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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue | Mackenzi Lee

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I so thoroughly enjoyed this book about Monty, Percy, and Felicity, and their adventures while on their Grand Tour of Europe. There's adventure, romance, scandal, pirates, comedy, mystery, and friendship.

#NewYearWhoDis @Maria514626 @monalyisha
#LitsyAtoZ #G @BookishMarginalia
#ReadingThroughTheYears192021 #192021 #2017

monalyisha One of my faves from last year, too! 💖 5y

staci.reads Just finished reading this tonight and posted this one 5 minutes ago! 😁 5y

BookNerd9906 I can‘t wait to read this one! 5y

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CoffeeNBooks @staci.reads That's awesome! 😁 5y

CoffeeNBooks @BookNerd9906 It was so good! 5y

AutumnRLS I just ordered this off Amazon tonight when I saw they dropped the price! 5y

bookwrm526 I‘m listening to the sequel, focusing on Felicity, now. I‘m halfway done and it‘s just as good :) 5y

CoffeeNBooks @bookwrm526 I have that one in my classroom library also, so I'll be borrowing it soon to read! I'm glad to hear that it's just as good! 5y

Maria514626 Yay! 👏👏👏👏 I wish they lived in my neighborhood! (edited) 5y

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The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America | Erik Larson

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I learned so much about the Chicago World's Fair, the architects involved in creating it, and the community support for the fair. I learned about Ferris and his wheel, and the influences of the fair on people such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Walt Disney. Interwoven with the story of the Chicago World's Fair, however is the story of serial killer H.H. Holmes. #nonfiction #historicaldrama #truecrime #ReadingThroughTheYears192021 #192021 #2003

KathyWheeler When I bought this book, I bought it for the H.H. Holmes part of the story; however, I ended up actually being more interested in the architecture parts of the book. 5y

Lcsmcat My book group all loved this one, but were pretty evenly divided over which part they liked better. I liked both parts. 😀 5y

Bookish.SAM I really enjoyed this one! 5y

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Slajaunie I‘ve heard of H.H. Holmes. Creepy! 5y

jessinikkip I always have loved this book since I first read it years ago 5y

Crazeedi I really enjoyed reading this, Larsons nonfiction books are so readable, never boring 5y

nelehelen I love this book so much! 5y

Kaye NF 🌟 5y

Reviewsbylola Such a great book. 5y

CoffeeNBooks @Crazeedi I definitely want to read more of his books now! 5y

Zee3 I've been wanting to read this! I can't wait for the movie. 5y

5280reader Learning about the architecture in Chicago was so interesting! A favorite for sure. 5y

EmilyM I love all of his books! 5y

Biverson12 Read this for a book club and I loved it! Glad you liked it too! 5y

jz4usc This is an amazing book! 5y

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A Confederacy of Dunces | John Kennedy Toole

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I just finished my 1st book of 2019, this tragicomedy set in New Orleans in the 1960s. Ignatius J. Reilly is quite a character, as are several of the others you meet along the way in this story of Ignatius' search for a job and his place in society. Thanks for a great #NewYearWhoDis recommendation @Maria514626 @monalyisha #LitsyAtoZ #C @BookishMarginalia #ReadingClassicsIn2019 #ReadingThroughTheYears192021 #192021 #1980

monalyisha Knocked it out! Way to go! 🙌🏻 5y

Sos Billy Connolly recommended this in his 2 part programme Made in Scotland - will have to read it. 5y

DivineDiana Started this last year. Too many other book commitments got in the way. 🙁 Goal: Finish in 2019! 😉 5y

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emilyhaldi Woohoo!!! One of my fav books ever 🙌🏻 5y

laur89 This is on my TBR! Looking forward to reading it this year 😃 5y

BookishMarginalia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y

Maria514626 So glad you liked it! 👏👏 5y

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Challenge Accepted!: A Simple Strategy for Living Life on Purpose | James Woosley

In 2017, I found #192019 - a challenge to read a book published from 1920 - 2019. I had 3 years to do it - why not?
This has been THE BEST challenge ever. I got to authors & classics I‘d missed. Selecting & shopping for books became a scavenger hunt.
I recommend you do a challenge like this. Since 2019 is upon us, you could make a new one, #192021 - read books from 1920 to 2021 - you have 3 years. Consider it - it will enrich your life❤️

UrsulaMonarch I love this idea! Thanks! 5y

JaclynW Interesting idea! 5y

Sweettartlaura @UrsulaMonarch @JaclynW Do it🙌🏻. For me, it started as my birthday challenge - I figured I was already doing that so I‘d act like I was gonna go for all 100. And in no time, I was❤️ There are all sorts of resources out there, too - Goodreads has lists of the most popular books published each year; there‘s the NYT bestseller lists; there are award winners from each year. So much to help you choose ... and plenty of time to do it!!! 5y

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JaclynW @Sweettartlaura I think I will. I will plug in books I'm already reading and then fill in the holes. I've seen those lists on Goodreads, they would definitely be useful! It sounds like fun! And discovery! 5y

JaclynW @Sweettartlaura Did come up with the 3 year deadline yourself? 5y

Sweettartlaura Yay, @JaclynW 🙌🏻. No, I just happened to find this in 2017, so I had the time to manage it. If you expand it to 192021, you‘ll just also happen to have 3 years. If you REALLY want to get down to it and read 100 books this year, go for it 😜📚🙌🏻. Otherwise, you can spread it out as you like 😊 5y

Sweettartlaura And I think I found this via @Marchpane but I don‘t know who originated it🤷🏻‍♀️. @Marchpane was it you? 5y

Marchpane It was! I‘m still plugging away at it but on track to complete by the end of this year. I‘m sooo happy that you have found it so enjoyable! It‘s probably the best thing I‘ve done for my reading too 😊 5y

Sweettartlaura @Marchpane yay 😁 Thanks so much for this brilliant idea 💡 I love it so much that I decided, since I have the time, to go back to what I DNFed & try another book from that year ❤️ I should be done with all but a handful of books from the ‘20‘s. But I‘m sticking with it til the very end! Thanks again! 5y

llwheeler I've been loving this challenge too! You're much further ahead than me though, I'm at 38/100. It will be my main challenge focus this year. 😃 5y

Sweettartlaura @llwheeler Yay 🙌🏻 So glad we have a little tribe of 192019ers 🥰 You‘ve got a lot of great reading ahead! 5y

CoffeeNBooks I love this!! I'm adding it to my bullet journal right now! 📚 5y

Sweettartlaura @CoffeeNBooks Yay🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. You‘ll be so glad you did❤️ 5y

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