Thursday, December 11, 2008

100+ Reading Challenge for 2009

So far I've read 69 books this year. I should be finishing up a few more before the year ends, which led me to join the 100+ Reading Challenge for 2009 hosted by J. Kaye's Book Blog.

I figured if I push myself a bit next year I can get that accomplished. If you're interested in this challenge, head on over and sign up. My goal is to read 8+ books a month. Yikes!

Amanda's 100+ Reading Challenge for 2009
Number of Books Read: 100
January: 7 books
February: 8 books
March: 6 books
April: 9 books
May: 9 books
June: 6 books
July: 6 books
August: 5 books
September: 6 books
October: 12 books
November: 13 books
December: 13 books

1. The Shack - William P. Young (Finished January 05, 2009)
2. The Scent of Sake - Joyce Lebra (Finished January 12, 2009)
3. After Dark - Haruki Murakami (Finished January 15, 2009)
4. The Mirror of Her Dreams - Stephen R. Donaldson (Finished January 19, 2009)
5. A Man Rides Through - Stephen R. Donaldson (Finished January 28, 2009)
6. A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs (Finished January 28, 2009)
7. Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood (Finished January 30, 2009)
8. Life as We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer (Finished February 5, 2009)
9. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Finished February 6, 2009)
10. Dune - Frank Herbert (Finished February 9, 2009)
11. Paul of Dune - Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Finished February 16, 2009)
12. World War Z - Max Brooks (Finished February 18, 2009)
13.Van Gogh's Bad Cafe: A Love Story - Frederic Tuten (Finished February 20, 2009)
14. The Host - Stephenie Meyer (Finished February 22, 2009)
15. Time and Again - Jack Finney (Finished February 27, 2009)
16. Belong to Me - Marisa de los Santos (Finished March 4, 2009)
17. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote (Finished March 4, 2009)
18. Coventry: A Novel - Helen Humphreys (Finished March 6, 2009)
19. Rabbit, Run - John Updike (Finished March 12, 2009)
20. The Likeness - Tana French (Finished March 20, 2009)
21. If on a winter's night a traveler - Italo Calvino (Finished March 25, 2009)
22. I See You Everywhere - Julia Glass (Finished April 2, 2009)
23. The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor (Finished April 6, 2009)
24. Godmother - Carolyn Turgeon (April 9, 2009)
25. Rain Village - Carolyn Turgeon (Finished April 13, 2009)
26. 1984 - George Orwell (Finished April 15, 2009)
27. Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman (Finished April 22, 2009)
28. The Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar (Finished April 24, 2009)
29. The Little Book - Selden Edwards (Finished April 28, 2009)
30. Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen (Finished April 29, 2009)
31. Photographing Fairies - Steve Szilagyi (Finished May 04, 2009)
32. The Red Leather Diary - Lily Koppel (Finished May 07, 2009)
33. The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen (Finished May 12, 2009)
34. The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson (Finished May 16, 2009)
35. When You are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris (Finished May 19, 2009)
36. Daphne: A Novel - Justine Picardie (Finished May 23, 2009)
37. Einstein's Dreams - Alan Lightman (Finished May 23, 2009)
38. Night Music - Harrison Gradwell Slater (Finished May 26, 2009)
39. Heart of Darkness/The Secret Sharer - Joseph Conrad (Finished May 30, 2009)
40. Shoot the Moon - Billie Letts (Finished June 01, 2009)
41. Made in the U.S.A. - Billie Letts (Finished June 03, 2009)
42. The Given Day - Dennis Lehane (Finished June 07, 2009)
43. The House at Riverton - Kate Morton (Finished June 11, 2009)
44. A Madness of Angels - Kate Griffin (Finished June 18, 2009)
45. Charming Billy - Alice McDermott (Finished June 23, 2009)
46. Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier (Finished July 3, 2009)
47. Off Season - Anne Rivers Siddons (Finished July 5, 2009)
48. The Unit - Ninni Holmqvist (Finished July 6, 2009)
49. Leonardo's Swans - Karen Essex (Finished July 12, 2009)
50. Interred With Their Bones - Jennifer Lee Carrell (Finished July 25, 2009)
51. Margherita Dolce Vita - Stefano Benni (Finished July 31, 2009)
52. The Girl on the Via Flaminia - Alfred Hayes (Finished August 3, 2009)
53. Three Junes - Julia Glass (Finished August 11, 2009)
54. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein (Finished August 14, 2009)
55. Julie and Julia - Julie Powell (Finished August 25, 2009)
56. The Coral Thief - Rebecca Stott (Finished August 31, 2009)
57. The Harrowing - Alexandra Sokoloff (Finished September 01, 2009)
58. Dark Star - Alan Furst (Finished September 05, 2009)
59. The Seamstress - Frances de Pontes Peebles (Finished September 11, 2009)
60. The Romanov Bride - Robert Alexander (Finished September 15, 2009)
61. Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child (Finished September 21, 2009)
62. The Return - Victoria Hislop (Finished September 27, 2009)
63. The Last Dickens - Matthew Pearl (Finished October 04, 2009)
64. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Finished October 11, 2009)
65. Sacred Hearts - Sarah Dunant (Finished October 12, 2009)
66. The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery (Finished October 15, 2009)
67. The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens (Finished October 20, 2009)
68. The Strain - Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan (Finished October 21, 2009)
69. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys (Finished October 23, 2009)
70. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (Finished October 24, 2009)
71. Real Murders - Charlaine Harris (Finished October 26, 2009)
72. Seeing Redd - Frank Beddor (Finished October 30, 2009)
73. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway (Finished October 30, 2009)
74. Sunflowers - Sheramy Bundrick (Finished October 31, 2009)
75. Gourmet Rhapsody - Muriel Barbery (Finished November 1, 2009)
76. Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman (Finished November 3, 2009)
77. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger (Finished November 5, 2009)
78. Only Milo - Barry Smith (Finished November 5, 2009)
79. Now & Then - Jacqueline Sheehan (Finished November 11, 2009)
80. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (Finished November 12, 2009)
81. Giv: The Story of a Dog and America - Boston Teran (Finished November 13, 2009)
82. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows (Finished November 16, 2009)
83. The Creed of Violence - Boston Teran (Finished November 19, 2009)
84. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (Finished November 20, 2009)
85. Arch Enemy - Frank Beddor (Finished November 22, 2009)
86. The Information Officer - Mark Mills (Finished November 24, 2009)
87. Hunter - Campbell Jefferys (Finished November 30, 2009)
88. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (Finished December 3, 2009)
89. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (Finished December 4, 2009)
90. The Jewel Trader of Pegu - Jeffrey Hantover (Finished December 9, 2009)
91. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (Finished December 10, 2009)
92. Life After Yes - Aidan Donnelley Rowley (Finished December 11, 2009)
93. The Duty of Love - Ronald Neal Green (Finished December 14, 2009)
94. The Good Plain Cook - Bethan Roberts (Finished December 17, 2009)
95. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll (Finished December 22, 2009)
96. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (Finished December 23, 2009)
97. A Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut (Finished December 28, 2009)
98. Persuasion - Jane Austen (Finished December 28, 2009)
99. Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris (Finished December 30, 2009)
100. Eugenie Grandet - Honore de Balzac (Finished December 31, 2009)

3 comments:

  1. Wanted to stop in and welcome you to this challenge. If you haven't already, feel free to join us at the Yahoo Groups where others are participating in this challenge as well as others.

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  2. I love this Challenge! 100 is about my average for a year, but I wanted to do more for 2009. Because I was afraid to make *too* big a commitment, I've added some levels to it for myself:

    Bronze: 100 Books
    Silver: 125 Books
    Gold: 150 Books

    Good luck with your goal!!
    Lezlie

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  3. Wow. I doubt I would have the time to through 100 books. I've read maybe 25 or so this year...I think. :-) I think I have too many other hobbies!

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