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My Dusty Musty TBR Clean-up Challenge
4/12

NY1914 and earlier/Old School
1.Dr ThornebyAnthony Trollope
2.Crime and PunishmentbyFyodor Dostoevsky
3. The Great Adventure Catholic BiblebyJeff Cavins

1915-2005/New School
4. Tortilla FlatbyJohn Steinbeck
5. Our Man In HavanabyGraham Greene�15/1/25� � � � �
6. Snow Falling on CedarsbyDavid Guterson



My Six Bookshelf Dust Collectors
7.Sipping From the Nile: My Exodus from EgyptbyJean Naggar
8. Thomas Cromwell: A Lifeby Diarmaid MacCulloch�10/2/25� � � � �
9. Star of the SeabyJoseph O'Connor
10.Moon TigerbyPenelope Lively
11. The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605byAntonia Fraser
12. The Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O'ConnorbyJonathan Rogers�12/3/25� � � � �

Alternates
A-1. ClayhangerbyArnold Bennett
A-2. Just William: William's Treasure Trove (BBC Audio) by Crompton, Richmal on 07/01/2010 Unabridged editionbyRichmal Crompton
A-3 Interior FreedombyJacques Philippe�25/4/25� � � � �

Not sure if I will finish this one!

Challenge #2 - Members Choice Challenge Choose one book per category/genre for a total of 9 books.



1. 19th Century or Older - The Daughter of the Commandant by Alexander Pushkin �5/1/25� � � � �
2. 20th Century -Six Years at the Russian Court: Life with the family of Tsar Nicholas IIby Margaret Eager�3/1/25� � � �
3. 21st Century -Crossfireby Dick Francisand Felix Francis�12/1/25� � � � �
4. Nonfiction -Ancient Palmyra: The History and Legacy of One of Antiquity’s Greatest CitiesbyCharles River Editors�26/1/25� � � � �
5. An Author never read before - The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books byAuguste Groner�11/1/25� � � � �
6. Diversity, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours - book: Tevye the MilkmanbySholom Aleichem�8/1/25� � � � �
7. Members Choice Genre :RUSSIAN LITERATURE The SeagullbyAnton Chekhov�23/1/25� � � � �
8. Members Choice Genre -DRAMA The Merchant of VenicebyWilliam Shakespeare�23/1/25� � � � �
9. Members Choice Genre - THRILLER Our Man In HavanabyGraham Greene�15/1/25� � � � �

Science Fiction. Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Suspense, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Poetry, Romance, etc.

� 9/9 Completed 26/1/25

Challenge #3 - Expand Your Horizon with New Authors

Seek out at least six (6) authors that you have never previously read, from any genre or era you want.

1.Six Years at the Russian Court: Life with the family of Tsar Nicholas IIby Margaret Eager�3/1/25� � � �
2. Tevye the MilkmanbySholom Aleichem�8/1/25� � � � �
3.The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books byAuguste Groner�11/1/25� � � � �
3.Let the Light Pour InbyLemn Sissay�25/1/25� � � � �
4.Ancient Palmyra: The History and Legacy of One of Antiquity’s Greatest CitiesbyCharles River Editors�26/1/25� � � � �
5Go Tell It on the MountainbyJames Baldwin�28/1/25� � � � �
6.Dances with WolvesbyMichael Blake�2/2/25� � � � �
7Crow LakebyMary Lawson�4/2/25� � � � �
8.The Chosenby Elizabeth Lowry�8/2/25� � � � �
9.A severe mercy: C. S. Lewis and a pagan love invaded by Christ, told by one of the loversbySheldon Vanauken�9/2/25� � � � �
10.Thomas Cromwell: A Lifeby Diarmaid MacCulloch�10/2/25� � � � �

