Tuesday, January 8, 2013

CHALLENGE: 2nds Reading Challenge





Hosted at Darlene's Book Nook, the 2013 2nds Challenge, which goes so well with all the new authors I read last year.

1. This challenge will run from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013

6. There are four levels for the challenge:
a. Just A Spoonful: Read 5 books that are second in a series or the second time that you've read the author.

b. A Few More Bites: Read 10 books that are second in a series or the second time that you've read the author.

c. A Full Plate: Read 20 books that are second in a series or the second time that you've read the author.<--- 17="17" 2nds="2nds" i="i" last="last" level="level" probably="probably" read="read" this="this" year="year">

d. All You Can Eat: Read 30 books that are second in a series or the second time that you've read the author.
 8. There will be a link-up for your reviews, which will be posted on THIS page.

For more information and to sign-up, please see this post.


leftovers from last year:
Jo Nesbo - Nemesis
Qiu Xioalong - A Case of Two Cities
Georgette Heyer - Cousin Kate
Jasper Fforde's second book in the Chromatica series
Tom Perrotta - The Abstinence Teacher
Ruth Rendell - The Water's Lovely
Marsha Mehran - Rosewater and Sodabread
  
based on authors I read for the first time in 2012:
Jane Gardam (Old Filth) - The Man in the Wooden Hat
Dorothy Gilman (The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax) - next in series
Allegra Goodman (Intuition) - The Cookbook Collector
Alice Hoffman (Green Angel) -
Julie Otsuka (The Buddha in the Attic) -
Jane Harris (Gillespie and I) - The Observations
CJ Sansom (Dissolution) - next in series
Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) - The Cat's Table, In the Skin of the Lion)
Marian Keyes (Watermelon)
Inger Ash Wolfe (The Calling)
Mary Roach (Stiff)
Connie Willis (Miracle and Other Stories)

what I read in 2013
1. The Black Ice  - Michael Connelly (2nd in Harry Bosch series)
2. The Serpent's Tale - Ariana Franklin (2nd in Mistress of the Art of Death series)
3. The Treatment - Mo Hayder (2nd in Jack Caffrey series)
4. Nemesis - Jo Nesbo (2nd in Harry Hole series)
5. Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer (read Into Thin Air)
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Definitely support the Connie Willis and Georgette Heyer love!
1 reply · active 637 weeks ago
I'm not sure about Heyer yet, I've only read one of her mysteries. I did enjoy the Willis Christmas book though.
Jo Nesbo and CJ Sansom! Both of them are very good mysteries. Is the Chromatica series what the Thursday Next series is now called, or is this a new one featuring a new character, by Fforde?

I'm glad you are enjoying Connie Willis so much too. i have to find both the short story collections you mentioned on your blog.
1 reply · active 637 weeks ago
Chromatica was a new series, in which society is based on colours, and there are better colours to be! it was quite involved and it took a while to get into it, but I quite enjoyed it by the end. I haven't heard about any new books in the series in a while.

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