The Listopia Challenge January-December

[Ashley]

I completed from my "Favorite Book" list: The Book Thief. 5 stars

2/17 complete

[Catherine]

I LOVE the look of this challenge! I'm in, just need to decide on a list...

[Tatum]

Hi Catherine, I think you are new here to our group. Great to see you joining a challenge, please feel free to drop by the Introduce Yourself thread and anywhere else you feel comfortable jumping in :)

[Catherine]

Thank you!

[Tatum]

From the Best Cozy Mystery Series list I read: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich, 4 stars, Review. I will be continuing along with this series as well.

Progress: 4/32

[Ashley]

Hi catherine! I am in the car traveling from Missouri to North Carolina, but I will add and update everyone when I arrive later this evening. I have about five more hours of travel time. :)

[Ashley]

Sorry I didn't respond yesterday! We started our trip and stopped at a hotel for the night.

[Johanna]

I have now read two books for this challenge!

[southpaw285]

Hi. I would like to sign up for this challenge, so I will return soon with my list and goal.

This is a wonderful idea. I love it!

[Ashley]

Participants So Far!

Kara - 2/15
Sara - 0/20
Johanna - 3/33
Ashley - 2/17
Adriana - 1/10
Alicia - 0/20
Nikki - ?/? (Searching)
Tatum - 4/32
Anna - ?/? (Searching)
Trevor - 4/30
Ronda - 4/15
Brianna - 3/35
Catherine - ?/? (searching)
Southpaw285 - ?/? (searching)
Jess - 1/15
Danielle - 0/15
Rebecca - 0/36

Total Completed Books: 24/293 as of 3/13/12

*Welcome to all new members for this challenge! We love having you, and hope you will have a blast with this challenge!*

**Thanks for bearing with me this week as I spend time with my family for Spring Break! I have not seen them since Christmas so this week will be a busy busy week. I may not be on here as much as usual, but believe me, I will get you updated.**

***Please let me know if I have missed anything in my updates.***

Have a lovely Sunday!!

[Catherine]

Oh no worries at all Ashley, thank you for being so welcoming!

[Jess]

Here are my listopia goals!

Best Science Fiction Books:

Goal: Read five books from this list

0/5 complete


Best Books of the 20th Century::

Goal: Complete the top five

1.The Catcher in the Rye
2.1984
3.The Fellowship of the Ring (the listing is actually for the trilogy but I'll start by trying the first).
4.The Great Gatsby (This will be a re-read)

0/4 complete

The Book was better than the movie:


Goal: Complete the top 10

1.Memoirs of a Geisha
2.Eragon

0/2 complete

Best Books of the Decade: 2000s:


Challenge: Read at least 3 from this list

1.The Hunger Games ~5 stars~

1/3 complete

Total read: 1/15

[Adriana]

Read which I really liked. It came together beautifully.

1/10 complete (:

[Johanna]

I now have three as I finished Hunger games for my Dystopia.

[Ashley]

I should have everyone added and updated. :)

[Danielle]

Ahh - I told myself no more challenges this year but I can't say no to this one. I plan on reading 3 from each list. I will choose 3 that I already have in my TBR pile and if I don't have enough in the TBR I will make up the difference from the top 3 that I have not read before (unless I don't feel like reading those in which case I reserve the right to pick from the list at random).

Magic, Adventure, Romance
1. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
2. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
3. Sunshine - Robin McKinley

Best Steampunk Books

1.The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Volume 2 - Gordon Dahlquist
2. Perdido Street Station China Mieville
3. Soulless - Gail Carriger

Favourite Gay Couples
1.Cut & Run - Abigail Roux
2.Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville
3.Somebody Killed His Editor


Books that Made You Cry
1.Cry No More - Linda Howard
2.Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson.
3.The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

Books with Heroes/Heroines who are Assassins

1. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
2. The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks
3. Spider's Bite - Jennifer Estep

I'll keep track of this challenge with the rest of my challenges in my members corner thread and I'll post updates here periodically.

[Tatum]

I'm with you Danielle, it's hard to ignore a good challenge! And with this one, it can help to get books read that you've been meaning to read anyways so it's not quite so bad lol :)

[Ashley]

Welcome to the challenge, Danielle! :)

[Rebecca]

Greetings! I'm totally in on this challenge. I love lists! There are so many to pick from! I decided to limit myself to three lists, for now, and do the top 12 from each list. Some of these lists may include books I read before 2012, so when that happens I will remove it from my 12 and pick the next book in line - that way I can have a nice, neat, even, 36 books for the challenge total!

