LOST - 2012

[Dionisia]

Susan wrote: "This month's shelf has turned out to be a great one for me for picking off books from my LOST list. I just finished The Wanting Seed, which means I'm 5 down and 5 to go. My review here ."

You are making some great headway. Way to go!

[Blarneygod]

1.A Long Fatal Love Chase
2.Rose in Bloom
3.Eight Cousins
4.Jo's Boys
5.Moby-Dick
6.Gulliver's Travels
7. Daughter of Fortune
8.The Picture of Dorian Gray
9.The Old Man and the Sea
10.Love In The Time Of Cholera

[Tien]

Blarneygod wrote: "1.A Long Fatal Love Chase
2.Rose in Bloom
3.Eight Cousins
4.Jo's Boys
5.Moby-Dick
6.Gulliver's Travels
7.[book:Daught..."

Good luck with Gulliver's - I just finished it the other day, **Bleeargh!**

[Sunflower]

I am not going to put 10 on my list-this is the year of the doorstop book. These 2 have been eyeballing me for ages, just asking for their turn.....
1. Infinite Jest
2. 2666

[Tien]

Sunflower wrote: "I am not going to put 10 on my list-this is the year of the doorstop book. These 2 have been eyeballing me for ages, just asking for their turn.....
1. Infinite Jest
2. 2666"

Wow, Sunflower - I would count those 2 as at least 7 books :)

[Sunflower]

I know.....I know.....cringe. That's why they have been there so long!

[Susan]

The January shelf worked well for paring down my LOST list. I finished Bending the Landscape:Original Gay and Lesbian Writing: Science Fiction, which makes 6 down, 4 to go. My review here .

I'm afraid the last 4 won't go so quickly -- 3 are by the same author.

[Tien]

How are you all going with your LOST books?? I can't believe it but we've entered the second month of the year!

I'm in the middle of 2 of mine. Should have one done, maybe tonight and the other by end of week, then I'll be on track :)

[Coralie]

I have read three -
Snow Crash
The Lute Player and
Lords of the Psychon
Another one is on the February shelf so I might get around to it depending on other challenges.

[Adrienne]

I've read 2 so far. I've had to order one from Interlibrary Loan. Would you believe only 2 libraries in the world have it? Harvard University and one in Australia. Not sure I'm going to get it. :(

[Slayermel]

lagging behind with a full 0 read so far ;op

[Katey]

This challenge is just what I need!
I'm going to try and read:

Shutter Island
Let the Right One In
Black
'Salem's Lot
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Obernewtyn
1984
The Da Vinci Code
The Catcher in the Rye
Neuromancer
0/10

[Tien]

Katey wrote: "This challenge is just what I need!
I'm going to try and read:
..."

Ooh! I've just re-read Obernewytn over the weekend. Have you ever read it before, Katey? It's one of my fave series :)

[Dionisia]

Kazza wrote: "How are you all going with your LOST books?? I can't believe it but we've entered the second month of the year!

I'm in the middle of 2 of mine. Should have one done, maybe tonight and the other b..."

Hmmm....

So I have been thinking about how I'm going to read all the books on my LOST list this year. Does that count as progress? True, I haven't actually finished any of them (or started) but....well...uhhhh....Hey, what's that over there! **runs away**

[Slayermel]

Dionisia, I almost wet my pants laughing :oD Too funny!!!

[Tara]

Dionisia wrote: "Kazza wrote: "How are you all going with your LOST books?? I can't believe it but we've entered the second month of the year!

I'm in the middle of 2 of mine. Should have one done, maybe tonight a..."

I am right there with you!

[LynnB]

I'm almost done with the first one. Guess I better get going on some of the others....maybe I can fit them in with some Snakes & Ladders picks...

[Tien]

Dionisia, I don't know whether it's the lateness of the hour or the pain in my neck (can't turn my neck suddenly) but I had to read your post a few times before I get it. Had to smack my forehead, of course!

Too funny!

