Reading Challenges 2009

I have decided to participate in two reading challenges this year that I think I can accomplish. I will be able to overlap books between the challenges, so it won't be as many books as it might seem. I will continue to update the lists on this page as I finish each book. If I have written a review of the book I will link to that, also.

The New Authors Challenge is to read books by authors that are new to you, the reader. They can be of any genre of novel and can also include YA books. Participants can set their own goal for number of new authors read, and can join in any time from January1-December 31. I planned to participate back in December, but I wanted to wait until I had at least one book review posted. I am setting my goal at 25 new authors this year.

New (to me) Authors Read in 2009
Challenge completed May 10, 2009!!

1. Gwendolyn Zepeda - Houston, We Have a Problema
2. Michael Shilling - Rock Bottom
3. Meg Waite Clayton - The Wednesday Sisters
4. Mary Pat Kelly - Galway Bay
5. Tiffany Baker - The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
6. Josh Bazill - Beat the Reaper
7. J. C. Conklin - The Dallas Woman's Guide to Gold Digging with Pride
8. Debra Finerman - Mademoiselle Victorine
9. Tim Green - Above the Law
10. Elizabth Kelly - Apologize, Apologize!
11. Josefina Lopez - Hungry Woman in Paris
12. Linda Kelsey - Fifty is Not a Four-Letter Word
13. Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
14. Louise Shaffer - Family Acts
15. Will Adams - The Alexander Cipher
16. Alberto Ferreras - B as in Beauty
17. Annie Sanders - Busy Woman Seeks Wife
18. Sarah Dunn - Secrets to Happiness
19. Patrick Somerville - The Cradle
20. Ted Dekker - Boneman's Daughters
21. Jean Hanff Korelitz - Admission
22. Lauren Lipton - Mating Rituals of the North American WASP
23. MaryAnn Shaffer - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
24. Douglas Preston & Lincoln Childs - Cemetery Dance
25. Kate Morton - The House at Riverton
26. -Luis Alberto Urrea - Into the Beautiful North
27. George Pelecanos - The Way Home
28. Richard Lange - This Wicked World
    
29. Kathleen Keene - The Heretic's Daughter
    
30. Mary Ann Hoberman - Strawberry Hill
31. Denise Vega - Access Denied
32. Lucinda Rosenfeld - I'm So Happy for You
33. Mariah Stewart - Wonderful You
34. Margaret Campbell Barnes - King's Fool
35. Dan Begley - Ms. Taken Identity
36. Connie Briscoe - Sisters & Husbands
37. Tess Callahan - April & Oliver
38. James Scott Bell - Try Fear
39. Donald E. Westlake - Get Real
40. Lucinda Rosenfeld - I'm So Happy for You
41. Jacqueline Carey - Naamah's Kiss
42. Whitney Gaskell - Mommy Tracked
43. Kathryn Stockett - The Help
44. Robert Hicks - A Separate Country
    
45. Julia Amante - Evenings at the Argentine Club
46. Jane Porter - Easy on the Eyes
    
47. Zoey Dean - Hollywood is Like High School With Money
48. Anne Rivers Siddons - Off Season
49. Laurie Sandell - The Imposter's Daughter
50. Patricia Hebert - Forever Yours
51. Brandy Purdy - The Boleyn Wife
52. A. Goldberg & R. Khalighi Hopper - Celebutantes
53. Jane Mansell - Perfect Timing
54. Barbara Bretton - Laced with Magic
55. Jane Berentson - Miss Harper Can Do It
56. Ciji Ware - Island of the Swans
57. Georgette Heyer - Devil's Cub
58. Ian Rankin - Doors Open
59. Elizabeth Kostova - The Swan Thieves
60. David Hosp - Among Thieves
61. M.C. Beaton - Death of a Valentine
62. Leila Meacham - Roses
63. Anna Godberson - The Luxe
64. Lessons in French by Laura Kinsale
65. The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
66. The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
67. Falling Out of Fashion by Karen Yampolsky
    

My second challenge probably won't be much of a challenge for me, but I wanted to put it out there for others to hear about. The Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge is being organized by J Kaye's Book Blog. This will save many people money, as well as get you reading! Simply challenge yourself to use the library for your reading material: novels, self-help books, audio-books, whatever topics and formats you like for your literature, as long as the material is checked out of your local library. Pick a number: 12, 25, or 50 and make that your goal for books you will get from the library this year. I get 98% of my books from the library, but in the last month I've been receiving pre-publication books from publishers, so that has cut down on my library check-outs. Last year I checked out 78 books from my library and I think I finished about 60 of them. I think I will go with 25 for this challenge, also.

