@Springy

There's: The Literature Network
Full Books.com
Read Print
Classic Reader
The Free Library

I'm sure you'll find something you like in there. :yes:

Well, I'm not going to finish the challenge this year. :lol:

I'm going for it again next year though. o:
Would it be okay if I re-read some of the books that I read this year, Knerd? -has limited resources-

Added these titles. Oh man...Fables was soooo good. @.@

70. The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern - Lilian Jackson Braun
71. The Lost Files of Nancy Drew - Brainwaves Limited UK
72. Fables : War In Pieces - Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham

Originally Posted by `Kitami

Would it be okay if I re-read some of the books that I read this year, Knerd? -has limited resources-

Sure! Go ahead and do whatever you like.

You can make up whatever rules you want for the challenge. We're not all that strict. :lol:

Originally Posted by tirethminet

@dani - i haven't gone through my books to add the ones to the bookshelf thing on facebook.
not to mention i forgot the whole plot of some of the books i've read so i'm not marking them down as read. (coughclaidijournalscough)
TEEHEE GENE SHOWALTER. was it good?

I meant just my books, not that you haven't read a lot, just that with all your books, most of mine aren't on your shelves. I was saying we have different tastes... Yet the same. @_@;

Yes, Gena Showalter was really good, I'm already halfway through her second book in the series. Its the first time I actually liked a 'Romance' genre novel. Most of the time I find them to sappy and unrealistically real. (Aka: They try to be 'real' but it would never happen in real life.) Though I think I liked it because of the fighting, supernatural, Greek mythology, and the explosions... The romantic part was not that bad either. xD
Did I mention there was an ad for 'The Darkest Night' on the inside cover of 'The Darkest Night' saying "Available May 2008" ...? :lol:

Oh, we can add books that we read twice to the list twice? I feel like I wasted so much time by reading the Twilight books twice in a month. xD;

I'm SO not gonna reach my goal by the end of this year. I only started in October? So I was planning my goal deadline to be October 2OO9. x]]]

Today's my day off so I'm gonna get some reading in! ;D

@cherry - i guess i just haven't grown up, then. XD
i'm keeping a lot of series i started when i was 11-12 (remnants, the water trilogy, avalon, deltora quest, etc.)

@stormy - good luck on applying at the store opening near you. ;]
borders isn't so bad, but i must say, they're a good bit less organized than us. it feels more like a department store than a book store.

@lumi - teehee. i think dani and i need to have a book counting contest. she has more bookcases, but mine are bigger. 8D
and do you know if it's a real starbucks, or it's just that the cafe serves starbucks products? because it's really rare if there's a real starbucks attached.
and that's one of the few things i'm not trained in, cafe, but like i said before, i'm clumsier than bella, so that would be a bad idea to throw me in the kitchen. XD

@dani - i think it's just that we found different books that we both like. if we merged our collections, they would be a large fraction of all the books we could possibly like, with very few repeats.
so now i need to read them. damn you, dani. >:[
and lol, advertisingfail.

all:
i updated my list so now i have three books i'm in the middle of, a novel, an audiobook, and a manga.
i have no attention span, whatsoever. ._.;;
also, i found a totally adorable real-life romantic story. on WIKIPEDIA.
this author and a prime minister got each other's letters (that were sent to them from other people) by accident and finally met and get married in 1904. =3=
... i had something else to say, but i forgot. :[
it will come back to me sometime.

Yeah I uhm need another bookcase. Maybe an actual library attached to my house would work.
I officially just lost all money for books. So now I can't buy anymore until I find a new job. T_T

Dream - Check out this site, then.
http://www.paperbackswap.com
I guarantee you that it's legit and safe. I've ordered almost every book on my list from it.
You post books that you have and don't want anymore, then people request them. You mail them your book and pay for shipping. You get one credit for each book that is sent. Then you request books from other people completely free. You don't pay a dime.
So all you ever pay is 1-2 dollars in shipping to ship your own books out.
It's great.
And the books are in good condition, too. And if you're really picky, you can put up a thing that will tell the people that you're requesting a book from what kind of quality you want (like "no rips, but spine creases are okay").
It's a lifesaver since books can get pretty expensive.

