50 Book Challenge!!!

[Kathryn Lacey]

I found this idea in the forums on Roliana.com ((here to be precise)).

I decided to post this in the gaming forum than the entertainment forum because it is sort of like a game.

No, this really isn't a competition. It's more for ourselves than for each other, but we can always discuss what's happening with our own personal goals.

Anyway, the challenge is to read fifty books within one year or three hundred sixty-five days to be more precise. I averaged that at being 4.2 books per month which would be about one book per week.

The only prize you'll get for completing this is the self-satisfaction of expanding your brain and your knowledge. You may even find people who have similar tastes with whom you may discuss books.

The thing about this challenge is that you choose when you begin. If you arrive months after this thread was originally created, that's just fine because you can start that very day if you like. You don't have to start when everyone else does because it's like your own personal goal. There's no reason to feel stressed because you're never behind other people.

If you complete the challenge, you may always elongate your list of books to read, or you can start fresh with a new list of fifty books to read in one year.

Honestly, if you want to set a smaller or a larger goal for yourself, I don't mind. I just thought fifty was a nice number for a year's worth of books.


Rules:
1. Post your to-read list in one post that you will edit throughout the course of the challenge. Because there is an edit button, I should not see people cluttering the thread with multiple posts of their lists. If you don't understand how to edit a post, one of the moderators of the forum or even I can help you discover it.

2. Be respectful. Just because someone wants to read a book that you dislike doesn't mean you should belittle them. You may offer your opinions on a book, but don't flame them. Not only is it against the site rules ((which should be obeyed here as well as all throughout the rest of the forums)), it's just rude.

3. The books are all of your own choosing. This isn't like a book club, and I'd prefer any spoilers not to be mentioned here or to at least be hidden within spoiler boxes.

Spoiler:

Of course, the best place to discuss books is the What Are You Reading? thread. This thread you're currently reading is mostly to just keep track of details for the challenge whether we want to update or remind ourselves of our own stats or to see the statistics of others. I'll keep this first post updated with links to both a participant's profile and to the post they made with their list of books.

4. The only books that I'm not counting are juvenile picture books or mangas because it feels like cheating because people read through them so quickly. You can choose any other books of any other shapes or sizes as long as the majority of the book is filled with text and not images. These can be fiction or non-fiction, and they can be as long or as short as you like. Of course, the challenge is going to be more difficult if you only choose hefty books, but this is a challenge to oneself, so set goals you think you may handle. I should mention that audio books are acceptable. I know not everyone has time to sit down and read something themselves, or they may have a reading disability such as dyslexia. I am understanding and sympathetic to such things.

5. Don't fret if you don't make the challenge by the end of your three hundred sixty-five days! This is just for fun. It's not life-or-death. ^^_^^

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Five Participants; Beginning Dates

• Gadreille; January 14th, 2013 - 0/10
  
• Lara; January 1st, 2013 - 9/100
  
• Syrena; January 1st, 2013 - 4/50
  
• The Thing Under the Sink; January 13th, 2013 - 18/50
  
• Ysopet; January 14th, 2013 - 2/14
  

Participants Who Have Completed the Challenge

• Gadreille; 25/25
  
• Kathryn Lacey - 50/50, 24/24
  
• Miss Dagger - 50/50
  
• MoiraofWords - 50/50, 100/100
  
• Sunwolf007; 25/25
  

[Kathryn Lacey]

I’ll add more books as I go because I don’t want to add books to the list that I can’t acquire or something. Right now, I have all of the books from the Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny, so I’ll start with that. I finished Nine Princes in Amber at the end of 2009, so I’m beginning with the second book in the series. I’m not counting the entire volume of The Great Book of Amber because there are ten novels placed into one volume rather than short stories being compiled into one book. I’m counting each one separately.

