Challenge: 50 Books discussion

Hello everyone! I've noticed some of our readers are getting close to, or have already passed, the goal of 50 books for 2014 (Wow! With over 4 months to go!). I've created this year's Finish Line folder, so as you finish, if you'd like to move your list to the Finish Line folder, go right ahead. It's sitting there, waiting for everyone!

1.The Water's Edge by Karin Fossum, Jan 2, 2014.
2. The Caller by Karin Fossum, Jan 7, 2014.
3. Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbøl, Jan 10, 2014.
4. The Purity of Vengeance by Jussi Adler Olson, Jan 18, 2014.
5. Rethinking the 1950s: How Anticommunism and the Cold War Made America Liberal by Jennifer Delton, Jan 23, 2014.
6. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson, Jan 27, 2014.
7. Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason, Jan 30, 2014.
8. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, Feb 1 2014.
9. Broken by Karin Fossum, Feb 3, 2014.
10.Race over Empire: Racism and U.S. Imperialism, 1865-1900 by Eric Love, finished Feb 4, 2014.
11. Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason, Feb 7, 2014.
12. The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indriðason, Feb 9, 2014.
13.Arnaldur Indriðason, Arctic Chill, Feb 14, 2014.
14. Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason, Feb 15, 2014.
15. The Citizen Machine: Governing by Television in 1950s America by Anna McCarthy, Feb 23, 2014.
16. Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920-1941, Michael E. Parrish, Feb 20, 2014.
17. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, February 24, 2014.
18.Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 by Maury Klein, Mar 7, 2014.
19. Frozen Tracks by Åke Edwardson, Mar 8, 2014.
20. Phantom by Jo Nesbø, finished Mar 14, 2014.
21. Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture, Mar 18, 2014.
22. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, Mar 23 2014.
23. The Way We Never Were: American Families & the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz, Mar 25, 2014.
24, The Disappeared by Kristina Ohlsson finished Mar 29, 2014.
25. All Shook Up: How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America by Glenn C. Altschuler, finished Apr 8, 2014.
26. The American Paradox A History of the United States Since 1945 by Steven M. Gillon Apr 9, 2014.
27. The Shadow Woman (Inspector Winter #2) by Åke Edwardson by Åke Edwardson, finished Apr 12, 2014.
28. S.J. Gazan The Dinosaur Feather, Apr 22, 2014.
29. Killer's Island by Anna Jansson, Apr 26, 2014.
30. The Preacher by Camilla Läckberg May 1, 2014.
31. Stenhuggarenby Camilla Läckberg, May 11, 2014.
32. Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan, May 15, 2014.
33. Outrage by Arnaldur Indriðason, May 20, 2014.
34. The Ice House by Minette Walters, May 24, 2014.
35. Serena by Ron Rash finished May 26, 2014.
36. Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson,June 7, 2014.
37. Dead of Summer by Mari Jungstedt, June 15, 2014.
38. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, June 19, 2014.
39. Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, June 29, 2014.
40. The Stranger by Camilla Läckberg, July 4, 2014.
41. Black Skies : an Inspector Erlendur Novel by Arnaldur Indriðason, July 12, 2014.
42. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra, finished July 28, 2014.
43. The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg, Aug 3, 2014.
44. Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction by Melissa Fay Greene, finished Aug 7, 2014.
45. The Silk Road in World History by Xinru Liu, finished August 8, 2014.
46. Native Carolinians: The Indians of North Carolina by Theda Perdue, finished Aug 7, 2014.
47. The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer, Aug 12, 2014.
48. The Return, by Hakkan Nesser, Aug 18, 2014.
49. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman, Aug 25, 2014.
50. Woman with Birthmark by Håkan Nesser Sept 2 2014.
51. Unspoken by Mari Jungstedt, Sept 19 2014.
52. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, Sept 22 2014.
53. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith, Oct 23, 2014.
54. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, Oct 28, 2014.
55. Marco effekten by Jussi Adler-Olsen, finished Nov 1, 2014.
56. The Inner Circle byMari Jungstedt finished Nov 8, 2014.
57. Killer's Art by Mari Jungstedt, , nov 28, 2014.
58. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt, finished Dec 2, 2014.
59. Sohlberg and the Missing Schoolboy: an Inspector Sohlberg mystery by Jens Amundsen, finished dec 18, 2014.

Congratulations on completing your challenge, Susan! And with almost four months to spare! I'm getting close, but am not quite there yet. You might just be able to hit 70 by year's end.

Linda wrote: "Congratulations on completing your challenge, Susan! And with almost four months to spare! I'm getting close, but am not quite there yet. You might just be able to hit 70 by year's end."

Thanks, Linda! Last year I aimed for 55 and it nearly killed me, so I backed off this year. I'm really surprised I got to the end so fast. Now I have to decide where to set my sights for 2015!

Orphan Train
There Will Be Wolves
The Whip
The Fortunes of Philippa
All the Light We Cannot See
Two Weeks with the QueenA Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Stranger in a Strange Land
Letters to His Son 1749
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
2nd Chance

Since we're now officially, definitely, can't-turn-back-now into 2015, it's time to start moving our 2014 reading lists to the Finish Line folder.

I have a very thorough (I think - you can look at my explanation from last year here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) process before I move any lists to the Finish Line, but in case I accidentally move a list someone wasn't done with, please check the Finish Line folder to see if it's there.

Thanks Tiffany, mod extraordinaire.

Donna wrote: "Thanks Tiffany, mod extraordinaire."

Awww, thanks :) *blushing*