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“Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.”
― David Bowie

David Bowie, who died on January 10 2016, said that "when I'm relaxed what I do is read" and described a good week as one in which he pored through "three or four books".

Bowie took 400 books with him to Mexico to the shoot of 1976 film The Man Who To Earth. He told Mr Showbiz in 1997: "I was dead scared of leaving them in New York, because I was knocking around with some dodgy people and I didn't want them nicking any of my books."

And thanks to an exhibition of Bowie at the Running at the Art Gallery in Toronto, Ontario, there is a list from co-curator Geoffrey Marsh of Bowie's 100 favourite books.

DURATION

You set the pace

HOW TO

Option One:

Pick a level and then read from the list of Bowie's 100 favourite books

Option Two:

Pick your favourite Bowie songs, albums, movies or Bowie's favourite book names and "spell-it-out".

Spell-it-out rules

Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter in the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name. As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

LEVELS

Golden: 1-5 books

Fame: 6-15 books

Young Americans: 16-25 books

1984: 26-35 books

China Girl: 36-45 books

Life on Mars: 46-55 books

Starman: 56 - 65 books

Rebel Rebel: 66-75 books

Let's Dance: 76-85 books

Lazarus: 86-100 books

Bowie's 100 favourite books

Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester
Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
Room at the Top by John Braine
On Having No Head by Douglass Harding
Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
City of Night by John Rechy
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Iliad by Homer
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Tadanori Yokoo by Tadanori Yokoo
Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
Inside the Whale and Other Essays by George Orwell
Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art by James A. Hall
David Bomberg by Richard Cork
Blast #1 by Wyndham Lewis
Passing by Nella Larson
Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
In Bluebeard's Castle by George Steiner
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
The Divided Self by R. D. Laing
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Herzog by Saul Bellow
Puckoon by Spike Milligan
Black Boy by Richard Wright
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
The Waste Land by T.S. Elliot
McTeague by Frank Norris
Money by Martin Amis
The Outsider by Colin Wilson
Strange People by Frank Edwards
English Journey by J.B. Priestley
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
1984 by George Orwell
The Life and Times of Little Richard by Charles White
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock by Nik Cohn
Mystery Train by Greil Marcus
Beano (comic, ’50s)
Raw (comic, ’80s)
White Noise by Don DeLillo
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom by Peter Guralnick
Silence: Lectures and Writings by John Cage
Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews edited by Malcolm Cowley
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll by Charlie Gillete
Octobriana and the Russian Underground by Peter Sadecky
The Street by Ann Petry
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz
The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard
The Bridge by Hart Crane
All The Emperor's Horses by David Kidd
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Tales of Beatnik Glory by Ed Saunders
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music by Gerri Hirshey
Before the Deluge by Otto Friedrich
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson by Camille Paglia
The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Teenage: by Jon Savage
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Viz (comic, early ’80s)
Private Eye (satirical magazine, ’60s – ’80s)
Selected Poems by Frank O’Hara
The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de Lautréamont
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler
Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Lévi
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The Leopard by Giusseppe Di Lampedusa
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
A Grave for a Dolphin by Alberto Denti di Pirajno
The Insult by Rupert Thomson
In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan
A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg

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I have decided I'm going to do a combination of the challenge. I am going to read all the books but do it spell out forms.

I was going to read them all anyway. :)

Great - Welcome Rachel!

I think I will join too (even though it makes me sad to look at those photos), but I'm not sure which option or level yet., I'm going to have a look through his book list first and see what I think

Remembering David Bowie: A Reading Challenge
DURATION: Jan 1, 2016 - ?
OPTION: 1 & 2 (It's a combo of both, spell out with his books listed)
LEVEL: Lazarus: 86-100 books

Currently Reading Bowie Book: The Stranger by Albert Camus

Space Oddity Spell Out Finished - 11 out of 11 Books Read
Bowie Books = 4

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S: The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson - 1/1/16 - Author S
P: Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science by Richard Preston - 1/2/16 - Title P
A: Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter - 4/16/15 - Author A
C: The Concrete Jungle by Charles Stross - 1/1/16 - Title C
E: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - 1/2/16 - Title E

O: 1984 by George Orwell - 1994 - Author O
D: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence - 2005 - Author D
D: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov - 1/3/16 - Character Mike Donovan
I: The Iliad by Homer - 11/10/15 - Title I
T: Gypsy by Matti Snook - 1/3/16 - Character Ivy Tessara
Y: The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross - 1/1/16 - Character Francis Younghusband
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Changes Spell Out Finished - 7 out of 7 Books Read
Bowie Books = 2

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C: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - 7/5/14 - Author C
H: Hellspawn #1 by Brian Michael Bendis - 1/3/16 - Title H
A: Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - 1/4/16 - Author A
N: Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling - 1/2/16 - Character B.J. Novak
G: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1992 - Title G
E: Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow - 1/9/16 - Title E
S: Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews - 1/11/16 - Character Jim Shrapshire
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Life on Mars Spell Out - 10 out of 10 Books Read
Bowie Books = 0
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L: Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield - 1/8/16 - Character Leonidas
I: Radiance by Grace Draven - 1/9/16 - Character Ildiko
F: Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer - 1/10/16 - Character Florentyna Koskiewicz
E: Exile by J.R. Barrett - 1/10/16 - Title E

O: The Odyssey by Homer - 1/6/16 - Title O
N:The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 1/18/16 - Title N

M: I found a dead girl's diary by straydog1980 1/23/16 - Character Malinda Paige
A: Magic Tests by Ilona Andrews - 1/15/16 - Author A
R: Little Girls by Ronald Malfi - 1/31/16 - Author R
S: Him by Sarina Bowen - 1/17/16 - Author S
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Five Years Spell Out - 7 out of 9 Books Read
Bowie Books = 1

F: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll - 2/5/16 - Character Ani FaNelli
I: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov - 1/22/16 - Author I
V: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab - 2/3/16 - Author V
E: The Dangerous Old Woman: Myths & Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés - 1/16/16 - Author E

Y: Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder - 1/8/16 - Character Yelena
E: Mother Night: Myths, Stories, And Teachings For Learning To See In The Dark by Clarissa Pinkola Estés - 1/24/16 - Author E
A: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - 2/4/16 - Author A
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Soul Love Spell Out - 8 out of 8 Books Read
Bowie Books = 0
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S: Winter by Marissa Meyer - 1/25/16 - Character Scarlet Benoit
O: Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews - 1/15/16 - Character Julie Olsen
U: Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul by Clarissa Pinkola Estés - 1/11/16 - Title U
L: The Lucienne Twins: A Story of the Supernatural and Sinister by Leonard Petracci - 1/23/16 - Title L

L: The Lucienne Twins by Leonard Petracci - 1/23/16 - Author L
O: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz - 1/18/16 - Title O
V: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard - 1/30/16 - Author V
E: Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary Krist - 1/31/16 - Title E
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Remembering David Bowie: A Reading Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2016 - ??
Option Two: Spell-It-Out
Level: Fame: 6-15 books

4/9

I'll spell out my favorite movie: Labyrinth

Labyrinth
L ~ Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
A ~ Bad for You by Abbi Glines
B ~ Bear Attraction by Jennifer Ashley 1/17/16
Y ~ Flight from Death by Yasmine Galenorn
R ~ Rome by Jay Crownover
I ~ If You Give a Duke a Duchy by Nine Naughty Novelists 2/5/16
N ~ Nash by Jay Crownover
T ~ There Goes the Groom by Rita Herron 1/24/16
H ~ The Heart of Falcon Ridge by D.L. Roan 1/20/16

Welcome to the challenge Rachel, Karen and Brenda ☺

I am surprised that I have only read 8 of the books on Bowie's list, although all of them could do with a re-read. So I am going to aim to read his list, I think.

