LOST - 2014

[Amy]

Rebecca wrote: "hi... is TBR to be read?"

Yes, Rebecca. We are trying to work our way through our endless stacks of books to be read. Please join us :-)

[Becky]

Me Talk Pretty One DayThe Silence of the LambsThe Princess BrideThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyLady Chatterley's LoverThe Pillars of the EarthBridge to TerabithiaAngela's AshesLes MisérablesEast of Eden

my oldest TBRs

[Jennivie]

I am in!

From 2010 tbr I have.... oh my...

1.The Joy Luck Club
2.The Kite Runner
3.The Passage
4.The Invisible Bridge
5.Stoner
6.The Lonely Polygamist
7.Wicked Lovely
8.The Secret Hour
9.The Handmaid's Tale
10.Firefly Lane

[Melissa]

Ok, I can do this... only ten books, right? over the whole year???? (I know, only 11 months to go...)

These date back to 2009-2010, though I've been on GR since 2008. Every so often I go back through my TBR to weed out the ones that are no longer interesting to me. If they are still on my list after 5 years, then I guess I probably should read them already!

1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
2. The Demon's Librarian
3. The Preservationist
4. The Bookman's Wake
5. The Angel's Game
6. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
7. Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English
8. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
9. Speak
10. I Capture the Castle

I may end up having to make some substitutions... some of these I have never gotten around to for not being able to find them.

[Tien]

Melissa wrote: "Ok, I can do this... only ten books, right? over the whole year???? (I know, only 11 months to go...)

These date back to 2009-2010, though I've been on GR since 2008. Every so often I go back thro..."

Don't worry, Melissa, some of us still leave it til the last 2-3 months of the year before trying hard to smash our 10 and some of the time, it doesn't happen, ha ha ha, it's all about trying though :)

[Danya]

1. Passage Connie Willis
2. The Book of the New Sun Gene Wolfe
3. The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth Roger Zelazny
4. Broken Angels Richard K. Morgan
5. The White Plague Frank Herbert
6. And the Devil Will Drag You Under Jack Chalker
7. The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester
8. City Clifford D. Simak
9. The Demolished Man Alfred Bester
10. The Inverted World Christopher Preist

[Adrienne]

I read Captain Wentworth's Persuasion. It was also on my Mt. TBR list, but it was pretty bad. Glad it's over.

[Coralie]

I have completed A Suitable Boy and Blindness. My list is looking a little less daunting now.

[Tien]

Coralie wrote: "I have completed A Suitable Boy and Blindness. My list is looking a little less daunting now."

oh, well done on completing A Suitable Boy, Coralie! That one was a brick! What did think?

[Coralie]

I did like it but I would have preferred it a bit shorter.

[Melissa]

Adrienne wrote: "I read Captain Wentworth's Persuasion. It was also on my Mt. TBR list, but it was pretty bad. Glad it's over."

I am almost always disappointed by Austen spinoffs. I keep saying to myself, "that was awful - no more!" and then I let myself get talked into another. Thanks for the warning - I will be strong and resist Captain Wentworth.

[Tien]

Uh-oh...

whilst we're on the topic of Persuasion spin-off, I have to say I totally loved For Darkness Shows the Stars -it's YA dystopia/sci-fi but such feels, it's just beautiful! *gushes*

[Ashleigh]

Started my first LOST book today, Shine Light by Marianne de Pierres.

I have had this on request from the library for about 2 months (was in position 4). Picked it up from the library last week and started reading today on the train to work. I have forgotten a little bit because I read the other two books in the series in 2012.

[Melissa]

Tien wrote: "Uh-oh...

whilst we're on the topic of Persuasion spin-off, I have to say I totally loved For Darkness Shows the Stars -it's YA dystopia/sci-fi but such feels, it's just beautiful! ..."

There you go, tempting me again... that one does look interesting... ;-)

[Grace]

Hi,
I'm new to Goodreads so these are the 10 books that I've had the longest on my physical bookshelves - some go a few years back.

1 The Count of Monte Cristo
2 Faust: First Part
3 Anna Karenina
4 The Hours
5 Mrs. Dalloway
6 A Short History of Nearly Everything
7 A Moveable Feast
8 Everything Beautiful Began After
9 Hamlet
10 Othello

Three are really plays but I've attempted to read them over the years and I really would like to actually finish them!

[Tien]

Melissa wrote: "There you go, tempting me again... that one does look interesting... ;-) "

lol Melissa, I've been gushing about that one to practically anybody who will listen to me fangirling like a teen ;p

[Tien]

Grace wrote: "Hi,
I'm new to Goodreads so these are the 10 books that I've had the longest on my physical bookshelves - some go a few years back.

