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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

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

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

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.

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 !

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

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.
Update to message #7.
A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin
� 12/1: Poem 1
� 12/2: Poem 2
� 12/3: Poem 3
� 12/4: Poem 4
� 12/5: Poem 5
� 12/6: Poem 6
� 12/7: Poem 7
� 12/8: Poem 8
� 12/9: Poem 9
� 12/10: Poem 10
� 12/11: Poem 11
� 12/12: Poem 12
� 12/13: Poem 13
� 12/14: Poem 14
� 12/15: Poem 15
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
A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin
� 12/1: Poem 1
� 12/2: Poem 2
� 12/3: Poem 3
� 12/4: Poem 4
� 12/5: Poem 5
� 12/6: Poem 6
� 12/7: Poem 7
� 12/8: Poem 8
� 12/9: Poem 9
� 12/10: Poem 10
� 12/11: Poem 11
� 12/12: Poem 12
� 12/13: Poem 13
� 12/14: Poem 14
� 12/15: Poem 15
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

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)

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

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!
Update to message #7.
A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin
� 12/1: Poem 1.
� 12/2: Poem 2.
� 12/3: Poem 3.
� 12/4: Poem 4.
� 12/5: Poem 5.
� 12/6: Poem 6.
� 12/7: Poem 7.
� 12/8: Poem 8.
� 12/9: Poem 9.
� 12/10: Poem 10.
� 12/11: Poem 11.
� 12/12: Poem 12.
� 12/13: Poem 13.
� 12/14: Poem 14.
� 12/15: Poem 15.
� 12/16: Poem 16.
� 12/17: Poem 17.
� 12/18: Poem 18.
� 12/19: Poem 19.
� 12/20: Poem 20.
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
� 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
� 12/16: Chapter 16
� 12/17: Chapter 17
� 12/18: Chapter 18
� 12/19: Chapter 19
� 12/20: Chapter 20
20/31
A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin
� 12/1: Poem 1.
� 12/2: Poem 2.
� 12/3: Poem 3.
� 12/4: Poem 4.
� 12/5: Poem 5.
� 12/6: Poem 6.
� 12/7: Poem 7.
� 12/8: Poem 8.
� 12/9: Poem 9.
� 12/10: Poem 10.
� 12/11: Poem 11.
� 12/12: Poem 12.
� 12/13: Poem 13.
� 12/14: Poem 14.
� 12/15: Poem 15.
� 12/16: Poem 16.
� 12/17: Poem 17.
� 12/18: Poem 18.
� 12/19: Poem 19.
� 12/20: Poem 20.
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
� 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
� 12/16: Chapter 16
� 12/17: Chapter 17
� 12/18: Chapter 18
� 12/19: Chapter 19
� 12/20: Chapter 20
20/31

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
Books mentioned in this topic
Faithless: Tales of Transgression (other topics)To Kill a Mockingbird (other topics)
Poems (other topics)
For the Love of Meat: Nine Illustrated Stories (other topics)
The Most Wonderful Tales of the Year: Holiday Memories Written and Performed by Our Favorite Narrators (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Harper Lee (other topics)Alexander Pushkin (other topics)
Gareth D. Jones (other topics)
Alice Clark-Platts (other topics)
Seth Grahame-Smith (other topics)
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