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Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2012
Hello Everyone! I may be slow to start this challenge (I'm finishing my last semester of classes in pharmacy school) but as of May I should be able to catch up and read, read, read! I love to read and with free time so close I think I should be able to meet this challenge. So let's get started!
~Becca
Finished: 3/100
January
1. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips 1/3
February
2. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon 2/17
3. Coraline by Neil Gaiman 2/24
March
4. A Storm of Swords by G.R.R Martin (reading currently)
5. The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton (to be read)
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7.
8.
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10.
Don't worry Becca I'm only on book seven, you're not slow to start at all! (:
25/100
25. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
25. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Becca wrote: "Hello Everyone! I may be slow to start this challenge (I'm finishing my last semester of classes in pharmacy school) but as of May I should be able to catch up and read, read, read! I love to read..."
Don't worry...you'll catch up in no time :)
1. Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague, 1941-1968 by Heda Margolius Kovaly✔2. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway✔
3. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott ✔
4. Mirage by Soheir Khashoggi✔
5. Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You by Hanna Jansen ✔
6. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman✔
7. Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher✔
8. The Wedding Gift by Marlen Suyapa Bodden✔
9. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ✔
10. The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato ✔
11. La Petite Four by Regina Scott ✔
12. Redfield Farm: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by Judith Redline Coopey ✔
13. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner✔
14. The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams✔
15. Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa by Micol Ostow✔
16. The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister by Nonna Bannister✔
17. Mediterranean Summer: A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella by David Shalleck✔
18. Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India by Miranda Kennedy✔
19. Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli✔
20. The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen✔
21. Catcher, Caught by Sarah Honenberger✔
22. Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light by Amy Thomas✔
23. The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht✔
24. By the Light of the Silvery Moon by Tricia Goyer✔
25. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot✔
26. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini✔
27. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins✔
28. Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet by Heather Poole✔
29. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick✔
30. The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew✔
31. The Dressmaker: A Novel by Kate Alcott✔
32. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain✔
33. The Selection by Kiera Cass✔
34. The Baker's Daughter by Sarah McCoy✔
35. Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice by Pat Lowery Collins✔
36. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson✔
37. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins✔
38. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff✔
39. Jasmine Nights by Julia Gregson✔
40. The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri✔
41. The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller✔
42. The Irish Healer: A Novel by Nancy Herriman✔
43. The Taliban Cricket Club by Timeri N. Murari✔
44. The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O'Melveny✔
45. In My Father's Country by Saima Wahab✔
46. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally✔
47. Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us by
Rachelle Bergstein✔
48. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo✔
49. Envy by Anna Godbersen
Edited my post,I'm on nine now,still lots of catching up to do!
16. Shaken and Stirred by Sable Jordan
17. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
18. Coming out of her shell by Gillian Colbert
19. Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly
20. Unexpected Consequences by Cara Bristol
21. Reckless in Moonlight by Cara Bristol
22. The Doxy's Daybook by Jordan Sable
23. Forbidden Fruit by Gillian Colbert
24. Simon Says by Gillian Colbert
25. Joy & Pain by Celia Kyle
26. Piece of the Universe by John Simpson
27. Taken by Selena Kitt
28. Edith by Mirriam Smyth
29. A white Cougar Christmas by Eliza Gayle
NRBC: Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2012 My First 50 at Post #183
If you like the revised layout, I should let you know…**whispers: “I stole it from Joann!”**
Books in bold are “Chunksters” at > 450 pages.
❀ indicates a re-read via any media (I often “re-read” a book via audio.)
I found several items on the Internet that say 200 location numbers on a Kindle are equivalent
to 10 - 11 pages. When no hardback or paperback editions are available for reverence, I'll covert with the lower number.
100/100
51) ✔ Silver Borne, by Patricia Briggs ★★★★½ OD audio 3/5
52) ✔ You Slay Me, by Katie MacAlister ★★★★✩ OCD 3/6
53) ✔ Fair Game, by Patricia Briggs ★★★★★ & a Wow! HC 3/6
54) ✔ The Prize, by Julie Garwood ★★★★½ OCD 3/8
55) ✔ And One Last Thing ..., by Molly Harper ★★★★✩ CDs 3/9
56) ✔ Seabiscuit: An American Legend, by Laura Hillenbrand ★★★★★ CDs 3/12;
57) ✔ Dark Descendant, by Jenna Black ★★★★✩ Library PB 3/13
58) ✔ My One and Only, by Kristan Higgins ★★★★✩ Library PB 3/13
59) ✔ Desert Rose -- English Moon, by Claudette Williams ★★★★✩ PB 3/15
60) ✔ Saving Ceecee Honeycutt, by Beth Hoffman ★★★★✩ ODA 3/16
61) ✔ Southern Fried Divorce, by Judy Conner ★★★☆☆ OCD 3/16
62) ✔ Midnight Rainbow, by Linda Howard ★★★★✩ PB 3/17
63) ✔ The Man She Loves To Hate, by Kelly Hunter ★★★★½ PB 3/17
64) ✔ The Curse of the Pharaohs, by Elizabeth Peters ★★★✩✩ OCD 3/18
65) ✔ Texas Rain, by Jodi Thomas ★★★★✩ OCD 3/18 “b.r.”
66) ✔ Bayou Moon, by Ilona Andrews ★★★½✩ PB 3/19
67) ✔ Smokin' Seventeen, by Janet Evanovich ★★★★✩ ODA 3/19
68) ✔ We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever, by Benjamin Mee ★★★½✩ ODA 3/21
69) ✔ Naked in Death, by J.D. Robb ★★★★★ OCD 3/23
70) ✔ Loyalty in Death, by J.D. Robb ★★★★★ PB 3/23
71) ✔ From This Day, by Nora Roberts ★★½☆☆ ODA 3/25
72) ✔ The Texan, by Carolyn Davidson ★★★★✩ PB 3/27
73) ✔ Ghost of a Chance, by Yasmine Galenorn ★★★★✩ Library-PB 3/28
74) ✔ Cinder, by Marissa Meyer ★★★★½ Library-HC 3/28 “NBRC: buddy read”
75) ✔ The Masque of the Black Tulip ,
by Lauren Willig ★★★★★ audible.com 3/29 “b.r.”
76) ✔ The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner ★★★★✩ CDs 4/6
77) ✔ Head Over Heels, by Jill Shalvis ★★★★½ Library-PB 4/7
78) ✔ At the Bride Hunt Ball, by Olivia Parker ★★★★✩ Library-e-Book 4/7
79) ✔ His Mistress for a Million, by Trish Morey ★★★½☆ PB 4/9
80) ✔ The Mournful Teddy, by John J. Lamb ★★★★★ Library-PB 4/10
81) ✔ Mine to Possess, by Nalini Singh ★★★★✩ audible.com 4/11
82) ✔ The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas ★★★★✩ ODA & Kindle 4/12 “b.r.”
83) ✔ Caressed By Ice, by Nalini Singh ★★★★✩ audible.com 4/12
84) ✔ Explosive Eighteen, by Janet Evanovich ★★★½✩ ODA 4/13
85) ✔ The Chief, by Monica McCarty ★★★½✩ Loupe-audio 4/16
86) ✔ About That Night, by Julie James ★★★★½ PB 4/16
87) ✔ The Deception of the Emerald Ring , by Lauren Willig ★★★★★ audible.com 4/18 “b.r.”
88) ✔ Heart of Fire, by Linda Howard ★★★★½ audible.com & PB 4/20
89) ✔ Ruthless Tycoon, Inexperienced Mistress, by Cathy Williams ★★★★✩ PB 4/20
90) ✔ Gilliane , by Roberta Gellis ★★★★½ Kindle 4/21
91) ✔ The Wives of Bowie Stone, by Maggie Osborne ★★★★½ PB 4/23
92) ✔ Ruthless Boss, Royal Mistress, by Natalie Anderson ★★★½✩ PB 4/24
93) ✔ Desire Unchained, by Larissa Ione ★★½✩✩ C’s-CDs 4/25
94) ✔ The Price of Scandal, by Kim Lawrence ★★★✩✩ PB 4/25
95) ✔ April Fool Dead, by Carolyn Hart ★★★★✩ OneClickDigital & Library-HC 4/26
96) ✔ The Frenchman's Marriage Demand (Mistress To a Millionaire), by Chantelle Shaw ★★✩✩✩ PB 4/27
97) ✔ A Discovery of Witches , by Deborah Harkness ★★★★★ CDs to iPod/Touch 4/28
98) ✔ Enemies, A Love Story, by Josh Schollmeyer ★★★★✩ Kindle 4/28
99) ✔ Taken By Her Greek Boss, by Cathy Williams ★★★½✩ PB 4/29
100) ✔ Touch of Power, by Maria V. Snyder ★★★★½ audible.com 4/30
Re-reads!
❀ Rainshadow Road, by Lisa Kleypas ★★★★★ audible.com 3/3 “b.r.”
