VirginiaHomeschooler's Challenge

I did the 888 Challenge last year, and it was loads of fun. I have been in a reading funk lately, so I'm getting a late start, but I think I can still do it. Anyway, here are my categories:

1. International (books set in locations other than the U.S.)
2. Sci-Fi / Fantasy
3. Mystery
4. Books in a Series
5. Authors New to Me
6. YA / Children's Books
7. Recommended by...
8. Audio Books
9. Just Because

I'm going to start of with some selected titles, which may change somewhat over time. If I've finished a book, I'll mark it so and add the date completed.

International

1. Whiteout - Ken Folett FINISHED FEBRUARY 21
2. One False Note - Gordon Korman FINISHED APRIL 21
3. An Irish Country Doctor - Patrick Taylor FINISHED APRIL 23
4. The Unit - Ninni Holmqvist FINISHED JUNE 10
5. 39 Clues: Beyond the Grave - Jude Watson FINISHED JULY 11
6. The End of Mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas FINISHED JULY 20
7. The Little Riders - Margaretha Shemin FINISHED AUGUST 21
8. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde FINISHED APRIL 14
9. Mr. Monk Goes to Germany - Lee Goldberg FINISHED NOVEMBER 13

Sci-Fi / Fantasy FINISHED CATEGORY

1. Hunted - P.C. Cast FINISHED JULY 4
2. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray FINISHED JUNE 15
3. Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen FINISHED JUNE 16
4. Marked - P.C. Cast FINISHED JUNE 19
5. Betrayed - P.C. Cast FINISHED JUNE 22
6. Chosen - P.C. Cast FINISHED JUNE 27
7. Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr FINISHED July 2
8. The Black Tattoo - Sam Enthoven FINISHED JULY 14
9. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare FINISHED SEPTEMBER 4

Mystery FINISHED CATEGORY

1. Goodbye Ms. Chips - Dorothy Cannell FINISHED APRIL 18
2. The Sword Thief - Peter Lerangis FINISHED APRIL 23
3. The 6th Target - James Patterson FINISHED JUNE 27
4. The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman FINISHED AUGUST 28
5. 39 Clues: The Black Circle - Patrick Carman FINISHED SEPTEMBER 11
6. The Maze of Bones - Rick Riordan FINISHED APRIL 19
7. Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop - Lee Goldberg FINISHED NOVEMBER 1
8. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown FINISHED NOVEMBER 22
9. Mr. Monk Goes to Germany - Lee Goldberg FINISHED NOVEMBER 13 OVERLAPPED FROM INTERNATIONAL

Series FINISHED CATEGORY

1. Odd Hours - Dean Koontz FINISHED MARCH 30
2. Diamond of Darkhold - Jeanne DuPrau FINISHED APRIL 19
3. Untamed - P.C. Cast FINISHED JULY 3
4. The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen FINISHED JUNE 24
5. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - Ally Carter FINISHED JULY 18
6. City of Bones - Casandra Clare FINISHED JULY 22
7. Gone - Michael Grant FINISHED JULY 25
8. Uglies - Scott Westerfield FINISHED OCTOBER 15
9. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - Ally Carter FINISHED NOVEMBER 24

Authors New to Me FINISHED CATEGORY

1. The Alchemyst - Michael Scott FINISHED FEBRUARY 16
2. When Christmas Comes - Debbie Macomber FINISHED APRIL 5
3. The Archangel Project - C.S. Graham FINISHED APRIL 16
4. Gray Apocalypse - James Murdoch FINISHED MAY 28
5. The Shack - William P. Young FINISHED JUNE 21
6. Home to Harmony - Phillip Pulley FINISHED JULY 9
7. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - Katherine Howe FINISHED JULY 7
8. The Wednesday Letters - Jason F. Wright FINISHED JUNE 25
9. The Lost Island of Tamarind - Nadia Aguiar FINISHED JULY 29

YA / Children's Books FINISHED CATEGORY

1. What the Dickens - Gregory Maguire FINISHED MARCH 15
2. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins FINISHED APRIL 10
3. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - Ann Brashares FINISHED APRIL 11
4. Looking for Alaska - John Green FINISHED JUNE 12
5. Triskellion - Will Peterson FINISHED JUNE 29
6. The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot FINISHED JULY 5
7. Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead FINISHED JULY 8
8. Little Brother - Cory Doctorow FINISHED JULY 17
9. City of Glass - Cassandra Clare FINISHED SEPTEMBER 5

Recommended by... FINISHED CATEGORY

1. Say Goodnight Gracie - Julie Reece Deaver (Recommended by Tabitha) FINISHED FEBRUARY 26
2. New Moon - Stephanie Meyer (Recommended by Tabitha) FINISHED APRIL 2
3. Vision in White - Nora Roberts (Recommended by Tabitha) FINISHED JUNE 23
4. Merchant of Death - D.J. MacHale (Recommended by Brandon) FINISHED JUNE 2
5. Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer (Recommended by Tabitha) FINISHED JUNE 7
6. Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyer (Recommended by Tabitha) FINISHED JUNE 9
7. The Lost City of Faar - D.J. MacHale (Recommended by Brandon) FINISHED JUNE 5
8. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult (Recommended by Tabitha) FINISHED JULY 5
9. Black Hills - Nora Roberts (Recommended by Tabitha) FINISHED SEPTEMBER 8

Audio Books and Non-Fiction

1. The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket FINISHED MARCH 12
2. The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket FINISHED MARCH 18
3. The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket FINISHED JUNE 15
4. Scat - Carl Hiaasen FINISHED JULY 24
5. Pulling Princes - Tyne O'Connell FINISHED JULY 29
6. The Read-Aloud Handbook - Jim Trelease FINISHED AUGUST 24
7. Winning by Losing - Jillian Michaels FINISHED OCOTBER 5
8. The Biggest Loser 30 Day Jump Start FINISHED OCTOBER 7
9.

Just Because

1. Imperfect Strangers - Stuart Woods FINISHED APRIL 5
2. Sundays at Tiffany's - James Patterson FINISHED JULY 12
3. Hunger - Michael Grant FINISHED AUGUST 10
4. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin FINISHED AUGUST 16
5. Pretties - Scott Westerfeld FINISHED OCTOBER 24
6. Specials - Scott Westerfeld FINISHED NOVEMBER 9
7. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins FINISHED NOVEMBER 28
8. Kingdom Keepers II - Ridley Pearson FINISHED DECEMBER 6
9. Under the Dome - Stephen King FINISHED DECEMBER 30)