Perks of Being a Wallflower Challenge

[Rach , Moderator]

Iselin wrote: "Maybe you want to catch up on some fantastic music too! This is Charlie's mixtape (in the book):

Asleep ~ The Smiths
Vapour Trail ~ Ride
Scarborough Fair ~ Simon & Garkfunkel
A Whiter Shade of Pal..."


Perfect! This is great!

[Jenny]

Lets do this! I've already read some of the books, but there's a good deal that I've missed. Then there's The Great Gatsby- I "read" it in high school but wasn't a fan (I'm not sure I read all of it) so I'll give it another go.

Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Catcher in the Rye
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Peter Pan
A Separate Peace
The Stranger
This Side of Paradise
To Kill a Mockingbird
Walden, or Life in the Woods

[[deleted user]]

I've read all these already

[Rach , Moderator]

Allison wrote: "I've read all these already"

Wow! Thats great!

[Noor]

I'm so late, but I'm in now!

1/13
Perks of Being a Wallflower
The books are:
The Catcher in the Rye
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Peter Pan
A Separate Peace
The Stranger
This Side of Paradise
To Kill a Mockingbird
Walden, or Life in the Woods

[Phoebe]

Oh yes! I'm in! Just watched the movie last week with my sister, and found it really good. This might take a while, but since it's open ended ;)

Completed: 2/13

✖ The Perks of Being a Wallflower
✔ The Catcher in the Rye (2005, 21st of May, in German)
✖ The Fountainhead
✖ The Great Gatsby
✔ Hamlet (2012, 17th of March)
✖ Naked Lunch
✖ On the Road
✖ Peter Pan
✖ A Separate Peace
✖ The Stranger
✖ This Side of Paradise
✖ To Kill a Mockingbird
✖ Walden, or Life in the Woods

[Net]

At it since '15 :)


Perks of Being a Wallflower
The books are:
The Catcher in the Rye
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Peter Pan
A Separate Peace
The Stranger
This Side of Paradise
To Kill a Mockingbird
Walden, or Life in the Woods

Edit February 2017: I finished the Great Gatsby and I loved it! I have a slow going with this challenge, but someday I will read them all!
Edit May 2018: I've read and re-read Peter Pan a couple of months ago, I adore that book and I totally forgot that it featured in this challenge! I tried reading Naked Lunch but I had some trouble, maybe I will try again.
Edit May 2018: Thought I would love this Side of Paradise because I love the Great Gatsby, but sadly, I didn't.
Edit March 2019: I loved to Kill a Mockingbird, the writing was so clever and the topics so important!
Edit April 2020: Hamlet was on my reading list for so long, I'm very glad that I've read it. So special how stories can still move you centuries after they're written.
Edit May 2020: The stranger was a strange book. What was it about? The danger of indifference, the power of it? What makes us human? I hope it's about feeling and caring and not being like this character at all.
Edit August 2020: Tried reading Naked Lunch again, stopped before I was halfway through. This is not my book, I won't try reading it again.
Edit August 2024: The philosophy of Walden was right in my lane, but the self-importance of the author not. DNF On the road, didn't feel interesting at all.

[Rach , Moderator]

Net wrote: "I'm really, really, really late, but totally in!


Perks of Being a Wallflower
The books are:
The Catcher in the Rye
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Peter Pan
A Sep..."

Never too late!

[Wendy]

I am just joining the group but would love to do the challenge




The Perks of Being A Wallflower

The books are:
The Catcher in the Rye
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Peter Pan
A Separate Peace
The Stranger
This Side of Paradise
To Kill a Mockingbird
Walden, or Life in the Woods

[Leanne]

oooo sign me uo

[Jennifer]

I just saw this challenge. Turns out I've already read 9 of the books on the list. Apparently I went to a very good high school because 7 of the 9 date from that time period with me.

[Rach , Moderator]

I keep saying I am going to start this and never do, but guess whaaaaaat!


I am STARTING THIS.

I have read Perks and it is my ALL time favorite. So I am going to jump in on this with the re-read of it and then continue down the list

[Rach , Moderator]

Since Catcher in the Rye is one of our books for this month I am going to try to revisit these and read some of these classics!

[Kailey]

Perks of Being a Wallflower Challenge

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Catcher in the Rye
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Peter Pan
A Separate Peace
The Stranger
This Side of Paradise
✔ To Kill a Mockingbird (1/17)
Walden, or Life in the Woods

[Emerence]

This sounds like a great challenge :)

The Catcher in the Rye
The Fountainhead
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet
Naked Lunch
On the Road
Peter Pan
A Separate Peace
The Stranger
This Side of Paradise
To Kill a Mockingbird
Walden, or Life in the Woods

[Melissa (ladybug)]

Coffee & Books - Perks of Being a Wallflower Challenge


The books are: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

✔ Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ★★★✩✩ 10 July 2020

✔ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ★★★✩✩ 5th October 2017
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
✔ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ★★★✩✩ 28th August 2014
✔ Hamlet by William Shakespeare ★★★✩✩ 26th January 2014
✔ Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs ★✩✩✩✩ 26th September 2022
✔ On the Road by Jack Kerouac ★★✩✩✩ 13th May 2017
✔ Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ★★★★✩ 9th November 2014
✔ A Separate Peace by John Knowles ★★★✩✩ 4th October 2022
✔ The Stranger by Albert Camus ★★★✩✩ 13th April 2016
✔ This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald ★★★★✩ 30th July 2014
✔ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ★★★★★ 17th November 2012
Walden Or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau

[Rach , Moderator]

Awesome! You’re SO close!