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Apr 17, 2016 05:48AM

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Apr 17, 2016 05:51AM

LET'S TURN PAGES CHALLENGE

***COMPLETE***

1. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham - 286 pages
2. Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley - 228 pages
3. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - 478 pages
4. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott - 170 pages
5. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut - 222 pages
6. Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - 270 pages
7. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - 323 pages
8. The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek - 752 pages
9. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 254 pages
10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - 238 pages

11. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 409 pages
12. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - 571 pages
13. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare - 539 pages
14. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - 283 pages
15. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare - 574 pages
16. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - 92 pages
17. 1984 by George Orwell - 319 pages
18. Lord of the Flies by William Golding - 318 pages
19. Cinder by Marissa Meyer - 390 pages
20. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov - 88 pages

21. Nothing is Forgotten by Ryan Andrews - 192 pages
22. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - 452 pages
23. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez - 543 pages
24. Solaris by Stanisław Lem - 286 pages
25. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - 287 pages
26. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - 718 pages
27. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare - 587 pages
28. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana - 222 pages
29. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare - 731 pages
30. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan - 160 pages

31. Saga, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan - 168 pages
32. Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan - 144 pages
33. The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka - 486 pages
34. Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan - 152 pages
35. Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan - 152 pages
36. Lucretia by William Shakespeare - 52 pages
37. The English Roses by Madonna - 48 pages
38. The Angel of the Odd by Edgar Allan Poe - 12 pages
39. Апокалипсис Welcome by Zотов - 384 pages
40. Henry V by William Shakespeare - 352 pages

41. "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe - 28 pages
42. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - 509 pages
43. Other Shores by Vladimir Nabokov - 282 pages
44. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare - 204 pages
45. Dersu the Trapper by Vladimir Arsenyev - 364 pages
46. The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe - 16 pages
47. Emma by Jane Austen - 474 pages
48. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - 366 pages
49. All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare - 336 pages
50. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - 404 pages

51. The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - 64 pages
52. Salvation of a Forsyte, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy - 240 pages
53. Yes Please by Amy Poehler - 329 pages
54. Paper Towns by John Green - 334 pages
55. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien - 531 pages
56. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë - 637 pages
57. S.E.C.R.E.T. by L. Marie Adeline - 288 pages
58. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin - 225 pages
59. Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos - 448 pages
60. Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country by Erich Maria Remarque - 464 pages

61. S.E.C.R.E.T. Shared by L. Marie Adeline - 304 pages
62. S.E.C.R.E.T. Revealed by L. Marie Adeline - 336 pages
63. Сумерки by Dmitry Glukhovsky - 320 pages
64. Love and Freindship and Other Early Works by Jane Austen - 104 pages
65. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien - 439 pages
66. Lady Susan by Jane Austen - 117 pages
67. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - 554 pages
68. Empire of the Ants by Bernard Werber - 320 pages
69. Landor's Cottage by Edgar Allan Poe - 30 pages
70. The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare - 272 pages

71. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - 560 pages
72. A Journey to Arzrum by Alexander Pushkin - 111 pages
73. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin - 240 pages
74. Big Rock by Lauren Blakely - 250 pages
75. Le Jour des fourmis by Bernard Werber - 463 pages
76. Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance by Erich Maria Remarque - 424 pages
77. Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin - 185 pages
78. Henry VIII by William Shakespeare - 352 pages
79. A Tale Of The Golden Cockerel by Alexander Pushkin - 15 pages
80. The Dissipated Jeweler by O. Henry - 15 pages

81. A Harlem Tragedy by O. Henry - 11 pages
82. The Exact Science of Matrimony by O. Henry - 13 pages
83. Love and Friendship by Jane Austen - 87 pages
84. Lesley Castle by Jane Austen - 112 pages
85. A Comedy in Rubber by O. Henry - 9 pages
86. Tracked to Doom, or the Mystery of the Rue De Pechaud by O. Henry - 13 pages
87. La Révolution des fourmis by Bernard Werber - 671 pages
88. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien - 590 pages
89. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - 400 pages
90. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - 480 pages

91. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - 1,536 pages
92. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - 912 pages
93. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - 1,856
94. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri - 895 pages
95. Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan - 160 pages
96. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville - 896 pages
97. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy - 592 pages
98. Persuasion by Jane Austen - 320 pages
98. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - 592 pages
100. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - 512 pages

