2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I'm going to do this, starting from my year of birth 1982

Goal:31 books

1982) An Ice-Cream War to read
1983) The Color of Magic to read
1984) So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish to read
1985) The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales to read
1986) An Artist of the Floating World to read
1987) Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe to read
1988) Kitchen read 28/02
1989) Like Water for Chocolate to read
1990) Possession to read
1991) The Six Wives of Henry VIII to read
1992) The Volcano Lover: A Romance to read
1993) The Virgin Suicides to read
1994) Snow Falling on Cedars to read
1995) Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West to read
1996) Infinite Jest to read
1997) The God of Small Things to read
1998) The Poisonwood Bible to read
1999) White Teeth to read
2000) Anil's Ghost to read
2001) Life of Pi to read
2002) Everything Is Illuminated to read
2003) Reading Lolita in Tehran to read
2004) Cloud Atlas to read
2005) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan to read
2006) The God Delusion Currently reading
2007) On Chesil Beach to read
2008) The Forgotten Garden to read
2009) Wolf Hall to read
2010) The Lotus Eaters to read
2011) The Sense of an Ending to read
2012) Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore to read
2013) ?

Goal 01/31

Update for Jessica: 6/21
The Every Year Challenge 1993-2013

2004 Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged (2/2)
2005 Never Let Me Go (2/4)
2007 Austenland (1/20)
2009 Jane Bites Back (1/21)
2011: Divergent (1/11)
2012: Gone Girl (1/1)

Just finished my pick for 1991 - "Women of the Silk" by Gail Tsukiyama. My rating is actually 3.5 stars. The book was well-done and simply written with good descriptions, however I felt like there was little in the way of character development. There seemed to be a very stoic approach to the story. Well-done but not fabulous.

6/31

Whew! I finally have a participant list made for this challenge...YAY!

Participants
Melanie – 0/31
Gina – 7/21
Trevor – 0/15
Ashley (1) – 0/24
Kelsi – 5/23
Kara – 3/29
Lilac – 7/17
Georgina -0/26
Meghan – 0/22
Nathaly – 0/26
Karina – 0/28
Joni – 0/18
Ashley (Mod) – 4/29
Lorelei – 0/10
Alexandra – 0/23
Toni – 1/23
Curtis – 9/21
Lisa – 0/31
Kattibrie – 0/26
JenniferJ – 5/26
Kme_17 – 0/32
Darshana – 0/10
Morgan – 3/18
Tracy – 0/12
Audrey – 0/29
Ilovebakedgoods – 0/45
Carrie – 1/15
Megan – 6/31
Melissa – 10/22
April Lyn – 1/12
Julie – 5/23
Talia – 0/28
Robyn – 1/11
Gaijinmama – 4/46
Gecko – 0/38
Missy – 0/33
Hiedi – 4/30
Lindsay – 1/35
Cynthia – 0/21
Anna – 0/35
Anastasia – 0/31
Eve – 0/23
Debra – 2/27
Jessica – 0/21
Christy – 0/37
Staisha – 1/23
Nik – 3/38
Jessica (89) – 6/21
Shelly – 5/22
BookGyrlfromMO -
Elizabeth – 5/79
Alessia – 0/31

If I have missed any of your updates, please let me know. If you are keeping up in your "Member's Corner" thread, may I please ask that you update here periodically also? You don't have to list all of your books...just numbers. It would make it sooo easier than having to go back and forth.

Thanks a bunch! :)

Can I still join this challenge? I would like to try. I will start with 1986 since that is the year I was born.

1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 - Princess of the Midnight Ball
2010 - Princess of Glass
2011 - The Snow Angel
2012 - Discovering Hope
2013

complete: 4/28

Ashley wrote: "If I have missed any of your updates, please let me know. If you are keeping up in your "Member's Corner" thread, may I please ask that you update here periodically also? You don't have to list all..."

I always update the challenge thread as well as my "corner," but would you like us to update our post in the thread, or create a new post for each update? I've just been updating my post to cut down on the clutter, but I'm not sure if that's easy for you to track.

I'm in! I'll begin with the year I was born.

