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I really, really can't believe I'm here so early in the year. It's something I imagined I might attain if I squeezed reviews in, close to new year's eve.I put every review for 'Mount To Be Read' here: http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2013/01...
76) Erica Chase “Read And Buried” (2012) *Good*
77) Arthur Conan Doyle “The Sign Of Four” (1890) *Good*
78) Mary Stanton “Avenging Angels” (2010) *Good*
79) Phyllis A. Whitney “Blue Fire” (1961) *Very Good*
80) Paul Gallico “Too Many Ghosts” (1959) *In Progress*
I'm starting to feel that's the Australian word for champagne. I have it rarely and do enjoy the lightness! Perhaps November 18, I'll serve it for the augmentation of my next age. :)
This is a great time to roll out all of the material with which I am jogging along! I alphabetize so you can quickly scan items of interest. :) I don't care about finishing dates. What I like to see are publication years, so I provide those along with all book (or music and film) references. The paranormal and mystery are my favourites but there is a good dollop of other literature: multicultural fiction, history, children, even humourist essays! (That would be Dr. Paul Hiebert).I knew I'd reach my starting mountain, 48 but I can't believe I sped so far past Mount Ararat!
Nathaniel Benchley "Red Fox And His Canoe" (1964)
Claudia Bishop “Death Dines Out” (1997)
Juliet Blackwell "In A Witch's Wardrobe" (2012)
Crosby Newell Bonsall “The Case Of The Cat's Meow” (1965)
Bryan Buchan “The Dragon Children” (1975)
Clyde Robert Bulla “Ghost Town Treasure” (1957)
Clyde Robert Bulla “The Ghost Of Windy Hill” (1968)
Ray Bradbury “Dark They Were & Golden-Eyed” (1949)
Kate Carlisle "Homicide In Hardcover" (2009)
10) Kate Carlisle "If Books Could Kill" (2010)
Natalie Savage Carlson "Time For The White Egret" (1978)
Erika Chase "A Killer Read" (2012)
Agatha Christie “The Secret Adversary” (1922)
Olivia E. Coolidge “Hercules, Other Tales From Greek Myths” (1949)
E.J. Copperman “Night Of The Living Deed” (2010)
Antoine De St. Exupéry “The Little Prince” (1943)
Dorothy Gilman “Uncertain Voyage” (1967)
Christel Kleitsch "Dancing Feathers" (1985)
Christel Kleitsch "A Time To Be Brave" (1985)
20) Irina Korschunow “The Foundling Fox” (1982)
Victoria Laurie "Demons Are A Ghoul’s Best Friend" (2008)
Jean Little "Forward, Shakespeare!" (2005)
Helen MacInnes “The Salzburg Connection” (1968)
Charlotte MacLeod "Rest You Merry" (1978)
Charlotte MacLeod "The Luck Runs Out" (1979)
Helen Fuller Orton “Mystery In The Pirate Oak” (1949)
Mordecai Richler "Jacob Two-Two Meets Hooded Fang" (1982)
Mordecai Richler "Jacob Two-Two & The Dinosaur" (1987)
Gabrielle Roy "Street Of Riches" (1955)
30) Rochelle Staab "Who Do Voodoo" (2010)
Mary Stanton “Defending Angels” (2008)
Ted Staunton "Greenapple Street Blues" (1987)
Mary Stewart “Thunder On The Right” (1957)
Robert Sutherland "Mystery At Black Rock Island" (1983)
Robert Sutherland "The Ghost Of Ramshaw Castle" (1989)
E.B. White “Stuart Little” (1945)
Phyllis A. Whitney “Black Amber” (1964)
Eric Wilson "Murder On The Canadian" (1976)
Eric Wilson "Vancouver Nightmare" (1978)
40) Eric Wilson "The Case Of The Golden Boy" (1994)
Eric Wilson "Disneyland Hostage" (1982)
Eric Wilson "The Ghost Of Lunenburg Manor" (1981)
Eric Wilson "The Kootenay Kidnapper" (1983)
Eric Wilson "Summer Of Discovery" (1984)
Mildred A. Wirt “The Secret Of The Old Clock” (1930)
Mildred A. Wirt “The Hidden Staircase” (1930)
Mildred A. Wirt “The Mystery At Lilac Inn” (1930)
Catherine Woolley “Ginnie & The Mystery House” (1957)
Here are my 12 titles that amounted to Mount Kilamanjaro!