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1. The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny 134 pages
2. Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny 110 pages
3. The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny 111 pages
4. The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 96 pages
5. Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny 119 pages
6. Blood of Amber by Roger Zelazny 140 pages
7. Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 135 pages
8. Knight of Shadows by Roger Zelazny 139 pages
9. Jenny, My Diary by Yorick Blumenfeld 92 pages
10. Prince of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 143 pages
11. Knight of Pleasure by Margaret Mallory 378 pages
12. Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire 406 pages
13. The Story of O by Pauline Réage, translated by Sabine d'Estree 199 pages
14. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 370 pages
15. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 328 pages
16. Why Night Invented Lies by Roger Davis 136 pages
17. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks 463 pages
18. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 311 pages
19. The Awakening by L.J. Smith 253 pages
20. The Struggle by L.J. Smith 235 pages
21. The Fury by L.J. Smith 245 pages
22. Dark Reunion by L.J. Smith 271 pages
23. Nightfall by L.J. Smith 586 pages
24. Dream Journal by Karen Halvorsen Schreck 250 pages
25. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 288 pages
26. Tithe by Holly Black 310 pages
27. Valient by Holly Black 313 pages
28. Ironside by Holly Black 323 pages
29. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead 332 pages
30. Frostbite by Richelle Mead 327 pages
31. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead 443 pages
32. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead 503 pages
33. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead 489 pages
34. Jekyl Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey 282 pages
35. Sleep No More by Susan Crandall 391 pages
36. Alice I have Been by Melanie Benjamin 351 pages
37. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 285 pages
38. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis 167 pages
39. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 189 pages
40. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis 241 pages
41. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis 223 pages
42. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis 248 pages
43. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis 243 pages
44. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis 211 pages
45. The Jacaranda Tree by Rebecca Brandewyne 365 pages
46. Heartland by Rebecca Brandewyne 369 pages
47. The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander 186 pages
48. The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander 178 pages
49. The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander 170 pages
50. Taran Wanderer by Lloy Alexander 218 pages


Key
Bold means I’m currently reading a book.
If it has a slash through it, I’ve completed it.
* means I am rereading a book.

Benchmarks
- I have read fifty out of fifty books so far.
- Began: Saturday, January 9th, 2010
- Reached 5 Books: 01.25.10
- Reached 10 Books: 03.02.10
- Reached 15 Books: 05.06.10
- Reached 20 Books: 06.01.10
- Reached 25 Books: 06.26.10
- Reached 30 books: 07.24.10
- Reached 35 Books: 08.17.10
- Reached 40 Books: 09.27.10
- Reached 45 Books: 10.27.10
- Reached 50 Books: 11.20.10
- Pages Read: 13,285

[Kalon Ordona II]

I don't think I could ever accomplish this, no matter how much I'd want to. xD
Still, a most hearty applause to Kathryn and all others who take the challenge!

This will also be a good way to get ideas for books we want to read, by seeing what everyone else plans to read. ^^

[Guest]

Forgotten Realms
Dark Elf Trilogy, R. A. Salvatore
-*Homeland: 343/343
-*Exile: 343/343
-*Sojourn: 0/346
The Haunted Lands Trilogy, Richard Lee Byers
-Unclean: 343/343
-Undead: 342/342
-Unholy: 342/342

Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson
-The Final Empire: 643/643
-The Well of Ascension: 796/796
-The Hero of Ages: 724/724

The Prince of Nothing, R. Scott Bakker
-The Darkness That Comes Before: 577/577
-The Warrior Prophet: 600/600
-The Thousandfold Thought: 403/403

The Book of The New Sun, Gene Wolfe
-Shadow & Claw (Volumes 1 and 2): 016/407
-Sword and Citadel (Volumes 3 and 4): 000/???

The Elder Scrolls, Greg Keyes
-The Infernal City: 288/288

single book
-Pirate Latitudes, Michael Chrichton: 312/312

Star Wars
-Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi; Backlash, Aaron Allston: 309/309
-Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi; Allies, Christie Golen: 345/345
-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Sean Williams: 304/304

Text books
-Communication Research: Strategies and Sources, Rubin, Rubin, Haridakis, and Piele: 315/315
-Reporting Public Affairs: Problems and Solutions, Ronald P. Lovell: 506/506

single book
-World War Z, Max Brooks: 342/342

single book
-Aesop's Fables, translated by V. S. Vernon Jones: 243/243

Key
If it has a slash through it, I’ve completed it.
* means I am rereading a book.
An underline number means I am currently reading that book.


