The Dusty Bookshelf discussion

You can make a list of your challenge books here if you don't have a blog to post it on or if you just want others to know what books you are reading for this challenge.

Here's my list:

The 9/11 Commission Report (Gosh at least 6 years. Can you blame me?)
A Preface to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis (9 years)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (3 years)
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton (10+ years)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (3 years)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (3 years)
Our Search for Happiness by M. Russell Ballard (8 years)
A Marvelous Work and a Wonder by Legrand Richards (8 years)
Articles of Faith by James E. Talmage (8 years)
Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage (8 years)
Truth Restored/Gospel Principles by Gordon B. Hinckley (8 years)
The Secret of Staying in Love by John Powell (8 years)
The Odyssey by Homer (1 year)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2 years)
The Great Apostasy by James E. Talmage (8 years)
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (5 years)
Believing Christ by Stephen E. Robinson (8 years)
Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus by John Gray (5 years)
The Art of Teaching by Gilbert Highet (7 years)
Etudes for Piano Teachers by Stewart Gordon (7 years)
Our Heritage by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (8 years)

Well, this is relatively fab!
My first 55 books on my TBR list on here are all books/eBooks that I have ahad for a while and haven't got round to reading.
I actually made myself a resolution of not buying/downloading any new books until I'd read all of those ones!
Unfortunately I have no idea how long I've had some of them :S

Well thanks! I just made this group 5 minutes ago LOL. Try out the challenge on the group home page and let me know if it's easy to do. It keeps track of your progress just like the 2012 Goodreads Reading challenge. You have to make your own shelf in this group. Tell me if the instructions are helpful :D

I'm going to do that - honest - it may take some time to organise them in the right order tho' - I may put down 20 because some are rather large :S

Ooh, I'll have to post a list tomorrow. (: Hey Jessica, are you LDS? Just wondering since you have a book from the church on your list! (:

Yes I am LDS. Are you Thalia?

LDS?

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints aka Mormon. It's my religion :)

Oh, LDS stands for Latter-Day Saints and it's another nickname besides Mormon.

It's interesting how people's beliefs and life outside of work can have an effect on what they read - you can usually tell something about a person by the books they read - it's good for nosey old me ;D

Oh. I didn't know it was the same thing. Cool. I probably should read my bible...

I'm trying to read spiritual books this year. We'll see how it goes with me and God.

Wow I have a lot of religious books on my list. Ha ha what does that say about me and the books I procrastinate reading? LOL. I want to read Paradise Lost because it's mentioned a lot in The Mortal Instrument Series by Cassandra Clare. YA books are my dusty bookshelf kryptonite :D

Late response, lolololol.

Jessica, I am! (: It feels like there aren't many of us out here on the inter-webs! Which, I suppose reading your list again, I should have been able to tell. XD You've got one from President Hinckley!

Oh, I'd better post my list, too! Mine are all actually not that old...but then again, I'm only sixteen, books I had from eight or nine years ago I'd probably really dislike reading now. x)

Completed 3/20

1) The Giver (Lois Lowry)
2) Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater)
3) Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
4) Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
5) Choker (Elizabeth Woods)
6) The Short, Second Life of Bree Tanner (Stephanie Meyer)
7) The Merchant of Death (DJ MacHale)
8) Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
9) The Hobbit (JRR Tolkein)
10) The Fellowship of the Ring (JRR Tolkein)
11) The Two Towers (JRR Tolkein)
12) The Return of the King (JRR Tolkein)
13) The With of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
14) Tris and Izzie (Mette Ivie Harrison)
15) Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
16) The Nine Lives of Chloe King (Liz Braswell)
17) Breaking Dawn (Stephanie Meyer)
18) Found (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
19) I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Ally Carter)
20) Dear John (Nicholas Sparks)

No fair! You have a lot of easy reads on there. Well I mean interesting ones. Most of mine I've been avoiding for years. (;

It comes with being young? XD I've had much less time to collect books, let alone let them sit on my shelf for years and years. I just let GR and random.org choose books from my "I own" shelf (except for Tolkein stuff).

