Claire P's 2014 challenges: 75 books

[Claire]

My personal challenge for this year is 75 books.

I've completed Lilac's Rainbow Challenge:

[Claire]

I was thinking last night about adding an alphabet challenge for this year. Not sure what books I'll find for every letter, but that's what will make this fun!

A. And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
B. Birds of the Nile: An Egyptian Adventure (N.E. David)
C. Crystal Ships (Richard Sharp)
D. Death Class: A True Story about Life (Erika Hayasaki)
E. An Elegant Solution (Paul Robertson)
F. Firefly Lane (Kristin Hannah)
G. The Greatest Speech, Ever (James L. Cotton, Jr.
H. Havana Lost (Libby Fischer Hellmann)
I. In the Shadow of the Banyan (Vaddey Ratner)
J. Journal of Eva Morelli (Maryann D'Agincourt)
K. King of the Mountain (P. J. Dunn)
L. Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
M. The Montsernan Agreement (Kris Kramer)
N. Nostalgia (Dennis McFarland)
O. The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Neil Gaiman)
P. Prayers for the Stolen (Jennifer Clement)
Q.
R. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
S. Something Taken (Jerrie Brock)
T. Things We Set on Fire (Deborah Reed)
U.
V.
W. A World That We Expect (J.D. O'Guinn)
X.
Y.
Z. Z2 (Sherrie Cronin)

[Claire]

I'm also doing the Randomizer challenge for 12:


123 Journal of Eva Morelli by Maryann D'Agincourt
243 Silencing Orpheus by J. Warren
346 Finding Arun by Marisha Pink
242 Beyond God: A Scientist's Search for the Meaning of Life in the 21st Century by Emmanuel Papadakis
104 Extraordinary Retribution by Erec Stebbins
215 Killing Time by Joanne Clancy
488 Moonlight Sacrifice by Rob Cummings
037 Nostalgia by Dennis McFarland
510 Hard Land to Rule by Anthony Whitt
386 The Greatest Speech, Ever by James L. Cotton Jr.
420 A World That We Expect by J.D. O'Guinn
129 In This Moment by Autumn Doughton

[Claire]

I have 61 of my (new goal of) 125 in so far:

1. Something Taken
2. And the Mountains Echoed
3. An Elegant Solution
4. Crystal Ships
5. Things We Set on Fire
6. The Color War
7. Prayers for the Stolen
8. The Death Class: A True Story about Life.
9. A Star for Mrs. Blake
10. In the Shadow of the Banyan
11. Grandpa's Garden: The Story of Us
12. Nostalgia
13. The Rosie Project
14. Struggles of the Women Folk
15. World War I: The Best One-Hour History
16. Like Father, Like Son
17. The Catcher in the Rye
18. Rebecca
19. Birds of the Nile: An Egyptian Adventure
20. A Crime Unfit to be Named
21. Pegasus: Journey to a New Eden
22. Music City
23. King of the Mountain
24. Z2
25. Dublin in the Rain
26. Abiding Heart
27. Stranger Things
28. Playtime
29. The Joshua Effect
30. The Doll
31. Warp World
32. Bird with the Heart of a Mountain
33. So Much a Part of You
34. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
35. A Survivor's Guide to Eternity
36. Journal of Eva Morelli
37. Peacock Swamp: The Nine
38. The Atlantis Gene
39. The Monsernan Agreement
40. In the Blood
41. Infliction
42. Life After Life
43. Betrayal of the Order
44. In Paradise
45. Player Piano
46. Touched with Fire
47. The Joy Luck Club
48. The Falling Sky
49. Havana Lost
50. An Untamed State
51. The Last Runaway
52. Divergent
53. Epilogue
54. Insurgent
55. The Blessings
56. Allegiant
57. One Pink Line
58. The Little Girl Waits
59. Cross
60. Evolution
61. Out of the Black: Odyssey One Book Four

[Claire]

Since I'm so far ahead of my original goal, I've decided to add to it and am now challenging myself to read 125 books this year.