Thanks to all of you who participated in The ARC Reading Challenge and making my first challenge as a host such a success! Congratulations to all who completed the challenge and to those who tried to complete it!

Below is a list of those of us that participated in the challenge and links to our reviews (if I left anyone or their updates out, please let me know):

Jen– Total read: 18 Status: Completed
1. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
2. The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin
3. My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar
4. Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
6. Among the Cannibals: Adventures on the Trail of Man’s Darkest Ritual by Paul Raffaele
7. The White Mary by Kira Salak
8. The Dracula Dossier by James Reese
9. Superdove by Courtney Humphries
10. Stealing Athena by Karen Essex
11. One More Year: Stories by Sana Krasikov
12. First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader
13. Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
14. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
15. American Savior by Roland Merullo
16. Creepers by Joanne Dahme
17. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
18. The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex by Pagan Kennedy

Wendy -Total Read: 9 Status: Completed
1. Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
2. The House at Midnight, by Lucie Whitehouse
3. The Island of Eternal Love, by Daina Chaviano
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
5. Leftovers, by Laura Weiss
6. The Map Thief, by Heather Terrell
7. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff
8. Rules for Saying Goodbye, by Katherine Taylor
9. The White Mary, by Kira Salak

Lori –Total Read: 7 Status: Completed
1. Cold Hearted by Beverly Barton
2. The Brass Verdict: A Novel by Michael Connelly
3. Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
4. Die, Decorator, Die: A Novel of Murder, Greed and Interior Design by Franklin H Levy
5. Night Kills by John Lutz
6. The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) by Faye Kellerman
7. Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay

Kathleen – Total Read: 5 Status: Completed
1. The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine
2. The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy
3. Aberrations by Penelope Przekop
4. The White Mary by Kira Salak
5. One More Year by Sana Krasikov

3M-Total read: 5 Status: Completed
Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger
The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
What Was Lost by Catherine O’Flynn (received before publication)
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

Chris– Total read:4 Status: Completed
1. The Other by David Guterson
2. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
3. False Colours by Georgette Heyer
4. Loyalists and Layabouts, The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, Nova Scotia by Stephen Kimber

Teddy– Total read: 4 Status: Completed
1. The Horseman’s Graves by Jacqueline Baker
2. Ringside 1925: Views From the Scopes Trial by Jen Bryant
3. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
4. Dear John by Norma L. Betz

Jill– Total read: 3 Status: Completed
1. Resistance by Owen Sheers
2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
3. So Long At The Fair by Christina Schwartz

Alessandra– Total read: 2 Status: Completed
1. Aberrations by Penelope Przekop
2. Admit One: A Journey into Film by Emmett James

Katknit– Total read:2 Status: Completed
1. Songs for the Missing, by Stewart O’Nan
2. Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America’s First Spy by M. William Phelps

Megan– Total read: 3 Status: Close- Only needed 1 more
1. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
2. Home Girl: Building a Dream House on a Lawless Block by Judith Matloff
3. Farworld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

Literary Feline– Total read: 3 Status: Close- Only needed 1 more
1. Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake
2. The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith
3. Far World, Book 1: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

Josette– Total read: 3 Status: Close-Only needed 1 more
1. Crazy Fool Kills Five by Gwen Freeman
2. The Poem I Turn To edited by Jason Shinder
3. Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer

Mizb Total read: 3 Status: Close- Only needed 1 more
1. A Well-Behaved Woman’s Life by Susan McGeown
2. Merciless (Dominion Trilogy, book 3) by Robin Parrish
3. Beyond Me: Living a You-First Life in a Me-First World by Kathi Macias

Just to recap, this is the Challenge:

The challenge will run from June 21, 2008-September 21, 2008.

It will be to help those of us with ARC’s to get in gear and read and review them.

