Saturday, December 29, 2012

2013 Reading Challenges

FINAL SYNOPSIS for 2013
I finished 56 NOVELS - 20,011 pages:
22 were novels written in 2013
only 2 were written before 2000
     18 were CRF, 7 were dystopian/fantasy/paranormal, 15 were rated a 4.5 or 5 (meaning they were really, really great), 11 were YA, 32 were AUDIO BOOKS, and 25 were mysteries. Of these I read 29 new authors.
     I read 38 picture books, 17 of which were written in 2013.

My Very Own Reading Challenge!
Click here to go to the list.
1. Iron Lake (Krueger)
2. Sweetheart (Cain)
3.  Drop Shot (Coben)
4.  The Intercept (Wolf)
5.  The Island (Hilderbrand)
6. Let the Devil Sleep (Verdon)
7.  Heat Lightning (Sandford)
8.  Robert B. Parker's Lullaby (Atkins)
9.  City of Bones (Connelly)

13-13-13 Reading Challenge

1. 2013 Copyright
1.  The Intercept (Wolf) Adult
2.  The Different Girl (Dahlquist) YA
3.  Dualed (Chapman) YA
4.  Tapestry of Fortunes (Berg) Adult
5.  If You Find Me (Murdoch) YA
6.  Taken (Bowman) YA
7.  Her Last Breath (Castillo) Adult
8.  The Burgess Boys (Strout) Adult
9.  Frame 232 (Mara) Adult
10.  After the River the Sun (Calhoun) MidGrades
11.  Maya's Notebook (Allende) Adult
12.  The Silver Star (Walls) YA
13.  The Time Between (White) Ad
14.  The Arrivals (Marr) Ad
15.  The Buddha in the Attic (Ad)
16.  Listening for Lucca (LaFleur) Mid
17.  A Guide For the Perplexed (Horn) Ad
18.  Night Film (Pessl) Ad
19.  Japantown (Lancet) Ad
20.  The Circle (Eggers) Ad
21.  The Cuckoo's Calling (Galbraith) Ad
22. Eleanor & Park (Rowell)

2.  Written before 2000
1. Iron Lake (Krueger) 1998
2. Drop Shot (Coben) 1996

3.  One-Word Titles
1. Sweetheart (Cain)
2. Lullaby (Atkins)
3.  Dualed (Chapman)
4.  Crossed (Condie)
5.  Taken (Bowman)
6.  Japantown (Lancet)

4.  Where in the World?
1. Two Graves (Preston & Child) some of the book is set in Brazil
2. Night Ferry (Robotham) London & Amsterdam
3.  The White Giraffe (St. John) South Africa
4.  The Weight of Water (Crossan) Great Britain
5.  Maya's Notebook (Allende) Chile
6.  In the Kingdom of Men (Barnes) Arabia
7.  The Lake of Dreams (Edwards) Japan (at the very beginning)
8.  The Book of Blood and Shadow (Wasserman) 2nd half - Prague
9.  A Guide For the Perplexed (Horn) partially set in Egypt
10.  Japantown (Lancet) set partially in Japan
11.  The Cuckoo's Calling (Galbraith) London

5.  Arizona or Maine?
1.  AZ - Web of Evil (Jance)
2.  ME - The Bone Garden (Gerritsen)
3.  AZ - Hand of Evil (Jance)
4.  ME - The Burgess Boys (Strout)
5.  ME - Listening for Lucca (LaFleur)

6.  Historical Fiction
1.  The Bone Garden (Gerritsen)
2. The Silver Star (Walls)
3.  In the Kingdom of Men (Barnes)
4.  The Buddha in the Attic (Otsuka)

7.  Poetry
1.  Dare to Dream; Change the World (Corcoran)
2.  Forest Has a Song (Vanderwater)

8. Contemporary Realistic Fiction
1. Once Upon a Day (Tucker)
2. The Island (Hildebrand)
3.  Flight Behavior (Kingsolver)
4.  The Widower's Tale (Glass)
5.  Tapestry of Fortunes (Berg)
6.  Gone Girl (Flynn) (might be considered mystery?)
7.  If You Find Me (Murdoch)
8.  The Weight of Water (Crossan)
9.  Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Sloan)
10.  The Burgess Boys (Strout)
11.  Dairy Queen (Murdock)
12.  Off Season (Murdock)
13.  After the River the Sun (Calhoun)
14.  Maya's Notebook (Allende)
15.  Front and Center (Murdock)
16.  The Lake of Dreams (Edwards)
17.  A Guide For the Perplexed (Horn)
18.  Eleanor & Park (Rowell)

