Fall Into Reading 2010 Challenge – Finish Line

Another challenge has come to a close. As you can see from my list, I finished reading 23 out of the 25 books I had listed and I am in the middle of reading one right now. I was also able to read an additional 11 books  during this time that were not on my original list. That puts my total number of books read from September 22 to December 20 to 34 books!!!

Here’s my original list:

1. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
2. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapri
3. Love Means Zero by Daisy Jordan
4. Let’s Eat by Denise Burroughs
5. Devil’s Foodcake by Josi S. Kilpack
6. Key Lime Pie by Josi S. Kilpack
7. What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen
8. Killer Heat by Brenda Novak
9. A Royal Likeness by Christine Trent READING NOW
10. Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
11. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
12. A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair
13. Kiss Me if You Can by Carly Phillips
14. Love Me if You Dare by Carly Phillips
15. A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
16. House Rules by Jodi Piccoult
17. Honeymoon by James Patterson
18. Don’t Blink by James Patterson
19. Cross Fire by James Patterson
20. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs – DID NOT READ YET
21. 1022 Evergreen Place by Debbie Macomber
22. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
23. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
24. The Big Short by Michael Lewis
25. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani

Additionally I read the following:

1. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
2. Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
3. The Life O’Reilly by Brian Cohen
4. Perfection by Julie Metz
5. The Love Goddess’ Cooking School by Melissa Senate
6. Hollywood Ending by Lucie Simone
7. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
8. Murder on the Down Low by Pamela Samuels Young
9. Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
10. Anne of the Island by LM Montgomery
11. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

Thank you to Katrina over at Callapidder Days for hosting this challenge!!! I got a lot of books read that have been sitting on my bookshelves, in addition to all the review books I had to read. I particularly enjoyed the weekly questions that Katrina came up with each week. It was a great way to get to know the other participants a little better. 

I read a lot of great books this time around and it’s hard to pick one favorite, but some of the top books were: American Wife, A Vintage Affair, and A Royal Likeness (which I am still reading). 

In order to get through more books this time, I started listening to audio books and have to say I am now hooked. While I was only able to listen to 2 audio books that were on my list, I did manage to listen to 2 addition audio books not on my list. 

This is the second reading challenge I have participated in where I listed the books to be read beforehand and it’s the second time I did not finish the entire list, although I came very close. I did manage to read quite a few additional books not on my original list, so I ended up reading more than I initially planned. I guess you could call it a wash…and that’s just fine with me!