For 2009, the Reading Room challenges you to the Genre Challenge! Read one book from each of the following genres in 2009 to complete the challenge:

Biography
Chick lit
Children's/Young Adult
Classics
General non-fiction
History
Horror
Literary fiction
Memoir
Mystery/Suspense
Romance
Short Stories/Essays

Each month, we will spotlight a particular genre. You can read one genre per month or do them as quickly as you can.

For added challenge, you can pledge to read more than one book per genre - whatever you think you can do.

Post below to join us, and we'll set up each person's post with the genre list so you can record the books for each genre as you read them.

Me, me, me!
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Biography:
Chick lit:
Children's/Young Adult:
Classics:
General non-fiction:
History:
Horror:
Literary fiction:
Memoir:
Mystery/Suspense:
Romance:
Short Stories/Essays:

I will give it a shot... not sure that I will be able to make it through some of those genre's, but maybe you can all recommend some good books!

Biography:
Chick lit:
Children's/Young Adult:
Classics:
General non-fiction:
History:
Horror:
Literary fiction:
Memoir:
Mystery/Suspense:
Romance:
Short Stories/Essays:

My goal is to read at least 2 books from each genre.
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COMPLETED 11/16/09
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Biography:
1. Almost Home by Christine Gleason, M.D.
2. Life in Rewind by Terry Weible Murphy

Chick lit:
1. Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham
2. Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
3. Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot
4. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot

Children's/Young Adult:
1. Slam by Nick Hornby
2. The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
3. Extreme Kissing by Luisa Plaja

Classics:
1. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger


General non-fiction:
1. Against Medical Advice: A True Story by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow

History:
1. The Little Princesses: The Story of the Queen's Childhood by Marion Crawford
2.What it Felt Like: Living in the American Century by Henry Allen

Horror:
1. From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
2. Cell by Stephen King

Literary fiction:
1. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
2. The Birthdays by Heidi Pitlor
3. The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller


Memoir:
1. The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order by Joan Wickersham
2. The Longest Trip Home: a memoir by John Grogan

Mystery/Suspense:
1. Third Degree by Greg Iles
2. The Associate by John Grisham
3. Run For Your Life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
4. The 8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
5. True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman
6. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark

Romance:
1. And Then He Kissed Me by Patti Berg
2. The Wife of Reilly by Jennifer Coburn
3. On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah

Short Stories/Essays:
1. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling
2. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted and Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg

I'm in! I'm hoping with some of the recommendations that have been listed so far, I can complete this challenge!


COMPLETED 12/20/09!!!!!


Biography:

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by Elizabeth Edwards


Chick lit:
Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
The Beach House by Jane Green
Enlightenment for Idiots by Anne Cushman
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Second Chance by Jane Green
True Colors by Kristen Hannah
Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch by Haywood Smith
Twenty Wishes: A Blossom Street Book by Debbie Macomber (8)
Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber (8)
Lakeshore Christmas: The Lakeshore Chronicles by Susan Wiggs (7)
Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand (9)
Snowfall at Willow Lake: The Lakeshore Chronicles by Susan Wiggs (8)
Fireside:The Lakeshore Chronicles by Susan Wiggs (8)
Once In A Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge (9)
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners by Luanne Rice (9)
92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber (9)
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner (6)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (9.5)
Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber (8)
16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber
6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber
74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber
8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber
The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice (9)
The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha (9)
Full of Grace by Dorothea Benton Frank (6.5)
Black Hills by Nora Roberts (9.5)
Public Secrets by Nora Roberts (8)
Driving Sideways by Jess Riley (8)
Shelter Me by Juliette Fay (10!!!!)
LoveHampton by Sherri Rifkin (8)
Made in the USA by Billie Letts (9.5)
The Birth House by Ami McKay (9)
Something Blue by Emily Giffin (9)
Miss Harper Can Do It by Jane Berentson (9.5)
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (7)


Children's/Young Adult:
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin


Classics:
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne


General non-fiction:
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.
The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Healing and Preventing Autism: A Complete Guide By Jenny McCarthy and Jerry Kartzinel, M.D.
Living Well with Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know by Mary J. Shomon (9)


History:
Lone Survivor- The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and The Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson (10)


Horror:
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz


Literary fiction:
Domestic Affairs by Eileen Goudge


Memoir:
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz As A Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal (8)


Mystery/Suspense:
The Girl She Used To Be by David Cristofano
Intent to Kill by James Grippando
Hot Mahogany- A Stone Barrington Book by Stuart Woods (7)


Romance:
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
Secrets by Jude Deveraux
Bed of Roses: Book Two in the Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts (9)
Matters of the Heart by Danielle Steele (8)
Vision in White: Book One in the Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts (9)


Short Stories/Essays:
To Build A Fire by Jack London