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message 51: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Carol wrote: "I would like to sign up for 24 books..."

Welcome, Carol! Almost all of your choices are in my long pending TBR! All the best to you! :)


message 52: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Chalmation wrote: "I'm in for 15..."

Such tempting lists in your post! All the best to you! :)


message 53: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Dominique wrote: "Hi Trisha,
I'd like to change my 20 to a 30 please.
Thank you."


Wow, you go, girl! :D


message 54: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Amanda wrote: "Hi All,
This is my first yearly challenge. I'm excited :) I couldn't figure out how to post the links..."


Hello Amanda, welcome! Did you try the steps listed in the first guidance post? Let me know and I'll help you out with more details. :)


message 55: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Amber wrote: "I’d like to join for a total of 12 books from 4 lists..."

Welcome to Listopia, Amber! Good luck with your challenge! :)


message 56: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Elaine wrote: "Listopia 2021
Challenge Accepted: January 1, 2021
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: December 31, 2021
Goal: 50 Books..."


Welcome, Elaine! I'm sure you'll be able to achieve your goal by Dec'21. Good luck! :)


message 57: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Janet wrote: "I'm in for 30. I will update my lists before the end of the year."

Hi Janet, welcome! Take as much time as you feel like - I know how confusing choosing these lists could get. :)


message 58: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Mikaela wrote: "Hello! I would like to join for 30 books; 5 lists :)"

Welcome, Mikaela! Good luck with your challenge! :)


message 59: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Updated through here.


message 60: by Leticia (last edited Dec 02, 2021 11:16PM) (new)

Leticia (leticiatoraci) | 85 comments 11/10

(I'll be continuing this in 2022 and hope I finish this then (or give up finally)

I completed 11 books in this challenge now, but a lot remain unread.

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Listopia- January 1st to December 31st
(view spoiler)


message 61: by Dominique (new)

Dominique  | 1223 comments Trisha wrote: "Dominique wrote: "Hi Trisha,
I'd like to change my 20 to a 30 please.
Thank you."

Wow, you go, girl! :D"


Thanks 😀


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message 63: by Leona (last edited Dec 21, 2020 05:09AM) (new)

Leona (mnleona) | 139 comments I would like to read 20 from 3 lists:

0/20

1001 Books to Read Before You Die:
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3-
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5-
6-
7-
8-
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Treasure Hunter Thrilers:
1-The Da Vinci Code
2-Angels and Demons
3-The Lost Symbol
4-Inferno
5-

Modern Gothic:
1-Rebecca
2- The Haunting of Hill House
3-
4-
5-


message 65: by Lilac (new)

Lilac  (lilac_wales) | 910 comments Sign me up for 6 please!

When I first joined this group in 2012/2013 there was a challenge going around called the Goodreads 100 Challenge, based on a static listopia. I’ve been absent from the group and from goodreads but many years but I’m back and ready to kick off right where I left off!

Goodreads 100 Challenge
End of 2012: 25
End of 2013: 43
End of 2014: 58

End of 2020: 64
End of 2021 goal: 70

Challenge progress 0/6

I’m determined to try to read books I already own, giving me 8 choices:

27. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005)
54. Crime and Punishment (1866)
59. Catch-22 (1961)
65. Rebecca (1938)
70. The Stand (1978)
76. The Sun Also Rises (1926)
87. Invisible Man (1952)
89. The Brothers Karamazov (1879)


message 66: by Cassie (new)

Cassie | 370 comments I'm going to go with the Listopia 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list. My goal will be a total of 20 books I haven't read before.

Progress: 0 / 20


message 67: by SarahKat, Buddy Reads (last edited Oct 28, 2021 10:47AM) (new)

SarahKat | 6218 comments I was on the fence about joining this one as I already signed up for a bunch but.. I'm in for 6!

I'll be doing probably the first 6 books I haven't read on The Christian Intellect list. Kind of finding out I really like C.S. Lewis and would like to branch out in this area.

6/6

1. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
2. The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
3. The Confessions of St. Augustine
4. Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
5. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
6. The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine



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message 70: by Sarah (last edited Nov 26, 2021 04:30PM) (new)

Sarah (misssummerrain) | 1376 comments I'm in for 60 books over 6 lists. One of list(Favorite Chick-Lit) I am carrying on from last year the others are new list.

60/60 Books
6/6 Listopia

Challenge Completed

List One:Favorite Chick-Lit
At the end of 2020: 88/2,262
✅1)Airhead(26/1/21)
✅2)I've Got Your Number(7/5/21)
✅3)Sushi for Beginners(8/5/21)
✅4)The Secret History of the Pink Carnation(21/6/21)
✅5)Pretty Little Liars(30/6/21)
✅6)The Switch(26/7/21)
✅7)How to Be Popular(11/9/21)
✅8)Pride and Prejudice(12/9/21)
✅9)Being Nikki(14/9/21)
✅10)Practically Perfect(1/10/21)

List Two:Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
✅1)Holes(26/3/21)
✅2)Gone with the Wind(16/4/21)
✅3)And Then There Were None(29/4/21)
✅4)The God of Small Things(9/5/21)
✅5)Robinson Crusoe(29/5/21)
✅6)Of Mice and Men(3/6/21)
✅7)Sense and Sensibility(17/6/21)
✅8)Green Eggs and Ham(6/9/21)
✅9)How to Win Friends & Influence People(13/9/21)
✅10)The Little Prince(1/10/21)

List Three:Best Historical Fiction
✅1)Innocent Traitor(11/2/21)
✅2)Macbeth(5/3/21)
✅3)The Chaperone(15/4/21)
✅4)Brokeback Mountain(7/9/21)
✅5)A Suitable Boy(24/9/21)
✅6)My Cousin Rachel(26/9/21)
✅7)The Scarlet Letter(5/10/21)
✅8)The Name of the Rose(19/10/21)
✅9)The Three Musketeers(6/10/21)
✅10)Sarah's Key(8/10/21)

List Four:Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
✅1)Robinson Crusoe(29/5/21)
✅2)Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe(16/6/21)
✅3)Pretty Little Liars(30/6/21)
✅4)Perfect(23/8/21)
✅5)Wuthering Heights(15/9/21)
✅6)Black Beauty(17/9/21)
✅7)Unbelievable(29/9/21)
✅8)The Diary of a Goose Girl(30/9/21)
✅9)Who Killed the Homecoming Queen?(30/9/21)
✅10)Confusion: A Surrealistic Novella on the Struggle for Autonomy(30/9/21)

List Five:Best Love Stories
✅1)Emma(8/3/21)
✅2)Lady Chatterley's Lover(25/3/21)
✅3)The Duchess War(6/4/21)
✅4)Disney Beauty and the Beast(3/6/21)
✅5)The Vow(7/8/21)
✅6)The Housekeeper and the Professor(8/9/21)
✅7)Bridgerton: The Duke and I(13/9/21)
✅8)A Princess of Mars(15/9/21)
✅9)A Suitable Boy(24/9/21)
✅10)Much Ado About Nothing(1/10/21)

List Six:Humorous Romance Books
✅1)An Affair to Dismember(28/8/21)
✅2)Boy Meets Girl(11/10/21)
✅3)Victoria and the Rogue(12/10/21)
✅4)The Notebook(16/10/21)
✅5)I Heart New York(17/10/21)
✅6)Pollyanna(18/10/21)
✅7)The Time of My Life(30/10/21)
✅8)From Fame to Shame(23/11/21)
✅9)Our Totally, Ridiculous, Made-up Christmas Relationship(26/11/21)
✅10)Lady Pamela: A Regency Novella(26/11/21)


message 71: by Lisa (last edited Dec 18, 2020 12:32PM) (new)

Lisa Grønsund | 6163 comments I had decided to limit myself to five yearly challenges in 2021. Or so I thought! But obviously I have no self-control.

Please sign me up for 10 books, Trisha :)


message 73: by TriciaDea_Reads (last edited Jun 22, 2021 06:35PM) (new)

TriciaDea_Reads (l_and_c_mom) | 56 comments I'm in again! I loved doing this challenge in 2020.

Here's my goal.... We'll see if I keep with these numbers, but these are the lists I'm aiming for.... a total of 25 books for now. May up it. :-)

I'm done!

25/25

Can't Wait Books of 2021 (3)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Yes & I Love You (Say Everything, #1) by Roni Loren Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #27) by Joanne Fluke


Best Books Ever (10)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) by Angie Thomas Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1; Cousins War #3) by Philippa Gregory The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #2) by Philippa Gregory The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library) by J.K. Rowling Dawn by Elie Wiesel Born a Crime Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Books That Should Be Made Into Movies (3)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) by Trenton Lee Stewart


100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks (3)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) by Elie Wiesel The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom


What Book Would You Like To Live In? (3)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery The Neverending Story by Michael Ende


Best Books that have Alaska in it (3)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Enjoy the View (Moose Springs, Alaska #3) by Sarah Morgenthaler The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Mousse and Murder (Alaskan Diner Mystery #1) by Elizabeth Logan


message 74: by Brittany (last edited Dec 26, 2021 11:54PM) (new)

Brittany | 804 comments This is one of my favourite challenges every year!
I'll be going for 16 books but lists are tbd
9/16

4 from Best YA novels of 2020
1. Ember Queen (Ash Princess Trilogy, #3) by Laura Sebastian
2. Unravel the Dusk (The Blood of Stars, #2) by Elizabeth Lim
3. A Heart So Fierce and Broken (Cursebreakers, #2) by Brigid Kemmerer
4.