Library Books Read in 2009
Challenge Completed September 2009

1. Tribute by Nora Roberts
2. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
3. Blue Smoke & Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
4. The Dallas Woman's Guide to Gold Digging with Pride by J. C. Conklin
5. Mademoiselle Victorine by Debra Finerman
6. The Poyson Garden by Karen Harper
7. Family Acts by Louise Shaffer
8. The Last Coyote by Michael Connolly
9. Sister's Choice by Emilie Richards
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by MaryAnn Shaffe
11. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
12. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Keene
13. King's Fool by Margaret Campbell Barnes
14. The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig
15. Mommy Tracked by Whitney Gaskell
16. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
17. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig
18. Dune Road by Jane Green
19. The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higgenbotham
20. The Reluctant Queen by Jean Plaidy
21. The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King
22. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
23. Outside In by Courtney Thorne-Smith
24. Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter
25. Celebutantes - A. Goldberg & R. Khalighi Hopper
26. Just Breathe - Susan Wiggs
27. The Inn at Eagle Point - Sherryl Woods
28. The Luxe by Anna Godberson
29. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
30. Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs 
31. Falling Out of Fashion by Karen Yampolsky
32. Rumors by Anna Godberson
33. The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger
34. The Fixer-Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
35. The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis
36. Envy by Anna Godberson
37. Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett

2009 Book List Overall

1. Void Moon by Michael Connelly
2. Rock Bottom by Michael Shilling
3. Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
4. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
5. Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazill
6. Tribute by Nora Roberts
7. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
8. Blue Smoke & Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
9. The Dallas Woman's Guide to Gold Digging with Pride by J. C. Conklin
10. Mademoiselle Victorine by Debra Finerman
11. Above the Law by Tim Green
12. Apologize, Apologize! by Elizabeth Kelly
13. The Poyson Garden by Karen Harper
14. Hungry Woman in Paris by Josefina Lopez
15. Family Acts by Louise Shaffer
16. Breaking Up is Hard to Do by Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt
17. Fifty is Not a Four-Letter Word by Linda Kelsey
18. The Alexander Cipher by Will Adams
19. Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders
20. B is for Beauty by Alberto Ferreras
21. The Last Coyote by Michael Connolly
22. Secrets to Happiness by Sarah Dunn
23. The Cradle by Patrick Somerville
24. Boneman's Daughters by Ted Dekker
25. Sister's Choice by Emilie Richards
26. Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
27. Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton
28. The Scarecrow by Michael Connolly
29. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by MaryAnn Shaffer
30. Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Childs
31. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
32. Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
33. The Way Home by George Pelecanos
34. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Keene
35. King's Fool by Margaret Campbell Barnes
36. Strawberry Hill by Mary Ann Hoberman
    
37. Access Denied by Denise Vega
38. The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauen Willig
39. I'm So Happy for You by Lucinda Rosenfeld
40. Ms. Taken Identity by Dan Begley
41. Sisters & Husbands by Connie Briscoe
    
42. April & Oliver by Tess Callahan
43. Try Fear by James Scott Bell
44. Get Real by Donald E. Westlake
    
45. The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand
    
46. Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
    
47. Mommy Tracked by Whitney Gaskell
48. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
49. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig
50. Dune Road by Jane Green
51. A Separate Country by Robert Hicks
    
52. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
53. Evenings at the Argentine Club by Julia Amante
54. The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higgenbotham
55. The Reluctant Queen by Jean Plaidy
56. The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King
57. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
58. Outside In by Courtney Thorne-Smith
59. Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter
60. Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddon
61. Angels All Over Town by Luanne Rice
    
62. Breakwater by Carla Neggers
63. The Imposter's Daughter by Laurie Sandell
64. Celebutantes - A. Goldberg & R. Khalighi Hopper
65. Just Breathe - Susan Wiggs
66. The Inn at Eagle Point - Sherryl Woods
    
67. The Boleyn Wife - Brandy Purdy
68. Jane Mansell - Perfect Timing
69. Barbara Bretton - Laced with Magic
70. Jane Berentson - Miss Harper Can Do It
71. Ciji Ware - Island of the Swans
72. Georgette Heyer - Devil's Cub
73. Ian Rankin - Doors Open
74. Michael Connolly - Nine Dragons
75. Elizabeth Kostova - The Swan Thieves
76. David Hosp - Among Thieves
77. M.C. Beaton - Death of a Valentine
78. Leila Meacham - Rose
79. Janet Evanovich - Finger Lickin' Fifteen
80. The Luxe by Anna Godberson
81. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
82. Lessons in French by Laura Kinsale
83. The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
84. Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
    
85. Lone Star Legend by Gwendolyn Zepeda
86. The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
87. Falling Out of Fashion by Karen Yampolsky
88. Rumors by Anna Godberson
89. The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger
90. The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis
    
91. The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews
92. Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett
    
93. Envy by Anna Godberson