book challenge 2009

I'm borrowing this from Liz over at Blogger, but I think it's an awesome idea: I challenge any of you who are interested (along with myself) to read fifty books this year. If you have a blog, feel free to report either: 1) your progress or 2) your final list at the end of 2009.

Here's my "starter" list. I'll add to it as I go along, as well as include a link to this page on my blog for easy access to the ongoing results. Happy reading!

1. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
2. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko(Newberry Honor Book)
3. The Color of Water by James McBride
4. Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis (Newberry Honor Book)
5. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields
6. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
7. Redeemed by Heather King
8. The Shack by William P. Young
9. Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris 
10. Grace Cafe by Donna Marie Cooper O'Boyle
11. Our Lady of the Lost and Found by Diane Schoemperlen
12. Before We Get Started: A Practical Memoir of the Writer's Life by Bret Lott
13. Hanna's Daughters: A Novel by Marianne Fredriksson (in progress...)
14. The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan

My daughter, Olivia, has jumped on board, too, and I've offered to post her books as well. Here are hers:

1. The Giver by Lois Lowry
2. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
3. 10 Ways to Make My Sister Disappear by Norma Fox Mazer
4. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
6. Run from the Nun by Erin MacLellan
7. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
8. Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

Posted by: Roxane B. Salonen on 2/01/2009 at 1:44 PM | Comments (7) | Permalink