COMPLETED Challenges

1. Marshmallows for Breakfast – Dorothy Koomson [review]
2. Posed for Murder – Meredith Cole [review]
3. The Mighty Queens of Freeville – Amy Dickinson [review]
4. Real Life & Liars – Kristina Riggle [review]
5. Love and Other Natural Disasters – Holly Shumas [review]
6. Super in the City – Daphne Ulliver [review]
7. Eat, Drink, and Be From Mississippi – Nanci Kincaid [review]
8. The Stepmother – Carrie Adams [review]
9. In Other Rooms, Other Wonders – Daniyal Mueenuddin [review]
10. Signora da Vinci – Robin Maxwell [review]
11. Mistress Shakespeare – Karen Harper [review]
12. The Fire Gospel – Michael Faber [review]
13. Bound South – Susan Rebecca White [review]
14. One True Theory of Love – Laura Fitzgerald [review]
15. The Pluto Files – Neil deGrasse Tyson [review]
16. The Kingmaking – Helen Hollick [review]
17. The School of Essential Ingredients – Erica Bauermeister [review]
18. The Writing On My Forehead – Nafisa Haji [review]
19. Sonata for Miriam – Linda Olsson [review]
20. The Seance – John Harwood [review]
21. Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories – Lauren Groff [review]
22. The Rose of Sebastopol – Katherine McMahon [review]
23. Everyone is Beautiful – Katherine Center [review]
24. Pictures at an Exhibition – Sara Houghteling [review]
25. Almost Single – Advaita Kala [review]
26. Land of Marvels – Barry Unsworth [review]
27. A Reliable Wife – Robert Goolrick [review]
28. Saffron Dreams – Shaila Abdullah [review]
29. An Offer You Can’t Refuse – Jill Mansell [review]
30. The Mechanics of Falling and Other Stories – Catherine Brady [review]
31. It Will Come To Me – Emily Fox Gordon [review]
32. Spade & Archer – Joe Gores
33. Sleepwalking in Daylight – Elizabeth Flock [review]
34. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven – Susan Jane Gilman [review]
35. The Lost Hours – Karen White [review]
36. Secrets to Happiness – Sarah Dunn [review]
37. Laura Rider’s Masterpiece – Jane Hamilton [review]
38. The Geometry of Sisters – Luanne Rice
39. The Empty Mirror – J. Sydney Jones [review]
40. The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club – Gil McNeil [review]
41. Admission – Jean Hanff Korelitz [review]
42. Follow Me – Joanna Scott [review]
43. First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria – Eve Brown-Waite [review]
44. Too Good To Be True – Kristan Higgins [review]
45. The Domino Men – Jonathan Barnes [review]
46. Revenge of the Spellmans – Lisa Lutz [review]
47. A Little Bit Wicked: Love, Life, and Faith in Stages – Kristin Chenoweth [review]
48. Reunion – Therese Fowler
49. The Glassblower of Murano – Marina Fiorato [review]
50. Hand of Isis – Jo Graham [review]
51. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane – Katherine Howe [review]
52. Life Without Summer – Lynne Griffin [review]
53. Water Ghosts – Shawna Yang Ryan [review]
54. I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti – Giulia Melucci [review]
55. The Only True Genius in the Family – Jennie Nash [review]
56. Best Intentions – Emily Listfield [review]
57. The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters [review]
58. The Alexander Cipher – Will Adams [review]
59. A Wall of White – Jennifer Woodlief [review]
60. The Weight of Heaven – Thrity Umrigar [review]
61. Hello Goodbye – Emily Chenoweth [review]
62. How to Buy a Love of Reading – Tanya Egan Gibson [review]
63. Love or Something Like It – Deirdre Shaw [review]
64. The Blue Notebook – James Levine [review]
65. Godmother – Carolyn Turgeon
66. Tender Graces – Kathryn Magendie [review]
67. Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa – R.A. Scotti
68. Baggage Claim – Tanya Michna [review]
69. Last Night in Montreal – Emily St. John Mandel [review]
70. Perfect Fifths – Megan McCafferty [review]
71. Twilight of Avalon – Anna Elliott [review]
72. Mating Rituals of the North American WASP – Lauren Lipton [review]
73. Heart and Soul – Maeve Binchy
74. Miranda’s Big Mistake – Jill Mansell [review]
75. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi – Geoff Dyer [review]
76. Beach Trip – Cathy Holton [review]
77. The Love of Her Life – Harriet Evans [review]
78. Vision in White – Nora Roberts [review]
79. Hedge Fund Wives – Tatania Boncompagni [review]
80. Death by Cashmere – Sally Goldenbaum [review]
81. Serendipity – Louise Shaffer
82. The Way Home – George Pelecanos [review]
83. Dismantled – Jennifer McMahon [review]
84. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People – Farahad Zama [review]
85. In the Sanctuary of Outcasts – Neil White [review]
86. Shanghai Girls – Lisa See [review]
87. So Happy Together – Maryann McFadden [review]
88. Love in Condition Yellow – Sophie Raday [review]
