2012 Book Challenge [It has begun!]

How do you decide what to read?

The book covers	19.1%	[ 9 ]
Suggestions from others	19.1%	[ 9 ]
Online book reviews	10.6%	[ 5 ]
If it sounds good, sure why not?	42.6%	[ 20 ]
Gimme my gold!	8.5%	[ 4 ]
Total Votes:			[ 47 ]

[StarfruitPanda]

EuphoricUnderworld

My goal is to read 100 books this year.
I have finished 13 new books.

I don't count books that I've already read. I was wondering if you did?

1 - Green Rider - Kristen Britain 2 - The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 3 - The Little Lady Agency - Hester Brown 4 - At Grave's End - Jeaniene Frost
5 - Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them - JK Rowling 6 - Destined For An Early Grave - Jeaniene Frost 7 - First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones
8 - Real Vampires Have Curves - Gerry Bartlett 9 - The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Completely Fantastical Edition - Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
10 - The Midwife's Confession - Diane Chamberlain 11 - Stick Figure - Lori Gottlieb 12 - Luna - Julie Anne Peters 13 - This Side of the Grave - Jeaniene Frost

Generally, no. But I've had to re-read a few for school, so I'm counting those. It's up to you.

[StarfruitPanda]

Updates!!!!

Name: StarfruitPanda (Nikki)

Goal: 66

Completed: 6 (11% toward goal (Right on track!))

1. Night Circus - Erin Morganstern
2. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg
3. The Lover's Dictionary - David Leviathan
4. Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier
5. Master Zacharias - Jules Verne
6. R.U.R. - Karel Capek


Currently reading: Xenocide - Orson Scott Card
Mimsy Were the Borogroves - Lewis Padgett

[StarfruitPanda]

So sorry guys, between school and life I haven't had time. I feel like I fail. Meh, oh well.

I tried to update everyone's reading list, if I missed you let me know. I hope everyone's reading quest is going well. I still check this all the time, so feel free to reply to anything (quote me for a super fast response wink )

[Dragon HighLord Flambe]

Dang, now I feel bad because I forgot to update this.

Goal: 4/80
Finished: The Dawning of New Age -Jean Rabe.
Dog Days, Raven Nights -Colleen and John Marzluff
Dragon Fate -E. E. Knight
Lord of the Changing Winds -Rachel Neumier (Not the best book I've ever read)

Reading:Burning Brightly -Mercedes Lackey and The Dragon Knight -Gordon R. Dickson.

[eye_eight_u]

Name: Kelly
Goal: 15/110

Currently Reading:
Pendragon: The Rivers of Zadaa by D.J. MacHale
Alex Rider: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

Finished Reading:
1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
2. Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
3. The Winter Knights by Paul Stewart
4. Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
5. Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
6. Alex Rider: Storbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
7. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
8. Alex Rider: Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz
9. Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz
10. Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz
11. Pendragon: The Lost City of Faar by D.J. MacHale
12. Pendragon: The Never War by D.J. MacHale
13. Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz
14. Pendragon: The Reality Bug by D.J. MacHale
15. Pendragon: The Rivers of Zadaa by D.J. MacHale

[StarfruitPanda]

Atlassa

Update time again:

Read: 9/52
+The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Next up:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Did anyone spot the subtle jab at Twilight in the first Hunger Games book?

LOl yes, totally caught that.

[L.E. Death]

Reading Status:
7 / 52

Reading:
Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky
Claiming of Sleeping Beauty - Anne Rice
Portal Through Time - BtVS


Need to Read:
Syndrome - Thomas Hoover
Postcard Killers - James Patterson
Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers - Angie Fox
Halloween Rain - BtVS
Bad Bargain - BtVS
Afterimage - BtVS
Carnival of Souls - BtVS
One Thing or Your Mother - BtVS
Blooded - BtVS
Criminal Minds Finishing School - Max Allan Collins
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
The Guardian - Nichoals Sparks
Hostile Hospital - Lemony Snicket
Carnivorous Carnival - Lemony Snicket
Slipper Slope - Lemony Snicket
Grim Grotto - Lemony Snicket
Diablo the Black Road - Mel Odom
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
Book Thief - Zusak
Christmas Shoes - Donna VanLiere
Tortilla Flat - John Steinbeck
Red Pony - John Steinbeck
The Moon is Down - John Steinbeck
Inkspell - Cornelia Funke
Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Hannibal - Thomas Harris
After the Banquet - Yukio Mishima
The Accident - Linwood Barclay
Secret of Shadow Ranch - N.D.
Secret of Red Gate Farm - N.D
Clue in the Diary - N.D.
Transformers Exodus
Transformers Hardwired
Transformers Annihilation
Transformers Fusion
Real Life of Sebastian Knight - Nabokov
The Defense - Nabokov
Glory - Nabokov
Diablo Kingdom of Shadow - Knaak
Diablo Demonsbane - Marks
Diablo Moon of the Spider - Knaak
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
Jingo - Terry Pratchett
Soul Music - Terry Pratchett

