75 Books...More or Less! discussion

A - As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust - Alan Bradley; Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions - Mario Giordano; The Amazing Mrs Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman
B - The Bookshop of Yesterdays - Amy Meyerson; By Book or by Crook - Eva Gates; Booked for Trouble - Eva Gates; The Bad Break - Jill Orr
C - The Crane Wife - Patrick Ness; Crime and Poetry - Amanda Flower; The Chase - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg; The Chardonnay Charade - Ellen Crosby; The Chocolate Chip Cookier Murder - Joanne Fluke; Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters
D - The Dry - Jane Harper; Days of Awe and Wonder - Marcus J. Borg; The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches - Alan Bradley; Dog On It - Spencer Quinn
E - The English Spy - Daniel Silva; Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman; The Elusive Mrs Pollifax -Dorothy Gilman
F - Force of Nature - Jane Harper: The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton; Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
G - The Girl who Drank the Moon - Kelly Barnhill; The Good Byline - Jill Orr; A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George; the Great Influenza - John M. Berry; The Grave's a Fine and Private Place - Alan Bradley; The Golden Tresses of the Dead - Alan Bradley; The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
H - Harry's Trees - Jon Cohen; House of Spies - Daniel Silva; The Heist - Janet Evanovich; The Hiding Place - C.J. Tudor; A House Among the Trees - Julia Glass
I - In the Shadow of Blackbirds - Cat Winters; I’d Rather be Reading - Anne Bogel
J - The Job - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
K - Kingdom of the Blind - Louise Penny
L - Lethal White - Robert Galbraith; The Life we Bury - Allen Eskens; Ladder to the Sky - John Boyne; The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery; The Lost Man - Jane Harper; The Lola Quartet - Emily St. John Mandel; The Last Romantics - Tara Conklin
M - Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz; Murders and Metaphors - Amanda Flower; The Messenger - Daniel Silva; The Mysterious Affair at Styles: - Agatha Christie; Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear; Murder in the Mystery Suite| - Ellery Adams; The Merlot Murders - Ellen Crosby; Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled - Dorothy Gilman; Murder in the Locked Library - Ellery Adams; Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie; Murder in the Secret Garden - Ellery Adams; Murder in the Reading Room - Ellery Adams; Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan; Messenger of Truth - Jacqueline Winspear;
N - The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah; N is for Noose - Sue Grafton
O - O is for Outlaw - Sue Grafton; The Once and Future King - T. H. White
P - Prose and Cons - Amanda Flower; The Pursuit of Holiness - Jerry Bridges; Pruning the Dead - Julia Henry; The Pursuit - Janet Evanovich/Lee Goldberg; People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
Q - Q is for Quarry - Sue Grafton; The Quiche of Death - M.C. Beaton
R - The Ravens Tale - Cat Winters; The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe. (Le Corbeau) (Illustrated by Gustave Dore); Relative Fortunes - Marlowe Benn
S - The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith; Seven 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton; She has her Mother's Laugh - Carl Zimmer; 7 Women & the Secret to their Greatness - Eric Metaxas; The Strange Journey of Alice Pendlebury - Marc Levy; The Spook in the Stacks - Eva Gates; Study in Charlotte - Brittany Cavallaro; A Share in Death - Deborah Crombie; The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides; The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
The Secret, Book, & Scone Society - Ellery Adams
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones - Dianne Day
The Satapur Moonstone - Sujata Massey
The Sugar Queen - Sarah AddisonAllen
T - The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris; The Tenth Muse - Catherine Chung; The Tenth Island, Finding joy, beauty and unexpected love in the Azores - Diana Marcum
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gillman; The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters - Balli Kaur Jaswal
V - Voice of the Violin - Andrea Camilleri
W - The Word is Murder - Anthony Horowitz; a Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey; Where the Forest meets the Stars - Glendy Vanderah: The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag - Alan Bradley; The Whispered Word - Ellery Adams; A Wolf Called Romeo - Nick Jans
X - The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton;
Y = Your Guide to Forest Bathing-M. Amos Clifford; You Learn by Living - Eleanor Roosevelt
Z - The Zookeeper's Wife - Diane Ackerman

Good luck with this challenge! I bet it goes quicker than expected.

