Challenge: 50 Books discussion

I am fairly certain that I started a thread this year about the books that I have read and I thought that I had added to it once or twice. However, I combed through the discussion posts and could not find one that I had started so I am creating a new one. I realize that it is already September but rest assured I have read these books throughout this year I just never got around to posting a thread on here. And I apologize for such a late post.

Anyway, here you go...my 50+ for 2011.
1. While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short FictionbyKurt Vonnegut
2. The WeddingbyNicholas Sparks
3. A Walk to RememberbyNicholas Sparks
4. The Vicar of WakefieldbyOliver Goldsmith
5. Three Weeks with My BrotherbyNicholas Sparks
6. That One Night In VegasbyBrindle Chase
7. The Tell-Tale Heart and Other WritingsbyEdgar Allan Poe
8. The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New AgebyJohn Heider
9. A Tale of The Ragged MountainsbyEdgar Allan Poe

10. The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor FetherbyEdgar Allan Poe
11. Super Sad True Love StorybyGary Shteyngart
12. Safe HavenbyNicholas Sparks
13. The RescuebyNicholas Sparks
14. Redeeming LovebyFrancine Rivers
15. The Red PonybyJohn Steinbeck
16. Ready to Dance?byBoundNightmares
17. The Purloined LetterbyEdgar Allan Poe
18. The Premature Burial, StoriesbyEdgar Allan Poe
19. The Pit and the PendulumbyEdgar Allan Poe

20. Peter PanbyJ.M. Barrie
21. The NotebookbyNicholas Sparks
22. No Buttons or BeauxbyCathy Marie Hake
23. Nights in RodanthebyNicholas Sparks
24. The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin TalesbyEdgar Allan Poe
25. MS. Found in a BottlebyEdgar Allan Poe
26. Message in a BottlebyNicholas Sparks
27. The Masque of the Red DeathbyEdgar Allan Poe
28. The Man that was Used UpbyEdgar Allan Poe
29. Looking BackwardbyEdward Bellamy

30. Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short FictionbyKurt Vonnegut
31. Living in God's Love The New York CrusadebyBilly Graham
32. Listening to Her HeartbyJoyce Livingston
33. Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough TimesbyDonald T. Phillips II
34. Las Vegas Weekend - Romance Short StorybyMarion Francis
35. Jason and MebyJenna Anderson
36. Jane EyrebyCharlotte Brontë
37. I Will Be Your DominatrixbySarah Welcombe
38. The House of the Seven GablesbyNathaniel Hawthorne
39. Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and BackbyTodd Burpo

40. Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixbyJ.K. Rowling
41. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrincebyJ.K. Rowling
42. Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsbyJ.K. Rowling
43. The GuardianbyNicholas Sparks
44. The Gold BugbyEdgar Allan Poe
45. God Bless You, Mr. RosewaterbyKurt Vonnegut
46. God Bless You, Dr. KevorkianbyKurt Vonnegut
47. The Five People You Meet in HeavenbyMitch Albom
48. The Five People You Meet in Hell: An Unauthorized ParodybyRich Pablum
49. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your MatebyGary Chapman

50. Fear and Loathing in Las VegasbyHunter S. Thompson
51. The Fall of the House of UsherbyEdgar Allan Poe
52. The Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarbyEdgar Allan Poe
53. Ethan FromebyEdith Wharton
54. EscapebyCarolyn Jessop
55. Enjoying the Journey: 90 Spirit-Lifters for the Potholes of LifebyLois Olmstead
56. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: And Other Tales of TerrorbyRobert Louis Stevenson
57. A Descent into the MaelstrombyEdgar Allan Poe
58. Chicken Soup for the Christian SoulbyJack Canfield
59. Cat's CradlebyKurt Vonnegut

60. The Cask of AmontilladobyEdgar Allan Poe
61. BluebeardbyKurt Vonnegut
62. The Black CatbyEdgar Allan Poe
63. Beowulf: A New Verse TranslationbyUnknown
64. A Bend in the RoadbyNicholas Sparks
65. Before I Get Married - Romance Short StorybyMarion Francis
66. An Autumn WeddingbyC.J. Perryman
67. An Atlas of Impossible LongingbyAnuradha Roy

You've listed many Edgar Allan Poe short stories as "books," which they certainly were not.

Rose

Obsessedreader wrote: "You've listed many Edgar Allan Poe short stories as "books," which they certainly were not.

I don't think there are any rules here, and this isn't a competition. If someone wants to keep track of their reading, they can do so in whatever manner they choose.

Thanks Kathleen. Actually, these Edgar Allen Poe "short stories" as you called them are not short stories at all. They were most likely exposed to us as such during our time in elementary, middle, and high school. However, because of this website I found out that these titles are in fact not short stories at all and I went on to read all of the stories in their full verison. Most of these stories are actually 300-400 pages in length.

Amanda wrote: "Thanks Kathleen. Actually, these Edgar Allen Poe "short stories" as you called them are not short stories at all. They were most likely exposed to us as such during our time in elementary, middle, ..."

I would be incredibly interested in finding these full versions. Can you tell me where you found them? I was a very big Poe fan in Elementary school and haven't read any for a very long time.
Thanks!

I was able to find a lot of them at my local library. I honestly thought they were just short stories until I posted them on my currently reading list on GR. When I went to the libraries around town, I ended up finding longer versions of each story. Also, you may also wanna check out Amazon. I have been able to find a lot of books there that I haven't been able to find online at Barnes and Nobel, Borders or the local libraries. If you dig enough, you will find your treasure. :) Happy Huntings and Good Luck! They would definitely be great reads right about now with Halloween coming up.

Amanda -- I was responding to "Obsessed Reader", who was the one who criticized your listings. Regardless, I'm very glad this came up. I had no idea there were longer versions of these stories. I'll start looking for them, since I'm a long-time Poe fan. Thanks for the information!

Kathleen I know you were. I meant to say thank you for defending me. You are right, this is my list I should be able to keep track of what I am reading the way that I want to. I guess I should have been a little more clear. :) Thanks again!!!

I'm just glad the topic arose, no matter how. I thought I had read everything Poe wrote, and had no idea there were longer versions of these "short stories." I'm really excited to know there is more of his work that I have not read. Thanks!

You are very welcome. I was in the same boat as you. I had gone to a used book store in town and came across a Poe book with 18 of his short stories and the second I came on here I found out that they were not short stories. Unless of course, someone uploaded the books to GR and decided that because all his short stories were in the book that it meant the story was that many pages long. However, I did find about half of them to be a couple hundred pages long.
My biggest thing is, how on earth did someone ever condense them enough for us to have read them in school? That is just a bit crazy. If they were good enough to be read as short stories, then why not tell us that there were longer versions available?!?!?! Lol!

A short story is a particular genre: it is not just a brief work of fiction. A short story can be a couple hundred pages long.

Rose

Either way, I can list that I have read whatever I want as long as I have read it. Plus, most novels are the standard 3-500 pages. Also, so are a majority of mine. Should I not list them then?

Well, it's the last day of the year, so I should probably list the rest of the books I managed to read with all the changes that took place in my life this year. Sadly, I am ending my list with only 4 more books.

68. Vision in WhitebyNora Roberts
69. I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsbyMaya Angelou
70. TwilightbyStephenie Meyer
71. The Life and Adventures of Santa ClausbyL. Frank Baum