Challenge Updates

For the Victorian Reading Challenge:

1. Stand There! She Shouted: The Invincible Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. 2014. Candlewick. 80 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
2. Black Beauty. Anna Sewell. 1877. 245 pages. [Source: Bought] 
3. Is He Popenjoy? Anthony Trollope. 1878/1993. Penguin. 632 pages. [Source: Bought]  
4. A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens. 1843. 96 pages. [Source: Bought] 
5. The Man Who Invented Christmas. Les Standiford. 2008. Crown. 241 pages. [Source: Library]

For the British History Reading Challenge:

1. The Man Who Invented Christmas. Les Standiford. 2008. Crown. 241 pages. [Source: Library]

For the 2014 Year of Rereading Challenge:

1. Countdown by Deborah Wiles. 2010. May 2010. Scholastic. 400 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
2. Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) Robin LaFevers. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 387 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
3. Black Beauty. Anna Sewell. 1877. 245 pages. [Source: Bought] 
4. Persuasion. Jane Austen 1818/1992. Knopf Doubleday. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
5. A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens. 1843. 96 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the Vintage Mystery Bingo Challenge: CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

1. Where There's A Will. Rex Stout. (Nero Wolfe #8) 1940. Bantam. 258 pages. [Source: Bought]

For the 2014 Chunkster Challenge: 

1.  Is He Popenjoy? Anthony Trollope. 1878/1993. Penguin. 632 pages. [Source: Bought] 

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Challenge Updates

For the Victorian Reading Challenge:

1. A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens. 1854/2003. Bantam Classics. 382 pages. [Source: Bought] 

For the British Reading Challenge:

1. An Autobiography. Agatha Christie. 1977/1996. Berkley. 635 pages. [Source: Bought]  
2. A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens. 1854/2003. Bantam Classics. 382 pages. [Source: Bought]

For the 2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge:

1. An Autobiography. Agatha Christie. 1977/1996. Berkley. 635 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the 2014 Year of Rereading Challenge:

1. Howl's Moving Castle. Diana Wynne Jones. 1986. 336 pages. [Source: Bought] 
2. Grave Mercy. Robin LaFevers. 2012. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 560 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
3. Frankenstein. Mary Shelley. 1818/1831. Oxford World's Classics. 250 pages. [Source: Bought] 
4. The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) Robert Jordan. 1990. Tor. 814 pages. [Source: Bought] 
5. All Clear. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 645 pages. [Source: Bought]  
6. The Night Gardener. Jonathan Auxier. 2014. Abrams. 350 pages. [Source: Library]
7. The Hiding Place. Corrie Ten Boom. With John and Elizabeth Sherrill. 1971/1984/1995. Chosen. 228 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the Vintage Mystery Bingo Challenge:

1. Dancers in Mourning. Margery Allingham. 1937. 337 pages. [Source: Bought] 

For the 2014 Chunkster Challenge:

1. The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) Robert Jordan. 1990. Tor. 814 pages. [Source: Bought]
2. An Autobiography. Agatha Christie. 1977/1996. Berkley. 635 pages. [Source: Bought]  
3. All Clear. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 645 pages. [Source: Bought]

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Challenge Updates

For the Victorian Reading Challenge:

1. No Name. Wilkie Collins. 1862/1998. Oxford University Press. 748 pages.

For the British History Reading Challenge:

1. Goodnight, Mr. Tom. Michelle Magorian. 1981. HarperCollins. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
2. In Search of England. H.V. Morton. 1927/2007. Da Capo Press. 304 pages. [Source: Bought] 
3. Blackout. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 495 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the 2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge:

1. In Search of England. H.V. Morton. 1927/2007. Da Capo Press. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the 2014 Year of Rereading Challenge:

1. The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937.  320 pages. [Source: Bought] 
2. Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney. 2009. Chronicle Books. 366 pages. [Source: Library]  
3. Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. 1953/1991. Del Rey. 179 pages. [Source: Bought] 
4. Northanger Abbey. Jane Austen. 1817/1992. Everyman's Library. 288 pages. [Source: Book I Own] 
5. Blackout. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 495 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the Vintage Mystery Bingo Challenge:

