found here
The Levels:
Level I – Read 5 books from the 2009 Book Blogger Recommendation List
Level II – Read 10 books
Level III – Read 15 books
Level IV – Read 20 books
Level V – Read 20+ books
The Rules:
- Challenge will run January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. Participants can join anytime throughout the challenge.
- Create an intro post, linking back to this post.
- Sign up with the MckLinky below. Please link to your challenge intro post, not your blog home page.
- Chose your own books from the list. You can decide to read books only on the Top 25 list or from the entire recommendation list. You do not have to make a list of books before the challenge begins.
- All forms of books acceptable (audiobooks, eBooks, etc.)
- Rereads do not count towards the completion of the challenge. The challenge is about discovering books that are new to you.
- You don’t need a blog to participate.
- Reviews, while always appreciated, are not mandatory.
I decided to join this Challenge as the List really appealed to me and I already read a few of them (which don’t count on the challenge but nevermind). Also I’m reading one book at the moment that is on that list, so this is a good opportunity. I didn’t decide for a Level yet, I’ll see how far I come.
How I am going to mark the list: read in the past (not counting for the challenge – would reread all of them they all were great!), currently reading, finished reading
So the Challenge is over, but I will still cross of Books if I read them, but write the date to it so you can see that it doesn’t count for the challenge anymore.
count: 8 (9)
Here is the complete list:
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
- City of Bones – Cassandra Clare
- Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
- The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
- Hush, Hush – Becca Fitzpatrick
- The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
- Graceling – Kristin Cashore
- Outlander – Diana Gabaldon
- Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
- The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
- The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
- Eragon – Christopher Paolini
- The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
- A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle
- The Host – Stephenie Meyer
- The Thorn Birds – Colleen McCullough
- Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
- Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
- The Clan of the Cave Bear – Jean M. Auel
- The Mists of Avalon – Marion Zimmer Bradley
- To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
- 11 Minutes – Paulo Coelho
- Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
- Shiver – Maggie Stiefvater
- Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
- Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
- Sloppy Firsts – Megan McCafferty
- The Red Tent – Anita Diamant
- The Notebook – Nicholas Sparks
- City of Ashes – Cassandra Clare
- Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
- The Road – Cormac McCarthy
- Good Omens – Neil Gaiman
- Perfect Chemistry – Simone Elkeles
- The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Alanna: The First Adventure – Tamora Pierce
- Bitter is the New Black – Jen Lancaster
- Dibs in Search of Self – Virginia Axline
- Dune – Frank Herbert
- England’s Perfect Hero – Suzanne Enoch
- Poison Study – Maria V. Snyder
- Queen of the Damned – Anne Rice
- The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebeard – Walter Moers
- The Giver – Lois Lowry
- The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein
- The Immortal Highlander – Karen Marie Moning
- This Lullaby – Sarah Dessen
- Voice of Crow – Jeri Smith-Ready
- Dark Lover – J.R. Ward
- Northern Lights – Phillip Pullman
- Brisingr – Christopher Paolini
- Deception Point – Dan Brown
- Eyes of Crow – Jeri Smith-Ready
- Lady of Hay – Barbara Erskine
- Master of the Game – Sidney Sheldon
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft – Stephen King
- Playing with Fire – Gena Showalter
- Push – Sapphire
- Remember Me – Christopher Pike
- Salem’s Lot – Stephen King
- Seize the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Stupid & Contagious – Caprice Crane
- The Color of Magic – Terry Pratchett
- The Dark Devine – Bree Despain
- The Last Unicorn – Peter S. Beagle
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis
- The Other Boleyn Girl – Philippa Gregory
- The Rowan – Anne McCaffrey
- The Secret Garden Frances – Hodgson Burnett
- Worth Any Price – Lisa Kleypas
- Undead and Unwed – MaryJanice Davidson
- A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens (08/01/2011)
- A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
- Audrey, Wait! – Robin Benway
- Blindness – Jose Saramago
- Flowers in the Attic – V.C. Andrews
- Laid Bare – Lauren Dane
- Lover Avenged – J.R. Ward
- Mistborn – Brandon Sanderson
- Peeps – Scott Westerfeld
- Rosie Dunn – Cecelia Ahern
- Shadow Kiss – Richelle Mead
- The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay – Michael Chabon
- The Green Mile – Stephen King
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
- The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
- The Prisoner’s Wife – Asha Bandele
- The Reawakened – Jeri Smith-Ready
- The Shining – Stephen King
- While My Pretty One Sleeps – Mary Higgins Clark
- A River Runs Through It – Norman McLean
- All About Love – Bell Hooks
- Dead to the World – Charlaine Harris
- Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
- Harm None – M.R. Sellars
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
- House Atreides – Brian Herbert
- Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
- Let the Right One In – John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Magic in the Shadows – Devon Monk
- Marked – PC Cast and Kristin Cast
- One for the Money – Janet Evanovich
- Persuasion – Jane Austen
- Queen of Babble – Meg Cabot
- Roots – Alex Haley
- Star Girl – Jerry Spinelli
- The Girl With the Silver Eyes – Willo Davis Roberts
- The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett
- The Princess Diaries – Meg Cabot
- The Raven Prince – Eliz Hoyt
- The Stand – Stephen King
- The Wednesday Letters – Jason F. Wright
- Twisted – Andrea Kane
- Willow – Julia Hoban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling
- A Great and Terrible Beauty – Libby Bray
- A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
- Acheron – Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Anybody Out There? – Marian Keyes
- April & Oliver – Tess Callahan
- Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
- Black Beauty – Anna Sewell
- Blood Ties Book One: The Turning – Jennifer Armintrout
- City of Glass – Cassandra Clare
- Invisible Monsters – Chuck Palahniuk
- Killing Dance – Laurell K. Hamilton
- Magic Strikes – Illona Andrews
- Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
- Remember Me? – Sophie Kinsella
- Rhett Butler’s People – Donald McCraig
- Searching for Shona – Margaret J. Anderson
- Still Alice – Lisa Genova
- The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
- The Crystal Cave – Mary Stewart
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth – Carrie Ryan
- The Help – Kathryn Stockett
- The Power of One – Bryce Courtenay
- The Truth About Forever – Sarah Dessen
- Venus Envy – Louis Bagshawe
- Acornia: The Unicorn Girl – Anne McCaffrey
- Daughter of the Blood – Anne Bishop
- Death’s Shadow – Darren Shan
- Dress Your Kids in Corduroy and Denim – David Sedaris
- Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
- Happiness Sold Separately – Libby Street
- Hate List – Jennifer Brown
- Love You Hate You Miss You – Elizabeth Scott
- My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
- Needful Things – Stephen King
- People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks
- Somewhere in Time – Richard Matheson
- Teach Me – R.A. Nelson
- The Boy Next Door – Meg Cabot
- The Gift of Shame – Sophie Hope Walker
- The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
- The Street – Ann Perry
- Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll
- A Ring of Endless Light – Madeleine L’Engle
- Alas Babylon – Pat Frank
- Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery
- Breath – Tim Winton
- Gone – Michael Grant
- Halfway to the Grave – Jeaniene Frost
- Heir to the Shadow – Anne Bishop
- Holes – Louis Sachar
- Killing Floor – Lee Child
- Lamb – Christopher Moore
- Marley and Me – John Grogan
- One Foot in the Grave – Jeaniene Frost
- Teen Idol – Meg Cabot
- The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy – Gavriel Kay
- The Looking Glass Wars – Frank Beddor
- The Witching Hour – Anne Rice
- Veronika Decides to Die – Paulo Coelho
- Warriors Don’t Cry Melba – Patillo Beals
- Austenland – Shannon Hale
- Curtain – Agatha Cristie
- Einstein’s Dreams – Alan Lightman
- Eternal Seduction – Jennifer Turner
- Just Listen – Sarah Dessen
- Manfield Park – Jane Austen
- No One Belongs Here More than You – Miranda July
- Queen of the Darkness – Anne Bishop
- Shadowland – Meg Cabot
- The Angels Weep – Wilbur Smith
- The Complete Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
- The Husband – Dean Koontz
- The Night Watch – Sergei Lukyanenko
- The Talisman Ring – Georgette Heyer
- The Two Princesses of Bamarre – Gail Carson Levine
- The Yiddish Policeman’s Union – Michael Chabon
- 13 Reasons Why – Jay Asher
- A Place of Greater Safety – Hilary Mantel
- Beyond Heaving Bosoms – Sarah Wendell
- Blue Latitudes – Tony Horowitz
- Celestine Prophecy – James Redfield
- Chasing Windmills – Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Dracula – Bram Stoker
- Dreams Made Flesh – Anne Bishop
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl – Linda Brent
- Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
- Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen
- Point Blanc – Anthony Horowitz
- The Art of Happiness – The Dalai Lama
- The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
- The Lucky One – Nicholas Sparks
- The Royal Treatment – MaryJanice Davidson
- Uglies – Scott Westerfeld
- Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
- A Dirty Job – Christopher Moore
- Bloodline – Sidney Sheldon
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
- Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
- Eden – Olympia Vernon
- Eldest – Christopher Paolini
- Going Too Far – Jennifer Echols
- In Her Shoes – Jennifer Weiner
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach
- Looking for – Alaska John Green
- Massive – Julia Bell
- Misery – Stephen King
- Skinned – Robin Wasserman
- Tempted – Megan Hart
- The Agony of Alice – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- The Phantom of the Opera – Gaston Leroux
- The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
- The Rag and Bone Show – Robert Cormier
- The Unlikely Ones – Mary Brown
- Watchers – Dean Koontz
