LOST 2021

[Jacm]

Finally managed to cross one off my list! The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 4★

Initial thoughts:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tien]

Wow and a pretty hefty one! Congratulations! Double congrats on having enjoyed it too :)

[Lisette]

That's great Jacm!

[LynnB]

Finished and on to "Found"...

LOST 2021
January 1- December 31, 2021
Completed 8 June 2021

✔1. Birds in the Air, Frances O'Roark Dowell, 8 June 2021 (F)
✔2. The Red Door, Charles Todd, 22 Mar 2021, (F)
✔3. Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith (NF) -- Did not finish
✔4. Reclaiming the '' L'' Word, Kelly A. Fryer, 24 Mar 2021 (NF)
✔5. The 50 Greatest Letters from America's Wars, David H. Lowenherz, 3 Jan 2020, (NF)
✔6. Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580, Roger Crowley, 19 Jan 2021 (NF)
✔7. Hour of the Bees, Lindsay Eagar, 14 Jan 2021 (F)
✔8. The Hired Girl, Laura Amy Schlitz, 26 May 2021 (F)
✔9. The Spice Box Letters, Eve Makis, 8 Feb 2021 (F)
✔10. Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church, Philip Yancey, 10 Apr 2021 (NF)

[Tien]

Oooh, well done, LynnB! Good job!

[Bea]

Congrats, LynnB!

[Rosemary]

Finished my last Lost book on 29 June :)

[Tien]

woohoo, congrats, Rosemary!!

[Lisette]

Congrats Rosemary!

[Bea]

WTG Rosemary!

How is everyone else doing? I have 3 left...a non-fiction war, a historical fiction, and a Christian fiction. The historical fiction book is on my desk, so it will be next.

[Meg]

Two to go for me. They are both sitting there ready to read, but other more urgent challenges keep jumping in front.

[Blarneygod]

Lol I have finished one for this year so far…

[Dee]

i've finished 3 - i keep getting distracted with other new books....because new books are soo pretty...my precious ;)

[Blarneygod]

Lol Dee EXACTLY!

[Tien]

ha ha ha, we are all so easily distracted with new shinies & this is why this is a CHALLENGE :p

I'm in the middle of my 9th and have chosen a short one for my last so *fingers crossed*

[Dee]

i have several slotted into SRC - maybe i'll hit them up this weekend, since i don't have anything really going on - aside from a hot date at the mechanic to get the oil changed in my car...lol

[LaurLa]

Finally got my list posted - msg 98. only 4 more to go!

[Bea]

LaurLa wrote: "Finally got my list posted - msg 98. only 4 more to go!"

You are linked. And congrats on how far you are!

(I have 2 to go, but you will probably finish before I do as I am on a long camping trip.)

[Meg]

I've finished Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult (it was terrible and should have stayed lost!) just one to go!

[Bea]

Meg wrote: "I've finished Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult (it was terrible and should have stayed lost!) just one to go!"

LOL! WTG, Meg!

[Tien]

ha ha, Meg, well done on persevering and most of all of getting it off your TBR.

I wonder if fans of her old novels think her new ones are awful...?

[Meg]

Tien wrote: "ha ha, Meg, well done on persevering and most of all of getting it off your TBR.

I wonder if fans of her old novels think her new ones are awful...?"

Maybe they do! Although I liked her old novels that i read 20 years ago. I think she and I have both changed over time.

[Lisette]

Meg wrote: "I've finished Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult (it was terrible and should have stayed lost!) just one to go!"

lol Meg. I am starting to think my lost book are lost for a reason as well. I rarely really like them.

[Beverly]

I completed my ten books for LOST 2021 as of August 9!!!!!



✔️1. Jewel
✔️2. Truly Madly Guilty
✔️3. Nine Perfect Strangers
✔️4. The House of Broken Angels
✔️5. One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
✔️6. The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
✔️7. The Light Over London
✔️8. The Night Tiger
✔️9. News of the World
Red Clocks DNF
✔️10. The Last

[Meg]

Finally finished!!

