2013 Challenges

**ALL BOOKS WERE FINISHED IN 2013, SOME WERE STARTED IN 2012**

13 in 12 Categories:
     TBR Top Lister (1 year min on TBR) 
          Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
          Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells 
          Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
          The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards  
     AHH 1001
          The Sea by John Banville
          A Boys Own Story by Edmund White
          Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Cotezee
     Female Author
          The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
          Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
          Madame Tussard by Michelle Moran 
          Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
          Rainwater by Sandra Brown
          The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins  
          Perfect by Natasha Friend 
          Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier  
          Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 
          Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James 
          Bared To You by Sylvia Day
          The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
          Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 
          Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
          Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
          The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards  
     Male Author
          Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
          The Sea by John Banville 
          The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
          The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
          The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
          A Boys Own Story by Edmund White
          Just One Look by Harlen Coben
          Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Cotezee
          B is for Beer by Tom Robbins
          Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
     Next In Series
          Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
          The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
          Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
          The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
          Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
          Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire 
     Made into Movie
          Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
          The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 
          The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
          Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
          Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
          The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards  
     We've Met Before
          Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
          The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
          Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
     You're new to me (new author)
          Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
          Madame Tussard by Michelle Moran 
          Rainwater by Sandra Brown  
          The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins   
          The Sea by John Banville  
          Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier  
          The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
          The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
          A Boys Own Story by Edmund White
          Just One Look by Harlen Coben
          Bared To You by Sylvia Day
          Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Cotezee  
          Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor   
          B is for Beer by Tom Robbins 
          Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer 
          The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards   
     This is our land (US based book)
          Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
          Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
          Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
          Rainwater by Sandra Brown
          Perfect by Natasha Friend 
          Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 
          Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
          The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
          A Boys Own Story by Edmund White
          Just One Look by Harlen Coben
          Bared To You by Sylvia Day
          The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
          Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 
          Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
          B is for Beer by Tom Robbins
          Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
          Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
          The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards  
     This is not our land (book based in another country)
          The Casual Vacancy  by JK Rowling
          Madame Tussard by Michelle Moran
          The Sea by John Banville 
          Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier  
          The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis 
          The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 
          Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Cotezee
     Thank you GRPS! (book from the library)
          Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
          The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
          Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
          Madame Tussard by Michelle Moran 
          Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
          Rainwater by Sandra Brown
          The Sea by John Banville  
          Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier  
          Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 
          The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
          The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis  
          Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
          The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
          Just One Look by Harlen Coben   
          Bared To You by Sylvia Day
          The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
          Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Cotezee
          Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 
          Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
          B is for Beer by Tom Robbins
          Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
          The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards  
     O, the life of someone else (memoir/bio)
          Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
     Lets get started (new series)
          Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
          The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins  
          Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 
          The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis 
          Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor   

Pick a Year Challenge: 2012

1. The Fault in Our Stars - Finished 2/26/2013
2. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
3. The Orphan Masters Son
4. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
5. The Dog Stars
6. Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore
7. The Baker's Daughter
8. The Dressmaker
9. The Age of Miracle's
10. The Secrets of Mary Bowser
11. Fifty Shades Freed - Finished 2/22/2013
12. Gone Girl

• Alternates:
• The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling - Finished 1/13/2013
• Bared To You by Sylvia Day - Finished 3/18/2013

Trim That TBR Challenge:

1. Little Alters Everywhere - Finished 1/26/13
2. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Finished 3/22/13
3. Ya-Ya's in Bloom
4. The Nanny Diaries
5. Along Came a Spider
6. The Ocean Between Us
7. The Elegant Gathering of White Snows
8. A Leaf Falls Skyward
9. Lies My Teacher Told Me
10. Secret Life of Bees
11. A Lion Among Men
12. Atlas Shrugged

Finish that Series Challenge:

1.  Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich - Finished 1/18/13
2.  Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich - Finished 4/6/13
3.  The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells - Finished 3/22/13
4.  Four To Score by Janet Evanovich
5.  Ya-Ya's in Bloom by Rebecca Wells
6.  High Five by Janet Evanovich
7.  Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
8.  Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
9.  Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
10.  A Dance to the Music of Time Vol. 2 by Anthony Powell

Start a New Series Challenge: 

1.  Little Alters Every Where by Rebecca Wells - Finished 1/26/13
2.  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3.  The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
4.  The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
5.  Along Came a Spider by James Patterson

New Author Challenge:  Completed 4/23/13

1. John Banville (The Sea)
2. Tracy Chevalier (Girl with the Pearl Earring)
3. C.S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew)
4. Michelle Moran (Madame Tussard)
5. J. M. Coetzee (Life and Times of Michal K)
6. Jamie McGuire (Beautiful Disaster)
7. Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild)
8. Kim Edwards (The Memory Keepers Daughter)
9. Edmund White (A Boy's Own Story)
10. Tom Robbins (Jitterbug Perfume/B is for Beer)

Long Book Challenge: over 500 pages

1. David Copperfield
2. 2666  
3. Don Quioxte
4. Middlemarch
5. War and Peace 

Decade Challenge: 

1.  2002 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2. 2003 - 
3. 2004 - Perfect by Natasha Friend
4. 2005 - The Sea by John Banville
5. 2006 - 
6. 2007 - B is for Beer by Tom Robbins
7. 2008 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8. 2009 - Rainwater by Sandra Brown
9. 2010 - 
10. 2011 - Madame Tussard by Michelle Moran
11. 2012 - The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling

A to Z Challenge (Take 1): Takes place in location that starts with letter

• Alaska - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
• Ballyville, Ireland - The Sea by John Banville
• Cote d'Azure - Fifty Shades Freed  by E.L. James 
• Detroit - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• England - The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
• France - Madame Tussard by Michelle Moran
• G
• H
• Indianapolis, Indiana - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• J
• Kentucky - The Memory Keeper's Daughter
• Louisiana - Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
• M
• New Jersey - Two for the Dough
• Oregon - B is for Beer by Tom Robbins
• Pagford, England - The Casual Vacancy
• Q
• R
• Spring Creek - The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
• Texas - Rainwater by Sandra Brown
• U
• V
• West Virginia - Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 
• X
• Y
• Z

A to Z (Take 2): The title starts with the letter 

• A
• Beautiful Disaster - Jamie McGuire
• Casual Vacancy, The - JK Rowling
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterood, The - Rebecca Wells
• E
• Fifty Shades Freed - E.L. James 
• Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
• Hunger Games, The - Suzanne Collins
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
• Just One Look - Harlan Coben
• K
• Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• N
• O
• Perfect - Natasha Friend
• Q
• Rainwater by Sandra Brown
• Sea, The - John Banville
• Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
• U
• V
• Walking Disaster - Jamie McGuire
• X
• Y
• Z

A to Z (Take 3): The Authors Last name starts with the Letter

• A
• Brown, Sandra - Rainwater
• Collins, Suzanne - The Hunger Games
• Day, Sylvia - Bared To You
• Eugenides, Jeffery - Middlesex
• Friend, Natasha - Perfect
• Green, John - The Fault in Our Stars
• H
• I
• James, E.L. - Fifty Shades Freed
• Krakauer, Jon - Into the Wild
• Le Carre, John - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• Moran, Michelle - Madame Tussard
• Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - Shiloh
• O
• P
• Q
• Rowling, JK - The Casual Vacancy
• Scott, Michael - The Magician
• T
• U
• V
• Wells, Rebecca - Little Altars Everywhere
• X
• Y
• Z