Saturday, January 3, 2009

2009 100 Books Reading Challenge

Here we go! I am taking part in a reading challenge for 2009. 100 books!


1. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell - 01.01.09
2. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - 01.02.09
3. Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz - 01.03.09
4. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews - 01.04.09
5. The Next Thing on my List by Jill Smolinksi - 01.06.09
6. A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toews - 01.11.09
7. A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews - 01.14.09
8. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 01.15.09
9. No Place Like Home by Fern Michaels - 01.18.09
10. A Good Woman by Danielle Steele - 01.19.09
11. Graceling by Kristin Cashore - 01.29.09
12. The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima - 01.31.09
13. The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima - 02.01.09
14. Coraline by Neil Gaiman - 02.13.09
15. My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger - 02.15.09
16. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - 02.21.09
17. Fool by Christopher Moore - 02.25.09
18. Free Range Chickens by Simon Rich - 02.26.09
19. The Vaccine Book by Robert Sears - 02.28.09
20. All About Lulu by Jonathan Evison - 03.05.09
21. The Mirror of Love by Alan Moore - 03.06.09
22. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare - 4.03.09
23. Fade by Lisa McMann - 04.04.09
24. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink -04.13.09
25. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan - 04.15.09
26. The Baby Book by William and Martha Sears - 04.30.09
27. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - 05.03.09
28. The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp - 05.06.09
29. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - 05.08.09
30. Frostbite by Richelle Mead - 05.08.09
31. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead - 05.10.09
32. Neverwhere: A Novel by Neil Gaiman - 05.16.09
33. Stardust by Neil Gaiman - 05.18.09
34. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff - 05.20.09
35. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - 05.29.09
36. Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway - 05.30.09
37. Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer - 06.03.09
38. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - 06.06.09
39. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - 06.07.09
40. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan - 06.08.09
41. Dead Until Dark: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris - 06.12.09 - This book gets the distinct honor of being the WORST book I have read so far this year.
42. The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter by Katherine Ellison - 06.17.09
43. Fire by Kristin Cashore - 06.22.09
44. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell - 06.22.09
45. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - 06.25.09
46. Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler - 06.26.09
47. The Power of Love by Elizabeth Chandler - 06.26.09
48. Soulmates by Elizabeth Chandler - 06.26.09
49. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery - 07.15.09 - One of the most beautifully written books I think I have ever read.
50. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - 07.17.09
51. The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima - 07.19.09
52. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris - 07.26.09
53. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - 07.27.09 - Super fast reads and I want to know what is going to happen on True Blood. I know, not really an excuse...
54. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris - 08.03.09
55. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan - 08.03.09
56. Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut - 08.07.09
57. Dead as a Doornail
58. Definitely Dead
59. All Together Dead
60. From Dead to Worse
61. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 08.14.09
62. ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley - 08.17.09
63. Hoot by Carl Hiassen - 08.18.09
64. ghostgirl homecoming by Tonya Hurley - 08.24.09
65. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead - 08.27.09
66. Marked by PC Cast and Kristin Cast - 08.29.09
67. Betrayed by PC Cast and Kristin Cast - 08.30.09
68. Chosen by PC Cast and Kristin Cast - 08.31.09
69. Untamed by PC Cast and Kristin Cast - 09.02.09
70. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 09.09.09
71. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter - 09.10.09
72. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter - 09.11.09
73. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - 09.15.09
74. Midwives by Chris Bohjalian - 09.20.09
75. The Clique by Lisi Harrison - 09.26.09
76. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - 10.13.09
77. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie - 10.14.09
78. Rules by Cynthia Lord - 10.15.09
79. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger - 10.19.09
80. The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale - 10.21.09
81. The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex - 10.31.09
82. The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer - 11.02.09
83. Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen - 11.07.09
84. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen - 11.08.09
85. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks - 11.08.09
86. Blessings by Anna Quindlen - 11.11.09
87. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt - 11.15.09
88. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart - 11.21.09
89. The Magicians by Lev Grossman - 11.22.09
90. Double Love - Sweet Valley High #1 (sort of) by Francine Pascal - 11.25.09
91. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - 12.03.09
92. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - 12.03.09
93. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka - 12.04.09
94. The Child Thief by Brom - 12.26.09
95. Already Dead by Charlie Huston - 12.27.09
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Thursday, January 1, 2009

A-Z Authors

A - Alexie, Sherman (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian)
B - Benway, Robin (Audrey, Wait!)
C - Cashore, Kristin (Graceling)
D - De la Cruz, Melissa (Revelations)
E - Evison, Jonathan (All About Lulu)
F
G - Gladwell, Malcolm (Blink)
H - Hamid, Mohsin (The Reluctant Fundamentalist)
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K - Kluger, Steve (My Most Excellent Year)
L - Lord, Cynthia (Rules)
M - Moore, Christopher (Fool)
N - Niffenegger, Audrey (Her Fearful Symmetry)
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P - Pratchett, Terry (Good Omens)
Q - Quindlen, Anna (Blessings)
R - Rich, Simon (Free Range Chickens)
S - Smolinksi, Jill (The Next Thing on my List)
T - Toews, Miriam (The Flying Troutmans)
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V - Vonnegut, Kurt (Armageddon in Retrospect)
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Y
Z - Zusak, Markus (The Book Thief)