Completed 9 out of 18

1996
1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 01/22/2012 ****
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003 The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman - 02/23/2013 ***
2004 Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson - 01/23/2012 **
2005 Looking for Alaska by John Green - 02/08/2012 ***
2006
2007
2008 From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris - 01/04/2012 ***
2009 Blood Promise by Richelle Mead - 01/26/2012 ***
2010 Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris - 01/12/2012 **
2011 Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris - 01/17/2012**
2012 The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice - 02/22/2013 **
2013

I'm going to start from 1982, the year my big brother was born.

Completed 31/32

1982 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1983
1984 The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1985 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1986 Lake Wobegon Days
1987 Lincoln's Dreams
1988 The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
1989 The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
1990 The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne
1991 The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
1992 Snow Crash
1993 Coyote Blue
1994 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
1995 The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
1996 The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks
1997 Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
1998 Holes by Louis Sachar
1999 God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut
2000 Misconception: A Novel by Ryan Boudinot
2001 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2002 The Pearl by John Steinbeck
2003 The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer
2004 America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart
2005 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2006 The Keep by Jennifer Egan
2007 Hogwarts, Narnia, and Middle Earth: Places Upon a Time
2008 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
2009 Lowboy: A Novel by John Wray
2010 Phantoms on the Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet
2011 Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
2012 Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
2013 Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures

Actually I wanted to ask.
I know it's possible to search here on GR for books by year of publication. How do I do that? (sorry, technology immigrant here!)

Gaijinmama wrote: "Actually I wanted to ask.
I know it's possible to search here on GR for books by year of publication. How do I do that? (sorry, technology immigrant here!)"

Not sure how to do that, sorry, but if you want to start with the most popular books in a given year, this might help:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular...

You can replace the "2012" in the URL with another year, or select the desired year in the drop-down menu on the right side of the page.

I usually go look at the books on my to- read shelf. I put tons of books on my TBR shelf that finding a book for a specific year becomes as simple as sorted by publication date,

I'm at 5/18:
2005: The Lightning Thief
2006: The Sea of Monsters
2008: The Knife of Never Letting Go
2011: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making
2012: Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore

if you want to start with the most popular books in a given year, this might help:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular...

You can replace the "2012" in the URL with another year, or select the desired year in the drop-down menu on the right side of the page.

It worked, thank you! I just put in 1967 (my birth year, yeah I am an OOOOLD lady!) and got a whole list of possibilities.

Nik wrote: "Gaijinmama wrote: "Actually I wanted to ask.
I know it's possible to search here on GR for books by year of publication. How do I do that? (sorry, technology immigrant here!)"

Not sure how to do t..."

Gaijinmama, I think Nik has it correct. This is how I search. If I find another way though, I will let you know. :)

Nik wrote: "Ashley wrote: "If I have missed any of your updates, please let me know. If you are keeping up in your "Member's Corner" thread, may I please ask that you update here periodically also? You don't h..."

Nik, if every one or two weeks you'd post a new comment on your progress, that would be great. It might be cluttered, but somehow it is easier for me to keep track of everyone's progress.

I guess you could say I like clutter, lol!

Participants
Melanie – 0/31
Gina – 7/21
Trevor – 0/15
Ashley (1) – 0/24
Kelsi – 5/23
Kara – 3/29
Lilac – 7/17
Georgina -0/26
Meghan – 0/22
Nathaly – 0/26
Karina – 0/28
Joni – 0/18
Ashley (Mod) – 5/29
Lorelei – 0/10
Alexandra – 0/23
Toni – 1/23
Curtis – 9/21
Lisa – 0/31
Kattibrie – 0/26
JenniferJ – 5/26
Kme_17 – 0/32
Darshana – 0/10
Morgan – 5/18
Tracy – 0/12
Audrey – 0/29
Ilovebakedgoods – 0/45
Carrie – 1/15
Megan – 6/31
Melissa – 10/22
April Lyn – 1/12
Julie – 5/23
Talia – 0/28
Robyn – 1/11
Gaijinmama – 4/46
Gecko – 0/38
Missy – 0/33
Hiedi – 4/30
Lindsay – 1/35
Cynthia – 0/21
Anna – 0/35
Anastasia – 0/31
Eve – 0/23
Debra – 2/27
Jessica – 0/21
Christy – 0/37
Staisha – 1/23
Nik – 3/38
Jessica (89) – 6/21
Shelly – 5/22
BookGyrlfromMO -
Elizabeth – 5/79
Alessia – 0/31
Kalee - 4/28
Michelle Charlotte - 7/18
Kaitlin - 10/32
Craig - 4/36

Hey guys, I'm still pretty new to goodreads and haven't really participated in any challenges yet but this one sounds really cool and I would really like to join if still possible? I've already made my list :)

Sure Lisa. I will get you added to the list. How many books will you be reading for this challenge? Also, how many have you completed? That way I have have you updated!

