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Yes! Sounds like fun.	32.8%	[ 143 ]
Yes. It would give me a break from all this reading.	5.0%	[ 22 ]
No. It would just distract me from reading.	10.3%	[ 45 ]
NO. Just... no.	9.4%	[ 41 ]
Click here for the obligatory gold earning option.	42.4%	[ 185 ]
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[Green_crayon42]

gosh. i feel so lame...my goal of the year is only 18+ and everyone else's is 100 or more. damn. you guys make me feel stupid and slow... redface sweatdrop

[ManicShadow]

Name: Manic
Goal: 30
Date Started: 3-24-11 (starting hella late) D:

Reading:
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Finished:
Logan's Run by William F. Nolan (8/10)

[yeragh]

Username: ffwavelengthgg
Goal: 300
Date Started: January 1st

Currently Reading:

Olympos (Ilium #2) by Dan Simmons
A Game Of Thrones (Song Of Ice And Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson


Finished Reading:

The Way Of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Bleach, Vol. 2 by Tite Kubo
Bleach, Vol. 1 by Tite Kubo
Though Smoke Shall Hide The Sun by Brit Mandelo
The Amazon by Steven T. Seagle
Existence 2.0/3.0 by Nick Spencer
The Surrogates by Robert Venditti
Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For A Better Future by Nick Spencer
Solanin by Inio Asano
The Devouring by Simon Holt
Sisters Red (Sisters Red #1) by Jackson Pearce
American Vampire, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder & Stephen King
Iron Man Noir by Scott Snyder
K-On! Vol. 1 by Kakifly
Infinite Crisis by Geoff Johns
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Batwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka
Fallen Angel, Omnibus 0 by Peter David
Madam Mirage, Vol. 1 by Paul Dini
NOiSE by Tsutomu Nihei
Angel: After The Fall, Vol. 4 by Joss Whedon
Angel: After The Fall, Vol. 3 by Joss Whedon
Berserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 3: Wolves At The Gate by Joss Whedon
Angel: After The Fall, Vol. 2: First Night by Joss Whedon
Angel: After The Fall, Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon
Philip K. d**k's Electric Ant by David Mack
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1) by Charlaine Harris
Biopunk: Kitchen-Counter Scientists Hack The Software Of Life by Marcus Wohlsen
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 2: No Future For You by Joss Whedon
Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Gene Roddenberry
Home Fires by Gene Wolfe
Violent Cases by Neil Gaiman
The Wolves In The Walls by Neil Gaiman
The Farthest Shore (Earthsea #3) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman
Beauty Belongs To The Flowers by Matthew Sanborn Smith
Firstborn by Brandon Sanderson
The Unwritten, Vol. 2 by Mike Carey
The Unwritten, Vol. 1 by Mike Carey
Star Trek: Debtor's Planet by W.R. Thompson
The Immortal Iron Fist, Vol. 1 by Ed Brubaker
Fell, Vol. 1 by Warren Ellis
The Oracle Of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld #31) by Terry Pratchett
Mistress Of The Art Of Death (Mistress Of The Art Of Death #1) by Ariana Franklin
Promethea, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
The Tombs Of Atuan (Earthsea #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Gifts (Annals Of The Western Shore #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Galactic North (Revelation Space) by Alistair Reynolds
Geist (Book Of The Order #1) by Philipa Ballantine
Storm Glass (Glass #1) by Maria V. Snyder
The Philip K. d**k Reader by Philip K. d**k
Lovedeath by Dan Simmons
Lost At Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Carrie by Stephen King
Akira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
The War Of The Worlds by H.G. Wells
Hellblazer, Vol. 1 by Jamie Delano
The Walking Dead, Vol. 10 by Robert Kirkman
The Walking Dead, Vol. 11 by Robert Kirkman
Revelation Space (Revelation Space #1) by Alistair Reynolds
World War Z by Max Brooks

Total: 70/300

[Eternal Guardian Pluto]

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Why ℓive a {ℓife} that's ρainted
With ρity and ϛadness and ϛtrifeʔ
Why ɗream a ɗream that's ȶainted
With ȶrouble and ℓess than it ϛeemsʔ



Currently Reading:
Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Finished Reading:
January
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
Everything is Fine by Ann Dee Ellis
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Undone by Brooke Taylor
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine
Dance with a Vampire by Ellen Schreiber
The Coffin Club by Ellen Schreiber
Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber
Love Bites by Ellen Schreiber
February
Awakened by P.C. and Kristin Cast
Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Frostbite by Richelle Mead
Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
March
Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
Last Sacrifice Richelle Mead
Looking For Alaska by John Green
April
Tester
May
Tester
June
Tester
July

August
Tester
September
Tester
October
Tester
November
Tester
December
Tester

Total
024/100

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[pakki]

Began; January, 1, 2011

Currently reading;
Lavinia, by Ursula K. Le Guin- A little slow...
Horns, by Joe Hill- Well, I'm going to start soon. Disgusting and crude. Dropped.

