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

Yeah, go on then. I have about 8 lying around that I need to read. I've just read 'The Queen's Confidante' by Karen Harper and have 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' at the top of the pile.

Too.

I bet! I liked where the hell have you been to. About North Africa.

Maureen if you mean 'The girl who fell from the sky* have read it and enjoyed!
Not much in that genre escapes my beady eye!

I've given up on the Kate Furnivall for now. It wasn't her, it's definitely me - couldn't concentrate on the historical elements right now. I've picked up one of the "young adult" books I got today for a change of style. It's. Angel's Fury by Bryony Pearce.

I'm up for this - however, my realistic goal is 25, which will be an improvement on single figures last year, but as DS is approaching 1yo, maybe maybe I'll steal a bit more time. I'm horribly hard to please: Not a chick-lit, best sellery kind of a gal - which makes it much harder to pick up fiction - 'Before I go to Sleep' made me very cross at recent book group.

Me too please! Have joined good reads and signed up for a 50 book challenge, which I should do (massively bump up the numbers in my lovely teacher holidays!).
Am doing a 'clear the bookshelf' marathon myself, starting with The Kashmir Shawl which my mum lent me ages ago. Fear it may be froth, but I don't mind that!

I did 101 last year but have set my goodreads challenge at 50 as I'm flagging a bit!

I'm in - bfing DS2 at the moment, so have a fighting chance of reading 50 given feeds are my prime reading time.

So far this year I've read Can Any Mother Help? - an account of a sort of proto-type MNet. I'm now reading NW by Zadie Smith.

I'm in

So far I've read one section of Parade's End .. to be continued later.

Also Bitter Water by Gordon Ferris, the second in the Douglas Brodie crime series set in Glasgow just after WW2.

Now reading To the End of the Land by David Grossman, the story of an Israeli mother trying to cope with her son's time in the army there. It's an intense account but I'm enjoying it so far.

After that I'm planning to get into Japanese literature in preparation for a trip there this spring.

George. You'd like the new Simon mawer then

*Anonymousbird" it was really good. The little details had me exclaiming out loud, lots of oohs . Its very well thought out .

I've just bought three new books. Oops. They were on sale though.

would it be ok if i joined this

I enjoyed 'Dominion.' I liked 'White Tiger' too - keep meaning to read another by the same writer, whose name currently escapes me.

Suffolk book called 'Seldom Seen 'by Sarah Ridgard.Highly recommend.

I read about 10 a month too.
Just read 'The Secret Keeper' by Kate Morton,which was actually really good.
Also the third in the Blackhouse trilogy by Peter May,called The Chessmen.Read it on Kindle,but not as good as his previous two.
Simon Tolkien 'Orders from Berlin' as I love wartime espionage.
The first of a trilogy on Kindle from Kerry Wilkinson about a Manchester police woman,wasn't bad at all.
And one I picked up in the library set in 1980's Suffolk about a girl who finds a dead abandoned baby and the repurcussions it has on her and her family.Can't remember name

Unlikely to count as I've finished it already. Sigh.

I'm starting another book on my kindle, as the baby has decided to have a nap just as we got to the cafe! I didn't bring the book I was reading last night though. It's a short novella rather than an actual book, does that count? It's "under the olive tree" by Courtney Miller Santo.

minsmum - I have Dominion - forgot about that! Sounds good?

I'd love to join, I've resolved to read a book a week this year.

I'm on my 3rd so far:

1. Debbie Macomber - Touched by Angels
2. Charlaine Harris - Dead Until Dark
3. Charlaine Harris - Living Dead in Dallas

Please count me in! Just finished "The Bone Bed" - Patricia Cornwell from the Scarpetta series- usual rubbish plot and annoying and probably unrealistic interweave between personal and professional life but I am addicted to the characters and always get the latest one in my Christmas stocking. That was number one.
Now moved on to "Bringing up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel- so far loving it and I loved Wolf Hall to which it is the sequel.
Looking forward to saving some money too so some freebie classic already on the Kindle for when the Christmas books run out!!

I didn't realize we could include one we had already read this year so my first book was Dominion by C J Sansom. Really gripping book about what could have happened if Britain had surrendered in 1940.
Only 49 to go

I'm in, please - not least because I have made a storming start to 2013 by clocking off three books so far, two of which had been lurking on the bookshelf collecting dust for far too long:

White Tiger (really pleased I blew the dust off that one, a really interesting and surprisingly witty read)

Cranford (so short that it could explain why I've managed to read three books in a week, but it was so gentle and feel good that it made me smile!)

The Black House (not as gripping as I'd hoped, but was good to read)

Next on the bedside is Alys Always

I did 49 last year!!!! Surely I can make 50 this year.

Have read 3 already this year:

100 year old man etc, loved it.
The hand that first held mine, also loved it.
The Sculptress, which was utter drivel.

Feel a "classic" coming next. Got a few on my Kindle.

Also totally skint until end of the month, so readings lots will help the time pass quickly!!!!