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Saturday, May 26, 2018

YIKES! The 2017 European Reading Challenge Winner Finally Announced

I just realized I forgot to announce the winner of last year's European Reading Challenge! What a dolt!

THIS IS THE WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT POST FOR 2017

TO FIND THE 2017 REVIEWS, GO TO THIS PAGE

TO FIND THE 2017 WRAP UP POSTS, GO TO THIS PAGE

THE 2018 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE SIGN UP PAGE IS AT THIS PAGE

2017 was the sixth year for this challenge, which involves reading books set in different European countries or written by authors from different European countries.

Big thanks to all the participants who joined me for the Grand Tour!

JET SETTER GRAND PRIZE WINNER

The 2017 Jet Setter prize goes to Audrey, who participated in the challenge through Goodreads! Audrey visited 30 different European countries and posted links to her Goodreads reviews. She posted her list of countries in a comment on the wrap up post page.

Honorary Mention (but no prizes) go to eight other participants who posted wrap up posts on the Wrap Up page because I appreciate these posts very much for making my job of figuring out the winner so much easier! For "Honorary Mention," the number of books counted is the number of unique countries.

My own wrap-up post is here. I read 13 books from different European countries, and four were translations, which is progress for me. But I didn't review any of the books I read because last year was crazy busy for me at my law practice.

Congratulations to all the readers who completed the challenge! There is still plenty of time to join us in 2018.

JOIN THE 2018 CHALLENGE! SIGN UP HERE

The gist: The idea is to read books by European authors or books set in European countries (no matter where the author comes from). The books can be anything – novels, short stories, memoirs, travel guides, cookbooks, biography, poetry, or any other genre. You can participate at different levels, but each book must be by a different author and set in a different country – it's supposed to be a tour.

Sign up HERE for the 2018 Challenge.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

2017 CHALLENGE: My 2017 European Reading Challenge Wrap Up Post

COMPLETED

This is my own wrap up post for the 2017 challenge. To post your own wrap up post for the 2017 Challenge, go to the 2017 wrap up post page here. The 2017 Challenge officially ends January 31, 2018.

To sign up for the 2018 European Reading Challenge, go here, or click the 2018 Challenge button to the right. The 2018 Challenge started January 1, 2018.

I signed up for the FIVE STAR (DELUXE ENTOURAGE) level to read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries.

BOOKS READ

Bech at Bay by John Updike (Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia at the time)

When You Lunch With the Emperor by Ludwig Bemelmans (Austria)

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen (UK)

Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (Poland)

On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town by Susan Herrmann Loomis (France)

The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan (Italy)

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spain)

The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo (Norway)

Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (Sweden)

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking (Denmark)

The Manticore by Robertson Davies (Switzerland)

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Germany)

The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney (Ireland)

I read books set in 13 different European countries, which is the most I have ever achieved doing this challenge. And I read several books written by European authors and translated to English, which I am usually not so good about doing.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

2017 Challenge Updates: Mt. TBR and 2X17

My favorite book challenge every year is the Mt. TBR Challenge, hosted by Bev at My Reader's Block.

I combined it with my own challenge to read at least 34 books from my TBR shelves to mark the year: 2X17. I picked those 34 books at the beginning of the year and have made surprisingly fast progress on them. I only have the seven pictured above left to finish.

What looks good?

Those I've already finished from the original list of 34 are:

The Biographer's Moustache by Kingsley Amis

When You Lunch With the Emperor by Ludwig Bemelmans

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen

No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley

A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

Poetic Justice by Amanda Cross

The Deptford Trilogy: Fifth Business; The Manticore; World of Wonders by Robertson Davies

Jam Today Too: The Revolution Will Not Be Catered by Tod Davies

A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

Spotted Dick, S'Il Vous Plait: An English Restaurant in France by Tom Higgins

Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman

Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally

The Whole Fromage: Adventures in the Delectable World of French Cheese by Kathe Lison

Paradise News by David Lodge

An Oxford Tragedy by J. C. Masterman

The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan

The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch

Rebus: The Lost Years: Let It Bleed; Black & Blue; The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin

That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

Earthly Possessions by Anne Tyler

Beck at Bay by John Updike

The Road to Burgundy: The Unlikely Story of an American Making Wine and a New Life in France by Ray Walker

The Life and Loves of a She Devil by Fay Weldon

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Part of the reason I've read so many is that I haven't reviewed any of them. I've been so busy at work because we have several cases heading to trial. I can read on a plan traveling for work, or in bed before I fall asleep, but I don't have the mental energy to write a book review.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Book Beginning: That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

MY BOOK BEGINNING

Though the digital clock on his bedside table in his hotel room read 5:17, Jack Griffin, suddenly wide awake, knew he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep.

