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Owl's Book Challenge 101
Li'l Owl wrote: "Li'l Owl's Personal Yearly Challenge 2017Read 101 Books.
Within 101 books:
10 BIG Books. (Over 500 pages)
FINISH Group Challenges.
This my be more than I can do, being just a Li'l Owl and a..."
Haha. You're so funny. Good luck!
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Thanks for all the support and kind words! =o) Hugs x
Finished! 1/101!! Off to a great start, this being the 5th! =o) 
This was a GREAT book to start the New Year!
Wow! I did NOT see that coming! Not in a million years! Great book! Imogene Church narrated this book above and beyond, again, as is her trademark. You really get to know the individual characters in the book whenever Imogene is telling any story. She can make you FEEL the emotions surrounding the characters, the intensity, the drama! Yes! Read it! Or, listen to it, in this case!
Someone asked a question about rating this book.... #1 being a book you could read to your children, #10 will give you nightmares. I would rate it about a 6. But, it completely depends on the person reading it, of course. which is why I normally don't do 1-10, but since it was asked... If your at all squeamish, I don't recommend it. It has mummification, people dying in various gruesome ways, including sewage. However, I wouldn't classify it as a horror level, either, not to the point of nightmares, anyway. Stephen King's Pet Sematary (read when I was a teenager, had nightmares, and still get the creeps!) And It, (I didn't get past chapter one, and put IT (literally) down immediately! I don't do well with dead animals, and I have a real phobia of clowns. But, again, that's me.
Having said that, the story line is fantastic, fast paced, full of suspense, and was unlike any other book I've ever read before. Which brings me back to the ending. Wow! I never expected the end! Never. And, I've read many, many mystery, suspense, and thrillers over a wide spread of genres, as most of you know. Alex Marwood will be an author I'll definitely read again! In this case, I would highly recommend the audio book version, narrated by Imogene Church. I think I got more bang for my buck hearing it instead of reading it. Either way, it's a great book! I, definitely recommend it!
I've gotten really good at copy and paste! I'll look up how to link book reviews today. =o)
a herf="http etc. I can't type it correctly here or you can't see the rest of this post. =o)
The problem is I don't know how to link the review text in between. I've looked it up on the main goodreads page 'how to' but it wasn't more specific on how to post review links. I've seen what you all do too, but you lose me at
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.....
then I can't see what comes next.
Thanks, to anyone who can help. =o] Always looking to learn. =o)
Good luck on your challenge, Li'l Owl! I'm not sure if I can explain the linking thing well, but I'll have a try...I don't think it will work in the app - you'll have to be on the website.
But you can do it two ways - the easy way is just to copy the URL when your review is open and then just paste here in its entirety. This is one of mine - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and it doesn't matter that it shortens the address - GR knows what it needs to be.
Or you can get a bit more involved...
1. So the way I do it is I click on the "(some html is OK)" at the upper right corner of the text box and copy and paste all the text next to link - from < through to a>.
2. Then open up your review in a separate tab or window and copy the URL.
3. Paste that between the inverted commas in the link you've just pasted previously. This will replace http://www.goodreads.com
4. Then choose what you want to call your link - perhaps My Review and replace the "my link text" between the > and < with My Review (or whatever you've decided to call it).
5. So for one of my reviews, this will look like My review and what this looks like before it is converted into a neat looking hyperlink is this (without the *'s and the space between show and /): <*a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show /1800683207">My review<*/a>
Does that help at all? Or is it all as clear as mud?!
So I found your review for the book above and this is it here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Or Review
and with the asterisks and space in so that you can see what it looks like, it's <*a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show /1791128030?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1">Review<*/a>
Not that it matters what it looks like, because all of the italicised bits (between the " and ") are just directly copied and pasted from the page I was directed to when I clicked on "See review" under your name.
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Kathryn wrote: "Good luck on your challenge, Li'l Owl! I'm not sure if I can explain the linking thing well, but I'll have a try...I don't think it will work in the app - you'll have to be on the website.
But ..."
Sorry I'm just getting back to you, Kathryn.
I'll give it a try! Thanks! =o)
Kathryn wrote: "So I found your review for the book above and this is it here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Or Review
and with the asterisks and spac..."
Thanks again! I'm recovering from a sutured thumb at the moment! Makes it a little difficult to type one handed.! Most of my posts are cut and paste!
Li'l Owl wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "So I found your review for the book above and this is it here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Or Review
and with the as..."
That sounds frustrating! Not such a good start to the year! Hope it heals quickly so you can type with both hands again. As well ad doing everything else that is so much easier two-handed!
Finished my 11th and 12th of 101
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hiya! I did it! Thanks everyone for your help. I'd be lost without you!
"I get by with a little help from my friends!"
Kathryn wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "So I found your review for the book above and this is it here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Or Review..."
Thanks much!
Just finished #15 of 101
Wow! ★★★★★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm looking into other books by this author!
All my 2017 choices have been great so far!
Finished my 17th of 101
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Already purchased the remaining 6 in this series! It was that good!
Finished #18/101
Excellent! I'm excited to read the next in this series!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished a great audio book! #20/101
Sinister Intent by Aussie author Karen M. Davis ★★★★★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished #24/101 @ end of February 
Natural Causes by James Oswald ★★★★★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
On to March
Ah I think I get the adding review hyperlink thing now. Thanks Kathryn. I misunderstood before and thought all I needed to do was to provide a link directed to the book listed in GR, when crossing out the completed book. Will try this new method for my current 12 month challenge. (Around Oz states.)
Going good Lil Owl. You've listed quite a few I wouldn't mind adding to my list too- but will be good and stick to current listing for now. Hope your on the road to recovery soon. In the meantime happy reading:) Long live books.