1. Starborne✔
2. Oyster ✔
3. The Outward Urge ✔
4. Between Mexico and Poland ✔
5. Death Comes to Pemberley ✔
6. Various Pets Alive and Dead✔
7. A Dangerous Inheritance✔
8. Grimm Tales for Young and Old✔
9. A Patchwork Planet ✔
10. Picture Perfect ✔

[Meg]

Beverly wrote: "I completed my ten books for LOST 2021 as of August 9!!!!!

"

Well done!

[Lisette]

Great job, Beverly and Meg!

[Tien]

Yay, congrats, Beverly and Meg!

[Beverly]

Congrats Meg!!!

[Bea]

One book to go!

[Tien]

Woot! You can do it, Bea!

[Lisette]

I've completed lost with 2 books I did not finish

[Bea]

Lusie wrote: "I've completed lost with 2 books I did not finish"

Congrats, Lusie! At least you attempted them and they are no longer on your TBR!

[Lisette]

Thank you!

[Jacm]

Finally read The Princess Bride by William Goldman. An easy 5★

some gushing thoughts here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[LaurLa]

Finally finished!! Fits and starts but made a concerted effort to get done this month :-)

Updated post: My LOST 2021 Challenge (msg 98)

[Tien]

Good job, LaurLa!

I know I'm feeling year end is creeping in real fast!

[Bea]

Congrats!

[Michelle]

Message #20 updated!

Goal: 10 (+15 bonus)
Progress: 21/25 (84%)

[Marina]

I think I've basically given up on this, more or less. My LOST books were added in 2012, when I used to read very difficult books. I focus on my owned books for this challenge, and while I'd really like to finally get "rid" of them (they've been languishing on my shelves for nearly ten years!), I have no wish nor energy to read them in foreseeable future. Still, I don't want to cross them off as that would mean ditching them, and I'm not prepared to do that.

[Bea]

Marina wrote: "I think I've basically given up on this, more or less. My LOST books were added in 2012, when I used to read very difficult books. I focus on my owned books for this challenge, and while I'd really..."

I sympathize, Marina. Perhaps next year you could use a different list for LOST...or skip it altogether.

[Bea]

Michelle wrote: "Message #20 updated!

Goal: 10 (+15 bonus)
Progress: 21/25 (84%)"

Good job!

[Michelle]

Bea wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Message #20 updated!

Goal: 10 (+15 bonus)
Progress: 21/25 (84%)"

Good job!"
Thanks Bea! I'm not too sure I'm going to finish this year though. =( Those last 3 (I'm reading one now) are going to be tough! Not doing so hot on this year's challenges.

[Bea]

Michelle wrote: "Thanks Bea! I'm not too sure I'm going to finish this year though. =( Those last 3 (I'm reading one now) are going to be tough! Not doing so hot on this year's challenges."

Some years are like that. Just enjoy the reading...no matter. Although I finished my LOST list, I have never finished FOUND or Lost & Found. This year, I decided to work on FOUND and Lost & Found at the same time. I will probably not finish either before Dec 31...but that is OK. I will finish them next year.

[Susan]

Finished in the nick of time!

Susan's LOST 2021

Jan 1 - December 31, 2021

✔1 The Chinese Alchemist - fin 10/4
✔2 Stinger - fin 6/25
✔3 Mystery (Alex Delaware #26) - fin 3/17
✔4 Sweet Venom fin 3/24
✔5 Keeping You a Secret - fin 8/25
✔6 Queen of the South - fin 3/29
✔7 The Nautical Chart - fin 12/7
✔8 Earth Afire - fin 11/10
✔9 The Eye of Minds - fin 6/23
✔10 Unwholly - fin 12/21

COMPLETED 12/21

[Blarneygod]

I finished 8 this year. That is more than I ever have before for this challenge, so I am happy. I think it helps that I have discovered audiobooks, so I can multitask. I also have been mercilessly discarding any books that I no longer want to read, such as most classics.

[Blarneygod]

Great job Susan and everyone else who finished (or who got close to finishing)!

[Bea]

Congrats, Susan!

[Bea]

Blarneygod wrote: "I finished 8 this year. That is more than I ever have before for this challenge, so I am happy. I think it helps that I have discovered audiobooks, so I can multitask. I also have been mercilessly ..."

Sounds like a win to me, Blarneygod.

[Blarneygod]

Thanks Bea!