2o12 New Books Challenge *2013 Thread Up!*

Which of these 'popular' book series would you be most likely to read?

Fifty Shades series by E.L. James	8.7%	[ 9 ]
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins	61.2%	[ 63 ]
The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson	25.2%	[ 26 ]
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer	4.9%	[ 5 ]
Total Votes:			[ 103 ]

[Infinity Outlaw]

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

Currently Reading:
Lovecraft: Tales ed. by Peter Straub
Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers

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 by Robert Kirkman(***)
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 by Genevieve Valentine (****)
27. Forgotten Bookmarks by Michael Popek
28. Olympians: Zeus by Geroge O'Conner (***)
29. The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai (**)
30. Olympians: Athena by George O'Conner (***)
31. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (***)
32. Akira Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo (****)
33. Akira Vol. 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo (****)
34. Olympians: Hera by George O'Conner (***)
35. Olympians: Hades by George O'Conner (***)
36. Akira Vol. 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo (****)
37. Akira Vol. 4 by Katsuhiro Otomo (****)
38. Akira Vol. 5 by Katsuhiro Otomo (****)
39. Akira Vol. 6 by Katsuhiro Otomo (****)
40. Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott (****)

Total: (40/100)
Each book rated out of five stars.

[Da Flea]

temari_twin

Sounds fun i'm in. Random question quick as well as my entrance. um i have a book that is the first 3 books of a series wrapped up into 1, would that count as one book? Just wondering.

I'm not the official voice of the thread owner or anything, but I think if the books have been published separately before, then it should count as 3 books. =3

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

Da Flea

temari_twin

Sounds fun i'm in. Random question quick as well as my entrance. um i have a book that is the first 3 books of a series wrapped up into 1, would that count as one book? Just wondering.

I'm not the official voice of the thread owner or anything, but I think if the books have been published separately before, then it should count as 3 books. =3

Agreed. biggrin Ha ha.

[The Vulture Eye]

Name/Username: The Vulture Eye
Goal: 40
Date Started: January 1, 2012

Currently Reading:
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Finished Reading:
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
Pinocchio Vampire Slayer Volume 2 The Great Puppet Theater by Dusty Higgins and Van Jensen
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Emails from an a*****e by John Lindsay

Total: 7/40

[smolspacesiren]

Blue Eyed Wallflower

Da Flea

temari_twin

Sounds fun i'm in. Random question quick as well as my entrance. um i have a book that is the first 3 books of a series wrapped up into 1, would that count as one book? Just wondering.

I'm not the official voice of the thread owner or anything, but I think if the books have been published separately before, then it should count as 3 books. =3

Agreed. biggrin Ha ha.

ok cool, thank you both haha 3nodding

[Demon Days]

Currently reading:
abraham lincoln: vampire hunter by seth grahame-smith
pale fire by vladimir nabokov (for my studies in the novel class)

Finished reading 15/150:
1.) star wars: the black fleet crisis by michael p kube-mcdowell
2.) star wars: the new rebellion by kristine kathryn rusch
3.) star wars: the corellian trilogy by roger macbride allen(kind of read this while also reading the new rebellion. star wars books are usually fast paced)
4.) a history of the world in 100 objects by neil macgregor
5.)the sound and the fury by william faulkner (for my studies in the novel class)
6.)phaedo by plato (for my philosophy class)
7.)my antonia by willa cather (for my women's literature class)
8.)the third policeman by flann o'brien (for my studies in the novel class)
9.)scorpio races by maggie stiefvater
10.)the lover's dictionary by david levithan (for my studies in the novel class)
11.)cinder by marissa meyer
12.)nectar in a sieve by kamala markandaya
13,)jack kennedy:elusive hero by chris matthews
14.)ragnorak: the end of the gods by a.s. byatt
15.)sophie's choice by william styron

[Ping of Death]

Currently Reading: Soft Come the Dragons by Dean Koontz

Finished Reading:
1.Edda Vol.1 by Winifred Faraday
2.Edda Vol.2 by Winifred Faraday
3.Children of Odin by Padraic Colum
4.The Mabinogion, translated by Lady Charlotte Guest
5.Time Thieves by Dean Koontz
6.Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion by Beatrice Clay
7.Elizabethan Demonology by Thomas Alfred Spalding
8.The Haunted Earth by Dean Koontz
9.Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens
10.British Goblins by Wirt Sikes
11.The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles
Total: (11/49): Reread: (0/1)

