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Showing posts with label 12 Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 12 Challenge. Show all posts
Thursday, November 16, 2023

The Third Policeman

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  The Third Policeman (1967) Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan/Brian Ó Nualláin) O'Brien's novel, originally written in 1939/194...
Sunday, October 8, 2023

Murder on the Purple Water

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  Murder on the Purple Water (1947) by Frances Crane Entry number ten in the Pat and Jean Abbott mysteries find our bantering couple on a f...
Monday, October 2, 2023

The Goldfinch

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  The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt Synopsis [from Goodreads]:   Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, large...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

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 Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (2006) by James L. Swanson Synopsis (from the book): The murder of Abraham Lincoln set ...
Saturday, September 2, 2023

The Night Gardener

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  The Night Gardener (2014) by Jonathan Auxier Set in Victorian England, The Night Gardener features two Irish siblings, Molly and Kip, wh...
Wednesday, August 9, 2023

The Lost World

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  The Lost World (1912) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The first of Doyle's books to feature the combative, brilliant, and eccentric Profess...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Lessons in Chemistry

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 Lessons in Chemistry (2022) by Bonnie Garmus Synopsis (from back of book): Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Eli...
Monday, June 19, 2023

Small Things Like These

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 Small Things Like These (2021) by Claire Keegan When Bill Furlong's unwed mother became pregnant, the good-hearted Mrs. Wilson did not...
Thursday, June 15, 2023

All the Light We Cannot See

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 All the Light We Cannot See (2014) by Anthony Doerr This is the story of Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a girl who is six years old when struck blin...
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Saturday, June 10, 2023

Piranesi

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  Piranesi (2020) by Susanna Clarke Piranesi, our narrator, lives in a world he calls House--an infinitely large place with rooms stretchin...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Alif the Unseen

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  Alif the Unseen (2012) by Willow Wilson Alif is the handle of a young Arab-Indian hacker in a Middle Eastern security state who uses his ...
Saturday, May 6, 2023

Nala's World

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  Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe (2020) by Dean Nicholson w/Garry Jenkins A heart-warming stor...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Ancillary Justice (spoilers)

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  Ancillary Justice (2013) by Ann Leckie Breq is a soldier. Breq is an AI in human form. Breq used to be a ship known as the Justice of Tor...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Station Eleven

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  Station Eleven (2014) by Emily St. John Mandel What happens when civilization crumbles in less than year? The characters of Station Eleve...
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Saturday, April 1, 2023

Speakers of the Dead (very spoilery)

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  Speakers of the Dead (2016) by J. Aaron Sanders Synopsis (from the back of the book): The year is 1843; the place, New York City. Aurora...
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Monday, February 27, 2023

The Country Girls

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  The Country Girls (1960) by Edna O'Brien [rec by Ivan Kreilkamp] The girls in question are Caithleen "Kate" Brady and Bridge...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

The Lioness

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  The Lioness (2022) by Chris Bohjalian (rec by Aubrey Nye Hamilton for the 12 Challenge) It's 1964 and Katie Barstow is the current re...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

A Gentleman's Murder

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  A Gentleman's Murder (2018) by Christopher Huang There has always been a Peterkin among the members of the Britannia Club, the elite ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Hopeland (Alias Skippy Dies Part I)

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 So...I joined this reading challenge which prompted us to read twelve books suggested by our friends. I promptly took to Facebook and asked...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

12 Challenge

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12 Challenge: 12 Months to Read 12 Books Recommended by 12 Friends Suggested by moonpiereadss on Instagram A simple challenge--ask twelve fr...