Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge

1 January 2011 - 31 December 2011

Jamie from The Book Junkie's Bookshelf has taken over the Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge this year.  And it's pretty self-explanatory: read books that you have checked out (not bought - though that would be supporting your library in another good way ;) from your local library branch.

There are four levels to choose from, including:
1.  The Mini - check out and read 30 library books
2.  "Fun" Size - check out and read 40 library books
3.  Jumbo Size - check out and read 50 library books
4.  Mega Size - check out and read 51+ library books

Easy-peasy!  I work in a library and the majority of the books I read are borrowed from said library system (whether on shelf or through interlibrary loan) - though I also have a bad addiction of buying books, but I'm getting better... ;)  Mega Size it is!  Number-wise, I think I'll be aiming for 100 (a nice round digit) library books.  On a side note, I won't be including children's picture books, even though I do read a lot of those...

Titles will be added as they are read.
1.  At Home: a Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
2.  Managing a Genealogical Project by William Dollarhide
3.  Finishing School by Max Allen Collins
4.  Steamed by Katie McAlister
5.  Eco Books by Terry Taylor
6.  Between  Good and Evil by Roger Depue and Susan Schindehette
7.  Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Nick Bruel
8.  Stories From the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean
9.  How to Make Books by Esther K. Smith
10.  The Complete Book of Bookbinding by Joseph Cambras
11.  The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy by Mary Street
12.  The Professor's Daughter by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert (graphic novel)
13.  Excalibur: the Legend of King Arthur by Tony Lee; ill. by Sam Hart (graphic novel)
14.  The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan; adpt. by Robert Venditti; ill. by Attila Futaki and Jose Villarrubia (graphic novel)
15.  Till Death Do Us Bark by Kate Klise; ill. by M. Sarah Klise
16.  Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers
17.  Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer; adpt. by E.C. and Andrew Donkin; ill. by Giovanni Rigano and Paolo Lamanna (graphic novel)
18.  Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R. L. LaFevers
19.  Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus; ill. by Paul Galdone
20.  Cod by Mark Kurlansky
21.  The Basilisk's Lair by R. L. LaFevers
22.  The Wyverns' Treasure by R. L. LaFevers
23.  Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris by R. L. LaFevers
24.  Pride and Prejudice by Nancy Butler and illustrated by Hugo Petris (graphic novel)
25.  The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
26.  The Demon of River Heights by Stefan Petrucha; ill. by Sho Murase (graphic novel)
27.  Writ in Stone by Stefan Petrucha; ill. by Sho Murase (graphic novel)
28.  The Haunted Dollhouse by Stefan Petrucha; ill. by Sho Murase (graphic novel)
29.  The Girl Who Wasn't There by Stefan Petrucha; ill. by Sho Murase (graphic novel)
30.  The Fake Heir by Stefan Petrucha; ill. by Sho Murase (graphic novel)
31.  Mr. Cheeters is Missing by Stefan Petrucha; ill. by Sho Murase (graphic novel)
32.  Nancy Drew: Vampire Slayer by Stefan Petrucha; ill. by Sarah Kinney and Sho Murase (graphic novel)
33.  Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
34.  Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones by Brandon Sanderson
35.  Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
36.  Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton
37.  Death at Bishop's Keep by Robin Paige
38.  The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly
39.  Killer Profile by Max Allan Collins
40.  Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia by Brandon Sanderson
41.  The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
42.  Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens by Brandon Sanderson
