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	9.4%	[ 9 ]
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins	62.5%	[ 60 ]
The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson	24.0%	[ 23 ]
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer	4.2%	[ 4 ]
Total Votes:			[ 96 ]

[Infinity Outlaw]

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

Currently Reading:
Zero History by William Gibson
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (audiobook)

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 (****)
41. Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers (**)
March
42. Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan (****)
43. Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (****)
44. Black Hole by Charles Burns (***)
45. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (**)
46. Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. by Warren Ellis (***)
47. Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (***)
48. The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers (***)
49. Spook Country by William Gibson (***)
April
50. Ash by Malinda Lo (***)
51. Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh (***)
52. Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds (***)

Re-reads:
1. Neuromancer by William Gibson (audiobook) (*****)

Total: (52/100)
Each book rated out of five stars.

[Demon Days]

Currently reading:

house of leaves by mark z danielewski
loki by mike vasich

Finished reading 44/150:
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
6.)phaedo by plato (for my philosophy class)
7.)my antonia by willa cather
8.)the third policeman by flann o'brien
9.)scorpio races by maggie stiefvater
10.)the lover's dictionary by david levithan
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
17.)pale fire by vladimir nabokov
18.)pure by julia baggott
19.)the saga of the volsungs
20,)a good american by alex george
21,) the awakening by kate chopin
22.) the prose edda by snorri surluson
23.)frank: the voice by james kaplan
24.)history of a pleasure seeker by richard mason
25.)if on a winter's night a traveler by italo calvino
26.)the flame alphabet by ben marcus
27.)the scrapbook of frankie pratt: a novel in pictures by carolina preston
29.)the lightning thief by rick riordan
30.)dracula by bram stoker
31.)the elder edda
32.)the sea of monsters by rick riordan
33.)the song of achilles by madeline miller
34.)the titan's curse by rick riordan
35.)bound feet and western dress by pang-mei chang
36.)the battle of the labyrinth by rick riordan
37.)the last olympian by rick riordan
38.)unholy night by seth grahame-smith
39.)true devotion to the holy spirit by luis martinez (for theology x__x)
40.)gods and generals by jeff shaara
41.)oh my gods: a modern retelling of the greek and roman myths by philip freeman
42.)the norse myths by kevin crossley-holland
43.)supervolcano: eruption by harry turtledove
44.)myths of the norsemen by helene a. guerber

[BreathLessX]

Name/Username: BreathlessX
Goal: 52
Date Started: Jan. 1, 2012


Currently Reading:
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle *87% Done
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman *For Class

Finished Reading:

January
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (1.1.12)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1.9.12)
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (1.14.12)
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (1.18.12)
Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun by Lois Winston (1.20.12)
Hunger by Michael Grant (1.27.12)
February
Lies by Michael Grant (2.1.12)
Plague by Michael Grant (2.5.12)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2.9.12)
March
Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. by Caissie St. Onge (3.7.12)
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler (3.12.12)
The boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (3.29.12)
April
Prisoners of hate by Aaron T. Beck (4.3.12) *for Class
Hollowland: The Hollows 1 by Amanda Hocking (4.4.12)
The Notebook by Nikolas Sparks (4.11.12)
Magic of the Moonlight by Ellen Schreiber (4.19.12)
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (4.21.12)
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (4.22.12)
The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix (4.25.12)
Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday (4.27.12)
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (4.28.12)

Total: (21/52)

[Chouryou]

Name/Username: Chouryou
Goal: 50
Date Started: Jan. 1, 2012


Currently reading:
o1. Hawkwood's Voyage by Paul Kearney


Finished reading:
o1. Silverthorn by Raymond Feist (1/2)
o2. The Cold Commands by Richard Morgan (1/5)
o3. Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cole (1/7)
o4. A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond Feist (1/9)
o5. The Century Next Door by John Barnes (1/19)
o6. The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (1/23)
o7. Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks (1/27)
o8. Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks (1/29)
o9. Time Thieves by Dean Koontz (1/30)
1o. The Judging Eye by R. Scott Bakker (2/5)
11. Orb, Sceptre, Throne by Ian C. Esslemont (2/11)
12. The White-Luck Warrior by R. Scott Bakker (2/19)
13. Soft Come the Dragons by Dean Koontz (3/8 )
14. Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie (3/22)
15. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (3/26)
16. Dragonfly by Dean Koontz (4/6)
17. Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan (4/18 )

Total: 17/50

[Vale-Vane]

Vale-Vane

Name/Username: Vale-Vane
Goal: 10 books
Date Started: January 2,2012

Currently Reading: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare


Finished reading: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling heart heart heart heart heart

Total: 1/10

[luckygirl2113]