Welcome to the challenge! :)

Thanks Ashley! I will be reading 28 books and have finished 3 so far.

I was born in 1986 so I'll read one book from every year since then. This is my list:

1986 Richard Dawkins – The Blind Watchmaker
1987 Douglas Adams – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
1988 Paulo Coelho – The Alchemist
1989 John Irving – A Prayer for Owen Meany
1990 Michael Crichton – Jurassic Park
1991 Bill Bryson – Neither here nor there: Travels in Europe
1992 Michael Ondaatje – The English Patient
1993 Susanna Kaysen – Girl, Interrupted
1994 Stephen King - Insomnia
1995 Bernhard Schlink – The Reader
1996 Nicholas Sparks –The Notebook
1997 Arthur Golden – Memoirs of a Geisha
1998 Barbara Kingsolver – The Poisonwood Bible
1999 Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2000 David Sedaris – Me talk pretty one day
2001 Yann Martel – Life of Pi
2002 Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
2003 Audrey Niffenegger – The TimeTraveler’s Wife
2004 Roberto Bolaño - 2666
2005 Jonathan Safran Foer – Extremely loud and incredibly close
2006 Richard Dawkins – The God Delusion
2007 Jay Asher –Thirteen reasons why
2008 Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games
2009 Darrel Ray – The God Virus
2010 Bill Bryson – At home: A Short History of Private Life
2011 Michio Kaku – Physics of the Future
2012 John Green – The Fault Is in Our Stars
2013 John Grisham –Theodore Boone: The Activist

Looking forward to having fun with this challenge and everyone participating!

Lisa wrote: "Thanks Ashley! I will be reading 28 books and have finished 3 so far.

I was born in 1986 so I'll read one book from every year since then. This is my list:

1986 Richard Dawkins – The Blind Watc..."

I love your list, Lisa! A lot of those are books I love or ones I want to read too. I'm reading The Reader right now :-)

Thanks Kaitlin! I made the list by going through all the years and picking those that have been on my eternal TBR list, if there were any in that year. Usually, I think challenges are good to read new books or authors you normally wouldn't have read, but I think this challenge is perfect for getting me to finally add some checkmarks on that TBR list :)

What do you think of The Reader so far? I really need to read that one, I am German after all :)

Lisa wrote: "Thanks Kaitlin! I made the list by going through all the years and picking those that have been on my eternal TBR list, if there were any in that year. Usually, I think challenges are good to read ..."

The Reader is weird - interesting, but weird. It's well written but there isn't a lot to it - it's much shorter than it seems. I just got to the part about the trial, which I thought would be central to the book, but it doesn't come in until more than halfway through.

Let me know what you think as you go through your list!

Kaitlin wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Thanks Ashley! I will be reading 28 books and have finished 3 so far.

I was born in 1986 so I'll read one book from every year since then. This is my list:

1986 Richard Dawkins – T..."

Me too! I have lots of those books on my to-read list and I'm reading "the God Delusion" for the year 2006 just now :D

Ashley wrote: "Nik, if every one or two weeks you'd post a new comment on your progress, that would be great."

Will do. Thanks for the reply, Ashley!

Lisa wrote: "Hey guys, I'm still pretty new to goodreads and haven't really participated in any challenges yet but this one sounds really cool…"

Right? I've been around Goodreads for a while, but never really got involved in the community until now, and this is one of my first challenges, too. I'm really enjoying it! I think I like the yearly challenges the most; I'm finding that the quarterly challenges are just a bit too stressful for me since I don't love racing my way through books. Anyway, welcome and have fun! =)

Just finished Memoirs of a Geisha. 5 stars. I am now 6/23 complete for this challenge.

