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My local library has challenged everyone to read 100 books in 2023.
I thought that I would share the challenge here in case anyone wants to join me. Details below.

The Century Club Rules

An adult book of 200 pages or more.
A young adult book of 300 pages or more.
Audio books count as long as you check to make sure there are the correct number of pages in the paper book.

If any of you would like to join me then sign up by posting below.
(You can count books read for my other challenges for this challenge.)

Oh for me that's pretty easy. I'll be able to accomplish one challenge this year for sure!

100 books total.
The Century Club Rules

[To count a book, it must be:]

An adult book of 200 pages or more.
A young adult book of 300 pages or more.
Audio books count as long as you check to make sure there are the correct number of pages in the paper book.

The Century Club Challenge: 100 books in 2023
Rules:
An adult book of 200 pages or more.
A young adult book of 300 pages or more.

All books listed are completed

1. Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn (292 pages)
2. The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg (238 pages)
3. Underneath It All by Kate Canterbary (260 pages)
4. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah (322 pages)
5. Hell Hath No Fury by Annabelle Anders (218 pages)
6. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (343 pages)
7. Island No. 6 by Ty Roth (287 pages)
8. Kissing Jessie by Laurie Kellogg (274 pages)
9. The Reluctant Journey of David Connors by Don Locke (251 pages)
10. The Women's March by Jennifer Chiaverini (340 pages)
11. The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges (317 pages)
12. The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin (325 pages)
13. Conquer the Kingdom by Jennifer Estep (414 pages)
14. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult/Jennifer Finney Boylan (432 pages)
15. Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot (344 pages)
16. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (504 pages)
17. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom (489 pages)
18. The Little French Bistro by Nina George (311 pages)
19. The Executive's Decision by (259 pages)
20. Kiss of a Duke by Eloisa James (212 pages)
21. Boar Island by Nevada Barr (371 pages)
22. To Catch a Bad Guy by Marie Astor (307 pages)
23.The Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett (320 pages)
24. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (360 pages)
25. The Footman and I by Valerie Bowman (217 pages)
26. Behaving Like Adults by Anna Maxted (390 pages)
27. Obsession in Death by J.D. Robb (353 pages)
28. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (291 pages)
29. An Indiscreet Princess by Georgie Blalock (376 pages)
30. The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline (361 pages)
31. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (400 pages)
32. The Scot, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Annette Blair (269)
33. Rules for Being a Mistress by Tamara Lejeune (384)
34. Country Heaven by Ava Miles (319)
35. Heart Stings by Jennifer Estep (223)
36. The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis (425)
37. Love, Lies, and High Heels by Debby Conrad (219)
38. The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn (274)
39. The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay (222)
40. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer (274)
41. Aquarium by David Vann (266)
42. Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb (374)
43. Double Trouble by Deborah Cooke (388)
44. Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson (216)
45. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (337)
46. The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D by Nichole Bernier (305)
47. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (358)
48. Big Jack by J.D. Robb (287)
49. That Thing That You Do by Maria Geraci (338)
50. Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb (388)
51. Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb (375)
52. The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes (387)
53. Prime Minister by (323)
54. The Liberation of Paris by Jean Edward Smith (205)
55. Santa, Baby by J. Crusie, L. Foster, and C. Phillips (308)
56. Someone Else's Daughter by Linsey Lanier (286)
57. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg (207)
58. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (288)
59. Gabriel's Angel by Nora Roberts (288)
60. Echoes in Death by J.D Robb (371)
61. The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (300)
62. The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor (319)
63. Better Than Before by Kathryn Shay (212)
64. Mistletoe Christmas by James, Caldwell, MacGregor, and Ridley (464)
65. Birder, She Wrote by Donna Andrews (304)
66. Magicked Born by Ashleigh Mattern (382)
67. My True Love Gave to Me: 12 Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins (321)
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The Century Club Challenge: 100 books in 2023

1. Positive by Paige Rawl - Finished - 272 pages

2. The Ascendant by Drew Chapman - Finished - 400 pages

3. A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar - Finished - 390 pages

4. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford - Finished - 362 pages

5. Rust & Stardust by T. Greenwood - Finished - 356 pages

6. The G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee - Finished - 305 pages

7. Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card - Finished - 528 pages

8. The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya - Finished - 275 pages

9. Let It Snow by Nancy Thayer - Finished - 253 pages

10. The Abortion by Richard Brautigan - Finished - 226 pages

11. Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini - Finished - 453

12. Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson - Finished - 352

13. Red Flower of China by Zhai Zhenhua - Finished - 245

14. 13 Gifts by Wendy Mass - Finished - 341

15. Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy - Finished - 227

16. Rough Draft by Katy Tur - Finished - 272

17. Infected by Scott Sigler - Finished - 339

18. A Gentle Thunder by Max Lucado Finished - 227

19. The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood - Finished - 387

20. The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe Finished - 204 pages

21. Sold on a Monday - by Kristina McMorris - Finished - 344 pages

22. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict - Finished - 341 pages

23. Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life In Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović - Finished - 200 pages

24. Final Spin by Jocko Willink - Finished - 217 pages

25. Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott - Finished - 320 pages

26. The Day I Shot Cupid by Jennifer Love Hewitt - Finished - 208 pages

27. Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley - Finished - 320 pages

28. Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe - Finished - 275 pages

29. Looking After Minidoka by Neil Nakadate - Finished - 236 pages

30. The Worst Thing I've Done by Ursula Hegi - Finished - 260 pages

31. The Dark One by Nikki St. Crowe - Finished - 228 pages

32. Saving Meadow by Riley Edwards - Finished - 294 pages

33. At Your Darkest by T. Jane Palmer - Finished - 218 pages

34. Vanessa Jared's Got a Man by LaQuette - Finished - 272 pages

35. Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire - Finished - 568 pages

36. World Wild Vet by Evan Antin - Finished - 256 pages

37. The Nazis Knew My Name by Magda Hellinger - Finished - 320 pages,

38. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo - Finished - 416 pages

39. The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher - Finished - 336 pages

40. Stay by Allie Larkin - Finished - 308 pages

41. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup- Finished - 336 pages

42. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty - Finished - 254 pages

43. Jamie - Lori Foster - Finished - 381

44. Berlin Game - Len Deighton - Finished - 432

45. A Murderous Procession - Ariana Franklin - Finished - 525

46. The Terraformers - Annalee Newitz - Finished - 338

47. Their Vicious Darling - Nikki St. Crowe - Finished - 248

48. The Answer to the Riddle Is Me - David Stuart MacLean - Finished - 304

49. The Summer Place - Jennifer Weiner - Finished - 432

50. Never Let You Go - Chevy Stevens - Finished - 406

51. The Lake of Dead Languages - Carol Goodman - Finished - 390

52. Men Are Like Waffles--Women Are Like Spaghetti - Bill & Pam Farrel - Finished - 256

53. Seduction in Death - J.D. Robb - Finished - 354 pages

54. First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones - Finished - 330 pages

55. The Witch of Tin Mountain - Paulette Kennedy - Finished - 331 pages

56. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much - Allison Hoover Bartlett - Finished - 274

57. Reunion in Death - JD Robb - Finished - 371

58. Dr. Death - Jonathan Kellerman - Finished - 354

59. 90 Minutes in Heaven - Don Piper - Finished - 206

60. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink - Finished - 218

61. Survive the Night - Daniella Vega - Finished - 288

62. Purity in Death - JD Robb - Finished - 355

63. Accused - Lisa Scottoline - Finished - 384

64. Grace Unplugged - Melody Carlson - Finished - 304

65. The 22 Murders of Madison May - Max Barry - Finished - 336

66. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation - Harold Schechter - Finished - 352

67. Cat & Mouse - James Patterson - Finished - 480

68. Wild Mountain Thyme - Rosamunde Pilcher - Finished - 294

69. The Murder House - James Patterson - Finished - 451

70. Stars of Fortune - Nora Roberts - Finished - 304

71. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - Kim Michele Richardson - Finished - 309

72. Edge of Evil - J.A. Jance - Finished - 400

73. Kiss the Girls - James Patterson - Finished - 458

74. Crank - Ellen Hopkins - Finished - 576

75. Glass - Ellen Hopkins - Finished - 720

76. Fallout - Ellen Hopkins - Finished - 720

77. Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem - Peter Ackroyd - Finished - 282

78. The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware - Finished - 340

79. Web of Evil - J.A. Jance - Finished - 368

80. Just After Sunset - Stephen King - Finished - 367

81. On the Line - Fern Michaels - Finished - 276

82. Portrait in Death - J.D. Robb - Finished - 347

83. Jack & Jill by James Patterson - Finished - 466

84. Locked Doors - Blake Crouch - Finished - 310

85. Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich - Finished - 296

86. Uganda Be Kidding Me - Chelsea Handler - Finished - 257

87. I Know a Secret - Tess Gerritsen - Finished - 374

88. Heads in Beds - Jacob Tomsky - Finished - 306

89. Pop Goes the Weasel - James Patterson - Finished - 461

90. Bay of Sighs - Nora Roberts - Finished - 319

91. Roses are Red - James Patterson - Finished - 378

92. Violets Are Blue - James Patterson - Finished - 391

93. The Jackal's Head - Elizabeth Peters - Finished - 245

94. Island of Glass by Nora Roberts - Finished - 315

95. Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag - Finished - 432

96. The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright - Finished - 261

97. The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds - Finished - 320

98. The Haunting of Josie by Kay Hooper - Finished - 213

99. Four Blind Mice by James Patterson - Finished - 383

100. The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas by Al Ridenour - Finished - 256

Bumping up.

A Thurber Carnival
Further Fables for Our Time
The Balance of Power STTNG
The Bees
Shabanu: Daughter Of The Wind
A Confusion of Princes
Sorry, Bro
Requiem STTNG
After the Rain
Paris for One and Other Stories
Debtors' Planet STTNG
Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary
Sins of Commission STTNG
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist

Oh. This might be harder than I predicted.
Well, life should be settling down for me fairly soon and giving me a chance to read other things than groups' children's books.

I finished on September 11 but just now remembered to update my list.

I'm actually pretty sure I'm close to done. I did read a lot of STTNG, and some classics, and some book club rec's, and some non-fiction. I've not the time/energy to list them, though, at least not now.

But of course you deserve applause; not only did you read the books, but you recorded them. :)

Edwina wrote: "I finished on September 11 but just now remembered to update my list."

Congratulations, Edwina. That is impressive.

Nancy wrote: "Edwina wrote: "I finished on September 11 but just now remembered to update my list."

Congratulations, Edwina. That is impressive."

Thanks, Nancy!