50 Book Challenge 2.0.0.9

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...

Tags: 2009, 50bookchallenge, 50bookchallengefor2.0.0.9

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Permalink Reply by Gloria Elia on July 2, 2009 at 7:44pm: 17) The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Zara on July 3, 2009 at 1:46am: My goal is 150 books for the year, counting re-reads and plays. I'm not doing very well, but it's summer now and I just got home from a three-week academic camp, so I should have more time now. So far, I've read:

1. Prince Caspian--C.S. Lewis (re-read)
2. Voyage of the Dawn Treader--C.S. Lewis (re-read)
3. The Silver Chair--C.S. Lewis (re-read)
4. The Last Battle--C.S. Lewis (re-read)
5. The Grapes of Wrath--John Steinbeck
6. At Home in Mitford--Jan Karon (re-read)
7. Let It Snow--John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
8. Musicophilia--Oliver Sacks
9. The Great Gatsby--F. Scott Fitzgerald
10. The Secret Hour--Scott Westerfeld
11. The Lightning Thief--Rick Riordan
12. Devilish--Maureen Johnson
13. Electra--Sophocles
14. I Never Sang For My Father--Robert Anderson
15. The Sea of Monsters--Rick Riordan
16. The Titan's Curse--Rick Riordan
17. The Battle of the Labyrinth--Rick Riordan
18. Touching Darkness--Scott Westerfeld
19. Blue Noon--Scott Westerfeld
20. Why Do We Laugh--Stephen Gregg
21. Fortress--Michael Scanlan
22. The Phantom Tollbooth--Norton Juster (re-read)
23. Cyrano de Bergerac--Edmond Rostand
24. The Importance of Oskar Schindler--Jack L. Roberts
25. The Catcher in the Rye--J.D. Salinger
26. The Stranger--Albert Camus
27. Family Happiness--Leo Tolstoy
28. Paper Towns--John Green (re-read)
29. The Death of Ivan Ilych--Leo Tolstoy
30. The Kreutzer Sonata--Leo Tolstoy
31. Looking for Alaska--John Green (re-read)
32. Paper Towns--John Green (re-read)
33. Dracula--Bram Stoker
34. The Crucible--Arthur Miller
35. The Luxe--Anna Godbersen
36. The Yiddish Policemen's Union--Michael Chabon
37. Bringing Down the House--Ben Mezrich
38. Lyra's Oxford--Philip Pullman
39. A Company of Swans--Eva Ibbotson
40. Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit--?
41. Clay--David Almond
42. Jellicoe Road--Melina Marchetta
43. After--Francine Prose
44. Feed--M.T. Anderson
45. Postcards From No Man's Land--Aidan Chambers
46. The 13 Clocks--James Thurber
47. The Pox Party--M.T. Anderson
48. Mind's Eye--Paul Fleischmann
49. Nothing to Lose--Alex Flinn
50. Life as it Comes--Anne-Laure Bondoux
51. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone--J.K. Rowling (re-read)
52. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets--J.K. Rowling (re-read)
53. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban--J.K. Rowling (re-read)
54. Einstein's Dreams--Alan Lightman
55. How to Survive a Horror Movie--Seth Grahame-Smith
56. Four Quartets--T.S. Eliot
57. Contact--Carl Sagan
58. Thirteen Reasons Why--Jay Asher
59. The Scarlet Pimpernel--Baroness Orczy

At the moment, I'm reading The God Particle by Leon Lederman and The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Also, I apologize for the rather extraordinary length of this post, but I am very fond of lists.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Madi on July 6, 2009 at 7:46pm: To quote a papertownsian mofo:

"GO GO GO GO GO!"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt on July 6, 2009 at 7:47pm: You should read Frankenstein as it is better than Dracula.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Zara on August 8, 2009 at 11:28pm: Will do!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Stephenie on July 6, 2009 at 7:40pm: So far this year I have read 66 books.....and the list keeps growing. My goal is 150 by the end of the year....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by LexiLovesBooks on July 8, 2009 at 11:22am: Sweet I know Kristina did this last year but failed.. So I decided to do it but I didn't even know there was a thread. So far I've read 39 books so I think it's going good.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Knittingknerd on July 9, 2009 at 4:44pm: Ooh! I'll join in the fun. I got a small book journal for Christmas last year and I've been keeping track of the books I've read anyway. So far, I'm up to twenty-five. :D; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by James Jensen on July 10, 2009 at 11:55pm: Just finished book 30: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Can't decide what I'm reading next, but I think I'm leaning towards The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Penpusher on July 11, 2009 at 12:10am: 13. The Seventh Tower, Castle -- Garth Nix
14. America's History, Fifth Edition -- James A. Henretta, David Brody, Lynn Burend, Susa Wale
15. Tuesdays With Morrie -- Mitch Albom
16. Snow Falling on Ceders -- David Guterson
17. The Seventh Tower, Aenir -- Garth Nix
18. The Vanishing Sculptor -- Donita K. Paul
19. Lord Kelvin's Machine -- James P. Blaylock
20. The Giving Mouth -- Ian R. Macleod
21. A Sun in the Attic -- Mary Gentle
22. The God-Clown is Near -- Jay Lake

And I'm working on Steampunk and Atlas Shrugged.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by MaryZ on July 11, 2009 at 1:28pm: 65. Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean--Paul Alexander; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by MaryZ on August 8, 2009 at 3:17am: 66.Going Faster Nowhere-Sean Beaudoin
67.Kissed by an Angel-Elizabeth Chandler
68.The Power of Love-Elizabeth Chandler
69.Soulmates-Elizabeth Chandler; ▶ Reply to This