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2. Attempt to complete the "Read the USA" mystery challenge. Only 19 books to go...
3. Read 8-10 classics.
4. Catch up on books loaned to me.
5. Catch up on favorite authors/series I have fallen behind in.
6. Catch up on books won or received as gifts.
READ THE USA MYSTERY CHALLENGE
Read a mystery set in each of the 50 states, plus Washington DC.
Start date: June 2010 (challenge has no end date)
One of my goals for 2012 is to try to finish this challenge. Of the twenty remaining states, I have books for at least half of them in the TBR pile. It's just a matter of working them into the reading queue. Books completed for the challenge this year will be bolded in red.
Progress: 35 / 51
Alabama
Alaska: Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
Arizona: Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell
Arkansas: Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris
California: Just Desserts by G.A. McKevett
Colorado: French Polished Murder by Elise Hyatt
Connecticut: A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia: Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead by Livia J. Washburn
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois: Night of the Loving Dead by Casey Daniels
Indiana: The Trouble With Magic by Madelyn Alt (and 2 others)
Iowa: Twin Killing by Marshall Cook
Kansas: The Winter Widow by Charlene Weir
Kentucky
Louisiana: Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Maine: Town in a Blueberry Jam by B.B. Haywood
Maryland: Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
Massachusetts: Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly
Michigan: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
Minnesota
Mississippi: Sweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris
Missouri: Family Skeletons by Rett MacPherson
Montana: Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
Nebraska
Nevada: You Bet Your Life by Donald Bain
New Hampshire: Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
New Jersey: Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman
New Mexico
New York: Sketch Me If You Can by Sharon Pape
North Carolina: A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams
North Dakota
Ohio: The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames
Oklahoma
Oregon: The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee
Pennsylvania: False Impressions by Terri Thayer
Rhode Island: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly
South Carolina: Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas: Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Utah
Vermont: The Christmas Thief by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
Virginia
Washington: The Dark Place by Aaron Elkins
West Virginia: A Misty Mourning by Rett MacPherson
Wisconsin: Buzz Off by Hannah Reed
Wyoming: Wyoming Manhunt by Ann Voss Peterson
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CLASSICS
Goal: 8-10
1. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2. Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
3. A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
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NEW TO ME AUTHORS
With a goal to catch up on series and authors already in the TBR stacks, I don't expect this list to be as long as it was last year.
1. Toni Anderson
2. Linda O. Johnston
3. Ellery Adams
4. Anne Brontë
5. Wendy Roberts
6. Michael Connelly
7. Jamie Ford
8. Patricia Briggs
9. Tami Hoag
10. Kaui Hart Hemmings
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TOTAL BOOKS READ FOR THE YEAR
Once again I have signed up for the GoodReads Book Challenge, with a goal of 100. Let's see if I can exceed my goal again this year!
01. Acts of Violets by Kate Collins
02. A Rose From the Dead by Kate Collins
03. Shoots to Kill by Kate Collins
04. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
05. Flipped Out by Jennie Bentley
06. Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
07. Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
08. Evil in Carnations by Kate Collins
09. Sleeping With Anemone by Kate Collins
10. Tombs of Endearment by Casey Daniels
11. The Complete Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers
12. The Duke Comes Home by Barbara Cartland
13. Sea of Suspicion by Toni Anderson
14. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
15. Solid as Steele by Rebecca York
16. I Love Bad Boys by Lori Foster, Janelle Denison and Donna Kauffman
17. Lawful Engagement by Linda O. Johnston
18. No Rest for the Wiccan by Madelyn Alt
19. Where There's a Witch by Madelyn Alt
20. A Witch in Time by Madelyn Alt
21. A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams
22. A Deadly Cliché by Ellery Adams
23. Dirty Rotten Tendrils by Kate Collins
24. Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
25. A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
26. Remains of the Dead by Wendy Roberts
27. Devil May Ride by Wendy Roberts
28. Dead and Kicking by Wendy Roberts
29. Stitch Me Deadly by Amanda Lee
30. Twin Killing by Marshall Cook
31. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
32. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
33. Nanny 911 by Julie Miller
34. Night of the Loving Dead by Casey Daniels
35. Deeply, Desperately by Heather Webber
36. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
37. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
38. Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag
39. Bookmarked For Death by Lorna Barrett
40. Absolutely, Positively by Heather Webber
41. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
42. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
43. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
44. Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs
45. Iron Kissed by Patrcia Briggs
46. Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett
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