50 Book Challenge 2.0.0.9

[Allison in Wonderland]

Last year I participated in a 50 book challenge and I fell a little short of the mark, but only cuz I started about 3 months into the year (ahem, yeah right). Several fellow nerdfighters wanted to join me in my quest, so here we are!

Start a thread with your personal goal for 2.0.0.9, and then add on as you read throughout the year. This way we get to see what everyone else is reading & keep each other in check. Feel free to add me as a friend, or you might get a friends request from me--so we keep each other in line!

Good Luck,
Allison :-)

P.S. YES, there will be a 50 Book Challenge 2.0.1.0!!

Added Note: Here's my list of what I have read so far for this year's challenge! http://nerdfighters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/my-50-book-challenge-fo...

[Emily]

This seems so cool
OK, well if anyone cares to see what I have read so far this year I will add it to my page. I love to read and I think this is an awesome way of actually keeping track of what I read. Thanks :)

[Eden]

I was doing well, ahead of "schedule" (Thanks to my Shakespeare class last semester!) but I haven't had as much time to read this summer as I expected...

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
2. Crank - Ellen Hopkins
3. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
4. The Rape of Lucrece - Shakespeare
5. Titus Andronicus - Shakespeare
6. Harry, A History - Melissa Anelli
7. The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
8. Measure for Measure - Shakespeare
9. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
10. Hamlet - Shakespeare
11. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare
12. MacBeth - Shakespare
13. Paper Towns - John Green
14. Looking For Alaska - John Green
15. King Lear - Shakespare
16. City of Glass - Cassandra Clare
17. Richard II - Shakespare
18. Walking on Water - Derrick Jensen
19. Richard III - Shakespeare
20. The Princess Bride - William Goldman
21. The Tempest - Shakespeare
22. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
23. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
24. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
25. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
26. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Currently: The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova

To see my list and what I thought about each book visit my blog HERE

[katiezell]

I'm already doing something like that this year. I'm doing "Read 10 Books A month" That's 120 books this year and so far I have read 53. I'm not listing all the books because that would take too much effort. Happy reading!

[James Jensen]

Here's my list 2 short of being half way! (Though, I can tell you, the next two are HP)

1. Paper Towns -- John Green
2. Let it Snow -- John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
3. Misty Nights -- Brittany A. Lawrence
4. The Catcher in the Rye -- J.D. Salinger
5. 13 Little Blue Envelopes -- Maureen Jonhson
6. Musicophilia -- Oliver Sacks
7. The Great Gatsby -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. Fahrenheit 451 -- Ray Bradbury
9. Jake's Dilemna -- S. Chris Shirley
10. The Road -- Cormac McCarthy
11. Feed -- M.T. Anderson
12. We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families -- Philip Gourevitch
13. Watchmen -- Alan Moore
14. The Book Thief -- Markus Zusak
15. The Reader -- Bernhard Schlink
16. Excellence In Singing: multilevel learning and multilevel teaching. Volume 1. Beginning the Process. -- Robert Caldwell et all.
17. Pay it Forward -- Catherine Ryan Hyde
18. 1 Dead in Attic -- Chris Rose
19. The Awakening -- Kate Chopin
20. Schindler's List -- Thomas Keneally
21. Harry Potter and the Sorcere's [Philosopher's] Stone -- J.K. Rowling
22. The Noticer -- Andy Andrews
23. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -- J.K. Rowling

[Kyle Rogers]

So I have only recently been on here and never new about the 50 book challenge till recently but I think I'm gonna give it a go since I have been reading a lot this year just not for any reason.
here is what i have read so far

1. Angels and Demons- Dan Brown
2. The Last Templar- Raymond Khoury
3. Angela's Ashes- Frank McCourt
4. All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe- James Megellas
5. Playing for Pizza- John Grisham
6. Big Trouble- Dave barry
7. The Associate- John Grisham
8. Fallen Angels- Walter Dean Myers
9. The Ezekiel Option- Joel C. Rosenberg
10. Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich- David Kenyon Webster
11. Watchmen- Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons
12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- JK Rowling
13. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- JK Rowling
14. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- JK Rowling
15. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- JK Rowling
16. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- JK Rowling
17. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
18. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- JK Rowling
19. Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut
20. Paper Towns- John Green

I'm a little behind but I think I can catch up now that it is a goal.

