The Goodreads 100 Challenge - 2013

[Adriana]

Jeri wrote: "Update - Just finished The Kite Runner yesterday, so I'm now at 8/9. Yay, barring emergencies, I'm sure I will make my goal and maybe even squeeze in an extra or two to get a leg up for next year! ..."

Updated you!

[Candiss]

Building on message 306:

6. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (11/4/13, ****)


Read: 6/10

[Chloé]

Candiss wrote: "Building on message 306:

6. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (11/4/13, ****)


Read: 6/10"
That was a great book for me. I really like the following books too, I like the ending and I always like a bit of religious controversy ;)(Well controversy in general :)).

[Adriana]

Updated you Candiss! You're almost there :D

[Jeri]

Just finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, so I completed my challenge. I will probably try to get one or two more read before the end of the year. I just bought Ender's Game on sale yesterday, so maybe I'll try for that.

[Adriana]

Congrats on completing your challenge Jeri!

[Lilac]

I'm going to reduce my goal to 18, which I think is a more reasonable target seeing as I've read 15 up to now. I've also figured out that if I read 18 a year for the next few years I can finish the list before I'm 20, which would be really cool. So whether or not this is a yearly challenge next year it's a personal goal for me :)

The 15 I've read and the 3 I'm going to read:

2. The Fellowship of the Ring - ★★☆☆☆ - 02/06/13
3. Pride and Prejudice  - ★★★☆☆ - 23/06/13
8. Romeo & Juliet - ★★★☆☆ - 21/07/13
13. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - ★★★☆☆ - 02/02/13
14. The Great Gatsby - ★★★☆☆ - 31/07/13
18. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - ★★★★☆ - 06/11/13
19. The Handmaid's Tale
25. Dune - ★★☆☆☆ - 05/08/13
29. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - ★★★★☆ - 30/01/13
41. The Picture of Dorian Grey
47. The Book Thief - ★★★★★ - 20/01/13
49. Dracula - ★★★★☆ - 31/10/13
52. The Color Purple - ★★★☆☆ - 17/03/13
58. Ender's Game - ★★★★★ - 16/04/13
62. Les Misérables - ★★★★☆ - 24/09/13
65. A Tale of Two Cities
75. The Time Traveler's Wife - ★★★★☆ - 30/07/13
87. A Game of Thrones - ★★★★☆ - 27/04/13

Completed 15/2518

[Adriana]

Perfectly fine Lilac! I've updated you (:

[Adriana]

Awesome Craig! Almost there :D

[Chloé]

Nice, you'll make it :)

[Chloé]

I really loved Memoirs of a Geisha. I loved the movie, but I prefer, by far, the book. I love his descriptive style, it was beautiful and funny.

1. completed on September 26th 2013

2. completed on November 14th 2013

3. completed on december 18th 2013

4. completed on October 17th 2013

4/4 read.

[Adriana]

My mom who doesn't read many books absolutely loved Memoirs of a Geisha (:

[Lorelei]

The Secret Garden puts me at 6/8 books for the year and 23/25 for the list.

[Adriana]

Updated you Lorelei! Just two more books to go.

[Adriana]

@Craig- Sweet! Congratulations on being awesome by completing your goal Craig :D

[Lilac]

I'm now at 17/18 so I only need to read A Tale of Two Cities and then I'm all done. :)

[Adriana]

@Lilac- Awesome!

[Chloé]

Made it! i finishes Da Vinci Code, my forth book. All my challenges are finally completed!

[Adriana]

Congratulations Chloe!

[Chloé]

thank you :)

[Candiss]

7. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami (December 23, 2013) ****

Read: 7/10

(I know I'll get one more read this year, but I don't think I can squeeze in the other 2. But I've had fun!)

[Kme_17]

updated message 51 : )

[Lilac]

Finally finished! My average rating of these books was only 3.4 so I guess at least this part of the top 100 on Goodreads isn't quite what it's cracked up to be. Still I did find some wonderful books and series like Game of Thrones, Ender's Game and Les Miserables. :)


2. The Fellowship of the Ring - ★★☆☆☆ - 02/06/13
3. Pride and Prejudice  - ★★★☆☆ - 23/06/13
8. Romeo & Juliet - ★★★☆☆ - 21/07/13
13. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - ★★★☆☆ - 02/02/13
14. The Great Gatsby - ★★★☆☆ - 31/07/13
18. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - ★★★★☆ - 06/11/13
19. The Handmaid's Tale - ★★★☆☆ - 13/11/13
25. Dune - ★★☆☆☆ - 05/08/13
29. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - ★★★★☆ - 30/01/13
41. The Picture of Dorian Gray - ★★★★☆ - 06/12/13
47. The Book Thief - ★★★★★ - 20/01/13
49. Dracula - ★★★★☆ - 31/10/13
52. The Color Purple - ★★★☆☆ - 17/03/13
58. Ender's Game - ★★★★★ - 16/04/13
62. Les Misérables - ★★★★☆ - 24/09/13
65. A Tale of Two Cities - ★★☆☆☆ - 24/12/13
75. The Time Traveler's Wife - ★★★☆☆ - 30/07/13
87. A Game of Thrones - ★★★★☆ - 27/04/13

Completed 18/18

[Candiss]

8. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (December 26, 2013) ****

Read: 8/10

[Natalie]

Well this is a bit odd. I intially planned to read 15 to bring my count from 35 to 50. I changed around what I read as I went for various reasons and didn't always keep the best track, but I thought I knew what I needed to read. I came to post that I will fall short by one, and I was a bit annoyed because I have the book and just have not been reading this last few days.

I went to the list just to verify my count would be at 49. It's at 52. I did identify two books that I read this year on it and did not have on my list, but I can't find the third.

So I unexpectedly finished my challenge and updated post #75 with my final count. Now if I could just figure out where that extra book came from.

[Adriana]

It's 51. 35 plus 16 is 51. You must have added wrong. Great job on your challenge!

[Natalie]

Adriana wrote: "It's 51. 35 plus 16 is 51. You must have added wrong. Great job on your challenge!"

I realized that. I can't figure out what the third book is. I may have read it in a previous year but didn't mark it till now and didn't know it was on the list. Or I read it this year but can't find it on the list.