Paris in July
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July 2019
# of books: I'm hoping for three to four
What I watch:
1) Babette's Feast
2)
What I read:
1) Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) Robin LaFevers. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 387 pages. [Source: Review copy] *set in 1489/1490? in Brittany
2) . Mistress of the Ritz. Melanie Benjamin. 2019. Random House. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
3) Marie, Dancing. Carolyn Meyer. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 272 pages. [Source: Bought]
4) Degas, Painter of Ballerinas. Susan Goldman Rubin. 2019. Harry N. Abrams. 64 pages. [Source: Review copy]
5) I Always Loved You. Robin Oliveira. 2014. 343 pages. [Source: Library]
6) Lovely War. Julie Berry. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
7) Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #8 Lafayette! Nathan Hale. 2018. [October 16] Harry N. Abrams. 128 pages. [Source: Library]
© 2019 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
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Sunday, June 16, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Connect Five #1 Number in the Title
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January - December 2019
January 2019 -- Number in the Title
1) 84, Charing Cross Road. Helene Hanff. 1970. 97 pages. [Source: Library]
2) 4:50 From Paddington. (Miss Marple #8) Agatha Christie. 1957/2007. 288 pages. [Source: Bought]
3) Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083. Andrea White. 2005. 448 pages. [Source: Bought]
4) Seven Alone. Honore Willsie Morrow. 1926/1977. Scholastic. 240 pages. [Source: Own]
5) I Survived The Children's Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived #16). Lauren Tarshis. 2018. 144 pages. [Source: Library]
© 2019 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
Tuesday, January 01, 2019
2019 Reading Challenges: World at War
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Duration: January - December 2019
Goal: My goal is to read at least 52 books--fiction, nonfiction.
What I've read:
1. Veronica. (Sunfire #18) Jane Claypool Miner. 1986. Scholastic. 220 pages. [Source: Bought]
2. The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler. John Hendrix. 2018. Harry N. Abrams. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy]
3. Winnie's Great War. Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut. Illustrated by Sophie Blackall. 2018. Little, Brown. 244 pages. [Source: Library]
4. The Plot Against America. Philip Roth. 2004. 391 pages. [Source: Library]
5. Love to Everyone. Hilary McKay. 2018. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
6. The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank (The Definitive Edition). Edited by Otto Frank and Mirjam Pressler. Translated by Susan Massotty. 1947/1996. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
7. Code Name: Lise. Larry Loftis. 2019. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
8. The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. 2006. Random House. 560 pages. [Source: Bought]
9. I Survived The Nazi Invasion, 1944. Lauren Tarshis. 2014. Scholastic. 112 pages. [Source: Review copy]
10. Hattie Big Sky. Kirby Larson. 2006. 289 pages. [Source: Library]
11. How I Became A Spy. Deborah Hopkinson. 2019. Random House. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
12. Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation. Adapted by Ari Folman. Original text by Anne Frank. Illustrated by David Polonsky. 2018. 160 pages. [Source: Review copy]
13. Number the Stars. Lois Lowry. 1989. (Won Newbery in 1990) 137 pages. [Source: Bought]
14. Invisible Heroes of World War II: True Stories That Should Never Be Forgotten. Jerry Borrowman. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
15. The Only Woman in the Room. Marie Benedict. 2019. Sourcebooks. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
16. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Laura Hillenbrand. 2010. Random House. 473 pages. [Source: Bought]
17. Courageous. Yona Zeldis McDonough. 2018. [Nov] Scholastic. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]
18. Courage to Be Counted. (A Clubmobile Girls Novel) Eleri Grace. 2019. Bugle Call Books. 350 pages. [Source: Review copy]
19. Resistance. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2018. Scholastic. 385 pages. [Source: Review copy]
20. The Good Son: A Story From the First World War Told In Miniature. Pierre-Jacques Ober. Illustrated by Jules Ober and Felicity Coonan. 2019. Candlewick Press. 104 pages. [Source: Review copy]
21. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris. 2018. 262 pages. [Source: Library]
22. Crossing Stones. Helen Frost. 2009. FSG. 184 pages. [Source: Library]
22. Ten Cents A Dance. Christine Fletcher. 2008. Bloomsbury. 356 pages. [Source: Review copy]
23. The Girl With The White Flag. Tomiko Higa. Translated by Dorothy Britton. 1989. 130 pages. [Source: Bought]
24. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II. Sonia Purnell. 2019. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
25. In Farleigh Field. Rhys Bowen. 2017. Lake Union. 397 pages. [Source: Review copy]
26. Resistance Women. Jennifer Chiaverini. 2019. 608 pages. [Source: Library]
27. The Victory Garden. Rhys Bowen. 2019. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
28. . Mistress of the Ritz. Melanie Benjamin. 2019. Random House. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
29. Climbing the Stairs. Padma Venkatraman. 2008. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]
30. Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of World War II. Mary Cronk Farrell. 2019. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
31. Lovely War. Julie Berry. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
32. The Brave Princess and Me. Kathy Kacer. Illustrated by Juliana Kolesova. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
33. A Place to Belong. Cynthia Kadohata. Illustrated by Julia Kuo. 2019. 416 pages. [Source: Library]
34. The Flight Girls. Noelle Salazar. 2019. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
35. One Good Deed. David Baldacci. 2019. 432 pages. [Source: Library]
36. The Tuscan Child. Rhys Bowen. 2018. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
37. Billy Boyle (Billy Boyle #1) James R. Benn. 2006. 294 pages. [Source: Library]
38. Girl Waits With Gun. (Kopp Sisters #1) Amy Stewart. 2015. 408 pages. [Source: Review copy]
39. The First Wave (Billy Boyle #2) James R. Benn. 2007. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
40. Lady Cop Makes Trouble. Kopp Sisters #2. Amy Stewart. 2016. 310 pages. [Source: Library]
41. Blood Alone (Billy Boyle #3) James R. Benn. 2008. 313 pages. [Source: Library]
42. Evil for Evil. (Billy Boyle #4) James R. Benn. 2009. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
43. Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions. (Kopp Sisters #3) Amy Stewart. 2017. 374 pages. [Source: Library]
44. White Bird: A Wonder Story. R.J. Palacio. 2019. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
45. Rag and Bone (Billy Boyle World War II #5) James R. Benn. 2010. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
45. Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (Kopp Sisters #4) Amy Stewart. 2018. 309 pages. [Source: Library]
46. Fing's War. Benny Lindelauf. Translated into English by John Nieuwenhuitzen. 2019. 376 pages. [Source: Library]
47. Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) Heather Morris. 2019. St. Martin's Pres. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
48. . A Mortal Terror (Billy Boyle #6) James R. Benn. 2011. 345 pages. [Source: Library]
49. Christmas at the Foyles Bookshop. Elaine Roberts. 2019. 297 pages. [Source: Review copy]
50. Christmas on the Home Front. (Land Girls #3) Roland Moore. 2019. 273 pages. [Source: Review copy]
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52.
