Shannon's 2010 Reading List

[Shannon]

I think I'll have to update this after reading books per month, only because I'm no good at plotting out what books I'll read - my moods change too much! We'll see what January brings :)

[Rayni]

I'm the same way, so I broke it down into 9-10 mini challenges, just so I can plot it out. Otherwise, I don't think I'll make the goal.

[Shannon]

I've joined one challenge for next year Rayni, with the Book Addicts group - 12 TBR books in 12 months. It doesn't seem like much but I've committed myself to getting through 12 books that have been hanging around for ages - I once did a 4-book challenge and only managed 3 of them, so 12 is big for me!

[Rayni]

That's one of my mini challenges also.

[Shannon]

I seem to be reading all thick books this month!
Will keep updating this as I go, and start a new one in Feb.

JANUARY

#1 Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

#2 Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford

#3 The Spell Book of Listen Taylor by Jaclyn Moriarty

#4 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

#5 The Collections by Jonathan Franzen

#6 Cassandra's Conflict by Fredrica Alleyn

#7 The Marriage Bed by Laura Lee Guhrke

#8 Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

#9 Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead

#10 The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

#11 A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche

[TinaNoir]

LoL. Shannon. I was going gangbusters for awhile (combination of illness and insomnia). But I am reading a book that is 800+ pages now, slowed me considerably.

[Shannon]

I saw that you'd read a mammoth amount of books this month - well done! - but I hear you, long books are a slog aren't they? Took me two months to read The Corrections - also because it was quite dull a lot of the time! I need to balance the long and short ones a bit better I think :)

[Shannon]

Such a short, busy month, such long books - I'm amazed I got anything finished! I am hideously behind in writing reviews though :(

FEBRUARY

#12 Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris, Zoe

#13 First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost

#14 Sweet Seduction by Maya Banks

#15 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

#16 Monster by A. Lee Martinez

#17 A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

#18 Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman

[Shannon]

A slightly better month for me, was March, but I'm reading so much less than I have the previous two years, I'm not even sure I'll make it to 100 books!

Here's the list:

MARCH

#19 Need by Carrie Jones

#20 Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

#21 Mélusine by Sarah Monette

#22 The Amazing Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Mahara

#23 The Most Beautiful Book in the World by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

#24 Wanting by Richard Flanagan

#25 My Life in France by Julia Child & Alex Prud’homme

#26 Stray by Rachel Vincent

#27 Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole

#28 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

#29 Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

#30 Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

#31 Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella

#32 The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan

#33 After Dark by Haruki Murakami

[Shannon]

Progress still seems a little slow compared to previous years, but I think I'm still on track...

APRIL

#34 Snyder, Maria V: Sea Glass

#35 Dumas, Alexandre: One Thousand and One Ghosts

#36 Kery, Beth: Release

#37 Cohn, Rachel & David Levithan: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

#38 See, Lisa: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

#39 Michaels, Jess: Nothing Denied

#40 Chabon, Michael: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union

#41 Martel, Yann: Beatrice & Virgil

#42 Pfeffer, Susan Beth: Life As We Knew It

#43 Lindsay, Norman: The Magic Pudding

#44 Hendee, Barb: Blood Memories

#45 Heyer, Georgette: The Black Moth

#46 Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi: Half of a Yellow Sun

[Shannon]

I haven't quite got all my reviews done, but anyway, here's the latest update (and I am so far behind!!)

MAY

#47 Hansberry, Lorraine: A Raisin in the Sun

#48 Werlin, Nancy: Impossible

#49 Grande, Reyna: Across a Hundred Mountains

#50 Ward, JR: Lover Avenged

#51 Catton, Eleanor: The Rehearsal

#52 Gibbons, Stella: Nightingale Wood

#53 Brown, Ruth: The Old Tree

#54 Wu, Fan: February Flowers

#56 Canavan, Trudi: The Magician’s Apprentice

#57 Ferguson, Rachel: The Brontës Went to Woolworths

#58 Slatton, Traci L: Immortal

#59 Carter, Anne Laurel: The Shepherd’s Granddaughter

#60 Brighton, Lori: Wild Heart

[Shannon]

JUNE

#62 Cain, James M: Double Indemnity

#63 Le Guin, Ursula K: A Wizard of Earthsea

#64 Schindler, Nina: An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries

#65 Ryan, Carrie: The Forest of Hands and Teeth

#66 Cready, Gwyn: Flirting with Forever

#67 O’Farrell, Maggie: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

#68 Boyne, John: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

#69 Larsson, Stieg: The Girl Who Played With Fire

#70 Steig, William: Doctor de Soto

#71 Le Guin, Ursula: The Tombs of Atuan

#72 Banks, Russell: The Darling

#73 Bowen, Elizabeth: The House in Paris

[Shannon]

