2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I'm going to go ahead and start with 1967. That's 46 books but my Goodreads goal will be 50 so maybe I'll make it.

These don't need to be read in order do they?

im not doing mine in order, i figure i will fill them in as i go then fill in where i need to

I will do this one. I go with the year I was born... and fill them in as i go.

The Every Year Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
Completed: 0/38


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Just finished my first book for this challenge. Year 2011 - "Train of Small Mercies" by David Rowell. Good writing and I enjoyed how the different stories were woven together with the common theme of Kennedy's funeral train. However, there was no real ending, just an end. My review would be 3.5 stars. Worth reading

Cool. I will not attempt to do mine in order, either.
Oh, and for now my Goodreads Challenge goal is set at 40 books, since I have never managed to make 50 and I would actually like to complete the Challenge this year! I'll raise it later on if I look like I'm going to read a lot more this year.
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The Every Year Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
Completed: 2/46
2004 Pirate's Price by Darlene Marshall
2009 Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell

2012-Mr. penumbra's 24- hour bookstore
1993- The Giver

2/23 complete

Both 5 star books. I have started the year out with good books.

I would have a lot of years to go back...but I may do this one. Have to research a few books first.

Born in 1980, so I have 33 books to get reading for this challenge. Oh, boy!

I have just finished my first book... The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, published in 2008. 1/11. Yay :) 4 stars

Oops. Above post should be 1/12. I can't do math :)

Since I was born in 1984 that is the year that I am starting with.


1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 - "Guilty Pleasures" by Laurell Hamilton 1/15
2005
2006
2007 - "Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea" by Chelsea Handler 1/5
2008
2009 - "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia 1/13
2010
2011 - "The Shameful Diary of a Hopeless Romantic" by Suzi Case 1/8
2012 - "Stranded (Night Calls,1) by J.C. Valentine CR
2013

I just keep coming back to this challenge and it must mean I should do it! So I will start from 1979 and go from there

1979- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1980- The Name of the Rose
1981- When I Was Five I Killed Myself
1982- The Mists of Avalon
1983- Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
1984- The House on Mango Street
1985- The Handmaid's Tale
1986- The Complete Maus
1987- The Black Dahlia
1988- The Alchemist
1989- Like Water for Chocolate
1990- The Things They Carried
1991- The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1992- The Valkyries
1993- The Giver
1994- Snow Falling on Cedars
1995- Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
1996- Mercy
1997- The Red Tent: A Novel
1998- The Poisonwood Bible
1999- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2000- Me Talk Pretty One Day
2001- number9dream
2002- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
2003- A Short History of Nearly Everything
2004- Magical Thinking: True Stories
2005- The Girl with the Dragon Tattooread 1/25/13
2006- The Book Thief
2007- Still Alice
2008- The Solitude of Prime Numbers
2009- Cleopatra's Daughter
2010- Room
2011- Bossypants
2012- The Fault in Our Stars
2013-The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories

I am excited about this one!


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Welcome everyone to the challenge! It looks like everyone is having fun so far! Congratulations on books completed!! Keep up the good work! :)

The Every Year Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
Completed: 3/46
1990 The Doll's House
2004 Pirate's Price by Darlene Marshall
2009 Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell

2000 Parasite Rex, ****

2007 Competing on Analytics, ****

2012 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, *****

COMPLETED: 3/29

Thought this challenge sounded...well, challenging! And fun! So I will be starting from 1979, the year I was born. So that's what? 35 books? But since I've already started it, I will begin with the 2006 novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy. And I'll fill in the years around it as I can. :-)

Hi, here is my list. I am starting with 1983 (the year of my birth). This should make it 30 books, but as some of the them are 100-200 pages long, I will have two entries for some years to make it up (around 47-50 books in total).

1983: Flying to Nowhere and Life & Times of Michael K
1984: Hotel du Lac and Flaubert's Parrot
1985: The Bone People
1986: The Old Devils
1987: Moon Tiger and The Colour Of Blood
1988: The Alchemist
1989: The Pillars of the Earth and The Remains of the Day
1990: Possession
1991: Reading Turgenev and Two Lives
1992: The English Patient
1993: The Virgin Suicides
1994: Reef
1995: The Reader and Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
1996: Into the Wild
1997: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1998: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1999: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Disgrace
2000: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2001: Atonement and The Corrections
2002: Life of Pi
2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Time Traveler's Wife
2004: The Master
2005: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Never Let Me Go and No Country for Old Men
2006: The Book Thief and The Tea Rose
2007: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2008: The Forgotten Garden
2009: Wolf Hall
2010: The Long Song
2011: The Sense of an Ending and Across the Universe
2012: Bring Up the Bodies and A Million Suns and The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War
2013: TBD and Shades of Earth

