Meramec is hanging in there!

We've slipped a little, but we're still hanging on!
 
The 11 participants in the Meramec Reading the Dream Team read 38 books, 9572 pages in February. Betty is the powerhouse again with 13 books and 2433 pages.

Here's what we read:

The Affinity Bridge- George Mann

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power- Jon Meacham

Far From the Tree- Andrew Solomon

Friendfluence- Arlin Flova

Beer, Brats, and Baseball- Jim Merkel

The Mystery of the Cross- Judith Couchman

The Bosnians: an introduction to their history and culture- Lynn Maners

Lutheran Questions,  Lutheran Answers- Marin Marty

The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant - Guy de Maupassant

Return of Jeeves- Wodehouse

Bertie Wooster Sees It Through- Wodehouse

The Butler did It- Wodehouse

Old Reliable- Wodehouse

A Discovery of Witches- Deborah Harkness

Shadow of Night- Deborah Harkness

Jewels of Paradise- Donna Leon

Where’d You Go,  Bernadette?- Maria Semple

Casual Vacancy- J.K. Rowling

The Dark Room- Rachel Seiffert

Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power- Jon Meachem

Paris Wife- Paula McClain

The Dinner- Herman Koch

Bullspotting: Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation- Loren Collins

Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn

A Week in Winter- Maeve Binchy

The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln- Stephen L Carter

Christmas Promise- Balogh

Under the Mistletoe- Balogh

It Happened One Night- Balogh

Reasons for Marriage- Laurens

Nightsong- Berk

Enemy Pie- Munson

Tooth Mouse- Hood

Charley’s First Night- Hest

Each Kindness- Woodson

Lady of Expectations- Laurens

Unwilling Conquest- Laurens

Importance of Being wicked- Alexander

Lord Stillwell’s Excellent Engagement- Alexander

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour bookstore- Robin Sloan

FLO IS LOSING READERS HOPING TO GUILT THEM BACK. LOL

Once upon a time the folks at Flo were very excited about the Book Challenge but, now the novelty seems to have faded away.  Gone With the Wind, you might say.  Still there are a few of us reading away, and making notes on what we've read.  So, here are our pretty patheitic numbers but, still pretty darn good for 4 people.

4 PARTICIPANTS

12 BOOKS

4494 PAGES

Our Ms Abby in Wildwood is still a reading machine logging in with big numbers for the month of February:

     7 BOOKS

     2093 PAGES

THE BOOKS WE READ



A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin

Crime by Von Schirach

Mr. Churchill's Secretary: A Novel by Susan Elia MacNeal

Racketeer by Joh Grisham

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Genius of Dogs by Brian Hare

Fightin': New and Collected Stories by Simon J Ortiz

Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin

The Invisible Woman: the Story of Nelly Terran and Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin

Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle and Helge Dascher

Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China by Guy Delisle and Helge Dascher

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle and Helge Dascher

Chasing Amanda by Melissa Foster

Birds in Fall by Brad Kessler

Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt

Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

HPIR February numbers

In February our 5 readers read 20 titles for a total of 5366 pages. Jim was the leader with 1842 pages. Jane and Sheila brought up second and third place with 1001 and 921 pages, respectively. Here's what we read:

The Man on the Balcony / Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahloo

From Doon with Death / Ruth Rendell

Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog / William Badke

The Laughing Policeman / Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahloo

Formulas and Improvisation in Participatory Music (in Musical Improvisation, ed. By Gabriel Solis and Bruno Nettl)/ Thomas Turino

A Moveable Feast/ Ernest Hemingway

Gone Girl/ Gillian Flynn

Creole Belle/ James Lee Burke

Red Harvest / Dashiell Hammett

"Wasn't That a Time!" : First Hand Accounts of the Folk Music Revival/ Edited by Ronald D. Cohen

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The Dain Curse/ Dashiell Hammett

Short nights of the shadow catcher/ Timothy Egan

Sweet Tooth  / Ian McEwan

A New Lease of Death / Ruth Rendell

The Maltese Falcon / Dashiell Hammett

My First Coup d'Etat/ John Dramani Mahama

The Bat / Jo Nesbo

Fifth Assassin / Brad Metzler

Third Bullet / Stephen Hunter

HOLY MOLY, I FORGOT!

I can't believe my mind is so cluttered with all this work stuff, I totally blanked on the blog!  My sincerest apologies to my team.  It's not like I had much to brag about.  Almost nobody participated for the month of January.  I think we all forgot to keep track, plus there was a bit of confusion about the way we were running our portion of the challenge so it wasn't clear to some that we were still participating.  but, that's okay, we have time to make up for our slacking here at The Valley.

For January we had a whopping 3 people participate with a total of 7 whole books read.  Number of pages?  3291.  "Wah-wah".  :(

Abby at Wildwood however, managed to get in 6 books for a total page count of 2005.  Thank God for our dear friend Abby!

Not messing with a list of stuff we read this time around but, next blog will be back to my usual fare.  Complete with photos and everything.

Don't stop reading!