SIY (Set It Yourself) Reading Challenge Fifth edition
(July-SEPTEMBER, 2008)
| Participant | Goal(s) | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| reader1107 | • 5 books registered by other BookCrossers • 5 books registered by me • 5 classroom books • Harry Potter series |
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| Megi53 |
12 books |
Finished: True West by Sam Shepard; There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George; This School is Driving Me Crazy by Nat Hentoff; Missing by R.L. Stine; An Obsession with Butterflies by Sharman Apt Russell; Water Shell by Gretchen Schields; The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas Total: Plays: 1 of 2; 2008 Children's: 3 of 3; school library: 1 of 1; An Obsession with Butterflies by Sharman Apt Russell; The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas (reported September 5th) |
| Nu-Knees | 100+ Classic pages per week (target for September 28th: 374 of Moll Flanders) |
Finished: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell; The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories by R L Stevenson; The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne; An Eye for an Eye by Anthony Trollope; The Club of Queer Trades by G K Chesterton; Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe Total: July: 4 of 4; August: 5 of 5; September: 4 of 4 (reported September 22nd) |
| Ladybug768 | 12 books (including Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich;
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner;
Heart Of Texas Vol.1 by Debbie Macomber;
The Host: A Novel by Stephenie Meyer) |
Finished: Sammy's Hill by Kristin Gore; Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë; Getting Organized from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern Total: 3 of 12 Current Book: Wideacre by Philippa Gregory (reported August 10th) |
| bluenoser | 27 books • 12 TBRs that have sat on my shelves for over a year • 15 others |
Finished: The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd; An Eye for an Eye by Anthony Trollope; Killing Kindness by Reginald Hill; Fingersmith by Sarah Waters; David Golder by Irene Nemirovsky; L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton; A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin;
Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer;
They Shoot Horses Don't They by Horace McCoy; Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin; Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin; Choke by Stuart Woods; Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich; The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett; The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin; The Chocolate Box by Leslie Watts; The Speaker of Mandarin by Ruth Rendell; Gone by Lisa Gardner; Shall We Tell the President by Jeffrey Archer; Jackdaws by Ken Follett; N is For Noose by Sue Grafton; The Concubine's Children by Denise Chong; Love and Dr Devon by Alan Titchmarsh; A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym; The Cross-Legged Knight by Candace Robb; The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson; The Kid: A True Story by Kevin Lewis Total: Others: 15 of 15; Old TBRs: 12 of 12 (reported September 26th) |
| Hawaii-Bookworm | 20 books • 5 from other BCers • 5 1001 books • 5 from new authors • 5 from favourite authors |
Finished: Duma Key by Stephen King; Time and Again by Jack Finney; The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble; Bride Island by Alexandra Enders; Twilight by Stephenie Meyers;
New Moon by Stephenie Meyers; Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom; Choke by Chuck Palahniuk; Detective Story by Imie Kertesz; Blitz by Ken Bruen; Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb; The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver; Alfred & Emily by Doris Lessing; The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen; Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith Total: Favourites: 5 of 5; BCers': 1 of 5; 1001: 3 of 5; New Authors: 6 of 5 Current Books: Three Junes by Julia Glass; The Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra; Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald (reported August 30th) |
| janey-canuck | 10 books from TBR | Finished: Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje; The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson; The United States of Walmart by John Dicker; Me to We by Craig Kielburger; Kramer vs. Kramer by Avery Corman; Basic Eight by Daniel Handler; Watch Your Mouth by Daniel Handler; Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock Total: 8 of 10 Current Book: The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison (reported September 22nd) |
| Annimanni | 25 books • 5 books for the geographical challenge • 5 books from the 1001 list • 3 books from the 1000 years- 100 books list • 3 books from other bookcrossers (incl. rings) • 4 books of nonfiction • 5 other books |
Finished: The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy; Rhanna, unelmien saari by Christine Marion Fraser; What's the Matter with America by Thomas Frank; The Shadow of Wings by June Knox-Mawer; The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini; Luonnoton surmaaja by Patricia Cornwell; Perfect Madness by Judith Warner; Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti; Larry's Party by Carol Shields; The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley; Shire Hell by Rachel Johnson; Kohtalokas syksy by Kerrit Brown; Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam; The Outsider by Albert Camus; Maksu by Eppu Nuotio; Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman; Tyttökavereiden opas odottajalle by Vicki Iovine Total: Geographical: 4 of 5; BookCrossers': 3 of 3; Non-fiction: 4 of 4; Other: 4 of 5; 1001: 2 of 5 Current Book: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (reported September 29th) |
