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message 52: by Wendi (last edited Dec 08, 2015 02:45PM) (new)

Wendi | 15 comments Hi! I'm in. :)


The Listopia Challenge
Duration: January 1st 2015 - December 31st 2015

Books Read: 30/30
Lists Completed: 6/6

List 1: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

✔1.Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen - Nov 29 - ★★★★★
✔2.The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald - Nov 15 - ★★★☆☆
✔3.Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë - Jul 26 - ★★★★★
✔4.The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger - Jul 21 - ★★★☆☆
✔5.Animal Farm | George Orwell - Jul 3 - ★★★★☆

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Animal Farm by George Orwell

List 2: The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015

✔1.Reborn | Jennifer Rush - Nov 8 - ★★★★☆
✔2.Dead Heat | Patricia Briggs - Mar 6 - ★★★★☆
✔3.Vision in Silver | Anne Bishop - Mar 16 - ★★★★☆
✔4.End of Days | Susan Ee - Sep 20 - ★★★★☆
✔5.The Winner's Crime | Marie Rutkoski - Mar 23 - ★★★☆☆

Reborn (Altered, #3) by Jennifer Rush Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega, #4) by Patricia Briggs Vision in Silver (The Others, #3) by Anne Bishop End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days, #3) by Susan Ee The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2) by Marie Rutkoski

List 3: The Best Urban Fantasy

✔1.Shiver | Maggie Stiefvater - Nov 21 - ★★★☆☆
✔2.Stray | Rachel Vincent - Apr 10 - ★★★☆☆
✔3.Touch the Dark | Karen Chance - Jan 16 - ★★★☆☆
✔4.Angels' Blood | Nalini Singh - Aug 8 - ★★★★☆
✔5.Rosemary and Rue | Seanan McGuire - Feb 10 - ★★★★☆

Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater Stray (Shifters, #1) by Rachel Vincent Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, #1) by Karen Chance Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter #1) by Nalini Singh Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1) by Seanan McGuire

List 4: The Best Epic Fantasy

✔1.A Game of Thrones | George R.R. Martin - Jan 29 - ★★★★☆
✔2.Mistborn: The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson - Nov 18 - ★★★★★
✔3.The Way of Kings | Brandon Sanderson - Dec 4 - ★★★★★
✔4.The Blade Itself | Joe Abercrombie - Apr 2 - ★★★☆☆
✔5.Kushiel's Dart | Jacqueline Carey - Feb 5 - ★★☆☆☆

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) by Joe Abercrombie Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) by Jacqueline Carey

List 5: Best Medieval Romance Novels

✔1.A Kingdom of Dreams | Judith McNaught - Nov 10 - ★★★☆☆
✔2.The Secret | Julie Garwood - Mar 14 -★★★☆☆
✔3.Ransom | Julie Garwood - Apr 22 - ★★★☆☆
✔4.The Wedding | Julie Garwood - Feb 22 - ★★★☆☆
✔5.Fires of Winter | Johanna Lindsey - May 14 - ★★★★☆

A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1) by Judith McNaught The Secret (Highlands' Lairds #1) by Julie Garwood Ransom (Highlands' Lairds, #2) by Julie Garwood The Wedding (Lairds' Fiancées, #2) by Julie Garwood Fires of Winter (Haardrad Viking Family, #1) by Johanna Lindsey

List 6: Fantasy Romance

✔1.Warprize | Elizabeth Vaughan - Mar 23 - ★★★★☆
✔2.Lady of Light and Shadows | C.L. Wilson - Jul 19 - ★★★★☆
✔3.King of Sword and Sky | C.L. Wilson - Jul 20 - ★★★★☆
✔4.Master of Crows | Grace Draven - Oct 22, 15 - ★★★★☆
✔5.Wildest Dreams | Kristen Ashley - Mar 1 - ★★★★☆

Warprize (Chronicles of the Warlands, #1) by Elizabeth Vaughan Lady of Light and Shadows (Tairen Soul, #2) by C.L. Wilson King of Sword and Sky (Tairen Soul, #3) by C.L. Wilson Master of Crows (Master of Crows, #1) by Grace Draven Wildest Dreams (Fantasyland, #1) by Kristen Ashley


message 53: by Karla (new)

Karla I choose the "Science" list for my Listopia 2015 challenge. I will read 5 books in the science list.


message 55: by K (last edited Jul 09, 2015 04:13PM) (new)

K (kryswinsley) | 1 comments 30 total! Let's see how far I get.