Benchmarks
- I have read twenty out of fifty books so far.
- Began: Saturday, January 6th, 2010
- Reached 10 books: May 27, 2010
- Reached 20 books: September 19, 2010
- Reached 35 books:
- Reached 50 books:
- Pages Read: 8420

[Kathryn Lacey]

Kalon, as I said in the first post... somewhere in there... you don't actually have to read fifty books. Fifty was just the default setting. Because this challenge is meant to be a personal challenge, individuals may set their own number of books to read within one year. I just decided to aspire high. hee hee

Silvone, sweet! I'll add your screen name to the list. When you post your list and your starting date, I'll add the date and the link. ^^_^^

[Weiss]

Mind you, the odds are that I won't be able to come even close to this goal. I hardly read at all anymore, because I'm usually forced to spend the time I'm not busy doing the other things that I actually want to do. However, I've been wanting to start reading again to improve my roleplay, since my capacity for literature has greatly degraded over the past few years alongside my love for reading.

Thus, my personal goal is actually just to read as many books as possible over the next 365 days. While it isn't likely that I'll reach 50, I will use it as my tentative number, because I would love to get at least that far. I'll also be adding books as I go along, since making a huge list for what could end up being an epic failure would be a huge waste of time.

Just going to copy your layout, Kathryn, since it's pretty simple and attractive.

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2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
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Key
Bold means I’m currently reading a book.
If it has a slash through it, I’ve completed it.
* means I am rereading a book.


Benchmarks
- I have read zero out of fifty books so far.
- Began: Sunday, January 10th, 2010
- Reached 10 books:
- Reached 25 books:
- Reached 30 books:
- Reached 50 books:
- Pages Read:

[MoiraofWords]

If I reach the goal, I'll continue onwards. And I can't say I'm afraid that I won't reach the goal (unless for lack of books). But there is always the plausibility of another truth.

Rereading? That allows me to finish a book at Max speed! I won't count those unless it's ones I've read around once before.

But I am slightly going against my ethics by counting books for school. But if I'm reading them, I'm reading them. Even if can be dreadfully boring.

1. How I Became a Famous Novelist 322/ 322
2. Far from the Madding Crowd ?/?
3. How it Ended ?/?
4. Zombie Lover ?/?
5. Nine Gates : Breaking the Wall 399/ 399
6. 7th Son: Descent ?/?
7. Dreamwish Beasts and Snarks ?/?
8. The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet ?/?
9. * Dragon on a Pedestal ?/?
10. * Ogre, Ogre ?/?
11. Fire Logic ?/?
12. Summer Knight ?/?
13. Something from the Nightside ?/?
14. Nightingale's Lament ?/?
15. And Then There Were None ?/?
16. Walker of Worlds ?/?
17. The Bone Key ?/?
18. The Shadow of the Torturer ?/?
19. Muse and Reverie ?/?
20. the Return of the Sorcerer ?/?
21. The Ninth Circle ?/?
22. Assassin's Apprentice ?/?
23. * Nightmare ?/?
24. The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny ?/?
25. Widdershins ?/?
26. Someplace to be Flying ?/?
27. Moonlight and Vines ?/?
28. Forest of the Heart ?/?
29. Hex and the City ?/?
30. Paths not Taken ?/?
31. Memory and Dreams ?/?
32. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls ?/?
33. American Gods ?/?
34. The Man with the Golden Torc ?/?
35. Being a Green Mother ?/?
36. Wielding a Red Sword ?/?
37. For Love of Evil ?/?
38. As I Lay Dying ?/?
39. Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn ?/?
40. The Thirteenth House ?/?
41. * Elantris ?/?
42. Swell Foop ?/?
43. Demons Don't Dream ?/?
44. Maps in a Mirror ?/?
45. Captain Freedom ?/?
46. Strange But Not A Stranger ?/?
47. The Dream of Perpetual Motion ?/?
48. Equus ?/?
49. Franny and Zoeey ?/?
50. How to Write a Damn Good Novel II ?/?
51. Building Fiction: How to Develop Plot and Structure ?/?
52. Notes to a Science Fiction Writer ?/?
53. A Writer's Guide to Fiction ?/?
54. The Practice of Poetry ?/?
55. Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box ?/?
56. Aikido: Exercises for teaching and training ?/?
57. A Poetry Handbook ?/?
58. Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry ?/?
59. Write Screenplays That Sell: the Ackerman Way ?/?
60. Changes ?/?
61. Encyclopedia of Jewish Humour: From Biblical Times to the Modern Age ?/?
62. Writing the Breakout Novel ?/?
63. The Joy of Writing Sex ?/?
64. Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments ?/?
65. Practical Magic for Beginners ?/?
66. The Discovery of Poetry ?/?
67. Folk Legends of Japan ?/?
68. Jewish Wit ?/?
69. The Necromancer ?/?
70. Your Novel Proposal: From Creation to Contract ?/?
71. You Can Write a Romance ?/?
72. From Hell With Love ?/?
73. * The Man with the Golden Torc ?/?
74. Remembered Death ?/?
75. They Came to Baghdad ?/?
76. Hell to Pay ?/?
77. Agents of Light and Darkness ?/?
78. Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth ?/?
79. Scared Places Around the World 108 Destinations ?/?
80. The Singers of Time ?/?
81. The Secret Adversary ?/?
82. The Boomerang Clue ?/?
83. The Moving Finger ?/?
84. Merlin's Bones ?/?
85. The Magicians ?/?
86. Witches Abroad ?/?
87. Go, Mutants ?/?
88. The Green Leopard Plague ?/?
89. The Last Continent ?/?
90. Webmage ?/?
91. CodeSpell ?/?
92. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ?/?
93. Eyes Like Leaves ?/?
94. The Accidental Sorcerer ?/?
95. Doppelgangster ?/?
96. Kingdoms of Light ?/?
97. Shadows Fall 506/506
98. The Name of the Wind 662/662
99. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ?/?
100. Bitter in the Mouth ?/?
101. [strike[ The Way of Kings 1001/1001

