April 2012 TBR Challenge - Sign Up Thread

[Foxy Grandma]

Becky wrote: "I have too many different To-read shelves as it is! LOL"

:::peeking around the corner:::::

Thanks for doing that guys, it does make it easier to pick the hf out of all the great tbr books you have. Didn't mean to make more work for you.

[Nancy from NJ]

This is my proposed list as of March 27th

20. Second Hand Smoke: A Novel
19. Year of Wonders
18. The Orchid House: A Novel
17. The Hunger Games
16. Catching Fire
15. Mockingjay
14. Cotillion
13. Stay Close
12. The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn
11. Room
10. The Bungalow: A Novel
9. The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi
8. Galway Bay
7. Distant Music: A Novel
6. The Rose Garden
5. The List
4. Two Lives
3. The Painted Kiss
2. The Midwife of Venice
1. March Violets

From Jackie's TBR - Unaccustomed Earth
From Becky's TBR - Wench

[Carla]

I didn't see my name on the scoreboard list of participants. My "sign-up" and 1 edit posts are #99 and #138 respectively.

[Debbie]

i didn't see my name on the scoreboard either (#85) and i plan on following thru on this challenge (the best laid plans . . . )

[Becky, Moddess]

I haven't updated it recently. I will! :)

[Debbie]

okey dokey - i usually spend a lot of time figuring out my list and then life intervenes and i don't finish the challenge; however, i know i will read atleast 2 books because they are for my face-2-face book clubs

[Margaret]

My final list:

20. The Clan of the Cave Bear
19. Mini Shopaholic
18. Song of the Nile
17. The Historian
16. The Dragon's Harp
15. Fiji
14. The Winter Sea
13. A Voice in the Wind
12. The Swimming Pool
11. The Curse of the Pharaohs
10. Hanging by a Thread
9. No One is Here Except All of Us
8. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
7. Hood
6. The Map of Time
5. The Remains
4. A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar: A Novel
3. Empress of the Seven Hills
2. Shadow of Colossus
1. The Alchemyst

Jackie's TBR - The Poisonwood Bible
Becky's TBR - Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution

[Maude]

Becky, I don't have a list of books on Goodreads. Can I still do this Challenge. I have lots of books I have never read and it is a great concept!

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

You can use any TBR list you have Maude.

[Becky, Moddess]

Maude wrote: "Becky, I don't have a list of books on Goodreads. Can I still do this Challenge. I have lots of books I have never read and it is a great concept!"

You can use any books from your To-Read shelf Maude: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

[Butterflycager]

Here's my list:

20. The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There by Sinclair McKay
19. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
18. Every Secret Thing by Emma Cole
17. The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
16. Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman
15. The Borgia Betrayal by Sara Poole
14. Bellfield Hall by Anna Dean
13. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
12. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
11. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
10. A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King
9. The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips
8. The Secret River by Kate Grenville
7. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
6. The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
5. The Legacy by Katherine Webb
4. Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside
3. The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
2. The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
1. City of Light by Lauren Belfer

From Jackie's TBR: The Jewel of St. Petersburg by Kate Furnivall

From Becky's TBR: Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran

[LemonLinda]

This is my final list. I tried to be stategic about choice and placement - some mix of audio and not many lengthy books.

20. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
19. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
18. The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
17. The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
16. Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
15. My Ántonia by Willa Cather
14.A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
13. Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus by Victoria Grossack
12. A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder by Karen Spears Zacharias
11. The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
10. The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
9. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
8. American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Th by Susan Cheever
7. The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
6. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
4. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
3. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
2. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge
1. My Reading Life by Pat Conroy

Becky's TBRs - The Mummy Caseby Elizabeth Peters
Jackie's TBRs - Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer

[Robyn]

Signing up for April...

Here's my list.

20. The Photograph by Penelope Lively
19. How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play by Barbara Baig
18.Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by the Countess of Carnarvon
17. French Lessons by Ellen Sussman
16.The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
15. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
14. On Folly Beach by Karen White.
13. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
12. The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner
11. The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff
10. Home by Marilynne Robinson
9. The Writing Class by Jincy Willett
8. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
7. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
6. Dancing for Degas by Kathryn Wagner
5. Night Road by Kristin Hannah
4. Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
3. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
2. Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

[Maude]

I'm signing up for the Challenge, Becky, and will have my list up soon.

[Heather]

Here's my list, though I will probably be editing it all the way up until March 31st.

