Reading Challenges for 2014

Another year, another batch of challenges.

New Year's Resolution Challenge 2014 - Short term, Through January 31 (hosted by Joy's Book Blog)

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Mental Illness Advocacy Reading Challenge 2014 (hosted by: Opinions of a Wolf)

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Dive Into Poetry: A Reading Challenge 2014 (hosted by: Savvy Verse & Wit)

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2014 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge (hosted by: The Book Vixen)

Like last year, the goal of this challenge is to read more books in 2014 than in 2013. There are four levels: Getting my heart rate up (Read 1–5 more books) Out of breath (Read 6 –10 more books) Breaking a sweat (Read 11–15 more books) I’m on fire! (Read 16+ more books)

Since I've fallen short of my goal for the last two years, I'm aiming for the lowest level, a Getting My Heart Rate Up 1-5 books more than last year. If I can do better I definitely will.

1. The List of Seven (audiobook) - Mark Frost  
2. The Invisible Man (audiobook) - H.G. Wells
3. It Can't Happen Here (audiobook) - Sinclair Lewis
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (audiobook) - Oscar Wilde
5. Son of Holmes (ebook)- John Lescroart   
6. "W" is For Wasted - Sue Grafton
7. Syndrome E (audiobook) - Franck Thilliez 
8. How to Read Literature Like a Professor (audiobook) - Thomas C. Foster 
9. Reiki Meditations for Self-Healing (audiobook) - Bronwen Stiene
10. Brain Bugs (audiobook) - Dean Buonomano  
11. Monkey Mind (audiobook) - Daniel B. Smith  
12. Stories of Hope (audiobook) - Chronic Pain Anonymous
13. 29 Gifts (audiobook) - Cami Walker   
14. The Healing Garden - Sue Minter
15. Accessible Gardening for People With Disabilities - Janeen R. Adil  
16. Accessible Gardening - Joann Woy   
17. Get Fit Through Gardening - Jeffrey P. Restuccio
18. Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness - Bunny Guinness & Jacqueline Knox 
19. New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith - Stevie Smith     
20. Rasputin's Revenge (ebook) - John Lescroart   
21. The Black Echo (ebook) - Michael Connelly   
22. The Black Ice - (ebook) - Michael Connelly
23. The Concrete Blonde - (ebook) - Michael Connelly   
24. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (audiobook) - Mark Twain  
25. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 (audiobook) - Mark Twain     
26. The Now Habit (audiobook) - Neil Fiore, Ph.D.    
27. 100 Ways of Bringing Out Your Best (audiobook) - Roger Fritz  
28. The Memory Doctor (audiobook) - Douglas Mason    
29. We Are Completely Beside Ourselves (audiobook) - Karen Joy Fowler   
30. What the Dead Know (audiobook) - Laura Lippman  
31. Sofie Metropolis (audiobook) - Tori Carrington
32. Baltimore Blues (audiobook) - Laura Lippman    
33. Dirty Laundry (audiobook) - Tori Carrington  
34. Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (audiobook) - Maria Konnikova      
    
