Book Challenge 2014

01: A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
02: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
 
01. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ***
02. Philosophy for Life by Jules Evans
 
I managed 24 last year, which is not bad. I'd like to get a few more this year, if possible. Maybe make 30. But I'll settle for 20 minimum again.
 
01. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ***
02. Philosophy for Life by Jules Evans ****

03. Between Two Worlds by Roxana Saberi
 
01: A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
02: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
03: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
 
  1. American Pastoral by Philip Roth
  2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  3. Ooh La La!: French Women's Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day by Jamie Cat Callan
  4. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey
  5. The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
  6. The Perfectly Imperfect Home by Deborah Needleman
  7. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
  8. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
  9. Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton
  10. Carine Roitfeld: Irreverent by Carine Roitfeld
  11. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
  12. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
 
I set my goal for 40 last year, and ended up reading 176 books, so....

I'm going to shoot for 75, because this is going to be a busy year for me, but I'm still a huge bookworm.

So far, finished 3, working on 3 more:

Let me tell ya that with those rates you might end with a list of 200 this year. Congrats and YAY to such a great and dedicated reader! :flower::flower:
 
01: A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
02: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
03: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
04: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
 
Still gunning for 50 a year, as with the last two (three?) successful years.

1. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoğlu (currently reading)
2. Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer (currently reading)
3. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh (currently reading)
 
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1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
2. Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney


Currently reading:
3. The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling
4. The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri
 
01. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ***
02. Philosophy for Life by Jules Evans ****
03. Between Two Worlds by Roxana Saberi ***
04. It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han ****

05. Coming of Age on Zoloft by Katherine Sharpe
 
01: A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
02: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
03: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
04: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
05: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
 
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01. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion ***
02. Philosophy for Life by Jules Evans ****
03. Between Two Worlds by Roxana Saberi ***
04. It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han ****
05. Coming of Age on Zoloft by Katherine Sharpe ****

06. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson
 
01: A Tap On The Window by Linwood Barclay
02: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
03: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
04: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
05: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
06: Beauty by Lauren Conrad

07: Intensity by Dean Koontz
 
What I've finished in January:
- In Search of Kazakhstan: the Land that Disappeared by Christopher Robbins
- The Outsider by Albert Camus
 
January
1. Conduct Unbecoming
2. And the Band Played On
3. The Awakening
4. The Great Gatsby
5. East of Eden
 
1. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton
 

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