Key:
Bold means I'm currently reading
Books that have strikethrough are finished.
Books with an asterik* are re-read.

Benchmarks:
- I have read ninety-nine out of one hundred books so far.
- Began: Sunday, January 10th, 2010, Afternoon.
- Reached 10 books: January 30th, 2010, Evening
- Reached 25 books: Monday, March 1, 2010, Evening
- Reached 30 books: Saturday, March 06, 2010, Evening
- Reached 50 books: Wednesday April 21, 2010, Morning
- Reached 60 books: Monday May 10, 2010 Morning
- Reached 75 books: Sunday June 20, 2010 Noon
- Reached 80 books: Tuesday June 29, 2010 Midnight
- Reached 100 books: Saturday September 4, 2010, Afternoon
- Pages Read: 322 +x

[Bird of Hermes]

Edit: Not participating in 2011.

[Kathryn Lacey]

I’m really excited that this has taken off so well so far! Five people in one day is a great thing!

I’ve added everyone to the first post, and I’ve also decided to add how far within their goals each person has gone. If you want your goal to be a number other than fifty, let me know, and I’ll change it!

Weiss, I’m glad that you’re using this challenge as an excuse to read more. I know that there are times when I procrastinate and stop reading as much as I’d like. I figured this would also be a good reason for me to read more, too. It’s a fun motivator, and I hoped that others would see it that way, too. ^^_^^

I feel the same way that you do about listing too many books. I’d much rather list books as I go along. I figure as long as I have at least one book listed ahead of the book I’m reading, I’ll be in good hands. Plus, I don’t want to make my complete list in advance for other reasons.

I don’t mind anyone using my template. It was just meant to be an easy way for everyone - including myself - to keep track of my progress. I’m rather… crazed about being organized… often to a fault.

Moira, I see nothing wrong with being able to speed read through books because you’ve read them in the past. Of course, I do hope that many people will use this challenge to take the initiative and read new books, but I love rereading books, personally. I always catch things the second or third time around that I didn’t really understand or realize when I read them a few years earlier. It’s win-win. Of course, this is your personal challenge, so if you don’t want to count most of your re-reads, then you don’t have to do that. ^^_^^

I think books read for school count, too, though. If I was still fourteen and in my English 9 class in high school, I would totally have counted The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien as a book for this challenge. Yes, I did have an exceptionally awesome teacher for that class. ^^_^^ Even if you want to count text books, I don’t mind. I figure as long as you actually finish a book, it counts.

