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message 1001: by Victoria (last edited Oct 07, 2016 12:07AM) (new)

Victoria | 27 comments Update 12/13

2005 - The Heretic by Joseph Nassise

Full list at page 2 message 71

One more to go!


message 1002: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments Updated message 20

24/25

2000 - 1st to Die by James Patterson 10-7-16


message 1003: by Susan C (new)

Susan C (sacorwin) | 906 comments Updated message 6 - one more book to go!

✓ 2016 Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality read 9/30/2016

18/19


message 1004: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 5 with 2006: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

23/24


message 1005: by Kimberly (new)

Kimberly Imbrigiotta (imbosaolcom) | 8 comments Update... 50 years of books to celebrate my 50th birthday this year

1966: Valley of the Dolls
1967: The OutsidersThe Outsiders
1968: Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
1969: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1970: Are you there God it's Me Margaret

1971: The Hiding Place
1972: All Creatures Great and Small
1973: The Other Side of Midnight
1974: All the President's Men
1975: Where Are the Children?
1976: Roots: The Saga of an American Family
1977: The Shining
1978: A Woman Of Independent Means
1979:Flowers in the Attic
1980: A Confederacy of Dunces

1981: Ramona Quimby, Age 8
1982:Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
1983: Heartburn
1984: The House on Mango Street
1985: The Cider House Rules

1986: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
1987: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
1988: The Alchemist
1989: The Joy Luck Club
1990: The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate

1991: The Firm
1992: The Bridges of Madison County
1993: Durable Goods
1994: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
1995: Picture Perfect

1996: The Midwife's Apprentice
1997: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1998: I Know This Much Is True
1999: Plainsong
2000: Wish You Well


message 1006: by Marina (new)

Marina Update post #47

2016: Belgravia

Total: 20/34


message 1007: by Sowmya (new)

Sowmya Kambam | 12 comments Update message# 968

26/36 completed.

10 more to go. Had to read new book releases - Empire of Storms, Fantasy of Freedom and A Tourch Against the Night.


message 1008: by Julie (new)

Julie Farmer | 790 comments updated message 209


message 1009: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Great job, everyone! Several of you are only 1 or 2 books away from your goal. :)


message 1010: by Laurie (new)

Laurie | 70 comments update 404 : So apparently I can't count, and because i'm trying to go since birth, I'm actually shooting for 32 books. I've updated my numbers to 28/32 :-p


message 1011: by Susan C (new)

Susan C (sacorwin) | 906 comments Updated message 6 with my final book for this challenge. Here's the entire list of books that I read:

✓ 1998 - Standing in the Rainbow read 5/9/2016
✓ 1999 - Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin read 1/6/2016
✓ 2000 Gathering Blue read 1/29/2016
✓ 2001 Summer Island read 6/1/2016
✓ 2002 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal read 8/11/2016
✓ 2003 - An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude read 3/23/2016
✓ 2004 - Messenger read 3/28/2016
✓ 2005 - The Tender Bar read 10/14/2016
✓ 2006 - A Dirty Job read 1/1/2016
✓ 2007 - World Without End read 2/2/2016
✓ 2008 Not Like My Mother: Becoming a Sane Parent After Growing Up in a Crazy Family read 2/29/2016
✓ 2009 - Bird in Hand read 1/9/2016
✓ 2010 - 365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life read 2/5/2016
✓ 2011 No Biking in the House Without a Helmet read 7/3/2016
✓ 2012 - Little Night read 1/11/2016
✓ 2013 The Golem and the Jinni read 1/24/2016
✓ 2014 Everything I Never Told You read 1/7/2016
✓ 2015 Girl at War read 1/16/2016
✓ 2016 Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality read 9/30/2016

19/19
Challenge completed!


message 1012: by Sam F (new)

Sam F | 1355 comments Update: Message 8

28/47 completed to date


message 1013: by Hardcover Harlot (new)

Hardcover Harlot (hardcoverharlot) Message #295 updated.

23/30


message 1014: by Jannene (new)

Jannene | 868 comments Updated message 85 - 19/23


message 1015: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments Updated message 20

25/25

2002- 2nd Chance by James Patterson 10-14-16


message 1016: by Hardcover Harlot (new)

Hardcover Harlot (hardcoverharlot) Message #295 updated.

