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message 101: by Erin (new)

Erin (ezridar03) Update to message 13: 10/24


message 102: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) I'm up to date 10/31
:)


message 103: by Alisia (new)

Alisia (meniali) | 248 comments 10/31

Stephen King
1. The Music Room 5/5
Read for free here:

For the Love of Meat: Nine Illustrated Stories
Jenny Jaeckel

2. The Incident 4/5
3. Wander the Desert 3/5
4. Stumble and Fall 2/5
5. For the Love of Meat 2/5
6. Up on a Mountain 2/5
7. The Kid 2/5
8. The Teteriv 4/5
9. The Two 3/5
10. Meme 2/5


message 104: by Diana (new)

Diana Hudac (ladyanaid) | 196 comments I am up to date with 10 /25. :)


message 105: by Karina (new)

Karina (karinargh) | 807 comments Mie wrote: In my part of the world (Denmark) advent is actually the 4 sundays before Christmas - we have 4 candles, and light 1 on the first Sunday, 2 on the second etc...

In Norway it's similar, but we also usually refer to the whole pre-Christmas part of December as "Adventstid" :)

Updated to here!


message 106: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 12/10/16


message 107: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer Barstad (maidenoflight) | 324 comments update message 18


message 108: by ChrisR (last edited Dec 31, 2016 04:28PM) (new)

ChrisR (playactionpools) I'm going to do 31.
1-9 . Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (16 stories)
10. Escape from Spiderhead
11. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
12. The Mold of Yancy
13. Blue is a Darkness Weakened by Light
14. Local Obits by Lydia Davis
15. Easter, 1916 by W.B. Yeats
16. Becoming a Redwood by Dana Gioia
17. Divided by Zero by Samantha Murray
18. The Ambush
19. The Story of Kao Yu
20. The Model Millionaire
21. Sleeper
22. A Fratricide by Franz Kafka
23. The Hunter Captain by David John Baker
24. Today I Am Paul
25. Captain Drake Learns His Lines by Amy Sisson
26. The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934 by David Means
27. The Loud Table
28. Wild Swans by Alice Munro
29. Walker Brothers Cowboy by Alice Munro
30. Squirrels, Foxes and Other Fine Specimens by Gareth D. Jones
31. Dance of Happy Shades by Alice Munro


message 109: by Reija (last edited Dec 13, 2016 06:29AM) (new)

Reija | 307 comments Alisia wrote: "10/31

Stephen King
1. The Music Room 5/5
Read for free here:

[book:For the Love of Meat: Nine Illustrated Sto..."


Oh, I printed that King story too but after really awful Gilmore Girls story in New Yorker I kind of forget whole story. Have to check it.


7. Fairy tale of New New York (Twelve Doctors of Christmas), The Cretan Bull (The Labours of Hercules)
8. The grotto (Twelve Doctors of Christmas), The Horses of Diomedes (The Labours of Hercules)
9. Ghost of Christmas past (Twelve Doctors of Christmas), The Girdle of Hippolyta (The Labours of Hercules)
10. The red bicycle (Twelve Doctors of Christmas), The Flock of Geryon (The Labours of Hercules)
11. Loose wire, The gift, The persistence of memory (Twelve Doctors of Christmas) The Apples of Hesperides (The Labours of Hercules)

11/24

I finished Twelve Doctors of Christmas which was such a let down. I had waited newer doctors and his companions and there is no Rose, Ponds, not even Clara or River Song.


message 110: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2148 comments Update post 4: 11/24 �


message 111: by Erin (new)

Erin (ezridar03) Updated message 13: 11/24


message 112: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 12/11/16


message 113: by Karina (new)

Karina (karinargh) | 807 comments Updated to here!


message 114: by Morgan (new)

Morgan | 1 comments Planning on challenge B, going until the 31st.

Currently reading: Reformations: The Early Modern World 1450-1650 by Carlos M.N. Eire.

So far I have the first 100 pages completed �

If I continue to read 35 pages every day, I will have the book finished on 12/31.

Looking forward to updating and participating !


message 115: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2148 comments Update post 4: 12/24 �


message 116: by Jane (new)

Jane | 292 comments Updated message 70.

