Challenge Progress Report

I figured since I can't seem to catch up on my reviews lately, I would at least see where I stand with all the challenges I belong to!

2nd Canadian Book Challenge, Eh?
Runs from July 1, 2008 to July 1, 2009
Objective: Read 13 books of any sort, as long as they are connected to Canada
Challenge Status: Finished a while ago! Still should read more Canadian authors, though.
1.Traveling Music by Neil Peart
2. Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
3. Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
4. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
5. Lord Beaverbrook by David Adams Richards
6. Coventry by Helen Humphreys
7. Jolted by Arthur Slade
8. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
9. Conceit by Mary Novik
10. What They Wanted by Donna Morrissey
11. Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa
12. Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
13. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
14. I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors by Bernice Eisenstein
15. Santa Claus: A Biography by Gerry Bowler
16. Cats I Have Known and Loved by Pierre Berton
17. Louis Riel: A Comic Book Biography by Chester Brown
18.Turtle Valley by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
19. one good story, this one by Thomas King
20. Men of the Otherword by Kelley Armstrong
21. Only in Canada, You Say: A Treasury of Canadian Language by Katherine Barber
22. The Unwritten Girl by James Bow

Series Challenge Season 3
Runs from December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2009
Objective: Read 4 books that will finish series you all ready have in progress.
Challenge Status: 2/4 - It's easy to say I am going to finish a series when I only have one book left to read in it, but even though I have been working on series like the Maisie Dobbs one, I am not counting them for the challenge until I am entirely caught up. By November, hopefully this list will be a lot longer!
1.Mercy Thompson Series - Book 4 - Bone Cross by Patricia Briggs
2.Grave Goods: A Mistress of the Art of Death Novel by Ariana Franklin (review forth-coming)
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Deweys Books Reading Challenge
Runs from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Objective: Read five books that Dewey read over the years.
Challenge Status: 7/5 - Challenge completed, but I plan to read more!
1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2. The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
3. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
4. Looking for Alaska by John Green
5. American Born Chinese by Gene Luch Yang
6. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (review forth-coming)
7. Paper Towns by John Green (review forth-coming)

The Sci-Fi Experience
Runs from January 1, 2009 to February 28, 2009
Objective: Read sci-fi books
Challenge Status: Read five books. Had hoped to read more but they still haven't came in at the library for me.
1. The Time Traveler's Wife
2. The Starry Rift
3. Uglies
4. The Gathering Blue
5.Pretties (review forth-coming)

New Author Challenge
Runs from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Objective: Challenged myself to read 10 new-to-me authors.
Challenge Status: 20/10. Completed but still going to keep track.
1.Hiro Mashima
2.Barbara Randall Kesel
3.Bill Willingham
4. Art Spiegelman
5. David Wolman
6. Jon & Kate Gosselin
7. Katherine Barber
8. John Green
9. Gene Luch Yang
10. David Michaelis
11. James Bow
12. Scott Westerfeld
13. Ellen Hopkins
14. Carrie Vaughn
15. Edith Pattou
16. Queenie Chan
17. Trenton Lee Stewart
18. Christine Fletcher
19. Melissa Marr
20. Linda Medley

2009 Pub Challenge
Runs from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Objective: Read 9 books published in 2009.
Challenge Status: 3/9.
1. Men of the Otherworld 01/27/09
2. Bone Crossed 02/03/09
3. Grave Goods 02/17/09 (review forth-coming)
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Rhinoa's Manga Challenge
Runs from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Objective: Read 6 Manga Novels.
Challenge Status: 6/6. Challenge Completed. Plan to read more, though.
1. Fairy Tail - Volume 1
2. Fairy Tail - Volume 2
3. Legends of the Dark Crystal - Volume 1
4. The Dreaming Vol 1
5. The Dreaming Vol 2
6. The Dreaming Vol 3

Graphic Novel Challenge
Runs from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Objective: Challenged myself to read 6.
Challenge Status: 14/6. Challenge completed. Plan to read more, though.
1.Fables Volume 1: Legends in Exile
2.Fables Volume 2: Animal Farm
3. The Book of Ballads
4. Maus - Volume 1: My Father Bleeds History
5. Maus - Volume 2: And Here My Troubles Began
6. Fables - Volume 3: Storybook Love
7. Fables - Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
8. Fables - Volume 5: The Mean Seasons
9. Fables -Volume 6: Homelands
10. Fables: Volume 7: Arabian Nights (And Days)
11. American Born Chinese by Gene Luch Yang
12. Fables - Volume 8: Wolves
13. Fables - Volume 9: Sons of Empire
14. Castle Waiting

2009 Themed Reading Challenge
Runs from February 1, 2009 to July 31, 2009
Objective: Read 4 sci-fi/fantasy books published before 2008.
Challenge Status: 0/4. I have read books that count, but they came from the library.
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