[Bea]

Guess I am in Dionisia's camp also. I just revisted my list and found that the book I am reading that I thought was on the LOST list is not...guess it is my Chain Gang Book. Oh, well....gotta start planning to get something started! :)

[Dionisia]

Haha, I'm glad I'm not alone. There are still eleven months left. We can do it!

[Sarah]

I haven't got very far with mine either. I did try reading Magic for Beginners but I just can't stick at it, afraid I'm going to actually abandon it (can't even bear to finish it for this month's shelf!)
So I think I'll replace that with the next one down: Little Women

[Adrienne]

Woo hoo I'm on a roll! I read Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka for another challenge and crossed it off this list, too!

[Luann]

Adrienne wrote: "Woo hoo I'm on a roll! I read Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka for another challenge and crossed it off this list, too!"

Wasn't it just hilarious, Adrienne? Jon Scieszka and his brothers are quite the characters!

[Adrienne]

Luann wrote: "Adrienne wrote: "Woo hoo I'm on a roll! I read Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka for another challenge and crossed it off this list, too!"

Wasn'..."

Their poor mom.

[Bea]

Hehehe. Figured out how to make way on my LOST list. I just let my next Chain Gang pick come from that list! Now to get the book from the library.

[Luann]

Adrienne wrote: "Their poor mom."

Yes, I thought that, too. It's easy to see the humor from the safety of my armchair and the impersonal distance of a book. :)

[Maggie]

Sounds like fun.
1.The Shack
2.The Prince
3.Marked
4.The Chronicles of Narnia
5.The Alchemyst
6.The Poisonwood Bible
7.Eldest
8.Outlander
9.Misery
10.Dracula

[Susan]

I finished Far From Xanadu, and give it only 2.5 stars. I must've put a bunch of Peters's books on my TBR right after reading Luna. I hope the others are more like Luna in quality than like Far From Xanadu, or finishing the rest of my LOST list will be tough. My review here .

[Bea]

So proud of myself. I have 5 of my LOST books planned for reading! Two (Les Miserables and The Swan Thieves) I just checked out of the library today! Three I own and have moved from the many odd shelves in my home to the actively reading shelf.

I am going to get this list done this year....maybe even start on the next group, too!

[Luann]

Good for you, Bea!!

[Bea]

One down...twelve to go! The Secret Life of Bees is a book I have intended to start, oh so many times, and just could not seem to get to it! Well, I just do not know why not. Maybe a book has a certain time to be read or maybe a reader has to be in a certain place...anyway, I read it and gave it a 5*.

My review here

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

A 5 star vote for The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. It is always a good sign when I find numerous quotes that I want to remember in the first few pages. This book has a well crafted story line, wonderful characters, and a writing style that is both lyrical and addicting. It is a real treat and a must read IMO.

[Jo Ann]

Question.

Do I have to make a list? I would rather keep it a little more flexible and not lock myself into a "must read list" I just want to pick and choose as I go. Lists for me represent chores that need to get done then I start to feel stressed out. This is one area of my life I want to keep stress free and fun. Am I making any sense here?

[LynnB]

Jo Ann wrote: "Question.

Do I have to make a list? I would rather keep it a little more flexible and not lock myself into a "must read list" I just want to pick and choose as I go. Lists for me represent chores..."

The whole point of this challenge is to read the oldest books on your to-be-read shelf, so I would think that would limit you to the oldest books on the shelf. I understand what you mean, but I'm not sure that's the reason for this challenge. Last year I read all but 2 or so of my list, so I just put them back on the list for this year. But I'm not a moderator on here, so maybe they have a different answer :)

[Bea]

Jo Ann wrote: "Question.

Do I have to make a list? I would rather keep it a little more flexible and not lock myself into a "must read list" I just want to pick and choose as I go. Lists for me represent chores..."

Then this does not seem to be the challenge for you. I would advise maybe the Snakes and Ladders game...or Chain-Gang

[Susan]

OK, I can't take it any more. 5 books in a row by the same author is just too much. I'm liking each book by Julie Anne Peters less and less.

So I'm scratching the next two books of hers from my TBR list for now. Maybe I'll add them back later, but right now, it'll be fine with me if I never read another of her books.

