2011 Reading Challenges

Okay, so I joined the 2011 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge and committed to reading 100 books over the course of the year. The 100 books will include all genres in fiction and nonfiction and may be broken down in a separate list on this page.

I also joined the 2011 YA book challenge and have committed to reading 20 children's and YA books. Note: books read for my Writing for Children class that are under 100 pages will not be part of the total count, but will be listed separately.

You can read my reviews here on my blog or on my Amazon Reviewer Page

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UPDATE: October 25, 2011 - Since I've started working on a novel rewrite and plan to enter NaNoWriMo in November, I am clearly not going to make 100 books by the end of the year, or the more modest 50 books pledged on Goodreads. My goals for 2012 will be bit more modest... perhaps 75 books in a year.

UPDATE: December 10, 2011 - Well, I made it to 40 books, which is actually pretty good over the course of the year (while completing my masters and picking up the mantle of a professor in the fall).  Next year I'll reach toward 50 books, with no min or max on young adult fiction, which I also enjoy.

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Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge

43/100 - 43% done
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  1. Street Heroes by Joe Layburn
  2. 2nd Chance (The Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson
  3. Good Old Dog: Expert Advice for Keeping Your Aging Dog Happy, Healthy, and Comfortable by faculty of Tufts Veterinary School
  4. Brain Candy: Science, Paradoxes, Puzzles, Logic, and Illogic to Nourish Your Neurons by Garth Sunderm
  5. The Ice Cradle: A Novel from the Ghost Files by Mary Ann Winkowski & Maureen Foley
  6. Speak (Platinum Edition) by Laurie Halse Anderson
  7. The Paradise Prophecy by Robert Browne
  8. The Restorer (Graveyard Queen) by Amanda Stevens
  9. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
  10. Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
  11. Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom by Dayna Macy
  12. Altar of Bones by Philip Carter
  13. Mercy by Rebecca Lim
  14. Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
  15. Long Drive Home: A Novel by Will Allison
  16. The Sixth Man by David Baldacci
  17. Conspiracies (Repairman Jack Novels) by F. Paul Wilson
  18. One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) by Janet Evanovich
  19. Book of Nathan by Curt Weeden and Richard Marek
  20. Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  21. Shrouded in Silence by Robert L. Wise
  22. The Iron Queen (Harlequin Teen) by Julie Kagawa
  23. Lost in the River of Grass (Carolrhoda Ya) by Ginny Rorby
  24. In the Arms of Stone Angels (Harlequin Teen) by Jordan Dane
  25. Original Sin: A Sally Sin Adventure by Beth McMullen
  26. Secret of the Seventh Son by Glenn Cooper
  27. Blood of Eden by Ken Policard
  28. Ultraviolet by R. J. Anderson
  29. The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner
  30. Black Diamond by John F. Dobbyn
  31. A Prayer for the Dying by Jack Higgins
  32. The Skin Map (Bright Empires) by Stephen R. Lawhead
  33. Beyond the Grave (Harlequin Teen) by Mara Purnhagen
  34. Waking Hours (The East Salem Trilogy) by Lis Wiehl with Pete Nelson
  35. The Shadowing: Hunted by Adam Slater
  36. The Broken Teaglass: A Novel by Emily Arsenault
  37. Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies by Joshua Waldman
  38. Water's Edge by Robert Whitlow
  39. The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
  40. What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
  41. The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark
  42. Shattered Dreams: A Midnight Dragonfly Novel by Ellie James
  43. Gideon's Corpse by Preston & Child

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12/20 - 60% done
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  1. Street Heroes by Joe Layburn
  2. Speak (Platinum Edition) by Laurie Halse Anderson
  3. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
  4. Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
  5. Mercy by Rebecca Lim
  6. The Iron Queen (Harlequin Teen) by Julie Kagawa
  7. Lost in the River of Grass (Carolrhoda Ya) by Ginny Rorby
  8. In the Arms of Stone Angels (Harlequin Teen) by Jordan Dane
  9. Ultraviolet by R. J. Anderson
  10. Beyond the Grave (Harlequin Teen) by Mara Purnhagen
  11. The Shadowing: Hunted by Adam Slater
  12. Shattered Dreams: A Midnight Dragonfly Novel by Ellie James


 

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