Monday, August 4, 2008

100+ Book Challenge 2008

1 Devil in the White City by Eric Larson review here
2 Bitsy's Bait and BBQ by Pamela Morsi review here
3 Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey (Florida)
review here
4 Gun Shy: A Blanco County Texas Mystery (Texas)review here
5 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee(Alabama)
review here
6 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Ohio)
review here
7 Night by Elie Wiesel (overlap)
review here
8 The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn review here
9 Double Cross by James Patterson (CD)
review here
10 Samantha at the World's Fair by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
review here
11 The Shepard of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright (tape)
review here
12 The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
review here
13 Traitor to the Blood by Barb and J.C. Hendee
review here
14 The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
review here
15 Rebel Fay by Barb and J.C. Hendee review here

16 Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (CD)
review here
17 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Tape)
review here
18 The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (CD)
review here
19 The Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip Gongalez review here
20 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (tape)review here
21 Blasphemy by Douglas Preston
review here
22 The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
review here
23 A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
review here
24 Reckless Abandon by Stuart Woods review here
25 The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King review here
26 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote review here
27 The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison review here
28 The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III review here
29 Dark Watch by Clive Cussler review here
30 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky review here
31 The Unnatural Inquirer by Simon R. Green review here
32 The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon review here
33 The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan review here
34 Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner by Lisa Wingate review
35 Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett review here
36 Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith review here
37 The Chase by Clive Cussler review here
38 Small Favor by Jim Butcher review here
39 Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio review here
40.Open Season by C.J. Box review here
41 Cat Pay the Devil by Shirley Rousseau Murphy review here
42 Plague Ship by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul review here
43 Holy Moly by Ben Rehder review here
44 Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts review here
45 Odd Hours by Dean Koontz review here
46 Child of a Dead God by Barb & JC Hendee review here
47 Spider Mountain by P.T. Deutermann review here
48 The Cat Dancers by P.T. Deutermann review here
49 Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig review here
50 Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich review here
51 Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome review here
52 Swine Not? by Jimmy Buffett review here
53 Winter Study by Nevada Barr review here
54 Blood Trail by C. J. Box review here
55 Moon Pies and Movie Stars by Amy Wallen review here
56 **The Kill Clause by Gregg Hurwitz review here
57 Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish review here
58 Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank by Celia Rivenbark review here
59 Moon Called by Patricia Briggs review here
60 **Daemons are Forever by Simon R. Green review here
61** In Odd We Trust (Dean Koontz) by Queenie Chan review here
62 **Night Watchman by James V. Viscosi review here
63 Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews review here
64 **The Host by Stephenie Meyer review here
65 Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich review here
66 **Deja Demon by Julie Kenner review here
67**Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith review here
68**Redwall The Graphic Novel review here
69 The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston review here
70 **Light From Heaven by Jan Karon review here
71 **Pest Control by Bill Fitzhugh review here
72** Crusaders Cross by James Lee Burke review here
73** Junie B., First Grader by Barbara Park review here
74 **Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill review here
75 **Full Speed by janet Evonovich & Charlotte Hughes review here
76 **Jacknife by Willian W. Johnstone review here
77**The Curse of the Incrediable Priceless Corncob by John R. Erickson review here
78** Blood of Paradise by David Corbett review here
79** The Devil's Teardrop by Jeffery Deaver review here
80** Witch Hunt by Ian Rankin review here
81** Biggie and the Quincy Ghost by Nancy Bell review here
82** The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman review here
83** Quicksand by Iris Johansen review here
84 Pieces of my Heart: A Life by Robert J. Wagner review here
85 The Dragon King's Palace by Laura Joh Rowland review here
86 Year of the Hyenas by Brad Geagley review here
87 My Big Old Texas Heartache by Geralyn Dawson review here
88 The Walking by Bentley Little review here
89 Catwings by by Ursula K. LeGuin review here
90 Medicus by Ruth Downie review here
91 Blue Heaven by C. J. Box review here
92 Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? by Jean Fritz review here
93 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde review here
94 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens review here
95 The Teacher From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler review here
96 When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris review here
97 Gale Force by Rachel Caine review here
98 Jack the Ripper by Patricia Cormwell review here
99 Foul Play by Janet Evanovich review here
100 Where are you Now by Mary Higgins Clark review here
101 Yorkshire Terriers For Dummies by Tracy Barr & Peter F. Veling, DMV review here
102 Dave Barry's Histoy of the Millinnium - So Far review here
103 Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn review here

