The Listopia Challenge - 2014

[Erika]

Updated msg. 22. I am now 22/40.

[Karma]

Finished!

I read The Here and Now from the Women Born in the 1970s list.

20/20 :)

[ChrisP]

I am aiming for 15 books, at least 5 from each category from the following lists:
List 1 BEST 100 SCIENCE FICTION

Goal read 5 books from list. 6/5 Complete
Ender's Game*****
The Stand*****
Brave New World***
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy****
Dune****
A Wrinkle in Time***

List 2 BRAM STOKER AWARD WINNERS

Goal read 5 books from list. 5/5 Complete
American Gods***
The Stand*****
Carrion Comfort****
Misery*****
Duma Key****

List 3 Top 100 Must Read Classics

Goal read 5 books from list, 5/5 Complete
Brave New World***
Dracula****
The Count of Monte Cristo****
To Kill a Mockingbird****
Pride and Prejudice****

Grand Total 14/15 read

[Adriana]

3rd book down!

[Karena]

Hi. I'm dropping the 1001 list from my numbers. My count now is 6/20. Thanks.

[Meimei]

❋ Huge update of message 255. 17/45 ❋
List #1 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
6. Candide - ★★★★
7. Things Fall Apart - ★★★
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - ★★★★

List #2 Must Read Classics
1. Blindness - ★★★★
2. Romeo and Juliet - ★★★★

List #4 My school reading
4. Kuře melancholik - ★★★★
5. Noc na Karlštejně - ★★★★
6. Radúz a Mahulena - ★★★

[Angelique]

Hi,

I've finished for my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list.

I'm now 3/8 + 2 bonus

[Candiss]

Building on message #307:

The Goddess Chronicle - Natsuo Kirino **** (3.5 really, 06/30/14)

(from list #2, Japanese literature)

Read: 11/20

[Angelique]

I've finished A Christmas Carol which I had planned for December. Updated message 295

4/8 + 2 bonus

[Jodi]

I have finished another book, my first for my Best Book Ever list.
The Alchemist

I finished Coraline for the Best Trippy Books List.

I finished The Rape of Nanking for my Best non-fiction non-biography books list.

That puts me at 10 books read.

[Candiss]

Building on message #332:

The Third Man - Graham Green (1001) *** (07/13/14)

(from list #1, 1001 Books to Read)

Read: 12/20

[Mary-Ann]

updated message 249,

10/20

[Erika]

I just updated msg. 22. I am now at 25/40.

[Elsbeth]

I've changed my 2 lists to 1 other: Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once.
I've read 16 books from that list (well from the first 1000) this year already. So I will change my goal as well (from 13 to 20). These are the books I've read:
1. Emma
2. The Hound of the Baskervilles
3. Cat's Cradle
4. Animal Farm
5. The Book Thief
6. Of Mice and Men
7. The Princess Bride
8. Persuasion
9. The Time Machine
10. Mrs. Dalloway
11. Around The World In 80 Days
12. Far from the Madding Crowd
13. The Pearl
14. The Mayor of Casterbridge
15. Jude the Obscure
16. A Study in Scarlet

So now I am 16/20

[Courtney A.J.]

This list has morphed drastically since I originally selected the books to read from it.

Completed: 10 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
✔The Color Purple by Alice Walker (07-20-14)
✔Beloved by Toni Morrison
✔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
✔The Seventh Generation by Eugenia Fakinou (07-08-14)
✔South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami (06-25-14)
✔No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

[Jodi]

Courtney my list has changed several times too.

I can't wait until you read A Fine Balance. It is my all time favourite book. You will have to let me know when you read it.

[mussolet]

I'm dropping my goal to five books per list, which puts me at 55 books. My reading speed is horrendous this year.

[Candiss]

Building on message #335:

Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryū Murakami **** (07/21/14)

(from list #2, Japanese Literature)

Read: 13/20

[Zara's Corner]

update.

[Jodi]

Zara I should be at 10 books. Thanks.

