| Participant | Goal(s) | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| blackteiwaz | 10 books • 4 for the Rescue Those Books Challenge • 4 for school • 2 others Mail 2 reserved books Read and mail all rings & rays |
(reported December 14th) |
| lane1088 | 14 books
|
Finished: Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris; Altogether Dead by Charlaine Harris; The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardner; Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers; From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris; Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; Science (322, nos. 5900-09; 323, nos. 5910-5914); A Spoonful of Poison by M.C. Beaton; The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Just Plain Pickled to Death by Tamar Myers; A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read; Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffery Archer; Keepsake Crimes by Laura Childs; Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb;
AMWA Journal (23, no.4); The 1972 Annual World's Best SF by Donald Wollheim (ed.); Analog (September 1987; May 1992); Murder at the Kennedy Center by Margaret Truman; Crooked House by Agatha Christie;
Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs; Dreamers of the Day by Mary Dorie Russell; Bloom by Wil McCarthy; The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1; Survivors by Jean Lorrah Total: TBRs: 13 of 8; Charlotte Sleuths: 3 of 3; Sci Fi/Fantasy: 1 of 1; Magazines: 16 of 16; Releases: 4 of 4; Blog Posts: 4 of 4; Anthologies: 2 of 2; Short Story Magazines: 2 of 2; Sci Fi TBRs: 2 of 2 (reported March 29th) |
| Neige49 | • 2 mysteries |
Finished: The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart; The Storyteller's Beads by Jane Kurtz; The Quest For the Silver Fleece by W.E.B. DuBois; Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson; Howard's End by E. M. Forster; The Last Convertible by Anton Myrer; A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini; Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson; The Retreat by Aharon Appelfeld Total: Mysteries: 1 of 2; Others: 4 of 4; SpecFic: 2 of 2; TBR: 2 of 2 Current Book: (reported March 25th) |
| Nu-Knees | • 100+ Classic pages per week • 3 non-fiction books (1 per month: One Red Paperclip by Kyle Macdonald; The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt) |
Finished: One Red Paperclip by Kyle Macdonald; The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope; The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir; Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt; The Red and the Black by Stendhal; The Black Arrow by R. L. Stevenson Total: January: 4 of 4; February: 4 of 4; March 5 of 5; Non-fiction: 3 of 3 (reported March 26th) |
| tqd | Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy | Finished: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Total: 1 of 1 (reported March 28th) |
| MaryZee | • 7 books registered by BCers • 3 registered pre-2004 |
Finished: His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke; The Red Hat Society by Sue Ellen Cooper; The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; Catfantastic by Andre Norton; Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson; A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton; Windtalkers; Temple by Matthew Reilly; From the Shadows by Rebecca York Total: BCers': 6 of 7; pre-2004: 3 of 3 Current Book: (reported April 2nd) |
| Ibis3 | • the 5 books on the Canada Reads list (The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill; The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant by Michel Tremblay; Fruit by Brian Francis; Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards; The Outlander by Gil Adamson) |
Finished: The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill; The Outlander by Gil Adamson; The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant by Michel Tremblay; Fruit by Brian Francis; Fifteen Days: Stories Of Bravery, Friendship, Life And Death From Inside The New Canadian Army by Christie Blatchford; Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards; Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden Total: Canada Reads: 5 of 5; GGs: 1 of 2; Giller: 1 of 1 Current Book: (reported March 28th) |
| bluenoser | 18 books • 8 pre-2006 TBRs • 10 others |
Finished: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks; Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott; The Progress of Love by Alice Munro; Lives of Mothers and Daughters by Sheila Munro;
By Murder's Bright Light by Paul Doherty;
P is for Peril by Sue Grafton;
Holy Terrors by D. M. Greenwood;
Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett;
The Poison That Fascinates by Jennifer Clement; Soft Voices Whispering by Adrienne Dines; The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny; The Bath Detective by Christopher Lee; Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig; The Magician's Death by Paul Doherty; Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen; City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin;
