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08/10
R- Red Alert
A- And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
C- The Classic Fairy Tales
H- The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital
E- Exit Wounds
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K- Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
Y- Youth in Revolt
E-Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
Nicolette0/9
N-The Night Strangers
I- Ironside
C- Catch-22
O- Of Mice and Men
L- Leviathan
E- Eldest
T- The Time Traveler's Wife
T-A Thousand Acres
E- Ella Enchanted
Jennifer Leigh0/13
J: Juliet Immortal
E: Enchanted
N: Northanger Abbey
N: Night Road
I: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
E: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
R: Ready Player One
L: Looking for Alaska
E: Eragon
I: I Am Not A Serial Killer
G: A Good American
H: Hounded, The Host
so many E's...lol
Since my name is rather short, I'll use the country I live in as well.I'll remove "the" from the beginning of a title. Titles in brackets & unlinked are possibilities & not read. Linked titles are read.
Completed: 11/11
P - The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry (May 25)
E - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (June 2)
T - Tess Gerritsen - The Apprentice (Nov. 21)
R - Mary Roach - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Mar 17/13)
A - American Born Chinese (June 24)
C - The Concubine's Children (July 24)
A - A Complicated Kindness: A Novel (Aug 12)
N - Nicholas Nickleby (May 9)
A - A Very Long Engagement (July 27)
D - The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Oct 26)
A - A Theory Of Relativity (July 19)
Read your Name Challenge5/6
T - Torn
Since there is no time limit, I'll join in with this one :)5/11
A Atonement
N Nowhere Girl
G
I The Invention of Hugo Cabret
E
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A Animal Farm
R Rebecca
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13/13 Finished 12/31/12C~ Changeling Moon✔ 8/12/12
A~ Area 187: Almost Hell✔ 7/9/12
R~ Replication: The Jason Experiment✔ 5/24/12
R~ Raziel✔ 9/10/12
I~ Intentions of the Earl ✔ 9/11/12
E~ Equal of the Sun: A Novel✔ 6/24/12
J~ Jacked Up✔ 8/25/12
O~ One Dance with a Duke ✔ 12/31/12
H~ Hot Finish✔ 8/21/12
N~ The Next Always✔ 5/22/12
S~ Shadowman ✔ 7/23/12
O~ Out of Time✔ 6/1/12
N~ The Night Circus✔ 6/12/12
Read: 8/8
14/14 FINISHED✔V - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne - July 31
✔A - Animal Farm - June 7
✔R - Reckless - June 6
✔L - Letters From Father Christmas - July 4
✔A - Syren by Angie Sage - June 29
✔F - Feed - May 14
✔I - Insurgent - August 31
✔O - The Old Man and the Sea - May 10
✔N - The Borrowers by Mary Norton - June 14
✔A - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - May 26
✔K - The Kill Order - Sep 9
✔I - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey - August 9
✔N - Coraline by Neil Gaiman - July 2
✔G - Graceling - June 20
(1/14)M - Miguel Strogoff
I - Ivanhoe
C - Crime and Punishment
H - Haunted
E - Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance
L - Lady Chatterly's Lover
L - Lo Demas Es Silencio: La Vida y La Obra de Eduardo Torres
E - Estatuas Y Cenizas
B - Bel-Ami - Done 05/111/2012
R - Rob Roy
U - The Union Club Mysteries
N - The New York Trilogy
E - The Enormous Room
T - The Trial
No time limit? Okay, in for the LONG haul!start date: 10 May 2012
This is the plan - subject to change, of course
13/13
✔ B - The Bridge of San Luis Rey (done 06/16/12)
✔ O - ORRINGER, Julie - The Invisible Bridge (done 10-08-12)
✔ O - One Good Dog (done 7-22-12)
✔ K - Kaye Gibbons - Sights Unseen (done 5/16/12)
✔ C - Clarke, Stephen - A Year in the Merde (done 5/25/12)
✔ O - One of Those Malibu Nights 08Dec12
✔ N - Never Change (done 5/25/12)
✔ C - Cormac McCarthy - All the Pretty Horses (done 6/13/12)
✔ I - Isay, David - Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project (done 6-24-12)
✔ E - Ebershoff, David - The 19th Wife (done 6/08/12)
✔ R - A Room with a View (done 6/04/12)
✔ G - Grave Secrets(done 5/10/12)
✔ E - The Elephant's Journey (done 5/22/12)
CHALLENGE COMPLETED 08Dec12!!
