2013 New Books Challenge *2014 Under Construction!*

[Freiflug]

Currently Reading:
"Land of the Minotaurs" by Richard A. Knaak


Finished Reading:
"Punkzilla" by Adam Rapp
"By the Time You Read This I'll Be Dead" by Julie Anne Peters
"Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
"Birth of the Firebringer" by Meredith Ann Pierce
"Odd and the Frost Giants" by Neil Gaiman
"Frost Burned" by Patricia Briggs

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Aah I've been so busy. ffff I really need to get back into reading books!! Though it took me a short while to finish "Frost Burned". c: I dropped "Hunting Ground" 'cause omg it's hard to read. Might pick up another book besides "Land of the Minotaurs".

[Xxout_of_reachxX]

Currently reading: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
Finished reading: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Total (7/50)

[Anja Sedai]

Name/Username: Anja Sedai
Goal: 100
Date Started: 1/1/13

Currently Reading:
Free Amazons of Darkover by Marion Zimmer Bradley



Finished Reading:
1. Mass Effect: Ascension by Drew Karpyshyn (****)
2. The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey (***)
3. Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey (****)
4. Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey (****)
5. Warrior Woman by Marion Zimmer Bradley (***)
6. The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton (***)
7. The Shattered Chain by Marrion Zimmer Bradley (***)
8. Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion by Malcolm Hulke (***)
9. Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey (***)
10. Latin For All Occasions by Henry N. Beard (***)
11. Blame! Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei (***)
12. Oathblood by Mercedes Lackey (****)
13. Blame! Vol. 2 by Tsutomu Nihei (***)
14. Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey (****)
15. By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey (****)
16. Thendara House by Marion Zimmer Bradley (***)
17. City of Sorcery by Marion Zimmer Bradley (***)
18. Memoirs of a Space Traveler by Stanislaw Lem (***)

Rereads:
1. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (*****)

Finished: 18/100

My Goodreads

[Ping of Death]

Currently Reading: Persian Literature Volume 2 Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan author anonymous

Finished Reading:
1. Maha-bharata: The Epic of Ancient India condensed into English verse by Romesh C. Dutt, CIE
2. The Rise and Development of Western Civilization to 1660 (Volume 1) by J. Stipp, C.W. Hollister, and A.W. Dirrim
3. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
4. God of War by Robert E. Vardeman and Matthew Woodring Stover
5. Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott
6. At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
7. Al Azif - The Cipher Manuscript known as "Necronomicon" by John Dee
8 A History of Art For Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement
9. Persian Literature Volume 1 Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan author anonymous

Total: 9/55

[yeragh]

Started: 1/1/13
33/100

Read:

When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
Hyrule Historia by Shigeru Miyamoto
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me by Ed Brubaker
Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughn
Legion by Brandon Sanderson
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi
Salvador Dali by Robert Descharnes
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
Art of Warhammer Online
Father Gaetano's Puppet Catechism by Mike Mignola
The Box and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
The Talisman by Stephen King & Peter Straub
The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland -- For A While by Cathrynne M. Valente
Schismatrix Plus by Bruce Sterling
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Blue Girl by Charles De Lint
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Shadows Linger by Glen Cook
The White Rose by Glen Cook
The End Of The Dreams by James Gunn
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
Virtual Light by William Gibson
The Annals of the Black Company by Glen Cook
Idoru by William Gibson
All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher



Reading:

Kraken by China Mieville
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

[Winter_Kamiya]

"Where fantasy rules reality...

Currently Re-reading:
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Finished Reading
1. The Wheel of Time Book 2: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
3. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
4. For One More Day by Mitch Albom
5. Howl's Moving Castle by: Diana Wynne Jones
6. All Just Glass by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
7. Arch Enemy by Frank Beddor
7/40
re-read
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
2/0

...who's holding all the cards now?"
--Frank Beddor

[sambart]

Starts 2013.01.01
Ends 2013.12.31

Currently Reading:
Edited:(next day) Akira Kurosawa: Something Like an Autobiography.
Laini Taylor: Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Finished Reading:
"Warsworn" Elizabeth Vaughan
"Something Like an Autobiography" Akira Kurosawa

Total So Far: 2/24

[Demon Days]

Currently reading:
The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume B
this book is overdue!: how librarians and cybrarians can save us all by marilyn johnson

