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Post by geminii on Oct 11, 2021 21:37:21 GMT
Well done !! Can we have some easier categories for next year, please ?? Lol Where would the fun be in that, lol. Absolutely none .. lol Obviously my attempt at humour / sarcasm has been lost in translation ..
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Post by jessieloo22 on Oct 24, 2021 5:03:20 GMT
The main 40 completed! I had to read a Christmas book whilst in Sunny Crete but glad it's done!
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Post by sarita on Oct 24, 2021 5:37:15 GMT
The main 40 completed! I had to read a Christmas book whilst in Sunny Crete but glad it's done! Well done!
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Post by rosemary3 on Oct 25, 2021 18:42:58 GMT
The main 40 completed! I had to read a Christmas book whilst in Sunny Crete but glad it's done!
Congratulations!
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Post by peppercricket on Oct 26, 2021 13:37:26 GMT
Whoop! Well done.
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Post by freerange on Nov 28, 2021 22:36:21 GMT
I've finished the 40!
1. America the Beautiful (a book set in USA) Farewell Summer - Ray Bradbury 2. That’s a Wrap! (a book that became a film) The Witches - Roald Dahl 3. Food, Glorious Food! (a book with food - or drink - in the title) The Popcorn Pirates – Alexander McCall Smith 4. Flower of Scotland (a book set in Scotland) 44 Scotland Street – Alexander McCall Smith 5. Alien! (a book with a non-human character) Mariel of Redwall – Brian Jacques 6. In a word… (one-word title) Salamandastron – Brian Jacques 7. Go East, Young Man! (book set in the Far East) Empire of Silver – Conn Iggulden 8. Green Book (not the film - a book with a green cover) Dandelion Wine – Ray Bradbury 9. Water, water everywhere (a book with river, lake, sea etc in the title) Whispers on the Water – Audrey Howard 10. Ticket to Ride (a book about a journey) Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure – Michael Palin 11. Lost in Translation (hopefully not! A book translated into English) Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino 12. A book first published before you were born The Twits – Roald Dahl 13. A kernel of truth (a story based on real events or people) Born Killers? - Dr Kris Mohandie 14. A book set in the 1800s The Mill on the Floss – George Eliot 15. War and Peace (A book set between the two world wars) The Sapphire Widow - Dinah Jefferies 16. It’s new to me (1)… (a book by an author you’ve not read before) The Question – Jane Asher 17. It’s new to me (2) (a book in a genre you wouldn’t usually read) Living a Lie - Josephine Cox 18. In the Beginning (a debut novel) Redwall – Brian Jacques 19. She (a book with a woman’s name in the title) The Rosie Effect – Graeme Simsion 20. Fly Me to the Moon (a book about flying or space travel) Tuf Voyaging – George R R Martin 21. Dear diary (a biography, autobiography or memoir) A Handful of Honey – Annie Hawes 22. A non-fiction book Pies and Prejudice – Stuart Maconie 23. The sound of music (a book with music/song etc in the title) Song of the Lioness – Tamora Pierce 24. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (a book set at Christmas!) Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker – Francesca Simon 25. It’s a Mystery (a crime or mystery novel or non-fiction) A Cotswold Casebook - Rebecca Tope 26. Here and Now (a book published in 2021) Aldrin Adams and the Cheese Nightmares – Paul Howard 27. Short and sweet (a book with 250 pages or fewer) Esio Trot – Roald Dahl 28. It’s a Kind of Magic (a book with a magical element) The Magician's Guild – Trudi Canavan 29. You’re Gonna Find Me Out In the Country (a book set in the countryside) The Long Patrol – Brian Jacques 30. In Isolation (a book set somewhere very remote) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – Paul Torday 31. Brand spanking new (a book you bought new) The Colours of all the Cattle – Alexander McCall Smith 32. All the Fun of the Fair (a book about a fair, carnival, freak show etc) The Greatest Show off Earth – Robert Rankin 33. Working 9 to 5 (a book with a profession in the title, or about a specific job) The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 34. Dial M for Murder (a book about a murder….!) The Geographer's Library – Jon Fasman 35. Frozen (a book set in winter or somewhere very very cold!) Polar Star – Martin Cruz Smith 36. It’s Raining Men (a book with a man in the title) Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves – PG Wodehouse 37. Eyes of a Child (a book written from a child’s point of view) Danny the Champion of the World – Roald Dahl 38. What a gem! (a book with a gemstone in the title) Diamonds are Forever - Ian Fleming 39. A hardback book The Danger Gang – Tom Fletcher 40. Books on books! Death of an Avid Reader – Frances Brody
5, 6, 18, 29: I read 15 of Brian Jacques' Redwall series before passing them onto my nephews. 2, 12, 27: I also read alot of Roald Dahl in advance of my books and food party in August which was originally going to be Roald Dahl themed 26 & 39: I read a couple of children's books (that my nephews had).
17 & 9: I have several books left over from a sort of book club at work. The ones I have remaining I only read to fulfill these challenges. 26: I think the book was first published in 2020 (in hardback) I read the paperback edition which was pulished 2021.
40: It is set in a library...
I will finish the extra 10 (only 2 to go) and an A-Z book challenge, but I won't finish the 25 for lunatics, although I will have read over 75 books by the end of the year.
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Post by sarita on Nov 29, 2021 6:43:49 GMT
Well done!
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Post by rosemary3 on Nov 29, 2021 12:48:47 GMT
Congratulations freerange!
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Post by jen on Dec 13, 2021 10:10:39 GMT
I don't think I'll finish this list, mainly due to not much reading being done because I had plenty to fit in the categories. I've read 40 books so far but they don't fit all into the categories.
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Post by peppercricket on Dec 13, 2021 13:15:43 GMT
You can have another go next year, Jen
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Post by pennylane on Dec 21, 2021 18:34:13 GMT
Finished!!
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Post by sarita on Dec 21, 2021 19:47:52 GMT
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Post by geminii on Dec 21, 2021 21:03:13 GMT
Whoop !! Congrats Mandy !! 👏👏👏
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Post by peppercricket on Dec 22, 2021 11:36:06 GMT
Yippee! Well done
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Post by pennylane on Dec 24, 2021 16:47:00 GMT
Don't think I have ever finished the 45 let alone the 75 so quite chuffed to have done so this year!!!
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