-- That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo. I loved Empire Falls, for which Russo won the Pulitzer Prize, and have been meaning to read his other books for years. This one looked like a good choice for a summer read.

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

EARLY BIRDS & SLOWPOKES: This weekly post goes up Thursday evening for those who like to get their posts up and linked early on. But feel free to add a link all week.

FACEBOOK: Rose City Reader has a Facebook page where I post about new and favorite books, book events, and other bookish tidbits, as well as link to blog posts. I'd love a "Like" on the page! You can go to the page here to Like it. I am happy to Like you back if you have a blog or professional Facebook page, so please leave a comment with a link and I will find you.

TWITTER, ETC: If you are on Twitter, Instagram, Google+, or other social media, please post using the hash tag #BookBeginnings. I try to follow all Book Beginnings participants on whatever interweb sites you are on, so please let me know if I have missed any and I will catch up.

TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.

YOUR BOOK BEGINNING

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Book Beginning: Shadow of the Wind

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

MY BOOK BEGINNING

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.

-- Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. I am always slow to read popular books! Who read it already? What did you think?

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Book Beginning: The Story of a New Name

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

MY BOOK BEGINNING

In the spring of 1966, Lila, in a state of great agitation, entrusted to me a metal box that contained eight notebooks.

-- The Story of a New Name: Neapolitan Novels, Book Two by Elena Ferrante. I'm finding this one to be heavy going. If I weren't reading it with my ears, and at 1.25 speed, I don't know that I would get through it.

Has anyone read all four of the series? What did you think?

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Book Beginning: The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

MY BOOK BEGINNING

That Sunday, from six o'clock in the evening, it was a Viennese orchestra that played.

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen. Lovers ans spies in WWII London. Published in 1948.

This modern classic has been on my TBR shelf forever and I'm finally reading it for the 2017 Back to the Classics Challenge as my "classic by a woman author" pick.

Sunday, May 7, 2017

2017 CHALLENGE: Back to the Classics

The Back to the Classics Challenge is hosted by Karen at Books and Chocolate. Even though I am late to sign up so I won't qualify for a prize, I am going to try for nine books again this year. I met that goal in 2016.

CATEGORIES

1. A 19th Century Classic. Any book published between 1800 and 1899.

2. A 20th Century Classic. Any book published between 1900 and 1967. Just like last year, all books MUST have been published at least 50 years ago to qualify. The only exception is books written at least 50 years ago, but published later.

3. A classic by a woman author.

4. A classic in translation. Any book originally written published in a language other than your native language.

5. A classic originally published before 1800.

6. A romance classic. It can have a happy ending or a sad ending, as long as there is a strong romantic element to the plot.

7. A Gothic or horror classic.

8. A classic with a number in the title.

9. A classic about an animal or that includes the name of an animal in the title.

10. A classic set in a place you'd like to visit. It can be real or imaginary.

11. An award-winning classic.

12. A Russian classic.

BOOKS COMPLETED

Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (TRANSLATION)

NOTES

Updated May 5, 2017.

Friday, February 10, 2017

Book Beginning: The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch

SORRY FOR THE DELAY!

I SCHEDULED THIS TO POST WHILE I WAS TRAVELING FOR WORK. BUT MY OPERATOR ERROR -- I HAD THE WRONG DATE AND IT WAS GOING TO GO UP TONIGHT INSTEAD OF LAST NIGHT.

BIG APOLOGIES!

BUT IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY, SO PLEASE BE NICE TO ME!!!

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

EARLY BIRDS & SLOWPOKES: This weekly post goes up Thursday evening for those who like to get their posts up and linked early on. But feel free to add a link all week.

FACEBOOK: Rose City Reader has a Facebook page where I post about new and favorite books, book events, and other bookish tidbits, as well as link to blog posts. I'd love a "Like" on the page! You can go to the page here to Like it. I am happy to Like you back if you have a blog or professional Facebook page, so please leave a comment with a link and I will find you.

TWITTER, ETC: If you are on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+, or other social media, please post using the hash tag #BookBeginnings. I try to follow all Book Beginnings participants on whatever interweb sites you are on, so please let me know if I have missed any and I will catch up.

TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.

YOUR BOOK BEGINNING

MY BOOK BEGINNING

"How far away is it?"

