hredwards giving it another try 2016

Book #1

Hot Rod Road by Carl Henry Rathjen

Book # 2

Images Of America: Around Butler by Vance Woods

Book #3

A Prairie Home Companion: The Christmas Companion by Garrison Keillor

Welcome back!

Thank you! Hope to do better this year!!

Book #4

Infallible Proofs by Alvin Knisley

Book #5

A Prairie Home Companion: Dusty And Lefty: The Lives Of The Cowboys by Garrison Keillor

>7 hredwards: For the last 6 or 7 years, mrsdrneutron and I have gone to Keillor's Memorial Day show in Washington DC with friends. He does a Guy Noir sketch every year, but I think there's only be one Dusty and Lefty sketch that whole time! He's announced that this year is his last, and I think Chris Thile is taking over. It'll be interesting to see whether they keep some of the drama they do.

I saw him years ago when he did the first Farewell tour. Took my Grandmother. Then a couple of years ago we saw them at an outdoor theater here in Kansas City. My wife and I, my grandmother having since passed.
Always enjoy his shows. Hate to see him retire but I guess all good things must come to an end. Don't think I know Chris Thile, but willing to give him a chance.

Book #6

A Prairie Home Companion: It's Only A Show by Garrison Keillor

Chris is an outstanding mandolin player from Nickel Creek and The Punch Brothers. He's big in Americana, folk and bluegrass, and has been on PHC bunches of times. He even has done some work with Yo Yo Ma! He'll do great with the music aspects of the show, we'll see about the storytelling. :)

Book #7

NPR Holiday Favorites by NPR

Book #8

Dear Mary: Lessons From The Mother Of Jesus For The Modern Mom by Sarah Jakes

Book #9

NPR Road Trips: Fairs And Festivals: Stories That Take You Away by NPR

Book #10

Mr. Mercedes: A Novel by Stephen King

Book #11

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales For Our Life And Times by James Finn Garner

Book #12

Flight To Terror by Michael Elder

Book #13

Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton

Book #14

My Side By King Kong by Walter Wager

Book #15

A Prairie Home Companion: A Few More Pretty Good Jokes by Garrison Keillor

Book #16

The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson

Interested to see that you have been reading plenty of Garrison Keillor books, Harold. I read Lake Wobegon Days maybe 25 years ago and found it homely amusing.

Nice to see you reading up a storm over here.

Thanks PaulCranswick. I drive a lot for work and like to listen to his stuff on CD. He has one of those good voices. I came so close to finishing last year that I'm determined to make it this year. I've always read everything I could get my hands on.

Thanks Paul. I drive a lot for work and love to listen to Keillor on CD. He has a great voice. I came so close to finishing the 75 last year that I am determined to make it this year. Plus I've always read everything I can get my hands on. Wow, you live in Malaysia. That's interesting. Looks like you have an eclectic taste in books too.

Book # 17

Stories From Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

Audio version of six stories from Warner Audio

I would say more that I have a somewhat scattergun approach to books Harold. I have garnered a somewhat deserved reputation for using slightly more than my disposable income on my book habit and employ a team of my driver (Azim) and my maid (Erni) to help me smuggle the books past my, loving but fearsome wife, Hani.

I have been in Malaysia since 1994 and my thread is often quite anecdotal about my misadventures there.

I understand about the smuggling, my wife says the house would fall down except for the books holding it up. I have started weeding out some but still bring in more. Although I'm more selective about what I bring home these days.

Book #18

America And Americans by John Steinbeck

Book # 19

The Dirty Old Mad by Mad Magazine

Book # 20

Beauty & The Beast by Ed McBain

>27 hredwards: Hani, my somewhat better half, has mentioned that I ought to call in a structural engineer to determine just how many more books can be squeezed into our home.

Have a great weekend.

PaulCranswick: I love that!!

Book # 21

Drunk In Madrid by Joyce Elbert

Book #22

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King audiobook version read by Stephen King

Book # 23

Ten Great Mysteries By Edgar Allan Poe edited by Groff Conklin

Book # 24

Dawn Of Infinite Dreams: The Legend Of Merlin Begins by Stephen Guyer

Book # 25

Restoration Church Sermon Summer Series 07/02/00 by Dan Elliott

Book #26

Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio by Paul McCartney and Carl Davis

Book # 27

The Mist: In 3D Sound! by Stephen King

Book #28

A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens/A Piano Jazz Christmas by Jonathan Winters and Various Artists

Book #29

The Savior by Marvin Werlin and Mark Werlin

Book # 30

The Hidden Trilogy: Icebreaker by Lian Tanner

Book #31

Land Of The Giants by Murray Leinster

Book #32

A Prairie Home Companion: Even More Pretty Good Jokes by Garrison Keillor

Have a great weekend.