Remembering David Bowie: A Reading Challenge
Option One: Read from the list of Bowie's 100 favourite books
Lazarus: 86-100 books

1. Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester
2. Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
3. Room at the Top by John Braine
4. On Having No Head by Douglass Harding
5. Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard
6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
7. City of Night by John Rechy
8. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
9. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
10. The Iliad by Homer
11. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
12. Tadanori Yokoo by Tadanori Yokoo
13. Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
14. Inside the Whale and Other Essays by George Orwell
15. Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood
16. Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art by James A. Hall
17. David Bomberg by Richard Cork
18. Blast #1 by Wyndham Lewis
19. Passing by Nella Larson (re-read)
20. Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto
21. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral 22. Mind by Julian Jaynes
23. In Bluebeard's Castle by George Steiner
24. Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
25. The Divided Self by R. D. Laing
26. The Stranger by Albert Camus (re-read)
27. Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
28. The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf
29. The Songlines by Bruce Chitin
30. Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
31. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
32. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (re-read)
33. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
34. Herzog by Saul Bellow
35. Puckoon by Spike Milligan
36. Black Boy by Richard Wright
37. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (re-read)
38. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
39. Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
40. The Waste Land by T.S. Elliot
41. McTeague by Frank Norris
42. Money by Martin Amis
43. The Outsider by Colin Wilson
44. Strange People by Frank Edwards
45. English Journey by J.B. Priestley
46. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
47. The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
48. 1984 by George Orwell (re-read)
49. The Life and Times of Little Richard by Charles White
50. Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock by Nik Cohn
51. Mystery Train by Greil Marcus
52. White Noise by Don DeLillo
53. Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom by Peter Guralnick
54. Silence: Lectures and Writings by John Cage
55. Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews edited by Malcolm Cowley
56. The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll by Charlie Gillete
57. Octobriana and the Russian Underground by Peter Sadecky
58. The Street by Ann Petry
59. Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
60. Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
61. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
62. The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby (re-read)
63. Metropolitan Life by Fran Leibowitz
64. The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard
65. The Bridge by Hart Crane
66. All The Emperor's Horses by David Kidd
67. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
68. Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
69. The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
70. Tales of Beatnik Glory by Ed Saunders
71. The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
72. Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music by Gerri Hershey
73. Before the Deluge by Otto Friedrich
74. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson by Camille Puglia
75. The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
76. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (re-read)
77. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence (re-read)
78. Teenage: by Jon Savage
79. Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
80. The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard
81. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
82. Selected Poems by Frank O’Hara
83. The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
84. Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
85. Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de Lautréamont
86. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
87. Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler
88. Zanoni by Edward Buller-Lytton
89. Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Lévi
90. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
91. The Leopard by Giusseppe Di Lampedusa
92. Inferno by Dante Alighieri
93. A Grave for a Dolphin by Alberto Denti di Pirajno
94. The Insult by Rupert Thomson
95. In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan
96. A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
97. Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg

Good luck NancyHelen!

Remembering David Bowie
Start Date: February 1, 2016
End Date: September 13, 2016
Level: Life on Mars
Option 2

52/52 COMPLETE

Space Oddity
S: Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon 2/23
P: The Penalty Box - Deidre Martin 2/2
A: Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea - Nancy Atherton 2/4
C: The Closer You Come - Gena Showalter 2/9
E: Ecstasy Bound - Ruth Kerce 2/27

O: Odd Interlude - Dean Koontz 2/13
D: The Dirt on Ninth Grave - Darynda Jones 2/12
D: Dragon Justice - Laura Ann Gilman 2/21
I: Iron & Velvet - Alexis Hall 2/5
T: Terminal City - Linda Fairstein 2/16
Y: The Curse of the Wendigo - Rick Yancey 9/5

Young Americans
Y: The Isle of Blood - Rick Yancey 9/13
O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman 4/7
U: Under a Vampire Moon - Lynsay Sands 2/20
N: Shards of Hope - Nalini Singh 2/12
G: Go Big or Go Home - Will Hobbs 2/2

A: Kiss Me, Kill Me - Allison Brennan 2/18
M: Melting the Ice - Jaci Burton 2/13
E: England's Perfect Hero - Suzanne Enoch 3/18
R: Rapture - J.R. Ward 2/28
I: Into Thin Air - Cindy Miles 2/7
C: An Ice Cold Grave - Charlaine Harris 2/10
A: Agnes and the Hitman - Jennifer Crusie 3/6
N: Drowning Mermaids - Nadia Scrieva 3/12
S: Stud - Cheryl Brooks 3/2

Changes
C: The Family Trade - Charles Stross 2/25
H: Heart of Iron - Bec McMasters 2/6
A: Bound to Darkness - Lara Adrian 2/2
N: Night Marchers - Rebecca Gober 4/25
G: The Girl in 6E - A.R. Torre 2/7
E: Wicked Charms - Janet Evanovich 3/26
S: Sins & Shadows - Lyn Benedict 3/25

Modern Love
M: Dragon Fall - Katie MacAlister 3/11
O: One Lucky Vampire - Lynsay Sands 5/31
D: Dark Emerald - Lisa Jackson 2/27
E: Edge of Darkness - Christine Feehan 7/24
R: Burning Skies - Caris Roane 3/5
N: Nightwalker - Allyson James 6/26

L: Dark Sapphire - Lisa Jackson 3/9
O: Obsidian Flame - Caris Roane 6/9
V: Viking in Love - Sandra Hill 3/3
E: Known - Kendra Elliot 8/6

Rebel Rebel
R: Revived - Cat Patrick 3/13
E: Draykon - Charlotte English 8/22
B: Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani 2/16
E: Edge of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire 9/9
L: The Lady is a Vamp - Lynsay Sands 3/28

R: Fatal Circle - Linda Robertson 4/11
E: Jungle Freakn' Bride - Eve Langlais 5/17
B: The Bitter Season - Tami Hoag 4/4
E: Pies and Prejudice - Ellery Adams 5/20
L: Likely To Die - Linda Fairstein 3/23

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Remembering David Bowie
Start February 2
Level: Fame 6 - 15
Option two


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Welcome to the challenge NancyHelen, Barbara and Ozana :)

Great challenge. I've read a few of the books on the list, but I look forward to re-reading them, plus all the other books I have't read.

Remembering David Bowie: A Reading Challenge

Duration: Open Ended

Level: Fame - 6 - 15 books

10/10 books

Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester
Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
Room at the Top by John Braine
On Having No Head by Douglass Harding
Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
City of Night by John Rechy
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Iliad by Homer
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Tadanori Yokoo by Tadanori Yokoo
Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
Inside the Whale and Other Essays by George Orwell
Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art by James A. Hall
David Bomberg by Richard Cork
Blast #1 by Wyndham Lewis
Passing by Nella Larson
Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
In Bluebeard's Castle by George Steiner
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
The Divided Self by R. D. Laing
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Herzog by Saul Bellow
Puckoon by Spike Milligan
Black Boy by Richard Wright
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
The Waste Land by T.S. Elliot
McTeague by Frank Norris
Money by Martin Amis
The Outsider by Colin Wilson
Strange People by Frank Edwards
English Journey by J.B. Priestley
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
1984 by George Orwell
The Life and Times of Little Richard by Charles White
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock by Nik Cohn
Mystery Train by Greil Marcus
Beano (comic, ’50s)
Raw (comic, ’80s)
White Noise by Don DeLillo
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom by Peter Guralnick
Silence: Lectures and Writings by John Cage
Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews edited by Malcolm Cowley
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll by Charlie Gillete
Octobriana and the Russian Underground by Peter Sadecky
The Street by Ann Petry
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz
The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard
The Bridge by Hart Crane
All The Emperor's Horses by David Kidd
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Tales of Beatnik Glory by Ed Saunders
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music by Gerri Hirshey
Before the Deluge by Otto Friedrich
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson by Camille Paglia
The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Teenage: by Jon Savage
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Viz (comic, early ’80s)
Private Eye (satirical magazine, ’60s – ’80s)
Selected Poems by Frank O’Hara
The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de Lautréamont
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler
Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Lévi
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The Leopard by Giusseppe Di Lampedusa
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
A Grave for a Dolphin by Alberto Denti di Pirajno
The Insult by Rupert Thomson
In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan
A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg

Okay I'm in - I loved David Bowie
Remembering David Bowie Challenge
Current Status: 60/60 - Done!!
Started Feb 2, 2016
Finished Oct 7, 2017

WILD IS THE WIND (13/13) - Complete!

W The Widow read 7/28
I I Hate Fairyland #2 - Feb 2016
L Laura Lippman, Wilde Lake read 7/5
D Doctor Sleep - Feb 2016

I I Hate Fairyland #3 - Feb 2016
S A Survival Guide: Living with Dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period - read Feb 2016

T Turbo Twenty-Three 8/3
H Here I Go Again read 7/4
E Eight Hundred Grapes read 6/2

W Wytches, Vol. 1 - read 3/21
I Ian Fleming, Casino Royale read 7/28
N Nailbiter, Vol. 1: There Will Be Blood - read 3/24
D Death at a Diner read 7/6

UNDER PRESSURE (13/13) - Done!

