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I read a total of 76 books in 2009, most of which ended up being YA or Juvenile books. A good chunk were nonfiction, although I didn’t even finish the challenge I started (The Dewey Decimal Challenge). Congratulations to everyone who participated and did complete the challenge. I, apparently, am not good with challenges and will therefore refrain from starting or joining any other challenges, ever.
The final breakdown:
1. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
2. Dream Girl – Lauren Mechling
3. Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell – Susanna Clarke
5. Cowboy and Wills – Monica Holloway
6. My Name is Aram – William Saroyan
7. In the Wake of the Boatman – Jonathon Scott Fuqua
8. The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart
9. The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind – William Kambwamba
10. The Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch – Neil Gaiman
11. The Resurrectionist – Jack O’ Connell
12. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
13. Ferris Beach – Jill McCorkle
14. Al Capone Shines My Shoes – Gennifer Choldenko
15. Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same – Mattox Roesch
16. Fever 1973 – Laurie Halse Anderson
17. L.A. Candy – Lauren Conrad
19. Wintergirls – Laurie Halse Anderson
21. French Women Don’t Get Fat – Mireille Guiliano
23. No Place Like Here – Cecila Ahern
24. The Lacemakers of Glenmara – Heather Barbieri
26. How Shall I Tell The Dog – Miles Kington
27. Artichoke’s Heart – Suzanne Supplee
28. One For the Money – Janet Evanovich
29. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Last Straw) – Jeff Kinney
30. The Road – Cormac McCarthy
31. A Year Without Made in China – Sara Bongiorni
32. Iran Awakening – Shirin Ebadi
33. The Blue Notebook – James A. Levine
34. I Like It Like That – Cecily Von Ziegesar
35. Bad Girls Don’t Die – Katie Alender
36. How to be a Budget Fashionista – Kathryn Finney
37. Because I’m Worth It – Cecily von Ziegesar
38. All I Want is Everything – Cecily von Ziegesar
39. Midnight Champagne – A. Manette Ansay
40. The Chosen One – Carol Lynch Williams
41. The Sweetgum LitKnit Society – Beth Patillo
42. A Great and Terrible Beauty – Libba Bray
43. Specials – Scott Westerfeld
44. Pretties – Scott Westerfeld
49. Time Windows – Kathryn Reiss
50. Every Last Cuckoo – Kate Maloy
51. Anatomy of Deception – Lawrence Goldstone
52. What I Call Life – Jill Wolfson
53. The Smart Cookie’s Guide to Making More Dough – Jean Barrett
54. The Addict – Michael Stein
55. Bee Season – Myla Goldberg
56. You Know You Love Me – Cecily von Ziegesar
58. Serendipity – Louis Shaffer
59. Belong to Me – Marisa de los Santos
60. Al Capone Does My Shirts – Gennifer Choldenko
61. Gossip Girl – Cecily von Ziegesar
62. The School of Essential Ingredients – Erica Bauermeister
63. Love Walked In – Marisa de los Santos
64. Hungry Woman in Paris – Josefina Lopez
65. Godmother – Carolyn Turgeon
66. Jane Austen Ruined My Life – Beth Patillo
67. The Housekeeper and the Professor – Yoko Ogawa
68. Fables: Legends in Exile – Bill Willingham
69. Preludes and Nocturnes – Neil Gaiman
70. Latte Trouble – Cleo Coyle
71. Through the Grinder – Cleo Coyle
72. On What Grounds – Cleo Coyle
73. Club Dead – Charlaine Harris
74. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
75. Blonde Roots – Bernardine Evaristo
76. Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffenegger
Very funny comment on challenges – my sentiments exactly! I just finished Pretties and Uglies by the way – loved them! (have a reserve in for Specials – why doesn’t the library understand I need it RIGHT NOW?!!!)
That happens to me all the time… challenges and Ju are not a good matching =D
see ya
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I enjoyed participating in the Dewey Decimal Challenge! No need to feel bad about not doing much for it — I think the main thing is giving us motivation for reading broadly, and it worked for me.
It looks like you had a great year! Congrats.