50 Book Challenge for 2011

[Dora]

A month ago, I bought more than 200 euro in books, and I have read only one of them...

Jules Vernes - L'invasion du mer
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[MissKateCherie]

1)Airhead by Meg Cabot
2)Gossip Girl: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar
3)Gossip Girl: All I Want Is Everything by Cecily von Ziegesar
4)Gossip Girl: Because I'm Worth It by Cecily von Ziegesar
5)Gossip Girl: I Like It Like That by Cecily von Ziegesar
6)Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want by Cecily von Ziegesar
7)Gossip Girl: Nobody Does It Better by Cecily von Ziegesar
8)Gossip Girl: Nothing Can Keep Us Together by Cecily von Ziegesar
9)Gossip Girl: Only in Your Dreams by Cecily von Ziegesar
10)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling
11)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling
12)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling
13)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling
14)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling
15)The Tales of Beedle The Bard by J.K Rowling
16)Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
17)Vampire Academy: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
18)Vampire Academy: Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
19)The Wolves of Mercy Falls: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
20)The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
21)Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
22)Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett
23)Alex Rider: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
24)The Immortals: Evermore by Alyson Noel
25)The Immortals: Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
26)The Immortals: Shadowland by Alyson Noel
27)Lady: My life is a b*tch by Melvin Burgess
28)Emma by Sophie Tasma
29)Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
30)Just as long as we're together by Judy Blume
31)The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
32)Festival au Chateau by Betty Cavana
33)Ο Θησαθρος της Βαγίας by Ζωρζ Σαρή
34)Το συμβόλαιο του πύργου by Κίρα Σίνου
35)Ψίθυροι αγοριών by Βούλα Μαστόρη
36)Herr Der Diebe by Cornelia Funke
37)The Immortals: Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
38)Fallen: Torment by Lauren Kate
39)Blue Bloods: Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz
40)J'ai hate de vieillir by Brigitte Smadja
41)Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
42)Le plus bel age de la vie by Bernard Barokas
43)Un passage dificile by Michel-Aime Baudouy
44)The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L. J. Smith
45)The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L. J. Smith
46)The Vampire Diaries: The Fury by L. J. Smith
47)If I stay by Gayle Forman

 

[ChrissyM]

I can't wait to hit 50 just so i can start reading the long books i want to tackle!

I'll be thrilled if I reach 30 books next year -- i think my emphasis is definitely going to shift more to quality rather than quantity

I'm sure I'll still have some shorter palate cleanser type of reads in there as well, but the overall tone will be different

 

[mint condish]

Yeah I couldn't get behind the idea of racing. I only read the books I wanted to, and I don't like short books. Which is probably my year's total is around 14

 

[Alvedansen]

i always tried to read shorter books in between my long books (which i also prefer), but i practically had to force myself. especially now that i want to finish a series, but all the books have 1,000 pages...
but i got a Kindle for my birthday so now i can read during my boring classes and read whatever i feel like atm. i love the feel, smell, sound and look of real books, but i can say that the Kindle is amazing for book-lovers

 

[voguetoffee]

I think my years total is 10. (Although we have a month left...)
- Pretty Little Liars, Flawless, Perfect, Unbelievable, Wicked, Killer, all by Sara Shepard.
- L. A. Candy, Sweet Little Lies, Sugar and Spice, all by Lauren Conrad.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Marquez.

 

[ChrissyM]

i always tried to read shorter books in between my long books (which i also prefer), but i practically had to force myself. especially now that i want to finish a series, but all the books have 1,000 pages...
but i got a Kindle for my birthday so now i can read during my boring classes and read whatever i feel like atm. i love the feel, smell, sound and look of real books, but i can say that the Kindle is amazing for book-lovers

i tend to do the same sort of thing...

i've been debating for so long about the kindle and i just haven't made the switch to the e-reader yet. i'm sure i would love it, i'm just one of those people who has a hard time letting go of what i'm used to

and i just love the feel of a real book.

 

[city girl]

I'm definitely doing this for next year!

 

[TanyaKiller]

Me too! I can't wait for 2012 now. I've made a list of books that I could possibly like and I'm trying to be as accurate
as possible about my taste, since I don't to waste time.... I'm too picky about my choices and I only like thick books.
Guys, what do you think of making a thread about book recommendations based on taste?
I know there is already a thread about recommendations, but I wish for something more precise,
where you can help the reader choose something according to their taste and even their mood.
I don't know if people here will be interested. Feedback, please.