35. Baltimore Blues (audiobook) - Laura Lippman
36. I Like You (audiobook) - Amy Sedaris
37. Mrs. Hudson's case (ebook) - Laurie R. king     
38. American Classics: A Celebration of the Short Story (audiobook) - Symphony Space, ed.   
39. The Black Mountain (audiobook) - Rex Stout
40. Before Midnight (audiobook) - Rex Stout
41. And Four to Go (audiobook) - Rex Stout  
42. The Lineup (audiobook) - Otto Penzler      
43. Murder in the 11th House (audiobook) - Mitchell Scott Lewis 
44. Nice Class of Corpse (ebook) - Simon Brett 
45. Advent of Dying - Sister Carol Anne O'Marie  
46. The Missing Madonna - Sister Carol Anne O'Marie 
47. Wicked Autumn (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
48. Aimless Love (audiobook) - Billy Collins 
49. And Be a Villain (audiobook) - Rex Stout 
50. The Sins of the Fathers (audiobook) - Lawrence Block   
51. The Last Coyote (ebook) - Michael Connelly
52. Trunk Music (ebook) - Michael Connelly
53. Angels Flight (ebook) - Michael Connelly
54. Darkness More Than Night (ebook) - Michael Connelly   
55. The Dalai Lama's Cat (ebook) - David Michie   
56. Mrs., Presumed Dead (ebook) - Simon Brett   
57. City of Bones (ebook) - Michael Connelly    
58. Mrs. Pargeter's Package (ebook) - Simon Brett      
59. Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh (ebook) - Simon Brett
60. Mrs. Pargeter's Plot (ebook) - Simon Brett    
61. William Shakespeare's Star Wars (ebook) - Ian Doescher
62. A Drink Before the War (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane
63. Death on the Downs (audiobook) - Simon Brett  
64. The Element (audiobook) - Ken Robinson, Ph. D.     
65. The Unexpected Man (audiobook) - Yasmina Reza     
66. Deadly Gamble (audiobook) - Connie Shelton
67. Charm City (audiobook) - Laura Lippman   
68. Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer (audiobook) - Maya Angelou
69. The Summer of the Danes (audiobook) - Ellis Peters 
70. Poets Against the War - Sam Hamill, Sally Anderson, et al. 
71. The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing and Life - Marion Roach Smith 
72. Princesses Behaving Badly (audiobook) - Linda Rodriguez McRobbie 
73. The Drunken Botanist (audiobook) - Amy Stewart 
74. Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honour (ebook) - Simon Brett 
75. The Reason I Jump (ebook) - Naoki Higashida 
76. Murder as a Fine Art (ebook) - David Morrell  
77. Lost Light (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
78. Death in the 12th House (audiobook) - Mitchell Scott Lewis 
79. Darkness Take My Hand (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
80. The Coroner's Lunch (audiobook) - Colin Cotterill 
81. Sacred (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
82. The Narrows (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
83. Prayers for Rain (ebook) - Dennis Lehane 
84. Moonlight Mile (ebook) - Dennis Lehane 
85. The Closers (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
86. Echo Park (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
87. Double, Double (ebook) - Ellery Queen * Last year's total!
88. Gone, Baby, Gone (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
89. The Big Sleep (audiobook) - Raymond Chandler 
90. The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress (audiobook) - Ariel Lawhon 
91. Butcher's Hill (audiobook) - Laura Lippman 
92. The Missing Madonna - Sister Carol O'Marie 
93. Murder in Ordinary Time - Sister Carol Anne O'Marie 
94. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
95. In the Best Families (audiobook) - Rex Stout 
96. The Overlook (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
97. The Brass Verdict (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
98. Whose Body? (audiobook) - Dorothy L.Sayers 
99. The Sins of the Father (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
100. 9 Dragons (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
101. Black Irish (audiobook) - Stephan Talty 
102. Detective Inspector Huss (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
103. The Universe Doesn't Give a Flying Fuck About You (ebook) - Johnny B. Truant 
104. Indemnity Only (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
105. The Reversal (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
106. Deadlock (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
107. The Monkey's Raincoat (ebook) - Robert Crais 
108. Time to Murder and Create (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
109. The Drop (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
110. The Black Box (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
111. The Torso (ebook) - Helene Tursten
112. The Glass Devil (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
113. In Big Trouble (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
114. Blood Shot (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
115. Night Rounds (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
116. Burn Marks (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
117. Upon the Dull Earth and Other Stories (audiobook) - Philip K. Dick 
118. Lancelot - Walker Percy 
119. Not quite Dead Enough & Booby trapped (audiobook) - Rex Stout 
120. In the Midst of Death (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
121. A Stab in the Dark (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
122. Cat of Many Tails (audiobook) - Ellery Queen 
123. Tunnel Vision (audiobook) - Sara Paretsky 
124. The Golden Calf (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
125. Stalking the Angel (ebook) - Robert Crais 
126. The Sugar House (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
127. In a Strange City (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
128. The Last Place (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
129. Fire Sale (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
130. Body Work (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
131. Breakdown (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
132. Free Fall (ebook) - Robert Crais 
133. Eight Million Ways to Die (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
134. Hardball (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
135. A Long Line of Dead Men (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
136. Death at the Alma Mater (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
137. Lullaby Town (ebook) - Robert Crais 
138. Voodoo River (ebook) - Robert Crais 
139. The Guardian Angel (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
140. The Torso in the Town (audiobook) - Simon Brett 
141. The Devil Knows You're Dead (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
142. A Fatal Winter (audiobook) - G.M.Malliet 
143. Pagan Spring (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
144. The Fire Dance (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
145. Out on the Cutting Edge (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
146. Indigo Slam (ebook) - Robert Crais 
147. Sunset Express (ebook) - Robert Crais 
148. The Forgotten Man (ebook) - Robert Crais 
149. The Sentry (ebook) - Robert Crais 
150. Murder Makes A Pilgrimage - Sister Carol Anne O'Marie 
151. Killer - Jonathan Kellerman 
152. The Litter of the Law - Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown 
153. Hard Time (ebook) - Sara Paretsky

