~~
Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians
Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure

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message 23: by Booknblues (last edited Sep 23, 2024 02:41PM) (new)

Sep 19, 2024 02:36PM

October's Choices
SPORTS
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Beartown
The Art of Fielding
Us Against You
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

TRAVEL
Fiction
The Tour
Miss Benson's Beetle
You Are Here

Nonfiction
Terriers in the Jungle: A Novel-Unlimited
Cross Country: A 3,700-Mile Run to Explore Unseen America-Unlimited
Becoming Fearless: Finding Courage in the African Wilderness-Unlimited
Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness-Unlimited
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World-Unlimited
The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America-Unlimited
Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime
Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
Distant Sunflower Fields
In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist
French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris
Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks
Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic

Recommendations
Nonfiction -
Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State
The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West
Pursuing Giraffe: A 1950s Adventure
Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women
Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town
The Salt Path
Why We Swim
River and the Wall
A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith
Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
Unbranded
The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores
A Hole in the Wind
The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey
Mississippi Current Cookbook: A Culinary Journey down America's Greatest River- cookbook
Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World
Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit
Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
The Places in Between
Blue Lattitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Beautiful Madness

Fiction-
West With Giraffes
Butterflies in November
The Narrowboat Summer
Cold Enough for Snow
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
America for Beginners
Wintering
Etta and Otto and Russell and James
The Elephant's Journey

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message 24: by Booknblues (last edited Dec 31, 2024 03:40PM) (new)

Oct 04, 2024 02:13PM

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message 25: by Booknblues (new)

Nov 26, 2024 10:33AM

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Where the Crawdads Sing
Before I Go to Sleep
Force of Nature
The Survivors
The Last Devil to Die*
The Spy Coast*
Ordinary Grace
What Angels Fear
Faceless Killers
The Brethren
Drowning*
Happiness Falls*

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message 26: by Booknblues (last edited Nov 27, 2024 09:13PM) (new)

Nov 26, 2024 01:59PM

Wishlist from best of 2024
Creation Lake
Dead in Long Beach, California
Godwin
The Mighty Red
Our Evenings
Praiseworthy
Rakesfall
Reboot
Shred Sisters
The Silence of the Choir
Smoke Kings
Someone Like Us
John Lewis: A Life
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
A Walk in the Park
A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
There Are Rivers in the Sky
Swift River
Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
Patriot: A Memoir

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message 27: by Booknblues (new)

Dec 05, 2024 06:15PM

Trim 2025
Fran's 2025 Trim List
1. Night Kill– Ann Littlewood
2. The Two Lives of Sara -Catherine Adel West
3. Chasing the Sun – Natalia Sylvester
4. The House of Doors – Tan Twan Eng (Amy)*
5. Straw Dogs of the Universe
6. The Fountain Overflows -Rebecca West
7. The Book of Goose
8. Under a Pole Star
9. Friends in Napa
10. The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
11. Joan - Katherine J Chen
12. The Engineer's Wife – Tracey Emerson Wood

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message 28: by Booknblues (last edited Dec 10, 2024 03:28PM) (new)

Dec 10, 2024 03:28PM

About the four winds
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/encyclo...

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