Thursday, January 28, 2010

Amsterdam

Title: Amsterdam
Author: Ian McEwan
Pages: 192 pages
Date Finished: 26/01/2010
Rating: 3.5/5

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

2010 Books

1. Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
2. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
3. Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich
4. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
5. Dork - Sidin Vadukut
6. Water for the Elephants - Sara Guren
7. Limbo: A Memoir - A. Manette Ansay
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
9. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
10. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephenie Meyer
11. Pretties - Scott Westerfeld
12. Specials - Scott Westerfeld
13. The Queen and I - Sue Townsend
14. Memories of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel García Márquez
15. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
16. The Awakening - Kate Chopin
17. Peeps - Scott Westerfeld
18. Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris

2010 Challenges


1. Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
2. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga



1. Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich






1. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
2. Dork - Sidin Vadukut




1. Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
2. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
3. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
4. Dork - Sidin Vadukut
5. Water for the Elephants - Sara Guren
6. Limbo: A Memoir - A. Manette Ansay
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
8. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld





1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
2. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
3. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephenie Meyer
4. Pretties - Scott Westerfeld
5. Specials - Scott Westerfeld

Monday, January 4, 2010

2009 Challenges

The November Novella Challenge - Complete
1. Animal Farm - George Orwell
2. Reunion - Fred Uhlman
3. Candide - Voltaire
4. Call of the Wild - Jack London

The Classic Challenge - Complete
1. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
2. Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
4. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
6. Agnes Grey - Ann Brontë
Bonus The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

1% Well-Read Challenge - Complete
1. The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
2. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger
3. Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley
4. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
5. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
6. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
7. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
8. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
9. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
10. Animal Farm - George Orwell
11. Candide - Voltaire
12. Call of the Wild - Jack London
13. The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields

RYOB 2009 Challenge - Complete
1. The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
2. The Secret Life Of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
3. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
4. Ironweed - William Kennedy
5. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger
6. The Giver - Lois Lowry
7. One For The Money - Janet Evanovich
8. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
9. Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
10. Full Bloom - Janet Evanovich
11. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
12. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
13. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
14. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
15. Three to Get Deadly - Janet Evanovich
16. Back Roads - Twani O'Dell
17. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
18. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
19. Four to Score - Janet Evanovich
20. Stealing Beauty - Susan Minot
21. Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
22. A Patchwork Planet - Anne Tyler
23. The World According to Garp - John Irving
24. Reunion - Fred Uhlman
25. Candide - Voltaire
26. Call of the Wild - Jack London
27. The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields

2009 Audiobook Challenge - Incomplete
1. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
2. Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley
3. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
4. It's Like This, Cat - Emily Cheney Neville
5. The Watsons - Jane Austen
6. Agnes Grey - Ann Brontë
7. The Money Moon - Jeffery Farnol
8. The Pupil - Henry James

2009 Books

  1. The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende
  2. The Secret Life Of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
  3. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
  4. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn - Betty Smith
  5. Ironweed - William Kennedy
  6. The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger
  7. The Painter from Shanghai - Jennifer Cody Epstein
  8. The Giver - Lois Lowry
  9. One For The Money - Janet Evanovich
  10. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
  11. Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley
  12. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
  13. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
  14. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
  15. Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
  16. It's Like This, Cat - Emily Cheney Neville
  17. Full Bloom - Janet Evanovich
  18. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
  19. Princess - Jean Sasson
  20. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
  21. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
  22. The Watsons - Jane Austen
  23. Agnes Grey - Ann Brontë
  24. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
  25. Three to Get Deadly - Janet Evanovich
  26. The Money Moon - Jeffery Farnol
  27. Back Roads - Twani O'Dell
  28. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
  29. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
  30. The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
  31. Four to Score - Janet Evanovich
  32. Stealing Beauty - Susan Minot
  33. Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
  34. A Patchwork Planet - Anne Tyler
  35. The World According to Garp - John Irving
  36. Animal Farm - George Orwell
  37. Reunion - Fred Uhlman
  38. Candide - Voltaire
  39. Call of the Wild - Jack London
  40. The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
  41. The Pupil - Henry James
  42. P.S. I Love You - Cecelia Ahern