In Search of the End of the Sidewalk has teamed up with the Berryville, Arkansas library for this summer’s “The Great American Read” with PBS. The goal for Berryville residents is to have one Card Catalog Review for each of the 100 books on PBS’ list. (You can find the list here.) Each Saturday, In Search of the End of the Sidewalk will post a roundup of all of the reviews that came in during the week.
Summer stats:
Week 1– 3 books (97 to go), Week 2– 5 books (92 to go), Week 3- 5 books (87 to go), Week 4– 4 books (83 to go), Week 5- 5 books (78 to go!), Week 6– 5 books, Week 7- 5 books Week 8– 5 books, Week 9– 5 books (58 left on the list. Can we do it?) Week 10– 5 books, Week 11– 4 books, Week 12– 4 books,Week 13- 15 (!!!!) books (Way to go, Berryville!!)
A Game of Thrones by J.R.R. Martin
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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The Martian by Andy Weir
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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
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This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
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Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
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Watchers by Dean Koontz
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White Teeth by Zadie Smith
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