2010: Challenges – Countdown Challenge 2010 Completed

Oh, so close!

I was one book short of completing the Countdown Challenge 2010 on time.  One book! I missed a book from 2003. Here’s my final list:

2010

  1. The First Rule – Robert Crais
  2. The Kitchen House – Kathleen Grissom
  3. What Do We Do Now? – Keith Malley & Chemda
  4. So Much For That – Lionel Shriver
  5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson
  6. Horns – Joe Hill
  7. Worst Case – James Patterson
  8. Possessed – Kate Cann
  9. Dead in the Family – Charlaine Harris
  10. The Anniversary ManR.J. Ellory

2009

  1. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
  2. The Girl Who Played With Fire – Stieg Larsson
  3. Cleopatra’s Daughter – Michelle Moran
  4. The Spire – Richard North Patterson
  5. The Fury – Jason Pinter
  6. How to Say Goodbye in Robot – Natalie Standiford
  7. The Maze Runner – James Dashner
  8. True Blue – David Baldacci
  9. Forbidden Falls – Robyn Carr 

2008

  1. Olive KitteridgeElizabeth Strout
  2. The Outlaw Demon Wails – Kim Harrison 
  3. No One You Know – Michelle Richmond 
  4. Gossip of the Starlings – Nina de Gramont 
  5. The Beach House – Jane Green 
  6. From Dead to Worse – Charlaine Harris 
  7. Smoke Screen – Sandra Brown 
  8. Heat Lightning – John Sandford 

2007

  1. Virgin River – Robyn Carr
  2. Last Rituals – Yrsa Sigurdardottir
  3. Tongue in Chic – Christina Dodd 
  4. Kitty Takes a Holiday – Carrie Vaughn 
  5. Black Seconds – Karin Fossum 
  6. Shelter Mountain – Robyn Carr 
  7. All Together Dead – Charlaine Harris 

2006

  1. Glass Houses – Rachel Caine
  2. Kitty Goes to Washington – Carrie Vaughn
  3. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak 
  4. The Boleyn Inheritance – Philippa Gregory
  5. Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris 
  6. Voices – Arnaldur Indridason 

2005

  1. Silence of the Grave – Arnaldur Indridason
  2. Full Bloom – Janet Evanovich
  3. Dead as a Doornail – Charlaine Harris
  4. The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion
  5. Undead and Unreturnable – MaryJanice Davidson

2004

  1. Hunter’s Moon – C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp
  2. Seize the Night – Sherrilyn Kenyon
  3. Little ChildrenTom Perrotta 
  4. London Bridges – James Patterson 

2003

  1. Stiff – Mary Roach
  2. Death Masks – Jim Butcher

2002

  1. Lamb – Christopher Moore
  2. Chasing the Dime – Michael Connelly

2001

  1. Strawberry Shortcake Murder – Joanne Fluke

I hope this challenge will be repeated in 2011!

4 thoughts on “2010: Challenges – Countdown Challenge 2010 Completed

  • October 13, 2010 at 6:13 pm
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    This was a fun challenge, wasn’t it? I finished mine in the nick of time – and a 2003 book was my last one to finish!

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  • October 17, 2010 at 1:14 pm
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    Congrats!! You did great even if you missed just one. I would have freaked just by looking at the number of books to read! Wow! Kudos!

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