Stephanie's Many Challenges

Completed 2009 Challenges

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Once Upon a Time Challenge III
(only need to read 4)
Fairy Tales Fantasy:
East by Edith Pattou
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia Wrede
Mythic Fantasy:
~~The Dreaming Place by Charles de Lint~~
The Ivory and the Horn by Charles de Lint
The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
Folklore Fantasy:
The Presence: A Ghost Story by Eve Bunting
The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and their Meanings by Jan Harold Brunvand
Will Storr Vs. The Supernatural by Will Storr
Fantasy:
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Magyk by Angie Sage
Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
~~Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star~~
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RIP IV Challenge
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Feast of Fools: Morganville Vampire Book 4 By Rachel Caine
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
We have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Nocturnes by John Connolly
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Young Adult Reading Challenge 2009
lehaven by Brandon Mull
Fablehaven: The Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull
Hunted: A House of Night Novel (Book 5) by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle by L. J. Smith
th of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Midnight Alley: Morganville Vampires (Book 3) by Rachel Caine
Feast of Fools: Morganville Vampires (Book 4) by Rachel Caine
Lord of Misrule: Morganville Vampires (Book 5) by Rachel Caine
Magyk by Angie Sage
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Paper Towns by John Green
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrrick Ness
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Unfinished challenges 2009

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Non-Fiction 5 Challenge
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein
Pictures of a Revolution: 5 Movies and the Birth of new Hollywood by Mark Harris
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of Hell's Angels by Jay Dobyns
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students who took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich
Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamine by Nick Sheff
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through his Son's Addiction by David Sheff
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall
Escape by Caroline Jessop
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind he Veil by Deborah Rodriguez
Infidel by Ayaan Hirisi Ali
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Bush At War by Bob Woodward
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception by Scott McClellan
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End of the World Challenge II
Uglies by Scott Westerfield (and maybe a couple of the others in the series)
~~The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins~~
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Rising by Brian Keene
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Classics II Challenge
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Doestoevesky
Far from the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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The 2nd Canadian Challenge
~~Crow Lake by Mary Lawson~~
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
~~The Dreaming Place by Charles de Lint~~
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
The Time in Between by David Bergen
Runaway by Alice Munroe
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
Fall on Your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald
Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
~~Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson~~
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Dewey's Reading Challenge
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichu
~~Looking for Alaska by John Green~~
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
~~American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang~~
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What's in a Name II Challenge
Profession: The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perotta
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Time of day: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Relative: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Body Part: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Building: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Medical Condition: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier

2009 Books and Reviews

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1. Eclipse by Richard North Patterson
2. Who by Fire by Diana Spechler
3. Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
4. North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
5. The Break-Up Diet by Annette Fix
6. Looking for Alaska by John Green
7. Zig-Zagging: A Memoir by Tom Wilson
8. Cry of Justice by Jason Pratt
9. Wicked Loveyly by Melissa Marr
10. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
11. Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull
12. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
13. Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Wellingham
14. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
15. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
16. Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore
17. Hunted: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
18. Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
19. The Dreaming Place by Charles de Lint
20. Magyk: Septimus Heap Book 1 by Angie Sage
21. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
22. Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
23. Two Years, No Rain by Shawn Klomparens
24. The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie
25. The City in the Lake by Rachel Neumeier
26. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
27. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
28. Midnight Alley: Morganville Vampires Book 3 by Rachel Caine
29. Everything Sucks by Hannah Friedman
30. Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
31. Monster by Walter Dean Myers
32. Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
33. Babydoll by Allyson Roy
34. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
35. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
36. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
37. Feast of Fools: Morganville Vampire Book 4 by Rachel Caine
38. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
39. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
40. Preacher: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis
41. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
42. Lord of Misrule: Morganville Vampires Book 5 by Rachel Caine
43. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
44. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
45. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
46. Nocturnes by John Connolly
47. Monster by A. Lee Martinez
48. Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest
49. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

COMPLETED CHALLENGES 2008

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ONCE UPON A TIME II

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
White as Snow by Tanith Lee
Tithe: A Modern Day Faerie Tale by Holly Black
The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
~~Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint~~
Trader by Charles de Lint
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Fool Moon: The Dresden Files Book 2 by Jim Butcher
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
~~A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare~~

RIP III CHALLENGE

Vampyres of Hollywood by Adrienne Barbeau and Michael Scott
The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
Untamed: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
When Twilight Burns by Colleen Gleason
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine
Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

THE PUB '08 CHALLENGE

Duma Key by Stephen King
The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
Left to Die by Lisa Jackson
Vampyres of Hollywood by Adrienne Barbeau and Michael Scott

2008 Books and Reviews

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1. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
2. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
3. Erec Rex: The Dragon's Eye by Kaza Kingsley
4. The UnValentine by Sam Beeson
5. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
6. Chosen: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
7. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
8. High Five by Janet Evanovich
9. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
10. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
11. Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint
12. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
13. 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
14. Tithe: A Modern Day Faerie Tale by Holly Black
15. White as Snow by Tanith Lee
16. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
17. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
18. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
19. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
20. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
21. Freaks by Annette Curtis Klause
22. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
23. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
24. Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
25. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
26. This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
27. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophacies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
28. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
29. The Safety of Secrets by Delaune Michel
30. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
31. Gone by Michael Grant
32. Evernight by Claudia Gray
33. Left to Die by Lisa Jackson
34. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
35. Vampyres of Hollywood by Adrienne Barbeau and Michael Scott
36. The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
37. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
38. Untamed: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
39. When Twilight Burns by Colleen Gleason
40. Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
41. Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine
42. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
43. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
44. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
45. Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall
46. Claimed by Shadow by Karen Chance
47. Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
48. HeartSick by Chelsea Cain
49. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
50. Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

2008 Challenges (UNFINISHED)

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What's in a Name Challenge

COLOR - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
ANIMAL - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
FIRST NAME - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
PLACE - Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
WEATHER - The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1) by Patrick Rothfuss
PLANT - Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint

ONCE UPON A TIME II CHALLENGE

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
White as Snow by Tanith Lee
Tithe: A Modern Day Faerie Tale by Holly Black
The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
~~Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint~~
Trader by Charles de Lint
~~20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill~~
~~Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman~~
~~Fool Moon: The Dresden Files Book 2 by Jim Butcher~~
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
~~A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare~~

END OF THE WORLD CHALLEGE

~~Life as We Knew It by Sarah Beth Pfeffer~~
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller, Jr.
The Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld (Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras)
~~The Host by Stephenie Meyer~~

2008 TBR CHALLENGE

Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
~~Twilight by Stephenie Meyer~~
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
~~Moon Called by Patricia Briggs~~
I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
High Five by Janet Evanovich
Alternatives:
Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
The Skewed Throne by Joshua Palmatier
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

NON-FICTION FIVE CHALLENGE
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx (this has a FANTASTIC soundtrack that goes with the book!)
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed the World by Erik Larson
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich
Hope's Boy: A Memoir by Andrew Bridge
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Alternatives:
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
Bush At War by Bob Woodward (Book 1 of a Three Part Series)
Infidel by Ayaan Hirisi Ali
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through his Son's Meth Addiction by David Sheff
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

SOUTHERN READING CHALLENGE 2008
The Secret History by Donna Tart
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Dead Sleep by Greg Iles

LOST BOOKS CHALLENGE

The Invention of Morel by Aldofo Bioy Casares
Bad Twin by Gary Troup
Valis by Phillip K. Dick
Through the Looking Glass (and Alice in Wonderland) by Lewis Carrol
The Survivors of the Chancellor by Jules Verne
EXTRA: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

CHICK LIT CHALLENGE

The Pact by Jennifer Sturman
Tall Poppies by Louise Bagshawe
The Givenchy Code by Julie Kenner

SPRING READING THING 2008

The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
~~Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult~~
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
School's Out by Christophe Dufosse
Psyche in a Dress by Francesca Lia Block
~~Fool Moon by Jim Butcher~~
Better Than Running at Night by Hillary Frank
~~Moon Called by Patricia Briggs~~
The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
Divorcing Dwayne by J. L. Miles

GRAPHICS NOVEL CHALLENGE

The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman
Watchmen by Alan Moore
From Hell by Alan Moore
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1 by Warren Ellis

MYTHOPOEIC AWARD CHALLENGE

~~Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman~~
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Song of Rhiannon by Evangeline Walton
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

YOUNG ADULT READING CHALLENGE (CHALLENGE COMPLETED....NOT ALL FROM ORIGINAL LIST)

Chosen: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
Freaks by Annette Curtis Klause
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Magyk by Angie Sage
~~Twilight by Stephenie Meyer~~
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
~~Untamed: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast~~
Memories of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Twisted by Lauris Halse Anderson
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Tithe by Holly Black
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

NY TIMES NOTABLE 2008

The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perotta
The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa
Bearing the Body by Ehud Havazelet
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
Falling Man by Don DeLillo
House Lights by Leah Hager Cohen
Knots by Nuruddin Farah
Later, at the Bar: A Novel in Stories by Rebecca Barry
Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Throw like a Girl: Stories by Jean Thompson
Winterton Blue by Trezza Azzopardi
The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon
NONFICTION:
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love and Betrayal by Ben Macintrye
The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics by Matt Bai
Easter Everywhere: A Memoir by Darcey Steinke
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece by Joan Breton Connelly
Service Included: Four-star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter by Phoebe Damrosch

YEAR OF READING DANGEROUSLY 2008

January: Bleak House, by Charles Dickens
February: The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (African American)
March: Cat's Eye, by Margaret Atwood (Atwood for Atwood's sake)
April: Transformations, by Anne Sexton (Poetry)
May: Other Voices, Other Rooms, by Truman Capote (Southern)
June: Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov (Russian)
July: The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier (adolescent)
August: Maus I and II, by Art Spiegelman (Graphic Novel, Pulitzer winner)
September: The Secret Lives of People in Love, by Simon Van Booy (Independent)
October: The Human Stain, by Philip Roth Contemporary/Jewish)
November: A Month of Classic Short Stories, Various - watch for a list
December: The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (Dusty)

READING THROUGH THE DECADES 2008

1830's - The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
1840's - Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte
1850's - Bleak House by Charles Dickens
1860's - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
1870's - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
1880's - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
1890's - Jude the Obsure by Thomas Hardy
1990's - Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
1910's - Something Fresh by P. D. Wodehouse
1920's - Oil by Upton Sinclair
1930's - The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
1940's - The Diary of Anne Frank
1950's - The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein
1960's - The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
1970's - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1980's - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
1990's - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

BOOK AWARDS CHALLENGE

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1921 - Pulitzer)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (2001 Pulitzer)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2007 Pulitzer)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin (1969 Nebula and 1970 Hugo
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004 Hugo)
Johnathon Strange & Mr. Norrell by Suzannah Clarke (2005 Hugo)
Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt (1990 Booker)
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000 Booker)
The March by E.L. Doctorow (2006 Pen/Faulkner)
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon (1991 Bram Stoker)
Lisey's Story by Stephen King (2006 Bram Stoker)
~~A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (1995 Giller)~~
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996 Giller)
The Chatham School Affair by Thomas Cook (1997 Edgar)
Quicksilver by Neil Stephenson (2004 Arthur C. Clarke)
ALTERNATES:
The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (1919 Pulitzer)
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1981 Pulitzer)
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (1962 Hugo)
Life of Pi by Yann (2002 Booker)
Runaway by Alice Munroe (2004 Giller)

CELEBRATE THE AUTHOR 2008

January - Anne Bronte - Agnes Gray
February - John Steinbeck - Grapes of Wrath or East of Eden
March - Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
April - Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
~~May - Jodi Picoult - Change of Heart~~
June - Thomas Hardy - Far From the Maddening Crowd
July - Robert Heinlein - The Puppet Masters
August - H. P. Lovecraft - At The Mountains of Madness
September - Stephen King - ??
October - Ursula Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness
November - Neil Gaiman - ??
December - Charles de Lint

2008 RUSSIAN READING CHALLENGE

The Fiery Angel by Valery Bryusov
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil by Nicolai Gogol
Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District by Nikolai Leskov
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabakov
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

2007 Books

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1. Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Isabel Sharpe
2. Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass
3. The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
4. West of Eden by Harry Harrison
5. Turning Angels by Greg Iles
6. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
7. The Cigar Roller by Pablo Medina
8. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak
10. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
11. Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors
12. Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead by Nick Drake
13. I Take This Man by Valerie Frankel
14. Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
15. The Blue Zone by Andrew Gross
16. Scot on the Rocks by Brenda Janowitz
17. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
18. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
19. Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
20. The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt
21. Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier
22. Death Match by Lincoln Child
23. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
24. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
25. Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
26. The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer
27. The Black Tea Experiments by Ray Atkinson
28. O Pioneers by Willa Cather
29. Vivaldi's Virgins by Barbara Quick
30. Monster Island by David Wellington
31. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
32. Marley & Me: Live and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
33. Chance Murphy and the Battle of Morganville by Josh P. McClary
34. Marked: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
35. World War Z by Max Brooks
36. City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
37. The Giver by Lois Lowry
38. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
39. Betrayed: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
40. The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason
41. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
42. Rises the Night by Colleen Gleason
43. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
44. Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard
45. I am The Messenger by Markus Zuzak
46. Choosing Sophie by Leslie Carroll
47. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
48. Booked to Die by John Dunning
49. Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright

2007 Challenges

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TBR Challenge Jan 1 - Dec 31
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
~~American Gods by Neil Gaiman~~
Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
I am Charlotte Simmons by Thomas Wolfe
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Kakfa on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Possession by A. S. Byatt
ALTERNATIVES: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
War of the Flowers
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Metropolis by Elizabeth Gaffney
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Fluke by Christoper Moore

RIP Challenge Sept. 1 - Oct. 31, 2007
Dracula by Bram Stoker
~~Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman~~
~~World War Z by Max Brooks~~
~~The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly~~
~~Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson, book 1)~~
~~Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Dresden Book 1)~~
~~Marked: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast~~
~~The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason~~
~~Rises the Night by Colleen Gleason~~
Alternative and Additional books:
Angel of Darkness (Key Book) by Charles de Lint
~~Betrayed: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast~~
~~Touch the Dark by Karen Chance (Cassandra Palmer, Book 1)~~
~~Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires, Book 1)~~
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Summer of Night Dan Simmons
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire Book 1)

Once Upon a Time.....Apr - June 21
Faerie Wars - Herbie Brennan
~~Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman~~
Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Skewed Throne - Joshua Palmatier
A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare

May - September
Dreams From my Father:A Story of Race and Inheritance - Barack Obama
~~The City of Fallen Angels - John Berendt~~
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
~~The Tender Bar: A Memoir - J. R. Moehringer~~
~~Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog - John Grogan~~
ALTERNATIVES:
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream - Barack Obama
The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Carvaggio Masterpiece - Jonathan Harr
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America - Erik Larson
1776 - David McCullough
Catherine the Great: Love, Sex & Power - Virginia Rounding

~~Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult~~
Little Children - Tom Perotta
Case Histories - Kate Atkinson
~~Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood - Alexandra Fuller~~
~~Absurdistan - Gary Shteyngart~~

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
~~Betrayed: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast~~
Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noel
School's Out by Christophe Dufosse
The Reincarnationist by MJ Rose
Death Dance by Linda Fairstein

