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message 1: by Carol (last edited Jan 18, 2018 10:35PM) (new)
Jan 06, 2018 01:56AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments As always I start with a 52 book challenge with revision mid /fall if I want to make it greater.

I finished 3 books in the first couple days that were started in the latter part of December 2017

#1 The Templar Legacy (Cotton Malone, #1) by Steve Berry The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry ebook
***** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#2 The Racketeer by John Grisham The Racketeer by John Grisham audio lib
***https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#3 The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Millennium, #5) by David Lagercrantz The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz lib audio
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

528 pg 27 hours


message 2: by Carol (last edited Jan 18, 2018 10:36PM) (new)
Jan 06, 2018 03:50PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #4 Somewhere in Time by Barbara Bretton Somewhere in Time by Barbara Bretton ebook free dl
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

352 pgs


message 3: by Carol (last edited Jan 27, 2018 11:16PM) (new)
Jan 16, 2018 01:06AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #5 Irish Lace (Nuala Anne McGrail, #2) by Andrew M. Greeley Irish Lace by Andrew M. Greeley pback
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
352 pgs


message 4: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:15PM) (new)
Jan 18, 2018 10:34PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #6 Origin (Robert Langdon, #5) by Dan Brown Origin by Dan Brown audio lib
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

18.25 hr

cum total 1232 pgs 45.25 hrs


message 6: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:16PM) (new)
Jan 27, 2018 11:14PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #9 The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic, #1) by Alice Hoffman The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman lib audio
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11 hrs

cum total 1901 pgs 56.25 hrs


message 7: by Carol (last edited Feb 11, 2018 12:53PM) (new)
Feb 01, 2018 12:08PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #10 Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Gail Carriger Soulless by Gail Carriger ebook series
***** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
## reading this as part of the 5 book box set but will review them separately

at this rate I will finish my goal by mid year.... but I expect it will will slow down soon..... either that or I need a lot of escapes from real life right now!!!


message 8: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:17PM) (new)
Feb 11, 2018 12:51PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #11 Hardcore Twenty-Four (Stephanie Plum, #24) by Janet Evanovich Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich audio lib series
*** https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio... 6 hrs
#12 Take the Monkeys and Run (Barbara Marr Murder Mystery, #1) by Karen Cantwell Take the Monkeys and Run by Karen Cantwell ebook free-dl
*** https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio... 277 pgs


cum total 2535 pgs 62.25 hrs


message 9: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:19PM) (new)
Mar 07, 2018 01:18AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #13 Hiddensee A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker by Gregory Maguire Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker byGregory Maguire pback gaw retelling
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 287 pgs

#14 The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7) by Jo Nesbø The Snowman byJo Nesbø audio lib myst
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 16 hrs

#15 Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore audio lib
****.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 14.75 hrs


cum total 2822 pgs 93 hrs


message 12: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:21PM) (new)
Apr 11, 2018 12:53PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #20 Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) by Diana Gabaldon Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon ebook series
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 825 pg

#21 Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak audio lib
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 9.5 hrs


cum total 3647 pgs 139.75 hrs


message 14: by Carol (last edited May 30, 2018 12:50AM) (new)
Apr 30, 2018 07:28PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #26 Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult audio lib
***** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
16 hrs


message 15: by Carol (last edited May 30, 2018 12:50AM) (new)
May 13, 2018 11:54PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #27 Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford audio lib
***** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12 hrs


message 16: by Carol (last edited May 30, 2018 12:49AM) (new)
May 14, 2018 11:32AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #28 Digging In by Loretta Nyhan Digging In byLoretta Nyhan ebook gaw
*****https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
248 pp


message 17: by Carol (last edited May 30, 2018 12:49AM) (new)
May 20, 2018 01:17AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #29 The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery #7) by Susan Elia MacNeal The Paris Spy bySusan Elia MacNeal audio lib series
***** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10 hrs


message 18: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:24PM) (new)
May 30, 2018 12:47AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #30 How to Stop Time by Matt Haig How to Stop Time by Matt Haig lib audio
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10 hrs

cum total 4854 pgs 205 hrs


message 19: by Carol (last edited Nov 25, 2018 09:08AM) (new)
Jun 25, 2018 01:44AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #31 Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die #1) by Danielle Paige Dorothy Must DieDanielle Paige ebook retelling
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 432 pp

#32 Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Ready Player One by Ernest Cline lib audio GAR
****https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#33 The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand lib audio
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

27 hrs and 432pp

cum total 5286 pgs 232 hrs


message 20: by Carol (last edited Oct 28, 2018 09:14AM) (new)
Jul 02, 2018 08:24PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #34 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier lib ebook GAR
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
449 pp

