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05 January 2010 @ 08:21 pm

1. Touching Spirit Bear - Ben Mikaelson (241 pg)
2. The Black Stallion - Walter Farley (187 pg)
3. Last of the Breed - Louis L'Amour (367 pg)
4. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (336 pg)
5. The Heavenstone Secrets - V.C. Andrews (438 pg)

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10 January 2009 @ 07:11 pm

50bookchallenge

began January 1, 2009

Goal: read 50 books within one year (2009).

Books:
1. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami (467 pg)
2. Rascal - Sterling North (189 pg)
3. A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett (249 pg)
4. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory (516 pg)
5. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer (498 pg)
6. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Haruki Murakami (362 pg)
7. New Moon - Stephanie Meyer (563 pg)
8. Cradle and All - James Patterson (355 pg)
9. Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer (629 pg)
10. Prey - Michael Crichton (364 pg)
11. Airframe - Michael Crichton (352 pg)
12. Congo - Michael Crichton (438 pg)
13. Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyer (754 pg)
14. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami (607 pg)
15. Schooled - Anisha Lakhani (344 pg)
16. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen (331 pg)
17. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway (314 pg)
18. The Cherokee Trail - Lous L'Amour (221 pg)
19. Class Matters - The New York Times (243 pg)
20. Detective - Arthur Hailey (595 pg)
21. The Epic of Gilgamesh - translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs (41 pg)
22. The Odyssey - Homer (295 pg)
23. Oedipus the King - Sophocles (48 pg)
24. Lord of the Flies - William Golding (208 pg)
25. The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss (325 pg)
26. Sex with Kings - Eleanor Herman (255 pg)
27. Robin Hood - Henry Gilbert (288 pg)
28. Marie Antoinette: The Journey - Antonia Fraser (458 pg)
29. Bonita - Kathleen Duey (117 pg)
30. Sierra - Kathleen Duey (114 pg)
31. Call of the Wild - Jack London (67 pg)
32. After Dark - Haruki Murakami (244 pg)
33. Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Louis Sachar (118 pg)
34. Esperanza Rising - Pam Munoz Ryan (262 pg)
35. Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley - Marguerite Henry (100 pg)
36. King of the Wind - Marguerite Henry (192 pg)
37. The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin (216 pg)
38. The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams (105 pg)
39. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (1130 pg)

Total # books read:
39 books / 50 books = 78 %
Total # pages read:
12974 pg / 50000 pg = 86.5 %

Manga:
1. Othello vol 1 - Satomi Ikezawa (182 pg)
2. Othello vol 2 - Satomi Ikezawa (182 pg)
3. Othello vol 3 - Satomi Ikezawa (174 pg)
4. Othello vol 4 - Satomi Ikezawa (168 pg)
5. Othello vol 5 - Satomi Ikezawa (168 pg)
6. Othello vol 6 - Satomi Ikezawa (163 pg)
7. Othello vol 7 - Satomi Ikezawa (169 pg)
8. Inuyasha vol 1 - Rumiko Takahashi (182 pg)
9. Inuyasha vol 2 - Rumiko Takahashi (190 pg)
10. Apple - Komi Naoshi (49 pg)
11. Madofuki Park - Murata Yusuke (35 pg)

Total # pages read:
14636 pg / 15000 pg = 97.5 %

Cumulative # books + manga read: 50

ended December 31, 2009

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27 March 2008 @ 12:08 am

50bookchallenge

began January 1, 2008

Goal: read 50 books within one year (2008).

Books:
1. Life of Pi - Yann Martel (401 pg)
2. Maybe Baby - edited by Lori Leibovich (255 pg)
3. Animal Farm - George Orwell (139 pg)
4. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton (399 pg)
5. The Lost World - Michael Crichton (430 pg)
6. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (298 pg)
7. Homeless Bird - Gloria Whelan (212 pg)
8. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (562 pg)
9. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger (360 pg)
10. The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan (288 pg)
11. Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger (367 pg)
12. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips (292 pg)
13. The Californios - Louis L'Amour (188 pg)
14. The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan (415 pg)
15. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (236 pg)
16. To Have and Have Not - Ernest Hemingway (262 pg)
17. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory (661 pg)
18. America's Report Card - John McNally (264 pg)
19. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy (223 pg)
20. Duchess: A Novel of Sarah Churchill - Susan Holloway Scott (363 pg)
21. A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity - Kathleen Gilles Seidel (292 pg)
22. Little Pink Slips - Sally Koslow (370 pg)
23. Empress Orchid - Anchee Min (336 pg)
24. White Fang - Jack London (311 pg)
25. 1984 - George Orwell (326 pg)
26. After Dark - Haruki Murakami (244 pg)
27. The Death of the Grown-Up - Diana West (217 pg)
28. A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami (353 pg)
29. The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis (106 pg)
30. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis (91 pg)
31. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis (105 pg)
32. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis (101 pg)
33. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis (116 pg)
34. Jason's Gold - Will Hobbs (221 pg)
35. The Silver Chair - C.S. Lewis (114 pg)
36. Sounder - William H. Armstrong (116 pg)
37. The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis (98 pg)

Total # books read:
37 books / 50 books = 74 %
Total # pages read:
10132 pg / 15000 pg = 67.6 %

Manga:
1. Doujin Work vol 1 - Hiroyuki (112 pg)
2. Doujin Work vol 2 - Hiroyuki (118 pg)
3. 7th Period is a Secret - Chiba Kozue (99 pg)
4. Fall in Love Like a Comic! vol 1 - Yagami Chitose (157 pg)
5. Fall in Love Like a Comic! vol 2 - Yagami Chitose (126 pg)
6. White Clouds - Hisae Iwaoka (16 pg)
7. 13 - Hideaki Sorachi (37 pg)
8. Love Strip - Mayu Shinjo (143 pg)
9. Shinigami Lovers - Yuuki Ryou (179 pg)
10. Shinigami Lovers - Yuuki Ryou (178 pg)
11. Boys Next Door - Kaori Yuki (99 pg)
12. Tonari no Inuyama-Kun - Tsukuba Sakura (45 pg)
13. Hello Baby - Morita Masanori / Obata Takeshi (50 pg)

Total # pages read:
11491 pg / 15000 pg = 76.6 %

Cumulative # books + manga read: 50

ended December 31, 2008

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