Bird of Hermes, am I right in assuming that you mean today ((January 10th)) to be your starting date? If not, please, let me know, so I may edit the first post with the correct date. =3

[Bird of Hermes]

Bird of Hermes, am I right in assuming that you mean today ((January 10th)) to be your starting date? If not, please, let me know, so I may edit the first post with the correct date.

Yes, I start today.

[Gadreille]

1. Bioarchaeology, Clark Spenser Larsen 342/342
2. Mark of the Lion, Suzanne Arruda 338/338
3. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Robert Covey 332/332
4. Storm Front, Jim Butcher 322/322
5. Fool Moon, Jim Butcher 342/342
6. Grave Peril, Jim Butcher 378/378
7. Darwin's Ghost, Steve Jones 350/350
8. Not By Genes Alone, Peter Richerson and Robert Boyd 257/257
9. Genes, Memes and Human History, Stephen Shennan 271/271
10. The Power of Babel, John McWhorter 303/303
11. Pirate Latitudes, Michael Crichton 312/312
12. The Ruins, Scott Smith 319/319
13. The Excavation, James Rollins 511/511
14. The Map of All Things, Kevin Anderson 576/576
15. Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson 643/643
16. The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson 763/763
17. The Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson 724/724
18. WarBreaker, Brandon Sanderson 652/652
19. An Echo In The Bone, Diana Gabaldon 814/814
20. Ahab's Wife, Sena Jeter Naslund 666/666
21. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett 973/973
22. Summer Knight, Jim Butcher446/446
23. Death Masks, Jim Butcher 432/432
24. Blood Rites, Jim Butcher 435/435
25. Valley Forge, Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen 438/438


Key
Bold = currently reading
strike through = completed

Benchmarks
- I have read twenty five out of 25 books so far.
- Began: Sunday, Jan 25th, 2010
- Pages Read: 11,939

[Kathryn Lacey]

Welcome to the Challenge, Ryona. You, your list, and your progress have been listed with the rest. ^^_^^

[Gunneh]

If you don't mind, Kathryn, I'm going to count one of my novels even though I really started it in 2009. I'd hit a rough patch and had to sit it down for a long while, so I did have to reread through the first few chapters to get back into the swing of it.

Also, I'd like to put this note out for Ryona Noel: I know that we've spoken before about your wanting to be an Anthropologist and my wanting to become a Forensic Anthropologist, so I'd like to recommend the first four books as a possible read for you in the future.

You see, the name Jefferson Bass is actually just a pen name for the writing team of Jon Jefferson, an author by trade, and Dr. William Bass, a world renowned forensic anthropologist and the founder of the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility, which is also lovingly known as the Body Farm. At the Body Farm, Dr. Bass and his staff and students take different donated bodies of every shape, color and size, and they leave them in different states of rest (or unrest) to determine the rate of decomposition in different situations. Really quite interesting stuff.

Anyways...ON TO MY LIST!

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1. *Carved in Bone - Jefferson Bass
2. Flesh and Bone - Jefferson Bass
3. The Devil's Bones - Jefferson Bass
4. Bones of Betrayal - Jefferson Bass
5. Death's Acre - Jefferson Bass
6. Beyond the Body Farm - Jefferson Bass
7. *Storm Front - Jim Butcher
8. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
9. Wizard and Glass - Stephen King
10. Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King
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Key
Bold means I’m currently reading a book.
If it has a slash through it, I’ve completed it.
* means I am rereading a book.


Benchmarks
- I have read two out of fifty books so far.
- Began: Sunday, January 9th, 2010
- Reached 10 books:
- Reached 25 books:
- Reached 30 books:
- Reached 50 books:
- Pages Read:

[MoiraofWords]

I know Kathryn. I just re-read some of my books too much, so I wouldn't count them. It was silly to read the Harry Potter books backwards, but I saw the obvious stuff like that. It was amusing to say the least.

Now to find some more books before I run out already :/

[Kathryn Lacey]

The only thing I really mind is that my name isn't Katherine, and that's not the first time you've called me by that incorrect name.