Kerrie wrote: "Ah I think I get the adding review hyperlink thing now. Thanks Kathryn. I misunderstood before and thought all I needed to do was to provide a link directed to the book listed in GR, when crossing ..."Thanks Kerrie, yes I'm doing alright. Getting lost in my books! =o)
Finished 2nd in DI Lockyer series #27/101
Never Look Back by Clare Donoghue ★★★★½Excellent!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished #29 of 101
There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George ★★★★★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Going well Owl! And it looks like you've had some great reads!
They have all been excellent! With my mom being in the hospital I've had a tough time concentrating. But she's doing much better and should get home soon. =o)
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My review of #34 of 101
The Murder Code by Steve Mosby ★★★★★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 38th of 101
The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood ★★★★★https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Just finished my 40th book for this year! And amazingly, all but three have been 4-5★'s!! This was a very good one, too! A definite favorite.
Hush, Little Bird by Nicole Tropehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#42 Swedish author Camilla Grebe's novel
The Ice Beneath Her. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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READ 101 BOOKS
Including: Owl's SERIES of BIG Books. (500+ pages)
Cornelia Funke
Inkworld #1-3 0/3
Christopher Paolini
The Inheritance Cycle #1-4 0/4
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter #5-7 0/3
This my be more than I can do, being just a Li'l Owl and all, but I'm going out on a limb here and winging it!! =o)
RUNNING TALLY........85/101
#1
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood★★★★★#2
Looks That Deceive: A Medical Thriller by Braxton DeGarmo★★★★★#3
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins★★★★★#4
Breaking Creed by Alex Kava★★★★★#5
Silent Creed by Alex Kava★★★★★#6
Reckless Creed by Alex Kava★★★★★#7
Deep Freeze by Lisa Jackson★★★★#8
Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark★★★★★#9
Vicious by Kevin O'Brien★★★★★#10
The Last Crocodile Hunter: A Father and Son Legacy by Bob IrwinAA ★★★★★#11
White Gold by Rachel AmphlettAA ★★★★#12
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew ReillyAA ★★★#13
Daddy's Little Girl by Mary Higgins Clark★★★★★#14
Triple Crown by Felix Francis★★★★★#15
What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin★★★★★#16
The Suspect by Michael RobothamAA ★★★★★#17
Frantic by Katherine HowellAA ★★★★★#18
Silent Scream by Angela Marsons★★★★★#19
Bitter Crossing by D.A. Keeley★★★★★#20
Sinister Intent by Karen M. DavisAA ★★★★★#21
A Wicked Snow by Gregg Olsen3.5★'s#22
Precious Thing by Colette McBeth★★★★★#23
Her Father's Shadow by Cecelia J. Bonwick★#24
Natural Causes by James Oswald★★★★★#25
The Cradle Will Fall by Clare Donoghue★★★★★#26
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh★★★★★#27
Never Look Back by Clare Donoghue★★★★½#28
Ragdoll by Daniel ColeAA ★★★★★#29
There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George★★★★★#30
Hades by Candice FoxAA ★★★★★#31
Eden by Candice FoxAA ★★★★#32
Deadly Obsession by Karen M. DavisAA ★★★★★#33
Murder on Ice by B T Lord★★★★★#34
The Murder Code by Steve Mosby★★★★★#35
The Last Winter of Dani Lancing by P.D. Viner★★★★★#36
Red Ribbons by Louise Phillips★★★★★#37
And She Was by Alison Gaylin★★★★★#38
The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood★★★★★#39
Dark City by Catherine LeeAA ★★★★★#40
Hush, Little Bird by Nicole TropeAA ★★★★★#41
Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan★★★★★#42
The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe★★★★★#43
Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens★★★★★#44
Hush by Anne Frasier★★★★★#45
Blame Nicole TropeAA ★★★★#46
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKintyAA ★★★★★#47
Scared to Death by Rachel AmphlettAA ★★★★★#48
The Memory Child by Steena Holmes★★★★★#49
What Was Mine by Helen Klein Ross★★#50
The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi★★★★★#51
Open Season by C.J. Box★★★★★#52
Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin★★★★★#53
Darkest Place by Jaye FordAA ★★★★★#54
1st to Die by Maxine Paetro★★★★★#55
Scared Yet? by Jaye FordAA ★★★★★#56
2nd Chance by Andrew Gross★★★★#57
A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets★★★★★by James Bowen
#58
The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Street-wise Cat by James Bowen★★★★★#59
The Wild Inside by Christine Carbo★★★★★#60
Just Evil by Vickie McKeehan★★#61
3rd Degree by Andrew Gross★★★★★#62
Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo★★★★#63
4th of July by Maxine Paetro★★★★½'s#64
The Darkest Hour by Katherine Howell★★★★★#65
Cold Justice by Katherine Howell★★★★★#66
Sister by Rosamund Lupton★★★★★#67
The 5th Horseman by Maxine Paetro★★★★#68
Blink by K.L. Slater★★★★★#69
Justice for Sara by Erica Spindler#70
The Fire Thief by Terry Deary#71
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison#72
Violent Exposure by Katherine Howell#73
Smoky Mountain Tracks by Donna Ball#74
The Dick Francis Treasury of Great Racing Stories by Dick Francis#75
Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass#76
Silent Fear by Katherine Howell#77
The Cryptographer by Alice Wallis-Eton#78
Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. by Jennifer Li Shotz#79
Web of Deceit by Katherine Howell#80
Dark Heart by Catherine Lee#81
The Accident by C.L. Taylor#82
Here and Gone by Haylen Beck#83
Storm Front by Jim Butcher#84
The 6th Target by Maxine Paetro#85
The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe3★'sContinued in more recent post