You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

FINISHED 2/21/15

I Married a Communist by Philip Roth (The American Trilogy #2 of 3 - 1 and 3 read previously) finished 1/28/15

(35 points - series finished)

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #2 of 3) finished 1/11/15
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #3 of 3) finished 1/29/15

(40 points - series finished)

On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House #10 of 11) finished 1/8/15

(5 points)

Legacy of Masks by Sallie Bissell (Mary Crow #4 of 6) finished 2/8/15
Music of Ghosts by Sallie Bissell (Mary Crow #5 of 6) finished 2/21/15

(10 points)

Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (The #1 Ladies Detective Agency #3 of 15) finished 2/14/15

(5 points)

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity Series #1 of 2) finished 2/6/15

(5 points)

(100 points total)

FINISHED 7/10/15


Troubles by J.G. Farrell (Empire Trilogy #1 of 3) finished 3/20/15

(5 points)

Paradise by Toni Morrison (Toni Morrison Trilogy #3 of 3) finished 6/7/15

(35 points - series finished)

Gone by Randy Wayne White (Hannah Smith #1 of 3) finished 3/3/15
Deceived by Randy Wayne White (Hannah Smith #2 of 3) finished 4/18/15
Haunted by Randy Wayne White (Hannah Smith #3 of 3) finished 4/30/15

(45 points - series finished)

A Garden of Earthly Delights by Joyce Carol Oates (Wonderland Quartet #1 of 4) finished 4/11/15
Expensive People by Joyce Carol Oates (Wonderland Quartet #2 of 4) finished 5/17/15
them by Joyce Carol Oates (Wonderland Quartet #3 of 4) finished 7/10/15

(15 points)

(100 points total)

FINISHED 7/12/15

West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House #11 of 11) finished 7/12/15

(105 points - series finished)

FINISHED 7/17/15

Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon (Mitford Years # 10 of 10) finished 7/17/15

(105 points - series finished)

FINISHED 8/6/15

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird #2 of 2) finished 7/17/15

(10 points series finished)

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Me Before You #1 of 2) finished 7/24/15

(10 points)

Dead City by James Ponti (Dead City trilogy #1 of 3) finished 7/28/15

(10 points)

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #1 of 9) finished 7/18/15

(10 points)

Deadliest of Sins by Sallie Bissell (Mary Crow #6 of 6) finished 8/6/15

(65 points - series finished)

(105 points)

FINISHED 12/31/15

Maus, I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman (Maus #1 of 2) finished 8/11/15
Maus, II: And Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman (Maus #2 of 2) finished 8/12/15

(20 points series finished)

Sons by Pearl S. Buck (House of Earth #2 of 3) finished 11/10/15
A House Divided by Pearl S. Buck (House of Earth #3 of 3) finished 12/14/15

(40 points - series finished)

Dark Days by James Ponti Finished 12/31/15

(40 points - series ended)


(100 points)

You're ahead of me in the planning of your levels. Could you include the series name and number of books you've read in the series?

For example:

The American Trilogy, 2/3 read.
- To read: I Married a Communist

(35 points)

I'm assuming you've read book 1 and 3, but there's nothing there to tell me... and I don't want to have to do too much homework in verifying people's progress. :)

Janice wrote: "You're ahead of me in the planning of your levels. Could you include the series name and number of books you've read in the series?

For example:

The American Trilogy, 2/3 read.
- To read: ..."

I will. I'm still working this out, but when I finalize I'll be sure to keep you up-to-speed. This really is a challenge. My "I must read everything in the series" self is at war with my "I hate this author!" self. Which one will win?!?!

Oops. I jumped the gun. Sorry!

If you haven't read many books in the series of an author you hate, drop the series I say. If you only have one book left, go for it and get the points.

Great planning so far. I was wondering how to write them up. Thanks, Thing Two! :0). Now, I just have to keep myself from looking at your titles! Everything sounds interesting!

I think I got four or five of the Little House books behind me before I gave up.

Cherie wrote: "Great planning so far. I was wondering how to write them up. Thanks, Thing Two! :0). Now, I just have to keep myself from looking at your titles! Everything sounds interesting!

I think I got f..."

I looked at it by pages. If I only have a couple hundred pages to finish the series, it's worth it.

I think this will be a mix of easy, easy reading (Little House, Mitford Years, Mary Crow, Hunger Games) and more challenging reads (African Trilogy, House of Earth, Toni Morrison Trilogy) and stuff brand new to me that I hope I like enough to continue (Empire Trilogy, Growth Trilogy, Hannah Smith).

Now I'm off to see if I can actually find all of these books.

You know this is my favorite time of year, right? Happy List-Making to one and all!

Do we give you the gophering crown? Hehehe!

Janice wrote: "Do we give you the gophering crown? Hehehe!"

There's a crown?!?!

Look at you go, girl!

You have some heavy reading on your list. Good luck. I like Joyce Carol Oates, but she can be a little redundant and long winded at times. Then sometimes her prose sings. I hope this is a beautiful series you are reading.

I have the Pearl S. Buck series on my list, too.

Philip Roth and Toni Morrison are pretty deep, too. Hope you enjoy them. Glad you have some lighter reads mixed in to give you a break. : )

Congrats on the crown, BTW! : )

Your gophering is really paying off! You deserve that crown. Your mention of a book being out of print makes me realize I should be sure I can get ahold of all the books in a series before trying to finish it.