| kidAmy | track books read | |
| istop4books | • 4 books of pre-1940 publication of my choice • 4 other TBRs |
Finished: The Good Wife Strikes Back by Elizabeth Buchan; The Children of Strangers by Lyle Saxon; The Year of Naked Swim Parties by Jessica Anya Blau; Mrs. Astor's Horse by Stanley Walker; A Map of Love; The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc by Loraine Despres; February Hill by Victoria Lincoln; The Professor by Charlotte Brontë Total: TBRs: 4 of 4; pre-1940: 4 of 4 (reported September 5th) |
| nawoo82 | • 200pp per week of either Poor Fellow My Country by Xavier Herbert or Clarissa by Samuel Richardson • 2 books from other BookCrossers • 2 TBRs • 2 others |
Finished: Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg Total: BookCrossers': 1 of 2; Current Book: Poor Fellow My Country by Xavier Herbert (reported July 7th) |
| MaryZee | • 5 TBR RABCKs • 7 bookish books |
Finished: The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson; Mistral's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton; A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books by Alberto Manguel; Thunderstruck by Eric Larson; Books that Made the Difference by Gordon and Patricia Sabine; The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani; Down Cut Shin Creek by Kathi Appelt and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer; A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffet; Reading in Bed: Personal Essays on the Glories of Reading by Steven Gilbar; We Thought You Would be Prettier by Laurie Notaro; Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley; In a Blue Velvet Dress by Catherine Sefton; Every Book its Reader by Nicholas Basbanes Total: RABCKs: 6 of 5; Bookish: 7 of 7 (reported September 15th) |
| bluecat07 | 12 books | Finished: English as a Second Language by Megan Crane;
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich;
Night by Elie Wiesel; The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson;
Astrid Lindgren Lesebuch;
The Chocolate Lovers' Club by Carole Matthews;
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Total: 7 of 12 Current Book: (reported September 4th) |
| QueenMrSarah | • 3 books to finish (Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller;
The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence) • 5 TBRs older than 6 months |
Finished: The Plague by Albert Camus; High Fidelity by Nick Hornby; Silas Marner Total: Old TBRs: 3 of 5 Current Book: Little Women (reported July 29th) |
| lane1088 | 28 books
• 21 TBRs • 3 Rea Readers Book Club books • 3 Charlotte Sleuths books • 1 Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club book |
Finished: Tough Cookie by Diane Mott Davidson; I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer Fleming; Sticks and Scones by Diane Mott Davidson; Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson; Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidson; Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton; The Good German by Joseph Kanon; Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson; The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber; In the Woods by Tana French; Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie; Lady Killer by Lisa Scottoline; Glory by Alfred Coppel; Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn; The Merlin of the Oak Wood by Ann Chamberlin; Jupiter by Ben Bova; Nailing Harry by Jane Blanchard; The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie; Birds of Prey by J. A. Jance; Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters; The Woods by Harlen Coben; Sisters of the Raven by Barbara Hambly; Spider's Web by Agatha Christie; Chosen Prey by John Sandford; Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris; Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris Total: TBRs: 19 of 21; Rea Readers: 3 of 3; Sci-Fi/Fantasy: 1 of 1; Charlotte Sleuths: 3 of 3 Current Book: (reported September 29th) |
| MollyGrue | • 2 trilogies (The Black Magician Trilogy; The Cineverse Cycle) • 6 TBRs |
Finished: Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis; The Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan; The High Lord by Trudi Canavan; The Novice by Trudi Canavan; Watchmen by Alan Moore; House of Stairs by William Sleator; The Kiln People by David Brin; Buddha Boy by Kathe Kolja; Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove; Slaves of the Volcano God (Cineverse Cycle #1); Bride of the Slime Monster (Cineverse Cycle #2); Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies (Cineverse Cycle #3) Total: TBRs: 6 of 6; trilogy: 2 of 2 (reported September 11th) |
| mrsgaskell | • 20 TBRs (Peace Pilgrim; The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope; Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood; Beloved by Toni Morrison; As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt; Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton; Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey; Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively; A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence; Saturday by Ian McEwan; Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay; Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende; Prospero’s Daughter by Constance Beresford-Howe; The Island by Victoria Hislop;The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter; The Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor; Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany; The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis) • 1 other (Sovereign by C.J. Sansom) |