@dani - i think maybe we should just make our own personal library.
just for us. and we can read each other's books. XD
... out of the blue, i just thought of the library from the beauty and the beast. @_@;;;;

@cherry - the only problem with that is both of us like to keep all of our books.

And you're sure that there's NONE that you don't want anymore? Like, any little kid books? Or maybe your parents have some books that they don't want?

You can also buy credits for like, two dollars, I think. So still, you're getting books really cheap.

Cherry. I love you. XD
There used to be a book swap store about 20 minutes from my house. It was great you could trade books for equally sized books, donate, or you could buy some. I miss it.

I have books that I never liked but read because I can't stand to put a book down. So I could trade those in.

i may have some books like that, but less than ten in my entire collection.
(well, manga aren't included in that because i have a great deal of those i wish to trade)
... i should have kidnapped all the books my stepdad tossed in the recycling a few months ago, but they were all computer books and such, so i didn't grab them. :[
there's also bookmooch as well as paperbackswap. i think there's another one, but i don't remember what it is.

tonight i just went to pick up books i ordered a while ago and because it's employee appreciation week at b&n, we get 40% off instead of the usual 30%.
my order was all four volumes of journey to the west plus a manga. the whole purchase should have been about $110 for a regular customer, including tax, but i got it for $65. 8DDD
i would have gotten more books, but i had no time to browse. (as it was, i was walking out of the door at 5 past closing)

Dream - Yay! I hope it helps.
And you don't even have to worry about the books being of equal value. You could send a tiny kiddie book off and use the credit to buy a popular hardcover.

Tireth - I'm not sure if paperbackswap accepts manga or not. I don't have any and I don't want any, so I've never looked. It's worth checking, though.
And I know how you feel about "Oh, if only I had kept those books..."
There's also a site just like that for swapping CDs. But a few months before I discovered it, I gave away about seven CDs. ><

I think I may have to raid my cousins book box then. It's been in my garage for two years and I don't think she cares about them. I don't like any of her books... Score.

i think i just mentally threw up and cried at the same time. fail.

so it does accept manga, but i think i will be bringing manga to cons to swap (if they have a swap organized like manganext does) just because i know it will be going to a good home and i will get something i want in return for it. :]

... damn you, dani. damn you. ::shakefist::

Tireth: That's so many types of wrong. I think half a star could be half a star too many. What is a cine-manga anyway? Real pictures with speech bubbles? I'm ignorant in the ways of manga.

I was looking at abebooks.co.uk but even though the books are cheap (less than £1) the postage is usually about £3. Thanks Royal Mail.

@Leenie: I feel ill. Like really ill now. Who published it? I need to have a talk with that company.

@Kat: Cine-manga are basically what you said, images from the show printed in manga form with the word bubble. I've never seen one for a live action show before, only anime.

Speaking of Manga Some guy in America is being charged for having 'Obscene' manga. He might get up to 20 years in jail. \ fail. This is scaring me a bit. T_T

I really like this idea... and I think i'll start at the beginning of next year. I'm always reading about 2-3 books at a time and I don't want to start the challenge mid-book. So I think once I finish the books i'm on right now I'll start my list.

I could definitely do that; I read enough books as it is ^^ Can I include book I finished reading this past week?

I'm sure you can. When I started, I just set my start point as the beginning of the year, though I first posted in summer or spring. So I included all the books I had already finished this year.

Were it not for the fact that I've read so many books since January that I've forgotten some of the titles already... *laughs* I'd probably do the same thing.

Originally Posted by FeyonaSaibre

Were it not for the fact that I've read so many books since January that I've forgotten some of the titles already... *laughs* I'd probably do the same thing.

You can always start your challenge today, and then end it on the exact same day next year. :yes:


I dropped off of the face of the planet for a week, and there are tons and tons and tons of posts that I missed on this thread! *flails*

:pirate: I'm off to adventure through a couple of pages.

