Monday, July 6, 2009

Pub Reading Challenge 2009 Completed

Full details at 1morechapter.com.

Read a minimum of 9 books first published in 2009.

Completed books are highlighted or linked to reviews:

1.Little Bee****+by Chris Cleave
2.Dog On It***+ by Spencer Quinn
3.The Brightest Moon of the Century**** by Christopher Meeks
4.A Mad Desire to Dance**** by Elie Wiesel
5.Shelter Me*** by Juliette Fay
6.Asta in the Wings**** by Jan Elizabeth Watson
7.The Cradle**** by Patrick Somerville
8.The Disappeared***** by Kim Echlin
9.The Lieutenant***** by Kate Grenville
10.Last Night in Montreal**** by Emily St. John Mandel

Other possibilities:

Stone's Fall by Iain Pears

Eclipse by Richard North Patterson
Breaking Lorca by Giles Blunt
The Believers by Zoe Heller
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
The Age of Orphans by Laleh Khadivi
Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
Tinkers by Paul Harding
All Other Nights by Dara Horn
The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Etta by Gerald Kolpan
The Glister by John Burnside

I will no doubt read a few more books published in 2009 before the year is out but I'm winding up this challenge so that I can given my attention to the others I have going.

Completed June 15, 2009.

I welcome questions or comments about any of these books. Feel free to leave a link to any you've review. I'd love to read them.

1 comment:

  1. Congrats on finishing the challenge! Little Bee is on my tbr.

    ReplyDelete

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