The ARC Reading Challenge Update
Just to recap, this is the Challenge:
The challenge will run from June 21, 2008-September 21, 2008.
It will be to help those of us with ARC's to get in gear and read and review them.
Here are the rules:
1. Make a list of all of the ARC's that you currently have and/or are on their way to you.
2. If you have:1-3 ARC's then pick at least one to read and review for this challenge.
4-6 ARC's then pick at least two to read and review for this challenge.
7-9 ARC's then pick at least three to read and review for this challenge.
10 or more Arc's then pick at least 4 to read and review for this challenge.
Here is our progress:
Jen- Total read: 3 Status: Completed
1. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
2. The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin
3. My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar
4. Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
6. Among the Cannibals: Adventures on the Trail of Man’s Darkest Ritual by Paul Raffaele
7. The White Mary by Kira Salak
8. The Dracula Dossier by James Reese
9. Superdove by Courtney Humphries
10. Stealing Athena by Karen Essex
11. One More Year: Stories by Sana Krasikov
12. First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader
14. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
15. American Savior by Roland Merullo
17. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
18. The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex by Pagan Kennedy
Wendy -Total Read: 9 Status: Completed
1. Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
2. The House at Midnight, by Lucie Whitehouse
3. The Island of Eternal Love, by Daina Chaviano
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
6. The Map Thief, by Heather Terrell
7. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff
8. Rules for Saying Goodbye, by Katherine Taylor
9. The White Mary, by Kira Salak
Lori -Total Read: 7 Status: Completed
1. Cold Hearted by Beverly Barton
2. The Brass Verdict: A Novel by Michael Connelly
4. Die, Decorator, Die: A Novel of Murder, Greed and Interior Design by Franklin H Levy
7. Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay
Kathleen - Total Read: 5 Status: Completed
1. The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine
2. The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
3. Aberrations by Penelope Przekop
4. The White Mary by Kira Salak
5. One More Year by Sana Krasikov
Chris- Total read:4 Status: Completed
1. The Other by David Guterson
3. False Colours by Georgette Heyer
4. Loyalists and Layabouts, The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, Nova Scotia by Stephen Kimber
Teddy- Total read: 4 Status: Completed1. The Horseman's Graves by Jacqueline Baker
2. Ringside 1925: Views From the Scopes Trial by Jen Bryant
3. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Alessandra- Total read: 2 Status: Completed
1. Aberrations by Penelope Przekop
2. Admit One: A Journey into Film by Emmett James
Katknit- Total read:2 Status: Completed
1. Songs for the Missing, by Stewart O’Nan
2. Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America’s First Spy by M. William Phelps
Megan- Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read
1. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
2. Home Girl: Building a Dream House on a Lawless Block by Judith Matloff
3. Farworld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage
Jill- Total read: 3 Status: Completed
2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
3. So Long At The Fair by Christina Schwartz
Literary Feline- Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read
1. Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake
2. The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith
3. Far World, Book 1: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage
Josette- Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read
1. Crazy Fool Kills Five by Gwen Freeman
2. The Poem I Turn To edited by Jason Shinder
3. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer
Mizb Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read
1. A Well-Behaved Woman’s Life by Susan McGeown
2. Merciless (Dominion Trilogy, book 3) by Robin Parrish
3. Beyond Me: Living a You-First Life in a Me-First World by Kathi Macias
Other participants who have signed up but who have not yet started:
Congratulations to Jen, Wendy, Lori, Kathleen, Chris, Alessandra, Catknit (Linda), and Jill for completing the challenge already!
For the rest of you, hang in there you can do it! Some of you are very close to the finish!
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I love those organized people that read what they are supposed to be reading... haha. Nice list, if not for the accomplishment but for the wish list! :)
Kailana said... August 21, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Hi, I actually finished my 3rd book a couple of weeks ago. Here is my review of Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer!
Josette said... August 21, 2008 at 11:15 PM
I've got 3 books read, out of the 4 I signed on for, actually! My post is here, and my reviews are linked from there. :)
Just one more to go! :D
And, in case the link (for whatever reason) doesn't work, the books I read, so far, were:
1. "A Well-Behaved Woman's Life" by Susan McGeown
2. "Merciless" by Robin Parrish
3. "Beyond Me" by Kathi Macias
Thanks!
MizB
Anonymous said... August 22, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Kailana,
I'm a bit of an organizational freak. A little too much so. This had been bugging me for quite some time because I couldn't find the time to do it. I feel better now. LOL!
Josette,
Thanks for letting me know! I got it added.
Mizb,
Thanks for letting me know! I made the correction and added your books.
Teddy Rose said... August 23, 2008 at 9:40 PM
I knew I was forgetting to blog about something!
I talked about this in today's Sunday Salon. I read 3 of the 4 books I signed up for, as well as 16 other ARCs.
Anonymous said... August 24, 2008 at 8:08 AM
Thanks Jen! I got all of yours added.
Note to all participating,
I am thinking about hosting this challenge again. Would any of you be interested? I think I would start it on October 21st and maybe make it a last a little longer. If it is longer, those of us with a ton of ARCs would read more than 4. What do you think? Any suggestions?
Teddy Rose said... August 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Thanks for the corrections, Teddy! ;)
Anonymous said... August 27, 2008 at 6:01 AM
Yay! Finished the challenge! (Well, I only had 2 ARCs). I read Nathan Hale, The Life and Death of America's First Spy, by M. William Phelps.
My review:
Nathan Hale
Anonymous said... August 30, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Congrats on finishing! Do you think that you will be getting more ARCs in the future? I'm thinking about hosting the challenge again.
Teddy Rose said... August 30, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Hi all,
I'm just checking in. Even though I'm not as available as I would like to be right now I would like you to know that I will still be postinging links to your reviews and adding to your progress in this updated post. It just may take longer than usual.
Jill,
I just updated yours, thanks and sorry it took so long.
Many of you have already finished the challenge! Congrats again.
With less than a week to go, there are four of you that only have one book to go. Maybe you already read it but haven't let me know yet, please do so.
If you haven't finished yet, you still have time. I know what voracious readers you are, you can do it! Your so close!
Teddy Rose said... September 15, 2008 at 8:26 PM
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