Listopia - 2021

[Heather]

Update Msg #75

1/20

List: Best Books of 2020
Title: The House in the Cerulean Sea

[Mave]

LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2021
0/40
Best books of the decade 2000s
0/5
Everyone's Read It But Me
0/10
Best Crime & Mystery Books
0/10
Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books
0/10
The 800+ page Gorillaz
0/5

[Susan C]

LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2021

I'm in for 12 books. I'm still looking at lists - will choose either three or four.

[Linda]

I'm in for 25 books from the PBS Great American Reads

PBS Great American Reads

1. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
2. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
3. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
5. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
6. Dune by Frank Herbert
7. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
8. The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
9. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
10. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
11. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
12. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
13. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts by Douglas Adams
14. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
15. Ghost by Jason Reynolds
16. The Stand by Stephen King
17. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
18. The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
19. Looking for Alaska by John Green
20. The Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
21. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
22. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
23. Another Country by James Baldwin
24. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
25. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Progress 25/25 - COMPLETED

[Mirliz]

I'm in for 12 books from 3 lists.
Progress: 0/12 books, 0/3 listopias


List 1:
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List 2:
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List 3:
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[Kylie]

msg 33 updated: 3 / 12 books complete

[Chalmation]

Updated message #35

1/15

[Sean]

Update to Msg #31

The LIST:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

3/50 - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson - 1/13/21

[Emejota]

Updated message #104. Progress: 2/30

[Bobbi]

Msg. 94

Progress: 1/30

[Sunny]

Mid-Jan Update Msg #27:

4/43

Thanks 🎈

[Sean]

Update to Msg #31

The LIST:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

4/50 - Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse - 1/14/21

[Ushashi]

Message #22 updated

Progress (3/10)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1. Persuasion by Jane Austen

Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown
2. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

[oshizu]

Mid-Jan update to msg #6


Progress: 5/40 books, 0/3 listopias

LIST 1: Women in Translation: 2/20
1. The Vegetarian (S Korea)
2. The Pine Islands

LIST 2: SFF Written by WOC and Non-Binary POC: 1/10
1. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

LIST 3: #Diverse Detectives: 1/10
1. Blanche on the Lam
2. Bloody Waters

[Beverly]

Updated message #29: 1/20

[Jenn]

Last year I did this but forgot to update my progress. This year I will be better. I want to sign up for 150 books and will read 15 books from each of the following lists.

The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Best of Little Known Authors
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Must Read Classics
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

Best Historical Mystery
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Best Children's Historical Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...

Clean Romance Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

Best Historical Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

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

Magic, Adventure, Romance
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

The Best Fairytales and Retellings
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

[Rachel]

Progress: 1/10 Book
https://kcls.org/10-to-try/

1. Makes you laugh (Like Brothers)
2. Non-human characters (Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep?, Interview with a Vampire, The Book Thief)
3. About the future: Station Eleven - In Progress
4. Epistolary novel (The Color Purple)
5. By a Black author (I'm Still Here, Transcendent Kingdom, Stamped from the Beginning)
6. Published this year
7. About pop culture (Helter Skelter, One to Watch)
8. Re-read an old favorite (Everything is Illuminated, Peter Pan)
9. Set where you were born (Bad Blood, There, There)
10. Recommended by staff: Long Bright River - finished 1/02/21

[Mikaela]

Update Msg #41

2/30 completed

List Two - First Book of a Cozy Mystery Series
1. Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien ✔️

List Five- Anticipated 2020 Books
1. The World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil ✔️

[TriciaDea_Reads]

Update Message #76
3/25

[Sean]

Update to Msg #31

The LIST:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

5/50 - The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth - 1/19/21

[Sean]

Update to Msg #31

The LIST:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

6/50 - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 0 1/21/21

[TriciaDea_Reads]

Update #76
4/25

[Marleen]

Update to message 13: progress 1/10

From Sci Fi and Fantasy Must Reads
✅ The Gunslinger

[Trisha]

Claire wrote: "Best of r/RomanceBooks Recommendations
1. The Flatshare..."

Hi Claire, you need to declare your goal first. Can you please let me know how many books do you intend to read?

[Trisha]

Cassie wrote: "I am going in for 20 books from 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

0 / 20"

Cassie, you've already pledged your goal in msg# 69. Please use the original message number while updating your progress. :)

[Trisha]

Tari wrote: "I want to finish what I didn't get done in 2020, so this is a list of what's left from it. If I get these finished, I might add some more..."

