Originally Posted by tirethminet

@jeice - like massage says, there's no set way to do your list.
they are FULLY CUSTOMISABLE. 8D
i also need to ask, what is your avatar wearing, aside from that valentine's hairpin. so preeetty. @_@

Yay for customization! *dances*

Thanks much for the compliment on my outfit, lol! Here are the items I'm wearing. *nodnod*
Valentine's Hair Pin
Valentine's Pendant
Black Reading Glasses
Regret'd Gloves
Dragonfruit Silken Gown

I am officially halfway through my goal...but only 5 months into it. I'm interested in seeing how much I go over.

Nick's List of Books (Started Reading on March 10th, 2009)
Books are listed in no particular order, except for when they are part of a series...then they are listed in the order they should be read. Once it's read it will be highlighted in the color green, so I can keep track of my progress. Also, (**) indicates a book I've already read before...and I know I'm rereading a lot, but that's because I have trouble retaining it all. Also, also...I'll probably be putting more than 50 on the list, and will attempt to read at least 50...I just have so many books laying around that I want to get to, heh.

~The Watch Series~
1. 'Night Watch' by Sergei Lukyanenko (**) 455 pages
2. 'Day Watch' by Sergei Lukyanenko (**) 453 pages
3. 'Twilight Watch' by Sergei Lukyanenko (**) 405 pages
4. 'Last Watch' by Sergei Lukyanenko 370 pages

5. 'The Love Dare' by Stephen & Alex Kendrick 213 pages
6. 'In the Forests of the Night' by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes 147 pages

~The Anne of Green Gables Series~
7. 'Anne of Green Gables' by L. M. Montgomery 310 pages
8. 'Anne of Avonlea' by L. M. Montgomery 276 pages
9. 'Anne of the Island' by L. M. Montgomery 243 pages
10. 'Anne of Windy Poplars' by L. M. Mongomery 258 pages
11. 'Anne's House of Dreams' by L. M. Mongomery 227 pages
12. 'Anne of Ingleside' by L. M. Montgomery 274 pages
13. 'Rilla of Ingleside' by L. M. Montgomery 277 pages
14. 'Rainbow Valley' by L. M. Montgomery 225 pages

~The Twilight Series~
15. 'Twilight' by Stephenie Meyer (**) 498 pages
16. 'New Moon' by Stephenie Meyer (**) 563 pages
17. 'Eclipse' by Stephenie Meyer (**) 629 pages
18. 'Breaking Dawn' by Stephenie Meyer 754 pages

19. 'How to Write a Play' by Raymond Hull 232 pages
20. 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson (**) 470 pages
21. 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman 588 pages
22. 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova (**) 909 pages
23. 'Black Sunday' by Thomas Harris 311 pages
24. 'The Time Traveler's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger (**) 536 pages
25. 'She's Come Undone' by Wally Lamb 465 pages
26. 'Screenwriting' by Richard Walter 240 pages
27. 'I was a Better Mother Before I had Kids' by Lori Borgman 194 pages
28. 'The Nanny Diaries' by Ema McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus 306 pages
29. 'Fatherhood' by Bill Cosby 178 pages

~The Vampire Hunter D Series~
30. 'Vampire Hunter D' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 238 pages
31. 'Raiser of Gales' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 215 pages
32. 'Demon Deathchase' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 178 pages
33. 'Tale of the Dead Town' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 167 pages
34. 'The Stuff of Dreams' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 172 pages
35. 'Pilgramage of the Sacred and the Profane' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 175 pages
36. 'Mysterious Journey to the North Sea (Part One)' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 168 pages
37. 'Mysterious Journey to the North Sea (Part Two)' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 243 pages
38. 'The Rose Princess' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 195 pages
39. 'Dark Nocturne' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 202 pages
40. 'Pale Fallen Angel (Parts One & Two)' by Hideyuki Kikuchi (**) 295 pages

41. 'The Highwayman' by R. A. Salvatore 418 pages
42. 'Vampires' by John Steakley 357 pages