The "official" categories:
_ Any book published 1914-1918
_ Any book published 1918-1924
_ Any book published 1925-1930
_ Any book published 1931-1938
_ Any book published 1939-1945
_ A nonfiction book about World War I
_ A nonfiction book about 1910s and 20s
_ A nonfiction book about 1920s and 30s
_ A nonfiction book about 1930s
_ A nonfiction book about World War II
_ A fiction book set during World War I
_ A fiction book set 1918-1924
_ A fiction book set in the 1920s
_ A fiction book set in the 1930s
_ A fiction book set during World War II
_ A book set in the United States or Canada
_ A book set in England, Ireland, or Scotland
_ A book set in Europe
_ A book set in Asia or Middle East
_ A book set elsewhere (a country/continent not already read for the challenge)
_ A book focused on "the war"
_ A book focused on "the homefront"
_ Watch any movie released in 1940s
_ Watch any movie released in the 1930s
_ Watch any movie about either war
Feel free to copy/paste this. You can replace the _ with an X or a ✔ (copy/paste it) when you finish reading a book. If you list the books you read, that may help other people decide what to read.
© 2019 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
Friday, December 28, 2018
2019 REading Challenges: Picture Book
Duration: January - December 2019
Goal: To have adults read more picture books. To celebrate the fact that picture books are for everyone! Families are, of course, welcome to join in!
# of books: minimum of 6
I will be signing up to do all levels.
Feel free to copy/paste this. You can replace the _ with an X or a ✔ (copy/paste it) when you finish reading a book. If you list the books you read, that may help other people decide what to read.
Monthly Challenges (You may define "old" and "new" for yourself.)
January
✔ Something Old Board book: The Giant Jam Sandwich. Janet Burroway. Story and Pictures by John Vernon Lord. 1972/2018. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 28 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ Something New Bruce's Big Move. Ryan T. Higgins. 2017. Disney-Hyperion. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something Borrowed Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear. Lindsay Mattick. Illustrated by Sophie Blackall. 2015. Little, Brown. 56 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something True (nonfiction) Eliza: The Story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Margaret McNamara. Illustrated by Esme Shapiro. 2018. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
February
✔ Something Old Tim and His Train. E.C. Reichert. Illustrated by Fiore Mastri. 1949. Rand McNally. 30 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ Something New Hooray for Babies! Susan Meyers. Illustrated by Sue Cornelison. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ Something Borrowed Fox & Chick: The Party and Other Stories. Sergio Ruzzier. 2018. 56 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something True (nonfiction) Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race. Margo Lee Shetterly and Winifred Conkling. Illustrated by Laura Freeman. 2018. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
March
✔ Something Old Little Monster At School. (A Golden Look-Look Book) Mercer Mayer. 1978. Golden Books. 24 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ Something New Sparky & Spike: Charles Schulz and The Wildest, Smartest Dog Ever. Barbara Lowell. Illustrated by Dan Andreasen. 2019. Cameron Kids. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ Something Borrowed Square. (Shapes Trilogy #2) Mac Barnett. Illustrated by Jon Klassen. 2018. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something True (nonfiction) The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons. Natascha Biebow. Illustrated by Steven Salerno. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 48 pages. [Source: Review copy]
April
✔ Something Old Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (And Children) Across the Plains. Deborah Hopkinson. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. 2004. 40 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ Something New The Book in the Book in the Book. Julien Baer. Illustrated by Simon Bailly. 2019. Holiday House. 56 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something Borrowed Carter Reads the Newspaper. Deborah Hopkinson. Illustrated by Don Tate. 2019. Peachtree. 36 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something True (nonfiction) Caterpillar and Bean: A First Science Storybook. Martin Jenkins. Illustrated by Hannah Tolson. 2019. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
May
✔ Something Old The Monster At The End of This Book. Jon Stone. Illustrated by Michael J. Smollin. 1971. Golden Books. 32 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ Something New Scratchie: A Touch-and-Feel Cat-Venture. Maria Putri. 2019. Simon & Schuster. 2019. 24 pages.
