Branigan Adult Reading Challenge finished!

5 Point Challenges
April Fool's Day Challenge (humorous book)
Bossypants by Tina Fey

Valentine's Day Challenge (red or pink cover)
Confessions of a Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen

Pi Day Challenge (page count that has digits from the first 10 digits of pi)
Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton (359 pages)

Daylight Savings Challenge (book about time travel)
Doctor Who: The Krillitane Storm by Christopher Cooper

Arbor Day Challenge (tree on the cover)
Magic Lessons by Justine Larbalestier

Family Day Challenge (family or type of family word in title)
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton

Earth Day Challenge (green cover)
Dead Is a Killer Tune by Marlene Perez

10 Point Challenges
St. Patrick's Day Challenge (character from Ireland)
Hexed by Kevin Hearne

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Challenge (book about civil rights)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

President's Day Challenge (book about a leader)
The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson

Double Duty Challenge (all words in title start with same letter)
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich

Chinese New Year Challenge (word horse in title)
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony

Religion and Sacrifice Challenge (book about sacrifice)
Delirium by Lauren Oliver

See Yourself in the Title Challenge (title includes all letters in your first, middle, or last name)
Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter

15 Point Challenges
Spring Equinox Challenge (two books with the same number of characters in the title)
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Teen Spirit by Francesca Lia Block

Thinking Outside the Box Challenge (one book written in style other than prose and one book with graphics included)
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Literature Map Challenge (one book by a closer author on literature map, one book by author farthest on map)
used Kim Harrison as author (www.literature-map.com)
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez

Follow the Leader Challenge (two books with same word in title)
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

Books & More Books Challenge (book about books, book from that book)
A Passion for Books by Harold Rabinowitz & Rob Kaplan (eds.)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Old and the New Challenge (book by an old favorite author and book by a new to me author)
Beka Cooper: Terrier by Tamora Pierce
It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake

Spring Break Challenge (book set in a time period would have liked to live in, book set in a place where I'd like to go on vacation)
Doctor Who: The Slitheen Excursion by Simon Guerrier (ancient Greece)
Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton (Colorado)

20 Point Challenges
Birthday Routes Challenge (March--romance genre; 11-15--two or more authors)
Cupid Cats by Katie MacAlister, Vicki Lewis Thompson, & Connie Brockway (romance)
Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (2 authors)

Synonym Streaming Challenge (two books with words that are synonyms in the titles)
Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

25 Point Challenges
1, 2, 3 Ready, Set, Go Challenge (3 consecutive books in a series/trilogy)
Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
Broken by Kelley Armstrong

1, 2, 3 Count Your Titles Challenge (book with 3 word title, book with 4 word title, book with 5 word title)
Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter
Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn
The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde

1, 2, 3 Use Your Initials Challenge (3 books that start with the initials of my name)
Death Masks by Jim Butcher
Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce

50 Point Challenge
Randomness for Chaos Sake Challenge (book with one word title, book with 12 or more words in title, book with a number in title, book with a color in title, book with proper noun in title)
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
White Night by Jim Butcher
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

375 points!  Woot!

books i've read march 2014

3.2.14

• Olympians: Aphrodite: Goddess of Love by George O'Connor (GN)

3.3.14

• Baby Animals of the Southwest by Theresa Howell (PB)
• Stick Man by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)

3.4.14

• Black Butler #13 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Young Avengers: Style & Substance by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (GN)

3.5.14

• Black Butler #14 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Black Butler #15 by Yana Toboso (M)

3.7.14

• Who Has the Biggest Bottom? by Marijke ten Cate (PB)
• Lemonade in Winter: A Book about Two Kids Counting Money by Emily Jenkins & G. Brian Karas (PB)
• Tiny & Hercules by Amy Schwartz (PB)
• Brimsby's Hat by Andrew Prahin (PB)
• Pig Wig by Harriet Ziefert & Yukiko Kido (PB)
• Extraordinary Warren: A Super Chicken by Sarah Dillard (PB)
• Dream Dog by Lou Berger & David Catrow (PB)
• Ed and Kip by Kay Chorao (PB)
• Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter (PB)
• The Voyage by Veronica Salinas & Camilla Engman (PB)
• Tales of the Time Dragon: Days of the Knightsby Robert Neubecker (Y)
• Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale by Duncan Tonatiuh (PB)
• 100 Snowmen by Jen Arena & Stephen Gilpin (PB)
• Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi & Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• Advice to Little Girls by Mark Twain & Vladimir Radunsky (PB)
• Aviary Wonders Inc.: Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual by Kate Samworth (PB)
• I Didn't Do My Homework Because... by David Cali & Benjamin Chaud (PB)

3.8.14

• UnSouled by Neal Shusterman (YA)

3.9.14

• Haunted by Kelley Armstrong (A)

3.10.14

• Find Momo by Andrew Knapp (A-NF)
• Cat's Cradle, Book 1: The Golden Twine by Jo Rioux (GN)
• God Got a Dog by Cynthia Rylant & Marla Frazee (YA)