Julie wrote: "Just finished Memoirs of a Geisha. 5 stars. I am now 6/23 complete for this challenge."

One of my favs! Congrats on being more than a quarter of the way through the challenge!

Thanks Megan!

Hi there, checking in...I've read 6 of my 35 as follows:



1979: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2007 - Darling Jim by Christian Mork
2008
2009 - The Magicians by Lev Grossman
2010
2011
2012 - Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander
2013

5 down, 23 to go!

2010 At Home: A Short History of Private Life
2009 The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture
2007 Thirteen Reasons Why
2006 The God Delusion
2005 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Just completed my selection for 2002 - "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats" by Jan-Philipp Sendker. I appreciated this book for the concepts it contained and it's different view of the world. The writing was good and discussed a part of the world with which I am unfamiliar. However, I did feel like it dragged in certain parts. I have a feeling I will be thinking about this book for several days. Overall, well done and recommend. 4 stars.

7/31

Here is my list

1992.
1993.
1994.
1995.
1996.
1997.
1998. Too Sexy For Marriage
1999.
2000. The Rancher Next Door (Lone Star Canyon)
2001.
2002.
2003.
2004.
2005. South Beach
2006. Hollywood Hills
2007.Last Summer
2008. Simply Irresistible
2009.
2010. Last Sacrifice
2011. Bloodlines
2012. The Golden Lily
2013. A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story

I'm in for this challenge! I have spend a couple of days to form up my list and already read four books from my list.

I start with 1990, the year I was born.

5/24

1990. The Eye of the World
1991. Sophie's World
1992. Along Came a Spider
1993. The Giver
1994. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
1995. Blindness
1996. Fight Club
1997. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
1998. A Clash of Kings
1999. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2000. A Storm of Swords
2001. Life of Pi
2002. Coraline
2003. The Time Traveler's Wife
2004. Cloud Atlas
2005. The Lightning Thief
2006. Water for Elephants
2007. A Thousand Splendid Suns
2008. The Angel's Game
2009. Catching Fire
2010. Noah Barleywater Runs Away
2011. The Prisoner of Heaven
2012. The Fault in Our Stars
2013. ?

1996 ?????
1997 The Photography Book
1998 ????
1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(done)
2000 Pride and Prejudice
2001 number9dream
2002 Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl - A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship (done)

2003 ?????
2004 Shadowland
2005 The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps
2006 Pretty Little Liars(done)
2007 Flawless(done)
2008 A Thousand Splendid Suns(done)
2009 The Secret to Teen Power (done)
2010 تراب الماس (done)
2011 Never Have I Ever(done)
2012 الفيل الأزرق(done)
2013 The Fault in Our Stars(done)

1996 is the year i was born
plzz tell me about books in the years
1996
1998
2003

Protector by Laurel Dewey***** finished 2/17
Twice Dying by Neil McMahon* finished 2/18
I am now 8/23 complete for this challenge!

Just finished my selection for 1984 - "The First Princess of Wales" by Karen Harper. I enjoyed the book and was tugged into the revolving court and intrigues. I did feel like editing would have helped, particularly at the end, to streamline the narrative. Overall, entertaining and worth reading! 4 stars.

8/31

I'd like to join it. I think I'm just going to do a "Millennium Challenge" and do the 2000's to date.

The Every Year *Millennium* Challenge
Duration: January - December 2013
Progress: 9/14

2000:
2001:
2002: Savannah Blues *2/5/13*
2003:
2004:
2005:
2006: Sex, Lies, and Online Dating *2/12/13*
2007: In the Woods *1/4/13*
2008: Tall Tales and Wedding Veils *2/19/13*
2009: Beautiful Creatures *2/8/13*
2010: The Body Finder *1/12/13*
2011: A Long, Long Sleep *3/3/13*
2012: Under the Never Sky *2/16/13*
2013: Requiem *3/7/13*

Trying this challenge for the first time! I'm starting at my birth year, 1988. Not sure if I will finish by the end of this year, but I'm aiming for my next birthday (Jan 20).