101. Dracula by Bram Stoker - 528 pages
102. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - 974 pages
103. No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel García Márquez - 69 pages
104. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving - 108 pages
105. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 1013 pages
106. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - 224 pages
107. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - 288 pages
108. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut - 287 pages
109. Stardust by Neil Gaiman - 256 pages
110. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak - 700 pages

111. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 223 pages
112. Курильщик by Mariam Petrosyan - 352 pages
113. About Love and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov - 211 pages
114. Маруся. Книга 1. Талисман бессмертия by Полина Волошина - 264 pages
115. The Ghost Writer by John Harwood - 384 pages
116. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - 296 pages
117. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - 544 pages
118. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - 286 pages
119. Чужак by Max Frei - 640 pages
120. Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas - 512 pages

121. Story of O by Pauline Réage - 256 pages
122. The Golden Flower Pot by E.T.A. Hoffmann - 96 pages
123. Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober by E.T.A. Hoffmann - 150 pages
124. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - 326 pages
125. Волонтеры вечности by Max Frei - 638 pages
126. Pushkin's Fairy Tales by Alexander Pushkin - 151 pages
127. Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin - 472 pages
128. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 324 pages
129. Ruslan and Lyudmila by Alexander Pushkin - 256 pages

46,371/20,000

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message 3: by [deleted user] (last edited Jul 08, 2016 12:21AM) (new)

Apr 17, 2016 05:53AM

A TO Z CHALLENGE -- CHARACTER EDITION

***COMPLETE***

A: Agnes Grey - Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
B: Billy Pilgrim - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
C: Cullen Witter - Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
D: Dinah - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
E: Emma Bovary - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
F: Frank Churchill - Emma by Jane Austen
G: Guy Montag - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
H: Henry Branwell - Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
I: Imogen Herondale - City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
J: Josef Švejk - The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek
K: Kai - Cinder by Marissa Meyer
L: Lincoln O'Neill - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
M: Marianne Dashwood - Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
N: Nick Carraway - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
O: Otto Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
P: Pontius Pilate - The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Q: Quentin Jacobsen - Paper Towns by John Green
R: Ralph - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
S: Sebastian Morgenstern - City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
T: Tom Parsons - 1984 by George Orwell.
U: Ursula Iguaran - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
V: Valentine Morgenstern - City of Bones by Cassangra Clare
W: Walter Fane - The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
X: Xavier Forul - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Y: Yevdoksiya Kushkina - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Z: Ze'ev "Wolf" Kesley - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

26/26

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

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message 4: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 15, 2016 12:38AM) (new)

Apr 17, 2016 05:55AM

Modern Mrs. Darcy Challenge

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. A Book Published this Year Big Rock by Lauren Blakely ★★☆☆☆
✔ 2. A Book You Can Finish in One Day Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ★★☆☆☆
✔ 3. A Book You Have Been Meaning to Read Solaris by Stanisław Lem ★★☆☆☆
✔ 4. A Book Recommended by Your Local Librarian or Bookseller Апокалипсис Welcome by Zотов ★★☆☆☆
✔ 5. A Book You Should Have Read in School Lord of the Flies by William Golding ★★★★☆
✔ 6. A Book Chosen For You by Your Spouse, Partner, Sibling, Child, or BFF The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 7. A Book Published Before You Were Born Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ★★★★★
✔ 8. A Book That Was Banned at Some Point We by Yevgeny Zamyatin ★★★☆☆
✔ 9. A Book You Previously Abandoned 1984 by George Orwell ★★★★★
✔ 10. A Book You Own but Have Never Read Paper Towns by John Green ★★☆☆☆
✔ 11. A Book the Intimidates You One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez ★★★★★
✔ 12. A Book You Have Read at Least Once Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev ★★★★☆

12/12

★☆☆☆☆ - 1 book
★★☆☆☆ - 5 books
★★★☆☆ - 1 book
★★★★☆ - 2 books
★★★★★ - 3 books

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message 5: by [deleted user] (last edited Sep 02, 2016 12:30AM) (new)