1. The Singing Sands. Josephine Tey. 1952. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]

For the 2014 Chunkster Challenge:

1. No Name. Wilkie Collins. 1862/1998. Oxford University Press. 748 pages.
2. Blackout. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 495 pages. [Source: Bought]   

For the R.I.P. Reading Challenge:

1. The Attenbury Emeralds. Jill Paton Walsh. 2010/2011. St. Martin's Press. 352 pages. [Source: Library] 
2. The Late Scholar. Jill Paton Walsh. 2014. St. Martin's Press. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
3. My Cousin Rachel. Daphne du Maurier. 1951. 374 pages. [Source: Library]
4. Death of a Schoolgirl (Jane Eyre Chronicles #1) Joanna Campbell Slan. 2012. Berkley Trade. 340 pages. [Source: Library]
5. The Lost. Sarah Beth Durst. 2014. Harlequin. 352 pages. [Source: Library] 
6. The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten. Harrison Geillor. 2011. Night Shade Books. 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
7. Northanger Abbey. Jane Austen. 1817/1992. Everyman's Library. 288 pages. [Source: Book I Own] 
8. Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. 1953/1991. Del Rey. 179 pages. [Source: Bought]
9.  The Singing Sands. Josephine Tey. 1952. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]

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Challenge Updates

For the Victorian Reading Challenge:

1. The Belton Estate. Anthony Trollope. 1866/1993. Penguin. 432 pages. [Source: Bought] 

For the British History Reading Challenge:

1. The Dog Who Could Fly: The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew At His Side. Damien Lewis. 2014. Simon & Schuster. 304 pages. [Source: Library]   
2. The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley. 2010. Walker. 432 pages [Source: Bought] 
3. The Princess of Celle. Jean Plaidy. 1967/1985. Ballantine. 400 pages. [Source: Bought] 

For the 2014 TBR Pile:

1. The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley. 2010. Walker. 432 pages [Source: Bought] 

For the 2014 Year of Rereading Challenge:

1. The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. 2006. Random House. 560 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
2. Out of the Dust. Karen Hesse. 1997. Scholastic. 240 pages. [Source: Bought]
3. The Daughter of Time. Josephine Tey. 1951/1995. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]
4. The Convenient Marriage. By Georgette Heyer. (1934) Read by Richard Armitage. 2010. August 2010. Naxos Audiobooks. 5 hrs. 6 minutes. [Source: Review copy]

For the Vintage Mystery Bingo:

1. The Red House Mystery. A.A. Milne. 1922. Dover. 156 pages. [Source: Bought] 
2. The Daughter of Time. Josephine Tey. 1951/1995. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]

For the 2014 Chunkster Challenge:

1. Bridge to Haven. Francine Rivers. 2014. Tyndale House. 468 pages. [Source: Library]

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Challenge Updates

For the Victorian Reading Challenge:

1. North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1854-1855. 452 pages. [Source: Bought]
2. To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis. 1998. Bantam. 493 pages. [Source: Bought] 
3.  The Duke's Children. Anthony Trollope. 1880. 560 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

For the British History Reading Challenge:

1. The Merry Monarch's Wife. (A Queens of England Novel). Jean Plaidy. 1991/2008. Crown. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
2. The Birth of Britain (History of the English Speaking People #1). Winston Churchill. 1956. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]

For the 2014 TBR Pile:

1. The Merry Monarch's Wife. (A Queens of England Novel). Jean Plaidy. 1991/2008. Crown. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
2. The Birth of Britain (History of the English Speaking People #1). Winston Churchill. 1956. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]

For the 2014 Year of Rereading Challenge:

1. The Railway Children. E. Nesbit. 1906/2011. Penguin. 304 pages.  [Source: Bought]  
2. North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1854-1855. 452 pages. [Source: Bought]
3. To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis. 1998. Bantam. 493 pages. [Source: Bought] 
4. Umbrella Summer. Lisa Graff. 2009. HarperCollins. 240 pages. [Source: Library]
5. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Kate DiCamillo. 2006. Candlewick. 200 pages. [Source: Bought]

For the Vintage Mystery Bingo:

