Hooked on Books discussion

Book / Author: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
Date: 7/18
Minutes: 758
Group Total: 204,340

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Book / Author: The Adventures of Brother Cadfael: A Collection of Chronicles by Ellis Peters
Date: 20 jul
Minutes: 1068 (x2 HF)
Group Total: 206,476

Book / Author: A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling
Date: 7/19
Minutes: 799 (x2 HF) = 1598
Group Total: 208,074

Book / Author: The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
Date: 7/19
Minutes: 1464 (x2 HF) = 2928
Group Total: 211,002

Book / Author: I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark
Date: 7/20
Minutes: 464
Group Total: 211,466

Book / Author: Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward
Date: 7/20
Minutes: 1389
Group Total: 212,855

Book / Author: Flybot by Dennis E. Taylor
Date: 21 jul
Minutes: 577
Group Total: 213,432

Book / Author: Forbidden Mafia Prince by Brooke Blaine
Date: 21 jul
Minutes: 347
Group Total: 213,779

Book / Author: Fiction Land by R.R. Haywood
Date: 21 jul
Minutes: 712
Group Total: 214,491

Book / Author: Rotten to the Core by T.E. Kinsey
Date: 22 jul
Minutes: 526 (x2 HF)
Group Total: 215,543

Book / Author: No Mardi Gras for the Dead by D.J. Donaldson
Date: 22 jul
Minutes: 432
Group Total: 215, 975

Book / Author: / Elizabeth Beters
Date: 7/21
Minutes: 785 (x2 HF) = 1570
Group Total: 217,545

Book / Author: Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
Date: 22 jul
Minutes: 333
Group Total: 217,878

Book / Author: The Empire by Michael Ball
Date: 23 jul
Minutes: 674 (x2 HF)
Group Total: 219,226

Book / Author: Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens by Sylvia Barbara Soberton
Date: 23 jul
Minutes: 418
Group Total: 219,644

Book / Author: The Mother by T.M. Logan
Date: 24 jul
Minutes: 760
Group Total: 220,404

Book / Author: Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
Date: 25 jul
Minutes: 725
Group Total: 221,129

Book / Author: Julia by Sandra Newman
Date: 26 jul
Minutes: 861 (x2 HF)
Group Total: 222,851

Book / Author: Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones
Date: 7/19
Minutes: 729
Group Total: 223,580

Book / Author: The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley
Date: 7/25
Minutes: 1,193 x2(HF) = 2,386
Group Total: 225,966

Book / Author: Everything Is Lies by Helen Callaghan
Date: 26 jul
Minutes: 704
Group Total: 226,670

Book / Author: The Passengers by John Marrs
Date: 27 jul
Minutes: 700
Group Total: 227,370

Book / Author: One Small Mistake by Dandy Smith
Date: 28 jul
Minutes: 765
Group Total: 228,135

Book / Author: The Funhouse by Dean Koontz
Date: 29 jul
Minutes: 493
Group Total: 228,628

Book / Author: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Date: 31 jul
Minutes: 2456 (x2HF)
Group Total: 233,540

Book / Author: The Dream Home by T.M. Logan
Date: 31 jul
Minutes: 646
Group Total: 234,186

Book / Author: The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
Date: 31 jul
Minutes: 1477 (x2 for HF)
Group Total: 237,140

Book/Author: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Date: 7/27
Minutes: 824
Group Total: 237,964

Book/Author: The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose
Date: 7/29
Minutes: 664
Group Total: 238,628

Book/Author: The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
Date: 7/30
Minutes: 443 x2(HF) = 886
Group Total: 239,850

August 2025

Book / Author: Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
Date: 1 aug
Minutes: 2245
Group Total: 242,095

Book / Author: Dead Man’s Grave by Neil Lancaster
Date: 3 aug
Minutes: 707
Group Total: 242,802

Book / Author: Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean by Charles Freeman
Date: 5 aug
Minutes: 1922 (x2 NF)
Group Total: 246,646