Book Count: 74/120
Finished reading:
1.) the man in the iron mask by alexandre dumas
2.) their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston
3.)star wars: scoundrels by timothy zahn
4.)the beautiful and damned by f scott fitzgerald
5.)cloud atlas by david mitchell
6.)fallen by lauren kate
7.)between shades of gray by ruta sepetys
8.)halo by alexandra adornetto
9.)heart of darkness by joseph conrad (for world lit class)
10.)angelfall by susan ee
11.)Storm Front by jim butcher
12.)henry V by william shakespeare (for shakespeare class)
13.)saga: volume 1 by brian k. vaughan
14.)fool moon by jim butcher
15.)monster by walter dean myers
16.)hades by alexandra adornetto
17.)blonde by joyce carol oates
18.)grave peril by jim butcher
19.)i know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou
20.) star wars: agents of chaos by james luceno
21.) the nightmare garden by caitlin kittredge
22.)this side of paradise by f scott fitzgerald
23.) richard iii by william shakespeare (for shakespeare class)
24.)life of pi by yann martel
25.)heaven by alexandra adornetto
26.)summer knight by jim butcher
27.)a farewell to arms by ernest hemingway
28.)madame bovary by gustave flaubert
29.)the metamorphosis by franz kafa (for world lit class)
30.)thirteen reasons why by jay asher
31.)the hero with a thousand faces by joseph campbell
31.)meant to be by lauren morrill
32.) doctor faustus by christopher marlowe (for shakespeare class)
33.)the death of ivan ilyich by leo tolstoy (for world lit class)
34.)the legend of sigurd and gudrun by j.r.r. tolkien
35.)shades of earth by beth revis
36.)a teaspoon of earth and sea by dina nayeri
37.)the epic of gilgamesh (translated by andrew george)
38.)the abstinence teacher by tom perrotta
39.)the portable sixties reader (edited by ann charters)
40.)star wars: balance point by kathy tyers
41.)the iliad by homer
42.)edge of victory by greg keyes
43.)the mirrored shard by caitlin kittredge
44.)fuse by julianna baggott
45.)i swear by lane davis
46.) hamlet by william shakespeare (for shakespeare class)
47.) the merchant of venice by william shakespeare (for shakespeare class)
48.)the sagas of icelanders (edited by ornolfur thorsson)
49.)american supernatural tales (edited by s.t. joshi)
50.)mother courage and her children by bertolt brecht (for world lit class)
51.)the winter of our discontent by john steinbeck
52.)the marlowe papers by ros barber
53.)the hunchback of notre dame by victor hugo
54.)pinocchio by carlo collodi
55.)star wars: star by star by troy denning
56.)the short novels of john steinbeck by john steinbeck
57.)star wars: the last jedi by michael reaves and maya kaathryn bohnhoff
58.)star wars: shadow games by michael reaves and maya kaathryn bohnhoff
59.)star wars: dark journey by elaine cummingham
60.)sweet thursday by john steinbeck
61.)freedom by jonathan franzen
62.)a tale for the time being by ruth ozeki
63.)star wars: enemy lines by aaron allston
64.)the jungle books by rudyard kipling
65.)the children of odin: nordic gods and heores by padraic colum
66.)star wars: traitor by matthew stover
67.)the call of cthulhu & other dark tales by h.p. lovecraft
68.) macbeth by william shakespeare (for shakespeare class)
69.) much ado about nothing by william shakespeare (for shakespeare class)
70.) taming of the shrew by william shakespeare (for shakespeare class)
71.)things fall apart by chinua achebe (for world lit class)
72.)the inner reaches of outer space: metaphor as myth and as religion by joseph campbell
73.)in dubious battle by john steinbeck
74.)star wars: destiny's way by walter jon williams

[Ping of Death]

Currently Reading: 1. Persian Literature Volume 2 Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan author anonymous
2. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

Finished Reading:
1. Maha-bharata: The Epic of Ancient India condensed into English verse by Romesh C. Dutt, CIE
2. The Rise and Development of Western Civilization to 1660 (Volume 1) by J. Stipp, C.W. Hollister, and A.W. Dirrim
3. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
4. God of War by Robert E. Vardeman and Matthew Woodring Stover
5. Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott
6. At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
7. Al Azif - The Cipher Manuscript known as "Necronomicon" by John Dee
8 A History of Art For Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement
9. Persian Literature Volume 1 Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan author anonymous
10. Medieval and Tudor Costume by Phillis Cunnington

Total: 10/55

[stacy_medina]

Woohoo, I hit 90 books over 200 pages.
I am still at 42 books between 150 and 200 pages.
6 rereads.

