Personal Challenges

Finish the following series:  Completed 7/24/11
The Damned by Alan Dean Foster (3)  Completed 1/8/11
The Dragonlance Chronicles by various authors (18)  Another one bites the dust.  Off the list it goes.
The Dreamers by David Eddings (4)  Ugh.  Taken off my list.
Shannara by Terry Brooks (20)  Completed 3/17/11
Temperance Brennan by Kathy Reichs (12)  Finished Book 1.  Not interested in finishing the series.
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams (4) - Did not like first book at all; took series off my list
The Deathlands by James Axler (6)  Completed 7/24/11

Read more pages than in 2010 (only completed books count)
Current Pages:
43870 / 55737 (78.7%)
Goal: 55737

Have fewer To Be Read books at the end of 2011
Current Count:  502
# as of 12/31/10: 676
# as of 12/31/11: 503

Read at least 10 books that are being wished for by other members on Paperbackswap.com   Completed 07/16/11
1. Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek
2. The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks
3. The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks
4. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
8. Angelfire by Marc Zicree & Maya Bohnhoff
9. The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran
10. A Gift of Dragons by Anne McCaffrey
11. Downrigger Drift by James Axler
12. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
13. The Last Child by John Hart
14. The Passage by Justin Cronin

Review each book I read
I will link the titles below to their respective reviews

Author A-Z x 2 & Title A-Z x 2:  Completed 12/19/11
I will finish as much of this list as is possible without getting new books

AUTHORS:
A - Axler, James; Arcadian's Asylum
A - Axler, James; Downrigger Drift

B - Brooks, Terry; The Sword of Shannara
B - Brooks, Terry; The Scions of Shannara

C - Connolly, John; The Book of Lost Things
C - Canavan, Trudi; The Magicians' Guild
C - Canavan, Trudi; The High Lord

D - Donohue, Keith; The Stolen Child
D - Darnton, John; The Experiment

E - Erskine, Barbara; House of Echoes
E - Ellis, David; Jury of One

F - Foster, Alan Dean; The Spoils of War
F - Foer, Jonathan Safran; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

G - Gaiman, Neil; Stardust
G - Gunnarsson, Thorarinn; Dragonlord of Mystara
G - Gunnarsson, Thorarinn; Dragonking of Mystara

H - Hill, Joe; Heart-Shaped Box
H - Hart, John; The Last Child

I - Ingrid, Charles; The Marked Man
I - Ing, Dean; The Ransom of Black Stealth One

J - Jacques, Brian; Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
J - Johansen, Iris; Final Target

K - Klein, Joe; Primary Colors
K - Kinsella, W. P.; Shoeless Joe

L - Levin, Ira; Rosemary's Baby
L - Levin, Ira; Son of Rosemary

M - Martin, Lee; The Bright Forever
M - McCaffrey, Anne; A Gift of Dragons

N - Neggers, Carla; Abandon
N - Neville, Katherine; The Magic Circle

O - O'Leary, Patrick; Door Number Three
O - Ondaatje, Michael; The English Patient

P - Picoult, Jodie; My Sister's Keeper
P - Pupek, Jayne; Tomato Girl

Q - Quick, Amanda; Wait Until Midnight
Q - Quinn, Tara Taylor; Where the Road Ends

R - Reichs, Kathy; Déjà Dead
R - Rowling, J. K.; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
R - Rowling, J. K.; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
R - Rowling, J. K.; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

S - Simak, Clifford D.; Where the Evil Dwells
S - Simmons, Dan; Children of the Night

T - Tepper, Sheri S.; Northshore
T - Tepper, Sheri S.; Southshore

U - Unger, Lisa; Beautiful Lies
U - Unger, Lisa; Sliver of Truth

V - Varley, John; Millennium
V - Van Scyoc, Sydney; Sunwaifs

W - Weis, Margaret; Testament of the Dragon
W - Wurts, Janny; Stormwarden
W - Wurts, Janny; Shadowfane

X - Xinran; The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
X - Xian, Joan; Daughter of the Wind

Y - York, Rebecca; Killing Moon
Y - Young, Jim; The Face of the Deep

Z - Zicree, Marc; Magic Time
Z - Zicree, Marc; Angelfire

TITLES:
A - Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks
A - Antrax by Terry Brooks
A - Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks

B - Blood Harvest by James Axler
B - Baptism of Rage by James Axler

C -  A Call to Arms by Alan Dean Foster
C - Celestis by Paul Park

D - The Druid of Shannara by Terry Brooks
D - Doom Helix by James Axler

E - The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
E - The Elf Queen of Shannara by Terry Brooks
E - The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks

F - The False Mirror by Alan Dean Foster
F - First King of Shannara by Terry Brooks

G - The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks
G - Ghostlands by Marc Zicree

H - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
H - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
H - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
H - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling

I - Ilse Witch by Terry Brooks
I - Interest of Justice by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

J - Jarka Ruus by Terry Brooks
J - The Juror by George Dawes Green

K - A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks
K - The King of Torts by John Grisham
K - Keeper of the Keys by Janny Wurts

L - Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
L - Lucky by Alice Sebold

M - Morgawr by Terry Brooks
M - Moonfeast by James Axler

N - The Novice by Trudi Canavan
N - Nighteyes by Garfield Reeves-Stevens

O - Once Upon a Winter's Night by Dennis L. McKiernan
O - Once Upon a Summer Day by Dennis L. McKiernan

P - Phytosphere by Scott Mackay
P - The Passage by Justin Cronin
P - Playfair's Axiom by James Axler

Q - The Quiet by Patrick Billings
Q - The Quickie by James Patterson

R - Running With the Demon by Terry Brooks
R - The Rising by Brian Keene

S - Straken by Terry Brooks
S - The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold

T - The Talismans of Shannara by Terry Brooks
T - Tanequil by Terry Brooks
T - The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton

U - The Unloved by John Saul
U - The Uncanny by Andrew Klavan

V - Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz
V - Void Moon by Michael Connelly

W - The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks
W - The White Abacus by Damien Broderick

X - The X-Files: Goblins by Charles Grant
X - X-Men: The Last Stand by Chris Claremont

Y - Yarrow by Charles de Lint
Y - The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Z - Zero Time by Jack Anderson
Z - The Zero Game by Brad Meltzer

**Note: Each book I read will only count towards one of the three challenges I've joined but they may also count towards any / all of my Personal Challenges plus the 100+ challenge

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