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✔S-State of Wonder
✔A-The Detour Andromeda Romano-Lax
✔V-Vanessa DiffenbaughThe Language of Flowers
✔A-Mission to Paris
✔N-The Night Circus
✔N-What the Night Knows
✔A-A Discovery of Witches
Done! :D
ok...I must really, truly be losing my mind! lol I thought I was already doing this one!lol...guess this one only just started this month anyway!
so..as I have not already started..I will do it en français!
C. City of Glass..Cassandra Clare(book 3)(31 May)
A. Atonement..Ian McEwan
T. The Things We Cherished..Pam Jenoff(21 Nov)
H. How Will I Know..Sheila O'Flanagan(2 Aug)
E. Encore Provence..Peter Mayle(16 May)
R. The Rise and Fall of a Domestic Diva..Sarah May(20 May)
I. Inheritance..Christopher Paolini(book 4)
N. Nadia Knows Best..Jill Mansell(1 Sept)
E. The Enchantress..Michael Scott(book 6)(11 Nov)
F. Fifty Shades of Grey..E.L.James(book 1)(read)
R. The Red Pyramid..Rick Riordan(book 1)(17 Sept)
A. American Gods..Neil Gaiman
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C. Clockwork Angels..Cassandra Clare(book 1)(15 June)
O. The Old Man and the Sea..Ernest Hemingway
I. Ivanhoe..Walter Scott
S. The Secret Bride..Diane Haeger(book 1)(28 May)
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I started this same challenge in another group! (:T: Thirteen Reasons WhyH: The HelpA: Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone
L: The LightI: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
A: Anastasia Forever
Msg # 14 updatedI've completed 2 books in my "Read Your Name" challenge list.
I am so happy!! Mine is finished! :)
Msg #14 updated - May 28, 2012I've completed 5 of 13 books in the "Read Your Name" challenge.
(0/9)E - Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life Eliot, George
L - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Larsson, Stieg
L - Exodus Leon Uris
A - Atlas Shrugged
Y - [suggestions?]
O - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
S - Slaughterhouse-Five
E - The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto
F - Freedom
Y suggestions...I really enjoyed The Yellow House: A Novel recently.
But Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague was also a good read.
N - Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich NietzscheA - Watership Down - Richard Adams
T - Tristam Shandy
I - The Iliad
A - The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
M - Mother Courage and all her Children
I - The Idiot
T - Troilus and Criseyde- Geoffrey Chaucer
A - Anatomy of Melancholy
I - Ivanhoe
There. With any luck, I'll finish this within the decade.
Updated Message # 14 (above)Now have finished 10 of 13 books. I have the three "O" books yet to do, but won't get to any of them this month.
A - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterL - The Last Song
Y - The Yellow House: A Novel
S - Stargirl
S - Something Blue
A - All the President's Men
L - The Lucky One
E - Eldest
A - Animal Farm
N - The Night Circus
N - The Notebook
Will give this a go also - sounds fun!H - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Finished 3rd Aug
E - Eat, Pray, Love Finished 22nd July
A - A Date in Your Diary Finished 20th March
T - This Dark Endeavor Finished 7th Aug
H - Haunted Catalina: A history of the island and guide to paranormal activity Finished 15th July
E - Envy - Finished 31 August
R - Rise of the Evening Star Finsihed 8th July
P - The Perks of Being a Wallflower Finished 8th June
E - The Enchanted Flute - Finished Dec 2012
E - <--Still Looking For
K - The Konstantos Marriage Demand Finished 16th June
Mental Note - need 1 "E" books
A-American Gods (done)
L-Lord Foul's Bane
L-Loud in the House of Myself
I-Inkdeath (done)
S-Seeker
O-Obernewtyn (done)
N-Neuromancer
L-Lockdown
A-Anne Frank and Me (done)
N-Never Enough
E-Ender's Game (done)
L-Lord Foul's Bane
L-Loud in the House of Myself
I-Inkdeath (done)
S-Seeker
O-Obernewtyn (done)
N-Neuromancer
L-Lockdown
A-Anne Frank and Me (done)
N-Never Enough
E-Ender's Game (done)
Savanna wrote: "Any suggestions for V ?"Here are a few I've read before:
Very Valentine - Adriana Trigiani
The Various Flavours Of Coffee - Anthony Capella
The View from Mount Joy - Lorna Landvik
The Virgin Blue - Tracy Chevalier
im going to try and do this T-
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Just need to pick the books now
Yay, Varla! Congratulations!I'm stuck on T, R and D but I'll get there.
