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I'll join and I'm going to choose the year I got married, 2011. So please sign me up for 6 books.
2011 -
The Dark at the End
2012 -
The Twelve
2013 -
Burial Rites
2014 -
All the Light We Cannot See
2015 -
Ink and Bone
2016 -
It Ends with Us
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1989: A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons
1990: The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
1991: Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros
1992: Jazz by Toni Morrison
1993: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
1994: Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1997: The Dumb House by John Burnside
2001: Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb
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Is the plan to read them in order or can I start on any year?

Well this looks fun! I'll try from 1999, which is the year I moved into my current home.
1999 - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (3 stars)
2000 - Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo (4 stars)
2001 - Electric Light by Seamus Heaney (4 stars)
2002 - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (5 stars)
2003 - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (4 stars)
2004 - Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service by Maryn McKenna (4 stars)
2005 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (4 stars)
2006 - The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean (3 stars)
2007 - A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War by Howard Zinn (5 stars)
2008 - Bruno, Chief Of Police by Martin Walker (4 stars)
2009 - The Trashing of Margaret Mead: Anatomy of an Anthropological Controversy by Paul Shankman (5 stars)
2010 - China in Ten Words by Yu Hua (5 stars)
2011 - The Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini (2 stars)
2012 - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (3 stars)
2013 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (5 stars)
2014 - The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland (4 stars)
2015 - Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (3 stars)
2016 - Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey (5 stars)

Updated 10/25/16 19/38
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1991 - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
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1993 - Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg; Shadows on the Sun by Michael Jan Friedman
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1995 - Carriers by Patrick Lynch
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1998 - A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
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2000 - Dark Hollow by John Connolly and Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician by Daniel Wallace
2001 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2002 - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
2003 - Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz; No Graves As Yet by Anne Perry
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2005 - The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
2006 - After by Jane Hirshfield; Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose
2007 - Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach; The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
2008 - Why Faith Matters by David J. Wolpe; Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
2009
2010 - The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson and Loki by Mike Vasich and The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch
2011 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline; Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire; Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes by Steve Mollmann
2012 - American Ghost by Janis Owens and The Search for Anne Perry by Joanne Drayton
2013 - Cartwheel by Jennifer duBois; Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight; The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
2014 - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning; You by Caroline Kepnes; While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell; I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh; The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North; The Drop by Dennis Lehane
2015 - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
2016 - This Census-Taker by China Miéville; The Fireman by Joe Hill; The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian; Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

I love the idea but I don't want to limit myself only to the ten last years or so. Does it have to be consecutive or could I take about ten meaningful years?
If so I would do something like:
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1986 (birthday):
1991 (Move to the country side and started school):
1998 (Finished elementary school):
2001 (First love):
2003 (Graduated high school and first apartment):
2004 (Became legally an adult):
2006 (Graduated Cegep in Science):
2009 (Graduate from bachelor in psychology):
2011 (Trip to Japan):
2012 (Got Graduate degree in behavioral intervention):
2013 (Birth of my nephew):
2014 (Graduated in East Asian Studies):
If not then I'll do
2005 to 2016


1977: A Judgement In Stone by Ruth Rendell ✫✫✫✫ finished 5/16/16
1978: Street of the Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters ✫✫✫✫ finished 11/18/16
1979 The Tightrope Walker by Dorothy Gilman ✫✫✫ finished 2/21/16
1980: Callander Square by Anne Perry ✫✫✫✫ finished 12/8/16
1981: Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell ✫✫✫ finished 11/16/16
1982: Noises Off by Michael Frayn ✫✫✫✫✫ finished 10/14/16
1983: The Danger by Dick Francis ✫✫✫✫ finished 8/31/16
1984: Novena for Murder by Sister Carol Anne O'Marie ✫✫✫ finished 9/13/16
1985: Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman ✫✫✫✫ finished 10/14/16
1986: Alexander the Great by Dennis Wepman ✫✫✫ finished 12/15/16
1987: Hot Ice by Nora Roberts ✫✫✫ finished 4/11/16
1988: The Eight by Katherine Neville ✫✫✫✫ finished 5/28/16
1989: The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis ✫✫✫ finished 11/5/16
1990: Peace Is Every Step: The Path of... by Thich Nhat Hanh ✫✫✫✫ finished 11/27/16
1991: Say It with Poison by Ann Granger ✫✫✫ finished 9/27/16
1992: The General's Daughter by Nelson DeMille ✫✫✫✫ finished 10/28/16
1993: Room with a Clue by Kate Kingsbury ✫✫✫ finished 5/26/16
1994: Unsolicited by Julie Kaewert ✫✫✫ finished 6/26/16
1995: Sabriel by Garth Nix ✫✫✫✫✫ finished 9/11/16
1996: The Clinic by Jonathan Kellerman ✫✫✫✫ finished 10/17/16
1997: Life Support by Tess Gerritsen ✫✫✫ finished 8/9/16
1998: The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen ✫✫✫✫ finished 3/10/16
1999: Night Rounds by Helene Tursten ✫✫✫ finished 6/6/16
2000: Unleashed by Laurien Berenson ✫✫✫ finished 6/4/16
2001: Once Bitten by Laurien Berenson ✫✫✫ finished 10/13/16
2002: Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke ✫✫✫ finished 1/2/16
2003: Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb ✫✫✫✫✫ finished 1/20/16
2004: Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson ✫✫✫✫ finished 4/15/16
2005: The Fire Thief by Terry Deary ✫✫✫✫ finished 3/9/16
2006: Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich ✫✫✫✫ finished 1/13/16
2007: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss ✫✫✫✫✫ finished 1/8/16
2008: Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart ✫✫✫✫ finished 3/23/16
2009: The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch ✫✫✫✫ finished 9/14/16
2010: The Lies That Bind by Kate Carlisle ✫✫✫✫ finished 1/8/16
2011: The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris ✫✫✫✫ finished 4/25/16
2012: Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt ✫✫✫✫✫ finished 1/6/16
2013: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman ✫✫✫✫✫ finished 4/14/16
2014: Nightmares Can Be Murder by Mary Kennedy ✫✫✫ finished 4/14/16
2015: Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen ✫✫✫✫ finished 9/13/16
2016: Kernel of Truth by Kristi Abbott ✫✫✫✫ finished 9/19/16









































