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SIY (Set It Yourself) Reading Challenge Twenty-sixth edition (October-December, 2013)

Participant Goal(s) Progress

Nu-Knees
7 books
• 3 Classics – 1 per month (Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett; Villette by Charlotte Bronte; The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad)
• 3 TBR non-fiction books – 1 per month (Mrs Robinson's Disgrace, The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale; Letters from London 1990 - 1995 by Julian Barnes; The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton by Kathryn Hughes)
• 1 non-fiction book according to the Dewey decimal system (900s Blood and Roses by Helen Castor)
Finished: Mrs Robinson's Disgrace, The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale; Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett; Blood and Roses by Helen Castor; Villette by Charlotte Bronte; Letters from London 1990 - 1995 by Julian Barnes; The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad; The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton by Kathryn Hughes
Total: Non-fiction TBRs: 3 of 3; Classics: 3 of 3; Dewey: 1 of 1
(reported December 14th)

Ibis3

8 29 books
• 4 CanLit Challenge books (Tay John By Howard O'Hagan; My Financial Career and Other Follies by Stephen Leacock; My Remarkable Uncle by Stephen Leacock; Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan)
• 1 19 TBRs from other BookCrossers (A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart; “Beyond the Farthest Star” by Alan Dean Foster)
• 2 19 TBRs (Introduction and Books Alpha and Alpha the Lesser of Metaphysica (Metaphysics) by Aristotle; “Smart-Aleck Kill” by Raymond Chandler; Your Daughter Fanny: The War Letters of Frances Cluett, VAD by Frances Cluett, Bill Rompkey and Bert Riggs, eds.)
• 1 Other (Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie)

Finished: Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie; “Beyond the Farthest Star” by Alan Dean Foster; “Smart-Aleck Kill” by Raymond Chandler; Tay John By Howard O'Hagan; My Financial Career and Other Follies by Stephen Leacock; Metaphysica (Metaphysics), Books Alpha and Alpha the Lesser by Aristotle; Your Daughter Fanny: The War Letters of Frances Cluett, VAD by Frances Cluett; My Remarkable Uncle by Stephen Leacock; A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart; Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan; Hound of Death by Agatha Christie
Total: Other: 2 of 1; BCers': 1 19 of 1 19; TBRs: 2 19 of 2 19; CanLit: 3 of 4
(reported December 18th)


wheepaperclips
35 books Finished: Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut; Peter & the Starcatchers by Dave Barry; The Dog Stars by Peter Heller; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey; Up Jumps the Devil by Michael Poore; The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanOxygen by Andrew Miller; Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall; The Witches by Roald Dahl; Moonstone by Wilkie Collins; Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil by Paul Bloom; The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry; Cranes Dance by Meg Howrey; All Shall Be Well; and All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well by Tod Wodicka; The Book Thief by Markus Zusak; The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey; The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; A Hole in the Universe by Mary McGarry Morris; Super Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner; A Stone of the Heart by Tom Grimes; The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery; Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs; Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurstone; The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones; Libra by Don DeLillo; Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory by Roy Blount, Jr.; The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago; The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
Total: 29 of 35
Current Books: (reported December 30th)

Katethegreyt
21 books Finished: In My Own Words by Graham Roumieu; Bigfoot I Not Dead by Graham Roumieu; House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling; The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg; Dreaming in Colour by Kaffe Fassett; Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloane; The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi with Tamim Ansary; The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think by Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods; Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King; Blankets by Craig Thompson; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling; Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo; Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison; Summer's Lease by John Mortimer; Trickster - Native American Tales: A Graphic Anthology by Matt Dembicki, ed.; The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Total: 16 of 21
Current Books: (reported December 31st)

NICNIC2
15 books Finished: Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin; Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith; The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin; Grimm Tales by Philip Pullman; Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro; Harvest by Jim Crace; A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki; The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri; The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Total: 9 of 15
Current Books: The Plantagenets by Dan Jones (reported December 21st)