� Completed 10/2/25

Challenge #4 - Short Story Challenge
Read 18 short stories.
(18/18)
1. Tevye the MilkmanbySholom Aleichem�8/1/25� � � � �
2.The Feather Pillow / El Almohadón de Pluma (New Translation - Bilingual Edition)byHoracio Quiroga�10/1/25� � � � �
3.The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books byAuguste Groner�11/1/25� � � � �
4.The Angel at the GravebyEdith Wharton�25/1/25� � � � �
5.A BlunderbyAnton Chekhov�26/1/25� � � � �
6.The heart of Little Shikara and other storiesbyEdison [author:Stephen KingMarshall|284655]�18/1/25� � � � �
7.Strawberry SpringbyStephen King�23/2/25� � � �
8.One for the RoadbyStephen King�23/2/25� � � �
9.The JauntbyStephen King�23/2/25� � � �
10.The Hobo and the FairybyJack London�24/2/25� � � �
11.The Lady's Maid's BellbyEdith Wharton�24/2/25� � � �
12.Mr. Know-AllbyW. Somerset Maugham�25/2/25� � � �
13.The District DoctorbyIvan Turgenev�25/2/25� � � �
14.The RendezvousbyIvan Turgenev�25/2/25� � � �
15.The Little GovernessbyKatherine Mansfield�25/2/25� � � �
16.A Winter WalkbyHenry David Thoreau�25/2/25� � � � �
17.The Love of Long Agoby Guy de Maupassant�26/2/25� �
18.Two FriendsbyGuy de Maupassant�26/2/25� � �

✅Completed 26/2/25

Challenge #5 - Decade/Century/Millennium Challenge



Century
1900-1910 Tevye the MilkmanbySholom Aleichem�8/1/25� � � � �
1910-1920 ClayhangerbyArnold Bennett
1920-1930 The Man in the QueuebyJosephine Tey
1930-1940Here Was A ManbyNorah Lofts�17/2/25� � � � �
1940-1950 Horton Hatches the EggbyDr. Seuss�7/3/25� � � � �
1950-1960Our Man In HavanabyGraham Greene�15/1/25� � � � �
1960-1970 The Winter of Our Discontentby John Steinbeck
1970-1980 A Severe MercybySheldon Vanauken�9/2/25� � � � �
1980-1990 Dances with WolvesbyMichael Blake�2/2/25� � � � �
1990-2000 10Lb PenaltybyDick Francis�4/3/25� � � � �

Challenge 6 - Group Reads, Buddy Reads, or Moderators Run Amok
The challenge is to read 12 total books/stories from this year's selected group reads. Your reads can come from this year's poll winners, the Buddy Read Requests, or the new Moderators Run Amok! There should be plenty of choices.



1.The Merchant of VenicebyWilliam Shakespeare�23/1/25� � � � �
2.The Seagullby Anton Chekhov�24/1/25� � � �
3.The Angel at the GravebyEdith Wharton�25/1/25� � � � �
4.A Lost OpportunitybyLeo Tolstoy�5/3/25� � � � �
5.The Machine StopsbyE.M. Forster�6/4/25� � � � �
6.Mimsy Were The BorogovesbyLewis Padgett
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Challenge #7- Series Books � Start, Continue, Complete
Start/ Continue/ Complete:


I am continuing The Chronicles of Barchester at my own pace.:
Dr Thorne by Anthony Trollope

I starting the Alan Grant Mysteries by Josephine Tey
The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey

I am continuing the 5 Towns Series
Tales of the Five TownsbyArnold Bennett�15/2/25� � � �
ClayhangerbyArnold Bennett


I am continuing "The Great Courses/Modern Scholar lecture series.
The Great Courses:
The Great Courses - Classics of Russian Literature - Complete Course from The Teaching Company - Coursebooks & DVD by Irwin Weil�23/2/25� � � � �
Powerful Women of the Medieval WorldbyDorsey Armstrong�26/2/25� � � � �
Medical Mysteries Across HistorybyRoy Benaroch�11/3/25� � � � �
James Baldwin: The Man and His WorkbyRafael Walker�25/3/25� � � �


I am continuing Dirk Bogardes autobiography:
Great MeadowbyDirk Bogarde�24/2/25� � � � �

Challenge #8 - Travel the World One Continent at a Time.

