2017 - 2018 40 Book Challenge

And we're off!  Getting ready to start the school year and begin another challenge.  I just have to pace myself better to keep up with Ms. Greene and Mrs. Eberlein this year!! Titles with an asterisk are in our library or our adult library.

1. Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin - still good the 2nd time
2. Watchers - Dean Koontz - excellent read!
3. *The Matchmaker - Lisa Plumly - not my favorite
4. *Eyes at the Window - Evie Yoder Miller - WOW Amish murder mystery
5. *Marrying Daisy Bellamy - Susan Wiggs - sweet, perfect ending!
6. *Sphere - Michael Crichton - this guy knows how to write science/horror combos!
7. Brother Odd - Dean Koontz - oh my gosh, must get the others in the series!
8. The Rescue - Nicholas Sparks - get out the Kleenex!
9. *The Passenger - Lisa Lutz - so interesting!
10. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend - Katarina Bivald - so good!!
11. The Snowman - Jo Nesbo - I heard the movie was bad, but the book was good!
12. The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King - not his usual style, but VERY good.
13. *Just Another Girl - Elizabeth Eulberg  great book about preconceived notions
14. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer - Michelle Hodkin
15. Proof of Angels - Ptolemy Tompkins and Tyler Bledsoe
16. Dead Wake - Erik Larson - Tragic true story
17. Tribute - Nora Roberts
18. *All-of-a-kind Family - Sydney Taylor - a classic
19. *The Family Under the Bridge - Natalie Savage Carlson - another classic
20. The Black Sheep: The Definitive Account of the Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II - Bruce Gamble. 
21. *The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare
22. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
23. Midnight - Dean Koontz
24. River's End - Nora Roberts
25. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
26. 37 Seconds: Dying Revealed Heaven's Help - Stephanie Arnold and Sari Padorr
27. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto - Mitch Albom
28. The Distant Hours - Kate Morton
29. *What Happened to Goodbye? - Sarah Dessen
30. The Shack - W. Paul Young
31. *A Little Princess -Frances Hodgson Burnett
32. *Birdwing - Rafe Martin
33. Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
34. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain
Didn't make my 40 this year, but I was closer than I realized!  Maybe next year!