The Randomiser Challenge - 2014

[LynnB]

Finished The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart - 3/30/14

Completed: 3/12

[Virginia]

Yay! I've finally finished cataloging all my books (more than I thought) and I've decided to join this challenge with 12 books!

1. Wretched Writing: A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language
2. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
3. The Dice Man
4. The Undercover Economist
5. The Selfish Gene
6. The language instinct: the new science of language and mind
7. Saki Short Stories
8. The Elephant And The Flea: Looking Backwards to the Future
9. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
10. The Lovely Bones
11. The Diary of a Young Girl
12. Making History

That should keep me busy.

[Sarah]

Completed 6/24

Original List:
48) Six Moon Summer

87) Earth


92) Whispers of a Legend: Shadows of the Past

113) Force of Nature
121) Enchantment
138) Amaranth
188) Alone
196) Just One Damned Thing After Another
221) Death Comes Home
229) The Lies that Save Us
278) Dissever
297) Cursed

Extended List:
87) UnEnchanted

92) Enchantress

105) No More Wasted Time

132) A Moment
151) Beginnings
214) The First Book of Demons
218) Guardian
219) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: And What Alice Found There
222) The Picture of Dorian Gray
228) On an Edge of Glass
265)The Huntress
298) Glamour

[Meimei]

Updated message 311, 1/10.
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd :)

[Jaclyn]

8/20

04/06/14

[Lilac]

I'm going to try for 16 books.

6/16 Finished

1.#47:

2.#350:

3.#407:

4.#137:

5.#734:

6.#214:

7.#414:

8.#634:

9.#552:

10.#498:

11.#690:

12.#377:

13.#366:

14.#562:

15.#216:

16.#521:

[Lynn]

Just finished Hard Stop by Chris Knopf. I'm 7/10 for the challenge and I updated my full list at Message 121.

[Megan]

Just completed my fifth selection - Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. I really enjoyed this book. Follett did an excellent job of presenting the history surrounding World War I without being boring. His multitude of characters made the events very personal. Cannot wait to read the 2nd book! My only criticism is that, understandably, the book is lengthy and quite a commitment. Other than that, definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

5/15

[Sarah]

Hi, just wanted to see whether you mind downgrading me from 24 to 13. I joined too many challenges lol. So want to keep it manageable.

I've completed 7 so far.


Six Moon Summer

UnEnchanted

Earth

Enchantress

Whispers of a Legend: Shadows of the Past

No More Wasted Time

A Moment

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: And What Alice Found There
Crossover
Treasure Island
Solstice
Out of Time
Dark Wine (The Two Vampires, #1)

[Jayne]

8/12.
The Thirteenth Tale - completed - 12/4/14

I loved this book. It's been on my to-read list for a long time and I'm so glad it was part of this challenge.

[Zara's Retreat]

all updated.

[Lynn]

Just finished Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara. It's a great book and I'm so glad the challenge pushed it to the top of my list. I'm 8/10 for the challenge and I updated my full list at Message 121.

[Victoria]

I've just finished The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon making me 5/12 and I've updated my full list

[Caro]

Ok, so now I will make some adjustments and updates in the randomizer challenge:

32 - The Isle of Youth: Stories
66 - La delicadeza
REMOVED40 - Bird Box
REMOVED51 - IT Can Be Dangerous
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

I decide to remove two books from this list. I will only read 20 books for this challenge. Not because I think I can't read the other two, but because I decide to remove these books from my to - read list. Did not like them so much, nevertheless, I will try to continue with my other goals. So, so far I had read 2/20.

[Barb]

Updated my post at Message #37. I've passed my halfway point for the year :)

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Updated post #118

6/10

[Sarah]

Okay, I'd like to quit this challenge. I'm sticking with all the other challenges, maybe I'll try this one next year.

[Jaclyn]

9/20

04/25/14

[Claire]

I've finished my second of 12 books on my list (from message 214). So far I've read

[Theresa~OctoberLace]

Message #25 has been updated. I've now read 6 of the 20 books selected by the randomizer for 2014.

[Victoria]

I've just finished The Long Song by Andrea Levy and updated my original message number 155. I'm now 6/12 in this challenge

[Karina]

7/25, so far

1. Galileo's Dream
7. Robopocalypse
18. House of Suns
30. Alas, Babylon
45. Story Engineering
52. The Word for World is Forest
57. Nine Princes in Amber
67. Foundation's Edge
84. Thinking, Fast and Slow
86. As I Lay Dying
90. Changes
92. Fortunately, the Milk
100. The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
107. Dimension of Miracles
119. Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain
130. The Strain
139. The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories
142. Sandman Slim
148. Sucker's Portfolio
165. Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities
166. Bagombo Snuff Box
173. Jailbird
211. The Wordy Shipmates
223. Catch-22

[Lorelei]

I finished 2 books for this challenge this month.
Never Met a Man I Didn't Like
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Completed 2/7

[Erika]

Finished 5/12 today: Cloud Atlas

[Chloé]

Finished my second random book, . It was 189 on my TBR list. I listened to the audiobook. It was hilarious!