Key
“b.r.” = “buddy read”
HC = Hardcover
Kindle = Kindle Fire
OCD = OneClickDigital
ODA = Over Drive Audio
PB = Paperback
Laura wrote: "UPDATE: Post 59I am 6 books behind in my reading goal for this year, YIKES! Time to get a move on."
how many are you up to? you look like your doing ok to me!
update to post 73as of 17 March
28/100
Catherine wrote: "Laura wrote: "UPDATE: Post 59I am 6 books behind in my reading goal for this year, YIKES! Time to get a move on."
how many are you up to? you look like your doing ok to me!"
Well I am up to 26 but my actual reading goal for this year is 150 books. According to the 2012 reading challenge, I am behind by 6 books.
i have the same goal so I am 3 behind
10/100: (update to post #310--3/20/12)**I had forgotten one book that I discovered on my spreadsheet!
1. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 1/7/12
2. Mine Are Spectacular!: A Novel by Lynn Schnurnberger 1/12/12
3. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 1/24/12
4. Ingredient for Murder by Sue Clifton 1/25/12
5. Collected Quotes by Kent Breckenridge 1/25/12
6. Nobody's Child by Austin Boyd 1/31/12
7. "Ka-Ka-Ska-Ska": by Jim Lewis 2/5/12
8. The Hawk and the Deer by Sue Clifton 2/11/12
9. The Gully Path by Sue Clifton 2/25/12
10. Assholes Finish First by Tucker Max 3/17/12
Finished: 4/100January
1. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips 1/3
February
2. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon 2/17
3. Coraline by Neil Gaiman 2/24
March
4. A Storm of Swords by G.R.R Martin 3/20
5. The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton (reading)
6. The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick (reading)
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8.
9.
10.
Laura wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Laura wrote: "UPDATE: Post 59I am 6 books behind in my reading goal for this year, YIKES! Time to get a move on."
how many are you up to? you look like your doing ok to me!"
I'm debating whether or not to up my quota! I am doing ok so far...but I have so many books to read..and so little time!
..."
12/100: (update to post #383--3/24/12)1. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 1/7/12
2. Mine Are Spectacular!: A Novel by Lynn Schnurnberger 1/12/12
3. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 1/24/12
4. Ingredient for Murder by Sue Clifton 1/25/12
5. Collected Quotes by Kent Breckenridge 1/25/12
6. Nobody's Child by Austin Boyd 1/31/12
7. "Ka-Ka-Ska-Ska": by Jim Lewis 2/5/12
8. The Hawk and the Deer by Sue Clifton 2/11/12
9. The Gully Path by Sue Clifton 2/25/12
10. Assholes Finish First by Tucker Max 3/17/12
11. H2O the Novel by Austin Boyd and Brannon Hollingsworth 3/21/12
12. A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth 3/22/12
1) The Murder Stone by Charles Todd 2) January Kills Me by Evan Katy
3) June Bug by Jess Lourey
4) Red's Hot Cowboy by Carolyn Brown
5) The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich
6) Blood Trials by Sharon Sala
7) A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
8) Leviathan by Scott Westerfield
9) Blaze by Richard Bachman
10)Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
11)Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh
12)Coming Undone by Susan Andersen
13)Mother of the Bride by Lynn Michaels
14)Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer
15)Head Over Heels by Susan Andersen
16)Home at Last Chance by Hope Ramsey
17)Burning Up by Susan Andersen
18)Intern with the Vampire by Kit Iwasaki
19)Sherlock Holmes and the Zombie Problems by Nick Thomas
20)All Shook Up by Susan Andersen
21)The Peace Garden by Fiona Veitch Smith
22)Be My Baby by Susan Andersen
23)Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
24)The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
25)Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
26)A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
27)The Front Door Murders by Suzanne David
28)I Do But I Don't by Cara Lockwood
29)Playing with Fire by Katie Macalister
30)Ghost Moon by Karen Robards
31)Fire Me Up by Katie Macalister
32)The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club by Susan McBride
33)Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie/Bob Mayer
34)Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie/Bob Mayer
35)Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber
36)Soulless by Gail Carriger
37)Much Ado About Vampires by Katie Macalister
38)Love in the Time of Dragons by Katie Macalister
39)Light My Fire by Katie Macalister
40)Up in Smoke by Katie Macalister
41)The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons by Katie Macalister
42)Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
43)Me and MY Shadow by Katie Macalister
44)Holy Smokes by Katie Macalister
45)Killer Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh
46)The Peach Keeper by Sarah Allen Addison
47)Angel by Johanna Lindsey
48)Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
49)The Royal Treatment by Mary Janice Davidson
50)Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson
51)The Homecoming Masquerade by Spencer Baum
52)Once Burned by Samantha Hunter
53)How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
54)Absolute Liability by Jennifer Becton
55)The Map Thief by Heather Terrell
56)MASH by Richard Hooker