Hey Tari, you need to need to declare your goal first; can you confirm how many books do you intend to read as part of this challenge? Going by your shared list, can I assume that you plan to read 7 books?

[Trisha]

CrazyAsACupcake wrote: "Joining :)

YA Novels of 2020 (0/5)

YA Novels of 2021 (0/5)

Best Books to Lose Yourself In (0/10)"

Hello, I've summed up your goal to be 20 books. Please use your consolidated goal to update your progress in the future. :)

[Trisha]

Amber wrote: "In for 12 books ......3 from 4 lists yet to be determined"

Hello Amber, you have already declared your goal in msg# 38. Please use your original message number when updating your progress in the future. :)

[Trisha]

Jennifer wrote: "Last year I did this but forgot to update my progress. This year I will be better. I want to sign up for 150 books and will read 15 books from each of the following lists..."

Woohoo! That's some GOAL! All the very best to you! :)

[Trisha]

Hey everyone, I have updated your progress. Some of you are doing really well - keep it up!

Here's a little reminder for you:
I see a few of you have updated your original posts with your progress but not posted a new comment sharing your current progress. Please note that I won't be checking your original posts but only be looking at your update comments. Kindly share your progress in fresh comments, although you can update at your own pace from weekly to monthly as suitable to you. :)

[Janet]

Update to message #40
8/30

100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Reader's Picks
Mary Ann in Autumn
The Days of Anna Madrigal

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Disgrace

[Alyana]

Update to message #10.

I'm finishing this month with 5/10 books.

📚 Book of the Month's Picks
✔1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - read on 01/25/21

📚 Best Books Ever
✔1. Into the Water - read on 01/02/21
✔2. History Is All You Left Me - read on 01/02/21

📚 Top Books for Kindle Unlimited
✔1. Verity - read on 01/04/21
✔2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - read on 01/06/21

[oshizu]

January-end update to msg #6

Women in Translation
Out (Japanese)

Progress: 6/40

[Carmen]

Update to message #11

PROGRESS: 5/30

[Margie]

Update message #89:

Progress: 4/36

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

January Reads:
1901 India: Kim
1926 France/Spain: The Sun Also Rises
1979 South Africa: Burger's Daughter
1986 Japan: An Artist of the Floating World

[Jenn]

Update to message #119-- 7/150

Best Historical Mystery
Jackaby

Clean Romance
Once Upon a Prince
Lord Fenton's Folly

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Anna Karenina
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Magic, Adventure, Romance
Clockwork Angel

The Best Fairytales & Retellings
The Ordinary Princess

[Rachel]

Update to message 120 - 2/10

Book about the future - Station Eleven

[Beverly]

Updated message #29: 3/20

[Sean]

Update to Msg #32

The LIST:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

7/50 - Main Street by Sinclair Lewis - 02/5/21

[Mikaela]

Update Msg #41

4/30 Completed

List One- Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
1. Emma by Jane Austen

List Six- Great Foodie Fiction
1. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

[Trisha]

Ziggy wrote: "Update to message 64
1. The Song of Achilles"

I've been meaning to read this book from quite some time. Did you enjoy it?

[Trisha]

Alyana wrote: "Update to message #10.
I'm finishing this month with 5/10 books...."

Bravo Alyana, that's some very good progress!

[Trisha]

Margie wrote: "Update message #89:
Progress: 4/36..."

Your choice of books is so inspiring, Margie!

[Trisha]

Jennifer wrote: "Update to message #119-- 7/150..."

Jennifer, I've tried reading Anna Karenina a couple of time but never succeeded, it is so chunky! Did you enjoy it?

[Trisha]

Mikaela wrote: "Update Msg #41
4/30 Completed..."

Hey Mikaela, did you like Emma? Jane Austen is my all-time favourite writer!

[Trisha]

Updated through here.

Well done, everyone! :D

[Mikaela]

I really did enjoy Emma! I read it for a mini bookclub with my friends and we watched the original movie as well :)

Trisha wrote: "Mikaela wrote: "Update Msg #41
4/30 Completed..."

Hey Mikaela, did you like Emma? Jane Austen is my all-time favourite writer!"

[Mikaela]

Update msg#41

5/30 Completed

List One- Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
At Home in Mitford - Jan Karon ✔️

[Sean]

Update to Msg #31

The LIST:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

8/50 - Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler - 02/9/21

[Sean]

Update Msg #31

The LIST:
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

9/50 - Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg - 02/11/21