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101. Shields of Pride by Elizabeth Chadwick.
5 stars. A little gem hiding in Elizabeth Chadwick's back catalogue. Highly recommended for any fan of medieval-set historical fiction as she brings the past to life like few other authors can.
On TBR since somewhere between 2007 and 2010 as I have read the book before but not since joining GR.
Congrats on climbing so many peaks already! Great job!
102. The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller.
4 stars. I really enjoyed this but preferred Circe, her second novel. Also, I probably should have read this before Pat Barker's Silence of the Girls because that was so brilliant it casts every other retelling of the Iliad in the shade. I liked the fact Madeline Miller did not dodge the relationship between Patroclus and Achilles and the last few chapters were fantastic.
On Kindle TBR since 02/06/2015.
Thanks for your encouragement Pamela and good luck with your own climb.
103. Katharine Hepburn by Gary Carey.
3 stars. Often reads more like a commentary of her films/plays more than information about Hepburn but it was interesting.
On TBR since... guess who forgot to add it. I think I acquired it last year.
104. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
4 stars. A novel about life in a fourteenth century Norfolk convent; characters live and die, plague and rebels and thieves strike; time passes but the convent still survives.
On TBR since June or July 2015.
SEPTEMBERTotal books read in August: 24 (although I read 1 book with 2 books in it so actually 25).
Total qualifying for this challenge: 12.
SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE
I read all five books I spun for this challenge but I am still making my way through Tipping the Velvet which I added for my Virtual TBR challenge.
SEPTEMBER SPINS
I am back to spinning my own wheel and spun:
1. Religion - The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
2. Romance - One Summer in Tuscany by Domenica de Rosa
3. Adult - The Evil Seed by Joanne Harris
4. Highest Rated Kindle - I had a lot of new books at the top of this list. The first one was Savior of Regrets which is book 4 in a series and I have not yet read book 3 but both were published in 2021 so could not be used for this challenge.
The next series was Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti's Harlequin Crew series, books 3 and 2 and I had the same problems except that the first in the series Devil's Pass is from 2020 and unread plus was 9th on the Kindle highest rated list in its own right.
So I will read Devil's Pass by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti.
From previous challenges:
Victor Hugo - Les Misérables from March 2020.
James M. Powell (ed.) - The Deeds of Innocent III from October 2020.
Alan Savage - Ottoman from December 2020.
Michael Hicks - Warwick the Kingmaker from March 2021.
Charles Freeman - A New History of Early Christianity from March 2021.
The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts from April 2021.
Kathleen Winsor - Forever Amber from July 2021.
Alexandre Dumas - The Borgias from July 2021.
Sarah Waters - Tipping the Velvet (Virtual TBR) from August 2021.
Additions to Mount TBR in October 2021.(I will cross them out if I read them). Hoping if I have to keep updating this it might put me off buying books...Although they will all count for this challenge...in 2022.
Physical Books Acquired
1. Cockfight by María Fernanda Ampuero.
2. Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo.
3. An Unofficial Rose by Iris Murdoch.
4. Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod.
5. The Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus.
6. Medea and Other Plays by Euripides.
7. Queens, Regents and Potentates by Theresa M. Vann.
8. A Suppressed Cry: The Short Life of a Victorian Daughter: Life and Death of a Quaker Daughter by Victoria Glendinning.
9. Strangers by Antonia White. Different cover.
10. Stolen Halo by Barbara Cartland. The only book I have ever read by her I hated with a passion...
11. Heroides by Ovid.
12. Mirror of Danger by Pamela Sykes. No cover.
13. A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss.
14. Come Love A Stranger by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss.
15. Dark Guardian by Rebecca King. No cover.
16. The Accident by Diane Hoh.
17. Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie.
18. Silent Hostage by Sarah Gainham.
19. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor.
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21. The Steps of the Sun by Joanna Trollope.
22. Celebrating Anglican Way edited by Ian Bunting. No cover.
23. Raising Abel: The Recovery of Eschatological Imagination by James Alison.
24. Beyond Fear and Silence: A Feminist-Literary Approach to the Gospel of Mark by Joan L. Mitchell.
25. Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie.
