Reading Challenges 2011

2011

All the challenges I've joined

• Agatha Christie Reading Challenge 13/12 - target for 2011 achieved 
• Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge: aiming for 142+  currently 160 - got there! Nov 12
• Historical Fiction Challenge 10/10 - Completed
• British Books Challenge 12/12 - completed at Royal Family Level.
  Now attempting to earn a Crown (50 books) - completed
  
• e-book challenge 67/100 - completed at 20, now aiming for 100
• Nordic Challenge 2011 15/11 to 20 - completed
• Aussie Author Challenge 12/12- completed
• Ireland Reading Challenge 4/4 - Completed 
• Cruisin' thru Cozies Reading Challenge 23/13+ - Completed
• 2011 Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge 10/9 - Completed
• 2011 Global Reading Challenge 21/21- - Completed
• Canadian Book Challenge 2010-2011 7/7 - Completed
• Canadian Book Challenge 2011-2012 7/13 - on track
• translated, currently 23
• New Zealand, currently 4
• new to me: currently 57

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You will notice some overlap in the record below, with many books counting in more than one challenge.

Last updated 11 September 2011

	Canadian Book Challenge 2011-2012 13 books to be read - 4.6, BAD BOY, Peter Robinson 4.5, THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG, Alan Bradley 4.4, A BREWSKI FOR THE OLD MAN, Phyllis Smallman 4.8, THE SUSPECT, L.R. Wright 4.2, IN DESPERATION, Rick Mofina 4.4, ACTS OF MURDER, Laurali R. Wright 4.4, SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET & Other Creepy Stories, Cheryl Kaye Tardif Canadian Book Challenge 2010-2011 Host is John Mutford at The Book Mine Set  Completed- see summing up post   I have to read 13 books by Canadian authors by 1 July 2011. I had read 6 by the end of 2010, so I need to read another 7 4.7, WHITE SKY, BLACK ICE, Stan Jones 4.5, VENGEANCE ROAD, Rick Mofina 4.0, MURDER AT LOST DOG LAKE, Vicki Delany 4.5, MIDNIGHT CAB, James W. Nichol 4.9, THE BRUTAL TELLING, Louise Penny  5.0, BURY YOUR DEAD, Louise Penny 4.8, THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, Alan Bradley
	2011 Global Reading Challenge: 21/21 - - Completed I have committed myself to reading 21 titles, all crime fiction, 3 titles each from 7 "continents". My 7th continent - historical crime fiction. Blog site: 2011 Global Reading Challenge  Africa OF WILD DOGS, Jane Taylor (South Africa) 4.7, TRACKERS, Deon Meyer (South Africa) 4.5, THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY, Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana) Asia 4.5, THE HALF-CHILD, Angela Savage (Thailand) 4.0, MRS POLLIFAX, INNOCENT TOURIST, Dorothy Gilman (Jordan) 4.5, THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X, Keigo Higashino (Japan) Australasia/Oceana (my modification) PRIME CUT, Alan Carter (Australia) BOUND, Vanda Symon (New Zealand) 4.3, DEVIL-DEVIL, Graeme Kent (Solomon Islands) An extra hurdle for Australasia - at least one from New Zealand. I can count separate Australian states. Europe 4.5, DUMB WITNESS, Agatha Christie (England) 4.4, MAIGRET & the MAN on the BOULEVARD, Georges Simeon (France) 4.7, THE MAN WHO WENT UP IN SMOKE, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Sweden) North America 4.5, MIDNIGHT CAB, James W. Nichol (Canada) 4.8, CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER, Tom Franklin (North America) 4.7, WHITE SKY, BLACK ICE, Stan Jones (Alaska)  South America 4.7, DYING GASP, Leighton Gage (Brazil) 4.1, CARIBBEAN MOON, Rick Murcer (Caribbean) 1.0, THE EMPANADA AFFAIR, Jerold & Elaine Last (Argentina) 7th Continent: Historical crime fiction RAILWAY TO THE GRAVE, Edward Marston (Britain 1850s)  THE PERICLES COMMISSION, Gary Corby (Ancient Athens) DIED IN THE WOOL, Ngaio Marsh ( New Zealand 1942)