Finished;
Magic's Pawn, bk 1 of The Last Herald-Mage trilogy (5/5)
Thief of Lives, bk. 2 of the Noble Dead series (4/5)
Eyes Like Leaves (2/5)
The Oathbound, bk.1 of the Vows and Honors trilogy (2/5)
Memoirs of a Geisha (5/5)
Out (4.5/5)
The Shining (3/5)
The Fallen Blade, bk. 1 (2.5/5)
Trading in Danger (3.5/5)
Grotesque (3.5/5)

Total; [10/100]

Next;
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby, by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
Masques, by Patricia Briggs
The Scar-Crow Men, by Mark Chadbourn
Handling the Undead, by John Ajvide Lindqvist
A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin

[henred5]

Name/Username: henred5
Goal: 150 books
Date Started: 15th January

Currently Reading:
The Art of Arts - rediscovering painting by Anita Albus
Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green by Michael Wilcox

Finished Reading:
The World house by Guy Adams
May Contain Traces of Magic by Tom Holt
Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
The Lady of the Sorrows (The Bitterbynde Book II) by Cecilia Dart Thornton
Bone by Jeff Smith
Ann McCaffrey - A life With Dragons (written/compiled by Robin Roberts)
Valhalla by Tom Holt
Collage - The unMonumental Picture
Dune by David Lynch
The Solaris Book of New Fantasy by George Mann Mass
The Pattern Sourcebook: A Century of Surface Design by Drusilla Cole

Total 11/150

[horror bull]

Name/Username: Annica
Goal: 52 books (total)
Date Started: January 1st, 2011

Currently Reading:
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Finished Reading:
January:
01. Witch and Wizard by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet (✭✭✭)
02. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (✭✭✭✭)
03. Looking for Alaska by John Green (✭✭✭✭✭)
04. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (✭✭✭✭)
February:
05. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (✭✭✭)
06. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (✭✭✭)
March:
07. Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (✭✭✭✭✭)
08. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (✭✭✭✭)
09. Songs for a Teenage Nomad by Kim Culbertson (✭✭✭✭)
10. Anthem by Ayn Rand (✭✭✭✭)
11. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (✭✭✭✭✭)
12. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (✭✭✭✭✭)

Progress: x 12/52 xx 23%

[Freiflug]

Currently Reading: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
Finished Reading: Talker by Amy Lane
Total: (*/*): 8/50

I haven't been reading much lately. For shame on me. gonk

[OwlDawn]

Username: Owl Dawn
Goal: 50
Date Started: 1/3/11

Currently Reading:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb

Finished Reading:
January:
1. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
2. Promethea (Book 1) by Alan Moore
3. Flyte by Angie Sage
4. Promethea (Book 2) by Alan Moore
5. Promethea (Book 3) by Alan Moore
6. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
February:
7.Sabriel by Garth Nix
8.The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
9.Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
March:
10. Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
11. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
12. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
13. Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Total: 13/50

[We who have Fallen]

We who have Fallen

We who have Fallen

Currently Reading: The Silver Needle Murder by Laura Childs
Finished Reading: Oolong Dead by Laura Childs
The Hungry Tigress by Lee Jade
The English Breakfast Murder by Laura Childs
The Salmon of Doubt "by" Douglas Adams
Johannes Cabal, The Detective
A Husband for Margaret
Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Turn Off the Sun?
Bookstore Lore
Serial
Where the Sky Ends

[We who have Fallen]

Green_crayon42

gosh. i feel so lame...my goal of the year is only 18+ and everyone else's is 100 or more. damn. you guys make me feel stupid and slow... redface sweatdrop

Don't feel bad. Any books is better than none, and you have the opportunity to read past your goal while the rest of us will probably come up short (in my case, by a lot).

[sweetari]

2o11 (New) Books Challenge

Name/Username: sweetari
Goal: 4o
Date Started: January 1st, 2o1o.

By the way, I'm going to count books I've reread.

Currently Reading:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Finished Reading:
-- >>January
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Reread)
Anthem by Ayn Rand (Reread)
Looking For Alaska by John Green

--&>February
Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck. (Reread)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
An Abundance Of Katherines by John Green

--&>March
Old Man & The Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
1984 by George Orwell

Total:
8 || 4o

[Psychotic Maniacal Sanity]

Name/Username: Psychotic Maniacal Sanity
Goal: 50
Date Started: 10/01/2011


Currently Reading:
Point Omega - Don DeLillo.

Finished Reading:
January:
My Ántonia - Willa Cather.
The Human Stain - Philip Roth.
An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser.
What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt.
Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis
February:
Love - Toni Morrison.
Noir - Robert Coover.
Inherent Vice - Thomas Pynchon.
Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton.
Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton.
American Salvage - Bonnie Jo Campbell.
March:
A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway.
No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy.
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway.
Twilight of the Superheroes - Deborah Eisenberg.
Light in August - William Faulkner.

Total: 16/50

[Freiflug]

Currently Reading: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
Finished Reading: Wet Moon vol. 2 by Ross Campbell
Wet Moon vol. 3 by Ross Campbell
Total: (*/*): 10/50

[Demon Days]

Currently Reading:
"The Body Finder"
Finished Reading: --
1.) "Maria: Or, the Wrongs of Woman"
2.) "Atlas Shrugged"
3.) "Gossip Girl"
4.)World Made by Hand (Pretty fast-paced.)
5.)Reckless
6.)A Soldier's Heart (for my MC/YA lit class. Really small book.)
7.)Vixen
8.)Persuasion (for my brit lit class)
9.)Catching Fire
10.)Mockingjay
11.)How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
12.)It Had to Be You
13,)You Know You Love Me
14.)Matched
15.)Out of the Dust
16.)Across the Universe
17.)Fever 1793
18.)Reality is Broken
19.)Secret Adversary
20.)The Witch of Hebron
21.)Revolution
22.)The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
23.)The Graveyard Book
24.)My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me
25.)All I Want is Everything
26.)Ship Breaker
27.)Among Others
28.)True Grit
29.A Zombie's History of the United States
30.)Hard Times (for my british lit class, forgot to mark it as currently reading)
Total: (*/*): 30/100