U Under Suspicion: The Legend of D.B. Cooper read 5/20
N No Strings Attached read 8/5
D Dickens, Charles, Bleak House read 7/8
E End of Watch read 5/31
R Russel, Mark, Prez, Vol. 1: Corndog-in-Chief read 5/31

P Playing for Pizza read 7/29
R Ruta Sepetya, Salt to the Sea read 7/14
E The Escaped Murderer of Somerville read 5/31
S Soldier With a Backpack: Living and Dying Simultaneously - read Mar 2016
S Sherrill, R.D., Murder U read 7/27
U The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory--More Than 150 Magical Recipes for Wizards and Non-Wizards Alike read 9/14
R The Raven - read Feb 2016
E Enchantment read 5/29

PEACE ON EARTH/LITTLE DRUMMER BOY (27/28)

P Poe, Edgar Allen, Terrifying Tales read Mar 2016
E The Empty Chair read 5/16
A At the Mountains of Madness And Other Tales of Terror read 5/13
C Carola Dunn, Damsel in Distress read 7/20
E The Exorcist read 9/1

O Obsidian read 8/18, 4 stars
N Nicole Simone author of Jagged Love read 9/5, 4 stars

E Elizabeth Peters author of Crocodile on the Sandbank read 9/15, 4 stars
A Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life read 7/15
R Rogan, Charlotte, The Lifeboat read 7/15
T True Crime Stories Volume 4: 12 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases read 8/15
H Herbert, James, The Fog read 7/10
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L Love, Alison; The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom read 8/9
I Ink, Red, Dead read 8/19
T Thief Trap read 8/25
T Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's read 8/26, 5 stars
L The Last Song read 8/18, 4 stars
E Ellgen, Pamela The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook: Healthy Meals with Only 5 Ingredients in Under 30 Minutes read 9/3

D Death of a Prankster read 8/2
R Richard Matheson, I Am Legend and Other Stories read 7/22
U The Unforgiving Minute: Quantum Physics can be Murder read 10/7
M Michel Fiffe, Copra: Round One read Mar 2016
M The Mysterious Affair at Styles read 8/5
E Ellery Queen, The Roman Hat Mystery read 8/1
R Richelle Mead, Frostbite read 7/24

B Blackberry Pie Murder read 7/22
O Our Mutual Friend read 9/14
Y You're Loved No Matter What: Freeing Your Heart from the Need to Be Perfect read 9/13

TVC15 (5/5) COMPLETE!

T The Three Musketeers read 7/14
V Vanessa Chapman, Joshua's Mission read 7/13
C Corcillo, Geraldine - Queen of the Universe read 8/2
1 10-Minute Declutter: The Stress-Free Habit for Simplifying Your Home read 9/13/16
5 The 5th Wave read 8/11/17

David Bowie Tribute Bookshelf







It may take me a while - but it's worth it!

Welcome Natasha and Jenny :)

Are we allowed to use books that are from other challenges, and/or re-reads?

Welcome Zoey :)

Jenny wrote: "Are we allowed to use books that are from other challenges, and/or re-reads?"

Of course you are. :)

I'll attempt a combo of both options 1 and 2 (reading all and doing a spell-out of all books).
NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 1
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Title/Author/Series/Character
Starting Date Feb. 4th (backdating to): January 1, 2016 Ending: ??

Bowie's 100 favourite books
✓1. Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester
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I:Immortal in Death J.D. Robb, #3 “In Death” series, 1-8-16 (3-1/2*), review
N:Never Too Late Robyn Carr, 1-2-16 (3-1/2*) review
T: Throwback Annie Windsor , #2 Dungeon Heat, 1-23-16 (2-1/2*), review
E: Emma Burcelli (MC), Once Upon a Winter's Heart Melody Carlson, #1 Valentine's Day, 2-28-16 (3*), review
R:Rapture in Death J.D. Robb, #4 “In Death” series, 1-19-16 (4*), review
V:Vengeance in Death J.D. Robb, #6 "In Death" series, 2-15-16 (4*), review
I:Ice Linda Howard, 1-16-16 (3-1/2*), review
E:Q Evan Mandery, 2-19-16 (3*), review
W:Walking in Circles Before Lying Down Merrill Markoe, 1-29-16 (3-1/2*), review
S:Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) Kimberly Pauley, 1-5-16 (3*), review
W:Wildest Dreams Robyn Carr, #9 Thunder Point (3*), review
I:I Love My BREAKUP Sabrina Lacey, Pt. 1 "I Love My..." series, 2-12-16 (3*) review
T:Tricky Twenty-Two Janet Evanovich, #22 Stephanie Plum series, 1-30-16 (3-1/2*), review
H:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, #1 HHG series, 1-20-16 (4*), review
F:Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Jenny Lawson, 1-10-16 (4*), review
R:Conspiracy in Death J.D. Robb, #8 "In Death" series (4*), 3-16-16, review
A:Almost a Bride Patricia McLinn, 1-3-16 (3*) review
N:Never Never Colleen Hoover, Part 1/3, 1-14-16 (5*), review
C:Cyrano De Bergerac Edmond Rostand, 1-31-16 (5*), review
I:Holiday in Death J.D. Robb, #7 “In Death”, 2-25-16 (3*), review
S:Snowflakes on the Sea Linda Lael Miller, 1-13-16 (2-1/2*) review
B:Back to Buckhorn Lori Foster, 1-15-16 (3*), review
A:Arrow's Hell Chantal Fernando, #2 Wind Dragons MC, 4-9-16 (2*), review
C: Ceremony In Death J.D. Robb, #5 "In Death", 2-10-16 (3*), review
O:On Our Own Terms Adelaide Hipwell, 1-27-16 (3-1/2*), review
N:Norma Wallace (MC), The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld Christine Wiltz, 3-13-16 (4*), review
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✓2. Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
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B:Base Instincts Larissa Ione, #11.7 Demonica, 3-17-16 (4*), review
I:Into the Dreaming: With Bonus Material Karen Marie Moning, Highlander #8, 6-4-16 (2-1/2*), review
L:Loyalty in Death J.D. Robb (#9 In Death), 5-23-16 (4*), review
L:The Last Time I Saw You Elizabeth Berg, 5-23-16 (3*), review
Y:You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen, 1-25-18, 3* review
L:Stitch L. Wilder, #2 Satan's Fury MC, 5-26-16 (3*), review
I:It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, 6-23-17, 5*, review
A:The Bird and the Sword Amy Harmon, #1 The Bird and the Sword, 3-26-17, 4* review
R:Rock Her Inglath Cooper, 7-4-16 (4-1/2*) review
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✓3. Room at the Top by John Braine
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R:What We Find Robyn Carr, #1 Sullivan's Crossing, 10-7-17, 3*
O:Tempting the Boss Opal Carew (formerly Ruby Foxx), 6-27-17, 2*, review
O:Origin in Death J.D. Robb, #21 In Death, 5-9-17, 4*
M:Midnight in Ruby Bayou Elizabeth Lowell (Donovan #4), 5-13-16 (3-1/2*), review
A:American Gods Neil Gaiman, #1 American Gods, 5-20-17 & 5-28-17, 4-1/2* review
T:True Grit Charles Portis, 6-1-16 (3-1/2*), review
T:Thursday's Children: A Frieda Klein Mystery Nicci French, 6-12-16 (2*), review
H:Silver Flame Hannah Howell, 4-24-16 (2-1/2*), review
E:The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides, 5-1-16 (3-1/2*) review
T:Tamed by a Highlander Paula Quinn, #3 Children of the Mist, 5-7-16 (3*), review
O:The Outsiders S.E. Hinton, 5-9-16 (4*), review
P:Pearl Cove Elizabeth Lowell (Donovan #3), 5-15-16 (3-1/2*), review
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NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 2