P.J. Alderman “A Killing Tide” (2006)
Robert A. Arthur Jr “The Secret Of Terror Castle” (1964)
Juliet Blackwell “If Walls Could Talk” (2010)
Irene Turnier Gordon “Marie-Anne Lagiomodière” (2004)
Dr. Paul Hiebert “For The Birds” (1980)
Alice Kimberly“The Ghost & Mrs. McClure” (2004)
Joyce, Jim Lavene “Pretty Poison” (2005)
Charlotte MacLeod “Wrack And Ruin” (1982)
Clea Simon “Mew Is For Murder” (2005)
Robert Sutherland “The Loon Lake Murders” (1987)
Eric Wilson “Spirit In The Rainforest” (1985)
60) Mildred A. Wirt “The Secret Of Shadow Ranch” (1931)
Here is my full list of 15, that tackled Mount El Toro!
Nancy Atherton “Aunt Dimity's Good Deed” (1994) *Excellent*
62) Nathaniel Benchley “Kilroy And The Gull” (1977) *Good*
Karleen Bradford “The Haunting At Cliff House” (1985) *Excellent*
Bryan Buchan “Copper Sunrise” (1972) *Poor*
Agatha Christie “Murder On The Links” (1923) *Very Good*
Paul Gallico “The Snow Goose” (1940) *Excellent*
Kate Kingsbury “Room With A Clue” (1993) *Excellent*
Kate Kingsbury "Do Not Disturb" (1994) *Very Good*
Mary Stanton “Angel's Advocate” (2009) *Fair*
Rex Stout “Fer-De-Lance” (1934) *Very Good*
Robert Van De Weyer “Celtic Praise” (1998) *Excellent*
72) Carol Beach York “The Ghost Of The Isherwoods” (1966) *Very Good*
Carol Beach York “The Secret” (1984) *In Progress*
Anne McGovern “If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln” (1966) *Very Good*
75) Elwyn Brooks White “Charlotte's Web” (1952) *Good*
“Blue Fire”, Phyllis A. Whitney, 1961“Avenging Angels”, Mary Stanton, 2010
“Read And Buried”, Erika Chase, 2012
“The Sign Of Four” Arthur Conan Doyle 1890
“Too Many Ghosts” Paul Gallico 1959
“Death By Darjeeling” Laura Childs 2001
“Irish Cures, Mystic Charms” Lady Wilde 1991
“Stories Of Ghosts, Witches” Freya Littledale 1971
84) “Never Call It Loving” Dorothy Eden 1966
There is a lot for me to be excited about! In three days I shall celebrate another year of life.Completely by coincidence to my November birth, I am this month's spotlight at the Canadian book challenge blog!
If ever you wanted to explain why you cherish books but couldn't phrase it, feast your eyes.
My article discusses those sensations in detail and also the art of non-spoiler reviewing. http://www.bookmineset.com/2013/11/7-...
I do hope everyone enjoys my articles: about why I love real books and about how I like to compose reviews. I was featured by the Canadian book website! :) http://www.bookmineset.com/2013/11/7-...The other surprise I have for our wonderful group, is that I decided to take the hosting plunge! Very soon I am going to invite you to help me launch 3 new reading challenges! I gave a preview here. http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2013/11...
C. wrote: "There is a lot for me to be excited about! In three days I shall celebrate another year of life.Completely by coincidence to my November birth, I am this month's spotlight at the Canadian book ch..."
Happy birthday, Carolyn. Wishing you a great day ( with some reading included)
My dearest thanks to you both. :) I hope you like my current baby picture. To think tomorrow, it will be 41 years old.
Thank you Christine! :)I hope people enjoy my baby picture. I believe it can gather comments. I think it's sweet. Dad's birthday soon follows mine so you see me at 11 days there.
It's been a whirlwind week but a pleasure! Christine, your birthday is this week too. Tell us how you spent it. Happy birthday to you, my dear!
I've been doing a lot of catch-up on reviews! Reading progress too is higher than it looks from time to time. I don't like to bug y'all with an entry for EVERY book. If you're like me you try to read all "new" notifications so I like bulk entries better. :) Here they are!“Blue Fire” Phyllis A. Whitney, 1961
“Avenging Angels” Mary Stanton, 2010
“Read And Buried” Erika Chase, 2012
“The Sign Of Four” Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890
“Too Many Ghosts” Paul Gallico, 1959
“Death By Darjeeling” Laura Childs, 2001
“Irish Cures, Mystic Charms” Lady Wilde, 1991
“Stories Of Ghosts, Witches” Freya Littledale, 1971
“Never Call It Loving” Dorothy Eden, 1966
“Haunting Jordan” P.J. Alderman, 2009
“The Irish Cottage Murder” Dicey Deere, 1999
“Star Sullivan”, Maeve Binchy, 2006
88) “Casting Spells”, Barbara Bretton, 2008
Glad to hear it, Christine.Everybody, I hope you enjoy the review links to Amazon.ca I've begun coding for your perusal pleasure! I found no short cut menu for inserting my own URL. Therefore I typed the code by hand. Hey, if it gets visits and votes to my reviews, I'm happy. :-) Yours, Carolyn.
