Book Challenge - 2009

[Donna, The Pusher]

I see some of you are on the other group as me Book Challange so I was curious as to what everyone's challege is?

I plan on reading 65 (5 have to be classics) from November 08 to November 09. So far I am at my 10th book and I am seariously slacking!

[[deleted user]]

For that challenge ('cause you invited me) I'm shooting for 50 in '09. I usually mix in a classic for every 5 books or so.

I also have a concurrent challenge to finish 36 from Oct '08 to Oct '09 and I am currently on pace for that one.

Donna, I might be doing some fuzzy math, but it seems to me you are pretty much on pace!

[Donna, The Pusher]

I did 6 in Nov. but then only 4 in Dec. so I am slacking. I really wasn't that into Dead Until Dark so it took me some time to get thru it but I am hoping tha tthe other ones are better.

We will see how far I go.

[[deleted user]]

I am also hoping the other ones are better, but I was entertained enough and sucked into the plot a bit, even if the writing was not the best.

[Donna, The Pusher]

I dunno I think I just couldn't get over the banana clip!

[[deleted user]]

I don't recall that? You mean in her hair? There were some cheesy descriptions of her putting make up on, etc.

[Donna, The Pusher]

It was a hairclip in the like early 80's and I hate those things!!! There is not a lot that bother me but that is on the top of my list LOL

[Jen]

I'm doing the A-Z title challenge from 10/08 - 10/09. This one is most interesting to me because it will really encourage me to read books that I might not otherwise find time for. I think that once I've done the title challenge, I'm going to try the A-Z author challenge, which will help me find new authors. It is a fun challenge!

[[deleted user]]

2009 my goal is 100 books but I would like to try to read more but 100 is a good place to start!

[Donna, The Pusher]

Good Luck!!!

[[deleted user]]

That is a friqqin awesome goal!!

[Jennifer]

i am doing an easy first challenge , just 50 books not including the books from this challenge, i will see how it goes

[Donna, The Pusher]

So Far here is my list. I will add to it as I go.

1- Twilight
2- The Last Lecture
3- New Moon
4- A Great and terrible Beauty
5- Good Omens
6- The Glass Castle
7- Eclipse
8- City of Ember
9- Dead Until dark
10- Black Flies
11- Motherless Brooklyn
12- The Messenger - Lowry
13- A Child Called "It"
14- Me Talk Pretty One Day
15-Breaking Dawn (Finally am done with the series!!)
16- The Lost Boy
17- Lullaby
18- I am the Messenger
19- Old School
20- Bridge of Sighs
21- The Schwa Was here
22- Going After Cacciato
23- The Almost Moon
24- Loving Frank
25- The Curious Incident of a Dog in Night-time
26- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
27- Water for Elephants
28- Towelhead
29- Shantaram
30- The Girl who Played with Fire
31- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
32- The Lie
33- A Northern Light
34- Sarah's Key
35- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Audio)
36- House of Leaves (a work in progress)
37- The Lovely Bones
38- Push
39- The Shadow of the Wind
40- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
41- The Average American Male
42- Hummingbirds: A Novel
43- High on Arrival
44- Jane Eyre (audio)
45- Uglies
46- Oliver Twist (audio)
47- Eating Animals
48- Courage of Fear
49- Queenpin (didn't finish)
50- Pretties
51- The Sucicide Club
52- The Kind One
53- Shiver
54- The Year of the Fog
55- The Lightning Thief
56- The Monkey's Paw
57- Rant
58- Zipporah, Wife of Moses
59- Vacations from Hell
60. The Xibalba Murders
61. Truly, Madly
62. The Fourth Hand
63. Specials

[Jen]

I've gotten so busy with work and two young kids (and the fact that I've been playing a bit too much of an mmo lately) that I've really been slacking on books. I need to kick it back into high gear!

[[deleted user]]

I haven't even posted yet. I am doing 100 books this year. Here is what I've read so far:

Emilee's Completed books for 2009:

1. Clockwork Orange
2. Loving Frank
3. Marley Me
4. Secret Life of Bees
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
6. The Comfort of Strangers
7. Moby Dick
8. Emotional Blackmail
9. A Room of One's own
10. A Seperate Peace
11. Nanny Diaries
12. Sacred Stone: The Temple at Nauvoo
13. A Grief Observed

[[deleted user]]

Donna you are getting a lot of reading done. If you keep it up you'll be over 100 books this year.

[Donna, The Pusher]

U think so? I feel like I am slacking because I am in schol but I am trying. Good luck on yours u seem like u r doing great!

[[deleted user]]

I am slacking a lot for no reason. Actually I am doing a bit of research that is taking up a lot of time.

[[deleted user]]

Shame, shame Emilee. You are doing something besides reading?! :)

[Donna, The Pusher]

GRRRR So I def think that I will not be making my challange unless I count in all the text and articles I have to read for school!

[[deleted user]]

I'll probably make mine, but it'll be a struggle!

[Sonja]

So, I've decided that this year I'm actually going to take note of all the books I read. I've never actually counted the number I've read before so this should be interesting for me.

