SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

This is a new hard challenge. The goal is to read a book published for every year that you have been alive.

Rules:
You have so long to complete it:
In your 20's - 1 year
In your 30's - 1 1/2 years
In your 40's - 2 years
In your 50's - 2 1/2 year
etc.

So just post all your years and lets see how far we get!

Lifetime Of Books
Duration: Jan 1st 2010 to Jan 1st 2011

2010 - Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5) by Richelle Mead
2009 - Wings by Aprilynne Pike
2008 - Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
2007 - Riddler's Gift, The: First Tale of the Lifesong by Greg Hamerton
2006 - The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
2005 - [Refuge:]e by Adnan Mahmutovic
2004 - Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
2003 - Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2002 - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and 2nd Chance by James Patterson
2001 - 1st to Die by James Patterson
2000 - J. K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter by Marc Shapiro
1999 - Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer
1998 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
1997 -
1996 - Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
1995 - The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
1994 -
1993 -
1992 - Dark Reunion by L.J. Smith
1991 - The Awakening by L.J. Smith
1990 -
1989 -
1988 -

Can you list books you've already read or is it just for books you haven't read (or want to re-read)?

Books you read from when you start the challenge :)

Damn... I guess I'll have to avoid all classics to do that one.

Hehe yea, I'm just going to read books as normal and hope they fit, then if I'm close I'll read more selectively :)

Well, here's my plan, if I manage to stick to this challenge.

2010 - Still waiting to see what gets published.
2009 - The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
2008 - Anathem by Neal Stephenson
2007 - Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
2006 - End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
2005 - Two Stars by Paul Theroux
2004 - Public Power in the Age of Empire Arundhati Roy
2003 - Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care by John H. McWhorter
2002 -Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
2001 - Lust by Geoff Ryman
2000 -The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
1999 - Introducing Freud by Richard Appignanesi
1998 - Inversions by Iain M. Banks
1997 - Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
1996 - Excession by Iain M. Banks
1995 - Hotheads by Stephen Pinker
1994 - Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
1993 - The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood. Another favourite to reread.
1992 - Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
1991 - Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper
1990 - Possessione by A.S. Byatt
1989 - Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
1988 - The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
1987 - Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
1986 - What is Post-Modernism by Charles Jencks
1985 - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. One of my favourites, so I'll reread it.

wow nice plan!!

2010 - Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
2009 - The City and the City by China Mieville
2008 - Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction by Veronique Mottier
2007 - Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
2006 - On Truth by Harry G. Frankfurt
2005 - Two Stars by Paul Theroux
2004 - Public Power in the Age of Empire by Arundhati Roy
2003 - The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing
2002 - The Place of Tolerance in Islam - Khaled Abou El Fadl
2001 - Idiot Nation by Michael Moore
2000 - The Visitor by Maeve Brennan
1999 - Snow White and the Seven Samurai by Tom Holt
1998 - King Rat by China Mieville
1997 - The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
1996 - Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
1995 - Djinn Rummy by Tom Holt
1994 - Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
1993 - The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
1992 - Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
1991 - Black Unicorn by Tanith Lee
1990 - Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
1989 - Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
1988 - Armageddon: The Musical by Robert Rankin
1987 - Women and Islam by Fatima Mernissi
1986 - Ghosts by Paul Auster
1985 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Just two to go...

Judging from the dates on my posts I'm going to guess that I started on the 1st of February, and give myself until then.

FINISHED! Woohoo!

Wooooohoooo