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

I read the first one and enjoyed it, nickname somehow missed the 2nd one and have arrived at the third. I do like that there are references to hogwarts as being fictional - that appeals to my sense of humour, but i'm finding it a bit ploddy - which is just as well as it is the book at bedtime choice at the moment and anything gripping would keep me awake (!)

I'm up for the challenge, as I love to read, I tend to read a lot of horror, thriller and scifi. Almost finished Dodger by Terry Pratchett

Whispers underground isn't the best in the series - although I do like the narrator. Have you read the previous books in the series, Snapespeare? It helps to have a grasp of the back-story.

late to this, am avid reader and compulsive book buyer - got a £20 voucher for amazon for xmas and '12-days-of-kindled' it so i have 34 books on my ipad to get through....but still bought 4 books in tesco last night as they were 2-for £7.

currently reading 'Dominion on the ipad for commuting. really enjoying it - also, whispers underground which i picked up in the red cross shop as my bedtime book. finidng it a bit dull, but want to finish it so i can start on my tesco stash. I have a waist high pile of books next to my bookshelf that must be tackled and must t ry to not buy any more books

LittleMiss, on the strength of that, I've just added Gillian McFlynn's other two books to my library list. Hope you enjoy Sharp Objects, houseelf.

I feel a bit guilty about my leisure reading in general, because I'm also meant to be studying, and I could always be reading something more relevant to that. But maybe the guilt is wrapped up in the pleasure...

Count me in too. I usually get through about 30 books a year (24 for bookclubs plus some extras) so 50 will be a challenge.

So far, I have read The Afterparty by Leo Benedictus. It is post-post-modern. There was a bit much boring sleb gazing and being impressed by drugs for my liking but it had a v interesting self referential structure and became a bit of a page turner towards the end.

I am also reading Reggie Perrin atm. I have read it before and found it very funny when I was younger. Now I am middle aged, I find it quite bleak and sobering.

Casual Vacancy next (been sitting by my bed) then you lot have made me want to read Sharp Objects - thanks.

i have no excuse not to read more as I am not working and have no small children any longer.

Does anyone else feel guilty though if they read during the day? Not sure why that is as I do all sorts of other dossy things (like waste time on MN) without a second thought...

Babe/ Nickname - Also loved Sharp Objects...and her other two books as well!!

I go through phases where I read a whole lot and then a month will go by when I don't read much at all so I can't see me getting through 50 books in a year...maybe 40 though!

Babe, I loved Sharp Objects. I read it over a year ago and it's still stuck with me, compared to a lot of plot-driven books that I can barely remember the next week. A great read.

For anyone who like The Observations, I just finished Jane Harris' second novel, Gillespie and I. I found it slightly heavy going and could predict the ending, but she does create vivid characters and setting. Not a bad book, but not a must read either.

Lindsay Davis fans - have you tried the Ruso series by R S Downie? Similar, but (mostly) set in second century Britain, so you have all the fun of the culture clash between natives and Romans. I'm reading Ruso and the River of Darkness, the fourth book in the series.

Finished my first book yesterday - Louise Candlish, The Day You Saved My Life. It was okay but not as good as her book Since I Don't Have You, which I found really moving.

100 Year Old Man next for me!

So I finished 100 Year Old Man and ended up loving it. For the first quarter it didn't click for me, but then I got into the rhythm of the humour and started to have laugh out loud moments. Fantastic and not what I was expecting.

Now started Hothouse Flowers by Lucinda Riley. It's supposed to be similar to Kate Morton, but on the evidence of the first 70 pages it's a poor imitation. Will keep going and hope it improves.

Can I join in too? I have an enormous number of books in my to read pile.

So far this year, the only books I've managed to finish reading are DS's board books, and I'm guessing that they don't really count.

Finished Sharp Objects. One of the most disturbing books I've ever read, couldn't get it out of my head the next day. Raided the library this morning which is ridiculous as I've got loads of unread books at home. I promised myself I wouldn't buy anymore books till payday though, so that's my justification. Got some spare time before I pick ds up so starting Small Hours by Susie Boyt.

I really enjoyed The Brightest Star in the Sky and I'm not a big chic lit reader. It's a good book!

cardifuniversitynetballteam hope you enjoy Marian Keyes. Although I'd class her as chick-lit, I think it's much more than that. Her books are well written, she doesn't shy away from difficult topics, and at times her writing can be quite dark. However, at the same time, her books are very easy to pick up. Love her novels.

Well done silvery!

I have completed my morning routine but am back to bed soon as Im working tonight.

Have a good day everybody

As a distraction from revision (zzzzz) I am now trying to simultaneously read books 2 & 3:
Kate Atkinson - Behind the scenes at the museum
Terry Pratchett/Stephen Baxter - The Long Earth

About to start book 3: Matthew Green's 'memoirs of an imaginary friend'

ilovecolinfirth I don't know if mumslife means On The Road by Jack Kerouac? Kirsten Dunst was in the film version this year and is on both my to read and to watch list!

Can I join you? Will need to mix fact and fiction books for my 50 as my bedside and kindle pile is a 50/50 mix. Must stop reading fanfiction, put down ipad and pick up my books again. The tottering pile is getting ridiculous and DH is starting to comment on all the bookmarks. I used to be able to read a book in one sitting, and still do if I pick up a Lindsey Davis.

Ooh, I'm definitely in! Can we include Kindle Singles (cheat emoticon)?

So far this year, I have read Falling by Alexandra Fuller which is my first of hers. I was really gripped which is unusual for me, and this has made me dig out Let's Not Go to the Dogs Tonight which I have had lying around for ages.

Just finishing Emily Giffin's Where We Belong which is, like all her others, a solid, easy, quite interesting read.

I am also half way through Half Safe by James Nestor which is a slightly strange story about a man who tried to drive/boat all the way round the world in a Duck Boat style jeep. Is another Kindle Single though.

Now looking at Before I Go To Sleep - is it VERY scary?

I'm in!

I've started 'Wicked', but it's quite slow-going.

Elkie - the White Tiger I read was by Aravind Adiga, and I'd definitely recommend it; it made me think, and given the state of my sleep deprived brain these days, that's quite something!!

As it was short, I've now finished Alys, Always which was OK, but did not blow me away. Moving on to book five, The Care of Wooden Floors, although it is not looking good from the first chapter!

mumslife I didn't realise Kirsten Dunst wrote books. What's she like as an author? Looked up "a long road" on Amazon but couldn't find it, can you post a link pls? X