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message 1: by Gabby (last edited Mar 06, 2019 06:34PM) (new)

Gabby  Thorpe (diaryofabibliophagist) | 16 comments Im really hoping to read 100 books this year although my "official" target is 50 so we will start with that and I will expand as needs be.

1. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body - Roxane Gay 4*s
2. The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One - Amanda Lovelace 2*s
3. The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write - edited by Sabrina Mahfouz 4*s
4. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 3*s
5. The Lonely City: Adventures in The Art of Being Alone - Olivia Laing 5*s
6. Just Kids - Patti Smith 5*s
7. Insomnia - Marina Benjamin 4*s
8. Bluets - Maggie Nelson 3*s
9. The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time -Mark Haddon 3*s
10. The Silent Companions- Laura Purcell 3.5*s
11. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton 5*s
12. Pachinko - Min Jin Lee 5*s
13. My Sister, The Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithewaite 3*s
14. My Thoughts Exactly - Lily Allen 5*s
15. The Custard Heart - Dorothy Parker 4*s
16. Educated - Tara Westover 3*s
17. The Nix - Nathan Hill 5*s
18. Varjak Paw - S.F. Said 5*s
19. Circe - Madeline Miller 4*s
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Also doing the following challenges!
Alphabet Soup
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B- Bluets - Maggie Nelson
C- (The) Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time -Mark Haddon
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H- Hunger; A Memoir of (my) Body - Roxane Gay
I- Insomnia - Marina Benjamin
J- Just Kids - Patti Smith
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L- (The) Lonely City: Adventures in The Art of Being Alone - Olivia Laing
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T- (The) Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write - edited by Sabrina Mahfouz
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Anti-Alphabet Challenge


No A-
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Featherweight Challenge
Level 1 Ruffled Feathers
1 The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One - Amanda Lovelace
2 The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write - edited by Sabrina Mahfouz
3 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
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Level 2 Flapping Wings
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Level 3 Taking Flight
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Chunkster Challenge

Level One Chunckster
1 The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton
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Level Two Flowe Presser
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Level 3 Back Breaker
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Door Stopper
Level 1 - A Mighty Tome
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Level 2 - Stack 'em High
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Level 3 - Weight Matters
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Level 4 - A Hefty Pile
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message 2: by Gabby (last edited Feb 04, 2019 08:51AM) (new)

Gabby  Thorpe (diaryofabibliophagist) | 16 comments Also
Buyers Remorse
Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body - Roxane Gay
2. The Lonely City: Adventures in The Art of Being Alone - Olivia Laing
3. The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time -Mark Haddon .
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Level Two (10 TBR books) = List Tamer
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Level Three (15 TBR books) = Captain of the Shelf
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Level Four (20 TBR books) = Master of All Dust Bunnies
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Dinner is Served : For this I'll ve attempting some David Mitchell!
Level 1 - Just a Sample
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And the monthly genre challenge:
January: Contemporary/Literary Fiction: The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time -Mark Haddon


I'd like to think there would be minimal overlap but we will see


message 3: by Gabby (last edited Mar 02, 2019 07:00AM) (new)

Gabby  Thorpe (diaryofabibliophagist) | 16 comments January - 9
February - 6
March -
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YEAR TO DATE: 15


message 4: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie (scharle4) | 83 comments Good luck this year!


message 5: by Gabby (new)

Gabby  Thorpe (diaryofabibliophagist) | 16 comments Stephanie wrote: "Good luck this year!"

Thanks! You too!


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