Book #33

Franny And Zooey by J. D. Salinger

You too!!

Book # 34

Restoration Church Sermon SCRB 2001 Women's Retreat Evening Worship Service 03/10/2001 by Jim Bailey and Dan Elliott

Book # 35

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

Rip roaring good adventure yarn!! Dame Agatha pulls out all the stops with WWI just over and spies and intrigue. Kept me guessing until the end who the bad guy was. Top-Notch!!

Have a wonderful Easter.

Thank you!! Happy Easter to you!!

Book# 36

Growing Up by Russell Baker

Book #37

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers Part Two BBC Audio Collection by AVC Corporation/The Mind's Eye and The BBC

Book # 38

It's For You, Snoopy: Selected Cartoons From Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown, Volume 1 by Charles M. Schulz

Book # 39

Drag Racing by Charles Coombs

Book # 40

Voices Of The Hills: A Journey To Shannon County by Missouri Department Of Conservation

Halfway !!!

Book #41

Godspell & Old Time Radio Shows And Assorted Songs by Original Cast & Various Artists

Book # 42

The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

Book # 43

Milestones Of Thought: The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin
Abridged and Edited by Charlotte and William Irvine

Book # 44

Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 19th Series by Robert Ripley

Book # 45

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Book # 46

The Mind's Eyebeam by Sam Hurt

Book # 47

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Suprisingly to myself I really enjoyed this book!!

Book # 48

The Life & Times Of A Cat Lover by Bev Sparks

Book # 49

No Impact Man: The Adventures Of A Guilty Liberal Who Attempts To Save The Planet And The Discoveries He Makes About Himself And Our Way Of Life In The Process by Colin Beavan

Be interested to see what your 50th book is. Hopefully with not quite so long a title as #49.

Have a great weekend.

Thanks. You have a great weekend too!
My 50th book was kind of a letdown, it's one I've been reading for a long, long time and finally got through it.

Book #50

Exploring America In The 2000s: New Millennium, New U.S. by Molly Sandling & Kimberley L. Chandler, Ph.D. The College Of William & Mary's Center For Gifted Education

Book # 51

Follow Me Down by Shelby Foote

I really enjoyed this book.

Book # 52

A.D.: New Orleans After The Deluge by Josh Neufeld

Book #53

The Book Of Love (Ariel Books) by Armand Eisen

Book # 54

Then We Came To The End by Joshua Ferris

Book # 55

The Literary Cat: Miniature Edition (Miniature Editions) by Mini Books Doubleday

Book # 56

Steamed: A Steampunk Romance by Katie MacAlister

Don't bother...

Book #57

Heartquest Book #3: Secret Sorceress by Linda Lowery

Book #58

Too Mean To Die: The Incredible, True Story Of Ex-Con Nick The Greek by Nick Pirovolos with William Proctor

Book #59

The Quigmans by Buddy Hickerson

Book #60

The Oak King's Daughter by Charles De Lint

Book #61

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year Of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver

Book #62

Leaves Of Friendship From R W Emerson by R W Emerson

Dropping by to wish you a great weekend. A Year of Food Life? The Bean Trees revisited?

Hope you had a great weekend!! I don't know about the Bean Trees, The Year of Food Life was a non fiction account about how her family decided to only eat locally produced foods as much as possible. It was actually more interesting than I thought it would be. There were stories about them raising turkeys and chickens on their farm. And it kind of made me think about where food comes from more than just the grocery store.

Book # 63

Book Of Mormon Stories For Children by Nina Maloney

Book # 64

Doing The Possible: The Story Of Cane Creek, A Pioneer Church by Joseph M. Jones

Book #65

The Regatta Mystery by Agatha Christie

Book # 66

A Pattern Of Silver Strings by Charles De Lint

Book # 67

Glass Eyes And Cotton Strings by Charles De Lint

Book # 68

The Trouble With Jake's Double by Dean Marney

Book # 69

Green Hell: A Jack Taylor Novel by Ken Bruen

Book # 70

In Mask And Motley by Charles De Lint

Book # 71

101 Hamburger Jokes by Phil Hirsch

Book # 72

Laughter In The Leaves by Charles De Lint

Book #73

World Of Work: Choosing A Career In Animal Care by Jane Hurwitz

Book # 74

If You Were A Veterinarian by Virginia Schomp

Book # 75

The Kids Career Library: A Day In The Life Of A Veterinarian by Mary Bowman-Kruhm

Book #76

Inspector McQ Presents: All About Pets by Kathleen Kain

Book # 77

Laughter In The Leaves by Charles De Lint

Book # 78

And The Rafters Were Ringing by Charles De Lint

Congrats on blowing past 75!

Thank you!!
This has been fun!!

