« more discussions

• 

  Brad's 2012 Reading Challenges

  New Title

  

  In addition to my goal of 96 books, these are the challenges I am participating in.

  Brad B started this discussion 1 year ago. ( reply | permalink )

• 

  Brad B 

  New Title

  

  Subdue the Shelf

  1. Die Trying Lee Child
  2. Death Match Lincoln Child
  3. Postmortem Patricia Cornwell
  4. Raise the Titanic Clive Cussler
  5. Twelfth Card Jeffrey Deaver
  6. Pandora’s Curse Jack DuBrul
  7. Atlantis David Gibbins
  8. Summer of Night Dan Simmons
  9. Duma Key Stephen King
  10. The Hunt for Atlantis Andy McDermott done
  11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Mindy Kaling
  12. Tyrannosaur Canyon Douglas Preston
  13. Proven Guilty Jim Butcher
  14. Ice Hunt James Rollins
  15. Suffer the Children John Saul
  16. The Touch F. Paul Wilson
  17. The Night Eternal Guillermo del Toro/Chuck Hogan done
  18. Raising Atlantis Thomas Greanias
  19. Vamphyri Brian Lumley
  20. Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
  21. Deep Sky Patrick Lee
  22. War of the Worlds HG Wells
  23. Deja Dead Kathy Reichs
  24. Cruel Winter Anthony Izzo
  25. Breeding Ground Sarah Pinborough done
  26. Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
  27. Thief of Always Clive Barker
  28. WoodrowWilson Louis Auchincloss
  29. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
  30. All the Pretty Girls JT Ellison
  31. Magician: Apprentice Raymond Feist
  32. World War Z Max Brooks
  33. The Lottery Shirley Jackson
  34. The Girl Next Door Jack Ketchum done
  35. Dead Even Brad Meltzer
  36. Baal Robert McCammon
  37. Whispers Dean Koontz
  38. A Wind in the Door Madeleine L’engle
  39. The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
  40. The Holmes-Dracula File Fred Saberhagen
  41.The Black Castle Les Daniels
  42. The Devil’s Footprints Amanda Stevens
  43. Rabbit, Run John Updike
  44. From the Earth to the Moon Jules Verne
  45. Nine Princes in Amber Roger Zelazny
  46. The Book of Lost Things John Connolly
  47. The Amber Room Steve Berry
  NEXT 48. The Black Echo Michael Connelly
  49. The Angel of Darkness Caleb Carr
  50. The Lost Symbol Dan Brown
  51. The Firm John Grisham
  52. Silence of the Lambs Thomas Harris
  53. Creepers David Morrell
  54. Ice Station Matthew Reilly
  55. Jaws Peter Benchley
  56. If You Could See Me Now Peter Straub
  57. 20th Century Ghosts Joe Hill
  58. The Vampire Armand Anne Rice
  59. The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester
  60. Ragtime EL Doctorow
  61. Hunger Games (Next in series if picked before) Suzanne Collins
  62. Bloodsucking Fiends Christopher Moore
  63. Devil in a Blue Dress Walter Mosley
  64. Dominion Bentley Little
  65. Seventh Son Orson Scott Card
  66. Kiss the Girls James Patterson
  67. Hawke Ted Bell
  68. Paths of Glory Jeffrey Archer
  69. Undercurrents Ridley Pearson
  70. Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein
  71. Foundation Isaac Asimov
  72. Another Fine Myth Robert Asprin
  73. Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton
  74. Jumper Steven Gould
  75. Return of the King JRR Tolkien
  76. Savage Richard Laymon
  77. You Come When I Call You Douglas Clegg
  78. The Manse Lisa Cantrell
  79. The Hour of the Oxrun Dead Charles Grant
  80. Tales From the Nightside Charles Grant
  81. Xombies: Apocalypticon Walter Greatshell
  82. The List of Seven Mark Frost
  83. Hunger Games (next in series if chosen prior) Suzanne Collins
  84. Renfield: Dracula Barbara Hambley
  85. Hell House Richard Matheson
  86. What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson
  87. Damnable Hank Schwaeble
  88. The Hot Kid Elmore Leonard
  89. The Flood Michael McDowell
  90. The Jekyll Legacy Robert Bloch/Andre Norton
  91. Nightwing Martin Cruz Smith
  92. The Other Thomas Tryon
  93. Cat’s Cradle Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
  94. The Magic Barrel Bernard Malamud
  95. The Salmon of Doubt Douglas Adams
  96. Invasion of the Body Snatchers Jack Finney
  97. Lilies of the Field William Barrett
  98. How Reading Changed My Life Anna Quindlin
  99. The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett
  100. The Tunnels Michelle Gagnon

  posted 1 year ago. ( permalink )

• 

  Brad B 

  New Title

  

  Here is my list of completed books that were published in:

  2011

  1. Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child (1/2/12)
  2. Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography by Ken Jennings (1/9/12)
  3. The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins (1/14/12)
  4. The Night Eternal by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (1/30/12)
  5. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling (2/3/12)
  6. Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government For a Strong Economy By Bill Clinton (2/18/12)
  7.
  8.
  9.
  10.
  11.
  12.

  posted 1 year ago. ( permalink )

• 

  Brad B 

  New Title

  

  Trim the TBR

  List 1: Books

  1. Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
  2. Die Trying by Lee Child
  3. Death Match by Lincoln Child
  4. Raise the Titanic by Clive Cussler
  5. The Twelfth Card by Jeffrey Deaver
  6. Pandora's Curse by Jack DuBrul
  7. Vamphyri by Brian Lumley
  8. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
  9. Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston
  10. Ice Hunt by James Rollins
  11. Suffer the Children by John Saul
  12. The Touch by F. Paul Wilson

  List 2: New Authors

  1. Ted Bell
  2. Steve Berry
  3. John Connolly
  4. Patricia Cornwell (first up: Postmortem)
  5. David Gibbins (first up: Atlantis)
  6. Thomas Greanias (first up: Raising Atlantis)
  7. Robert McCammon
  8. Andy McDermott (first up:The Hunt for Atlantis) FINISHED
  9. Brad Meltzer (first up: The Tenth Justice) FINISHED
  10. David Morrell
  11. Kathy Reichs (first up: Deja Dead)
  12. Dan Simmons (first up: Summer of Night)

  posted 1 year ago. ( permalink )

• To reply to this discussion, please sign in.

Return to top