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message 52: by Ashton (last edited Oct 17, 2018 03:57PM) (new)

Ashton (geek_aflame) | 49 comments I’ll read 25 books because I’m turning 25 this year.

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2006: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (30/07/18)
2007: Skulduggery Pleasant (19/09/18)
2008: Playing with Fire (01/09/18)
2009: The Faceless Ones (03/10/18)
2010: Changeless (26/01/18)
2011: The Song of Achilles (08/09/18)
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2013: Wayward (02/02/18)
2014: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (26/08/18)
2015: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory (11/01/18)
2016: Scrappy Little Nobody (15/03/18)
2017: Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery (01/02/18)
2018: Deadly Assessments (10/09/18)

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message 53: by Becky (last edited Feb 01, 2018 09:58AM) (new)

Becky | 64 comments I'm in! Starting the year I was born. 3/31 books.

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message 54: by Clare (last edited Jan 01, 2019 07:16AM) (new)

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Joining in - one of my long term challenges so I'm going to go from birth to the end of my school years

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message 55: by Jessica (new)

Jessica (jessicah-mn) | 76 comments Count me in for 17 books. I'm using my son's birth year as my chosen year.

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message 56: by Carrie (last edited Dec 29, 2018 09:43AM) (new)

Carrie | 310 comments I'd like to try to read a book from every year since my oldest daughter was born in 1988 - 31 books

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2011- The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared 2/20/18
2012- Broken Harbor 1/10/18
2013- Listening for Lucca 11/25/18
2014- Kinda Like Brothers 1/25/18
2015-Fuzzy Mud 1/16/18
2016- The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend 6/24/18
2017- Two From the Heart 4/5/18
2018- Ravenswood 11/9/18

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message 57: by Dimitris (new)

Dimitris | 11 comments I'll give it a go.

2007 when I got married, to 2018. 12 books will follow

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message 58: by Emma (new)

Emma Shepherd Let's go! 1984 to current...
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message 59: by Sember (new)

Sember | 11 comments I think this will be fun. I'll start the year I was born 1982.
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message 61: by Lois (last edited Jan 09, 2018 12:57PM) (new)

Lois | 112 comments WOW! Big challenge. I want to do one book for every year of my life and since I am 66 that is a lot of books. So this challenge will take more than one year. I will use the Goodread feature to find books published in a particular year and I will read the 66th book on the list unless - 1 it is horror or about vampires and/or zombies - just don't read that kind of book - not into scaring myself silly any more or 2- can't find a copy for free, unless it sounds so good I want to buy it. If I can't find a copy I will move on to the next book on the list.


1951 Age = The year I was born The Dragons of Blueland (My Father's Dragon, #3) by Ruth Stiles Gannett The Dragons of Blueland / Ruth Stiles Gannett
1952 Age 1 The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward The Biggest Bear / Lynd Ward
1953 Age 2 The Bridges at Toko-ri by James A. Michener The Bridges at Toko-ri / James Michener could only get this title on a DVD at my library.
1954 Age 3 More All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind Family, #3) by Sydney Taylor More All-of-a-Kind Family / Sydney Taylor


3/66 soon to be 67


message 62: by Kara (last edited Dec 31, 2017 12:40PM) (new)

Kara (karaayako) | 3984 comments THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, - December 31, 2018


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message 63: by Marelis (last edited Jan 01, 2018 05:43AM) (new)

Marelis Salazar (marelissalazar) I'm in from 1999 to 2018.

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message 64: by Issy (new)

Issy (issytrulocke) Sounds great! I'm gonna start from my birth year, 1997, 22 books! Will probably chose them as I go. Might not read them in order, depends when I can afford to buy the older books, but will definitely read them all this year! current progress 0/22


message 65: by Stefani - SpelingExpirt (last edited Jan 15, 2018 08:37PM) (new)

Stefani - SpelingExpirt (speling_expirt) | 585 comments I'd like to sign up for 29 please

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message 66: by KellI (last edited Aug 08, 2018 01:09PM) (new)


message 67: by gaby (new)

gaby (readingwithgab) I am going to go for 19 books starting with the year 2000!


message 68: by Lotte (last edited Jan 08, 2018 01:26PM) (new)

Lotte Downey | 39 comments I'm in for the years since I was born, starting 1965. It will take me longer than one year, but eventually I will finish.

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message 69: by Carri (last edited Jan 01, 2018 09:41PM) (new)

Carri | 316 comments I am in for 10 starting with the year 2000.

