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message 1601: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
500 -- with the completion of Don Quixote!


message 1602: by George P. (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Ian wrote: ""Call of the Wild" takes me to 600 from the combined list. Feeling quite chuffed this morning."

Quite an achievement! I love your brief reviews too.


message 1603: by Ian (new)

Ian | 143 comments George wrote: "Ian wrote: ""Call of the Wild" takes me to 600 from the combined list. Feeling quite chuffed this morning."

Quite an achievement! I love your brief reviews too."


Thanks George.


message 1604: by Ian (new)

Ian | 143 comments Karen wrote: "500 -- with the completion of Don Quixote!"

Well done, Karen. Quite a landmark - and what a book to reach it with!


message 1605: by Frances (new)

Frances Macknight | 26 comments If I completed all the books on my shelf of the 1001 Books it would number 134. I have read 80 of them. I am trying for one a month, but always other books have to be read also. Life happens. Love the challenge though.


message 1606: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Ian wrote: "Karen wrote: "500 -- with the completion of Don Quixote!"

Well done, Karen. Quite a landmark - and what a book to reach it with!"


Thank you, Ian. I, too, look forward to your reviews!


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message 1608: by Mia (new)

Mia | 1183 comments I finished my 250th book from the combined list. Hopefully I will reach 275 this year.


message 1609: by J_BlueFlower (new)

J_BlueFlower (j_from_denmark) | 387 comments Alastair wrote: "Just finished 'The Making of Americans' by Gertrude Stein, which is undoubtedly the toughest book on the list I've read so far (In Search of Lost Time was a breeze by comparison)."

Ulysses? I am at 167 books and that one and The Sound and the Fury were the hardest for me.


message 1610: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Mia wrote: "I finished my 250th book from the combined list. Hopefully I will reach 275 this year."

Congratulations!


message 1611: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments 145. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
146. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton


message 1612: by Rory (new)

Rory (oldcolt) | 26 comments Tim wrote: "145. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
146. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton"


Good job! I thought Ethan Frome was excellent.


message 1613: by Vikki (new)

Vikki (vikkijo) | 110 comments Only 64 but I am working on it. Don Quixote was the last list book I read, working on Moby Dick.


message 1614: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments 147. Rabbit Run by John Updike


message 1615: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments Rory wrote: "Tim wrote: "145. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
146. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton"

Good job! I thought Ethan Frome was excellent."


I enjoyed Ethan Frome as well.


message 1616: by Mia (new)

Mia | 1183 comments Karen wrote: "Mia wrote: "I finished my 250th book from the combined list. Hopefully I will reach 275 this year."

Congratulations!"


Thank you :)


message 1617: by Chris (new)

Chris (chrisrussell) | 22 comments Well ive done it. I've hit number 500 today. I've slowed down a lot the past few years but its been a ride. read some amazing things. Looking forward to 500 more. And 1.


message 1618: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Tim wrote: "145. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
146. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton"


Congratulations!


message 1619: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Vikki wrote: "Only 64 but I am working on it. Don Quixote was the last list book I read, working on Moby Dick."

Good job! That's a couple of long ones -- but worth it!


message 1620: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Chris wrote: "Well ive done it. I've hit number 500 today. I've slowed down a lot the past few years but its been a ride. read some amazing things. Looking forward to 500 more. And 1."

Wow!! Congratulations!


message 1621: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments 147. Rabbit, Run by John Updike
148. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne


message 1622: by Ellinor (new)

Ellinor (1001andmore) | 912 comments Mod
Chris wrote: "Well ive done it. I've hit number 500 today. I've slowed down a lot the past few years but its been a ride. read some amazing things. Looking forward to 500 more. And 1."

Awesome!


message 1623: by Ellinor (new)

Ellinor (1001andmore) | 912 comments Mod
I just finished my 439th list book - I've now read one third of the list!


message 1624: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Ellinor wrote: "I just finished my 439th list book - I've now read one third of the list!"

Congratulations!


message 1625: by Karen (new)

Karen (karinlib) | 14 comments Ellinor wrote: "I just finished my 439th list book - I've now read one third of the list!"

That's great Ellinor!


message 1626: by Diane (new)

Diane  | 2336 comments Mod
Mia wrote: "I finished my 250th book from the combined list. Hopefully I will reach 275 this year."

Congrats, Mia!


message 1627: by Diane (new)

Diane  | 2336 comments Mod
Ellinor wrote: "I just finished my 439th list book - I've now read one third of the list!"

Awesome! Congrats!


message 1628: by George P. (new)

George P. | 1402 comments Mod
Just finished number 300, The Diviners. It took me about 3 yrs to go from 200 to 300. All but about 40 are in the original 1001 edition.


message 1629: by Lotte_ladybird (new)

Lotte_ladybird | 55 comments Well done everyone :)


message 1630: by Ian (new)

Ian | 143 comments Well done, Ellinor. I hadn't realised what a significant number 439 was!
And congratulations George too for hitting the 300 mark. All good staging posts on this awesome journey.


message 1631: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
George wrote: "Just finished number 300, The Diviners. It took me about 3 yrs to go from 200 to 300. All but about 40 are in the original 1001 edition."

Congratulations!


message 1632: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Mercedes wrote: "I've completed 225 books as of today."

Congratulations!


message 1633: by Alice (new)

Alice Yoder | 466 comments 217 on the list


message 1634: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Mercedes wrote: "Karen wrote: "Mercedes wrote: "I've completed 225 books as of today."

Congratulations!"

The little engine that could thanks you. I used to be a slow as molasses reader; my condition has improved."


One of my favorite children's books. And some books deserve to be savored slowly!


message 1635: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Luís wrote: "212 books on-the-list."

Congratulations!


message 1636: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Alice wrote: "217 on the list"

Congratulations!


message 1637: by Mekki (new)

Mekki | 171 comments I cracked 100 completed


message 1638: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Mercedes wrote: "Karen wrote: "Mercedes wrote: "Karen wrote: "Mercedes wrote: "I've completed 225 books as of today."

Congratulations!"

The little engine that could thanks you. I used to be a slow as molasses rea..."


So am I! Have you joined the group -- 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up?


message 1639: by Karen (new)

Karen Hoehne | 1714 comments Mod
Mekki wrote: "I cracked 100 completed"

Congratulations -- First big milestone!!


message 1640: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments 149. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson


message 1641: by Sean (new)

Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
Been travelling for the last three weeks and here's is what i have accomplished.

108. Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
109. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
110. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
111. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë


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message 1643: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments 150. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia y Marquez


message 1644: by Irem (new)

Irem A | 60 comments Finally I am at 100 :) sont think I'll get to 1K before I die. Still proud.


message 1645: by Lotte_ladybird (new)

Lotte_ladybird | 55 comments Irem wrote: "Finally I am at 100 :) sont think I'll get to 1K before I die. Still proud."

Well done! Certainly something to be proud of :)


message 1646: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments 151. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
152. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
153. Dangling Man by Saul Bellow
154. The Victim by Saul Bellow
155. Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz


message 1647: by Alice (new)

Alice Yoder | 466 comments 228 - The Shadow-Line by Joseph Conrad


message 1648: by Sean (new)

Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
How did you like this one, Luis?

151. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene


message 1649: by Sean (new)

Sean (fordest) | 988 comments Mod
Luís wrote: "That's a novel recounting the hunt for the last priest who still officiates clandestinely in a region ..."

Awesome. Thanks Luis


message 1650: by Tim (new)

Tim | 331 comments 156. Billy Budd, Foretopman by Herman Melville
157. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
158. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
159. Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
160. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


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