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Book Challenge 2013

Discussion in 'Book Lovers' started by lampdeepa, Jan 2, 2013.

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  1. Apr 8, 2013 #161
    vidhya3b

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    You rock!!!! Keep going :)
     
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  2. Apr 8, 2013 #162
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    Hi, I love both books and challenges :) Count me in. Unable to list the books from the beginning of the year. So starting from the one I completed last.

    1) Tell Me Your Dreams - Sidney Sheldon
     
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  3. Apr 9, 2013 #163
    vidyajithesh

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    My books so far:

    1) The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes
    My Rating : 4/5

    2) Life of Pi - Yann Martel (Re-reading after 8 years just to watch the movie with kids)
    My Rating : 4/5

    3) The Color Purple - Alice Walker
    My Rating : 5/5 (In lines of the book The Help by Kathryn Stockett)- just loved it

    4) No Place like Home - Mary Higgins Clark
    My Rating : 4.5 /5

    5) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
    My Rating : 4/5

    6) Just Married, Please excuse - Yashodhara Lal
    My Rating : 4/5

    7) The Blue Umbrella - Ruskin Bond
    My Rating : 3/5

    8) Grandma's bag of stories - Sudha murthy
    My Rating : 5/5

    9) Diary of a Wimpy Kid - II (Rodrick Rules) - Jeff Kinney
    My Rating : 4/5

    10) Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L.James
    My Rating : 2/5

    11) The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken - Tarquin Hall
    My Rating : 4/5

    12) Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 5 (Ugly Truth) - Jeff Kinney
    My Rating : 5/5

    13) Wrong Means, Right End - Varsha Dixit
    My Rating : 4/5

    14) Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark - Tilly Bagshawe
    My Rating : 3/5

    15) The Racketeer - John Grisham
    My Rating : 4/5

    16) Morality for Beautiful girls(No1 ladies detective agency book3) - Alexander McCall Smith
    My Rating : 4/5

    17) Forbidden - Tabitha Suzuma (Thanks to Mohur)
    My Rating : 5/5
    A very taboo subject..but somehow the book makes every logic seem right..read to find out more
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    18) To Cut a Long Story Short - Jeffrey Archer
    My Rating : 3.5/5

    19) Still Alice - Lisa Genova(Thanks to Mohur)
    My Rating : 5/5 (Just loved this book)

    20) The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3) - Jeff Kinney
    My Rating : 4/5

    21) The Secret Wishlist - Preeti Shenoy
    My Rating : 3/5
     
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  4. Apr 15, 2013 #164
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    vidya... you are reading very fast!!! Already 21st book!!! Great!!!
     
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  5. Apr 15, 2013 #165
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    Reached my Target... Now time to increase....
    Completed 12 books out of my target 12 so far!!!
    "You were my crush... till you said you love me!" by Durjoy Datta
    "First Love... Just like the last one!!" by Sachin Garg
    "I too had a love story" by Ravinder Singh
    "Can Love Happen Twice?" by Ravinder Singh
    "Poove_Unnai_nesiththen" by RevadyKumar (IL here)
    "Remember Me" by Sophie Kinsella
    "Engy Enathu Kavithai" by RevadyKumar (IL here)
    "Twenties Girl" by Sophie Kinsella
    "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
    "En-Sinthai-Mayankuthadi" by RamaniChandran
    "A Cry to Remember" by Kelly Green
    "Where She Went" by Gayle Forman

    Thanks,
    Vidhya
     
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  6. Apr 15, 2013 #166
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    Increasing my target of 12 to 25... Will try to reach...

    Reading "The Oath of Vayuputras"
     
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  7. Apr 17, 2013 #167
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    Thanks Vidhya..I have slowed down a bit these days though :)
     
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  8. Apr 24, 2013 #168
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    I was reading exactly with the speed to keep up with my challenge till last week. Caught up quite a bit over the extended weekend :) and now I am 5 books ahead! Yay!

    Read in 2013 :: 83 out of 150
     
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  9. Apr 25, 2013 #169
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    wow Mohur..gr8 going!!!
    Please drop in at the Book Club thread too :p
     
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  10. Apr 25, 2013 #170
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    My books so far:

    1) The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes
    My Rating : 4/5

    2) Life of Pi - Yann Martel (Re-reading after 8 years just to watch the movie with kids)
    My Rating : 4/5

    3) The Color Purple - Alice Walker
    My Rating : 5/5 (In lines of the book The Help by Kathryn Stockett)- just loved it

    4) No Place like Home - Mary Higgins Clark
    My Rating : 4.5 /5

    5) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
    My Rating : 4/5

    6) Just Married, Please excuse - Yashodhara Lal
    My Rating : 4/5

    7) The Blue Umbrella - Ruskin Bond
    My Rating : 3/5

    8) Grandma's bag of stories - Sudha murthy
    My Rating : 5/5

    9) Diary of a Wimpy Kid - II (Rodrick Rules) - Jeff Kinney
    My Rating : 4/5

    10) Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L.James
    My Rating : 2/5

    11) The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken - Tarquin Hall
    My Rating : 4/5

    12) Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 5 (Ugly Truth) - Jeff Kinney
    My Rating : 5/5

    13) Wrong Means, Right End - Varsha Dixit
    My Rating : 4/5

    14) Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark - Tilly Bagshawe
    My Rating : 3/5

    15) The Racketeer - John Grisham
    My Rating : 4/5

    16) Morality for Beautiful girls(No1 ladies detective agency book3) - Alexander McCall Smith
    My Rating : 4/5

    17) Forbidden - Tabitha Suzuma (Thanks to Mohur)
    My Rating : 5/5
    A very taboo subject..but somehow the book makes every logic seem right..read to find out more
    Share

    18) To Cut a Long Story Short - Jeffrey Archer
    My Rating : 3.5/5

    19) Still Alice - Lisa Genova(Thanks to Mohur)
    My Rating : 5/5 (Just loved this book)

    20) The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3) - Jeff Kinney
    My Rating : 4/5

    21) The Secret Wishlist - Preeti Shenoy
    My Rating : 3/5

    22)Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4) - Jeff Kinney
    My Rating : 4/5

    23) Screw it, Just Do it - Richard Branson
    My Rating : 4/5
     
    vidyajithesh, Apr 25, 2013
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