Finished: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton; Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay; The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence; Saturday by Ian McEwan; Peace Pilgrim; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt; Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany; Beloved by Toni Morrison; The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope; Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende; Prospero’s Daughter by Constance Beresford-Howe; The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis; As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner; Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively; The Island by Victoria Hislop; Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Total: TBRs: 17 of 20 Current Book: The Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor @p. 48 of 250 (reported September 26th) |
| dryad23 | • The Book of the Ler trilogy by M.A. Foster • The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand • 1 book by Ian McEwan • 1 book by Umberto Eco • 1 book by Sheri S. Tepper • 3 others |
Finished: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan Total: Others: 1 of 3; McEwan: 1 of 1 Current Book: (reported July 20th) |
| Ibis3 | • 19 chapters of Meteorology by Aristotle; The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle • 3 CanLit Challenge books (Anne of Green Gables; Roughing it in the Bush; The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz) • 2 plays by Shakespeare (Two Gentlemen of Verona; Cymbeline) • 1 non-fiction TBR (Roman Literature and Society) • 3 fun wishlist books (The Amber Spyglass; Dark Tort; J is for Judgment) • 1 motivational book that my sister wants me to read (A Happy Pocket Full of Money) • finish The House of Mirth on audio |
Finished: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton; Meteorology by Aristotle; Two Gentlemen of Verona by Shakespeare; Roman Literature and Society; Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidson; Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery; The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman; J is for Judgment Total: Audio: 1 of 1; Aristotle: 1 of 2; Shakespeare: 1 of 2; Non-fic TBR: 1 of 1; Wishlist: 3 of 3; Can-Lit Challenge: 1 of 3 Current Books: The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle @p.58 of 165; Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie @p.259 of 543; Cymbeline by Shakespeare; (reported September 26th) |
| Miss-Owl | 10 1001 Books (TBD) | Finished: The Master by Colm Tóibín; Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson; Saturday by Ian McEwan; A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro; Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut; Living by Henry Green; Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons; The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys; Native Son by Richard Wright Total: 10 of 10 (reported September 26th) |
| likestoreadinFL | • 2 books on school recommended reading list |
Finished: A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffet; Chambermaid; The Nine; The Things They Carried; Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began |
| Nagwan | 10 Books (Desperadoes by Joseph O'Connor; Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White; Indispensable Implication of Sunnan and Caution against Innovation by Bin Baz; Essential Lessons for Every Muslim by Bin Baz; 50 Questions and Answers on Islamic Monotheism by Hafiz Mohammad Tahir; Religious Fundamentals by Muhammad at-Tamimi; The Book on Tawheed by Saleh al-Fozan; A Place Called Here by Cecilia Ahern; The Bloody Signs by Ahmed K Tawfiq; The Fundamentals of Islamic Monotheism by Bilal Philips) | Finished: Desperadoes by Joseph O'Connor; Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White; A Place Called Here by Cecilia Ahern; The Bloody Signs by Ahmed K Tawfiq; Essential Lessons for Every Muslim by Bin Baz; Religious Fundamentals by Muhammad at-Tamimi; 50 Questions and Answers on Islamic Monotheism by Hafiz Mohammad Tahir; Indispensable Implication of Sunnan and Caution against Innovation by Bin Baz; The Book of Tawheed by Saleh al-Fozan; The Fundamentals of Islamic Monotheism by Bilal Philips Total: 10 of 10 (reported September 27th) |
| blackwidow1971 | • 4 1001 books • 2 Olympic Challenge books • 1 bookray (Exit Music by Ian Rankin) • 4 TBRs (Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears; Utz by Bruce Chatwin; A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor; The Diary of A Farmer's Wife, 1796- 1797) |
Finished: Exit Music by Ian Rankin; What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt; Utz by Bruce Chatwin; The Diary of A Farmer's Wife, 1796- 1797; Veronika Decides To Die; After The Quake by Haruki Murakami; Behind The Veil in Arabia; Uzbekistan on the Threshold of the 21st Century; Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears; A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor; Amsterdam by Ian McEwan Total: bookray: 1 of 1; 1001: 4 of 4; TBRs: 4 of 4; Olympic Challenge: 2 of 2 (reported August 20th) |
| Neige49 | • 5 unreads from Mt. TBR |
Finished: The Rose Grower by Michelle de Kretser; The Seduction of Silence by Bem Le Hunte; The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault; The History of the Snowman by Bob Eckstein; The Explorer's Eye by Fergus Fleming and Annabel Merullo; The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham; One Last Town by Matt Braun; The Face by Dean Koontz; Doctor Illuminatus by Martin Booth; The Last of the Dream People by Alice Anne Parker |
| amoenus | • 200 pages of War and Peace a week |
Total: War and Peace: 2 of 11 weeks Current Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy; Richard III by William Shakespeare (reported July 28th) |
| Geileis | • finish 2 old TBRs (My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin; Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope) |
Finished: Dirt Music by Tim Winton; My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin; Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope; On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan; Staying On by Paul Scott |