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Recommended by Reading Challengers Challenge - 2016
I've already read 3 of the given books! Shall definitely read the rest
Rachel wrote: "This was one of my Listopias last year and it was a great resource for what to read next. I'm in for 10, but I'm still deciding which 5 to weed out! Any suggestions of what I NEED to read and whi..."
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I'm not a huge fan of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (although it was the best of the trilogy IMO) - I'd rather watch the (original) film.
Love "Neverwhere" though and also really enjoyed "The Thirteenth Tale" - it's a nice easy read too, so perfect for a holiday book.
I have several TBR books on the list, but they don't all match up with my goals for 2016, so instead I'm going to aim for 5, hopefully to be updated to more later. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Murder With Peacocks
The Book Thief (Finally finish this!)
The Help
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
I am in for this one- only 10.2.
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70. Gone with the Wind
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Books Read: 9/10
I'm in for 15!Recommended by Reading Challengers
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I'm in with 10 books.1. The Book Thief / read 23.6.2016
2. A Monster Calls / read 17/8/2016
3. The Night Circus / read 18.3.2016
4. The Color Purple / read 20.4.2016
5. Neverwhere / read 26.6.2016
6. Snow Flower and the Secret. .Fan / read 19/7/2016
7. The Husband's Secret / read 16.11.2016
8. Sarah's Key / read 15/8/2016
9. Dark Places / read /25.3.2016
10. The Maze Runner / read 19.6.2016
I'm in for 12 (one for each month). I made myself a rule that I had to own the books I picked in an effort to get my to-read pile under control. :)All 12 completed 08/14/16. :)
**1. The Night Circus (finished 03/21/16)
**2. Fangirl (finished 07/19/16)
**3. Room (finished 08/14/16)
**4. Wonder (finished 07/12/16)
**5. Eleanor & Park (finished 02/21/16)
**6. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (finished 06/23/16)
**7. The Yellow House (finished 05/01/16)
**8. The 5th Wave (finished 07/02/16)
**9. Coraline (finished 02/17/16)
**10. The Postmistress (finished 03/29/16)
**11. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (finished 04/16/16)
**12. Hollow City (finished 01/06/16)
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I have read 24/100.So I, think I will start out with only 4 books..
1. Fault in our stars
2. The night circus
3. Looking for Alaska
4. Crime and punishment ( which I kind of started , but, put down, not sure if I will finish it, don't really like it, but,might , pick it up again , next year)
I would like to try for 5 please.1.
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3/101. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
3. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I have added another to my list - post #36
I'm in for six. I picked the first six titles that are on my TBR list and that I have readily available in my house so I have NO EXCUSES for slacking on this challenge. ;-)0/6
1. The Hobbit
2. A Game of Thrones
3. The Catcher in the Rye
4. Jane Eyre
5. The Kite Runner
6. Lord of the Rings (at least the first in the trilogy)
Yikes!
I'm in for 11.1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 3/27/16
2. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 6/6/16
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please sign me up for 20 books.
Goal: 20 books
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2. To Kill a Mockingbird (reread from high school)
3. 1984
4. A Game of Thrones
5. Gone Girl
6.A Thousand Splendid Suns
7. Ender's Game
8 The Kite Runner
9.Sarah's Key
10. Me Before You
11.Never Let Me Go
12.Fall of Giants
13.The Pillars of the Earth
14.The Goldfinch
15.Uprooted
16.The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
17.A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
18.The Martian
19.The House of Impossible Loves
20. The Girl on the Train
Goal: 20 books
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2. To Kill a Mockingbird (reread from high school)
3. 1984
4. A Game of Thrones
5. Gone Girl
6.A Thousand Splendid Suns
7. Ender's Game
8 The Kite Runner
9.Sarah's Key
10. Me Before You
11.Never Let Me Go
12.Fall of Giants
13.The Pillars of the Earth
14.The Goldfinch
15.Uprooted
16.The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
17.A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
18.The Martian
19.The House of Impossible Loves
20. The Girl on the Train
I'll try for at least 12. But may read more.TBD
I'm in for 20.2 out of 20 completed
(List subject to change)
1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - Finished January 23, 2016
2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - Finished January 24, 2016
3. Paper Towns by John Green
4. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
5. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
6. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
7. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
8. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
9. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
10. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
11. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
12. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
13. Emma by Jane Austen
14. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
15. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
16. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
17. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
18. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
19. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
20. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
please sign me up for 10 books :)1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2. Frankenstein
3. Cloud Atlas
4. Howl's Moving Castle
5. The 5th Wave
6. Two Boys Kissing
7. All the Light We Cannot See
8. Rebecca
9. Room
10. Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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I would like to participate with 10 (may change during the year).