1993 - The Giver by Lois Lowry

2006 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2012 - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

3/23 complete

Changing goal to 15, starting from 1999 when I entered Grade 1. :)

I a'm going to start the year I was born in 1991

1991 How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
1992 The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1993 The Giver by Lois Lowry
1994 Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
1995 High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin
1997 A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
1998 Stardust by Neil Gaiman
1999 White Teeth by Zadie Smith
2000 After Dark by Haruki Murakami
2001 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2002 The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
2004 America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart
2005 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
2006 Sharp Objectsby Gillian Flynn
2007 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
2008 Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author), Lauren Myracle
2009 Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
2010 Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
2011 Bossypants by Tina Fey
2012 Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer
2013 Shades of Earth (Across the Universe, #3) by Beth Revis

I would love to try this challenge...but I am older and would have a lot of books to read...not to sure I could complete this challenge.

I read the rules again and I can also choose a date special to me...my first son was born in 1987...best day of my life was welcoming him into the world...I will start with 1987.


1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994 The Secret Garden (Reissued edition)
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 Ida B by Katherine Hannigan
2005 Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall
Smith
2006
2007
2008 The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
2009 The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White
2010
2011 One Summer by David Baldacci
2012 Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore
2013


I am also going to add my books after I have finished reading them.

Debra wrote: "I read the rules again and I can also choose a date special to me...my first son was born in 1987...best day of my life was welcoming him into the world...I will start with 1987.


1987
1988
1989
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Yes, Debra - I am on the "old" side too. I picked 1990 - the year I first became an aunt. :)

I'm going with 1993, the year I graduated high school.

Toni wrote: "Debra wrote: "I read the rules again and I can also choose a date special to me...my first son was born in 1987...best day of my life was welcoming him into the world...I will start with 1987.


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At least by going back to 1987 I feel like I can complete this challenge...my birth year would have been a real challenge!

Gonna go with the year I was born...1977. List to come.

I just finished my pick for 2007 - "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. This book was entertaining. It felt like a mixture of Eragon and Harry Potter, just a tad darker. While I appreciated the world the author created, the book was long, and I truly hated the dusk-jacket description. Worth reading and good enough that I will read the 2nd book, I'm just not going to rush out and read it now. 4 stars. 2/31

turns out this book was released in 2011 so marking it off the list!

I think this is probably my favourite yearly challenge, I just wish I was older so it'd be more challenging. Actually, if I finish these years easily I might just go back to another important year before I was born if that's okay. :)
So far I've got:

1997:
1998:
1999: Harry Potter 3?
2000:
2001: Beautiful Creatures - ★★★★☆ - 13/01/13
2002:
2003:
2004: The Secret Hour?
2005: Never Let Me Go - ★★★★☆ - 02/01/12
2006: The Book Thief - ★★★★★ - 20/01/13
2007:
2008:
2009:
2010:
2011:
2012: Under the Never Sky - ★★★★☆ - 08/01/12
2013: Through the Ever Night?

Completed 4/17

Im going to start with 1991, the year I was born :)

1991-There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America 3/31/2013
1992-The Tale of the Body Thief 1/19/13
1993-The Giver 4/11/13
1994-Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 4/2013
1995-Memnoch the Devil 3/2013
1996-Fight Club
1997-Rumors of War
1998-Stardust
1999-The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2000-A Kiss of Shadows
2001-Grave Peril
2002-The Secret Life of Bees
2003-The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
2004-
2005-The Lightning Thief
2006-Water for Elephants
2007-The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
2008-Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines 4/28/2013
2009-The Lost Symbol
2010-Fallout
2011-11/22/63 6/2013
2012-Rapture 5/21/2013
2013-Clockwork Princess 5/26/2013


Now I have more books on my TBR lol

Updating...

Gina's Every Year Challenge-2012 Reading Challenge Group
January 1, 2013-December 31, 2013
7/21 Complete

1. 1993-
2. 1994-
3. 1995-
4. 1996-
5. 1997-
6. 1998-
7. 1999- Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya- FINISHED 1/7/13
8. 2000-
9. 2001-
10. 2002-
11. 2003-
12. 2004-
13. 2005-
14. 2006- The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman- FINISHED 1/6/12
15. 2007-
16. 2008- Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner- FINISHED 1/20/13
17. 2009- Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag- FINISHED 1/13/13
18. 2010- All Is Bright by Sarah Pekkanen- FINISHED 1/2/13
19. 2011- Cemetery Girl by David J. Bell- FINISHED 1/5/13
20. 2012- The Undiscovered Novelist by Sarah Bridgeton- FINISHED 1/1/13
21. 2013-

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2006-

2012-

I have really enjoyed all of these books. I guess that is why it is good to join some of these challenges. I probably would not have picked any of these to read otherwise.

