Michelle from 1MoreChapter is hosting another version of the Countdown Challenge, but adding in the 2010 books. It runs from 9/9/9 til 10/10/10. Last
I'm making a list of potential books, so I won't forget what I hope to read. This list is subject to change.
total so far: 55/55!
2010 - read 10 books
- Snow Angels - James Thompson
- Deloume Road - Matthew Hooton
- Every Last One - Anna Quindlan
- The Unnamed - Joshua Ferris
- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson
- The Swimming Pool - Holly LeCraw
- The Rehearsal - Eleanor Catton
- Motorcycles and Sweetgrass - Drew Hayden Taylor
- Truth - Peter Temple
- The Nobodies Album - Carolyn Parkhurst
- Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
- Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
- Small Wars - Sadie Jones
- Nobody Move - Denis Johnson
- The Incident Report - Martha Baillie
- Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
- The Prophesy of the Sisters - Michelle Zink
- Hypothermia - Arnaldur Indridason
- Wife of the Gods - Kwei Quartey
- The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
- The Tenth Gift - Jane Johnson
- Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances - Green, Johnson, Myracle
- Good to a Fault - Marina Endicott
- La's Orchestra Saves the World - Alexander McCall Smith
- Through Black Spruce - Joseph Boyden
- Nellie McClung - Charlotte Gray
- Paper Towns - John Green
- Nefertiti - Michelle Moran
- The Book of Negroes - Laurence Hill
- Red Mandarin Dress - Qiu Xiaolong
- Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
- The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor - Sally Armstrong
- The Spellman Files - Lisa Lutz
2006 - read 6 books
- She Got Up Off the Couch - Haven Kimmel
- Zero - Diane Tullson
- Poppy Shakespeare - Clare Allen
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl
- Dead Cold - Louise Penny
- I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron
2005 - read 5 books
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson (original Swedish publication)
- The Paper Moon - Andrea Camilleri (original Italian publication)
- The Girls - Lori Lansens
- Nikolski - Nicolas Dickner (original French publication)
- Crossfire - Miyuki Miyabe (translated publication)
2004 - read 4 books
- Broken For You - Stephanie Kallos
- How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff
- Sky Burial - Xinran
- The Art of Mending - Elizabeth Berg
- Vinyl Cafe Diaries - Stuart McLean
- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea - Guy Delisle
- Lamb - Christopher Moore
- Souvenir of Canada - Douglas Coupland
- Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
Wow - you're a better woman than I! This looks so hard. But good luck!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I really want to do this but I know I'll never get through all those books in one year. hehe. Best of luck though :-D I'm sure you can do it.
ReplyDeleteYay -- glad you're participating again! I'm thinking about Man Gone Down as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm signing on for this one, too. I've never done it before, but it looks like fun. Good luck :)
ReplyDeleteOh so tempting... I couldn't finish the last one because newly published books are just too expensive for me over here, but I loved filling in the rest of the list... Maybe I'll join again and do everything besides 2010... Hmmmm... :-)
ReplyDeleteDear participant of the genre challenge,
ReplyDeleteI am happy to announce that the genre challenge blog is finally up and running! Due to some real life problems, this has taken longer than planned, but now that it’s finished, I invite you over to come and take a look. It’s at http://genrechallenge.blogspot.com/
According to my information you have already completed the challenge, and as such, you are eligible for the prize drawing. You can read about the (changed!) prizes at the new blog, and the winners of the prize drawings will be announced there on 2 November 2009. Also, after you’ve checked out the new blog, could you fill in this small questionnaire? You can just leave the answers in a comment under the Prizes and People Eligible For Them post. Thanks in advance!
1. What do you think of the set-up of the new genre challenge blog?
2. What did you like best about the genre challenge?
3. What didn’t you like about the genre challenge?
4. What could be done better next time?
5. Which genres would you like to see included in some way in the challenge?
6. Would you join the challenge again (running from 1 January 2010 – 31 December 2010)?
7. Would you be interested in a mini-challenge based on the genre challenge, only this time reading a novel, a short story, a collection of poems, and a play?
Thanks for joining this challenge!
Happy reading,
Samantha
I am doing this challenge this year, too! I see a couple of ideas for books to read from your list. Nice!
ReplyDeleteI have given you an award!
You have THE most interesting reading life! I love reading your sidebar.
ReplyDeletejenny - since it's all based on publication year, you can read whatever type of book you like. The new release section is the hardest for me, but it goes to October next year so should be easy enough.
ReplyDeleteceri - you can try and do as much as you can. Challenges aren't always meant to be finished.
3m - it was a fun challenge, so I thought I'd try again. I have liked the IMPAC winners, so I am looking forward to Man Gone Down.
susan b - awesome! the more the merrier, and you just read like usual and check the publication date after.
joanna - exactly! that's the spirit. I notice that by September more new released books are available. I don't get any ARCs so reading ahead isn't an option for me.
samantha - thanks for the survey. I'll fill it out later.
rebecca - glad you are joining in this year. And thanks for the award! Very thoughtful.
nan - thank you, stop by and browse any time. You have the most interesting life!