Recommended By Reading Challengers - 2014

[Adriana]

Thirteen Reasons Why destroyed me when I first read it! Really great message.

[Marina]

Wow, I've done it :-)

Here's the complete list of books I've read for this challenge:

1. Emile Zola, Thérèse Raquin
2. Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
3. Khaled Hosseini, Mille splendidi soli (Italian version of A Thousand Splendid Suns)
4. Muriel Barbery, L'Élégance du hérisson (French version of The Elegance of the Hedgehog)
5. David Nicholls, One Day
6. Carlos Ruiz Zafón, L'ombra del vento (Italian version of The Shadow of the Wind)
7. Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
8. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
9. Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
10. Cormac McCarthy, The Road

My favourite was Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns.

[Adriana]

Alright Marina! Congrats on completing your goal!

[Deedee]

Any plans to do this again in 2015?

[Cassandra]

Deedee, not this particular yearly challenge, but we do have the 2015 Listopia challenge which you could do and pick this listopia as the one you're picking from. Does that make sense?

[Cathy]

2014 RECOMMENDED BY READING CHALLENGERS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014
Completed 5/5

1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green9/19/14
2. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak7/14/14
3. Longbourn by Jo Baker 12/21/14
4. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan12/15/14
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling4/28/14

[Dana]

I know I finished this challenge a while ago but I read a few more to add before the end of the year. My final list:

1. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (11/30/14)
2. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (2/7/14)
3. Divergent by Veronica Roth (6/26/14)
4. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (8/15/14)
5. The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne (11/26/14)
6. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (1/20/14)
7. How I Came to Sparkle Again by Kaya McLaren (6/19/14)
8. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (6/17/14)
9. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (12/14/14)
10. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (7/15/14)
11. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan (10/25/14)
12. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (11/15/14)
13. The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore (currently reading- will finish before Christmas)

I surpassed my goal of 8 by 5 books! :)

[Deedee]

Cassandra wrote: "Deedee, not this particular yearly challenge, but we do have the 2015 Listopia challenge which you could do and pick this listopia as the one you're picking from. Does that make sense?"

Yes it makes sense, thanks!

[Adriana]

Congratulations to all who completed and participated in this challenge!

[Felicia]

Howl's Moving Castle read! With a nine hours left of 2014, my score is now 8/8! :D

[Melissa]

Okay...so I completely forgot to post on here all year! Below is my final result. I have to say that this list included some of my absolute favorite books I read this year so I fully put my trust in the Readers on this website!

YEARLY CHALLENGE
Recommended by 2014 Reading Challengers
Completed 9/10

The Night Circus
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Ender's Game
Joyland
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Great Gatsby
Still Alice

[Melissa]

Deedee wrote: "Cassandra wrote: "Deedee, not this particular yearly challenge, but we do have the 2015 Listopia challenge which you could do and pick this listopia as the one you're picking from. Does that make s..."

Where is this 2015 readers choice list? I couldn't pull it up when I put it in the search....is there a link somewhere or a specific title I could find it under? Thanks!

[Chloé]

It's not a group's list. For this challenge, you pick any list you like on GoodReads, and choose how many books you want to read.

[Natalie]

So apparently my record keeping did not work as it should for this challenge and I read 11 instead of 10 :)

Completed 11 out of 10
1. Code Name Verity - 2/1
2. Paper Towns - 2/10
3. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America - 3/11
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 3/20
5. This Song Will Save Your Life - 3/30
6. Dairy Queen - 8/16
7. The Thirteenth Tale - 9/12
8. Neverwhere - 9/22
9. The Knife of Never Letting Go - 12/26
10. Blood Red Road - 12/26
11. A Monster Calls - 12/28

Also updated in post #17

[Chloé]

Well I finish one book shy. I had The Book Thief and Cloud Atlas planned. I did start them, but didn't get to finish them for today.

12/13
5★ 4★ 4★ 5★ 5★ 5★ 5★ 4★ 4★ 5★ 5★ 5★

[Melissa]

Chloé wrote: "It's not a group's list. For this challenge, you pick any list you like on GoodReads, and choose how many books you want to read."

Thanks Chloe. I was just hoping there was a 2015 Readers Challenge list like last year's:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

[Chloé]

Yeah I love this challenge to, and it was a safe one too. I was pretty sure I would like the books before reading it, because people in this groups have good taste.

[Adriana]

Awesome job everyone getting those last books in (:

[Helena]

By the end I only managed to do 10 out of the 18 I listed. I'm continuing with this list this year in the hopes that I finish them all by the end.