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message 70: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2164 comments Update msg 7: 1/10
✅ 2017 - De voksnes rækker - 4⭐️


message 71: by Christina (last edited Dec 30, 2018 04:12PM) (new)


message 72: by Athina (last edited Oct 02, 2018 01:08AM) (new)

Athina (booknotes_athina) | 21 comments I will join this challenge.

Goal: Read a book from every year from the year I was born to 2018.

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1995: Η μωβ ομπρέλα - Άλκη Ζέη
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1999: Bad beginnings (Η κακή αρχή) - Lemony Snicket
2000: Feminism is for everybody - bell hooks
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2002: Coraline - Neil Gaiman
2003: Harry Potter & The order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
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2005: Η σκια του ανέμου - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2006: The lightning thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #1) - Rick Riordan
2007: Ο Ψεύτης Παππούς - Άλκη Ζέη
2008: Το παιχνίδι του αγγέλου - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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2010: The lsot art of reading - David L. Ulin
2011: Ready player one - Ernest Cline
2012: The Rose of fire - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2013: Assassin's Creed Black Flag - Oliver Bowden
2014: The imitation game: Alan Turing decoded - Jim Ottaviani & Leland Purvis
2015: A darker shade of magic - V. E. Schwab
2016: Πόσο ελληνικό είναι το Βυζάντιο; - Ελένη Γλύκατζη Αρβελέρ
2017: When Dimple met Rishi - Sandhya Menon
2018: Batman Nightwalker - Marie Lu

Total : 19/34


message 73: by frugalitymom (last edited Jan 02, 2018 06:22PM) (new)

frugalitymom  (frugalitymom) I’m going to start with the year I got married.

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message 74: by Brittany (last edited Apr 22, 2018 08:43AM) (new)

Brittany Laccetti | 8 comments I think I am going to do this challenge! Since I am 28 years young and my goal this year is to read 20 books, I think I am going to do every year that I have been alive (let's see if I can get it done)

Completed: 15/29

1989-The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
1990-Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard (Read April 13)
1991-Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
1992-The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Read Mar. 14)
1993-The Giver by Lois Lowry (Read Mar. 16)
1994-Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Read Mar. 10)
1995-A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer (Read Mar. 2)
1996-Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Read Mar.25)
1997-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Read Apr. 4)
1998-Stardust by Neil Gaiman (Read April 22)
1999-The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Read Mar. 8)
2000-On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
2001-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2002-The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2003-A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
2004-My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
2005-A Feast for Crows By George R.R. Martin
2006-Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2007-The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
2008-The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (Read Mar. 1)
2009-What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
2010-Room by Emma Donoghue (Read Feb 27)
2011-A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
2012-Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Read Jan 25)
2013-My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
2014-All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2015- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Read Jan 1)
2016-Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Read Feb 2)
2017-The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian(Read Jan 6)
2018- Still Me Jojo Moynes


message 75: by Arlo (new)

Arlo | 83 comments I'd like to join with 22 books, 1995-now!


message 76: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3724 comments Updated message #19

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message 77: by Ember (last edited Jan 10, 2018 09:16PM) (new)

Chandler Ember Every Year since my birth:

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1997: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
1998:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling
1999:Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling
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Merrow (Secrets of Carrick, #1) by Ananda Braxton-Smith
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message 78: by Audrey (new)

Audrey Foreman | 33 comments Update 39 - 1/34


message 81: by Arlo (new)

Arlo | 83 comments Got my first one!


message 82: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments Happy New Year and welcome!
I had to pack my computer for the holidays so you won't see yourself added. I'm working on getting them up to date during the next couple of days hopefully :)


message 83: by Arushi (new)

Arushi (arushi1) | 98 comments I'm in for 22 books, beginning from 1997.


message 84: by [deleted user] (last edited Jan 24, 2018 08:16AM) (new)

I'm gonna read from 2002 (when I was born) to 2018.

Every Year Challenge
Duration: 1/1/18 - 12/31/18

Books Completed: 1/17

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message 85: by Mel (last edited Dec 13, 2018 08:01PM) (new)

Mel (threem80) | 50 comments Not sure I'll be able to finish this one, but I might as well give it a shot.

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2006: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
2007: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
2008: Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
2009: Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
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2011: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
2012: Tales of a Severed Head by Rachida Madani
2013: March: Book One by John Lewis
2014: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
2015: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
2016: Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing by Jennifer Weiner
2017: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2018: Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston


message 86: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments Lotte wrote: "I'm in for the years since I was born, starting 1965. It will take me longer than one year, but eventually I will finish."