Best Graphic Novels

0/15
01) Persepolis, Volume 1 - Marjane Satrapi
02) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
03) Batman: The Killing Joke - Alan Moore
04) Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned - Brian K Vaughan
05) From Hell - Alan Moore
06) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 - Alan Moore
07) Saga, Volume 1 - Brian K Vaughan
08) Kingdom Come - Mark Waid
09) 100 Bullets - Brian Azzarello
10) Black Hole - Charles Burns
11) Marvels - Kurt Busiek
12) Umbrella Academy, Vol.1: The Apocalypse Suite - Gerard Way
13) Stardust - Neil Gaiman
14) X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga - Chris Claremont
15) Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice - John Layman

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

5/15
01) Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier Feb 25
02) Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
03) The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
04) 1984 - George Orwell June 20
05) Animal Farm - George Orwell June 24
06) Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Jan 25
07) Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
08) One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
09) Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
10) Dracula - Bram Stoker Mar 13
11) Frankenstein - Mary Shelley May 1
12) Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro Dec 25. Got a bit of a head start :)
13) Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
14) Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
15) The Color Purple - Alice Walker Jan 4


message 56: by Theresa~OctoberLace (last edited Dec 09, 2015 12:00AM) (new)

Theresa~OctoberLace (octoberlace) | 773 comments I found a list that works with my other challenges. I'll start with 10 and see how it goes!
Read 11/10

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort

✔ 1. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer 1,614 pages 1/28/15
✔ 2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 2/23/15
✔ 3. The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan 783 pages 3/22/15
✔ 4. Towers of Midnight Robert Jordan 863 pages 5/2/15
✔ 5. Time Regained by Marcel Proust 784 pages 6/4/15
✔ 6. Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1,463 pages 7/3/15
✔ 7. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 656 pages 8/15/15
✔ 8. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 592 pages 8/23/15
✔ 9. Ulysses 783 pages 8/30/15
✔ 10. The Three Musketeers 786 pages 9/6/15
✔ 11. Don Quixote 982 pages 11/30/15
12. The Witching Hour 1,207 pages currently reading


To be read:
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- A Suitable Boy
- Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
- Taltos
- The Feast of All Saints


message 57: by Lorelei (last edited Dec 16, 2014 09:16PM) (new)

Lorelei (goodreadscomlorelei_reads) | 393 comments Hi Zara,
I've updated my Listopia which is #37. I'm in for 15, but I have more on my list (jik).
Thanks for moderating.


message 58: by Laurie (last edited Sep 13, 2015 04:43AM) (new)

Laurie I plan to read 5 from: Big Fat Books Worth the Effort

1. War and Peace ✔ 3/6
2. Great Expectations ✔ 9/10
3. Middlemarch ✔ 4/25
4. Gone with the Wind ✔ 5/17
5. Doctor Zhivago ✔ 6/26


message 59: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 500 comments I've made my selections (24 books in total from 2 different lists) and updated in msg 29


message 60: by Kathryn (new)

Kathryn | 581 comments Meg wrote: "I've made my selections (24 books in total from 2 different lists) and updated in msg 29"

Love your second list, Meg - Modern Australian Literature. I've read 4 from your list and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Hope you find them good reads!


message 61: by mussolet (last edited Dec 18, 2014 11:23AM) (new)

mussolet (sovotchka) | 615 comments Zara,
I'll just continue quietly with the same lists I've had for two years. Maybe I'll actually finish this challenge in five years or so.