Have Read:
1. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini.........2. Mystery at Lilac Inn - Nancy Drew
3. Coyote Moon - BtVS...........4. Diarymaster by J.C. Kosterman
5. Night of the Living Rerun - BtVS..........6. Phineas -John Knowles
7. I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells

[cerebral ulcer]

UPDATE~

Name: cerebral ulcer [Pia]
Goal: 30+
Reading: Coraline, The Shadow of The Hegemon
-Finished-
The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card


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On Goodreads I made my goal 40 books, and it says I'm 15% through my goal and 2 books ahead of schedule, so yay me. It took me longer to get through Stardust than I liked, mostly cause a bunch of life happened and I stopped reading for a bit.

Decided I may as well count Ender's Shadow, because I was barely into it when the year began anyway.

[Dragon HighLord Flambe]

Dang, now I feel bad because I forgot to update this.

Goal: 5/80
Finished: The Dawning of New Age -Jean Rabe.
Dog Days, Raven Nights -Colleen and John Marzluff
Dragon Fate -E. E. Knight
Lord of the Changing Winds -Rachel Neumier (Not the best book I've ever read)
Brightly Burning -Mercedes Lackey (Wow fails to describe the ending)

Reading:Storm Rising -Mercedes Lackey and The Dragon Knight -Gordon R. Dickson.

[Infinity Outlaw]

Goal: 100 books
Date Started: 1/1/2012

Currently Reading:
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai

Finished Reading:
January
1. Yotsuba&! Vol. 10 by Kiyohiko Azuma (****)
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (***)
3. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Vol. 6 by Nagaru Tanigawa (***)
4. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (****)
5. All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson (****)
6. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (**)
7. Call for the Dead by John le Carre (***)
8. Coraline be Neil Gaiman (***)
9. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (**)
10. Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges (****)
11. The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (***)
12. Anathem by Neal Stephenson (*****)
13. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang (****)
14. Borderland edited by Terri Windling (***)
15. Habibi by Craig Thompson (***)
16. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (**)
17. After Dark by Haruki Murakami (****)
18. After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh (***)
February
19. The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases ed. by Jeff VanderMeer and Mark Roberts (****)
20. Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson (*****)
21. Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (****)
22. The Walking Dead: The Best Defense (***)
23. The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway (***)
24. Zombies vs. Unicorns ed. by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier(***)
25. Fables: Homelands by Bill Willingham (***)
26. Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine (****)
27. Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages by Michael Popek (***)

To Read:
A Murder of Quality by John Le Carre
Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino
Fables: Arabian Nights (And Days) by Bill Willingham
The Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life by Robert Kirkman
Millennium People by J.G. Ballard
Looking For Jale by China Mieville
Tooth and Claw by T.C. Boyle
Allison Hewitt is Trapped by Madeleine Roux
Lovecraft: Tales by H.P. Lovecraft, ed. by Peter Straub

Total: (27/100)
Each book rated out of five stars.

[eye_eight_u]

Name: Kelly
Goal: 16/110

Currently Reading:
Pendragon: The Rivers of Zadaa by D.J. MacHale
Alex Rider: Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz

Finished Reading:
1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
2. Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
3. The Winter Knights by Paul Stewart
4. Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
5. Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
6. Alex Rider: Storbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
7. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
8. Alex Rider: Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz
9. Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz
10. Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz
11. Pendragon: The Lost City of Faar by D.J. MacHale
12. Pendragon: The Never War by D.J. MacHale
13. Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz
14. Pendragon: The Reality Bug by D.J. MacHale
15. Pendragon: Black Water by D.J. MacHale
16. Alex Rider: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz

[Marek Tataka Warchild]

Name: Marek Tataka Warchild
Goal: 40+

Currently Reading:
"A Stroke of Dumb Luck" - Shiloh Walker
The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons - Katie MacAlister

Finished Reading:
1- Ghengis: Birth of an Empire - Conn Iggulden
2- Blackveil - Kristen Britain
3- Dearly, Departed - Lia Habel
4- "A Very Vampy Christmas" - Kerrelyn Sparks
5- The Faerie Ring - Kiki Hamilton
6- Smokin' Seventeen - Janet Evanovich
7- Star Trek: Vulcan! - Kathleen Sky

Book Count: 7/40

My Goodreads, if you want to friend me and/or see my previous year reads, is http://www.goodreads.com/jschmidt137 Friend me!

[Only_Broken_Promises]

Username: Only_Broken_Promises

Goal: 13/80

Finished Reading:

1.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2.The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries: Vol 1: The Orgins by L.J. Smith

3.The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Vol 2: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith

4. The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Vol 3: Midnight by L.J. Smith

5. Fanatics by William Bell

6. That Boy Red by Rachna Gilmore

7. Death Benefits by Sarah N. Harvey

8. Something Wicked by Lesley Anna Cowan

9. The Way It Is by Donalda Reid

10. The Gathering by Kelly Armstrong

11. Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

12. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

13. Betrayed by P.C and Kristen Cast

Currently Reading:

Chosen by P.C and Kristen Cast

Quote:

I went to library yesterday, and I got the entire House of Night series ^_^

[L.E. Death]

Reading Status:
9 / 52

Reading:
Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky
Claiming of Sleeping Beauty - Anne Rice
Criminal Minds Jump Cut - Max Allan Collins


Need to Read:
Syndrome - Thomas Hoover
Postcard Killers - James Patterson
Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers - Angie Fox
Halloween Rain - BtVS
Bad Bargain - BtVS
Afterimage - BtVS
Carnival of Souls - BtVS
One Thing or Your Mother - BtVS
Blooded - BtVS
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
The Guardian - Nichoals Sparks
Carnivorous Carnival - Lemony Snicket
Slipper Slope - Lemony Snicket
Grim Grotto - Lemony Snicket
Diablo the Black Road - Mel Odom
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
Book Thief - Zusak
Christmas Shoes - Donna VanLiere
Tortilla Flat - John Steinbeck
Red Pony - John Steinbeck
The Moon is Down - John Steinbeck
Inkspell - Cornelia Funke
Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Hannibal - Thomas Harris
After the Banquet - Yukio Mishima
The Accident - Linwood Barclay
Secret of Shadow Ranch - N.D.
Secret of Red Gate Farm - N.D
Clue in the Diary - N.D.
Transformers Exodus
Transformers Hardwired
Transformers Annihilation
Transformers Fusion
Real Life of Sebastian Knight - Nabokov
The Defense - Nabokov
Glory - Nabokov
Diablo Kingdom of Shadow - Knaak
Diablo Demonsbane - Marks
Diablo Moon of the Spider - Knaak
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
Jingo - Terry Pratchett
Soul Music - Terry Pratchett

Have Read:
1. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini.........2. Mystery at Lilac Inn - Nancy Drew
3. Coyote Moon - BtVS...........4. Diarymaster by J.C. Kosterman
5. Night of the Living Rerun - BtVS..........6. Phineas -John Knowles
7. I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells.........8. Portal Through Time - BtVS
9. Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket

[Only_Broken_Promises]

Username: Only_Broken_Promises

Goal: 14/80

Finished Reading:

1.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2.The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries: Vol 1: The Orgins by L.J. Smith

3.The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Vol 2: Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith

4. The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Vol 3: Midnight by L.J. Smith

5. Fanatics by William Bell

6. That Boy Red by Rachna Gilmore

7. Death Benefits by Sarah N. Harvey

8. Something Wicked by Lesley Anna Cowan

9. The Way It Is by Donalda Reid

10. The Gathering by Kelly Armstrong

11. Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel

12. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

13. Betrayed by P.C and Kristen Cast

14. Chosen by P.C and Kristen Cast

Currently Reading:

Untamed by P.C and Kristen Cast

Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey

Quote:

I read ALL day today, the teachers literally had to pry the book out of my hands >.<