The Countdown Challenge

The Countdown Challenge started from 8/8/08 and goes on until 9/9/09, so I'll start with this first. The rules are as follows:

• The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year in the 2000s — 9 books from 2009, 8 books from 2008, etc. The total number of books required, therefore, is 45.
• This challenge lasts from 8/8/08 through 9/9/09. Yes, it is retroactive to August 8th!
• Crossovers with other challenges are allowed and your lists may change at any time.

Interested readers can still sign up here.

 

My progress: (Clicking on the image will bring you to the amazon page, clicking on the title will bring you to my Betty's Books' review.)

 

Nine(9) 2009 Books

1. The Poison That Fascinates by Jennifer Clement (2/13/09)	2. The Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King (4/10/09)	3. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (7/12/09)
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Eight(8) 2008 Books

1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (11/03/08)	2. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (12/06/08)	3. Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception by Maggie Stiefvater (4/10/09)
4. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (4/21/09)	5. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella (4/30/09)	6. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (5/12/09)
7. Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult (5/12/09)	8. Quirkology by Richard Wiseman (5/12/09)

 

Seven(7) 2007 Books

1. Unmasqued by Colette Gale (11/14/08)	2. Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (11/25/08)	3. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer (12/04/08)
4. One Red Paperclip by Kyle Macdonald (12/17/08)	5. The Bomb That Followed Me Home by Cevin Soling (1/31/09)	6. The Last Summer (Of You & Me) by Ann Brashares (6/1/09)
7. The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan (6/26/09)

 

Six(6) 2006 Books

1. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (12/16/08)	2. Cyber Cinderella by Christina Hopkinson (12/21/08)	3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (1/10/09)
4. A Lifetime Burning by Linda Gillard (2/10/09)	5. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (4/22/09)	6. Fate and Ms. Fortune by Saralee Rosenberg (6/1/09)

 

Five(5) 2005 Books

1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (12/30/08)	2. The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella (3/26/09)	3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (6/30/09)
4. Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall (7/12/09)	5.

 

Four(4) 2004 Books

1. Tithe by Holly Black (11/12/08)	2. Good Books Lately by Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens (11/25/08)
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Three(3) 2003 Books

1. Can You Keep A Secret by Sophie Kinsella (3/17/09)

2. Sunshine by Robin McKinley (3/31/09)

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

 

Two(2) 2002 Books

1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (1/30/09)

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One(1) 2001 Book

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