This is my second year in joining the 100+ Reading Challenge. When I first joined I didn't have a blog, but I kept a running list of all the titles I had read. The reason? I'm a book addict. I read for work, helping teachers navigate the large waves of YA literature, and to unwind especially when my brothers hog the tv by watching football. My goal for this year is to read up to 200 books. Currently, I'm at 226 and I have a few more to go before the year ends. I will be joining again for 2011, which I'm sure doesn't surprise my friends and colleagues. My goal for next year is to read 250 books. The 100+ Reading Challenge is hosted by Amy at My Overstuffed Bookshelf. She is challenging us to beat our record for 2010.
Here is some important information regarding the challenge:
- The goal is to read 100 or more books.
- Anyone can join.
- You don't need a blog to participate. Posting on GoodReads or wherever you post your reviews is good enough.
- Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Manga, Graphic Novels, Library books, Novellas, Young Reader, Nonfiction – as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts.
- What doesn't count: Individual short stories or individual books in the Bible.
- No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.
- Crossovers from other reading challenges count.
- Books started before the January 1st do not count.
- You can join at anytime.
To learn more and sign up, go here. I will list my books that I finished in 2011 here, but you can always find the reviews on my review index pages located on the right hand side bar.
Books I read in 2011
- Flaming Dove by Daniel Arenson (Adult)
- The Trouble with Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante (Childrens)
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (YA)
- Emmy and The Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell (Childrens)
- Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs (Adult)
- Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen (YA)
- The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (Childrens/YA)
- The Keening by A. LaFaye (Childrens/YA)
- The Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Godwa (Adult)
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (YA)
- The House of Wisdom by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland (Childrens)
- Silas Marner by George Eliot (Adult)
- Kill Shakespeare Vol 1: A Sea of Troubles by Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (Graphic Novel)
- Lost in the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby (Childrens/YA)
- Bruiser by Neal Shusterman (YA)
- Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (YA)
- The Cellar by A.J. Whitten (YA)
- Trouble by Gary Schmidt (Children/YA)
- Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (Adult)
- Priscilla the Great by Sybil Nelson (Childrens)
- Shade by Jeri Ready-Smith (YA)
- Drowned Sorrow by Vanessa Morgan (Adult)
- Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel (Graphic Novel)
- Beatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle Williams (YA)
- The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf (Adult)
- Miki Falls Vol 1: Spring by Mark Crilley (Graphic Novel)
- The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan (Adult)
- Wither by Lauren DeStefano (YA)
- Jellaby: Monster in the City by Kean Soo (Graphic Novel)
- Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs (Adult)
- Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty (Graphic Novel)
- Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Children/YA)
- Library Wars Volume 1: Love and War by Kiiro Yumi and Hiro Arikawa (Graphic Novel)
- Delirium by Lauren Oliver (YA)
- Dark Parties by Sara Grant (YA)
- Foiled by Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro (Graphic Novel)
- These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf (Adult)
- Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky (YA)
- Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis (Children)
- Notes from a Midnight Driver by Jonathan Sonnenblick (YA)
- City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (YA)
- Everything I was by Corrine Demas (Children/YA)
- Memento Nora by Angie Smibert (YA)
- Tales of Asha Volume 1: Death by Joseph Lewis (Adult)
- Possession by Elana Johnson (YA)
- Bumped by Megan McCaffetry (YA)
- Mercury by Hope Larson (Graphic Novel)
- Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferrais (Adult)
- Aurelia by Anne Ousterlund (Childrens/YA)
- White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Adult)
- Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (Children/YA)
- Illegal by Brettina Restrepo (Childrens/YA)
- Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors (Adult)
- Vampire Knight Vol 9 by Matsuri Hino (Graphic Novel/Manga)
- Clarity by Kim Harrington (YA)
- Island of Animals by Denys Johnson-Davies and Sabhia Khemir (Adult, Children, YA)
- Vampire Knight Vol 10 by Matsuri Hino (Graphic Novel/Manga)
- Savannah Grey by Cliff McNish (Children/YA)
- Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara story by Ken Mochizuki (Children)
- Stay by Deb Caletti (YA)
- Vampire Knight Vol 11 by Matsuri Hino (Manga)
- Villette by Charlotte Bronte (Adult)
- All Stations! Distress! April 15, 1912, the day the Titanic sank by Don Brown (Children)
