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LOST 2021
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Ashley
Bea FINISHED
Becky
Beverly FINISHED
Blarneygod
Carrie
Charity
Christina
Coralie
Dee FINISHED
Dree
The Drowsy Bookworm
Duygu
Elvenn
Ines
Jacm
Jammin Jenny
Jess
Jirrine
Joanna
Karin
Katherine
Kristina Simon
Lagullande
LaurLa FINISHED
Lena
Luann FINISHED
Lusie FINISHED
Lyn (Readinghearts)
LynnB FINISHED
Marina
Martha
Mary
Mary OH
Meg FINISHED
Megan
Melissa
Michelle
Nat FINISHED
Rosalynn
Rosemary FINISHED
Soelo FINISHED
Stacey
Susan FINISHED
Tien FINISHED
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�1.Odd Thomas (Horror) Read 6/27/21 - 4*
�2. Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (Philosopy) Read 5/14/21 - 5*
�3. The Hiding Place (I am sure I must have read this at some time in my life, so it might be a re-read.) [Non-Fiction] Read 8/9/21 - 5*
�4. The Pardon (Mystery) Read 7/3/21 - 3.5*
� The Traitor's Wife (Historical Fiction) - 4* - Read 7/10/21
�6. Woods Runner (Historical Fiction) - 3* - Read 4/3/21
�7. Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection (Graphic Novel) - 3* - Read 2/12/21
�8. Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy (Mystery) - 3* - Read 1/15/21
�9. Man in the Dark (Fiction) Read 5/25/21 - 3*
�10. The Guardian (Christian Fiction) Read 9/6/21 - 4*
Some observations about this list: half are through the SC library and half through the GA library; half are short books (under 300 pages); my list covers 8 different genres; and all were first put on wishlist TBR in May 2011.
Lusie's Lost 2021 - completed� 1. Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga #1) [16-aug-2021] ★★�
� 2. The Native Star DNF
� 3. The Key [27-feb-2021] ★★
� 4. The Lascar's Dagger DNF
� 5. The Drawing of the Dark [4-aug-2021] ★★
� 6. The Magicians [12-feb-2021] ★★
� 7. Dragon Prince [3-may-2021] ★★
� 8. Forging Divinity [5-mar-2021] ★★
� 9. Chased by Fire [27-apr-2021] ★★�
� 10. Magic Under Glass [27-jan-2021] ★★
All of them are Fantasy books and most of them new series.
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Bea, I love fantasy too thought lately I rarely read it. I was obviously in a fantasy period when I added all these books. I'm looking forward to read them! I yet have to check if I can get hold of all of them. The library is oen again so I am not expecting any problems.
LOST 2021January 1- December 31, 2021
Completed 8 June 2021
�1. Birds in the Air, Frances O'Roark Dowell, 8 June 2021 (F)
�2. The Red Door, Charles Todd, 22 Mar 2021, (F)
�3. Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith (NF) -- Did not finish
�4. Reclaiming the '' L'' Word, Kelly A. Fryer, 24 Mar 2021 (NF)
�5. The 50 Greatest Letters from America's Wars, David H. Lowenherz, 3 Jan 2020, (NF)
�6. Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580, Roger Crowley, 19 Jan 2021 (NF)
�7. Hour of the Bees, Lindsay Eagar, 14 Jan 2021 (F)
�8. The Hired Girl, Laura Amy Schlitz, 26 May 2021 (F)
�9. The Spice Box Letters, Eve Makis, 8 Feb 2021 (F)
�10. Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church, Philip Yancey, 10 Apr 2021 (NF)
I see I have half non-fiction and almost half historical fiction (4/5). These are all from my adds in 2012-2016. It's good to see I'm finally making headway in getting these done!!
(Books were chosen from my list of books-i-own and books-at-my-library, I have some older ones on the list that I haven't been able to buy or borrow, some out of print. I need to edit my want-to-read list and remove some of those.)
