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message 1401: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 122 comments Just finished #161- Vanishing Point by David Markson


message 1402: by Kayla (new)

Kayla Tocco (kaylatocco) | 107 comments Just used the app to calculate and it looks like I've read 35 of the combined lists and 29 of the most recent list


message 1403: by Rowizyx (new)

Rowizyx | 38 comments #130, yuppie! ^^


message 1404: by Emy (new)

Emy (emyleest) | 19 comments I started on book 116.


message 1405: by Tyler (new)

Tyler | 207 comments I am up to 161.


message 1406: by George P. (last edited Dec 18, 2016 08:47AM) (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Mia wrote: "I just finished my #150 book :)"
A very impressive number, especially for a young person!


message 1407: by George P. (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Hm, I think a lot of posts are missing today. There's a big gap from Sep 13 to Nov 28, and another gap from Nov 30 til today.
I know I posted about a couple weeks ago that I had just reached 200 List books ( I'm now at 201).


message 1408: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 122 comments 14 more books since my last update:
Lolita
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
The Iron Heel
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
The Immoralist
Where Angels Fear to Tread
The Mountains of Madness
Mr. Norris Changes Trains
We
39 Steps
The Cubs and Other Stories
The Quiet American
Good Morning, Midnight
Kidnapped

(Total 175)


message 1409: by Linda (new)

Linda | 275 comments George wrote: "Hm, I think a lot of posts are missing today. There's a big gap from Sep 13 to Nov 28, and another gap from Nov 30 til today."

Yeah, that's odd. I haven't posted on this thread for awhile, but I've been reading the posts and I know that there were more posts than there are currently showing.


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Arukiyomi | 271 comments Hit 500 this year with Antic Hay. Still not halfway though as I'm doing all editions but it's a great feeling to reach that number. Here's to 2017!


message 1411: by Ian (new)

Ian | 143 comments Arukiyomi wrote: "Hit 500 this year with Antic Hay. Still not halfway though as I'm doing all editions but it's a great feeling to reach that number. Here's to 2017!"
Congratulations! That is a landmark that I have had in my sights for a while now. I'm at 496 across all editions, so the champagne will soon be flowing!


message 1412: by Rosemary (last edited Dec 28, 2016 08:19AM) (new)

Rosemary | 106 comments Arukiyomi wrote: "Hit 500 this year with Antic Hay. Still not halfway though as I'm doing all editions but it's a great feeling to reach that number. Here's to 2017!"

Cool! I got to 500 late this year too, although I see my post has been lost in the mysterious disappearance that George posted about above :)

I know I will not read all the books from all the editions, even if time is not a factor, because some are virtually unobtainable (huge prices for used copies). So I'm aiming for 1001 books from the lists, and from that point of view I'm half way :)


message 1413: by Aileen (new)

Aileen | 154 comments Rosemary wrote: Cool! I got to 500 late this ..."

Well done Rosemary! You are streets ahead of me with only just over the hundred x


message 1414: by Diane (new)

Diane  | 2336 comments Mod
Arukiyomi, Ian, & Rosemary,

I am right behind all of you, ending the year at 489 books.


message 1415: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 122 comments Finished three more since my last update:
Quicksand
The Garden Party and Other Stories
Breakfast of Champions (Total 178)


message 1416: by Katherine (new)

Katherine (katats) | 150 comments I'm at 230 from the combined list. I've just completed my reading plan for 2017 and if I follow it correctly then The Grapes of Wrath will be my 250th...seems a worthy milestone book!


message 1417: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Starting 2017 having completed 250 novels from the combined list.
The 250th was Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.


message 1418: by Shelley (new)

Shelley (book_drunkard) | 24 comments All right, I feel inspired again. I am only at 122 but I am going to get back on track and knock a few of these out at the start of this new year.


message 1419: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) Wow! I feel like such a dilettante!


message 1420: by Rory (new)

Rory (oldcolt) | 26 comments 146 at 2016 year end.


message 1421: by Valerie (new)

Valerie Brown | 1 comments As of today, I am at 106!


message 1422: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) I'm at 58, Black Dogs is my first of 2017.


message 1423: by Rory (new)

Rory (oldcolt) | 26 comments Having a bit of an identity crisis?


message 1424: by Diane (new)

Diane  | 2336 comments Mod
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message 1425: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) Great job, Luis!


message 1426: by Tasha (new)

Tasha | 83 comments Yay Luis!