NancyNova

15 books

Finished: Shelf Life by Suzanne Strempek Shea; Roseflower Creek by J. L. Miles; Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe; Freedom: The Story of My Second Life by Malika Oufkir; Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks; Before you Leap by Kermit the Frog; Merle's Door: Lessons from a FreeThinking Dog by Ted Kerasote; No Time to Wave Goodbye by Jacquelyn Mitchard; Waiting for the Moon by Kristin Hannah; The Husband's Secret by Laura Moriarty; Bread Alone by Judith Ryan Hendricks; Time is a River by Mary Alice Monroe; The Baker's Apprentice by Judith Ryan Hendricks; Riversong by Tess Thompson; The Sandcastle Girls by Chirs Bohjalian
Total: 15 of 15
(reported December 2nd)
book-a-neer 15 books Finished: Ice Station by Matthew Reilly; The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri; The Modigliani Scandal by Ken Follett; Hell Island by Matthew Reilly; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shafer; The Hours by Michael Cunningham; The October Killings by Wessel Ebersohn; The Keys of Hell by Jack Higgins; Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Total: 9 of 15
Current Book: One Summer by Rachael Billington (reported November 28th)

minesayn

12 books
• 1 BC Bookring (The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway)
• 3 Library Book Group books (The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver; Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang; The Snow Angel by Glenn Beck)
• 8 First Read Giveaway books (Dunham by Moriah Jovan; Pastors’ Wives by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen; The Night of the Comet by George Bishop; A Most Peculiar Circumstance by Jen Turano; Speak Easy by Melanie Harlow; The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny; Paris was the Place by Susan Conley; A Fool’s Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery)

Finished: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway; The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver; Pastors’ Wives by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen; The Night of the Comet by George Bishop; Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang; The Snow Angel by Glenn Beck; A Fool’s Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery; A Most Peculiar Circumstance by Jen Turano; Dunham by Moriah Jovan; Speak Easy by Melanie Harlow
Total: Book Rings: 1 of 1; Library: 2 of 3; First Read: 6 of 8
Current Books: Paris was the Place by Susan Conley; The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny (reported December 27th)

Fifna

9 books or 2700pp

Finished: The Devil's Feather by Minette Walters; The Girl on the Landing by Paul Torday; The Brunels' Tunnel by Eric Kentley, ed.; Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn; Come the Fear by Chris Nickson; The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips; Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay; Sprakeloos by Anne Nicolai; Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
Total: Books: 9 of 9; Pages: 2838 of 2700pp
(reported December 26th)

lane1088

17 books
• 5 TBRs
• 10 books from any Series
• 2 Bookclub books
15 magazines

Finished: The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye; SoCRA (August 2012; November 2012; February 2013; August 2013); Entertainment Weekly (August 2nd 2013; August 9th 2013; August 16/23 2013; August 30 2013; September 6 2013; September 13 2013; September 20/27 2013); Monitor (February 2013; April 2013; June 2013; August 2013); Science (August 2 2013); Death on the Lizard by Robin Paige; Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley; The Innocent Man by John Grisham; The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde; The Garden of Rama by Arthur Clarke; Murder in Mykonos by Jeffrey Siger; Eragon by Christopher Paolini; Death Masks by Jim Butcher
Total: Bookclubs: 2 of 2; Magazines: 16 of 15; TBRs: 5 of 5; Series: 2 of 10
Current Book: (reported December 24th)

