1st Quarter - Must Read Books

[Rachael]

MUST READ BOOKS
Duration: 1 January 2018-31 March 2018

You may have heard of Peter Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Many of us probably have a personal challenge to read them all. This quarter, we want to help you with that goal.
For this challenge, read as many of the 1001 books as you can. Obviously, we don't expect you to read them all in three months, but let's see how many we can cross off our lists.
The complete list can be found here

Mindy will be leading this challenge. Thanks, Mindy!

[Amanda]

I'm going to read 3, although hopefully I'll check off a few more throughout the rest of the year as well.

1/3

1. The Hobbit
2.
3.

[Lindsay]

I will aim to read 3.

1 The Picture of Dorian Gray
2 Sense and Sensibility
3 Gone with the Wind
4 Mansfield Park

4/3

[Mie]

Please put me down for 4 books :-)

COMPLETE ✔️
✅ Far from the Madding Crowd - 2,5⭐️
✅ Uncle Tom's Cabin - 4,5⭐️
✅ The Time Machine - 2⭐️
✅ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - 3⭐️

[Dominique]

I will read 3

1. North and South
2. Trainspotting
3. The Grapes of Wrath

[Delitealex]

0/3

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

I'll try for 5

[Lauri]

Lauri's Spot!

0 / 3

I'm in for 3. These 3, God help me!

The Picture of Dorian Grey

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Oliver Twist

[Jennifer]

I'm in for 3

[Mindy]

5/4

1. Middlemarch COMPLETED MAR 10

2. The Secret History COMPLETED MAR 23

3. The Golden Notebook COMPLETED MAR 12

4. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories COMPLETED JAN 26

5. Mrs. Dalloway COMPLETED MAR 31

[Charity]

I'm going to try for 3.

1/3

1. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 1/17/18
2.
3.

[Mindy]

SaraKat 5/5 COMPLETED JANUARY 27
Lindsay 4/3 COMPLETED JANUARY 28
Anna 3/3 COMPLETED FEBRUARY 21
Ilona 2/2 COMPLETED FEBRUARY 21
Erin (message 24) 3/3 COMPLETED FEBRUARY 22
Becky 4/4 COMPLETED FEBRUARY 27
Evelyn 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 5
Mie 4/4 COMPLETED MARCH 5
Michelle 5/5 COMPLETED MARCH 8
Rachael 4/4 COMPLETED MARCH 9
Lucian 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 9
Jordynn 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 11
Tahera 2/2 COMPLETED MARCH 12
Sally (message 237) 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 12
Jennifer (message 128) 4/4 COMPLETED MARCH 14
Claire (message 52) 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 16
Amanda (message 41) 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 17
Margie 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 18
Susan 5/5 COMPLETED MARCH 19
Chalmation 3/4 COMPLETED MARCH 20
Heather 6/6 COMPLETED MARCH 22
Mindy 5/4 COMPLETED MARCH 23
JoJo 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 23
Candiss 3/3 COMPLETED MARCH 24
Karl 5/5 COMPLETED MARCH 24
Bernie 2/2 COMPLETED MARCH 25
Wayne 12/12 COMPLETED MARCH 25
Cat 6/6 COMPLETED MARCH 27
Sally (message 96) 4/4 COMPLETED MARCH 28


