Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens. ~The Shadow of the Wind


2/25/09

Challenges

2011 Reading Challenges


A-Z Mystery Author Challenge


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2010 Reading Challenges



I am so excited to be a part of the 100+ Books Reading Challenge for 2010! What an awesome Challenge to have hosted by Home Girl over at http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/
I'm keeping a count of every book I'm reading below. Wish me luck!


January:
  1. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
  2. The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
  3. Flat Belly Diet! by Liz Vaccariello
  4. FabJob Guide to Become a Bookstore Owner by Grace Jasmine
  5. Haunted by Heather Graham
  6. Mortal Sin by Laurie Breton
  7. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
  8. Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
  9. Blood Sins by Kay Hooper
February:
10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
11. Lamb by Christopher Moore
13. The Bone Chamber by Robin Purcell
14. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
15. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
16. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
17. By the Time You Read This I'll Be Dead by Julie Ann Peters


March:
18. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
19. i am the messenger by Markus Zusak
20. angelology by Danielle Trussoni
21. the life o'reilly by Brian Cohen
22. alice i have been by Melanie Benjamin
23. girl in translation by Jean Kwok
24. wish you were dead by Todd Strasser
25. broken for you by Stephanie Kallos
26. the information officer by Mark Mills
27. the dark tide by Andrew Gross

April:
28. She's So Dead To Us by Kiernan Scott
29. Numbers by Rachel Ward
30. Chronological Guide to the Bible
31. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens 
32. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
33. Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky
34. The Way to Stillness by Anne Alexander Vincent & Gayle Alexander 
35. Island of Betrayal by Alan L. Moss
36. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
37. Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

May

38. The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors by Michele Young-Stone
39. The Moses Expedition by Juan Gomez-Jurado
40. Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
41. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
42. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
43. The Hypnotist by M.J. Rose
45. Manual For Living...by Seth David Chernoff

June
46.  To Those Who Suffer by Sean Nolan
47.  Scars and Stilettos by Harmony Dust
48.  Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
49.  Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
50.  On Folly Beach by Karen White
51.  Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham
52.  The Whisper by Carla Neggers
53.  Fever Dream by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston
54.  Summer's Path by Scott Blum
55.  The Starlet by Mary McNamara
56.  The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
57.  The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
58.  Deception by Lee Nichols


July
59. The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner
60. Sand In My Eyes by Christine Lemmon

July - December
61. Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
62. The Emperor's Tomb by Steve Berry
63. The Christmas Glass by Marci Alborghetti
64. Lost Mission by Athol Dickson
65. Lucky Baby by Meredith Efken
66. Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes
67. Life in Defiance by Mary E. DeMuth
68. The Poet Prince by Kathleen McGowan
69. The End by Salvatore Scibona
70. The Red Priest's Annina by Sarah Bruce Kelly
71. Mr. Penumbra's Twenty-Four Hour Book Store by Robin Sloan
72. Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham
73. When Christians Get it Wrong by Adam Hamilton
74. falling home by Karen White
75. The Black Madonna by Davis Bunn
76. No More Christian Nice Girl by Paul Coughlin and Jennifer Degler
77. Columbine by Dave Cullen
78. Stronger by Jim Daly
79. Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans
80. Please Stop Laughing at Me by Jodee Blanco
81. A Perfect Love Song by Patti Callahan Henry
82. Haunted Echoes by Julie Ann Howell
83. Prudent Advice by Jaime Morrison Curtis
84. The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove by Susan Gregg Gilmore
85. A Twisted Ladder by Rhodi Hawk
86. Dead Politician Society by Robin Spano
87. My Lost Daughter by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
88. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
89. She's Gone Country by Jane Porter
90. Licensed for Trouble by Susan May Warren
91. Solitary by Travis Thrasher
92. Georgia's Kitchen by Jenny Nelson
93. The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark
94. Fragile by Lisa Unger
95. Juliet by Anne Fortier
96. The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz-Zafon
97. Hailey's War by Jodi Compton
98. How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren
99. The Doomsday Key by James Rollins
100. Promise by Kristie Cook
101. Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
102. Fever Dream by Preston and Child
103. bird by bird by Anne Lamott
104. The Cold Room by J.T. Ellison 
105. Book of Souls by Glenn Cooper
106. Mindsight by Daniel J. Siegel
107. Secret of the Seventh Son by Glenn Cooper
108. 59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman
109. The Watchman's Rattle by Rebecca D. Costa
110. Glimpses of Grace by Madeleine L'Engle



