Monday, December 12, 2011

CHALLENGES: 2nds Challenge 2012


Katy at afewmorechallenges is hosting the 2nds challenge again. I like to keep track of these. Either second in a series, or second book by the author that you have read. Keep track all year long.

  • Just a spoonful - Read 3 books that are 2nd in a series or the second time you’ve read the author. 
  • A few more bites - Read 6 books that are 2nd in a series or the second time you’ve read the author.
  • A full plate - Read 12 books that are 2nd in a series or the second time you’ve read the author.
  • All you can eat - Read 20 books (or more) that are 2nd in a series or the second time you’ve read the author.

The Authors Who Should be Read Again:
Alan Bradley - The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
Jo Nesbo - Nemesis
Qiu Xioalong - A Case of Two Cities
Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played With Fire
Georgette Heyer - Cousin Kate
Jasper Fforde's second book in the Chromatica series
Tom Perrotta - The Abstinence Teacher
Ruth Rendell - The Water's Lovely
Marsha Mehran - Rosewater and Sodabread
Helen Dunmore - House of Orphans
Emma Donaghue - The Sealed Letter

What I Read:
1. Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played With Fire (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
2. Anna Quindlen - Black and Blue (Every Last One)
3. Helen Dunmore - House of Orphans (The Spell of Winter)
4. Donna Leon - Death and Judgment (Death in la Fenice)
5. Sebastian Barry - On Canaan's Side (Secret Scriptures)
6. Tarquin Hall - The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing (The Case of the Missing Servant)
7. Maureen Johnson - 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Let it Snow)
8. Francesca Lia Block - Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (Weetzie Bat)
9. Emma Donaghue - The Sealed Letter (Room)
10. Muriel Spark - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Symposium)
11. Anne Enright - The Forgotten Waltz (The Gathering)
12. Hilary Jordan - When She Woke (Mudbound)
13. Ann Patchett - State of Wonder (Bel Canto)
14. Richard B Wright - October (Clara Callen)
15. Dennis Lehane - Shutter Island (Mystic River)
16. Alan Bradley - The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag (The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie)
17. Wally Lamb - Wishin' and Hopin' (She's Come Undone)
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