Thursday, December 30, 2010

My 2011 Book Challenges

11-11-11 Challenge

1. Published in 2011
1. Mercy Kill (Armstrong) Ad Myst
2.  Dogtag Summer (Partridge) MidHF
3.  A Million Miles from Boston (Day) MidCRF
4.  The Last Little Blue Envelope (Johnson) YACRF
5.  Ruby Red (Gier) YAFant
6.  Small Acts of Amazing Courage (Whelan) MidHistFict
7.  You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) (White) Mid Fant
8.  Where Do You Stay? (Cheng) Mid CRF
9.  The Mostly True Story of Jack (Barnhill) Mid Fant
10.  The Other Rembrandt (Connor) Ad Myst
11.  A Discovery of Witches (Harkness) Ad FantMyst
12.  The Weird Sisters (Brown) CRF
13.  Sisterhood Everlasting (Brashares) Ad/Teen CRF
14.  Wonderstruck (Selznick) Mid HF

2. TBR Pile waaaaay too long
1. The Jacket (Clements) Mid CRF
2.  Art of Mending
3.  Biting the Moon (Grimes) Ad Myst
4.  The Ice Queen (Hoffman) Ad CRF
5.  Sweethearts (Zarr) YA CRF
6.  Twelve Sharp (Evanovich) AdMyst
7.  Unlucky in Law (O'Shaughnessy) AdMyst

3. Authors new to me
1. Ninth Ward (Jewell Parker Rhodes)
2. At Ease with the Dead (Walter Satterthwaite)
3. Gods in Alabama (Joshilyn Jackson)
4. No Time for Goodbye (Linwood Barclay)
5. Sweet Heart (Chelsea Cain)
6.  The Jasmine Trade (Denise Hamilton)
7.  The Lock Artist (Steve Hamilton)
8.  The Beach House (Jane Green)
9.  The Dark Tide (Andrew Gross)
10.  Chime (Franny Billingsley)

4. Historical Fiction
1. Best Friends Forever, A World War II Scrapbook (Patt) (Mid Grades Japanese Interment)
2.  Dogtag Summer (Partridge) MidGrVietnam War 
3.  Small Acts of Amazing Courage (Whelan) 1919 India
4.  Wonderstruck (Selznick) 1912 Hoboken, NJ & 1972 Minnesota

5. YA
1. Hush (Chayil) CRF
2.  Numbers (Ward) Fantasy
3. Evermore (Noel) Fantasy
4.  Ruby Red (Gier) Fantasy
5.  Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Green) CRF
6.  Forever (Stiefvater) Fantasy
7.  Darkness Becomes Her (Keaton) Fantasy
8.  Divergent (Roth) Fantasy
9.  Shine (Myracle) CRF

6. Where in the World?
1. The Moses Expedition (Spain, Jordan, US) (Gomez-Jurado)
2.  Don't Look Back (Norway) (Fossum)
3.  Girls of Ridayh (Saudi Arabia) (Alsanea)
4.  The Other Rembrandt (London, Amsterdam) (Connor)
5.  State of Wonder (Amazon rainforest, Brazil) (Patchett)


7. Arizona
1. A Song for You (Thornton)
2.  A Whole New Life (Thornton)

8. Mystery
1.  Bloody Mary (Konrath)
2. Shiver (Jackson)
3. Another Thing to Fall (Lippman)
4.  Hawkes Harbor (Hinton)
5.  The Book of Names
6.  Killer View
7.  Painted Ladies (Parker)
8.  Sullivan's Law (Rosenberg)
9.  Pray for Silence (Castillo)
10.  Stranger in Paradise (Parker)

9. One Word Titles (also on other lists)
1. Hereville (Deutsch)
2.  Shiver (Jackson)
3.  Hush (Chayil)
4.  Numbers (Ward)
5.  Pink (Wilkinson)
6.  Evermore (Noel)
7.  Forever (Stiefvater)
8.  Divergent (Roth)
9.  Sweethearts (Zarr)
10.  Chime (Billingsley)
11.  Shine (Myracle)
12.  Wonderstruck (Selznick)

10. Nonfiction (Can I REALLY do this?) ANY TYPE
1. Attracting Birds to Your Backyard (Roth)

11. First Time Authors
1.  A Discovery of Witches (Deborah Harkness)
2.  The Weird Sisters (Eleanor Brown)
3.  The Tale of Halcyon Crane (Wendy Webb)

?? Super Favorite Authors
1.  Piper Reed, Navy Brat (Holt)
2.  Waiting for the Magic (MacLachlan)

(Next time I'm going to have a category that is non-murder-mysteries and non-paranormal!