[the little madeleine girl]

Name/Username: I e u n e
Goal: 25 new books!!
Date Started: January 10, 2013

Currently Reading: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Finished Reading:
1000 Manga Ideas by 100 Manga Artists by Christian Campos
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Necromancer by Michael Scott
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Kokology by Tadahiko Nagao and Isamu Saito


Total: 6/25

[those city lights]

Currently Reading: Crossed - Ally Condie

Finished Reading:
o1. Alanna - Tamora Pierce
o2. In the Hand of the Goddess - Tamora Pierce
o3. Magic Study - Maria V. Snyder
o4. Matched - Ally Condie
o5. Rebel Heart - Moira Young
o6. The Goose Girl - Shannon Hale
o7. Archangel - Sharon Shinn
o8. Daugher of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
o9. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
o1o. Princess of Glass - Jessica Day George
o11. The Woman Who Rides Like A Man - Tamora Pierce
o12. Lirael - Garth Nix
o13. Through The Ever Night - Veronica Rossi
o14. Enna Burning - Shannon Hale
o15. Quintana of Charyn - Melina Marchetta heart heart
o16. Hunting Ground - Patricia Briggs
o17. Plain Kate - Erin Bow
o18. Fire Study - Maria V. Snyder
o19. Beast - Donna Jo Napoli
o2o. Rose Daughter - Robin McKinley
o21. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow - Jessica Day George
o22. The Raven Prince - Elizabeth Hoyt
o23. Beauty - Robin McKinley
o24. East - Edith Pattou
o25. The Raging Quiet - Sherryl Jordan
o26. River Secrets - Shannon Hale
o27. Fair Game - Patricia Briggs
o28. Yovah's Angel - Sharon Shinn
o29. The Indigo Spell - Richelle Mead
o3o. Angelfall - Susan Ee
o31. Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier
o32. Requiem - Lauren Oliver

Total: (*/*): 32/1oo

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Finally got myself to sit down and read today. Finished up my two current books~~~ Gotta say I was impressed. ^^
And its good to get back to it. My pile keeps growing over here ;_;

[Marek Tataka Warchild]

Name: Marek Tataka Warchild
Goal: 50 - I'm going to try really hard. I'm getting into my college major this year, so I may flake out and/or a lot of it will be Anthropology textbooks. Yikes.

Currently Reading:
That's the Joint! - Murray Forman (For Anthro. Class)
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory - Andrew Bennett (for Lit. Class)
Broken Windows: Graffiti NYC - James T. Murray (For Anthro. Class)
Hip-Hop Culture in College Students' Lives - Emery Petchauer (For Anthro. Class)
The Beetle - Richard Marsh (For Lit. Class)
Holy Bible NIV - Anonymous (On hold for school)
The Third Chimpanzee - Jared Diamond (For Anthro. Class)
Under the Dome - Stephen King

Finished Reading:
1- Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir - Jenny Lawson
2- Back to the Bedroom - Janet Evanovich
3- The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (For Lit. Class)
4- Lady Amelia's Secret Lover - Victoria Alexander
5- Chatterton - Peter Ackroyd (For Lit. Class)
6- Immortal Ever After - Lynsay Sands
7- Questing Beast - Ilona Andrews
8- Assassin Study - Maria V. Snyder
9- The Skull - Philip K. d**k
10- Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood (For Lit. Class)

Book Count: 10/50

My Goodreads, if you want to friend me and/or see my previous year reads, is http://www.goodreads.com/lostsanity137 Friend me!

[Apples and Eyes]

Name/Username: Al/Albertus Zeno
Goal: 100
Date Started: April 10, 2013

Currently Reading:
Lolita, Vladmir Nabokov
American Gods, Neil Gaiman


Finished: None yet.

Total: 0/100

[Ping of Death]

Currently Reading: The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

Finished Reading:
1. Maha-bharata: The Epic of Ancient India condensed into English verse by Romesh C. Dutt, CIE
2. The Rise and Development of Western Civilization to 1660 (Volume 1) by J. Stipp, C.W. Hollister, and A.W. Dirrim
3. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
4. God of War by Robert E. Vardeman and Matthew Woodring Stover
5. Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott
6. At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
7. Al Azif - The Cipher Manuscript known as "Necronomicon" by John Dee
8 A History of Art For Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement
9. Persian Literature Volume 1 Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan author anonymous
10. Medieval and Tudor Costume by Phillis Cunnington
11. Persian Literature Volume 2 Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan author anonymous

Total: 11/55