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...

[Chris Bristol]

30. The Outsiders
31. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

[Chris Bristol]

32. The Warrior Heir
33. The Wizard Heir
34. The Dragon Heir
35. A Wrinkle in Time [re-read]

[Chris Bristol]

36. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dosteovsky
37. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
38. Looking for Alaska by John Green
39. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

[Chris Bristol]

40. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
41. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

[Chris Bristol]

42. East of Eden by John Steinbeck

[MaryZ]

70) Black: The Birth of Evil (1st book in the circle trilogy) by Ted Dekker
71)John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman (a little over 800 pages. good read, but author's biases were very apparent at certain points in the bio)

[Zara]

97. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
98. Britten and Brulightly by Hannah Berry
98.5. V For Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
99. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
100. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
101. Borgel by Daniel Pinkwater
102. Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet by Kashmira Sheth
103. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone by J.K. Rowling (re-read)
104. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
105. Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
106. Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee

Numbers 98 and 98.5 are half-books because they are both graphic novels, which, though excellent, take less time to read the "normal" books, so I counted them as half a book.

[Zara]

107. The Patriotic Murders by Agatha Christie
108. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
109. Liar by Justine Larbalestier
110. Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
111. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
112. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
113. Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
114. So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish by Douglas Adams
115. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
116. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
117. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laure Viera Rigler

[Welcome Valkyrie]

Can I have some of yours?

1. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
2. The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
3. Home, by Marilynne Robinson
4. The Watchmen, by Alan Moore
5. The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice
6. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, by M.T. Anderson
7. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
8. House of Meetings, by Martin Amis
9. New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer
10. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, by Michael Chabon
11. French Women For All Seasons, by Mireille Guiliano
12. I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
13. Night Train, by Martin Amis
14. Call of Duty, by Lynn "Buck" Compton
15. The People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks
16. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon
17. Public Enemies, by Bryan Burroughs
18. PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary People, by Frank Warren
19. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
20. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
21. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
22. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
23. All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy
24. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
25. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
26. Let It Snow, by John Green et al.
27. The Meaning of Wife, by Anne Kingston
28. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
29. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards

[Zara]

Haha, I'm not sure how that would work. Otherwise you'd be welcome to them.

What did you think of The Memory Keeper's Daughter? I've heard it's pretty good, but I haven't read it yet.

[Penpusher]

32. A Mango-Shaped Space - Wendy Mass
33. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
34. Paper Towns - John Green
35. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
36. Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
37. Looking for Alaska - John Green
38. Empire - Orson Scott Card

[President Clive-φ-Davidson]

I got up to 50 about a month ago...

The last book was Mary Barnes; two accounts of a journey through madness.