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message 201: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge!


message 203: by Ceri (last edited Jan 26, 2016 11:37AM) (new)

Ceri B | 13 comments Im going to have a go at starting when i was born so here goes

1987
1988
1988
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 The Old House on the Corner
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 the fault in our stars
2013
2014
2015 girl on the train
2016

So i think that makes 30 in total


message 204: by Katie (last edited Dec 30, 2015 04:08PM) (new)

Katie | 2 comments I'm want to read 28 books. One for every year since 1988.

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016


message 205: by Violet (new)

Violet (trillian8690) | 21 comments This sounds interesting. I was born in 1990, so that'll make 26 books for me. I think I can manage that. :)


message 206: by Julie (last edited Oct 12, 2016 01:16PM) (new)


message 207: by Violet (new)

Violet (trillian8690) | 21 comments I'm in! I'm starting with 1990, the year I was born.

1990-
1991-
1992-
1993-
1994-
1995-
1996-
1997-
1998-
1999-
2000-
2001-
2002-
2003-
2004-
2005-
2006-
2007-
2008-
2009-
2010-
2011-
2012-
2013-
2014-
2015-
2016-


message 208: by Kina (new)

Kina (gagirl83) | 54 comments In for 26 books. starting in 1990, the year my favorite cousin was born.


message 209: by Lucy Jade (last edited Feb 05, 2016 11:05PM) (new)

Lucy Jade (lucyjadex) | 25 comments I'm in for 22 books! One for each year since I was born!

1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006 - Falling Awake by Vivian French
2007 - Robe of Skulls by Vivian French
2008 - The Bag of Bones by Vivian French
2009
2010 - The Flight of Dragons by Vivian French
2011 - Heroes and Villains by Anthony Horowitz
2012
2013 - The Music of Zombies by Vivian French
2014 - The Snarling of Wolves by Vivian French
2015
2016

7/22 :)


The Book Junkie Reads . . . (thebookjunkiereads) | 9 comments I am up for the challenge:

1971 -
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2016

Will return with list. . .


message 211: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

I finished my first book of the year:
Without Fail - January 1
3 stars

1/24


message 212: by Monica (new)

Monica (mjdowens) | 5 comments I have completed my first book of the challenge. I am swapping the book I originally had for 2008. My idea was to read as much as I could from my TBR but bookstores and libraries are obviously going to upset this plan.

1/29 - The Hunger Games - 2008


message 213: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments That's fine, Monica! You can change your plan around as much as you want.


message 214: by Cheri (new)

Cheri (jovali2) 1/18 - year 2015

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (3 stars)


message 216: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments Message 4 updated :)


message 217: by Madison (new)

Madison | 22 comments Made You Up

First book completed for challenge. 2015


message 218: by Monica (new)

Monica (mjdowens) | 5 comments 2/29 completed - 2008- Still Alice


message 219: by Riley (new)

Riley | 62 comments update: 1/21

2013: Requiem by Lauren Oliver


message 220: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Congratulations for finishing your first books already!


message 221: by Psico-Taco (last edited Jan 02, 2016 04:21PM) (new)

Psico-Taco | 8 comments I'm in
I'll do it with 1999, the year i was born

1999- Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
2000- Fantastic Beasts And Where Tp Find Them
2001- La sombra del viento
2002- Coraline
2003- The goose girl
2004-
2005-
2006-
2007-
2008-
2009-
2010- amy and roger's epic detour
2011- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
2012-
2013-
2014-
2015-
2016- The shadow queen

0/16


message 222: by Marie Claude (last edited Jan 02, 2016 06:30PM) (new)

Marie Claude (mariecg2001) | 30 comments Susan wrote: "I'm in! I choose 1998, which was the year I got married."

I love the idea :) I will borrow it, especially since I will be celebrating my 25th anniversary in December 2016!


message 223: by Marie Claude (last edited Mar 27, 2016 11:54AM) (new)

Marie Claude (mariecg2001) | 30 comments So, like Susan, I will start with the year I got married, and will go up to my 25th anniversary in December 2016! :)

1991
1992
1993
1994 Made in America (read 03-27)
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000 Borderline (read 02-21)
2001
2002 Geek Love (read 01-29)
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 Et je te demanderai la mer (read 01-21)
2009 The Baker Street Letters (read 03-25)
2010
2011 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (read 02-17)
2012 Le Christ obèse (read 03-01)
2013 The Golem and the Jinni (read 01-10)
2014 Bird Box (read 01-16)
2015 Ghost in the Wind (read 01-16)
2016 A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder (read 03-08)

To my challenges


message 224: by Lady Heather (last edited Mar 23, 2016 10:30AM) (new)

Lady Heather (ladycrouse) I'm in starting with the year I was born, 1978. (Eek!)

