Reading 2010

Reading Challenges

What’s in a name? 2010

1. A book with a food in the title: Oranges are not the only fruits, Jeanette Winterson
2. A book with a body of water in the title: The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan
3. A book with a title (queen, president) in the title: The King of Torts, John Grisham , The Queen’s Gambit, Diane Stuckart
4. A book with a plant in the title:  Red Azalea, Anchee Min, Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love, Lara Vapnyar
5. A book with a place name (city, country) in the title: The Man from Beijing, Henning Mankell, The Atlantis Code, Thomas Lourds
6. A book with a music term in the title:

World Religion Challenge 2010

Chosen path: The Universalist

1. My Jesus Year, Benyamin Cohen
2. Islam: A History, Karen Armstrong
3. An Atheist Defends Religion, Bruce Sheiman
4. Major World Religions, Lloyd Ridgeon
5. Breaking the Spelling: Religion as a natural phenomenon, Daniel C. Dennett
6. Islam: Religion, history and civilisation, Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Chick Lit Challenge 2010

Aim: To read 8 Chick Lit books in 2010

1. Chasing Harry Winston, Lauren Weisberger
2. One Fifth Avenue, Candace Bushnell
3. Lipstick Jungle, Candace Bushnell
4. Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell
5. Four Blondes, Candace Bushnell
6. Wow! , Claudia Pattison
7. TBA
8. TBA

Relic Novels Challenge 2010

Aim: Read at least 12 relic novels (In-training Hunter)

1. Raising the Past, Jeremy Robinson
2. The Sanctuary, Raymond Khoury
3. The Chinese Alchemist, Lyn Hamilton
4. Lost Temple, Tom Harper
5. The Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
6. The Atlantis Code, Thomas Lourds
7. Sacred Stone, Clive Cussler
8. TBA
9. TBA
10. TBA
11. TBA
12. TBA

Books Read

1. A Season for the Dead, David Hewson
2. Lipstick Jungle, Candace Bushnell
3. City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments Book 1), Cassandra Clare
4. City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments Book 2), Cassandra Clare
5. Passing Under Heaven, Justin Hill
6. Four Blondes, Candace Bushnell
7. Ring of Fire, Pierdomenico Baccalario
8. City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments Book 3), Cassandra Clare
9. The Broken Teaglass, Emily Arsenault
10. My Jesus Year, Benyamin Cohen
11. The Year After The Flood, Margaret Atwood
12. Victory of Eagles (Temeraire Book 5), Naomi Novik
13. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 1), Rick Riordan
14. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 2), Rick Riordan
15. The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 3), Rick Riordan
16. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 4), Rick Riordan
17. The Last Olympian, (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 5), Rick Riordan
18. The Amulet of Samarkand, Jonathan Stroud
19. The Hours, Michael Cunningham
20. Raising the Past, Jeremy Robinson (read the ebook free here!)
21. Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell
22. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
23. Await Your Reply, Dan Chaon (I like this!)
24. Law of Nines, Terry Goodkind
25. The Appeal, John Grisham
26. 206 Bones, Kathy Reichs
27. I, Robot, Issac Asimov
28. Magician Apprentice, Raymond E Feist
29. SuperFreakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
30. Same Sex in the City, Lauren Levin and Lauren Blitzer
31. Magician Master, Raymond E Feist
32. I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, Nujood Ali  with Delphine Minoui
33. What Einstein Told His Cook 2, Robert L Wolke
34. Written on the Body, Jeanette Winterson
35. Oranges are not the only fruits, Jeanette Winterson
36. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
37. Good to be God, Tibor Fischer
38. Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
39. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick
40. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, Kevin Wilson
41. The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, George Saunders
42. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
43. Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry
44. The King of Torts, John Grisham
45. The Client, John Grisham
46. Soul Identity, Dennis Batchelder
47. Miss Marple’s Final Cases, Agatha Christie
48. The Sanctuary, Raymond Khoury
49. The Chinese Alchemist, Lyn Hamilton
50. Lost Temple, Tom Harper
51. The Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
52. The Queen’s Gambit, Diane Stuckart
53. The Teahouse Fire, Ellis Avery (I love this!!!!!!)
54. The Atlantis Code, Thomas Lourds
55. The Dead Room, Chris Mooney
56. The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan
57. Master Your Metabolism, Jillian Michaels
58. The Minutes of the Lazarus Club, Tony Pollard
59. Solar, Ian McEwan
60. Degree of Guilt, Richard North Patterson
61. The Accidental Woman, Jonathan Coe
62. Diary of a Diet, Hannah Jones
63. The Promised Land, Robert B. Parker
64. The Man from Beijing, Henning Mankell
65. This Must Be The Place, Anna Winger
66. The Associate, John Grisham
67. The Marks of Cain, Tom Knox
68. Faceless Killers, Henning Mankell
69. Confessions of a Fallen Angel, Ronan O’Brien
70. The Last Juror, John Grisham
71. A Woman Like That, Joan Larkin (ed.)
72. Halo, Zizou Corder
73. Until it’s Over, Nicci French (nice! quite like American Psycho, but not as gruesome.)
74. Dark Origins, Anthony E. Zuiker (First digi-novel!)
75. Red Azalea, Anchee Min
76. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, David Eagleman (nice!!!!)
77. Six Suspects, Vikas Swarup
78. Aftermath, Inc. , Gil Reavill
79. Touchy Subjects, Emma Donoghue (Good!)
80. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, Sue Townsend
81. Kokoro, Soseki Natsume
82. Damaged, Cathy Glass
83. Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love, Lara Vapnyar
84. Santaland Diaries, David Sedaris
85. A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, Amy Bloom