~The Cleric Quintet Series~
43. 'Canticle' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 314 pages
44. 'In Sylvan Shadows' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 314 pages
45. 'Night Masks' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 314 pages
46. 'The Fallen Fortress' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 313 pages
47. 'The Chaos Curse' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 312 pages

~The Noble Dead Series~
48. 'Dhampir' by Barb & J. C. Hendee 376 pages
49. 'Thief of Lives' by Barb & J. C. Hendee 410 pages
50. 'Sister of the Dead' by Barb & J. C. Hendee 405 pages
51. 'Traitor to the Blood' by Barb & J. C. Hendee 404 pages
52. 'Rebel Fay' by Barb & J. C. Hendee 416 pages

~The Felix Gomez Series~
53. 'The Nymphos of Rocky Flats' by Mario Acevedo 266 pages
54. 'X-Rated Blood Suckers' by Mario Acevedo 332 pages
55. 'The Undead Kama Sutra' by Mario Acevedo 306 pages
56. 'Jailbait Zombie' by Mario Acevedo 352 pages

~The Legend of Drizzt Series~
57. 'Homeland' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 343 pages
58. 'Exile' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 343 pages
59. 'Sojourn' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 346 pages
60. 'The Crystal Shard' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 344 pages
61. 'Streams of Silver' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 377 pages
62. 'The Halfling's Gem' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 378 pages
63. 'The Legacy' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 341 pages
64. 'Starless Night' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 369 pages
65. 'Siege of Darkness' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 378 pages
66. 'Passage to Dawn' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 375 pages
67. 'The Silent Blade' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 394 pages
68. 'The Spine of the World' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 381 pages
69. 'Sea of Swords' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 390 pages

~The Hunter's Blades Trilogy~
70. 'The Thousand Orcs' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 367 pages
71. 'The Lone Drow' by R. A. Salvatore (**) 370 pages
72. 'The Two Swords' by R. A. Salvatore 376 pages

~The Sellswords Trilogy~
73. 'Servant of the Shard' by R. A. Salvatore 371 pages
74. 'Promise of the Witch-King' by R. A. Salvatore 373 pages
75. 'Road of the Patriarch' by R. A. Salvatore 375 pages

~The Transitions Trilogy~
76. 'The Orc King' by R. A. Salvatore 398 pages

77. 'Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life' by Donald S. Whitney 249 pages


Total Books Read: 5/77
Total Pages Read: 1932/26,501

Woh. Large book list. =O -looks through-

@Massage: Meh, it's not really that long of a list...especially if I can stay off Mene long enough to actually get to reading, lol! I can typically get through a 350 page book in a week...so I know I can at least get 50 books read in a year. *nods*

I see in your sig that you're reading Black House. How are you enjoying it? I found that to be a very good story. Forgive my laziness and not checking your booklist, but...did you read the Talisman already? I sorta messed up and read them out of order, but they were still both very good, lol!

Oh, I had another question...does listening to audio books count? I'm kinda feeling like it'd be cheating, but I kinda feel like I would get more done that way. >.> Seeing as how I've already listened to several of the books on the list about 4 times each. Work is boring without something to keep your mind on, hehehe.

@shadowfoot: Congrats on your progress! How many books were you shooting for having read?

Haha. I see. I can usually read about 100 pages a day... if I set aside about two hours a day to read. Some days I'll do nothing but read and read about 1,000 pages if I get really, really into the book... yea. That doesn't happen often and I end up reading about fifty pages if I'm lucky. I used a calculator and I need to read 41-42 pages a day to reach my 15,000 page goal.

When I got Black House I was really happy (my mom surprised me with it since she knew I liked Stephen King) then realized that it had a book before it. Turns out I had it, started it at one point but forgot about it (most likely because of school). So I read The Talisman first. I loved The Talisman. I loved, loved Wolf and oddly Osmond. xD I'm about half-way through Black House and I'm happy with it so far. Oh, and I read The Talisman before the challenge so it's not on my list.