✓4. On Having No Head by Douglass Harding
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O:The Office Slave (The Office Slave, #1) Opal Carew (formerly Ruby Foxx), 6-27-17, 3*, review
N:No Place to Run Maya Banks, #2 KGI, 3-19-16 (4*), review
H:Heartsong Cottage Emily March, #10 Eternity Springs, 2-2-16 (4*) review
A:American Gods Neil Gaiman, #1 American Gods, 5-20-17 & 5-28-17, 4-1/2* review
V:Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show: A Novel of Ireland Frank Delaney, 3-30-16 (3-1/2*), review
I:Iona Sheehan (MC), Dark Witch Nora Roberts, #1 Cousins O'Dwyer, 3-29-16 (3*), review
N:No Limits Lori Foster, #1 Ultimate, 7-8-16 (4-1/2*)
G:Grey E.L. James, #4 Fifty Shades, 2-1-16 (3*), review
N:Nights with Him Lauren Blakely, #4 Seductive Nights, 12-25-17, 4*
O:Overheard Maya Banks, #2 Unspoken, 11-30-17, 2-1/2*
H:Hansel (MC), The True Story of Hansel and Gretel Louise Murphy, 2-11-16 (5*) review
E:The Ex Alafair Burke, 6-9-16 (3*), review
A:Wanted: A Monster Billionaire Romance Jani Kay & Normandie Alleman, 6-29-17, 2-1/2*, review
D:Driving Me to You Julie Farrell, #1 London Loves, 7-2-16 (3*)
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✓5. Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard
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K:Kingdom Come Kathryn Le Veque, #2 Crusader, 4-3-18, 3*
A:The Life We Bury Allen Eskens, 11-30-17, 5*
F:Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk, 5-8-16 (2-1/2*), review
K:Southern Pleasure Kaylee Ryan, 6-19-16 (3*), review
A:Lucky Alice Sebold, 9-26-17, 3*
W:War Dances Sherman Alexie, 6-5-16 (4*), review
A:The Art of Keeping Secrets Rachael Johns, 5-27-17, 3-1/2*, reviewS:Seduced by a Highlander Paula Quinn, #2 Children of the Mist, 5-4-16 (3*), review
T:Traitor in Her Arms Shana Galen, #1 The Scarlet Chronicles, 5-25-17, 5* review
H:Hanna Who Fell from the Sky Christopher Meades, 5-14-17, 4*, review
E:Eleven Days: An Unexpected Love Lora Lindy, #1 Days Trilogy, 6-13-16 (2*), review
R:Rock Hard Olivia Cunning, #2 Sinners on Tour, 2-26-18, 2*
A:The Accident by Chris Pavone, 2-16-18, 3*
G:Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell, 4-28-16, 5*, review
E:Every Boy's Got One Meg Cabot, #3 Boy, 8-29-17, 3*
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6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A:An Unexpected Guest Anne Korkeakivi, 3-29-18, 3-1/2*
C:Captive Witness Carolyn Keene, #64 Nancy Drew Mysteries, 3-2-16 (3*), review
L:Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove #3), 5-29-16 (5*), review
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C:Confess Colleen Hoover, 4-4-16 (4*), review
K:Kiss & Hell Dakota Cassidy, #1 Hell, 3-9-16 (3*), review
W:When Day Breaks Maya Banks, #9 KGI, 3-15-16 (3*), review
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G:Geek Girl Holly Smale 6-16-16 (3*), review
E:Ender's Game Orson Scott Card, #1 Ender’s Saga, 6-20-18, 3*


7. City of Night by John Rechy
C:Come On Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story Christina Thompson, 3-26-16 (3*), review
I:Insider Olivia Cunning, #1 Exodus End, 3-10-18, 3*
T:Turbo Twenty-Three Janet Evanovich, #23 Stephanie Plum, 11-29-17, 4*
Y:You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie, 8-16-18, 4*
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I:I Was Here Gayle Forman, 10-29-18, 3*
G:Food: A Love Story Jim Gaffigan, 4-7-16 (3*), review
H:Honor's Splendour Julie Garwood, 3-7-16 (4*), review
T:Texas! Lucky Sandra Brown, #1 Tyler Family Saga, 10-30-18, 3*


8. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - Read 7-2-17, 3*, review
T:The Theory of Second Best J. Bengtsson, #2 Cake, 2-14-18, 4*
H:Holidays on Ice David Sedaris, 12-17-17, 3*
E:Ethan Frome Edith Wharton, 4-5-16 (5*), review
B:Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, 4-5-16 (4*), review
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E:Bad Boys Over Easy Erin McCarthy, Jen Nicholas, Jordan Summers, #2 Bowling Friends, 6-25-18, 3*
F:From the Corner of His Eye Dean Koontz, 4-17-16 (3*), review
W:The Warlord Wants Forever Kresley Cole, #1 Immortals After Dark (IAD), 2-23-16 (3*), review
O:One Foot in the Grave Jeaniene Frost, #2 Night Huntress, 1-27-17, 4*
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D:Down to You M. Leighton, #1 Bad Boys Novel, 1-27-17, 4*
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U:Until Tomorrow Robin Jones-Gunn, Christy & Todd: College Years, 3-31-16 (2-1/2*), review
S:Sweet Filthy Boy Christina Lauren, #1 Wild Season, 4-2-16 (3-12*), review
L:Maverick L. Wilder, 6-27-16 (3*), review
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F:Follow the River James Alexander Thom, 5-24-16 (4*), review
E:The Elite Kiera Cass, #2 The Selection, 1-17-18, 3*
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S:The Selection Kiera Cass, The Selection #1, 4-4-16 (4*), review
C:Come the Night by Christina Skye, #1 The Dangerous Delameres, 4-11-16 (3*), review
A:A Hunger Like No Other Kresley Cole, #2 Immortals After Dark, 1-30-17, 3*
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W:A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle, Time Quintet #1, 3-24-16 (2-1/2*), review
A:A Different Blue Amy Harmon, 3-31-18, 4*
O:The One Kiera Cass, #3 The Selection, 1-17-18, 3*

NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 3
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

9. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
M:Maybe Someday Colleen Hoover, 1-13-16 (5*), review
A:Amour Amour Becca & Krista Ritchie, #1 Aerial Ethereal, 5-9-18, 4*
D:Dance to the Piper Nora Roberts, #2 O'Hurleys, 1-25-16 (3-1/2*) review
A:Again the Magic Lisa Kleypas, #.5 Wallflowers, 7-23-18, 4*
M:Midnight in Death J.R. Robb, #7.5 "In Death", 2-29-16 (4*), review
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B:A Buckhorn Summer Lori Foster, #5.7 Buckhorn Bros., 3-1-16 (4*) review
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A:The Alice Network Kate Quinn, 3-11-19, 4-1/2*
R:Ravished by a Highlander Paula Quinn, #1 Children of the Mist, 3-22-16 (5*), review
Y:You Belong to Me Karen Rose, #12 Romantic Suspense, #1 Baltimore, 10-3-18, 3*


10. The Iliad by Homer
T:Tricky Twenty-Two Janet Evanovich, #22 Stephanie Plum, (re-read) 2-8-17, 3-1/2* review
H:The Heir Kiera Cass, #4 The Selection, 1-19-18, 3*
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I:Infini Becca & Krista Ritchie, #2 Aerial Ethereal, 5-12-18, 4*
L:The Last Victim Karen Robards, #1 Dr. Charlotte Stone, 1-31-17, 5*
I:The Italian Party Christina Lynch, 7-25-18, 4*
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D:The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz, 7-2-17, 3*, review


11. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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12. Tadanori Yokoo by Tadanori Yokoo
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13. Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
B:Blood Kiss J.R. Ward, #1 Black Dagger Legacy, 4-17-16 (4*), review
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P:Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light Amy Thomas, 7-16-16, (2-1/2*), review
L:A Wedding for Christmas Lori Wilde, #7 Twilight, TX, 7-8-17, 3-1/2*
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T:Take A Chance On Me Maria Luis, #2 A NOLA Heart Novel, 7-20-17, 5*
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14. Inside the Whale and Other Essays by George Orwell
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D:Daughters of the Bride Susan Mallery, 5-28-18, 3-1/2*
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T:The Truth About Him Molly O'Keefe, #2 Everything I Left Unsaid, 3-2-17, 2-1/2*, review
H:Heartbeat Joan Johnston, 8-10-17, 3*
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W:The Wall of Winnipeg and Me Mariana Zapata, 2-11-17, 3*
H:Hot Rocks Nora Roberts, 3-1-17, 4* review
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L:Bad Boys On Board Lori Foster, #1 Watson Brothers, 10-1-17, 4*
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D:Devil in Spring Lisa Kleypas, #3 The Ravenels, 5-6-17, 5* review
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T:Troublemaker Linda Howard, #1 Go-Team, 6-6-18, 3-1/2*
H:Hawk's Way: Carter & Falcon Joan Johnston, 5/6 Hawk's Way, 8-14-17, 3*
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S:Barefoot Season Susan Mallery, #1 Blackberry Island, 9-5-17, 3-1/2*
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15. Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood
M:The Madman’s Daughter Megan Shepherd, 5-5-17, 4* review
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S:Blue Skies Tomorrow Sarah Sundin, #3 Wings of Glory, 9-17-17, 3-1/2*
C:Chasing Fire Nora Roberts 6-7-16 (5*) review
H:Her Last Whisper Karen Robards, #3 Dr. Charlotte Stone, 2-5-17, 5*
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G:The Gravity of Us Brittainy C. Cherry, #4 Elements, 4-13-18, 4*
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T:Texas! Sage Sandra Brown, #3 Tyler Family Saga, 11-1-18, 3*
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16. Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art by James A. Hall
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F:Five Days in Paris Danielle Steel, 3-27-17, 4* review
S:Sweet Possession Maya Banks, #5 Sweet, 3-28-17, 3-1/2*, review
U:Uglies Scott Westerfeld, #1 Uglies, 6-17-16 (2-1/2*), review
B:Bared to You Sylvia Day, #1 Crossfire, 7-18-16 (4*), review
J:Me Before You Jojo Moyes, 6-22-16 (5*)
E:The Warrior Elin Peer, #5 Men of the North, 3-13-19, 3-1/2*
C:The Collector Nora Roberts, 8-21-17, 5*
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M:The Maze Runner James Dasher, 6-9-16 (3*) review
B:The Beast by J.R. Ward, #14 Black Dagger Brotherhood, 2-3-17, 2-1/2* review
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L:The Last Kiss Goodbye Karen Robards, #2 Dr. Charlotte Stone, 2-4-17, 4*
S:The Seducer Elin Peer, #4 Men of the North, 3-11-19, 2-1/2*
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N:November 9 Colleen Hoover, 2-27-17, 4* review
A:All is Calm: A Lonestar Christmas Novella Colleen Coble, 3-12-19, 3*
R:Reflected in You Sylvia Day, #2 Crossfire, 7-20-16 (3-1/2*), review
T:Ten Below Zero Whitney Barbetti, 4-19-18, 4*