1. To Love And Be Wise. (Inspector Grant #4) Josephine Tey. 1951. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Bought] 

For the 2014 Chunkster Challenge:

1. North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1854-1855. 452 pages. [Source: Bought]
2. To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis. 1998. Bantam. 493 pages. [Source: Bought] 
3. The Duke's Children. Anthony Trollope. 1880. 560 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
4. The Auschwitz Escape. Joel C. Rosenberg. 2014. Tyndale. 468 pages. [Source: Library]

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Challenge Updates

For the Victorian Reading Challenge:

1. The Law and the Lady. Wilkie Collins. 1875. 430 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 

For the British History Reading Challenge:

1. History of England. Jane Austen. 1977. 64 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
2. A Child's History of England. Charles Dickens. 1851-1853.  390 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
3. The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt. Scott O'Dell. 1975/1988. JourneyForth. 182 pages. [Source: Bought] 

For the 2014 TBR Pile:

1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Betty Smith. 1943/2006. HarperCollins. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the 2014 Year of Rereading Challenge:

1. Doggirl. Robin Brande. 2011.  Ryer Publishing. 269 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2. Julia Gillian (And the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee. 2008. Scholastic. 290 pages. [Source: Review copy]
3. 11 Birthdays. Wendy Mass. 2009. Scholastic. 267 pages. [Source: Library book]  
4.  The Story of the Amulet. E. Nesbit. 1906/1996. Puffin. 292 pages. [Source: Bought]
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Betty Smith. 1943/2006. HarperCollins. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the Vintage Mystery Bingo

1. Brat Farrar. Josephine Tey. 1949/1997. 288 pages. [Source: Bought] 

For the 2014 Chunkster Challenge:

1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Betty Smith. 1943/2006. HarperCollins. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]  
2. Wounded Tiger. A Nonfiction Novel. T. Martin Bennett. 2014. Onstad Press. 472 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

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Challenge Updates

For the Once Upon A Time Challenge:

1. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boys. Karen Foxlee. 2014. Random House. 240 books. [Source: Review copy]
2. Hero. (Woodcutter Sisters #2). Alethea Kontis. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
3. The Phoenix and the Carpet. E. Nesbit. 1904. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
4. The Glass Casket. McCormick Templeman. 2014. Random House. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
5. Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie. 1911/2008. Penguin. 207 pages. [Source: Review copy]
6.  The Children of the King. Sonya Hartnett. 2014. Candlewick. 272 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
7. Rumpelstiltskin. Jenni James. 2013. Stonehouse Ink. [Source: Bought] 

For the Victorian Reading Challenge:

1. Stepping Heavenward. Mrs. Elizabeth Prentiss. 1869/1998. Barbour Books. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]  
2. The Prime Minister. Anthony Trollope. 1876. 864 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  

For the British History Reading Challenge

1. Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]  

For the 2014 Year of Rereading

1. The Teacher's Funeral. Richard Peck. 2004. Penguin. 208 pages. [Source: Library]  
2. The Phoenix and the Carpet. E. Nesbit. 1904. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
3. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance. Jennifer Armstrong. 1998. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Library] 
4. Preacher's Boy. Katherine Paterson. 1999/2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
5. Greetings from Nowhere. Barbara O'Connor. 2008. FSG. 208 pages. [Source: Library] 
6. Because of Winn Dixie. Kate DiCamillo. 2000. Candlewick. 182 pages. [Source: Book I bought]  
7. Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie. 1911/2008. Penguin. 207 pages. [Source: Review copy]
8. The Lemonade War. Jacqueline Davies. 2007. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 192 pages. [Source: Library]

For the Vintage Mystery Bingo

1. The Franchise Affair. Josephine Tey. 1948. 304 pages. [Source: Book I bought]

For the 2014 Chunkster Challenge

1. The Prime Minister. Anthony Trollope. 1876. 864 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
2. Redeeming Love. Francine Rivers. 2005. Multnomah. 464 pages. [Source: Bought] 

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Challenge Updates

For the Once Upon A Time Challenge

The Runaway King. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2013. Scholastic. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
The Shadow Throne. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2014. Scholastic. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
Hero. (Woodcutter Sisters #2). Alethea Kontis. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Melisande. E. Nesbit. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch. 1901/1988/1999. Candlewick. 48 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
The House of Arden. E. Nesbit. 1908. 242 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin. 2013. Random House. 272 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Switched at Birthday. Natalie Standiford. 2014. 240 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Trouble with Magic. Ruth Chew. 1976/2014. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy] Magic in the Park. Ruth Chew. 1972/2014. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

For the Victorian Reading Challenge:

Phineas Redux. Anthony Trollope. 1874. 768 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
Melisande. E. Nesbit. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch. 1901/1988/1999. Candlewick. 48 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

For the British History Reading Challenge:

The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, The Playboy Prince. Jane Ridley. 2013. Random House. 752 pages. [Source: Library]
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the 2014 Year of Rereading:

Mansfield Park. Jane Austen. 1814. 464 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
Ten Cents A Dance. Christine Fletcher. 2008/2010. Bloomsbury USA. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Meet Me in St. Louis: A Trip to the 1904 World's Fair. Robert Jackson. 2004. HarperCollins. 144 pages. [Source: Bought] 
A Year Down Yonder. Richard Peck. 2000. Penguin. 144 pages. [Source: Library] 
The False Prince. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2012. Scholastic. 342 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Runaway King. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2013. Scholastic. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Shadow Throne. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2014. Scholastic. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
For the Vintage Mystery Bingo:

Miss Pym Disposes. Josephine Tey. 1946. 238 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 

For the 2014 TBR Pile:

When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought]  

For the Chunkster Challenge:

Mansfield Park. Jane Austen. 1814. 464 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought] 
Phineas Redux. Anthony Trollope. 1874. 768 pages. [Source: Book I bought]


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Challenge Updates

For the Once Upon A Time Challenge

Five Children and It. E. Nesbit. 1902/2004. Puffin Classics. 240 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale. Charles de Lint. Illustrated by Charles Vess. 2014. Little, Brown. 272 pages. [Source: Library] 
Lady Thief. A.C. Gaughen. 2014. Walker Books. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The False Prince. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2012. Scholastic. 342 pages. [Source: Review copy]

For the Victorian Reading Challenge

A Rogue's Life. Wilkie Collins. 1856. 159 pages. [Source: Book I bought]

For the British History Reading Challenge

Scarlet. A.C. Gaughen. 2012. Walker. 292 pages. [Source: Library]
Lady Thief. A.C. Gaughen. 2014. Walker Books. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]

For the 2014 Year of Rereading:

The Giver. Lois Lowry. 1993. Houghton Mifflin. 180 pages. [Source: Library]  
A Long Way From Chicago. Richard Peck. 1998. Penguin. 148 pages. [Source: Library book]
Five Children and It. E. Nesbit. 1902/2004. Puffin Classics. 240 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
The Testing. Joelle Charbonneau. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 344 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen. 1813. 386 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

Vintage Mystery Bingo

In the Best Families. (Nero Wolfe). Rex Stout. 1950. 272 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

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Challenge Updates

For the British History Reading Challenge:

Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman. James Sharpe. 2004. Profile Books. 258 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
Hideous Love: The Story of The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein. Stephanie Hemphill. 2013. HarperCollins. 320 pages. [Source: Library]

For the Year of Rereading Challenge:

The Long Winter. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1940. 334 pages. [Source: Library]  
Colonel Brandon's Diary. Amanda Grange. 2009. Penguin. 304 pages. [Source: Library] 
To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee. 1960. 281 pages. [Source: Book I Own] 
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. 2008. Random House. 274 pages. [Source: Library]
Sword in the Storm. David Gemmell. 1998. Del Rey. 448 pages [Source: Library] 
Knowledge of the Holy. A.W. Tozer. 1961/1978. HarperCollins. 128 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

For the 2014 TBR Pile Challenge:

The Eustace Diamonds. Anthony Trollope. 1873. 794 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman. James Sharpe. 2004. Profile Books. 258 pages. [Source: Book I bought]

For the Chunkster Challenge:

The Eustace Diamonds. Anthony Trollope. 1873. 794 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 

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