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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