I: Not the Booker Prize 2010
Possibilities: The Imperfectionists, Ghost Light, Lights out in Wonderland, The Finkler Question, In a strange room, The Golden Mean, Under Heaven
II: Man Booker Prize Eligible 2011
Possibilities: The Absolutist, Today, The Last Gift, The Raw Man, The Sentimentalists, Irma Voth, The Proof of Love, Among Others, The Storyteller of Marrakesh, Telescope
III: Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
Possibilities: The Light Between The Oceans, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Casual Vacancy, The Bellwether Revivals, John Saturnall's Feast, Coward's Tale, The Watch, The Forrests, Dogs at the Perimeter, Snake Ropes, The Uninvited Guests, Merivel, Harmattan, The Man Who Rained, The Land of Decoration, The Garden of Evening Mists, The Chemistry of Tears
IV: Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013
Possibilities: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Professor of Poetry, Harvest, The Spinning Heart, The Last Banquet, This Magnificent Desolation, Life After Life, Paris, The Luminaries, The Night Rainbow, Questions of Travel, The Cuckoo's Calling
V: Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
Possibilities: The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, Carthage, & Sons, The Invention of Wings, And the Mountains Echoed
VI: Favourite Magical Realism Novels
Possibilities: Life of Pi, The Lace Reader, Big Fish, Blackbird House, The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope, Like Water for Chocolate, Midnight's Children, Garden Spells, The Sugar Queen, The Girl Who Chased The Moon, The Peach Keeper, Winter's Tale, Invisible Cities, Little Big, If on a Winter's Night..., The Night Circus, The Snow Child, The Tiger's Wife
VII: Favourite Travel Books
Possibilities: Shadow of the Silk Road, Into the Wild, A Moveable Feast, Passionate Nomad, The Valleys of the Assassins, Without Reservations,
VIII: Microhistories
Possibilities: Evening in the Palace of Reason, The Swerve, Colour, Song of the Dodo, The Map that Changed the World, The Devil in the White City
IX: Recommended by 2014 Reading Challengers


message 62: by ChrisP (last edited Dec 19, 2014 09:02PM) (new)

ChrisP Poyner | 387 comments Count me in
2015 LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 2015 - December 2015
Completed 0/10

List 1 Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time


Goal Read at least 3 Books from the list. 0/5 Complete

List 2 Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award

Goal Read at least 3 Books from the list. 0/5 Complete

List 3 BRAM STOKER AWARD WINNERS

Goal Read at least 3 Books from the list. 0/5 Complete


message 63: by Kristin (new)

Kristin (atomicxcupcake) I'm in for 2015.

Favorite Human Drama Books Featured on Well Read
1) The Valley of Amazement
2) The Buddha in the Attic
3) The Round House


Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
1) Ender's Game
2) Dune
3) Dragonflight


Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
1) Pride and Prejudice
2) Lolita
3) 1984


message 65: by E (new)

E (fleurinka24) | 14 comments So yeah, I think I'll read random 3 books of each of these lists. And I think I already have more books in all challenges I wanted to do than I can actually read, but I am hopeful.

1001 Boos You Must Read Before You Die
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Delta of Venus by Anais Nin

The BBC Book List Challenge
BBC thinks you've only read 6 of these books...
DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

World's Greatest Novellas
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

Best Historical Fiction
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

So it's 15 books in total, I thinks that's doable...


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments updated to here.


message 67: by Betwixt the (last edited Sep 11, 2015 12:47PM) (new)

Betwixt the Pages (betwixtthesepages) | 54 comments The Listopia Challenge (2015)

I'll be attempting to work on the following:

Best Books Ever
1. The Lovely Bones --Finished
2. Water for Elephants --Finished
3. Flowers for Algernon --Finished
4. The Golden Compass --Finished
5. Clockwork Angel --Finished
6. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time --Finished
7. Peter Pan --Finished
8. Thirteen Reasons Why --Finished
9. Delirium --Finished
10. Cinder --Finished
11. Throne of Glass --Finished
12. The Iron King --Finished
13. Eleanor & Park --Finished

13/10


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DeNeal (dtoews) I would like to join and I do 10 books from Best Historical Fiction. I will add them as I go.