Apr 17, 2016 05:57AM

POPSUGAR 2016 READING CHALLENGE

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. A book based on a fairy tale Scarlet by Marissa Meyer ★★★★☆
✔ 2. A National Book Award winner Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ★★★★★
✔ 3. A YA bestseller City of Bones by Cassandra Clare ★★★☆☆
✔ 4. A book you haven't read since high school Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev ★★★★☆
✔ 5. A book set in your home state Dersu the Trapper by Vladimir Arsenyev ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 6. A book translated to English Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov★★★★☆
✔ 7. A romance set in the future Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★
✔ 8. A book set in Europe Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ★★☆☆☆
✔ 9. A book that's under 150 pages Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ★★☆☆☆
✔ 10. A New York Times bestseller Paper Towns by John Green ★★☆☆☆
✔ 11. A book that's becoming a movie this year Lady Susan by Jane Austen ★★★☆☆
✔ 12. A book recommended by someone you just met Апокалипсис Welcome by Zотов ★★☆☆☆
✔ 13. A self-improvement book The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana ★★☆☆☆
✔ 14. A book you can finish in a day The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank ★★★☆☆
✔ 15. A book written by a celebrity The English Roses by Madonna ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 16. A political memoir I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai ★★★★★
✔ 17. A book at least 100 years older than you Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen ★★★☆☆
✔ 18. A book that's more than 600 pages The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 19. A book from Oprah's Book Club One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez ★★★★★
✔ 20. A science-fiction novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem ★★☆☆☆
✔ 21. A book recommended by a family member The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham ★★★☆☆
✔ 22. A graphic novel Nothing is Forgotten by Ryan Andrews ★★★★★
✔ 23. A book that is published in 2016 Big Rock by Lauren Blakely ★★☆☆☆
✔ 24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation Сумерки by Dmitry Glukhovsky ★★★★☆
✔ 25. A book that takes place during summer The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ★★★★☆
✔ 26. A book and its prequel The Lord of the Rings ★★★☆☆ and The Hobbit ★★★★☆ by J.R.R. Tolkien
✔ 27. A murder mystery "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe ★★★★☆
✔ 28. A book written by a comedian Yes Please by Amy Poehler ★★☆☆☆
✔ 29. A dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell ★★★★★
✔ 30. A book with a blue cover The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ★★★★☆
✔ 31. A book of poetry Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin ★★★★★
✔ 32. The first book you see in a bookstore Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas ★★☆☆☆
✔ 33. A classic from the 20th century Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ★★★★★
✔ 34. A book from the library Salvation of a Forsyte, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy ★★★★★
✔ 35. An autobiography Other Shores by Vladimir Nabokov ★★☆☆☆
✔ 36. A book about a road trip The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien ★★★★☆
✔ 37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with Shirley by Charlotte Brontë ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 38. A satirical book The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov ★★★☆☆
✔ 39. A book that takes place on an island Lord of the Flies by William Golding ★★★★☆
✔ 40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy City of Glass by Cassandra Clare ★★★★★

40/40

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message 6: by [deleted user] (last edited Jul 01, 2016 12:59AM) (new)

Apr 19, 2016 06:34AM

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES

Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016

I'm gonna set a goal of 25 books. Which is A LOT for someone like me...

1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen ★★★☆☆ Read from April 02 to 05, 2016
2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare ★★★☆☆ Read from April 06 to 09, 2016
3. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare ★★★★☆ Read from April 09 to 12, 2016
4. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank ★★★☆☆ Read on April 16, 2016
5. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare ★★★★★ Read from April 12 to 16, 2016
6. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ★★☆☆☆ Read from April 16 to 17, 2016
7. 1984 by George Orwell ★★★★★ Read from April 16 to 18, 2016
8. Lord of the Flies by William Golding ★★★★☆ Read from April 18 to 20, 2016
9. Cinder by Marissa Meyer ★★★★☆ Read from April 20 to 22, 2016
10. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov ★★★★☆ Read on April 22, 2016
11. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer ★★★★☆ Read from April 22 to 25, 2016
12. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez ★★★★★ Read from April 25 to 30, 2016
13. Solaris by Stanisław Lem ★★☆☆☆ Read from April 30 to May 02, 2016
14. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev ★★★★☆ Read from May 02 to 05, 2016
15. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare ★★★★☆ Read from May 05 to 09, 2016
16. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare ★★★☆☆ Read from May 09 to 21, 2016
17. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana ★★☆☆☆ Read from April 24 to May 21, 2016
18. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ★★★★☆ Read from May 21 to 29, 2016
19. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from May 29 to 30, 2016
20. Saga, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 01 to 03, 2016
21. Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 03 to 04, 2016
22. The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka ★★★☆☆ Read from May 30 to June 06, 2016
23. Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 05 to 07, 2016
24. Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 07 to 08, 2016
25. Lucretia by William Shakespeare ★★★★☆ Read on June 08, 2016
26. The English Roses by Madonna ★☆☆☆☆ Read on June 09, 2016
27. The Angel of the Odd by Edgar Allan Poe ★★☆☆☆ Read on June 09, 2016
28. Апокалипсис Welcome by Zотов ★★☆☆☆ Read from June 02 to 12, 2016
29. Henry V by William Shakespeare ★★★★★ Read from June 09 to 15, 2016
30. "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe ★★★★☆ Read from June 15 to 16, 2016
31. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov ★★★☆☆ Read from June 12 to 18, 2016
32. Other Shores by Vladimir Nabokov ★★☆☆☆ Read from June 18 to 21, 2016
33. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare ★★★★★ Read from June 16 to 22, 2016
34. Dersu the Trapper by Vladimir Arsenyev ★☆☆☆☆ Read from June 21 to 22, 2016
35. The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe ★★★★☆ Read on June 22, 2016
36. Emma by Jane Austen ★★★★☆ Read from June 22 to 25, 2016
37. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ★★★★☆ Read from June 25 to 28, 2016
38. All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare ★★★★☆ Read from June 22 to 29, 2016
39. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas ★★☆☆☆ Read from June 20 to 30, 2016