Goal: 25 books

Ashley wrote: "Participants
Melanie – 0/31
Gina – 7/21
Trevor – 0/15
Ashley (1) – 0/24
Kelsi – 5/23
Kara – 3/29
Lilac – 7/17
Georgina -0/26
Meghan – 0/22
Nathaly – 0/26
Karina – 0/28
Joni – 0/18
Ashley (Mod) – 5..."

i think u r missing my updates in comment no 33

I'm halfway!

Completed 17/32

1982 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1983 The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1984
1985 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1986
1987
1988
1989 The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
1995 The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
1996 The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks
1997
1998 Holes by Louis Sachar
1999
2000 Misconception: A Novel by Ryan Boudinot
2001 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2002
2003
2004 America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart
2005
2006 The Keep by Jennifer Egan
2007
2008 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
2009 Lowboy: A Novel by John Wray
2010 Phantoms on the Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet
2011 Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
2012 Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
2013

1) 1997 - the collected short stories by jeffrey archer
2.1) 2012 - just married please excuse by yashodhara lal
2.2) 2012 - the day i stopped drinking milk by sudha murty

Updated!

1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997 In the Garden of Iden, **
1998
1999
2000 Parasite Rex, ****
2001 number9dream, ****
2002
2003
2004
2005 Ender in Exile, ***
2006
2007 Competing on Analytics, ****
2008
2009 Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, ****
2010 The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work, *****
2011 Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance, **
2012 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, *****
2013

COMPLETED: 9/29

The Every Year Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
Completed: 5/46
1970 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
1990 The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
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

I decided to join this. I don't know how many I will be able to do. I kind of went off of the books I have set to read this year. I had to add a few more though. I was born in 1984 but I thought that was too much of a task for me. So in honor of my 10 year class reunion this year, Im gonna start with the year 2003. My list will be on My reading corner

No worries! I hope to get everyone added and updated tomorrow. I haven't forgotten you. Good job! It looks like everyone is completing this one awesomely! :)

OK, I'll start with 1984 and see how many years I can cover :)

Participants
Melanie – 0/31
Gina – 7/21
Trevor – 0/15
Ashley (1) – 0/24
Kelsi – 5/23
Kara – 9/29
Lilac – 7/17
Georgina -0/26
Meghan – 0/22
Nathaly – 0/26
Karina – 0/28
Joni – 0/18
Ashley (Mod) – 5/29
Lorelei – 1/10
Alexandra – 0/23
Toni – 1/23
Curtis – 9/21
Lisa – 0/31
Kattibrie – 0/26
JenniferJ – 5/26
Kme_17 – 0/32
Darshana – 2/10
Morgan – 5/18
Tracy – 0/12
Audrey – 0/29
Ilovebakedgoods – 0/45
Carrie – 1/15
Megan – 8/31
Melissa – 10/22
April Lyn – 1/12
Julie – 8/23
Talia – 0/28
Robyn – 1/11
Gaijinmama – 6/46
Gecko – 0/38
Missy – 0/33
Hiedi – 4/30
Lindsay – 1/35
Cynthia – 0/21
Anna – 6/35
Anastasia – 0/31
Eve – 0/23
Debra – 2/27
Jessica – 0/21
Christy – 0/37
Staisha – 1/23
Nik – 3/38
Jessica (89) – 6/21
Shelly – 5/22
BookGyrlfromMO -
Elizabeth – 5/79
Alessia – 0/31
Kalee - 4/28
Michelle Charlotte - 7/18
Kaitlin - 16/32
Craig - 4/36
Lisa - 5/28
Jackie - 0/21
Lianne - 5/24
Fatma - 9/18
Lindsay -0/14
Khaleesi - 0/25
Alison - 0/11
Julia - 0/30

Here are my updated numbers from the posts on this thread. Please, give me your numbers if you have any updates.

Good job readers! Keep up the good work. :)

The Every Year Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
Completed: 6/46
1970 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
1990 The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
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 by J. Kinney
2012 Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner

Ashley wrote: "Here are my updated numbers from the posts on this thread. Please, give me your numbers if you have any updates.

Good job readers! Keep up the good work. :)"

Hi Ashley, I read Breakfast at Tiffany's for my Every Year Challenge. It was published in 1956. So I'm 1/10.