I would like to take part in this challenge. 10 books1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Completed 19/01/16 Rating 5 stars
2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Completed 20/02/16 Rating 3 stars
3. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Completed 5/05/16 Rating 5 stars
4. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Completed 16/05/16 Rating 4 stars
5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Completed 26/06/16 Rating 4 stars
6. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Completed 18/07/16 Rating 5 stars
7. Paper Towns by John Green Completed 14/11/16 Rating 4 stars
8. The Help by Kathryn Stockett Completed 9/12/16 Rating 4 stars
9. Animal Farm by George Orwell Completed 19/12/16 Rating 4 stars
10. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Completed 30/12/16 Rating 4 stars
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Challenge completed
I'm going to aim for 10 books for this challenge, I'll post here when I have decided which I'll read. 0/10
Rachel wrote: "This was one of my Listopias last year and it was a great resource for what to read next. I'm in for 10, but I'm still deciding which 5 to weed out! Any suggestions of what I NEED to read and whi..."
Definitely read Sarah's Key, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Between Shades of Gray!
in for 10... wanna try it out.
I'm in for 2016/20
This is perfect as it there were 20 that are on my bookshelves or e-reader. This is a good reason to get them read.
My list:
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern completed Wed., 24 February 2016 ✔ 2.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Fri 29 Jan 2016✔ 3.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaimancompleted Friday 20 May 2016
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Blindness by José Saramago completed Tue 15 Nov 2016✔ 5.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer completed Wed 18 May 2016✔ 6.
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Completed Wednesday 06 April 20157.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield✔ 8.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Completed Thursday, 21 January 2016✔ 9.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt completed Fri 29 April 2016 ✔ 10.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo completed Wed 7 Dec 2016 ✔ 11.
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling completed Friday, 28 October 2016✔ 12.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy completed Wed 14 Dec. 201613.
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith✔ 14.
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente completed 07 Sept 201615.
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn✔ 16.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowellcompleted 07 May 2016
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Legend by Marie Lu Completed Friday, 05 February 201618.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare✔ 19.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl StrayedCompleted 31 January 2016
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Update message 29 :I finished my first book of 2016: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
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I'd like to join in for 10 books, please. [2 of 10 Read]
1. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
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3. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
4. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
6. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
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8. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
9. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
10. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
[2/12]01. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (★★★★★)
02. The Night Circus (★★★★★)
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I'm in for 20. Yearly Challenge
RECOMMENDED BY READING CHALLENGERS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
Did you know our group has its very own Listopia Each member can add to the list and can vote for as many on the list as he or she would like. Note: if a book is not the first in a series and requires that one read the previous book(s) first, please do not add it to the list.
For this challenge, set a goal for how many of these books you would like to read. You know they'll be good because your fellow Reading Challengers have recommended them!
I want to do 20
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Oh! I loved that challenge when we did it in 2014. I want in for 10 books.
I'm going to go for 16 :)7/16
1. The Hobbit
2. The Name of the Wind
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6. The Knife of Never Letting Go
7. Anna Dressed in Blood
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9. The Bone Season
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13. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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15. The Miniaturist
16. Noughts & Crosses
[3/12]01. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (★★★★★)
02. The Night Circus (★★★★★)
03. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (★★★★)
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Updated message 18 with The Martian (****)1/10
Updated message 18 with All the Light We Cannot See (****)2/5
[4/12]01. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (★★★★★)
02. The Night Circus (★★★★★)
03. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (★★★★)
04. The Martian (★★★★★)
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This is actually one of my personal challenges and one of my "boxed sets in the quarterly challenge. I want to catch up on the group reads that I have missed. Jumping in on this offical Yearly challenge to read 44. 1. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
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Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
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1.Unwind
2.Daughter of Smoke & Bone
3.The Silver Linings Playbook
4.The Night Circus
5. A Monster Calls
6. Still Alice
7.Kushiel's Dart