39/25

★☆☆☆☆ - 2 books
★★☆☆☆ - 7 books
★★★☆☆ - 6 books
★★★★☆ - 14 books
★★★★★ - 10 books

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

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message 7: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 27, 2016 11:22PM) (new)

Apr 27, 2016 01:27AM

May - Celebrate Goodreads: The Soundtrack

Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

I'll try and read 5 books. Here's my list.

✔ 1. Solaris by Stanisław Lem ★★☆☆☆ : Failure - Solaris (The title)
✔ 2. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev ★★★★☆ : The Zico Chain - Nihilism (the main character of the book is a memeber of the Nihilist movement)
✔ 3. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare ★★★★☆ : Ron Rope - A drop in the ocean (I feel like the lyrics of the song reperesent the love triangle of the book splendidly)
✔ 4. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare ★★★☆☆ : Coldplay - Cemeteries of London (The book strats off with a scene in a cemetery of London)
✔ 5. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ★★★★☆ : Zero 7 - Destiny (Chosen as one of the songs for the book's soundtrack by Cassandra Clare)

5/5

★☆☆☆☆ - 0 books
★★☆☆☆ - 1 book
★★★☆☆ - 1 book
★★★★☆ - 3 books
★★★★★ - 0 books

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

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message 8: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 27, 2016 11:21PM) (new)

Apr 30, 2016 09:09PM

Marathon May Style

Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. Solaris by Stanisław Lem ★★☆☆☆ Read May 02, 2016
✔ 2. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev ★★★★☆ Read from May 02 to 05, 2016
✔ 3. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare ★★★★☆ Read from May 05 to 09, 2016
✔ 4. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare ★★★☆☆ Read from May 09 to 21, 2016
✔ 5. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ★★★★☆ Read from May 21 to 29, 2016

5/5

★☆☆☆☆ - 0 books
★★☆☆☆ - 1 book
★★★☆☆ - 1 book
★★★★☆ - 3 books
★★★★★ - 0 books

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

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message 9: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 18, 2016 03:23AM) (new)

Jun 28, 2016 05:37PM

3rd Quarter Challenge: CHLOE'S 10 CHALLENGE

Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2016

***COMPLETE***

In ascending order:
✔ 1. Sort by Title and read the 10th book down on your list.
Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country by Erich Maria Remarque ★★★★☆
Read from July 10 to 18, 2016
✔ 2. Sort by Author and read the 10th book down on your list.
Shirley by Charlotte Brontë ★☆☆☆☆
Read from July 08 to 09, 2016
✔ 3. Sort by Number of pages and read the 10th book down on your list.
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ★★★★☆
Read on July 01, 2016
✔ 4. Sort by Date Added and read the 10th book down on your list.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos ★★★★★
Read from July 07 to 14, 2016
✔ 5. Sort by Random and read the 10th book down on your list.
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens ★★★★☆
Read from July 30 to August 04, 2016

