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Little Women

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March reading plans 2

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  So in the second category of books I want to read are the ones I have running for my own personal challenges and some series I wish to get to. The list will be in priority order from my highest to lowest. Authors I am focusing on: Agatha Christie * Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot #17 published in 1937. Book description (according to Good Reads): The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems.  * Murder in the Mews Hercule Poirot #18 published 1937. Book description (GoodReads):  Hercule Poirot is faced with four mystifying cases: "Murder in the Mews," "The Incredible Theft,...
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The final empire

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Author: Brandon Sanderson Series: Mistborn #1 Genre: Fantasy Original publication date: July 2006 Book description: Where ash falls from the sky, and mist dominates the night, evil cloaks the land and stifles all life. Criminal mastermind Kelsier teaches Allomancy, the magic of metals, to another Mistborn, urchin Vin 16. The unlikely heroine is distracted by rich Venture heir Elend. Can Kelsier's thieving crew take on the tyrant Lord Ruler and bring back colour to their world? Thoughts: As a reread I was already familiar with the characters and the world so this time I did not have a hard time getting into the book like the first time I read it.  I already liked Vin and Kelsier but again it feels very overwhelming. We have Vin a girl who has struggled all her life to survive in the current society and is very wary of people. She distrusts people and when strangers come up to her and offer to teach her to control an ability she did not know she was already using, she is ...
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John Dies at The End

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Author: David Wong Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Humor Published: 2007 Book description (from Good Reads):  STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why? You just have to trust me. The important thing is this: The drug is called Soy Sauce and it gives users a window into another dimension. John and I never had the chance to say no. You still do. I'm sorry to have involved you in this, I really am. But as you read about these terrible events and the ve...
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