T02S03B11D20

16 books
• 12 TBRs
• 4 Kindle books

Finished: 15 Seconds by Andrew Gross; Six Years by Harlan Coben; A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris; The Kingdom by Clive Cussler; The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly; Jackpot by Jackie Pilossoph; Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn; Wild Water Walking Club by Claire Cook; Wilderness by Dean Koontz; Nearly Dead in Deadwood by Ann Charles; Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson; A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron; Eggs Benedict Arnold by Laura Childs; The Tombs by Clive Cussler; Optical Delusions in Deadwood by Ann Charles; Death by Killer Mop Doll by Lois Winston
Total: TBRs: 12 of 12; Kindle: 4 of 4
(reported November 23rd)

bluenoser
21 books
• 5 books from other BCers (Fatal Remedies by Donna Leon; A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale; The Blooding of Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys; House of Silence by Linda Gillard; Hiss and Hers by M. C. Beaton)
• 16 Others
Finished: The Seeds of Time by John Wyndham; Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid; A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale; Tout Sweet by Karen Wheeler; The Confession of Brother Haluin by Ellis Peters; A Sweet Obscurity by Patrick Gale; Hide by Lisa Gardner; Voltaire's Calligrapher by Pablo de Santos; The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory; At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper; House of Silence by Linda Gillard; Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith; Candle for a Corpse by Ann Granger; Hiss and Hers by M. C. Beaton; Crazy as Chocolate by Elisabeth Hyde; Twelve Days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley; The Blooding of Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys; A Passion for Killing by Barbara Nadel; Sacrilege by S. J. Parris; The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
Total: Other: 16 of 16; BCers: 5 of 5
(reported December 8th)

LiniP

8 books from 2013 TBR list (Quo Vadis by Henrik Sienkiewicz; Tausendundeine Nacht by Anonymous; Mein Herz so weiß by Javier Marias; Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen by Honoré de Balzac; Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoi; Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein by Johannes Mario Simmel; Himmel über der Wüste by Paul Bowles; Ein Mann by Oriana Fallaci)

Finished: Quo Vadis by Henrik Sienkiewicz; Himmel über der Wüste by Paul Bowles; Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein by Johannes Mario Simmel; Ein Mann by Oriana Fallaci
Total: 4 of 8
Current Books: Tausendundeine Nacht by Anonymous; Mein Herz so weiß by Javier Marias; Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen by Honoré de Balzac (reported December 8th)

Elandria
30 books (including 15 TBRs)
• 7 English books
• 7 German books
• 7 Dutch books
• 9 Others
Finished: Rebellion des Herzens by Johanna Lindsey; En Ik zag dat het goed was by Peter Bügel; De waanzinnige avonturen van Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey; Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey; Zondig! by Sandra Hill; Das Orakel von Oonagh by Flavia Bujor; Duister! by Kerrelyn Sparks; Gekke Mustafa by Halil Gür; A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan; Zeven Magiërs by Caro King; Hungry for You by Lynsay Sands; Isabelle by Tessa de Loo; Hexenkammer by Wolf Serno; Vampire, Interrupted by Lynsay Sands; Secret of the Spiritkeeper by Matt Forbeck; Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands; Nieuwe bekentenissen van Zeno by Italo Svevo; Ein Vampir zum Vernaschen by Lynsay Sands; Vlad the Drac by Ann Jungman; Io Vivat by Various; Eine Vampirin auf Abwegen by Lynsay Sands; Suche bissigen Vampir für’s Leben by Kimberly Raye; The Empress of Ice Cream by Anthony Capella; Vamps in the City by Kerrelyn Sparks; How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks; All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks; The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks; Volle maan by Kerrelyn Sparks; Voor eeuwigheid! by Lynsay Sands
Total: German: 6 of 7; Dutch: 7 of 7; English: 7 of 7; Other: 9 of 9; (TBRs: 15 of 15)
Current Book: (reported November 17th)

BeckyLizz

10 books

Finished: The To-Do List by Mike Gayle; What Makes Women Happy by Fay Weldon; A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen; The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach; Cuban Heels by Emily Barr; All Because of You by Melissa Hill; One Child by Torey Hayden; The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend; Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach; Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Total: 10 of 10
(reported December 18th)

gypsysmom

20 books:
• 8 books from BCers
• 1 borrowed books
• 2 1001 books
• 1 book by Thomas Hardy
• 5 books from different Canadian Provinces and Territories
• 2 Bookclub books
• 1 Gift book