✔ Something Borrowed Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School. Janet Halfmann. Illustrated by London Ladd. 2018. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something True (nonfiction) The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean. Dean Robbins. Illustrated by Sean Rubin. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
June
✔ Something Old The Big Honey Hunt. Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain. 1962. 72 pages. [Source: Own]
✔ Something New The Rabbit, the Dark, and the Cookie Tin. Nicola O'Byrne. 2019. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ Something Borrowed Anne's Numbers. Kelly Hill. 2018. 22 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something True (nonfiction) Beware of the Crocodile. Martin Jenkins. Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura. 2019. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
July
✔ Something Old Madeline. Ludwig Bemelmans. 1939. 44 pages. [Source: Library]
_ Something New
✔ Something Borrowed Pete the Cat's Giant Groovy Book. James Dean. 2019. HarperCollins. 288 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ Something True (nonfiction) Degas, Painter of Ballerinas. Susan Goldman Rubin. 2019. Harry N. Abrams. 64 pages. [Source: Review copy]
August
_ Something Old
_ Something New
_ Something Borrowed
_ Something True (nonfiction)
September
_ Something Old
✔ Something New Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao. Kat Zhang. Illustrated by Charlene Chua. 2019. Simon & Schuster. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ Something Borrowed The Wolf in Underpants. Wilfrid Lupano. Illustrated by Mayana Itoiz and Paul Cauuet. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
_ Something True (nonfiction)
October
_ Something Old
_ Something New
_ Something Borrowed How To Read A Book. Kwame Alexander. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
_ Something True (nonfiction)
November
_ Something Old
_ Something New
_ Something Borrowed
_ Something True (nonfiction)
December
_ Something Old
_ Something New
_ Something Borrowed
_ Something True (nonfiction)
Seasonal Challenge
Winter
✔ holiday of your choice Santa Bruce. Ryan T. Higgins. 2018. Disney-Hyperion. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ book set in winter Mimi's Adventures in Baking Gingerbread Men. Alyssa Gangeri. Illustrated by Chiara Civati. 2015. 38 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ free picture book of your choice Fold Out and Find Out: Caterpillar to Butterfly. Frances Barry. 2019. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ free board book of your choice Animals with Tiny Cat. Viviane Schwarz. 2018. 30 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ free early reader or early chapter book of your choice Fox the Tiger. Corey R. Tabor. 2018. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
Spring
_ holiday of your choice
✔ book set in spring The Bears' Picnic. Stan and Jan Berenstain. 1966. 72 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ free picture book of your choice Mine! Sue Heap. 2014. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ free board book of your choice I Love Science. Allison Wortche. Illustrated by Steve Mack. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 14 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ free early reader or early chapter book of your choice Hello, Crabby! (Book #1) Jonathan Fenske. 2019. Scholastic. 48 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Summer
_ holiday of your choice
✔ book set in summer The Pigeon Has To Go To School. Mo Willems. 2019. [July] Disney-Hyperion. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ free picture book of your choice Daddy-Sitting. Eve Coy. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
_ free board book of your choice
✔ free early reader or early chapter book of your choice Inside, Outside, Upside Down. Stan & Jan Berenstain. 1968. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
Fall
_ holiday of your choice
_ book set in fall
_ free picture book of your choice
_ free board book of your choice
_ free early reader or early chapter book of your choice
Alphabet Challenge (January - December)
- ✔ Title Beginning with A Alma and How She Got Her Name. Juana Martinez-Neal. 2018. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Author Beginning with A Future Astronaut. Lori Alexander. Illustrated by Allison Black. 2019. Scholastic. 24 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Illustrator Beginning with A Arrr, Mustache Baby! Bridget Heos. Illustrated by Joy Ang. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Title Beginning with B Because. Mo Willems. Illustrated by Amber Ren. 2019. Hyperion. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Author Beginning with B Hello Lighthouse. Sophie Blackall. 2018. Little, Brown for Young Readers. 44 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Illustrator Beginning with B Is That Your Dad? (A Changing Faces Book) Carles Ballesteros. 2019. Harry N. Abrams. 16 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Title Beginning with C Circle. (Shapes Trilogy #3) Mac Barnett. Illustrated by Jon Klassen. 2019. Candlewick Press. 48 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Author Beginning with C Little Fish and Mommy. Lucy Cousins. 2019. Candlewick Press. 22 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Illustrator Beginning C Lights! Camera! Alice! The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker. Mara Rockliff. Illustrated by Simona Ciraolo. 2018. 60 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Title Beginning with D Dust Bunny Wants A Friend. Amy Hevron. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Author Beginning with D Grumpy Duck. Joyce Dunbar. Illustrated by Petr Horacek. 2019. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Illustrator Beginning with D Super Rawr! Todd H. Doodler. 2016. Scholastic. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- _ Title Beginning with E
- _ Author Beginning with E
- _ Illustrator Beginning with E
- ✔ Title Beginning with F Felix Eats Up (Felix and Fiona) Rosemary Wells. 2019. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Author Beginning with F If I Was The Sunshine. Julie Fogliano. Illustrated by Loren Long. 2019. 48 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- _ Illustrator Beginning with F
- ✔ Title Beginning with G Goodnight, Starry Night (Peek-a-boo Art) Amy Guglielmo and Julie Appel. 2019. [October 15] Scholastic. 24 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Author Beginning with G Mimi's Adventures in Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies. Alyssa Gangeri. Illustrated by Chiara Civati. 2015. 38 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Illustrator Beginning with G
- ✔ Title Beginning with H How To Be A Cat. Nikki McClure. 2013/2019. Abrams. 30 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Author Beginning with H 1 Grumpy Bruce: A Counting Board Book. Ryan T. Higgins. 2018. Disney-Hyperion. 24 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Illustrator Beginning with H Marguerite Makes a Book. Bruce Robertson. Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. 1999. 44 pages. [Source: Bought]
- ✔ Title Beginning with I I Love Space. Allison Wortche. Illustrated by Steve Mack. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 14 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- _ Author Beginning with I
- _ Illustrator Beginning with I
- ✔ Title Beginning with J The Jolly Jingle Book. Leroy F. Jackson. Illustrated by Clare McKinley. 1951/1961. Rand McNally. 30 pages. [Source: Bought]
- _ Author Beginning with J
- _ Illustrator Beginning with J
- _ Title Beginning with K