Murder in the Kitchen by Fred Halliday; The Village That Died For England by Patrick Wright; Star Gazing by Linda Gillard; An Unholy Alliance by Susanna Gregory Total: pre-2006 TBRs: 8 of 8; Others: 12 of 10 (reported March 15th) |
| Miss-Owl | 10 1001 Books (Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; Enduring Love by Ian McEwan; Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton; Dracula by Bram Stoker; What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt; The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco; Fingersmith by Sarah Waters; The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch; A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai) | Finished:The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai; The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch; Fingersmith by Sarah Waters; The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco; Enduring Love by Ian McEwan; Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton; A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt Total: 8 of 10 Current Book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (reported March 20th) |
| janey-canuck | • 10 books from TBR • 4 Canada Reads books (The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant by Michel Tremblay; Fruit by Brian Francis; Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards; The Outlander by Gil Adamson) |
Finished: Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich; Fruit by Brian Francis; Shoes by Valerie Steele; Middlesex by Jeffery Eudenides; Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling; Horseradish by Lemony Snicket; The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant by Michael Tremblay; The Outlander by Gil Adamson; Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster; Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer; Just Enough Project Management by Curtis R. Cook; Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster Total: Other: 9 of 10; Canada Reads: 3 of 4 Current Book: Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards (reported April 12th) |
| Geileis | 6 Award-winning TBRs |
Finished: Gossip from the Forest by Thomas Keneally; English Passengers by Matthew Kneale; A Month in the Country by J. L.Carr; Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner; Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle; The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin; Amsterdam by Ian McEwan; Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Total: 8 of 6 (reported March 22nd) |
| perfect-circle | • 10 1001 books (Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams; The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing; The Siege of Krishnapur by Farell; Youth by J.M. Coetzee; Cannery Row by John Steinbeck; Kidnapped by R.L. Stevenson; The Sun Also Rises (aka Fiesta) by Ernest Hemingway; The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré) • 5 BBC Big Reads (Soul Music by Terry Pratchett; Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett; Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie; East of Eden by John Steinbeck; Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake) • 3 non-fiction (Pies and Prejudice by S Maconie; Fall of the House of Bush by Craig Unger; Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss) |
Finished: Youth by J. M. Coetzee and The Sun Also Rises (aka Fiesta) by Ernest Hemingway; Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams; Pies and Prejudice by S Maconie; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark; Cannery Row by John Steinbeck; Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett; Kidnapped by R.L. Stevenson; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré; Fall of the House of Bush by Craig Unger; The Siege of Krishnapur by Farell; Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie; The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch; Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss Total: 1001: 9 of 10; Non-Fiction: 3 of 3; BBC: 2 of 5 (reported March 30th) |
| jneni | • 1 book by J.R.R. Tolkein (The Silmarillion) • 10 books for The Ultimate Challenge 2009 • 4 books by new authors • 6 books for The Color Challenge 2009 • 2 classics |
Finished: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood; Chocolat by Joanne Harris; By Blood Written by Steven Womack; Black Gold of The Sun by Ekow Eshun; Extra Virgin: Amongst the Olive Groves in Liguria; Innocent Blood; The Witch of Portobello; Blueberry Muffin Murder; The Poe Shadow;
The Red House Mystery;
Body Language;
Full House;
Amber Room;
The Treason of The Ghosts;
Murder Must Advertise; The Silmarillion;
The Nine Tailors;
Tea House at Mulberry Street;
The Thief of Time; Brighton Rock; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil;