[Eggp]

67. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler - 14 Apr 2014, 4/5
91. The Selection (The Selection, #1) by Kiera Cass - 27 Apr 2014, 1/5

6/12 done!

[❦Dawn❦]

THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014

2/12

✓How to Be a Woman
✓Rocky Mountain Freedom
The Maze Runner
Curveball
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Whitman: Poems
The Four Agreements
Fallen
Obsidian
The Thirteenth Gift
Dead Ever After
Bought By The Billionaire Brothers

[Lilac]

1/16 done!
#47:

[Lynn]

Just finished The Lamp of the Wicked by Phil Rickman....a big book, but still a great read. I'm 9/10 for the challenge and I updated my full list at Message 121.

[Tricia]

I finished first book for this challenge - The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great 5/6/2014 :)

I really recommend it, great book!

[Canadian Dragon]

I would like to join for 10 please

[Canadian Dragon]

The TBR Randomiser Challenge
Duration January 1-December 31 2014
1) 13 City of Ashes
2) 50 Unearthly
3) 61 The Ersatz Elevator
4) 100 These Broken Stars
5) 139 Every Day
6) 147 Level 2
7) 191 Fearscape
8) 267 Asunder
9) 293 Marjorie Morningstar
10) 477 Night Pleasures

[Megan]

Completed my 6th book for this challenge - Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. Interesting concept and great character development! Wish the author would have explained a bit more about how the devastation had come about, and the plot was a touch gory for my taste, but overall, good book. 3.5 stars

6/15

[Sherry]

Updated: COMPLETED 8/8

THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014
link: TBR Randomiser Challenge
Page 7 comments
8 Books
8/8 Completed



984 Once We Were (The Hybrid Chronicles #2) by Kat Zhang [Read 1/19/2014]
455 Desperately Seeking a Duke (Heiress Brides, #1) by Celeste Bradley [Read 2/23/2014]
33 The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire by Trisha Telep [Read 2/4/22014]
574 Ruthless (Faces of Evil #6) by Debra Webb [Read 2/14/2014]
860 First Comes Marriage (Huxtable Quintet #1) by Mary Balogh [Read 3/11/2014]
27 True Betrayals by Nora Robert [2/13/2014]
789 Divorced, Desperate And Dating (Divorced, #2) by Christie Craig [Read 2/18/2014]
125 The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy [5/4/2014]

[Canadian Dragon]

Sherry wrote: "Updated: COMPLETED 8/8

THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014
link: TBR Randomiser Challenge
Page 7 comments
8 Books
8/8 Completed


congrats
[bookcover:Once We Were|16..."

[Melissa]

I finished :)

#54 Family Pictures / Sue Miller 01/31/14 5/5 Stars
#135 Smoke Screen / Sandra Brown 01/20/14 4/5 Stars
#107 Of Flesh and Blood / Daniel Kalla 05/01/14 5/5 Stars
#67 Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen / Julie Powell 2/22/14 2/5 Stars
#194 The Selection / Kiera Cass 05/24/14 4/5 Star
#39 Wild at Heart / Patricia Gaffney 01/10/14 4/5 Stars
#150 The Doorkeepers / Graham Masterton 02/19/14 4/5 Stars
#108 The Runaway / Terry Kay 04/23/14 5/5 Stars
#70 Call it Sleep / Henry Roth 01/17/14 4/5 Stars
#21 The Lightning Rule: A Novel / Brett Ellen Block 04/18/14 4/5 Stars

[Ange]

Updated post 270

[Megan]

Just completed my 7th selection - The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi. I would never recommend this book for the young adult set. It was overly graphic for shock value. I'm also not a fan of dystopian novels making fun of American ideals, again, for shock value. Characters had depth, however, so I could at least attach to them in the story. Not worth reading. 2 stars

7/15

[Chloé]

Finished my third . It was number 187 on my list.
It was really good, a five stars, I definitely recommend it.

[Jaclyn]

10/20 Halfway there!

#203 05/28/14

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Updated post #118

9/10

[❤Stephanie ღ♥ღMrs Daryl Dixonღ♥ღ]

Updated post #118

10/10 Completed

[Erika]

I finished Fall on Your Knees today. I'm so glad this popped up for this challenge because it was superb and I probably wouldn't have picked it up on my own for a long time to come.

I also finished Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

7/12

[Jaclyn]

11/20

#230:

[Chloé]

4/10
Randomized book number 81: .

Good randomized book, it is a 5 stars for me. It was on my list for a long time and I really meant to read it, but I was never getting around to do so, so thanks to this challenge I can cross it from my list!

[Zara's Retreat]

everyone's been updated. If I've missed you please let me know. Also feel free to go around a second time if you've completed the challenge already. You still have another 7 months approximately before the end of the year.

[Pat]

I have finally started to read for this challenge. I have completed my first book. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

[Canadian Dragon]

Can I still join?

[Zara's Retreat]

Tasha wrote: "Can I still join?"

Of course you can Tasha

[Canadian Dragon]

Can you put me down for 10 please