2013 New Books Challenge *2014 Under Construction!*

[Glass Lily]

Currently Reading:
Dangerous Women (anthology) edited by George R.R. Martin
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Finished Reading:
(January)
1. Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones
2. Divergent by Veronica Roth
3. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
(February)
4. Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
5. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
6. The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
7. The Secret Hour (Midnighters #1) by Scott Westerfeld
(March)
8. The Buried Pyramid by Jane Lindskold (this book was so awfully dull)
9. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
10. Touching Darkness (Midnighters #2) by Scott Westerfeld
11. Blue Noon (Midnighters #3) by Scott Westerfeld (this series is amazing)
(April)
12. Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
13. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
14. The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus #1) by Jonathan Stroud
(May)
15. Austenland by Shannon Hale (this book was so disappointing)
16. The Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus #2) by Jonathan Stroud
17. My Foolish Heart by Susan May Warren
18. Ptolemy's Gate (Bartimaeus #3) by Jonathan Stroud
(June)
19. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin
20. Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer
21. Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer
(July)
22. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
23. A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix
24. Dragon Mage by Andre Norton (so bad, sadly)
25. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (so good)
(August)
26. The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle (re-read of a classic)
27. Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
28. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym of J.K. Rowling)
(September)
29. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
30. Gone by Michael Grant
31. God Save the Queen by Kate Locke
(October)
32. The Impersonator by Mary Miley
33. The Fall (The Seventh Tower #1) by Garth Nix
34. Shadows by Robin McKinley
(November)
35. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
36. John Dies at the End by David Wong
37. Castle (The Seventh Tower #2) by Garth Nix
38. Search for Senna (Everworld #1) by K.A. Applegate (another re-read -- been sooo long!)
39. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
40. The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
(December)
41. Land of Loss (Everworld #2) by K.A. Applegate
42. Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones

42/40

Yay, I reached my goal with ease! Every thing after is just gravy~ I don't expect to read all of Dangerous Women since it's an anthology, but I have plenty of other books lined up to finish out the year.

[Xxout_of_reachxX]

Currently reading: The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
Finished reading: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
Total (38/50)

[Da Flea]

Name/Username: Da Flea
Goal: 40
Date Started: 1 Jan 2013

Current and Potential Reads:
*is searching for some* ninja

Finished Reading:
William Gibson - Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl #3) (started in 2012)
Brad Warner - Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality (started in 2012)
Patricia McKillip - Ombria in Shadow
Michio Kaku - Physics of the Impossible
Karen Lord - Redemption in Indigo
James Swallow - Nemesis (Horus Heresy #13 )
Brian Aldiss - Hothouse
Louise Erdrich - The Antelope Wife
Dave Zeltserman - The Caretaker of Lorne Field
Lisa Smedman - Sacrifice of the Widow (The Lady Penitent #1)
Lisa Smedman - Storm of the Dead (The Lady Penitent #2)
Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
Lisa Smedman - Ascendancy of the Last (The Lady Penitent #3)
Aaron Dembski-Bowden - The First Heretic (Horus Heresy #14)
Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror
Yasutaka Tsutsui - Salmonella Men on Planet Porno
Rachel Maddow - Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Italo Calvino - The Complete Cosmicomics
Geoff Ryman - The Child Garden
Ekaterina Sedia - The Secret History of Moscow
Dan Abnett - Prospero Burns (Horus Heresy #15)
Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity
Daniel Abraham - A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet #1)
Viola Canales - The Tequila Worm
Edward Frenkel - Love and Math
I.J. Parker - Rashomon Gate (Akitada #2)
Lisi Harrison - The Ghoul Next Door (Monster High #2)
Steven Savile - Inheritance (Von Carstein #1)
Steven Savile - Dominion (Von Carstein #2)
Iris Murdoch - A Severed Head

Total: 30/40

So... I'm officially dropping Lucifer's Shadow. I have zero desire to ever see it again. And I'm clearing off my other "current" reads. (Because I really hadn't touched them in months.) I may or may not go back to them in the future. >_>;

[Xxout_of_reachxX]

Currently reading: I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
Finished reading: The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
Total (39/50)

[Questing Eternity]

Currently Reading:
Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Finished Reading:
1. Halo: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten
2. Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund
3. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
6. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
7. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
8. Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind
9. Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky
11. Books of Adam: The Blunder Years by Adam Ellis
12. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
13. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
14. 1984 by George Orwell
15. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
16. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
17. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
18. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
19. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
20. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
21. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
22. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

Total: 22/15

Reread:
The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle

[Aeare]

Starting a little late sweatdrop It's December 14th! There are just two books I would like to read though before the end of the year!