	2011 Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge - Completed Get a Clue Level: 7-9 books, must have been written prior to 1960 My extra rule: all need to be by different authors  Progress page on the challenge site 4.4, GIDEON'S WEEK, J.J. Marric (aka John Creasey) (1956) 3.8, BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Rex Stout (1955) 4.4, GIDEON"S DAY, J.J. Marric (aka John Creasey) (1955) 4.2, AN ASSISTANT MURDERER, Dashiell Hammett  (1926) 3.6, X.Y.Z. A Detective Story, Anna Katherine Green (1883) 4.1, DEATH AT THE PRESIDENT'S LODGING, Michael Innes (1936) 4.3, DIED IN THE WOOL, Ngaio Marsh ( 1942) 4.5, DUMB WITNESS, Agatha Christie (1937) 4.4, MAIGRET & the MAN on the BOULEVARD, Georges Simenon (1953) 4.4, IN THE TEETH OF THE EVIDENCE, Dorothy L. Sayers (1939)
	Cruisin' thru Cosies Reading Challenge I'll try for Investigator: 7-12 books - Completed I'm now aiming for Super Sleuth at 13+ - Completed Definition: most cozies take place in a small town or village, generally considered "gentle" books, and the sleuth is usually an amateur.  4.2, MURDER IN THE SECOND ROW, Bev Robitai 4.6, ECHOES OF THE DEAD, Sally Spencer 4.5, THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG, Alan Bradley 4.8, THE SUSPECT, L.R. Wright 4.6, FIVE LITTLE PIGS, Agatha Christie 4.4, N or M? Agatha Christie 4.5, THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY, Alexander McCall Smith 4.6, BRUNO, CHIEF OF POLICE, Martin Walker 4.3, THE GOLDEN MILE TO MURDER, Sally Spencer 4.2, THE COSY KNAVE, Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen 4.6, THE DARK VINEYARD, Martin Walker 3.5, STIFF UPPER LIP, JEEVES, P.G. Wodehouse 4.3, A GRAVE IN THE COTSWOLDS, Rebecca Tope 4.4, THE SALTON KILLINGS, Sally Spencer 4.2, THE VANISHING OF KATHARINA LINDEN, Helen Grant 4.6, THE JANUS STONE, Elly Griffiths 4.0, LATE, LATE IN THE EVENING, Gladys Mitchell 4.3, MURDER IN PARADISE, Ann Cleeves 4.2, DARK WATER, Georgia Blain 4.0, MRS POLLIFAX, INNOCENT TOURIST, Dorothy Gilman 3.8, MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE TAKES THE CURE, Michael Bond 4.8, THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, Alan Bradley 4.4, CANDIED CRIME, Dorte Jakobsen 4.4, A COTSWOLD KILLING, Rebecca Tope 4.4, THE PERICLES COMMISSION, Gary Corby   4.4, IN THE TEETH OF THE EVIDENCE, Dorothy L. Sayers
	Ireland Reading Challenge Completed  5.0, THE RULE BOOK, Rob Kitchin 4.3, THE BURNING, Jane Casey 4.3, THE LIKENESS, Tana French  4.7, WINTERLAND, Alan Glynn aiming for Luck o' the Irish level (4 books)
	Agatha Christie Reading Challenge How to join the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge  I'm aiming for my next 12 titles - target completed for 2011. 4.4, THE UNDER DOG 4.4, THE MOVING FINGER 4.6, FIVE LITTLE PIGS 4.4, THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY 4.4, N or M? 4.3, EVIL UNDER THE SUN 4.3, ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE 4.6, SAD CYPRESS 4.5, TEN LITTLE NIGGERS 4.3, MURDER IS EASY 4.4, APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH 4.5, DUMB WITNESS 4.3, DEATH ON THE NILE