8/8

AfricaA Burnt-Out Case byGraham Greene�25/2/25� � � �
AsiaSix Years at the Russian Court: Life with the family of Tsar Nicholas IIby Margaret Eager�3/1/25� � � �
Australia The Rosie ProjectbyGraeme Simsion�23/2/25� � � �
EuropeThe Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books byAuguste Groner�11/1/25� � � � �
North AmericaGo Tell It on the MountainbyJames Baldwin�28/1/25� � � � �
South AmericaThe Feather Pillow / El Almohadón de Pluma (New Translation - Bilingual Edition)byHoracio Quiroga�10/1/25� � � � �
*Antarctica The Impossible FirstbyColin O'Brady�16/1/25� � � �
*Read a book set in the country you'd most like to visitThe Merchant of VenicebyWilliam Shakespeare�23/1/25� � � � �

✅Complete on 16/3/25

Challenge #10 â€� Most Popular Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Books Listed by Year
Locate and list 10 books that most interest you from the year of your choice. The challenge is to read 3 books from that list.

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NOTE: click on the link above then change the date to the date you wish to search.

Books of Interest for 1949

1. The Weight of Gloryby C.S. Lewis
2.A Good Man Is Hard To Find, and Other StoriesbyFlannery O'Connor
3. ShanebyMatthew Reilly
4.Brat FarrarbyJosephine Tey�18/3/25� � � � �
5.Bartholomew and the OobleckbyDr. Seuss�7/3/25� � �
6. The ParasitesbyDaphne du Maurier
7.The Lady's Not for BurningbyChristopher Fry�7/3/25� � � � �
8.This I RememberbyEleanor Roosevelt
9.Robert Frost's PoemsbyRobert Frost
10.Death of a SalesmanbyArthur Miller

Completed �18/3/25

Challenge #11 - Future Classics
A Quarter of the 21st Century has passed; did you read any potential classics? For discussion, and the benefit and curiosity of our members please list 5 books you have read over the last 25 years that you believe will still be actively read in 50-100+ years.

Examples
These Five Were Great, I Believe They Will Stand the Test of Time
2003 - The Kite Runner
2006 - The Road
2011 - 11/22/63
2016 - A Gentleman in Moscow
2021 - The Lost Apothecary

The Future Classic Challenge - List 3 unread books published between 2000-2024 that you feel have the potential to become a classic. The challenge, read 1 of your 3 selections. Then let us know if you think it has a chance at greatness, or will it pass into oblivion.

Examples
These Might have a Chance at Greatness?
1. 2008 - The Hunger Games
2. 2012 - A Man Called Ove
3. 2024 - The Women

Book Chosen

These Five Were Great, I Believe They Will Stand the Test of Time
1.Wolf HallbyHilary Mantel
2.Bring Up the BodiesbyHilary Mantel
3.A Gentleman in MoscowbyAmor Towles
4.I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with DeathbyMaggie O'Farrell
5.The Marriage PortraitbyMaggie O'Farrell

These Might have a Chance at Greatness:
1.Thomas Cromwell: A Lifeby Diarmaid MacCulloch�10/2/25� � � � �
2.Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry TudorbyNathen Amin
3.The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor EnglandbyJoanne Paul

Completed �18/3/25

Using the below categories or a selection of your own pick three subjects of interest and read a fiction book and a non-fiction book about that subject. Total number of books for this challenge is six.


FICTION/NON FICTION


1.Russian Literature
Non Fiction:
The Great Courses - Classics of Russian Literature - Complete Course from The Teaching Company - Coursebooks & DVD by Irwin Weil�23/2/25� � � � �
Fiction :
The Daughter of the Commandant by Alexander Pushkin �5/1/25� � � � �
The Queen of Spadesby Alexander Pushkin
Tevye the MilkmanbySholom Aleichem�8/1/25� � � � �
The Seagullby Anton Chekhov�24/1/25� � � �
Poor FolkbyFyodor Dostoevsky�26/1/25� � � � �
A BlunderbyAnton Chekhov�25/1/25� � � � �
The District DoctorbyIvan Turgenev�25/2/25� � � �
A Lost OpportunitybyLeo Tolstoy�5/3/25� � � � �
The Kreutzer SonatabyLeo Tolstoy�24/3/25� � � �
My ChildhoodbyMaksim Gorky

✅Completed 29/3/25-but I may add some more as I love these authors!