- ✔ Author Beginning with K The Little Rabbit. Nicola Killen. 2019. Simon & Schuster. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Illustrator Beginning with K Chicken Talk. Patricia MacLachlan. Illustrated by Jarrett J. Krosoczka. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Title beginning with L A Little Book About Colors (Leo Lionni's Friends). Leo Lionni. Jan Gerardi. 2019. Random House. 28 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Author Beginning with L The Rough Patch. Brian Lies. 2018. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Illustrator Beginning with L A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Grace Lin. 2018. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Title Beginning with M Meet Miss Fancy. Irene Latham. Illustrated by John Holyfield. 2019. Penguin. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Author Beginning with M What Is Given From the Heart. Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrated by April Harrison. 2019 [January]. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Illustrator Beginning with M So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom. Gary D. Schmidt. Illustrated by Daniel Minter. 2018. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Title Beginning with N Night Train, Night Train. Robert Burleigh. Illustrated by Wendell Minor. 2018. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Author Beginning with N The Lost Horse. Mark Nicholas. 2019. Harry N. Abrams. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- _ Illustrator Beginning with N
- ✔ Title Beginning with O Once Upon a Zzzz. Maddie Frost. 2018. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Author Beginning with O
- _ Illustrator Beginning with O
- ✔ Title Beginning with P Peppa Pig and the Family Reunion. 2019. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Author Beginning with P The Book Hog. Greg Pizzoli. 2019. Disney-Hyperion. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Illustrator Beginning with P
- _ Title beginning with Q
- ✔ Author or Illustrator beginning with Q Sherlock Chick's First Case. Robert M. Quackenbush. 1986/2019. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Title beginning with R
- ✔ Author beginning with R Chicks and Salsa. Aaron Reynolds. Illustrated by Paulette Bogan. 2005. Bloomsbury. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Illustrator beginning with R
- ✔ Title beginning with S Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil Degrasse Tyson. Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer. Illustrated by Frank Morrison. 2018. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Author beginning with S Harold & Hog Pretend for Real. Dan Santat. 2019. Hyperion. 64 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Illustrator beginning with S
- ✔ Title beginning with T Thank You, Omu! Oge Mora. 2018. Little, Brown and Company. 34 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Author beginning with T
- _ Illustrator beginning with T
- ✔ Title beginning with U The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon. Matthew Burgess. Illustrated by Fiona Woodcock. 2019. Random House. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
- _ Author or illustrator beginning with U
- _ Title beginning with V
- ✔ Author or illustrator beginning with V A Piglet Named Mercy. Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. 2019. Candlewick. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- _ Title beginning with W
- ✔ Author beginning with W How To Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps. Nicola Winstanley. Illustrated by John Martz. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Illustrator beginning with W Board book: Dream Big. Joyce Wan. 2019. Scholastic. 24 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- _ Title with an X ("ex")
- ✔ Author or illustrator with an X Jungle Animals. Xavier Deneux. 2018. Twirl. 20 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Title beginning with Y You Are Light. Aaron Becker. 2019. Candlewick Press. 16 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Author or illustrator beginning with Y Bark in the Park! Poems for Dog Lovers. Avery Corman. Illustrated by Hyewon Yum. 2019. 48 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- _ Title with a Z
- ✔ Author with a Z And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning. Ellen Kahan Zager. Illustrated by Harriet Cohen Helfand. 2018. 24 pages. [Source: Library]
- ✔ Author or illustrator beginning with Z The Christmas Tree Who Loved Trains. Annie Silvestro. Illustrated by Paola Zakimi. 2018. HarperCollins. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
© 2019 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
Thursday, December 20, 2018
2019 Reading Challenges: When Are You Reading
Host: Taking On A World of Words (sign up here) (home page for challenge)
January - December 2019
# of books: 12
✔ Pre 1300
Ivanhoe. Walter Scott. 1819. 544 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 1300-1499
Grave Mercy. Robin LaFevers. 2012/2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 560 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc. David Elliott. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
✔ 1500-1699 The Tempest. William Shakespeare. 1623. 127 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 1700-1799
Evelina. Fanny Burney. 1778. 455 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 1800-1899
The Murder of Patience Brooke. (Charles Dickens Investigations #1) J.C. Briggs. 2018. Sapere Books. 290 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster. Jonathan Auxier. 2018. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 1900-1919
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear. Lindsay Mattick. Illustrated by Sophie Blackall. 2015. Little, Brown. 56 pages. [Source: Library]
✔ 1920-1939
Miss Buncle's Book. D.E. Stevenson. 1934. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
✔ 1940-1959
✔ 1980-1999
Speak. Laurie Halse Anderson. 1999. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
_ 2000-Present
✔ The Future
Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083. Andrea White. 2005. 448 pages. [Source: Bought]
Feel free to copy/paste this. You can replace the _ with an X or a ✔ (copy/paste it) when you finish reading a book. If you list the books you read, that may help other people decide what to read.
© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
2019 Reading Challenges: European Reading Challenge
Host: Rose City Reader (sign up here)
January - January 31, 2020
# of books: I'm aiming for five
FIVE STAR (DELUXE ENTOURAGE): Read at least five books by different European authors or books set in different European countries.
Europe:
Albania, Andorra, Armenia,
1) GERMANY The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler. John Hendrix. 2018. Harry N. Abrams. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2) UNITED KINGDOM Evelina. Fanny Burney. 1778. 455 pages. [Source: Bought]
3) NETHERLANDS The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank (The Definitive Edition). Edited by Otto Frank and Mirjam Pressler. Translated by Susan Massotty. 1947/1996. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
4) NORWAY Journey of the Pale Bear. Susan Fletcher. 2018. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
5)FRANCE Code Name: Lise. Larry Loftis. 2019. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
6) GERMANY The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. 2006. Random House. 560 pages. [Source: Bought]
7) FRANCE Lights! Camera! Alice! The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker. Mara Rockliff. Illustrated by Simona Ciraolo. 2018. 60 pages. [Source: Library]
8) ENGLAND Ruled Brittania. Harry Turtledove. 2002. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
9) POLAND I Survived The Nazi Invasion, 1944. Lauren Tarshis. 2014. Scholastic. 112 pages. [Source: Review copy]
10) RUSSIA The Crown and The Crucible Michael R. Phillips and Judith Pella. 1991. Bethany House. 416 pages. [Source: Bought]
11) ENGLAND Three Men in a Boat. Jerome K. Jerome. 1889. 174 pages. [Source: Bought]
12) ENGLAND Shirley. Charlotte Bronte. 1849. 624 pages. [Source: Bought]
13) ENGLAND How I Became A Spy. Deborah Hopkinson. 2019. Random House. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