Just finished my selection for 2012 - "Fobbit" by David Abrams. I enjoyed the snark throughout this book, which was the vehicle for relaying not only the mismanagement of the Iraqi War but also the inherent vulnerability of the supposed commanders of the Army. The only reason I gave the book three stars instead of 3.5 is that the ending seemed disjointed for the rest of the book. Worth reading. 3 stars.

3/31

Gecko wrote: "Completed: 0/38"

I was born in '76, too; thanks for doing the math for me. :D

1976 - Interview With the Vampire - 2013.02.14 - ★★★
1979 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 2013.02.03 - ★★★★★
1985 - Ender's Game - 2013.02.09 - ★★★★★
1989 - A Prayer for Owen Meany - 2013.03.03 - ★★★★
1997 - Memoirs of a Geisha - 2013.02.02 - ★★★★
2011 - 11/22/63 - 2013.01.30 - ★★★★★

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Just finished my selection for 1981 - "The Countess Below Stairs" by Eva Ibbotson. Sweet, simple love story. Historically not very accurate and the characters were very simply constructed, but the book was entertaining. Good beach/vacation read. 3 stars.

You're welcome, Nik. I've heard its a fine vintage ;)

Im going with 1993, the year I graduated high school.

4 Read
21 Total

1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 Inkheart (Currently reading)
2006
2007 Austenland (1/20)
2008
2009 Jake Bites Back (1/21)
2010:
2011: Divergent by Veronica Roth (1/11)
2012: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (1/1)
2013:

I will start in 1991 when I graduated high school.

The Every Year Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
Completed: 17/22

1991
1992
1993 - The Giver
1994
1995 - Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia
1996 - Keeper of the Bride
1997 - Wireman
1998 - The Untouchable
1999 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2000
2001 - Dead Until Dark
2002 - Cape Refuge
2003
2004
2005 - The Sinner
2006 - Summer At Willow Lake
2007 - The Awakening
2008 - Lye in Wait
2009 - The Scarecrow
2010 - 30 Pieces of Silver
2011 - The Devil's Deep
2012 - Sleep No More
2013 - Touch & Go

I am seeing some awesome books on the lists!! I think TBR lists will be growing drastically! hahaha :)

January Update: Yearly Challenge: The Every Year Challenge
Goal: 5/23

I will be starting from 1990, the year I was born.

1999:A Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader of Brigstock, C. 1295-1344
2003: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
2005: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
2007:The Titan's Curse
2012: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Just finished my book from 2006 - "Silent in the Grave" by Deanna Raybourn. Really well-written and entertaining novel! I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the story read, but the prose wasn't dumbed down. Overall, quite enjoyable and definitely worth reading! Can't wait to read the 2nd book! 4.5 stars

5/31

End of January update
Completed: 3/18

2005: The Lightning Thief
2008: The Knife of Never Letting Go
2012: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Update :)

1997:
1998:
1999: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - ★★★★★ - 26/01/13
2000: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - ★★★★★ - 29/01/13
2001: Beautiful Creatures - ★★★★☆ - 13/01/13
2002:
2003:
2004: The Secret Hour?
2005: Never Let Me Go - ★★★★☆ - 02/01/12
2006: The Book Thief - ★★★★★ - 20/01/13
2007:
2008:
2009:
2010:
2011:
2012: Under the Never Sky - ★★★★☆ - 08/01/12
2013: Through the Ever Night - ★★★★★ - 23/01/13

Completed 7/17

Just finished The Poisonwood Bible. I am now 5/23 for this challenge.

Jessica's update for Every Year 1993-2013

5/21

2004 Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged (2/2)
2007 Austenland (1/20)
2009 Jane Bites Back (1/21)
2011: Divergent (1/11)
2012: Gone Girl (1/1)

Finished my first one: 1/23


1990 - Possession - finished 2/3/2013 - 3 stars

Going with the year I was born in until now. I will post in my member corner :D

Wow, this could be difficult. I'm also doing the 50 States Challenge. I will try this and hope several books will cover both challenges. I will start in 1945, the year of my birth.

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1969: Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher 1/14/2013

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1994: Suddenly by Barbara Delinsky 1/24/2013

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2007: Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky 1/28/2013

2008: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff 2/1/2013

2009:

2010: The Road Through Wonderland by Dawn Schiller 1/23/2013

2011:
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The Every Year Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
Completed: 4/46
1990 The Doll's House
2004 Pirate's Price by Darlene Marshall
2009 Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell
2010 The Ugly Truth