Challenge: 50 Books discussion

I know I am doing this in June...but it is never too late to start! Thank goodness I could go through GoodReads and jog my memory.

Okay these aren't in the order I read them...just the order I remembered them or that GoodReads listed them in.

1. The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
2. He Shall Thunder in the Sky (Elizabeth Peters)
3. The Confession of Brother Haluin (Ellis Peters)
4. Children of the Storm (Elizabeth Peters)
5. Lord of the Silent (Elizabeth Peters)
6. The Falcon at the Portal (Elizabeth Peters)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. The Golden One (Elizabeth Peters)
9. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
10. The Venus Throw (Steven Saylor)
11. Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)
12. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
13. The Judgment of Caesar (Steven Saylor)
14. Tears of the Giraffe (Alexander McCall Smith)
15. Corduroy Mansions (Alexander McCall Smith)
16. Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor (Anthony Everitt)
17. Full Dark House (Christopher Fowler)
18. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (Lauren Willig)
19. The Forest House (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
20. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
21. Pilate’s Wife (Antoinette May)
22. That Summer (Sarah Dessen)
23. Death in the Clouds (Agatha Christie)
24. Gods Behaving Badly (Marie Phillips)
25. Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction (John Morrill)
26. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins Rivals Queens (Jane Dunn)

27. Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (Alison Weir)
28. The Potter's Field (Ellis Peters)

29. Morality for Beautiful Girls (Alexander McCall Smith)

30. The Book of Enchantments (Patricia Wrede)

31. Scotland A Very Short Introduction (Rab Houston)

32. The Kalahari Typing School for Men (Alexander McCall Smith)

33. While My Sister Sleeps (Barbara Delinsky)
34. Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (James Davidson)

Yay!!!! You finished the Davidson book!!! (What books are you bringing with you to PA?)

Meghan wrote: "Yay!!!! You finished the Davidson book!!! (What books are you bringing with you to PA?)"

I might do Beekeeper's Apprentice next, or reread Jane Yolen's Books of Great Alta. I'm not yet ready for another nonfiction. And of course, you are making me want to reread Sabriel!

35. Sabriel (Garth Nix)
36. Guardian of the Horizon (Elizabeth Peters)

37. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie King)
38. Someone Like You (Sarah Dessen)

39. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
40. A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie King)

41. The Full Cupboard of Life (Alexander McCall Smith)
42. Three Bags Full (Leonie Swann)

43. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (Jean-Yves Leloup)

44. Keeping the Moon (Sarah Dessen)
45. I Love a Man in Uniform (Lily Burana)

46. Lady of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
47. Priestess of Avalon (Marian Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson)

48. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (Alexander McCall Smith)
49. A Letter of Mary (Laurie King)

The Magical Number 50!!

50. Elegance (Kathleen Tessaro)

Yay!!!!! You made it!!!!!

Go me! I wonder if I can make 100 now? It's August, I'll have to really pick up speed. Which is hard to do when I've been reading a book sometimes a day now.

51. Blue Shoes and Happiness (Alexander McCall Smith)
52. The Moor (Laurie King)

53. I, Mona Lisa (Jeanne Kalogirdis)
54. The Sunday Philosophy Club (Alexander McCall Smith)

55. The Serpent on the Crown (Elizabeth Peters)
56. Dreamland (Sarah Dessen)

57. The Matchmaker of Périgord (Julia Stuart)

58a and 58b. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories : The Secret of The Old Clock and The Hidden Staircase (Carolyn Keene)

59. Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese (Brad Kessler)
60. Pomegranate Soup (Marsha Mehran)

61. The Leper of St. Giles (Ellis Peters)
62. Rosewater and Soda Bread (Marsha Mehran)

63. The Sanctuary Sparrow (Ellis Peters)
64. The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican (Benjamin Blech & Roy Doliner)

65. Pawn of Prophecy (David Eddings)
66. Queen of Sorcery (David Eddings)

67. Magician's Gambit (David Eddings)
68. Castle of Wizardry (David Eddings)
69. Enchanter's End Game (David Eddings)

70. Guardians of the West (David Eddings)

I finished rereading The Belgariad and decided it's been so long since I reread The Mallorean, I might as well just keep plowing along.

71. The King of the Murgos (David Eddings)
72. The Demon Lord of Karanda (David Eddings)

I read the Belgariad books when I was in high school. Seeing these posts brings back so many fun memories. I might have to re-visit them!

Melissa wrote: "I read the Belgariad books when I was in high school. Seeing these posts brings back so many fun memories. I might have to re-visit them!"

I reread The Belgariad fairly regularly and Polgara the Sorceress too, but it has been ages since I reread The Mallorean, much less The Belgariad and The Mallorean straight through. I may go all-out and reread Belgarath the Sorcerer next, then Polgara's bio, and compliment myself on reading all 12 books straight through, which I think I have only done once. Definitely a set of great, comforting autumn reads!

73. The Sorceress of Darshiva (David Eddings)

74. The Seeress of Kell (David Eddings
75. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
76. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (Beatrix Potter)
77. The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (Beatrix Potter)
78. The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
79. Apply Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (Beatrix Potter)
80. Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (Beatrix Potter)

81. Tomb of the Golden Bird (Elizabeth Peters)

The last Amelia Peabody!!

82. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (Christopher Moore)

83. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (Alexander McCall Smith)

I have not finished a book in a month! Ugh! Where did November go???

Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! I know! I know! I know!

November got eaten by That Hideous Bank!

Meghan wrote: "Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! I know! I know! I know!

November got eaten by That Hideous Bank!"

Gold star!!!!!

84. The Miracle at Speedy Motors (Alexander McCall Smith)

85. The Triumph of Caesar (Steven Saylor)

86. Zipporah, Wife of Moses (Marek Halter)
87. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (Alexander McCall Smith)

88. Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome (Steven Saylor)

89. O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King)

90. Justice Hall (Laurie R. King)