14) FRANCE Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc. David Elliott. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
15) FRANCE Marguerite Makes a Book. Bruce Robertson. Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. 1999. 44 pages. [Source: Bought]
16) NETHERLANDs Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation. Adapted by Ari Folman. Original text by Anne Frank. Illustrated by David Polonsky. 2018. 160 pages. [Source: Review copy]
17) ENGLAND These Old Shades. Georgette Heyer. 1926/2008. Harlequin. 384 pages. [Source: Bought]
18) ENGLAND Miss Buncle's Book. D.E. Stevenson. 1934. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
19) GERMANY Refugee. Alan Gratz. 2017. Scholastic. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
20) DENMARK Number the Stars. Lois Lowry. 1989. (Won Newbery in 1990) 137 pages. [Source: Bought]
21) FRANCE Stepsister. Jennifer Donnelly. 2019. Scholastic. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
22) AUSTRIA The Only Woman in the Room. Marie Benedict. 2019. Sourcebooks. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
23) ENGLAND Courageous. Yona Zeldis McDonough. 2018. [Nov] Scholastic. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]
24) SCOTLAND Kidnapped. Robert Louis Stevenson. 1886. 276 pages. [Source: Bought]
25) ENGLAND Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen. 1811. 409 pages. [Source: Bought]
26) England and France. Courage to Be Counted. (A Clubmobile Girls Novel) Eleri Grace. 2019. Bugle Call Books. 350 pages. [Source: Review copy]
27) POLAND Resistance. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2018. Scholastic. 385 pages. [Source: Review copy]
28) FRANCE The Good Son: A Story From the First World War Told In Miniature. Pierre-Jacques Ober. Illustrated by Jules Ober and Felicity Coonan. 2019. Candlewick Press. 104 pages. [Source: Review copy]
29) ENGLAND Daisies and Devotion (Mayfield Family #2) Josi S. Kilpack. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
30) FRANCE Les Miserables. Victor Hugo. Translated by Julie Rose. 1862/2008. Modern Library. 1330 pages. [Source: Bought]
31) ENGLAND The Gown. Jennifer Robson. 2018. 371 pages. [Source: Library]
32. ENGLAND The Convenient Marriage. Georgette Heyer. 1934. 322 pages. [Source: Bought]
33. FRANCE A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II. Sonia Purnell. 2019. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
34. SCOTLAND The Lady of the Lakes: The True Love Story of Sir Walter Scott. Josi S. Kilpack. 2017. Shadow Mountain. [Source: Library]
35. ENGLAND In Farleigh Field. Rhys Bowen. 2017. Lake Union. 397 pages. [Source: Review copy]
36. GERMANY Resistance Women. Jennifer Chiaverini. 2019. 608 pages. [Source: Library]
37. FRANCE Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) Robin LaFevers. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 387 pages. [Source: Review copy]
38. FRANCE Mistress of the Ritz. Melanie Benjamin. 2019. Random House. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
39. FRANCE Marie, Dancing. Carolyn Meyer. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 272 pages. [Source: Bought]
40. FRANCE Madeline. Ludwig Bemelmans. 1939. 44 pages. [Source: Library]
41. FRANCE I Always Loved You. Robin Oliveira. 2014. 343 pages. [Source: Library]
42. FRANCE Lovely War. Julie Berry. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
43. GREECE The Brave Princess and Me. Kathy Kacer. Illustrated by Juliana Kolesova. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
44. ENGLAND Billy Boyle (Billy Boyle #1) James R. Benn. 2006. 294 pages. [Source: Library]
45. FRANCE White Bird: A Wonder Story. R.J. Palacio. 2019. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
46. BELGIUM Nine Open Arms. Benny Lindelauf. Translated into English by John Nieuwenhuizen. 2004/2014. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
47. BELGIUM Fing's War. Benny Lindelauf. Translated into English by John Nieuwenhuitzen. 2019. 376 pages. [Source: Library]
48. RUSSIA Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) Heather Morris. 2019. St. Martin's Pres. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
2019 Reading Challenges: Sweet Southern Reading Challenge
Host: Readeropolis (sign up here) #SweetSouthernRC (suggestions)
January - December 2019
# of books: I'm signing up for 'Three Glasses of Sweet Tea' 7 to 9 books
For this challenge, the South is defined as the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.*
Books set in Alabama:
1) Meet Miss Fancy. Irene Latham. Illustrated by John Holyfield. 2019. Penguin. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Books set in Arkansas:
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Books set in Florida:
1) Merci Suarez Changes Gears. Meg Medina. 2018. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
2) Beverly, Right Here. Kate DiCamillo. 2019. Candlewick Press. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Books set in Georgia:
1) Cold Sassy Tree. Olive Ann Burns. 1984. 405 pages. [Source: Bought]
2) Gone With The Wind. Margaret Mitchell. 1936. 1037 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
Books set in Kentucky:
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Books set in Louisiana:
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Books set in Mississippi
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Books set in North Carolina
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Books set in South Carolina
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Books set in Tennessee
1) The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins. Gail Shepherd. 2019. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
Books set in Texas
1) Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend. Karen Blumenthal. 2018. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
2) The Wind Blows Free. Loula Grace Erdman. 1952/2006. 271 pages. [Source: Library]
3) The Wide Horizon. Loula Grace Erdman. 1956/2007. Bethlehem Books. 279 pages. [Source: Library]
4) The Good Land. Loula Grace Erdman. 1959/2007. Bethlehem Books. 185 pages.
Books set in Virginia
1) Cate of the Lost Colony. Lisa M. Klein. 2010. Bloomsbury. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Books set in West Virginia
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© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
2019 Reading Challenges: Official 2019 TBR Pile
Host: Adam (Roof Beam Reader) (sign up here)
January - December 2019
# of books: 12 to 14
On Social Media, please use #TBR2019RBR
Your complete and final list must be posted by January 15th, 2019.
- ✔ Odd and the Frost Giants. Neil Gaiman. 2009. 117 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ Dealing with Dragons. (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) Patricia C. Wrede. 2002. 212 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Mark Haddon. 2003/2004. 226 pages. [Source: Bought]
- _ The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. 1998/2003. 235 pages. [Source: Bought]
- _ The Mouse and His Child. Russell Hoban. Illustrated by David Small. 1967/2017. 244 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. Jeanne Birdsall. 2011. 295 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- _ Maisie Dobbs. Jacqueline Winspear. 2003. 309 pages. [Source: Bought]
- _ The Secret Life of Bees. Sue Monk Kidd. 2001/2003. 336 pages. [Source: Bought]
- _ Ready Player One. Ernest Cline. 2011. 374 pages. [Source: Review copy]
- ✔ The Princess Bride. William Goldman. 1973/2003. 398 pages. [Source: Bought]
- ✔ Miss Buncle's Book. D.E. Stevenson. 1934. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
- _ The Dreaming Suburb (The Avenue #1) R.F. Delderfield. 1958. 480 pages. [Source: Bought]
- ✔ Cold Sassy Tree. Olive Ann Burns. 1984. 405 pages. [Source: Bought]
- _ Bright Captivity. Eugenia Price. 1991. 613 pages. [Source: Bought]
Feel free to copy/paste this. You can replace the _ with an X or a ✔ (copy/paste it) when you finish reading a book. If you list the books you read, that may help other people decide what to read.