Abhinav 1/2
Aisha 0/7
AJ 0/3
Alora 0/3
Amanda (message 2) 1/3
Andrea (message 30) 0/5
Andrea (message 57) 0/3
Arushi 0/3
Ash 1/14
Blagica 0/5
Bri 0/3
Britt 0/5
Candice 0/3
Caraina 0/5
Carri 0/10
Cassandra 2/3
Celia 0/2
Charity 1/3
Christina 3/6
Claire (message 76) 0/3
Clare 2/3
Colleen 3/5
Cynthia 1/3
Dania 1/3
Dean J. 0/4
Debra 0/6
Deirdre 0/4
Delitealex 0/3
Diane 1/3
Dominique (message 5) 1/3
Dominique (message 70) 0/3
Elena 10/15
Emma 0/3
Erin (message 89) 0/5
Felicia 0/3
Frida 1/3
Hippie 0/1
Ilja 1/4
Inkeri 0/4
Izzie 0/1
Jaci 0/2
Jakob 1/2
Janine 0/3
Jennifer (message 9) 2/3
Jennifer (message 34) 0/6
Jenny 2/4
Jessica (message 47) 0/3
Jessica (message 51) 2/3
Jill (message 22) 2/3
Jill (message 225) 7/14
Julie 3/7
Kacey 0/2
Kade 0/10
Kadijah 0/4
Kalpana 0/3
Karen 0/3
Karin 0/8
Kat 1/3
Kate 0/3
Katherine 0/16
Katie 2/3
Katya 0/3
Kelly (message 43) 0/3
Kelly (message 149) 0/3
Kimberly 5/7
Kirsten 0/2
Krystsina 1/7
Kylie 0/5
l a i n e y 1/4
Lady 0/2
Lauri 0/3
Leah 3/5
Lisa 1/3
Lois
Loulou 1/3
Lynnette 0/3
Maggie 0/3
MaineCoonCat88 0/3
Malola 0/5
Maris 0/5
Mary
Matilde 0/2
Maxine 2/5
Mikayla 0/5
Nat 0/3
Nicolle 0/3
Nina 3/4
Paula 0/3
Priya 0/3
Q 0/3
Rachel (message 44) 2/4
Rachel (message 75) 0/4
Rachel (message 83) 0/3
Ramesh 4/?
Ranmali 1/2
Ras 0/3
ReadingByTheSea 0/3
Richelle 0/3
Sapir 0/3
Sarah 0/2
SarahP 0/3
Sean 0/3
Sherece 0/3
Sherry 0/3
Soe Wai Yan 0/3
Stacey 1/3
Stefani 7/10
Suzana 0/3
Thida 0/4
Ula 1/3
Vikki 0/3
Waco 2/3
Winter 0/3

Updated through message 283.

[[deleted user]]

I'm in for 3 books.

***COMPLETE***

1. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 08.02.2018 ★★★★☆
2. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 21.02.2018 ★☆☆☆☆
3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 19.02.2018 ★★★★☆

3/3

[Nina]

I am going to aim for 4 books:

Dracula
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Gone with the Wind

3/4

[Tahera]

I will go for two at present but I am not putting down the names of the books yet...

0/2

[Ilona]

Mindy wrote: "I will lead this one. :-) "

Thank you, Mindy!

Please put me down for 2 books:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park

2/2

[Rachael]

I'm going to try for 4 books please.

COMPLETED: 4/4
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray read 2 February, ***
2. Les Misérables read 3 March, **** with review
3. Brave New World read 6 March, ****
4. The Thirty-Nine Steps read 9 March, ** with review

[Margie]

I'm aiming for two. I've been wanting to read The Count of Monte Cristo and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for quite awhile. EDIT: Updated goal to 3.

Progress as of 3/18/18: Read 3/2

1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2. The Count of Monte Cristo - Whew!!
3. To Kill a Mockingbird

[[deleted user]]

I'm going to try for 4 - 2/4 done
Great Expectations
The Wasp Factory
Ethan Frome
The Sorrows of Young Werther

[Sean]

Yes, I'll take this one on, thanks Rachael/Mindy. I'll try for:


A Tale of Two Cities

The Red and the Black

Demons

cheers

[Kimberly]

I'll go for 7! Not sure how many I'll get through but might as well try:

1. War and Peace January 13,2018
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray February 17, 2018
3. Far from the Madding Crowd January 28, 2018
4. Ulysses March 12, 2018
5. Persuasion
6. Cold Comfort Farm
7. A Tale of Two Cities March 24, 2018

[Jill]

I'm going to go for 3 that's one a month and I'm sure I'll read more as the year progresses. This would also be a good one for the Listopia Challenge

Completed: 2/3

1. Anna Karenina...Finished 1/18/18
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray...Finished 2/5/18
3.

[Chalmation]

I'm in for 4.

4/4
COMPLETE

The Shining Finished 1/20/18
Anna Karenina Finished 3/5/18
The Godfather Finished 3/14/18
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Finished 3/20/18

[Erin]

I'll go for 3, 1 a month :)

Cloud Atlas
Middlesex
The Bell Jar
1984

Progress - 3/3

[Candiss]

I have been plugging away at the 1001 list for years, so I'm happy to have a nudge to make headway. I will aim for 3 books, 1 for each month in the quarter.


