COMPLETED: Countdown Challenge 2009

I didn't know if I was going to be able to finish this one in the time allotted – I had so much trouble finding one last book from 2003 to read and review!  I’m glad I participated in this one though – it was a great way to read books from previous years.  I’d love to participate in this challenge again.
 

2009:
1. Love and Other Natural Disasters - Holly Shumas [review]
2. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows - Ann Brashares [review]
3. North of Beautiful – Justina Chen Headley [review]
4. Eat, Drink, and Be From Mississippi - Nanci Kincaid [review]
5. The Pluto Files - Neil deGrasse Tyson [review]
6. In Other Rooms, Other Wonders - Daniyal Mueenuddin [review]
7. The Seance - John Harwood [review]
8. Bound South - Susan Rebecca White [review]
9. The School of Essential Ingredients - Erica Bauermeister [review]

2008:
1. In the Convent of Little Flowers: Stories - Indu Sundaresan [review]
2. The Night Villa - Carol Goodman [review]
3. Names My Sisters Call Me - Megan Crane [review]
4. Cancer is a Bitch - Gail Konop Baker [review]
5. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination - Elizabeth McCracken [review]
6. The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie [review]
7. Falling Under - Danielle Younge-Ullman [review]
8. The Professor's Wives Club - Joanne Rendell [review]

2007:
1. Nefertiti - Michelle Moran [review]
2. The Fortune Quilt - Lani Diane Rich [review]
3. Scot on the Rocks - Brenda Janowitz [review]
4. The Pirate's Daughter - Margaret Cezair-Thompson [review]
5. Girl Most Likely To - Poonam Sharma [review]
6. Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher [review]
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini [review]

2006:
1. Knitting Under the Influence - Claire LaZebnik [review]
2. The Madonnas of Leningrad - Debra Dean [review]
3. The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca - Tahir Shah [review]
4. Salaam, Paris – Kavita Daswani [review]
5. A Hopeless Romantic – Harriet Evans [review]
6. Just Between Us – Cathy Kelly [review]

2005:
1. The Washingtonienne - Jessica Cutler [review]
2. 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson [review]
3. The Frog Prince - Jane Porter [review]
4. Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes - Billy Watkins [review]
5. Bras and Broomsticks - Sarah Mlynowski [review]

2004: 
1. The Chocolate Run - Dorothy Koomson [review]
2. The Ghost Writer – John Harwood [review]
3. English as a Second Language – Megan Crane [review]
4. Under the Duvet – Marian Keyes [review]

2003:
1. Looking for Class: Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge – Bruce Feiler [review]
2. The Canterbury Papers – Judith Koll Healey [review]
3. Engaging Men – Lynda Curnyn [review]

2002:
1. Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths – Bruce Feiler [review]
2. Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony – Lee Miller [review]

2001:
1. Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds - Stephen Kinzer [review]

8 comments:

Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading said...

This one was harder than I thought it would be...and I'm not going to have it done on time. Congrats on finishing!

stacybuckeye said...

Congratualtions! This one looks like fun.

bermudaonion said...

Way to go!!!

Marie said...

Great work!!! :-)

Melody said...

Congrats on finishing the challenge!

alisonwonderland said...

good work! i'm stuck on the 2004s, but i'm still hoping to finish this week.

3m said...

Congrats on finishing -- I do hope you participate again!!

Dawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBooks said...

Congrats, Swapna! I just posted my wrap-up for the 2009 Countdown Challenge. Sadly, I didn't put a lot of effort into finding books to fit the pub years, and only have 27 books on my final tally!

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