Odd and the Frost Giants. Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Brett Helquist. 2008. 117 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Princess Bride. William Goldman. 1973/2003. 398 pages. [Source: Bought]
Miss Buncle's Book. D.E. Stevenson. 1934. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
Dealing with Dragons. (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) Patricia C. Wrede. 1990/2015. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Mark Haddon. 2003/2004. 226 pages. [Source: Borrowed]
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. Jeanne Birdsall. 2011. 295 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Cold Sassy Tree. Olive Ann Burns. 1984. 405 pages. [Source: Bought]
© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
2019 Reading Challenges: Historical Fiction
Host: Passages to the Past (sign up)
January - December 2019
# of books: I'm aiming for Prehistoric 50+ books. (If there was a level between a mere 25 books and 50, I'd probably choose that.)
1) Veronica. (Sunfire #18) Jane Claypool Miner. 1986. Scholastic. 220 pages. [Source: Bought]
2) With You Always. (Orphan Train #1) Jody Hedlund. 2017. Bethany House. 359 pages. [Source: Review copy]
3) Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness. As told to Robert Specht. 1976. 342 pages. [Source: Bought]
4) Ivanhoe. Walter Scott. 1819. 544 pages. [Source: Bought]
5) The Murder of Patience Brooke. (Charles Dickens Investigations #1) J.C. Briggs. 2018. Sapere Books. 290 pages. [Source: Review copy]
6) Together Forever (Orphan Train #2) Jody Hedlund. 2018. Bethany House. 343 pages. [Source: Library]
7) The Black Moth. Georgette Heyer. 1921/2009. Sourcebooks. 355 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
8) Seven Alone. Honore Willsie Morrow. 1926/1977. Scholastic. 240 pages. [Source: Own]
9) Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster. Jonathan Auxier. 2018. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
10) Winnie's Great War. Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut. Illustrated by Sophie Blackall. 2018. Little, Brown. 244 pages. [Source: Library] *talking animals
11) The Plot Against America. Philip Roth. 2004. 391 pages. [Source: Library] *alternate history
12) Searching for You (Orphan Train #3) Jody Hedlund. 2018. Bethany House. 341 pages. [Source: Review copy]
13. Love to Everyone. Hilary McKay. 2018. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
14. Grave Mercy. Robin LaFevers. 2012/2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 560 pages. [Source: Review copy]
15. Annelies. David R. Gillham. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
16. The Night Diary. Veera Hiranandani. 2018. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
17. Journey of the Pale Bear. Susan Fletcher. 2018. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
18. Finding Langston. Lesa Cline-Ransome. 2018. Holiday House. 112 pages. [Source: Review copy]
19. Cotillion. Georgette Heyer. 1953/2007. Sourcebooks. 355 pages. [Source: Review copy]
20. The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. 2006. Random House. 560 pages. [Source: Bought]
21. Cate of the Lost Colony. Lisa M. Klein. 2010. Bloomsbury. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
22. I Survived The Nazi Invasion, 1944. Lauren Tarshis. 2014. Scholastic. 112 pages. [Source: Review copy]
23. The Crown and the Crucible. (The Russians #1) Michael R. Phillips and Judith Pella. 1991. Bethany House. 416 pages. [Source: Bought]
24. Healing Hearts. Sarah M. Eden. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
25. Venetia. Georgette Heyer. 1958/2009. Harlequin. 368 pages. [Source: Gift]
26. Hattie Big Sky. Kirby Larson. 2006. 289 pages. [Source: Library]
27. A Clearing in the Wild. (Change and Cherish #1) Jane Kirkpatrick. 2006. Waterbrook. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy]
28. How I Became A Spy. Deborah Hopkinson. 2019. Random House. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
29. Alone in the Wild (The Oregon Trail #5) Jesse Wiley. 2019. Scholastic. 160 pages. [Source: Review copy]
30. Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc. David Elliott. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
31. The Truth About Martians. Melissa Savage. 2018. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
32. These Old Shades. Georgette Heyer. 1926/2008. Harlequin. 384 pages. [Source: Bought]
33. Refugee. Alan Gratz. 2017. Scholastic. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
34. Number the Stars. Lois Lowry. 1989. (Won Newbery in 1990) 137 pages. [Source: Bought]
35. Stepsister. Jennifer Donnelly. 2019. Scholastic. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy] *fairy godmother
36. Devil's Cub. Georgette Heyer. 1932/2003. Harlequin. 272 pages. [Source: Bought]
37. The Oregon Trail: The Wagon Train Trek. Jesse Wiley. 2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy]
38) The Only Woman in the Room. Marie Benedict. 2019. Sourcebooks. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
39) Song for the Stars. Ilima Todd. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
40) Courageous. Yona Zeldis McDonough. 2018. [Nov] Scholastic. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]
41) Death at Hungerford Stairs. (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones #2) J.C. Briggs. 2018. Sapere Books. 290 pages. [Source: Review copy]
42) Kidnapped. Robert Louis Stevenson. 1886. 276 pages. [Source: Bought]
43) A House Divided (The Russians #2) Michael R. Phillips and Judith Pella. 1992. Bethany House. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
44) Courage to Be Counted. (A Clubmobile Girls Novel) Eleri Grace. 2019. Bugle Call Books. 350 pages. [Source: Review copy]
45) Resistance. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2018. Scholastic. 385 pages. [Source: Review copy]
46) The Good Son: A Story From the First World War Told In Miniature. Pierre-Jacques Ober. Illustrated by Jules Ober and Felicity Coonan. 2019. Candlewick Press. 104 pages. [Source: Review copy]
47) The White City. (True Colors) Grace Hitchcock. 2019. Barbour Books. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]
48) The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris. 2018. 262 pages. [Source: Library]
49) The Wind Blows Free. Loula Grace Erdman. 1952/2006. 271 pages. [Source: Library]
50) Daisies and Devotion (Mayfield Family #2) Josi S. Kilpack. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
51) Crossing Stones. Helen Frost. 2009. FSG. 184 pages. [Source: Library]
52) Les Miserables. Victor Hugo. Translated by Julie Rose. 1862/2008. Modern Library. 1330 pages. [Source: Bought]
53) The Refuge. Ann H. Gabhart. 2019. Revell. 400 pages. [Source: Review copy]
54. The Pink Bonnet (True Colors #2) Liz Tolsma. 2019. Barbour. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]
55. The Wide Horizon. Loula Grace Erdman. 1956/2007. Bethlehem Books. 279 pages. [Source: Library]
