2012 book challenge

Share some good books! Oprah has a book club, but NO, I don't want to read Dr. Phil!!!!

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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby tague on Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:54 am

tague wrote:1. Bossypants by Tina Fey
2. A Chorus of Stones by Susan Griffin
3. Mercury by Ariana Reines
4. I Don't Care About Your Band by Julie Klausner
5. Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
6. Coeur De Lion by Ariana Reines
7. Gray's Anatomy by Spaulding Gray
8. American Music by Jane Mendelsohn
9. The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi
10. Roseannarchy by Roseanne Barr
11. Wet Moon Volume 2: Unseen Feet by Ross Campbell
12. Wet Moon Volume 3: Further Realms of Fright by Ross Campbell

13. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
14. Egg Story by J Marc Schmidt
15. The Disappointment Artist by Jonathan Lethem
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby tague on Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:25 pm

1. Bossypants by Tina Fey
2. A Chorus of Stones by Susan Griffin
3. Mercury by Ariana Reines
4. I Don't Care About Your Band by Julie Klausner
5. Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
6. Coeur De Lion by Ariana Reines
7. Gray's Anatomy by Spaulding Gray
8. American Music by Jane Mendelsohn
9. The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi
10. Roseannarchy by Roseanne Barr
11. Wet Moon Volume 2: Unseen Feet by Ross Campbell
12. Wet Moon Volume 3: Further Realms of Fright by Ross Campbell
13. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
14. Egg Story by J Marc Schmidt
15. The Disappointment Artist by Jonathan Lethem
16. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
17. Wet Moon Volume 4: Drowned in Evil by Ross Campbell
18. Wet Moon Volume 5: Where All Stars Fail to Burn by Ross Campbell
19. Health At Every Size by Linda Bacon
20. Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere by Marianne Kirby and Kate Harding
21. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby Chula on Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:39 pm

1.Dead(ish)

2.Without a net

3.I was a teenage dominatrix

4.Courtney love the real story 

5.The passionate mistakes and intricate corruption of one girl in America .
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby ComradeM on Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:33 pm

I'm gonna go for 52 this year

1. National Geographic, Dec 2011
2. National Geographic, Jan 2012
3. American Archaeology, Winter 11/12
4. Notes from the Underground

...I've read some other stuff too but I can't remember what, so I need to go look at my bookshelf :lol:
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby namelesswonder on Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:44 pm

namelesswonder wrote:I don't remember if I set a goal last year, I'd really like to get to 40 this year since I didn't last year (36ish, so close!).

1. Poison Eaters, by Holly Black
2. Storm Front, by Jim Butcher
3. Grave Peril, " "
4. Summer Knight, " "
5. Death Masks, " "
6. Blood Rites, " "
7. Dead Beat, " "
8. Proven Guilty, " "
9. White Night, " "


10. Small Favor, " "
11. Turn Coat, " "
12. Changes, " "
13. Ghost Story, " "
14. Heat Wave, by Richard Castle (not really, spin-off book from the show "Castle", it was funny)
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby Bethy Boop on Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:55 pm

Bethy Boop wrote:
Bethy Boop wrote:I'm not going to have a goal, I'm just going to read as much as I possibly can. So far I've read:

1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2 The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
4. Sizzling Sixteen - Janet Evanovich
3. Smokin Seventeen - Janet Evanovich
4. The Impaler - Gregory Funaro
5. BossyPants - Tina Fey

6. Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
7. Three to get Deadly - Janet Evanovich


8. Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs
9. The Strain - Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby ComradeM on Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:26 pm

I'm gonna go for 52 this year

1. National Geographic, Dec 2011
2. National Geographic, Jan 2012
3. American Archaeology, Winter 11/12
4. Notes from the Underground
5. Pretty Shield
6. National Geographic, Feb 2012
7. National Geographic, Mar 2010
8. The Road
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby hannahell on Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:19 am

hannahell wrote:So I started reading comics recently, and I want to count those but counting 1 as a book is a rip. So I'm going to do like each series, or whatever.

So, so far i've read the Lurkers counts as my first finished

1.The Lurkers
2. Remains
3. The Chronicles of Dr. Herbert West
4. Tales from the Crypt/Vault of Horror/The Haunt of Fear, 7 comics read
5. Identity Crisis issues 1-7
(I won't count this bc i've only read 1 bc it's all I have but the Vincent Price Presents comic #25)
6. Green Arrow Year One (6 issues)
7.More Tales from the Crypt/Vault of Horror/The Haunt of Fear, 7 comics read
8. Kevin Smith Green Arrows Issues 1-6

9. Betty White- In Person
10. The New 52 Green Arrow comics
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby Bethy Boop on Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:17 am

Bethy Boop wrote:
Bethy Boop wrote:
Bethy Boop wrote:I'm not going to have a goal, I'm just going to read as much as I possibly can. So far I've read:

1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2 The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
4. Sizzling Sixteen - Janet Evanovich
3. Smokin Seventeen - Janet Evanovich
4. The Impaler - Gregory Funaro
5. BossyPants - Tina Fey

6. Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
7. Three to get Deadly - Janet Evanovich


8. Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs
9. The Strain - Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

10. Summon the Keeper - Tanya Huff
11. The Second Summoning - Tanya Huff
12. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr
13. The Other Way Round -Judith Kerr
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby namelesswonder on Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:16 pm

namelesswonder wrote:I don't remember if I set a goal last year, I'd really like to get to 40 this year since I didn't last year (36ish, so close!).

1. Poison Eaters, by Holly Black
2. Storm Front, by Jim Butcher
3. Grave Peril, " "
4. Summer Knight, " "
5. Death Masks, " "
6. Blood Rites, " "
7. Dead Beat, " "
8. Proven Guilty, " "
9. White Night, " "
10. Small Favor, " "
11. Turn Coat, " "
12. Changes, " "
13. Ghost Story, " "
14. Heat Wave, by Richard Castle (not really, spin-off book from the show "Castle", it was funny)


15. Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby Prettygrimm on Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:06 am

5. American Short Story Masterpieces edited by Raymond Carver
6. Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
7. The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemmingway
8. Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
9. Good Poems for Hard Times edited by Garrison Keillor
10. The Pearl John Steinback
11. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby MooMooMonster on Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:58 pm

MooMooMonster wrote:Yeah, Last year I got too lazy to read.

I've already got some read this year. So, not counting text books, I'd like my goal to be 35.

1. Water for Elephants- Sarah Gruen
2. Jailbird-Kurt Vonnegut


3. Hyperion- Dan Simmons
4. Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day-Ben Loory (one of my best friend's really good friends wrote this! Awesome)

Wow I'm slacking.
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby namelesswonder on Tue May 01, 2012 10:43 am

namelesswonder wrote:I don't remember if I set a goal last year, I'd really like to get to 40 this year since I didn't last year (36ish, so close!).

1. Poison Eaters, by Holly Black
2. Storm Front, by Jim Butcher
3. Grave Peril, " "
4. Summer Knight, " "
5. Death Masks, " "
6. Blood Rites, " "
7. Dead Beat, " "
8. Proven Guilty, " "
9. White Night, " "
10. Small Favor, " "
11. Turn Coat, " "
12. Changes, " "
13. Ghost Story, " "
14. Heat Wave, by Richard Castle
15. Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman


16. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby Prettygrimm on Tue May 01, 2012 9:02 pm

12. The Girl Who Played with Fire ~Steig Larrson
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Re: 2012 book challenge

Postby Prettygrimm on Sun May 13, 2012 7:15 pm

13. How to Read Literature Like a Professor ~ Thomas Foster. really witty and silly, really enjoyed this one.
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