The Listopia Challenge - 2014

[Karena]

How does it work if some books are on more than one list? Like I have The Three Musketeers on 2 lists that I'm doing. Can I count them for both lists or just once? I have a big number so I'm trying to see if I can to scale it back a bit and organize by books I already own.

[Jodi]

Karena wrote: "How does it work if some books are on more than one list? Like I have The Three Musketeers on 2 lists that I'm doing. Can I count them for both lists or just once? I have a big number so I'm trying..."

You have to choose which list you put your book into. You can only count each book once.

[Karena]

Ok. Well, I'll probably just take off one of the lists. I'll remove the Guardian's list and go for just 46 books. Thanks for answering!

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Kimberly wrote: "Finished The Memory Keepers Daughter - 5 stars! Amazing story!"

Hi Kimberly, I also enjoyed The Memory Keeper's Daughter when I read it. Glad to hear that you did too.

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Updated to here. Continued good luck everyone.

[Candiss]

From List 3: Best Books of the 21st Century

Houdini Heart - Ki Longfellow (02/19/14) **** (maybe 4.5)

Total read: 2/20

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updated to here

[Jodi]

Zara I finished Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. That fits with my What Women Born in the 70s are Reading.

I think I should have picked more from this list. It seems like all the books I am reading or want to read are on that list. I thought Quiet would at least be from my Non-Fiction list I picked but nope!

Anyways, put me down for one more please.

[Karena]

Update.

15/46

[Courtney A.J.]

Completed: 7 of 12 - updated May 31

World's Greatest Novellas
✔ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (02-22-14)
✔ The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling (02-28-14)
✔ In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (02-26-14)

The Great American Novel
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
✔Beloved by Toni Morrison replacing The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
✔The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (01-29-14)

Best South Asian Fiction
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
✔The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

Favorite Magical Realist Novels
TBA - Something by Alice Hoffman
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
✔No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

[Jannene]

Crime and Mystery Listopia - 3/11

The Brass Verdict-Michael Connelly
A Cold Day for Murder -Dana Stabenow
The Neighbor -Lisa Gardner
Divine Justice-David Baldacci
✔ Fireproof-Alex Kava
✔ Stranded-Alex Kava
✔ Swimsuit-James Patterson
The Quickie-James Patterson
Trace-Patricia Cornwell
The Sleeping Doll-Jeffery Deaver
Chosen Prey-John Sanford

[Courtney A.J.]

Completed: 3 of 12

✓. In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (02-26-14)

[Karena]

Had to fix my numbers since I deleted the other list and put the appropriate ones on. 35/46

[Kathryn]

I have finished The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era by Jessica Fellowes (4 stars - love the photos from the first 2 series - gorgeous costumes and lavish furnishings) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (4 stars - great concept, gripping reading after the first third of the book - it took me about that long to get fully invested in the story).

I have now completed 3/20 for this challenge.

[Courtney A.J.]

Completed: 4 out of 12 (and one list!!)

World's Greatest Novellas
✓ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (02-22-14)
✓ The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling (02-28-14)
✓ In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (02-26-14)

[Jodi]

Hi Zara,

I just finished another one for my:

List 1: What Women Born in the 70s Have Read So Far This Year

The Paris Wife

This is a great list. I have a feeling I will be reading many more books from this list.

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Jodi wrote: "Hi Zara,

I just finished another one for my:

List 1: What Women Born in the 70s Have Read So Far This Year

The Paris Wife



This is a great list. I have a feeling I will be readin..."

I just had a look at this list and there are many books on this that I've already read and many others I want to read.

[Elsbeth]

I'd like to join with 13 books in total from 2 lists: 10 for:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
and 3 for:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

For the first list I already finished 2:
and .

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all updated to here.

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Bernadette wrote: "If I have already read a book this year that features on the Listopia I have picked, can I use it towards me goal even though I only signed up for this challenge yesterday?"

You certainly can Bernadette.

[Cassandra]

First one off the Goodreads 100 Fiction list:


Finished March 9

1/6

[Madelyn]

Sign me up to read 5 books I've never read from each of the following lists:
Best Children's Books
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
Best Historical Fiction
Best For Book Clubs
Everyone's Read It But Me
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

[Karena]

Hi! I messed up my numbers. I am only 17/46. Not sure how I came up with the huge number.

