Sunday, January 4, 2009

100 Book Challenge


I love this challenge. It's simple. Read at least 100 books in 2009.

Here are the rules:

1) You can join anytime as long as you don’t start reading your books prior to 2009.

2) This challenge is for 2009 only. The last day to have all your books read is December 31, 2009.

3) You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.

I'll be listing my books here as I either decide to read them or read them. As I finish books I will orange them and put the date completed.


1. The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper (finished 2/20/2009)
2. A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffery Archer (finished 1/27/2009)
3. A Door Into Summer by Robert Heinlein (finished 1/3/2009
4. The Reagan I Knew by William F. Buckley, Jr. (finished 2/12/2009)
5.
Cruel and Usual Punishment: The terrifying global implications of Islamic Law by Nonie Darwish (finished 1/15/2009)
6. Bones by Jonathan Kellerman (finished 1/7/2009)
7. Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis (finished 1/7/2009)
8. Homeschooling: A Family's Journey by Gregory and Martine Millman (finished 1/8/2009)
9. Heat Lightning by John Sandford (finished 1/12/2009)
10. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (finished 1/12/2009)
11. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (finished 1/17/2009)
12. Cross Country by James Patterson (finished 1/19/2009)
13.
Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (finished 1/22/2009)
14.
Good Luck by Whitney Gaskell (finished 1/23/2009)
15. How the Missouri Synod Was Born by Rev Dr. William Gustave Polack (finished 1/23/2009)
16. King's Blood Four by Sherri Tepper (finished 1/25/2009)
17. Terrorist by John Updike (finished 2/2/2009)
18. Die in Plain Sight by Elizabeth Lowell (finished 2/4/2009)
19. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb (finished 2/7/2009)
20. Lydia Bennet's Story by Jane Odiwe (finished 2/8/2009)
21. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (finished 2/10/2009)
22. Red River by Lalita Tademy (finished 2/15/2009)
23. Run for Your Life by James Patterson (finished 2/18/2009)
24. A Red State of Mind by Nancy French (finished 2/23/2009)
25. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron (finished 2/24/2009)

26. The Survivor's Club by Ben Sherwood (finished 2/28/2009)
27. Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger (finished 3/2/2009)
28. The Next Big Thing by Johanna Edwards (finished 3/4/2009)
29. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb (finished 3/11/2009)
30. Class Matters by Correspondents of the New York Times (finished 3/12/2009)
31. Holly Would Dream by Karen Quinn (finished 3/13/2009)
32. Sullivan's Law by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg (finished 3/15/2009)
33. Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto (finished 3/19/2009)
34. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult (finished 3/21/2009)
35. Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (finished 3/26/2009)
36. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (finished 4/1/2009)
37. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin R.C. Gutzman, Ph.D., J.D. (4/7/2009)
38. The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn (4/8/2009)
39. True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman (4/13/20089)
40. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb (4/17/2009)
41. Food Matters by Mark Bittman (4/19/2009)
42. Certain Jeopardy by Jeff Struecker and Alton Gansky (4/22/2009)
43. Divine Justice by David Baldacci (4/27/2009)
44. Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb (4/30/2009)
45. The 8th Confession by James Patterson (5/2/2009)
46. A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America by Shelby Steele (5/4/2009)
47. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (5/7/2009)
48. The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen (5/9/2009)
49. Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster (5/11/2009)
50. The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer (5/13/2009)
51. Frederica by Georgette Heyer (5/18/2009)
52. Ceremony in Death by J. D. Robb (5/21/2009)
53. Allen County Photo Album 1852-1954 (5/23/2009)
54. Sprig Muslin by Georgette Heyer (5/25/2009)
55. A Perfect Mess by Eric Abrahamson & David Freedman (5/27/2009)
56. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer (5/31/2009)
57
. Execution Dock by Anne Perry (6/5/2009)
58. Wicked Prey by John Sandford (6/9/2009)
59. Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (6/15/2009)
60. Glenn Beck's Common Sense (6/18/2009)
65. The Nonesuch
by Georgette Heyer (6/22/2009)
66. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (6/25/2009
67. Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language by Patricia T. O'Connor & Stewart Kellerman (6/29/2009)
68. Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime edited by Michael Sims (7/2/2009)
69. The Associate by John Grisham (7/9/2009)
70. First Family by David Baldacci (7/13/2009)
71. The Death of the Grown-up by Diana West (7/15/2009)
72. The Night Watchman by Mark Mynheir (7/19/2009)
73. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer (7/21/2009)
74. Queen Takes King by Gigi Levangie Grazer (7/23/2009)
75. Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson (7/26/2009)
76. The Fate of Katherine Carr by Thomas H. Cook (8/1/2009)
77. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer (8/5/2009)
78. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (8/9/2009)
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9. The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel (8/11/2009)
80. Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin (8/13/2009)
81. Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer (8/16/2009)
82. The Money Mystery by Richard J. Maybury (8/18/2009)
83. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella (8/22/2009)
80. Arabella by Georgette Heyer (8/25/2009)
81. Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (8/28/2009)
82. A Princess Found by Sarah Culberson & Tracy Trivas (8/31/2009)
83. The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson (9/7/ 2009)
84. Hope in a Jar by Beth Harbison (9/9/2009)
85. Generation Me by Jean Twenge (9/14/2009)
86. The Apostle by Brad Thor (9/17/2009)
87. The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel (9/20/2009)
88. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (9/22/2009)
89. 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs (9/25/2006)
90. Vengeance in Death by J.D.Robb (9/27/2009
91.
The Penny Pinchers' Club by Sarah Strohmeyer (9/29/2009)
92. Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain (10/4/2009)
93. Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish (10/6/2009)
94. Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson (10/10/2009)
95
. Blindman's Bluff by Fay Kellerman (10/14/2009)
96. The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer (10/16/2009)
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7. The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky (10/18/2009)
98. False Colours by Georgette Heyer (10/22/2009)
99. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston (10/24/2009)
100. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (11/2/2009)

Life Among the Lutherans by Garrison Keillor (Humor)
Arguing With Idiots by Glenn Beck (Non-fiction, politics)
The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews (Chick Lit)
Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer (Regency Romance)
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by Jame Patterson
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin (Memoir, Politics)
Liar by Justine Larbalestier (YA Fiction)
Alex Cross's Trial (Historical Fiction)
Pursuit of Honor Vince Flynn
How to be Cool by Johanna Edwards
Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Seeds of Terror by Gretchen Peters




1 comment:

  1. Way to go! And you finished in plenty of time. :)

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