Following my top 10 to-read list post, I stumbled across the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge over on J. Kaye’s Book Blog.
The goal is straight-forward: read 100 books in one year. I doubt I’ll make my way through 100 books, but there’s nothing like a challenge to motivate me into reading more than I would have done, otherwise. And while I’m at it, I may as well support the “underdogs” and read as many free online novels as I can (and, time permitting, review them)!
I will be adding to this post as the year goes on with books I have read.
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Read
Re-reads are in italics.
Hyperlinked titles are freely available online.
Links on dates lead to my review.
| # | Title | Author | Genre | Read |
| 1. | Xander and the Wind | MCM | Children’s | Jan 01 |
| 2. | The App | MCM | Thriller | Jan 02 |
| 3. | The Crow Who Could Fly | MCM | Children’s | Jan 02 |
| 4. | Camelot’s Blood | Sarah Zettel | Fantasy/Romance | Jan 05 |
| 5. | Haunting Sins | Zoe E. Whitten | Horror | Jan 07 |
| 6. | American Gods | Neil Gaiman | Fantasy | Jan 10 |
| 7. | Far From the Madding Crowd |
Thomas Hardy | Classic | Jan 24 |
| 8. | The Man With the Improbable Leg |
MCM & Andy Fanton |
Adult Humour/ Adventure |
Jan 25 |
| 9. | The God Eaters | Jesse Hajicek | Fantasy | Jan 25 |
| 10. | Scary Mary | S. A. Hunter | YA Horror | Jan 30 |
| 11. | Autumn Journal | Louis MacNeice | Poetry | Feb 2 |
| 12. | A Gentle Creature & other stories |
Fyodor Dostoevsky | Literary | Feb 11 |
| 13. | Neverwhere | Neil Gaiman | Fantasy | Feb 17 |
| 14. | Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson Levine | Fantasy | Feb 20 |
| 15. | Celtic Fairytales | Neil Philip | Children’s | Feb 23 |
| 16. | A Brief History of Time | Stephen Hawking | Non-fiction | Feb 25 |
| 17. | Marley & Me | John Grogan | Memoir | Feb 27 |
| 18. | Ablution: Notes for a novel | Patrick deWitt | Contemp | Mar 4 |
| 19. | Wake up with the Kimellians | Zoe E. Whitten | Dark Sci Fi | Mar 5 |
| 20. | The Postmistress | Sarah Blake | Historical | Mar 9 |
| 21. | Triple Threat | Jennifer LaBrecque | Romance | Mar 14 |
| 22. | Silent in the Grave | Deanna Raybourn | Mystery | Mar 15 |
| 23. | The Sun Also Rises | Hemmingway | Classic | Mar 17 |
| 24. | The Player | Rhonda Nelson | Romance | Mar 17 |
| 25. | The Rake’s Unconventional Mistress |
Juliet Landon | Romance | Mar 17 |
| 26. | This Perfect Day | Ira Levin | Science Fiction | Mar 19 |
| 27. | The Billionaire’s Baby Negotiation |
Day Leclaire | Romance | Mar 19 |
| 28. | Mistress: Hired for the Billionaire’s Pleasure |
India Grey | Romance | Mar 20 |
| 29. | The Midwife’s Little Miracle |
Fiona McArthur | Romance | Mar 20 |
| 30. | How Not to Write a Novel | Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman |
Non-fiction | Mar 26 |
| 31. | Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad | Classic | Apr 01 |
| 32. | Bestsellers | John Sutherland | Non-fiction | Apr 09 |
| 33. | A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | Classics | Apr 13 |
| 34. | The Trial | Franz Kafka | Classics | Apr 19 |
| 35. | Sons and Lovers | D.H. Lawrence | Classics | Apr 28 |
| 36. | Of This Time, Of That Place & other stories |
Lionel Trilling | Contemp | May 4 |
| 37. | City of Bones | Cassandra Clare | Fantasy | May 7 |
| 38. | SuperMegaNet 1 | Jesse Gordon | Sci-fi/Humour | May 8 |
| 39. | SuperMegaNet 2 | Jesse Gordon | Sci-fi/Humour | May 8 |
| 40. | Tamsin | Peter S Beagle | YA Fantasy | May 13 |