[Brian]

I was browsing a bunch of listopias yesterday and realized how fun they are to look at.

If it's not a problem, could I join in on this challenge now? I'll post the listopia links that I choose soon and edit this post once I do. There are a number of books I have read this year that I know share the same listopia, so I want to pick ones that fit and new ones with books I want to read.

I think I'm gonna go for 4 lists, not sure if I'll do 4 from each, or 5 from two and 3 from two, but regardless, I'll sign up for 16 total.

0/16

Thank you, Zara!

[Kathryn]

I've finished 4/20 for this challenge. I just finished reading The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton (3.5 stars) from the list What Women Born In The 70s Have Read So Far This Year

I enjoyed The Forgotten Garden and The House At Riverton more than this one. Maybe this one suffered because my expectations were unrealistically high after enjoying the other two. This one also felt very long - it almost felt like it took over 400 pages to set the scene!!

[Erika]

I finished 11/40 today! Nana by Emile Zola. Excellent book!

[Erika]

I also managed to finish 12/40 today! After the Quake

[Karma]

Hi! I'm going to jump in here and try to do

15 from the "Women Born in the 70s" list. (Thanks to whoever posted that first. It is a great list and I want to read pretty much all of it. :)

And 5 from the "Best Books Ever" List

[Marina]

5/10 completed: just finished John Steinbeck's Furore, Italian version of The Grapes of Wrath (for the Best Books of the 20th Century).

[Candiss]

I updated my original post. I just finished , which brings me to 3/20.

[Brianna Andreda]

I would love to participate in this challenge. I've been trying to get through some of the lists that I want to have read at least a good number of them.

I'll do 5 lists and try to read 16 books from each of them for a total of 80 books.

Read 24/80

List #1: Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once



#1 And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (completed 03/15)
#2 Animal Farm by George Orwell (completed 03/30)
#3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (completed 03/31)
#4 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (completed 04/01)
#5 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (completed 04/03)
#6 New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (completed 04/06)
#7 A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle (completed 04/12)
#8 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (completed 05/19)
#9 Catching FireCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins (completed 05/19)
#10 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (completed 07/27)
#11 The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (completed 11/14)
#12 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (completed 11/16)

List #2: Best Books With Witches



#1 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumL. Frank Baum (completed 08/23)
#2 Witch & Wizard by James Patterson (completed 09/06)

List #3: Books that leave you disturbed



#1 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (completed 06/04)
#2 American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (completed 08/23)
#3 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (completed 08/31)
#4 Looking for Alaska by John Green (completed 09/16)

List #4: Books That Should Be Made Into Movies



#1 The Returned by Jason Mott (completed 03/24)
#2 The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (completed 04/07)
#3 Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella (completed 06/12)
#4 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (completed 07/31)

List #5: Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction



#1 Wool by Hugh Howey (completed 03/29)
#2 The Giver by Lois Lowry (completed 06/01)

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I need to change the listopia list I'm working on-the one I originally chose doesn't have books I can find at the library. Instead I'm going to go with the list Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopia Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...


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Also, I don't see my name on the participation list- could I be added please :)

[Karma]

Updating my progress:

Several of the books I have already read this year are on the "What Women Born in the 70s are Reading" list so I am 4/15 there:

1. #27 Divergent
2. #52 Insurgent
3. #34 Allegiant
4. #71 The Interestings

[Mary-Ann]

I'd like to join please, I've sort of been doing it myself anyway but want to be more involved so I would like to sign up for 20 books in total. 10 books from two lists. For both lists I have randomly chosen 10 books that are possibles for me to read. This may change depending on what I have on my shelf and what I can get my hands on. The random lists were more to semi challenge me to read a different assortment of books rather than just books I know I will like.

13/20 overall.

Listopia Challenge - 10 Books from: Best Books Ever List


8/10

Book 1. Lord of the Flies
Book 2.Fallen
Book 3. Inkheart
Book 4. The Hunger Games
Book 5. The Name of the Wind
Book 6. Beautiful Creatures
Book 7. Watership Down
Book 8. Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Book 9. Stardust
Book 10. Catching Fire


Listopia Challenge - 10 books from: Best Books of the 21st Century


5/10

Book 1. The Kite Runner
Book 2. The Book Thief
Book 3. Life of Pi
Book 4. The Help
Book 5. Water For Elephants
Book 6. The Lovely Bones
Book 7. My Sister's Keeper
Book 8. American Gods
Book 9. City of Bones
Book 10. The Night Circus

[Erika]

Updated msg 22 to reflect my 13th finished book out of 40. Thanks!

