2009 TBR Challenge

I couldn’t find a new post for this, it was on Shelfari and so I am listing my books here and a little about the challenge. I found the post. To read the official rules and sign up for this challenge please click here.

• Pick 12 books – one for each month of 2009 – that you’ve been wanting to read (that have been on your “To Be Read” list) for 6 months or longer, but haven’t gotten around to.

• OPTIONAL: Create a list of 12 “Alternates” (books you could substitute for your challenge books, given that a particular one doesn’t grab you at the time)

• Then, starting January 1, 2009, read one of these books from your list each month, ending December 31, 2009. :o)

• (orginal time frame was Jan08 to Dec08)

Here are my first 12 books:

1. Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK – Roy Wenzl, Tim Potter, L. Kelly, Hurst Laviana
2. Cold Eyes – Romina Wilcox
3. Bronx DA: True Stories from the Sex Crimes & Domestic Violence Unit – Serena Straus
4. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
5. Makioka Sisters – Jun’ichiro Tanizaki
6. A Three Dog Life – Abigail Thomas
7. The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border – Teresa Rodriguez
8. The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel – Jed Rubenfeld
9. Catcher in the Rye- J. D. Salinger
10. Petty Treason: A Sarah Tolerance Mystery – Madeleine E. Robins
11. Point of Honour (Sarah Tolerance) – Madeleine E. Robins
12. The Tenderness of Wolves – Stef Penney

And here are my ‘alternates’.

1. The Virgin of Small Plains – Nancy Pickard
2. The Magician’s Assistant – Ann Patchett
3. The Patron Saint of Liars – Ann Patchett
4. Run – Ann Patchett
5. Prospero’s Daughter – Elizabeth Nunez
6. My Lover’s Lover – Maggie O’Farrell
7. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox – Maggie O’Farrell
8. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel García Márquez
9. The Cement Garden – Ian Mcewan
10. The Comfort of Strangers – Ian Mcewan
11. Cold Eyes – W.R. “Mac” McGuffin
12. Water for Elephants: A Novel – Sara Gruen

I am not saying this is the order I am reading them in, just that I plan to read 12 of these books. Or maybe all, some of these books also qualify for other challenges I am doing.