56. Voices from the Underground Railroad. Kay Winters. Illustrated by Larry Day. 2018. 48 pages. [Source: Library]
57. Ten Cents A Dance. Christine Fletcher. 2008. Bloomsbury. 356 pages. [Source: Review copy]
58. The Gown. Jennifer Robson. 2018. 371 pages. [Source: Library]
59. The Convenient Marriage. Georgette Heyer. 1934. 322 pages. [Source: Bought]
60. The Good Land. Loula Grace Erdman. 1959/2007. Bethlehem Books. 185 pages. [Source: Library]
61. Murphy's Law. Rhys Bowen. 2001. 240 pages. [Source: Library]
62. Beverly, Right Here. Kate DiCamillo. 2019. Candlewick Press. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]
63. The Lady of the Lakes: The True Love Story of Sir Walter Scott. Josi S. Kilpack. 2017. Shadow Mountain. [Source: Library]
64. Death of Riley. (Molly Murphy #2) Rhys Bowen. 2002. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
65. In Farleigh Field. Rhys Bowen. 2017. Lake Union. 397 pages. [Source: Review copy]
66. For the Love of Mike (Molly Murphy #3) Rhys Bowen. 2003. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
67. A Song of Joy. Lauraine Snelling. 2019. Bethany House. 464 pages. [Source: Review copy]
68. Noelle at Sea: A Titanic Survival Story. Nikki Shannon Smith. Illustrated by Alessia Trunfio. 2019. 112 pages. [Source: Library]
69. Resistance Women. Jennifer Chiaverini. 2019. 608 pages. [Source: Library]
70. The Victory Garden. Rhys Bowen. 2019. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
71. More Than Words Can Say. (Patchwork Family #2) Karen Witemeyer. 2019. Bethany House. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy]
72. In Like Flynn. (Molly Murphy #4) Rhys Bowen. 2005. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
73. Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) Robin LaFevers. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 387 pages. [Source: Review copy]
74. Mistress of the Ritz. Melanie Benjamin. 2019. Random House. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
75. Oh Danny Boy (Molly Murphy #5) Rhys Bowen. 2006. 338 pages. [Source: Library]
76. Marie, Dancing. Carolyn Meyer. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 272 pages. [Source: Bought]
77. Climbing the Stairs. Padma Venkatraman. 2008. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]
78. In Dublin's Fair City. (Molly Murphy #6) Rhys Bowen. 2007. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
79. I Always Loved You. Robin Oliveira. 2014. 343 pages. [Source: Library]
80. Murder by Ghostlight. (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones #3) 2019. 277 pages. [Source: Review copy]
81. Lovely War. Julie Berry. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library]
82. The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins. Gail Shepherd. 2019. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
83. The Brave Princess and Me. Kathy Kacer. Illustrated by Juliana Kolesova. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
84. A Place to Belong. Cynthia Kadohata. Illustrated by Julia Kuo. 2019. 416 pages. [Source: Library]
85. Anne Arrives. Kallie George. Illustrated by Abigail Halpin. 2018. 72 pages. [Source: Library]
86. Anne's Kindred Spirits. Kallie George. Illustrated by Abigail Halpin. 2019. 64 pages. [Source: Library]
87. The Lady and the Highwayman. Sarah M. Eden. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
88. The Flight Girls. Noelle Salazar. 2019. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
89. One Good Deed. David Baldacci. 2019. 432 pages. [Source: Library]
90. The Tuscan Child. Rhys Bowen. 2018. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
91. The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat Adventuring Cat. Caroline Adderson. Illustrated by Stacy Innerst. 2019. 128 pages. [Source: Library]
92. Billy Boyle (Billy Boyle #1) James R. Benn. 2006. 294 pages. [Source: Library]
93. Girl Waits With Gun. (Kopp Sisters #1) Amy Stewart. 2015. 408 pages. [Source: Review copy]
94. Cold Sassy Tree. Olive Ann Burns. 1984. 405 pages. [Source: Bought]
95. When Silence Sings. Sarah Loudin Thomas. 2019. Bethany House. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
96. The First Wave (Billy Boyle #2) James R. Benn. 2007. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
97. The Sunne in Splendour. Sharon Kay Penman. 1982. 936 pages. [Source: Library]
98. Tidelands. (The Fairmile #1) Philippa Gregory. 2019. 448 pages. [Source: Library]
99. Lady Cop Makes Trouble. Kopp Sisters #2. Amy Stewart. 2016. 310 pages. [Source: Library]
100. Blood Alone (Billy Boyle #3) James R. Benn. 2008. 313 pages. [Source: Library]
101. Evil for Evil. (Billy Boyle #4) James R. Benn. 2009. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
102. Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions. (Kopp Sisters #3) Amy Stewart. 2017. 374 pages. [Source: Library]
103. Westering Women. Sandra Dallas. 2020 [January 7] 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
104. White Bird: A Wonder Story. R.J. Palacio. 2019. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
105. The Giver of Stars. Jojo Moyes. 2019. 400 pages. [Source: Library]
106. Rag and Bone (Billy Boyle World War II #5) James R. Benn. 2010. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
107. Gone With The Wind. Margaret Mitchell. 1936. 1037 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
108. Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (Kopp Sisters #4) Amy Stewart. 2018. 309 pages. [Source: Library]
109. Spy Runner. Eugene Yelchin. 2019. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
110. Nine Open Arms. Benny Lindelauf. Translated into English by John Nieuwenhuizen. 2004/2014. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
111. The Secrets We Kept. Lara Prescott. 2019. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
112. Fing's War. Benny Lindelauf. Translated into English by John Nieuwenhuitzen. 2019. 376 pages. [Source: Library]
113. Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) Heather Morris. 2019. St. Martin's Pres. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
114. A Mortal Terror (Billy Boyle #6) James R. Benn. 2011. 345 pages. [Source: Library]
115. Blood on the River. James Town 1607. Elisa Carbone. 2006. 237 pages. [Source: Library]
116. The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce #10) Alan Bradley. 2019. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
117. A Vow for Christmas. (Spinster Mail-Order Brides #7) Linda Carroll-Bradd. 2019. 92 pages. [Source: Review copy]
118. Christmas at the Foyles Bookshop. Elaine Roberts. 2019. 297 pages. [Source: Review copy]
119. Christmas on the Home Front. (Land Girls #3) Roland Moore. 2019. 273 pages. [Source: Review copy]
© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
Monday, December 17, 2018
2019 Reading Challenges: Connect Five
Host: Book Date (sign up here)
LAST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH IS A CHECK-IN POST;
