2011: Challenges – Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge 2011

The Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge 2011 is hosted by The Book Vixen.  This is going to be my replacement for J-Kaye’s 100 book reading challenge.

Details:

• Runs January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 (books read prior to 1/1/11 do not count towards the challenge). You can join at anytime.
• The goal is to outdo yourself by reading more books in 2011 than you did in 2010. See the different levels below and pick the one that works best for you. Nothing is set in stone; you can change levels at any time during the challenge.
• Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
• Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are fine.

Levels:

Getting my heart rate up – Read 1–5 more books
Out of breath – Read 6–10 more books
Breaking a sweat – Read 11–15 more books
I’m on fire! – Read 16+ more books

You can sign up on The Book Vixen’s blog! I am aiming for the Out of Breath option. I managed 108 books in 2010, so I’m going to shoot for a slightly higher goal of 115. My list will be below:

Last updated: 10/3/11

1. Senseless – Mary Burton 
2. Star Island – Carl Hiaasen 
3. Labor Day – Joyce Maynard 
4. Bite Me – Christopher Moore 
5. Bolt – Dick Francis
6. The Cypress House – Michael Koryta 
7. Vows, Vendettas & a Little Black Dress – Kyra Davis
8. Crazy Hot – Tara Janzen 
9. Charm City – Laura Lippman
10. Deeper Than The Dead – Tami Hoag
11. The Pickup – Nadine Gordimer 
12. Bloody Mary – J.A. Konrath 
13. Moonlight Mile – Dennis Lehane
14. Diavolino – Steve Emmett 
15. The Silent Hour – Michael Koryta 
16. The Sound and the Fury – William Faulkner
17. Black Magic Sanction – Kim Harrison
18. Rocket Surgery Made Easy – Steve Krug 
19. The Raising – Laura Kasischke 
20. Merciless – Mary Burton 
21. Love in Infant Monkeys – Lydia Millet 
22. The Likeness – Tana French 
23. The Woman He Married – Julie N. Ford 
24. The Devil in the White City – Erik Larson
25. The Complaints – Ian Rankin
26. Heads You Lose – Lisa Lutz & David Hayward 
27. Pale Demon – Kim Harrison
28. Blood Vines – Erica Spindler
29. In the Name of Honor – Richard North Patterson
30. A Drop of the Hard Stuff – Lawrence Block 
31. Never Look Back – Linwood Barclay
32. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
33. Ricochet – Sandra Brown
34. Every Secret Thing – Laura Lippman
35. Packing for Mars – Mary Roach
36. Blood Rites – Jim Butcher
37. The Heights – Peter Hedges
38. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake – Aimee Bender
39. The Cold Room – J.T. Ellison
40. I Love You, Beth Cooper – Larry Doyle 
41. Dead Reckoning – Charlaine Harris 
42. Moon Called – Patricia Briggs 
43. Hush – Kate White
44. Fallen – Karin Slaughter 
45. Trapped – Michael Northrop
46. Madapple – Christina Meldrum
47. Haunted Heart – Carolyn Rosewood
48. Bloodline – Mark Billingham
49. Maine – J. Courtney Sullivan
50. Kushiel’s Legacy – Jacqueline Carey
51. Killing My Boss – Colin F. Barnes & Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff
52. Smokin’ Seventeen – Janet Evanovich
53. 22 Indigo Place – Sandra Brown
54. Motor Mouth – Janet Evanovich
55. Before I Go To Sleep – S.J. Watson
56. Dead End Dating – Kimberly Raye
57. The Sisters Brothers – Patrick deWitt
58. In the Shadow of Gotham – Stefanie Pintoff
59. The Pale Blue Eye – Louis Bayard
60. A Hard Death – Jonathan Hayes