-- The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch. Well, that's a nothing beginning that could go anywhere. But a good one for a book I started on a plane. This is one of the books for my 2X17 Challenge.

I finally got on Instagram, which immediately became my favorite #timesuck. And I see that several Book Beginners have been posting there, some of you with very clever visual interpretations. I'll try to do a better job of following along. Thanks for the inspiration!

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Book Beginning: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late

THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

EARLY BIRDS & SLOWPOKES: This weekly post goes up Thursday evening for those who like to get their posts up and linked early on. But feel free to add a link all week.

FACEBOOK: Rose City Reader has a Facebook page where I post about new and favorite books, book events, and other bookish tidbits, as well as link to blog posts. I'd love a "Like" on the page! You can go to the page here to Like it. I am happy to Like you back if you have a blog or professional Facebook page, so please leave a comment with a link and I will find you.

TWITTER, ETC: If you are on Twitter, Google+, or other social media, please post using the hash tag #BookBeginnings. I try to follow all Book Beginnings participants on whatever interweb sites you are on, so please let me know if I have missed any and I will catch up.

TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.

YOUR BOOK BEGINNING

MY BOOK BEGINNING

They sat in the chapel and waited. They were still only nine, and they were waiting for the tenth so that they could begin morning prayers.

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman, the first of the Rabbi Small mystery series. Published in 1965, it counts as one of my Silver level books for the Vintage Mystery Challenge this year.

Sunday, January 22, 2017

2017 Challenge: The Vintage Mystery Challenge

The Vintage Mystery Challenge, hosted by Bev at My Reader's Block, is always one of my favorites. I've gone back and forth between the Golden Age and Silver Age versions and this year am going to TRY to do both.

Golden Age counts as mysteries published before 1960. Silver Age counts as mysteries published from 1960 through 1989.

The Scavenger Hunt involves finding as many items on the lists below in the covers of the books read. You can only count one item per book cover.

You complete the challenge by "finding" six items on the list, at which point you are entered in Bev's drawing for a prize (if you complete your wrap up post). If you find 12 items on the list, you get entered in a second drawing for a second prize. Bev will also award a Grand Prize for the person who finds the most items.

BOOKS FINISHED

None yet!

Saturday, January 14, 2017

2017 Challenge: The Crooked House Challenge

DID NOT COMPLETE

Inspirational blogger and book fan Hannah Braime encourages people to read by hosting a 26-book and 52-book reading challenge every year. Her challenges don't have a particular theme, but each book fits a particular category or requirement -- like a scavenger hunt.

My friend Rachelle, who owns the delightful Crooked House Books here in Portland (and on-line) organized a group of people to undertake the 26-book version of Hannah's challenge. That's why I call this my Crooked House Challenge. She created a Facebook page for the group, for anyone interested in playing along, so feel free to join in.

The rules are simple. To complete the challenge, you have to read 26 different books. Each has to be completed in 2017. One book cannot be applied to more than one category, but books can overlap with other challenges. We are just trying to read 26 books in 2017, not necessarily one book every two weeks, although that is what it will average out to be.

A book you read in school
A book from your childhood
A book published more than 100 years ago
A book published in the last year
A nonfiction book
A book by a male author
A book by a female author
A book by someone who isn’t a writer
A book that became a film
A book written in the 20th century
A book set in your hometown/region
A book with someone’s name in the title
A book with a number in the title
A book with a character with your first name*
A book recommended to you by someone else
A book with more than 500 pages
A book you can finish in a day
A book previously banned
A book with a one word title
A book translated from another language
A book to improve a certain area of your life
A memoir or journal
A book written by someone younger than you
A book set somewhere you’ll be visiting this year
An award winner
A self-published book

* Our group agreed to change this one a little because there are several people, including me, who have unusual first names. I could spend a lifetime looking for a book with a Gilion in it (pronounced with a hard G by the way, so it's not a funny spelling of Gillian). We agreed to change this one to a book with a character with your first or last name, or a book written by someone with your first or last name. I think I can find a book written by an author named Dumas.

