Ananda's Reading List, Challenges and Reviews

[Ana]

Finish the Series!

Duration:
Until the end of 2011 year.

Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay

Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn

I heart series by Lindsey Kelk
I heart New York
I heart Hollywood
I heart Paris
I heart Vegas

Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Shopaholic and Sister
Shopaholic and Baby
Mini Shopaholic

Darcy & Rachel series by Emily Giffin
Something borrowed
Something blue

[Ana]

MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
Duration: August 1 - December 31, 2011
Read: 10/10 books

Germany - The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 9/4/11 (5 stars)
Columbia - In Evil Hour - Gabriel García Márquez 8/20/11 (4 stars)
Italy - L'ultimo capodanno - Niccolò Ammaniti 8/7/11 (5 stars)
Slovakia - Diary of Geza Csath - Geza Csath 8/9/11 (4 stars)
Holland - Tulip Fever - Deborah Moggach 8/13/11 (4 stars)
Japan - La Dernière tribu - Eliette Abécassis 8/16/11 (3 stars)
Turkey - Quando a Vida se Ilumina - Serdar Ozkan 8/9/11 (5 stars)
USA - Baby Proof - Emily Giffin 9/8/11 (3 stars)
Argentina - El túnel - Ernesto Sábato 8/2/11 (5 stars)
Sweden - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson 9/9/11 (5 stars)

FINISHED:)

[Ana]

Rainbow-Cover Challenge

Read: 10/10 books

Red : Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder
Orange : Identity - Milan Kundera
Yellow : Baby Proof - Emily Giffin
Green : Antichrista - Amélie Nothomb
Blue : Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
Purple : Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie is Not the Answer - Jen Lancaster
Pink : I Heart Hollywood - Lindsey Kelk
White : Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! - Rory Freedman
Black : Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships - Eric Berne
Brown : Devlin's Destiny - Esmerelda Bishop

[Ana]

Books read in September, 2011

1. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne 9/2/11 (4 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

2. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 9/4/11 (5 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

3. Baby Proof - Emily Giffin 9/7/11 (3 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson 9/8/11 (5 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

5. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson 9/9/11 (5 stars)

6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson 9/10/11 (5 stars)

7. Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin 9/11/11 (5 stars)

8. Truly Madly Yours - Rachel Gibson 9/12/11 (3 stars)

9. A Child Called "It" - Dave Pelzer 9/14/11 (3 stars)

10. Maximize Your Potential Through the Power of Your Subconscious Mind to Create Wealth and Success: Book 2 - Joseph Murphy 9/15/11 (5 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

11. Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships - Eric Berne 9/15/11 (2 stars)

12. Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway - Susan Jeffers 9/15/11 (5 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

13. Hit and Run - Lurlene McDaniel 9/17/11 (5 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

14. Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! - Rory Freedman 9/18/11 (4 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

15. Every Last Kiss - Courtney Cole 9/19/11 (5 stars)

16. When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession - Irvin D. Yalom 9/19/11 (5 stars)

17. How to Survive Your Diet and Conquer Your Food Issues Forever - Linda Moran 9/20/11 (3 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Annie Barrows 9/21/11 (5 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

19. Devlin's Destiny - Esmerelda Bishop 9/22/11 (3 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

20. On the Jellicoe Road - Melina Marchetta 9/22/11 (3 stars)

21. One Sunday Morning: A Novel - Amy Ephron 9/23/11 (2 stars)

22. Five - Christie Rich 9/23/11 (4 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

23. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 9/24/11 (4 stars)

24. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson 9/25/11 (4 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

25. Across the Veil - Lisa Kessler 9/26/11 (3 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

26. The Sky Is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson 9/27/11 (3 stars)

27. My Heart Stopped Beating - Chamed 9/29/11 (2 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ana]

Monthly reading 2011, October)
Duration October, 1-31, 2011
FINISHED :)

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs 10/7/11 (3 stars)

[Ana]

Books read in October, 2011

1. Saving Francesca - Melina Marchetta 10/1/11 (5 stars)
2. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins 10/2/11 (5 stars)
3. Nanotechnological Basis for Advanced Sensors - Johann Peter Reithmaier 10/4/11 (5 stars)
4. Nanostructures & Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties & Applications - Guozhong Cao 10/4/11 (5 stars)
5. Touch - Jennifer Snyder 10/6/11 (3 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs 10/7/11 (3 stars)
7. Baby Bonanza - Maureen Child 10/7/11 (1 star)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
8. Give Me, a fairy tale - L.K. Rigel 10/10/11 (4 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
9. My Ántonia - Willa Cather 10/12/11 (3 stars)
10. The Calling - Ashley Lynn Willis 10/14/11 (4 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
11. Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat?: Breaking the Cultural Mirror - Jocelyn Hamsher 10/17/11 (5 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
12. Enchantment - Charlotte Abel 10/23/11 (4 stars)
link to my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Ana]

2011 A-Z Title Challenge

26/26 READ

A: The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything - Guy Kawasaki 8/30

B: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne 9/2

C: The Collector - John Fowles 8/14

D: Diary of Geza Csath - Geza Csath 8/9

E: El túnel - Ernesto Sábato 8/2

F: Four Blondes - Candace Bushnell 4/5

G: Gift from the Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh 8/8

H: The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins 4/20

I: Identity - Milan Kundera 8/10

J: Jenny Lopez Has a Bad Week - Lindsey Kelk 6/9

K: The Kybalion - The Three Initiates 5/30

L: The Lonely Hearts Club - Elizabeth Eulberg 7/2

M: Magda's Daughter - Catrin Collier 1/21

N: No Time for Goodbye - Linwood Barclay 3/26

O: Openness Mind - Tarthang Tulku 8/18

P: Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4/4

Q: Quando a Vida se Ilumina - Serdar Ozkan 8/9

R: The Richest Man in Babylon - George S. Clason 6/21

S: Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder 8/18

T: The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore - Deepak Chopra 8/21

