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Listopia Challenge: If You Read Even One Book
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Example:The Natural World: Natural Science and Natural History for Adults
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
3 books read and reviewed.
p.s. I attempted this challenge (not very successfully I might add, and if my list wins any of the categories, I will be raffling my points off to one of the Listopia challenge participants since I am not eligible for points.)
The most disturbing book ever writtenhttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
6 books read and reviewed
1. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus - Richard Preston
2. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
3. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
4. The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
5. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - Jon Krakauer
6. Girl, Interrupted- Susanna Kaysen
Best by Michael Connellyhttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
I have read 5 of 6 books for this challenge and still hope to read book six in December.
QUESTION ....I did two lists ... do I post both or just one of them?
LIST: Best Literary MysteriesI read & reviewed 6 books:
1. Snow Falling on Cedars / David Guterson (# 21)
2. My Name Is Red / Orhan Pamuk (# 88)
3. The Cuckoo's Calling / Robert Galbraith (# 93)
4. Smilla's Sense of Snow / Peter Hoeg (# 18)
5. Dark Places / Gillian Flynn (# 41)
6. The Forgotten Garden / Kate Morton (# 47)
President Obama's Reading List (2009 - 2017)https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
I read and reviewed 6 books:
1. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - Elizabeth Kolbert
2. The Three-Body Problem - Liu Cixin
3. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life - William Finnegan
4. Nora Webster - Colm Tóibín
5. Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
6. The Quiet American - Graham Greene
Finished Best Strong Female Fantasy
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Read 3 from Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
I had five lists.... completed 4, read 4 of number 5.Remarkable Women in Historical Fiction
Amazon’s 2017 Top 100 Fiction
Girl in a Red Dress
Historical Fiction in the Jazz Age
Historical Fiction with a dash of Magic
They are all pretty run of the mill and typical of me.... very predictive. Except for maybe Girl in a Red Dress. I thought it might be kind of fun to see how many I could rack up in a year. And it led me to some interesting titles I might not of picked. Or gotten to so quickly.
Art and Artists in Fictionhttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
4 books read and reviewed.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I started this challenge late in the year after fiddling away far too much time perusing lists. I realize the official timeline is ended, but I will complete the 6 book challenge before the end of the year. That's good enough for me. I've really enjoyed this one.
My list was A Year in the Lifehttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
I completed the challenge by reading 6 books
1. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living-Julie Powell
2. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything-Joshua Foer
3. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible - A.J. Jacobs
4. Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse-Steve Bogira
5. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World-Eric Weiner
6. The Tao of Martha: My Year of LIVING; Or, Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog-Jen Lancaster
What to Read When You've Finished Jane Austenhttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
The Picture of Dorian Gray - review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Great Expectations - review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Eyre Affair - review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Anna Karenina - review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Anne of Green Gables - review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cranford - review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Challenge completed 22/09/2018
List: Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence TitlesBooks read, with links to my reviews:
1. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
2. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
3. Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
5. The Wench Is Dead by Colin Dexter
6. Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming
Challenge completed Aug 13, 2018
2017: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2017https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Read and reviewed
1. Beartown
2. Everything I Never Told You
3. When Breath Becomes Air
4. The Nightingale
5. Defending Jacob
6. Heartburn
Joni wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...Can you please add the title of your list?
Many thanks!!
I copied Ellen's list.List:
The Most Disturbing Book Ever Written
1) Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, finished April 13
2) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, finished April 25
3) Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks, finished Oct 4
Didn't think this one out super well, don't really want to read 3 more disturbing books during the holiday cheer time of year, lol.
Around the World Through Fiction. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...1. The Summer Before the War - England
2. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Afghanistan
3. A Fine Balance - India
4. Pearl of China - China
5. Women of the Silk - China
6. A Well-Tempered Heart - Burma / Maynmar
Finished
Anita wrote: p.s. I attempted this challenge (not very successfully I might add, and if my list wins any of the categories, I will be raffling my points off to one of the Listopia challenge participants since I am not eligible for points.)..."I was going to ask if we, as admins, should post our lists, as well. I wasn't going to, but if you are...?
Mine was Speculative fiction that passes the Bechdel test. Great fun.I've completed 5 out of 6 (just finishing the sixth The Fifth Season, so I'll complete the challenge this year, which is just fine by me :)).
1. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
2. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
3. Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
4.Doomsday Book by Connie Wills
5. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Mine was Speculative fiction that passes the Bechdel test Great fun. I completed 5 out of 6, but didn't do a review of the last 2 so I don't think they strictly count for points, yes?