In descending order:
✔ 6. Sort by Title and read the 10th book down on your list.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin ★★★☆☆
Read from July 10 to 13, 2016
✔ 7. Sort by Author and read the 10th book down on your list.
Empire of the Ants by Bernard Werber ★★★★★
Read from August 04 to 07, 2016
✔ 8. Sort by Average rating and read the 10th book down on your list.
Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance by Erich Maria Remarque ★★☆☆☆
Read from August 16 to 18, 2016
✔ 9. Sort by Date Added and read the 10th book down on your list.
Salvation of a Forsyte, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy ★★★★★
Read on July 03, 2016
✔ 10. Sort by Random and read the 10th book down on your list.
Сумерки by Dmitry Glukhovsky ★★★★☆
Read from July 22 to 28, 2016

10/10

★☆☆☆☆ - 1 book
★★☆☆☆ - 1 book
★★★☆☆ - 1 book
★★★★☆ - 4 books
★★★★★ - 3 books

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message 10: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 27, 2016 11:22PM) (new)

Jul 01, 2016 11:00PM

Finish the Series Challenge

Duration: July 1, 2016 - September 30, 2016

***COMPLETE***

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
✔ 1. The Fellowship of the Ring ★★★★☆ Read from July 01 to 08, 2016
✔ 2. The Two Towers ★★★☆☆ Read from July 28 to 31, 2016
✔ 3. The Return of the King ★★☆☆☆ Read from August 26 to 27, 2016

La Saga des Fourmis by Bernard Werber
✔ 1. Empire of the Ants ★★★★★ Read from August 04 to 07, 2016
✔ 2. Le Jour des fourmis ★★★★☆ Read from August 11 to 16, 2016
✔ 3. La Révolution des fourmis ★★★★☆ Read from August 18 to 25, 2016

S.E.C.R.E.T. by L. Marie Adeline
✔ 1. S.E.C.R.E.T. ★★☆☆☆ Read from July 08 to 10, 2016
✔ 2. S.E.C.R.E.T. Shared ★★★☆☆ Read from July 17 to 22, 2016
✔ 3. S.E.C.R.E.T. Revealed ★★☆☆☆ Read from July 25 to 27, 2016

3/3 series finished
9/9 books finished

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message 11: by [deleted user] (last edited Jul 30, 2016 01:05AM) (new)

Jul 15, 2016 06:38AM

The Leadership Challenge

Duration: July 1, 2016 - July 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. Great leaders are people that are honest and ethical in their behavior. Read a book where a character shows a great deal of honesty and integrity.
Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country by Erich Maria Remarque ★★★★☆

✔ 2. They delegate and trust the people working below them. Read a book where the characters share the work that needs to be done.
Paper Towns by John Green ★★☆☆☆

✔ 3. Great leaders understand the importance of communication. Read a book where lack of communication causes a major twist in the plot.
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ★★★★☆

✔ 4. They understand the difference between confidence and arrogance. Read a book where the main character learns the difference between being arrogant and having confidence.
S.E.C.R.E.T. Revealed by L. Marie Adeline ★★☆☆☆

✔ 5. Great leaders are committed to the task at hand. Read a book that has characters dedicated to completing a task.
S.E.C.R.E.T. by L. Marie Adeline ★★☆☆☆

✔ 6. They have a positive attitude. Read a book that is overall pleasant.
Salvation of a Forsyte, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy ★★★★★

✔ 7. And and bring creativity to the table. Read a book that where a character shows great creativity to solve a problem.
Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos ★★★★★

✔ 8. Great leaders have an intuition and are willing to take risks. Read a book where the characters take a large risk.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin ★★★☆☆

✔ 9. They inspire those around them to do the same. Read a book that is inspiring.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler ★★☆☆☆

✔ 10. And finally, the are able to approach everyone, no matter what background, so that everyone can come together to reach a common goal. Read a book that is about different cultures or types of people coming together to work towards a common goal.
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien ★★★★☆

10/10

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Jul 30, 2016 01:31AM

August Recommendations

Duration: August 1 - August 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

My best friend's favorite trilogy:
La Saga des Fourmis by Bernard Werber
✔ 1. Empire of the Ants ★★★★★ Read from August 04 to 07, 2016
✔ 2. Le Jour des fourmis ★★★★☆ Read from August 11 to 16, 2016
✔ 3. La Révolution des fourmis ★★★★☆ Read from August 18 to 25, 2016

A recommedation from a librarian for an Austen fan (me):
✔ 4. Lady Susan by Jane Austen ★★★☆☆ Read from August 02 to 03, 2016

My brother's recommedation:
✔ 5. Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance by Erich Maria Remarque ★★☆☆☆ Read from August 16 to 18, 2016

5/5

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message 13: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 18, 2016 03:28AM) (new)

Jul 30, 2016 01:45AM

August: Your New Book Friend

Duration: August 1 - August 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. Choose a book from your favorite genre and see who else in the group loves that genre too.
Historical Fiction - Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance by Erich Maria Remarque ★★☆☆☆ Read from August 16 to 18, 2016

~~2. Re-read one of your favorite books that is always on your shelf ready to read and see who loves the same book.~~

✔ 3. Find a book that is highly rated by other members of the group.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak ★★★★★ Read from August 07 to 11, 2016

✔ 4. Find a book you are reading just for the fun of it, and not because it is a great literary masterpiece, and see who shares your guilty pleasure.
Empire of the Ants by Bernard Werber ★★★★★ Read from August 04 to 07, 2016

~~5. To find a book for this task, you must ask someone from this group to recommend a book to you that they own.~~

✔ 6. Read a book written by a favorite author and see who else loves that same author.
Lady Susan by Jane Austen ★★★☆☆ Read from August 02 to 03, 2016

~~7. Read a non-fiction on any subject that interests you and see who also shares your same interest.~~

✔ 8. Read any book you have been longing to read and recommend it to another member of the group so that you can create a lasting memory together.
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens ★★★★☆ Read from July 30 to August 04, 2016

5/5

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Aug 31, 2016 06:06AM

I'm not going to do any monthly reading challenges in september, so I decided to post just my TBR for the month.

Duration: September 1 - September 30, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ★★★★★ Read from August 29 to September 02, 2016
✔ 2. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell ★★★★★ Read from September 02 to 12, 2016
✔ 3. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray ★★☆☆☆ Read from September 13 to 16, 2016

3/3

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Sep 05, 2016 12:02AM

The Listopia Challenge - 2016

Big Fat Books Worth the Effort

I'm setting a goal of reading 2 or 3 books a month from this list, so approximately 10 books.

Duration of the challenge for me: September 1 - December 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1,536 pages) ★★★★★
Read from September 02 to 12, 2016
✔ 2. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (912 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from September 13 to 16, 2016
✔ 3. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1013 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 27 to November 06, 2016
✔ 4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (592 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 13 to 19, 2016
✔ 5. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (974 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 26 to November 05, 2016
✔ 6. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (896 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 04 to 08, 2016
✔ 7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (512 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 19 to 26, 2016
✔ 8. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (592 pages) ★★★★★
Read from October 06 to 11, 2016
✔ 9. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (895 pages) ★★★☆☆
Read from September 28 to October 04, 2016
✔ 10. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1,856 pages) ★★★★★
Read from September 15 to October 03, 2016

10/10

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Sep 26, 2016 04:12PM

October - Top 10 Candy Challenge

Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. Read a book where two very different characters work together to make the perfect plot.
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy ★★★★★

✔ 4. Read a classic novel that is sure to delight you.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy ★★★★★

✔ 5. Read a book that is a quick and snappy read that is great for to read when you have a few minutes break in your day.
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan ★★★★★

✔ 6. Read a book that is so popular it has been translated into many different languages.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville ★★☆☆☆

✔ 8. Read a book was written in the last few years and is on the New York Times Best Sellers List.
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ★★★★☆

✔ 10. Read a book mystery made up different parts that make a satisfying whole.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ★★★★☆

6/6

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Sep 27, 2016 04:54AM

4th Quarter - Race to the Finish

Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy ★★★★★
✔ 2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ★★★★☆
✔ 3. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ★★☆☆☆
✔ 4. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville ★★☆☆☆
✔ 5. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ★★★★☆
✔ 6. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy ★★★★★
✔ 7. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri ★★★☆☆
✔ 8. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ★★★★☆

8/8

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Sep 27, 2016 05:03AM

4th Quarter - It Was a Nominee

Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. Persuasion by Jane Austen ★★☆☆☆
✔ 2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling ★★★★★
✔ 3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ★★★☆☆
✔ 4. Dracula by Bram Stoker ★★★☆☆
✔ 5. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut ★★★☆☆

5/5

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Oct 26, 2016 11:00PM

Wedding Day Challenge

Duration: November 1 - November 30, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. “Something Old”: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ★★☆☆☆