THE BOOK I'VE READ

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (read in school)

Slay Ride by Dick Francis (from childhood)

The Little Nugget by P. G. Wodehouse (more than 100 years ago)

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking (published in the last year)

The Whole Fromage: Adventures in the Delectable World of French Cheese by Kathe Lison (nonfiction)

The Biographer's Moustache by Kingsley Amis (male author)

A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie (female author)

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance (by someone not a writer)

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (became a film)

No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley (20th Century)

The Nix by Nathan Hill (set in hometown or region)

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacs (name in title)

Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet, edited by Ruth Reichl (number in title)

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (recommended by someone)

Any Human Heart by William Boyd (more than 500 pages)

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert (finish in a day)

Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (one-word title)

Death by Water by Kenzaburo Oe (translated)

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do by Sarah Knight (change area of your life)

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl (memoir)

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (younger author)

Any Woman's Blues by Erica Jong (area visited)

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flannigan (prize winner)

Jam Today Too: The Revolution Will Not Be Catered by Tod Davies (self-published)

NOTES:

Updated January 1, 2018. The only two I didn't get to were a book with my name in it and a banned book. I just couldn't figure out if any of the books I read had ever been banned. I suspect the Erica Jong book was banned somewhere! And maybe some other books I read. But I've already read all the "classics" that show up on lists of banned books.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

2017 CHALLENGE: The European Reading Challenge

COMPLETED

This is my own sign up post. To sign up yourself (please do!), go to the main challenge page here, or click the button above.

I am signing up for the FIVE STAR (DELUXE ENTOURAGE) level to read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries.

BOOKS READ

Bech at Bay by John Updike (Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia at the time)

When You Lunch With the Emperor by Ludwig Bemelmans (Austria)

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen (UK)

The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson (Sweden)

Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (Poland)

On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town by Susan Herrmann Loomis (France)

The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan (Italy)

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spain)

The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo (Norway)

Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (Sweden)

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking (Denmark)

The Manticore by Robertson Davies (Switzerland)

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Germany)

The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney (Ireland)

NOTE: Updated December 30, 2017

I read books set in 14 different European countries, which is the most I have ever achieved doing this challenge. And I read several books written by European authors and translated to English, which I am usually not so good about doing.

Sunday, December 11, 2016

2017 CHALLENGE: 2X17 & Mt. TBR

2X17: READ 34 BOOKS IN 2017

COMPLETED

I'm combining the Mt. TBR Challenge with a TBR challenge I came up with to read two books for each year of the century. This is the fourth year I've done it, so it gets a little more challenging each year. If anyone wants to join me, grab the button and play along! Leave a comment and I'll start a list here.

I am going to read 34 books for the 2X17 part of the challenge, one from each of 17 separate shelves on my TBR bookcases.

I have 27 fiction books and seven non-fiction books picked out. All seven of the non-fiction books are food-related, to overlap with the Foodies Read 2017 Challenge. For the fiction books, I picked books that I've most been meaning to read for a long time and aimed for a mix of long and short, heavy and light.

These are the books in alphabetical order by author, but I am going to read them as the mood strikes.

MY 2X17 BOOKS

One of the books I picked is a trilogy and the other is an omnibus edition of three Ian Rankin mysteries, so although there are 34 volumes on this list, I'll end up reading 38 books.

The Biographer's Moustache by Kingsley Amis FINISHED

When You Lunch With the Emperor by Ludwig Bemelmans FINISHED

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen FINISHED

No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley FINISHED

A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters FINISHED

Poetic Justice by Amanda Cross FINISHED

The Deptford Trilogy: Fifth Business; The Manticore; World of Wonders by Robertson Davies FINISHED

Jam Today Too: The Revolution Will Not Be Catered by Tod Davies FINISHED

Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis FINISHED

The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson FINISHED

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks FINISHED

A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick FINISHED

Spotted Dick, S'Il Vous Plait: An English Restaurant in France by Tom Higgins FINISHED

About a Boy by Nick Hornby FINISHED

Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch FINISHED

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman FINISHED

Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally FINISHED

The Whole Fromage: Adventures in the Delectable World of French Cheese by Kathe Lison FINISHED

Paradise News by David Lodge FINISHED

On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town by Susan Herrmann Loomis FINISHED

An Oxford Tragedy by J. C. Masterman FINISHED

The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan FINISHED

The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch FINISHED

Blue Angel by Francine Prose FINISHED

Rebus: The Lost Years: Let It Bleed; Black & Blue; The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin FINISHED

Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet, edited by Ruth Reichl FINISHED

That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo FINISHED

Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö FINISHED

The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark FINISHED

Earthly Possessions by Anne Tyler FINISHED

Beck at Bay by John Updike FINISHED

The Road to Burgundy: The Unlikely Story of an American Making Wine and a New Life in France by Ray Walker FINISHED

The Life and Loves of a She Devil by Fay Weldon FINISHED

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón FINISHED

MT. TBR CHALLENGE:

READ A TOTAL OF 48 TBR BOOKS

COMPLETED

Bev at My Reader's Block hosts the Mt. TBR Challenge and I am signing up for the Mt. Ararat Level to read a total of 48 books off my TBR shelves. So in addition to those listed above, I need to knock off another 14. I don't know which ones they will be, but I will list them here as I read them.

