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LOST: Longest On Shelf To-read -2015

For Newcomers: Welcome!! The challenge is to list 10 of the ‘oldest� books on your TBR and read them in 2015.

No matter how much I read off mt TBR, I seem to be adding more so my pile is always higher at the end of the year but it would've been higher if I didn't complete LOST ;p

List of Participants:

Amanda

Bea ~FINIS

Blarneygod

Charity ~FINIS

Coralie ~FINIS

Ebony

Lahni ~FINIS

Lauren

LynnB

Matt

Melissa

readinghearts (Lyn M)

Sherri

Susan

Tien ~FINIS

The challenge widget can be found, here

I've filtered my book list so I've only listed the ones I've either already got on my shelf or is on my e-reader

1. Cavalier -Read 03/11
2. Musk & Byrne -Read 09/18
3. Grace Notes -Read 09/15
4. Crown Duel -Read 03/13
5. Thirteen Steps Down -Read 08/04
6. Run -Read 07/05
7. A Sense of the World
8. Glimmerglass -Read 07/12
9. Capricornia -Read 10/10
10. Tender Morsels -Read 08/06
11. Tirra Lirra by the River -Read 12/15

COMPLETED on 12/15/15

This is my LOST list for 2015:

1. Live Wire 4/18/15
2. The Imperfectionists 9/15/15
3. The Man from Beijing 8/25/15
4. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 7/26/15
5. Half Broke Horses 7/29/15
6. The Shadow of the Wind 2/18/15
7. Great House 9/15/15
8. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 4/4/15
9. Djibouti 3/4/15
10. The Wake of Forgiveness



All added to TBR April 2011.

I will also be working on my previous years. Starting count left to read: 2012 - 3, 2013 - 3, 2014 - 7, and 2015 - 5.

GOAL: To complete all LOST books by end of year.

UPDATE 7/29/15: Still reading John Adams. Have temporarily put it aside.

UPDATE 10/4/15: Finished The Wake of Forgiveness (my last 2015 LOST book).

Current status: 2012 - 2; 2013 - completed; 2014 - 4; and 2015 - completed. Six books left to go; two are started.

I have one more to read for 2014. I will be shocked if I actually finish. Here is my list for 2015.

1. The Cranes Dance 4/13/14
2. We Sinners 2/14/15
3. The Freedom Writers Diary 2/1/15
4. Autobiography of a Face 4/10/16
5. You Came Back 5/25/15
6. Every Day, Every Hour 3/26/15
7. The Cost of Hope: A Memoir 5/30/15
8. Keeping the Castle 9/19/15
9. The Physician
10. A Gracious Plenty 10/15/15

Oh, my. I am so tempted to add some of these books (Tien and Sherri's) to my TBR!

This worked out so well for me in 2014 so I'm in again.

2015 LOST - Longest on Shelf TBR
Complete: 6/10

� 1. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry: Added: February 23, 2011, Read: April 20, 2015
2. Dark Awakening by Kendra Leigh Castle Added: July 10, 2011
� 3. Primal Law by J.D. Tyler: Added: August 16, 2011, Read: April 16, 2015
4. Dark Deceptions by Dee Davis: Added: August 21, 2011
� 5. Witch Fire by Anya Bast: Added: August 21, 2011, Read: April 17, 2015
� 6. Masked by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon: Added: August 21, 2011, Read: January 10, 2015
� 7. The Guardian by Margaret Mallory: Added: August 21, 2011, Read: January 10, 2015
� 8. The Widow by Carla Neggers: Added: October 8, 2011, Read: May 22, 2015
9. Dangerous Highlander by Donna Grant: Added October 15, 2011
10. Inside by Brenda Novak: Added: December 10, 2011

All books were added in 2011

These were all added to my TBR in 2009.

2015 LOST
Completed: 9/10 -- 1 is DNF

1. Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams by Lynne Withey, NF, read 16 April 2015.
2. Manna and Mercy by Daniel Erlander, NF, read 25 Dec 2015
3. The Man Who Loved China, NF - tried, but could not finish!
4. Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig, F (general), read 1 Apr 2015
5. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter, F (mystery) read 9 Jan 2015
6. Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon, F (mystery), read 25 Feb 2015
7. The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories by Beryl Markham, F (short stories), read 7 Feb 2015
8. Chesapeake by James A. Michener, F (historical), read 15 Oct 2015
9.The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore, F (general), read 20 Feb 2015
10. Sea of Glory by Nathaniel Philbrick, NF, read 29 Nov 2015

LynnB, I like your designation of F and its subgenres and NF. Nice addition to the list.

Going to give this a try.

2015 Lost: 9/10

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 7-20-15
2. Ghost Story
3. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 1-24-15
4. Sh*t My Dad Says 2-14-15
5. The Forgotten Soldier 2-6-16
6. Watchers11-15-17
7. Strange Highways4-11-15 ****
8. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour1-30-17
9. Failing Forward: How to Make the Most of Your Mistakes 12-28-15 ****
10. The Richest Man in Babylon 6-4-15 ***

I like this idea!

1. Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
2. The Last Song
3. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud � 31/01/15
4. P.S. I Love You
5. Dear John
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
7. Confessions of a Shopaholic � 03/06/15
8. The Devil Wears Prada
9. The Nanny Diaries
10. Vampire Academy � 13/02/15

My 10 for 2015

The Moon and the Sun
Beggars and Choosers
Our Kind of Traitor
A Talent for War
The Successor
A Fringe of Leaves
A Shadow in Summer
Among Thieves
Mockingbird
Non-Stop
Completed September 18.

@Bea: MUST read The Shadow of the Wind this coming year!

@Matt: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo!! loved it! Hope you will too!

@Melissa: ooh... 2 tear jerkers but so good: Marley & Me + PS I Love You. PS I Love You is quite a bit different to the movie (the setting & family background)

One of the reasons I am back ! I made my list a few months ago when I realized how ridiculous my list for this year was !

/review/list...

One book per month, surely manageable !

Here is my list: It's a lot of sequels because I tend to check the rest as TBR after I read the first...but I guess that means I'll finish some :-)

Read 3/31/3015
Read 8/19/2015
Read 6/16/2015
Read 6/7/2015
Read 7/9/2015
Read 7/10/2015
Read 7/11/2015
Read 6/9/2015
Read 3/25/2015
Read 10/30/2015

@Amanda: I loved A Fine Balance! It's also a brick of a book so good luck but you should be fine as it's an awesome book.

@Charity: I've not finished The Mortal Instruments either... got 5 & 6 to go though I'm not in any hurry since I wasn't too captured by the whole story. I have finished The Infernal Devices though and it was bittersweet for me. I prefer this historical better than the present (Mortal Instrument).

Ok, here is my LOST 2015 list. Since most of my books are in storage (and I'm not going searching for them), I skipped the ones I know I have and only used books that I will need to purchase. I also skipped several historical texts as I already had a few on the list.

1. Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647 15/01/15
2. On Liberty
3. North and South
4. Midnight's Children
5. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
6. Animal Farm
7. Cold Mountain
8. Schindler's List
9. The Alchemist18/01/15
10. Obernewtyn

Completed: 2/10

I did so badly with this that all I need to do this year is to list the ones I didn't finish from last year. Groan. But at least it's barely more than one book a month. I should be able to accomplish that, even with the distraction of all Tien's wonderful games.

�1 Hush - finished 9/15
�2 The Killing of Worlds (Succession, #2) - finished 9/19
�3 Flower Net - finished 1/1/15
�4 The Shadow Speaker - finished 2/4
�5 Hardcase - finished 2/19
�6 The Street of a Thousand Blossoms - finished 1/15/15
�7 Dreaming Water - finished 10/22
�8 Darwin's Blade - finished 8/25
9 Flashback
�10 Quiet Game - finished 4/29
�11 Orbital Resonance - finished 7/19

Removed from the list -- no longer available at my library:
Louisiana Bigshot: A Talba Wallis Novel
The Vanished Hands (Javier Falcon, #2)
Dead Lines

Removed from the list -- won't finish:
One Man's Bible - quit 7/15

last updated 10/23/15

Aww, shucks, Susan :D

I think you'll find upcoming game to be a lot more flexible so you should be able to fit in your LOST books :)
and even Moving Mt too!

crap ! The year has started and I haven't decided which book to start with ( as I am still only halfway through Inkspell, I guess I still have a few days to decide !