1. Reasons to Live - Amy Hempel
2. Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
3. The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe

Read: 3/3 - COMPLETED!

[Sue]

One each month for me

0/3 Complete

1.
2.
3.

[Blagica , Challenges]

I'm in for 5 books. Thank you for hosting Mindy.

[Mindy]

My pleasure, Blagica. Welcome to all who've joined the challenge so far, and good luck to all of us!

[Ashton]

I want to do 14 books from the list.

January
Persuasion
Of Mice and Men
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Interview with the Vampire (12/01/18) 4.5/5


February
To Kill a Mockingbird
Frankenstein
Dracula
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rebecca



March
The Handmaid's Tale
A Clockwork Orange
The Time Machine
Mrs. Dalloway

1/14

[The Book Girl]

I'll try for 5

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Malola]

I go for 5.

[Lisa]

Yes! I'll try for my lucky number: 3!
Thanks for leading, Mindy!

[Kadijah Michelle]

Hi Mindy!

I'm going for 4. This list is a life goal for me.

[Jennifer]

I'll sign up for 6!

1.One Hundred Years of Solitude
2.Frankenstein
3.The Hobbit

[Debra]

sign me up for 6
1.Lolita
2.Dracula
3. Treasure Island
4. Of Mice and Men
5. Cannery Row
6. Heart of Darkness

[Inkeri]

Hey!
I'll try to go for 4 books for this challenge

MUST READ BOOKS
Duration: 1 January 2018-31 March 2018

1. Jumalat juhlivat öisin by Donna Tartt
(in English: The Secret History)

2. Linnunradan käsikirja liftareille by Douglas Adams
(in English: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

3. Kärpästen herra by William Golding
(in English: Lord of the Flies)

4. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
(in English: The Black Dahlia)

[Kylie]

I'll go for 5.

[Maxine]

I'm in for 5 thanks

2/5

1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Done
2. Alias Grace DONE

[Maris]

I'm signing up for 5, thank you! :)

1. The Fellowship of the Ring (It said Lord Of The Rings and since this is the first book I presume it counts alone)
2. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
5.The Handmaid's Tale

[Ras Tazie]

0/3
one hundred years if solitude

[Amanda]

Must Read Books
Duration: 1 January 2018-31 March 2018

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Completed 22/1/18 Rating 4 stars
2. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Completed 6/3/18 Rating 5 stars
3. The House Of The Spirits by Isabel Allende
Completed 15/3/18 Rating 3 stars


3/3

Challenge completed

[ReadingByTheSea]

Indeed this is everyone's ongoing challenge :) I'm in for 3.

2/3

1. The River Between, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o *** 1/1/18
2. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen, Tadeusz Borowski *****18/2/18

[Kelly]

Please sign me up for 3 books.

Must Read Books
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2018

For this challenge, read as many of the 1001 books as you can. Obviously, we don't expect you to read them all in three months, but let's see how many we can cross off our lists.

1. Memoirs of a Geisha
2. Brave New World
3. Sense and Sensibility

Read: 0/3 books

[Rachel]

I'm in for 4!

Progress: 2/4

The Invisible Man
The Old Man and the Sea
Slaughterhouse-Five
Lord of the Flies

Unfortunately life caught up to me in March and I was unable to complete this challenge. However, I plan on reading the 2 remaining books next month!

[Becky]

I am going to aim for 4.

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Aesop's Fables
Anna Karenina
Animal Farm


4/4. COMPLETE!

[Dean]

Put me down for 4, please.

[Jessica]

Count me in.

I’ll read 3.

[JoJo]

I'm going to go with 3.

3/3

1. 1984 by George Orwell, finished on 29 January
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, finished on 10 January.
3. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, finished on 23 March

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

I'd like to aim for 10 please.

1. Wuthering Heights

[L A i N E Y (will be back)]

I’ll be joining in with 4 :)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Fall of the House of Usher
✔️ Sense and Sensibility *reread
The Unconsoled

Read: 1/4