My readin2009 bookshelf is where I'm keeping track of these books. I think I've read about 20 so far. Some of them are graphic novels and some are novellas and some are trashy mystery novels... Somehow I don't think its that much of an accomplishment.

[Donna, The Pusher]

Well it's more than me & most!!! Good Luck!

[[deleted user]]

Sonja, your reading list is just fine! Be happy with your reading!!!

[Donna, The Pusher]

WOW!! I am truly falling behind. I gotta move quick if I wanna reach my goal of 65!

[Donna, The Pusher]

How is everyone doing with their challanges? I need to get a move on!!!!

[Jen]

I was doing the A-Z title challenge, but I've lost focus on it. While it's a great challenge that helps one read books they might not otherwise read, I feel that for me right now, a straight 50 books in a year challenge is better. I started over in May, and am working on my second book.

Here it is so far:

1. The Lucky One (N. Sparks)
2. Gone With the Wind - currently reading

[Donna, The Pusher]

GOD!!! I don't think Iw ill make it unless I get some searious reading in this summer! I have been trying my hardest!!

[Jen]

Donna wrote: "GOD!!! I don't think Iw ill make it unless I get some searious reading in this summer! I have been trying my hardest!!"

Donna,

I believe you! Life gets crazy at times! I'll go through periods where it takes weeks (or months) to get through just one book, and then all of a sudden I can bust out several in just a few days. Honestly, quantity isn't nearly as important as the quality! You need to be able to enjoy the time you have to read!

[Donna, The Pusher]

OK I am getting back on track now. School is out and I have been taking an Express bus to and from work (because of my pregnancy) and it has been nice & comfy and it drops me off closer to home!!! So more reading time. AND of course Iwill have three days to read in the hospital (well 2 1/2 I guess!!

How is everyone else doing?

[Donna, The Pusher]

I am also going to see if I can tie in my book challange with the A to Z title Challange... (A & The don't count!)

A - The Almost Moon
- The Average American Male
B - Bridge of Sighs
- Black Flies
- Breaking Dawn
C - City of Ember
- A Child Called "It"
- The Curious Incident of a Dog in Night-time
- Courage of Fear
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
D - Dead Until dark
E - Eclipse
- Eating Animals
F - The Fourth Hand
G - A Great and Terrible Beauty
-Good Omens
- The Glass Castle
- Going After Cacciato
- [Book:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]
- The Girl who Played with Fire
H - House of Leaves
- Hummingbirds: A Novel
- High on Arrival
I - I am the Messenger
J - Jane Eyre
K - The Kind One
L - The Last Lecture
- The Lost Boy
- Lullaby
- Loving Frank
- The Lie: A Novel
- The Lovely Bones
- The Lightning Thief
M - Motherless Brooklyn
- The Messenger
- Me Talk Pretty One Day
- The Monkey's Paw
N - New Moon
- A Northern Light
O - Old School
- Oliver Twist
P - Push: A Novel
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
- Pretties
Q - Queenpin
R - Rant
S - The Schwa Was here
- Shantaram
- Stiff The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- Specials
- Sarah's Key
- Shadow of the Wind
- The Sucicide Club
- Shiver
T - Twilight
- Towelhead: A Novel
- Truly, Madly A Novel
U - Uglies
V - Vacations from Hell
W - Water for Elephants
X - ]The Xibalba Murders An Archeological Mystery
Y - The Year of the Fog
Z - Zipporah Wife of Moses

[Donna, The Pusher]

How is everyone doing with their challenge? I am not doing so good! I have 2 more months and I have to read 11 more books...wait maybe I can do it! I just gotta try to read smaller books I guess LOL

But I don't think I am going to add my 5 Classics in there..just cause

[Fiona (Titch)]

Gonna read 150 books from 1/1/09 - 31/12/09:

