2nd Quarterly Challenge: Decades Challenge

[Sara]

Updated my original post and hit my goal of 10/10.

[Sarah]

I have just completed my challenge. I had set myself the goal of reading 8 books and I actually managed to read 10 so I'm pleased with that.

I've set myself to read eight books for this challenge. Some are set in the decade mentioned while others were written in those decades.

1920-29 - A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar COMPLETE Set in 1923
1930-39 - Five Quarters of the Orange COMPLETE Set during 1930s
1940-49 - 1984 COMPLETE Written in 1948
1950-59 - Lord of the Flies COMPLETE Written in 1954
1960-69 - 11/22/63 COMPLETE Set in 1963
1970-79 - The Kite Runner COMPLETE Set in 1970s
1980-89 - Neuromancer COMPLETE Written in 1984
1990-99 - The RedbreastCOMPLETE Set in 90s
2000-09 - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas COMPLETE Written in 2006
2010-13 - Dead Ever After COMPLETE Written in 2013

Goal: 8 books
Read: 10 books
COMPLETED

[Alison]

Craig- I have 2 out of 3 done!!

[Jodi]

I am finished 6/6!

[Chelsea]

Completed as of June 19th!

[Jodi]

I finished another one, which makes me 7/6

[SibylM]

Squeaking in under the wire with this and my other challenges ending in June. Completed 6/6:
1920-1929: The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
1940-1949: Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
1950-1959: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
1960-1969: Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
1970-1979Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam
1980-1989: Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

[Jessica]

Q2 Decades Challenge COMPLETE
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2013

Goal: 10 books
Read: 10 Books

Books Read
1900's:: Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge selfridge secured investors for his retail store in London in 1906, the store opened in 1909
1910's: A Night to Remember Titanic sunk in 1912
1920's: The House At Riverton
1930's:
1940's:The Storyteller much of the story takes place in concentration camps during the 1940's
1950's: The Reader (5/6) Hanna and Michael begin their relationship in 1958
1960's: Tigers in Red Weather much of the story takes place in the 60's
1970's: The Westing Game published 1976
1980's:
1990's: Escape from Sobibor published 1995
2000's:Murphy's Law (5/16) published 2002
2010's: Rise of the Darklings published in 2010

[Alison]

I finished with 2/3 for this one. I didn't make another goal... darn it!!!!