The Listopia Challenge - 2015

[Maria]

6/13

List 1: Best Young Adult Books

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Giver by Lois Lowry read 2-8-15
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green read 9-8-15
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton read 5-25-15
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Little Prince by Anoine de Saint-Exupery
read 3-24-15
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card read 11-11-15
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Paper Towns by John Green read 3-27-15
The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain


6/21

List 2:  1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald read 5-23-15
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
read 3-24-15
The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden read 2-27-15
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Slaugherhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov read 9-28-15
Emma by Jane Austen read 11-22-15
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides read 4-8-15
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

[Ariel]

Update Message 176, please. [30|45]

15 to go, oh boy.

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE - CHALLENGE COMPLETE


6/5*

Listopia = Best Twists

Gone Girl
My Sister's Keeper
Atlas Shrugged
The Giver
City of Bones
Red Queen

[Candiss]

I was just looking through my Corner, and I realized I forgot to mark off and report 2 books I read earlier this year!

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act - Kieron Gillen (06/04/15, ***)

Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. Wiebe (08/08/15, ****)

(Both are graphic novels from the list "Non-Caucasian Protagonists in SF/F/H/PR".)

Read: 22/25

[Wendi]

(Message 54 - Completed Challenge :)

[Julie]

K. I am new to the forum so a little late for this year. Will this be on going next year? my BNR is crazy. I still haven't finished entering all the books I own and have read this year lol. Definitely want to hit the fiction next year, anyway good luck to you all finish strong.

[Theresa~OctoberLace]

I've finished 11 books for this challenge, so I've exceeded my goal of 10. My update is here.

[Sally]

Nearly there :D

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 ★★★★☆ (15/03/15)
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee ★★★★★ (24/05/15)
4. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald ★★☆☆☆ (14/09/15)
5. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood ★★★☆☆ (18/09/15)
6. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen ★☆☆☆☆ (25/10/15)
7. The Shining - Stephen King ★★☆☆☆ (31/10/15)
8. The Color Purple - Alice Walker ★★★☆☆ (23/11/15)
9. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier ★★★★☆ (26/11/15)
10.

9/10

LIST TWO:
Best Historical Fiction

1. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant ★★☆☆☆ (01/02/15)
2. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne ★☆☆☆☆ (10/09/15)
3. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel ★★★☆☆ (06/11/15)
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer ★★☆☆☆ (14/11/15)
5. Here be Dragons - Sharon Kay Penman ★★★★★ (20/11/15)

5/5

[Betwixt the]

I completed mine.

Final list:

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
14. Twilight --Finished


14/10

[Kathryn]

I'm not sure I've posted any updates on this challenge! I was originally going for 10, however I read an extra book along the way, but then didn't get to one of the others on my list - and it is very unlikely that I'll get it done in the next 2 weeks!

So my final list is:

Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1) The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran - 3.5 stars
2) The Death Maze by Ariana Franklin - 4 stars
3) Relics of the Dead (aka Grave Goods) by Ariana Franklin - 4 stars
4) The Assassin's Prayer (aka A Murderous Procession) by Ariana Franklin - 4 stars

Have Passport Will Travel
5) Q & A by Vikas Swarup - 4 stars
6) Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - 4 stars

Australian Christian Authors
7) Angelguard by Ian Acheson - 4 stars
8) Black Forest Redemption by Amanda Deed
9) Passion Play - the Oberammergau Tales by Valerie Volk - 4 stars
10) Though the Bud Be Bruised by Jo Wanmer - 3 stars

[Monica]

Updated message 35: 8 out of 10 read.

[Candiss]

I updated message #6:

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (12/21/15, **** - maybe 4.5) (from my list #1, 1001 Books to Read)

Read: 23/25

[ChrisP]

Challenge Complete
Message 162

[Meg]

I've finished one of my lists, still one book to go on the other list

New York Times 100 notable books of 2014

1.The Book of Strange New Things✔
2.The Paying Guests✔
3.The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History✔
4.The Bone Clocks✔
5.Lila✔
6.The Book of Unknown Americans✔
7.Euphoria✔
8.A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing✔
9.10:04✔
10.Nora Webster✔
11.The Narrow Road to the Deep North✔
12.The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History✔

[Candiss]

I updated post #6.

Gigi and The Cat by Collette (12/27/16, ***)

Read: 24/25

[[deleted user]]

I'm finished :)

The Best Epic Fantasy: 5/5 Completed
1. Completed March 31, 2015.
2. Completed August 18, 2015.
3. Completed June 25, 2015.
4. Completed January 31, 2015.
5. Completed March 8, 2015.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: 5/5 Completed
1. Completed January 25, 2015.
2. Completed June 12, 2015.
3. Completed May 31, 2015.
4. Completed May 7, 2015.
5. Completed May 13, 2015.

Best Historical Fiction: 10/10 Completed
1. Completed January 17, 2015.
2. Completed September 4, 2015.
3. Completed September 2, 2015.
4. Completed April 19, 2015.
5. Completed May 27, 2015.
6. Completed July 29, 2015.
7. Completed June 29, 2015.
8. Completed January 20, 2015.
9. Completed June 12, 2015.
10. Completed August 27, 2015.

[Sharon]

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st 2015 - December 31st 2015
finished reading all on my list but one - next in line at the library
"https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2..."

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currently reading will finish today!
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next in line at library but will have to be one of the first books I read in 2016
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✔came out in December 2014 but I'm counting it as a 2015 can't wait

[Candiss]

FINISHED, at the last minute!

The Library Window by Margaret Oliphant (12/31/15, ***/3.5) (from the list, World's Greatest Novellas)

Read: 25/25

(I updated post #6 with my full list.)

[Mirliz]

Ended up at 11 out of 15, updated post here.

[Ronda]

Updated:

Best for Book Clubs
1. The Hunger Games – Complete
2. The Secret Life of Bees – Complete
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Complete
4. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter – Complete
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
6. A Dog’s Purpose – Complete
7. The Art of Racing in The Rain
8. A Prayer for Owen Meany
9. Beloved - Complete
10. The History of Love – Complete

2014: What Women Born in the 1970s Have Read So Far This Year:

1. Me Before You – Complete
2. Fangirl
3. Attachments – Complete
4. Landline
5. Sharp Objects Complete

Quirky Southern Fiction:
1. To Kill A Mockingbird (Complete)
2. The Prince of Tides – (Complete)
3. Little Altars Everywhere (Complete)
4. Ya Yas in Bloom (Complete)
5. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder (Complete)

[April]

Can we do this challenge for 2016? I would really like to do this challenge, including the book im reading now. :)