2010 Countdown Challenge

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The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year in the 2000s — 10 books from 2010, 9 books from 2009, 8 books from 2008, etc. The total number of books required, therefore, is 55.

This challenge lasts from 9/9/09 through 10/10/10.

Crossovers with other challenges are allowed and your lists may change at any time.

2010

1. The Murderer's Daughters by R S Meyers - review

2. Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother by Xinran - review

3. The Wilding by Maria McCann - review

4. Messages from an Unknown Chinese Mother - Xinran - review

5. Angelology by Danielle Trussoni - review

6. Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn -review

7. Roses by Leila Meacham -review

8. The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark - review

9. By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan

10. Wolfsangel by M.D. Lachlan

2009

1. The Madonna of the Almonds by Marina Fiorato *****Review

2. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel **** Review

3. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly **** Review

4. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters ***** Review

5. The Fraud by Barbara Ewing **** Review

6. Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant ****+

7. The Lost Book of Salem by Katherine Howe ****Review

8. The Buried Circle ****+ Review

9. Magpie Hall by Rachael King ****

2008

1. Charley's Web by Joy Fielding **** Review

2. The Last Queen by C W Gortner*****

3. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris ***

4. The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran **** Review

5. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton ****+

6. A Pale Horse by Charles Todd - Review

7. Devil's Brood by Sharon Penman - review

8. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - review

2007

1. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin *****review

2. The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson - review

3. My Lady Judge by Cora Harrison - review

4. Vivaldi's Virgins by Barbara Quick

5. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

6. Peony in Love by Lisa See

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2006

1. Plain Jane by Laurien Gardner ***

2. The Chase by Candida Clark***

3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

4. The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton - review

5. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman - review

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2005

1. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig - review

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2004

1. The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman ***+

2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - review

3. The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson

4. Passion by Jude Morgan

2003

1. Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin - review

2. We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

3.

2002

1. The Onion Girl by Charles De Lint*****Review

2. The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman - review

2001

1. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks - review

Current Status -48/55 read.