The 104 Book Challenge - 2012 discussion

I made it to 92 books last year and A LOT of college textbooks on Child Development... here is to a year of fun reading and less textbooks!

1. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (audiobook)

2. The Dirty Parts of the Bible by Sam Torode

3. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (audiobook)

4. Frankenstein's Monster: A Novel by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe

5. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

6. Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1)
by Louise Penny

7. The Shakespeare Manuscript by Stewart Buettner

8. A Princess of Landover (Magic Kingdom of Landover, #6)by Terry Brooks

9. Black as Snow by Nick Nolan

10. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon (Meg Langslow, #4)
by Donna Andrews

11. God Is an Englishman (Swann Saga, #1)by R.F. Delderfield... a REALLY long book, but I loved it!

12. The Witch Of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare... one of my favorite childhood stories, it is still good!

13. The Tavernier Stones by Stephen Parrish

14. The Borrowers by Mary Norton... had to re-read this before going to see the movie!

15. Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt

16. V is for Vengence (Kinsey Millhone #22) by Sue Grafton

17. The Master of Blacktower by Barbara Michaels... the ultimate gothic novel!

Lesley wrote: "15. Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt"

This is one of my favorite books by Holt. I spent a great deal of my teenage years with Victoria Holt. Is this a first for you? I have a soft spot for the gothic novels as well.

I wore a path to the "H" aisle at my local library when I was in high school... Victoria Holt was my favorite, but I also found Georgette Heyer and Joan Aiken Hodge there too! Other favorites were Mary Stewart and Phylis Whitney

Those were my authors as well. I think I read everything they wrote at least once and mostly twice. I can never find Hodge in my library nowdays. I am going to have to take a closer look at your list of books so I know what to go to once I have room on my to-read list.

18. Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

19. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran

20. Discover the Power Within You: A Guide to the Unexplored Depths Within by Eric Butterworth

21.Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1)by Charlaine Harris

22. The Man of Property(The Forsyte Saga#1) by John Galsworthy

23. In Chancery (The Forsyte Saga #2)by John Galsworthy

24. Rainwater by Sandra Brown

25. To Let (The Forsyte Saga #3) by John Galsworthy

26. Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse #2)by Charlaine Harris

27. The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan

28. Blackbriar by William Sleator

29. Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood by Maria Tatar

30. Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde

Now comes the textbooks that I had to read in order to teach a new course this past semester...
31. Conscious Discipline by Dr Becky Bailey
32. Guiding Young Children: A Problem Solving Approach by Eleanor Reynolds
33. A Practical Guide to Solving Preschool Behavior Problems by Eva Essa
34. Challenging Behavior in Young Children by Barbara Kaiser and Judy Rasminsky
35. So This is Normal Too? by Deborah Hewitt
36. You Can't Come to My Birthday Party: Conflict Resolution with Young Children by Betsy Evans

37. Memento Nora by Angie Smibert

38. Mindblind by Jennifer Roy

39. Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

40. Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #3) by Charlaine Harris

Lesley wrote: "40. Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #3) by Charlaine Harris"

So you've begun the "Sookie series". Just curious as to how you're liking it as folk either love it or hate it. (If they've watched the HBO show, that also seems to have an effect.)

I HATE vampire books... but my niece finally convinced me to try it... I listened to the first 2 as audiobooks and the reader is one of the best! I am now totally hooked and can't stop reading them. They are the kind of book that are just fun. I do want to see TrueBlood just to see if the characters meet my expectations!

Lesley wrote: I am now totally hooked and can't stop reading them..."

They are fun books, and your reasoning is exactly why I watched TruBlood on Netflix. Some of the characters don't quite fit *my* mental images, and the tv show doesn't necessarily follow the book's plotlines, but I've liked the show so far.

I have been have a horrible time reading at my usual pace, and even a harder time recording my books here on Goodread. I do have some books to add, and so many left to read. I hope to get to at least 90 this year, but if not, there is always next year!
41. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
42. Rusty Nails by J.A. Konrath
43. Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
44. Dead to the World(Sookie #4)by Charlaine Harris
45. Desperate Passage by Ethan Rarick
46. Dead as a Doornail (Sookie #5)by Charlaine Harris
47. Divergent by Veronica Roth
48. Two to Mango by Jill Marie Landis
49. My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
50. Cold Dish (Walt Longmire,#1) by Craig Johnson

51. Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
52. Dracula by Bram Stoker
53. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
54. Definitely Dead (Sookie #6) by Charlaine Harris
55. Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
56. All Together Dead (Sookie #7) by Charlaine Harris
57. Murder on the Rocks (Grey Whale Inn #1) by Karen MacInerney
58. Alone (D.D. Warren #1) by Lisa Gardner
59. Hide (D.D. Warren #2) by Lisa Gardner
60. The Neighbor (D.D. Warren #3) by Lisa Gardner

61. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
62. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
63. From Dead to Worse (Sookie #8) by Charlaine Harris
64. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
65. Dead and Gone (Sookie #9) by Charlaine Harris

66. Savvy by Ingrid Law

67. Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis

68. The Kingdom of Childhood by Rebecca Coleman

69. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

70. The Good Earth by Pearl Buck