lily's reading challenges 2009

these are the reading challenges that lily will attempt to complete during the year of 2008.

50 books in 2009
goal: to read 50 books during the year 2009

1. She Went All the Way by Meg Cabot
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888 challenge - year of 2009
goal: to read 8 books from 8 categories decided by yourself.

from my own shelves
1. on beauty by zadie smith
2. god of small things by arundhati roy
3. book thief by markus zusak
4. the historian by elizabeth kostova
5. the rose of sebastopol by katharine macmahon
6. body surfing by anita shreve
7. suite francaise by irene nemirovsky
8. the gift of rain by

non-fiction
1. the beauty myth by naomi wolf
2. unconditional parenting by alfie kohn
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books made into movies
1. the diving bell and the butterfly by jean-dominique bauby
2. blindness by jose saramagi
3. q & a by vikas swarup
4. atonement by ian mcewan
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A to Z challenge - year of 2008
goal: to read books for each letter of the alphabets.

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chunckster challenge - year of 2008
goal: to read at least 4 books with atleast 450 pages

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numbers challenge - year of 2008
goal: to read 5 books with a number in the title

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themed challenge - year of 2008
goal: to read 4 books with a same theme. my theme will be the sea.

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unread authors challenge - from february to july
goal: to read 6 books in 6 months by authors I haven't read before.

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what's in a name? - year of 2008
goal: to read one book from each of the following categories

1. colour in the title
2. A Girl's Guide to Kissing Frogs - Victoria Clayton
3. first name in the title
4. place in the title
5. weather event in the title
6. plant in the title