Ngaio's Revamped Reading Challenge

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Hi all! I'm new here so just a little background. At the very beginning of 2011 I set the somewhat ambitious goal to read 150 books that year. In April, after being horrendously ill for months I grudgingly scaled it back to 80 books. Sadly the illness continued to be a distraction and I ended up with (a somewhat disappointing for me personally) 45 books.

So this year, after my health picked up I re-set that 80 book goal with the determination to finish this time. As of now I'm 30 books in (goodreads says that 6% ahead of where I need to be) so I'm optimistically aiming for as high as I can get with 80 as a starting point.

Hence the joining of the group. I count re-reads if I'm at the point where I must read them cover to cover because I can't remember enough to skip at all. I count short books also even though it feels like cheating.

Without further ado, this year so far:

1. The Demigod Files (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan

2. The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan

3. The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan

4. The Lost Dream: How Nhl Ambition Destroyed One Canadian Family by Steve Simmons

5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland (Translator)

6. The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith (Goodreads Author)

7. Tiger, Tiger
by Lynne Reid Banks

8. Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel (Editor), A.R. Braunmuller (Editor), Russell McDonald (Introduction)

9. My Side of the Mountain (Mountain #1)
by Jean Craighead George

10. Pox: Genius, Madness, And The Mysteries Of Syphilis by Deborah Hayden

11. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

12. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

13. The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt

14. The Future of Us by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler

15. Eye-Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War I by John Ellis

16. Charlie Wilcox (Charlie Wilcox #1) by Sharon E. McKay

17. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant

18. King Richard III: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare, James R. Siemon (Editor)

19. King Richard II: Third Series by William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker

20. King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series by William Shakespeare, David Scott Kastan (Editor)

21. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

22. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) by Lemony Snicket

23. The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2) by Lemony Snicket

24. The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events #3) by Lemony Snicket

25. The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events #4) by Lemony Snicket

26. The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events #5) by Lemony Snicket

27. King Henry V by William Shakespeare, T. W. Craik (Editor)

28. The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events #6)
by Lemony Snicket

29. The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events #7)
by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Michael Kupperman

30. The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events #8) by Lemony Snicket

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31. The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events #9) by Lemony Snicket

32. The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events #10) by Lemony Snicket

33. After by Francis Chalifour

34. Of Sound Mind by Jean Ferris

35. Shakespeare In Love by Willim Shakespeare

(Goodreads doesn't seem to have this book, but it's a collection of some of his sonnets and a passages from his plays that deal with love interspersed with pictures from the movie).

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36. A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy by Robert Moore

37. Let Me Go by Helga Schneider

38. S.O.S. Titanicby Eve Bunting

39. Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin

40. Flight #116 Is Down! by Caroline B. Cooney

41. Up Close: Robert F. Kennedy by Marc Aronson

42. Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets by Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson

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43. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
by Susan Casey

44. Unsinkable (Titanic #1)by Gordon Korman

45. Collision Course (Titanic #2) by Gordon Korman

46. S.O.S. (Titanic #3)
by Gordon Korman

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47. The Perfect Storm: A True Story Of Men Against The Sea
by Sebastian Junger

48. The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett

49. Everest Book One: The Contest (Everest #1)
by Gordon Korman

50. The Climb: Everest Book Two (Everest #2)
by Gordon Korman

51. Everest Book Three: The Summit (Everest #3)
by Gordon Korman

52. Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer

53. Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest by Beck Weathers, Seaborn Beck Weathers, Stephen G. Michaud

54. Climbing Everest: Tales of Triumph and Tragedy on the World's Highest Mountain
by Audrey Salkeld

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55. The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion #1) by Walter Farley

56. The Black Stallion Returns (The Black Stallion #2)
by Walter Farley

57. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

58. Son of the Black Stallion (The Black Stallion #3) by Walter Farley

59. The Island Stallion (The Black Stallion #4)by Walter Farley

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60. Shipwreck (Island #1)
by Gordon Korman

61. Survival (Island #2) by Gordon Korman

62. Escape (Island #3) by Gordon Korman

63. Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger

64. The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant by Dan Savage

65. Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger

66. The Keeper of the Isis Light (Isis #1)by Monica Hughes

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67. Blameless (Parasol Protectorate #3) by Gail Carriger


68. Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4) by Gail Carriger

69. Timeless (Parasol Protectorate #5) by Gail Carriger

70. Hell to Pay: Hells Angels vs. the Million-Dollar Rat by Neal Hall

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71. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky

72. Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less by Nick Douglas

73. So Mote it Be (Circle of Three #1) by Isobel Bird

74. Merry Meet (Circle of Three #2) by Isobel Bird

75. Second Sight (Circle of Three #3) by Isobel Bird

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76. 1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half by Stephen R. Bown

77. The Heroes of Olympus: The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan

78. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1)
by Rick Riordan

79. The Awakening
by Kate Chopin

80. My Secret: A PostSecret Book (PostSecret)by Frank Warren

81. Doctor Who: Apollo 23 (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #37) by Justin Richards

82. The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus #3)by Rick Riordan

83. The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book (PostSecret)by Frank Warren

84. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

85. PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives (PostSecret)
by Frank Warren

86. A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book (PostSecret)by Frank Warren

87. Sister Carrie (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Theodore Dreiser, Herbert Leibowitz

88. The Rule of Saint Benedict by St. Benedict of Nursia, Timothy Fry (Editor)

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89. The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

90. Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio by Jeffrey Kluger

91. Dark Water by Laura McNeal

92. Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalván (Goodreads Author), Bret Witter (Writer)

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Home stretch!

93. My Ántonia (Great Plains trilogy #3) by Willa Cather

94. Leaving Fishers
by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Ken Kaminesky (Photographs)

95. Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

96. Ironman by Chris Crutcher

97. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher

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98. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket #1)
by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (illustrator)

99. The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues #1)by Rick Riordan

100. Matilda by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

Goal Completed: Dec. 31, 2012

(In under the wire :P )