The Listopia Challenge - 2015

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updated.

[Kathryn]

Kylie wrote: "I'm in.

My first list is Behaviour_Change_and_Social_Psychology_How_People_Make_Decisions

1 Thinking Fast and Slow..."

I like the look of some of your first list, Kylie! I may have to add some of these to my TBR!!

[Zan]

Evening, It took me a while to find the lists I would like to work off but here they are:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...

I have read 19 of the first 100 on the list. I would like to read 3 more from this list this year. 00/03

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https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

I have read 12 of the first 100 on the list. I would like to read 2 more from this list this year. 00/02

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https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

I would like to read 2 books from this list. 01/02

1.Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
by Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Abolqasem Ferdowsi
928 pages/of 6029
Started 2.1.15, Finished 9.1.15

This book was unique in writing style. Old fables usually passed down verbally, and this is evident in the writing style, had me wishing I had acquired an audiobook version. My recommendation if you don't like it at the start, don't keep Reading it, however if the mythology and old prose appeals to you this is a must read.

2.

[Dee]

I'm in for this one! I will read 15 books from this List:

What Women Born In The 1970s Have Read So Far This Year? (2014)

1. Me before You X
2. The Goldfinch X
3. Eleanor & Park X
4. Orphan Train X
5. Light between Oceans X
6. Fangirl X
7. Wild X
8. The Kitchen House X
9. Attachments X
10. Big Little Lies X
11. This is Where I Leave You X
12. The Paris Wife X
13. The Interestings X
14. The Circle X
15. HalfBroke Horses X

3/18/15 - 15 of 15

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Dee I've added you.

[Adriana]

1/15

This list might be a little too easy. After I finish it I'm sure I'll add another list.

[Nicole]

I will commit to 18 books from the following lists: (3 per list in no particular order)

Favorite Magical Realism Novels

1. Love in the Time of Cholera
2. Practical Magic
3. Mama Day

To Die For 2000-2015 Stand Alone

1. The Help
2. The Lovely Bones
3. Gone Girl

Most Begun but Never Finished

1. Anna Karenina
2. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
3. The Historian

Best Historical Fiction

1. The Three Musketeers
2. The Scarlet Pimpernel
3. The Thirteenth Tale

Thrillers

1. The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon #3)
2. The Traitor's Emblem
3. The Cabinet of Curiosities

Best Historical Mysteries

1. The Forgotten Garden
2. The Pale Blue Eyes
3. Silent in the Grave

[Jodi]

Hi Zara,

I edited message 26 to show Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore for my Recommended By 2014 Reading Challengers List. I am now 1/25

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congratulations Jodi and Brinna

[Angel]

Books that Everyone Should Read at Least Once:

Paper Towns
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Les Misérables

Starting with Les Mis because I know it is going to take me a good 6 months! Wish me luck

[Heather]

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

Amazon_s_2014_Best_Books_of_the_Year_The_Top_100_in_Print_Format

1.All the Light We Cannot See

Coming_of_Age_Tales_To_Tackle_Adulthood

1.Magic America
2.The Perks of Being a Wallflower
3.To Kill a Mockingbird
4.The Catcher in the Rye

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Angel and Heather I've added you both. Lots of luck with Les Mis. I admire your courage.

[Ruth]

I am in for 10
THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st 2015 - December 31st 2015

The Best Urban Fantasy

1.
2
3
4
5

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

1
2
3
4
5

[Ronda]

Update:

- complete
1/20

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~*Ro*~ wrote: "Update:

- complete
1/20"

Congratulations Ro

[Ronda]

Thank you.

[Lorelei]

I finished Christmas in Cedar Cove: 5-B Poppy Lane\A Cedar Cove Christmas which I planned on finishing in 2014, but....
1/15

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Lorelei wrote: "I finished Christmas in Cedar Cove: 5-B Poppy Lane\A Cedar Cove Christmas which I planned on finishing in 2014, but....
1/15"

Congratulations Lorelei for finishing this book.

[Whitney]

I'm a little late to the party. Can I still join?

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1. Middlesex
2. The Brothers Karamazov
3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

BBC Book List Challenge
1. Cloud Atlas
2. Atonement
3. The Woman in White

Booker Prize Winners
1. The God of Small Things
2. The White Tiger


What Women Born In The 80s Are Reading In 2014
1. Landline
2. We Were Liars

(4/10)

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Whitney wrote: "I'm a little late to the party. Can I still join?

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1. Middlesex
2. The Brothers Karamazov
3. [book:The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle|11275..."


Of course you can still join Whitney. I've added you.

[Zan]

Updated Message 105

[Claire]

I finished The Book of Strange New Things.

This is a really interesting book! Part sci-fi, part character study, part mystery, it tells the story of a Christian preacher sent to another planet to minister to the indigenous population, and how life on this planet affects him and the other humans there, as well as his impact on the indigenous people.

1/12

[Ronda]

Update:
2/20

Complete

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congratulations Zan, Claire P and Ro

[Brianna Andreda]

The Listopia Challenge

Duration: January 1st 2015 - December 31st 2015

I'm in for a total of 25 books.