12/31

8. "Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol" from Holidays on Ice
9. "Based Upon A True Story" from Holidays on Ice
10. "Jesus Shaves" from Holidays on Ice
11. "Us and Them" from Holidays on Ice
12. "Six to Eight Black Men" from Holidays on Ice


message 117: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 12/12/16


message 118: by Clare (new)

Clare (-clare-) | 20 comments Updated 57
Now at 12/24


message 119: by Erin (new)

Erin (ezridar03) Update to Message 13: 12/24


message 120: by Reija (new)

Reija | 307 comments 12. The Capture of Cerberus (The Labours of Hercules), Graduation Afternoon (Just after sunset)
13. Willa (Just after sunset)

13/24

I finished The Labours of Hercules which was superb Poirot collection and now I'm reading Stephen King. I think I might need something sweet with this book, these not too happy stories.


message 121: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2148 comments Update post 4: 13/24 �


message 122: by Erin (new)

Erin (ezridar03) Update to message 13: 13/24


message 123: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2148 comments Update post 4: 14/24 �


message 124: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments UPDATED msg 43 12/14/16 I think I forgot to do an update for 12/13/16


message 125: by Erin (new)

Erin (ezridar03) Update to message 13: 14/24


message 126: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #7.

A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin

� 12/1: Poem 1
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15/31

B) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

� 12/1: Chapter 1
� 12/2: Chapter 2
� 12/3: Chapter 3
� 12/4: Chapter 4
� 12/5: Chapter 5
� 12/6: Chapter 6
� 12/7: Chapter 7
� 12/8: Chapter 8
� 12/9: Chapter 9
� 12/10: Chapter 10
� 12/11: Chapter 11
� 12/12: Chapter 12
� 12/13: Chapter 13
� 12/14: Chapter 14
� 12/15: Chapter 15

15/31


message 127: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 12/15/16


message 128: by Kate (new)

Kate I'm on track still. 15/31


message 129: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2148 comments Update post 4: 16/24 �


message 130: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 I am on track for this challenge 12/16/16


message 131: by Erin (new)

Erin (ezridar03) Updated message 13: 16/24


message 132: by Reija (new)

Reija | 307 comments 14. The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates (Just after sunset)
15. Harvey's Dream (Just after sunset)
16. Gingerbread Girl (Just after sunset)
17. Rest Stop (Just after sunset)

17/24

btw did anyone try Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation? I tried Kindle sample which wasn't too interesting, I just wonder if it getting better (worht buying)


message 133: by Jane (new)

Jane | 292 comments Updated message 70.

17/31

13. "The Cow and the Turkey" from Holidays on Ice
14. "Physical" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
15. "Gunlove" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
16. "Faithless" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression
17. "The Scarf" from Faithless: Tales of Transgression


message 134: by Karina (new)

Karina (karinargh) | 807 comments Updated!

Reija: I've read the first story in it, so far - I liked that one, but it's hard to predict what the other stories and authors are like. :) I'll report when I get further into it!


message 135: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 12/17/2016


message 136: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) I'm on track 16/31 done


message 137: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2148 comments Update post 4: 18/24 �


message 138: by Erin (new)

Erin (ezridar03) Updated message 13: 18/24


message 139: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 up to date as of 12/18/2016


message 140: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) 19/31 done


message 141: by Clare (new)

Clare (-clare-) | 20 comments Updated message 57. 19/24


message 142: by [deleted user] (last edited Dec 19, 2016 03:23PM) (new)

Update to message #7.

A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin

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20/31

B) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

� 12/1: Chapter 1
� 12/2: Chapter 2
� 12/3: Chapter 3
� 12/4: Chapter 4
� 12/5: Chapter 5
� 12/6: Chapter 6
� 12/7: Chapter 7
� 12/8: Chapter 8
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� 12/10: Chapter 10
� 12/11: Chapter 11
� 12/12: Chapter 12
� 12/13: Chapter 13
� 12/14: Chapter 14
� 12/15: Chapter 15
� 12/16: Chapter 16
� 12/17: Chapter 17
� 12/18: Chapter 18
� 12/19: Chapter 19
� 12/20: Chapter 20

20/31


message 143: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 12/19/16


message 144: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2148 comments Update post 4: 20/24 �


message 145: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments Updated msg 43 up to date 12/20/16


message 146: by Karina (new)

Karina (karinargh) | 807 comments Updated to here. :)

It's the 20th already, whew!


message 147: by Erin (new)

Erin (ezridar03) Updated message 13: 20/24


message 148: by Debra (new)

Debra Barstad | 362 comments updated msg 43 12/21/16


message 149: by Reija (new)

Reija | 307 comments Karina wrote: "Updated!

Reija: I've read the first story in it, so far - I liked that one, but it's hard to predict what the other stories and authors are like. :) I'll report when I get further into it!"


Thanks! There was a part of the first story in the sample so it was little bit difficult to say if it's gonna be interesting. And, well, I haven't read that much Chinese literature. And it was about rats?

18. Stationary Bike (Just after sunset)
19. The Things They Left Behind (Just after sunset)
20. The Cat From Hell (Just after sunset)
21. N (Just after sunset)

21/24


message 150: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2148 comments Update post 4: 22/24 �


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