	Aussie Author Challenge I'm aiming for True Blue: 12 books - completed 4.6, WATCH THE WORLD BURN, Leah Giarratano 4.8, WHISPERING DEATH, Garry Disher 4.3, RING OF FIRE, Peter Klein 4.8, VIOLENT EXPOSURE, Katherine Howell 4.4, BEREFT, Chris Womersley 4.8, THE DIGGERS REST HOTEL, Geoffrey McGeachin 5.0, THE WRECKAGE, Michael Robotham 3.9, DIAMOND EYES, A. A. Bell 4.8, COLD JUSTICE, Katherine Howell 4.3, THE SERPENT AND THE SCORPION, Clare Langley-Hawthorne 4.2, DARK WATER, Georgia Blain 4.7, WYATT, Garry Disher 4.4, D-E-D DEAD! Geoffrey McGeachin 4.4, THE PERICLES COMMISSION, Gary Corby  4.7, PRIME CUT, Alan Carter  4.5, THE HALF-CHILD, Angela Savage
	Nordic Challenge 2011 I'm aiming for Odin 11-20 books - - completed 4.5, CELL 8, Roslund & Hellstrom (Sweden)  4.7, ROSEANNA, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Sweden) 4.6, OUTRAGE, Arnaldur Indridason (Iceland) 4.5, THE FIRE ENGINE THAT DISAPPEARED, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Sweden) 4.5, THE HYPNOTIST, Lars Kepler  (Sweden) 4.7, UNTIL THY WRATH BE PAST, Asa Larsson (Sweden) 4,4, THE KILLER'S ART, Mari Jungstedt (Sweden) 4.8, KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark) 4.8, THE LEOPARD, Jo Nesbo 4.5, FROZEN MOMENT, Camilla Ceder 4.5, OPERATION NAPOLEON, Arnaldur Indridason (Iceland) 4,4, FROZEN TRACKS, Ake Edwardson (Sweden) 4.6, THREE SECONDS, Roslund & Hellstrom (Sweden) 4.7, THE MAN WHO WENT UP IN SMOKE, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Sweden) 4.9, BAD INTENTIONS, Karin Fossum (Norway)
	e-book challenge I was aiming for obsessed: 20 books - completed Summary post here - new level set: monomanaical: 100 books (that's a further 80 books) 4.2, MURDER IN THE SECOND ROW, Bev Robitai 4.7, WINTERLAND, Alan Glynn 4.5, THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG, Alan Bradley 4.7, THE BLACKHOUSE, Peter May 4.7, ROSEANNA, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo 4.3, THE LIKENESS, Tana French 4.3, THE BURNING, Jane Casey 3.8, BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Rex Stout 4.4, THE MOVING FINGER, Agatha Christie 4.3, 13 RUE THERESE, Elena Mauli Shapiro 4.2, AN ASSISTANT MURDERER, Dashiell Hammett 4.2, IN DESPERATION, Rick Mofina 4.4, DEAD MAN'S WHARF, Pauline Rowson 4.6, FIVE LITTLE PIGS, Agatha Christie 4.6, OUTRAGE, Arnaldur Indridason 4.5, THE FIRE ENGINE THAT DISAPPEARED, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo 1.0, THE EMPANADA AFFAIR, Jerold & Elaine Last  4.1, CARIBBEAN MOON, Rick Murcer 4.4, N or M? Agatha Christie  4.8, VIOLENT EXPOSURE, Katherine Howell 5.0, THE END OF THE WASP SEASON, Denise Mina 4.0, BUNKER, Andrea Maria Schenkel 4.5, THE HYPNOTIST, Lars Kepler 4.4, DEATH OF A RED HEROINE, Qiu Xiaolong 5.0, BLUE LIGHTNING, Ann Cleeves 4.7, UNTIL THY WRATH BE PAST, Asa Larsson 4.3, BLUE MONDAY, Nicci French 4.2, THE COSY KNAVE, Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen 4.3, EVIL UNDER THE SUN, Agatha Christie 3.8, SAGEBRUSH KILL, Ivan Brady 3.6, X.Y.Z. A Detective Story, Anna Katherine Green 4.4, SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET & Other Creepy Stories, Cheryl Kaye Tardif  4.3, ASHES TO WATER, Irene Ziegler 4.5, THE LOCK ARTIST, Steve Hamilton 4.3, ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE, Agatha Christie  5.0, DEAD TOMORROW, Peter James 4.2, MAD MONEY, Linda Richards 5.0, THE WRECKAGE, Michael Robotham  