Bookwormjules (aka Jules) 11 in 11 Challenge

I've done the 888, 999, 10 in 10. Now I'm attempting the 11 in 11. This year I'm determined to finish it. I'm doing 11 books in 11 different categories, for a total of 121 books. This year I'm doing things a little differently for my categories. I like to challenge my self, and expand my reading, but this year I've created categories that have a lot of options, exist on my shelf already, but still let me expand my reading tastes.

My categories are:

1 - War Time Fiction (11 different wars)
2 - I've Been Meaning to Read You (Books I've been meaning to read, but never had time)
3 - Asian and Middle Eastern Fiction
4 - 1, 2, 3, SERIES (books that are part of a series)
5 - Women Kick Butt! (Women Writers)
6 - And the Winner Is…. (Award Winners)
7 - You Look Familiar (Books by Authors I've read before)
8 - It Cam From the Library (Library Books)
9 - Cross Country Reading (Books from 11 different provinces or territories in Canada)
10 - Put Out the Fire, and Read the Book! (Banned/Challenged Books)
11 - Premier Classic Books (11 Books from a Set of 51 Classic Novels I Own)

War Time Fiction (11 books from 11 different Wars) 1/11

1) WWI - The Sojourn - Andrew Krivak - My Review
2) WWII
3) VIETNAM WAR
4) CIVIL WAR
5) FRENCH REVOLUTION WAR
6) RUSSIAN REVOLUTION WAR
7) SPANISH CIVIL WAR
8) OPIUM WARS
9) CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
10) NAPOLEONIC WARS
11) AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

BONOUS - FANTASY WARS (for example reading LOTR)
Substitute War - Korean War (if I can't find one, or unable to finish one of the other options)

I've Been Meaning To Read You, But…. (Books I've said I'd read/want to read, but never find the time) 1/11

1 The Help - Kathryn Stockett - My Review
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Asian and Middle Eastern Fiction

1 - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini My Review
2 - Shanghai Girls - Lisa See My Review
3 - Petals From The Sky - Mingmei Yip My Review
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1, 2, 3 - Series! (Books that are part of a series) - 9/11

1 Hunt and Run - Aaron Rosenberg My Review
2 Rising Stargate Atlantis 1 - Sally Malcolm My Review
3 Blood Feud - Alyxandra Harvey My Review
4 A Matter of Honor - Sally Malcolm My Review
5 - Homecoming: SGA 16 - Jo Graham and Melissa Scott - My Review
6 Spider Bones - By Kathy Reichs My Review
7 Haunted - Kelley Armstrong My Review
8 The Cost of Honor(SG-1 5) - Sally Malcolm My Review
9 Blindness - Jose Saramago My Review
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Women Kick Butt! (Women Writers) - 10/11

1 Industrial Magic - Kelley Armstrong My Review
2 Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Hellen Simonson My Review
3 Moonlight in Odessa - Janet Skeslien Charles My Review
4 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath My Review
5 Jezebel - Irene Nemirvosky My Review
6 Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood My Review
7 Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My Review
8 One Amazing Thing Chitra Divkaruni My Review
9 - Evening Class Maeve Binchy - My Review
10 - A Thousand Words for Stranger - Julie Czerneda - My Review
11 - Left Neglected - Lisa Genova - My Review

Finished Category May 2011

And the Winner Is …. (Books that have won awards)

1 - National Book Award - Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier My Review
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You Look Familiar … (Author's I've read in the past)

1 - Tipperary - Frank Delaney My Review
2 - Xingu and Other Stories - Edith Wharton My Review
3 - Quatrain Sharon Shinn My Review
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It Came From The Library (Library Books)

1 - Ysabel - Guy Gavriel Kay - My Review
2 - The Best Laid Plans - Terry Fallis My Review
3 - The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri - My Review
4 - Midwife of Venice - Roberta Rich - My Review
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Cross Country Reading (Books from 11 different provinces or territories in Canada)

1 - Nova Scotia - The Birth House - Ami McKay My Review
2 - Ontario - Unless - My Review
3 - New Brunswick - Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace - My Review
4 - Prince Edward Island - Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery My Review
5 - Northwest Territories - Late Nights on the Air by Elizabeth Hay My Review
6 - Alberta - The Bone Cage - Angie Abdou My Review
7 - Newfoundland and Labrador - Annabel - Kathleen Winter - My Review
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BONOUS - Read remaining 2 provinces/territories.

Put Out the Fire, and Read the Book (Banned/Challenged Books)

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Premier Classic Books (11 Books from a Set of 51 Classic Novels I Own)- 4/11

1 - Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson My Review
2 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll - My Review
3 - The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Emmuska Orczy My Review
4 Northanger Abbey Jane Austen My Review
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Hi Jules - I love the categories you have selected. In fact I will following what you read in over half of them ;-)

Looking forward to following many of your categories.

Look forward to all your categories, and seeing how your Cross Country Reading goes! :)

Monthly Update - January!

I had hoped to do at least a weekly update, but alas real life has gotten in my way. 8 books read so far. For links to the reviews, go to the category post. This will take you to my book review blog. I hope to also post the reviews here on LibraryThing.

