Thriller & Suspense Reading Challenge 2010

Thursday 19 November, 2009 By 4 Comments

Book Chick City is hosting the 2010 Thriller and Suspense Reading Challenge which begins 1 January 2010 and ends 31 December 2010. The goal is to read 12 thriller and/or suspense novels. On the information page there helpful lists of sub-genres. The books do not need to be chosen in advance and can be changed. This looks to be a fun reading challenge!

My proposed list:

  1. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
  2. The Woman in White by Wilke Collins
  3. City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin
  4. Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin
  5. Breathing Water by Timothy Hallinan
  6. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
  7. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
  8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
  9. Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
  10. Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson
  11. 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs
  12. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

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Ramblings From A Migraine Addled Mind

Thursday 19 November, 2009 By 6 Comments

I have been cycling at a pain level of 8-9 for over 24 hours now. I write this not to elicit sympathy, rather in hopes to explain what I anticipate to be an oddly formatted post.

  • Many people have been kind enough to compliment me on the layout of my bog. The credit for everything cute goes to my friend Amy. Some noticed my header was all jazzed up for Christmas, the thanks for that goes to my dear friend Speedy. They both do beautiful work!
  • Sheldon (my son’s Bearded Dragon) now has a tunnel, it is being installed as I type and hopefully Sheldon will fuss with it just enough to make it a happy place for brumation. As I wrote in an earlier post, brumation is related to hibernation, but in brumation the reptile does not sleep, rather the eating and metabolism slows for the winter.
  • My twin babies turned 15 yesterday and my husband’s birthday is tomorrow (Friday) which means CAKE today! Where do I get my delicious cakes? The Sneaky Cat Bakery thanks to my Skype Girls! I ordered a Buckeye Cake (all three birthday guys agreed upon this one) and then 3 Birthday Cupcakes and they are huge, the picture is deceptively small, so we shall not want for CAKE! I ordered three birthday cupcakes; Mocha Mocha, Key Lime, and German Chocolate. I will post pictures later.
  • Coffee is keeping me from wanting to crawl back into bed, not that bed helps my head much, I was up all night.
  • Tomorrow, as I mentioned is my husband’s birthday and to celebrate we are going out to dinner and then to the play my one son is involved in. I pray the pain level is lower by tomorrow.
  • I have approximately 5 hours to feel better before we are do at the neighbours for CAKE!
  • I am very thankful for coffee, ice-packs, heated rice bags, and a devoted cat to keep me company.

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South Asian Author Challenge-2010

Thursday 19 November, 2009 By 2 Comments



S. Krishna is hosting a South Asian Author Challenge which begins 1 January 2010 and ends 31 December 2010. On the challenge page, S. Krishna gives examples of books to choose from as well as an extensive list of authors to choose from as well. Some books I already had in my TBR pile, others I looked up and found interesting, which is how I chose my books. The challenge offers several different options of commitment for this reading challenge and I am opting for the highest level, 10 novels.

The 10 novels I have chosen are:

  1. Saffron Dreams – Shaila Abdullah
  2. Haunting Bombay – Shilpa Agarwal
  3. The Forbidden Daughter – Shobhan Bantwal
  4. The Sari Shop Widow – Shobhan Bantwal
  5. A Disobedient Girl – Ru Freeman
  6. The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
  7. A Breath of Fresh Air – Amulya Malladi
  8. Rooftops of Tehran – Mahbod Seraji
  9. The Girl From Foreign – Sadia Shepard
  10. The Space Between Us – Thrity Umrigar

This challenge looks to be a lot of fun and will expose me to many different cultural novels. Anyone can join by visiting the South Asian Author Challenge.

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