4.2, THE VANISHING OF KATHARINA LINDEN, Helen Grant  4.8, SILENT VOICES, Ann Cleeves 4.5, A VINE IN THE BLOOD, Leighton Gage 4.7, TRACKERS, Deon Meyer 4.8, THE HANGING WOOD, Martin Edwards 4.6, SAD CYPRESS, Agatha Christie 3.9, DIAMOND EYES, A. A. Bell 4.1, LIQUORICE TWISTS, Dorte Jakobsen 4.7, WHITE SKY, BLACK ICE, Stan Jones 4.8, KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, Jussi Adler-Olsen  4.5, VENGEANCE ROAD, Rick Mofina 4.0, MURDER AT LOST DOG LAKE, Vicki Delany 4.8, THE LEOPARD, Jo Nesbo  4.6, RELICS OF THE DEAD, Ariana Franklin 4.6, THE JANUS STONE, Elly Griffiths  4.3, THE SERPENT AND THE SCORPION, Clare Langley-Hawthorne  4.2, DARK WATER, Georgia Blain 4.2, THE POCKET ESSENTIAL AGATHA CHRISTIE, Mark Campbell 4.3, MURDER IS EASY, Agatha Christie 4.8, THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, Alan Bradley 4.7, DYING GASP, Leighton Gage 4.1, THE ROAD TO HELL, Paul Levine 4.3, FLASH FICTION FOR THE COCKTAIL HOUR, Cathryn Grant 4.2, DARK BLOOMS, Melissa F. Miller 4.5, OPERATION NAPOLEON, Arnaldur Indridason 4.4, CANDIED CRIME, Dorte Jakobsen 4.7, THE MAN WHO WENT UP IN SMOKE, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo 4.9, BAD INTENTIONS, Karin Fossum  4.7, PRIME CUT, Alan Carter
	British Books Challenge - completed Royal Family level: 12 books by British authors. Extra rules: all different authors, all crime fiction. see summary post 4.6, RELICS OF THE DEAD, Ariana Franklin 4.5, A NEW LEASE OF DEATH, Ruth Rendell 4.6, THE JANUS STONE, Elly Griffiths  4.0, LATE, LATE IN THE EVENING, Gladys Mitchell 4.3, MURDER IN PARADISE, Ann Cleeves  4.7, WHERE MEMORIES LIE, Deborah Crombie - see review for note about inclusion on this list 3.8, MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE TAKES THE CURE, Michael Bond 4.4, FATAL QUEST: WOODEND'S FIRST CASE, Sally Spencer 4.5, OUR LADY OF PAIN, Elena Forbes 4.5, DUMB WITNESS, Agatha Christie 4.4, A COTSWOLD KILLING, Rebecca Tope  4.5, RAILWAY TO THE GRAVE, Edward Marston   Now attempting to earn a Crown (38 more books) - completed 4.6, ECHOES OF THE DEAD, Sally Spencer 4.7, THE BLACKHOUSE, Peter May 4.5, DEADLY INTENT, Lynda La Plante 4.4, GIDEON'S WEEK, J.J. Marric (aka John Creasey) 4.4, GIDEON"S DAY, J.J. Marric (aka John Creasey) 4.4, THE MOVING FINGER, Agatha Christie 4.5, THE FOUR LAST THINGS, Andrew Taylor 4.7, A LONELY DEATH, Charles Todd 4.3, THE DARK LADY, Sally Spencer 4.7, THE DEAD HAND OF HISTORY, Sally Spencer 4.4, DEAD MAN'S WHARF, Pauline Rowson 5.0, STAGESTRUCK, Peter Lovesey 4.6, FIVE LITTLE PIGS, Agatha Christie 4.4, BEGGARS BANQUET, Ian Rankin 4.4, THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY, Agatha Christie 4.3, NEMESIS, Lindsey Davis 5.0, THE END OF THE WASP SEASON, Denise Mina  4.5, TO THE HILT, Dick Francis 4.5, THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY, Alexander McCall Smith 4.8, DEAD LIKE YOU, Peter James 5.0, BLUE LIGHTNING, Ann Cleeves 4.5, STILL MIDNIGHT, Denise Mina 4.6, BRUNO, CHIEF OF POLICE, Martin Walker  4.3, THE GOLDEN MILE TO MURDER, Sally Spencer 4.3, BLUE MONDAY, Nicci French 4.3, EVIL UNDER THE SUN, Agatha Christie 4.4, DELIVER US FROM EVIL, Peter Turnbull 4.5, THE MESSENGER OF ATHENS, Anne Zouroudi 4.5, THE FAMILY, Martina Cole 4.6, THE DARK VINEYARD, Martin Walker 3.5, STIFF UPPER LIP, JEEVES, P.G. Wodehouse 4.3, ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE, Agatha Christie  4.3, A GRAVE IN THE COTSWOLDS, Rebecca Tope 4.7, HEARTSTONE, C.J. Sansom 5.0, DEAD TOMORROW, Peter James 4.4, THE SALTON KILLINGS, Sally Spencer 4.6, TEN-SECOND STAIRCASE, Christopher Fowler 4.8, SILENT VOICES, Ann Cleeves 4.8, THE HANGING WOOD, Martin Edwards  4.6, SAD CYPRESS, Agatha Christie 4.4, THE JUDGEMENT OF STRANGERS, Andrew Taylor 4.3, DEVIL-DEVIL, Graeme Kent 5.0, A THOUSAND CUTS, Simon Lelic 4.1, DEATH AT THE PRESIDENT'S LODGING, Michael Innes 4.5, TEN LITTLE NIGGERS, Agatha Christie 4.3, THE BURNING, Jane Casey
