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Reading Challenges 2012

READING CHALLENGE ADDICT

A - Z (TITLES) (26)

A: America
B: Black and Blue
C: Closing the Gate
D: Drood
E: Eight of Swords
F: For Pepper and Christ
G: Geographer's Library
H: He Who Whispers
I: Inqilab
J: Jungle, The
K: Kashmir Shawl, The
L: Last Dickens, The
M: Mystery of Edwin Drood, The
N: Night Exercise
O: Orlando
P: Paris Enigma, The
Q: Quiet Twin, The
R: Room
S: Slippery Staircase, The 
T: Twelve Red Herrings
U: Umbrellas and their History
V: Vision, The
W: Wrapped in Rain
X: The Clock in the Hatbox
Y: Yellow Face
Z: Zoo in My Luggage, A


AZRC  (26)
submission


A: Ambler, Eric: A Coffin for Dimitrios
B: Barnes, Julian: The Sense of an Ending
C: Carr, John Dickson: He Who Whispers
D: Dickens, Charles: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
F: Fasman, Jon: The Geographer's Library
G: Gilbert, Anthony: The Clock in the Hatbox
K: Koontz, Dean R: The Vision
L: Lorac, E.C.R: The Slippery Staircase
M: Martin, Charles: Wrapped in Rain
P: Pearl, Matthew: The Last Dickens
R: Rankin, Ian: Black and Blue
S: Simpson, Deb: Closing the Gate
T: Thomas, Rosie: The Kashmir Shawl
V: Vyleta, Dan: The Quiet Twin
W: White, Fred M
Y: Yeats, W.B.


BACK TO THE CLASSICS (9)
submission


19th Century: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
20th Century: Inqilab bu K.A. Abass
Classic Award Winner: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Mystery/ Horror/ Crime: He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr


BIRTH YEAR - HONORS (2+2)
submission

1946:

He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr


BOOKS IN TRANSLATION  (4-6)
submission

 America by Franz Kafka (German)
The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel (German)
The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis (Spanish)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
 The Successor by Ismail Kadare (Armenian)



BORROWED BOOK (5-10)
submission

Romance: The Story of Ivy by Belloc Lowndes
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr


BRITISH BOOKS (12)
submission


Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
The Clock in the Hatbox by Anthony Gilbert
The End of Her Honeymoon by Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Night Exercise by John Rhode
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
The Slippery Staircase by ECR Lorac
The Story of Ivy by Belloc Lowndes
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
Umbrellas and their History by William Sangster
The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (ed) by Michael Kerrigan
Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer
Umbrellas and their History by William Sangster
The Yellow Face by Fred M. White
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell


CHUNKSTER (4)
submission

Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
Drood by Dan Simmons
The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
Miss Timmins' School for Girls


A CLASSIC CHALLENGE (7)
submission/ discussion


1. John Jasper
2. Inqilab
3. The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel
4. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
5. Umbrellas and their History by William Sangster
6. The Green Helmet and Other Poems by W.B. Yeats
7. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

CLASSIC DOUBLE (2)
submission

The Mystery of Edwin Drood/ The Last Dickens/ Drood


COLOR-CODED (9)
submission


Ivy 
Black
Blue
Brown
Green
Red
White
Yellow
Stripes



CRIMINAL PLOTS II  (6)
submission


The Slippery Staircase by ECR Lorac
The Story of Ivy by Belloc Lowndes
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr
The Englishman's Cameo by Madhulika Liddle

DEATH BY GASLIGHT (10)
submission

Drood by Dan Simmons
The End of Her Honeymoon by Belloc Lowndes
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis
The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Yellow Face by Fred M. White


DUSTY BOOKSHELF

E BOOK (5)
submission

1. The Double Traitor by E.Phillips Oppenheim
2. The End of Her Honeymoon by Marie Belloc Lowndes
3. The Yellow Face by Fred M. White
4. The Green Helmet and Other Poems by W.B. Yeats
5. The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
6. Death Knocks Three Times by Anthony Gilbert
7. Umbrellas and their History by William Sangster

EUROPEAN READING  (5)
submission


Albania
Austria
England
France
Germany
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Russia
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Scotland
Turkey