Saturday, August 2, 2008

The 888 Challenge 2008

The 888 Challenge
1. Challenge runs from January 1 through December 31, 2008.
2. Choose 8 categories of your own that you would like to read 8 books EACH in.
3. You will be allowed 8 overlaps, for a total of 56 unique book titles.
4. You may overlap these 56 titles with any other challenge.
5. You may change your list or your categories at any time.
6. Post a comment here that you are participating, and I will add a link to the sidebar. Request an invite if you want to post your list to this blog. However, we will NOT be writing reviews here! You may update your lists by providing the link to books read. Please use your name as a label, along with the book categories you're reading from.
7. Check back here to see who is participating and cheer others on.
8. Participants who complete all 56 books will be in the running for in-stock books from paperbackswap.com. (I have mucho credits.) Overseas is okay!
9. Have fun reading!

Blue = overlap

1 Non Fiction (COMPLETE)
*The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
review here
*Pieces of my heart: A Life by robert J. Wagner review here
*Night by Elie Wiesel (overlap) review here
*Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old like a Skank by Celia Rivenbark review here
*The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi review here
*The Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip Gonzalez review here
*The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn
review here
*In Cold Blood by Truman Capote review here


2 Chick Lit (COMPLETE)
*Naughty Neighbor
by Janet Evanovich review here
*Moon Pies and Movie Stars by Amy Wallen review here
*Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner by Lisa Wingate review here
*The Sunday Wife by Cassandra King review here
*Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews review here
*Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (overlap) review here
* Bitsy's Bait and BBQ
review here
*Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish review here

3 Mystery/Thriller (COMPLETE)
*Dark Watch by Clive Cussler review here
*The Yiddisy Policenem's Union by Michael Chabon
review here
*The Cat Dancers by P.T. Deutermann review here
*Open Season by C.J. Box review here
*Plague Ship by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul review here
*
Double Cross by James Patterson (CD) review here
*The Chase by Clive Cussler review here
*Cat Pay The Devil by Shirley Rousseau Murphy review here

4 1800's (COMPLETE)
*Samantha at the World's Fair by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley) review here
*The Canterville ghost by Oscar Wilde review here

*The Sheperd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright (tape) review here
*Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome review here
*The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
review here
(although this was published in 1903 in book form, the story was first published in 1899 as a series so I'm counting it in my 1800s group)
*A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens review here

*The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde review here
*Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky review here

5 SciFi/Fantasy/Paranormal (COMPLETE)
*The Unnatural Inquirer by Simon R. Green review here
*The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison review here
*Traitor to the Blood by Barb and J.C. Hendee review here
*Moon Called by Patricia Briggs review here
*Deja Demon by Julie Kenner review here
*The Darkest evening of the Year by Dean Koontz review here
*Small Favor by Jim Butcher review here

* Odd Hours by Dean Koontz review here

6 Next in a Series (COMPLETE)
*Blood Trail by C. J. Box review here

*Double Cross by James Patterson (overlap) (tape) review here
*Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich review here
*Spider Mountain by P.T. Deutermann review here

*The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith review here
*Holey Moley by Beh Rehder review here
*Child of a Dead God by Barb & JC Hendee review here
*Winter Study by Nevada Barr review here

7 Books I Just Want To Read (COMPLETE)
*Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (CD)
review here
*Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett review here
*The Kill Clause by
Greg Hurwitz review here
*The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Tape) review here
*The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (CD) review here
*Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey
review here
*Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (tape)
review here
*The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan review here


8 Oprah's Book Club
*The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III review here

*The Bluest Eye by Toni Morriaon (tape) review here
*Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (overlap) review here
*Map of the Known World by Edward P. Jones
*Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio review here
*Night by Elie Wiesel (overlap) review here
*The Pillars of the Earth by James Patterson
*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez