BoekenTrol71's 100 in 2014

I hope to read 100 new books

of which 26 are counting for the Alphabet (author's last name) Challenge
of which at least 5 are door stoppers (500 pages or more)
with a total amount of 30,000 pages

I will list my re-reads seperately, in order not to confuse myself and others when going through my list.

I'm not sure yet how I will list my books: per month, in batches of 10. Will think about that and hopefully know before the year starts... :-)

Ambitious! Good luck and we're glad to have you here.

Welcome to the group! And good luck with your extra challenges!

> 2, 3 Thank you! Look forward to a new year of reading :-)

Read:
10 out of 100
Alphabet challenge: 6
Doorstoppers: 2

1. Weerloos -by Kim Moelands, 319 pages
2. Het goud van de waarheid by Iain Pears, 720 pages
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Higsmith, 290 pages
4. Our Lady of the Assassins by Fernando Vallejo, 135 pages
5. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, 352 pages
6. The Magus by John Fowles, 605 pages
7. Miramar by Naguib Mahfouz,
8. Kapitein Corelli's Mandoline by Louis de Bernières, 477 pages
9. Hong Kong Souvenir by Lisa Bresner, 124 pages
10. Het kind in de tijd by Ian Mc Ewan, 313 pages

Happy New Year Grada & good luck with your 2014 reading challenges. I look forward to following you.

>6 rainpebble: Happy New Year to you to, belva!
Will check out your challenge (update) and shelves and look forward to see how you do AND of course what you read :-)

Welcome to the group!

Thank you!

I enjoyed The Talented Mr. Ripley when I read it. I have the others in the series and plan to read one or two this year.

Interesting to learn, if you like the other book(s) as well.

Read:
20 out of 100
Alphabet challenge: 14
Doorstoppers: 2

11. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 286 pages
12. The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, 122 pages
13. Saartje Tadema by Thea Beckman, 219 pages
14. The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder, 151 pages
15. Some Clouds by Paco Ignacio Taibo, 163 pages
16. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, 351 pages
17. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway, 227 pages
18. The Soul Catcher by Alex Kava, 402 pages
19. Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui, 311 pages
20. Het huis met de blinde serre by Herbjorg Wassmo, 283 pages

Read:
30 out of 100
Alphabet challenge: 18
Doorstoppers: 3

21. De hadji by Leon Uris, 568 pages
22. Chinese Lives by Zhang Xinxin, 367
23. The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters, 220 pages
24. Bel-ami by Guy de Maupassant, 416 pages
25. When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro, 313 pages
26. The Stepmother by Simon Tolkien, 337 pages
27. Het verhaal van de dienstmaagd by Margaret Atwood,329 pages
28. What's Japanese about Japan? by John Condon, 148 pages
29. The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, 284 pages
30. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, 115 pages

Read: 40 out of 100
Alphabet Challenge: 20
Doorstoppers: 4

31. Ons soort verrader by John le Carré, 352 pages
32. Heren by Warwick Collins, 124 pages
33. De zwarte engel by Erica Spindler, 462 pages
34. Rumspringa: to be or not to be Amish by Tom Shachtman, 286 pages
35. De internet killer by A.J. Holt, 287 pages
36. Thuistaal. Het andere Nederlands by Wim Daniëls, 159 pages
37. Contract by Lars Kepler, 519 pages
38. The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier, 292 pages
39. Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson, 144 pages
40. Feniks by Deon Meyer, 333 pages.

Read: 50 out of 100
Alphabet Challenge: 21
Doorstoppers: 5

41. Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, 186 pages
42. Dikke woorden by Siemon Reker, 88 pages
43. Heartbreak Tango by Manyel Puig, 224 pages
44. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, 160 pages
45. 4x Stephen King by Stephen King, 605 pages
46. Rollenspel by Pierre Lemaitre, 350 pages
47. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida, 228 pages
48. Wolfskinderen by John Ajvide Lindqvist, 495 pages (boohoo, only 5 pages short for a doorstopper!)
49. Allen die gestorven zijn by Åke Edwardson, (246 pages)
50. The Housekeeper and The Professor by Yoko Ogawa, (180 pages)

Read: 60 out of 100
Alphabet Challenge: 21
Doorstoppers: 8

51. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, (375 pages)
52. Metro 2033 by Dmitri Gloechonovski (538 pages)
53. Het Sigma protocol by Robert Ludlum (526 pages)
54. The Good Women of China by Xinran (229 pages)
55. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult (504 pages)
56. Een mooie dag om te sterven by R.J. Ellory (461 pages)
57. Duivelspiek by Deon Meyer (479 pages)
58. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (423 pages)
59. Het dromenpaleis by Ismael Kadare (239 pages)
60. The Blind Side of the Heart by Julia Franck (424 pages)

Read: 70 out of 100
Alphabet Challenge: 21
Doorstoppers: 9

61. Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult, 427 pages.
62. Hondehart by Michail Bulgakov, 140 pages
63. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote, 78 pages
64. Erik of het klein insectenboek by Godfried Bomans, 143 pages
65. Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach, 259 pages
66. Arctisch dagboek by Jelle Brandt Corstius, 64 pages
67. Malena by Almudena Grandes, 511 pages
68. Under the Yoke by Ivan Vazov, 301 pages
69. Zeg dat het je spijt by Michael Robotham, 450 pages
70. Maanmoeder by Herbjorg Wassmo et al., 236 pages

What did I miss? The counter for 'read in 2014' (shelf) says I read 72 books, while here I only get to 69...
Really do NOT feel like checking this list against the 'read in 2014' shelf... But I'm afraid there's no other way. :-(

Read: 80 out of 100
Alphabet Challenge: 21
Doorstoppers: 11

71. Dodelijk negatief by Robert Goddard, 337 pages
72. Stone Junction by Jim Dodge, 416 pages
73. The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder, 247 pages
74. Moon Palace by Paul Auster, 305 pages
75. Daniël zoon van de wind by Henning Mankell, 316 pages
76. Ik ben Pelgrim by Terry Hayes, 735 pages
77. De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker, 632 pages
78. Monstrum by Donald James, 432 pages
79. De Afghaan by Frederick Forsyth, 266 pages
80. Excellent women by Barbara Pym, 238 pages

According to my "Read in 2014"-collection, I've read 84 books so far, my list here stops at 80.

Well, no matter which one I follow, I do not get near to 100 books this year. If I'm lucky, I'll finish the two books I'm reading now before the year ends. Then the total gets to 86 or 82.
Too bad, but there's nothing to do about it anymore.

For next year, I set the amount of books at 75 (have already joined the 75-Books Challlenge: http://www.librarything.com/topic/185126 ) Hope to be more succesfull then.

Despite I did not reach the goal, I had a lot of fun trying, reading and matching reads to challenges. Will continue to do so next year.

Thanks to all here!

Either counting, you did well. I hope you enjoy the 75 book group next year!

81. Joyland by Stephen King, 319 pages
82. The Book of Lost Things by John Conolly, 502 pages

The last book I added was actually finished in 2015, but since I read more than half in 2014, for me the book counts for 2014.