- Miki Falls Vol 2: Summer by Mark Crilley (Graphic Novel)
- Lost Saint by Bree Despain (YA)
- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolick (Adult)
- Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan (Children/YA)
- Miki Falls Vol 3: Autumn by Mark Crilley (Graphic Novel)
- 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy along with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and Thomas Gonzalez (Children)
- Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting (YA)
- Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvan (Adult)
- Miki Falls Volume 4: Winter by Mark Crilley (Graphic Novel)
- Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. (Children)
- Red Glove by Holly Black (YA)
- Black Like Me by John Howard Griffins (Adult)
- Summer of May by Cecilia Galante (Children)
- Black Butler Vol 1 by Yana Toboso (Manga)
- Please Ignore Vera Diez by A.S. King (YA)
- Sparrow Road by Shelia O'Connor (Children)
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Adult)
- Black Butler Vol 2 by Yana Toboso (Manga)
- Fablehaven Vol 1 by Brandon Mull (Children)
- Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder (YA)
- This Girl is Different by JJ Johnson (YA)
- Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (Adult)
- Black Butler Vol 3 by Yana Toboso (Manga)
- The Silver Kiss by Annette Klause (YA)
- Wildthorn by Jane Eagland (YA)
- Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen (Children)
- Beat the Band by Don Calame (YA)
- The Detention Club by David Yoo (Children)
- Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala (YA)
- The Dreaming Vol 1 by Queenie Chan (Graphic Novel/Manga)
- The Dreaming Vol 2 by Queenie Chan (Graphic Novel/Manga)
- Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent #1) (YA)
- Chime by Frannie Billingsley (YA)
- Extra Credit by Andrew Clements (Children)
- Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe (Children)
- Swindle by Gordon Korman (Children)
- Inconvenient by Margie Gelbwasser (YA)
- Vampire Knight Vol 12 by Matsuri Hino (Manga)
- Absolute Boyfriend Vol 1 by Yuu Watase (Manga)
- Absolute Boyfriend Vol 2 by Yuu Watase (Manga)
- Absolute Boyfriend Vol 3 by Yuu Watase (Manga)
- Absolute Boyfriend Vol 4 by Yuu Watase (Manga)
- Absolute Boyfriend Vol 5 by Yuu Watase (Manga)
- Absolute Boyfriend Vol 6 by Yuu Watase (Manga)
- Graveminder by Melissa Marr (Adult)
- Kara, Lost by Susan Niz (YA)
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis (YA)
- And Then Things Fall Apart by Arlaina Tibensky (YA)
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (Children)
- The Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow Wilson (Adult)
- The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas (Children)
- Stolen by Lucy Christopher (YA)
- Where She Went by Gayle Forman (YA)
- The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf (Adult)
- Die for Me (Revenants #1) by Amy Plum (YA)
- It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han (YA)
- Love Drugged by James Klise (YA)
- Strings Attached by Judy Blundell (YA)
- Flight of Phoneix by R. L. LaFevers (Children)
- The Rock and the River by Kekla Magloon (Children/YA)
- Forever (Wolves of Mercy #3) by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
- Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka (Children)
- The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair (Adult)
- Wolfsbane (Nightshade #2) by Andrea Cremer (YA)
- Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society #2) by Ally Carter (YA)
- Black Butler Vol 4 by Yana Toboso (Manga)
- Black Butler Vol 5 by Yana Toboso (Manga)
- Other (Other #1) by Karen Kincy (YA)
- Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon (Adult)
- What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen (YA)
- Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost (Children)
- Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cementery Road Book 1) by Kate Klise (Children)
- The Predicteds by Christine Seiferts (YA)
- Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires #1) by Chloe Neil (Adult)
- Hounded (Iron Druid #1) by Kevin Hearne (Adult)
- Angelfire (Angelfire #1) by Courtney Allison Moulton (YA)
- Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age edited by Ariel Schrag (Graphic Novel)
- Dust by Joan Frances Turner (Adult)
- Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (YA)
- Lush by Natasha Friend (YA)
- Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher (YA)
- How to Get Suspended and Influence People by Adam Selzer (Children)
- Frail by Joan Frances Turner (Adult)
- Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes (Children)
- Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (Adult)
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Adult)
- Unnatural (Archangel Academy #1) by Michael Griffo *Review posted at Shelfari*
- Unwelcome (Archangel Academy #2) by Michael Griffo (YA)
- Solitary (Escape from the Furnace #2) by Alexander Gordon Smith (YA)
- Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (YA)
- Saving June by Hannah Harrington (YA)
- Vampire Knight Volume 13 by Matsuri Hino (Manga)
- Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires #2) by Chloe Neil (Adult)
- Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #3) by Chloe Neil (Adult)
- Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendra Blake (YA)
