2008: Challenges – 2009 ARC Reading Challenge

The next (I’m not even going to pretend it’ll be the last) challenge I’m signing up for is the 2009 ARC Reading Challenge, hosted by Teddy Rose. The guidelines are:

1. List all of the ARC’s that you have to read right now.  Then throughout the year, you must continue updating that list as you receive more ARC’s.  (This is important). You should also strike out the ones that you finish.
2. There are two options:
   1. All of us who have or will have more than 12 ARC’s must read and review 12.
   2. All of us who have or will have less than 12 ARC’s must read all of the ARC’s we have.  Note, that if you have 11 ARC’s and then receive a 12th one you will be bumped up to catagory a.
3. You don’t have to make a list of which ARC’s you plan to read, but you can if you want.
4. Crossovers with other challenges are allowed and Audio-books are allowed as long as they are ARC’s.
5. Read the books and review them on your blog. If you don’t have a blog, you can post your review on sites like Powells, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. Leave a comment on this post with a link to each of your reviews.

Here’s a list of my ARCS (and review books) as of 4/08/09 (last updated 6/2/09):

1. Kopek the Destroyer – Phil Owens
2. The Brass Verdict – Michael Connelly
3. Upbound – Peter Hassebroek
4. College Girl – Patricia Weitz
5. The Dying Game – Beverly Barton
6. Jar City – Arnaldur Indridason
7. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
8. The Heretic Queen – Michelle Moran
9. Stalked – Brian Freeman
10. Silence of the Grave – Arnaldur Indridason
11. The Kiss Murder – Mehmet Murat Somer
12. Voices – Arnaldur Indridason
13. Playing Dead – Allison Brennan
14. The Glister – John Burnside
15. The Chemist – Janson Mancheski
16. The Lost Hours – Karen White
17. Mixed Blood – Roger Smith
18. Drood – Dan Simmons
19. Amberville – Tim Davys
20. Darling Jim – Christian Moerk
21. Two Brothers: One North, One South – David H. Jones
22. First Family – David Baldacci
23. Lucky Girl – Mei-Ling Hopgood
24. Firefly Lane – Kristin Hannah
25. April & Oliver – Tess Callahan
26. The Mating Rituals of the North American WASP – Lauren Lipton
27. Dark Places – Gillian Flynn