My booklist/reading challenge post for 2009.
Started over at
Library Thing, the idea is, as follows:
"This group is to help you track your progress on the 999 challenge - 9 books in 9 different categories, all read in 2009. For an added challenge, try completing your books by 9/9/09! You pick the categories yourself, just post here and let us know how you're doing."Here is my rough list of categories and books, to be completed over the next couple weeks before the new year! Suggestions and recommendations are welcome.
The 999 ChallengeBooks Based on Television Shows1) Pack Animals, by Peter Anghelides (Torchwood)2) SkyPoint, by Phil Ford (Torchwood)
3) Almost Perfect, by James Goss (Torchwood) (February)
4) Ghosts Of India, by Mark Morris (Doctor Who) (January)
5) Beautiful Chaos, by Gary Russell (Doctor Who)
Banned Books1) Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
2) The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, by Jacob and Wilhelm K. Grimm
3) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
4) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1) (re-read)
The Stories of Scientists1) Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process, by Irene M. Pepperberg
2) Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love, by Dava Sobel
Books with Animals Names in the Title1) The Dogs of Babel, by Carolyn Parkhurst
2) Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
3) The Dust of 100 Dogs, by A.S. King
4) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1) (re-read)
Chick-Lit1)
The Devil Wears Prada, by Lauren Weisberger (March)
2) Someday My Prince Will Come: True Adventures of a Wannabe Princess, Jerramy Fine
3) Agnes and the Hitman, Jennifer Crusie (2)
4) Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella
Books with Women’s Names in the Title1) Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurie
2) Mrs. Mike, by Benedict Freedman and Nancy Freedman
3) Agnes and the Hitman, Jennifer Crusie (2)
4) Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson (3)
5) Emma, Jane Austen
6) Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
7) Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter, by Adeline Yen Mah (February)
I Should Have Read that in School1) Catch 22, by Joseph Heller
2) Animal Farm, by George Orwell
3) Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand
4) Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austin
5) Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
6) The Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
7) Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
8) Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
9) The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton
Speculative Fiction1) The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
2) The Host, Stephenie Meyer
3) Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card (re-read)
4) To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis
5) The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
To and From the British Isles1) The Shadow in the North, by Phillip Pullman
2) The Tiger in the Well, by Phillip Pullman
3) Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie (January)
4) The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory
5) Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson (3)
6)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (February)