JULY

#74 Moers, Walter: The City of Dreaming Books

#75 Carriger, Gail: Changeless

#76 Larsson, Stieg: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest

#77 Hart, Megan: Deeper

#78 Disch, Thomas M: Camp Concentration

#79 Brennan, Sarah Rees: The Demon’s Lexicon

#80 Moya, Horatio Castellanos: Dance with Snakes

#81 Doctorow, Cory: Little Brother

#82 French, Jackie: Diary of a Wombat

#83 Parkin, Gaile: Baking Cakes in Kigali

#84 Delany, Shannon: 13 to Life

#85 Sacco, Joe: Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995

#86 Fitzgerald, F Scott: Tender is the Night

#87 Hubbard, Susan: The Year of Disappearances

#88 Vaughn, Carrie: Discord’s Apple

#89 Okorafor, Nnedi: Who Fears Death

[Shannon]

Wow I'm way behind in updating this! Okay, August:

AUGUST:

#90 Bernières, Louis de: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

#91 Arthur, Keri: Bound to Shadows

#92 Ogawa, Yoko: Hotel Iris

#93 Gaskell, Elizabeth: Cranford

#94 Elkeles, Simone: Rules of Attraction

#95 Mortenson, Greg & David Oliver Relin: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time

#96 Shields, Gillian: Immortal

#97 Echols, Jennifer: Forget You

#98 Banks, Maya: Sweet Temptation

#99 Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

#100 Ibbotson, Eva: A Countess Below Stairs

#101 Cole, Kresley: Demon From the Dark

[Shannon]

Next,

SEPTEMBER:


#102 Westerfeld, Scott: Leviathan

#103 Collins, Suzanne: Mockingjay

#104 Dahl, Roald: The BFG

#105 Donoghue, Emma: Room

#106 Dahl, Roald: Danny The Champion of the World

#107 Hammett, Dashiell: The Thin Man

#108 Barlow, Maude: Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

#109 Dahl, Roald: The Twits

#110 Anonymous: The Way of a Man With a Maid

#111 Atwood, Margaret: Cat’s Eye

#112 Cole, Kresley: If You Dare

#113 Thomson, Sarah L: Imagine a Day

[Shannon]

And

OCTOBER:


#114 Whittall, Zoe: Bottle Rocket Hearts

#115 MacAlister, Katie: Love in the Time of Dragons

#116 Priest, Cherie: Boneshaker

#117 Elkeles, Simone: Leaving Paradise

#118 Elkeles, Simone: Return to Paradise

#119 Mills, Magnus: The Maintenance of Headway

#120 Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh

#121 Stoker, Bram: Dracula

#122 Grossman, Lev: The Magicians

#123 Maurier, Daphne du: The Birds and Other Stories

[Shannon]

YAY! I did manage to meet - no, surpass - the target of 144! Need to catch-up on my lists though...

NOVEMBER:


#124 Lindner, April: Jane

#125 LeTourneau, Marie: The Mice of Bistrot des Sept Frères

#126 Tsutsui, Yasutaka: The Maid

#127 Jamison, Leslie: The Gin Closet

#128 Carriger, Gail: Blameless

#129 Verne, Jules: Journey to the Centre of the Earth

#130 Kinsella, Sophie: Remember Me

#131 Banks, Maya: Colters’ Woman

#132 Cready, Gwyn: Aching for Always


DECEMBER:

#133 Frost, Jeaniene: Eternal Kiss of Darkness

#134 Sparks, Kerrelyn: The Vampire and the Virgin

#135 Carew, Opal: Pleasure Bound

#136 Falconer, Ian: Olivia

#137 Kery, Beth: Explosive

#138 Donner, Kit: The Vengeful Bridegroom

#139 Anonymous: Sadopaideia

#140 Bender, Rebecca: Giraffe and Bird

#141 Grant, Jessica: Come Thou Tortoise

#142 Feehan, Christine: Dark Symphony

#143 Harris, Charlaine: Dead and Gone

#144 Daniells, Rowena Cory: The King’s Bastard

#145 Martin, George RR: Fevre Dream

#146 Bernasconi, Pablo: The Wizard the Ugly and the Book of Shame

#147 Peterfreund, Diana: Rampant

#148 Sands, Lynsay: The Renegade Hunter

#149 Ward, Helen & Marc Craste: Varmints

#150 Yarrow, Peter & Lenny Lipton: Puff the Magic Dragon

I've miscounted somewhere in this list - I read 148 books in 2010, not 150. Too lazy to go back and find that slip. Still, definitely read 144!!

[Athira]

Just letting you know that I've moved this thread to the 2010 Archive folder. Thanks! Hope the 2011 reading is going great!