Zelmneko Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thought I might as well try this . . I read around 30 books this summer (it's going to be tough remembering all of them :P) so I'm off to a good start. xD 1. Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne 2. 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne 3. Shades of Gray: The Road to High Saffron - Jasper Fforde 4. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 5. Chime - Fran Billingley (?) 6. War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells 7. The Time Machine - H. G. Wells 8. The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady - Gerald Morris 9. Revolutionary Girl Utena volumes 1-5 - BePapas 10. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World volume 1 - idr 11. Foundation - Isaac Asimov I'll edit later as I remember more of them/read more. Currently working on Fire Sea by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fray Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 2012, so far: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Diabolical by Cynthia Leitich Smith Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Long Hot Summoning by Tanya Huff Married With Zombies by Jesse Petersen Betrayals by Lili St. Crow Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire Lovers and Beloveds by MeiLin Miranda Mr. Monster by Dan Wells Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Jealousy by Lili St. Crow Defiance by Lili St. Crow Reckoning by Lili St. Crow Twilight by Meg Cabot The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats by Mira Grant The Electric Church by Jeff Somers Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig Practical Jean by Trevor Cole Fathomless by Jackson Pearce The Wild Ways by Tanya Huff Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys by Francesca Lia Block Missing Angel Juan by Francesca Lia Block The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 10,325 pages so far, not counting in-progress books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages 2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages 3. Fame - Daniel Kehlmann ***** 206 pages 4. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 424 pages Reread 5. A Deal with the Devil: The Green Party in Government - Mary Minihin *** 265 pages 6. I Curse The River of Time - Per Petterson **** 233 pages 7. The Outlaw Album [Collection of short stories] - Daniel Woodrell **** 167 pages 8. Nada - Carmen Laforet ***** 244 pages Reread 9. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt **** 325 pages 10. Delicacy - David Foenkinos **** 250 pages 11. Amulet - Roberto Bolano *** 184 pages 12. Atomised - Michel Houellebecq ***** 379 pages Reread 13. Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard **** 351 pages 14. Diary of a Bad Year - JM Coetzee **** 227 pages 15. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Mario Vargas Llosa ***** 410 pages 16. Chronicle of a Death foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marqez **** 122 pages 17. The Marraige Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides **** 406 pages 18. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan ***** 166 pages Reread 19. Vanishing Kingdoms: The history of half forgotten Europe - Norman Davies **** 739 pages 20. The Deadman's Pedal - Alan Warner ***** 376 pages total pages - 5,849 pages [does not include currently reading] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jesper Carlten Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 2012 so far: 1. The way of shadows Brent Weeks 2. Shadow's edge Brent Weeks 3. Beyond the shadows Brent Weeks 4. The Hunger games Suzanne Collins 5. Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 6. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins 7. Little Brother Cory Docotorow 8. The Black Prism Brent Weeks 9. A Study in Scarlet Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 10. The Sign of the Four Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 11. The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 12. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 13. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 14. The Return or Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 15. Night Watch Sergey Lukyanenko 16. The Maze Runner James Dashner 17. The Bourne Identity Robert Ludlum 18. The Messenger Markus Zusak 19. Skullduggery Pleasant Derek Landy 20. Gone Michael Grant 21. Fame Junkies Morton Rhue 22. Asphalt Tribe Morton Rhue I probably forgot more than half of what I've read, but I'm mainly reading fanfiction, so you could upgrade that count by a lot. I'm always reading, and I've managed probably about 1 mil words just last month... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icannotswimorcycle Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I'll just list the ones I've read since my last list post. Save the next long post for celebrating 50 as I doubt I'll do it next year though I'll need to (my collection is growing exponentially and the read/unread ratio is very much on the unread side). 26. Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau 27. Sexual Anarchy: Gender and Culture at the Fin de Siecle by Elaine Showalter 28. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 29. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides 30. The Awakening by Kate Chopin 31. The Lives of Things by Jose Saramago 32. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages 2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages 3. Fame - Daniel Kehlmann ***** 206 pages 4. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 424 pages Reread 5. A Deal with the Devil: The Green Party in Government - Mary Minihin *** 265 pages 6. I Curse The River of Time - Per Petterson **** 233 pages 7. The Outlaw Album [Collection of short stories] - Daniel Woodrell **** 167 pages 8. Nada - Carmen Laforet ***** 244 pages Reread 9. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt **** 325 pages 10. Delicacy - David Foenkinos **** 250 pages 11. Amulet - Roberto Bolano *** 184 pages 12. Atomised - Michel Houellebecq ***** 379 pages Reread 13. Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard **** 351 pages 14. Diary of a Bad Year - JM Coetzee **** 227 pages 15. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Mario Vargas Llosa ***** 410 pages 16. Chronicle of a Death foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marqez **** 122 pages 17. The Marraige Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides **** 406 pages 18. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan ***** 166 pages Reread 19. Vanishing Kingdoms: The history of half forgotten Europe - Norman Davies **** 739 pages 20. The Deadman's Pedal - Alan Warner ***** 376 pages 21. Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck ***** 260 pages total pages - 6,009 pages [does not include currently reading] it might be some time before an update again to this. two books currently being read (one at home and one at work) and on average they are about 650 pages each. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainbowEuphoria Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I've already hit 50 books but I'm going to keep on reading. :P 1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The God Box by Alex Sanchez 3. Burned by Ellen Hopkins 4. Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez 5. Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown 6. The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan 7. Weetzie Bat by Francesa Lia Block 8. Bait by Alex Sanchez 9. Luna by Julie Ann Peters 10. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 11. Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller 12. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kulger 13. Things Invisible to see: Tales of Gay and Lesbian Magic Realism edited by Lawrence Schimel 14. Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides 15. Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan 16. The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer 17. The Case of The Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney 18. What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson 19. Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks 20. Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters 21. Triangles by Ellen Hopkins 22. Fallout by Ellen Hopkins 23. A Positive View of GLBT: Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-being by Ellen D. Riggle 24. The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenides 25. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky 26. Cake Wrecks: When Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates 27. Out, Loud, and Laughing:A Collection of Gay and Lesbian Humor edited by Charles Flowers 28. The Revenge of Hothead Paisan, The Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist by Dianne DiMassa 29. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol 30. Absolutely Positively NOT by David LaRochelle 31. Into The Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern 32. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones 33. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton 34. Juicy Mother: Celebration edited by Jennifer Camper 35. How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier 36. The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech 37. A Promise of Romance by Kyoko Akitsu 38. The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy 39. Workin' it: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Style by RuPaul 40. Totally Joe by James Howe 41. Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters 42. Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Berannen 43. King and King by Linda De Haan 44. 5 Very Good Reasons To Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (and other useful guides) by Matthew Inman 45. Asexuality: A Brief Introduction by Asexual Archive 46. The Well of Loneliness by Radcylffe Hall 47. Coffee With Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland 48. Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters 49. Fun Home by Allison Bechdel 50. A More Perfect Union: Why Straight Americans must stand up for Gay Rights by Richard D. Mohr 51. Sister & Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Write about their lives together edited by Joan Nestle I am Currently Reading 52. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters 53. Blind Love by Wilkie Collins (on my kindle) 54. Finding Out: An Introduction to LGBT Studies by Deborah Meem (for class) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icannotswimorcycle Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 A belated congratulations to RainbowEuphoria and indeed everyone else who has already reached 50! I have slowed down a bit but the goal is still in sight. 33. The Queue by Vladimir Sorokin 34. Ruslan and Lyudmila by Alexander Pushkin 35. Beowulf: A Verse Translation 36. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami 37. Ubik by Philip K. Dick It's a rather mixed bunch of titles. The Queue showed me you can have a novel without a narrator or indeed named characters, good stuff apart from some really sweary bits. Ruslan and Lyudmila was a good fairy tale-like story but not as good as Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. I really didn't enjoy Beowulf due to it's lack of suspense, it's a pity as I really want to like it. Battle Royale was a trashy delight, poorly written in places but as the author admits that you can't really fault him or the book too much. I laughed, winced and every now and then was pulled out of the story by how unrealistic some parts are, but overall very enjoyable. I just finished Ubik and I loved it, having previously only read The Man in the High Castle by Dick I'm glad there are so many of his books available for me to read before running out :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages 2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages 3. Fame - Daniel Kehlmann ***** 206 pages 4. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 424 pages Reread 5. A Deal with the Devil: The Green Party in Government - Mary Minihin *** 265 pages 6. I Curse The River of Time - Per Petterson **** 233 pages 7. The Outlaw Album [Collection of short stories] - Daniel Woodrell **** 167 pages 8. Nada - Carmen Laforet ***** 244 pages Reread 9. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt **** 325 pages 10. Delicacy - David Foenkinos **** 250 pages 11. Amulet - Roberto Bolano *** 184 pages 12. Atomised - Michel Houellebecq ***** 379 pages Reread 13. Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard **** 351 pages 14. Diary of a Bad Year - JM Coetzee **** 227 pages 15. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Mario Vargas Llosa ***** 410 pages 16. Chronicle of a Death foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marqez **** 122 pages 17. The Marraige Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides **** 406 pages 18. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan ***** 166 pages Reread 19. Vanishing Kingdoms: The history of half forgotten Europe - Norman Davies **** 739 pages 20. The Deadman's Pedal - Alan Warner ***** 376 pages 21. Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck ***** 260 pages 22. The Leopard - Jo Nesbo *** 740 pages total pages - 6,749 pages [does not include currently reading] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icannotswimorcycle Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 A few books closer to the target- 38. High Rise by J.G. Ballard 39. Count D'Orgel's Ball by Raymond Radiguet 40. All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka 41. World War Z by Max Brooks 42. Closure, Limited by Max Brooks 43. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut I liked all of these bar Closure, Limited which really made me lose all desire to read any future Max Brooks books even though World War Z is fantastic. Wonder if I'll feel that way if/when he releases something else. Also, High Rise could have shown more rather than simply alluding to some of the worst acts committed by the residents. I think after reading Hospital by Toby Litt last year which is a similar story (People not leaving a building, their order becoming chaos then a new order) I got used to things going too far which made High Rise feel rather tame in comparison. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages 2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages 3. Fame - Daniel Kehlmann ***** 206 pages 4. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 424 pages Reread 5. A Deal with the Devil: The Green Party in Government - Mary Minihin *** 265 pages 6. I Curse The River of Time - Per Petterson **** 233 pages 7. The Outlaw Album [Collection of short stories] - Daniel Woodrell **** 167 pages 8. Nada - Carmen Laforet ***** 244 pages Reread 9. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt **** 325 pages 10. Delicacy - David Foenkinos **** 250 pages 11. Amulet - Roberto Bolano *** 184 pages 12. Atomised - Michel Houellebecq ***** 379 pages Reread 13. Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard **** 351 pages 14. Diary of a Bad Year - JM Coetzee **** 227 pages 15. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Mario Vargas Llosa ***** 410 pages 16. Chronicle of a Death foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marqez **** 122 pages 17. The Marraige Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides **** 406 pages 18. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan ***** 166 pages Reread 19. Vanishing Kingdoms: The history of half forgotten Europe - Norman Davies **** 739 pages 20. The Deadman's Pedal - Alan Warner ***** 376 pages 21. Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck ***** 260 pages 22. The Leopard - Jo Nesbo *** 740 pages 23. To The End of the Land - David Grossman ***** 576 pages total pages - 7,324 pages [does not include currently reading] in a calculation in my head, my average page of a book this year is roughly 318 yet 13 were under 300 pages Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fray Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 2012, so far: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Diabolical by Cynthia Leitich Smith Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Long Hot Summoning by Tanya Huff Married With Zombies by Jesse Petersen Betrayals by Lili St. Crow Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire Lovers and Beloveds by MeiLin Miranda Mr. Monster by Dan Wells Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Jealousy by Lili St. Crow Defiance by Lili St. Crow Reckoning by Lili St. Crow Twilight by Meg Cabot The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats by Mira Grant The Electric Church by Jeff Somers Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig Practical Jean by Trevor Cole Fathomless by Jackson Pearce The Wild Ways by Tanya Huff Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys by Francesca Lia Block Missing Angel Juan by Francesca Lia Block The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block Necromancer: A Novella by Lish McBride I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallman Demon Eyes by Scott Tracey All About Emily by Connie Willis Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig The Damnation Affair by Lilith Saintcrow 12,284 pages so far, not counting in-progress books. So close to hitting my 50 book goal... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SnowyKitty Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Audiobooks count, right? I listen to audiobooks all the time when I'm knitting or gaming, but I usually only read books for class (it is an odd setup, but it works best for me now that Librivox has a large enough catalog for me to devour). *starts prepping an audiobook list to start January 1st* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainbowEuphoria Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I've already hit 50 books but I'm going to keep on reading. :)1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The God Box by Alex Sanchez 3. Burned by Ellen Hopkins 4. Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez 5. Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown 6. The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan 7. Weetzie Bat by Francesa Lia Block 8. Bait by Alex Sanchez 9. Luna by Julie Ann Peters 10. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 11. Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller 12. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kulger 13. Things Invisible to see: Tales of Gay and Lesbian Magic Realism edited by Lawrence Schimel 14. Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides 15. Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan 16. The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer 17. The Case of The Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney 18. What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson 19. Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks 20. Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters 21. Triangles by Ellen Hopkins 22. Fallout by Ellen Hopkins 23. A Positive View of GLBT: Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-being by Ellen D. Riggle 24. The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenides 25. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky 26. Cake Wrecks: When Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates 27. Out, Loud, and Laughing:A Collection of Gay and Lesbian Humor edited by Charles Flowers 28. The Revenge of Hothead Paisan, The Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist by Dianne DiMassa 29. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol 30. Absolutely Positively NOT by David LaRochelle 31. Into The Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern 32. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones 33. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton 34. Juicy Mother: Celebration edited by Jennifer Camper 35. How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier 36. The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech 37. A Promise of Romance by Kyoko Akitsu 38. The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy 39. Workin' it: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Style by RuPaul 40. Totally Joe by James Howe 41. Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters 42. Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Berannen 43. King and King by Linda De Haan 44. 5 Very Good Reasons To Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (and other useful guides) by Matthew Inman 45. Asexuality: A Brief Introduction by Asexual Archive 46. The Well of Loneliness by Radcylffe Hall 47. Coffee With Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland 48. Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters 49. Fun Home by Allison Bechdel 50. A More Perfect Union: Why Straight Americans must stand up for Gay Rights by Richard D. Mohr 51. Sister & Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Write about their lives together edited by Joan Nestle Finished since Last Update 52. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters 53. Finding Out: An Introduction to LGBT Studies by Deborah Meem (for class) 54. The Iron Witch (book 1) by Karen Mahoney 55. Violet and Claire by Francesa Lia Block 56. Getting It by Alex Sanchez 57. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 58. The Social construction of Sexuality by Stephen Siedman (for class) 59. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 60. Media Debates: Great Debates for The Digital Age by Everette E. Dennis and John C. Merrill (for class) 61. Candide by Voltaire 62. Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture by Stanley Baran (for class) 63. The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of Joe Carstairs, The Fastest Woman on Water by Kate Summerscale 64. A Separate Peace by John Knowles I am Currently reading: 65. Ambidexterous by Felice Picano 66. Blind Love by Wilkie Colins (on my kindle) (Still haven't gotten any further since last time :p) Thank you, Icannotswimorcycle! Best of luck to everyone else on their own reading challenges. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Final List of 20121. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages3. Fame - Daniel Kehlmann ***** 206 pages4. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 424 pages Reread5. A Deal with the Devil: The Green Party in Government - Mary Minihin *** 265 pages6. I Curse The River of Time - Per Petterson **** 233 pages7. The Outlaw Album [Collection of short stories] - Daniel Woodrell **** 167 pages8. Nada - Carmen Laforet ***** 244 pages Reread9. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt **** 325 pages10. Delicacy - David Foenkinos **** 250 pages11. Amulet - Roberto Bolano *** 184 pages12. Atomised - Michel Houellebecq ***** 379 pages Reread13. Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard **** 351 pages14. Diary of a Bad Year - JM Coetzee **** 227 pages15. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter - Mario Vargas Llosa ***** 410 pages16. Chronicle of a Death foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marqez **** 122 pages17. The Marraige Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides **** 406 pages18. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan ***** 166 pages Reread19. Vanishing Kingdoms: The history of half forgotten Europe - Norman Davies **** 739 pages20. The Deadman's Pedal - Alan Warner ***** 376 pages21. Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck ***** 260 pages22. The Leopard - Jo Nesbo *** 740 pages23. To The End of the Land - David Grossman ***** 576 pages 24. The Secret History of Costaguana - Juan Gabriel Vazquez *** 301 pages 25. Talulla Rising - Glen Duncan ***** 425 pages 26. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet **** 546 pagestotal pages - 8,596 8,764 pages [did a calculator tot on this. somewhere i went wrong longest - 740 pages the leopard by Jo Nesbo shortest - 122 pages chronicle of a death foretold by gabriel garcia marquez some more statistics: where purchased Chapters, Dublin - 11 books my local book shop - 5 books Gifts - 4 books rereads - 4 books Dubray books, Dublin - 2 books Category: Fiction Original 20 books Fiction rereads 4 books Non Fiction 2 books Nationality of Author (this does not include non fiction authors) US 5 books UK 5 books Colombia 3 books Norway 2 books France 2 books Chile, South Africa, Spain, Austria, Canada, Peru and Israel 1 book What book is it of the author that i have read (this does not include non fiction authors) 1st book - 13 books (including 1 reread) 2nd book - 1 book 3rd book - 2 books 4th book - 2 books (including 1 reread) 5th book - 2 books (including 1 reread) 6th book - 1 book 9th book - 1 book 14th book - 1 book (including 1 reread) 15th book - 1 book favourite 3 book - the deadman';s pedal by alan warner, oracle night by paul auster (i've retold one element of this to many many people, 7 i think) and to the end of the land by david grossman 2011 list - http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/47563-50-books-in-a-year-thread/?p=2036294 (50 books plus 3 plays) and that completes my reading for 2012. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icannotswimorcycle Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 With so much time after October dedicated to gaming, overtime at work and end of year laziness I didn't think I'd make it but I'm proud of myself for having reached 50 books! I hadn't read anything by the majority of the authors I read works by this year and made some great discoveries (Raymond Queneau, Ernest Cline, Ayn Rand) and it was the year I got over my fear of reading a 1000 plus page novel. Huzzah! The list in full: 1. The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet 2. The Eclogues by Virgil 3. As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams by Lady Sarashina 4. The Forest of Hands & Teeth by Carrie Ryan 5. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 6. The Cage of Zeus by Sayuri Ueda 7. It Chooses You by Miranda July 8. Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff 9. Ten Nights Dreams by Natsume Soseki 10. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell 11. Vita Sexualis by Mori Ogai 12. The Flight of Icarus by Raymond Queneau 13. The Epic of Gilgamesh 14. Slum Online by Hiroshi Sakurazaka 15. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman 16. Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me by Richard Farina 17. Junky: The Definitive Text of 'Junk' by William S. Burroughs 18. The Female Man by Joanna Russ 19. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 20. The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato 21. Who Killed Palomino Molero? by Mario Vargas Llosa 22. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 23. Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet 24. When it Happens to You by Molly Ringwald 25. The Vatard Sisters by J.K.Huysmans 26. Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau 27. Sexual Anarchy: Gender and Culture at the Fin de Siecle by Elaine Showalter 28. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 29. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides 30. The Awakening by Kate Chopin 31. The Lives of Things by Jose Saramago 32. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu 33. The Queue by Vladimir Sorokin 34. Ruslan and Lyudmila by Alexander Pushkin 35. Beowulf: A Verse Translation 36. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami 37. Ubik by Philip K. Dick 38. High-Rise by JG Ballard 39. Count D'Orgel's Ball by Raymond Radiguet 40. All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka 41. World War Z by Max Brooks 42. Closure, Limited by Max Brooks 43. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut 44. Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow 45. Anthem by Ayn Rand 46. Villain by Shuichi Yoshida 47. The Letter Killers Club by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky 48. The Georgics: A Poem of the Land by Virgil 49. God Bless You, Dr Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut 50. Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt I have a rough reading list for next year but due to the length of some (and the hefty pile of manga and videogames calling out to me) I'm not sure if I'll reach fifty next year but I'll give it a damn good try :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainbowEuphoria Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Final Entry to the reading challenge of 2012: I've already hit 50 books but I'm going to keep on reading. :)1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith2. The God Box by Alex Sanchez3. Burned by Ellen Hopkins4. Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez5. Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown6. The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan7. Weetzie Bat by Francesa Lia Block8. Bait by Alex Sanchez9. Luna by Julie Ann Peters10. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh11. Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller12. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kulger13. Things Invisible to see: Tales of Gay and Lesbian Magic Realism edited by Lawrence Schimel14. Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides15. Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan16. The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer17. The Case of The Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney18. What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson19. Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks20. Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters21. Triangles by Ellen Hopkins22. Fallout by Ellen Hopkins23. A Positive View of GLBT: Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-being by Ellen D. Riggle24. The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenides25. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky26. Cake Wrecks: When Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates27. Out, Loud, and Laughing:A Collection of Gay and Lesbian Humor edited by Charles Flowers28. The Revenge of Hothead Paisan, The Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist by Dianne DiMassa29. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol30. Absolutely Positively NOT by David LaRochelle31. Into The Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern32. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones33. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton34. Juicy Mother: Celebration edited by Jennifer Camper35. How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier36. The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech37. A Promise of Romance by Kyoko Akitsu38. The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy39. Workin' it: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Style by RuPaul40. Totally Joe by James Howe41. Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters42. Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Berannen43. King and King by Linda De Haan44. 5 Very Good Reasons To Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (and other useful guides) by Matthew Inman45. Asexuality: A Brief Introduction by Asexual Archive46. The Well of Loneliness by Radcylffe Hall47. Coffee With Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland48. Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters49. Fun Home by Allison Bechdel50. A More Perfect Union: Why Straight Americans must stand up for Gay Rights by Richard D. Mohr51. Sister & Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Write about their lives together edited by Joan Nestle Finished since Last Update 52. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters53. Finding Out: An Introduction to LGBT Studies by Deborah Meem (for class) 54. The Iron Witch (book 1) by Karen Mahoney 55. Violet and Claire by Francesa Lia Block 56. Getting It by Alex Sanchez 57. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 58. The Social construction of Sexuality by Stephen Siedman (for class) 59. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 60. Media Debates: Great Debates for The Digital Age by Everette E. Dennis and John C. Merrill (for class) 61. Candide by Voltaire 62. Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture by Stanley Baran (for class) 63. The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of Joe Carstairs, The Fastest Woman on Water by Kate Summerscale 64. A Separate Peace by John Knowles I am Currently reading: 65. Ambidexterous by Felice Picano 66. Blind Love by Wilkie Colins (on my kindle) (Still haven't gotten any further since last time :P) Thank you, Icannotswimorcycle! Best of luck to everyone else on their own reading challenges. :) I've already hit 50 books but I'm going to keep on reading. :)1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith2. The God Box by Alex Sanchez3. Burned by Ellen Hopkins4. Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez5. Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown6. The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan7. Weetzie Bat by Francesa Lia Block8. Bait by Alex Sanchez9. Luna by Julie Ann Peters10. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh11. Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller12. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kulger13. Things Invisible to see: Tales of Gay and Lesbian Magic Realism edited by Lawrence Schimel14. Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides15. Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan16. The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer17. The Case of The Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney18. What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson19. Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks20. Tipping The Velvet by Sarah Waters21. Triangles by Ellen Hopkins22. Fallout by Ellen Hopkins23. A Positive View of GLBT: Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-being by Ellen D. Riggle24. The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenides25. The Perks of being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky26. Cake Wrecks: When Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates27. Out, Loud, and Laughing:A Collection of Gay and Lesbian Humor edited by Charles Flowers28. The Revenge of Hothead Paisan, The Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist by Dianne DiMassa29. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol30. Absolutely Positively NOT by David LaRochelle31. Into The Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern32. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones33. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton34. Juicy Mother: Celebration edited by Jennifer Camper35. How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier36. The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech37. A Promise of Romance by Kyoko Akitsu38. The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy39. Workin' it: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Style by RuPaul40. Totally Joe by James Howe41. Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters42. Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Berannen43. King and King by Linda De Haan44. 5 Very Good Reasons To Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (and other useful guides) by Matthew Inman45. Asexuality: A Brief Introduction by Asexual Archive46. The Well of Loneliness by Radcylffe Hall47. Coffee With Oscar Wilde by Merlin Holland48. Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters49. Fun Home by Allison Bechdel50. A More Perfect Union: Why Straight Americans must stand up for Gay Rights by Richard D. Mohr51. Sister & Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Write about their lives together edited by Joan Nestle 52. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters53. Finding Out: An Introduction to LGBT Studies by Deborah Meem (for class) 54. The Iron Witch (book 1) by Karen Mahoney 55. Violet and Claire by Francesa Lia Block 56. Getting It by Alex Sanchez 57. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 58. The Social construction of Sexuality by Stephen Siedman (for class) 59. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 60. Media Debates: Great Debates for The Digital Age by Everette E. Dennis and John C. Merrill (for class) 61. Candide by Voltaire 62. Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture by Stanley Baran (for class) 63. The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of Joe Carstairs, The Fastest Woman on Water by Kate Summerscale 64. A Separate Peace by John Knowles Finished since the last update: 65. Ambidexterous by Felice Picano 66. Blind Love by Wilkie Colins (on my kindle) 67. The Mariposa Club by Rigoberto Gonzalez I'm not if Manga or Comics count but I finished 4 books in Matsuri Akino's Pet Shop of Horrors Series as well (68-71) Offical Count: 71 Books Completed!!! I can't wait for 2013 to start! I'm aiming for 100 books for next year! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tenebre Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Jumping for 2013 with... 1. Ray Bradbury Stories: Volume 1 by Ray Bradbury Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LonePiper Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Bought and read this one in the same day. Off to a good start! 1. Where's my Jetpack? - A guide to the amazing science fiction future that never happened - Daniel H. Wilson, PhD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittKatz Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 This is my 8th year in doing this. Last year I only read 39. The reason why don't matter but I get to start again fresh this year. Started this year with some "read candy" since the last book I read was a very difficult book. I have already read Notorious Ninteen by Janet Evanovich. Her books are my guilty pleasure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vyanni Krace Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I read 50+ books a year (school-year that is) all the time. ^_^ Yep-I'm a bookworm. Over 100 if you count fanfiction. XD I'm gonna start this challenge now. 1) Oblivion - By Anthony Horowitz 2) Mark Of Athena - By Rick Riordan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tenebre Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I read 50+ books a year (school-year that is) all the time. ^_^ Yep-I'm a bookworm.Over 100 if you count fanfiction. XD Definitely the same here. I never keep track of them, though. I do wonder if I should count the number of books that I reread or just the new ones. I tend to read books several times