2014 Audiobook Challenge (hosted by: The Book Nympho & Hot Listens)

"The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2014 than you did in 2013. Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.)"

Levels: * Newbie (I’ll give it a try) 1-5 * Weekend Warrior (I’m getting the hang of this) 5-10 * Stenographer (can listen while multi-tasking) 10-15 * Socially Awkward (Don’t talk to me) 15-20 * Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30 * My Precious (I had my earbuds surgically implanted) 30+

Last year, finances found most of my reading coming from my local library, and because of this I discovered the benefits of audiobooks. I actually ended the year with that being my dominant type of reading. I can now read while I'm doing other things! So I plan to aim high . . . My goal level is: My Precious.

[UPDATE 1/1/14]: Loupe Duffy, at Hot Listens, has put together a guide to finding great deals on audiobooks, and many places offer them for free. {Hop on over and check it out}

1. The List of Seven (audiobook) - Mark Frost  
2. The Invisible Man (audiobook) - H.G. Wells
3. It Can't Happen Here (audiobook) - Sinclair Lewis
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (audiobook) - Oscar Wilde
5. Syndrome E (audiobook) - Franck Thilliez   
6. How to Read Literature Like a Professor (audiobook) - Thomas C. Foster 
7. Reiki Meditations for Self-Healing (audiobook) - Bronwen Stiene
8. Brain Bugs (audiobook) - Dean Buonomano  
9. Monkey Mind (audiobook) - Daniel B. Smith  
10. Stories of Hope (audiobook) - Chronic Pain Anonymous
11. 29 Gifts (audiobook) - Cami Walker  
12. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (audiobook) - Mark Twain  
13. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 (audiobook) - Mark Twain     
14. The Now Habit (audiobook) - Neil Fiore, Ph.D.    
15. 100 Ways of Bringing Out Your Best (audiobook) - Roger Fritz  
16. The Memory Doctor (audiobook) - Douglas Mason    
17. We Are Completely Beside Ourselves (audiobook) - Karen Joy Fowler   
18. What the Dead Know (audiobook) - Laura Lippman  
19. Sofie Metropolis (audiobook) - Tori Carrington
20. Baltimore Blues (audiobook) - Laura Lippman    
21. Dirty Laundry (audiobook) - Tori Carrington  
22. Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (audiobook) - Maria Konnikova      
23. Baltimore Blues (audiobook) - Laura Lippman
24. I Like You (audiobook) - Amy Sedaris
25. American Classics: A Celebration of the Short Story (audiobook) - Symphony Space, ed.   
26. The Black Mountain (audiobook) - Rex Stout
27. Before Midnight (audiobook) - Rex Stout
28. And Four to Go (audiobook) - Rex Stout  
29. The Lineup (audiobook) - Otto Penzler      
30. Murder in the 11th House (audiobook) - Mitchell Scott Lewis * I'm on a roll!
31. Wicked Autumn (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
32. Aimless Love (audiobook) - Billy Collins 
33. And Be a Villain (audiobook) - Rex Stout 
34. The Sins of the Fathers (audiobook) - Lawrence Block
35. A Drink Before the War (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane
36. Death on the Downs (audiobook) - Simon Brett  
37. The Element (audiobook) - Ken Robinson, Ph. D.      
38. The Unexpected Man (audiobook) - Yasmina Reza     
39. Deadly Gamble (audiobook) - Connie Shelton
40. Charm City (audiobook) - Laura Lippman   
41. Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer (audiobook) - Maya Angelou
42. The Summer of the Danes (audiobook) - Ellis Peters 
43. Princesses Behaving Badly (audiobook) - Linda Rodriguez McRobbie 
44. The Drunken Botanist (audiobook) - Amy Stewart 
45. Lost Light (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
46. Death in the 12th House (audiobook) - Mitchell Scott Lewis 
47. Darkness Take My Hand (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
48. The Coroner's Lunch (audiobook) - Colin Cotterill 
49. Sacred (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
50. Gone, Baby, Gone (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
51. The Big Sleep (audiobook) - Raymond Chandler 
52. The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress (audiobook) - Ariel Lawhon 
53. Butcher's Hill (audiobook) - Laura Lippman
54. In the Best Families (audiobook) - Rex Stout 
55. The Overlook (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
56. The Brass Verdict (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
57. Whose Body? (audiobook) - Dorothy L.Sayers 
58. The Sins of the Father (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
59. 9 Dragons (audiobook) - Michael Connelly  
60. Black Irish (audiobook) - Stephan Talty 
61. The Reversal (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
62. Time to Murder and Create (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
63. The Drop (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
64. The Black Box (audiobook) - Michael Connelly
65. Upon the Dull Earth and Other Stories (audiobook) - Philip K. Dick 
66. Not quite Dead Enough & Booby trapped (audiobook) - Rex Stout 
67. In the Midst of Death (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
68. A Stab in the Dark (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
69. Cat of Many Tails (audiobook) - Ellery Queen 
70. Tunnel Vision (audiobook) - Sara Paretsky 
71. Eight Million Ways to Die (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
72. A Long Line of Dead Men (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
73. Death at the Alma Mater (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
74. The Torso in the Town (audiobook) - Simon Brett 
75. The Devil Knows You're Dead (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
76. A Fatal Winter (audiobook) - G.M.Malliet 
77. Pagan Spring (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
78. Out on the Cutting Edge (audiobook) - Lawrence Block

2014 Ebook Reading Challenge (hosted by: Workaday Reads)

Any book counts, as long as it is in ebook format, and you can plan your books in advance or as you read them. The Levels are: Floppy disk (5 ebooks) CD (10 ebooks) DVD (25 ebooks) Memory stick (50 ebooks) Hard drive (75 ebooks) Server (100 ebooks) Human brain (150 ebooks)

At the beginning of each month there will be a roundup post for you to add your reviews for that month. The linky will remain open for the remainder of the year, so if you forget, feel free go back and add them when you remember.

I read ebooks but I've also added audio books from the library to my repertoire, so once again I will aim low at the CD level with 10 books.

1. Son of Holmes (ebook)- John Lescroart
2. Rasputin's Revenge (ebook) - John Lescroart   
3. The Black Echo (ebook) - Michael Connelly   
4. The Black Ice - (ebook) - Michael Connelly
5. The Concrete Blonde - (ebook) - Michael Connelly   
6. Mrs. Hudson's case (ebook) - Laurie R. king * Last year's total!
7. Nice Class of Corpse (ebook) - Simon Brett 
8. The Last Coyote (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
9. Trunk Music (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
10. Angels Flight (ebook) - Michael Connelly * Sentience is just around the corner!
11. Darkness More Than Night (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
12. The Dalai Lama's Cat (ebook) - David Michie 
13. Mrs., Presumed Dead (ebook) - Simon Brett 
14. City of Bones (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
15. Mrs. Pargeter's Package (ebook) - Simon Brett 
16. Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh (ebook) - Simon Brett 
17. Mrs. Pargeter's Plot (ebook) - Simon Brett     
18. William Shakespeare's Star Wars (ebook) - Ian Doescher 
19. Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honour (ebook) - Simon Brett 
20. The Reason I Jump (ebook) - Naoki Higashida 
21. Murder as a Fine Art (ebook) - David Morrell 
22. The Narrows (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
23. Prayers for Rain (ebook) - Dennis Lehane 
24. Moonlight Mile (ebook) - Dennis Lehane 
25. The Closers (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
26. Echo Park (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
27. Double, Double (ebook) - Ellery Queen
28. Detective Inspector Huss (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
29. The Universe Doesn't Give a Flying Fuck About You (ebook) - Johnny B. Truant 
30. Indemnity Only (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
31. Deadlock (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
32. The Monkey's Raincoat (ebook) - Robert Crais 
33. The Torso (ebook) - Helene Tursten
34. The Glass Devil (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
35. In Big Trouble (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
36. Blood Shot (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
37. Night Rounds (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
38. Burn Marks (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
39. The Golden Calf (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
40. Stalking the Angel (ebook) - Robert Crais 
41. The Sugar House (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
42. In a Strange City (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
43. The Last Place (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
44. Fire Sale (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
45. Body Work (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
46. Breakdown (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
47. Free Fall (ebook) - Robert Crais 
48. Hardball (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
49. Lullaby Town (ebook) - Robert Crais 
50. Voodoo River (ebook) - Robert Crais 
51. The Guardian Angel (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
52. The Fire Dance (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
53. Indigo Slam (ebook) - Robert Crais 
54. Sunset Express (ebook) - Robert Crais 
55. The Forgotten Man (ebook) - Robert Crais 
56. The Sentry (ebook) - Robert Crais 
57. Hard Time (ebook) - Sara Paretsky

  

I Love Library Books Reading Challenge 2014 (hosted by: Book Dragon's Lair)

This challenge is a win-win: you get to support your local library at the same time as you give your budget some relief.


The eight Levels are: board book (3) picture book (6) early reader (9) chapter book (12) middle grades (18) Young adult (24) adult (36) just insert IV (50)


I'm going to try reading an adult 36 library books this year. 

1. The List of Seven (audiobook) - Mark Frost  
2. The Invisible Man (audiobook) - H.G. Wells
3. It Can't Happen Here (audiobook) - Sinclair Lewis
4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (audiobook) - Oscar Wilde
5. Son of Holmes (ebook) - John Lescroart   
6. Syndrome E (audiobook) - Franck Thilliez   
7. How to Read Literature Like a Professor (audiobook) - Thomas C. Foster 
8. Reiki Meditations for Self-Healing (audiobook) - Bronwen Stiene
9. Brain Bugs (audiobook) - Dean Buonomano  
10. Monkey Mind (audiobook) - Daniel B. Smith  
11. Stories of Hope (audiobook) - Chronic Pain Anonymous
12. 29 Gifts (audiobook) - Cami Walker   
13. Rasputin's Revenge (ebook) - John Lescroart   
14. The Black Echo (ebook) - Michael Connelly   
15. The Black Ice - (ebook) - Michael Connelly
16. The Concrete Blonde - (ebook) - Michael Connelly   
17. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (audiobook) - Mark Twain  
18. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 (audiobook) - Mark Twain     
19. The Now Habit (audiobook) - Neil Fiore, Ph.D.    
20. 100 Ways of Bringing Out Your Best (audiobook) - Roger Fritz  
21. The Memory Doctor (audiobook) - Douglas Mason    
22. We Are Completely Beside Ourselves (audiobook) - Karen Joy Fowler   
23. What the Dead Know (audiobook) - Laura Lippman  
24. Sofie Metropolis (audiobook) - Tori Carrington
25. Baltimore Blues (audiobook) - Laura Lippman    
26. Dirty Laundry (audiobook) - Tori Carrington  
27. Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (audiobook) - Maria Konnikova      
28. Baltimore Blues (audiobook) - Laura Lippman
29. I Like You (audiobook) - Amy Sedaris
30. American Classics: A Celebration of the Short Story (audiobook) - Symphony Space, ed.   
31. The Black Mountain (audiobook) - Rex Stout
32. Before Midnight (audiobook) - Rex Stout
33. And Four to Go (audiobook) - Rex Stout  
34. The Lineup (audiobook) - Otto Penzler      
35. Murder in the 11th House (audiobook) - Mitchell Scott Lewis 
36. Nice Class of Corpse (ebook) - Simon Brett  * * * My original goal * * *
37. Wicked Autumn (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
38. Aimless Love (audiobook) - Billy Collins
39. And Be a Villain (audiobook) - Rex Stout 
40. The Sins of the Fathers (audiobook) - Lawrence Block    
41. The Last Coyote (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
42. Trunk Music (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
43. Angels Flight (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
44. Darkness More Than Night (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
45. The Dalai Lama's Cat (ebook) - David Michie 
46. Mrs., Presumed Dead (ebook) - Simon Brett 
47. City of Bones (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
48. Mrs. Pargeter's Package (ebook) - Simon Brett 
49. Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh (ebook) - Simon Brett 
50. Mrs. Pargeter's Plot (ebook) - Simon Brett * Where do I get my IV?
51. William Shakespeare's Star Wars (ebook) - Ian Doescher 
52. A Drink Before the War (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
53. Death on the Downs (audiobook) - Simon Brett 
54. The Element (audiobook) - Ken Robinson, Ph. D. 
55. The Unexpected Man (audiobook) - Yasmina Reza 
56. Deadly Gamble (audiobook) - Connie Shelton 
57. Charm City (audiobook) - Laura Lippman 
58. Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer (audiobook) - Maya Angelou 
59. The Summer of the Danes (audiobook) - Ellis Peters
