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My challenge for this year is to get to read at least the vast majority of the books on my TBR pile:

 

(in no particular order)

 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

My Sister's Keeper: A Novel by Jodi Picoult

Deception Point by Dan Brown

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safra Foer

The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7) by Lemony Snicket

The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6) by Lemony Snicket

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George

Pompeii by Robert Harris

The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore

The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon

The Sky Is Falling by Sidney Sheldon

The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell

The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 5) by Lemony Snicket

Ransom by Julie Garwood

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Liar by Stephen Fry

The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry

Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Shirley by Charlotte Bronte

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Castaways in Time by Robert Adams

Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir

Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander

Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov

I Married a Dead Man by Cornell Woolrich

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner

The Vulture Fund by Stephen W. Frey

Zorro by Isabel Allende

The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox

Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright

In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner

Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn

Obsession by Karen Robards

Kilgannon by Kathleen Givens

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson

Who Will Take This Man? by Jacquie D'Alessandro

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Wag the Dog by Larry Beinhart

If Only It Were True by Marc Levy

The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

Are You Afraid of the Dark? by Sidney Sheldon

The Bishop's Wife by Robert Nathan

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Lady of Kynachan by James Robertson

Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig

"C" is for Corpse by Sue Grafton

This Charming Man by Marian Keyes

The Phantom's Opera by Sadie Montgomery

Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Rememberance by Jude Deveraux

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

Nation by Terry Pratchett

Paper Towns by John Green

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Danny Pearl by Mariane Pearl

How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

A Fairy Special Gift by Gia Dawn

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

The Good Thief by James Buchanan

The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing by Mayra Calvani, Anne K. Edwards

Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Before September Falls by Jesse Lee

B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton

My pretty pony by Stephen King, Barbara Kruger

Mercy by Jodi Picoult

What Would Jane Austen Do? by Laurie Brown

Simulacron Three by Daniel F. Galouye

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Noted. Will bump it to the top of the pile :D

 

So:

Having finished Wicked (review here), I'm now thinking of starting up Coraline.

 

Will follow:

next book in the ASOUE series (The Austere Academy)

next book in the alphabet series (B is for Burglar)

next book in the Percy Jackson series (The Sea of Monsters)

(I plan to advance my series reading at least once per month, hence the choices above)

The Female Quixote (since Roxi says it's brilliant :D )

Jodi Picoult's Mercy

The Uncommon Reader

...and then we'll see

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Noted. Will bump it to the top of the pile :D

 

The Female Quixote (since Roxi says it's brilliant :D )

 

Wahey! Like I said, it's long winded at times, but it is SO FUNNY! Arabella is TOTALLY convinced real life is one big romance story and men should be practically fighting dragons for her! The ending is a bit dodgy, but its a great read.

 

I'm now thinking of starting up Coraline.

 

Neil Gaiman! *approves* :D

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