Wednesday, July 15, 2009

New Authors Challenge

The New Author Challenge is to read books by new authors (kinda obvious, isn't it?). 

It's for the whole of 2009, and you can set your own goal for how many new authors you want to read. More info and sign-ups here.

I'm going to try for 25 new authors this year. Let's see how much I get!

 

New Authors 2009: (Click on the image to go to the Amazon.com page, click on the title to go to my review.)


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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (1/10/09)

2.image The Summer Before by Patricia Windsor (1/12/09)

3.image The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (1/25/09)

4. The Bomb That Followed Me Home by Cevin Soling (1/31/09)

5.image A Lifetime Burning by Linda Gillard (2/10/09)

6. The Poison That Fascinates by Jennifer Clement (2/13/09)

7.image Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (2/15/09)

8.image The Antioxidant Miracle by Lester Packer, PH.D. & Carol Colman (2/25/09)

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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (2/27/09)

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The Heart of Wicca by Ellen Cannon Reed (3/2/09)

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The Prestige by Christopher Priest (4/5/09)

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The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (4/5/09)

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Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception by Maggie Stiefvater (4/10/09)

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The Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King (4/10/09)

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The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (4/21/09)

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Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (4/22/09)

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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

18.image Quirkology by Richard Wiseman (5/12/09)

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The Last Summer (Of You & Me) by Ann Brashares (6/1/09)

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Fate and Ms. Fortune by Saralee Rosenberg (6/1/09)

21.image The Carriage House by Carla Neggers (6/1/09)

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Finding Your Mojo by Stephanie Bond (6/1/09)

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The Most Wanted by Jacquelyn Mitchard (6/26/09)

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The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (6/26/09)

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (6/30/09)

   

 

I did it!! Challenge completed on 30th June 2009! =) But adding more anyway:

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Cover Of Night by Linda Howard (6/30/09)

27.image Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall (7/12/09)

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The 2009 - 100+ Reading Challenge


I found J. Kaye's blog today and her 2009 challenge to read 100 books. I'm really psyched because I finally found a reading challenge I want to join!

I've seen so many about reading books from your TBR lists, or books that are more then 450 pages, or books from certain locations, or written in certain time periods...etc, and I wasn't interested because I always want to leave my options open when choosing books to read.

This one's great because I can read any book I want, and they all count towards my 100+ book goal, and it's also about time I started counting the books I read again.

I've only ever kept track of my numbers in 2004 and 2005. Ever!

In 2004, I read 230 books, but that was while I was in college and having more time to slack off (I studied and did all my projects at the last minute). In 2005, believe it or not, I challenge myself to cut down on my books, limiting myself to 50 books. You'd never believe how I rationed my books! LOL! I barely made it too, final count was 52 books!

I didn't keep track of any of the books I've read since, but I always wondered at the exact figures.

So, now that I'm joining J. Kaye's 2009 100+ reading challenge, I'm going to start listing the books I read again!

But it only starts on 1st January 2009, anything before that doesn't count, and anything after 31st December 2009 doesn't count either.

You can join anytime between now til 31st December 2009, so go to J. Kaye's blog and sign up if you want to play too!

Books Read in 2009: (Click on the image to go to the Amazon.com page, click on the title to go to my review.)

 

January:

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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (1/10/09)
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The Summer Before by Patricia Windsor (1/12/09)
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Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster (1/16/09)
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The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (1/25/09)
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel (1/30/09)
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The Bomb That Followed Me Home by Cevin Soling (1/31/09)
   

 

February:

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A Lifetime Burning by Linda Gillard (2/10/09)
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The Poison That Fascinates by Jennifer Clement (2/13/09)

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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (2/15/09)

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Wicked by Gregory Maguire (2/22/09)
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The Antioxidant Miracle by Lester Packer, PH.D. & Carol Colman (2/25/09)

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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (2/27/09)

 

March:

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The Heart of Wicca by Ellen Cannon Reed (3/2/09)
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Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (3/7/09)
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The Third Eye by Lois Duncan (3/8/09)
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Biting the Sun by Tanith Lee (3/14/09)
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Casey by Lori Foster (3/14/09)
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Can You Keep A Secret by Sophie Kinsella (3/17/09)
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The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella (3/26/09)
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Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley (3/26/09)
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Sunshine by Robin McKinley (3/31/09)

 

April:

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The Prestige by Christopher Priest (4/5/09)
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The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (4/5/09)
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Final Friends Trilogy by Christopher Pike (4/10/09)
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Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception by Maggie Stiefvater (4/10/09)
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The Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King (4/10/09)
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The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (4/21/09)
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The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (4/21/09)
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Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (4/22/09)
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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
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Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (4/30/09)
   

 

May:

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Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (5/12/09)
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Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult (5/12/09)
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Quirkology by Richard Wiseman (5/12/09)
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He Sees You When You’re Sleeping by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark (6/1/09)
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The Last Summer (Of You & Me) by Ann Brashares (6/1/09)
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Fate and Ms. Fortune by Saralee Rosenberg (6/1/09)
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The Carriage House by Carla Neggers (6/1/09)
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Finding Your Mojo by Stephanie Bond (6/1/09)
 

 

June:

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The Most Wanted by Jacquelyn Mitchard (6/26/09)
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The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (6/26/09)
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Ironside by Holly Black (6/30/09)
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (6/30/09)
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Cover Of Night by Linda Howard (6/30/09)
 

 

July:

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Floating in My Mother’s Palm by Ursula Hegi (7/12/09)
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Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall (7/12/09)
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Gerald’s Game by Stephen King (7/12/09)
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer (7/12/09)
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The Stand by Stephen King (7/12/09)
 
     
     

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