Currently Reading:
- Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy: Rebel Dawn - A. C. Crispin
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
- Doctor Who: The Way through the Woods - Una McCormack
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J. K. Rowling [Reread]
April:
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J. K. Rowling [Reread]
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling [Reread]
- Knit One, Pearl One: A Beach Street Knitting Society Novel - Gil McNeil
Total - New books: 3/15
Total - Rereads: 9/23

[anadorablegurl]

Currently Reading: - The Eternal Dawn 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
- Weekend by Christopher Pike
- Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling [re-read]

[April]

- Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets by J.K. Rowling [re-read]
- Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling [re-read]
- Everlasting by Alyson Noel



Total [New Books]: 3/15
Total [Re-reads]: 9/23

[So Sick of the Hobos]

So Sick of the Hobos

Name/Username: So Sick of the Hobos
Goal: 20
Date Started: January 13th, 2012

Currently Reading:
Fair Game - Patricia Briggs
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
Hush Little Babies - Donald A. Davis

Finished Reading:
January
Size 12 Is Not Fat - Heather Wells
February
NONE
March
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords - George R.R Martin
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
The Birth House - Ami McKay
April
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Mocking Jay - Suzanne Collins
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Total: (6/20)
Note: My number of books may vary throughout this year. I am starting my book challenge over COMPLETELY and not carrying on from the previous year. This shall be my year to complete a resolution.

[Green_crayon42]

Wahoo! I see someone else has a goal of under 100 books. This make me feel not so dumb.
Though I never quite make it to 20, my goal this year is set at 15+. Though the year's half done and I haven't read 5 yet...

Goal: 15+
Finished Reading:
A Wrinkle In Time--Madiline L'Ingle (sp?)
Sarah's Key--Tatiana De Rosnay
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo--Staig Larrson(sp?) *book on tape*

[Demon Days]

Currently reading:

house of leaves by mark z danielewski
the greek myths by robert graves

Finished reading 45/150:
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
6.)phaedo by plato (for my philosophy class)
7.)my antonia by willa cather
8.)the third policeman by flann o'brien
9.)scorpio races by maggie stiefvater
10.)the lover's dictionary by david levithan
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
17.)pale fire by vladimir nabokov
18.)pure by julia baggott
19.)the saga of the volsungs
20,)a good american by alex george
21,) the awakening by kate chopin
22.) the prose edda by snorri surluson
23.)frank: the voice by james kaplan
24.)history of a pleasure seeker by richard mason
25.)if on a winter's night a traveler by italo calvino
26.)the flame alphabet by ben marcus
27.)the scrapbook of frankie pratt: a novel in pictures by carolina preston
29.)the lightning thief by rick riordan
30.)dracula by bram stoker
31.)the elder edda
32.)the sea of monsters by rick riordan
33.)the song of achilles by madeline miller
34.)the titan's curse by rick riordan
35.)bound feet and western dress by pang-mei chang
36.)the battle of the labyrinth by rick riordan
37.)the last olympian by rick riordan
38.)unholy night by seth grahame-smith
39.)true devotion to the holy spirit by luis martinez (for theology x__x)
40.)gods and generals by jeff shaara
41.)oh my gods: a modern retelling of the greek and roman myths by philip freeman
42.)the norse myths by kevin crossley-holland
43.)supervolcano: eruption by harry turtledove
44.)myths of the norsemen by helene a. guerber
45.)loki by mike vasich

[Nikomikiri]

Currently Reading: Night of Knives by Ian C. Esslemont
The Warriors books by Erin Hunter
Finished Reading:

1. Children of Hurin by Tolkien
2. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
3. Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
4. Cujo by Stephen King
5. A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
6. The Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card
7. Into The Wild by Erin Hunter
8. Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter
9. Perfect Shadow by Brent Weeks
10. Forest of Secrets by Erin Hunter
11. The Strange Case of Finley Jane by Kady Cross

Total So Far: 11/70

[Sriq]

Name/Username: Sriq
Goal: 150
Date Started: January 1st

Currently Reading:
I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal
Amsterdam Stories by Nescio