In all honesty, unless you finished your first book today, I wouldn't count it for this challenge. However, it is your own personal challenge, so if you want to count it for this even if you didn't finish it on your starting date, that's your own choice. I just wouldn't count it for me if I was the one doing it.

You've been added to the list.

[Gunneh]

I truly am sorry, dear. I was thinking about other things at the same time as typing, and my brain spelled it the way I usually see it. I'll fix it right away as I know how you hate it when people misspell your name. Also, I've edited my start date to one day ago, which is when I finished Flesh and Bone.

Again, my apologies

[Kathryn Lacey]

No problem. I just figure the more times I make you feel like an ass for misspelling my name, the more times you'll have to remember to spell it properly. ^^_^^

I've edited the first post with your revised start date.

[Gadreille]

Thanks Gunneh! I'll be sure to check it out.

I hope my challenge doesn't seem to easy...I didn't get much pleasure reading in last year so I'd like to try and pick up the habit again. Also, my list is sprinkled with some textbooks, but only ones I read from start to finish.

[Kathryn Lacey]

I see no problems with your challenge. Because it's a personal thing, I see no reason why twenty-five books shouldn't be sufficient. In all honesty, I think the lowest the number should be is twelve ((one book per month)), but the books they choose are all whatever they want so long as it's more text than graphic.

Twenty-five books is a good number. There's nothing wrong with reading one book every two weeks. Besides, there's no room for criticizing or for being criticized in this thread.

Fifty books is a lofty goal in my opinion. I generally read one book every two or three weeks, but I'm trying to really test myself this year just for fun.

After all, this challenge is just for fun. I hope no one ever stresses out about not making it or anything. Everyone is different.

Anyway, textbooks are fine. I actually like reading some textbooks, but I've never read one from start to finish. More power to you, Ryona, for doing that!

[Gadreille]

Thanks I hope I make it.

It really depends how it's written. A textlopedia (my freshly made up word for text books that read more like encyclopedias) is almost impossible to read from start to finish, and lower division courses always have textlopedias. As you get into upper division courses, the books tend to read more like journal articles and it is easier - and more essential - to read it start to back.

My Lab book on archaeological sciences is a collection of journal articles, so I'm not including it on the list...but that is the exception.

[Gunneh]

Can I count the entries for the newest contest we're getting ready to start for you guys? Oops...I fear I may have said too much

Also, Kathryn...meanie...But it does work.

[Bird of Hermes]

Can I count the entries for the newest contest we're getting ready to start for you guys? Oops...I fear I may have said too much

New contest?! Is it a story writing one? I really want to write a story and then get it ripped to pieces. I may be a glutton for punishment, but, alas, I will never improve lest I get some criticism.

[Kathryn Lacey]

Ah, Ryona. I understand. I actually sometimes enjoy reading textlopedias, though... Not all of them... but in high school, I liked to read the history textbooks we had. I just only read what was required of me because I'm lazy. =3

No, Gunneh. Those are only short stories. It has to be a book. It can be a hard cover, paperback, ebook, or whatever, but it must be a book. ^^_^^

[Blackrock]

Woah! An interesting challenge, count me in! I'm an avid reader, but recently I haven't been reading as much as I would like. Especially during these last few months, since I've got afternoon classes and that is my favourite time to read. Anyhow, I'll use this challenge as a sort of motivation and who knows? I just might make it.

I'll start off slow probably, but I plan on picking up the pace starting from February, since that is when the second semester comes and thus, the afternoons will be free Also, I'll only list books, not the novels inside them, for example: I'm currently reading a collection of novellas and novels by the Brothers Strugatsky (Roadside Picnic, Hard to be a God, Definitely Maybe and The Ugly Swans) but I'll only count it as one.

