Blondierocket's Book Challenge

[Lauren]

My goal is for 100. Last year I read over that but I think it was a fluke so we will see.

I see others include their subchallenges so I will do this as wekk. I am participating in quite a lot but I will only include some.

[Lauren]

Decades Challenge

1800s and Earlier - Aesop's Fables by Aesopus
1810s -
1820s -
1830s -
1840s -
1850s - Moby Dick by Herman Melville
1860s -
1870s -
1880s -
1890s -
1900s - Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
1910s -
1920s -
1930s - If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland
1940s -
1950s - Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
1960s -
1970s -
1980s - The Witches by Roald Dahl
1990s - Trunk Music by Michael Connelly

[Lauren]

A-Z Challenge


Titles
A - Aesop’s Fables by Aesopus
B
C
D - Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
E
F - The Field Guide by Holly Black
G
H - Have You Seen…?
I - If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland
J
K
L - Lucinda’s Secret by Holly Black
M - Moby Dick by Herman Melville
N
O - One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
P - Persepolis I by Marjane Satrapi
Q
R - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
S - The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
T - Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
U
V
W - the Witches by Roald Dahl
X
Y - You Know You’re a Writer When by Adair Lara
Z

Authors
A - Aesopus
B - Byrne, Rhonda
C - Connelly, Michael
D - DiTerlizzi, Tony and Holly Black
E - Eugenides, Jeffrey
F -
G - Grafton, Sue
H -
I
J -
K -
L - Lara, Adair
M - Melville, Herman
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R - Rennison, Louise
S - Schlink, Bernhard
T - Thomson, David
U - Ueland, Brenda
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -

[Lauren]

New Authors Challenge
goal: 50 authors

1. Rhonda Byrne
2. Adair Lara
3. Herman Melville
4. Candace Bushnell
5. Holly Black
6. Aesopus
7. Jeffrey Eugenides
8. Bernhard Schlink
9. Brenda Ueland
10. Marjane Satrapi
11. C.S. Lewis
12. David Thomson
13. Jane Smiley
14. Thomas Hardy

[Lauren]

Read Your Own Books Challenge
goal: 50 books

1. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
2. Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
3. You Know You're a Writer When by Adair Lara
4. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
5. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
6. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
7. The Host by Stephenie Meyer

[Lauren]

TBR Challenge
goal: to read 12 books off your TBR pile, can have 12 alternatives

Originals
1. Uglies
2. Gone With the Wind
3. Atonement
4. Emma
5. Middlesex - finished Jan 23, 09
6. Trunk Music - finished Jan 6, 09
7. Three to Get Deadly
8. C is for Corpse - finished Feb 3, 09
9. Walt Disney
10. Pop Goes the Weasel
11. Poisonwood Bible
12. Cold Mountain

Alternatives
1. Dirty Secret Club
2. Interview With the Vampire
3. Secret Life of Bees
4. Secrets of the Morning
5. Heartsick
6. Mystic River
7. Wuthering Heights
8. The Notebook
9. Four Past Midnight
10. Legend of Sleepy Hollow
11. Five Days in Paris
12. Dream Country

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1. The Secret

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2. Dorothy And the Wizard in Oz

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3. Trunk Music

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4. You Know You're a Writer When ...

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5. Moby Dick

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6. One Fifth Avenue

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7. The Field Guide

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8. Aesop's Fables

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9. "...Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers"

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10. Middlesex

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11. Robinson Crusoe

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12. The Witches

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13. The Reader

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14. If You Want to Write A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

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15. Persepolis 1 The Story of a Childhood

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16. The Seeing Stone

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17. C is for Corpse

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18. Lucinda's Secret

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19. The Ironwood Tree

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20. The Magician's Nephew

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21. Startled by His Furry Shorts

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22. The Wrath of Mulgarath

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23. Matilda

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24. "Have You Seen . . . ?" A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films

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25. Persepolis 2 The Story of a Return

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26. A Thousand Acres A Novel

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27. Love Is a Many Trousered Thing

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28. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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29. The Host A Novel

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30. Stop in the Name of Pants