Avoca Book Club discussion

January

Use this room to list the ones you have completed!!!

One of my Year Long Challenges is to read 85 books this year.

01/1/12- Ghosts of a Beach Town in inter by Kathleen Valentine
1/8/12- A Killing in Iowa: A Daughter's Story of Love and Murder by Rachel Corbett
1/9/12- The Silver Boat: A Novel by Luanne Rice
1/13/12-Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
1/18/12- No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
1/22/12-All the Numbers: A Novel by Judy Merrill Larsen
1/25/12- Alice at Heart by Deborah Smith
1/27/12- Don't Die, Dragonfly by Linda Joy Singleton
1/27/12- Jessica by Christine Sutton (couldn't get links to work)
1/28/12- Looking For Ward by Laurel Osterkamp
1/31/12- 10th Anniversary by James Patterson
TOTAL FOR JANUARY: 11
02/03/12- Misconception by Christy Hayes
02/05/12- By the Time You Read This by Lola Jaye
02/06/12- Officer Down by David DeLee
02/06/12-The Glass Case: A Short Story byKristin Hannah
02/09/12- Drawing Free by Elena Aitken
02/13/12- More Than Friends by Barbara Delinsky
02/14/12- Perfect Crime by Jack Erickson
02/18/12- Fallen by Lauren Kate
02/21/12- Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
02/24/12- The Book Of Bright Ideas by Sandra Kring
02/27/12- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
TOTAL FOR FRBRUARY: 11
03/01/12-The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
03/03/12- Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie
03/12/12- In the Woods by Tana French
03/17/12- The Witch Doctor's Wife by Tamar Myers
03/23/12- Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
03/29/12- Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens
TOTAL FOR MARCH: 6
04/01/12- Indelible by Karin Slaughter
04/04/12- Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
04/12/12- Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
04/12/12- Someday by Ted Stetson
04/17/12- The Ghost of Birch River Cabin by John Gaffield
04/20/12- The Woods by Harlan Coben
TOTAL FOR APRIL: 6
05/02/12- The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross
05/05/12- Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
05/10/12- Breaking Twig by Deborah Epperson
05/16/12- Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
05/16/12- Haunted Ground: Ghost Photos from the Gettysburg Battlefield by Hollister Ann Grant
05/22-12- Her Wiccan, Wiccan Ways by Traci E. Hall
05/26/12- Now You See Her by James Patterson
TOTAL FOR MAY: 7
06/11/12- Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
06/23/12- Left To Die by Lisa Jackson
TOTAL FOR JUNE: 2
07/03/12- Chosen To Die by Lisa Jackson
07/04/12- Haunted by Willow Cross
07/14/12- Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
07/22/12- My Sister's Voice by Mary Carter
07/23/12- Unspeakable by M.C.A. Hogarth
07/28/12- Tick Tock by James Patterson
TOTAL FOR JULY: 6
08/01/12- Listen by Rene Gutteridge
08/05/12- The Judgment by Beverly Lewis
08/10/12- Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
08/15/12- Solitary by Travis Thrasher
08/17/12- A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
08/17/12- Aria by Allison M. Dickson
08/20/12- The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
08/24/12- Faithless by Karin Slaughter
08/28/12- Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter
TOTAL FOR AUGUST: 9
09/01/12- Undone by Karin Slaughter
09/05/12- The Mercy by Beverly Lewis
09/10/12- Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay
09/15/12- Never Look Away: A Thriller by Linwood Barclay
09/24/12- Friendship Bread by Darien Gee
TOTAL FOR SEPTEMBER: 5
10/03/12- Broken by Karin Slaughter
10/06/12- The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson
10/14/12- Defending Jacob by William Landay
10/22/12- Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
10/24/12- Swim: An eShort Story by Jennifer Weiner
10/30/12- All We Know of Heaven: A Novel by Jacquelyn Mitchard
TOTAL FOR OCTOBER: 6

Another Year Long Challenge is to try to read one or two books from the following list each month. Will draw a line through the ones I complete.
1. Alice At Heart- Deborah Smith
2. I'd Know You Anywhere- Laura Lippman
3. Now You See Her- James Patterson
4. Watership Down- Richard Adams
5. 10th Anniversary- James Patterson
6. The Shack- William P. Young
7. The Bean Trees- Karen Kingsolver
8. Songs of the Humpback Whale- Jodi Picoult
9. Live To Tell- Lisa Gardner
10. By The Time You Read This- Lola Jaye
11. The Last Child- John Hart
12. Never Knowing- Chevy Stevens
13. The Peach Keeper- Sarah Addison Allen
14. Night Strangers- Chris Bohjalian
15. All The Numbers- Judy Merrill Larsen
16. Three Weeks To Say Goodbye- C.J. Box
17. Fallen- Lauren Kate
18. Twisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, A
Lesbian Love Affair and a FBI Husband's Violent
Revenge- Caitlin Rother
19. Dewey- The Small Town Library Cat- Vicki Myron
20. The Host- Stephenie Meyer
21. Pictures of You- Caroline Leavitt
22. The Birth House- Ami McKay
23. My Sister's Voice- Mary Carter
24. When I Lay My Issac Down- Carol J. Kent

Adding this challenge as well (saw this in a different group): Using your FIRST or LAST name or BOTH, read a book for every letter in your name.

G-The Glass Case: A Short Story by Kristin Hannah
I-
N-Never Look Away: A Thriller by Linwood Barclay
G- Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
E-
R-

B-By the Time You Read This by Lola Jaye
E-
A-A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
S-
L-Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
E-
Y-

Adding another challenge: Read a new (to me) author each month:
January- Linwood Barclay
February- Christy Hayes,Lola Jaye, David DeLee, Elena Aitken, Jack Erickson, Lauren Kate, Sandra Kring, Eowyn Ivey
March- Jael McHenry, Jennifer Crusie, Tana French, Tamar Myers
April- Ted Stetson, John Gaffield
May- Andrew Gross, Vicki Myron, Deborah Epperson, Lisa Genova, Hollister Ann Grant, Traci E. Hall
June- Lisa Jackson
July- Willow Cross, E.L. James, Mary Carter, M. C. A. Hogarth
August- Rene Gutteridge, Travis Thrasher, Dana Stabenow, Allison M. Dickson
September- Darien Gee
October- William Landay

I don't want to sound conceited, but I'm so proud of what I've accomplished reading so far this year!

You should be proud-you go girl! And such a variety.

Thanks Sandy!! You're doing great yourself!! I like variety....I can remember a time when I read nothing but romance or "soft" mystery...LOL! When we moved here 16 yrs ago, I went to the library & asked the librarian to recommend an author...she told me about James Patterson & some others. As they say, the rest is history! :)

YIKES! I have 16 books to read by the end of the year. I'm starting to panic that I'm not going to make it. :(

I have 10....... Eeks!

Let's see Go Dogs Go, The Giving Tree...that is two good ones you can read. LOL It's Christmas, stay up late and be stressed like everyone else. No, really you can do it. Get some books on tape and while you are wrapping presents or cooking, listen to something not so stressful, something light and something you want to read. Hey, there are some good Christmas books out too that you can get from the library and they might cheer to your heart and to your list.

:o) All great ideas and I just got a few new/old books from the library book sale.

One of my favs and I can't believe they are getting rid of.... Mary Louise Loses Her Manners ---