2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge

Here is another challenge I’m going to attempt for this year: The 2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge.

Challenge goal: Read 50 books from my local library.

1. Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, by Lynne Jonell
2. Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl, by Stacey O’Brien, 229 pages
3. In the Woods, by Tana French, 428 pages, police procedural – thriller
4. Relic, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, 382 pages, March 7
5. The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, 311 pages, March 9
6. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, 552 pages, March 22
7. Handle With Care, by Jodi Picoult, 477 pages, March 28
8. Testimony, by Anita Shreve, 305 pages, April 21
9. Lost Souls, by Lisa Jackson, 432 pages, April 28
10. Absolute Fear, by Lisa Jackson, 404 pages, May 22
11. The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, 312 pages, June 6
12. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher, 288 pages, June 11
13. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, 374 pages, June 14
14. Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, 425 pages,  June 19
15. Shift, by Jennifer Bradbury, 245 pages, July 3
16. Diamond Willow, by Helen Frost 111 pages, July 11
17. The Leanin’ Dog, by K.A. Nuzum, 250 pages, July 26
18. Rapunzel’s Revenge, by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale, 144 pages, July 27
19. 11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System, by David Aguilar, 48 pages, July 29
20. Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris, 310 pages, August 9
21. Shooting the Moon, Frances O’Roark Dowell, 163 pages, August 11
22. Skeleton Creek, by Patrick Carman, 186 pages, August 13
23. Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka, by Jon Scieszka, 106 pages, August 14
24. Beneath My Mother’s Feet, by Amjed Qamar, 198 pgaes, August 16
25. Hidden Roots, by Joseph Bruchac, 136 pages
26. Found, by Margaret Peterson Haddix, 314 pages, August 18
27. The Plain Janes, by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg, October 24
28. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, October 24
29. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, 233 pages, October 24
30. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel, 240 pages, November 2
31. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J. K. Rowling, audio book, November 17
32. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi, 153 pages, November
33. Skim, by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, 143 pages, December 14
34. We Are on our Own : A memoir, by Miriam  Katin, 129 pages, December 15