I LUB YOU TWINNEH! TT^TT
-runs to embrace you tearfully-

*slow-mo run through a field with arms extended and happy classical music playing*

8'D
.....
-trips on a rock right before she gets to you and falls in slow motion to land on her face-
TT_TT

*slow-mo trips over your fallen body*
*slow-mo fall* *slow-mo hitting head on a rock* *slow-mo bleed*

.....No one is coming to slo-mo help us. D:
Are we gonna bleed to death in slo-mo? T_T

Hello Cherry & kit. I havne't posted in this thread in soooo long...

Right now I'm reading For whome the bells toll, by Hemingway.

I do believe you are. :D
*is unable to do slo-mo*

Slo-mo patches up Kitami and Cherry...with band-aids with Strawberry Shortcake on them...

*quick-mo steals band-aid* :ninja:

*slow-mo bleed to death in sad cute bandaidlessness*
*slow-mo die*
*slow-mo haunts bishie for stealing my bandaid*

*quick-mo ponders over Cherry's siggy quote*

*looks up from her book*

Bwah?
What have you two been up to in my thread?!

OwO *scampers away to hide*

Slow-moing.
Wanna join? :D

Err, I mean...

Wwwwwaaaaannnnaaaaa jjjooooiiinnnn?

Bishie - http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/stone+t..._20132579.html

*Laughs at everybody's antics...*
Poor Cherry is haunting the thread just in time for All Hallows Eve...

I'm not slo-moing, I'm quick-moing :D

Thothy <3 :: What is it about, darling? o:

-watches cherry's ghost float around and watches bishie move around at hyper speed-

:o I think someone slipped me some drugs again....

I'd really love to join the 50 Book Challenge, but I don't think I could possibly manage to meet the quota for 2008. I'd have to read... (thinking... thinking)... 5 books a week? Now, if this were the summer, I'd go for it, but I'm afraid that I have far too much school work and not nearly enough coffee at present.


I hope to lurk until then. I quite like this thread! :angel:

Well, you know, you could start now and then end your challenge in October of 2009. :yes:

But you could lurk too, I mean. As seen above, we obviously don't always talk about the challenge all the time. XD;

Knerd:: Is it on the front page that you can start the challenge whenever as long as you end a year from then? @_@
If not, I think you should add it. Because that seems to confuse like, everyone. Dx

Originally Posted by `Kitami

Well, you know, you could start now and then end your challenge in October of 2009. :yes:

This is highly sensible, and I am a dork for not thinking of it! Thank you! :glomp:

Update: because I want my book lists to align with New Year's 2010, I am now working towards two goals at once.

Goal #1: The 50 book goal that I started in October of 2008 will be completed the second I hit 15,000 pages.

Goal #2: For 2009, my goal is to read 30,000 pages of completely new material. Since I have an overwhelming tendency to reread, this goal will be sufficiently challenging. Only books never before read will count towards this page goal.

Aislin's 50 Book Challenge!
2008: [14, 219/15,000]<--::--> 2009:[10, 760/ 30, 000]
Overall: 14, 219 pages
October 21, 2008- December 31, 2009