FIND THE COVER

FREE READS  (5)
submission
completion


A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
Closing the Gate by Deb Simpson
Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer
The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (ed) by Michael Kerrigan
Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin



MERELY MYSTERY (12)


Caper Stories: The Story of Ivy by Belloc Lowndes
Whodunnit: The Slippery Staircase by E.C.R Lorac
Professional ThrillerA Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
Cozy: The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
Locked Room: He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
Psychological: Drood by Dan Simmons
Spy Novel: The Double Traitor by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Police Procedural: Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
Hard Boiled/ Noir: The Quiet Twin by Dan Vyleta
Spoofs and Parodies: The Curious Case of 221 B by Partha Basu

MOUNT TBR (12)


America by Franz Kafka
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
For Pepper and Christ by Keki N. Daruwalla
Inqilab by K. A. Abass
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The King's General  by Daphne DuMaurier
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis
The Power of Your Subconscious mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy
The Quiet Twin by Dan Vyleta
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer
The Vision by Dean R. Koontz
The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (ed) by Michael Kerrigan
Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin



MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE (24)

A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
The Clock in the Hatbox by Anthony Gilbert
The Curious Case of 221 B by Partha Basu
The Double Traitor by E.P. Oppenheim
Drood by Dan Simmons
The End of Her Honeymoon by Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Englishman's Cameo by Madhulika Liddle
The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Night Exercise by John Rhode
The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis
The Quiet Twin by Dan Vyleta
The Slippery Staircase by ECR Lorac
The Story of Ivy by Belloc Lowndes
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr
Black and Blue by Ian Rankin
Miss Timmins' School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy
The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
The Vision by Dean R. Koontz
The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer
The Yellow Face by Fred M. White




NEW AUTHORS (25)
submission

Andrea Maria Schenkel
Anthony Gilbert
Charles Martin
Dan Vyleta
E.Phillips Oppenheim
Emma Donoghue
Eric Ambler
 Belloc Lowndes
Dan Simmons
Deb Simpson
Fred M. White
John Boyne
John Rhode
Jon Fasman
 Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Julian Barnes
Lee Mendelson
Madhulika Liddle
Matthew Pearl
Nayana Currimbhoy
Pablo De Santis
Partha Basu
Rosie Thomas
Sudhir Kakar
William Sangster

SMOOTH CRIMINALS
Drood by Dan Simmons
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer

SOUTH ASIAN  (7)
submission

The Curious Case of 221 B by Partha Basu
The Englishman's Cameo by Madhulika Liddle
For Pepper and Christ by Keki N. Daruwalla
Inqilab by K.A. Abass
Lesser Breeds by Nayantara Sahgal
Mira and the Mahatma by Sudhir Kakar
Miss Timmins' School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy
The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya


SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY (12)

The Slippery Staircase by ECR Lorac
The Story of Ivy by Belloc Lowndes
Charlie Brown and Charlie Schulz
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
The Clock in the Hatbox by Anthony Gilbert
He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr
The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas

TBR PILE

America by Franz Kafka
For Pepper and Christ by Keki N. Daruwalla
Inqilab by K.A. Abass
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis
The Vision by Dean R. Koontz
The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (ed) by Michael Kerrigan

UNREAD BOOK

America by Franz Kafka
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
For Pepper and Christ by Keki N. Daruwalla
Inqilab by K.A. Abass
Closing the Gate by Deb Simpson
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis
The Quiet Twin by Dan Vyleta
Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer
The Vision by Dean R. Koontz
The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (ed) by Michael Kerrigan
Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin



VINTAGE MYSTERY (8 + 8)
submission

Golden Age Girls (2/ 8)

The End of Her Honeymoon by Belloc Lowndes
The Slippery Staircase by ECR Lorac
The Story of Ivy by Belloc Lowndes
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart


A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
The Double Traitor by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr
He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Night Exercise by John Rhode


WAR THROUGH THE GENERATIONS

The Double Traitor by E. Phillips Oppenheim

WISHLIST

The Curious Case of 221 B by Partha Basu
The Double Traitor by E. Phillips Oppenheim
The End of Her Honeymoon by Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Englishman's Cameo by Madhulika Liddle
Lesser Breeds by Nayantara Sahgal
Mira and the Mahatma by Sudhir Kakar
Miss Timmins' School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell