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Dickens NovelsStart: 1/1/2013 Finish 12/31/2013
1/15
The Pickwick Papers
Oliver Twist Finished: 7/6/2013
Nicholas Nickleby
The Old Curiosity Shop
Barnaby Rudge
Martin Chuzzlewit
Dombey and Son
David Copperfield
Bleak House
Hard Times
Little Dorrit
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Our Mutual Friend
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Around the US in 52 BooksStart: 1/1/2013 Finish 12/31/2013
15/52
Need new books for:
Montana
West Virgina
Alabama - I Still Dream About You
Alaska - Northern Lights
Arizona - The Warrior
Arkansas - Grave Sight
California - California Girl
Colorado - Colorado Wings: A Wing and a Prayer/Wings Like Eagles/Wings of the Dawn/A Gift of Wings
Connecticut - Goodnight Nobody
Delaware - Hawkes Harbor
Florida - The Heartbreak Pill
Georgia - Smash Cut Finished: 1/8/2013
Hawaii - Hawaii
Idaho - Monster Finished: 1/30/2013
Illinois - Bleedout
Indiana - The Bright Forever Finished: 5/18/2013
Iowa - Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Kansas - In Cold Blood
Kentucky - Maggy's Child
Louisiana - Upside Down
Maine - Under the Dome
Maryland - Divine Evil
Massachusetts - An Uncommon Education: A Novel
Michigan - Fire Point: A Novel of Suspense
Minnesota - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Finished: 3/5/2013
Mississippi - The Help
Missouri - Pretty Little Dirty
Montana - The Mercenary Finished: 1/9/2013 Want to find another since initial book wasn't in Montana for long
Nebraska - A Perfect Evil
Nevada - Strangers
New Hampshire - Looking for Peyton Place
New Jersey - The Lightning Rule: A Novel Finished: 6/16/2013
New Mexico - Lonely Street Finished: 4/30/2013
New York - The Soul Thief
North Carolina - The Lucky One Finished: 5/20/2013
North Dakota - Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
Ohio - The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
Oklahoma - Marked
Oregon - Devil's Trumpet Finished: 4/4/2013
Pennsylvania - Summerhill Secrets, Volume 1: Whispers Down the Lane/Secret in the Willows/Catch a Falling Star/Night of the Fireflies/A Cry in the Dark
Rhode Island - To Feel Stuff Finished: 5/1/2013
South Carolina - The Ideal Man
South Dakota - No Mercy Finished: 1/26/2013
Tennessee - Blue Dahlia
Texas - Play Dirty
Utah - Utah!
Vermont - Promise Not to Tell
Virginia - The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University Finished: 4/13/2013
Washington - Snow Falling on Cedars
West Virginia -
Wisconsin - Uncommon Grounds Finished: 3/15/13
Wyoming - Open Season Finished: 6/21/2013
DC - It's Classified Finished: 3/24/2013
Road Trip - An Abundance of Katherines Finished 1/2/2013 Want to find another since initial book wasn't much of a road trip since it ended at it's second location
The Glass Castle Finished: 3/4/13
A-Z Author Challenge:Start: 1/1/2013 Finish 12/31/13
5/26
A - Miracles Happen: The Life and Timeless Principles of the Founder of Mary Kay Inc. by Mary Kay Ash Finished: 1/15/2013
B - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything by Janelle Brown Finished: 1/23/2013
C - Speechless by Yvonne Collins Finished: 1/16/2013
D - A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle
E - The Last True Cowboy by Kathleen Eagle Finished: 5/6/2013
F - Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg Finished: 4/17/2013
G - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
H - The Secret Bride by Diane Haeger
I - The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World by David Icke
J - The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
K - Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman
L - Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard Finished: 5/24/2013
M - Neurotica by Sue Margolis
N - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
O - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
P - Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery by James Patterson
Q - Death Spins the Platter by Ellery Queen
R - The Villa by Nora Roberts
S - The Three Theban Plays: Antigone / Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
T - The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
U - Black Out by Lisa Unger
V - The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
W - The Duke of York's Steps by Henry Wade
X - Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
Y - The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
Z - How Not to Be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler
Facebook RecommendationsStart: 1/1/2013 Finish: 12/31/2013
3/12
January - The Poisonwood Bible Finished: 1/6/2013
February - Anna Karenina
March - Gone Girl Finished: 3/19/2013
April - Rising Sun Finished: 6/4/2013
May - A Language Older Than Words
June - The Pillars of the Earth
July - Les Misérables
August - 4,000 Days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison
September - 11/22/63
October - Black Maps
November - Wool Omnibus
December - The Culture of Make Believe
The One Year BibleStart: 1/1/2013 Finish 12/31/2013
24/1442 pages
Winter Wonderland ChallengeStart: 1/1/13 Finish: 1/31/13
FINISHED: 1/28/2013
7/7
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Beach Covers
Start: 1/1/2013 Finish: 2/28/2013
FINISHED: 5/31/2013
12/12
(view spoiler)
Love of my Life
Start: 2/1/2013 Finish: 2/28/2013
7/13
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Star Wars ChallengeStart: 1/1/2013 Finish 12/31/2013
6/20
M Marked
A Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery
Y Your Roots Are Showing
T The Things They Carried
H Hard Times
E Eat, Pray, Love
F Fire Point: A Novel of Suspense
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C California Girl
E Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman
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E Echoes in the Darkness
W Wool Omnibus
I In Cold Blood
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H Hawaii
Y You've Been Warned
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Around the World Challenge
Start: 1/1/2013 Finish 12/31/2013
6/12
Canada -
China - Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
England - Bleak House by Charles Dickens
France - Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Germany -
Honduras - Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
Republic of Ireland - A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle
Russia - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Saint Kitts & Nevis -
Scotland -
Slovenia -
USA -
A-Z Title Challenge
Start: 1/1/2013 Finish: 12/31/2013
18/26
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2013 CountdownStart: 1/01/2013 Finish: 12/31/2013
39/91
2001 FINISHED!
1. I Dream Of You by Judi McCoy Finished: 1/14/2013
2002 FINISHED!
1. Sunset In St.Tropez by Danielle Steel Finished: 1/5/2013
2. Nantucket Nights by Elin Hilderbrand Finished: 3/20/2013
2003
2004
1. Speechless by Yvonne Collins Finished: 1/16/2013
2. Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward Finished: 5/22/2013
3. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Finished: 7/6/2013
2005 FINISHED!
1. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Finished: 1/6/2013
2. Monster by Frank Peretti Finished: 1/30/2013
3. Maybe a Miracle: A Novel by Brian Strause Finished: 2/7/2013
4. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg Finished: 4/17/2013
5. Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard Finished: 5/24/2013
2006 FINISHED!
1.An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Finished: 1/2/2013
2.Flirting with Forty by Jane Porter Finished: 2/4/2013
3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Finished: 3/4/2013
4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Finished: 4/24/2013
5. To Feel Stuff by Andrea Seigel Finished: 5/1/2013
6. The Bright Forever by Lee Martin Finished: 5/18/2013
2007
1. Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo Finished: 3/15/2013
2. The Lightning Rule by Brett Ellen Block Finished: 6/16/2013
2008
1. The Mercenary by Cherry Adair Finished: 1/9/2013
2. Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand Finished: 2/22/2013
3. The Last Mermaid by Shana Abe Finished: 5/31/2013
4. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks Finished: 7/14/13
2009
1. Smash Cut by Sandra Brown Finished 1/8/2013
2. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything by Janelle Brown Finished: 1/23/2013
3. As Sure As the Sun by Anna McPartlin Finished: 2/9/2013
4. The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose Finished: 4/13/2013
5. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks Finished: 5/20/2013
6. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Finished: 6/30/2013
2010
1. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia Finished: 1/24/2013
2. No Mercy by Lori Armstrong Finished: 1/26/2013
3. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood Finished: 2/5/2013
2011
1. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Finished: 1/21/2013
2. The Island by Elin Hilderbrand Finished: 2/19/2013
3. If You Ask Me by Betty White Finished: 3/9/2013
2012
1. Beta by Rachel Cohn Finished: 2/12/2013
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Finished: 3/19/2013
3. It's Classified by Nicolle Wallace Finished: 3/24/2013
4. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Finished: 6/12/2013
2013
Door Stopper Challenge 2013Start: 1/1/2013 Finish: 12/31/2013
8/40
1. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Finished: 1/6/2013 546 pages
2. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Finished: 1/21/2013 837 pages
3. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia Finished: 1/24/2013 592 pages
4. Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King Finished: 3/2/2013 673 pages
5. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg Finished: 4/17/2013 574 pages
6. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Finished: 4/24/2013 498 pages
7. The Last Mermaid by Shana Abe Finished: 5/31/2013 581 pages
8. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Finished: 7/6/2013 478 pages
Total Pages: 4778
Women's History MonthStart: 3/1/2013 Finish: 3/31/13
8/12
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Muppets Challenge
Start: 3/1/2013 Finish: 4/30/2013
FINISHED! 5/31/2013
12/12
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April Challenge
Start: 4/1/2013 Finish: 4/30/2013
FINISHED! 7/14/2013
10/10
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Superhero ChallengeStart: 4/1/2013 Finish: 6/30/2013
17/27
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O - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Finished: 7/6/2013
U - The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose Finished: 4/13/2013
W - Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward Finished: 5/22/2013
O - Open Season by C.J. Box Finished: 6/21/2013
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L - Lonely Street by Steve Brewer Finished: 4/30/2013
D - Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg Finished: 4/17/2013
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T - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer Finished: 4/24/2013
L - The Last True Cowboy by Kathleen Eagle Finished: 5/6/2013
I - The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom Finished: 7/22/2013
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M - Rising Sun by Michael Crichton Finished: 6/4/2013
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H - Tell No One by Harlan Coben Finished: 5/8/2013
E - Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard Finished: 5/24/2013
N - Dear John by Nicholas Sparks Finished: 7/14/2013
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M - The Bright Forever by Lee Martin Finished: 5/18/2013
A - To Feel Stuff by Andrea Seigel Finished: 5/1/2013
N - The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks Finished: 5/20/2013
G - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Finished: 6/12/2013
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May ChallengeStart: 5/1/2013 Finish: 5/31/2013
FINISHED: 5/24/2013
Easy Level
4/4
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Something Old/Something New
Start: 6/1/2013 Finish: 6/30/2013
FINISHED! 7/6/2013
3/3
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Grab BagStart: 7/1/2013 Finish: 9/30/2013
0/6
8. Read 4 books by authors from your state/country/etc
0/4
47. Read the oldest book on your TBR and the newest book on your TBR
0/2
1. Mirror Mirror
2. Death on a Cold Night
July Reads4/18
Carry over from June
Carry over from May
Carry over from April
Carry over from March:
Carry over from February:
Carry over from January:
Finished:
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1.) I am reading all of Dickens novels with another group this year.
2.) I'm reading around the US with a book for all 50 states, one for DC and another for road trip.
3.) A-Z Author Challenge. I will read a book with the last name of the author starting with the letters in alphabetical order.
4.) Facebook Recommendations. I got 12 recommendations from Facebook friends and will read one a month.
5.) I have a version of the bible that is sectioned to be read piece by piece daily to finish in one year.
6.) Monthly/bi-monthly/quarterly Challenges
*January/February
***Finished Winter Wonderland Challenge 1/28/2013
***Got SHARK level finishing 10/12 for Beach Covers Finished all 12 5/31/2013
***Got Infatuation finishing 7/13 for Love of my Life
*March/April
***Got Medium finishing 8/12 for Women's History Month
***Got Medium finishing 7/12 for Muppets Challenge Finished all 5/31/2013
***Finished 5/10 for April Challenge Finished all 7/14/13
*April-June Superhero
*May/June
***Got Easy finishing 4/4 for May Challenge
***Failed. Got 2/3 for Something Old/Something New Finished all 7/6/2013
*July/September
7.) The three yearly challenges for this group
8.) 2013 Countdown reading 1 book published in 2001, 2 books published in 2002 etc.. based on the edition I'm reading
9.) Door Stopper Challenge is to read 40 books with more than 450 pages in them.
10.) Monthly Goals
*January 20 books Finished: 14
*February 19 books Finished: 8
*March 20 books Finished: 9
*April 18 books Finished: 6
*May 19 books Finished: 8
*June 18 books Finished: 5
*July 18 books