 

[Belowen]

I think I might stop at 40 books this year, just to make it a nice even number

 

[ChrissyM]

Me too! I can't wait for 2012 now. I've made a list of books that I could possibly like and I'm trying to be as accurate
as possible about my taste, since I don't to waste time.... I'm too picky about my choices and I only like thick books.
Guys, what do you think of making a thread about book recommendations based on taste?
I know there is already a thread about recommendations, but I wish for something more precise,
where you can help the reader choose something according to their taste and even their mood.
I don't know if people here will be interested. Feedback, please.

I don't know that we need a separate thread for that... since taste is so hard to define...
i think we've had discussions in this thread relating to book recommendations... people saying, i like this type of book, does anyone have recommendations for something in that vein.

and we have the book review thread too, and often people will recommend the book they've reviewed for people who like xyz

asking for recommendations in here is a good way to generate discussions beyond just lists of what everyone's currently reading

 

[ChrissyM]

speaking of lists... i need to update mine.
i'm almost there!

reading some thrillers to get me to the 50 book goal

1: This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
2: Just Kids by Patti Smith
3: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K.Rowling
4: Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
5: The Monster of Florence: A True Story by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi
6: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
7: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
8: The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy
9: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
10: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
11: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
12: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
13: The Last Titan by Rick Riordan
14: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
15: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
16: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
17: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
18: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
19: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
20: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
21: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
22: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
23: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
24: A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
25: Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
26: Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
27: Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
28: Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
29: Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
30: Room by Emma Donoghue
31: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
32: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
33: From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
34: Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
35: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
36: Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
37: Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
38: Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
39: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
40: Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
41: I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
42: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
43: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
44: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
45: Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
46: A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
47: Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

I really liked A Visit From the Goon Squad by the way...
I viewed it more as a connected series of short stories than a novel and found it interesting to see how the characters' lives were woven together and how they resurfaced at different stages in their lives

 

[Annu]

47. The secret by Rhonda Byrne
48. Endymion by Dan Simmons

It wasn't right time to me to read The secret. When you sister stayed in hospital while doctors played bingo, all you need some hope, not advice that you get what you wish for. The most of times I just wanted to throw book away, but maybe some other time I would believe this. Actually there was one good thing: all that "believe that you have it all already" made me buy Sandman comics (by Neil Gaiman) which I have planned to buy for years, and I have enjoyd them very much.

Endymion was my bus reading, I think when you have to do something that is not fun about, at least reading should be good.


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Next year, I'm not gonna try to reach 50 books, this has been too much. Like someone said, I want to read some quality rather than quantity.. I have read some very bad books this year because of this I like reading but I simply not have that much time than before and I like to enjoy reading, not feeling I'm back to school. But you live and you learn I guess

 

[MissKateCherie]

1)Airhead by Meg Cabot
2)Gossip Girl: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar
3)Gossip Girl: All I Want Is Everything by Cecily von Ziegesar
4)Gossip Girl: Because I'm Worth It by Cecily von Ziegesar
5)Gossip Girl: I Like It Like That by Cecily von Ziegesar
6)Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want by Cecily von Ziegesar
7)Gossip Girl: Nobody Does It Better by Cecily von Ziegesar
8)Gossip Girl: Nothing Can Keep Us Together by Cecily von Ziegesar
9)Gossip Girl: Only in Your Dreams by Cecily von Ziegesar
10)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling
11)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling
12)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling
13)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling
14)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling
15)The Tales of Beedle The Bard by J.K Rowling
16)Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
17)Vampire Academy: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
18)Vampire Academy: Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
19)The Wolves of Mercy Falls: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
20)The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
21)Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
22)Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett
23)Alex Rider: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
24)The Immortals: Evermore by Alyson Noel
25)The Immortals: Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
26)The Immortals: Shadowland by Alyson Noel
27)Lady: My life is a b*tch by Melvin Burgess
28)Emma by Sophie Tasma
29)Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
30)Just as long as we're together by Judy Blume
31)The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
32)Festival au Chateau by Betty Cavana
33)Ο Θησαθρος της Βαγίας by Ζωρζ Σαρή
34)Το συμβόλαιο του πύργου by Κίρα Σίνου
35)Ψίθυροι αγοριών by Βούλα Μαστόρη
36)Herr Der Diebe by Cornelia Funke
37)The Immortals: Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
38)Fallen: Torment by Lauren Kate
39)Blue Bloods: Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz
40)J'ai hate de vieillir by Brigitte Smadja
41)Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
42)Le plus bel age de la vie by Bernard Barokas
43)Un passage dificile by Michel-Aime Baudouy
44)The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L. J. Smith
45)The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L. J. Smith
46)The Vampire Diaries: The Fury by L. J. Smith
47)If I stay by Gayle Forman
48)The Vampire Diaries: The Reunion by L. J. Smith

