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Emily, nice job on hitting the halfway mark. :)

Read 9/9- Challenge Complete
Now I must decide if I want to start another list for this challenge

New goal 51 books-starting 1966 the year i graduated high school
(2016) The Every Year Challenge
Duration: January 1,2016 - December 31,2016
Progress: (51/51) ***Completed 8/15/16***
Tasks:
1966: The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry 3/15/16
1967: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 8/3/16
1968: Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut 5/13/16
1969:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 6/5/16
1970: By Any Means Necessary by Malcolm X 5/19/16
1971: Post Office by Charles Bukowski 4/8/16
1972: The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury 5/15/16
1973: Black Girl Lost by Donald Goines 6/13/16
1974: Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard 5/30/16
1975: The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey 6/28/16
1976: Swag by Elmore Leonard 2/17/16
1977: Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul 6/1/16
1978: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin 5/29/16
1979: Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer 8/15/16
1980: The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy 7/22/16
1981: A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block 6/30/16
1982: Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski 8/6/16
1983: Joshua by Joseph F. Girzone 7/1/16
1984: Florida Is Closed Today by Jack D. Hunter 4/5/16
1985: Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance 4/18/16
1986: The Ritual Bath byFaye Kellerman 8/1/16
1987: Bandits by Elmore Leonard 4/9/16
1988: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 1/6/16
1989: Hollywood by Charles Bukowski 4/14/16
1990: Milk and Honey by Faye Kellerman 8/10/16
1991: Axeman's Jazz by Julie Smith 4/27/16
1992: Nigeria & West Africa by Wendy McElroy 4/3/16
1993: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines 4/1/16
1994: Praying for Sleep by Jeffery Deaver 4/17/16
1995: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 4/15/16
1996: Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard 7/4/16
1997: Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke
1998: Addicted by Zane 4/12/16
1999: Be Cool by Elmore Leonard 5/3/16
2000: A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava 6/7/16
2001: Open Season by Linda Howard 3/28 16
2002: The Moment She Was Gone by Evan Hunter 6/20/16
2003: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane 4/6/16
2004: Hidden Prey by John Sandford 1/1/16
2005: Broken Prey by John Sandford 1/9/16
2006: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 2/4/16
2007: Invisible Prey by John Sandford 1/15/16
2008: Phantom Prey by John Sandford 1/19/16
2009: Wicked Prey by John Sandford 1/27/16
2010: Storm Prey by John Sandford 2/3/16
2011: Buried Prey by John Sandford 2/8/16
2012: Stolen Prey by John Sandford 2/15/16
2013: Silken Prey by John Sandford 2/20/16
2014: Field of Prey by John Sandford 2/24/16
2015: Gathering Prey by John Sandford 3/4/16
2016: Second House from the Corner by Sadeqa Johnson 3/10/16

Gretchen, congratulations on meeting your goal. You don't have to make a decision right now - just let me know if you want to add any books. Alternately, you could just track how many different years you end up reading from.

Increased my goal to all 36 years of my life (at least it will be when we get to the end of the year).
At 14/36

8/16
2004 - Foundation
2006 - Messenger
2008 - The Outlaw Demon Wails
2009 - The Gathering Storm
2010 - The Lost Hero
2011 - Towers of Midnight
2014 - Mr. Mercedes
2015 - A Darker Shade of Magic

THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
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1990 - The Prince of Midnight - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ (03/01/16)
1991 - The Shadow and the Star - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ (03/02/16)
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1994 - The Dream Hunter - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ (08/02/16)
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2000 - The Duke and I - Julia Quinn ★★★☆☆ (24/02/16)
2001 - The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón ★★★★☆ (26/02/16)
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2004 - The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell ★★★★☆ (02/01/16)
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2006 - The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson ★★★☆☆ (23/01/16)
2007 - Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews ★★★☆☆ (31/01/16)
2008 -
2009 - The Child Thief - Brom ★★★★★ (06/01/16)
2010 - Room - Emma Donoghue ★★☆☆☆ (01/03/16)
2011 - Bossypants - Tina Fey ★★★★☆ (26/01/16)
2012 - Cinder - Marissa Meyer ★★☆☆☆ (04/01/16)
2013 - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - Malala Yousafzai ★★☆☆☆ (31/01/16)
2014 - You - Caroline Kepnes ★★★★★ (13/03/16)
2015 - Alice - Christina Henry ★★★★☆ (12/01/15)
2016 - Feverborn - Karen Marie Moning ★★★★★ (19/01/16)
16/28

People of Goodreads come up with some excellent challenges. I am, however, not too picky to do this - I just read whatever I can get my grubby mits on.
Currently reading Natchez Burning, a mammoth 800 page book. I'm just passed the 650 page mark.

I Have decided to go between 1990-2016 :)
1990-The Eye of the World
1991-
1992--
1993-
1994-
1995-
1996-
1997- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1998-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1999-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2000-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2001-
2002-
2003-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2004- Just A Boy: The True Story of A Stolen Childhood
2005-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2006-
2007-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2008-
2009-
2010- Naming the Bones
2011-The Weird Sisters
2012-The Rook
2013-Just One Day
2014- The Calling
2015-Evil Games
2016 -Glass Sword
16/26

13/38
The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson
And if someone wants to share how to input the cute little star ratings to their updates on this thread? Because I do rate every book I read and because everyone, of course, wants to know my opinion. Lol!

2016 RC - Every year challenge
My aim is to read from 1983 - 2016
1983 -
1984 -
1985 -
1986 -
1987 - The Eyes of the Dragon
1988-
1989 -
1990 - The Eye of the World
1991 - The Great Hunt
1992 -
1993 -
1994 -
1995 - One For The Money
1996 -
1997-
1998 -
1999 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2000 -
2001 -
2002 -
2003 - The Walking Dead, Issue #1
2004 -
2005 - The Virgin Suicides
2006 - An Abundance of Katherines
2007 - Dime Store Magic
2008 - Letter to My Daughter
2009 - A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
2010 - The Sky Is Everywhere
2011 - Mystery Man
2012 - Law Man
2013 - The 5th Wave
2014 - Bird Box
2015 - Six of Crows
2016 - Calamity


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2001 - Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota by Chuck Klosterman
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1980 - The Twits by Roald Dahl