Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Bout of Books 22: Day 2 Challenge & Reading Updates

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Challenge #2 created by Courtney Lynn
Year of You
Share a book that was published the year you were born. If you don't wish to disclose your age (that's fine; you'll get no judgment either way here), pick a book that was significant to your childhood.
The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned
My Year:
1989

The Mummy or Ramses The Damned
by Anne Rice

He was Ramses the Damned in ancient Egypt, but awoke in opulent Edwardian London as Dr. Ramsey, expert in Egyptology. He mixes with the aristocrats and samples their voluptuous lifestyle, but it is for his beloved, Cleopatra, that he longs, and will do anything to be with....

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Day Two Reading Updates
Strikethrough = finished
Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid (pages read: 0)
Landline by Rainbow Rowell (pages read: 0)
Darker by EL James (pages read: 58)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (pages read: 0)
Looking For Alaska by John Green (pages read: 0)
Questionable Content Vol. 2 by Jeph Jacques (pages read: 4)
Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney (pages read: 2)


Total Books Finished: o
Total Pages Read: 140


2 comments:

  1. I've read a lot of Anne Rice, but I don't think I ever got to this one. And I was in high school when it was published, so that's probably surprising. Enjoy your reading!

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  2. Good luck!! I really love Looking for Alaska and I WANT to read Landline.

    -Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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