Possible choices: All the Stars and Teeth The Kingdom of Back These Violent Delights Where Dreams Descend The Other Side of the Sky Woven in Moonlight A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Yes No Maybe So Cemetery Boys Cinderella Is Dead Vicious Spirits Dust

3 from Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
1. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
2. Lady of the Eternal City (The Empress of Rome, #4) by Kate Quinn
3.

Possible Reads: Pompeii The Heretic Queen The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora The Sekhmet Bed Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt

3 from Historical Fiction 2020
1. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2. The Henna Artist (The Henna Artist, #1) by Alka Joshi
3.

Possible Reads: The Borgia Confessions The Queen's Fortune The German Heiress The Library of Legends The Lions of Fifth Avenue The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel The Foundling Spitfire The Lady of the Ravens Daughter of the Reich

3 from Historical Fantasy
1.
2.
3.

Possible Reads: The Mists of Avalon The Crystal Cave Soulless The Girl with Ghost Eyes Outlander A Great and Terrible Beauty The Clan of the Cave Bear The Ghost Bride The Song of Achilles Phoenix Rising The Hanged Man Ghost Talkers Green Darkness The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit Wildwood Dancing My Lady Jane Dreamer's Pool

3 from Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
1. Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) by Robin LaFevers
2. Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor
3.

Possible Reads: Assassin's Apprentice Spider's Bite Lover Mine The Emperor's Edge Silent Blade Midnight's Daughter Nevernight The Lies of Locke Lamora Once Bitten, Twice Shy A Clean Kill in Tokyo


message 75: by Crystal (last edited Dec 20, 2020 08:12PM) (new)

Crystal 0/10

You Read a Book about What:


message 76: by Rona (new)

Rona (ronadareader) | 2 comments I am interested in joining. I hope to read 20 from the booktopia lists.


message 77: by Clare (last edited Jan 26, 2021 04:23PM) (new)

Clare (-clare-) | 20 comments I will try for 12 books!


📚THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE📚
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021


Progress: 3/12

📚Best Agatha Christie Book
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

✅ 1. The Thirteen Problems - 19/01
2.
3.

📚Reading Women Challenge 2020 #2 A Book Translated from an Asian Language
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
✅ 1. Please Look After Mom - 01/11
2.
3.
4.
5.

📚1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

✅ 1. The Catcher in the Rye - 26/01
2.
3.
4.


message 78: by Cassie (new)

Cassie | 370 comments I am going in for 20 books from 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

0 / 20


message 79: by Julie (last edited Oct 14, 2021 05:45AM) (new)

Julie Farmer | 783 comments I plan to read 5 books from : https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

1/5

1. The Alchemist
2.
3.
4.
5.


message 80: by Ann (last edited Sep 07, 2021 02:40AM) (new)

Ann (hammiam) | 221 comments 4 lists, 3 from each
12 total

2020: What Women Born in the 60s Have Read So Far

1. FINISHED. Such a Fun Age. Kiley Reid
2. FINISHED. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris
3. The Outsider. Stephen King

Books by Australian Authors

1. FINISHED The Last Anniversary. Liane Moriarty
2. FINISHED. Rabbit-Proof Fence. Doris Pilkington
3. FINISHED. The Dry. Jane Harper

2015-2017 Choice Awards Fiction Nominees

1. FINISHED. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things. Bryn Greenwood
2. FINISHED. Sing, Unburied, Sing. Jesmyn Ward
3. FINISHED. Small Great Things. Jodi Picoult

Favorite Works by Female Authors

1. FINISHED. 84, Charing Cross Road. Helene Hanff
2. FINISHED. Searching for Sylvie Lee. Jean Kwok
3. FINISHED. Snow Child. Eowyn Ivey

11/12


message 83: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 804 comments Added my lists and updated post 77 to 0/20


message 85: by Trisha (new)

Trisha (trishabisen) | 2389 comments Welcome to everyone! I will be updating this thread on the 5th of Jan, please bear with me!

Happy 2021 to all of you! :)


message 86: by Margie (last edited Dec 19, 2021 12:57PM) (new)

Margie | 988 comments Thanks for hosting, Trisha. I'll be continuing my list from 2020.

