Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2012

[Dana]

Done with Level 1! Now what do I do? How do I get to the next level????

[Catherine]

update to post 73..

I am at 16/100!!! Woohoo!!

[Sashana]

Dana wrote: "Done with Level 1! Now what do I do? How do I get to the next level????"

Congrats, Dana! I think you have one of the fastest completion times ever.

Head over to Level 2 and keep on counting/reading.

[Catherine]

I am plodding along here! how the heck did you read 100 books already!

[Sashana]

Catherine wrote: "I am plodding along here! how the heck did you read 100 books already!"

I don't think 16 books in a month and a half is necessarily plodding ;)

[Catherine]

Sashana wrote: "Catherine wrote: "I am plodding along here! how the heck did you read 100 books already!"

I don't think 16 books in a month and a half is necessarily plodding ;)"

thanks!

[Angela]

Dana wrote: "Done with Level 1! Now what do I do? How do I get to the next level????"

WOW Congrats! How did you read 100 books already? That's more than two a day! I'm at 40 books and I'm reading almost non-stop! I'm hooked on the Dresden Files right now, LOVING IT!

[Lavinia]

Dana wrote: "Done with Level 1! Now what do I do? How do I get to the next level????"

*bows in total awe of Dana*

[Dana]

most of the books are short stories...I just got a kindle and alot of them are free books...some are larger books but I read alot in a day, now if the kids would leave me alone I would read way, way more.

[Laura]

Wow, wish I had that much time to read, lol. Congrats to you Dana!

[Roseann]

27. Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
28. We
29. Smokin' Seventeen

[Lenka]

1. Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans 1.1.
2. Herzog by Saul Bellow 5.1.
3. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 7.1.
4. My Ántonia by Willa Cather 8.1.
5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind 9.1.
6. Misery by Stephen King 10.1.
7. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk 12.1.
8. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 12.1.
9. The Golem by Gustav Meyrink 13.1.
10. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller 15.1.
11. Post Office by Charles Bukowski 16.1.
12. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 21.1.
13. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford 22.1.
14. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 23.1.
15. The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa 26.1.
16. Life, a User's Manual by Georges Perec 29.1.
17. Tales of H. P. Lovecraft 30.1.
18. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine 4.2.
19. Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens 13.2.
20. Stalo sa mi všetko by Eva Urbanikova 13.2.
21. Insomnia by Stephen King 19.2.
22. The Best Short Stories (Classics Library (NTC)) by Guy de Maupassant 20.2.
23. Jean Santeuil by Marcel Proust 25.2.
24. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer 27.2.
25. The Country House by John Galsworthy 28.2.
26. Dopisy přátelství, lásky a magie by Fernando Pessoa 29.2.

[Camille]

7/100: (update to POST #90--2/11/12)

1. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 1/7/12
2. Mine Are Spectacular!: A Novel by Lynn Schnurnberger 1/12/12
3. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 1/24/12
4. Ingredient for Murder by Sue Clifton 1/25/12
5. Nobody's Child by Austin Boyd 1/31/12
6. "Ka-Ka-Ska-Ska": by Jim Lewis 2/5/12
7. The Hawk and the Deer by Sue Clifton 2/11/12

[Aneeqah]

Finally getting around to updating my list!

[18/100 Books Read]
1. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
2. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
3. The Future of Us by Jay Asher
4. Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon
5. Legend by Marie Lu
6. Everneath by Brodi Ashton
7. Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
8. The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
9. Struck by Jennifer Bosworth
10. Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
11. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
12. Fracture by Megan Miranda
13. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
14. Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler
15. Fire by Kristin Cashore
16. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
17. Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
18. Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr

[[deleted user]]

Update: 16/100

15. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
16. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

[Lavinia]

Updated Post 186 - 15/100

[Carol]

continued from message 184:
Read:
29. Treasury Of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories Of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes &Amp; Monsters by Donna Jo Napoli****
30. Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London by Andrea Warren****
31. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins****
32. North: The Amazing Story Of Arctic Migration by Nick Dowson****
33. A Zeal of Zebras: An Alphabet of Collective Nouns by Woop Studios****
34. Feed by Mira Grant***
35. Codex 632: The Secret Identity of Christopher Columbus: A Novel by José Rodrigues dos Santos***

Currently Reading:

[Lavinia]

Updated Post 186 - 16/100

[Catherine]

update to post 73

17/100

[Laura]

Update to my original post: 15/100 down!





1) Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict
2) I Am Number Four
3) The Girl in the Steel Corset
4) The Last Chinese Chef
5) Juliet Immortal
6. War Horse
7. Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home
8. Clockwork Angel
9. Feed
10. Marked
11. Betrayed
12. If You Ask Me: And of Course You Won't
13. Clockwork Prince
14. Don't Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life
15. The Bungalow FABULOUS!

Currently Reading:
16. State of Wonder
17. Chosen

[Alley]

Update Post 167

37/100

[Theresa]

Updating again :)

5. Arrows Fall - Mercedes Lackey

6. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare

7. Summer Heat - Short stories collection (currently)

8. Utopia - Sir Thomas More (currently)

[Amy]

I am new to this group and this will be my first challenge, so I am going to give this one a try. Will post as I go. So far I have read:

1. Good shadow by Heather Graham
2. An Unexpected Love by Tracie Peterson
3. Elixor by Hilary Duff: Currently reading
4. Ghost Moon by Heather Graham: currently reading
5. A surrendered heart by Tracie Peterson: currently reading
6. Home to Harmony by Philip Gulley: currently reading

[Sashana]

Welcome to the group and challenge, Amy! Have fun :)

[Michelle]

Update to post 203: 58/100

49. Undead and Unemployed 2/10/12
50. Biting In Plain Sight 2/10/12
51. Undead and Unappreciated 2/11/12
52. Undead and Unreturnable 2/12/12
53. Dead and Loving It 2/12/12
54. Undead and Unpopular 2/13/12
55. Sizzling Sixteen 2/13/12
56. Smokin' Seventeen 2/14/12
57. Explosive Eighteen 2/15/12
58. Under the Never Sky 2/15/12

[Lisa Kay]

Welcome to the challenge, Amy!

[Tabitha]

I am going to try this challenge.


So far I have read:
1) Flashcards of My Life 1-30
2) Dinosaurs Before Dark 2-7
3) Mummies in the Morning 2-11
4) Pirates Past Noon 2-11
5) Night Of The Ninjas 2-11
6) Want to Go Private? 2-15
7) Afternoon on the Amazon 2-17
8) The Knight at Dawn 2-19
9) Sunset of the Sabertooth 2-19
10) Midnight On The Moon 2-23
11) Dolphins at Daybreak 2-23
13) Lions At Lunchtime 2-24
14) Polar Bears Past Bedtime 2-24
15) Vacation Under The Volcano 2-26
16) Kung Fu Panda 3-2
17) Day of the Dragon King 3-2
18) Viking Ships At Sunrise 3-3
19) Counting Christmas 3-3
20) Max Makes a Friend 3-6
21) 101 Facts About Pets: Rabbits 3-6
22) Hour of the Olympics 3-8
23)Tonight on the Titanic
24)Buffalo Before Breakfast
25)Tigers at Twilight
26)Dingoes at Dinnertime
27)Titanic
28)The Crucible
29)The Search for Significance: Seeing Your True Worth Through God's Eyes
30)Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
31)Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
32)After the Kiss
33)Missy's Murder
34)Harvesting the Heart

[Lisa Kay]

Welcome to the challenge, Tabitha!

[Tabitha]

Thanks.

[Tabitha]

Sarah wrote: "I'm in...and I'm going to be better about posting as I read. I was a complete slacker last year.
1. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusac"

That is one of my favorite books.

[Catherine]

update to post 73

18/100 YAY!!!

[Afsana]

Tabitha wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I'm in...and I'm going to be better about posting as I read. I was a complete slacker last year.
1. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusac"

That is one of my favorite books."

have u read the book thief?