- The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson (YA)
- Hard Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #4) by Chloe Neil (Adult)
- Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (Children)
- Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey (YA)
- Heartless by Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate #4) (Adult)
- Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan (Children/YA)
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (YA)
- Wherever You Go by Heather Davis (YA)
- Dracula by Bram Stoker (Adult)
- My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me by Hilary Winton (Adult)
- Drink Deep (Chicagoland Vampires #5) by Chloe Neil (Adult)
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1) by Laini Taylor (YA)
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Koinsburg (Children)
- Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson (Children/YA)
- Never Eighteen by Megan Bostic (YA)
- Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf (YA)
- Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris (Children)
- Raw Blue by Kirsty Eagar (YA)
- Amber Frost (Lost Magic #1) by Suzi Davis (YA)
- Corner Shop by Roopa Farooki (Adult)
- Heart of a Shepard by Rosanna Parry (Children)
- The Restorer (Graveyard Queen #1) by Amanda Stevens (Adult)
- Moonglass by Jessi Kirbi (YA)
- We'll Always Have Summer (Summer #3) by Jenny Han *Review coming soon
- Tiger's Curse (Tiger Saga #1) by Colleen Houck *Review coming soon
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Children)
- Wings (Wings #1) by Aprilynne Pike *Review coming soon
- Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (Adult)
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (Children)
- Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally (YA)
- Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Children)
- Living Violet (Cambion Chronicles #1) by Jaime Reed (YA)
- Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (Children)
- Bloom by Elizabeth Scott *Review coming soon
- Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan (Children)
- Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay *Review coming soon
- A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Adult)
- Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpah Lahiri (Adult)
- Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (Children)
- House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (Adult)
- Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman *Review coming soon
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (Adult)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury *Review coming soon
- Many Stones by Carolyn Coman *Review coming soon
- Tithe by Holly Black *Review coming soon
- Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger (Adult)
- Kiss Me, Kill Me by Lauren Henderson *Review coming soon
- The Thief by Megan Whallen Turner (Children)
- Calamity Jack by Shannon and Dean Hale (Graphic Novel)
- Amelia Rules! : The Tweenage Guide To Not Being Unpopular by Jimmy Gownley (Graphic Novel)
- Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty *Review coming soon
- Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge (Graphic Novel)
- That Summer by Sarah Dessen *Review coming soon
- Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (Graphic Novel)
- Soldier X by Don Wulffson *Review coming soon
- Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson *Review coming soon
- Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Children)
- Good as Lily by Derek Kirk Kim (Graphic Novel)
- Gunnerkrigg Court Volume 1: Orientation by Tom Siddell (Graphic Novel)
- The Pigman by Paul Zindel *Review coming soon
- Library Wars Volume 2 by Kiiro Yumi (Manga)
- Library Wars Volume 3 by Kiiro Yumi (Manga)
- Chi's Sweet Home Volume 1 by Konami Kanata (Manga)
- Chi's Sweet Home Volume 2 by Konami Kanata (Manga)
- Chi's Sweet Home Volume 3 by Konami Kanata (Manga)
- Chi's Sweet Home Volume 4 by Konami Kanata (Manga)
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Children)
- Animal Heroes by Sandra Markle (Children)
- The Secret Science Alliance by Eleanor Davis (Graphic Novel)
- The Arrival by Shaun Tan *Review coming soon
- The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan *Review coming soon
- Polo: The Runaway Book by Regis Fallen *Review on Shelfari*
- Mister O by Lewis Trondheim *Review coming soon
- The Lion and the Mouse by Jeff Pinkey (Childrens)
- Naked Song by Lalla *Review on Shelfari
- The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek (Adult)
- Wild Things by Clay Carmicheal *Review coming soon
- Amelia Rules! What Makes You Happy by Jimmy Gowenly (Graphic Novel)
- The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek (Adult)
- Magic Gifts by Ilona Andrews (Adult)
- The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen (Graphic Novel)
- Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neil *Reread for Tempting Tuesday Read-along
Wow, 250 books...that's a great goal.
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I think so. It's not too crazy, I think. :)
Good luck. 250 sounds like so much fun. I htink I'll hit about 175 - an all time record for me.
Thanks, Alison. 226 is an all time record for me. My reading has doubled since I started my blog. :)