2010 Wrap-up

I participated in the following challenges for 2010

Woolf in Winter Reading Group--4 books through January and February --completed 1/30/2010 (2 of 4)

1.  Mrs. Dalloway
2.  To the Lighthouse

2010 Fantasy Reading Challenge-- my goal was 4 fantasy books
completed 12/31/10 (read 12 books)

1. The Hobbit
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Erak's Ransom
4. Fablehaven #5: Keys to the Demon Prison
5. Silver Borne
6. The Kings of Clonmel
7. The Dragon Slippers
8. Murder at Avedon Hill
9. A Great and Terrible Beauty
10. Rebel Angels
11. The Sweet Far Thing
12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Bronte Challenge--this challenge ended in June so made a goal to read 2 works I had not read yet; --completed 5/20/2010 (2 works)

1. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
2. Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte.

Buy a Book Challenge--only 1 book is required so this shouldn't be to hard to complete.
completed 12/31/10 (read 6 books)

1. Running With Angels
2. Fablehaven #5: Keys to the Demon Prison
3. The Kings of Clonmel
4. The Book Thief
5. Return With Honor
6. Return to Christmas

E-book Challenge--Since I purchased my Kindle most of my reading is in e-book form
completed 12/31/10 (read 42 books)

1. The Undaunted
2. Mrs. Dalloway
3. The Lost Quilter
4. To the Lighthouse
5. Moving In
6. The Hobbit
7. Erak's Ransom
8. The Lord of the Rings
9. Silver Borne
10. The Remarkable Soul of a Woman
11. The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte
12. Agnes Grey
13. Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell
14. The Ordinary Princess
15. Murder Takes the Cake
16. Murder at Avedon Hill
17. The American Collection of Short Stories (read 5)
18. A Dog's Tale
19. Midnight in Madrid
20. Suite Scarlett
21. A Curse Dark As Gold
22. The Goose Girl (Hale)
23. The Goose Girl (Brother's Grimm)
24. Book of a Thousand Days
25. The Continuous Atonement
26. The Story Teller's Daughter
27. A Great and Terrible Beauty
28. Rebel Angels
29. The Sweet Far Thing
30. Curly Grandma's Letter's
31. Seven Miracles That Saved America
32. Elvis Takes a Backseat
33. The Life of the Prophet Joseph Smith
34. Dead Reckoning
35. The Forever Queen
36. An Amish Christmas
37. Caroline's Christmas Angel
38. The Paper Bag Christmas
39. A Country Christmas
40. Grandma's Night Before Christmas
41. A Christmas Story
42. Stars:Reflections on Christmas

Fairy Tale Reading Challenge--I've read many of these books based on Fairy Tales and really enjoyed them.  I'll set my goal for 5
completed 12/31/10 (read 5 books)

1. The Ordinary Princess
2. A Curse Dark As Gold
3. The Goose Girl
4. Book of a Thousand Days
5. The Story Teller's Daughter

Take Another Chance Challenge--There are 12 challenges so I'll try to complete 1/month-- completed all 12 challenges 10/1/2010

1. The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The Lord of the Rings (#40 on Radcliffe's Rival 100 best novels)
4. We Band of Angels
5. Dragon Slippers
6. Curly Grandma's Letter's
7. To the Lighthouse
8. The Goose Girl (Hale), The Goose Girl (the Brother's Grimm)
9. Murder Takes the Cake and Murder at Avedon Hill
10. The Undaunted
11. Bronte (Agnes Grey/Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell)
12. The American Collection of Short Stories (read 5) then read a novel A Dog's Tale

TBR Challenge--I like to do things in clusters so I have selected three months that I will read from my TBR list
completed 12/31/10 (read 9 books)


1. The Undaunted
2. Erak's Ransom
3. Fablehaven #5: Keys to the Demon Prison
4. Silver Borne
5. The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte
6. The Kings of Clonmel
7. Murder Takes the Cake
8. Midnight in Madrid
9. Suite Scarlett