My LOST list for 20211. Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories completed Sept 9
2. Holiday DNF
3. The Honey Thief completed November 21
4. The Time of the Hero completed August 24
5. My Dear I Wanted to Tell You completed March 15
6. Border Crossing completed March 17
7. The Napoleon of Notting Hill completed Sept 9
8. The Quarry completed May 27
9. It's Fine By Me completed March 27
10. Pirates of the Levant completed March 15
I have no idea why I added most of these.
Completed November 21.
My Lost List 2021 (First time participant!)Completed 10/10
✔️1. Jewel
✔️2. Truly Madly Guilty
✔️3. Nine Perfect Strangers
✔️4. The House of Broken Angels
✔️5. One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
✔️6. The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
✔️7. The Light Over London
✔️8. The Night Tiger
✔️9. News of the World
Red Clocks DNF
✔️10. The Last
My oldest 10 books, all added in the first half of 2013.Completed 29 June 21
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Bea wrote: "This game runs from January 1- December 31, 2021.The object is to make a list of 10 books that have been on your TBR list the longest and get them finally read.
You are allowed to DNF any book t..."
Do they have to be on our GR want to read shelf the longest, or can they just be books we have wanted to read for a really long time that we haven't necessarily added here? I am not sure how old some of them are because they migrated here from Shelfari, plus some might be hard to find books, etc. Also, I have some on my shelves here that I might not have added that I ought to finally read.
Lost List for 2021 (first time participating)1. All Souls' Rising
2. Olive Kitteridge
3. The Crystal Cave
4. The March
5. The Poisonwood Bible
6. The Pillars of the Earth
7. Cold Mountain
8. The Milagro Beanfield War
9. City of Thieves
10. Tipping the Velvet
LOST 2021 - FINISHED 12/8/20211. Starborne�
2. Oyster �
3. The Outward Urge �
4. Between Mexico and Poland �
5. Death Comes to Pemberley �
6. Various Pets Alive and Dead�
7. A Dangerous Inheritance�
8. Grimm Tales for Young and Old�
9. A Patchwork Planet �
10. Picture Perfect �
LOST 2021all books are coming from my 2008-09 amazon purchases shelf - because why not...lol!
1. Caught Stealing (purchased Dec 22, 2008) - Finished - 2/1/21 - ehh, WTF did I just read...
2. The Touch (purchased Sep 3, 2009) - Finished - 3/3/21 - McCollugh never disappoints with her historical fiction/the depth and development
3. Boneman's Daughters (purchased May 9, 2009) - Finished - 12/29/21 - not horrible but i felt like there was backstory to the Boneman Case that wasn't included in the book - like there should have been a prior book...didn't mind writing style although the random biblical stuff was just weird and felt out of place
4. The Magic Knot (purchased May 18, 2009) - Finished - 7/30/21 - another epic WTF did I just read...horrible chunky writing, plot was mediocre...probably a reason why i never read it...
5. The Cross-Country Quilters (purchased May 7, 2009) - Finished - 9/4/21 - this is a series that i go back to periodically and they always make me happy - not sure why this one was on my TBR for as long as it was....
