2013 BOOKS

A NEW YEAR, A NEW SET OF READING GOALS.

First, how did I do last year? Not too bad, actually. I finished the Dorothy Sayers collection, read ten classics, exceeded my Goodreads Challenge goal of 100 books by six, andthough I did not complete itdid manage to knock off several books in the "Read the USA" mystery challenge. That seems like a good place to start for 2013 goals: try to get through the stack of state books I have lined up specifically for that challenge. There are a couple states for which I still have not found a book suited to my tastes. For example, if anyone knows of a mystery set in Delaware NOT connected to racing, please let me know. Utah and Oklahoma have also proven difficult.

I need to do better at reading borrowed books. To be fair, part of the problem there was that, for every book I finished that was loaned to me by my sister or a friend, they seemed to hand me two more. Honestly, not. my. fault. I also need to make more of an effort to catch up on favorite authors and series. And, of course, I will make an attempt at ten classics again this year.


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READ THE USA MYSTERY CHALLENGE

I have only ten states plus DC eight states remaining in this challenge. I even have books for most of those remaining, just need to make more of an effort to actually read them. You can check out the 2012 Books Page to see what I have already read for this challenge. Here are the states I need to travel to yet in my reading:


Alabama
Delaware
District of Columbia: State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy
Florida: The Bride's Rescuer by Charlotte Douglas
Hawaii
Idaho: Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Kentucky: Mysterious Stranger by Patricia Rosemoor
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota: Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor
Tennessee
Utah



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CLASSICS
Challenge goal: 10

01. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
02. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (re-read)
03. The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
04. From the Mixed-up Files... by E.L. Konigsburg (re-read)
05. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (re-read)
06. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (re-read)
07. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
08. Arabella by Georgette Heyer
09. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
10. The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
11. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
12. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
13. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
14. A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
15. The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde


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NEW TO ME AUTHORS

01. Elizabeth Peters
02. Charles Feil
03. Juliet Blackwell
04. Rochelle Staab
05. Muriel Barbery
06. Dana Marton
07. Paula Graves
08. Mary Roberts Rinehart
09. Maggie Sefton
10. Ally Carter
11. Donna Andrews
12. Kathleen Taylor
13. Alyse Carlson
14. John Galligan
15. Kathleen Ernst
16. C.J. Box
17. Diane Mott Davidson
18. Georgette Heyer
19. Tate Hallaway
20. Gustave Flaubert
21. Carla Neggers
22. Cassandra Clare
23. Yann Martel
24. Stephen Chbosky
25. Dorothy Reynolds Miller
26. Mary Shelley
27. Karen Foley
28. Claudia Bishop
29. Laura Griffin
30. Stella Cameron


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2013 READING GOAL: 100

01. The Love Talker by Elizabeth Peters (Mystery)
02. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (Mystery, Amelia Peabody #1)
03. The First Prophet by Kay Hooper (Rom-suspense, Bishop Files #1)
04. Over Key West and the Florida Keys by Charles Feil (Travel)
05. Luke by Jill Shalvis (Romance)
06. Murder by the Glass by Michele Scott (Mystery, Wine Lover's #2)
07. Night of the Living Dandelion by Kate Collins (Mystery, Flower Shop #11)
08. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (Classic)
09. If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell (Mystery, A Haunted Home Renovation #1)
10. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Classic, re-read)

11. Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab (Mystery, Mind for Murder #1)
12. Rainsong by Phyllis A. Whitney (Mystery)
13. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (Lit fiction)
14. Kansas City Cowboy by Julie Miller (Rom-Suspense, The Precinct: Taskforce #2)
15. Three Cowboys by Julie Miller / Dana Marton / Paula Graves (Romance 3-in-1)
16. The Window of the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart (Classic mystery)
17. Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (Urban Fantasy, Mercy #7)
18. Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton (Knitting Mystery #1)
19. The Giver by Lois Lowry (YA/Dystopian, Giver Quartet #1)
20. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (YA/Dystopian, Giver Quartet #2)

21. Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton (Mystery, Aunt Dimity #6)
22. Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton (Mystery, Aunt Dimity #7)
23. State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (Mystery, White House Chef #1)
24. I'd Tell You That I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (YA, Gallagher Girls #1)
25. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (YA, Gallagher Girls #2)
26. Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost (PR/UF, Night Prince #2)
27. Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews (Mystery, Meg Langslow #1)
28. Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews (Mystery, Meg Langslow #2)
29. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter (YA, Gallagher Girls #3)
30. Disney in Shadow by Ridley Pearson (YA Fantasy, Kingdom Keepers #3)

