The constant reading overachiever that I am, means that I read way, way more than I was willing to blog about. While I did complete the reading challenges I had set up for myself (ahead of schedule, I might add), I did read less books than I did in previous years. And this is reading books beyond the ones in my challenge, 12 outside of my self imposed challenges. I read a total of 95 books. I believe my numbers for the previous two year was 101.
I started off with the 52 book challenge with a friend. We agreed to continue the different genre books and supplementing that with banned books, Pulitzer/Booker prize nominated books, name books and number books. The most challenging part of the challenge (pun intended!) were the prize books. They were not the usual easy reads. While I may not ever read a Pulitzer or Booker prize again, I am proud to have read some. I'm going to be bold and say it was the prize books that slowed down my reading. They required a little bit more thinking than my usual books.
I will admit that I am a bit burned out by the challenges. I think I am going to take a break from such specific reading challenges. But as always, I look forward to another great year of reading!
2010 Genre Challenge
* Biography/Memoir - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by Michael J Fox 2010
* Biography/Memoir - My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster 2010
* Chick Lit - Big Boned by Meg Cabot
* Chick Lit - She Went All the Way by Meg Cabot
* Classic - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
* Classic - Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
* General Fiction - Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
* General Fiction - Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
* Historical Fiction - Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin 2010
* Historical Fiction - Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
* Horror - Lisey's Story by Stephen King
* Horror - The Passage by Justin Cronin 2010
* Humor/Comedy - Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
* Humor/Comedy - Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster
* Mystery/Thriller - Blood Game by Iris Johansen
* Mystery/Thriller - Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke
* Nonfiction - Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster
* Nonfiction - Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster
* Romance - Full Blast by Janet Evanovich
* Romance - The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich
* SciFi/Fantasy - Stork Naked by Piers Anthony
* SciFi/Fantasy - Jumper Cable by Piers Anthony
* Young Adult - Princess In Love by Meg Cabot
* Young Adult - Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot
2010 Banned Books Challenge
* 1 The Giver by Lois Lowry
* 2 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
* 3 Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
* 4 The Witches by Roald Dahl
* 5 Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
* 6 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
* 7 Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
2010 Booker/Pulitizer Prize Challenge
* 1 - Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
* 2 - What Was She Thinking by Zoe Heller
* 3 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
* 4 - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
* 5 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
* 6 - The Clothes on Their Back by Linda Grant
* 7 - The Accidental by Ali Smith
2010 Read Your Doppleganger Challenge
* 1 - Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson
* 2 - Things I Want My Daughter to Know by Elizabeth Noble
* 3 - Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
* 4 - Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner 2010
* 5 - Sprinkle with Murder by Jenn McKinlay 2010
* 6 - Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie
* 7 - Crazy for you by Jennifer Crusie
2010 Number Challenge
* 1 - The 9th Judgment by James Patterson
* 2 - Eight Days to Live by Iris Johansen
* 3 - Sizzlin' Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
* 4 - Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
* 5 - One Day by David Nicholls
* 6 - Size 14 isn't Fat Either by Meg Cabot
* 7 - The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
2010 Published Challenge
* 1 - Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke
* 2 - Mistress of the Game by Tilly Bagshawe
* 3 - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
* 4 - Oolong Dead by Laura Childs
* 5 - Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke
* 6 - Swimsuit by James Patterson
* 7 - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
* 8 - The Teaberry Strangler by Laura Childs
* 9 - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
* 10 - Vixen by Jill Larkin
2010 Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge
1. Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3. In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
4. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
5. Teen Idol by Meg Cabot
6. Shadowland by Meg Cabot
7. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
8. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
9. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
10. Unwed and Undead by Mary Janice Davidson
2010 TBR Challenge
1 - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
2 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3 - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
4 - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
5 - The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
6 - Her Fearful Symmetry by Audry Niffenegger
7 - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
8 - Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
9 - The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
10 - Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
11 - The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver
12 - Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Misc Book List
* Dashing through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark & Carolyn Higgins Clark
* Death Swatch by Laura Childs
* Eggs Benedict Arnold by Laura Childs
* Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs
* Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson
* Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - reread
* Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
* Motif for Murder by Laura Childs
* Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
* Quickie by James Patterson
* Santa Cruise by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark
* Turn Up the Heat by Jessica Conant-Park & Susan Conant
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