Okay guys, I'm coding these review links by hand, so I hope to hear what you think! :-)“Irish Cures, Mystic Charms” Lady Wilde, 1991 - (3/5)
“Stories Of Ghosts, Witches” Freya Littledale, 1971 --- (4/5)
“Never Call It Loving” Dorothy Eden, 1966 ---- (5/5)
“Haunting Jordan” P.J. Alderman, 2009 ------- (4/5)
“Star Sullivan” Maeve Binchy, 2006 ------------ (3/5)
“Casting Spells” Barbara Bretton, 2008 --------- (5/5)
“Laced With Magic” Barbara Bretton, 2009 ---- (5/5)
“Spun By Sorcery” Barbara Bretton, 2010 ----- (5/5)
91!) "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax", 1966 (In Progress).
Fellow climbers, you won't believe this: I'm daring to host 3 of my own reading challenges! I hinted about it, gave up a reading day yesterday to finish... today they launch!!!! I look forward to folks joining and spreading the word. :) http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/riedel-...
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“Irish Cures, Mystic Charms” Lady Wilde, 1991 - (3/5)
“Stories Of Ghosts, Witches” Freya Littledale, 1971 -..."
Getting close! I'll save you some of the champagne that Susan stashed up here.
You're the best, Bev. I'll finish 92 today and keep on boogying. I'm happy to say I caught up reviews, so none of are dragging. :-) My applause to your 100! In French: "Fait accomplit"!
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Je parle francais...un peu. Tres, tres, peu.
(and that's about the extent of my French...most of what I learned in high school/college has fallen out of my head)
Tres bien! Mille foix mieux que mon Allemand.
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When you're a Riedel (which rhymes with "needle" of course); ya gotta study a basic vocab. Mine blows chunks.
Usually contemplated and begun a bit in October.... I've delayed my Christmas cards for this!“Irish Cures, Mystic Charms” Lady Wilde, 1991 - (3/5)
“Stories Of Ghosts, Witches” Freya Littledale, 1971 --- (4/5)
“Never Call It Loving” Dorothy Eden, 1966 ---- (5/5)
“Haunting Jordan” P.J. Alderman, 2009 ------- (4/5)
“Star Sullivan” Maeve Binchy, 2006 ------------ (3/5)
“Casting Spells” Barbara Bretton, 2008 --------- (5/5)
“Laced With Magic” Barbara Bretton, 2009 ---- (5/5)
“Spun By Sorcery” Barbara Bretton, 2010 ----- (5/5)
"The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" Dorothy Gilman, 1966 (5/5)
“Borrower Of The Night” Elizabeth Peters, 1973 (3/5)
“No Hiding Place” Rae Foley, 1969 ---- (3/5)
“Flight From Riversedge” Mary Kay Simmons, 1975 (3/5)
95) “A Dream Of Unicorns” Marion Naismith, 1968 (4/5)
A few more Christmas cards today, gift-wrapping.... then I'm throwing all of my energyinto my last sprint, ladies and gentlemen!
96) “The Sandalwood Fan”, Jane Wigmore Eyre, 1968 (4/5)
I'm getting there! Ten views of this dedicated thread? Surely more book-loving people will cheer me to the end!97) “The Irish Manor House Murder”, Dicey Deere, 2000 -- (Just Starting)
Good! I'll bet after two more books, the cork will be in view. Present-wrapping and Christmas cards are attended to. I can do this!
What a great view you'll have from the summit!
Y'all are always so sweet. In each place that you live, I hope you have tremendously beautiful Christmases. :)
Sometimes a novel isn't appealing but I own a series in advance and might as well keep reading. I'm glad to find the second Dicey Deere novel noticeably improved. I'm going to crunch my reading & reviewing.