17. David Bomberg by Richard Cork
D:Dumplin' Julie Murphy, #1 Dumplin', 2-26-17, 3-1/2* review
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V:Visions in Death J.D. Robb, #19 In Death, 3-9-17, 4-1/2* review
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D:Dirty Together Meghan March, #3 Dirty Billionaire, 12-14-17, 3-1/2*
B:Birthright by Nora Roberts, 4-15-16 (3*), review
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B:Becoming Finola Suzanne Strempek Shea, 4-21-16 (3-1/2*), review
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NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 4
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

18. Blast #1 by Wyndham Lewis
B:Big Rock Lauren Blakely, 5-31-16 (4*) review
L:Luckiest Girl Alive Jessica Knoll, 12-8-17, 3*
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19. Passing by Nella Larson
P:Purity in Death J.D. Robb, #15 "In Death" series, 12-7-16 (4*)
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S:Shelter in Place Nora Roberts, 4-29-18, 4*
S:Stranded Dani Pettrey, #3 Alaskan Courage, 3-15-17, 3* review
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N:My Fair Lover Nicole Jordan, #5 Legendary Lovers, 5-20-17, 4* review
G:Just One Year Gayle Forman, #2 Just One Day, 10-28-18, 4*


20. Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto
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T:This Heart of Mine Susan Elizabeth Phillips, #5 Chicago Stars, 10-7-18, 3*
H:The Highlander's Promise Lynsay Sands, #6 Highland Brides, 10-5-18, 3-1/2*
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B:Better When He's Bold Jay Crownover, #2 Welcome to the Point, 3-5-17, 2-1/2*
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L:The Last Resort Ember Leigh, 4-27-17, 3-1/2*, review
L:The Lady Most Likely... #1 Lady Most…, Julia Quinn, Eloisa James & Connie Brockway, 4-3-17, 3*
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O:The Ones Who Got Away Roni Loren, 4-26-17, 5* review
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21. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes
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F:From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad Jacqueline L. Tobin, 3-29-17, 3-1/2*, review
C:Cold-Hearted Rake Lisa Kleypas, #1 The Ravenels, 2-12-17, 2*
O:Obsession: An Erotic Tale Gloria Vanderbilt, 2-12-17, 2* review
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S:Storm and Silence Robert Thier, #1 Storm and Silence, 4-7-17, 2*, review
C:Complicated Kristen Ashley, 4-18-18, 4-1/2*
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U:Under The Tuscan Sun: At Home In Italy Frances Mayes, 8-16-16 (3*)
S:Stuck-Up Suit Vi Keeland, 3-22-17, 4*
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S:Seduction in Death J.D. Robb, #13 In Death, 11-23-16 (4*) review
S:Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts, #2 Cousins O’Dwyer Trilogy, 10-2-16 (3*)
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B:Because of Miss Bridgerton Julia Quinn, #1 Rokesbys, 2-6-17, 3*
R:Renegade Lady Dawn Martens, 4-16-17, 2*
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A:Angels' Blood Nalini Singh, #1 Guild Hunters, 4-5-17, 4-1/2*, review
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B:Betrayal in Death J.D. Robb, #12 In Death, 11-15-16 (3-1/2*) review
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C:The City of Mirrors Justin Cronin, #3 The Passage, 6-28-17, 3*
A:Archangel's Kiss Nalini Singh, Guild Hunter #2, 4-11-17, 3*
M:Marrying Winterborne Lisa Kleypas, #2 The Ravenels, 2-9-17, 5* review
E:Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Chris Grabenstein, 3-22-17, 4*, review
R:Reunion in Death J.D. Robb, #14 "In Death" series, 11-30-16 (5*)
A:After You Jojo Moyes, 9-5-16 (3*)
L:Love Dies Hard by C.C. Cartwright, #1 Hard to Love, 9-15-16 (2*)
M:Mercy F*ck K.S. Adkins, 10-8-16 (2-1/2*), review
I:I Am Number Four Pittacus Lore (James Frey & Jobie Hughes), #1 Lorien Legacies, 2-14-17, 3-1/2* review
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D:Defenseless Corinne Michaels, #5 Salvation, 4-1-17, 3*, review


22. In Bluebeard's Castle by George Steiner
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B:The Bourbon Kings J.R. Ward, #1 The Bourbon Kings, 2-15-17, 4* review
L:The Life She Wants Robyn Carr, 8-1-17, 3-1/2*
U:The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, 3-18-17, 3-1/2*, review
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B:Better When He's Bad Jay Crownover, #1 Welcome to the Point, 2-17-17, 3*
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D:Dirty Pleasures Meghan March, #2 Dirty Billionaire, 12-3-17, 3-1/2*
S:Seasons of Love Harper Bliss, 2-16-17, 2-1/2* review
C:Creation in Death J.D. Robb, #25 In Death, 3-16-19, 3-1/2*
A:The Angels' Share J.R. Ward, #2 The Bourbon Kings, 2-20-17, 2-1/2* review
S:The Stormy Petrel Mary Stewart, 2-15-17, 3* review
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L:Love and Other Consolation Prizes Jamie Ford, 6-16-17, 3*
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23. Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
H:Hitched: Volume One Kendall Ryan, Vol. 1 Imperfect Love, 3-16-17, 2-1/2* review
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W:We Were Liars E. Lockhart, 3-16-17, 5* review
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S:Sharp Edges K.L. Middleton, 11-9-18, 3*
M:Mr. Big Delancey Stewart, 5-17-17, 3-1/2* review
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24. The Divided Self by R. D. Laing
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D:Dirty Sexy Games Laurelin Paige, #2 Dirty Games
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V:A Virgin River Christmas Robyn Carr, #4 Virgin River, 12-21-17, 4*
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D:Dirty Sexy Player Laurelin Paige, #1 Dirty Games Duet, 11-7-18, 3*
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D:Did You Miss Me? Karen Rose, #14 Romantic Suspense, #3 Baltimore, 11-6-18, 4*

NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 5
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

25. The Stranger by Albert Camus
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26. Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
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F:Four Weddings and a Sixpence: An Anthology, Elizabeth Boyle, Julia Quinn, Laura Lee Guhrke, Stephanie Sloane, 12-9-17, 4*
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S:A Snow Country Christmas Linda Lael Miller, #4 The Carsons of Mustang Creek, 1-11-18, 3-1/2*
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F:Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Michael Wolff, 1-10-18, 3*
T:The Twelve Justin Cronin, #2 The Passage, 6-14-17, 4
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S:Some Kind of Hero Suzanne Brockmann, #17 Troubleshooters, 6-20-17, 4-1/2*, review
P:The Passage Justin Cronin, #1 The Passage, 6-11-17, 4-1/2*
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27. The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf
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U:Unexpected Rush Jaci Burton, #11 Play-by-play, 12-2-17, 2*
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F:For All Time Jude Deveraux, #2 Nantucket Brides Trilogy, 11-5-18, 2-1/2*
O:One More Time Laurelin Page, 10-9-18, 3*
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C:Cake J. Bengtsson, #1 Cake, 2-13-18, 4*
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T:The Tuscan Child Rhys Bowen, 10-13-18, 3-1/2*
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T:The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, 10-10-18, 4-1/2*