2.Tudor/Stuart England
Non Fiction:
Thomas Cromwell: A Lifeby Diarmaid MacCulloch�10/2/25� � � � �
Fiction:
The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I byAlison Weir�9/3/25� � � �
Here Was A ManbyNorah Lofts�17/2/25� � � � �
✅Completed 29/3/25-but I may add some more as I love these authors!



Grateful thanks to the Merton Centre for this photograph of Thomas Merton.
Pilgrimage/Spirituality/monasticism/prayer:
Non Fiction
Thomas Merton on Pilgrimage to the Holy LandbyThomas Merton�6/2/25� � � �
Ways of Prayer: A Desert Father's Wisdom (Now You Know Media Audio Learning Course) by Thomas Merton byThomas Merton�30/3/25� � � � �
A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a PilgrimbyMorris L West�28/3/25� � � �
Interior FreedombyJacques Philippe�25/4/25� � � � �
Fiction
The Machine StopsbyE.M. Forster�6/4/25� � � � �
✅Completed 25/4/25


6.Memoir/Biography
Non Fiction
Six Years at the Russian Court: Life with the family of Tsar Nicholas IIby Margaret Eager�3/1/25� � � �
A severe mercy: C. S. Lewis and a pagan love invaded by Christ, told by one of the loversbySheldon Vanauken�9/2/25� � � � �
Great MeadowbyDirk Bogarde�24/2/25� � � � �
Fiction
The Chosen: who pays the price of a writer's fame?byElizabeth Lowry�8/2/25� � � � �
Here Was A ManbyNorah Lofts�17/2/25� � � � �
✅Completed 2/3/25


20th century Novelists
(Eg:Neville Shute,Graham Greene,Ernest Hemmingway,John Steinbeck,john Wyndham,Daphne DuMaurier,Nevil Shute,Flannery O'Connor,Josephine Tey,Jack London,Zane Grey,Morris Westetc)
Fiction
Our Man In HavanabyGraham Greene�15/1/25� � � � �
The Living RoombyThe Living RoombyGraham Greene�3/3/25� � � �
A Burnt-Out Caseby Graham Greene�25/2/25� � � �
Go Tell It on the MountainbyJames Baldwin�28/1/25� � � � �
Here Was A ManbyNorah Lofts�17/2/25� � � � �
The Lady's Not for BurningbyChristopher Fry�7/3/25� � � � �
The PlaguebyAlbert Camus�10/3/25� � � �
A Late Encounter with the Enemyby Flannery O'Connor�11/3/25� � � �
Brat FarrarbyJosephine Tey�18/3/25� � � � �
The U. P. Trailby Zane Grey�21/3/25� � �
The YearlingbyMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings�5/4/25� � � � �
Trumpet of the SwanbyE.B. White
Ring A RosesbyMarie Joseph
�1/5/25� � � �

Non Fiction
The Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O'ConnorbyJonathan Rogers�10/3/25� � � � �
James Baldwin: The Man and His WorkbyRafael Walker�25/3/25� � � �
A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a PilgrimbyMorris L West�28/3/25� � � �
All Creatures Great and Small: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country VetbyJames Herriot
�15/4/25� � � � �

✅Completed 29/3/25-but I may add some more as I love these authors!

Challenge #13 - Old and New Linked Categories

Using the below categories or choices of your own, pick three subjects of interest. Link the chosen subjects to an old book 1914 or earlier to a newer book 1915 -present. Total number of books for this challenge is six.

