Saturday, September 1, 2007

reading challenges

To make it easier I decided to create one post for all my challenge reads. Here you will find all the books I intend to read for my various challenges.

2007 TBR Challenge
one book/month throughout the year
Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In
Stephanie Barron - Jane And The Unpleasantness At Scargrave Manor
(review here, finished Apr 07)
Enid Blyton - Malory Towers omnibus 5
(finished Mar 07)
Ann Brashares - The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants
Harlan Coben - Drop Shot
Janet Evanovich - Seven Up
Theodor Fontane - Frau Jenny Treibel
Nancy Peske & Beverly West - Cinematherapy For Lovers
J.D. Robb - Naked In Death
(review here, finished Mar 07)
Julia Spencer-Fleming - In The Bleak Midwinter
Susan Sussman & Sarajane Avidon - Audition For Murder
(review here, finished Jan 07)
P.J. Tracy - Dead Run

additionals for the 2007 TBR Challenge
Catherine Alliot - The Old-Girl Network
Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Bill Bryson - In A Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson - The Lost Continent
Tom Clancy - Without Remorse
Hillary Rodham Clinton - Living History
Jeffery Deaver - Speaking In Tongues
Nancy Fairbanks - Death A L'Orange
Sue Grafton - C Is For Corpse
John Grisham - The Brethren
John Grisham - The Testament
Robert Ludlum - The Bourne Identity
James Patterson - 1st To Die
Cameron West - First Person Plural: My Life As A Multiple

RBL Summer Mystery Reading Challenge
6 mysteries between June 1 and August 31
Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile On A Sandbank
(review here, finished June 07)
Kathy Reichs - Déjà Dead
(review here, finished August 07)
J.A. Jance - Web Of Evil
(review here, finished July 07)
Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain - Gin & Daggers
(review here, finished August 07)
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child - Relic
(review here, finished July 07)
Julie Smith - New Orleans Mourning
(review here, finished August 07)

Medical Mystery Challenge
2+ medical mysteries between June 1 and November 1
Eileen Dreyer - With A Vengeance
Tess Gerritsen - The Apprentice
Kathy Reichs - Déjà Dead
(review here, finished August 07)

Classics Challenge
3-5 classics between July 1 and November 30
Honoré de Balzac - The Girl With The Golden Eyes
(review here, finished July 07)
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Theodor Fontane - Frau Jenny Treibel

alternates for Classics Challenge
Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
Paul Auster - Moon Palace
Victor Hugo - Les Misérables

Something About Me challenge
5 books between August 1 and November 30
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Sophie Kinsella - The Undomestic Goddess
Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler’s Wife
Stephenie Meyer - Twilight
Josh Grogan - Marley and Me

alternates for Something About Me Challenge
Bill Bryson - A Short History Of Nearly Everything
Jonathan Stroud - The Amulet of Samarkand
Anne Frank - Diary Of A Young Girl

Cozy Mystery Month challenge - possibles
September 2007
Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity's Christmas
Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Beats The Devil
Rhys Bowen - Death Of Riley
Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
Rita Mae Brown - Wish You Were Here
Jill Churchill - In The Still Of The Night
Shirley Damsgaard - Charmed To Death
Eileen Dreyer - With A Vengeance
Janet Evanovich - Seven Up
Nancy Fairbanks - Death A L'Orange
Joanne Fluke - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Sue Grafton - C Is For Corpse
Lee Harris - The Valentine's Day Murder
India Ink - A Blush With Death
Anna Maclean - Louisa And The Missing Heiress
Leslie Meier - Mistletoe Murder
Leslie Meier - Trick Or Treat Murder
Tamar Myers - The Ming And I
Emilie Richards - Let There Be Suspects
Madeleine E. Robins - Point Of Honor
Michele Scott - Murder Uncorked
David Skibbins - Eight Of Swords
Julia Spencer-Fleming - In The Bleak Midwinter
Victoria Thompson - Murder On Astor Place
P.J. Tracy - Dead Run
Peter Tremayne - Absolution by Murder

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