sadiegrrl's 2013 category challenge!

So this is my 3rd year doing a category challenge, and I've never come close to my target. But I am reading more, so I'm counting those years as successes anyways!

This year I'm aiming for one hundred books spread over 13 categories.

Here are my categories for this year, to be given clever names at a later date:

1. Grand River Reader's Guild Book Club Picks

2. 2013 Man Booker Prize

3. 2012/13 Bestsellers

4. Natural History & Science

5. Horror Fiction

6. Food, History & Travel Writing

7. Police Procedurals & Thrillers

8. Science Fiction & Fantasy

9. Graphic Novels

10. Kid Lit

11. Short Story & Poetry Collections

12. Penguin Classics

13. Cozy Reads & Guilty Pleasures

Grand River Reader's Guild Book Club Picks

1. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt *READ*

2. The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas *READ*

3. Swamplandia by Karen Russell *READ*

4. Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg *READ*

5. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes *READ*

6. White Teeth by Zadie Smith *ABANDONED*

7. Invisible by Paul Auster *READ*

2013 Man Booker Prize

1. Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw

2. We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

3. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

4. Harvest by Jim Crace

5. The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris

6. The Kills by Richard House

7. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

8. Unexploded by Alison MacLeod

9. TransAtlantic by Colum McCann

10. Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson

11. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

12. The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan

13. The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin

2012/13 Bestsellers

1. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn *READ*

2. Inferno by Dan Brown *READING*

3. Always Watching by Chevy Stevens *READ*

4. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

5. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

6. 419 by Will Ferguson

7. The Heist by Janet Evanovich

illustration by Étienne de Flacourt (1607-1660)

Natural History & Science

1. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach

2. Winter World: the Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich

3. Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan

4. Summer World: A Season of Bounty by Bernd Heinrich

Detail from Saint Jerome Writing by Caravaggio

Horror Fiction

1. This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It by David Wong *READING*

2. The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper *READ*

3. I Remember You by Yrsa Sigudardottir

4. World War Z by Max Brooks

5. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill *READ*

6. Seize the Night by Dean Koontz *READING*

Sausage and Cheese Sellers, Italian School

Food, History & Travel Writing

1. My Life in France by Julia Child

2. The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten *READING*

3. Blood, Bones and Butter: the Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton

Police Procedurals & Thrillers

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson *READ*

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Can't decide what SF/fantasy to read? Check out NPR's handy flow chart

1. The Fellowship of the Ring (reread) by J.R.R. Tolkien *READ*

2. The Two Towers (reread) by J.R.R. Tolkien *READ*

3. Return of the King (reread) by J.R.R. Tolkien *READING*

4. Invasion by Robin Cook *READ*

5. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin *READING*

Graphic Novels

1. Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

2. From Hell by Alan Moore

3. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

4. Essex County by Jeff Lemire

5. Bayou by Jeremy Love

Kid Lit

1. The Hobbit (reread) by J.R.R. Tolkien *READ*

Poetry & Short Story Collections

1. St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
2. McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories edited by Michael Chabon
3. McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales edited by Michael Chabon
4. Better Living Through Plastic Explosives by Zsuzsi Gartner
5. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Penguin Classics

Someone is Waiting by David Hettinger

Cozy Reads & Guilty Pleasures

1. Death of a Kingfisher by M.C. Beaton *READ*

2. The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley *READ*

3. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris *READ*

4. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris *READ*

5. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris *READ*

6. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris *READ*

7. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris *READ*

8. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris *READ*

9. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris *READ*

10. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris *READ*

11. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris *READ*

12. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris *READ*

13. Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton *READING*

Welcome back for another year of category reading, Sara! I will be a frequent visitor to your reading.... a number of your categories and candidates listed interest me. Have fun with your 2013 challenge!

Welcome! Glad to see The Sisters Brothers on your list; it was a favourite of mine last year. Hope you enjoy it! :)

I look forward to following your progress through your categories! Better Living Through Plastic Explosives? Really?

> 18 - Better Living Through Plastic Explosives? Really?

Hahaha.... Great title for a short story collection, isn't it! ;-)

You have some great categories, especially short stories. Look forward to seeing what you read!

Welcome!! Quite a few of your Potentials are on my wishlist, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of them.

Thanks, everyone! I look forward to following your progresses too! :)