2009 Book Challenge -- COMPLETED!

Title Author Stars


January

1 Sunshine Robin McKinley 4

2 Love Junkie Rachel Resnick 4

3 The Shiksa Syndrome Laurie Graff 4

4 Plum Spooky Janet Evanovich 4

5 Dead is the New Black Marlene Perez 4

6 Trophies Heather Thomas 4

7 Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home Michelle Bardsley 4

8 Everybody Hurts Leslie Simon 3

9 Beat the Reaper Josh Bazell 5

10 This Land is Their Land Barbara Ehrenreich 4

11 The Help Katherine Sockett 5

12 Knit Two Kate Jacobs 4

13 Fifteen Minutes of Shame Lisa Daily 4

14 Don't Mind Me Esther Cohen 3

15 Swish Joel Derfner 3

16 Succubus Blues Richelle Mead 5

17 High Tea Sandra Harper 3

18 Speed Demon Erin Lynn 4

19 Witch Fire Anya Bast 4

20 Kitty & the Dead Man's Hand Carrie Vaughn 4

21 Bitten to Death Jennifer Rardin 5

22 The White House Mess Christopher Buckley 3

Feburary

23 The Demon King and I Candace Havens 4

24 Choke Chuck Pahalniuk 4

25 Fish Out of Water MaryJanice Davidson 4

26 Far From You Lisa Schroeder 5

27 Witch Blood Anya Bast 4

28 Casting Spells Barbara Bretton 4

29 Weddings From Hell Shayne, et al 4

30 Urban Animals Mireille Silcoff 4

31 The Love of Her Life Harriet Evans 4

32 Eyeliner of the Gods Katie Maxwell 4

33 I'm With Stupid Elaine Szewczyk 4

34 Fool Christopher Moore 3

35 The Urban Hermit Sam MacDonald 4

36 Dog On It Spencer Quinn 6

37 Witch Heart Anya Bast 4

38 A La Carte Hillary Carlip 4

March

39 Fade Lisa McMann 5

40 The Wishing Year Noelle Oxenhandler 3

41 Witch High Denise Little 4

42 Not Quite What I Was Planning Larry Smith 4

43 A History of the Golden Bear Robert Carvounas 3

44 The Smart One Ellen Meister 4

45 Dogtown Bob Summerville 5

46 Handle With Care Jodi Picoult 5

47 Wicked Game Jeri Smith Ready 4

48 Good Man Hunting Lisa Landolt 4

49 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet Jamie Ford 5

50 Kin (The Good Neighbors) Holly Black 4

51 Fragile Eternity Melissa Marr 4

52 Orange County Gustavo Arellano 4

53 The Late Lamented Molly Marx Sally Koslow 5

54 The Darwin Awards IV Wendy Norcutt 4

55 Succubus on Top Richelle Mead 4

56 Curse of the Spellmans Lisa Lutz 4

57 Succubus Dreams Richelle Mead 4

April

58 Revenge of The Spellmans Lisa Lutz 5

59 Babylon's Ark Lawrence Anthony 3

60 Fifty is not a Four Letter Word Linda Kelsey 4

61 Red-Headed Stepchild Jaye Wells 5

62 Early Spring Amy Seidel 4

63 Strange Nervous Laughter Bridget McNulty 4

64 Hex Appeal Linda Wisdom 4

65 Why We Suck Denis Leary 3

66 The Sky Isn't Visible From Here Felicia Sullivan 4

67 Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler Wade Rouse 4

68 The Sweet By and By Todd Johnson 5

69 Jailbait Zombie Mario Acevedo 5

70 Undone Rachel Caine 4

71 Pretty in Plaid Jen Lancaster 5

72 How to Eat Like a Hot Chick Jodi Lipper 4

73 The Liberation Diet Kevin Brown 4

74 His Other Lover Lucy Dawson 4

May

75 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky 4

76 Red Jordan Summers 4

77 The Ex Mrs Hedgefund Jill Kargman 4

78 Swoon Nina Malkin 5

79 You're the One That I Haunt Terri Garey 4

