Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ

Warning: Not for the faint-of-heart! Really hardcore challenge!



Goal: to read a book published for every year in your life. Still here reading?

Very basic rules: If you are in your 20's, you are given a year to complete it, in your 30's a year and a half, in your 40's 2 years. Add six months for every extra decade.

Your clock starts ticking the moment you post your list whether that's done before you start or as you go along whichever suits your needs.

Anybody up for the challenge?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Participants
Dawn
Eddie
Han
Janet
Kim
Linda
Lindy-Lane
Marie
Sandra
Sharon
Tonia
Vickie
Victoria

____________________________________________________

Used with permission from the owner of the GRs group Romance Readers Reading Challenges

Does this mean i read 26 books?

Yes, I think so. Starting with the year you were born (in my case, 1971) and working downward.

Don't you mean up wouldn't i start 87 and go up to present day? Or am i wrong?

Sorry, I'm too old for that!!

LOL, Terry! I think I am, too. Very long list.

This is interesting. I'm 24 and I kind of feel like this is going to be tough. Lol. I will have to think about this. Lol.

I'm way too old for this . Too many book - it would be too much pressure . I'll just keep reading as I go along !

I confess I've started a list. But I may have already read most of the books from the 80s that I'll ever want to read LOL!

I'm on the same both as you, Victoria. lol

My list will be twice as long as yours, Eddie LOL! I'm kind of excited to read from the 1960s.

All the more opportunity to read things you wouldn't have. :p

So very true!

I think I kind of like this. 55 books in 30 months. Serious, but not impossible. Not just any random 55 books, but I am going to read a book published from 1959 until 2014, There must be an easy way to sort books at publishing year. Does anyone know how? It would save time looking for it :-) Are 2015, 2016 included in the challenge as well?

I am going to start my list with the easy ones.

think it's a brilliant challenge! I have a lot of books to get through but I'm up for giving it a go

Han wrote: "I think I kind of like this. 55 books in 30 months. Serious, but not impossible. Not just any random 55 books, but I am going to read a book published from 1959 until 2014, There must be an easy wa..."

You can sort books in your To Be Read shelve (or any shelve you have on GR) by publishing date of the book or the edition of the book you have on your shelve.

Thank you, Eddie

I almost have my ridiculously long list ready...

I have most of my list though there are a few blanks. I found this challenge helped me clean out my TBR shelf. Now, I only have.. 267 books. Lol.

Excellent everyone. make sure you post your lists when you're done organising them as this marks when you begin your challenge.

Here is my finished

Eddie wrote: "Here is my finished list"

Eddie, I can't access your list. It doesn't seem to be hyperlinked or something.

OK, I want to do this challenge but am still a little unclear. I understand the part about 1 book/year alive. Can they be any random books from random years or are they to have been published in specific years? For example:
1965 - a book published in this year
1966 - a book published in this year
Sorry to be so pointy-headed about this! The winter here in NJ has been so snow-laden that I am only seeing my life in black and white instead of color!!! Hurry spring!!!!!!!!!!

Vickie wrote: "OK, I want to do this challenge but am still a little unclear. I understand the part about 1 book/year alive. Can they be any random books from random years or are they to have been published in ..."

Hi Vickie,

Your example is exactly how it's meant to be Vickie. Thanks for the question.

Okay Im in for this one. But do we have to put our entire list down here, or can we put the first book?

Kim wrote: "Okay Im in for this one. But do we have to put our entire list down here, or can we put the first book?"

Either way is fine with me Kim

Victoria wrote: "But in the OP, you say to put the entire list before we start??"

Oops. I meant to change that. My humble apologies for this. I think for this group it work better if you post the list whichever way suits you. Please forgive me Victoria.

Victoria wrote: "You also said to post the entire list just 13 hours ago. Changing in the middle is a little annoying, as I already bothered to take the time to research and prepare and post my list."

I understand that Victoria which is why I feel so bad about it. I appreciate all the work you've put into making your list Victoria. I made a mistake for which I am truly sorry. Your list is awesome.

Note to everybody: Which would you prefer - posting the list as you go or all up front?

Posting the list up front! I'm ver busy building my list. The list is the challenge aspect!

okay okay I will work on my list and post it this weekend. No time in the day time due to work. Thank you Zara for your kindness.