2009 Book ListX

Oh man, I am so giving this a shot! I think I'll shoot for 100 books instead of 50, so here goes nothing! :D

Iltu's Book List
1.) Ranger's Apprentice Book Five: The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan - 295 pages - Completed on 1/5/09
2.) Inkheart by Cornealia Funke - 535 pages - Completed on 1/9/09
3.) Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead - 326 pages - Completed on 1/10/09
4.) Zombie Blondes by Brian James - 232 pages - Completed on 1/10/09
5.) Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead - 296 pages - Completed on 1/11/09
6.) Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst - 335 pages - Completed on 1/12/09
7.) Waiting for Sarah by Bruce McBay and James Heneghan - 170 pages - Completed on 1/12/09
8.) Poison by Chris Wooding - 273 pages - Completed on 1/14/09
9.) Interviews with Muslim Women of Pakistan by Chiara Angela Kovarik - 122 pages - Completed on 1/16/09
10.) Lust by Robin Wasserman - 229 pages - Completed on 1/26/09
11.) Envy by Robin Wasserman - 231 pages - Completed on 1/27/09
12.) Pride by Robin Wasserman - 231 pages - Completed 1/28/09
13.) Wrath by Robin Wasserman - 233 pages - Completed on 1/30/09
14.) Sloth by Robin Wasserman - 227 Pages - Completed on 1/31/09
15.) Gluttony by Robin Wasserman - 233 pages - Completed on 2/2/09
16.) Greed by Robin Wasserman - 237 pages - Completed on 2/3/09
17.) Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey - 340 pages - Completed on 2/4/09
18.) Mud Girl by Alison Atchison - 315 pages - Completed on 2/4/09
19.) Child of a Rainless Year by Jane Lindskold - 400 pages - Completed on 2/7/09
20.) Here, There Be Dragons: Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen - 326 pages - Completed on 2/9/09
21.) Out of the Shadows by Sarah Singleton - 252 pages - Completed on 2/10/09
22.) The Eyes of a King by Catherine Banner - 435 pages - Completed on 2/13/09
23.) Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan - 185 pages - Completed on 2/23/09
24.) The Musician's Daughter by Susanne Dunlap - 317 pages - Completed on 2/26/09
25.) Buried Fire by Jonathan Stroud - 332 pages- Completed on 2/26/09
26.) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - 254 pages - Completed on 2/27/09
27.) The Luxe by Anna Godberson - 433 pages - Completed on 2/27/09
28.) Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare - 189 pages - Completed on 3/5/09
29.) Rumors: A Luxe Novel by Anna Godbersen - 423 pages - Completed on 3/7/09
30.) Storm Born by Richelle Mead - 361 pages - Completed on 3/11/09
31.) Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz - 399 pages - Compelted on 3/16/09
32.) Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah - 360 pages- Completed on 3/17/09
33.) The Echo Maker by Richard Powers - 451 pages - Completed 3/20/09
34.) Suck It Up by Brian Meehl - 319 pages - Completed 3/21/09
35.) The Search for the Red Dragon: Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen - 351 pages - Completed on 3/22/09
36.) Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - 331 pages - Completed on 3/23/09
37.) Frostbite by Richelle Mead - 327 pages - Completed on 3/24/09
38.) Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead - 443 pages - Completed on 3/26/09
39.) House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones - 404 pages - Completed on 3/27/09
40.) The Alchemyst by Michael Scott - 375 pages - Completed on 3/29/09
41.) Alis by Naomi Rich - 274 pages - Completed on 3/31/09
42.) Thirteen Orphans by Jane Lindskold - 367 pages - Completed on 4/8/09
43.) Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - 635 pages - Completed on 4/10/09
44.) The Lost Blogs by Paul Davidson - 271 pages - Completed on 4/11/09
45.) Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen - 350 pages - Completed on 4/21/09
46.) Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson - 353 pages - Completed on 4/23/09
47.) The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman - 167 pages - Completed on 4/23/09
48.) Girlwood by Claire Dean - 247 pages - Completed on 4/24/09
49.) An Evil Guest by Gene Wolf - 301 pages - Completed on 4/26/09
50.) Skinned by Robin Wasserman - 361 pages - Completed on 4/27/09
51.) The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding - 292 pages - Completed on 4/30/09
52.) The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause - 198 pages - Completed on 5/2/09
53.) Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell - 356 pages - Completed on 5/2/09
