2009 100+ Reading Challenge

As the new year gets closer I have been busy organizing my reading challenges, and this one fits perfectly with some others I am doing! The 100+ Challenge is hosted by J. Kaye's Book Blog and the challenge page can be found here.

This post will be where I list all the books I read this year (hopefully linking back to my reviews!)

1. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (review), finished 01/03/09
2. Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir by Janice Erlbaum (review), finished 01/04/09

3. Damage Control by JA Jance (review), finished 1/05/09

4. The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones (review), finished 1/08/09

5. Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster (review), finished 1/13/08

6. Invisible Prey by John Sandford (review), finished 1/20/09

7. Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon by Nick Trout (review), finished 1/24/09

8. Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories by Lauren Groff (review), finished 1/27/09

9. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (review), finished 1/29/09

10. Mighty Queens of Freeville, The: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them by Amy Dickinson (review), finished 1/31/09

11. Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese (review), finished 1/31/09

12. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (review), audio, finished 2/02/09

13. The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood (review), audio, finished 2/03/09

14. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (review), finished 02/06/09

15. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (review), audio, finished 2/09/09

16. Waiting to Surface by Emily Listfield (review), finished 2/11/09

17. A Child's Journey out of Autism: One Family's Story of Living in Hope and Finding a Cure by Leeann Whiffen (review), finished 2/13/09

18. Mixed Blood by Roger Smith (review), finished 2/16/09

19. The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver (review), finished 2/18/09

20. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (review), finished 2/20/09

21. Dry by Augusten Burroughs (review), finished 2/21/09

22. Forgive Me by Amanda Eyre Ward (review), finished 2/23/09

23. A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson (review), finished 2/24/09

24. Bahama Burnout by Don Bruns (review), finished 3/01/09

25. Siam Nights: A Love Story by JF Gump (review), finished 3/05/09

26. Looking for Alaska by John Green (review), audio, finished 3/05/09

27. The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano (review), finished 3/07/09

28. Catching Genius by Kristy Kiernan (review), finished 3/07/09

29. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins (review), finished 3/10/09

30. The Plague by Joanne Dahme (review), finished 3/12/09

31. Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter by Alice Kuipers (review), audio, finished 3/14/09

32. Honolulu by Alan Brennert (review), finished 3/18/09

33. Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away by June Cross (review), finished 3/24/09

34. Illegal by Paul Levine (review), finished 3/27/09

35. Breakneck by Erica Spindler (review), finished 3/28/09

36. Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (review), finished 3/30/09

37. BoneMan's Daughters by Ted Dekker (review), finished 4/03/09
38. A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean by Tori Murden McClure (review), finished 4/06/09

39. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (review), finished 4/08/09

40. Invisible Sisters by Jessica Handler (review), finished 4/09/09

41. Resistance by Anita Shreve (review), finished 4/13/09

42. The Simplest of Acts: And Other Stories by Melanie Haney (review), finished 4/14/09

43. A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb (review), finished 4/16/09

44. A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal (review), finished 4/19/09

45. Killing the Shadows by Val McDermid (review), audio, finished 4/24/09

46. Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland (review), finished 4/26/09

47. Bloom by Elizabeth Scott (review), finished 5/01/09

48. The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez (review), finished 5/04/09

49. Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff (review coming soon), finished 5/05/09

50. My Antonia by Willa Cather (review), audio, finished 5/10/09

51. The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier (review), finished 5/12/09

52. Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward (review), finished 5/16/09

53. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (review), audio, finished 5/17/09

54. Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John (review), finished 5/20/09

55. Precious by Sandra Novack (review), finished 5/22/09

56. Defending Angels by Mary Stanton (review), finished 5/24/09

57. Angel's Advocate by Mary Stanton (review), finished 5/25/09

58. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler (review), finished 5/27/09

59. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (review), audio, finished 5/30/09

60. Best Intentions by Emily Listfield (review), finished 5/31/09

61. A Final Arc of Sky: A Memoir of Critical Care by Jennifer Culkin (review), finished 6/04/09

62. True Colors by Kristin Hannah (review), finished 6/06/09

63. Run for Your Life by James Patterson (review), finished 6/09/09

64. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark (review), finished 6/11/09

