I think I will *need* this challenge so I can justify reading "new" books. I am excited about this :)
- Read a minimum of 9 books first published in 2009.Want more info?? Go HERE.
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January 2009
January 04, 2009
January 03, 2009
Decades '09
Okay one more challenge :) Michelle of 1More Chapter is again hosting the Decades Challenge for 2009. Details for the challenge can be found here.
The goal is to read 9 books in 9 consecutive decades, not including books from 2000 and higher.
I haven't picked my choices yet, just the decades:
- 1910s -
- 1920s -
- 1930s -
- 1940s -
- 1950s -
- 1960s -
- 1970s -
- 1980s -
- 1990s -
A-Z Challenge
Another challenge I am joining this year is the A-Z challenge.Naturally I am overlapping this with other challenges I am participating in. I’m choosing Option C: Read both authors A to Z and titles A to Z (52 books; this is the challenge Joy created). You can see all the other options and details HERE.
A-Z (Authors)
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- B -
- C -
- D -
- E - Enright, Ann ~ The Gathering
- F -
- G -
- H - Herman, Eleanor ~ Sex With Kings
- I
- J -
- K -
- L -
- M -
- N -
- O -
- P - Packer, Ann ~ The Dive From Clausen's Pier
- Q -
- R -
- S -
- T -
- U
- V -
- W -
- X
- Y
- Z -
A-Z (Titles)
- A - Accidental Happiness ~ Jean Page Reynolds
- B -
- C -
- D -
- E -
- F -
- G- The Garden of Last Days ~ Andre Dubus III
- H -
- I -
- J -
- K -
- L -
- M - Moloka'i ~ Alan Brennert
- N -
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- P -
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- R -
- S -
- T -
- U
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- W - Woman In White ~ Wilkie Collins
- X
- Y -
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2009 TBR Challenge
This is my first time with this challenge and I’m very excited for it. You can find all the details at the TBR (To Be Read) Challenge Blog here. I tried to choose books that have been sitting on my shelf for a while. Some of these books are not books I typically would read.
The rules: Choose 12 books from your TBR pile to read anytime through the year, plus 12 alternatives in case you want to change it up. Once you make your list, you can’t change it.
Books in RED have been read :)
Original List:
1. Lost In a Good Book ~ Jasper Fforde
2. Another Mother's Life ~ Rowan Coleman
3. Sex With Kings ~ Eleanor Herman
4. Persuasion ~ Jane Austen
5. Bliss ~ O.Z Livaneli
6. Bombay Time ~ Thrity Umrigar
7. Moloka'i ~ Alan Brennert
8. The Hazards of Good Breeding ~ Jessica Shattuck
9. Life Mask ~ Emma Donoghue
10. Accidental Happiness ~ Jane Reynolds Page
11. Almost Moon ~ Alice Sebold
12. The Dive From Clausen's Pier ~ Ann Packer
Alternates
1. A Girl Becomes a Comma Just Like That ~ Lisa Glatt
2. The Birth of Venus ~ Sarah Dunant
3. The Boleyn Inheritance ~ Philippa Gregory
4. The Well of Lost Plots ~ Jasper Fforde
5. Take Me, Take Me With You ~ Lauren Kelly
6. The Winemaker's Daughter ~ Timothy Egan
7. Kabul Beauty School ~ Deborah Rodriguez
8. A Fine Balance ~ Rohinton Mistry
9. Heart Sick ~ Chelsea Cain
10. The Narcissist's Daughter ~ Craig Holden
11. Some Things That Stay ~ Sarah Willis
12. Bangkok 8 ~ John Burdett