24/30


message 1017: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie  | 976 comments Update: I finished "Atonement" by Ian McEwan yesterday. I now have 24/33


message 1018: by Sam F (new)

Sam F | 1355 comments Updated Message 8

29/47 completed to date.


message 1019: by Candiss (new)

Candiss (tantara) | 996 comments I updated message #26.

Read: 16/22


message 1020: by Megan (new)

Megan (megsterftw) | 126 comments Updated message #105 - 12/26


message 1022: by Hardcover Harlot (last edited Oct 24, 2016 10:15AM) (new)

Hardcover Harlot (hardcoverharlot) Message #295 updated.

26/30


message 1023: by Jen (last edited Oct 24, 2016 07:57AM) (new)

Jen Update:

2006: I Am the Messenger read- 3/5/16
2007: In the Woods- read 5/20/16
2008: The Heretic's Daughter- read 10/6/16
2009: Twenty Boy Summer- read 1/25/16
2010: Before I Fall- read 5/26/16
2011: Three Girls and a Baby- read 10/8
2012: Pennies for Hitler- read 10/19/16
2013: The Time Traveler's Wife- read 1/18/16
2014: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry- read 4/21/16
2015: Library of Souls- read 4/5/16
2016:Small Great Things- currently reading

I have finished 10/11! Almost done with my 11th!


message 1024: by Hardcover Harlot (new)

Hardcover Harlot (hardcoverharlot) Message #295 updated.

27/30


message 1025: by Alisia (new)

Alisia (meniali) | 248 comments WHEW! Challenge completed at last! 31/31 DONE :)

Here is my final list:


1. 1986- Love You Forever
2. 1987- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
3. 1988- The Alchemist
4. 1989- Number the Stars
5. 1990- The Plains of Passage
6. 1991- Needful Things
7. 1992- Dolores Claiborne
8. 1993- The Giver
9. 1994- Willy and Alvirah: Collection of #1 Bestselling Short Stories
10. 1995- Rose Madder
11. 1996- Fight Club
12. 1997- Holidays on Ice
13. 1998- Bag of Bones
14. 1999- Survivor
15. 2000- Gathering Blue
16. 2001- Dead Until Dark
17. 2002- Middlesex
18. 2003- Visions of Sugar Plums
19. 2004- Messenger
20. 2005- Snowflower and the Secret Fan
21. 2006- The Elegance of the Hedgehog
22. 2007- Plum Lovin'
23. 2008- Identical
24. 2009- The HelpGo Set a Watchman
25. 2010- Blockade Billy
26. 2011- Liesl & Po
27. 2012- Wool Omnibus
28. 2013- Takedown Twenty
29. 2014- Top Secret Twenty-One
30. 2015- Go Set a Watchman
31. 2016 - Shelter



message 1026: by [deleted user] (new)

Updated message 58

Completed 6/6


message 1027: by Clare (new)

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Updated message 138
Now at 10/13

With the first 2 books in the Percy Jackson series


message 1028: by Kelly (new)

Kelly (kellysrambles) | 1000 comments Updated #28.

14/16 complete.


message 1029: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Congratulations to Susan, Maria, Mary Pat, Jen, Alisia, and Monique for finishing their challenges!


message 1030: by Kimberly (new)

Kimberly Imbrigiotta (imbosaolcom) | 8 comments Update... 50 years of books to celebrate my 50th birthday this year

1966: Valley of the Dolls
1967: The OutsidersThe Outsiders
1968: Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
1969: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1970: Are you there God it's Me Margaret

1971: The Hiding Place
1972: All Creatures Great and Small
1973: The Other Side of Midnight
1974: All the President's Men
1975: Where Are the Children?
1976: Roots: The Saga of an American Family
1977: The Shining
1978: A Woman Of Independent Means
1979:Flowers in the Attic
1980: A Confederacy of Dunces

1981: Ramona Quimby, Age 8
1982:Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
1983: Heartburn
1984: The House on Mango Street
1985: The Cider House Rules

1986: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
1987: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
1988: The Alchemist
1989: The Joy Luck Club
1990: The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate

1991: The Firm
1992: The Bridges of Madison County
1993: Durable Goods
1994: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
1995: Picture Perfect