[Afsana]

updated post 77 16/100

[Tabitha]

Afsana: no. not yet, but i want to. I have read getting the girl.

[Afsana]

I haven't tried that one maybe I will have a look.

but definatly try The book thief

[Tabitha]

Afsana wrote: "I haven't tried that one maybe I will have a look.

but definatly try The book thief"

I am hopefully going to start it soon. I have it in ebook form.

[Catherine]

ohh..The Book Thief is really good...I read it just a couple months ago! it is definitely different..but very good :)

hope you enjoy it too!

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

I will give this one a shot too : ) I will add as I go!

1. Doggirl
2. Telegraph Days
3. The Ocean Between Us
4. Lily's Crossing
5. A Child Called "It"
6. The Presence: A Ghost Story
7. The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family
8. Things Mother Used To Make
9. The Road
10. Letters of a Woman Homesteader
11. My Christmas Angels
12. Abbot's Ghost: A Christmas Story
13. The House at Pooh Corner
14. "Four Scoops" Is Over the Top
15. Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love
16. Anywhere but Here
17. A Simple Amish Christmas
18. Virgin River
19. Katherine's Story
20. School's Out
21. Lone Star Blessings
22. The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
23. A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness
24. The Quiet Little Woman: Tilly's Christmas, Rosa's Tale : Three Enchanting Christmas Stories
25. Kate's Choice
26. Christmas Jars
27. Love a la Carte
28. The Adventures of Annie Mouse: Baby Brother
Goes to the Hospital
29. The Adventures of Baby Jaimie: Baby Jaimie Goes to School
30. Aesop's Fractured Fables: 50 Funny Life Lessons
31. Prairie Whispers
32. Little Women
33. The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real
34. A Modest Proposal
35. Cinderella
36. The Christmas Angel
37. Aesop's Fables
38. A Garland for Girls
39. Esmerelda
40. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her ... Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy
41. Civil War Hospital Sketches
42. Jane Eyre
43. The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts
44. Roughing It
45. All Creatures Great and Small
46. Sold
47. Flipped
48. My Life in Pink & Green
49. 14 Love Letter Lane
50. The Cupcake Queen
51. Temptation
52. The Neighborly Thing
53. Sullivan's Woman
54. Pooh's Halloween Parade
55. Tiggers Hate to Lose
56. Pooh's Valentine
57. Untamed
58. Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
59. Joyride
60. The New American Heart Association Cookbook
61. Born in Fire
62. All I Want For Christmas
63. An Amish Christmas
64. The Goodbye Quilt
65. Siren's Song A Bandit Creek Time Travel
66. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
67. The Cinderella Deal
68. Pedro The Ugliest Dog In The World
69. Rascals Sing at The Opera House (Star-Crossed Rascals #2).
70. Like Water For Chocolate
71. The Christmas Singing
72. Sarah's Key
73. Love at First Bark: How Saving a Dog Can Sometimes Help You Save Yourself
74. Jenna's Cowboy: A Novel
75. Lord of the trash
76. Remember Their Manners
77. Visit the Library
78. Save Their Allowance
79. Start Summer Vacation
80. Fools Rush In
81. The Nanny Diaries
82. A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty: A Novel
83. ParkCrest View The Love Chronicles Volume 1
84. Go to Camp
85. Every Day Is Different
86. Shannon: A Chinatown Adventure
87. Time Trick
88. School Is A Nightmare #1 First Week, Worst Week
89. Le Cirque De Magie
90. The Woof in the Wedding Plans
91. Any Red-Blooded Girl
92. Sweet Irish Kiss
93. The Story of the Red Cross as Told to the Little Colonel
94. The Hope of Refuge
95. Anise: A Doll's Story (Book 1) A Short Story Set In a Doll-Maker's Garret in Paris
96. The Byers Avenue Bunny Club
97. Harry Bigfoot - An Easter Story
98. Where Did I Hide My Easter Egg? (Children's Picture Book)
99. Kit's Reward
100.Bubbles The Bunny Rabbit

[Cheryl]

I'm in!


