Five and Dime Challenge Wrap-Up
Last year I joined the Five and Dime Challenge at LibraryThing. I had originally planned to complete the challenge -- in my case, 5 categories of 5 books each -- over my winter break, but that proved unfeasible. I then changed the end date to March 19, giving myself 5 months to complete the challenge. I finished it today, and here's what I read:
I. Faeries, Fangs, and Full Moons (urban fantasy)
1. Seanan McGuire - A Local Habitation
2. Seanan McGuire - An Artificial Night
3. Ilona Andrews - On the Edge
4. Seanan McGuire - Late Eclipses
5. Faith Hunter - Skinwalker
II. Rule Britannia (books set in England)
1. Julia Stuart - The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
2. Julia Strachey - Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
3. Helen Simonson - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
4. Georgette Heyer - Footsteps in the Dark
5. Monica Dickens - Mariana
III. The Kids Are Alright (young adult novels)
1. Margaret Buffie - Winter Shadows
2. Justine Larbalestier - How to Ditch Your Fairy
3. Michaela MacColl - Prisoners in the Palace
4. Susane Colasanti - So Much Closer
5. April Lindner - Jane
IV. Around the World (books not set in the U.S. or U.K.)
1. Luis Fernando Verissimo - Borges and the Eternal Orangutans (Argentina)
2. Friedrich Dürrenmatt - The Pledge (Switzerland)
3. Anna Gavalda - I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere (France)
4. M. M. Kaye - Death in Berlin (Germany)
5. Robin Adair - Death and the Running Patterer (Australia)
V. To Be Continued (next in the series)
1. Nora Roberts - Happy Ever After (Bride Quartet #4)
2. Lauren Willig - The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation #8)
3. Gail Carriger - Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2)
4. Gail Carriger - Blameless (Parasol Protectorate #3)
5. Erin Hart - False Mermaid (Nora and Cormac #3)
I enjoyed my categories for this challenge, and 25 books is a nice, manageable number. :) I'd start another five & dime right now, but I have enough challenges to worry about at this point!
I. Faeries, Fangs, and Full Moons (urban fantasy)
1. Seanan McGuire - A Local Habitation
2. Seanan McGuire - An Artificial Night
3. Ilona Andrews - On the Edge
4. Seanan McGuire - Late Eclipses
5. Faith Hunter - Skinwalker
II. Rule Britannia (books set in England)
1. Julia Stuart - The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
2. Julia Strachey - Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
3. Helen Simonson - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
4. Georgette Heyer - Footsteps in the Dark
5. Monica Dickens - Mariana
III. The Kids Are Alright (young adult novels)
1. Margaret Buffie - Winter Shadows
2. Justine Larbalestier - How to Ditch Your Fairy
3. Michaela MacColl - Prisoners in the Palace
4. Susane Colasanti - So Much Closer
5. April Lindner - Jane
IV. Around the World (books not set in the U.S. or U.K.)
1. Luis Fernando Verissimo - Borges and the Eternal Orangutans (Argentina)
2. Friedrich Dürrenmatt - The Pledge (Switzerland)
3. Anna Gavalda - I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere (France)
4. M. M. Kaye - Death in Berlin (Germany)
5. Robin Adair - Death and the Running Patterer (Australia)
V. To Be Continued (next in the series)
1. Nora Roberts - Happy Ever After (Bride Quartet #4)
2. Lauren Willig - The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation #8)
3. Gail Carriger - Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2)
4. Gail Carriger - Blameless (Parasol Protectorate #3)
5. Erin Hart - False Mermaid (Nora and Cormac #3)
I enjoyed my categories for this challenge, and 25 books is a nice, manageable number. :) I'd start another five & dime right now, but I have enough challenges to worry about at this point!