Countdown Challenge completed!
For the countdown challenge, we had to read 9 books published in 2009, 8 published in 2008, 7 in 2007, 6 in 2006, and so on, down to 1 published in 2001. Had this challenge not gone for a little more than a year, I don't know that I would have done it. The total was 45 books. That's a lot of books. Well, I finished. YAY. Here are my books, with reviews to come. (Listed by year, in the order I read them.)
2009
1. The Believers by: Zoe Heller
2. I, Lorelei by: Yeardley Smith
3. The Mighty Queens of Freeville
4. The School of Essential Ingredients by: Erica Bauermeister
5. Glamour by: Louise Bagshawe
6. The World in Half
7. Palace Circle by: Rebecca Dean
8. Spiced by: Dalia Jurgensen
9. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People
10. BONUS - Sacred Hearts
2008
1. The White Mary by: Kira Salak
2. Confessions of a Contractor by: Richard Murphy
3. The Glimmer Palace by: Beatrice Colin
4. The Necklace by: Cheryl Jarvis
5. The Aviary Gate
6. When We Were Romans by: Matthew Kneale
7. Breaking Dawn by: Stephenie Meyer
8. Remember Me
9. BONUS - The Other Queen
10. BONUS - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by: David Wroblewski
2007
1. The Zookeeper's Wife
2. Swapping Lives
3. Eclipse by: Stephenie Meyer
4. The Almost Moon by: Alice Sebold
5. Happiness Sold Separately by: Lolly Winston
6. On Chesil Beach by: Ian McEwan
7. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by: Junot Diaz
2006
1. Eat Pray Love by: Elizabeth Gilbert
2. The Boleyn Inheritance by: Phillipa Gregory
3. New Moon by: Stephenie Meyer
4. The Second Wives Club by: Jane Moore
5. Beneath a Marble Sky
6. Water for Elephants
7. BONUS - Three Cups of Tea by: Greg Mortenson
2005
1. The Zahir by: Paulo Coelho
2. Twilight by: Stephenie Meyer
3. Marley and Me by: John Grogan
4. Eldest
5. The Constant Princess
2004
1. Purple Hibiscus
2. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
3. Can You Keep a Secret by: Sophie Kinsella
4. The Virgin's Lover
5. BONUS: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
2003
1. Eragon
2. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
3. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
2002
1. Middlesex
2. Inkheart by: Cornelia Funke