#35 Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng lib audio
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12 hrs

cumulative total (apprx) 5735 pgs 244 hrs

Half year point avg 220 pp/week and 9:20 hrs /week


message 21: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:06PM) (new)
Jul 16, 2018 01:49AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #36 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho lib ebook GAR
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#37 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses by Amy Bloom lib audio hist fict
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#38 The Scam (Fox and O'Hare, #4) by Janet Evanovich The Scam by Janet Evanovich lib audio
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

tot 14 hrs and 128 pp


message 22: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:32PM) (new)
Jul 18, 2018 09:49AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #39 Cowboy Pride (Wild Wyoming Hearts #3) by Lacy Williams Cowboy Pride by Lacy Williams ebook lib retelling
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(252 pp)

cum total 6115 pgs 258 hrs


message 24: by Carol (last edited Oct 28, 2018 09:13AM) (new)
Aug 13, 2018 01:00PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #43 The Venetian Betrayal (Cotton Malone, #3) by Steve Berry The Venetian Betrayal bySteve Berry audio lib series
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
16 hrs

cumulative total 6489 pgs 296.75 hrs


message 25: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:36PM) (new)
Aug 26, 2018 12:51PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #44 The Fix (Amos Decker #3) by David Baldacci The Fix by David Baldacci audio lib series
***** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#45 The Mathematics of Love by Emma Darwin The Mathematics of Love ebook
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

tot 484 pp 12 hr

cum total 6973 pgs 308.75 hrs


message 27: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:05PM) (new)
Sep 27, 2018 10:48AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #50 Looking for Alaska by John Green Looking for Alaska by John Green lib ebook GAR
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 225 pp


message 28: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:38PM) (new)
Sep 30, 2018 01:35AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #51 Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell lib audio
** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11:20 hrs

cum total 7926 pgs 359 hrs


message 29: by Carol (last edited Oct 08, 2018 01:04PM) (new)
Oct 08, 2018 12:57PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #52 Sourdough by Robin Sloan Sourdough by Robin Sloan lib audio
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6:50 hrs

yeah!!! made it to goal (52) 12 weeks early - almost a month ahead of last year.
Will up my goal to 62 but one of my secondary goals was to read several books recommended on the Great American Read list so I will try to focus on those ( which tend to take longer to read)


message 31: by Carol (last edited Oct 28, 2018 09:10AM) (new)
Oct 28, 2018 09:09AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #55 The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner audio lib
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
#56 The Girl with the Red Balloon (The Balloonmakers, #1) by Katherine Locke The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke lib ebook
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

14.5 hrs 278 pp

cumulative totals 8482 pp 375 hrs


message 33: by Carol (last edited Nov 25, 2018 09:10AM) (new)
Nov 25, 2018 09:01AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #59 Fanny Newcomb And the Irish Channel Ripper by Ana Brazil Fanny Newcomb And the Irish Channel Ripper by Ana Brazil ebook won hist myst
**** https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

acquired my mother's kindle upon her death- which had of 200 ebooks avail... what an inheiritance!!

#60 Aunt Dimity's Death (An Aunt Dimity Mystery #1) by Nancy Atherton Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton ebook moms
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

#61 Forget-Me-Not byEileen Key ebook moms
** https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

789 pp


message 34: by Carol (last edited Dec 01, 2018 08:12AM) (new)
Dec 01, 2018 08:09AM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #62 Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern Summer Hours at the Robbers Library bySue Halpern ebook moms
*** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
384 pp

cumulative totals todate 394 hr 9655 pp


message 36: by Carol (last edited Dec 30, 2018 02:19PM) (new)
Dec 25, 2018 12:59PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #66 Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah ebook moms
****.75 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

401 pp


message 37: by Carol (last edited Dec 30, 2018 02:20PM) (new)
Dec 30, 2018 02:18PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments #67 The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson The Bookshop of Yesterdays byAmy Meyerson audio lib
**** https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Started a collection of cozies... Cozy Mysteries Collection Home & Holiday Edition by Hope Callaghan Cozy Mysteries Collection: Home & Holiday Edition by Hope Callaghan ebook
#68 Home for the Holidays Garden Girls #10 ***
#69 Magnolia Mansion Mysteries Garden Girls ***

11.75 hrs and appx 380 pp


message 38: by Carol (last edited Jan 04, 2019 02:26PM) (new)
Jan 04, 2019 12:30PM

Carol (carolvv) | 320 comments appx cum total 10948 pp and 428 hr

https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_i...


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