2014 Reading Challenge

This year’s reading list includes classics of all genres, fairy tales, and contemporary horror. My challenge for 2014 is 100 books.

Last Updated: 12/31/2014

January 2014

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read
3. How to Start a Home-Based Bookkeeping Business by Michelle Long [About | My Review]
4. How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling by Frank Bettger [About | My Review]
5. The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore [About | My Review]
6. Breed by Chase Novak [About | My Review]
7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen [About | My Review]
8. 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill [About | My Review]
9. Divergent by Veronica Roth [About | My Review]
10. Beautiful Creatures by Garcia & Stohl [About | My Review]
11. The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill [About | My Review]
12. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill [About | My Review]

February 2014

13. Fitcher’s Brides by Gregory Frost [About | My Review]
14. Beta by Rachel Cohn [About | My Review]
15. This House Is Haunted by John Boyne [About | My Review]
16. Under the Dome by Stephen King [About | My Review]
17. Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson [About | My Review]
18. The Eye Unseen by Cynthia Tottleben [About | My Review]
19. Insurgent by Veronica Roth [About | My Review]
20. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker [About | My Review]
21. Allegiant by Veronica Roth [About | My Review]
22. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz [About | My Review] re-read
23. Forever Odd by Dean Koontz [About | My Review] re-read

March 2014

24. The Moon Sisters by Therese Walsh [About | My Review]

April 2014

25. I Like Giving by Brad Formsma [About | My Review]
26. The Element by Ken Robinson, PhD [About | My Review]
27. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon [About | My Review]
28. Container Gardening for Dummies, 2nd Ed. [About | My Review] re-read #2
29. The Anxious Gardener’s Book of Answers by Teri Dunn Chace [About | My Review]
30. Plant Propagation A to Z by Geoff Bryant [About | My Review]
31. Plants for Free by Sharon Amos [About | My Review]
32. The Ortho Problem Solver [About | My Review]

May 2014

33. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman [About | My Review]
34. The Troop by Nick Cutter [About | My Review]
35. Ash by Malinda Lo [About | My Review]
36. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton [About | My Review] re-read
37. Perennial Companions by Thomas Fischer [About | My Review]

June 2014

38. The Container Gardening Encyclopedia by Sue Phillips [About | My Review]
39. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin [About | My Review]
40. Bird Box by Josh Malerman [About | My Review]
41. Well’s End by Seth Fishman [About | My Review]
42. Hiking Ohio by Gary S. Williams [About | My Review]
43. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin [About | My Review]
44. Among Others by Jo Walton [About | My Review]

July 2014

45. Housebuilding: A Do-It-Yourself guide by R.J. DeCristoforo [About | My Review]
46. How to plan, contract, and build your own home by Richard M. Scutella [About | My Review]
47. How to Build a House by Habitat for Humanity [About | My Review]
48. The Naked Kitchen Veggie Burger Book by Davies and Taylor [About | My Review]
49. Imagine There’s No Heaven by Mitchell Stephens [About | My Review]
50. The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman [About | My Review]
51. That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley [About | My Review]
52. High Crime Area by Joyce Carol Oates [About | My Review]
53. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey [About | My Review]
54. The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli [About | My Review]
55. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay [About | My Review]

August 2014

56. The Maze Runner by James Dashner [About | My Review]
57. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey [About | My Review]
58. The Wildlife-Friendly Vegetable Gardener by Tammi Hartung [About | My Review]
59. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin [About | My Review]
60. Urban Legends: The As-Complete-As-One-Could-Be Guide to Modern Myths by N.E. Genge [About | My Review]
61. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Urban Legends by Brandon Toropov [About | My Review]
62. Phantom Hitchhikers and Other Urban Legends by Albert Jack [About | My Review]
63. Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie. [About | My Review]
64. The Giver by Lois Lowry [About | My Review]
65. “We’re All Infected”: Essays on AMC’s The Walking Dead and the Fate of the Human by Dawn Keetley [About | My Review]
66. Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi [About | My Review]
67. Get Up! Why Your Chair Is Killing You… by James A. Levine, M.D. [About | My Review]
68. The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud [About | My Review]

September 2014

69. Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones [About | My Review]
70. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review]

October 2014

71. The Creative Shrub Garden by Andy McIndoe [About | My Review]
72. We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory [About | My Review]
73. Dog Days by Joe McKinney [About | My Review]
74. What the Sea Wants by Tracy E. Banghart [About | My Review]
75. The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero [About | My Review]
76. The Martian by Andy Weir [About | My Review]
77. Here Be Monsters by Alan Snow [About | My Review]
78. MaMa by Ruby Jean Jensen [About | My Review]
79. Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory [About | My Review]
80. The Ghost of Windy Hill by Clyde Robert Bulla [About | My Review]
81. All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn [About | My Review]

November 2014

82. The Forks Over Knives Plan by Dr. Pulde and Dr. Lederman [About | My Review]
83. Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review]
84. The Swallow: A Ghost Story by Charis Cotter [About | My Review]
85. Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge [About | My Review]
86. Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health by Gene Stone [About | My Review]
87. Forks Over Knives – The Cookbook by Del Sroufe [About | My Review]
88. The Quick by Lauren Owen [About | My Review]
89. The Various by Steve Augarde [About | My Review]
90. Echo by Francesca Lia Block [About | My Review]
91. Psyche in a Dress by Francesca Lia Block [About | My Review]
92. Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann [About | My Review]

December 2014

93. Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth [About | My Review]
94. Stray by Elissa Sussman [About | My Review]
95. The Witch and Other Tales Re-Told by Jean Thompson [About | My Review]
96. DarkNet by John R. Little [About | My Review]
97. Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman [About | My Review]
98. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas [About | My Review]
99. The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm [About | My Review]
100. What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture by Gail De Vos [About | My Review]
101. Come Closer by Sara Gran [About | My Review]
102. The Resurrectionist by Wrath James White [About | My Review]
103. The Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block [About | My Review]
104. Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy [About | My Review]
105. Fables: Legends in Exile (Fables #1-5) by Bill Willingham [About | My Review]
106. The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White [About | My Review]
107. Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess [About | My Review]
108. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll [About | My Review]
109. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor [About | My Review]
110. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart [About | My Review]
111. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury [About | My Review]
112. The Voices by F.R. Tallis [About | My Review]

Fiction: 82 | Non-Fiction: 30 | Total: 112