2025 Reading Challenge discussion

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7/25

Best Humorous Books - Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
3.5 Stars

January update:
Goal: 4/30

Best Detective/Mystery Series - 2/5
01. The Thin Man - 05 Jan 2016, 4/5
02. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - 24 Jan 2016, 3/5

Must Read Classics - 2/5
01. The Little Prince - 06 Jan 2016, 2/5
02. The Good Earth - 27 Jan 2016, 5/5

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Goal 7/50

Hello All! Happy February! Here are the statistics for this challenge as of today, the 1st of February:

We have 71 participants.
We have completed 77 books out of the 1738 we have pledged to read. Great job everyone!

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3/ 30 completed to date

Completed Swallows and Amazons from BBC Top 200 list.

3/30

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Goal 8/50

Joining in! Planning to read 5 books per list, will be adding lists as the year goes I'm sure :)

The Listopia Challenge
Duration: 01 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2016
Lists Completed: 0/4

Quality Dark Fiction

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - #49; Finished 2/27/2016
2. The Stand by Stephen King - #23; Finished 5/1/2016
3. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - #46; Finished 5/6/2016
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The Best Epic Fantasy

1. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - #7; Finished 3/1/2016
2. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce- #43; Finished 4/5/2016
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Ultimate Backpacking Novels

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-6/14/2016 ★★★★ Omnibus edition #8
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Best Non-Fiction (Non-Biography)

1. A Short History of Nearly Everything - #4; Finished 2/2/2016
2. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America - #1; 3/11/2016
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8/25

Best Literary Mysteries - Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

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best science fiction and fantasy books

Gathering Blue
Foundation

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Best Beach Reads 2015 - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 2 Stars

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1/15 - I'm off the mark!

Kadijah- I think the two Sarahs in the participants list are the wrong way round - message 58 is Sarah x 15. I need a more exotic name!!! :-)

Sarah wrote: "Updated message 58

1/15 - I'm off the mark!

Kadijah- I think the two Sarahs in the participants list are the wrong way round - message 58 is Sarah x 15. I need a more exotic name!!! :-)"

I'm sorry, and I fixed it. No worries about your name, I have it marked by message correctly on my spreadsheet.

I updated message #4.

Read: 4/30

Completed A Farewell to Arms from Radcliffe's 100 best novels

4/30

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I Only Watched the Movie
3. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding ✔

5/15 complete.

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7/12

I would like to join this challenge. I'm going to go for 25.

The Listopia Challenge
Duration: January 1st - December 31st, 2016

Best Crime Mystery Books
URL: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11.Best_Crime_Mystery_Books

1. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Completed 5/05/16 Rating 5 stars
2. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen Completed 29/05/16 Rating 4 stars
3. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Completed 26/06/16 Rating 4 stars
4. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Completed 18/10/16 Rating 4 stars

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
URL: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3647.1001_Children_s_Books_You_Must_Read_Before_You_Grow_Up

5. The BFG by Roald Dahl Completed 19/05/16 Rating 4 stars
6. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Completed 24/05/16 Rating 3 stars
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Completed 30/09/16 Rating 5 stars
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Completed 15/10/16 Rating 5 stars
9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Completed 23/10/16 Rating 3 stars
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Completed 26/11/16 Rating 5 stars
11. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Completed 11/12/16 Rating 4 stars
12. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Completed 30/12/16 Rating 4 stars

Big Fat Books Worth The Effort
URL : https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3153.Big_Fat_Books_Worth_the_Effort

13. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Completed 18/07/16 Rating 5 stars
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Must Read Classics
URL : https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/449.Must_Read_Classics

18. Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Completed 20/2/16 Rating 3 stars
19. Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka Completed 2/03/16 Rating 4 stars
20. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Completed 18/03/16 Rating 3 stars
21. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Completed 3/04/16 Rating 5 stars
22. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Completed 22/06/16 Rating 4 stars
23. Watership Down by Richard Adams Completed 21/09/16 Rating 4 stars
24. Animal Farm by George Orwell Completed 19/12/16 Rating 4 stars

Favorite Chick Lit

URL : https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/402.Favorite_Chick_Lit

25. The Help by Kathryn Stockett Completed 9/12/16 Rating 4 stars


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Hi please can you out me down for 5 from the list. Thanks.

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First book knocked off the Must Read Classics list.

Animal Farm - George Orwell ✔

Total: 6/15

I would like to join this challenge. I'm going to go for 50.

Books that everyone should read at least once
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. The Iron King
5. The Outsiders

Best Young Adult Books
1. The Bad Beginning
2. Fangirl
3. Quidditch Through the Ages
4. Identical
5. The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
1. Lola and the Boy Next Door
2. She Loves You, She Loves You Not...
3. The Realm of Possibility
4. Two Boys Kissing
5. Alaska

Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes/characters
1. I'll Give You the Sun
2. Carry On
3. Love Is the Higher Law
4. Will Grayson, Will Grayson
5. Another Day

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Best Literary Mysteries

3. North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo - 2/21/2016 - 2 Stars

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Must Read Classics

1. Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Completed 20/2/16 Rating 3 stars

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Goal 11/50

I've updated msg. 18. I'm at 13/45.

I updated message #4.

Read: 5/30

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Best Literary Mystery
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 2/26/2016 - 3 Stars


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Progress 5/10

Completed Lord Jim from Radcliffe's 100 best novels

5/30

updated post 85 with Room by Emma Donoghue (4/15)

Hi, I've updated msg 36

I'm doing rather well this year:

8/15

I think I will try for five books from five different lists.

THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - December 31st, 2016
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Can't Wait Books of 2015

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Mythologies and Retellings of Fairy Tales & Classics

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Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies

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Historical fiction with a dash of magic

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Best Literary Mysteries

The Alienist by Caleb Carr - 2/28/2016 - 4 Stars

February update:
Goal: 6/30

Must Read Classics - 3/5
03. Fahrenheit 451 - 05 Feb 2016, 4/5

Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men - 1/10
01. The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories - 22 Feb 2016, 4/5

Definitely want to do this challenge!! Took some time to check out various lists that interested me before posting here.

List 1: Best Irish Books

1. Angela's Ashes
2. In the Woods Completed Feb. 21
3. The Likeness
4. Room
5. Faithful Place
6. Artemis Fowl
7. Trinity
8. Circle of Friends
9. Haunted Ground
10. Brooklyn

List 2: Best Strong Female Fantasy Novels

1. Graceling
2. Vampire Academy
3. Alanna: The First Adventure
4. Poison Study
5. Throne of Glass
6. Moon Called
7. Sabriel
8. Magic Bites
9. Wild Magic
10. Howl's Moving Castle
11. First Test
12. Halfway to the Grave
13. The Mists of Avalon
14. Kushiel's Dart
15. A Great and Terrible Beauty

List 3: Best Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries

1. Flaggermusmannen
2. The Ice Princess
3. Faceless Killers
4. The Boy in the Suitcase
5. Headhunters
6. Before the Frost
7. The Son
8. The Keeper of Lost Causes
9. Last Rituals
10. Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík

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Best Book Boyfriends

1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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9/12

Hello All, Happy March!

Here are the statistics of this challenge as of the end of February:

We have 81 participants and have completed 141/1953 books.

Great job everyone!

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2/25

Must Read Classics
URL : https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/449.Must_Read_Classics

19. Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka Completed 2/03/16 Rating 4 stars

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Best Humorous Books

Bossypants by Tina Fey - 3/2/2016 - 3.5 Stars

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updated message 85 with The Awakening by Kate Chopin. (5/15)

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