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First book finished for #scarathlon!
#skeletoncrew @Emilymdxn

This book is a pick mainly because I have very fond memories of reading it as a child, and I still have my old battered copy that I'd gotten from a monthly Scholastic order. The writing is a bit uneven, but it's a good sci-fi adventure story with some heartwarming moments.

#ReadySetRead @bookwormjillk
#20in4 @Andrew65

As I continue with my #CenturyReadingChallenge I am starting this book by Jack Higgins, a standalone, published in #1968
Still got 22 years to read before the end of the year, a.though close to finishing an audiobook which will take it down to 21. Determined to do this by the end of the year.
This book takes in Greenland fir anyone doing a countries challenge.

Part V #Amazon #Bookhaul #AmericaAnd Americans #JohnSteinbeck

This should provide a wider perspective from which to view or current state of affairs here in the United States

This edition published in #1968 but was originally released in #1966

Includes 40 #photographs by well known #American #photographers if the time including #DianeRawson #AnselAdams #Sam Siegel and #French #photographer #HenriCartierBressom

An excellent story set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia‘s ‘dangerous‘ experiment with liberalism in 1968, and the growing anxiety in the rest of the Warsaw Pact countries. Read my Goodreads review at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41033697-prague-spring. #simonmawer #praguespring #historicalfiction #1968 #politics #communism #warsawpact #prague #czechoslovakia #fiction #contemporaryliterature #contemporaryfiction

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2. 125
3. Prague Spring by Simon Mawer.
4. Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks.
#2018checkin
#praguespring #simonmawer #historicalfiction #contemporaryfiction #1968

My last finish of the year (probably), and #1001books #190/1305. This novel takes place in 1950s-era Ukraine, and supposedly has a lot of wordplay in the original that didn‘t come through in translation. Bummer. It an interesting look at a very polluted steel town that is proud of its Cossack heritage. #192019 #1968

What a treat! This is a funny, heartfelt, beautifully written tale that truly deserves to be called a classic. Donna Tartt‘s pitch perfect narration made it even better. #BirthdayChallenge #1968

A new #audiobook on a new trail made for a most pleasant Sunday ramble today. And I am just loving this book so far. I can't think of anyone better to narrate it than Donna Tartt. #BirthdayChallenge #1968

A fun light read! I'm a huge fan of the Dragonriders of Pern series & of Anne McCaffrey. This is just what I needed after some heavy reads of late. & it's my first official challenge read #192019challenge #1968