January - December 2019
# of books: I'll see how it goes :) I'm hoping for 5 connect-fives or 25 books.
January 2019 -- Number in the Title
1) 84, Charing Cross Road. Helene Hanff. 1970. 97 pages. [Source: Library]
2) 4:50 From Paddington. (Miss Marple #8) Agatha Christie. 1957/2007. 288 pages. [Source: Bought]
3) Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083. Andrea White. 2005. 448 pages. [Source: Bought]
4) Seven Alone. Honore Willsie Morrow. 1926/1977. Scholastic. 240 pages. [Source: Own]
5) I Survived The Children's Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived #16). Lauren Tarshis. 2018. 144 pages. [Source: Library]
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RULES:
- The five books connection cannot be too simple, for example five paperbacks or five ebooks or five women authors – unless of course you hardly ever read women authors. I could challenge myself and have a group though of five male authors because I hardly ever read male authors! Five USA authors would be rather simple, but it could be five USA authors from the same state.
- A book can only be used once.
- The books must be read in 2019.
- Books can be carried over until you have five of something. It may take a few months to gather five of something.
- You may have many connections of five to link up . So if you have two groups of five then you can link up twice and so on within a month.
- You may just link one group of five during the year sometime or many each month.
- You don’t have to write a commitment post but if that helps to remind you then that is an excellent idea and any way you can share this challenge is welcomed. Use the hashtag #connect5books2019
- Five books of the same genre
- Five books by the same author
- Five books with a similar theme or issue being explored for example mother/daughter relationships
- Five books from the same series
- Five books you bought in 2018
- Five books from the depths of your TBR
- Five books with fabulous covers
- Five debut books
- Five new to you authors
- Five books that weren’t for you.
- Five books that really connect to your own life in some way.
- Five books with the theme of friendship
© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
2019 Reading Challenge: Bookish Resolutions
#BookishResolutions
Because Challenges Make Reading More Fun (sign up)
January - December 2019
Set three or more goals
Rules:
- Create between 3 or more resolutions related to books/book blogging/writing (there are examples below but you can make up your own)(you can have as many resolutions are you would like there is no limit)
- Create a signup post and add it to the Linky on this post (sign up before Feb 28th)
- Since this is a year long challenge we ask that you pick goals with some longevity. Pick a goal that will take you no less than 4 months to complete.
- Twice a year we will have an update to see how you are doing. May 1st and September 1st. The last update will be the end post in December for you to link up.
- For each goal you complete you get one entry into the giveaway that will be in our wrap up post on December 31, 2019
1.To schedule more posts ahead on my blogs. (I have three)
2. To have weekly features on at least two of my blogs.
3. To read more review copies.
4. To read more of the books I buy.
5. To read more series. (To complete more series.)
© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
2019 Chunkster Challenge
Host: Becky's Book Reviews (sign up here)
Duration: December 2018 - December 2019
# of books: Ultimately up to you
Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels over 450 pages -- 3 points
1. Grave Mercy. Robin LaFevers. 2012/2019. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 560 pages. [Source: Review copy] *worth 3 points so far,
2. The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. 2006. Random House. 560 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 3 points so far
3. Lovely War. Julie Berry. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library] * worth three points
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Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels over 700 pages -- 5 points
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Adult Novels over 450 pages -- 5 points
1. Ivanhoe. Walter Scott. 1819. 544 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 6 points
2. Evelina. Fanny Burney. 1778. 455 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 7 points
3. Ruled Brittania. Harry Turtledove. 2002. 576 pages. [Source: Library] *worth 5 points
4. Shirley. Charlotte Bronte. 1849. 624 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 6 points
5. Dune. Frank Herbert. 1965. 687 pages. [Source: Library] *worth 6 points
6. Resistance Women. Jennifer Chiaverini. 2019. 608 pages. [Source: Library]*worth 6 points
Adult Novels over 825 pages -- 10 points
1. Les Miserables. Victor Hugo. Translated by Julie Rose. 1862/2008. Modern Library. 1330 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 12 points
2. The Sunne in Splendour. Sharon Kay Penman. 1982. 936 pages. [Source: Library] *worth 10 points
3. Gone With The Wind. Margaret Mitchell. 1936. 1037 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
4. Cecilia. Frances Burney. 1782. 1056 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 13 points
Nonfiction over 450 pages, any age audience -- 5 points
1. The Innocents Abroad. Mark Twain. 1869. 560 pages. [Source: Bought] *worth 6 points
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Anthologies (short stories, plays, essays, sermons, poetry) over 450 pages, any audience, 3 points*
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Any extra bonus points?
- If you complete an entire series and each of the books in the series qualifies as a chunkster, you earn an additional bonus point.
- If you read four or more (series OR non-series books) by the same author--each one qualifying as a chunkster--you earn an additional bonus point.
- If you read a chunkster that has been translated into English, you earn an additional bonus point.
- If you read two or more new-to-you authors, you earn an additional bonus point.
- For every chunkster classic you read that was published before 1800, you earn an extra two points.
- For every chunkster classic you read that was published before 1900, you earn an extra one point.
© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
Sunday, December 16, 2018
2019 Reading Challenges: Jane Austen Book Club
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January - December 2019
# of books: I hope to read twelve. All of Austen's novels plus some adaptations and retellings. This challenge will go PERFECTLY PERFECT with my own 2019 Georgian Reading Challenge.
1 Jane Austen for Kids: Her Life, Her Writings, and World with 21 Activities. Nancy I. Sanders. 2019. Chicago Review Press. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2 Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen. 1811. 409 pages. [Source: Bought]
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