But heck, I'm reading like, a thousand pages worth of Poe; that counts for something, right? (;

Yeah I guess it does (:

Adriana wrote: "No fair! You have a lot of easy reads on there. Well I mean interesting ones. Most of mine I've been avoiding for years. (;"

Ha ha. Same here! I wish I had Thalia's dusty bookshelf! LOL

Reading a thousand pages of Poe gets you big bragging rights :D

I've loved Poe ever since I knew who was; that's been about the majority of my life. (; But I never had all his works before--saw this hardback when Borders was closing for six dollars and pounced all over it. <3

My favorite was when Random gave me The Short, Second Life of Bree Tanner. It's like, less than two hundred pages. XD

You have to tell me what you think of Bree Tanner!

I will! I know I'm lame to the non-Twi fans, because I actually like the Twilight books, and then I'm lame to the Twi fans because I haven't read Bree Tanner yet. x) I'm really excited for it, though!

Oh yeah, this non-Twi fan finds you so totally lame ;D I'm impressed with your Poe love... never been a big draw for me but I am impressed that someone else loves Poe that much!

Oh, I do! My older brother really liked Poe, too, and I suppose it rubbed off on me! We had a brief Poe unit in my English class this year, and my teacher called it quits just before we got to The Cask of Amontilado, which is my favorite. :[ But I find his work so interesting! I cannot stop reading ittt.

*embraces the lame-ness* ;D

Mine are grouped by genre because of the mini-challenges I found on another board. I can post the actual challenges if anyone wants me to; I am doing so in the group about 50 books for the year also.

My TBR, with some holes:

CHRISTIAN NON-FIC
Proverbs, God's Guide for Life's Choices. Woodrow Kroll. (old)
Chronicles of Righteousness. Peter D. Wyns. (borrowed)
Revolution in Missions. Yohannen. (new 2011)
Mere Christianity. Lewis. (not shelved) OR Spiritual Warfare. Derek Prince. (borrowed)
His Glory Revealed. John Haggee. (borrowed)
Come Thirsty. Max Lucado. (2004)
Acts of the Apostles. E.G. White. (old)

---Left Behind entire series!
Books 1-6 (2009)
Books 7-12 (not shelved)


CLASSICS
Gone With the Wind (not shelved) OR Islandia (2009)
Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. (new 2011)
The Silmarillion (library)
Mere Christianity (not shelved) OR Pilgrim's Progress (not shelved)
Child of the Silent Night. (super old)
Jane Eyre (2009)
Canterbury Tales (2009)
Silas Marner (2009)
All the Pretty Horses (2009)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (old)
Great Expectations (2008)
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (2011)
1984 (library)

MYSTERY/THRILLER
1st to Die, James Patterson (2008)
2nd Chance (2008)
3rd Degree (2008)
4th of July (2008)
Christmas Cookie Murder, Leslie Meier (2008)
New Year's Eve Murder (2008)
Valentine Murder (2008)
The World at Night, Alan Furst (2009)
A Stranger is Watching, Mary Higgins Clark (2001)
The Perils of Paella, Nancy Fairbanks (2008)
Alpine for You, Maddy Hunter (2008)
Top O the Mournin (2008)
The Messiah Code. Michael Cordy. (2008)

FANTASY
In the Mainstream
1 The Silmarillion (library)
2 Left Behind series (half 2009, half not shelved)
3
4
5
High Fantasy
1 Dragon Wing (2008)
2 From the Two Rivers (Wheel of Time) (2008)
3 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (2009)
4 Inkheart series (not shelved)
5
Science Fantasy
1 The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl) (not shelved)
2
3
4
5
Main Characters
1 Percy Jackson series (new 2011)
2
3
4
5

Great picks Dalynn! I've read a lot of the books on your Classic list. I have extensive notes for the Silmarillion if you need them. That one was tough to get through! Big fan of C.S. Lewis.

