100 Book Challenge


My friend Jenners told me about the 100 Book Challenge over at J. Kaye's Book Blog. I read about a book a week, so 100 books in a year sounds like a good challenge. Plus you can count children's books and I will be an elementary librarian in August, so I'm sure I can easily clear 100 books. Right now I'm a high school librarian, so I can't plow through 20 books in a week!

I will list the books I read here in this post. I read 4 and a half books on vacation, but 3 of them were before January 1st. Bummer! Oh, well. What can you do? Keep reading, that's what!

100 Book Challenge for 2009:
1. Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
2. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
3. You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
5. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
6. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
7. Shredderman 1: Secret Identiy by Wnedelin van Draanen (children's novel)
8. The Story of Thomas Alva Edison by Margaret Davidson (children's biography)
9. Kate Vaiden by Reynolds Price
10. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
11. The Gathering by Anne Enright
12. In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
13. Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
14. Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
15. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
16. The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
17. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
18. Flight by Sherman Alexie
19. Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
20. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
21. Good Faith by Jane Smiley
22. Do NOT Open This Book by Joy Cowley (picture book)
23. Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey (picture book)
24. The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood (picture book)
25. Piggies by Audrey and Don Wood (picture book)
26. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
27. I Took My Frog To The Library by Eric Kimmel (picture book)
28. My Little Car by Gary Soto (picture book)
29. The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller
30. Goldilocks retold by Janet Hillman (picture book)
31. Goldie and the Bears by Diane Stanley (picture book)
32. Mud Walk by Joy Cowley (picture book)
33. Duck's Key: Where Can it Be? by Jez Alborough (picture book)
34. Varjak Paw by SF Said (children's novel)
35. Moonbear's Pet by Frank Asch (picture book)
36. Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin (picture book)
37. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
38. The Riders by Tim Winton
39. Magyk by Angie Sage (children's novel)
40. Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin (picture book)
41. Growing Frogs by Vivian French (picture book)
42. Stick by Steve Breen (picture book)
43. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilio (children's novel)
44. Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
45. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
46. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
47. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
48. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
49. Jack Adrift by Jack Gantos (children's novel)
50. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman (picture book)
51. No More Cookies! by Paeony Lewis (picture book)
52. More Spaghetti, I Say! by Rita Gelman (picture book)
53. Mount Count by Ellen Stohl Walsh (picture book)
54. Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman (picture book)
55. The Perfect Pumpkin Pie by Denys Cazet (picture book)
56. Froggy's Halloween by Jonathan London (picture book)
57. Mouse's First Halloween by Lauren Thompson (picture book)
58. Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes (picture book)
59. Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen (picture book)
60. Where the Big Fish Are by Jonathan London (picture book)
61. Froggy Plays Soccer by Jonathan London (picture book)
62. Baby Radar by Naomi Nye (picture book)
63. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkin by Barbara Kerley (picture book)
64. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (picture book)
65. Nine Ducks Nine by Sarah Hayes (picture book)
66. Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh (picture book)
67. Anno's Counting Book by Anno (picture book)
68. A Small, Tall Tale From the Far, Far North by Peter Sis (picture book)
69. Pumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo (picture book)
70. It's Pumpkin Time! by Zoe Hall (picture book)
71. Bumpy Little Pumpkin by Margery Cuyler (picture book)
72. The Water Hole by Graeme Base (picture book)
73. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky (picture book)
74. As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps by Gail Harman (picture book)
75. White Water by Jonathan London (picture book)
76. Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown (picture book)
77. One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root (picture book)
78. Duckie's Ducklings by Frances Barry (picture book)
79. Cha-Cha Chimps by Julia Durango (picture book)
80. Round Trip by Anna Jonas (picture book)
81. What the Sun Saw/What the Moon Saw by Nancy Tafuri (picture book)
82. My Year of Meats by Ruth L. Ozeki
83. No Talking by Andrew Clements (children's novel)
84. Midnight on the Farm by Stephen Eaton Hume (picture book)
85. Ten Little Sleepyheads by Elizabeth Provost (picture book)
86. Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen (children's novel)
87. Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (children's novel)
88. Alistair and the Alien Invasion by Marilyn Sadler (picture book)
89. Lullabyhullaballo by Mick Inkpen (picture book)
90. How Do Dinosaurs Eat? by Jane Yolen (picture book)
91. Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton (picture book)
92. Sleep Tight, Little Bear by Martin Waddell (picture book)
93. Good Night, Baby Bear by Frank Asch (picture book)
94. A Dozen Dizzy Dinosaurs by Calvin Irons (picture book)
95. The Piggy in the Puddle by Charlotte Pomerantz (picture book)
96. Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by Robert Heidbreder (picture book)
97. 100 Days of School by Trudy Harris (picture book)
98. The Tale of Pale Male: a True Story by Jeanette Winter (picture book)
99. Caillou Learns to Skate by Marion Johnson (picture book)
100. Julie & Julia by Julie Powell woo-hoo! My 100th book of 2009!!! November 30th.
101. The Children Who Smelled a Rat by Allan Ahlberg (children's novel)
102. The Boy Who Saved Cleveland by Andrew Clements (children's novel)
103. Oh! by Kevin Henkes (picture book)
104. In the Snow by Sharon Phillips Denslow (picture book)
105. Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London (picture book)
106. Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic (picture book)
107. The Stinky Cheese Many and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka (picture book)
108. Robert's Snowflakes by Grace Lin (picture book)
109. Geraldine's Big Snow by Holly Keller (picture book)
110. Froggy's Best Christmas by Jonathan London (picture book)
111. When Cows Come Home for Christmas by Dori Chaconas (picture book)
112. The Snow Child by Harriet Ziefert (picture book)
113. Little Children by Tom Perrota
114. The Twelve Days of Christmas Dogs by Carolyn Conahan (picture book)
115. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields



2 comments:

Unknown February 5, 2009 at 10:11 AM  

Hey Coll,
Should I read Twilight? Is it as good as the hype?
Ames

Colleen February 7, 2009 at 9:16 AM  

It's a quick, easy read. Definitely written for teenage girls. I read it quickly and enjoyed it. I'll probably read the next one, but the teen aspect is already old. We'll see how many I get through...

Yes, I would say read it.

Glove,
col

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About Me

My name is Colleen and I currently live in Saigon, Vietnam. (aka Ho Chi Minh City) I have a husband, Mike, and 2 children. Our son Aidan is 14 and our daughter Brenna is 11. I am the elementary librarian at Saigon South International School. I love to read, be outside, play any sport that's going on, hang out with friends, and laugh.

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