1996: The Midwife's Apprentice
1997: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1998: I Know This Much Is True
1999: Plainsong
2000: Wish You Well

2001: Deception Point
2002: The Dive From Clausen's Pier
2003: The Namesake
2004: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
2005: The Year of Magical Thinking


message 1031: by Melissa (new)

Melissa (melissa-juvinall) updated message 430 = 15/19


message 1032: by Cheri (new)

Cheri (jovali2) Update - 18/18 - CHALLENGE COMPLETE!!!
Year - 1999 (original publication date)

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (3 stars)


message 1033: by Jannene (new)

Jannene | 868 comments Updated message 85. 20/23


message 1034: by Hardcover Harlot (new)

Hardcover Harlot (hardcoverharlot) Message #295 updated.

28/30


message 1035: by Maria (new)

Maria (smariastefani) | 64 comments Updated message #108

Completed: 19/19


message 1036: by Candiss (new)

Candiss (tantara) | 996 comments I updated message #26.

Read: 17/22


message 1037: by Sowmya (new)

Sowmya Kambam | 12 comments Update Message# 697

31/36


message 1038: by Natalie (new)


message 1039: by Kimberly (new)

Kimberly Imbrigiotta (imbosaolcom) | 8 comments I finished my challenge! ... 50 years of books to celebrate my 50th birthday this year!

1966: Valley of the Dolls
1967: The OutsidersThe Outsiders
1968: Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
1969: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1970: Are you there God it's Me Margaret

1971: The Hiding Place
1972: All Creatures Great and Small
1973: The Other Side of Midnight
1974: All the President's Men
1975: Where Are the Children?
1976: Roots: The Saga of an American Family
1977: The Shining
1978: A Woman Of Independent Means
1979:Flowers in the Attic
1980: A Confederacy of Dunces

1981: Ramona Quimby, Age 8
1982:Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
1983: Heartburn
1984: The House on Mango Street
1985: The Cider House Rules

1986: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
1987: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
1988: The Alchemist
1989: The Joy Luck Club
1990: The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate

1991: The Firm
1992: The Bridges of Madison County
1993: Durable Goods
1994: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
1995: Picture Perfect

1996: The Midwife's Apprentice
1997: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1998: I Know This Much Is True
1999: Plainsong
2000: Wish You Well

2001: Deception Point
2002: The Dive From Clausen's Pier
2003: The Namesake
2004: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
2005: The Year of Magical Thinking

2006: My Life in France
2007: The Quilter's Homecoming
2008: People of the Book
2009: Winter Garden
2010: Orange Is the New Black

2011: 11/22/63
2012: The Last Letter from Your Lover
2013: The Lifeboat
2014: The Museum of Extraordinary Things
2015: Between the World and Me

2016: I read many books this year. My favorites

America's First Daughter
Lilac Girls
My Name Is Lucy Barton
Our Souls at Night
Small Great Things
Terrible Virtue
The Guest Room
The Longest Night
The Swans of Fifth Avenue
The Tumbling Turner Sisters

I loved having this project this year. Hoping to find a new challenge for next year.


message 1040: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 5 with 2008: The Three-Body Problem. 24/24! Now if I had just two more books I could bring this all the way up to 1982. Oh well :p ^^


message 1042: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman Jack & Jill 1996
22/29


message 1043: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 111.

14/20


message 1044: by Hardcover Harlot (new)

Hardcover Harlot (hardcoverharlot) Updated message #295.

29/30


message 1045: by Marina (new)

Marina Update post #47

2000: The Blue Fox

Total: 21/34

I'm never going to complete this challenge!


message 1046: by Sowmya (new)

Sowmya Kambam | 12 comments Update post # 967

Total: 35/36

Reading my last book in the challenge. Hoping to finish by tomorrow.


message 1048: by Victoria (new)

Victoria | 27 comments Completed the challenge 13/13 from 2004 to 2016

Full list at page 2 message 71

Thanks for hosting


message 1049: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Wow! Lots of congratulations to go around, to Kim, Cheri, Maria, Sowmya, Paul, Gabriella, and Victoria. Fantastic job, everyone.


message 1050: by Erika (new)

Erika (erikarae) | 708 comments I've updated msg. 60. I'm now at 21/28. I do not think I'll be able to finish this challenge this year, but it was fun! :)


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