[Kathryn]

I'm now at 15/20 having finished The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (3.5 stars) and Joyland by Stephen King (3.5 stars) from the What Women Born In The 70s Have Read So Far This Year list, and Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Countess of Carnarvon (3 stars from the Downton Abbey-esque Books list.

[Angelique]

Hi,

I've read another Bonus book:
The Old Man and the Sea

Updated message 295

[Zara's Corner]

Jodi wrote: "Zara I should be at 10 books. Thanks."

sorry Jodi. I've updated this.

[Zara's Corner]

Kathryn wrote: "I'm now at 15/20 having finished The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (3.5 stars) and Joyland by Stephen King (3.5 stars) from the ..."

updated Kathryn. Thanks.

[Zara's Corner]

updated your progress Angelique

[Mary-Ann]

updated message 249,

11/20

Life of Pi from Best Books of the 21st Century

[Jannene]

5/11
I just finished Trace by Patricia Cornwell.

[Marina]

7/10
Just finished Utopia by Sir Thomas More, for the list "Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction", although this is actually utopian and not dystopian ;-)

[Marina]

... And I finished another book for this challenge, Tennessee Williams' Un tram che si chiama desiderio, which is the Italian translation of A Streetcar Named Desire (for the list "Best Books of the 20th Century").
This puts me at 8/10.

[Cathy]

2014 Listopia Challenge
Best Book Boyfriends
Completed 10/10

1. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell2/11/14
2. Lushby Lauren Dane3/13/14
3. Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair3/22/14
4. Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles4/30/14
5. Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning 1/27/14
6. Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean3/21/14
7. Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl7/26/14
8. Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig5/17/14
9. Chasin' Eight by Lorelei James2/18/14
10. Wicked Ties by Shayla Black2/23/14

[ChrisP]

The Count of Monte Cristo


Top 100 Must Read Classics
Another one bites the dust....7/15

I have updated message 327

[Jodi]

Finished another for my Trippy Book List

John Dies at the End

[Meimei]

I'm adding Anna Karenina, Frankenstein, Dracula, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Old Man and the Sea, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thanks to the #YEARATHON :) Then If I Stay, Where She Went as part of BOOKTUBEATHON and R.U.R. + Svatý Xaverius as part of my school reading :)

That puts me at 27/45, message 255.

[Elsbeth]

Just finished 17/20:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

[Candiss]

Building on message #342:

14. Wolf Totem - Jiang Rong ***** (07/31/14)

(from list #3, Best Books of the 21st Century)

Read: 14/20

[ChrisP]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

BEST 100 SCIENCE FICTION
Great book!!! 8/15

I wish I could go back to school and put 42 for every problem I didn't know.

Message 327 updated

[Adriana]

4/35 books

I really need to start paying attention to these books! I might decrease my goal later.

[Erika]

26/40

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie from the 1001 Books list.

[Angelique]

Hi,

I've finished The Color Purple, which I originally planned to read this year. I've updated msg 295

[Mary-Ann]

updated message 249

12/20

slowly getting there

[ChrisP]

Dune****

9/15 complete

Message 327 updated.

[Candiss]

Building on message #359 & updating message #4:

15. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman (08/16/14) ***

(from list #3, Best Books of the 21st Century)

Read: 15/20

[Candiss]

Building on message #367 & updating message #4:

16. The Lover by Marguerite Duras (08/20/14) ***

(from list #1, 1001 Books to Read Before You Die)

Read: 16/20

[Elsbeth]

18/20:
The Yellow Wallpaper

[Mary-Ann]

updated message 249

13/20

[Candiss]

Building on message #368 & updating message #4:

16. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (08/23/14) **** (4.5)

(from list #1, 1001 Books to Read Before You Die)

Read: 17/20

[ChrisP]

Misery****

10/15 complete.

Message 327 updated.

[Elsbeth]

19/20:
Frankenstein

[Erika]

I just updated msg. 22. I am now at 28/40!

[Angelique]

I've finished A Bend in the River, another bonus book.

The September challenge will add a few more bonus books to my list :-). Now I just need to find some time to be able to read the books I wanted to read for this challenge.

I've updated msg 296.