I don't know about audio books. I wouldn't think they count though. I just get a paper feel from this challenge. Sort of a 'make time for paper and eyes'.
But I guess they could. I don't have a problem with them counting. I guess someone else is better for answering that question. haha. Sorry.

Relating to a page back about Cherry's post.
Sabriel is definitely good for you. I love that book. I actually just reread the series.

Yay for having yet another book done. I bought Hunted last night after I had a doctors appointment. I started reading it at 7pm and finished at 10:15pm. Thankfully it didn't have as much guy drama as the other House of Night books. It was still pretty good though. I just wish it had been a bit longer. From what I've read it's either going to be a 7 or 9 book series.

@cherry - mm, uh, nope. i wouldn't recognise anymore. XD
i already saw the orwell and bradbury and austen, plus girl interrupted and the bell jar, tad williams stephen king and that white is for magic or somesuch title (i always forget the exact wording)
annnnddd i won't list the others.
but that's what i would recognise. everything else is something i haven't seen before.
i have a problem with collecting and using pez dispensers.
mostly because pez are almost like nerds for me. pure sugarcrack. 8D
(go look at my picture album on my profile. chococat pez dispenser :3)

@jeice - and it all matches so nicely. +_+
8D vampire hunter d~ i've never read the novels, though. :[
audio books are fine. remember, NO RULES. :]
whatever you want to count as a book, go for it.

ps.
ahmahgawd.
i made dani watch repo! last night.
when it finished she asked to see it again and the soundtrack has been on repeat for the whole morning so far. XD
we were singing along. WHAT HAVE I DONE? x3

Oh, wow, you have good eyes. xD

CHOCOCAT PEZ! That's so cute. :heart:

Tireth: Ianto objects to being called sport. Science Ninja Team Gatchaman was a real cartoon. O_o

All the books I'm reading at the moment seem to have thrown random Japanese into them. Tosh called Owen 'otaku' because of his Second Life addiction, Charles Stross uses the words 'otaku' and 'kawaii' and the issue of the Uncanny X-Men I just read was set in Japan (cue lots of 'Wolverine-San'). :/

Jeice: Nice list! I used to love R.A. Salvatore. I've read a lot of the Drizzt books, but mostly out of order. I think the only ones I did read in the right way were the Icewind Dale trilogy. I got The Thousand Orcs for Christmas a few years ago and I haven't read it yet. -_-

+ I returned four books to the library and six out (including The Eyre Affair, the recommendations leech I am). My poor books will never get read.

SO I caved and requested the first available copy of Jennifer Government from my library, I should be coming in a couple days. When I'm done with it I'll probley request Company (thats Maxx Barry's third novel's name right?).

I got The Jane Austen Book Club in. I'm sooo excited. I got it in through Paperback swap, now I'm a little addicted to it >.> thanks Cherry.

Stormy - Yeah, one of his books is called Company. I don't know if it's his third or not, though. I don't remember what order they were published in.

@Massage: I...I have no clue how many pages I read a day. Never thought to check that, lol! Maybe about 80, or so...because I can get the Vampire Hunter D books done in a day and a half apiece. Hmm...I'd need to read about 77 pages a day to finish every book on my list in the year's time.

Haha! Wolf was an awesome character in The Talisman! Hey, what was it about Osmond that made you like him? Just curious, heh. For some reason, I wasn't too keen on The Talisman, I thought it was very good...but I much preferred Black House. Maybe because it dealt with adults, rather than kids? *shrugs*

And about audio books...I think you're right that this feels like it should only be paper and ink. *nods* That's sorta why I only listed the books I've listened to that I also own the physical copy of too.

@tirethminet: *nodnod* It does match...except for the hairpin, hehehe. Though, I like how the splash of white draws the eyes to the face.

Yay! So, I guess that means you've seen the D movies??? Which one was your favorite, the first or second? I heard they're supposed to make a third. Aaaanyways...the novels are better than the movies in my opinion, because the movies left out so many of the good parts and you don't really get the full story. Also, they are very short reads...>.>...though, they do have the downside of every plot being almost identical, heh. If you ever get the chance you should check them out.

