Countdown Challenge 2010

I am going to attempt another challenge - the Countdown Challenge 2010. I'm not going to link to it yet, until I get some books under my belt as it's going to be approximately 5 books a month (that's a lot for me!)

1. The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year in the 2000s — 10 books from 2010, 9 books from 2009, 8 books from 2008, etc. The total number of books required, therefore, is 55.
2. This challenge lasts from 9/9/09 through 10/10/10.
3. Crossovers with other challenges are allowed and your lists may change at any time.
4. Sign up using Mr. Linky.
5. Have fun reading!

2010

1. Hot Springs by Geoffrey Becker

2. Just Don't Fall by Josh Sundquist

3. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

4. The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris

5. Sizzling 16 by Janet Evanovich

6. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by Michael J. Fox

7. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

8. Faithful Place by Tana French

9. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

10. The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell

2009

1. Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff (LOE)

2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

4. Diary of A Wimpy Kid The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney

5. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Newberry 2010)

6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

7. The Lord of Death by Eliot Pattison

8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson

9. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton

2008

1. United Tweets of America by Hudson Talbott (LOE)

2. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

3. The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist

4. The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith

5. Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

6. The Penderwicks on Gardam Streed by Jeanne Birdsall (LOE)

7. The Graveyard Book by Rick Riordan (Newberry 2009)

8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules

2007

1. Punished by David Lubar (LOE)

2. Being Teddy Roosevelt by Claudia Mills (LOE)

3. Honestly, Mallory (LOE)

4. Dexter the Tough (LOE)

5. Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat (LOE)

6. The Lacemaker and the Princess (LOE)

7. Good Masters, Sweet Ladies (Newberry 2008)

2006

1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

2. Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me by Lisa Papademetriou (LOE)

3. The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (Newberry 2007)

4. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

5. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (Newberry Honor 2007)

6. Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm (Newberry Honor 2007)

2005

1. Axle Galench in Search of Barnsfoggon by Rooster Morris (LOE)

2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

3. Daddy Needs A Drink by Robert Wilder

4. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Newberry 2006)

5. The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan

2004

1. Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Newberry 2005)

2. The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith

3. R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton

4. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassen

2003

1. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (Newberry 2004)

2. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

3. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

2002

1. Crispin the Cross of Lead by Avi (Newberry 2003)

2. What Do You Call a Sociopath in a Cubicle? by Scott Adams

2001

1. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Newberry 2002)

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November Books Read

1. Punished (see LOE post)

2. Eleven (see LOE post)

3. Not in the House, Newton, by Judith Heide Gilliland - read to kinders

4. We're Going on a Book Hunt, by Pat Miller - read to 1st graders

5. United Tweets of America (see LOE post)

6. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, 311 pgs

7. Milo's Hat Trick by John Agee - read to kinders

8. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, 325 pgs

9. Being Teddy Roosevelt (see LOE post)

10. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, 400 pgs.

11. The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith, 214 pgs

12. The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist, 268 pgs

My First Reading Challenge

My first reading challenge is to read all of the 2009-2010 Land of Enchantment books....

1. Punished by David Lubar, 95 pgs, November 2, 2009

2. Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff, 164 pgs, November 2, 2009

3. United Tweets of America by Hudson Talbott, 61 pgs, November 3, 2009

4. Being Teddy Roosevelt by Claudia Mills, 90 pgs, November 19, 2009

5. Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me by Lisa Papademetrieu, 224 pgs, March, 2010

6. Honestly, Mallory by Laurie Friedman, 159 pgs, March, 2010

7. Dexter the Tough by Margaret Peterson Haddix, 141 pgs, March, 2010

8. Seven Miles to Freedom by Janet Halfmann, March 2010

9. Anna and Natalie by Barbara H. Cole, March 2010

10. Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, by Lynne Jonell, April 2010

11. The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, April 2010

12. Axle Galench in Search of Barnsfoggon by Rooster Morris, 107 pgs, April 2010

13. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall, 308 pgs, April 2010

DONE!!!!

Reading for Fun

I am starting this blog to keep track of the books that I read. I love to read, but do not get a lot of time to myself, having a husband, two kids, two dogs, a house, and a part time job.