89. Die for You – Lisa Unger [review]
90. East of the Sun – Julia Gregson [review]
91. Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single – Heather McElhatton [review]
92. Rooftops of Tehran – Mahbod Seraji [review]
93. Dune Road – Jane Green [review]
94. Pretty in Plaid – Jen Lancaster [review]
95. The Penny Pinchers Club – Sarah Strohmeyer [review]
96. The Widow’s Season – Laura Brodie [review]
97. The Angel’s Game – Carlos Ruis Zafon [review]
98. Perfection – Julie Metz [review]
99. Into the Beautiful North – Luis Alberto Urrea [review]
100. The Girl Who Played With Fire – Stieg Larsson [review]
101. The Castaways – Elin Hilderbrand [review]
102. The Calligrapher’s Daughter – Eugenia Kim
103. The Devlin Diary – Christi Phillips [review]
104. The Late Lamented Molly Marx – Sally Koslow
105. Censoring an Iranian Love Story – Shahriar Mandanipour [review]
106. A Secret Alchemy – Emma Darwin [review]
107. A Disobedient Girl – Ru Freeman [review]
108. Turn Coat – Jim Butcher [review]
109. Best Friends Forever – Jennifer Weiner [review]
110. After You – Julie Buxbaum [review]
111. The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns – Elizabeth Leiknes [review]
112. The White Queen – Philippa Gregory [review]
113. Easy on the Eyes – Jane Porter [review]
114. Rocket Men – Craig Nelson [review]
115. Table Manners – Mia King [review]
116. Sacred Hearts – Sarah Dunant [review]
117. Lucky Everyday – Bapsy Jain [review]
118. Twenties Girl – Sophie Kinsella
119. The Sari Shop Widow – Shobhan Bantwal [review]
120. When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win – Carol Leifer
121. Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss – Kyra Davis [review]
122. Italian for Beginners – Kristen Harmel [review]
123. The Greatest Knight – Elizabeth Chadwick [review]
124. The Virgin Queen’s Daughters – Jeanne Westin [review]
125. The Finishing Touches – Hester Browne [review]
125. The Calligrapher’s Daughter – Eugenia Kim [review]
126. Short Girls – Bich Minh Nguyen [review]
127. The Rebel Princess – Judith Koll Healey [review]
128. Millie’s Fling – Jill Mansell [review]
129. Lies My Mother Never Told Me – Kaylie Jones [review]
130. The Lace Makers of Glenmara – Heather Barbieri [review]
131. Swan for the Money – Donna Edwards
132. Burnt Shadows – Kamila Shamsie [review]
133. Tell Me Something True – Leila Cobo [review]
134. Holly’s Inbox – Holly Denham [review]
135. Casting Off – Nicole Dickson
136. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much – Allison Hoover Bartlett
137. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown [review]
138. Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter – Lisa Patton
139. Juliet, Naked – Nick Hornby
140. Crossing Washington Square – Joanne Rendell
141. The Myth of Bloody Mary – Linda Porter [review]
142. A Change in Altitude – Anita Shreve
143. Child of Fire – Harry Connolly
144. Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffenegger
145. Jane Austen Ruined My Life – Beth Pattillo [review]
146. By the Time You Read This – Lola Jaye
147. The Laws of Harmony – Judith Ryan Hendricks
148. Mr. Darcy, Vampyre – Amanda Grange
149. 31 Hours – Masha Hamilton
150. The Queen’s Mistake – Diane Haeger
151. The Last Will of Moira Leahy – Therese Walsh
152. Pendragon’s Banner – Helen Hollick
153. America’s Prophet – Bruce Feiler
154. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies – Seth Grahame-Smith & Jane Austen
155. Cleopatra’s Daughter – Michelle Moran
156. The Tricking of Freya – Christine Sunley
157. I’ll Scream Later – Marlee Matlin
158. The Girl on Legare Street – Karen White
159. Bed of Roses – Nora Roberts
160. Manhood for Amateurs – Michael Chabon
161. Hummingbirds – Joshua Gaylord
162. Angel Lane – Sheila Roberts
163. Queen Takes King – Gigi Levangie Grazer
164. Dial H for Hitchcock – Susan Kandel
165. The Girl Next Door – Elizabeth Noble
166. Valeria’s Last Stand – Marc Fitten
167. The Magicians – Lev Grossman
168. The Secret of Joy – Melissa Senate
169. Apologize, Apologize – Elizabeth Kelly
170. Ransom My Heart – Meg Cabot
171. What the Dog Saw – Malcolm Gladwell
172. Far From Home – Anne deGrace
173. Commencement – J. Courtney Sullivan
174. Love in Translation – Wendy Tokunaga
175. The Music Room – Namita Devidayal
176. Knit the Season – Kate Jacobs
177. Pirate Latitudes – Michael Crichton
178. Spinning Forward – Terri duLong
179. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress – Rhoda Janzen
180. Jillian Dare – Melanie Jeschke
181. In the Kitchen – Monica Ali
182. Gorgeous East – Robert Girardi
183. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
184. The Christmas Cookie Club – Ann Pearlman
185. The Paris Vendetta – Steve Berry
186. The Gift – Cecelia Ahern