Celia, that is about where I was when I started. Have fun.


message 1427: by Karen (new)

Karen (karinlib) | 14 comments I have read 103 books from the list


message 1428: by Bob (new)

Bob Kaufman (bobkaufman) | 681 comments I just turned 250.


message 1429: by Winter (new)

Winter (winter9) | 204 comments Wow grats! I have read 58 now.


message 1430: by Tasha (new)

Tasha | 83 comments Bob, that's awesome!


message 1431: by Kristine (new)

Kristine (leggygal) | 52 comments 445 of the complete list and still passionate about finishing it!


message 1432: by Lindsay (new)

Lindsay | 2 comments I've completed 158 of the combined list.

Just finished 'In Watermelon Sugar' by Richard Brautigan. It was part of an omnibus volume by the author, and I had never even heard of him before I saw him on the list. But I really loved the story & read the whole volume, which included another book & lots of poetry. Hoping to read more of his work in the future. That's my favorite part of reading through the list - when I discover a gem that I'm pretty certain I would never ever have read otherwise!


message 1433: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) I'm up to 59.


message 1434: by Kim (new)

Kim Hello. I am currently at 0 and about to begin. Well, actually I've read 5-6 already but I feel like pretending I'm at 0 so I can re-read them again.


message 1435: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 122 comments I haven't updated since the last of the 2016...and I did a recount that boosted my total by 6. Since January 1, I read:
1. Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
3. Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
4. Roxana by Daniel Defoe
5. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
6. August Is A Wicked Month by Edna O'Brien
7. Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton
8. Ulysses by James Joyce
(Total =193)


Bryan--The Bee’s Knees (theindefatigablebertmcguinn) | 629 comments After finishingThe Tin Flute, I'm up to 161


message 1437: by Dree (new)

Dree | 160 comments Finished my 175th today. I have been in a major reading slump this month, I was hoping to make it to 200 this year, but I need to get out of this slump!


message 1438: by Winter (new)

Winter (winter9) | 204 comments Finished my 61th. Yesterdqy. Right now I'm closing in The Sound of Waves which is lovely. Also started Mansfield Park and Solaris. I love how the list makes me discover so many new things.


message 1439: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 122 comments I hit #200.... since my last check-in I have read:
-Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
-The Book of Evidence by John Banville
-Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
-The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
-.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
-Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
- The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

All good reads.... with The Curious Incident being the biggest surprise.... and The Wasp Factory being my least favorite...I'm not a horror fan.


message 1440: by George P. (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Ed wrote: "I hit #200.... since my last check-in I have read:
-Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
-The Book of Evidence by John Banville
-Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
-The Passion by Jeanette ..."


Welcome to the 200 club Ed. I've no doubt you'll reach 300 before I do.


message 1441: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 122 comments George wrote: "Ed wrote: "I hit #200.... since my last check-in I have read:
-Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
-The Book of Evidence by John Banville
-Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
-The Passion b..."


Thanks George... forward to 300!


message 1442: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) I'm up to 62 done!


message 1443: by Diane (new)

Diane  | 2336 comments Mod
Kirsten *Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again!" wrote: "I'm up to 62 done!"

Great job, Kirsten!


message 1444: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments 72 I think. I still have a long, long, long way to go!


message 1445: by George P. (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Tim and Kirsten, goals are great but remember life is about the journey not the destination.!


message 1446: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments George wrote: "Tim and Kirsten, goals are great but remember life is about the journey not the destination.!"

Thanks George. I appreciate your encouragement.


message 1447: by Kirsten (new)

Kirsten  (kmcripn) George wrote: "Tim and Kirsten, goals are great but remember life is about the journey not the destination.!"

Absolutely!


message 1448: by Natalie (new)

Natalie (aquariusnat) | 13 comments I recently finished #35 , The End Of Innocence by Edith Wharton . I'm using the list for encouragement about tackling the Classics . I think I will hold off on most of the newer books on the list for a few more years to see how they hold up as they age . A book's reputation can change as the immediate years pass .


message 1449: by Irem (new)

Irem A | 60 comments In my first 37 years I managed 73. Seems I need several lives.


message 1450: by Laurie (new)

Laurie I just finished my 150th book from the combined list.


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