Yay, another successful challenge! (I have a few “I didn’t quite meet the challenge” posts coming up, so I’m focusing on the positive here).
I hoped I’d meet the 100-book goal in 2010, and this was a great way to track it.
Here are the books I read/reviewed (actually read about a dozen more, but they weren’t reviewed. And countless kids books, too!):
- Woman Made of Sand by Joann Kobin
- Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
- Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
- The Whole Truth by David Baldacci
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- The Busiest Street in Town by Mara Rockliff
- Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
- My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
- A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
- 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
- Give + Take by Stona Fitch
- The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
- Kiss Kiss by Selma Mandine
- You’re Loveable to Me by Kat Yeh
- So Easy by Ellie Krieger
- Sundays at Tiffany’s by James Patterson
- Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
- Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali
- Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
- Finn McCool and the Great Fish by Eve Bunting
- Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
- S is for Shamrock by Eve Bunting
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- Artsy-Fartsy by Karla Oceanak and Kendra Spanjer
- The Power of Half by Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen
- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
- The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen
- Selected Shorts: American Classics by Symphony Space
- Pieces of Happily Ever After by Irene Zutell
- Every Day in Tuscany by Frances Mayes
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
- Here Comes the Garbage Barge by Jonah Winter
- Clara’s Kitchen by Clara Cannucciari
- The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
- The Home Owner’s Diary by Della Sheffield
- Poetry Speaks Who I Am edited by Elise Paschen
- The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
- The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier
- Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois
- A Long Stone’s Throw by Alphie McCourt
- The Swimming Pool by Holly LeCraw
- Flawless by Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell
- The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
- Lily’s Victory Garden by Helen Wilbur
- The Tighty-Whitey Spider by Kenn Nesbitt
- The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
- Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard
- Baby Owl’s Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis
- Have I Got a Guy for You ed. by Alix Strauss
- Read, Remember, Recommend by Rachelle Rogers Knight
- The Threadbare Heart by Jennie Nash
- The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John Mandel
- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
- Newspaper Blackout by Austin Kleon
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
- Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
- The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
- How to Clean Your Room by Jennifer LaRue Huget
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
- Muffins & Mayhem by Suzanne Beecham
- The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry
- Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
- Day for Night by Frederick Reiken
- My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil by Hanoch Piven
- A White House Garden Cookbook by Clara Silverstein
- Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
- Sea Escape by Lynne Griffin
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Put ‘em Up! by Sherri Brooks Vinton
- The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby
- Talking to Girls about Duran Duran by Rob Sheffield
- National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011
- Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
- How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
- Bite Me by Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat
- Fur and Feathers by Janet Halfmann
- Scout, Atticus & Boo by Mary McDonagh Murphy
- Lawn to Lawn by Dan Yaccarino
- The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
- Homer & Langley by E. L. Doctorow
- Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher by Laurel Snyder
- The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
- Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
- The Gendarme by Mark Mustian
- The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
- Chronicles of Old New York by James Rowan
- My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares
- Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman
- E Is for Eiffel Tower by Helen L. Wilbur
- Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
- How to Buy a Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson
- Goodnight Baby Bear by Michael Shoulders
- Sophie Simon Solves Them All by Lisa Graff
- Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
- Desserts 4 Today by Abigail Johnson Dodge
- Carney’s House Party and Winona’s Pony Cart by Maud Hart Lovelace
- Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
- The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
- Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
- Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian
- Moose on the Loose by Kathy-jo Wargin
- Cookie Swap! by Lauren Chattman
- The Heroine’s Bookshelf by Erin Blakemore
- Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
- Don’t Sing at the Table by Adriana Trigiani
- Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama
- Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
- Skating Around the Law by Joelle Charbonneau
- Sweet Magic by Michel Richard
- You Had Me at Woof by Julie Klam
- Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- I Remember by Joe Brainard
This challenge has been run for the past few years by J. Kaye, but I don’t think she’s blogging any more. Is someone else running a similar challenge for 2011?
You did great! I finished several challenges and bombed a few others, so I know the feeling.
Nice job. I didn’t join this challenge but made it to 116 books (down from 2009).
J. Kaye is still blogging: http://365-days-of-novel-writing.blogspot.com/
She’s also on twitter @365andMe
Kudos! I didn’t participate in this challenge but I did win it regardless, haha.
That list is stunning, literally. My contacts are dry just thinking about looking at that many pages
Congratulations on a wonderful reading year!
I’m so tickled that Saving CeeCee Honeycutt is on this list! Thank you, Dawn. I really enjoyed meeting you at ALA and look forward to seeing you again at BEA!
There are several book challenges on LibraryThing. There is a 100 book challenge, but several of the people on the 75 book challenge there say they prefer the 75 book challenge even though they know they’ll read over 100. There is also an 11 in 11 challenge where you read books in 11 self-defined categories. Many people are doing 11 books in each category for a total of 121. The trick there is to make most of your categories broad enough to include the things you are likely to read. Many people on LibraryThing also maintain blogs.
Wow! And I thought I was doing well with finishing 53 books. I hope 2011 is just as rich for you as 2010.
*smiles*
Wow Aunt Dawn! are they in chronological order? Can you re-order them starting with your favorite? (a challenge too!).
Wow, that’s quite a list.
Kathy – my “I didn’t complete this challenge” posts are coming up!
Mary – thanks for helping me “find” J, kaye!
Michelle – you can still celebrate a fantastic reading year
Rebecca – quick! synthetic tears! some were audios, so I gave my eyes a break
Beth – right back atcha, of course!
Lori – thank you so much for reminding me about the many resources on LibraryThing; see you over there
Kim – you did great with 53 books! I’m working now, so I’ll likely read fewer books in 2011 (and some of these were children’s, some were audio; not all ‘traditional’ reads)
Nicole – yes, chronological order. I would struggle to put them in favorite order (like asking me to rate my children)
Carol – I hope you had a great 2011, and a wonderful 2012 ahead.
Congratulations Dawn, I am very impressed!
Woo hoo! Nice job on the challenge, I came in at 116 on this challenge- and we read about the same amount! *virtual high five*
AWESOME! I am going to seek out and count kids books in 2011!
Book Club Girl – I think my totals will be lower in 2011, but I’m OK with that
Sheila -*virtual high five* back atcha!
Care – Can you imagine if I counted all the children’s books I read (and didn’t review). Double points for those I’ve memorized!
Congrats. I wish I could read all that, but life situations stops me. Great Job.
I would like to find a book challenge to see how many I read this year.