Varla Fiona wrote: "FINISHED..."Congrats ... did you count Graceling twice?
OOPS, thanks for noticing. Correcting now...
Update Message 14 ... CHALLENGE COMPLETED 08Dec12!!
✔ B - The Bridge of San Luis Rey (done 06/16/12)
✔ O - ORRINGER, Julie - The Invisible Bridge (done 10-08-12)
✔ O - One Good Dog (done 7-22-12)
✔ K - Kaye Gibbons - Sights Unseen (done 5/16/12)
✔ C - Clarke, Stephen - A Year in the Merde (done 5/25/12)
✔ O - One of Those Malibu Nights 08Dec12
✔ N - Never Change (done 5/25/12)
✔ C - Cormac McCarthy - All the Pretty Horses (done 6/13/12)
✔ I - Isay, David - Listening Is an Act of Love (done 6-24-12)
✔ E - Ebershoff, David - The 19th Wife (done 6/08/12)
✔ R - A Room with a View (done 6/04/12)
✔ G - Grave Secrets(done 5/10/12)
✔ E - The Elephant's Journey (done 5/22/12)
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Finally finished 12/31/12!!13/13
C~ Changeling Moon✔ 8/12/12
A~ Area 187: Almost Hell✔ 7/9/12
R~ Replication: The Jason Experiment✔ 5/24/12
R~ Raziel✔ 9/10/12
I~ Intentions of the Earl ✔ 9/11/12
E~ Equal of the Sun: A Novel✔ 6/24/12
J~ Jacked Up✔ 8/25/12
O~ One Dance with a Duke ✔ 12/31/12
H~ Hot Finish✔ 8/21/12
N~ The Next Always✔ 5/22/12
S~ Shadowman ✔ 7/23/12
O~ Out of Time✔ 6/1/12
N~ The Night Circus✔ 6/12/12
I'm assuming this is a "anytime" challenge and will continue into 2013?A - Among the Gods
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe✔ 2/26/13
I - In God's House
N - Neal, Mary To Heaven and Back
A - Austin, Lynn Until We Reach Home✔ 2/4/13
I hope, as well, that this challenge is still open.I offer my list using my name as a guide.
R - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
A - A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
I - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
N - Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
E - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
C - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
R - The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist by Robert Tressell
R - (The) Recognitions by William Gladdis
A. And Then There Were None 07/19/13M.
B. Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay 06/30/13
E. Elsewhere 08/17/13
R. Rabbit Hole 08/30/13
N O
R The Return of the King
E
E Emma
N Neverwhere
P
O Othello
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E Ender's Game
Fun!Starting 1/20/13:
B: Servants of the Map by Andrea Barrett
E: Ed King
C: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
K: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
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I will need to do a search for books, but this is cool goal.
E - Wuthering Heights - Emily BronteL - Little Women - Louisa ay Alcott
L - Vampire Wardens (Books 1-3) Lisa Renee Jones
I - I've Got Your Number
E - Emma - Jane Austin
:)
Going to try my best to tackle this challenge, the majority were already on my 'to-read' shelf so just about time I actually got round to reading them!!K - Kiss Kiss
A - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
T - The Tiger's Wife
H - Headhunters
A - The Alchemist
R - Rip It Up and Start Again
I - Invisible Man
N - Notes from a Small Island
E - Everything Is Illuminated
L - Little Men
E - Every Contact Leaves a Trace
O - One Hundred Years of Solitude
N - No Country for Old Men
A - Ariel
R - Riding in Cars with Boys
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I think I will do the Challenge once more this year.. :)Read - 0/8
A - Angels & Demons
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