Even though I entered the challenge today, I began reading this particular book yesterday, so I've listed the 10th as my starting date. Also, I'm not quite sure what I'll read after this one, so I'll update the list when I've decided. Bah, enough rambling from me, here it comes:
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1. Collection of novels by A&B Strugatsky: 482/482
2. Snail on the Slope by A&B Strugatsky: 60/60
3. The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov 206/206
4. The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov 203/203
5. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin 856/856
6. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin 708/708
7. A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow by George R.R. Martin 661/661
8. A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold by George R.R. Martin 637/637
9. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin 753/753
10. The Alive and the Dead by Konstantin Simonov 577/577
11. They Are Not Born Soldiers by Konstantin Simonov 808/808
12. The Last Summer by Konstantin Simonov 638/638
13. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 431/431
14. Speaker for the Dead I by Orson Scott Card 221/221
15. Speaker for the Dead II by Orson Scott Card 235/235
16. Xenocide by Orson Scott Card 562/562
17. Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card 387/387
18. The High Crusade by Poul Anderson 238/238
19. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 262/262
20. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 410/410
21. Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming by Roger Zelazny & Robert Sheckley 269/269
22. If at Faust You Don't Succeed... by Roger Zelazny & Robert Sheckley 333/333
23. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein 415/415
24. The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem 187/187
25. Eden by Stanislaw Lem 204/204
26. Chosen works from Hristo Smirnenski 153/153
27. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem 131/131
28. Collection of short stories by Stanislaw Lem 249/249
29. The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem 226/226
30. Works by Elisaveta Bagriana 387/387
31. To Sail Beyond the Sunset by Robert A. Heinlein 381/381
32. Monday Begins on Saturday by A&B Strugatsky 207/207
33. The Kid from Hell by A&B Strugatsky 187/187
34. The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak 1/240
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Key
Bold means I’m currently reading a book.
If it has a slash through it, I’ve completed it.
* means I am rereading a book.


Benchmarks
- I have read thirty-three out of fifty books so far.
- Began: Sunday, January 10th, 2010
- Reached 10 books: Saturday, June 12th, 2010
- Reached 25 books: Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
- Reached 30 books: Friday, December 17th, 2010
- Reached 50 books:
- Pages Read: 12458

[Kathryn Lacey]

Sweet! You've been added. ^^_^^

[Sunwolf007]

I am going to make a go at it. I have to read 10 books for class anyway so I am going to start out with a goal of 25 and then advance it if I get there. I read some of the introductions of the books below but haven't really started them yet. With the exception of Catch-22 which I am 26 pages deep on with reading the introduction. Anyway it's going to be a lot of reading this semester.

1. Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies by David Bentley Hart 2/1/10
2. A primer on Postmodernism by Stanley J. Grenz 3/17/10
3. Guarded by Mystery by David Walsh 4/16/10
4. Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis 5/25/10
5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 6/1/10
6. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan 6/1/10
7. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan 6/2/10
8. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan 6/2/10
9. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan 6/3/10
10. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 6/18/10
11. Republic by Plato 6/20/10
12. The Da Vince Code by Dan Brown 6/27/10
13. Hidden Empire by Kevin J. Anderson 6/29/10
14. A Forest of Stars by Kevin J. Anderson 7/1/10
15. 1776 by David McCullough 8/3/10
16. Horizon Storms by Kevin J. Anderson 8/5/10
17. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 8/30/10
18. The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula & the Seven days edited by Cary W. Challcher 10/2/10
19.Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare 10/4/10
20. The Fog of Gettysburg: The myths and mysteries of the battle by Ken Allers Jr. 10/30/10
21. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan 11/11/10
22. The Everything Classical Mythology Book by Nancy Conner, PhD 12/19/10
23. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling 12/21/10
24. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling 12/22/10
25. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling 12/22/10

Key
Bold means I’m currently reading a book.
If it has a slash through it, I’ve completed it.
* means I am rereading a book.


Benchmarks
- I have read 25 out of 25 books so far.
- Began: Sunday, Jan 13th, 2010
- Reached 5 books: 6/1/10
- Reached 10 books: 6/18/10
- Reached 15 books: 8/3/10
- Reached 20 books: 10/30/10
- Reached 25 books: 12/22/10

[Kathryn Lacey]

All right! You've been added to the first, post Sunwolf.


I finished my first book yesterday! Now, I'm on my second. ^^_^^

[MoiraofWords]

is everyone remembering to update their lists?

[Bird of Hermes]

is everyone remembering to update their lists?

I am trying to. I just update it when I finish a book.

[Blackrock]

I haven't updated mine because I haven't been able to read anything this week. Ah well, at least February is fast approaching, then I'll finally have time to do some reading.

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