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Total pages for 2015= 22,618

77 books

 

Total pages for 2014= 26,347

87 books

 

January

 

Read a Thon:

Nine and a Half Weeks by Elizabeth McNeill (118 pages) 1/1

Cornbread by Sean Hammer (23 pages) 1/1

On Two Feet and Wings by Abbas Kazerooni (258 pages) 1/1-1/2

 

The Lemon Tree by Sand Tolan (307 pages) 1/2- 1/5

The Pact by Jodi Picoult (481 pages) 1/6-1/9

Hunger (Book 2 of Gone) by Michael Grant (600 pages) 1/10- 1/13

The Time Traveler's Wife by Andre Neffengger (416 pages) 1/17- 1/22

More Now Again by Elizabeth Wurtzel (319 pages) 1/23- 1/31

 

Total= 2,522 pages

 

 

February

 

When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation (1940- 1944) by Ronald C. Rosbottom (449 pages) 2/1- 2/3

 

Read a Thon:

Eye in the Sky by Phillip K. Dick (244 pages) 2/4- 2/6

 

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer (432 pages, audiobook) finished 2/16

Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp (304 pages)

 

Total: 1,429

 

March

 

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (288 pages)

The Walls Around Us- Nora Ren Suma (337 pages

 

Total: 625

 

April

 

Read a thon:

 

The Girl From Krakow by Alex Rosenburg (457 pages)

A Face in the Crowd (Kindle Single) by Stephen King and Strewart O'nan (16 pages)

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (148 pages)

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin (257 pages)

 

We the Living by Ayn Rand (470 pages)

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Phillip K Dick (259 pages)

The Hanging Stranger by Phillip K Dick (30 pages)

Minority Report by Phillip K Dick (40 pages)

Positivity or Electricity by Janet Novitski (130 pages)

Will I Ever Be the Same Again? By Carol Kivler (70 pages)

Shock by Kitty Dukakis (196 pages)

 

Total: 2,073 pages

 

May

 

Selected Stories of Philip K Dick (125 pages)

Collected Stories by Tennessee Williams (49 pages)

Common Nonsense by Andy Rooney (37 pages)

 

Total: 211 pages

 

 

June

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison (288 pages)

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (449 pages)

Clive Barker's A to Z of Horror (256 pages)

Fall of Giants (Century Trilogy book 1) by Ken Follett (865 pages)

Winter of the World (Century Trilogy book 2) by Ken Follett (832 pages)

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (238 pages)

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (335 pages)

 

Total- 3,263 pages

 

 

July

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (372 pages)

On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (339 pages)

On the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (291 pages)

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (335 pages)

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (307 pages)

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (289 pages)

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (135 pages)

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (458 pages)

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K Massie (656 pages)

The Long Walk by Stephen King (388 pages)

Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt (341 pages)

Total= 3,911 pages

 

August

She- Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor (457 pages)

The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory (464 pages)

The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins (326 pages)

Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory (576 pages)

Killing Floor by Lee Child (562 pages),

Total= 2,385 pages

 

October

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (322 pages)

Pyongyang by Guy Delisle (176 pages) (Graphic novel)

Total= 498 pages

 

November

 

 

 

December

Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth Century Europe by Sara Gristwood (392 pages)

Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed in a Thousand Years by Ian Mortimer (403 pages)

Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle (263 pages)

Total= 1,058

 

Yearly totals:

Books read: 53

Pages: 17, 764

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Longer books for 2016

 

My Sisters Keeper- Jodi Picoult (448 pages)

Nineteen Minutes- Jodi Picoult (468 pages)

Prodigal Summer- Barbara Kingsolver (644 pages)

Catherine the Great- Robert K. Massie (656 pages)

The Life of Elizabeth I- Alison Weir- 're read (562 pages)

A Strangeness in my Mind- Orhan Pamuk (624 pages)

Out of Africa- Isak Dinesen (478 pages)

Russka: A Novel of Russia- Edward Rutherfurd (961 pages)

The Haj- Leon Uris (542 pages)

She- Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth- Helen Castor (507 pages)

The Godfather- Mario Puzo (468 pages)

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New books for 2016

 

Grunt by Mary Roach (288 pages)

My Planet by Mary Roach (210 pages)

Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (336 pages)

Spook by Mary Roach (313 pages)

Gulp by Mary Roach (354 pages)

 

Katherine of Aragon (Six Tudor Queens, book 1) by Alison Weir (624 pages)

Leaving Blythe River by Catherine Ryan Hyde (322 pages)

 

The Phillip K Dick Superpack (368 pages)

The Second Philip K Dick Megapack (307 pages)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Phillip K Dick (258 pages)

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K Dick (243 pages)

Martian Time- Slip by Phillip K Dick (290 pages)

The Penultimate Truth by Phillip K Dick (259 pages)

 

Touch by Claire North (443 pages)

The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North (472 pages)

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (443 pages)

 

Fellside by MR Carey (485 pages)

Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice (481 pages)

Empress Dowager CIXI by Jung Chang (498 pages)

The Girl Who Would Be King by Kelly Thompson (370 pages)

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys (384 pages)

Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (449 pages)

The Fireman by Joe Hill (768 pages)

 

Abundance: Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund (592 pages)

Tea on the Great Wall by Patricia Luce Chapman (346 pages)

Consider Phlebus by Iain Banks (545 pages)

Origins of Paradise by BC Chase (180 pages)

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse (311 pages)

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchinson (288 pages)

Girl on the Moon by Jack McDonald Burnett (372 pages)

 

Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick (443 pages)

Night School (Jack Reacher #21) by Lee Child (384 pages)

Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippe Gregory (560 pages)

Storm Clouds Rolling In (book 1 of 9) by Ginny Dye (546/ 4,915 pages)

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Great looking lists, there, Anna! :D

 

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of The Last Runaway - I absolutely loved it!  

Thanks!  I am looking forward it to, I've never read any Tracy Chevalier before.

 

I wish you lots of great reading in 2016, Anna :D! I look forward to read some books together with you :friends0:.

Me too!  We will have a good year :)  :friends0:

 

Happy reading! I love that you have so many books about royalty on your tbr. They're some fascinating people from history.

I love English history!  Philippa Gregory's novels are so yummy.

 

Happy reading year, Anna! 

Interesting lists you have, I'll look forward to reviews! :)

Thanks!  I am still struggling if I want to continue reviewing all my books or just a few. 

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Nine and a Half Weeks- Elizabeth McNeill (118 pages)

 

The nights were palpable and fierce, razors, outlined so clearly as to be luminous.  A different country, it’s landscape and currency plain and heat, fear, cold, pleasure, hunger glut, plain, desire, overwhelming lust.

 

This is no 50 Shades of Grey, to be sure.  Both the female and male characters in this novella are unnamed… and for a good reason.  This sadomasochist relationship is a true story, written under a pen name to protect her then twelve year old daughter.  I don’t quite know what to say about this piece of writing, that says almost nothing, but a great deal at the same time.  It a short read, thankfully, but a toe curling one.  It was good, but I must complain about the Kindle price at 8 or 9 dollars for a 118 page novel.   

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Cornbread- Sean Hammer (23 pages)

This Kindle Single was good, well edited and thought out.  There were no twists, the plot is set out in the beginning of the first sentence

 

They call me Cornbread because that’s what my husband was eatin’ when I shot him in the face.

 

“Cornbread” goes on to tell the story of her relationship with her husband and the reasons behind this atrocious crime.  It reminded me of Daniel Woodrell’s writing- poverty stricken and plain in the backwoods- of Arkansas. 

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On Two Feet and Wings- Abbas Kazerooni (244 pages)

 

At the urging of his father, Abbas and his mother have decided to flee Iran during the Iran/ Iraq war.  Abbas is about to turn 10, and the Government is already recruiting boys as young as 8.

 

Part of an elite family under the Shah, the family now lives humbly and must sell everything to send the pair to Istanbul.  At the airport, Abbas learns he must travel on his own, and, as a 10 year old boy, attempt to acquire a visa from the British Consulate.

 

Along the way, Abbas uses pure intellect to make his way in Istanbul.  He meets friends on the way, but it’s Abbas himself that saves him.  

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I got an Amazon package in the mail this morning, an early birthday present for myself :smile:

 

An amazing edition of The Little House on the Prairie books (all 9 + some extras equal 1700 pages :o )

And 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

 

I also got a pair of e-readers, they are glasses (just a low strength for eye strain) and are supposed to block blue light emitted from computers, tablets, etc.

 

A few days ago, I got my first graphic novels, Joe Sacco's The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992- 1995 and Pyongyang: A Journey to North Korea by Guy Delisle. 

 

In Kindle books, I have also received all my books TBR in January, Jodi Picoult's The Pact and Cynthia Swanson's The Bookseller and Hunger by Michael Grant (from Gaia!).

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I got an Amazon package in the mail this morning, an early birthday present for myself :smile:

 

An amazing edition of The Little House on the Prairie books (all 9 + some extras equal 1700 pages :o )

 

Yahoo, Anna!  What a lovely gift to yourself!  Have you read the Little House books before?  That is a LOT of pages - how fun! :D

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Yahoo, Anna!  What a lovely gift to yourself!  Have you read the Little House books before?  That is a LOT of pages - how fun! :D

Oh yes!  I used to read them as a kid, over and over and over... lol They are one of the books I remember reading all by myself and being my favorite.  I've been eyeing the single volume collection that I used to have as a child, my dog as a puppy ATE them :banghead:  and I was saving then for my daughter (when I had one :smile: ).  Have you read them?

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What a naughty puppy, Anna!  Oh my gosh!  I read them so many times when I was younger as well, and re-read them all a couple of years ago after I visited one of the Ingalls' homestead in DeSmet, South Dakota.  Also, whenever we take a day trip down to southern MN and into WI we also always stop at the site of the 'Little House in the Big Woods.'  I love those stories so! :D

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