First in a Series Challenge
Series Novice (3 Books)
Series Lover (6 Books)
Series Expert (12 Books)
Series Fanatic (20 Books)

1. At Ease with the Dead (first book in the series that I've read...) (Satterthwaite) Joshua Croft #2
2. Dark of the Moon (Sandford) Virgil Flowers #1
3. Sweet Heart (Cain) Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell #1
4. Mercy Kill (First book in the series that I've read...) (Armstrong) Mercy Gunderson #2
5.  Killer View (First book in the series that I've read...) (Pearson) Sheriff Walt Fleming,#2
6. Numbers (Ward) YA Realistic Fantasy (Chaos is the second title, next after this)
7.  Don't Look Back (Fossum) Chief Inspector Konrad Sejer, Norway -  not sure if it's first in the series
8.  The Jasmine Trade (Hamilton) Eve Diamond LA Investigative Reporter #1
9.  Sullivan's Law (Rosenberg) Carolyn Sullivan, Ventura, CA; Probation Officer
10.  Evermore (Noel) the Immortals series, featuring Ever Bloom and Damen Auguste
11.  Ruby Red (Gier) first in a trilogy about time-traveling Gwyneth and Gabriel, published in Germany
12.  Darkness Becomes Her (Keaton) first in a series set in a dystopian New Orleans, featuring Ari of the silver hair and teal eyes....
13.  Divergent (Roth) Five factions in dystopian Chicago
14.  A Discovery of Witches (Harkness) First in the All Souls trilogy (witches, vampires, daemons)

Seconds Challenge
 Just a spoonful (3 books)
A few more bites (6 books)
A full plate (12 books)
All you can eat (20 books)

1. Bloody Mary ("Jack" Daniels, Chicago Police Lt. #2) Konrath
2. A Song for You (Chloe Newcombe #5) Thornton
3. Another Thing to Fall (Tess Monaghan #10) Lippman
4. Painted Ladies (Spenser #39) Parker
5. Forever (Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) Stiefvater
6. Pray for Silence (Kate Burkholder, Ex-Amish Chief-of-Police) Castillo
7. Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone) Parker
8. Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum) Evanovich
9. Sisterhood Everlasting (Ann Brashares)
10  Unlucky in Law (O'Shaughnessy) #10 Nina Reilly
11.
12.



Graphic Novel Challenge
Beginner (3)
Intermediate (3-10)
Expert (10+)

1. Hereville (Deutsch) 2010
2.
3.
Criminal Plots Challenge
1. A book by a new-to-me author who's blurbed a book I've enjoyed

2. A book that has been made into a movie.

3. A book with a protagonist opposite my own gender, therefore: male protagonist.
Dark of the Moon (Sandford) Virgil Flowers, SD
Killer View (Pearson) Sheriff Walt Fleming, ID
The Lock Artist (Hamilton)
The Other Rembrandt (Connor)
Stranger in Paradise (Parker) Jesse Stone, MA

4. A book set outside the country which I live.
Don't Look Back (Fossum) Norway
The Other Rembrandt (Connor) London, Amseterdam

5. A book that's the first in a new-to-me series
At Ease With the Dead (Satterthwaite) Joshua Croft, Santa Fe
Dark of the Moon (Sandford) Virgil Flowers, SD
Heart Sick (Cain) Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell, Portland, OR
Mercy Kill (Armstrong) Mercy Gunderson, South Dakota
Killer View (Pearson) Sheriff Walt Fleming, Sun Valley, ID
Don't Look Back (Fossum) Inspector Konrad Sejer, Norway
The Jasmine Trade (Hamilton) Eve Diamond, LA Investigative Reporter

6. A book by a 2011 debut author.


What's In a Name Challenge
1. A book with a number in the title:
 Ninth Ward (Rhodes)
Twelve Sharp (Evanovich)

2. A book with jewelry or a gem in the title
Ruby Red (Gier)

3. A book with a size in the title
The Last Little Blue Envelope (Johnson)
Small Acts of Amazing Kindness (Whelan)

4. A Book with travel or movement in the title
The Moses Expedition (Gomez-Jurado)
Another Thing to Fall (Lippman)

5. A book with evil in the title

6. A book with a life stage in the title
At Ease with the Dead (Satterthwaite)


Off the Shelf Challenge
Read books that I've listed as owning and on my TBR list at the beginning of the year
Tempted (5 books)
Trying (15 books)
Making a Dint (30 books)
On a Roll (50 books)
Flying Off (75 books)...and then there's
Hoarder (76-125 books)
and Buried (126-200 books)
1.
2.
3.