I just finished By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead (My review here), which leaves me with two more to read.

Since I'm scratching Between Mom and Jo off my TBR, at least for now, I need to add the next latest one, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. And Crossfire is still there waiting.

[Tien]

Jo Ann, as per LynnB's and Bea's comments, this challenge does limit you to your oldest TBR books.

If you don't want to, you don't have to post your list here or make any list, really, however the books will have to be picked out from the books that have been on your to-read list the longest, so that in itself limits you to certain books.

This challenge may not be one that appeals to you and I'm not sure if Snakes & Ladders appeals to you either? In a way, it does let you choose but there is still limits your choices to certain criterias... Most reading challenges do specify criterias of books being read, sorry :)

[Lahni]

Here is my list:

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3. The Poisonwood Bible
4. The Great Gatsby
5. Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
6. Things Not Seen
7. Glimmerglass
8. The Princess Bride
9. Lord of the Flies
10. Midnight Sun

Some I'm excited about and others not so much. We'll see how I do.

[Sarah]

I actually read one of my LOST books: Brave New World. My review is in the classics thread. 3.5 - 4 stars

[Susan]

Nine down, one to go! I finished Crossfire, which I really liked, gave it 4 stars. My review here .

Now, when I finish my last S&N book, I'll be done with my first LOST list for 2012 as well. Though this one doesn't help shrink my TBR at all -- there's a sequel I just added to replace the one I finished.

[Tien]

Wow, Susan, you're on fire!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Susan wrote: "Nine down, one to go! I finished Crossfire, which I really liked, gave it 4 stars. My review here .

Now, when I finish my last S&N book, I'll be done with my first LOST list for 201..."

Good for you, Susan. I have gotten only one of mine read so far. But the year is still young.

[Susan]

Finished Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie for square 140(ya). It's a trifecta -- my last S&N book, my Chain Gang book, and the last of my first 10 here. My review here .

So, here I go again!
My next 10 LOST books are:

1 Don't Die, Dragonfly finished 9/3
2 I am the Cheese finished 6/3
3 The Bone Collector finished 8/28
4 Dune finished 9/12
5 This is Not Civilization decided not to finish 8/28
6 So Yesterday finished 6/7
7 Inkspell
8 The Pillars of the Earth finished 3/17
9 The Unusual Suspects finished 7/8
10 The Maltese Goddess finished 8/31

And I just read The Pillars of the Earth for the first square of Round 2 of S&N.

[Bea]

Two completed (post #8) and currently reading two.

Loved The Swan Thieves. My review here.

[Adrienne]

I came to the conclusion that there were two books on my list that I am just never ever going to read. One of them I have started twice and I just can't do it. So off they go. There. I'm free!

[LynnB]

I have actually read 3 and started 2 more (thanks to Snakes & Ladders!). I'm waaayyy ahead of last years progress!

[Bea]

LynnB wrote: "I have actually read 3 and started 2 more (thanks to Snakes & Ladders!). I'm waaayyy ahead of last years progress!"

LynnB, I only read three last year. I did not start with this group until May, so three is rather good for me for part of the year since they are my LOST books. However, if I complete the two that I am reading...and I will...then I will have passed last year's performance in just 3 months of this year. I have high hopes for getting through my list and starting another!

[LynnB]

Bea wrote: "I only read three last year. I did not start with this group until May, so three is rather good for me for part of the year since they are my LOST .."

Good going, Bea! I'm trying to find my LOST books on each of the spaces I land on in Snakes & Ladders and also when they fit on the shelf of the month. If I try to read them outside of that, it seems to take longer and I put them off. It seems to be working well... so far anyway!

[Bea]

LynnB wrote: "I', trying to find my LOST books on each of the spaces I land on in Snakes & Ladders and also when they fit on the shelf of the month."

Yeah, me too. Trying to fit them into other challenges, that is. So far I have four not yet reading that I have slated for other challenges.

[Coralie]

I've just reached the halfway point with five down and five to go.