Name/Username: Divenire
Goal: 2
Date Started: 14 December 2013

Currently Reading:
Allegiant | Veronica Roth

Finished Reading:
(I read all of these before the start date, but they were all in 2013).
Doubt | Yoshiki Tonogai
Bakuman 1 | Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
Bakuman 2 | Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
Room | Emma Donoghue
The Lovely Bones | Alice Sebold
Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes
Dark Parties | Sara Grant
The Silmarillion | J.R.R. Tolkien
Divergent | Veronica Roth
What Does the Fox Say? | Ylvis
Insurgent | Veronica Roth

Total: (1/2)

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Blue Eyed Wallflower

Oh my gosh. I was browsing the Book subforum here and clicked on this thread, and read "Based on threads started by Tooticky-". That's me! Well, my previous account. lol I wish I had known about this thread at the start of this year, then I would've joined. smile

Anyway, that just made me laugh. Gaia is a small world, after all. blaugh

[PRs_Lobo]

Name/Username: Prs_Lobo
Goal: 24
Date Started: Jan 1st, 2013

Currently Reading:
The Art Seduction by Robert Greene

Finished Reading:
1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
2. Steampunk by various authors
3. Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper
4. Spice and Wolf vol. 3 by Isuna Hasekura
5. Spice and Wolf vol. 4 by Isuna Hasekura
6. Spice and Wolf vol. 6 by Isuna Hasekura
7. Spice and Wolf vol. 7 by Isuna Hasekura
8. Spice and Wolf vol. 8 by Isuna Hasekura
9. Spice and Wolf vol. 9 by Isuna Hasekura
10. Iron Man Extremis by Marie Javins
11. New Avengers Breakout by Alisa Kwitney
12. X-Men Gifted by Peter David
13. Civil War by Stuart Moore
14. Servant of the Underworld by Aliette De Bodard
15. Harbinger of the Storm by Aliette De Bodard
16. Master of the House of Darts by Aliette De Bodard
17. Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
18. Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff
19. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
20. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
21. Mobile Suit Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino
22. Dead Space Catalyst by B.K. Evenson
23. Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
24. Lord of the Rings The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
25. Lord of the Rings The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
26. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

Total: 26/24

[Da Flea]

Name/Username: Da Flea
Goal: 40
Date Started: 1 Jan 2013

Current and Potential Reads:
*is searching for some* ninja

Finished Reading:
William Gibson - Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl #3) (started in 2012)
Brad Warner - Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality (started in 2012)
Patricia McKillip - Ombria in Shadow
Michio Kaku - Physics of the Impossible
Karen Lord - Redemption in Indigo
James Swallow - Nemesis (Horus Heresy #13 )
Brian Aldiss - Hothouse
Louise Erdrich - The Antelope Wife
Dave Zeltserman - The Caretaker of Lorne Field
Lisa Smedman - Sacrifice of the Widow (The Lady Penitent #1)
Lisa Smedman - Storm of the Dead (The Lady Penitent #2)
Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
Lisa Smedman - Ascendancy of the Last (The Lady Penitent #3)
Aaron Dembski-Bowden - The First Heretic (Horus Heresy #14)
Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror
Yasutaka Tsutsui - Salmonella Men on Planet Porno
Rachel Maddow - Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Italo Calvino - The Complete Cosmicomics
Geoff Ryman - The Child Garden
Ekaterina Sedia - The Secret History of Moscow
Dan Abnett - Prospero Burns (Horus Heresy #15)
Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity
Daniel Abraham - A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet #1)
Viola Canales - The Tequila Worm
Edward Frenkel - Love and Math
I.J. Parker - Rashomon Gate (Akitada #2)
Lisi Harrison - The Ghoul Next Door (Monster High #2)
Steven Savile - Inheritance (Von Carstein #1)
Steven Savile - Dominion (Von Carstein #2)
Iris Murdoch - A Severed Head
Isabel Allende - Eva Luna

Total: 31/40

[Xxout_of_reachxX]

Currently reading: The Diviners by Libba Bray
Finished reading: I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Total (40/50)

[Da Flea]

Name/Username: Da Flea
Goal: 40
Date Started: 1 Jan 2013

Current and Potential Reads:
*is searching for some* ninja

Finished Reading:
William Gibson - Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl #3) (started in 2012)
Brad Warner - Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality (started in 2012)
Patricia McKillip - Ombria in Shadow
Michio Kaku - Physics of the Impossible
Karen Lord - Redemption in Indigo
James Swallow - Nemesis (Horus Heresy #13 )
Brian Aldiss - Hothouse
Louise Erdrich - The Antelope Wife
Dave Zeltserman - The Caretaker of Lorne Field
Lisa Smedman - Sacrifice of the Widow (The Lady Penitent #1)
Lisa Smedman - Storm of the Dead (The Lady Penitent #2)
Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
Lisa Smedman - Ascendancy of the Last (The Lady Penitent #3)
Aaron Dembski-Bowden - The First Heretic (Horus Heresy #14)
Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror
Yasutaka Tsutsui - Salmonella Men on Planet Porno
Rachel Maddow - Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Italo Calvino - The Complete Cosmicomics
Geoff Ryman - The Child Garden
Ekaterina Sedia - The Secret History of Moscow
Dan Abnett - Prospero Burns (Horus Heresy #15)
Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity
Daniel Abraham - A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet #1)
Viola Canales - The Tequila Worm
Edward Frenkel - Love and Math
I.J. Parker - Rashomon Gate (Akitada #2)
Lisi Harrison - The Ghoul Next Door (Monster High #2)
Steven Savile - Inheritance (Von Carstein #1)
Steven Savile - Dominion (Von Carstein #2)
Iris Murdoch - A Severed Head
Isabel Allende - Eva Luna
Steven Savile - Retribution (Von Carstein #3)*

Total: 32/40

* Why did I even read the 3rd one? I don't know. It was here and maybe I was hoping it'd somehow magically redeem itself. In some ways, it was better than the 2nd. In other ways, it may have been worse. There are parts which are interesting, but overall, nothing compares to the first novel. The 2nd and 3rd feel like an a wounded animal dragging itself along, getting weaker and less relevant until it's finally put out of its misery.

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

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Blue Eyed Wallflower

Oh my gosh. I was browsing the Book subforum here and clicked on this thread, and read "Based on threads started by Tooticky-". That's me! Well, my previous account. lol I wish I had known about this thread at the start of this year, then I would've joined. smile

Anyway, that just made me laugh. Gaia is a small world, after all. blaugh

So awesome!!! I was in your original thread! biggrin Welcome back!! HA!

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Blue Eyed Wallflower

So awesome!!! I was in your original thread! biggrin Welcome back!! HA!

I am inspired to make another thread here, in the new year. I have so many books in my collection but am embarassed that I have hardly read any of them. I don't want to be that kind of person! sweatdrop

I am currently reading "How To Be A Victorian" by Ruth Godman. How abut you? smile

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

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Blue Eyed Wallflower

So awesome!!! I was in your original thread! biggrin Welcome back!! HA!

I am inspired to make another thread here, in the new year. I have so many books in my collection but am embarassed that I have hardly read any of them. I don't want to be that kind of person! sweatdrop

I am currently reading "How To Be A Victorian" by Ruth Godman. How abut you? smile

Please, do! I've done it three years in a row, because no one else seemed to want to from the past couple of threads. I work a lot, so it's been way to hard to do. You should definitely be the thread runner again.

I'm actually the same way. I have this huge white book shelf, and I just keep buying more and more books and not reading them.

I'm reading Along Came a Spider by James Patterson and Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: A Slightly Tarnished Southern Belle's Words of Wisdom by Celia Rivenbark. biggrin What's your book like?

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

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

Currently Reading:
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: A Slightly Tarnished Southern Belle's Words of Wisdom by Celia Rivenbark
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
The Discomfort Zone by Jonathan Franzen

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
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June
Period Pieces by various authors
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
July
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August
Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
September
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties edited by Emily Franklin
October
It's a Chick Thing by Ame Mahler Beanland and Emily Miles Terry
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

Total: (16/22):