Listopia Challenge
1/36 Books (as of 04/25/12)

1. Best Steampunk Books ~ Top 12 I Haven't Read
1. Leviathan
2. The Golden Compass
3. Boneshaker
4. Clockwork Angel
5. Perdido Street Station
6. The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
7. The Time Machine
8. Behemoth
9. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
10. Howl's Moving Castle
11. The Subtle Knife
12. The Amber Spyglass

2. Best Cozy Mystery Series ~ Top 12 I Haven't Read
✔1. One for the Money ~ Finished 04/24/12 ~ 4 Stars
2. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
3. Murder is Binding
4. Catering to Nobody
5. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
6. What's a Ghoul to Do?
7. The Trouble With Magic
8. I Scream, You Scream
9. The Quiche of Death
10. Aunt Dimity's Death
11. Real Murders
12. On What Grounds

3. Best Utopian and Dystopian Fiction ~ Top 12 I Haven't Read
1. 1984
2. The Giver
3. Brave New World
4. Fahrenheit 451
5. The Handmaid's Tale
6. Animal Farm
7. Lord of the Flies
8. Divergent
9. Uglies
10. The Road
11. Ender's Game
12. A Wrinkle in Time

[Ashley]

That's totally fine, Rebecca. Take your time! Welcome to the challenge. :)

[Erika]

Listopia Challenge
5/33


Can't Wait Book of 2012

1.Insurgent
2.Pandemonium
3.Bitterblue
4.Fair Game
5.Endlessly
6.A Million Suns** 2/1/12
7.Bloodrose
8.Incarnate**** 2/26/12
9.Dreamless
10.Pure
11.The Selection
12.I've Got Your Number: A Novel* 2/29/12
13.Hidden
14.Under the Never Sky*** 2/23/12
15.Outpost
16.The Wood Queen
17.Deity
18.Stolen Nights
19.The Other Life
20.Struck
21.Wake
22.Destiny's Fire
23.Rainshadow Road

Original Stories A Breath of Fresh Air

1.Magic Study
2.The Replacement
3.Heist Society
4.Delirium *** 3/3/12
5.Princess Academy

Best Chick Lit

1.Watermelon
2.I Heart New York
3.Natural Born Charmer
4.Redeeming Love
5.Poison Study

[Ashley]

Participants So Far!

Kara - 2/15
Sara - 0/20
Johanna - 4/33
Ashley - 3/17
Adriana - 1/10
Alicia - 0/20
Nikki - ?/? (Searching)
Tatum - 4/32
Anna - ?/? (Searching)
Trevor - 4/30
Ronda - 4/15
Brianna - 7/35
Catherine - ?/? (searching)
Southpaw285 - ?/? (searching)
Jess - 2/15
Danielle - 1/15
Rebecca - 0/36
Erika - 5/32

Total Completed Books: 37/325 as of 3/27/12

[Johanna]

I have 4 books now for this challenge, just finished Mockingjay this morning :)

[Ashley]

Johanna wrote: "I have 4 books now for this challenge, just finished Mockingjay this morning :)"

Those books are so good! I have you updated. :)

[Johanna]

They are! :)

[Jess]

I finished reading 1984 from the Best books of the 20th Century list. So I'm 2/15.

[Ashley]

I'm planning to read 1984 at some point this year, Jess. Did you like it? I have you updated. :)

[Nathan]

I read 1984 a few years back. I enjoyed it quite a bit actually. Not that I would want to read it again or anything... haha

[Erika]

Trevor wrote: "I read 1984 a few years back. I enjoyed it quite a bit actually. Not that I would want to read it again or anything... haha"

I read that book years ago, like over 15 years ago, when I was in high school. It is actually eerie when you think about how close we are to some of the concepts in the book. World domination...muhahaha!!

[Jess]

Thanks, Ashley! To be honest...I'm not sure I've decided how I feel about it. I think I gave it a three star rating and have been trying to decide whether I like it more than that. I'm just not sure I like where the book went in the end! It was a good, compelling read though and yes, eerie is a good word for it. :)

[Anna]

Still working on this...I think I might be getting somewhere with it...lol

[Ashley]

Take your time, Anna. :) There are so many lists. I understand how hard it is to pick one. I changed my lists three times before mine stuck, haha.

I finished The Iron King by Julie Kagawa today for book 3/17.

[Danielle]

I've finished my first book in the Listopia Challenge -

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

[Ashley]

Woo hoo! Way to go Brianna! I will get you updated stat! :)

[Ashley]

I should have everyone correctly updated to this point. Please let me know if I have made any mistakes! I know I make them quite often.