57)Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
58)In Too Deep by Cherry Adair
59)All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
60)Undead and Unemployed by Mary Janice Davidson
61)The Enemy We Know by Donna White Glaser
62)Dead Girl in Love by Linda Joy Singleton
63)Green Lake by SK Epperson
64)A Grand Murder by Stacy Verdick Case
65)The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
66)The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
67)Alice in Deadland by Mainak Dhar
68)The Forever Summer by Suzanne Macpherson
69)Infamous by Suzanne Brockmann
70)Playing Dirty by Susan Andersen
71)The Death Artist by Jonathan Santlofer
72)The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
73)A Dozen Deadly Roses by Kathy Bennett
74)With Every Breath by Lynn Kurland
75)Eroma by Piers Anthony
76)Northanger Abbey and Angels and Demons by Verz Nazarian
77)One Magic Moment by Lynn Kurland
78)The Heir by Johanna Lindsey
79)It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
80)Murder By Yew by Suzanne Young
81)Crazy for You by Jennifer Crusie
82)The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts
83)The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
84)Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels
85)Everyone Loves a Hero by Marie Force
86)The Duchess by Bertrice Small
87)Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn
88)Silent Scream by Karen Rose
89)City of Fire by Thomas Fitzsimmons
90)Into the Fire by Jessica Hall
91)Tender is the Storm by Johanna Lindsey
92)The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan
93)Veil of Night by Linda Howard
94)The Royal Pain by Mary Janice Davidson
95)Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
96)Unlucky by Jana DeLeon
97)Killing Bridezilla by Laura Levine
98)One Night in Memphis by Allie Boniface
99)One Night in Boston by Allie Boniface
100)Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
Done.
Congrats, Laurie! Well done. See you at the next level. ☺
My pace is picking up! Finished: 7/100
January
1. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips 1/3
February
2. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon 2/17
3. Coraline by Neil Gaiman 2/24
March
4. A Storm of Swords by G.R.R Martin 3/20
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling 3/20
6. The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton 3/24
7. The Yellow Man: A Ghost Story by Hunter Laurenne 3/24
8. Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahnuik (reading)
9. The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick (reading)
10.
My kindle has broken so I have come to a sudden halt ):
:( That is really sad. Will you be able to get your Kindle fixed?
Gemma wrote: "My kindle has broken so I have come to a sudden halt ):"How old was it? Is it under warranty? Also, what's broken? I think I've read that a few things- short of a cracked screen- are really fixable. My Nook died- well, I dropped it and cracked the screen- in December. Right before Christmas. I really had a hard time going back to only reading DTB's. So happy it was under warranty and I got a new one- and a newer model too. Although the new one doesn't have Sudoku and that bums me out.
So sad, Gemma! I hope it is fixable.
I rang up Amazon and a nice Irish man named Brandon has sent me a replacement for free (:It looked like part of the screen had just sort of dropped off and it was stuck on stand by.
I feel very relieved now, it will be so strange taking a real book on my work commute with me for the next few days though!
Gemma wrote: "I rang up Amazon and a nice Irish man named Brandon has sent me a replacement for free (:It looked like part of the screen had just sort of dropped off and it was stuck on stand by.
I feel very re..."
can you send me the Irishman!?!?!? lol :)
Catherine wrote: "can you send me the Irishman!?!?!? lol :) "LMAO! Really, afterall, it is March. ☺
Lisa Kay wrote: "Catherine wrote: "can you send me the Irishman!?!?!? lol :) "LMAO! Really, afterall, it is March. ☺"
well..I could use a good man! lol :) Irish, English, French, Italian, Australian! lol :)
FOFLOL! Yeah, you and me both, Catherine. If he is sexy, handsome, supportive, and rich like Roarke in the In Death series, all the better. ☺
hehe! I don't know that series...but I'll take Jamie Fraser from Outlander series any day! he's Scottish!
well...after I've finished my ever growing tbr list! I will have to give this one a whirl! how many in the series?
Gosh... up in the thirties now? I think.
wow! well...I'll get to them one day! lol
just came out and it is #33, plus there have been shorts.
oh my! well..I'd better get crackin' then! I am doing a series alphabet challenge....and have over 100 books in that alone to read! maybe later this year! I do like J>D Robb...(isn't that Nora Roberts too)
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3. Posted to death by Dean James
4. The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain
5. Secret Diary of a demented housewife by Niamh Greene
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7. The bad mother's handbook by Kate Long
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20. The fat chance guide to dieting by claudia pattison
21. Final warning by James Patterson
22. Max by James Patterson
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