2011 Challenge Wrap Up

I completed several challenges in 2011.

12 / 12 Books. 100% done!
Challenge Complete 8/21/2011

12 / 12 COZIES. 100% done!
CHALLENGE COMPLETE 8/3/2011

March 1, 2011- February 29, 2012
6 / 6 books. 100% done! Challenge
Complete 7-19-2011

What’s in a Name Challenge

A book with a NUMBER in the title.
*Dewey’s Nine Lives by Vicki Myron
A book with JEWELRY or a GEM in the title.
*Loose Diamonds by Amy Ephron
A book with a SIZE in the title.
*Hero At Large by Janet Evanovich
A book with TRAVEL OR MOVEMENT in the title.
*Running On Empty by Sandra Balzo
A book with EVIL in the title.
*Fruit OF ALL EVIL by Paige Shelton
A book with a LIFE STAGE in the title..
*Motherhood is MURDER by Diana Orgain
Completed 10/8/2011

JUST FOR FUN – MY BOOKS

Frankly My Dear I’m Dead by Livia J. Washburn
Sweet Revenge by Andrea Penrose
Tressed To Kill by Lila Dare
Louisa and the Missing Heiress by Anna Maclean
Blood Memory by Margaret Coel
The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs
Fundraising The Dead by Sheila Connolly
Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris
Scratch The Surface by Susan Conant
Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald
Outside In by Courtney Thorne-Smith
Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan

Wisconsin is my home state.
Books Set in Wisconsin or By Wisconsin Authors
10 / 10 BOOKS/AUTHORS. 100% done!

Wisconsin Authors/Set in Wisconsin 2011
Hearts on a String by Kris Radish
Who Do Voodoo by Rochelle Staab
Old World Murder/The Heirloom Murders by Kathleen Ernst
Whistling In The Dark by Lesley Kagen
Rhiannon Ellis – Author of Bonded in Brazil
Releasing Gillian’s Wolves by Tara Woolpy
Is It Safe? by Jerol Anderson
Called Home Two Hearts Answer by Gloria Schumann
Ann Wertz Garvin – On Maggie’s Watch
Laura Fitzgerald- Author of Dreaming in English

I HAVE COMMITTED TO 7 -12 BOOKS!

7/ 7 books.  done!

197 out 0f 180 

Time To Outdo Myself!!!

17 over my goal 

Committed to read 10 over my challenge goal above.

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I attempted Sheila’s Where Are You Reading? Challenge.

Click on the image to see my map.
36/ 50 STATES. 72% done!
8 / 5 OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. 160% done!

View 2011 Where Are You Reading Challenge in a larger map
Books read by State:
Alabama – 1
Alaska – 0
Arizona – 2
Arkansas – 0
California – 19
Colorado – 10
Connecticut – 2
Delaware – 1
Florida – 6
Georgia – 3
Hawaii – 0
Idaho – 0
Illinois – 4
Indiana – 2
Iowa – 1
Kansas – 0
Kentucky – 0
Louisiana – 1
Maine –  6
Maryland – 2
Massachusetts – 16
Michigan –  2
Minnesota –  6
Mississippi – 1
Missouri – 3
Montana – 0
Nebraska – 0
Nevada – 1
New Hampshire – 2
New Jersey – 3
New Mexico –  0
New York – 17
North Carolina – 10
North Dakota – 0
Ohio – 3
Oklahoma – 1
Oregon – 3
Pennsylvania –  4
Rhode Island – 0
South Carolina – 7
South Dakota – 0
Tennessee – 2
Texas – 9
Utah – 0
Vermont – 1
Virginia – 7
Washington – 9
West Virginia – 0
Wisconsin – 10
Wyoming – 1

Or Country

London, England 4
Ireland 1
Mexico 1
Switzerland 1
Midlands England 1
Paris France 1
Scotland 1
South Africa 1
Hopefully I will do better in 2012.

I had some Personal Challenges as well and didn’t do very well. I will strive to do better in 2012.

Mary Daheim’s Bed & Breakfast Series

I am challenging myself to get caught up to date with this series. This is going to be an ongoing challenge.

12 / 25 books. 48% done!

This is a personal challenge to read 3 books from the year I was born.
0/3 0% done 🙁

That’s a wrap on 2011. Bring on 2012!!!