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Well, I didn't make my--admittedly rather ambitious--reading challenge goal for 2019. Having done 100 books+ the prior two years, I truly believed, in the beginning, I could exceed that, yet I ended up not even cracking 100.

Getting a promotion at work and being violently ill twice this fall/winter cut into my reading/listening time. Can anyone else not concentrate on a book when you are sick?

May 2020 be better!

This got returned to the library unfinished. It is a book I'd like to own someday as a reference guide for my health, but I don't feel I can list it as finished when it wasn't :-(

So sorry I just can't get into this book, at least right now. I think there are interconnected storylines and I may try it again in the future, but for right now, it's on my DNF pile...

Not quite sure how I missed this one in the chronology, but I have somehow done so. I'd like to have it finished before the end of 2018, but since I'm reading it in paperback, I'm not so sure...

It's getting better. The USE delegation has finally reached Agra and the Sultan's residence, so the trading can begin. Or can it? The first meeting was interrupted, and the uptime women are currently staying in the harem.

Now I'm on more comfortable ground. The uptimers versus the downtimers interplay is why I love this series.

This is still slow going due partially because I am reading it in paperback and therefore only at home and mainly because I'm having a devil of a time keeping the political schemes and Mughal names straight.

Again, as mentioned in my last update, this is not the fault of the writing--it is simply something my brain is not processing well as I have no knowledge of Indian history...

This is a fascinating read, although the footnotes at the end of each chapter would probably be easier to put in context if I had an actual physical edition to hand, rather than the Nook version I am reading.

I'm learning a lot of information about Edward and Alexandra that I had not known before, and Ms. Ridley certainly shows she has done her research.

Loving the audio version of these seven novellas, some of which I have read in various anthologies. The narrators are all excellent so far, and Diana Gabaldon herself adds author notes before and/or after on several of the tales.

This actually kept me from doing some necessary paperwork and housework yesterday because I wanted to just sit and savor the feelings these stories evoke in me...

This is my least favorite ROF title so far because my lack of knowledge of Indian culture and history is making my reading a bit of a slog. Gratefully, I own this one in paperback, so I can easily go back to check on names. titles. etc.

I still like the book, and I have no problem with the authors, plot, or even the storyline. I just cannot read this particular entry in the series without great concentration.

I have to give up on this one. The recipes might be okay, but the writing in the beginning chapters is totally off-putting. It's almost as if the book was written in a foreign language and then run through a computer translation program and published straight to Kindle from there.

I really wanted to like this book because I'm working hard to prep my lunches in advance, but I will search for another title.

Excellent story of what happens when advisers to kings decide they know better than said king how to run an empire. (Hint: the nobility may not be "noble" in their actions.)

This volume was a roller coaster ride and I loved every minute.

I just can't seem to get into this story, and I have so many other books on my TBR mountain...

I'm giving up on this one for now, and may or may not revisit it at some future date.

Really having trouble getting into this story (audio version). The beginning seemed so unattached from the first volume, especially opening with a never-before-seen character.

I may just be tired of MG/YA reading right now...I doubt seriously this will be finished within the five days remaining on my OverDrive loan, but I may check it out again in the future.