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Hahaha! Now lets see, as I go and ponder. :)You could call this Nine Pins!
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Excellent push for the end of the year
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1) And the Band Played on planned for July.
2) Moving the Mountain planned for July**
3) Outlander planned for August
4) The Black Dahlia planned for August
5) Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers planned for May
6) Charles Dickens planned for April
7) 1Q84 planned for March
8) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer planned for February
9) Don Quixote started in January
Put To Rest: 1
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I agree with Holly. I don't think it can be overstated what a great book And The Band Played On is. BTW, welcome back, Holly! I missed you.
MELISSA'S HAUNTED BY HER BOOK PILE-The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin (February)
-Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (June)
-Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (June)
-Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain by Chris Stewart (June); READ 11/6/14
-The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (July)
-A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (February)
-Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (April)
-Pomfret Towers by Angella Thirkell (April)
-Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor by Patrick Taylor (April)
Kassandra is haunted by...2) The Kite Runner
3) The High Road
4) Still Alice
5) Thy Neighbor: A Novel
6) Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
8) Beautiful Ruins
9) Water for Elephants
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Sandy, let's do this one in November, since we are working on Charioteer in October.
These are haunting my shelves, my kindle, my TBR and my currently reading list:1. Brave New World Still at 40%
2. Grass Planned (and bought) for February
3. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War I have taken this with me on THREE trips this year: Cuba St. Lucia, Tobago - still not started
4. Dune Started in May but didn't get far
5. Red Seas Under Red Skies Bought since February
6. The Strain At 60% for a couple months now, started in June
7. A Study in Scarlet Planned for August
8. Kindred I keep intending to read this Read in October
9. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Planned for February, recently won a copy in a giveaway, so no excuses now!
Sounds like a great idea! I don't have 9 until now, but I'm simply going to add them as we go. *pretty sure she won't read all her october choices*Alessandra is haunted by...
1.) The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien (planned for August, then moved to September... never started)
2.) The Sacrifice by Charlie Higson (planned for September) - READ 08.11.2014
3.) The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper (planned for October)
4.) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (planned for October)
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Wonderful idea. And here are my nine!Srividya is haunted by...
1. The Hero of Ages (planned for June)
2.To Kill a Mockingbird (planned for June)
3. Gardens of the Moon (planned for July)
4. The Museum of Innocence (planned for September)
5. Schindler's List (planned for August)
6. Fall of Giants
7.The Goldfinch (planned for August -September)
8. Divergent (Planned for July)
9. Anna Karenina (planned for May)
ETA: War and Peace (planned for this year, started in July and still stuck on the same page)- I had marked this as to be finished this year but I honestly won't be able to get to it with all the stuff going on in real life. So I have postponed it to 2015. Hopefully 2015 will be the year when I tame this tome!
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Amber is Haunted by and need to get back to reading:1.My Soul Immortal-Started the Read for Review ebook a few months back but placed it on hold because other reads got in the way. Hope to finish it soon. (on page 13 of 310).
2.The Haunting of Hill House-Got recommended to read this for All Hallow's Read so will finally get it at the library and read it. Tried reading it two years ago but other reads got in the way.
3.Salvation-Got this ebook read for review request recently and plan to read it soon as it is 914 pages long.
4.Monsters of Men-I read the first two books earlier this year and enjoyed them. I hope to read this final one sometime in the future to finish the trilogy.
5.The Calling-Have been trying to read this ebook read for review request for a while but the text size is too small that I have been unable to get back to reading it.
6.The Sudarshana-Will be finishing this one too. This is book 4 of the YA ebook series and I just got this one and book 5 to go before I finish.
7.What the Night Knows-I would like to read this in the future too.
8.And Then There Were None-this would be my first ever Agatha Christie novel so will check it out in the future.
9.Northanger Abbey-Have had this one on my tbr list for a while so need to check it out. It's an ebook on my tablet.
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I'm surprised that you can't change the type size for The Calling since it's an ebook. That sounds frustrating.
And Then There Were None is not my favorite Christie. In fact, it's the first one I read. I was so under-impressed that I put off reading any others for a long time. Which was a shame because she's quite wonderful. I look forward to seeing what you think of it.
Northanger Abbey is a treat! But VERY different from other Austens. Enjoy it for its Gothic Goofiness and Austen's discussion on the value of novels. And, Mr. Tilney, of course!
Yeah it was like size 10 or something so I might not be able to read it anymore cuz of it. and I'll let you know what I think of And then there were none when I get to it with Northanger abbey Renee.
I updated my list. Still don't have 9, but even with 4 I'm already struggling to read them until the end of December. I'm on The Sacrifice now, though. There's still some hope :)
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I'd love to help you out, Renee, but I'm already struggling with four. You can do it, though! I believe in you! :D
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I'm in the same boat as you Renee - not much progress at all. I'm still getting distracted by other books. This may have to become a 2015 challenge for me I'm afraid!
I haven't even begun on this challenge!! Sigh I am sure it will go into 2015 before I do!Kassandra - I am also facing the same problem. I get distracted by other reads and forget these ones!
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But, I'm torn between making a break with our "ghosts" and doing an old year cleanup mini. What do others think? Please share your thoughts. Maybe someone has a clever idea for a New Year/ Old Books mini-challenge???
I'm writing as I'm thinking, so bear with me. :) How about the last two weeks of Dec. read as many old books from our 2014 to-read list or books that did not get read from our many challenges and two weeks into Jan. we start with our brand new 2015 list. Maybe make this a read-a-thon or point challenge. Like (Make New Friends, But Read The Old) something like that. Or maybe something with an "Auld Lang Syne" challenge or read-a-thon the last week of Dec. "Should Old Aquaintance be forgot, and never thought upon..." Renee, maybe using books from only from our past challenges that have not been read or from our monthly read lists.You'll think of something grand!!! :D
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Sandy wrote: "I just realized that I have managed to read three of the books that I had listed for the original challenge. The rest I have already moved to my 2015-TBR shelf.I love Melissa's idea of ringing ou..."
Sandy, My *Haunted List* is literally several piles stacked next to my bed and could challenge myself to a 2015 read of all of my physical books and e-books from 2014. This would keep me busy all next year without joining in on any other challenge. This pile needs to be read down, I'm already climbing over it to get into bed, what will this stack look like after Renee's planned challenges in 2015? Oh well, here I go down the rabbit hole.... :D
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Renee, I think I can live with your motto *two books forward and only one book back. We'll see if my husband can. :D
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I suspect 9 was too ambitious a number. Perhaps there's a reason certain books get pushed to the bottom of the pile. Personally, I'll probably only finish 2 of the 9 I listed back in October. Which means that 7 will be clanking around me like Jacob Marley's chains. Yikes!
Ah, well. That's why I have a "taking a break" shelf. So I can store the little beasts until I'm ready to face them agaIn. :P
I'm with you Renee - 2 of the 9 have been completed and I likely won't get to the rest this month. I have moved them to my own thread for a haunted by 2014 ghosts view...and they have been joined by a few others as well :)
I think I completed one. Oh well, I blame it on The Vowel Challenge. :)
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Mission: Choose nine books you planned to read THIS YEAR, which you were unable to accomplish. Then, Bust 'em, Dr. Venkman! (I know I'm mixing my metaphors all over the place.) :D
Dates: October 1 - December 31, 2014