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wid_get's 2009 non school related challenge

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1wid_get
Edited: Oct 6, 2009, 11:48 pm

Adding in those titles I can remember from 1/1 to 2/27/09
1. The Big U, Neal Stephenson
2. The Stress of Her Regard, Tim Powers
3. Duma Key, Stephen King
4. A Dirty Job: A Novel, Christopher Moore
5. Travels in the Scriptorium, Paul Auster
6. Iron Council, China Mieville
7. A Lion Among Men (the Wicked Years, book 3), Gregory Maguire
8. Wicked, Gregory Maguire, re-read
9. Son of a Witch, Gregory Maguire re-read
10. Thursday Next, First Among Sequels, Jasper Fforde
11. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
12. Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson
13. Confusion, Neal Stephenson
14. System of the World, Neal Stephenson
Books Read AFTER 2/27 - Non School related
MARCH:
15. The Stupidest Angel, Christopher Moore
16. The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
17. Nova Swing, M. John Harrison
18. Spook Country, William Gibson
19. Lamb, Christopher Moore
20. Lottery, Patricia Wood
21. 'Salem's Lot, Stephen King
APRIL
22. Angel Fire, Andrew M. Greeley
23. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, Robert Rankin
24. What-the-Dickens, Gregory Maguire
25. Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson
26. God's Debris, Scott Adams
27. Years of Rice and Salt, Kim Stanley Robinson
28. Classic Stories 2, Ray Bradbury (Includes All Summer in a Day)
29. Slaughter House Five, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
30. Neuromancer, William Gibson
MAY
31. The Looking Glass Wars, Frank Beddor
32. Bloodsucking Fiends, Christopher Moore
33. You Suck, Christopher Moore
34. The Bone People, Keri Hulme
35. Virtual Light, William Gibson
36. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis
37. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, Brocke Clarke

OH MY GOODNESS.... see what happens when you start dating someone new, loose a job, get a job, move and break up with that someone!! Your Library Thing book challenge gets STUCK... ACK! How am I going to remember. Deep breath and let's go! In no particular order

Borrowed from the library:
38. Earthquake Weather, Tim Power
39. Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens re-read, too many references in Earthquake Weather.
40. Toyminator, Robert Rankin
41. He, She & It, Marge Piercy

Not Library
42. Count Zero, William Gibson
43. Anatham, Neal Stephensen
44. Un Lun Dun, China Mieville
45. Looking for Jake, China Mieville
46. Burning Chrome, William Gibson
47. The Dreaming Void, Peter F. Hamilton
48. King Rat, China Mieville
49. Declare, Tim Powers
50. Snow Crash, Neal Stephensen
51. Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kid
52. The Poe Shadow, Matthew Pearl
53. 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
54. The Monk, Matthew Lewis
55. Island of the Sequined Love Nun, Christopher Moore
56. Zodiac, Neal Stephensen
57. Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous, Ernest Kurtz
58. Lincoln's Dreams, Connie Wills
59. The Secret of Lost Things: a Novel, Sheridan Hay
60. The World Without Us, Alan Weisman

I think that's it! June - October 6th. I might have missed one or two and there are 5 waiting to be read on the counter and 2 waiting to be picked up at the library. Can't believe I got that far behind!

2alcottacre
Feb 28, 2009, 4:27 am

Welcome to the group!

3drneutron
Feb 28, 2009, 8:51 am

Welcome! Very nice list!!

4fantasia655
Mar 4, 2009, 2:25 am

Anything non-school related is awesome in my book! :) Welcome and good luck this year, Wid_get.

I have read Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire but that's all, how are his other books?