26. Earthly Possessions by Anne Tyler.
27. Q, English edition by Luther Blissett.
28. The Incredible Crime by Lois Austen-Leigh.
29. Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer. No cover.
30. All Men are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir.
31. The Price of a Bride by Michelle Reid.
32. Independent People by Halldór Laxness.
33. A Fugue in Time by Rumer Godden.
34. Breakfast with the Nikolides by Rumer Godden.
35. The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt.
36. The Romantic Fiction of Mills & Boon, 1909-1990s by Jay Dixon.
37. Keepers of the House by Lisa St. Aubin de Terán.
38. God Outside the Box - Why Spiritual People Object to Christianity by Richard Harries.
39. Speaking Of Faithcross Cultural Perspectives On Women, Religion And Social Change Edited by Diana L. Eck. No cover picture.
Physical Book Freebies
1. Testament of Friendship by Vera Brittain.
Gift.2. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women by Susan Faludi.
Gift.3. Chronicle Of A Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez.
4. Book of Etiquette by Barbara Cartland.
5. Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? by Paula Danziger.
6. Follow Your Heart by Susanna Tamaro.
7. Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory by Toril Moi.
8. The Lives of Things by José Saramago.
Kindle Freebies
1. Parting the Veil by Paulette Kennedy.
Amazon First Read2. Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe.
Amazon First Read3. Boyfriend Bargain by Ilsa Madden-Mills.
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5. Ruthless Mafia Boss: A Mafia Bad Boy Romance by Zoe Monroe.
Kindle Purchases
1. Songs and Sweethearts by Heather Long.
Pre-order.2. Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez.
I read this when it came out...but it was 99p today.3.
Pre-order.4. Gallows Bridge by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. Pre-order. Not added to GR yet.
5.
Read November 2021.6. Flatmates by Carmen Black.
7. Another Roommate by Carmen Black.
Pre-order.8. Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti.
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Read November 2021.10. The Switching Hour: A Halloween Reverse Harem Romance by Krista Wolf.
105. Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer.
5 stars. Another of my favourite books by her this has some of the wittiest dialogues between hero and heroine in her books.
On TBR since ? Read before but not since 2010.
106. Devil's Pass by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti.
4 stars. A nice little novella setting up the main story. I hope to start the series proper soon. I was saving it for next year when the final novels are published... but my wheel picked it for me.
On Kindle TBR since 06/11/2020.
107. The Divine Comedy, Vol. 3: Paradise by by Dante Alighieri.
5 stars. I have finally read The Divine Comedy all the way through. The Inferno is my favourite part but Beatrice was less annoying in Paradise than she was in Purgatory. Although she is guilty of victim blaming, but I am putting my "It was written 700 years ago" hat on.
On TBR since 27/10/2012.
108. Sinners' Playground by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti.
5 stars. The first book in the series lived up to the prequel. #Team Maverick. I just remembered I bought books 2 and 3 this year so... they don't count for this challenge :(
On TBR since 06/11/2020.
109. One Summer in Tuscany by Domenica De Rosa.
3 stars. Enjoyable fun but perhaps the worst Domenica de Rosa/Elly Griffiths I have read. I was not enthusiastic about the plot and the large cast of characters were not used properly.
On TBR since 05/12/2020.
110. The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas.
2 stars. A recounting of the black legend of the Borgias. Dumas threw out the real Juan Borgia and gave Cesare a good brother instead. Ha ha. My translation was stilted and the edition annoying with Os and As interchanged.
On TBR since 30/10/2017.
111. Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality by Rob Bell.
3 stars. Not bad, not good. I have kind of forgotten his main points and I only read it 2 days ago.
On TBR since 24/08/2019.
112. The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris.
4 stars. I loved this book. It was on my list of books that I might get rid of but it is perhaps the biggest surprise of the year for me so far. It is hard to say what it is about; part memoir, comment on the liturgy, about religious experience.
On TBR since somewhere between July 2015 and May 2016.