THE MT. TBR BOOKS

The Panther by Nelson DeMille

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great by Karen Karbo

Amarcord: Marcella Remembers by Marcella Hazan

Original Sin by P. D. James

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

The Architecture Pack : A Unique, Three-Dimensional Tour of Architecture by Ron Van der Meer

Slay Ride by Dick Francis

Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman

Bandits by Elmore Leonard

Any Human Heart by William Boyd

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flannigan (Booker Prize winner)

Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York by Adam Gopnik

Any Woman's Blues by Erica Jong

The Heirs by Susan Rieger

The Question of Max by Amanda Cross

Reptile by David Ball

The Group by Mary McCarthy

The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm

A Certain Justice by P. D. James

MT. TBR CHALLENGE CHECKPOINT

Bev added a Words to the Wise According to Mt. TBR checkpoint for those interested. I'll give it a go. The idea is to use titles of the books above to finish the aphorisms listed below:

A stitch in time...[saves] Girls of Slender Means
Don't count your chickens...[before] The Panther
A penny saved is.... No Way to Treat a First Lady
All good things must come... Through the Children's Gate
When in Rome... [be] Free to Choose
All that glitters is not... Original Sin
A picture is worth [the] ... Shadow of the WInd
When the going gets tough, the tough get... A Reliable Wife
Two wrongs don't make... Any Human Heart
The pen is mightier than.... The Whole Fromage
The squeaky wheel gets... Ultimate Prizes
Hope for the best, but prepare for... A Certain Justice
Birds of a feather flock... [to] Birdsong

NOTE: Updated January 1, 2018

In addition to the 34 books I read for my 2X17 Challenge, I read 22 other books for the Mt. TBR challenge, for a total of 56 books off my TBR shelves in 2017.

Sunday, November 20, 2016

2017 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE: WRAP UP PAGE

The European Reading Challenge
January 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018

THIS IS THE PAGE FOR WRAP UP POSTS.

TO LIST YOUR REVIEWS, GO TO THIS PAGE.

TO SIGN UP, GO TO THE MAIN CHALLENGE PAGE, HERE,

OR CLICK THE BUTTON ABOVE.

If you have finished the challenge at whatever level you signed up for, please do a wrap up post and enter a link to your post here. Please link to your wrap up post, NOT the main page of your blog.

If you do not have a blog, please leave a wrap up post in a comment on this page. Tell us the books you read and, if you reviewed them in comments on the review page, tell us that so we can go find your reviews.

LINK YOUR WRAP UP POST HERE:

2017 EUROPEAN READING CHALLENGE: REVIEW PAGE

The European Reading Challenge

January 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018

THIS IS THE PAGE TO LIST YOUR REVIEWS.

IF YOU HAVE FINISHED, WRAP UP POSTS GO ON THIS PAGE.

TO SIGN UP, GO TO THE MAIN CHALLENGE PAGE, HERE,

OR CLICK THE BUTTON ABOVE.

When you review a book for the 2017 European Reading Challenge, please add it to this list using the Linky widget below. Please link to your review post, NOT the main page of your blog.

If you don't have a blog or other place where you post reviews, so don't have a way to link your review below, just post your review in a comment on this page.

NOTE: There is overlap in January 2017 between the last month of the 2016 challenge and the first month of the 2017 challenge. If you participated both years, only count books read in January in one of the years, not both.

Please put your name or the name of your blog, the name of the book you reviewed, and the country of the book or author. For example: Rose City Reader, Doctor Zhivago, Russia.

LIST YOUR REVIEW HERE:

Saturday, November 19, 2016

The 2017 European Reading Challenge is Available for Sign Ups Now!

The European Reading Challenge
January 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018

The 2017 European Reading Challenge is ready now! Find the challenge page with information and the sign up list in the bar above. Or click the picture or here.

Tour Europe through books. And have a chance to win a prize. Please join us for the Grand Tour!

THE GIST: The idea is to read books by European authors or books set in European countries (no matter where the author comes from). The books can be anything – novels, short stories, memoirs, travel guides, cookbooks, biography, poetry, or any other genre. You can participate at different levels, but each book must be by a different author and set in a different country – it's supposed to be a tour.

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