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50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« on: January 01, 2010, 11:23:25 AM »
FOR THE READING GEEKS&JPHiPSTERS!!!

This is like the movie challenge thread that we have, but for books!

50 is just to have a number on the title, but you're free to set your own limit however low or high you like (but still remember to make it a challenge!). :)

Reserve a post in this thread to list the books you've read this year (January, February, etc.)!
You can also post in general about the books that you are reading or have read.

Re-reading books counts :3

LET'S DO IT!!
« Last Edit: January 15, 2011, 09:06:58 PM by shirenu »
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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2010, 11:24:30 AM »
Reserved!

Last year I think I read around 10 books? So I guess I should make it a challenge by trying to double that.
So I'm aiming for 20 books this year :D

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February
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July
George R.R. Martin - A Clash Of Kings
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« Last Edit: July 20, 2010, 06:25:47 PM by shirenu »
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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2010, 11:27:04 AM »
Reading is pretty much all I do at work, so let's see how much I do actually read in a year.

January

01. Goosebumps: 恐怖の館へようこそ [R.L. Stine]
02. The Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt [Robert Jordan]

February

03. Fear Street: The New Girl [R.L. Stine]
04. The Lost Symbol [Dan Brown]
05. Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles Side B [Makino Osamu]
06. The Japanese Experience [W.G. Beasley]
07. A History of Writing in Japan [Christopher Seeley]

March

08. Percy Jackson  & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters [Rick Riordan]
09. Goosebumps: 呪われたカメラ [R.L. Stine]
10. With the Old Breed [E.B. Sledge]
11. Sabriel [Garth Nix]

April

12. Cell [Stephen King]

June

13. Underbelly: The Golden Mile [John Silvester & Andrew Rule]
14. Underbelly 8 [John Silvester & Andrew Rule]
15. The Undead: Zombie Anthology [David Wellington]

August

16. A Game of Thrones [George RR Martin]

October

17. A Clash of Kings [George RR Martin]
18. 8.1 Game Land [Yamada Yusuke]

November

19. A Storm of Swords [George RR Martin]
« Last Edit: November 01, 2010, 12:20:08 PM by sousora »

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2010, 11:30:21 AM »
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I'll aim for 10 :shocked: (up from roughly 2 a year)

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2010, 11:31:11 AM »
I'm down!! Let's go for 1

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2010, 11:33:18 AM »
January

I am a cat - Natsume Soseki

February

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Malay Dilemma - Mahatir bin Mohamad

March

Freakonomics - Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things - Lefcadio Hearn
Kokoro - Natsume Soseki

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« Last Edit: March 19, 2010, 04:33:25 PM by maliciel »

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2010, 11:35:25 AM »
February
01. Janne Ahonen: Kuningaskotka

May
02. The RZA - The Tao Of Wu

I'm down!! Let's go for 1
My goal shall be.... TWO! :shocked:
« Last Edit: May 13, 2010, 08:49:37 PM by Masa »

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2010, 03:10:55 PM »
Reserved

I only usually read during the short bus trips to and from university, so, don't get through many books, so, guess I'll aim for 3.

January
The History of Magic by Eliphas Levi, Translated by A.E. Waite
February
Abrahadabra by Rodney Orpheus (read it 3 times in february, lol)
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« Last Edit: March 19, 2010, 06:25:35 PM by orac »


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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2010, 03:48:51 PM »
I love reading, but I find less and less time to do it these days with school. I'm still gonna try though!

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2010, 03:49:46 PM »
I don't even know what target to set. I have 15 books I've bought and haven't started yet and more that I want to read. Do graphic novels count?

I'm just gonna set a goal for 24. Hopefully I'll go past that.

January
:doh:

February
Amanda's Young Men - Madeline Moore

March
:doh:

April
:doh:

May
Full Frontal Feminism - Jessica Valenti
« Last Edit: May 22, 2010, 06:23:05 AM by arun.yothin »

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2010, 04:19:39 PM »
^Naw not graphic novels, since they're graphic o-o
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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2010, 05:06:14 PM »
Hah. I'll go for about 20. I read a lot, but time prevents me from doing it as much as I'd like

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2010, 11:49:14 PM »
love to read, not much time etc. I'll shoot for 1 a month, so 12.

January
-Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

February

March
-The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas
-Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer

April
-Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2010, 07:53:28 PM »
Reserving a slot.
Won't be that much, I have enough work with moving and my new job.

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2010, 10:51:13 PM »
Hopefully page count isn't a factor.  No copies of Crime & Punishment, to punish me.

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2010, 11:05:51 PM »
Hehe, looking through my books for candidates, I found a book I have yet to read with 928 pages, might take up the whole year.


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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2010, 04:46:16 AM »
Don't have much free time, but still gonna try reading at least one book each month. A chapter each night, right before going to bed, can't be too hard. :)

ETA: (2010/12/23) Turned out it was really hard, with all the special assignments I got this year...  :catglare:

January
01. "Carmilla - The Return" - Kyle Marffin.

February
02. "Doce Cuentos Peregrinos" - Gabriel García Márquez.

March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
03. "666: a novel" - Linna Wongwantanee.
04. "Pretty Little Liars" - Sara Shepard.

September
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October
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November
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December
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« Last Edit: December 23, 2010, 03:19:23 PM by Amarghetta »

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2010, 02:06:14 AM »
I'm going to go for this! I need to read more!

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I think I'll aim for 25; we'll see. College kind of kidnaps my life sometimes.

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2010, 12:10:59 PM »
I want to play. :o (Hoepfully I don't forget to actually come and update this.)

I read a lot, but I'll start off with a small goal of 15. (I'll up it later.)

January
1. "Cell" - Stephen King

February
2. "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" -  Kim Edwards
3. "Neptune Rising" - Jane Yolen
4. "Goosebumps: Trapped in Bat Wing Hall" - R.L. Stine

March
5. "The Tales of Beedle The Bard" - J.K. Rowling
6. "Prophecy of The Sisters" - Michelle Zink
7. "Pretty Little Liars" (1) - Sara Shepard
8. "Pretty Little Liars: Flawless" (2) - Sara Shepard
9. "Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears" - Cynthia Rylant

April
10. "Michigan Chillers #4: Aliens Attack Alpena" - Johnathan Rand
11. "Girl in a Cage" - Jane Yolen & Robert J. Harris
12. "A Density of Souls" - Christopher Rice

May
13. "The Witching Hour" - Anne Rice

June

July
14. "Weird Virginia" - Mark Moran & Mark Sceurman
15. "A Fair Maiden" - Joyce Carol Oates
16. "Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare" - Darren Shan
17. "Down a Dark Hall" - Lois Duncan

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Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2010, 04:28:09 AM »
Count me in! Though it wouldn't be as much as 50 books.  :on roll:

Nayoko-Kihara - Good for you, you have read the "The Tales of Beedle The Bard". That's my last goal to complete the HP series.

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