28. The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
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29. Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
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H:Happily Ever After Kiera Cass, .4/.5/2.5/3.1/3.5 The Selection, 1-21-18, 3*
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C:Christmas at Twilight Lori Wilde, #5 Twilight, TX, 7-22-17, 4*
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C:The Crown Kiera Cass, #5 The Selection, 1-19-18, 4*
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30. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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M:A Million Little Things Susan Mallery, #3 Mischief Bay, 10-3-17, 3*
A:Alley Tiffany Turner, 3-2-19, 3*
S:Smooth Talking Stranger Lisa Kleypas, #3 Travises, 10-3-17, 5*
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M:Mr. Miracle Debbie Macomber, #10 Angelic Intervention, 11-31-17, 3*
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31. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
T:Three Days of Rain Christine Hughes, 2-24-17, 4*, review
H:Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost, #1 Night Huntress, 1-24-17, 4*
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P:Portrait in Death J.D. Robb, #16 "In Death" series, 12-28-16 (3*)
R:RoomHate Penelope Ward, 2-22-17, 3*, review
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M:My American Duchess Eloisa James, 12-10-17, 3-1/2*
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F:Full Package Lauren Blakely, #4 Big Rock, 12-19-17, 4*
M:Mister Moneybags Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward, 12-18-17, 3-1/2*
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S:10 Years Later J. Sterling, 2-25-17, 3* review
J:Judgment in Death J.D. Robb, #11 In Death, 7-28-16 (3*)
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B:Big Jack J.D. Robb, #17.5 "In Death" series, 1-20-17 (3-1/2*)
R:Reckoning by Jeaniene Frost, #.5 Night Huntress, 1-25-17, 4*
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D:Divided in Death J.D. Robb, #18 "In Death" series, 1-15-17 (3*)
I:Imitation in Death J.D. Robb, #17 "In Death" series, 1-9-17 (4*)
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32. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
L:Lethal Sandra Brown, #1 Lee Coburn, 8-15-18, 3-1/2*
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L:Lucky Suit Lauren Blakely, 3-13-19, 4*
I:Innocent in Death J.D. Robb, #24 In Death, 3-14-19, 5*
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33. Herzog by Saul Bellow

34. Puckoon by Spike Milligan
P:The Pirate Bride Sandra Hill, #11 Viking I, 2-21-17, 2* review
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C:Come Away with Me Kristen Proby, #1 With Me in Seattle, 1-2-18, 2-1/2*
K:The Knocked up Plan Lauren Blakely, 12-29-17, 3-1/2*
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35. Black Boy by Richard Wright
B:Behind Closed Doors B.A. Paris, 10-13-17, 4*
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C:Cocky Bastard Penelope Ward, 12-31-17, 4*
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B:Beautiful Mistake Vi Keeland, 11-19-17, 5*
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36. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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T:Throb Vi Keeland, #1 Life on Stage, 1-7-18, 3*
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B:Bossman Vi Keeland, 1-5-18, 4*
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NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 6
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

37. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
T:Take Me Back Meghan March, 11-17-17, 3-1/2*
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S:The Swimming-Pool Library Allan Hollinghurst, 10-24-17, 3*
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W:Wallbanger Alice Clayton, #1 Cocktail, 10-14-17, 4*
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F:Forbidden Nights Lauren Blakely, #5 Seductive Nights, 12-29-17, 3-1/2*
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L:The Liar Nora Roberts, 11-11-17, 5*
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F:Frostline Linda Howard and Linda Jones, 12-14-17, 4*
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M:Memory in Death J.D. Robb, #22 In Death, 11-26-17, 4*
G:The Girl from Summer Hill Jude Deveraux, #1 Summer Hill, 12-13-17, 3*
R:Reasonable Doubt: Full Series Whitney Gracia Williams aka Whitney G., 1-3.25 Reasonable Doubt, 1-3-18, 3-1/2*
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C:Christmas with You: Gabriel's Angel / Home for Christmas Nora Roberts, 11-12-17, 4*
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W:What You Need Lorelei James, #1 Need You, 1-30-18, 3*
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T:Turbulence by Whitney G. 1-3-18, 5*
H:A Husband for Christmas: Snow Kisses / Lionhearted Diana Palmer, 1-1-18, 3*
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S:Shattered: All That Glitters\An Independent Wife Linda Howard, 11-25-17, 3*
E:Egomaniac Vi Keeland, 1-5-18, 3-1/2*
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38. Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
D:Drunk Dial Penelope Ward, 11-27-17, 4*
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K:Keep Me Safe Maya Banks, #1 Slow Burn, 12-10-17, 3*
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S:The Sexy One Lauren Blakely, #1 One Love, 12-31-17, 4*
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39. The Waste Land by T.S. Elliot
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W:Well Hung Lauren Blakely, #3 Big Rock, 12-20-17, 4*
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D:Dirty Billionaire Meghan March, #1 Dirty Billionaire, 12-10-17, 3*

NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 7
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

40. McTeague by Frank Norris
M:The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie Jennifer Ashley, #1 Highland Pleasures, 5-7-18, 4*
C:The Crusader Kathryn Le Veque, #1 Crusader, 4-2-18, 3*
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U:The Unblocked Collection Marni Mann, #1-5 Timber Towers, 5-4-18, 2-1/2*
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41. Money by Martin Amis
M:Mean Streak Sandra Brown, 7-27-18, 4*
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42. The Outsider by Colin Wilson
T:Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls Lauren Graham, 12-26-18, 3*
H:Hey, Good Looking Fern Michaels, 7-28-18, 2-1/2*
E:Entranced Nora Roberts, 12-22-18, 3-1/2*
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T:To Hate Adam Connor Ella Maise, 2-23-18, 3*
S:Seeing Red Sandra Brown, 12-9-18, 4*
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D:Devil's Bride Stephanie Laurens, #1 Cynster, 1-23-18, 3-1/2*
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R:Real Good Man Meghan March, #1 Real Duet, 2-23-18, 4*



43. Strange People by Frank Edwards
S:Second Chance Girl Susan Mallery, #2 Happily, Inc., 3-19-18, 3*
T:To Love Jason Thorn Ella Maise, 2-21-18, 4*
R:Real Good Love Meghan March, #2 Real Duet, 2-24-18, 3*
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P:Postcards from the Edge Carrie Fisher, #1 Suzanne Vale, 3-18-18, 3*
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P:Paris for One and Other Stories Jojo Moyes, 1-26-18, 3-1/2*
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44. English Journey by J.B. Priestley
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G:The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, 3-17-18, 3-1/2*
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S:Sweet Cheeks K. Bromberg, 3-22-18, 4*
H:Heaven, Texas Susan Elizabeth Phillips, #2 Chicago Stars, 10-16-18, 3*
J:Joy Ride by Lauren Blakely, #5 Big Rock, 2-20-18, 3* review
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R:The Room Mate Kendall Ryan, #1 Roommates, 3-23-18, 3*
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45. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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R:Rush Maya Banks, #1 Breathless, 2-1-18, 3*
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F:First Star I See Tonight Susan Elizabeth Phillips, #8 Chicago Stars, 1-27-18, 4*
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C:Crash & Burn Lisa Gardner, #3 Tessa Leoni, 3-15-18, 4*
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S:Selected Shorts: Falling in Love NPR Radio Program, Symphony Space, 1-31-18 3*



46. The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
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H:Hardcore Twenty-Four Janet Evanovich, #24 Stephanie Plum, 1-28-18, 3-1/2*
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D:Dare to Love Jaci Burton, 12-12-17, 4*
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F:Fever Maya Banks, #2 Breathless, 2-2-18, 2*
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H:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling, #1 Harry Potter, 2-7-18, 3*
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47. 1984 by George Orwell
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G:Getting Schooled Emma Chase, 12-30-18, #1 Getting Some, 4*
H:Haunted In Death J.D. Robb, 12-31-18, #22.5 In Death, 3-1/2*
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Y:You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life Jen Sincero, 10-19-18, 3*
F:Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward, 10-17-18, 3*
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U:Unzipped Lauren Blakely, 1-2-19, 3*
R:Reckless Lex Martin, 10-20-18, 3-1/2*



48. The Life and Times of Little Richard by Charles White
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F:Friction Sandra Brown, 10-23-18, 3-1/2*
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N:No One Left To Tell Karen Rose, #13 Romantic Suspense, #2 Baltimore, 11-11-18, 3*
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M:Mack Daddy Penelope Ward, 11-10-18, 3*
E:Emerge S.E. Hall, 1-5-19, #1 Evolve, 4*
S:Seeing Red Sandra Brown, 12-9-18, 4*
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F:First Lady Susan Elizabeth Phillips, 12-8-18, #3 Wynette, TX, 5*
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R:The Ruler Elin Peer, 12-28-18, #2 Men of the North, 3*
I:Interlude in Death J.D. Robb, #12.5 In Death series, 12-10-18, 5*
C:Call Me By Your Name Andre Aciman, 10-24-18, 3-1/2*
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49. Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock by Nik Cohn
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W:Whispered Lies Kathleen Brooks, #1 Web of Lies, 1-12-18, 3*
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P:Playboy Pilot Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland, 12-31-17, 4*
B:Born in Death J.D. Robb, #23 In Death, 11-28-17, 5*
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P:The Promise in a Kiss by Stephanie Laurens, #.5 Bar Cynster series, 1-22-18, 3-1/2* review
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B:Beat Vi Keeland, #2 Life on Stage, 1-7-18, 3*
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P:Pucked Over Helena Hunting, #3 Pucked, 1-15-18, 3-1/2*
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L:Low Pressure Sandra Brown, 12-3-18, 3*
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P:Pucked Off Helena Hunting, #5 Pucked, 1-13-18, 4*
B:Burn Maya Banks, #3 Breathless, 2-4-18, 3*
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M:Mister O Lauren Blakely, #2 Big Rock, 12-20-17, 3-1/2*
B:The Big One Anne Marsh, #1 Mister Hotshot, 1-14-18, 3*
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M:My Abandonment Peter Rock, 3-16-18, 5*