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments updated to here


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Carine I have added you. Welcome and good luck


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Deborah I have added you. Welcome and good luck


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Shaunte I have added you.


message 76: by Naomi (new)

Naomi Terpening I'm going in for this challenge, but I'm not doing too much. I've picked out 10 books to read for this. The books I chose aren't listed in any particular order.

Japanese Literature

Requiem by Shizuko Go
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Naomi by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
No Longer Human by Ozamu Dazai
The Doctor's Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi
Forbidden Colors by Yukio Mishima
Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda
Geisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki
A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe
The Samurai by Shusaku Endo


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Naomi I have added you.


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Renée I have added you. Welcome.


message 80: by Heather (Heatso) (last edited Dec 30, 2015 10:23PM) (new)

Heather (Heatso) (hyperweather) | 45 comments I want to read a total of 25 books over 6 lists, minimum of reading 2 books from each list, no rereads.

19/25

Recommended by 2014 Reading Challengers (2/2)
1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Completed 12/10
2. Paper Towns by John Green Completed 6/14
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Paper Towns by John Green

Best Young Adult books (3/2)
1. Burned by Ellen Hopkins Completed 5/1
2. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
3. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Completed 7/28
4. Stardust by Neil Gaiman Completed 12/8
Burned (Burned, #1) by Ellen Hopkins Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) by Richelle Mead The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Best YA Fiction w/GLBTQQI (3/2)
1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
2. Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
3. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Completed 6/15
4. Something Like Summer by Jay Bell Completed 6/23
5. Something Like Autumn by Jay Bell Completed 7/20
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Rainbow Boys (Rainbow Trilogy, #1) by Alex Sanchez Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Something Like Summer (Something Like #1) by Jay Bell Something Like Autumn (Something Like #3) by Jay Bell

Can't Wait for 2015 (5/2)
1. Never Never by Colleen Hoover
2. Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan Completed 4/25
3. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Completed 7/29
4. You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day Completed 12/6
5. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella Completed 11/22
6. None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio Completed 12/5
Never Never (Never Never, #1) by Colleen Hoover Hold Me Closer The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

Best Books Under 200 Pages (3/2)
1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Completed 6/25
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Completed 6/19
4, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Completed 12/21
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Dystopian/Utopian/Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic (2/2)
1. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
2. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
3. The Selection by Kiera Cass
4. Monument 13 by Emmy Laybourne
5. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey Completed 12/16
6. Animal Farm by George Orwell Completed 1/29
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) by James Dashner The Selection (The Selection, #1) by Kiera Cass Unwind (Unwind, #1) by Neal Shusterman Monument 14 (Monument 14, #1) by Emmy Laybourne The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) by Rick Yancey Animal Farm by George Orwell


message 81: by Brittany (last edited Dec 27, 2014 12:31AM) (new)

Brittany (bookburdy) My List:
Best Covers Of 2014.

I've decided to read the top five for now (because many are farther into a series I will have to read the previous books)

1.The One
2.Ignite Me
3.Cress
4.A Thousand Pieces of You
5.City of Heavenly Fire



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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Heather I've added you. Welcome and good luck


message 83: by Jenn (last edited Aug 06, 2015 02:35PM) (new)

Jenn | 128 comments I'm in!
I want to read a total of 15 books over 3 lists, 5 from each list, no rereads.
Read 6/15

Recommended by 2014 Reading Challengers
1. The Fault in Our Stars
2. The Book Thief
3. Beauty Queens
4. Me Before You
5. Between Shades of Gray
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Best Young Adult Books
1. Speak
2. A Great and Terrible Beauty
3. Delirium
4. Anna and the French Kiss
5. The Body Finder
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray Delirium (Delirium, #1) by Lauren Oliver Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) by Stephanie Perkins The Body Finder (The Body Finder, #1) by Kimberly Derting

