The Listopia Challenge - 2014

[Kathy]

Please sign me up. I plan to read the following books in the listed categories. Total of 14.

Children's Books I'll Re-Read No Matter How Old I Am
1. The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien. 2/1/2014
2. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Ruins and Artifacts
1.The Two Towersby J.R. Tolkien. 2/15/2014
2.Exodus Lost by S.C. Compton
3.A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway

_Books_of_2014">Can't Wait Books of 2014
1.City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare 2/28/2014
2.The One by Kiera Cass
3.The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
4.Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb

Best Historical Fiction
1.Outlanader by Diana Gabaldon
2. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Aahref="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... Crime & Mystery Books
1.Postmortemby Patricia Cornwell. 1/1/2014
2.The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
3.Naked in Deathby J.D. Robb. 1/14/2014

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Kathy I have added you. Welcome and good luck.

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Hi Christine. I have added you. Welcome and good luck.

[mussolet]

Zara, I've got some leftovers from 2013, so I'm up to 11 lists (and 77 books). (Wish me luck...)

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SilverRaindrops wrote: "Zara, I've got some leftovers from 2013, so I'm up to 11 lists (and 77 books). (Wish me luck...)"

Good luck!! I've updated your goal.

[Daphne]

TOTAL: 20/36
You Read a Book about What?
11/20
1. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
2. The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime 2/1/2014
3. Visible Bones
4. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
5. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded 1/25/2014
6. Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
7. Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy
8. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
9. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture 2/14/2014
10. The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World 1/23/2014
11. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean 1/4/2014
12. The Company of Wolves
13. The Wolf Almanac 1/19/2014
14. The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars 1/9/2014
15. Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets
16. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York 1/7/2014
17. The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
18. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements 1/12/2014
19. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History 1/2/2014
20. The History of Witchcraft


Historical fiction with a dash of magic
2/6
1. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 1/7/2014
2. The Night Circus
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2/1/2014
4. Outlander
5. A Discovery of Witches
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude


World's Greatest Novellas
7/10
1. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 2/12/2014
2. The Pearl 1/16/2014
3. The Lover
4. Bartleby, the Scrivener 1/23/2014
5. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 2/8/2014
6. The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling 2/3/2014
7. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole 1/25/2014
8. The Old Man and the Sea 1/9/2014
9. The Willows 2/2/2014
10. The Dead

[Claire]

I would like to sign up for 5 lists:

The Goodreads 100
1. The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Brave New World - Jan 12, 2014
3. The Great Gatsby
4. Slaughterhouse-Five
5. The Count of Monte Cristo


Must Read Classics
1. Wuthering Heights
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Pulitzer Winners
1. The Road
2. Middlesex
3. The Good Earth


Best Books of the 21st Century
1. The Book Thief - Mar 10, 2014
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
3. The Time Traveler's Wife
4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
5. City of Bones - Feb 5, 2014


Children's Books I'll Reread No Matter How Old I Am
1. The Giving Tree - Jan 8, 2014
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Mar 30, 2014
3. A Little Princess
4. Bridge to Terabithia
5. Where the Wild Things Are

[Zara's Retreat]

Daphne I have added you. Welcome and good luck.

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Claire I have added you. Welcome and good luck.

[Katee]

Please put me down for 15. I'm really looking forward to this challenge! I will list here my updates and other challenges.



List #1 (5 Books): Best Books Without Sequels



List #2 (5 Books): Intriguing Book Covers



List #3 (5 Books):Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value

[Laura Jane]

Please add me. Will try for 15, 5 from 3 lists.

Best Books of the 21st Century
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...


The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...


Books that Everyone Should Read at Least Once
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...


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[Zara's Retreat]

Craig wrote: "Zara, can I continue with my Goodreads 100 challenge from last year and use the Goodreads 100 list, and choose how many I want to read from that?"

I don't see a problem with that Craig. Just let me know how many you want to aim for.

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Laura Jane I have added you. Welcome and good luck.