Tien, I think I have a few bricks listed, which worries me, but I have been practicing reading longer books lately ;)

lol = panicking already, Amanda?

From my previous trends, I usually listed them very early then I'd be very lucky to have read 1 or 2 by mid year then around October I'd rush through the rest to finish before end year ;p

You can take out some of those bricks to make it more achievable, if you like. Or if you like the challenge, by all means! Also, feel free to cast some feelers out if anyone would like to buddy-read some of them with you. I find buddy-read helps with chunky books.

Inkspell is taking me longer than I expected, but I really shouldn't have under-estimated after reading Inkheart, and this is longer, almost 700 pages !

I really need to get over my fear of the brick. I am too hooked on the sense of achievement of finishing a 200 page book.

Would love to Buddy Read, but each time I have seen one I have already read it ( which is why I didn't reply re Ulysses. I read it at uni, and not sure I am ready to read it again even now ! ).

The sense of achievement of finishing a 1,000 pages is even better!

Amanda, you can pick your own book and see if anyone would like to join in with you? Don't wait around to see what other people would like to read... you never know, your request might push them to reading it sooner, with you!

Tien wrote: "Amanda, you can pick your own book and see if anyone would like to join in with you? Don't wait around to see what other people would like to read... you never know, your request might push them to reading it sooner, with you! "

Tien is absolutely right. I never would've read A Suitable Boy if she hadn't suggested it last year.

Susan wrote: "Tien wrote: "Amanda, you can pick your own book and see if anyone would like to join in with you? Don't wait around to see what other people would like to read... you never know, your request mig..."

I bought A Suitable Boy at a library sale last year, and the size of it freaks me out. I think it is large print too, making it twice as large.

My list is the same as 2014, lol. Not good at this....I am better at reading newer books than the older ones. :P

I am going to try this yet again, lol. Let's see how it goes.


1. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. The Fire by Katherine Neville
5. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
6. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
7. The Way of the Traitor by Laura Joh Rowland
8. Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
9. Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson
10. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

readinghearts (Lyn M) wrote: "My list is the same as 2014, lol. Not good at this....I am better at reading newer books than the older ones. :P

I am going to try this yet again, lol. Let's see how it goes.


1. [book:A Ta..."

Hi Lyn,

I have books 2 and 3 to read this year too ( I keep putting them off myself. )

Kind of booked up for this month, but perhaps Buddy Read later in the year to push each other through ? ;)

Amanda wrote: "Hi Lyn, I have books 2 and 3 to read this year too ( I keep putting them off myself. ) ."

Amanda & Lyn, I predict that once you start The Kite Runner, you won't have any trouble keeping at it. It absorbed me very quickly.

Susan wrote: "

Amanda & Lyn, I predict that once you start The Kite Runner, you won't have any trou..."

But Susan, I have to give myself the extra push to start reading. It's like making yourself exercise, you're more likely to do it if you've roped someone else in to do it too ! ;)

Amanda wrote: "readinghearts (Lyn M) wrote: "My list is the same as 2014, lol. Not good at this....I am better at reading newer books than the older ones. :P

I am going to try this yet again, lol. Let's see ..."

I'm game, Amanda. Let's do it. I am like you, I need someone to kick start me to pick the book up. :)

I reviewed my previous years of LOST lists and found that some of the books are BIG books over 600 pages. That is a problem for me as BIG books intimidate me greatly. So, I decided to bite the bullet and buy some of them for my Kindle. (Finishing Les Misérables at 1400+ pages gave me courage.)

I bought Fall of Giants (900+ pages) and Outlander (600+ pages). I also got The Passage (700+ pages) as an audiobook from my library for this month's shelf. All three were on my 2013 LOST list.

I have started two (Fall of Giants and The Passage). I am not very far into Fall of Giants. But I am halfway through the audiobook, and it is GREAT! Really loving it.

My goal this year is to get my LOST books done. I would like to get to the end of the year with no leftovers.

I finished The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, which makes 2 books down so far out of 15. I'm trying to get a better momentum started than last year.