60. Princesses Behaving Badly (audiobook) - Linda Rodriguez McRobbie 
61. The Drunken Botanist (audiobook) - Amy Stewart 
62. Mrs. Pargeter's Point of Honour (ebook) - Simon Brett 
63. The Reason I Jump (ebook) - Naoki Higashida 
64. Murder as a Fine Art (ebook) - David Morrell  
65. Lost Light (audiobook) - Michael Connelly 
66. Death in the 12th House (audiobook) - Mitchell Scott Lewis 
67. Darkness Take My Hand (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
68. The Coroner's Lunch (audiobook) - Colin Cotterill 
69. Sacred (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
70. The Narrows (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
71. Prayers for Rain (ebook) - Dennis Lehane 
72. Moonlight Mile (ebook) - Dennis Lehane 
73. The Closers (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
74. Echo Park (ebook) - Michael Connelly 
75. Double, Double (ebook) - Ellery Queen  
76. Gone, Baby, Gone (audiobook) - Dennis Lehane 
77. The Big Sleep (audiobook) - Raymond Chandler 
78. The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress (audiobook) - Ariel Lawhon 
79. Butcher's Hill (audiobook) - Laura Lippman
80. The Glass Devil (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
81. In Big Trouble (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
82. Blood Shot (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
83. Night Rounds (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
84. Burn Marks (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
85. Upon the Dull Earth and Other Stories (audiobook) - Philip K. Dick 
86. Not quite Dead Enough & Booby trapped (audiobook) - Rex Stout 
87. In the Midst of Death (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
88. A Stab in the Dark (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
89. Cat of Many Tails (audiobook) - Ellery Queen 
90. Tunnel Vision (audiobook) - Sara Paretsky 
91. The Golden Calf (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
92. Stalking the Angel (ebook) - Robert Crais 
93. The Sugar House (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
94. In a Strange City (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
95. The Last Place (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
96. Fire Sale (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
97. Body Work (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
98. Breakdown (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
99. Free Fall (ebook) - Robert Crais 
100. Eight Million Ways to Die (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
101. Hardball (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
102. A Long Line of Dead Men (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
103. Death at the Alma Mater (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
104. Lullaby Town (ebook) - Robert Crais 
105. Voodoo River (ebook) - Robert Crais 
106. The Guardian Angel (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
107. The Torso in the Town (audiobook) - Simon Brett 
108. The Devil Knows You're Dead (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
109. A Fatal Winter (audiobook) - G.M.Malliet * Maybe an implant ... 
110. Pagan Spring (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
111. The Fire Dance (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
112. Out on the Cutting Edge (audiobook) - Lawrence Block 
113. Indigo Slam (ebook) - Robert Crais 
114. Sunset Express (ebook) - Robert Crais 
115. The Forgotten Man (ebook) - Robert Crais 
116. The Sentry (ebook) - Robert Crais 
117. Hard Time (ebook) - Sara Paretsky

2014 Women Challenge (hosted by: peek a book)

"This challenge will make us want to read more books of any kind written by women, so choose whatever you like and get involved! Set your level and, if you like, leave me a comment listing your three favourite women writers, in order to suggest new names to other participants as well."


