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I thought it would be fun to have a 50 book challenge in 2011. This gives us time to get through the holidays and set up lists, gather books, etc.
You can join now and set up your reading list, you can join in Jan 2011, or anytime in 2011.
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The 50 Book Challenge started somewhere on the internet, LJ? Perhaps.
The goal is to read 50 books in one year. This can be whatever you consider a "book". Novels, Manga, magazine articles, Poerty, etc. It's all Good. Some prefer to count pages rather then books.

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* Follow Avaricia's TOS

* Post your list once and edit as you go.

* No spoilers please.

* Be nice, no criticizing others choices.

* Feel free to discuss anything about the books, other books, reading, etc.

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How did/will you choose your list?

Leela (list)
Spork Queen (list)
Raven-Hollow (list)
slapthefatcat (list)
Ekumen (list)
Classic
serena yuy
DalalN
Lillita

Here I will put everyone's favourite books they've read during this challenge..

TBA
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My List

I want to read a lot of literary classics this year.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Grapes of Wrath
Dead in the Family - Charlaine Harris
A Touch of Dead - Charlaine Harris
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Color Purple
Gone with the Wind
Wuthering Heights
A Princess of Landover
The Color of Magic
Mort
The Forest House
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Dracula
Interview with a Vampire
Lolita
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette: A Novel
The Bean Trees: A Novel
The Secret Life of Bees
A Lady Raised High: A Novel of Anne Boleyn
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford
Murder Most Royal: The Story of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
The Sword of Shannara
The Gunslinger - Dark Tower Book 1
The Silmarillion
The Onion Girl
The Crystal Cave
The Handmaid's Tale
Water for Elephants
Joy Luck Club
Dragonwyck
Stardust
The Alchemyst
The Magician

Sign me up! I have to get through the books I have purchased from the library book sales, so I should be done with all the Cussler before the new year, which should make my list better (he is kind of literary popcorn). I usually do the Summer book read at the local library and read 7 books in a month, so this shouldn't be a problem.

I think I'd like to join... though I'm a slow reader.

I can just keep track of the books I finish in 2011 to participate, but not go for 50 per se.

Great! Do you both want to just edit your posts for your lists? Or make a new post, but these ones are on the first page.

Raven, don't worry. See above, you go by pages or however you want. No pressure.

I'll make a new post:



Spork's List

1- The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (done and excellent)
2- Son of the Witch by Gregory Maguire(done)
3- Reaper by Rachel Vincent (novella) (done)
4- Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World by Abigail Reynolds (done)
5- Counterfeit Magic (Women of the Otherword series) by Kelley Armstrong (done)
6- Deadly Sanctuary (Kendall O'Dell Series #1`) by Sylvia Nobel (done, predictable)
7- Pure Drivel by Steve Martin (done)
8- Septimus Heap Magyk: Book One by Angie Sage(done)
9- Bond with Me by Anne Marsh(done)
10- Raising the Dead by Mara Purnhagen (done)
11- Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire(done)
12- How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks(done)
13- My Booky Wook 2 by Russell Brand (done, I liked the first better but the Katy stuff was sweet)
14- Shakespeare Undead by Lori Handeland(done)
15- Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris (done)
16- Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris (done)
17- Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron by Stephanie Barron(done)
18- Savage Grace: The True Story of Fatal Relations in a Rich and Famous American Family by Natalie Robins and Steven Aronson (done and a bit creepy)
20- The Phantom of Pemberley- Regina Jeffers (one of my freebies, done)
21- Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr(done)
22- Pale Demon by Kim Harrison(done)
23- Writing Jane Austen by Elizabeth Aston (done)
24- Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison (done)
25- Weird Encounters: True Tales of Haunted Places (done)
26- Wings by Aprilynne Pike (done)
27- The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer (done)
28- 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson(done)
29- Duma Key by Stephen King (done)
30- God's War by Kameron Hurley (done)
31- Heart of the Witch by Alicia Dean(done)
32- The Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone(done)
33- Stupid History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness and Mythconceptions Throughout the Ages by Leland Gregory(done)
34- Life's A Beach by Claire Cook(done)
35- Dark Legacy by Anna DiStefano(done)
36- Millie's Fling by Jill Mansell(done and a better book than the title would indicate)
37- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones(done)
38- House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones (done)
39- Stardust by Neil Gaiman(done)
40- Freak City by Tom Lichtenberg (done)
41- The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan(done)
42- The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy by Maya Slater(done)
43- Mr. Darcy Broke my Heart by Beth Patillo (done)
44- American Gods by Neil Gaiman (done)
45- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (done)
46- The Absolute Sandman by Neil Gaiman(done)
47- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman(done)
48- Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong(done)
49- Ghost Story by Jim Butcher(done)
50- Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs(done)

Sign me up!

My List
slapthefacat has no items on his list yet

^ I thought that would be funny, but it's not.

Alrighty! You are signed up.

Thanks. Already got one, Redbird Chasing.

There is a discussion topic! lol I'll try to have one now and then.

How did/will you choose your list?

I'll just edit mine when I finish a book.