Countdown Challenge

COMPLETED

The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year in the 2000s — 9 books from 2009, 8 books from 2008, etc. The total number of books required, therefore, is 45.

This challenge lasts from 8/8/08 through 9/9/09.

2009:

1. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
2. The Associate by John Grisham
3. Run for Your Life by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
4. The Grande Finale by Janet Evanovich
5. Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux
6. The 8th Confession by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
7. Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
8. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
9. Vision in White by Nora Roberts

2008:

1. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
2. Foul Play by Janet Evanovich
3. Tribute by Nora Roberts
4. Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux
5. Cross Country by James Patterson
6. Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
7. The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts
8. Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

2007:

1. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
2. My Fair Mistress by Tracy Anne Warren
3. The Accidental Mistress by Tracy Anne Warren
4. His Favorite Mistress by Tracy Anne Warren
5. Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie
6. Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
7. Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward

2006:

1. Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
2. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
3. Taming the Highlander by Terri Brisbin
4. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
5. Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
6. Bit the Jackpot by Erin McCarthy

2005:

1. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
2. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
3. After Midnight by Teresa Medeiros
4. The Perfect Wife by Lynsay Sands
5. The Royal Pain by MaryJanice Davidson

2004:

1. Love Bites by Lynsay Sands
2. Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas
3. The Royal Treatment by MaryJanice Davidson
4. Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

2003:

1. Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2. The Queene’s Christmas by Karen Harper
3. Midnight Pleasures by Amanda Ashley, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Maggie Shayne, and Ronda Thompson

2002:

1. The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux
2. Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon

2001:

1. Bliss by Lynsay Sands