3.11.14

• What Do You Do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom (PB)
• Peggy: A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure by Anna Walker (PB)
• I Broke My Trunk! by Mo Willems (PB)
• My Humongous Hamster by Lorna Freytag (PB)
• The End (Almost) by Jim Benton (PB)
• Does a Camel Cook Spaghetti? by Harriet Ziefert & Emily Bolam (Y-NF)
• Hippos Can't Swim and Other Fun Facts by Laura Lyn DiSiena, Hannah Eliot, & Pete Oswald (Y-NF)
• The Odd One Out: A Spotting Book by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons by Jon J. Muth (PB)
• Little Frog's Tadpole Trouble by Tatyana Feeney (PB)
• Weasels by Elys Dolan (PB)
• Atlas by Dan Rafter & Erik Thompson (GN)

3.12.14

• Demon Love Spell #1 by Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Demon Love Spell #2 by Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Bloody Chester by JT Petty & Hilary Florido (GN)

3.13.14

• Demon Love Spell #3 by Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Take What You Can Carry by Kevin C. Pyle (GN)

3.14.14

• Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (A)
• Demon Love Spell #4 by Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Demon Love Spell #5 by Mayu Shinjo (M)

3.15.14

• Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton (A)

3.16.14

• Dead Set by Richard Kadrey (A)
• Lonely Planet's Beautiful World by Lonely Planet (A-NF)
• Find a Cow Now! by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel (PB)
• Monday, Wednesday, and Every Other Weekend by Karen Stanton (PB)
• Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod (PB)
• The Problem with Chickens by Bruce McMillan & Gunnella (PB)
• Sergio Saves the Game! by Edel Rodriguez (PB)
• Hip Hop Dog by Chris Raschka & Vladimir Radunsky (PB)
• Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson & Tiphanie Beeke (PB)
• My Cold Went on Vacation by Molly Rausch & Nora Krug (PB)
•  A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo, Kris, & Vincent Bailly (GN)
• The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan (GN)

3.17.14

• Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton (A)

3.18.14

• It's Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single by Sara Eckel (A-NF)

3.20.14

• The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson (YA)

3.21.14

• The Wallflower #31 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• Bleach #59 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn (A)
• Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter (YA)

3.22.14

• The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems (PB)
• F This Test: Even More of the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers by Richard Benson (A-NF)
• Goodnight Nanny-Cam: A Parody for Modern Parents by Jen Nessel, Lizzy Ratner, & Sara Pinto (A)
• Bubble & Squeak by James Mayhew & Clara Vulliamy (PB)
• Maisey and the Pirates by Sam Walshaw (PB)
• Maisey and the Pirates: The Ghost Ship by Sam Walshaw (PB)
• Teen Spirit by Francesca Lia Block (YA)

3.23.14

• Bunnies for Tea by Accord Publishing (PB)
• Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• Bunny's Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown & Lisa McCue (PB)
• Easter by Priddy Books (PB)
• Happy Easter, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond (PB)
• Little Bunny by Lauren Thompson & John Butler (PB)
• Ollie's Easter Eggs by Olivier Dunrea (PB)
• Dairy of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney (Y)
• My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein (A-NF)
• William Shakespeare's the Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher (A)

3.25.14

• On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony (A)
• Grump Groan Growl by bell hooks & Chris Raschka (PB)
• I Hatched! by Jill Esbaum & Jen Corace (PB)
• Oliver's Tree by Kit Chase (PB)
• What Will Hatch? by Jennifer Ward & Susie Ghahremani (Y-NF)
• Sparky! by Jenny Offill & Chris Appelhans (PB)
• The Dandelion's Tale by Kevin Sheehan & Rob Dunlavey (PB)
• Limelight Larry by Leigh Hodgkinson (PB)
• Boris and the Snoozebox by Leigh Hodgkinson (PB)
• Wendel's Workshop by Chris Riddell (PB)
• The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman & Gris Grimley (PB)
• The Eensy Weensy Spider Freaks Out! (Big-Time!) by Troy Cummings (PB)
• Socksquatch by Frank W. Dormer (PB)
• 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert & Rex Ray (PB)
• The Happy Lion Roars by Louise Fatio & Roger Duvoisin (PB)
• Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug! by Mem Fox & Laura Ljungkvist (PB)
• The Gunniwolf by Wilhelmina Harper & Barbara Upton (PB)
• Little Rabbit's Christmas by Harry Horse (PB)
• Little Rabbit Goes to School by Harry Horse (PB)
• Babbit by Lydia Monks (PB)
• Gibbus Moony Wants to Bite You! by Leslie Muir & Jen Corace (PB)
• Raj the Bookstore Tiger by Kathleen T. Pelley & Paige Keiser (PB)
• Mr. Elephanter by Lark Pien (PB)
• The Fathers Are Coming Home by Margaret Wise Brown & Stephen Savage (PB)
• The Healthy Wolf by David Bedford & Mandy Stanley (PB)
• The Donut Chef by Bob Staake (PB)
• Boogie Knights by Lisa Wheeler & Mark Siegel (PB)
• Giant Meatball by Robert Weinstock (PB) 
• The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett by Tom Angleberger (Y)

3.27.14

• Broken by Kelley Armstrong (A)
• Changers, Book One: Drew by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (YA)

3.28.14

• Delirium by Lauren Oliver (YA)
• Kitty in the Underworld by Carrie Vaughn (A) 

3.29.14

• Cupid Cats by Katie MacAlister, Vicki Lewis Thompson, & Connie Brockway (A)

3.31.14

• Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher (A)

 03.14 total: 121
8 graphic novels; 72 picture books; 10 manga; 3 youth fiction; 7 young adult fiction; 13 adult fiction; 5 adult non fiction; 3 youth non fiction