Completed 2008 Reading Challenges

There’s only about two weeks left in the month of December, and I’ve finally finished the last of the reading challenges I signed up for in 2008. Here’s what I read:

Once Upon a Time Challenge II (3/21/08-6/20/08) – Finished 6/15/08

Beast – Donna Jo Napoli – finished 3/26/08
Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman – finished 4/8/08
The Line Between – Peter Beagle – finished 4/21/08
The Naming – Alison Croggon – finished 5/2/08
The Sorceress and the Cygnet – Patricia A. McKillip – finished 5/31/08
Howl’s Moving Castle – Dianne Wynne Jones – finished 6/15/08

R.I.P III Reading Challenge 9/1/08 – 10/31/08 – Finished 10/26/08

• Blood and Chocolate – Annette Curtis Klause – finished 9/13/08
• Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris – finished 10/10/08
• Nocturnes – John Connolly – finished 10/26/08
• Twilight – Stephenie Meyer – finished 9/29/08
• The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories – Susanna Clarke – finished 9/26/08

Mythopoeic Award Challenge 1/1/08-12/31/08 – Finished 9/9/08

• The Line Between – Peter S. Beagle – finished 4/21/08
• Tam Lin – Pamela Dean – finished 9/9/08
• Moonheart – Charles de Lint – Finished 8/19/08
• The Sorceress and the Cygnet – Patricia McKillip – finished 5/31/08
• American Gods – Neil Gaiman – finished 7/9/08
• Inkheart – Cornelia Funke – finished 7/20/08
• The Stolen Child – Keith Donohue – finished 1/31/08

YA Challange 2008 (1/1/08-12/31/08) – Finished 12/9/08

• The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper – finished 12/9/08
• Twilight – Stephenie Meyer – Finished 9/29/08
• Inkheart – Cornelia Funke – finished 7/20/08
• Skellig – David Almond – finished 5/14/08
• The Goose Girl – Shannon Hale – finished 3/11/08
• Terrier – Tamora Pierce – finished 7/29/08
• First Test – Tamora Pierce – finished 8/9/08
• Beast – Donna Jo Napoli – finished 3/26/08
• The Naming – Alison Croggon – finished 5/2/08
• Blood and Chocolate – Annette Curtis Klause – finished 9/13/08
• Touchmark – Mildred Lawrence – finished 9/16/08
• In the Forests of the Night – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes – finished 2/10/08

TBR 2008 Challenge 1/1/08-12/31/08 – Finished 12/19/08

American Gods – Neil Gaiman – finished 7/9/08
Cordelia Underwood – Van Reid – finished 8/6/08
Coyote Blue – Christopher Moore – finished 8/28/08
The Stolen Child – Keith Donohue – Finished 1/31/08
Lord of Light – Roger Zelazny – finished 10/2/08
Idylls of the King – Alfred, Lord Tennyson – finished 6/23/08
Herodotus – The Histories – finished 12/19/08

Alternates:
Tam Lin – Pamela Dean – finished 9/9/08
The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield – Finished 3/21/08
The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger – finished 7/26/08
Austenland – Shannon Hale – finished 8/21/08
On Writing – Stephen King – finished 11/29/08

I also started and abandoned the Graphic Novels Challenge and the Soup’s On Challenge. Soup’s On doesn’t actually end until next March, but I haven’t been in much of a cooking phase this year, so I’m just going to be honest with myself and give that one up now, and start 2009 with a clean slate.

One thing I did learn was to be careful with the number of 12 month/12 books challenges I did. While I won’t completely rule out 12 month challenges for next year, I’m going to try to do ones that don’t involve quite so many books, in order to preserve my sanity. I think I like the smaller theme challenges that I can do in a short burst of time better than the longer ones.

I already have a number of interesting looking 2009 challenges bookmarked for consideration, so I’m sure once I get back from the Christmas festivities, those will be showing up here in the sidebar.