Categories

Genres-Romance, Science Fiction, etc.
Contains a Trial
Has a Murder
Contains Time Travel
Coming of Age
Set on or has The Sea involved
Animals
School
Life Changing Action
Survival
Friendship
Bravery/Courage
Generation Gap
(Example:
Life Changing Action
Old - A Horseman in the Sky
New - A Separate Peace)

1.An Error in Judgement - Paying the Ultimate Price
The Lady's Maid's BellbyEdith Wharton (1902)�24/2/25� � � �
A Burnt-Out CasebyGraham Greene(1960)�25/2/25� � � �

2.Travel
Little Governessby Katherine Mansfield(1915)�25/2/25� � � �
The Impossible FirstbyColin O'Brady�16/3/25� � � �

3..Genre:History
Powerful Women of the Medieval WorldbyDorsey Armstrong�26/2/25� � � � �
The Lady's Not for BurningbyChristopher Fry�7/3/25� � � � �
Gettysburg AddressbyAbraham Lincoln�9/3/25� � � � �

Completed on 16/3/25 �

Challenge #14 - Publishers Weekly lists of Bestselling Novels in the United States

The below link provides a list of bestsellers from 1895-2023. Pick 10 years of interest. List the bestseller for each year selected. If you have read it, list the 2nd bestseller and so on. Ideas for picking years: birth years for family and friends, memorable events graduations, anniversaries, etc. or historic events.



NOTE: click on the link above then Look for the blueish info bar, just under it you will find a list of decades from 1890-2020. Click the decade needed and search individual years.

Example:
1899 - David Harum: A Story of American Life
1938 - The Yearling
1956 - Don't Go Near the Water
1975 - Ragtime
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The Bestseller Challenge from your list of 10 books pick two. One from a genre outside your comfort zone. You may surprise yourself and like it. If it ends as DNF no problem at least you tried. Book two should be a book you think has a chance at 4 or 5 stars.
1.TrilbybyGeorge du Maurier�
2.The RosarybyFlorence L. Barclay�
3.Mr. Britling Sees it ThroughbyH.G. Wells�
4.So BigbyEdna Ferber
5.Green LightbyLloyd C. Douglas�
6.The CitadelbyA.J. Cronin�
7.The Moon Is DownbyJohn Steinbeck
8.The U P TrailbyZane Grey�
9.AirportbyArthur Hailey�
10.WonderbyR.J. Palacio�

Books Chosen (But would like to have read them all!)
1.The U P TrailbyZane Grey�21/3/25� � � �
2.WonderbyR.J. Palacio�8/3/25� � � � �

✅Completed 8/3/25-but I may add some more as I love these authors!

Challenge #15 - Award Winners
From the below book prize lists, or a prize from your country or local region, seek out and read two award winning books. Please let the group know what prize list or lists you use, as well as the book information.

Nobel Prize in Literature - since 1901
...
Booker Prize - since 1969
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - since 1918
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Hugo Award - since 1953
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Newberry Medal - since 1922
...
European Union Prize for Literature - since 2009

SEE :British Book Awards
Baillie Gifford Prize

Books Chosen
1.Last Stop on Market StreetbyMatt de la PeñaNewberry Medal�23/2/25� � � � �
2.Australia The Rosie ProjectbyGraeme Simsion�23/2/25� � � �(Australia Book of the Year 2014)

Completed on 16/3/25 �

Challenge #16 - A-Z Title Challenge
I find this to be a very difficult challenge, many others consider it one of their favorites. For those who really enjoy this challenge in its pure form use all 26 letters. For those of us who struggle, with this challenge consider it successful by using only 23 letters. There are 4 optional letters marked with an (*), you only need to use one.

AA Burnt-Out CasebyGraham Greene �25/2/25� � � �
BBrat FarrarbyJosephine Tey�18/3/25� � � � �
CThe Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books byAuguste Groner�11/1/25� � � � �
D The Daughter of the Commandant by Alexander Pushkin �5/1/25� � � � �
EThe Early Stories of Truman CapotebyTruman Capote

FThe Feather Pillow / El Almohadón de Pluma (New Translation - Bilingual Edition)byHoracio Quiroga�10/1/25� � � � �
GGo Tell It on the MountainbyJames Baldwin�28/1/25� � � � �
HHere Was A ManbyNorah Lofts�17/1/25� � � � �
IThe Impossible FirstbyColin O'Brady�16/3/25� � � �
JJames Baldwin: The Man and His WorkbyRafael Walker�25/3/25� � � �
KThe Kreutzer SonatabyLeo Tolstoy�24/3/25� � � �
LLet the Light Pour InbyLemn Sissay�25/1/25� � � � �
MThe Merchant of VenicebyWilliam Shakespeare�23/1/25� � � � �
NA Night in with Grace KellybyLucy Holliday

