Book Challenge 2014

[rox_yr_sox]

1. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoğlu
2. Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer
3. Rajasthan, Deli and Agra by Lonely Planet Guides
4. The Time Keeper by Mitch Albon
5. My Sh*t Life So Far by Frankie Boyle
6. Scotland's Jesus: The Only Officially Non-Racist Comedian by Frankie Boyle
7. Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
8. Brave New Word by Aldous Huxley
9. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
10. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
11. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh
12. A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
13. The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
14. Massacre at the Palace by Jonathan Gregson
15. From Goddess to Mortal by Scott Berry and Rashmila Shakya (currently reading)

 

[barbaraaa]

1. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton
3. Ivanov, by Chekhov
4. The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
6. A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
7. Mr Palomar, by Italo Calvino
8. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez
9. Ariel, by Sylvia Plath
10. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
11. Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
12. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
13. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
14. Pnin, by Vladimir Nabokov
15. Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
16. Restless, by William Boyd
17. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
18. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton

 

[rox_yr_sox]

1. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoğlu
2. Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer
3. Rajasthan, Deli and Agra by Lonely Planet Guides
4. The Time Keeper by Mitch Albon
5. My Sh*t Life So Far by Frankie Boyle
6. Scotland's Jesus: The Only Officially Non-Racist Comedian by Frankie Boyle
7. Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
8. Brave New Word by Aldous Huxley
9. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
10. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
11. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh
12. A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
13. The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
14. Massacre at the Palace by Jonathan Gregson
15. From Goddess to Mortal by Scott Berry and Rashmila Shakya
16. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
17. A Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes (currently reading)
18. The Golden Bowl by Henry James (currently reading)

 

[peacelover142002]

July Reads

111. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
112. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
113. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
114. Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 by Susan Sontag
115. Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
116. Classic Beauty: The History of Makeup by Gabriela Hernandez
117. Fictitious Dishes by Dinah Fried
118. The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
119. Democracy by Joan Didion
120. Pain Parties Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder
121. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
122. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
123. The Love Poems by Ovid
124. Fifty Fashion Looks That Changed the 1990s by Paula Reed

 

[Candice89102]

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynm
2. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
3. Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
5. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
6. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
7. Four: The Transfer by Veronica Roth
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
9. Adaptation by Malinda Lo
10. My First New York by New York Magazine
11. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
12. Paper Towns by John Green
13. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Up next - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

 

[barbaraaa]

1. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton
3. Ivanov, by Chekhov
4. The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
6. A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
7. Mr Palomar, by Italo Calvino
8. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez
9. Ariel, by Sylvia Plath
10. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
11. Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
12. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
13. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
14. Pnin, by Vladimir Nabokov
15. Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
16. Restless, by William Boyd
17. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
18. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
19. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
20. Boule de Suif, by Guy de Maupassant
21. The Seagull, by Chekhov
22. Uncle Vanya, by Chekhov
23. The Three Sisters, by Chekhov
24. The Cherry Orchard, by Chekhov

 

[Belowen]

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
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong
14: Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
15: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
18: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
19: Cell by Stephen King
20: The Three by Sarah Lotz
21: Monster Love by Carol Topolski
22: Eeny Meeny by MJ Arlidge
23: The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
24: Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant
25: Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnes
26: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
27: The Shining by Stephen King
28: Black River by Dean Koontz
29: In The Blood by Lisa Unger

 

[VersaceVixen009]

Realized one of the workbooks doesn't count, I know Im low but with the amount of reading Ill have for school, Ill definitely make it. Plus I love to recreationally read.
. The Power of Auras by Susan Shumsky
2. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
3. Friends Forever by Danielle Steel
4.. Why Men Love B*****s by Sherry Argov
5. Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from BPD by Rachel Reiland
6. Abroad by Katie Crouch
7. Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende (current read)

 

[barbaraaa]

1. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton
3. Ivanov, by Chekhov
4. The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
6. A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
7. Mr Palomar, by Italo Calvino
8. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez
9. Ariel, by Sylvia Plath
10. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
11. Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
12. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
13. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
14. Pnin, by Vladimir Nabokov
15. Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
16. Restless, by William Boyd
17. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
18. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
19. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
20. Boule de Suif, by Guy de Maupassant
21. The Seagull, by Chekhov
22. Uncle Vanya, by Chekhov
23. The Three Sisters, by Chekhov
24. The Cherry Orchard, by Chekhov
25. The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman

 

[Belowen]

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
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong
14: Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
15: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
18: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
19: Cell by Stephen King
20: The Three by Sarah Lotz
21: Monster Love by Carol Topolski
22: Eeny Meeny by MJ Arlidge
23: The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
24: Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant
25: Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnes
26: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
27: The Shining by Stephen King
28: Black River by Dean Koontz
29: In The Blood by Lisa Unger
30:This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer

 

[ChristyLeReveur]

1. Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
2. The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern
3. The Ivy: Secrets by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
4. The Ivy: Rivals by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
5. The Ivy: Scandal by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
6. On China by Henry Kissinger
7. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
8. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
9. Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi by Katherine Frank
10. The World of Suzie Wong by Richard Mason
11. Daughter of the East: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto
12. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
13. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett
14. The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes
15. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
16. Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said
17. Pakistan: A Personal History by Imran Khan
18. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
19. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life by Donald Spoto
20. Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad
21. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda by Ali H. Soufan & Daniel Freedman (Contributor)
22. Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World by Jean Sasson
23. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman
24. The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power by Kim Ghattas
25. Maus, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
26. Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase
27. Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje
28. The A-List: Hollywood Royalty by Zoey Dean
29. Sunset Boulevard by Zoey Dean
30. City of Angels by Zoey Dean
31. Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren
32. Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot
33. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
34. Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton
35. Bared to You by Sylvia Day
36. Reflected in You by Sylvia Day
37. Entwined with You by Sylvia Day
38. Spain: The Inside Story of La Roja's Historic Treble by Graham Hunter
39. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo & Bagram Ibatoulline
40. The Style Diary of A Bollywood Diva by Kareena Kapoor & Rochelle Pinto
41. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

 

[Belowen]

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
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong
14: Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
15: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
18: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
19: Cell by Stephen King
20: The Three by Sarah Lotz
21: Monster Love by Carol Topolski
22: Eeny Meeny by MJ Arlidge
23: The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
24: Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant
25: Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnes
26: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
27: The Shining by Stephen King
28: Black River by Dean Koontz
29: In The Blood by Lisa Unger
30: This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
31: Lost & Found by Brooke Davis

 

[Candice89102]

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynm
2. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
3. Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
5. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
6. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
7. Four: The Transfer by Veronica Roth
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
9. Adaptation by Malinda Lo
10. My First New York by the editors of New York Magazine
11. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
12. Paper Towns by John Green
13. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
14. The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls

 

[Belowen]

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
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong
14: Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
15: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
18: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
19: Cell by Stephen King
20: The Three by Sarah Lotz
21: Monster Love by Carol Topolski
22: Eeny Meeny by MJ Arlidge
23: The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
24: Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant
25: Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnes
26: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
27: The Shining by Stephen King
28: Black River by Dean Koontz
29: In The Blood by Lisa Unger
30: This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
31: Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
32: The Sky So Heavy by Claire Zorn

 

[VersaceVixen009]

. The Power of Auras by Susan Shumsky
2. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
3. Friends Forever by Danielle Steel
4.. Why Men Love B*****s by Sherry Argov
5. Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from BPD by Rachel Reiland
6. Abroad by Katie Crouch
7. Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende
8. Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, And Religion Makes Us Feel One With The Universe by Jim Davies (current read)

 

[barbaraaa]

1. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton
3. Ivanov, by Chekhov
4. The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
6. A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
7. Mr Palomar, by Italo Calvino
8. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez
9. Ariel, by Sylvia Plath
10. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
11. Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
12. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
13. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
14. Pnin, by Vladimir Nabokov
15. Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
16. Restless, by William Boyd
17. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
18. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
19. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
20. Boule de Suif, by Guy de Maupassant
21. The Seagull, by Chekhov
22. Uncle Vanya, by Chekhov
23. The Three Sisters, by Chekhov
24. The Cherry Orchard, by Chekhov
25. The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman
26. The Collected Short Stories of Saki
27. Big Sur, by Jack Kerouac
28. The White Guard, by Mikhail Bulgakov
29. Three Soviet Plays, by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Isaac Babel and Yevgeny Schwartz

 

[Belowen]

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
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong
14: Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
15: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
18: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
19: Cell by Stephen King
20: The Three by Sarah Lotz
21: Monster Love by Carol Topolski
22: Eeny Meeny by MJ Arlidge
23: The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
24: Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant
25: Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnes
26: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
27: The Shining by Stephen King
28: Black River by Dean Koontz
29: In The Blood by Lisa Unger
30: This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
31: Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
32: The Sky So Heavy by Claire Zorn
33: The Circle by Dave Eggers

 

[barbaraaa]

1. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton
3. Ivanov, by Chekhov
4. The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
6. A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby
7. Mr Palomar, by Italo Calvino
8. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García Márquez
9. Ariel, by Sylvia Plath
10. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
11. Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
12. Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
13. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
14. Pnin, by Vladimir Nabokov
15. Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
16. Restless, by William Boyd
17. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking
18. Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
19. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
20. Boule de Suif, by Guy de Maupassant
21. The Seagull, by Chekhov
22. Uncle Vanya, by Chekhov
23. The Three Sisters, by Chekhov
24. The Cherry Orchard, by Chekhov
25. The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman
26. The Collected Short Stories of Saki
27. Big Sur, by Jack Kerouac
28. The White Guard, by Mikhail Bulgakov
29. Three Soviet Plays, by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Isaac Babel and Yevgeny Schwartz
30. Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand
31. Paper Towns, by John Green

 

[Belowen]

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
08: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
09: How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You by The Oatmeal
10: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
11: 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad
12: The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh
13: John Dies At The End by David Wong
14: Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
15: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) by Mindy Kaling
16: Vitro by Jessica Khoury
17: On The Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
18: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
19: Cell by Stephen King
20: The Three by Sarah Lotz
21: Monster Love by Carol Topolski
22: Eeny Meeny by MJ Arlidge
23: The Vanishing by Wendy Webb
24: Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant
25: Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnes
26: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
27: The Shining by Stephen King
28: Black River by Dean Koontz
29: In The Blood by Lisa Unger
30: This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
31: Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
32: The Sky So Heavy by Claire Zorn
33: The Circle by Dave Eggers
34: Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

 

[VersaceVixen009]

So the book I was reading was god awful and I stopped reading it. It has to be a crappy book in order for me to stop reading it. Now, Im reading 2 books instead though!

1. The Power of Auras by Susan Shumsky
2. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
3. Friends Forever by Danielle Steel
4.. Why Men Love B*****s by Sherry Argov
5. Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from BPD by Rachel Reiland
6. Abroad by Katie Crouch
7. Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende
8. Spiritual Misfit: A Memoir of Uneasy Faith by Michelle DeRusha (current read)
9. An Italian Wife by Ann Hood (current read)