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Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:33 pm
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Deanie says...



Harry potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the year I was born. Looks like Harry Potter was well planned :P
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Dracula says...



@TriSARAHtops I'm reading Chamber of Secrets for the exact same reason.
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Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:44 pm
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TriSARAHtops says...



Noticed that A play is also missing from the original coding.

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Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:46 pm
Lavvie says...



I wish a Harry Potter had been published in my birth year!

That said, some choices for me are A Game of Thrones, The Notebook, and Bridget Jones' Diary???


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Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:12 pm
AdmiralKat says...



Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1-2)
Esperanza Rising
These are just some of the great book published on my birth year! :D
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Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:16 pm
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Halfway through the year and... why not start it? It'll help me win the books read contest!

So far:

0/50

Spoiler! :
A book with more than 500 pages:
A classic romance:
A book that became a movie:
A book published this year:
A book with number in its title:
A book written by someone under 30:
A book with non -human characters:
A funny book:
A book by a female author:
A mystery or thriller:
A book with a one word title:
A book of short stories:
A book set in a different country:
A non fiction book:
A popular author’s first book:
A book from an author you love that you haven’t read:
A book a friend recommended:
A Pulitzer Prize-winning book:
A book based on a true story:
A book at the bottom of your to-read list:
A book your mum loves:
A book that scares you:
A book more than 100 years old:
A book based entirely on its cover:
A book you were supposed to read but you didn’t:
A memoir:
A book you can finish in a day:
A book with antonyms in the title:
A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit:
A book with bad reviews:
A trilogy:
A book from your childhood:
A book with a love triangle:
A book set in the future:
A book set in high school:
A book with a color in the title:
A book with magic:
A graphic novel:
A book by an author you have never tried:
A book you own but have never read:
A book that takes place in your hometown:
A book that was originally written in a different language:
A book set during Christmas:
A book written by an author with your same initials:
A banned book:
A book based on or turned into a TV show:
A book you started but never finished:
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Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:06 am
Dreamy says...



Okay, I just went back to my post to update my list. Apparently, the books that I've read for the last few months doesn't fit anywhere. D:

so much of an accomplishment. I should probably remember the list the next time I pay my visit to the library.
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 3:40 pm
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Carlito says...



Thank goodness GoodReads has kept track of the books I've read so far this year :p

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Spoiler! :
A book with more than 500 pages: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
A classic romance:
A book that became a movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
A book published this year: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
A book with number in its title:
A book written by someone under 30:
A book with non -human characters:
A funny book:
A book by a female author: Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern
A mystery or thriller: The Devil You Know by Trish Doller
A book with a one word title: Glass by Ellen Hopkins
A book of short stories:
A book set in a different country:
A non fiction book: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
A popular author’s first book:
A book from an author you love that you haven’t read: I Was Here by Gayle Forman
A book a friend recommended:
A Pulitzer Prize-winning book:
A book based on a true story: Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
A book at the bottom of your to-read list:
A book your mum loves:
A book that scares you:
A book more than 100 years old:
A book based entirely on its cover:
A book you were supposed to read but you didn’t:
A memoir: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
A book you can finish in a day: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
A book with antonyms in the title:
A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit:
A book with bad reviews: Nevermore by James Patterson
A trilogy:
A book from your childhood: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
A book with a love triangle:
A book set in the future:
A book set in high school: Fan Art by Sarah Tregay
A book with a color in the title:
A book with magic:
A graphic novel:
A book by an author you have never tried: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
A book you own but have never read:
A book that takes place in your hometown:
A book that was originally written in a different language:
A book set during Christmas:
A book written by an author with your same initials:
A banned book:
A book based on or turned into a TV show:
A book you started but never finished:
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Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:01 pm
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Pretzelstick says...



I've just updated my log,back a couple pages. I am honestly so excited to get into the reading vibe again,because I will be spending most of my time in the library this summer! YAY! (and I still want to do all 50 of the challenge.)
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Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:13 am
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LesleyVos says...



Oh boy... it seems to challenging :D

I've made it much easier:

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So, I will try Voices in the Night, by Steven Millhauser. And that's it 8)
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Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:30 pm
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Deanie says...



Noticed that A Play is missing from the list. To all those who want to add it, I just thought you might want to know ^^
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Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:48 pm
Mea says...



For "a book by an author under 30," does it count if they were under 30 when they wrote it?

I seem to only read books written by old people.
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TriSARAHtops says...



@meandbooks Why not? I'd say that you could interpret it that way and it'd be fair enough. I know that for my 'book at the bottom of your to-read pile', I'm going with the book physically at the bottom of a pile of books I'm yet to read (there is more than one pile, oops), and that's probably similar to your case.
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Demeter says...



I also think that it means that the author was under 30 when the book was published, even if it was a hundred years ago :)
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Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:42 am
TriSARAHtops says...



Can't seem to fit the last couple of books I've read into the list. :/ Also realising that finding an author with the same initials is going to be trickier than I thought.
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