✔ 2. “Something New”: No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel García Márquez ★★★☆☆

✔ 3. “Something Borrowed”: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ★★★★☆

✔ 4. “Something Blue”: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut ★★★☆☆

✔ 5. "Live every moment": The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ★★★☆☆

✔ 6. "Laugh everyday": Stardust by Neil Gaiman ★★★★☆

✔ 7. "Love beyond words": The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky ★★★☆☆

7/7

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Oct 27, 2016 03:38AM

MARATHON CHALLENGE - RACE TO THE END

Duration: November 1 - November 30, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ★★☆☆☆
✔ 2. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ★★★★☆
✔ 3. Dracula by Bram Stoker ★★★☆☆

3/3

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Nov 27, 2016 03:19AM

ADVENT CALENDAR CHALLENGE

Duration: December 1 - December 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

A) Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin

✔ 12/1: Poem 1. "Anchar"
✔ 12/2: Poem 2. "Arion"
✔ 12/3: Poem 3. "Devils"
✔ 12/4: Poem 4. "Bacchanal Song"
✔ 12/5: Poem 5. "Wandering the noisy streets..."
✔ 12/6: Poem 6. "The Tenth commandment"
✔ 12/7: Poem 7. "Deep in Siberia's mines..."
✔ 12/8: Poem 8. "Should this life sometime deceive you..."
✔ 12/9: Poem 9. "Winter morning"
✔ 12/10: Poem 10. "Winter evening"
✔ 12/11: Poem 11. "The wondrous moment of our meeting..."
✔ 12/12: Poem 12. "To the sea"
✔ 12/13: Poem 13. "When in the heat of my embrace..."
✔ 12/14: Poem 14. "In a Beauty's Album"
✔ 12/15: Poem 15. "To Chaadaev"
✔ 12/16: Poem 16. "Night"
✔ 12/17: Poem 17. "On hills of Georgia lies covering of night.."
✔ 12/18: Poem 18. "To My Nanny"
✔ 12/19: Poem 19. "While the poet is not required..."
✔ 12/20: Poem 20. "Confession"
✔ 12/21: Poem 21. "Awakening"
✔ 12/22: Poem 22. "The Prophet"
✔ 12/23: Poem 23. "As freedom's sower in the wasteland..."
✔ 12/24: Poem 24. "Verses, composed during a night of insomnia"
✔ 12/25: Poem 25. "The Talisman"
✔ 12/26: Poem 26. "Storm cloud"
✔ 12/27: Poem 27. "A little bird"
✔ 12/28: Poem 28. "The Captive"
✔ 12/29: Poem 29. "What means my name to you?.."
✔ 12/30: Poem 30. "I loved you"
✔ 12/31: Poem 31. "I have endured my desire..."

31/31

B) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

✔ 12/1: Chapter 1
✔ 12/2: Chapter 2
✔ 12/3: Chapter 3
✔ 12/4: Chapter 4
✔ 12/5: Chapter 5
✔ 12/6: Chapter 6
✔ 12/7: Chapter 7
✔ 12/8: Chapter 8
✔ 12/9: Chapter 9
✔ 12/10: Chapter 10
✔ 12/11: Chapter 11
✔ 12/12: Chapter 12
✔ 12/13: Chapter 13
✔ 12/14: Chapter 14
✔ 12/15: Chapter 15
✔ 12/16: Chapter 16
✔ 12/17: Chapter 17
✔ 12/18: Chapter 18
✔ 12/19: Chapter 19
✔ 12/20: Chapter 20
✔ 12/21: Chapter 21
✔ 12/22: Chapter 22
✔ 12/23: Chapter 23
✔ 12/24: Chapter 24
✔ 12/25: Chapter 25
✔ 12/26: Chapter 26
✔ 12/27: Chapter 27
✔ 12/28: Chapter 28
✔ 12/29: Chapter 29
✔ 12/30: Chapter 30
✔ 12/31: Chapter 31

31/31

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Nov 27, 2016 03:45AM

Holiday Movie Classics

Duration: December 1 - December 31, 2016

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. The Polar Express: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle ★★★★☆

✔ 2. It's a Wonderful Life: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath ★★★★☆

✔ 3. A Christmas Carol: The Ghost Writer by John Harwood ★★☆☆☆

✔ 4. Elf: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 8. Charlie Brown Christmas: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ★★★★★

5/5

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