over if I enjoy them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vyanni Krace Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I read 50+ books a year (school-year that is) all the time. ^_^ Yep-I'm a bookworm.Over 100 if you count fanfiction. XD Definitely the same here. I never keep track of them, though. I do wonder if I should count the number of books that I reread or just the new ones. I tend to read books several times over if I enjoy them. I am counting the books I re-read because I am still reading them aren't I? My only issue is whether they have to be published books or if fanfiction/online novels count? If fanfiction does count then I'll have finished this challenge by the end of the week. XD Fanfiction is so much easier to get access to that new books. I don't have to buy them to read them for starters and I am not shy to admit that I don't actually have that much money, nor do my parents. I cant actually afford to buy all the books I want even with a kindle. -_- The fact that I can get through 50+ fanfics in a week easily shows just how much I enjoy reading. I think most of my life is spent doing so. Its my escape from reality. If the book I am reading is interesting I can finish it within a day and a half. If its a thin book it will be finished in minutes. An average sized book will be done in a few hours. If its on the thick side its more likely to take a day and if its really thick I can usually finish it within either a day and a half or two days. No book ever takes me more than a week to read. The problems lie with finding a book that will interest me-I am surprisingly picky. There is also the price issue. As I said, I cant afford to buy books regularly. :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tenebre Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I read 50+ books a year (school-year that is) all the time. ^_^ Yep-I'm a bookworm.Over 100 if you count fanfiction. XD Definitely the same here. I never keep track of them, though. I do wonder if I should count the number of books that I reread or just the new ones. I tend to read books several times over if I enjoy them. I am counting the books I re-read because I am still reading them aren't I? My only issue is whether they have to be published books or if fanfiction/online novels count? If fanfiction does count then I'll have finished this challenge by the end of the week. XD Fanfiction is so much easier to get access to that new books. I don't have to buy them to read them for starters and I am not shy to admit that I don't actually have that much money, nor do my parents. I cant actually afford to buy all the books I want even with a kindle. -_- The fact that I can get through 50+ fanfics in a week easily shows just how much I enjoy reading. I think most of my life is spent doing so. Its my escape from reality. If the book I am reading is interesting I can finish it within a day and a half. If its a thin book it will be finished in minutes. An average sized book will be done in a few hours. If its on the thick side its more likely to take a day and if its really thick I can usually finish it within either a day and a half or two days. No book ever takes me more than a week to read. The problems lie with finding a book that will interest me-I am surprisingly picky. There is also the price issue. As I said, I cant afford to buy books regularly. :( I could never feed my reading habit if it weren't for my library and its online counterpart, especially now that I'm in a country with very few books in English. Check if your local library has an online library system that works with your kindle. American libraries usually do and I'm pretty sure English ones do as well. Sometimes the online systems are poor for browsing but with patience it gets easier to root good books out. And even if your library doesn't have an online system, try the actual good old fashioned library building. There's nothing like the smell and feel of a real book, I miss holding paper in my hand when I read from my Nook. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Princess Flufflebutt Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Jumping the bandwagon with 1. I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. 2. Letters From a Cat by Helen Hunt Jackson. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Melethril Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Me, I want to join in! 1. Unless, by Carol Shields 2. My Name Is Red, by Orhan Pamuk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 2. My Name Is Red, by Orhan Pamuk this is on my tbr shelf waiting to be read Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tenebre Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 1. Ray Bradbury Stories: Volume 1 by Ray Bradbury 956 pages 2. The Goshawk by TH White 144 pages 3. Liar by Justine Larbalestier 144 pages 4. Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman 35 pages Edit: Adding in a couple more from today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 2013 list 1. In Evil Hour - Grabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 183 pages reread total pages - 183 pages (not including currently being read) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Melethril Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 4. Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman 35 pages I liked that one! But, I might have been biased because I lived in Oxford at the time that I read it :) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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