43.  Shaking the family tree by Buzzy Jackson
44.  Bad Kitty Meets the Baby by Nick Bruel
45.  Casanova Was a Book Lover by John Maxwell Hamilton
46.  Double Crossing by Carolyn Keene
47.  Rob Scotton's Splat the Cat: Goodnight, Sleep Tight by Natalie Engel; ill. by Robert Eberz
48.  Bad Kitty Versus Uncle Murray: The Uproar at the Front Door by Nick Bruel
49.  A Crime for Christmas by Carolyn Keene
50.  Shock Waves by Carolyn Keene
51.  The Last Resort by Carolyn Keene
52.  Buried in Time by Carolyn Keene
53.  Best of Enemies by Carolyn Keene
54.  High Survival by Carolyn Keene
55.  Courting Disaster by Carolyn Keene
56.  North by Northwestern by Sig Hansen w/Mark Sundeen
57.  Tropic of Fear by Carolyn Keene
58.  A World Undone by G. J. Meyer
59.  The Paris Connection by Carolyn Keene
60.  New Year's Evil by Carolyn Keene
61.  Mystery Train by Carolyn Keene
62.  Tour of Danger by Carolyn Keene
63.  Hatter M. by Frank Beddor and Liz Cavalier; ill. by Ben Templesmith (graphic novel)
64.  Which Witch is Which? by Patricia Telesco
65.  The Well-Read Witch by Carl McColman
66.  Lost and Found by Shaun Tan (graphic novel/picture book)
67.  Room and Boredom by Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham; ill. by Luca Rossi w/short story ill. by Ross Campbell, Jill Thompson, Zachary Baldus, Steve Rolston, and Sean Murphy (graphic novel)
68.  Mad With Wonder by Frank Beddor and Liz Cavalier; ill. by Sami Makkonen (graphic novel)
69.  River Monsters by Jeremy Wade
70.  Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood by Tony Lee; ill. by Sam Hart and Artur Fujita (graphic novel)
71.  Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham; ill. by Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha and Craig Hamilton (graphic novel)
72.  Animal Farm by Bill Willingham; ill. by Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha (graphic novel)
73.  Storybook Love by Bill Willingham; ill. by Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Lan Medina, Bryan Talbot, Linda Medley, and Craig Hamilton (graphic novel)
74.  March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham; ill. by Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Craig Hamilton, and P. Craig Russell (graphic novel)
75.  Basking Sharks: The Slaughter of BC's Gentle Giants by Scott Wallace and Brian Gisborne
76.  The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham; ill. by Mark Buckingham; Steve Leialoha, Tony Akins, and Jimmy Palmiotti (graphic novel)
77.  Homelands by Bill Willingham; ill. by Mark Buckingham, David Hahn and Steve Leialoha
78.  1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham; ill. by Esao Andrews, John Bolton, Mark Buckingham, James Jean, Derek Kirk Kim, Tara McPherson, Jill Thompson, Charles Vess, and Michael W Kaluta (graphic novel)
79.  Death at Daisy's Folly by Robin Paige
80.  Stardust by Neil Gaiman
81.  Love Me If You Dare by Carly Phillips
82.  The Justice Way by Sharon Sala
83.  A Place to Call Home by Sharon Sala
84.  Kiss Me If You Can by Carly Phillips
85.  When You Dare by Lori Foster
86.  Cat Magic by Patricia Telesco
87.  Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendall and Candy Tan
88.  Much to be done: private life in Ontario from Victorian diaries by Frances Hoffman and Ryan Taylor
89.  Forensic science of CSI by Katherine Ramsland
90.  Social networking for genealogists by Drew Smith
91.  Book lust: recommended reading for every mood, moment and reason by Nancy Pearl
92.  More book lust: recommended reading for every mood, moment and reason by Nancy Pearl
93.  Happy birthday, bad kitty by Nick Bruel
94.  English garden embroidery by Stafford Whiteaker
95.  Stitch graffiti: unexpected cross-stitch by Heather Holland-Daly
96.  365 goddess: a daily guide to the magic and inspiration of the goddess by Patricia Telesco
97.  Kate Greenaway's cross-stitch designs by Julie Hasler
98.  Vampire academy: the graphic novel by Richelle Mead
99.  Victorian flowers by Jane Greenoff et al
100.  Elizabethan cross stitch by Barbara Hammet