1st January 2016 - 31st December 2016
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(Skipping 1993)
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1996 Two for the Dough finished 2/10/16
1997 Ella Enchanted finished 4/29/16
1998 Four to Score finished 2/16/16
1999 High Five finished 4/1/16
2000 Hot Six finished 6/15/16
2001 Seven Up finished 7/13/16
2002 Coraline finished 11/18/2016
2003 To the Nines finished 11/15/16
2004 Bet Me finished 4/10/16
2005 Eleven on Top
2006 Pretty Little Liars finished 11/7/16
2007 Plum Lovin'
2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard finished 11/27/16
2009 The Lost Symbol finished 2/12/16
2010 Beautiful Darkness finished 2/25/16
2011 Ready Player One- finished 1/22/16
2012 Cinder finished 4/27/16
2013 Scarlet finished 5/9/16
2014 Everything I Never Told You finished 4/20/16
2015 Go Set a Watchman- finished 1/11/16
2016 My American Duchess finished 3/12/16
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Finished. Yay!

I will go from 2008, when I finished secondary school.
2008: Too Close to Home
2009: Wolf Hall
2010: The Kitchen House
2011: The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
2012: The Signature of All Things
2013: A Tale for the Time Being
2014: A Brief History of Seven Killings
2015: Devastation Road
2016:
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2000:This Boy's Life
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2005:The Glass Castle
2006:The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
2007:Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
2008:Belong to Me
2009:The House on Mango Street
2010:Super Sad True Love Story
2011:The Dry Grass of August
2012:The Light Between Oceans
2013:The Sea Glass Sisters
2014:My Sister's Grave
2015:The Midwife's Revolt
2016:Out of Sorts
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Oops, your missing the year 2000!
I'm in! I want to go for sixteen books so I will be starting at 2000!
2000- Into the Land of the Unicorns
2001- Song of the Wanderer
2002- Rowan Hood
2003- Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
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2005- The Dragon Rider
2006- Fairest
2007- The Shack
2008- Vampirates: The Blood Captain
2009- Beautiful Creatures
2010- Matched
2011- Legend
2012- Shadow and Bone
2013- Nine Words
2014- The Iron Trial
2015- Magnus Chase
2016-
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2000- Into the Land of the Unicorns
2001- Song of the Wanderer
2002- Rowan Hood
2003- Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
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2005- The Dragon Rider
2006- Fairest
2007- The Shack
2008- Vampirates: The Blood Captain
2009- Beautiful Creatures
2010- Matched
2011- Legend
2012- Shadow and Bone
2013- Nine Words
2014- The Iron Trial
2015- Magnus Chase
2016-
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I think it'll be a challenge to read a book from every year since I was born (1983), but if some of you can do, I'll try the same :)
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I think the key is just to make sure you aren't reading 600 page books every time. Good luck! I am going from 1984 so I am in a similar boat :)

Chloe - the challenge is called every year, and most people are doing consecutive years. It's really up to you, though.

I'm in for 29 books
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I will update this later. Tha..."
Amen!

I wil..."
Are you doing the challenge?

Yes, but trying to decide when to start. I was thinking 1993 when I graduated from high school. Still a lot of books though.

