1st Quarter - Must Read Books

[Erin]

I have finished the bell jar! 1/3

[Susan]

1. Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en



1/5 finished

[Leah]

I be joining with 5 but hopefully can do more

3/5 COMPLETE

1. The Old Man and the Sea
2. The Fall of the House of Usher
3. The Little Prince
4.
5.

[Abhi]

I'm going to read 2 books for this specific challenge.

1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

[JoJo]

1. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde


1/3

[Cynthia]

Edit to post 78

1/3

Finished The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Priya]

I will try for 3 books.

1/3 Done

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Midnight's Children
3. Catch-22

[Cassandra]

A bunch of the books on my personal list are also on this list.

I'll go for 6.

[Bibliophile Britt]

Love this challenge! I'm in for 5!

[Ranmali]

I will sign-up for two books

1. Love in the Time of Cholera
2. The Poisonwood Bible

[Ashton]

Updated Message 29

1/14

[Jakob]

One down, one to go.

1. #213 – The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks – 06.01-12.01 – *
2. TBD

Number two will likely be A Clockwork Orange, although I have a couple of other books off of this list already sitting on my shelf. Depends on whether I'm ready for more violence...

[Clare]

I'm in for 3 books - determined to finally finish The Count of Monte Cristo

3/3 Completed
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
The 13 Clocks; and, The wonderful O James Thurber
The Count of Monte Cristo

[Sapir]

That's such a cool challenge! :):)
I'll try to read as many as I can, but I'll commit to 3.

currently reading: Memoirs of a Geisha

1/3

Never Let Me Go

[Sarah]

I'm never amazing at these challenges but I'll try for three:
- The picture of Dorian Gray (currently reading)
- Never let me go (January read for another group here on Goodreads)
- .... and a surprise! Still haven't decided yet :)

It's such a good idea to revisit the classics, or the HG books out there. Good idea!

Good luck everyone :)

[Jordynn]

I'll be joining in with 3


One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Finished 2/27/18
A Clockwork Orange Finished 3/11/18
Of Mice and Men Finished 2/25/18

3/3

[Mindy]

It's great to see people still joining in! Keep up the good work, everyone.

[Erin]

message 24 updated :)

[Susan]

2. Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki

2/5 finished

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

I've finished my first book by reading Wuthering Heights

[Christina]

I will join with 4!

1) The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2) The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
3) Passing by Nella Larsen
4) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngyozi Adiche

Read: 0/4

Edit: There are few books that I didn't realize were on the list! I'll actually make mine 6 books. So far, I'm 2/6. Thanks!

[Jennifer]

I'm in for 4.

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
3. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
4. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

4/4

[Candiss]

I updated message #25.

Read: 1/3

[Karl]

Put me down for 5.

I've been slowly working through the list for years, but am only at 129 read so far. trying to get to 150 by years end.

1. The Picture of Dorian Gray
2. Absalom, Absalom!
3. The Sun Also Rises
4. The Sound and the Fury
5. Never Let Me Go

Read: 5/5

[Katie]

I'm going to go for 3.

1. Alias Grace
2. The Handmaid's Tale

[Charity]

Updated message 11.

1/3

[Rula]

Update: 1/3

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Sally]

Update msg 96. 4:1/4
Sense and Sensibility

[Suzana]

I will try 3.

1.
2.
3.

[Chalmation]

Updated message #23

1/4

[Dominique]

I have finished North and South which puts me at 1/3. This is Dominique from #5.

[D.M.]

I didn't finish Jane Eyre. I've got about 2/3rds remaining. It took me a while to get through Emma, I had a hard time liking her. I wanted to shake some sense in her quite often haha!

(READ) Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
(READ)Emma
(READ)Persuasion

3/4

[Susan]

3. Like Water for Chocolate

3/5 Read

[Ilona]

Deirdre wrote: "I would like to try and read the following (Some are also part of my Popsugar Reading Challenge, is that allowed?)"

Yes, you can use one book for different challenges. We all do it :)

[Nina]

Updated message 14

Finished The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

2/4

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update message 7: 3/5

1984 by George Orwell

[D.M.]

Ilona wrote: "Deirdre wrote: "I would like to try and read the following (Some are also part of my Popsugar Reading Challenge, is that allowed?)"

Yes, you can use one book for different challenges. We all do it :)"

Thanks :D

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to message 7 (again): 4/5 complete

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

[Katie]

Updated message 131: 1/3 complete

[Jennifer]

Update to message 128
I finished Jane Eyre, so I've read 1/4.

[Christina]

Update Message 127

There are few books that I didn't realize were on the list! I'll actually make mine 6 books instead of 4. So far, I'm 2/6. Sorry and thanks!

✔The Color Purple
✔Like Water for Chocolate
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Half of a Yellow Sun
Passing
The Bluest Eye

[Mary]

I am in! I am still looking through the list!

[Kelly]

I'll read 3
1. The picture of Dorian Gray
2. Life of Pi
3. Rebecca

[Cat]

coincidence: I've read The Turn of the Screw, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility this month and I'm currently reading The Secret Agent, so add me please :)) I've also read some Shakespeare, but who's gonna search the whole list for him... :D
Book read total:
1. The Diaries of Adam and Eve
2. Sense and Sensibility
3. Persuasion
4. The Secret Agent
5. Lord Jim
6. The Chaterhouse of Parma

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Finished! 5/5

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

[Christina]

Update Message 127

(There are few books that I didn't realize were on the list! I'll actually make mine 6 books instead of 4) Now, I'm 3/6. Sorry and thanks!

✔The Color Purple
✔Like Water for Chocolate
✔Their Eyes Were Watching God
Half of a Yellow Sun
Passing
The Bluest Eye

[Mindy]

Christina -- nothing to apologize for...raising your goal requires no extra work from me. Way to go!

[Mindy]

Mary and Cat, welcome, I'm glad you've joined! When you've set a reading goal, please let me know and I'll get you updated on the list. :-)

[Mindy]

And we have our first finish -- amazing, SarahKat! And thumbs up to all who have finished their first books and then some. I myself am still plugging away on Middlemarch. haha

[Nat]

I'm going to try for 3:

1. The Little Prince
2.
3.