6. Bound by Your Touch (purchased Oct 29, 2009) - Finished - 12/25/21 - not horrible, but not great - the story was a bit convuluted then wrapped up entirely too quickly
7. The Echelon Vendetta (purchased May 30, 2009) - Finished - 10/7/21 - i think this is the 4thWTF for this year's LOST...I think the story had potential but the writing was silted and not good
8. Running Hot (purchased May 18, 2009) - Finished - 2/8/21 - solid entry in series, will be continuing
9. Unbreakable (purchased Oct 28, 2009) - Finished - 8/7/21 - ehhh, not horrible, but underwhelmed- won't be continuing the series
10. Freefall (purchased Dec 11, 2009) - finished - 3/3/21 - not bad but not sure i'll continue with series
LOST 2021� 1. I ferri dell'editore - read 06/07/2021
2. From An Abandoned Work
3. Democrazia in America?: Il sistema politico e sociale degli Stati Uniti
4. Der Schoß der Leere
� 5. Destierro - read 06/10/2021
6. The Dhammapada
7. The Waste Books
� 8. Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes - read 18/08/2021
� 9. Amori moderni - read 17/02/2021
� 10. Old Masters: A Comedy - DNF 01/10/2021
Total books read: 5/10
Notes: I haven't finished LOST 2020 yet, but I'm planning to catch up in 2021, so I have left those remaining books out of this list. As usual, I'm using my owned TBR, as I really need to get those books read sooner rather than later - some of these have been waiting for me to pick them up since 2012!
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Another genre that I enjoy is Historical Fiction. And, LynnB, your NF is certainly varied. A couple are interesting to me...and I am not a big NF reader.
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LOL...you should have fun exploring this list, then.
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Welcome! I hope you enjoy your books.
Goal: 10 (+15 bonus)Progress: 23/25 (92%)
I'm going to create some of my own rules here, due to the books that are in these slots on my list. I'm going to bypass anything that is part of a series in which I have not read (or in one case, want to reread) the previous books. I will replace a book in the series with the initial or earlier book in that series that I have yet to read. In addition, I will only place one book in a series on this list. Any books that I am unable to locate will be removed and replaced with the next book on the list. Finally, I would like to challenge myself to a "bonus round" by selecting the first 3 audiobooks from each year on my TBR.
�1. Memory and Dream - Charles de Lint (replaces The Onion Girl)
�2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (replaces Little Men)
3. Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom - Christine Northrup
�4. Reclaiming the Sand - Meredith A. Walters (unavailable)
�5. There is No Light in Darkness - Claire Contreras (unavailable)
�6. Ghettoside - Jill Leovy
�7. The Same Sky - Amanda Eyre Ward
8. Calling in "The One" - Katherine Woodward Thomas
�9. The Unsayable - Annie G. Rogers
�10. The Weight of Silence - Heather Gudenkauf
Bonus Picks:
2016
One Day
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Glass Castle
2017
Lucky Boy
Hidden
Right Behind You
2018
The Female Persuasion
Force of Nature
Full Dark, No Stars
2019
The Testaments
Moloka'i'
Attachments
2020
The Ruin
The Glittering Hour
Westering Women
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Karin, this isn't really answering your question - I'll leave that for Bea to do. But what I do when I create my list is to list another 10 or so books to replace ones I discover I can't find, really didn't want to read, etc. I know you're allowed to count DNF's, but it's more fun for me to replace them, so by the end of the year I've cleared off 10 books I really did read. Not something you have to do, but just how I like to play it. That said, I never get to the follow-up parts this way. But that's ok with me.
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Jan 1 - December 31, 2021
�1 The Chinese Alchemist - fin 10/4
�2 Stinger - fin 6/25
�3 Mystery (Alex Delaware #26) - fin 3/17
�4 Sweet Venom fin 3/24
�5 Keeping You a Secret - fin 8/25
�6 Queen of the South - fin 3/29
�7 The Nautical Chart - fin 12/7
�8 Earth Afire - fin 11/10
�9 The Eye of Minds - fin 6/23
�10 Unwholly - fin 12/21
COMPLETED 12/21
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Karin, as long as they are "old, lost books", they can come from anywhere. This game is meant to help each of us move past those books we have around or on a list that have been there for years.
As to whether or not they can be found, I would suggest that, if a book is not available to read (for me that means I don't own it and it cannot be found in my library systems), that it be left off the list. If you start it, and you just cannot tolerate it (for whatever reason), then DNF it.
At that point, you can replace it as Susan suggests or count it. The important part is that you find 10 books that haven't gotten the attention they might deserve and try them out. Have fun!
