2008: Challenges – The 999 Challenge

I can only handle a challenge being shoved before my eyes so many times before I cave and join in! The 999 Challenge is both on LibraryThing and on its own blog, and it’s a doozy! The rules are simple:

Read 9 books in 9 different categories, all read in 2009. For an added challenge, try completing your books by 9/9/09! You pick the categories yourself, and 9 books can be duplicated.

The hard part for me in this is choosing categories! My list will be below, but I may change it!

last updated: 12/22/09
books duplicated: 9

ARC/Review books

1. Kopek the Destroyer – Phil Owens
2. Claus, A Christmas Incarnation – C. John Coombes
3. The Brass Verdict – Michael Connelly
4. Upbound – Peter Hassebroek
5. College Girl – Patricia Weitz
6. The Chemist – Janson Mancheski
7. The Lost Hours – Karen White
8. First Family – David Baldacci
9. The Mating Rituals of the North American WASP – Lauren Lipton

Audiobooks

1. Plum Spooky – Janet Evanovich
2. The Stupidest Angel – Christopher Moore
3. A Fistful of Charms – Kim Harrison
4. Full Speed – Janet Evanovich
5. China Lake – Meg Gardiner
6. Breath of Scandal – Sandra Brown
7. Fractured – Karin Slaughter
8. Afraid – Jack Kilborn
9. Finger Lickin’ Fifteen – Janet Evanovich

Non-U.S. Authors

1. Kopek the Destroyer – Phil Owens
2. Five on a Treasure Island – Enid Blyton
3. Upbound – Peter Hassebroek
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
5. In the Woods – Tana French
6. Can You Keep a Secret? – Sophie Kinsella
7. The Kiss Murder – Mehmet Murat Somer
8. Darling Jim – Christian Moerk
9. The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl – Belle de Jour

New-to-me Authors

1. All Night Long – Jayne Ann Krentz
2. College Girl – Patricia Weitz
3. The Prey – Allison Brennan
4. Vampire Academy – Richelle Mead
5. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
6. Whiskey Sour – J.A. Konrath
7. Bonk – Mary Roach
8. Matilda – Roald Dahl
9. Five on a Treasure Island – Enid Blyton

Paranormal

1. A Fistful of Charms – Kim Harrison
2. Kiss of the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. Undead and Unemployed – MaryJanice Davidson
4. Dead to the World – Charlaine Harris
5. An Ice Cold Grave – Charlaine Harris
6. For a Few Demons More – Kim Harrison
7. Dead Girls Are Easy – Terri Garey
8. Kitty and the Midnight Hour – Carrie Vaughn
9. Hunter’s Moon – C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp

Ebooks

1. Claus, A Christmas Incarnation – C. John Coombes
2. Kiss of the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. The Prey – Allison Brennan
4. The Masque of the Black Tulip – Lauren Willig
5. Undead and Unappreciated – MaryJanice Davidson
6. Tribute – Nora Roberts
7. High Noon – Nora Roberts
8. Killer Takes All – Erica Spindler
9. The Girl Who Played With Fire – Stieg Larsson

Historical Fiction

1. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade – Diana Gabaldon
2. City of Thieves – David Benioff
3. The Masque of the Black Tulip – Lauren Willig
4. The Black Tower – Louis Bayard
5. Cleopatra’s Daughter – Michelle Moran
6. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
7. The Boleyn Inheritance – Philippa Gregory
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Li
brary Books

1. Summer – Edith Wharton
2. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears – Dinaw Mengestu
3. The Uncommon Reader – Alan Bennett
4. Amelia Peabody’s Egypt – Elizabeth Peters
5. I Smile Back – Amy Koppelman
6. The Accidental Human – Dakota Cassidy
7. Do Not Deny Me – Jean Thompson
8. Engleby – Sebastian Faulks
9. Last Rituals – Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Books that have been on my shelf for a long time

1. Skin Tight – Carl Hiaasen
2. All Night Long – Jayne Ann Krentz
3. Summer Knight – Jim Butcher
4. Soul Catcher – Michael White
5. Drop Shot – Harlan Coben
6. Full Blast – Janet Evanovich
7. Tell No One – Harlan Coben
8. Tripwire – Lee Child
9. Night Play – Sherrilyn Kenyon