57 books read

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Lady Audley's Secret.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. Ruth.
Heyer, Georgette. Faro's Daughter
Heyer, Georgette. Friday's Child
Trollope, Anthony. Can You Forgive Her?
Trollope, Anthony. Phineas Finn.
Webster, Jean. Daddy Long Legs.
Webster, Jean. Dear Enemy.

Updates to List

I honestly can't remember my last update, but, I have read some more titles on my list. If my previous posts had correct math, I think I've read 51 books.

Collins, Wilkie. The Woman in White
Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield.
Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit.
 Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist.
Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend.
Steinbeck, John. Grapes of Wrath
Zamyatin, Yevgeny. We.

Becky's Progress: 44

These are the books I've read from my list since my last progress post.

Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The First Part Last. Angela Johnson.
He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
Shamela by Henry Fielding

Becky's Progress: 39

I've finished four more books!

Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean.
Heyer, Georgette. Sylvester: Or the Wicked Uncle.
Richardson, Samuel. Pamela.
Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina.

Becky's Progress: 35

The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer.
The Way We Live Now. Anthony Trollope
Devil's Cub. Georgette Heyer.
Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston
Cannery Row. John Steinbeck
Sweet Thursday. John Steinbeck

Becky's Progress: 28 completed

I'm thinking that 28 will be the number that I close out 2009 with. I can't really see me completing anymore before January 1! New to the list:

Trollope, Anthony. The Way We Live Now
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five.
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. Mary Barton.
Pratchett, Terry. Nation.

Previous titles read since April:

Almond, David. Skellig.
Anderson, M.T. Feed.
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts
Dessen, Sarah. Someone Like You.
Eliot, George. Middlemarch.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion.
Flewelling, Lynn. The Bone Doll's Twin.
Heinlein, Robert A. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.
Heyer, Georgette. The Convenient Marriage.
Heyer, Georgette.The Corinthian.
Heyer, Georgette. Frederica.
Heyer, Georgette. The Grand Sophy*
Heyer, Georgette. The Talisman Ring.
Lawrence, D.H. Lady Chatterley's Lover.*
Lester, Julius. To Be A Slave.
Orczy, Baroness. The Scarlet Pimpernel
Pearce, Philippa. Tom's Midnight Garden.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. The Body of Christopher Creed.
Scalzi, John. Old Man's War.
Trollope, Anthony. Barchester Towers.
Trollope, Anthony. The Warden.
Von Ziegesar, Cecily. Gossip Girl (Book one)

Becky's Progress: 22 completed

I've finished five more books...

Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts
Heyer, Georgette. The Grand Sophy*
Heyer, Georgette.The Corinthian.
Pearce, Philippa. Tom's Midnight Garden.
Orczy, Baroness. The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Becky's Progress: 17 is the number of the day

I'm adding these four books this time round:

Anderson, M.T. Feed.
Lester, Julius. To Be A Slave.
Scalzi, John. Old Man's War.
Trollope, Anthony. Barchester Towers.

These two are ones I'm working on:

Heyer, Georgette. The Grand Sophy*
Haggard, H. Rider. She.

This one I abandoned, though I may pick it up again later:

Miller, Walter. A Canticle for Leibowitz

Becky's Progress: Thirteen Completed Now

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein

Skellig by David Almond

Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci

Middlemarch by George Eliot

I'm still working on

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

Becky: These four make nine.

I've read three Georgette Heyer books:

The Talisman Ring,
Frederica,
Convenient Marriage

And this novel by D.H. Lawrence.

Lady Chatterley's Lover

I'm still working on these books, but it looks like I won't be finishing any of them up in May.

Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Moon is A Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

Becky: And That Makes Five

I've read a total of five now. New since my last update: The Warden by Anthony Trollope and The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.

I'm currently working on two more:

Middlemarch by George Eliot

and

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope.

Becky's First Three Books

Hi! I'm just checking back in. I've been able to read three books so far.

Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling

Of the three I've read, I've liked two. I'm currently reading The Warden by Anthony Trollope so I hope to have my fourth book read soon. I *hope* to take part in Middlemay if time permits.

Becky's List

Hi! My name is Becky, I blog over at Becky's Book Reviews. My list has classics that I've been meaning to read along with a sprinkling of YA books that I feel I need to have read by now along with several of my favorite authors whose works I'm only now beginning to discover.

