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2018 Movie Books Release Challenge
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2018 Movie Books Release ChallengeI am offering a release challenge again for 2018. No prizes, only bragging rights.
Rules: 1. Book must have been made into a movie e.g., Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell or book was based on a movie e.g., Fantastic Voyage, by Isaac Asimov Made-for-television movies and mini-series count, as well as motion pictures that were shown in theatres. Except for mini-series, books that were made into television series or which are based on television series are not included in this challenge. (Books related to television series can be part of Davros-10's 2018 TV Book Release Challenge, https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/548134 .) Books published in any year, and movies released in any year, are eligible. 2. All releases must be wild. Releases to OBCZs or thrift shops will be considered wild. 3. Releases that fit multiple release challenges are welcome. 4. After journaling your release, record it here with a link to your journal entry. Please mention in your release note that the book was released as part of this challenge. 5. Optional: celebrate catches and new members resulting from this challenge. 6. This challenge will run from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, your time.
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I am offering a release challenge again for 2018. No prizes, only bragging rights.
Rules: 1. Book must have been made into a movie e.g., Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell or book was based on a movie e.g., Fantastic Voyage, by Isaac Asimov Made-for-television movies and mini-series count, as well as motion pictures that were shown in theatres. Except for mini-series, books that were made into television series or which are based on television series are not included in this challenge. (Books related to television series can be part of Davros-10's 2018 TV Book Release Challenge, https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/548134 .) Books published in any year, and movies released in any year, are eligible. 2. All releases must be wild. Releases to OBCZs or thrift shops will be considered wild. 3. Releases that fit multiple release challenges are welcome. 4. After journaling your release, record it here with a link to your journal entry. Please mention in your release note that the book was released as part of this challenge. 5. Optional: celebrate catches and new members resulting from this challenge. 6. This challenge will run from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, your time.
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1. Hidden Figures ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14747296 ), multiple challenges, photo. [Update: caught!]
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3. The Phantom of the Opera ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14869825/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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4. Sole Survivor ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14870961/ ), photo.
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1 Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14876927 2 Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6670565
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1 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14779821/ The Sense of an Ending
2 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14859216/ Bleak House 3 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14687440 The Cider House Rules [CAUGHT] 4 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14762596/ The Longest Ride 5 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14751638/ One True Thing 6 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14758729/ One True Thing 7 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13879386/ To the Lighthouse
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6. Poe's Tales of Mystery and Terror ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14813432/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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8 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14826514/ Cold Comfort Farm
9 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14692243/ I Capture the Castle
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8. Tales of Mystery and Imagination ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14894743/ ), multiple challenges, photo. [Several Poe stories that inspired films.]
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9. Must Love Dogs ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14868508/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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10 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14800804/ Disney's Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
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3 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14898063/ Heart of Darkness
4 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14898068/ Love in the Time of Cholera 5 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14898079/ The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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10. The Falcon's Malteser ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14796280/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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11. The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14908578/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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11 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14764577/ Walt Disney Pictures Presents The Tigger Movie
12 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14753301/ The Wind in the Willows 13 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14739831/ Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: The Junior Novel
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6 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14907029/ Cold Comfort Farm
7 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14907039/ What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
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12. Dune ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14813415/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
13. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14913066/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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14. A Night to Remember ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14813403 ), multiple challenges, photo.
15. The Snowman ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14913063 ), photo.
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with release photos
4. Room - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14919191 5. Old Yeller - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14918202 6. Under the Blood-Red Sun - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14834655 no release photo 7. Mythic Vision (Eragon) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14880685
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16. Bound and Gagged: The Story of the Silent Serials ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14866133/ ), photo.
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17. To Build a Fire and Other Stories ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14717126/ ), multiple challenges, photo. [Update: caught!]