Finished Reading:
January
1. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
2. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho
3. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by Vitezslav Nezval
4. Moonstone Woman: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako
5. Contemplation by Franz Kafka
6. Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Moss Roberts
7. The Transformations of Mr. Hadliz by Ladislav Novak
8. One Hundred Poems From the Japanese
9. Fado by Andrzej Stasiuk
10. Balkan Beauty, Balkan Blood: Modern Albanian Short Stories
11. The Passive Vampire by Gherasim Luca
12. House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
13. The House of Illnesse by Unica Zurn
14. Vegetation by Francis Ponge
February
15. The Chieko Poems by Kotaro Takamura
16. The Perpetual Motion Machine by Paul Scheerbart
17. Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi
18. Land of Wooden Gods by Jan Fridegard
19. Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns
20. Edition 69 by Vitezslav Nezval and Jindrich Styrsky
21. The Hierarchies of Cuckoldry and Bankruptcy by Charles Fourier
22. The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz
23. Stone in a Landslide by Maria Barbal
24. The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns
March
25. The Dedalus Book of Absinthe by Phil Baker
26. The Sky Behind the Forest: Selected Poems of Liliana Ursu
27. The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns
28. Absinthe: History in a Bottle by Barnaby Conrad III
29. The Finishing School by Muriel Spark
30. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
31. The Amorous Exploits of a Young Rakehell by Guillaume Apollinaire
32. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
33. Irene's c**t by Louis Aragon
34. The Complete Works of Urmuz
35. Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman by Friedrich Delius
36. On the Marble Cliffs by Ernst Junger
37. Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
38. Scorch Atlas by Blake Butler
39. American Ghosts and Old World Wonders by Angela Carter
40. Whiskey: A Global History by Kevin Kosar
April
41. Tea: A Global History by Helen Saberi
42. AM/PM by Amelia Gray
43. Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara Comyns
44. The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop
45. Cake: A Global History by Nicola Humble
46. The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles Finney
47. In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
48. Traveling Light by Tove Jansson
49. The Skin Chairs by Barbara Comyns
50. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
51. Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
52. The Blue Fox by Sjon
53. Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine by Stanley Crawford
54. Pancake: A Global History by Ken Albala
May
55. Motorman by David Ohle
56. The Father Costume by Ben Marcus
57. The Sculptor's Daughter by Tove Jansson
58. One Minute Stories by Istvan Orkeny

Total: (58/150)

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

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

Currently Reading:
Real Ghost Stories by Brad Steiger
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories # 20 The Clue in the Jewelry Box by Carolyn Keene

Finished Reading:
January
1.)Pampered to Death by Laura Levine 5/5
2.)Killer Blonde by Laura Levine 5/5
3.)Killing Bridezilla by Laura Levine 5/5
4.)Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty 5/5
5.)Last Writes by Laura Levine 5/5
February
6.)21 Proms by various authors 5/5
7.)Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern 5/5
March
8.)Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler 3.5/5
9.)Prom Anonymous by Blake Nelson 2.5/5
10.)Half-Minute Horrors by various authors 5/5
11.)Shrimp by Rachel Cohn 5/5
12.)Nancy Drew: Girl Detective #19 The Orchid Thief by Carolyn Keene 3/5
13.)The Life Murder of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty 1000/1000!!!
April
14.)Nancy Drew: Girl Detective #8 The Scarlet Macaw Scandal by by Carolyn Keene 3.5/5
15.)Mermaid Summer by Mollie Hunter 4/5
16.)The Islander by Cynthia Rylant 4.5/5
17.)The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 5/5
May
18.)Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty 5/5

Total: (18/31)

[BreathLessX]

Name/Username: BreathlessX
Goal: 52
Date Started: Jan. 1, 2012


Currently Reading:
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle *87% Done
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman *For Class
Fear by Michael Grant

Finished Reading:

January
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (1.1.12)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1.9.12)
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (1.14.12)
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (1.18.12)
Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun by Lois Winston (1.20.12)
Hunger by Michael Grant (1.27.12)
February
Lies by Michael Grant (2.1.12)
Plague by Michael Grant (2.5.12)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2.9.12)
March
Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. by Caissie St. Onge (3.7.12)
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler (3.12.12)
The boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (3.29.12)
April
Prisoners of hate by Aaron T. Beck (4.3.12) *for Class
Hollowland: The Hollows 1 by Amanda Hocking (4.4.12)
The Notebook by Nikolas Sparks (4.11.12)
Magic of the Moonlight by Ellen Schreiber (4.19.12)
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (4.21.12)
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (4.22.12)
The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix (4.25.12)
Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday (4.27.12)
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (4.28.12)
May
Hunger Pains by The Harvard Lampoon (5.2.12)
Fat Free and Fatal by G.A. McKevett (5.3.12)

Total: (23/52)

[zielins]

zielins

Name/Username: zielins
Goal: 60 books not including manga or comics.
Date Started: January 1st.

Currently Reading:
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Finished Reading:
January
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (started in 2011).
The Unknown Masterpiece and Gambara by Honoré de Balzac
The Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-Lax
The Green Mile part 1: The Two Dead Girls by Stephen King
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
February
All That I Am by Anna Funder
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
The Boys From Brazil by Ira Levin
The Green Mile part 2: The Mouse on the Mile by Stephen King
The Green Mile part 3: Coffey's Hands by Stephen King
The Green Mile part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix by Stephen King
The Green Mile part 5: The Night Journey by Stephen King
The Green Mile part 6: Coffey on the Mile
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
March
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
On the Night of the Seventh Moon by Victoria Holt
Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen
April
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
May
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

Total: (26/60)