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Read Your Own Books 2009: 11/18/08

Mizb17 of Should Be Reading is hosting the "Read Your Own Books Challenge" that runs from January 1 - December 31, 2009. I like this challenge because it fits perfectly with my own goals. The idea is to make time for your own reading. In my case, I plan to read 100 books that are sitting on my shelves. These aren't books I've been asked to review. They aren't my children's books or my husband's books. These are ones that I have gotten to read for my own enjoyment and haven't had the time to read.

Keep track with me as I complete my list. Click on a title to read the review.

Festival of Deaths by Jane Haddam
The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak by Dinah Muloc Craik
Earth Odyssey by Mark Hertsgaard
Nana Volume 2 by Ai Yazawa
A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton
The Illusion by Tony Kushner
The Sea by John Banville
Silence is Golden by Penny Warner
Ella: A Baby Elephant's Story by Kathleen Duey
Forgive My Trespassing by Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson
Tsunami by Gordon Gumpertz
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
Acting Class: Take a Seat by Milton Katselas
Written on the Knee by Dr. Theodore Electris and Helen Electrie Lindsay (translator)
Tall Stones by Moyra Caldecott
Diary of a Dead Man by Walter Krumm
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
For the Love of St. Nick by Garasamo Maccagnone
Jimmy Buffet: The Man Behind Margaritaville Revealed by Steve Eng
Mojo Hand by Greg Kihn
The Exchange by Inga C. Ellzey
The Cat Who Went Up a Creek by Lilian Jackson Braun
Temple of the Sun by Moyra Caldecott
Signatures of Grace edited by Thomas Grady and Paula Huston
eNursary Rhymes by Mother Mouse
Shadow on the Stones by Moyra Caldecott
Abramo's Gift by Donald Greco
The Guardian by Jeffrey Konvitz
100 Yeras of California Cooking by Martha Lee
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale, Nathan Hale and Dean Hale
Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes
Cry of Justice by Jason Pratt
When Boston Won the World Series by Bob Ryan
American Rifle: A Biography by Alexander Rose
The Gift of the Deer by Helen Hoover
Legs Talk by D. E. Boone
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin
Black Rainbow by Barbara Michaels
Venice by Adrian Stokes and John Piper
The Best Friend I Ever Had by David Nuffer
Culture Shock! California by Mark Cramer
Of Dreams and Realities by Frank L. Johnson
Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
The Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris
The Bomb That Followed Me Home by Cevin Solin
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Keeping Hannah Waiting by Dave Clarke
There's a Wolf at the Door by Zoë B. Alley
Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hays
Tiger Burning Bright by Theodora DuBois
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
Heechee Rendezvous by Frederick Pohl
Chiggers by Hope Larson
Angels of Interstate 29 by Donald James Parker
Jellaby Volume 1 by Kean Soo
Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
Choosing to Be by Kat Tansey
Beyond Another Door by Sonia Levitin
Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
Feng Shui in Your Garden by Roni Jay
The Host by Stephanie Meyers
Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Warren Pleece and Gabe Sorja
Jesus Swept by James Protzman
Doctor Who and the War Games by Malcolm Hulke
The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
The Boy Who Would Live Forever by Frederik Pohl
The Eighth Day of the Week by Mark Hlasko
Look at Me by Anita Brookner
The Elephants of Style by Bill Walsh
Lost by Gregory McGuire
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Poor Poor Ophelia by Carolyn Weston
Recovering Charles by Jason F. Wright
The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman
Free to Be... You and Me by Marlo Thomas
Hunger by Elsie Blackwell
The Ride by Tom Brandner
Sorcerers of Majipoor by Robert Silverberg
Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans
Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne
Blaze by Stephen King
Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki
Father Malachy's Miracle by Bruce Marshall
Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa
Politics in Compassion by Jack Schauer
The Letter by Richard Paul Evans
The Silent Man by Alex Berenson
Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart
Three Incestuous Sisters by Audrey Niffenegger
The Take-Us by John Raymond Takacs
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
The World I Never Made by James Lepore
South-Sea Idyls by Charles Warren Stoddard
Voices Under Berlin by T.H.E. Hill
Fool by Christopher Moore

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Comment #1: Wednesday, November, 19, 2008 at 13:52:42

Rhinoa

That sounds like a really fun challenge. I hope you enjoy reading just for you :)

Comment #2: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 12:40:24

Pussreboots

I can't begin to tell you how much I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Comment #3: Monday, December, 8, 2008 at 07:42:43

judie

wow! your 100-book goal is amazing! enjoy it! i only pledged 50 books and i honestly don't know how i can pull it off, hahaha! anyway, here's to lots of amazing reading time in 2009 =)

Comment #4: Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 15:19:34

Pussreboots

You can do it! Happy reading.

Comment #5: Tuesday, June, 2, 2009 at 11:21:36

Stacy

Your list makes me feels lazy! What have I been doing with my time?!

Comment #6: Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 10:43:03

Pussreboots

You have been doing other things. I doubt you've been lazy.

Comment #7: Tuesday, June, 30, 2009 at 06:11:00

Mary

Wow! Congrats on reading so many of your own books. Have you filled in the spaces on your shelves with new books???

Comment #8: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:03:00

Pussreboots

One hundred is such a small drop in the bucket of books on my shelves that I want to read and release. I have added a few new books but mostly I am still focusing on what I already have.

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