	Historical Fiction Challenge Completed Struggling the Addiction: 10 books my extra rule: all need to be crime fiction 4.7, A LONELY DEATH, Charles Todd (England 1920) 4.3, NEMESIS, Lindsey Davis (Ancient Rome) 4.4, DEATH OF A RED HEROINE, Qiu Xiaolong (China 1949-1990) 4.8, THE DIGGERS REST HOTEL, Geoffrey McGeachin (Australia) 4.7, HEARTSTONE, C.J. Sansom (Tudor England, 1545) 4.4, EYE OF THE RED TSAR, Sam Eastland (Russia 1917, 1929) 4.6, RELICS OF THE DEAD, Ariana Franklin (Glastonbury 1196) 4.3, THE SERPENT AND THE SCORPION, Clare Langley-Hawthorne  (London 1912) 4.6, SARAH'S KEY, Tatiana de Rosnay (Paris 1942) 4.5, RAILWAY TO THE GRAVE, Edward Marston (Britain 1850s)  4.4, THE PERICLES COMMISSION, Gary Corby (Ancient Athens)  4.3, DIED IN THE WOOL, Ngaio Marsh ( New Zealand 1942)
something New Zealand	maybe 4-6 books: still looking for an "official" challenge. 4.2, MURDER IN THE SECOND ROW, Bev Robitai 4.3, BOLD BLOOD, Lindy Kelly 4.3, DIED IN THE WOOL, Ngaio Marsh BOUND, Vanda Symon
	This is a personal challenge more than anything else. It will be an overlapping challenge, and I aim to exceed 20 titles which was my total this year. 4.5, CELL 8, Roslund & Hellstrom (Swedish)  4.7, ROSEANNA, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Swedish) 4.6, OUTRAGE, Arnaldur Indridason (Icelandic) 4.5, THE FIRE ENGINE THAT DISAPPEARED, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Swedish) 4.3, DEATH IN THE LATIN QUARTER, Raphael Cardetti (France) 4.0, BUNKER, Andrea Maria Schenkel (German) 4.5, THE HYPNOTIST, Lars Kepler  (Swedish) 4.7, UNTIL THY WRATH BE PAST, Asa Larsson (Swedish) 4.5, VILLAIN, Shuichi Yoshida (Japanese) 4.4, THE KILLER'S ART, Mari Jungstedt (Swedish) 4.8, AN UNCERTAIN PLACE, Fred Vargas (French) 4.7, TRACKERS, Deon Meyer (Afrikaans- South Africa) 4.8, KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, Jussi Adler-Olsen  (Denmark) 4.8, THE LEOPARD, Jo Nesbo  (Norwegian) 4.5, THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X, Keigo Higashino (Japanese) 4.5, FROZEN MOMENT, Camilla Ceder (Swedish)  4.5, OPERATION NAPOLEON, Arnaldur Indridason (icelandic) 4,4, FROZEN TRACKS, Ake Edwardson (Swedish) 4.6, THREE SECONDS, Roslund & Hellstrom (Swedish) 4.4, MAIGRET & the MAN on the BOULEVARD, Georges Simenon (French) 4.7, THE MAN WHO WENT UP IN SMOKE, Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo (Swedish) 4.9, BAD INTENTIONS, Karin Fossum (Norwegian) 4.5, MAIGRET & THE HEADLESS CORPSE, Georges Simenon (French)
	Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge I'm aiming for Out of Breath: 6-10 more books than in 2010 when I read 136 My aim is 142+ and will include all books read in all formats include audio books. You can see how I am going here. Current count: 160
	Again, another personal challenge. In 2010 I read 46 new-to-me authors and I'll be keeping count in 2011 to see if I can exceed that total, even by 1. Current count: 60