Book Reading.......

[disneydream06]

I finished up No. 51 last night on break.
I did my annual reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. :)


Book List 2016:
1. Schooled in Revenge by Jesse Lasky
2. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
3. Kicking and Dreaming by Ann & Nancy Wilson with Charles R. Cross
4. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
5. A Kingdom Keepers Adventure: The Syndrome:Finders Keepers Losers Sleepers by Ridley Pearson
6. The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett
7. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
8. Before Tomorrowland by Jeff Jensen/Jonathan Case/Brad Bird/Damon Lindelof
9. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
10. Dean and Me(A Love Story) by Jerry Lewis and James Kaplan
11. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
12. Detective Strongoak and The Case of the Dead Elf by Terry Newman
13. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
14. The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice by M. G. Lord
15. They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
16. Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
17. The Return: Disney Lands by Ridley Pearson
18. The Return: Legacy of Secrets by Ridley Pearson
19. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
20. If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White
21. Confirmed Diagnosis by Mary King
22. The Book of Deacon by Joseph R. Lallo
23. Cyndi Lauper A Memoir by Cyndi Lauper with Jancee Dunn
24. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
25. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
26. 4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie
27. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
28. Complications by Mary King
29. The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino
30. The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic by Jason Surrell
31. The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Cristie
32. A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson
33. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
34. Gods & Monsters A Novel by Christopher Bram
35. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
36. Abigail & John Portrait of a Marriage by Edith B. Gelles
37. 9 to 5 by Thom Racina
38. Life Among the Lutherans by Garrison Keillor
39. Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch by Serena Valentino
40. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
41. Blinded By The Sight by S. L. Smith
42. Shirley Jones A Memoir by Shirley Jones
43. A Story Lately Told by Anjelica Huston
44. Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich
45. Top Secret Twenty One by Janet Evanovich
46. Tricky Twenty Two by Janet Evanovich
47. At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christe
48. Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton
49. A Christmas Story by Jean Shephard
50. Nemesis by Agatha Christie
51. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Comments

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

51. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

a perfect book for this time of the year!!

now on to 55 !!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Maybe 52. :p

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

55 :pppppppppp

I'm sure!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Only if I find a lot more time to do some reading. LOL.....

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

search Jon!! Search!!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

LOL..........

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

but keep chatting to me too hahahaha

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Well, tonight I am off to a concert, so I will be way behind on LJ and emails, so probably not much reading going to be done. :o

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

what concert are you going too?

if you are at it now.. have fun!!!!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I saw Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders were the opening act. I have a few pictures I need to download and get posted. :)

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

oooooooooohh that sounds nice!!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

The concert was great. The audience was not. :o

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

oh no !! That can ruin so much!!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

It really can.
Thankfully it didn't that night. I was annoyed, but I was able to enjoy the concert still. :)
I will try to get some pictures posted this weekend. :)

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

that's great to hear.

i'm looking forward to them

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

I need to finish my current book before I embark on my annual re-read. I still have time!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

It's a great read for the holidays. :)

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

Deffo. I have been reading it every Christmas for years.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I think I have only been reading it for the last 4 or so.

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure when I first started? Probably a few years more. It's a good tradition! I tend to read it slightly closer to Christmas itself.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I wanted to make sure I had it done by Christmas. :p
Wasn't sure I could start another book and get it done with time to spare before Christmas. lol...

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

Understandable. I have quite a lot of Dickens to get through before I get to that one.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I have tried to read some others, but he is a really TOUGH read. :o

[techgirl-on-ij.livejournal.com]

I still haven't read A Christmas Carol. I really should give it a try!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

His style of writing is hard to read some times, but it's worth it for Carol. :)

[seaivy.livejournal.com]

always read Dickens also

do you have a favorite movie version?

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I love the Muppets version.
Funny, Touching, Great Songs. :)

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Probably the best book to read for Xmas.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I think I would have to agree with you. :)

[britalone.livejournal.com]

It's a great story, isn't it?

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

It really is. :)

[owlstorm_9]

finished that book recently too.... as good as always!!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Now to start watching some movie versions. lol.....

[elkster.livejournal.com]

So you've improved on last year's numbers then. Is the yearly reading of A Christmas Carol a personal ritual?

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kind of stole the ritual from another friend. lol...
It's a personal best this year, but I don't imagine I will be beating it any time soon. LOL...
I joked with another friend that I was going to read one book next year, War and Peace. LOL..........

[elkster.livejournal.com]

Think that was me last month? Cool ritual though, i don't think I've read it yet.

Also, must be time I posted my books (said this last month too!)

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Waits patiently. :p

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

I need to find a Christmas book to read. Thinking which one...

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Other then Carol, I can't think of one of the top of my head. LOL........

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

There is a Piorot one, but I have read it a few times. And James Harriot has one I think. ;-)

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I think I have read the Piorot Christmas story. :)

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

It is a really good one! He has no heat and gets invited to stay at a mansion type house where there is a murder. I think that is the way it goes. Something about the Christmas pudding and an ice covered pond?

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

It's been awhile since I have read it, but I think it was good. Standard Christie. :)

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

Yes, how Christmasy is that a Cozy Murder, hah!!
(Very standard Christie).

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

LOL.......