[Karma]

Finished 1/4 of Best Books Ever:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

That's 5/20 overall

[Meimei]

I'd like to join too! :)
❃ Lists: 4
❃ TOTAL: 45/45
List #1 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
20/20
1. Animal Farm - 04/09
2. Kafka on the Shore - 04/17
3. One Hundred Years of Solitude - 04/22
4. The Scarlet Letter
5. Of Mice and Men
6. Candide - ★★★★
7. Things Fall Apart - ★★★
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - ★★★★
9. Anna Karenina - ★★★★★
10. Frankenstein - ★★★★
11. Dracula - ★★★★
12. To Kill a Mockingbird - ★★★★★
13. The Old Man and the Sea - ★★★★
14. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - ★★★
15. Little Women - ★★★★
16. Doctor Zhivago - ★★★
17. All Quiet on the Western Front - ★★★★
18. A Christmas Carol - ★★★★
19. Sputnik Sweetheart - ★★★★
20. Love in the Time of Cholera - ★★★★

List #2 Must Read Classics
5/5
1. Blindness - ★★★★
2. Romeo and Juliet - ★★★★
3. Crime and Punishment - ★★★★★
4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - ★★★★★
5. The Little Prince - ★★★★★

List #3 Best Teen Books About Real Problems
10/10
1. The Fault in Our Stars - ★★★★★
2. If I Stay - ★★★★
3. Where She Went - ★★★★★
4. Paper Towns - ★★★★
5. My Sister's Keeper - ★★★★
6. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - ★★★★
7. Bridge to Terabithia - ★★★★★
8. Divergent - ★★★★★
9. Wonder - ★★★★★
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - ★★★★★


List #4 My school reading
10/10
1. Closely Watched Trains Bohumil Hrabal - 04/03
2. Nový epochální výlet pana Broučka, tentokráte do XV. Století - 04/07
3. The Seagull - 04/30
4. Kuře melancholik - ★★★★
5. Noc na Karlštejně - ★★★★
6. Radúz a Mahulena - ★★★
7. R.U.R. - ★★★★★
8. Svatý Xaverius - ★★★
9. Těžká hodina - ★★★
10. The White Disease - ★★★★

[Zara's Retreat]

updated and all new people added. Welcome aboard.

[Mary-Ann]

updated message 252
Lord of the Flies - have now completed 6/20.

[Karma]

I finished

The Night Circus from the "Best Books Ever" list so that puts me at 6/20

[Courtney A.J.]

Completed: 5 of 12
Total Lists: 4

World's Greatest Novellas
✓ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (02-22-14)
✓ The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling (02-28-14)
✓ In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (02-26-14)

The Great American Novel
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Beloved by Toni Morrison replacing The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
✔The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (01-29-14)

Best South Asian Fiction
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
✓The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

[Megan]

I'd like to participate by reading five books from five unique lists. I'll post updates on my corner page: My Corner Page

[Brianna Andreda]

updated message 248

#1 Animal Farm by George Orwell
#2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
#3 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
#4 Wool by Hugh Howey
#5 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

These are my first 5 books read, so I'm 5/80

[Ange]

If you type in the book name and scroll down it will give you "lists with this book" it only shows the first two lists but you can click on the link more lists with this book and then find the list you are looking for click on it and then it will take you directly to the book where it is on the list. Not sure if you can do this by author

[Brianna Andreda]

I've just finished . I now have 6 of 80 books read

[Meimei]

I've just finished Nový epochální výlet pana Broučka, tentokráte do XV. Století, which puts me at 1/45, yaaay :) message 255

[Brianna Andreda]

I finished while at work. Updated message 248 and now I have read 7/80

[Alison]

I finished Anne of Green Gables last night. So that gives me 3/10 for this challenge.

[Meimei]

Just finished Animal Farm, definitely worth the time! 2/45 message 255

[Sarah]

I'd like to withdraw from this particular challenge. I have too many challenges, and seeing as this one I've only read 1 so far, I'm just going to quit. I may try it next year instead.