I peruse so called “reader blogs” with great interest. I am always interested in what people read and why and am astonished by how many books some of these folks go through. Many of these blogs have “challenges” listed on them regarding goals for reading books. These can be for a specific time or specific theme or both, like “2009 Romance Novels.” Each challenge is sponsored by somebody and they lay out the guidelines and rules.
I’ve decided to do the 2009 Pub Challenge as my first challenge. I first saw it on the Oklahoma Booklady blog. You sign up for the challenge here.
Basically you read 9 books first published in 2009. Five must be fiction and no Young Adult titles are allowed (it is a pub.) (Is the Twilight Series YA? I know that what has been published so far do not qualify)
I checked my local library books ordered list for my account and the following is what I have ordered that are due to come out in 2009. So I guess that this is my starting list. Note, I feel absolutely free to change my plans at any time, for any reason.
The thing about Challenges is that many of them allow crossovers. So I will be adding challenges as I learn more about them.
Wish me luck!
– “Runner” by Thomas Perry, due January 2009 – finished 3/2/2009
– “Murder in the Latin Quarter” by Cara Black, finished 5/2/2009.
– “The Associate” by John Grisham , finished in April 2009.
-“The Monster in the Box” by Ruth Rendell, finished November 2009.
-“The Year of the Flood” by Margaret Atwood, finished November 2009.
-“The Associate” by John Grisham
-“The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power” by Jeff Sharlet, 2009
– Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear by Max Lucado. 2009
-“The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown 2009
-“War Dances” by Sherman Alexie 2009
-“The Scarecrow” by Michael Connelly 2009
-“Roadside Crosses” by Jeffery Deaver 2009
-“Road Dogs” by Elmore Leonard 2009
-“Parallel Play – Growing up with Undiagnosed Asperger’s” by Tim Page 2009
-“Runner” by Thomas Perry 2009
-“That Old Cape Magic” by Richard Russo 2009
-“Rough Country” by John Sandford
-“The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year” by Michael Stein
My question… what is the first book of the yaer? How will you know?
I’ll be interested to see your list unfold.
Good for you! I love that you are such a reader!
I think it is so cool when men read!! My husband only reads magazines. 🙁
I’m getting ready to start the Sue Grafton series I believe.
I’m going to have to go today and buy a book though until those that I ordered come in. I can’t stand not having something to read!
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Deborah
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Thanks Deborah. All kind comments are appreciated.