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Many of us make reading plans each month, which we find we are unable to complete within the timeframe. Then, the unfinished books get re-shelved on the tbr or linger at the bottom of our "currently reading" shelf forever, taunting us like Marley's ghost. This is your chance to break the chains you've forged in life... Uh, this year.

Mission: Choose five books you planned to read THIS YEAR, which you were unable to accomplish. Then, Bust 'em, Dr. Venkman! (I know I'm mixing my metaphors all over the place.) :D

Dates: November 1 - December 31, 2015

Renee is Haunted by...

1) Indigo (Rainbow Challenge)-DONE!
2) Riders of the Purple Sage (Rainbow Challenge)-DONE!
3) The Betrothed (Decade Challenge)-DONE!
4) Nicholas Nickleby (Decade Challenge)-DONE!
5) The Martian (Group Read)

Vanquished - 4

Kassandra is Haunted by...

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Cindy is Haunted by
1) A Passage to India by E.M Forster (Aug)
2) The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (June)
3) Winterwood by Dorothy Eden (March)
4) The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Big dust bunny from Feb)
5) Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott (April)

Here is a list of the books that I planned to read in past months and am haunted by:

1. The Constant Princess (said I would read in January and April)
2. The Rosie Project (said I would read in February and March)
3. Sense and Sensibility (said I would read in February)
4. The Silver Linings Playbook (said I would read in March)
5. The Wizard of Oz (said I would read in May)
6. The Princess Bride (said I would read in May)
7. Oryx and Crake (said I would read in September)

Books are currently TBD.

Poor Chase! I'm thinking we should add a little exorcism to the activities. :o Would probably do us all some good. ;-)

Chase wrote: "Here is a list of the books that I planned to read in past months and am haunted by:

1. The Constant Princess (said I would read in January and April)
2. The Rosie Project (said I would read in Fe..."

Chase, Silver Lining Playbook is haunting me as well. By chance do you want to buddy up and attempt this sucker?

*grabs furniture in an attempt to keep from getting sucked into another interesting, unscheduled buddy read when I have so many scheduled-but-unfinished books already*

Great idea, though!

Renee wrote: "*grabs furniture in an attempt to keep from getting sucked into another interesting, unscheduled buddy read when I have so many scheduled-but-unfinished books already*

Great idea, though!"

LOL. Sorry to be an enabler Renee. :(

Ooooh, I'll do a buddy read for that!

Sounds good to me Holly. Would you be able to please set it up (or even guide me on what to do to set it up) I can start pretty much whenever you are ready. I have four books on the go. Why not 5? lol

Chase, this may be your best opportunity to stop this haunting. I hope you decide to join.

I've just read the first so will add:

Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain * read

the other 4 will be:-

The Skystone* read
The Book Thief
Brooklyn * read
Brigid of Kildare

Good one, Renee! It'll feel really good to read some of those ghosts. Here are the ones haunting me (I'll choose 5 from these):

� Three Parts Dead (Finished 11/23)
� Rebecca (Finished 12/6)
� In the Woods
Sandstorm
� The Innocent Mage (Finished 12/12)

The Vor Game
The Tea Rose
Revelation
River God
An Officer and a Spy
Absolution by Murder
Aurora
The Tapestry
As the Crow Flies
War and Peace
India Black

Of those you've listed I've only read The Vor Game and Rebecca, but both were excellent. If that helps with the narrowing.

Renee wrote: "Of those you've listed I've only read The Vor Game and Rebecca, but both were excellent. If that helps with the narrowing."

Both of those are award winners, too - so maybe I'll kill two birds with one stone.

I love when that happens!

These are what I have left-

Little Women
The Dovekeepers
The Poisonwood Bible
We Need to Talk About Kevin
'Til the Well Runs Dry
Clean
10-Minute Clutter Control: Easy Feng Shui Tips for Getting Organized

OK, now I am committed. I know it's 7 titles, but I need to do this.

Books I meant to read already:
(I am new to the group, so for now am jumping in with a mini-challenge.)
1. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Starting from the beginning, after setting the book aside three years ago.)
2. Winter Solstice (Given the title, I felt it should be read during chilly weather.)
3. Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (Been meaning to read this one for two years now.)
4. Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Meant to read this one last year. Yikes!)
5. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Maybe?)

Sam F: Here's what I'm trying to do, but I haven't much time left :)
1. A Feast for Crows
2. Wolf Hall - DONE!!
3. Olive Kitteridge
4. A Girl of the Limberlost
5. The Invention of Wings

Oh, good luck Sam! I greatly enjoyed The Invention of Wings but found Wolf Hall to be challenging.

Thanks - I'm looking forward to reading them, but I am finding Wolf Hall to be a bit of a slog. Too many people named Thomas and I'm falling asleep before I get through much. I'm rereading many parts just to remember where I'm at. It will definitely feel like an accomplishment when I'm done.

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Sam wrote: "Thanks - I'm looking forward to reading them, but I am finding Wolf Hall to be a bit of a slog. Too many people named Thomas and I'm falling asleep before I get through much. I'm rer..."

I do understand what you mean by the book being a slog. Also, I must confess that I couldn't get through the book without buying the audiobook too, and I very rarely do that. At least the audiobook helped me differentiate between all the different Thomases and all of the usage of "he". Also, the narrator of the audiobook was awesome. The BBC/PBS miniseries was also helpful in understanding the book, although I watched it after I had already read the book.

One a positive note, if you can get through the writing, the story is certainly worthwhile. Also, the second book in the series is a much easier read, as the author stopped her prolific use of pronouns. :)

I finally finished Wolf Hall! I took your advice and listened to some of the audiobook to help. The voices really did keep the Thomases separated! I'm not certain I'll attempt the 2nd book - at least not in the near future. Next onto Feast for Crows - only 600 pages to go!

Two down! Three to go!
Nicholas Nickleby is next, and the reason I can't take on any of the Dickens Christmas reads going on all over GR.

I almost feel like any Dickens fits at Christmas time. Probably because that's when the TV adaptations always played when I was growing up!

I like it! That's what I'm gonna think of it from now on. Thanks! :D

Woo, finished at least 5 books!

Nice going, Chase!!

Well, I managed 4 out of the 5. I'm at 64% on the last one. But at least this challenge made me start it!

I'm also at 4 of 5, which I'm quite pleased about. I finished two during the Readathon. :)
The Martian will be something I finish in 2016.

Nice. I've been visiting my family for the last couple weeks, so reading time has been very limited!

I hear ya! The holidays are a difficult tomorrow to try to finish up anything, let alone find some quiet time for reading.

I'm moving the 2015 Haunted Challenge to the Mini-Challenge Archive. Please feel free to update there as you have the opportunity. Although the year is over, members may need time to finish recording their data. And of course we want to celebrate every completed challenge!

Look for this challenge again in October 2016!