Books - The 50 Book Challenge: The End of the 2007 Challenge Approaches! - Page 4

iamsher · 12-31-2007, 10:28 AM

Do re-reads count? Sometimes when I'm waiting for books to arrive from the library I just go ahead and re-read a book I own. Anyway, here's my list:

1) Air Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
2) The Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
3) The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
4) 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
5) Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
6) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
7) New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
8) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (re-read)
9) Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (re-read)
10) Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
11) Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
12) Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
13) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (re-read)
14) Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
15) Air Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones (re-read)
16) Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
17) The Birth House by Ami McKay
18) Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher
19) The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by M.G. Vassanji
20) The Empty House by Rosamund Pilcher
21) September by Rosamunde Pilcher
22) Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
23) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
24) She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
25) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
26) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
27) Songs of The Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
28) The Last Summer (of You & Me) by Ann Brashares
29) Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
30) Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
31) Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (re-read)
32) Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
33) The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
34) If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern
35) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
36) Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
37) Mercy by Jodi Picoult
38) Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
39) Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides
40) Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
41) Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
42) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (re-read)
43) The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (re-read)
44) Girls in Pants. The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (re-read)
45) Forever in Blue. The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
46) The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
47) We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
48) Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
49) How The Light Gets In by MJ Hyland
50) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

**TheAngel** · 12-31-2007, 01:43 PM

I just finished my first book for 2008. Yes, I know it's not 2008 but my goal is to read 25,000 pages so I'm giving myself some wiggle room. I just finished New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. So I'm hoping this is a sign of things to come and I'll keep up my pace.

~*Echo*~ · 12-31-2007, 03:40 PM

One final book for my 2007 list:

61. Pretending You Care: The Retail Employee Handbook by Norm Feuti (298)

And with that, my totals for 2007:

2007 Book Goal: 50 books
Books Read in 2007: 61 books
2007 Page Goal: 20,000 pages
Pages Read in 2007: 19,577 pages

I'm kind of bummed that I didn't make my page goal - I was so close! Only 423 pages short! If I'd only finished 1-2 more books. Oh well. Anyway, I think 50 books/20,000 pages is going to be my goal again for 2008, and hopefully I'll be able to get to 20,000 this time. Bring on the new year.

**silver lining** · 01-01-2008, 03:04 PM

Well, I lost track of my reading but I don't think I made 50 books in 2007. How rubbish! Oh well, I have a renewed determination for 2008

*KIA* · 01-01-2008, 04:13 PM

Okay, so...

I know it's the 50 books challenge, but for starters my personal goal is 25 books and 8000 pages

We'll see how far I'll come

Excited!

I will have to finish Divine Blood (which may be the first book on my list even though I started in 2007... but I'll read most of it and finish it in 2008, so...

) and then I'll finally read my second Patterson book

truth takes time · 01-02-2008, 08:30 AM

I made my 50 books, finishing Extras by Scott Westerfeld last Monday night.

I don't have a page goal for 2008 but there will be some books I won't count towards the 50 goal - like harlequin romances or rereads - so I think the count would be pretty high...

I've already started my first (two) books for 2008. Seems like a good year so far

Frozeninside · 01-02-2008, 10:42 AM

I finished my first book of the new challenge
1. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (192 pages)

1/50
192/15,000

**n e r b l e** · 01-02-2008, 02:08 PM

First new book of 2008! (though it's cheating b/c I was 1/2 way through it in 2007 but whatever!)

1) Dean Koontz - The Darkest Evening of the Year

457

*KIA* · 01-02-2008, 04:01 PM

Okay, first book finished

1) Hewlett, Martinez, Devine Blood, 1994. (342p)

1/25
342/8000

@Frozeninside: Love you sig!

He has such a great voice! Love how he sings that line

Stars_And_Sunsets · 01-02-2008, 05:59 PM

1. Anne Of The Island by L. M. Montgomery (221 pages).

Frozeninside · 01-03-2008, 06:57 AM

2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (200 pages)

2/50
392/15,000

KIA: yeah I know, it always stands out to me. OMWF is one of the few Buffy eps that my bf doesn't mind me re-watching over and over.

jbarrett777 · 01-03-2008, 10:11 AM

I seriously don't know how you go through books so quickly! How do you get the time? I usually get through about 5 books a year. I go really slow. I like to soak it all in y'know, take my time. I suppose everyone enjoys books differently.

Since i went to University though in Sept 07 i've barely read much. It's just difficult at Uni to get quiet time with mates all around you.

Soz · 01-03-2008, 11:09 AM

My final book for 2007:
60) Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce

I'll probably finish my first book of 2008 today.

*KIA* · 01-03-2008, 04:51 PM

1) Hewlett, Martinez, Devine Blood, 1994. (342p)

2) Patterson, James, 2nd Chance, 2002. (400p)

2/25
742/8000

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KIA: yeah I know, it always stands out to me. OMWF is one of the few Buffy eps that my bf doesn't mind me re-watching over and over.

I could watch that ep again and again

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I seriously don't know how you go through books so quickly! How do you get the time? I usually get through about 5 books a year. I go really slow. I like to soak it all in y'know, take my time. I suppose everyone enjoys books differently.

Since i went to University though in Sept 07 i've barely read much. It's just difficult at Uni to get quiet time with mates all around you.

I should be studying too instead of reading. Feel quite guilty... I just "stole" the time to read these two books.

That's why I aimed for 25... don't think I will be able to read much else in the next few month... well, apart from uni-stuff. But some of it might actually find its way on this list

wanderer78 · 01-03-2008, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by iamsher (View Post)

Do re-reads count? Sometimes when I'm waiting for books to arrive from the library I just go ahead and re-read a book I own.

The first year I did this, I didn't reread anything b/c I wanted to try new things and expand. But for 2007, I relaxed that standard. I counted rereads.

60. In The Merde For Love - Stephen Clarke
61. How I Write - Janet Evanovich and Ina Yalof
62. Jemima J - Jane Green
63. On Writing - Stephen King
64. Veronika Decides To Die - Paulo Coelho
65. Any Place I Hang My Hat - Susan Isaacs
66. Love: A User's Guide - Clare Naylor
67. The Dive From Clausen's Pier - Ann Packer
68. I Am America (And So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert
69. frenemies - Megan Crane
Total pages: 22, 193

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I seriously don't know how you go through books so quickly! How do you get the time? I usually get through about 5 books a year. I go really slow. I like to soak it all in y'know, take my time. I suppose everyone enjoys books differently.

Since i went to University though in Sept 07 i've barely read much. It's just difficult at Uni to get quiet time with mates all around you.

It's hard to find reading time when you're in school. I hardly ever read books unless they were assigned to me back then.

I actually stopped watching a lot of TV. That left more time for reading.

Also I read some fluff books. Stuff like chick lit takes only a few hours to read.