challenges

There’s been a couple of new levels that have been added to the 2009 ARC Reading Challenge, hosted by Teddy Rose. The original guidelines were: 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.

I finished this challenge last month! I usually don’t read so many new books, but getting ARCs has really changed that number.  Here’s my final list, completed in June: Plum Spooky – Janet Evanovich The Lost Hours – Karen White First Family – David Baldacci Darling Jim – Christian Moerk The Mating Rituals of the North American WASP – Lauren Lipton Dark Places – Gillian

I actually finished this challenge way back in March!  Here’s my final list: Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade – Diana Gabaldon Five on a Treasure Island – Enid Blyton  Plum Spooky – Janet Evanovich  The Stupidest Angel – Christopher Moore  A Fistful of Charms – Kim Harrison  Full Speed – Janet Evanovich  China Lake – Meg Gardiner  Undead and Unemployed – MaryJanice

I don’t do so great at these seasonal challenges! Here was my list: The Kiss Murder – Mehmet Murat Somer Mixed Blood – Roger Smith Drood – Dan Simmons Whiskey Sour – J.A. Konrath The Uncommon Reader – Alan Bennett The Love Wife – Gish Jen Jacob – Jacquelyn Frank Baltimore Blues – Laura Lippman The Masque of the Black Tulip – Lauren Willig Dead