9.  Paranormal/Dystopian/Fantasy
1.  The Different Girl (Dahlquist)
2.  Dualed (Chapman)
3.  Crossed (Condie)
4.  Taken (Bowman)
5.  The Arrivals (Marr)
6.  The Book of Blood and Shadow (Wasserman)
7.  City of Bones (Clare)

10.  Rated a 4.5 or 5
1.  Iron Lake (Krueger) 5
2.  Flight Behavior (Kingsolver) 4.5
3.  The Widower's Tale (Glass) 5
4.  If You Find Me (Murdoch) 4.5
5.  Taken (Bowman) 4.5
6.  Night Ferry (Robotham) 4.5
7.  The Weight of Water (Crossan) 5
8.  Dairy Queen (Murdock) 4.5
9.  Off Season (Murdock) 5
10.  Mad River (Sandford) 4.5-probably should be 5...
11.  Night Film (Pessl) 5
12.  City of Bones (Clare) 4.5
13.  City of Bones (Connelly) 4.5

11.  YA
1.  Dualed (Chapman)
2.  Crossed (Condie)
3.  If You Find Me (Murdoch)
4.  Taken (Bowman)
5.  Dairy Queen (Murdock)
6.  Off Season (Murdock)
7.  Front and Center (Murdock)
8.  The Book of Blood and Shadow (Wasserman)
9.  Eleanor & Park (Rowell)

12.  Picture Books
1.  America the Beautiful, Together We Stand (Bates)
2.  Glasswings:  A Butterfly's Story (Kleven)
3.  The Matchbox Diary (Fleischman/Ibatoulline)
4.  Black Dog (Pinfold)
5.  The Walking Stick (Trottier/Galouchko)
6.  Bluebird (Staake)
7.  The Sky of Afghanistan (Eulate)
8.  This Moose Belongs to Me (Jeffers)
9.  The Stories of the Mona Lisa: An Imaginary Museum Tale About the History of Modern Art (Barsony)
10.  Nelson Mandela (Nelson)
11. A Splash of Red; The Life and Art of Horace Pippin (Bryant/Sweet)
12.  Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? (Stone/Priceman)
13.  Look Up! Henrietta Leavitt; Pioneering Woman Astronomer (Burleigh/Colon)
14.  The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau (Markel/Hall)
15.  Driving My Tractor (Dobbins/Sims)
16.  Boy Who Loved Math, The  (Heiligman/Pha013
17.  Colorful Dreamer, The Story of Henri Matisse (Parker/Berry) 2012
18.  Open This Little Book (Klausmeier/Lee) 2013
19.  Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (Willems) 2012
20.  Noah Webster & His Words (Ferris/Kirsch) 2012
21.  Return of the Dragon Lady (Deede/White) 2012
22.  Dare to Dream, Change the World (Corcoran/Jepson) 2012
23.  Captain Cat (Moore) 2013
24.  Forest Has a Song (Vanderwater/Gourley) 2013
25.  Santa is Coming to Tucson (Smallman/Dunn & Brown) 2013
26.  My Pen Pal, Santa (Stanton/Bell) 2013
27.  The Dark (Snicket/Klassen0 2013
28.  Papa's Latkes (Edwards/Schuett) 2004
29.  An Orange for Frankie (Polacco) 2004
30.  The Smallest Gift of Christmas (Reynolds) 2013
31.  Winter is for Snow (Neubecker) 2013
32.  Gifts of the Heart (Polacco) 2013
33.  Desert Night, Desert Day (Fredericks/Spengler) 2011
34.  The Sparkle Box (Hardie/Kornacki) 2012
35.  Snowflakes Fall (MacLachlan/Kellogg) 2013
36.  Boxes for Katje (Fleming/Dressen-McQueen) 2003
37.  Little Santa (Agee) 2013
38.  Charlie and the Christmas Kitty (Drummond/deGroat) 2012