3 out of 25 books read

List #1: Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

[1] Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Finished January 4

List #2: I Only Watched the Movie

[1] I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson Finished January 8

List #3: Required Reading in High School

[1] Hamlet by William Shakespeare Finished January 8

List #4: Recommended Nonfiction Books

List #5: Best Historical Fiction

[Susan C]

Updated message 42

1/12 completed

[Janet]

Completed 2/16
Tender Is the Night 1/4/15 ****
Love in the Time of Cholera 1/11/15 ***

[Charity]

I'm going to join this one as well. I'm in for 40 books from the following lists:


46/40

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1. Pride and Prejudice 5/9/15
2. 1984 9/20/15
3. Animal Farm 2/28/15
4. The Handmaid's Tale 9/30/15
5. Alice in Wonderland 3/3/15
6. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There 3/4/15
7. A Confederacy of Dunces
8. Interview with the Vampire 7/2/15
9. The Color Purple 4/8/15
10. A Christmas Carol
11. The Shining 4/7/15
12. Lord of the Flies 5/27/15
13. The Time Machine 5/11/15


The BOOK was BETTER than the MOVIE

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1/4/15
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1/5/15
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 1/10/15
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 1/13/15
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 1/19/15
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 1/20/15
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1/24/15
8. My Sister's Keeper 2/3/15
9. The Golden Compass 2/10/15
10. The Subtle Knife 2/12/15
11. The Amber Spyglass 2/18/15
12. The Stand 8/26/15
13. The Neverending Story 9/9/15
14. The Notebook 3/3/15
15. The Time Traveler's Wife 3/25/15
16. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 5/25/15
17. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 5/20/15


What Woman Born In The 1970s Have Read So Far This Year

1. Paper Towns 5/18/15
2. Where'd You Go, Bernadette 7/8/15
3. Big Little Lies 4/14/15
4. The Shining Girls 7/6/15
5. The Book of Life 5/24/15
6. The Maze Runner 4/23/15
7. Me Before You 9/2/15
8. Doctor Sleep 10/28/15
9. The Casual Vacancy 3/31/15
10. The Silkworm 5/16/15
11. The One and Only Ivan 6/14/15
12. A Tale for the Time Being 6/3/15
13. Code Name Verity 4/12/15
14. The Line 4/24/15
15. Burial Rites 8/12/15
16. Outlander 11/29/15
17. The Alchemist 8/14/15
18. Frog Music 7/22/15

[Candiss]

I finished Neuromancer by William Gibson, from my list #1, 1001 Books to Read Before You Die. *** (3.5)

Read: 1/25

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Charity I've added you.

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 101
1/30

[Lorelei]

I've finished I've Got Your Number and updated my msg. #37.
2/15

[Lorelei]

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with adding links to the listopia. Can anyone tell me how you just get the name of the list to show up?

[Candiss]

Lorelei:

When you type a comment, click the "(some html is ok)" link at the top right-hand corner of the comment box. There is a line there that shows how to make a link. Copy that text and replace the url with the link to your Listopia list and replace the "my link text" with the name you would like to display as the name of the list.

Does that make sense? :)

[Lorelei]

Candiss wrote: "Lorelei:

When you type a comment, click the "(some html is ok)" link at the top right-hand corner of the comment box. There is a line there that shows how to make a link. Copy that text and rep..."

Yay!! Thank you Candiss!! It's working!

[Maria]

Just realized I'm not on this one. Could you please add me? Thanks!

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Maria I've added you.

[Lorelei]

Hi Zara, I finished my 3rd book for this challenge: Orphan Train. It was such a good book.
I have updated msg #37 and I've read 3/15.

[Paweł]

Can I still join? :)

I will read 15 books from Czarne-Sulina list. This list contains series of non-fiction books about Europe(mostly about central and eastern Europe).

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Pawel, you certainly can still join. I've added you.

[Pat]

Please add me to group.

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Pat I have added you.

[Angel]

Finished Paper Towns so 1/4 complete. I give it 3 stars. It was very similar to his Looking for Alaska

[Adriana]

I'm changing up my original list into three lists with four books each:

Southern Paranormal YAs



1/4 books read

Best Princess Tales



1/4 books read

YA Music Books



1/4 books read

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 101
2/30

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Congratulations Angel Adriana and Tina on your progress.

[Shaunte]

Hi Zara I finished my 1st book (1/10)! I updated message #76. Thanks!

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Shaunte wrote: "Hi Zara I finished my 1st book (1/10)! I updated message #76. Thanks!

"

Congratulations Shaunte

[Angelique]

Hi, I read my first for this challenge, it's a Dutch book called Bezonken rood

1/39

[Candiss]

I finished The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, from my #3 list, World's Best Novellas.

**** (4.5) This would be a solid 5 if fleshed out a bit more. As it is, it's an absolutely astonishing bit of utopia-gone-wrong, especially for its time and the fact that the author isn't known for science fiction. By the end, my mouth was hanging open. Honestly, this wowed me more than much of Wells and Verne, as sacrilegious as that may sound. I highly recommend it!

Read: 2/25