The sixth out of the list The Fifth Season is almost finished, so I'll complete the challenge to my satisfaction before the end of the year.
The five I read were:
1. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
2. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
3. Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
4.Doomsday Book by Connie Wills
5. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
I’ll do this as soon as I’m near my laptop.
LibraryCin wrote: "Anita wrote: p.s. I attempted this challenge (not very successfully I might add, and if my list wins any of the categories, I will be raffling my points off to one of the Listopia challenge partici..."It's fine, Cindy . . .
Anita wrote: "Joni wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...Can you please add the title of your list?
Many thanks!!"
Anita, I added the list name in my original response.
My major challenge this year was to read books on the PBS's Great American Read list. Listopia list:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
My shelf with all the books I read on this list in 2018:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Their Eyes Were Watching God
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Looking for Alaska
Lonesome Dove
A Prayer for Owen Meany
To Kill a Mockingbird
Frankenstein (1818)
The Color Purple
Sirens of Titan, Vonegut
Handmaid's Tale
Americanah
Pride and Prejudice
And Then There Were None
Ghost
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Tales of the City
Books within series on the list:
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia)
The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia)
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander)
Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings)
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing1. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey – Rinker Buck
2. Pizza: A Slice of American History – Liz Barrett
3. Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It - Jill Jonnes
4. Shapely Ankle Preferr'd: A History of the Lonely Hearts Advertisement – Francesca Beauman
5. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time – Dava Sobel
6. Breach of Promise to Marry: A History of How Jilted Brides Settled Scores - Denise Bates
OK, mine was "Best Biographies". https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
I completed 7, and had 3 more I'd also hoped to get to (but won't)
1. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder. 3.5 stars
2. Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie. 2 stars
3. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie. 3 stars
4. Cleopatra: A Life / Stacy Schiff. 3 stars
5. In the Garden of Beasts / Erik Larson. 3.5 stars
6. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. 3 stars
7. Destiny of the Republic / Candice Millard. 2.5 stars
I picked: Listopia - Best Middle East Fiction
I would choose only books from the list that are by authors that are native to the region - definitely no Death on the Nile...
1 - Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz - 4 stars
2 - Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi - 4 stars
3 - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - 5 stars
4 - Memed mein Falke by Yaşar Kemal - 4 stars
5 - The President's Gardens by Muhsin Al-Ramli - 5 stars
6 -
Read and reviewed 5 so far, number 6 should follow in December.
Mine was Best Middle Ages Books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3... I reviewed 1 of 6 books:
1. Timeline by Michael Crichton 4 stars
This was harder than I expected it to be! Many of the books that I thought should be on this list weren't, so I kept reading books that turned out not to count.
Ahhhh! I still have to do this. Tonight. I promise!
My list was rather predictable, after starting off with a non-fiction list and backing out in May! I read from Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018 - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...I ended up reading 29 books from the list. Not hard seeing as it was right in my wheelhouse!
Actually, I just remembered that the first three were ineligible due to me reading them before I switched lists, so make that 26 books from my list.
This challenge looks so fun! Will this be a repeat for 2019??
Becky C wrote: "This challenge looks so fun! Will this be a repeat for 2019??"Hi, Becky. We are in the process of voting for two new challenges for next year.
Read more about the options here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
LibraryCin wrote: "Becky C wrote: "This challenge looks so fun! Will this be a repeat for 2019??"Hi, Becky. We are in the process of voting for two new challenges for next year.
Read more about the options here:
..."
Thanks!! I'll take a look.
Well ... too late to make the poll but I also read from this listBest Southern Literature
I read and reviewed these five:
1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (# 67)
2. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (#220)
3. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (# 21)
4. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns (# 19)
5. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg (# 5 )
I'm planning to read the sixth book yet this month ....
Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote (# 82)
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Books mentioned in this topic
My Name Is Red (other topics)The Quiet American (other topics)
Midaq Alley (other topics)
The Road (other topics)
The Glass Castle (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Graham Greene (other topics)Jeannette Walls (other topics)
Margaret Atwood (other topics)
William Finnegan (other topics)
Elizabeth Kolbert (other topics)
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If you read even ONE book on your selected Listopia list, please post the name of your list and the link to it in this thread.
This list will be the definitive list we use to vote for the following categories:
a) Most interesting list (10 participation points per book)
b) Hardest list to read (20 participation points per book)
c) List we least expected the particular member to choose (10 participation points per book)
If your list wins, you will receive the points indicated for each book you've read and reviewed (since January) on the list.
Voting will be included in the normal participation points voting on the 15th and all members, whether they did the challenge or not, may vote on the list choices.
Feel free to post any questions below as well!