Black Thorn, White Rose; Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café Total: Ultimate: 10 of 10; Color: 6 of 6; New: 4 of 4; Tolkein: 1 of 1; Classics: 2 of 2 (reported March 28th) |
| Annimanni | 25 books • 2 books from the 1001 list • 4 books for the Geographical Challenge • 1 book from the 1000 years—100 books list • 1 book from the Rescue Those Books Challenge • 9 books for the Ultimate Challenge • 2 books for the Keep Them Moving Challenge • 6 other books |
Finished: Lumoavien mausteiden kahvila by Marsha Mehran; Magoria by Alexandra Berkova; Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie; The Wild by Esther Freud; My Life on a Plate by India Knight; Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress; Ohessa tilinumeroni by Pauli Kohelo; Stand by Your Man by Gil McNeil; A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ; Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz; Polly by Freya North; Granta 68: Love Stories; Accidents Like Love and Marriage by Jaishree Misra; Kultahattu by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Siideriän Rosien kanssa by Laurie Lee; Frangipani by Célestine Vaite; Kukkien verellä kirjottu by Anita Amirrezvani; Puhdas kuin lilja by Catherine Cookson; The Orchard on Fire by Shena
Mackay; Rivo satakieli by Leena Lehtolainen; Jasmiinin tuoksu by Rani
Manicka; Daisy Sisters by Henning Mankell; Tiedon tyttäret by Marjo T. Nurminen; Pelon maantiede by Anja Kauranen; Apple of My Eye by Helene Hanff Total: Ultimate: 9 of 9 ; Geographical: 4 of 4; Rescue: 1 of 1; Other: 6 of 6; Keep Them Moving: 2 of 2; 1001: 2 of 2; 1000 Years: 1 of 1 (reported March 31st) |
| -Nika- | • read 7000pp • release 7 books |
Total: Pages: 10 040 of 7000; Releases: 7 of 7 (reported March 5th) |
| Buffheart | 8 books • 2 BC books • 2 books that have been on the shelf for over 2 years • finish 4 current books |
(reported December 16th) |
| mrsgaskell | • 6 others • 2 classics • 2 CanLit • 2 re-reads • 2 new authors |
Finished: The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope; Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani; The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak; On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan; People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks; The Color of Water by James McBride; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews; The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid; Run by Ann Patchett; The Good Earth by Pearl Buck; Fair Stood the Wind for France by H. E. Bates; A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Total: Classics: 2 of 2; CanLit: 2 of 2; New Authors: 2 of 2; Others: 6 of 6; Re-reads: 2 of 2 (reported March 30th) |
| nicolesinger | 10 TBRs • 1 from other BCers (The Organized Student by Donna Goldberg and Jennifer Zwiebel) • 1 listed in 2006 • 1 listed in 2007 • 7 others |
Finished: The Killing of SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich by Callum MacDonald; The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins; Beloved by Toni Morrison; Get Out of My Life (But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?) by Anthony E. Wolf; Sold by Patricia McCormick; Eternity by Tamara Thorne; Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik; The Organized Student by Donna Goldberg and Jennifer Zwiebel; Pyramids by Terry Pratchett Total: 2007: 1 of 1; Other: 7 of 7; BCers: 1 of 1 Current Books: (reported March 28th) |
| Jare | 8 books • 4 books registered in 2003 • 4 books registered by other BCers |
Finished: Stinger by Robert R. McCammon; Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Total: 2003: 1 of 4; BCers': 1 of 2 Current Books: (reported January 29th) |
| Hawaii-Bookworm | 20 books • 5 from other BCers • 5 1001 books • 10 others |
Finished: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows; Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai; Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle; Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe; Oxygen by Andrew Miller; Stuck by Anneli Rufus; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance by Gyles Brandreth; Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill; From Time to Time by Jack Finney; The Book of Blam by Aleksandar Tisma; People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks; A Book Addict's Treasury by Julie Rugg & Lynda Murphy; Maus by Art Spiegelman; A Book Addict's Treasury by Julie Rugg & Lynda Murphy; The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor Total: Others: 10 of 10; BCers: 5 of 5; 1001: 1 of 5 Current Books: (reported March 3rd) |
| MollyGrue | • Sally Lockhart series by Philip Pullman (The Ruby in the Smoke;
The Shadow in the North;
The Tiger in the Well;
The Tin Princess) • 1 nonfiction book • 1 other TBR |
Finished: The Ruby in the Smoke; The Shadow in the North; The Tiger in the Well; The Tin Princess; Spare Parts Total: Lockhart: 4 of 4 Current Book: (reported February 2nd) |
