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message 51: by DeNeal (new)

DeNeal (dtoews) I just finished book #1 Orphan Train from good reads awards


message 52: by Alisia (new)

Alisia (meniali) | 248 comments Deneal, I am currently reading Orphan Train and I love it so far. One of the few books that have made me cry! :)


message 53: by DeNeal (new)

DeNeal (dtoews) I agree Alisia, it's a great book!


message 54: by DeNeal (new)

DeNeal (dtoews) I just finished book 2/6, sing Down the Moon from Newberry Awards


message 55: by Karma (new)

Karma | 119 comments I've finished The Age of Miracles and Gabriel's Inferno that were both goodsreads choice nominees.

3/15


message 56: by Kaitlin (new)

Kaitlin (kait-k) | 537 comments I have everyone updated to here. Good job all!


message 57: by Londa (new)

Londa (londalocs) | 117 comments Joining this challenge late but I will give it a try

My goal is 4

Will choose from these

Man Booker Shortlisted
Crossing the River 1993
Fingersmith 2002
Cloud Atlas 2004
Room 2010

Pulitzer Nominees
The Things They Carried 1991
The Poisonwood Bible 1999
The Plague of Doves 2001
The Snow Child 2013


message 58: by Eggp (new)

Eggp | 487 comments First two books down. I had trouble narrowing my selection to only six, sooo many nerdy possibilities. Thanks to Dan for helping me pick (as always), really enjoyed them so far! :)

Hugo Award Nominees
(1964) - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut - 27 Jul 2014, 5/5
(1991) - The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 08 Jul 2014, 4/5

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) by Dan Simmons


message 59: by Karena (last edited Jul 31, 2014 12:27PM) (new)

Karena (karenafagan) 2/9

Americanah (Women's Prize nominee)
Gilead (PEN/Faulkner nominee)


message 60: by Megan (new)

Megan (lahairoi) | 7470 comments Just completed my third book - nominated for Walter Scott Prize - Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. I enjoyed this second book - much better than the first. While Mantel still employs the same odd wording style, the writing was much easier to read and not quite as confusing. Definitely worth reading and cannot wait for the next book! 4.5 stars

3/6


message 61: by DeNeal (new)

DeNeal (dtoews) Finished book #3, The Husband's Secret, goodreads awards. Excellent!


message 62: by Courtney A.J. (last edited Aug 07, 2014 08:11AM) (new)


message 63: by Erika (new)

Erika (erikarae) | 708 comments 2/10

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- National Book Critics Cricle Nominee (2006)


message 64: by Danielle (new)

Danielle (daniellecobbaertbe) | 468 comments Updated post 43, Kaitlin, with my third book. I decided in the meanwhile to double my challenge.


message 66: by Kaitlin (last edited Aug 31, 2014 05:06PM) (new)

Kaitlin (kait-k) | 537 comments You all are reading such great books!

Great job, Danielle, in meeting your original goal. I updated your goal. Courtney, I have your fourth read on my TBR. Deneal, I also really liked The Husband's Secret.

Here's where we stand now:

THIRD QUARTER CHALLENGE: ALWAYS A NOMINEE, NEVER A WINNER
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2014

PARTICIPANTS

Alisia 1/8
Alison 0/2
Amelia 0/5
Brianna 0/7
Courtney 5/12
Danielle 6/6 - COMPLETE!
Deneal 3/6
Eggp 2/6
Erika 3/10
Jacqueline 0/5
Janet 2/6
Jennifer 0/6
Kaitlin 3/?
Karena 6/9
Karma 6/10
Londa 1/4
Michelle 0/5
Megan 3/6
Rabaab 0/6
Robyn 0/6
Sarah 0/?
Sharon 0/6
SilverRaindrops 0/15
Tasha 1/4
Tricia 1/4


message 67: by Kaitlin (last edited Aug 07, 2014 06:02PM) (new)

Kaitlin (kait-k) | 537 comments Completed 3 so far.

GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD NOMINEES
Girl in Translation
We Are Water
I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains


message 68: by Danielle (new)

Danielle (daniellecobbaertbe) | 468 comments Thanks for updating my goal, Kaitlin. I have just added my fourth read book.

I wrote down the title of your first book; it seems interesting.


message 69: by Erika (new)

Erika (erikarae) | 708 comments 3/10

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic was nominated for the National Books Critic Circle Award in 2006 in the memoir category.

Amazing, amazing graphic novel/memoir!


message 70: by Janet (new)

Janet Hecht (janet_hecht) | 6 comments Janet wrote: "Here are the six I plan to read:

Agatha Award Nominees:
The Poisoner's Handbook Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum[book:The Poisoner's Handbook: Mu..."


I have finah Jar City and Dying to Be Published so far


message 71: by Erika (new)

Erika (erikarae) | 708 comments Also finished 4/10 today:

Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders was nominated for the National Book Award last year. A really incredible collection of short stories. I read them in a day, which I never do with short story collections.


message 72: by Karma (new)

Karma | 119 comments I've completed Out of the Easy from the Goodreads Choice Awards.

Puts me at 4/15


message 73: by Londa (new)

Londa (londalocs) | 117 comments Finished 1


Pulitzer Nominees
The Snow Child 2013 (5 *****)


message 74: by Karena (new)

Karena (karenafagan) 6/9

The Magician's Assistant Orange Prize 1998
The House Girl Goodreads Choice Awards (2013)
Divergent YALSA Teens' Top Ten Nominee (2012)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2006)


message 76: by Karma (new)

Karma | 119 comments I read another one:

The 5th Wave

Puts me at 5/15

I don't think I'm going to make it. Lol


message 77: by Alisia (last edited Aug 18, 2014 07:50AM) (new)

Alisia (meniali) | 248 comments I am at 4/8 books read so far. I am not sure I will make it because two of the books left on my list are Mocking Jay (Hunger Games series) and Fifty Shades Freed (Last one of the Fifty Shades series). Perhaps a dumb decision to put them on my list but I thought I could manage it even with having to listen to/read 4 books that weren't in my challenge before I could read those two. It isn't over till it's over! :)


message 79: by Karma (new)

Karma | 119 comments I just finished Then We Came to the End, from the National Book Award Nominees.

Also, I'd like to change my goal to 5 from Goodreads Choice and 5 from National Book Award (10 total).

So that puts me at 6/10


message 80: by Erika (new)

Erika (erikarae) | 708 comments 6/10

White Teeth by Zadie Smith was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2000.


message 81: by Danielle (new)

Danielle (daniellecobbaertbe) | 468 comments Updated post 43. I read six books - so I have completed my challenge. I'm going to stop here, Kaitlin.

Really loved all the books I have read for this challenge.


message 82: by Kaitlin (new)

Kaitlin (kait-k) | 537 comments Updated to here.

You can do it, Karma!

Great job, Danielle!! I added The Thing Around Your Neck. Booker Nominees can be amazing.

Erika, I've been meaning to read anything by Zadie Smith.


message 83: by Brianna Andreda (last edited Sep 03, 2014 01:19PM) (new)

Brianna Andreda | 268 comments I have completed 3 out of 7:

GoodReads Choice Award:
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Galbraith The Cuckoo's Calling Finished: September 1

Edgar Award:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Gone Girl Finished: August 31
The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller, #1) by Michael Connelly The Lincoln Lawyer Finished: August 18


message 84: by Karma (new)

Karma | 119 comments I've read two more National Book Award Nominees:

1. Dark Water
2. My Name is Not Easy

8/10


message 85: by DeNeal (new)

DeNeal (dtoews) I have finished book #4 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and #5 Brooklyn. One more to go to complete my challenge.


message 86: by Eggp (new)

Eggp | 487 comments That was fun, challenge completed! Thanks Kaitlin, and good luck to all left. :)

The Cruelest Month (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #3) by Louise Penny The Coffin Dancer (Lincoln Rhyme, #2) by Jeffery Deaver Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) by Dan Simmons


message 87: by Karena (new)

