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...

[Chiburger]

Hey, weren't you the one I was competing with, Zara? Didn't we make some kind of deal in our sunny little squared thing? *wink wink*

[Zara]

Yes indeed! How are you doing?

[Chiburger]

UGh. It's going really slow. I've taken on impossible books, I'm currently reading (among others) A Room of One's own, which is based on two essays (Susie reading non-fiction?! I beg your pardon!).

So, yeah. It's going slow. Not able to win anymore. Hey, I have a question; Could we make up a deal about comicbooks/manga? I mean, do they count or can we make up a deal; like... 5 comicbooks = 1 book xD XD

[Zara]

Sure. Two or three comic books could equal a book instead of five, if you want. I would not be opposed to that.

[Chiburger]

Alright ;) That sounds like a good deal, and puts more books on my "Read"-list ^_~

[Nephtys80]

Updated list:

1. The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
2. The Dark Bride - Laura Restrepo
3. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Saffran Foer
4. Flat Earth news - Nick Davies
5. Red sky at Sunrise - Laurie Lee (haven't finished it yet... hope I will before the end of the year!)
6. Submarine - Joe Dunthorne
7. The history of Love - Nicole Krauss
8. Looking for Alaska - John Green
9. The end of mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas
10. THUD! - Terry Pratchett (re-read)
11. Going postal - Terry Pratchett (re-read)
12. Making Money - Terry Pratchett (re-read)
13. Nightwatch - Terry Pratchett (re-read)
14. Men at Arms - Terry pratchett (re-read)
15. The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett (re-read)
16. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
17. The brief and wondrous life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
18. A Personal Anthology - Jorge Luis Borges
19. Midnight in the garden of good and evil - John Berendt (not finished yet)
20. Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre
21. Regeneration - Pat Barker (re-read)
22. The eye in the door - Pat Barker (re- read)
23. The Ghost Road - Pat Barker (re-read)
24. Double Vision - Pat Barker (re-read)
25. Making War: Embodied interactions, meaning-making and the war in Iraq - Jesse Paul Crane-Seeber (a friend's absolutely fascinating PhD thesis which he is defending this week - I'm sure he'll do great!) (current)

Ok, so
1) I'm a little behind, but I'm sure I can catch up on time
2) I realise there are a lot of re-reads there, but I should clarify a little: I make a grab for Terry Pratchett when life is a little rough, so I was comfort-reading there, and things are better again now :) Pat Barker, especially the Regeneration trilogy (numbers 21-23 on my list), is AMAZING. The Regeneration books are possibly my most-re-read books ever, I just have to keep coming back to them, and they never cease to blow me away. So there. Read them!

[Zara]

70. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
71. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (re-read)
72. The Magician by Michael Scott
73. The Sorceress by Michael Scott
74. So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane (re-read)
75. Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane (re-read)

[Eden]

Bringing it all up to date =)

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
27. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
28. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan
29. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling
30. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling
31. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling
32. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
33. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - JK Rowling
34. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
35. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - JK Rowling
36. The Demon's Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan
37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
38. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
39. Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty
40. Second Helpings - Megan McCafferty
41. Charmed Thirds - Megan McCafferty
42. Fourth Comings - Megan McCafferty
43. Perfect Fifths - Megan McCafferty
44. 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson
45. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen

In Progress: East of Eden, Wuthering Heights, 20 Boy Summer, Mid Summer Night's Dream

[Chiburger]

33. Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling (reread)
34. Emperor : Field of Swords - Conn Iggulden

It's going slow. I'm going to make it, though. I don't think so, I don't believe so, I KNOW so.
(I'm currently reading [among others] Arthur & George by Julian Barnes. I highly recommend it, it is absolutely brilliant. I'm also reading Great Swedish Fairytales with Illustrations by John Bauer. That makes it so much more interesting, I adore his art.)

John Bauer's illustration of Alvida's window from "The Magician's Cape"

[Pippa]

Just finished book #36. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. Halfway through the sequel now.

I'm slightly ahead of schedule which is good because once I go to college there won't be much time for reading (but I plan on counting reading for school, too, even though that might be cheating).

[Pippa]

Oh and there's a character named Pippa in the book!

[Gloria Elia]

25) Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
26) Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty