Book Challenge 2014

[peacelover142002]

Here's my January reads. I'm trying not too post too often so as not to clog up the thread.

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
13. The Complete Maus by Art Speigelman
14. The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever by Teri Agins
15. Great House by Nicole Krauss
16. The Arrival by Shaun Tan
17. The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
18. As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980 by Susan Sontag
19. How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
20. Nine Inches by Tom Perrotta
21. Revival, Vol. 1: You're Among Friends by Tim Seeley
22. Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
23. The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
24. Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
25. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
26. Light Boxes by Shane Jones

Currently reading:
27. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
28. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

 

[cloudyshambles]

^wow, you read more books in January than other people read in a year!


1. Herr Aller Dinge by Andreas Eschbach
2. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

 

[Candice89102]

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

 

[TanyaKiller]

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. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell ***
07. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson ***

08. Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton

 

[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

 

[barbaraaa]

1. An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
2. The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton
3. Ivanov, by Chekhov

 

[Hazel]

1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
2. Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney
3. The Casual Vacancy - J.K.
4. The Actual - Saul Bellow
5. The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri

Currently reading:
6. An American Dream - Norman Mailer

 

[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. Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh (currently reading)

 

[cmfxox]

is it too late to join in the fun ?

 

[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

 

[cmfxox]

I figured why not

My goal for the year has been set to 40 books.

So far:

January

1. Divergent - Veronica Roth
2. Insurgent - Veronica Roth
3. Allegiant - Veronica Roth
4. The Registry - Shannon Stoker
5. The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

Reading in February:
Percy Jackson 'The Lightning Theif' - Rick Riordan
The Spectacular Now - Tim Tharp

 

[ChristyLeReveur]

1. Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
2. The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern

 

[TanyaKiller]

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. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell ***
07. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson ***
08. Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton ****
09. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins ****

10. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

 

[Not Plain Jane]

1. Doctor Sleep – Stephen King
2. Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card

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Peacelover, wow - how can you read 26 books in 31 days?! Do you sleep or work!? Seriously, though, that's almost a book a day; you must be a mega-mega-speed reader.

 

[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

 

[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

 

[peacelover142002]

February reads:

27. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (still reading)
28. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
29. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
30. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
31. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
32. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
33. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
34. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
35. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman
36. Tampa by Alissa Nutting
37. Bluets by Maggie Nelson
38. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
39. Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham

Currently reading:

40. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
41. The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

I didn't get as much reading done this month since I started school again, and got stuck into ASOIAF series, which is very long, and because I've been sick the last couple days of the month. But I enjoyed the majority of books that I did 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

 

[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

 

[kokobombon]

Hats off to you who manage to read those many books so far
My modest goal is to read 12 books

001 Ender´s Game (Orson Scott Card, 1985)
002 Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn, 2006)