20. The Handmaid's Tale
19. The Color of Magic
18. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
17. Queen's Own Fool: A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots
16. Coming of Age in Mississippi
15. Thumped
14. Death: A Life
13. Tender Morsels
12. Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
11. Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
10. High Fidelity
9. The Bonesetter's Daughter
8. North and South
7. The Keepers of the House
6. Wither
5. Delirium
4. Heresy
3. Mirror Mirror
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1. Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln

Jackie Bonus: Forever Amber
Becky Bonus: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

[Nancy from NJ]

My proposed list has changed somewhat:

20. The Hunger Games
19. Catching Fire
18. Second Hand Smoke: A Novel
17. Mockingjay
16. The Arrogant Years
15. Year of Wonders
14. Stay Close
13. Sipping from the Nile
12. March Violets
11. Two Lives
10. The Rose Garden
9. The List
8. The Light Years
7. Daughters
6. The Bungalow
5. Galway Bay
4. The Painted Kiss
3. The Street of a 1,000 Blossoms
2. The Midwife of Venice
1. The Secret Book of Grazia Dei Rossi

[Laura]

Jon wrote: "sigh... 20 books in a month.. doubt i could manage 2 these days. im so rubbish.. and to think i won a couple of these back in the day!"

Come on JonBoy! Join me preciousssssssssssssssss

[Laura]

My list:


20. Shantaram
19. City of Thieves HF
18. Mairelon the Magician HF
17. Between Shades of Gray HF
16. Some Danger Involved HF
15. The Snow Child HF
14. The Seamstress HF
13. Duma Key
12. The Forgotten Garden HF
11. What I Saw and How I Lied HF
10. A Curse Dark As Gold HF
9. Boy's Life
8. The Crimson Petal and the White HF
7. The Cater Street Hangman HF
6. Watermelon
5. The Secret Scripture HF
4. I Know This Much is True
3. Dissolution HF
2. Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman
1. An Instance of the Fingerpost HF

[Nancy from NJ]

How do you get the title and then the cover? I can only do one either the link or the cover.

[Laura]

Nancy - there's a radial button at the bottom of the screen when you add the link that allows you to choose link or cover. You have to do it twice, once for the link and then again for the cover, and they will both magically appear, lol.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

hahahahaha

[Becky, Moddess]

Text links are preferred... Both text and cover are fine, but please don't replace text links with covers only.

Covers only make me twitchy. LOL

[Becky, Moddess]

Update to scoring:
To encourage participation in the Featured Author read that's currently going on - anyone who includes Jocasta on their list and participates in the thread will get 20 points for reading the book, regardless of where the book is placed on their list.

So if Jocasta is in your #1 spot, when you read and participate in the discussion, instead of getting just 1 point, you'd get 20 points + the standard 1 point.

Still time to update your lists, should you like to take advantage of this 20 point freebie! ;)

[LemonLinda]

I edited posting 162 to include the extra 20 pointer. I have several lists here, but 162 is my latest and updated one.

[Becky, Moddess]

OK. :D Thanks Linda!

[Laura]

Becky wrote: "Text links are preferred... Both text and cover are fine, but please don't replace text links with covers only.

Covers only make me twitchy. LOL"

lol, I hate covers only too, they're too small and it's hard to read the titles! Couldn't resist adding the covers tho...some of them are preeeety...lol

[Nancy from NJ]

Laura wrote: "Nancy - there's a radial button at the bottom of the screen when you add the link that allows you to choose link or cover. You have to do it twice, once for the link and then again for the cover, ..."

I know about the radial button but after I use the link I can't seem to change this to cover. Maybe it's just a glitch on my machine. Thanks - I'll try it again and maybe this time it will work.

[Becky, Moddess]

Maude... what's going on?

[Jennifer]

Okay here is a tentative list. I know I won't finish the challenge but it will be fun to try to get rid of some books that I have had sitting around forever.
20. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
19. My Life in France by Julia Child
18. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
17. I am the Messenger by Mark Zusak
16. The Tenth Circle by Jodie Picoult
15. The Big Burn by Timothy Eagen
14. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
13. Lifeguard by James Patterson
12. The Sound of Butterflies by Rachael King
11. Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davisdon
10. The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death by Laurie Notaro
9. Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life by Sandra Beasley
8. Married in Seattle by Debbie Macomber
7. The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney
6. Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison
5. The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
4. Princess by Jean P. Sasson
3. Phantom Lover by Rebecca York
2. Under Lock and Key by Sylvie Kurtz
1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Jackie’s TBR’s:
Becky’s TBR’s:

[Maude]

