momofthreewi dives in (a bit late) for the 1010 Challenge

Just discovered this group and I am definitely on board! Looks like a great way to whittle down my TBR shelves (I'm also in the TBR group).

My categories:

1. Non-Fiction/Memoir
2. Books From a Series
3. Books Made into a Movie
4. Another Book by an Author I Already Like
5. Dust Collectors (books on my TBR shelf for at least 2 years)
6. Books I Started but Never Finished
7. Recommended by a Friend
8. Recommended by my Daughter
9. Young Adult Novels
10. Books to Read Aloud to my Kids

Non-Fiction/Memoir

1. Queen of the Road by Doreen Orion - Completed Feb. 2010
2. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
3. On Writing by Stephen King
4. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
5. Manhunt by James L. Swanson
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
7. Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino

Part of a Series

1. Fire by Kristin Cashore (actually a companion rather than in a series, but I'm going to count it) - Completed Feb. 2010
2. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
3. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
4. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
5.

Books Made into a Movie

1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
3. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
4. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
5.

Another Book by an Author I Already Like

1. Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
2. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
3. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
4. The Queen's Fool by Phillippa Gregory
5. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
6. The Wild Girl by Jim Fergus

Dust Collectors (on my TBR shelf for at least 2 years)

1. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
2. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
3. The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
4. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
5. Me and Emma by Elizabeth Flock
6. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
7. Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
8. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Books I Started but Never Finished

1. Manhunt by James L. Swanson
2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
3. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
4. The Wednesday Letters by Jason Wright
5.

Recommended by a Friend

1. Driving with Dead People by Monica Holloway
2. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
3. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
4. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
5. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
6. Three Junes by Julia Glass
7. The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
8. Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman - Completed March 2010
9. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Recommended by My Daughter (Annie, age 13 1/2)

1. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
2. Impossible by Nancy Werlin
3. The Giver by Lois Lowry
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
5. Fire by Kristin Cashore - Completed Feb. 2010

Young Adult/Middle Grade Novels

1. Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
2. Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
3. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
4. The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
5.

Books to Read Aloud to My Kids

1. Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2. Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle by Nan Marino
3. Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka
4. 39 Clues: The Black Circle by Patrick Carman
5. 39 Clues: In Too Deep by Jude Watson