1.Captive Bride 1/5***
2. Shiver 1/7****
3.The Dark Highlander 1/10****
4. Midnight's Wild Passion 1/12****
5. Border Storm 1/16***
6. Silence 1/19****
7.The Highlander 1/22****
8. The Reluctant Vampire 1/26***
9. Almost Innocent 1/26***
10. Whistling In the Dark 1/27****
11. Once and Always 1/29****
12. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake1/31*****
13. Divergent 2/3****
14. In the Highlander's Bed 2/4***
15. Celtic Storms 2/6****
16. Love With the Proper Husband 2/8****
17. When Beauty Tamed the Beast 2/11****
18. The Secret 2/15****

[Dragana]

Updated Post 118 - 23/100

[Theresa]

K so after talking with my coworkers, I figured out which books I read in January so I could claim them. lol And the 2 books I've finished in the past 2 days.

9. His Gift by Gillian Colbert
10. Private Games by Tawny taylor
11. Storm Rising by Mercedes Lackey
12. Storm warning by Mercedes Lackey
13. Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey

[Afsana]

Theresa wrote: "K so after talking with my coworkers, I figured out which books I read in January so I could claim them. lol And the 2 books I've finished in the past 2 days.

9. His ..."

you all share your reading?

[[deleted user]]

Update 17/100

17. Crossed by Ally Condie

[Theresa]

hi i would like to join i have a target of 50 but think i can read 100 so i will write my list so far what i have read. then do i just keep editing this post to add others when i have read them?

1. Twelve Days of christmas by Trisha Ashley
2. Angels and demons by Dan Brown
3. Posted to death by Dean James
4. The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain
5. Secret Diary of a demented housewife by Niamh Greene
6. Confessions of a demented housewife by Niamh Greene
7. The bad mother's handbook by Kate Long
8. Faked to Death by Dean James
9. The other side of the story by Mariana Keyes
10. Twenties girl by Sophie kinsella
11. It started with a kiss by Miranda Dickinson
12. Just a manic mum-day by Mink Elliot
13. The chocolate lovers club by carole Matthews
14. the chocolate lover's diet by carole Matthews

[SandyC]

NBRC Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge

1. Lady Sophia's Lover 1/4/12
2. Say Her Name 1/6/12
3. Tatiana and Alexander 1/7/12
4. Dragon Bound 1/9/12
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone1/10/12
6. The Tea Rose1/10/12
7. Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins 1/12/12
8. Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts 1/16/12
9. The Summer Garden by Paullina Simons 1/19/12
10. Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb1/20/12
11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.R. Rowling 1/21/12
12. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 1/22/12
13. At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost 1/24/12
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry 1/25/12
15. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard 1/26/12
16. Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich 1/27/12
17. And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander 1/28/12
18. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 1/30/12
19. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnely 2/1/12
20. Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost 2/2/12
21. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 2/5/12
22. Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian 2/7/12
23. Fallen by Lauren Kate 2/8/12
24. The Distant Hours by Kate Morton 2/13/12
25. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 2/14/12
26. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 2/16/12

[Theresa]

Afsana - I work overnights in an Assisted Living facility. Some nights there is a ton of stuff to do, other nights nothing. So we read in our spare time. Two of us are big book junkies. So we usually recommend what we are reading to each other if we like it. :) Works out good.

[Afsana]

Theresa wrote: "Afsana - I work overnights in an Assisted Living facility. Some nights there is a ton of stuff to do, other nights nothing. So we read in our spare time. Two of us are big book junkies. So we usual..."

it is nice to be able to share and reccomend. Am always looking for someone who is interested in reading and wantsto discuss share books

[Lavinia]

Updated Post 186 - 17/100

[Tabitha]

Tabitha wrote: "I am going to try this challenge.
So far I have read:"

Update-8/100

[Sanskriti]

Updated Post 2 : 9/100