113. The Evil Seed by Joanne Harris.
4 stars. Joanne Harris does vampires. This is a re-read for me and I liked it much better the second time round. The writing style is descriptive and there is a great sense of atmosphere. But there is also something lacking too...the ending is a little confused and there are parts from the first storyline, narrated by Daniel, that I can't remember an explanation for. Why was he in the hospital? I did like the fact the ending does not go for an easy option.
Also, this is one of my favourite book covers of all time.
On TBR since...I bought it after it was reprinted in 2008 and read it then or in 2009 and unhauled my copy. I re-acquired it on 05/01/2020.
114. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
5 stars. The layered story of a pair of two-egg twins whose lives are ruined by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much." Some of the most luscious prose I have ever read. Looking at reviews on GR this seems to be a book that polarises people. Put me in the "I love it" camp!
On TBR since... I used to own the paperback but unhauled it when I moved. I bought the Kindle edition I just read on 01/10/2020.
OCTOBERTotal books read in August: 22
Total qualifying for this challenge: 10
OCTOBER CHALLENGE
I read all 4 books. Devil's Pass was a novella starting a new series and I also read book 1 (which qualified for this challenge and books 2-4 which I bought this year and didn't). Eagerly awaiting the fifth and final part. I also finished The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas from my August challenge.
NOVEMBER SPINS
I am back to spinning my own wheel and spun:
1. Random Kindle TBR - Miroslav Volf - Allah: A Christian Response
2. Classic - Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton
3. Oldest Amazon - J.R.Maddicott - Simon de Montfort
4. Classic - The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
From previous challenges:
Victor Hugo - Les Misérables from March 2020.
James M. Powell (ed.) - The Deeds of Innocent III from October 2020.
Alan Savage - Ottoman from December 2020.
Michael Hicks - Warwick the Kingmaker from March 2021.
Charles Freeman - A New History of Early Christianity from March 2021.
The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts from April 2021.
Kathleen Winsor - Forever Amber from July 2021.
Sarah Waters - Tipping the Velvet (Virtual TBR) from August 2021.
Additions to Mount TBR in November 2021.(I will cross them out if I read them). Hoping if I have to keep updating this it might put me off buying books...Although they will all count for this challenge...in 2022.
Physical Books Acquired
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2. About a Dragon by G.A. Aiken.
3. What a Dragon Should Know by G.A. Aiken.
4. Firebird by Julia Fitzgerald.
5.
6. Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd.
7. Adoring Isadora by Elizabeth Bailey.
8. No Angel Hotel by Anne Aylor. No cover.
9. The Female Detective by Andrew Forrester.
10. Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.
I should never have got rid of my copy when I moved.11. Creole Nights by Deborah Martin.
12. The Pirate by Kate Hoffmann.
13. Islam, Israel and the Church by Marcel Rebiai.
14. The Wine of Angels by Phil Rickman.
15.
Read December 2021.16. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough.
17. Walking to Emmaus by Eamon Duffy.
18. The Moon And The Bonfire by Cesare Pavese. No cover.
19. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender.
20. A Thousand Days In Venice by Marlena de Blasi.
21. Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren.
22. Cathedral of Bones by J.G. Lewis.
23. The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel.
24. By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart. Different cover.
25. Britain and the Continent 1000-1300: The Impact of the Norman Conquest by Donald Matthew.
26. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin.
27. The Pope's Elephants by Silvio A. Bedini.
Physical Book Freebies
1. Memoirs of a Midget by Walter de la Mare. No cover.
2. On the Night of the Seventh Moon by Victoria Holt.
3. Haunted Homes by Mia Dolan.
4. Seven for a Secret by Victoria Holt.
5. Hilda Lessways by Arnold Bennett.
6. A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch. Different cover.
7. A Catch of Consequence by Diana Norman.
8. Surfacing by Margaret Atwood.
9. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
10. Rumours & Oddities From North Wales by Meirion Hughes.
Kindle Freebies
1. Into the Sound by Cara Reinard.
Amazon First Read.2. Cure Bound by M.L. Philpitt.
Kindle Purchases
1. Crown of Cinders by Emily R. King.
2. Dukes of Ruin (Dark College Bully Romance): Royals of Forsyth University Book 4 by Angel Lawson.
Pre-order for 2022.3. The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes.