1978-
1979-
1980-
1981- Irish Thoroughbred, Nora Roberts
1982-
1983- The Last Boleyn, Karen Harper
1984-
1985-
1986-
1987-
1988- Irish Rose, Nora Roberts
1989- Private Life in the Fifteenth Century: Illustrated Letters of the Paston Family, Roger Virgoe
1990-
1991-
1992-
1993-
1994-
1995-
1996-
1997- There are no Accidents, Robert Hopcke
1998- A Clash of Kings, George RR Martin
1999- Beyond the Highland Mist, Karen Marie Moning, 3/12/16, 3/5
2000- A Storm of Swords, George RR Martin
2001-
2002-
2003-
2004-
2005- A Feast for Crows, George RR Martin
2006-
2007-
2008- Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War, Adam Nicolson, 1/6/16 3/5
2009- What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty, 5/5, 2/10/16
2010- Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver, 1/13/16, 4/5
2011- The Orchid Affair, Lauren Willig, 1/31/16, 3/5

2012- Healing Hashimoto's: A Saavy Patient's Guide, Alan Christianson
2013- Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline, 2/2/16, 5/5
2014- How to Master Your Marquis, Juliana Gray, 1/2/16, 4/5
2015- After You, Jojo Moyes, 1/28/16, 5/5

2016- Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War, Short story collection

8/38


message 226: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments 3/25

2001- Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
2011- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
2015-Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll


message 227: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12941 comments 1/29


message 229: by Justin (new)

Justin (jbradley86) 1 down 10 to go :) Finished my book for the year 2015 Aftermath (Star Wars Aftermath, #1) by Chuck Wendig


message 230: by Maureen (last edited Jan 19, 2016 02:53AM) (new)

Maureen | 238 comments I'm in...

Yearly Challenge
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.

I'm going to read books from 1989 and later, since 1989 is the year I was born. I am using original publishing dates for this challenge.

Books: 5/28

1989 -
1990 -
1991 - Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett (1/2/2016)
1992 -
1993 -
1994 -
1995 -
1996 -
1997 -
1998 - Het Messias Mysterie - Andreas Eschbach (1/19/2016)
1999 -
2000 - Winter's Heart - Robert Jordan (1/11/2016)
2001 -
2002 -
2003 -
2004 -
2005 -
2006 -
2007 -
2008 -
2009 -
2010 - The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them - Robert Kirkman (1/7/2016)
2011 -
2012 -
2013 -
2014 -
2015 - Onderweg met Roadie - Thomas Acda (1/17/2016)
2016 -


message 231: by Lillian (last edited Dec 31, 2016 04:35PM) (new)

Lillian Elliott (mightofthepen) I'd like to join! I'll do from 2001
2001 -
2002 -
2003 -
2004 -
2005 - Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder (29 Jan)
2006 - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter (24 Sep)
2007 - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (29 Feb)
- Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (29 Oct)
2008 - The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan (09 Jan)
- Kandide: The Secret of the Mists by Diana S. Zimmerman (23 Aug)
2009 - Halt's Peril by John Flanagan (26 Jan)
- If I Stay by Gayle Forman (27 Aug)
- Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter (30 Oct)
2010 - A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk by Jan L. Coates (22 Jun)
- Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter (31 Oct)
2011 - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (25 Jan)
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (23 Feb)
- Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (26 Mar)
2012 - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (01 Apr)
- The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (16 Aug)
- Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter (05 Nov)
2013 - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (17 Jan)
- Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (13 Oct)
- United We Spy by Ally Carter (07 Nov)
2014 - The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim (11 Apr)
- Kandide: The Lady's Revenge by Diana S. Zimmerman (03 Oct)
- Gaijin: American Prisoner of War by Matt Faulkner (Oct 23)
2015 - The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (02 Jan)
- See How They Run by Ally Carter (06 Jan)
- Sixteen by Heidi Wong (16 Aug)
- What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler (23 Sep)
- Chocolate-Covered Katie by Katie Higgins (31 Dec)
2016 - Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard (18 Jan)
- The Crown by Kiera Cass (23 Jun)
- The Siren by Kiera Cass (26 Jun)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (07 Aug)
- The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan (28 Nov)


message 232: by Alex (new)

Alex Shelby (jynxmecrazie) | 277 comments 2 down. Finished 2012 and 2014. :)


message 233: by Chloé (new)

Chloé (fullmetalclo) | 573 comments Now that all the challenge are out, I think I will drop this one. There's too many I want to do. Sorry Cassandra.