80 One More Bite Jennifer Rardin 4

81 Undress Me In the Temple of Heaven Susan Gilman 4

82 I'm Sorry You Feel That Way Diana Joseph 4

83 How to Ditch Your Fairy Justine Larbalestier 4

84 Pleasure Unbound (Demonica, Book 1) Larissa Ione   4

85 Everyone Is Beautiful: A Novel Katherine Center   4

86 You Are So Undead to Me Stacey Jay   4

87 Physick Book of Deliverance Dane Katherine Howe   5

88 Happens Every Day Isabel Gillies   4

89 In The Kitchen Monica Ali 3

90 Need Carrie Jones 4

91 High Voltage Tattoo Kat Von D 4

92 Eyes Like Stars Lisa Mantchev 5

JUNE

93 Death's Daughter Anmber Benson 4

94 How Shall I Tell the Dog Miles Kington 4

95 A Date You Can't Refuse Harley Jane Kozak 4

96 Jet Set Karasyov & Kargman 4

97 The Girls From Ames Jeffrey Zaslow 4

98 Confessions of a Beauty Addict Nadine Haobsh 3.5

99 Succubus Heat Richelle Mead 4

100 Shanghai Girls Lisa See 5

101 I'm Down Mishna Wolff 4

102 Stormy Weather Geri Buckley 4

103 And Then Everything Unraveled Jennifer Sturman 4

104 Being Nikki Meg Cabot 4

105 Hechinger's Guide to Ethnic Sterotypes Hechinger 3

106 Wicked By Any Other Name Linda Wisdom 4

107 Godmother Carolyn Turgeon 5

108 Year of the Cock Alan Wieder 4

109 The Loved Dog Tamar Geller 4

110 City of Bones Cassandra Clare 5

111 Prom Dates From Hell Rosemary Clement-Moore 3

112 Not Quite What I Was Planning Expanded Larry Smith 4

113 Finger Lickin Fifteen Janet Evanovich 4

114 Pygmy Chuck Pahalniuk 3

115 City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 5

116 Pleasure Unchained Larissa Ione   4

JULY

117 The Summoning Kelley Armstrong 3.5

118 Thereby Hangs a Tail Spencer Quinn 5

119 Passion Unleashed Larissa Ione   4

120 The Awakening Kelley Armstrong 5

121 Sucker for Love Kimberly Raye 4

122 Undead and Unwelcome MaryJanice Davidson 4

123 Nose Down Eyes Up Merrill Markoe 5

124 Other People's Husbands Judy Astley 3

125 Hope in a Jar Beth Harbison 5

126 The Crowning Glory of Calla Lilly Ponder Rebecca Wells 4

127 Season of the Witch Natasha Mostert 5

128 Sugar Time Jane Adams 5

129 DarkWood ME Breen 4

130 Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner 5

131 Six Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak Larry Smith 5

132 Shire Hell Rachel Johnson 3

133 Queen Takes King Gigi Lavigne Grazier 4

134 Twenties Girl Sophie Kinsella 4

135 Dogfessions Nikki Moustaki 5

136 Last Vampire Standing Nancy Haddock 4

137 The Girl She Used to Be David Cristofano 4

AUGUST TOTAL READ: 17

138 A Mermaid's Kiss Joey Hill 3

139 Secondhand Spirits Juliet Blackwell 4

140 Beverly Hills Adjacent Steinhauer Hendra 3

141 City of Glass Cassandra Clare 4

142 Losing Mum & Pup Christopher Buckley 4

143 Dead is a State of Mind Marlene Perez 4

144 LA Candy Lauren Conrad 3.5

145 The Best of Times Penny Vincenzi 5

146 The Pretend Wife Bridget Asher 4

147 Dead is so Last Year Marlene Perez 4

148 My Soul To Take Rachel Vincent 5

149 Prospect Park West Amy Sohn 5

150 The Demon's Lexicon Sarah Rees Brennan 4

151 Graceling Kristin Cashore 3.5

152 Fire Kristin Cashore 4