4. The Dragon, the Virgin, and George by Lisa Cach.
5. The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster by Helen Carr.
115. Spot 50 Dogs by Belinda Gallagher.
3 stars. A joke birthday present from a friend who knows I am a cat person! The illustrations were cute but the writers committed the faux pas of missing out the gorgeous clumber spaniel. A nice present for children.
On TBR since 04/05/2019.
116. Medieval Political Thought by Walter Ullmann.
3 stars. Intriguing but because it is the first book of its type I have read, I don't have much to compare it to.
On TBR since 15/12/2020.
117. Allah: A Christian Response by Miroslav Volf.
3 stars. An interesting look at the question of whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. Honestly, I have always assumed the answer was yes, just in different ways (taking my cue from Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well).
On Kindle TBR since 06/07/2015.
118. Corded by Alyssa Rose Ivy.
3 stars. A world where women are almost extinct and those not formally owned by the government or by private clubs are subject to being sold as slaves by traders. This sounded great but the pace was too quick and the characters were not well developed.
On Kindle TBR since 22/09/2019.
119. Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell.
4 stars. I really enjoyed this. Gaskell shines a light on nineteenth century industrial disputes in Manchester while also crafting a love story between Mary Barton and her childhood friend Jem Wilson. The portrayal of the character of Esther cast a shadow on my enjoyment; yes, this book is Victorian but if you are going to include a "fallen woman" character remember that "God is love". The concept of redemption is a key part of the faith...
On TBR since (I think) 04/05/2012.
120. Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer.
5 stars. Continuing my GH re-read. Recommended if you liked Venetia and Black Sheep. With her unusual residential circumstances (living independently of her brother) and her strong independent streak Annis is perhaps easier to identify with than other Heyer characters for many modern readers.
The sparks really fly between the leading couple. Oliver Carleton is delightfully rude.
On TBR since ? Last read 2010.
121. The Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Abelard and Heloise.
5 stars. I haven't read this since I was at university. I loved these letters particularly Heloise's dismantling of the Benedictine rule as applied to women.
On TBR since 2001/2002. Read before for university.
NOVEMBERTotal books read in August: 21
Total qualifying for this challenge: 7
NOVEMBER CHALLENGE
I read 3 books. I just ran out of time.
DECEMBER SPINS
1. Bedroom - Isolde Martyn - The Maiden and the Unicorn (ie a book from a book case in my bedroom)
2. Historical Romance - Elizabeth Chadwick - First Knight
3. Living Room 2 - Sharon Penman - When Christ and His Saints Slept
4. Bully/Mafia - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti - Beautiful Carnage
From previous challenges:
Victor Hugo - Les Misérables from March 2020.
James M. Powell (ed.) - The Deeds of Innocent III from October 2020.
Alan Savage - Ottoman from December 2020.
Michael Hicks - Warwick the Kingmaker from March 2021.
Charles Freeman - A New History of Early Christianity from March 2021.
The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts from April 2021.
Kathleen Winsor - Forever Amber from July 2021.
Sarah Waters - Tipping the Velvet (Virtual TBR) from August 2021.
J.R.Maddicott - Simon de Montfort from November 2021.
Additions to Mount TBR in December 2021.(I will cross them out if I read them). Hoping if I have to keep updating this it might put me off buying books...Although they will all count for this challenge...in 2022.
Physical Books Acquired
1. The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood.
2. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor.
3. Women of the Bible: A Visual Guide to Their Lives, Loves, and Legacy by Carol Smith at al.
4. A Favourite of the Gods by Sybille Bedford.
5. Joan de Valence: The Life and Influence of a Thirteenth-Century Noblewoman by Linda E. Mitchell.
6. The History of William Marshal translated by Nigel Bryant.
7. Terms & Conditions by Ysenda Maxtone Graham.
8. Doing Daily Battle by Fatema Mernissi.
9. In the Steps of the Brontes by Eddie Flintoff. No cover.
10. Up the Junction by Nell Dunn.
11. Love's Mysteries: The Body, Grief, Precariousness and God by Rachel Mann. No cover.
12. First Christmas, The: What Really Happened? by Hubert J. Richards. No cover as I am too lazy to add the edition I own.
