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Did you hear about the RG challenge before? No, but glad I heard about it now.
Did you read other books from this list? Not sure, i'd have to look through the list, I just chose the first book on the list and didn't look through the rest, lol

- What are you reading this week? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Did you hear about the RG challenge before? Nope
- Did you read other books from this list? I saw several that I had read but I haven't counted how many. ***Just took the quiz and I know I hqve read 61 of them. There are a few classics and a couple King books that I am pretty sure I read in high school but I cant remember for sure so Ncaa I didnt count those.
What are you reading this week?
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
I'm a huge fan of the tv series so I've known about it for a while.
Did you read other books from this list?
I don't think I have. I've been tempted to start the challenge but I'm not a fan of classics, which comprise a large portion of the list. So I doubt I'll ever actually undertake the whole challenge.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
I'm a huge fan of the tv series so I've known about it for a while.
Did you read other books from this list?
I don't think I have. I've been tempted to start the challenge but I'm not a fan of classics, which comprise a large portion of the list. So I doubt I'll ever actually undertake the whole challenge.

The Shining by Stephen King
- Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
No, I hadn't. It's actually kind of funny. I saw the prompt and thought 'hey, its a strange coincidence that the person that wrote the Book List has the same name as the character on that old TV show.'
I didn't figure out that it was referring to the Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls until a few weeks into the year. AND I did used to watch the show (a bit). It must have come on before a show that i watched regularly, possibly Star Trek: Voyager.
- Did you read other books from this list?
Looks like I've read 31. There are a few more books on that list which are also in my plan for this year and more that I will definitely read. But there are also quite a few that I would likely never read, so I don't think this is a list that I will ever try to complete.

- Did you hear about the RG challenge before? I did, but I never actually looked at it.
- Did you read other books from this list? I have, but most of them were forced reads from high school. It was hard to find one I wanted to read for fun.

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
No.
Did you read other books from this list?
I've read other books from this list, but nowhere near as many as I'd like.
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Fahrenheit 451
Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
Kind of. I'm one of the few who hasn't watched the show at all, but I saw the list a few years ago and was impressed by how many books and how much variety there was.
Did you read other books from this list?
I've read about 45 of them, and I have quite a few more that I want to read.


Sense and Sensibility
- Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
Yes, I did. Gilmore Girls is one of my favourite series ever. Can't wait for the four seasons on Netflix. (btw all 7 seasons are now available around the globe on Netflix! <3)
- Did you read other books from this list?
Yes, I've read 21 books until now. I plan to read To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 this year as well.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
No.
Have you read other books from this list?
1984 by George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Christine by Stephen King
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Cujo by Stephen King
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Emma by Jane Austen
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Goldilocks & the Three Bears
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GarcÃÂa Márquez
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Shining by Stephen King
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
52/339

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.
Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
No, although I knew Rory read a lot.
Did you read other books from this list?
Some. I've started working on it although I doubt I'll read at least 1/3 of it.
It's amazing to see almost no repetition of books chosen!


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
- Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
No.
- Did you read other books from this list?
I've read a few and there are others that are on my list to be read.

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
No, I heard it first after joining "Around the Year in 52 Books".
Did you read other books from this list?
I have read 62 books from the challenge.

- Did you hear about the RG challenge before? No.
- Did you read other books from this list? I've read 22.

I just finished Brave New World this morning.
- Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
I haven't! I never watch The Gilmore Girls, although apparently there's quite a devoted following, and I like the idea of a character that's into reading.
- Did you read other books from this list?
Yes, 91 of them in all, but obviously not for this challenge. :D

I had never heard of this challenge. I have read a few, about 19, from the list.

Did you hear about the RG challenge before? no but I use to watch the tv show on and off
Did you read other books from this list?I've read only 17 of them.some of them I'm hoping will become re reads for me this year.

I actually read Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury a while back for this week's challenge, but I've had no time for progress posts recently (or anything else, really).
- Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
Nope, I'd never heard of it.
- Did you read other books from this list?
I skimmed through the list fairly quickly so I may have missed some, but it appears I've read only about 19. At least 3 of those only this year! And some of them I was forced to read for school, I really haven't read many classics.

- Did you hear about the RG challenge before? Not before it landed on the GR challenge.
- Did you read other books from this list? Yes, I've read about 100, but there are still many I'd never heard of till I came across the list. Rory was a voracious reader!


- Did you hear about the RG challenge before? No.
- Did you read other books from this list? Yes, I've read about 23.

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
I have, both by watching Gilmore Girls and here on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ.
Did you read other books from this list?
I have read several, but Rory's reading is so eclectic and varied that it's not likely I will ever read everything on the list. Nor am I interested in trying! :)

Nineteen eighty four by George Orwell
Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
No, it's new to me. But it's full of great suggestions!
Did you read other books on the list?
Yes, I've read a few this year and a few before. Some of my favourites were Middlesex, Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and Catcher in the Rye.

Life of Pi (because I already had it at hand and needed a push).
- Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
Yes, it popped up several times on my book-related Pinterest walls.
- Did you read other books from this list?
I made the check: . I read 38 of 339 books (11%), the average would be 15%, and my calculated rank numbered #81.454 of 150.841 users (top 55%).
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- Did you hear about the RG challenge before?
Probably from some listicle on Facebook, but I've never seen Gilmore Girls.
- Did you read other books from this list?
I've read at least 45, but there are a lot more on the list that look great!