[Last updated June 2013]

A

Almond, David. Skellig.
Anderson, M.T. Feed.
Anonymous. Arabian Nights.

B

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Lady Audley's Secret.
Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Burney, Fanny. Cecilia.
Burney, Fanny. Evelina.
Butler, Octavia. Parable of the Sower.

C

Cabot, Meg. The Princess Diaries (Book 1)
Chabon, Michael. The Yiddish Policemen's Union.
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts
Collins, Wilkie. Moonstone
Collins, Wilkie. The Woman in White

D

Defoe, Daniel. Moll Flanders
Defoe, Daniel. Roxana.
Dessen, Sarah. Dreamland.
Dessen, Sarah. Keeping the Moon.
Dessen, Sarah. Someone Like You.
Dessen, Sarah. That Summer.
Dessen, Sarah. This Lullaby
Dessen, Sarah. The Truth About Forever.
Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield.
Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit.*
Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist.
Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend.*
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities.

E

Edgeworth, Maria. Belinda.
Eliot, George. Adam Bede
Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda.
Eliot, George. Felix Holt.
Eliot, George. Middlemarch.
Eliot, George. The Mill On The Floss.
Eliot, George. Romola.

F

Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion.
Fielding, Henry. Joseph Andrews/Shamela .
Fielding, Henry. Tom Jones.
Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary.
Flewelling, Lynn. The Bone Doll's Twin.

G

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. Mary Barton.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. North and South.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. Ruth.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.

H

Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Haggard, H. Rider. She.
Heinlein, Robert A. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.
Heinlein, Robert A. Stranger in a Strange Land.
Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean.
Heyer, Georgette. The Black Moth*
Heyer, Georgette. The Convenient Marriage.
Heyer, Georgette.The Corinthian.
Heyer, Georgette. Devil's Cub.
Heyer, Georgette. Faro's Daughter
Heyer, Georgette. Frederica.
Heyer, Georgette. Friday's Child
Heyer, Georgette. The Grand Sophy*
Heyer, Georgette. Sylvester: Or the Wicked Uncle.
Heyer, Georgette. The Talisman Ring.
Heyer, Georgette. These Old Shades.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks On A Road.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Mules and Men.

I
J

Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last.

K

Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees.
King, Stephen. The Stand.

L

Lawrence, D.H. Lady Chatterley's Lover.*
Lawson, John. Witch Ember.
Lennox, Charlotte. The Female Quixote.
Lester, Julius. To Be A Slave.
Lewis, Matthew G. The Monk.
Lewis, Sinclair. Main Street.

M

McCaffrey, Anne. Dragonflight
McCaffrey, Anne. Dragonquest.
Miller, Walter. A Canticle for Leibowitz

N

Niffenegger, Audrey. The Time Traveler's Wife.

O

Oliphant, Margaret. Hester.
Oliphant, Margaret. Miss Marjoribanks.
Orczy, Baroness. The Scarlet Pimpernel

P

Pearce, Philippa. Tom's Midnight Garden.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. The Body of Christopher Creed.
Pratchett, Terry. Nation.

Q
R

Radcliffe, Ann. The Italian.
Radcliffe, Ann. The Romance of the Forest.
Richardson, Samuel. Clarissa.
Richardson, Samuel. Pamela.


S

Sand, George. Indiana.*
Scalzi, John. Old Man's War.
Scalzi, John. Zoe's Tale.
Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row
Steinbeck, John. East of Eden.
Steinbeck, John. Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men.
Steinbeck, John. Sweet Thursday.

T

Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina.
Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace.
Trollope, Anthony. Barchester Towers.
Trollope, Anthony. Can You Forgive Her?
Trollope, Anthony. He Knew He Was Right.
Trollope, Anthony. Phineas Finn.
Trollope, Anthony. The Warden.
Trollope, Anthony. The Way We Live Now

U
V

Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five.
Von Ziegesar, Cecily. Gossip Girl (Book one)

W

Webster, Jean. Daddy Long Legs.
Webster, Jean. Dear Enemy.
White, T.H. The Once and Future King.

X
Y

Yonge, Charlotte Mary. The Daisy Chain.

Z

Zamyatin, Yevgeny. We.