Karena (karenafagan) The Lies of Locke Lamora - World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2007)
Omens Goodreads Choice Nominee for Paranormal Fantasy (2013)

8/9


message 88: by Karma (new)

Karma | 119 comments Just finished my last National Book Award nominee:
The Spectacular Now

9/10


message 89: by Courtney A.J. (last edited Sep 15, 2014 11:25AM) (new)


message 90: by Michelle L. (new)

Michelle L. Davis (michyd19) | 55 comments 1.Mudbound-Longlisted for 2010 International Dublin Literary Award
2The Goldfinch-National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee
3.The Cuckoo's Calling-2013
Goodreads Choice Nominee
3/5


message 91: by Karma (new)

Karma | 119 comments I finished Cinder my last goodreads choice nominee. That puts me at 10/10 - challenge complete!


message 92: by Megan (new)

Megan (lahairoi) | 7470 comments Just completed my 4th book - nominated for Goodreads Choice for Historical Fiction - The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer. Powerful story revolving around a Hungarian Jewish man just before WWII, and his fight for his family and life. Well-written with complex characters. The only reason I didn't give the novel 5 stars was that it was a bit lengthy at the beginning and took me awhile to become invested in the story. However, once through the first section, I was hooked. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

4/6


message 93: by Courtney A.J. (last edited Sep 17, 2014 07:48AM) (new)

Courtney A.J. (courtneyajw) | 249 comments 8 of 12 - Nebula Award Nominee: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (09-16-14)

Great book, 5 stars.

I am so not going to be able to complete this challenge.


message 94: by Erika (new)

Erika (erikarae) | 708 comments 8/10

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (Bailey's Prize Nominee)
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Bailey's Prize Nominee)


message 95: by Londa (new)

Londa (londalocs) | 117 comments Realized I am actually done! Some other books I read qualify for this challenge.

Finished 7/4


Man Booker Shortlisted
Room 2010 *** August 19
The Testament of Mary 2013 *** September 17

Pulitzer Nominees
The Plague of Doves 2001 *** September 5
The Snow Child 2013 ***** August 3

Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee
The Help 2013 ***** August 26

Goodreads Choice Nominee
Orphan Train 2013 *** August 7

PEN/Faulkner Award Nominee
The Dew Breaker 2005 *** August 5


message 96: by Karena (new)

Karena (karenafagan) Last one. 9/9

Burial Rites (Women's Prize) 2014


message 97: by Megan (new)

Megan (lahairoi) | 7470 comments Just completed my 5th book - nominated for Massachusetts Book for Young Adult Fiction - Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. I loved the Giver, so I was excited to read this second book. I was disappointed and confused that the book seemed to be completely separate from the Giver with no overlap. That being said the story was good, but there was no real ending. It just stopped. I'm going to give the quartet one more book. 3 stars

5/6


message 98: by Alisia (new)

Alisia (meniali) | 248 comments I have completed 4/8 for this quarterly challenge (I won't be reading anymore on this challenge list before the challenge is over). I set my sights to high and got busy. I fell off the reading wagon but I'm jumping back on and hopefully I can meet my yearly goal of 50 books. Wish me luck :).


message 99: by Megan (new)

Megan (lahairoi) | 7470 comments My sixth and final section - nominated for National Book Critics Award for Autobiography - Borrowed Finery: A Memoir by Paula Fox. Interesting memoir and my heart broke for the author every time I remembered that it was a true story. While I liked the author's writing, I felt that there were odd gaps in the memoir and that it lacked an ending. Worth reading, though, if you like memoirs. 3.5 stars

6/6 - challenge completed!!!


message 100: by Courtney A.J. (last edited Sep 30, 2014 08:56AM) (new)

Courtney A.J. (courtneyajw) | 249 comments 9 of 12. My first incomplete challenge :(

2005 Man Booker Nominee:
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (09-29-14)

I was super disappointed by this novel. I've only read/heard amazing reviews but it was uninteresting. Part three was the only part I sort of enjoyed.


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