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Everyone to here updated. If I've missed anyone please let me know and I'll add you. Welcome everyone and good luck.

[Katee]

Hi Zara. I was just looking through the participants list and didn't see my name. I'm one of the newer participants. Thanks for a great challenge!

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Katee and Craig I have added you both. Welcome and good luck.

[Bodhi]

I've decided on ten books from the Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once list.

[SleeplessBookExplorer]

List 1: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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List 2:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
0/5

List 3:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
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List 4:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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List 5:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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List 6:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
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[Johanna]

Two lists, total of 14 books:

Listopia Challenge
Best Series 0/7 (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)
Best Romance Novels of All Time 0/7

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Updated to here. Welcome everyone and good luck.

[Mave]

Listopia Challenge
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List 6: Best Love Story
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[Cathy]

I'll do 10 from this list
Best Book Boyfriends

[Lianne]

I'm glad I can finally join this challenge! There are so many great lists to choose from, but I'm going to keep it simple and go for 12 books from The Goodreads 100 list.

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[Adriana]

Got my first one down from the Fairy Tales Retold list:

1/35

[Marina]

I'm reading my first book for this challenge (1/10):

which is the Italian edition of

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Mave, Cathy and Lianne I have added you all. Welcome and good luck.

[Jenn]

Count me in. I will start looking at lists now

<*a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... Wait Books of 2013<*/a*>.
Scarlet
Allegiant
Doctor Sleep 3/12/14
The Goddess Inheritance
Gates of Paradise
Mind Games


<*a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... Novels of 2012<*/a*>.
Insurgent
Spell Bound
The Selection
Beautiful Redemption
Wings of the Wicked
Bewitching: The Kendra Chronicles


<*a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5... Best Urban Fantasy<*/a*>.
Neverwhere
Bitten
Stolen
Dead Witch Walking
Dark Lover
Moon Called
Clockwork Angel
Succubus Blues
Storm Born
Ill Wind
Skinwalker 2/20/14
Bloodlines
Linger
First Grave on the Right
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Web of Lies
Torment
The Devil You Know
Venom
Die for Me
Dark Flame

[Zara's Retreat]

Jennifer I have added you. Welcome and good luck.

[Alison]

I finished Les Mis the other day. So I have 1 down! I will be updating on my corner. Here's the link Ali's challenges

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Alison wrote: "I finished Les Mis the other day. So I have 1 down! I will be updating on my corner. Here's the link Ali's challenges"

Well done Alison. I've updated your progress.

[Erika]

I just finished my first one! Gone with the Wind

1/10

[Alison]

I have another one done! I just finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. First time Ive read it. Im liking it! :) So now I have 2 done! :) Im trying to get the challenges done early in the year so I have time to read other things at the end.

[Zara's Retreat]

I have updated to here.

[Daphne]

Edited Message 109:

Upped my goal to 30! Added ten from another list too.

I am now at 5/30 complete.

[Zara's Retreat]

Daphne wrote: "Edited Message 109:

Upped my goal to 30! Added ten from another list too.

I am now at 5/30 complete."

Daphne I have updated your goal

[Erika]

Hi Zara, can you update my entry? I'm going to add 30 books from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die which will bring my total to 40 listopia books. Thanks!

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updated to here. Welcome Kelly and good luck with your goal.

[Kelly]

Zara wrote: "updated to here. Welcome Kelly and good luck with your goal."

Thank you :)

[Erika]

I finished 2/40: The Nose

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updated to here.

[Jannene]

I just finished . I really like this series.

1/11 completed

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updated to here.

[Adriana]

For the Must Read Classic List I've read Peter Pan so I'm at 2/35 books read.

[Daisy]

I'll try 6. Not sure what lists or books yet but I'll look into it.

[Candiss]

I finished Seven Japanese Tales by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.

01/14/14 *****

Read: 1/20

[Erika]

3 & 4/40

The Color Purple
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

[Marina]

2/10 Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

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updated to here. Welcome Daisy and good luck with your goal.

[Ashleigh]

1/12 finished for this challenge. Just read

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updated to here