Read:

1. Frenemies – Megan Crane [review]
2. Abraham – Bruce Feiler [review]
3. Bras and Broomsticks – Sarah Mlynowski [review]
4. The Gathering – Anne Enright [review]
5. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name – Vendela Vida [review]
6. Midori by Moonlight – Wendy Tokunaga [review]
7. I See You Everywhere – Julia Glass [review]
8. The Smart One – Ellen Meister [review]
9. Watchmen – Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons [review]
10. The Chocolate Run – Dorothy Koomson [review]
11. Knit Two – Kate Jacobs [review]
12. Salaam, Paris – Kavita Daswani [review]
13. Looking for Class: Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge – Bruce Feiler [review]
14. Disquiet – Julia Leigh [review]
15. A Hopeless Romantic – Harriet Evans [review]
16. Something Blue – Emily Giffin [review]
17. Such a Pretty Fat – Jen Lancaster [review]
18. Orange Mint and Honey – Carleen Brice [review]
19. The Color of Light – Karen White [review]
20. English as a Second Language – Megan Crane [review]
21. Just One of the Guys – Kristan Higgins [review]
22. Nearlyweds – Beth Kendrick [review]
23. Here Lies Arthur – Phillip Reeve [review]
24. Whistling in the Dark – Lesley Kagen [review]
25. The Only True Genius in the Family – Jennie Nash [review]
26. Nothing But The Truth (and a few white lies) – Justina Chen Headley [review]
27. I Was Told There’d Be Cake – Sloane Crosley [review]
28. Girls in Pants – Ann Brashares [review]
29. The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje [review]
30. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh [review]
31. Perfect Fifths – Megan McCafferty [review]
32. The Complete Persepolis -  Marjane Satrapi [review]
33. Moon Lander – Thomas J. Kelly [review]
34. The Post-Birthday World – Lionel Shriver [review]
35. The Way Home – George Pelecanos [review]
36. The Canterbury Papers – Judith Koll Healey [review]
37. Mary, Queen of France – Jean Plaidy [review]
38. The Buenos Aires Broken Hearts Club – Jessica Morrison [review]
39. The Book of Lies – Brad Meltzer [review]
40. What Was Lost – Catherine O’Flynn [review]
41. Wishful Drinking – Carrie Fisher [review]
42. Stupid and Contagious – Caprice Crane [review]
43. Falling Out of Fashion – Karen Yampolsky [review]
44. Under the Duvet – Marian Keyes [review]
45. The Sacred Well – Antoinette May [review]
46. Brisingr – Christopher Paolini [review]
47. Silent in the Sanctuary – Deanna Raybourn [review]
48. Small Favor – Jim Butcher [review]
49. Forever in Blue – Ann Brashares [review]
50. Nothing But Ghosts – Beth Kephart [review]
51. Turn Coat – Jim Butcher [review]
52. Graceling – Kristin Cashore [review]
53. The Arthurian Omen – G.G. Vandagriff [review]
54. The Know-It-All  A.J. Jacobs [review]
55. The Year of Fog – Michelle Richmond [review]
56. Veil of Roses – Laura Fitzgerald [review]
57. Engaging Men – Lynda Curnyn [review]
58. Something, Maybe – Elizabeth Scott
59. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown [review]
60. Love You, Hate You, Miss You – Elizabeth Scott [review]
61. The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins [review]
62. Mr. Darcy, Vampyre – Amanda Grange
63. By the Time You Read This – Lola Jaye
64. The Telling – Jo Baker
65. Something, Maybe – Elizabeth Scott [review]
66. Jane Austen Ruined My Life – Beth Pattillo [review]
67 . Learning to Breathe – Karen White
68. The Cupid Effect – Dorothy Koomson
69. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
70. The Wordy Shipmates – Sarah Vowell
71. The Cloister Walk – Kathleen Norris
72. The Department of Lost and Found – Allison Winn Scotch
73. The Lost Recipe for Happiness – Barbara O’Neal
74. Firefly Lane – Kristin Hannah
75. Purple Hibiscus – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
76. Tales of Beedle the Bard – J.K. Rowling
77. Lovestruck Summer – Melissa Walker
78. Angel Lane – Sheila Roberts
79. I Feel Bad About Our Neck – Nora Ephron
80. The Teashop Girls – Laura Schaefer
81. The Weight of Water – Anita Shreve
82. The Demon King and I – Candace Havens
83. French Milk – Lucy Knisley
84. Queen Takes King – Gigi Levangie Grazer
85. At a Loss for Words – Diana Schomperlen
86. The Season – Sarah MacLean
87. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See
88. Ransom My Heart – Meg Cabot
89. Soon I Will Be Invincible – Austin Grossman
90. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
91. Everyone Else’s Girl – Megan Crane
92. The Fiction Class – Susan Breen 
93. Jillian Dare – Melanie Jeschke
94. Second Sight – Amanda Quick
95. Shiver – Maggie Stiefvater
96. The Oracle – William J. Broad 

To Read:

97. Fury – Salman Rushdie 
98. Katherine – Anya Seton
99. Complications – Atul Gawande