You know how some of us have a special affinity for re-using and collecting physical books, which we weren't always successful at explaining? I wrote an article at my blog that ought to make sense to both sides. Here it is. :) http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2013/12...I think the occasions of other religions are already celebrated. I wish those well, including the solstice. Now it is the turn of Christmas to brighten our homes and raise excitement.
Merry Christmas and God bless everyone! Your reading friend, Carolyn.
A young self-published author is making his début available free: Christmas day and tomorrow. Partake of Corvus Winchester's gift here. http://www.amazon.com/The-Monsters-Wi...This kind of phenomenon qualifies for my challenge "Ethereal": débuting in February!
See my trio and join me. God bless you, Carolyn. http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/riedel-...
Hmmm, did someone say keep going? Did everyone cheer: "You can do it, Carolyn!" encouragingly? Look who's crawled her way to #98!98) “Spells And Stitches” Barbara Bretton, 2011
So close! You are almost there. Keep it up!
Thank you so much. It's so nice to be cheered on!
Thank you Bev! Funny thing, friends want to see "The Hobbit II" Dec 30. Ron & I have a bunch of things to do so off to the city we go. Before then, I have to prepare several packages to take advantage before mail prices rise.Thus last night I figured I'd hunker down and pretty much read two novels in a day, after house cleaning. What happens at 7:00PM but a neighbour out of nowhere asks me over for a visit and movie. Today I'm back at the lot of it: reading, reviews, using dial-up to plug them into 40 odd websites by new year's eve!
LOL, **now** you know why my challenges are running February to February. {chuckle} I'm nicely side-stepping gardening season too. http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/etherea...
99) “Catch As Catch Can” Charlotte Armstrong, 1952
Thank you Bev! You bet I'm going to immediately get cracking at 100, this very new year's eve afternoon. Then I'll update over 40 challenge posts and links galore. Any allowing catch-up in January are appreciated tremendously. http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2013/01...
Well, my new year's was so inundated filling in websites that close December 31. I had to be very creative, pause reading a while, and observe which ones closed at once. (Please, please we need some challenges to start and conclude at different months in the year). I'll be filling in the rest of the websites today. I do have a positive update for you and after breakfast, I'll post my final tally for my wonderful literature peers. :)
When one reads 100 books in a year, in about 42 challenges, links as many reviews as she can every few months; there's a backlog. Those updated recently have a few entries. Others have me typing a little while over eggnog. Now then, did you catch my message? :-) I'm exhausted but thrilled. The report I'm going to give is a wonderful way to wish my 2013 Mountain-reading peers a happy 2014!!!!!!!! Your Friend, Carolyn. http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2013/11... Ready? Drum roll please....100) “The Tower Treasure” Leslie McFarlane, 1927
Congratulations! Enjoy the view after all your climbs this year ;)
Thank you, Susan! It is beautiful up here. I found the champagne and lawnchair Christine left for me a while ago. :) Next, I have nothing but good feelings about 2014 and really believe I'll read even more therein. Funny thing: I'm drinking a glass of champagne in real life, right now!
I really am amazed about achieving 100 books in a year. It wasn't my goal at all but when I reached that mountain at a reasonable time in the year, I'm the sort of person who has to succeed at my aim. With much distraction, I did it!Here's an article I wrote very recently, to explain to everyone who keep asking why books mean so much to me. Perhaps other paper book users will appreciate the ready-made answers. Love to all of you, Carolyn. http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2013/12...
I did climb 'Mount Kilamanjaro', 60 easily and was excited to call it: "Carolyn's goal becomes a lower plateau". As I'd estimated, my promised level became a dot. Those lively discussions with our peers is here. http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
What pleasantly surprised and pleased me, was passing 'Mount El Toro', 75! It was an imaginable goal but to have done it well within 2013 was greatly satisfying indeed. A tidy 300-word accompanied everybook. And at this level, I beat my whole Goodreads competition 3 months early! I set it at 72. Last year, I attained 10 fewer, in the nick of time. Have a look at my book list and cameraderie here. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I didn't guess that in October I would already be competing at the level of 'Mount Everest', 100!!!!! I am a winner whether or not I finish 100 novels and books. My pledged level has well be surpassed, thrice. It is exhilerating and fun for me, that I have raced up to the heavy hitters of this event! My reading has only been done at night; tending flowers, gardens, and our country yards by day. It makes me smile to think how much more my ingesting of material can grow. :-)
With my birthday three weeks hence, new colourful spines will brighten our home & outbuilding library. As always, I hope education broadens along with them. Fiction too is insightful about other horizons. Warmly, Carolyn.