OOur Man In HavanabyGraham Greene�15/1/25� � � � �
P Dostoevsky: Poor People Unabridged Audio MP3 by Fyodor Dostoevsky�25/1/25� � � � �
*Q
RThe RivalsbyRichard Brinsley Sheridan�3/2/25� � � � �
S Six Years at the Russian Court: Life with the family of Tsar Nicholas IIby Margaret Eager�3/1/25� � � �
T Tevye the MilkmanbySholom Aleichem�8/1/25� � � � �
UThe U. P. TrailbyZane Grey�25/3/25� � � �
VA View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim�28/3/25� � � �
WWonderbyR.J. Palacio�8/3/25� � � � �
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*Y The YearlingbyMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings�5/4/25� � � � �

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Challenge #17 - A-Z Author Challenge
I find this to be a very difficult challenge, many others consider it one of their favorites. For those who really enjoy this challenge in its pure form use all 26 letters. For those of us who struggle, with this challenge consider it successful by using only 23 letters. There are 4 optional letters marked with an (*), you only need to use one.

A Tevye the MilkmanbySholom Aleichem�8/1/25� � � � �
BGo Tell It on the MountainbyJames Baldwin�28/1/25� � � � �
CThe PlaguebyAlbert Camus�3/3/25� � � �
D Dostoevsky: Poor People Unabridged Audio MP3 by Fyodor Dostoevsky�8/2/25� � � � �
E Six Years at the Russian Court: Life with the family of Tsar Nicholas IIby Margaret Eager�3/1/25� � � �
FCrossfireby Dick Francis�12/1/25� � � � �
GThe Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books byAuguste Groner�11/1/25� � � � �
HHow It Feels to Be Colored MebyZora Neale Hurston�29/3/25� � � � �
IThe UnconsoledbyKazuo Ishiguro
JRing A Rosesby Marie Joseph�1/5/25� � � � �
KThe Caller in the NightbyBurton Kline�29/3/25� �
LCrow LakebyMary Lawson�4/2/25� � � � �
MThomas Cromwell: A Lifeby Diarmaid MacCulloch�10/2/25� � � � �
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OThe Impossible Firstby Colin O'Brady�16/3/25� � � �
P The Daughter of the Commandant by Alexander Pushkin �5/1/25� � � � �
*QThe Feather Pillow / El Almohadón de Pluma (New Translation - Bilingual Edition)byHoracio Quiroga�10/1/25� � � � �
RYou Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling LifebyEleanor Roosevelt
SThe Merchant of VenicebyWilliam Shakespeare�23/1/25� � � � �
TThomas Merton lectures in Thomas Merton on Pilgrimage to the Holy LandbyThomas Merton�5/2/25� � � � �
U
VA severe mercy: C. S. Lewis and a pagan love invaded by Christ, told by one of the loversbySheldon Vanauken�9/2/25� � � � �
WThe Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary IbyAlison Weir�9/3/25� � � �
Y
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*Z

Have fun with your planning! I really enjoyed Crow Lake and Dr. Thorne.

Matt wrote: "Good luck Vicky! Great Old & New."

Thanks,Matt!I'm still pondering that one but it's genuine attempt to clear out old books I've had for years!

Wobbley wrote: "Have fun with your planning! I really enjoyed Crow Lake and Dr. Thorne."

Thanks Wobbley!I'm looking forward to Crow lake!

Welcome to the games, Vicky. Dr. Thorne is, perhaps, my favorite Trollope, so seeing it on your list made me smile.

Ooo you made me interested in the fiction/nonfiction challenge. I wasnt sure what it was! Lol
Best wishes!

I also noticed your fiction/nonfiction section, which is quite impressive. I have also used the Great Courses lectures for that challenge and have loved many of them. Good luck!