13. The Day Death Died by Michael Green.
14. We Need One Another: Responding to God's Call to Live Together by Jean Vanier.
15. The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil.
16. Pew by Catherine Lacey.
17. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride.
18. Embracing Justice: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2022 by Isabelle Hamley.
19. Hope and the Nearness of God: The 2022 Lent Book by Teresa White FCJ.
20. What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge.
Spotted this in Oxfam. It is the same edition I had as a child so I just had to have it.21. What Katy Did Next by Susan M. Coolidge.
As above.22. God Is No Thing: Coherent Christianity by Rupert Shortt.
23. The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga.
24. The Devil's Pool by George Sand.
Physical Book Freebies
1.The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark. Different cover.
2. Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh.
3. The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor.
4. The Beano by Rony Robinson. Different cover.
5. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton.
6. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd.
7. Woman by Natalie Angier.
8. Richard the III and the Bosworth Campaign by P.W. Hammond.
9. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
10. Looking Good Dead by Peter James.
11. Dead Man's Time by Peter James.
12. Jesus and Muhammad: Profound Differences and Surprising Similarities by Mark A. Gabriel.
13. How To Talk To Robots: A Girls’ Guide To a Future Dominated by AI by Tabitha Goldstaub. No cover.
14. Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay.
15.
by Monique Wittig. No cover.16. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.
17. In Five Years by Rebecca Serle.
18. Tragedy at Piddleton Hotel by Emily Organ.
19. Mary Jones and Her Bible by Mary Carter.
20. The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir.
21. Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards.
22. Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton.
23. The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude.
24. Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude.
25. Secret of High Eldersham by Miles Burton.
26. Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières.
27. William Marshall: The Flower of Chivalry by Georges Duby.
28. The Clowns of God by Morris L. West.
29. Particularly Catsby Doris Lessing.
30. Branwell Brontë by Winifred Gérin. No cover.
31. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs Of A Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston.
32. Australian Adventure by Pauline Saull. No cover.
33. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley.
Christmas pressie.34. What Would Jane Do?: Quips and Wisdom From Jane Austen
35. The Girls by Lori Lansens.
Kindle Freebies
1. Blue by Emmelie Prophète.
Amazon First reads.2. In the Grasp: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Cadence Keys.
Kindle Purchases
1. The Man on a Donkey by H.F.M. Prescott.
2. The Muse by Jessie Burton.
3. The Usurper King: The Fall of Richard II and the Rise of Henry of Bolingbroke, 1366-99 by Marie Louise Bruce.
4. Orientation: A Burberry Prep x Adamson Academy Crossover Novel by C.M. Stunich.
Pre-order for 2022.5. Dirty Lovely Broken by Emmy Chandler.
6. Wicked Charming Cruel by Emmy Chandler.
122. First Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick.
3 stars. A good writer does what she can with a novelisation of a mediocre movie.
On TBR since 08/01/2012.
123. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer.
5 stars. One of my favourite Heyer novels. Two people get married for the wrong reasons and gradually learn how to grow and relate to each other... and fall in love. I love "nemesis" and the sidekicks.
On TBR since ? Re-read multiple times and owned for at least 15 years. Apparently I have not re-read it since 2011 which is a crime.
I have also finished Tipping the Velvet which is from my Bookopoly rolls in August and counts for my Virtual TBR instead.
124. Warwick the Kingmaker by Michael Hicks.
4 stars. An interesting look at an interesting man. Michael Hicks does what he can with the available evidence.
On TBR since 1998/9. I believe this is the oldest unread book on my shelves (other than anthologies like the Complete Works of Shakespeare/ the Riverside Chaucer which technically I have not read everything in).
125. High Risk by Emma Darcy.
3 stars. I believe this is the third copy of this book I have owned and it was a favourite of mine when I was a teenager. I bought it to read in honour of Emma Darcy (Wendy Brennan) as she died in December 2020. It is very sweet.
On TBR since 25/12/2020.
