{"id":1932,"date":"2008-12-13T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:18:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:18:53","slug":"2009-pub-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1932","title":{"rendered":"2009 Pub Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pubsmall.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279098242366667170\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/pubsmall.png\" style=\"float: right; height: 192px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 240px;\" \/><\/a> I peruse so called &#8220;reader blogs&#8221; 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 &#8220;challenges&#8221; listed on them regarding goals for reading books. These can be for a specific time or specific theme or both, like &#8220;2009 Romance Novels.&#8221; Each challenge is sponsored by somebody and they lay out the guidelines and rules.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided to do the 2009 Pub Challenge as my first challenge. I first saw it on the <a href=\"http:\/\/kbr44.blogspot.com\/\">Oklahoma Booklady <\/a>blog. You sign up for the challenge <a href=\"http:\/\/1morechapter.com\/pub\/?p=1\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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)<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The thing about Challenges is that many of them allow crossovers. So I will be adding challenges as I learn more about them.<\/p>\n<p>Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;Runner&#8221; by Thomas Perry, due January 2009 &#8211; <b>finished 3\/2\/2009<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;Murder in the Latin Quarter&#8221; by Cara Black, <b>finished 5\/2\/2009<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1812\">The Associate&#8221; by John Grisham <\/a>, finished in April 2009.<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;The Monster in the Box&#8221; by Ruth Rendell, finished November 2009.<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;The Year of the Flood&#8221; by Margaret Atwood, finished November 2009.<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;The Associate&#8221; by John Grisham<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power&#8221; by Jeff Sharlet, 2009<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear by Max Lucado.<b> 2009<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;The Lost Symbol&#8221; by Dan Brown 2009<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;War Dances&#8221; by Sherman Alexie 2009<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;The Scarecrow&#8221; by Michael Connelly 2009<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;Roadside Crosses&#8221; by Jeffery Deaver 2009<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;Road Dogs&#8221; by Elmore Leonard 2009<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;Parallel Play &#8211; Growing up with Undiagnosed Asperger&#8217;s&#8221; by Tim Page 2009<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;Runner&#8221; by Thomas Perry 2009<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;That Old Cape Magic&#8221; by Richard Russo 2009<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;Rough Country&#8221; by John Sandford<\/p>\n<p>-&#8220;The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year&#8221; by Michael Stein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I peruse so called &#8220;reader blogs&#8221; 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 &#8220;challenges&#8221; listed on them regarding goals for reading books. 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