20. A Long Shadow, by Charles Todd, HF
19. Anonymous Rex, by Eric Garcia
18. Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said, HF
17. The Pure in Heart, by Susan Hill
16. My Last Days as Roy Rogers, by Pat C. Devoto HF
15. A Small Death in the Great Glen, by A. D. Scott,HF
14. Depths, by Henning Mankell, HF
13. Interred with their Bones, by Jennifer Lee Carroll
12. The Night Inspector, Frederick Busch HF
11. Last Days of Summer, Steve Kluger HF
10. The Red Dahlia, by Lynda La Plante
9. Feeding the Ghosts, by Fred D'Aguiar HF
8. A Most Wanted Man, by John Le Carre
7. Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, John G. Brown
6. Under the Dragon's Tail, by Maureen Jennings HF
5. Birds of a Feather, Jacqueline Winspear, HF
4. Mr. Churchill's Secretary, bySusan Elia MacNeal HF
3. The Blood-Dimmed Tide, by Rennie Airth HF
2. The Damascened Blade, by Barbara Cleverly HF
1. Hidden Voices, by Pat Lowery Collins HF

Becky Bonus: Madame Tussaid: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran, HF
Jackie Bonus: Return to Sender, by Julia Alvarez

[Denise]

Signing up:

20. Timeless by Gail Carriger
19. Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
18. The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
17. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
16. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (HF)
15. A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James (HF)
14. Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
13. Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
12. We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals by Gillian Gill
11. To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Christy English (HF)
10. The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II by Susan Higginbotham (HF)
9. Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers (HF)
8. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
7. This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
6. One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost
5. The Kadin by Bertrice Small (HF)
4. Alinor by Roberta Gellis (HF)
3. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
2. Versailles by Tony Spawforth
1. The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick (HF)

[Jackie]

Denise, Timeless is considered steampunk or even historical fantasy, which doesn't count as HF in this group.

[Denise]

Okay, I edited my list.

[Jackie]

Cool. :) You have some good books on your list. I ♥ the Night Huntress series. Becky and I drool over Bones all the time. lol

[Becky, Moddess]

WHEN IS BOOK 7 COMING OUT?!? O_O

[Jackie]

I thought I read somewhere that she was working on it. She was busy finishing up Vlad's story. He's yummy too! *drools*

[Chris]

She's got The Magicians on that list too, I see...

[Becky, Moddess]

Chris wrote: "She's got The Magicians on that list too, I see..."

I drooled over that one too... but only from boredom. :P

[Becky, Moddess]

*cough* Love you Chris! :D

[Jackie]

*giggle*

[jb]

I am determined NOT to change my list *again*.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I loved Arrows of the Queen.

[Becky, Moddess]

LOL I have to change mine... I'll do it tonight I think.

[JoLene, Mistress of the Challenge]

Just checking --- you are going to go by our listing in the thread? We don't actually have to use our "to-read" shelf and put them in order.
I am waiting for one group read to play out before making my list --- should be tomorrow or Friday.

[Becky, Moddess]

Yes, the list in the thread. No need to change any shelves or anything. :)

[JoLene, Mistress of the Challenge]

One other question, can we do a collection of short stories if the page count is over 200?

[Rachel]

My book list for this challenge:

20 - Forge HF
19 - The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
18 - The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne HF
17 - The False Princess
16 - Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth
15 - Luncheon of the Boating Party HF
14 - The Glassblower of Murano HF
13 - Just Jane: A Daughter of England Caught in the Struggle of the American Revolution HF
12 - Nefertiti HF
11 - I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President
10 - Howl's Moving Castle
9 - Flygirl HF
8 - The Tsarina's Daughter HF
7 - Jane HF
6 - The Book of the Maidservant HF
5 - Countdown HF
4 - Elizabeth I HF
3 - Rasputin's Daughter HF
2 - One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd HF
1 - Undead and Unwed


Jackie's TBR: Ithaka
Becky's TBR: Mistress of Rome

[Becky, Moddess]

JoLene wrote: "One other question, can we do a collection of short stories if the page count is over 200?"

Yep.

[Becky, Moddess]

OK all - I've updated the participant list and added the lists as I have them. That can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

Please make NEW comments with any changes to the list from this point on, as I will not be going back to look for edits.

Patricia - You currently only have a partial list - if you intend to add to it, please make sure you get the rest of your books and their positions on the list to me by the end of the day on Saturday (eastern time) or it will be locked in as is.

If I missed anyone, or any edits, let me know.

[Nancy from NJ]

My final list-

sorry Becky - I'm going back to a previous list - message #166.

Thanks to you for all of your hard work and finicky members like me.