If you don't finish this year you could just copy the challenge to where you keep yours corner or personal thread and have it as a personal challenge next year :) I have plenty of personals :)


message 87: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments Updated :)


message 88: by Mave (new)

Mave | 68 comments The Every Year Challenge 2018
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

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message 89: by Mie (new)

Mie | 2164 comments Update msg 7: 2/10
✅ 2016 - Dybet - 4⭐️


message 90: by Issy (new)

Issy (issytrulocke) Finished 2 books! One for 2011 and one for 2017. Now 2/22!


message 91: by Beverly (last edited Dec 24, 2018 08:50PM) (new)

Beverly (zippymom) | 1484 comments When I looked at this I thought--oh no...way too many because I was born in 1949 but...I just finished 1984 today (which believe it or not was written in 1949) so I took this as a sign and I'm going to give it a shot!! 70/70

1949 1984 by George Orwell
1950 A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
1951 My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
1952 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
1953 Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
1954 Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
1955 The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
1956 The Trembling Hills by Phyllis Whitney
1957 Shadow of the Moon by M. M. Kaye
1958 Night by Elie Wiesel
1959 A Separate Peace by John Knowles
1960 Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O'Dell
1961 James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
1962 The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
1963 Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
1964 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green
1965 Dune by Frank Herbert
1966 The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
1967 The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell
1968 A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
1969 Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
1970 Ripley Underground by Patricia Highsmith
1971 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
1972 Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
1973 Joshua, Son of None by Nancy Freedman
1974 Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith
1975 Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
1976 Icebound by David Axton (pseudonym of Dean Koontz)
1977 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
1978 The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
1979 The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
1980 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
1981 Full House by Janet Evanovich
1982 The BFG by Ronald Dahl
1983 The Witches by Roald Dahl
1984 The Servants of Twilight by Leigh Nichols (pseudonym of Dean Koontz)
1985 Maus I by Art Spiegelman
1986 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
1987 Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
1988 A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
1989 Payment in Blood by Elizabeth George
1990 Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
1991 Maus II by Art Spiegelman
1992 The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
1993 Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
1994 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
1995 Whom the Gods Love by Kate Ross
1996 Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey
1997 Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
1998 The Pact by Jodi Picoult
1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
2000 Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
2001 Deadly Nightshade by Cynthia Riggs
2002 The Cranefly Orchid Murder by Cynthia Riggs
2003 The Quilter's Legacy by Jennifer Chiaverini
2004 Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness by Edgar Allan Poe
2005 Owls Well that Ends Well by Donna Andrews
2006 No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews
2007 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Gris Grimly
2008 The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerfield
2009 Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven
2010 The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
2011 Rabbit in the Road by Danika D. Potts
2012 The Midwife's Tale by Sam Thomas
2013 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
2014 The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick
2015 Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskins
2016 Today Will be Different by Maria Semple
2017 Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo by Ben Costa
2018 Wires and Nerve, Vol. 2, Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer


message 92: by Debra H (last edited Jan 01, 2019 04:47PM) (new)

Debra H | 53 comments I'm in. I'll start from 2011, the year I finished my Masters in Archaeology

8/8 Completed Twice for 16/8

2011: Mastiff
2012: The Raven Boys
2013: Dream Thieves
2014: Blue Lily, Lily Blue
2015: Ink and Bone
2016: This is Where it Ends
2017: La Belle Sauvage
2018: Tempests and Slaughter

Round 2:
2011: Seriously...I'm Kidding
2012: Shadow and Bone
2013: Fangirl
2014: A Man Called Ove
2015: Carry On
2016: Stalking Jack the Ripper
2017: Geekerella
2018: Everless


message 93: by Mel (last edited Jan 06, 2018 11:19AM) (new)

Mel (threem80) | 50 comments Update #92 - 1/39

Hungry Heart Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing by Jennifer Weiner


message 94: by Beverly (last edited Jan 07, 2018 05:04PM) (new)

Beverly (zippymom) | 1484 comments Update to message 98:

Added book for year 2011 and 2015


message 95: by Claire (new)

Claire (proud-mum) | 278 comments Updated #87


message 96: by Ann (new)

Ann (hammiam) | 221 comments update 47

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message 97: by Leah (last edited Feb 01, 2018 01:52AM) (new)

Leah (book_reader73) | 34 comments This is quite a challenge but I will try it :) I was born in 1973 so count me in for 45 books...whew!!

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message 98: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 526 comments updated message 17
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✔2017: Turtles All the Way Down


message 99: by Lois (last edited Jan 09, 2018 12:55PM) (new)

Lois | 112 comments Update message #67

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message 100: by Christina (new)

Christina | 141 comments Updated message #77

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