Category Archives: 2012 EBooks Challenge
(E-)Book Read! THE CHINESE MAZE MURDERS by Robert Van Gulik
Title: The Chinese Maze Murders: A Judge Dee Mystery Author: Robert Van Gulik Publication date: 1950 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 284 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: The University of Chicago Press First sentence: “Judge Dee leaned back in his chair.” P. 99: “Chien stared at the judge with burning eyes.” Last sentence: …
E-)Book Read! EVELINA by Frances Burney
Title: Evelina or the History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World Author: Frances Burney Publication date: 1778 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 444 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: Project Gutenberg First sentence: “Can any thing, my good Sir, be more painful to a friendly mind, than a necessity of communicating disagreeable …
(E-)Book Read! THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU by Joshua Henkin
Title: The World without You Author: Joshua Henkin Publication date: June 19, 2012 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 336 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: NetGalley First sentence: “‘Here’, she says, ‘I’ll get you a sweater.’” P. 99: “”She’s at one baseline with a bucket at her feet, and Clarissa, at the other baseline, …
(E-)Book Read! I’M STARVED FOR YOU by Margaret Atwood
Title: I’m Starved for You Author: Margaret Atwood Publication date: March 7, 2012 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 42 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: Amazon Kindle First sentence: “Stan opens the large green locker and stows away the clothes he’s been wearing: the shorts, the T-shirts, the jeans, the summer stuff.” Last sentence: …
(E-)Book Read! EEN ZOMER APART by Hans Vervoort (in Dutch)
Auteur: Hans Vervoort Titel: Een zomer apart Publicatiedatum: 1983 Aaantal bladzijden: 102 Originele taal: Nederlands Gelezen in: Nederlands Gekregen via de website van de auteur Eerste zin: “‘Hoe is het vandaag met hem?’, vroeg ik.” Laatste zin: “Troostend legde ik een arm om haar heen en een minuut later waren we in een diepe slaap.” …
(E-)Book Read! DEAD SCARED by S.J. Bolton
Title: Dead Scared Author: S.J. Bolton Publication date: 2012 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 384 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: NetGalley First sentence: “When a large object falls from a great height, the speed at which it travels accelerates until the upward force of air resistance becomes equal to the downward propulsion of …
(E-)Book Read! THE PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTITIONER by Larry Abrams
Title: The Philosophical Practitioner Author: Larry Abrams Publication date: 2011 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 216 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: NetGalley First sentence: “I had my feet up on my desk and my hands clasped behind my neck, trying once again to puzzle out why science progressed so much faster than everything …
(E-)Book Read! THE JOURNEY by Dan O’Brien
Title: The Journey Author: Dan O’Brien Publication date: 2010 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 87 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: Won in a giveaway organized by The Australian Bookshelf. First sentence: “The open arms of the darkness embraced the being, the one that had been called Th’bir.” Last sentence: “His footprints soon erased …
(E-)Book Read! THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO by Ann Radcliffe
Title: The Mysteries of Udolpho Author: Ann Radcliffe Publication date: 1794 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 953 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: Smashwords First sentence: "On the pleasant banks of the Garonne, in the province of Gascony, stood, in the year 1584, the chateau of Monsieur St. Aubert." P. 99: "Emily could no …
(E-)Book Read! THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER by Muriel Spark
Title: The Hothouse by the East River Author: Muriel Spark Publication date: 1973 Original Language: English Read in: English Number of Pages: 144 Fiction/Non-Fiction Where From: Won in a giveaway organized by Caroline from Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Open Road Media. I read this book for Muriel Spark Week (April 23rd-29th 2012), organized …
