50 Book Challenge in 2013. Who's with me?

I'll be starting book 6 this evening! I'm not sure if it will be Dawn French ' oh dear silvia' (which a friend just lent me) or Paul Cohelo 'Veronika Decides to Die'. Can anyone recommend either?

Book 5 was Alice Hoffman 'Fortune's Daughter' : a must read for any Hoffman fans, but not her best. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Hmm, lots on here I might have to add to my list of 'to read'.

For anyone who downloads to kindle, a friend of mine just had a deal on her ebook, but not sure whether it's still on offer. If you like a bit of magic & mystery then it's for you, although it doesn't fit well into any genre. A bit like feisty chick lit without the obvious plotlines. :)

Just finished my second book, the 100 year old man, and enjoyed it. Will have to speed up a bit to reach 50! (To be honest I'd be happy with 30.)

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Yes, my first time reading it, I'm about half way through now.

I'm loving reading it, I'm finding the bit's where she refers to her daughter really pull on the heart strings hormonal

Ooo Schnarkle Im very jealous - is it the first time you have read The Handmaid's Tale? It is fantastic- enjoy!

Finished book no. 3 - E.L.James - Fifty Shades Darker. And am wondering if Ana would be quite so keen on Christian if he wasn't a billionaire.

The thing with Elly Griffiths is that I love the characters and setting, but the plot can be a bit pointless - Ruth Galloway doesn't actually do that much in A Room Full of Bones. As far as I can see, her only role in resolving the mystery is in sending off some material for further analysis. I'm quite interested in her personal life, but that's the main attraction.

Thanks for the suggestions upthread to look up Gillian Flynn's other books (besides the one I read, Sharp Objects). I'm now on Dark Places and it's gripping. She manages to show damaged characters in crisis without it feeling exploitative.

Finished the House at Seas' End and also my No 9 A Room Full of Bones - Elly Griffiths.

So now on to Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway 5) - Elly Griffiths which is No 10 on my list.

I've finished my second book, "The Mayor of Montebello" by Revel Barker, a retired Fleet Street hack.
The book is about a veteran Fleet Street hack who becomes the mayor of a town on an Italian island. Full of stock characters such as the simple fisherman and the mafia boss, and with every luscious young woman he meets deseperate to leap into bed with the old boy, it is an easy, though not gripping, read.
I'd never heard of Revel Barker before, I think he must have worked at "The Sun".

You're very welcome! Check out the bestseller list- they have a few 20 p bargains!

WednesdayNext Thanks so much for the Capital heads-up! Bargain indeed. About to kindle.

I've just finished book 4. SO far I've read

1. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
2. Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
3. The Snow Child
4. Magic strikes by Ilona Andrews

I got a new kindle for my birthday and just downloaded new books. Oops. I've bought: The Capital (a 20p bargain), The Unit, Game of Thrones (book one), The Painted Bridge, The Night Circus... And that might have been it! Reading wise I'm still on book 5 'Fortune's Daughter' really enjoying it. I'm a massive Alice Hoffman fan!

Ooh, my first ever MN post! Have been lurking for a while. Can I join the 50 books challenge, please? Actually, I read 78 books in 2012 but some of my to-read list ones are very long (such as A Suitable Boy) so getting to 50 may be a problem.

Just finished Farenheit 451 and onto The handmaids tale. I'm seeing a trend. I downloaded a couple of the 20p specials so I think I'm set for a while to come. I grabbed Life of Pi, The 100 year old man, The expat.

Handmaids Tale is my book 4.

I'm slightly behind, having just finished my second book, and it's all Jeanette Winterson's fault. 'Oranges are not the Only Fruit' was the most tedious book I've read for ages. It took me two weeks to finish it and it's only 171 pages! Feel sorry for the kids studying it at school...

Tonight I'm going to kindle the book du jour - 'The Fast Diet', which I should read quickly given I'm about two stones overweight and struggle with other diets

youcant, I liked the Bad Science book - I found it worth sticking with.

Just finished Emily Barr's latest, Stranded. I'm a fan of hers, and as usual I raced through it very rapidly, but it wasn't up to her best. The plot was frankly ludicrous - I don't mind suspending belief, but this plot just didn't make any sense at all.

Really enjoying Wolf hall and the snow means I'm getting time to read which is nice. Its the first paperback I've read since I got my kindle and it does feel very odd

I'm still on number 2 - really enjoying les miserables and don't want to rush it but it's lengthy and I'm getting slightly impatient to start on the rest of my pile. I have "on chesil beach" waiting for me and it looks really good. It will be a while though, only a third of the way through les miserables...

Stuck on number one bookclub choice Ben Goldacre 'Bad Science' for two reasons. It's non-fiction and I like a narrative to keep me going. Should be interesting - challenges homeopathy, the beauty industry and nutritionists. But find myself skipping bits. Also have spending far too much time on reading blogs and mindless Internet surfing

I finished no. 3 today Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. Amazing novel. I koved the characters and whole concept was very well written. A bit too close to experiences of my own in 2012 but was a wow book.

No. 4 is a book club book The Paris Wife.

just finished casual vacancy by J K Rowling which I absolutely loved, I'm also including David Williams 'the boy in a dress' as have been reading it to my ds 1 and we both really enjoyed this book. I have just started reading the Cammila book by Sues Townsend which doesn't look to promising at the moment and me and my ds 1 have just started reading the first of 'Series of unfortunate events' which does look like it's going to be good! so that's 3 down 47 to go !

I'm in. One of my resolutions was to read more.

Currently reading How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. Enjoying it, but don't find much time to read, so have to change that.

Doh, that should be book number 8, not 7.