Book / Author: Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
Date: 6 aug
Minutes: 3474
Group Total: 250,120

Book / Author: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Date: 7 aug
Minutes: 507
Group Total: 250,627

Book / Author: A Match Made in Venice by Leonie Mack
Date: 8 aug
Minutes: 608
Group Total: 251,235

Book/Author: A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel
Date: 8/1
Minutes: 386 x (2 NF) = 772
Group Total: 252,007

Book/Author: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
Date: 8/4
Minutes: 649
Group Total: 252,656

Book/Author: Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
Date: 8/6
Minutes: 991
Group Total: 253,647

Book / Author: Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Date: 9 aug
Minutes: 919
Group Total: 254,566

Book / Author: Bethany's Sin by Robert McCammon
Date: 10 aug
Minutes: 649
Group Total: 255,215

Book / Author: Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa
Date: 12 aug
Minutes: 3204
Group Total: 258,419

Book / Author: So, Anyway... by John Cleese
Date:13 aug
Minutes: 813 (x2 NF)
Group Total: 260,045

Book / Author: The Bees by Laline Paull
Date: 13 aug
Minutes: 616
Group Total: 260,661

Book / Author: Mrs England by Stacey Halls
Date: 14 aug
Minutes: 651
Group Total: 261,312

Book / Author: Freeze Frame by Peter May
Date: 15 aug
Minutes: 571
Group Total: 261,883

Book/Author: 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam
Date: 8/10
Minutes: 793 x (2 NF) = 1,586
Group Total: 263,469

Book/Author: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Date: 8/10
Minutes: 385
Group Total: 263,854

Book/Author: I Went To See My Father by Kyung-Sook Shin
Date: 8/12
Minutes: 720
Group Total: 264,574

Book/Author: Great and Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros
Date: 8/14
Minutes: 731
Group Total: 265,305

Book/Author: 25 Alive by James Patterson
Date: 8/15
Minutes: 399
Group Total: 265,704

Book / Author: Blowback by Peter May
Date: 17 aug
Minutes: 553
Group Total: 266,257

Book / Author: Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
Date: 18 aug
Minutes: 1497 (x2 NF)
Group Total: 269,251

Book / Author: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Date: 8/18/25
Minutes: 854
Group Total: 270,195

Book / Author: Summer at The Cosy Cottage Cafe
Date: 18 aug
Minutes: 205

Book / Author: The Innocent and the Dead: a DI Jack Knox Murder Mystery
Date: 18 aug
Minutes: 359

Book / Author: Smoky Joe's Cafe
Date: 18 aug
Minutes: 310

Book / Author: No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach
Date: 19 aug
Minutes: 155 (x2 NF)

Book / Author: The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner
Date: 19 aug
Minutes: 528 (x2 NF)

Book / Author: A Greedy Man in a Hungry World: How (almost) everything you thought you knew about food is wrong
Date: 19 aug
Minutes: 452 (x2 NF)

Book / Author: Fresh Water for Flowers
Date: 21 aug
Minutes: 882

Book / Author: Wasteland Warlords 1: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG Adventure
Date: 22 aug
Minutes: 208

Book / Author: The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Date: 22 aug
Minutes: 339

Book / Author: The Lonely Heart Attack Club
Date: 22 aug
Minutes: 291

Book / Author: Heads You Lose
Date: 23 aug
Minutes: 356

Book / Author: Interview with the Robot
Date: 23 aug
Minutes: 222

Book / Author: Wasteland Warlords 2: A Post-Apocalyptic LitRPG Adventure
Date: 23 aug
Minutes: 223
Group Total: 275,860

Book / Author: Cast Iron by Peter May
Date: 24 aug
Minutes: 633
Group Total: 276,199

Book / Author: The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
Date: 24 aug
Minutes: 360
Group Total: 276,559

Book / Author: The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
Date: 24 aug
Minutes: 217
Group Total: 276,776