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Goal is 12:

✅1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 1/9/22 - 2* - My Review (866 pages)
✅2. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver - 1/27/22 - 4* - My Review (532 pages)
✅3. The Other Side of Normal: How Biology Is Providing the Clues to Unlock the Secrets of Normal and Abnormal Behavior by Jordan Smoller - 2/15/22 - 4* - My Review (643 pages)
✅4. Adam Bede by George Eliot - 3/13/22 - 4* - My Review (624 pages)
✅5. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari - 3/16/22 - 4* - My Review (514 pages)
✅6. The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki - 3/23/22 - 3* - My Review (560 pages)
✅7. The Ambassadors by Henry James - 3/26/22 - 3* - My Review (528 pages)
✅8. The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly - 4/2/22 - 3* - My Review (545 pages)
✅9. Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow - 4/3/22 - 5* - My Review (930 pages)
✅10. Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights by Steven Levingston - 4/6/22 - 4* - My Review (784 pages)
✅11, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe - 4/9/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)
✅12. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princet on, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson - 5/1/22 - 5* - My Review (800 pages)
✅13. A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel - 5/5/22 - 4* - My Review (749 pages)
✅14. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood - 5/11/22 - 4* - My Review (529 pages)
✅15. Possession by A.S. Byatt - 5/15/22 - 4* - My Review (576 pages)
✅16. John Adams by David McCullough - completed 5/21/22 - 4* - My Review (752 pages)
✅17. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman - 5/24/22 - 5* - My Review (514 pages)
✅18. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing - 6/12/22 - 3* - My Review (593 pages)
✅19. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs - 6/14/22 - 4* - My Review (512 pages)
✅20. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen - 7/4/22 - 3* - My Review (565 pages)
✅21. The High Sierra: A Love Story by Kim Stanley Robinson - 7/18/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)
✅22. Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen - 8/5/22 - 3* - My Review (681 pages)\
✅23. Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962 by Martin J. Sherwin - 8/14/22 - 4* -My Review (624 pages)
✅24. The Stand by Stephen King - 9/4/22 - 4* - My Review (1348 pages)
✅25. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff - 9/10/22 - 4* - My Review (513 pages)
✅26. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh - 9/29/22 - 4* - My Review (529 pages)
✅27. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown - 10/5/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)
✅28. A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - 10/8/22 - 4* - My Review (560)
✅29. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink - 10/9/22 - 4* - My Review (602 pages)
✅30. The Winners by Fredrik Backman - 11/10/22 - 4* - My Review (671 pages)
✅31. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - 11/12/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)
✅32. The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro - 11/12/22 - 3* - My Review (535 pages)
✅33. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic - 4* - My Review (592 pages)
✅34. Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly - 11/28/22 - 4* - My Review (576 pages)
✅35. The Every by Dave Eggers - 12/2/22 - 4* - My Review (580 pages)
✅36. Zorro by Isabel Allende - 12/3/22 - 4* - My Review (677 pages)
✅37. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow - 12/9/22 - 3* - My Review (546)
✅38. The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn - 12/19/22 - 3* - My Review (576 pages)
✅39. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 12/21/22 - 4* - My Review (912 pages)
✅40. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham - 12/24/22 - 4* - My Review (720 pages)

✅1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 1/9/22 - 2* - My Review (866 pages)

Enjoyed your review of Outlander more than I actually enjoyed the book, lol. You summed up my feelings exactly except I do like romances but this was not one, imo.

Lillie wrote: "Enjoyed your review of Outlander more than I actually enjoyed the book, lol. You summed up my feelings exactly except I do like romances but this was not one, imo."
Thanks, Lillie.

✅2. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver - 1/27/22 - 4* - My Review (532 pages)

✅3. The Other Side of Normal: How Biology Is Providing the Clues to Unlock the Secrets of Normal and Abnormal Behavior by Jordan Smoller - 2/15/22 - 4* - My Review (643 pages)

✅4. Adam Bede by George Eliot - 3/13/22 - 4* - My Review (624 pages)

✅5. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari - 3/16/22 - 4* - My Review (514 pages)

Joy D wrote: "✅4. Adam Bede by George Eliot - 3/13/22 - 4* - My Review (624 pages)

✅5. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari - 3/16/22 - 4* - My Review (514 pages)"

I do love Eliot's writing. Glad you enjoyed this as well.