I hope you guys have fun with this one.


message 234: by Cassandra (last edited Jan 04, 2016 07:15PM) (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Updated to here! Welcome to the challenge.

No problem, Chloé! Good luck with your other ones. :)


message 235: by Kim (new)

Kim (kimparonish) | 36 comments Finished my first book
2009--A Nantucket Christmas


message 236: by Erin (last edited Jan 10, 2016 07:48PM) (new)

Erin | 3 comments I'm in! I'll start with 1985, so a total of 32 books.

1985: The Cider House Rules by John Irving
1986: It by Stephen King
1987: I, Robot by Isacc Asimov
1988: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
1989: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
1990: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
1991: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
1992: Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
1993: The Giver by Lois Lowry
1994: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
1995: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
1996: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
1997: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
1998: Stardust by Neil Gaiman
1999: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
2000: The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
2001: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2002: The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth
2003: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2004: Crank by Ellen Hopkins
2005: Looking for Alaska by John Green
2006: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
2007: In the Woods by Tana French
2008: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2009: The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
2010: Matched by Ally Condie Completed:1/7/16
2011: Bossypants by Tina Fey
2012: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2013: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2014: Yes Please by Amy Poehler
2015: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
2016: TBD

1/32 Books


message 237: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments Message 4. 2/31.


message 238: by Madison (new)

Madison | 22 comments Finished my book for 2011. Is everyone hanging out without me by mindy kahling.
2/22


message 239: by Jodi (new)

Jodi (readinbooks) | 1971 comments I edited message 138 for year 2015 Fifteen Dogs

1/42


message 240: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, Erin!


message 241: by Chalmation (last edited Sep 16, 2016 10:23AM) (new)

Chalmation | 3724 comments I'll tackle this one, starting with Y2K.


Books Completed: 17/17

Challenge Complete!

2000: Listen to the Shadows Finished 6/9/16
2001: The Divided Child Finished 6/20/16
2002: Roulette Finished 6/27/16
2003: My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile Finished 7/25/16
2004: What She Doesn't Know Finished 6/13/16
2005: Don't Know Much About Mythology Finished 3/12/16
2006: The Road Finished 8/5/16
2007: The Blade Itself Finished 9/15/16
2008: A Rule Against Murder Finished 2/13/16
2009: Free to Die Finished 4/25/16
2010: Bury Your Dead Finished 2/21/16
2011: New Year's Bloody Eve Finished 2/5/16
2012: Volcano Watch Finished 2/1/16
2013: CyberStorm Finished 6/28/16
2014: Hurricane Katrina Finished 1/11/16
2015: SLEEPY HOLLOW: General of the Dead Finished 1/11/16
2016: Guardians: Caretaker Chronicles #2 Finished 2/17/16


message 242: by Katariina (new)

Katariina | 35 comments Message 153 updated: 2/24


message 243: by Marina (new)

Marina Updated message 47

Read: 1/34


message 244: by Jeana (last edited Jan 17, 2016 04:57PM) (new)

Jeana Budnick | 228 comments I'll join too!

I'll start with 2002, the year I graduated from High School.

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2008
2009
2010 - Intrigues
2011 - Changes
2012 - Redoubt
2013 - Bastion
2014
2015
2016


message 245: by Cassandra (last edited Jan 05, 2016 02:27PM) (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, Chalmation and Jeana!

Congratulations on finishing your first books.


message 246: by Cheri (new)

Cheri (jovali2) 2/18
2014 - The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland (4 stars)


message 247: by Jessica (new)

Jessica R. | 549 comments Updated Message #156. I've upped my goal to 34. Thanks!


message 248: by Deborah (new)

Deborah Pickstone | 74 comments Slight confusion - the year first published or the year the edition read was published?


message 249: by Sam F (new)

Sam F | 1355 comments Updated Message #8 - first book done!

I don't seem my name on the list of people participating - is there another Sam? There usually is so I go by Sam F. Thanks!


message 250: by Maria (new)

Maria (smariastefani) | 64 comments updated message #110
completed 2/19


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