Diane's 2010 50 Book Challenge

[Diane]

I am new to the 50 book challenge, but already I have added three books to my to-be-read shelf from discussions I read here.
I do a lot of my reading in the car traveling back and forth to visit my children and grandchildren. Luckily my husband enjoys the driving and I am free to read!

My 2010 list:
1.Impossible by Dorothy Werlin Comleted 1/1/10
2.Dead Heat by Dick Francis Completed 1/2/10
3.The Help by Katheryn Stockett Completed 1/8/10
4.The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson Completed 1/14/10 (This actually isn't available in the US yet but an amazing friend knew I had read the first two books in the trilogy and got it for me from Amazon UK.)
5.Matchless by Gregory Maguire Completed 1/16/10
6.So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger
Completed 1/23/10

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7. Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones 1/30/10
8. The Magdala Connection by Earl A. Perry 2/1/10

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9. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 2/8/10

I really enjoyed this book. It was a cross between The Secret Garden and The Thirteenth Tale.

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10. The Faith Club by Ranya Idliby 2/26/10
11. The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry 2/28/10
12. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton 3/1/10

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13. The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson 3/12/10
14. I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark 3/13/10

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16. Angel Falls by Nora Roberts 3/19/10
17. Memoirs of Geisha by Arthur Golden 3/20/10

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18. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult 3/29/10
19. Gwenhwyfar, the White Spirit by Mercedes Lackey 4/4/10
20. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly 4/10/10

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21. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery 4/16/10
22. Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende 4/25/10
23. A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin 5/2/10
24. House Rules by Jodi Picoult 5/8/10

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25. The Long Way Home by Robin Pilcher 5/24/10
26. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova 5/31/10

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I am looking forward to adding several books to my list in the next few weeks. One of the joys of being a teacher is being free to indulge my own passion for reading during the summer!

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27. The Physic Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe 6/7/10
28. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin 6/11/10
29. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte 6/15/10
30. Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler 6/16/10
31. Something’s Missing by Matthew Dicks 6/18/10

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32. The Book of Fires by Jane Borodale 6/20/10

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33. The Last Van Gogh by Alyson Richman 6/26/10
34. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon 7/14/10
35. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman 7/16/10
36. A Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult 7/18/10
37. Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart 7/19/10
38. After You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell 7/20/10
39. The Lost Hours by Karen White 7/21/10
40. The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 7/23/10

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41. The Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin 7/28/10
42. My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier 8/9/10
43. Thr3e by Ted Decker 9/11/10
44. Soup by Jon Gordon 9/16/10
45. Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt 9/25/10
46. 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs 10/01/10

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I did it!!!! And with a month and a half to spare.

47. Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs 10/11/10
48. The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins 10/17/10
49. The Passage by Justin Cronin 11/6/10
50. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 11/8/10
51. Second Glance by Jodi Picoult 11/10/10

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52. Kathereine by Anya Seton 11/27/10
53. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs 11/28/10
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54. In the Woods by Tana French 12/04/10
55. The Likeness by Tana French 12/12/10
56. Last Night at Chateau Marmont by Lauren Weisberger 12/24/10.

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#57 and the last of 2010 Faithful Place by Tana French
completed 12/30/10