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Dena's 2012 Reading Goals and Challenges
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January -
February -
A Great Deliverance and The Informationist
March -
Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante
Murder in Plain Sight by Marta Perry
April -
May -
A Deeper Darkness
Envy
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January- Three Bodies Burning: The Anatomy of an Investigation into Murder, Money, and Mexican Marijuana with the author present
February- Discuss Three Bodies Burning as a group, after more individuals get to read the title.
March - Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
April
All Iowa Read
May -Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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Jan 2012 Blood Vines by Erica Spindler with Sandy in the Avoca Book Club room
Fiction Fair with Melissa - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Fiction Fair -- Robin and I are reading Jenna's Cowboy: A Novel
Fiction Fair -- Ab2Y and are I are reading The Peach Keeper
Fiction Fair -- Robin and I are reading
Wow Dena! So many challenges! Love it! One of my challenges for 2012 is to read books A-Z....both authors & titles alike. I'll have to add to my challenges from your list above. Thanks for all the ideas!
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Jan:
1. Holiday Affair by Lisa Plumley
2. Love You More by Lisa Gardner
3. Home for the Holidays by Johanna Lindsey
4. Judgment in Deathby J.D. Robb
5. A December Bride by Sue Senden in Winter Wonders
6. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
7. Blood Vines by Erica Spindler
8. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
9. January Kills Me by Evan Katy
10. A Bomb in February by Evan Katy
FEB:
11. French Quarter by Lacey Alexander
12. Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb
13. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
14. Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb
15. Insatiable by Meg Cabot
16, Jenna's Cowboy: A Novel by Sharon Gillenwater
17. No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
18. Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb
19. Orange Peel's Pocket by Rose Lewis
20. The Black-out Book: 500 Family Games and Puzzles for Wartime Entertainment by Evelyn August
March Titles
21. Son Of Stone - Stuart Woods
22. Nine Dragons - Michael Connelly
23. Brother, I'm Dying - Edwidge Danticat
24. Takeover - Lisa Black
25. Wisdom, the Midway Albatross: Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and other Disasters for over 60 Years
26. Let's Do Nothing!
April Titles
27. Reunion in Death by JD Robb
28.Purity in Death by JD Robb
29. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
30. The 7th Month :A Detective D.D. Warren Story by Lisa Gardner
31. Need by Carrie Jones
May Titles
32. Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb
33. Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb
34. Me and My Ghoulfriends by Rose Pressey
35. The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
36. I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont
37. Knock, Knock by Saxton Freymann
38. Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
39. Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich
40.The Devil's Fire by Matt Tomerlin
41. Captivate by Carrie Jones
42. Entice by Carrie Jones
43. D.C. Dead by Stuart Woods
44. Overbite by Meg Cabot
JUNE TITLES Thru SEPTEMBER TITLES
45. Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black
46. Explosive Eighteen byJanet Evanovich
47. Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
48. Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich
49. Triptych by Karin Slaughter
50. One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
51. Together for Christmas by Lisa Plumley
52. Black Friday
53. Damaged
54. Hotwire
55. Fireproof: A Maggie O?dell Novel (all 53 thru 56 by Alex Kava
56. Slices of Nightby Erica Spindler, J.T. Ellison and Alex Kava
57. Divided in Death by J.D. Robb
58. The Devil's Bones byJefferson Bass
59. Snow White & the Huntsman by Lily Blake
60. Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty by Scott Turow
61. Stripped by Brian Freeman
62. I'm the Vampire, That's Why by Michele Bardsley
63. Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews
64.A Bad Day for Pretty by Sophie Littlefield
65. Owen and Mzee: A Little Story about Big Love byMichelle Y. Glennon
66. Monsters Eat Whiny Children by Bruce Eric Kaplan
67. Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
68. Frindle by Andrew Clements
69. Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain
OCTOBER TITLES
70. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
71. The Stranger You Seek: A Novel byAmanda Kyle Williams
72. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! by Lucille Colandro
73. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat! by Lucille Colandro
74. Pooh's Pumpkin by Isabel Gaines
75. Five Little Bats Flying In The Night by Steve Metzger
76. Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne
77. Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!: The Story of Little Red Riding Hood as Told by the Wolf by Trisha Speed Shaskan
78. Seriously, Cinderella Is So Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother by Trisha Speed Shaskan
79. Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!: The Story of the Three Bears as Told by Baby Bear by Nancy Loewen
80. Trust Me, Jack's Beanstalk Stinks!: The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk as Told by the Giant by Eric Braun
81.Remember When by Nora Roberts
82. Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
November Titles
83. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo
Willems
84. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
85. Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
86. The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne
Malone
87. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
88. Secrets, Lies & Alibis by Patricia H. Rushford
December Titles:
89. Mary Louise Loses Her Manners by Diane Cuneo
90. Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
91. Madeline and the Bad Hat by Ludwig Bemelmans
92. Visions in Deathby J.D. Robb
93. Endure by Carrie Jones
94. Cupid's Christmas by Bette Lee Crosby
95. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
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January -
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Envy by Sandra Brown
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
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1.Book Blitz Month Read a book that has a "b" in the title and in the authors name.
2.National Vocation Awareness Week Read a book where the protagonist is NOT a member of law enforcement.
3.Sundance Film Festival Week Read a book that was made into a movie.
4.Polar Bear Plunge Day REad a book that take place where in snows alot.
5.Elvis' Birthday Elvis was born in Mississippi and died in Tennessee. Read a book that takes place in one of those states.
6.Harlem Globetrotters DayRead a book where a sport or sports plays a role.
7.I'm Not Going to Take it Any More Read a book where the protagonist gets revenge.
8.Blame someone else day Read a book you think you're not going like and if you don't like it you can blame me.
9.National Compliment Day Read a book that you have been looking forward to reading and you can thank me.
10Happy New Year Read a book with a 1 (one) in the title.
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January:
Winter Garden
Virgin River
Evans Above
February:
Need (my pick) ;o)
Gardens of Water: A Novel
To the moon and back
The Women of Brewster Place
March:
Outlander
Blink
The Nanny Diaries
The Snow Child
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1.Holiday Affair - by Lisa Plumley January
2.Home for the Holidaysby Johanna Lindsey - January
3. Together for Christmas by Lisa Plumley July
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(Dena Jacobsen) J is cover with Judgement in Death reading now. :o)
D - D.C. DEAD
E - EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN
N - NEED
A - A BOMB IN FEBRUARY
J - JUDGMENT IN DEATH & JANUARY KILLS ME
A - A BAD DAY FOR PRETTY
C - CAPTIVATE
O - ONE FOR THE MONEY
B - BETRAYAL IN DEATH
S - SEDUCTION IN DEATH
E - ENTICE
N - NO TIME FOR GOODBYE
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Jan-
Lisa Plumley
Sue Senden, author from Iowa
Evan Katy
FEB -
Sharon Gillenwater
Linwood Barclay
Evelyn August
Rose Lewis
March/April/May:
Rose Pressey
Carrie Jones
Lisa Black
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January Kills Me
A Bomb in February
French Quarter
Jenna's Cowboy: A Novel
Me and My Ghoulfriends
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Jan-
Lisa Plumley
Sue Senden, author from Iowa
Evan Katy
FEB -
Sharon Gillenwater
Linwood Barclay
Evelyn August
Rose Lewis
March/April/May:
Rose Pressey
Carrie Jones
Lisa Black
Edwidge Danticat
Giles Andreade
Peter Brown
Karen Beaumont
(Saxton Freymann, Tommie Depaola, Dan Yaccarino, Peter H. Reynolds, Sophie Blackall, Yumi Heo, Boris Kulikov)
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Magpie67 wrote: "Well I'm six books short right now so I hope to change that this month. I want that 100 goal!!!!!"I KNOW you can do it!!! GOOD LUCK!
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GO FOR IT! You deserve a day to yourself...tee hee
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Well, in my opinion, you look a little pale, and your cough doesn't sound good...LMAO!!! Tell 'em your NC sis says YOU MUST TAKE THE DAY OFF!!!!!! :)
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Name Your Challenge: Read as many books as you can by authors that share your first name. Try not to duplicate the same author.
☺ Catch Me if You Can Challenge:: Read as many books as you can in 2012. The TOP reader in our FF group will be awarded a prize* in January 2013. (*to be determined)
☺ NO BUYING challenge My version of the TBR Pile challenges out there, specifically with me in mind since I have a bazillion books sitting on my shelves to read already. This one would start fresh quarterly. You set a number of owned books to read and then no buying until you've read them all. Get pre-owned books read first and then treat yourself to some new ones!!
☺ A Book a Week Challenge: Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy--- read one book a week for 52 weeks.
☺ Free Me! Challenge: Remember all those 'free' books you picked up from Amazon, BN and elsewhere? Your challenge is to read as many of them as you can for the whole year.
☺ Turn the Page Challenge: See how many pages you can turn (= books you can read) in the Young Adult genre. I know alot of you like the YA books, so here's one for you!
☺ All Ears Challenge: For all our audio book gals--- Listen to as many audio books this year as you can. If possible, please post and leave a rating for the book reader too. As we all know they sometimes can make/break a book.
☺ Naughty or Nice? Challenge: Dickens said we should keep Christmas in our hearts all year long. With this challenge, the goal is to try and read ONE book per month with a Christmas theme.
☺ 1,000,000,000 Pages challenge: Join in to see if our FF group can collectively read a million pages in 2012. Ebook pages will be added from the actual paper copy page count. (Kimberly's idea)
☺ Cover Me: Choose a unique book cover theme and read as many books as you can following it. Ideas would be: covers with food on the front, covers showing people (but no faces), black and white covers, covers featuring an animal (be specific), an umbrella, a chinese symbol, a full moon, a castle, etc. Look at your current TBR books and BE CREATIVE!