18. The Big Wave ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14720763/ ), multiple challenges, photo. 19. Catching Fire ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14721247/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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20. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14894752/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
21. La Chica Del Tren ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14846323/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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14 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14832985/ Star Wars
15 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14805183/ Independence Day 16 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14900608/ Star Wars: Before the Storm 17 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14738315/ Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge Of the Sith 18 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14843003/ Blood on the Moon [Cop] 19 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14810244/ Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14859218/ Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice # 17: The Only Witness
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22. And Then There Were None ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14940878/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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10 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14945869/ Like Water For Chocolate
11 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14945878/ A Year in Provence (TV mini series)
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22 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14779783/ Ender's Game
23 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14431978/ Star Wars 24 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14731692 War Horse
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23. Vanity Fair ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14939837/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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25 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14296518/ Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
26 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14779785/ Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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27 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14762600/ Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
28 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14941086/ Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 29 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14832987/ Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 30 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14933028/ Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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24. Weight of Water ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14935773/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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25. Anne of Green Gables ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14813378/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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26. Beyond Rue Morgue ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14610083 ), multiple challenges, photo.
27. Tideland ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14794841/ ), multiple challenges, photo. 28. Count of Monte Cristo ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14959049/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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29. Gold Diggers of 1933 ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14844088/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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30. Los Angeles' Bunker Hill: Pulp Fiction's Mean Streets and Film Noir's Ground Zero! ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14502629/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
31. The Martian ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14964169/ ), photo.
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14 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14950419/ When I Fell From the Sky (filmed as Miracles Still Happen)
15 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12833082/ When I Fell From the Sky (second copy) 16 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14968111/ True Grit 17 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14968618/ On Chesil Beach
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with release photos
8. Hidden Figures - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14949566 9. To Dance with the White Dog - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14961212
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18 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14972134/ The Princesses of Iowa
According to IMDB, was made into a short film.
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"Atomised" by Michel Houellebecq.
Was made into movie in 2006. Link to release entry - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14955284/
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with release photo
10. The World of Moana: A Guide to Motunui and Beyond - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14980078
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31 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14916485/ Robert B. Parker's Damned If You Do: A Jesse Stone Novel
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1. The Stonecutter by Camilla Lackberg (photo)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14862701 Made into a movie in 2009 for the Swedish TV 2. To πεθαμένο λικέρ (The dead Liquor) by Giannis Xanthoulis (photo) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14867601 Made into a movie in 1992 3. Running Man by Stephen King http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14524208 Made into a movie in 1987, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger also on the cover of the book 4. Lunes de fiel (Bitter Moon) by Pascal Bruckner (photo) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14773180 Made into a film by Roman Polanski in 1992 5. Πανσέλινος (Full Moon) by Antonio Munoz Molina http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14875510 Made into a movie in 2002 6. Je l'aimais (Someone I loved) by Anna Gavalda (photo) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14909864 Made into a movie in 2009 7. Parce que je t'aime (Because I Love You) by Guillaume Musso (photo) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14909865 Made into a movie in 2012 8. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14913223 Made into a movie in 2010 9. Viento del Norte (North Wind) by Elena Quiroja http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14913226 Made into a movie in 1954 10. Το νησί του Αρτούρο (Arthur's Island) by Elsa Morante http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14920308 Made into a film in 1962 11. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (photo) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14957156 Made into a TV film for the BBC in 2011 12. The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11357010 Made into a movie in 2012 13. Le roi des aulnes (The Ogre) by Michel Tournier (photo) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12554548 Made into a movie in 1996 14. True Grit by Charles Portis (photo) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14871246 Made into a movie twice : in 1969 starring John Wayne, and in 2010 by the Coen Brothers
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15. Mια γυναίκα χωρίς όνομα (Τhe Woman Has no Name) by Duygu Asena
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13859058/ Filmed in 1998 by director Atif Yilmaz 16. Οι μάγισσες της Σμύρνης (The Witches of Smyrne) by Maria Meymeridi http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13859056/ Adapted into a Greek TV series in 2005-2006
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1. Accidental Tourist http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7978771/
2. Big Little Lies http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14959194/ 3. Lovely Bones http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14911528/
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32. Million Dollar Baby ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14891336 ), photo. [Update: caught!]
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1. Roald Dahl, Matilda
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14883359/ 2. Evelyn Waugh , Scoop http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13950584/ 3. Richmal Crompton, Just William http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14175772/ 4. George Lucas , Gwiezdne wojny [Star Wars] http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13834686/ 5. J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14916180/ 6. Alan Sillitoe, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14176016/ 7. Barbara Taylor Bradford, Act of Will http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14940857/ 8. Stephenie Meyer, The Host http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14832240/
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"Salem's Lot" by Stephen King.
Was made into miniseries in 1979 and 2004. Link to release entry - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14953393/
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33 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14897459/ Treasure Island
34 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14784011/ Irish Drama Selections # 6: Selected Plays - [Philadelphia, Here I Come was made into a movie] 35 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14875593/ Winesburg, Ohio
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Wish upon a Pike.
Fantasy film by A. Rou in 1938. Multiple challenges - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14995115/
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33. The Secret Garden ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14964116/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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19 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14989177/ Doctor in Clover
20 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14989182/ The Perks of Being a Wallflower 21 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15001344/ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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34. Blackberry Winter; A Street Cat Named Bob ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14813420/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
35. Mayflower Madam ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14874927/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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From my International BC Day road-trip:
36. The Wind in the Willows ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14739241/ ), multiple challenges, photo. 37. Wild ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14930514/ ), multiple challenges, photo. [And a catch!] 38. The Mist ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14732715/ ), photo. 39. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14739368/ ), photo. 40. Gone Girl ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14738199/ ), photo. 41. Into the Wild ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14964093/ ), multiple challenges.
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42. A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15014649 ), a two-in-one omnibus edition; from one LFL to another. Photo.
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https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14853834
The Deep End of the Ocean Oops. I actually released this in late December 2017, but the site wouldn't let me into the Release Challenges forum. 2018: https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14817174 Mutiny on the Bounty https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14853858 The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
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43. Beowulf ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15001825/ ), photo. (I came across a charming sculpture, tiny figures of beach-goers on a boulder in a Maine seaside park, and couldn't resist leaving a book there.)
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https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15015759
Pride and Prejudice. Also qualifies for Never Judge a Book by Its Cover.
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3 A Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden) - Charlaine Harris
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14376149 4 The Life of Pi - Yann Martel http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14797324 5 Philomena - Martin Sixsmith http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14894565
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44. William Shakespeare's Star Wars ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15019098/ ), photo.
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https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15019152
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (also NJABBIC); and https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15019134 The Thorn Birds (also April Showers/May Flowers)
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https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15021703
Into the Wild Also in the April Showers/May Flowers challenge.
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9. Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, The Hiding Place
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14311125/ 10. Aldous Huxley, Le meilleur des mondes (Brave New World) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14890033/
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no release photo
12. Spis Bed Elsk - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14497805 Translation of Eat Pray Love; donated to the Friends of the Library with release photos 13. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14916749 14. The Postman (Il Postino) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13067350
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https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15023332
A Prayer for Owen Meany https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15015762 The Bridges of Madison County (themed release, with photo) https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15020405 The Nanny Diaries
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https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15021682
The Chosen https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15024017 Black and Blue
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45. King of the Wind ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15001819/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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46. Perks of Being a Wallflower ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14729920/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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47. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14436070 ), multiple challenges, photo.
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22 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15025187/ Midwives (TV movie)
23 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15030422/ Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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48. The Age of Innocence ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15028333/ ), photo.
49. The Prince and the Pauper ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15029683/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15024513/
A Prayer for Owen Meany (a second copy, different cover)
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50. The Wicker Man ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13132552/ ), photo.
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6 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14797433 7 Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10947993 8 Sanctuary - Nora Roberts http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15012770 9 Wuthering heights - Emily Bronte http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14894559
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with release photo: went to a book festival and left a box for people to choose from
15. The Fellowship of the Ring - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15025226 16. The Return of the King - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15020199 17. The Two Towers - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15017934
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51. One Gallant Rush ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14564463 ), themed, photo.
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52. William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15012305 ), multiple challenges, photo.
53. The Empire Strikes Back ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15043889/ ), multiple challenges, photo. 54. The Return of the King ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15043882/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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11. Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14417312/ 12. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14832734/
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55. The Once and Future King ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15043892/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
56. Dune ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15046379/ ), multiple challenges, photo. 57. When Worlds Collide ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15046370/ ), photo. 58. The Talented Mr. Ripley ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15039670/ ), photo. 59. The Return of the King ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15044899/ ), multiple challenges, photo.
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