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Progress: 40/36 - Challenge Complete

(Date published, Setting, Title)
1778 England: Evelina
1818 England: Northanger Abbey
1840 Russia: A Hero of Our Time (translated from Russian)
1847 England: Agnes Grey
1853 Belgium: Villette
1860 England: Great Expectations
1881 Brazil: The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (translated from Portuguese)
1899 DRC: Heart of Darkness
1901 India: Kim
1902 England: The Hound of the Baskervilles
1905 US-NY: The House of Mirth
1907 England: The Secret Agent
1910 England: Howards End
1914 Japan: Kokoro (translated from Japanese)
1915 Germany: The Good Soldier
1918 England: The Return of the Soldier
1920 Norway: Kristin Lavransdatter (translated from Norwegian)
1922 New Zealand: The Garden Party and Other Stories
1926 France/Spain: The Sun Also Rises
1929 US-NY: Passing
1932 Austria: The Radetzky March (translated from German)
1934 Burma/Myanmar: Burmese Days
1934 England: The Nine Tailors
1939 US-CA: The Big Sleep
1940 Spain: For Whom the Bell Tolls
1949 Austria: The Third Man
1949 England: Love in a Cold Climate
1979 South Africa: Burger's Daughter
1979 Spain: Southern Seas (translated from Spanish)
1981 India: Midnight's Children
1986 Japan: An Artist of the Floating World
1988 Vietnam: Paradise of the Blind (translated from Vietnamese)
1992 Italy, Egypt: The English Patient
1995 Germany: The Reader (translated from German)
1995 India: A Fine Balance
1998 DRC: The Poisonwood Bible
2000 Dominican Republic: The Feast of the Goat (translated from Spanish)
2000 England: White Teeth
2001 Spain: The Soldiers of Salamis (translated from Spanish)
2007 England, Spain: Your Face Tomorrow: Fever and Spear / Dance and Dream / Poison, Shadow, and Farewell (translated from Spanish)


message 89: by Tari (last edited Dec 30, 2021 01:52PM) (new)

Tari (thann) I want to finish what I didn't get done in 2020, so this is a list of what's left from it.

Listopia 2021
Jan. 1, 2021-Dec. 31, 2021


From this list:
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series

1. Fatal Fixer-Upper—Jennie Bentley
2. If Fried Chicken Could Fly Paige Shelton 8/19/21
3. Twisted Threads—Lea Wait
4. Cooking Up Murder Miranda Bliss 6/7/21
5. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie 10/25/21
6. The Chocolate Cat Caper JoAnna Carl 5/16/21
7. Fly Me to the Moon—Diane Vallere


message 90: by CrazyAsACupcake (last edited Mar 28, 2021 02:48AM) (new)


message 91: by Bobbi (last edited Sep 28, 2021 06:57PM) (new)

Bobbi  (schadenfreudian) | 628 comments Sign me up for 30 books, please?

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration:
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Progress: 11/30

YA Zombie Novels: 2/5
💥1. The Forest of Hands and Teeth 🌟🌟🌟🌟
2. The Summoning
3. Hollowland
4. Dust & Decay
💥5. Enclave 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Best Urban Fantasy: 5/5
💥1. City of Bones 🌟🌟🌟
💥2. Magic Bites 🌟🌟🌟🌟
💥3. American Gods 🌟🌟🌟
💥4. Storm Front 🌟🌟🌟
💥5. Darkfever 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction: 2/5
💥1. Divergent 🌟🌟🌟
2. Delirium
💥3. The Maze Runner 🌟🌟🌟
4. Matched
5. Legend

Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century: 1/5
1. The Lightning Thief
2. The Name of the Wind
3. The Way of Kings
💥4. Eragon 🌟🌟🌟🌟
5. Graceling

Adult Paranormal Romance: 0/5
1. Feral Sins
2. Halfway to the Grave
3. A Hunger Like No Other
4. Yellowstone Heart Song
5. Dust of My Wings

Best Crime & Mystery Books: 1/5
1. Shutter Island
2. The Alienist
3. One for the Money
4. The Lovely Bones
💥5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 🌟🌟🌟🌟


message 93: by Janet (last edited Jan 13, 2021 12:03PM) (new)

Janet (goodreadscomjanetj) | 784 comments Update to message #40

5/30

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Reader's Picks
Rip Van Winkle
Sarah, Plain and Tall
A Doll's House

Must Read Classics
Oedipus Rex
Hunger


message 94: by TriciaDea_Reads (new)

TriciaDea_Reads (l_and_c_mom) | 56 comments Update post #76
1/25


message 95: by Sean (new)

Sean (fordest) | 301 comments Update to Msg #31

The LIST:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1/50 - Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett - 01/04/21


message 96: by Amber (new)

Amber Prince | 116 comments In for 12 books ......3 from 4 lists yet to be determined


message 97: by TriciaDea_Reads (new)

TriciaDea_Reads (l_and_c_mom) | 56 comments Update #76
2/25


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