54.) The Ragwitch by Garth Nix - 391 pages- Completed on 5/10/09
55.) Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier - 400 pages - Completed on 5/14/09
56.) Ironside by Holly Black - 323 pages - Completed on 5/23/09
57.) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - 327 pages - Completed on 5/24/09
58.) You Suck by Christopher Moore -328 pages - Completed on 5/27/09
59.) Love Marriage by V. V. Ganeshananthan - 284 pages - Completed on 6/3/09
60.) Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor - 275 pages - Completed on 6/8/09
61.) Swimming Without a Net by MaryJanice Davidson - 271 pages - Completed on 6/9/09
62.) Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead - 320 pages - Completed on 6/21/09
63.) The Taking by Dean Koontz - 338 pages - Completed on 6/28/09
64.) Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore - 437 pages - Completed on 7/1/09
65.) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - 220 pages - Completed on 7/3/09
66.) A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester - 296 pages - Completed on 8/17/09
67.) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston - 193 pages - Compelted on 8/21/09
68.) The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli - 127 pages - Completed on 8/21/09
69.) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - 246 pages - Completed on 8/24/09
70.) Watership Down by Richard Adams - 481 pages - Completed on 8/30/09
71.) Abarat by Clive Barker - 388 pages - Completed on 8/31/09
72.) Blood Promise by Richelle Mead - 503 pages - Completed on 9/2/09
73.) Ranger's Apprentice Book Six: The Seige of Macindaw by John Flanagan - 293 pages - Completed on 9/3/09
74.) The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler - 246 pages - Completed on 9/4/09
75.) Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker - 489 pages - Completed on 9/5/09
76.) Fact of Life # 31 by Denise Vega - 374 pages - Completed on 9/6/09
77.) Tithe by Holly Black - 310 pages - Completed on 9/7/09
78.) Valiant by Holly Black - 313 pages - Completed on 9/9/09
79.) Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs -306 pages - Completed on 9/11/09
80.) King of the Screwups by K.L. Going - 310 pages - Completed on 9/12/09
81.) The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler - 177 pages - Completed on 9/19/09
82.) Libyrinth by Pearl North - 321 pages - Completed on 9/21/09
83.) Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci - 404 pages - Completed on 9/26/09
84.) The Crucible by Arthur Miller - 151 pages - Completed on 9/30/09
85.) Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - 664 pages - Completed on 9/30/09
86.) The Wilde Women by Paula Wall - 310 pages - Completed on 10/3/09
87.) Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore - 300 pages - Completed on 10/4/09
88.) The Pirate Queen by Alan Gold - 358 pages - Completed on 10/7/09
89.) Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz - 415 pages - Completed on 10/13/09
90.) The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford - 145 pages - Completed on 10/24/09
91.) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - 244 pages - Completed on 10/29/09
92.) Envy: A Luxe Novel by Anna Godbersen - 405 pages - Completed on 11/12/09
93.) Nine Gates by Jane Lindskold - 399 pages - Completed on 11/15/09
94.) Othello by William Shakespeare - 154 pages - Completed on 11/15/09
95.) Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead - 374 pages - Completed on 11/15/09
96.) Sold by Patricia McCormick - 263 apges - Completed on 11/20/09
97.) The Indigo King: Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen - 375 pages - Completed on 11/25/09
98.) Forever Odd by Dean Koontz - 334 pages - Completed on 11/28/09
99.) Selkie Girl by Laurie Brooks - 262 pages - Completed on 11/29/09
100.) Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud - 483 pages - Completed on 12/1/09
101.) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - 302 pages - Completed on 12/3/09
102.) Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye - 339 pages - Completed on 12/5/09
103.) Macbeth by William Shakespeare - 219 pages - Completed on 12/6/09
104.) Gargoyles by Alan Nayes - 380 pages - Completed on 12/8/09
105.) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - 468 pages - Completed on 12/13/09

Total Books Read: 105/100
Total Page Count: 33,161
Books Read Based On Page Count: 110/100

Date Started: 12/13/08