Best YA Dystopian/Utopian/Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic
1. Uglies
2. Monument 14
3. Bumped
4. Eve
5. Wither
Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld Monument 14 (Monument 14, #1) by Emmy Laybourne Bumped (Bumped, #1) by Megan McCafferty Eve (Eve, #1) by Anna Carey Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1) by Lauren DeStefano


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Welcome Jenn. I've added you.


message 85: by Meimei (last edited Dec 30, 2014 05:02AM) (new)

Meimei | 101 comments ★ THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE ★
❃ Lists: 5
❃ TOTAL: 0/45 


List #1 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
0/12

List #2 World's Greatest Novellas
0/10

List #3 Best Teen Books About Real Problems
0/10

List #4 Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
0/3

List #5 New Adult Literature
0/5

List #6 2014 Contemporary YA
0/5


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Meimei I've added you. Welcome.


message 87: by Shaunte (new)

Shaunte | 21 comments Hi Zara,

I updated my list (#76) - I actually switched one of my Listopia lists - it's all up to date now. Thanks!!!


message 88: by Amanda (last edited Jan 01, 2015 10:32AM) (new)

Amanda Wiltsey (amandawiltsey) | 52 comments Im in!

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st 2015 - December 31st 2015

What Women Born in the 1970's Have Read So Far This Year (1/10)

Side note: I'd like to point out I was NOT born in the 1970s, but just barely in the 80's. I would hate to make myself older than I already am.

1. Landline
2. The Book of Life completed 1.1.15
3.I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
4.The Kite Runner
5.The Great Gatsby
6.A Thousand Splendid Suns
7.The Perks of Being a Wallflower
8.One Plus One
9.The Girl You Left Behind
10.All the Light We Cannot See


May add more...


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Amanda I've added you. Welcome.


message 91: by Nancy (last edited Apr 05, 2015 04:14PM) (new)

Nancy (txlady1975) | 14 comments I've chosen 3 lists
I want to read a total of 12 books over 3 lists, 4 from each list, no rereads

Best Paranormal Romance Series

Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1) by Laurell K. Hamilton Real Vampires Have Curves (Glory St. Clair, #1) by Gerry Bartlett Truly, Madly (Lucy Valentine #1) by Heather Webber Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) by Charlaine Harris

Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books

Heaven, Texas (Chicago Stars, #2) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Vision in White (Bride Quartet, #1) by Nora Roberts Second Chance Pass (Virgin River, #5) by Robyn Carr - Completed 1/24/15 ✓ Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard - Completed 3/24/15


Best Young Adult Books

13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope, #1) by Maureen Johnson Let It Snow by John Green The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins Matched (Matched, #1) by Ally Condie


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Nancy I've added you.


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Zan (zanhoven) | 39 comments I would like to join please


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Zan I have added you.


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Stacey I'm in...once I figure out how to post. ;)


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Pitch I've added you.


message 97: by Sally (last edited Apr 01, 2015 10:40AM) (new)

Sally  (autumnxdays) | 124 comments I'm in! :)

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st 2015 - December 31st 2015

LIST ONE:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë ★★★★★ (11/02/15)
2. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell ★★★★☆ 1,472 pages (15/03/15)
3.
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5.
6.
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8.
9.
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2/10

LIST TWO:
Best Historical Fiction

1. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant ★★☆☆☆ (01/02/15)
2.
3.
4.
5.

