From Reading with Tequila:
The Levels:Level I - Read 5 books from the 2012 Book Blogger Recommendation List Level II - Read 10 books Level III - Read 15 books Level IV - Read 20 books Level V - Read 20+ booksThe Rules:Challenge will run January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. Participants can join anytime throughout the challenge.Create an intro post, linking back to this post. Sign up with the Linky below. Please link to your challenge intro post, not your blog home page. Chose your own books from the list. You can decide to read books only on the Top 25 list or from the entire recommendation list. You do not have to make a list of books before the challenge begins.All forms of books acceptable (audiobooks, eBooks, etc.)Rereads do not count towards the completion of the challenge. The challenge is about discovering books that are new to you.You don't need a blog to participate.Reviews, while always appreciated, are not mandatory.
Complete List (already read are bolded):
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- Partials by Dan Wells
- Pawn of Prophecy, David Eddings
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Plague Town by Dana Fredsti
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince by J.K.Rowling
- Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts
- Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Prestige by Christopher Priest
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Allison Hewitt Is Trapped by Madeline Roux
- Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
- Every Day by David Levithan
- I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
- Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
- Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
- 84 Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
- A Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
- Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between by J.A. Saare
- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
- The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman
- The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
- Crewel by Gennifer Albin
- MWF seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- The Night Is Large by Martin Gardner
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
- Under The Dome by Stephen King
- Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden
- Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis & Tracey Hickman
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Gone by Michael Grant
- Perfume by Patrick Suskind
- Sail by James Patterson
- Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- Soulless by Gail Carriger
- The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
- Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis
- Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
- Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
- Explosive 18 by Janet Evanovich
- Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
- North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
- Strong Poison by Dorthy L Sayers
- The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
- The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- Matched by Ally Condie
- Poison Study, Maria V. Snyder
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer
- The Snow Child be by Eowyn Ivey
- This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers
- Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
- Feed by Mira Grant
- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- The Lies We Told by Diane Chamberlain
- The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C Clarke
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
- A Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- A Storm of Swords part 1 by George R.R. Martin
- Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs (Time Was Soft There) by Jeremy Mercer
- Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
- Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
- Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
I'm signing up for Level II: 10 books. Out of the 105 books on the list, I've already read 21. Looking at the remaining books, I narrowed it even further to 31 possibilities. I've italicized my must-reads. The other options are up for grabs.
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
- Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts
- Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
- Every Day by David Levithan
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
- MWF seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- Under The Dome by Stephen King
- Gone by Michael Grant
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis
- Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
- Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
- Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- Matched by Ally Condie
- Poison Study, Maria V. Snyder
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer
- This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers
- Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
- Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
- A Storm of Swords part 1 by George R.R. Martin
- Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry