2013 New Books Challenge *2014 Under Construction!*

[Daggger]

Username: Daggger
Goal: 25 Books / 5 Manga
Date Started: 1.19.2013

Currently Reading:
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
Under the Dome by Stephen King

Finished Books:
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy {5.5} ⋆⋆⋆⋆
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatest We Never Weren't by Stephen Colbert {4.14} ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
The Wastelands (The Dark Tower #3) by Stephen King {1.22} ⋆⋆⋆⋆

Finished Manga:
Negima! Vol. 25


Total:
(3/25)=Books
(1/5)=Manga

[Ping of Death]

That took forever but it was worth it. I shouldn't have picked anthologies this year. I'm so far behind.

Currently Reading: 1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2. The Way of the Crusades by Jay Williams

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
12. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft


Total: 12/55

[Demon Days]

Currently reading:
The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume B
anna karenina by leo tolstoy

Book Count: 83/120
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
75.)this book is overdue!: how librarians and cybrarians can save us all by marilyn johnson
76.)the wretched of muirwood by jeff wheeler
77.)the house at the end of hope street by menna van praag
78.)star wars: force heretic by sean williams and shane dix
79.)wicked by gregory maguire
80.)how animals grieve by barbara j. king
81.)built of books: how reading defined the life of oscar wilde by thomas wright
82.)star wars: the final prophecy by greg keyes
83.)star wars: the unifying force by james luceno

[Xxout_of_reachxX]

Currently reading: Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Finished reading: Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Total (9/50)

[The Vulture Eye]

Name/Username: The Vulture Eye
Goal: 20
Date Started: January 1, 2013

Currently Reading:
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Roadwork by Stephen King
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
A Christmas Carol/The Chimes/The Crickets on the Hearth by Charles Dickens

Finished Reading:
Captain Long Ears by Diana Thung
I. Asimov: A Memoir by Isaac Asimov
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Total: 3/20

[Ping of Death]

Currently Reading: The Way of the Crusades by Jay Williams

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
12. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
13. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Total: 13/55

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

We who have Fallen

OMG so far behind gonk two whole books. I started a new job recently and I haven't adjusted to the pace yet. Not finding any free time for reading

My job isn't new, but I work at a home improvement store, and our business always picks up in late spring through the summer, so I've been working six days a week, and have had almost no time to read. It's depressing. So, I definitely feel for you. Hopefully you can find some free time soon. sad

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

Name/Username: Blue Eyed Wallflower
Goal: 22 (I turned 22 on January 16th!)
Date Started: January 1st, 2013

Currently Reading:
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Friend Me by Cathy Hopkins
Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things by Charles Panati

Finished Reading:
January
Shelf Discovery The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading by Lizzie Skurnick
Size 12 Is Not Fat A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot
That Summer by Sarah Dessen (started reading December, 2012)
The Pregnancy Test by Erin McCarthy
February
The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell (Got this as a birthday present when it came out in 2010. Finally finished it!)
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
March
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci
Janes In Love by Cecil Castellucci
April
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May

Total: (8/22):

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Woohoo for updating!

Sorry it took so long. I had no idea how much I'd have to deal with this month outside of Gaia. O_O

I don't think its an issue, I am just saying.

I gotcha. I just feel bad it takes me so long to make new posts.

[stacy_medina]

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Woohoo for updating!

Sorry it took so long. I had no idea how much I'd have to deal with this month outside of Gaia. O_O

I don't think its an issue, I am just saying.

I gotcha. I just feel bad it takes me so long to make new posts.

Real life likes to interfere. I had to put my blog on hiatus because of school.

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Woohoo for updating!

Sorry it took so long. I had no idea how much I'd have to deal with this month outside of Gaia. O_O

I don't think its an issue, I am just saying.

I gotcha. I just feel bad it takes me so long to make new posts.

Real life likes to interfere. I had to put my blog on hiatus because of school.

That it does. biggrin That sucks. I'm sorry. You're in college, right? What are you studying?

[Demon Days]

Currently reading:
The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume B
the godfather by mario puzo

Book Count: 84/120
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
75.)this book is overdue!: how librarians and cybrarians can save us all by marilyn johnson
76.)the wretched of muirwood by jeff wheeler
77.)the house at the end of hope street by menna van praag
78.)star wars: force heretic by sean williams and shane dix
79.)wicked by gregory maguire
80.)how animals grieve by barbara j. king
81.)built of books: how reading defined the life of oscar wilde by thomas wright
82.)star wars: the final prophecy by greg keyes
83.)star wars: the unifying force by james luceno
84.)anna karenina by leo tolstoy

[stacy_medina]

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Woohoo for updating!

Sorry it took so long. I had no idea how much I'd have to deal with this month outside of Gaia. O_O

I don't think its an issue, I am just saying.

I gotcha. I just feel bad it takes me so long to make new posts.

Real life likes to interfere. I had to put my blog on hiatus because of school.

That it does. biggrin That sucks. I'm sorry. You're in college, right? What are you studying?

dietetics if I get in to the program this fall. otherwise I will do psychology.

[Crinis]

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Woohoo for updating!

Sorry it took so long. I had no idea how much I'd have to deal with this month outside of Gaia. O_O

I don't think its an issue, I am just saying.

I gotcha. I just feel bad it takes me so long to make new posts.

Don't feel bad! I have like, what, six books going on right now and I can't finish them!

Sure, you would think ''Um because you're not focusing on a book'' but I have my hands full as it is when I carry stuff around, so I have a different book for different places that I frequently visit. Two of them I'm reading to further insight on childhood education. And I constantly get my reading interrupted, so it's difficult.

So, I understand you there. cool

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

Blue Eyed Wallflower

stacy_medina

I don't think its an issue, I am just saying.

I gotcha. I just feel bad it takes me so long to make new posts.

Real life likes to interfere. I had to put my blog on hiatus because of school.

That it does. biggrin That sucks. I'm sorry. You're in college, right? What are you studying?

dietetics if I get in to the program this fall. otherwise I will do psychology.

Oh, okay. Does the program only allow a few people in? Where I live, the community college I've been going to on and off has a lot of really good programs, but very few people actually make it in.