Challenge: 50 Books discussion

New year and a new challenge. I hope to read 95 books this year.

January books:

1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - *** (01/05/14)
2. And the Mountains Echoed - ***** (01/09/14)
3. Succulents Simplified by Debra Lee Baldwin - **** (01/14/14)
4. Hugging the Shore by John Updike - **** (01/15/14)
5. Watchers of Time by Charles Todd - *** (01/16/14)
6 The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian - **** (01/22/14)
7. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley - *** (01/26/14)
8. Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly - **** (01/30/14)

Good luck in the new year challenge.

Powder River Rose wrote: "Good luck in the new year challenge."

Thanks. A little luck would be most welcome. Happy New Year!

February books:

9. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - **** (02/01/14)
10. Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin - **** (02/05/14)
11. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - **** (02/09/14)
12. Alena by Rachel Pastan - *** (02/12/14)
13. Rare Birds of North America by Steve N.G. Howell - **** (02/18/14)
14. Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo - ** (02/18/14)
15. The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert - **** (02/24/14)
16. The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - *** (02/27/14)

March books:

17. The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol - ***** (03/04/14)
18. Ten Thousand Birds: Ornithology Since Darwin by Tim Birkhead, Jo Wimpenny, and Bob Montgomerie - **** (03/06/14)
19. Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box - ** (03/10/14)
20. The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - **** (03/13/14)
21. The Fire Engine That Disappeared by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - **** (03/18/14)
22. Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky - *** (03/25/14)
23. Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert - *** (03/30/14)

April books:

24. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri - ***** (04/06/14)
25. The Snowman by Jo Nesbo - **** (04/12/14)
26. The Tree Where Man Was Born by Peter Matthiessen - *** (04/16/14)
27. The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O'Brian - **** (04/19/14)
28. Wildflowers of Texas by Geyata Ajilvsgi - ***** (04/21/14)
29. Butterflies of Houston and Southeast Texas by John & Gloria Tveten - *****
(04/22/14)
30. Murder at the Savoy by Maj Sjowll and Per Wahloo - ** (04/26/14)
31. The Roots of My Obsession edited by Thomas C. Cooper - **** (04/27/14)

May books:

32. The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell - ** (05/05/14)
33. Deep-rooted Wisdom: Skills and Stories from Generations of Gardeners by Augustus Jenkins Farmer - *** (05/06/14)
34. Almost True Confessions: Closet Sleuth Spills All by Jane O'Connor - *** (05/08/14)
35. Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat - ***** (05/10/14)
36. The Leopard by Jo Nesbo - ** (05/16/14)
37. Free-Range Chicken Gardens by Jessi Bloom - **** (05/19/14)
38. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly - ***** (05/22/14)
39. The Abominable Man by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - *** (05/25/14)
40. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - ***** (05/31/14)

June books:

41. The Letter of Marque by Patrick O'Brian - **** (06/04/14)
42. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly - *** (06/09/14)
43. Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende - *** (06/16/14)
44. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - ***** (06/19/14)
45. Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr - *** (06/22/14)
46. Dubliners by James Joyce - **** (06/24/14)
47. The Locked Room by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - **** (06/29/14)

July books:

48. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - **** (07/04/14)
49. The Man with a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes - *** (07/06/14)
50. The Old Fox Deceiv'd by Martha Grimes - *** (07/10/14)
51. Someone by Alice McDermott - ***** (07/12/14)
52. Cop Hater by Ed McBain - *** (07/15/14)
53. An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear - *** (07/18/14)
54. Beautiful Ghosts by Eliot Pattison - *** (07/22/14)
55. Trees of Western North America by Richard Spellenberg, Christopher J. Earle, and Gil Nelson - **** (07/24/14)
56. Cop Killer by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - **** (07/24/14)
57. The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes - **** (07/26/14)
58. The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick O'Brian - *** (07/31/14)

August books:

59. The Mugger by Ed McBain - ** (08/02/14)
60. The Terrorists by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo - **** (08/06/14)
61. The Reversal by Michael Connelly - *** (08/11/14)
62. Frog Music by Emma Donaghue - *** (08/17/14)
63. The Dirty Duck by Martha Grimes - **** 08/20/14
64. Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear - *** (08/24/14)
65. Out of Range by C.J. Box - *** (08/27/14)

September books:

66. The Long Way Home by Louise Penny - **** (09/03/14)
67. The Bee: A Natural History by Noah Wilson-Rich - **** (09/05/14)
68. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain - ***** (09/08/14)
69. Jerusalem Inn by Martha Grimes - *** (09/12/14)
70. The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear - *** (09/15/14)
71. The Pusher by Ed McBain - **** (09/17/14)
72. Prayer of the Dragon by Eliot Pattison - ** (09/22/14)
73. The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O'Brian - **** (09/26/14)
74. The Deer Leap by Martha Grimes - *** (09/29/14)

October books:

75. Back Spin by Harlan Coben - **** (10/02/14)
76. The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly - *** (10/08/14)
77. A Fearsome Doubt by Charles Todd - *** (10/13/14)
78. Never Mind by Edward St. Aubyn - **** (10/16/14)
79. Private Venus by Giorgio Scerbanenco - *** (10/21/14)
80. Fade Away by Harlan Coben - *** (10/26/14)
81. Every Day is for the Thief by Teju Cole - *** (10/28/14)
82. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving - ***** (10/31/14)

November books:

83. A Cold Treachery by Charles Todd - **** (11/04/14)
84. A Long Shadow by Charles Todd - **** (11/06/14)
85. The Con Man by Ed McBain - **** (11/08/14)
86. Call Me Princess by Sara Blaedel - ** (11/12/14)
87. The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe by Alexander McCall Smith - **** (11/13/14)
88. The Plantagenets by Dan Jones - ***** (11/23/14)
89. A Nail Through the Heart by Timothy Hallinan - **** (11/27/14)
90. Detective (A Stanley Hastings Mystery, Book 1) by Parnell Hall - *** (11/30/14)

December books:

91. Sun and Shadow by Ake Edwardson - ** (12/06/14)
92. The Truelove by Patrick O'Brian - *** (12/10/14)
93. Tripwire by Lee Child - *** (12/14/14)
94. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - ***** (12/19/14)
95. Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler - *** (12/24/14)
96. The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville - ***** (12/29/14)