13.  Audio Books
1. Web of Evil (Jance)
2.  Sweetheart (Cain)
3.  Once Upon a Day (Tucker)
4.  Drop Shot (Coben)
5.  The Intercept (Wolf)
6.  The Island (Hilderbrand)
7.  Heat Lightning (Sandford)
8.  The Bone Garden (Gerritsen)
9.  Robert B. Parker's Lullaby (Atkins)
9.  Flight Behavior (Kingsolver)
10. The Widower's Tale (Glass)
11.  Two Graves (Preston & Child)
12.  Gone Girl (Flynn)
13.  61 Hours (Child)
14.  Night Ferry (Robotham)
15.  Hand of Evil (Jance)
16.  Evil at Heart (Cain)
17.  The White Giraffe (St. John)
18.  Fearless Fourteen (Evanovich)
19.  Dairy Queen (Murdock)
20.  Off Season (Murdock)
21.  Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Evanovich)
22.  Maya's Notebook (Allende)
23.  The Silver Star (Walls)
24.  Front and Center (Murdock)
25.  The Time Between (White)
26.  The Buddha in the Attic (Otsuka)
27.  Rough Country (Sandford)
28.  Mad River (Sandford)
29.  Night Fillm (Pessl)
30.  The Circle (Eggers)
31.  The Cuckoo's Calling (Galbraith)
32.  City of Bones (Connelly)

2013 Mystery/Crime Reading Challenge
(link here to The Crafty Book Nerd's Original post...)
1. Web of Evil, Ali Reynolds #2 (Jance)
2. Iron Lake, Cork O'Connor #1 (Krueger)
3  Sweetheart, Archie Sheridan #2 (Cain)
4.  Drop Shot, Myron Bolitar #2 (Coben)
5.  The Intercept, Jeremy Fisk #1 (Wolf)
5 books= Detective 

6.  Let the Devil Sleep, Dave Guerney #3 (Verdon)
7. Heat Lightning, Virgil Flowers #2 (Sandford)
8. The Bone Garden (Gerritsen)
10.  Two Graves (Preston & Child)
10 books = Sergeant

11. 61 Hours (Child)
12. Night Ferry (Robotham)
13.  Hand of Evil (Jance)
14. Evil at Heart (Cain)
15. Her Last Breath (Castillo)
15 books = Lieutenant 

16.  Fearless Fourteen (Evanovich)
17.  Frame 232 (Mara)
18.  Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Evanovich)
19.  Rough Country (Sandford)
20 books = Captain

21.  Mad River (Sandford)
22.  Night Film (Pessl)
23.  Japantown (Lancet)
24.  The Cuckoo's Calling (Galbraith)
25.  City of Bones (Connelly)
25 books = Chief
30+ books = Sherlock Holmes


A to Z Reading Challenge
(Click here to see where the idea came from on Goodreads)
A- After the River the Sun (Calhoun) The Arrivals (Marr)
B- The Bone Garden (Gerritsen), The Burgess Boys (Strout) Buddha in the Attic, The (Otsuka) The Book of Blood and Shadow (Wasserman)
C-  Crossed (Condie) City of Bones (Clare) The Circle (Eggers) The Cuckoo's Calling (Galbraith) City of Bones (Connelly)
D- Drop Shot (Coben), Dualed (Chapman), Different Girl, The (Dahlquist), Dairy Queen (Murdock)
E- Evil at Heart (Cain) Eleanor & Park (Rowell)
F- Flight Behavior (Kingsolver), Fearless Fourteen (Evanovich) Frame 232 (Mara) Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Evanovich) Front and Center (Murdock)
G- Gone Girl (Flynn) Guide For the Perplexed, A (Horn)
H- Heat Lightning (Sandford) Her Last Breath (Castillo), Hand of Evil (Jance)
I- Iron Lake (Krueger) The Intercept (Wolf)  The Island (Hilderbrand) If You Find Me (Murdoch) In the Kingdom of Men (Barnes)
J- Japantown (Lancet)
K-
L- Let the Devil Sleep (Verdon) Listening for Lucca (LaFelur) Lullaby (Atkins) Lake of Dreams, The (Edwards)
N- Night Ferry (Robotham)  Night Film (Pessl)
O- Once Upon a Day (Tucker) Off Season (Murdock)
P-
Q-
R- Rough Country (Sandford)
S- Sweetheart (Cain) Silver Star, The (Walls)
T- Two Graves (Preston & Child), Tapestry of Fortunes (Berg), Taken (Bowman), Time Between (White)
U-
V-
W- Web of Evil (Jance), The Widower's Tale (Glass) The Weight of Water (Crossan), The White Giraffe (St. John)
X-
Y-
Z-