Made good progress in January!
A
B
C - The Crane Wife - Patrick Ness
D - Days of Awe and Wonder - Marcus J. Borg
E - The English Spy - Daniel Silva
F
G
H - Harry's Trees - Jon Cohen; House of Spies - Daniel Silva
I
J
K - Kingdom of the Blind - Louise Penny
L - Lethal White - Robert Galbraith; The Life we Bury - Allen Eskens; Ladder to the Sky - John Boyne; The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
M - Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz
N -
O -
P
Q
R
S - The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith; Seven 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton; She has her Mother's Laugh - Carl Zimmer; 7 Women & the Secret to their Greatness - Eric Metaxas
T - The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
U
V
W - The Word is Murder - Anthony Horowitz; a Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey
X
Y
Z

Connie wrote: "Made good progress in January!
A
B
C - The Crane Wife - Patrick Ness
D - Days of Awe and Wonder - Marcus J. Borg
E - The English Spy - Daniel Silva
F
G
H - Harry's Trees - Jon Cohen; House of Spi..."

You sure did!!!!!

Any suggestsions for "X"?

Sophie wrote: "Any suggestsions for "X"?"

I can't think of a book I read but here is a Goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...


Maybe you could make it a phonetic x and read The Exorcist with us this month?

Sophie wrote: "Any suggestsions for "X"?"

Here, you're good for some years to come. ;)

X (really good!)
XVI (okay)
Xoe (not good at all. lol)

I haven't read these ones:
The X-Files: Cold Cases
The X-Files: Stolen Lives
The X-Files: Goblins
X
X Isle
X Isle
X Isle Vol 1
X Marks the Scot
X Marks the Scot
Xy
XY: On Masculine Identity
The XY
The Xibalba Murders
Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters
Xanadu
X-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Space Ship

Thanks for the X suggestions!

Wow, you made GREAT progress in January!

Andrea wrote: "Wow, you made GREAT progress in January!"

Thanks - Soon I will have to focus on the letters I still need. 😆

Wow! February was a reading month! 25 Books.
7 Letters left: I, R, U, V, X, Y and Z

A - As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust - Alan Bradley
B - The Bookshop of Yesterdays - Amy Meyerson; By Book or by Crook - Eva Gates; Booked for Trouble - Eva Gates
C - The Crane Wife - Patrick Ness; Crime and Poetry - Amanda Flower; The Chase - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
D - The Dry - Jane Harper; Days of Awe and Wonder - Marcus J. Borg
E - The English Spy - Daniel Silva
F - Force of Nature - Jane Harper
G - The Girl who Drank the Moon - Kelly Barnhill
H - Harry's Trees - Jon Cohen; House of Spies - Daniel Silva; The Heist - Janet Evanovich; The Hiding Place - C.J. Tudor
I
J - The Job - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
K - Kingdom of the Blind - Louise Penny
L - Lethal White - Robert Galbraith; The Life we Bury - Allen Eskens; Ladder to the Sky - John Boyne; The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery; The Lost Man - Jane Harper; The Lola Quartet - Emily St. John Mandel
M - Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz; Murders and Metaphors - Amanda Flower; The Messenger - Daniel Silva; The Mysterious Affair at Styles: - Agatha Christie
N - The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
O - O is for Outlaw - Sue Grafton
P - Prose and Cons - Amanda Flower
Q - Q is for Quarry - Sue Grafton
R
S - The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith; Seven 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton; She has her Mother's Laugh - Carl Zimmer; 7 Women & the Secret to their Greatness - Eric Metaxas; The Strange Journey of Alice Pendlebury - Marc Levy; The Spook in the Stacks - Eva Gates; Study in Charlotte - Brittany Cavallaro; A Share in Death - Deborah Crombie
T - The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
U
V
W - The Word is Murder - Anthony Horowitz; a Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey
X
Y
Z

Holy Hannah, lady- look at you go! All this by February

Stacie wrote: "Holy Hannah, lady- look at you go! All this by February"

Right? Who knew retirement would be so productive!

OMG, you're almost done!

Wow!! Connie, you are a rock star!!

One letter left!! R

Connie wrote: "One letter left!! R"

Wow, great job!! It's only April!

The Raven's Tale
The Ravens Tale - Cat Winters

Chose this book for the letter 'R' and am so glad I did! A tale of Edgar Allen Poe and his Gothic Muse.

Challenge Completed!

Nailed it! Woohoo!

Yay Connie!!! Congrats on completing this challenge :)

Andrea wrote: "Yay Connie!!! Congrats on completing this challenge :)"

Thanks! I may make it though twice. 6 more letters!