Friday, September 9, 2016

July and August...the end of the dream.

July and August...the end of the dream.

Robertson, Randy. "Wee Westie with Glasses" [photo] 1 Nov. 2006, Web. 9 Sept. 2016, www.flickr.com.
Used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic.

This marks the end of the Challenge year, and the end of the STLCC participation in the Missouri Reading Challenge. Unless, of course, we pick it up again in the future with a new volunteer team captain. End of year totals will be posted soon. Meanwhile, in July we had 5 participants who read 13 books, 4396 pages, and in August our 4 readers read 19 books, 6251 pages.

July Books:
When She wokeHillary Jordan
The Tiger's WifeTea Obreht
Open and ShutDavid Rosenfelt
End of the affairGraham Greene
Frank: the voiceJames Kaplan
The Mission SongJohn le Carré
Foggy Mountain Troubador: The Life and Music of Curly SecklerPenny Parsons
America's War For the Greater Middle East : A Military History Andrew J. Bacevich.
At Weddings and WakesAlice McDermott
After ThisAlice McDermott
The Tiger's WifeTea Obreht
The Golden CompassPhilip Pullman
Chance DevelopmentsAlexander McCall Smith
August Books:
Dark MoneyJane Mayer
Revolving Door of LifeAlexander McCall Smith
Travels with Charley: in search of AmericaJohn Steinbeck
Space at the table: conversations between an evangelical theologian and his gay sonBrad & Drew Harper
Kane and AbelJeffrey Archer
Our Kind Of TraitorJohn Le Carré
To the Top of the Mountain: An Intercrime Novel Arne Dahl
Small Town Talk : Bob Dylan, the Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & Friends in the Wild Years of WoodstockBarney Hoskyns
The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain
Heroes of the FrontierDave Eggers
Midnight SunJo Nesbo
On Chesil BeachIan McEwan
The Black PresidencyMichael Eric Dyson
HomegoingYaa Gyasi
Man Gone DownMichael Thomas
The Subtle KnifePhilip Pullman
The ExpatriatesJanice Y. K. Lee
The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins

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