Well done, Susan. Good to see you enjoyed it too since ive got that book on my shelf :)

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3. The Poisonwood Bible
4. The Great Gatsby
5. Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
6. Things Not Seen
7. Glimmerglass
8. The Princess Bride
9. Lord of the Flies
10. The Fountainhead
11. Midnight Sun
12. A Reliable Wife
13. I Know This Much Is True
14. She's Come Undone
15. The Lovely Bones

Books Read: 10/10 DONE!!

Wow, some really good books on your list, Lahni.

I have The Poisonwood Bible on Moving Mt list -let me know if you want to buddy read later on in the year :)

Tien wrote: "Wow, some really good books on your list, Lahni.

I have The Poisonwood Bible on Moving Mt list -let me know if you want to buddy read later on in the year :)"

I've also offered to buddy read The Poisonwood Bible with Lyn readinghearts, so we look like we have a bit of a goer there ;)

Tien wrote: "Wow, some really good books on your list, Lahni.

I have The Poisonwood Bible on Moving Mt list -let me know if you want to buddy read later on in the year :)"

A buddy read would be great and later in the year would be perfect. We are in the process of trying to sell our house and move so my copy is packed up for a while.

I thought it was mentioned somewhere though I couldn't remember where!

Tien wrote: "I thought it was mentioned somewhere though I couldn't remember where!"

Lahni wrote: "Tien wrote: "Wow, some really good books on your list, Lahni.

I have The Poisonwood Bible on Moving Mt list -let me know if you want to buddy read later on in the year :)"

A buddy read would be g..."

Amanda wrote: "Tien wrote: "Wow, some really good books on your list, Lahni.

I have The Poisonwood Bible on Moving Mt list -let me know if you want to buddy read later on in the year :)"

I've also offered to bu..."

I'm game whenever you all are. Just let me know!

I finished The Shadow Speaker, so I've completed 3 of 15 so far. The widget says I'm "on track." Yay!

So far I've finished The Great Gatsby, The Princess Bride, and Lord of the Flies

I decided to add a few more books to my list taking it to 15 books. I probably won't read them all and I'm going to focus more on the 1st 10.

After a couple of years of not getting my LOST books completed, this year I am determined! I have 4 of the 10 finished now. When playing Reader's Pursuit, I check my LOST list before I look at any others. Four of the remaining books are non-fiction and one of the fiction is a chunkster, so we'll see if I do get these finished by December :)

Seems like quite of few of people are quite determined about their LOST list this year... would love to see y'all finish ;D

Finished my first book for Lost! Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was not my favourite Murakami, took me a lot to get into it, but I have nearly read all of his works now.

If only I hadn't lost the other book of his I borrowed from the library :(

These books were all added to my list when I first joined Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ in 2007:
1. A Long Fatal Love Chase
2. Rose in Bloom
3. Eight Cousins
4. Jo's Boys
5. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
6. Gulliver's Travels
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Read
8. The Old Man and the Sea - Read
9. Love in the Time of Cholera
10. Great Expectations

Blarneygod wrote: "These books were all added to my list when I first joined Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ in 2007"

Wow, 2007! Lots of classics there! good luck!

Second LOST book done. Eight to go.

Finished Cloud Atlas, so 2 books down, 10 to go.

Anyone else read it? I really enjoyed parts of it, and loathed reading other parts. Still not sure what the overall intent was in having 6 different stories, and the way the book was structured, but kind of interested to see the film to see how it makes it work and if it gives me a better sense of what the intent is.

A discourse of civilization and barbarism? Human nature? A thesis on the evils of power and greed? I just don't know, but am glad it is over!

Amanda wrote: "A discourse of civilization and barbarism? Human nature? A thesis on the evils of power and greed? I just don't know, but am glad it is over! "

lol! Well done on finishing the read anyway ;p
I've still gotta find the courage to start ha ha ha

Tien wrote: "lol! Well done on finishing the read ;p
I've still gotta find the courage to start ha ha ha "

I had been looking forward to it, but I wasn't aware of the structure beforehand, but even that isn't really where I struggled. I didn't like the first story, just not to my tastes, and the 6th / middle story is written almost phonetically - that was where I had the most trouble. My favourite stories were the Luisa Rey and Somni (Sonmi ?) stories, and I am not sure why we needed the Timothy Cavendish story in-between them. I don't see how that added to the themes I think were there.