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message 1: by Jillian (last edited Apr 11, 2014 12:40PM) (new)

Jillian (mother_of_dinosaurs) Hello,

Each year I challenge myself to read a certain number of books. This year I set my goal at 70. I finished one of my book reading goals already this year. I finished the Millenium Trilogy after attemping to read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 5 times....the 5th time was the charm. It is a really hard book to get into, but once you reach a certain point it is hard to put down.

Here are my other challenges I have given myself this year:

1. A book with an animal on the cover (finished this challenge with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

2. A book everyone but you has read (finished this challenge with Gone With the Wind)

3. A book that's been on your shelf for more then 5 years (Finished this challenge w/ Native Son)

4. A classic YA book (finished this challenge with To Kill a Mockingbird)

5. A book based upon a true story. (Finished this challenge with Columbine)


message 2: by Jillian (last edited Mar 22, 2014 10:55AM) (new)

Jillian (mother_of_dinosaurs) What I have read so far this year...

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes 4 stars

Fever by Mary Beth Keane 3 stars

The Healing by Jonathan Odell 3 stars

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 5 stars

Hollow City by Ranson Riggs 5 stars

Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen 4 stars

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 5 stars

Columbine by Dave Cullen 4 stars

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 5 stars

The Girl Who Played with Fire 4 stars

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 4 stars

Native Son by Richard Wright 4 stars

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 5 stars

Help for the Haunted by John Searles 3 stars

The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood 4 stars

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar 5 stars

The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck 5 stars

Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross 4 stars


librarian4Him02 | 312 comments I like your goal of reading something that everyone but you has read. For me that book was Pride and Prejudice.

Good luck with all your goals. Happy reading :)


message 4: by Alison (new)

Alison G. (agriff22) | 543 comments I haven't read gone with the wind either!! that's on my list this year too. I'm excited.


message 5: by Jillian (new)

Jillian (mother_of_dinosaurs) librarian4Him02 wrote: "I like your goal of reading something that everyone but you has read. For me that book was Pride and Prejudice.

Good luck with all your goals. Happy reading :)"


Good luck with reading Pride and Prejudice. That is another book I need to tackle!


message 6: by Jillian (new)

Jillian (mother_of_dinosaurs) Alison wrote: "I haven't read gone with the wind either!! that's on my list this year too. I'm excited."

It is still sitting in my to read pile. :( I will get to this book someday...I'm hoping this year.


message 7: by Jillian (new)

Jillian (mother_of_dinosaurs) Alison wrote: "I haven't read gone with the wind either!! that's on my list this year too. I'm excited." I finally started reading GWTW on April 8th. So far it is fantastic!


message 8: by Jillian (last edited Apr 16, 2014 09:28PM) (new)

Jillian (mother_of_dinosaurs) What I have read so far this year...

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes 4 stars

Fever by Mary Beth Keane 3 stars

The Healing by Jonathan Odell 3 stars

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 5 stars

Hollow City by Ranson Riggs 5 stars

Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen 4 stars

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 5 stars

Columbine by Dave Cullen 4 stars

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 5 stars

The Girl Who Played with Fire 4 stars

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 4 stars

Native Son by Richard Wright 4 stars

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 5 stars

Help for the Haunted by John Searles 3 stars

The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood 4 stars

The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar 5 stars

The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck 5 stars

Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross 4 stars

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4 stars

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 4 Stars

And the Moutains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini 5 stars

What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman 4 stars

White Oleander by Janet Fitch 4 Stars

Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross 4 stars

Gone With The Wind 4 stars


message 9: by Jillian (new)

Jillian (mother_of_dinosaurs) Middlesex 4 stars
If Today be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar 3 stars
Last Night at the Viper Room by Gavin Edwards 3 stars
Austenland by Shannon Hale 4 stars
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty 3 stars
My Mother's Secret by J.L. Witterick 3 stars


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