1. Married Lovers - Jackie Collins
2. The Family Bones - Kimberley Raiser
3. Skin & Bone - Kathryn Fox
4. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K.Rowling
5. A Dog called Christmas - Greg Kincaid
6. Four Degrees More - Malcolm Rose
7. Animal Lab - Malcolm Rose
8. Falling Awake - Viv French
9. Walking with Rainbows - Isla Dewar
10. Harpies - David Belbin
11. The Cold Heart of Summer - Alan Gibbons
12. Christmas, Present - Jacquelyn Mitchard
13. I Am The Messenger - Markus Zusak
14. The Mentalist - Rod Duncan
15. Sleepover Club Makeover - Jana Hunter
16. Sleepover Girls Go Green - Angie Bates
17. Skin Privilege - Karin Slaughter
18. The Anatomy of Deception - Lawerence Goldstone
19. Martin Misunderstood - Karin Slaughter
20. The Bonanza Trail - John Dyson
21. Poems from The Lord Of The Rings - J.R.R.Tolkien
22. Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esqivel
23. Tim - Colleen McCullough (Audio)
24. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (Audio)
25. King Edward VIII: The Official Biography - Philip Ziegler
26. Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman (Audio)
27. Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier (Audio)
28. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (Audio)
29. The Rainmaker - John Grisham
30. The Lipstick Killers - Lee Martin
31. A Dish Taken Cold - Anne Perry
32. Step on a Crack - James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
33. Judge & Jury - James Patterson & Andrew Gross
34. The Almost Moon - Alice Sebold
35. The Beacon - Susan Hill
36. An Eye for an Eye - Malorie Blackman
37. Cold Granite - Stuart MacBride
38. Endal: How One Extraordinary Dog Brought a Family Back from the Brink - Allen & Sandra Parton
39. The Attack - Yasmina Khadra
40. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (Audio)
41. 8th Confession - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
42. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (Audio)
43. Torn Apart: The Heartbreaking Story of a Childhood Lost - James Patterson & Hal Friedman (audio)
44. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid (ML)
45. The Boy in the Dress - David Walliams (ML)
46. The Calling - Inger Ash Wolfe (ML)
47. Spilling The Beans - Clarissa Dickson Wright (ML/Audio)
48. The Swallow and the Dark - Andrew Matthews
49. Respect - Michaela Morgan
50. The Night Bus - Anthony Horowitz
51. Scared - Anthony Horowitz
52. Dying Light - Stuart MacBride
53. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon (Audio)
54. Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India - Madhur Jaffrey
55. Broken Skin - Stuart MacBride
56. Flesh House - Stuart MacBride (Audio)
57. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - Vicki Myron
58. Blood Test - Jonathan Kellerman
59. Billy the Kid - Michael Mopurgo
60. Cool! - Michael Morpurgo
61. The Cave - Kate Mosse
62. The Okinawa Dragon - Nicola Monaghan
63. Falling Into The Limelight - Peter Sallis
64. Knife Edge - Robert Swindells
65. Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
66. The Woman In Black - Susan Hill
67. The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips - Michael Morpurgo
68. Puberty Blues - Kathy Lette & Gabrielle Carey
69. Whistleblower - Tess Gerritsen
70. Jamica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier (audio)
71. Blind Eye - Stuart MacBride (audio)
72. Jessi and the Dance School Phantom - Ann M. Martin
73. Sexing the Cherry - Jeanette Winterson
74. Cross Country - James Patterson
75. For One More Day - Mitch Albom
76. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
77. Sleepyhead - Mark Billingham
78. The Beekeeper - Maxence Fermine
79. Sawbones - Stuart MacBride
80. Succubus Blues - Richelle Mead
81. Wedding Babylon - Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous
82. Succubus Nights - Richelle Mead
83. Meredith's Treasure - Philip Harbottle
84. Black Maria, M.A. - John Russell Fearn
85. Over The Edge - Jonathan Kellerman
86. No One You Know - Michelle Richmond
87. Succubus Dreams - Richelle Mead
88. Succubus Heat - Richelle Mead
89. Hollywood Wives - Jackie Collins

[Donna, The Pusher]

I think you just may surpass that, Fiona!

[Jen]

So I changed my challenge yet again, and decided to just see how much I read from May 2009 - December 2009. My goal is to try to read 35 books in this time. This should help me figure out what a good challenge for next year will be. :)

Here's what I have so far:

May
1. The Lucky One
2. Handle with Care
3. The Art of Science
4. Gone With The Wind
5. Little Heathens Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
June
6. Body of Knowledge
7. Guilty Pleasures
8. Something Borrowed
9. The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #2)
10. Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3)
July
11. The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)
12. Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
13. The Killing Dance
14. A Little Bit Wicked Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
15. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
16. Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7)
August
17. Blue Moon
18. An Artist of the Floating World - currently reading
19. The Color of Magic
20. Eclipse
21. Breaking Dawn
22. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Guilty Pleasures Volume 1 (graphic novel)
23. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter The First Death
24. House of Leaves - currently reading
25. The Graveyard Book - currently reading

[Donna, The Pusher]

I am so not going to ba able to read 35 more books in 2 1/2 months! I will try to extend the challenge to Dec. I want to do a Jan. to Jan. challenge next time around.

[Jen]

Donna wrote: "I am so not going to ba able to read 35 more books in 2 1/2 months! I will try to extend the challenge to Dec. I want to do a Jan. to Jan. challenge next time around."

Me too! That's why I changed mine. :)

[Fiona (Titch)]

90. The Taxi Queue - Janet Davey
91. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
92. The Merchant's House - Kate Ellis

[Fiona (Titch)]

93. Women & Ghosts - Alison Lurie

[Fiona (Titch)]

94. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

[Fiona (Titch)]

95. The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde

[Fiona (Titch)]

96. The Fourth Bear - Jasper Fforde

[Fiona (Titch)]

97. Secret Diary of a Demented Housewife - Niamh Greene

[Donna, The Pusher]

I think you may just surpass your goal, Fiona.

[Fiona (Titch)]

98. Keeping the Dead - Tess Gerritsen
99. White Teeth - Zadie Smith

[Fiona (Titch)]

100. Five on a Treasure Island - Enid Blyton

[Donna, The Pusher]

50 more to go, Fiona!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Yes and I have 3 months to get them read lol x

[Donna, The Pusher]

I have extended mine to December insterad of Novemeber. I am not going to make 65. I have 33 thus far.

*crossing fingers*

[Fiona (Titch)]

GO DONNA GO!