| 41. | The Postmistress | Sarah Blake | Historical | May 27 |
| 42. | How to Disappear Completely | David Bowick | Comedy | June 3 |
| 43. | The Third Twin | Ken Follett | Mystery | June 4 |
| 44. | Colter’s Wife | Maya Banks | Romance | June 5 |
| 45. | Kept | Zoe Winters | Romance | June 5 |
| 46. | Crux | Moira Roberts | Romance | June 6 |
| 47. | Overheard | Maya Banks | Romance | June 6 |
| 48. | Claimed | Zoe Winters | Romance | June 7 |
| 49. | Mated | Zoe Winters | Romance | June 7 |
| 50. | City of Lists | Brigid Rose | Science fiction | June 10 |
| 51. | The 27th Day | John Mantley | Science fiction | June 18 |
| 52. | Space, Time and Nathaniel | Brian Aldiss | Science fiction | June 21 |
| 53. | A Single Man | Christopher Isherwood | Classic | June 24 |
| 54. | The Sole Survivors’ Club | Zoe E. Whitten | Fantasy | July 3 |
| 55. | TimeSplash | Graham Storrs | Science fiction | July 4 |
| 56. | Cat’s Eye | Margaret Atwood | Contemporary | July 13 |
| 57. | Dead in the Family | Charlaine Harris | Fantasy | July 15 |
| 58. | Perfume | Patrick Suskind | Historical | July 21 |
| 59. | Tease Me | Tracy Wolff | Romance | July 24 |
| 60. | A Foreign Education | Craig Alan Williamson | Comedy | July 24 |
| 61. | The Historian | Elizabeth Kostova | Historical fantasy | Aug 6 |
| 62. | Fated Ends | G. L. Drummond | Fantasy | Aug 6 |
| 63. | Deadlands Hunt | G. L. Drummond | Fantasy Romance | Aug 9 |
| 64. | City of Ashes | Cassandra Clare | Fantasy | Aug 16 |
| 65. | Rift | G. L. Drummond | Fantasy | Aug 16 |
| 66. | Dark Cravings | G. L. Drummond | Fantasy | Aug 16 |
| 67. | Vampyre Kisses | Elizabeth J. Kolodziej | Fantasy | Aug 17 |
| 68. | Heir to Sevenwaters | Juliet Marillier | Fantasy | Aug 17 |
| 69. | The Dress Lodger | Sheri Holman | Historical | Aug 26 |
| 70. | Podkayne of Mars | Robert Heinlein | Science Fiction | Aug 27 |
| 71. | The Contract Bride | G.L. Drummond | Romance | Aug 27 |
| 72. | Hush Money | Susan Bischoff | YA Fantasy | Aug 30 |
| 73. | Her Dark Angel | Felicity Heaton | Romance | Sept 1 |
| 74. | Nightfall (The Return) | L. J. Smith | Fantasy | Sept 4 |
| 75. | Shadow Souls (The Return 2) | L. J. Smith | Fantasy | Sept 5 |
| 76. | The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | Historical | Sept 8 |
| 77. | Anda’s Game | Cory Doctorow | Scifi | Sept 15 |
| 78. | Lovers and Beloveds | MeiLin Miranda | Fantasy | Sept 28 |
| 79. | Other Sides | Many | Speculative | Sept 30 |
| 80. | Fire Burn & Cauldron Bubble | HP Mallory | Romance | Oct 1 |
| 81. | Musicophilia | Oliver Sacks | Non-fiction | Oct 4 |
| 82. | Games at Twilight | Anita Desai | Fiction | Oct 7 |
| 83. | To Kill A Warlock | HP Mallory | Urban Fantasy | Oct 7 |
| 84. | Blackwreath | M. Jones | Historical Thriller | Oct 7 |
| 85. | City of Glass | Cassandra Clare | YA Fantasy | Oct 9 |
| 86. | Her Vampire Husband | Michele Hauf | Romance | Oct 10 |
| 87. | Freakonomics | Levitt & Dubner | Nonfiction | Oct 14 |
| 88. | No Rest for the Wicca | Toni LoTempio | Paranormal Thriller | Oct 16 |
| 89. | Arkady & Kain | MCM | Thriller | Oct 23 |
| 90. | Northern Lights | Philip Pullman | Fantasy | Oct 28 |
| 91. | Nine Rules to Break When Romancing A Rake | Sarah MacLean | Romance | Oct 31 |
| 92. | The Ghost Hunter | Lori Brighton | Romance | Nov 2 |
| 93. | The Initiation of Ms Holly | KD Grace | Romance | Nov 3 |
| 94. | Lady Chatterley’s Lover | DH Lawrence | Classics | Nov 6 |
| 95. | Wicked Rake Defiant Mistress | Ann Lethbridge | Romance | Nov 7 |
| 96. | Lazarus | Lori Titus | Horror | Nov 7 |
