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Finished both Looking for Me and And the Mountains Echoed the week of July 8th

Ten Book Author Read Challenge

Start July 13. 2013
Finish


1. Luanne Rice - The Lemon Orchard

2. Elizabeth Strout - The Burgess Boys

3. Therese Ann Fowler - Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

4. Rosie Thomas - The Kashmir Shawl

5. Stephanie Lehman - Astor Place Vintage

6. Nicholas Sparks - Safe Haven Finished 8/2/13

7. Scott D. Southard - A Jane Austen Daydream

8. Daniel Silva - The English Girl Finished 7/29/13

9. Anne Rivers Siddons - The Girls of August

10. Susanna Kearsley - Winter Sea

FREESTYLE CHALLENGE - a challenge of my own choosing.

2013 A-Z AUTHOR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2013

18/26 Completed

A - Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
B - Maeve Binchy - A Week in Winter
C - Diane Chamberlain - The Good Father
D - Emma Donoghue - Astray
E - Michael Eisner - Camp
F - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
G - Lisa Genova - Love, Anthony
H - Kristin Hannah - Home Front
I
J
K. Thomas Keneally - Schindler's List
L
M - Kate Morton - The Secret Keeper
N - Audrey Niffenegger - The Three Incestuous Sisters
O - Julie Orringer - The Invisible Bridge
P - Jodi Picoult - Lone Wolf,
Q
R - Robert Rummel-Hudson - Schuyler's Monster
S - Bernard Schlink - Summer Lies,
T - Anne Tyler - The Beginner's Goodbye
U - Alfred Uhry - Driving Miss Daisy
V
W Herman Wouk - The Lawgiver
X
Y
Z

PAGE CHALLENGE

Total Pages Read from 1/1/13 - 12/31/2013
For January 2013 - January 2014 I hope to read 30,000 pages.

January 2013
1. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 481
2. Schuyler's Monster 265
3. Astray by Emma Donoghue 288
4. Summer Lies by Bernard Schlink 229
5. Love, Anthony by Lisa Genova 320
6. Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult 448
7. The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk 240
8. The Light Between the Oceans by ML Steadman 362
9. The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler 202
10. Far Above Rubies by Cynthia Polansky 172
11. The Three Incestuous Sisters by Audrey Niffenegger
172
12. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult 418
13. Wonder by R.J. Placio 316
14. Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper 295
15. Ashenden by Elizabeth Wilhide 336
Total 4544

February
16. The Invisible Bridge by Elizabeth Wildhide 763
17. The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain 368
18. The Beach Trees by Karen White 432
19. The Red Book by Deborah Copake Kogen 368
20. The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis 243
21. Home Front by Kristin Hannah 388
22. The Glass Room by Simon Mawer. 405
23. Still Alice by Lisa Genova. 292
24. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 272
25. The Art Forger by Barbara Shapiro 360
26. Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally. 400
27. A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy. 326
Total 4617

March
28. Have a Little Fath by Mitch Albom 249
29. Camp by Michael Eisner 172
30. The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier 307
31. Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel 336
32. The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom 224
33. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson 400
34. Happy Passover, Rosie by Jane Zalben 35
35. Pearl's Passover by Jane Zalben 30
36. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss 35
37. Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry 80
38. Open Heart by Elie Wiesel 90
39. The Miracle Worker by William Gibson 128
40. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 201
41. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney 217
Total 2504

April
42. Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer 352
43. Honeymoon by James Patterson 406
44. The Girl on the Cliff by Lucinda Riley 416
45. Coming Home by Lisa Scollotine. 354
46. Tapestry of Fortunes by Elizabeth Berg 320
47. Private Berlin by James Patterson 448
48. The Dark by Lemony Snicket 40
49. Family Pictures by Jane Green 352
50. The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields 365
51. Start Again by Debbie Macomber 352
Total 3405

May
52. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult 420
53. Auschwitz by Paolo Crico 60
54. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl 184
55. The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian 293
56. Best Kept Secrets by Jeffrey Archer 384
57. Six Years by Harlan Coben 351
58. A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans 304
59. Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts 496
Total 2492

June
60. Camp by Elaine Wolf 256
61. Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende 400
62. Secrets from the Past by Barbara Taylor Bradford 369
63. Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman 432
64. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philip Sendak 325
65. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 295
66. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 205
67. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 215
68. Once We Were Brothers by Ronald Balson 382
69. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray 403
70. Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas 256
71. Matilda by Roald Dahl 240
72. The House Girl by Tara Conklin 336
73. Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes 480
74. Claude and Camille by Stephanie Cowell 352
Total 4946

July
75. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson 356
76. Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith 256
77. By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham 256
78. The Silver Star by Jeanette Walls 288
79. The Great Cake Mystery by Alexander McCall Smith
96 pages
80. Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman 356
81. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini 404
82. Second Honeymoon by James Patterson 432
83. Joyland by Stephen King 283
84. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 192
85. First Sight: A Novel by Danielle Steel 384
86. Sweet Salt Air by Barbara Delinsky 416
87. The English Girl by Daniel Silva 496
88. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear 368
Total 4583

SUBTOTAL 27,091

August
89. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks 340
90. Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson 416
91. Fin & Lady by Cathleen Schine 288
92. Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen 240

READING THE ALPHABET CHALLENGE

A-Z TITLE CHALLENGE

19/26 Completed

A Astray by Emma Donoghue 1/10
B The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler 1/17
C The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 2/17
D Driving Miss Daisy by Alfre Uhry 3/20
E Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear 8/2
F Family Pictures by Jane Green 4/24
G The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain 2/4
H Home Front by Kristin Hannah 2/12
I The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer 2/1
J Joyland by Stephen King 7/17
K
L Love, Anthony by Lisa Genova 1/12
M The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3/23
N
O Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper 1/27
P Pearl's Passover by Isabel Kleban
Q The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis 2/11
R The Red Book by Deborah Copake Kogen 2/7
S The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton 1/4
T The Three Incestuous Sister by Audrey Niffenegger 1/22
U
V Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult 1/24
W Wonder by R.J. Palacio
X
Y

Finished both Second Honeymoon and Joyland week of July 15th.

Finished The Ocean at the End of the Lane and First Sight: A Novel by July 20th.

Finished Sweet Salt Air and The English Girl by July 29th.

Finished both Elegy for Eddie and Safe Haven by August 2nd

Finished Alex Cross, Run by August 7th