 

[MissKateCherie]

1)Airhead by Meg Cabot
2)Gossip Girl: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar
3)Gossip Girl: All I Want Is Everything by Cecily von Ziegesar
4)Gossip Girl: Because I'm Worth It by Cecily von Ziegesar
5)Gossip Girl: I Like It Like That by Cecily von Ziegesar
6)Gossip Girl: You're the One That I Want by Cecily von Ziegesar
7)Gossip Girl: Nobody Does It Better by Cecily von Ziegesar
8)Gossip Girl: Nothing Can Keep Us Together by Cecily von Ziegesar
9)Gossip Girl: Only in Your Dreams by Cecily von Ziegesar
10)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling
11)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K Rowling
12)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling
13)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling
14)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling
15)The Tales of Beedle The Bard by J.K Rowling
16)Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
17)Vampire Academy: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
18)Vampire Academy: Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
19)The Wolves of Mercy Falls: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
20)The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
21)Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
22)Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett
23)Alex Rider: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
24)The Immortals: Evermore by Alyson Noel
25)The Immortals: Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
26)The Immortals: Shadowland by Alyson Noel
27)Lady: My life is a b*tch by Melvin Burgess
28)Emma by Sophie Tasma
29)Dustbin Baby by Jacqueline Wilson
30)Just as long as we're together by Judy Blume
31)The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
32)Festival au Chateau by Betty Cavana
33)Ο Θησαθρος της Βαγίας by Ζωρζ Σαρή
34)Το συμβόλαιο του πύργου by Κίρα Σίνου
35)Ψίθυροι αγοριών by Βούλα Μαστόρη
36)Herr Der Diebe by Cornelia Funke
37)The Immortals: Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
38)Fallen: Torment by Lauren Kate
39)Blue Bloods: Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz
40)J'ai hate de vieillir by Brigitte Smadja
41)Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
42)Le plus bel age de la vie by Bernard Barokas
43)Un passage dificile by Michel-Aime Baudouy
44)The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L. J. Smith
45)The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle by L. J. Smith
46)The Vampire Diaries: The Fury by L. J. Smith
47)If I stay by Gayle Forman
48)The Vampire Diaries: The Reunion by L. J. Smith
49:The Vampire Diaries: The Return, Nightfall by L. J. Smith

 

[EnVogueLove]

I usually read books by writer. So I read all books that some writer wrote and I love to read them in order (by years of publishing).

Do you rather buy books or borrow them from the library?

 

[MissKateCherie]

^
I do prefer to buy them but I read so much that I can't afford to buy every book I read and even if I did I don't have that much space in my bookcase...But I do buy many books because I like to read them again...it's a good thing that the library is actually in the same building that I live

 

[Scott]

unfortunately i didn't get anywhere near....not even remotely.....50 books. so much has happened in my family this year it's been rather time consuming. i did get a few in and at the moment i'm in the middle of patti smith's recently re-issued 'woolgathering'.

 

[Annu]

49. Matkalla - Martti Ahtisaaren tarina by Katri Merikallio and Tapani Ruokanen
this is former President of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomat Martti Ahtisaare's biography. Quite interesting actually, I'm not huge fan biographies but all his diplomatic negotitions and stuff was pretty interesting, and I would love to read more that kind of stuff. Too bad that half of book was boring president stuff, just boring campaign and way too specific seven years from his life (the first part of book (150 pages) took about 90 years from his life. But I guess that is role which we know him better here.

So exiciting, only one book to go! I don't know if it gonna be Around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne (it would be about time to finish it, I got it from my Secret Santa last year), The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of his friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O'Hagan (I seem to try to read all Marilyn books, even the weirdest) but probably it will be Under the dome by Stephen King because it is library book and I don't have much time left before I have to return it.

 

[tigerrouge]

Do you rather buy books or borrow them from the library?

I mostly borrowed from the library, it helped impose a time limit.

I did plan my reading around the terms of the challenge instead of simply doing it for fun, but I've spent most of my life having to read to deadlines, so it didn't feel that unnatural for me to do that.