First Book Finished

I finished reading the first book for this challenge. The First 48 by Tim Green. It was a very good book, very well written, I had trouble putting it down at night. This is the story of a father who will do anything to find his kidnapped daughter.

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My List

I posted my list on my blog!

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Good luck everyone!

Jackie's Five

Here are my 5 picks for the challenge. I don't have any alternates yet since I'm having trouble finding interesting books in the Urban Fantasy/Fantasy genre. If anyone can recommend anything, from any genre, I'm all ears.

1. Just One Bite by Kimberly Raye
2. One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
4. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
5. The Fairy Godmother (tales of the 500 kingdoms) by Mercedes Lackey Changed to: The Dark One by Ronda Thompson

Information and Signup

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NOTE: This challenge end date has been extended to August 1, 2008.


The challenge is to read 5 books whose titles have a number in them from Jan 1, 2008 to August 1, 2008 This includes written numbers like "one" or "forty." UPDATE: Numbers like 10th or First are fine too.

Need some help picking? See the sidebar.

You can choose up to three that are on lists for other challenges. So two of the choices must not be on any list. You can re-read books but all books must NOT be read until January 1, 2008.

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UPDATE: If you don't want to be a member of this blog but wouldn't mind your review being cross-posted to this blog, email me your review and a link to your blog and i'll post it.

I know there are a lot of great challenges going on starting Jan but remember, they are all just for fun, if you don't finish, you don't finish, no big deal!

Again I hope to have a prize but don't have one yet. However it will for sure be a book with a number in the title.

Krin's Picks

For this challenge, I will read:

David McCullough. 1776
John Irving. The Fourth Hand - also on Celebrate the Author and Winter Reading Challenges
Clare Dudman. One Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead
Barbara D'Amato. Death of a Thousand Cuts
James Patterson. 3rd Degree

Bookworm's Picks

Bookworm's Picks:

1. 1984 by by George Orwell
2. Fahrenheit 451 by by Ray Bradbury
3. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
here are my alternates:
6. In the Tenth House by Laura Dietz
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
8. 44 Scotland Street by Alexander Mccall Smith

Gautami's Picks

My list:

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer

Three Muskeeters by Alexander Dumas


Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Second Glance by Jodi Picoult

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Kristina's Picks

Here is my list for the Numbers Challenge! This will definitely help to getting a bazillion books off of my shelf!!

1. One for the Money - Janet Evanovich (also goes to 1st in a Series challenge hosted by Joy)
2. Year Zero - Jeff Long
3. The Five Bells and the Bladebone - Martha Grimes
4. Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher (also 888 Challenge)
5. Three Days to Never - Tim Powers

I have an alternate because I think that #3 is further along in her series than I am....if that's the case I have Five Women - Roma Jaffe

Tiny Little Librarian's Picks

Edited May 24 because I didn't read the rules properly about needing to have two books that aren't part of another challenge!

1. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

2. Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham (aka Sophie Kinsella)

3. 21 Proms edited by David Levithan and Daniel Ehrenhaft

4. Second Chance by Jane Green

5. One of those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones

Callista's Picks

1. The 7 Stages of Marriage by Sari Harrar
2. 24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury(Also 888 Challenge)
4. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult(Also 888 Challenge)
5. Chromosome 6 by Robin Cook(Also 888 Challenge)

Extras:
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Twenty Questions by Alison Clement
Four Blind Mice by James Patterson