50. Mystery Train by Greil Marcus
M:My Escape From Slavery & The Destiny of Colored Americans Frederick Douglass, 10-16-18, 3*
Y:You Can't Hide Karen Rose, #5 Romantic Suspense, #4 Chicago, 11-14-18, 4*
S:Surrender to the Highlander Lynsay Sands, #5 Highland Brides, 11-12-18, 3*
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NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 8
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 9
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 10
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 11
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

51. Beano (comic, ’50s)
B:Beneath This Mask Meghan March, #1 Beneath, 2-11-18, 3*
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52. Raw (comic, ’80s)
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53. White Noise by Don DeLillo
W:Wanderlust Lauren Blakely, 2-8-18, 5*
H:The Hot One Lauren Blakely, #3 One Love, 2-10-18, 3*
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54. Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom by Peter Guralnick
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55. Silence: Lectures and Writings by John Cage
56. Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews edited by Malcolm Cowley
W:Wanderlust Lauren Blakely, 7-29-18, 5*
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W:The Way Life Should Be Christina Baker Kline, 10-25-18, 3-1/2*
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57. The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll by Charlie Gillete
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T:Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman Ann Helen Petersen, 8-1-18, 3-1/2*
H:The Hand That Feeds You A.J. Rich, 1-18-19, 3-1/2*
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58. Octobriana and the Russian Underground by Peter Sadecky
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C:The Catch K. Bromberg, #2 The Player, 3-25-18, 4*
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B:The Butterfly Effect Jon Ronson, 3-3-18, 3*
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D:Dating a Cougar Donna McDonald, #1 Never Too Late, 3-26-18, 3*
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59. The Street by Ann Petry

60. Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
W:Where One Goes B.N. Toler, 4-5-18, 3*
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61. Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
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L:Lost Hearts in Italy Andrea Lee, 7-13-18, 3*
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62. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
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P:The Player K. Bromberg, #1 The Player, 3-25-18, 4*
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P:Play Your Heart Out Crystal Kaswell, #4 Sinful Serenade, 8-20-18, 2-1/2*
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D:Didn’t I Warn You? Amber Bardan, #1 Bad For You, 8-20-18, 3*
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63. The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby

64. Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz
M:The Mentor Elin Peer, 1-21-19, #3 Men of the North, 3*
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65. The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard

66. The Bridge by Hart Crane
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67. All The Emperor's Horses by David Kidd
68. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
69. Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
70. The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos

NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 12
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

71. Tales of Beatnik Glory by Ed Saunders
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F:First Lady Susan Elizabeth Phillips, #3 Wynette, Texas, 9-27-18, 5*
B:Bad Judgment Meghan March, 8-21-18, 3*
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N:Never Love An Outlaw Nicole Snow, #1 Deadly Pistols MC, 8-23-18, 1*
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K:Kill For Me Karen Rose, #9 Romantic Suspense, #3 Daniel Vartanian, 9-9-18, 4*
G:The Grownup Gillian Flynn, 9-28-18, 3*
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72. The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
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B:Buried Elizabeth Goddard, #1 Mountain Cove, 5-2-18, 2-1/2*
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R:Rusty Nailed Alice Clayton, #2 Cocktail, 8-30-18, 3*
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S:Strum Your Heart Out Crystal Kaswell, #2 Sinful Serenade, 8-4-18, 2-1/2*
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73. Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music by Gerri Hirshey

74. Before the Deluge by Otto Friedrich
B:Bachelor Unforgiving Brenda Jackson, #5 Bachelors in Demand, 8-1-18, 3*
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F:Feeding the Dragon Sharon Washington, 10-1-18, 3*
O:One Snowy Night Jill Shalvis, #2.5 Heartbreaker Bay, 8-30-18, 3*
R:Rock Your Heart Out Crystal Kaswell, #3 Sinful Serenade, 8-2-18, 3-1/2*
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75. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson by Camille Paglia
S:Sing Your Heart Out Crystal Kaswell, #1 Sinful Serenade, 8-5-18, 2*




76. The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford

77. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
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N:No One But You Brenda Novak, #2 Silver Springs, 9-4-18, 3*
C:The Crush Sandra Brown, 8-5-18, 3-1/2*
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79. Teenage: by Jon Savage

80. Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
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O:The Orphan's Tale: A Novel Pam Jenoff, 9-27-18, 5*
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NBRC, Remembering David Bowie - POST 13
Bowie's 100 Favorite Books
Starting Date: February 1, 2016 Ending: ??

81. The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard
82. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
83. Viz (comic, early ’80s)
84. Private Eye (satirical magazine, ’60s – ’80s)
85. Selected Poems by Frank O’Hara
86. The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
87. Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
88. Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de Lautréamont
89. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
90. Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler
91. Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
92. Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Eliphas Lévi
93. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
94. The Leopard by Giusseppe Di Lampedusa
95. Inferno by Dante Alighieri
96. A Grave for a Dolphin by Alberto Denti di Pirajno
97. The Insult by Rupert Thomson

98. In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan
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H:Holding Strong Lori Foster, 2-16-19, #2 Ultimate Series, 3-1/2*
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S:Scream for Me Karen Rose, 2-3-19, #8 Romantic Suspense, #2 Daniel Vartanian, 3*




99. A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
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P:The Paradise Man Suzanne Simmons, 2-12-19, 3*
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P:The Prince & The Pregnant Princess Susan Mallery, 2-11-19, #6 Desert Rogues, 3*
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S:The Sheik & The Princess in Waiting Susan Mallery, 2-13-19, #7 Desert Rogues, 3*
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R:Ricochet Sandra Brown, 2-19-19, 4*
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100. Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg
J:Just This Once Rosalind James, #1 Escape to New Zealand, 4-23-18, 3*
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W:The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters Amy Lane, #1 Granby Knitting, 4-25-18, 3*
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Welcome to the challenge Dawn :)

Remembering David Bowie: A Reading Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2016 - ?
Option: 2
Level: Lazarus: 86-100 books
Progress:

Space Oddity
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I: The Iron King
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The Man Who Sold The World
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H: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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M - The Miserable Mill
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W: The Wide Window
H: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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L: Lola and the Boy Next Door
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Young Americans
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Station to Station
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Low
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Heroes
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Let's Dance
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Never Let Me Down
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Outside
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Reality
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Blackstar
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Welcome to the challenge Karrie and Jade :)

Well, I've got the spell-out portion done for the first book! haha (Almost done...Not.) Referring back to orig. post #25.

1. Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester
I:Immortal in Death J.D. Robb, #3 “In Death” series, 1-8-16 (3-1/2*), review
N:Never Too Late Robyn Carr, 1-2-16 (3-1/2*) review
T: Throwback Annie Windsor , #2 Dungeon Heat, 1-23-16 (2-1/2*), review
E: Emma Burcelli (MC), Once Upon a Winter's Heart Melody Carlson, #1 Valentine's Day, 2-28-16 (3*), review
R:Rapture in Death J.D. Robb, #4 “In Death” series, 1-19-16 (4*), review
V:Vengeance in Death J.D. Robb, #6 "In Death" series, 2-15-16 (4*), review
I:Ice Linda Howard, 1-16-16 (3-1/2*), review
E:Q Evan Mandery, 2-19-16 (3*), review
W:Walking in Circles Before Lying Down Merrill Markoe, 1-29-16 (3-1/2*), review
S:Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) Kimberly Pauley, 1-5-16 (3*), review
W:Wildest Dreams Robyn Carr, #9 Thunder Point (3*), review
I:I Love My BREAKUP Sabrina Lacey, Pt. 1 "I Love My..." series, 2-12-16 (3*) review
T:Tricky Twenty-Two Janet Evanovich, #22 Stephanie Plum series, 1-30-16 (3-1/2*), review
H:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, #1 HHG series, 1-20-16 (4*), review
F:Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Jenny Lawson, 1-10-16 (4*), review
R:Conspiracy in Death J.D. Robb, #8 "In Death" series (4*), 3-16-16, review
A:Almost a Bride Patricia McLinn, 1-3-16 (3*) review
N:Never Never Colleen Hoover, Part 1/3, 1-14-16 (5*), review
C:Cyrano De Bergerac Edmond Rostand, 1-31-16 (5*), review
I:Holiday in Death J.D. Robb, #7 “In Death”, 2-25-16 (3*), review
S:Snowflakes on the Sea Linda Lael Miller, 1-13-16 (2-1/2*) review
B:Back to Buckhorn Lori Foster, 1-15-16 (3*), review
A:Arrow's Hell Chantal Fernando, #2 Wind Dragons MC, 4-9-16 (2*), review
C: Ceremony In Death J.D. Robb, #5 "In Death", 2-10-16 (3*), review
O:On Our Own Terms Adelaide Hipwell, 1-27-16 (3-1/2*), review
N:Norma Wallace (MC), The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld Christine Wiltz, 3-13-16 (4*), review

;) well done Dawn

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: ";) well done Dawn"
Thank you. Only 99 more to go. (Cue "99 bottles of beer on the wall. 99 bottles of beer...")