126. Evelina by Frances Burney.
4 stars. A re-read for me and one I really enjoyed. Intriguing epistolary novel from the eighteenth century which is clearly half-way between Austen and Victorian politeness and the frolics and bawdiness of earlier eighteenth century novels. Some very cruel behaviour to some of the older female characters exemplify this particularly well (throwing women in ditches and racing Octogenarians even when they hurt themselves).
On TBR since ? I read this years ago. I ordered Cecilia in 2007 so I have perhaps owned it since about the same time.
127. Beautiful Carnage by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti.
4 stars. Good story overall although it dragged a little in the middle. Looking forward to book 2 in the series.
On Kindle TBR since 03/05/2020.
128. The Maiden and the Unicorn by Isolde Martyn.
3 stars. I wanted to like this more than I did. It dragged a little but became more interesting towards the end.
On TBR since 11/11/2009.
129. And the final book was my year long reading challenge: Holy Bible: King James Version
5 stars. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
On TBR since 19/12/2013. Although I have obviously read most of it before. I usually use the NRSV but wanted to know that I had read this iconic version.
DECEMBERTotal books read in December: 17
Total qualifying for this challenge: 8
DECEMBER CHALLENGE
I read 3 books. I just ran out of time.
From previous challenges:
Victor Hugo - Les Misérables from March 2020.
James M. Powell (ed.) - The Deeds of Innocent III from October 2020.
Alan Savage - Ottoman from December 2020.
Charles Freeman - A New History of Early Christianity from March 2021.
The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa: The History of the Expedition of the Emperor Frederick and Related Texts from April 2021.
Kathleen Winsor - Forever Amber from July 2021.
J.R.Maddicott - Simon de Montfort from November 2021.
Sharon Penman - When Christ and His Saints Slept from December 2021.
In 2019 and 2020 I read 33 out of 36 challenge books. This year I had 4 spins a month and 6 rolls in September when I did Bookopoly. I completed 45 out of the 50.What I am doing with my books?
Kindle books
1. Julia Quinn – An Offer From a Gentleman
2. Ruby Dixon – Sworn to the Shadow God
3. Veronica Eden – Unmasked Heart
4. Julia Quinn – Romancing Mister Bridgerton
5. Elizabeth Ashworth –An Honourable Estate
6. Ashley Jade – Cruel Prince
7. Julia Quinn – To Sir Phillip, With Love
8. K. Webster – Hood River Rat
9. Cora Reilly – Twisted Hearts
10. Cora Reilly – Fragile Longing
11. Julia Quinn – When he was wicked
12. Erin Watt – Paper Princess
13. Julia Quinn – It’s in His Kiss
14. Julia Quinn – On the Way to the Wedding
15. Erin Watt – Broken Prince
16. Erin Watt – Twisted Palace
17. Erin Watt – Tarnished Crown
18. Cora Reilly – Bound by Blood: Anthology
19. Adelaide Anne Procter – Legends and Lyrics Part 1
20. Holly Black – The Modern Faerie Tales (3 books in 1)
21. Madeline Miller – The Song of Achilles
22. Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti – Devil’s Pass
23. Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti – Sinners’ Playground
24. Arundhati Roy – The God of Small Things
25. Miroslav Volf – Allah: A Christian Response
26. Alyssa Rose Ivy – Corded
27. Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti – Beautiful Carnage
Physical books I am definitely keeping
1. Georgette Heyer – The Black Moth
2. Dante – The Divine Comedy 1: Inferno
3. Sarah Dunant – The Birth of Venus
4. Samantha Morris – Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia
5. Aphra Behn – Oroonoko, The Rover and Other Works
6. Rumer Godden – Black Narcissus
7. Sherrilyn Kenyon – Styxx
8. Rowan Williams – The Lion’s World
9. Georgette Heyer – These Old Shades
10. Michael Camille – The Medieval Art of Love
11. Henry Fielding – Tom Jones
12. Naomi Steinberg – Kinship and Marriage in Genesis
13. Georgette Heyer – Devil’s Cub
14. EP Sanders – The Historical Figure of Jesus