| Ladybug768 | 16 books that aren't for school • 8 TBRs • 8 others |
Finished: Trust Me by Brenda Novak; Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux; Sweet Talk by Susan Mallery; The Duchess by Bertrice Small; Rainy Day Kisses by Debbie Macomber; Gimme My Money Back: Your Guide to Beating the Financial Crisis by Ali Velshi; Sweet Spot by Susan Mallery;
Sweet Trouble by Susan Mallery; Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber; Pope Joan: A Novel by Donna Woolfolk Cross; Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich;
The Diary of a Mad Bride by Laura Wolf; Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home by Michele Bardsley Total: TBRs: 3 of 8; Other: 3 of 8 Current Book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand; What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (reported March 26th) |
| Neuilly | • The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell • Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts • 1 other book (TBD) |
Finished: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Total: 1 of 3 Current Books: The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell @p.134 of 441; Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts @p. 125 of 933 (reported March 4th) |
| Gnoe | 3 Bookcrossing books | Finished: Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier; The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas Total: 2 of 3 Current Book: (reported January 18th) |
| Nagwan | 10 Books | Finished: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert; Your Face Tomorrow: Fever and Spear by Javier Marias; Where Rainbows End by Cecilia Ahern; The Handbag Book of Girly Emergencies; Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts; Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom; The Legend of the Totem by Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq; The Legend of the Shadows by Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq; Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin; The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Total: 10 of 10 (reported March 27th) |
| FeistyPom2Love | • 4 books to finish (The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman; Nature Girl by Carl Hiassen; Cane River by Lalita Tademy; Healing From The Heart by Mehmet Oz) |
Finished: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman; What Are The Dead Sea Scrolls & Why Do They Matter? by David Noel Freedman & Pam Fox Kuhlken; Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn; Hidden Motive by Hannah Alexander; Cane River by Lalita Tademy Total: To Finish: 2 of 4; Others: 3 of 4 Current Books: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain @ c. 16; Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen @ halfway (reported March 15th) |
| Chania | • 15 TBRs, authors' first names beginning with "A" (The Spanish Gardener by A.J. Cronin; Lazy Ways to Make a Living by Abigail Bosanko; Tingon tarkoitus ja muita merkillisiä sanoja maailmalta by Adam Jacot de Boinod; Pilvivuori by Aimee E. Liu; The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett; Me and Mr. Darcy: A Novel by Alexandra Potter; Oma taivas by Alice Sebold; Rouva Chenin henki by Amy Tan; Catfantastic: Nine Lives and Fifteen Tales by Andre Norton; The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot by Angus Wilson; The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant; Kiinalainen kesä by Anja Kauranen; Ei kiitos by Anna-Leena Härkönen; Extra Virgin by Anne Hawes; Rauhotutaan : Kertomus mielisairaalasta by Anneli Pääkkönen) • 7 controlled releases to other BookCrossers • All bookring books (read & sent) |
Finished: Ei kiitos by Anna-Leena Härkönen; The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant; Tingon tarkoitus ja muita merkillisiä sanoja maailmalta by Adam Jacot de Boinod; The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett; Pilvivuori by Aimee E. Liu; Me and Mr. Darcy: A Novel by Alexandra Potter; The Character of Rain by Amelie Nothomb; The Spanish Gardener by A.J. Cronin; Oma taivas by Alice Sebold; Extra Virgin by Anne Hawes; Catfantastic: Nine Lives and Fifteen Tales by Andre Norton; Kiinalainen kesäby Anja Kauranen; Kirjastokissa by Vicki Myron; The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot by Angus Wilson; Rauhotutaan : Kertomus mielisairaalasta by Anneli Pääkkönen; Lazy Ways to Make a Living by Abigail Bosanko; Rouva Chenin henki by Amy Tan Total: "A" TBRs: 14 of 15; CRs: 7 of 7; Bookrings: 1 of 1 Current Book: (reported February 24h) |
| bindibooks | • finish Orlando by Virginia Woolf • 1356pp (up to 2500pp for the year) • 2 controlled releases • 2 releases to the OBCZ • 2 wild releases |
Total: Pages: +1356 of 1356pp; CRs: 2 of 2; OBCZ: 2 of 2 (reported April 7th) |
| madmegzy | 10 Books for 10 different U.S. States | Finished: Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio Total: 1 of 10 Current Book: (reported March 3rd) |