Aaaand...I'm considering using audio books, but I may listen to them twice before I count them, since I'd never be able to read them myself as quickly as I can get them listened to. Then I wouldn't feel quite like I was cheating, heh.

@KatMagenta: Thankies much! And R. A. Salvatore is one of my absolute favorite writers at the moment...especially the Drizzt books. *nodnod* If you ever get the chance, it's worth it to read the Drizzt books in order...things ake a bit more sense that way, lol!

@Jeice Barton: I think it's Osmonds' crazy-ness. He was just so interesting.
I liked the imagination that seems to flow through The Talisman. Black House is good though. Since I haven't finished Black House I can't really decided which I think is better.

Cherry:: Yeah, I just meant that Syrup is the first book I've read by him, next will be Jennifer Government so that makes Company his third book by him that i will have read. I suppose I should of clarified better. >.>

Stormy - Ohhh, I see what you mean.
Jennifer Government is my favorite book of his. I hope you enjoy it! If you liked Syrup, you will.

Cherry:: I loved Syrup, so I'm sure I'll like JG. I've read a good portion on the net and it seemed really interesting.

man I just wanna curl up into a little ball and pass out... *cries*

*hands Feyona a blanket and some tea*

If your body is telling you that you need sleep, get your little butt off the computer and sleep!

@Jeice: Only 50, but I'm a teacher, so I work full time and then go home and work full time again (lol). It shortens my personal reading time, although I read a lot of student essays and stories...

|D Ugh, I fell so behind in my reading this past week. Stupid school.
Well, actually, I did a lot of reading, but I don't think my AP history book counts much. XD

I'm behind too.
I have a paper sack full of books to read, but I just seem to not have time. :/

@cherry - if i know it, i see it. @_@;;
i have much love for pez dispensers. 83

@kat - i know it was a real show. XDD
actually, it's making me think of the science team for ultraman now. x_x;
random japanese~ but. pwahaha. OWEN PLAYING SECOND LIFE? XDD
kawaii is one of the words i loathe in anything except a japanese accent. :/
.... snort. wolverine-san? xp

@jeice - i have the... first movie? i never managed to get past that, possibly because i always forget movies i want to see and things like that.
i will totally try to remember to check the books out. especially since you have tempted me with the "short read" aspect. 8D
audio books... that is fair. :]
i would have done that with mine, but listening to the twilight series is already so long. plus i did NOT want to listen to jacob's parts of the book more than i had to. his voiceactor/narrator had a ridiculously annoying voice.
and then coraline... well... i kept falling asleep while listening to it, so i must've listened to a lot of parts multiple times. (gaiman's voice has some sort of power over me 8D~

@feyona - NOOOO NO CRYING. :[
you need hugs. :3

@shadow - heh. you should count each assignment as reading one book. XD

@bishie - your ap history book does too count! as long as you think it counts, it counts.
(i would count it. history is a pain in the butt without ap. @_@)

@kitami - a paper sack? did you get them at a deli? XD
BOOK SANDWICHES.

ps.
aahhhhh, repo! and watchmen are crossing over themselves in my head.

Tireth: Stross described a pink and blue pony/unicorn/centaur girl with huge round eyes as kawaii and anime style so at least it made some sense. When he used otaku I'm not even sure he knew what it meant.

I don't think this is that spoiler-ish but Owen is playing a warrior type bloke, except he based himself on the female avatar without noticing so there's a lot of jokes about him having breasts. Tosh invents a 3D virtual reality helmet as well as projectors in the hub so he can play for real but even though she says not to go online with it he does. Silly boy. Ianto also appears as a giraffe man for reason I can ascertain other than the author was tripping.

Wolverine can speak Japanese so a lot of the text is <like this> to imply people are speaking Japanese. He's about to tell the girl his actual name but then they get attacked by 'mandroids' and I spend far too long laughing at the word mandroid.

I'm enjoying reading the Young Merlin trilogy by Jane Yolen right now.