1/5


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Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments updated to here


message 99: by [deleted user] (last edited May 30, 2015 10:56PM) (new)

Listopia Challenge

I plan to read 10 books from each of the following three lists: -- 30/30

2015 Tournament of Books Long List -- 10/10
✓ 1. A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall: A Novel by Will Chancellor (3/3)
✓ 2. An Untamed State by Roxane Gay (3/5)
✓ 3. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (3/1)
✓ 4. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld (3/1)
✓ 5. Silence Once Begun by Jesse Ball (3/13)
✓ 6. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (3/6)
✓ 7. Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher (2/28)
✓ 8. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (2/24)
✓ 9. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2/13)
✓ 10. Euphoria by Lily King (4/10)

Newbery 2015 -- 10/10
✓ 1. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (3/19)
✓ 2. The Fourteenth Goldfish byJennifer L. Holm (3/20)
✓ 3. Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff (1/22)
✓ 4. El Deafo by Cece Bell (3/15)
✓ 5. Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin (3/19)
✓ 6. Nest by Esther Ehrlich (3/14)
✓ 7. The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier (3/12)
✓ 8. A Piece of Sky by Ann Hunter (3/19)
✓ 9. The Secret Hum of a Daisy by Tracy Holczer (2/15)
✓ 10. Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire

Mock Printz 2015 -- 10/10
✓ 1. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (2/27)
✓ 2. Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (3/19)
✓ 3. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (5/24)
✓ 4. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (3/31)
✓ 5. One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva (3/20)
✓ 6. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki (3/15)
✓ 7. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming (3/10)
✓ 8. Girls Like Us by Gail Giles
✓ 9. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (1/13)
✓ 10. Noggin by John Corey Whaley (3/2)


message 100: by Kylie (last edited Feb 18, 2015 01:55AM) (new)

Kylie Cantwell | 720 comments I'm in.

My first list is Behaviour Change and Social Psychology How People Make Decisions

1 Thinking Fast and Slow
2 Predictably Irrational The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
3 The Power of Habit Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
4 Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
5 Made to Stick Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
6 The Paradox of Choice Why More Is Less
7 Doer's Dilemma - Why Achievers Suffer And What To Do About It
8 Sway The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
9 Mistakes Were Made But Not by Me Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs Bad Decisions and Hurtful Acts
10 Flow The Psychology of Optimal Experience
11 Why We Make Mistakes How We Look Without Seeing Forget Things in Seconds and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
12 Eat Move Sleep How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes
13 You Are Not So Smart Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
14 The Likeability Factor How to Boost Your L-Factor and Achieve Your Life's Dreams
15 The Emotional Extremist's Guide to Handling Cartoon Elephants How to Solve Elephantine Emotional Problems Without Getting Run Over Chased Flattened
16 Willpower Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

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Second List: Autism Fiction and Non-Fiction
1 The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome
2 I Think I Might Be Autistic A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults
3 The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism
4 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders A Lifesaver for Parents and Professionals Who Interact Children with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
5 Autism and Me Sibling Stories

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I don't think I can fit all of this reading in, but just to keep track of my top "reading about writing" plans -
Third List: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
1 On Writing A Memoir of the Craft
2 Story Style Structure Substance and the Principles of Screenwriting
3 The Anatomy of Story
4 Characters Emotion Viewpoint or Characters and Viewpoint
5 Wired for Story
6 How to Write a Damn Good Novel A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
7 Beginnings Middles Ends
8 The Writer's Journey
9 The Hero with a Thousand Faces
10 Writing the Breakout Novel (and workbook)
11 45 Master Characters
12 Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
13 Conflict Action and Suspense
14 The Screenwriter's Bible A Complete Guide to Writing Formatting and Selling Your Script
15 Plot Structure or https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... by Ansen Dibell
16 The Emotion Thesaurus
17 The Negative Trait Thesaurus
18 The Positive Trait Thesaurus
19 How to Write a Damn Good Novel II Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling
20 Dialogue Techniques and exercises for crafting effective dialogue
21 Revision Self-Editing
22 The Key How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth
23 How to Write a Damn Good Mystery
24 How to Write a Damn Good Thriller
25 Creating Characters
26 Description Setting
27 20 Master Plots
28 The Breakout Novelist
29 The Fire in Fiction


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