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A book with a number in the title: Nine Stories (1953) by JD Salinger

• They are good stories, but I wasn't going to keep it after I finished. But then the last story blew my mind.

Not part of the challenge:

Re-read: The Secret Garden (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett

• It took me longer than it should have to re-read this. I was distracted because my copy was falling apart, my cat kept stepping on my boobs, and I kept imagining what their lives would be like. If Mary were a real person and still alive today, she would be 115. Not too farfetched. Hopefully she would have realized her feelings towards Indians were messed up.


• My book is a paperback edition that was a tie-in with a tv movie. The cover has the three children in front of a Christmas tree, even though none of the book takes place during Christmas. Colin Firth has a small role.


• A lot of the book seemed like Dickon fanfiction.

First Reads: The Drafter (2015) by Kim Harrison

• Not too bad

Films of Norma Shearer (1976) by Jack Jacobs

An Untamed State (2014) by Roxane Gay

• Really good

Manga: Frankenstein (?) by Junjo Ito

• Couldn't help but laugh at the female creature

Manga: Free Soul (2004) by Ebine Yamaji

• Misread the description. Was kind of disappointed that the  story wasn't about a relationship between the main character and Angie.


• There was a slight incest subplot, but they were very flippant about it.

The Book of Negroes (2007) by Lawrence Hill

• Really good.

First Reads: Luminous (2015) by Kendra A. Ziems

• It was self published, could have used more editing.