The Randomiser Challenge - 2014

[Jaclyn]

19/20. Almost done!!

#149: 09/30/14

[Alisia]

3/10 Completed so far!

[Jaclyn]

20/20 Woo Hoo!!! I really enjoyed this challenge and read some really good books that I had been putting off. :)


#66: 10/05/14

[Megan]

Just completed my 14th selection - The Heist by Janet Evanovich. Entertaining and funny with great characters! All the best of Evanovich's writing style without the ditziness of some of her other characters. Worth reading! 4 stars

14/15

[Alisia]

Message 432 updated, I have completed 8/10 so far!

I'd also like to say that I think this is a great general challenge and I hope this challenge can be repeated on the next list of yearly challenges! I would have signed up for more but I joined Goodreads halfway into the year :).

[Ian]

I have completed The Red Tent by Anita Diamant which is my 7th book for this challenge. Just 1 more to go.

7/8

[Ian]

I just finished The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti which was my final book for this challenge so it is now complete :)

8/8

[Jayne]

10/12
10.Hallowe'en Party - completed.

[Victoria]

I have completely neglected this challenge since April and feel mighty ashamed so with a month and a half to go before the end of the challenge I need to read 6 books for this on top of a couple of other book commitments I have going on but I'm going to give it all I've got!!

[Megan BG]

I've finished 2/5 now. Message 449.

[Megan]

Just completed my 15th and final selection - The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey. Needless to say, I did not enjoy this book. The writing was a bad knock-off of old film noir and full of bad Chicago clichés. The characters were two-dimensional. I do not recommend and will not read any other books in the series. 1 star

15/15 - Challenge completed!

[Claire]

I just updated message 213 to reflect two more books completed, bringing me to 7/10 so far.

[Victoria]

I'm now 7/12 after finishing The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

[Lorelei]

I finished Firefly Lane on 11.14.14.
3/6

[Victoria]

8/12 after finishing The Amber Fury by Natalie Haynes

[Zara's Retreat]

congratulations to all who have completed this challenge.

Also congratulations to every one else as well. You've been doing great work.

[Victoria]

Finished 8/12 after finishing The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James

[Zara's Retreat]

Victoria wrote: "Finished 8/12 after finishing The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James"

Well done Victoria

[Victoria]

Sorry meant 9/12 - only three to go

[Victoria]

I'm 10/12 having completed The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers message 155 updated

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Victoria wrote: "I'm 10/12 having completed The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers message 155 updated"

Well done Victoria

[Caro]

So the year is about to finish, some challenge are about to finish, but for sure the time is finishing. I am sorry to say that this time i will not manage to finish this challenge, maybe I was too ambitious, or maybe I just change it too much my reading plans, nevertheless here is my progress so far:

32 - The Isle of Youth: Stories
66 - La delicadeza
45 - To Kill a Mockingbird
49 - Books of Blood, Vols. 1-3
26 - Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
5 - The Damnation Game
13 - Secrets and Lies: A History of CIA Mind Control and Germ Warfare
47 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
52 - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
11 - Solaris
43 - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
21 - City of Bones
41 - Dorothy Must Die
16 - Island
20 - Never Let Me Go
24 - The Untold History of The United States
29 - The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking
62 - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
18 - Le Petit Nicolas Le Ballon
46 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
42 - No Place Like Oz
53 - A Tale of Two Cities

That mean that so far I have read 13/22 books. I will try to dedicate December to finish the other books, but I am sure that the 22 of them I will not manage. Hopefully next year I will manage to finish this challenge.

[Zara's Retreat]

Caro wrote: "So the year is about to finish, some challenge are about to finish, but for sure the time is finishing. I am sorry to say that this time i will not manage to finish this challenge, maybe I was too..."

Well done Caro on what you've achieved so far.

[Kendra]

I did no good on this this year. I think I'm going to try again for 2015 and see what happens.

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Kendra wrote: "I did no good on this this year. I think I'm going to try again for 2015 and see what happens."

Good luck on your attempt for 2015 Kendra.

[Jaclyn]

I finished this challenge on 10/05/14, but on page 1 of the thread, it still shows me as incomplete...

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Fixed Jaclyn.

[Chloé]

I finished "Boy Meets Boy". It was ok. It was not what I expected, though. It's a light teenage romance in a USA high school where half the school seems to be one of those letter: LGBT. The story takes place in a very open-minded town. What I was expecting was a more "serious" book about the hardship of adolescence, with the perspective of a homosexual boy. The book was not bad. It's actually great to have a normal silly love story about gay teenagers.

All that being said, I'm not so much into vanilla romance, so I haven't been that much into it, no matter how much I think it was important that it was written. It's a 3 stars for me. Tough I recommand it if you're into love stories.

I'm rereading myself, and I feel like I sound like I don't know what to make of the book. Honestly, I don't. Part of me is jumping up and down cheering that it exist, the other one is just annoyed with the lack of realism. I can shake the second feeling. Somebody else read it? What did you think? I need to put words on my ambivalence.