Thank you indeed Zara for your intervention. I think the list is not only needed to do the challenge, I think it is an inspiration to others as well. I know I have "stolen" one of Victoria's books :-)
I work full time so I hope to finish my list tomorrow.

Oh, I have read some of those books on your list, Victoria. Doing a quick scan, I believe I read two. The Cider House Rules was really good. :)

My link should be fixed in.. 10 minutes. Lol.

I'm glad to hear Cider House is good! I've read a couple of his others. I'm pretty excited to read this list and I found that I own most of them already. It was fun researching what came out in the various years.

Thats true! Though, it got a bit.. hard for me. It was hard to find something in 1993 that I was interested while I found too many things I wanted to read in 1992! Lol.

You have any tough years? I also just finished the Malcolm X autobiography a few days ago. It really changed the way I saw him.

Oh! I can't wait to read Malcolm X. The film was powerful!

My toughest years were 1979, 1981, and 1986. A couple years were tough to narrow down to just one book.

I thought about adding 1962, because there seem to be a lot of good books - and heck, my mom was pregnant with me, so it sort of counts :)

Victoria ,
Cider House Rules is my favorite book by John Irving . The movie was really very good, as
well .

Yeah! So many good reviews of it. Thanks, Angela!

Ha! In the case, I could probably add 1989 to my list. Lol. But, I don't know if I would be able to finish all that. Luckily enough most of these books are from my TBR.

Victoria, I have added some of your books to my ever growing TBR. thanks for the inspiration.

This is a fantastic challenge! I'm going to try it and I'll post my list in a few days... and appreciate the inspiration from others here. Good thing I'll have 3 years to finish it!

I'll post my list this weekend

Victoria, I agree with you about adding the year that your mom was pregnant with you - except my year was 1952! When doing some research for my list, I found that 1952 had some of the better years in the 50's!

Interesting challenge. I think I'll try. I probably hae enough books in my want to reads to make a list.

Ohhh! I can't wait to see your list, Sharon!

Han's Book Galore: 0/55


1959: 100 Love Sonnets All things start and end with love
1960: To Kill a MockingbirdA classic never read. Never will, If I don't begin now
1961: Stranger in a Strange Land Never read a Heinlein before. Seems you must have
1962: The essential Ghandi (couldn't find book link, sorry). Not one flew over the Chuckoo's nest, not a Clockwork Orange, but Ghandi.
1963: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Perhaps I'll listen now Promised myself a visit to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam after reading this book
1964: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Seen the movie a hundred times, now it's time to read the book
1965: The Homecoming A Pinter book should be disturbing, at least so I heard. Is it really?
1966: The Master and Margarita Recommended by a friend of mine, now is the time to read it finally.
1967: Tarnsman of Gor It's a man's world, but it ain't nothing...
1968: Dance of the Happy Shades To raise the level a it, a Pulizer prize winner
1969: The Peter Principle An old management ook, seen it often the Peter Principle, but never read the book
1970: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Read it about thirty years ago in Dutch: Hallo meneer God, dit is Anna. So good.
1971: The Savage God: A Study of Suicide A study of suicide. A savage God?
1972: The Joy of Sex I was 14, and I would have given my left arm for this one. In honor of my memories.
1973: The Optimist's Daughter A poetic study of human relations. What more do I want?
1974: Wolf And The Dove It would have been on my mothers' shelf. This one is in honor of her.
1975: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation " Stolen" from Victoria's list.
1976: The Dore Illustrations of Dante's Devine Comedy (couldn't find book link) Every work of Gustav Dore is a work of art.
1977: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter Just had to add a real seventies book.
1978: Beauty A fairy tale? Where is the Beast?
1979: Sophie's Choice Couldn't keep it dry at the movie. Let's see what the book does to me.
1980: The Last Wife of Henry VIII A bit of history. A bit of romance. A bit of death.
1981: The Collected Poems 349 pages of Sylvia Plath
1982: If Not Now, When? Indeed, if not read now, I never will I think.
1983: 'night, Mother A strange book. I like strange books.
1984: Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types Character and Temperament in the eighties. Interesting.
1985: The Handmaid's Tale Never heard of it, but the blurb sounds so good.
1986: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Batfan.
1987: Anne Frank Remembered I'm Dutch.
1988: The Book of Ruth A Christian book? I think not.
1989: Essential Tales and Poems 688 pages of Poe. It won't take long to finish this book though.
1990: Play Dead The first Harlan Coben book. I have read a lot of his books, but not this one.
1991: Outlander The best kind of Time Travelling there is.
1992: The Club Dumas A mystery thriller with a history.
1993: Harvesting the Heart I like this book, if only for the title...
1994: The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness A journey into schitzophrenia
1995: Don't Die, My Love A tear jerker should be in the list.
1996: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families Very curious how this business man (never home) think a family is effective!
1997: Ella Enchanted My daughters favourite book, She must have read it oh maybe 60 times, I never did.
1998: Girl With a Pearl Earring I wouldn't be much of a Van Meegeren if I skipped this one, now would I?
1999: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Heard a lot of good things about this book. Time to make up my own mind.
2000: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl - A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship Never too old to learn, I always say.
2001: Kushiel's Dart Oh, I am so looking forward to reading this book again.
2002: Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" Sleeping beauty again. No Beast.
2003: The Time Traveler's Wife Other books in this year could never compete with this one.
2004: Cloud Atlas A friend of mine is totally " wous" about this book. Why?
2005: The Undomestic Goddess Why not? The unbearable lightness of being.
2006: Dear John A spark of humor
2007: No One Belongs Here More Than You My only anthology in the list. I think I should choose a good one.
2008: Let it Snow Not so famous John Green, never read it.
2009: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Recommended by my sister in law, who read it in the Netherlands Antillen (Antils? Nah, Antillen)
2010: Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery Read a book of Chogyam Trungpa once, I think I should try another.
2011: Matched Now why did I choose the first of a series? Now I'll have to read the other ones as well!
2012: The Snow Child The blurb intrigues. Almost 400 pages of frost.
2013: Captive's Desire Everyone with an open mind should read Natasha Knight
2014: The Forward Book of Poetry 2014 Al things start and end with poetry. And love.