My Shelfari

[Da Flea]

Name/Username: Da Flea
Goal: 50
Date Started: 28 Jan 2012

Current and Potential Reads:
Rebecca Rasmussen - The Bird Sisters
Haruki Murakami - Sputnik Sweetheart
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
Tara Kelly - Harmonic Feedback

Finished Reading:
Iris Murdoch - The Flight from the Enchanter
Graham McNeill - Fulgrim (Horus Heresy #5)
Nury Vittachi - The Feng Shui Detective
Mitchell Scanlon - Descent of Angels (Horus Heresy #6)
Daniel J. Levitin - This is Your Brain on Music: Science of a Human Obsession
Lawrence Krauss - The Physics of Star Trek
Dan Abnett - Legion (Horus Heresy #7)

Total: 7/50

[Xxout_of_reachxX]

Currently Reading: The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
Finished Reading: Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Total: (7/75)

[anadorablegurl]

Currently Reading: - Weekend by Christopher Pike


Finished Reading:

[January]

- Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis [re-read]
- The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis [re-read]
- The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis [re-read]

[February]

- The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis [re-read]
- The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis [re-read]
- The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis [re-read]

[March]

- Slumber Party by Christopher Pike


Total [New Books]: 1/15
Total [Re-reads]: 6/23

[luckygirl2113]

Currently Reading:
- Doctor Who: The Way through the Woods - Una McCormack
Finished Reading:
January:
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C. S. Lewis [Reread]
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair - C. S. Lewis [Reread]
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy - C. S. Lewis [Reread]
February:
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew - C. S. Lewis [Reread]
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle - C. S. Lewis [Reread]
- Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee [Reread]
March:
- Things I Learned from Knitting...whether I wanted to or not - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Total - New books: 1/15
Total - Rereads: 6/23

[We who have Fallen]

We who have Fallen

Name: We who have Fallen
Goal: 10/45+
Start Date: 12/29/11
Reading: The Way of the Pilgrim by Gordon R. Dickson

Finished:
Temeraire by Naomi Novik
The Ship Who Won by Anne McCaffrey
Homeland by RA Salvatore
Exile by RA Salvatore
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green
Scales of Justice by Daniel Hood
The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein
A Night In The Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Letters for Mary by Laurie R. King
Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

[IcedCupcakes]

Name/Username:IcedCupcakes
Goal:50
Date Started:January 1, 2012

Currently Reading:Like Water for Chocolate – Laura Esquirel

Finished Reading:
Boy, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots – Abby McDonald
This Side of Paradise – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Goliath - Scott Westerfeld
Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
The Virginian – Owen Wister
The Chosen One – Carol Lynch Williams
Clockwork Prince – Cassandra Clare
Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros
48 Shades of Brown – Nick Earls
There’s No Place Like Home – Jen Calonita

Total: (13/50)

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

Name/Username: Blue Eyed Wallflower
Goal: 31
Date Started: January 1, 2012

Currently Reading:
Prom Anonymous by Blake Nelson

Finished Reading:
January
Pampered to Death by Laura Levine 5/5
Killer Blonde by Laura Levine 5/5
Killing Bridezilla by Laura Levine 5/5
Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty 5/5
Last Writes by Laura Levine 5/5
February
21 Proms by various authors 5/5
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern 5/5
March
Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler 3.5/5

Total: (8/31):

[Demon Days]

Currently reading:
pure by julianna baggott
pale fire by vladimir nabokov (for my studies in the novel class)

Finished reading 16/150:
1.) star wars: the black fleet crisis by michael p kube-mcdowell
2.) star wars: the new rebellion by kristine kathryn rusch
3.) star wars: the corellian trilogy by roger macbride allen(kind of read this while also reading the new rebellion. star wars books are usually fast paced)
4.) a history of the world in 100 objects by neil macgregor
5.)the sound and the fury by william faulkner (for my studies in the novel class)
6.)phaedo by plato (for my philosophy class)
7.)my antonia by willa cather (for my women's literature class)
8.)the third policeman by flann o'brien (for my studies in the novel class)
9.)scorpio races by maggie stiefvater
10.)the lover's dictionary by david levithan (for my studies in the novel class)
11.)cinder by marissa meyer
12.)nectar in a sieve by kamala markandaya
13,)jack kennedy:elusive hero by chris matthews
14.)ragnorak: the end of the gods by a.s. byatt
15.)sophie's choice by william styron
16.)abraham lincoln: vampire hunter by seth grahame-smith