Level 1: BABY GIRL - read 5 books Level 2: GIRLS POWER - read 6 to 15 books Level 3: SUPER GIRL - read 16 to 20 books Level 4: WONDER WOMAN - read 20+ books (written by women authors of course)     {Link for Reviews}

I reached Wonder Woman last year and that will be my goal again this year.

1. "W" is For Wasted - Sue Grafton
2. Reiki Meditations for Self-Healing (audiobook) - Bronwen Stiene
3. 29 Gifts (audiobook) - Cami Walker   
4. The Healing Garden - Sue Minter
5. Accessible Gardening for People With Disabilities - Janeen R. Adil  
6. AccessibleGardening - Joann Woy 
7. Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness - Bunny Guinness & Jacqueline Knox  
8. New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith - Stevie Smith        
9. We Are Completely Beside Ourselves (audiobook) - Karen Joy Fowler   
10. What the Dead Know (audiobook) - Laura Lippman  
11. Sofie Metropolis (audiobook) - Tori Carrington
12. Baltimore Blues (audiobook) - Laura Lippman    
13. Dirty Laundry (audiobook) - Tori Carrington  
14. Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (audiobook) - Maria Konnikova      
15. Baltimore Blues (audiobook) - Laura Lippman
16. I Like You (audiobook) - Amy Sedaris
17. Mrs. Hudson's case (ebook) - Laurie R. king
18. Advent of Dying - Sister Carol Anne O'Marie  
19. The Missing Madonna - Sister Carol Anne O'Marie 
20. Wicked Autumn (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
21. The Unexpected Man (audiobook) - Yasmina Reza 
22. Deadly Gamble (audiobook) - Connie Shelton 
23. Charm City (audiobook) - Laura Lippman 
24. Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer (audiobook) - Maya Angelou 
25. The Summer of the Danes (audiobook) - Ellis Peters 
26. Poets Against the War - Sam Hamill, Sally Anderson, et al. 
27. The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing and Life - Marion Roach Smith 
28. Princesses Behaving Badly (audiobook) - Linda Rodriguez McRobbie 
29. The Drunken Botanist (audiobook) - Amy Stewart 
30. The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress (audiobook) - Ariel Lawhon 
31. Butcher's Hill (audiobook) - Laura Lippman  
32. The Missing Madonna - Sister Carol O'Marie 
33. Murder in Ordinary Time - Sister Carol Anne O'Marie
34. Whose Body? (audiobook) - Dorothy L.Sayers 
35. Detective Inspector Huss (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
36. Indemnity Only (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
37. Deadlock (ebook) - Sara Paretsky * Last year's total!
38. The Torso (ebook) - Helene Tursten
39. The Glass Devil (ebook) - Helene Tursten
40. In Big Trouble (ebook) - Laura Lippman
41. Blood Shot (ebook) - Sara Paretsky
42. Night Rounds (ebook) - Helene Tursten
43. Burn Marks (ebook) - Sara Paretsky
44. Tunnel Vision (audiobook) - Sara Paretsky
45. The Golden Calf (ebook) - Helene Tursten
46. The Sugar House (ebook) - Laura Lippman
47. In a Strange City (ebook) - Laura Lippman
48. The Last Place (ebook) - Laura Lippman 
49. Fire Sale (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
50. Body Work (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
51. Breakdown (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
52. Hardball (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
53. Death at the Alma Mater (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
54. The Guardian Angel (ebook) - Sara Paretsky 
55. A Fatal Winter (audiobook) - G.M.Malliet 
56. Pagan Spring (audiobook) - G.M. Malliet 
57. The Fire Dance (ebook) - Helene Tursten 
58. Murder Makes A Pilgrimage - Sister Carol Anne O'Marie 
59. The Litter of the Law - Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown 
60. Hard Time (ebook) - Sara Paretsky

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A little unfinished business from 2012: 

The Challenges may have ended before I could complete them, but I intend to try and reach the goals anyway.

• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Book Challenge 2012. {My Link} (COMPLETED 1/4/14)
• The Dark Tower Reading Challenge. {My Link}

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