Bea wrote: "Karin wrote: "Do they have to be on our GR want to read shelf the longest, or can they just be books we have wanted to read for a really long time that we haven't necessarily added here? I am not s..."Great! I will scour my want to read list here and my shelves and come up with 10 that have been on there a long time that I have or can get from my library.
Lagullande's LOST 2021Read: 2/10
I have had complete reader's block since early 2020 (hmm, I wonder what caused that). I still want to finish my outstanding 2020 challenges so LOST 2021 is going be one of the very few new ones I sign up for.
✔️1. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo 26/5/21
2. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
3. If I Fall, If I Die
4. The Secret Wisdom of the Earth
✔️5. The Golem and the Djinni 31/1/22
6. The Book of Strange New Things
7. Almost Famous Women: Stories
8. The Offering
9. The Shock of the Fall
10. Preparation for the Next Life
All were added to my shelves in January 2015.
I am starting my list now and will come back to finish it. By January, all will have been on my list for 3-5 years. I am not putting in any doorstoppers, which is also one of the reasons I hesitated, since not all times are good times for those.1. Housekeeping
2. The Last Pearl Fisher of Scotland
3. The Girl in the Green Raincoat
4. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
5. Every Waking Moment
6. Canoeing with the Cree
7. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
8. White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America
9. Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust--Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour
10. one of the Chris Fabry novels I added on April 6, 2017
I'll be back to add three more, plus I managed to delete some I have either already read or that I no longer want to or where I didn't read the reviews, descriptions enough.
Read: 4/10Here is my list for 2021:
1. Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
2. Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
3. The Changeling by Kate Horsley
4. Black Lipstick Kisses by Monica Belle
�5. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - 4/15/21
�6. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex by Olivia Judson - 3/26/21
�7. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 2/18/21
8. Winkie by Clifford Chase
9. The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce
�10. The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander - 3/12/21
Bea wrote: "LynnB wrote: "I see I have half non-fiction and almost half historical fiction (4/5)."Another genre that I enjoy is Historical Fiction. And, LynnB, your NF is certainly varied. A couple are inter..."
The "unfortunate" thing in this challenge is that I always read everyone else's list and some of those books end up on my list. The TBR never ends! :)
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10/10 books as at 07/10
Edited after removing some books from TBR
1. Bliss by Peter Carey -Read 01/31
2. On Our Selection by Steele Rudd -Read 02/09
3. Dancing on Coral by Glenda Adams -Read 03/28
4. Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam -Read 01/07
5. Something in the World Called Love by Sue Saliba -Read 02/24
6. The Scent Of Eucalyptus by Barbara Hanrahan -Read 06/02
7. Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe by Wayne Macauley -Read 07/10
8. Silver Brumbies of the South (Silver Brumby #3) by Elyne Mitchell -Read 07/10
9. Here's Luck by Lennie Lower -Read 03/12
10. Sandstone by Stephen Lacey -Read 01/20
Tentative (depending on library access, if at all):
Snake by Kate Jennings
Dark Places by Kate Grenville
The Treatment and the Cure by Peter Kocan
Tamarisk Row by Gerald Murnane
The Unknown Industrial Prisoner by David Ireland
The Year of Living Dangerously by Christopher J. Koch
Tangara by Nan Chauncy
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Lost 2021Finished: 0/10 books
1. The Queen of the Tearling
2. The Angel Experiment
3. Unearthly
4. Storm Siren
5. Catori's Worlds
6. The Eighth Day
7. Remembrance
8. The Diviners
9. The Declaration
10. TimeRiders
Potential Replacements
11. Scored
12. Shatter Me
13. MILA 2.0
14. In the After
15. All Our Yesterdays
Charity's Lost List:1. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - Read 5/25/2021
2. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Read 1/24/2021
3. Under the Volcano
4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Read 3/21/2021
5. Moby-Dick or, the Whale - Read 9/30/2021
6. The Epic of Gilgamesh
7. Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker
8. The Voyage of the Beagle - Read 1/7/2021
9. Alias Grace - Read 3/4/2021
10. American Psycho
Drowsy's Lost 2021Progress: 01/10
I'm going with the 10 oldest on my TBR. It's time...