Book # 79

King Rat by James Clavell

Thank you PaulCranswick.

Book # 80

The Glow by Brooks Stanwood

Book # 81

Family Pets by Lola M. Schaefer

Book # 82

Farm Babies by Ann Rice

Book # 83

A Day In The Life Of A Veterinarian by Heather Adamson

Book #84

Say Woof!: The Day Of A Country Veterinarian by Gail Gibbons

Book # 85

The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes by Phyllis Krasilovsky

Book # 86

My Mom's A Vet by Henry Horenstein

Book #87

Sweet Valley High #1: Double Love by Kate William created by Francine Pascal

Book #88

The Lark In The Morning by Charles De Lint

Book # 89

My Pony Book by Louise Pritchard

Book # 90
A Letter To Sophie: The Story Of An Immigrant by Aziz Anis

Book #91

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke

The audio disc version, listening to it was better than reading it, but 26 discs...

Yup. It's a doorstop in either format... :)

I read the book but just couldn't get excited about it. Listening to it was better because the reader, Simon Prebble, did a wonderful job with the all the different voices. But at 26 discs it still went on far too long. I'm curious about the film version, if it is any good.

>117 hredwards: I'm planning to watch it at some point - need to see if it's on Netflix.

Me too.

Book # 92

Paradise Lost And Other Poems by John Milton introduction by Edward Le Comte

Book # 93

The Dead Man's Reel by Charles De Lint

Book # 94

The Stone Drum by Charles De Lint

Book # 95

By The Pricking Of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie

Book # 96

Ghosts Of Wind And Shadow by Charles De Lint

Book # 97

The Bone Woman by Charles De Lint

Book # 98

Yellow Fog by Les Daniels

Book # 99

Tropic Of Cancer by Henry Miller

Book # 100

Time Tunnel Adventure #2: Timeslip! by Murray Leinster

Book # 101

William M. Gaines's Three Ring Mad edited by Albert B. Feldstein

Book # 102

Goethe And Schiller: An Historical Romance by Luise Muhlbach

Book # 103

Upon The Head Of The Goat: A Childhood In Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka Siegal

PaulCranswick how are things in your end of the world?

Book # 104

The Man Of Bronze: The Fantastic Adventures Of Doc Savage #1 by Kenneth Robeson

Book # 105

What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway

Book # 106

All This And Snoopy, Too by Charles M. Schulz

Book # 107

Hickory Dickory Death by Agatha Christie

Book # 108

Darkness Wanes: A Sensor Novel by Susan Illene

Book # 109

True Crime Stories, Volume 2: Twelve Shocking True Crime Murder Cases by Jack Rosewood

Book # 110

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

Book # 111

The Gorilla Joke Book by Phil Hirsch

Book # 112

Becoming The Beach Boys, 1961-1963 by James B. Murphy

Book # 113

This Time Together: Laughter And Reflection by Carol Burnett

Book # 114

Self-Help: How To Gain Victory Over The Powers Of Darkness by Messianic Rabbi K. A. Schneider

Book # 115

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From The Making Of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

Book #116

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun

Book #117

Mystery Behind Dark Windows by Mary C. Jane

Book # 118

Fire Bound: A Sea Haven Novel by Christine Feehan

Book # 119

Undersea Quest by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson

Book # 120

The Cases That Haunt Us by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

Book # 121

Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 by Various Artists

Book # 122

Bill Dana As Jose Jimenez Greatest Bits by Bill Dana

Book #123

The button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart by Bob Newhart

Book #124

In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox by Carol Burnett

Book #125

Marilyn Monroe Confidential by Lena Pepitone & William Stadiem

Book #126

The Bobbsey Twins: Merry Days Indoors And Out by Laura Lee Hope

Book #127

Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

Book #128

Doc Savage #2: The Thousand-Headed Man by Kenneth Robeson

Book # 129

The Hawk & The Dove Series: The Hawk And The Dove by Penelope Wilcock

Awesome read!!

Wouldn't it be nice if 2017 was a year of peace and goodwill.
A year where people set aside their religious and racial differences.
A year where intolerance is given short shrift.
A year where hatred is replaced by, at the very least, respect.
A year where those in need are not looked upon as a burden but as a blessing.
A year where the commonality of man and woman rises up against those who would seek to subvert and divide.
A year without bombs, or shootings, or beheadings, or rape, or abuse, or spite.

2017.

Festive Greetings and a few wishes from Malaysia!

Love it!!
I'm ready for a year like that!!
Hope you had a festive Christmas and have a very Happy New Year Paul!! And your family too!!

Book # 130

A Diet Of Treacle by Lawrence Block

Looking forward to your continued company in 2017.
Happy New Year!

PaulCranswick Happy New Year!!