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Title: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on January 01, 2010, 11:23:25 AM
FOR THE READING GEEKS&JPHiPSTERS!!!

This is like the movie challenge thread (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=23320.0) 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!!
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: shirenuファクトリー 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

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
George R.R. Martin - A Clash Of Kings
August
September
October
November
December
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: sousora 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]
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: Amplifier on January 01, 2010, 11:30:21 AM
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

I'll aim for 10 :shocked: (up from roughly 2 a year)
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: daigong on January 01, 2010, 11:31:11 AM
I'm down!! Let's go for 1
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: maliciel 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

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: Masa 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:
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: orac 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)
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: shadowstar 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!

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: arun.yothin 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
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on January 01, 2010, 04:19:39 PM
^Naw not graphic novels, since they're graphic o-o
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: mini*wheat 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

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: tenkei 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_%28novel%29) by Jeffrey Eugenides

February

March
-The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos (http://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Irene-Dos-Santos/dp/0446541109) by Margaret Mascarenhas
-Frameshift (http://www.amazon.com/Frameshift-Robert-J-Sawyer/dp/0765313162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269822785&sr=8-1) by Robert J. Sawyer

April
-Incarceron (http://www.amazon.com/Incarceron-Book-1-Catherine-Fisher/dp/0803733968/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271365886&sr=8-1) by Catherine Fisher
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time) by Mark Haddon
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: BX_LeMans 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.

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on January 04, 2010, 10:51:13 PM
Hopefully page count isn't a factor.  No copies of Crime & Punishment, to punish me.
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: orac 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.
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: Amarghetta 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
 :(

April
 :(

May
 :(

June
 :(

July
:(

August
03. "666: a novel" - Linna Wongwantanee.
04. "Pretty Little Liars" - Sara Shepard.

September
:(

October
:(

November
:(

December
:(
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: writerserenyty on January 16, 2010, 02:06:14 AM
I'm going to go for this! I need to read more!

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

I think I'll aim for 25; we'll see. College kind of kidnaps my life sometimes.
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: Nayoko-Kihara 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

August
September
October
November
December
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: atomic_particle 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.

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on March 25, 2010, 08:49:00 PM
Damnit, I haven't forgotten about this challenge but of course the book I've been reading is A Clash of Kings, with 593 pages @_@ So it will soon be April and I haven't read a single book yet this year. Something tells me I won't be able to read 20 books :lol:
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: arun.yothin on March 27, 2010, 02:20:59 AM
I started of reading a lot of books, but that's why I've only finishied the one so far. I have around ten books started and only one is past the half-way point. I have a couple of books with short stories in them, but I usually just pick those up to read one story so none of those are completed either.
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: adventwriter on May 13, 2010, 08:19:57 PM
I'll jump in this - I've been reading a bunch this past 5 or 6 months.

January - Wheel of Time series - The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
              A Beckoning from Paradise - Robert McGinnis
              Paradise is Where You Find it - Robert McGinnis
February - By Heresies Distressed - Safehold Series - David Weber
               Paradise Grows - Robert McGinnis
               Raised in Paradise - Robert McGinnis
               Indian Summer - Robert McGinnis

March - New Spring - Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan
            Golden Cross - Robert McGinnis
            Over Sea, Under Stone - Susan Cooper

April - The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
          White Panther's Legacy - Robert McGinnis

May - Greenwitch - Susan Cooper
          The Grey King - Susan Cooper
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: EternalSkies on July 02, 2010, 05:13:04 PM
I'll do this and although I don't know the exact months here are the books I've read this year so far:

City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare
City of Glass - Cassandra Clare
Glass Houses - Rachel Caine
The Dead Girls' Dance - Rachel Caine
Midnight Alley - Rachel Caine
Feast of Fools - Rachel Caine
Lord of Misrule - Rachel Caine
Carpe Corpus - Rachel Caine
Fade Out - Rachel Caine
Marked - P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Betrayed - P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Chosen - P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Untamed - P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Hunted - P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Tempted - P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Burned - P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Fallen - Lauren Kate
The Fire Within - Chris d'Lacey
Icefire - Chris d'Lacey
Fire Star - Chris d'Lacey
The Fire Eternal - Chris d'Lacey
Dark Fire - Chris d'Lacey
Evermore - Alyson Noel
Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale - Holly Clark
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie - Holly Clark
Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyer
Kiss of Death - Rachel Caine
Ironside - Holly Clark
The Hunter - L.J. Smith
The Chase - L.J. Smith
The Kill - L.J. Smith
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
Secret Vampire - L.J. Smith
Daughters of Darkness - L.J. Smith
Enchantress - L.J. Smith
Dark Angel - L.J. Smith
The Chosen - L.J. Smith
Soulmate - L.J. Smith
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin
Tokyo - Graham Marks
Shadow of the Minotaur - Alan Gibbons
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephenie Meyer
Vampyr Legion - Alan Gibbons
Seeker - William Nicholson
Jango - William Nicholson
Noman - William Nicholson
Warriors of the Raven - Alan Gibbons
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Huntress - L.J. Smith
Black Dawn - L.J. Smith
Witchlight - L.J. Smith
Skinned - Robin Wasserman
Crashed - Robin Wasserman
Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead
Hush Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
Fallen - Lauren Kate (Again)
Torment - Lauren Kate
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Glass Houses - Rachel Caine (Again)
The Dead Girls' Dance - Rachel Caine (Again)
Midnight Alley - Rachel Caine (Again)
Feast of Fools - Rachel Caine (Again)
Lord of Misrule - Rachel Caine (Again)
Carpe Corpus - Rachel Caine (Again)
Fade Out - Rachel Caine (Again)
Kiss of Death - Rachel Caine (Again)
Ghost Town - Rachel Caine
Bridge of Terabithia - Katherine Paterson

72/50 so far XD
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: EternalSkies on August 07, 2010, 03:32:45 AM
Well I've reached my target of 50 books and I still have 5 months left XD So lets see how many I manage to read.
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: adventwriter on August 23, 2010, 05:01:31 AM
Second half of the year:

June: Howl's Moving Castle - Dianna Wynn Jones
         O'Bannon Castle - Dr. Robert E. McGinnis
         Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortensen
July:  The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
         The World of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan
         I Am American and So Can You - Stephen Colbert
August:
        The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
        The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
        The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
        The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
        A Mighty Fortress - David Weber
       The Unwanted - Kien Nguyen


25/50 complete.
     
Title: Re: 50* Books in 2010 Challenge
Post by: muppet on December 23, 2010, 04:12:08 PM
I didnt know about this post- could we do it again in 2011?