 


Hogwarts Reading Challenge
3/8/10 - 12/13/10
The Classes

Transfiguration - read any book that has trans or figure in its title, is about shape shifting, has a shape shifter in it, or is about anything having to do with changing one thing into another

Defense Against the Dark Arts - read any book that has defense, dark and/or art(s) in its title, read any book that is about self defense, war, history of war/marital arts, murder mysteries
Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser - 3/22/10
The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross - 3/29/10 
She's So Dead to Us by Kiernan Scott - 4/3/10 
Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky - 4/21/10 
Island of Betrayal by Alan L. Moss - 4/28/10 
Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman - 5/18/10
Fever Dream by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston - 6/2/2010  

Charms - read any book that has charm in its title, any book that deals with gives something or someone a new aspect (for example the nerdy guy become a handsome doctor)
Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus - 4/26/10

Potions - read any book that has potion in its title, cookbooks count but you must cook at least one recipe out of the book

Astronomy - read any book that has astronomy in its title, books about planets, stars, etc, sci-fi

The Starlet by Mary McNamara - 6/30/2010

History of Magic - read any book that has history or magic in its title, books about magic, witches, etc

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan - 6/10/2010

Herbology - read any book that has herb in its title, again cookbooks count and again you must cook at least one recipe out of the book

Arithmancy - read any book that has arithmancy in its title, any book with a number in its title, any book that deal with numbers or math

Numbers by Rachel Ward - 4/5/2010

Ancient Runes - read any book that has ancient or runes in its title, books about historical places like the pyramids, Stonehenge, great wall of china, or any book about symbols

Chronological Guide to the Bible - 4/11/2010
The Moses Expedition by Juan Gomez-Jurado - 5/18/2010 

Divination - read any book that has divine in its title, any book about psychics or psychic abilities, tarot reading etc
Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham - 6/14/2010
The Whisper by Carla Neggers - 6/12/2010
Deception by Lee Nichols - 6/8/2010
Summer's Path by Scot Blum - 6/28/2010 

Care of Magical Creatures - read any book that has magical or creatures in its title, about supernatural beings

Angelology by Danielle Trussoni - 3/19/10
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen - 4/29/10
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - 5/16/2010 

Muggle Studies - nearly any book works here, what better way to understand Muggle than to read what they read
WOW: A Handbook for Living by Zen Ohashi & Zono Kurazono - 3/23/10
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens - 4/11/2010 
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore - 4/20/10 
The Way to Stillness by Anne Alexander Vincent and Gayle - 4/21/10
The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors by Michele Young-Stone -5/6/10
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - 5/10/2010
Manual For Living...by Seth David Chernoff - 5/19/2010 
To Those Who Suffer by Sean Nolan - 6/29/2010
Scars and Stilettos by Harmony Dust - 6/17/2010
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir - 6/25/2010
Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson - 6/22/2010
On Folly Beach by Karen White - 6/23/2010
The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano - 6/9/2010  


To join the Hogwarts Reading Challenge which ends December 13, 2010, go to Worth Reading It? at http://worthreadingit.blogspot.com/2010/03/hogwarts-reading-challenge.html

 




  1. The Bone Chamber by Robin Purcell
  2. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
  3. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
  4. Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser
  5. How Philosophy Can Save Your Life by Marietta McCarty
  6. Sacred by Dennis Lehane
  7. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
  8. Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
  9. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan


The rules are simple (taken from challenge website):
  • Grab a button and write your Reagan Arthur Book Challenge post and then sign up with Mr. Linky here. If you don’t have a blog, you can still participate! Just leave a comment on the sign up page.
  • Read the Reagan Arthur Books. Order doesn’t matter and we are defining “reading” as print, audio, or e-book. You don’t have to read all of the books, but we encourage you to read all of those that appeal to you!
  • Begin the challenge when you write your challenge post. The challenge is perpetual and does not have an end date.
  • Submit the links to your reviews (or your reviews if you don’t have a blog) to rabookschallenge(at)gmail(dot)com.
  • Help spread the word. We will be using the hashtag #rarthurbooks on twitter.
I am excited about this challenge! I've always wanted to read a book by Dan Simmons and his newest one looks like a great read! Actually all the books in the Reagan Arthur Challenge look like great reads & I'm looking forward to each of them!










 
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