31. In Bed With the Boss's Daughter by Bronwyn Jameson (Romance)
32. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (Middle grade)
33. Power Play by Ridley Pearson (YA fantasy, Kingdom Keepers #4)
34. Tactical Advantage by Julie Miller (Romance, The Precinct: Task Force #3)
35. Wall-to-Wall Dead by Jennie Bentley (Do-It-Yourself Mystery #6)
36. Shell Game by Ridley Pearson (YA fantasy, Kingdom Keepers #5)
37.  Rafferty's Wife by Kay Hooper (Rom-suspense, Hagen #3)
38. Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor (Mystery, Tory Bauer #1)
39. Thread Reckoning by Amanda Lee (Embroidery Mystery #3)
40. The Long Stitch Good Night by Amanda Lee (Embroidery Mystery #4)

41. The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson (Mystery, Garden Society #1)
42. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (YA classic, first of series)
43. Messenger by Lois Lowry (YA/Dystopian, Giver #3)
44. Long Road Home by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Romance, Sons of Chance #7)
45. Lead Me Home by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Romance, Sons of Chance #8)
46. The Right Wrong Number by Barbara Delinsky (Romantic short story)
47. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Classic, reread)
48. Feels Like Home by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Romance, Sons of Chance #9)
49. The Nail Knot by John Galligan (Mystery, Fly Fishing #2)
50. Thread on Arrival by Amanda Lee (Embroidery Mystery #5)

51. Caroline Takes a Chance by Kathleen Ernst (Middle grade hist. fiction, American Girls: Caroline #4)
52. Escape by Barbara Delinsky (Romance)
53. Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (Mystery)
54. The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan (YA fantasy, Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
55. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (Classic)
56. Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson (Goldy Bear Cullinary Mystery #1)
57. Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson (Goldy Bear Cullinary Mystery #2)
58. Arabella by Georgette Heyer (Classics, Regency romance)
59. I Cross My Heart by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Romance, Sons of Chance #10)
60. Wild at Heart by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Romance, Sons of Chance #11)

61. Tall, Dark and Dead by Tate Hallaway (Mystery/UF, Garnet Lacey #1)
62. Old Bones by Aaron Elkins (Mystery, Gideon Oliver #4)
63. Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter (YA, Gallagher Girls #4)
64. Sleeping With the Entity by Cat Devon (PR/UF, Entity #1)
65. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (Classic)
66. Rock Point by Carla Neggers (Rom-Suspense, Sharpe & Donovan 0.5)
67. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (YA fantasy; Mortal Instruments #1)
68. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (YA fantasy; Mortal Instruments #2)
69. Written in Stone by Ellery Adams (Mystery; Books by the Bay #4)
70. Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts (Rom-suspense)

71. The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (Classic sci-fi, read it free here.)
72. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Lit Fiction, group read)
73. Mysterious Stranger by Patricia Rosemoor (Rom Suspense; McKenna Legacy #5)
74. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (YA, group read)
75. The Bride's Rescuer by Charlotte Douglas (Rom-suspense)
76. Sealed With a Kill by Lucy Lawrence (Mystery, Decoupage #3)
77. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (YA fantasy, Heroes of Olympus #1)
78. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (YA fantasy, Heroes of Olympus #2)
79. Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson (PR/UF, Undead #9)
80. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (Classic, group read)

81. Saint's Gate by Carla Neggers (Rom-suspense, Sharpe & Donovan #1)
82. To Catch a Leaf by Kate Collins (Mystery, Flower Shop #12)
83. Nightshade on Elm Street by Kate Collins (Mystery, Flower Shop #13)
84. The Clearing by Dorothy Reynolds Miller (Middle grade mystery)
85. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Gothic classic, group read)
86. Falcon's Revenge by Rita Herron (Roamnce Free read, Falcon #2.5)
87. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (Classic reread)
88. Assumed Identity by Julie Miller (Rom-Suspense, The Precinct: Task Force #4)
89. One Last Good-Bye by Joyce and Jim Lavene (Cozy mystery, Sharyn Howard #2)
90. Seed No Evil by Kate Collins (Mystery, Flower Shop #14)

91. A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (Sci-fi classic)
92. Born on the 4th of July by Jill Shalvis, Rhonda Nelson, Karen Foley (Romance)
93. A Timely Vision by Joyce & Jim Lavene (Mystery, Missing Pieces #1)
94. Cowboys & Angels by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Romance, Sons of Chance #13)
95. A Carol for a Corpse by Claudia Bishop (Mystery, Hemlock Falls #15)
96. More Naughty Than Nice by Julie Kistler (Romance)
97. The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (Classic)
98. The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann (Rom-suspense, Troubleshooters #1)
99. Untraceable by Laura Griffin (Rom-suspense, Tracers #1)
100. One Magical Christmas by Stella Cameron (Christmas romance)




PR = Paranormal Romance
UF = Urban Fantasy
YA = Young Adult



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