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Portable Magic

Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.

Currently reading

A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Ursula K. Le Guin
Whisper Network
Chandler Baker
Progress: 54 %
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Progress: 28 %
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Carolyn Keene
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
Gary Raisor, Richard Chizmar, Al Sarrantonio, Avram Davidson
Progress: 70/512 pages
Leading Change
John P. Kotter
Peanuts Classics
Charles M. Schulz
Progress: 66 %
The Bungalow Mystery
Carolyn Keene
Progress: 192/192 pages
The Bungalow Mystery #3
Carolyn Keene
Progress: 192/192 pages
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Russell H. Tandy, Mildred Benson, Carolyn Keene

Squares 12, 13, & 14 Suggestions for the 16 Festive Tasks

  

 

Here are my 4-5 star reads that fit Square 12 December 23rd, Square 13 December 25th, and Square 14 December 25th:

 

Festivus: Read anything comedic; a parody, satire, etc

  • Any Discworld book by Terry Pratchett
  • Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
  • Something Under the Bed is Drooling: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill Watterson
  • Weirdos from Another Planet!: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill Watterson
  • Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman

 

Saturnalia:  read any work of science fiction that takes place in space.

  • Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

 

Book themes for Christmas:  Read a book whose protagonist is called Mary, Joseph (or Jesus, if that’s a commonly used name in your culture) or any variations of those names (e.g., Maria or Pepe).

  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

 

Hogswatch Night: Of course - read Hogfather!  Or any Discworld book (or anything by Terry Pratchett)

  • Don't think I've rated any Discworld books less than 4 stars yet

 

Book themes for Dies Natalis Solis Invicti: Celebrate the sun and read a book that has a beach or seaside setting.  –OR– a book set during summertime. –OR– set in the Southern Hemisphere.

  • The Dry by Jane Harper
  • Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
  • Lost Girls by Robert Kolker
  • The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
  • The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

 

Quaid-e-Azam:  Pakistan became an independent nation when the British Raj ended on August 14, 1947. Read a book set in Pakistan or in any other country that attained sovereign statehood between August 14, 1947 and today

  • The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn (set in Guyana)