6/10

89. 189. 187. 81. 41. 107.

I doubt I will read the four others books by the end of the year. I'm not that much in the mood for them, and I have so little time left. Well, maybe I'll be able to squeeze another one by the end of the month. I'll see.

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Chloé wrote: "I finished "Boy Meets Boy". It was ok. It was not what I expected, though. It's a light teenage romance in a USA high school where half the school seems to be one of those letter: LGBT. The story t..."

Congratulations on your progress to date Chloe. I like your review as well. It's very helpful.

[Chloé]

Thank you Zara :)

[Zara's Retreat]

Chloé wrote: "Thank you Zara :)"

You're welcome

[Megan BG]

Updated message 449. 3/5 read. 2 to go.

[Zara's Retreat]

Megan wrote: "Updated message 449. 3/5 read. 2 to go."

Congratulations Megan on your achievement. You may even get to finish the challenge with only two more to go. Good luck.

[Victoria]

Number 11/12 completed with UnSouled by Neal Shusterman. Could the list be updated please I am still showing as 6/12. Only 1 left!

[Megan BG]

Victoria wrote: "Number 11/12 completed with UnSouled by Neal Shusterman. Could the list be updated please I am still showing as 6/12. Only 1 left!"

I don't think the list is getting updated anymore. It's still showing 0/5 for me.

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Megan wrote: "Victoria wrote: "Number 11/12 completed with UnSouled by Neal Shusterman. Could the list be updated please I am still showing as 6/12. Only 1 left!"

I don't think th..."

How many have you completed Megan? I'll update that now.

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Victoria I've updated your tally.

[Victoria]

Thanks Zara

[Lorelei]

I read A Victorian Christmas 12.10.14 Firefly Lane 11.14.14
Never Met a Man I Didn't Like4.30.14
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.20.14
Messenger of Truth
My next book will be The Ocean at the End of the Lane to complete the challenge!!

I am now 5/6 for this challenge.

[Megan]

Zara, I have finished my goal for this challenge, 15/15.

[Zara's Retreat]

Megan wrote: "Zara, I have finished my goal for this challenge, 15/15."

Congratulations Megan. Great effort.

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Lorelei wrote: "I read A Victorian Christmas 12.10.14 and Firefly Lane 11.14.14. I am now 4/6 for this challenge."

Great work Lorelei. Do you think you'll finish the last two books before the end of December?

[NancyMagaly]

I have read 7/10 books on my randomizer list:
Divergent
The Wolf Gift
Hopeless
NOS4A2
Game of Thrones
The Ghost bride
The Storyteller

I will probably be left with one, but I'll try to finish by the end of this year!! Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Zara's Retreat]

Nancy wrote: "I have read 7/10 books on my randomizer list:
Divergent
The Wolf Gift
Hopeless
NOS4A2
Game of Thrones
The Ghost bride
The Storyteller

I will probably be left with one, but I'll try to finish by th..."

Well done on your effort so far Nancy.

[Jodi]

Zara thanks so much for leading this challenge. I ended up abandoning all of my challenges this year and completely stopped recording what I read. I am looking forward to a fresh start with 2015.

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Jodi wrote: "Zara thanks so much for leading this challenge. I ended up abandoning all of my challenges this year and completely stopped recording what I read. I am looking forward to a fresh start with 2015."

It's my pleasure to lead this challenge. I think I had a similar problem to you with all my challenges as well. I hope I'm a bit more organised in 2015.

[Claire]

I have actually finished 8 of 12 for this challenge, and I'm going to make a serious effort to get the last 4 in. So far, my challenge looks like this:

123 Journal of Eva Morelli by Maryann D'Agincourt
243 Silencing Orpheus by J. Warren
346 Finding Arun by Marisha Pink
242 Beyond God: A Scientist's Search for the Meaning of Life in the 21st Century by Emmanuel Papadakis
104 Extraordinary Retribution by Erec Stebbins
215 Killing Time by Joanne Clancy
488 Moonlight Sacrifice by Rob Cummings
037 Nostalgia by Dennis McFarland
510 Hard Land to Rule by Anthony Whitt
386 The Greatest Speech, Ever by James L. Cotton Jr.
420 A World That We Expect by J.D. O'Guinn
129 In This Moment by Autumn Doughton

[Zara's Retreat]

Claire P wrote: "I have actually finished 8 of 12 for this challenge, and I'm going to make a serious effort to get the last 4 in. So far, my challenge looks like this:

123
Journal of Eva Morelli
by Maryann D..."

Great work Claire P. All the best for the last four.

[Lorelei]

I've completed Messenger of Truth 12.21.14. I am currently reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane to complete the challenge!

5/6

[Victoria]

I finished We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves on 22.12.14 which makes me 12/12 and my challenge is completed. Original message 155 update with full list. Can I be updated please and thanks for hosting