Reading Challenges

I'm signing up for J.Kaye's Book Blog's 1st in a Series challenge. Challenge rules are pretty simple:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.
2. Read 12 books that are the first in any series. You may read & list your chosen books any time during the year.
3. Challenge runs January thru December, 2009.
4. You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.
5. You do not have to decide your books ahead of time. You can add or subtract from your list during the year.
   

I'll be updating this post with books as I read them. I admit that the Ebook Challenge is something of a gimme, since most of the books I read these days are ebooks. I'll update this post thru the year as I make progress or join other challenges.

1. Twilight ~ Stephenie Meyer - Read
2. One for the Money ~ Janet Evanovich
3. Whiskey Sour - J.A. Konrath (Jack Daniels series)
4. Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong - Read
5. Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie King
6. Nightlife - Rob Thurman
7. Weapons of Choice - John Birmingham
8. Elric: The Stealer of Souls - Michael Moorcock
9. Kiss of Midnight - Lara Adrian
10. Blood Engines - T. A. Pratt
11. His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik - Read
12. Star Wars: Lost Tribe of The Sith: Precipice - John Jackson Miller

Update: Thanks to Suvudu, most of these first in series books were free. The hardest part was deciding which of their titles to add to the challenge.

The 2009 EBook Challenge - Done!
1. Twilight ~ Stephenie Meyer - Read
2. His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik - Read
3. Small Favor - Jim Butcher - Read
4. Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan - Suze Orman - Read
5. The Outlaw Demon Wails (The Hollows, Book 6) - Kim Harrison - Read
6. The Scourge of God - S.M. Stirling - Read
7. The Clutter Diet - Lorie Marrero - Read
8. Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, Book 5) - Jim Butcher - Read
9. The Core Program - Peggy Brill and Gerald Secor Couzens - Read
10. Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, Book 8) - Kelley Armstrong - Read


The 2009 ARC Reading Challenge
1. The Noticer by Andy Andrews - Read/Reviewed
2. Stonecypher Road - Warren Longwell and Nancy Longwell
3. Until the Skies Fall - Liza Granville
4. Dark Rain - Tony Richards - Read
5. Spiral Hunt - Margaret Ronald - Read
6. The Truth About You - Marcus Buckingham - Read/Reviewed
7. The Red Rubber Ball at Work - Kevin Carroll
8. Joker One - Donovan Campbell
9. Paul of Dune - Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
10. The Saga of Beowulf - R. Scot Johns
11. Certain Jeopardy - Jeff Struecker
12. How To Train A Rock - Paul Steven Stone

Sookie Stackhouse Challenge at Beth Fish and GalleySmith, runs July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010 - read the entire series by Charlaine Harris.
1. Dead Until Dark - Read
2. Living Dead in Dallas
3. Club Dead
4. Dead to the World
5. Dead as a Doornail
6. Definitely Dead
7. All Together Dead
8. From Dead to Worse
9. Dead and Gone