1 The Count of Monte Cristo
2 [book:Faust: First Par..."

Wow, some toughies on your list, Grace. Good luck in getting through them in one year ;)

[Tien]

дshləigh wrote: "Started my first LOST book today, Shine Light by Marianne de Pierres.

I have had this on request from the library for about 2 months (was in position 4). Picked it up from the lib..."

That's great! I've yet to start mine, oops!
I've got the first book on my shelf gathering dust... I head it's good though so I will have to read it sometime... some... time...

[Grace]

Tien wrote: Wow, some toughies on your list, Grace. Good luck in getting through them in one year ;)

Lol! Yes - that's why they've been sitting on my shelves! I like the extra incentive to read them. :)

[LynnB]

Just read for my second LOST book in 2 months of the year -- I am on a roll!!!
:)

[Tien]

LynnB wrote: "Just read for my second LOST book in 2 months of the year -- I am on a roll!!!
:)"

You are, LynnB! At this rate, you'd complete your list by end of year for sure ;)

[Ashleigh]

LynnB wrote: "Just read for my second LOST book in 2 months of the year -- I am on a roll!!!
:)"

Wow you are going great!

[Bea]

Congrats LynnB. I am stymied right now...have had less reading time since the first of the year.

[Adrienne]

I finished The Paris Wife today. That one was officially on my shelf the longest. It was very good and I gave it 4 stars.

[Ashleigh]

Finished reading Shine Light 10/02 ☆☆☆

This is the last book in the Night Creatures series, so glad to complete a series.

[Jennivie]

Adrienne wrote: "I finished The Paris Wife today. That one was officially on my shelf the longest. It was very good and I gave it 4 stars."

I have that one my, to be read soon PHYSICAL book shelf in my bedroom. A friend of mine was given a few copies to give out and gave it to me. I'm glad to hear someone likes it!

[Melissa]

Melissa wrote: "Ok, I can do this... only ten books, right? over the whole year???? (I know, only 11 months to go...)

These date back to 2009-2010, though I've been on GR since 2008. Every so often I go back thro..."

Okay, so I am taking The Preservationist off the list. I downloaded a sample and couldn't even get through it. Nothing likeable about any of the characters. So in it's place I'm moving up the next book on my list, so my revised list will be:

1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
2. The Demon's Librarian
3. The Bookman's Wake
4. The Angel's Game
5. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
6. Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English
7. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
8. Speak
9. I Capture the Castle
10. The Rosewood Casket

[Susan]

I finished Son of the Morning.
5 out of 27 done so far.

[Melissa]

I finished Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. I did not care for it much and really had to force myself through it. Not sure if I was just not in the mood for that kind of book or not. Disappointing.

[Ramsha]

Hello there! I'm new to this group and I thought I'd start with a few challenges... Am I glad or what! I joined in in 2012, and my TBR for 2012 is so very long. It's a good thing I can start checking off some books by participating here. These are the first ten books I added to my list:

1. Pride and Prejudice
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The Great Gatsby
4. The Catcher in the Rye
5. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
6. Les Misérables
7. The Road
8. The Tales of Beedle the Bard
9. The Subtle Knife
10.Knife Edge

[Melissa]

It occurs to me that I am a bit behind in posting... I have finished Special Topics in Calamity Physics and I Capture the Castle, both of which I really enjoyed. Both are sort of coming of age books; both could easily have gone very angst-y but I did not find them so. I was sorry to have waited so long to read either one.

[Ashleigh]

Melissa wrote: "It occurs to me that I am a bit behind in posting... I have finished Special Topics in Calamity Physics and I Capture the Castle, both of which I really enjoyed. Both are s..."

Glad to know that you enjoyed it, I picked up Special Topics in Calamity Physics at the op shop for $4 and it is now sitting on my bookshelf waiting for me.

[Bea]

Ramsha wrote: "Hello there! I'm new to this group and I thought I'd start with a few challenges... Am I glad or what! I joined in in 2012, and my TBR for 2012 is so very long. It's a good thing I can start checki..."

Wow, Ramshe, you have quite a few classics on there!

[Susan]

I got to two more in April, putting me at a total of 8 of 27. Not exactly on track, but at least accomplishing some.