New Author Challenge
(Click here to go to Literary Escapism's original post
1.  William Kent Krueger (Iron Lake, Cork O'Connor series)
2.  Lisa Tucker (Once Upon a Day)
3.  Dick Wolf (The Intercept)
4.  Elin Hilderbrand (The Island)
5.  Elise Chapman (Dualed)
6.  Julia Glass (The Widower's Tale)
7.  Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Two Graves)\
8.  Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
9.  Emily Murdoch (If You Find Me)
10. Erin Bowman (Taken)
11.  Michael Robotham (Night Ferry)
12.  Robin Sloan (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore)
13.  Elizabeth Strout (The Burgess Boys)
14.  Catherine Gilbert Murdock (Dairy Queen)
15.  Wil Mara (Frame 232)
16.  Isabel Allende (Maya's Notebook)
17.  Jeannette Walls (The Silver Star)
18.  Karen White (The Time Between)
19.  Kim Barnes (In the Kingdom of Men)
20.  Melissa Marr (The Arrivals)
21.  Julie Otsuka (The Buddha in the Attic)
22.  Suzanne LaFleur (Listening for Lucca)
23.  Robin Wasserman (The Book of Blood and Shadow
24.  Dara Horn (A Guide for the Perplexed)
25.  Marisha Pessl (Night Film)
26.  Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)
27.  Barry Lancet (Japantown)
28.  Dave Eggers (The Circle)
29.  Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park)

2013 Illustrated Book Challenge
1.  America the Beautiful: Together We Stand (Bates)
2.  Glasswings: A Butterfly's Story (Kleven)
3.  The Matchbox Diary (Fleischman/Ibatoulline)
4.  Bluebird (Staake)
5.  Lookup! Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer (Burleigh/Colon)
6.  The Boy Who Loved Math (Heiligman/Pham)
7.  Open This Little Book (Klausmeier/Lee)
8.  Captain Cat (Moore)
9.  Forest Has a Song (Vanderwater/Gourley)
10.  Santa is Coming to Tucson (Smallman/ Dunn & Brown)
11.  My Pen Pal, Santa (Stanton/Bell)
12.  The Dark (Snicket/Klassen)
13.  The Smallest Gift of Christmas (Reynolds)
14.  Winter is For Snow (Neubecker)
15.  Gifts of the Heart (Polacco)
16.  Snowflakes Fall (MacLachlan/Kellogg)
17.  Little Santa (Agee)

The Short Stories I've read in 2013
1. "Runaway" from Runaway by Alice Munro
2. "Long Lost" eBook short story by Linda Castillo (#4.5 Kate Burkholder)
3.  "The Amiable Miss Edith Montague" (Jan Burke) from The Mystery Box (Meltzer)
4.  "Victory Lap" from Tenth of December by George Saunders