Here are the rules:

1. Make a list of all of the ARC’s that you currently have and/or are on their way to you.

2. If you have:1-3 ARC’s then pick at least one to read and review for this challenge.

4-6 ARC’s then pick at least two to read and review for this challenge.

7-9 ARC’s then pick at least three to read and review for this challenge.

10 or more Arc’s then pick at least 4 to read and review for this challenge.

Here is our progress:

Jen– Total read: 3 Status: Completed

1. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

2. The Glimmer Palace by Beatrice Colin

3. My Father’s Paradise by Ariel Sabar

4. Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan

5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

6. Among the Cannibals: Adventures on the Trail of Man’s Darkest Ritual by Paul Raffaele

7. The White Mary by Kira Salak

8. The Dracula Dossier by James Reese

9. Superdove by Courtney Humphries

10. Stealing Athena by Karen Essex

11. One More Year: Stories by Sana Krasikov

12. First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader

13. Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi

14. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller

15. American Savior by Roland Merullo

16. Creepers by Joanne Dahme

17. The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

18. The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex by Pagan Kennedy

Wendy -Total Read: 9 Status: Completed

1. Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs

2. The House at Midnight, by Lucie Whitehouse

3. The Island of Eternal Love, by Daina Chaviano

4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

5. Leftovers, by Laura Weiss

6. The Map Thief, by Heather Terrell

7. The 19th Wife, by David Ebershoff

8. Rules for Saying Goodbye, by Katherine Taylor

9. The White Mary, by Kira Salak

Lori -Total Read: 7 Status: Completed

1. Cold Hearted by Beverly Barton

2. The Brass Verdict: A Novel by Michael Connelly

3. Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

4. Die, Decorator, Die: A Novel of Murder, Greed and Interior Design by Franklin H Levy

5. Night Kills by John Lutz

6. The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels) by Faye Kellerman

7. Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay

Kathleen – Total Read: 5 Status: Completed

1. The New Yorkers by Cathleen Schine

2. The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy

3. Aberrations by Penelope Przekop

4. The White Mary by Kira Salak

5. One More Year by Sana Krasikov

Chris– Total read:4 Status: Completed

1. The Other by David Guterson

2. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

3. False Colours by Georgette Heyer

4. Loyalists and Layabouts, The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, Nova Scotia by Stephen Kimber

Teddy– Total read: 4 Status: Completed

1. The Horseman’s Graves by Jacqueline Baker

2. Ringside 1925: Views From the Scopes Trial by Jen Bryant

3. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

4. Dear John by Norma L. Betz

Alessandra– Total read: 2 Status: Completed

1. Aberrations by Penelope Przekop

2. Admit One: A Journey into Film by Emmett James

Katknit– Total read:2 Status: Completed

1. Songs for the Missing, by Stewart O’Nan

2. Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America’s First Spy by M. William Phelps

Megan– Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read

1. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton

2. Home Girl: Building a Dream House on a Lawless Block by Judith Matloff

3. Farworld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

Jill– Total read: 3 Status: Completed

1. Resistance by Owen Sheers

2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

3. So Long At The Fair by Christina Schwartz

Literary Feline– Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read

1. Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake

2. The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith

3. Far World, Book 1: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

Josette– Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read

1. Crazy Fool Kills Five by Gwen Freeman

2. The Poem I Turn To edited by Jason Shinder

3. Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer

Mizb Total read: 3 Status: 1 more to read

1. A Well-Behaved Woman’s Life by Susan McGeown

2. Merciless (Dominion Trilogy, book 3) by Robin Parrish

3. Beyond Me: Living a You-First Life in a Me-First World by Kathi Macias

Other participants who have signed up but who have not yet started:

CCDPiper

Amy

3M

Tracy

Janie

Susan

Kristen

Callista

Bonnie

Congratulations to Jen, Wendy, Lori, Kathleen, Chris, Alessandra, Catknit (Linda), and Jill for completing the challenge already!

For the rest of you, hang in there you can do it! Some of you are very close to the finish!