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50 Book Challenge 2013 -The Sequel!

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CardiffUniversityNetballTeam · 16/06/2013 11:05

Morning all,

As the old thread here is nearly full, I have created a shiny new one for your delight and delectation.

Sign in and update your progress here!

I'm Cardiff and I've nearly finished book 16, so I'm very behind as to be in track we should be approaching 25 by now. Where is everyone else up to?

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tumbletumble · 16/06/2013 18:06

Thanks for the new thread, Cardiff.

I'm on book 23, so almost on track for 50 this year. I'm really pleased as I didn't think I'd get anywhere near 50 when I started this! I used to read a lot pre-DC, but have been reading much less in recent years.

I'm going to mark my place on the new thread by listing my books so far so I have a record of them:

  1. The Day You Saved My Life by Louise Candlish
  2. The 100 Year Old Man... by Jonas Jonasson
  3. The Girl with the Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
  4. The Child Who by Simon Lelic
  5. A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
  6. The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne
  7. Separate Lives by Kathryn Flett
  8. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
  9. Pear Shaped by Stella Newman
10. How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran 11. Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway 12. A Year of Doing Good by Judith O'Reilly 13. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 14. The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton 15. What Matters in Jane Austen 16. Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother by Amy Chua 17. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes 18. The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler 19. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 20. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 21. You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane 22. How To Be A Good Wife by Emma Chapman
MegBusset · 16/06/2013 17:41

I'm on books 30 (Beowulf - Seamus Heaney translation) and 31 (The Witches - Roald Dahl - bedtime reading with DS1).

minsmum · 16/06/2013 13:56

Just a quick note to myself that I have read 34 about to start book 35 but haven't chosen which its going to be yet

Engelsemama · 16/06/2013 13:35

I lurked on the last thread. Think I am on about 25 (reading list for this year is upstairs!). Re-reading Pride and Prejudice atm. Helped to stay on track by reading the Song of Ice and Fire series which I could not put down and devoured during April/May.

I have some work reading to do this summer (English teacher) so will be re-reading Disgrace by Coetzee, Doll's House by Ibsen and Wilfred Owen's poetry.

Have just been inspired by an Agatha Christie thread in chat as well!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 16/06/2013 13:21

Currently reading, 'Shampoo Planet' by Douglas Coupland. Thought I'd read all of his but this one had escaped me. It's not doing a great deal for me though.

I've also read loads for work lately, so have a big stack of lit guides etc at the side of the bed. Ted Hughes - yawn.

DuchessofMalfi · 16/06/2013 13:18

Signing in, and marking my place. I'm on Book 48 currently - Pear Shaped by Stella Newman. Some light-hearted chick-lit and surprisingly good so far. I shall be tackling We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver soon, which will probably be Book 50/51.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 16/06/2013 11:52

I haven't been counting but I reckon I've probably read at least 50 since January tbh.