[Johanna]

I have five now :)

[Erika]

Listopia Challenge
6/33


Can't Wait Book of 2012

1.Insurgent
2.Pandemonium
3.Bitterblue
4.Fair Game
5.Endlessly
6.A Million Suns** 2/1/12
7.Bloodrose
8.Incarnate**** 2/26/12
9.Dreamless
10.Pure
11.The Selection
12.I've Got Your Number: A Novel* 2/29/12
13.Hidden
14.Under the Never Sky*** 2/23/12
15.Outpost
16.The Wood Queen
17.Deity
18.Stolen Nights
19.The Other Life
20.Struck
21.Wake
22.Destiny's Fire
23. Rainshadow Road

Original Stories A Breath of Fresh Air

1.Magic Study
2.The Replacement
3.Heist Society
4.Delirium *** 3/3/12
5.Princess Academy * 3/27/12

Best Chick Lit

1.Watermelon
2.I Heart New York
3.Natural Born Charmer
4.Redeeming Love
5.Poison Study

[Catherine]

I finally settled on a list! I have only read the top four, so have just picked a further ten from the list. I've left the tenth slot open, as there are several books that are firsts in a series on my list, and I'm sure I'll get caught up and want to read the next one straight away!

YA Dystopia Novels

Completed: 1/10

1. Uglies
2. The Giver
3. Delirium (10.04.12)
4. The Maze Runner
5. The Forest of Hands and Teeth
6. Wither
7. The Knife of Never Letting Go
8. Shatter Me
9. Clockwork Angel
10.

[Ashley]

Yay! I will get everyone added and updated. :)

[Ashley]

Participants So Far!

Kara - 2/15
Sara - 1/20
Johanna - 8/33
Ashley - 3/17
Adriana - 1/10
Alicia - 0/20
Nikki - ?/? (Searching)
Tatum - 4/32
Anna - ?/? (Searching)
Trevor - 4/30
Ronda - 6/15
Brianna - 7/35
Catherine - 1/10
Southpaw285 - ?/? (searching)
Jess - 2/15
Danielle - 1/15
Rebecca - 0/36
Erika - 7/33
SilverRaindrops - 0/28
Maggie - 1/20

Total Completed Books: 46/384 as of 4/10/12

[Ashley]

Congrats, Sara! I will get your book added. I absolutely loved that book as well!! :) Can't wait to read the rest of the series!

[mussolet]

Listopia Challenge
Going for seven books from each of my seven lists :).

Progress: 10/49

List #1: Best South Asian Fiction
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List #2: The Queen's Library: Best of the Commonwealth
1) Rose Tremain - The Colour 4.5/5
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List #3: Best Steampunk Books
1) Mark Hodder - The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack 3/5
2) Gail Carriger - Changeless 4/5
3) M.K. Hobson - The Native Star 3.5/5
4) Gail Carriger - Blameless 4.5/5
5) Gail Carriger - Heartless 5/5
6) Gail Carriger - Timeless 4/5
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List #4: Favourite Magical Realism Novels
1) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - The Little Prince
2) Sadegh Hedayat - The Blind Owl
3) Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
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List #5: Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies and Duologies
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List #6: Thieves
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List #7: ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
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[Ashley]

Welcome to the challenge, SilverRaindrops!! The more the merrier! I will get you included in the challenge!

There is nothing wrong with 7! 7 is a good number. :)

[Johanna]

I now have 7 books read for this challenge, I just finished with Linger.

[Ashley]

Will update you, Johanna. Yay, for having 7 books already read for this challenge. :)

[Johanna]

And I´m starting the next one today or first thing tomorrow morning :)

[Ronda]

Update: 5/15 complete. Goodness, I am slow.

I just finished a book from this Listopia list:
Chick Lit for the beach

*1. Something Borrowed read pre2012 5/5
*2. Twilight read pre2012 5/5
3. Can You Keep a Secret?
4. Confessions of a Shopaholic
5. Summer Sisters
6. Bridget Jones's Diary
7. Good in Bed
8. Pride and Prejudice (Yes, I know, shocking that I haven't read this already)
*9. Remember Me? 4/5 (4/04/2012)
10. One for the Money
3/10

[Erika]

I just finished Redeeming Love ** 4/2/12

[Ashley]

Congrats Ronda and Erika! I will get you both updated. :)

[Lilac]

Is it too late to join this challenge?
I only just joined this group but this looks really fun and hard. :)