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50 Book Challenge!

Welcome to the 50-Book Challenge!
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Our challenge is to read 50 books in one year. OR ... establish a goal for yourself more or less, it's up to you, just because we...more »

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  • Vegas Art Guy

    50 books? Worth a shot!

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    Hi all, here are the books I've read since June...

    Old man and the sea
    My grandfather's son
    Sharks over china
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    The Screwtape letters
    Catcher in the rye

    Right now I'm reading three books
    Mere Christianity
    The Reagan dairies
    The coldest winter

    Up next
    The Count of Monte Christo



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    I finished The Coldest Winter over the weekend, good thing because it's due on Monday. So it's now 7 down 43 to go! Yay me!
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      I finished Mere Christianity at lunch.

      So now the finished list looks like this.

      Old man and the sea
      My Grandfather's Son
      Sharks over China
      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
      The Screwtape Letters
      Catcher in the Rye
      The Coldest Winter
      Mere Christianity

      And I'm reading
      Count of Monte Cristo
      Picture of Dorian Gray
      The Reagan Dairies
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    I've Finished!
    Old man and the sea
    My Grandfather's Son
    Sharks over China
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    The Screwtape Letters
    Catcher in the Rye
    The Coldest Winter
    Mere Christianity
    Count of Monte Cristo

    And I'm reading
    The Black Arrow
    Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Reagan Dairies
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    I've Finished!
    Old man and the sea
    My Grandfather's Son
    Sharks over China
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    The Screwtape Letters
    Catcher in the Rye
    The Coldest Winter
    Mere Christianity
    Count of Monte Cristo
    The Black Arrow

    And I'm reading
    Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Reagan Dairies
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    14 down, 36 to go!

    Here is the finished list...

    Old man and the sea
    My Grandfather's Son
    Sharks over China
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    The Screwtape Letters
    Catcher in the Rye
    The Coldest Winter
    Mere Christianity
    Count of Monte Cristo
    The Black Arrow
    Dragonflight
    Dragonquest
    The White Dragon
    The Great Gatsby

    I'm reading
    The Reagan Dairies
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Grapes of Wrath
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      I finished the Grapes of Wrath yesterday and the Picture of Dorian Gray today. So it's 16 down and 34 to go.
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    I finished "Flight of the White Horse" so it's 17 down and 33 to go.
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      I finished three short stories from Stevenson.
      The Bottle Imp
      The Body Snatcher
      Markheim

      I am going to count them as 1 book. So it's 18 down and 32 to go!

      I lied, it's 19 down and 31 to go. I just finished Ranger's Apprentice book 1!
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    Now it's 20 down and 30 to go. I finished "Pools of Darkness" over the weekend,

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    I finished Pool of Radiance last night, so now it's 21 down and 29 to go.

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      I finished Kidnapped on Tuesday and I'm rereading 'Elfstones of Shannara' and 'Silent Sea'.

      22 down and 28 to go!

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    24 down and 26 to go. I finished both books tonight...

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    Halfway there! I finished "Shades Children"

    Woo hoo!

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    I recently finished "What we carry" and "The making of a poem" so now it's 27 down and 23 to go!

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    I finished two more books
    "What's so great about Christianity"
    Ike, an American legend

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    I'm up to 33 books total now.

    Crime and Punishment
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    American Lion
    "What's so great about Christianity"
    Ike, an American legend
    "What we carry"
    "The making of a poem"
    Shade's Children
    Speak
    Kidnapped
    Elfstones of Shannara
    Pool of Radiance
    Pools of Darkness
    Silent Sea

    These three I'm counting as one book
    The Bottle Imp
    The Body Snatcher
    Markheim

    Ranger's Apprentice Book 1
    Flight of The White Horse
    Old man and the sea
    My Grandfather's Son
    Sharks over China
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    The Screwtape Letters
    Catcher in the Rye
    The Coldest Winter
    Mere Christianity
    Count of Monte Cristo
    The Black Arrow
    Dragonflight
    Dragonquest
    The White Dragon
    The Great Gatsby
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Grapes of Wrath

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    Here are the new additions to the list for a total of 38 books only 12 more to go!

    The Trial
    I am Scout
    Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
    Robinson Crusoe
    War of the Worlds


    Crime and Punishment
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    American Lion
    "What's so great about Christianity"
    Ike, an American legend
    "What we carry"
    "The making of a poem"
    Shade's Children
    Speak
    Kidnapped
    Elfstones of Shannara
    Pool of Radiance
    Pools of Darkness
    Silent Sea

    These three I'm counting as one book
    The Bottle Imp
    The Body Snatcher
    Markheim

    Ranger's Apprentice Book 1
    Flight of The White Horse
    Old man and the sea
    My Grandfather's Son
    Sharks over China
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
    The Screwtape Letters
    Catcher in the Rye
    The Coldest Winter
    Mere Christianity
    Count of Monte Cristo
    The Black Arrow
    Dragonflight
    Dragonquest
    The White Dragon
    The Great Gatsby
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Grapes of Wrath

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    It's 39 now! I finished Lord of the Flies last week as well!

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    I lied it's 42. Add "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "All Quiet On The Western Front" and "If By Sea" to the list.

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