J.R.R. Tolkien Read-a-long--January to March 2010

January--The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring
February--The Two Towers
March--The Return of the King
--completed 3/10/2010

 Holiday Reading Challenge
 hosted by All about {n}
 requirement is one or more holiday associated books between Nov. 15 and the end of the year.  I love holiday reading. 
Completed 12/28/2010  (read 8 books)

1. Return to Christmas
2. An Amish Christmas
3. Caroline's Christmas Angel
4. The Paper Bag Christmas
5. A Country Christmas
6. Grandma's Night Before Christmas
7. A Christmas Story
8. Stars: Reflections on Christmas

Besides these challenges I had some reading goals

I set a goal to read a gospel doctrinal based book 1/quarter. (or 4 a year) 



1. The Remarkable Soul of a Woman
2. The Continous Atonement
3. The Life of the Prophet Joseph Smith
4. Stars: Reflections on Christmas

And one biography

1. Posey, The Last Indian War

and one true story

1. We Band of Angels
2. Posey, The Last Indian War
3. Return With Honor

I also participated in a monthly book club, these are the books we read
1. The Lost Quilter
2. We Band of Angels
3. Running With Angels
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
The Ruins of Gorlan (read previously)
5. The Book Thief (reread)
6. Return With Honor
7. Seven Miracles That Saved America
8. Return to Christmas

My top ten list

10. Murder at Avedon Hill
9. The Goose Girl
8. A Curse Dark as Gold
7. Paper Bag Christmas
6. Curly Grandma's Letter's
5. We Band of Angels
4. The Ordinary Princess
3. The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte
2. Stars: Reflections on Christmas
1. (Of Course) The Lord of the Rings--and the Hobbit


Month by Month reading record

January--(Woolf in Winter Reading Group)
1. The Undaunted (TBR)
2. Mrs. Dalloway
3. To the Lighthouse
4.  The Lost Quilter

February--(1 true story)
5. We Band of Angels
6.  Moving In
7.  The UnValentine

March--(Tolkien Reading Group/fantasy*)
8. The Hobbit*
9. Erak's Ransom* (TBR)
10. The Lord of The Rings* (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King)
11. Fablehaven #5: Keys to the Demon Prison* (TBR)
12. Silver Borne* (TBR)

April
13.  Running With Angels
14. The Remarkable Soul of a Woman
15. To Kill a Mockingbird

May--Bronte Challenge
16. The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte (TBR)
17. Agnes Grey
18. Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell

June--Fantasy*--or TBR
19. The Kings of Clonmel* (TBR)
20. The Dragon Slippers*
21. Murder Takes the Cake (TBR)
22. Murder at Avedon Hill*
23. The Book Thief
24. The American Collection of Short Stories
25. A Dog's Tale
26. Midnight ing Madrid (TBR)

July--Fairy Tale**
27. The Ordinary Princess**
28. Suite Scarlett (TBR)
29. A Curse Dark As Gold**
30. Posey, The Last Indian War
31. Return With Honor

August--TBR list
32. The Goose Girl**
33. Book of a Thousand Days
34. The Continous Atonement
35. The Story Teller's Daughter**
36. A Great and Terrible Beauty*
37. Rebel Angels*

September--TBR list
38. The Sweet Far Thing*
39. Curly Grandma's Letter's
October--reading break
40. Coraline
41. Elvis Takes a Backseat (audio)
42. Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet
43. Seven Miracles that Saved America

November--holiday reading
44. Dead Reckoning
45. Return to Christmas
46. The Forever Queen
47. An Amish Christmas
48. Caroline's Christmas Angel
49. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

December--holiday reading
50. The Paper Bag Christmas
51. A Country Christmas
52. All Moms Go to Heaven
53. Grandma's Night Before Christmas
54. A Christmas Story
55. Stars: Reflections on Christmas


To see the reading challenges I've chosen for this year click here