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This is going to be great, thanks for this group!
It took me a few days to figure out that the widget wouldn't recognise the "to-read" shelf, just created a special shelf & it works now.
My lost books:
1. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
2. And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave(changed my mind)
3. Faces in the Water by Janet Frame
4. An Equal Music by Vikram Seth(changed my mind)
5. Red Dog by Nancy Gillespie
6. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
7. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (abandoned)
8. For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke
9. To the Islands by Randolph Stow
10. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire(changed my mind)
11. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
13. The Secret River by Kate Grenville
14. A Rose for the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French

Claire wrote: "This is going to be great, thanks for this group!
It took me a few days to figure out that the widget wouldn't recognise the "to-read" shelf, just created a special shelf & it works now.
My lost b..."

Welcome, Claire! And best of luck on your LOST books!
Am sure these dusty books appreciate that some love are coming their way ;)

Woot! I've read one book from this challenge! This is a better start than last year. Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott was a very enjoyable read. I look forward to now reading the sequel, Rose in Bloom, also on my challenge list:)

Blarneygod wrote: "Woot! I've read one book from this challenge! This is a better start than last year. Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott was a very enjoyable read. I look forward to now reading the sequel, Rose in ..."

Yay onya, Blarneygod!
My goal is 1 lost book/ month so I'm doing well so far :)

Thanks Tien! One book a month is a good idea.

I'm WAY behind. Haven't read any on my list yet this year. Hoping March will be more productive in this area!

Finally finished my first book for the challenge. So proud of myself :0)

Woo hoo! 2 books down... I have already read the amount I read for last year's challenge. I plan to read Great Expectations next though... that may take me awhile:)

Ashley wrote: "Here's to a better LOST year for me! My 2016 books:

1. The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle
2. The Private Science of Louis Pasteur
3. [bo..."

Hi Ashley! You've got a lot of non-fiction on your list. How is the challenge coming so far?

Blarneygod wrote: "Woo hoo! 2 books down... I have already read the amount I read for last year's challenge. I plan to read Great Expectations next though... that may take me awhile:)"

Just to encourage you, I recently finished this book and I was honestly surprised at how well it kept my attention. I finished it much quicker than I thought I would as well. Some parts definitely drag, but it wasn't really what I was expecting. Good Luck!

Finally finished one. It was the longest on my list so the others should come nice and quickly, shouldn't they?

Thanks Charity! I have been putting off starting this book. Your opinion of the book is encouraging:)

Coralie wrote: "Finally finished one. It was the longest on my list so the others should come nice and quickly, shouldn't they?"

Congrats Coralie!

Blarneygod wrote: "Thanks Charity! I have been putting off starting this book. Your opinion of the book is encouraging:)"

They should!

I just finished another one: 8. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry, Non-Fiction, read 8 April 2016. Very interesting, but it jumped around somewhat.

This is a great idea, I definitely choose newer books from my TBR (or ignore it completely and go to the library!)

My 10 oldest (that I own):
1. The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time
2. The Psychology of Religion: A Short Introduction
3. The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One
4. The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom
5. Life After Life
6. The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
7. A Man Called Ove
8. Pride and Prejudice - completed 31/07/16
9. Catch-22
10. Vanity Fair

Update! I had a clear out and then got given some books that are really old on my TBR so that changes the list I think! :)

1. The Help - completed 16th Nov 16
2. The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time - completed 30th Nov 16
3. The Children's Book
4. Animal Farm
5. The Little Prince - completed 22/10/16
6. The Psychology of Religion: A Short Introduction
7. Life After Life - completed 9/12/16
8. The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
9. A Man Called Ove - completed 06/10/16
10. Pride and Prejudice - completed 31/07/16

Welcome, Martha! Good luck with your LOST list... I've read half of them & never heard of the other half. Some of them looks like heavy reading though especially The Three Emperors and I know some of us struggled so badly with Anna Karenina. I'd suggest you start with the easiest looking read & shortest which I think could be, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. That was pretty good read too :)

Thanks Tien! Haha yes I did start to get less enthusiastic as I worked my way down the list - they've been on my TBR the longest for a reason! My attitude tends to be give it 100 pages, and I'm still not loving it, it gets abandoned - life's too short! So we might find this list changing, but at least it's a good way of reducing the TBR one way or another! :)

Martha, let me know how you like Anna Karenina. My copy is 634 pages long, and I am on page 406. It is slow reading for me due to all the Russian names and multiple characters (some with different names), so I read it on my Kindle at night when I can't sleep.

I have only 4 more books to go for my 2016 LOST list, so I got curious about the next 10. That led me to determine how many books on my TBR were added in 2011, the year my current LOST books are from. 308! Of course that still is counting the 6 still to be read (2 from 2014 list and 4 from 2016 list).

Oh my! I will be reading that year's listings for YEARS!

Bea, I'm still working on 2009! I added heaps from some lists so I'm weeding through it slowly ;p

Although I joined in 2008, I only listed one book read until 2010. So, I think all these books were my first attempt to really start using this site. I sure was gungho. :)

Read 2 of my LOST books this month so I'm back on track, yipee!!!

