Kristel's 2015 under construction

This year I hope to read 75 but would be nice to pass the 100 I read in 2014.

Welcome back!

Happy Reading, Kristel!

JANUARY
1. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman, completed 1/1/15, ★★★★
2. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 1/5/15, ★★★★★
3. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, 1/10/15, ★★★★
4. Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand, 1/10/15, ★★★
5. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, 1/14/15,
6. Hamlet by Shakespeare, 1/21/15, ★★★★
7. A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell, 1/26/15, ★★★
8. Ulysses by James Joyce 1/28/15, ★★★★
9. Rites of Passage by William Golding ★★★★
10. Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes ★★★★
FEBRUARY
11. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, 2/3/15, ★★★
12. Blindness by Henry Green, 2/5/15, ★★★
13. War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells 2/6/15,★★★
14. Crash by J.G. Ballard, 2/6/15, ★
15. The Cathedral: A Novel St. Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics by Oles Honchar, 2/15/15, ★★★★
16. Call the Midwife - Jennifer Worth 2/16/15, ★★★
17. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clark, 2/20/10, ★★★
18. Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, 2/26/15, ★★★★
MARCH
19. Effie Briest by Theodor Fontane, 3/5/15 ★★★★
20. The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell, 3/7/15, ★★★★
21. A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz, 3/17/15, ★★★★
22. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, 3/19/15, ★★★★
23. Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon, 3/21/15, ★★★★
24. Canada by Richard Ford, 3/21/15, ★★★
25. Living by Henry Green, 3/25/15,★★★★
26. Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope, 3/26/15, ★★★★
27. A Buyer's Market by Anthony Powell, 3/29/15, ★★★
APRIL
28. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling, 4/4/15. ★★★★
29. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan, 4/6/15, (3.5) ★★★☆
30. Thru the Bible Commentary, Volume 37. Luke by J. Vernon McGee, 4/13/15, ★★★
31. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, 4/13/15, ★★★
32. Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel by John Guy, 4/18/15, ★★★
33. The Children Act by Ian McEwan, 4/17/15, ★★★
34. Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, 4/19/15, ★★★
35. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks, 4/22/15, ★★★★★
36. Howard's End by E. M.Forster, 4/27/15, ★★★★☆
MAY
37. August is a Wicked Month by Edna O'Brien, 5/2/15, ★★★☆
38. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, 5/3/15, ★★★★
39. Murphy by Samuel Beckett, 5/4/15, ★★★
40. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, 5/8/15, ★★★
41. Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn, 5/10/15, ★★★★
42. Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal, 5/12/15, ★★★
43. How It Is by Samuel Beckett, 5/14/15, ★★
44. Nemesis by Philip Roth, 5/15/15, ★★★★
45. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by Anonymous, 5/15/15, ★★★
46. On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin, 5/19/15, ★★★★★
47. A Void by Georgas Perec, 5/25/15, ★★★★
48. Journey to the Alcarria, Camillo José Cela
49. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, 5/29/15, ★★★★★
JUNE
50. Dodger by Terry Pratchett, 6/1/15, ★★★★
51. The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell, ★★★
52. The Strange Library by Haruki Marakami
53. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
54. The House of Doctor Dee by Peter Ackroyd, ★★★
55. The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin,
56. Pricksongs & Descants by Robert Coover
57. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
58. Passage to India by E. M. Forster
59. Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 6/26/15, ★★★★
60. On The Beach by Nevil Shute, 6/27/15, ★★★★
JULY
61. Falling Man by Don Dillo, 7/1/15. ★★★★
62. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 7/10/15, ★★★★
63. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, 7/11/15, ★★★★
64. Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, 7/12/15 ★★★★
65. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey, 7/16/15, ★★★☆
66. The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch, 7/24/15 ★★★★
67. Loot by Jude Watson, 7/24/15, 3 stars ★★★
68. At Lady Molly's by Anthony Powell, 7/25/15, ★★★☆
69. The Floating Opera by John Barth, 7/27/15, ★★★
AUGUST
70. Silence by Shusaku Endo, 8/1/15, ★★★★
71. Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally 8/13/15
72. Nicholas Nickelby by Dickens 8/11/15
73. The Marriage Plot by Eugenides, 8/19/15
74. The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien 8/21/15
75. The End of the Road by John Barth 8/24/15
76. The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell 8/28/15
77. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, 8/29/15
78. The Black Count by Tom Reiss 8/31/15
SEPTEMBER
79. The Human Stain by Philip Roth (audio) 9/4/15
80. The House of Spirits by Allende 9/7/15
81. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin audio
82. Persuasion by Jane Austin audio
83. March by Geraldine Brooks audio/book
84. These is my Words by Nancy E. Turner
85. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant by Anthony Powell 9/20/15
86. The Nose by Gogol 9/20/15
87. Cold Comfort Farm by Gibbon 9/25/15
88. The Kindly Ones by Anthony Powell
89. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter reread, audio (on line)
OCTOBER
90. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
91. What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
92. The Valley of Bones by Powell
93. The Soldier's Art by Anthony Powell
94. The Military Philosophers by Powell
95. Books Do Furnish a Room by Powell
96. The House With The Blind Glass Windows Wassmo
97. Temporary Kings by Powell
98. The Blind Owl by Ṣādiq Hidāyat
99. Hearing Secret Harmonies by Powell
100. Silk by Alessandro Baricco
101. The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne
102. The Deadbeats by Ward Ruyslinck
NOVEMBER
103. The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
104. 2666 by Roberto Bolanco
105. Paradise of the Blind by Thu Hương Dương, 11/8/15
106. Hyperion by Simmons 11/14/15
Johnstown Flood by McCullough 11/17/15
107. Catch-22 by Heller 11/29/15
108. Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 11/30/15
December:
109. The Dark Child by Camera Laye
110. Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
111. Bouvard et Pécuchet by Gustave Flaubert
112, The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss
113. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Kundera
114. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
115. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
116. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke 4 stars
117. Couples, Passersby by Strauss, 2 stars
118. X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz
119. The Boys in the Boat by Brown 4 stars

Recap:
January, 10 books read, 65 to go.

Recap
FEBRUARY read 8 books, 57 to go.

I read The War of the Worlds last month as well! I liked it a little bit more, though. :)

RECAP
I read 9 books in March, total 27, 48 to go.

Read 9 books in April, total 36, 39 to go.

Sounds like good progress!

>10 drneutron:, I am doing fantastic this year, hopefully it continues.

Recap
End of May, read 49 of 75 book challenge. 26 books to go.

End of June, read 60 of 75 books. 25 books to go

End of July, read 69 books 6 books to go.

End of August, read 9 books, total 78 books. I have met the goal of 75, now to see how many more I can add before the end of year.

Congrats on reaching 75!

Congrats! I just hit 75 too.

Congratulations! *High fives*

September 10 more books and 1 reread.

October; 13 books read