Finished: The Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith; An Audence of Chairs by Joan Clark; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie; Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick; Body Trade by Margaret Macpherson; The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey; Angels Flight by Michael Connelly; The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt; Spook Country by William Gibson; Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner; Kill all the Lawyers by William Deverell; Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy; Amuse Bouche by Anthony Bidulka; Settlers of the Marsh by Frederick Philip Grove; Bannock, Beans and Black Tea by John Gallant; Light of the World by James Lee Burke; Summer Point by Linda McNutt; Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins; If Only Time Stood Still by Henry A. Kessler
Total: BCers': 8 of 8; Canadian Provinces & Territories: 5 of 5; Bookclub: 2 of 2; 1001: 2 of 2; Borrowed: 1 of 1; Hardy: 1 of 1; Gifts: 1 of 1
(reported December 23th)

Diane-Fraser

12 books
• 3 BookCrossed books (Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris; Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson; Flashman and the Redskins by George MacDonald Fraser)
• 3 books from World Book Night 2012 and 2013 (Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman; Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson; Misery by Stephen King)
• 6 TBRs (Dead Simple by Peter James; Worth Dying For by Lee Child; Revelation by CJ Sansom; The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson; Along Came a Spider by James Patterson; Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard)

Finished: Flashman and the Redskins by George MacDonald Fraser; Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard; Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson; Misery by Stephen King; Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman; Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris; Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
Total: BC: 3 of 3; TBRs: 1 of 6; WBN: 3 of 3
Current Books: (reported November 30th)

foxy737
12 books Finished: The First Lie by Diane Chamberlain; The Necessary Lie by Diane Chamberlain; Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim; Rose Petal Beach by Dorothy Koomson; The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn; Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn; A Night Like This by Julia Quinn; A Sum of all Kisses by Julia Quinn; The Christmas Marriage Rescue (Wish Upon a Star) by Sarah Morgan; The Midwife's Christmas Miracle (Wish Upon a Star) by Sarah Morgan; The Stolen Child by Brian McGilloway; Sleigh Bells in the Snow by Sarah Morgan; Christmas at Copper Mountain by Jane Porter; Fractured by Dani Atkins; A Christmas Wish by Carole Matthews; The Happiest Season by Rosemarie Naramore
Total: 12 of 12
(reported December 13th)

geileis

9 books
• 2 books by Agatha Christie (Murder in the Mews; Appointment with Death)
• 2 books by Ian Rankin (Tooth and Nail; Strip Jack)
• 2 books by Terry Pratchett (The Light Fantastic; Equal Rites)
• 1 book by Patrick O'Brian (Desolation Island)
• 2 books by Jules Verne (Around the World in Eighty Days; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)

Finished: Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie; Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne; Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin; Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie; The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett; Strip Jack by Ian Rankin; Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian; Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Total: Christie: 2 of 2; Verne: 2 of 2; Rankin: 2 of 2; Pratchett: 2 of 2; Aubrey/Maturin: 1 of 1
(reported December 1st)

lamelemon

24 1001 books

(reported September 27th)

Lamilla
(reported September 28th)

colin26
26 books Finished: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch; Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz; The Little Witch by Otfried Preußler; Pet Shop of Horrors Vol. 2 by Matsuri Akino; InuYasha Vol. 9 by Rumiko Takahashi; InuYaha Vol. 10 by Rumiko Takahashi; Naruto Vol. 11 by Masashi Kishimoto; Rurouni Kenshin Restoration by Nobuhiro Watsuki; A Question of Trust by Marion Dane Bauer
Total: 10 of 26
Current Books: This Is How It Ends by Kathleen MacMahon (reported October 30th)

Megi53

6 books (The Innocent by David Baldacci; Silk by Alessandro Baricco; Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian; The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum; Poem of the Cid by W.S. Merwin, trans.; A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle)

Finished: Silk by Alessandro Baricco
Total: 1 of 6
Current Book: The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum @p. 26 (reported November 3rd)