The Listopia Challenge - 2016

[Gretchen]

Edit Msg 94
Read 2/10

[Charity]

Updated message 10.


16/50

[Candiss]

I updated message #4.

8. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Read: 8/20

[Amanda]

Updated #175

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

6. The BFG by Roald Dahl Completed 19/05/16 Rating 4 stars

6/25

[Candiss]

I updated message #4.

9. The Diving Pool: Three Novellas - Yōko Ogawa

Read: 9/30

[Sam F]

Updated:

Message 33

9/30 completed to date

[Sherry]

Updated: I decided to do 11 books instead of 10
10/11 Completed ✔

The Most Disturbing Book Ever Written
1. A Child Called "It"(Dave Pelzer #1) by Dave Pelzer [Read 2/18/2016]
2. Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist [Read 2/7/2016]

Causes of Ugly Crying - I don't have Ugly Cry but I have Quiet Tears that drip down my cheeks Moments
1. The One (The Selection #3) by Kiera Cass [Read 2/24/2016]
2. Wait for You by J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout [Read 3/21/2016]

Newbery Medal Winner Books
➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ 1. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
2. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan [Read 3/19/2016]

Best Manga of All Time
1. Food Wars!, Vol. 1: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 1: Shokugeki no Soma by Yuto Tsukuda [Read 5/16/2016]
2. Attack on Titan, Vol. 1, Vol. 1 (Attack on Titan #1) by Hajime Isayama, Sheldon Drzka [Read 5/17/2016]
3. One Piece, Volume 01: Romance Dawn, Volume 01: Romance Dawn (One Piece #1) by Eiichiro Oda [Read 5/23/2016]

Best Graphic Novels
1. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang [Read 5/24/2016]
2. The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman [Read 5/1/2016]

[Jammin Jenny]

Updated post #233 - 7/24 read so far!!

[Sam F]

Updated Message 33

10/30 completed to date

[Sherry]

Update: I FINISHED!!!!!!!

11/11 Completed ✔

Rules :
Choose your list (or multiple lists!) and the number of books you plan to read from each.
State your goals in your first post (posting a link to your lists is recommended*).

The Most Disturbing Book Ever Written
1. A Child Called "It"(Dave Pelzer #1) by Dave Pelzer [Read 2/18/2016]
2. Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist [Read 2/7/2016]

Causes of Ugly Crying - I don't have Ugly Cry but I have Quiet Tears that drip down my cheeks Moments
1. The One (The Selection #3) by Kiera Cass [Read 2/24/2016]
2. Wait for You by J. Lynn, Jennifer L. Armentrout [Read 3/21/2016]

Newbery Medal Winner Books
1. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare [Read 5/30/2016]
2. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan [Read 3/19/2016]

Best Manga of All Time
1. Food Wars!, Vol. 1: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 1: Shokugeki no Soma by Yuto Tsukuda [Read 5/16/2016]
2. Attack on Titan, Vol. 1, Vol. 1 (Attack on Titan #1) by Hajime Isayama, Sheldon Drzka [Read 5/17/2016]
3. One Piece, Volume 01: Romance Dawn, Volume 01: Romance Dawn (One Piece #1) by Eiichiro Oda [Read 5/23/2016]

Best Graphic Novels
1. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang [Read 5/24/2016]
2. The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman [Read 5/1/2016]

[Eggp]

May update:
Goal: 18/30

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort - 2/5
01. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 10 May 2016, 2/5
02. The Grapes of Wrath - 24 May 2016, 4/5

Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror - 3/5
03. The Other - 31 May 2016, 4/5

Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men - 4/10
04. To Kill A Mockingbird (To Kill A Mockingbird, #1) - 27 May 2016, 5/5

[Janet]

Just finished Song of Solomon from Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels

11/30

[Amanda]

Updated #175

Best Crime Mystery Books
URL: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11.Best_Crime_Mystery_Books

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen Completed 29/05/16 Rating 4 stars


1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
URL: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3647.1001_Children_s_Books_You_Must_Read_Before_You_Grow_Up

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Completed 24/05/16 Rating 3 stars

8/25

[Kelly]

Updated #29.

Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen from the Must Read Classics Listopia.

9/15 complete.

[Stephanie]

Updated #40- 11/25

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

17/50

[Candiss]

I updated message #4.

Read: 11/30

[Geri]

I completed my challenge and updated my message #125.
11/10

[Sam F]

Updated Message 33

17/30 completed to date.

[Janet]

Just finished Babbitt on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels list

12/30

[Sam F]

Updated: Message 33

18/30 completed to date

[Candiss]

I updated message #4.

Read: 12/30

[Janet]

Updated message 276

Flowers in the Attic on BBC Top 200 list

13/30

[Candiss]

I updated message #4.

Read: 13/30

[[deleted user]]

Completed 4/10 books

[Erika]

I've updated msg. 18. Currently: 23/45

[Janet]

Updated message 279

Behind the Scenes at the Museum on BBC Top 200 list.

14/30

[Jenn]

Completed 6/20

[Eggp]

June update:
Goal: 21/30

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort - 3/5
03. The Name of the Rose - 30 Jun 2016, 4/5

Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men - 5/10
05. The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle, #4) - 10 Jun 2016, 4/5

[Amanda]

Updated #175

Best Crime and Mystery Books

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Completed 26/06/16 Rating 4 stars

Must Read Classics

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Completed 22/06/16 Rating 4 stars

10/25

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

18/50

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

19/50

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

20/50

[Janet]

Updated message 283

Mort on BBC Top 200 list

15/30

[Cassandra]

I decided to change up one of my lists.

Locus Award Winners
Hyperion - June 1
The City & the City
The Dispossessed - March 10

BBC Top 200
Rebecca
Alice in Wonderland
The Green Mile - May 4

Best Non-fiction
Into the Wild - January 2
A People's History of the United States
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Best Books of the 21st Century
The Shadow of the Wind
Room
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Quality Dark Fiction
The Vampire Lestat
The Road - January 24
The Drawing of the Three

5/15

[Jenn]

Updated Message 27
7/20

[Sam F]

Updated Message 33

20/30 completed to date!

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

21/50

[Janet]

Updated message 290

Reaper Man: A Novel of Discworld on BBC Top 200 list

16/30

[Stephanie]

We're in let's start with 5!

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

23/50

[Amanda]

Updated #175

Big Fat Books Worth The Effort
URL : https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3153.Big_Fat_Books_Worth_the_Effort

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Completed 18/07/16 Rating 5 stars

11/25

[Stephanie]

Update: I just finished "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. It is on both the "Best Books of the 20th Century" and "Books Everyone Should Read Once" Lists. I now have 12/25.

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

24/50

[Janet]

Updated message 295

Brideshead Revisited on BBC Top 200 list and on Radcliffes 100 Best Novels list

17/30

[Kadijah Michelle]

Happy August! Wow we are entering the 8th month of the year already!

Here are the stats for this challenge.

We have 85 participants, have read 393 books of the 2147 pledged, and have 2 participants who have completed the challenge!

[Eggp]

July update:
Goal: 26/30, 86.67%

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort - 4/5
04. Middlesex - 27 Jul 2016, 4/5

Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror - 5/5
04. Lord of the Flies - 04 Jul 2016, 4/5
05. Hell House - 13 Jul 2016, 3/5

Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men - 7/10
07. The Handmaid's Tale - 05 Jul 2016, 5/5

[Jackie B. -]

I've updated message 56 with my current status.

Over the past few months I've made little progress on my challenge-- but I'm almost halfway there! As of today, I have read 14/30 total books:
5/10: Newbery Medal Winners
5/10: Newbery Medal Honors
4/10: Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge

I hope to focus a bit more on these challenges in August. Here goes nothing!

[Janet]

Updated message 301

Soul Music on BBC Top 200 list

18/30

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

25/50