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...

[Becka]

I love Wuthering Heights. What do you think of it so far?

[Miss Subliminal FIsh]

1. The Flying Troutmans - Miriam Toews
2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
3,4 & 5. When You Are Engulfed in Flames ,Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim , Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris
6. Just Like That – Marsha Qualey
7. Crunch Time – Mariah Fredericks
8. Looking For Alaska – John Green (I want to read it again lol)
9. What I Saw and How I Lied – Judy Blundell
10. Madapple – Christina Meldrum
11. Click- Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, Gregory Maguire, Linda Sue Park, David Almond, Tim Wynne-Jones, Ruth Ozeki, Deborah Ellis, Margo Lanagan and Eoin Colfer (hehehehe)
12. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac – Gabrielle Zevin
13. Now You See Her – Jacquelyn Mitchard
14. The Boy In Striped Pajamas – John Boyne
15. A Separate Peace -
16. The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky
17. King Dork- Frank Portman
18, 19, 20 & 21. Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras – Scott Westerfield ( I can't believe I haven't read them yet)
22. 13 Reasons Why – Jay Asher
23. How to (un)cage a girl – Francesca Lia Block
24. Identical – Ellen Hopkins
25. How To Build a House, A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life – Dana Reinhardt
26. 1984 – George Orwell
27. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian – Sherman Alexie
28. Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
29. Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
30. Annie John – Jamaica Kincaid
31. A Portrait Of The Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce
32. The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein
33. Atonement - Ian McEwan
34. Bee Season – Myla Goldberg
35. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
36. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
37. Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
38. Corelli’s Mondolin – Louis de Bernieres
39. Crow Lake – Mary Lawson
40. Dandelion Wine – Ray Bradbury
41. Dear John – Nicholas Sparks
42. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
43. Begineer’s Luck – Lauren Pederson
44,45, 46 & 47. I am the Messenger, Fighting Ruben Wolf,Getting the Girl, Book Theif- Marcus Zusack
48. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
49. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
50. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
51. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

So I have 51 books which means that if I don't like one of them I don't have to finish!! hahahaha, and I've already read Let It Snow and The Host and currently reading Paper Towns (Yay John!) so I guess i only have to read 47 out of the list to fulfill the 50....and also, I think maybe we could grade books out of a 10 star scale (or something more whimsical that stars, unicorn horns maybe?? idk lol) so that other nerdfighters can add to their list other fabulous books

[Allison in Wonderland]

AHHH! No unicorn horns. Zombies yes, unicorns BAD ;-) Though it would be awesome to use any other whimsical thingys (maybe llama butts) to score your books.

[Miss Subliminal FIsh]

YESSS llama butts! like the ones hank has! wonderful

[Allison in Wonderland]

I'm sure he wouldn't mind if we borrow them for such a worthy cause!

[Noelle]

Annie John is a great book. Really really great. I've written at least 5 essays about Annie John.

[hoffmangirl23]

Oooh, this is a really good list and I haven't read most of them. I might have to use it to supplement my 100 book list, especially Portrait of the Artist, I started it last year and never got a chance to finish it.

[Miss Subliminal FIsh]

feel free to borrow from my list lol. It's mainly composed of some list I found online titled "100 Books to Read Before Graduating High School" or something along those lines and personal recommendations from friends and all and then my own personal research, so I guess a lot of effort went into it, so I'm glad you think it's a good list =).

[Miss Subliminal FIsh]

so i've read 8 books from my list...but added like 50 more, so I'm not really getting anywhere

[Abby]

Oooh! I should do this. I know I'm starting To Kill a Mockingbird in the next week or two, but I should probably read a book between now and then. After that I will be reading Romeo and Juliet for school.

[AnnaNymity]

You will love To Kill a Mockingbird. It is one of the best books ever written, ever!

[AnnaNymity]

Suggestions please - my list thus far.

1. Paper Towns - Done
2. Little Brother – Cory Doctrow - halfway finished
3. Princess Bride – William Goldman - I have read it but I love it so I am reading it again.
4. In The Woods- Tana French
5. Assassination Vacation- Sarah Vowell
6. American Gods- Neil Gaiman
7. The book thief- Zusak
8. The gargoyle -Davidson
9. I am the messenger- Zusak
10. Inexcusable- Lynch
11. The memory keeper's daughter- Edwards
12. The perfect shot- Alphin
13. Stardust – Gailman
14. Thirteen reasons why - Ashar
15. Walking across Egypt- Edgarton
16. Water for elephants- Gruen
17. When you are engulfed in flames – Sedaris
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