4 from the 1, 2, 3 Series! Category
- Hunt and Run (SGA 13) - Aaron Rosenberg
- Rising (SGA 1) - Sally Malcolm
- Blood Feud (The Drake Chronicles) - Alyxandra Harvey
- A Matter of Honor (SG-1 3) - Sally Malcolm

2 From the Women Writers Kick Butt!
- Kelley Armstrong - Industrial Magic
- Helen Simonson - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

1 From the Cross Country Reading Category
- Nova Scotia - The Birth House - Ami McKay

1 From the
- Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson

From the Women Writers Category
- Moonlight in Odessa - Janet Skeslien Charles - My Review

From the Cross Country Reading Category
- Unless - Carol Shields - My Review

Really enjoyed the book - Highly recommend this one!

From the Asian and Middle Easter Lit Category
- A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini My Review

From the Women Writers Kick Butt Category
- The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath My Review

From the Women Writers Kick Butt Category
- Jezebel - Irene Nemirvosky My Review

I am enjoying your reviews. You've made me rethink having Moonlight in Odessa on my wishlist, add Unless to my wishlist, and confirmed again how much I loved A Thousand Splendid Suns when I read it last year.

23 - Thousand Splendid Suns was amazing wasn't it? I'm glad Unless was added to your wishlist, it was such a fantastic book, I was disappointed when it didn't win in Canada reads. Glad you're enjoying my reviews.

From the Asian and Middle Easter Literature Category
- Shanghai Girls - Lisa See My Review

I have to say, this one wasn't as good as I thought, still worth while read, but it doesn't live up to what I read in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

From the Premier Classics Books Category
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll

Another book I didn't enjoy, seem to be in a small rut, two books this month with very low ratings!

From the 1,2,3....Series Category
- Homecoming (SGA 16: Legacy Series Book 1) - Jo Graham and Melissa Scott My Review

I have to say the books may not "Wow" me as much as the tv series, but they have become very addictive guilty pleasures for me.

From The Cross Country Reading Category
- Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace My Review

Good review of Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace! David Adams Richards is a recent 'new to me' author and I am looking forward to working my way through all of his books.

Thanks lkernaghm, the author is also new to me, and I do plan on finishing the series, and maybe even try some of his other works.

Another book added! From the You Look Familiar Category
- Tipperary by Frank Delaney My Review - Previously read Ireland by him. Both were fantastic reads, and highly recommend them both.

Book 20. Only 105 more books to go!
From the Cross Country Reading Category
- Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery My Review

I almost have all the East coast covered. Just NFL left. Debating between the Shipping News and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams any suggestions?

From the Women Writers Kick Butt Category
- Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood My Review

From the 1,2,3 Series Category
- Spider Bones - Kathy Reichs My Review

From the It Came From the Library Category and part of March group reads.
- Ysabel - Guy Gavriel Kay - My Review

From the 1, 2, 3 Series Category
- Haunted - Kelley Armstrong - My Review

From the 1, 2, 3 Series Category
- The Cost of Honor (SG-1 5) - Sally Malcolm My Review

From the Premier Classics Category
- The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Emmuska Orczy My Review

They released 9 more titles in the set, so now I have to get my hands on them. The Scarlet Pimpernel was one of the new ones.

From the Women Writers Kick Butt Category
- Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My Review

I'm storming through some of these categories, while others lie in the dust, ah well.

From the Women Writers Kick Butt Category
- One Amazing Thing - Chitra Divakaruni My Review

From the 1, 2, 3 Series Category
- Blindness - Jose Saramago My Review

First time with this author, great writer, good story, but not my cup of tea.

From the Premier Classics Category
- Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen My Review

Remind me to not to do four reviews at once. Whew!

From the Cross Country Reading Category
- Northwest Territories - Late Nights on the Air - Elizabeth Hay My Review

I can't remember who, but it was either someone on this board, or the Canadian Book Worms board who mentioned this book. Thanks to them I found it really enjoyed it. So thank you!

From the It Came from the Library Cateogory
- The Best Laid Plans - Terry Fallis My Review

From the Women Writers Kick Butt! Cateogory
- Evening Class - Maeve Binchy My Review

From the Women Writers Kick Butt! Category
- A Thousand Words for Stranger My Review

From the I've Been Meaniing to Read You But... Category
- The Help - Kathryn Stockett My Review

One of the best books I've read all year!

From the War Time Fiction Category
WWI - The Sojourn - Andrew Krivak - My Review

From the It Came from the Library Category
- The Namesake My Review

From the Women Writers Kick Butt! Category
- Left Neglected - Lisa Genova My Review

Finished up the Women Writers Kick Butt category with this one!

From the Cross Country Reading Category
- The Bone Cage - Angie Abdou - My Review

From the Asian and Middle Eastern Fiction Category
- Petals From the Sky - Mingmei Yip My Review

From the Cross Country Reading Category
- Annabel - Kathleen Winter - My Review

From the It Came From the Library
- Midwife of Venice - Roberta Rich My Review

From the And the Award Goes To.... Category
- National Book Award - Charles Frazier - My Review

Finally, broken into that category!

From the You Look Familiar... Category

1) Xingu and Other Stories - Edith Wharton My Review

2) Quatrain - Sharon Shinn My Review