65. Notes From The Underbelly by Risa Green (review), finished 6/15/09

66. Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz (review), finished 6/18/09

67. The Blue Notebook by James Levine (review), finished 6/21/09

68. The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips (review), finished 6/22/09

69. The Devlin Diary by Christi Phillips (review), finished 6/28/09

70. Lost Boy by Brent Jeffs (review), finished 6/29/09

71. Good Harbor by Anita Diamant (review), finished 6/30/09

72. The Associate by John Grisham (review), finished 7/01/09

73. Lifeguard by James Patterson (review), finished 7/02/09

74. Beach Road by James Patterson (review), finished 7/04/09

75. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (review), finished 7/07/09

76. The 8th Confession by James Patterson (review), finished 7/08/09

77. Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods (review coming soon), finished 7/09/09

78. Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult (review), finished 7/12/09

79. Honey, It's All in the Shoes: Celebrating the Footsteps of the Contemporary Woman by Phyllis Norton Hoffman (review), finished 7/16/09

80. What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen (review), finished 7/19/09

81. The Natural Laws of Good Luck: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage by Ellen Graf (review), finished 7/20/09

82. Lost Girls by George D. Shuman (review), finished 7/25/09

83. Phantom Prey by John Sandford (review coming soon), finished 7/28/09

84. Blue Heaven by CJ Box (review), audio, finished 7/31/09

85. Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton (review), finished 8/02/09

86. The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (review), finished 8/05/09

87. The End of the Alphabet CS Richardson (review), finished 8/08/09

88. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (review), finished 8/12/09

89. Undone by Karin Slaughter (review), finished 8/14/09

90. Dead Time by Stephen White (review), finished 8/16/09

91. Crime Seen by Victoria Laurie (review coming soon), finished 8/19/09

92. Wicked Prey by John Sandford (review), finished 8/20/09

93. Death Perception by Victoria Laurie (review coming soon), finished 8/25/09

94. Mounting Fears by Stuart Woods (review coming soon), finished 8/26/09

95. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig (review), finished 8/29/09

96. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry (review), finished 9/01/09

97. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (review), audio, finished 9/07/09

98. Deeper by Megan Hart (review), finished 9/08/09

99. The Siege by Stephen White (review), finished 9/09/09

100. Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (review coming soon), audio, finished 9/12/09

101. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (review), finished 9/17/09

102. Dragon House by John Shors (review), finished 9/22/09

103. The Promised World by Lisa Tucker (review), finished 9/24/09

104. Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz (review), finished 10/05/09

105. Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth by Jenny McCarthy (review), finished 10/06/09

106. Undercover by Beth Kephart (review coming soon), finished 10/09/09

107. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (review), finished 10/13/09

108. The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner (review coming soon), audio, finished 10/17/09

109. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier (review coming soon), finished 10/18/09

110. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (review), finished 10/22/09

111. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin (review coming soon), finished 10/23/09

112. Let Me Go by Helga Schneider (review), audio, finished 10/24/09

113. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (review), finished 10/28/09

114. A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me by Jon Katz (review), finished 10/29/09

115. I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson (review coming soon), finished 10/30/09

116. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (review), finished 11/04/09

117. The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis (review), finished 11/05/09

118. Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman (review coming soon), finished 11/10/09

119. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross (review), finished 11/14/09

120. The Pearl by John Steinbeck (review coming soon), finished 11/14/09

121. Disquiet by Julia Leigh (review coming soon), finished 11/15/09

122. Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay (review), finished 11/25/09

123. Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods (review coming soon), finished 11/30/09

124. Die for You by Lisa Unger (review coming soon), audio, finished 12/01/09

125. Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas (review), finished 12/08/09

126. Impossible by Nancy Werlin (review), finished 12/10/09

127. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (review), finished 12/13/09

128. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (review), finished 12/17/09

129. Lift by Rebecca K. O'Connor (review), finished 12/26/09

130. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg (review coming soon), finished 12/30/09