Alrighty, I've tried to organize my shelves...and so far here are twenty dusty reads that I've wanted to get to but haven't...but I will now, I have motivation!

Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (a long time!)
How the States Got their Shapes by Mark Stein (about 5 years)
Paradise Lost by John Milton (over 15 years)
The Slumber of Christianity by Ted Dekker (5 years)
The Theif Lord by Cornelia Funke (4 or so years)
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (about 4 years)
Perrault's Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault (8 years)
The secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell (only about 2 years)
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit (12 years)
I Survived The Sinking Of The Titanic, 1912 (I Survived)by Lauren Tarshis(only 2 years but since it came out!)
The Sword of Shannara (Shannara, #1) by Terry Brooks (uh...about 20 years)
Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov (another 20 year one!)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (3 years)
Saint (Books of History Chronicles: Paradise, #2)by Ted Dekker (2-3 years)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (3 Years)
The book Thief by Markus Zusak (3 years)
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (3 years)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (forever)
Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler (3 years)
Emma by Jane Austen (3 years)

Well there's my start...not in order...not sure where I'll start! Ready, set READ!

I keep changing my mind on which ones I want but this is what I have--
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera) - just finished it
Daughter of Xanadu (Dori Jones Yang)
The Greatest Knight (Elizabeth Chadwick)
The Will of the Empress (Tamora Pierce) - I've had this for an almost embarrassing amount of time
Sound Bender (Lin Oliver) - I haven't had it for that long but I should have read it way sooner because I got it through First Reads
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
The Orchid Thief (Susan Orlean)
Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys)
Untraceable (SR Johannes)

April--that's a lot of awesome books!

Dalynn, you'll have to let me know how you like "King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table"! I'm a huuuuge Arthurian junkie, and basically every Authurian book to ever exist is on my TBR shelf. I'd love to hear your opinions once you're done. (:

I sure will, Thalia!

I don't have them all on my TBR yet, but in our homeschool we are studying history of the Middle Ages and the early church this year. So I'll be reading quite a few of these sorts of books!

I actually keep thinking that I need a separate place/way to keep track of the YA and children's books I read this year. I'm not counting those towards my 52, but will likely come close to doubling my count with just what I read with the kids. Going to try to work in quite a few Newberry winners this year also.

Anyway, all off-topic I guess, but I'll be sure I poke you or something when we get to that one! (Poking and tagging are both Facebook terms and activities... but this place needs something like that, too. LOL)

(Surprisingly, I understood the poke term! (: )

I've always just found the Arthurian/medieval period so interesting! And then naturally, I'm a big fan of BBC's "Merlin". x) I do wish there were more young adult Arthurian books; the closest I've gotten has been "Avalon High", and that kind of ruined it all when Cabot set up the Arthur character with the Lady of the Lake character. *headdesk*

Anyway! That was me rambling, hahah. I look forward to how you like it! I wish I owned any good Arthurian books on my shelf so I could put them in my challenge! (:

Hey, was looking at your list on here Thalia - let me know when you're about to read Eragon and I'll Buddy Read it with you! I don't own it, but it's been on my "I should read that" virtual, mind-shelf for a long time now. ;)

Hahah, I will! I read it once, a few years ago, but I never read the rest of the series, mostly because I never got my hands. But I figure I should read it, since the last one just came out!