NY Times Notable Book Challenge
FICTION
~~Absurdistan - Gary Shteyngart~~
Alentajo Blue - Monica Ali
Arthur and George - Julian Barnes
~~Black Swan Green - David Mitchell~~
Digging to America - Anne Tyler
The Dissadent - Nell Freudenberger
Eat the Document - Dana Spiotta
Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimananda Ngozi Adechie
The Inhabited World - David Long
The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
The Keep - Jennifer Egan
Lisey's Story - Stephen King
One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
Terrorist - John Updike
The Uses of Enchantment - Heidi Julavitis
NON-FICTION
Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir - Danielle Trussoni
Field Notes from a Catasrophe: Man, Nature & Climate Change - Elizabeth Kolbert
Flaubert: A Biography - Frederick Brown
A Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again - Norah Vincent
State of Denial - Bob Woodward
Sweet and Low: A Family Story - Rich Cohen

Reading Through the Decades
Jan 1 - Dec 31
1830's - Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
1840's - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
1850's - The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
1860's - Little Women by Lousia May Alcott
1870's - Far From the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy
1880's - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
1890's - Dracula by Bram Stoker
1900's - House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
~~1910's - O'Pioneers by Willa Cather~~1920's - The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1930's - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1940's - Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein
~~1950's - My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier~~
1960's - Caravans by James Michener
1970's - Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
1980's - Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
1990's - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
~~2000's - Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors~~

Something About Me Reading List
~~Booked to Die by John Dunning (Bonnie)~~
Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving (Wendy)
The Erye Affair by Jasper Fforde (HeidiJane)
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers (3M)
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbert (Raidergirl)
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult (Heather)
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (Ellen)
The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Dewey)
~~I am the Messenger by Markus Zuzak (Jill)~~
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck(Kookie)

August - December
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson - England
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson - Australia
The Zahir by Paulo Coelho - Paris, Madrid and Kazakstan
~~The City of Fallen Angels by John Berendt - Venice, Italy~~
Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa by Karin Muller - Japan
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - Afghanistan
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie - Russia

By The Decades Challenge 2008

2007-11-17T12:41:00.001-08:00

Michelle from 1 More Chapter has set up another Decades Challenge. I love this one. Here is my list:

1830's - The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
1840's - Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte
1850's - Bleak House by Charles Dickens
1860's - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
1870's - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
1880's - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
1890's - Jude the Obsure by Thomas Hardy
1990's - Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
1910's - Something Fresh by P. D. Wodehouse
1920's - Oil by Upton Sinclair
1930's - The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
1940's - The Diary of Anne Frank
1950's - The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein
1960's - The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
1970's - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1980's - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
1990's - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Canadian Reading Challenge

2007-11-17T12:39:00.001-08:00

John, from The Book Mind Set, set up this challenge. It goes from now until July 1. Here is my list:

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Studhorse Man by Robert Kroetsch
Generation X by Douglas Copeland
Yellowknife by Steve Zipp
Consumption by Kevin Patterson
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler

Russian Reading Challenge

2007-11-17T12:37:00.001-08:00

Sharon from Ex-Libris set up this challenge: 12 Months to read 12 Russian novels:

The Fiery Angel by Valery Bryusov
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil by Nicolai Gogol
Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District by Nikolai Leskov
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabakov
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

Jane Austen Mini-Challenge

2007-11-17T12:35:00.000-08:00

Hosted by Becky, at Becky's Book Reviews, this mini-challenge is set up for 2008:

Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park
Emma
Northanger Abbey

Cardithon 2008

2007-11-17T12:31:00.000-08:00

Starting Jan. 1 and running through the year:

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card
Sarah by OSC
Lost Boys by OSC
Enchantment by OSC
A Planet Called Treason by OSC
Capitol by OSC
Hot Sleep by OSC
Eye for and Eye by OSC
Treasure Box by OSC
Wyrms by OSC
Then comes the reviews and recommendations:
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Murder of Roger Ackroid by Agatha Christie
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Widdershins by Charles de Lint
The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling
The Puppet Masters (or Farmer in the Sky) by Robert Heinlein
The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Holes by Louis Sacher
Digging to America by Anne Tyler

A Place to list all my Challenges!!

2007-11-03T14:03:00.001-07:00

I figured I needed a place to list all of my reading challenges. I don't know how else to keep up with them!!