| 97. | Forsaken By Shadow | Kait Nolan | Urban fantasy | Nov 7 |
| 98. | Bought: Destitute Yet Defiant | Sarah Morgan | Romance | Nov 9 |
| 99. | Exposed: Misbehaving with the Magnate | Kelly Hunter | Romance | Nov 13 |
| 100. | Typhoon | MCM | SciFi | Nov 15 |
| 101. | Wedding at King’s Convenience | Maureen Child | Romance | Nov 15 |
| 102. | The Miracle Inspector | Helen Smith | SciFi | Nov 18 |
| 103. | Mia’s Scandal | Michelle Reid | Romance | Nov 20 |
| 104. | Cody | Kimberly Raye | Romance | Nov 20 |
| 105. | Smoke & Mirrors | Neil Gaiman | Spec fic | Nov 30 |
| 106. | A Gentle Creature & other stories | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Literary | Dec ? |
| 107. | Clockwork Angel | Cassandra Clare | Urban fantasy | Dec 10 |
| 108. | The Shadow of the Wind | Carlos Ruiz Zafon | Contemp | Dec 13 |
| 109. | The Angel’s Game | Carlos Ruiz Zafon | Contemp | Dec 17 |
| 110. | Frankie & Formaldehyde | M. Jones | Horror | Dec 18 |
| 111. | Harry Potter 7 | J.K. Rowling | Urban fantasy | Dec 23 |
| 112. | Vampire for Christmas | Felicity Heaton | Romance | Dec 23 |
| 113. | Day of Sacrifice | Stacey Wallace Benefiel | Fantasy | Dec 25 |
| 114. | Devil’s Eye | Kait Nolan | Fantasy | Dec 25 |
| 115. | The Mind Readers | Lori Brighton | Fantasy | Dec 25 |
| 116. | Her Warrior Angel | Felicity Heaton | Romance | Dec 27 |
| 117. | After the Fall: Good Intentions | GL Drummond | Fantasy | Dec 27 |
| 118. | The Harkfell Chronicles | GL Drummond | Fantasy | Dec 29 |
| 119. | After the Fall: By Chance | GL Drummond | Fantasy | Dec 29 |
I tried to do 50 this year. I got up to 30, so I’m just tacking on the ones I didn’t finish this year for next year. I don’t know I have time to do 100 though. We’ll see.
I’m pretty sure I won’t have the time to do 100, but I figure it’s better to aim high!
100 books – you can do it! {^_^}
Thanks for your vote of confidence! Are you going to take part?
Check out The God Eaters — it’s on WFG.
Thank you so much for this recc – really enjoyed reading it!
Also, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect.
I hope the novels from all our Year Zero Writers would be suitable – high quality contemporary literary fiction:
Songs fromthe Other Side of the Wall
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/3308
Glimpses of a Floating World
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/3275
Benny Platonov
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/3678
Black Laces
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5250
Have fun. My wife’s trying the 100 books thing next year. I’m hoping to get to 50.
50 would probably be a more reasonable target, but aiming high never hurt anyone! You reminded me that Songs is already on my to-read list! Shall head on over and check out the others. ;-)
Welcome to the 100+ Reading Challenge! I am thrilled you joined. 2010 is going to be such a fantastic year. I can just feel it!
I’m joining in soon with this :p
I’m pretty sure I’ll make it, though my love for rereading may screw me over.
Yay! I thought you’d like this kind of thing.
Ooh Im definately going to try to do this! Ive read 3 already lol, whoop!
And you could even post reviews of the books on your blog if they’re Asian!
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Thanks for reading Kept and linking back to it! I hope you liked it. I do a 50 book challenge every year. I read SLOW.
No worries! I enjoyed it and am working on a review already ;-)
TY! And I know you, you followed me on the Twitter! :D