I found it hard to get through sometimes (maybe because I saw the movie when it came out, so it didn't hold much suspense when I read it), but I think it was worth it overall, and I look forward to reading it again! (:

I tried to read it after the movie came out with my oldest son, but he was too young for it still. I'm sure he'd enjoy it now, and I'd forgotten about the new book! I think I just filled my other start a new series spot.... ;)

Hahah, good! (:

Thalia wrote: "I will! I know I'm lame to the non-Twi fans, because I actually like the Twilight books, and then I'm lame to the Twi fans because I haven't read Bree Tanner yet. x) I'm really excited for it, though!"
You're not lame! Although,..I am..but I'm a twi-mom and I'm totally ok with that:) I'd like to know what you think of Bree Tanner...I got it out of the library once, but as always had too many books...and went for the Ted Dekker at that time (honestly, I was afraid it wouldn't give me what I wanted..more Edward and Bella) So, I returned it with thoughts of "I'll read it another time"...so I'm curious to see what you think!

Rebecca wrote: "I keep changing my mind on which ones I want but this is what I have--
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera) - just finished it
Daughter of Xanadu (Dori Jones Yang)
The Greatest Knight ..."

Thanks Rebecca! Not sure why most of them haven't been read yet! :) Now..to find a corner and some reading time! You've got some good ones too!

Hey Freebird! Good to see you! (;

Sir Gawain! You'll have to let me know how you like it! I only have it on ebook right now, so I dread reading it on my computer, hahah.

Hi Freebird! Lots of great books up there! I read Sir Gawain to the kids a couple of months ago...we all loved it! Let us know what you think!

Hi Freebird! Great books on there! Can't wait to see what you think of them :)

1) Return to Gone Away by Elizabeth Enright
2) The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende
3) A Crack in the Line by Michael Lawrence
4) Small Eternities by Michael Lawrence
5) The Underwood See by Michael Lawrence
6) From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
7) There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
8) Holes by Louis Sachar
9) Through the Tiger's Eyes by Kerrie O'Connor
10) By the Monkey's Tail by Kerrie O'Connor
11) I Am David by Anne Holm
12) Fall of a Kingdom by Hilari Bell
13) Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
14) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
15) When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberley Willis Holt
16) Downsiders by Neal Shusterman
17) Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
18) Class Clown by Johanna Hurwitz
19) Francie by Karen English
20) Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
21) Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
22) The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
23) Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
24) James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Great shelf Adriana! You've got some good variety. Oliver Twist was good and I loved Holes. I haven't read any Scott Westerfeld yet, but I need to. I've heard lots of good things about him. Good luck with your challenge!

I just read Leviathan! And Mixed Up Files a loooong time ago. Sounds like you've got quite the variety!

I'm reading Oliver Twist now. I'm really liking it. I don't know why I stopped before maybe because it was too long?

I've read Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series which I really liked. It's just that this one seems a little bit daunting. I don't know why. Sci-fi books always do that to me. Well... some.

I don't see it varied that much... probably because they have been on my shelves for so long (:

Welcome Freebird and Adriana! Loving those shelves - some I've read already and some are also on my dusty shelf (even if I didn't list them this time LOL). Looking forward to getting to know you! We're a friendly group. :)

Adriana, I actually stopped Uglies series partway through! I liked Leviathan though, but it is not at all mature. The writing is kind of childish, so don't feel too daunted by it, hahah.

You're grammar is fine! Understood perfectly! I see some good choices...and some I've never heard of . . . looking forward to your reviews..and maybe find some new books for myself! :)

I started my group bookshelf - denises-dusty-books, and added the following:

The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins (started but never finished)
Rebecca's Tale, by Sally Beaumont (same as above)
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White (because people are talking about Arthurian books)
Middlemarch, by George Eliot (because I saw it on Hayley's shelf)
Game of Thrones, by G.R.R. Martin (same as above)

I'll see how I do with those, and maybe add some more later in the year - I have lots and lots of dusty books to choose from!

Thalia wrote: "Adriana, I actually stopped Uglies series partway through! I liked Leviathan though, but it is not at all mature. The writing is kind of childish, so don't feel too daunted by it, hahah."

Leviathan childish? I didn't think it was.

Oh yeah finished Oliver Twist!

Awesome Adriana! :D

My list can be found on my bookshelf. Of course there are tons more books I hope to read this year that I haven't read yet that I want to.