The Queen's Man (Justin de Quincy, #1) - finished 4/12
Mortal Fear - finished 4/18

finished 8/27

[Jennivie]

Finished The Invisible Bridge in the nick of time, which was for both the April shelf and for the Lost book shelf. I acquired at least 2 of my Lost books last week when a friend sent me home with more books than I have in my entire house!

[LynnB]

I'm a bit behind on this, but I just finished book 4 of my 10. I guess I have to work more at finding where these will work with Scattershelves :)

[Tien]

LynnB wrote: "I'm a bit behind on this, but I just finished book 4 of my 10. I guess I have to work more at finding where these will work with Scattershelves :)"

you are doing a lot better than me!

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: "LynnB wrote: "I'm a bit behind on this, but I just finished book 4 of my 10. I guess I have to work more at finding where these will work with Scattershelves :)"

you are doing a lot better than me!"

I had hoped to finish the 10 by mid-summer and be really proud of myself, but I think getting all 10 done by the end of the year will be sufficient :)

[Coralie]

I am on my ninth, but I think I'll take a break before I start on the last one.

[LynnB]

Coralie wrote: "I am on my ninth, but I think I'll take a break before I start on the last one."

Wow, Coralie! Great going on that stack of books!

[Tien]

Coralie wrote: "I am on my ninth, but I think I'll take a break before I start on the last one."

I'm so JELLY!!

[Melissa]

Seven down... I do feel accomplished, at least until I realize my TBR as a whole is much longer now than when I started this challenge...

[LynnB]

Melissa wrote: "Seven down... I do feel accomplished, at least until I realize my TBR as a whole is much longer now than when I started this challenge..."

I wish I was as far along on this as you are! Think I had better pull out those books on my LOST list and put them where I trip over them. There always seems to be something else new to read, though ... and I just spent some time in Portland (Oregon) at Powell's (which is a very huge new/used Indie bookstore) and bought a bunch more :)

[Tien]

lol - I find that when I first started buying (reason: to spoil myself on my birthday -early June), I haven't seem to stop, ha ha ha... so I've acquired a few too this month!

I've abandoned the first LOST book even without opening it (it was a second book in a trilogy and I couldn't muster the interest in re-reading the first one) and now, I'm just about 1/3 of the way of my second LOST book (though officially my first as I deleted the other one).

[J]

Here is my ten! I haven't even gotten to one of them yet, so I have my work cut out for me.

1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2. Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula
3. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
4. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
5. The Princes in the Tower
6. Morality Play
7. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
8. The Time Machine
9. 1984
10. The Graveyard Book

[Tien]

Jennifer wrote: "Here is my ten! I haven't even gotten to one of them yet, so I have my work cut out for me...."

Welcome to the challenge, Jennifer. Lots of classics there! Suggest you start with The Graveyard Book since it looks like the easiest to read on the list ;p

[Lauren]

2014 LOST - Longest on Shelf TBR - UPDATE
Complete: 7/10

1. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry (Feb 23, 2011)
✔ 2. Waking Nightmare by Kylie Brandt: Added: May 30, 2011 \ Read: Apr 26, 2014
3. Changeling Moon by Dani Harper (July 8, 2011)
4. Dark Awakening by Kendra Leigh (July 10, 2011)
✔ 5. Secrets of Bella Terra by Christina Dodd - Added: Aug 3, 2011 \ Read: June 2, 2014
✔ 6. When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy - Added: Aug 21, 2011 \ Read: Jan 5, 2014
✔ 7. Stolen Fury by Elisabeth Naughton - Added: Sept 13, 2011 \ Read: Jan 21, 2014
✔ 8. Cold Sight by Leslie Parrish - Added: OCt 8, 2011 \ Read: July 18, 2014
✔ 9. Beg for Mercy by Jami Alden - Added: Dec 14, 2011 \ Read: Jan 3, 2014
✔ 10. The Heir by Grace Burrowes - Added: Dec 23, 2011 \ Read: Mar 22, 2014

[Tien]

ooh, you'll definitely make it, Lauren, only 3 to go in 5 months! You'll smash them!

I'm about 1/3 of the way of my 4th book so I think I should just make it too :)

[Bea]

I have been really lax on this challenge. However, I do have three of the 2014 books in the motel with me, so I think I will focus on getting them started. And, I did read The Pilot's Wife. One down and 9 to go.

[LynnB]

Lauren wrote: "2014 LOST - Longest on Shelf TBR - UPDATE
Complete: 7/10"

Wow, Lauren! You've really been working on this challenge. I wish I had anywhere near that many finished so far. At the moment, I think some of mine will be L.O.S.T. for 2015, too :)