The Novels I've Read in 2013
1. Web of Evil (Jance)  368 pgs.
2. Iron Lake (Krueger)  438 pgs. (806 pgs.)
3.  Sweetheart (Cain)  328 pgs. (1134 pgs.)
4.  Once Upon a Day (Tucker)   368 pgs. (1502 pgs.)
5.  Drop Shot (Coben)  341 pgs. (1843 pgs.)
6.  The Intercept (Wolf)  387 pgs. (2230 pgs.)
7.  The Island (Hilderbrand) 416 pgs. (2646 pgs.)
8.  Let the Devil Sleep (Verdon)  449 pgs. (3095 pgs.)
9.  Heat Lightning (Sandford)  400 pgs.  (3495 pgs.)
10. The Bone Garden (Gerritsen)  370 pgs. (3865 pgs.)
11. Lullaby, Robert B. Parker's (Atkins) 320 pgs. (4185 pgs.)
12.  The Different Girl (Dahlquist) 231 pgs. (4416 pgs.)
13.  Dualed (Chapman)  293 pgs. (4709 pgs.)
14. Flight Behavior (Kingsolver)  437 pgs. (5146 pgs.)
15.  The Widower's Tale (Glass)  402 pgs. (5548 pgs.)
16.  Crossed (Condie)  367 pgs. (5,915 pgs.)
17.  Two Graves (Preston & Child)  484 pgs. (6399 pgs)
18.  Tapestry of Fortunes (Berg)  219 pgs. (6618 pgs.)
19.  Gone Girl (Flynn)  422 pgs. (7040 pgs.)
20.  If You Find Me (Murdoch)  248 pgs. (7288 pgs.)
DNF  The Raven Boys (had to return to Library) 100 pgs. (7388 pgs.)
21. Taken (Bowman) 360 pgs. (7748 pgs.)
22.  61 Hours (Child) 383 pgs. (8131 pgs.)
23.  Night Ferry (Robotham) 384 pgs. (8515 pgs.)
24.  Hand of Evil (Jance) 384 pgs. (8899 pgs.)
25. The White Giraffe (St. John) 180 pgs. (9079 pgs.)
26.  Evil at Heart (Cain) 345 pgs (9424 pgs.)
27.  Fearless Fourteen (Evanovich) 310 pgs. (9734 pgs.)
DNF The Secret Keeper (Morton) 162 pgs. (9896 pgs.)
28. The Weight of Water (Crossan) 213 pgs (10,109 pgs.)
29.  Her Last Breath (Castillo) 308 pgs. (10, 417 pgs.)
30.  Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Sloan) 288 pgs. (10,705 pgs.)
31.  The Burgess Boys (Strout) 320 pgs. (11,025 pgs.)
32.  Dairy Queen (Murdock)  275 pgs. (11,300 pgs.)
DNF:  The Thirteen Hallows (Scott & Freedman) 62 pages (11,362 pgs.)
33.  Frame 232 (Mara) 424 pgs. (11,786 pgs.)
34.  Off Season (Murdock) 277 pgs. (12,063 pgs.)
35.  After the River the Sun (Calhoun) 348 pgs. (12,411 pgs.)
36.  Finger Lickin' Fifteen 308 pgs (12,719 pgs.)
37.  Maya's Notebook 387 pgs. (13,106 pgs.)
38.  The Silver Star, 288 pgs. (13,394 pgs.)
39.  Front and Center, 254 pgs. (13,648 pgs.)
40.  The Time Between, 352 pgs. (14,000 pgs.)
41.  In the Kingdom of Men, 324 pgs. (14,324 pgs.)
42.  The Arrivals, 278 pgs. (14,602 pgs.)
43.  The Buddha in the Attic, 144 pgs. (14,746 pgs.)
44.  Listening for Lucca, 232 pgs. (14, 978 pgs.)
45.  The Lake of Dreams, 377 pgs. (15,355 pgs.)
46.  Rough Country, 388 pgs. (15,743 pgs.)
47.  The Book of Blood and Shadow, 450 pgs. (16,193 pgs.)
48.  Mad River (Sandford) 387 pgs. (16,580 pgs.)
DNF - Wake Up Missing (Messner) 60 pgs. (16,640 pgs.)
DNF: Triangles (Hopkins) 150 pgs.(16,790 pgs.)
DNF - Storm Cycle (Johansen & Johansen) 101 pgs (16,891 pgs.)
DNF - The Drowning House (Black) 40 pgs.(16,931 pgs.)
49.  DNF - A Guide for the Perplexed (Horn) 168/336 pgs (17,099 pgs)
50.  Night Film (Pessl) 602 pgs. (17,701 pgs.
51.  City of Bones (Clare) 485 pgs. (18,186 pgs.)
52.  DNF- Japantown (Lancet) 146/401 (18,332 pgs.)
53.  The Circle (Eggers) 491 pgs. (18,823 pgs.)
DNF- Will finish/re-start when I can borrow again - The Bookman's Tale (Lovett) 58 pgs (18,891 pgs.)
54.  The Cuckoo's Calling (Galbraith) 455 pgs. (19,346 pgs.)
55.  Eleanor & Park (Rowell) 325 pgs. (19,671 pgs.)
56.  City of Blood (Connelly) 408 pgs. (20,079 pgs.)
DNF in 2013 - Sanctum (Fine) read 320 pgs. of 433 pgs)  (20,512 pgs.)
DNF in 2013 - The Goldfinch read 188 of 771 pgs (20,700 pgs.)
DNF in 2013 - City of Ashes read 311 of 453 pgs. (21,011 pgs.)

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