153 Hell Week Rosemary Clement-Moore 4

154 Unexpected Development Marlene Perez 4

SEPTEMBER TOTAL READ: 22

155 The White Queen Philippa Gregory 4.5

156 A Change in Altitude Anita Shreve 4.5

157 Her Fearful Symmetry Audrey Niffenegger 4.5

158 It's Not That I'm Bitter Gina Barecca 3.5

159 Would Be Witch Kimberly Frost 3

160 Demon Can't Help It Kathy Love 3

161 Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants Marogt Berwin 4

162 Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher 4

163 Dexter By Design Jeff Lindsay 4.5

164 Thorn Queen Richelle Mead 4.5

165 Thirsty MT Anderson 3

166 I Can't Keep My Own Secrets Larry Smith 5

167 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown 4.5

168 Ghost Huntress #1 Marley Gibson 4

169 Mercury in Retrograde Paula Froelich 4

170 Hedge Fund Wives Tatiana Boncompagni 4

171 The Forest of Hands And Teeth Carrie Ryan 3.5

172 Hot Dogs Nicholas Noyes 4

173 The Wednesday Sisters Meg Waite Clayton 4.5

174 Stakes & Stillettos Michelle Rowen 4.5

175 Zombie Queen of Newbury High Amanda Ashby 4

176 Tall, Dark & Fangsome Michelle Rowen 5

OCTOBER TOTAL READ: 19

177 One Day David Nicholls 3.5

178 Give Up The Ghost Megan Crewe 4

179 This Is Where I Leave You Jonathan Tropper 4.5

180 Hush Hush Becca Fitzpatrick 5

181 Parites and Potions Sarah Mlynowski 4

182 Barely Bewitched Kimberly Frost 3.5

183 Juliet Naked Nick Hornby 3.5

184 The Tales of Beedle the Bard JK Rowling 4

185 Half Broke Horses Jeannette Wall 5

186 Seraph of Sorrow MaryJanice Davidson 4.5

187 Retail Hell Freeman Hall 4

188 Possession Devyn Quinn 4.5

189 Strange Things Happen Stewart Copeland 4

190 Kith Holly Black 4

191 Ravenous Sharon Ashwood 4

192 Alice I have Been Melanie Benjamin 5

193 The Silent Gift Michael Landon Jr 3.5

194 The Wyrm King Holly Black 3.5

195 Beastly Alex Flinn 4.5

NOVEMBER TOTAL READ: 19

196 Dying Bites DD Barant 4

197 Ash Malinda Lo 3.5

198 The Truth About Melody Browne Lisa Jewell 4

199 One Nation Under Dog Michael Shaffer 3

200 Defenders of the Scroll Shiraz 3.5

201 The Rising Sea Orrin Pilkey 3

202 You Better Not Cry Augusten Burroughs 4

203 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 4.5

204 Soulless Gail Carriger 3.5

205 The Secret of Joy Melissa Senate 4

206 Hot for the Holidays Lora Leigh 3

207 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins 5

208 Knit The Season Kate Jacobs 4

209 Wicked Lovely Desert Tales #1 Melissa Marr 4

210 Over My Dead Body Michelle Bardsley 3.5

211 Unmasked (Michael Jackson) Ian Halperin 3

212 The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns Elizabeth Leiknes 4.5

213 Ghost Huntress #2 Marley Gibson 4

214 High On Arrival Mackenzie Phillips 3

DECEMBER Total Read: 9

215 Fallen Lauren Kate 5

216 The Christmas Cookie Club Anne Pearlman 3.5

217 How to Be Famous Heidi Montag/Spencer Pratt 2

218 I Drink For A Reason David Cross 4

219 Hollywood Barks! Segura, et al 5

220 Nanny Returns McLaughlin & Kraus 4

221 Secret Society Tom Dolby 3.5

222 Doxie Moxie Melissa Sovey 5

223 I Don’t Care About Your Band Julie Klausner 4