2009 Book Challenges

Completed Challenges:

• 2009 1st in a Series Challenge (12/12)
  1. Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (Myron Bolitar)
  2. Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein (Alex Cooper)
  3. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (Harper Connelly)
  4. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden)
  5. When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware)
  6. Michelangelo’s Notebook by Paul Christopher (Finn Ryan)
  7. The Chemist by Jason Mancheski (Cal Van Waring)
  8. The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker (Spenser)
  9. Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta)
  10. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry (Cotton Malone)
  11. The Cove by Catherine Coulter (FBI Thriller)
  12. A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket by Fran Rizer (Calamine Parrish)
• A Well-Rounded Challenge 2009 (5/5)
  1. 1st in a Series Challenge: Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
  2. Celebrate the Author Challenge: When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
  3. Countdown Challenge: Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker
  4. 2009 Read Your Own Books: The Piper’s Sons by Bruce Chandler Fergusson
  5. What’s in a Name 2 Challenge: ‘D’ is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
• Suspense & Thriller Challenge (12/12)
  1. Robin Cook, Marker (medical thriller)
  2. Steve Berry, The Templar Legacy (religious thriller)
  3. Andrew Britton, The Assassin (political thriller)
  4. J.D. Robb, Naked in Death (romance thriller)
  5. James Patterson, 3rd Degree (terrorist thriller)
  6. Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter (crime thriller)
  7. J.T. Ellison, All the Pretty Girls (serial killer thriller)
  8. W.E.B. Griffin, By Order of the President (military thriller)
  9. Laura Lippman, To the Power of Three (drama thriller)
  10. Patricia Cornwell, Postmortem (forensic mystery)
  11. James Patterson, The 8th Confession (police procedural thriller)
  12. Fran Rizer, A Tisket, a Tasket, a Fancy Stolen Casket (cozy mystery)

Uncompleted Challenges:

• 1% Well-Read Challenge (1/10)
  1. The Shining by Stephen King
• Book Awards II Challenge (2/10)
  1. Anthony Award: ‘B’ is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
  2. Anthony Award: Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
• 2009 Countdown Challenge (39/45)
  2009
  
  1. Heart of Ice by Gregg Olsen
  2. The Osiris Alliance by Jack Ford
  3. The 8th Confession by James Patterson
  4. BoneMan’s Daughter by Ted Dekker
  5. The Dyodyne Experiment by James Doulgeris & V. Michael Santoro
  6. Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker
  7. Swimsuit by James Patterson

  2008
  

  1. A Cold Dark Place by Gregg Olsen
  2. One Last Scream by Kevin O’Brien
  3. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
  4. Trust Me by Brenda Novak
  5. Quicksand by Iris Johansen
  6. The Chemist by Jason Mancheski
  7. Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
  8. The Midnight Twins by Jacqueline Mitchard

  2007
  

  1. All the Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison
  2. Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
  3. Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler
  4. The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver
  5. In the Woods by Tana French
  6. I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark
  7. Over Your Dead Body by David L.

  2006
  

  1. A Necessary Evil by Alex Kava
  2. Judge & Jury by James Patterson
  3. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
  4. The Witness by Sandra Brown
  5. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
  6. Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris

  2005
  

  1. Presumed Guilty by Matt Dalton
  2. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  3. To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman
  4. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris

  2004
  

  1. Night Fall by Nelson DeMille
  2. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Linsday
  3. Black Creek Crossing by John Saul
  4. White Hot by Sandra Brown

  2003
  

  1. The Falls by Karen Harper
  2. She Loves Me Not by Wendy Corsi Staub

  2002
  2001

  1. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
• Presidential Reading Challenge (0/5)