Bill wrote: "I do love Eliot's writing. Glad you enjoyed this as well."
Thanks, Bill!

✅6. The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki - 3/23/22 - 3* - My Review (560 pages)

✅7. The Ambassadors by Henry James - 3/26/22 - 3* - My Review (528 pages)

✅8. The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly - 4/2/22 - 3* - My Review
✅9. Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow - 4/3/22 - 5* - My Review

✅10. Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Civil Rights by Steven Levingston - 4/6/22 - 4* - My Review (784 pages)

✅11, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe - 4/9/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)

✅12. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princet on, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson - 5/1/22 - 5* - My Review (800 pages)

✅13. A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel - 5/5/22 - 4* - My Review (749 pages)

Congratulations on surpassing your goal Joy🎉

I am adding Washington and The British Are Coming to my TBR.

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Congratulations on surpassing your goal Joy🎉

I am adding Washington and The British Are Coming to my TBR."
Thanks, Beth! I am going to continue to track them.

✅14. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood - 5/11/22 - 4* - My Review (529 pages)

✅15. Possession by A.S. Byatt - 5/15/22 - 4* - My Review (576 pages)

✅16. John Adams by David McCullough - completed 5/21/22 - 4* - My Review (752 pages)

✅17. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman - 5/24/22 - 5* - My Review (514 pages)

✅18. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing - 6/12/22 - 3* - My Review (593 pages)

✅19. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs - 6/14/22 - 4* - My Review (512 pages)

✅20. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen - 7/4/22 - 3* - My Review (565 pages)

✅21. The High Sierra: A Love Story by Kim Stanley Robinson - 7/18/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)

✅22. Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen - 8/5/22 - 3* - My Review (681 pages)

✅23. Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962 by Martin J. Sherwin - 8/14/22 - 4* -My Review (624 pages)

✅24. The Stand by Stephen King - 9/4/22 - 4* - My Review (1348 pages)

Joy D wrote: "✅24. The Stand by Stephen King - 9/4/22 - 4* - My Review (1348 pages)"

Probably my favorite King story.

I enjoyed it too - a true tome!

✅25. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff - 9/10/22 - 4* - My Review (513 pages)

✅26. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh - 9/29/22 - 4* - My Review (529 pages)

✅27. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown - 10/5/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)

✅28. A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - 10/8/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)

✅29. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink - 10/9/22 - 4* - My Review (602 pages)

✅30. The Winners by Fredrik Backman - 11/10/22 - 4* - My Review (671 pages)
✅31. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - 11/12/22 - 4* - My Review (560 pages)
✅32. The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro - 11/12/22 - 3* - My Review (535 pages)

✅33. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic - 4* - My Review (592 pages)

You've been reading some great (and huge, LOL) books, Joy! Your last 4 are all on my TBR, so glad to see that you enjoyed them.

Thanks, Ioana. It's been a great year of reading!

✅34. Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly - 11/28/22 - 4* - My Review (576 pages)

Looking through your books, I'm so impressed! I'm still trying to finish my challenge of 10 tomes for the year. Have one more to go.

Thanks, Lillie!

✅35. The Every by Dave Eggers - 12/2/22 - 4* - My Review (580 pages)

✅36. Zorro by Isabel Allende - 12/3/22 - 4* - My Review (677 pages)

✅37. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow - 12/9/22 - 3* - My Review (546)

✅38. The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn - 12/19/22 - 3* - My Review (576 pages)

✅39. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 12/21/22 - 4* - My Review (912 pages)

Joy D wrote: "✅39. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 12/21/22 - 4* - My Review (912 pages)"

I read that in high school. I think I enjoyed it. LOL.

Bill wrote: "Joy D wrote: "✅39. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 12/21/22 - 4* - My Review (912 pages)"

I read that in high school. I think I enjoyed it. LOL."
I know what you mean about remembering books we read in high school, lol.

This will very likely be my last entry of books over 500 pages for 2022. I am calling this challenge completed:
✅40. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham - 12/24/22 - 4* - My Review (720 pages)

Wow, well done!

Joy D wrote: "This will very likely be my last entry of books over 500 pages for 2022. I am calling this challenge completed:
✅40. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham - 12/24/22 - 4* - My Review (720 pages)"

You had a great year, congratulations! Not only lots of pages, but lots of 4-5 stars books, too. Can't wait to see what you'll read in 2023.

Congratulations!