[James Jensen]

Hooray for reading the Harry Potter books! Preparing for the movie?

[Gloria Elia]

14) Specials by Scott Westerfeld
15) PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren
16) Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson

[Madi]

My last few:

60. "Paper Towns" by John Green
61. "Undead and Unemployed" by MaryJanice Davidson
62. "Audrey, Wait!" by Robin Benway
63. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
64. "The Host" by Stephanie Meyer
65. "Dancing on the Edge" by Han Nolan
66. "The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl" by Barry Lyga
67. "Exploits of a Reluctant (but Extremely Good-Looking) Hero" by Maureen Fergus
68. "Bad Kitty" by Michele Jaffe
69. "Black Taxi" by James Moloney
70. "angel" by Cliff McNish

[Zara]

Would you recommend Audrey, Wait!? I've seen it in the bookstore several time and almost bought it.

[ghostwritten87]

1. AoUE - Book the Eigth - The Hostile Hospital
2. AoUE - Book the Ninth - The Carnivorous Carnival
3. AoUE - Book the Tenth - The Slippery Slope (January 6th)
4. AoUE - Book the Elventh - The Grim Grotto (January 11th)
5. AoUE - Book the Third - The Wide Window (January 12th)
6. AoUE - Book the Twelfth - The Penultimate Peril
7. AoUE - Book the Thirteenth - The End
8. Lemony Snicket's Unauthorized Autobiography
9. The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
10. Sandman volume 1 by Neil Gaiman
11. Sandman volume 2 by Neil Gaiman
12. Paper Towns by John Green
13. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
14.The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
15. The Hollow by Agatha Christie
16. Ten Minute Mysteries by Albert Jack
17. Look Who It Is! by Alan Carr
18. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami

[Michaela]

Okay I don't remember what number I was on the last time I posted on here, so I'm just gunna write all of them...

1.Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them By: Newt Scamander (JKR)
2.Princess in Pink By: Meg Cabot
3.Gossip Girl: You Know You Love Me By: Cecily Von Ziegesar
4. Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl By: Harriet Ann Jacobs
5. New Moon By: Stephenie Meyer
6.Peeled By: Joan Bauer
7. Jinx By: Meg Cabot
8. An Abundance of Katherines By: John Green
9. Coraline By: Neil Gaiman
10. Animorphs: Alternamorphs the First Journey By: K. A. Applegate
11. Fray By: Joss Whedon
12. A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch By: Jill Murphy
13. Uglies By: Scott Westerfeld
14. Pretty Little Liars By: Sara Shepard
15.PLL:Flawless By: Sara Shepard
16. Paper Towns By: John Green
17.Watchmen By: Alan Moore
18. Bad Tickets By: Kathleen O'Dell
19.Percy Jackson+The Olympians: The LIghtning Thief By: Rick Riordan
20. Gossip Girl: All I Want Is Everything By: Cecily Von Ziegesar
21. Princess in Training By: Meg Cabot
22.PLL:Perfect By: Sara Shepard
23. Ghost Hunting By: Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson
24. The Princess Present By: Meg Cabot
25. Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone ( 10th Anniversary) By: J. K. Rowling
26.Give Peace A Chance: John and Yoko's Bed-In For Peace By:Paul McGrath

I don't think I'm doing to bad... half way through the year and about half way done. :)

[DeusExLibrus]

I'm working on a 50 book challenge for the second year in the row. You can find the list here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/53490. Just finished #41, a book called Integral Spirituality by one of my absolute favorite thinkers Ken Wilber.