U: Under the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities - Marian Keyes 3/10

V: Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine - Jostein Gaarder 6/22

W: Woman in Red - Eileen Goudge 7/5

X: No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline - Brian Tracy 6/8

Y: You Are Creative: Let Your Creativity Bloom - YKK 8/25

Z: Zauvek u srcu - Vesna Dedic 7/26

[Ana]

Coffee Challenge
Duration: October,12 - December, 31 2011

4/9 Read

M- My Ántonia - Willa Cather 10/12/11 (3 stars)
A-
C- Enchantment - Charlotte Abel 10/23/11 (4 stars)
C-
H- Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat?: Breaking the Cultural Mirror - Jocelyn Hamsher 10/17/11 (5 stars)
I-
A-
T- The Calling - Ashley Lynn Willis 10/14/11 (4 stars)
O-

caffè macchiato (or un macchiato): an espresso with a drop of milk. Also known macchiato caldo (drop of steamed milk), a macchiato freddo (drop of cold milk) or a macchiato con schiuma di latte (with froth milk).

[Ana]

Numbered Titles Challenge
Duration: June until December 31st 2011
Read 3/6

July (one) - Brida - Paulo Coelho 7/10/11 (2 stars)
August (two)- Tulip Fever - Deborah Moggach 8/13/11 (4 stars)
September (three)- Across the Veil - Lisa Kessler 9/26/11 (3 stars)
October (four)- All The Pretty Girls - J.T. Ellison
November (five)- Go Small or Go Home - Heather Wardell
December (six)- Seven Exes Are Eight Too Many - Heather Wardell

[Catherine]

and you worship my reading? you are just as mad as I am! lol

[Ana]

lol, we sure are crazy. I've been reading a lot but haven't had the time to update any of mu challenges, since I started blogging and really really have not much free time. Will update later, I hope:)

[Ana]

June Challenge
Read books I already own
STAGE ONE: 3 books

3/3 completed FINISHED

1. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn 6/9/13 - 4 stars
2. A Sea Change - Veronica Henry 6/14/13 - 2 stars
3. A Week At The Beach - Virginia Jewel 6/15/13 - 3 stars

[Ana]

Read the Alphabet Challenge

Duration: Janurary 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013

Completed 25/26

A: The Almond - Nedjma 2/7/13 - 1 star
B:By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead - Julie Anne Peters 2/5/13 - 2 stars
C: Can You Keep a Secret? - Sophie Kinsella 3/14/13 - 3 stars
D: Delirium - Lauren Oliver 4/3/13 - 4 stars
E: Easy - Tammara Webber 3/28/13 - 1 star
F: Fallen Too Far - Abbi Glines 3/5/13 - 1 star
G: The Glassblower of Murano - Marina Fiorato 3/20/13 - 3 stars
H: Headhunters - Jo Nesbø 1/25/13 - 3 stars
I: Identity - Ted Dekker 1/10/13 - 4 stars
J:Juliet - Anne Fortier 7/29/13 - 5 stars
K: The Keeper of Lost Causes - Jussi Adler-Olsen 8/1/13 - 3 stars
L: La fille de papier - Guillaume Musso 5/6/13 - 4 stars
M: Men, Money and Chocolate - Menna van Praag 2/22/13 - 2 stars
N: The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks 3/30/13 - 4 stars
O: The Oracle of Stamboul - Michael David Lukas2/10/13 - 2 stars
P: The Pursuit of Happyness - Chris Gardner 2/7/13 - 4 stars
Q: The Queen of Cool - Cecil Castellucci 3/21/13 - 2 stars
R: Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella 3/13/13 - 5 stars
S: Spirit of Lost Angels - Liza Perrat 1/22/13 - 4 stars
T: The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton 1/5/13 - 4 stars
U: The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella 3/22/13 - 4 stars
V: A Very Accidental Love Story - Claudia Carroll 1/7/13 - 4 stars
W:What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty 2/27/13 - 4 stars
X: Equinox - Michael White 5/27/13 - 2 stars
Y: You Belong to Me - Karen Rose 4/11/13 - 4 stars
Z:

[Ana]

JULY DAYS CHALLENGE
Duration: 7/1- 7/29
4/4 completed FINISHED

Categories
1. Read a book with a red, white or blue cover. You may only do one color for this category. SO For week one, you can read a book with a white cover, but for any of the other weeks, the book MUST fall in another category to count, so no blue covered books unless you are using it under another category :) pick wisely.
2. A book that begins with the letter "J" The, A, If are exempt, you can pretend like the little words do not exist
3. A book with 500 pages or more 125 pages a day, you can do it!
4. An author from a country you wish to travel to Basically an author NOT from your own country
5. Re-read your favorite book.
6. Read a book off a friends to-read list. And list the friend

1. Manuscript Found in Accra - Paulo Coelho 7/6/13 - 4 stars
2. Too Close to Home - Linwood Barclay 7/8/13 - 4 stars
3.The Alchemist's Secret - Scott Mariani 7/16/13 - 5 stars (link of my friend's profile http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18...
4. Juliet - Anne Fortier 7/29/13 - 5 stars

[Ana]

Read Your Name Challenge
1/6 Read

A: The Keeper of Lost Causes - Jussi Adler-Olsen 8/1/13 - 3 stars
N:
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