I've read 5 books for this challenge so far. I wonder if that is any good? How many books has everyone else read for this challenge so far?

I've done six, Lusie. However, one of my books to go is over 1000 pages, so I think I will save it for last.

I've only done 2 so far, but with only 10 on my list I don't consider myself behind, especially since I've made so much progress on other challenges.

Lusie wrote: "I've read 5 books for this challenge so far. I wonder if that is any good? How many books has everyone else read for this challenge so far?"

I've done 3 of 10, Lusie, and one of mine that I haven't read yet is 656 pages of short stories. So I'm sort of behind. But, really, anything we do is good. I don't think you should worry about it too much.

I'd say you're making very good progress, Lusie. I've only read 4 so far & I plan on reading 1 Lost book per month so I've still got to read my May/Lost book :)

Thanks! Good to know I'm still on schedule :)

My plan was one a month and to be done by October. I've read only 3 so far, so I now have 7 books and 7-1/2 months.... I need to get going on the list again!!

I'm not doing as well with the challenge this year as in previous years. I've only read 2 of 10 books. Hope to finish some others sooner rather than later.

Lauren wrote: "I'm not doing as well with the challenge this year as in previous years. I've only read 2 of 10 books. Hope to finish some others sooner rather than later."

Plenty of time still, Lauren, you can do this :)

Thanks Tien! I will keep plodding along :0)

Bea wrote: "Martha, let me know how you like Anna Karenina. My copy is 634 pages long, and I am on page 406. It is slow reading for me due to all the Russian names and multiple characters (some with different ..."

It turns out I don't even own Anna Karenina! I psyched myself to dive in and literally don't have it. So unfortunately that's gone off the list (my TBR is only books I own to try and shrink that!). How are you getting on with it?

Martha wrote: "Bea wrote: "Martha, let me know how you like Anna Karenina. My copy is 634 pages long, and I am on page 406. It is slow reading for me due to all the Russian names and multiple characters (some wit..."

If you have a Kindle or other digital reading device, you can get Anna Karenina for free on Amazon. They have a lot of classics for free or super cheap.

Actually feeling like I will finish it. My problem is that I do not like Anna or her part of the story. However, I am sympathetic to another of the couples in the story (Kitty and Levin), which keeps me reading. So far I have completed 82% of the book. Not sure if I will complete it this month as I have a lot of books to finish before the end of May, but definitely next month.

It's June and I'm 5/10 done so am still tracking well on LOST :)

The only year so far that I'm really discipline in reading 1 book per month! If I keep this up, I won't have to rush through the list in October lol

Hi! I just joined this group and I really need to do this. I have books from 2009 to read! I've actually read two of my oldest TBRs already this year but I'm not going to count those. Let's see how many I can get though!

✔️ 1 The Other Boleyn Girl read Sept 27
2 The Pillars of the Earth
3 Sebastian
✔️ 4 The Pillars of the World read Oct 27
✔️ 5 Murder in Montparnasse read Sept 10
6 The Interpretation of Murder
✔️ 7 The Lost Duke of Wyndham read July 30
✔️ 8 Eragon read Nov 19
9 Midnight's Children
10 The Master Quilter

Finished: 5/10

Welcome, Nicki! and good luck, there seems to be quite a few big ones on your list :)

I'm falling a bit behind with my own list; I've only just reminded myself last night ha ha ha. Will aim to read 1 LOST book this month.

Tien wrote: "Welcome, Nicki! and good luck, there seems to be quite a few big ones on your list :)

I'm falling a bit behind with my own list; I've only just reminded myself last night ha ha ha. Will aim to rea..."

Thanks Tien!

Yes - a few big ones and a bit of a mixture. I definitely want to read them soonish, even if I don't get round to them all this year. There are lots more to work through though - I'm sick of seeing '2009' on the date added!! :)

Welcome, Nicki! Even if you do not finish your list this year, you can continue to work on it, add to it, or scrap it in 2017. This is an ongoing challenge for this group.

I personally have 2 books left for this year's list...and 2 books from my 2014 list to complete. My goal is to start 2017 completely caught up on LOST!

Hi!
This seems like a good challenge for me - keep adding books to my list & have had some sitting there for years. :(

The ones I'm adding have only been on ŷ������ for 5 yrs but I've had lists at home for 15 or more!!
Limited to books I can actually find or own :)

Earthly Powers - Anthony Burgess
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal - Eric Schlosser
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
White Noise - Don DeLillo

Welcome, Dree! LOST is about loving those dusty books :)

Looks like some good books on your list so I hope you do get to read some of them this year!

Welcome, Dree!

I've finished another 2 LOST books so I'm up to 4. I might even get to all of the books before the end of the year. It was beginning to look like that wasn't going to happen at all!

Way to go, Lauren!

Thanks Bea!

Finally! Halfway done! I need to get to work on the rest of these.

I started my first book! It's the smallest and fastest read on my list but it'll be so good to have one done :)

Bea wrote: "Welcome, Nicki! Even if you do not finish your list this year, you can continue to work on it, add to it, or scrap it in 2017. This is an ongoing challenge for this group.

I personally have 2 book..."

Thanks Bea! I intend to try to keep this going - it looks like a perfect challenge for me :D