50 book challenge

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while not specifically beer related
i have decided to once again do the 50 book challenge
(i.e. try to read 50 books in a calendar year)
and post about all my reading prowess right here!
yay for you!

so, there will be a beer book, maybe three
in my quest for 50
but the lion's share of books are going to be gratification of my insatiable quest for murder mysteries and silly vampire books

lord help us all...

spurred on by the four books i read while on vacation and the three i have devoured since being home, i am feeling like 50 could happen for me this year
i've come close in the past
but i can't recall ever actually reaching the specified fifty...
let this be my year!

JANUARY 2011
1. MaryJanice Davidson - Undead & Unwelcome
2. MaryJanice Davidson - Undead & Unworthy
3. Kim Harrison - White Witch, Black Curse

FEBRUARY 2011
4. Christopher Moore - Coyote Blue
5. Christopher Moore - Island of the Sequined Love Nun
6. Jeff Lindsay - Dexter by Design
7. Rachel Solar-Tuttle - Number Six Fumbles
8. Val McDermid - Fever of the Bone
9. Kim Harrison - Once Dead, Twice Shy
10. Jonathan Franzen - Freedom

and yes, i know the year is only 1/6 over and this list represents 1/5 of the books required
but i've started this strongly before and not made it
january and february are big reading months for me... depressing weather, vacation, etc.
but as soon as my sociability reasserts itself, then numbers will slow right on down...
hopefully not so much as in past years - i really wanna do it this time!

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