15. Dante – The Divine Comedy 2: Purgatory
16. Georgette Heyer – The Masqueraders
17. José Saramago – The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
18. Pat Barker – Liza’s England
19. Georgette Heyer – Venetia
20. Nancy Mitford – Highland Fling
21. Aturo Pérez-Reverte – The Fencing Master
22. Sarah Bower – Sins of the House of Borgia
23. Alfred Lord Tennyson – The Lady of Shalott
24. Georgette Heyer – The Corinthian
25. Richard Lomas – A Power in the Land: The Percys
26. Nicola Sutcliff – Queens of the Kingdom
27. Émile Zola - The Sin of Abbé Mouret
28. Georgette Heyer – Cotillion
29. José Saramago – Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
30. Georgette Heyer – April Lady
31. Ruth Mazzo Karras – Unmarriages
32. Alastair J. Macdonald – Border Bloodshed
33. Jon Spence – Becoming Jane Austen
34. EH Young – Miss Mole
35. Fernando de Rojas – Celestina
36. Georgette Heyer – Bath Tangle
37. RS Thomas – Collected Poems
38. Elizabeth Chadwick – Shields of Pride
39. Sylvia Townsend Warner – The Corner That Held Them
40. Georgette Heyer – Black Sheep
41. Dante – The Divine Comedy 3: Paradise
42. Kathleen Norris – The Cloister Walk
43. Walter Ullmann – Medieval Political Thought
44. Elizabeth Gaskell – Mary Barton
45. Georgette Heyer – Lady of Quality
46. The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
47. Elizabeth Chadwick – First Knight
48. Georgette Heyer – Friday’s Child
49. Michael Hicks – Warwick the Kingmaker
50. Frances Burney – Evelina
51. The Bible (KJV)
Physical books I am not keeping/have already unhauled
1. Alessandro Gallenzi – The Tower
2. Jean Teulé – The Hurlyburly’s Husband
3. Yanis Varoufakis – And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
4. Adriana Trigiani – Lucia, Lucia
5. Josephine King and Mary Stott eds – Is This Your Life?
6. Ruth Ware – In a Dark, Dark Wood
7. Elizabeth Haynes – The Murder of Harriet Monckton
8. Stuart Turton – The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
9. Danny Smith ed - Slavery Now and Then
10. Pat Barker – Blow Your House Down
11. Robert Harris – Conclave
12. Eleanor Wasserberg – Foxlowe
13. Susan Kay – Phantom
14. Beth Revis – Across the Universe (bought on Kindle though)
15. John Gray – Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
16. Howard Temperley and Christopher Bigsby eds – A New Introduction to American Studies
17. Oliver Goldsmith – The Vicar of Wakefield
18. Katharine Davies – The Madness of Love
19. Emily Barr – The Truth and Lies of Ella Black
20. Bill Price – History’s Greatest Mysteries and the Secrets Behind Them
21. Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan – Unpregnant
22. Gavin Extense – The Universe Versus Alex Woods
23. Emily Barr – The Life You Want
24. Winston Graham – Warleggan
25. Allison Morris – Women, Crime and Criminal Justice
26. Sarah Holland – Desert Destiny
27. Jenny Han – The Summer I Turned Pretty Complete Series (3 in 1)
28. Deborah Cameron and Elizabeth Frazer – The Lust to Kill
29. Michele Giuttari – A Death in Tuscany
30. Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett – The Vagenda
31. Elisabeth Brooke – Medicine Women
32. Gary Carey – Katharine Hepburn
33. Domenica de Rosa – One Summer in Tuscany
34. Rob Bell – Sex God
35. Joanne Harris – The Evil Seed
Books I am on the fence about
1. Fleur Hitchcock – Murder in Midwinter
2. Alban McCoy – An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Catholicism
3. Lorna Sage – Bad Blood
4. Alexandre Dumas – La Reine Margot
5. Domenica de Rosa – The Secret of Villa Serena
6. Rebecca Kratz Mays ed – Interfaith Dialogue at the Grass Roots
7. Maya Angelou – I Know Why the Caged Bird Songs
8. Alessandro Baricco – Silk
9. Alexandre Dumas – The Borgias
10. Belinda Gallagher – Spot 50 Dogs
11. Emma Darcy – High Risk
12. Isolde Martyn – The Maiden and the Unicorn
Mount TBR 2021
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Holy Bible: King James Version (other topics)
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