Okay, my list is done but I have more than one book for several of the years..so some decision making is next. If we post the list upfront, then we can't/shouldn't make any changes to it, right Zara? But if we do it as we go, then the list isn't quite as rigid. We could also post them as one of "my lists" to Listopia - or do you want them here?

welcome Linda and everyone. I hope you have fun with this challenge.

im loving your list Sharon. I have some, a few, of the same books. I will post mine soon

Here is my list: Enjoy

1962 � King Rat
1963 � The Bell Jar
1964 � A Moveable Feast
1965 � Dune
1966 � The Master & Margarita
1967 � Tales of Ordinary Madness
1968 � Coming of Age in Mississippi
1969 � On Death and Dyeing
1970 � I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1971 � Sacred Tears
1972 � All Creatures Great & Small
1973 � Sula
1974 � Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
1975 � Crocodile on the Southbank
1976 � Eaters of the Dead
1977 � Miss Nelson is Missing
1978 � The World According to Garp
1979 � Sophie’s Choice
1980 � The Clan of the Cave Bear
1981 � Good Night, Mr. Tom
1982 � The House of the Spirits
1983 � The Woman in Black
1984 � So Long and Thanks For All the Fish
1985 � The Accidental Tourist
1986 � Maus I: A Survivors Tale
1987 � Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
1988 � The Book of Ruth
1989 � Guards! Guards!
1990 � The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
1991 � A Thousand Acres
1992 � She Comes Undone
1993 � The Virgin Suicides
1994 � Walk Two Moons
1995 � Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
1996 � Pope Joan
1997 � Memories of Geisha
1998 � The Art of Happiness
1999 � Confessions of a Shopaholic
2000 � Fever 1793
2001 � Life of Pi
2002 � Once Upon a Marigold
2003 � The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2004 � Something Borrowed
2005 � The Book Thief
2006 � A Thousand Splendid Suns
2007 � Still Alice
2008 � The Last Lecture
2009 � Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
2010 � Dead in the Family
2011 � The Paris Wife
2012 � The Light Between Oceans
2013 � The Cuckoo’s Calling
2014 � TBD
2015 - TBD

Hallo Kim,

We all make an impresive list huh? At lest in quantity :-)
I have been thinking seriously about Dune It's another classicI have skipped. Trouble is if I begin to read a series I want read them all. The Dune series is a lot a pages!

Great List, Kim!