I'm bumping up to all 36 years of my life.
Every Year Challenge
1980: Wild Seed
1985: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
1990: The Fundamentals of Tawheed
1996: The Pillars of Islam and Iman
1999: Those Promised Paradize- Stories of the Sahabah Vol I
2000: Me Talk Pretty One Day
2001: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2003: The Time Traveler's Wife
2005: You Can Be The Happiest Woman In The World
2007: Water for Elephants
2008: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
2010: The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam
2011: The Martian
2012: Unexpected Afghans: Innovative Crochet Designs with Traditional Techniques
2013: Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
2014: All the Light We Cannot See
2015: The Witches: Salem, 1692
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THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
Your goal is to read a book published every year since you were born, or you can choose a year something special happened (e.g, you graduated, you got married, etc.) and read from that year.
This challenge will help us check out the literary styles from different years.
I'm going to start with the year I graduated from high school which is 23 books.
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1993
1994
1995 - Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
1996 - Fade Away by Harlan Coben
1997 - Back Spin by Harlan Coben
1998 - One False Move by Harlan Coben
1999 - Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
2000 - Dark Hollow by John Connolly
2001 - The Killing Kind by John Connolly
2002 - The White Road by John Connolly
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2004 - Sandstorm by James Rollins
2005 - Killer Cocktail by Sheryl J. Anderson
2006 - Moonlight Downs by Adrian Hyland
2007 - Vodka Doesn't Freeze by Leah Giarratano
2008 - Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
2009 - The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
2010 - Think of a Number by John Verdon
2011 - The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
2012 - Kill Shot by Vince Flynn
2013 - Midnight Frost by Jennifer Estep
2014 - Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs
2015 - The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
2016 - A Time of Torment by John Connolly
Whew!



Yeah, you're probably right! I tend to like those door stops, but next year I'll have to think more carefully about the lenght of the books I'll read.
And it's only great to know you're not alone when it comes to having a long list to work on!
Good luck to you too :)
Traci wrote: "No new books for the entire year! That's rough, lol. ;-) "
1. I can neither confirm not deny that I am stockpiling/buying books as 2015 comes to an end.
2. It's sad how many unread books I own.
1. I can neither confirm not deny that I am stockpiling/buying books as 2015 comes to an end.
2. It's sad how many unread books I own.

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2007: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
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2009: Al Capone Shines My Shoes
2010: The Postcard Killers
2011: Legend
2012: Me Before You
2013: Doll Bones
2014: The Boundless
2015: American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
2016: Slip of the Tongue


2016 - The Capture (1/27/16)
2015 - Hotel Ruby (1/7/16)
2014 - Savage Drift (2/11/16)
2013 - Impostor (1/12/16)
2012 - Finale (1/19/16)
2011 - Silence (1/17/16)
2010 - Crescendo (1/16/16)
2009 - Hush, Hush (1/9/16)
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THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
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For this yearly challenge, I have decided to start from the year I graduated high school which was 2001, reading my way up to 2016. I am going by the 'first published' dates on the Goodreads page for each book.
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I'm in, this sounds like it could be so much fun.
I'm starting from 1991 when I was born to 2016..... Let's see how well I can do.
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2016: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

I am going to try to do this challenge, starting in 1983, the year I got married. So that will be 34.
1983 Glengarry Glen Ross
1984
1985
1986 Driving Miss Daisy
1987 The Whale Rider
1988 The Alchemist
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1993 The Virgin Suicides
1994 Letter to My Daughter
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2008 The Weight of Silence
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2007 - The Sleeping Doll
2008 - Fuzzy Navel
2009 -This is Where I Leave You
2010 -Breakneck
2011 -Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
2012 -The Healing
2013 -The Ocean at the End of the Lane
2014 -Phenomena: The Lost and Forgotten Children
2015 -The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
2016 -The Way I Used to Be
10/10 completed

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1982 - Isabel Allende: The House of the Spirits
1983 - Jukka Parkkinen: Aavehevoset
1984 - Douglas Adams: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
1985 - Comés: Eva
1986 - Alice Munro: The Progress of Love
1987 - Katharine Hepburn: The Making of the African Queen
1988 - Rosa Liksom & Jukka Uotila: Go Moskova Go
1989 - Leena Krohn: Rapina ja muita papereita
1990 - Anne Taraba: Salaperäinen Garbo
1991 - Philip Kerr: A German Requiem
1992 - Elena Ferrante: Troubling Love
1993 - Frank Miller: Sin City Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For
1994 - Mikael Niemi: Kirkon piru
1995 - Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass
1996 - Maarit Verronen: Kulkureita & unohtajia
1997 - Mikael Niemi: Verenimijät
1998 - Pierre Christin: Valerian Vol 17 - Orphan of the Stars
1999 - Boris Akunin: Special Assignments
2000 - Ian Rankin: Set in Darkness
2001 - Takashi Hiraide: The Guest Cat
2002 - Marco Vichi: Death in August
2003 - Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake
2004 - Susan Fletcher: Eve Green
2005 - Zadie Smith: On Beauty
2006 - Seita Parkkola: Viima
2007 - Joe Hill: Heart-Shaped Box
2008 - Mons Kallentoft: Summer Death
2009 - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl: Beautiful Creatures
2010 - Fabio Geda: In The Sea There Are Crocodiles
2011 - Daniela Krien: Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything
2012 - Mauri Kunnas: Piitles
2013 - David Suchet: Poirot and me
2014 - Antoine Laurain: The Red Notebook
2015 - Toni Morrison: God Help the Child
2016 - Terhi Rannela: Frau
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Thanks! I may have bitten off more than I can chew, lol. ;-)