Friday, January 4, 2013

My Own Personal Reading Challenge for 2013

I've got a stack of books I want to read and a list that I keep adding to, and this year I plan to tackle this pile and list!  I want to read some new titles and some of the old ones that have been calling my name...loudly.....
including  a few new mystery authors and series:  So here's my own personal CHALLENGE:

Andrews, Sarah (Geologist Em Hansen) Tensleep
Atkins, Ace (Quinn Colson) The Ranger
Atkinson, Kate
Bolton, S. J.(Tora Hamilton, Shetland Islands) Sacrifice
Browning, Sinclair (Trade Ellis, Tucson, AZ), The Sporting Club
Cain, Chelsea (Archie Sheridan vs. Gretchen Lowell) Sweetheart (READ January, 2013then Evil at Heart
Child, Lee (any, in any order)
Coben, Harlan (Myron Bolitar, NJ sports agent) Drop Shot
Coel, Margaret (Father John O'Malley) The Eagle Catcher is #1, but I may read out-of-order
Cole, David (Laura WInslow, AZ) Dragonfly Bones
Connelly, Michael (Harry Bosch) good old LA A Darkness More than Night, City of Bones
Connor, Beverly (Diane Fallon) One Grave Too Many
Crais, Robert (Elvis Cole) any order
Doiron, Paul (Mike Bowditch, ME Game Warden) Trespasser
Fowler, Earlene (Benny Harper, So. Calif, Quilts) Irish Chain
Francis, Dick (any)
Greenlaw, Linda (ME) Fisherman's Bend
Hamilton, Denise (Eve Diamond), Sugar Skull
Hand, Elizabeth (Cass Neary, druggie photographer-dark) Generation Loss
Jance, J. A. (Ali Reynolds) Hand of Evil
Keller, Julia, A Killing in the Hills
Krueger, William Ken Krueger (Cork O'Connor) setting: Minnesota - there are 12 books in the series so far.#1 is Iron Lake. (read January 2013)
Kuzneski, Chris ((Payne and Jones)set somewhere in PA I believe, and there are currently 7 books in the series.
McGarrity, Michael (Kevin Kerney, NM) Hermit's Peak
Miller, Susan Cummins (Frankie McFarlane) AZ-Tucson Detachment Fault
Nesbo, Jo (Harry Hole) which takes place in Norway.  There are nine novels.The Redbird
O'Connell, Carol (Kathleen Mallory) The Man Who Cast Two Shadows
Parker, Robert B. (one of the new authors continuing Parker's series) Lullaby (Ace Atkins) Read March, 2013
Parks, Brad (Carter Ross) Eyes of the Innocent
Perry, Marta, Murder in Plain Sight (2012)
Sandford, John (Kidd) The Fool's Run
Sandford, John (Virgil Flowers, MN) Heat Lightningn Read March, 2013
Satterthwaite, Walter (Joshua Croft-Santa Fe) A Flower in the Desert
Talton, Jon (AZ) Cactus Heat Read February & March, 2013
Thornton, Betsy (Chloe Newcombe, Bisbee, AZ), Dream Queen
Thurlo, Aimee & David (Ella Clah) Blackening Song
Thurlo, Aimee & David (Lee Nez) Blood Retribution
Verdon, John (Dave Gurney) Let the Devil Sleep
Webb, Betty (AZ) Desert Shadows
Willig, Lauren, Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Wolf, Dick (Jeremy Fisk) The Intercept: Wolf's first foray into writing a mystery series... Read January, 2013 (audio)

And then some stand-alones or series that aren't particularly mystery:

Blake, Sara, The Postmistress (2010)
Carrell, Haunt Me Still (2010)
Condie, Allie, Insurgent (Divergent #2)
Flynn, Gillian, Gone Girl, 2012
Franklin, Tom, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Germillon, Helene, The Confidant, 2010
Green, John,
Hilderbrand, Elin - The Island, 2010 Read February 2013
Hoffman, Alice,  The Red Garden (2011)
Kingsolver, Barbara, Flight Behavior (2012) Read April 2013
Letts, Billie (any)
Luzzatoto, Kfir, The Evelyn Project (2012)
Mapson, JoAnn, Finding Casey (2012)
Morton, Kate, The Secret Keeper (2012)
Noel, Alyson, Blue Moon (#2 in The Immortals series)
Sloan, Robin, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (2012)
Whelan, Gloria (any)

And from my classroom library:

Davies, Jacqueline; The Lemonade War
Harvey, Gwen, Esperanza Means Hope
Kinney, Jeff; Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1
Korman, Gordon; Swindle
LaFleur, Suzanne; Eight Keys
Lowell, Susan; I am Lavina Cumming
Messner, Kate; Capture the Flag
Rex, Adam, Cold Cereal
Russell, Renee Russell; Dork Diaries #1, Tales from a Not-so-Fabulous Life
Sandiford, Natalie; The Secret Tree
Stewart, Trenton Lee; The Mysterious Benedict Society


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