100 Books+ Challenge
1. Bloody Mary (Konrath) Ad Myst
2. Ninth Ward (Rhodes) Mid CRF
3. Hereville (Deutsch) Mid Graphic Novel
4. Hawkes Harbor (Hinton) Ad Hist Fict/Fantasy
5. Best Friends Forever, A World War II Scrapbook (Patt) Mid HF
6. The Book of Names (Gregory & Tintori) Ad Myst
7. A Song for You (Thornton) Ad Myst
8. At Ease with the Dead (Satterthwaite) Ad Myst
9. Shiver (Jackson) Ad Myst
10. Simple Genius (Baldacci) Ad Myst
11. Dark of the Moon (Sandford) Ad Myst
12. The Art of Mending (Berg) Ad CRF
13. No Time for Goodbye (Barclay) Ad Myst
14. The Jacket (Clements) Mid CRF
15. Gods in Alabama (Jackson) Ad Myst
16. Heart Sick (Cain) Ad Myst
17. Mercy Kill (Armstrong) Ad Myst
18. Killer View (Pearson) Ad Myst
19. Hush (Chayil) YA CRF
20. The Moses Expedition (Gomez-Jurado) Ad CRF/Myst
21. Another Thing to Fall (Lippman) Ad Myst
22.  The 7th Witness
23.  Last Witness (Hoffman) Ad Myst
24.  School Days (Parker) Ad Myst
25.  Forced Out (Frey) Ad Myst
26.  Stranger in Paradise (Parker) Ad Myst
27.  Painted Ladies (Parker) Ad Myst
28.  Numbers (Ward) YA
29.  Touch Blue (Lord) Mid CRF
30.  Don't Look Back (Fossum) Ad Myst
31.  The Jasmine Trade (Hamilton) AdMyst
32.  The Lock Artist (Hamilton) AdMyst
33.  Piper Reed, Navy Brat (Holt) MidCRF
34.  Akimbo and the Snakes
35.  Dogtag Summer (Partridge) Mid HF
36.  A Million Miles from Boston (Day) Mid CRF
37.  Biting the Moon (Grimes) AdMyst
38.  The Last Little Blue Envelope (Johnson) YA CRF
39.  Pink (Wilkinson) YA CRF
40.  Sullivan's Law (Rosenberg) AdMyst 
41.  Girls of Ridayh (Alsanea) Ad CRF
42.  Evermore (Noel) YA Fant
43.  Ruby Red (Gier) YA Fant
44. Small Acts of Amazing Courage (Whelan) MidHistFict
45.  Will Grayson, Will Grayson (Green & Levithan) YA CRF
46.  The Beach House (Green) Ad CRF
47.  You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) (White) Mid Fant
48.  Where Do You Stay? (Cheng) Mid CRF
49.  The Mostly True Story of Jack (Barnhill) Mid Fant
50.  Forever (Stiefvater) YA Fant
51.  The Ice Queen (Hoffman) Ad CRF
52.  The Other Rembrandt (Connor) Ad Myst
53.  Inside Out and Back Again
54.  Darkness Becomes Her (Keaton) YA Fant
55.  Pray for Silence (Castillo) Ad Myst
56.  Divergent (Roth) YA Fant
57.  Picture Perfect
58.  Hunger Games
59.  Catching Fire
60.  Sweethearts (Zarr) YA CRF
61.  State of Wonder (Patchett) Ad CRF
62.  A Whole New Life (Thornton) Ad Myst
63.  The Dark Tide (Gross) Ad Myst
64.  Twelve Sharp (Evanovich) Ad Myst
65.  A Discovery of Witches (Harkness) AdFant
66.  Chime (Billingsley) YAFant
67.  Shine  (Myracle) YA CRF
68.  Waiting for the Magic (MacLachlan) Mid CRF/Fant
69.  The Weird Sisters (Brown) AdCRF
70.  Sisterhood Everlasting (Brashares) YA/Ad CRF
71.  Wonderstruck (Selznick) Mid HF
72.  Tale of Halcyon Crane (Webb) AdFant
73.  Unlucky in Law (O'Shaughnessy) AdMyst

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