Choccy's book challenge 2008

[Silvana]

awesome, just like the one in Shelfari ^^. Hopefully I can be successful this year just like the previous one.

My list so far:
1. Nicholas Nickleby (Dickens)
2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night Time (Haddon)
3. Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)
4. The Tenderness of Wolves (Penney)

[Judith]

Hi Choccy. How did you like The Curious Incident...? That title really captured my attention on the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list, but I haven't read anything about the book yet.

[Silvana]

It is a unique book indeed, portraying the inner thoughts and actions by an autistic kid. Witty, funny, yet sometimes bittersweet, you'll find no difficulties in liking this book. Not very long, one day reading is enuf.

[Silvana]

5. Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
6. Walden and Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
7. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)

all are unforgettable.

[Silvana]

8. Red Storm Rising (Tom Clancy)
9. The Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
10. Septimus Heap - Magyk (Angie Sage)
11. Hogwarts, Narnia and Middle Earth - Places Upon A Time (Robert Smith)

[Silvana]

12. A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
13. In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
14. Septimus Heap - Flyte (Angie Sage)
15. The Sum of All Fears (Tom Clancy)
16. War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)

[Coqueline]

Hi Choccy, I just joined the club after seeing you're a member. But after a brief count of the books I've read so far this year, I think I'm going to chicken out! LOL! I just don't read fast enough.

[Silvana]

when there's a will, there's a way ;p

17. Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
18. Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
19. The Eye of Jade (Diane Wei Liang)

OMG, it's already June!!! And I haven't even reached half of my target *snips*

[Silvana]

20. Secret Soldier (Moshe Betzer & Robert Rosenberg)
21. Rahasia Meede (ES ITO)
22. Vengeance: : The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team (George Jonas)

Oh wow, only read 4 nonfictions so far :(

[Silvana]

27. All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich. M. Remarque)
28. Doctor Dolittle's Garden (Hugh Lofting)
29. Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
30. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
31. The Longest Day (Cornelius Ryan)

[Silvana]

32. Dead Poets Society (NH Kleinbaum)
33. A Bridge Too Far (Cornelius Ryan)
34. Brisingr (Christopher Paolini)

[Silvana]

35. The Road to Arnhem - A Screaming Eagle in Holland (Donald R. Burgett)
36. The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
37. Histories (Herodotus)

[Coqueline]

Go, Choccy, Go!

I'm also still in the 30's mark, I don't think I'll make 50 before the end of the year.

[Silvana]

based on my current rate...so do I.

well, unless the Animorphs series I've read occasionally also included...but that would be cheating, no? ;p

so...tetap semangat!!!

[Silvana]

38. The Dogs of War (Frederick Forsyth)
39. Tales of Beedle the Bard (JK Rowling)

[Silvana]

okay, i lost the challenge...
40. Master and Commander Book 1 (Patrick O'Brian)

only 80% :(

[Mary Todd]

You did not lose!!! In fact we have a prize just for the one who got 80%! It's a way-to-go hands clapping cheer for the 40 you read!

[Silvana]

Haha, thanks! Will do better this year, that's for sure

[Coqueline]

Good luck this year!

Sama dong gue juga fail, tapi masih banyakan elu... hehe