1, Into the Dim
2. Children of Eden
3. Fates and Furies
4. In the After
5. Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault
6. The Forgetting
7. Moxyland
8. Reawakened
9. Crimson Bound
10. The Jewel
Bea wrote: "OK...everyone (to this point) who has started a list for LOST is linked in message 2. I don't think I missed anyone; but, if so, just let me know."I finally updated my original post (#20) and added my list so you can add me to the group now. Thanks! =)
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I haven't made up my mind yet... Execute? Y / N?
Tien wrote: "I know I've just posted my list (#29) a few days ago but I've been thinking that I really don't feel like them... I feel like shunting them all to a different shelf and just redo my list. I was pla..."Well Tangara is a quick light read. I haven't read The Little Company but I usually enjoy Eleanor Dark. I have Dancing On Coral and Things We Didn't See Coming on my TBR if you want to do a buddy read at some stage.
Tien wrote: "I know I've just posted my list (#29) a few days ago but I've been thinking that I really don't feel like them... I feel like shunting them all to a different shelf and just redo my list. I was pla..."I was kind of thinking about redoing my list as well! Ha!
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Oh yes please! I'm always up for a buddy read :D
Plus if I remember correctly, this will work well for our new challenge in January ;) for both of us.
Do you want to see which book you could source?
Tien wrote: "I know I've just posted my list (#29) a few days ago but I've been thinking that I really don't feel like them... I feel like shunting them all to a different shelf and just redo my list. I was pla..."Go for it! It's just time lost to try to read things you're just not interested in anymore .... especially as you added these just because they were authors you hadn't heard of before. I always use December to thin and update my list, as long as I have a list posted by January 1.
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Sounds like a solution. The important thing is that this list is made up of books that have been on the shelf or TBR for a long while. Nothing says you have to stick with the 10 oldest.
Tien wrote: "Coralie wrote: "I have Dancing On Coral and Things We Didn't See Coming on my TBR if you want to do a buddy read at some stage."Oh yes please! I'm always up for a buddy read :D
Plus if I remembe..."
They are both currently available from my library so I could start the year with either of them.
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I always like to start the year with an Aussie author
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@Michelle: This is not required, but...if you add the links for your planned books, it makes it easier for someone to browse your list!
Here is my Lost List 2021. This is a really fun challenge. I have not really looked at my to read list in nearly a decade, lol! These books are the oldest 10 from a very long time ago. 1. Raiser of Gales
2. Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye
3. The Devil You Know
4. A Morbid Taste for Bones
5. Urban Shaman
6. What Looks Like Crazy
7. Wish You Were Here
8. Sofie Metropolis
9. Catnap
10. Glass Houses
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Im in this year - although I struggled through the last part of last year! Be back with my picks
I'm going to sign up again but I fear that the list will be very similar to last years. However, one of my goals for next year is to get through the books I added in '12. because I don't want to go into '22 with books on my goodreads for a decade. Will I read them all? No I have over 800 on it but I'm hoping to weed them out through out the year.Will post my list closer to the end of the month, just incase I knock any of the old list off.
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4. A Morbid Taste for Bones"
Becky, I just started a Cadfael series on Britbox TV. I loved the books and am enjoying even the episodes for books I have recently revisited.
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The object is to make a list of 10 books that have been on your TBR list the longest and get them finally read.
You are allowed to DNF any book that you list after giving it a try.
This game is part 1 of 3. The other parts will be announced when people start finishing their LOST list as they are based on the date LOST was finished. However, you are not required to participate in parts 2&3, which are just incentives for not letting the LOST books linger.
Good reading, everyone.