~:~ Books Read ~:~

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen [228] *
2. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs [325]
3. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs [516]
4. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher [224]*^
5. Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs [315]
6. Syrup by Maxx Barry [294]
7. Stardust by Neil Gaiman [248]
8. The Host by Stephenie Meyer [619]
9. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine [288]^
10. Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser [238]
11. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris [134]
12. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell [254]
13. The Richest Man In Babylon by George S. Clason [144]
14. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling [50] (Counted as only 50, since they're large-font fairy stories. Lovely, though, as expected.)
15. The Stranger by Albert Camus [144]*
16. Fearless (1) by Francine Pascal [199]^
17. Harry, A History by Melissa Anelli [330]
18. Sam (2) by Francine Pascal [200]^
19. The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill [50] (Kids book, counted as half-ish) ^
20. Run (3) by Francine Pascal [206]^
21. Twisted (4) by Francine Pascal [214]^
22. Kiss (5) by Francine Pascal [183]^
23. Payback (6) by Francine Pascal [216]^
24. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama [442]
25. Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters [198]^
26. Rebel (7) by Francine Pascal [215]^
27. Heat (8) by Francine Pascal [197]^
28. Blood (9) by Francine Pascal [210]^
29. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman [307]
30. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs [308]
31. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya [262] *
32. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch [206]
33. Liar (10) by Francine Pascal [222]^
34. Naked by David Sedaris [291]
35. Trust (11) by Francine Pascal [220]^
36. Jennifer Government by Max Barry [320]
37. Ender In Exile by Orson Scott Card [377]
38. Killer (12) by Francine Pascal [222]^
39. Bad (13) by Francine Pascal [215]^
40. Missing (14) by Francine Pascal [216]
41. Tears (15) by Francine Pascal [214]
42. Naked (16) by Francine Pascal [208]
43. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs [296]
44. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell [285]
45. Flee (17) by Francine Pascal [214]
46. Love (18) by Francine Pascal [207]
47. Twins (19) by Francine Pascal [217]
48. Sex (20) by Francine Pascal [234]
49. Blind (21) by Francine Pascal [201]
50. Alone (22) by Francine Pascal [192]
51. Fear (23) by Francine Pascal [195]
52. Betrayed (24) by Francine Pascal [239]
52. Lost (25) by Francine Pascal [202]
53. Escape (26) by Francine Pascal [256]
54. Cesar's Way by Cesar Milan [275]
55. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald [60]
56. The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way by Bill Bryson [245]
57. Mapping the World of Harry Potter by mult. sci-fi & fantasy authors, edited by Mercedes Lackey [194]
58. Teacher Man by Frank McCourt [258]
59. Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card [358]



~:~ Books On the Hit-List ~:~

1. Sex lives of the Roman Emperors Nigel Cawthorne (dream rec)
2. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
4. Genome by Matt Ridley
5. GOTH: A Novel of Horror by Ostuichi
6. The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
7. Fear Less by Gavin de Becker
8. Just 2 Seconds by Gavin de Becker
9. Children's Literature: A Reader's History by Seth Lehrer
10. Protecting the Gift by Gavin de Becker
11. Telling Lies by Paul Ekman
12. Emotions Revealed by Paul Ekman
13. Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion by the Dali Lama and Paul Ekman
14. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
15. Glass by Ellen Hopkins
16. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
17. Lucky by Alice Sebold
18. Hello, Midnight by Deborah Bishop
19. The Dark Light by (?-- recc'd by Bishie)
20. U.S. History to 1850 (Online Course) by David Carpenter
21. Roald Dahl Omnibus
22. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
23. Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
24. Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr





Key:
[number of pages]
* for school
^reread
Books in purple: never read before.

For those who are interested, I have ebooks from:
Douglas Adams
Anne McCaffrey
Ray Bradbury
Dan Brown
Eoin Colfer
Lemony Snicket
JRR Tolkein
Jim Butcher
Lloyd Alexander
Michael Chrichton
Robert Aspirin
Shiloh Walker
Terry Brooks
Terry Goodkind
Stephen King (Darktower, specifically)
Patricia Briggs
Piers Anthony
Isaac Asimov
Orson Scott Card
Clive Cussler
Kim Harrison
Mercedez Lackey
Ursula K LeGuin
James Patterson
R.A. Salvatore
Jules Verne

P.M. me if you would like to know more about what I have for an author. :)

So I can remember the code to...X

... These nifty little spoiler boxes! Oh, how I love them.

Hehe :hug: No you aren't. Lots of people come in and say basically the exact same thing you did. o:

Oooh Pride and Prejudice! I love that book!

Yay! A new member for the challenge! =D Good luck on finishing your list then~ :3

And awws, I've never read Pride and Prejudice. D: I really should though. Everyone always recommends it to me. >.>;

>> I'm going to try and finish before 2009, but if not, I have until May.

I'm gonna try and finish before June, so our deadlines are pretty close. xD

I still haven't found my current book yet though, so tough luck for me. >.>;

D| Yeah, the book I wanna read has yet to come in at my library. Screw them and their slow moving system.
*reads Man in the Iron Mask instead*