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Countdown 2010 Reading Challenge

I’ve been thinking about joining this challenge now that my 2009 challenges are winding down, and since two of my book club reading buddies are doing it, I figured why not? The new books will be the hardest for me because they don’t show up at my used book stores very often, but now that I have a library card, I can find new books.

The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year in the 2000s — 10 books from 2010, 9 books from 2009, 8 books from 2008, etc. The total number of books required, therefore, is 55.

This challenge lasts from 9/9/09 through 10/10/10.

I’ll work on my list through the next few months, but I have some series to catch up on and this will be a great excuse because they are usually published one per year. Voila!

2010-?

2009: Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins; The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown

2008: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

2007

2006

2005: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards

2004: Snakewater Affair, by Liz Adair

2003

2002

2001

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Filed under: Books, Sue on October 11th, 2009

3 Responses to “Countdown 2010 Reading Challenge”

alisonwonderland, on October 17th, 2009 at 4:14 pm Said:

I didn’t notice this post until now. Welcome to the Countdown Challenge! I’ve got six books finished so far … a long ways to go!
3m.michelle, on October 29th, 2009 at 5:23 pm Said:

Welcome to the challenge, and good luck!
The 2nd Challenge for 2010 : Carey Family Website, on December 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm Said:

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