This will be a short post, but I wanted to post that I’ve read one of the books on my 2009 Chick Lit Challenge list and TBR Book Challenge 2009 – Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich.  I won’t cover a real review here as I plan to do a separate post for that within the next couple days, but I will tell you that I read this book in one day (as I tend to do with all the Stephanie Plum books) because I simply could not put it down.  If you are a chick lit fan, I high recommend you read the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich.  The first is One for the Money. I’ve read most of them twice and I plan to reread the entire series this summer so I can do a complete series review for you.

I won’t officially start posting my progress on my book challenges until after our Grand Opening Party, but I wanted to go ahead and post about another challenge that I will be participating in this year – the 2009 Chick Lit Challenge.  There was a time when I almost looked down on the term “chick lit” because I thought of it as more of the romance genre that my mom read.  *gag me*  But then I met Stephanie Plum and all of that changed.  All of a sudden I realized that chick lit was not the “sex books” that my mom had read all of my life.  

And now I’ve expanded and am more than happy to know about more and more chick lit authors – besides Janet Evanovich, I’ve also fell in love with Sophie Kinsella.  I hope to pick up another author this year.  Any suggestions?

But back to the challenge.  To participate in the challenge you are supposed to pick 10 books you will read during 2009.  It’s ok if they overlap another challenge and if you change your mind and want to eliminate or add a book at any time, that’s ok.

My 2009 Chick Lit Challenge Book List

1. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
2. Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
3. If Mama Don’t Laugh, It Ain’t Funny by Lucy Adam
4. Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
5. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
6. Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
7. Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
8. The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich
9. A Lost Wive’s Tale by Marion McGilvray
10. Steamed by  Jessica Conant-Park and Susan Conant

Yes, I know we are over a month into 2009, but with the creation of the new blog I want to join some book challenges.  The first challenge I’m going to commit to is the TBR (To Be Read) 2009 Book Challenge.  What does this involve?  It involves picking 12 books that you will read before December 31, 2009.  Since I’ve started late, this means I better get to reading, huh?

The 12 books I’m going to commit to are a mixture of books I want to read, young adult books I think I should read, and just some that I’m going to read “just because.”

1. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
2. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
3. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
4. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
5. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
6. 7th Heaven by James Patterson
7. Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
9. If Mama Don’t Laugh, It Ain’t Funny by Lucy Adams
10. Cell by Stephen King
11. The Matter of Grace by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
12. The Good Guy be Dean Koontz

Extras (in case I start one and can’t get involved):

• *Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
• *The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

Do you love to read? (I’m guessing so since you are here!)  If so, consider committing to this great reading challenge. And please push me to make sure I get mine read.