3m has thought of another original challenge based on dates. She's done the Decades Challenge -for older books, In the Pub - for books published this year, and now, for all the books in the middle, the Countdown. Starting from 8/8/08 until 9/9/09, the goal is to read 9 books published in 2009, 8 books published in 2008, and so on, back until you are reading 1 book published in 2001. This is a great challenge, because it is just reading those books you've been hearing about for the past few years, and have always wanted to read.I've gone back and determined what books I've already read - cool! a retroactive reading challenge, and then looked at books I have around here and am hoping to read soon, and came up with the following list, all subject to change. If it's linked, it's already been read.
total so far: 45/45!
2009 - read 9 books
- Beat the Reaper - Josh Bazell
- Arctic Chill - Arnaldur Indridason
- Nocturnes - Kazou Ishiguro
- The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yoko Ogawa
- Map of the Invisible World - Tash Aw
- The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters
- Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella
- The Bishop's Man - Linden MacIntyre
- Love and Summer - William Trevor
2008 - read 8 books
- The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
- Rain Song - Alice J Wisler
- Exit Lines - Joan Barfoot
- Creepers - Joanne Dahme
- Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
- When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson
- People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
- Too Close to Home - Linwood Barclay
- Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict - Karen Joy Fowler
- Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon
- After Dark - Hakuri Murakami
- The Camel Bookmobile - Masha Hamilton
- Voices - Arnaldur Indridason (in English)
- Book of A Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
- The Road Home - Rose Tremain
2006 - read 6 books
- The Trouble With Physics - Lee Smolin
- Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Three Bags Full - Leonie Swann
- Lisey's Story - Stephen King
- An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
- Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
2005 - read 5 books
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
- Sacred Cows - Karen E Olson
- Excursion to Tindari - Andrea Camilleri
- Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
- Looking for Alaska - John Green
2004 - read 4 books
- A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews
- Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
- Drive Like Hell - Dallas Hudgens
- Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
2003 - read 3 books
- Miss Julia Hits the Road - Ann B Ross
- The Night Country - Stewart O'Nan
- Montmorency - Eleanor Updale
2002 - read 2 books
- December Heat - Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
- Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
2001 - read 1 book
- Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
You're ahead of me already!! I have 9 completed so far.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're doing this!
I think it will help me get caught up on some series I have going.
ReplyDeleteI think this will be a good exchange for the 888. That was fun too, but I wouldn't want to do it again.
you've got a really good start on this one! i'm just getting organized with it; hopefully i've already read a bunch that qualify too. happy reading!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on completing the challenge. Hope you consider participating again!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing the challenge. I'm looking at other people's lists and they're partially helping me build a list for the upcoming Countdown Challenge and partially adding to my TBR pile! You've got some great books on here. Thanks for the reviews.
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