My Challenges

2008-01-04T08:33:00.000-08:00

Starting December 13, 2007

I found that I had read the first and/or second books of several trilogies but had never finished the series. So that is where I started my list:

1. Magneto--X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy Book 2 by Steven A. Roman
2. Red Skull--X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy Book 3 by Steven A. Roman
3. Sleeping with Fear. A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel by Kay Hooper
4. Chill of Fear. A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel by Kay Hooper
5. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 12/26/2007
6. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
7. Beyond Eden by Catherine Coulter
8. Born To Be Wild by Catherine Coulter
9. Point Blank by Catherine Coulter
10. The Upright Man by Michael Marshall
11. Blood of Angels by Michael Marshall
12. Elena’s Song by Peggy Stoks

Then there are some older books that I bought on Ebay that I want to read.
1. Miss Melville Returns by Evelyn E. Smith
2. Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
3. Murder in Outline by Anne Morice
4. Break In by Dick Francis
5. Bandits by Elmore Leonard
6. Pennies on a Dead Woman’s Eyes by Marcia Muller
7. A Void in Hearts by William G. Tapply
8. A Choice of Crimes by Lesley Egan
9. Love Nor Money by Linda Grant
10. Cold Trail by Dell Shannon
11. Murder Among Friends by Frank McConnell 12/29/07

And some books that just sound really interesting or are a new author for me.

1. And Justice There is None by Deborah Crombie
2. Hawk & Fisher by Simon Green
3. The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 12/20/07
4. The Flower Master by Sujata Massey
5. Jury of One by David Ellis
6. The Forty-First Thief by Edward A. Pollitz, JR.
7. The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth
8. Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly

Buddy/Group read books I am going to participate in this year.

1. A Farewell To Yarns by Jill Churchill
2. Bitter Sweets by G. A. McKevett
3. A Quiche Before Dying by Jill Churchill
4. Wedding Day Murder by Leslie Meier
5. Killer Calories by G. A. McKevett
6. Witches’ Bane by Susan Wittig Albert
7. Cooked Goose by G. A. McKevett

And then there is the pile of books that I borrowed from my sister in law (my husband’s sister) that I need to read and get back to her.

1. Split Second by David Baldacci
2. Honeymoon by James Patterson

And the ones I borrowed from my brother in law (sister in law‘s husband).

1. Lost City by Clive Cussler
2. Black Wind by Clive Cussler
3. Polar Shift by Clive Cussler

I also checked out some of the challenges and joined a Number challenge. I will have to read five books between January and June 2008 that have a number in the title. Depending on how this one goes I may join this one again next year.

1. The Blood of Ten Chiefs by Lynn Abbey
2. Death of a Thousand Cuts by Barbara D’Amato
3. The First 48 by Tim Green 01/01/2008
4. The Fourth Perimeter by Tim Green
5. Knit one, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton
6. The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
7. The Second Chair by John Lescroat
8. Second Sight by Charles McCarry
9. The Second Time Around by Marry Higgins Clark
10. Seven Dials by Anne Perry
11. Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie Wray Herman

I joined the TBR challenge and have the following books that I want to read for that challenge:

1. All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie
2. Claws and Effect by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
3. Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart
4. The Golden Savage by Anne Carsley
5. Leave The Grave Green by Deborah Crombie
6. Mind Hunter by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
7. Injustice For All by J. A. Jance
8. Fresh Elastic for Stretched Out Moms by Barbara Johnson
9. The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin
10. Man With A Gun by Robert Daley
11. The Quilter’s Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
12. The Snake, The Crocodile & The Dog by Elizabeth Peters

Alternates:

1. Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy by Geralyn Lucas
2. Lost Souls by Michael Collins
3. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
4. The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
5. Whiskey Sour by J. A. Konrath
6. Cities Of The Dead by Linda Barnes
7. A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie
8. The Feast of Stephen by Rosemary Aubert
9. Slice and Dice by Ellen Hart
10. The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
11. Sleeping Beauty by Phillip Margolin
12. All the Possibilities by Nora Roberts
13. The Cobra Event by Richard Preston
14. Bonjour, Miss Seeton by Hamilton Crane
15. The Trial by Robert Whitlow
16. The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardner
17. Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon by John H. Watson, M. D.

I am going to give the Alphabet Challenge a try. I will use the books in my other lists to fill as many of the slots as I can.
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And then lastly a couple that have been made into movies that I want to read before deciding if I want to see the movies.

1. Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis LeHane
2. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

For a total of 85 books. Have no idea if I will read them all but am going to give it a good try.

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