Ahhhh
Now I'll have that song in my head all day :o

Yeah, you're welcome. haha Sorry about that. I thought of it when I posted it, but there's a little devil sitting on my shoulder today.

So I found an article that talks about how a few of these books influenced his music and mentioned a few other influences just in case 100 isn't enough!

http://www.wheelercentre.com/notes/li...

Nice. Thanks Caroline!

Great article!

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Karrie and Jade :)"

I decided to drop this challenge. Sorry it just isn't for me.

Nothing But Reading Challenges
Remembering David Bowie: A Reading Challenge
Duration: 6/1/2016 - Til Done!

Progress: 47 out of 47 (Life on Mars: 46-55 books)

Songs from Labyrinth

L: Lorna Landvik; Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - ***** - 6/1/2016 - 512 Pages
A: Jennifer L. Armentrout; Daimon - *** - 6/6/2016 - 62 Pages
B: Bill Barnes; Frequently Asked Questions - *** - 6/20/2016
Y: Skottie Young; I Hate Fairyland, Volume 2: Fluff My Life - ***** - 1/28/2017 - 128 Pages
R: J.D. Robb; Judgment in Death - ***** - 6/25/2016 - 356 Pages
I: The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky - ***** - 7/29/2016
N: Nora Roberts; Bed of Roses - ***** - 6/17/2016
T: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin, Volume 3: The Twilight Kingdom - ***** - 7/20/2016
H: Hot Six by Janet Evanovich - ***** - 6/22/2016 - 336 Pages


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M: Madeleine Wickham; 40 Love - ** - 6/28/2016 - 288 Pages
A: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - **** - 6/30/2016
G: Heather Graham; Heart of Evil - *** - 7/25/2016
I: I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse by Lee Gutkind - **** - 9/8/2016 - 320 Pages
C: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - **** - 6/9/2016 - 1276 Pages

D: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/25/2017 - 743 Pages
A: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott - ***** - 11/8/2016 - 353 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Savor the Moment - ***** - 7/5/2016
C: Cut & Run by Abigail Roux - *** - 7/7/2016
E: Excerpts from the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica by Various - ***** - 6/14/2016


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A: Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - **** - 12/9/2016 - 293 Pages
S: Sophie Kinsella; Finding Audrey - **** - 6/26/2016 - 286 Pages

T: Timebound by Rysa Walker - ***** - 8/16/2016 - 366 Pages
H: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin - ***** - 6/23/2016 - 352 Pages
E: Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare - **** - 6/20/2016 - 335 Pages - 335 Pages

W: WeSa and the Lumber King by Faith Hunter - *** - 6/13/2016 - 1 Page
O: One Plus One by Jojo Moyes - ***** - 6/14/2016 - 368 Pages
R: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - **** - 7/11/2016
L: Christina Lauren; Sweet Filthy Boy - ***** - 7/19/2016
D: Darynda Jones; Eighth Grave After Dark - ***** - 2/1/2017 - 293 Pages

F: Frequently Asked Questions by Bill Barnes - *** - 6/20/2016
A: Sarah Addison Allen; First Frost - ***** - 1/26/2017 - 296 Pages
L: Victoria Laurie; Better Read Than Dead - **** - 8/5/2016 - 296 Pages
L: Lucky Us by Amy Bloom - *** - 9/15/2016 - 256 Pages
S: Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater - *** - 7/8/2016

D: Darynda Jones; Seventh Grave and No Body - **** - 8/15/2016 - 336 Pages
O: Origins by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 8/4/2016
W: Water Bound by Christine Feehan - *** - 6/16/2016
N: Ted Naifeh; Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday - ***** - 9/3/2016 - 128 Pages


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W: Warcraft: Bonds of Brotherhood by Paul Cornell - ***** - 6/17/2016
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Binds - ***** - 10/11/2016 - 328 Pages
T: Ted Naifeh; courtney crumrin volume 5 - ***** - 9/9/2016 - 129 Pages
H: This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - *** - 6/29/2016 - 432 Pages
I: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - ***** - 11/3/2016 - 327 Pages
N: Nora Roberts; Stars of Fortune - **** - 9/13/2016 - 336 Pages

Y: Elizabeth Young; A Girl's Best Friend - **** - 12/29/2016 - 308 Pages
O: Daniel O'Malley; The Rook - ***** - 12/7/2016 - 496 Pages
U: Under the Dome by Stephen King - ***** - 7/4/2017 - 1074 Pages


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Welcome to the challenge Suzanne :)


Sorry to hear that Karrie.

Challenge Complete!

52/52 COMPLETE

Space Oddity
S: Born of Ice - Sherrilyn Kenyon 2/23
P: The Penalty Box - Deidre Martin 2/2
A: Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea - Nancy Atherton 2/4
C: The Closer You Come - Gena Showalter 2/9
E: Ecstasy Bound - Ruth Kerce 2/27

O: Odd Interlude - Dean Koontz 2/13
D: The Dirt on Ninth Grave - Darynda Jones 2/12
D: Dragon Justice - Laura Ann Gilman 2/21
I: Iron & Velvet - Alexis Hall 2/5
T: Terminal City - Linda Fairstein 2/16
Y: The Curse of the Wendigo - Rick Yancey 9/5

Young Americans
Y: The Isle of Blood - Rick Yancey 9/13
O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman 4/7
U: Under a Vampire Moon - Lynsay Sands 2/20
N: Shards of Hope - Nalini Singh 2/12
G: Go Big or Go Home - Will Hobbs 2/2

A: Kiss Me, Kill Me - Allison Brennan 2/18
M: Melting the Ice - Jaci Burton 2/13
E: England's Perfect Hero - Suzanne Enoch 3/18
R: Rapture - J.R. Ward 2/28
I: Into Thin Air - Cindy Miles 2/7
C: An Ice Cold Grave - Charlaine Harris 2/10
A: Agnes and the Hitman - Jennifer Crusie 3/6
N: Drowning Mermaids - Nadia Scrieva 3/12
S: Stud - Cheryl Brooks 3/2

Changes
C: The Family Trade - Charles Stross 2/25
H: Heart of Iron - Bec McMasters 2/6
A: Bound to Darkness - Lara Adrian 2/2
N: Night Marchers - Rebecca Gober 4/25
G: The Girl in 6E - A.R. Torre 2/7
E: Wicked Charms - Janet Evanovich 3/26
S: Sins & Shadows - Lyn Benedict 3/25

Modern Love
M: Dragon Fall - Katie MacAlister 3/11
O: One Lucky Vampire - Lynsay Sands 5/31
D: Dark Emerald - Lisa Jackson 2/27
E: Edge of Darkness - Christine Feehan 7/24
R: Burning Skies - Caris Roane 3/5
N: Nightwalker - Allyson James 6/26

L: Dark Sapphire - Lisa Jackson 3/9
O: Obsidian Flame - Caris Roane 6/9
V: Viking in Love - Sandra Hill 3/3
E: Known - Kendra Elliot 8/6

Rebel Rebel
R: Revived - Cat Patrick 3/13
E: Draykon - Charlotte English 8/22
B: Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani 2/16
E: Edge of Sight - Roxanne St. Claire 9/9
L: The Lady is a Vamp - Lynsay Sands 3/28

R: Fatal Circle - Linda Robertson 4/11
E: Jungle Freakn' Bride - Eve Langlais 5/17
B: The Bitter Season - Tami Hoag 4/4
E: Pies and Prejudice - Ellery Adams 5/20
L: Likely To Die - Linda Fairstein 3/23

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Congrats Barbara!!