What are the 5 books you want to read in 2014?

[Holly, That Geeky One]

I got my Dickens collection for Christmas, so I own it. It's definitely one of the first Dickens I will read!

[Brett]

The next 5 books on my 2014 list (some are re-reads) :
1. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
2. 1984- George Orwell
3. The Catcher in the Rye- J.D Salinger
4. Fahrenheit-451- Ray Bradbury
5. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley

[Holly, That Geeky One]

3 big dystopian classics in there, Brett. Excellent novels!

Let me know what you think of Catcher in the Rye. I've heard mixed things about it!

[Aitziber]

Holly wrote: "3 big dystopian classics in there, Brett. Excellent novels!

Let me know what you think of Catcher in the Rye. I've heard mixed things about it!"

Holden is a character that is easier to relate to the younger you are. Much like Wuthering Heights, there is an age where you no longer find it appealing. I say, if you're going ro read it, better read it while you're still in your teens, Holly.

[Kathryn]

1. shield of winter
2. crave the night
3. battle angel
4. love reborn
5. city of heavenly fire

[Allison]

I want to re-read my fave Rohinton Mistry books, A Fine Balance and Such a Long Journey.

I would like to read some classics again Huck Finn or Catcher in the Rye.

And...all of the Canada Reads 2014...mostly The Orenda by Joseph Boyden & Annabel by Kathleen Winter.

[Sara]

1. Boundaries
2. The Excellent Wife
3. 21 Irretrievable Laws of Leadership
4. Childbirth Without Fear
5. anything from Michel Odent

[Judy]

Catch-22 - because it's literally been on my shelf for 10+ years, yes an actual hardcover paper book, crazy...
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Lord of the Flies
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Tracey]

Has anyone tackled any of the five books on their to do list? I managed to tackle three of mine already as crossed out on page one, but I'm struggling to get started on the last two.

[Brenda (aka Grandma)]

lol Iasa :) one more way my kindle makes my reading easier (I know where it is).

I've only read one from my list. One I'll have to find a large print paper copy, and one scares me a little (it's supposed to be "a good book", so I'm supposed to love it. I should probably just go ahead and rate it 5 stars and cross it off my list.) The other 2 I'm really looking forward to, but I haven't even gotten to my monthly genre read yet so they'll just have to wait.

[Tracey]

Iasa wrote: "and the second book I lost. It was last seen in my boyfriend's refrig, but he doesn't know what's happened to it since then. "

In your boyfriend's fridge? O_o

[Lucy]

Chase wrote: "Has anyone tackled any of the five books on their to do list? I managed to tackle three of mine already as crossed out on page one, but I'm struggling to get started on the last two."

I haven't even opened the covers of any of the books of my Top 5 list! :(

Hopefully getting to the next Song of Ice and Fire book in two weeks' time, and will read How To Be A Woman next month for the themed genre challenge.

[Roseanne]

Chase wrote: "Has anyone tackled any of the five books on their to do list? I managed to tackle three of mine already as crossed out on page one, but I'm struggling to get started on the last two."

I read Unhinged and I am reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane now but I think I want to change the 5 books I want to read.

[Tracey]

Iasa wrote: "Chase, I was cooking, guess I put down in the refrig to grab something. I didn't know I had done that until his daughters were teasing me about it."

Ah. Makes sense. I do that with remotes quite often.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

The Palliser Novels. Anthony Trollope.

Edited: uh, except there's six of them. :o

1-Can You Forgive Her?**
2-Phineas Finn: The Irish Member, Volume 1**
3-The Eustace Diamonds**
4-Phineas Redux**
5-The Prime Minister (Oct/Nov)
6-The Duke's Children (Nov/Dec)

** = completed

[earlpatrick]

1. The Book Thief
2. LOTR trilogy (reread)
3. Crime and Punishment
4. Yoga Sequencing
5. The Power of Ashtanga Yoga

[Gavin]

1-The Wind Through The Keyhole by Stephen King
2-Swan Song by Rober McCammon
3-The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4-To Kill a Mockingbir by Harper Lee
5-Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

[Holly, That Geeky One]

earlpatrick, The Book Thief and Crime & Punishment are both amazing novels. 2 of my favorite by far.

Gavin, I hope enjoy To Kill A Mockingbird as much as I did.

[Holly, That Geeky One]

How are people doing with their 5 books?

[Lucy]

Not that great! They're all ready and waiting (with the exception of MaddAddam) and I have made a dent in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, but haven't actually managed to cross any off yet.

[Gavin]

Holly wrote: "How are people doing with their 5 books?"
Only Swan Song (which I'll probably need to buy import), Farenheit 451 (seen this one at the bookstore already) to go and The Kite Runner (already on my bookshelf).

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I've finished Can You Forgive Her? and start Phineas Finn tomorrow with a GR book group (Victorians). I have got a few people interested in a BuddyRead there for The Eustace Diamonds in July. Then, hopefully, Phineas Redux in August.

Potentially, I'll get four of the six finished by September!

[Holly, That Geeky One]

I've finished Ulysses, and part way through Moby Dick. Les Mis and War & Peace are on my to read list for the summer, so I should get 4 out of 5 done.

Really frustrated I didn't stick with The Count of Monte Cristo.

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

I've read 2 of my 5 - The Book Thief and Vanity Fair. :D

Still on the list - Ulysses, In Search of Lost Time, and The Grapes of Wrath.

[Brenda (aka Grandma)]

I finished all 5 of mine!
I'm not quite sure what else to Hoo-rah about, so I'm going with this one :)

[Tracey]

Still 4/5 on mine. The last book Outlander was the largest of course.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Hoorah, Brenda! What were they?

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Chase-
I'm reading Outlander this summer, as well. Although it's not one of my five, it us one I've been eyeing for a ling while.

[Brenda (aka Grandma)]

Renee wrote: "Hoorah, Brenda! What were they?"

A Thousand Splendid Suns
Old Man's War
Middlemarch
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Nine Princes in Amber

Except for Middlemarch, they were books I felt like I ought to try out just because they're well known.
My favorites were Old Man's War and Middlemarch.

[Kassandra]

1/5 on mine so far. Luckily I've included the other 4 in other challenges this summer so I will have to get to them!

[Tracey]

Oh my goodness! I just realized today that I finished all 5 of my five books I wanted to read this year! Woo!

[Kassandra]

Woot! Great job Chase.

[Laura]

Way to go Chase!! I just finished my second book on the list of 5. I hope to start one another one in a few weeks or less.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Nice Going, Chase! Good for you!

[Hannah]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (currently reading), Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (newly purchased), Candy by Luke Davies (on my bedside table), The Bonesetters Daughter by Amy Tan (on the pile) and The Secret River by Kate Grenville (below Candy).
Syked for these novels but there isn't enough hours in a day!

[Roseanne]

just looked at my 5 today. I read 2 and am in the middle of number 3. I am half way there.

[Kassandra]

Congrats Roseanne!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I've finished 3 of the 6 Palliser Novels, and started the 4th one today.

1-Can You Forgive Her? (finished)
2-Phineas Finn: The Irish Member (finished)
3-The Eustace Diamonds (finished)
4-Phineas Redux (started 9/6/2014)

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Finished my fourth Palliser today! (Phineas Redux) Two more to go before January!

[Misterreads]

I really want to read City of Heavenly Fire, The first two books in the Raven Cycle Quartett I think (sry I'm german so I don't really know the correct name), Silber2 (it's a german book by Kerstin Gier (author of the Precious Stone Trilogy),and the battle of the labyrinth.

[Roseanne]

I have 2 left on my list. I don't know if I am going to get to them this year.